A/N: Well first I'd like to say thanks to the people who reviewed the last part of this fic. "Thanx I really appreciate it!!" The Gundam boys come into this part so Ryuichi beware! I think K can handle them himself…He kinda reminds me of Heero with the gun… Oh well… On with the fic…

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Lonely Part 3

"That was strange…" K said simply.

"Very…" Ryuichi agreed nodding "She seemed to know him…umm K…Can you get Kumagorou for me?" he asked

"Yeah sure, are you going to wait?" Ryuichi nodded and sat down in one of the chairs. K hurried out the door and flagged down a taxi. Duo opened his eyes slowly. His side still hurt but not as badly as before. Sally was dozing in the chair next to the bed and Ryuichi looked like he had fallen asleep standing against the wall. He watched as Ryuichi started to slide sideways.

"Ryuichi…you're going to fall!" he said loudly.

"Wha…" Ryuichi mumbled before falling in a heap on the floor. Duo bit back a laugh. Sally had woken up when Duo had shouted.

"Duo, what happened?" she asked quietly.

"I got beaten up…" she interrupted him.

"No not that…what happened to your hair?"

"I cut it…duh! It's not that big a deal Sally" he grumbled. Sally looked at him sadly.

"I called the others…they're on their way."

"You what!? I'm outta here. I don't want them to come. C'mon Ryuichi, we're gone!"

"But Duo you're still hurt" Duo was out of bed and already pulling on his jeans. He pulled off the pajamas.

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Ryuichi grimaced when he saw Duo's heavily bandaged chest and side.

"Duo don't! You'll open the wound if you strain yourself," Sally said. He pulled on the T-shirt with a wince.

"Too late…" he muttered, he tied the jumper around his waist and went to get his bag. Ryuichi picked it up for him. He looked at Duo worriedly.

"Are you okay Duo?" he whispered. Duo nodded and tried to hide the pain from Ryuichi. Ryuichi put Duo's hand around his neck and wrapped an arm around Duo's waist.

"Just in case eh?" he said with a quick wink. Duo grinned and they walked towards the exit. When they got to the main waiting area Duo saw the other pilots waiting. They looked worried and Duo noticed that Relena wasn't with Heero.

"Quicker Ryuichi!" he whispered urgently.

"Duo wait!" Sally shouted. The other pilots whirled around to look at Sally. K sauntered in holding a pink bunny plushy.

"Ryuichi the car's outside. Are you okay Duo?" he asked when he Duo leaning heavily on Ryuichi.

"Fresh as a daisy K" Duo muttered sarcastically.

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Duo!?" Quatre said in shock. Heero stared at Duo like he'd sprouted two heads. Ryuichi leaned over and whispered quietly to him.

"You don't have to talk to them if you don't want to" Duo nodded, he felt dizzy and his legs were like jelly. Sally hurried over concerned.

"Duo you shouldn't be up so soon…the anaesthetic hasn't worn off completely.

"Uh oh…" Ryuichi said quietly. K followed his gaze.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say that your groupies followed the limo…" K sweat dropped "I think we'd better get to the car…you coming Duo?"

"I may as well, I've no where else to go" K nodded.

"Here kid" he tossed the bunny to Ryuichi. Duo looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"…What is that?" he sighed "or do I really want to know?"

"This is Kumagorou!!" he grinned hugging the plushy. Heero strode forward eyeing Ryuichi strangely.

"Duo you're coming back with us!" he ordered. Duo shook his head adamantly. Heero reached to grab his arm but Ryuichi stood protectively between Duo and Heero.

"Get out of the way" Heero growled. There was a 'click' and K's magnum was pointed at Heero's head.

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"You lay a finger on him…and you die" K pulled out his mobile and had the limo driver pull right up to the door.

"C'mon Duo, we'll go to my place and you can rest." Ryuichi helped Duo towards the door. Heero glared at his back. Ryuichi leaned over to whisper to K.

"Geez…that guy is way scarier than Yuki…" They managed to get past the screaming fangirls and into the limo. The pilots watched as the limo pulled away.

"Ohmigod!!!" Quatre gasped "That was Ryuichi Sakuma of Nittle Grasper" Did you see Duo's hair?? What happened to him Sally?? He looked like he was hurt bad…"

"Whoa, calm down Quatre" Sally said "He said that some guys beat him up…I think those two found him…"

"I think we should go home and discuss this. Are you coming Sally?" Trowa asked.

"If you want to wait quarter of an hour my shift will be over and I can drive you guys home." She offered. Heero was still staring out the door where Duo had just left. Trowa walked over to him.

"You made your choice…although I can't say I agree with you…" Trowa said coldly to Heero.

"I know…" Heero sighed "…I don't agree with me either…"

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Duo woke up and stretched. He could smell cooking. He climbed out of bed. His legs still felt a bit wobbly…and bare. He looked down and realized that he was only wearing his boxers. Normally he might have felt embarrassed but he was too hungry to be bothered by humility. He wandered into the kitchen where Ryuichi was cooking pancakes. He was wearing jeans and an over-sized baseball shirt. He had an apron tied over it with Kumagorou hanging out of the pocket.

"Smells good" he said, grinning when he saw Ryuichi jump with surprise. Ryuichi wiped his hands on his apron and grabbed two plates.

"Hope you're hungry cause I made loads!" he smiled "You can sit at the table, I'll bring them in to you" Duo sat at the table and waited.

"Nice place you've got here"

"Thanks" Ryuichi said as he walked in with two plates stacked high with pancakes. "I always eat loads in the morning, mainly because they watch what I eat for the rest of the day…I cant get fat!" he said with a laugh. Duo smiled pouring syrup over the pancakes and tasting it.

"Mmmm…this is delicious!"

To Be Continued…

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Well I hope you liked the latest installment to my story…I think the next part or two are the best.

Next time Duo gets a makeover courtesy of Ryuichi Sakuma and then in the part after that he gets all high on drugs and goes…well…silly.

I hope you liked it. Review and let me know what you thought?????????