Chapter 3
A week later and obviously the g-boys had just got done with another painful training with Yuriko. Grumbling, they each slumped into a chair. Sally just had to convince her to train, didn't she? Yuriko watched the beaten boys.
Shaking her head, Yuriko left the room. When she walked back in, she was carrying sodas for each of them. When she handed each a drink, they all looked at her with confused expressions before she walked back out of the room.
"I guess she has softened a little," explained Quatre. The others nodded still staring at the doorway. After a few minutes, they each began to relax and sip at their soda.
"She's still rude most the time," said Wufei. They all had to agree. "I don't like her."
"Who does?" asked Heero. No one answered that. "See?"
"If you want to hate me then go ahead." They each jumped when Yuriko walked into the room and grabbed her bag. "Personally I don't care. It's not my fault that all of you are weak. Why I even train with you I don't know. None of you are a match for me." They all growled at her.
"Weak? We aren't weak," Quatre said in a sickeningly sweet voice that made Yuriko feel sick to the stomach. "We may not be as strong as you, but we aren't weak." Yuriko rolled her eyes, not that they could see it, but she did.
"You're all weak. Just admi..." Yuriko was interrupted before she could finish.
"Hello everyone." Lady Une stood in the opening of the doorway as everyone jumped, even Yuriko. Smiling, she walked in.
"Oh, Lady Une." Yuriko walked over to her. "Is everything alright?" The g- boys were shocked that Yuriko was speaking to her in a sweet and calm voice.
"Nothing is wrong Yuriko. Me and Mariemaia just decided to come and visit you." Under her cloths Yuriko smiled. Lady Une looked at all the g-boys. "There's nothing for you boys to be gawking at. Yuriko can be nice when she wants. Just not to guys." Yuriko found herself smiling. Each g-boy quickly regained their composure, but continued to look at Yuriko.
"Thank you very much for coming to visit me. I'd like to go talk to Mariemaia now if you don't mind."
"No, not at all dear. Go on ahead." With a slight bow, Yuriko left the room. "Such a nice girl she is."
"Nice? That girl hates us," shouted Duo. All the other g-boys nodded in agreement, and were surprised to hear Lady Une laugh at them.
"I already told you that she hates guys."
"But why?" asked Quatre. Lady Une just frowned and sighed.
"It's up to her if she wants to tell any of you. Not me. I doubt that she'll tell you though."
"Let her decide then," said Wufei. "That doesn't change the fact that I hate her. Nothing can."
"Oh I doubt that Wufei. There's a lot to Yuriko that you don't know and might never find out. But I guess I'll leave that up to you five. I'll be going now." They watched as she turned and walked out of the room.
"Hmph! So what?" Heero grumbled. "Until I find out I'm going to continue to hate her." They walked out of the room and down the hall.
They walked by a room and listened as Mariemaia talked. They were about to leave when they heard someone laughing, and it wasn't Mariemaia. Looking into the room, they saw Yuriko.
Mariemaia must have seen them there because she motioned to them and Yuriko got angry. Picking up her bag, she shoved her way through them.
Taking a hold of Yuriko's arm, Heero spun her around to face him. "Maybe you should grow up and tell us why you hate guys so much."
Yuriko pulled her arm away and slapped him. "It's none of your business." Turning, she ran away thinking, I won't cry. I just won't.
"Heero-san?" Heero turned to Mariemaia and she shook her head at him. "Please don't do that to Yuriko. You may not be able to tell but she hides a lot of her feeling under those cloths of hers. Just because she may sound mean and tough, she's actually very hurt."
"By what?" asked Duo.
"I can't tell you," said Mariemaia. "It's not of my choice. But I can tell you this. She will open up eventually. Just give her sometime. She's already getting there. She was telling me how each of you can be nice and that she really likes all of you. But she's scared."
"Scared? Of what?" Heero looked at her.
"Of guys. Of getting hurt again."
