"Can you believe that woman? She doesn't even give Heero room to breathe! How are we supposed to go on with Relena listening to every word that comes out of our mouths?"

Usagi flattened her ear against the door to the men's bathroom door, listening intently. Entering a bathroom all at once meant either a bizarre coincidence, or an attempt to have a private discussion. 'They've got more than the Peacecraft to worry about…'

"Duo-san, I think Relena-san is only trying her best to keep our minds on pacifism. She wants peaceful attitudes in her school."

Usagi rolled her eyes. Typical.

"I know, I know… But it's still annoying!" A pause. "Hey, I'm starving! Let's go eat some ice cream! Please? I'm craving it! It'd be a good chance to get away from Miss obsessed-with-Heero, too…"

"Maxwell, you idiot. If we appear in public, anyone could be waiting. There are spies around every corner. We're safer in here."

"Oh? Is Wu-fie scared?"

"I am not scared!"

"Well then, it's settled! We're eating out!"

          "Ice cream shop?"

Usagi smiled broadly, bobbing her head. "Oh, yes, Miss Relena! Please join me? Surely you are able to take a short break from your daily plans. I'm sure you'll love it!"

"Is that so?" Relena blinked slowly, considering the suggestion. "Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a short stop… I shall join you, then."

"Oh? I'm so happy!" Usagi began to wave her arms about excitedly. "You'll see, Miss Relena! Ice cream is the best thing in the world!"

Relena's smile seemed to be forced. "Usagi-san, I have tried ice cream before… Pacifists aren't against eating these kinds of foods, after all."

Usagi hunched her shoulders. It took most of her strength to restrain herself from snapping back at the Pacifist Princess. She even had the nerve to speak to her as if she were some child.

Relena, oblivious of Usagi's frustration, placed a light pink sun hat atop her head and turned abruptly to face her. "Well, shall we be going?"

Usagi's nails were digging into the sensitivity of her palm, nearly breaking the skin. She shook herself, meeting the Princess's eyes with a smile. "Ah, let's hurry! I'm going to change! I'll meet you outside!"

"Oh, wait!"

As she retreated from Relena's headquarters, Usagi placed one of her hands against her mouth, snickering to herself. "A pink hat! Well, let's see if Kaoru packed me anything to compete with that."

          "Relena-sama! I'm ready to go now!"

Relena turned her head as Usagi scrambled hurriedly down the steps of the school. She gave a curt nod of greeting, absently regarding the girl's change of appearance.

Usagi screeched to a halt at her side, smiling more cheerfully than ever. Her hair was now tied back in two identical pigtails, ribbons of pink and purple adding extra attention towards her golden locks.

She had been wearing her uniform only moments ago. Now, in its place, she wore a thin white summer dress; frilly and lacy in every possible way. It was amazing how quickly the girl had been able to change.

Usagi giggled, spinning childishly on her heel. The dress seemed to be weightless as it floated delicately at the slightest movement. "So? Do you like it, Relena-sama?"

"Oh. Please, call me Relena… It's a very pretty dress indeed."

Usagi grinned, taking a second to imagine the look on Kaoru's face if he could see her. The fact he had packed it had surprised her. It had been years since the last time she had ever even considered putting such an outfit on. Her feet ached from the sandals already.

"Shall we go now?" Relena's tone seemed uneasy. "Are you ready?"

"I'm ready!" Usagi nodded her head. It was a sacrifice, taking the woman along, but it did exclude her from any accusation of suspicious behavior. She was only getting a bite to eat with the Princess, right?

"We can take my limousine," Relena announced, pointing towards the parking lot. "The driver should be waiting for our arrival."

Usagi followed Relena's gaze curiously. Her eyes widened. Relena owned a pink limousine? Catching her breath, she sighed inwardly. There was no way she'd even attempt to compare with that monstrosity.

As Relena began to lead her towards the car, Usagi sent her a glare. The Princess had won this time. Next time, she wouldn't be as lucky.

          "Ice cream, ice cream!"

