Wing School

by Shadowgirl00

Miroki and Kara, two normal girls, in a not so normal world.... chapter 22 is finally up!

20. Fool's Fool

Fool's Fool

Kara frowned as she slowly woke up. The room was not familiar to her, not to mention there was a lot of noise going on downstairs. A few minutes ticked by before it occurred to her where she was and what she was doing there. She was on the one of the Winner's Estate, on Quatre's home colony. They just finished getting in and blowing up a base. Was it last night or a few nights ago? In fact what day was it? She checked, it was the first day of April. She blinked, the first day of April? Already? Mentally she kicked herself, of course it would be April, they came here for the March Break and stayed much longer than expected. Still, April, she counted the months in her head. Shaking her head, she got out of bed, got dressed and went downstairs. The scene was pretty normal, okay semi-normal. Everyone was sitting at the table. Heero was typing away at his laptop (figures). Duo and Wufei were nowhere to be seen, which was strange because Duo should be down for breakfast. Quatre was talking over some plans with Noin, while Miroki was half awake, but listening to what Quatre was saying. She was also muttering something about needing a vacation. Trowa was fixing himself a coffee. Kara sat down, Trowa offered her some coffee, but she shook her head, "Don't like coffee, I'll just grab some juice when I'm more awake."

"Maxwell! I will kill you!"

Kara looked up, not totally surprised, "Hmm…"

Miroki was finally saying something after Quatre was done talking.

Trowa put some orange juice in front of Kara, "Here."

"Thanks, uh… Miroki what did you say?"

Miroki repeated, "Do you know what day it is?"

"First day of April, why?"

At that moment Duo came running down the stairs at neck-breaking speed. Heero didn't even look up; an angry Wufei was chasing Duo. Miroki stared as Wufei yelled something about cutting Duo's braid off and using it to hang the poor Deathscythe pilot. Kara put her forehead into her hand, "It's too early in the morning for this…"

Quatre then adds, "It's like this every morning."

She took a big sip from her juice, "Not at my house it's not."

Miroki looked up, "Chang what is… What the hell did Duo do to you?"

Kara gave a glace at Wufei and then choked. She coughed sending juice flying everywhere. Some drops landed on Heero's laptop, he was about the glare at her when he saw Wufei. His jaw just dropped, Heero stared on wordlessly. Trowa raised a brow, as he looked from the angry, justice-screaming Wufei to the snickering, yet highly endangered Duo. Miroki leaped from her chair, pounding Kara on the back. Finally when Kara stopped choking she stared at Wufei again. Wufei was perfectly normal, if you didn't count the fact he hair was…

"Pink," Quatre said deadpanned at what he saw.

Kara covered her mouth, trying to smother a smile.

"As I was about the explain," Miroki said after awhile, "Today is April Fool's Day."

"Obviously," Trowa watch as Kara tried to smother a giggle that was rising to her throat.

"How?" Miroki asked.

Duo snickered, "I put something in Wufie's shampoo."

"The name is Wufei! Maxwell you are so dead!"

"Come on Wu-man, have a sense of humor," Duo would have been giving a Wufei a pat on the back, but it wasn't advisable at the moment.

Wufei gripped his sword till his knuckles turned white, "Maxwell, you better watch your back from now on, because you might find yourself dead."

Kara decided it was high time to change the subject, "Hey does anyone know what's so special about today?"

Trowa raised a brow, "It's April Fool's Day?"

"Well… that and…" Kara got up and counted the days on the calendar, "Do you guys realize it's been 8 months since we first met?"

Miroki blinked, "That long? It doesn't seem like 8 months."

"Almost a year," Kara adds.

Quatre murmured thoughtfully, "That is a long time, amazing…"

Duo grabbed both of the girls hugged them, "We should do something to celebrate!"

Kara tried to wiggle out of Duo's grip, "Uh… Don't we need to do something important today?"

