Enigma
Ch.2 Before Meeting Relena
By: ~Pisces*Angel~
Disclaimer: I don't own anything…as usual…
AN: hehe NO MORE SCHOOL FOR THREE WEEKS! Yeah.. ok on with the story, hope you like it!
Anyways here are the polls so far: (I'd personally like to try some unique and original couples that aren't often seen, but it's all up to you guys!)
Hotaru/Trowa-1
Rei/Treize-1
Setsuna/Treize-1
Rei/Quatre-4
Hotaru/Heero-5
Rei/Wu-fei-2
Setsuna/Milliardo-5
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-Quatre's Mansion the Next Day-
After the emergency meeting with Dr. J, the ex pilots decided to take Hotaru home with them, at least until she found her own apartment. She would start her work as being a Preventor, like the rest of the pilots, but also as the protector of the Peace Princess. Hotaru was going to meet her today, she wondered exactly how peaceful this Relena was. 'I'm going to test her patience today and play around with her' Hotaru amused herself with this thought as she started down the stairs of Quatre's mansion towards the kitchen where the rest of the guys were.
The delectable smell of pancakes spread through the kitchen as Wu-fei was making them(^^). The others with the exception of Duo was sitting around the table discussing what their next mission might be. Wu-fei was not happy about the situation they were in now, he was still very skeptic about Hotaru being as trained as they were, and it bothered him that such a petite fragile girl could be his sister. He was hoping for a strong self-confident sister, which Hotaru did not seem to be. And the talk of another war was making the situation worse. 'Why is it we never get any peace, I thought after we destroyed the gundum's there would be no more war. Maybe it has to do with-' Wu-fei's thoughts were interrupted by a morning greeting from Hotaru. He just rolled his eyes and grunted a "morning" back to her.
Hotaru scanned the room as she walked in, she noticed that Duo was missing and she didn't blame him for sleeping in, after all they all had a long night last night. After saying a greeting she was pleased that her brother was the first to reply, even though he did only grunt his greeting. She was also surprised to see him at the stove cooking pancakes. 'I never knew my brother could cook, well talk about a startling revelations about a long lost brother.' Because she was so deep in thought pondering over her brother's cooking skills (don't ask I don't know why either-_-') she did not hear the greetings from the others as she sat down to join them at the table.
"Would someone wake up that braided-baka before we're all late for work again!" Wu-fei yelled frustrated as he started flipping the pancakes.
"Calm down, Wu-fei. I'm sure Lady Une would not mind us being late again because she knows how Duo is." Quatre said, trying to soothe Wu-fei's temper, he knew that Wu-fei was feeling very moody since Hotaru was introduced. Duo suddenly bursted into the kitchen apologizing for his lateness then stopping in his tracks as he saw Wu-fei making pancakes. He then started laughing out loud unable to control himself. Apparently this was the very first time Wu-fei had cooked for them, it was usually Quatre or Trowa who did.
"Wu-fei ol' pal, what made you decide to cook today!? Are you sure I'm not going to be poisoned by what your cooking?" Duo joked.
"I felt like it Maxwell, and there is nothing wrong with my cooking!" Wu-fei yelled in frustration, just what he needed more annoyance. Hotaru giggled at her brother's response but stopped just when Wu-fei turned around fire in his eyes,
"And do you find something funny about me cooking!?"
"No, no" Hotaru quietly replied.
"Actually Wu-fei, I find your cooking quite delectable, you shouldn't blame Duo, after all you never have cooked for us." Trowa said peacefully though amused at the situation. Heero just sat there in deep thought, who knew what he was thinking. Wu-fei growled and turned back to his pancakes. 'I'll show Duo!' he thought, and with an evil smile on his face, he turned all his attention to the pancakes and started to plot revenge on what Duo had said.
A little while later Heero solemnly stated that something was burning. Everyone started to sniff the air, excluding Wu-fei and grew alarmed as the burnt scent was filling the room.
