Disclaimer: I don't' own Codename: KND. I'm pretty sure an idea like this has probably been done… or something like that but does it matter right now? Didn't think so! And yeah I'd hate to say it but it won't be as humorous as it sounds but I'm not one to be too serious so stick around some humor will show up.

Operation 10: Tee hee…

"OH MY GOSH!!!!" That was the only statement running through her mind as his grip on her shoulder loosened a little. She was shocked stiff at the moment. "This is not happening." She thought to herself before feeling him retreat from her unresponsive mouth. "No!" She practically screamed in her mind following his mouth as it went to pull away.

She found herself pinching him a little when a smile spread on his lips before he moved to hug her closer to him in an attempt to deepen the kiss a little. She slowly brought her hands up to his chest pulling away gently. Her dark eyes studied his face. He had a pretty rouge stain across his face as he pursed his lips inward dimly wondering if he was only imagining things.

"Sorry." He said softly pulling his hands away from her.

"For what? It was nice…" She smiled at him wondering if her face has the same red to it as his did. She sucked on her lower lip before grasping his face in her hands and bent in to kiss him again.

"Oh dear god…" Mooshie said from the doorway. Both Kuki and Wally looked in that direction to see both Mooshie and her father standing in the doorway.

"Well, I have to go meet the others anyway. Some paint ball scheme between the Ex Delightful Children and Ex Kids Next Door." He said watching Kuki grin a little.

"And I wasn't invited… I'm hurt. After all I was Numbuh three."

"Yeah, yeah…" He waved her off. "It starts at three-thirty if you're going to show up. Good day, Sir." He saluted her father and nodded at Mooshie before finishing his hurried exit. Kuki sighed softly. "Perfect timing Mooshie..."

"Well, Daddy was looking for you and we came to see if you were here."

"I see…" She said softly picking up her brush to brush out her hair.

"You can't ignore me forever…" Her father said as she cut her eyes at him before going back to her hair.

"Perhaps not..." She said making Mooshie gasp. For the first time in a year she responded to her father directly. "After all you are my father… I'll just do the opposite of what you really want me to do. After all it was your poor judgment that made things this way." She said icily as Mooshie walked out of the room.

"Kuki, don't you understand people make mistakes."

"Sure I do… I've made them myself first one being that I let myself lose touch with the friends who accepted me, ignorance and all. Second one was never telling you how I felt about the whole thing."

"I know you're hurt and you're angry."

"YOU CAN NEVER BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW HURT AND ANGRY I AM!!!" She screamed making her father back up. Daughter or not the girl was scary when expressing her anger. "You didn't see her. You never saw how heartbroken she was when she explained to grandma and grandpa about the divorce. You never saw her weakening because of her therapy. You never saw her try to force out the energy just to help me remain the happy kid I was. You never watched as her hair fell from its roots in clumps as everyday passed. I saw all of those things… I was even there when she uttered her last words."  She paused.

"Kuki…"

"You and Mooshie were spared that much." She snapped at her father. "I was there holding her hand wishing for her to get better. Hoping everything would be alright despite the situation. What hurts most is that even with her dying breath she declared how much she still loved you and how I shouldn't be bitter to you. She asked- no begged me to forgive you. But how can I when you've broken her up more than she already was?" She turned to him. "Then because I was still underage and grandma and grandpa couldn't care for me because they had their own things to deal with I had to come back to you and her. I'll admit she tries to be nice but when I look at her all I can see is the reason why mom didn't try to fight hard enough. If she just fought harder she would've had a chance to live longer."

"Kuki…" He touched her shoulder and she flinched but for the first time she didn't push him away. "Just thought you might want something to wear to the dance tonight…" A soft thud fell to the bed and she dimly remembered there was supposed to be a father daughter dance that evening with fellow colleagues from different schools.

"I'M NOT GOING!!!" She screamed as the door closed. She looked at the box on her bed and sighed leaving the house.


"Abby, Are you ready?" The voice of Nigel Uno rang from the doorway of the girl's barracks.
"Come on in… there's no one here but me." Abby called hearing his footsteps enter the empty room. She was sitting on her Suitcase looking at a picture in her grasp.

"It's almost three-thirty. The others will be waiting on us."

"I want to talk to you…" The girl said softly turning towards him. Despite the fact she had cut her hair and had it permed straight only to curl the short hair in some sort of layers, her bangs managed to stay the longest thing on her head. Right now those long bangs touched her lowered eyelash shielding the one true window to how she was really feeling.

"Ok…" He sat down on the bed next to her.

"Was it true??"

"Was what true?"

"What Lizzie did, you know not taking her pills."

"I thought that would've have been confirmed to everyone about now."

"That was just wrong." She said.

"Abby, why did it take for all of us to get to Boot camp to become friends again?" Nigel asked suddenly.

"I don't know. It started with Kuki leaving the group."

"Then you left. Why did you leave?"

"It's complicated…" She said simply.

"Too complicated to tell me, one of your better friends in our circle next to Kuki?"  She looked at him then at her lap where her old red cap was resting. She sucked on her bottom lip.

"Listen, I was sitting here for maybe an hour and a half now. Wondering if I should tell you the secret I've kept since we first found out you and Lizzie was together."

"A secret? What secret??"

"I loved you... and still do." She whispered.

"What?!?!"

"Yes, I know it's not like me at all but this may be the only chance I'll do this. I love you Nigel Uno… always have… I might always will." She looked at him. "I can't help it. It's just that even back then we had so much in common and you had my back all the time. But we were kids and you were with Lizzie and I couldn't take it anymore so I left hoping to get over you."

"Did it work??"

"No… I mean I'm going to ramble on like Kuki would but… I love everything about you. Your accent, your shiny bald head, and the red shirt you always seem to have duplicates of even as we grew up… The sousaphone you play. I can't help it but I had to let it out now." She said lowering her head.

Her body was relaxed waiting for the rejection she just knew would come. In the relaxed position he could see the photo. It was a photo of him backing her up back in the KND days… it was also the day Kuki managed to save them with the flash camera she was carrying. Yup she saved them after making things worse with the flash camera. Before she knew it his hand crossed her line of vision making her jump. His hand paused before brushing her bangs to the side.

"You shouldn't wear your bangs that way. They don't suit you." He said eyeing her face. "Listen, I'm still getting over what Lizzie did… we were together for a long time. But given another week or two, to recover from this place, I'll have money to take you out to the movies or dinner or something."

"Don't give me a pity date…" She said as he stood up in an outfit duplicate to his KND days. She stood showing she too was in a similar outfit to those days.

"No one mentioned a pity date. You really are a cute girl Abby." He winked sliding on black shades. She slipped her cap on her head and together they walked to the paintball field. The (ex) DCFDTL were already there in their old formation while Wally, Hoagie and Kuki were there waiting for the two to show up.

"This should prove interesting." The (ex) DCFDTL said in their old monotone. They couldn't help but look at each other… was that how they really sounded??

"Ex- KND… Battle Stations!!"
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