Hi again Minna-chan! ^_^ Thank you all for the reviews! I'm hoping to
also finish the next chapter to my song fiction series so you can check
that out too it you want. It's under the title of "Concrete Angel" but I
will probably be changing it since I've decided to put all of my song
fictions in it. Please enjoy this chapter! And don't forget to review! I
LOVE hearing from all of you! Especially if you want to see something
happen in the story, I can't promise that I will do it. But if it's
reasonable and will fit with the story plot I'll try and put it in! ^_^
(I also apologize because I realized how extremely out of character Rei had
been, but I cover it up by blaming her trauma of loosing the others (which
by the way will be explained eventually I promise))
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Quiet. If one word could describe the morning that would be it. Peaceful, and serene, everyone was awoken by a serenade of wild canaries and various other small birds that had made their nests in the many trees on Quatre's estate…Yeah…right.
"MAXWELL!!!!! GET YOUR DISHONORABLE BRAIDED BUTT BACK HERE!" Chang's voice echoed through the sizely mansion.
Two blurs could be seen streaking down the halls, one running for his life while the other wanted to end it. Duo was usually the one who woke everyone up in the morning, he was better than an alarm clock. But that didn't mean HE stayed up, after darting into everyone's room and bouncing on their bed to get them up he would slip off to his own room again and fall back asleep, not to be seen again till around noon. This time, however, his good old, katana wielding buddy, who he usually woke up first just to smite him, hadn't been in his bed. Needless to say, his devious brain went to work instantly on where he could have gone off too…first stop, Rei's room! And that's what began the whole fiasco.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Five Minutes Before~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Stealthily creeping down the halls silent with sleep that was hanging over the entire house, a certain braided pilot made his way towards his destination. Smirking, he silently thought of the Mission Impossible theme song that he remembered from watching the old movie. It fit his situation perfectly, not to mention the fact that it just sounded SO cool! It didn't take him long to reach the quiet, peaceful room of his best friend's wife. It still seemed completely unfair to him that such a stick in the mud could have such a BABE as a lover. IT JUST ISN'T FAIR I TELL YA! NOT FAIR! He perked up suddenly, maybe she had a sister! Alright! SCORE! Shoving the idea into the back of his mind for later use, he turned his attention to the task at hand…Operation Good Morning. He he he, this was going to be fun!
Had you seen the devious little prankster's grin you would have sworn he was a chessar cat. His eyes sparkled with laughter as he slowly turned the handle and peeked inside. It took all of his strength not to laugh out loud. This was TOO perfect! Old Wuffers was currently asleep by the dark haired tenshi, his arms wrapped protectively around her. AWWW! Kodak Moment!…and that's just what he had planned. Quickly pulling out a small camera, that he got from who knows where, he got down onto his hands and knees, all the while still humming the song to himself in his head. Crawling across the floor, rather conspicuously for a trained soldier but none the less affective, he crouched down at the end of the bed. Standing up slowly, he aimed his "deadly weapon" at the couple, not being able to hide the giant smile that was plastered across his face. Wu-man was SO gonna kill him! He he he, what fun!
Duo took a deep breath…
"RISE AND SHINE LOVE BIRDS!" He yelled, making the two sleeping to jolt up in shock.
A flash of light blinded them momentarily before they had time to react. When they looked back, Duo was dancing around waving an instant picture in his hand and laughing maniacally, braid flopping back and forth.
"HA HA HA! IN YOUR FACE WU-MAN! JUST WAIT TILL THE OTHER PREVENTORS SEE THEIR LOCAL WOMAN HATER IN BED WITH ONE!" He declared loudly, waving the photo under Wufei's nose and quickly snatching it back before he had time to grab it from him.
Making a break for it, the black clad boy darted out of the room, knowing this was the time to flee.
"MAXWELL! GET YOUR DISHONORABLE BRAIDED BUTT BACK HERE!" He yelled before racing after him, leaving a very confused and startled princess sitting in bed.
