Chapter One: Koobtean's Academy for Extremely Gifted Students
Disclaimer: I don't own the GW bishies. *sighs* I'm pathetic, ne? Anou...if you see a [ ], look on the bottom of the page to see. If you don't care, don't. Easy, ne? Most of them are for Japanese words, but if you know it already, ignore. Some are to help explain a few things.
Thoughts "{}"
"Wu-hon! Come on, wait up, bro!" called Duo Maxwell, a gangly boy of sixteen, with a meter long braid of chestnut hair and large cobalt blue eyes. He wore a pair of tight black jeans, a black Incubus shirt and a black jacket. He stumbled along after his half-brother , his bookbag slung over one thin shoulder.
Chang Wufei walked ahead of Duo, his all white outfit proclaiming his Chinese heritage. His shoulder length black hair was secured in a ponytail that kept it out of his slanted onyx eyes. "I will not be late because you did not heed your alarm, Maxwell," Wufei said, still walking at his set pace. "And do not call me Wu-hon. My name is Wufei."
"Aww, come on, Wu-bear! It's not my fault the damn clock wouldn't shut up!" Duo cried, scrambling into step beside Wufei. "Besides, you coulda woke me."
"A sleeping Maxwell is infinitely better than one that is awake," said Wufei. Duo pouted, one full pink lip thrust out.
"Why are you so mean to me, Wuffie?" he wailed, crocodile tears falling rapidly. He sniffed loudly, and people on the sidewalk gave Wufei dirty looks for 'daring to upset that sweet Maxwell boy.' "I wuv you."
Wufei sighed at Duo's obvious display, and sniffed at all the victims more gullible than himself. "I only remain in your household because Solo adopted me and he is a good man," Wufei responded.
"And I'm the added bonus, ne?[1]" Duo crowed, all traces of tears gone.
"Keep telling yourself that." The Chinese boy and the braided bundle of energy continued toward their new school. Wufei could see it in the distance, a series of large brick buildings. And a courtyard bursting with confused freshman and seasoned upperclassmen.A large sign nearby proclaimed the school Koobtean's Academy for Extremely Gifted Students.
"Koobtean's?" Duo snorted. "What kind of name is that? Why do we gotta go to some stupid gifted school?"
"Solo enrolled us here because we far surpassed those imbeciles at St. Dora's Christian School for Boys. Here we will be around people on our intellectual level," Wufei said. Duo opened his mouth to speak but Wufei's death glare clearly said to be quiet. He followed Wufei into the courtyard and they pushed through the crowd until the reached the tables set up for students to get their schedules.
A pretty girl with cornflower blue eyes and wheat blonde hair sat at the table, organized files surrounding her. An garish pink nametag with the words 'Hello, my name is Relena' identified her. "Names?" she said, somehow managing to sound harassed and friendly at the same time.
"Chang Wufei," Wufei said, being his usual brief self. The girl nodded and rifled through the papers a moment before choosing one.
"Your schedule," the girl said, just as curtly, obviously annoyed with Wufei's abrupt behavior. Wufei nodded before turning away to wait for his 'little brother.'
"Duo Maxwell. Nice to meetcha! Relena, is it?" Duo said enthusiastically, grabbing the startled girl's hands and shaking vigorously. "Don't mind Wuffles. He gets that way sometimes."
"My name is Wufei! Not Wuffles! Not Wuffie! WuFEI!" Duo's half-brother shrieked, unconsciously drawing the attention of students nearby. Relena snickered.
"Relena Darlian. Nice to meet you, Duo," she said, nodding at the braided boy. She turned to Wufei. "You too, Wuffles."
Wufei saw red. First the braided baka[2], and now this mere woman dared call him anything but his honorable name! "Damn onna!"[3] he yelled, startling the blonde girl. Ignoring her expression, he began to rant about the 'injustice of his position in the world and having to deal with that braided baka'.
Duo sighed and let Wufei continue, bored out of his mind. He was about to join in the rant when Relena touched his arm and handed him his schedule. He looked over it surreptiously. "Hey Wu-hon? Lemme see your schedule?" he asked. Wufei growled at the nickname but handed it over. Duo spread both out on the table and looked them over. "SUGOI[4]! I have all my classes with you, Fei-bear!" Wufei groaned and wished for a hard slab of metal to slam his head into.
***Schedules***
**Duo** 1st Khushrenada, Treize Math(Geometry) 2nd Marquise, Zechs Science(Biology) 3rd Noin, Lucrezia History(Global Studies) Lunch 4th Tsuberov, Alic[5] French I 5th Une, Midii English Literature 6th Noventa, ? Drama 7th Band Master Quinze (optional) Band
**Wufei** 1st Khushrenada, Treize Math(Geometry) 2nd Marquise, Zechs Science(Biology) 3rd Noin, Lucrezia History(Global Studies) Lunch 4th Tsuberov, Alic Student Assistant 5th Une, Midii English Lit 6th Noventa Drama 7th B.M. Quinze Band
"Oi, Fei Fei. Didn't know you liked Drama," Duo exclaimed, completely surprised. Wufei looked slightly embarassed.
"I heard they were doing Macbeth first so I signed up. So what," he said quickly. Meanwhile, Duo was jumping around chanting 'Fei Fei's a Drama geek! Fei Fei's a Drama geek!' Wufei sighed exaggeratedly and turned away from his embarassing 'brother.' Duo shrugged and struck up a conversation with Relena, who was rapidly becoming a good friend.
Elsewhere....(well, kinda...)