Relena waved one of her hands pleadingly towards Usagi. "Please, calm yourself. Some of these people may feel threatened by your behavior." She looked around. "Excuse me. I must use the Restroom."

"Calm yourself," Usagi mimicked as the woman retreated, licking her ice cream violently. "Mustn't threaten the people, am I correct? Feh! Like hell I'll calm myself! The only way these people could feel threatened is by you waltzing around with that stupid hat!"

"Having an exciting conversation with yourself? Mind if I join in?"

What kind of stupid pick-up line was that? Usagi, annoyed, snapped her head to the side. Her look of irritation was quickly replaced by an expression of innocence. "Why, hello, Maxwell-san. I'm just waiting for Relena-san."

He raised an eyebrow. The new girl seemed a little anxious. "You're here with Relena? What for?"

Usagi held up her cone of chocolate ice cream, giggling. "Ice cream, of course! It's my favorite food, so I asked Relena-san to join me!"

"Is that so?" He cocked his head to the side. "At the same time as us?"

Usagi jumped, nearly losing grip of her ice cream. "Ah! Well, that's-"

"Hah! I knew it!" Duo thrust his finger reproachfully towards her. "She's planted secret cameras everywhere so she can follow us around! Isn't that right?! Tell me! Tell me!"

"Eh? Secret cameras?" She blinked, surprised. "Ah! I mean… N-no! It must be a simple coincidence! I don't think Relena-san would try to invade anyone's privacy…"

"That's what you think." Duo nodded his head as if to agree with himself. "You see…" He reached out, taking the ice cream cone from Usagi's fingers. He pointed to it. "Imagine this was Heero."

She leaned in closer, her eyebrows knitted together in absorption. "Yuy-san? I see, I see. The ice cream represents Yuy-san…"

"Correct. Next, pretend I am Relena." He pointed to himself, smirking. "Now, watch carefully."

Usagi nodded, the look of concentration never leaving her features. Her lips remained slightly agape as she licked them, staring up at him inquisitively. "And then?"

He coughed, altering his voice into an almost unbearably high pitch. "Oh, Heero! Come out wherever you are! War is not good! Would you care for some tea and crumpets! Blah!"

She had to admit, he did a better imitation of the Princess than she had done. "Oh, so she obsesses over him. I suppose that would get a little upsetting…" She lowered her head. "I didn't know about that. Do you think-"

As she looked up, Usagi stopped in the middle of her sentence. Instead, she let out a yelp. "Hey, hey! Maxwell-san, what are you doing?"

Duo forced the rest of the chocolate ice cream into his mouth, smiling in content. He chuckled, patting her head in reassurance. "And in the end, you see, Relena opened her big mouth and ate poor Heero. Isn't it tragic?"

"Ah! But…" Usagi squinted her eyes. "But that was mine! I wanted to eat it so badly!" She began to flail her arms about in a helpless attempt to hit the thief, squealing incomprehensible protests.

"Duo-san? What seems to be the conflict here?" Relena looked from Duo to Usagi in question.

Usagi nudged Duo's side with her elbow, lips tightening. "Now you're in for it," she murmured, running fingers through her lengthy hair. She faced Relena, bowing her head with respect. "Relena-sama, this boy… He… He…"

Both Duo and Relena watched with disbelief as tears began to form in the girl's blue eyes. She shook her head. "Oh, it's just too awful, Relena-sama!"

One of Duo's eyes began to twitch. "Now, just wait a second-"

"He… stole my innocence!" She began to weep, hiding her face dramatically behind trembling hands. "Oh, oh, Relena-sama, I wish you would have been here to save me! How terrible…"

"W-what is that supposed to mean?! You little brat!" Duo grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her roughly. "Are you serious?!"

"Duo-san." Relena spoke with a neutral tone. "Please leave Usagi-san and I to ourselves. I request that you do not trouble us any longer."

He watched as Usagi lifted her head and punctually stuck her tongue out at him. "Serves you right, stealing my ice cream. I make a good actress, ne?"

