Chappie 3

Holy mother of hey ho o_O;; Look at me. I'm Bob D. Girl, bubblegum priestess, and I can't update within less then a month! Hell, I can barely make it within b 2 /b months! *dances* Go me! Woo! Mmkay, I suppose you all want an excuse list? Here we go... School was a hellion, as it always is towards the end of the year.... Went through a week long angst spree, so couldn't write any then (as I would've ended up killing off two or more of them in a few minutes)... Sick for a week... Playing DDR (*huggles new PS2 ^^*) Soo... I'll answer reviews (currently at 36 O_O) at the end of the chappie, 'kiedokie? I think... in this chappie we'll find out what exactly was in that strange, unidentified email (UEM o.o! *gasp, point, bravely run away*).

Did I mention today, the 30th, is my birthday? No? ^___________^ IT IS! Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to meeeeeee :D:D *dances* I got a new DDR from my parents, and then my b-day party's tomorrow at Laser Quest ^-^

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. No. I don't. It's a problem... but, unfortunately, an ongoing one. *sigh...* I own 2 artbooks (so pretty :D), a soon to be lovely pajama poster (Duo and Heero in pajamas... x3... but its not actually yaoi :P Pity.), and... a whole lotta pictures I've printed off my compie. Come to think of it... for those, I own the paper and ink. Gwah... I don't own the pictures either! Another problem. I don't own the song 'Shooting Star' (which is quite pretty, from DDR... dl it, yes?)

Warnings: To all you unobservant people out there... this story contains SHOUNEN AI! YAOI! TWO GUYS! In luuuuv...Being kissy 'n stuff. Isnt it just marvelous? ^^ Yeess... As stated last chapter, by the time this story is done it will, almost positively, have shoujo ai (two girls being kissy together :D) so you'll have to deal with that too. Pairings include Heero/Duo, (duh...) Trowa/Quatre, and a few others... one of which will, most likely, be revealed or at least highly hinted at by the end of this chapter. (Hint: It has to do with Wuffers' email last chapter! ^.^) At least a little bit of OOCness on almost everyone's parts.

I finally saw Endless Waltz! :'D the end... so sad... but so perfect...Heero... he ran...he ran again... *is still in a slight daze* Ooh, on a related note to that :D and the whole running thing... This is a GORGEOUS story, as is all of her fanfiction... she's an AMAZING writer, and her stories always flow and are immensely full of feeling. ^_^ Go read them!

Soooo.. On with the chappie!

Oh, and I'm raising the rating ._.; I know I'm going to have to eventually, what with the few innuendos I can't resist throwing in and whatnot... So, if anyone wonders, even if it doesn't seem PG-13ish yet, it probably'll get there.

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Duo skidded across the wet pavement, singing happily. Fortunetely for him, he managed to miss Heero and stop a few inches from the safehouse door. Heero sighed as Duo deactivated the security, threw the door open and hopped inside. Duo and his never-ending energy... You'd have thought he was made of caffeine. The Japanese boy walked into the front hall and shut the door behind him. Duo grabbed a towel and threw one at his comrades head. He looked at his braid, now soppy, and made a rather adorable pouty face.

"Heeeeeee-chan! My hair's all messed up! It's your fault..." Heero glared at him.

"Baka. Your reasoning eludes me, and as you're the one who came out in the rain in order to annoy me, I don't honestly see what your problem is."

Duo continued to pout. "Fiiiiiiiine... But somehow, I bet it's your fault. (A/N: o_o; Sounds exactly like me.)" Heero sighed and began to dry his hair, doing his best to ignore Duos whining. Finally, Duo got tired of it and hopped off to take a shower.

Upon hearing Duo shut the door to the bathroom (meaning it was safe), Wufei walked down the stairs. "Yuy, do we have any major missions next Thursday?" Heero pondered this for a second.

"Not yet. Why do you ask?" Wufei looked temporarily put back. If the hallway had been lit, Heero might have noticed the faint blush appear on his cheeks.

"Because... Um... Well, if we do, I may not be able to go." Heero scowled.

"Missions are first priority, Chang. What, exactly, do you have to do that's more important?" The blush on Wufei's face became more prominent, and he stuttered a bit.

"W-well..." Heero gave him a look.

"Well...?" Wufei regained his composure and glared.

"None of your beeswax, Yuy! The point is, if we have any missions it'll be up to you and the other three to complete them, alright?" Heero gave him a searching look.

"You're jumpy enough it's probably important." He looked carefully at the nervous pilot, who withdrew a bit from the penetrating gaze. He opened his mouth to further question him.

