Kid- (03/13/04) Well. Now I'm so.....*grumbles* that I have to start the fourth chapter of Disappearance.

Fuyu: Now you're so what?

Kid- *mutters*

Fuyu- What?

Kid- EXCITED! HAPPY! *Grabs frying pan and hurls it at Fuyu, who ducks just in time.* Happy now?!!

Fuyu- Ah! That wasn't very nice Kid. Why did you do that?

Kid- You know what Fuyu? You should be a psychiatrist. You'd do go at it.

Fuyu- Oro?

Kid- Nevermind. Nevermind. On with the story.

Relena jumps out of Heero's arms, who follows, trying to keep his composure. Relena flings open the door, and not bothering to see who it is, hugs them.

"Miss Relena. I'm happy to see that you missed me, but I do believe you need to look at who you're hugging." Relena's eyes fly open, then she looks up to see her butler. "Oh. I'm sorry. I thought you were Duo." "Yes well. Who do you think rang the doorbell?" Suddenly, Duo's head pops out from behind him, a giant grin on his face. "Ohayo gozaimasu, Relena- san!" Relena pushes the butler inside and tightly embraces Duo. "Uh.. Relena." Duo says after a while. "Hello!" Duo's face begins to turn blue. "Re- le-n-*cough* Ple-ase. I can't... Breath!" Relena lets go, covering her mouth. "Oh my! I'm so sorry, Duo." She helps up the fallen Duo. "I'm just so happy to see you." Duo backs up from the girl as her fingernail brushes over his nose. "DUO MAXWELL HOW COULD YOU! YOU LEFT US WITH NO EXPLINATION! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT! I SHOULD-" "Relena. Slow down." Heero watches from the stairs, his arms crossed.

"HEERO!" Duo rushes past Relena and throws his arms around Heero. "Duo?" Heero pulls Duo away to see crystaline tears shining in the amaythist depths. "I missed you. And Relena. I'm sorry. I know you must be mad at me. Relena just proved that." Relena smacks Duo slightly. "Heh heh. Sorry, but it was sudden for me to." Duo embraces Heero again, and this time, Heero returns the embrace.

"DUO!!!!!!" Comes two distinct voices. Duo and Heero release only to have Duo surrounded by Wufei, Quatre, Trinton, Catherine and even Zechs was there. "Where did you go? We were so worried about you!" Says Catherine. "Welcome back, Maxwell." "Humph. Yeah. You're lucky, Maxwell." "...." Zechs whispers something, and Trinton smiles. Duo smiles back, hugging all of them for the first time in over two years.

There was a party for Duo Maxwell. Everyone enjoyed themselves, even Heero would have had to admit that.

"Hey hey, guys!" Wufei and Heero turn around to see what Duo wants, and instead of getting a few sentances, got an ear and nose full of four cupcakes. "Here have some of Relena's wonderful cupcakes! Uh-oh..." Duo whispers as they wipe the icing and cake from their faces. "Omae o-o KOROSU!" Heero yells, grabbing a bowl of ice cream and running after Duo, a smile finding it's way on his face every now and then. Heero grabs a handful of the ice cream and hurls it at Duo with unmarred aim and watches as it slides down his hair and into the back of his shirt. "Cold cold cold coldcoldcoldcoldcoldheeroyouratI'llgetyouforthat! Getthisout!!" Duo jumps around, knocking down a few people, chairs and tables along the way. Finally, it comes out, landing on the floor with a satisfied *plop!* Duo peels his shirt from his back. "Now I'm all sticky! That was mean Hee- chan!" Suddenly, Heero bursts out laughing, causing everyone to stop and look at him in amazment. Heero never laughs. But in this situation, it was etched, then passed on.

"Well," Relena says, holding on to Heero who is still chuckling every now and then. "Why did you leave?" Duo smiles, nodding. "Well, it's like this: Guys, and girls," he adds on after her own version of Heero's Death Glare is pointed at him. "You are now looking at Father Maxwell." Silence. And more silence until Quatre says "You? You're a priest? That's where you were?" Duo nods. "Why didn't you tell us?!" Catherine yells. Duo backs up, remembering her accuracy with knifes, which just so happened to be in one of her hands. "Heh.. Uh.. It was a spur of the moment thing, Cath. I just kept walking around in the forest and found a spot that I liked and built a small shack there. I completely divoted myself to my studies and I hadn't had contact with anyone until today. Except the animals." Duo explains. "I kinda became a vegitarien for those two years too, since there were no chickens or cows around to eat. There was the fish though. I ate too much of it, and not enough real meat." Duo begins to drool thinking about the meat. "Anyway, I also learned how to sew." "WHAT?! Duo Maxwell?! Are we sure this is him? The Duo I know wouldn't even be able to thread a needle without causing some globle catastrophie, much less actually sewing!" Relena gasps. "Hey! I'm not that bad! I did make this shirt, which Heero so graciously ruined!" He says, backing up his "skills".

