I know, bad Katherine! I haven't updated in yonks, and I've been lazy about
using my lunchtimes to type it up at school. So too all those readers who
are still out there this is for you. In particularly Jacqueline Benito.
*Giggle* Sorry to make you wait so long.
Men with Guns. Chapter Four - Dr J comes to Visit
Heero stared at himself in the mirror. What was happening to him? Ever since Usagi had talked to him everything in his world had started to slip. He found himself wondering where she was every second of the day. He yearned for her touch, the warmth of her body against his. So much so that it had him dreaming of her at night and the bags under his eyes proved it.
But he was taking her advice. Heero had put a conscious effort into opening up more. Of course, sometimes it took a little prompting from Usagi. like a hit in the head. He smiled at that as he through on his usual green muscle top and jeans. But just as he was about to leave a beeping sound came from his laptop. Quickly schooling his features he set up his web cam and opened the line.
"Ah, Heero. It's good to see you again." Dr J's voice came over the link.
"Dr J." The young man stated in monotone.
"I hate to interrupt your 'vacation' time, Heero," the doctor stated. "But a colleague of mine is interested in reviewing the after effects of the Zero system on a long term pilot."
"Me."
"Yes. It's simply a psychiatric evaluation for comparison with previous tests done before the introduction of the Zero system. Exclusively for research purpose only."
"Hn."
"I'll have to check with Quatra about the dates, but I wanted your permission for the tests to take place before I did."
"Hn."
Dr J chuckled. "I'll see to it." And then the line was disconnected. Heero took a deep breath. What would Dr J say if he found out that a mere girl had the perfect soldier in such a state? He would think it was an out rage. Therefore he couldn't know. He couldn't let it show. He couldn't let himself love her.
He couldn't.
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"Onna get back here!!" Wufei yelled as he raced after Usagi two days later. But the girl just laughed and sped up a little.
"Come on, Fei-chan. If you want it you're going to have to come get it!" the silver haired girl taunted as she kept his katana just out of reach.
"Duo laughed as he watched them race past, Well, that was what Wufei got for interrupting their training. He followed them as they came barging into the sunroom where Heero sat typing at his laptop. He didn't even look up as they came barging into the room, too used to the same thing happening with Duo and Wufei. But he did pause in his typing, his fists clenching and unclenching as he fought from looking up. And lost.
He was enchanted as Usagi laughed, soft and low, as she put a table between herself and her pursuer.
"Onna!" Wufei growled threateningly. Again. Usagi laughed. "That's it, onna. Give me back my katana. Right now!!"
"Alright." Usagi said suddenly, straightening and turning serious.
"Huh?" Wufei said.
"I said alright." Usagi repeated. "I'll give you your katana back." Wufei gave a nod of satisfaction and was just about to grab the offered handle of his blade when Usagi laughed and flew to the ceiling. "I'll give it to you if you can take it!" And with that she flew off through the house, Wufei still hot on her trail.
She had just flown through the doorway when Quatra appeared. With him was a man with chin length light grey hair, glasses, a cane, and a laboratory coat. As well as a middle age woman. She had long green hair half up in a bun, garnet coloured eyes and she also wore a white lab coat.
"Whoa!" Quatra exclaimed, ducking out of the way just in time to be saved from being barrelled into by Wufei. Dr J raised an eyebrow at the levitating girl, who was hovering in and out of Wufei's reach.
"How very peculiar." He commented. "It seems that that girl is immune to gravity. And if I didn't know any better I'd actually say she was flying."
"Oh, she is." Duo said, coming up behind them. In his hands was a humongous sandwich. Dr J blinked as he tried to reconcile the boy in front of him with his last memory of the pilot. He wore a black gi like Usagi's , but his belt, undershirt, wristbands and boots were a light tan. And his build had changed during his training as well. He had gone from a slightly muscular build to very well defined. He had also grown a couple of inches during his time in the gravity chamber, which Usagi had a capsule for.
"Duo?" The doctor questioned.
"Hey, Dr J." Duo greeted him. "Long time, no see."
"Hello?!" Wufei interrupted. Aren't we forgetting something here?!"
"Like?" Dou scratched his head in confusion.
"That damn onna still has my katana!!!" He screeched. Usagi laughed and floated down till she was just above head hight.
