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Children of War

By,

Luna Dragon

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Akiko and Hotaru ran through the hallways, looking through rooms, hoping to find Kaiya in time. They had seen Quatre and Duo in the infirmary, Duo being pretty beat up. Trowa and Wufei had been with them, so the worse was with Kaiya.

Heero Yuy.

"We've checked everywhere!" Hotaru shouted as she shut yet another door.

"She's in here somewhere." Akiko murmured, only half believing herself.

The two girls had heard gunshots, plenty to empty out at least three or four guns, but then it stopped, and both were worried.

For Kaiya, and even perhaps the Perfect Soldier.

Akiko stopped suddenly, causing Hotaru, who had been behind her, to almost run into her. "What? We can't stop now, Heero and Kaiya could be in danger!"

Akiko only shook her head and pointed to a ventilation duck. "We can go through there and listen through the rooms for fighting, or something, instead of checking all the rooms."

Hotaru nodded. "But we can cover even more ground if one of us goes through there and the other stays here."

"I'm going."

"Then I'll stay on the ground."

The two looked at each other, nodded, and took off to their designed areas. Yet none of them knew, the worse was yet to come.

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Quatre crept from around the corner he had been silently watching from. 'What? Why?' He asked himself. 'If they're here to kill us . . . why are they worried about that girl Kaiya and Heero?

He scrunched his brow as he followed Hotaru, hoping she wouldn't catch him. True he had gotten a gun after he left Duo in the infirmary but it didn't mean he liked using them. He did know that Heero was somewhere around here, this was the same hallway he'd left with Duo.

If it was true, and they were here to annihilate the five boys, he would get a better shot at the girl from behind.

To knock her out and question her at least.

'I do wish you are still alright Heero,' Quatre silently prayed, then continued to follow Hotaru.

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"Where'd they go?" Wufei muttered as he checked the screens surveillance cameras. Trowa had gone on foot, but Wufei preferred the less than direct approach.

He spotted Hotaru on the screen with a shadow silently following her. Trowa, Quatre?

'It has to bee one of the two,' He thought as he continued to search for Akiko and Kaiya. 'But where the hell are the other two women?'

He spotted Kaiya and the site that he saw enlarged his eyes at least twice their size . . .

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Slowly, very slowly, Kaiya got to her knees and then her feet. Heero did the same, only faster.

"You're not as good as they say you are Yuy," Kaiya spat.

"Then you've been hearing exaggerations." Heero replied coolly.

Long ago had they run out of bullets and weapons. Neither one getting hit more than once. Heero was hit in his arm, 'a careless mistake' he had put it. And Kaiya had been nailed in her leg, right in the center of her kneecap, rendering her quite immobile.

Kaiya growled loudly. There was no way the destroyer of her home was going to insult her and get away with it.

"Well, unlucky for you, I have a few more tricks up my sleeve." Kaiya snarled.

She would have said more but a strong grip tightened around her arms and waist, surprising her and causing a small smirk to rise on Heero's lips.

"I'm the performer, so leave the tricks up to me." Trowa said.

'Damn, now the clown joins in. I might just be in trouble.' Kaiya thought. 'But if I die, I'm taking at least one of them with me.'

"Well, well. Looks put it I have a full house." Kaiya muttered. She struggled from Trowa's grip but found it futile. But she remembered her surprise and smirked, averting her mishaps and directing her attention to the floor.

She brought her head back swiftly, knocking it into Trowa's face. His grip softened barely and she used the opportunity to her advantage.

Kaiya put all her weight on her legs and bent her knees just slightly, ignoring the pain coursing through her injured left leg and with a small cry, she flipped the circus clown over.

Wasting no time, Heero ran and tackled the girl to the ground. She cried out once, but kneed Heero in the gut.

The Perfect Soldier ignored Kaiya's cry and grabbed a knife from her thigh, placing it on her neck, just enough to draw a drop of blood. He eased from on top of her and instead kneed next to her, the knife still in place.

"How'd you know?" Kaiya asked.

"It was clear you were hiding something, I took my chances when you looked at it." Was Heero's reply.

"And that goes to show just how weak women are," Wufei added as he came in.

Trowa said nothing, silently wondering where the other two girls were. "There are still her friends we have to worry about," He reminded.

Wufei nodded. "They'll most likely come here."

Kaiya smirked. "And what of Quatre Winner? They could of killed him. Apparently he loathes fighting, he won't be smart enough to shot Akiko as soon as he sees her."

Heero pressed the knife down a bit harder. "He has his ways."

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'Crap, three of them!' Akiko thought as she backed up slightly from the vent, gulping slightly at what she had just witnessed. 'Hotaru, hurry up, I'll need help with this. They have Kaiya, and considering Heero can kill her if I go now, I'm taking my chances on you.'

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Hotaru breathed in deeply. Wouldn't you know it? She had checked every door in the hallway, and only one remained.

Which, naturally, was the very last one at the very end of the hallway.

She cursed at herself mentally. 'Damn it Hotaru, you should have realized this -- or at least guessed this!'

Now she was faced with two choices. 1) Burst in their and hope that they haven't killed each other yet, or 2) Wait and listen.

She wanted to chose the latter, but she couldn't. If she waited, then it could cost her Kaiya's life, one of the ex-pilots' lives, or possibly even Akiko's life if she was in there. 'I've got no other choice but to go in there then.' Hotaru resolved as she took out a gun, gulped and pushed open the door . . .

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Author's Note: I figured this would be a convenient place to stop. It's a little shorter than usual, only because I thought it amusing to stop here. Suspense thriller I guess. (^-^) Well, got nothing to say except READ AND REVIEW!