when you see a word with a ~ in it, it means the letter preceding it is held out an extra count. If you don't like it, to bad for you! Yes I know it is Heero Yuy, but I am teaching my self Japanese this way! ~QRW~
kachoo = lord of the house
Booken = adventure
Shik a= deer
Mekake = concubine
Rei = ghost
Kirei = beautiful
Tenjina = Trickster
Shizuka = quiet (at peace)
Hiroo = fatigue (as in tired of fighting something that he doesn't understand) "fits doesn't it?"
Yui = superiority (upper hand) "fits like a glove"
Yoake = day break
Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu = thank you very much
Tsurara = Icicle
Sonzai = existence
I have a ferret named Hiro~ Yui :P
These are some Hiiro or Hiro translations Botan and I came up with just for laughs, don't ask...
Hi iro= Scarlet color
Hi i ro= Princess (with a) mind (of) wax
Hi i ro= fire light (is the) rank (of a) b flat
Hi i ro= injustice (is a) major prison
Hi ro= tombstone (with a) will (of) silk
Hi i ro= comparison (of a) stomach (to a) furnace
Hi i ro= Sun (is a) place (like a) fireplace
Hi i ro= consort rust (into) jail
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Milliard Mombassi Nairobi Lucrizia
Bo~ken Tenjina\ Yoake Aete Winner Status tecnition and agent of the Colonies
Age 21
Race Irish
Sex Female
Place of Birth Peacecraft Kingdom
Family unknown backround has a daughter (Rei)
Height
Weight
Eye Color Violot
Hair Color Mahogany
Characteristics Bo~ken always wears special cloths under her pilot suit to hide her gender.
Bo~ken is a capable pilot and from her name Adventure Trickster because of her ability to become anyone male or female. She is a cool observer and has habit of going off on her one when the mission objective has been reached. Her real name is unknown. Peacecraft Kingdom was destroyed because the Alliance invaded its capital Cinq Kingdom 17 years ago. When she was found, the ? colony took her in and trained her to be a soldier. Sence the palace was destroyed when she was four and she doesn't remember them, she believes that her parents where servants.
"Quatre, I believe this is your area of expertise." Bo~ken, a man of my height with brilliant red hair and green eyes, motioned to the building's security system panel.
I looked up from the floor and stifled a yawn. I was so tired. "Ok, I can wire into the system without anyone noticing. I need a...an um.. You know, a thingie."
"Maybe you need a little sleep. A thingie...you mean pliers?" Bo~ken chuckled as I nodded. "Alright, you wire and I will hack the data base to find your Duo and Hiro~."
"Do you think Wu Fei is ok?" I took the pliers from Bo~ken and opened the panel to the security system. After snipping a few key wires, the building was blind to our movements. I fitted the plate back into the wall, then followed Bo~ken into the laboratory offices. He didn't answer. I some how felt grateful.
"Trowa may find time to look for him." He edged his way behind a camera and jammed the pivotal axis so it wouldn't betray us. I followed him as he flopped down in front of a computer and began to type hurriedly.
Search specifications: special patience enter
Please enter access code: ******* enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ***** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ********** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ******* enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ***** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ************** enter
Access granted. Please enter specific case: multiple bullet wounds enter
Case found. Level: R, Wing: South, Room: 234. Escape
Please enter specific case: blunt trauma enter
2 Cases found. (1) Level: R, Wing: South, Room: 158.
(2) Level: 2, Wing: North, Room: 132
"Alright, Hiro~ must be in room 234 and Duo is in 158. Now we just have to get ourselves into the restricted level. Here is a diagram of the building. We're here and we want to be here." Bo~ken brought up a map and pointed at our destination. He backtracked with his finger to find the best way up. He had tiny hands compared to mine, I noted.
"There are steps. I can brake a lock easily, the elevators could cause a problem." I pointed out as he tapped on the screen, in thought.
"Very well. The less resistance, the better." He stood and slipped back under the camera. "You aren't up to full power. I should have taken my Gundam instead of you."
I walked along side him. I shook my head. "I feel more comfortable with mine here. Not that I don't trust you, but I just don't know you." I shoved my hands in my pockets. The pliers scraped my knuckles. I had forgotten I had put them in my right hip pocket.
"I understand. I just popped up out of the blue and off we went on a mission. I don't think I would trust me either. It isn't really fair that I know all of you and you don't have a clue." He spoke softly so the hall wouldn't amplify his voice.
When we rounded the corner to reach the stairway, we came upon a woman cleaning the floor. I drew my gun, but Bo~ken had already shot her with his hi tech gun. The bullet wound seals itself so that blood doesn't spill and the body is easier to hide. "Get the door open." He picked up her body. I hurried to the door and popped the lock. He dumped the body inside the stairwell and motioned me to follow. I closed the door and re-locked it. Not even Wu Fei killed women. I guess I showed my feelings on my face, because he laughed at me. "I didn't kill a woman. It's an android. That is what my gun is for. You take care of the real ones. Come on."
"Sorry, it just looked bad." I blushed. Of course it was an android, a robotics company funded this research facility. We made it to the restricted level and I bypassed the door security check and opened it. We both took out our guns. "How do you tell them apart?" I asked in concern.
"Androids are funny colored." He led the way down the hall. His skin was only slightly different from an android's, he was very pail with a hint of olive undertone. He made me feel dark in comparison. His nose and cheeks had a soft blush to them, it deepened as we hurried down the hall. The room numbers climbed as we walked. I watched the ones on the right 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158... "Open it." Bo~ken slumped against the wall. He looked as tired as I felt. My fingers where sore from all of the wires poking them. The door slid open and an alarm went off.
"Damn it! I missed the alarm wire!" I yelled over the alarm. I moved into the doorway and watched for the enemy. Half a dozen came running at the sound of the alarm and I picked them all off one by one.
"Duo, hold on to my neck!" I heard Bo~ken say. A moment later, he came out half dragging a very beat up Duo. "Quatre, cover us!" He pulled him into the hall and ran down in watching the numbers flash past. 160, 2, 4, 6, 8, 170, 2, 4, 6, 8, 180, 2, 4, 6, 8, 190, 2, 4, 6, 8, 200... He stopped and ajusted Duo while I caught up to them. We all ran together. I had killed an easy dozen by the time we hit room 234. I started to reach down and work on the lock. "I'll handle it." Bo~ken shoved me aside and did a high kick into the circuit board. His steel-toed boot busted it into tiny pieces.
I ran in and cut the bonds off of Hiro~. He got up, pulling free his IVs, and followed me into the hall. Hiro~ was nicely bandaged and had a drugged glaze to his eyes. "You ok?"
"I don't get a choice."
"I guess not. Come on, we can take the east stairs, they are closest." I ushered everyone to the next set of stairs. We where nearly to them when several human and non-human workers blocked our path. They had stunners and all kinds of sedatives. We could never get past them. "I am almost out of ammo...We have a problem." I turned and found the hall to our backs covered too.
"Gentlemen, please direct your attention to our left. I believe it will present a temporary solution." Bo~ken said under his breath. "Run on the count of three. One...Two...THREE!" We all ran to a laundry shoot. Bo~ken tossed Duo in and we let Hiro~ go before I was motioned to go. Bo~ken covered us.
There was a completely horrifying moment when I wasn't touching and everything around me was silent. Then I hit the shoot that spiraled downwards in darkness. After an eternity, I guess only a minute could have passed at most, I landed in a pile of sheets and things. I rolled quickly to the side and stood up. Hiro~ was holding up Duo, who was ghost white. I ran over and took him, handing Hiro~ my gun in trade. "There are four bullets." I told him.
Bo~ken landed and came up running. "Come on, come on before they try following us or call security." He raced up the steps to the ground level and we spilled out into the hall. We ran flat out. Once outside, Hiro~ hot wired a truck.
I hauled Duo into the back, as Bo~ken hopped in next to Hiro~. I laid down next to Duo, so we wouldn't be seen. I was reminded of how tired I really was. "Hey, Duo, are you ok?"
"Nothing a hot shower and something to eat wouldn't fix. You don't look to hot yourself." Duo glanced at me out of the corner of his eye.
"Just tired." I mumbled.
"Quatre? Duo?" Bo~ken called us from the back window. "You two are taking the Gundam back to base. Hiro~ and I will go help Trowa and look for Wu Fei. Go to sleep." Those where orders I had no trouble following.
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When I awoke, my Gundam was in plain view. Duo and I got out quickly when Hiro~ stopped and got into the Gundam as they drove away. I was stiff, but piloting wasn't as hard as it would have been with no sleep at all. Duo, for once in his life, didn't say anything for the whole two hours. He just sat and held his well-bandaged arm. "Did you break it?" I finally broke the silence.
"Hummm? Oh, my arm? Yah, but it'll be ok." He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. "I think the morphine they gave me was a little strong. I feel so fuzzy in my head."
"Oh. Well, you should sleep. Maybe Bo~ken's pack has something in it you can use as a pillow." I suggested in concern.
He picked up the pack and rummaged through it. "Humm...Hey, sandwiches! You think he'd mind?" Duo sounded happy over the thought of food.
"No, they won't be good for very long. They've been in here for hours. If you think it they are edible, go ahead." I said, rechecking my co-ordinates.
"They where in a mini cooler. They are fine. Peanut butter and Jelly!" He took a huge bite. "There is a chicken salad one. You want it?"
"I don't want to get anything on the controls."
