Chapter Two - And Along Came A Peacecraft
Duo and Rayearth had resumed their goofing around. They were jumping and
laughing and playing in the afternoon sun like two old friends when Duo spotted her. He
stopped, causing Rayearth to stop as well. He hid behind Rayearth and shouted, "PEACE
OF CRAP!" Heero looked up and face palmed. Relena had arrived.
Relena stopped dead in her tracks, her jaw threatening to hit the ground. Ok,
Wufei talking to a giant dragon wasn't too weird. She'd expected to see that someday,
somehow, even though dragons weren't real. Quatre having pleasant conversation with a
giant four winged bird was a little out of the ordinary. Trowa drinking tea with a giant
centaur was a little out there. And Duo prancing around with a giant flaming wolf was
just a little weird. But Heero having a casual conversation about war with a giant black
hyena gargoyle was just too much for the Queen of the World. She fainted. Quatre rushed
over and tried to wake her up. Duo poked her with a stick.
"Dude! I think we killed her!" Duo said, sounding a little happier than he
probably should have. Quatre shook his head.
"She's still breathing." Quatre assured Duo.
"Damnit." Duo muttered. The five spirits all blinked. Diablo was pretty sure he
was the one who caused her to faint. He actually felt rather proud of himself. He got bad
vibes from that woman. (Yes. Diablo is a hippie.) Selece and Wufei, together, gave an
annoyed sigh. They looked at each other, grinned, and then laughed. Trowa shook his
head.
"I think Selece and your friend Wufei have become quite good friends." Sora said.
Trowa nodded.
"Who'd have thought." Trowa chuckled. Sora smiled. Her horse-like legs were
pulled under her, and she watched as Rayearth went over to Relena and nudged her
gently with his paw.
"She isn't waking up," Rayearth said to Duo. Duo grinned.
"Good." Duo laughed. Heero elbowed him in the ribs, causing him to give an
"Oomph!" and glare at Heero, who glared back. Duo backed off. Diablo padded over and
lowered his head so he was face to face with Relena. He couldn't have picked a worse
time.
Relena stirred and opened her eyes, took one look at Diablo's face, and screamed.
Diablo roared and reared back, jumping several feet away. Sora got up and trotted to
Diablo to calm him down. Relena had jumped out of Quatre's arms and hid behind Heero.
"Hee-chan!" Relena cried, "What is that monster!?" Diablo looked insulted.
"I'm not a monster!" Diablo roared. Sora touched his shoulder.
"Calm down, its alright." Sora said soothingly. Diablo calmed, but glared angrily
at Relena. Heero's death glare had rubbed off on Diablo. Rayearth didn't seem to like
Relena much either, seeing as she'd screamed again once she'd noticed him, then
complained about Duo once she'd realized that was who Rayearth was friends with. Duo
waved it off.
"Ignore her buddy. She ain't worth the anger." Duo said.
"You shut up Maxwell!" Relena said, in a rare fit of rudeness. Rayearth snarled at
her and she squeaked and resumed hiding behind Heero. Heero stood and walked to
Diablo, resuming the conversation they'd been having, and petting his snout quietly.
Relena stared in horror. How could her dear sweet Heero be associated with such a
horrible monster? Diablo glanced at Relena. How could his new war-obsessed friend be
associated with such a weirdo? Windam lowered his head to Relena.
"Why did you scream at Rayearth? That's not nice." Windam said, his back pair
of wings raised high. Relena squeaked again in fear. Quatre laughed.
"Windam won't hurt you!" Quatre smiled reassuringly. Relena nodded a bit.
"I won't as long as she lays off my friends!" Windam said angrily. Quatre patted
his beak.
"Relena will be nice. Won't you miss Relena?" Quatre said turning to the
frightened girl. She nodded quickly and Windam nodded in return.
"I hold you to your word Miss Relena." He said. Quatre smiled awkwardly and
poured himself some tea… Which kinda came from nowhere. He also poured a cup for
Windam, who managed to drink it somehow. Relena shakily sat beside Heero and forced
a smile.
