Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, but I do own Kiara McSullivan and Bruce Oakley characters. Don't sue, I'm a very poor student!

AN: This is situated in AC 202. This is a Duo/OC pairing. I apologize to all Hilde fans out there, but in this fic she's the bad girl. Please don't kill me ^.^;

R/R, please.

My best friend's heart

Chapter 2: Confrontation

"Onna, I can't believe you dragged me here…I don't want to greet Maxwell back…I didn't miss him at all…" whined Wufei.

Sally smiled at him, because she knew that Wufei had missed the DeathScythe's pilot, but he had too much pride to admit it. Relena looked up at the arrival panel:

"His shuttle is on time…"

"When does it land?" asked an excited Kiara.

"In half an hour."

"Arg! It's sounds like forever!"

Kiara couldn't wait any longer to see her old friend. Four years had passed since she last saw him. She suddenly wondered if she'd be able to recognize him. 'I hope he didn't cut his braid…It makes him look so sexy…' she thought with a smile.

"Hey guys! Wait for us!"

The G-gang turned their heads to the scream, and saw Hilde dragging a handsome young man.

"Oh no…" whispered a annoyed Wufei, hiding his face in his hands, "the Rookie…"

Kiara's glare suddenly turned cold, as Hilde joined the group.

"Hi! Hey! Nice to see you again Kiara! How have you been?" asked Hilde, hugging a stoic Kiara. "Everyone, this is my new boyfriend Bruce Oakley."

Bruce shyly waved his hand to a very cold crowd. Kiara then took a step forward to Hilde.

"How dare you show up!" she raged.

"Huh? I thought that Duo would be happy to see me…"

"You don't get it, don't you… He went away to heal from all the pain you've caused. It may have been a long time, but I'm sure he's still sensitive about you."

"What? I thought he went to L2 to check on his business… That's what he told me…"

"Well, that wasn't all the truth. I can't believe how inconsiderate you are…" Kiara's eye narrowed with anger, "…you always liked to make him suffer… Don't you think he suffered enough during the war? Is that how you could keep him under your control? By playing with his tender heart and make him believe that you were the one hurt?" snapped Kiara. As soon as she closed her mouth, she felt the bite of the back of Bruce's hand on her cheek. Lost in anger, she made a move to punch back Bruce, but Heero caught her arms behind her, while Wufei grabbed Bruce.

"How dare you…" she looked back at Hilde with a smirk: "So you can't defend yourself…how pitiful…"

Then, without any warning, Hilde punched Kiara. The last one freed herself from Heero's grip, and wiped her bloody mouth.

"Nice punch…"

Surprised by her own violence, Hilde took a step back and looked down.

"I'm…I'm sorry…"

"Oh! Don't be…It just shows how cruel you can be… What a evil pair you two make", Kiara said, looking at the new couple. "Good luck in your future…and Hilde…"

The black haired girl looked up in shame:"…don't count on me to save this couple…"

Shaking, Kiara turned and left the silent crowd before anyone could see her eyes filling up with tears.

"Hey guys! What a nice surprise! You all came to pick me up!"

The G-gang turned towards the voice, to see Duo, puzzled by their face's expressions.

"Hey! Aren't you happy to see me? Huh…Did someone died? You all look…huh…weird…"

Not wanting to spoil more this "supposed to be" happy moment, Heero smile and took Duo in his arms.

"Glad to see you got your old attitude back…" he said in a monotone tone.

Surprised by Heero's attitude, Duo hugged him back carefully, fearing some weird trick from the Zero's pilot. He then took a very happy Relena in his arms and whispered in her ears: "Be careful 'Lena, I think the Zero system finally messed up with Heero's mind…" and making Relena giggled.

"He's just happy to see you…"

"Yeah I know…that's the problem…" he replied with a wink.

Duo then turned to a "trying to be" stoic Wufei with a very amused Sally, and a smiling Quatre. His gaze finally stopped on Hilde and Bruce. He felt his heart pinched as he noticed that they were holding hands, but too pride to show his hurt feelings, his lips drew the prettiest smile they could.

