Hey, Alia here. Anyway, thank you for all the reviews!!! *grins* They make
me happy. As promised, here is chapter 6 (it took long enough). Well,
enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the G-boys. Enough said.
Chapter 6
Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei were still shocked after seeing the carefree emotion on Heero's face. A similar thought was racing through each of their heads.
'Where is the 'Perfect Soldier' and where did this imposter hide the pod?'
The guys were standing there gawking at the top of the stairwell where Heero had been seen last for a long time. A teacher eventually walked down and asked them why they were gawking at a piece of gum at the top of the stairs.
"Umm, no reason," Quatre squeaked.
"We're on our way to class anyway," Duo added.
"Yah, yah. Well hurry up," the teacher gruffly commented as he shoved his way through the middle of the group and walked by. "Take a picture, it will last longer," he mumbled.
"So, what do we do now?" Trowa wondered out loud.
Duo flashed a grin at his fellow pilots. "There is an arcade in town and I have a pocket full of quarter just begging to be used."
The other pilots groaned, but let the Deathsythe pilot lead them to the local arcade.
~ ~ ~ ~ end of school ~ ~ ~ ~
Duo and the gang returned after their little 'expedition' in time to meet Heero. As always, Heero was prompt. He, Kayla and Kip were sitting at their lunch table when the group approached.
"Injustice, why do I have to be here?" Wufei ranted.
"Wufei, don't you want to know why Heero disappeared?" Quatre asked.
"No. It's his life, I have no say how to dispense justice when it comes to personal matters."
"You know what Fei-Fei? For once, you actually make sense. That's a record." Duo said with a sardonic smile.
"Watch it Maxwell. Even without my katana I can deal out my justice. Right here, right now."
"You know Wufei, I can still take that katana away again..." Trowa left the threat hanging in the air.
Wufei hung his head in defeat. "Yes Trowa-sama."
"Injustice!!!" was shouted from Heero's table. The boys jogged over to see what the ruckus was all about.
"Injustice! Why do I have to be here?" Duo did a double take. It was not the Shenlong pilot who made the statement. It was someone at Heero's table.
"Fine Kip, you can go dispense your justice on Beverly now."
"Yes!!! Arigato Kayla-chan!" Kip replied.
"Hai, hai. Just send me the Polaroid," Kayla shouted at her.
"What was all that about?" Quatre asked.
"Oh, that? Kip has been dying to deal out justice to Beverly all day. Something involving French class," Kayla shrugged. "We're not permitted to have weapons in school so Beverly shouldn't be mortally wounded. Now if Kip drags Beverly off campus and gets a hold of her twin daggers, that's when we have to call the paramedics."
"That girl scares me sometimes," Heero commented. "Reminds me too much of Wufei. I'm just glad I have not been on the receiving end of her justice yet." Kayla nodded her head in agreement.
"So," Trowa said interrupting the silence. "Care to tell us why you are here Ms..."
"Kayla, Kayla Cyphrus, and I should be going. Mom needs some help cleaning rooms. Will you be home at the usual time Heero?" Kayla asked.
"I'll probably come over about five. I want to show the guys around first."
"Alrighty then, see ya at five." Kayla then whispered another comment to Heero, "and I'll tell Stacy that her Shini-baby is here." Heero smirked, "Good idea. I will have to take a few steps back after I knock."
"Right, well ja ne Heero".
"Ja ne Kayla".
"Oookay," Duo said. "Who was she?"
"An old friend," Heero replied.
"Let me guess, from 10 years ago when you went to school here?" Duo said.
Heero had the nerve to act surprised. As realization dawned on Heero he physically smacked himself in the forehead. "Of course, you hacked my laptop. I almost forgot about that. Then again, I didn't think you could crack all of my passwords."
"Hey! I'll have you know I'm the number 2 hacker on this team." Duo retorted pouting.
"Duly noted," Heero replied. "If you did hack into my laptop, then why did you come all this way just to see what I was doing?"
"Well," Duo started to say. "We wanted to know why you left Heero," Quatre finished for Duo.
"Why I left?" Heero gave his friends a strange look. "I thought I already told you. The war was over so I went home. This is the only home I've ever known."
Quatre wiped away the tear that was rolling down his cheek and Trowa moved over to embrace his koi. "I'm sorry Heero, we didn't know." Duo was also a little sullen.
"Hey, don't worry about it. It's in the past. We'd better get going. There is a rain storm coming and my bike doesn't exactly have a roof attachment."
"Where are we going Heero?" Duo asked.
"To my apartment. You guys want to stay for dinner?" Heero asked.
