It took me three minutes finding a song sad enough to get me in the mood
for writing this fic. Finally, I had to scoot over to the piano and play
'Minuet' by Bach so I could be all nice and gloomy. I don't know why, but
that song always makes me depressed. Oh well. I'm sure you don't care about
me anyways and are now mentally screaming at me to just get on with the
fic. I would be if I were you. Anyways... here it is. Enjoy. Well, as much as
you can enjoy angst anyways.
I'm too lazy to go to the previous chapters and change 'Raye' to 'Rei', so instead I'll just start writing Rei from now on.
The Gundam Boys finally meet the scouts! Well... only Heero and Duo for now. I'll introduce them to the other boys soon. And there's finally some action in this fic!
Thanks for the reviews. Not in the mood to write back. Too depressed now that I played that song. Maybe after the story...
Don't own GW or SM. Never will, so don't ask. Stupid lawyers... oh wait... I want to be a lawyer when I grow up. Never mind then.
**
Sitting in a chair at SunTrust, Duo was busily having a staring contest with the clock that hung on the adjacent wall. Soon after, he lost. Sighing, he began to watch the slow traffic of people trickling in and out of the bank. Finally focusing on a fly zooming around the room, Duo lazily followed it with his eyes. The fly buzzed around, and then, like all flies, flew towards the nearest light bulb and bounced off.
He was bored. Very, very bored.
This was not good. Especially for the innocent bystanders that had unknowingly come into the bank. A bored Duo meant trouble, and more often than not moderately serious damage.
But, damn it; there just wasn't anything to do around there! All of the receptionists were painstakingly dull, and they weren't even hot! All of them were dressed in gray suits and ties, even the women. Now that was weird.
So much for having an interesting name... this was possibly the most boring place he had ever been, including the time he was stuck with Heero for a week in a safe house! At least then there was someone to annoy once in a while. Now, there was nothing. Just a stupid clock that refused to blink and a stupid fly that kept on flying into the light bulb. He was going to die soon if he didn't find anything to do.
Growling, he abruptly stood up from his chair and stalked to the door. If he'd been there for four days already and nothing had happened, there was little chance that someone would choose today to rob the most boring bank ever created. Hell, if the bank *did* get robbed, then it was it's fault for being so damned dull!
Pushing open the heavy glass doors, Duo felt a whoosh of air meet his face. He'd just go and check on Heero for a second. After all, what harm was a little break? Plus, it was only 9:30 a.m.! What kind of robber would be insane enough to hit a bank this early?
No harm done.
And somewhere behind him, a fly finally got zapped by the light bulb.
**
The four senshi stood outside of Japan's First National, surveying the bank. This time the building was covered in a dull, reddish brick. Fighting the urge to cry, Minako firmly stood, determined to lead them to another clean robbery. She hadn't cried since the day of the car accident and she would be damned if she started again now! She had to be strong... for the others.
It was her duty.
Looking at the three of them, she nodded slowly. She saw the deep sadness she felt in her soul mirrored in their eyes. This was the last resort, but it had to be done. And she *would* lead them.
Turning around, she felt a strong wind pick up and whip her hair out of her face. It was time.
**
Heero flicked his eyes toward the clock for a moment, and then focused his attention back on the doors. His steady determination never wavered for a second as he stared incessantly at the doors, alert and waiting.
It was 10:00. Every day, he would begin his watch at six and stay until 8. There was not to be any room for mistakes. He knew that the robbery had to be soon... it had already been two and a half months. And when the senshi came, they would be captured, finally. And then this stupid mission would be over with.
Despite his calm appearance concerning the mission, he secretly agreed with Wufei that this matter should be left to other officials. The robberies hadn't even reached the press yet, and he didn't think that it would take five of the best soldiers to take down three civilian girls, magical powers of not. However, Heero had also learned to never underestimate the opponent, which was the reason for his alert watch on the door. If the girls came today, he wanted to see them before they saw him. He, the perfect soldier, would not fail against anyone. Ever.
