The next day found three of the four boys back at the lot, waiting for the fourth member to show up, and quickly growing impatient.
"Where is he already?" Quatre finally demanded of Heero, "It can't take that long to get a bloody nose looked at!"
"I'll bet he let the guy hit him, just to have an excuse to go to the emergency and have that doctors hands all over him," Trowa commented quietly, causing Quarte to have to stifle a giggle, and Heero smirk
Wufei had been waling up behind them, and had just gotten close enough to hear that last comment, he coughed loudly, startling the others and spoke, "It would be dishonorable of me to act in such a way," he stated, "thought it *was* nice to see Sally again"
"Oh, it's Sally now is it? What happened to 'Dr. Po'?" Quatre winked, "Gettin' friendly with her are ya?" tyhe only response he received was a nicer shade of pink, which creeped up Wufei's cheeks.
Coming up behind Quatre, Trowa wrapped his arms around the shorter boy's shoulders, "Leave him be, little one," sparing Wufei a glance, he continued, "can't you see you've embarrassed him? I think you won this round,"
Just as Wufei opened his mouth to deny Trowa's pronouncement, a shout was heard coming from off in the left side of the woods that surrounded most of the lot.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH-" it was cut off most abruptly with the sound of snapping branches and a crash.
Looking towards the woods, then back at eachother, they all nodded and took off towards the woods with Heero in the lead. As they moved closer, they heard voices and headed towards them.
"Ungh!" accompanied with a loud thump was what greeted them when they arrived at a clearing in the middle of the woods. Heero signaled for them to remain still and silent, preferring to remain unnoticed.
The sight that greeted them was an interesting one. At the far side of the clearing there was a group of boys surrounding a crouching person with a leather jacket in a loose circle. Thought the figure was partially obscured from view, it was clear that they were not intimidated by the circle of boys. To the left of the group, a form lay motionless at the base of a tree, another a few feet away from the crouching person.
One bold, or in this case, stupid, boy lunged toward the leather clad figure, a knife clutched in his left hand. As he came forward, the stranger nimbly skipped to the side, and jabbed the boys arm just above the elbow, causing the boy to drop the knife. Quickly grabbing the knife, and reversing it, the stranger cracked the butt end against the boys temple, causing him to collapse in a heap.
Another boy, who had been standing well behind the others -obviously the leader of the group-- walked forward as the figure straightened. "Well well pretty boy," he sneered, "looks like you can fight after all. But... lets see how you do when it's no one on one!" with that, all of the remaining boys jumped forward.
This was the moment that Heero had decided he'd had enough, stepping closer to the group, he called out to the leader, "Call off your goons Jason!"
All eyes snapped towards the new voice, and instantly all of the boys froze and went pale. All of them had been involved in skirmishes with Heero and his friends, and none were stupid enough to repeat the experience. They all broke and ran with their tales between their legs, including their so-called leader when he realized he had no one to hide behind.
Walking towards the stranger who was straightening out his clothes, Heero exchanged a glance with Wufei, who nodded slightly and moved to the left as Heero moved to the right, leaving Trowa and Quatre in the center. Just as they surrounded the boy, he turned, and they were rewarded with a heart-shaped violet eyed face, that was grinning like a mad-man.
"Hey guys! Thanks for the help, those bozos were really stratin' to irk me. By the way, my names Duo, Duo Maxwell." The boy introduced himself, holding out his hand in greeting.
============End Part Three============
"Where is he already?" Quatre finally demanded of Heero, "It can't take that long to get a bloody nose looked at!"
"I'll bet he let the guy hit him, just to have an excuse to go to the emergency and have that doctors hands all over him," Trowa commented quietly, causing Quarte to have to stifle a giggle, and Heero smirk
Wufei had been waling up behind them, and had just gotten close enough to hear that last comment, he coughed loudly, startling the others and spoke, "It would be dishonorable of me to act in such a way," he stated, "thought it *was* nice to see Sally again"
"Oh, it's Sally now is it? What happened to 'Dr. Po'?" Quatre winked, "Gettin' friendly with her are ya?" tyhe only response he received was a nicer shade of pink, which creeped up Wufei's cheeks.
Coming up behind Quatre, Trowa wrapped his arms around the shorter boy's shoulders, "Leave him be, little one," sparing Wufei a glance, he continued, "can't you see you've embarrassed him? I think you won this round,"
Just as Wufei opened his mouth to deny Trowa's pronouncement, a shout was heard coming from off in the left side of the woods that surrounded most of the lot.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH-" it was cut off most abruptly with the sound of snapping branches and a crash.
Looking towards the woods, then back at eachother, they all nodded and took off towards the woods with Heero in the lead. As they moved closer, they heard voices and headed towards them.
"Ungh!" accompanied with a loud thump was what greeted them when they arrived at a clearing in the middle of the woods. Heero signaled for them to remain still and silent, preferring to remain unnoticed.
The sight that greeted them was an interesting one. At the far side of the clearing there was a group of boys surrounding a crouching person with a leather jacket in a loose circle. Thought the figure was partially obscured from view, it was clear that they were not intimidated by the circle of boys. To the left of the group, a form lay motionless at the base of a tree, another a few feet away from the crouching person.
One bold, or in this case, stupid, boy lunged toward the leather clad figure, a knife clutched in his left hand. As he came forward, the stranger nimbly skipped to the side, and jabbed the boys arm just above the elbow, causing the boy to drop the knife. Quickly grabbing the knife, and reversing it, the stranger cracked the butt end against the boys temple, causing him to collapse in a heap.
Another boy, who had been standing well behind the others -obviously the leader of the group-- walked forward as the figure straightened. "Well well pretty boy," he sneered, "looks like you can fight after all. But... lets see how you do when it's no one on one!" with that, all of the remaining boys jumped forward.
This was the moment that Heero had decided he'd had enough, stepping closer to the group, he called out to the leader, "Call off your goons Jason!"
All eyes snapped towards the new voice, and instantly all of the boys froze and went pale. All of them had been involved in skirmishes with Heero and his friends, and none were stupid enough to repeat the experience. They all broke and ran with their tales between their legs, including their so-called leader when he realized he had no one to hide behind.
Walking towards the stranger who was straightening out his clothes, Heero exchanged a glance with Wufei, who nodded slightly and moved to the left as Heero moved to the right, leaving Trowa and Quatre in the center. Just as they surrounded the boy, he turned, and they were rewarded with a heart-shaped violet eyed face, that was grinning like a mad-man.
"Hey guys! Thanks for the help, those bozos were really stratin' to irk me. By the way, my names Duo, Duo Maxwell." The boy introduced himself, holding out his hand in greeting.
============End Part Three============
