Ok. Here it is... chapter 11. I have finals coming up. Not to mention that this has most likely been the most stressed week in my life... but I'm sure you really don't care.

Anyways... thanks for the reviews, and I'll just answer some of the general problems and confusion. Minako is not the little girl with the puppy. It says afterwards in the last chapter that Minako and the little girl are not related, and that they merely resemble each other.

Oh yeah... I don't own GW or SM.



Quatre found himself sitting between Rei and Wufei, both of them glowering. Sighing, he accepted his position as the 'middle man' yet again, and found himself trying to dodge the glares that the two occasionally tried to send each other.

They had gotten off to quite a bad start. But then again, considering that it was Wufei, maybe it wasn't such a bad start as it could have been.

Unknowingly at that moment, Quatre Winner made a very, very stupid mistake. By foolishly challenging the heavens, he had jinxed them all.

"Watch where you're going, Faye," Rei spat out venomously, "I wouldn't want you to trip in those heels of yours."

"Perhaps you should stop looking out for my welfare, onna, and start looking out for your own." Wufei replied, comeback equally acidic.

Between them (yet again), Quatre winced. The animosity between the two had been steadily growing with every passing moment, and soon the tension between them had grown so much that it was practically tangible in the air.

"Was that a threat?" Rei asked, voice low.

"I hadn't realized that you were slow enough not to realize it. My mistake." Wufei retorted, voice full of mock sincerity.

Sparks flew as the insults continued, and Quatre found himself fidgeting more than a few times. Not only were the clothes he wore extremely uncomfortable, but also the odd looks that people kept shooting the three were making him nervous.

In fact, it didn't make sense to him exactly why the three of them were sitting together during lunch... if Wufei hated this girl so much.

True... it hadn't just been the three of them in the beginning, but Wufei had quickly scared off the usual girls that sat with their guide. Which had only fueled Rei's anger.

Soon their argument became nothing short of an out right war, and Quatre closed his eyes, praying for it all to end.



Less than an hour later, Duo had more than enough money to buy everything that the girls baked, including Minako's batch of burnt cookies. And now, he proceeded to stuff his mouth, somehow still managing to smile with at least a dozen charred cookies in his mouth.

He didn't even seem to mind the taste of charcoal, and Minako was looking especially pleased that not everyone hated her cookies. She seemed to take a liking towards the longhaired boy after he managed to eat her cookies without wincing or making a rude comment.

Mako was busy trying to clean up the booth, throwing away paper plates and napkins. Soon the booth was completely clean, stripped of anything that would have given away the fact that there had been a bake sale. Looking back and admiring the now clean booth, she saw a tall brunette out of the corner of her eye.

He looked sad, and quiet, not talkative like the newly met Duo. In fact, it seemed like he hadn't said a single word during the whole time. He was standing with his arms crossed against the wall, face stoic as he looked at the braided boy continuing his eating frenzy. He looked... well, bored. Like he felt there was something much more important he could be doing with his time, instead of watching his friend stuff his face.

His one visible eye glanced at her and Makoto found herself quickly turning away, as she realized how incredibly rude it was to stare. But he just looked so... so... different! He was really tall, most likely taller than her, and she had definitely never seen anyone with that type of hair before. She silently contemplated how much hair gel it must have taken to get it to stand out in spikes like that. But it wasn't a freaky different... he was just different. But not in a bad way. Maybe even intriguing if you thought about it... Makoto quickly banished these thoughts from her head. But not before thinking one more thing:

'He kinda looks like my old boyfriend...'



Growing bored after a few minutes, Heero left his two companions as he went to the library. Then he pulled out his laptop, which was practically useless at this point. Useless for everything except, that is, hacking of course. And he had a feeling that hacking into the school would be much easier from inside the school.

The suspicions were confirmed as he easily logged into the database. So easy, that it was almost insulting. The virus that had attacked before seemed to have no power now that he was on school property... he was still furious that it had managed to get past the laptops firewalls and cause so much damage. But now he had full control over the database... he clicked on the name that had haunted his memory.

'Aino, Minako.'

Her detailed file held a picture of her, the same smiling girl that had caused him to go on a little, and very much unwanted, stroll down memory lane. She looked slightly younger in the picture... and for some reason happier. Heero couldn't say for sure, since he had met Minako for only a moment, and a short one at that, but the girl in the picture looked different... more naïve. She didn't have the same warrior's gaze that the girl that held out the bill to him, but rather a soft and relaxed look.

