I don't own any of the GW characters (such a shame too) and I don't own 3x3 Eyes and all that other stuff that goes into disclaimers.
Yeah, um, This is a GW crossover with 3x3 Eyes. Um, sorry, there's prolly not going to be any Pai or Yakumo popping up anywhere (Sorry fans ^_^) but I am using their concepts and so on and so forth. There is YAOI in here so if you don't like it then don't read, ne? Um, pairing's are 1xOC, 2x5, 3x4. It's KINDA an AU cuz there's magic and stuff but... not really.
All righty...
"Blah." is talking.
'Blah.' is thoughts.
-Blah.>- denotes Li Mei and Shirin's 'psychic' conversations. They're not really psychic, I mean, they share the same body!
.oO(You're babbling...)
Ah! I'll stop now! ^_^ Hope you like it!
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Until Forever - Li Mei and Heero's Past Part 1
Tanako Murashima, Principal of Mirakomi High School, was not having a good morning. Having your car break down in the middle of a busy road is not fun. Then she got coffee spilled on her while she was on the bus and then there was a big traffic jam a little less than a block from the school. She was REALLY not having a good day. She sighed and pressed her face into her hands as she sat at her desk. The bell to indicate the first period of the day had started had rung a little over ten minutes ago. She was glad for the moment of silence. There was a knock on the door to her office and she sighed. She knew it had been too good to be true. She ran her hands through her short chin length blond hair and sat up straighter.
"Come in." The door opened slightly and her secretary, a Mrs. Furiko Kino, popped her cheerful, smiling face in to the room, her dark red hair tied back in a neat bun.
"Excuse me, Miss Murashima?"
"What is it Mrs. Kino?"
"The new student, Li Mei Zhang, the exchange student from China, she's just arrived. Do you want me to send her in?" Tanako blinked.
"Oh, right. I forgot all about her! Yes, send her in right away."
"Sure." Furiko disappeared but Tanako could hear her voice.
"Li Mei?" There was a muffled response. "Miss Murashima can see you now." There was a pause and the door opened wider as Furiko walked in with a folder in her hands. A short, teenage girl followed quietly behind her. She sat down in a chair and set her bag down beside her as Furiko handed Tanako the folder.
"This is her information folder that was sent from her previous school." As soon as Furiko left, Tanako put down the folder and looked at the teenager that sat across from her.
She was very pretty, many could even say she was beautiful. Large crimson eyes watched from behind long bangs. Her long dark purple hair was tied back in a ponytail that hung down to her waist and tied off with a white ribbon. Her bangs were parted in the middle but curled slightly in front of her ears, framing her pale heart shaped face. Long, thick black lashes framed the deep crimson of her eyes, the slight tilt at the corners adding to her exotic appearance, dark slim brows arching gracefully above them. She was wearing the Mirakomi girl's winter uniform. The top had a black and white sailor collar and a black long sleeved top with white trimmings at the end of the sleeves. Her skirt was black and emphasised her long legs. She wore the white folded ankle length socks and black silver buckle shoes. She was sitting demurely and upright. Tanako was tempted to ask just how old she was. The girl didn't look old enough to be in high school, she only looked like she was fourteen at the most.
"Li Mei Zhang?"
"Yes, that's my name Ma'am." The girl had a pleasant voice, if a bit quiet. It was smooth, easy to listen to.
"I'd like to welcome you to Mirakomi High. I'm Miss Murashima, the principal. Mrs. Kino was the woman who showed you in. She's the school secretary." She reached out with her hand. Li Mei took it and shook it with a firm grip.
"Thank you."
"So, let's get down to business, shall we." Li Mei nodded with a small smile. Tanako smiled at her and opened the folder. It had the normal stuff, an identification photo in the front. Li Mei was smiling a little shyly but in a friendly manner. Tanako looked up and noted that it was the same expression she had just now. The other information was rather vague, just listing off various other general information. She flipped over the page and raised an eyebrow. The school had decided to send over her reports from previous years. It was a little unusual but having a student move around, it was necessary for them to give the new school a bit of an idea in what the student could do. And boy, this girl could do a lot. She had come first in her grade in maths, biology, Software Design and Development, Information Processes and Technology and English. She topped all the subjects that she did. In fact, all her marks ranged from only 95% to perfect. It was pretty amazing. She flicked her gaze back up to Li Mei, her dark blue eyes filled with respect and was a little surprised at what she saw. Li Mei was sitting quietly, she hadn't seemed to have moved from when she had last looked at her. She was quite surprised at how composed she seemed, she didn't fidget, she didn't keep glancing around nervously, in fact, she just sat there quietly and patiently, up right and perfectly at ease. She sat with her legs crossed at the knees, her right leg over her left and her hands folded in her lap.
"You've gotten very good grades Miss Zhang. They're quite impressive." Li Mei blushed and ducked her head modestly.
"I had the best of teachers. I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without them." Tanako smiled and stood up and made her way to the door.
"So modest. Fortunately, we have all the same electives that you took at Everglade so there won't be any need for you to catch up on any other subjects. Let's see about slotting you into the right classes and then get you to class, shall we?" Li Mei smiled in appreciation as she got up and followed her to the door. "By the way Li Mei, do you have a laptop?" Li Mei blinked.
"Yes... why?"
"Good. Everything we do is done on laptops. It's easier for students and makes note taking a lot easier. Do you have it here?"
"Um, no." Li Mei shook her head. Miss Murashima pat her on the shoulder lightly.
"Don't worry. We'll lend you one and give you a disk so you can save on it and then take it home. Don't forget to bring your laptop tomorrow."
"I won't, thank you Miss Murashima." They stepped into the foyer and Li Mei stepped around and into the main area. Tanako handed the folder back to Furiko.
"Mrs. Kino, do you think you can put Li Mei into these classes? I thought that since we have them all, there might be a possibility that we can fit her into them." Furiko nodded and started to type away at her computer. She paused and nodded her head.
"Yes, I can just fit her into all of her classes."
"Good. Can you print out a schedule for her?"
"Yes, I can do that." A moment later, Li Mei was handed a piece of paper with all her classes and a school diary.
Li Mei was happy to note that
her first class was English. She'd always enjoyed it and it helped her
to relax to fall into the familiar patterns again. She hadn't attended
school for a while now due to her moving and getting everything in order
and she was feeling a little bit bored. She was rather thankful that they
had managed to accept her so quickly.
"Li Mei?" She turned her head
to see Miss Murashima looking at her.
"Yes Miss Murashima?"
"I think I'll show you around
a bit before you start your first class. Or would you prefer to go to class
first?" Li Mei thought that she might as well get the grand tour of the
school before class started but before she could say anything, the phone
in her office rang.
"Could you excuse me Li Mei?
I've just got to go and see to the phone. I'll be right back." Li Mei nodded.