"She's scared of us?" Trowa's eyes went wide. She sure didn't act like it.
"Wow," said Quatre. "I never thought about it but you may be right. We've never seen Yuriko's face so we could never tell what she was feeling."
Each pilot took a seat and started thinking about how they've been acting lately. The only thing that made it worse was that they were always talking about her behind her back and she always heard them. They realized that Yuriko never really did anything mean to them, only during training or if they were talking about her.
Duo stood up. "I'm gonna go talk to her."
"But you don't even now where she went," explained Heero.
"I have a pretty good idea." Seriousness filled his voice and no one said anything more.
Eyeing the door, Mariemaia said, "I think that Duo's the key." The remaining g-boys looked at her. "He's the key to getting her to open up."
* * *
Yuriko sat on her normal tree and sighed. It wasn't fair. She wanted to be friends with them, really she did, but she couldn't. She promised herself that she wouldn't be friends with another guy. And even if she hadn't made that promise, they still wouldn't be her friends. They hated her. "I JUST WANT TO BE FRIENDS!!" she shouted then punched the tree, breaking skin. Blood dripped as she just stared at her hand.
"Then be friends." Firm hands wrapped around her just before she could fall out of the tree. She turned and looked into those bright cobalt blue eyes of Duo's, getting lost in them. "Then be friends. Please Yuriko?" He took her hand into his and bandaged it.
"Duo? W...why are you being so nice? Especially the way I've treated all of you lately?"
"Because I want to be. Come on inside."
Yuriko shook her head. "Iye, but...arigatou Duo-kun." She gave him a quick hug then ran off leaving a very shocked Duo.
* * *
Duo sat with the other g-boys and Mariemaia, smiling.
"So how did it go?" asked Heero, surprised to see Duo's smile grow.
"Just fine Heero. Just fine." He leaned back in his chair.
"Lily!" At the mention of thee name all five g-boys looked up, Duo falling back in his chair.
"Hi Mariemaia."
A week later and obviously the g-boys had just got done with another painful training with Yuriko. Grumbling, they each slumped into a chair. Sally just had to convince her to train, didn't she? Yuriko watched the beaten boys.
Shaking her head, Yuriko left the room. When she walked back in, she was carrying sodas for each of them. When she handed each a drink, they all looked at her with confused expressions before she walked back out of the room.
"I guess she has softened a little," explained Quatre. The others nodded still staring at the doorway. After a few minutes, they each began to relax and sip at their soda.
"She's still rude most the time," said Wufei. They all had to agree. "I don't like her."
"Who does?" asked Heero. No one answered that. "See?"
"If you want to hate me then go ahead." They each jumped when Yuriko walked into the room and grabbed her bag. "Personally I don't care. It's not my fault that all of you are weak. Why I even train with you I don't know. None of you are a match for me." They all growled at her.
"Weak? We aren't weak," Quatre said in a sickeningly sweet voice that made Yuriko feel sick to the stomach. "We may not be as strong as you, but we aren't weak." Yuriko rolled her eyes, not that they could see it, but she did.
"You're all weak. Just admi..." Yuriko was interrupted before she could finish.
"Hello everyone." Lady Une stood in the opening of the doorway as everyone jumped, even Yuriko. Smiling, she walked in.
"Oh, Lady Une." Yuriko walked over to her. "Is everything alright?" The g- boys were shocked that Yuriko was speaking to her in a sweet and calm voice.
"Nothing is wrong Yuriko. Me and Mariemaia just decided to come and visit you." Under her cloths Yuriko smiled. Lady Une looked at all the g-boys. "There's nothing for you boys to be gawking at. Yuriko can be nice when she wants. Just not to guys." Yuriko found herself smiling. Each g-boy quickly regained their composure, but continued to look at Yuriko.
"Thank you very much for coming to visit me. I'd like to go talk to Mariemaia now if you don't mind."
