California or Bust! - Chapter Fifteen: One Week Left?!
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Disclaimer: Whaddya know? I don't own Gundam Wing. Go figure. Kio, Mia, Rebi, Lisi, and Em courtesy of their real life personas. There ya go.
AN: Just a note, I forgot to check the last chapter for spelling and grammer mistakes. Sorry about that, I'm sure there's a lot. I'm currently trying to type up this chapter really fast before I have to leave for California today. Isn't it exciting? The origin of my fic! Anywho, let's get on with the chapter.
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Heero drearily opened his eyes the next morning. "Ugh... What the.... Where am I?" he sat up quickly and put a hand to his already aching head.
Someone put a hand on his chest and gently pushed him back down into a lying position. "Take it easy," Kio said softly. "You didn't sleep too well."
Heero looked up at Kio's tired face. "You look as if you didn't get much sleep either." Kio shrugged and Heero looked around the room. "Where is everyone?"
"Rebi and Trowa are on the roof, at least, I think they still are, but I haven't heard from them in a while so I'm not sure. Li and Quatre went shopping about an hour ago, so I don't expect to hear from them for quite some time. And Duo, Wufei, Mia, and Em went to work on the gundams," Kio finished, finally taking a breath.
"The gundams?!" Heero yelled, sitting straight up and lying back down slowly, moaning at his own pain and stupidity.
Kio sighed. "Yeah! You know, the big chunks of metal with sweet ass weapons."
Heero looked sad. "I have to talk with everyone when they all get back."
"Oooookay..." Kio replied, obviously confused.
Heero smiled before motioning for Kio to move closer to him. Kio walked up to him, looking worried. Heero motioned for her to move closer yet again. Kio kneeled beside the bed. Heero grinned, pulling her face closer to his, and kissing her softly before falling back onto the pillows, fast asleep.
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Rebi was pretending to stare at the sky but was really staring at Trowa's well-toned chest muscles. Trowa had removed his shirt, claiming it was 'too hot for a turtleneck'. Rebi didn't complain.
Trowa caught her staring and grinned. "Whatcha staring at?"
Rebi snapped out of her drooling and blushed. "Nothing!" she managed to squeak.
Trowa just grinned and started laughing. Rebi 'hmphed' and turned away, pretending to be angry when she clearly wasn't.
Trowa's smile widened and he pulled Rebi into his lap. He turned her face towards his and planted butterfly kisses all over the pale complexion.
Rebi giggled profusely. "Trowa, you're such a romantic. It's no wonder I love you," she smiled at him and met his next kiss passionately.
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"Hand me a screwdriver," Duo called from inside the cockpit of Deathscythe.
"Sure thing Shini-babe!" Mia yelled, passing him a screwdriver.
"Shini-babe?" questioned Em.
"What? You and Wufei have 'Wu-man' and 'Nataku', so why can't I have Shini-babe?" retorted Mia.
Em paled. "How did... You know about.... Nataku...?"
Mia grinned widely. "What? You guys thought you were being QUIET in the closet at your birthday party?" Em and Wufei gulped and Mia just laughed. "Don't worry, I won't tell."
A cloud of smoke errupted from Deathschyte's cockpit. "You okay Shini?" Mia questioned, looking down through the cloud of smoke curiously.
Duo appeared, his face a smokey black. "Yeah, but I can't get this think to connect properly."
"Well... What is it?" Mia asked, turning her head to one side like a puppy.
"The main power..." Duo replied shyly.
Mia laughed. "Move aside Shini-babe," she said, before sliding into the cockpit beside Duo. "You just connect the red with the blue and the green with the yellow."
"You sure?" asked the disbelieving Duo.
"You ever doubted me before? Don't answer that. Just flip the switch," Mia said.
Duo closed his eyes tightly and flicked the switch into the 'on' position. The lights of the cockpit came on as Duo opened his eyes. "Wow! Thanks babe!"
"No problem!" Mia grinned and kissed Duo lightly on the cheek.
Duo wrapped his arms around her waist and began to kiss her passionately before Em interrupted him. "Guys, please knock it off. Mia, you and Duo, ALONE in the small space of a gundam cockpit proves to give me VERY bad mental images!" Em yelled as Wufei gagged childishly.
