Author's Note: Hello Everyone! How has everyone been? Well I'm back and with the next chapter. There are some issues I want to discuss first.

This chapter will be divided into pieces. This is the first part called Puppy Love. This chapter would've been out much sooner but a stupid person named Oliver signed on with my named an accidentally erase it. He is a friend and he sometimes helps me. NEXT TIME YOU LOG IN TO MY NAME I WILL KICK YOU A$$!!! I have been getting a lot of reviews asking me for Mina/Duo, so here it is. REMEMBER this is the just the begging so don't be sad or anything.

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Chapter 8a: Puppy Love

The time was now 11:34am; the sun was in full blast the heat from it made countless inhabitants seek air-conditioned shelter. The beaches near Chang mansion were overflowing with beautiful people. It was a record breaking humid day.

A silver BMW convertible casually drove down the street. Inside Duo Maxwell sat humming a song from his radio and gently tapping the words on his steering wheel. To his right Heero was gritting his teeth the humming was agitating him. He just tried his best to ignore it and stared outside the window. In the back seat Trowa sat quietly as usual. He was comfortable Duo's new car was something else.

Duo pushed the gas pedal with his foot and they were off to the private doctor's office where the dragons go to heal, fix wounds, and get a checkup. That's where they were headed. Heero is being forced to go by the boss and this made him very upset. Heero hated doctors. Duo made a sharp left turn, and then his car was just outside the doctor's office. He doubled parked then faced Heero.

"You want me to come with you?" He smirked trying to contain his laughter.

Heero didn't respond. He opened then shut the car door, making his way up the stairs to the glass sliding doors.

"Aww what's the matter Heero?" Duo shouted. Heero didn't turn around but placed a middle finger into the air so it was facing behind him facing Maxwell. Duo chuckled. Trowa made his way towards the passenger seat.

"Now what do we do?" Trowa looked into the face of Duo.

"I'm not sure." Duo stated looking to his left. "Hey, we have time to kill, so lets go to vice point."

"Why?"

"To visit Sherlock."

"He is still at the clinic?" Trowa asked

"Yeah he ate something at my apartment, and was throwing up all over."

"Sounds like Heero" Trowa let out a hearty laugh.

"Yeah, well lets go see how he is doing.I hope he is in better shape. Last time the doctor told me he refused to eat.."

Duo pressed the gas firmly and turned the steering wheel to his left to make a sharp U turn. He speed off towards vice point.

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In the heart of Vice Point in a small outside diner two young women sat enjoying their lunch. Mina sat opposite of her friend Lita at a small patio table. They ate slowly enjoying their time outside and chatted away about meaningless things.

"Can you believe that? I mean he just came out of no where and asked me out."

"Seriously." Lita smiled biting into her sandwich. She kept her eyes on Mina as she spoke. Lita's curiosity grew with each sentence.

"I mean he is like 36 years old! How gross!" Mina twisted her face into one of disgust.

"Hey, those kinds of things come with the job." Lita bundled the remains of the leftover sandwich in the wrapper; she had enough.

"Yeah, I guess but its hard finding quality men!"

"True. but hey sooner or later he will show up! Remember I always believe that he finds you!" she grinned popping a stick of winterfresh into her mouth then offering one to mina.

"Thanks.Well I guess your right." She chewed the new gum in her mouth. There was a silence between the girls. It seemed that both of them was in deep thought. Maybe both of them were thinking about the same thing, what would happen if Mr. Right ever found them, what would happen? Would she even know it's him? Mina and Lita sighed at the same time. Realizing how silly that felt they giggled together.

Moments later the two were walking by a small clinic not to far away from the diner they ate at. Lita stopped in her tracks when she noticed small puppies to her right.

"Aww Mina look!" She pressed her hand against the glass.

"They're so cute." Mina smiled making strange baby faces towards the dogs. The puppies were all frolicking around playing with each other. But in the far left of mina's position was one puppy lying in the corner. He didn't look so well. He had his back to the window and his head was submerged under some hay.

"Oh my." Mina walked inside without another word. Lita in stun stood outside and watched mina from the window.

Mina was inside and over the small display case where the puppies were held. She reached in removed the hay from the lonesome puppy's face. She looked down into the puppy small face and she couldn't help but smile. The puppy was a beagle, with large brown eyes and long droopy ears; he was a normal beagle color brown, black and white. Mina stroked him on the very top of his head. By this time Lita was already side by side with mina looking into the puppy holding window display.

A woman dressed in white called from the desk. " You may hold one if you wish. The puppies need some affection" The woman smiled and went into the back leaven a younger woman in tan at the counter.

"Oh that's cool." Mina touched the ailing looking puppy again he responded with a little wag of his tail.

"Hi Boy." She whispered. She had an urge to hold this one puppy. She scooped him up into her arms and sat down near the display. He didn't move much except made some fearful noises.

"Hey its alright. I wont hurt you." she said as softly as she could not to scare the little dog anymore. Lita sat next to her pulling out her cell phone.

