Could It Be Any Harder
Disclaimer: Don't own these characters
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Chapter 7: Breakfast Surprise?
After taking a brief shower, Heero became more aware of his surroundings. He went to the kitchen and saw all the pilots assembled there. Duo and Wufei were sitting on the table while Quatre was cooking something with Trowa's help.
"Good morning, Heero," Quatre smiled, pausing momentarily from his cooking.
"Heero," Trowa nodded at him in acknowledgement.
"Yuy," Wufei gave him a nod.
"Morning, Hee-chan!" Duo enthusiastically greeted him, forgetting that his life was in danger not long ago.
"Hn," Heero grunted in reply and took a seat beside the Chinese teen. He nodded in thanks as Quatre placed a cup of coffee in front of him. He drained the cup and felt more alert than before, the shower had helped but it wasn't enough.
"So Hee-chan, why did you sleep in? Been busy at night?" Duo winked suggestively. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"That means I can pretty much do anything then," Heero retorted. If the braided idiot wanted to play, then he'll play...for now.
Wufei snorted. "He got you there, Maxwell," he told the gaping Duo. Quatre tried not to laugh at his friend but a few quiet chuckles escaped him. Trowa didn't even bother to hide his amusement, he was openly smirking at the American.
Before Duo could say anything, however, Heero's laptop made a beeping sound. The owner stood up and headed to his room. He opened his laptop and saw a mission for all of them from Dr. J. Something nagged him in the back of his mind as he read over the mission but he couldn't tell what the feeling was.
He went back to the kitchen to inform the others. The sight that greeted his eyes almost gave him a heart attack.
"Ohayo, Hee-kun!" the blonde girl cheerfully greeted him. She was sitting down and eating breakfast calmly, unmindful of the guns pointed at her.
"Usa-chan," he stated in surprised. Then he looked at the others, "Put your guns away." He ignored the shocked look directed at him and concentrated instead on the girl sitting in front of him. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that they hesitantly put their guns away and placed them where they could be accessed easily.
"Usa-chan, what are you doing here?" his tone suggested that it had better be a damn good reason.
Usagi pouted. "Didn't we go over this last night, Hee-kun?"
Somewhere in the background, Duo choked but nobody paid any attention to him.
Heero sighed, feeling an incoming headache. "Usa-chan, you know I don't like surprises and I don't think my friends like surprises either, judging from the guns pointed at you."
"Details, details," Usagi replied carelessly before turning serious. "I mean what I said last night. Don't take the mission."
"What does she mean by mission? Heero?" Quatre spoke up, unable to stay silent anymore.
Heero flicked his eyes towards his friends for a split second but didn't answer the question. "We've been over this already, Usa-chan."
This time it was Usagi's turn to sigh. "You are too stubborn for your own good," she mumbled. "I suppose I can't do anything to make you change your mind then. Please be careful," she directed her last sentence to all of them, not just Heero.
"Whoa, back up here. You tried to kill us yesterday and now you're telling us to be careful?" Duo frowned in confusion. "Am I missing something here?"
This time Usagi and Heero both turned their attention towards him. When Heero made no move to explain, the girl gave him a quick jab on his ribs. "Hee-kun, I thought I told you to send my apology to them."
Heero was about to grunt in reply but decided against it when he saw the glare his girlfriend was giving him. "Gomen, Usa-chan. I was busy at the time and forgot about it." He looked calm on the outside but inside he was panicking since he noticed the strange look his friends were giving him at his uncharacteristic behaviour. He didn't want to explain to them how much the blonde girl had changed him. Not yet anyway.
The small girl only gave him a long suffering look before turning back to the other pilots. "Well, since Hee-kun had conveniently forgotton I'll just do it myself then. I'm really sorry for shooting you yesterday. Nothing personal you understand."
"That's okay, Miss-?" Quatre responded, seeing that the others were not going to say anything.
"Usagi. Usagi Tsukino. Pleased to meet you, Quatre."
Quatre started. "How did you-?"
"-Know your name? I did a little bit of research on the gundam pilots. I believe you all are already informed that OZ knows your identities otherwise you wouldn't have moved so quickly. It was a simple matter of accessing their files and extracting the information from the database."
"Why should we trust you?" Trowa asked suspiciously.
Usagi turned an amused look at him. "Heero trusts me. Isn't that enough? Don't worry I'm not a threat to you. I'm here to inform you that the mission that Heero is about to tell you is a trap. Since I can't dissuade Heero from taking the mission, I want to tell you to exercise extreme caution or you'll end up in an unpleasant situation."