Mia grinned devishly. "Honestly Em, it's not like we're having sex in here, but if that's what you want..." Mia smirked, leaping on top of Duo, sliding her hand down his back beneath his shirt and her tongue in his mouth.
"MIA!!!!!" Em screeched.
Mia grinned and stopped, climbing out of the cockpit. "Come on Em, it's not like you haven't been DYING to get at Wu-man like that!"
Wufei blushed while Em turned beet red and looked ready to completely annahilate Mia from the face of the planet, that is, before her cell began to ring. "Hello? Ya? Ok. See ya," she hung up. "We're supposed to go back home. Don't know why, Kio's orders. I'll deal with you later Mia," she glared as she left.
Mia winked and grinned. "Sure ya will Em, if Wu-man's not keeping you too occupied.
(AN: You have no idea as to how difficult it was not to start laughing everytime I wrote 'cockpit'. I am so hyper right now it's not even funny.)
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Quatre and Li were walking VERY carefully through a rather large china store. They passed a shelf of particularily sparkly teacups and stopped.
Quatre gazed at the tea cups with wide eyes. "Ooooh! Sparkly!" he grinned psycotically and began to go all out Zero system when Li began laughing madly.
"BWAHAHAHA!!!" she laughed. "Dance with the sparkly teacups or the evil penguins will get you!" she screamed.
The store manager promptly had the two escorted out of the store, ending their teacup insanity.
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"Hey, Heero. What did you want to talk to us all about?" Duo questioned.
It was an hour later and everyone had returned home and were currently all gathered in the living room. Well... ALMOST everyone.
Heero looked around the room taking a head count. "Where's Rebi and Trowa?" Everyone shrugged and Heero walked outside, figuring the two were still up on the roof. He walked onto the deck and immediately noticed a while blouse that had a nametag reading 'Hi! My name is Rebi!'. Heero sweatdropped adn looked up just in time to see a white bra land on his face. He quickly batted it away. He then drew his gun and pointed it straight in the air.
Mia grinned as she peered through the door to the roof, a camera in front of her face, the shutter clicking every two seconds. She jumped when she heard a gunshot and quickly ran back into the house.
Rebi jumped about a foot in the air. "Holy shit! What was that?!"
"I think it was Heero's way of saying 'stop making out on the roof'," Trowa said, handing her his turtleneck. "You'd better put this on."
Rebi smiled and blushed. "Thanks Trowa..."
Everyone had finally gathered in the living room. Heero cleared his throat. "Well, now that everyone's FINALLY here," he glared at Rebi and Trowa. "I have an announcement."
"Well!" yelled Mia. "Out with it already!"
Heero sighed. "We have to leave."
Rebi stood up, knocking over the coffee table. "WHAT?! WHEN?!"
"Chill Rebi," Kio sighed exasperatedly. "They still have a week."
Rebi glared. "And when did YOU find this out?!"
"We won't go there," Kio stated firmly.
Heero coughed to gain everyone's attention. "ANYWAY, the gundams will be finished in a few days and that gives us the rest of the week to 'prepare'. That's all." Heero finished as he left the room, leaving the now upset occupants to think.
Li burst out crying and wrapped her arms around Quatre, collapsing in his grip. Quatre held her comfortingly, talking to her gently and tears running slowly down his face.
Kio left for her room to mope, not wanting to talk to anyone.
Rebi appeared angry but then looked at Trowa and embraced him tightly, sobbing into his bare chest.
Em stared at Wufei for a long time and then hugged him tightly. Wufei looked slightly ruffled, but then warily returned the embrace.
Mia just stood there and stared at the spot where Heero recently stood. "I can't believe it..." she muttered, walking outside slowly.
When Duo tried to go after her, Li stopped him. "Don't bother," she shook her head sadly. "Mia's had a rough life. This is just going to make it worse."
"But..." Duo stuttered, staring at the door. "She's so happy when she's with me! I know I want to spend every minute of the day with her, and... I'm sure she feels the same!"
Li sighed and smiled. "All right, go ahead," she moved aside to let him pass. When Duo had left, Quatre put his arms around Li's shoulders comfortingly.
"He really does love her..." Quatre said, tightening his grip on Li.
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Duo walked onto the deck to see Mia, sitting on the cold wood, leaning against the railing, hugging her knees to her chest and sobbing. He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders tightly. "Shhh..."
