The 8th Day ~ Version 2.0
A/N: This story is the result of a day of shopping at the mall and one of the weirdest follow up conversations, which consisted of God's Chinese Son from history class, Triad gangs and wanting to write something. A three hour long conversation mind you. I think that's all you need to know. Not too graphic but tempers and emotions run high in later chapters. Plus this is the totally revamped version so, if you missed out on the first one...be so very glad, unless you read it and actually liked it. It's been sliced into chapters for easier reading, so do the usual r/r after each kk? Ja ne!!! ^_^
Note: To all my peeps at skool. You know who you are......don't make me talk awight? ^_^
Prologue
10:00 a.m.; Tokyo, Japan ~ A.C. 201
With a heavy sigh, Heero removed his glasses before looking at the girl before him. "Table for two."
She nodded her head, grabbing two menus. "Right this way Sir."
Heero followed her through the quiet restaurant to a secluded back booth. Taking the menu, he opened it and gave it a glance. "I'll tell you when I am ready to order."
She nodded her head silently before fleeing the table quickly. A dry smile crossed his face before he folded the menu back and placed it on the table. 'It seems that everyone fears me, except them. As I planned...'
He glanced down at his watch, before looking around at the other patrons, bored with the waiting. 'He'd better show up on time. I don't like to be kept-'
"Hiding in the back as always Heero?" a slim figure slid into the seat across from him. "You do realize I could have cut your throat before you or anyone else knew that I did it?"
"It's very fortunate for me that you are on my side then, ne?" he finally looked up at the brown haired figure before him. "You cut it a bit close Trowa."
"I said I would be here at this time. No later, no sooner. What's the problem?"
"The colonies; I thought you had the shipping there under control."
"I do. Wufei is horning in again. Took the busy shuttle ports and runs them with an iron fist now. He simply had me outnumbered this time. I figured if anything he can get away with it for a bit, then I'll kill him."
"And he's as hard to kill as me." Heero closed his eyes, thinking for a moment. "How much did we lose there?"
"At colony L3, a couple thousand. Not too bad. I'd only worry if it was L1 or L2. They're the ones that bring in the money."
"Hm. And what about the opium; did you give Wufei my proposal?"
Trowa nodded. "Want his exact response?"
"Please."
"'Screw you Yuy; you aren't laying a finger on my trade.' He was fairly clear and concise about it as well; indignated and everything."
"How nice for him. When is the shipment scheduled to come in?"
"In the next hour or so; approximate guess, forty five minutes." Trowa paused for a second. "Wufei won't be thrilled with you."
"Good for him." Heero said in a derisive voice. "He can bloody well deal with it. There's no way that he's going to stop me. The colonies need harder drugs; we have to secure our hold on the others."
Trowa shook his head with a small laugh. "Yeah, you're going to plough straight ahead and just leave security to me huh? Very well then, I'll send Amaterasu to protect you. Remember her?"
"We grew up together, of course I do." Heero replied. "Start shipment to and from the colonies. I'm going to go and see about that next shipment of ours."
"The docks, industrial district, warehouse 89."
"Thank you." Heero rose. "Stay and eat something. Undoubtedly you were up all night with Sara."
"As you must have been with Angela." Trowa shot him an amused glance. "Any recommendations?"
"The chicken yaku nigri." Heero slid his glasses on again. "Just send her around to the docks in about half an hour, I'll still be there."
Trowa nodded his head, leaving Heero to start walking towards the restaurant door.
"Heero." Trowa called.
"Hm?" he paused, waiting to hear Trowa's words.
"Don't underestimate him."
Heero gave a small laugh. "Now that's funny Trowa. I'm not that dumb. Not after that time..." he paused, rubbing his shoulder. 'Not after that...'
Sliding into the front seat of his car, he sat there for a few minutes brooding, hands on the steering wheel. 'Hn?' He looked down, slightly surprised by cell phone ringing. Taking it out, he opened it.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Ossu Hee-kun. How's it going? You didn't wake me up this morning."
