Chapter 36: Nasty's big news
Noin-
When Noin was fully rested and too antsy to stay in bed any longer, she swung her legs out of the bed and rubbed the back of her neck. For the first time since the incident at the junkyard, she felt completely like her old self. She woke up feeling full of energy and wanted nothing more than a long chat with Seiji.
The house was far from quiet. Noin could hear voices coming from the direction of the kitchen as well as the living room. She was on her way towards the voices she heard coming from down the hall when she met a new er... person.
"Where is cripple eye?" A harpy like voice screeched at Noin.
Hovering in the air, directly in front of her, Noin saw what was possibly the ugliest creature she'd ever seen. It was only about as tall as her hand and had a mane of wild greenish brown hair that moved as if it had a life of it's own. It's skin was a leathery tan and was stretched painfully over it's elbows and knees. Its face was quite the most repulsive thing Noin had ever seen and that was what made Noin flinch back a step. Rather like the face of a bat, its nose twisted and turned up so Noin could see right up its nostrils. Its eyes were big, like those of a large bug and when it spoke, Noin could see tiny, sharp fangs in its mouth. It wore nothing in the way of clothes, but Noin didn't see how any clothes could possibly improve the thing's looks.
"I speaking to you, female! Where is cripple eye? Master Emperor seeks the cripple eye."
"Ahhh... Do you mean Rajura?" She was the only one she could think of around here with a crippled eye. "What the hell are you?" She couldn't help but ask. Maybe she was still dreaming or something.
It flew closer, almost hitting Noin's face with its silken butterfly-like wings, and hissed at her, "Phadra is fay! Stupid ningen!" Its saliva sprayed on Noin's face.
"Damn!" Noin reached up and wiped her face, glaring at the thing. "I can honestly say, I don't think someone like Rajura has anything to say with you!"
Phadra flew in close enough that Noin had to swat it away from her face. "Take Phadra to cripple eye, female!"
"Go kiss a bug zapper, you irritating insect! Go find him yourself if it's so... " Noin's let her voice dropped when she heard voices raised and recognized Anubisu's voice.
Phadra, also, turned towards the voice.
"Naaza, you can't be serious." Anubis said. "I know it's hard to wait, but... "
"You know nothing! Tell me how patient you are when Rajura dies and then I'll listen to you. Sh'ten's been reborn and I want him, now!"
"We have to make a plan, Naaza." Rajura tried to explain calmly. "We don't even know where he is. He could be on the other side of the planet, for all we know. We're just going to have to wait until the connection gets stronger."
"I don't want to hear this!" Naaza snapped. "I'm leaving in one hour to search for him. You can come if you like, but I am going. I don't care if you two sit here to court that dark haired solider-girl and plot to conquer the world, I AM LEAVING!" And with that, Naaza stormed out of Treize's living room and right into Noin and the strange little visitor. Oddly, Naaza's lazy eyes opened wide at the sight of Phadra. "What are you doing here, fay?" He asked in open disgust.
Thankfully, in Noin's opinion, Phadra flew away from her face and up to Naaza. "Phadra has come for cripple eye, snake belly."
Naaza took offense at the name and he spit at Phadra. He hacked and let fly a wad of nasty colored spit at Phadra who squeaked with fear before darting away, barely saving itself. Noin jumped back. "Hey!" She said, wrinkling her nose. "That's gross!"
"It's also deadly, Noin-san."
Noin looked down and saw that, yes, Naaza's spit was deadly. It was currently eating its way through Treize's floor like acid. "What is this thing anyway?" She pointed at the thing.
"It's a fae, a faery, a pixy, whatever you want to call it. I like to think of it as a hemorrhoid with a big mouth."
Rajura and Anubisu walked out of the living room and saw the fay. "Oh, damn." Anubisu muttered, rolling his eyes.
Rajura-
A spot of light that darted around the room at a feverish pace. Anubisu took one look at the thing and groaned. OH, DAMN.