"G-Good Morn-ning…" Relena stammered. Diablo nodded to her, but said
nothing. He looked at Heero.
"So you were saying?" Diablo ignored Relena, wanting to finish his conversation
with Heero. Heero nodded.
"I highly doubt disarmament would bring peace. I think total peace is impossible."
Heero said, picking up where he had left off. Diablo nodded. Relena blinked, of course
total peace could be achieved!
"I completely agree. No being will ever like every other being in existence."
Diablo said.
"My thoughts exactly." Heero replied. Relena was shocked, Heero didn't agree
with her theory of universal peace? It was this monster, it had to be! He was corrupting
her poor Hee-chan! Relena glared up at Diablo.
"You get away from Heero! You're corrupting his mind!" Relena shouted. And
suddenly all activity ceased. Sora ran to Diablo and Windam beat his wings angrily.
"You broke your word Miss Relena." Windam said lowly. Diablo roared loudly,
despite Sora's half-hearted attempts at calming him down. Rayearth growled and Selece
glared angrily. Quatre had a hand infront of his mouth to hide his gasp, and Duo was
doing everything he could not to go over and beat Relena untill she lost consciousness.
Trowa had followed Sora, and was looking at Heero, who was just staring at Relena in
some kind of horror and rage filled disbelief.
"Leave Relena." Relena blinked.
"What?"
"I said leave. Diablo has done nothing to you and you insist on being rude to him.
I'd like you to leave now." Heero glared at her. Relena looked around.
"Do all of you want me to go?" Relena asked.
"Now!" Diablo roared.
"Right away." Selece said.
"Better now than later." Wufei added.
"Yes, please." Quatre said.
"Go away." Windam growled.
"And stay away." Sora snapped.
"Hn." Trowa nodded.
"Idiot woman." Rayearth snarled.
"And don't come back!" Duo shouted. Relena ignored Duo and Rayearth, they'd
probably corrupted Heero too. She stood up and glared at the five mashin.
"I wish you all would go back where you came from and stop corrupting these
poor boys!" Relena shouted, "You're all horrible monsters!" Rayearth could hold his
anger back no longer. This woman was asking for death. He pounced on her, easily
pinning her under one massive paw.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE WOMAN!?" He roared. Relena squeaked.
"WE ARE SPIRITS! GODS! HOW DARE YOU INSULT US!" Duo rushed over and
pulled on Rayearth's leg.
"Come on buddy, she ain't worth it! Don't waste the effort!" Duo shouted.
Rayearth ignored him. Relena looked at Heero, who was making no effort to save her.
"Heero!" Relena cried.
"You should have left while you had the chance. You insulted a pack of gods.
One of which is my friend." Heero said coldly. Rayearth pressed his paw down harder on
Relena, then stepped off and lay down under a tree, head on his forepaws.
"Go now woman. You're lucky he spared you. Go now without saying anything
else or he may not be so kind next time." Selece said. Relena got up, hand across her ribs,
quite sure Rayearth has snapped a few of them, but she didn't leave. She just stood there.
Windam lowered his head to Quatre.
"Why isn't she leaving? She's practically asking us to kill her!" Windam
whispered. Quatre looked up at Windam.
"Please don't. I don't know why she refuses to leave, or why she's here at all, but
please do not hurt her any more." Quatre begged. Windam just nodded. He lifted his head
and gave a cry. Selece, Sora, and Diablo turned to look at him. Rayearth, who was still
feeling fully insulted, ignored the call.
"We leave the girl be. We will ignore her. She has insulted us, but we are spirits
made to aid our knights and nothing more. We are made to protect the innocent, not
destroy them." Windam looked among the others. Diablo settled and struck up a
conversation with Heero about pointless holidays, particularly Valentine's Day. Sora sat
with Trowa, the both of them silent. Duo sat beside Rayearth and began to pet him and
tell him that Relena was stupid and didn't know what she was talking about. Wufei and
Selece picked up their conversation on how there was no justice in the world. (And how
Relena proved it.) Windam settled again and resumed talking to Quatre about the concept
of "family".
