Love and Lust - Part 9
BY Kirakira
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Heero parked his car on the side of ESUN (Earth's Sphere Unified Nation) Elementary school. He had no idea how Relena talked him into enrolling his girls in that school-personally, Heero hated ESUN, even though Relena was a part of it. Akari and Akira got out of the car, closing the door behind them. Duo rolled down the window on his side so that Heero could talk them.
"You guys take care, alright? I'll pick you right after school."
"K!" Akari exclaimed. Akira just nodded, then focused on Duo.
"Are you gonna pick us up too?"
"Uh..." Duo glanced at Heero. "Probably not."
Akari pouted. "Why?"
"Well...I think I've outlived my welcome. Besides, I live elsewhere."
"You could always move in," Akira noted.
"Yeah, we got an extra room!" answered Akari.
"Uh..." Duo didn't know what else to say. He really didn't want to say no because that would be lie. He would be more than happy to move in and stay with Heero and them. But it wasn't his decision to make.
"Akira, Akari...Duo's got his own life to deal with. Now hurry up or you're gonna be late," Heero said. Akari and Akira just nodded and ran off to the entrance of the school, blending in with everyone else. Heero sighed after that and drove off. "Sometimes I worry about them..."
"Why's that?" Duo asked conversely. Heero glanced at him.
"They always get these weird ideas in their heads and won't stop persisting until they get the answer they want. It annoys me sometimes..."
"Oh..." Duo looked out the window.
"You could come over...for dinner..." Duo immediately looked at Heero after that statement, a small smile creeping up on his face.
"Sure...I'd like that..."
"Then it's settled."
---
Akari and Akira got to their classroom a few seconds before the bell rang. After taking their seats, the teacher-Mrs. Irving-began to speak.
"Alright class, it's good to see you all on the beautiful morning."
"Good morning Mrs. Irving," said all the students in the class. Mrs. Irving giggled at that.
"And good morning to all as well. Now..." she got up from her seat, "today we're going to talk about the Plague of AC 185. Does anybody know about that?" No one raised their hands. At that, Mrs. Irving continued. "Well it was a devastating crisis, killing hundreds of thousands of people, most being the homeless. It was sorta kinda like the Bubonic Plague that took place millions of years ago except...it happened in the colonies, primarily L2." Mrs. Irving paced back in forth in front of the class. "Now, L2 was filled with two classes: the first class...and the third class. Can anyone explain what the difference between first and third class is?" A boy with bleach blonde hair and blue eyes raised his hand. "Yes Li?"
"First class is those people with lotsa money and third class is the poor people," he answered. Mrs. Irving nodded.
"Exactly." She sat on her desk. "When the plague broke out on L2, there was global havoc. Neighboring colonies and even the Earth wouldn't allow anyone who came from L2 to enter. The Earth's Sphere Alliance-now what we call Earth's Sphere Unified Nation-quarantined L2 until the plague was disposed of. Scientists and doctors used people who had the plague as guinea pigs, desperately trying to find a cure. Yes Valerie?" Mrs. Irving pointed to a girl with dark reddish hair.
"How long did the plague last?" she questioned.
"About 2...maybe 3 years. It seemed like an eternity for the people on L2, though."
"Oh..."
"Yes..." Mrs. Irving thought for a minute. "All of you know how minutes can feel like hours when you desperately wait the last bell of the day to ring, right?"
"Yes!" Everyone replied.
"Well that's kind of how the colonist of L2 felt. Even if there were people just visiting, it didn't matter to the Alliance-they had to stay. Luckily, though, a scientist by the name of Harris found an antidote and everyone, that had the money to pay for it, quickly went to get it."
"In other words the first class..." Akira stated. Mrs. Irving nodded.
"The poor didn't have the money to pay for it and the L2 government, back then, didn't care. All they wanted was the money and if someone didn't have the money to pay for the medicine, there was no way they would give to them. So, many of the poor had to resort to stealing it from the labs and unfortunately, thousands were shot and killed or taken to prison because of it. The government didn't care and the Alliance could've cared less back then." Mrs. Irving stood up and stared at each and every one of the students. "When it was over, the government ordered those killed by the plagued to be cremated. In other words, they were burned. Those who still had the plague were quarantined and, if their family or friends had the money to pay for the antidote, the government would give to him. Of course, most of the people that had the plague were poor so they just died.
"Those who picked up dead bodies to cremate them saw women, children-and even babies-lying dead on the ground. Now the government issues a vaccination shot for every child that is born. It doesn't cost a penny. A couple months after you're born, you get the vaccine. The cure still costs money, but the vaccine...nothing." With that Mrs. Irving went to the board and started writing.
