Lady Date: Hello! It's me!
Heero: Oh no, here she comes!
Duo: The horror! The Horror!
Wufei: Run for your life.
Quatre: Save us! Save us!
Lady Date: (look at all GW-boy except Trowa and sweatdrops) And people call me a drama queen.
Trowa: And to think I have to see these people on a daily basis. (starts crying)
Lady Date: (pats Trowa on the back) There, there, it'll be ok. We could always send them to visit the god of Jurai's aunt.
Duo: Whose the God of Jurai's aunt?
Lady Date: That for me to know and you to find out later.
Heero: Why later?
Lady Date: (glares at Heero) Either you drop it or I'll drop kick you!
Heero: Eep! (Ducks and hides)
Wufei: Heero's afraid of a girl! How weak!
Lady: (hits Wufei with a stick) Don't make fun of Hee-chan. I admit we don't get along but his is still my second favorite MALE anime character.
Trowa: Whose your First?
Lady: It between you and Rowan from Ronin Warriors.
Quatre: (start crying) What about me?
Lady: You, Heero, Cye, and Sage ( from Ronin Warriors) are my second favorites. As for Wufei and Duo go, Ryo and Yuli(from RW) are just before Duo ('cause he reminds me of myself) and Wufei is dead last because he says women are weak.
Wufei:( shrugs) Why would this offend you, you're not a woman.
Lady:(shudders with anger and start growling throw teeth) what did you say Chang?!
Wufei: I said you're not a- ( dodges swing from No Daichi)
Lady: Die!!!!!!!!! (chases Wufei with No Daichi)
Heero: (duck head out from Hiding place) Is it safe?
Duo: Yeah, she's to busy trying to kill Wufei.
Trowa: Hey Quatre, since Lady Date is . . . um . . . preoccupied, why don't you and I do recap
and disclaimers.
Quatre: Ok. You first.
Trowa: Fine. Lady Date doesn't own any anime she uses. So don't sue her. You won't get any money anyway.
Quatre: in ch two, Heero got to meet an old acquittance, Duo Maxwell, and got bit by a big lizard.
Wufei: (runs behind door and Locks himself in a room)
Lady: (catches breath and smiles at Trowa and Quatre) Thank you for Doing that you two.
Q & T: Your welcome.
Lady: (look angrily at door one last time then smiles) On with the Fic
Royal Pains
Ch. 3: Four Is Company And Men are Stupid
Heero walked though the halls of the Daos palace, more like limped considering that Nataku had bitten his leg so hard it broke the bone, so he ended up in a cast. He had been to the library and spent most of his time watching Duo and Wufei play or keep an eye of for Nataku. Basically being board. On this afternoon, Heero was looking out the window, then something caught his attention. A girl in a green French style suit, had emerald eyes, milk chocolate colored hair with part of it covering the right side of her face, and the rest went down to her knees. She seemed to be a few inches taller than he was. Which was unusual for most women, considering he was 5'7. He could tell just by looking at her that she was European. From the type of clothes she was wearing, to the style and color of her hair, she radiated English or French.
"Hey," He called loud enough for her to hear. "Are you one of the princesses I'm supposed to met?"
"Yeah, I think so," she answered. "Are you Heero?"
"Yes, where are you from?"
"France."
"Why don't you come up here?"
"Ok." She started to run for but stopped. "May my friend Quatre come as well?"
"I would like to meet both of you."
"What room are you in?"
"The Library."
"See you in a moment."and with that the tall girl dashed off.
As he watched her go, Heero couldn't help but laugh. 'What a strange young lady. She looked so solemn. I wonder what is bothering her' He was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't hear Trowa come in.
"Hey, are you conscious?" she asked waving her hand in his face.
"Huh! Oh, I'm sorry about that." 'I need to be more aware of my surroundings,' he thought to himself. It wasn't the first time he had got himself so lost in thought, for he was in the same spot when Nataku bit him.
"That all right you looked like you were concentrating on whatever it was you were thinking about hard." Said a softer voice from behind him. When he turned around to a tiny little girl. Facially she looked that same age as Heero, maybe a few months younger, but the rest of her look as though it belonged to a twelve-year-old. She was wearing a light blue long sleeve dress that went down over her feet. Her shin length hair was so light, Heero thought it was platinum, and her eyes were ocean blue.
"And you would be Quatre?" was all Heero could manage.
