Chapter 5.
The Feud Between Equals….
" I really should do some research on her… But what's the point? She probably doesn't have any information anyways…" as Duo talked to himself, wandering down the street towards his safe house, he didn't seem to notice the group of around 8 or 9 guys that were standing right in front of him…until of course, he ran into them! Duo said a quick sorry, and started back on his way. Too bad he didn't get very far. " Hey! You with the girly hair! What do you think you're doing bumping into me?" said one of the guys behind him. Duo turned around to see that all of the guys were now staring at him. Duo couldn't help but snicker, and let out a small laugh, which just seemed to aggravate the guy he bumped into even madder. " So you think it's funny now huh? I'll show you!" he said, as
he slipped a knife from his sleeve, and started towards Duo, who just rolled his eyes. " Listen buddy, I'm not looking for trouble, so just back off before you get hurt." Duo said
calmly. " Don't think so highly of yourself!!!" called one of the other guys from the back. ' These guys are such morons.' Duo thought to himself, grinning once again. He put on his famous smile," Alright! You win! I'll fight you!" he said as he took off his coat and hat, of which he put over by one of the walls that they were buy. He went over to where the other guy was, and stood in front of him, waiting for anything that he would do. He saw the other guy smile, " You picked the wrong guy to pick a fight with! No one messes with the Jackal!" Duo stood there with a strait face on, but what was going on in his head was a totally different story. ' What a fag!!!!! Who calls themselves Jackal?? God, the stupidity of some kids theses days.' He thought to himself. He lunged at him with the knife, which Duo easily averted, and, in the process, grabbed the knife from his hand. The other guy now stood away from his little possy friends, so that Duo's back was too them. The ' Jackal' got a smirk on his face as he saw one of his ' friends' come up behind
Duo, and raise a bat just over his head. Duo didn't notice the guy behind him until it was
too late, and he was already bringing it down. As he waited for the blow to hit him, he was surprised that it never came. He opened his eyes to see the guy lying over by the wall, all bloodied and mangled, and looked up to see Rai standing over top of him with a
really, REALLY pissed off look on her face. " Rai? What are you doing here?" Duo asked surprised. He saw Rai look down, " Saving your ass!! Now, if you will excuse me, I have some peoples to take care of!" and with that, Duo watched as Rai pounded the shit outta every single one to them, and then, returned to Duo wiping her hands clean from any dirt or blood that was there. " Shall we go?" she said walking away. Duo got up, stunned, but followed anyways, you know, kinda like a lost puppy. " So, where did you learn to do that anyways?" asked Duo, curious as to any information that he could get out of her. He heard Rai sigh. " Well, I might as well tell you now! Follow me, and I'll take you somewhere private, where no one will be able to hear." She said as she started walking a little faster, then taking a hard right. " Hey hey now!" said Duo, " Shouldn't we wait for that?" he asked. Rai stopped in her tracks turned around, and smacked him upside the head. " Hey! What was that for?" Rai just continued walking in the direction she was heading, and Duo following behind, still rubbing his head. She walked up to what looked like a really crummy old abandoned building, picked the lock, and held the door open for Duo. He walked in and looked around, surprised at all the stuff that was still there. The place was about as high as Duo's gundam, and looked like it could hold at least five or six of them! " Wow! This place is huge!" when he looked around more, he saw that there were several things that had drapes over them, and looked like they were collecting dust. Little did he know, he knew more then he thought he knew. He walked over to one of them, and knocked on it. Upon hearing a hollow sound, he got curious, " Hey, what are theses things?" he asked. Rai walked over to stand beside him, " Why don't you look for yourself, I'm sure you will find them very interesting." She said, going to stand behind one of them, and grabbing hold of something that Duo couldn't recognize. He lifted part of the drape, and noticed how it was some sort of shiny black metal, and, upon further inspection, noticed that it was gundanium! " You're kidding me right? These can't be what I think they are…" just then, Rai pulled the string, and revealed a beautiful gundam, that looked almost like his own." Wow." Was all he managed to say. He heard Rai come over and stand beside him, " She's beautiful isn't she?" she said, running her
