It was about 10:00, and at the Gundam pilots' safe house, everything was pretty normal. Heero was typing frantically on his laptop, Trowa was flipping through the channels, Quatre was reading a book, Wufei was off somewhere doing God knows what, and Duo was on the phone. …Wait a minute. Why is Duo on the phone? Let's take a look, shall we?
"You sure…?" Duo asked in an excited voice. "I mean…you're positive?" Silence. "Hey! You don't have to be insulting!" Silence. "No…because I am a walking sarcasm, remember?"
"That's putting it nicely." Heero said, walking into the room. "Hey! What're you doing here? This is a private conversation!" Duo yelled at Heero. "It's my room, too." Heero reminded him. "Who are you talking to, anyway?" "Since when do you take in interest in anything I do?" Duo snapped at him. "Just curious…" Heero mumbled to himself. "…You braided bitch…" "I heard that, Heero Yuy!" Duo yelled. "Now get out before I say something I'll regret!" "I don't follow orders…I give em." Heero told him. "Why don't you get out?" "Heero…new mission for you. Get out of the damned room!" Duo yelled. "Now, if the only way to get rid of you is to tell you who I'm talking to, FINE! I'm talking with an old friend that I haven't seen in years. She's in town and wants to see me, OK?" "She…?" Heero asked. "Can it possibly be? Duo…the ladies' man…falling in love…?" Heero gasped comically. "SHUT UP AND GET OUT!" Duo screamed. "SHE'S JUST A FRIEND, AND IF YOU TELL ANYONE DIFFERENT, YOU'LL FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY I'M CALLED SHINIGAMI!" "Touchy…" Heero said as he walked out of the room.
Duo sighed. "Damn…sorry bout that. He gets on my nerves when he's bored. It's almost as if he has nothing better to do than annoy me…oh god…I get it now! …Am I really that annoying?"
"What happened, Heero?" Quatre asked, looking up from his book. "I heard Duo yelling." "I made him realize how annoying he can be when he's bored." Heero smirked. "I started acting like him and he got pissed."
"How long is Maxwell gonna be on the phone?!" Wufei yelled, coming out of his room. "He's on the phone with some girl. It might take a while." Heero told him. But, proving Heero wrong, Duo then came out of his room with a serious look plastered on his face. "Well, if it isn't the walking sarcasm." Heero joked. "Shut up Heero." Duo said. "Now, everyone listen to me because this is really, really important."
Wufei groaned. "What kind of psychotic rambling do you have in store for us this time?" he asked. "No…this is important to me." Duo told him. "So PAY ATTENTION! Now…when I was still with Solo and the gang back on the colony, I was pretty much friends with everyone I came across. I was very happy back then. …And one day, we met this girl."
***FLASHBACK***
"Daddy…?" the girl sobbed. "OZ…? OZ troops did this to you, didn't they? OZ…war…mobile suits…everything! I hate them all!" (Ok…so I kinda stole that from FF7. So sue me.) Duo stopped and looked at the crying girl. "I feel sorry for her…" he said. "Why? Solo asked. "I don't know." he said stupidly. "I just…do."
"The girl had witnessed her own father's death…which was more than I could handle." Duo told the gundam pilots. "She was an orphan now…just like the rest of us. When I asked her if she was going to be okay, she didn't answer me. I guess that's understandable."
"Hey…you gonna be OK?" Duo asked. "Leave her be." Solo called to Duo. "No…don't…don't leave." the girl said in between sobs. "Don't…don't leave me."
"When she said 'Don't leave me' I was shocked." Duo said. "I didn't quite understand what she meant. Solo kept yelling at me to leave her alone, but I acted as though I didn't hear him…because I didn't want to."
"I don't want to be alone…"
***END FLASHBACK***
"So we took her in and took care of her." Duo said. "She was very dark and mysterious. She never said much. When we asked her what her name was, she said she didn't have one. We all knew she was lying, but I guess it was because she didn't want to be reminded of her old life. She eventually named herself Sirea. She said her mother's name was Aeris, and she decided to mock what good life she had with her parents by spelling it backwards. She said that it didn't really matter to her if her parents died or not. She was much happier with us. She hated being…well…loved.
"But that fateful day when Solo died, and I got my name, she was one of the very few left in our group. When I took over Solo's place, she opened up a bit more. Even though none of us would ever admit it, we cared about one another, and thought it was good that she was finally talking to us. So we lived in peace after that.
"When we were taken in by the church, Sirea refused to go. She escaped and continued with her thievery. I never saw her again. …Until now. She called me today. She said she was in town for the Thieves' Bazaar that's secretly being held in the area, she didn't tell me where exactly, so she's going to stay with us."
"That sounds great!" Quatre chirped. "For how long?" "A week." Duo smiled. "Let me get this straight…" Wufei said. "We're going to have a weak onna in this house for a whole week? INJUSTICE!" "She's not weak, Wufei." Duo glared at him. "She's probably stronger than you if she was able to survive for five years all alone, relying on what she could steal to live." "Amazing…" Trowa said. "It must've been hard for her to live like that."
"And that's not all!" Duo announced. "The Thieves' Bazaar is also signing up new thieves! I'm going to become an official!" "No you're not!" Wufei yelled, standing up. "We can't risk being caught! It's not as though we aren't in enough trouble with OZ as it is because of you!" "Yeah, you really shouldn't have bombed those…" Trowa started to agree. "Ok! Shaddup!" Duo yelled. "If I wanted your opinion, I would've asked for it! Nothing can change my mind, even if all hell froze over!"
Then, there was a knock on the door. "Please don't let it be Relena, please don't let it be Relena." Heero kept repeating to himself. "It's Sirea!" Duo yelled. He ran to the door and opened it. "Sirea!" he yelled excitedly. "Hey, Duo."