"Then I guess you're just going to have to jump higher, Fei-chan." But the silver haired girl hadn't seen Heero wander into the room, her attention drawn on Wufei's livid purple face. She let out a squeak as the Prussian eyed pilot grabbed her ankle and yanked her down. He then promptly wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her tightly against his chest. Usagi's eyes widened at the intimate position and if it hadn't been for her father constantly drilling the fact that she was the last of the once mighty saiya-jin race into her head she would have blushed.
Leaning closer so he could whisper in her ear, his warm breath brushing past her skin and making her shiver ha said, "Time to give Wufei his katana back now, Usa-chan." Usagi relaxed her tense muscles and leaned into Heero. She pouted and looked at him sulkily from the corner of her eyes.
"Spoil sport."
"Now, Usa."
Usagi sighed. "Fine, fine." Heero was about to release her, reluctantly, when the girl surprised him and instead of getting out of his embrace and giving the blade to the Chinese bot, Usagi gave it a toss and threw it at him. There was a loud crunch as the katana embedded up to the hilt in the wall just to the right of Wufei's head.
"Whoops." Usagi giggled nervously. "Sorry about that, Quatra. I guess I forgot my own strength." Dr J just looked on incredulously. Quatra sighed, already thinking about how much it was going to cost to fix the hole.
"That's alright, Usa." Then he smiled. "I'm sort of getting used to it."
"And that's a good thing?" Usagi raised an eyebrow at him.
Quatra laughed. "Usagi, this is Doctor J, I believe we told you about him. And this is his colleague, Doctor Setsuna M."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both." Usagi said, still in Heero's embrace.
"Dr J, Dr M. This is Usagi. We met her under. unusual circumstances." Quatra introduced the people.
"She's the one who's been training Duo lately." Trowa spoke from his place at the top of the staircase leading from the entrance hallway that everyone was standing in.
"It must be very effective training to create such a major difference in such a short time." Dr J commented. Dr M just stood silently, her garnet eyes taking everything in. Usagi felt a strange power coming from her. Not like that of herself or her father. But sort of like the energy of the Earth that she constantly felt, only warped, darker, heavier in her mind. She'd have to keep an eye on that.
Wufei smirked. "Oh it is. Just wait til you see that show that goes with it."
"It starts early, but it's worth it." Quatra laughed with the others. Even Heero smirked. Dou just pouted.
"Which reminds me." Usagi interrupted, turning to her braided pupil. "We have to finish today's training. Come on."
"Dou groaned. "But I want lunch! No fair!" Usagi just grabbed his shirt collar and started dragging him outside. Dr J blinked in surprise.
"It's a long story. Let's get you settled in and then we'll tell you all about it." Quatra offered.
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It was around lunchtime the next day, everyone was gathered outside on the veranda over looking the estates for an alfresco lunch. Wufei had been right. Usagi getting Duo out of bad that morning had been quite a show, just like always. The braided baka had grown immune to the stairs very quickly so Usagi had to come up with new ways to wake him up. Thank Kami she had grown up with Trunks and Goten as role models.
Today she had grabbed his ankle and floated up to the roof. Dou had opened his eyes to a good 20 ft drop. Usagi had let go of his foot, sending him free falling towards a solid marble floor. But Usagi had dropped faster and had caught him just 3 inches before his face hit the ground. That definitely woke him up.
Dr J, although still a little stunned at Usagi's ability to fly, was interested in questioning her training method and purposes. Usagi was still cautious of Dr M, though. Even though the lady had claimed to have just woken up, after falling asleep exhausted from the long flight, she was more awake than Usagi.
The silver haired girl shook her head to clear her thoughts. Blinking, she came back to the present. In front of her Dou was pretending to be a dog, catching a Frisbee thrown by Trowa in his mouth. She just had to laugh. Giving a bow Dou sat down with the others, grabbing a sandwich and practically inhaling it. Usagi was tempted to do the same and quickly filled her plate. She was about to start eating when she noticed Heero sitting at the edge of the group. He had his laptop resting on the table in front of him and was paying no attention to the others.
Picking up her plate, Usagi plopped herself down besides Heero. Balancing her food on her knee's she closed the laptop and put it to the side. "Come on. We're ment to be enjoying the day out. And that means no work." Usagi play scalded him, pushing her plate towards him to indicate he was welcome to it. Heero stared at her for a couple of seconds before smiling and picking up a bread roll.
