Sick Cycle Of Life
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the story
"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 8: Expect The Unexpected
"Well, guys, I better go now," Yue suddenly said. "I need to check out some stuff." She knew she had to get away as soon as possible. She didn't want to tell them what had happened while she was missing just yet. The pain was still too fresh and a little hard for her to remember without breaking down.
"Wait a minute," Quatre frowned. "You haven't told us what happened for the seven years you have been gone." He didn't like the feeling he was getting from his sister. He could sense a slight pain in his Space Heart leaking from her well built shield.
"Uuuuuuh...Ranma! Don't you have to go now? And you too, Ryouga. Your families will be worried," Yue exclaimed, trying to change the subject. She got up and was about to drag both of the boys away with her and make her escape.
Ranma and Ryouga stared at her as if she had gone crazy. Ranma decided to speak up for both of them. "Yue, I really doubt Oyaji cared about me while my mom will think I'm manly if she found out I'm spending time with a girl, and as for Ryouga, he hasn't seen his family for over a year."
/Damn,/ Yue cursed silently. /I got to think of something. I know!/ "Sorry guys, it'll have to wait. I have some pressing matters to discuss with Dr. J. I have to go now," Yue proclaimed. She was inching towards the exit.
"Bunny/Usa-chan..." Duo, Quatre and Wufei started. Heero and Trowa looked at her warningly. They noticed she was trying to evade the question and they were not pleased to say the least.
"Sorrygottago!" With that she ran out of the mansion, leaving the five pilots and two martial artists in her wake.
"I guess we better go too," Ranma spoke up nervously. He was uncomfortable with the situation. He could see the boys were not happy with Yue's abrupt exit and they were emanating their battle auras. Ryouga nodded in agreement. They both left unnoticed by the others since each of them were too caught up in their....annoyance towards the blonde haired girl.
*The next morning*
"Usa-chan!"
Yue snapped her head towards the sound of the voice and saw Duo waving his hands wildly and bounded towards her from the school's gate while the rest of the pilots walking calmly behind him. She smiled, "Hey, guys! What are you doing here?"
They stopped in front of her, ignoring the jealous looks directed towards them by the boys and also the jealous looks towards Yue by the girls. Heero, Trowa and Wufei grunted their 'hello's while Quatre gave her a polite 'Good morning'.
"What does it look like? We're going to school with you," Duo grinned at her shocked expression. /Payback time!/
"What?!" she shrieked then blushed at the weird stares she was getting from the students at her outburst. /This can not be happening to me. Aarrgh!/ she resisted the urge to tear her hair out in frustration.
"Hey, Yue! What's up?"
All six pilots turned their heads to see Ranma walking towards them. They were shocked by the bruises the pigtailed martial artist now sported.
"Oh, Selene! Ranma, what happened to you?" Yue quickly rushed over to him, checking his injuries. She looked at them amazed when she saw most of them healing at a rapid pace. The G-boys noticed too but paid it no mind, afterall Heero had done more amazing things like jumping off a twenty story building and survived.
"Huh? Oh this. Don't worry, I'm fine. I've had worse-" Ranma was going to say something else but was cut off by the bell.
-RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!-
"Oh man! Come on, we gotta go now! We're late!" Ranma cried, grabbing Yue's hand and running towards the school building. The other pilots followed after them. They ran up to their class and found out that all of them, except for Trowa, were in the same class. Ranma threw open the door to see the teacher glaring at him.
"Nice for you to join us, Mr. Saotome, Ms. Maxwell," the teacher scathed. "Never mind, now class, we have four new students joining us. Please introduce yourselves."
"Hi! I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide but I never lie." He gave a suggestive wink to the female students. Some girls giggled and blushed while the boys glared at him.
"My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. Pleased to meet you." A hushed murmur went up around the class. 'He's a Winner?', 'He's that rich guy from L4', 'He's cute'. Quatre blushed when the last statement reached his ears.
"Hn. Heero Yuy." He gave the class his infamous 'Heero-Yuy-Death-Glare' level 10. But some of the braver (or stupider) students still stared at him.
"Wufei Chang." He started muttering about 'weak onnas' and 'injustice' when some of the girls winked suggestively at him.
