Chapter 2 is here! Sorry for the long wait, I've had lots of stuff to do.

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Special thanks to:

Ane-chan: *sweatdrop* I'm almost done with it.... I think.... :P

Li-chan: *grins* Yup! I can already see Duo teasing Hiiro about it! ^.^"

alexz: *salutes* Understood! ^.~ (Even though it's taken me a while to get this chapter out... *sweatdrop*)

dreamertwin: Hmmm.... I wasn't planning on bringing Quatre and Trowa back home, but we'll see.... Now that you've suggested it, ideas are popping into my head.... Maybe after a little while....



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Low flying helicopters kept the civilians of Chicago awake as Duo and Wufei's aerial troops swept through the city over and over again, the Zero System in every cockpit, ready to detect any sign of radioactive uranium or plutonium. The Zero System was as accurate as can be, able to pick up radioactive debris as small as a grain of rice.

However, searching through the city for a dirty bomb was tedious work, and could not just be scanned from the air. Hiiro and Usagi were partnered up and working diligently on foot, walking through important buildings, concert halls, stadiums, etc. Vans were skimming through the roads, equipped with the Zero System to alert them of any signs of harmful radiation. When the computerized voice whispered "Ray-1" a weak source of radiation was near. When the voice whispered "Ray-4" something big was near.

Chicago was a large city and not all could be covered on foot easily, especially residential areas. Vans masked as utility company vans roamed the streets, the inside rigged with the Zero System. When vans got a lead, they'd send in a couple of people for closer inspecting. Many times hospitals had to be checked from the inside out because of the radioactive material hospitals utilize in treatments. Preventors Haruka and Michiru take those missions, mainly because their adopted daughter is sickly and always looks as though she's about to faint. Perfect alibi for getting into the facilities.

Hiiro and Usagi's first 10-hour shift was over, as well as Wufei and Duo's.

"Hiiro... where are we staying...?" Usagi moaned sleepily, leaning on Duo's shoulder. "Please say somewhere more comfortable than the jet..."

Hiiro gave a small grin. "You pick the hotel, Preventors pay," he said amused.

"Sorry Yui, but Preventors booked the entire Crowne Plaza. We're assigned rooms," Wufei cut in.

"You can't be tired this early, Usa! Let's go catch a movie together!" Duo suggested overly cheerful.

"Wufei, how many cups of coffee did you give him?" Hiiro asked, raising an eyebrow at the hyper Duo. "It's 1 in the morning."

"Yui, Maxwell doesn't need coffee to be hyper," Wufei responded.

"Hiiro, let's just go. It's getting cold and we only have 15 hours before next shift."

"Hn," Hiiro grunted nodding.

"Hey! What about me!?" Duo complained.

"Let's check in the hotel first," Wufei said logically.

"But...! I want to go see a movie...!" He saw the glares Hiiro and Wufei sent him and stopped. "Fine. Let's go. But I'm driving."

"Hn!" Hiiro snatched rented jeep's keys out of Duo's hands. "I don't trust your driving in you state." Duo pouted.

"Can we go now?" Usagi asked, already in the passenger seat of the vehicle.

The guys looked first at her, then at each other. They inwardly shrugged and agreed.

"Let's go."

~*~

Hiiro was blushing when he came back from the reception desk.

"What's up, Hiiro? You're actually blushing," Duo grinned. "Was the hot reception babe hitting on you?"

The sanguine color suffused out of Hiiro's cheeks. "No, you baka. It's the rooming assignments. We only get two rooms for the four of us."

"I wouldn't mind rooming with Usa," Duo said suggestively.

Usagi glared at him. "Well I would mind with rooming with a hormone-driven baka like you. And so would Quatre."

"I'm not rooming with Duo," Hiiro said with finality in his voice.

"What?! I'm not rooming with that braided baka either!! He's my partner! I already have to put up with him during the day!"

"More the reason why you should room with him," Usagi retorted.

Duo made a puppy face. "Doesn't anyone love me?"

The three of them gave him a tacit "no."

"Well, it's only two to a room, so one of us is going to be stuck with him," Usagi said.

"Hn. Rock paper scissors."

The three of them held out their hands and threw a paper, rock and rock.

"Yes! No braided ecchi with me!" Usagi sang.

The remaining two boys went at it again and again and again, constantly getting doubles. Hiiro finally got fed up with it and whipped out his gun. "Hn!"

"Injustice Yui!!" Wufei yelled. "I am not sharing a room with Duo!"

"Now you are. Before I call Sally."

Wufei colored bright red. "I'm going to get you back for this, Yui! This is a great injustice!"

"Aw, what's the matter Wu-man? Don't you love me?" Duo asked.