Relena looked around. She glared at Rayearth and Duo. Rayearth had nearly
killed her and Duo was practically congratulating him on it! And Heero… He was acting
so cold. Had he always been that way? Reality was starting to dawn on Relena. Heero
had always been this way to her and she'd been so consumed in her fantasies to notice.
Diablo hadn't changed Heero, he had changed her. She turned to Diablo and bowed her
head. She couldn't bow much further due to her three broken ribs, "Forgive me."
"Excuse me?" Diablo said lowly. All eyes had once more fallen upon Relena, who
was shaking, and in turn wincing in horrible pain.
"Please… I see now that I made a horrible mistake in misjudging you all. You are
not monsters. You are creatures of peace, and you have wonderful hearts. I was lost in
my dreams of peace and could not see the truth. Please, spirits, forgive me." Relena
begged. The five moved into a ring away from the other pilots and consulted each other.
The five pilots all stood in a row in their usual order, Trowa, Quatre, Heero, Duo,
and Wufei. Rayearth kept shaking his head sharply, and Windam kept beating his wings.
Trowa could easily pick out Sora's voice, trying to reason with them to get them to
forgive Relena, even though it was obvious she didn't like Relena any more than the rest
of them. Selece's argument sounded much like something Wufei might use, the word
"injustice" springing from his mouth frequently. Wufei was proud. Windam also tried to
reason with his friends, but Rayearth refused to forgive Relena. From the minute she'd
arrived she'd shown him complete disrespect. Even Alcyone had been respectful to the
spirits!
"Ten bucks says Rayearth kills her." Wufei whispered to Duo.
"You're on." Duo chuckled. Heero elbowed Duo rather hard and he gave another
"Oomph!" and glared at Heero. Trowa and Quatre laughed quietly. Relena just stood,
wondering why in the name of heaven this was taking so long.
"Fine." Rayearth finally scoffed, and then stalked back to his tree. Duo grinned at
Wufei, who glared and gave him ten dollars. Duo then pocketed his newfound income.
"Nice doing business with you Wuffers."
"Don't call me that."
"Whatever you say Wuffers." Duo laughed, then went and sat next to Rayearth
and tried to make him feel better again.
"Look! You made me ten dollars! Doesn't that make you feel better?"
"Sorta…" Rayearth laughed, and Duo laughed with him.
Windam waved a wing over Relena and sparkly green dust rained over her. She
blinked up at Windam, then looked at herself.
"My ribs! They don't hurt anymore!" Relena cheered. She looked up at Windam.
"Hey wait a second. If you could heal me, why didn't you do it from the beginning?"
Windam laughed.
"Do you really think that I would just go ahead and heal a foolish girl who called
my friends and I monsters?" Windam asked. Rayearth growled at Relena.
"She's just asking for me to break those ribs again." He scoffed. Relena squeaked.
Duo laughed. Heero shook his head and sat with Diablo. He pulled out his laptop and
turned it on.
"I got our mission." Heero said. Duo bounded over and looked over Heero's
shoulder.
"What is it? What is it? Tell me! Tell me!" Duo laughed. Heero rolled his eyes
and opened the email containing their mission. The description was short, and there were
four image files that went with it. One picture of three people, and then an individual
picture of each person.
"We're supposed to protect these three, two young men and young child. They are
not supposed to know we are following them." Heero said.
"Protect them from what?" Quatre asked.
"Damned vague missions." Wufei mumbled. Selece nodded his agreement. Duo
looked at the picture of the three and raised an eyebrow. One of the men was holding a
little girl while the other was handing her an ice cream cone.
"Am I the only one that's getting a sense that there's a homosexual relationship
here?" Duo asked. Heero elbowed Duo again and he retreated with his usual "oomph".
Rayearth laughed. Windam and Quatre laughed quietly to themselves and shook their
heads. Trowa just smiled to himself and began to play cards with Sora. Heero and Diablo
reviewed the mission several times, both determined to complete it in total perfection.
That was how both of them were used to working missions.