"No," Duo looked at her funny, "Besides we're still trying to plan our next move, and we'll be here for a few days yet!"

Miroki was wondering whether to deck Duo or just flip him, she muttered, "God… help us…"

"Duo you can let us go now," Kara stated.

Duo let them go, "Sorry, but man! This long? It did seem too long ago we met in Chemistry, or that Miroki and Heero were giving each other glaring contests."

"Thank god they don't anymore," Kara muttered under her breath.

"Or when Miroki and Kara use turn red as a beet each time they were around Quatre and Trowa," Duo rambled on.

Both girls shot deathglares at Duo, even Kara for once.

Duo sweatdropped, "Oops, I guess I said too much huh?"

"You think?" Kara asked sourly.

So, the rest of the day went on peacefully. Sort of, if you don't include the fact it was April 1^st. Wufei had gotten over this his hair being pink, (kind of) after the girls said they would get some black hair dye while they were out. Thank god, they decided to leave the house, for life was going to become a living hell. To lack a better description. While Duo was looking through his book of pranks, to see who would be his next victim, Wufei was upstairs planning something. In his room Wufei was braiding, what looked to be fake hair, very long fake hair. On his night table were several hairpins, which he 'borrowed' from Miroki. He grinned evilly, though he knew he couldn't do the real thing, Duo would regret the day he messed with his hair. Downstairs, Duo was still looking through his book of pranks. He had been planning for months on what he should do to his fellow pilots. The hardest person to do though was Miroki, not to mention that if she said she would beat someone up, she didn't threaten, she did it. At this time Wufei was quietly walking down the stairs. Duo was taking out a small list when Wufei came up behind him.

Duo tapped the end of a pen to his mouth; "Hmmm… put pink dye in Wufei's shampoo… check. Rigged Quatre's clothes… check. Just Heero, Trowa, Kara and Miroki to go."

During this time, Wufei had carefully, without Duo noticing, wounded Duo's braid up into a bun, and put it in place with Miroki's hairpins. Just as Wufei had finished Duo got up from his seat and started walking out the door. Wufei followed him, closely, holding the fake braid in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other. He then loudly started snipping the scissors. Duo turned and his eyes widen in horror. There Wufei was, in one hand scissors, in the other hand a long chestnut braid. Using his hand, Duo felt for his braid, he felt no long hair, or felt any weight.

"WHAT IN THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR? MY HAIR! MY PRECIOUS HAIR!"

Wufei smirked, "That's what you get for fooling with my hair Maxwell."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Wufei just laughed evilly.

"GIVE ME BACK MY BRAID!" Duo lunged for Wufei.

Wufei backed up, keeping the braid out of reach.

Duo quickly ran towards him, grabbing the braid and hugging it, "My braid, my precious braid…"

Right on cue the girls walked in from their shopping, Kara was staring at Duo and Miroki was snickering. Which part of it was crazier from the girls' point of view was unknown. Whether it is the fact that Duo's braid was in a very nice bun with Miroki's gold hairpins or the fact that Duo was hugging and stroking a braid much similar to his. They looked at each other, agreeing that this had gone on long enough.

Kara coughed, trying not to smile, "Duo, what is your braid doing in a bun?"

Duo turned and stared at her, "What do you mean? Wufei here cut it off."

Miroki bent down and pulled her hairpins from his hair, "No, it's been pinned up."

He felt the back of his head as the braid fell, "It's there, it wasn't cut off, but then…"

"April Fool's Maxwell," Wufei smirked.

Duo stared at Wufei, and then at the braid in his hand, "That's not funny! I've been hugging something that isn't even my hair!"

Wufei smirked as Duo threw the fake braid at him, "Serves you right Maxwell."

Kara eyed Miroki, "This is going to be a long day."

"You think?" Miroki watched the two fight.

So that's how the day went, with nothing else that anyone could do. Duo had disappeared from the face of the house, and no doubt was setting up more jokes.

