Author's Note: Hello all! Sorry about the delay on this chapter. I had a huge case of writer's block! (Not to mention a TON of homework ^_^) But I finally had some time to write this week because I'm kinda sorta sick at the moment. Oh yeah, someone asked me if this was also a crossover with Harry Potter. I can assure you that it is not. I was only using the names Fred and George (their nicknames that of two of my friends came up with). They have nothing to do with Harry Potter.

Disclaimer: I don' own them, so LEAVE ME ALONE!

A Tale Re-Told

Chapter Three: Cheesecake and Confessions

Heero groaned when he heard the phone ring in his dark, hotel room. He looked as the clock and saw that it was only two-thirty in the morning. The phone rang again, bringing him out of the daze he had slipped into. Muttering to himself, he picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Heero? This is Quatre."

Heero couldn't help but hear the growing fear in Quatre's voice. "What's going on Quatre."

"He's out, Heero. Duo and I went down there to check on him and found the coffin open, and the body of a young kid next to it." Quatre paused, trying to regain his composure. "He's dead."

"Did you finish the job?" Heero asked in his deep monotone voice.

There was a long pause on the other side of the line. "Yeah, we finished the job." Quatre paused again. "What do we do now?"

Heero thought for a minute before speaking again. "Close the office in London, and book a flight to Chicago, Illinois for yourself and Duo. Go to the front desk at the Palmer House hotel and leave a message for either Trowa or myself. We'll talk more once you and Duo get here."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to get her." Heero hung up the phone before Quatre could respond.

"Heero? Who was that?" Trowa asked from the door.

Heero looked up as his friend. "It was Quatre. He's out." Heero stood up and tried to walk out the door but Trowa stepped in front of him, not allowing him to leave.

"I know where you're going Heero," he said quietly. "Wait until morning. When Heero started to protest Trowa spoke again. "Wait until morning. Nothing will happen to her in a few hours. He's on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, remember? And the sun is already up over there. He won't be going anywhere until nightfall."

Heero nodded, and walked back to his bed and sat down. Trowa remained in the doorway. "Besides," he smirked, "I don't think she, or one of her room mates would appreciate a complete stranger appearing at their door, in the middle of the night, wearing only a pair of black silk boxers." Trowa left Heero's room and returned to his own room to attempt to get a few more hours of sleep.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

Mina clutched her stomach when she felt it growl. She'd been working since nine that morning, since the store had opened, and now she was hungry. She glanced at the clock, 11:57, only three more minutes until she was free for the rest of the day, and not to mention lunch.

"Excuse me, Miss?" a voice penetrated her wonderful daydream about getting a giant slice of delicious cheesecake.

"Huh? Oh, hello Sir, what can I do to help you?" Mina plastered a fake smile on her face as the middle-aged balding man asked her questions about the movie he held in his hands.

"So you think that my daughter would like it? I mean it is a cartoon about people, who run around in mini-skirts and blow up evil people," the man looked at her, waiting for a reply.

Mina sighed, yet another person that did not understand anime. "This show is not a cartoon first off. It's called anime. In this anime, the heroine's destroy the forces of evil and protect love and justice," Mina did a little imitation of the main characters infamous pose, which made the man chuckle before continuing. "How old was your daughter again? Thirteen? I believe that she will enjoy it."

"Alright then, I'll take it" The man walked over to the counter and gave Mina the money to pay for the DVD and then left.

Mina sighed again and looked at the clock. "12:13!? I was supposed to meet Usagi and Rei at the coffee shop three minutes ago!" Mina ran out of the store and made a mad dash for the coffee shop down the street. She didn't even notice the young man with the messy brown hair and leather trench coat follow her out of the store and down the street.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

Mina burst into the coffee shop and spotted her two friends sitting in their usual place next to the window. She walked over to them and sat down. "Sorry I'm late guys! Some guy was asking me questions about an anime, and it held me up for ten minutes!"

"It's about time! Usagi was actually here on time and is now on her second piece of cheesecake!" Rei grinned and looked over at Usagi who was still stuffing her face.

Usagi looked up and swallowed the last piece of her cake. "Hey! Be nice Rei, I'm not the only one who's eaten their share of the cake!"

Mina grinned as her two best friends got into yet another fight over food. 'At least it isn't boys this time,' she thought to herself. "Hey you two! Are you gonna keep fighting or let me have a piece?" she said. Usagi and Rei looked up at her and blushed.

"Sorry Mina."

"Yeah, sorry."

The three friends laughed and talked about boys, how annoying their boss' were, the new cute guy that worked at the coffee shop, and anything else that crossed their minds until Rei spoke up. "Hey Mina? Do you know that guy in the corner? He's been staring at you for the past half hour."

