~*~*~ Eye of The Midnight Storm ~*~*~

By: Rogue Angel Barton

Jade: Hi Roguey!

Rogue: What are you doing here?!?!

Jade: I don't know.

Rouge: Fine than do the disclaimer.

Jade: She doesn't own Gundam! By! I gotta go get my Hell Bunny Duo!

*Runs off chasing Bat Duo.*

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The girls were sitting around the table eating dinner. Hotaru and Michiru had cooked so the dinner was good, instead of the usual edible. Minako had a dumb grin on her face, Makato looked like she was on cloud nine, Ami had been blushing since she got home, Rei had a triumphant look in her eyes, and Hotaru was in a really bad mood. Haruka had had enough. She suddenly stood up, knocking the chair to the floor.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH EVERYONE?!?!"

Everyone looked at Haruka with surprise and shock. She was blushing now that she realized that she had burst out. She sat back down. Looking at each and every one of them, she sighed.

"What's going on with you guys?"

Ami, Rei, Minako and Makato all blushed. Then they blurted out something at the same time.

"I met a guy..."

Everyone blushed. Then they realized what Ami had said. They all gapped at the blue haired genius. Michiru smiled.

"You met a guy Ami?"

The blue eyed girl looked down and her face was redder than a tomato.

"Well I like him..."

Everyone laughed at the girl's response. Ami continued to blush. Hotaru growled. Everyone turned his or her attention to the dark haired girl. Setsuna frowned.

"What's wrong Hotaru?"

Hotaru sighed. She pouted as everyone laughed.

"Well, there's a new transfer student, and he's a guy..."

"So do you like him?!"

Hotaru glared at Makato, who just giggled.

"He's pretty good looking. BUT NO!!!!!! I hate him!"

"Why?"

Hotaru blushed; knowing that Michiru had asked the magic question. She whispered her answer. Haruka, who was sitting next to Hotaru, burst out laughing. The chair she was sitting on fell onto the floor, as did Haruka. Everyone watched the tall woman. Michiru snorted.

"What's so funny Haruka?"

Haruka couldn't stop laughing.

"Ho-Hotaru... ha-hates...,h-him... cuz hahahahahaa.... he k-keeps... heheheehe... debating- debating with.....hahahaaa... debating with her...... hahahahaha......... IN CLASS! He... h-he's..... as-as... hahahaha, SMART AS HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone blinked at Hotaru. Then, they all collapsed laughing. Hotaru groaned and pouted.

"Oh, I knew this was gonna happen."

Haruka's hand appeared on the table. Pulling herself up, she wiped a tear from her eyes. She looked at the girl and waved dismissing the others.

"Hotaru, quit being a baby."

Hotaru continued to pout. She sighed and rested her head in her arms with her elbows on the table.

"Bu-but I like... being the smartest."

Everyone sweatdropped. Rei smiled at the younger girl.

"But you can't be good at everything Hotaru."

Minako snorted.

"Look who's talking! You're the one that wants to be the best at everything!"

Rei glared at the blond.

"What do you mean?!"

"Exactly what I said!"

Rei started moving towards Minako.

"Why I oughta..."

Haruka stepped between the two. Putting her hands on both their foreheads, she pushed them back.

"Children, children, no fighting at the table."

Everyone laughed while Minako and Rei pouted. Haruka pinched Minako's cheeks.

"Now now Mina-chan."

Rei laughed. Haruka turned around and smiled. She patted Rei on the head.

"It's okay baby."

Hotaru watched as her friend continued to tease each other. They were having fun that night... something really rare. She sneaked off to her room. She quickly changed into her patrolling outfit, a long dark purple cloak with a deep hood. Pulling on black jeans and a black tight T-shirt, she grabbed some stakes and put on a platinum cross necklace. Hotaru snorted. Why did she need stakes when she had her glaive?

Hotaru locked her door and opened the balcony door. She could hear laughter coming from the next window. She jumped off her balcony.

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Setsuna watched as her adoptive daughter ran off into the night. Sighing, she her attention back to the others. They were laughing and having fun like old times.

'Hotaru can take care of herself. Might as well let the others have some fun before worrying their brains out about Ru.'

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Hotaru breathed in the night air. IT was crisp and cool. It was already the second week of December... which meant... Christmas.


"Oh my god I'm dead."

Hotaru hit her forehead with her hand. She totally forgot about Christmas presents.

"Lord... this is bad, very bad."

Her eyes became an eerie violet with worry. Her friends were so nice to her... and now she was going to be stupid and forget to get them presents. Cursing herself for her stupidity, Hotaru continued to walk to the cemetery. Hopefully, some undead idiots will cheer her up... although she doubted it.

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A pair of dark blue eyes followed the hooded girl. So she was another one of the huntresses that his friends were talking about? Jumping to the next building, he watched as she headed for the cemetery.

'The cemetery? Alone? In this town?'

The stranger took a step back and then jumped onto the roof of the building across the street. Just as he expected, the huntress looked at the building in alarm. Blending into the shadows, he escaped her alert eyes. This girl was either really good, really brave, or really stupid.

He watched as she entered the cemetery from the East Side. Waiting for a few seconds, he hopped down from the roof. He quickly followed her silently.

