Ok, chapter 2 is up ^_^ Read, read my minions, READ!!!!!!!!!! MUAH HAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Chibi-Duo: NO! You don't laugh maniacly enough! It's BWAH HAHAHAHAHA HA!!!!!!!!
Oh, really?...**tries the maniacle laugh** Oooh...you're right, it does work better ^_^
Chibi-Quatre: **is looking scared underneath the table**
Chibi-Duo: **notices this** Hey Q-man, what's wrong?
Chibi-Quatre: zyou guys scare me...**crawls out from underneath the table** Besides, you don't do it right.
Huh, what d'ya mean Q-boy?
Chibi-Quatre: **goes Zero** BWA HA! BWA HA!! BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HEE HEE HEE HEE!!!!!!!
Chibi-Duo: O_O;; Uh....Q-man.....? **runs when Chibi-Quatre looks at him with a feral smile**
Um....here, just read the fic........and tell me how you like the new version, would ya?
Chapter 2
Period one and two had passed and the boys sat in their third period class. Sounds of horses shuffling and students praising and encouraging their mounts or others reverberated through the stables.
"Heero! Stop being such a showoff!" yelled Quatre as Heeros' gelding his galloped over a high jump on the course, causing applause to come from the girls side of the arena.
"You're next Duo!" yelled the instructor.
Duo nodded at the instructor and patted his roan mare before urging her into a canter, aiming at the jump Heero had just cleared. Duo was only an intermediate rider, Heero was advanced. The jump Heero had just done was at a professional level so even Heero probably had trouble with it. Never the less, Duo wasn't gonna let Heero get all the attention. He bent over in the saddle and made sure he had perfect form as he approached the jump. His mare jumped, cleared the jump and landed on the other side. Duo felt the landing in his rear, but was sure he had done it with as much grace as Heero had, if not more. Duo heard whistles and applause from the girls side as well as the boys. He stood up in his stirrups and waved, laughing, he yelled to Heero, "See, I can do that too!"
"Very good Mr. Maxwell!" yelled the instructor, "Minna-san, calm down kudasai. Ms. Ikeda here," he said, referring to the secretary beside him, "tells me we have a new student. We need one of you girls to lead her around and get her accustomed to the place. Who would like to miss cleaning tack?"
Immediately a hand shot up from the girls side, it was attached to a dark haired girl with bright green eyes.
"Ah, Lys. Quickest hand in the west, I see. Well, you will then be exempt from all classes today, except final home room."
The dark haired girl cheered, dismounted, and led her horse into the stables. She emerged about ten minutes later, while Trowa was doing his jumps. Duo watched as the old secretary lead her out the doors and into the yard, after that he was occupied with his next turn of jumping.
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Lys desperately wanted an excuse to get away from fourth period, they had a trigonometry test that she hadn't studied for. When she was presented with a choice of leading around a new girl, she immediately jumped at the opportunity.
After putting away and grooming her bay mare, she changed back into her school fuku of a black skirt and grey jacket. She put her dark brown hair up into a ponytail and ran out of the change room. She hopped across the arena while pulling up her white knee-high socks and almost fell at Ms. Ikedas' feet. She righted herself and was lead out into the courtyard. She passed the back gardens and longed to stop at the fountain to splash her face with the cool water but instead, followed the secretary through another pair of doors to the main office. Once inside, the secretary introduced her to a blonde girl named Reena.
"Konnichi wa, my name's Lys Takashi, hajimemashite." She bowed slightly to the newer girl "I guess I get to show you around today." she smiled at the blonde girl and Reena smiled back.
The contrast between the two girls was evident almost immediately. Lys's hair was dark and about mid-back length while Reena's was waist length and light blonde. Lys's eyes were green and Reena's were a deep blue. It was obvious, as well, that Lys was also very loud, this girl seemed quiet.
Oh my, Lys thought as she led the girl down the hall and around the first corner, is this ever going to be boring! Lys looked back to make sure Reena was following her, seeing that she was she tried to think of something to say. "So, Reena, ano...." she started, "where are you from?" she asked nervously, trying to make conversation.