AWFUL LITTLE THING. Rajura heard Naaza sneer as he turned away from their uninvited visitor. WHY CAN'T THEY BE LIKE IN THE STORIES? SWEET LITTLE CREATURES WITH WHIMSEY CLOTHES THAT PLAY IN THE FLOWERS?
No. This fay was nothing like the playful pixies in the legends Rajura had heard when he'd sat at his mother's knee by the fire in the cold winter nights so long ago. Fay, real fay, were tiny winged things with a basically humanoid form, but nothing else that resembled lighthearted storybook pixies. It was rather like looking at a tiny bat's face that happened to be glued onto a human's body. Very nasty.
"Emperor summons." The fay's voice was low and gravely, making it sound as if it had a habit of gargling with razor blades. "Phadra to bring to Emperor." It swooped down sharply at Anubis' face, spitting in his eye as he barely dodged him. "Want eat." That was not a good thing to hear from a fay as they normally ate raw flesh and had a preference for human. "Emperor say I wait. Take one-eye white hair home. Then eat."
Naaza scowled at it. "We've abandoned the Youja Kai. We owe nothing to Kenbukyou."
"Phadra care not for you say." The fay continued it's endless circling and diving as it spoke. "Emperor say bring one-eye white hair home." It bared its teeth menacingly,
"I'll go." Rajura said, swatting at the fay when it came to close. In truth, he didn't like the fay any more than his brothers did.
Naaza looked aghast. "What?! You can't go now!" WHAT ABOUT SH'TEN? WE HAVE TO FIND HIM!
WE WILL. Rajura reached out and reassured Naaza with a hand on the shoulder. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THINGS FRIENDLY WITH KENBUKYOU, DON'T WE? WE CAN'T PINPOINT SH'TEN AT THE MOMENT AND KENBUKYOU MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR US.
DO YOU WANT US TO GO WITH YOU? Anubisu asked.
NO. YOU TWO STAY HERE AND KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. I WANT THINGS TO TURN OUT A CERTAIN WAY. MAKE SURE TREIZE DOESN'T GET KILLED ANY TIME SOON AND KEEP DUO OUT OF MISCHIEF WHILE I'M GONE.
I THINK HEERO'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT. Anubisu smiled. THE BOY HASN'T GOTTEN INTO MUCH TROUBLE SINCE HE MET HEERO. YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT IF HE CAN KEEP DUO IN LINE. DUO SEEMS TO BE FINALLY GROWING UP.
OH YES, Rajura added as an after thought. KEEP A HALF AN EYE ON QUATRE.
Anubisu looked confused. QUATRE? THAT KID'S STILL BED RIDDEN, ISN'T HE? WHAT HARM CAN HE DO?
Naaza shook his head and almost laughed. DON'T LET HIM FOOL YOU. HE'S NOT HURT ANY MORE THAN YOU ARE. IT'S AN ACT. SEIJI HEALED HIM VERY WELL AND I GET THE FEELING THAT HE'S JUST AS DANGEROUS AS WE ARE, IN HIS OWN WAY. HE'S HIDING, FOR SOME REASON.
IT'S ALL POLITICAL GAMES, Rajura assured them. HE'S PLAYING A GAME WITH TREIZE, THAT'S ALL. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO WATCH HIM AND MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T DO SOMETHING STUPID. I'LL BE BACK SOON.
Rajura, remembering that he no longer how the talent to open gateways between the two worlds, looked at the fay. "I'm ready to go, Phadra."
"I don't like that you're dependent on that creature." Anubisu grumbled, but there was no sense in complaining. This had to be done.
Noin-
Phadra didn't seem to care what Anubisu thought of her and went straight to Rajura who, to his credit, didn't react at all. He looked at Phadra coldly.
"Master Emperor summons you now, cripple eye!" Phadra cackled as she said this, wickedly delighted that Rajura had been called on like a simple servant. "No waste time with talking!"