"Now for your assignment, I want you all to ask your parents if they know anything about the plague. They were kids then and probably won't remember much, but just ask if they know anything. Bring in newspaper clippings that they might've kept, anything. You will give a 5 minute presentation in front of the class to tell us what you have found." After writing, she looked at the class. "Understand?"
"Yes Mrs. Irving!" replied the class.
---
Heero and Duo had arrived at work on time and were now heading for the meeting room. Lady Une needed to talk to everyone in Class S about something. Of course all that were in that class were Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and miraculously, Zechs. When they got to the room, everyone else was already there. Lady Une nodded to them as they took their seats.
"Alright, now that we're all here," she motioned for Noin to turn off the lights and the projector lighted up, shining an image on a big screen, "we're gonna be evaluating those who wish for a promotion. Here's the first." She looked at the picture. "This is Eric Baker, Class B. He wants to be a member of Class A because he believes he works 10 times harder than anyone else and is more advanced than those in Class B." She turned to everyone. "What do think-Class A material?"
"Well..." Quatre looked at him closely. "How many missions has he done?"
"Lady Une pulled out a manila folder opening it. "Three so far."
"And how many were successful?"
"Two."
"Well then that settles it," Wufei replied, leaning back in his seat. "He didn't in all of his missions and on top of that, he hasn't be on enough."
"True..." Trowa said, "but it is also true that he works harder than some Class B personnel..."
"And according to his test scores," Noin said, looking at the contents in the manila folder with Lady Une. "He is more advancement. He did score higher than the others."
"Then that settles it," Zechs said. "We can't just let someone with that much capabilities be in such a low class. I say we should promote him to Class A."
"Heero?" Lady Une looked at the Japanese boy. "What are your thoughts?"
Heero really had no comment, but it would be rude of not to contribute. "Well...he's tests scores are rather good, I will account that. However...like Wufei said, he doesn't have enough experience. I say we don't promote him."
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't have enough experience," Zechs argued. "As long as he feels he is capable of succeeding, there's no probably."
"I understand that..." Heero replied, intently looking at Zechs. "But if you compare his full profile with someone from Class A, you'd see a significant difference in Field Experience." He then looked at Noin and Lady Une. "I just don't think it would be fair to those that are in Class A right now. I mean, they worked their asses off to get into Class A and I believe it'll upset them if we let someone-who hasn't done even half the work they have-in that rank. They would think we're choosing preference instead of be fair and treating everyone equally."
"Is it his fault that he's smarter than everyone else?" Zechs protested. Heero looked at him again, showing a slight glare.
"No, but if you--"
"Then why the hell can he not be in Class A!?" Zechs stood up at that moment. "Tell me that Heero-what, is he not good enough for you?"
"Excuse me?" Heero stood up as well, glaring intensely.
"You heard me. Everything has to be perfect for you-perfect job, perfect friends, perfect house, perfect kids, perfect boyfriend--"
"What the hell are you getting at!?"
"That you're so damned picky!!" Zechs eyes were flaring at that moment. He was feeling anger, betrayal, and-for whatever reason-desire. His mind kept going back to the dream he had. Being so close to Heero and listening to him speak. Kissing his hand...he wanted Heero so much and couldn't understand why Heero wouldn't accept him. This made him very upset and confused; with no other way to let it out, he just lashed out in anger, directly at the one person he so desperately coveted.
Duo stood up,placing a hand on Heero's shoulder. "Now guys, let's just calm down ok? No need for a quarrel."
Zechs eyes burned with hatred at the American. He hated him completely, especially now that Duo touched him. He remembered promising Heero that he wouldn't let Duo touch him, under any circumstances.
"Get you fucking hands off him or so help me God I swear I'll rip your HEART OUT!!" Zechs snapped directly at Duo, making him jump slightly, taking his hand off Heero. This got everybody confused.
"Zechs what's wrong with you?" Quatre questioned. "Just calm down."
Zechs was oblivious to Quatre's words, focusing all of his attention on Duo. "I'll be damned if I let you touch him again."
"Zechs...what's you deal? It's not like you own him or--"
"I'm warning you Maxwell. You touch him EVER again I'll make you wish you were never born. AND if I catch you anywhere near his two girls I'll hunt you down and kill you."
Heero didn't like that last part at all, and was pretty much pissed off.
"Who the hell do you think you are!? You don't own me and you sure as hell don't have a say in--"
"Sit down!" Zechs yelled, forcibly pushing Heero back in his seat. Everyone was extremely shocked right there, including Heero himself.
"Zechs what's your problem!?" Noin exclaimed.