"Yes," to Heero her voice was that softest thing he had eve heard. "And you must be Heero Yuy. I've quite a few things about you"
"Like what?" Heero didn't think he had a reputation with any of the girls, except Wufei.
"That you were the one who shot that tack at Lady Amadeus." Trowa retorted with a snicker. "It took a lot of guts to pull a stunt like that off."
"And, here I thought Wufei and Duo were the only ones who knew about that," Heero replied with a blush. "Yes, well, it wasn't all that great once my mother realized I was the one who had done it."
"I bet," Quatre giggled. In the distance they hear a high-pitched whistle.
"That would be Duo and Wufei," announced Trowa, "We have to go. It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Yuy. Come along Quatre." And with that Trowa disappeared though the door.
"Hey, wait for me!" Quatre shouted. "It was nice meeting you." She bowed and ran after Trowa. 'I hope he passes our tests, he seems so nice.' She thought as she caught up to Trowa.
Trowa seemed to be thinking the same thing. 'There's some thing about him,' she thought. 'Wufei said he was thoughtful, but there's more to him than that.'
"Trowa?"
"Huh?" Trowa, like Heero, had a tendency to forget where she was and where she was going.
"You just past the garden."Wufei said calmly.
Trowa turned around to find that she was a good 6 yds. from the garden entrance. "Oops." She gave a cheeky grin and walked back. "Sorry" she apologized.
"You are as bad as Heero, not paying attention to a thing around you when your in thought" snorted Duo. Despite their resentment toward men, Duo and Wufei had become fond of Heero over the past few days.
"Is that a good or bad thing?" Trowa asked in amusement. Quatre smiled. It was rare for Trowa to talk a lot and, rarer still to hear he laugh. It warmed her to see her friend, almost sister, to smile.
"Considering that's how Nataku got a hold of his leg," Wufei smirked "and how you just walk past the garden gate, again, I'd say bad"
Trowa stalked back to the gate, clearly, if only to Quatre, annoyed with herself. Duo giggled and Wufei merely shook her head.
"So what are we going to do about Heero?"Quatre asked taking the focus off Trowa.
"Well we're doing to test him, duh!" Duo spoke sarcastically.
"Yes, but after his leg has healed, we can put him in any danger." Wufei said monotonously.
"Put who in any danger?" called a male voice from the bushed behind Quatre.
"Yes, who is going to be you little play thing this time?" came a second voice in the sam direction as the first.
"That's none of your concern, Treize." Wufei snorted in disgust.
"Nor yours Zechs" Shouted Trowa. The girls were not pleased with the presence of two of their former suitors.
Emerging from the bushes first was a tall young man, with white hair that went down to his thigh. His blue eyes darting between Trowa and Quatre. "Greetings Ladies," Said with a polite bow. Trowa turned her nose up at him and turned way, while Quatre had ignored him from the start. "Now is that any way to treat your future husband?"
"Yes, your girls should be obedient to us, as we are going to be your husbands after all," continued Treize. At That Trowa turned around and slapped him so hard the sound scared the birds into flight, and resonated throughout the Gardens.
"There is no way in HELL that I will marry you and if either of you so much as bend a hair on Heero's head, I will personally slit your throats" Trowa spoke with deadly sternness, holding the dagger she always carried with her and pressing it to Treize's neck
"No need to get touchy, Trowa" Treize said calmly, smirking despite his situation and the pain on his left cheek. "But you aren't the only ones in the running for prince Heero you know . . . " Trowa only pressed the blade closer into Treize's skin.
"That enough Trowa," Quatre said in a whisper. "We don't need any unnecessary blood shed" Even though the others could barely hear it, Trowa did, and reluctantly backed down.
The six remained in silence until the sound of foot steps snapped them from the unknown spell.
"What's going on out here?" It was Heero. He had heard the sound of Trowa slapping Treize and came to investigate.
"It's nothing for you to worry yourself about." Quatre said with a smile as if the conversation of moments ago had never happened. " Will you escort Duo and I to the water garden, please?" Heero nodded and extended one arm to Quatre and the other to Duo. As they went, Heero limped in his cast to get to the water garden, he forgot his crutches, so they stopped by the library to get them.
Once they were a safe distance way, Trowa and Wufei glared at the two young men. Wufei broke their silence.
" What do you mean when you said that we weren't the only one in the running for Heero?"
