I probably won't have another update for the next few weeks. There won't be one next week because, the way this is going, there won't be all that many chapters (Sorry! I just can't seem to make it longer!) and I don't want to run out. There won't be one the week after that because I'll be in Washington D.C. for a 4-H trip. Hey, if any of you guys know what I'm talking about (Citizenship Focus), let me know. I'd consider meeting you IF (read, only if) you're a 4-H'er who's going to be participating and not just a local citizen.
Okay, this is really bothering me! Has anyone else noticed that on the animated guitar guy on the VH1/MTV production '100 Most Metal Moments' (which, by the way, was totally awesome!!), looks kinda like Trowa? I mean, you only see the back of his head, but the way his hair falls over his face makes me picture a unibang! On that note, has anyone heard the song 'No Smoke Without a Fire' by Bad Company? (Come on, I know some of you have, or at least have access to the song!) Doesn't Brian Howe (the lead singer) sound like Trowa in that song? If Trowa sang? Maybe it's just my over-obsessed imagination...
Last thing, I promise! Is anyone else having problems getting asterisks, those wavy lines, or the special #6 sign we use to make faces to show up on here? I don't have that problem anywhere but FF.net and was wondering whether or not it was just my browser. Until that gets resolved, some of my formatting is going to look kinda funny; let me know if you can't follow it.
Reviewers:
serenity: Thank you! Hope I didn't make you count too much...[sweatdrop]
Ashen Skies: As you can see, I used your good idea. Thanks! And the chapters will alternate between short and long...leaning more towards the short side...sorry! [hides] I'll try to meet your standards; I'm in a bit of a pickle further in the story, though...ugh! Thanks for the review!
crimsonseraph: Well, they're not literally the same person; Din Maxwell got it right with the guess of soul-mates. The same person...that would be kinda scarey...[hides] Thanks, though!
Hikaru: Creepy? Hehe, I haven't heard that one before! Maybe these next few updates will be more normal for you. [grin] LOL, that's a good attitude! Thanks a bunch!
Din Maxwell: Yay, someone got it! [dances] I didn't think anyone would! Good job! [gives candy and plushies] Thanks for reading, and I'll write as much as I can!
Nikkler: Eep! LOL! You should know...I'm one of the worst bowlers you'll ever meet. I got four gutter balls in a row and ended the game with a score of 23. [sweatdrop] Sad, huh? Hehe, thanks for the inspiring review!
Thanks to all the readers who didn't review!
The taller of the two five year-old boys slowed his swinging, watching the shorter one kick his legs back and forth to gain more altitude. Moments later they were swinging in rhythm. "Hey, Heero!" the shorter boy giggled, looking over at him. "'Lena said if you swing side-by-side with a person, you gotta marry them!" 'Lena, or Relena, the boys' friend, led their preschool in the area of love.
The other boy laughed. "Then when we grow up, let's get married!"
This made his friend huff. "Why do we hafta wait that long? 'Lena said if you marry someone, you getta live forever with them! I wanna live with you!"
"Only adults can get married, silly!"
Now the shorter boy was getting upset. "But I what if you decide to marry someone else?"
Heero slowed himself down and stopped. His friend, puzzled, did the same. When they'd both stopped, Heero looked the other boy dead in the eye. "I promise I'll only marry you, Duo, and no one else."
"And I promise I'll only marry you!" They smiled at each other.
"Ya know, I was gonna ask you to marry me anyway." Heero kicked off the ground and began swinging. "Hilde said you marry the person you love, and I love you." It could be said that the boy's love struck teenage cousin had an...odd...effect on him.
Duo giggled and began swinging again. "I love you too!"
They continued to swing in companionable silence. Heero broke it with a tentative, "Duo? We'll always be friends, right?"
"Of course we will! I'll always always be your friend, no matter what! Besides, we're getting married, remember?" Duo chided with a cheeky grin.
Heero smiled, something only Duo was allowed to see. "Yeah."
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"Get away from me!"
"Shorty, shorty, shorty!" the small group of bullies jeered at the boy pinned against the building. It didn't seem to matter to them that he was only a few inches shorter than they were. "What's 'a matter, shorty, gonna start crying? Crybaby, crybaby!"
"Leave him alone." Deep blue eyes full of ice turned their full wrath at the group as their owner stepped in front of Duo. The anger on the otherwise emotionless face silenced the bullies and moments later sent them running the other way. Heero turned around, eyes and expression immediately soft. "You okay?"
"Uh-huh." Duo, however, sniffed and rubbed at his eyes.
Heero hugged him, and Duo held onto him tightly. "I'll never let anyone hurt you."
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"I can't."
"Yeah you can! Come on, Heero, it's easy!" Duo beamed, leaning his training wheel-less bike towards Heero. "I'll teach 'ya!"
"Okay..." Heero decided uncertainly, straddling the bike as if he would his own.
Duo giggled happily and held the bike against himself. "Just sit down like it's your bike," he instructed, and his friend did. The bike immediately began to tip, but Duo held it tight.
Heero, however, didn't seem very reassured. "Duo, I dunno..."
"You can do it! I'll be right here, I won't let you fall," Duo promised, beginning to walk with the bike. "Now pedal kinda slow; I can't keep up if you go fast." The shorter boy walked them around his driveway to let Heero get the feel of the bike. "Now squeeze the handles and put one of your feet down to stop."
Heero did as he was told with no trouble. "How am I doing?"
"Very good! The first time I stopped I nearly fell outta the seat," Duo said flatly, but his eyes were shining with excitement. "Okay, let's work on turning."
A half an hour later the two boys were still practicing. Duo was jogging to keep up with Heero, who was pedaling faster at Duo's coaxing. The shorter boy had taken to running out of Heero's line of sight to keep up. Duo glanced up at Heero. The taller boy's attention was focused solely on his balance and what lay ahead of him. The braided boy smiled and let go gently, slowing to a stop as Heero kept going down his driveway.
Heero turned at the end of the driveway - and saw Duo. The other boy had his arms crossed across his chest and was smiling proudly, the expression more worthy of a father than a six year-old boy. "Duo!" he called, beaming. "I'm doing it! I'm really doing it!"
Duo laughed and clapped. "See? I told you you could!"
Heero stopped carefully beside his friend, leaned over, and hugged him. "Thanks, Duo!"
Duo hugged him back, grinning. "You're welcome."
If you can't guess, these are just a few of the happy moments out of their childhood that will eventually be used later in the story. See if you can't guess a trend in the song titles if you get bored and, again, sorry for the length! The next one will be much longer, I promise!
And in case you're wondering, I doubt the other G-boys will be in this one [sniffle]. I tried, but I just don't see where I can fit them in. Sorry!