An unexpected reunion
Oh, I love getting reviews! Glad nobody was grossed out by the sappy bit in the last chapter. I had a really hard time deciding who the person was who interrupted him, but I finally made a decision. It was. Wait and see! Btw, I've got a major writer's block, so nothing highly exciting is going to happen in this chapter.
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As both Heero and Relena whipped their heads around in shock, they saw two very familiar figures.
Duo was grinning from ear to ear, and looked as though he definitely had in mind to remind Heero of this any time he wanted to embarrass him in future.
Quatre was smiling happily, and even though there was an air of surprise about him, he obviously was not at all taken aback at his discovery.
Hastily, Heero let go of Relena, though he felt the pain of loss striking through him when he did.
'What', he demanded flatly, 'are you two doing here?'
Duo had an answer ready. 'Well, officially, we have to check out the you-know-what that's being kept in this school. Unofficially, we're here to tease you to death and see if we can't liven things up here a little. Relena! Great to see you again, though we seem to have burst in on an untimely moment.' Duo smirked with satisfaction.
To prevent fighting, Quatre quickly put in: 'We tried to contact Trowa, too, but we couldn't find a trace of him. Do you know where he might be, Heero?'
Wordlessly, Heero shook his head. He was still trying to figure out how he, of all people, could have been caught in a situation like that! What was worse, he had somehow dragged Relena into it. Why on earth had he kissed her?! It had been as if her eyes had been begging him to. But surely that couldn't be right. He was positive that Relena had just wanted to be nice to him to apologise for what she had said to Tekkan earlier. She wouldn't want him to do an undisciplined thing like kiss her.
Because he was so caught up in his own regretting thoughts, Heero hardly realized that Relena was speaking.
'What is the you-know-what that's being kept at the school?' she asked, her eyes wide in apprehension.
'Nothing for you to worry about', Duo answered cheerfully. But Heero could see worry and a sure determination behind the careless mask he put on for the girl.
Relena narrowed her eyes in suspicion. Before she could say anything more, though, Quatre diverted everybody's attention by gasping: 'Look!' and pointing at the floor behind Heero.
The Gundam pilot looked, and cringed inside. It was the limp figure of Santio, still knocked out from the force with which he had hit the wall when Heero had shoved him away from Relena.
'Man, what happened to him?' Duo came closer to Santio and kneeled down beside him.
'It's a long story, and you don't want to hear it', Heero replied hastily, not wanting anybody to know the embarrassing thing that had happened. If Duo got wind of this one, he would have to listen to it for the rest of his life.
Luckily for him, Relena explained it in an acceptable way to the two boys.
'Santio -that's him on the floor- was threatening me, so I called for Heero, and he came and, well, rescued me.' She was looking a bit uncomfortable herself.
Quatre shot a swift, understanding smile at her, and then turned to Heero.
'It's wonderful that you could rescue Relena in time, but might I suggest that next time you don't knock your adversaries out quite so effectively? I doubt that guy will come round by the time classes start, and then what?'
Heero shrugged disdainfully. 'Are you two going to class?' he asked instead.
Grinning excitedly, Duo nodded. 'We've introduced ourselves as magazine journalists who want to find out more about the local education. They've given us all sorts of privileges once I made clear to them what terrible things I could write about their school if they didn't.'
'Like what?'
'Well, for one thing, we can go to any classes we like, leave whenever we feel like it, snoop about the school and try the cafeteria food for free.' Duo smiled, immensely pleased with himself.
'I suppose the last one is the only one you're interested in', Heero said unemotionally.
Quatre interrupted Duo's verbal assault on Heero by exclaiming suddenly: 'Santio's coming round. Let's get out of here before he accuses us openly.'
Silently, the other Gundam pilots agreed, and slipped away. Relena, not wanting to be alone with the stirring Santio, hurried off to her first class, feeling gratified for Duo and Quatre's presence, but wishing they could have turned up ten minutes later.
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Duo watched Heero with interest. They were both in the same classroom, because Duo had insisted on playing up his reporter role and was pretending to take notes on the education standard of Grade 10 math at this school.
Heero had argued a bit, pointing out that it would look suspicious if he was always seen with the 'journalist', but finally had agreed.
Now, Duo was trying to figure out what had made Heero kiss Relena. Obviously, he liked her; Duo had figured that out soon enough. But for Heero to openly show his emotions - to a girl, at that - was VERY strange. He would have to investigate a little.
At the moment, Heero was doing a good job of ignoring him totally. So typical of him, Duo thought. Just because he was embarrassed. Well, he could do nothing once the Unstoppable Duo set him up - preferably with Relena.
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Meanwhile, Tekkan was looking closely at the boy who had introduced himself as a journalist-reporter for a magazine of education. There was something oddly familiar about him, though he couldn't think where he could have seen this Quatre.