By emperor, Noin presumed it was the demon emperor Anubisu had told her about last night. He'd told her so much that she was still trying to digest it all, but she did remember him telling her about a war. That was where Seiji and his friends had vanished to for several days and had killed some demon emperor and set up a new one.
"Be respectful!" Anubisu growled, looking like he wanted to kill Phadra.
Phadra only laughed harshly. "Respect? Respect? Respect? For what? Old soldiers? Weak ningens?"
Rajura lashed out with his hand and Phadra went flying backwards, hitting a lamp on the wall. She made a peculiar buzzing noise like a swarm of bees as she regained her balance and came back up to face Rajura. "Do not take Phadra lightly, ningen!" She told him poisonously. "Phadra is small, but fay magic is great."
"Fay magic," Rajura replied calmly. "Is limited to glamour and that which you can steal from others. I know you can't steal our power, you've tried several times. And," His ice blue eyes took on a menacing glimmer. "If you even dare to try your glamour against me, I think you'll be vastly disappointed. I am not one to be fooled by such trickery. Deliver your message, Phadra, and be gone."
"Master Emperor has words to speak with cripple eye." Phadra told him, without much respect in her voice. "Must return to Youja Kai."
Noin knew, Anubisu had told her, that the Ma-Sho were able to speak to each other telepathically. He didn't use that word, mind speaking was what he called it, but Noin had the distinct feeling that they were mind speaking now, too. They had all gone quiet, but gave no other indication they were speaking.
I wonder how much Treize would give to have telepathic soldiers? The thought idly drifted across Noin's mind just before Rajura nodded.
"Very well." He told Phadra. "I will spare Kenbukyou a small amount of my time."
Phadra hissed at him, "Address Master Emperor so! He destroy you if you displease him!"
"We'll see about that," Rajura answered confidently. "Open the gateway and we'll see what your master wants from me."
Anubisu took Noin's arm and gave her a pull away from Rajura and Phadra. "It's wise not to be to close to Fay magic, Noin-sama." As he pulled her away to a safe distance, Noin felt the strangest sensation. She'd never been in love before, never needed anything other than her job to fill her life, but she thought this must be what it feels like to be in love. Her heart fluttered. Yes, as corny as that sounded, her heart suddenly was beating rapidly in her chest and she couldn't begin to explain the warmth on her arm where Anubisu held her.
Silly romantic thoughts! She scolded herself. If I'm going to get involved with Anubisu, I should be thinking logically about this. He's not even human, really. He's centuries old and can control not only the cold, but also electricity. Do I want to fall for a guy like him? He's not that attractive and I saw him as a wolf. He's crude and... and... Noin smiled unwittingly. And he's simply perfect.
In the hallway, Phadra began to fly in circles, going faster and faster until her greenish hair began to blur and Noin began to blink as she tried to keep focused on Phadra and found it impossible. A wind began to howl and whipped Noin's hair against her face. She suddenly felt the wind increase and it started to pull her towards the blurry circle Phadra was creating.
Anubisu gave her a shake. "Don't look at her!" He told her sternly. "Phadra's confusing your mind. I don't know what you think you're seeing, but it's not real. Nothing's happening."
It was ridiculous to say such a thing when Noin could feel the wind and her feet were starting to slip from under her. She felt like she was being sucked toward Phadra. She grabbed for Anubisu's hand. "Help me! The wind... "
"There is no wind." Anubisu explained calmly, putting his hand on hers. "I promise, just close your eyes and trust me. You're safe, it's just Phadra's glamour."
Noin did as she was told and, the instant her eyes closed, the wind stopped. Glamour? That was an illusion? Noin swallowed hard and kept her eyes closed. Fay must be very powerful to make such realistic illusions. But then again, Rajura hinted that he was more powerful than Phadra.
"It's alright, Noin-sama." Anubisu told her. "Phadra's gone, you can open your eyes now. So, you said there was a lot of wind? Hrumph! That sounds about right. Phadra always had delusions of grandeur, but she hasn't even got the power to muster up a decent illusion. She can only affect one person at a time. Come on," Anubisu began to pull Noin toward the kitchen. "Let's go see where everyone is." He suddenly realized he was still holding her arm and let go quickly. "Er... pardon me." He walked away before Noin could even say anything.