hand along the armor. " I'll say! What's her name?" he asked. He looked up and saw that Rai had managed to climb up to the top, and stand in the cockpit. " Death's Handmaiden. I've had her for at least seven years now." She said. Jumping down and landing next to Duo. " There's four other's in here as well, not all as gorgeous as mine of course, but, similar. Now for the story behind them…" she was cut off by Duo, " I think I know what you guys went through." He said, looking over at Rai with a half smile on his face. She looked at him confused, " What do you mean?" she asked, giving him her full attention. " What I mean is, is that me and my four friends had to go through it as well. You're not the only gundam pilots around!" Duo said proudly. Rai's eyes widened, " Really? Huh, what do ya know?" she said, looking back up at her baby. As Duo walked around the warehouse, he looked under each of the cloaks, and noticed how each of them resembled each one of his group's gundams. " This is amazing." Said Duo, turning back to look at Rai, who was now sitting on a pile of something or other. " What?" she asked. He walked
over to her, and sat right next to her on the boxes. " Well, it seems that each one of your
gundams, is almost identical to one of ours. " he said, looking back at all the marvelous machines. " Hey, " Duo said suddenly, " You wouldn't happen to know a guy named Dr.J would you?" he asked suddenly. Rai looked at him, " Not to my knowledge…" She was
interrupted by Duo, " Good!" he said, grabbing her hand and wrist, " Let's go then!" As Rai was being pulled around the colony of L2, wondering exactly where they were going, she had totally forgotten about the rest of her group. She stopped allowing her self to be pulled, and opened her phone. She dialed the number to their apartment, and was happy when it was Anna who picked up the phone. ' Hello?' she said, " Hey! Anna, it's me, Rai. I was just calling to let you know that I'm fine, and that I probably wont be home tonight, I have some business to take care of." ' Alright, I'll tell the others. Make sure not to get yourself killed!' she said in a happy tone. Rai couldn't help but laugh, " Promise. Gotta go! See ya!" he said, as she waited for Anna to answer, ' Chow!' she said, and Anna hung up the phone. Rai put her cell back in her bag, and proceeded along the streets with Duo. " What did you do that for?" he asked stupidly. " Well, I really wouldn't want them to worry, so I decided to give them a call, and tell that I won't be home tonight. Is that fine with you?" she said, putting on a face that said, ' Try me.' Duo put on a nervous smile, " No! Of course not! " he said, picking up his pace. ' God, he has to work on his backbone!' she thought to herself. Duo stopped in front of a wall, and Rai got a little curious when he started to stare at it. " Ah….Duo….it's a wall….." she said slowly. He turned around, and said, " Only to the untrained eye it's a wall! But watch!" he said, as he hit a spot on the wall, and…..nothing happened. " Ah, Duo…I still a wall…" Rai said once more. Duo turned around and got a nervous smile on his face, " No really, wait for it…" he said. Just then, he heard a noise coming from just a little ways away from where they were, and Rai saw a little blonde boy poke his head out. She recognized this one as Quatre. " Ah, Duo, It's over here." He whispered motioning for him to get over there before anyone saw anything. The two walked over to the door, and went inside. " Smooth Duo, real smooth." Said Rai, laughing all the way down the stairs. " Hey, shut up! I knew it was there all along!!!" he said, as he followed Quatre down the stairs, and into a long hallway. As they were walking down, Quatre started speaking. " You're the girl from the old restaurant, am I correct?" he said, sounding as polite as ever. " Yes. I'm surprised you
remembered." Said Rai, walking past Duo too stands beside Quatre and talk. Duo stood
behind the two, a little up set that the girl he was trying to get, was going for Quatre!