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Rei quickly threw off her covers and jumped out of bed, dashing out to the main hall where the others where, as well, up and watching the two with more of a bored look than anything. It seemed they had seen this kind of thing before. But how much, she wondered. The woman whom had introduced herself as Noin the night before was standing by the tall man she found out was Milliardo Peacecraft. She had her arm around his waist and was laughing quietly at the blurs who were now running in a circle, the angrier of the two still unsucceding in catching his prey. She, herself, watched the two worriedly. Fei-chan would certainly cut poor Maxwell-san's head off if he caught him, why wasn't anyone trying to stop them!?
She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder, making her turn to see who it was. The boy Winner-san, who had let her stay in his house when she had said she had no place to go, was smiling softly at her, his eyes filled with mirth.
"Do not worry, Rei-san. This happens all the time, there is no need to fear for Duo's safety." He assured her, turning his gaze back to the humorous scene.
"All the time? Really?" She asked, looking at the others who had all come over to them.
The group exchanged glances with one another before all nodding simultaneously, causing the priestess to burst out in laughter. This was just too good! It was absolutely hilarious! Her stubborn, big ego husband running around like a little kid after a brother who had taken away a toy.
"Well, it's nice to know someone beside me can get him ruffled. I'd hate to think that the entire time while I was gone he had had a boring life, gundam pilot or not." She finally managed after getting her laughter under control.
At this, Trowa raised an eyebrow, his eyes flickering with laughter he refuse to let surface.
"I take it you pull pranks on him as well?" He asked, not really thinking of her as a "Duo" type of person.
Rei shook her head while bursting out into new laughter.
"No, but unless you let him know who's boss he'll walk all over you." She smirked.
A few of the on lookers smiled, while the rest just silently agreed that they approved of their comrade's wife. She was pleasant to be around, plus the fact that she could actually STAND the egotistical boy for more than five minute which was saying something compared to all of the other girls who had met him. Milliardo suddenly chuckled to himself, gaining his lover's attention. Winking down at her he turned his attention to the dark haired girl.
"Care to show us?" He asked with a sly smirk.
The others instantly caught on and stifled their laughter so not to distract the game of cat and mouse. Not they would actually pay attention anyway. Only one person wasn't taking any humor out of the conversation, you guessed it…Heero. He had remained silent and unmoving the entire time he had stood there. He had looked the entire night and not once did he find anything on either Chang Meiren or Hino Rei. He guessed the information had been destroyed in the destruction of colony L5, but that wouldn't stop him from looking. He was determined to figure out just where this mystery girl had appeared from.
The raven haired priestess's eyes lit up as she flashed a dazzling smile at them.
"Of course I will! It seems that's the only way for us to all have breakfast without worrying about these two killing each other." She stepped forward, taking a deep breath. "CHANG WUFEI! STOP THIS INSTANT!" She yelled, making the others to wince, man they would HATE to be in the boy's shoes.
At the sudden outburst, Wufei tripped and fell flat on his face and letting out a loud "umph." Duo dodged behind the fiery girl before laughing his head off. This, however, provoked the Chinese man's anger, making him to jump to his feet.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR ONNA!? I COULD HAVE CAUGHT MAXWELL!" He bellowed.
Rei's eyes flashed as she marched up in front of the fuming boy, her hands on her hips. The others were trying to hide their laughter and smirks…well, except Duo. She proceeded to flip her hair off her shoulder before giving him a full force, Sailor Mars glare.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!? MY NAME IS REI! MEIREN! OR EVEN PYRO TO YOU BUT DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME ONNA!"
" I CAN CALL YOU WHAT EVER I WANT! BESIDES, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ISN'T IT!?" He shot back.
"I AM YOUR WIFE! YOU WILL TREAT ME WITH THE RESPECT I DESERVE!" She glared, poking her finger into his chest.
