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chapters! For those of you who're wondering where the hell the other
characters are. Wufei, Dorothy, Mariemaia, Sally, Noin, Meiran and, of
course, Relena.. You'll see in the other chapters. I AM NOT A RELENA HATER,
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Chapter Two
The Enigma
"Dekiga subete korosu!"
Then, the window shattered..
Duo jerked up. His breathing is labored. He looked around at his room. Nothing..
Then he sighed.. just the damned dream.
It was the same dream as yesterday, when he dreamt about Heero and his stalker.. he returned to his former position, lying on the bed.
Heero Yuy.
The thought of his name conjures up an image of an enigmatic young man with dark brown hair and unusual cobalt blue eyes. He remembered what had happened at school yesterday morning. After Heero introduced himself, the five of them rose to introduce themselves and, traditionally, after introductions, they will one by one exhibit their abilities.
"My name is Heero Yuy. I am Japanese and 16 years old. I just arrived here last week." Heero said, inclining his head slightly.
The five looked at each other again.
"My name is Quatre Raberba Winner, Arabian and 16 years old. Nice to meet you." Quatre smiled. Heero nodded.
"Trowa Barton, French and 16 years old." Came Trowa's short introduction.
"Hullo, my name is Hilde Schbeiker. I'm German and 14 going to 15." Hilde laughingly told Heero.
Zechs was formal. "I am Zechs Merquise, European and 18 years old."
Lastly, Duo grinned, his violet eyes twinkling. "Yo, Heero! Hehe.. now I know your name. I'm Duo Maxwell, American and 16 years old."
By now, Heero is staring at him like the first time when he saw Duo. Then he nodded. "Thanks for your help again."
Hilde gasped. "You know him?"
Quatre looked mildly surprised, Trowa's visible eye narrowed slightly, and Zechs' left brow shot up.
Heero nodded.
They all looked at Duo. Even Miss Une is curious.
Duo rolled his eyes heavenward.
"Sheesh.. I just happened to have a vision of a person who was almost hit by a car, and that person happened to be him." Duo shrugged.
"What are you? Precognitive or clairvoyant?" Heero asked, curious.
"Both, actually, but I tend to get more visions!" Duo answered happily.
And the exhibition began. Miss Une stopped using her power to allow them to show each of their abilities. Zechs was the first. He stared intently at Heero's eyes for a long moment, then he held Heero's wrist.
Heero didn't even blinked.
Try as he might, Zechs can't read him. He gave up, shrugged and let him go. "Can't read him," he said, pointing to his temple, "he got a strong wall."
"Then I won't be able to show my primary ability." Quatre said cheerfully. "I guess I'll have to show my second. Heero, besides being an empath, I also have telekinesis, but I disliked its effect on myself and the reactions of other people so," he shrugged, "I aimed the power to myself. Now, my usual strength has increased four folds." Quatre looked at Miss Une. "Do I really need to show it?"
Miss Une shook her head. "No need to, Quatre. He will see it soon, for sure."
Next is Trowa.
"I'm an Adept. How can I show it?" he shrugged. "I know six people are outside this classroom in the corridor, Miss Une forgot her eye glasses, Zechs is a little pissed off and Duo is quite nervous and troubled."
Zechs scowled and Duo pouted. "HMP!" he huffed.
"Hey! I didn't even know that Miss Une wears eyeglasses!" Hilde complained.
Miss Une smiled. "This room happened to be sound-proof. And I only use my eye glasses when reading, but I still bring it everyday." She nodded. "I did forget it."
Then Hilde walked towards Heero.
"I'm a medium."
Heero's eyes showed interest. "You can see ghosts?"
"Ummm," she nodded happily. "I have many invisible friends."
"Don't bother about that, Heero, 'cause she's the only one who can see them!" Duo said lazily. Hilde glared daggers at him. Duo just grinned and shrugged. "Yo, Heero, I won't show you my power 'cause you've already seen it.. Or at least was saved by it."
Heero stared at him.
