Chapter Seven
Heero flew rapidly over the forest, with Trowa not far behind. After noting Trowa's presence, they were now both scanning the horizon for any signs of a base.
"We've been searching for a long time now." Trowa said, kind of distant.
"Hm, so, Trowa, what is it?" Heero asked all of the sudden.
"Nani? What do you mean?" Trowa had no clue.
"Oh, I think you know. I've been eyeing you and you keep looking back, back towards the base. Why?" Heero complied.
Trowa wasn't used to all this talk coming from Heero. Not to mention all these questions popping up. He wondered what Heero meant and forgot that he had asked him a question. He'd rather be thinking about a certain odangoed shoujo.
"Trowa?"
"Uh,.I."
"What's back there? They can handle themselves."
Really, what is up with you, Trowa? Come to think of it, Quatre's been acting a bit weird too.even Wufei is questioned in my mind, Heero thought, confused.
Several more minutes went by, and then it just all came out.
"Heero?"
"Hn? See something?"
"No, it's just that-the reason why I've been."
"Does it have to do with a girl named Yoshi?" Heero was right on the mark.
Trowa blushed, "Umm, I think she's.nice."
Heero couldn't help but smirk, "You like her, don't you?"
The tall pilot got even redder at this. Heero was enjoying himself.
"Gah! It's not like that."
"Trowa, don't tell me I'm wrong. It's so obvious."
From then on Trowa just blushed some more, and he could feel Heero's eyes on him. They were silent after that. Heero was somewhat amused by this sudden turn of events. Finally, someone for Trowa. It's about time, Heero thought.
As the two flew on, Yoshi kept popping and re-popping herself into Trowa's thoughts. The more he thought, the more he liked about her. Then, as to appear out of nowhere, a huge building just sprouted into the horizon.
"Eh? That must be their base on earth." Heero said, right as always.
"Hmm, hai. We should radio our base." Trowa replied, all serious and paying close attention.
They were only 2 miles away now. They stopped in their tracks.
"No, we're taking a huge risk being so close, let's head back. Once we near our base I'll radio them to prepare for the battle." Heero planned skillfully.
"Kitto."
The two Gundam pilots began to make their long fly back.
After the short encounter with Noin, Yuki, Wufei, and Kimi were surprisingly not too far from Heero and Trowa. Since the 2 pilots were heading back, in their direction, they would most likely spot each other on radar pretty soon.
Kimi was the first to notice them, "Oi! Heero, Trowa, is that you?"
Rising Ki and Altron came to stand beside the Dragon Wing.
"Come on, minna, we have to get back to the base with the others. Trowa and I have found BAK's main base." Heero stated grimly.
"Wufei! Did Noin come?" Trowa piped in.
"Oh yeah. She headed back to the base we took over." Wufei replied shortly."
"AHEM! What do you mean, 'you' took over? It was us, the 5 HOWL soldiers!" Kimi said with a growl.
"Okay, come on, we have to get back!" Trowa exclaimed, in a rush.
"Well, I just assumed we were all together here! I didn't think that 'we' meant just us original Gundam pilots! Jeez." Wufei shot back, angered.
Yuki doesn't get involved in what's not her business, so she just turned around and headed back behind Heero, who had left when it all began.
With a sigh, Wufei and Trowa followed, with Kimi right beside them. They couldn't afford to argue at a time like this.
After a meeting with Noin, everyone at the base just about knew what to do. The only problem was that Yuki, Kimi, Wufei, Trowa, and Heero were out searching, and they didn't know where they'd gone.
Duo was quite the schemer. He slowly made his way over to Kaoru. She gave him a look that said: What ARE you doing?
"So," he said as she looked at him strangely, "do ya like Quatre?"
He had made sure Quatre was busy so Duo could get this done without him knowing.
Kaoru looked at the ground, "What do you mean by that?"
"Ya know, do you think he's a nice guy?" Duo said, looking for any hints on her bewildered face.
"Well, yeah, I guess.so. He's been really polite to me and all, considering how he could be like Wufei if he wanted to." Kaoru replied, a bit uncomfortable.
Hibishi's ears managed to pick up the sound of Wufei's name being said. She quickly ran over, and saved Kaoru.
"So, what was that about Wufei?" she asked with a frown.
"Nani? We weren't talking about him or anything like that," Duo said, than realized what he was capable of, "why? Do you like him or something?"
Hehe, this way I can strike something up 2 ways! Duo thought slyly.
Hibishi fumed as she tried to cover up her red face, "Na! Oh, look, Duo! I think I see Duette over there making out with.Quatre!"
Anyone could tell that the stern female pilot wanted the attention focused far away from her.