"Now that I'm finished telling you all of this, I have to go. It was nice meeting you, Quatre, Duo, Trowa, Wufei. Later, Hee-kun," she finished by planting a quick kiss on the Japanese boy's cheek. She strolled out the door casually. None of the pilots tried to stop her.
"Heero, explain what the hell just happen here," Duo's voice finally broke the silence surrounding them.
The aforementioned boy didn't feel like explaining anything so he settled with "Later, Duo. We have a mission." Then he proceeded to outline the mission to the others. It seemed simple enough. Break in, grab the file containing the pilots' data then destroy the base completely to erase any traces but Heero couldn't help thinking about his girlfriend's warning. He trusted her but he kept getting an uneasy feeling around her and he learnt long ago not to ignore his instincts if he wanted to live. She appeared to be the normal girl he had known but something was off about her and Heero couldn't figure out what it was. It was driving him slowly insane.
"Yo, Heero! Are you listening to me?" Heero would have jumped if he was not the Perfect Soldier. Duo was a mere two inches from him and was waving his hand in front of his eyes.
Heero grunted and shoved the American boy away, glaring at him all the while.
"Heeeerrrooo!" the violet eyed youth whined. "Aren't you going to tell us anything?"
"No." With that Heero stalked back to his room, leaving one irate Shinigami and three confused pilots.
*End Chap 7*
Japanese translations:
Gomen - sorry
AN: I'm really sorry for the lack of updates but real life has been a pain. It's not really surprising since it is my last year of school. I just want to warn you that it might take me a while to do the next update since I don't really have time to write anymore but have no fear I will definitely finish every fic I have written. Thank you for those who reviewed. I appreciate every single comment and cherish it. So for those who never reviewed, please do. I'd like to know your opinion of my fic.
Replies to reviews:
'spacecase' - I'm so happy! ^_~
'Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos' - I don't know because I've already planned everything and none of the scouts are in it. And if I put them in they'll only have a very minor part in this.
'DemonKiala' - You know I never thought about it but I suppose *sweatdrops*
'MarsMoonStar' - *grins* lack of better word is right! Thanks!
'Pyro-Girl' - Remember that OZ has the pilots under surveillance so it's a simple matter for Usagi to find the safehouse.
'obsessed', 'kimeno-pebols' - Thank you for the reviews!
Disclaimer: Don't own these characters
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Chapter 7: Breakfast Surprise?
After taking a brief shower, Heero became more aware of his surroundings. He went to the kitchen and saw all the pilots assembled there. Duo and Wufei were sitting on the table while Quatre was cooking something with Trowa's help.
"Good morning, Heero," Quatre smiled, pausing momentarily from his cooking.
"Heero," Trowa nodded at him in acknowledgement.
"Yuy," Wufei gave him a nod.
"Morning, Hee-chan!" Duo enthusiastically greeted him, forgetting that his life was in danger not long ago.
"Hn," Heero grunted in reply and took a seat beside the Chinese teen. He nodded in thanks as Quatre placed a cup of coffee in front of him. He drained the cup and felt more alert than before, the shower had helped but it wasn't enough.
"So Hee-chan, why did you sleep in? Been busy at night?" Duo winked suggestively. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"That means I can pretty much do anything then," Heero retorted. If the braided idiot wanted to play, then he'll play...for now.
Wufei snorted. "He got you there, Maxwell," he told the gaping Duo. Quatre tried not to laugh at his friend but a few quiet chuckles escaped him. Trowa didn't even bother to hide his amusement, he was openly smirking at the American.
Before Duo could say anything, however, Heero's laptop made a beeping sound. The owner stood up and headed to his room. He opened his laptop and saw a mission for all of them from Dr. J. Something nagged him in the back of his mind as he read over the mission but he couldn't tell what the feeling was.
He went back to the kitchen to inform the others. The sight that greeted his eyes almost gave him a heart attack.
"Ohayo, Hee-kun!" the blonde girl cheerfully greeted him. She was sitting down and eating breakfast calmly, unmindful of the guns pointed at her.
"Usa-chan," he stated in surprised. Then he looked at the others, "Put your guns away." He ignored the shocked look directed at him and concentrated instead on the girl sitting in front of him. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that they hesitantly put their guns away and placed them where they could be accessed easily.
"Usa-chan, what are you doing here?" his tone suggested that it had better be a damn good reason.
Usagi pouted. "Didn't we go over this last night, Hee-kun?"
Somewhere in the background, Duo choked but nobody paid any attention to him.