Looking at the picture, he realized that it was only dated a year ago. If she had really changed in that time, then she had changed fast, much faster than was usual.

Faster than was healthy, almost like something had forced her to change. And there was something else amiss with the picture... something he couldn't quite put his finger on. Something... his eyes flicked towards her hair.

Her ribbon wasn't white. He didn't know what color it was precisely... the file only had a black and white picture, but it definitely wasn't the white one she had worn that afternoon, and for some reason this bothered him. After all, he didn't know her. She might change the color of her ribbon everyday for all he knew.

Doing a search on it, he gathered that it was dark green, purple, gray or red. With his laptop in the state it was in now, he couldn't narrow down the color differentiation any more.

Looking down at her academic file, he was puzzled. Her grades had room for much improvement, and she had few extracurricular activities. She wasn't enrolled in any sort of computer class this year, and the one she had enrolled in last year showed marks that were barely passing. She was horrible in math... and almost everything else. The only thing she seemed to excel in was physical education.

It certainly didn't look like she was capable of hacking into his computer, and setting up such a powerful virus. Not with her deplorable computer and math grades... his firewalls were much stronger than that. She was an amateur in the world of technology; it would have taken at least a pro to hack into his system.

But then why was her file protected?

Maybe... one of her teammates? Which meant she was one of the other warriors... well she definitely looked fit enough to be a fighter. Top marks in volleyball... she was agile and swift. And it would explain the warrior's spirit he had seen in her eyes.

Looking at her conduct grades, he saw that they were all excellent. She tended to be enthusiastic, almost over-enthusiastic at times, but was always friendly and cheerful. It read further that she always had a positive attitude and added a cheerful atmosphere in the classroom. She wasn't the most responsible person, but she always pulled through when it was important.

To put it lightly, it was not the typical attitude for a warrior of justice turned chain bank robber. Well, maybe a warrior of justice, but he always thought that they needed to be calm, logical, and always stern. Not a cheery, irresponsible, hormone-crazed teen.

In other words, she didn't fit any of the symptoms. Running the statistics, Heero found that she only had a 13% chance of being one of the bank robbers.

Sighing, Heero found himself back at square one.

Typing at his laptop, he exited Minako's file and started to search elsewhere.



The three scouts of Juuban High found themselves climbing the steps up to the temple. Their bake sale hadn't been much of a success, but with Duo's... err... aid they had more than enough money for the monthly bill. Needless to say, they were in extremely good moods, and very surprised to meet a fuming Rei inside the temple.

The fire goddess looked absolutely livid as she went on her usual business of making tea. She seemed to be unconsciously slamming the teapot down as she mumbled obscenities under her breath, only a few of which Minako could catch. However, the few that she managed to hear gave her a general idea of Rei's mood.

Two words: Not Good.

The three girls looked at each other nervously as the priestess kept on making tea, in a very violent way, seemingly oblivious to the fact that she had an audience. Quietly, they stepped back and softly slid the screen door back into place. Tiptoeing to the living room, the three let out little sighs.

"Uh... I don't think she's a good mood right now." Makoto finally whispered.

More silence.

"Minako... I think you should talk to her." Ami said calmly.

The blonde's eyes bulged. "Why me?"

"Because I went last time, and Makoto's already injured." The blue haired senshi quietly explained, logical as ever. "It wouldn't do to have her hurt even more."

Makoto sent Ami a thankful smile as Minako looked on shocked. "So you'd rather I die in your places?!"

"Don't be silly, Minako. Rei wouldn't kill you; maybe just injure you a bit. Nothing big." Makoto piped up, voice quiet.

Rolling her eyes, Minako responded. "That's sooooooooooo comforting."



That's it for chapter 11. I know that this took a little longer than the others... let's just say that I had a little writers block and was feeling especially lazy. And I'm studying for finals... evil I tell you, evil.

I hope the next chapter won't take as long as this one did... I just had a lot to do this week. I know... that's not a good excuse. But at least it's true... well mostly.

Anyways... please review! I love it when you do... and I finally got a review for Condemned! Thank you Mystlady!

Love,

Inverse-chan