Disclaimer: All though it has been a VERY long time, Jess and I still do not own Gundam Wing!! Shame I know, but what can we do? On the upside, we still have the Chibi-Vash, and he is still available to squeeze!!

Jess-*brandishes the Chibi-Vash*

Vash-*Squeaks*

Warning: This is a Yaoi fic, that means Male X Male romance, we are not forcing this on anyone so don't waste your time and ours by flaming, cos they will be laughed at and then fed to the Chibi-Vash along with his daily portion of donuts.

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A note from the Authors.

Lora- GAK!! I am SO SO SO SO SO Sorry!! We have been gone since September!!

Jess- I would like to point out it is not entirely our fault!! Well, it's mostly my fault, and the schools for giving us so much work!!

Lora- *coughs* And that cursed PS2.

Vash- *squees* On the plus side, my ribs have been saved!! I have not been squeezed!!

Jess- *sniggers and squishes the Vash* THERE YA GO!!!!

Vash- *Scowls*

Lora- As I was saying, we are really sorry, it was MOSTLY Jesses fault but thanks to AngelofDeath, who gave me the helpful hint about the big stick *brandishes stick* I was able to get my fabulous co-author off her backside and into a HELPFUL mood once again, oh, we have also decided on an ending, but you will have to wait and see!!

Jess- *glowers and huggles PS2* Don't you Dare!! *whispers to PS2* Don't worry my sweet, they wont look for you under Vash-Sans bed!!

Lora -And thus, the madness once again begins, and I welcome you to Chapter Six of 'The Loneliest Number is 01'.

uVERY IMPORTANT NOTICE u

sadly, because it has been so long since either me, or my co-author actually got our brains in gear and tried to complete this fiction, and were having periodic 10 minute gaps during the writing of it, this chapter may not flow exactly with the rest of the story, but we hope you like it none the less, it amused us, and we thought it to be very Duo-ish, it does in fact return to its more or less normal style towards the end.

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..Blah.. = Thoughts

*..Blah..* = Emphasised words

"..Blah.." = Speech

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Three hours, three bloody hours he'd been sitting in this cruddy seat, on this crappy shuttle, with its cack-arsing crew.

WHAT WAS THE PILOTS PROBLEM!!

He was on a mission, he needed to get home to his Hee-Chan.. Er, Heero, and this shuttle wasn't going damn near fast enough!!

Repeatedly, every ten minutes or so for the last three hours, Duo had asked a now exasperated stewardess how much longer it was until they reached L1, and every time she gave him the same answer,

"Ten minutes less than when you last asked Mr Maxwell." An answer that Duo thought was most unhelpful.

After checking the remaining time span, and once again receiving a dismissive answer, Duo resigned himself to starring out the window.

Dark How he felt inside, how he feared Heero might feel, if he still lived.

Duo lifted his hand and placed it on the thick glass, Cold How he had felt when he left..how Heero would feel if..

NO!! He couldn't be so negative, he had to be positive , his Hee-Chan would be fine, his Hee-Chan..

Nyah uh, its Heero, must remember that, Hee~ro Hee~ro!!

Duo pulled his gaze from the window and allowed it to rest on the person in front of him. Ginger heir, seriously wonky hairline. Duos fingers twitched,

Need, Razor, need, Razor, need, Razor!

Jeeze this was almost as bad as every time he looked at Heero,

BRUSH!! Need, Brush, Need, Brush!!

NO, This was not what he was meant to be thinking,

Bad Duo!!

Duo slapped his hand, and much to the amusement of the five year old across the isle from him, began to muter,

"Ginger hair, wonky hairline, Ginger hair, wonky hairline, Ginger hair, wonky hairline, Ginger hair, wonky hairline, ginger.. Oh Man This is Dull!!"

Duo squinted, "Hey, if you do this, it looks brown!! Chocolaty brown , a lot like Hee-Chan's, but not so..mmm..

"NO BAD DUO!!" Duo slapped his hand again and the five year old burst into fit of giggles, Duo, blinked, then realised he had said, no, shouted that out loud, even the damn unhelpful stewardess was giving him a funny look.

