The Passion of Crime
By: OniiStar
Chapter 3

Author's Notes: Well, I decided to give you all another chapter for being so loyal. It's not very action packed but... it has to be there. I'm trying to reveal the Dark Angels' plot little by little in the story. Yes, romance is coming in soon. Just not as you expected it. Well, I hope you all keep reading! Ja ne!

Disclaimers: Usual disclaimers apply.


These are the winning couples!

Hotaru/Trowa 1
Hotaru/Heero 1
Hotaru/Duo 26
Hotaru/Quatre 1

Usagi/Trowa 3
Usagi/Wufei 7
Usagi/Heero 21

Rei/Wufei 23
Rei/Heero 2
Rei/Duo 1
Rei/Trowa 5

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Rei walked into the room, holding two cans of Mountain Dew, and tossed one to the golden haired lady on the bed. The teen looked up and caught the drink, popping the top off, she took a sip. "Usagi, did you get past the firewalls yet?" Rei asked the golden haired teen. "I'm not the experienced hacker, Hotaru is," Usagi said, her fingers moving across the keyboard, as she glared at the screen. "Need help?" a voice asked from near the door. Rei looked at the door, and saw Miss Tenshi leaning on the doorway, wearing a purple spaghetti strap shirt that showed her slim waist, and blue jeans, that hugged her hips. "Take off that wig, you don't want to mess it up," Rei said. Hotaru took the wig off, and gestured for them to give her room. Hotaru sat on the bed, and frowned at the screen, "What kind of firewalls are these?" "I don't know, but the 'round about' trick didn't work, and neither did the 'hopping bunny' trick," Usagi told her.

"Well, let's see if 'alphabet soup' is all it needs," Hotaru murmured. Quickly she typed in the best 'open-up' words that ever existed- "openupyoustupidpieceofcrap''. The firewalls quickly disappeared, and the dark haired hacker accessed the plans to creating the Gundams. She slid the laptop in front of Usagi, and smirked, "It just wanted something to eat." Usagi slid the laptop in front of Rei, "Well, start using your engineering skills and improvise, changing all that needs changing." Rei, cracked her knuckles, and started typing, the glow of the laptop lighting her face up.

"So, what's the next target?" Hotaru asked Usagi. "I have to go to Dr. M, so she can give us the parts that are available to her, then we hit the mansion where Mr. Winner and his buddies are currently staying," Usagi said, taking a sip of her Mountain Dew. "Sounds dangerous," Rei said, never taking her eyes off the screen. "Sounds risky," Usagi said. Hotaru grinned, "Sounds fun!"

"Well, our only problem is..." Usagi trailed off there. "Is...?" Hotaru asked. "We have to cover up our plans, so one of us needs to get into the mansion, and sneak the things out, little by little," Usagi told them. "While the other two have to distract the pilots by stealing more things," Rei finished. She closed the programs, and the shut the laptop cover, as she looked at her two partners.

"Well, I can't, I'm not that good at sneaking into places, Hotaru is. She's the silent one," Rei said. "So, Hotaru it is," Usagi said. "Wait a minute. Don't I get a say in this?" Hotaru asked. "No," the two replied casually. "This sucks," Hotaru said, glaring at the two. "Well, you can start tomorrow, since I have set up a job meeting for a teaching job at the mansion," Usagi said. "A weekend job?!" Hotaru practically shouted. "And, I was thinking that I was luckier than those other people who had to work 24/7," Hotaru muttered, as she headed to her small room in the hotel.

*~~~~* Job Meeting *~~~~*
DING DONG.

Duo rushed down the stairs, and to the front door, opening it excitedly. His eyes fell upon a goddess with wavy light brown hair, and emerald eyes, standing in a pair of dark blue jeans, and white shirt, with a black vest over it. "Hello. Can I help you?" he asked. "Yeah, you can. I'm here about a job meeting for the teaching job," Hotaru explained. A blank expression crossed his face, as he blinked. "For the weekend schooling here...." Hotaru added.