"No, not at all dear. Go on ahead." With a slight bow, Yuriko left the room. "Such a nice girl she is."
"Nice? That girl hates us," shouted Duo. All the other g-boys nodded in agreement, and were surprised to hear Lady Une laugh at them.
"I already told you that she hates guys."
"But why?" asked Quatre. Lady Une just frowned and sighed.
"It's up to her if she wants to tell any of you. Not me. I doubt that she'll tell you though."
"Let her decide then," said Wufei. "That doesn't change the fact that I hate her. Nothing can."
"Oh I doubt that Wufei. There's a lot to Yuriko that you don't know and might never find out. But I guess I'll leave that up to you five. I'll be going now." They watched as she turned and walked out of the room.
"Hmph! So what?" Heero grumbled. "Until I find out I'm going to continue to hate her." They walked out of the room and down the hall.
They walked by a room and listened as Mariemaia talked. They were about to leave when they heard someone laughing, and it wasn't Mariemaia. Looking into the room, they saw Yuriko.
Mariemaia must have seen them there because she motioned to them and Yuriko got angry. Picking up her bag, she shoved her way through them.
Taking a hold of Yuriko's arm, Heero spun her around to face him. "Maybe you should grow up and tell us why you hate guys so much."
Yuriko pulled her arm away and slapped him. "It's none of your business." Turning, she ran away thinking, I won't cry. I just won't.
"Heero-san?" Heero turned to Mariemaia and she shook her head at him. "Please don't do that to Yuriko. You may not be able to tell but she hides a lot of her feeling under those cloths of hers. Just because she may sound mean and tough, she's actually very hurt."
"By what?" asked Duo.
"I can't tell you," said Mariemaia. "It's not of my choice. But I can tell you this. She will open up eventually. Just give her sometime. She's already getting there. She was telling me how each of you can be nice and that she really likes all of you. But she's scared."
"Scared? Of what?" Heero looked at her.
"Of guys. Of getting hurt again."
"She's scared of us?" Trowa's eyes went wide. She sure didn't act like it.
"Wow," said Quatre. "I never thought about it but you may be right. We've never seen Yuriko's face so we could never tell what she was feeling."
Each pilot took a seat and started thinking about how they've been acting lately. The only thing that made it worse was that they were always talking about her behind her back and she always heard them. They realized that Yuriko never really did anything mean to them, only during training or if they were talking about her.
Duo stood up. "I'm gonna go talk to her."
"But you don't even now where she went," explained Heero.
"I have a pretty good idea." Seriousness filled his voice and no one said anything more.
Eyeing the door, Mariemaia said, "I think that Duo's the key." The remaining g-boys looked at her. "He's the key to getting her to open up."
* * *
Yuriko sat on her normal tree and sighed. It wasn't fair. She wanted to be friends with them, really she did, but she couldn't. She promised herself that she wouldn't be friends with another guy. And even if she hadn't made that promise, they still wouldn't be her friends. They hated her. "I JUST WANT TO BE FRIENDS!!" she shouted then punched the tree, breaking skin. Blood dripped as she just stared at her hand.
"Then be friends." Firm hands wrapped around her just before she could fall out of the tree. She turned and looked into those bright cobalt blue eyes of Duo's, getting lost in them. "Then be friends. Please Yuriko?" He took her hand into his and bandaged it.
"Duo? W...why are you being so nice? Especially the way I've treated all of you lately?"
"Because I want to be. Come on inside."
Yuriko shook her head. "Iye, but...arigatou Duo-kun." She gave him a quick hug then ran off leaving a very shocked Duo.
* * *
Duo sat with the other g-boys and Mariemaia, smiling.
"So how did it go?" asked Heero, surprised to see Duo's smile grow.
"Just fine Heero. Just fine." He leaned back in his chair.
"Lily!" At the mention of thee name all five g-boys looked up, Duo falling back in his chair.
"Hi Mariemaia."