He shrunk back into his seat, "This isn't happening!" He muttered, and looked down, intending to spend the remainder of the trip with his hands in his lap and starring diligently at his feet.

This plan went straight out the window, when, a few minutes later, the unhelpful stewardess walked past once again.

"How much longer till we land?" He asked her in a whiney voice,

The stewardess simply rolled her eyes. "We are landing now, there, are you happy!!"

Duo grinned and turned to stare out of the window, and realised, almost as soon as he was met with a view of space, space, and nothing but space, that the conniving stewardess had lied, and they were in fact, still miles away from the colony.

Scowling, Duo sunk back into his chair once again. He hated space, he hated shuttles and he *really* hated that stewardess.

Half an hour later, Duo was still sunk back into his seat, time had crawled by, and the only amusement he had had was to quiz the now slightly hysterical stewardess. Her answer, accompanied with varying degrees of annoyance, had always been the same. "10 minutes Mr Maxwell!"

Duo was getting ticked off, how many times could one person answer him with the words Ten minutes, in the space of 10 minutes?

He twitched urgh, 10 minutes that answer was really beginning to annoy him

The was a loud beep, and the captains voice sounded over the intercom.

"We are now beginning our entry into colony L1, we will be landing in 10 minutes, thank you for choosing to fly with le grange shuttles."

Duo seethed, another fucking 10 minutes!! Were people *trying* to keep him away from Heero?

He sighed and let his head flop down to his chest.

"If there is a God," He mumbled quietly, "then let me get to him in time, don't let what Quat was suggesting happen, let him be safe!"

The final 10 minutes were spent in silence for Duo, his mind had finally slipped back to what he had been trying so hard to keep it away from, The possibility that Heero was dead, that Heero had finally left him forever.

He had been gone for so long, so long, but no matter where he had been, be it with Wu-Fei and Sally, on his own or with Quatre and Trowa, he had always had the knowledge that Heero was happy.

He had never thought that Heero may miss him, he had never thought that it could be possible, but Quatre obviously thought that it was.

Gathering the few possessions he had had with him, which wasn't much, he made off the shuttle.

Hmm, no need to go to baggage re-claim, so this way...

Duo turned away from the crowd of people heading to collect their cases and bags and made his way to the spaceport exit.

As he sat quietly in the back of a cab he had a sudden thought,

how am I being this calm, I've been away from this place for nearly a month, I must be crazy coming back, I mean, as soon as I walk through that door Heero's likely to pull his gun on me, well, that is if he isn't...isn't..

Duo closed his eyes, I need to get there soon...

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Duo snapped his eyes open at the sound of the cab drivers voice.

"Hey kiddo, rise'n shine, that'll be eight fifty."

Diligently, Duo handed over the money and stepped out of the cab, small bag in hand. As the Cab drove away, he starred up at the now ominous looking apartment building with apprehensive eyes.

With a resigned sigh , Duo entered the building, nothing had changed, but then, no matter how it felt, three weeks wasn't really that long.

Duo started up the staircase, third floor out of nine, that's where the apartment had been, only one more floor to go.

Duo drew in a breath, he was here, he was...home. He hadn't realised just how much he had missed this place, well, till now, till he was standing at the door that led to the apartment he had shared with Heero.

He lifted his hand and rested it on the door handle, it felt so familiar, but at the same time so...alien, like he wasn't meant to be here at all.

I'd better knock, I dun think Heero will want me to simply waltz in.

Raising his hand once again, Duo made to knock, but as soon as his hand made contact with the wood of the door, it swung slightly open.

Duo raised and eyebrow, something wasn't right, Heero *never* forgot to do *anything*. This was most unlike him. Pushing the door wider he walked in.

The hallway was immaculate, coats neatly on pegs, the various pieces of bric-a-brac still in their usual places on the hall table, except one thing...

Duo reached into his pocket and pulled out a small wooden picture frame, it contained the only photo of Heero and himself, it was one Quatre had actually managed to get developed without Heero claiming that any pictures could be used as evidence against them, and he had given it to Duo.

