"These are the two I was telling you about," Kyra stated calmly. "Allow me to introduce Duo Maxwell and Heero Yuy. Duo, Heero, this is the group that I told you about. They won't kill me because if they do they will never get the information they want. Please put away your gun, Duo." Duo complied but there was a tension that said he would be ready to draw at any second and Kyra was not the only one to notice that he didn't put on the safety.
"Now Omi please put your dart away," Kyra continued in the same calm voice. Omi didn't move. Heero tightened his finger on the trigger. "Heero is not going to shoot you right this second, Omi, but he will not put his gun up until you put away your dart." Omi looked at Heero and let his dart fall out of his hand. His eyes locked on the gun in Heero's hand, watching for any sign of shooting.
"Thank you. Now Ran, please slide your katana back into it's sheath and move your hand from the hilt." Ran did not move. Kyra really hadn't expected him to. Kyra decided to try Heero. "Heero, please lower your weapon. Ran is not going to kill anyone, because he will be unable to get the information that he needs to complete the mission. Ran will not sheathe his katana until you holster your gun. One of you is going to have to give in or else we're going to be standing here all night."
"Don't worry, Heero. If he kills you, I'll be sure to shoot him," Duo said in a mischievous tone. Kyra wondered if Weiss knew how deadly serious that statement was. If Ran killed Heero, Ran would die at Duo's hand. 'And I'd get the rest,' Kyra thought to herself.
Although Heero did not seem to hear their comments, he lowered his gun and stuck it in the back of his jeans, beneath his black trench coat. Ran completely sheathed his katana and placed it beneath his trench coat. No one was going to die for the moment, but the tension was high. 'What did you expect?' asked a cynical voice in Kyra's head. A very slight and very dark smile turned up the corners of Kyra's mouth, but she blinked and the smile was gone, replaced by the serious expression that she had worn since she had gotten onto the porch.
The one that Kyra had introduced as Duo leaned casually against the door and crossed his arms in front of him. His posture gave off an air of nonchalance that seemed slightly tinged with danger. An air enhanced by his black leather pants and coat and the red T-shirt beneath them. Youji was certain that this one was very successful with the ladies. "So," Duo asked, "are you going to tell us their names, or do we have to guess." Duo had already figured out which one was which by descriptions, both physical and psychological, provided my Kyra, but there was no point in letting them know how well informed he was. Unfortunately, they had already guessed.
"Do you want us to believe that Kyra left us you in the dark about us?" the one that he knew was Youji asked. "She is very well informed about us and I'm sure that she passed that information on to you."
Duo was going to let Kyra answer the question, but she remained silent. Apparently the assassins were supposed to be feeling each other out. By the time he had decided to speak, it was too late. His silence had confirmed the fact that he was well informed. "So you gave them information on us, but did not give us information on them," Ran accused Kyra.
"I have worked with Duo for six years and Heero for three. I know them both very well. I'm not going to give away all their secrets to people I've just met. However, I will tell you some basics. Heero has been trained as an assassin since he was a child. Duo began formal training when he was twelve. They both fought in the Eve Wars and were instrumental in quelling the Marimaia rebellion." As she recited these fact to Weiss, the subjects of the speech watched her. Duo looked surprised. Heero looked slightly angry. If Kyra had not stopped when she did, he might have stopped her forcibly, but she had not revealed the most important facts of their career.
"How do we know that you are telling the truth?" Ran asked.
"You'll have to take my word for it. These two did." There was silence for a moment. Then Kyra asked, "So who's out and who's in?"
"We're in, right Heero?" Duo said cheerfully.
"Aa," said his partner who had been silent up to this point.
"I think that we have finally found someone quieter than Ran," Youji commented. Everyone except for Ran, Heero and Kyra laughed. Kyra looked faintly amused, but the expression of the other two barely changed.
"And believe it or not, he isn't he quietest person I know. People sometimes ask me why I talk so much. It's because I have to make noise for three people," Duo lamented.
"Someone quieter than him," Omi exclaimed. "I can't believe it."
Heero looked at Kyra and raised an eyebrow. "We're wasting time."
"Right," everyone quickly went silent. It was nice working with professionals. "I will leave for Germany in three days. Of course, it will be an urgent and unexpected summon. Heero and Duo will pilot my jet. You guys will have to find your own way there. The more people the more likely someone is to notice. The money that I am going to pay you for my 'going away' party can go to that purpose. And that reminds me, Please prepare the flowers for my party. I won't have my cover blown by something so trivial. Once in Germany you can all stay in my house. It is big and no one ever comes out that way. If anyone sees one of you around there; well, I am known to entertain attractive male company on occasion and I think you all fit that description," she said with an ironic smile. "Once there, we can locate Schwartz and see what they and Herr Weirstein are up to. The ultimate goal is to kill Schwartz and probably make Herr Weirstein disappear. Do you have any questions?"