"Here, take a bite." Duo held out the sandwich without thought. I took a bite and took my time chewing it. Duo mean while finished his sandwich completely and took out another. When he gave me another bite, I mused over how many sandwiches he would scarf before I finished mine. I found that I was very hungery once I started.
The sandwich count was five by the time I had downed my one. That was all that was in the bag. Then he went back to rummaging in the pack. "Did you see the weapon that took you down?" I asked him.
"Yep, it looked like a laser cannon mounted on a hellblazer. Only it charged in about two seconds and fired with kick-butt precision. It shorted the whole gundam out. I went down like a brick." He told me as he pulled something out of the bag. "What a guy, that Bo~ken dude must be prepared for everything! A blanket and a pillow too!" Duo spread the blanket out and laid down on it with the pillow. He fell asleep quickly. I wondered how he could go from asleep to climbing the walls to asleep in no time flat. It was like there was no in between.
I was humming my latest piece of music to myself as the base came into view. The sun was low in the sky. I woke Duo up and we landed the Gundam.
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I went back to the palace and went to bed. I laid there for nearly an hour before I finally gave up and went into the library. I picked up my violin and began to play a soft tune.
"Master Quatre?" Shika's voice startled me. I broke off the music with a nasty squall. "I'm sorry if I startled you. Can I get you anything?" She came in and bowed deeply. She had on a flowing white gown that made her seem dream like.
"Some tea would be nice, if you will join me." I didn't want to be alone. I kept imagining all sorts of bad things happening to my friends. She bowed again and left the room. I finished playing the song and put the violin up carefully. Then I sat down on a chair and relaxed. When Shika came back into the room I nearly jumped out of my skin. I needed to get a major grip. She poured my tea and handed it to me as I studied her. She did everything with such a forced air about it, she was giving me the creeps. It was like she trying to act out a manual instead of live a life.
"Master Quatre, do you hate me?" She asked in a curious voice.
I choked on my tea. "Why would you think that?"
"Well, the way you keep looking at me...And everyone kept saying how happy natured you are, but you haven't done anything but frown sense I was introduced to you." She sat down her tea and looked up at me. "I'm worried, did I sadden you by reminding you of your father?"
"I'm sorry, it's not your fault. Today was just a nappy day. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable." I blushed slightly. "I was trying to figure some stuff out."
"So you don't mind me being your first concubine?" She looked at me shyly.
I blushed deeper. "I don't have any complaint with you, but I have no use for a mekake at the moment. Please don't take it personally." Before my father had died, he had set up her life. She was given to me that morning as a coming of age present. It was strange, but being eighteen and proclaimed an adult made me feel very young.
"Alright Kacho~." She bowed her head before returning to her tea. We sat in silence for a little while. The woman made my feel nervous. I was expected to have many wives and children, carrying on the legacy, but I didn't feel like I would be capable of dealing with any of it at the moment. It wasn't like once it started, I could just call off a baby and trying to protect a family would stress me more. As it was I had her to deal with. I couldn't refuse her, all she knew was this life. It had also been my father's wish... There was a noise behind me and Shika made a little gasping sound. I leapt to my feet and was reaching for a gun I kept in a near by drawer, as I looked up. "Kacho~?" Shika asked as I straitened up.
"Bo~ken, what are you doing here?!" I sounded very frazzled and I felt the same. My teacup rattled on the saucer because I was trembling with nervous energy. I sat the cup down with a clatter.
"They sure don't do birthday presents like they use to." Bo~ken glanced at Shika who shrank back. Bo~ken just turned back to me. "I came to talk, send her away."
"Shika is mine, she will keep her mouth shut." I assured him. I felt guilty about rejecting her in my mind and couldn't do it out loud.
"Quatre, I know this whole girl thing is new to you, but they can and will do things behind your back. You don't know her well enough to judge on this kind of stuff." He looked at her again. Without a word, she ran from the room. "Smart girl... Now, so you can get some sleep, Wu Fei is ok now and the rest of them are at the base, sleeping in the dormer. Wu Fei had a hip and shoulder dislocated, but Hiro~ and I fixed him up. We got back Trowa and Wu Fei's Gundams, and salvage crews will pick up the rest tonight."
"You broke in to tell me my friends are ok?" I asked him in disbelief. I gripped the back of a chair to release some emotion.
"Correct. Oh dear..." Bo~ken looked down at his feet. He was standing in a large puddle of blood, I noted. "I thought I had gotten everything patched up!"
"Here, let me see." I moved over and put a hand to his side. He gasped and jerked away. "You need..."
"No! No, I'll be fine! I have to go." He backed away and turned to go. He staggered around for a few seconds, then went down hard, throwing blood in all directions.
I picked him up easily and went to my room. I had medical supplies in there. On the way, I met Shika. She was coming towards me. "I heard some yelling...What happened?"
"He got hurt before he came. Please go clean the library up. He bled all over it." She bowed and left me, looking very much like a skittish deer as she did so. I went into my room and laid Bo~ken on my bed. I went and grabbed a towel, my basin of water, and my medical kit. Then I unzipped Bo~ken's suit and pulled it off along with his shoes. Then I pulled off his shirt and pants. He had on a white tank top shirt like thing that unzipped on the side and another underneath that. When I pulled those off, I got a shock. The next thing was a bra. A bra full of breasts. They weren't small either. They where huge. Bo~ken was a woman. At least that was the impression I got from that angle. I finally managed to swallow and get focussed on making the um shim? not bleed to death on my bed. I owed this...person a favor for saving my friends. There was a gash from just below the ribs to past her waist. I was trying to decide if it was silly to undress her except for the bra. I finally pulled it off and covered her with a sheet, leaving her left side exposed so I could sew it up. It took forty-three stitches to close up the wound. I decided that Bo~ken -who was definitely a woman- would live without any blood transfusions. I washed her cloths out and hung them up in the bathroom. I washed her up and made myself a pallet on the floor. Then I changed my pajamas and brushed my teeth again. I curled up on my make shift bed and went to sleep.
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In the morning I got up, took a shower, and got dressed. I went down stairs and got us some breakfast. When I got back, Bo~ken was awake and looking around in horror. "Good morning, how do you feel?" I brought her over some orange juice. She just kept staring at me. "Drink it, you need to get your strength back."
She took the glass I offered her. "Thank you." She took a sip of the juice, then looked up at me. "Please, you can't tell anyone."
"What?" I went into the bathroom and got her some under cloths I had collected earlier.
"That I'm a woman. I'm not suppose to let anyone know."
"Well, you didn't exactly let me know. I practically did it with out your permission." I sat down on the edge of the bed with a cup of coffee and sat the under cloths next to her. "But I just couldn't let you bleed to death on my library floor. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"Thank you." She started to get up, but fell back in pain.
I picked up the cloths and helped her put them on. "Why can't you tell anyone?"
"I stay on mostly all male bases. Sexism, harassment, not to mention stereotyping…Plus that was an order." She gripped my shoulder for support as I helped her stand. Shika's panties didn't fit her quite right, because they where baggy in the rear. "I have never worn anyone else's cloths before. It's weird."
"Sorry, but yours where beyond help. I managed to get the blood out of your zip up thingies, but your cloths died a horrible death. You fit in mine ok. You just need a belt." I said confidently as we got her into one of my outfits. It was a soft green shirt and light brown pants. I never wore it anyway. As it turned out, she didn't need a belt. Her hips where big enough to keep them up. Combat boots set off the outfit nicely in that 'I have no taste' kind of way. "You have an awfully deep voice for a woman." I commented.
"I took speech therapy and hang out with men. You have twenty-nine sisters and it shows. You talk softly." She pointed out. Then her voice changed to soft and feminine. "I still keep in touch with my natural ways."
Beautiful, if only she had talked like a woman while she looked like a woman. I admired her features and the tone of her voice. I liked her. She was interesting. Of course she had a definite thing against military men in general. Just my luck, having a crush on a girl with a Hiro~ complex. "Hungry?"
"Yah, I let Trowa and Wu Fei eat the sandwiches I had with me." She placed a hand against her stomach.
"Duo ate all but one of the ones in the other pack and that's only because he let me have one first." I grinned as I helped her limp down the hall into the breakfast room. Shika was already eating breakfast. She was wearing an awful outfit that was only about 10% accounted for. I wondered if they couldn't afford a complete shirt where she was from. "Good morning Shika."
"Good morning Kacho~. Bo~ken-sama are you better?" She looked up from her fruit salad and examined Bo~ken with scrutiny.
"Much, thank you Shika-chan." Bo~ken was back in 'he' mode. I eased him into a chair and sat down next to him as a servant came with food enough for the both of us and Duo too.
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I had started work in the library on Monday, fourteen days after I slashed my side open on Gundam wreckage. It was Wednesday and I sat behind a desk, legs crossed primly. I felt dumb in a dress, pants where so comfortable and un-restricting. My hair was in a high bun and I had on enough make-up to choke a horse to cover a bruise. I was waiting for a contact to show up.
Quatre wandered in and plunked a book on the desk, "I'm looking for this book in...Bo~ken!"
"I'm sorry sir, I don't think Bo~ken is a registered language." I frowned as I tapped my name tag. Then I whispered, "This is a library, try reading this. I'm working."
"Ms. Sonzai...Do they make this book in Japanese?"
"You speak Arabic, why do you need Japanese?"
"None of your business, yes or no."
"Maybe."
"I don't like you." He pouted suddenly. "You are mean."
"Get a grip, it's on the second floor towards the back under um...344 point 234 R.E.P. slash L.T.K." I looked up the number for him.
