Half A Chance – At Innocence

Quatre: Wow Minako, you are working very hard! Two chapters in 24 hours! Since the last one was started Saturday morning, and this one is Afternoon/Evening, to be posted tomorrow, you're doing very well!

Minako: I am, aren't I? Anyway, last time I checked my reviews was just after I posted 6&7, so I'm not too sure if more have reviewed, and I would comment on the reviews, but upon looking for them in TIF I can't find them… I know Card Mistress reviewed twice, and Leita reviewed, but I'm sorry I can't remember the other persons name… but, thankyou nameless person! It was a nice review, and I remember it because it was about my sense of humor… which is odd and comes through a little too much in this, but that's okay… you said it was rare and you think that is what kept you reading, well, thankyou for such a nice comment! Made my day! So did the second review from Card Mistress… Leita, you don't write much my friend

Leita: Course not. I got better things to do rather than review you!

Minako: hehe… thanks…

Hiiro: I'm reading this plan and there is more of this unusual OOC about me. What's with that?

Quatre: Why am I Hiiro's brother?

Minako: What color are Duo's eyes? Or mine for that matter?

Everyone else: Nani?

Minako: More unanswerable questions. Duo's eyes are some variation of cobalt/violet, but mine are blue/green/gray/with a lovely brown slit and slight tint in one eye! My eye color is about as controversial as Quatre's!

Everyone: Nani?

Minako: Well it's true… everyone has their own opinion about it! Of course, I use this to my advantage in this fic… *Evil laughing, but it's not Minako's. Actually, it's none other than-*

Everyone: DOROTHY!

Dorothy: Tee-hee-hee! Hi there! Oh Hiiro you're a knight! Don't you love my eyebrows? *If you've read the manga, and the funnies in the manga, you KNOW this is how Dot acts!*

*Minako has run off with the stories two pilot stars… leaving Dot with Leita*

Leita: Ah… hehe… so… how's life?

Dorothy: *Waves around fencing foil* I wonder what made them leave so quickly…

Leita: *irks, then points at foil with slight worry* The foil?

Dorothy: Oh, this? It's perfectly sharp! Wouldn't want a blunt one, now would we? *Evil Dot Grin*

Trowa: *Enters, sees Dot with foil, Exits*

Leita: Wha-? Come back Trowie!

Trowa: *Off-stage* I don't like the look of that foil… with Dot holding it… will Minako re-write that?

Leita: Um… methinks not… *breaks foil* Lets just hope there aren't more…

Disclaimer: I can't ignore what Dot did with the foil… I can re-write it for no apparent reason, but why do that when there's a REAL reason to… dislike Dorothy other than she's annoying as hell? Obviously, this means I don't own Gundam Wing. I also don't own Digimon, but I do own Keika, Clay, and my concept

Dedication: This one is for all Gundam Fanfic writers, because now GW is nearing the number of Digimon fics! And you KNOW they've been top ranking for ages, dudes! So lets keep it up!

(Minako can only seem to write when she should be sleeping…)

Hiiro woke up with a jolt. He tried to piece together the parts of the strange puzzle, but as soon as the light hit his eyes, it seemed to erase the dream completely. Well, almost completely. He could distinctly remember the feel of being underwater and the bubbles, but he also remembered what he last heard. Someone looking shocked. "Who… Who are you?" He had the distinct urge to shout at that person who obviously seemed to know him really.

"Hiiro Yui, that's who I am. Heartless Bastard, don't you see?" He stopped himself there. But… I'm not heartless… at least, maybe not here… but that's different, isn't it? There's no mission, and no one I'll be showing myself up to here. Eventually I'll go home and never see these people again. Is that why they're allowed to see a side of me most don't? I wish there was an explanation for all of this…

Hiiro did the first immediate course of action that Hiiro always takes when facing confusion.

The Laptop.

He started up a medical examination program and typed in his 'symptoms' Headache, Tiredness, Unusual Behavior. The program suggested only one option.

