Not Another One!

After a long day and even longer week, they all made it back to the school. The scientists were pleased with the performance of the Gundams and the new pilots. Miroki threw her bag aside and flopped down on her bed. She noticed there was a note on her night table, it read: Hi, Nick here. I heard you would be back from home today. Anyways, guess what? Today is not only Good Friday, but it's the thirteenth too!

Miroki sat up in bed and yelled, "GAH!"

Meanwhile in Kara's room, she had just got the answering machine to replay her messages. She too flopped down on the bed, and Jasper came to curl up on top of her.

Beep!

"Kara sweetie I've been trying to reach you. I know you're busy, but today is Good Friday and I insist that you and Miroki be there for dinner. It's formal by the way, and don't forget to bring those nice boys that you brought over at Thanksgiving…"

Kara turned her head, "Hmm… why not?"

"By the way sweetie, don't forget to bring that bag of clothes you brought from Toronto over this time okay?"

"I know…" Kara moaned, "I keep forgetting…"

"One more thing… your cousins are coming over for dinner too."

Kara shot up in bed, "WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?"

In the briefing room, the G-boys were gathering around planning their next move. They all looked up when both girls rushed in, "Guess what?" they said at the same time.

Heero wasn't at all surprised, "What?"

They looked at each other, Kara motioned for Miroki, "You go first."

"Nick left me a note, today is Friday the thirteenth," Miroki told them.

Duo moaned, "Again?"

Wufei glowered, "So? What's the problem Sekkio?"

"Chang, remember last Friday the thirteenth?" Miroki glared.

Kara cleared her throat, "Uh… I got a message from my mom."

Wufei glared at her, "And is it as stupid as this Friday the thirteenth business?"

"Mom has invited all of us over for dinner tonight, she says to you guys have to come," Kara explained.

Duo grinned, "That's nice of her."

"… And Zack and Chris are going to be there."

"WHAT?" five voices yelled at once.

Wufei was the first to speak on their behalf, "Onnas! Are you aware that if your cousins knew what you're were really doing here, they would have our heads on a platter?"

"Quite," Miroki said dryly.

"That if they found out that two of us have more than just a simple friendship with you girls they would probably yell at us until our ears came off?"

"We know," Kara nods.

"That if they found out that you have a chance of being killed that they would lock you up for the rest of your natural lives?"

Miroki muttered, "Probably."

"That they are the most protective, obsessive, reactive and insane people we have ever met?"

Kara thought for a minute, "I don't know about the insane part, but yea."

"That they would either kill us or never let you out of their sight?"

"Probably the latter," Miroki commented.

"THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ANY EXCUSE TO HATE US?"

"Uh huh…" Kara nods.

Miroki yawns, "Your point Chang?"

"We. Are. Not. Go. Ing. For. Din. Ner!"

Kara pouted, "But my mom is expecting you, and you can't tell me you're afraid of two boys?"

"Your cousins threatened us the last time we went for dinner," Wufei told them dryly.

Kara grins, "I know, I was watching. Look, it's not really that bad."

"I'll agree with Kara. The worst that could happen is that there's a mobile suit attack during dinner," Miroki backs Kara up.

Kara then says, "What's the worse that could happen?"

Wufei glared at Kara, "Winters, haven't you learned by now that, that's the worse thing to say?"

~A Few Hours Later~

Miroki, Kara and the G-boys were standing just outside the threshold of Kara's home. The Gundam pilots were dressed similarly to what they wore the last time they visited for dinner. Miroki was wearing a red shirt and red dress pants. Her hair done up in a simple style all held together with ribbons and the barrette that Quatre had given her. Kara wore a yellow dress and the bag she promised to bring over was slung over her shoulder. Though in her mind the bag was a bit heavier than she remembered. It was Kara's mom that opened the door.

"Come in, come in!" Mrs. Winters smiled.

"Thank you for having us," Quatre answered back, while the other boys nodded in agreement.

They all walked into the kitchen, Kara set down her bag just in time to see Chris and Zack walk in. They both glared at the G-boys when Mrs. Winters' back was turned. Miroki glared at her cousin; while Kara just sighed painfully knowing this was going to be a long evening.

Miroki had volunteered to fetch some drinks from the cellar when it happened, as she was placing them on the counter for Kara's mom her hair got from a splinter of wood on the cupboard above and when she pulled, a huge chunk of hair got stuck. Before anyone could approach her… "AIEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Even with their hands over their ears, her scream was ready to break glass, when she finally stopped Kara said, "Don't underestimate her sometimes, if she's mad her scream could break windows."

