Chapter 2
Lily walked into class and sat down in her seat. Behind her she could hear the g-boys talking about the new female pilot. Smirking, she thought, Yuriko must have done a good job yesterday. She went back to being serious as she thought about the night before. He had shown up... the last person she ever expected to see. Why was he alive though?
"Yuriko is pretty good," admitted Duo.
"I don't trust her," stated Heero.
"You don't trust anyone," explained Quatre.
"Well, I don't trust her either," put in Wufei.
"I do." The four boys looked over at their companion, Trowa. "There's something about her." Lily listened even more, wondering how Trowa can trust someone he doesn't know. "Really, I don't think that's her real personality." Lily's eyes went wide. Trowa looked at her. "Same with Lily." Lily took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. If anything, she hated it when people thought that they knew her. "I think that deep down, they might be nice people."
Lily jumped up out of her chair and turned to look him straight in the eye. "Nice? I'll give you nice!" She punched him, sending him and his chair back into the wall. "There's your nice!" She looked at the other four. "And just to let you know, it's not over yet. He's still alive." Gathering all her stuff, she walked out of class. No one ever called her nice, especially someone who didn't know her. She hated being called nice. She wasn't... not at all.
"Geez, remind me not to ever get her mad," said Duo. All the other pilots agreed.
"So who do you think she was talking about?" asked Quatre. The others shrugged. They didn't know. They all heard the bell ring and left. They figured that they would just think about it later, but truth be... they never did.
* * *
Arriving at the base, the five boys looked for Yuriko, but she wasn't there. Wufei found Sally walking by and stopped her.
"Where's Yuriko?"
Sally smiled. "Well, that's easy. Not here." Wufei growled. That wasn't the answer he had wanted.
"Look woman! I asked you a question."
"And I answered. Now if you don't mind, I have work to do." Sally quickly walked away before he could say anything else.
"Maybe Yuriko's not as perfect as we thought," commented Duo.
"No," said Heero. "That's not it. Sally obviously thought it was funny that she wasn't here." Duo shrugged.
"But why wouldn't she show up without warning us?" asked Quatre.
"She's very independent," stated Trowa. "She probably thought that we would try to help her or stop her. She makes her own decisions obviously." Wufei glared at him.
"Still think she's nice too? Lily already proved that she wasn't." Inside he smiled.
"Hai. They are hiding their true personality. And I think that the two are connected somehow."
"What do you mean?" asked Heero.
"Well, if you think about it, both girls showed up the very same day and they sure do act a lot alike, except for the slight differences. Lily is a very sarcastic and non caring person and Yuriko is a very serious fighter who focuses on nothing but her missions."
"So you think that the two are working together?" asked Duo. Trowa nodded.
"You might be right," explained Heero. "We should keep an eye on those two." Everyone nodded. There was no way they could trust them. Not now anyway.
* * *
Lily walked around the OZ mobile suit room. She slipped behind a leg for one of them. A few soldiers walked into the room.
she pulled out two guns and flipped out from where she was hiding. The soldiers each pulled out their guns and started shooting at her. Lily found that there were only five of them.
Dodging all their gunshots she hid behind another mobile suit. She jumped back out and started firing, killing two of them. With her left gun she hit one on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. She kicked another in the stomach and shot the last one.
Putting her guns away, she made sure that no more soldiers were coming. When she was sure that there were no more, she jumped into one of the mobile suits. Pushing a few keys, she smiled.
"Oh, fun." She pulled out her laptop and punched a few keys. "Looks like I've found the destruct system for all of them." She punched in a code and put her laptop back. She jumped out of the mobile suit, counting down as she ran out of OZ.
As soon as she stepped out she counted one and a loud explosion could be heard. She jumped into a ditch and the whole place went. Finally stepping out she said, "Now all that I have to take care of is him."
* * *
The next day Lily sat in class doing her schoolwork as the g-boys talked behind her.