Later in the day, it was quiet in the house, no jokes, no nothing. This made the girls kind of nervous, since it was a bit too quiet for their liking. Kara was standing in the hallway packing some things into a box so that they didn't have to rush in packing when they leave. Up above Duo was upstairs looking down at Kara. In one hand he held a bowl full of Corn Pops and milk. It wasn't unusual for Duo to eat breakfast cereal in the afternoon, so no one thought much of it. Carefully picking up a sticky, wet Corn Pop, Duo threw it at Kara's head. It hit, sticking nicely to her hair, he kept up this game of throwing cereal at her till she started for the kitchen. In there, Heero was working on finding out more about what was happening. Miroki and Quatre were talking, Trowa was reading the newspaper and Wufei had just finished re-dying his hair black. Everyone looked up and gaped when they saw Kara.

Kara blinked, "What?"

From everyone else's point of view Kara was standing there puzzled, with little, yellow balls sticking on her hair. They could even see the some white stuff, which was the milk that Duo used to make it sticky.

"Winters, did you go swimming in cereal and milk?" Wufei asked bluntly.

"Huh?" Kara looked at her reflection in the window, "DUO MAXWELL! YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOO DEAD WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU! I'M GONNA SKIN YOU ALIVE!"

Quatre got up, "I'll get you a towel."

As he left Miroki sighed, "Well… at least we know why it took him so long to play a prank."

Trowa nods, as he helps pick out the cereal, "At least your hair is short."

Meanwhile, Quatre was getting towels from a cupboard in a spare room. Little did he know that Duo was outside the room, on a ladder putting a bucket with water on top of the doorway. True… this wasn't the most original idea in the book, but if Duo Maxwell was playing the prank. No doubt he would play an old joke, with a new twist. As Duo surveyed his handy worked he remembered when the idea first struck him. It was only about week after the girls became pilots, and since then they were a bit more open on what they knew about the G-boys. One thing Miroki had mentioned with Kara, when they thought they were alone was about Quatre's pink shirt. That's when it hit him, he also remembered Nick telling him about this kind of fabric that was loads of fun. So when he had the time, Duo somehow got clothes that looked just like Quatre's only, it was with that special fabric. Early that morning, he had switched Quatre's clothes with the fake ones before anyone was awake. Now it was time to see if he got this money's worth. Inside the room Quatre shook his head, he couldn't understand why Duo loved to play pranks. With the girls around now, it wasn't such a good idea. Taking a towel, he opened the door wide to get out, the bucket tipped, spilling its ice-cold contents all over Quatre.

"AHHHHHH!"

Everyone's head snapped towards the sound of the scream. Without a second thought, everyone ran out the kitchen and into the hallway. It was another strange sight, more strange than Kara's hair being bombarded by cereal, but not as strange as Wufei's hair being dyed pink. Quatre was soaked from head to toe in ice-cold water, but his clothes were something else. As if the cold water triggered something, slowly purple flowers appeared on Quatre's pink shirt and red hearts on this pants. He looked to say the least, like a little kid who mismatched his clothes. Duo was rolling on the ground laughing his head off. Miroki was very, very pissed; she didn't like the fact that Duo was playing a prank on Quatre. She left the group and came back, ironically enough with the sword that Duo had given her for her birthday. The Deathscythe pilot stopped laughing as he noticed what Miroki was holding. Everyone knew Duo was in for it, and this time his braid might be cut off for real. She grabbed the hilt of her sword, not noticing at the same time that she also grabbed some kind of triggered that was attached to the hilt. As she pulled her sword out, out popped from a box were five, large, hairy spiders. To say the least Miroki freaked, "Ahhhh!"

She jumped, dropping the sword, trying to shake the spiders off of her. Wufei stared at her, along with everyone else up Kara. Trowa eyed her, as if to ask her what was going on.

Kara just shrugged, "Fear of spiders."

Finally when she got them off of her, she started to trample the offending creatures. Jumping up and down till she was sure they were good and dead.