"Well, since you were all late, you can join Mr. Saotome and Ms. Maxwell in the halls. They will show you where to get the buckets."
The boys were confused by this but followed Ranma and Yue without question.
Five minutes later, they were all standing in the halls with buckets on each hand.
"Man, what's the point of this?" Duo complained. "I just don't understand what type of punishment this is." He shifted the buckets he was holding.
"It may not be much for any of us but for normal students it could be quite straining," Yue replied, holding her own set of buckets without any trouble.
"Usa-chan?" Duo asked.
"Yes? Oh and could you please call me Yue, Duo-niichan? Usagi was only a name that I used so nobody could recognise me."
"Sure, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. Why did you use the name Maxwell?"
"Oh! I'm sorry, do you mind, Duo-niichan? I could change it if you want. Maxwell was a common name, I used it so I couldn't be easily identified. But I guessed it failed since you're all here now," she added dryly. The expression on her face told them that she was not unhappy with the fact.
At that time the teacher decided to let them back into the class and the lessons continued smoothly except for the occassional glare Akane was throwing towards Ranma and the pilots.
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"Finally, it's lunchtime!" Duo shouted excitedly as the group found a spot to eat their lunch. Ranma was missing from the group as he was ambushed by his fiancees. "I was getting bored in there. Geez, those teachers are so boring."
"What's the matter, Maxwell? Your brain can't handle the pressure?" Wufei smirked. He loved teasing Duo just to get a reaction out of him. Of course, the latter would always tease him back which resulted in his favourite game, 'Cut the Braid'.
Duo was about to retort but a sudden explosion had him ducking to the ground. From the corner of his eyes he saw the others doing the same. "What the hell?!"
Yue stood up quickly and ran towards the direction of the blast. The other pilots cursed and took off after her. Afterall they had just found her and they didn't want to lose her that fast. They ignored the fact that she was more than capable of handling herself. To them she was still their little sister.
When she got there, she went to the centre of the explosion to see if anyone was injured. Through the dust she could see a glimpse of a black pigtail. She prayed that it was not Ranma. Yue moved quickly to the figure and as she got closer she could see that it was indeed the pigtailed martial artist. She rushed to his side and checked for any injuries. It appeared that he had been knocked unconscious by the blast and he was bleeding in some areas where the sharpnels had grazed his skin. She was worried though. The explosion shouldn't be able to knock the usually tough martial artist unconscious. He was much stronger than that, the sparring match with Ryouga proved he was able to withstand many things that would kill a normal person.
"Ranchan!"
"Airen!"
Yue looked up and saw two girls running towards her and Ranma. She couldn't decide if they were enemies or not. They both looked like strong fighters and the one with brown hair seemed to be familiar. /Of course,/ she thought. /She was one of Ranma's fiancees. I think her name is Ukyo or something like that./ The purple haired one seemed to be the stronger of the two and if she was correct 'airen' meant 'husband' or 'spouse' in Chinese.
"Yue!" came five male cries from behind her. "Watch out!"
The said girl was too preoccupied by Ranma's condition, she failed to notice the tall and dark figure standing behind her. Therefore she was unprepared for the energy blast that sent her flying.
Five gunshots rang out.
"NO! YUE!!!!!!!"
*End Chapter 8*
AN: He...he...he...I know, I know, I'm evil for leaving you hanging like that. Sorry that this took so long. I was a bit discouraged by the lack of response on my previous chap which I had worked hard on every moment of my freetime which I had almost none at that time. So if I don't get a good response on this chap I might decide not to post up a new chapter for a very long time. So please, please, please, review!!!!! It doesn't matter if it's short but please let me know what you think. For those who reviewed, thank you soooooo much!
Replies to reviews:
'Zpan Sven' - Thank you! I'm so happy that you like my fic! ^_^ Of course Yue will kick Akane's @$$. How could you think otherwise *mock shock*
'Sweet Sere' - I hope you enjoyed this chap! I would try to IM you but I live in Australia so there might be a time difference depending on where you live.
'solarmistress17' - Thanks for the review! I hope you enjoy this chap!
'MarsMoonStar' - Thank you! I hope you like this chap too!