"I wasn't about to wake you up Angela. Or did you want me to?" he couldn't help but smile.
"I don't know...it was awfully tempting." she purred. "I suppose you're off to the docks now?"
"Hai. Did you want me to pick up something?"
"No no, it's all right. Just be careful driving out there OK?"
"Or else?" he always teased her somehow.
"I hope you don't find that couch all lonely tonight." she chuckled. "Give me a call later so I can make you dinner all right?"
"All right, I'll see you later Angel."
"Bye Hee-kun."
Flipping his cell shut, he started the car and drove out of the parking lot, heading for the docks. Within twenty minutes he was standing in the office standing by the window and watching the operations inside on the warehouse floor. Hearing a soft knock he turned to look at the door.
"Enter." he responded
The door opened, a slim figure walking in silently. He nodded his head with a smile before looking back out over the unloading.
"You're a bit early Amaterasu. Felt like visiting me again finally?" he looked back at her to see amusement in her eyes. "I assume that Trowa told you everything that has happened so far?" he glanced back to see her nod her head in agreement. "Good; then I don't have to waste time telling you what I want done then."
Just as Heero finished his sentence, the foreman came into the office. "Heero-sama. . .I think you'd better come and see this."
'What is it now?' He rolled his eyes with slight exasperation before following the foreman down, Amaterasu close behind him. Walking up to a crate, he inspected the contents and found what had puzzled the foreman.
"Did it come like this?" he asked.
"Hai Heero-sama. There were only eleven boxes in the crates. And you specifically said there would be twelve right?"
"Yes I did." he frowned as the realization sank in rapidly. "Someone skimmed off of my shipment."
Amaterasu peered into the box before a derisive laugh escaped from her throat as she shook her head and stepped back. Heero glanced at her before glaring back at the box as if that would bring back his missing opium.
"All right, start prepping it for sale." he finally said, walking away from the boxes. "I want this stuff on the streets by tonight."
"Hai Heero-sama." the foreman replied before barking orders to the crew.
Heero walked back up to the office Amaterasu behind him. As soon as the door was shut he started to pace around the room, running a hand through his hair. Every once in a while, he would glance up to see Amaterasu regarding him with a cool amused look.
"Hai, I know this whole situation is so very amusing. Someone took what's mine."
Amaterasu's eyebrow shot up with a sceptical look.
"Hey, Wufei had this coming to him though. He took something of mine, so I took something of his; fair is fair."
Amaterasu shrugged before flopping down in the seat and looking around the office with a semi-detached gaze. Almost stalking to his desk, Heero grabbed the phone dialling a number quickly.
"Trowa, I need you to do something for me."
"Yeah?"
"Remember Quatre? The guy who wanted to work for me?" Heero paused hearing Trowa's fairly long response. "Yeah; start training him. I want him to take care of something for me."
"All right; what?"
"I want him to find who skimmed off of my shipment and kill them."
11:00 p.m.; Jakarta, Indonesia
With an exhausted sigh, Lily stepped back from the counter and microscope. "OK you, I need a break."
Heading out of the lab, she went down the hall walking into the small kitchen and started making herself a cup of soup. 'I really gotta take a vacation after I finish up this project. I mean medical science can be very draining when you've been at it for so damn long. Oh yes Lily, you're a genius; let's put you in university at age 13.' She gave a bitter snort as she watched the microwave cook her meal. 'I never got a childhood damn it. Hell, I'm 19 now and I don't think I can ever get that back now.' she took out the cup before the buzzer went off and started eating it slowly. "At least one good thing came from me going to that damn hell.
"Lily? I'm back." the call echoed down the hall.
"Zechs!" she shoved the cup on the counter before running out into the hall and greeting him with a big hug. "How did it go?"
"I got money; we can continue our research."
