Sick Cycle Of Life

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GW boys except Trowa - 17
Trowa - 18
Relena - 17

"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 2: An Unusual Find


"Hey guys! What's up?" Duo asked cheerily after spotting Heero, Trowa and Wufei on the living room. He had just arrived at Quatre's mansion. He was told there was a mission for him and the others. Strangely enough, the mission came from Quatre.

He was not surprised when he didn't receive any answers except for a couple of grunts. Plopping himself down on the couch next to Heero, he decided to ask the question that was on everybody's mind. "Man, I wonder what the mission Q-man was talking about. Do you know anything about it, Heero?"

Before Heero could reply, Quatre came into the living room slightly out of breath. "Sorry to keep you all waiting. I had an important business meeting and couldn't get out early enough," he apologised.

"That's okay, Quatre. So what's up?" Duo asked. Unable to contain his curiousity.

"Before I tell you the mission, there's something you need to know," Quatre began. He hesitated for a moment.

"What? Out with it, Winner!" Wufei barked. He was getting impatient with the waiting.

"IjustrememberedIhadatwinsisterandshe'sthesixthpilot," Quatre blurted out. His face was red from trying to say all that in one breath.

"Whoah, Q-man, slow down," Duo said. He tried to decipher what the blond Arabian had said but only managed to get the last bit. When he realised what the last part meant, he jumped up in surprise. "What?! There's a sixth pilot?"

Heero, Trowa and Wufei quickly turned to Duo when he shouted that out. Seeing that they wouldn't get anymore information from Duo, they turned to Quatre.

Quatre took a deep breath and started again, "I just remembered I had a twin sister and she's the sixth pilot."

"WHAT?! How could an onna be a Gundam pilot?! It's injustice!" Wufei shouted.

"Explain," Heero's monotonous voice rang out.

Trowa remained silent, watching the scene unfold with his emerald eye. He was also shocked but he decided not to say anything for now.

"Wow, Q-man. I didn't know you had a twin sister. Is she hot?" Of course, Duo just had to open his big mouth and say something inappropriate.

"Maxwell, you braided baka! Do you always think with your hormones?" Wufei hollered.

"At least I have hormones, Wu-man. Unlike you and Mr. Perfect Soldier over there," Duo taunted. He realised at the last minute that it might not be the wisest course of action. Now, not only he had a red faced Chinese dragon set out to kill him but also another trigger happy soldier.

"MAXWELL! SHI-NE!!" Wufei exploded. He started chasing Duo with his katana around the living room.

"Omae o korosu," Heero said. He pulled out his gun and joined Wufei in his rampage to kill the braided boy. And thus began the game of run, duck and kill.

"STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" a voice yelled out.

The three boys stopped in their tracks and stared at Quatre in disbelief.

Quatre sighed and rubbed his temples. "Sit down and shut up!" he ordered.

The boys complied still a bit stunned from the previous un-Quatre like behaviour.

"Now, let's discuss this calmly and that goes to you, Duo. No teasing," he stated with a slight glare.

Duo quickly nodded, not wanting to feel the mad blonde boy's wrath.

"I'm sure you all have some questions but before that let me explain something first. I just received a call from Lady Une. Apparently, Dr. J is still alive and he had been training a sixth gundam pilot. She sent me the pilot's profile and she looked exactly like my twin sister that had been missing since she was ten. So this is more like a favour than a mission. DO you accept?"

"Hn. Mission accepted," Heero grunted. He had never heard of the sixth pilot before and he wanted to see if she's a threat or not.

Trowa nodded. He was also curious about Quatre's sister. They have been lovers for a while now and he had never heard of her before.

"Sure, why not? It's not like I have something better to do," Duo shrugged. He hoped that Quatre's sister is good looking so he could ask her out.

Wufei grunted in agreement.

Quatre looked at them gratefully. "Thanks guys. We'll be leaving tomorrow morning at 7 to the Nerima district. So meet me here at about 15 minutes prior to leaving."

They all nodded and left the mansion to pack their belongings. Tomorrow is going to be a big day.

* * *

In gym class, Yue was having quite a good time. They were playing her favourite sport, basketball. So far her team was winning by twenty points against Akane's team. The other girl was not pleased that her team was losing. Glancing at the boys, she could see them playing soccer. Right now Ranma had the ball and was guiding it to the other team's goal.

"Yue!" somebody shouted her name. She turned her attention back to the basketball game and saw the ball heading towards her. She caught it and started dribbling. She looked at the clock and saw only fifteen seconds left until the end of the game. She started running and threw the ball towards the ring from the halfway line. There was only five seconds left. Four...three...two...one. BEEEEEPPPP!! The ball went into the ring securing her team's victory by twenty three points.

"Yeah! Well done, Yue," a girl named Sakura said. "This is the first time we were able to defeat Akane's team. She's a martial artist so we didn't have a chance of winning."

Yue smiled at the girl. "Thanks. It wasn't just me. The whole team deserves some credit too. I couldn't have done it without the whole team helping."

"Okay, everybody hit the showers!" the coach instructed. But before Yue could go to the showers the coach stopped her. "Ms. Maxwell, I'd like to speak to you for a moment."

"Sure," Yue shrugged. She had a free period next so she didn't mind.

"That was an excellent game of basketball you played. Have you considered joining the school team?"

"No, not really."

"Well, please think about it and get back to me. We could use a player like you."

"Okay, I'll think about it but no promises."

The coach nodded. "Okay. You may go now."

Yue walked off to the showers. While walking towards the showers her eyes met Ranma's and she gave him a small smile. She didn't understand why but everytime she was near him, she could feel herself getting warm. /We just met. I can't be falling in love with him, can I?/

Ranma had just finished and was about to go to the showers when he saw Yue talking to the coach. He watched her for a while and then she started walking off. She turned and looked at him. His heart skipped a beat when she gave him a small smile. /Kami-sama, I can't be falling in love with her, can I?/

*End chapter 2*

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