AN/Disclaimer : This fic is Alternate Universe running from partway through the first war and continues until after the end of Endless Waltz in the GW universe, and begins before and ends several months after Saffron is defeated in the R1/2 universe. (Duo 15, Ranma 17 at beginning), Warnings: AU, OOCness, Yaoi, & Het.
By the way to people who've read chapters 1-6 before, I did some editing and made a few revisions. You might want to read parts of it again. Thanks to everyone who had reviewed, you know who you are.
Thank yous go to Darkepyon, ranma hibiki, Wonderbee31,DarkShinji8003, Innortal, Silverscale, uten, jgkitarel, Ace A, and Ranchan17.
You've Got Mail
Chapter 8
By the time lunch rolled around, Duo was awake again an' had finally let go of me. After a few hours with nothin' to do but think 'bout what was goin' on I'd decided that even if 'Fei hadn't asked me to stay I wasn't goin' anywhere 'til 'Fei an' Yuy got back an' the three of us (me, Fei, an' Duo) got this straightened out. How we were gonna do that I had no idea. I was just hopin' that I wouldn't end up loosin' one or both of the best friends I'd ever had. Luckily Kat an' Trowa didn't seem to mind me stickin' 'round instead of goin' back to the dojo. Duo seemed to think it was a great idea. If nothin' else, it was a chance to bug me to teach him more 'bout Anything Goes.
An' bug me he did...not that it took much.
Thanks to slave drivers 'Fei an' Yuy, at least me an' Duo didn't have to worry 'bout gettin' the group project done. It was already finished, an' had been ready to turn in for three or four days now even though it wasn't due for almost a week . That only left only one night's homework for Duo to catch up on an' two days worth for me. Thank the gods of weekends an' convienent timin'. Kat still made us spend a couple hours workin' on school stuff before he let Duo haul me out to the back yard .
How you ask?
He threatened to make curry for supper.
You think that that's a useless threat unless it's Akane?
You're wrong.
While he isn't anywhere near bein' in the same class as Akane, Kat's curry isn't normally somethin' that you'd want to eat if you had any other choice. Unless of course you enjoy feelin' like all the skin's been burned off the inside of your mouth an' throat. To be blunt, when Kat makes curry, it's gonna be hot as hell. I found this out the second time I met Duo, Wufei, an' Yuy at thier place to work on our project. Kat was upset with Yuy an' Wufei for some reason an' had talked Trowa into lettin' him make supper that night.
It wasn't 'til I swallowed the first bite an' had the second in my mouth that I realized why Duo had looked so scared when he saw Kat puttin' supper on the table. I thought the top of my head was about to blow off to let out the flames in my stomach. It took three ana' a half glasses of water an' two bowls of rice before I could croak well enough to ask what the hell I'd just eaten. I'd have thought that Akane had managed to sneak into thier kitchen somehow except I was pretty sure she didn't know where the guys lived at that point. But as it turned out it wasn't one of Akane's "creations", just one of Kat' s infamous curries.
I swear, that guy has an obsession with super hot peppers an' such. He seems to think it's funny to make people eat what he cooks.
What a rotten sense of humor...
Now, where was I... Oh, yeah...
Me an' Duo stayed in the back yard 'til Kat called us to get cleaned up for supper. Me doin' my best to teach my friend (who was currently dressed like a girl) what I could without really hurtin' him, an' Duo doin' his best to soak it all up as quick as possible. He was actually doin' pretty good, all things considered. He didn't learn things as fast as me or Ryouga, but still managed to pick things up faster'n Akane or Ukyo. Luckily the yard had a tall plank fence that made sure no one could who was outside. That's probably the only reason why none of the girls had showed up. Nabiki didn't know where the guys house was, an' I planned to keep it that way as long as possible.
It wasn't 'til the guys were gone that I found out that Nabiki had known where I was an' who I was with all along. She'd just refused to sell the information. Turns out that she was the guys' local contact. She'd arranged the house an' everythin'. Apparently Oz had done somethin' to really piss her off so she'd jumped at the chance to hurt them an' make some monet at the same time.
At the time I just thought Nabiki didn't know where I was an' so stayin' out of sight was a must, if only to keep the guys safe. That in mind, after a quick shower I borrowed a pair of shorts an' a tanktop from Duo so I had somethin' clean to wear. On him they were probably pretty baggy, but to me they felt kinda tight, especially across the hips an' chest after I got splashed helpin' Duo with the dishes. I asked for my own clothes back, but Kat just smiled an' told me they were in the laundry.
After a couple of games of cards an' some TV I was more'n ready to go to bed. I ended up in the same room I'd slept in with 'Fei the night before an' I have to admit, it just wasn't the same with out him.
ooOOoo
It was durin' breakfast the next mornin', sometime 'round 7 am, that I realized that the other three guys all seemed to be kinda tense, an' even Duo was quiet. It was like they were all waiting for something to happen. I figured it probably had somethin' to do with where ever 'Fei an' Yuy had disappeared to, an' that what they were doin' likely had to do with the Oz base near the harbor or usin' the Gundams I saw in the warehouse before I got knocked out.
I asked Duo when Wufei an' Yuy were gonna be back.
Turned out they should have gotten back between around 4am unless something had gone wrong, which explained why the guys were worried.
'Course I just had to ask Kat what he meant when he talked about somethin' goin' wrong.
Ten minutes later I really wished I hadn't asked. I knew more'n I wanted to 'bout what the guys were up to an' what would happen if they got caught.
Kat an' Duo were still talkin' 'bout what could've gone wrong when 'Fei an' Yuy walked into the kitchen twenty minutes after that.
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