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A/N: Very long chapter.



Chapter Nine

Brad and Dan left a few hours later after talking with Duo about the type of bomb to use. They decided to meet the next day and start building the bombs. Everyone went off to sleep for the night, well all but two.

**On Kitty's balcony**

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Trowa asked Kitty.

"I never know if anything is going to work. I always just let it play out. And if it works, it works. If it doesn't, then it doesn't." Kitty replied.

"Are you going to be in the warehouse when he gets there?" Trowa asked.

"Yes I am." She replied.

"What? Why? If you're going to blow up the place then why go in there?" He questioned.

"I'll be out before the place ever blows. So you don't have to worry." She told him.

Trowa wrapped his arms around her waist. "It's my job to worry."

"And you're so good at." Kitty said teasingly. "Come on, we better get to bed." Kitty said leaving the balcony.

"Alright." Trowa said, following her off the balcony. Trowa (again) stayed in Kitty's room for the night.

**The next morning**

"Heero...were did you put my tea?" Kitty asked him.

"You drink to much tea." He stated.

"Dammit Heero...where's my damn tea?" Kitty shouted her question.

"Heero just tell her where her tea is." Trowa said coming out of his room.

"It's in the tin can on the counter." Heero told her.

"Now was that difficult?" Kitty asked sarcastically.

"Very." Heero replied. "Why do you want a cup of tea anyways?"

"Because it's better then coffee." She replied.

"You drink more tea then Quatre does." Heero told her.

"Is this a problem Mr. Perfect?" Kitty asked with sarcasm. Heero shot her one of his infamous glares. She glared back at him. Trowa watched the two and noticed that both glares were the same, which he found quite scary. He could do nothing more then smirk at the two. At the same time, Relena and Katie walked through the door.

"Now this is scary. And dangerous to our health." Katie said.

"Should we come back later?" Relena asked her.

"Nah...They should be finished soon." Katie replied. Katie was right. Within the next minute, Kitty's pot of water over the stone started to whistle. She left her glaring with Heero to go make herself a cup of tea. Relena and Katie went and sat on the couch next to Heero. Shortly after Duo, Quatre, and Wufei walked through the door with Kelly and Amber not far behind.

"Is anyone else as hungry as I am?" Duo asked after taking a seat in one of the chairs that were around the room. Everyone in the room raised their hand and a faint "I am" was heard from the kitchen. Kitty came out and sat next to Trowa after making her tea.

"Jeez Kitty, am I going to like have to buy you a year supply of tea? Granted for a year supply I would need two years worth." Katie commented.

"Is there a reason everyone is making all tea crack ups?" Kitty asked to no one in particular.

"Well sorry, I didn't think you'd make a big deal about it." Katie told her.

"You're not the only one." Trowa said.

"Well who else is there?" Amber asked. Both, Trowa and Kitty, pointed to Heero.

"He hid her tea this morning." Trowa told them.

"Well she does drink more tea then Quatre." Duo stated.

"Hence why I'm not as short as you are." Kitty said.

"What does drinking tea or coffee have to do with being tall?" Heero asked.

"Drinking coffee stunts your growth Yuy." Wufei said.

"That explains my problem." Kelly said.

"Why are you bitchin...I'm two inches shorter then you." Amber stated.

"Then lay off the mochas you just have to drink." Kelly told her.

"Bite it." Amber said. After saying it, everyone looked at her. "What?"

"I don't think I want to know what the "it" is." Katie said.

"But you sister's getting it." Duo mumbled. However, Kitty understood it.

"Duo." Kitty glared at him.

"I didn't do it." Duo said.

"Yes you did." Kitty commented.

"I should run...shouldn't I?" Duo asked.

"That depends...Trowa did you hear what he said?" Kitty asked.

"No...What did he say?" Trowa asked her.

"Well Duo you lucked out." Kitty told him.

"So I don't have to run for my life?" He questioned. Kitty shook her head. "Then damn I'm lucky."

"What did he say?" Trowa asked her again.

"Nothing...but if he says it again, he is going to wake up tomorrow with out a braid." Kitty told him. They sat in silence until the phone rang. Heero picked it up. After hearing who had called, he told them to wait and handed the phone to Kitty.

"Hello." Kitty said.

"Hey Kitty." She heard Dan say.

"Hey Dan." She said.

"Who answered the phone?" Dan asked.

"Heero did." Kitty told him.

"Well what's his problem?" Dan asked.

"I don't know. But from what I've heard from Duo, he's always had a stick up his ass." Kitty told him. This caused him and everyone else, with the exception of Heero, to break out into laughter. Well, Trowa, and Wufei let out a small chuckle. At this point Heero was back to glaring daggers at her. "So why are you calling?"

"Well, Bard and I can't make it today. We have previous engagements." Dan told her.

"Who is Brad fighting now?" Kitty asked. "And don't tell me his not, because he can be just as hot headed as me."

"Some other ex-assassin." Dan answered.

"Well tell him I said have fun." Kitty told Dan.