"How about you, Heero? What is your ability?" asked Quatre.
All of them looked at Heero curiously.
"My primary ability is Teleportation. My secondary ability is Telekinesis, but I didn't aimed it at myself." he said, looking at Quatre.
To demonstrate, Heero took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then, a moment later, he vanished into thin air.
Everyone was surprised. Duo looked around, trying to spot Heero's location. He looked out the window, and saw Heero on top of the rooftop, leaning at the rails and looking at them.
"Where is he?" Hilde asked, clueless.
Duo gestured excitedly towards the rooftop.
"He's there." he yelped.
When they all looked at Heero, he disappeared and reappeared inside their classroom.
Quatre and Trowa smiled, Zechs nodded and both Duo and Hilde exclaimed, "Cool!"
"Hey, you didn't need my help at all yesterday! All you got to do is to teleport! Why thank me?" Duo asked, puzzled.
Heero's lips formed a small smile. "Hn. I can even turn it over, but that would be suspicious. You did save me from public scrutiny."
Duo's clock alarmed, snapping him out of his reverie. He sighed.
Time to go to school.
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Dressed in his classic black uniform, which he favored because he like black-which earned him the nickname "Shinigami"-he let himself out of his home. Cautiously, he extended his spider sense and looked around.
No stalker.
He sighed, and snorted. He's starting to get paranoid. He continued to walk to his school, when suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder. Duo stiffened, then he turned around.
Intense cobalt blue eyes clashed with surprised violet eyes.
"HEERO!!!" Duo exclaimed, "You startled me!"
"Didn't mean to." Heero said quietly. "I thought you would sense my presence."
Duo frowned. "Funny thing is, I can't." he looked at Heero curiously. "Is it because of your mental wall?"
"Maybe."
Duo smirked. "Well, hell. You and Miss Une are the only two person I can't sense." Then he looked around. "Hey, where did you came from? I mean, where do you live?"
Heero pointed to the house next to Duo's.
Duo snapped his fingers. "Oh, so you were our new neighbor who moved in a week ago. Should have known that you would move in. Though I knew you'll be a new classmate. You see, I had this dream..."
"The one you mentioned yesterday?" Heero asked.
"Yup!" They continued to walk. "But I didn't get to tell you guys what the stalker said. I dreamt about it again last night so I think I got it now." He frowned, thinking hard and remembering what was said in his dream. "It's in some foreign language. I know French, Arabic and German from Hilde, Quatre and Trowa, but I can't understand what was said." He crossed his arms. "I think it goes something like, 'dekiga subete koros' or something."
"What?" Heero suddenly stopped and looked intently at Duo.
Duo frowned. "'Dekiga subete koros.' Yeah, that's it! Do you know what that means?"
Heero snorted. "Funny you should ask me, it's in Japanese."
Duo's eyes widened. "Really? What does it mean?"
Heero's eyes hardened. "It means, 'I will kill you all'."
Duo gaped at him, speechless.
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"Someone's out there to get our heads?!" Quatre nearly yelled, shocked. Testimony of this was his words and tone that made Duo wince.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Duo retorted. Then he sighed. "I just remembered what the stalker said in my dream, and Heero translated it to English."
"Hmm.. and he wants to kill us all." Zechs murmured.
"Maybe that's the reason why he stalked us two days ago!" Hilde cringed at the thought.
Quatre placed his hand on his chest. "Oh dear." he can sense fear building up in the room.
Trowa placed a hand on Quatre's back, supporting him. "Are you alright?"
Quatre leaned back for a second or two, then he straightened, smiled and nodded. "Thanks, Trowa, it's nothing."
Trowa also nodded. "Did you see his face this time, Duo?" he asked.
The braided young man shook his head. "Still vague."
Silence reigned in the classroom.
Quatre can't stand it. "Guys, we shouldn't be afraid! Okey, so one psychic wants to kill all of us.. but we're all psychics, too! We can defend ourselves."
"Yes we can, Quatre, but remember that this psychic's power is Pyrokinesis." Zechs reminded him.
