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This is a multi-pair fic. This chapter is 05xSally. My best friend is helping me write this, so long as I'm in Cali. Woo Hoo! This is fun!
Mission: Matchmaker
Chapter One: Operation Jealousy
Lady Une surveyed the angry preventer in front of her. Sally Po was demanding a new partner. Une smiled. Every six months, she asked the same thing. Every six months, Lady Une told her the same thing. "You and Wufei make a good team. I can't sacrifice that because you got into a petty fight." If Sally Po continued, Lady Une would tell her to fill out the form and have it turned in by the next day. Sally never did.
"You HAVE to assign me a new partner, Colonel. I've had it with him!" Sally stomped her foot. She was rarely ever so angry.
"All right," Lady Une said cooly. "If you honestly feel that way, I'll assign you both new partners." She shook her head. "However, I'm not going to like this. Report here first thing tomorrow."
Sally Po nodded, saluted, and walked out much calmer than she had been when she barged in. Une sighed. What was she going to do with them? Sally was one of the few people, women in particular, that Wufei could get along with. And Wufei was one of the few people who could deal with Sally for long periods of time.
Smiling evilly, Lady Une stood and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window. "They won't last a month without each other." She smirked and leaned over her desk, pushing a button. "Collette," she said to her secretary. "Send Preventer 03 in here, please."
"Yes ma'am."
~~~~~
Trowa Barton stood before her desk. His brown hair hid an entire half of his face and the one green eye she could see had the same expression it usually had - none. People like Trowa - she appreciated them.
"03," she began, "Preventer Water has demanded a partner change." She watched his eyebrow raise. "Preventer 05 is going to need a partner, and to put it bluntly, I'm afraid to place him with just anyone." Trowa didn't move. She smirked. "So, since you have never had a partner, I'm placing him with you. I know you can get along with him - for a while."
Trowa's curiousity got the best of him. "What are you planning?"
She smiled. "I'm not planning anything."
"Who is Sally's new partner?"
Lady Une shrugged. "Zeke."
Trowa raised his eyebrow higher. Zeke was a handsome Australian man who'd had a crush on Sally Po since they first met. A slight smirk passed across his face. "Right."
The colonel placed a hand on her hip. "You're dismissed."
Trowa nodded briefly and left.
"It'll work out better this way," Une said to herself. "I need Wufei and Trowa together for this mission anyway."
~~~~~
Preventer Water sat with her new partner, Zeke Twoikea - Preventer Heat. She was slightly annoyed that he was drooling over her, but at least he was blunt. He was quite handsome - dusty blonde hair, pale green eyes, and a tan. And he had that great accent. This would be a nice change from Wufei's sexist comments.
"So, Sally," Zeke said, grinning and stirring the little coffee straw in his drink around. "Any chance you may wanna be more serious partners?"
Okay, maybe not that great. She looked up from her side of the desk and narrowed her eyes. "Don't," she snapped.
"A'ight. A'ight." Zeke looked appologetic. He was one of those guys who wore their emotions like a shirt. He was so different from Wufei, and come to think of it, all the Gundam pilots. He was fresh, unburdened. He had probably never seen the bloodshed that she and so many people she knew had seen.
She looked at him. "Please," she said, trying not to be too sharp, "don't hit on me." It was flattering really; she didn't know why it bothered her. She had never really cared for men hitting on her. She thought that it would never turn into anything, so there was no point in it. Even when she was just in elementary school.
"Understood," Zeke replied. He now stared at a blank spot on the wall with half a smirk. Sally didn't know whether to appreciate his personality, or to smack that stupid smirk off his face. The door opened.
Wufei entered the room. Zeke knew that Sally and Wufei had been partners for about three years, but he had never actually met Wufei. All he really knew about Wufei were the rumors that spread around HQ, and that wasn't saying much. He was worried he might get the crap beat out of him for just looking at the man, but he was also pretty sure he could take him on. Zeke sat down and shut up, a habit he would soon learn to master.
Sally glanced up at him, but avoided eye contact. Wufei spoke in his usual angry tone. "What exactly did you do this time, woman?" She felt as if she'd melt under his gaze, but she refrained from squirming.