"Thanks." He turned and left quickly. I watched him go and made a wild guess that he had slept with his hair wet, one side was mashed flat and the other side flipped up. I smiled at him in amusement. He was usually so perfect.
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"Hiro~ Yui. You have been chosen for a mission with me. Come, we need to prepare." Bo~ken walked up and handed me a packet. He never used com systems or computers to give or receive missions. He was kind of sneaky for one of us.
I opened it and scanned it briefly. Under cover on a base island as vacationers... I didn't get a chance to read any farther because Bo~ken pushed the folder shut. "Not here, come to my place. It would be more... appropriate." I looked up at him in interest. No one knew where he lived and he made it a point to keep it that way.
When we arrived, I noted the simple apartment was in a normal neighborhood. It looked very nice for a temporary villa home. He motioned me to the living room couch and he went into the kitchen. "How long have you been here?"
"Three weeks. The colonies caught wind of the new weapon and I was sent to discover how to protect the Gundams against it. I learned every inch of them from the five creators." He explained. "Want a soda?"
"Alright." I agreed as I opened the file and read it completely. 'Mission: to learn more about the Radicals Displacement Beam or R.D.B. Operatives: Hiro~ Yui & Bo~ken Tenjina Preparations: Operatives must create a realistic marital interactive pattern, including daily rituals, meals, and intercourse regiments.' I reread that sentence again. It still said the same thing. "Bo~ken, what is..?"
"Read it all. It will save me some answers. Here." He handed me a canned drink and purched on the arm of the sofa non-chalantly.
I popped the top and took a sip before placing it on a coaster. Then I went back to the file. 'Operatives have one week to perfect their cycle before heading to Caspar Island. There they will pose as a couple on their second wedding anniversary.' I finished scanning the pages, but they where normal. "Now, what is it talking about?"
"I'm a woman, I hope you can figure the rest of it out."
I looked Bo~ken over, flat chest and no hips, I felt doubtful. "You are a female?"
"Yes, give me five minutes and I'll prove it."
"Why can't you prove it now?" I asked suspiciously.
"You aren't one for trust, are you? Bo~ken shrugged and unzipped his/her? flight suit, kicked off the boots and after a brief struggle was in nothing but underwear and a bra. It was quite a transformation from flat to curvy. I would have never imagined it possible. She flopped down on the couch next to me and laughed. "I see my case has been proven." I felt very uncomfortable. I overted my eyes. "You've never been with a woman before, have you?" She picked up her shirt and put it on. "It's ok, one step at a time." She turned my face back to her. "You do know how to kiss, don't you?"
I nodded, kissing wasn't hard, I had kissed Relina before. She let me make the first move. Kissing her was different and it took some getting use to. I had gotten pretty into it when Bo~ken pulled back suddenly in a fit of giggles. I frowned at her, not sure if I was being insulted. "What?"
"I'm sorry, you just looked so worried or like it was painful. Could you please relax your face?" I shrugged. We tried kissing again. I tried to relax, but that just made it worse. We both ended up spazzing out. I wasn't sure if it was really that funny or if it was nerves. We finally calmed down and tried again. I felt better about the whole thing. She undid one of my buttons and I kind of panicked. "Alright, you can do it when you feel comfortable." She leaned back and let me collect my thoughts. I really wanted to finish it but it wasn't getting started well. I really was a control freak. It kept getting beyond my control and I couldn't take it. "Let's take a break. OK?" She suggested
"Yah." I sank back heavily. My chest had gotten all tight. I couldn't believe I was having a panic attack.
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It was dark. I had left Dr. J's testing facility to go to my bunker. It was cold and I was alone. I was thirteen and had no idea why everyone was mad at each other. Colonists where people, so what did it matter where they lived?
Someone was in the darkness, watching me. I didn't know until they grabbed me. I struggled against them, but they won the fight. "Let me go, please, let me go."
I sat up screaming, drenched in sweat. "Hiro~? It was just a dream." Bo~ken wrapped an arm around my shoulders, trying to calm my trembling. She was in shorts and a T-shirt, but very womanly. "It's ok."
"No...I remember what happened, I was thirteen...They hurt me." I whispered, a tear escaping my eye. We sat there for a long time, her hugging me quietly. I must have fallen asleep on her couch.
"That's when you changed, you lost your innocence to the world. Quatre is the only one with any innocence left. Not even I have anymore." Bo~ken said quietly. She let go of me and stood up.
"I can't do this." My throat was sore.
"I know. Tomorrow you will go back and Duo will take your place." She turned to go. "Don't feel like you are alone. Everyone has a fear and a demon to face. You can only deal with it and over come it when you are ready. No one can make you ready. My demon is still waiting for me when I can find the courage to face it."
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The doorbell rang and woke me from my restless sleep. I went to the door and opened it. "Hello?"
A Hispanic man with his hair buzzed short was standing there with a duffel bag. "I'm looking for Bo~ken?"
"Name?" I kind of smiled. It kind of sounded weird for someone walking up and tell you they are looking for adventure.
"Alic."
"Wait a minute." I closed the door and re-locked it. Then I went into Bo~ken's room. She was in the bathroom taking a shower. I stuck my head in. "A man named Alic is at the door."
"Let him in please."
"Ok, I'm going now."
"Don't tell anyone my gender."
"Ok." I wandered back through the house and let the guy in. "Bo~ken is in the shower, but will be out shortly." Then I left.
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Quatre was sitting in front of some cereal looking dejected. "Duo, do you think Bo~ken hates me?" He pushed all of the red shapes to one side with his spoon, not really looking at me.
"No, why? Did you do something to him?" I asked Mr. Innocence. Then I took a mouth full of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Well, no. Bo~ken isn't talking to me though. Since I helped him out when he was hurt, he has avoided me like the plague. Could you at least put in a good word for me if he picks you for a mission. I want to work with him again." He looked up at me with the big eyes that got him his way a lot. His ceriel was neatly separated into soggy piles. He had them done in rainbow sequence and started eating the red ones.
"You have some strange eating habits." I remarked as I took another bite of sandwich. "I'll tell him."
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I wandered into Bo~ken's house, the door was partially ajar. Some music was blaring on his CD player. It was hyper and I liked it. The house was kind of girly though. A guy came into the room with a bouquet of flowers and a vase. He put them down on the dining room table and looked at me questioningly. He was dark skinned and his hair was nearly black and his eyes where golden. He looked like a military person. "Hello."
"Hi, is..." I ended in an unintelligible squeak. Bo~ken came into the room when I started to ask. Mini skirt, tank top, and high heels? Not to mention the body beneath. "You are a she!"
"Very good Duo, you get a gold star. Now your mission packet is on the table. Read it over before asking questions." She shook her finger at me like I was a schoolboy. "If anyone needs me, I'm in the last door on the right looking for my wedding ring." She wandered away, leaving me to gawk after her. Finally I read the file. I was going to have a wife?!?
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I stood with Duo and my husband on the train platform as the train pulled up. A tiny woman of less then five feet bounced off the train and gave me a hug. "Hi Bo~! My gosh, you wouldn't believe how happy I am to get away from that pit. Oh, my bags, be right back!" She went hopping away.
"Oh my God, and you thought I was hyper." Duo looked at me in disbelief.
"You will get along great, trust me." I patted him on the back.
"I never trust anyone who says trust me." Duo frowned.
"I've heard Tami's great in bed." Alic whispered to Duo a little louder then he meant. I nudged him in the side and mouthed "I'm better," at him. He just grinned.
Duo took one of Tami's bags when she came back and started talking to her. Alic and I let them walk ahead of us. Tami had her hair in two pompom pigtails that made her look about twelve years old. Duo looked about fourteen. It was hard to believe they where only a few months apart and in their twenties.
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I stepped out of the beach house and strolled down the shoreline, an arm around Tami's waist. She leaned against my shoulder, content for the moment. We where going to get some information in town. I think Bo~ken had put Tami on drugs to keep her tolerable. She had slacked off dramatically on her activity. She still matched me easily. Yah, I had gotten use to being called Honey and I even managed to call her Baby without feeling too stupid.
Tami slipped her hand under my shirt and tickled my side. I pulled away with a squeal. She smiled naughtily at me. I saw that smile a lot. Her hair was down and poofed out in back like a fan right below her ear lobes. I had pulled my hair back in a low ponytail and she kept calling me Tifa. She ran away teasingly. I caught her. We kissed.
We where posed as newly weds. Bo~ken said that no one would believe that we had been together before. She said normal couples that are married two years have sex only twice to three times a week. Tami and I where more along those lines per day. Alic told us we had too many hormones, but then again he and Bo~ken had been married for nearly six years.
We entered the city and walked up the sidewalk. Alic appeared out of nowhere and snatched Tami out of my arms. "Abort mission. Go home." He walked away with her quickly.
I chilled until dark and went back to the beach house. I changed into my priest uniform, feeling guilt for breaking my vows once again. The one sin I couldn't conquer...
I shook off my conscience and abandoned the house. I walked through the darkness. "Stop right there! Hands up!" Someone blinded me with a flashlight. I calmly did as I was told. Another person came up behind me. I felt a sharp prick in my neck, reflexively I swatted at the painful spot. Then I went crashing to the ground.
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I opened my eyes, and looked up at silk draped posts. I tried to move, but was restricted. I was handcuffed to a four poster bed. My ankles where bound too. I was freezing and couldn't do anything to change the fact all that was rapped around my body was a sheet. I shivered, wondering where my cloths where.