As Miss Murashima closed the door to her office, the doors to the office
swung open widely and a teenage boy strode in through the doors with a
dark expression on his face. He stepped up the desk impatiently, his eyes
narrowed slightly.
Li Mei felt a light flush
travel up to her cheeks as she looked up at his face from her place next
to the desk.
He was very attractive, in
a rugged, untamed sort of way. Messy dark brown hair that fell into his
eyes in jagged and spiky bangs that cut across his lightly tanned skin
and partially hid his eyes. Those eyes were the kind that anyone would
lose themselves in. Dark, intense and enigmatic, the prussian blue pools
reminded her of the ocean. The way they looked just before a storm. He
was taller than her by at least a head and had a slim, almost skinny frame,
but there was a rippling of muscle underneath his shirt that told you not
to underestimate him. He wore the the black jacket with a high collar and
black pants that were part of the uniform. The jacket was open, his white
shirt was untucked and the top two buttons undone. His pants clung to his
hips and thighs but were loose enough for free movement. He had a backpack
slung over one shoulder, about the size of a laptop.
Her supernatural senses picked
something up from him, an aura of power and something else... something
she couldn't quite put a finger on, waving around him. The feeling of his
aura was intoxicating and she barely stopped herself from running over
to him and attaching herself to his side.
-Quit drooling, girl!>-
Li Mei started at Shirin's comment, her eyes widening slightly before she
could control her reaction.
-Shirin!>-
-Calm down, I was just
teasing. Though, I must admit, for a human, he's awfully... tasty.>- THAT
got Li Mei blushing but she forced it down before anyone else could notice
it.
-Please don't say things
like that Shirin.>-
-Fine, fine. You're such
a prude.>-
-Shirin...>-
-All right, fine. I'll
just stay quiet.>- There was an offended note in her voice and Li Mei felt
a twinge of guilt.
-You know I didn't mean
it like that Shirin.>- She was met by silence. -Come on, please don't
be like that.>- More silence. She sighed.
-I'm sorry Shirin, come
on. I have school and I don't need to keep turning red from your comments.>-
-All right. I'll refrain
from making any snide comments. There? Happy?>- Li Mei sighed inwardly
and sent Shirin a burst of mixed emotions; amusement, exasperation and
tolerance.
-Thank you Shirin.>-
-Hmph.>- She felt Shirin
break off and focused her attention back on where she was.
"Heero, you're late again."
Mrs. Kino said as she shook her head. Heero shrugged.
"Hn." He didn't say anything
else. Mrs. Kino just clucked her tongue at his lack of reply and took out
a piece of yellow paper while she typed something into the computer.
"You should wake up earlier
Heero. This is the third time this month you've been late."
"Hn." Again, Heero didn't
reply in any other way than a grunt. He turned slightly and he seemed to
see Li Mei. Curiosity flashed in his eyes but Li Mei couldn't be quite
sure as he seemed to smooth his features into a neutral and emotionless
expression.
"Oh, Heero. This is Li Mei.
She's a new student who transferred here from China. Li Mei, this is Heero."
Mrs. Kino smiled encouragingly at the pair. Li Mei bowed deeply and smiled,
her head tilted slightly to the side.
"It's very nice to meet you
Heero." Heero just stared at her for a long moment and Li Mei had to force
her smile from faltering.
"Heero." Mrs. Kino prompted.
"Nice to meet you." Heero
finally replied with a slight tilting of his head before he looked away.
A silence fell between them, the only sound was the soft clicking of the
keyboard. Li Mei sighed deeply and Heero's eyes turned back to her. The
door to Mis Murashima's office opened and she walked back out, an apologetic
smile on her face.
"Li Mei, I'm so sorry to keep
you waiting." Her eyes flickered to the tall boy standing close to her.
"Heero, you're late."
"Hn."
"Usual problems?"
"Hn." Li Mei forced her smile
down as she glanced at Heero. Obviously he only communicated in monosyllabic
grunts which everyone seemed to understand.
"I see." She sighed and turned
apologetic eyes to Li Mei. "Li Mei, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be
able to show you around the school. I've just got a phone call from a parent
and I have to be here when they arrive." She handed Li Mei a slender black
laptop and a disk. Li Mei took it carefully and tucked it under her arm.
"It's all right. I can look
around later." She took out her timetable and started to look at it. Heero
reached over the desk to take the late slip that Mrs. Kino handed him.
"Heero, while you're here,
why don't you show her around?" Li Mei looked up and blinked at Miss Murashima.
She turned her head slightly to meet Heero's surprised gaze. When he realised
she was looking at him, he quickly smoothed his features back down to the
unemotional mask he had been wearing before. He turned cold eyes towards
the principal.
"Hn." He looked back at Li
Mei and jerked his head towards the door as he turned on his heel and left
the lobby. Li Mei blinked and then followed after him after a hurried good
bye to the two older women.
Heero didn't know what to think.
He'd arrived late, again, and was rather surprised to find a new girl in
the office. It wasn't that they never took in new students, it was just
that he found her quite... well, appealing. Exotic to be sure, and very
different. She had an air of power, confidence and femininity. She didn't
seem like the other girls in the school. She seemed innocent, not jaded
like the other girls he knew, and quite nice. Genuinely. Her eyes were
a dead give away. They were warm, soft-hearted looking with a certain sweetness.
He'd seen new kids, boys and girls alike, get chewed up and spat back out
by the cold and cruel students at the school. Mirakomi High was notorious
for its rich students, his own father an extremely wealthy and successful
businessman. His mother was an accomplished designer who often did business
with the VERY rich. Needless to say, both parents barely had any time for
Heero at all... But back to his previous line of thought, Heero couldn't
help but feel as though Li Mei was walking into a lion's den, her sweet
face and gentle eyes enough to draw the sharks in like the scent of fresh
blood. The only reason he hadn't been bothered was because he'd beaten
the living day lights out of the first person who tried it and the few
after that had been dumb enough to try after that. He felt sorry for her
but he didn't want to get involved. He didn't want any attention. But still...
"Heero! Heero, wait up! Please!"
Li Mei's steps weren't quite as long as his and she had to walk rather
hurriedly in order to keep up.
"Hn." He replied but slowed
down his pace anyway. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and
watched her walk along side him. She had a slight smile on her face and
she looked straight ahead.
"Um, so Heero, what's it like
at school here?" He realised that he quite liked the sound of her voice.
It was soft and had a nice soothing lilt to it. He looked straight ahead
and didn't reply to her question. It was probably better not to talk to
her or he might start to actually tolerate her. That would be bad. That
would mean he'd care what happened to her. Best not to talk to her. He
stayed silent and he heard her sigh softly, sadly maybe. He clenched a
fist to stop himself from turning his head and replying.
"Sorry to bother you Heero."