The doorbell rings, taking their attention off of Duo's new confessions. Relena goes to the door, muttering. "Everyone's here. Who could it be?" She opens the door silently and gasps when she sees Hilde in the door way, with giant men around her, two beside and one behind. "A-ano, hello Hilde. How are you?" Relena asks. Hilde smiles. "I'm fine if I could get these bastards away from me." Relena smiles and opens her mouth to say something but Hilde spots Duo, who's smile was already the biggest in the room, minus maybe Hilde's. "Duo.. Duo?" Hilde takes a step forward, then sprints into his open arms. Tears fall on Duo's self made shirt. "I've missed you so much, Duo! Why did you leave me! Why?" Duo rubs the Germans back, trying to calm her. "I'm sorry Hilde. I should have said someting. But it's okay now. I'm back and I'm not leaving you again, and that's a promise from a priest." Hilde immidently stops crying. "A priest? But?" Duo nods. "I'm a priest now. That's why I was gone for so long." Relena smiles, leaning against Heero who wraps his arm around her shoulder, drawing her closer.

Then, Duo gently pushes Hilde away from himself, and drops down, digging through his pockets. Finally he pulls out a small box and opens it, showing Hilde a gold ring with a single diamond and two moonstones on each side. "Hilde? Will you marry me? I know I've been gone for a long time, but I hoped to make up for it with the time we can spend together afterword." Hilde's eyes begin to water again, the tears easily flowing down her cheeks. "Yes! Of.. Of course!" Duo smiles, placing the ring on her finger and standing up. He brings Hilde in and gently covers her lips with his own. His first kiss that he actually meant.

"Uh.. I'm sorry to interupt you, but I'm wondering about something." Duo and Hilde look up at Catherine. "Duo, you're a priest. Are you going to marry yourself and Hilde?" Everyone looks at Catherine then at Duo. "No! That'd just be too strange." He steps back and holds a pretend Bible in front of him. "Hilde, do you take me, Duo Maxwell to be your lawfully wedded husband to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, through sickness and health." Duo imitates Hilde. "'I do.'" Duo stands in front of Hilde, and faces where he used to stand. "Duo, do you- 'Yes I do, now hurry it up' Mr. Maxwell, if you want to make this marriage legal, you'll let me finish! 'But come on, can't you hurry up? You can talk a bit faster can't you? I think I saw a snail pass us.' Mr. Maxwell, if you want this to be legal then you'd better shut up!" Duo looks back at Catherine skeptically. "Uh. No, I'm not Cat. Good question though. Anyone else want a demonstration?" Duo jokes. He slumps his shoulders when seven heads shake 'no' vigorously. "Meanies!"

"Humph. I see no reason for you to leave without telling us or even writing to us." Duo looks up a Zechs disbelievingly. "You actually wanted to know where I was?" Zechs opens his mouth to say something, but Duo imediantly jumps at him and tightly hugs Zechs. "Aww. You like me! You really like me!" He lifts his head up and looks at the gaping ex-pilots and girls. "Eat your heart out Orlando Bloom! You've got nothing on me!" He jumps back from his hug for Zechs and smiles. "Hey Relena? Where's that cake. I'm kinda getting hungry." Relena laughs and goes to the kitchen. Duo's smile widens as the cake is brought in, eighteen candles on it, burning brightly. She hands it to Duo, and before they can say "Blow out the candles" he blows, making his wish.

~owari.

Kid: Yes, I know, technically, that shouldn't be the end. I should have at least a couple hundred more words added on, but like this ending. You may get a sequel, you may not. Depends on if you ask. If you do, I'll add in the wedding for Duo and Hilde..... *grins* Duo being the preist at his wedding. I'd like to actually see that.

Fuyu: Yes. I would too. But we have a problem. I can't find Fushigi.

Kid: *Shrugs* So I hid her body well. Not on purpose ya know.

Fuyu: YOU KILLED HER! HOW COULD YOU!?!

Kid: Woah. Calm down Fuyu. I didn't kill her. I just hid her. That's all. Yes, she has oxygen *rolls eyes.*.

Fuyu: Oh. Okay. Fine then.

Fushigi: *From below floor* Help! Get me out of here! Kid I'll kill you!!!! *bangs on floor* KID!!!!!

Kid: do you hear something Fuyu?

Fuyu: *listening intently* No. Do you?

Kid: No. Come on, let's go get something to eat. *follow Fuyu out*

Fushigi: Kid? Fuyu? Guys. Come on.. This isn't funny. Please. Let me out! Guys?! GET ME OUT!!! SNAKE!!!!!! AHHH!

~Owari. Really.