Title: For Love and Basketball
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Warnings: Yaoi, AU, OOC

Thanks To The Reviewers
Shori Musei: Yup, I did! ^___^
Tia: It's only PG-13 for now.  So there will be drug use, just alcohol, sexual content, and of course there is bad language.  What kind of authoress do you take me for?!
Cat Youkai:  I know...you know me, can't have Duo being stupid ALL the time.
Sanzo-Lover:  I have it down to Duo wither being with Wufei or Heero.  But he'll be uke, not seme.
Lisha: Yup! ^___^
LadyDragonWolfKnight:  ^___^ It was just some weird idea that wouldn't leave me alone, and I thought it was cute, which is why I posted it.
Preconqnition74: I can't promise that I'll update as fast as you want, but I'll try!
j: I'm not sure about the pairing.
Blake-Schawarz:  I know a lot of about the game, but I'm not a big fan of it.  It actually kinda pisses me off then there's a basketball game on more then once a week.  I'm more of a football girl. 

Notes:  The names for the basketball team members are just made up and they're not part of the actual show.  The first basketball practice is next chapter.

Chapter Two
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Duo Maxwell sat in his third hour Calculus class.    He had just gotten through another PE class, and was tried, having not slept well the night before.  He sat there, drumming his pen on the paper.  A few seats in front of him, he could hear two basketball players whispering loudly about him.  Once again, he ignored them.  He smirked; they were in for a rude awakening that afternoon.

The bell finally rang, and Duo grabbed his bag and book.  He walked out into the hall, and headed toward his locker.  He shoved everything into his locker and grabbed a notebook, before heading off to his creative writing class.  He was walking away from his locker and turned the corner when he saw two big guys tormenting someone, who turned out to be Quatre.

Growling, Duo headed to them.  "Excuse me, but can I ask what you're doing to my friend?"

Both boys turned to look at him.  "Hey, you're that Oz crony!" One of them stated.

Duo stared at him.  "Oz crony, is that what we're called now?" He shook his head.  "Look, I'll give you to the count of three to release my friend before I hurt you."

The fatter of the two raised a eyebrow. "What could you possibly do to us?" He asked.

"Simple.  I could drag your fat asses into the girl's room and give you both swrilies." Duo stated.

Both boys laughed loudly, getting the attention of a few people in the hall.  "You couldn't do anything to us small fry." The first one said, releasing his grip on the collar of Quatre's shirt.  The both stumbled towards Duo on their fat legs. 

The first boy, who was also the fattest, threw a pouch towards Duo's head.  Duo dodged it, and grabbed his wrist, and pulled down.  The boy fell face first into the carpeted floor.   The second boy went grab a hold of Duo.  However, Duo moved in time and stuck his foot out, causing him to fall atop his friend.

Duo turned back to Quatre, a grin on his face.  "Ready to go to forth hour?"   Quatre got off the floor and nodded.  They both walked off, leaving both boys on the floor, and a bunch of laughing students. 

"So, are you going to play for the team?" Quatre asked.

"Yeah.  Had a long talk with my dad about it yesterday." Duo shrugged.  "He said I've been playing for my entire high school life and I've maintained a 3.8 GPA, then there's no reason for me to stop." He shrugged again.  "Besides, I have three scholarships.  Those would get taken away if I don't play."

"Shouldn't those have already been taken away because of your fight?" Quatre asked.

"Ah, I see it doesn't take long for stories to travel from school to school." Duo chuckled.  "It should have, but it was proven that I was acting in self defense, so I got to keep them."

"That's good." Quatre said. "I've got a few scholarships myself, but they're music and academic scholarships."

"You play an instrument?" Duo questioned.

Quatre nodded. "The violin.  It's kind of like my life's passion."

"That's cool." Duo said.  "The only thing I play is basketball."

Quatre chuckled.  "Well, if it's something you enjoy, there's nothing wrong with it."

