From Dawn to Dusk
::Warnings:: ::Pairings:: ::Disclaimer:: all apply from Prologue
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Chapter 3
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Ring!!!!!!
"Whew! Made it on time today!" Duo exclaimed as he flopped into his seat.
"Yeah, but only because I came ten minutes earlier than usual," Quatre remarked.
"{Hrmf}" Duo sat back in his seat, then noticed Wufei was already seated in front of him, so he decided to try to make amends. "Oi, Wufei! Oops!" He took his voice down to a whisper. "Wufei, I wanna talk to you about yesterday." Silence. "I just wanted to say. that you should thank me, not yell at me then shun me." No answer. "Fine! Don't answer! I don't care either. Bet beaten to a bloody pulp, but don't come bawling to me. {Humf} //What a jerk-off! Someday he'll know I was right.//
"This time we'll have no interferences!" howled Heero.
//Oh, no! They're coming after him again today!//
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//There's Wufei, and here comes the mob, Godfather Heero in the lead! I'd better get down there!// Duo once again stood behind the tree in the park at lunch, but didn't move. //Why am I not moving? Something's holding me back, telling me to just stay here, keep a low profile and watch. I hope I'm doing the right thing!//
Wufei sat under a tree in the shade of the small park, enjoying a quiet lunch.
"Hey, Shrimp boat!" Heero yelled to him as the frenzy of female followers giggle hysterically.
//Shrimp boat?// Wufei thought disgustedly.
"Yeah, you, tiny-tot! We need to 'talk'."
"Is there a problem, ladies and gentlemen?"
"As a matter of fact, there is," Heero stated as he began to pace in front of the small Chinese boy. "You see, we planned on giving you a regular beating yesterday, but we were rudely interrupted." He stops and turns to face the ever calm Wufei.
"I apologize for that. It won't happen again, I assure you."
"Pipe down, half-pint." He began to pace again, then continued his 'speech'. "Now, as you may know, some schools give a 'welcome' to new students. Our 'welcome' to you was delayed. Now, we like to keep a schedule. Yesterday's schedule was ruined by a certain incident, and we don't think that was very nice. I find it most disturbing the way it was ruined, also. If you had been saved by a wrestler or football player, the beating wouldn't be that much worse than normal, but to be saved by a guy who looks a hell of a lot like a girl, and some of us do wonder," he said shuddering, "who likes to read and act more than he plays sports[1], well, that requires the ultimate thrashing. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The easy way is you just stand there and let me beat on you, or the hard way is you try to defend yourself while I stomp you into the ground. So, what'll it be?" Heero concluded.
"I'm afraid my answer has to be neither. I just don't feel like fighting today." Wufei stands and begins to walk away from them.
"Sit down, squirt!" Heero reaches out and pushes him back down to the ground, causing the goons to giggle again. "I have to say, you're very bold. No one has ever tried to that approach, but {sigh} I'm sorry to say, that the 'beating-of-the-new-kid' is a school tradition. So, I guess we'll have to do this the hard way, tike."
"I've already said I don't want to fight you."
"There's no choice! Are you afraid, short-stuff?" Heero crooned.
"Only that I'll hurt you." Wufei stands again and brushes off his white pants.
"You? Hurt me? Ha ha ha! It is to laugh! Let's see you hurt me!" Heero rears back and punches Wufei in the face, sending him flying back into the tree to land on his stomach. "Haaaaaa ha!" A small trickle of blood escapes from the corner of Wufei's mouth and nose. "Awwwww! What're you gonna do now? Go cry to your mommy? Ha ha ha ha haaa!"
"My mother is dead, you brain deprived guerilla!" Wufei yelled.
"Then are you gonna rat us out to your daddy?" Heero asked.
"He's dead, too!" He slowly gets to his feet and wipes away the blood, making sure not to get any on his precious white kimono. "I didn't want it to come to this, but.. Now it's my turn!"
"Ha ha ha? Oh, my! I'm so scared! Ha {snort} ha ha! Hurt me, boy! Hurt me bad!" Heero howled.
"Okay. Hiya!" Wufei taps him in the shin with his foot, making it resemble a kick.
"Ooo!" Heero leans over so he and Wufei are face to face[2]. "Was that supposed to hurt, little guy?"
"No,... but this is! Boop!" Wufei pokes Heero in his eyes, making him yell in pain.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ow ow ow ow ow!!!!!!"