"Now Omi please put your dart away," Kyra continued in the same calm voice. Omi didn't move. Heero tightened his finger on the trigger. "Heero is not going to shoot you right this second, Omi, but he will not put his gun up until you put away your dart." Omi looked at Heero and let his dart fall out of his hand. His eyes locked on the gun in Heero's hand, watching for any sign of shooting.
"Thank you. Now Ran, please slide your katana back into it's sheath and move your hand from the hilt." Ran did not move. Kyra really hadn't expected him to. Kyra decided to try Heero. "Heero, please lower your weapon. Ran is not going to kill anyone, because he will be unable to get the information that he needs to complete the mission. Ran will not sheathe his katana until you holster your gun. One of you is going to have to give in or else we're going to be standing here all night."
"Don't worry, Heero. If he kills you, I'll be sure to shoot him," Duo said in a mischievous tone. Kyra wondered if Weiss knew how deadly serious that statement was. If Ran killed Heero, Ran would die at Duo's hand. 'And I'd get the rest,' Kyra thought to herself.
Although Heero did not seem to hear their comments, he lowered his gun and stuck it in the back of his jeans, beneath his black trench coat. Ran completely sheathed his katana and placed it beneath his trench coat. No one was going to die for the moment, but the tension was high. 'What did you expect?' asked a cynical voice in Kyra's head. A very slight and very dark smile turned up the corners of Kyra's mouth, but she blinked and the smile was gone, replaced by the serious expression that she had worn since she had gotten onto the porch.
The one that Kyra had introduced as Duo leaned casually against the door and crossed his arms in front of him. His posture gave off an air of nonchalance that seemed slightly tinged with danger. An air enhanced by his black leather pants and coat and the red T-shirt beneath them. Youji was certain that this one was very successful with the ladies. "So," Duo asked, "are you going to tell us their names, or do we have to guess." Duo had already figured out which one was which by descriptions, both physical and psychological, provided my Kyra, but there was no point in letting them know how well informed he was. Unfortunately, they had already guessed.
"Do you want us to believe that Kyra left us you in the dark about us?" the one that he knew was Youji asked. "She is very well informed about us and I'm sure that she passed that information on to you."
Duo was going to let Kyra answer the question, but she remained silent. Apparently the assassins were supposed to be feeling each other out. By the time he had decided to speak, it was too late. His silence had confirmed the fact that he was well informed. "So you gave them information on us, but did not give us information on them," Ran accused Kyra.
"I have worked with Duo for six years and Heero for three. I know them both very well. I'm not going to give away all their secrets to people I've just met. However, I will tell you some basics. Heero has been trained as an assassin since he was a child. Duo began formal training when he was twelve. They both fought in the Eve Wars and were instrumental in quelling the Marimaia rebellion." As she recited these fact to Weiss, the subjects of the speech watched her. Duo looked surprised. Heero looked slightly angry. If Kyra had not stopped when she did, he might have stopped her forcibly, but she had not revealed the most important facts of their career.
"How do we know that you are telling the truth?" Ran asked.
"You'll have to take my word for it. These two did." There was silence for a moment. Then Kyra asked, "So who's out and who's in?"
"We're in, right Heero?" Duo said cheerfully.
"Aa," said his partner who had been silent up to this point.
"I think that we have finally found someone quieter than Ran," Youji commented. Everyone except for Ran, Heero and Kyra laughed. Kyra looked faintly amused, but the expression of the other two barely changed.
"And believe it or not, he isn't he quietest person I know. People sometimes ask me why I talk so much. It's because I have to make noise for three people," Duo lamented.
"Someone quieter than him," Omi exclaimed. "I can't believe it."
Heero looked at Kyra and raised an eyebrow. "We're wasting time."
"Right," everyone quickly went silent. It was nice working with professionals. "I will leave for Germany in three days. Of course, it will be an urgent and unexpected summon. Heero and Duo will pilot my jet. You guys will have to find your own way there. The more people the more likely someone is to notice. The money that I am going to pay you for my 'going away' party can go to that purpose. And that reminds me, Please prepare the flowers for my party. I won't have my cover blown by something so trivial. Once in Germany you can all stay in my house. It is big and no one ever comes out that way. If anyone sees one of you around there; well, I am known to entertain attractive male company on occasion and I think you all fit that description," she said with an ironic smile. "Once there, we can locate Schwartz and see what they and Herr Weirstein are up to. The ultimate goal is to kill Schwartz and probably make Herr Weirstein disappear. Do you have any questions?"