Trowa Barton ran down the street toward Koobtean's Academy for Extremely Gifted Boys, his cousin close behind. They were late, and though Trowa was a sophomore, it was his first day at Koobtean's and left him at a disadvantage. He sprinted toward the crowded courtyard, his new Nike's making deep imprints in the morning dirt.
"It's your fault we're late!" Trowa said, as he regulated his breathing and continued toward school. His cousin remained silent. Annoyed, Trowa decided to hit him where it hurt. "If you hadn't stayed up watching that ridiculous Mobile Suit Gundam 0083, you wouldn't of been late."
"Lay off my anime!"[6] cried Heero Yuy, Trowa's half Japanese sibling. Trowa chuckled at his cousin darted ahead of him just to turn and give him his patented 'death glare.'
"Anime is ridiculous, Yuy. Give it up," Trowa taunted.
"Never!" Heero cried. He skidded to a halt, narrowly missing a group of students as they reached the school yard. He immediately sank into himself as he registered the amount of people. Trowa sighed. He hated it when his cousin turned all stoic around people. He became so cold and unfriendly he was hardpressed to make friends.
The cousins moved into the huge crowd, slipping between people to reach the table labled 'Schedules.' When they arrived, a strange scene was being played out. A slim boy with a meter long chestnut braid and large amethyst eyes hopped up and down near a Chinese kid with a thunderous look on his face. The braided boy was chanting something about 'Fei' and 'Drama geek.'
"I have this feeling that this year will be very interesting," Trowa said to Heero. "Ne, itoko?"[7] No answer. Trowa turned to see Heero's deep blue eyes fixed on something. After a moment, he realized it was the braided kid. {So, my cousin's got a little crush, has he?} Trowa chuckled to himself as Heero's eyes followed the violet-eyed boy. Trowa decided to mess with Heero.
"Oi, Heero. You watching that purple-eyed kid?" he asked. Heero looked up quickly, his chocolate brown hair whipping around his eyes at the quick movement. What he said next almost bowled Trowa over.
"They're cobalt blue," Heero said. Trowa stared.
"Nani?"[8] he stuttered.
"His eyes," Heero answered. "They're cobalt blue. They only look violet." At Heero's factual tone, Trowa began laughing, drawing the attention of several people, including the braided boy. Said boy watched them as the laughing Trowa and scowling Heero approached the table. The blonde girl at the table watched Heero with a kind of predatory look. Trowa laughed even harder. Wait 'til the girl discovered Heero's preference.
"Names?" the girl, 'Relena', as the name tag said, asked. (A/N: Is it just me, or was that kinda confusing?)
"Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy," Trowa said. The girl nodded and searched her papers for a minute before handing Trowa two sheets of paper. "Arigato,"[9] Trowa said, bowing. Relena smiled.
"Hiya!" said an almost psychotically happy voice. Trowa and Heero turned to see the violet-eyed, er, cobalt blue-eyed (A/N: *snicker*) boy looking at them. "I'm Duo! What's your name?" he said. Trowa opened his mouth to answer, but Duo began talking at top speed again. "Wait, I remember. Trowa and Heero, ne? Cool! So, what classes do you have?" While drawing in a breath, Duo snatched the startled Trowa's papers. He looked them over. "WAI! Wu, they've got all our classes!"
The Chinese boy beside the loud teen looked immensely embarassed and yet suprisingly indulgent. "Duo, you really need to learn tact," he murmured, turning to Trowa and Heero. "Chang Wufei. Nice to meet you." He bowed. Trowa and Heero bowed in return.
"So~oo, you two are Drama geeks too?! Wow!" Duo chattered. He began to hop up and down. "Tro-chan's a Drama geek! Hee-chan's a Drama geek!" he chanted.
"Wait. Tro-chan? Hee-chan? You don't look Japanese," Trowa said.
"He's not," Wufei answered. "Our Guardian wanted us to learn a language, and Japanese was easiest for Duo."
"Sou ka?" Trowa said, deciding to test them. "Anou...Doko ni sunde imasu ka?"
"Doushite?" Wufei asked warily.
"Nani mo, " Trowa said. Wufei nodded.
"Chodo yokusei suru, ne?" he said.
"Hai," Trowa answered.[10] Meanwhile, Heero had loosened up with the use of his language and was drilling Duo.
"Ashimoto ni ki o tsukete, baka," Heero growled.
"Naze?" Duo asked, tilting his head cutely.
"Nazenara....uh..." Heero stammered. He hadn't expected that.
"...Rapputoppu..." Duo whispered. Heero's head shot up. Laptop? Why did that word make him feel so warm?[11]
"Nani?!" he said.
"Watashi ni rapputoppu.."Duo continued. Heero stared at him. After a moment, Duo shook his head to clear it. "Nan guzen suru?"
"Nani mo," Heero said softly. "You are passable at this."
"Passable!" Duo cried, drawing Trowa and Wufei's attention. "Do you know how hard I worked for the small bit I know?!"
"Iie," Heero said matter-of-factly.
Duo quieted. "Oh. Well in that case...let's go move into our dorms! Then we can eat!" Everyone closeby facefaulted. Wufei actually laughed.
"Oh, Duo," he sighed. He turned to Heero and Trowa. "Well, you heard the baka. Shall we?" They nodded. "Dorm number?"
"34-C," Trowa said. "It says here that I have a roommate."
"5-B," Wufei said. "Single room."
"Lucky," Trowa said, smiling. Wufei smirked. As one they turned to Heero and Duo.