Quatre sighed. "Yes, I know he's a firestarter, and we haven't encountered someone like that before, but if we all worked together, I'm sure we can overcome this!" Suddenly, he smiled. "Come on, guys, we're a team here! All for one and one for all!" he joked, laughing.
Everyone stared at him as if he lost his mind. Quatre smiled hesitatingly. "Hehe.. like the Three Musketeers?"
Only Quatre could snap tension as thick as this. Zechs smirked. Duo and Hilde laughed, and even Trowa smiled his rare smile.
"Alright.." everyone agreed.
Heero just stared at them all through this.
Duo blinked. "Hey, Heero! You also gotta pledge this! You're part of this team! And we look out for each others' backs!" he yelled at the silent boy.
Heero blinked, and stared with surprise at the people who already trusted him to help them and vice versa. Quatre was smiling gently, Trowa was looking at him intently, Zechs' head was bowed and his lips in its usual smirk, Hilde's eyes were wide and waiting, and Duo.. Duo was grinning expectantly at him.
He bowed his head, his long bangs shading his eyes from the others' views. "All for one and one for all." he murmured.
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"GOD! I never thought I'd live to see dismissal time again!" Duo exclaimed, breathing hard and sitting down on the bench inside their training grounds. His classmates were either lying face-up to the ceiling, sitting on the floor with the shoulders leaning on the wall, or drinking water.
Hilde groaned. "That was probably the most intense training that we ever did," she snorted, "thanks to that stalker."
Earlier this day, they told Miss Une everything. Their teacher was first shocked, then she recovered. "We must increase the level of your training exercises. so that when the Pyrokinetic attacks, you can be able to defend yourselves properly."
And thus, their grueling training began.
One reason why there are only six students in Section Psyche is that the students should be psychic. The school was silent about this, careful not to reveal that they train psychics to master their powers in this institution. Being good in academics was a perfect alibi to be promoted here, which was why many students thought that all six of them are geniuses. Another reason is because they are taught differently in Section Psyche. In the morning, they are taught with the usual subjects, and Miss Une is their only teacher. But after lunch, a secret passage door leading to an underground training room is opened so that they can have a place to train. Their trainer is Lord Treize Kushrenada, a famous baron and soldier from Europe, who is also a psychic. He has a tenth-scaled spider sense, probably the reason why he was such a victorious soldier.
The secret room was huge. The space from floor to ceiling was 30 feet and 50 feet from one wall to another, giving them ample space to train. They had obstacle courses, martial arts, target-shooting practices, Fencing and weapon-handling but today, they were trained individually.
Quatre trained in the obstacle course, where he was instructed to avoid obstacles with his power. It was like the usual course, where he had to skip hurdles and big rocks or climb a man-made obstacle mountain. But this time, the obstacles were bigger and deadlier than before. Although he did succeed in finishing the course, he was so tired the he almost collapsed from strain.
Hilde and Zechs have no definite power to train since their abilities improve themselves through experience, so they practiced target-shooting, martial arts and weapon-handling, but like Quatre's, the level of their training was also increased.
Trowa was trained together with Duo, since they're both Adepts. The first was Trowa, who was to avoid strong, rubber bullets aimed at him. There were several real guns positioned in the four walls of the room, and he stood in the center. The first batch of bullets was easy to avoid, but as time passed by, he became tired of dodging and the guns were shooting faster than before. Soon, Trowa had to run or jump to avoid being hit.
Duo was a little better than Trowa, even though Trowa is a full-blown Adept and Duo just has his spider sense, Duo had the advantage to see flashes of the future. He knew where the bullets would aim. So Trowa had a lot of bruises than him.
Heero was trained personally by Treize, never mind that this was only his second day. They had a fencing duel, since Treize saw that Heero excelled in Fencing. Their battle was intense, quite deadly, and they were free to use their powers, so Heero used again and again his Teleportation, but Treize was still able to sense him. The battle, to everyone's surprise, ended in a draw. But it was apparent that Heero was more exhausted than Treize. He sat on the floor right after the two of them lost their rapiers, breathing deeply and hurriedly. Trieze approached him and held out one hand.
