The Doorstep Angel
Chapter Eight
Duo had walked over three miles and his throat felt as dry as the Sahara dessert. As he turned the corner on their street her saw a little girl wit blonde hair in a ponytail. Thinking it was Usagi he caught up to her...
" Usagi!!!" Duo bellowed. " Usagi?" He caught up with the little girl but it was not Usagi. His mind wandered back to when he had seen Trowa and Usagi sitting on the bench. Usagi had been wearing a sundress but a hair band not in a ponytail had held her hair back. This little girl did resemble but was not Usagi. She was wearing a Yellow sleeveless t-shirt and orange capris with moons on the pockets. He walked behind her to see where she was going. She stopped, right in front of Duo's house.
" Excuse, me can I help you?" Duo asked. The tiny blonde just stared back up at him with big blue eyes. " Are you looking for someone?" The little girl nodded. " Do you know where they are?" she nodded again. " Ok, where are they?" The tiny blonde Looked and Pointed towards the house.
" My instincts tell me my friend is in there," She said in a tiny voice.
" Ok, well what is her name?" Duo replied, squatting down to her level.
" Usagi,"
" Usagi? Huh?"
" Yes, Sir,"
" Well, you've stopped in the right place. Usagi should be inside come on lets go tell her you're here." Duo grabbed the little girls hand and led her into the house. " Hello? We're here," Duo closed the door and took off his jacket. There was no reply within the house. "Hmmm that's weird. I guess they're all out somewhere. Would you like some apple Juice?" The little girl looked around the room wide eyed and starring. Duo cleared his throat.
" Oh. Pardon me?" The little girl replied
" Would you like some apple juice?" Duo answered.
" Yes please," The little girl smiled. Duo somehow felt as though something amazing and spectacular was about to happen.
~ * ~ * ~ *
*BANG BANG BANG* Hirro shot at the targets one by one they came up and fell back down within the same second. He shot until his gun was empty and he was broke.
" Good practice!" The target keeper said with a hand in the air as if wanting a high five. Hirro just walked by.
" See ya later Hirro," Hirro just acknowledged him with a wave of a finger. The sun shined brightly as he walked out into the daylight. The trees above him letting through rays of light through the cherry blossoms. Their sweet scent lingered in the air and the petals fell softly into his hair. He brushed them out lightly as if not wanting to hurt them but he did not want them in his hair. He decided to take a short cut through the park. The fountain was on the little children were splashing each other within it. The water up to their knees. One child caught his eye. A little brunette with pigtails sat alone on a bench nowhere near any other children or even an adult. Her green eyes intensely focused on something. Her mint green tee a little big and slanting off one shoulder. Her yellow shorts falling just above her knees. She looked as though she had not eaten in days and that she had seen many hard times. Hirro walked over to her. She did not look up until his shadow was cast over her.
" Are you ok?" He asked. She just stared back down at the ground. " Do you have any parents?" The little girl looked surprised. Was it something he said? Or was she just having a nervous break down? He squatted down in front of her " Where are your momma and papa?" The little girl got up wrapped her arms around him and started to weep. Hirro didn't know why but didn't jerk back. He just let this little girl weep as he scooped her up in his arms and walked her home with him. After awhile she fell asleep. Hirro just kept on walking home.
~ * ~ * ~ *
Quatre walked down the street. His hand in his pockets. He looked around and took in his surroundings; He loved his weekly library visits. When he reached the tall oak doors of the library he pulled it open and went inside. Heading towards the science fiction section. He picked up a book and then walked over to a chair and began to read.
Half way into the second chapter he heard noises.
" Humph, Ooof, eee," He wondered what they were and decided he would just check it out and read it at home. He looked around wondering where the sounds had come from. Then he heard them again
." Humph, Ooof, eee," He walked down in the middle of all the rows and came upon a little girl, jumping up trying to reach a book. Her blue hair cut to be above her ears, her glasses were too big and one lense cracked. She wore a blue skirt, white shirt and black vest. If he hadn't known better he would have thought she was a midget.
" Here, let me help you," Quatre said walking over, grabbed the book for the little girl and handed it to her. He then walked over to the desk and checked out the book.
" Thank-you," The little girl said sheepishly watching him leave. She decided to follow him and ran out after checking out her book. She walked out of the library and then looked around. She saw him and trotted after him making sure to keep her distance.
After about half a mile he was almost home and a weird feeling came over him. He looked around but saw nothing. He turned around and there stood the little girl holding her book staring at him intensively.