"Someone destroyed an OZ base?" Duo looked at the other g-boys. "How?"
"I don't know," answered Heero. "It happened last night."
"Whoever it was is good," said Quatre. "I heard all they had for weapons were guns."
"Yeah and I heard it was a girl," explained Wufei.
"Do you think it could have been Yuriko?" asked Trowa. The other g-boys looked at him. He could be right. This was Trowa who was talking.
Lily looked back at them. "Nope, not Yuriko. Someone else." They looked at her. She knew who?
"So you know who?" asked Trowa.
"Is it any of your business?" Lily asked back. Then she looked at Duo. "But if you must know then..." Duo looked up in hope. Was she going to tell them? "Find out yourselves." All five g-boys grumbled as Lily smirked and turned back to the front of the class.
"Well, it's not like it could have been you," commented Wufei. "You may be smart but I bet that you're weak." Lily felt her anger rising and turned back once again.
"And how would you know? What if it was me huh? Then would you think me weak?" Wufei backed away. He had a feeling he had gone too far. Geez, Lily got angry easy. First it was Trowa and now him. "You baka sexist pig! You don't know anything."
"Well," started Trowa. "Was it you?" Lily took a deep breath.
"Not that it's any of your business but yes. Now excuse me. I've work that's due at the end of class." She turned and started working.
The g-boys couldn't believe it. Lily destroyed an OZ base? How could a girl so small that looks so fragile destroy that whole base? There was more to this girl than they thought. Maybe Yuriko would know. Yeah right! Like she would ever tell them even if she did know. Sighing, they each hung their heads.
* * *
Yuriko sat back in her chair. Smiling through her cloth, she looked at the g-boys. She liked all of them. Even Wufei. Before she came on this mission she thought that she would hate them all. Looks like she was wrong. Getting rid of her hidden smile, she stood up. She went over to the g-boys.
"Shall we train now?" She watched as they all backed away and couldn't help but smile. "I won't try to kill any of you this time." She looked at Wufei. "Even you." Wufei's eyes went wide. He thought that Yuriko had hated him. "In fact, this time I'll just help you guys with your fighting skills." She still didn't let on that she was smiling though.
"Uh...sure," said Duo, who was the first to step forward. Sighing, Yuriko wondered why she was being so nice. Wasn't she supposed to hate them? Especially since they were guys. Growling, she remembered why she hated all guys. They were all jerks and you could never trust them.
Hearing her growl, they stepped back even farther. This girl was crazy and there was no way that they would ever trust her again. Not after that little display.
"Excuse me. I have to stuff that I need to take care of." They watched Yuriko exit the room and sighed. That girl was dangerous. Even Heero knew better than to mess with her.
Four of the g-boys each glared at Trowa. Backing away, he had trapped himself in a corner.
"Still think she's nice?" asked a very angry Heero. "Cuz I sure as hell don't think so." Trowa found himself laughing nervously.
"Well maybe she just needs some time," he answered. "I'm sure she'll calm after awhile."
"Oh, you're sure are you?" He could feel Wufei's glare turn into daggers.
"She's nice. Really. We shouldn't rush her."
"Nice?" Now it was Duo's turn. "She's out to kill us. You saw what she did to Wufei that day."
"Well..." Trowa tried to think of more excuses.
"Well nothing!" he heard Quatre shout. The sound of Quatre shouting made him wince.
"Okay! I get the point. Geez! She isn't nice." Finally the four boys backed away and Trowa breathed a sigh of relief. Shakily walking out of the corner he took a seat on the nearest chair, the others leaving him.
"They're right." He turned to the doorway to see Yuriko walk towards him. "I'm not nice. You'd best not say I am either. Who knows what I might do to you. And just to let you know, I don't hesitate to kill anyone. Right now Trowa, you're on the top of my hate list." Before he could say anything, she turned and walked out of the room.