"I DO NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM A WOMAN!"
"THAN YOU CAN SLEEP ON THE COUCH!"
Wufei visibly paled as she said this, making the braided boy to about die from laughing so hard. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it after looking at his wife.
"Do I make myself clear?" She asked in a low but deadly voice, her arms crossed over her chest.
He nodded quickly, not wanting to press his wife's anger. Her glare quickly melted away into the dazzling smile from before, making them wonder if it had ever been there at all. Standing on her tiptoes slightly, she kissed him lightly on the cheek, making him darken a few shades.
"Good! Then lets all go get something to eat!" She said cheerfully, taking his arm in hers and leading him towards the others so they could all go have breakfast.
It took quite a while for the braided pilot to get his laughing under control after seeing how easily the new girl had told Wufei off. He was liking her already! Quickly running to catch up with the others, he threw his arm around her shoulders, ignoring the glare from his previous hunter.
"Hey, babe! That was soooooooo cool how you whipped Wu-man back there!" He exclaimed excitedly. "Can you teach me how to do that!?"
Rei laughed softly before picking his arm off of her shoulder and letting it fall to his side, then wrapping her arm around Wufei's waist. This, of which, the dragon blushed slightly at but his arm around her anyway.
"Sorry, Duo-san. I doubt it will have the same affect coming from you."
Scratching his head slightly he joined in chuckling. Yep, this girl was definitely one of a kind.
"MAN! It's too bad I didn't meet you before Wu-man did! You're awesome!" He said with a wink, causing to the priestess to match her husband with a light flush.
"Gomen, Duo-san, my heart would still taken." She said with a small smile.
"How long have you and Wufei known each other Rei-san?" Quatre asked as he held the doors to the dinning room open for them all.
Inside was a giant room with large windows and a long table in the center. Three crystal chandeliers hung over head but were not in use seeing as all of the draped were drawn and letting the bright morning sun shine through.
Tilting her head to the side, the amethyst eyed warrior thought for a moment. After a moment she smiled brightly at the blonde Arabian.
"We've grown up together since we were seven. Our clans were in alliance but it just hadn't been official with marriage since neither Fei- chan nor me were old enough by law to get married yet. And they even had to go through a lot to get us to be able to be married when we turned fourteen." She said, taking a seat beside the ebony haired boy at the table.
"You said that you weren't in love with him at first. Why was that?" Hilde inquired, leaning forward on the table.
"Well, we weren't getting married by choice it was arranged. I was angered that someone had chosen my husband for me, but there was nothing I could do about it. Not to mention the fact that he had the biggest ego in the entire galaxy." She smirked, sending a glance towards Wufei, who in return crossed his arms and turned his head away.
"Sure, and you didn't have one."
She laughed sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head, a little habit she had picked up from a certain "bunny."
"I guess I did have a bit of pride didn't I?"
"A bit?"
The others laughed while she shot a halfhearted glare at her love.
"Okay, so I was ALMOST as bad as you. If you hadn't been spouting all that slag about women being weak I wouldn't have gotten so mad." She informed, pocking him lightly in the shoulder.
"Well, I was right. I beat you when you wanted to spar me and I can beat you again!" He declared.
This earned him another glare.
"I could kick your butt Chang! Don't EVEN try and pull that one!" She said, making Duo snicker into his hand, something about "couch."
"But you said you loved him." Trowa pointed out, wanting to avoid the couple's spat.
"Oh, I do. I love ego boy here more than anything in the world!" She said, stabbing her thumb in Wufei's direction. "But don't ask me why because I still haven't figured it out myself."
This caused the "ego boy", as she called him, to chuckle softly.
"And why not, I could have any girl I wanted!" He said proudly, earning himself a slap in the head.
"Baka! I'm the only one who would put up with you! And besides, I know you love me."
"Then why did you leave?"