She said softly. She sounded so sincere and so sad that he sighed deeply
and stopped walking. Li Mei took a few steps forward before she noticed
that Heero had stopped walking. She turned to face him, a tiny frown on
her face.
"Heero?" He didn't answer
her but just stood still and watched her intensely. She lowered her eyes
and bowed her head under his gaze.
"I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't
have said anything. I'm sorry." She sighed again.
"It's not that." She looked
up, surprise on her face.
"Pardon?" She asked.
"You're not the problem."
Heero replied.
"Oh?"
"This school isn't friendly."
"Why's that?" She frowned
again, a slight creasing between her eyebrows.
"The people here, they aren't
nice."
"Why not?" The frown had melted
away into a puzzled look. She had tilted her head to the side thoughtfully
as she looked up at him.
"They just aren't."
"Oh."
"Stay away from them."
"But... how can I? I can't
stay away from people I go to the same school as."
"Just go to the library when
it's recess or lunch. Don't make friends with any of the students here."
"Even you?" Heero blinked
at the unexpected question and stared down at her. Her large eyes were
completely honest and seemed to look into his very soul. He couldn't look
away, his eyes locked on hers. The crimson depths reminding him of... of
something overwhelming, something powerful. He looked away and then stared
above her head.
"Even me."
"Oh." She sounded thoughtful
and she looked down at her feet for a moment before looking back up, a
small smile on her face. She turned back around and started walking. She
looked over her shoulder at him.
"So are you going to give
me a tour or what?" Her voice had a sort of amused lilt to it and Heero
shook his head, not quite sure what to think about the shorter girl. He
didn't have anything else to do but follow after her and complete the tour.
When they finally arrived to
class, the period well under way. Heero knocked on the door and then stepped
through, Li Mei following closely behind. True to what Miss Murashima said,
all the students had laptops. Black, dark blue, red, there were lots of
colours, each telling of the owner's personal style. Heero nodded at the
teacher as he put the late slip on her desk and walked to his seat, not
looking at anyone. He quickly sat down and took out his laptop, starting
it up and then looking to the front to see Li Mei introduced. It was just
his luck that he would be in the same english class as her.
"Well class, it seems as though
we have a new student." The teacher had ushered Li Mei in front of the
black board and was introducing her. Li Mei was smiling, her expression
sweet and oblivious.
"I'd like you all to welcome
her. She's an exchange student from China and I hope you all treat her
very well. Her name is Li Mei Zhang." The sound of gritting teeth was almost
audible from the other students. A new arrival was always greeted with
a mix of reactions. A new play thing or a new rival, she was not going
to have an easy time with these people. Heero glared around the room, his
eyes darkening into a stormy blue.
"Hi! I'm very pleased to meet
you." She bowed deeply, her long hair falling over her shoulder in a rich,
silken wave. Her white ribbon contrasted starkly with her dark hair and
uniform. When she straightened, she smiled warmly. There was a general
chorus of greeting and several of them sounded far more interested than
they should be. Several of the students staring at the short girl intensely,
their eyes raking her from head to toe. She seemed oblivious to their gazes
and continued to smile.
"I hope you're all nice to
her." The teacher said. The affirmative reply made the teacher smile. "All
right Li Mei, there's a seat near the window behind Juni, Juni put up your
hand." A tall girl with black hair and dark green eyes smiled, her teeth
showing in an almost predatory way, put up her hand. "Or there's a seat
next to Heero at the back. You know who Heero is. Choose a seat and that
will be your seat for the rest of the year. Okay?"
"Yes Miss. Thank you." Li
Mei smiled and made her way down the isle. Juni smiled up at Li Mei as
she came near and Li Mei smiled back but kept on walking, much to Juni's,
and the rest of the class', surprise. She blinked and stared dumbly as
she watched Li Mei settle down in the seat on Heero's left. The stoic boy's
eyes flashed with surprise before quickly settling into an expressionless
mask.
"All right, now that you've
settled down, let's get this class back on track, shall we?"
Li Mei ignored the looks she
was getting as she stood at the front of the class, her expression of unawareness
forced. Her eyes roved over the class, her senses screaming danger at her.
There were only two things that kept her from bolting: Shirin's strength
in the back of her mind and the faint brushes of Heero's comforting aura.
-My, aren't you the popular
one.>-
-Shirin, I don't like
the way they're looking at me... they're radiating very strong emotions.
And they're looking at me funny.>-
-Just ignore them, I won't
let anyone hurt you. Besides, it seems like that Heero boy is ready to
leap to your defence. Like a knight in shining armour!>-
-He's probably just annoyed
he had to show me around.>-
-Sure...>-
-Shirin...>-
"Everyone, we have a new student
in the class and I'd like you all to welcome her. She's an exchange student
from China and I hope you all treat her very well. Her name is Li Mei Zhang."
Li Mei gave them a smile. There was an immediate leap in the intensity
of the emotions radiating from the student.
-Wow! Did you feel that?!>-
Shirin's presence let out a low whistle.
-Unfortunately, yes.>-
Li Mei forced the smile to stay in place.
"Hi! I'm very pleased to meet
you." She bowed deeply, relieved at the opportunity to avoid their gazes.
Her eyes fell on Heero when she straightened up and noticed the glares
he was sending around. She felt a light flush rising at the feel of his
protectiveness he was emanating.
"I hope you're all nice to
her." The teacher said. The affirmative reply made the teacher smile. "All
right Li Mei, there's a seat near the window behind Juni. Juni put up your
hand." Li Mei glanced towards the girl the teacher had gestured at. She
was pretty, tilted dark green eyes and short, shoulder length black hair.
She was smiling in a rather predatory way, her eyes glinting with a dark
light. Li Mei pushed down the urge to run. "Or there's a seat next to Heero
at the back. You know who Heero is. Choose a seat and that will be your
seat for the rest of the year. Okay?"
"Yes Miss. Thank you."
'Definitely next to Heero.'
Li Mei thought as she walked down the isle. She smiled briefly as she passed
by Juni so as not to offend her and sat down quickly at the seat to Heero's
left. She completely missed the strange looks she received from everyone
else.
-These kids are all really
weird.>-
-No kidding Shirin. They're
kinda creepy.>-
-Watch you back. You don't
want to get into any trouble when you defend yourself.>-
-I can look after myself
well enough without hurting anyone, Shirin.>- Li Mei turned to face the
teacher as she moved to stand in front of the class.
"All right, now that you've
settled down, let's get this class back on track, shall we?" Li Mei quickly
opened the laptop as she set it down on her desk and then started it up.
She basked in the warm waves of Heero's aura and started to relax. But
one glance around the room showed that the other students were still looking
at her told her that this would be a long class...