"That idiot." Naaza grumbled under his breath. "You'll have to excuse him. Anubisu always was a bit of a prude. Come on, let's follow him." Naaza extended his arm like a gentleman and Noin, surprised, took it. They walked together slowly to Treize's kitchen and Noin considered Naaza as they went. She couldn't help but notice that even the hair on Naaza's arms was green.
"I thought you didn't like me," she said, bluntly. "Why are you being nice all of a sudden?"
"It's not that I don't like you personally," Naaza explained, not looking at her. "I just don't happen to like humans in general. In a few years, you are going to die and my brothers will be hurt. Can you imagine the pain of a lost love that will never go away?" He turned his half-lidded eyes on her. "We were all happy before we met you, but so much has been changing lately. I'm not good at change. I am a creature of habit and change is not in my nature. But... I see and feel what my brothers feel for you. I will not deny them happiness. Try, for their sake, not to die."
Noin wasn't quite sure what to say about that. "You make it sound like I'm going to die on purpose."
Naaza continued as if he hadn't heard her. "Anubisu told you much about us, but what he didn't tell you was that he is a vampire. That's how he turned into a tiger to rescue you." He turned on her balefully. "I do hope you understand how much that shows he cares for you. To get enough strength, he took blood from a tiger. It wasn't easy on him. You will grow old and die while he's going to be eighteen forever. His heart will break when you move on to a man who will grow old with you. Unless... "
"Unless?" Noin had to admit that her curiosity was spiked. Anubisu being a vampire actually seemed rather normal, compared to everything else that she'd found out about him and his friends. Her well-grounded life of science, logic, and facts was being quickly stomped to death in the face of Anubisu's world of demons and magic.
"My brother has many talents." Naaza smiled humorously. "Wait until you are certain of your feeling for Anubisu and Rajura before you learn anything else."
Noin's eyes popped open. "Rajura? What's he got to do with anything?"
Throwing his head back, Naaza laughed loud and hard, but he refused to explain what she'd said that was so funny.
By the time they came into the kitchen, Noin heard a car driving away and her eyes instantly went to the window where she saw Zech's car pulling away and Nasty's sitting beside him in the passenger side. "Where's he going?" She asked out loud.
Rajura-
"I apologize."
Of course Kenbukyou didn't say that in front of his warriors. He'd waited until he and Rajura were alone in the Sh'ten empty tomb. There was a dreadful tension in the air that Rajura could almost feel while he stood there with Kenbukyou, the new emperor of the Youja Kai. Strangely, all of the tension was coming from Kenbukyou and none of Rajura. With the presence of Sh'ten in his mind, Rajura couldn't bring himself to be to worried about what had happened to his brother's body.
Sh'ten is alive. I know he is. Sure, it bothered Rajura a little that Sh'ten's body was missing, but the fact was that his brother was alive, somewhere. He looked at Kenbukyou out of the corner of his one good eye, noting the stiff posture the demon emperor had. He's frightened. Of me? No, we both know I couldn't out fight him, especially not with his warriors all around. He can't be afraid of me. Rajura thought back to the limited time he'd associated with Kenbukyou.
"There have been no intruders into my castle that I have been able to find and the castle has all ready been searched room to room." Kenbukyou continued. "I realize that I have failed in my promise to keep him in a place of honor and I am willing to repay that debt."
Very suddenly, Rajura realized what a very, very nice position he was in. Kenbukyou owed him a favor. That might be useful. He thought, trying to conceal his smirk.
"Have you found any trace of Saranbo?" Rajura asked, turning and walking out of the tomb without a sign that he was at all upset about Sh'ten's body going missing. He's alive. I don't have any reason to be upset. All I have to do is find him. What I DO want is to find Saranbo and exact a little revenge for my sweet Kay. I'll flay him alive and rip out his innards. I will invent such torture, Sh'ten will be jealous. When we find Sh'ten, that is.