"Duo… Do you have a problem with homosexual relationships?" Quatre asked.
Duo blinked and shook his head.
"No… I was just wondering if I was the only one that thought it was a
possibility." Duo said, looking up from his video game magazine. Windam and Rayearth
blinked at each other, shrugged, and resumed what they'd been doing.
Relena was still standing there, suddenly becoming jealous that she was a not
friends with one of these spirit god things. Rayearth was out of the question, he didn't like
her, she didn't like him, and she liked her ribs just how they were! Selece didn't seem like
a good choice either. Wufei had begun to rub off on him, which would make him almost
completely sexist. Windam seemed polite and sensible, but she'd broken her word to him,
so that probably wasn't a good idea. Diablo was… just… No. That left Sora. Sora was a
girl, and she was calm and smart and sensible. Sure there was Trowa to deal with, but she
had to be more fun to talk to than him! Hell, Trowa hardly even talks! She skipped over
happily and smiled up at Sora. Sora didn't look up from her cards. She rearranged a few
and looked at Trowa. Trowa looked back at her. Relena cleared her throat and both of
them looked at her.
"Can I help you?" Sora asked. Relena beamed.
"I want to be your friend!" Relena said cheerfully. Sora put a few cards down and
picked up a few more.
"You called Diablo a monster three times. I may have made the decision to let
you live, but I will not forgive you that easily. Now if you would excuse me, I've got a
card game to finish." Sora said flatly. Trowa nodded a bit. Relena's spirit shattered. She
gave a little whimper, which Sora and Trowa ignored, and then walked away from them.
"Ok, so Heero doesn't like me and I'm not more fun than Trowa. Do I even have a
reason to keep living?" Relena asked herself.
Duo and Rayearth had both fallen asleep. The sun had begun to set and they all
agreed it was getting late. Trowa put the cards away and fell asleep leaning against Sora's
side. Diablo curled into a ball and Heero lay on his back in the grass. Windam tucked his
head under a wing and fell asleep, Quatre hidden beneath another wing. Wufei had fallen
asleep, lying on his back, his head propped up against Selece's fore-leg. Relena sat and
looked around. Quietly she went and sat on the other side of the tree Rayearth and Duo
were under, leaned back against it, and fell asleep alone.
Chapter 2 Bonus!
Why Relena Is Not More Fun To Talk To Than Trowa
- Relena - Never shuts up, meaning you never get to talk
- Trowa - Doesn't talk at all, meaning you can talk all you want. (If you're lucky
you'll even get an answer!)
- Relena - Is very hard to look at. This makes making eyes contact difficult.
- Trowa - While finding his other eye may prove as a task, Trowa is rather pretty
(just ask Chi) so its really not hard to make contact with at least one of his eyes.
- Relena - Here, you are very limited in conversation for 3 reasons. 1 - She's an
idiot and won't understand half of what you say anyway. 2 - She's a diehard pacifist. You
can't talk about ANYTHING that could be related to war in any way. (Which knocks off
all my favorite topics .) 3 - All she wants to talk about is Heero. And will always
change the topic to Heero.
- Trowa - Trowa honestly doesn't care what you talk about. Talk about war,
animals, the weather, or the moldy thing in the fridge. Trowa will listen to you! =D And
he won't change the topic on you!
- Relena - Who would want to talk to Relena? I mean hell, those annoying preppy
girls at the school talk to her, but they're probably paid to. And she ignores them! (See
second episode.)
- Trowa - Everyone wants to talk to Trowa. Even the real Trowa just randomly
came up to Trowa and told him all about how his niece was going to take over Earth. Isn't
that nice now?
- Relena - If you try and talk to Relena, the rest of the world will not like you for
it, because no one likes Relena. Heero doesn't. Duo doesn't. Even the mashin don't.
(Which explains why Rayearth broke 3 of her ribs.)
- Trowa - Everyone likes Trowa. Even people who are afraid of clowns
(*coughmecough*) like Trowa. The mashin like Trowa too. They play cards with him. So
no one will get mad at you for talking to Trowa.