"Sure, why not," Trowa said. "It will give us some time to catch up." With that, the gang got up and proceeded outside.
~ ~ ~ ~
The gang arrived at the apartment complex 5 minutes later. Heero parked his bike in a small garage while the others parked just outside the building. There were actually three separate complexes next to each other. Each complex was made up of six separate two-story apartments. The first apartment was labeled 'Main Office' on the door. Heero jogged back from the garage holding his keys and proceeded to open the second apartment. Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei followed him in before closing the door.
The apartment itself was very nice. The main hallway led to a living room in the back. To the left was a neat and tidy kitchen and to the right there was a bathroom and a set of stairs that led to the second floor. There were several pictures on the wall, mostly of Wing and old photos from the war. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei walked into the living room. Trowa and Wufei sat down on a nearby couch while Quatre and Duo explored the room. By one wall, there was a desk with a laptop sitting on it.
"Hey Heero, nice pad," Trowa commented.
"Thanks"
"Oye, Heero. You got another laptop?" Duo asked.
"Well isn't there one over there. You still have my old one."
"Good point," Duo replied distantly. He was more focused on three framed photos that were next to the laptop.
The first photo was of the whole gang after the war. Wufei was pouting, Trowa and Heero were looking at the walls wishing they were somewhere else. Quatre was smiling with his big aquamarine eyes and Duo had a smirk on his face as he flashed a victory sign at the camera. Duo started to tear up at the memory as he passed the photo to his fellow co-pilots.
The next picture was of 2 children, roughly 10 years old. The girls had green eyes and brown pigtails and the boy had Prussian eyes and messy brown hair. "Hey Heero? Is this you and Kayla?"
"Yes it is. This was from just before I left for L1 about 10 years ago," Heero answered, smiling wistfully at the memory.
"So Heero, what is your relation to this Kayla girl?" Trowa asked. Heero turned around to face him.
"She's the closest thing I have to a family. We kept in contact during the war via e-mail, but her family doesn't know I was in a war. They don't know I was a Gundam pilot, let alone the 'Perfect Soldier'. It's nice to be treated normally."
"Oh," Trowa replied. Now he was melancholy, first his koi and now him. He was getting way too sensitive in these peaceful times.
The third photo was something Duo never expected. It was of himself and Heero. Heero was looking annoyed as Duo put his arm around Heero's shoulders and grinning like an idiot.
"Hey Heero, you still have this photo huh? I thought you said you were going to burn it," Duo said.
Heero walked up next to Duo to look at the photo. "I know I said that. I was lying." Duo looked up at Heero, suddenly aware of how close he was. Heero was just inches away from his face. So close, and yet not close enough. Heero had spaced for a second, remembering the day that photo was taken. He didn't notice the way Duo was looking at him. Heero unconsciously leaned closer to look at the photo in Duo's hands, their breaths mingling.
Thunk
The atmosphere was broken as Heero's dreamlike state was broken and he turned away. He missed the hungry look on Duo's face. Duo cursed internally and also turned around to see what caused the noise.
Thunk
"Hey Heero, this is fun," Quatre said as he threw another dart. On the opposite wall of the desk was a dartboard, if you could call it a dartboard. It was hot pink was all kinds of frills and other girly fabrics. The best part was there was a picture of Relena's face in the center. Quatre had already sunk 3 darts into the board and there were many other old holes to indicate that the board had been used more then once.
Duo forgot his disappointment and started laughing. "What?" Heero asked. "It's a good stress reliever." This only made Duo laugh harder. Trowa was chuckling and so was Wufei. Quatre just shrugged and kept throwing darts.
Heero suddenly looked down at his watch. "Almost 5 o'clock. We better get going."
"Where are we going," Quatre asked.
"The main tenant's office next door. Mrs. Cyphrus makes the best chow around," Heero answered.
"Cyphrus, isn't that Kayla's last name?" Trowa asked.
"Yes it is. Her mom owns the complexes. Come on, we've got to go. Besides, there's someone there who is dying to meet Duo."
"Meet me?" Duo asked, then he smiled. "Well, I was never one to disappoint my adoring fans." The others groaned in response except for Heero. He silently smirked, knowing full well what Duo was getting himself into.
The gang exited the apartment and walked to the next door.
"Now remember, you are all my friends from L1. We were not in any war and we are not Gundam pilots, got it?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Another thing, my name is not Heero Yuy, its Heero Lowe."
The others barely had enough time to digest this new information when Heero knocked on the door. There was a short scurrying of feet as Kayla looked through the peephole. "Just one moment Heero. Stacy!" she called out. "He's here."