"Wu-fei, are you sure those pancakes aren't done yet? I think they are burning!" Quatre asked worried about the food.
"Oh no, they are PERFECTLY fine, in fact I made them just for Duo." Wu-fei surreptitiously stated and then started to laugh like a maniac. Everyone including Duo sweatdropped.
"Is he usually like this?" Hotaru asked in wonderment, she never knew her brother's personality was so capricious.
"You made special pancakes JUST for me!? THANKS!!!!" Duo happily stated as he had this puppy dog look on his face as Wu-fei came to serve Duo's pancakes but then Duo's face dropped.
"You expect me to eat a burnt up pancakes filled with HOLES!?" Duo cried.
"That's what you get! And if you want to starve for the morning then don't eat it." Wu-fei replied as he happily seated himself with a plate of nice golden brown pancakes.
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!"
And so the rest of the morning went on with Duo complaining about having disgustingly burnt pancakes for breakfast. As the gang got out of the car and headed towards the Preventer's headquarters, Trowa told Wu-fei that maybe he should have just given Duo the good pancakes. Wu-fei had to agree, he just made Duo more annoying, he had no idea that his ingenious plan would backfire. Hotaru on the other hand was very amused at the situation, at first she found it hard to believe that her brother could actually joke around.
~Preventer's Headquarters~
"We are pleased to have you here Hotaru!" Lady Une joyously stated as she was introduced to Hotaru.
" It's a pleasure to be here actually and to protect the Princess who defends peace so ferverently!" Hotaru commented, though her thoughts were the complete opposite of what came out of her mouth. Duo made a face at Hotaru which would have been interpreted as "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!", unfortunately for Duo, Lady Une caught the face and glared at him, he just shrugged back.
"Trowa will show you around the building and also he will show you your office, meanwhile I must get going and inform Relena of your arrival. I'm sure she'll be more than thrilled to meet you." Lady Une concluded the meeting as she left.
"I can't say I really agree with that" Hotaru muttered under her breath. No one but Heero heard it since he was sitting next to her, and he had to smile at that.
"Shall we go now Hotaru?" Trowa asked as he started to get up. Hotaru nodded and followed him out the door, Heero just stared at the two retreating figures. Duo just shook his head.
"She is a real mystery, how can she possibly be delighted to serve Relena!"
"Oh Duo, you just don't get it." Quatre smiled as he shook his head.
" Get what?"
"Nothing, forget what I said."
~Preventer's Hallways~
Meanwhile, Trowa was trying to start a conversation with Hotaru. It surprised him that she was so silent, though he couldn't say much about that since he was silent person himself.
"So what do you think of your brother Hotaru? Has he changed at all since the last time you've seen him? I'm sure he must have!"
"Well I don't really know what to think. Yes he has changed since the last time I've seen him. But he seems more cold and distant now, and he has a certain disrespect for women I've noticed! He was not like that before, from what I remember at least. I can't really say I'm pleased with the way he turned out but who am I to judge, he most likely has the same feelings towards me too. Except that I still love and care for him while he, on the other hand, doesn't love or care for me anymore." Hotaru replied somberly. Though it might have seem she was impassive or just a little sad on the outside, in reality she was tearing up inside. She could not understand why her brother was treating her as if she were an enemy or someone he disliked. But she did not want to appear a whiner so she just kept all those depressing feelings within her. It was better when she cried alone then in front of others.
"I see, well I can't really say I'm too surprised at how he treats women. From what I've seen, he's always been like that except towards Sally. Though he even criticizes Sally sometimes." Trowa replied.
"So who is this Sally person? Is it someone who my brother likes?" Hotaru asked appearing surprised yet also amused that her brother would actually act less sexist around the woman he liked. Then again, he did not want this Sally to get a bad impression of him either.