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the story
"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 8: Expect The Unexpected
"Well, guys, I better go now," Yue suddenly said. "I need to check out some stuff." She knew she had to get away as soon as possible. She didn't want to tell them what had happened while she was missing just yet. The pain was still too fresh and a little hard for her to remember without breaking down.
"Wait a minute," Quatre frowned. "You haven't told us what happened for the seven years you have been gone." He didn't like the feeling he was getting from his sister. He could sense a slight pain in his Space Heart leaking from her well built shield.
"Uuuuuuh...Ranma! Don't you have to go now? And you too, Ryouga. Your families will be worried," Yue exclaimed, trying to change the subject. She got up and was about to drag both of the boys away with her and make her escape.
Ranma and Ryouga stared at her as if she had gone crazy. Ranma decided to speak up for both of them. "Yue, I really doubt Oyaji cared about me while my mom will think I'm manly if she found out I'm spending time with a girl, and as for Ryouga, he hasn't seen his family for over a year."
/Damn,/ Yue cursed silently. /I got to think of something. I know!/ "Sorry guys, it'll have to wait. I have some pressing matters to discuss with Dr. J. I have to go now," Yue proclaimed. She was inching towards the exit.
"Bunny/Usa-chan..." Duo, Quatre and Wufei started. Heero and Trowa looked at her warningly. They noticed she was trying to evade the question and they were not pleased to say the least.
"Sorrygottago!" With that she ran out of the mansion, leaving the five pilots and two martial artists in her wake.
"I guess we better go too," Ranma spoke up nervously. He was uncomfortable with the situation. He could see the boys were not happy with Yue's abrupt exit and they were emanating their battle auras. Ryouga nodded in agreement. They both left unnoticed by the others since each of them were too caught up in their....annoyance towards the blonde haired girl.
*The next morning*
"Usa-chan!"
Yue snapped her head towards the sound of the voice and saw Duo waving his hands wildly and bounded towards her from the school's gate while the rest of the pilots walking calmly behind him. She smiled, "Hey, guys! What are you doing here?"
They stopped in front of her, ignoring the jealous looks directed towards them by the boys and also the jealous looks towards Yue by the girls. Heero, Trowa and Wufei grunted their 'hello's while Quatre gave her a polite 'Good morning'.
"What does it look like? We're going to school with you," Duo grinned at her shocked expression. /Payback time!/
"What?!" she shrieked then blushed at the weird stares she was getting from the students at her outburst. /This can not be happening to me. Aarrgh!/ she resisted the urge to tear her hair out in frustration.
"Hey, Yue! What's up?"
All six pilots turned their heads to see Ranma walking towards them. They were shocked by the bruises the pigtailed martial artist now sported.
"Oh, Selene! Ranma, what happened to you?" Yue quickly rushed over to him, checking his injuries. She looked at them amazed when she saw most of them healing at a rapid pace. The G-boys noticed too but paid it no mind, afterall Heero had done more amazing things like jumping off a twenty story building and survived.
"Huh? Oh this. Don't worry, I'm fine. I've had worse-" Ranma was going to say something else but was cut off by the bell.
-RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!-
"Oh man! Come on, we gotta go now! We're late!" Ranma cried, grabbing Yue's hand and running towards the school building. The other pilots followed after them. They ran up to their class and found out that all of them, except for Trowa, were in the same class. Ranma threw open the door to see the teacher glaring at him.
"Nice for you to join us, Mr. Saotome, Ms. Maxwell," the teacher scathed. "Never mind, now class, we have four new students joining us. Please introduce yourselves."
"Hi! I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide but I never lie." He gave a suggestive wink to the female students. Some girls giggled and blushed while the boys glared at him.
"My name is Quatre Raberba Winner. Pleased to meet you." A hushed murmur went up around the class. 'He's a Winner?', 'He's that rich guy from L4', 'He's cute'. Quatre blushed when the last statement reached his ears.
"Hn. Heero Yuy." He gave the class his infamous 'Heero-Yuy-Death-Glare' level 10. But some of the braver (or stupider) students still stared at him.
"Wufei Chang." He started muttering about 'weak onnas' and 'injustice' when some of the girls winked suggestively at him.