Quatre!!! When he was about to say something, they reached the end of the hall, and were greeted by another door. Quatre pushed a few buttons, which Rai took notice of carefully, and opened the door that led into a small lounge. As Rai looked around, she noticed that it had no homely touch to it at all. " Note to self, " she started saying to herself, " Remember to refurnish this area….and clean it…" she said, running a finger along one of the tables, and picking up a shit load of dust. " Ah, don't mind the dust, " she heard Quatre say, " It really is only this part of the house. Here, come this way." He said, motioning for Rai and Duo to follow him. The two obliged, and followed Quatre over to another door. This one had no code, and when it was opened, Rai was amazed to see a giant party hall, with diamond chandeliers and everything. " Wow…." She said, awestruck. " I never would have guessed that there could be something this beautiful in an underground safe house. " She walked around, all the while looking up, and was
surprised when she felt something cold and pointy at the back of her head. " Put your
hands up, and I won't kill you." Came a cold uncaring voice. Rai instinctively reached down by her leg to grab her gun, but stopped when she felt the guy push harder. ' Guess the only way out of this is by force.' She thought to herself, as she got a small smile on
her face. She quickly flipped around, and grabbed the gun out of his hand, then reached down and pulled out her own gun. " Hey! I remember you! You're the guy from the restaurant who was with all the other ones…I just have one question…" she said flipping and flopping the gun in her left hand around, but keeping the on in her right secure, " Why would you put a gun to my head, and then not be prepared for what I might do? It was like you weren't expecting me to fight back….what's with that?" she asked, looking at him, curiosity in her eyes. Just then, she felt a tap on her shoulder, and looked around too see a very surprised Duo. " How…" he started saying, stuttering the whole time, " How….did you….manage to get that away from him….?" He asked, pointing to the gun and Heero at the same time. " What? Was it supposed to be hard?" she asked, confused at his question. Duo opened his mouth, but no words came out. " Shut up Baka." Was all you heard from behind them. Rai turned around to face him with a small smile on her face, " I almost forgot about you!" she said happily. " Here you go." She said handing Heero back his gun, and putting hers away. Even this surprised Heero. He put his gun back in the ' belt ' of his spandex, and turned around and walked away. Quatre walked up beside Duo, looking equally as stunned. " That was amazing." Said Quatre, still sounding polite, but slightly doubtful at the same time. " Why do you guys seem so amazed at this, I'm sure you guys can do it too!" she said, as she looked at the two of them. The two just scratched the back of their heads. " Ah….yeah…..sure….." said Duo slowly. Rai smiled at this. " See! Now, shall we go onto the next room?" she asked cheerfully while walking over to one of the doors behind her. The two stunned guys just sat there staring at her, as she held open the door for them. " Well, are you coming?" she said. Duo and Quatre hurried over to the door, and walked through to the next room. This room looked to Rai like a training room….and she knew it was a training room when she saw the guy named Wufei, over on one of the mats, doing some sort of Kung Fu. Rai couldn't help but snicker. " That looks entertaining…" she said quietly to herself. She walked over to the side of the mat where Wufei as, and just watched him and how he moved. The more she stared, the more aggravated Wufei became. " Woman! Would you stop staring!" he said
finally, not able to handle any more of it. Rai, not really in the real world, was pulled
back into reality. " Huh…oh sorry! I was just learning how to do it. I'm sorry if I bothered you." She said, as she started walking away again. This made Wufei even madder. " You can't learn this by just watching it!" he said. This mad Rai stop. She turned around, confusion written all over her face. " Of course you can, I just did." She said calmly, walking back over to the mat. " It's impossible!" Wufei stated, in his, ' I'm always right' voice. Rai shook her head, " I assure you, nothing is impossible, least of all this." She said. By this time, Wufei looked like he was ready to blow steam out of his ears. " If you think you are so intelligent onna, let's see if you can beat me!" Wufei said angrily. Rai just shrugged her shoulders, took of her shoes, and made her way onto the mat, where she stood in front of Wufei. Wufei got in one of his stances, as Rai did the same. He got a small smile on his face. ' There is no way she can beat me! No one has ever beaten me, let alone a woman!' Wufei thought proudly to himself. ' ,Always thinking they can take
me because I'm a woman…they never think…' Rai though to herself, as she looked at
Wufei, and stared into his eyes, anticipating any move he might do. The first thing Wufei did was try and trip her, which she easily avoided, then grabbed his arm, and flipped him on his back. Wufei, not wanting to be beaten by her…again…got up as quickly as he