That last call made several pairs of eyes widen. This caused Kaoru to gasp loudly and look over to where Quatre was innocently standing, with a look of fear on his face. At this, Duette pranced over and knocked Quatre off his feet.
"Ah! Duo! Get her OFF me!" Quatre's voice once again came out muffled.
"DUETTE! What the hell are you doing?!" Duo screamed as he raced over to where they were.
"Well.," Duette pondered, "I was bored!"
Duo pried her off a stunned Quatre. He sat, sweat dropped, and was in a daze. All he had been doing was thinking about Kaoru.
Yoshi couldn't help but stare. She had the most disgusted look on her face. But then, she thought of Trowa.
"You know, you're not going to have many friends that way." Relena stated.
Yoshi piped up, "And of all people, you say that, ojou-sama."
"No no!! Didn't you learn anything from what Duo did? Uh, I mean.." Relena retorted.
Yoshi smirked, then fell back to her pleasant thoughts.
Noin hadn't ever seen anything like that before. She was just trying to get a hold of the Preventers, but it seemed that this base was too far out from civilization. Lucrezia tried her best not to be baffled. She knew Duette and all.it just seemed so clear that she was Duo's. But then she remembered the kind of person Duette was and just sighed wearily.
"This shouldn't be so difficult." she said, trying to snag someone's attention.
Relena was over there in a matter of seconds, glad for something to do and to get away from all that. Yoshi decided to escape the chaos as well.
"What's the problem?" she asked politely.
"There shouldn't even be a problem! For some reason, I can't get a hold of the rest of the Preventers through this transmitter." Noin replied, frustrated.
Relena frowned, "All this tension is killing me! Why isn't this working all the sudden?"
"I guess we're just too far away. We really need to find out where the others are-" Noin didn't get to finish her sentence.
The ceiling practically collapsed as several WAKS appeared as the smoke cleared.
"Duo! H-help!" came the frantic wail of Duette as she scrambled to get away from the massive mobile suits.
She almost shoved Duo off balance, but he caught himself. He held her close.
Hibishi glared upwards with furious violet eyes at the stationary WAKS, "Dammit!"
Yoshi had a look of vengeance as pure as ever. Everyone raced to board their Gundams. Ginga Breeze, Deathscythe Hell Custom, Sandrock Cutsom, Crashing Hope, and Eternal Flame stood lined up, ready to do battle.
Heero flew rapidly over the forest, with Trowa not far behind. After noting Trowa's presence, they were now both scanning the horizon for any signs of a base.
"We've been searching for a long time now." Trowa said, kind of distant.
"Hm, so, Trowa, what is it?" Heero asked all of the sudden.
"Nani? What do you mean?" Trowa had no clue.
"Oh, I think you know. I've been eyeing you and you keep looking back, back towards the base. Why?" Heero complied.
Trowa wasn't used to all this talk coming from Heero. Not to mention all these questions popping up. He wondered what Heero meant and forgot that he had asked him a question. He'd rather be thinking about a certain odangoed shoujo.
"Trowa?"
"Uh,.I."
"What's back there? They can handle themselves."
Really, what is up with you, Trowa? Come to think of it, Quatre's been acting a bit weird too.even Wufei is questioned in my mind, Heero thought, confused.
Several more minutes went by, and then it just all came out.
"Heero?"
"Hn? See something?"
"No, it's just that-the reason why I've been."
"Does it have to do with a girl named Yoshi?" Heero was right on the mark.
Trowa blushed, "Umm, I think she's.nice."
Heero couldn't help but smirk, "You like her, don't you?"
The tall pilot got even redder at this. Heero was enjoying himself.
"Gah! It's not like that."
"Trowa, don't tell me I'm wrong. It's so obvious."
From then on Trowa just blushed some more, and he could feel Heero's eyes on him. They were silent after that. Heero was somewhat amused by this sudden turn of events. Finally, someone for Trowa. It's about time, Heero thought.
As the two flew on, Yoshi kept popping and re-popping herself into Trowa's thoughts. The more he thought, the more he liked about her. Then, as to appear out of nowhere, a huge building just sprouted into the horizon.
"Eh? That must be their base on earth." Heero said, right as always.
"Hmm, hai. We should radio our base." Trowa replied, all serious and paying close attention.
They were only 2 miles away now. They stopped in their tracks.
"No, we're taking a huge risk being so close, let's head back. Once we near our base I'll radio them to prepare for the battle." Heero planned skillfully.
"Kitto."
The two Gundam pilots began to make their long fly back.
After the short encounter with Noin, Yuki, Wufei, and Kimi were surprisingly not too far from Heero and Trowa. Since the 2 pilots were heading back, in their direction, they would most likely spot each other on radar pretty soon.