Slumping even further into the chair, he cursed at himself. "Why does she have to be so mean? Well, I know I'm right about Lily. Even if she never smiles and even if she's always sarcastic, it shows in her eyes. Something happened, I just know it." Getting up, he went to go join his friends.
* * *
"We can't just kick her off the team," explained Noin. "First off, Relena sent her. Second off, she's the best fighter we have." At the last one, she heard the g-boys groan. "I know that none of you like her but you have to learn to work together. We need her and we also need all of you. Please try to get along with her." After a few groans she got a few nods. "Thank you. Now here she comes."
Yuriko walked into the room and looked around at everyone. "What?" She turned to face Sally Po, who leaned against the wall. "If you think I'm training with them again then you're wrong. There's no point in it for me, I'll just end up beating them again." Sally pushed herself away from the wall and walked over to Yuriko.
"Don't worry Yuriko. You don't have to. Relena is however thinking about returning you to him, even if he is married."
"NANI?!" Yuriko balled up her fist. She felt her eyes start to sting and fought the urge to cry. "Excuse me." She quickly ran out of the room and the g-boys felt that they were missing out on something.
* * *
Taking a few deep breaths, Yuriko leaned against the tree that she had just climbed in. "That bastard." One of these days Yuriko would get her revenge. She was going to kill that jerk, even if it killed her in the process.
She must have been lost in thought because when Duo asked if she was all right she jumped, falling out of the tree. Not knowing what to do, she tried to grab onto something. She felt strong arms catch her and gasped when she was Duo holding her.
"Are you alright?" He looked really worried as he set her down. At her unsure nod he shook his head. "Gomen. I didn't mean to scare you."
"Iye. It's all right. It's my fault for not paying attention." Duo just stared at her, wishing that he could see what she looked like. He believed Trowa, but only because of those few moments that Yuriko would let her guard down. It's only been three days since Yuriko's been here and already Duo was starting to like her, but only as a friend.
"I should go." He watched as Yuriko walked away. She was a very mysterious girl, which made him want to get to know her even more.
Lily walked into class and sat down in her seat. Behind her she could hear the g-boys talking about the new female pilot. Smirking, she thought, Yuriko must have done a good job yesterday. She went back to being serious as she thought about the night before. He had shown up... the last person she ever expected to see. Why was he alive though?
"Yuriko is pretty good," admitted Duo.
"I don't trust her," stated Heero.
"You don't trust anyone," explained Quatre.
"Well, I don't trust her either," put in Wufei.
"I do." The four boys looked over at their companion, Trowa. "There's something about her." Lily listened even more, wondering how Trowa can trust someone he doesn't know. "Really, I don't think that's her real personality." Lily's eyes went wide. Trowa looked at her. "Same with Lily." Lily took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. If anything, she hated it when people thought that they knew her. "I think that deep down, they might be nice people."
Lily jumped up out of her chair and turned to look him straight in the eye. "Nice? I'll give you nice!" She punched him, sending him and his chair back into the wall. "There's your nice!" She looked at the other four. "And just to let you know, it's not over yet. He's still alive." Gathering all her stuff, she walked out of class. No one ever called her nice, especially someone who didn't know her. She hated being called nice. She wasn't... not at all.
"Geez, remind me not to ever get her mad," said Duo. All the other pilots agreed.
"So who do you think she was talking about?" asked Quatre. The others shrugged. They didn't know. They all heard the bell ring and left. They figured that they would just think about it later, but truth be... they never did.
* * *
Arriving at the base, the five boys looked for Yuriko, but she wasn't there. Wufei found Sally walking by and stopped her.
"Where's Yuriko?"
Sally smiled. "Well, that's easy. Not here." Wufei growled. That wasn't the answer he had wanted.
"Look woman! I asked you a question."
"And I answered. Now if you don't mind, I have work to do." Sally quickly walked away before he could say anything else.
"Maybe Yuriko's not as perfect as we thought," commented Duo.