"Hello." Horror of all horrors, Une sat down next to me. She cupped my chin and drought her face close to mine. I didn't react even though I felt a small sense of dread. "Cold? Maybe I could warm you up." She brushed her lips against mine.
I kept chanting in my head 'I will not react...I will not react...' even though I was getting freaked out. I decided to play along and learn what she wanted aside from my bod. "Hi Une, what's up?" I wiggled up against her. She was shielding me from the draft of the ceiling fan that hung above me.
"You know my name but I don't know yours." She pouted, tapping on my chest with her index finger. Just about any other woman in the world could have been with me and I would have been enjoying it, but not her, she was so -to put it politely- obnoxious.
I opened my mouth and shut it quickly. It wouldn't be a good thing to just blurt my name out, but I almost did. I relaxed my body and recognized the drug in me. Truth serum. "You don't play fair, truth serum is childish." I frowned at her. She just smiled back as she moved her hands. I was not appreciating her putting her hands all over me.
"It almost worked, didn't it?" She laughed softly at my discomfort. She leaned over, so her body was pressed against mine and propped an elbow on my chest and looked down into my face. My hormones where a stir. "I will enjoy you later. First some people are going to come ask you some questions. Please co-operate, it wouldn't be any fun if you are too banged up to play. See you later." She kissed me harder then before. She stood, then she gave me a soft pat on the thigh before going to the huge double doors to the right of the bed. I noted my cloths stacked on a table in the middle of the room. There where papers and things on it also. "The interrogators will be entering in a few minutes, try to pull yourself together." She pulled open the doors and left giggling. When they closed, I could no longer hear her.
My body had grown tense from her assault and I tried to relax myself and calm my breathing. I should have been able to have with stood her, but truth serum made me kind of hyper and distractible, so I was easily stimulated. I wiggled until I caught the end of my braid in my fingertips, then I worked through it until I found a lock pick. I pulled it free and unlocked my arms and legs. Then I got dressed quickly. I climbed out a window onto a ledge. It was about ten stories up.
I found myself wishing that Une was the only one I would have had to have faced. Then I could have stayed until Bo~ken came back for me, but I was forced to shimmy my rear down a drainpipe and run around an island, avoiding people who wanted to kill my cute little personage.
"Stop!" Someone spotted me. Then they started shooting at me. Some how it didn't make me feel like going over and being friendly. I ran like the devil himself was after me. As we reached a look out point, I found myself trapped with no place to go. There was an angry sea below and a gun-wielding maniac behind me. He ran out of bullets as he caught up with me. He grabbed my arm and I punched him. "Wham!" He smashed me in the back with the riffle. I toppled over the handrail and into the ocean. "Come back here!" He screamed at me as he loaded another clip into the gun and began shooting.
'Does he actually think that will make me come back?' I wondered as I swam away from the island. A storm was brewing and the waters where fearsome. A wave crashed over my head and I was pulled down in the under tow. I struggled until I lost consciousness beneath the murky waves.
***Ok, don't start screaming "You killed my Duo!" quite yet. I mean, in case you haven't noticed, Gundam boys are hard to kill. But what if they did die? Anyway, back to the story. ~QRW~***
I woke up on fire. My whole body was melting. I was thirsty, and I felt pain like I had never imagined before. I tried to move but I was to weak. I smelled of salt and blood and a nauseating sweet smell permeated the room. I managed a moan. I couldn't see anything but darkness. 'Is this really Hell? Have I made such a bad mistake in my life that I damned my self for eternity? For breaking my vows and mocking God all of those years?' I managed to sit up. There was a soft sound of surprise, then cool hands pushed me back down. "Une? Watashi o batsu naze nara nigaru?" 'Is Une punishing me for escaping?'
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Please try to lay still." The woman sounded kind.
"Wata sekund...I undersand yew. Yew speak Engrish. I dew tew. Not for rong time thowa." I struggled to get my mouth going in the right ways to pronounce the different sounds.
"Ok, that helps. Do you know what happened to you?"
"I ferr in the ochen and drownded. Kon I have sum water prease?" I was terribly thirsty.
"Yes." After a moment, a hand was placed behind my shoulders and she gently held me up as she pushed a cup to my lips. I drank heavily and protested when she took it away. It hadn't been water, but the sweet drink had cut my thirst a little. "It you drink to fast you will get sick." She laid me back down. "You can't see, can you?"
"No. I eyes hurt bad and I baudy. What are rong I?" I asked in a scared voice.
"Don't worry, you have a sun burn and some dehydration. You'll be fine in a week."
"Sun burn, where I croths?" I frowned.
"I don't know if I understand."
"I wear croths, I sun burn baudy?"
"Oh, you can sun burn through cloths. Black is the worst and that's what you had on." She explained patiently. "You have an I.V. right here, so be careful not to pull it out or mash it. Understand?" She poked my arm to point out the needle in my arm.
"Yes Ma'am."
"Ok, I'm going to put some medicine on you. It will be very cold at first, then it gets hot. You must not move around. Ok."
"Oh kay." I relaxed and closed my eyes. She put an ice pack on my forehead and began working me over with the medicine. It felt like an icy heaven for about two seconds, then turned to lava. I mussed over the fact that this was the second time in very little time that a woman was all over me and I was helpless. Along with being helpless, I also didn't care that time. I just wanted to die, sleep for fifty years, and freeze my butt off again. "I miss antartika."
She laughed softly. "We wouldn't want you to melt the continent." Then she took away the melted ice pack. "I'm going to roll you over so I can treat your back." It hurt like Hell, but the effort was rewarded with a fresh ice pack on my neck. "You've been here for three days and this is the first time you even moaned. You nearly died of sun poisoning and dehydration, but it looks like God saved you, Father. One of the Nuns have been keeping up a supply of medicine and some of the others have come to read to you and pray for you. They took to calling you Jonah because of finding you on the shore. So what is your real name?"
"Duo...Duo Maxwerr." I said softly.
"Good day Imma, I brought you some fresh medicine and some lunch. How's he fairing?" A very chearful-sounding woman came into the room. She sounded rolly polly and short. I don't know why, she just did.
"I feer a bit warm." I said as jovially as possible.
"Oh, you are awake! Well, God be praised!" She was loud and rattling. "I'll go tell the others!" She left in a bustly manner.
"Young man, if they where not nuns, I think you would have a fan club." My caregiver chuckled.
"Werr, that was an eksperianse. Are thare many more rike her?" I felt drained from hearing her.
"Heavens no! No one could take more then one Martha." Imma giggled. She rolled me back over so I was face up once again. Then slapped a new ice pack on my forehead. "Get some rest. You will have another rub down in an hour, then Agitha will come to read to you."
"Yew werr stay?" I didn't want to wake up to a new stranger.
"I'll be here when you wake up." She adjusted a sheet to cover me. I had been completely in the nude for all to see until that moment and I really didn't care.
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"...Exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He..." The voice was young and soft.
"Had provided purrification for sin He sak down ak de right hond of de fadder." I finished the verse as I reached up to touch the bandages across his eyes.
"You are awake. I'll get Sister Imma. It will just take a moment." She sounded happy as she clamored in her haste to leave.
"Is yew Agitha?" I searched my memory for names.
"Yes, now please be still." She slammed the door.
I felt a lot better, but I was still burnt to a crisp and thirsty. I sat up and felt around. There was a wall to my left and I turned and leaned against it. It was cool wood. It was a very awesome relief after laying on that bed for so long. I made sure not to be indecent when the girl returned. The door opened and only one person came in. "You slept another two days. How are you?" Imma asked me.
"I don't feer awfur, onry bad."
"Well, obviously you are good enough to move around." She came over and poked on me and made me stick out my tongue. I stayed up for a while, getting a few drinks of the sweet stuff again and then decided I had to go to the bathroom. It was a completely humbling experience. I was too weak to walk and blind as a bat. If I hadn't looked like a tomato before, I would have after that experience. When I voiced the fact that it was embarrassing, she just laughed softly. "At least your kidneys work and you have the proper amount of water in your body."
I got back under my sheet and chilled out for a few minutes. The door opened with a soft creak. "Sister Imma?"
"Yes Agitha?"
"There is a man out there who is flashing a picture of Jonah and he keeps saying 'Kimi-tachi to kankei ga aru Duo Maxwell
"It mans do yew know I, basicarry. What do he rook rike?" I sat up and adjusted my sheets.
"He's got blond shoulder length hair and blue eyes. He's light skinned and not very tall. He has on a vest and casual dress pants." She spoke softly.
"Quatre. Go get he prease?" I asked as someone -I assume Imma- tried to push me back into the bed.
I allowed her to put me back in the bed and she put an ice pack on my forehead. I laid still, listening to her busy herself around the room. The door opened again and two people came in. "Duo?" Quatre's soft voice registered shock.
"It is I, lobster boy. Can I go home now?"
"Um, I don't think you could survive transport. You look like..."
"Death warmed over, yah, I've heard. Hold on and I can ask them how long it should be before I am better." I told him before asking Imma in English. She answered and I stifled a moan. "She says I should be happy in half a week, but make it five days for sure. By then I should no longer be blind."
Quatre stayed for a very short while, telling me how things where going. Bo~ken and Trowa had gotten into a fistfight while I was here. Bo~ken had ended up spitting blood, but Trowa had a black eye. No one knew how it started. Hiro~ and Wu Fei where as Quatre put it, 'Throwing each other down on the ground and gnawing off limbs angry at each other.' Why is still a mystery.
