A thanks goes to my third, fourth, and fifth reviewer, Jupiter Nights, TifaLockheart,and kawaii Jen! We've got an insane Heero and a snobby Duo, what else could possibly happen besides Kyou appearing randomly?

Chapter Three: The Frightened Rat

As usual, Duo got up for school late, took his time taking a shower and washing his long hair. Then when he finally made it to school, he was late to class, as usual. The teacher had given up trying to make Duo behave, but for some reason he wasn't as smart-ass as usual. Gee, I wonder why? Because Heero shot at him yesterday! Speak of the devil, Heero sat a couple seats behind Duo and Duo was jumpy all day. At lunch, Duo sat with his usual group of girls around him. One girl was even doing Duo's hair! A couple tables over sat the mysterious Heero, staring at Duo. He was so caught up in staring that he didn't notice two people walk up to Heero and sit down on either side of him.

"I hope you have enjoyed your first couple of days at Yukiro Academy so far."

The polite voice broke Heero's train of thought and he turned to his right, where a platinum blond wearing the senior high-level uniform sat.

"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner, it's a pleasure to meet you, Heero Yuy." Quatre smiled.

"Hn." Three guesses to who said that and the first two don't count.

"I'm Trowa Barton." The spiky brown haired Trowa greeted in his quiet voice from Heero's left. Trowa wore the same senior high-level uniform as Heero.

Heero nodded and continued his blank stare.

"Have you and Duo been getting along? I heard you were partners for the project in Social Studies." Quatre asked while starting to eat his cafeteria 'food'.

"Not exactly." Heero stopped looking in Duo's direction.

Trowa snorted. "All Maxwell cares about, is his role as 'the Prince'."

Both Quatre and Heero agreed.

"Another person you should look out for is Chang Wufei and his groupies." Quatre pointed to another table in the opposite direction where Wufei was sitting with a bunch of tough looking guys. Wufei also wore the senior high uniform.

"Then what's this guy's reputation?" Heero asked while looking at Wufei without much interest.

"What do you know? It can talk more than just fragmented sentences. Well if Maxwell is the Prince then I guess you could say Chang is the Duke."

"Hn."

Quatre looked at his watch and stood. "I better get going to class. Trowa, would you be so kind as to escort me?" Trowa nodded and the two of them walked to Quatre's next class hand in hand. Nearby girls were whispering, "They look so cute together."

Meanwhile, back with the Prince. Duo wasn't feeling too hungry at the moment and the cafeteria food wasn't helping. A girl with long blond hair and blue eyes sat down next to Duo.

"Excuse me." She said politely. "Can I see you in private?"

"Uh… sure, whatever." Duo mumbled not really paying attention.

She led him out of the cafeteria to a place quieter and less crowded. When Duo finally came to and was fully paying attention he recognized the girl to be Relena Peacecraft.

"Er… what can I do for you Relena?" Duo asked uncomfortably.

Relena blushed. "You remembered my name! Well, I have something to tell you." Duo waited for her to continue. "I have to admit that I've fallen in love with you!" She exclaimed dramatically.

"Nani?!" Duo squeaked in surprise.

"Don't tell me you don't feel the same. After all, what is better suited for a prince than a princess?" Relena stepped closer to Duo. Inching closer to a cornered Duo, Relena was about to wrap her arms around Duo's neck and kiss him when he pushed her away roughly.

"Get away from me!" Duo yelled in a panic and ran from Relena.

"But Duo my love, come back!" Relena cried out.

In an attempt to escape, Duo was running through the halls and crashed into someone just as they were coming around a corner.

"Oof! Watch where you're going!" Duo snapped.

"Well, well, well, Maxwell. Running through the halls?" Duo's Social Studies teacher looked down at Duo with a displeased face.

"Oh hey, sensei." Duo laughed nervously. "I've been meaning to speak to you. About that school project for our class, can I change partners?"

"Why?" The teacher gathered up the books he had dropped and straightened his glasses.

Because Heero almost killed me yesterday! "Um… because, I just think Yuy should be someone else's partner."

Sighing, the teacher nodded. "Very well, if you really want to change partners so badly then come to my office after school." With that, the teacher continued on his way.

Back in the cafeteria, Relena was pouting from her encounter with Duo. Looking up she saw Heero still eating his lunch and she got an idea.

"Oh Heero!" Relena called out in a flirtatious voice.

Heero didn't even look up.

Relena pranced over to Heero and sat down across from him. "Heero, I've fallen in love with you!" She exclaimed dramatically. "Will you be my boyfriend?"

Without answering, Heero stood and left the cafeteria. Relena stuck her nose in the air and stomped off to her next class.

After school, Duo found himself in the last place he would want to be after school… his Social Studies teacher's office. Of all of Duo's teacher's, Mr. Jones (A/N: name supplied by my onee-san!) was his least favorite… if you hadn't already figured that out. Mr. Jones shuffled some papers in front of him and cleared his throat. Did this guy have a problem with swallowing snot or something? Because he sure cleared his throat a lot.

"It seems you weren't the only one who wanted to change partners. Almost every girl wanted to be switched to your group except for a couple. Chang-san refused to be partnered to Hilde-san, saying she was just a weak woman. So Chang-san will now be partners with Heero." That's good, now Heero can shoot Wufei. Wufei deserves it after being so rude to Hilde. "Hilde is partners with Relena now since Relena's partner threatened to kill her. So your new partner is Yume Midori." Mr. Jones rambled. Duo was just relieved to be put into a different group from spandex boy.

"Thanks J-san." Duo grabbed his books and left in a hurry.

Outside, Duo was looking up at the sky wondering who Yume was and what they were like. Two guys in their late twenties approached Duo; one from behind and the other from the front.

"Come with us, Duo Maxwell." The one in front of him said.

"No way!" Duo backed away and into the man behind him. The man in front of him had black hair covering his left eye and looked down on Duo with a cold stare. He came closer and Duo pulled up his fists to fight but the man behind him with longer black hair held onto his arms so he couldn't fight. The other guy punched Duo in the stomach hard, knocking him out.

TO BE CONTINUED

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