"I don't get it. I mean, who would think this? You know what I don't care. It has nothing to do with me….. yeah okay it does." Duo murmured as he read over some information he had just gotten. "You know what, I don't care. It has no importance to me. So she's getting married, I shouldn't care. Not one bit."
"Why do you keep lying to yourself?" Duo turned to looked at the speaker. Behind him stood Hotaru, she was studying him from where she was standing. Smiling slightly she walked closer to him. "You've said a few double negatives which in turn means that you do care. I won't pry this isn't why I came to talk to you. Something's wrong with Sere, you see her more than the others and me. She just acts different have you noticed anything?"
"No I can't say that I have. She seems the same to me." Duo told her with a smile.
"Hum, maybe she's starting to loosen up." Hotaru muttered to herself as she smiled at Duo and left the library. Duo watched as she left before turning to glance at the computer screen again. Closing the window and deleting everything he left the room.
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"We're all going on a picnic and you are coming, so are Heero and Wufei so stop your silent complaining." Mina yelled as she walked into the room everyone was sitting in. Duo shook his head and glanced around the room. Serena was glaring at the entergetic blonde but a small smirk graced her face, Heero didn't even seem to hear her and Wufei was muttering things about weak, annoying women. Standing up next to Quatre he when to go bother Heero and make his best friend come.
"Serena come on. Heero, Wufei. You two either come or I get Relena in here." Mina threatened as she watched Heero slam the lid to his laptop down. Reaching for his gun, he was stopped when Hotaru walked infront of Mina and glared at him. Mina gave Hotaru a gracious smile before she felt someone tap on her shoulder. Turning around she saw Serena and Wufei standing behind her with evil looking smirks. Serena held up her hand signaling that Mina have five minutes to hide. Eyes wide Mina pulled Hotaru out of the room and down the hall.
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"Your evil and mean. Wanting to kill me. I don't see why you would want to or anything. I mean you would end up missing me at some point. Besides I'd just come back and haunt you for the rest of your life and everything if you did. You'd never be gone of me." Mina kept rammbling as the group made their way to the park. Serena had started to crack every joint in her hands to try and exnore the blonde's words of nonsense.
"Mina, we're here." Hotaru called out as they stopped. Before them off the main path, hidden behind bushes and low tree branches, was a small meadow. A colourful rainbow of wild flowers grew around the entire area. A small brook crossed through on of the corners.
Lita placed the picnic basket down and with help from Hotaru and Quatre started laying everything out. Wufei and Raye went to opposite sides of the meadow, Heero found a shaded area and laid down, and Serena located a tree in which they found her leanding against the trunk about ten feet off the ground. Duo was arguing with Mina over something with Trowa watched them in silent amusment.
"We've got a hawk in the trees and two monkeys." Hotaru told Lita as she stood up.
"I think that everyone here represents an animal, Taru." Lita told her as she glanced around the meadow.
"Yeah but what?" Hotaru asked as she sat down next to Lita away from the bickering of Duo and Mina.
"Heero's like a lone wolf always watching and ready for anything, Trowa's like a panther silent, observant, and agile, Wufei and Raye, are two of the same, lions both are prideful, Quatre's like a fox, both sweet and shy." Lita told her as they felt a shadow come over them. Looking up into the leaves of the tree they were sitting under they saw the shine of gold. Serena flipped down so that she was hanging upside down from a branch.
"What about you two?" Serena asked as she studied them from where she was. "Lita you're like a cougar always ready to jump in at a moments notice. Taru, you're like a deer, calm and mysterious."
"Sere?" Hotaru asked before Serena disappeared into the follage. Serena glanced back down at her from her perch. "You're coming back."
Serena said nothing as she nodded and moved out of sight. A few minutes later they knew that she wasn't in any of the trees around them. It also seemed that she was closing in on Heero and Trowa who were a few yards away by the way the two were now watching the trees around them.
"Yeah, she is." Lita smiled as she watched Serena jump down behind Heero. He in return turned ready for any attack she might try. Lita raised an eyebrow as she saw what was going to take place. Duo and Mina were slowly creeping up behind Heero, with water guns. When they got close enough Duo signalled for Serena to move. Both Serena and Trowa were in the trees by the time that Heero's back was about to get soaked.
Quatre who was off talking to Wufei looked over to see Mina and Duo getting chased by a soaking wet Heero. Both were screaming and laughing like manics. Wufei smirked as he watched Heero chase after the braided idiot. Lita, Hotaru and Raye were laughing as they watched everything before they were joined by Serena and Trowa who had just come out of the trees.
"We're going to have to catch them sometime." Lita spoke up after a few minutes. Everyone just rolled their eyes in response.