All That You Do and All That You Are
Guess who. No, not Santa, bakayaro. It's O.M.W.O.S (The crowd goes wild) Thank you, thank you. Chapter three is finally up. And everyone rejoice. Hurrah! ^_^ I so happy.
^_^ - my neko says ohayo. Her name is Mocha-chan.
O_o
Shut up Rae.
^o^
I said be quiet.
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Baka.
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^_^ - O.M.W.O.S out
blah blah' that means the words are italics indicating thought or a quick change of scene.
Thank you Chaos for beta-ing my work. Kami know's I need help.
Disclaimer: Gods I wish I owned them but I don't.
Warnings: AU, New Chara's, a tiny bit of Angst, maybe some OOC (you try writing with a cast of 6 plus supporting actors plus extra's and when it's been six months since you've seen a episode of G.W. and you're poor and have no job and no money to buy G.W. on video. Darn you college for sucking up what little money I have.)
Rated: PG-13 for cursing and violence.
Archive: If any one wants to, they can put my story up on their site. As long as you e-mail and tell me, so I can visit and check it out.
Feedback: Hell yeah. Um sorry about my language. It's late. 3:52 to be exact.
CHAPTER 3
Trowa scratched his head and watched out of the corner of his eye yet another kid walk by, stop, look at him strangely then continue. Trowa looked down to see if he had spilled something on him or his fly was open. No. Then why was everyone staring at him. Then it clicked. He wasn't wearing the school's mandatory uniform, just a pair of jeans and a navy blue shirt, along with a pair of worn shoes. 'It doesn't matter, I don't even go to this school,' he thought. He looked at his watch then up at the stairs. 'Duo has been gone a while. I hope Ma-ling didn't really shoot him. Maybe I will go check on them' Trowa decided. He quickly got to his feet and walked around the couch towards the stairs and ran right smack into a boy.
"Oof," came the surprised voice as the boy landed on his butt. Trowa would of continued on his way not even giving the boy a second thought when he noticed the
color of the boys hair. There was only one kid that had that blond color.
"Quatre?"
The blond boy looked up, recognition crossed his face, and he grinned despite sitting on the floor. Trowa helped him to his feet and apologized.
"It's good to see you again, Trowa," Quatre said shaking hands with the taller boy. "What's it been, two years now? How are Catherine and Heavyarms?"
"They're both fine," Trowa said. "What are you doing here?"
"I got a message from Heero a day ago, asking me to join him, Ma-ling, you, and Duo in a mission to destroy an OZ base. But by the time I arrived the base was already gone. So what happened? Duo couldn't wait to blow something up." Quatre laughed.
"You mean you don't know.," Trowa said quietly.
"Know what?"
"Sit down Quatre", Trowa ordered. Puzzled, Quatre obeyed and sat on the couch's arm. 'This isn't going to be easy. Quatre will take this a lot harder then I
or Duo did. Just blurting it out isn't going to help either, the way Duo told me. '
Trowa took a deep breath. "There's something I gotta tell you."
*
"Are you sure you're going to be okay."
"Yes!"
"Are you sure not going to drown or something, Ma-ling?"
'No, Duo," an irritated Ma-ling said. She frowned her annoyance at the Gundam pilot. After coming to in Duo's arms she remembered nothing she did and Duo wasn't telling her anything. He kindly suggested she take a bath to relax and take his room for the day until they fixed her broken window.
Weary she accepted his offer, only after making sure he would leave her alone. But now he almost followed her into the girls bathroom asking her if she was all right.
"I'll get you something to eat and leave it in the room", Duo said standing in the doorway.
"I'm not hungry", Ma-ling said closing the door.
Duo stopped the door with his foot. "I'm going to get you something to eat and leave it in the room." he said slowly and forcefully.
"Fine", Ma-ling muttered kicking his foot out of the way and closing the door in his face.
"Stubborn, ungrateful," Duo mumbled under his breath.
"I heard that," Ma-ling shouted from behind the closed door.
"Good," Duo yelled back. He jammed his hands into his pockets and marched down the hall. He heard a door open and a boy's head peeked out of a room. "What are you looking at?" Duo said menacingly at the boy as he passed by.
*
"God," Quatre muttered sliding off the arm and onto the couch's cushion. He closed his eyes and shook his head. "Why did he do it Trowa."
"I don't know. Maybe he didn't want to be captured. Maybe he didn't want his Gundam used as a tool for OZ. Maybe he just stopped caring and decided to die right
there and then." Quatre looked up and Trowa could see his eyes shinning with tears that threatened to fall. He shook his head again, making a tear slip from his eye. "Heero wouldn't just kill himself. He may be stubborn but not stupid."
Trowa sank his body into the couch next to Quatre and stared at the ground. He never really knew Heero. Just meet a couple of times when they shared a mission. Their first mission together was two years ago. And that wasn't a pleasant experience. Bringing all six Gundam pilots together and expecting them to just get along. What were their commanders thinking? "Heero was stupid if he didn't think what his actions would do to the rest of us."
Quatre's brow scrunched up at Trowa's words. 'The rest of....' "Oh gosh... Ma-ling. Where is she, is she here", his words quick and tinted with worry.
"She's here. At the school. Duo's checking up on her right now", Trowa said calmly.
'I hope she doesn't shoot him.' Quatre thought to himself. "How is she."
Trowa shrugged his shoulders. He was about to say something when a loud voice boomed from the stairs. "Hey! Quatre my man. Long time no see."
