VII. PARTNERS

Who would thought that ever since that day, Duo and Sese were calling each others as partners? Ever since the battle with Argentum, Duo calls Sese as partner or Lord of End. Sese meanwhile refrain to call Duo as Duo or partner in crime.

The change happened one fateful Saturday evening when Sese invited them all to her midnight race with some guys who thinks that she's an amateur.

"Sese is not here yet!" Relena exclaimed craning her neck looking for Sese amidst the racers in the racing place. Duo replied, "Chill Relena, Sese wants a grand entrance!"

As he says this, Trowa spotted Sese arriving in a black car. "There she is!" he replied to Duo. Duo stood up and exclaimed, "Yo partner!"

Sese got out of the car, everyone went wide eyed. Sese's long red hair was no longer long. She had it cut! Now her red flaming hair is shoulder length and layered. She was wearing her black matrix coat, underneath is her black motorcycling suit. She was also wearing black shades.

She saw Duo and exclaimed, "Duo!" Duo has to shake himself to what he saw, Sese looked so different and definitely cool looking. Duo approached to her saying, "You cut your hair!"

"Yeah! Ain't it cool?" Sese asked grinning at him. Duo exclaimed, "Yeah... I like it, it looks cool on you!" Relena approached Sese saying, "Good luck on your race Sese!"

Sese bowed down saying, "Thank you Ms. Relena!" Quatre exclaimed, "Do your best!" Sese grinned at Arabian friend of hers, she then turned to Duo saying, "So partner, I hope we tuned my precious really good!"

"Don't worry, I tuned your precious so good you'll sure to win!" Duo exclaimed winking at her. A guy with spiky blond hair approached her and replied, "The race is about to start Deo Brado!" Sese smirked at the guy as she removed her matrix coat.

Duo handed her black helmet and whispered to her, "You go partner!" Sese looked at him and smiled. She then put her helmet on and approached her bike.

The race started with the blond spiky guy in the lead. Duo went back to others watching the race. "That guy with the blond hair is in the lead!" Quatre exclaimed.

"Don't panic Quatre, Sese is going to win.... she has her own tricks up her sleeves!" Duo replied. "Don't tell me she's using her powers?" Wu Fei asked. Duo shook his head saying, "Nope, that's cheating Wu-man and Sese's no cheater!"

Then halfway of the race Sese caught up with the blond guy. The blond guy saw that Sese might took the lead, kicked Sese's bike with his leg.

"Now that's cheating!" Relena exclaimed angrily bending low on the railing, Heero grab her by the waist saying in his mind, "Relena is so energetic today...." Duo frowned and exclaimed, "Why that jerk bag!"

Sese got her bike in control and wasn't troubled by it. The blond guy did it again. Sese frowned lowered speed a little bit giving her opponent a little lead. The blond guy smirked and cried, "I WILL WIN THIS RACE BITCH!"

"Let's see about that jerk!" Sese thought smiling to herself. Near the end of the race, Sese suddenly accelerated her speed so surprisingly that the blond guy wasn't able to see her speeding ahead of him. Sese waved back him saying, "Looks like I'm going to win sucker!"

Sese Deo Brado did won and that leave the blond guy kicking his bike in anger. Sese could only laugh her head off. Duo joined her into her laughters. Quatre smiled at the two and replied to Trowa, "They are so similar in many ways aren't they?"

Trowa just nod his head in agreement. Relena hugged Sese saying, "Congratulations Sese!" Sese hugged back saying, "Thanks Ms. Relena! I appreciate your cheers!"

Heero replied, "Yeah, she nearly fell off the railing because of that!" Duo smirked and exclaimed, "Common Heero, you were there to prevent that right?" with that he winked at him. Relena could only blush and Heero gave Duo a death glare.

Sese giggled and exclaimed, "Common, let's celebrate this back in the dorm!" everyone agreed to that.

DORM (ST. MICHAEL)

"It's a good thing that Relena let us to use the dorm's auditorium for this party!" Duo exclaimed as he helped Wu Fei bring the cases of beer. Quatre raised an eyebrow saying, "Alcoholic drinks?"

Duo nod his head saying, "That's right! Why?" Quatre replied, "Are we allowed to drink that? I thought this is an non-alcoholic party?"

"Don't be a party pooper Winner boy! Drink for a change!" Duo replied putting his arm around Quatre's shoulders. Trowa handed Quatre a bottle of champagne saying, "Catherine and the girls are having this, I think you should take it too!"

Quatre smiled and said, "Thanks Trowa!" Sese appeared wearing, black jeans and a black spaghetti straps and black rubber shoes. Her layered red hair swayed as she walked towards them. Due to the disco lights, Sese radiant as a party girl goddess. Duo can't help but to ogle.

"Hey, you guys enjoying?" Sese asked. Wu Fei nod his head saying, "For a girl, you know how to throw a party!" Sese smiled at him saying, "I'll take that as a compliment Wu Fei!"

The dance floor flowed with party people. Sese grabbed Duo by the hand saying, "Common partner, let's dance!" Duo shook his head saying, "I'm not much of a dancer partner!"

"You're an American, you must know how to dance!" Sese exclaimed. "Not all American's can dance, partner!" Duo pointed out. Sese gave Duo a look of insist. "Oh all right, you win!" Duo gave in.