"Yeah why are you being such an ass!?" Wufei added. Zechs didn't answer and stormed out the room, slamming the door behind him. He was afraid that if he stayed, he would hurt Heero physically. It was bad enough that he pushed Heero down; he didn't want it to escalate any further.
---
The bell rang for lunch and Akari and Akira reluctantly grabbed their lunch bags and headed out into the courtyard where their friends were waiting.
"Hey guys!" Akari said, sitting next to Valerie. Akira sat in the middle of Riley and Parker, both of which were Li's friends, who was sitting next to Valerie. Li's cousin, Ariana, was sitting in between Parker and Mason.
"Hey Kari," Li replied. They all opened their lunch bags and started pigging out, except Ariana. She was being more lady-like, taking small bites of her sandwich. Akari was always irritated by this, but said nothing.
"So..." Riley said with a stuffed mouth. "What are you gonna do about the assignment?"
"We're gonna ask our daddy," Akira replied, referring to her and Akari. "He's from L1 so he should know something."
"Well I'm gonna call my mom and see if she'll find out anything for me and send it to my email," Valerie answered. Everyone knew that her mom was a member of circus and traveled practically everywhere. Because Valerie was only a child, she couldn't travel with her mom, so her uncle chose to take care of her. Right now her mom was on L2 so it wouldn't be that difficult for Valerie to get the info.
"Both my parents are from Earth," Riley said, "so I don't know what I can get outta them."
"Yeah, same for me..." Parker responded. Li just shrugged.
"Both my parents are Preventers...although one is all gaga over your dad," Li glanced at Akari and Akira who just giggled, "so of course they'll know something." Li then looked at Mason. "What about you?"
"Huh? Oh uh..." Mason looked down. "I dunno..."
"Oh...well I can find something for you, ok?"
"Yeah...ok..." Mason took a bite of sandwich, chewing it slowly. Li was the only one that knew that Mason's parents were dead and he was in foster care. Li thought that it was very depressing and didn't think he could go through all the stuff Mason did.
"Well I'm gonna talk to my mother, who is-as you all may know-the Vice Foreign Minister herself," Ariana chimed in, saying it rather proudly. The others glared at her.
"SHUT UP!!"
TBC
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So what'd think? About all that historical stuff...I really don't know if what I put down was fact or fiction. I just thought it sounded good ^^. Please review and thanks in advance ^_^
BY Kirakira
~*~
Heero parked his car on the side of ESUN (Earth's Sphere Unified Nation) Elementary school. He had no idea how Relena talked him into enrolling his girls in that school-personally, Heero hated ESUN, even though Relena was a part of it. Akari and Akira got out of the car, closing the door behind them. Duo rolled down the window on his side so that Heero could talk them.
"You guys take care, alright? I'll pick you right after school."
"K!" Akari exclaimed. Akira just nodded, then focused on Duo.
"Are you gonna pick us up too?"
"Uh..." Duo glanced at Heero. "Probably not."
Akari pouted. "Why?"
"Well...I think I've outlived my welcome. Besides, I live elsewhere."
"You could always move in," Akira noted.
"Yeah, we got an extra room!" answered Akari.
"Uh..." Duo didn't know what else to say. He really didn't want to say no because that would be lie. He would be more than happy to move in and stay with Heero and them. But it wasn't his decision to make.
"Akira, Akari...Duo's got his own life to deal with. Now hurry up or you're gonna be late," Heero said. Akari and Akira just nodded and ran off to the entrance of the school, blending in with everyone else. Heero sighed after that and drove off. "Sometimes I worry about them..."
"Why's that?" Duo asked conversely. Heero glanced at him.
"They always get these weird ideas in their heads and won't stop persisting until they get the answer they want. It annoys me sometimes..."
"Oh..." Duo looked out the window.
"You could come over...for dinner..." Duo immediately looked at Heero after that statement, a small smile creeping up on his face.
"Sure...I'd like that..."
"Then it's settled."
---
Akari and Akira got to their classroom a few seconds before the bell rang. After taking their seats, the teacher-Mrs. Irving-began to speak.
"Alright class, it's good to see you all on the beautiful morning."
"Good morning Mrs. Irving," said all the students in the class. Mrs. Irving giggled at that.
"And good morning to all as well. Now..." she got up from her seat, "today we're going to talk about the Plague of AC 185. Does anybody know about that?" No one raised their hands. At that, Mrs. Irving continued. "Well it was a devastating crisis, killing hundreds of thousands of people, most being the homeless. It was sorta kinda like the Bubonic Plague that took place millions of years ago except...it happened in the colonies, primarily L2." Mrs. Irving paced back in forth in front of the class. "Now, L2 was filled with two classes: the first class...and the third class. Can anyone explain what the difference between first and third class is?" A boy with bleach blonde hair and blue eyes raised his hand. "Yes Li?"