Mia sobbed in his grip. "Why do you have to go..."
Duo smiled warmly. "That's just how things go sometimes. But we should spend as much time together now... while we still can..."
Mia smiled slightly, tears still running softly down her face. "Alright..." she moved closer into Duo's arms, only half-heartedly agreeing with him.
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The others were still moping around the living room when they heard glass shatter from Kio's room.
They all ran towards her doorway, but Heero got there first. "Oh god... Kio...!" he ran into the bedroom frantically, glass shattered all over the carpet. Kio was lying in the middle of it, letting the shards pierce her flesh. "Someone get some alchohal and bandages!" Heero shouted, his now bloody feet standing on the many crystalline shards. He slowly picked Kio up, the extra weight putting more pressure on his already bleeding feet. He lay her on her stomach on the bed, silencing any arguments with the stern look in his eyes.
Li and Rebi returned with a bottle of alchohal and lots of bandages. Heero motioned for them all to leave.
Only then did Kio speak. "Thank you Hee-chan..."
Heero looked at her, his eyes slightly softer but still remained the stern look. "Why did you do that Kiomay?" he questioned, pulling up the back of her shirt a bit and gently pulling out the glass shards, cutting his own hands in the process.
"I got scared..." she muttered, clenching her teeth as Heero dabbed alchohal on the cuts.
"Well don't do it again," he said, finishing her back and the backs of her arms. "Do you want me to get one of the girls to finish up?"
Kio shook her head. "It's either my Hee-chan, or nobody."
Heero was slightly embarassed to bandage Kio's lower half, but seeing as he didn't want it to get an infection, he finished the bandaging while trying to keep his mind elsewhere.
Kio glanced at his blood soaked hands and feet. "Now it's my turn," she said, sitting up and pulling Heero's hand towards her. Heero hissed as the first drop of alchohal hit the cut. "Honestly Heero," sighed Kio. "It won't kill you! Now be a good boy and let me finish!"
After Kio had finished bandaging Heero's hands and feet, she lay back on her bed, exhausted. Heero lay beside her on his side, equally tired. Kio moved so her back was basically molded against his chest. She yawned. "Night Hee-chan..." she muttered before drifting off to sleep.
Heero wrapped his bandaged hands around her body gently, pressing her closer to him. "Goodnight Kio..." and he too drifted into a deep slumber.
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Trowa led a weeping Rebi up the stairs and onto the roof with hopes that the drifting clouds would calm her. Luckily, the sight of white puffs passing leisurly over the pale blue sky seemed to do the trick. Trowa wrapped his arms around her lightly from behind. "Thank you Trowa..." she mumbled, sinking into his gentle grip.
Trowa tightened his grip on her. "Rebi..."
Rebi looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. "Yeah?" she sniffed.
"I love you... more than anyone else. No matter what, I WILL find a way back to you!" Trowa exclaimed, sounding very confident.
Rebi smiled. "I know you will..." she said softly. "I know you will..." she whispered, as if reassuring herself.
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Quatre and Li took Rebi and Trowa's spots on the couch. Quatre was still hugging Li lightly around the shoulders.
"We knew this would be soon," he whispered soothingly. "So let's just make the most of this last week."
"YOU KNEW THIS WOULD BE SOON?!?!?!?" Em screeched.
Wufei answered her. "By the conditions of the Gundams, we knew it couldn't be much longer..."
"YOU KNEW?!" she turned to him, anger filling her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked, her voice softer and quivering as tears threatened to fall.
Wufei could only look away sadly and Em ran out of the room, a few tears escaping her eyes. Wufei stayed where he was, putting his soldier face back on.
"Wufei..." Quatre mumbled quietly.
"Winner, we have ALL lost track of our real mission; to get back home! We are about to complete it, no matter what memories lie behind here," Wufei snapped.
Li stood up angrily, very out of character. "Wufei! Are you just going to break her like that!?" Wufei looked puzzled. Li continued. "She's wanted to see you were real ever since she first saw you! Now you're turning into an obnoxious jerk and she won't even care if you leave! Is that what you want!? Or do you want her to remember you as HER Nataku?!"
Wufei thought this over, bowed deeply, and walked off down the hall.
Li looked confused as she returned to her seat beside Quatre. "What was the bow for?"