"Yoo-hoo!" Some how, Wufei appears on the other side of Heero floating above his shoulder.
"Oooooo!" Heero continues to rub his eyes to make the pain stop, then opens them, not realizing what has happened. "I'm gonna break you in half, and then I'm gonna- Hey? Where'd he go?"
"Over here, Dumbo!" Heero quickly turns to the sound, only to be met by a massive kick in the face from Wufei.
"Uuuuggghhh!" Heero fell flat on his back, the imprint of Wufei's shoe on his face. The goonish girls are in too much shock to move. "Ooooohhhhhh...."
"Now," Wufei said as he floated to the ground, "you know your mistake in messing with me."
"That was a cheap shot!" Heero cried out.
"Just the way you like it. But, cheap or not, I've won this fight. Good day, half-witted ladies and gentlemen." Wufei bows, then, once again, begins to walk away.
"Hey! Not so fast, small fry!"
//Wow!// Duo thought to himself, as he had been watching the entire thing. //He wasn't kidding! There is way more to him than meet the eye! Now I really feel like an idiot for getting in the way yesterday. If only I had known!//
"I said get back here!" Heero screamed from the ground as he began to get up. "This ain't over yet!"
Without missing a beat, Wufei turns back to face Heero, eyes filled with anger. "It is over! Face it! I beat you. Swallow your pride and except it!" Wufei retorted. He turned and started walking from the scene again.
"No! I never lose!!!" He starts out after Wufei, snorting like a bull in full charge. Wufei turns slightly to him and holds out his palm, as if telling Heero to stop.
"Ha!" A small blast of power is released and sends Heero flying into his mafia. "Neither do I." He crosses his arms over his chest, mutters a few inaudible words, then a mysterious beam of light surrounds the goon squad and slowly fades away. Wufei continues to walk away, and in the process, finally notices Duo standing there, watching him. He glare and his eyes flash with some unseen light, making Duo gasp and run from the scene fearing for his safety.
TBC
Okay. That was a little longer. How do you like? Is it bad? I need feeback!
[1] Okay. Originally, Duo's character was female, so I had to B.S. a lot on this part, as you can probably tell.
[2] Imagine Heero as being much bigger than Wufei. That's the only way it works!
::Warnings:: ::Pairings:: ::Disclaimer:: all apply from Prologue
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Chapter 3
~ * ~
Ring!!!!!!
"Whew! Made it on time today!" Duo exclaimed as he flopped into his seat.
"Yeah, but only because I came ten minutes earlier than usual," Quatre remarked.
"{Hrmf}" Duo sat back in his seat, then noticed Wufei was already seated in front of him, so he decided to try to make amends. "Oi, Wufei! Oops!" He took his voice down to a whisper. "Wufei, I wanna talk to you about yesterday." Silence. "I just wanted to say. that you should thank me, not yell at me then shun me." No answer. "Fine! Don't answer! I don't care either. Bet beaten to a bloody pulp, but don't come bawling to me. {Humf} //What a jerk-off! Someday he'll know I was right.//
"This time we'll have no interferences!" howled Heero.
//Oh, no! They're coming after him again today!//
**************************************************
//There's Wufei, and here comes the mob, Godfather Heero in the lead! I'd better get down there!// Duo once again stood behind the tree in the park at lunch, but didn't move. //Why am I not moving? Something's holding me back, telling me to just stay here, keep a low profile and watch. I hope I'm doing the right thing!//
Wufei sat under a tree in the shade of the small park, enjoying a quiet lunch.
"Hey, Shrimp boat!" Heero yelled to him as the frenzy of female followers giggle hysterically.
//Shrimp boat?// Wufei thought disgustedly.
"Yeah, you, tiny-tot! We need to 'talk'."
"Is there a problem, ladies and gentlemen?"
"As a matter of fact, there is," Heero stated as he began to pace in front of the small Chinese boy. "You see, we planned on giving you a regular beating yesterday, but we were rudely interrupted." He stops and turns to face the ever calm Wufei.
"I apologize for that. It won't happen again, I assure you."