There was a collective sigh
of relief when the bell finally went. Li Mei quickly packed up the laptop
and stood up. She felt a presence approaching her and looked up. Juni stood
near her, her taller frame standing a little too close for Li Mei's comfort
and she edged backwards slightly. She was glad she had decided to sit close
to Heero, his presence made her feel protected. Juni's aura made the hairs
on the back of her neck stand on end.
"What do you have for your
next class Li Mei?" Her voice was husky and commanding. Li Mei tilted her
head back to look up into her eyes. She didn't realise what a tempting
figure she made, vulnerable and innocent looking. Juni licked her lips.
"Oh, hi Juni. Um... let me
see." Li Mei took out her school diary and looked at her schedule. She
traced a slender finger down the paper until she found her class. "It says
here that I've got... Software Design and Development."
"Really? I'm going that way-"
"I've got that class next.
I'll take her." Heero stated coldly as he stepped up by Li Mei's side.
Li Mei blinked and looked up at him. Juni frowned, her eyes flashing at
the boy who dared to interrupt her. Heero just glared back, blue clashing
with green.
"But I'm sure she'll prefer
another girl to a boy." She said, a falsely sweet tone in her voice, one
that usually set off alarm bells screaming in people's heads.
"She's coming with me." So
saying, Heero took hold of Li Mei's upper arm and gently, but quickly,
steered her away from Juni and out the room. Juni frowned at his back and
before smiling widely, her green eyes lighting up with amusement and mischievousness.
She let out a small laugh as she turned on her heel and left the room.
"I thought I told you not
to make any friends."
"I'm not. I was just talking
to her."
"That's all the encouragement
she needs."
"What encouragement?"
"Just talking to her will
make you think you're fair game."
"Fair game? For what?"
"Their games." He turned around
a corner, still holding her. Li Mei noticed the strange looks they were
getting from the students they passed and blinked. She turned her head
to see several of them gather together and point and twitter about them
before she was forced to look ahead again. She looked down at Heero's hand
that was wrapped around her upper arm, the long slender fingers wrapping
completely around it. She could feel the calloused pads of his fingers
and almost blushed at the protective vibes her was radiating. She leant
against him unconsciously. She didn't feel Heero stiffen in surprise.
"Oh. What games?" Heero almost
groaned. Either this girl had lived in a box all her life or she was stupid.
She didn't SEEM stupid so he assumed she must have lead a sheltered life.
"Games. You don't want to
know. Just stay away from her."
"Um... okay. I think." Heero
nodded and continued walking. He ignored the stares he was getting from
his fellow students as he practically dragged the small girl behind him,
his quick pace forcing her to practically run after him. He walked into
a large building on the other side of the school grounds. He pushed open
the door and didn't stop until they entered a room down the hall to their
left. When Heero opened the door, There were four long rows of desks running
across the room with large cushioned swivel chairs. There were large holes
at regular intervals along the tables that had small plugs sticking out
of them. Part of a network or something, Li Mei assumed.
"Heero? Where are you going
to sit?" He didn't answer, just led her down the rows of computers until
they got to the back of the room in a corner. He stopped in front of a
seat that was in the back up against the wall. He looked at the seat and
then he looked at her, a small frown on his face. Li Mei blinked up at
him and then looked at the seat and then back at him.
"What's wrong with the seat?"
He frowned at the seat before pushing her towards it.
"Hn." She looked at the seat
and then sighed. She sat down on it and then watched as Heero settled down
on the seat next to her and put his laptop down onto the table. He reached
out and plugged his laptop into the network and started it up silently.
"Heero, do you normally sit
here?" Heero stared straight ahead at his computer.
"Hn." When she got no further
reply, she sat turned her swivel chair around and faced her computer, crossing
her right leg over her left. Heero's eyes flickered towards her as she
opened up her laptop and then started it up. He was surprised to note she
hadn't tried to plug her laptop into the network but then shrugged. It
looked like she knew what she was doing.
His thoughts wandered back
to what her upper arm had felt like in his hand. She was smaller than he
thought, his hand wrapping completely around the slender limb. His calloused
fingers had brushed against her soft skin and it reminded him of satin.
The sound of people coming
into the room caused Li Mei to turn. She presented him with a pretty three-quarter
view of her face and he couldn't help but admire the soft curve of her
cheek. The sudden urge to reach out and trace the curve with his own finger
surprised him and he turned away from her hastily.
"What do we have here?" Heero
almost groaned. He should have known that hiding her in a corner wouldn't
make people miss her. No, she was far too attractive and drawing to be
able to ignore. He turned around and saw a Li Mei blinking at the tall
teenage boy that was raising her hand to his lips. Heero growled and before
he knew what he was doing, he reached out and snatched Li Mei's hand away
from him.
"Hands off Kudou." He snapped.
The taller teen straightened, a slender dark brow raised as he looked between
a confused Li Mei and an angry Heero. He had slightly curly black hair,
the dark strands curling around his neck and his bangs falling into his
deep emerald eyes. Like most of the other boys at the school, he was taller
than Heero but Heero was never one to be easily intimidated. Daisuke's
lips quirked up slightly at the corners at the blatant challenge Heero
was issuing.
"I was merely introducing
myself Yuy." He nodded towards Li Mei, a slow and lazy smile set to stun
forming on his lips. "I'm Daisuke Kudou. I'm very pleased to meet you."
But it seemed Li Mei didn't
know she was supposed to fall for it. She just merely smiled back, no sign
whatsoever that she was stunned and about to fall into his arms like a
love sick school girl.
"Hello." She nodded back and
turned back to her computer. Heero nodded slightly, approval in his gaze
as he looked at her when she didn't say anything else before turning
his eyes back to Daisuke.
"You've introduced yourself.
Now go away."
"But I think that it is my
duty, as a very prominent social figure in this school, to welcome this
lovely young lady." Li Mei tilted her head slightly, looking at him from
the corner of her eye as he spoke. She didn't blush like most other girls
would, in fact, she didn't seem to be reacting at all. Truth be told, she'd
heard too many people say she was pretty or lovely or beautiful to be affected
anymore. Daisuke leaned closer, much to Heero's displeasure and reached
out to touch her face. She moved back slightly, as though she was turning
her head to look back at the screen, but was really trying to put a little
more space between them. She didn't like people touching her face. Especially
people that made her feel uncomfortable like Daisuke and Juni did. Heck,
like most of the people she'd seen in the school did.
"What's your name?" She sighed
inwardly, years of having proper manners ground into her head not letting
her ignore his request.
"Li Mei." She said softly.
Heero almost groaned and Li Mei shot him and apologetic look.
"What a lovely name, for a
very lovely girl. Beautiful Plum Blossom, am I correct?"
"Thank you and yes it is."
She replied politely.
"Everyone, get into your seats
please. That means you Daisuke." The teacher had entered the room before
Daisuke could have done anything else and he walked back to his seat, not
too far from where Li Mei and Heero were sitting. He looked back over his
shoulder and winked at her. She pretended not to see it as she looked towards
the teacher.