LEAVE THAT TO US. Anubisu's voice said. NAAZA AND I ARE SEARCHING NOW, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO PINPOINT WHERE HE IS.
DON'T WORRY. Naaza replied, determined. WE'LL FIND HIM. BY THE WAY, I THINK YOU TWO OUGHT TO TELL NOIN THAT YOU'RE LOVERS. SHE HASN'T GOT A CLUE AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO SURPRISE HER ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING.
Rajura was brought back to his situation by a tiny, familiar creature darting around in front of his face. He waved a hand to shoo the thing away from him. Fay.
Kenbukyou, though, had a very different opinion of the tiny demon creatures. He held out a hand and called, "Phadra, come here, little one. She's a lovely thing." Kenbukyou told Rajura as he petted her muddy greenish hair fondly.
"She's a pest and you ought to get yourself an elf." Rajura said evenly, though he was pleased to see Phadra flinch back at the word, 'elf'. Elves were a creature that hunted the fay like a cat hunts mice. Rajura was rather fond of elves because they always kept the fay away.
"To answer your question," Kenbukyou chose to ignore Rajura's suggestion to kill his new pet. "My people have found no sign of Saranbo, though they are still looking. I have taken nearly half of his territory and he will soon have nowhere to hide from me."
"When you find him," Rajura told Kenbukyou. "I want him alive. I have plans for that person."
"Perhaps."
Rajura was careful not to let his surprise show on his face. He had the distinct feeling that Kenbukyou was planning something. "Was that all you had to discuss with me?" Rajura kept his voice neutral. "Your failure to guard my brother's body?" It was a direct insult, but Kenbukyou was a demon and cared as little for insults as he did for compliments as he went on petting Phadra.
Nasty-
Zechs was very quiet during the walk back to his car. He carried her bag for her, a bag of vitamins, information, and a phone number for another doctor, but he hadn't said a single word since they'd left the doctor's office. Wearing his mask to hide himself from view, Zechs couldn't hide himself so well.
"Zechs, are you mad at me?" She stopped walking when they reached his car and he opened the door for her.
"I don't think that's really important, not right now," he said, coolly.
Nasty got into his car feeling like her heart was bleeding and there was nothing she could do to stop it. If Zechs felt this angry, Treize was going to have a stroke when he heard. But I didn't do anything wrong! Nasty told herself as they drove away from Dr. Butterfly's office. He's got no right to be angry, anyway. Nasty looked at Zechs and tried to work herself up to be angry with him, but she couldn't quite manage it. He probably thinks I'm nothing but a slut. He's never going to want to talk to me again. Feeling more desolate and alone than she'd ever felt, Nasty turned her head away from Zechs and let a few quiet tears roll down her face. She still had grandfather's funeral to arrange and now this. She'd never felt so alone and now was not a time when she could afford to be seen as weak. This is a nightmare. It can't be real.
Zechs-
I wish she trusted me enough to tell me. Zechs thought. I'm her best friend and she never even told me she was sleeping with someone. I'll bet it was that little brat, Wufei! He's a good-looking kid; he probably charmed her and swept her off her feet. Nasty lived alone with her grandfather for most of her life; so she hasn't got much experience handling guys even if she is older. That damned brat took advantage of Nasty and I'll KILL him if he dares to deny it! He looked at Nasty out of the corner of his eye and saw her head lowered and she was starting to cry. His hands tightened on the steering wheel. I'll kill Wufei if he hurts her.
Nasty-
Zechs left Nasty in the kitchen. "I'm going to find Treize. I think you and he should really talk as soon as possible." He left without another word and Nasty found herself alone in the unusually quiet kitchen. Since Mama Fan had come to stay with them a few days ago, the kitchen had become the hub of life around the house. Everyone could be found in the kitchen at one time or another and this quiet was strangely unnerving.
