A Field of Butterflies

by-shinigami-

disclaimer: ok ok. i dont own gundam wing. if i did, id be one rich braided american baka.



Heero awoke to someone sniffling and hiccuping. He squinted around to see a figure up on the other cot, his body shaking. Heero walked across the room to his room mate. He sat down at the edge of the cot, staring at the huddled body at the other end of the cot.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

No answer from the other figure, namely, Duo. As Duo's body shook more and more, Heero realized something. 'The baka's crying.' His face softened as he reached over and patted his best friend. "Its okay Duo. What happened?"

Duo looked up. Colbat blue eyes met prussian blue eyes. Duo sniffled and straightened up. "Huh?" Duo asked, his usual energetic voice masked by a gloomy dark one. "Oh...it was just another dream.." He cast his eyes down, breaking the contact with Heero's eyes. He hopped out of bed and padded across the room over to the desk, where he grabbed a tissue. He walked back to his cot and sat down with a huff.

"What was your dream about?" Heero asked, concerned.

"Since when did you become so damn nosy?" Duo snapped. Heero looked taken aback. Duo took a look at Heero's hurt face, and he kind of smiled nervously. "Sorry Heero. I just don't feel well..." He indeed didn't look well. Duo's face was pale and drying tears streaked his face. Heero thought he looked like a helpless child.

Heero nodded. "I'm always around to listen whenever you need me Duo." He went back into his own cot and fell asleep. Duo, however stayed awake, huddled in a pile of his sheets as he thought and tried to stay warm. It's not every day you have to spend a night in a shack in the middle of Mongolia in the winter. He shivered and looked outside.

The stars twinkled with brightness. Duo always remembered as a kid he'd stare up at the star with glassy eyes. He stared once again, at the same stars he'd been staring at since he was out on the street. He once again, stared glassy eyed at the moon, and the stars. 'Venus is showing up tonight.' he thought as he stared up at the large planet.

His eyes wandered to Heero, fast asleep in his cot. 'Heero.' He thought. 'He looks less deadly when he's not awake heh..' Duo's eyes lingered on Heero a little longer. Then, a thought pounced on him. 'baka! what are you doing!! This is your best friend you're staring at!' He mused. Duo tore his eyes away from his best friend quickly, and faced the window once again.

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Morning came fairly quickly for the two gundam pilots. When the sun rose up, Heero's SunDetective alarm clock turned on, filling the shack with J- pop. Heero groaned and sat up. He gazed across the room and saw a huddled figure. He walked over and gently took off the cover. There was Duo, fast asleep. 'Stupid baka, he must have fallen asleep sitting up. Oh well.' he thought.

"wake up." A voice was calling to Duo. "Wake up!" said the voice, a little louder this time. Duo stirred a little, groaning, as someone shook him. He heard the voice again, "Duo, wake up." He fidgeted, not wanting to get up. His bed was too warm anyway. "WAKE UP BAKA!"

"AAAAAUUUGHH!" Duo screamed as he jumped awake. When he came back down from the air, he realized the voice calling to him was none other than Heero. "JESUS Heero! You scared the living hell outta me! What was that for, huh?" Duo asked, catching his breath. He shuffled off to his drawer, taking out his priest top and pants. Heero politely turned around as Duo began to change.

"Mission today. From Dr. J." came the monotonous reply.

"Mission? On a Sunday?!"

"We have missions every day. Even on Sunday.You know that Duo."

"Oh yeah...well, what do we have to do then?"

"Get some old branches of Romefeller out of Mongolia, thats what."

Duo nodded. He finished getting dressed and walked out the door. Heero just stared after him, then finally, getting into his own traditional green tank top and spandex, went out the door and downstairs to breakfast.

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Duo was already downstairs, gulping down the last of his orange juice and slurping up the remains of his cereal.

"Damn, how do you eat so fast?" asked Heero.

"Damn, how do you dress so slow?" Duo retorted. In response, Heero just snorted and threw a towel at him. "Hey! Hey! You don't throw towels at the man of the house!"

"What man?" Heero asked, lauging."I only see a little boy!" Duo laughed. They kept on joking around on their appearances until the phone rang for them. They both jumped and Heero leaped up to get the phone before Duo did.

"This is the Maxwell-Yuy shack in the middle of nowhere, how may I help you?" Heero asked, grinning at Duo, who gave him a thumbs up and a wink.

"Heero?!" said a familiar voice.

"Doctor J?!" Heero replied in the same tone, which was bewilderment.

"Heero! I have information on your next mission!" Doctor J. said. He obviously wasn't going to waste time on a proper salutation.

"Yes! We are ready."

"I'll send you the details in your email. They should arrive about...now."

~beep! you have mail!~

TO: heero yuy wingzero@secretlab.org

FROM: doctor j doctorj@secretlab.org

SUBJECT: mission!

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Heero!

Information on your next mission. Forget the mission in Mongolia, Trowa and Quatre have that one under control. What I need you to do is go to California and attend a school called Cooney High. It is a co-ed school, so 02, you must go as a girl. I have arranged for a package to come to your home tonight with the proper clothing. This school has uniforms. No need to go out and buy anything fancy. Just make sure that 02 is ready by tomorrow morning. Your flight leaves for California at noon tomorrow, that should give you plenty of time. This mission should only take you a week or so, for there are many students at the school.

Your objective: find the informant and get the disc containing information on secret Romefeller weaponry from when OZ was around. You must bring that disc back to us at all costs. The code to find out who the informant is, go out to the courtyard of your school and say, "my isn't that tree beautiful." If the informant is around, he or she will answer "no, that flower is more beautiful." remember those words. BE CAREFUL and don't blow your cover. Any signs of deep trouble, abort the mission immediately and contact us via phone or email. We cannot risk losing you two pilots.

~Doctor J.

~beep!~

Heero shut off his computer. Duo was reading over his shoulder.

"Why me?" was the only answer from the American pilot.

"I don't know Duo. All we have to do is do this for a week. Its kinda depressing we don't get to bring our gundams with us ne?"

"Yeah."