"Pipe down, half-pint." He began to pace again, then continued his 'speech'. "Now, as you may know, some schools give a 'welcome' to new students. Our 'welcome' to you was delayed. Now, we like to keep a schedule. Yesterday's schedule was ruined by a certain incident, and we don't think that was very nice. I find it most disturbing the way it was ruined, also. If you had been saved by a wrestler or football player, the beating wouldn't be that much worse than normal, but to be saved by a guy who looks a hell of a lot like a girl, and some of us do wonder," he said shuddering, "who likes to read and act more than he plays sports[1], well, that requires the ultimate thrashing. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The easy way is you just stand there and let me beat on you, or the hard way is you try to defend yourself while I stomp you into the ground. So, what'll it be?" Heero concluded.
"I'm afraid my answer has to be neither. I just don't feel like fighting today." Wufei stands and begins to walk away from them.
"Sit down, squirt!" Heero reaches out and pushes him back down to the ground, causing the goons to giggle again. "I have to say, you're very bold. No one has ever tried to that approach, but {sigh} I'm sorry to say, that the 'beating-of-the-new-kid' is a school tradition. So, I guess we'll have to do this the hard way, tike."
"I've already said I don't want to fight you."
"There's no choice! Are you afraid, short-stuff?" Heero crooned.
"Only that I'll hurt you." Wufei stands again and brushes off his white pants.
"You? Hurt me? Ha ha ha! It is to laugh! Let's see you hurt me!" Heero rears back and punches Wufei in the face, sending him flying back into the tree to land on his stomach. "Haaaaaa ha!" A small trickle of blood escapes from the corner of Wufei's mouth and nose. "Awwwww! What're you gonna do now? Go cry to your mommy? Ha ha ha ha haaa!"
"My mother is dead, you brain deprived guerilla!" Wufei yelled.
"Then are you gonna rat us out to your daddy?" Heero asked.
"He's dead, too!" He slowly gets to his feet and wipes away the blood, making sure not to get any on his precious white kimono. "I didn't want it to come to this, but.. Now it's my turn!"
"Ha ha ha? Oh, my! I'm so scared! Ha {snort} ha ha! Hurt me, boy! Hurt me bad!" Heero howled.
"Okay. Hiya!" Wufei taps him in the shin with his foot, making it resemble a kick.
"Ooo!" Heero leans over so he and Wufei are face to face[2]. "Was that supposed to hurt, little guy?"
"No,... but this is! Boop!" Wufei pokes Heero in his eyes, making him yell in pain.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ow ow ow ow ow!!!!!!"
"Yoo-hoo!" Some how, Wufei appears on the other side of Heero floating above his shoulder.
"Oooooo!" Heero continues to rub his eyes to make the pain stop, then opens them, not realizing what has happened. "I'm gonna break you in half, and then I'm gonna- Hey? Where'd he go?"
"Over here, Dumbo!" Heero quickly turns to the sound, only to be met by a massive kick in the face from Wufei.
"Uuuuggghhh!" Heero fell flat on his back, the imprint of Wufei's shoe on his face. The goonish girls are in too much shock to move. "Ooooohhhhhh...."
"Now," Wufei said as he floated to the ground, "you know your mistake in messing with me."
"That was a cheap shot!" Heero cried out.
"Just the way you like it. But, cheap or not, I've won this fight. Good day, half-witted ladies and gentlemen." Wufei bows, then, once again, begins to walk away.
"Hey! Not so fast, small fry!"
//Wow!// Duo thought to himself, as he had been watching the entire thing. //He wasn't kidding! There is way more to him than meet the eye! Now I really feel like an idiot for getting in the way yesterday. If only I had known!//
"I said get back here!" Heero screamed from the ground as he began to get up. "This ain't over yet!"
Without missing a beat, Wufei turns back to face Heero, eyes filled with anger. "It is over! Face it! I beat you. Swallow your pride and except it!" Wufei retorted. He turned and started walking from the scene again.
"No! I never lose!!!" He starts out after Wufei, snorting like a bull in full charge. Wufei turns slightly to him and holds out his palm, as if telling Heero to stop.
"Ha!" A small blast of power is released and sends Heero flying into his mafia. "Neither do I." He crosses his arms over his chest, mutters a few inaudible words, then a mysterious beam of light surrounds the goon squad and slowly fades away. Wufei continues to walk away, and in the process, finally notices Duo standing there, watching him. He glare and his eyes flash with some unseen light, making Duo gasp and run from the scene fearing for his safety.
TBC
Okay. That was a little longer. How do you like? Is it bad? I need feeback!
[1] Okay. Originally, Duo's character was female, so I had to B.S. a lot on this part, as you can probably tell.
[2] Imagine Heero as being much bigger than Wufei. That's the only way it works!
