Part 15

A figure wearing a white ninja outfit is seen crouching on top of a building just outside Gundam High. The figure leaps off the building.

At lunch, Hiryu is in the middle of a conversation with Michiki while under the scrutiny of Duo, Chardae, and even Heero. Though Michiki ATTEMPS to explain to them all that Hiryu is harmless, Chardae sends Karia and Mosiom to spy on Hiryu and report any mishaps to her immediately.

"So Relena is really Zechs' SISTER?!" Hiryu asks Michiki.

"Yep," Michiki explains. "Is it just me, or is your reaction the same as Chardae's was?"

Karia and Mosiom soon forget about their duties and resort to chatting away like everyone else at their table.

All of a sudden, Hiryu's ear twitches…"EVERYONE, GET DOWN!" he yells.

Hiryu leaps on a lunch table and draws his scythe blade as a reddish-white blur comes flying at him. Hiryu blocks a double-ended blade that was flying at him, sending it back to its owner..."Hien…" Hiryu mutters.

"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRYUUUUUU!" Hien cries. {Just like Relena yells "HEERO" people!}

"HIEN! YOU IDIOT! THIS IS A SCHOOL! NO FIGHTING HERE!" Hiryu yells back.

Hien is about to reply when Relena yells out her infamous "HEERO" clear across the lunchroom. Hien is startled and transfixed by what he thinks is the voice of an angel. Hien sheathes his scythe blade and glomps Relena before she can reach

Heero.

Hien yells at Relena constantly calling her a "GODDESS!"

The shaken Relena stumbles back in fright of this odd person.

Hien randomly continues his attacks on Hiryu erratically while attending Gundam High as a transfer student…

~*~

A silhouette runs past Noin and Une. Noin, who was ignoring every word that Une was telling her, realizes that the female shadow that passed them came from the general direction of the Cooking hall. With a gasp, Une sees a gust of smoke emerge from two of the following hallways. Noin abruptly turns her head as if to see again who was responsible for such explosions. Unfortunately, by then, the girl was completely gone…

~*~

In the afternoon, Quatre pushes Sakura towards Karia, Mosiom, and Shane so they can all talk since Chardae, Michiki, and Hilde went shopping and the guys were going to check out the explosion.

"Uh, hi…I'm Sakura…who are you guys?"

Karia smiles, "I'm Karia, that's Mosiom, and that's Shane."

The girls just stood there uneasily until Mosiom decided to finally say something.

"So, have you met the rest of the group?" Mosiom asks Sakura.

"Yeah, I met Heero and Duo after Gym class and I met the rest of them during the day," Sakura responds.

"WE were just about to go to Karia's house since we saw that none of our group members were here," Shane says. "Wanna come?"

"Ok," Sakura replies.

The girls leave to go to Karia's.

In the meantime, we find the other girls on their way to the mall in Hilde's dark blue convertible with music blasting. All of a sudden, Michiki remembers something very important.

"Stop the car!" Michiki gasps.

"What is it?" asks an annoyed Chardae.

"I forgot Duo's favorite jacket in my locker," Michiki screeches.

"Why do you have Duo's jacket?" Chardae wonders with an eyebrow raised.

"I stole it from him- I mean, he let me borrow it!" Michiki explains. "Yeah, that's what it is…"

"All right, if we must," sighs Hilde.

"But- we- whine- it-" Chardae utters. "Awwwwww shit."

When they arrive at the school, a cloud of smoke is clearly visible as, one by one; the halls of Gundam High explode. The girls, who do not realize what is happening, enter one of the hallways. As debris fall on them, the girls curse and run for the convertible as the main hallway that they were in erupts in fire.

Michiki and Chardae jump into the backseat of the car at the same time, legs in the air, and upside-down. Once in the car, Hilde speeds away to the faaaaaaaar end of the parking lot.

"But, Duo's jacket!" Michiki complains.

"SCREW Duo's jacket," Chardae yells. "We were almost KILLED!"

"Oh my God," Hilde muses. "What about the guys?"

The three girls look at each other for a moment in worry.