"12-A," they chorused. Both turned to stare at eachother. "Your my roommate?" they chorused again. Heero groaned as Duo punched the air. Trowa and Wufei began laughing.
"Thi~iis is the begi~inning of a beau~utiful frien~ndship!" Duo sang loudly, dancing around. "Hee-chan's my roommate! Hee-chan's my roommate!" Wufei and Trowa laughed louder, leaning on each other for support.
Heero scowled. "Baka," he snapped. Duo only grinned.
"I wuv you, too, Hee-chan!" he yelled, bouncing in place. His cobalt blue eyes turned amethyst with happiness. "We'll be such good friends!"
Wufei snorted behind his hand. "I feel sorry for you, Yuy. I hope you aren't a neatfreak," he said. Heero looked pale and Wufei stopped laughing long enough to stare. "You are?" Heero nodded. "Oh, hell."
"Why?" Trowa asked, noting Wufei's resigned expression.
The Chinese boy waved in the general direction of the braided boy so drowned in happiness he could spontaneously combust. "Duo can turn the neatest room anywhere into a war zone. Our guardian, Solo, had an old war friend over once. He saw Duo's room and he said it reminded him of 'Utter Chaos,' the codename for one of the battles against the Colonies." Wufei laughed lightly. "Now Duo has a personalized sign that says 'The Utter Chaos of Shinigami. Tremble in Fear.' Most people actually do tremble."
"So what your saying is..."Heero began slowly. "...I have to live with a braided baka...." Wufei nodded. "....who has no regard whatsoever for the word 'clean'?"
"That's about it, yeah," Wufei said. "If you don't believe me, watch this." He turned to Duo. "Du-chan."
Duo stopped his hopping long enough to glomp Wufei. "I knew you loved me, Wu-bear!" he cried. Wufei peeled him off. He looked at Heero and Trowa to make sure they were watching.
"Duo?" he asked.
"Hai?" the braided ball of energy answered.
"When we go visit Solo, why don't you clean your room," Wufei said.
"Eh?" Duo said. "When we go visit Solo, what do we do?"
"Watch," Wufei told Heero. "We could clean," he said.
"We could what?" Duo said curiously.
"Clean," Wufei said clearly.
"What?" Duo asked.
"CLEAN!" Wufei, Trowa and Heero cried. Some students looked over.
"What?" Duo said. "I see your mouth moving but for the life of me I can't understand. Is it a Japanese word I don't know or something?" Everyone facefaulted.
"How did he get into Koobtean's?" Heero asked Trowa. Trowa shrugged. He'd ask Wufei later.
"Well, since you guys won't tell me what you said, we might as well forget about it and head for the dorms," Duo said. He slung an arm around Heero's shoulders. "Come on, roomie!" Heero groaned.
Suddenly, a loud commotion could be heard near the front of the courtyard. Squeals and yells rose up from the teenage masses. The four boys distinctly heard 'It's the Winner heir!' being screamed by a girl, and another student yelling, 'He's gorgoeus!' Duo shook his head to clear it. He could of sworn that was a boy.
The crowd around the scheduling table parted to reveal a long white limo parked infront of the courtyard. Standing in front of it four tall, tanned men with shiny black hair, wearing dark suits and shades. What stood behind them caught the four boys' attention. The small form of a boy stood behind the suits. He had short, feathery light blond hair, big aquamarine eyes, and a face so angelic an atheist would want to embrace God again. He was petite to the point of fragility, and was dressed in a brown vest, light pink shirt, and cream slacks.The clothes screamed 'money', unlike Trowa's green turtle neck and black jeans, and Heero's plain white shirt and blue slacks.
Trowa and Heero came from a wealthy family of good breeding. Heero was the son of politician Odin Lowe, and Trowa was the son of famous painter and circus owner Richard Bloom. And yet both boys fully understood how hard being rich could get. So they changed their names at school, and wore casually clothing. Trowa's sister Catherine always said that they were just little boys acting out. Heero thought she was a bitch. She was always trying to get into Trowa's pants. Claimed he was adopted so it was alright. Filthy whore.
(A/N: Anyway, back to the fic. Sorry about the Catherine-bashing, Cathy fans.)
The blond angel began walking, the four suit-clad men surrounding him. When they reached the scheduling table, the men grabbed the arms of the four boys and pushed them aside.
"Hey!" Duo yelled. "Watch it, asshole!" The suited man let go of Duo and proceeded to stare him down. Duo stared back defiantly. "Well? Apologize!" Duo demanded.
The man looked surprised, then annoyed. "I do not have to apologize. You were in Master Quatre's way," he snarled. Duo snarled right back.
"Injustice!" Wufei said, pissed that someone dare touch his brother. "You have no right to treat us this way!" The man holding Wufei's arm looked surprised at the rebellion. Seeing that Wufei and Duo were arguing with the men, Trowa and Heero extracted themselves from their captors' grasp.
"Now see here-" one suit clad man began angrily.
"Iie, Abdul," said a quiet, melodious voice. All four men and the annoyed boys turned to the petite heir of the Winner Foundation. "Rashid, Amir, let those poor boys go." Two of the men released Trowa and Heero. The one holding Wufei, Abdul, released him. Quatre turned to the man glaring at Duo. "Leave off, Khalid. I'm surprised at you all. You're grown men, specially trained not to act like this!" The quiet reprimand in the young blond's voice thoroughly chantised the four men.
"We are sorry, Master Quatre," Khalid began.
"No. I am still angry with you. Go wait in the car," Quatre said.