Quatre decided to explain. "Wufei, who's used to the old traditions, that's his way of saying 'thank you'," Quatre smiled that Li was able to change Wufei's mind.
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Wufei knocked on the door of the bedroom that Em and Li shared. He recieved an angered 'go away' from inside.
He kept knocking until Em opened the door. "What do you want, Chang?" she growled.
Wufei flinched at the way she spat out his last name. "I... want to apologize..."
"Oh really?" said Em, obviously not convinced. "Then you'd better come in. The all mighty Chang will take a long time to apologize!" she snapped. moving aside and letting him walk into the room. "Well?" she questioned, leaning against the now closed door.
Wufei sighed. "Listen, I'm just angry about leaving and I took it out on you," Wufei bowed very deeply and stayed in that position as he continued. "I am deeply sorry and I am here to ask for your forgiveness."
Em seemed to be thinking and then grinned. "Okay!" she yelled, jumping on Wufei's back, her arms gripped around his neck. "Take me to the bed," Em demanded. Wufei shook his head and dropped Em on the bed, standing beside it. "Sit Wuffie," Em commanded. Wufei sat on the bed, not even slightly annoyed at Em's new pet name. Em pouted. "Aw... You're no fun..." she got a mischevious glint in her eye before jumping on Wufei, forcing him to the mattress. Wufei looked puzzled by her actions and silently wondered to himself if she'd been drinking.
Em pressed herself against the front of Wufei's body, causing him to blush voilently. "Nataku? What are you doing?" he mentally thanked the gods that his voice didn't crack.
"Experimenting..." Em replied, beginning to kiss Wufei passionately. When she realized Wufei wasn't bothered by this, she decided to deepen the kiss by exploring his mouth with her tongue.
When they finally broke off, the were both gasping for breath. Wufei stayed silent while Em spoke. "No wonder Mia and Duo are making out every two seconds. I hate to say it, but Mia was right. I HAVE been dying to get you like that!" Em grinned widely and Wufei's blush deepened.
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END CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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AN: Well, sorry it took so long to get out. I was sick for two weeks and I lost the duotang that contains my fanfic. Needless to say, I was freaking out. I also have exams right now. Anywho, enough of my ranting. Please review, they help me a lot.
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Disclaimer: Whaddya know? I don't own Gundam Wing. Go figure. Kio, Mia, Rebi, Lisi, and Em courtesy of their real life personas. There ya go.
AN: Just a note, I forgot to check the last chapter for spelling and grammer mistakes. Sorry about that, I'm sure there's a lot. I'm currently trying to type up this chapter really fast before I have to leave for California today. Isn't it exciting? The origin of my fic! Anywho, let's get on with the chapter.
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Heero drearily opened his eyes the next morning. "Ugh... What the.... Where am I?" he sat up quickly and put a hand to his already aching head.
Someone put a hand on his chest and gently pushed him back down into a lying position. "Take it easy," Kio said softly. "You didn't sleep too well."
Heero looked up at Kio's tired face. "You look as if you didn't get much sleep either." Kio shrugged and Heero looked around the room. "Where is everyone?"
"Rebi and Trowa are on the roof, at least, I think they still are, but I haven't heard from them in a while so I'm not sure. Li and Quatre went shopping about an hour ago, so I don't expect to hear from them for quite some time. And Duo, Wufei, Mia, and Em went to work on the gundams," Kio finished, finally taking a breath.
"The gundams?!" Heero yelled, sitting straight up and lying back down slowly, moaning at his own pain and stupidity.
Kio sighed. "Yeah! You know, the big chunks of metal with sweet ass weapons."
Heero looked sad. "I have to talk with everyone when they all get back."
"Oooookay..." Kio replied, obviously confused.
Heero smiled before motioning for Kio to move closer to him. Kio walked up to him, looking worried. Heero motioned for her to move closer yet again. Kio kneeled beside the bed. Heero grinned, pulling her face closer to his, and kissing her softly before falling back onto the pillows, fast asleep.
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Rebi was pretending to stare at the sky but was really staring at Trowa's well-toned chest muscles. Trowa had removed his shirt, claiming it was 'too hot for a turtleneck'. Rebi didn't complain.
Trowa caught her staring and grinned. "Whatcha staring at?"
Rebi snapped out of her drooling and blushed. "Nothing!" she managed to squeak.