"That was interesting, Heero." said Treize.
"Hn." But Heero was smiling
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They left school after resting for half an hour. Trowa went with Quatre because their houses were close from one another, and Heero went with Duo because of the same reason. Zechs was fetched by a gleaming black limosine and Hilde went with Quatre and Trowa.
Duo and Heero walked side by side, both was silent. Duo was looking every now and then at Heero, then he lifted his arms and interwined his hands on his nape. "So. what's the verdict so far?" he asked.
Heero looked at him. "Verdict?"
Duo nodded. "Yeah.. verdict. What do you think about Section Psyche?"
"Hn." was the reply.
Duo frowned. "What was that supposed to mean?"
Heero shrugged. "It's only two days.. how should I know?" he said.
Duo's face fell down.
"But then again, what I saw these past two days were pretty impressive." Heero said, smiling briefly. "I enjoyed the classes, especially the training. And everyone was welcoming."
Duo grinned again. "Really?"
Heero nodded, his face turning enigmatic again.
"That's good." then Duo laughed. "I thought your eyes were going to pop out when I asked you to make the pledge!"
"Hn."
"Really, Heero, you should improve your vocabulary!"
"Hn."
Duo rolled his eyes. "Well, I can't help you in vocabulary 'cause I just hate English. Bores me to death. I like math, it makes me think analytically."
Heero snorted. Duo grinned.
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From the rooftop of a building under construction above the place where Heero and Duo were walking, a girl with long, black hair smiled. She held up a hand and an ice dagger was formed on her palm. Then the girl proceeded in cutting the ropes supporting a steel lift.
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Duo stopped walking, but Heero continued.
"Hey! Why can't you complement me back when I said you're good at fencing?" He yelled at Heero. "Hmp! It's good that Treize won. That should teach you some humiliation!" he was about to run when a sudden, familiar pain speared through his head... then the vision.
"Hn. He just won because I didn't use my Telekinesis. I'm a fair player." Heero looked back at his annoying classmate, but it was to see Duo pointing upwards. His frightened eyes were looking at Heero, wide and dilated, and his mouth was hanging open
Heero transferred his gaze up, and saw a steel lift hurdling down towards Duo.
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She smiled when she heard a loud crash and small particles of dust flew in the air due to the impact.
Mission Accomplished.
Another figure appeared suddenly behind her. She smiled and walked straight to his opened arms.
Then they vanished.
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"Duo! Duo! DUO!"
Duo heard the voice.
What? What am I hearing? I'm already dead... seen it with my own eyes... GOD! Who's that annoying guy calling me over and over again...
I am dead...
Then he felt strong arms shaking him.
...Or am I?
"DUO!!"
Duo groaned and opened his eyes.
"What?!" he asked in a loud, annoyed voice.
Heero stopped shaking the braided youth. "Yokata." then his eyes hardened. "Baka! Why didn't you told me that a lift is hurdling towards you?! Kisama!"
Duo blinked. "Yeah, I know. that's why I thought for a moment that I died."
"Hn! You really could have died, thank your power it warned you immediately." Heero gestured behind him angrily. "Look at what that steel lift did."
Duo looked behind Heero. "WHOA!"
The steel lift was crumpled, creating a small crater on the ground.
"Baka.."
Duo shook his head. "What? What does that mean?!"
Heero scowled at him. "Hn." Then he calmed down. "Can you feel any presence anywhere near here?"
Duo closed his eyes briefly. "None."
Heero nodded. Then he stood up and brushed his uniform.
Duo blinked again, then also stood up.
"Heero, you saved me!" he exclaimed.
"Hn."
Duo ignored his reply. "Thanks, man! I owe you one."
Heero looked at him.
"You owe me nothing, I merely repaid what you did to me two days ago." Then Heero smirked. "That's one for one, Duo."
Then he continued to walk, leaving Duo yet again staring at him.