"Huh? Him? I've never seen him before." Mina shrugged and stood up. "Anyway, lets go. If I eat another piece of that cake I'm gonna explode." The two other girls stood up and walked toward the door.

"Excuse me. Is your name Mina?" a monotone voice said from behind them.

Mina turned around to see a man who looked about their age standing behind them. He had messy brown hair and deep blue eyes. He was wearing a pair of jeans, a dark green tank top, and a leather trench coat. "Umm… Do I know you?" she asked, looking at the man curiously.

"No, you don't, but if you don't listen to me your life could be in danger. We need to go somewhere else to talk. It's not safe here. And bring your friends. They could be in danger also." Heero walked out the door and waited for them to follow.

"Hold on a minute," said Rei, staring at Heero skeptically. "Just who are you? And you can't just expect us to follow you, how do we know that you won't try anything?"

Heero looked at Rei. "You'll just have to trust me." He turned around and started to walk down the street.

Rei turned to Mina. "I don't think we should follow him. I mean, we just met the guy! And he's expecting us to do what he wants!?"

"Cool it Rei. Let's just go with him and see what happens. I mean, it's not like he can do anything when all three of us are together," said Usagi. "What do you think Mina?"

"Let's hurry, so we can catch up." The three girls took off down the street to catch up with Heero.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

Heero, Usagi, Rei, and Mina walked into the front lobby of the hotel where Heero was staying. "Whoa, this place it huge!" Usagi said, as she stared, wide eyed, at all of the things around her. Heero shrugged and walked over to the elevator and pressed the button that would take them to his floor.

When they reached his floor, Heero and the girls got out and walked toward Trowa's room. Heero knocked on the door and waited for the door to open. It didn't take long.

"There you are, Heero!" Duo grabbed Heero's arm and dragged him into the room. "Look at this." Duo pointed to the TV, which showed a plane crash.

Quatre stood up from the chair he had been sitting in, looking paler than normal. "It crashed this afternoon about fifteen miles out of town near some suburb. There were no survivors. All of them were dead before the plane crashed. All of them had bite marks on their throats."

Trowa glanced up from the TV at Heero "That means he's here, Yuy. Our people in England didn't get him in time."

Mina stepped nervously into the room. "Umm, excuse me? May I ask why we're here? If not, we'd like to go home now."

"You aren't going anywhere." Heero said as he pulled Rei and Usagi into the room and shut the door. He looked at Mina. "He's after you."

"Who is?" she asked, completely confused.

Duo looked at Mina; his normally happy smile replaced with a look of complete seriousness. "The Prince of the Darkness. The Lord of the Night. Take your pick, he has many names."

Rei looked at Duo in complete shock. "You have GOT to be kidding! There's no such thing as Dracula!"

Duo looked at Rei. "He's also been known as that. But I assure you, he is very real," his gaze shifted to Mina, "and he wants you."

"Why me?" Mina looked at each of the guys in front of her. Her eyes rested on Heero, waiting for an answer.

"Because you are his soul mate, you were meant to be together. According to him, that is."

"Hold on, how do you guys know all of this? How are we sure that you aren't just trying to scare us?" Usagi questioned.

"Because we were his guardian's, we were supposed to make sure that this would never happen." Quatre said. "Tell me, Miss Mina, did you have any relative's in England?"

Mina looked at Quatre questioningly. "Yes, I was born there in fact. My grandfather sent me to America when I was little to live with my aunt and uncle."

"Where were you born?"

"In London, my grandfather owned a business there."

"Do you know of any other places he owned? A building perhaps?"

"Yeah. He owned some old abandoned place called Carfax, or something like that..." Mina stopped, why was that name so familiar?

Heero sat down on the edge of the bed and rubbed his temples. "We were hired to guard the coffin where he was kept. We've been trained for the occasion that he might possibly get out since we were fifteen years old. You were sent to America when you were little for two reasons," Heero looked up and stared at Mina, "So you wouldn't meet us, and to keep you away from him."

"But why does he want me? Why am I so special?"

Trowa also looked over at Mina, "When he was caught, over one-hundred years ago, by our great-grandfathers" He pointed to Duo, Quatre, and Heero, "We made a promise that if her ever got out again, we would not let him get you.

You are the reincarnation of his love from so long ago. Your grandfather's grandfather was her brother, and he knew that somewhere along the line, his love would be re-born."

Usagi raised her hand slowly, "Umm… I have just one question. Why to you keep referring to him as him? Isn't his name Dracula or something like that?"

Trowa looks over at Usagi and grinned. "As Duo said, he has many names, and that is only one of them."

"Then what's his real name?" Mina asked.

The room was silent until Heero spoke. "His real name is Wufei. And we will do all that is in out power to make sure he doesn't find you."

* __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ * __ *

Author's Note: Well that's the end of chapter three! Hope you liked it! And as always, REVIEW!! I am open to any and all suggestions!