Flicking his eyes toward the clock again, he saw that it was now 10:06. Then immediately turning his eyes to the door once more, he thought he saw four shadowy figures.
Blinking a few times to make sure that his vision was not misleading him, Heero immediately sprang behind a desk. Holding his gun at the ready, he focused his acute sense of hearing for any sign that the four had entered the room.
It soon came.
A shrill woman's scream filled the air, and inwardly Heero winced, although he didn't show any signs of discomfort on his face. He heard a slightly rough voice command for everyone to drop face down on the ground, and that's when he took his chance, dashing out from behind the desk, he pointed his gun at the ready.
Spying the blue-haired girl nearest to him, with her face turned in another direction, he took his shot.
"MERCURY! WATCH OUT!" The rough voice barked out, shoving 'Mercury' away, and taking the shot for herself in the arm. He saw the pony-tailed girl wince as her arm went limp against her side, blood flowing out of it.
"JUPITER!" The blond shouted, panic in her eyes. The one in red snapped her attention to him and raised her arms in what he supposed was a spell casting position.
He raised his gun to take another shot, but by now he knew that the chances were against him. He had lost the element of surprise. Seeing all four of the girls faced towards him by now, he cursed and dodged behind another desk instead of firing like his instincts told him. He had the strangest feeling that the sooner he got rid of them, the better.
"Burning Mandela!" He heard someone chant, and soon he felt the desk he was confined to get intensely hot. Even he with his soldier trained resistance couldn't stand it for long... rolling out from behind the desk he took a crouching position and opened fire.
'The girls all seemed to be trained well,' some deep part in his mind mused as they all expertly scattered and even seemed to surround him in a way. Even the girl he had wounded earlier seemed to be holding her own.
But they would meet their match here. They were all trapped in the bank... it couldn't be long before others arrived and they were cornered.
And then...
"Hi, Heero! What's u..." He heard an irking, familiar voice sound from the door, glancing over, he saw the braided baka standing there a bewildered look on his face. There was a moment of silence as Heero ran out of bullets and reloaded. Then...
"Holy shit!" He heard Duo cry as the Deathscythe pilot reached for his own gun.
Only a moment of distraction. But it was enough.
"Mercury! Provide us an exit!" He heard the girl in red shout from somewhere behind the front desk. Then turning to his left, he saw the girl that he had formerly tried to shoot chant one of her spells.
"Shabon Spray!" Before he could react, a deep mist seemed to come from nowhere, blinding his perfect eyesight.
"Duo! You idiot, block the door!"
"Huh?"
"Supreme Thunder!" The rough voice called out, and Heero heard a sound that sounded suspiciously like a braided baka slamming into a wall.
"Kuso!" He exclaimed as he saw four shadowy figures rush out of the door, one of them with a lifeless arm.
Growling, he waited for the fog to clear.
**
The sirens were a lot louder this time.
Minako quickly pulled the traditional red bow out of her hair and handed the crimson strip of fabric to Ami. While still running, Ami bound Makoto's arm tightly, erupting a strangled sob from the tall girl. The makeshift bandage stopped the bleeding, and they continued to duck into dark alleys.
Running together at first, the soon split up. Moving much faster alone, they all got back to the shrine in less than 30 minutes.
All of them very much out of breath and Jupiter pale and shaking, they collapsed in a puddle of exhaustion. Rei, recovering first, leapt up to find the first aid kit. Mercury quickly followed to get some hot water and painkillers. Both Minako and Makoto quickly transformed out of their sailor fukus, and the Venusain laid the shaking girl out flat on the floor. Placing her hands on her red ribbon, Venus slowly pulled it off, emitting another grunt of pain from Makoto. The other two girls burst in, various supplies in their hands, also detransformed.
On further inspection, they saw that the bullet had gone in the front and come out of the back of Jupiter's left arm. Luckily, Ami calmly explained to them, the bullet was no longer in her arm and the bone had not been shattered. Giving the girl some painkillers and a sleeping pill, the three senshi waited for the drugs to kick in. Soon, the pained girl had stopped writhing around and had fallen into a fitful sleep.