Heero had the chance to take a few steps back before the door flung open. A girl with blond pigtails, green eyes and blue overalls all but pounced on the Deathsythe pilot.
"Shini-baby! What took you so long!" Duo was perplexed. There was a small girl on his stomach, fully glomping him and Heero had the nerve to be smirking.
"Ohh, sorry. I didn't know I made you wait," Duo said. At least he wasn't lying.
"Come on, dinner is ready." Stacy pulled Duo through the door. The others just followed while shaking their heads.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Oh, you must be Heero's friends," Mrs. Cyphrus said. She had her brown hair tied back in a bun. "I'm glad to finally meet you. Heero talks about you all the time."
"He does?" they all said. Heero looked down a little sheepish. "Aww, he's blushing," Kayla teased. Heero looked up sternly. "Take a picture, it will last longer," he snapped back.
"Aww," Mrs. Cyphrus, Kayla and Stacy replied.
Everyone sat down at the table and began to eat. Stacy had pulled Duo in the seat next to her chair. Trowa and Quatre and Wufei were sitting directly to his left. Next to Wufei sat Heero, then Kayla, and Mrs. Cyphrus finished up the circle.
"Hey Wufei, can you pass me the whipped cream?" Duo asked innocently. Wufei immediately got a violent nosebleed and excused himself to go to the bathroom and stop the bleeding.
Duo was grinning and Trowa and Quatre were blushing. Heero and the Cyphruses were still sitting there wondering what had just happened.
"Duo, we don't have any whipped cream here." Stacy said.
~ ~ ~ ~
Sorry, that sequence I just couldn't help myself with. It's a reference to chapter 2 when Duo would make innocent phrases sound dirty to get Wufei to have a nosebleed.
About the arcade sequence, what sequence you ask? Sorry, I was too lazy to write it. Eventually, I'll probably write a side fic to what happened.
Sorry for the kissing teaser. I couldn't help myself. *ducks tomatoes*
Gomen nasai for the long update. I've had a muse/writing cramp all day. I say cramp because I knew what I was going to write it just took me all day to actually write it. This chapter is extra long because I've gotten a couple complaints that my chapters are too short. I hope this makes you a little happier and makes you review more. Please!!! ~_~;
That's it for now
Ja ne and peace out
~Alia Lowe
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the G-boys. Enough said.
Chapter 6
Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei were still shocked after seeing the carefree emotion on Heero's face. A similar thought was racing through each of their heads.
'Where is the 'Perfect Soldier' and where did this imposter hide the pod?'
The guys were standing there gawking at the top of the stairwell where Heero had been seen last for a long time. A teacher eventually walked down and asked them why they were gawking at a piece of gum at the top of the stairs.
"Umm, no reason," Quatre squeaked.
"We're on our way to class anyway," Duo added.
"Yah, yah. Well hurry up," the teacher gruffly commented as he shoved his way through the middle of the group and walked by. "Take a picture, it will last longer," he mumbled.
"So, what do we do now?" Trowa wondered out loud.
Duo flashed a grin at his fellow pilots. "There is an arcade in town and I have a pocket full of quarter just begging to be used."
The other pilots groaned, but let the Deathsythe pilot lead them to the local arcade.
~ ~ ~ ~ end of school ~ ~ ~ ~
Duo and the gang returned after their little 'expedition' in time to meet Heero. As always, Heero was prompt. He, Kayla and Kip were sitting at their lunch table when the group approached.
"Injustice, why do I have to be here?" Wufei ranted.
"Wufei, don't you want to know why Heero disappeared?" Quatre asked.
"No. It's his life, I have no say how to dispense justice when it comes to personal matters."
"You know what Fei-Fei? For once, you actually make sense. That's a record." Duo said with a sardonic smile.
"Watch it Maxwell. Even without my katana I can deal out my justice. Right here, right now."
"You know Wufei, I can still take that katana away again..." Trowa left the threat hanging in the air.
Wufei hung his head in defeat. "Yes Trowa-sama."
"Injustice!!!" was shouted from Heero's table. The boys jogged over to see what the ruckus was all about.
"Injustice! Why do I have to be here?" Duo did a double take. It was not the Shenlong pilot who made the statement. It was someone at Heero's table.
"Fine Kip, you can go dispense your justice on Beverly now."
"Yes!!! Arigato Kayla-chan!" Kip replied.
"Hai, hai. Just send me the Polaroid," Kayla shouted at her.
"What was all that about?" Quatre asked.