"First class is those people with lotsa money and third class is the poor people," he answered. Mrs. Irving nodded.
"Exactly." She sat on her desk. "When the plague broke out on L2, there was global havoc. Neighboring colonies and even the Earth wouldn't allow anyone who came from L2 to enter. The Earth's Sphere Alliance-now what we call Earth's Sphere Unified Nation-quarantined L2 until the plague was disposed of. Scientists and doctors used people who had the plague as guinea pigs, desperately trying to find a cure. Yes Valerie?" Mrs. Irving pointed to a girl with dark reddish hair.
"How long did the plague last?" she questioned.
"About 2...maybe 3 years. It seemed like an eternity for the people on L2, though."
"Oh..."
"Yes..." Mrs. Irving thought for a minute. "All of you know how minutes can feel like hours when you desperately wait the last bell of the day to ring, right?"
"Yes!" Everyone replied.
"Well that's kind of how the colonist of L2 felt. Even if there were people just visiting, it didn't matter to the Alliance-they had to stay. Luckily, though, a scientist by the name of Harris found an antidote and everyone, that had the money to pay for it, quickly went to get it."
"In other words the first class..." Akira stated. Mrs. Irving nodded.
"The poor didn't have the money to pay for it and the L2 government, back then, didn't care. All they wanted was the money and if someone didn't have the money to pay for the medicine, there was no way they would give to them. So, many of the poor had to resort to stealing it from the labs and unfortunately, thousands were shot and killed or taken to prison because of it. The government didn't care and the Alliance could've cared less back then." Mrs. Irving stood up and stared at each and every one of the students. "When it was over, the government ordered those killed by the plagued to be cremated. In other words, they were burned. Those who still had the plague were quarantined and, if their family or friends had the money to pay for the antidote, the government would give to him. Of course, most of the people that had the plague were poor so they just died.
"Those who picked up dead bodies to cremate them saw women, children-and even babies-lying dead on the ground. Now the government issues a vaccination shot for every child that is born. It doesn't cost a penny. A couple months after you're born, you get the vaccine. The cure still costs money, but the vaccine...nothing." With that Mrs. Irving went to the board and started writing.
"Now for your assignment, I want you all to ask your parents if they know anything about the plague. They were kids then and probably won't remember much, but just ask if they know anything. Bring in newspaper clippings that they might've kept, anything. You will give a 5 minute presentation in front of the class to tell us what you have found." After writing, she looked at the class. "Understand?"
"Yes Mrs. Irving!" replied the class.
---
Heero and Duo had arrived at work on time and were now heading for the meeting room. Lady Une needed to talk to everyone in Class S about something. Of course all that were in that class were Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and miraculously, Zechs. When they got to the room, everyone else was already there. Lady Une nodded to them as they took their seats.
"Alright, now that we're all here," she motioned for Noin to turn off the lights and the projector lighted up, shining an image on a big screen, "we're gonna be evaluating those who wish for a promotion. Here's the first." She looked at the picture. "This is Eric Baker, Class B. He wants to be a member of Class A because he believes he works 10 times harder than anyone else and is more advanced than those in Class B." She turned to everyone. "What do think-Class A material?"
"Well..." Quatre looked at him closely. "How many missions has he done?"
"Lady Une pulled out a manila folder opening it. "Three so far."
"And how many were successful?"
"Two."
"Well then that settles it," Wufei replied, leaning back in his seat. "He didn't in all of his missions and on top of that, he hasn't be on enough."
"True..." Trowa said, "but it is also true that he works harder than some Class B personnel..."
"And according to his test scores," Noin said, looking at the contents in the manila folder with Lady Une. "He is more advancement. He did score higher than the others."
"Then that settles it," Zechs said. "We can't just let someone with that much capabilities be in such a low class. I say we should promote him to Class A."
"Heero?" Lady Une looked at the Japanese boy. "What are your thoughts?"
Heero really had no comment, but it would be rude of not to contribute. "Well...he's tests scores are rather good, I will account that. However...like Wufei said, he doesn't have enough experience. I say we don't promote him."
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't have enough experience," Zechs argued. "As long as he feels he is capable of succeeding, there's no probably."
"I understand that..." Heero replied, intently looking at Zechs. "But if you compare his full profile with someone from Class A, you'd see a significant difference in Field Experience." He then looked at Noin and Lady Une. "I just don't think it would be fair to those that are in Class A right now. I mean, they worked their asses off to get into Class A and I believe it'll upset them if we let someone-who hasn't done even half the work they have-in that rank. They would think we're choosing preference instead of be fair and treating everyone equally."