Reena was looking behind her, making sure the office and the people inside it were far away, she turned back around to find Lys looking at her, "Nani? Oh! Gomen, I just don't like those people in there, they're all so...old!" Reena smiled sheepishly.
Lys was taken aback, that was an act she put on? This could get to be fun! she smiled back at Reena and agreed, "Where would you like to go first?" she asked and spun around in the hall as she listed off various places and pointed in their general direction.
Right away Reena answered the stables, she had to check on her horse. Lys obliged and led her back the way they had come. As they went, Lys pointed out places and made jokes about the teachers. Reena laughed at them all and put in a couple about her old teachers. By the time they got back to the stable they were talking and laughing like old friends.
"Oi! Ami! Come meet this girl!" yelled Lys through the stables, her previous class was just finishing, the students taking care of their horses. Lys went to get one of her friends and Reena went to her stallions stall to check him over.
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Duo lead his mare into the barn aisle and down to her stall, fifth from the end. He closed the door and turned to walk to the change rooms when he heard a voice coming from the stall next to him. That's funny, he thought, that stall's supposed to be empty. I wonder who's in there. He peeked around the corner and into the stall to be greeted by the face of a big black horse, an Arabian, if I'm any judge, he thought. He heard a female voice talking to the horse as well, though he couldn't see over the horses back, She sounds pretty, he thought, might as well take a look. Duo undid the latch to the stall and let himself in, closing it behind him. He walked around the horse to get a better view of the girl. With a shock, Duo realized it was Reena. She was petting the horse and cooing nonsense into its ears, Lucky horse! he thought jealously as he carefully positioned himself leaning on the wall.
"Your horse?" he asked softly, Reena still jumped. She turned around to find him standing there.
"Hai, he is. I had him shipped in from my old school." dropping the brush she had been using into a bucket on the side of the stall, she gave her horse a final pat and led the way out. "Duo-kun?" she asked.
"Yup."
"Don't ever do that to me again, Ok?"
He smiled mischievously, "I can be awful quiet when I need to be, can't I? And just call me Duo, I don't need the fancy titles."
She giggled and they talked for a while. Duo found that Reena was in most of his classes and that she was the new student that Lys was leading around.
"Where is Lys anyway?" he asked, scanning the aisle for her. He saw his three friends and waved them over. "Reena, I'd like you to meet Quatre," he gestured to the blonde boy, "Trowa," the boy with light brown hair nodded, "and," said Duo, "I believe you've already met Heero." Heero looked the same as he had that morning, ready to kill.
Reena turned and whispered to Duo, "Does he ever smile?"
Duo blushed at having Reena's lips so close to his ear and started to get some ideas. He shook his head, both to signal a no and to clear those thoughts from his mind. Like she'd ever like me. I'm just a lowly street rat, or more like a mangy mutt. he thought. "If he does, you're in trouble." he whispered back.
Lys ran down the barn aisle with her friend in tow. "Oh, I see you've already met these guys. This," she said, referring to the girl with curly light brown hair that was standing beside her, " is Ami."
"Hajimemashite Reena." Ami said, then turned to Trowa, "So, ano...Trowa? I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on my form?" she asked the surprised Trowa. "For class." she added, seeing him blush.
"Ano...hai, anytime."
"Great, arigato. How about Saturday after lunch? I've got a free period." she asked hopefully.
"Yeah, ore mo. hai, I'd love to." Trowa was blushing a bit more.
"Sugoi, gotta go, ja ne!" she said, then ran off down the aisle. Trowa just starred after her.
"Well Reena, we should get going. There's a lot of school here and we have only two periods to see it in, with lunch in-between." Lys said, taking her arm and pulling her out the door, "Ja Quatre, ja ne minna-san!" she yelled back. Reena waved to Duo as she was pulled around the corner.
"Oi, Quatre, I think that Lys girl is interested in you." Duo smiled and clapped his friend on the back of his shoulder, "She said ja to you first. And you," he said, going over to Trowa, "are going to have your eyes glued to Ami's form when you help her out tomorrow, aren't you?"
The two guys started after Duo and he was chased into the boys locker room.