Ami wiped the crusting blood off with a wet, warm cloth, and Minako quickly dabbed on some rubbing alcohol. Even in her dream, Makoto jerked her arm away from the stinging liquid. Quickly grabbing the newly cleaned arm, Minako applied some oily antibiotic and held it still as Rei wrapped a clean white linen bandage on it.
Sighing and sweating from anxiety, the three girls sighed in relief as Makoto slowly quieted and slept. Motioning for the other two to go to sleep, Minako pulled a blanket over the sleeping thunder goddess. Cleaning and putting away the medical supplies, she heard the other two scouts leave. Finally coming to her blood crusted ribbon, Minako picked up the familiar piece of cloth. Now, the already red ribbon was stained with a darker, almost rust-like substance. Blood. Makoto's blood.
Emotionlessly, Minako dunked the morbid piece of cloth into the lukewarm water. Scrubbing at it furiously Minako knew it was fruitless to try and rid the ribbon of all the bloodstains.
Some stains never fade away.
**
Ok... I'll explain that last part if you didn't get it. The ribbon is a symbol of Minako, and Minako is the one stained in the blood of others so that her friends will be all right. And the stains on her soul will never wash off... get it?
Anyways... I feel slightly more cheerful so I'll answer some more reviews!
Kaiya: Thanks for the name clarification and the review!
Juni Juni: Thanks for the review and the names! Of course I plan of finishing this... but you know how it gets. I'm really working hard on this one though!
Baby Serenity: Thanks for the review! I know that I can tend to...err... get off topic at times. But it's genetic, I swear! I blame it all on my mom... anyways, I hope you keep on reading this despite the rambling. ^-^
Datajana: I think you'll like this chapter, because it's got some more action in it. Thanks for reviewing and looking at my other fics!
Ok, all. I need some help with the next chapter! I need to know the names of the schools that the scouts go to. If I don't get it, THEN THERE IS A VERY BIG CHANCE THAT THIS STORY WILL NEVER CONTINUE. I must have the school names for the next chapter! And you wouldn't want this fic to stop here, would you?
Love,
Inverse-chan
(ps ... poor fly.)
I'm too lazy to go to the previous chapters and change 'Raye' to 'Rei', so instead I'll just start writing Rei from now on.
The Gundam Boys finally meet the scouts! Well... only Heero and Duo for now. I'll introduce them to the other boys soon. And there's finally some action in this fic!
Thanks for the reviews. Not in the mood to write back. Too depressed now that I played that song. Maybe after the story...
Don't own GW or SM. Never will, so don't ask. Stupid lawyers... oh wait... I want to be a lawyer when I grow up. Never mind then.
**
Sitting in a chair at SunTrust, Duo was busily having a staring contest with the clock that hung on the adjacent wall. Soon after, he lost. Sighing, he began to watch the slow traffic of people trickling in and out of the bank. Finally focusing on a fly zooming around the room, Duo lazily followed it with his eyes. The fly buzzed around, and then, like all flies, flew towards the nearest light bulb and bounced off.
He was bored. Very, very bored.
This was not good. Especially for the innocent bystanders that had unknowingly come into the bank. A bored Duo meant trouble, and more often than not moderately serious damage.
But, damn it; there just wasn't anything to do around there! All of the receptionists were painstakingly dull, and they weren't even hot! All of them were dressed in gray suits and ties, even the women. Now that was weird.
So much for having an interesting name... this was possibly the most boring place he had ever been, including the time he was stuck with Heero for a week in a safe house! At least then there was someone to annoy once in a while. Now, there was nothing. Just a stupid clock that refused to blink and a stupid fly that kept on flying into the light bulb. He was going to die soon if he didn't find anything to do.
Growling, he abruptly stood up from his chair and stalked to the door. If he'd been there for four days already and nothing had happened, there was little chance that someone would choose today to rob the most boring bank ever created. Hell, if the bank *did* get robbed, then it was it's fault for being so damned dull!