"But, Master Quatre, the students-"
"Will not hurt me. I'm sure these fine young men will make sure of that, ne?" the small blond said, turning to the four previously silent boys. Trowa nodded for all of them. "See? If you are so worried Rashid can remain here with me. Now return to the car."
"Yes, Master Quatre," the three remaining men chorused, bowing. As one, they returned to the limo and slipped inside. The strange thing was, instead of being angry for being scolded infront of a bunch of kids, the men looked really sorry. {Strange,}Duo thought. When he deemed it safe, Duo let his personality break through.
"What the hell is with those guys?! Next time I'll..." Duo ranted, throwing punches at an invisible enemy. "And then I'll..." The punches turned into jabs. "And when they can't take it anymore, I'll..." And Duo leapt into the are to executed a perfect flying roundhouse kick, narrowly missing his stoic brother. "Score!" Duo cried, throwing a victory punch.
"Stop your nonsense, Maxwell," Wufei barked. Duo stopped, hand behind his head and laughing nervously.
"E-excuse me.." said a quiet voice. No one heard it but Trowa. The brunet turned to watch the small blond with his one green eye, his banged hairstyle hiding the other effectively.
"Hey guys?" Trowa said. Wufei, Heero and Duo turned to him. "The little heir needs to say something." Quatre blushed at Trowa's description of him, but luckily the four boys were now watching him attentively. He didn't know what to do with such attentiveness, but then decided to just say what was on his mind.
"I..I wanted to say that I apologize for my Maguanacs behavior. They were trained since my birth to protect me, being the only boy in 30 children-" Quatre began.
"30 kids?! And you the only boy? Wow! I'm surprised you're not gay!" Duo said tactlessly. Silence met his announcement. He looked around to see Rashid coughing discreetly and Quatre blushing an adorable pink. Duo stared. "Oh..." Nearby, Trowa cheered inside. (A/N: Something along the lines of: WOOHOO!! THE BLOND DESSERT IS GAY! GO ME! Or something like that.) "Uh, sorry, man.."
"It is alright. As I was saying, the Maguanacs are sworn to protect me. Sometimes they can be a little pushy. They learn though," Quatre said.
"That's good. Never can find good help these days," said a smooth, sort of scary voice. A girl with long light blonde hair and scary forked eyebrows approached the little group. "Hello. Remember me?"
"Err...no?" Quatre said. But for some reason, the words rang false. There was something about her...
The girl looked shocked. Her gaze darted between all five boys. They stared blankly back at her. "B-but Rashid.."
"You know Rashid? Were you at one of my father's parties? I'm sorry if I didn't meet you," Quatre said politely. The girl looked even more shocked.
"N-none of you?" she whispered. The five confused teens shook their heads. "Oh, hell..."
"Is something wrong?" Quatre asked. He received no answer. The girl was mumbling to herself.
"It's been eight months...don't remember....fuck, Grandfather's gonna fry my ass..." she mumbled,[13] pacing back and forth. She was distracted by a loud throat clearing sound to her left. She spun around, then stared. "M- miss Relena?"
Relena looked surprised. She tilted her head and stared at the strange yet familiar girl. "Yes, I'm Relena Darlian. Do I know you?" The girl slowly shook her head. Relena was getting irritated. No one had come to get their schedule in forever and she was stuck watching the drama between the five teens. "Look, does anyone want their schedules or not?!" she demanded.
Quatre blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry! Quatre Raberba Winner," he said. Relena handed him his schedule.
"Dorothy Catalonia," the girl said sullenly. She snatched her schedule out of Relena's hands, glared at everyone, then stalked off. Silence filled the area near the table. Finally, Heero spoke.
"Well, that was...interesting," he said. Duo burst out laughing.
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Tsuzuku...
Soooo, didja like? Really? You did? Oh, I'm soooo happy!!! *hugs herself happily* WAI!!! But seriously, all you have to do is REVIEW and tell me what you thought. Think I should continue? I know you do. I can feel it! So REVIEW, and let's see if my fortune telling skills are right!!! ^_~
[1] It means, roughly, 'isn't it so?' Roughly, you understand. [2]Why does everyone call Duo a braided idiot? Poor boy. ^_~ [3]Wuffie's familiar term, 'damn woman!' The rude motherfu..*cough* Gomen ne. Just a little woman's anger. [4]'sugoi' means 'cool' or 'amazing' [5]I don't know what Tsuberov's first name is so I made one up. [6] Hee-chan's a bit OOC in this. [7] 'itoko' means cousin. [8] 'nani' means 'what?' [9] 'arigato' means 'thank you' [10] The conversation:
"Really?" Trowa said, deciding to test them. "Um...where do you live?"
"What for?" Wufei asked warily.
"Nothing," Trowa said. Wufei nodded.
"Just checking, ne?" he said.
"Yes," Trowa answered. [11] Remember, Hee-chan had an almost obsessive relationship with his laptop. I decided I'd make it one of his WAFF memories. You know, Warm And Fuzzy Feelings? [12]The second coversation:
"Watch your step, idiot," Heero growled.
"Why?" Duo asked, tilting his head cutely.
"Because..uh..." Heero stammered. He hadn't expected that.
"...laptop..."Duo whispered. Heero's head shot up.
"What?!" He said.
"Your laptop...," Duo continued. Heero stared. After a moment, Duo shook his head to clear it."What happened?"
"Nothing," Heero said...
[13] Remember in the prologue where Noin says that the G-boys mighta lost their memory? Well, they did. Sucks, ne? Relena will be explained in Chapter Two: Together and Clueless.