'I'm sure I got the address right,' Hotaru thought.

"Oh yeah! This way," he exclaimed. He opened the door wider, and she slipped under the teen's arm, and waited for him to escort her. "Jeez, check out this place," Hotaru murmured in awe. "Pretty cool, ne?" Duo said, hearing her remark. Hotaru, shocked that he had heard her, said, "Yeah it is."

Duo led her to a ball room, and as he opened the door, she saw at least 13 desks in the huge room. She immediately recognised Quatre, who was teaching very loud and disrespectful children.

'Maybe if I whack them all upside the head hard enough, they'll pay attention,' she thought, grinning inwardly.

Duo closed the door behind her, and decided to stay and watch what the kids would do to this fragile looking lady. "Hey, Quatre! The lady for the job is here," Duo shouted over the noise. The students quieted down a bit, and curiously looked at their new victim. "Well, I'm going to give you an audition. Try to get them to do their math problems, but don't be too rough on them," Quatre said. Duo and Quatre walked out and headed towards the main computer room in the mansion. They had cameras in the ball room to watch the lady do her work.

*~~~~* Ball room *~~~~*
'They have cameras in this room to watch me, I know it,' Hotaru thought. "Okay, students!" Hotaru said, clapping her hands together. The students ignored her and continued to throw things at her. One paperball came flying towards Hotaru's face, but Hotaru caught it with her hand, without even looking where it was going. The students became silent and looked at her in shock. "Now, according to this paper, there are 8 paperballs flying at the teacher, 5 of them hit her, so how many missed?" Hotaru asked. The students slowly raised their hands one by one and Hotaru chose a very wild looking boy. "Three paperballs missed the teacher," he said, looking smugly at the other students.

"Okay, toss me two paperballs," Hotaru said. The boy tossed to her two paperballs, and she caught one. "Okay, he gave me two paperballs, and I caught one, how many did I miss?" she asked. "You missed one!" another boy said. Duo and Quatre watched in pure shock, as the students actually started working on their math work. "Yo man. You are definitely hiring her!" Duo said. "You would have said that to me even if they continued to ignore her," Quatre said. Duo grinned, and slapped Quatre on the back in a friendly gesture, "You know me too well."

Quatre and Duo walked back into the ball room, and was surprised when they heard loud pop music playing. Hotaru had her feet up on the desk, and she was leaning back in the chair, watching the students. When she saw Quatre, she quickly stood up and turned off the music, "Sorry about that sir." "No problem," Quatre said, smiling.

'I wonder if this guy ever gets fed up with smiling,' Hotaru thought.

"So, miss, what is your name?" Quatre asked. "Hikari Tsukino," Hotaru replied. "Well, Hikari, you're hired if you come to dinner tonight," Duo said. "Duo! Please excuse his manners," Quatre said. "Aw come on Q. You need a girl!" Duo whispered to Quatre. Quatre's face flushed as he looked at Hikari, "You don't have to attend if you don't want to." "I think I will, if you don't mind," Hikari said.

'Tonight will be the perfect chance to take something. I'll just take something then leave, as Death of course,' Hotaru thought.

"Mind? We don't mind at all!" Duo said, grinning. "Well, what time?" Hikari asked. "8:00, then you can spend the night," Duo said. Hikari blushed, not because it fit her character, but because she never stayed the night at any place but with her partners.

'She's awfully cute. I swear, if I wasn't trying to hook her up with Quatre, I would have asked her out,' Duo thought.

"Well, I have to be going now. See you tonight!" she said, as she practically rushed out of the room. As she walked pass Duo, a camera click was heard, as the two who claim to be the 'Bringer of Death' got a picture taken of them.

To be Continued......

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Author's Notes: Nothing exciting in this chapter, but there should be in the next. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if they should get caught and stuff. By the way, THE VOTING IS OVER! No more votes will be accepted. Thanks all for reading and I hope you get to review for this chapter as well.