Heero sighed, feeling an incoming headache. "Usa-chan, you know I don't like surprises and I don't think my friends like surprises either, judging from the guns pointed at you."
"Details, details," Usagi replied carelessly before turning serious. "I mean what I said last night. Don't take the mission."
"What does she mean by mission? Heero?" Quatre spoke up, unable to stay silent anymore.
Heero flicked his eyes towards his friends for a split second but didn't answer the question. "We've been over this already, Usa-chan."
This time it was Usagi's turn to sigh. "You are too stubborn for your own good," she mumbled. "I suppose I can't do anything to make you change your mind then. Please be careful," she directed her last sentence to all of them, not just Heero.
"Whoa, back up here. You tried to kill us yesterday and now you're telling us to be careful?" Duo frowned in confusion. "Am I missing something here?"
This time Usagi and Heero both turned their attention towards him. When Heero made no move to explain, the girl gave him a quick jab on his ribs. "Hee-kun, I thought I told you to send my apology to them."
Heero was about to grunt in reply but decided against it when he saw the glare his girlfriend was giving him. "Gomen, Usa-chan. I was busy at the time and forgot about it." He looked calm on the outside but inside he was panicking since he noticed the strange look his friends were giving him at his uncharacteristic behaviour. He didn't want to explain to them how much the blonde girl had changed him. Not yet anyway.
The small girl only gave him a long suffering look before turning back to the other pilots. "Well, since Hee-kun had conveniently forgotton I'll just do it myself then. I'm really sorry for shooting you yesterday. Nothing personal you understand."
"That's okay, Miss-?" Quatre responded, seeing that the others were not going to say anything.
"Usagi. Usagi Tsukino. Pleased to meet you, Quatre."
Quatre started. "How did you-?"
"-Know your name? I did a little bit of research on the gundam pilots. I believe you all are already informed that OZ knows your identities otherwise you wouldn't have moved so quickly. It was a simple matter of accessing their files and extracting the information from the database."
"Why should we trust you?" Trowa asked suspiciously.
Usagi turned an amused look at him. "Heero trusts me. Isn't that enough? Don't worry I'm not a threat to you. I'm here to inform you that the mission that Heero is about to tell you is a trap. Since I can't dissuade Heero from taking the mission, I want to tell you to exercise extreme caution or you'll end up in an unpleasant situation."
"Now that I'm finished telling you all of this, I have to go. It was nice meeting you, Quatre, Duo, Trowa, Wufei. Later, Hee-kun," she finished by planting a quick kiss on the Japanese boy's cheek. She strolled out the door casually. None of the pilots tried to stop her.
"Heero, explain what the hell just happen here," Duo's voice finally broke the silence surrounding them.
The aforementioned boy didn't feel like explaining anything so he settled with "Later, Duo. We have a mission." Then he proceeded to outline the mission to the others. It seemed simple enough. Break in, grab the file containing the pilots' data then destroy the base completely to erase any traces but Heero couldn't help thinking about his girlfriend's warning. He trusted her but he kept getting an uneasy feeling around her and he learnt long ago not to ignore his instincts if he wanted to live. She appeared to be the normal girl he had known but something was off about her and Heero couldn't figure out what it was. It was driving him slowly insane.
"Yo, Heero! Are you listening to me?" Heero would have jumped if he was not the Perfect Soldier. Duo was a mere two inches from him and was waving his hand in front of his eyes.
Heero grunted and shoved the American boy away, glaring at him all the while.
"Heeeerrrooo!" the violet eyed youth whined. "Aren't you going to tell us anything?"
"No." With that Heero stalked back to his room, leaving one irate Shinigami and three confused pilots.
*End Chap 7*
Japanese translations:
Gomen - sorry
AN: I'm really sorry for the lack of updates but real life has been a pain. It's not really surprising since it is my last year of school. I just want to warn you that it might take me a while to do the next update since I don't really have time to write anymore but have no fear I will definitely finish every fic I have written. Thank you for those who reviewed. I appreciate every single comment and cherish it. So for those who never reviewed, please do. I'd like to know your opinion of my fic.
Replies to reviews:
'spacecase' - I'm so happy! ^_~
'Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos' - I don't know because I've already planned everything and none of the scouts are in it. And if I put them in they'll only have a very minor part in this.
'DemonKiala' - You know I never thought about it but I suppose *sweatdrops*
'MarsMoonStar' - *grins* lack of better word is right! Thanks!
'Pyro-Girl' - Remember that OZ has the pilots under surveillance so it's a simple matter for Usagi to find the safehouse.
'obsessed', 'kimeno-pebols' - Thank you for the reviews!