"All right, let's check the
roll... And who do we have here?" Li Mei smiled when the teacher raised
his eyebrow at her.
"Hello."
"Hello there. You must be
the new student... Li Mei Zhang, am I correct?" He looked at a slip of
paper that was in the roll. Li Mei nodded.
"Yes, that's me sir."
"And what a polite girl you
are." He quickly wrote something down in the roll. "All right, I see you've
found a seat... Heero, isn't that your usual seat?"
"Hn." There was a brief pause.
"Is it okay if she sits there?"
The teacher asked carefully. Li Mei was looking at Heero as he stared straight
ahead at the computer he was sitting in front of.
"Hn." Heero grunted again.
The teacher sighed and shrugged.
"All right. Let's just start
the class then." He paused and turned back to Li Mei. "Sorry Li Mei. I'm
Mr. Komatsu. I see you didn't plug your laptop into the network. Very smart
of you. Since you don't have a student number yet, you would have been
rejected. Would it be all right if you look on with another student?"
"Oh, that'll be fine Mr. Komatsu.
Thank you."
"So, who'll let her-"
"I will." Heero broke out
before he could finish his sentence and anyone else could accept the offer.
Mr. Komatsu blinked at Heero, the boy who almost never talked, and nodded
slowly.
"All right. Heero, look after
her will you?"
"Hn." Heero went back to his
monosyllabic grunts again. Li Mei moved her seat closer to Heero and tilted
her head slightly to look at the screen.
"Well, let's get started.
You all know what you're supposed to be doing, so get to it! And Heero,
you explain to Li Mei what we need to do." Mr. Komatsu strode out of the
classroom at the end of his little speech.
"So what are we doing?"
"Making a program."
"Oh." She paused, watching
Heero open up different programming applications and then starting up his
already half finished one. She watched as he typed, his long fingers moving
over the keys at an incredible speed. Her eyes darted across the screen
as he typed in several lines of code.
"Um, what are the program
requirements?"
"We're to design a program
that works like an automatic teller machine."
"Oh. I see." She looked at
his screen again. He went back to typing, practically ignoring her, but
she didn't mind. She knew he was concentrating on what he was doing and
she understood that. After all, programming wasn't something that was easy.
She settled back quietly in her chair and watched what he was typing. She
studied the lines of code for a moment and realised she'd done it before.
She tilted her head and leant a little closer and read each little group
of codes. Her eyes were so intent on the screen as he typed that she didn't
even notice it when someone walked up behind them.
"Li Mei, I'm so sorry our
earlier conversation was interrupted. Please, will you allow me to continue
it?" Heero turned to glare coldly at Daisuke as Li Mei sat up straight
and turned the chair slightly, her legs brushing against Heero's. Heero
jumped slightly at the contact but didn't remove his glare from Daisuke.
"I'm sorry Daisuke, but I
think Heero and I should be working now. Maybe some other time an opportunity
will present itself and we can talk then." She gave Daisuke an apologetic
smile before turning back to Heero's laptop and lightly touching the glaring
boy's shoulder.
"Shall we Heero?" Heero blinked
at her in surprise before settling his usual mask of neutrality on his
face and started typing again. Daisuke just stared down at her in shock,
his dark green eyes wide. Then he smiled, a slow predatory smile. If Li
Mei could see it, she would have run. As far and as long as she could.
It bore a disturbing resemblance to Juni's smile...
The hair on the back of Li
Mei's neck stood on end and she shivered slightly, unconsciously leaning
closer towards Heero. Daisuke turned on his heel and went back to his seat,
the smile still on his face as he worked lazily on his program.
The class went quietly from
then on. Li Mei and Heero only received curious glances and people whispered
behind their hands but aside from that, they were left alone. But as always,
things are not as they seem.
"Heero, where are we going?"
Yet again, Li Mei found herself being pulled quickly along by Heero. They
had just finished third period and it was lunch time. It was strange, she
was in almost every one of his classes. The only differences in their timetables
were that he had chemistry when she had IPT and when she had biology he
had chemistry.
As soon as the bell had rung,
he had practically dragged her out of the room and towards another large
building. She sighed when he didn't answer and decided to let him take
her wherever he was going. It seemed to her that he was acting a little
too protective. After all, how bad can these students be?
"Where are you off to in such
a hurry, Yuy?" Heero stopped so suddenly, Li Mei bumped into his back and
stumbled backwards. A hand snaked out to grasp her elbow and tug her away
from Heero and she yelped in surprise. Heero hadn't let go of her hand
so she was tugged back up against his side as he turned. Icy eyes glared
at the two people standing close. Juni was smirking off to the right, her
dark green eyes focused on Li Mei's adorably confused face. Daisuke was
smiling at him, his own eyes just as cold.
"Go away." He snapped. Li
Mei looked between them. The anger and tension in the air was so thick
you could cut it with a knife. She pressed closer to Heero.
"But I'm afraid we can't do
that Yuy. We just want to talk to Li Mei, get to know her a little better."
Juni replied. Daisuke nodded, his hands in his pockets.
"After all, we are the most
popular people in the school, it's our duty to introduce her into the lime
light."
"She's not for you." He growled.
"Then who's she for? You?"
Daisuke snorted in scorn as he glared at Heero. Juni had stepped closer,
her tall, willowy form moving across the space between her and Heero like
water. She smiled, not a very pleasant one. She reached out to touch Heero's
face but his hand snapped out to slap it away. She pouted.
"Such a shame Heero. You would
have made a wonderful playmate." She turned to look at Li Mei who was looking
up at Heero's angry face in concern. "But this girl, she's just perfect.
Don't you think so brother?" She turned to face Daisuke.
"Yes, quite, dear sister."
Li Mei really didn't like that look on their faces. Heero moved in front
of her, his fists clenched at his sides. He didn't know why this little
girl had him so protective, had him ready to fight the Kudou twins for
her sake, but whatever it was, it was coming on strong. Maybe it was because
he'd seen far too many people be destroyed by them, innocent people. Or
maybe it was because he was attracted to Li Mei. He didn't want to dwell
too long on that thought.
"So, why don't you just make
it easy on yourself and let her come with us? We'll take care of her. She's
far too pretty for us to let anything happen to her."
"She's not a toy." Heero growled.
"Are you challenging us, Yuy?"
Daisuke raised a brow. His eyes flickered to Li Mei as she stood uncertainly
against Heero's side before meeting Heero's gaze. "Then again, I can understand
why you would fight for her. She is very tempting." He paused a moment,
looking at Li Mei thoughtfully. "Very well. I accept your challenge."
"Hn." Li Mei blinked and stepped
back away from them as they moved closer. She looked around. Quite a large
crowd had gathered around them and she didn't really know what was happening.
From what she could gather, Heero and Daisuke were about to fight.