could. " Lucky shot." He said in a low voice. Rai just looked at him, " Uh huh, whatever you want to think wussy boy." She said with a small smile. Wufei's eyes widened in shock, but then went back to normal as he got into a fighting stance once more. As Rai was just getting into hers, Wufei came at her, ready to attack with all his might. Not being ready, Rai had to improvise. She brought up her foot, to try and kick him in the head, but he ducked, and then went for her stomach, which of course, he missed. Rai backed off for a second, and looked at what was around her. She saw a set of poles just above them, and so she added this into her strategy. When he came at her again, she jumped up towards the poles, and latched on as if her life depended on it. She took advantage of Wufei while he was confused as to where she went, and launched herself down behind him, and her foot came in contact with the back of his head. As she landed on the ground, and looked over at him, she noticed that he looked like he was ready to fall over, but, being the stubborn ass that he is, wouldn't dare let a girl beat him, so he stayed up by force from himself. By this time they had attracted a small group, mostly of the boys, but some of the staff as well. He turned around, looking ready and willing to shoot her whenever he got the chance. Rai sighed, " Would you give it up! You can't win, and I really don't want to hurt you…." Rai was cut off by Wufei coming at her full speed…with his kitana!!!! Now, being the way she was, Rai didn't bother to worry, or get nervous, she just simply looked around. When she did, she saw Duo swinging a sword around. She smiled, and jumped just as Wufei was about to slice and dice her up good. At the moment she was in the air, Duo took this opportunity to throw the sword up towards Rai, who caught it with ease. She fell back down behind Wufei, with her back to him, and she realized, afterwards, that this was a very bad move! Wufei being as protective of his pride, as Rai was of her Gundum, took no mercy on her this time because she was a girl, no no, he used all his power, and knowledge he could muster, and put it to the end of his kitana, which he gladly thrusted towards Rai. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't quick enough to dodge it completely, so it sliced by her side, causing her a minimal amount of pain, but pissed her off good. She looked down at her side, and up at him, then back down at her side, which was now bleeding pretty bad, and then back up at him, with a more then pissed off look on her face. " You little fucker!!!" she screamed at him. This took pretty much everyone by surprise, except for one person who was over in the corner, just watching. " You ruined my new shirt!!! I paid good money for that shirt!!!!" Now, this made Wufei a little confused. ' She's not falling over in agony, but complaining about how I ruined her shirt!!!' Before Wufei could come out of thought, he was eye to eye with her sword. Just then, the two hear a voice, " That's enough Rai. I don't need one of my best pilots killed from a fight he began." Said the voice. The two looked over to where the voice was coming from, and saw an old man walking toward them. Wufei felt the pressure from his neck leave. He looked over to see no one, but a sword on the mat, and the women walking towards Dr.J. " It's very nice to finally meet you." She said, extending her hand. All five guys watched as the two shook hands, and then proceeded into a very explicit conversation. Duo leaned over towards Quatre, " Hey, is it normal for
two peoples to talk that much when they don't even know each other?" he said, kinda
worried about how come Rai knew so much about Dr.J, and how Dr.J knew so much about her. " I don't think so Duo, they look to me like they do know one another." He replied. As the two stared on, Rai and the Dr just continued on with their conversation,
slowly moving towards one of the many couches. " So, how is she?" they heard Dr.J ask. Duo couldn't stand it any longer, " How is who?" he asked. The two turned towards Duo, " What do you mean?" asked Rai. Duo was getting so frustrated that he could pull out his hair at any moment. " How is the person you two are talking about!!! It's driving me crazy, not knowing something!!!" Dr.J just sat there with a strait face, but Rai broke out into laughter. " Duo, hunny, " she started off, speaking between giggles, " There's a lot you don't know! But, if you must know, the person we are talking about, is my friend, and teacher, Dr.L, or, as I love to call her, Karissa. She's kinda like Dr.J, except, she's a girl….but anyways, you know how you guys all have your own crazy scientist? Well, so does my group. Dr.J, and Dr.L, and the rest of them all used to be really good friends, and then they all got separated after time. Then, when you guys were told to do operation meteor, we were brought into the picture." Explained Rai. All of the five guys looked at her confused, but, as usual, Duo was the first to say anything. " I don't get it. What do you mean? We never went through with operation meteor, so, why were you guys there…" he asked, looking at the two of them with a confused puppy look. " What she means is, " Dr.J cut in, " Is that they were brought in to stop you, basically what there job was, was to kill you, " when he said this, Quatre and Duo gasped, but the rest just sat there listening carefully. " But, since all of you decided not to go through with it on your own, they were told to end the mission. " he finished. Rai just shook her head, reassuring them that everything he was saying, was indeed the truth. " So, " Rai started up again, " Instead of going back to being under cover, we took up little missions, that had to do with oz, and other such things, that was why I was able to save your sorry ass from the gangster guys." Said Rai with a small smirk. As Duo blushed, you could here small giggles, and quiet laughs from the other guys, even Heero was laughing, somewhat. " Yeah, well, I was just caught off guard!" Duo said in his defense. Rai couldn't help but roll her eyes. " Now now children!" said Dr.J. " Rai, I would like it if you came with me, I have some things I would like to discuss with you." He said, as he stood up and walked over towards one f the doors. Rai followed not far behind. As Duo got up and was about to follow them, he was stopped by a hand, " I think he has something he wants to talk to her about, in private Duo." Duo looked around, and saw Heero standing there with his same old emotionless face on. He sighed, " Alright, if you say so. " he said, as he went and sat down on one of the couches.