"I hate spiders!" Miroki yelled.

Heero calmly walked up to the supposedly 'dead' spiders and took a very good look them. Then he calmly stated, "These are rubber spiders." With that Duo cracked up and started laughing all over again. Miroki glared at Duo, picking up the sword again, she started towards him. No one was going to stop her, when she got like this no one dared to stop her. That's when Duo had done for once the smart thing; he got up and ran for his life… still laughing of course.

Half an hour later, Kara was sitting in one of the many living rooms reading a book. She looked up from her reading as Miroki walked in. Noting that there were no hairs on the sword, a good sign. There was no blood on the sword neither, a very good sign. Yet, Kara knew Miroki would never let Duo off so easily.

"Pigs might fly before she'd do that," Kara thought silently.

Miroki seemed to catch her train of thought, "Couldn't find him, that braided baka disappeared from the face of the house. Knowing him, he won't stop till he gets Trowa and Heero."

Kara thought about those two, "In some ways, they are the easiest and hardest to play a prank on. After all… even we know what could set them off."

Miroki shrugs, "Not my fault of Heero shoots him for real this time."

"Hmm…" the brown haired girl shook her head, "Sometimes I think Heero just makes empty threats to his friends. He always says he's going to kill you, but then again…"

"It would do Duo some good if he realizes that Heero makes good of this threats," Miroki growled.

Kara raised a brow, "And then what? A trigger-happy Gundam pilot is not a good thing. Next thing you know he'll start shooting the rest of us, or if we're lucky shoot us first and leave the Duo for last."

"Sometimes a good imagination is a bad thing Kara."

Their conversation stopped by the sound of a long string of curses, in which both girls found unrepeatable.

"Duo! I Am Going To Strangle You!"

Kara blinked, "Trowa…"

"Bet ten bucks it's the bangs," Miroki stated.

"Uh huh… whatever it is, it has to be bad if Trowa of all people is threatening to kill that empty headed pilot," Kara nods.

Why Trowa of all people was snapped out of his cool demeanor was soon found out. The girls' eyes widen as he stalked into the room, completely furious to lack a better term. Miroki was right it was the bangs. It was really strange thought, even though his bangs always, even in zero-g stayed in the same place. Duo had somehow managed (and Kara didn't want to know how) to get Trowa's bangs back. On top of that he managed to make Trowa's bangs stay like that. His bangs were like a peacocks tails feathers, all straight up and spread out. Miroki coughed and excused herself quickly claiming that she needed to check up on Quatre. Kara slid down her seat, covering her face, and trying desperately not to laugh. She could guess that Trowa was probably glaring at her, since her body trembled with laughter that could not be contained. Peeking out from under her hands, she was right. Trowa was not happy at what Duo did, and was even less happy at Kara for laughing.

"I-I-I'm sorry, but…" she took her hands away and bit her lower lip, her body still trembling wanting to laugh, "I never seen you like that."

Trowa crossed his arms over his chest and simply asked, "Kara tell me… are by any chance ticklish?"

Kara's eyes widen and she quickly got up, "Oh no… you will not."

He quietly walked towards her, "I'll take that as a yes."

She backed up, "No, no…"

In a blink of an eye she turned around and ran, with Trowa close behind her. Miroki was good as her word was with Quatre. He had just dried off and changed into his own clothes. They were currently in the kitchen, since it seems that Duo didn't strike there, and there was a safely in numbers. At that moment, Kara came bursting in, laughing and gasping. Miroki figured it had to do with Trowa's new hairdo, though why Kara wasn't trying to contain herself was yet beyond her.

Gasping Kara asked, "Do you know a place I can hide?"

"Come on Trowa isn't going to kill you for laughing at him," Miroki answered back.

"His gonna tickle me to death if I don't hide, please?" Kara pleaded.

Miroki got this wicked idea in her head, "Sure, downstairs in the basement, in the cellar."

"Thanks," and off Kara ran.