Trowa just grinned and started laughing. Rebi 'hmphed' and turned away, pretending to be angry when she clearly wasn't.
Trowa's smile widened and he pulled Rebi into his lap. He turned her face towards his and planted butterfly kisses all over the pale complexion.
Rebi giggled profusely. "Trowa, you're such a romantic. It's no wonder I love you," she smiled at him and met his next kiss passionately.
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"Hand me a screwdriver," Duo called from inside the cockpit of Deathscythe.
"Sure thing Shini-babe!" Mia yelled, passing him a screwdriver.
"Shini-babe?" questioned Em.
"What? You and Wufei have 'Wu-man' and 'Nataku', so why can't I have Shini-babe?" retorted Mia.
Em paled. "How did... You know about.... Nataku...?"
Mia grinned widely. "What? You guys thought you were being QUIET in the closet at your birthday party?" Em and Wufei gulped and Mia just laughed. "Don't worry, I won't tell."
A cloud of smoke errupted from Deathschyte's cockpit. "You okay Shini?" Mia questioned, looking down through the cloud of smoke curiously.
Duo appeared, his face a smokey black. "Yeah, but I can't get this think to connect properly."
"Well... What is it?" Mia asked, turning her head to one side like a puppy.
"The main power..." Duo replied shyly.
Mia laughed. "Move aside Shini-babe," she said, before sliding into the cockpit beside Duo. "You just connect the red with the blue and the green with the yellow."
"You sure?" asked the disbelieving Duo.
"You ever doubted me before? Don't answer that. Just flip the switch," Mia said.
Duo closed his eyes tightly and flicked the switch into the 'on' position. The lights of the cockpit came on as Duo opened his eyes. "Wow! Thanks babe!"
"No problem!" Mia grinned and kissed Duo lightly on the cheek.
Duo wrapped his arms around her waist and began to kiss her passionately before Em interrupted him. "Guys, please knock it off. Mia, you and Duo, ALONE in the small space of a gundam cockpit proves to give me VERY bad mental images!" Em yelled as Wufei gagged childishly.
Mia grinned devishly. "Honestly Em, it's not like we're having sex in here, but if that's what you want..." Mia smirked, leaping on top of Duo, sliding her hand down his back beneath his shirt and her tongue in his mouth.
"MIA!!!!!" Em screeched.
Mia grinned and stopped, climbing out of the cockpit. "Come on Em, it's not like you haven't been DYING to get at Wu-man like that!"
Wufei blushed while Em turned beet red and looked ready to completely annahilate Mia from the face of the planet, that is, before her cell began to ring. "Hello? Ya? Ok. See ya," she hung up. "We're supposed to go back home. Don't know why, Kio's orders. I'll deal with you later Mia," she glared as she left.
Mia winked and grinned. "Sure ya will Em, if Wu-man's not keeping you too occupied.
(AN: You have no idea as to how difficult it was not to start laughing everytime I wrote 'cockpit'. I am so hyper right now it's not even funny.)
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Quatre and Li were walking VERY carefully through a rather large china store. They passed a shelf of particularily sparkly teacups and stopped.
Quatre gazed at the tea cups with wide eyes. "Ooooh! Sparkly!" he grinned psycotically and began to go all out Zero system when Li began laughing madly.
"BWAHAHAHA!!!" she laughed. "Dance with the sparkly teacups or the evil penguins will get you!" she screamed.
The store manager promptly had the two escorted out of the store, ending their teacup insanity.
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"Hey, Heero. What did you want to talk to us all about?" Duo questioned.
It was an hour later and everyone had returned home and were currently all gathered in the living room. Well... ALMOST everyone.
Heero looked around the room taking a head count. "Where's Rebi and Trowa?" Everyone shrugged and Heero walked outside, figuring the two were still up on the roof. He walked onto the deck and immediately noticed a while blouse that had a nametag reading 'Hi! My name is Rebi!'. Heero sweatdropped adn looked up just in time to see a white bra land on his face. He quickly batted it away. He then drew his gun and pointed it straight in the air.
Mia grinned as she peered through the door to the roof, a camera in front of her face, the shutter clicking every two seconds. She jumped when she heard a gunshot and quickly ran back into the house.
Rebi jumped about a foot in the air. "Holy shit! What was that?!"