"Well, since you were all late, you can join Mr. Saotome and Ms. Maxwell in the halls. They will show you where to get the buckets."
The boys were confused by this but followed Ranma and Yue without question.
Five minutes later, they were all standing in the halls with buckets on each hand.
"Man, what's the point of this?" Duo complained. "I just don't understand what type of punishment this is." He shifted the buckets he was holding.
"It may not be much for any of us but for normal students it could be quite straining," Yue replied, holding her own set of buckets without any trouble.
"Usa-chan?" Duo asked.
"Yes? Oh and could you please call me Yue, Duo-niichan? Usagi was only a name that I used so nobody could recognise me."
"Sure, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. Why did you use the name Maxwell?"
"Oh! I'm sorry, do you mind, Duo-niichan? I could change it if you want. Maxwell was a common name, I used it so I couldn't be easily identified. But I guessed it failed since you're all here now," she added dryly. The expression on her face told them that she was not unhappy with the fact.
At that time the teacher decided to let them back into the class and the lessons continued smoothly except for the occassional glare Akane was throwing towards Ranma and the pilots.
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"Finally, it's lunchtime!" Duo shouted excitedly as the group found a spot to eat their lunch. Ranma was missing from the group as he was ambushed by his fiancees. "I was getting bored in there. Geez, those teachers are so boring."
"What's the matter, Maxwell? Your brain can't handle the pressure?" Wufei smirked. He loved teasing Duo just to get a reaction out of him. Of course, the latter would always tease him back which resulted in his favourite game, 'Cut the Braid'.
Duo was about to retort but a sudden explosion had him ducking to the ground. From the corner of his eyes he saw the others doing the same. "What the hell?!"
Yue stood up quickly and ran towards the direction of the blast. The other pilots cursed and took off after her. Afterall they had just found her and they didn't want to lose her that fast. They ignored the fact that she was more than capable of handling herself. To them she was still their little sister.
When she got there, she went to the centre of the explosion to see if anyone was injured. Through the dust she could see a glimpse of a black pigtail. She prayed that it was not Ranma. Yue moved quickly to the figure and as she got closer she could see that it was indeed the pigtailed martial artist. She rushed to his side and checked for any injuries. It appeared that he had been knocked unconscious by the blast and he was bleeding in some areas where the sharpnels had grazed his skin. She was worried though. The explosion shouldn't be able to knock the usually tough martial artist unconscious. He was much stronger than that, the sparring match with Ryouga proved he was able to withstand many things that would kill a normal person.
"Ranchan!"
"Airen!"
Yue looked up and saw two girls running towards her and Ranma. She couldn't decide if they were enemies or not. They both looked like strong fighters and the one with brown hair seemed to be familiar. /Of course,/ she thought. /She was one of Ranma's fiancees. I think her name is Ukyo or something like that./ The purple haired one seemed to be the stronger of the two and if she was correct 'airen' meant 'husband' or 'spouse' in Chinese.
"Yue!" came five male cries from behind her. "Watch out!"
The said girl was too preoccupied by Ranma's condition, she failed to notice the tall and dark figure standing behind her. Therefore she was unprepared for the energy blast that sent her flying.
Five gunshots rang out.
"NO! YUE!!!!!!!"
*End Chapter 8*
AN: He...he...he...I know, I know, I'm evil for leaving you hanging like that. Sorry that this took so long. I was a bit discouraged by the lack of response on my previous chap which I had worked hard on every moment of my freetime which I had almost none at that time. So if I don't get a good response on this chap I might decide not to post up a new chapter for a very long time. So please, please, please, review!!!!! It doesn't matter if it's short but please let me know what you think. For those who reviewed, thank you soooooo much!
Replies to reviews:
'Zpan Sven' - Thank you! I'm so happy that you like my fic! ^_^ Of course Yue will kick Akane's @$$. How could you think otherwise *mock shock*
'Sweet Sere' - I hope you enjoyed this chap! I would try to IM you but I live in Australia so there might be a time difference depending on where you live.
'solarmistress17' - Thanks for the review! I hope you enjoy this chap!
'MarsMoonStar' - Thank you! I hope you like this chap too!