Wufei stiffened. "What did you call me Maxwell?"

"Wufei," Usagi cut in quickly as Wufei starting advancing on the cowering Duo. "Let's go."

Hiiro gave the key card to Wufei in the elevator. "We got nice suites, so don't try and cause any damage," Hiiro told him. "Or else Sally is going to blow a fuse."

"Say that to yourself, my beloved trigger-happy friend," Duo said, grinning. "But then, of course you're going to be rooming with Usa. Wouldn't be surprised if it started heating up a little."

Usagi blushed at Duo's implications. Hiiro glared as the elevator door open.

"Duo?" Usagi whispered.

"What, babe?"

"Run," Hiiro answered for her in a very soft, but audible, whisper.

Duo bolted from the elevator after seeing Hiiro's deadly glare.

"Well, that took care of Maxwell," Wufei said scornfully, then walked off towards the general direction of his room.

"I hope Duo knows what room number he's in," Usagi giggled, the blushed again when she realized that she really was rooming with Hiiro.

"Hn," Hiiro had the faintest traces of a sanguine tint on his cheeks as he unlocked the door with the key card, him too finally realizing that he was actually sharing a rooming with Usagi. 'Not that I mind...' he's mind trailed off, then he mentally slapped himself. 'What am I thinking? I can't be falling for Quatre's sister!'

They entered the room and set their stuff down. "I get first shower!" Usagi yelled, grabbing a small bag from her duffel bag and locked herself in the shower.

'Ok...' Hiiro grabbed his own duffel bag and set it on the bed closest to the window and slipped out his laptop. He slipped off his Preventor jacket and sat on the bed.After connecting through the phone line he started to check email and to check the Zero System readings, after hacking into the Preventor database. He really didn't need to hack into it; he could call up Preventor Une, but that took too much time. Besides, all the head Preventors recognize his computer's codes, and his hacking into the Preventor's mainframe was too common. 'Hmm... no sign of anything serious yet... a couple of false leads...' He continued to retrieve information for his own use. 'What ever it is, it must be mobile; the vans and helicopters have already covered the entire ground. But they need to store it somewhere... Where could they be hiding?!' He shut his laptop and closed his eyes in contemplation, leaning back against the headboard. Before he knew it, he had fallen into a blissful sleep.

Usagi got out of the shower, wearing nothing but a large T-shirt. "Hiiro?" He was dead asleep. 'Hmmm, I guess work really exhausted him.' She carefully pulled the covers over him as to not wake him up. "Sweet dreams, Hiiro-kun."

Usagi went to her own bed and fell asleep.

~*~

"Hilde Shubecker, reporting a lead, sir!" The blue haired girl saluted through the computer-linked video-cam.

"A lead?" Zechs rubbed his head. "What do ya got, Miss Shubecker?"

Hilde brought out a slip of paper. "Dorothy Catalonia and I discovered 3 pounds of plutonium had been purchased from a corrupt official here in Ukraine. The official goes by the name of Mikhal Anporsky, but the buyer is unknown."

Zechs's crystalline eyes widened. "Ukraine? Excellent work!"

Hilder saluted back. "For the good of home."

The screen blinked off.

~*~

"Flights from Ukraine, eh?" Duo said, fiddling with his brain. "No problem. Wufei and I can handle it."

Wufei nodded in agreement. "Don't worry, Zechs. We'll find who ever it was."

Zechs nodded in satisfaction. "Knew I could count on you two."

The two boys saluted and left the man's temporary office.

~*~

"Hiiro!"

The boy groaned. Usagi had gotten up a few hours ago and started to watch TV while he continued to do some "research" (AN: *cough**cough* hacking *cough**cough*) online.

"Hiiro! I'm bored," Usagi complained, turning off the TV. "Let's go somewhere."

"We've got duty in 3 hours," Hiiro replied.

"So, that's plenty of time. Catch a movie, go shopping, go eat... anything!"

"I'm not done," Hiiro argued. Indeed, he was in the process of hacking into the French anti-terrorist network. Hopefully he wouldn't get caught...

"You're going to give us a huge phone bill," Usagi pointed out.

"Preventors pay," Hiiro replied bluntly.

Usagi was quiet, knowing she had lost the argument. The she spoke up again. "You're going to ruin your eyes."

"If I was, I would have ruined them a long time ago."

Usagi pouted. "Hiiro, let's go out somewhere! Please!"

Hiiro sighed and signed offline, his work abandoned. "Fine fine fine. Let's go."

Usagi smiled. "I heard there was a great café near the college campus. Let's go there for a bite."

"All right." The two locked up and left.

~*~

"Man! Why do we have to do the work! We're still on break!" Duo complained, leaning back in his seat at his computer.