Pushing open the heavy glass doors, Duo felt a whoosh of air meet his face. He'd just go and check on Heero for a second. After all, what harm was a little break? Plus, it was only 9:30 a.m.! What kind of robber would be insane enough to hit a bank this early?
No harm done.
And somewhere behind him, a fly finally got zapped by the light bulb.
**
The four senshi stood outside of Japan's First National, surveying the bank. This time the building was covered in a dull, reddish brick. Fighting the urge to cry, Minako firmly stood, determined to lead them to another clean robbery. She hadn't cried since the day of the car accident and she would be damned if she started again now! She had to be strong... for the others.
It was her duty.
Looking at the three of them, she nodded slowly. She saw the deep sadness she felt in her soul mirrored in their eyes. This was the last resort, but it had to be done. And she *would* lead them.
Turning around, she felt a strong wind pick up and whip her hair out of her face. It was time.
**
Heero flicked his eyes toward the clock for a moment, and then focused his attention back on the doors. His steady determination never wavered for a second as he stared incessantly at the doors, alert and waiting.
It was 10:00. Every day, he would begin his watch at six and stay until 8. There was not to be any room for mistakes. He knew that the robbery had to be soon... it had already been two and a half months. And when the senshi came, they would be captured, finally. And then this stupid mission would be over with.
Despite his calm appearance concerning the mission, he secretly agreed with Wufei that this matter should be left to other officials. The robberies hadn't even reached the press yet, and he didn't think that it would take five of the best soldiers to take down three civilian girls, magical powers of not. However, Heero had also learned to never underestimate the opponent, which was the reason for his alert watch on the door. If the girls came today, he wanted to see them before they saw him. He, the perfect soldier, would not fail against anyone. Ever.
Flicking his eyes toward the clock again, he saw that it was now 10:06. Then immediately turning his eyes to the door once more, he thought he saw four shadowy figures.
Blinking a few times to make sure that his vision was not misleading him, Heero immediately sprang behind a desk. Holding his gun at the ready, he focused his acute sense of hearing for any sign that the four had entered the room.
It soon came.
A shrill woman's scream filled the air, and inwardly Heero winced, although he didn't show any signs of discomfort on his face. He heard a slightly rough voice command for everyone to drop face down on the ground, and that's when he took his chance, dashing out from behind the desk, he pointed his gun at the ready.
Spying the blue-haired girl nearest to him, with her face turned in another direction, he took his shot.
"MERCURY! WATCH OUT!" The rough voice barked out, shoving 'Mercury' away, and taking the shot for herself in the arm. He saw the pony-tailed girl wince as her arm went limp against her side, blood flowing out of it.
"JUPITER!" The blond shouted, panic in her eyes. The one in red snapped her attention to him and raised her arms in what he supposed was a spell casting position.
He raised his gun to take another shot, but by now he knew that the chances were against him. He had lost the element of surprise. Seeing all four of the girls faced towards him by now, he cursed and dodged behind another desk instead of firing like his instincts told him. He had the strangest feeling that the sooner he got rid of them, the better.
"Burning Mandela!" He heard someone chant, and soon he felt the desk he was confined to get intensely hot. Even he with his soldier trained resistance couldn't stand it for long... rolling out from behind the desk he took a crouching position and opened fire.
'The girls all seemed to be trained well,' some deep part in his mind mused as they all expertly scattered and even seemed to surround him in a way. Even the girl he had wounded earlier seemed to be holding her own.
But they would meet their match here. They were all trapped in the bank... it couldn't be long before others arrived and they were cornered.
And then...
"Hi, Heero! What's u..." He heard an irking, familiar voice sound from the door, glancing over, he saw the braided baka standing there a bewildered look on his face. There was a moment of silence as Heero ran out of bullets and reloaded. Then...
"Holy shit!" He heard Duo cry as the Deathscythe pilot reached for his own gun.
Only a moment of distraction. But it was enough.