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YAOI, people!!! 1x2 (sucker for them), 3x4 (Cute!), 5xM and so on and so forth.
Disclaimer: Don't own them but I own everything else. (As much as I like to, I don't..)
Chapter Two
The Enigma
"Dekiga subete korosu!"
Then, the window shattered..
Duo jerked up. His breathing is labored. He looked around at his room. Nothing..
Then he sighed.. just the damned dream.
It was the same dream as yesterday, when he dreamt about Heero and his stalker.. he returned to his former position, lying on the bed.
Heero Yuy.
The thought of his name conjures up an image of an enigmatic young man with dark brown hair and unusual cobalt blue eyes. He remembered what had happened at school yesterday morning. After Heero introduced himself, the five of them rose to introduce themselves and, traditionally, after introductions, they will one by one exhibit their abilities.
"My name is Heero Yuy. I am Japanese and 16 years old. I just arrived here last week." Heero said, inclining his head slightly.
The five looked at each other again.
"My name is Quatre Raberba Winner, Arabian and 16 years old. Nice to meet you." Quatre smiled. Heero nodded.
"Trowa Barton, French and 16 years old." Came Trowa's short introduction.
"Hullo, my name is Hilde Schbeiker. I'm German and 14 going to 15." Hilde laughingly told Heero.
Zechs was formal. "I am Zechs Merquise, European and 18 years old."
Lastly, Duo grinned, his violet eyes twinkling. "Yo, Heero! Hehe.. now I know your name. I'm Duo Maxwell, American and 16 years old."
By now, Heero is staring at him like the first time when he saw Duo. Then he nodded. "Thanks for your help again."
Hilde gasped. "You know him?"
Quatre looked mildly surprised, Trowa's visible eye narrowed slightly, and Zechs' left brow shot up.
Heero nodded.
They all looked at Duo. Even Miss Une is curious.
Duo rolled his eyes heavenward.
"Sheesh.. I just happened to have a vision of a person who was almost hit by a car, and that person happened to be him." Duo shrugged.
"What are you? Precognitive or clairvoyant?" Heero asked, curious.
"Both, actually, but I tend to get more visions!" Duo answered happily.
And the exhibition began. Miss Une stopped using her power to allow them to show each of their abilities. Zechs was the first. He stared intently at Heero's eyes for a long moment, then he held Heero's wrist.
Heero didn't even blinked.
Try as he might, Zechs can't read him. He gave up, shrugged and let him go. "Can't read him," he said, pointing to his temple, "he got a strong wall."
"Then I won't be able to show my primary ability." Quatre said cheerfully. "I guess I'll have to show my second. Heero, besides being an empath, I also have telekinesis, but I disliked its effect on myself and the reactions of other people so," he shrugged, "I aimed the power to myself. Now, my usual strength has increased four folds." Quatre looked at Miss Une. "Do I really need to show it?"
Miss Une shook her head. "No need to, Quatre. He will see it soon, for sure."
Next is Trowa.
"I'm an Adept. How can I show it?" he shrugged. "I know six people are outside this classroom in the corridor, Miss Une forgot her eye glasses, Zechs is a little pissed off and Duo is quite nervous and troubled."
Zechs scowled and Duo pouted. "HMP!" he huffed.
"Hey! I didn't even know that Miss Une wears eyeglasses!" Hilde complained.
Miss Une smiled. "This room happened to be sound-proof. And I only use my eye glasses when reading, but I still bring it everyday." She nodded. "I did forget it."
Then Hilde walked towards Heero.
"I'm a medium."
Heero's eyes showed interest. "You can see ghosts?"
"Ummm," she nodded happily. "I have many invisible friends."
"Don't bother about that, Heero, 'cause she's the only one who can see them!" Duo said lazily. Hilde glared daggers at him. Duo just grinned and shrugged. "Yo, Heero, I won't show you my power 'cause you've already seen it.. Or at least was saved by it."
Heero stared at him.
"How about you, Heero? What is your ability?" asked Quatre.