The Feud Between Equals….
" I really should do some research on her… But what's the point? She probably doesn't have any information anyways…" as Duo talked to himself, wandering down the street towards his safe house, he didn't seem to notice the group of around 8 or 9 guys that were standing right in front of him…until of course, he ran into them! Duo said a quick sorry, and started back on his way. Too bad he didn't get very far. " Hey! You with the girly hair! What do you think you're doing bumping into me?" said one of the guys behind him. Duo turned around to see that all of the guys were now staring at him. Duo couldn't help but snicker, and let out a small laugh, which just seemed to aggravate the guy he bumped into even madder. " So you think it's funny now huh? I'll show you!" he said, as
he slipped a knife from his sleeve, and started towards Duo, who just rolled his eyes. " Listen buddy, I'm not looking for trouble, so just back off before you get hurt." Duo said
calmly. " Don't think so highly of yourself!!!" called one of the other guys from the back. ' These guys are such morons.' Duo thought to himself, grinning once again. He put on his famous smile," Alright! You win! I'll fight you!" he said as he took off his coat and hat, of which he put over by one of the walls that they were buy. He went over to where the other guy was, and stood in front of him, waiting for anything that he would do. He saw the other guy smile, " You picked the wrong guy to pick a fight with! No one messes with the Jackal!" Duo stood there with a strait face on, but what was going on in his head was a totally different story. ' What a fag!!!!! Who calls themselves Jackal?? God, the stupidity of some kids theses days.' He thought to himself. He lunged at him with the knife, which Duo easily averted, and, in the process, grabbed the knife from his hand. The other guy now stood away from his little possy friends, so that Duo's back was too them. The ' Jackal' got a smirk on his face as he saw one of his ' friends' come up behind
Duo, and raise a bat just over his head. Duo didn't notice the guy behind him until it was
too late, and he was already bringing it down. As he waited for the blow to hit him, he was surprised that it never came. He opened his eyes to see the guy lying over by the wall, all bloodied and mangled, and looked up to see Rai standing over top of him with a
really, REALLY pissed off look on her face. " Rai? What are you doing here?" Duo asked surprised. He saw Rai look down, " Saving your ass!! Now, if you will excuse me, I have some peoples to take care of!" and with that, Duo watched as Rai pounded the shit outta every single one to them, and then, returned to Duo wiping her hands clean from any dirt or blood that was there. " Shall we go?" she said walking away. Duo got up, stunned, but followed anyways, you know, kinda like a lost puppy. " So, where did you learn to do that anyways?" asked Duo, curious as to any information that he could get out of her. He heard Rai sigh. " Well, I might as well tell you now! Follow me, and I'll take you somewhere private, where no one will be able to hear." She said as she started walking a little faster, then taking a hard right. " Hey hey now!" said Duo, " Shouldn't we wait for that?" he asked. Rai stopped in her tracks turned around, and smacked him upside the head. " Hey! What was that for?" Rai just continued walking in the direction she was heading, and Duo following behind, still rubbing his head. She walked up to what looked like a really crummy old abandoned building, picked the lock, and held the door open for Duo. He walked in and looked around, surprised at all the stuff that was still there. The place was about as high as Duo's gundam, and looked like it could hold at least five or six of them! " Wow! This place is huge!" when he looked around more, he saw that there were several things that had drapes over them, and looked like they were collecting dust. Little did he know, he knew more then he thought he knew. He walked over to one of them, and knocked on it. Upon hearing a hollow sound, he got curious, " Hey, what are theses things?" he asked. Rai walked over to stand beside him, " Why don't you look for yourself, I'm sure you will find them very interesting." She said, going to stand behind one of them, and grabbing hold of something that Duo couldn't recognize. He lifted part of the drape, and noticed how it was some sort of shiny black metal, and, upon further inspection, noticed that it was gundanium! " You're kidding me right? These can't be what I think they are…" just then, Rai pulled the string, and revealed a beautiful gundam, that looked almost like his own." Wow." Was all he managed to say. He heard Rai come over and stand beside him, " She's beautiful isn't she?" she said, running her
