Tori: KaZaAAAAAAAAA! *huggles computer*

Awa & Kegawa: *sweatdrop*

Awa: She really loves that illegal music, doesn't she?

Kegawa: Yup…

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            Surprisingly Duo and Wu Fei's last minutes together were spent in perfect harmony. There was no name-calling or hair-pulling or life-threatening though that last one there had become a bit meaningless. Ironically, Heero had actually managed to carry out several of his death threats.

            New York glimmered in the distance and grew steadily closer as the breeze bore them east.

            "Sooo, we're not gonna be too far from each other. Tri-state area I guess," Duo mumbled, trying not to let his friends see how upset he was from the whole ordeal. "I mean, New Jersey people take day trips to New York all the time, right? Hey, we'll probably end up seeing each other in Little Italy or something…"

            Duet shook her head a bit, but in exasperation rather than negation. "Duo, all I can say is pray. It'll get you further than you'd believe."

            The group was above the Hudson River Bay, the Statue of Liberty towering over the tourists below them. The Chinese boy caught his breath as sunlight glanced off the Empire State Building. The three frowned at the gaping hole in the skyline and proceeded in respectful silence until they were over the area and in the heart of the city.

            "Is Maria in China Town?" he asked.

            "No such luck. She's in Manhattan," Duet replied. "But you get a God point for remembering her name."

            "God points…?" the two echoed.

            "GREAT! Now we're being graded on this stuff?" Duo cried and threw his hands up in the arm, spreading his wings for emphasis.

            "Um, no. I was only kidding, Duo."

            "Oh." He lowered his arms and looked between the other two sheepishly then lowered his gaze. "Ward at four o'clock!"

            Wu Fei and Duet both looked down to see a Spanish girl about their age sitting on a bench outside a deli. A man appeared in the doorway and she rose and followed him inside.

            "I guess this is goodbye," Wu Fei smiled sourly.

            "For now, at least," Duo added and rested a hand on the Chinese boy's shoulder.

            "Good luck, Wu-bie doo!" Duet called as he descended after the girl.

            "DON'T CALL ME THAT, ONNA!" he yelled back and disappeared though the same doorway.

            "I pity that girl…" the braided boy frowned as a flash of light marked the transition. Another soul drifted serenely away from the scene with a nod in Duet's general direction.

            There was a moment of silence, and Duo looked from right to left in surprise. Then he stopped and raised his hand. "I volunteer to go next!"

            "…" Duet crossed her arms and smirked. "Let's go, baka." With another powerful stroke of her wings, the two began to drift south.

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Tori: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! End of chapter!

Kegawa & Awa:  `(o-O)'***  O__o***

Tori: *sadistic smirk* Ain't you curious as to what's gonna happen next???

Ke: Duet drops Duo off?

Tori: Then… THE PLOT THICKENS! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Awa: *scrolling through the next chapters* …well, that's nothing to laugh about…