Duo and Rayearth had resumed their goofing around. They were jumping and
laughing and playing in the afternoon sun like two old friends when Duo spotted her. He
stopped, causing Rayearth to stop as well. He hid behind Rayearth and shouted, "PEACE
OF CRAP!" Heero looked up and face palmed. Relena had arrived.
Relena stopped dead in her tracks, her jaw threatening to hit the ground. Ok,
Wufei talking to a giant dragon wasn't too weird. She'd expected to see that someday,
somehow, even though dragons weren't real. Quatre having pleasant conversation with a
giant four winged bird was a little out of the ordinary. Trowa drinking tea with a giant
centaur was a little out there. And Duo prancing around with a giant flaming wolf was
just a little weird. But Heero having a casual conversation about war with a giant black
hyena gargoyle was just too much for the Queen of the World. She fainted. Quatre rushed
over and tried to wake her up. Duo poked her with a stick.
"Dude! I think we killed her!" Duo said, sounding a little happier than he
probably should have. Quatre shook his head.
"She's still breathing." Quatre assured Duo.
"Damnit." Duo muttered. The five spirits all blinked. Diablo was pretty sure he
was the one who caused her to faint. He actually felt rather proud of himself. He got bad
vibes from that woman. (Yes. Diablo is a hippie.) Selece and Wufei, together, gave an
annoyed sigh. They looked at each other, grinned, and then laughed. Trowa shook his
head.
"I think Selece and your friend Wufei have become quite good friends." Sora said.
Trowa nodded.
"Who'd have thought." Trowa chuckled. Sora smiled. Her horse-like legs were
pulled under her, and she watched as Rayearth went over to Relena and nudged her
gently with his paw.
"She isn't waking up," Rayearth said to Duo. Duo grinned.
"Good." Duo laughed. Heero elbowed him in the ribs, causing him to give an
"Oomph!" and glare at Heero, who glared back. Duo backed off. Diablo padded over and
lowered his head so he was face to face with Relena. He couldn't have picked a worse
time.
Relena stirred and opened her eyes, took one look at Diablo's face, and screamed.
Diablo roared and reared back, jumping several feet away. Sora got up and trotted to
Diablo to calm him down. Relena had jumped out of Quatre's arms and hid behind Heero.
"Hee-chan!" Relena cried, "What is that monster!?" Diablo looked insulted.
"I'm not a monster!" Diablo roared. Sora touched his shoulder.
"Calm down, its alright." Sora said soothingly. Diablo calmed, but glared angrily
at Relena. Heero's death glare had rubbed off on Diablo. Rayearth didn't seem to like
Relena much either, seeing as she'd screamed again once she'd noticed him, then
complained about Duo once she'd realized that was who Rayearth was friends with. Duo
waved it off.
"Ignore her buddy. She ain't worth the anger." Duo said.
"You shut up Maxwell!" Relena said, in a rare fit of rudeness. Rayearth snarled at
her and she squeaked and resumed hiding behind Heero. Heero stood and walked to
Diablo, resuming the conversation they'd been having, and petting his snout quietly.
Relena stared in horror. How could her dear sweet Heero be associated with such a
horrible monster? Diablo glanced at Relena. How could his new war-obsessed friend be
associated with such a weirdo? Windam lowered his head to Relena.
"Why did you scream at Rayearth? That's not nice." Windam said, his back pair
of wings raised high. Relena squeaked again in fear. Quatre laughed.
"Windam won't hurt you!" Quatre smiled reassuringly. Relena nodded a bit.
"I won't as long as she lays off my friends!" Windam said angrily. Quatre patted
his beak.
"Relena will be nice. Won't you miss Relena?" Quatre said turning to the
frightened girl. She nodded quickly and Windam nodded in return.
"I hold you to your word Miss Relena." He said. Quatre smiled awkwardly and
poured himself some tea… Which kinda came from nowhere. He also poured a cup for
Windam, who managed to drink it somehow. Relena shakily sat beside Heero and forced
a smile.