'Possible cold or 'flu symptoms. Treatment: rest. Other symptoms: Unusual Behavior. Possible Cause: Change of Surroundings/Circumstances'

Hiiro thought this over, and concluded with something simple. "I don't get sick." The he noticed a flashing icon at the bottom of the toolbar. He clicked on it, and an email program popped up.

'Hi Hiiro

Your laptop left this address on Izzy's so I'm using it. Question; why aren't you in school? Kami knows when you'll receive this email, so just reply whenever. For all I know there might be a good reason!

Taichi!'

Hiiro seemed to stare at the email in a manner that seemed to say he was trying to telepathically communicate with the laptop. The email, however, did not delete itself, and the recognizable icon at the bottom of the screen begged his attention once it was gone. Incoming mail, from a recognized server, but the only recognizable servers were back 'home'. He opened the email, to find it encrypted. A problem for any normal person, but this is Hiiro Yui. It was about as simple as clicking an enter key. Message from Noin?

'01, 04, report status and location ASAP, Noin' That was simple enough a message, so he tried sending one back.

'Status: fine, location: unknown (Odaiba Tokyo, Japan) will return ASAP. Don't try and find us, at present it is impossible and hard to explain, 01, 04'

After sorting that little thing out, Hiiro decided that checking the time would be the right thing to do, considering he'd been asked about his lack of presence at school. The date read 'Monday 11:29am'

Half Eleven on Monday… this is highly unusual, I should have woken up before. But this means I slept through most of Sunday also. Oh well, might as well get going… Hiiro flipped the laptop lid down, and quickly got dressed. He did all this with familiarity to the actions, like he was getting into the same routine any normal person would. Hey, he was even getting sick, and having dreams with no meaning! Maybe he was becoming normal! Then he remembered who he was. Hiiro Yui. Hiiro Yui, who is heartless, and something different from human. Something more or something less, he hadn't yet decided. But then, was it for him to decide. Then setting mind back on track, Hiiro remembered that he was supposed to be going to school. It wasn't a bank holiday, or a training day, or anything of the sort, so why had Quatre failed to wake him? Then he remembered that the blonde was in a similar, if not worse, state as himself. Hiiro found him in a chair fast asleep, ready for school like he meant to go, but fell asleep instead, however weird that sounded. He shook the blonde awake, and turned the laptop back on. The two icons from before were flashing again, as well as the icon for that medical program from before. He clicked it, and it read 'Free upgrade – covers all dimensions!' Hiiro shrugged and clicked the button, and the program loaded quickly. Then again, on Hiiro's wonderful laptop, everything loaded quickly. He clicked the first two icons, knowing they were emails. Noin's read

'Will not proceed matter any further, return to Sanq ASAP, no urgency, Noin.'

The other was from Taichi (you just know he's trying to get shot or something) saying

'Hey again, where are you guys? I KNOW you got the last email, the D-T said so! So, are ya coming or what? Taichi!'

Hiiro sighed, closing them both, but not deleting them. He shut it down again, and stuck it in his bag. Time to go to school.

"Hiiro…? Hey, how long was I asleep?"

"What do you want to hear?"

"That you got up five minutes ago and we're gonna be late if we don't hurry?"

"It's past 11:30. We already are late. Let's go."

"But uh… what are we supposed to say? The alarm clocks didn't work so we slept in for about 4 hours?"

"Something like that."

And so off to school they went. They were lucky enough to get there during break (please don't ask how) and Hiiro managed to enforce the explanation 'We slept in' with a small Death Glare to the secretary. So later that day (not that much later) they went and had lunch with the CCs (well they ARE the only people they know) but Taichi was annoying as ever and wanted to introduce Hiiro to his friend.

"Well, Hiiro, this is my friend, and she's had her eye on you for a while and just got the courage to introduce herself. So anyway, Hiiro, Keika, Keika, Hiiro!"

A sandy-blonde girl with sharp green eyes shook Hiiro's hand incredulously, and Hiiro was reminded of Relena. Something in the back of his mind told him he'd seen her before. And then she spoke.

"So, Hiiro, how are you?"

And Hiiro recognized the voice.

It was the girl in his dream.

TO BE CONTINUED

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