"We knew that a long time ago," Duo declared.

Miroki was having a battle with the piece of wood, trying to get her tangled hair free until Trowa and Heero held her still while Kara and Quatre got her hair free. Miroki's hands instantly started combing her hair at a force that would yank her hair out.

Chris stepped up, "It's just hair cuz…you can comb it out."

Miroki turned and huffed at him, "It's not that!" then out of the black bush of hair she withdrew the barrette Quatre have given to her, her eyes grew saucer wide as she stared at it in shock.

Kara leaned over her shoulder, "What?"

Miroki pointed, a few beads had come off and some of the delicate flowers were broken and the clip had snapped. Kara felt Miroki's shoulders started to shake a bit, "Oh no Miroki, not in public."

"WAH!!!" Miroki started wailing right in front of everyone, tears flowing down her face as she held the barrette close.

Wufei didn't look very happy, "I thought you were stronger than that woman! You should learn to not cry."

Miroki turned on him and in a hoarse voice she cried, "That's easy for you to say! Not that you didn't cry when you killed Treize!!!" Then she ran from the room.

Kara sighed and placed a hand to her head, "Quatre…can you please go and try calming her down, you got her that gift after all…" then covered her mouth, "I didn't say that," she squeaked.

Chris glared daggers at Quatre and Quatre backed up a bit. Heero and Trowa tensed up a bit in case something happens. "You did what?!" Chris demanded.

"I…"

"Ah…Say man! How about letting Quatre talk to Miroki?" Duo offered his two cents.

Chris turned the glare to Duo, "You stay out of this you braided idiot!"

Kara shook her head quickly, "No no! Quatre you go! Calm Miroki down!" With that Duo and Kara both steered Quatre out of the room, where he went to find Miroki.

When they returned Kara was just in time to stop her cousins from telling her mother what happened to Miroki and Quatre.

"They have an engagement to take care of," Kara blurted out quickly.

Mrs. Winters looked surprised, "Aren't they too young to get married?"

Kara slapped her head, "Mom! As in something to take care of."

"Oh that meaning! I'm sorry, how silly of me!"

Kara received a glare from Zack and she shrugged.

Miroki and Quatre returned by dinnertime. Miroki looked refreshed and her eyes were only a bit puffy, but nonetheless, she had a huge grin on her face and chatted pleasantly with her cousin and the G-boys at dinner like nothing had ever happened.

Duo kept nudging Quatre, "It's either she's a good actress or you've done something incredible to get her out of that bad mood."

Quatre smiled at Duo and never answered, leaving a frustrated Duo with his dinner.

Zack and Trowa were wandering in the house after dinner while waiting for dessert and soon both at different times, entered a corridor in the basement and soon in two different rooms…

Sable was confined to a room by herself and was stuck playing Nintendo 64 for the entire evening until her mother brought her down her dinner.

"And wash your hands at the sink first!" Her mom tossed over her shoulder before she went back upstairs."

"I know!" Sable left the room briefly to wash her hands when she saw the light in the extension corridor, "I don't remember someone being down here…" turning off the sensor light she also closed the door to the hallway and locked it, the went back to 'her' room for dinner.

Trowa was exploring a room when he heard the sound of a lock clicking. Leaning his head out he saw a sliding door had appeared, blocking the entrance of the hallway and the sound of it locking. He raced to the door and searched for a lock, finding out that the door can only be locked from outside. His familiar annoyance with the one locked-in-closet trick returned as the lights suddenly switched off. Trowa was going to ram the door again when someone or something collapsed on top of him.

"What the!?"

Sounds of people fighting were heard in the dark before Trowa managed have his hand on the throat of his attacker.

"Who… is…strangling…me?!?"

Trowa let go, "Oh, it's you." By now his eyes adjusted to the dark and could make out the faint outline of Zack.

"YOU!" Zack stood up, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Same as you."

"Whatever." Zack felt his way to one of the rooms and turned the light on, "Good thing Kara's family didn't put sensor lights here…"

Trowa said nothing and sat down on the bed.

"Now we're supposed to wait 'til someone realizes we're gone! That could be hours!" He looked at Trowa, who stared at him blank faced, "Hey! Aren't you going to say something?!"