All of them looked at Heero curiously.
"My primary ability is Teleportation. My secondary ability is Telekinesis, but I didn't aimed it at myself." he said, looking at Quatre.
To demonstrate, Heero took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then, a moment later, he vanished into thin air.
Everyone was surprised. Duo looked around, trying to spot Heero's location. He looked out the window, and saw Heero on top of the rooftop, leaning at the rails and looking at them.
"Where is he?" Hilde asked, clueless.
Duo gestured excitedly towards the rooftop.
"He's there." he yelped.
When they all looked at Heero, he disappeared and reappeared inside their classroom.
Quatre and Trowa smiled, Zechs nodded and both Duo and Hilde exclaimed, "Cool!"
"Hey, you didn't need my help at all yesterday! All you got to do is to teleport! Why thank me?" Duo asked, puzzled.
Heero's lips formed a small smile. "Hn. I can even turn it over, but that would be suspicious. You did save me from public scrutiny."
Duo's clock alarmed, snapping him out of his reverie. He sighed.
Time to go to school.
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Dressed in his classic black uniform, which he favored because he like black-which earned him the nickname "Shinigami"-he let himself out of his home. Cautiously, he extended his spider sense and looked around.
No stalker.
He sighed, and snorted. He's starting to get paranoid. He continued to walk to his school, when suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder. Duo stiffened, then he turned around.
Intense cobalt blue eyes clashed with surprised violet eyes.
"HEERO!!!" Duo exclaimed, "You startled me!"
"Didn't mean to." Heero said quietly. "I thought you would sense my presence."
Duo frowned. "Funny thing is, I can't." he looked at Heero curiously. "Is it because of your mental wall?"
"Maybe."
Duo smirked. "Well, hell. You and Miss Une are the only two person I can't sense." Then he looked around. "Hey, where did you came from? I mean, where do you live?"
Heero pointed to the house next to Duo's.
Duo snapped his fingers. "Oh, so you were our new neighbor who moved in a week ago. Should have known that you would move in. Though I knew you'll be a new classmate. You see, I had this dream..."
"The one you mentioned yesterday?" Heero asked.
"Yup!" They continued to walk. "But I didn't get to tell you guys what the stalker said. I dreamt about it again last night so I think I got it now." He frowned, thinking hard and remembering what was said in his dream. "It's in some foreign language. I know French, Arabic and German from Hilde, Quatre and Trowa, but I can't understand what was said." He crossed his arms. "I think it goes something like, 'dekiga subete koros' or something."
"What?" Heero suddenly stopped and looked intently at Duo.
Duo frowned. "'Dekiga subete koros.' Yeah, that's it! Do you know what that means?"
Heero snorted. "Funny you should ask me, it's in Japanese."
Duo's eyes widened. "Really? What does it mean?"
Heero's eyes hardened. "It means, 'I will kill you all'."
Duo gaped at him, speechless.
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"Someone's out there to get our heads?!" Quatre nearly yelled, shocked. Testimony of this was his words and tone that made Duo wince.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Duo retorted. Then he sighed. "I just remembered what the stalker said in my dream, and Heero translated it to English."
"Hmm.. and he wants to kill us all." Zechs murmured.
"Maybe that's the reason why he stalked us two days ago!" Hilde cringed at the thought.
Quatre placed his hand on his chest. "Oh dear." he can sense fear building up in the room.
Trowa placed a hand on Quatre's back, supporting him. "Are you alright?"
Quatre leaned back for a second or two, then he straightened, smiled and nodded. "Thanks, Trowa, it's nothing."
Trowa also nodded. "Did you see his face this time, Duo?" he asked.
The braided young man shook his head. "Still vague."
Silence reigned in the classroom.
Quatre can't stand it. "Guys, we shouldn't be afraid! Okey, so one psychic wants to kill all of us.. but we're all psychics, too! We can defend ourselves."
"Yes we can, Quatre, but remember that this psychic's power is Pyrokinesis." Zechs reminded him.
