Meeting His Destiny
Chapter 4
It was the night of the big extravaganza Relena had suddenly decided to throw for the five pilots. Heero could only dread the moments they had alone as the others went off and danced. He just see now that stupid grin she would wear, trying to talk to him while at the same time masking her excitement. And every time it happened, he loathed being near her more. Just then sitting with the others in the common room as they spoke about the good times to come, Heero watched in his mind a flashback of the previous evening.
----Flashback----
"Heero! Get the phone will ya?" Quatre shouted down the hall from his room. Sighing heavily, the man waved back to the blonde who had conveniently re-entered his room and closed the door.
"Hello, Heero Yuy speaking," he said answering plainly. He could almost hear a jump of excitement from the person on the other line.
"Heero! I mean, hello Heero. Have you received the invitations I sent out?" Relena Peacecraft announced from the other end.
//I should have known better…those baka pilots set me up so I would personally answer the phone,// Heero thought angrily. "Yes, Miss Relena, we received them the other day," he replied remaining stiff.
"Enough with the 'Miss Relena' business, Heero," Relena teased. Seeing that this brought back no answer, she simply continued. "The guests should be arriving around 8, we were hoping that you would arrive a bit sooner to greet them. After all, this is your party."
"I see, well we'll do our absolute best," Heero answered trying his hardest to close this conversation as quickly and as painlessly as possible. "Thank you for calling Miss Relena-
"Heero." Her voice was serious and desperate.
"Yes?"came the dim and dark reply.
"I look forward very much to seeing you again," her voice came, picking up somewhat with a hopeful tone.
Heero sighed quietly before answering-but suddenly he saw Trowa coming down the hall looking very bored. "Relena, Trowa's here and he wants to talk to you!" Heero said hurriedly and tossed to portable phone to the unsuspecting man.
"What is this?" he said coming out of a staring trance.
"A phone, it's Relena. Good luck and I'm outta here!" Heero replied bolting as fast as he could. Just as he rounded the corner, he could hear Trowa's voice trailing off…
"Hello? Miss Peacecraft?"
----Flashback Fading----
"Heero…hey guys, it looks like he's thinking about Relena again!" Duo hissed with a goofy smile on his face. Heero continued to ignore the American, even though he was very much out of his thoughts and aware of all that went on just then.
"Why is it that you bring her up so often, Duo? I'd say by the strange habit you have talking about her, that you're the one who likes her," Heero replied smugly. The braided one shut his mouth immediately and took a few seconds togenerate a sharp come back regardless of the snickers around him.
"Bunchof gossiping women," Wufei remarked.
"You're the most womanish of all of us Wufei, with all those wild, mind-splitting moodswings of yours," Heero Yuy retorted with a slight grin... but yet, not enought o make a smile. Wufei glared at the Japanese man, and the patented Death Glare of Heero Yuy was shot straight back at him.
"You know, I didn't appreciate that little surprise conversation with her,Heero," Trowa commented observing the previous scene with a smirk.
"Hey, I wasn't the one who decided to trick me into answering the phone."
"Yeah but, c'mon man. You always fall forthat, and thinking it might be a mission call you always get it. When are you gonna pick up on it already?" Duo said pushing his insulted ego away for a second.
"Huh…" Heero sighed. "Next time you try that on me, baka, that braid of yours is going to become the first item in my personal Duo collection," he answered with a sneer. Duo looked away, gently teasing the very end stub of his braid.
"You guys, we have to get ready to go, that party starts in three hours and we are not even close to being ready!" Quatre exclaimed checking his watch.
"We're not women, blondie, I think we can get ready just fine," Wufei leapt in.
"Speak for yourself," Quatre replied with a smooth gleam in his eyes.
"Funny…" the Chinese jeered.
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----Later That Evening----
"C'mon people! It's 7 o'clock! Half of you aren't even ready!" Quatre shouted down the main hall while adjusting his tie. One by one, they came out from their rooms, dressed in sharp tuxedos with a touch of current flare. Heero was the last to come out, teasing at his hair with a comb. With a final run through his thick mane, he jammed the hair tool into his back pocket and took a good look at himself in the hall mirror.
"Yes Heero, you look so DASHING tonight!" Duo exclaimed in a womanly voice to impersonate Relena. "Please Heero, be my boyfriend!" Heero suddenly shot his fist out at Duo's head. Seconds before it collided violently with Duo's face, Trowa took a firm grip on his arm and stopped it just in time.
"What are you-
"Heero. We have an appearance to make tonight. We don't need people wondering why the American over there has a bloody nose." Heero nodded slowly at Trowa and finally they were ready.
"Uh dudes…"Duo started suddenly.
"Not now!" Wufei shouted.
"Guys!"
"Shut up!"
"DUDES!" Duo screamed finally. "Did anyone bother to figure out exactly how we're gonna get there?!" Each boy looked at the other suddenly withthe realization that they had no real way of getting there.
"There's the Gundams…" Heero suggested.
"Yeah let's land on Relena's castle, what a grand entrance!" Quatre smirked.
"Hey wait a minute!" Trowa said hearing something. The European bolted away from the rest of them and headed to the main garage entrance. Opening the door, Trowa revealed to all a shining black limousine waiting for them. A tall chauffeur opened the side door fort hem and allowed the boys to get inside.
"This is sweet!" Duo sang out. A quick punch in the back from Heero shut him up. Oneby one, they filed into the car and raised a toast.
"To the finest pilots in the universe!" they cried out and after clinking glasses, the car's engine hummed and they pulled out of the driveway.