" Can I help you?" Quatre asked cocking his head to one side. She blushed and nodded,
" I'm looking for my friends." She replied.
" Do you know where they might be?"
" Yes," She pulled a picture out of her vest pocket and showed it to Quatre. " Here," Quatre looked at the picture and smiled. It was his very own house.
" What are your friends names?" Quatre asked?
" Minako, Makoto, Rei, and Usagi," The last name caught Quatre's interest and decided to help this girl.
" You, know you're very lucky, because I know exactly where this house is." The girl's eyes lit up.
" You do?!"
" Yes, would you like me to show you?"
" Yes sir! And thank-you very much," She ran up and grabbed his hand and the two continued on.
~ * ~ * ~ *
" Order number 76!" Wufei called. " Hey barney I think I'm going to go home now, I've got a splitting head ache."
" Alright great day Wufei, I think I see a raise coming your way." Wufei chuckled and went into the back to take off his apron. He slipped off his green Panera apron and hung it on the hook under a plate that said his name. Just then there was a loud crash behind him.
" COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SCOUNDRELL!!!" a voice cried. Little footsteps scurried coming his way. A feisty little girl with raven hair a red eyes, was running this way with an armful of loaves of bread. Her red dress flapping behind her. Wufei hid behind a pole and when the little girl was near he snatched her up wrapping an apron around her so she couldn't move.
" Little girl what do you think you're doing?" Wufei asked in a stern voice.
" I'm trying to get some dinner you fool what does it look like I'm doing?" The girl replied. Wufei chuckled.
" You're the one caught in an apron," He reminded her.
" Yeah well let me go!!!!" Wufei chuckled, took the bread out of her hands handed it back to barney and then carried her out back.
" Listen little one if you're that hungry you can come back with me. One of my roomies is an awesome cook."
"I don't need any charity!"
" Fine, see you round," Wufei said as he turned his back and began to head home. It wasn't more then 5 seconds till....
" Wait, you're not kidding?" she asked. Her eyes questioning him and his decency.
" Not kidding."
" Fine,"
" OK," The two then walked home to the house together. The sun setting in the back round. Shining like a drop of burning gold, washing them with a bath of heat.
Chapter Eight
Duo had walked over three miles and his throat felt as dry as the Sahara dessert. As he turned the corner on their street her saw a little girl wit blonde hair in a ponytail. Thinking it was Usagi he caught up to her...
" Usagi!!!" Duo bellowed. " Usagi?" He caught up with the little girl but it was not Usagi. His mind wandered back to when he had seen Trowa and Usagi sitting on the bench. Usagi had been wearing a sundress but a hair band not in a ponytail had held her hair back. This little girl did resemble but was not Usagi. She was wearing a Yellow sleeveless t-shirt and orange capris with moons on the pockets. He walked behind her to see where she was going. She stopped, right in front of Duo's house.
" Excuse, me can I help you?" Duo asked. The tiny blonde just stared back up at him with big blue eyes. " Are you looking for someone?" The little girl nodded. " Do you know where they are?" she nodded again. " Ok, where are they?" The tiny blonde Looked and Pointed towards the house.
" My instincts tell me my friend is in there," She said in a tiny voice.
" Ok, well what is her name?" Duo replied, squatting down to her level.
" Usagi,"
" Usagi? Huh?"
" Yes, Sir,"
" Well, you've stopped in the right place. Usagi should be inside come on lets go tell her you're here." Duo grabbed the little girls hand and led her into the house. " Hello? We're here," Duo closed the door and took off his jacket. There was no reply within the house. "Hmmm that's weird. I guess they're all out somewhere. Would you like some apple Juice?" The little girl looked around the room wide eyed and starring. Duo cleared his throat.
" Oh. Pardon me?" The little girl replied
" Would you like some apple juice?" Duo answered.
" Yes please," The little girl smiled. Duo somehow felt as though something amazing and spectacular was about to happen.
~ * ~ * ~ *
*BANG BANG BANG* Hirro shot at the targets one by one they came up and fell back down within the same second. He shot until his gun was empty and he was broke.
" Good practice!" The target keeper said with a hand in the air as if wanting a high five. Hirro just walked by.