"Come on sweet, let's let
the boys play." Li Mei blinked up at Juni as the larger girl took her elbow
and led her away.
"What do you mean? Why are
they fighting?" Juni's fingers were rubbing against her elbow and she tried
to move away but Juni kept a firm grip on her and she grimaced slightly.
She didn't like this, not one bit.
"They're fighting for you."
Juni said as she smiled down at her, that predatory look back on her face.
-That girl's going to
die.>- Li Mei paled at Shirin's mental voice.
-No! You can't kill her
Shirin!>-
-How DARE she touch you.>-
Li Mei winced at the volume of Shirin's anger and tried to pull her arm
from Juni's grip again but it only served to make her tighten it. She winced.
It was probably going to bruise.
-Shirin, please. We can't
cause any trouble. I'm sure killing her will make trouble.>-
-Gr... Fine, fine. I won't
kill her.>- Li Mei sighed as Shirin went into a tirade about how terrible
everything was. Li Mei tuned her out as she turned to look up at Juni again.
"Please, Juni, can you let
go of me? You're hurting me." Juni looked down at her for a long moment
before letting go, slowly, her fingers brushing against her arm as they
fell away.
"Thank you." Li Mei said as
she raised a hand to rub against her arm.
"The fight's about to start."
Juni said as she nodded towards the two boys. Daisuke had taken off his
jacket and handed it to some boy near him. No one dared to approach Heero
in fear of Daisuke's wrath. Li Mei frowned and stepped into the circle
and walked up to Heero.
"Heero, give me your jacket.
It might get ruined." Heero turned to her in surprise but shrugged off
his jacket anyway and handed it to her. She carefully folded it over her
arm.
"Good luck Heero. Be careful."
She murmured so that only he could hear. Heero nodded at her and jerked
his head back towards the circle of student. She nodded in understanding
and stepped back into the ring of onlookers. Juni was frowning down at
her. She looked back, a neutral look on her face.
"Is something that matter,
Juni?" Juni grinned at the display, delight obvious in her gaze. She licked
her lips. Defiance. Strong and true.
"You're not as soft as you
look. We're going to have fun with you."
"Daisuke hasn't won yet."
Li Mei said softly as she turned back to face the fight. Juni smirked and
turned to observe the fight. This fight promised to be very good. She hoped
that her brother wouldn't beat Heero too badly. Heero would be a very nice
spice to go with their sugary Li Mei.
Heero glared at Daisuke as
he tensed his muscles. The smirking arrogant fool was looking at him as
though he was lower than pond scum.
"How do you want to do this,
Yuy? After all, you're the one who issued the challenge." Heero shrugged.
He really didn't care as long as he got to wipe that smirk off Daisuke's
face.
"Hn."
"All right. First knocked
out or whoever gives up. How's that?" Heero shrugged.
"Hn."
"Good. It's settled then."
Heero nodded. Daisuke stood still for a moment as he regarded the stubborn
teen. Heero stared back defiantly at him, his prussian blue eyes colder
than ice.
Ever since Daisuke had met him, he had hated Heero. The silent, cold and brooding teenager made him seethe inside, made him hate him. He didn't know what it was. It could have been his quiet strength, the steel behind those cold eyes. He hated the way he defied him, the way he refused to play the game. But most of all, he hated the way that Heero ignored him. NO ONE ignored him. He was Daisuke Kudou, the most popular guy in the school, the most charming, the most handsome, the most respected. The most feared. But this... this little... boy just appeared out of nowhere and captured the attention of everyone. He didn't even want the attention! But he got it. And now, he had the attention of the most beautiful person he'd ever seen. Li Mei, with her wide innocent eyes, deep as the ocean, and warm soul, was Heero's. He could already see it in her eyes. Those deep crimson pools spoke of passion and devotion, something that Daisuke wanted. Something that he couldn't have. Because Heero had it. And for that, Daisuke wanted to kill him.
Heero knew he couldn't underestimate Daisuke. There was a reason that the boy was feared. His physical prowess was incredible. His size belied his speed and those large hands were very strong. Heero remembered one boy, someone who had dared to call Daisuke Kudou a coward and a bastard, had been unfortunate enough to meet his fist full on. The boy never did get to walk again. He was now in a mental ward. The trauma to his head had given him brain damage. It had all been swept under the carpet of course. After all, how could the son of a successful and powerful business man do such a thing? The family had been threatened and bought off, the entire incident soon forgotten. It also helped that no one was willing to act as a witness. But Heero wasn't a twenty pound weakling. He had proven that on his first day of school there. A boy, Kentaro Yamaguchi, had tried to bully him. Heero hadn't really cared until Kentaro tried to take his laptop and beat him up. Heero had broken his nose and bruised several ribs. Most people had left him alone after that. After all, Kentaro had been one of the toughest in the school. If that scrawny kid could beat him easily, what could he do to them? Of course, there had been some dumber people who had tried to rough him up and ended up in the hospital with Kentaro. Heero clenched and unclenched his fists. He knew he wasn't as big as Daisuke, but he knew he was faster and just as strong, if not stronger. But Daisuke didn't play by any rules and he was vicious. Behind all that glamour and charm, Daisuke was dark, vicious and cruel.
With an unspoken agreement,
the pair rushed at each other.
"Yah!" Ducking under Daisuke's
opening right hook, Heero got close enough to jab him right under his rib
cage. Daisuke let out a gasp of pain as he stumbled. He quickly followed
through with a backhand as he spun around that Heero barely ducked under.
He moved away wearily, smug in the knowledge that he had gotten the first
hit in. Daisuke glared at him as he straightened, but the stiffness of
his body told him that he had felt that hit. Heero let a small smirk drift
across his face before forcing it down.
"That was a free shot. You're
not going to get another one."
"Hn." Daisuke snarled, angered
by his lack of response. He quickly composed himself and fell into a ready
stance. Heero did likewise and they began to wearily circle each other.
Heero watched Daisuke with narrowed eyes while Daisuke did the same to
him.
"Hyah!" Heero stepped to the
side of a right jab and then ducked under a left hook. He leaned backwards
from another hook but wasn't fast enough to dodge to following jab. He
reeled back and grunted as he was hit with a glancing blow against his
cheek. He didn't let Daisuke take advantage and forced himself to move
again. He blocked a jab from Daisuke with his arm and twisted into his
defences. Back to chest against him, Heero slammed an elbow into Daisuke's
stomach making the larger boy gasp and retch in pain and then elbowed him
in the face. The sound of bone against bone was satisfying as Daisuke's
head snapped back under the force of the blow. Daisuke lashed out with
a badly aimed punch and Heero grabbed his arm and threw him over
his hip.