"No," said Heero. "That's not it. Sally obviously thought it was funny that she wasn't here." Duo shrugged.
"But why wouldn't she show up without warning us?" asked Quatre.
"She's very independent," stated Trowa. "She probably thought that we would try to help her or stop her. She makes her own decisions obviously." Wufei glared at him.
"Still think she's nice too? Lily already proved that she wasn't." Inside he smiled.
"Hai. They are hiding their true personality. And I think that the two are connected somehow."
"What do you mean?" asked Heero.
"Well, if you think about it, both girls showed up the very same day and they sure do act a lot alike, except for the slight differences. Lily is a very sarcastic and non caring person and Yuriko is a very serious fighter who focuses on nothing but her missions."
"So you think that the two are working together?" asked Duo. Trowa nodded.
"You might be right," explained Heero. "We should keep an eye on those two." Everyone nodded. There was no way they could trust them. Not now anyway.
* * *
Lily walked around the OZ mobile suit room. She slipped behind a leg for one of them. A few soldiers walked into the room.
she pulled out two guns and flipped out from where she was hiding. The soldiers each pulled out their guns and started shooting at her. Lily found that there were only five of them.
Dodging all their gunshots she hid behind another mobile suit. She jumped back out and started firing, killing two of them. With her left gun she hit one on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. She kicked another in the stomach and shot the last one.
Putting her guns away, she made sure that no more soldiers were coming. When she was sure that there were no more, she jumped into one of the mobile suits. Pushing a few keys, she smiled.
"Oh, fun." She pulled out her laptop and punched a few keys. "Looks like I've found the destruct system for all of them." She punched in a code and put her laptop back. She jumped out of the mobile suit, counting down as she ran out of OZ.
As soon as she stepped out she counted one and a loud explosion could be heard. She jumped into a ditch and the whole place went. Finally stepping out she said, "Now all that I have to take care of is him."
* * *
The next day Lily sat in class doing her schoolwork as the g-boys talked behind her.
"Someone destroyed an OZ base?" Duo looked at the other g-boys. "How?"
"I don't know," answered Heero. "It happened last night."
"Whoever it was is good," said Quatre. "I heard all they had for weapons were guns."
"Yeah and I heard it was a girl," explained Wufei.
"Do you think it could have been Yuriko?" asked Trowa. The other g-boys looked at him. He could be right. This was Trowa who was talking.
Lily looked back at them. "Nope, not Yuriko. Someone else." They looked at her. She knew who?
"So you know who?" asked Trowa.
"Is it any of your business?" Lily asked back. Then she looked at Duo. "But if you must know then..." Duo looked up in hope. Was she going to tell them? "Find out yourselves." All five g-boys grumbled as Lily smirked and turned back to the front of the class.
"Well, it's not like it could have been you," commented Wufei. "You may be smart but I bet that you're weak." Lily felt her anger rising and turned back once again.
"And how would you know? What if it was me huh? Then would you think me weak?" Wufei backed away. He had a feeling he had gone too far. Geez, Lily got angry easy. First it was Trowa and now him. "You baka sexist pig! You don't know anything."
"Well," started Trowa. "Was it you?" Lily took a deep breath.
"Not that it's any of your business but yes. Now excuse me. I've work that's due at the end of class." She turned and started working.
The g-boys couldn't believe it. Lily destroyed an OZ base? How could a girl so small that looks so fragile destroy that whole base? There was more to this girl than they thought. Maybe Yuriko would know. Yeah right! Like she would ever tell them even if she did know. Sighing, they each hung their heads.
* * *
Yuriko sat back in her chair. Smiling through her cloth, she looked at the g-boys. She liked all of them. Even Wufei. Before she came on this mission she thought that she would hate them all. Looks like she was wrong. Getting rid of her hidden smile, she stood up. She went over to the g-boys.