Nasty paced the kitchen impatiently waiting for her brother to get out of the parlor. I have to tell him. I can't put something like this off. She put a hand to her mouth and started chewing on her thumbnail, a nervous habit she'd never been able to rid herself of. I'm an adult, I can handle this. It's not like I have to worry about money to take care of a baby. If Treize is angry or, even worse, if he's embarrassed, I won't stay here. I'll just go to live in grandfather's house.
Nasty's thoughts went back to her deceased grandfather and she felt instantly lonely. She loved Treize to pieces and Zechs and Noin were practically her brother and sister, but they could erase the pain of losing her grandfather.
An image of Dorothy and her wickedly smirking smile appeared in Nasty's mind.
I'll kill her! Nasty vowed, her eyes narrowing. It wouldn't be as if this were her first murder, after all. How dare she hurt my poor, sweet grandfather?! He was the most gentle person in the world. I know Dorothy had something to do with it. She was about to go on another rant and rave about what, exactly, she was going to do to when she got Dorothy alone when she suddenly remembered that she had more to worry about now. Grandfather wouldn't want me to put my baby in any danger by going after Dorothy. Nasty put a hand down to her still flat stomach. I still wish I knew how this happened. What's Treize going to think? Nasty bit her lip. It doesn't matter, anyway. I don't need anyone to take care of me or my baby. I can do this on my own.
"Are you alright, Nasutei-san?" Nasty was brought out of her thoughts when Kay entered the room. She'd been much more cheerful since her chat with Rajura last night and today, Nasty was pleased to see, Kay was actually smiling. "You look worried."
"Well, I have to tell Treize something and I'm a little afraid that he might be angry with me." Well, that was the understatement of the year! Something like this, when the press got their claws into this news it could ruin Treize's reputation and possibly his career.
Kay replied, "Well, I was mad at my big brothers for a long time, but then I talk to them and now everything's okay. If you talk to your big brother before he gets angry, then maybe things will be better. I didn't like being angry and I don't think your brother will, either."
Nasty stopped pacing and looked out the window to where the four sets of giant foot prints where the Gundams had stood in the back yard. Treize had managed to convince the young pilots to hide their Gundams before the press could get any pictures or anything more concrete than rumors that Treize was hiding such powerful weapons at his house.
"Kay, where are you and your brothers going to live? I've heard that you used to live in a sort of demon world, is that true?"
"Oh, yes." Kay answered, as if it were nothing at all. Then she began to tell Nasty all about her life in the Youja Kai and how she'd first ventured into the Ningen-Sekai and met Heero. She told Nasty about the demonic horses and the endless wetlands that Naaza and his snakes loved so dearly. She told Nasty about the fire pits and the burning red sky.
Kay turned out to be such a good storyteller, in fact, that Nasty had almost forgotten that she had to talk to Treize. Almost.
"Nasty, Treize says you can come in now. He's done with his meeting with the pilots." Zechs walked in with Mama Fan who was just tying on her apron. "Do you want me to be there with you?" Zechs asked when Nasty started to walk passed him.
"You'd do that for me?" Nasty asked, her spirits lifting somewhat.
"Of course I would." His mouth tightened into a grimace. "He was talking with Quatre and all of those other boys, but I asked them to leave so you two could speak privately."
Nasty thought about the offer. "Thanks, but I think I should do this on my own."
Kay-
Kay had no clue about why Nasutei-san was so unhappy, but she didn't like it. Nasutei-san had been very kind to her since she'd woken up here and even lent her clothes to wear. "Why is Nasutei-san sad?" She asked, looking from Mama Fan to Zechs and then back again. "Did someone hurt her?"
Zechs opened his mouth to answer, but Mama Fan spoke first. "No, dear. No one hurt her. Nasty's just pregnant, that's all." She said pleasantly while looking for something in the cupboards.
"You knew?" Zechs said, sounding surprises. "I didn't think she wasn't going to tell anyone before Treize."