"You got the grant?!"
"Yeah, I got the grant." he replied after a split second hesitation.
"That's great! Now we won't have to worry about money for three. . .four months right?"
"At the least, another three months." Zechs replied back. "Have you been busy working all this time?"
She nodded her head. "Guess what?" she smiled as he shrugged. "I managed to refine the drug down today and was running a prelim analysis before you came back in."
"You mean we finally got this unknown substance?"
"We got it!" she squealed in her excitement.
"That's great Lily! " he hugged her even tighter before he kissed her.
"Come on. I'll show you what it looks like." she said a bit breathlessly as they left off. She led him down to the lab off to the right walking back up to the microscope. "Go on, have a look." she smiled.
"Heh. Looks like cocaine." Zechs muttered as he bent down to look.
"Yeah, it does look like cotaine and all but if you-"
Zechs stood back up, giving her a look. "Cotaine?"
"No silly, I meant cocaine." she laughed. "I can mispronounce a word sometimes you know."
"Uh-huh." he replied with a smirk as he nudged her with his elbow gently. "We're going to test the 'cotaine' tomorrow?"
"We're testing the cotaine tomorrow. I don't want to do anymore work for the day. I was at this damn microscope all night and day!"
Zechs laughed as he wrapped his arms around her. "So I guess it's officially cotaine now?"
"Sure, why not? Other things have been named on less of a basis." she leaned back into his warmth. "I can't wait to relax and unwind for a bit."
"Hm." Zechs said as he nuzzled her neck. "I can think of a few things. Care to give it a try?"
Lily chuckled. "What? And quit while I am ahead? You'll just tire me out Zechs."
"That's a lie and you know it." he murmured into her skin. "All work and no play makes Lily a dull girl."
"My my, aren't we the suave one?" she stroked her hands against his arms. "Just what did you have in mind Mr. Merquise?"
Zechs turned her around and kissed her passionately. "You have no idea how much I missed you while I was out there. I met and talked to so many snot nosed snobs that I wanted to hop back on the plane and not bother with them." he breathed.
"Poor baby; you must have had it harder than me-" she broke off in a gasp as he ground his hips against her lightly. "Speaking of which. . ."
Still kissing, they made their way out of the lab, hastily turning off the lights, and down the hall to the room with the spare bed in it, in case of late nights. The door closed softly before their soft murmurs could e heard echoing down the hallway. Back in the lab the cotaine crystals still sat on the microscope platform and in their Petri dish, the pale white visible even in the darkness.
^^ Had to get some in there and all...for someone's sake cuz she's all hyper and wants me to write for her, so here ya go!! Next chapter it all starts so let's get to it!
Jasmine: Yeah right; you, you loser? Bwhahahaha!!
Princess: It's all right Furor; just write and ignore the mad cackling from there
Jasmine: You're a good one to talk ya know!!
Furor: Are you two done? Jeez!! *throws up hands* Speaking of writing, how's your ficcie going there Princess?
Princess: Good. I just finished Chapter Two so-
Jasmine: You did?!?! *takes off to go and read it*
Princess: As I was saying, I finished Chapter Two and I"m working away in three. I have so many ideas for three right now.
Furor: Really? Cool. *glances back at Jasmine who's reading frantically* So how long until she's shocked?
Princess: I dunno. But when her face goes red somewhat we'll-
Jasmine: Oh my God!! You actually wrote that?! You never wrote scenes like THAT before!!!
Furor: *giggles* Think she got to it already!!
Princess: Couldn't tell. I'm going to go write Chapter Three now.
Furor: Cool.
Princess: Is about Quatre and Jade...thinks *walks off with a smirk*
Furor: Uh..Princess...what are you going to do? Princess? Princess?!
* Go and read my bud's fic 'Ecstacy'. It's really good so far; I'm trying to not yell at her to get up chapters sooner cuz exams are coming up and all...go and reda!!*