Disclaimer: I don't own the GW bishies. *sighs* I'm pathetic, ne? Anou...if you see a [ ], look on the bottom of the page to see. If you don't care, don't. Easy, ne? Most of them are for Japanese words, but if you know it already, ignore. Some are to help explain a few things.
Thoughts "{}"
"Wu-hon! Come on, wait up, bro!" called Duo Maxwell, a gangly boy of sixteen, with a meter long braid of chestnut hair and large cobalt blue eyes. He wore a pair of tight black jeans, a black Incubus shirt and a black jacket. He stumbled along after his half-brother , his bookbag slung over one thin shoulder.
Chang Wufei walked ahead of Duo, his all white outfit proclaiming his Chinese heritage. His shoulder length black hair was secured in a ponytail that kept it out of his slanted onyx eyes. "I will not be late because you did not heed your alarm, Maxwell," Wufei said, still walking at his set pace. "And do not call me Wu-hon. My name is Wufei."
"Aww, come on, Wu-bear! It's not my fault the damn clock wouldn't shut up!" Duo cried, scrambling into step beside Wufei. "Besides, you coulda woke me."
"A sleeping Maxwell is infinitely better than one that is awake," said Wufei. Duo pouted, one full pink lip thrust out.
"Why are you so mean to me, Wuffie?" he wailed, crocodile tears falling rapidly. He sniffed loudly, and people on the sidewalk gave Wufei dirty looks for 'daring to upset that sweet Maxwell boy.' "I wuv you."
Wufei sighed at Duo's obvious display, and sniffed at all the victims more gullible than himself. "I only remain in your household because Solo adopted me and he is a good man," Wufei responded.
"And I'm the added bonus, ne?[1]" Duo crowed, all traces of tears gone.
"Keep telling yourself that." The Chinese boy and the braided bundle of energy continued toward their new school. Wufei could see it in the distance, a series of large brick buildings. And a courtyard bursting with confused freshman and seasoned upperclassmen.A large sign nearby proclaimed the school Koobtean's Academy for Extremely Gifted Students.
"Koobtean's?" Duo snorted. "What kind of name is that? Why do we gotta go to some stupid gifted school?"
"Solo enrolled us here because we far surpassed those imbeciles at St. Dora's Christian School for Boys. Here we will be around people on our intellectual level," Wufei said. Duo opened his mouth to speak but Wufei's death glare clearly said to be quiet. He followed Wufei into the courtyard and they pushed through the crowd until the reached the tables set up for students to get their schedules.
A pretty girl with cornflower blue eyes and wheat blonde hair sat at the table, organized files surrounding her. An garish pink nametag with the words 'Hello, my name is Relena' identified her. "Names?" she said, somehow managing to sound harassed and friendly at the same time.
"Chang Wufei," Wufei said, being his usual brief self. The girl nodded and rifled through the papers a moment before choosing one.
"Your schedule," the girl said, just as curtly, obviously annoyed with Wufei's abrupt behavior. Wufei nodded before turning away to wait for his 'little brother.'
"Duo Maxwell. Nice to meetcha! Relena, is it?" Duo said enthusiastically, grabbing the startled girl's hands and shaking vigorously. "Don't mind Wuffles. He gets that way sometimes."
"My name is Wufei! Not Wuffles! Not Wuffie! WuFEI!" Duo's half-brother shrieked, unconsciously drawing the attention of students nearby. Relena snickered.
"Relena Darlian. Nice to meet you, Duo," she said, nodding at the braided boy. She turned to Wufei. "You too, Wuffles."
Wufei saw red. First the braided baka[2], and now this mere woman dared call him anything but his honorable name! "Damn onna!"[3] he yelled, startling the blonde girl. Ignoring her expression, he began to rant about the 'injustice of his position in the world and having to deal with that braided baka'.
Duo sighed and let Wufei continue, bored out of his mind. He was about to join in the rant when Relena touched his arm and handed him his schedule. He looked over it surreptiously. "Hey Wu-hon? Lemme see your schedule?" he asked. Wufei growled at the nickname but handed it over. Duo spread both out on the table and looked them over. "SUGOI[4]! I have all my classes with you, Fei-bear!" Wufei groaned and wished for a hard slab of metal to slam his head into.
***Schedules***
**Duo** 1st Khushrenada, Treize Math(Geometry) 2nd Marquise, Zechs Science(Biology) 3rd Noin, Lucrezia History(Global Studies) Lunch 4th Tsuberov, Alic[5] French I 5th Une, Midii English Literature 6th Noventa, ? Drama 7th Band Master Quinze (optional) Band
**Wufei** 1st Khushrenada, Treize Math(Geometry) 2nd Marquise, Zechs Science(Biology) 3rd Noin, Lucrezia History(Global Studies) Lunch 4th Tsuberov, Alic Student Assistant 5th Une, Midii English Lit 6th Noventa Drama 7th B.M. Quinze Band
"Oi, Fei Fei. Didn't know you liked Drama," Duo exclaimed, completely surprised. Wufei looked slightly embarassed.
"I heard they were doing Macbeth first so I signed up. So what," he said quickly. Meanwhile, Duo was jumping around chanting 'Fei Fei's a Drama geek! Fei Fei's a Drama geek!' Wufei sighed exaggeratedly and turned away from his embarassing 'brother.' Duo shrugged and struck up a conversation with Relena, who was rapidly becoming a good friend.
Elsewhere....(well, kinda...)