"She didn't tell me, dear. I used to be a midwife, so I've seen enough pregnant girls in my time to recognize a few of the signs. Why do you think I wanted you to take her to the doctor instead of having him come here where Treize would have overheard everything?" She laughed, amused. "My goodness, that boy is so high stung, he'd have had a fit."
"You act like this is no big deal." Zechs sounded vaguely irritated that she wasn't more concerned.
Mama Fan didn't stop her search. "Don't you keep any curry powder in the house? It isn't a big deal, young man." She replied. "Men try make it a big deal, but women have been having babies for centuries and we sort of have to get used to the idea rather quickly. Nasty will too and then she'll be very happy. If," Mama Fan gave Zechs a hard look. "Her friends and family are around to support her. I know that my family is going to be there for her, so she's going to be alright."
"Are you suggesting that I'm going to let her down?" Zechs said angrily. "If the whole world turned against Nasty, I'd be with her!"
"I'm glad to hear that." Mama Fan patted his armored cheek fondly before going on her with her search. "Now, where's that curry powder?"
Nasty-
"I'm pregnant." Nasty blurted out as quickly as she could as soon as she closed the door of Treize's office behind her.
Treize's reaction wasn't promising. He froze, blinked three times, and dropped the stack of papers he was holding. Very slowly, he swiveled in his chair to turn towards her. "I... you... ? What?"
"I'm pregnant, Treize." Nasty stepped closer until she was looking down at him. "I'm going to have a baby." It was all she could do to keep from running from his shocked expression. "You're going to be an uncle."
Again, Treize didn't seem to know how to react. "Pregnant?" He just sort of sat there, stunned.
"Pregnant." She smiled weakly and put a hand on her stomach, though there was still no sign that she was pregnant. "Surprise."
For a moment, just a very short moment, Nasty believed that Treize was going to act as calm and controlled as he always did with every problem that came his way.
"I'LL KILL HIM!!!" Treize thundered as he leaping from his chair and charging out of his office like a man on a mission. His face was bright red and his lips curled back in a snarl when he threw open his office doors. "WHERE IS THAT DAMNED CHANG!?"
Nasty actually jumped out of her brother's path when he raged passed her, she'd never seen him so angry. Nasty heard glass breaking and furious screaming. Nasty paled. Teize is really going to kill Wufei! Nasty steadied herself, knowing that no matter how brave Wufei was, there was no way he was going to be able to match an enraged Treize.
Treize-
I KNOW it was him! That horrible little pervert touched my sister. Hell, touched? He... he... he defiled my sister! Treize wasn't really thinking when he threw open the door of his office and stormed into the living room. With his lips curled back in a hate filled snarl, Treize looked around the living room. Where is he? I know he's around somewhere, taking advantage of my sister while he's living under my roof. I feed that brat, shelter him and his terrorist friends from the Alliance, give his family a place to live, offer everything I have and this is how I'm repaid?! He fucks my sister like she's some low class whore!
The living room was empty and Treize's anger was unable to find a human target. With his limited reasoning ability at that moment, Treize decided to focus on something readily at hand. The glass topped coffee table. It shattered under his boot with a crash that he could barely hear over the sound of his blood thundering in his ears.
"Where are you?!" Getting no immediate answer, Treize continued on his search, heading to the kitchen where he found most of his new house guests sitting around the table or helping Mama Fan with the cooking. With his eyes wide with fury and filled with something very close to hate; Treize swung his head to Wufei who looked just as mystified as everyone else in the room. "YOU!" Treize jabbed a finger at Wufei, accusingly.
Wufei jumped, turning away from the stove where he had been stirring something in a large, cast iron pot. "What?"
Everyone in the kitchen, including a nervously pacing Zechs, turned to stare, but Treize didn't care. He barely even knew that there was anyone in the room except for the small Chinese boy wearing a starched white apron.
"Don't try to deny what you've done!"
"Deny what?" Wufei's puzzled expression turned quickly into a scowl. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Treize, without taking his eyes off Wufei, pulled the phone off the wall and threw it at Wufei.