"Shut up, Maxwell," Wufei grit his teeth.

"Yea yea yea..." Duo grumbled darkly. Suddenly his eyes lit up. "Hey, Wufei?"

Wufei's head shot up. 'Did he just actually call me by my name...?' "What Duo?"

"I think I found our guy..."

~*~

Sally blinked the sleep out of her eyes as a signal flashed on her computer, indicating someone was trying to reach her. After identifying her contact, she opened the link.

"Sally, we've found our bomber guy," Duo said grinning.

"Not our bomber guy! The guy who got the plutonium!" Wufei retorted annoyed.

Sally sweatdropped. "Ok..." She instantly got serious. "Send all the info you've got on him. I'll have Zechs give him a run through on his DB." (AN: DB=database)

"Uploading now."

Sally quickly opened up the files the pair had sent her once the transfer was complete. "Ukrainian black marketeer. Not bad, even his hotel address. I'll get someone down there right away. Great work."

"Do we get break now?" Duo whined.

Sally couldn't help but grin at the 25 year old. "Sure, why not. Report back to me in 900 hours."

"Roger," Wufei saluted and the screen turned black.

~*~

'Strange, Wufei and Duo's room was empty,' Usagi thought as she sipped her cappuccino. 'I thought they had the same schedule as us. Where could they be?'

"Penny for your thoughts?" Hiiro asked, setting down his coffee, his deep blue eyes watching the pensive girl.

"Huh? You can have my thoughts for free," Usagi said. "I was just wondering why Duo and Wufei weren't in there room. I hope they're not in trouble."

"Probably got arrested," Hiiro joked.

"Hiiro!" Usagi reprimanded.

"What?" Hiiro said innocently. "I'm probably right."

Usagi sighed. "You're so nice to your friends."

"Hiiro!" a high pitched squeal came from somewhere near the entrance of the café.

He groaned. 'I forgot she went to the college here...'

"Miss Relena," Usagi greeted.

"Miss Usagi," the diplomat greeted in return, just as cordially.

"Relena! You shouldn't go running into places like that!" Noin said, worried.

"Sorry," Relena said sincerely, apologizing to her blue-haired watcher.

"It's ok. Just don't do it that often." Noin then noticed Hiiro and Usagi. "Hiiro, Usagi, how have you been? The search hasn't been tiring, has it?"

"Hn."

"Yes. Hiiro feel asleep sitting up!" Usagi said, giggling. "He even forgot to change."

Relena's eyes widened. 'What? They're sharing a room?'

"I was up 2 hours earlier than you!" he retorted.

Noin laughed. "You haven't changed a bit, Hiiro Yui."

"Hn."

"Hiiro, how do you know Miss Relena?" Usagi asked.

"I used to work for Preventor Fire as a bodyguard," Hiiro started.

"And he was my bodyguard, daughter of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs," Relena finished, a little snobby.

"Oh, I see," Usagi said, contemplating. "So you've known each other for quite a while then."

Relena nodded. "Since my freshman year at college."

"But now, Hiiro's no longer part of my division, so he's not doing anymore bodyguard missions anymore," Noin said. "I handed him over to Sally. His military academy records said he was better at explosives anyway."

"Who was your next bodyguard then, Miss Relena?"

"..." Relena colored. Usagi couldn't tell if it was from anger or embarrassment.

"Come on, Relena, you can tell her," Hiiro said patronizingly, smirking at the girl.

"Duo..." came out from her mouth in a small whisper.

Usagi chuckled. "Well, I'm sure he was kicked off duty soon enough."

Relena nodded. "He was never around, always hitting on my classmates. I don't think he even knew that he was supposed to be watching me instead of those other sluts."

"Relena, language," Noin reprimanded.

Relena frowned, then changed subjects. "So, Miss Usagi, how do you like Chicago?" Relena asked.

"It's quite nice. I heard the Starlights have a show here soon. Hopefully I'll be on break when they perform," Usagi replied. "It's been a while since I've gone to their concerts.

Relena smiled secretively. She had already bought front row seats for two. 'Maybe I can get Hiiro to go with me...'

Suddenly, there was a beeping heard and Hiiro answered his cell phone.

"Hiiro Yui here."

Hiiro? Is Usagi with you?

"Yes, Sally," he replied, glancing at his partner who was looking at him questioningly.

Good. Report back to Preventors office ASAP. I've got a mission for the two of you. We've got a lead on where the bomb could be.

"Roger." Hiiro returned the phone to his jacket pocket. "Usa, we have to go. Sally wants to see us."

Usagi nodded and stood up with Hiiro. "It was nice seeing you again, Miss Noin, Miss Relena."

The two nodded and watched them exit the café.

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