" See ya later Hirro," Hirro just acknowledged him with a wave of a finger. The sun shined brightly as he walked out into the daylight. The trees above him letting through rays of light through the cherry blossoms. Their sweet scent lingered in the air and the petals fell softly into his hair. He brushed them out lightly as if not wanting to hurt them but he did not want them in his hair. He decided to take a short cut through the park. The fountain was on the little children were splashing each other within it. The water up to their knees. One child caught his eye. A little brunette with pigtails sat alone on a bench nowhere near any other children or even an adult. Her green eyes intensely focused on something. Her mint green tee a little big and slanting off one shoulder. Her yellow shorts falling just above her knees. She looked as though she had not eaten in days and that she had seen many hard times. Hirro walked over to her. She did not look up until his shadow was cast over her.
" Are you ok?" He asked. She just stared back down at the ground. " Do you have any parents?" The little girl looked surprised. Was it something he said? Or was she just having a nervous break down? He squatted down in front of her " Where are your momma and papa?" The little girl got up wrapped her arms around him and started to weep. Hirro didn't know why but didn't jerk back. He just let this little girl weep as he scooped her up in his arms and walked her home with him. After awhile she fell asleep. Hirro just kept on walking home.
~ * ~ * ~ *
Quatre walked down the street. His hand in his pockets. He looked around and took in his surroundings; He loved his weekly library visits. When he reached the tall oak doors of the library he pulled it open and went inside. Heading towards the science fiction section. He picked up a book and then walked over to a chair and began to read.
Half way into the second chapter he heard noises.
" Humph, Ooof, eee," He wondered what they were and decided he would just check it out and read it at home. He looked around wondering where the sounds had come from. Then he heard them again
." Humph, Ooof, eee," He walked down in the middle of all the rows and came upon a little girl, jumping up trying to reach a book. Her blue hair cut to be above her ears, her glasses were too big and one lense cracked. She wore a blue skirt, white shirt and black vest. If he hadn't known better he would have thought she was a midget.
" Here, let me help you," Quatre said walking over, grabbed the book for the little girl and handed it to her. He then walked over to the desk and checked out the book.
" Thank-you," The little girl said sheepishly watching him leave. She decided to follow him and ran out after checking out her book. She walked out of the library and then looked around. She saw him and trotted after him making sure to keep her distance.
After about half a mile he was almost home and a weird feeling came over him. He looked around but saw nothing. He turned around and there stood the little girl holding her book staring at him intensively.
" Can I help you?" Quatre asked cocking his head to one side. She blushed and nodded,
" I'm looking for my friends." She replied.
" Do you know where they might be?"
" Yes," She pulled a picture out of her vest pocket and showed it to Quatre. " Here," Quatre looked at the picture and smiled. It was his very own house.
" What are your friends names?" Quatre asked?
" Minako, Makoto, Rei, and Usagi," The last name caught Quatre's interest and decided to help this girl.
" You, know you're very lucky, because I know exactly where this house is." The girl's eyes lit up.
" You do?!"
" Yes, would you like me to show you?"
" Yes sir! And thank-you very much," She ran up and grabbed his hand and the two continued on.
~ * ~ * ~ *
" Order number 76!" Wufei called. " Hey barney I think I'm going to go home now, I've got a splitting head ache."
" Alright great day Wufei, I think I see a raise coming your way." Wufei chuckled and went into the back to take off his apron. He slipped off his green Panera apron and hung it on the hook under a plate that said his name. Just then there was a loud crash behind him.
" COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SCOUNDRELL!!!" a voice cried. Little footsteps scurried coming his way. A feisty little girl with raven hair a red eyes, was running this way with an armful of loaves of bread. Her red dress flapping behind her. Wufei hid behind a pole and when the little girl was near he snatched her up wrapping an apron around her so she couldn't move.
" Little girl what do you think you're doing?" Wufei asked in a stern voice.
" I'm trying to get some dinner you fool what does it look like I'm doing?" The girl replied. Wufei chuckled.
" You're the one caught in an apron," He reminded her.
" Yeah well let me go!!!!" Wufei chuckled, took the bread out of her hands handed it back to barney and then carried her out back.
" Listen little one if you're that hungry you can come back with me. One of my roomies is an awesome cook."
"I don't need any charity!"
" Fine, see you round," Wufei said as he turned his back and began to head home. It wasn't more then 5 seconds till....
" Wait, you're not kidding?" she asked. Her eyes questioning him and his decency.
" Not kidding."
" Fine,"
" OK," The two then walked home to the house together. The sun setting in the back round. Shining like a drop of burning gold, washing them with a bath of heat.