Trowa Barton ran down the street toward Koobtean's Academy for Extremely Gifted Boys, his cousin close behind. They were late, and though Trowa was a sophomore, it was his first day at Koobtean's and left him at a disadvantage. He sprinted toward the crowded courtyard, his new Nike's making deep imprints in the morning dirt.
"It's your fault we're late!" Trowa said, as he regulated his breathing and continued toward school. His cousin remained silent. Annoyed, Trowa decided to hit him where it hurt. "If you hadn't stayed up watching that ridiculous Mobile Suit Gundam 0083, you wouldn't of been late."
"Lay off my anime!"[6] cried Heero Yuy, Trowa's half Japanese sibling. Trowa chuckled at his cousin darted ahead of him just to turn and give him his patented 'death glare.'
"Anime is ridiculous, Yuy. Give it up," Trowa taunted.
"Never!" Heero cried. He skidded to a halt, narrowly missing a group of students as they reached the school yard. He immediately sank into himself as he registered the amount of people. Trowa sighed. He hated it when his cousin turned all stoic around people. He became so cold and unfriendly he was hardpressed to make friends.
The cousins moved into the huge crowd, slipping between people to reach the table labled 'Schedules.' When they arrived, a strange scene was being played out. A slim boy with a meter long chestnut braid and large amethyst eyes hopped up and down near a Chinese kid with a thunderous look on his face. The braided boy was chanting something about 'Fei' and 'Drama geek.'
"I have this feeling that this year will be very interesting," Trowa said to Heero. "Ne, itoko?"[7] No answer. Trowa turned to see Heero's deep blue eyes fixed on something. After a moment, he realized it was the braided kid. {So, my cousin's got a little crush, has he?} Trowa chuckled to himself as Heero's eyes followed the violet-eyed boy. Trowa decided to mess with Heero.
"Oi, Heero. You watching that purple-eyed kid?" he asked. Heero looked up quickly, his chocolate brown hair whipping around his eyes at the quick movement. What he said next almost bowled Trowa over.
"They're cobalt blue," Heero said. Trowa stared.
"Nani?"[8] he stuttered.
"His eyes," Heero answered. "They're cobalt blue. They only look violet." At Heero's factual tone, Trowa began laughing, drawing the attention of several people, including the braided boy. Said boy watched them as the laughing Trowa and scowling Heero approached the table. The blonde girl at the table watched Heero with a kind of predatory look. Trowa laughed even harder. Wait 'til the girl discovered Heero's preference.
"Names?" the girl, 'Relena', as the name tag said, asked. (A/N: Is it just me, or was that kinda confusing?)
"Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy," Trowa said. The girl nodded and searched her papers for a minute before handing Trowa two sheets of paper. "Arigato,"[9] Trowa said, bowing. Relena smiled.
"Hiya!" said an almost psychotically happy voice. Trowa and Heero turned to see the violet-eyed, er, cobalt blue-eyed (A/N: *snicker*) boy looking at them. "I'm Duo! What's your name?" he said. Trowa opened his mouth to answer, but Duo began talking at top speed again. "Wait, I remember. Trowa and Heero, ne? Cool! So, what classes do you have?" While drawing in a breath, Duo snatched the startled Trowa's papers. He looked them over. "WAI! Wu, they've got all our classes!"
The Chinese boy beside the loud teen looked immensely embarassed and yet suprisingly indulgent. "Duo, you really need to learn tact," he murmured, turning to Trowa and Heero. "Chang Wufei. Nice to meet you." He bowed. Trowa and Heero bowed in return.
"So~oo, you two are Drama geeks too?! Wow!" Duo chattered. He began to hop up and down. "Tro-chan's a Drama geek! Hee-chan's a Drama geek!" he chanted.
"Wait. Tro-chan? Hee-chan? You don't look Japanese," Trowa said.
"He's not," Wufei answered. "Our Guardian wanted us to learn a language, and Japanese was easiest for Duo."
"Sou ka?" Trowa said, deciding to test them. "Anou...Doko ni sunde imasu ka?"
"Doushite?" Wufei asked warily.
"Nani mo, " Trowa said. Wufei nodded.
"Chodo yokusei suru, ne?" he said.
"Hai," Trowa answered.[10] Meanwhile, Heero had loosened up with the use of his language and was drilling Duo.
"Ashimoto ni ki o tsukete, baka," Heero growled.
"Naze?" Duo asked, tilting his head cutely.
"Nazenara....uh..." Heero stammered. He hadn't expected that.
"...Rapputoppu..." Duo whispered. Heero's head shot up. Laptop? Why did that word make him feel so warm?[11]
"Nani?!" he said.
"Watashi ni rapputoppu.."Duo continued. Heero stared at him. After a moment, Duo shook his head to clear it. "Nan guzen suru?"
"Nani mo," Heero said softly. "You are passable at this."
"Passable!" Duo cried, drawing Trowa and Wufei's attention. "Do you know how hard I worked for the small bit I know?!"
"Iie," Heero said matter-of-factly.
Duo quieted. "Oh. Well in that case...let's go move into our dorms! Then we can eat!" Everyone closeby facefaulted. Wufei actually laughed.
"Oh, Duo," he sighed. He turned to Heero and Trowa. "Well, you heard the baka. Shall we?" They nodded. "Dorm number?"
"34-C," Trowa said. "It says here that I have a roommate."
"5-B," Wufei said. "Single room."
"Lucky," Trowa said, smiling. Wufei smirked. As one they turned to Heero and Duo.
