Ich Will (I want)

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At seven 'o' clock that evening every pub in town was alive with music, dancers, dates and drunks. Sitting in a quiet pub five friends, holding a glass of alcohol each, are drinking, ignoring the music in the background. Duo Maxwell sips from his beer, leaving a moustache of foam that Hilde, his girlfriend, or at least he hopes, wipes it off. Sitting opposite him his the strong silent Trowa Barton. Trowa picked up his beer and sipped from it. Next to him is his sister, Catherine Bloom.

"So, where's your next show T-man?" asked Duo

"Luxembourg" Trowa answers, not really paying attention to Duo

"Great, all the babes there will dig your moves." Duo said, grinning like an idiot.

"…"

"Hey Heero, what's happening with you and 'Lena?" Duo asked, swaying slightly.

"Nothing,"

Duo's eyes wandered off Heero's face for a few seconds then he snapped back into reality. Hilde held Duo's arm as he threatened to fall off the chair. Heero pushed Duo back up and got a huge grin off Duo.

"You've had too much to drink, Duo," Hilde noted, not that that would stop Duo continue to drink.

"I know, good isn't it?"

"Not really, you'll destroy your liver," Heero said, holding his small Russian cocktail, a new drink.

"Well I'll stop drinking if you admit to 'Lena that you love her," Duo slurred.

"No deal"

"I dare ya!" Duo said, his grin now permanently plastered on his face.

Duo's grin had become contagious and now Catherine and Hilde were grinning like idiots. Trowa sighed; Heero wouldn't win. Not against Duo, Hilde and his sister daring him.

"Heero, why don't you take it as a mission or are you refusing to do it as a mission?" Catherine asked and Trowa sipped at his beer again, ignoring the conversation around him.

"I never refuse a mission," Heero stiffed then he realised he had fallen into Catherine's little trap.

"Snap," Trowa said.

Heero looked beaten so he went to the bar to get a second drink of his cocktail. A few minutes later he returned and Catherine had planned her attack perfectly.

"Heero, will you tell Relena how you feel as a mission?" she asked.

Trowa noticed the eyes of a man nearby bulging out of its sockets, he followed the man's gaze and saw they were directed at his sister. The one thing Trowa would never tolerate was men taking advantage of his sister when she was drunk, injured or out numbered. He continued to watch the man as Catherine informed Heero of his new mission.

"OK, I'll do this one mission, but no more ok?" Heero asked.

"Fine," Catherine said.

Duo had collapsed on the table, drunk and Hilde was lying on top of him, asleep. Heero got up and left the bar after downing his drink in one. Trowa noticed three men approaching their table and felt Catherine's weight on his shoulder. Gently he sat Catherine up and casually put his foot on Heero's now empty chair. The men stopped by the table and looked hungrily at the women.

"Give us the women or we'll flatten your face and take them," the man threatened.

"You'll have to get passed me first though," Trowa warned.

The surrounding tables were suddenly empty of people as every went to the side of the room. The man grinned but before he had time to react, Trowa slide the chair into the man's groin and he fell back, groaning. Trowa stood up and the man recovered. The attackers balled up their fists and stood ready to fight. One man produced a bottle and smashed it on a nearby table. Trowa kicked Duo with his feet.

"Duo wake up, we've got company." Trowa informed

Duo's eyes opened up and he was suddenly sober. He gently leant Hilde against the wall they sat next to and stood up. He faced the three men and looked over at Trowa.

"Three against two are hardly fair odds."

"Yeah…for them"

"Yep"

Trowa somersaulted over the men, distracting them whilst Duo shoulder tackled them to the floor. One man, who had drunk too much, lay on the floor unconscious and the other two men tried to get up. Duo grabbed one man by his hair and punched him in the face. Trowa did the same and all three attackers were out cold. Trowa and Duo picked up their beers and sat at their table. The pub's contents burst into a round of applause and resumed its previous actions.

Outside Heero had taken the bus to Relena' s mansion. He had scaled the walls and run across the gardens until he was under her balcony. Climbing up the drainpipe Heero heard music coming from inside the house. He recognised the song. It was Bonnie Tyler's "Holding out for a Hero". Heero smirked to himself. He heard Relena' s voice coming through the music and listened from her balcony. He reached forward and slowly opened the balcony door. Later he would have to have a word with her about her lack of safety precautions. Heero heard someone coming up stairs and leant casually against the wall. For some reason his knees felt weak but he put it down to a combination of sleepless nights and alcohol. The light went on and Relena stood in the doorway. She gasped when she saw him.

"Hello Relena"

"Heero?" she said, not sure if she was dreaming or not.

Heero started to walk forward but the weakness in his knees took over his legs and he collapsed. Rushing forward to catch Heero, Relena cradled his head as she heard his gasps for breath. Gathering what breath he could, Heero decided to tell Relena what was going to happen.

"Relena…"

"Easy Heero, I'm going to get a doctor."

"I'm…dying…"

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Ah…don't you feel sorry for Heero? He gets all the way to Relena' s mansion only to fall pray to some unknown illness that he claims is killing him! Talk about looking for a way to avoid a conversation! Well more chapters to come so stayed tuned and

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