"G-Good Morn-ning…" Relena stammered. Diablo nodded to her, but said
nothing. He looked at Heero.
"So you were saying?" Diablo ignored Relena, wanting to finish his conversation
with Heero. Heero nodded.
"I highly doubt disarmament would bring peace. I think total peace is impossible."
Heero said, picking up where he had left off. Diablo nodded. Relena blinked, of course
total peace could be achieved!
"I completely agree. No being will ever like every other being in existence."
Diablo said.
"My thoughts exactly." Heero replied. Relena was shocked, Heero didn't agree
with her theory of universal peace? It was this monster, it had to be! He was corrupting
her poor Hee-chan! Relena glared up at Diablo.
"You get away from Heero! You're corrupting his mind!" Relena shouted. And
suddenly all activity ceased. Sora ran to Diablo and Windam beat his wings angrily.
"You broke your word Miss Relena." Windam said lowly. Diablo roared loudly,
despite Sora's half-hearted attempts at calming him down. Rayearth growled and Selece
glared angrily. Quatre had a hand infront of his mouth to hide his gasp, and Duo was
doing everything he could not to go over and beat Relena untill she lost consciousness.
Trowa had followed Sora, and was looking at Heero, who was just staring at Relena in
some kind of horror and rage filled disbelief.
"Leave Relena." Relena blinked.
"What?"
"I said leave. Diablo has done nothing to you and you insist on being rude to him.
I'd like you to leave now." Heero glared at her. Relena looked around.
"Do all of you want me to go?" Relena asked.
"Now!" Diablo roared.
"Right away." Selece said.
"Better now than later." Wufei added.
"Yes, please." Quatre said.
"Go away." Windam growled.
"And stay away." Sora snapped.
"Hn." Trowa nodded.
"Idiot woman." Rayearth snarled.
"And don't come back!" Duo shouted. Relena ignored Duo and Rayearth, they'd
probably corrupted Heero too. She stood up and glared at the five mashin.
"I wish you all would go back where you came from and stop corrupting these
poor boys!" Relena shouted, "You're all horrible monsters!" Rayearth could hold his
anger back no longer. This woman was asking for death. He pounced on her, easily
pinning her under one massive paw.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE WOMAN!?" He roared. Relena squeaked.
"WE ARE SPIRITS! GODS! HOW DARE YOU INSULT US!" Duo rushed over and
pulled on Rayearth's leg.
"Come on buddy, she ain't worth it! Don't waste the effort!" Duo shouted.
Rayearth ignored him. Relena looked at Heero, who was making no effort to save her.
"Heero!" Relena cried.
"You should have left while you had the chance. You insulted a pack of gods.
One of which is my friend." Heero said coldly. Rayearth pressed his paw down harder on
Relena, then stepped off and lay down under a tree, head on his forepaws.
"Go now woman. You're lucky he spared you. Go now without saying anything
else or he may not be so kind next time." Selece said. Relena got up, hand across her ribs,
quite sure Rayearth has snapped a few of them, but she didn't leave. She just stood there.
Windam lowered his head to Quatre.
"Why isn't she leaving? She's practically asking us to kill her!" Windam
whispered. Quatre looked up at Windam.
"Please don't. I don't know why she refuses to leave, or why she's here at all, but
please do not hurt her any more." Quatre begged. Windam just nodded. He lifted his head
and gave a cry. Selece, Sora, and Diablo turned to look at him. Rayearth, who was still
feeling fully insulted, ignored the call.
"We leave the girl be. We will ignore her. She has insulted us, but we are spirits
made to aid our knights and nothing more. We are made to protect the innocent, not
destroy them." Windam looked among the others. Diablo settled and struck up a
conversation with Heero about pointless holidays, particularly Valentine's Day. Sora sat
with Trowa, the both of them silent. Duo sat beside Rayearth and began to pet him and
tell him that Relena was stupid and didn't know what she was talking about. Wufei and
Selece picked up their conversation on how there was no justice in the world. (And how
Relena proved it.) Windam settled again and resumed talking to Quatre about the concept
of "family".