"Mercury! Provide us an exit!" He heard the girl in red shout from somewhere behind the front desk. Then turning to his left, he saw the girl that he had formerly tried to shoot chant one of her spells.
"Shabon Spray!" Before he could react, a deep mist seemed to come from nowhere, blinding his perfect eyesight.
"Duo! You idiot, block the door!"
"Huh?"
"Supreme Thunder!" The rough voice called out, and Heero heard a sound that sounded suspiciously like a braided baka slamming into a wall.
"Kuso!" He exclaimed as he saw four shadowy figures rush out of the door, one of them with a lifeless arm.
Growling, he waited for the fog to clear.
**
The sirens were a lot louder this time.
Minako quickly pulled the traditional red bow out of her hair and handed the crimson strip of fabric to Ami. While still running, Ami bound Makoto's arm tightly, erupting a strangled sob from the tall girl. The makeshift bandage stopped the bleeding, and they continued to duck into dark alleys.
Running together at first, the soon split up. Moving much faster alone, they all got back to the shrine in less than 30 minutes.
All of them very much out of breath and Jupiter pale and shaking, they collapsed in a puddle of exhaustion. Rei, recovering first, leapt up to find the first aid kit. Mercury quickly followed to get some hot water and painkillers. Both Minako and Makoto quickly transformed out of their sailor fukus, and the Venusain laid the shaking girl out flat on the floor. Placing her hands on her red ribbon, Venus slowly pulled it off, emitting another grunt of pain from Makoto. The other two girls burst in, various supplies in their hands, also detransformed.
On further inspection, they saw that the bullet had gone in the front and come out of the back of Jupiter's left arm. Luckily, Ami calmly explained to them, the bullet was no longer in her arm and the bone had not been shattered. Giving the girl some painkillers and a sleeping pill, the three senshi waited for the drugs to kick in. Soon, the pained girl had stopped writhing around and had fallen into a fitful sleep.
Ami wiped the crusting blood off with a wet, warm cloth, and Minako quickly dabbed on some rubbing alcohol. Even in her dream, Makoto jerked her arm away from the stinging liquid. Quickly grabbing the newly cleaned arm, Minako applied some oily antibiotic and held it still as Rei wrapped a clean white linen bandage on it.
Sighing and sweating from anxiety, the three girls sighed in relief as Makoto slowly quieted and slept. Motioning for the other two to go to sleep, Minako pulled a blanket over the sleeping thunder goddess. Cleaning and putting away the medical supplies, she heard the other two scouts leave. Finally coming to her blood crusted ribbon, Minako picked up the familiar piece of cloth. Now, the already red ribbon was stained with a darker, almost rust-like substance. Blood. Makoto's blood.
Emotionlessly, Minako dunked the morbid piece of cloth into the lukewarm water. Scrubbing at it furiously Minako knew it was fruitless to try and rid the ribbon of all the bloodstains.
Some stains never fade away.
**
Ok... I'll explain that last part if you didn't get it. The ribbon is a symbol of Minako, and Minako is the one stained in the blood of others so that her friends will be all right. And the stains on her soul will never wash off... get it?
Anyways... I feel slightly more cheerful so I'll answer some more reviews!
Kaiya: Thanks for the name clarification and the review!
Juni Juni: Thanks for the review and the names! Of course I plan of finishing this... but you know how it gets. I'm really working hard on this one though!
Baby Serenity: Thanks for the review! I know that I can tend to...err... get off topic at times. But it's genetic, I swear! I blame it all on my mom... anyways, I hope you keep on reading this despite the rambling. ^-^
Datajana: I think you'll like this chapter, because it's got some more action in it. Thanks for reviewing and looking at my other fics!
Ok, all. I need some help with the next chapter! I need to know the names of the schools that the scouts go to. If I don't get it, THEN THERE IS A VERY BIG CHANCE THAT THIS STORY WILL NEVER CONTINUE. I must have the school names for the next chapter! And you wouldn't want this fic to stop here, would you?
Love,
Inverse-chan
(ps ... poor fly.)