Just a little lime to finish of the chapter. Again I apologise for taking so long to get this out, but I've got most of the chapters stored in my document manager now so I should be able to update weekly *sweat drop* like I had originally planned.
Men with Guns. Chapter Four - Dr J comes to Visit
Heero stared at himself in the mirror. What was happening to him? Ever since Usagi had talked to him everything in his world had started to slip. He found himself wondering where she was every second of the day. He yearned for her touch, the warmth of her body against his. So much so that it had him dreaming of her at night and the bags under his eyes proved it.
But he was taking her advice. Heero had put a conscious effort into opening up more. Of course, sometimes it took a little prompting from Usagi. like a hit in the head. He smiled at that as he through on his usual green muscle top and jeans. But just as he was about to leave a beeping sound came from his laptop. Quickly schooling his features he set up his web cam and opened the line.
"Ah, Heero. It's good to see you again." Dr J's voice came over the link.
"Dr J." The young man stated in monotone.
"I hate to interrupt your 'vacation' time, Heero," the doctor stated. "But a colleague of mine is interested in reviewing the after effects of the Zero system on a long term pilot."
"Me."
"Yes. It's simply a psychiatric evaluation for comparison with previous tests done before the introduction of the Zero system. Exclusively for research purpose only."
"Hn."
"I'll have to check with Quatra about the dates, but I wanted your permission for the tests to take place before I did."
"Hn."
Dr J chuckled. "I'll see to it." And then the line was disconnected. Heero took a deep breath. What would Dr J say if he found out that a mere girl had the perfect soldier in such a state? He would think it was an out rage. Therefore he couldn't know. He couldn't let it show. He couldn't let himself love her.
He couldn't.
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"Onna get back here!!" Wufei yelled as he raced after Usagi two days later. But the girl just laughed and sped up a little.
"Come on, Fei-chan. If you want it you're going to have to come get it!" the silver haired girl taunted as she kept his katana just out of reach.
"Duo laughed as he watched them race past, Well, that was what Wufei got for interrupting their training. He followed them as they came barging into the sunroom where Heero sat typing at his laptop. He didn't even look up as they came barging into the room, too used to the same thing happening with Duo and Wufei. But he did pause in his typing, his fists clenching and unclenching as he fought from looking up. And lost.
He was enchanted as Usagi laughed, soft and low, as she put a table between herself and her pursuer.
"Onna!" Wufei growled threateningly. Again. Usagi laughed. "That's it, onna. Give me back my katana. Right now!!"
"Alright." Usagi said suddenly, straightening and turning serious.
"Huh?" Wufei said.
"I said alright." Usagi repeated. "I'll give you your katana back." Wufei gave a nod of satisfaction and was just about to grab the offered handle of his blade when Usagi laughed and flew to the ceiling. "I'll give it to you if you can take it!" And with that she flew off through the house, Wufei still hot on her trail.
She had just flown through the doorway when Quatra appeared. With him was a man with chin length light grey hair, glasses, a cane, and a laboratory coat. As well as a middle age woman. She had long green hair half up in a bun, garnet coloured eyes and she also wore a white lab coat.
"Whoa!" Quatra exclaimed, ducking out of the way just in time to be saved from being barrelled into by Wufei. Dr J raised an eyebrow at the levitating girl, who was hovering in and out of Wufei's reach.
"How very peculiar." He commented. "It seems that that girl is immune to gravity. And if I didn't know any better I'd actually say she was flying."
"Oh, she is." Duo said, coming up behind them. In his hands was a humongous sandwich. Dr J blinked as he tried to reconcile the boy in front of him with his last memory of the pilot. He wore a black gi like Usagi's , but his belt, undershirt, wristbands and boots were a light tan. And his build had changed during his training as well. He had gone from a slightly muscular build to very well defined. He had also grown a couple of inches during his time in the gravity chamber, which Usagi had a capsule for.
"Duo?" The doctor questioned.
"Hey, Dr J." Duo greeted him. "Long time, no see."
"Hello?!" Wufei interrupted. Aren't we forgetting something here?!"
"Like?" Dou scratched his head in confusion.
"That damn onna still has my katana!!!" He screeched. Usagi laughed and floated down till she was just above head hight.