"I will. We'll see you tomorrow." Dan said before hanging up. Kitty hung up after he did.

"Brad's fighting someone again?" Katie asked. Kitty nodded.

"Was the stick up the ass comment really necessary?" Trowa asked.

"I thought so." Kitty replied.

"Come on Trowa, lighten up. She did have a point." Duo said.

"And even you thought it was funny to." Amber said to him.

"I did not." Trowa stated.

"Barton...how could you do something so dishonorable?" Wufei asked.

"You thought it was funny to so don't pull that innocent shit." Kelly said to him.

"Besides...it was funny...and all at the expense of Heero." Quatre said.

"Oh yes so funny." Heero said.

"You really should lighten up Heero." Kitty said while getting off the love seat. "Even I smile every once and while. Even after moving here and waiting to kill Duo and Wufei after the first day." She said as she entered the kitchen.

"Don't forget about Relena." Heero shouted so she could hear him. His reply was being hit in the back of the head with a dictionary and a glare from Trowa.

"Heero...that's not nice." Relena scolded.

"Well it's true." Heero replied. On her way back to sit by Trowa, Kitty hit him in the back of his head with another book. "What's up with you using books as a way of bashing someone head in?" Heero asked. Kitty just gave him the finger.

"Smart thing to say Heero." Duo whispered in his ear.

"Just like you the first day we found out about Kelly and Amber." Heero retorted.

"Low blow dude...very low." Duo said.

"Kitty I have a question." Katie told her.

"What is it?" Kitty asked.

"Well Relena, Kelly, Amber, and I were talking, and we already figured out that your going to be in the warehouse when he gets there, but something got me thinking." Katie explained.

"Don't do that too much...you'll hurt yourself." Kitty commented.

"Anyways, my question is, are you going to fight this guy?" Katie finally asked.

"I lost a fight to him before so I'm not going to fight him again when I know it's hopeless." Kitty replied.

"Well the last time you fought him you weren't in the right state of mind." Katie said. Kitty looked at her as if daring her to continue, so she did. "Well considering the events that lead up to the fight. He did after all-" Kitty cut her off.

"If you finish that sentence I will rip your tongue out." Kitty threatened.

"Then we'll pass by that detail. The point is before you fought him you didn't sleep for forty-eight hours, you didn't eat in that period of time, so your reaction time was slower. Honestly I'm surprise you even stayed down once he pinned you to the ground." Katie explained.

"What makes you think I would get up after he pinned me down anyways?" Kitty asked.

"Because I know you would. You never lost a fight until then and that's because you would never stay down." Katie told her.

"Katie does this lecture have a point, because your starting to sound like our sensei at the fighting academy. Only I listened to him. Or at least until I could beat him." Kitty said.

"Yes I do have a point." Katie answered.

"Then what is it?" Kitty asked impatiently.

"What I'm saying is that if you trained up within these next two weeks, you could beat him. Correction, I know you could beat him." Katie told her. "Only I don't think you could use Brad as a sparing partner right now." She added.

"Well he doesn't just fight physically." Kitty said to her.

"What other way of fighting is there?" Duo asked.

"Mental." Wufei answered.

"So we help you with the mental shit too." Katie said. "The point is I know you can beat him because you love to fight and you hate to lose. Which is why you always pushed yourself to be the best. And you took it more seriously when our brother died, you always tried to be like him and you finally did. You always got into fights with Grandma because you would sneak out of the house to go street fight with some punk who thought he was the best. She would always say, "You're becoming more and more like that reckless brother of yours," and "One of these days you're going to end up like your brother." But you didn't care. So I know you can beat this asshole." Katie finished her rant.

"Now that's a speech I'd expect from Wufei." Duo said.

"Certainly isn't one you'd hear from Relena." Amber added.

"Was this after-" Trowa was about to ask a question but Kitty put her hand over his mouth.

"If you're referring to the conversation we had the day I came back from the hospital, the answer is yes." Kitty told him.

"So he knows?" Katie asked. Kitty and Trowa nodded.

"Then Trowa don't you think she should fight him?" Katie asked him.

"I think she could take him, but it's up to her. I'm not even happy with the fact that she is going to be in the warehouse." Trowa answered.

"I take it this is a personal conversation?" Relena asked. The three of them nodded.

"So will you do it Kitty?" Katie asked her sister.

"No." Came her monotonous reply.

"Why?" Katie pushed the subject even further.

"Just drop it Katie." Kitty told her.

"No. Give me a straight answer why you won't fight him." Katie pressed on. "Just tell me and I'll leave you alone."

"Fine, you want to know then I'll tell you. It's because if I do lose then I have to deal with the consequences of losing and I can't deal with that." Kitty shouted. She slouched over, covered her face, and was taking beep breaths.

"Kitty." Trowa tried to comfort his girlfriend.

"Just leave me alone." Kitty said before shoving him away and running to her room. Everyone was still in a state of shock from Kitty's answer to her sister's question. Unfortunately, no one could recover quickly enough before she slammed and locked her door.

"This can't be good." Duo commented.