"What the Hell are you doing?!" Wufei demanded, dodging the missile by inches as the phone soared passed him and crashed through the closed kitchen window. "Have you gone mad?!"
"You! You did it!" Normally, Treize considered himself to be one of the world's finer gentleman, articulate and well-mannered. Today was not one of those days. He grabbed a cleaver from where it hung on the wall and eyed Wufei murderously.
Duo looked up from where he was running a sharpening stone over the edge of his scythe. "Holy Hanna, Wufei, what did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!" Wufei tried to defend himself. "What are you thinking? I've been out shopping with those two," He gestured to Anubisu and Naaza. " You know that."
"It's not today that's the problem, Chang," Treize snarled, inching his way closer to his prey. Must kill. Must kill. "I'm more worried about what you've been doing since you met my sister and any time you may have been alone together."
"I would never do anything to hurt Nasty." Wufei told Treize stiffly, as if offended by the very idea.
"Are you saying that my sister is a tramp?! Are you trying to tell me she sleeps with every man who crosses her path?!" Treize hauled back and threw the cleaver at Wufei.
Wufei only barely dodged the cleaver and it lodged in the wall behind him. "Of course not!" Wufei looked aghast that Treize would even say such a thing. "What are babbling about?"
"Then you admit it was you!" Treize pointed a long finger at Wufei.
Anubisu turned to Naaza and grinned. "This is quite dramatic, isn't it?"
"What are you talking about?!" Wufei demanded. "If you're going to attack me, then I'd like to know... "
"You got my sister pregnant!" Treize launched himself at Wufei, tackling him to the floor. In the back of his mind, Treize made a mental note of how much stronger Wufei was than he looked. While he and Wufei rolled around on the floor, he was also dimly aware of Mama Fan telling everyone to give them space to wrestle a bit and that,
"Boys will be boys. They just need to release a bit of steam."
"But... " Zechs objected.
"No buts. This is healthy. Trust me."
For several more minutes, they struggled, punching and hitting with everything they had for their own reasons: Wufei for his life and Treize for the honor of his sister.
"Alright," Mama Fan's voice broke though Treize's anger for a moment. "I think that's enough fun for one day. Xiu, darling, you get a hold of Wufei. Zechs, be a dear and grab Treize, won't you?"
Instantly, Treize felt Zechs' strong hands grab him by the shoulders and pull him off Wufei. "Let me go, damn it! He deserves to die!"
"I know, I know," Zechs said softly, but still restraining Treize. "Just not now. Look."
Treize looked around; not thinking that he'd see anything that could possibly give him any reason not to have Wufei lynched, when he saw Nasty standing in the doorway with tears running down her face. She looked at Treize and then at Wufei.
"I'm sorry." Nasty said, choking back a sob. Then she turned and fled down the hall to her own room.
Treize felt all the fight drain out of him. He hadn't meant to make Nasty cry. That was the last thing he'd wanted to do.
Wufei seemed similarly affected, letting Xiu hold him loosely as he watched where Nasty had run away. "You said she's pregnant?" Wufei asked softly. Wufei seemed to be thinking for a while. "Xiu, you can let go of me now. I'm not going to hurt anyone."
As if you could, Treize thought, looking proudly at the bloody nose and black eye he'd given Wufei.
Treize took a deep breath, calming himself before he spoke. When he did speak to Wufei, Treize spoke with a deceptively calm voice. "Come into my office, Chang. We have things to discuss." Graciously, he held out one arm to lead the way.
Anubisu and Naaza-
Anubisu watched Nasty run from the room with his mouth hanging open. AM I IMAGINING THINGS OR DID SH'TEN'S PRESENCE JUST GET A LOT STRONGER WHEN NASTY CAME INTO THE ROOM?
YOU'RE NOT IMAGINGING. Naaza stared at the now empty doorway where Nasty had been. NASTY IS SH'TEN'S MOTHER.
To be continued...