hand along the armor. " I'll say! What's her name?" he asked. He looked up and saw that Rai had managed to climb up to the top, and stand in the cockpit. " Death's Handmaiden. I've had her for at least seven years now." She said. Jumping down and landing next to Duo. " There's four other's in here as well, not all as gorgeous as mine of course, but, similar. Now for the story behind them…" she was cut off by Duo, " I think I know what you guys went through." He said, looking over at Rai with a half smile on his face. She looked at him confused, " What do you mean?" she asked, giving him her full attention. " What I mean is, is that me and my four friends had to go through it as well. You're not the only gundam pilots around!" Duo said proudly. Rai's eyes widened, " Really? Huh, what do ya know?" she said, looking back up at her baby. As Duo walked around the warehouse, he looked under each of the cloaks, and noticed how each of them resembled each one of his group's gundams. " This is amazing." Said Duo, turning back to look at Rai, who was now sitting on a pile of something or other. " What?" she asked. He walked
over to her, and sat right next to her on the boxes. " Well, it seems that each one of your
gundams, is almost identical to one of ours. " he said, looking back at all the marvelous machines. " Hey, " Duo said suddenly, " You wouldn't happen to know a guy named Dr.J would you?" he asked suddenly. Rai looked at him, " Not to my knowledge…" She was
interrupted by Duo, " Good!" he said, grabbing her hand and wrist, " Let's go then!" As Rai was being pulled around the colony of L2, wondering exactly where they were going, she had totally forgotten about the rest of her group. She stopped allowing her self to be pulled, and opened her phone. She dialed the number to their apartment, and was happy when it was Anna who picked up the phone. ' Hello?' she said, " Hey! Anna, it's me, Rai. I was just calling to let you know that I'm fine, and that I probably wont be home tonight, I have some business to take care of." ' Alright, I'll tell the others. Make sure not to get yourself killed!' she said in a happy tone. Rai couldn't help but laugh, " Promise. Gotta go! See ya!" he said, as she waited for Anna to answer, ' Chow!' she said, and Anna hung up the phone. Rai put her cell back in her bag, and proceeded along the streets with Duo. " What did you do that for?" he asked stupidly. " Well, I really wouldn't want them to worry, so I decided to give them a call, and tell that I won't be home tonight. Is that fine with you?" she said, putting on a face that said, ' Try me.' Duo put on a nervous smile, " No! Of course not! " he said, picking up his pace. ' God, he has to work on his backbone!' she thought to herself. Duo stopped in front of a wall, and Rai got a little curious when he started to stare at it. " Ah….Duo….it's a wall….." she said slowly. He turned around, and said, " Only to the untrained eye it's a wall! But watch!" he said, as he hit a spot on the wall, and…..nothing happened. " Ah, Duo…I still a wall…" Rai said once more. Duo turned around and got a nervous smile on his face, " No really, wait for it…" he said. Just then, he heard a noise coming from just a little ways away from where they were, and Rai saw a little blonde boy poke his head out. She recognized this one as Quatre. " Ah, Duo, It's over here." He whispered motioning for him to get over there before anyone saw anything. The two walked over to the door, and went inside. " Smooth Duo, real smooth." Said Rai, laughing all the way down the stairs. " Hey, shut up! I knew it was there all along!!!" he said, as he followed Quatre down the stairs, and into a long hallway. As they were walking down, Quatre started speaking. " You're the girl from the old restaurant, am I correct?" he said, sounding as polite as ever. " Yes. I'm surprised you
remembered." Said Rai, walking past Duo too stands beside Quatre and talk. Duo stood
behind the two, a little up set that the girl he was trying to get, was going for Quatre!