Quatre turned his head to see Duo heading their way. He smiled at the bubbly personality Duo always carried with him. Quatre stood and exchanged handshakes with the fellow Gundam pilot. "How are you Duo."
"Me? I'm fine. Despite all that's happened." Duo then looked at Trowa. ".He does know right."
"Trowa told me everything", Quatre said quietly. The three boys were silent for a moment, but that didn't last long with Duo.
"Well as much as I want to sit here and mourn I have to get to the kitchen and get Ma-ling something to eat."
"How is she", Trowa asked.
'She tried to kill herself by throwing herself out of a window.' "She's great. A little pissed at me, but what's new. She's taking a bath right now and after that she's staying at my room until someone fix's her window."
"Staying at your room", Trowa started.
"Until someone fix's her window?", Quatre finished.
Duo looked at both of them. "Yeah, she got mad and threw her gun out her window. What, does that surprise you."
"Well at least she didn't shoot you." Quatre said.
"Why does everyone think she's trying to shoot me?" Duo said throwing his hands into the air.
"Because she's already tried several times." Trowa said.
"Oh yeah, name one."
"Remember the time you shot Heero by accident, she tried to get you there. And the time you tried to sneak into her Gundam. And then there was the time you-", Quatre's list was interrupted by an cross Duo.
"I said one." he grumbled. "And what are you smirking at clown?"
After slamming the door in Duo's face Ma-ling set to work cleaning herself up. 'What was I thinking, locking myself in that room. Did I think I was going to accomplish something?' She thought walking towards the separate room for bathing.
Passing by the long line of sinks she glimpsed at the stuff the other girls had piled around them. Soaps, makeup, lotions, perfumes, a whole lot of hair care products, never mind the stuff the girls put in their hair for decorations. That wasn't counting the necessities like a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a brush for your hair. That's pretty much what Ma-ling had on her sink, that and some deodorant.
Ma-ling shook her head at the waste these girls made. Grabbing a towel she opened the bathing room door and picked the closest tub. She sat on the edge and turned on the water. She knew school was in so she wouldn't be bothered by the other girls asking her about Heero.
Standing up she stretched and slipped out of her school uniform, she threw the clothes into a pile on the floor. She quickly undid her hair from it's bun and placed the black piece of cloth lovingly onto a chair. 'It's funny how much a piece of torn cloth can mean the world to you.'
Standing in front of a full length she studied her body. She had grown thin this past month and her ribs stuck out a little bit. Still she had managed to keep her curvy shape by not eating all that junk food that was out there. Well at least I have some muscles left.' She raised an arm to prove her point. She turned around and studied her backside. 'I think it's getting bigger.' Suddenly she realized what she was doing.
"What do I care what my body looks like?", Ma-ling said outloud. She then remembered the water and turned it off. Steam rose from the tub as Ma-ling slipped
into it. The scalding water stung her skin but she didn't care. Until she placed her hands into the water only did she bit her lip.
She looked at her hands then at the deep cuts that refused to heal. She still had that piece of metal in her room, tucked away under her mattress. Holding her breath she went under the water. 'What am I going to do,' the little girl asked. 'You know what you have to do,' the soldier side answered her. 'Heero was a casualty in war. It happens. You have to continue on with your missions. You are to destroy OZ first. Then you can worry about Heero.' Her lungs burning Ma-ling resurfaced for air. She sat up and pushed her hair back and pulled her knees to her chin, only then did she notice she still wore the Saturn necklace. She looked at the blood red coloring and the swirls of gold and silver that were the rings.
'Someday you and I are going to visit her and we'll dance on her rings.'
A foolish child's dream. Heero never told her that visiting the planet would be impossible because of the vicious storms that constantly circled the planet. Yet Heero never popped her dream of visiting Saturn. She later learned about the neighboring planets. Ma-ling accepted the facts and never spoke of it again. 'I will wear you. I will never take you off. The day I die is the day Heero and I will visit you, little planet.' Ma-ling thought as she grabbed the soap.
*
"Hey can I get some food over here", Duo yelled at the server.
"Wait your turn kid", the man yelled back.
Duo mumbled something under his breath and turned to Quatre. "We've been waiting, what twenty minutes, and they still ain't ready."
"Relax Duo," the Arabian said smiling. "You're not going to starve."
"Ah, we should have taken Trowa's offer and eaten with him and Catherine."
"Trowa needs some time to himself. He's hurting even though he doesn't show it."
"We all are Quatre. Some of us more then the others and some for different reasons. Hey! Are you guys ready yet." Duo yelled again.
"Keep your shirt on. Dinner isn't for another half an hour."
Duo pouted and sulked over to a table. Quatre shook his head and followed his friend. Both sitting down they noticed a couple of girls at the end table staring at them. Immediately Duo regained his composure and smiled at the girls which sent them into a flurrying of giggles and whispering.
Quatre leaned his chin on hands. "Well at least we know you haven't changed much."
"I can't help it if the ladies like the god of Death", Duo said not turning his head from the girls.
Quatre smiled and looked out the window. It was such a beautiful day. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Funny how life is like a friend. A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Quatre sat up, his chair scrapping along the floor catching Duo's attention.
"Hey, Quatre you all right?"
"No. But I'm not the one you should be worried about. I'm going to go get Ma-ling something to eat. I'll see you later."
"All right, but be careful. Trust me."
TBC