"Oh, that? Kip has been dying to deal out justice to Beverly all day. Something involving French class," Kayla shrugged. "We're not permitted to have weapons in school so Beverly shouldn't be mortally wounded. Now if Kip drags Beverly off campus and gets a hold of her twin daggers, that's when we have to call the paramedics."
"That girl scares me sometimes," Heero commented. "Reminds me too much of Wufei. I'm just glad I have not been on the receiving end of her justice yet." Kayla nodded her head in agreement.
"So," Trowa said interrupting the silence. "Care to tell us why you are here Ms..."
"Kayla, Kayla Cyphrus, and I should be going. Mom needs some help cleaning rooms. Will you be home at the usual time Heero?" Kayla asked.
"I'll probably come over about five. I want to show the guys around first."
"Alrighty then, see ya at five." Kayla then whispered another comment to Heero, "and I'll tell Stacy that her Shini-baby is here." Heero smirked, "Good idea. I will have to take a few steps back after I knock."
"Right, well ja ne Heero".
"Ja ne Kayla".
"Oookay," Duo said. "Who was she?"
"An old friend," Heero replied.
"Let me guess, from 10 years ago when you went to school here?" Duo said.
Heero had the nerve to act surprised. As realization dawned on Heero he physically smacked himself in the forehead. "Of course, you hacked my laptop. I almost forgot about that. Then again, I didn't think you could crack all of my passwords."
"Hey! I'll have you know I'm the number 2 hacker on this team." Duo retorted pouting.
"Duly noted," Heero replied. "If you did hack into my laptop, then why did you come all this way just to see what I was doing?"
"Well," Duo started to say. "We wanted to know why you left Heero," Quatre finished for Duo.
"Why I left?" Heero gave his friends a strange look. "I thought I already told you. The war was over so I went home. This is the only home I've ever known."
Quatre wiped away the tear that was rolling down his cheek and Trowa moved over to embrace his koi. "I'm sorry Heero, we didn't know." Duo was also a little sullen.
"Hey, don't worry about it. It's in the past. We'd better get going. There is a rain storm coming and my bike doesn't exactly have a roof attachment."
"Where are we going Heero?" Duo asked.
"To my apartment. You guys want to stay for dinner?" Heero asked.
"Sure, why not," Trowa said. "It will give us some time to catch up." With that, the gang got up and proceeded outside.
~ ~ ~ ~
The gang arrived at the apartment complex 5 minutes later. Heero parked his bike in a small garage while the others parked just outside the building. There were actually three separate complexes next to each other. Each complex was made up of six separate two-story apartments. The first apartment was labeled 'Main Office' on the door. Heero jogged back from the garage holding his keys and proceeded to open the second apartment. Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei followed him in before closing the door.
The apartment itself was very nice. The main hallway led to a living room in the back. To the left was a neat and tidy kitchen and to the right there was a bathroom and a set of stairs that led to the second floor. There were several pictures on the wall, mostly of Wing and old photos from the war. Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei walked into the living room. Trowa and Wufei sat down on a nearby couch while Quatre and Duo explored the room. By one wall, there was a desk with a laptop sitting on it.
"Hey Heero, nice pad," Trowa commented.
"Thanks"
"Oye, Heero. You got another laptop?" Duo asked.
"Well isn't there one over there. You still have my old one."
"Good point," Duo replied distantly. He was more focused on three framed photos that were next to the laptop.
The first photo was of the whole gang after the war. Wufei was pouting, Trowa and Heero were looking at the walls wishing they were somewhere else. Quatre was smiling with his big aquamarine eyes and Duo had a smirk on his face as he flashed a victory sign at the camera. Duo started to tear up at the memory as he passed the photo to his fellow co-pilots.
The next picture was of 2 children, roughly 10 years old. The girls had green eyes and brown pigtails and the boy had Prussian eyes and messy brown hair. "Hey Heero? Is this you and Kayla?"
"Yes it is. This was from just before I left for L1 about 10 years ago," Heero answered, smiling wistfully at the memory.
"So Heero, what is your relation to this Kayla girl?" Trowa asked. Heero turned around to face him.
"She's the closest thing I have to a family. We kept in contact during the war via e-mail, but her family doesn't know I was in a war. They don't know I was a Gundam pilot, let alone the 'Perfect Soldier'. It's nice to be treated normally."
"Oh," Trowa replied. Now he was melancholy, first his koi and now him. He was getting way too sensitive in these peaceful times.
The third photo was something Duo never expected. It was of himself and Heero. Heero was looking annoyed as Duo put his arm around Heero's shoulders and grinning like an idiot.