"Heeeeeey Hee-chan! Where's the soap?" Duo materialized at the top of the stairs in a black towel (A moment to visualize... Mmkay.) "Hey, Wuffers! Did you steal the soap? Geesh, you've only been here, what, half an hour? You've already managed to screw up the safehouse!" He shook his head, apparently not noticing the death glare from the other pilot. "Just can't have a moments peace, can we..." Wufei fumed, but Heero gave him a look. That particular look said something along the lines of, 'If you tackle him now, that towel will fall down and you will see something you'll probably be happier not seeing.' Fortunately, it didn't add that after seeing the website part of Heero's mind was saying, 'Maybe we would like to see it...' Thankfully, it was a very small part.

"Maxwell..." Wufei said through gritted teeth, "I did not steal your soap. I simply took it from the shower to use by the sink, where it originally was. If you had looked four feet from the shower, you would not be here right now. Now, go back to the bathroom, finish your shower, and put on some clothes. Please." Duo blinked and looked at the towel.

"Oh yea! Aww, you don't like this towel? Should I... get rid of it?" Wufei looked momentarily panicked.

"Nono, that's alright. Just go back to the bathroom." Duo grinned and turned towards the bathroom door. He walked in and shut the door, though not before 'accidentally' kicking his towel up a wee bit too high. Wufei glared at the door, looking somewhere between repulsed and frightened. Suddenly, he swung around to look at Heero, still watching the whole scene with mild interest. He glared.

"Yuy, I don't know how you put up with him." Heero, a bit surprised at this, could only shrug slightly. He just... did.

With one final 'Injustice!', Wufei stomped down the hall to his designated room and shut the door. Heero sighed. Getting Wufei and Duo to co-exist peacefully was always an interesting task... but, a necessary one. He walked briskly back to his own room and shut the door quietly behind him. He took a moment to admire the sparrow drawing before sitting back down in front of his laptop and flipping up the lid, then hit the on switch.

It only took a few seconds for the little computer to click to life, as it was a very expensive computer (and a very arrogant one, particularly with it's super shiny coat of black), but it seemed like an eternity to Heero. All the sudden, the website seemed like the only important thing around. To him, it was one of the more infuriating things around... having to sit and watch the little computer and its stupid blue screen, slowly loading file after file. Admittedly, there wasn't actually that much on that particular laptop (the last one had been blown up, not in a battle but by Duo making an attempt to rewire it to make it so that every time it started it said 'All your base are belong to the God of Death!'. This had resulted in Heero coming closer to shooting him then ever before. Luckily, Quatre had stopped him before he did anything serious.), however... it was still enough to annoy the usually stoic bishounen. He glared slightly at the computer and picked up the sparrow sketch again, once more admiring its simple beauty. It all seemed to fit together a lot better now, Duo's reason for giving him the picture, his never-failing friendship and kindness... that one website had made quite a few things clear, clearer then they'd ever been.

By this time, the laptop was fully loaded and patiently awaiting the various passcodes Heero had installed on it (mainly to keep Duo from fiddling with it.). Heero, on the other hand, didn't seem to notice its rapid beeping. Instead, he continued to concentrate on the picture, tracing every line, carving every pencil mark into his mind. Interestingly enough, he wasn't even truly aware of what he was doing. For the second time that evening, he found himself going over everything, trying to piece together all that had happened even since he and Duo first met (*cough* Duo shot him... *cough*).

All the sudden... An immense sense of deja vu occurred to everyone, and a chorus of, "STOP REFLECTING YOU JERK AND GET TO THE GOOD STUFF!" echoed through the air. Heero, lightning fast reflexes as lightning fast as the name suggests, spun around, hand on his gun (for Kamis sake, NOT THAT ONE. -_-;;;). He blinked. 'Hn... could've sworn I heard something... Guess it was just Wufei yelling at Duo again...'

He turned back to his laptop and automatically checked his mail. No missions... Probably a good thing, as he'd have more time to try and figure out the new turn of events with his comrade if he didn't have to run off to some random corner of the planet, killing things as he went. Nope, and... He checked twice to make sure. Well, so far Wufei had certainly been lucky... He seemed pretty anxious about whatever big important thing he had the upcoming Thursday... Heero frowned. Something serious enough to keep from his fellow pilots, but it couldn't be too serious or he'd need backup. Perhaps it had nothing to do with the Gundams? No, that wasn't like him... He'd never put anything in front of what he believed was justice, and at the moment the war was his top priority. So, it had to be something not involving mobile suits, but still having to do with the war. The tricky part would be getting past the Chinese boys defenses enough to get even a hint of what was coming. (Yes, he has been magically distracted from the website by this o_O I don't know why.)