"Oh I'm not too sure about that either, but she is also a part of the Preventers, she is in charge of the medical ward and it seems like Wu-fei and her are close friends. He believes her to be a strong woman, that's mostly why he respects her and doesn't really criticize her I am guessing." Trowa replied now also curious about who Wu-fei admires. Hotaru was beginning to become fonder of Trowa then she was of him before. When she first met him, she thought he was a very distant and silent man. But now that she was actually talking to him she knew that he was not distant, perhaps silent, yet also very laid back.
"Well anyways, here are the Preventer's offices and your office is at the very end of this hall to the door on your right. The middle door is Relena's office when she comes the door to the left is Heero's." Trowa stated getting off the subject of Wu-fei and back to what he was really supposed to be doing, showing Hotaru around. Hotaru thanked Trowa for showing her around and then departed towards her office. Trowa stood there a few seconds in deep thought, he then shook his head and headed towards his office with a smile on his face.
Later that day towards around noon time an announcement was made over the P.A. that Relena her brother and Lieutenant Noin had arrived and commanded that the Ex-Gundum Pilots and Hotaru go to Relena's office.
~Relena's Office~
'Finally!' Hotaru thought, she was waiting for this moment the whole day! She wanted to crack Relena's pacifist exterior so bad. She knew that Relena wasn't all she stood for, but Hotaru wanted to see how much of a hypocrite Relena was. Unfortunately though Milliardo her brother was there, and Hotaru knew that he would be defending Relena the whole time without Relena having to talk back.
As Hotaru entered the office she saw a young lady around her age with honey blonde hair and kind blue eyes. She also saw a man standing next to her around 24. He had blonde hair that looked almost white and cold blue eyes. "Hotaru, I would like you to meet Miss Relena Peacecraft and her brother Mr. Milliardo Peacecraft." Said Lady Une. Hotaru nodded and bowed.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'll make sure no harm comes to you Miss Relena." Hotaru said coldly her eyes boring into Relena's "kind" eyes. Relena was startled to see such cold eyes, and it reminded her much of Heero. But she was also quite upset that the Preventer's chose someone that appeared to be heartless to be her bodyguard. Of course she knew that Heero was not heartless but this Hotaru did seem to be. Even though Hotaru's attitude bothered Relena, making her feel as though Hotaru was superior to her, she kept her head up high and just looked straight back at Hotaru. This time the kindness in her eyes had disappeared. Milliardo was not pleased with Hotaru either, this girl did not seem pleased at all to serve for Relena. He just glared right back at Hotaru. While this was going on Hotaru did not even notice Lieutenant Noin nor the others in the background. The 5 pilots just sat there looking from Hotaru to Relena and her brother. Obviously only Heero and Trowa knew what was going on and they thought it quite comical of Hotaru to play Relena like that. Since they were really the main observers, they had observed Hotaru for quite a while and knew she was not really cold hearted. Duo was gaping at the scene. Did not just a few hours ago Hotaru seemed ecstatic to meet Relena? What was going on? Quatre was also trying to figure out what Hotaru was doing, surely she did not want to start off with a bad impression and anger Milliardo. Wu-fei appeared impassive of the situation and what seemed to be a cough from Noin made everyone snap out of their thoughts and continue with the meeting.
"Miss Relena, this is Hotaru…" Lady Une introduced with uneasiness.
'Lets see what your made of Miss. Relena' Hotaru thought while smirking at Relena and her brother.
^^ Thanks for all who reviewed! I really appreciate it! I hope you all liked this chapter, eh it was quite boring but the arguments between Hotaru and Relena really start in the next chapter^^ Sorry if I am making Relena seem really bitchy, but that's how she's going to be for a while. And sorry about making Duo appear stupid-_-' yeah I know there was a lot of OOC. I am trying to keep the characters in place but don't worry Duo will be smart in the chapters to come! Well as usual I do not accept flamers cause those are just downright mean but I DO accept constructive criticism. Anyways please R&R