"…"

"Are you dating my cousin!?!"

No answer.

"I demand to know if you're dating my cousin!"

Trowa shrugs.

"ARGH!!!"

Kara was turning into a jitterbug as the night continued to unfold, so far nothing much has happened, the only accidents were Miroki's hair and Wufei getting attacked by Blackie when he stepped on its tail. Now Wufei was having a staring contest with the black cat as the group chatted.

After awhile Heero soon stated, "Where's Trowa?"

Kara frowned, "Zack's gone too…"

"For almost half an hour already," Duo grinned, "I think I'll eat their desserts and…"

"Don't you dare!!!" Came 6 voices.

Duo rose his hands in defeat, "Ok, ok! I can take a hint!"

"Back to the subject," Miroki said, clearing her throat, "Let's separate to find Trowa and Zack."

Heero gave a curt nod, "I'll go with Duo," Duo looked at him, "To keep him in control." He eyed the way the group was sitting together, "Miroki and Kara together then Wufei, go with Chris and Quatre."

Wufei couldn't hear what Heero just said, "What Yuy!? You expect me to go with this…" he eyed Chris, he was giving him an I-dare-you-to look, he stopped, "Guy?!"

Heero nodded then murmured to him, "It's for Quatre's sake."

Wufei understood, "Fine."

Chris narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the two boys.

Miroki and Kara looked in all the bedrooms on the top floor, "I don't understand if they'd be here though…"

"Zack sometimes uses one of the bedrooms to watch TV."

"But the TV downstairs is ten times larger," Miroki protested.

"It's called guests take over," Kara replied.

"Oh, understood."

They looked into the last room. No Trowa. No Zack. "They're definitely not up here."

"I hope the other guys have better luck," Then under her breath Miroki said, "And hope that Quatre stays alive."

Kara patted her best friend's shoulder, "Don't worry, with Wufei watching Quatre, things should be alright with him and Zack."

Miroki nodded in agreement, "Cause Chang knows that if he doesn't take care of Quatre," she whapped her palm with a fist.

Quatre, Wufei and Chris searched the middle level, the garage and the backyard. Chris could tell that Quatre was fidgety around him, so he's most likely hiding something from him. When they were in the backyard, Chris was tempted to shove Quatre into the pool if it wasn't for that guy Wufei watching him. So he silently searched. After the entire area was searched and there was no Trowa or Zack, they sat muted in the living room, waiting for the others.

Heero and Duo were in the study room, looking around when Sable skipped by. Duo instantly leaped and grabbed her, "Sable! Did you see Trowa or Zack?"

Sable grinned up at Duo, "What makes you think that I'm going to tell you?"

Duo scratched his head, searching for an idea; "Uh…" he reached into his pocket and pulled out a fiver, "Five bucks for information?"

Sable grabbed the money and shoved it into her pocket, "Deal!"

Heero stepped up beside Duo, "Bribing her with money?"

"Hey! It's my last bit of cash right now!" Duo complained.

Sable's grin turned slightly evil, hearing those news, "Actually, I didn't see anyone," she chirped.

Duo's jaw dropped, "WHAT?!?! GIMME MY MONEY BACK!" He dove for Sable, who sidestepped him, letting Duo hit the ground with a thud.

"But to retrace my steps, I went to wash my hands for dinner when the extension hallway lights were on and the door open so I closed and locked it and turned off the sensor light too." The she left for her bedroom.

Heero looked at Duo, "It's worth a try."

They made their way to a closed door and inside were the unmistakably muffled voice of…

"MAN! DO YOU SPEAK!?!? SPEAK TO ME!!!"

…

"ARGH!!!"

Duo looked at Heero and grinned, "Zack's pulling hairs trying to get Trowa to answer him eh?"

Heero nodded and unlocked the door and the two walked in to see a frazzled Zack screaming himself at the quiet Trowa Barton.

"Hey man!" Duo cried, the happy, hyper person he was then called out, "Hey Guys! I found Trowa and Zack!!!"

Sounds of footsteps were heard and Miroki, Quatre, Kara, Wufei and Chris soon joined them.

Kara stared in shock at her cousin, "Trowa! What did you do to him?"

"Nothing."

"YOU DID SOMETHING!!! YOU WOULDN'T SPEAK!!!!!"

"That is nothing."

"@#$%!!!!!" roared Zack, "AR-!" he blinked and tried to speak more, but nothing came out, just a croak.