I ate half of a grilled cheese sandwich before mentioning that peanut butter was much better and drifting off.
kachoo = lord of the house
Booken = adventure
Shik a= deer
Mekake = concubine
Rei = ghost
Kirei = beautiful
Tenjina = Trickster
Shizuka = quiet (at peace)
Hiroo = fatigue (as in tired of fighting something that he doesn't understand) "fits doesn't it?"
Yui = superiority (upper hand) "fits like a glove"
Yoake = day break
Doomo arigatoo gozaimasu = thank you very much
Tsurara = Icicle
Sonzai = existence
I have a ferret named Hiro~ Yui :P
These are some Hiiro or Hiro translations Botan and I came up with just for laughs, don't ask...
Hi iro= Scarlet color
Hi i ro= Princess (with a) mind (of) wax
Hi i ro= fire light (is the) rank (of a) b flat
Hi i ro= injustice (is a) major prison
Hi ro= tombstone (with a) will (of) silk
Hi i ro= comparison (of a) stomach (to a) furnace
Hi i ro= Sun (is a) place (like a) fireplace
Hi i ro= consort rust (into) jail
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Milliard Mombassi Nairobi Lucrizia
Bo~ken Tenjina\ Yoake Aete Winner Status tecnition and agent of the Colonies
Age 21
Race Irish
Sex Female
Place of Birth Peacecraft Kingdom
Family unknown backround has a daughter (Rei)
Height
Weight
Eye Color Violot
Hair Color Mahogany
Characteristics Bo~ken always wears special cloths under her pilot suit to hide her gender.
Bo~ken is a capable pilot and from her name Adventure Trickster because of her ability to become anyone male or female. She is a cool observer and has habit of going off on her one when the mission objective has been reached. Her real name is unknown. Peacecraft Kingdom was destroyed because the Alliance invaded its capital Cinq Kingdom 17 years ago. When she was found, the ? colony took her in and trained her to be a soldier. Sence the palace was destroyed when she was four and she doesn't remember them, she believes that her parents where servants.
"Quatre, I believe this is your area of expertise." Bo~ken, a man of my height with brilliant red hair and green eyes, motioned to the building's security system panel.
I looked up from the floor and stifled a yawn. I was so tired. "Ok, I can wire into the system without anyone noticing. I need a...an um.. You know, a thingie."
"Maybe you need a little sleep. A thingie...you mean pliers?" Bo~ken chuckled as I nodded. "Alright, you wire and I will hack the data base to find your Duo and Hiro~."
"Do you think Wu Fei is ok?" I took the pliers from Bo~ken and opened the panel to the security system. After snipping a few key wires, the building was blind to our movements. I fitted the plate back into the wall, then followed Bo~ken into the laboratory offices. He didn't answer. I some how felt grateful.
"Trowa may find time to look for him." He edged his way behind a camera and jammed the pivotal axis so it wouldn't betray us. I followed him as he flopped down in front of a computer and began to type hurriedly.
Search specifications: special patience enter
Please enter access code: ******* enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ***** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ********** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ******* enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ***** enter
Access denied. Please enter access code: ************** enter
Access granted. Please enter specific case: multiple bullet wounds enter
Case found. Level: R, Wing: South, Room: 234. Escape
Please enter specific case: blunt trauma enter
2 Cases found. (1) Level: R, Wing: South, Room: 158.
(2) Level: 2, Wing: North, Room: 132
"Alright, Hiro~ must be in room 234 and Duo is in 158. Now we just have to get ourselves into the restricted level. Here is a diagram of the building. We're here and we want to be here." Bo~ken brought up a map and pointed at our destination. He backtracked with his finger to find the best way up. He had tiny hands compared to mine, I noted.
"There are steps. I can brake a lock easily, the elevators could cause a problem." I pointed out as he tapped on the screen, in thought.
"Very well. The less resistance, the better." He stood and slipped back under the camera. "You aren't up to full power. I should have taken my Gundam instead of you."
I walked along side him. I shook my head. "I feel more comfortable with mine here. Not that I don't trust you, but I just don't know you." I shoved my hands in my pockets. The pliers scraped my knuckles. I had forgotten I had put them in my right hip pocket.
"I understand. I just popped up out of the blue and off we went on a mission. I don't think I would trust me either. It isn't really fair that I know all of you and you don't have a clue." He spoke softly so the hall wouldn't amplify his voice.
When we rounded the corner to reach the stairway, we came upon a woman cleaning the floor. I drew my gun, but Bo~ken had already shot her with his hi tech gun. The bullet wound seals itself so that blood doesn't spill and the body is easier to hide. "Get the door open." He picked up her body. I hurried to the door and popped the lock. He dumped the body inside the stairwell and motioned me to follow. I closed the door and re-locked it. Not even Wu Fei killed women. I guess I showed my feelings on my face, because he laughed at me. "I didn't kill a woman. It's an android. That is what my gun is for. You take care of the real ones. Come on."
"Sorry, it just looked bad." I blushed. Of course it was an android, a robotics company funded this research facility. We made it to the restricted level and I bypassed the door security check and opened it. We both took out our guns. "How do you tell them apart?" I asked in concern.
"Androids are funny colored." He led the way down the hall. His skin was only slightly different from an android's, he was very pail with a hint of olive undertone. He made me feel dark in comparison. His nose and cheeks had a soft blush to them, it deepened as we hurried down the hall. The room numbers climbed as we walked. I watched the ones on the right 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158... "Open it." Bo~ken slumped against the wall. He looked as tired as I felt. My fingers where sore from all of the wires poking them. The door slid open and an alarm went off.
"Damn it! I missed the alarm wire!" I yelled over the alarm. I moved into the doorway and watched for the enemy. Half a dozen came running at the sound of the alarm and I picked them all off one by one.
"Duo, hold on to my neck!" I heard Bo~ken say. A moment later, he came out half dragging a very beat up Duo. "Quatre, cover us!" He pulled him into the hall and ran down in watching the numbers flash past. 160, 2, 4, 6, 8, 170, 2, 4, 6, 8, 180, 2, 4, 6, 8, 190, 2, 4, 6, 8, 200... He stopped and ajusted Duo while I caught up to them. We all ran together. I had killed an easy dozen by the time we hit room 234. I started to reach down and work on the lock. "I'll handle it." Bo~ken shoved me aside and did a high kick into the circuit board. His steel-toed boot busted it into tiny pieces.
I ran in and cut the bonds off of Hiro~. He got up, pulling free his IVs, and followed me into the hall. Hiro~ was nicely bandaged and had a drugged glaze to his eyes. "You ok?"
"I don't get a choice."
"I guess not. Come on, we can take the east stairs, they are closest." I ushered everyone to the next set of stairs. We where nearly to them when several human and non-human workers blocked our path. They had stunners and all kinds of sedatives. We could never get past them. "I am almost out of ammo...We have a problem." I turned and found the hall to our backs covered too.
"Gentlemen, please direct your attention to our left. I believe it will present a temporary solution." Bo~ken said under his breath. "Run on the count of three. One...Two...THREE!" We all ran to a laundry shoot. Bo~ken tossed Duo in and we let Hiro~ go before I was motioned to go. Bo~ken covered us.
There was a completely horrifying moment when I wasn't touching and everything around me was silent. Then I hit the shoot that spiraled downwards in darkness. After an eternity, I guess only a minute could have passed at most, I landed in a pile of sheets and things. I rolled quickly to the side and stood up. Hiro~ was holding up Duo, who was ghost white. I ran over and took him, handing Hiro~ my gun in trade. "There are four bullets." I told him.
Bo~ken landed and came up running. "Come on, come on before they try following us or call security." He raced up the steps to the ground level and we spilled out into the hall. We ran flat out. Once outside, Hiro~ hot wired a truck.
I hauled Duo into the back, as Bo~ken hopped in next to Hiro~. I laid down next to Duo, so we wouldn't be seen. I was reminded of how tired I really was. "Hey, Duo, are you ok?"
"Nothing a hot shower and something to eat wouldn't fix. You don't look to hot yourself." Duo glanced at me out of the corner of his eye.
"Just tired." I mumbled.
"Quatre? Duo?" Bo~ken called us from the back window. "You two are taking the Gundam back to base. Hiro~ and I will go help Trowa and look for Wu Fei. Go to sleep." Those where orders I had no trouble following.
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When I awoke, my Gundam was in plain view. Duo and I got out quickly when Hiro~ stopped and got into the Gundam as they drove away. I was stiff, but piloting wasn't as hard as it would have been with no sleep at all. Duo, for once in his life, didn't say anything for the whole two hours. He just sat and held his well-bandaged arm. "Did you break it?" I finally broke the silence.
"Hummm? Oh, my arm? Yah, but it'll be ok." He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. "I think the morphine they gave me was a little strong. I feel so fuzzy in my head."
"Oh. Well, you should sleep. Maybe Bo~ken's pack has something in it you can use as a pillow." I suggested in concern.
He picked up the pack and rummaged through it. "Humm...Hey, sandwiches! You think he'd mind?" Duo sounded happy over the thought of food.
"No, they won't be good for very long. They've been in here for hours. If you think it they are edible, go ahead." I said, rechecking my co-ordinates.
"They where in a mini cooler. They are fine. Peanut butter and Jelly!" He took a huge bite. "There is a chicken salad one. You want it?"
"I don't want to get anything on the controls."
"Here, take a bite." Duo held out the sandwich without thought. I took a bite and took my time chewing it. Duo mean while finished his sandwich completely and took out another. When he gave me another bite, I mused over how many sandwiches he would scarf before I finished mine. I found that I was very hungery once I started.
