Raging Hormones

Chapter Four

"Morning," said a still yawning Duo. "Is breakfast ready yet?"

"No baka. We're just sitting around the table gossiping about girls." Wufei replied sarcastically.

"Awwww Wufie," whined Duo, " why so mean?"

"Because you deserve nothing more. Don't gorge yourself this morning, we have plans for later." he warned.

"Good morning Duo. Did you sleep well? I hope we did not disturb you by awakening you so early. I know it's supposed to be a vacation and all but I had a little outing planned for us." Quatre greeted him having waited for the banter between him and Wufei to cease.

"Cool!! I never knew that there were strip clubs open during the day around here." he exclaimed and proceeded to ignore Wufei's warning, stuffing himself full of the large breakfast that had been prepared to accommodate their varying tastes.

Trowa and Heero barely spared him a glance, lost in their own thoughts and enjoying their leisurely breakfast. Paying attention to him just made things worse. Poor Quatre had the grace to blush and sputtered a denial while Wufei got a wickedly delightful idea for revenge.

Colony L1

Usagi looked towards her ex and saw the immense pain in his eyes as the urn containing Rei's ashes were given to him. The funeral had been a poignant ceremony where many of her closest friends had spoken well of her. Rei would have been crimson had she been alive to hear them. Most of them had spoken with glittering eyes while a few had burst into tears in the middle of their speeches. She personally had hidden the tears for they were a private thing. She would cry and mourn in private. She would honour her fiery friend at the more private gathering on Earth where they were to scatter her ashes on Mount Fuji as per her wishes.

Taking the urn, Mamoru glanced briefly at the blonde beauty who had been his girlfriend and the best friend of his wife. She was so composed, so unlike the Usagi he remembered from before. Rei had told him that she had changed, that she had grown up but he had not wanted to believe her. To him she had always been the cheerful, innocent youth who was so childish in many ways yet managed to bring joy to everyone she met. Now he was forced to face this new her giving him double the grief he would have experienced if he had not seen her again.

Yes he missed Rei, he loved her with every fiber of his being , yet seeing seeing her brought back memories and with those memories ghosts of the feeling he had once had for her. All in the midst of his consuming grief. He could not understand why Rei had chosen the path she had and now he had to deal with the consequences. A spark of anger flared to life in his heart but he buried under his grief. he could not afford to lose control now; especially not in front of those present.

Usagi saw the brief glow of anger in his midnight blue eyes for less than a second but experience taught her not to dismiss it. He had glanced at her, sending chills down her spine. What they had once had could never be again. Not after all he had put her through. She was amazed that Rei had died never knowing his true face as well as the fact that the rest of them were also oblivious to it. He had always been a skillful liar. Some how she would reveal him for what he truly was, a two faced sadist who had turned her life upside down as a teenager.

True she had made some mistakes in handling the situation but it was still mainly his fault that things had gone as badly as they had gone then. Even if it took her last dying breath, she would find a way to deface Mamoru Chiba and show him that she was not weak. But first things first, she had dirt to gather on him. In all his arrogance he would never assume someone was trailing him and uncovering all his dirty secrets. Working for the Winner heir had opened doors for her and the salary was not too bad either.

The scattering of the ashes was to take place the next evening, meaning that they were all going to Earth. She had no idea why she had not told Quatre the true purpose of her visit to the colony but she had still been shocked over the news of Rei's death. She had not wanted her kind hearted boss privy to those details closest too her heart. It was not as if she would not be finding her way back to the colony to spend time with the friends of hers there, friends like Mina-chan and Mako-chan. Maybe this time there could be a proper reconciliation.

Back to the Pilots

The pilots piled into the large jeep and looked at Quatre questioningly as they saw the geared packed in the back. Not to mention what had been on the roof. All that gear suggested strenuous activity and they were dying to know what Quatre had planned. The blonde young man had not given them even the littlest hint as to his surprise plans, just that they were going on an outing. As a matter of fact even the boisterous Duo had given up trying to get him to squeal, falling into a brooding silence.

Quatre smirked at them triumphantly causing them to do a double take. Quatre, the most innocent of them, never smirked. he grinned, smiled, laughed but he never, ever in their acquaintance smirked. That was left to the others. A trickle of fear flowed into their blood and the suddenly anxious ex- gundam pilots soon found themselves to have extremely vivid imaginations.

Oh what horrors did Quatre have planned for them?