Thus Duo danced with Sese. Meanwhile, Relena had a lot a champagne and started to feel dizzy. Heero noticed this took Relena by the hand saying, "I think you better rest..."

Relena just nod her head, as she started to walk she stumbled down, Heero caught her saying, "I'll have to carry you Relena" with that he carried her.

RELENA'S ROOM

Heero laid the ditzy Relena on the bed. He covered her with her blanket and was about to leave when Relena muttered his name, "Heero..."

The perfect soldier stared at her, he then took hold of her hand saying, "I'm here Relena..." Relena gave a faint smile and closed her eyes. Heero took a chair, he sat on it thinking, "I'll be just right here Relena..."

AUDITORIUM (DORM)

Duo scanned the area but he couldn't find Sese. He started to worry. What if Pierre attacked and she was taken away? Duo approached Quatre asking, "Yo Quatre, have you seen Sese?"

Quatre shook his head saying, "No, I think she's with Relena!" Duo replied, "Nah... I just saw Heero carrying a tipsy Relena awhile ago! She's not with her!"

"How about Catherine?" Quatre asked. Duo shook his head saying, "She's with Trowa!" Quatre then asked, "Where do you think she'll be Duo? You're the one who knows her well among us."

Duo's eyes lit up and exclaimed, "The garage! Of course! Thanks Winner boy!" with that he rushed out of the auditorium.

GARAGE

Sese stared at her bike thinking, "You did well today my precious! Cheers!" with that she raised up a bottle of beer and drank it.

She then noticed the stars at the sky shining beautifully. She smiled at the sight. It was very peaceful, and she's loving every inch of it. She was longing peace for a very long time. She just hope that the peace she is now feeling will last until the day she die.

"But you're a New Type... when you're a New Type, there will be no peace, there will be always a war!" She thought. She looked at the bottle of beer and replied, "An endless war..."

"Thinking about Pierre aren't you?" Duo asked. Sese turned around and found the copper-blue eyed pilot leaning on the wall. Sese sighed and said, "You're no New Type but it seems you can read my mind."

Duo smirked saying, "A thing I learned from Heero himself. That's one ability of his that is contagious!" Sese laughed saying, "You're so funny!"

"What? I didn't intend that for a joke!" Duo exclaimed raising an eyebrow. "Well I guess that's the thing I like about you partner, you can brighten up an dreary day with your comments, funny or not! Believe me, it always makes me laugh!" Sese exclaimed throwing him a bottle of beer.

Duo caught it saying, "Thanks for the praise partner!" He then noticed the stars and exclaimed, "Wow, so many stars tonight!"

"I know, beautiful aren't they?" Sese replied. Duo nod his head saying, "Stars like that reminds me of serenity!" Sese then exclaimed, "Duo... I'm going after Pierre!"

"What?!" Duo exclaimed choking on his beer. Sese looked at him saying, "Tomorrow, I'll search for Pierre and nothing will stop me from stopping him!" Duo grab Sese by the shoulder saying, "I now you're a New Type and everything but I didn't know you're crazy!"

Sese smirked saying, "I've been crazy all my life Duo!" Duo sighed and exclaimed, "Looks like I don't have any other choice but yo accompany you!"

"Now you're the one whose crazy!" Sese commented. "If you've been crazy all your life, I was crazy even before I was born!" Duo exclaimed.

"Duo, I'll be facing a New Type like myself, there'll be a chance I won't return back alive! If you come with me, there is a chance you won't come back alive too!" Sese exclaimed facing Duo looking him straight in the eyes.

The 02 pilot touched Sese's face saying, "Then let's die together! You're my partner and I'm not letting you die out there without me, you got that?"

"Duo..." Sese whispered. Duo smiled at her and said, "We'll create apocalypse together okay?" Sese couldn't help it, she embraced Duo who was taken aback by this action of hers.

"Duo...." Sese thought tears forming in her eyes. Duo hugged Sese back saying, "It's okay, you're my partner right? Don't cry now Sese..."

NEXT MORNING

Relena hurriedly ran towards Heero crying, "Heero! Heero! Sese is gone with Susagep!" Heero nod his head saying, "I know... Duo is also gone... with Deathscythe Hell!"

"But why?" Relena asked looking extremely worried, "Don't tell me they eloped?" Wu Fei then burst out laughing saying, "It's like they're romantically involved!" Heero shot him a nasty glare. Wu Fei immediately shut up.

Quatre fished out a letter saying, "It's from Duo!" Relena took the letter and read,

Yo Everyone!

Me and Sese are on a mission! We're paying Mr. Pierre, the-big-pain-in-the-butt-guy in Sese's life and silence him! We might not return alive but the heck we'll be creating apocalypse, so it'll be hell lot of fun!

To Relena, don't worry, I'll take care of Sese... she's partner ya know! ^0^

Yours truly,

Duo Maxwell

"Oh Duo..." Relena sighed, "I don't believe they're doing this just the two of them!" Heero exclaimed, "Don't worry, they'll be just fine!"

Quatre asked, "How can you be sure? According to the letter, they might not return alive!" Heero answered, 'You're forgetting that those two are death themselves. You can't kill death!"

"I just hope what they apocalypse will turn out fine" Trowa replied, 'I'd love to see that!"

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To be Continued