Relena looked around. She glared at Rayearth and Duo. Rayearth had nearly
killed her and Duo was practically congratulating him on it! And Heero… He was acting
so cold. Had he always been that way? Reality was starting to dawn on Relena. Heero
had always been this way to her and she'd been so consumed in her fantasies to notice.
Diablo hadn't changed Heero, he had changed her. She turned to Diablo and bowed her
head. She couldn't bow much further due to her three broken ribs, "Forgive me."
"Excuse me?" Diablo said lowly. All eyes had once more fallen upon Relena, who
was shaking, and in turn wincing in horrible pain.
"Please… I see now that I made a horrible mistake in misjudging you all. You are
not monsters. You are creatures of peace, and you have wonderful hearts. I was lost in
my dreams of peace and could not see the truth. Please, spirits, forgive me." Relena
begged. The five moved into a ring away from the other pilots and consulted each other.
The five pilots all stood in a row in their usual order, Trowa, Quatre, Heero, Duo,
and Wufei. Rayearth kept shaking his head sharply, and Windam kept beating his wings.
Trowa could easily pick out Sora's voice, trying to reason with them to get them to
forgive Relena, even though it was obvious she didn't like Relena any more than the rest
of them. Selece's argument sounded much like something Wufei might use, the word
"injustice" springing from his mouth frequently. Wufei was proud. Windam also tried to
reason with his friends, but Rayearth refused to forgive Relena. From the minute she'd
arrived she'd shown him complete disrespect. Even Alcyone had been respectful to the
spirits!
"Ten bucks says Rayearth kills her." Wufei whispered to Duo.
"You're on." Duo chuckled. Heero elbowed Duo rather hard and he gave another
"Oomph!" and glared at Heero. Trowa and Quatre laughed quietly. Relena just stood,
wondering why in the name of heaven this was taking so long.
"Fine." Rayearth finally scoffed, and then stalked back to his tree. Duo grinned at
Wufei, who glared and gave him ten dollars. Duo then pocketed his newfound income.
"Nice doing business with you Wuffers."
"Don't call me that."
"Whatever you say Wuffers." Duo laughed, then went and sat next to Rayearth
and tried to make him feel better again.
"Look! You made me ten dollars! Doesn't that make you feel better?"
"Sorta…" Rayearth laughed, and Duo laughed with him.
Windam waved a wing over Relena and sparkly green dust rained over her. She
blinked up at Windam, then looked at herself.
"My ribs! They don't hurt anymore!" Relena cheered. She looked up at Windam.
"Hey wait a second. If you could heal me, why didn't you do it from the beginning?"
Windam laughed.
"Do you really think that I would just go ahead and heal a foolish girl who called
my friends and I monsters?" Windam asked. Rayearth growled at Relena.
"She's just asking for me to break those ribs again." He scoffed. Relena squeaked.
Duo laughed. Heero shook his head and sat with Diablo. He pulled out his laptop and
turned it on.
"I got our mission." Heero said. Duo bounded over and looked over Heero's
shoulder.
"What is it? What is it? Tell me! Tell me!" Duo laughed. Heero rolled his eyes
and opened the email containing their mission. The description was short, and there were
four image files that went with it. One picture of three people, and then an individual
picture of each person.
"We're supposed to protect these three, two young men and young child. They are
not supposed to know we are following them." Heero said.
"Protect them from what?" Quatre asked.
"Damned vague missions." Wufei mumbled. Selece nodded his agreement. Duo
looked at the picture of the three and raised an eyebrow. One of the men was holding a
little girl while the other was handing her an ice cream cone.
"Am I the only one that's getting a sense that there's a homosexual relationship
here?" Duo asked. Heero elbowed Duo again and he retreated with his usual "oomph".
Rayearth laughed. Windam and Quatre laughed quietly to themselves and shook their
heads. Trowa just smiled to himself and began to play cards with Sora. Heero and Diablo
reviewed the mission several times, both determined to complete it in total perfection.
That was how both of them were used to working missions.