The sandwich count was five by the time I had downed my one. That was all that was in the bag. Then he went back to rummaging in the pack. "Did you see the weapon that took you down?" I asked him.
"Yep, it looked like a laser cannon mounted on a hellblazer. Only it charged in about two seconds and fired with kick-butt precision. It shorted the whole gundam out. I went down like a brick." He told me as he pulled something out of the bag. "What a guy, that Bo~ken dude must be prepared for everything! A blanket and a pillow too!" Duo spread the blanket out and laid down on it with the pillow. He fell asleep quickly. I wondered how he could go from asleep to climbing the walls to asleep in no time flat. It was like there was no in between.
I was humming my latest piece of music to myself as the base came into view. The sun was low in the sky. I woke Duo up and we landed the Gundam.
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I went back to the palace and went to bed. I laid there for nearly an hour before I finally gave up and went into the library. I picked up my violin and began to play a soft tune.
"Master Quatre?" Shika's voice startled me. I broke off the music with a nasty squall. "I'm sorry if I startled you. Can I get you anything?" She came in and bowed deeply. She had on a flowing white gown that made her seem dream like.
"Some tea would be nice, if you will join me." I didn't want to be alone. I kept imagining all sorts of bad things happening to my friends. She bowed again and left the room. I finished playing the song and put the violin up carefully. Then I sat down on a chair and relaxed. When Shika came back into the room I nearly jumped out of my skin. I needed to get a major grip. She poured my tea and handed it to me as I studied her. She did everything with such a forced air about it, she was giving me the creeps. It was like she trying to act out a manual instead of live a life.
"Master Quatre, do you hate me?" She asked in a curious voice.
I choked on my tea. "Why would you think that?"
"Well, the way you keep looking at me...And everyone kept saying how happy natured you are, but you haven't done anything but frown sense I was introduced to you." She sat down her tea and looked up at me. "I'm worried, did I sadden you by reminding you of your father?"
"I'm sorry, it's not your fault. Today was just a nappy day. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable." I blushed slightly. "I was trying to figure some stuff out."
"So you don't mind me being your first concubine?" She looked at me shyly.
I blushed deeper. "I don't have any complaint with you, but I have no use for a mekake at the moment. Please don't take it personally." Before my father had died, he had set up her life. She was given to me that morning as a coming of age present. It was strange, but being eighteen and proclaimed an adult made me feel very young.
"Alright Kacho~." She bowed her head before returning to her tea. We sat in silence for a little while. The woman made my feel nervous. I was expected to have many wives and children, carrying on the legacy, but I didn't feel like I would be capable of dealing with any of it at the moment. It wasn't like once it started, I could just call off a baby and trying to protect a family would stress me more. As it was I had her to deal with. I couldn't refuse her, all she knew was this life. It had also been my father's wish... There was a noise behind me and Shika made a little gasping sound. I leapt to my feet and was reaching for a gun I kept in a near by drawer, as I looked up. "Kacho~?" Shika asked as I straitened up.
"Bo~ken, what are you doing here?!" I sounded very frazzled and I felt the same. My teacup rattled on the saucer because I was trembling with nervous energy. I sat the cup down with a clatter.
"They sure don't do birthday presents like they use to." Bo~ken glanced at Shika who shrank back. Bo~ken just turned back to me. "I came to talk, send her away."
"Shika is mine, she will keep her mouth shut." I assured him. I felt guilty about rejecting her in my mind and couldn't do it out loud.
"Quatre, I know this whole girl thing is new to you, but they can and will do things behind your back. You don't know her well enough to judge on this kind of stuff." He looked at her again. Without a word, she ran from the room. "Smart girl... Now, so you can get some sleep, Wu Fei is ok now and the rest of them are at the base, sleeping in the dormer. Wu Fei had a hip and shoulder dislocated, but Hiro~ and I fixed him up. We got back Trowa and Wu Fei's Gundams, and salvage crews will pick up the rest tonight."
"You broke in to tell me my friends are ok?" I asked him in disbelief. I gripped the back of a chair to release some emotion.
"Correct. Oh dear..." Bo~ken looked down at his feet. He was standing in a large puddle of blood, I noted. "I thought I had gotten everything patched up!"
"Here, let me see." I moved over and put a hand to his side. He gasped and jerked away. "You need..."
"No! No, I'll be fine! I have to go." He backed away and turned to go. He staggered around for a few seconds, then went down hard, throwing blood in all directions.
I picked him up easily and went to my room. I had medical supplies in there. On the way, I met Shika. She was coming towards me. "I heard some yelling...What happened?"
"He got hurt before he came. Please go clean the library up. He bled all over it." She bowed and left me, looking very much like a skittish deer as she did so. I went into my room and laid Bo~ken on my bed. I went and grabbed a towel, my basin of water, and my medical kit. Then I unzipped Bo~ken's suit and pulled it off along with his shoes. Then I pulled off his shirt and pants. He had on a white tank top shirt like thing that unzipped on the side and another underneath that. When I pulled those off, I got a shock. The next thing was a bra. A bra full of breasts. They weren't small either. They where huge. Bo~ken was a woman. At least that was the impression I got from that angle. I finally managed to swallow and get focussed on making the um shim? not bleed to death on my bed. I owed this...person a favor for saving my friends. There was a gash from just below the ribs to past her waist. I was trying to decide if it was silly to undress her except for the bra. I finally pulled it off and covered her with a sheet, leaving her left side exposed so I could sew it up. It took forty-three stitches to close up the wound. I decided that Bo~ken -who was definitely a woman- would live without any blood transfusions. I washed her cloths out and hung them up in the bathroom. I washed her up and made myself a pallet on the floor. Then I changed my pajamas and brushed my teeth again. I curled up on my make shift bed and went to sleep.
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In the morning I got up, took a shower, and got dressed. I went down stairs and got us some breakfast. When I got back, Bo~ken was awake and looking around in horror. "Good morning, how do you feel?" I brought her over some orange juice. She just kept staring at me. "Drink it, you need to get your strength back."
She took the glass I offered her. "Thank you." She took a sip of the juice, then looked up at me. "Please, you can't tell anyone."
"What?" I went into the bathroom and got her some under cloths I had collected earlier.
"That I'm a woman. I'm not suppose to let anyone know."
"Well, you didn't exactly let me know. I practically did it with out your permission." I sat down on the edge of the bed with a cup of coffee and sat the under cloths next to her. "But I just couldn't let you bleed to death on my library floor. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"Thank you." She started to get up, but fell back in pain.
I picked up the cloths and helped her put them on. "Why can't you tell anyone?"
"I stay on mostly all male bases. Sexism, harassment, not to mention stereotyping…Plus that was an order." She gripped my shoulder for support as I helped her stand. Shika's panties didn't fit her quite right, because they where baggy in the rear. "I have never worn anyone else's cloths before. It's weird."
"Sorry, but yours where beyond help. I managed to get the blood out of your zip up thingies, but your cloths died a horrible death. You fit in mine ok. You just need a belt." I said confidently as we got her into one of my outfits. It was a soft green shirt and light brown pants. I never wore it anyway. As it turned out, she didn't need a belt. Her hips where big enough to keep them up. Combat boots set off the outfit nicely in that 'I have no taste' kind of way. "You have an awfully deep voice for a woman." I commented.
"I took speech therapy and hang out with men. You have twenty-nine sisters and it shows. You talk softly." She pointed out. Then her voice changed to soft and feminine. "I still keep in touch with my natural ways."
Beautiful, if only she had talked like a woman while she looked like a woman. I admired her features and the tone of her voice. I liked her. She was interesting. Of course she had a definite thing against military men in general. Just my luck, having a crush on a girl with a Hiro~ complex. "Hungry?"
"Yah, I let Trowa and Wu Fei eat the sandwiches I had with me." She placed a hand against her stomach.
"Duo ate all but one of the ones in the other pack and that's only because he let me have one first." I grinned as I helped her limp down the hall into the breakfast room. Shika was already eating breakfast. She was wearing an awful outfit that was only about 10% accounted for. I wondered if they couldn't afford a complete shirt where she was from. "Good morning Shika."
"Good morning Kacho~. Bo~ken-sama are you better?" She looked up from her fruit salad and examined Bo~ken with scrutiny.
"Much, thank you Shika-chan." Bo~ken was back in 'he' mode. I eased him into a chair and sat down next to him as a servant came with food enough for the both of us and Duo too.
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I had started work in the library on Monday, fourteen days after I slashed my side open on Gundam wreckage. It was Wednesday and I sat behind a desk, legs crossed primly. I felt dumb in a dress, pants where so comfortable and un-restricting. My hair was in a high bun and I had on enough make-up to choke a horse to cover a bruise. I was waiting for a contact to show up.
Quatre wandered in and plunked a book on the desk, "I'm looking for this book in...Bo~ken!"
"I'm sorry sir, I don't think Bo~ken is a registered language." I frowned as I tapped my name tag. Then I whispered, "This is a library, try reading this. I'm working."
"Ms. Sonzai...Do they make this book in Japanese?"
"You speak Arabic, why do you need Japanese?"
"None of your business, yes or no."
"Maybe."
"I don't like you." He pouted suddenly. "You are mean."
"Get a grip, it's on the second floor towards the back under um...344 point 234 R.E.P. slash L.T.K." I looked up the number for him.