The blond-haired boy turned, saw Tekkan, and gazed at him in puzzled amazement. Then he hastily took a seat at the back of the classroom, and bent over his notes.
Tekkan frowned. If Quatre had recognized him, and he felt that he had seen him before, too, the only logical conclusion was that they had, in fact, met before. But Tekkan could not think where or when.
Then he shrugged. So what? He had other things to think about. Such as how to get that show-off Heero Yinkomoto to the ground. Such as how to pay Relena back for what she had told him in the cafeteria.
And he had one way of doing that.
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Relena hurried through the corridors of the school, hoping against hope that she wouldn't bump into Santio. She couldn't imagine what had made her once trusted friend and admirer act like that, but whatever the cause was, it scared her. If Heero hadn't come in time.
Shaking the clammy feeling of fear from her, she threaded her way through a large group of students and entered the cafeteria. Tekkan was just leaving, and smirked unpleasantly at her as he brushed by her, making her shudder with contempt. She was relieved to see Duo and Quatre already sitting at a table, and waving her over.
Relena sighed disappointedly. There was no sign of Heero anywhere. Maybe the other Gundam pilots knew where he was.
But when she had greeted Duo and Quatre, and anxiously inquired Heero's whereabouts, they both shrugged their shoulders.
'I was in class with him, but he disappeared right after the bell rang. Beats me where he went, but you don't have to worry about him. Heero stays out of trouble', Duo informed her cheerfully.
Relena was still not convinced, but she sat down at the table anyway.
'So what is the you-know-what hidden in the school?' she asked again.
Quatre answered her in a gentle voice. 'Relena, we realize that you want everybody to be safe, and that you have a right to know what's going on. However, this is not only top-secret, it's very dangerous. We don't want to put you at the risk of knowing too much.'
Relena sighed, defeated. 'But can't I DO something instead of just sitting around?'
The Gundam pilots exchanged glances.
'Are you on good terms with the school librarian?' Duo asked slyly.
Relena made a face. 'She likes me well enough, but she's dreadful to everyone else.'
'Well, you see, she won't let us look into the school history files that are kept in the library. She mistrusts us. And even though we could always follow Heero's example and break in at night, it would be easier if you could get her to let you look at them.' Duo explained.
'OK', Relena said warily. 'But what do you mean, follow Heero's example and break in at night?'
Quatre smiled. 'That's Heero's way of investigating. He checked out the files in the office computer last night, where he met Wufei.'
The girl's eyes widened. 'Wufei Chang is here?'
'Yes, but he's not undercover. He just sneaks in at night to see if he can find out anything, so he's missing all the fun', Duo complained.
Relena was going through her school-bag absent-mindedly, when she felt a folded piece of paper in it. Suspecting it to be the geography worksheet she was missing, she unfolded it carelessly. It was a note.
Relena, Come to the school gym after classes end today. When you get there, go into the broom-closet adjoining it. Under the linoleum is a trap-door. Go through it and meet me there. Heero
Trembling, Relena stared at the note and tried to get herself under control so Quatre and Duo wouldn't see that something had upset her.
She had to go and see him. She had failed him so many times already; he would never forgive her if she didn't come. And she couldn't forget the kiss they had shared. For a second she toyed with the idea of telling Duo and Quatre. But she dismissed it, telling herself that there wouldn't be any danger and Heero would dislike it if she did.
But later on, she would have been desperate to have the chance to tell them.
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Well, that's all in the way of plot I can think up. Sorry for such a short chapter, but I'm a little bit stuck. Hope you liked it anyway (and tell me so; it doesn't do me any good if you love it and I don't even know). Well, see ya all in the next chapter! Shooting Jewel
Thanks to you guys, this chapter came out. I swear I wouldn't have been able to write it if you hadn't backed me up.
Meio-Chan- uh, I'm sure Duo and Quatre would prefer being kept alive, but I can understand that you're angry at them! apol- well, it had to happen sometime, right? Mara- man, you sure know how to make a person embarrassed *blushes as she reads the compliments* Thank you so much for always being loyal and reviewing!!! Pink Sakura- sorry, this chapter was not soon, I admit it myself. I thought of making it Tekkan, but then they'd be in sooo much trouble. Laura- thank you, I love long reviews! Of course I'll email you! sweetangel- forgive me for bringing out this chapter so late, k? I'm hoping for more H/R, too. WolfSammy- thanx again for your email, hope you like this next chapter! Bunny- well, after every good chapter there has to come sort of a boring one like this, right? Beatrice- thanks, I like to hear that! Callisto Nicol- you're the sappy romantic type, too? That makes two of us! I'm afraid Tekkan is going to be mean. and last, but not least, my famous editor, *cuty_cat*!