Everyone looked at Heero, then back at Rei. She lowered her eyes to her lap, not being able to look at anyone in the face. Wufei shot Yuy a hatred glare as he put his hand over her clasped ones, giving her a silent look that said she didn't have to say anything.
"I…I…"
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I know, I know. Not the best cliffhanger but just bare with me, I'm getting better. Hope you enjoyed! Please review!
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Quiet. If one word could describe the morning that would be it. Peaceful, and serene, everyone was awoken by a serenade of wild canaries and various other small birds that had made their nests in the many trees on Quatre's estate…Yeah…right.
"MAXWELL!!!!! GET YOUR DISHONORABLE BRAIDED BUTT BACK HERE!" Chang's voice echoed through the sizely mansion.
Two blurs could be seen streaking down the halls, one running for his life while the other wanted to end it. Duo was usually the one who woke everyone up in the morning, he was better than an alarm clock. But that didn't mean HE stayed up, after darting into everyone's room and bouncing on their bed to get them up he would slip off to his own room again and fall back asleep, not to be seen again till around noon. This time, however, his good old, katana wielding buddy, who he usually woke up first just to smite him, hadn't been in his bed. Needless to say, his devious brain went to work instantly on where he could have gone off too…first stop, Rei's room! And that's what began the whole fiasco.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Five Minutes Before~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Stealthily creeping down the halls silent with sleep that was hanging over the entire house, a certain braided pilot made his way towards his destination. Smirking, he silently thought of the Mission Impossible theme song that he remembered from watching the old movie. It fit his situation perfectly, not to mention the fact that it just sounded SO cool! It didn't take him long to reach the quiet, peaceful room of his best friend's wife. It still seemed completely unfair to him that such a stick in the mud could have such a BABE as a lover. IT JUST ISN'T FAIR I TELL YA! NOT FAIR! He perked up suddenly, maybe she had a sister! Alright! SCORE! Shoving the idea into the back of his mind for later use, he turned his attention to the task at hand…Operation Good Morning. He he he, this was going to be fun!
Had you seen the devious little prankster's grin you would have sworn he was a chessar cat. His eyes sparkled with laughter as he slowly turned the handle and peeked inside. It took all of his strength not to laugh out loud. This was TOO perfect! Old Wuffers was currently asleep by the dark haired tenshi, his arms wrapped protectively around her. AWWW! Kodak Moment!…and that's just what he had planned. Quickly pulling out a small camera, that he got from who knows where, he got down onto his hands and knees, all the while still humming the song to himself in his head. Crawling across the floor, rather conspicuously for a trained soldier but none the less affective, he crouched down at the end of the bed. Standing up slowly, he aimed his "deadly weapon" at the couple, not being able to hide the giant smile that was plastered across his face. Wu-man was SO gonna kill him! He he he, what fun!
Duo took a deep breath…
"RISE AND SHINE LOVE BIRDS!" He yelled, making the two sleeping to jolt up in shock.
A flash of light blinded them momentarily before they had time to react. When they looked back, Duo was dancing around waving an instant picture in his hand and laughing maniacally, braid flopping back and forth.
"HA HA HA! IN YOUR FACE WU-MAN! JUST WAIT TILL THE OTHER PREVENTORS SEE THEIR LOCAL WOMAN HATER IN BED WITH ONE!" He declared loudly, waving the photo under Wufei's nose and quickly snatching it back before he had time to grab it from him.
Making a break for it, the black clad boy darted out of the room, knowing this was the time to flee.
"MAXWELL! GET YOUR DISHONORABLE BRAIDED BUTT BACK HERE!" He yelled before racing after him, leaving a very confused and startled princess sitting in bed.