"Thanks." He turned and left quickly. I watched him go and made a wild guess that he had slept with his hair wet, one side was mashed flat and the other side flipped up. I smiled at him in amusement. He was usually so perfect.
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"Hiro~ Yui. You have been chosen for a mission with me. Come, we need to prepare." Bo~ken walked up and handed me a packet. He never used com systems or computers to give or receive missions. He was kind of sneaky for one of us.
I opened it and scanned it briefly. Under cover on a base island as vacationers... I didn't get a chance to read any farther because Bo~ken pushed the folder shut. "Not here, come to my place. It would be more... appropriate." I looked up at him in interest. No one knew where he lived and he made it a point to keep it that way.
When we arrived, I noted the simple apartment was in a normal neighborhood. It looked very nice for a temporary villa home. He motioned me to the living room couch and he went into the kitchen. "How long have you been here?"
"Three weeks. The colonies caught wind of the new weapon and I was sent to discover how to protect the Gundams against it. I learned every inch of them from the five creators." He explained. "Want a soda?"
"Alright." I agreed as I opened the file and read it completely. 'Mission: to learn more about the Radicals Displacement Beam or R.D.B. Operatives: Hiro~ Yui & Bo~ken Tenjina Preparations: Operatives must create a realistic marital interactive pattern, including daily rituals, meals, and intercourse regiments.' I reread that sentence again. It still said the same thing. "Bo~ken, what is..?"
"Read it all. It will save me some answers. Here." He handed me a canned drink and purched on the arm of the sofa non-chalantly.
I popped the top and took a sip before placing it on a coaster. Then I went back to the file. 'Operatives have one week to perfect their cycle before heading to Caspar Island. There they will pose as a couple on their second wedding anniversary.' I finished scanning the pages, but they where normal. "Now, what is it talking about?"
"I'm a woman, I hope you can figure the rest of it out."
I looked Bo~ken over, flat chest and no hips, I felt doubtful. "You are a female?"
"Yes, give me five minutes and I'll prove it."
"Why can't you prove it now?" I asked suspiciously.
"You aren't one for trust, are you? Bo~ken shrugged and unzipped his/her? flight suit, kicked off the boots and after a brief struggle was in nothing but underwear and a bra. It was quite a transformation from flat to curvy. I would have never imagined it possible. She flopped down on the couch next to me and laughed. "I see my case has been proven." I felt very uncomfortable. I overted my eyes. "You've never been with a woman before, have you?" She picked up her shirt and put it on. "It's ok, one step at a time." She turned my face back to her. "You do know how to kiss, don't you?"
I nodded, kissing wasn't hard, I had kissed Relina before. She let me make the first move. Kissing her was different and it took some getting use to. I had gotten pretty into it when Bo~ken pulled back suddenly in a fit of giggles. I frowned at her, not sure if I was being insulted. "What?"
"I'm sorry, you just looked so worried or like it was painful. Could you please relax your face?" I shrugged. We tried kissing again. I tried to relax, but that just made it worse. We both ended up spazzing out. I wasn't sure if it was really that funny or if it was nerves. We finally calmed down and tried again. I felt better about the whole thing. She undid one of my buttons and I kind of panicked. "Alright, you can do it when you feel comfortable." She leaned back and let me collect my thoughts. I really wanted to finish it but it wasn't getting started well. I really was a control freak. It kept getting beyond my control and I couldn't take it. "Let's take a break. OK?" She suggested
"Yah." I sank back heavily. My chest had gotten all tight. I couldn't believe I was having a panic attack.
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It was dark. I had left Dr. J's testing facility to go to my bunker. It was cold and I was alone. I was thirteen and had no idea why everyone was mad at each other. Colonists where people, so what did it matter where they lived?
Someone was in the darkness, watching me. I didn't know until they grabbed me. I struggled against them, but they won the fight. "Let me go, please, let me go."
I sat up screaming, drenched in sweat. "Hiro~? It was just a dream." Bo~ken wrapped an arm around my shoulders, trying to calm my trembling. She was in shorts and a T-shirt, but very womanly. "It's ok."
"No...I remember what happened, I was thirteen...They hurt me." I whispered, a tear escaping my eye. We sat there for a long time, her hugging me quietly. I must have fallen asleep on her couch.
"That's when you changed, you lost your innocence to the world. Quatre is the only one with any innocence left. Not even I have anymore." Bo~ken said quietly. She let go of me and stood up.
"I can't do this." My throat was sore.
"I know. Tomorrow you will go back and Duo will take your place." She turned to go. "Don't feel like you are alone. Everyone has a fear and a demon to face. You can only deal with it and over come it when you are ready. No one can make you ready. My demon is still waiting for me when I can find the courage to face it."
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The doorbell rang and woke me from my restless sleep. I went to the door and opened it. "Hello?"
A Hispanic man with his hair buzzed short was standing there with a duffel bag. "I'm looking for Bo~ken?"
"Name?" I kind of smiled. It kind of sounded weird for someone walking up and tell you they are looking for adventure.
"Alic."
"Wait a minute." I closed the door and re-locked it. Then I went into Bo~ken's room. She was in the bathroom taking a shower. I stuck my head in. "A man named Alic is at the door."
"Let him in please."
"Ok, I'm going now."
"Don't tell anyone my gender."
"Ok." I wandered back through the house and let the guy in. "Bo~ken is in the shower, but will be out shortly." Then I left.
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Quatre was sitting in front of some cereal looking dejected. "Duo, do you think Bo~ken hates me?" He pushed all of the red shapes to one side with his spoon, not really looking at me.
"No, why? Did you do something to him?" I asked Mr. Innocence. Then I took a mouth full of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Well, no. Bo~ken isn't talking to me though. Since I helped him out when he was hurt, he has avoided me like the plague. Could you at least put in a good word for me if he picks you for a mission. I want to work with him again." He looked up at me with the big eyes that got him his way a lot. His ceriel was neatly separated into soggy piles. He had them done in rainbow sequence and started eating the red ones.
"You have some strange eating habits." I remarked as I took another bite of sandwich. "I'll tell him."
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I wandered into Bo~ken's house, the door was partially ajar. Some music was blaring on his CD player. It was hyper and I liked it. The house was kind of girly though. A guy came into the room with a bouquet of flowers and a vase. He put them down on the dining room table and looked at me questioningly. He was dark skinned and his hair was nearly black and his eyes where golden. He looked like a military person. "Hello."
"Hi, is..." I ended in an unintelligible squeak. Bo~ken came into the room when I started to ask. Mini skirt, tank top, and high heels? Not to mention the body beneath. "You are a she!"
"Very good Duo, you get a gold star. Now your mission packet is on the table. Read it over before asking questions." She shook her finger at me like I was a schoolboy. "If anyone needs me, I'm in the last door on the right looking for my wedding ring." She wandered away, leaving me to gawk after her. Finally I read the file. I was going to have a wife?!?
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I stood with Duo and my husband on the train platform as the train pulled up. A tiny woman of less then five feet bounced off the train and gave me a hug. "Hi Bo~! My gosh, you wouldn't believe how happy I am to get away from that pit. Oh, my bags, be right back!" She went hopping away.
"Oh my God, and you thought I was hyper." Duo looked at me in disbelief.
"You will get along great, trust me." I patted him on the back.
"I never trust anyone who says trust me." Duo frowned.
"I've heard Tami's great in bed." Alic whispered to Duo a little louder then he meant. I nudged him in the side and mouthed "I'm better," at him. He just grinned.
Duo took one of Tami's bags when she came back and started talking to her. Alic and I let them walk ahead of us. Tami had her hair in two pompom pigtails that made her look about twelve years old. Duo looked about fourteen. It was hard to believe they where only a few months apart and in their twenties.
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I stepped out of the beach house and strolled down the shoreline, an arm around Tami's waist. She leaned against my shoulder, content for the moment. We where going to get some information in town. I think Bo~ken had put Tami on drugs to keep her tolerable. She had slacked off dramatically on her activity. She still matched me easily. Yah, I had gotten use to being called Honey and I even managed to call her Baby without feeling too stupid.
Tami slipped her hand under my shirt and tickled my side. I pulled away with a squeal. She smiled naughtily at me. I saw that smile a lot. Her hair was down and poofed out in back like a fan right below her ear lobes. I had pulled my hair back in a low ponytail and she kept calling me Tifa. She ran away teasingly. I caught her. We kissed.
We where posed as newly weds. Bo~ken said that no one would believe that we had been together before. She said normal couples that are married two years have sex only twice to three times a week. Tami and I where more along those lines per day. Alic told us we had too many hormones, but then again he and Bo~ken had been married for nearly six years.
We entered the city and walked up the sidewalk. Alic appeared out of nowhere and snatched Tami out of my arms. "Abort mission. Go home." He walked away with her quickly.
I chilled until dark and went back to the beach house. I changed into my priest uniform, feeling guilt for breaking my vows once again. The one sin I couldn't conquer...
I shook off my conscience and abandoned the house. I walked through the darkness. "Stop right there! Hands up!" Someone blinded me with a flashlight. I calmly did as I was told. Another person came up behind me. I felt a sharp prick in my neck, reflexively I swatted at the painful spot. Then I went crashing to the ground.
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I opened my eyes, and looked up at silk draped posts. I tried to move, but was restricted. I was handcuffed to a four poster bed. My ankles where bound too. I was freezing and couldn't do anything to change the fact all that was rapped around my body was a sheet. I shivered, wondering where my cloths where.