"12-A," they chorused. Both turned to stare at eachother. "Your my roommate?" they chorused again. Heero groaned as Duo punched the air. Trowa and Wufei began laughing.
"Thi~iis is the begi~inning of a beau~utiful frien~ndship!" Duo sang loudly, dancing around. "Hee-chan's my roommate! Hee-chan's my roommate!" Wufei and Trowa laughed louder, leaning on each other for support.
Heero scowled. "Baka," he snapped. Duo only grinned.
"I wuv you, too, Hee-chan!" he yelled, bouncing in place. His cobalt blue eyes turned amethyst with happiness. "We'll be such good friends!"
Wufei snorted behind his hand. "I feel sorry for you, Yuy. I hope you aren't a neatfreak," he said. Heero looked pale and Wufei stopped laughing long enough to stare. "You are?" Heero nodded. "Oh, hell."
"Why?" Trowa asked, noting Wufei's resigned expression.
The Chinese boy waved in the general direction of the braided boy so drowned in happiness he could spontaneously combust. "Duo can turn the neatest room anywhere into a war zone. Our guardian, Solo, had an old war friend over once. He saw Duo's room and he said it reminded him of 'Utter Chaos,' the codename for one of the battles against the Colonies." Wufei laughed lightly. "Now Duo has a personalized sign that says 'The Utter Chaos of Shinigami. Tremble in Fear.' Most people actually do tremble."
"So what your saying is..."Heero began slowly. "...I have to live with a braided baka...." Wufei nodded. "....who has no regard whatsoever for the word 'clean'?"
"That's about it, yeah," Wufei said. "If you don't believe me, watch this." He turned to Duo. "Du-chan."
Duo stopped his hopping long enough to glomp Wufei. "I knew you loved me, Wu-bear!" he cried. Wufei peeled him off. He looked at Heero and Trowa to make sure they were watching.
"Duo?" he asked.
"Hai?" the braided ball of energy answered.
"When we go visit Solo, why don't you clean your room," Wufei said.
"Eh?" Duo said. "When we go visit Solo, what do we do?"
"Watch," Wufei told Heero. "We could clean," he said.
"We could what?" Duo said curiously.
"Clean," Wufei said clearly.
"What?" Duo asked.
"CLEAN!" Wufei, Trowa and Heero cried. Some students looked over.
"What?" Duo said. "I see your mouth moving but for the life of me I can't understand. Is it a Japanese word I don't know or something?" Everyone facefaulted.
"How did he get into Koobtean's?" Heero asked Trowa. Trowa shrugged. He'd ask Wufei later.
"Well, since you guys won't tell me what you said, we might as well forget about it and head for the dorms," Duo said. He slung an arm around Heero's shoulders. "Come on, roomie!" Heero groaned.
Suddenly, a loud commotion could be heard near the front of the courtyard. Squeals and yells rose up from the teenage masses. The four boys distinctly heard 'It's the Winner heir!' being screamed by a girl, and another student yelling, 'He's gorgoeus!' Duo shook his head to clear it. He could of sworn that was a boy.
The crowd around the scheduling table parted to reveal a long white limo parked infront of the courtyard. Standing in front of it four tall, tanned men with shiny black hair, wearing dark suits and shades. What stood behind them caught the four boys' attention. The small form of a boy stood behind the suits. He had short, feathery light blond hair, big aquamarine eyes, and a face so angelic an atheist would want to embrace God again. He was petite to the point of fragility, and was dressed in a brown vest, light pink shirt, and cream slacks.The clothes screamed 'money', unlike Trowa's green turtle neck and black jeans, and Heero's plain white shirt and blue slacks.
Trowa and Heero came from a wealthy family of good breeding. Heero was the son of politician Odin Lowe, and Trowa was the son of famous painter and circus owner Richard Bloom. And yet both boys fully understood how hard being rich could get. So they changed their names at school, and wore casually clothing. Trowa's sister Catherine always said that they were just little boys acting out. Heero thought she was a bitch. She was always trying to get into Trowa's pants. Claimed he was adopted so it was alright. Filthy whore.
(A/N: Anyway, back to the fic. Sorry about the Catherine-bashing, Cathy fans.)
The blond angel began walking, the four suit-clad men surrounding him. When they reached the scheduling table, the men grabbed the arms of the four boys and pushed them aside.
"Hey!" Duo yelled. "Watch it, asshole!" The suited man let go of Duo and proceeded to stare him down. Duo stared back defiantly. "Well? Apologize!" Duo demanded.
The man looked surprised, then annoyed. "I do not have to apologize. You were in Master Quatre's way," he snarled. Duo snarled right back.
"Injustice!" Wufei said, pissed that someone dare touch his brother. "You have no right to treat us this way!" The man holding Wufei's arm looked surprised at the rebellion. Seeing that Wufei and Duo were arguing with the men, Trowa and Heero extracted themselves from their captors' grasp.
"Now see here-" one suit clad man began angrily.
"Iie, Abdul," said a quiet, melodious voice. All four men and the annoyed boys turned to the petite heir of the Winner Foundation. "Rashid, Amir, let those poor boys go." Two of the men released Trowa and Heero. The one holding Wufei, Abdul, released him. Quatre turned to the man glaring at Duo. "Leave off, Khalid. I'm surprised at you all. You're grown men, specially trained not to act like this!" The quiet reprimand in the young blond's voice thoroughly chantised the four men.
"We are sorry, Master Quatre," Khalid began.
"No. I am still angry with you. Go wait in the car," Quatre said.