The woman from before came back with a bowl full of food and placed in the display where the rest of the puppies were. She turned to her left and watched as mina nuzzled the puppy.

"Humm, looks like he is not making much recovery."

"What do you mean?" Mina asked holding the puppy close to her bosom.

"He came in a couple days back with his owner. The puppy had eaten some kind of poison and was becoming sick. So we flushed his stomach but he hasn't eaten anything since, which is making him very ill." She frowned her time worn face wrinkling.

"I see." Mina pouted, "Will he die?"

"If he doesn't eat," the woman stated. The phone rang, "excuse me"

Lita closed her nokia cell phone then turned to mina. "Hey I have to run."

"What?"

"I'm sorry but Alex called me, he wants to hang out." Lita didn't know she was blushing. "Hey you want me to drop you off somewhere?" Lita asked standing

"No, I'm going to stay here for a little bit longer." Mina said

"Oh I see, you want to see if you can get this little guy to eat something?" Mina nodded. Her eyes were wide, and she was pouting. Lita grinned she hugged mina and patted the puppy's head. "I will call you later alright?"

"Sure" Mina was a bit disappointed. Today they were supposed to hangout and Lita just ditched her. She now had to find her a new dress for the show alone, but first she was going to sit here with this puppy.

Mina sat down and adjusted the puppy so that his face was facing her right hand. She reached over into the display and grabbed a small handful of dog food she tried to feed it to him but it would just move its head away. Mina sighed.

The door to the clinic opened. A small-framed man with a long braid, huge blue eyes and wore dark blue jeans and a snug fitting undershirt and a loose open button down shirt and some white sneakers walked into the clinic. He didn't notice her sitting near the puppy display so she watched him. He was very attractive to her. Something about him just left her breathless, usually she doesn't go gaga over guys with long hair but this guy's hair fitted him. She blushed watching his little butt move up and down as he walked to the counter.

He turned her way then back to the secretary. After that he walked towards mina. Mina had straightened up while holding the puppy. She noticed the dog became livelier started to bark softly.

"Was this his master?" Mina asked herself as the stranger made himself comfortable the puppy became hyper.

"Hey boy.how are you? You look better" the stranger smiled and petted the puppy on the head.

"Oh I'm sorry! I was just."

"Its fine, Sherlock seems to like you." the man smiled

"Sherlock." Mina looked at the puppy. "What a cute name." She whispered

"Thanks, I see you like my dog as well"

"Oh yeah, well I love animals. He looked pretty sick when I came in earlier. But he seems to be fine now" Mina began to giggle.

"Yeah I left him home one time and he got into the laundry room and ate some detergent, he was throwing up a lot I thought he was going to die. But I'm glad to see he is better."

"Mr. Maxwell are you planning to check out Sherlock?" The nurse from the back asked preparing some papers.

"Yes." he stood up "Excuse me" He went to the counter and signed some papers and was handed a card. He walked back to her. He sat next to her closer than before which h made her a bit uncomfortable.

"Your name is Maxwell?" Mina couldn't help but ask. She really wanted to know his name.

" Yeah my last name, my name is Duo, Duo Maxwell. It's very nice to meet you miss.?"

"Mina Aino, Nice to meet you too" Mina smiled and they exchanged a formal handshake.

From outside a horn was heard. Duo sighed he knew it was trowa becoming impatient. Mina looked into duo's face and she knew it must've been duo's girlfriend.

"Ugh, well that's my signal. I should be leaving." Duo stood, as did mina while she handed him Sherlock.

"Oh um, Sherlock hasn't been eating, the nurse told me.I just thought you should know." Mina added as the dog was in Duo's arms completely now.

"Really? That's strange he usually eats everything, that's how we ended up here." Duo and Mina had laughed together and both stepped out the door of the little clinic. Mina immediately checked the car's passenger sit. It was a man.

"This could be a good thing or a bad thing.." Mina frowned. She watched Duo go up to the car, which was very sexy, and give Sherlock to the man in the passenger seat.

"Oh, Mina this is my friend, Trowa Barton." Duo smiled and Trowa waved.

"We should be leaving, Heero is ready and he said it was important."

"Hmm, hold up." Mina ran to mina and pulled out a card from his back jean pocket. "Here call me if you want, maybe we can get together sometime"

"Thanks . maybe we can do that." Mina blushed

With that Duo was off to the hospital to pick up Heero. At the second red light two blocks down Duo slammed his fist into the stirring wheel.

"Fucking Shit!!" Duo shouted

"That the fuck is wrong with you?" Trowa shouted back

"I gave her the wrong card."

Trowa couldn't help but laugh.

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"Maxwell's girls?" Mina was shocked and disgusted. "That pervert!" She ripped the card into two and proceeded down the street in the opposite direction towards her home.

*To be continued*

As stated earlier this chapter will be divided into a few pieces, don't worry though, the next chapter should be out soon.

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