Kimi was the first to notice them, "Oi! Heero, Trowa, is that you?"
Rising Ki and Altron came to stand beside the Dragon Wing.
"Come on, minna, we have to get back to the base with the others. Trowa and I have found BAK's main base." Heero stated grimly.
"Wufei! Did Noin come?" Trowa piped in.
"Oh yeah. She headed back to the base we took over." Wufei replied shortly."
"AHEM! What do you mean, 'you' took over? It was us, the 5 HOWL soldiers!" Kimi said with a growl.
"Okay, come on, we have to get back!" Trowa exclaimed, in a rush.
"Well, I just assumed we were all together here! I didn't think that 'we' meant just us original Gundam pilots! Jeez." Wufei shot back, angered.
Yuki doesn't get involved in what's not her business, so she just turned around and headed back behind Heero, who had left when it all began.
With a sigh, Wufei and Trowa followed, with Kimi right beside them. They couldn't afford to argue at a time like this.
After a meeting with Noin, everyone at the base just about knew what to do. The only problem was that Yuki, Kimi, Wufei, Trowa, and Heero were out searching, and they didn't know where they'd gone.
Duo was quite the schemer. He slowly made his way over to Kaoru. She gave him a look that said: What ARE you doing?
"So," he said as she looked at him strangely, "do ya like Quatre?"
He had made sure Quatre was busy so Duo could get this done without him knowing.
Kaoru looked at the ground, "What do you mean by that?"
"Ya know, do you think he's a nice guy?" Duo said, looking for any hints on her bewildered face.
"Well, yeah, I guess.so. He's been really polite to me and all, considering how he could be like Wufei if he wanted to." Kaoru replied, a bit uncomfortable.
Hibishi's ears managed to pick up the sound of Wufei's name being said. She quickly ran over, and saved Kaoru.
"So, what was that about Wufei?" she asked with a frown.
"Nani? We weren't talking about him or anything like that," Duo said, than realized what he was capable of, "why? Do you like him or something?"
Hehe, this way I can strike something up 2 ways! Duo thought slyly.
Hibishi fumed as she tried to cover up her red face, "Na! Oh, look, Duo! I think I see Duette over there making out with.Quatre!"
Anyone could tell that the stern female pilot wanted the attention focused far away from her.
That last call made several pairs of eyes widen. This caused Kaoru to gasp loudly and look over to where Quatre was innocently standing, with a look of fear on his face. At this, Duette pranced over and knocked Quatre off his feet.
"Ah! Duo! Get her OFF me!" Quatre's voice once again came out muffled.
"DUETTE! What the hell are you doing?!" Duo screamed as he raced over to where they were.
"Well.," Duette pondered, "I was bored!"
Duo pried her off a stunned Quatre. He sat, sweat dropped, and was in a daze. All he had been doing was thinking about Kaoru.
Yoshi couldn't help but stare. She had the most disgusted look on her face. But then, she thought of Trowa.
"You know, you're not going to have many friends that way." Relena stated.
Yoshi piped up, "And of all people, you say that, ojou-sama."
"No no!! Didn't you learn anything from what Duo did? Uh, I mean.." Relena retorted.
Yoshi smirked, then fell back to her pleasant thoughts.
Noin hadn't ever seen anything like that before. She was just trying to get a hold of the Preventers, but it seemed that this base was too far out from civilization. Lucrezia tried her best not to be baffled. She knew Duette and all.it just seemed so clear that she was Duo's. But then she remembered the kind of person Duette was and just sighed wearily.
"This shouldn't be so difficult." she said, trying to snag someone's attention.
Relena was over there in a matter of seconds, glad for something to do and to get away from all that. Yoshi decided to escape the chaos as well.
"What's the problem?" she asked politely.
"There shouldn't even be a problem! For some reason, I can't get a hold of the rest of the Preventers through this transmitter." Noin replied, frustrated.
Relena frowned, "All this tension is killing me! Why isn't this working all the sudden?"
"I guess we're just too far away. We really need to find out where the others are-" Noin didn't get to finish her sentence.
The ceiling practically collapsed as several WAKS appeared as the smoke cleared.
"Duo! H-help!" came the frantic wail of Duette as she scrambled to get away from the massive mobile suits.
She almost shoved Duo off balance, but he caught himself. He held her close.
Hibishi glared upwards with furious violet eyes at the stationary WAKS, "Dammit!"
Yoshi had a look of vengeance as pure as ever. Everyone raced to board their Gundams. Ginga Breeze, Deathscythe Hell Custom, Sandrock Cutsom, Crashing Hope, and Eternal Flame stood lined up, ready to do battle.