'For her own good, I hope it's the first one. First of all, really stupid get you killed... or transformed. And being brave... well, without the skill, which gets you, killed too. But being brave earns you some points, unless it's being stupid by being brave.'

He watched as two vampires appeared from the shadows. His eyes narrowed as he recognized those two. One was huge, with blond hair, brown eyes, and a serious need for a bath. The other was short, fat, black haired, and really ugly. They were both Zechs' henchmen. Well, not henchmen, newly transformed goons.

'Which says a lot about Zechs' taste in men... or beasts in this case.

He continued to watch the huntress from far away. He stepped behind a tree. Suddenly, fat and stumpy charge towards the girl. He was suddenly worried for some reason. Cursing at the fact he cared, he watched as with one smooth movement, the huntress tossed the vamp over her head.

Mr. Ineedabath charged as well. Without hesitation, she stepped back. Suddenly, a glaive appear. It's top was clearly titanium, as the long handle was probably silver. He watched as she brought the glaive down, cutting through first the crisp winter air, and then the neck of the vampire. He felt himself smirk slightly as the vampire turned to dust. Fat and stumpy attempted another charge. This time, she withdrew a stake and tossed it backwards. To his amazement, the stake cent through the vampire's heart and then into the nearby tree.

'Impressive. She's good, really good. But unless she sharpen her abilities, she will not be able to fight off a more experienced vamp.'

Shaking his head, he cursed his weakness. He shouldn't care, especially not about a huntress that was trying to kill off his kind. He snorted before he could stop himself. Those other barbaric animals of undead flesh were barely his kind. His kind was different... and there were only a few of his kind.

The girl was heading into the cemetery more. Looking at his watch, he realized it was well after midnight. The others would worry. E closed his eyes and sighed with relief after a while. There were no other vampires, so the girl would be safe. Taking one last look at the cloaked figure, he turned around and disappeared into the night. He would be sure to ask the others about the huntresses that they observed.

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Hotaru looked back. Nothing but air and the darkness of the night. She could have sworn she felt something following her. Dismissing it as the fatigue she felt, she sighed. There was nothing else in this cemetery. She turned around. Time to go home.

As she continued to walk, she could a sworn she saw a dark cloak.

"Probably just the darkness of the night."

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The room was dark and the light was dim. There was a huge seven feet tall and 4 feet wide window on one side. One blood red couch was on the right, another black cushioned red oak framed could was on the left. A desk and a comfortable huge chair were in front of the window. Black silk curtains were on either side.

A figure in a dark red cloak and hood was casually lounging on the black couch. Yawning, he leaned into the couch. He looked over to his right, where a dark green cloaked figure was leaning casually against the wall. Across the room, sitting on the red couch, a dark blue cloaked and hooded figure was sharpening his katana. Sitting on in the chair behind the desk, the figure with the dark brown colored cloak and hood with hints of gold sighed. He checked his pocket watch.

"What time is it Desert Prince?"

Desert Prince looked at the dark green cloaked figure. He sighed again.

"Silence, it's already half past midnight. I'm worried about him. You don't think anything happened to the Perfect Soldier do you?"

The dark red cloaked figure snorted. Everyone's eyes were on him. His violet eyes twinkled with amusement.

"Our Perfect Soldier? Nah, he's probably studying again."

The one in the dark blue cloak snorted as well.

"I don't know why Soldier went back to school. He's already been through college 20 times. HE knows everything."

Silence frowned. He's gaze was reprimanding as he looked at his companions.

"Shinigami, Solitary Dragon, he wishes to go back to school. And when Soldier wants something, he gets it."

Prince nodded.

"And it's not bad to learn something new you two."

Coldness suddenly filled the room. Everyone turned to the shadow by the window who was standing behind Prince.

"Thanks Prince, thanks Silence. You two, don't meddle in business that does not concern you."

The other two figures bowed their heads and nodded, ashamed to have been scolded by Soldier. Soldier shrugged. The one in the red cloak looked up.

"Soldier, why were you late? We hate to admit it but you had us worried."

Soldier's harsh gaze softened. He sat down next to the red cloaked figure.

"Sorry Shinigami. I was observing one of the huntresses.

The red cloaked figure, Shinigami nodded. The other figure in the dark blue cloak snarled.

"What's so interesting about the huntresses?"

Silence frowned as he sat on the arm of the couch Shinigami was siting on. He ran his hand allow his chin.

"Well, these aren't regular huntresses. For one thing, they all seem to possess the skills of the slayer. They are really strong. Each however has their own unique strengths."

Everyone blinked as Silence stopped talking. There was a reason he was called silence; usually he didn't say a sentence, much alone 4! Silence rolled his eyes.

"Quit it!"

They all had a good laugh out of it. Even the Prefect Soldier. He sighed and ran a hand through his messy brown hair. He had school tomorrow morning. But he didn't even need sleep. He felt a hand on his right shoulder. He looked down to look into the light blue eyes of the slightly shorter Prince.

"We all know you don't need sleep. But make us feel better? I know you have school in about 7 hours. Off you go. All of you, to bed!"

Shinigami laughed.

"Yes mother hen!"

Shinigmai yawned and walked out. Silence bowed before disappearing from the study. Solitary Dragon bowed and walked out. Prince followed him. Soldier sat in study and sighed. A pair of violet eyes kept popping into his head.

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