"I thought it was time for a change," she said. "Give us time with other people," she couldn't help but adding, "and you some time to grow up." She cringed at how mean that was.
He narrowed his eyes. Zeke felt as if he should leave, but that required getting around Wufei, and he doubted that was safe. "Fine." He said gruffly. "I just came to say goodbye." He turned around and left. Sally watched him leave, and could see Trowa in the hallway, waiting for him.
She frowned. Goodbye. Gundam pilots rarely said goodbye. Goodbye meant that they would never see someone again. Sally blinked. "Wufei," she said quietly, "Wufei!" She whirled around in her chair. He stopped, but didn't turn around. Didn't even move his head. Sally frowned. "What do you mean by 'goodbye'?" She could see Trowa look at Wufei. There was something in that look, but she couldn't figure it out
"Just that, woman." he said sharply and walked out. Trowa followed, but not after looking back at Sally and shaking his head. She opened her mouth to ask Trowa what it meant, but he was already gone.
~~~~~
"You sure you're okay with that?" Trowa asked Wufei as they prepared for takeoff.
"Yeh." Wufei looked annoyed.
"You have to be sure," Trowa told him. "You can't leave anything undone when you're on a mission like this."
"It's fine. It's fine."
Trowa nodded. He understood. "Ready for take off," he said mechanically.
Wufei nodded also. "Launching."
Within seconds, they were on their way to the mission that awaited them.
"We're going to a small, uncharted island in the Atlantic."
"Quatre's satillite picked up an enemy base on the island. We have to check it out."
Lady Une sat at her desk, reviewing some information that she recieved earlier. It was no different than information she already had, except for one thing. She narrowed her eyes and highlighted a sentence. "Collette," she said to her secretary, "Contact Preventers 03 and 05. We have a situation."
"Yes, ma'am."
Seconds later, Trowa appeared on the vid screen. "Is the line secured?" she asked.
"Line secured."
Lady Une nodded. "There has been an alteration in your mission. Prepare yourselves for resistance.
"Ma'am." Trowa saluted and the screen turned to static, then went blank.
Lady Une sighed and looked back at the information. "We have a large problem on our hands, Mr. Treize," she said. "And I'm not sure we can effectively deal with it."
"This mission," Trowa said to Wufei, "seems it will prove more difficult than the last."
~~~~~
"Do you like him?" Zeke asked, ready for a break from paperwork.
"Who?" Sally asked, finishing her last report.
"Chang. Do you like him?"
Sally sighed, stacking and stapling her papers. "I don't know." she leaned back in the chair and folded her arms. She was angry with him right now; she didn't want to sort her feelings out.
"Oh." He cocked his head. As much as he liked her, he really wanted to help her out with Wufei. "What do you mean by that?"
Sally glared at him. "Why are you asking?"
Zeke shrugged. He was probably going to get himself into trouble with all his prying, but he wasn't about to stop. "I just want to find out about you two. There are a lot of rumors going around."
"Most don't have a shard of truth to them."
"Well, I know that. I'm just wondering which ones do."
Sally stood, picking up her papers. "Don't pry into my life," she said and walked off.
Zeke nodded, leaning back in the chair. "Sensitive subject," he said to himself. "Doesn't leave much of a chance for me..."
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Milliardo Peacecraft growled at his younger sister. She looked calm, but just a little shaken by the attempts on her life earlier that day. How was he going to protect her if he wasn't around? A vibration inside his jacket disturbed his thoughts. Growling more, he pulled his cell phone out of an interior pocket and flipped it open. "Yea?"
"I have the perfect candidate for the job," Lady Une's voice told him. "We just have to convince him of it."
This is a multi-pair fic. This chapter is 05xSally. My best friend is helping me write this, so long as I'm in Cali. Woo Hoo! This is fun!
Mission: Matchmaker
Chapter One: Operation Jealousy
Lady Une surveyed the angry preventer in front of her. Sally Po was demanding a new partner. Une smiled. Every six months, she asked the same thing. Every six months, Lady Une told her the same thing. "You and Wufei make a good team. I can't sacrifice that because you got into a petty fight." If Sally Po continued, Lady Une would tell her to fill out the form and have it turned in by the next day. Sally never did.