Duo shrugged.  "So, what do you have next?"

"Wood working..." Quatre grumbled.  "I hate that class!"

"Why?"

"Because...I can't do anything." Quatre said. "And then, I look at Trowa, who sits at the same table, and he does everything with ease, and I can't."

"Trowa Barton? The tall silent guy on the basketball team?" Duo inquired.

"Yeah.  That's the same one."  Quatre said.  "I always want to ask him for help, but he's kind of intimidating. "

"He doesn't seem that bad."

"But he is! He's so quite, and he never has any expression on his face! You go to talk to him, and he doesn't acknowledge anyone." Quatre explained.

Duo chuckled lightly.  "You sound like a love sick school girl." He teased.

Quatre blushed.  "Shut up!" He said, smacking Duo's arm.

Duo laughed again, and they stopped in front of the wood shop room.  "I'll see ya at lunch Quatre." He said.

Quatre nodded. "You better hurry, or you'll be tardy."

"Like I care." Duo said.  "See ya!" He said, leaving.  His creative writing class was on the other side of the building.  He walked at a quick yet lazy pace.  He hummed to himself as he went.  The bell rang as he turned down the hallway to his class.  Other students hurried to their class before they were marked tardy, and Duo was the same way. 

By the time Duo got into the room, all the tables were filled except one in the back of the room.  There sat Wufei and a few other people from the basketball team.  He shook his head and headed over to the table, taking the seat next to Wufei.  He didn't pay attention to the looks he got from the other team members.  Wufei however didn't pay much attention to him.

Duo sat there and flipped through his notebook, looking for the assignment from the night before.  He found the page he was looking for and re-read it to himself.  He wasn't very proud of it, but it was enough to at least get a passing grade in his mind. 

Their homework the night before was to write a false newspaper article.  He wrote his on the basketball game that was on.  He was disappointed with the output though.  The Spurs had won against the Suns, 98 to 83.  Duo had been routing for the Suns.  Even though he was bummed, you couldn't tell when reading his paper.  It was completely unbiased. 

Everyone became quiet when the teacher entered the room.  He walked up to the front of the room and sat down in his chair.  The stern look never left his face as he spoke.  "Pass your papers forward."  He said.

Duo ripped his paper from notebook and passed it to the person in front of him.  Once all the papers were passed up, the class was told to spend the period writing while he graded papers.  Duo sighed and flipped to a new page in his book.  He listened as two of the boys at his table whispered about their team.

Both Duo and Wufei were going irritated with the two boys.  "Shut up!" They said at the same time.  They glanced each other before going back to their work.  

"That was weird dude." Said the blonde sitting there.  His name Allen Sparks, number 47 of the team. 

"Yeah it was." Said the brunette, Shawn Michaels.  He was number 32 for the team. 

Duo sighed, rolling his eyes.  He turned the page in his book and scribbled something down, before ripping it out and passing it to Wufei.  Taking the paper, Wufei read it, smirking at what it said. 

Duo had asked, 'Don't those two ever shut up?'

'Unfortunately, no.' Wufei wrote down before passing it back to Duo.

'I guess I'll have to remember the duct tape tomorrow.' Duo has replied.

'Good luck.  They're the two fastest on the team.'

'Doesn't mean I'm not going to try.'

'Good Luck then.  So are you going to join the team?  Howard told us that J said you could if you wanted to, although some of them members weren't very happy about it.'

'I'm still in the process of deciding.'

'Well, you have two more classes to decide.'

'I know.  I just take forever to decide on something.'

'You sound like a friend of mine.  What did you write your article on?'

'The Sun vs. Spurs game last night.'

'I was disappointed in with that game.'

'Me too.  I was routing for the Suns, even when I knew there was know way they could win.'

Duo and Wufei spent most of the class talking to each other, occasionally looking up to make sure the teacher wasn't looking.  When they separated, Wufei went off to meet his friends while Duo went to meet Quatre.