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Rei quickly threw off her covers and jumped out of bed, dashing out to the main hall where the others where, as well, up and watching the two with more of a bored look than anything. It seemed they had seen this kind of thing before. But how much, she wondered. The woman whom had introduced herself as Noin the night before was standing by the tall man she found out was Milliardo Peacecraft. She had her arm around his waist and was laughing quietly at the blurs who were now running in a circle, the angrier of the two still unsucceding in catching his prey. She, herself, watched the two worriedly. Fei-chan would certainly cut poor Maxwell-san's head off if he caught him, why wasn't anyone trying to stop them!?
She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder, making her turn to see who it was. The boy Winner-san, who had let her stay in his house when she had said she had no place to go, was smiling softly at her, his eyes filled with mirth.
"Do not worry, Rei-san. This happens all the time, there is no need to fear for Duo's safety." He assured her, turning his gaze back to the humorous scene.
"All the time? Really?" She asked, looking at the others who had all come over to them.
The group exchanged glances with one another before all nodding simultaneously, causing the priestess to burst out in laughter. This was just too good! It was absolutely hilarious! Her stubborn, big ego husband running around like a little kid after a brother who had taken away a toy.
"Well, it's nice to know someone beside me can get him ruffled. I'd hate to think that the entire time while I was gone he had had a boring life, gundam pilot or not." She finally managed after getting her laughter under control.
At this, Trowa raised an eyebrow, his eyes flickering with laughter he refuse to let surface.
"I take it you pull pranks on him as well?" He asked, not really thinking of her as a "Duo" type of person.
Rei shook her head while bursting out into new laughter.
"No, but unless you let him know who's boss he'll walk all over you." She smirked.
A few of the on lookers smiled, while the rest just silently agreed that they approved of their comrade's wife. She was pleasant to be around, plus the fact that she could actually STAND the egotistical boy for more than five minute which was saying something compared to all of the other girls who had met him. Milliardo suddenly chuckled to himself, gaining his lover's attention. Winking down at her he turned his attention to the dark haired girl.
"Care to show us?" He asked with a sly smirk.
The others instantly caught on and stifled their laughter so not to distract the game of cat and mouse. Not they would actually pay attention anyway. Only one person wasn't taking any humor out of the conversation, you guessed it…Heero. He had remained silent and unmoving the entire time he had stood there. He had looked the entire night and not once did he find anything on either Chang Meiren or Hino Rei. He guessed the information had been destroyed in the destruction of colony L5, but that wouldn't stop him from looking. He was determined to figure out just where this mystery girl had appeared from.
The raven haired priestess's eyes lit up as she flashed a dazzling smile at them.
"Of course I will! It seems that's the only way for us to all have breakfast without worrying about these two killing each other." She stepped forward, taking a deep breath. "CHANG WUFEI! STOP THIS INSTANT!" She yelled, making the others to wince, man they would HATE to be in the boy's shoes.
At the sudden outburst, Wufei tripped and fell flat on his face and letting out a loud "umph." Duo dodged behind the fiery girl before laughing his head off. This, however, provoked the Chinese man's anger, making him to jump to his feet.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR ONNA!? I COULD HAVE CAUGHT MAXWELL!" He bellowed.
Rei's eyes flashed as she marched up in front of the fuming boy, her hands on her hips. The others were trying to hide their laughter and smirks…well, except Duo. She proceeded to flip her hair off her shoulder before giving him a full force, Sailor Mars glare.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!? MY NAME IS REI! MEIREN! OR EVEN PYRO TO YOU BUT DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME ONNA!"
" I CAN CALL YOU WHAT EVER I WANT! BESIDES, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ISN'T IT!?" He shot back.
"I AM YOUR WIFE! YOU WILL TREAT ME WITH THE RESPECT I DESERVE!" She glared, poking her finger into his chest.
"I DO NOT TAKE ORDERS FROM A WOMAN!"
"THAN YOU CAN SLEEP ON THE COUCH!"
Wufei visibly paled as she said this, making the braided boy to about die from laughing so hard. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it after looking at his wife.
"Do I make myself clear?" She asked in a low but deadly voice, her arms crossed over her chest.