"I think it was Heero's way of saying 'stop making out on the roof'," Trowa said, handing her his turtleneck. "You'd better put this on."
Rebi smiled and blushed. "Thanks Trowa..."
Everyone had finally gathered in the living room. Heero cleared his throat. "Well, now that everyone's FINALLY here," he glared at Rebi and Trowa. "I have an announcement."
"Well!" yelled Mia. "Out with it already!"
Heero sighed. "We have to leave."
Rebi stood up, knocking over the coffee table. "WHAT?! WHEN?!"
"Chill Rebi," Kio sighed exasperatedly. "They still have a week."
Rebi glared. "And when did YOU find this out?!"
"We won't go there," Kio stated firmly.
Heero coughed to gain everyone's attention. "ANYWAY, the gundams will be finished in a few days and that gives us the rest of the week to 'prepare'. That's all." Heero finished as he left the room, leaving the now upset occupants to think.
Li burst out crying and wrapped her arms around Quatre, collapsing in his grip. Quatre held her comfortingly, talking to her gently and tears running slowly down his face.
Kio left for her room to mope, not wanting to talk to anyone.
Rebi appeared angry but then looked at Trowa and embraced him tightly, sobbing into his bare chest.
Em stared at Wufei for a long time and then hugged him tightly. Wufei looked slightly ruffled, but then warily returned the embrace.
Mia just stood there and stared at the spot where Heero recently stood. "I can't believe it..." she muttered, walking outside slowly.
When Duo tried to go after her, Li stopped him. "Don't bother," she shook her head sadly. "Mia's had a rough life. This is just going to make it worse."
"But..." Duo stuttered, staring at the door. "She's so happy when she's with me! I know I want to spend every minute of the day with her, and... I'm sure she feels the same!"
Li sighed and smiled. "All right, go ahead," she moved aside to let him pass. When Duo had left, Quatre put his arms around Li's shoulders comfortingly.
"He really does love her..." Quatre said, tightening his grip on Li.
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Duo walked onto the deck to see Mia, sitting on the cold wood, leaning against the railing, hugging her knees to her chest and sobbing. He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders tightly. "Shhh..."
Mia sobbed in his grip. "Why do you have to go..."
Duo smiled warmly. "That's just how things go sometimes. But we should spend as much time together now... while we still can..."
Mia smiled slightly, tears still running softly down her face. "Alright..." she moved closer into Duo's arms, only half-heartedly agreeing with him.
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The others were still moping around the living room when they heard glass shatter from Kio's room.
They all ran towards her doorway, but Heero got there first. "Oh god... Kio...!" he ran into the bedroom frantically, glass shattered all over the carpet. Kio was lying in the middle of it, letting the shards pierce her flesh. "Someone get some alchohal and bandages!" Heero shouted, his now bloody feet standing on the many crystalline shards. He slowly picked Kio up, the extra weight putting more pressure on his already bleeding feet. He lay her on her stomach on the bed, silencing any arguments with the stern look in his eyes.
Li and Rebi returned with a bottle of alchohal and lots of bandages. Heero motioned for them all to leave.
Only then did Kio speak. "Thank you Hee-chan..."
Heero looked at her, his eyes slightly softer but still remained the stern look. "Why did you do that Kiomay?" he questioned, pulling up the back of her shirt a bit and gently pulling out the glass shards, cutting his own hands in the process.
"I got scared..." she muttered, clenching her teeth as Heero dabbed alchohal on the cuts.
"Well don't do it again," he said, finishing her back and the backs of her arms. "Do you want me to get one of the girls to finish up?"
Kio shook her head. "It's either my Hee-chan, or nobody."
Heero was slightly embarassed to bandage Kio's lower half, but seeing as he didn't want it to get an infection, he finished the bandaging while trying to keep his mind elsewhere.
Kio glanced at his blood soaked hands and feet. "Now it's my turn," she said, sitting up and pulling Heero's hand towards her. Heero hissed as the first drop of alchohal hit the cut. "Honestly Heero," sighed Kio. "It won't kill you! Now be a good boy and let me finish!"
After Kio had finished bandaging Heero's hands and feet, she lay back on her bed, exhausted. Heero lay beside her on his side, equally tired. Kio moved so her back was basically molded against his chest. She yawned. "Night Hee-chan..." she muttered before drifting off to sleep.