          "How on earth did Duo-san steal your innocence, Usagi-san?" Relena sat perfectly still, her eyes focused intently forwards.

Usagi licked the spoon from the newly ordered bowl of chocolate ice cream. She tilted her head to the side. "Um… He just did…"

Relena sighed. Strands of brown hair now stuck out in different directions, giving her a weary impression. The pink sun hat she had once worn was now being used as a fan.

Usagi fought the urge to reach over and stuff the hat down a blender. Instead, she shrugged her shoulders and directed her attention towards her bowl of ice cream.

"Why did you bring me here today, Tsukino-san? Is there a specific reason you can give me besides 'I just wanted to,' perhaps?"

"Well…" Usagi tapped her index finger lightly against her chin. "I intended us to become better friends, but… I also thought you'd like to see Heero-chan, ne?"

Suddenly the Princess's eyes became wider. Her pink hat fell from her hand and landed gracefully atop the table's surface. "W-what do you mean?"

Usagi cracked open one of her eyes, holding back a smile. "Oh? Do you think I haven't already figured it out? It's quite clever of me, actually."

The faintest trace of red tainted Relena's cheeks. She almost dipped her head to hide her embarrassment. Almost. "I… I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about!"

"Really?" Usagi raised her spoon dramatically into the air. "I happen to know you and Heero-chan are-"

Relena looked up, her face drained of color. "Please!"

"You two are not very big fans of ice cream!" She winked. "You needn't feel the need to hide such things. It's quite obvious both you and Heero-chan aren't very fond of ice cream."

"A-ah…" Relena sank back into the chair, exhaling loudly.

From the corner of her eye, she watched the table the Gundam pilots were seated at. As she had predicted, Heero had his laptop out in front of him, completely ignoring his surroundings. She tossed her spoon back onto the table. "I'll be back shortly."

          "She made it sound like I was some sort of pervert! That girl is more dangerous than she seems to be… I'm warning you."

Quatre brought the straw to his milkshake to his lips quietly, a smile playing his lips. "Perhaps there's more to this girl than meets the eye…"

"She asks too many questions," Heero said. It was difficult to comprehend his words as he typed. "And expects to many answers."

Wufei snorted. He kept his eyes shut in concentration. "I don't like the looks of this woman. She appears to be suspicious."

"You should never judge a book by its cover, Gentlemen. Doesn't the school teach you these things?"

The girl, ironically, seemed to appear out of nowhere. The smile she wore was the same as always: bright with optimism and yet shown in an almost mysterious manner. Colorful ribbons grazed her cheeks as a soft breeze filled in the silence between them.

Surprisingly, Trowa was the first to speak to her. "What are you doing here?"

Another gust of wind followed his question, tossing her golden hair in different directions. She brought her hand up, gently brushing the strands from her face. "So demanding…"

Duo acknowledged her haughtily, arms crossed; eyes accusing. "You shouldn't play so innocent, Missy. You know exactly what you did back there."

"Oh, that I was only playing…" Usagi giggled. "I apologize if such behavior threatened you… However, you did eat my ice cream without requesting."

Wufei eyed Duo incredulously. "You never mentioned that part, Maxwell."

Duo scratched the back of his head, sheepish. "Heh, well, you see… As she put it, we were only having a little but of fun! No harm done!"

"Maxwell-chan seems to understand the situation." Usagi dipped her head. "To the rest of you, please accept my apology."

"Maxwell-chan?" Duo wrinkled his nose at the given title. "I'd prefer Duo, actually. Calling me by that doesn't exactly suit me."

"Heero-chan, what is that?" She pointed to the laptop he held in his hands. "It looks strange. Have I seen it before? A la-"

"Laptop. Portable computer," Heero replied, turning his gaze from her. "I've already answered that question. No, you can't use it."

"Oh… Please? Just for a few seconds?"

His grip seemed to tighten on the device. Once again, he shook his head. "No. Do not ask me again."