Oh, I love getting reviews! Glad nobody was grossed out by the sappy bit in the last chapter. I had a really hard time deciding who the person was who interrupted him, but I finally made a decision. It was. Wait and see! Btw, I've got a major writer's block, so nothing highly exciting is going to happen in this chapter.
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As both Heero and Relena whipped their heads around in shock, they saw two very familiar figures.
Duo was grinning from ear to ear, and looked as though he definitely had in mind to remind Heero of this any time he wanted to embarrass him in future.
Quatre was smiling happily, and even though there was an air of surprise about him, he obviously was not at all taken aback at his discovery.
Hastily, Heero let go of Relena, though he felt the pain of loss striking through him when he did.
'What', he demanded flatly, 'are you two doing here?'
Duo had an answer ready. 'Well, officially, we have to check out the you-know-what that's being kept in this school. Unofficially, we're here to tease you to death and see if we can't liven things up here a little. Relena! Great to see you again, though we seem to have burst in on an untimely moment.' Duo smirked with satisfaction.
To prevent fighting, Quatre quickly put in: 'We tried to contact Trowa, too, but we couldn't find a trace of him. Do you know where he might be, Heero?'
Wordlessly, Heero shook his head. He was still trying to figure out how he, of all people, could have been caught in a situation like that! What was worse, he had somehow dragged Relena into it. Why on earth had he kissed her?! It had been as if her eyes had been begging him to. But surely that couldn't be right. He was positive that Relena had just wanted to be nice to him to apologise for what she had said to Tekkan earlier. She wouldn't want him to do an undisciplined thing like kiss her.
Because he was so caught up in his own regretting thoughts, Heero hardly realized that Relena was speaking.
'What is the you-know-what that's being kept at the school?' she asked, her eyes wide in apprehension.
'Nothing for you to worry about', Duo answered cheerfully. But Heero could see worry and a sure determination behind the careless mask he put on for the girl.
Relena narrowed her eyes in suspicion. Before she could say anything more, though, Quatre diverted everybody's attention by gasping: 'Look!' and pointing at the floor behind Heero.
The Gundam pilot looked, and cringed inside. It was the limp figure of Santio, still knocked out from the force with which he had hit the wall when Heero had shoved him away from Relena.
'Man, what happened to him?' Duo came closer to Santio and kneeled down beside him.
'It's a long story, and you don't want to hear it', Heero replied hastily, not wanting anybody to know the embarrassing thing that had happened. If Duo got wind of this one, he would have to listen to it for the rest of his life.
Luckily for him, Relena explained it in an acceptable way to the two boys.
'Santio -that's him on the floor- was threatening me, so I called for Heero, and he came and, well, rescued me.' She was looking a bit uncomfortable herself.
Quatre shot a swift, understanding smile at her, and then turned to Heero.
'It's wonderful that you could rescue Relena in time, but might I suggest that next time you don't knock your adversaries out quite so effectively? I doubt that guy will come round by the time classes start, and then what?'
Heero shrugged disdainfully. 'Are you two going to class?' he asked instead.
Grinning excitedly, Duo nodded. 'We've introduced ourselves as magazine journalists who want to find out more about the local education. They've given us all sorts of privileges once I made clear to them what terrible things I could write about their school if they didn't.'
'Like what?'
'Well, for one thing, we can go to any classes we like, leave whenever we feel like it, snoop about the school and try the cafeteria food for free.' Duo smiled, immensely pleased with himself.
'I suppose the last one is the only one you're interested in', Heero said unemotionally.
Quatre interrupted Duo's verbal assault on Heero by exclaiming suddenly: 'Santio's coming round. Let's get out of here before he accuses us openly.'
Silently, the other Gundam pilots agreed, and slipped away. Relena, not wanting to be alone with the stirring Santio, hurried off to her first class, feeling gratified for Duo and Quatre's presence, but wishing they could have turned up ten minutes later.
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Duo watched Heero with interest. They were both in the same classroom, because Duo had insisted on playing up his reporter role and was pretending to take notes on the education standard of Grade 10 math at this school.
Heero had argued a bit, pointing out that it would look suspicious if he was always seen with the 'journalist', but finally had agreed.
Now, Duo was trying to figure out what had made Heero kiss Relena. Obviously, he liked her; Duo had figured that out soon enough. But for Heero to openly show his emotions - to a girl, at that - was VERY strange. He would have to investigate a little.
At the moment, Heero was doing a good job of ignoring him totally. So typical of him, Duo thought. Just because he was embarrassed. Well, he could do nothing once the Unstoppable Duo set him up - preferably with Relena.
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Meanwhile, Tekkan was looking closely at the boy who had introduced himself as a journalist-reporter for a magazine of education. There was something oddly familiar about him, though he couldn't think where he could have seen this Quatre.