Heero wrapped his bandaged hands around her body gently, pressing her closer to him. "Goodnight Kio..." and he too drifted into a deep slumber.
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Trowa led a weeping Rebi up the stairs and onto the roof with hopes that the drifting clouds would calm her. Luckily, the sight of white puffs passing leisurly over the pale blue sky seemed to do the trick. Trowa wrapped his arms around her lightly from behind. "Thank you Trowa..." she mumbled, sinking into his gentle grip.
Trowa tightened his grip on her. "Rebi..."
Rebi looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. "Yeah?" she sniffed.
"I love you... more than anyone else. No matter what, I WILL find a way back to you!" Trowa exclaimed, sounding very confident.
Rebi smiled. "I know you will..." she said softly. "I know you will..." she whispered, as if reassuring herself.
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Quatre and Li took Rebi and Trowa's spots on the couch. Quatre was still hugging Li lightly around the shoulders.
"We knew this would be soon," he whispered soothingly. "So let's just make the most of this last week."
"YOU KNEW THIS WOULD BE SOON?!?!?!?" Em screeched.
Wufei answered her. "By the conditions of the Gundams, we knew it couldn't be much longer..."
"YOU KNEW?!" she turned to him, anger filling her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked, her voice softer and quivering as tears threatened to fall.
Wufei could only look away sadly and Em ran out of the room, a few tears escaping her eyes. Wufei stayed where he was, putting his soldier face back on.
"Wufei..." Quatre mumbled quietly.
"Winner, we have ALL lost track of our real mission; to get back home! We are about to complete it, no matter what memories lie behind here," Wufei snapped.
Li stood up angrily, very out of character. "Wufei! Are you just going to break her like that!?" Wufei looked puzzled. Li continued. "She's wanted to see you were real ever since she first saw you! Now you're turning into an obnoxious jerk and she won't even care if you leave! Is that what you want!? Or do you want her to remember you as HER Nataku?!"
Wufei thought this over, bowed deeply, and walked off down the hall.
Li looked confused as she returned to her seat beside Quatre. "What was the bow for?"
Quatre decided to explain. "Wufei, who's used to the old traditions, that's his way of saying 'thank you'," Quatre smiled that Li was able to change Wufei's mind.
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Wufei knocked on the door of the bedroom that Em and Li shared. He recieved an angered 'go away' from inside.
He kept knocking until Em opened the door. "What do you want, Chang?" she growled.
Wufei flinched at the way she spat out his last name. "I... want to apologize..."
"Oh really?" said Em, obviously not convinced. "Then you'd better come in. The all mighty Chang will take a long time to apologize!" she snapped. moving aside and letting him walk into the room. "Well?" she questioned, leaning against the now closed door.
Wufei sighed. "Listen, I'm just angry about leaving and I took it out on you," Wufei bowed very deeply and stayed in that position as he continued. "I am deeply sorry and I am here to ask for your forgiveness."
Em seemed to be thinking and then grinned. "Okay!" she yelled, jumping on Wufei's back, her arms gripped around his neck. "Take me to the bed," Em demanded. Wufei shook his head and dropped Em on the bed, standing beside it. "Sit Wuffie," Em commanded. Wufei sat on the bed, not even slightly annoyed at Em's new pet name. Em pouted. "Aw... You're no fun..." she got a mischevious glint in her eye before jumping on Wufei, forcing him to the mattress. Wufei looked puzzled by her actions and silently wondered to himself if she'd been drinking.
Em pressed herself against the front of Wufei's body, causing him to blush voilently. "Nataku? What are you doing?" he mentally thanked the gods that his voice didn't crack.
"Experimenting..." Em replied, beginning to kiss Wufei passionately. When she realized Wufei wasn't bothered by this, she decided to deepen the kiss by exploring his mouth with her tongue.
When they finally broke off, the were both gasping for breath. Wufei stayed silent while Em spoke. "No wonder Mia and Duo are making out every two seconds. I hate to say it, but Mia was right. I HAVE been dying to get you like that!" Em grinned widely and Wufei's blush deepened.
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END CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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AN: Well, sorry it took so long to get out. I was sick for two weeks and I lost the duotang that contains my fanfic. Needless to say, I was freaking out. I also have exams right now. Anywho, enough of my ranting. Please review, they help me a lot.