Title: To Catch A Thief

Authors: Aino Yuy aka Usagi-Hater

Disclaimer: See the prologue to get disclaimer. I'm tired of writing them.

-Faith-chan aka Myst Lady: Hey girl, how you doing? Thanks for the review.

I know what you mean about the SM crossover section. I can hardly fine any of Minako-centric fics! Oh well, after I finish accomplishing my mission here in the GW/SM section, which is to spread M/H fics, I'll start there.

I'll post that Esca/SM fic soon. I'll wait until I kinda get into this fic a bit more.

-Mistress of Ice: Hello there mistress. Sorry, this is a M/H fic. But I'm not sure about the other parings so I'll count your vote on Ami's okay? Thanks for reviewing.

-Fiery of Jupiter: Thanks for your votes on the couples. Since this is a M/H fic, I'll add your votes on the others since I'm having my reviewers choose.

-Tatiana: I'll add your choices on the other parings besides Minako/Heero since this fic is already it. Right now I only need Trowa's and Duo but I'll add the others. Thanks for your review.

-Crystal Dragon: Thanks for the review and I right now I am better. No cold for me! \\//(^_^)\\//

No, the fic won't always be the first person. I just had Minako's thoughts for the prologue and that was all. There maybe some more POVs later on but I don't know.

As you most likely know, I despise Usagi. She with Heero is bullcrap. Her personalities in fics are so not like her. It's just waaaayyyy too out of character.

-Usagi Asia Maxwell: Thank you for the review and the complement. You're smart not to flame me. Wouldn't want Di... I mean Usagi to die now would we... (o_O). Since you're nice and you respect what other people think, I'll try my best not to bash Usagi. But if I do, I'm sorry. It's just in my bloodstream.

-Venus of Love: Ve! What's up? Thanks for the complements. I'm glade I'm starting to inspire you to continue your fics. But if only Usagi died in all them, that would be cool. Although I'm glade you don't have her like "miss perfect" like a lot of authors have her as. C ya.

-Aurora: *throws confetti with Aurora* Hey, thanks for the review. I'm guessing you like Ami. So do I. She would be my second favorite out of the Inners. I'm having the reviewers vote on the parings other than Heero and Minako. I need someone for Trowa and Duo. If you like Ami with any one of those two, vote okay.

-anime-babe: Glade you think it's interesting. I'll keep in mind the choices on the parings since I need one for Trowa and Duo. Buh-bye (^_~)

-transcendent: I'm also in a good mood since I don't have my cold anymore and I'm receiving great reviews. I'll try to work on the next chapter for Minako's Bodyguards. I haven't worked on that in a while yet. But don't worry, I didn't abandon it. Thanks for the corrections. You know me, miss queen of incorrect spelling (^_^;;)

I can't wait for you to post that GW/SM fic. You can be sure I'll be one of your reviewers (^_~)

-Serenity-Olus: What's up? Thanks for your review. And I'm much better thank you very much. (^_^)

-Marsgoddess: .... Err... how do I explain this... eeehhh... this is a Minako/Heero fic... but if you have any other choice of parings for Rei, tell me. If you think she looks good with Trowa or Duo, which I need to know for the next fic, vote on it. Thanks for the reviews too!

-silentie: Thanks. Great, I love those votes you chose! I'll add yours for Trowa and Makoto.

k-e-l-s: well, here I am, continuing for you. Thank you for reviewing. Make sure you vote on the couple for Trowa and Duo.

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Chapter 1: The Chase

Minako ran as fast as she could down the marketplace, a group of five soldiers not far behind. She knocked a couple of things out of her way as she pushed the owners.

"Sorry!" the girl apologized when she knocked over an old lady by accident. "I didn't mean to miss" Minako added as she helped her up. But she quickly went back to running when she saw her pursuers a couple of feet away.

'They're going to catch me if I don't move it!' Minako panicked when one of them with long braided hair and purple eyes almost got a hold of her.

"Get back here woman!" a jet-black haired soldier ordered as he and the others prolonged the chase again.

Dashing into a dark passageway, Minako was hoping maybe there was a nearby place to hide and lose them. But no such luck.

'Dammit!' Minako cursed to herself. She could feel a pain on her side from running so much. Escaping from a group of boys for almost a half an hour can cause cramps to anyone.

Minako quickly looked behind her to see the blond haired soldier, Quatre, the chestnut braided soldier, Duo, and the brown haired soldier that had one eye covered, Trowa, not too far away.

'Wait a second, where's that Heero guy and the jet black haired soldier!?'

Soon enough, her question was answered. Minako looked up ahead to see the Chinese soldier and Heero in front of her. They had taken a shortcut to cut her off.