"Hi Hilde! How are you?" he finally spoke. But his sight suddenly caught through a window a mass of blond and blue hair under a motorcycle helmet, and a slender body half bent over a sport bike that left the parking with a trail of dust. He knew only one person who could match that sight. 'Kiara…'

Heero noticed the Duo's dreamy glare and followed it to see Kiara jumping on her bike and leaving the parking. The Perfect Soldier couldn't stop the smile that reached his lips. His plan seemed to be working almost perfectly…

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Hurt by Hilde's attitude and by the fact that she couldn't greet back Duo, Kiara took a long ride on her motorcycle to calm herself down before heading back to her hotel room. Once in her room, she threw herself on her bed.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it…" she cursed aloud, while punching her pillow. Then she let herself fall down on her back, fought back her tears as she looked at the ceiling. She turned her head towards the night table by her bed, and her sight stopped at a picture of the "once so happy" couple. Feeling a wave of anger coming, she picked up the frame and threw it with all her might into a dark corner of her room.

"Hey! Be careful with that, you could hurt someone…"

Suddenly afraid, Kiara grabbed her gun and pointed it towards the dark corner.

"Who's there?"

"Whoo…calm down babe…I just dropped by to say hi!"

Kiara lowered the gun and smiled as she recognized the voice. From the darkness stepped out a very handsome man with amused cobalt blue eyes and long chestnut brown hair, braided on his back and down to his butt. He was wearing black pants and a black shirt with a minister collar. On his well-developed chest was shinning a sliver chain with 2 pendants: a silver cross and a scythe with an amethyst blade that matches his eye's color. His face was enlightened by a smile that could melt the coldest heart in the universe. Overwhelmed with joy, Kiara jumped into Duo's arms.

"Duo-chan!"

Duo smiled at Kiara, and kissed her forehead. He gently brushed her soft hair:

"It's good to see you Koneko. How have you been?"

The self-proclaimed Shinigami looked down in Kiara's eyes to see a quick flash of sorrow in her hazelnut orbs, making him frown.

"Great! I'm so glad I finally finished school!" Kiara lied while stepping back from Duo's arms. The braided pilot then took the opportunity to take a good look at the young woman. She was even more beautiful that he remembered. He took her hand and led her to sit on the bed with him. As he gently caressed her knuckles with his thumb, Kiara smiled, recalling how their closeness had always been an issue between him and Hilde. She snapped back to reality when she felt something cold against her bruised cheek. Taking the bag of ice from Duo's hand, she looked down at the floor.

"Sorry I wasn't at the spaceport…"

"It's ok, Heero told me what happened…Does it hurts?"

"Only when I touched it. Is it swollen?"

"A little bit, but with ice, I'm sure it's gonna disappear."

"I'm very sorry for what happened between you and Hilde…Must have been hard…"

"Hn… It's in the past…"

Kiara looked up to see a shade of sorrow in the DeathScythe's pilot's eyes. Once again, she felt a wave of anger against Hilde. 'How could she do that to him?' Pushing her hateful thoughts to the back of her mind, she tenderly brushed his bangs form his forehead and meet his gaze. Her heart pounded harder: she had always loved to lose herself in those violet pools. But for the first time since they've meet, both of them looked away as a rush of blood reached their cheeks. Fate saved them both from embarrassment as Kiara's vidphone rang. She picked up to see Quatre's gentle smile.

"Q-man!"

"Hi Kiara…Hope I'm not interrupting anything…"

"No, no… We were…I was…"

"We were catching with each other" said Duo over her shoulder.

"Oh hi Duo! I didn't thought you were still there. Anyway, Relena wanted to know if both of you wanted to go out tonight…you know…to celebrate our reunion… There is a bar that just open in the Preventers' HQ. We heard that's a pretty good place to go. Everyone is gonna be there, even Trowa and Wufei."

"In that case, we'll be there for sure!" answered Duo.

"Great! I guess I'll see you there, Kiara. Duo, dinner will be served in half an hour, if you're hungry…"

Then the vidphone screen turned black.

"All right! A night out…just like the old time…but this time you'll be able to meet everyone. Be sure to look your best…though you'd look perfect in your birthday suit!" said braided pilot with a wink.

"Duo!" shouted a very blushed Kiara. "Now out, so I can prepare myself…"

"But…it's only 6PM…"

"I know…but…you know…I'm a girl…and I don't know what to wear…so it's going to take time…"

"Girls…" Duo sighted before being pushed out of Kiara's room.

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TBC in chapter 3: One night out…

Drinking game, dancing, and secrets to be revealed…

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