"Is it his fault that he's smarter than everyone else?" Zechs protested. Heero looked at him again, showing a slight glare.
"No, but if you--"
"Then why the hell can he not be in Class A!?" Zechs stood up at that moment. "Tell me that Heero-what, is he not good enough for you?"
"Excuse me?" Heero stood up as well, glaring intensely.
"You heard me. Everything has to be perfect for you-perfect job, perfect friends, perfect house, perfect kids, perfect boyfriend--"
"What the hell are you getting at!?"
"That you're so damned picky!!" Zechs eyes were flaring at that moment. He was feeling anger, betrayal, and-for whatever reason-desire. His mind kept going back to the dream he had. Being so close to Heero and listening to him speak. Kissing his hand...he wanted Heero so much and couldn't understand why Heero wouldn't accept him. This made him very upset and confused; with no other way to let it out, he just lashed out in anger, directly at the one person he so desperately coveted.
Duo stood up,placing a hand on Heero's shoulder. "Now guys, let's just calm down ok? No need for a quarrel."
Zechs eyes burned with hatred at the American. He hated him completely, especially now that Duo touched him. He remembered promising Heero that he wouldn't let Duo touch him, under any circumstances.
"Get you fucking hands off him or so help me God I swear I'll rip your HEART OUT!!" Zechs snapped directly at Duo, making him jump slightly, taking his hand off Heero. This got everybody confused.
"Zechs what's wrong with you?" Quatre questioned. "Just calm down."
Zechs was oblivious to Quatre's words, focusing all of his attention on Duo. "I'll be damned if I let you touch him again."
"Zechs...what's you deal? It's not like you own him or--"
"I'm warning you Maxwell. You touch him EVER again I'll make you wish you were never born. AND if I catch you anywhere near his two girls I'll hunt you down and kill you."
Heero didn't like that last part at all, and was pretty much pissed off.
"Who the hell do you think you are!? You don't own me and you sure as hell don't have a say in--"
"Sit down!" Zechs yelled, forcibly pushing Heero back in his seat. Everyone was extremely shocked right there, including Heero himself.
"Zechs what's your problem!?" Noin exclaimed.
"Yeah why are you being such an ass!?" Wufei added. Zechs didn't answer and stormed out the room, slamming the door behind him. He was afraid that if he stayed, he would hurt Heero physically. It was bad enough that he pushed Heero down; he didn't want it to escalate any further.
---
The bell rang for lunch and Akari and Akira reluctantly grabbed their lunch bags and headed out into the courtyard where their friends were waiting.
"Hey guys!" Akari said, sitting next to Valerie. Akira sat in the middle of Riley and Parker, both of which were Li's friends, who was sitting next to Valerie. Li's cousin, Ariana, was sitting in between Parker and Mason.
"Hey Kari," Li replied. They all opened their lunch bags and started pigging out, except Ariana. She was being more lady-like, taking small bites of her sandwich. Akari was always irritated by this, but said nothing.
"So..." Riley said with a stuffed mouth. "What are you gonna do about the assignment?"
"We're gonna ask our daddy," Akira replied, referring to her and Akari. "He's from L1 so he should know something."
"Well I'm gonna call my mom and see if she'll find out anything for me and send it to my email," Valerie answered. Everyone knew that her mom was a member of circus and traveled practically everywhere. Because Valerie was only a child, she couldn't travel with her mom, so her uncle chose to take care of her. Right now her mom was on L2 so it wouldn't be that difficult for Valerie to get the info.
"Both my parents are from Earth," Riley said, "so I don't know what I can get outta them."
"Yeah, same for me..." Parker responded. Li just shrugged.
"Both my parents are Preventers...although one is all gaga over your dad," Li glanced at Akari and Akira who just giggled, "so of course they'll know something." Li then looked at Mason. "What about you?"
"Huh? Oh uh..." Mason looked down. "I dunno..."
"Oh...well I can find something for you, ok?"
"Yeah...ok..." Mason took a bite of sandwich, chewing it slowly. Li was the only one that knew that Mason's parents were dead and he was in foster care. Li thought that it was very depressing and didn't think he could go through all the stuff Mason did.
"Well I'm gonna talk to my mother, who is-as you all may know-the Vice Foreign Minister herself," Ariana chimed in, saying it rather proudly. The others glared at her.
"SHUT UP!!"
TBC
~*~
So what'd think? About all that historical stuff...I really don't know if what I put down was fact or fiction. I just thought it sounded good ^^. Please review and thanks in advance ^_^
