Title: Duel, Chapter Three, He Said It First

Summary: And so it begins!

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Trowa looked up to the night sky; it shivered with an Earthly existence. Slowly he walked towards his trailer; half expecting half suspecting. Still; it didn't create a big difference; it wasn't his home.

Almost longingly he sighed; it had been a long day. Heero tried to reach him, not to mention hunt him down; but he supposed he didn't answer for a few reasons. Duo. Team. Hilde? He didn't have half a chance anyways. Or it was lost in the past.

As the boy entered the trailer a musky scent entered his nose; he sniffled. Looking down; a certain, almost familiar silence filled the room; he wasn't the only man in there. But he didn't reach for the gun in his back pocket.

"You seem to be unsettled." Trowa shot his head to the left; a Chinese boy leaned on his perch against the table. Green shrugged; meeting Black, almost fashionably. Bite me, Boy; bite me.

Wufei smirked; he was the slickest of all five. And he took pride in everything; his weakness. Trowa's scent filled the air now; a strong muscular smell. This made him laugh inside; once obsessed always obsessed, once insane. always insane. Simple really.

Although his eyes were still closed; it was obvious they were still the same black as usually. Never changing; never daring. Green understood; but didn't feel like talking.

Silence filled the room.

"They've been searching all over for you." Perch. Bite me.

Trowa wasn't on instant guard; instead he walked over to his 'kitchen' and began to make java, a personal favorite. He took his time; running his rough hands along the many teacups in the pantry. Each one a different design; reminding him of Alice in Wonderland. The Mad-hatter. he smiled. Kind of like him; except, he wasn't one who liked hats, masks more like. "What for?"

Black stretched; his first movement in a long time. It was clear that he was now welcome; or not rejected anyways. He had been waiting for Trowa for almost five hours now; it was three o' clock in the morning. Where he was; he didn't know nor did he care, but he was sure a certain Street Rat did.

Wufei only shrugged; shall he do this straightforward? "Maxwell isn't happy." Of course; he smirked inside and out this time. Nothing special; just. entertaining more of. He looked back up at the boy, seating himself at the table in a perch.

Silence.

"From what I hear he's pissed at you." His pride on the 'partial' brink of erupting; pride wasted on true naivety.

Trowa had no reaction; instead he marveled at a few teacups, picking up more than he needed. Perhaps he should pretend that he had no idea what he was talking about? Maybe totally ignore him; pretend he isn't there. Act as if it's all smooth sailing.. "Isn't he always pissed at everyone?"

What a bad card to play. He'd rather play a cup.

Chang didn't take it as a welcome; or anything else for that matter. "I'm talking about Hilde; Barton." So this is where the show started; off with the intro into the opening number.

Trowa almost rolled his eyes; almost. This was something that had been kept a well hidden secret among all of them. 'Well-hidden' meant everyone knew, everyone cared, but no one wanted to say anything until the true Rat did. This was when you found out the truth about everyone. "What about her?"

Wufei merely looked back at the boy with no name; he was in a rare mood tonight. Major mood swings; now he was where he should have been at to begin with. Perfect. "I'll rephrase the question; what about you and her?"

He finished the java; the kettle breaking the constant tension that filled the air. The Circus Clown filled the cups; before handing one to Wufei he looked down at him. Their hands nearly touching as Black reached. There went his divided attention; on the cup and on the boy before him. Divided for his safety.

"What about it?" He looked down at Wufei a single time; one piercing green eye stared into blackness. Trowa nodded. It was clear Wufei got the idea. This just wasn't his place.

Black shrugged after taking a careless sip. He would've been more surprised if there was arsenic involved. "I don't know; something Duo brought up. But besides the point."

The clown smiled.

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A/N: Like I said; I'm very very busy!! AGH!!! SCHOOL!! =(! But I didn't want to not post anything; so this was the best I could do. I'll be sure to post more in a week's time, possibly this weekend! Sorry it's so short!! =(!!! Please leave reviews though! How'd it go? =D! PLEASE!