'Now I've got you,' Heero thought to himself, smirking.

Minako came into a full stop just a couple of feet away from the two soldiers. The other three stopped too to block her way of escaping.

'Not good!!! Not good!!!' Minako thought alarmed as she tried to keep her eyes on all five.

She had never been in a tight mess like this before. Ami, one of her best friends, was the only one in the team to encounter this problem a week ago. But she was smart. She was able to outsmart them in a flash. Minako's mind was too busy worrying to think of a getaway now.

"Alright girl, if you surrender now we promise nothing bad is going to happen to you," Heero explained as he took a step forward.

'Yeah right! You'll just use me to get the others and then when you bring me to that annoying princess of yours she'll have us killed!' Minako thought as she backed away. But she realized she was backing up into the other soldiers.

'Guys, where are you when I need you?'

Minako prayed for her friends to come. She knew she had no chance in escaping this. They had her cornered and that was that.

The blond soldier, Quatre, felt a little guilty. Sure this female had caused stress to Princess Relena and the citizens in the Sanq Kingdome, but she and her other teammates weren't criminals. They had never caused death to anyone before. They just stole food and maybe other unnecessary thing to survive. But Quatre had to take orders. And for some reason, Heero had been determined to catch these girls, ever since they received the job. He couldn't go against the princess and the strongest soldier of the Sanq Kingdom.

"If you think I'll surrender then you're dumber than you look!" Minako yelled crossly, making Heero grimace.

The jet black haired companion, Wufei, took this offensive as well. "Then we'll just have to take you by force!" He said before charging at her.

Minako was frozen stiff as her eyes shut tightly. She braced herself for Wufei's hold when realizing nothing happened. She soon heard a very familiar voice, making her heart light with joy.

"Minako, open your eyes!"

Doing as she was told, the blonde immediately saw her tallest and toughest best friend, Makoto. She had her top clock hiding her face, showing only the emerald eyes.

The brown haired thief had jumped from the roof above and landed on Wufei, knocking him out. She then rapidly jammed her elbow at Duo's face and her fist into Quatre's cheek.

Heero and Trowa charged at the female aggressor but were soon met by an unwanted hit. Rei, another one of Minako's close friends and teammates, had swung down on a rope and kicked both boys before they could reach Makoto. They fell from the great force hard on the dirt floor.

"Minako! Up here!" Minako heard another feminine voice shout out from atop. She quickly saw Ami bringing down an extra rope from the rooftop of a building.

Taking the rope quickly, Minako started to climb. She walked on the wall swiftly while she used her hands to lift herself up higher. Soon enough, she was on top, greeted by her blue haired friend.

"Let's go!" Rei ordered as she swung down again to take hold of Makoto's hand. They both swung back up to the other two thieves.

Ami hurriedly hugged Minako while Makoto untied the other end of the rope that Rei and she used to swing on earlier from a chimney pipe. They then dashed off the roof to another roof until they were far away from the five captors.

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Heero quickly got up from the floor as he rubbed the back of his head. The girl who had swung down had really kicked him hard. He saw his other companions, Duo, Quatre, and Trowa recovering from the brief attack previously. Wufei was still out cold.

"Man, this is going to leave a mark," Duo complained as he massaged his jaw.

"They got away again," Trowa said disappointedly, creating Heero to form his hand into a fist.

'Dammit,' he thought angrily.

Quatre could see the frustration in Heero's Prussian blue eyes. "Well look on the bright side guys. At least we know how that blond girl looks like."

Indeed this was a progress. The four thieves would always cover their face so they wouldn't know their identity. The only clue that they knew they were girls was the feminine voice and the complaints from citizens claming a group of girls robbing them.

"Yeah, and we also discovered her name. I think her friends called her... Minako?" Trowa asked, looking at Quatre and Duo for agreement.

But this information didn't satisfy Heero one bit. He wanted to catch the girls and he wanted to catch them now. He didn't care how they looked like, or what their names were. He just wanted to end this chase. He didn't know why though. Taking a mission like this was always his profession.

"I bet these facts are going to help use track that particular girl down." Duo said, working with Trowa and Quatre to get Heero out of his bad mood.

But they were unsuccessful as Heero's aggravated expression didn't change. He looked at his gang before saying "Hn," and stomped off.

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Minako thumped off the dirt of her torn brown shroud. That was all the clothes she and the other girls had in possession. A cloak that was held by a lash. Makoto also made sure it had a hood and a covering for the mouth and nose when she stitched the cloths they robbed.

"That was close," Minako said relieved from the day's venture. She looked at the others to see that Makoto, Ami and Rei had taken their hoods and front coverings off.

"Yeah right!" Rei said upset. "You were almost captured by those guys!"