The blond-haired boy turned, saw Tekkan, and gazed at him in puzzled amazement. Then he hastily took a seat at the back of the classroom, and bent over his notes.
Tekkan frowned. If Quatre had recognized him, and he felt that he had seen him before, too, the only logical conclusion was that they had, in fact, met before. But Tekkan could not think where or when.
Then he shrugged. So what? He had other things to think about. Such as how to get that show-off Heero Yinkomoto to the ground. Such as how to pay Relena back for what she had told him in the cafeteria.
And he had one way of doing that.
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Relena hurried through the corridors of the school, hoping against hope that she wouldn't bump into Santio. She couldn't imagine what had made her once trusted friend and admirer act like that, but whatever the cause was, it scared her. If Heero hadn't come in time.
Shaking the clammy feeling of fear from her, she threaded her way through a large group of students and entered the cafeteria. Tekkan was just leaving, and smirked unpleasantly at her as he brushed by her, making her shudder with contempt. She was relieved to see Duo and Quatre already sitting at a table, and waving her over.
Relena sighed disappointedly. There was no sign of Heero anywhere. Maybe the other Gundam pilots knew where he was.
But when she had greeted Duo and Quatre, and anxiously inquired Heero's whereabouts, they both shrugged their shoulders.
'I was in class with him, but he disappeared right after the bell rang. Beats me where he went, but you don't have to worry about him. Heero stays out of trouble', Duo informed her cheerfully.
Relena was still not convinced, but she sat down at the table anyway.
'So what is the you-know-what hidden in the school?' she asked again.
Quatre answered her in a gentle voice. 'Relena, we realize that you want everybody to be safe, and that you have a right to know what's going on. However, this is not only top-secret, it's very dangerous. We don't want to put you at the risk of knowing too much.'
Relena sighed, defeated. 'But can't I DO something instead of just sitting around?'
The Gundam pilots exchanged glances.
'Are you on good terms with the school librarian?' Duo asked slyly.
Relena made a face. 'She likes me well enough, but she's dreadful to everyone else.'
'Well, you see, she won't let us look into the school history files that are kept in the library. She mistrusts us. And even though we could always follow Heero's example and break in at night, it would be easier if you could get her to let you look at them.' Duo explained.
'OK', Relena said warily. 'But what do you mean, follow Heero's example and break in at night?'
Quatre smiled. 'That's Heero's way of investigating. He checked out the files in the office computer last night, where he met Wufei.'
The girl's eyes widened. 'Wufei Chang is here?'
'Yes, but he's not undercover. He just sneaks in at night to see if he can find out anything, so he's missing all the fun', Duo complained.
Relena was going through her school-bag absent-mindedly, when she felt a folded piece of paper in it. Suspecting it to be the geography worksheet she was missing, she unfolded it carelessly. It was a note.
Relena, Come to the school gym after classes end today. When you get there, go into the broom-closet adjoining it. Under the linoleum is a trap-door. Go through it and meet me there. Heero
Trembling, Relena stared at the note and tried to get herself under control so Quatre and Duo wouldn't see that something had upset her.
She had to go and see him. She had failed him so many times already; he would never forgive her if she didn't come. And she couldn't forget the kiss they had shared. For a second she toyed with the idea of telling Duo and Quatre. But she dismissed it, telling herself that there wouldn't be any danger and Heero would dislike it if she did.
But later on, she would have been desperate to have the chance to tell them.
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Well, that's all in the way of plot I can think up. Sorry for such a short chapter, but I'm a little bit stuck. Hope you liked it anyway (and tell me so; it doesn't do me any good if you love it and I don't even know). Well, see ya all in the next chapter! Shooting Jewel
Thanks to you guys, this chapter came out. I swear I wouldn't have been able to write it if you hadn't backed me up.
Meio-Chan- uh, I'm sure Duo and Quatre would prefer being kept alive, but I can understand that you're angry at them! apol- well, it had to happen sometime, right? Mara- man, you sure know how to make a person embarrassed *blushes as she reads the compliments* Thank you so much for always being loyal and reviewing!!! Pink Sakura- sorry, this chapter was not soon, I admit it myself. I thought of making it Tekkan, but then they'd be in sooo much trouble. Laura- thank you, I love long reviews! Of course I'll email you! sweetangel- forgive me for bringing out this chapter so late, k? I'm hoping for more H/R, too. WolfSammy- thanx again for your email, hope you like this next chapter! Bunny- well, after every good chapter there has to come sort of a boring one like this, right? Beatrice- thanks, I like to hear that! Callisto Nicol- you're the sappy romantic type, too? That makes two of us! I'm afraid Tekkan is going to be mean. and last, but not least, my famous editor, *cuty_cat*!