Smiling brightly, and taking the offered hand, Quatre introduced them, "Hi! My name is Quatre Winner," motioning to Trowa who was still behind him he said, "this is Trowa Baron."

Duo offered a smile, "Hey man, nice to meetcha,"

Continuing with his introductions Quatre pointed to Wufei, "To your right is Chang Wufei," Duo nodded towards him, and Wufei returned the gesture, "And finally, to your left is Heero Yuy."

When Duo turned towards him, Heero saw his eyes widen slightly and flash with something indistinguishable, his smile faltered fractionally. Before he could comment however, Duo's grin was back, and he had the maniac draped around his shoulders.

"Hey dude, how's it hangin'?"

"Hn," was Heero's only reply.

"Not much of a talker are ya?"

"Hn,"

Rolling his eyes, Duo disengaged himself from Heero, and walked towards the boy, who still lay unmoving, under the tree. Flipping him over with a grunt, Duo checked him over. Moving towards the other two in the middle of the clearing he did the same to them.

"Hey Duo," Quatre called, "we saw what happened to the last one, but what did you do to the other two?" he asked as Duo walked back over.

"Oh, those guys? I was taking a walk through the woods when they decided to jump me. The first guy jumped on my back, but I threw him off and into the tree. By then the others had surrounded me, and the other guy came at me. We tussled for a bit, but I downed him when I kicked him under the chin and snapped his head back"

"Where did you learn to fight like that? You don't look the type," Wufei asked, mildly surprised that this boy could take out that many by himself

Duo chuckled, "I used to live in a city, before I moved here, and considering I lived in the rough part of town, it was a good investment to learn to fight, most of it's just street fighting, but I know some martial arts forms,"

"Did you just move here then?" Trowa finally spoke up.

"Mmm Hmm," came the affirmative reply, as Duo pulled his yard length braid from where it'd been hidden in his jacket. Finding that he was now receiving odd looks, he laughed and did a little pirouette, causing the braid to lash around, "You like?" he questioned.

Quatres eyes had gone wide, "You have more hair than most of my sisters,"

"Hn, a liability," Heero grunted from Duo's left, where he still hadn't moved from.

Turning and stalking towards Heero, twirling the bottom foot or so of his braid in little circles, he walked around Heero, "Liability, huh?" receiving a nod in accent from Heero he inquired, "Why is that, Heero my man?"

"Easily accessible in a fight, restraining capabilities, hindrance. A liability." He stated, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Really? Did it look like a hindrance when I was dealing with those guys earlier?" Duo questioned, a glint of .......something.........in his eyes.

"That wasn't a real fight, those guys couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag," Heero said disdainfully.

"Fine. I'll show you it ain't no *liability*" Duo almost snarled, stopping in front of Heero, backing up a few feet and dropping the end of his braid.

Suspicious about the boys sudden change from friendly to challenging, Wufei stepped forward, into the space between the two boys, turning to Duo, "What are you up to Maxwell?"

"He says my hair is a liability, I'm gonna prove him wrong," was the boys reply. Gauging that this was no trick, Wufei nodded and stepped back.

Focusing his attention back on Heero, Duo dropped into a fighting stance. Extending a hand forward, he curled his finger in an inviting gesture, "Bring it on. Let's just see how much of a liability it turns out to be,"

=============End Part Four============