"Hey Trowa, you okay." Kelly asked. He didn't reply.

"I shouldn't have done that." Katie said. Quatre went over to his girlfriend and gave her a hug.

"It's okay. You didn't know she would react like that." Quatre said to her.

"I have to talk to her." Katie said before running to her sister's door. "Kitty open up." She said while knocking on the door.

"Go away." She heard her sister yell.

"No. Now open the door." Katie ordered.

"No." Came her one word reply.

"Come on Kitty, open the door." Trowa said.

"I said no."

"Dammit Kitty, quite being so damn stubborn and open the door." Katie shouted.

"Come on Kitty, please open the door." Trowa pleaded. Katie looked around the room. Mainly for anyone's help, when she saw that Noin, Une, and Milliardo had entered the room. "Kitty Une is here and wants to talk to you." Katie informed her.

"I don't care."

"Kitty please open the door." Trowa pleaded one more time.

"No. Now go away." To get her point across, she through something against the wall. With it hit with a thud, they heard it shatter.

"Kitty did you throw a glass vase at the door?" Katie asked.

"No. I through a book at the door." She replied.

"Then what was that shattering noise?" Trowa asked.

"The sound of my fist hitting my mirror and then the mirror shattering." Kitty replied.

"Kitty you open this door right now." Une ordered.

"Make me." Kitty retorted. They all heard the clicking sound of her balcony doors shutting.

"Duo." Trowa called over to him. "Come over here and pick the lock." Duo nodded and set to work, while Trowa went and got the first aid kit out of his bathroom. When he got back, Duo had the door unlocked. "Thanks." Trowa said to him before entering the room. Looking towards the balcony, he saw Kitty sitting in the chair. Her right hand was dripping with her own chrisom blood. Shaking his head, Trowa went out onto the balcony.

"What do you want?" Kitty asked bitterly.

"I want to see your hand so I can clean and bandage it." Trowa replied.

Kitty looked down to see her hand. "It's fine."

"No it's not, now let me see it." Trowa ordered.

"See." Kitty said showing him the front and back of her hand. Trowa, seeing no other way, grabbed her hand and started to clean it.

"Why would you do this?" He asked.

"It's easier to replace a mirror instead of a wall." Kitty replied.

"Well, you shouldn't be doing this." Trowa scolded.

"I've been doing it for years...so I don't need a lecture about it." Kitty told him. Trowa noticed that the whole time he had been out on the balcony, Kitty hadn't looked at him.

"Kitty, would you look at me when we're talking?" Trowa asked. When Kitty looked at him, he could clearly see the pain and sorrow in her eyes. "You sister does have a point. You could take him."

"So you're siding with her on this?" It wasn't really a question.

"No...I never said I was." Trowa defended himself.

"Then what are you saying?" Kitty was clearly...Pissed.

"I'm saying that you could beat him." Trowa answered.

"No. You're suggesting that I fight him." Kitty said as she left the balcony.

"Now you're jumping to conclusions." Trowa stated as he followed her off the balcony.

"So what were you going to say?" She asked after she opened her door, and then walked out. When she didn't hear Trowa answer, her temper only boiled even more. "Well?" she snapped.

"Okay...so maybe I was going to suggest that you fight him." Trowa admitted.

"So you are siding with her?"

"Maybe I am."

"When then that's bullshit." Kitty yelled at him.

"And why is that? You know you could beat him." Trowa was now yelling, which is rare in itself. Neither realized that Brad or Dan had entered the room. Or the new color tint to Brad's left eye.

"Were you not just listening to the argument that me and my sister just had?" Kitty asked.

"You mean the one that lead you to lock yourself in you room and punch out a mirror, or the one you had yesterday?" He asked sarcastically.

"Hold it." Brad stopped them. "You punched another mirror?" He asked while moving towards Kitty.

"That has no relevance right now." She replied.

"Like hell it doesn't." Dan said moving towards her.

"It's not like I tried to kill myself." Kitty stated.

"Again." Dan added coldly.

"Watch it Dan." Kitty growled.

"He has a point." Brad commented. "You've been doing this since you were fourteen. It apparently hasn't changed much."

"Shut up Brad." Kitty yelled. "I'm not that little fourteen year old kid that your bosses brought to you anymore. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself."

"You sure as hell don't act like it. You are still acting like that little girl with anger management problem." Brad said to her.

"Well to be in the 300 club it must be a requirement." Kitty yelled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Dan shouted his question.

"Exactly what it sounds like. Everyone in the 300 club, including the two of you, has gone to anger management classes. Granted it's not like they work." Kitty explained.

"Well apparently not, considering your still punching mirror." Dan snapped.

"Its better then using your head." Kitty shouted before walking passed Brad and Dan, and then right out the door. Everyone heard the door shut with a loud slam.

"She's right...anger management classes don't work." Duo commented. He was then hit in the head with a book, thanks to the perfect solider.

"Trowa...are you okay?" Quatre asked with concern. Trowa didn't reply. He just stalked into his room and slammed the door.