Quatre!!! When he was about to say something, they reached the end of the hall, and were greeted by another door. Quatre pushed a few buttons, which Rai took notice of carefully, and opened the door that led into a small lounge. As Rai looked around, she noticed that it had no homely touch to it at all. " Note to self, " she started saying to herself, " Remember to refurnish this area….and clean it…" she said, running a finger along one of the tables, and picking up a shit load of dust. " Ah, don't mind the dust, " she heard Quatre say, " It really is only this part of the house. Here, come this way." He said, motioning for Rai and Duo to follow him. The two obliged, and followed Quatre over to another door. This one had no code, and when it was opened, Rai was amazed to see a giant party hall, with diamond chandeliers and everything. " Wow…." She said, awestruck. " I never would have guessed that there could be something this beautiful in an underground safe house. " She walked around, all the while looking up, and was
surprised when she felt something cold and pointy at the back of her head. " Put your
hands up, and I won't kill you." Came a cold uncaring voice. Rai instinctively reached down by her leg to grab her gun, but stopped when she felt the guy push harder. ' Guess the only way out of this is by force.' She thought to herself, as she got a small smile on
her face. She quickly flipped around, and grabbed the gun out of his hand, then reached down and pulled out her own gun. " Hey! I remember you! You're the guy from the restaurant who was with all the other ones…I just have one question…" she said flipping and flopping the gun in her left hand around, but keeping the on in her right secure, " Why would you put a gun to my head, and then not be prepared for what I might do? It was like you weren't expecting me to fight back….what's with that?" she asked, looking at him, curiosity in her eyes. Just then, she felt a tap on her shoulder, and looked around too see a very surprised Duo. " How…" he started saying, stuttering the whole time, " How….did you….manage to get that away from him….?" He asked, pointing to the gun and Heero at the same time. " What? Was it supposed to be hard?" she asked, confused at his question. Duo opened his mouth, but no words came out. " Shut up Baka." Was all you heard from behind them. Rai turned around to face him with a small smile on her face, " I almost forgot about you!" she said happily. " Here you go." She said handing Heero back his gun, and putting hers away. Even this surprised Heero. He put his gun back in the ' belt ' of his spandex, and turned around and walked away. Quatre walked up beside Duo, looking equally as stunned. " That was amazing." Said Quatre, still sounding polite, but slightly doubtful at the same time. " Why do you guys seem so amazed at this, I'm sure you guys can do it too!" she said, as she looked at the two of them. The two just scratched the back of their heads. " Ah….yeah…..sure….." said Duo slowly. Rai smiled at this. " See! Now, shall we go onto the next room?" she asked cheerfully while walking over to one of the doors behind her. The two stunned guys just sat there staring at her, as she held open the door for them. " Well, are you coming?" she said. Duo and Quatre hurried over to the door, and walked through to the next room. This room looked to Rai like a training room….and she knew it was a training room when she saw the guy named Wufei, over on one of the mats, doing some sort of Kung Fu. Rai couldn't help but snicker. " That looks entertaining…" she said quietly to herself. She walked over to the side of the mat where Wufei as, and just watched him and how he moved. The more she stared, the more aggravated Wufei became. " Woman! Would you stop staring!" he said
finally, not able to handle any more of it. Rai, not really in the real world, was pulled
back into reality. " Huh…oh sorry! I was just learning how to do it. I'm sorry if I bothered you." She said, as she started walking away again. This made Wufei even madder. " You can't learn this by just watching it!" he said. This mad Rai stop. She turned around, confusion written all over her face. " Of course you can, I just did." She said calmly, walking back over to the mat. " It's impossible!" Wufei stated, in his, ' I'm always right' voice. Rai shook her head, " I assure you, nothing is impossible, least of all this." She said. By this time, Wufei looked like he was ready to blow steam out of his ears. " If you think you are so intelligent onna, let's see if you can beat me!" Wufei said angrily. Rai just shrugged her shoulders, took of her shoes, and made her way onto the mat, where she stood in front of Wufei. Wufei got in one of his stances, as Rai did the same. He got a small smile on his face. ' There is no way she can beat me! No one has ever beaten me, let alone a woman!' Wufei thought proudly to himself. ' ,Always thinking they can take
me because I'm a woman…they never think…' Rai though to herself, as she looked at
Wufei, and stared into his eyes, anticipating any move he might do. The first thing Wufei did was try and trip her, which she easily avoided, then grabbed his arm, and flipped him on his back. Wufei, not wanting to be beaten by her…again…got up as quickly as he