Quatre sighed. "Yes, I know he's a firestarter, and we haven't encountered someone like that before, but if we all worked together, I'm sure we can overcome this!" Suddenly, he smiled. "Come on, guys, we're a team here! All for one and one for all!" he joked, laughing.
Everyone stared at him as if he lost his mind. Quatre smiled hesitatingly. "Hehe.. like the Three Musketeers?"
Only Quatre could snap tension as thick as this. Zechs smirked. Duo and Hilde laughed, and even Trowa smiled his rare smile.
"Alright.." everyone agreed.
Heero just stared at them all through this.
Duo blinked. "Hey, Heero! You also gotta pledge this! You're part of this team! And we look out for each others' backs!" he yelled at the silent boy.
Heero blinked, and stared with surprise at the people who already trusted him to help them and vice versa. Quatre was smiling gently, Trowa was looking at him intently, Zechs' head was bowed and his lips in its usual smirk, Hilde's eyes were wide and waiting, and Duo.. Duo was grinning expectantly at him.
He bowed his head, his long bangs shading his eyes from the others' views. "All for one and one for all." he murmured.
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"GOD! I never thought I'd live to see dismissal time again!" Duo exclaimed, breathing hard and sitting down on the bench inside their training grounds. His classmates were either lying face-up to the ceiling, sitting on the floor with the shoulders leaning on the wall, or drinking water.
Hilde groaned. "That was probably the most intense training that we ever did," she snorted, "thanks to that stalker."
Earlier this day, they told Miss Une everything. Their teacher was first shocked, then she recovered. "We must increase the level of your training exercises. so that when the Pyrokinetic attacks, you can be able to defend yourselves properly."
And thus, their grueling training began.
One reason why there are only six students in Section Psyche is that the students should be psychic. The school was silent about this, careful not to reveal that they train psychics to master their powers in this institution. Being good in academics was a perfect alibi to be promoted here, which was why many students thought that all six of them are geniuses. Another reason is because they are taught differently in Section Psyche. In the morning, they are taught with the usual subjects, and Miss Une is their only teacher. But after lunch, a secret passage door leading to an underground training room is opened so that they can have a place to train. Their trainer is Lord Treize Kushrenada, a famous baron and soldier from Europe, who is also a psychic. He has a tenth-scaled spider sense, probably the reason why he was such a victorious soldier.
The secret room was huge. The space from floor to ceiling was 30 feet and 50 feet from one wall to another, giving them ample space to train. They had obstacle courses, martial arts, target-shooting practices, Fencing and weapon-handling but today, they were trained individually.
Quatre trained in the obstacle course, where he was instructed to avoid obstacles with his power. It was like the usual course, where he had to skip hurdles and big rocks or climb a man-made obstacle mountain. But this time, the obstacles were bigger and deadlier than before. Although he did succeed in finishing the course, he was so tired the he almost collapsed from strain.
Hilde and Zechs have no definite power to train since their abilities improve themselves through experience, so they practiced target-shooting, martial arts and weapon-handling, but like Quatre's, the level of their training was also increased.
Trowa was trained together with Duo, since they're both Adepts. The first was Trowa, who was to avoid strong, rubber bullets aimed at him. There were several real guns positioned in the four walls of the room, and he stood in the center. The first batch of bullets was easy to avoid, but as time passed by, he became tired of dodging and the guns were shooting faster than before. Soon, Trowa had to run or jump to avoid being hit.
Duo was a little better than Trowa, even though Trowa is a full-blown Adept and Duo just has his spider sense, Duo had the advantage to see flashes of the future. He knew where the bullets would aim. So Trowa had a lot of bruises than him.
Heero was trained personally by Treize, never mind that this was only his second day. They had a fencing duel, since Treize saw that Heero excelled in Fencing. Their battle was intense, quite deadly, and they were free to use their powers, so Heero used again and again his Teleportation, but Treize was still able to sense him. The battle, to everyone's surprise, ended in a draw. But it was apparent that Heero was more exhausted than Treize. He sat on the floor right after the two of them lost their rapiers, breathing deeply and hurriedly. Trieze approached him and held out one hand.