"Oof!" Daisuke landed against
the ground hard, the wind forced from his lungs. He snarled angrily and
swept his legs out in a wild manner, catching Heero above his ankle. Heero
pushed his arms out in front of him to cushion his fall and mentally berated
himself for not moving out of Daisuke's way fast enough. He landed hard
against the ground on his palms but his arms absorbed the impact and he
rolled onto his back quickly, just in time to feel Daisuke straddle him
and grab him around the neck. Blood streamed down his face from his bleeding
nose and an ugly snarl had replaced his normally charming features. Heero
felt the muscles in Daisuke's legs flex as his hand tightened around his
neck. Daisuke drew a hand across his face and swore at the blood that was
smeared against the back of his hand.
"You bastard! You fucking
bastard!" The rage was clear in his voice. Heero bucked in an attempt to
throw him off and he almost succeeded but Daisuke's bigger body meant that
he had longer legs meaning that he could afford to move a little.
"You made me bleed." Daisuke
said coldly as he smashed a fist down on Heero's face. Stars exploded across
Heero's vision and he bit back a grunt of pain. Daisuke had landed a powerful
punch right next to his nose, Heero was thankful that he hadn't hit his
nose as he was quite sure that it would have broken under those large fists.
Another blow landed, this time against his cheek bone and then another
that forced his head to the side. Heero lashed out as Daisuke paused to
draw back his fist and smacked Daisuke in the face again. Daisuke let out
a cry of pain as his already much abused nose was the victim of yet another
blow. He stupidly brought up both hands to clutch at his bleeding nose
and Heero took the opportunity to buck him off of him. He rolled on top
of the taller boy and straddled him. Grabbing him by the collar of his
shirt, he pulled him up and then slammed him back onto the ground. Daisuke
let out a wheezing cough that was quickly cut off as Heero repeated the
motion.
"Do you give up?" Heero asked
coldly as he tightened his grip on Daisuke's shirt. With an inarticulate
yell, Daisuke swung wildly, his long arms lashing out. Heero cursed and
pulled his arms away to block the punch that came straight at his face.
Daisuke grabbed Heero's arms and threw him over him. Heero barely managed
to twist so that he could roll with the throw and to his feet. He shook
his head slightly the feeling of weightlessness that accompanied blows
to the head. He watched as Daisuke staggered to his feet shakily and then
turn around to glare angrily at him. He wasn't a pretty sight. Blood stained
his shirt from where it had dripped off his chin. His eyes were practically
burning with rage and his hands were covered in blood. Heero felt something
trickling down his face and hastily brought a hand up to brush it away.
It came away red, a deep dark red. He narrowed his eyes, realising that
Daisuke had broken the skin over his cheek bone. With that realisation,
his cheek began to sting and throb.
"You fucking bastard." Heero
just smirked at Daisuke. As always, the bully was never use to being hit
and the loss of control would make him easier to beat. He suddenly stiffened
as Daisuke smirked darkly, his eyes flashing with a dark light as he looked
at him. Heero tensed his muscles in anticipation of any blows that were
to come.
"I'm done playing with you.
I'm going to kill you." Heero frowned, his eyes narrowing to mere slits.
Daisuke started walking slowly, threateningly, much like a cat about to
eat it's prey. Prey it had just finished playing with. Heero shifted slightly
in order to keep Daisuke in his line of sight and he was becoming agitated
with the way Daisuke was acting. Narrowed emerald looked at him from half-closed
eyes in a lazy fashion. Daisuke stopped and started to walk the other way,
his hands slipping into his pockets. He smirked darkly and Heero growled,
deep in his throat.
"Impatient? Patience is a
virtue Yuy." Heero snorted. What a hypocrite. Slowly, tauntingly, Daisuke
drew his hands out of his pockets and Heero growled again. Gleams of silver
bounced off the twin butterfly knives in Daisuke's hands, the six inch
blades were sharp and deadly if used properly. And Heero didn't doubt that
Daisuke knew how to use them.
"Knives?" Heero questioned
in an emotionless voice, his dark eyes watching the blades carefully. Daisuke
let out a deep chuckle and smiled nastily.
"We never said anything about
not using weapons." Heero didn't reply but just continued to watch him
wearily. This could be a bad thing.
"That's not fair! You can't
do that!" They both turned to see Li Mei stepping into the circle, her
large eyes bright with anger.
"Get out." Heero growled.
He edged towards her, intent on making sure she wasn't going to get in
the way. Daisuke frowned and lowered the knives to his side.
"My dear, you really shouldn't
interfere in this fight. It's a fight between men."
"Get back." Heero didn't agree
with the "fight between men" thing, but he didn't want her to get involved.
Well, more involved than she already was.
"But-" Li Mei looked at him.
"Get back." Heero ground out.
A hurt look flashed through her eyes as she stepped back and Juni snagged
her arm again. Heero was very tempted to apologise but he could do that
later, once he was done with Daisuke. He turned to face Daisuke again.
The taller boy was glaring at him, his eyes burning with anger. It was
time to end this fight.
"You don't deserve her." Daisuke
spat out.
"And you do?" Heero questioned
coldly. Daisuke let out a growl and brought his knives up again. Without
any more words, Daisuke threw himself forward, his long legs launching
him over the space between them. Heero growled and prepared himself. With
a quick step and duck, he dodged the first two swipes Daisuke made. He
could feel frustration and anger emanating from Daisuke and grimaced. He
was pretty sure that Daisuke wasn't playing. He bit back a hiss as he managed
to slice through his shirt and leave a trail of crimson that quickly soaked
through his shirt. Daisuke's feral grin widened and he leapt at him again
with a cry.
"Ha!" Heero blocked the first
strike and pushed his arm away and leant back just in time to avoid getting
his throat slit, the blade whistling as it passed through the air. Heero
leapt backwards to get space and glared at Daisuke as slowly shifted from
side to side as he watched him. The feral, blood thirsty light in his eyes
was making Heero edgy. He had to finish this fight. Now. He narrowed his
eyes again and ran towards Daisuke. Not expecting an offensive move, Daisuke
stepped back in surprise, enough to allow Heero to grab one of his wrists
with one hand and then wrench the knife out of it. He quickly rolled away
as Daisuke slashed at him and got to his feet. He brought the knife up
in time to block a stab and then twisted around his arm to slam his knee
into Daisuke's stomach. He hissed as Daisuke slashed him across his left
arm, the sound of shredding cloth filling his ears. He punched out on reflex
and heard the satisfying sound of Daisuke's face meeting his fist. With
a careful leap backwards, he put space between them again. He could feel
the blood trickling down his arm and his side. He was sure he didn't look
as bad as Daisuke though. Blood dripped down his face from his nose and
lips, various bruises forming all around his face and a slight limp and
stiffness to his movements denoted that he was in pain and was quite close
to losing. But the fire in his eyes said he wouldn't lose without a fight.