His thoughts were rather suddenly interrupted by the door bursting open and Duo dancing in, singing 'Shooting Star' at the top of his lungs. "Like a shooting star, cross the midnight sky... Hee-chan shall come out of his room and eat with us toniiiight!" Heero shut off his e-mail program and gave him a glare that, if aimed at a normal person, would have sent them running for the hills. Duo, however, was unfazed and quite used to his friends looks by now. "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-chan! Got any new missions, hm?" Heero grunted a no and shut the cover of his laptop with a thump. After finishing one more chorus, the American grinned at him and skipped out of the room, still singing happily. Heero glared after him until the door was shut, then got up and flexed the kinks out of his muscles with a groan.

Suddenly, something occurred to him... If there was anything interesting going on with Wufei, Duo, being the curious (nosy *cough) person he was bound to know something about it. He snooped around enough for something like this to have come to light, soooo... After dinner, he'd have to use a few of his hacking skills to try to find out anything extra on the internet, then perhaps he'd ask Duo if he knew anything about it.

After locking the door (several times, and these weren't the 'simple' locks Wufei used... these would require a helluvalot of hacking to get through) Heero made his way to the kitchen/dining room where Duo and Wufei were already sitting and eating (or, in Duo's case, inhaling) rice and some sort of pasta. Duo's gaze, though somewhat concealed, quickly leapt up to rest on him as he made his way to the table. Almost instinctively, a completely nonchalant expression settled on Heero's features and Duo looked back at his angel-hair, appearing slightly put down. Heero sighed, made a mental note of it, and reached for the rice.

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By the way... I saw Holes, the movie, and... if you've seen it... I kept bursting out laughing in certain spots, and only one of my friends knew why I was laughing. If you see it, and figure out why I was laughing... ISN'T THAT HILARIOUS? XD! I swear XD That was so... freaking funny. :X Dear Kami... ^^;;;;; *shakes head* Anyway...

Saw X-2 also... THAT MOVIE ROCKS! O_O!!! PHOENIX!! PHOENIX!! *Chant* Wooooo! Can't wait for the next one... Phoenix! XD Yes. Don't like what they did with Kurt, though o_O; I love the Evo Kurt *huggles him* but... I just dun like the movie one as much, too... religious for me. o_x Bweh, anyway ^_^ Ye must see it! Tis awesome, yes. :D

Reviews!!

The dark ones lover (o_o): Yup :D But thats why we love 'im!

LB: Meh, unfortunately my writing skills aren't anywhere in the same dimension as they would need to be to have completely canon characters o_x; Eventually, I'll be able to keep within how I view them... But in my fanfiction, particularly with Heero, Wufei, and Duo, I tend to get a wee bit off (cough... more than a wee bit )

Tarasaturn: I will :P

Tori Wing: ^^ I MADE ANOTHER PERSON LAUGH! *dance*

White Destiny: XD Weeell.... as for the girl part, it depends on who you ask... As for the milk jug... O_o HOW DID YOU KNOW!?! *die* Milk jugs have no gender o.o; Or do they? I met a very nice one once... Her name was Suzy o.o; I dont know if she was a she though... It's a tad tricky to tell, ne?

Cryearthstearsfalltou: *blink...* Ok? O_o;

Aya: Arigato ^^

Rika: Arigato again! ^^

Cradlerobber Speedo-kun (XD): Yea, like I said ^_^;; I adore Syaoran/Eriol, but... I've worshipped Sakura/Syaoran for its adorableness and perfectness since far before I even knew what yaoi was and they were 'Li' and 'Sakera' :X So if I was going to completely drop one.. It'd be Eriol and Syaoran x-X; I'll just keep lovin' them both ^_^ Plus ^____^ I learned about yaoi from Gundam Wing, and for a reeeeeally long time I had never seen a shred of official stuff. Ya know the phrase 'Everything I know I learned from ___?' Well, everything I know (er, knew.. I downloaded the episodes :D) of Gundam Wing I learned from the internet. :P I read a whoooole lotta fanfiction before even being able to tell which character was which, which probably contributed to the random OOCness of some of my fics.

Eternal_Darkness: o_O;; Well... *hides* Its sooner then it could be?

Gokugirl: WOO! XD See, thats some enthusiasm ^^;

Lady Pheonix: Uh... it's sooner then it could be o.o;;

Shinikami Dragon: I'll try o.O

Super Poodle: XD See, _thats_ a fun review to read ^^;

Thank you SOSOOOOOOOO much for the reviews, and my most humble and sorrowful apologies for the HUMUNGOUS delay in updates o_x;;;;;;;;;;; But, since it's summer... I should get quite a bit more done with it, ne?

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

P.S. Happy birthday to meeee! XD