A few moments later Trowa came running in. Quatre's jaw dropped at Trowa's bangs, but Trowa didn't seem to notice.

"Have you seen Kara?" Trowa asked.

"Going to the basement, probably the cellar," Miroki replied.

He didn't even say anything, but ran out the kitchen.

Quatre looked at Miroki puzzled, "Why did you tell him that?"

Miroki grinned, as she got out of her seat, "You'll see…"

Kara had stopped running the moment she reached the cellar. She grinned; it wasn't everyday you ran to kept from being tickled. There was a tapping on her shoulder. Getting up she turned to look behind her, there was Trowa, weird hairdo and all. Backing up into the cellar, Kara shook her head, and Trowa was just coming in after her. Before Kara could plea to him, she was already on her back. Being tickled mercilessly by Trowa, while she was gasping for air, while laughing at the same time. Their fun was stopped when they heard the door close, a click behind them and total darkness.

"Shit," they both thought.

Getting up, they both rammed the door. It didn't at all budge, there was just a 'thud' when they hit. They tried again for a second, third and then fourth time before giving up.

"Open the door!" Kara yelled.

There was a snicker coming from Miroki, "Not a chance Kara, how about you and Trowa cool your heels in there for an hour or two?"

"Miroki Sekkio! I swear to god I'll get you for this!"

Miroki on the outside of the cellar leaned against the door, "And the game continues…" with that she walked away.

In the haven of Heero's own room, Heero like always was typing away at his laptop. The assignment this time was information the future missions that they would be doing. Totally into his work, Heero barely noticed the beep of an incoming e-mail. The subject read: File On New Mission. Heero being Heero could not ignore this e-mail. Clicking into the file, he did his normal routine. Click on e-mail, click on file, and download file and wait. A window of all of his files popped up as he downloaded the new file. The computer read: Download Complete. Then another window with all of his files appeared and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Before his mind could register that his computer had a virus, his laptop blanked out.

"What the @#*&$$!$#%@$^# happened to the ##$^^#$#^#@!%^^@@#%%^!%*$ computer! And who in the @%$@$&^@^%$@*@ had the @$^^&*#%#*##@^$# guts to do that!"

Suddenly his computer came to life and the computer read: Ha! Ha! Ha! Tricked You Heero! Kiss My Ass, Duo. Heero glared at the screen for a moment, and then got up, grabbed his gun and left his room. Meanwhile downstairs in the cellar, Trowa and Kara were sitting on the ground. They couldn't pace in the dark without bumping into each other.

"How long has it been?" Kara asked out of the blue.

Trowa replied, since she probably couldn't see him, "Not sure."

Their silence was broken by the sound of running feet and the sound of a gun going off. They heard someone back up into the door.

"Now Heero, it's just an empty threat, you wouldn't shoot me now? Would you?" Duo babbled.

Kara jumped at the sound of another gunshot. Heero had missed Duo and shot the lock off the door. Trowa grabbed her arm, as they both stumbled out of the cellar. Duo was grinning, and Heero was of course glaring.

"I knew you wouldn't shoot me," Duo chirped and left the three alone.

Trowa raised a brow, "Okay…"

"That was weird," Kara muttered.

Heero glared after Duo, "Duo is gonna pay this time…"

Duo was whistling to himself as he strolled down the hallway that linked everyone's bedrooms. He was happy that he finally got everyone his friends and there was still the evening left. He passed by Kara's room, and Kara cleared her throat as he passed. He stopped and backed up to peek into her room.

Kara looked up from the book she was reading, "Duo, why do you like making people's lives a living hell?"

"Because it was funny," Duo laughed.

Kara sighed, "You are impossible…"

"Have a sense of humor Kara," Duo leaned against the doorway.

Before Kara could give Duo one of her remarks, the sound of a gun going off snapped them both out of it. Without even having to say anything, they both ran downstairs to the living room. Duo stared dumbly, and Kara looked like she was going to be sick. Wufei was on the ground, his white shirt stained with blood. His sword was out of reach of his hand, and he wasn't moving.