"Duo… Do you have a problem with homosexual relationships?" Quatre asked.
Duo blinked and shook his head.
"No… I was just wondering if I was the only one that thought it was a
possibility." Duo said, looking up from his video game magazine. Windam and Rayearth
blinked at each other, shrugged, and resumed what they'd been doing.
Relena was still standing there, suddenly becoming jealous that she was a not
friends with one of these spirit god things. Rayearth was out of the question, he didn't like
her, she didn't like him, and she liked her ribs just how they were! Selece didn't seem like
a good choice either. Wufei had begun to rub off on him, which would make him almost
completely sexist. Windam seemed polite and sensible, but she'd broken her word to him,
so that probably wasn't a good idea. Diablo was… just… No. That left Sora. Sora was a
girl, and she was calm and smart and sensible. Sure there was Trowa to deal with, but she
had to be more fun to talk to than him! Hell, Trowa hardly even talks! She skipped over
happily and smiled up at Sora. Sora didn't look up from her cards. She rearranged a few
and looked at Trowa. Trowa looked back at her. Relena cleared her throat and both of
them looked at her.
"Can I help you?" Sora asked. Relena beamed.
"I want to be your friend!" Relena said cheerfully. Sora put a few cards down and
picked up a few more.
"You called Diablo a monster three times. I may have made the decision to let
you live, but I will not forgive you that easily. Now if you would excuse me, I've got a
card game to finish." Sora said flatly. Trowa nodded a bit. Relena's spirit shattered. She
gave a little whimper, which Sora and Trowa ignored, and then walked away from them.
"Ok, so Heero doesn't like me and I'm not more fun than Trowa. Do I even have a
reason to keep living?" Relena asked herself.
Duo and Rayearth had both fallen asleep. The sun had begun to set and they all
agreed it was getting late. Trowa put the cards away and fell asleep leaning against Sora's
side. Diablo curled into a ball and Heero lay on his back in the grass. Windam tucked his
head under a wing and fell asleep, Quatre hidden beneath another wing. Wufei had fallen
asleep, lying on his back, his head propped up against Selece's fore-leg. Relena sat and
looked around. Quietly she went and sat on the other side of the tree Rayearth and Duo
were under, leaned back against it, and fell asleep alone.
Chapter 2 Bonus!
Why Relena Is Not More Fun To Talk To Than Trowa
- Relena - Never shuts up, meaning you never get to talk
- Trowa - Doesn't talk at all, meaning you can talk all you want. (If you're lucky
you'll even get an answer!)
- Relena - Is very hard to look at. This makes making eyes contact difficult.
- Trowa - While finding his other eye may prove as a task, Trowa is rather pretty
(just ask Chi) so its really not hard to make contact with at least one of his eyes.
- Relena - Here, you are very limited in conversation for 3 reasons. 1 - She's an
idiot and won't understand half of what you say anyway. 2 - She's a diehard pacifist. You
can't talk about ANYTHING that could be related to war in any way. (Which knocks off
all my favorite topics .) 3 - All she wants to talk about is Heero. And will always
change the topic to Heero.
- Trowa - Trowa honestly doesn't care what you talk about. Talk about war,
animals, the weather, or the moldy thing in the fridge. Trowa will listen to you! =D And
he won't change the topic on you!
- Relena - Who would want to talk to Relena? I mean hell, those annoying preppy
girls at the school talk to her, but they're probably paid to. And she ignores them! (See
second episode.)
- Trowa - Everyone wants to talk to Trowa. Even the real Trowa just randomly
came up to Trowa and told him all about how his niece was going to take over Earth. Isn't
that nice now?
- Relena - If you try and talk to Relena, the rest of the world will not like you for
it, because no one likes Relena. Heero doesn't. Duo doesn't. Even the mashin don't.
(Which explains why Rayearth broke 3 of her ribs.)
- Trowa - Everyone likes Trowa. Even people who are afraid of clowns
(*coughmecough*) like Trowa. The mashin like Trowa too. They play cards with him. So
no one will get mad at you for talking to Trowa.