"Trowa!!!!" Serena ran up to him but tripped and knocked him on the ground with her. "Sorry.. old habits die hard don't they...." She said. propping herself on her elbows.
"Yeah..."
He said not really moving from the position they were in. "So what were you
so excited about??"
"I got a 'B' on my tactics Quiz!!! It was a borderline 'B' but it was
still a 'B'... Thank you for the last minute help!!!!" She backed up off
of him.
"Now if you had taken me up on that offer before you'd have an 'A'..." He said holding his hand out to help her up.
"Yeah i guess.." She took his hand and walked around with him before lights out. They found a bench to sit on. "So what do you want to pay back for dealing with me study??"
"Pay back??" A voice interrupted Trowa just before he opened his mouth.
"Heero.." Trowa said glaring at the boy from behind his bangs
"Hi Heero!!" She said with less discomfort than from the last time she spoke to him directly.
"Hi Serena.." He smiled.
"I Insist that Trowa take me up on my deal."
"Deal??"
"Yeah.. he helped me out in Battle Tactics class and I want to return the favor of doing something.. demo... i don't know what to do.. so I'm giving him the choice"
"I see.. so what are you choosing, Trowa??"
"Not sure yet, Heero." Trowa said.
"Really?? Because it seemed like you had something in mind a second ago.." Heero narrowed his eyes at him.
"No.. nothing.." He said "Hey, Congrats on your 'B'" Trowa placed a hand on her knee and smiled. "We have kitchen duty this week?"
"Yeah.." Serena said. "Be up Early because Cadet Kino will keep us busy." She went back into Sergeant mode.
"Early like what??"
"530 hrs." She said.
"Yes, Sergeant!!" He Saluted and walked away, silently cursing Heero Yui.
"Well, Heero. I'm sure you have some mission tomorrow so I too will leave." She too saluted and then walked away. Heero watched her walk away, he's going to set something straight, and he's going to do it soon. He slowly stalked off to his bunk that he happened to be sharing with his new adversary... Trowa Barton.
The Reveille sounded like it does everyone morning and everyone got dressed and went into the mess hall to see the same rationed food only it looked twice as good, and smelled that way too. Truthfully it tasted great too, everyone was partly upset because the food they had was rationed and they wanted more of it.
"Well Cadet Kino.. It seems our group will be cherished every time we have kitchen duty.." Mina said
"I think so Cadet Aino.. The Chef was more than Welcome to take tips from me to make everything taste better."
"Why wouldn't he.. You did after all fix the thing he burned.." Ken said and the guys nodded. Serena was glad when the boys decided to sit at the same table as the girls.. although she thinks they did it because of the side relationships going on. After all She had caught Duo kissing Ami (Though she didn't bust them up and left.). The only odd thing about it was that She sort of felt left out of the whole thing.. yet part of her is relieved about being single.. Heero Yui would probably do ANYTHING to break up the relation ship. 'Seishuku baka'.. that's exactly what describes him.
"So what are we doing today??" Trowa asked as the group left the Mess hall.
"Well, Seishuku arashi, We're going to the paint balling field."
"What did you call him??" Duo asked.
"Seishuku Arashi, it means Silent Storm." Ami said.
"Cool... what's my nick name??" Duo asked Serena.
"Braided baka.." She said making Wufei laugh.
"Seriously!!!" Duo said.
"I Am.." She said giggling at the scowl on his face.
"So we're doing moving targets huh??" Quatre asked remembering the way she did things.
"Yeah Q-man.. I'm going to have to find a nick name for you.. cause Wufei is just Baka... Duo's Braided baka, Trowa's Seishuku Arashi... hmm.. I'll get back at you." Serena said laughing at Wufei who was currently bubbling up with Anger, but quickly masked it and stood at attention, as well as the rest of the group.
"I'd watch that temper Wufei.."
"Dr. J.." Serena acknowledged the old man standing beside her.
"Serena..." the Dr. nodded at her. "I see your group is doing well..."
"Hai.. I know..." She said.
"Will you be participating in the competition at the end??"
"Permission to speak..." Mina said.
"Permission granted." Serena said.
"What goes on in this competition?"
"Permission to explain!!" Trowa said.
"Permission Granted."
"It's a small competition. There's the obstacle course where one soldier goes through as fast as possible. Another where there is another obstacle course where you carry a 'wounded' soldier trying to keep any excess damage to a minimum and quickly. There is a moving target event and finally the top two teams in the end will play Capture the flag with the enemy's flag." Trowa said and stepped back taking a glance at Serena who in turn had glanced at him smiling with her eyes instead of openly showing, but guess who saw that too... The 'Ai no Megami'.
'This could get interesting..' She thought hiding a smile that was trying to grace her face.
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For anyone who didn't Guess. Seishuku means silent.