The picture was one Heero standing stoic near a wall, with Duo, in his usual cheery manner, grinning, and flopping his arm round Heeros shoulders.

Heero never smiled in pictures, hell Heero never smiled anyway!

Duo looked down at the picture, fist at himself, and then at Heero. He looked closer,

Yes it is there, why didn't I see it before?

Duo smiled, if you looked hard enough, you could see that Heero was in fact smiling, not all over his face like he himself was, but his eyes were, and the eyes were windows to the soul, and that was where a smile mattered.

Feeling a little happier, Duo set the picture back down on the table where it belonged and made his way down the hall,

Hm, I'd guess that Hee-Chan is probably in his room, and most likely working, so I guess I'll check there first!

Duo shook his head as a small flash of what Quatre had told him darted across his mind, it seemed slightly crazy now, to think that of Heero.

Hee-Chan would never to anything that stupid!

As he was walking past the closed door to the living room, Duo heard a click, he stopped,

Hang on! That sounds like a...

Duo spun on his heal, kicked open the living room door and yelled

"*Heeeroooo!!*"

His yell was cut of by the sound of a gun shot.

T.B.C

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Jess - Yahaaa!! We Are Evil!! We leave you all a cliffie!!!! Wahaaaa!

Vash - *Squeaks*

Lora - *grins* We Did it!! And, we have finally reached the place where this fic began!!!

Jess - *snickers and celebrates by completing Gun Grave again*

Lora - *mutters about fecking PS2's*

Jess - *pokes tongue out*

Lora - well, I know it has been a while, but we are back and we have at last gotten back to where this thing began, and in the next chappie, as longs as you guys hug the Vash you will finally find out what happened to Duo and Hee-chan, cuz ppl have had some interesting suggestions!!

Jess - *plays PS2*

Lora - Well, better get back to work, Jess and I promise we will have the next chappie up soon, and we will begin working on it now!!

In the mean time, here is a list of thank yous and sorry's to ppl who reviewed our last chapter and have been left in the dark!!!

Thank you to....

Moondancer - Well, here you are, tis a lil bit late I will admit but it is an xmas prezzie none the less to you from Jessie and I!!! Ps, Thanks for reviewing!!!

AngelofDeath - WAI!!! You helped me get Jessie back!! Thanks so much, and yes do a lemon in ures if ya can!!!! Thank you so much for reading and I am So happy you liked!!!

Foxfire - I guess sometimes you want something so badly you cant see it when it is right in front of your face. I am gland you enjoyed and I must say this is the worst cliffie I have ever left, and the worst part is, I left it twice!!!

Laurel-Crowned - Let me tell you the chibi Vash simply loves you!!! He stared at the Twinkie for ages with big shiny eyes before he ate it, he loved it!! He says thanks for that, also, thanks so much for reviewing, it means a lot to us that ppl take the time to so thank you!!!

Reysolo - come back for the next chappie and I swear I will tell what has happened!!!

diamond dew - Duo is a baka isn't he, but yes, we do love him for it, sorry if this chappie was simply a mass of insanity, but ya know, it happens sometimes!! We are all worried bout Hee-Chan too!! But we will find out his fate in the next chappie!!!

shadowdragon58 - It was left there for too long, it will never be that long again!!!!

millie t - Here ya go, and thanks a bunch for da review!! ^^

Corporate Wing - ta

Dilly-pickle -here ya go, it doesn't tell much but it may be a start

Sailor Aurora Helious - Gald ya liked, we know our ending now, it may not be what everyone wanted but we hope it will do, thank you for your vote, they are all appreciated!!

some person - Cheers for the review, umm, who ever you are!!! We are sorta injust aren't we!!

Violet Tears - Hey, tis very nice to know that you are still around, even if stoic lady is tied up!!! Well, duo went duo went and yep, we still don't know!!! Well, I swear that Jess and I will resolve this in the next chappie and I really hope you will be around to read it!!!!





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