"Then I guess you're just going to have to jump higher, Fei-chan." But the silver haired girl hadn't seen Heero wander into the room, her attention drawn on Wufei's livid purple face. She let out a squeak as the Prussian eyed pilot grabbed her ankle and yanked her down. He then promptly wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her tightly against his chest. Usagi's eyes widened at the intimate position and if it hadn't been for her father constantly drilling the fact that she was the last of the once mighty saiya-jin race into her head she would have blushed.
Leaning closer so he could whisper in her ear, his warm breath brushing past her skin and making her shiver ha said, "Time to give Wufei his katana back now, Usa-chan." Usagi relaxed her tense muscles and leaned into Heero. She pouted and looked at him sulkily from the corner of her eyes.
"Spoil sport."
"Now, Usa."
Usagi sighed. "Fine, fine." Heero was about to release her, reluctantly, when the girl surprised him and instead of getting out of his embrace and giving the blade to the Chinese bot, Usagi gave it a toss and threw it at him. There was a loud crunch as the katana embedded up to the hilt in the wall just to the right of Wufei's head.
"Whoops." Usagi giggled nervously. "Sorry about that, Quatra. I guess I forgot my own strength." Dr J just looked on incredulously. Quatra sighed, already thinking about how much it was going to cost to fix the hole.
"That's alright, Usa." Then he smiled. "I'm sort of getting used to it."
"And that's a good thing?" Usagi raised an eyebrow at him.
Quatra laughed. "Usagi, this is Doctor J, I believe we told you about him. And this is his colleague, Doctor Setsuna M."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both." Usagi said, still in Heero's embrace.
"Dr J, Dr M. This is Usagi. We met her under. unusual circumstances." Quatra introduced the people.
"She's the one who's been training Duo lately." Trowa spoke from his place at the top of the staircase leading from the entrance hallway that everyone was standing in.
"It must be very effective training to create such a major difference in such a short time." Dr J commented. Dr M just stood silently, her garnet eyes taking everything in. Usagi felt a strange power coming from her. Not like that of herself or her father. But sort of like the energy of the Earth that she constantly felt, only warped, darker, heavier in her mind. She'd have to keep an eye on that.
Wufei smirked. "Oh it is. Just wait til you see that show that goes with it."
"It starts early, but it's worth it." Quatra laughed with the others. Even Heero smirked. Dou just pouted.
"Which reminds me." Usagi interrupted, turning to her braided pupil. "We have to finish today's training. Come on."
"Dou groaned. "But I want lunch! No fair!" Usagi just grabbed his shirt collar and started dragging him outside. Dr J blinked in surprise.
"It's a long story. Let's get you settled in and then we'll tell you all about it." Quatra offered.
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It was around lunchtime the next day, everyone was gathered outside on the veranda over looking the estates for an alfresco lunch. Wufei had been right. Usagi getting Duo out of bad that morning had been quite a show, just like always. The braided baka had grown immune to the stairs very quickly so Usagi had to come up with new ways to wake him up. Thank Kami she had grown up with Trunks and Goten as role models.
Today she had grabbed his ankle and floated up to the roof. Dou had opened his eyes to a good 20 ft drop. Usagi had let go of his foot, sending him free falling towards a solid marble floor. But Usagi had dropped faster and had caught him just 3 inches before his face hit the ground. That definitely woke him up.
Dr J, although still a little stunned at Usagi's ability to fly, was interested in questioning her training method and purposes. Usagi was still cautious of Dr M, though. Even though the lady had claimed to have just woken up, after falling asleep exhausted from the long flight, she was more awake than Usagi.
The silver haired girl shook her head to clear her thoughts. Blinking, she came back to the present. In front of her Dou was pretending to be a dog, catching a Frisbee thrown by Trowa in his mouth. She just had to laugh. Giving a bow Dou sat down with the others, grabbing a sandwich and practically inhaling it. Usagi was tempted to do the same and quickly filled her plate. She was about to start eating when she noticed Heero sitting at the edge of the group. He had his laptop resting on the table in front of him and was paying no attention to the others.
Picking up her plate, Usagi plopped herself down besides Heero. Balancing her food on her knee's she closed the laptop and put it to the side. "Come on. We're ment to be enjoying the day out. And that means no work." Usagi play scalded him, pushing her plate towards him to indicate he was welcome to it. Heero stared at her for a couple of seconds before smiling and picking up a bread roll.
Just a little lime to finish of the chapter. Again I apologise for taking so long to get this out, but I've got most of the chapters stored in my document manager now so I should be able to update weekly *sweat drop* like I had originally planned.