"Shall we train now?" She watched as they all backed away and couldn't help but smile. "I won't try to kill any of you this time." She looked at Wufei. "Even you." Wufei's eyes went wide. He thought that Yuriko had hated him. "In fact, this time I'll just help you guys with your fighting skills." She still didn't let on that she was smiling though.
"Uh...sure," said Duo, who was the first to step forward. Sighing, Yuriko wondered why she was being so nice. Wasn't she supposed to hate them? Especially since they were guys. Growling, she remembered why she hated all guys. They were all jerks and you could never trust them.
Hearing her growl, they stepped back even farther. This girl was crazy and there was no way that they would ever trust her again. Not after that little display.
"Excuse me. I have to stuff that I need to take care of." They watched Yuriko exit the room and sighed. That girl was dangerous. Even Heero knew better than to mess with her.
Four of the g-boys each glared at Trowa. Backing away, he had trapped himself in a corner.
"Still think she's nice?" asked a very angry Heero. "Cuz I sure as hell don't think so." Trowa found himself laughing nervously.
"Well maybe she just needs some time," he answered. "I'm sure she'll calm after awhile."
"Oh, you're sure are you?" He could feel Wufei's glare turn into daggers.
"She's nice. Really. We shouldn't rush her."
"Nice?" Now it was Duo's turn. "She's out to kill us. You saw what she did to Wufei that day."
"Well..." Trowa tried to think of more excuses.
"Well nothing!" he heard Quatre shout. The sound of Quatre shouting made him wince.
"Okay! I get the point. Geez! She isn't nice." Finally the four boys backed away and Trowa breathed a sigh of relief. Shakily walking out of the corner he took a seat on the nearest chair, the others leaving him.
"They're right." He turned to the doorway to see Yuriko walk towards him. "I'm not nice. You'd best not say I am either. Who knows what I might do to you. And just to let you know, I don't hesitate to kill anyone. Right now Trowa, you're on the top of my hate list." Before he could say anything, she turned and walked out of the room.
Slumping even further into the chair, he cursed at himself. "Why does she have to be so mean? Well, I know I'm right about Lily. Even if she never smiles and even if she's always sarcastic, it shows in her eyes. Something happened, I just know it." Getting up, he went to go join his friends.
* * *
"We can't just kick her off the team," explained Noin. "First off, Relena sent her. Second off, she's the best fighter we have." At the last one, she heard the g-boys groan. "I know that none of you like her but you have to learn to work together. We need her and we also need all of you. Please try to get along with her." After a few groans she got a few nods. "Thank you. Now here she comes."
Yuriko walked into the room and looked around at everyone. "What?" She turned to face Sally Po, who leaned against the wall. "If you think I'm training with them again then you're wrong. There's no point in it for me, I'll just end up beating them again." Sally pushed herself away from the wall and walked over to Yuriko.
"Don't worry Yuriko. You don't have to. Relena is however thinking about returning you to him, even if he is married."
"NANI?!" Yuriko balled up her fist. She felt her eyes start to sting and fought the urge to cry. "Excuse me." She quickly ran out of the room and the g-boys felt that they were missing out on something.
* * *
Taking a few deep breaths, Yuriko leaned against the tree that she had just climbed in. "That bastard." One of these days Yuriko would get her revenge. She was going to kill that jerk, even if it killed her in the process.
She must have been lost in thought because when Duo asked if she was all right she jumped, falling out of the tree. Not knowing what to do, she tried to grab onto something. She felt strong arms catch her and gasped when she was Duo holding her.
"Are you alright?" He looked really worried as he set her down. At her unsure nod he shook his head. "Gomen. I didn't mean to scare you."
"Iye. It's all right. It's my fault for not paying attention." Duo just stared at her, wishing that he could see what she looked like. He believed Trowa, but only because of those few moments that Yuriko would let her guard down. It's only been three days since Yuriko's been here and already Duo was starting to like her, but only as a friend.
"I should go." He watched as Yuriko walked away. She was a very mysterious girl, which made him want to get to know her even more.