Part Fourteen

Michiki's note: I'm very, very sorry for the delay! I have been lazy and gloomy and I won't say anything that doesn't need to be said to engross you! *Michiki falls off chair* Now, back to the next chapter, no? ^-^"

Wufei sits akimbo on top of the roof of a building. It seems as if he is meditating and quite peaceful as the silence of the atmosphere surrounds him. Unfortunately, the silence is broken when one very panicked Quatre Raberba Winner crashes through the roofshelter's door, falls on his face, and somehow tumbles two feet away from Wufei. Wufei's concentration is unwillingly shattered.

"What is it?" Wufei grumbles without looking at Quatre.

"The Employee building has disappeared.I mean, it didn't just disappear.that is to say, it is just rubble at the bottom.the janitor saw." Quatre stutters.

"Spit it out, boy!" Wufei commands.

"The building just.BLEW UP!" Quatre squeaks.

"WHAT?" Wufei fully snaps out of his moment of peace and stands up. "Show me."

Quatre nods and rushes downstairs followed by a worried Wufei.

~*~

"Would you care to explain this once more, sir?" Trowa questions a rather frightened janitor.

"I was killing the weeds growing near the fences when I hear a big BOOM coming from the Employee building," begins the trembling janitor. "I thought it was nothing at first until I saw the building collapse!"

"And you didn't see anyone coming from the building or anything suspicious?" Trowa asks.

"Why.no," answers the janitor.

By then, Quatre and Wufei reach the area that Trowa is at. They see if Trowa received any information that would help. Upon noticing that whatever information gained is useless, the three boys cautiously stalk to the site of destruction in front of them. The damage is so intense that the boys decide not to risk anything before they can tell this to Heero and Duo; meaning that there is work to be done.at night!

The three walk back to campus for the first class of the day. A black silhouette is crouched behind a tree near them when the bell for class rings. After an inaudible murmur, the female figure is seen dashing her way to the school's campus. A small necklace glimmers upon the surface under the tree that the silhouette was standing upon.

~*~

Michiki runs from the 1200 hall all the way to the 1400 hall. She is late to class, as usual. She gets to her class at the same time that her friend Kodomi (who was running down the same hall) skids to a stop and ends up sliding and tripping Michiki so that Michiki's books fall to the floor in a scatter. Kodomi excuses herself without so much as a glance at Michiki and picks up a few of the books. When Kodomi finally realizes that it was Michiki that she knocked down, she apologizes and goes to her seat. Michiki takes her seat in front of Kodomi.

Michiki teases Kodomi by asking if Kodomi was practicing her sliding for the baseball team. Kodomi tells Michiki to hush and threaghtens to throw Michiki into a pole if she keeps on being so mean.

"You're so mean, Michy!" Kodomi teases.

"Hmph," Michiki complains playfully.

"Watch it, I think you're turning into Wufei!" Kodomi blurts out.

"I heard that!" Wufei chimes from the back of the room.

"Don't start Wufei, or I'll ram you into a WALL instead!" Kodomi yells back.

Wufei does not speak another word and Michiki laughs internally at Wufei's predicament.

~*~

In gym class, we find Duo and Heero of opposite teams playing volleyball. Heero has a bit of a hard time trying to keep up with the ball. Duo, on the other hand, surprisingly is quite agile at this sport as he returns the ball with confidence. Each and every time one of the boys in the back serves, however, an unfortunate classmate next to the braided boy ends up getting whacked mercilessly with Duo's braid.

Oblivious to this, Duo moves up front for the kill. With a signature move of flawless skill, Duo spikes the ball. Heero anticipates this and attempts to reach the ball in time, only to fall and have the ball hit the back of his head on its way down. Heero's team members run to his aide complaining that what Duo did was unfair. Duo exaggeratedly shrugs clearly not hiding the small grin that slowly widens on his face.

Soon, one of the coaches hears a knock at the gym door. He opens the door and talks to the lady coach that is on the other side of it. After a seemingly endless argument, the two coaches saunter up to the volleyball net.

"Class, it seems that we have a mix-up on the Team Sports schedule," the coach says. "I am afraid that we have to share the gym today. Heero, join teams with Duo's so that the other class may play the other side."

Heero obeys. When the affirmation seems clear, the lady coach motions for her class to enter. The jaw of every unsuspecting boy in Heero's class drops as the GIRL volleyball team enters the gym. Duo's classmates turn to glare at their coach in disbelief. The coach only shrugs in indifference.

The look of determination on the girls' faces is a sight to behold. One girl, in particular, has the aura of a champion. She has black hair with natural maroon-like highlights. She has bangs that are similar to Relena, only more fitting. However, what catches Heero's attention are the girl's emerald green eyes.

"Serving, 0 vs. 0.so far" the girl states with a secretive smile that only makes her features even more convincing of triumph.

After gym class, Heero and Duo escort their new friend to lunch.

"Explain to me again how we lost," Duo remarks, unbelief still ringing in his voice.

"Easy," Sakura says. "It's called being a girl, being skilled, and pure determination."

"Mmph," Heero mumbles.

"Oh, come on, Heero," Duo begins as soon as he snapped out of the shock of defeat. "Don't be such a sore loser."

"I'm not complaining about that," Heero almost whispers.

"Then, what was that 'Mmph' for?" Duo wonders.

"I can still feel a slight pain on my head where you HIT me with the volleyball," Heero complains.

Duo bursts out laughing and Heero glares at the braided boy.

"I'm sorry," Duo gasps, "it's just that.I can't BELIEVE you're still sore over that! Wait a minute, I don't know which is MORE sore, your HEAD or your PRIDE."

Heero gives Duo, if possible, a glare of instant death. Duo finally stops laughing and chases after Heero Yuy.

"Hey, come back here!" Duo yells. "I didn't mean to make you even MORE egotistical!"

Sakura, who has been keeping quiet during Heero and Duo's almost seething argument, chuckles quietly to herself before following the two boys to the two to the cafeteria.

Michiki's note: Again, I'm sorry for taking so long.I'm also sorry for this chapter being so short, but I'm still organizing my ideas and shuffling them into the next couple of chapters. No, I haven't been neglecting the rest of my characters just because I added a new character in! SORRY Chardae! *Watch, she's gonna kill me! * I HAD to add Sakura in, it was just too tempting! Well, since this fanfic is only getting longer, I ask for the rest of my original characters to be patient.their time WILL come. *grin*