"Hn." Heero grunted as he
watched Daisuke start moving towards him again. He didn't even wait for
him to get close before he moved. He would finish this now. As silently
as a shadow, Heero closed the distance between them and slammed a fist
into Daisuke's solar plexus, the taller boy crumpling as an agonised expression
flitted over his features. Without wasting any time, Heero slugged him
across the face and then twisted him over his body and slammed him into
the ground. Daisuke grunted painfully as his vision exploded with colours
and he danced on the edge of consciousness. Heero leant down and grabbed
him by the collar and then punched him across the face again. Daisuke went
limp as he fell over the edge into oblivion.
Heero slowly let go of Daisuke
and stepped back. His breath was coming out in harsh gasps as he looked
down at Daisuke's unconscious form. He took another step back and sucked
in a lungful of air. Only to have it forced out again as a small, warm
form wrapped around him and he stumbled and fell to the ground from a mixture
of surprise and blood loss and pain. He looked down to see a head of dark
purple hair buried against his chest. Li Mei pressed herself as close as
she could to him as she surrounded herself with the comforting feel of
his aura and hugged him tightly.
"Oh Heero! I was so worried
about you!" He felt Li Mei tighten her arms around him. She looked up,
her large crimson eyes wide with worry and concern.
"Hn." He watched as she buried
her face against his chest again and shake slightly. His gaze softened,
ever so slightly, and brought a hand up to touch her back.
"Well, you won Yuy." His gaze
snapped up and he growled. His arms wrapped around Li Mei unconsciously
as he glared at Juni. She shrugged off his glare and snorted down at him.
"Don't get your shorts in a twist. I'm not about to take her from you.
Seems to me she knows who she wants. Besides, you two make a cute couple."
She winked at them both before turning back to her brother. "Now if you'll
excuse me, I have to look after this sorry excuse of a brother of mine.
Just remember Yuy, we'll be back for her." With that, Juni spun on her
heel and started ordering people around to pick her brother up and bring
him to the nurses office. Soon, Heero was left alone with Li Mei, her slender
form still wrapped tightly in his arms.
"Heero?" He looked down and
lost himself in her eyes. "Are you all right?" She whispered as she looked
up into his face. She reached up, a small pale hand lightly touching the
cut on his face. He winced at the unexpected pain and Li Mei frowned. She
got up from his lap and held out her hands to him. Heero looked down at
his lap and then back up at her, his arms feeling empty from where she
had left him.
"Come on Heero, get up. We
have to get you to the nurse's office."
"Hn." Heero grunted as he
ignored her hands and got up by himself. Li Mei sighed and picked up his
bag and hers, holding them in the same hand as she folded his jacket back
over her arm. She grabbed Heero's arm and proceeded to drag him, if that's
what you could call gently coaxing and pleading, to the nurse's office
under grunts of refusal and denial.
Li Mei quickly sat Heero down
on a chair as soon as they arrived at the nurse's office. There wasn't
anyone else there so she assumed that Daisuke had been taken away already.
She grimaced at the thought of the fight. It had been rather brutal and
bloody. She winced every time she heard the sound of flesh against flesh
and the sight of the blood spraying across the circle. She moved over to
the bench where there were cotton buds and some cloths. She stood in front
of Heero.
"Take off your shirt." Heero
looked at her silently, surprise on his face. She sighed and reached for
the buttons of his shirt but his hands moved and closed around her own
and held them in place. She looked up at his face.
"Heero, let me look at your
cuts. They're still bleeding. I have to clean them and cover them up."
Heero looked at her for another moment before dropping his hands. She quickly
unbuttoned his shirt and then pulled it off, apologising when she made
him wince as she peeled his shirt away from his bloody side.
"Oh Heero..." She whispered
as she looked at it. A long cut that ran from just under his pectoral to
under his arm pit was sluggishly bleeding. She steeled herself and started
to dab at it with a cloth. Heero hissed and jerked slightly.
"Sorry." She reached over
him and grabbed the bottle of alcohol. She poured a little onto the cloth
and then paused, her hand hovering over his side.
"Heero? This is going to hurt.
Okay?" Heero grunted and she nodded. She pressed the cloth against his
side and she heard Heero let out a breath. She tried to clean it as quickly
and thoroughly as she could and then she quickly taped a bandage over it
that she had found in the drawer of the desk. She idly wondered why the
nurse wasn't there but shrugged it off. She made quick work of Heero's
arm wound and then started on his face. She avoided looking into his eyes
even though she was well aware of his gaze watching her face intently.
She was wiping away the blood from his cheek and the corner of his mouth
when Heero's hand reached up again to grab her hand. She stopped her movements
and forced herself to look into his eyes. She blinked at the strange expression
she saw on his face, in his eyes.
"Why are you so worried about
me?" He asked. She blinked and then smiled.
"Because. You've been so nice
to me. And... it's my fault you're hurt." She replied softly.
"Nice?"
"Yeah, I mean, you didn't
have to help me. You could have left me to the wolves, so to speak. You...
you protected me. You fought for me. Thank you." She leant forward and
kissed his cheek, the uncut one, quickly and drew back with a deep blush.
Heero had a surprised expression on his face as he brought up a hand to
touch where she had kissed him. He looked at her deeply blushing face and,
for a brief moment, allowed a smile to tilt the corners of his lips up.
Li Mei looked up just as his smile faded away and then she tilted her head
at him.
"Heero?"
"Hn."
"Do you want to be friends?"
He looked at her for a long, long moment.
"Hn." She smiled brightly
and went back to cleaning his cut, humming cheerfully as she did so. Heero
allowed himself a ghost of a smile.
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A.N
Saa! That was LONG! And that was
only the first day! Luckily, I'm not going to do another one like this
one. The rest gonna be just as good (I hope ^_^;) but shorter! This baby
was over 10 000 words! I'm so sorry it took me so long to write! *bows
profusely* There will be another two chapters about their history. I've
got it all planned out in this chaotic mind of mine! It'll all work out
and it'll be all good! I really hope you liked this chap. Feel free to
comment and stuff! Thanks so much for reading! ^_^
Yeah, again, I drew a pic of Li
Mei. If anyone wants it, just e-mail me, mm kay? DreamWeaver@dangerous-minds.com Yeah... if anyone really wants it... ^_^;
FYI : Her subjects are based on
mine. I do all that stuff, except I do legal studies as well as that. But
I don't get those marks. T_T I'm not that smart. But I do try hard! LOL
Nah, I just chose those subjects cuz it would be easier to blab on about
them, y'know? If I do them, then I know what they're on 'bout! LOL. Yeah.
But keep in mind, I DO NOT get those kinda marks... well, maybe in english
^_^, but that's it. I'm TERRIBLE at maths. So bad, it's not funny. *sigh*
.oO(Babbling...)
Oh, right. I'll stop! Thanks for
reading! Love you all! *waves* 'Til the next part!