At the sound, some of the G-boys gave a smirk of relief; to be rewarded by Zack's glare.

Miroki decided it was time to have fun, cause when she was little, Zack always told her to shut up, now… "Heheh!!!! Zack lost his voice! No one to tell me shut up anymore!!! NYA NYA!!!" she slapped her hip in his direction then when into a full blast of crazy laughter.

Zack glared at Kara's best friend and made a croaking sound.

Wufei stared in distaste at the overjoyed Miroki, "Is this onna always like this?"

Kara scratched her head, "Well…I've always thought she matured over her constant evil laughter and her being hyperactive…I guess not."

Miroki soon stopped, "Well…this Friday the Thirteenth is certainly amusing! One gets luck then the other gets bad luck!"

Duo put a hand to his temple as if expecting a headache, "Exactly…I lose five bucks and Sable earns five bucks…"

Kara widened her eyes at Duo, "You gave my little sister five dollars?!"

"It was to bribe her for data," Heero answered, since Duo looked like he lost the most treasured thing in the world.

Quatre blinked at Duo, "But Duo, it's only five dollars…"

"It was for a date with Hilde!!!"

Chris gazed at Duo and muttered to himself, "What a cheapskate…"

Duo glared at Miroki's cousin, "I heard that! Well excuse me for not being all so rich like Quatre!"

"What?!?!" Chris turned his attention from Duo to Quatre, his mind clicking things together, "So you DID buy her barrette! I thought so! What else did you buy her to win her your good graces?!"

"I…" Quatre backed up as Chris advanced on him.

Heero, Wufei and the other guys, except Zack, tensed in case Chris tried something stupid.

Miroki arrogantly stepped up and pushed Christopher aside to take his placed to stand in front of Quatre, "Give me a break Christopher Sekkio, this sweet little boy wouldn't go around buying girls with his money right? Only in some special occasions he decides to waste some money on me, so sweet ain't it?" she gave Chris a mockingly sweet smile and pecked Quatre on the cheek, making him AND Chris turn red, but of course, Chris' shade of red shows a different emotion.

Kara blinked and tugged Miroki aside and hissed, "I can't believe you did that! To your own cousin nonetheless."

Miroki had that childish evil grin, that her sisters inherited from her, pasted on her face, "Aw c'mon Kara, let a girl have her fun. This WAS supposed to be a family reunion; we act like our childish selves here! At least I do. You should do that with Trowa sometimes, make him maaad!"

Kara looked over at Trowa, who was giving her the it's-something-about-me-right? Look again. She flushed and looked back at Miroki, "How could you think of such a thing?"

Miroki shrugged, "Hey! It's the ugly truth! Excuse me, I need to stay and watch Quatre before Chris decides to kill him…"

Dessert passed peacefully, for two enraged cousins, one hyper boy, one evil-minded girl, and a few other fazed out people. At about 10:30pm, the G-boys, Miroki and Kara finally decided to take their leave, since it clearly looked that Quatre couldn't handle any more verbal abuse from Chris and Zack couldn't stand Trowa's quiet and blunt answers anymore. Miroki was ready to kill from her evil childish behavior, etc.

"Well…" said Quatre politely at the doorway, "We really enjoyed the meal Mrs. Winter."

"Why thank you Mr. Winner," Kara's mom replied.

Then in a hesitant voice Quatre added to Miroki and Kara's cousins, "A-and a pleasure to meet with you guys again…"

Two glares.

Sweatdrop from some people.

Miroki took Quatre's arm, "Anyways…thanks a lot! Gotta go!" She pulled Quatre out and the rest followed quickly to the car, jumped in, and drove off.

When they were out of site Zack croaked, "There's something strange about them, they look vaguely familiar from somewhere…"

"I think I've seen them before too, and I don't mean the Thanksgiving."

"Stay at my place," came the broken voice of Zack, "We'll compare pictures."

"Sure."

And they agreed on that.

Author's Notes:

This is Miroki Sekkio talking. The co-author of this series Wing School. I wrote this chapter because my friend Shadow-girl00 is buried beneath a pile of schoolwork *indicates background*. It might not be as well-written seeming that we're getting brain fried. Sorry for keeping you waiting for almost half a year folks, we were too busy, hopefully we will regain our schedule and manage to catch up! So what will happen to the girls and the G-guys? Will their nosy cousins Zack and Chris find out their secret? Tune in next time on Wing School!