"Hey Heero, you still have this photo huh? I thought you said you were going to burn it," Duo said.
Heero walked up next to Duo to look at the photo. "I know I said that. I was lying." Duo looked up at Heero, suddenly aware of how close he was. Heero was just inches away from his face. So close, and yet not close enough. Heero had spaced for a second, remembering the day that photo was taken. He didn't notice the way Duo was looking at him. Heero unconsciously leaned closer to look at the photo in Duo's hands, their breaths mingling.
Thunk
The atmosphere was broken as Heero's dreamlike state was broken and he turned away. He missed the hungry look on Duo's face. Duo cursed internally and also turned around to see what caused the noise.
Thunk
"Hey Heero, this is fun," Quatre said as he threw another dart. On the opposite wall of the desk was a dartboard, if you could call it a dartboard. It was hot pink was all kinds of frills and other girly fabrics. The best part was there was a picture of Relena's face in the center. Quatre had already sunk 3 darts into the board and there were many other old holes to indicate that the board had been used more then once.
Duo forgot his disappointment and started laughing. "What?" Heero asked. "It's a good stress reliever." This only made Duo laugh harder. Trowa was chuckling and so was Wufei. Quatre just shrugged and kept throwing darts.
Heero suddenly looked down at his watch. "Almost 5 o'clock. We better get going."
"Where are we going," Quatre asked.
"The main tenant's office next door. Mrs. Cyphrus makes the best chow around," Heero answered.
"Cyphrus, isn't that Kayla's last name?" Trowa asked.
"Yes it is. Her mom owns the complexes. Come on, we've got to go. Besides, there's someone there who is dying to meet Duo."
"Meet me?" Duo asked, then he smiled. "Well, I was never one to disappoint my adoring fans." The others groaned in response except for Heero. He silently smirked, knowing full well what Duo was getting himself into.
The gang exited the apartment and walked to the next door.
"Now remember, you are all my friends from L1. We were not in any war and we are not Gundam pilots, got it?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Another thing, my name is not Heero Yuy, its Heero Lowe."
The others barely had enough time to digest this new information when Heero knocked on the door. There was a short scurrying of feet as Kayla looked through the peephole. "Just one moment Heero. Stacy!" she called out. "He's here."
Heero had the chance to take a few steps back before the door flung open. A girl with blond pigtails, green eyes and blue overalls all but pounced on the Deathsythe pilot.
"Shini-baby! What took you so long!" Duo was perplexed. There was a small girl on his stomach, fully glomping him and Heero had the nerve to be smirking.
"Ohh, sorry. I didn't know I made you wait," Duo said. At least he wasn't lying.
"Come on, dinner is ready." Stacy pulled Duo through the door. The others just followed while shaking their heads.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Oh, you must be Heero's friends," Mrs. Cyphrus said. She had her brown hair tied back in a bun. "I'm glad to finally meet you. Heero talks about you all the time."
"He does?" they all said. Heero looked down a little sheepish. "Aww, he's blushing," Kayla teased. Heero looked up sternly. "Take a picture, it will last longer," he snapped back.
"Aww," Mrs. Cyphrus, Kayla and Stacy replied.
Everyone sat down at the table and began to eat. Stacy had pulled Duo in the seat next to her chair. Trowa and Quatre and Wufei were sitting directly to his left. Next to Wufei sat Heero, then Kayla, and Mrs. Cyphrus finished up the circle.
"Hey Wufei, can you pass me the whipped cream?" Duo asked innocently. Wufei immediately got a violent nosebleed and excused himself to go to the bathroom and stop the bleeding.
Duo was grinning and Trowa and Quatre were blushing. Heero and the Cyphruses were still sitting there wondering what had just happened.
"Duo, we don't have any whipped cream here." Stacy said.
~ ~ ~ ~
Sorry, that sequence I just couldn't help myself with. It's a reference to chapter 2 when Duo would make innocent phrases sound dirty to get Wufei to have a nosebleed.
About the arcade sequence, what sequence you ask? Sorry, I was too lazy to write it. Eventually, I'll probably write a side fic to what happened.
Sorry for the kissing teaser. I couldn't help myself. *ducks tomatoes*
Gomen nasai for the long update. I've had a muse/writing cramp all day. I say cramp because I knew what I was going to write it just took me all day to actually write it. This chapter is extra long because I've gotten a couple complaints that my chapters are too short. I hope this makes you a little happier and makes you review more. Please!!! ~_~;
That's it for now
Ja ne and peace out
~Alia Lowe