"Oh my God!" Chardae exclaims. "I think I see a piece of Duo's hair!"

Michiki's eyes widen at this comment until a brown scarf sways past the car.

"Oh, nevermind," Chardae finishes. "It was just a scarf…heh heh."

The janitor is seen inspecting the grass around the school fences for weeds when the ground begins to rumble from under him. All of a sudden, a dark female figure lunges at the janitor and throws him over the fence before climbing up herself and before the school's hallways collapse. A whirl of dust creeps through the fences. The girl and the janitor cough as the smoke clears. The janitor stands in all attempts to thank the girl but by the time he fully stands, the girl is gone. The janitor looks around in confusion before scratching his head, shrugging, and finding the nearest payphone.

Chardae looks at the rubble left of Gundam High…"My school is gone!" After a moment of silence, Chardae begins to dance around the car. "Wahoo!"

The next moment, several vans and cars surround the damage area.

"Oh look, the news people are here," Chardae says. "Should we stay here or what?"

"We might as well stay, they've already spotted us," Hilde mutters with an eye twitching.

Soon, the girls are trying to get on the same terms with the newscasters and reporters.

"Sob! Our school is gone! Oh my God and all my friends went there! Sob!" Chardae blabs to the press with fake tears streaming down her eyes. "Mom, dad, I'm ok!"

Hilde, on the other hand, looks as if she is about to wrap one of the cords of the microphones that she sees around one of the reporters' necks.

"Like I said before," Hilde growls through gritted teeth. "We have no idea what is going on. All that I know is that we were going to retrieve my friend's jacket when the hallways collapsed and we decided to haul ass to my car!"

"Hello, I'm Cassandra with channel twenty-five news," a reporter begins. "I'm standing here in front of the ruins that used to be Gundam High School. According to witnesses, the hallways just started exploding and the police have yet to find any clues on who the main suspect is. Please explain in your own words what exactly it is that you and your friends were doing back at the school at the time that the hallways began to collapse…"

"I-I was going back to get my friend's jacket…" Michiki begins while starring nervously at the ground.

Quatre and Trowa were taking a break from the play that they were performing after school. Duo switched shifts with Wufei and decided to help his friend Taylor with his car in the garage. Heero scowled as Wufei mixed up his lines for the umpteenth time before Act IV began. With a grunt, Wufei managed to nail his lines.

Quatre shoves a glazed doughnut in his mouth and turns on the TV to channel twenty-five. On the news, the four boys are shocked to see Michiki and a reporter with rubble in the place where Gundam High once was.

"Duo's gonna kill me!" Michiki cries through visible tears.

Trowa shakes Quatre back to life as soon as the doughnut, which was previously going towards Quatre's mouth, lies on the floor. Heero's eyes, which were previously almost out of their sockets, narrow intensely. Wufei begins to rant that what was done is an injustice while Heero ponders how on earth Michiki managed to have Duo's jacket.

In Taylor's garage, Duo's braid is slightly visible under the hood of a large black car. Taylor, on his break, munches on a sandwich as he turns on the television. The breaking news on channel twenty-five catches Taylor's attention. His eyes widen in disbelief.

"Where are those cables, Tay?" Duo asks.

"D-Duo, man!" Taylor stutters. "Our school, man! It's destroyed!"

A loud BANG is heard as Duo hits his head with the hood of the car.

"What are you talking about?" Duo questions Taylor.

"L-look!" Taylor squeaks.

Michiki's head is seen on the screen with rivers of tears as a very annoyed reporter behind her is yelling at Michiki for stealing her microphone.

"DUO, I'M SO SORRY!" Michiki apologizes. "I'LL NEVER STEAL YOUR JACKET WITHOUT ASKING FIRST AGAIN!"

Duo stares in disbelief as Michiki pops out with a map of what happened previously that day.

"All…sniff! That I wanted to do…sniff! Was borrow your jacket for…sniff! My fourth period class…sniff! But…sniff! It…sniff! Got…sniff! Blown up!" Michiki cries some more. "I'm so sorry!"



Michiki's note: I FINALLY have put up the next chapter! *applauds my own effort* ^-^; Yay!