"Hello." Horror of all horrors, Une sat down next to me. She cupped my chin and drought her face close to mine. I didn't react even though I felt a small sense of dread. "Cold? Maybe I could warm you up." She brushed her lips against mine.
I kept chanting in my head 'I will not react...I will not react...' even though I was getting freaked out. I decided to play along and learn what she wanted aside from my bod. "Hi Une, what's up?" I wiggled up against her. She was shielding me from the draft of the ceiling fan that hung above me.
"You know my name but I don't know yours." She pouted, tapping on my chest with her index finger. Just about any other woman in the world could have been with me and I would have been enjoying it, but not her, she was so -to put it politely- obnoxious.
I opened my mouth and shut it quickly. It wouldn't be a good thing to just blurt my name out, but I almost did. I relaxed my body and recognized the drug in me. Truth serum. "You don't play fair, truth serum is childish." I frowned at her. She just smiled back as she moved her hands. I was not appreciating her putting her hands all over me.
"It almost worked, didn't it?" She laughed softly at my discomfort. She leaned over, so her body was pressed against mine and propped an elbow on my chest and looked down into my face. My hormones where a stir. "I will enjoy you later. First some people are going to come ask you some questions. Please co-operate, it wouldn't be any fun if you are too banged up to play. See you later." She kissed me harder then before. She stood, then she gave me a soft pat on the thigh before going to the huge double doors to the right of the bed. I noted my cloths stacked on a table in the middle of the room. There where papers and things on it also. "The interrogators will be entering in a few minutes, try to pull yourself together." She pulled open the doors and left giggling. When they closed, I could no longer hear her.
My body had grown tense from her assault and I tried to relax myself and calm my breathing. I should have been able to have with stood her, but truth serum made me kind of hyper and distractible, so I was easily stimulated. I wiggled until I caught the end of my braid in my fingertips, then I worked through it until I found a lock pick. I pulled it free and unlocked my arms and legs. Then I got dressed quickly. I climbed out a window onto a ledge. It was about ten stories up.
I found myself wishing that Une was the only one I would have had to have faced. Then I could have stayed until Bo~ken came back for me, but I was forced to shimmy my rear down a drainpipe and run around an island, avoiding people who wanted to kill my cute little personage.
"Stop!" Someone spotted me. Then they started shooting at me. Some how it didn't make me feel like going over and being friendly. I ran like the devil himself was after me. As we reached a look out point, I found myself trapped with no place to go. There was an angry sea below and a gun-wielding maniac behind me. He ran out of bullets as he caught up with me. He grabbed my arm and I punched him. "Wham!" He smashed me in the back with the riffle. I toppled over the handrail and into the ocean. "Come back here!" He screamed at me as he loaded another clip into the gun and began shooting.
'Does he actually think that will make me come back?' I wondered as I swam away from the island. A storm was brewing and the waters where fearsome. A wave crashed over my head and I was pulled down in the under tow. I struggled until I lost consciousness beneath the murky waves.
***Ok, don't start screaming "You killed my Duo!" quite yet. I mean, in case you haven't noticed, Gundam boys are hard to kill. But what if they did die? Anyway, back to the story. ~QRW~***
I woke up on fire. My whole body was melting. I was thirsty, and I felt pain like I had never imagined before. I tried to move but I was to weak. I smelled of salt and blood and a nauseating sweet smell permeated the room. I managed a moan. I couldn't see anything but darkness. 'Is this really Hell? Have I made such a bad mistake in my life that I damned my self for eternity? For breaking my vows and mocking God all of those years?' I managed to sit up. There was a soft sound of surprise, then cool hands pushed me back down. "Une? Watashi o batsu naze nara nigaru?" 'Is Une punishing me for escaping?'
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Please try to lay still." The woman sounded kind.
"Wata sekund...I undersand yew. Yew speak Engrish. I dew tew. Not for rong time thowa." I struggled to get my mouth going in the right ways to pronounce the different sounds.
"Ok, that helps. Do you know what happened to you?"
"I ferr in the ochen and drownded. Kon I have sum water prease?" I was terribly thirsty.
"Yes." After a moment, a hand was placed behind my shoulders and she gently held me up as she pushed a cup to my lips. I drank heavily and protested when she took it away. It hadn't been water, but the sweet drink had cut my thirst a little. "It you drink to fast you will get sick." She laid me back down. "You can't see, can you?"
"No. I eyes hurt bad and I baudy. What are rong I?" I asked in a scared voice.
"Don't worry, you have a sun burn and some dehydration. You'll be fine in a week."
"Sun burn, where I croths?" I frowned.
"I don't know if I understand."
"I wear croths, I sun burn baudy?"
"Oh, you can sun burn through cloths. Black is the worst and that's what you had on." She explained patiently. "You have an I.V. right here, so be careful not to pull it out or mash it. Understand?" She poked my arm to point out the needle in my arm.
"Yes Ma'am."
"Ok, I'm going to put some medicine on you. It will be very cold at first, then it gets hot. You must not move around. Ok."
"Oh kay." I relaxed and closed my eyes. She put an ice pack on my forehead and began working me over with the medicine. It felt like an icy heaven for about two seconds, then turned to lava. I mussed over the fact that this was the second time in very little time that a woman was all over me and I was helpless. Along with being helpless, I also didn't care that time. I just wanted to die, sleep for fifty years, and freeze my butt off again. "I miss antartika."
She laughed softly. "We wouldn't want you to melt the continent." Then she took away the melted ice pack. "I'm going to roll you over so I can treat your back." It hurt like Hell, but the effort was rewarded with a fresh ice pack on my neck. "You've been here for three days and this is the first time you even moaned. You nearly died of sun poisoning and dehydration, but it looks like God saved you, Father. One of the Nuns have been keeping up a supply of medicine and some of the others have come to read to you and pray for you. They took to calling you Jonah because of finding you on the shore. So what is your real name?"
"Duo...Duo Maxwerr." I said softly.
"Good day Imma, I brought you some fresh medicine and some lunch. How's he fairing?" A very chearful-sounding woman came into the room. She sounded rolly polly and short. I don't know why, she just did.
"I feer a bit warm." I said as jovially as possible.
"Oh, you are awake! Well, God be praised!" She was loud and rattling. "I'll go tell the others!" She left in a bustly manner.
"Young man, if they where not nuns, I think you would have a fan club." My caregiver chuckled.
"Werr, that was an eksperianse. Are thare many more rike her?" I felt drained from hearing her.
"Heavens no! No one could take more then one Martha." Imma giggled. She rolled me back over so I was face up once again. Then slapped a new ice pack on my forehead. "Get some rest. You will have another rub down in an hour, then Agitha will come to read to you."
"Yew werr stay?" I didn't want to wake up to a new stranger.
"I'll be here when you wake up." She adjusted a sheet to cover me. I had been completely in the nude for all to see until that moment and I really didn't care.
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"...Exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He..." The voice was young and soft.
"Had provided purrification for sin He sak down ak de right hond of de fadder." I finished the verse as I reached up to touch the bandages across his eyes.
"You are awake. I'll get Sister Imma. It will just take a moment." She sounded happy as she clamored in her haste to leave.
"Is yew Agitha?" I searched my memory for names.
"Yes, now please be still." She slammed the door.
I felt a lot better, but I was still burnt to a crisp and thirsty. I sat up and felt around. There was a wall to my left and I turned and leaned against it. It was cool wood. It was a very awesome relief after laying on that bed for so long. I made sure not to be indecent when the girl returned. The door opened and only one person came in. "You slept another two days. How are you?" Imma asked me.
"I don't feer awfur, onry bad."
"Well, obviously you are good enough to move around." She came over and poked on me and made me stick out my tongue. I stayed up for a while, getting a few drinks of the sweet stuff again and then decided I had to go to the bathroom. It was a completely humbling experience. I was too weak to walk and blind as a bat. If I hadn't looked like a tomato before, I would have after that experience. When I voiced the fact that it was embarrassing, she just laughed softly. "At least your kidneys work and you have the proper amount of water in your body."
I got back under my sheet and chilled out for a few minutes. The door opened with a soft creak. "Sister Imma?"
"Yes Agitha?"
"There is a man out there who is flashing a picture of Jonah and he keeps saying 'Kimi-tachi to kankei ga aru Duo Maxwell
"It mans do yew know I, basicarry. What do he rook rike?" I sat up and adjusted my sheets.
"He's got blond shoulder length hair and blue eyes. He's light skinned and not very tall. He has on a vest and casual dress pants." She spoke softly.
"Quatre. Go get he prease?" I asked as someone -I assume Imma- tried to push me back into the bed.
I allowed her to put me back in the bed and she put an ice pack on my forehead. I laid still, listening to her busy herself around the room. The door opened again and two people came in. "Duo?" Quatre's soft voice registered shock.
"It is I, lobster boy. Can I go home now?"
"Um, I don't think you could survive transport. You look like..."
"Death warmed over, yah, I've heard. Hold on and I can ask them how long it should be before I am better." I told him before asking Imma in English. She answered and I stifled a moan. "She says I should be happy in half a week, but make it five days for sure. By then I should no longer be blind."
Quatre stayed for a very short while, telling me how things where going. Bo~ken and Trowa had gotten into a fistfight while I was here. Bo~ken had ended up spitting blood, but Trowa had a black eye. No one knew how it started. Hiro~ and Wu Fei where as Quatre put it, 'Throwing each other down on the ground and gnawing off limbs angry at each other.' Why is still a mystery.
I ate half of a grilled cheese sandwich before mentioning that peanut butter was much better and drifting off.