Minako flinched, knowing she was going to get a long lecture from the dark purple haired bandit for being careless. "You didn't even have your hood on! They now know your face!" Rei bawled.

"Yeah, but they also know Minako's name. We were careless also and yelled her name out loud." Ami pointed out as she plopped down on a beaten-up pillow with Makoto.

Rei got angry hearing this as well. "Dammit! We have to be cautious! We'll get caught if we don't!"

Makoto, who was trying to sleep, had to open her eyes with Rei's booming voice.

"Calm down Rei. Minako is a good runner. She just got a bit messed up this time." Makoto defended as she playfully threw a pillow at Rei's head.

"I am a good runner Rei. It's not like it's going to happen again," Minako said, yawning. She was used to Rei's scolding since there was never a day Rei didn't speak out what was on her fiery mind.

If Minako had to express what she thought of her friends, she would say Rei was more like a caring mother to the group. Rei was the one who worried too much, like an apprehensive mother with her child. Makoto would be the strong one of the group. She always thought fighting was the best way out of things.

The two older thieves would mostly be concerned with Ami and Minako since they were the youngest. Ami, being the youngest, and Minako, being the second youngest. But the four were still the same age.

Ami was the smart one. She always thought of the plans to rob things. Or whenever one of the teammates were in trouble, Ami's mind would work like lightning and was able to think of a plan in a heartbeat.

Now Minako would think of herself as the best runner and robber of the group. She was quick with pick-pocketing and could outrun the owners if they caught her. She would usually be the first one to reach their hideout if they had to run away from someone.

"I think we had a hard day. Why don't we get some sleep? Tomorrow before the market fully opens we'll go get something to eat." Ami suggested as she lay her head down on Makoto's lap.

The others agreed with the blue haired girl as Makoto shut her eyes again. Rei went to a third old cushion and fell soundly asleep moments later. Minako's favorite part of the day was sleeping. She had gone to sleep before any of the others did.

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Trowa looked out at the vast kingdom. He was on a balcony inside the palace. The other four soldiers where inside discussing over the matter of the four thieves.

The green eyed soldier scowled lightly. At that moment, Quatre joined him to get some fresh air and to calm his head from Heero's and Wufei's clashing.

"What's the matter?" the blond asked when noticing the expression.

"They're at it again," Trowa said softly.

"Who?"

"Them. The thieves. For some reason I can feel it, they're on the run again."

Quatre looked at him oddly. Then he realized it. The crack of dawn was the perfect time for the bandits to steal. "I'll tell the others," Quatre quickly said before running back inside.

Trowa listened to the conversation in the interior as Quatre explained to the other three about his prediction. But the discussion soon started to fade from his ears as he began to think.

'What is it? What is that I see in that girl's eyes? It holds something I just can't explain.'

"Let's go Trowa. Heero has an idea where they'll strike!" Duo called out, breaking the tall soldier's thoughts.

'I'll find out some day. Maybe when I catch that girl,' was Trowa's final thought before going after his comrades.

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Four females' heads were peeking out from a pile of boxes. They had it all planned out. Since Minako ran the fastest, she was going to take some things from the owner of the market stand while he was setting up. He would definitely go after her. This was after all the stupidest marketer in the kingdom. After that, the rest would do the same and meet Minako back at their hideout.

"Are you ready?" Rei asked when seeing the owner had his back turned to them to unpack some containers.

Minako took a deep breath as she nodded. Makoto gave her a reassuring wink as Ami gave her the signal to go. The blonde thief did as she was told and ran straight for a loaf of bread. Just as Ami predicted, the owner caught her.

"Hey! Come back here!" the fat guy roared as he ran after her.

'This is going to be easy,' Minako thought as she was way ahead of him.

Ami, Makoto, and Rei watched as their friend and the stand owner dashed away.

"It's our turn!" Rei said as she ran out of her hiding place. The other bandits did the same as they went to reach for their free breakfast.

"Make another step and I'll shoot you," a monotone voice said, stopping them on their tracks.

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Author Notes: Let me fill you in on some facts. This is sorta like in kingdoms were soldiers had guns and stuff. But there will not be any Mobile Suits. Sorta like an UA fic since I enjoy writing them better.

I have it figured out. This is a Minako/Heero fic (sorry to the people who wanted Minako with some one else or Heero with some one else.)

But I still don't know about the others. (I know some people had already voted so I'll count that in.) As of right now for the next chap or something, I need to know who Trowa is going with. I'll let you guys vote on it.

Trowa/Ami

Trowa/Makoto

Trowa/Rei

And I also need one for Duo too. You can tell me who he would look cute with. That's it for now.

Till then, ja ne!