"Omigod, Omigod…" Kara murmured into her hands.

"Wu… man?" Duo looked shocked.

Kara was shaking, "Duo, it has to be an assassin… W-w-we have to warn the others."

Duo snapped out of it, "Yea, come on we-"

BANG!

They jumped as another gunshot went off. The sound came from behind them, from the hallway. Turning around, it was only a few steps that they saw the next victim. Trowa was stumped over, with his back to the door, and his shirt covered in a dark red. Kara rushed over to Trowa, and kneeled down beside him. She tried to get a response out of him.

"Trowa…Trowa…please don't leave me," Kara choked, which ended up in a cough as well.

Duo kept staring on in shock and kept looking behind him to see if their assassin was going to shoot them next.

"This can't be happening…" Kara murmured.

Duo tried to pry Kara away, "Come on, maybe Quatre, Miroki and Heero are still alive. We need to get help."

"Then why aren't they here?" Kara yelled, "Where is everyone?"

"NO! DON'T!" Quatre's voice came from the kitchen.

BANG!

"QUATRE!!!!!" Miroki screamed.

Duo dragged Kara away, and into the kitchen. What Duo saw he couldn't believe, Heero was standing there. Gun pointed. Quatre was standing in front of Miroki, arms out blocking the shot. He fell to the ground, while Miroki was trembling with visible anger.

Miroki lunged at Heero, "You bastard!"

"Miroki no!" Kara yelled.

BANG!

It was too late, Miroki fell before she even could knock the gun out of Heero's hand. He turned to them, stalking towards Kara, gun still pointed.

Kara choked out, "W-why?"

"I will kill you…"

BANG!

She collapsed on the ground, grabbing her wound she started to shake till she no longer moved. Duo was too shocked to do anything. Heero, his friend, was the killer. He killed his friends without thought.

"I told you I would kill you," Heero stated.

Duo backed up, "Heero, this is crazy. They didn't do anything!"

Heero stepped forward, "They put up with you… kept me from killing you…"

"Man… what a way to go… this is so uncool," Duo murmured.

Duo closed his eyes; five gunshots rang throughout the house. The impact of the shots sent Duo down, landing on his back. Then Duo waited for death, and waited, and waited… That's when he realized that he felt sore from the impact, but he wasn't hurting. He opened his eyes to see Heero staring back down at him, and the faces of the other five pilots. Their shirts covered with red blood, but they were smiling. Quatre looked alive enough, so did Wufei, Miroki didn't seem to want to kill Heero, Trowa was smiling for once and Kara didn't look panicked.

"Am… I… dead?" Duo asked after a while.

Kara put a finger to her lip, tapping it slowly, "Hmm… I don't know… Is he dead Trowa?"

Trowa looked at Duo, "He doesn't look dead to me."

Duo sat up, "So I'm not dead."

Wufei whacked him over the head, hard.

"Ouch! Wufei!"

"Nope, you're not dead Maxwell."

Duo stood up and looked around, until he finally reached Heero. Heero was still holding his gun; he then took out the remaining bullets. His bullets were pelts of dark, red paint.

Miroki grinned, "You should have seen your face Duo Maxwell. It was priceless, you really thought Heero was going to shoot you this time!"

"And you really believed that we were all dead," Kara adds, grinning wickedly.

At the same time everyone yelled, "April Fool's Duo!"

Duo shook his head, "Man, I can't believe you guys fooled me."

"Well Maxwell, looks like we get the last laugh," Wufei snickered.

Author's Note: Took us long enough! Here is it! Hoped you had a good laugh!

As for my co-author she changed her name to Miroki Sekkio, if you don't already know. This Miroki is hers, and she planned some of the stuff and threatened to tickle me too.

Please read and review. So what now? Will they get any missions? What future is in store for the girls? Next time on Wing School!