"That was interesting, Heero." said Treize.
"Hn." But Heero was smiling
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They left school after resting for half an hour. Trowa went with Quatre because their houses were close from one another, and Heero went with Duo because of the same reason. Zechs was fetched by a gleaming black limosine and Hilde went with Quatre and Trowa.
Duo and Heero walked side by side, both was silent. Duo was looking every now and then at Heero, then he lifted his arms and interwined his hands on his nape. "So. what's the verdict so far?" he asked.
Heero looked at him. "Verdict?"
Duo nodded. "Yeah.. verdict. What do you think about Section Psyche?"
"Hn." was the reply.
Duo frowned. "What was that supposed to mean?"
Heero shrugged. "It's only two days.. how should I know?" he said.
Duo's face fell down.
"But then again, what I saw these past two days were pretty impressive." Heero said, smiling briefly. "I enjoyed the classes, especially the training. And everyone was welcoming."
Duo grinned again. "Really?"
Heero nodded, his face turning enigmatic again.
"That's good." then Duo laughed. "I thought your eyes were going to pop out when I asked you to make the pledge!"
"Hn."
"Really, Heero, you should improve your vocabulary!"
"Hn."
Duo rolled his eyes. "Well, I can't help you in vocabulary 'cause I just hate English. Bores me to death. I like math, it makes me think analytically."
Heero snorted. Duo grinned.
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From the rooftop of a building under construction above the place where Heero and Duo were walking, a girl with long, black hair smiled. She held up a hand and an ice dagger was formed on her palm. Then the girl proceeded in cutting the ropes supporting a steel lift.
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Duo stopped walking, but Heero continued.
"Hey! Why can't you complement me back when I said you're good at fencing?" He yelled at Heero. "Hmp! It's good that Treize won. That should teach you some humiliation!" he was about to run when a sudden, familiar pain speared through his head... then the vision.
"Hn. He just won because I didn't use my Telekinesis. I'm a fair player." Heero looked back at his annoying classmate, but it was to see Duo pointing upwards. His frightened eyes were looking at Heero, wide and dilated, and his mouth was hanging open
Heero transferred his gaze up, and saw a steel lift hurdling down towards Duo.
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She smiled when she heard a loud crash and small particles of dust flew in the air due to the impact.
Mission Accomplished.
Another figure appeared suddenly behind her. She smiled and walked straight to his opened arms.
Then they vanished.
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"Duo! Duo! DUO!"
Duo heard the voice.
What? What am I hearing? I'm already dead... seen it with my own eyes... GOD! Who's that annoying guy calling me over and over again...
I am dead...
Then he felt strong arms shaking him.
...Or am I?
"DUO!!"
Duo groaned and opened his eyes.
"What?!" he asked in a loud, annoyed voice.
Heero stopped shaking the braided youth. "Yokata." then his eyes hardened. "Baka! Why didn't you told me that a lift is hurdling towards you?! Kisama!"
Duo blinked. "Yeah, I know. that's why I thought for a moment that I died."
"Hn! You really could have died, thank your power it warned you immediately." Heero gestured behind him angrily. "Look at what that steel lift did."
Duo looked behind Heero. "WHOA!"
The steel lift was crumpled, creating a small crater on the ground.
"Baka.."
Duo shook his head. "What? What does that mean?!"
Heero scowled at him. "Hn." Then he calmed down. "Can you feel any presence anywhere near here?"
Duo closed his eyes briefly. "None."
Heero nodded. Then he stood up and brushed his uniform.
Duo blinked again, then also stood up.
"Heero, you saved me!" he exclaimed.
"Hn."
Duo ignored his reply. "Thanks, man! I owe you one."
Heero looked at him.
"You owe me nothing, I merely repaid what you did to me two days ago." Then Heero smirked. "That's one for one, Duo."
Then he continued to walk, leaving Duo yet again staring at him.
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