could. " Lucky shot." He said in a low voice. Rai just looked at him, " Uh huh, whatever you want to think wussy boy." She said with a small smile. Wufei's eyes widened in shock, but then went back to normal as he got into a fighting stance once more. As Rai was just getting into hers, Wufei came at her, ready to attack with all his might. Not being ready, Rai had to improvise. She brought up her foot, to try and kick him in the head, but he ducked, and then went for her stomach, which of course, he missed. Rai backed off for a second, and looked at what was around her. She saw a set of poles just above them, and so she added this into her strategy. When he came at her again, she jumped up towards the poles, and latched on as if her life depended on it. She took advantage of Wufei while he was confused as to where she went, and launched herself down behind him, and her foot came in contact with the back of his head. As she landed on the ground, and looked over at him, she noticed that he looked like he was ready to fall over, but, being the stubborn ass that he is, wouldn't dare let a girl beat him, so he stayed up by force from himself. By this time they had attracted a small group, mostly of the boys, but some of the staff as well. He turned around, looking ready and willing to shoot her whenever he got the chance. Rai sighed, " Would you give it up! You can't win, and I really don't want to hurt you…." Rai was cut off by Wufei coming at her full speed…with his kitana!!!! Now, being the way she was, Rai didn't bother to worry, or get nervous, she just simply looked around. When she did, she saw Duo swinging a sword around. She smiled, and jumped just as Wufei was about to slice and dice her up good. At the moment she was in the air, Duo took this opportunity to throw the sword up towards Rai, who caught it with ease. She fell back down behind Wufei, with her back to him, and she realized, afterwards, that this was a very bad move! Wufei being as protective of his pride, as Rai was of her Gundum, took no mercy on her this time because she was a girl, no no, he used all his power, and knowledge he could muster, and put it to the end of his kitana, which he gladly thrusted towards Rai. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't quick enough to dodge it completely, so it sliced by her side, causing her a minimal amount of pain, but pissed her off good. She looked down at her side, and up at him, then back down at her side, which was now bleeding pretty bad, and then back up at him, with a more then pissed off look on her face. " You little fucker!!!" she screamed at him. This took pretty much everyone by surprise, except for one person who was over in the corner, just watching. " You ruined my new shirt!!! I paid good money for that shirt!!!!" Now, this made Wufei a little confused. ' She's not falling over in agony, but complaining about how I ruined her shirt!!!' Before Wufei could come out of thought, he was eye to eye with her sword. Just then, the two hear a voice, " That's enough Rai. I don't need one of my best pilots killed from a fight he began." Said the voice. The two looked over to where the voice was coming from, and saw an old man walking toward them. Wufei felt the pressure from his neck leave. He looked over to see no one, but a sword on the mat, and the women walking towards Dr.J. " It's very nice to finally meet you." She said, extending her hand. All five guys watched as the two shook hands, and then proceeded into a very explicit conversation. Duo leaned over towards Quatre, " Hey, is it normal for
two peoples to talk that much when they don't even know each other?" he said, kinda
worried about how come Rai knew so much about Dr.J, and how Dr.J knew so much about her. " I don't think so Duo, they look to me like they do know one another." He replied. As the two stared on, Rai and the Dr just continued on with their conversation,
slowly moving towards one of the many couches. " So, how is she?" they heard Dr.J ask. Duo couldn't stand it any longer, " How is who?" he asked. The two turned towards Duo, " What do you mean?" asked Rai. Duo was getting so frustrated that he could pull out his hair at any moment. " How is the person you two are talking about!!! It's driving me crazy, not knowing something!!!" Dr.J just sat there with a strait face, but Rai broke out into laughter. " Duo, hunny, " she started off, speaking between giggles, " There's a lot you don't know! But, if you must know, the person we are talking about, is my friend, and teacher, Dr.L, or, as I love to call her, Karissa. She's kinda like Dr.J, except, she's a girl….but anyways, you know how you guys all have your own crazy scientist? Well, so does my group. Dr.J, and Dr.L, and the rest of them all used to be really good friends, and then they all got separated after time. Then, when you guys were told to do operation meteor, we were brought into the picture." Explained Rai. All of the five guys looked at her confused, but, as usual, Duo was the first to say anything. " I don't get it. What do you mean? We never went through with operation meteor, so, why were you guys there…" he asked, looking at the two of them with a confused puppy look. " What she means is, " Dr.J cut in, " Is that they were brought in to stop you, basically what there job was, was to kill you, " when he said this, Quatre and Duo gasped, but the rest just sat there listening carefully. " But, since all of you decided not to go through with it on your own, they were told to end the mission. " he finished. Rai just shook her head, reassuring them that everything he was saying, was indeed the truth. " So, " Rai started up again, " Instead of going back to being under cover, we took up little missions, that had to do with oz, and other such things, that was why I was able to save your sorry ass from the gangster guys." Said Rai with a small smirk. As Duo blushed, you could here small giggles, and quiet laughs from the other guys, even Heero was laughing, somewhat. " Yeah, well, I was just caught off guard!" Duo said in his defense. Rai couldn't help but roll her eyes. " Now now children!" said Dr.J. " Rai, I would like it if you came with me, I have some things I would like to discuss with you." He said, as he stood up and walked over towards one f the doors. Rai followed not far behind. As Duo got up and was about to follow them, he was stopped by a hand, " I think he has something he wants to talk to her about, in private Duo." Duo looked around, and saw Heero standing there with his same old emotionless face on. He sighed, " Alright, if you say so. " he said, as he went and sat down on one of the couches.