Zechs walked over to Wufei and lifted her chin to look at him, she quickly shook the hand way. "My dear Wufei," Zechs smiled leaning down close, their lips almost touched, "that is a surprise." And with no further warning, he kissed Wufei, taking her gasp as an opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth. Wufei pulled way, punching him, and sending backwards into Treize.
"How Dare you!" Wufei spat on the ground. She was about to lunge on Zechs when Trowa stopped her.
"Don't Fei," she said dryly. Her once emerald green eyes, which were filled with peace, had become emotionless pools of green/gray. "We don't need to waste our time here. Let go join Quatre and Duo." With that Trowa turned to leave and stopped at the garden entrance. " And I meant what I said" Trowa's coat flowed as she left with Wufei not far behind her.
"Things are going to get interesting over the few months, don't you think Treize?" Zechs asked rubbing his sore jaw.
"Undoubtably." Treize had a satisfied smile on his face.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The site that greeted Trowa and Wufei was an amusing one. Heero was dripping wet and sat in the middle of the pond, glaring at Duo. Duo, of course, was going convulsive fits of laughter. Quatre, in an apparent attempt to get Heero out of the water, had fallen in herself and was now trying to wring out her closes. Wufei snickered and Trowa merely shook her head.
"You two are impossible." Trowa helped Heero up.
"No, you mean she's," Heero pointed to Duo, "is impossible." Trowa extended her hand to Quatre, and helped her up.
"No. I meant both of you," Trowa retorted calmly. Heero stuck out his in a very un-princely manner.
"I swear, you are like a child sometimes," spoke Duo triumphantly.
"You're no better!" chide Wufei. Duo rubbed the back of her head and gave a cheeky smile. For the rest of the after noon the five simple enjoyed each others company, sitting and getting to know Heero better. The girl soon found that they had more in common with him then they thought. Eventually they had to go in for dinner. Every thing had been going smoothly until...
"Announcing her Highness, the princess of Germany, Princess Relena!" All heads snapped up at the sound of the girls name. All except Heero's, who was busy trying to eat rice with chopsticks. Zechs and Treize who were also seated at the table smirk at the looks on the other girls faces. Suddenly a girl with dirty blonde hair strolled into the room. She wore a puffy pink Victorian style dress, which made her look three sizes bigger than she actually was, a red sash and a crown (1). She smiled slyly as she walked over to Heero, who still hadn't noticed her. She cough several times to get his attention. He was either deaf, or he was ignoring her, neither of which she liked.
"Excuse me," she said calmly smiling. Heero continued to pick st the rice. Duo snickered and whispered to Quatre.
"How long do think it will take her to figure out he has ear plugs in his ears."
"About as long as it will take for him to realize that she's there." The two giggled until Trowa looked at them disapprovingly from her position next to Heero, then they quickly resumed their stoic. 'Dits,' Trowa thought solemnly as she looked at Relena and Heero again. She sighed. Finally she tapped Heero on the shoulder, getting his attention, and point at Relena.
"What?" he asked pulling the right ear plug out of his ear. Relena gasped, Trowa shook her head, and Duo, Quatre, and Wufei were sent into fits of laughter at that point. Trowa smiled to herself. 'Sure Treize, real competition.'
1: Think queen Relena (shudders)
Lady: And so end another chapter.
Trowa: That wasn't so horrible now was it?
Heero: You have a point.
Quatre: Hey where's Wufei?
(gargling noises come from the bath room)
Lady: Answers that question...
Wufei: (coming out of the bathroom) Why did you let him do that?
Lady: (plays innocent) Who do what?
Wufei: Don't plat dumb with --
Relena: Oh Heero...!
Heero: Dear God...
Relena: There you are! (glomps Heero) I missed you so much Hee-chan!
Heero: (twitches) Let me go!
Wufei: What is that weak onna doing here?!
Trowa: Why can't you kill her like you did last time?
Lady: (shrugs) She's important to the plot.
Trowa: Damn...
Lady: (get evil smirk) Oh, miss Relena... I have something for you...
Relena: (lets go of Heero who hides under a near by desk) What? What? What?
Lady: Come closer so I can give it to you. (Relena steps toward her) Closer (another step closer) Closer still.
Relena: (is one foot from LD) What is it?
Lady: (ties Relena up in a Christmas colored straight jacket and tapes her mouth shut with Christmas duck tape) There.( Dust off hand) That should hold you until we need you.
Relena: *mumbles something*
R/R please. I promise to be nice to Relena...... NOT!