He nodded quickly, not wanting to press his wife's anger. Her glare quickly melted away into the dazzling smile from before, making them wonder if it had ever been there at all. Standing on her tiptoes slightly, she kissed him lightly on the cheek, making him darken a few shades.
"Good! Then lets all go get something to eat!" She said cheerfully, taking his arm in hers and leading him towards the others so they could all go have breakfast.
It took quite a while for the braided pilot to get his laughing under control after seeing how easily the new girl had told Wufei off. He was liking her already! Quickly running to catch up with the others, he threw his arm around her shoulders, ignoring the glare from his previous hunter.
"Hey, babe! That was soooooooo cool how you whipped Wu-man back there!" He exclaimed excitedly. "Can you teach me how to do that!?"
Rei laughed softly before picking his arm off of her shoulder and letting it fall to his side, then wrapping her arm around Wufei's waist. This, of which, the dragon blushed slightly at but his arm around her anyway.
"Sorry, Duo-san. I doubt it will have the same affect coming from you."
Scratching his head slightly he joined in chuckling. Yep, this girl was definitely one of a kind.
"MAN! It's too bad I didn't meet you before Wu-man did! You're awesome!" He said with a wink, causing to the priestess to match her husband with a light flush.
"Gomen, Duo-san, my heart would still taken." She said with a small smile.
"How long have you and Wufei known each other Rei-san?" Quatre asked as he held the doors to the dinning room open for them all.
Inside was a giant room with large windows and a long table in the center. Three crystal chandeliers hung over head but were not in use seeing as all of the draped were drawn and letting the bright morning sun shine through.
Tilting her head to the side, the amethyst eyed warrior thought for a moment. After a moment she smiled brightly at the blonde Arabian.
"We've grown up together since we were seven. Our clans were in alliance but it just hadn't been official with marriage since neither Fei- chan nor me were old enough by law to get married yet. And they even had to go through a lot to get us to be able to be married when we turned fourteen." She said, taking a seat beside the ebony haired boy at the table.
"You said that you weren't in love with him at first. Why was that?" Hilde inquired, leaning forward on the table.
"Well, we weren't getting married by choice it was arranged. I was angered that someone had chosen my husband for me, but there was nothing I could do about it. Not to mention the fact that he had the biggest ego in the entire galaxy." She smirked, sending a glance towards Wufei, who in return crossed his arms and turned his head away.
"Sure, and you didn't have one."
She laughed sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head, a little habit she had picked up from a certain "bunny."
"I guess I did have a bit of pride didn't I?"
"A bit?"
The others laughed while she shot a halfhearted glare at her love.
"Okay, so I was ALMOST as bad as you. If you hadn't been spouting all that slag about women being weak I wouldn't have gotten so mad." She informed, pocking him lightly in the shoulder.
"Well, I was right. I beat you when you wanted to spar me and I can beat you again!" He declared.
This earned him another glare.
"I could kick your butt Chang! Don't EVEN try and pull that one!" She said, making Duo snicker into his hand, something about "couch."
"But you said you loved him." Trowa pointed out, wanting to avoid the couple's spat.
"Oh, I do. I love ego boy here more than anything in the world!" She said, stabbing her thumb in Wufei's direction. "But don't ask me why because I still haven't figured it out myself."
This caused the "ego boy", as she called him, to chuckle softly.
"And why not, I could have any girl I wanted!" He said proudly, earning himself a slap in the head.
"Baka! I'm the only one who would put up with you! And besides, I know you love me."
"Then why did you leave?"
Everyone looked at Heero, then back at Rei. She lowered her eyes to her lap, not being able to look at anyone in the face. Wufei shot Yuy a hatred glare as he put his hand over her clasped ones, giving her a silent look that said she didn't have to say anything.
"I…I…"
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I know, I know. Not the best cliffhanger but just bare with me, I'm getting better. Hope you enjoyed! Please review!