The girl began to laugh softly. "Heero-chan, you're so funny when you're persistent like that! It almost reminds me of a strict mother…"

"Heero? A mother?" Duo grinned. "That's something I'd pay to see… or Wufei, come to think of it. Wufei in a dress…"

"That's not the topic of discussion," Wufei snarled, his face reddening. "Stop daydreaming, Maxwell!"

"Daydreaming is fun," Usagi cut in, her hands clasped together. "I dream of being the perfect wife… And having the perfect house… And also…"

Duo rolled his eyes. "Let me guess, the perfect husband? Women are so predictable…"

"It would be wonderful!" Her eyes lit up. She tilted her head towards Quatre, smiling ludicrously. "Don't you think so, Quatre-chan?"

He nearly choked on his milkshake as he met her inquiring gaze. "Y-yes! It would be wonderful for everything to be perfect…"

Usagi nodded, and once again fixed her eyes upon Heero. She leaned in slowly, trying to get a glance of the computer's screen. "Can I see it now, Heero-chan?"

"No."

"Now?" Her eyes were pleading. She moved in a little closer, her hands spread across the table's surface. "Why can't you trust me?"

When Heero didn't respond, the girl lowered her head. "I… I understand. I'm not wanted around, right? I must be distracting… I'm sorry. I should go."

Usagi turned to leave, her eyes hidden by a blanket of bangs. "I'll see you all in class. Maybe I can make it up to you, somehow."

          "Ah, Usagi-san, have you called to give me an earful of complaints once again? I'm listening."

"Kaoru, I think I have a plan." Usagi twirled a lock of hair between one of her fingers, a smile on her lips. "The Usagi they now know is a harmless klutz. I intend to make that clear."

"It sounds like a plan… Are you going to annoy them to death?"

"Honestly, Kaoru," she said. "You always assume my tactics will result in sudden death. I haven't got the mind of a cold-blooded assassin, you know."

The doctor laughed. "But pretty damn close."

Author's Notes: A note to everyone; I've decided to change Feedback Corner a little bit. I'm going to respond to people who have one or more of the following kinds of reviews: Strange beyond all reason, amusing, long, informative, supportive, or just simply one that I really want to respond to! Heh. I think I'll most likely end up responding to all of them… Anyways, I hope I get some feedback from this chapter that I can respond to!

Feedback Corner, Chapter One:

Bobbles: Usagi's different personality is something I've always wanted to try… I'm so used to seeing her with such an innocent, sweet attitude towards life… I'm just experimenting. I wanted her to see life through the eyes of a spy… Strange, but we'll see how things turn out!

Usagi Asia Maxwell: It's Asia-chan! I can't wait to see your stories updated, too. Just thought I should add that!

Dreamwinds: Ah, thank you for the compliment! Usagi's split personalities are strange… Personally, I like her as a sweet girl rather than how she acts as a spy.

Cheska: I'm not too sure about pairings at the moment… I'll have to wait until there's more interaction between Usagi and the boys… I'm glad you like Kaoru-san, too!

Mitsukai: I heard the reviewing window is down more often than usual… Strange.  Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Jupiter Angel: Pranks, eh? Heh. Sounds like fun. Thank you for the suggestion, too.

Fire Moomba: Thank you for your kind words… I hope someday I'll be able to read your fanfiction as well!

Oracle: Oh, believe me, Usagi is just warming up. XD

Kimura: Heh. Thank you so much! My biggest problem with writing is that I rush it… It's noticeable, too. _

ChibiBear Check!: Hehe. It brings me great joy to have my own review space! Kaoru-sama sounds like a bishounen; someone I'd worship! Maybe Deedlitsflame will do a fan art sometime, ne? ^_^ Ah, I love it when the women get to be the evil, secret keeping ones, Fun eh? I really dislike Relena, pink limo and all. Paint it black with flames I say! Great job on showing her strict ways. Overall, I really don't think you rushed it at all! I am eagerly (and impatiently) awaiting the next chapter!