"But, Master Quatre, the students-"
"Will not hurt me. I'm sure these fine young men will make sure of that, ne?" the small blond said, turning to the four previously silent boys. Trowa nodded for all of them. "See? If you are so worried Rashid can remain here with me. Now return to the car."
"Yes, Master Quatre," the three remaining men chorused, bowing. As one, they returned to the limo and slipped inside. The strange thing was, instead of being angry for being scolded infront of a bunch of kids, the men looked really sorry. {Strange,}Duo thought. When he deemed it safe, Duo let his personality break through.
"What the hell is with those guys?! Next time I'll..." Duo ranted, throwing punches at an invisible enemy. "And then I'll..." The punches turned into jabs. "And when they can't take it anymore, I'll..." And Duo leapt into the are to executed a perfect flying roundhouse kick, narrowly missing his stoic brother. "Score!" Duo cried, throwing a victory punch.
"Stop your nonsense, Maxwell," Wufei barked. Duo stopped, hand behind his head and laughing nervously.
"E-excuse me.." said a quiet voice. No one heard it but Trowa. The brunet turned to watch the small blond with his one green eye, his banged hairstyle hiding the other effectively.
"Hey guys?" Trowa said. Wufei, Heero and Duo turned to him. "The little heir needs to say something." Quatre blushed at Trowa's description of him, but luckily the four boys were now watching him attentively. He didn't know what to do with such attentiveness, but then decided to just say what was on his mind.
"I..I wanted to say that I apologize for my Maguanacs behavior. They were trained since my birth to protect me, being the only boy in 30 children-" Quatre began.
"30 kids?! And you the only boy? Wow! I'm surprised you're not gay!" Duo said tactlessly. Silence met his announcement. He looked around to see Rashid coughing discreetly and Quatre blushing an adorable pink. Duo stared. "Oh..." Nearby, Trowa cheered inside. (A/N: Something along the lines of: WOOHOO!! THE BLOND DESSERT IS GAY! GO ME! Or something like that.) "Uh, sorry, man.."
"It is alright. As I was saying, the Maguanacs are sworn to protect me. Sometimes they can be a little pushy. They learn though," Quatre said.
"That's good. Never can find good help these days," said a smooth, sort of scary voice. A girl with long light blonde hair and scary forked eyebrows approached the little group. "Hello. Remember me?"
"Err...no?" Quatre said. But for some reason, the words rang false. There was something about her...
The girl looked shocked. Her gaze darted between all five boys. They stared blankly back at her. "B-but Rashid.."
"You know Rashid? Were you at one of my father's parties? I'm sorry if I didn't meet you," Quatre said politely. The girl looked even more shocked.
"N-none of you?" she whispered. The five confused teens shook their heads. "Oh, hell..."
"Is something wrong?" Quatre asked. He received no answer. The girl was mumbling to herself.
"It's been eight months...don't remember....fuck, Grandfather's gonna fry my ass..." she mumbled,[13] pacing back and forth. She was distracted by a loud throat clearing sound to her left. She spun around, then stared. "M- miss Relena?"
Relena looked surprised. She tilted her head and stared at the strange yet familiar girl. "Yes, I'm Relena Darlian. Do I know you?" The girl slowly shook her head. Relena was getting irritated. No one had come to get their schedule in forever and she was stuck watching the drama between the five teens. "Look, does anyone want their schedules or not?!" she demanded.
Quatre blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry! Quatre Raberba Winner," he said. Relena handed him his schedule.
"Dorothy Catalonia," the girl said sullenly. She snatched her schedule out of Relena's hands, glared at everyone, then stalked off. Silence filled the area near the table. Finally, Heero spoke.
"Well, that was...interesting," he said. Duo burst out laughing.
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Tsuzuku...
Soooo, didja like? Really? You did? Oh, I'm soooo happy!!! *hugs herself happily* WAI!!! But seriously, all you have to do is REVIEW and tell me what you thought. Think I should continue? I know you do. I can feel it! So REVIEW, and let's see if my fortune telling skills are right!!! ^_~
[1] It means, roughly, 'isn't it so?' Roughly, you understand. [2]Why does everyone call Duo a braided idiot? Poor boy. ^_~ [3]Wuffie's familiar term, 'damn woman!' The rude motherfu..*cough* Gomen ne. Just a little woman's anger. [4]'sugoi' means 'cool' or 'amazing' [5]I don't know what Tsuberov's first name is so I made one up. [6] Hee-chan's a bit OOC in this. [7] 'itoko' means cousin. [8] 'nani' means 'what?' [9] 'arigato' means 'thank you' [10] The conversation:
"Really?" Trowa said, deciding to test them. "Um...where do you live?"
"What for?" Wufei asked warily.
"Nothing," Trowa said. Wufei nodded.
"Just checking, ne?" he said.
"Yes," Trowa answered. [11] Remember, Hee-chan had an almost obsessive relationship with his laptop. I decided I'd make it one of his WAFF memories. You know, Warm And Fuzzy Feelings? [12]The second coversation:
"Watch your step, idiot," Heero growled.
"Why?" Duo asked, tilting his head cutely.
"Because..uh..." Heero stammered. He hadn't expected that.
"...laptop..."Duo whispered. Heero's head shot up.
"What?!" He said.
"Your laptop...," Duo continued. Heero stared. After a moment, Duo shook his head to clear it."What happened?"
"Nothing," Heero said...
[13] Remember in the prologue where Noin says that the G-boys mighta lost their memory? Well, they did. Sucks, ne? Relena will be explained in Chapter Two: Together and Clueless.