"You HAVE to assign me a new partner, Colonel. I've had it with him!" Sally stomped her foot. She was rarely ever so angry.
"All right," Lady Une said cooly. "If you honestly feel that way, I'll assign you both new partners." She shook her head. "However, I'm not going to like this. Report here first thing tomorrow."
Sally Po nodded, saluted, and walked out much calmer than she had been when she barged in. Une sighed. What was she going to do with them? Sally was one of the few people, women in particular, that Wufei could get along with. And Wufei was one of the few people who could deal with Sally for long periods of time.
Smiling evilly, Lady Une stood and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window. "They won't last a month without each other." She smirked and leaned over her desk, pushing a button. "Collette," she said to her secretary. "Send Preventer 03 in here, please."
"Yes ma'am."
~~~~~
Trowa Barton stood before her desk. His brown hair hid an entire half of his face and the one green eye she could see had the same expression it usually had - none. People like Trowa - she appreciated them.
"03," she began, "Preventer Water has demanded a partner change." She watched his eyebrow raise. "Preventer 05 is going to need a partner, and to put it bluntly, I'm afraid to place him with just anyone." Trowa didn't move. She smirked. "So, since you have never had a partner, I'm placing him with you. I know you can get along with him - for a while."
Trowa's curiousity got the best of him. "What are you planning?"
She smiled. "I'm not planning anything."
"Who is Sally's new partner?"
Lady Une shrugged. "Zeke."
Trowa raised his eyebrow higher. Zeke was a handsome Australian man who'd had a crush on Sally Po since they first met. A slight smirk passed across his face. "Right."
The colonel placed a hand on her hip. "You're dismissed."
Trowa nodded briefly and left.
"It'll work out better this way," Une said to herself. "I need Wufei and Trowa together for this mission anyway."
~~~~~
Preventer Water sat with her new partner, Zeke Twoikea - Preventer Heat. She was slightly annoyed that he was drooling over her, but at least he was blunt. He was quite handsome - dusty blonde hair, pale green eyes, and a tan. And he had that great accent. This would be a nice change from Wufei's sexist comments.
"So, Sally," Zeke said, grinning and stirring the little coffee straw in his drink around. "Any chance you may wanna be more serious partners?"
Okay, maybe not that great. She looked up from her side of the desk and narrowed her eyes. "Don't," she snapped.
"A'ight. A'ight." Zeke looked appologetic. He was one of those guys who wore their emotions like a shirt. He was so different from Wufei, and come to think of it, all the Gundam pilots. He was fresh, unburdened. He had probably never seen the bloodshed that she and so many people she knew had seen.
She looked at him. "Please," she said, trying not to be too sharp, "don't hit on me." It was flattering really; she didn't know why it bothered her. She had never really cared for men hitting on her. She thought that it would never turn into anything, so there was no point in it. Even when she was just in elementary school.
"Understood," Zeke replied. He now stared at a blank spot on the wall with half a smirk. Sally didn't know whether to appreciate his personality, or to smack that stupid smirk off his face. The door opened.
Wufei entered the room. Zeke knew that Sally and Wufei had been partners for about three years, but he had never actually met Wufei. All he really knew about Wufei were the rumors that spread around HQ, and that wasn't saying much. He was worried he might get the crap beat out of him for just looking at the man, but he was also pretty sure he could take him on. Zeke sat down and shut up, a habit he would soon learn to master.
Sally glanced up at him, but avoided eye contact. Wufei spoke in his usual angry tone. "What exactly did you do this time, woman?" She felt as if she'd melt under his gaze, but she refrained from squirming.
"I thought it was time for a change," she said. "Give us time with other people," she couldn't help but adding, "and you some time to grow up." She cringed at how mean that was.
He narrowed his eyes. Zeke felt as if he should leave, but that required getting around Wufei, and he doubted that was safe. "Fine." He said gruffly. "I just came to say goodbye." He turned around and left. Sally watched him leave, and could see Trowa in the hallway, waiting for him.
She frowned. Goodbye. Gundam pilots rarely said goodbye. Goodbye meant that they would never see someone again. Sally blinked. "Wufei," she said quietly, "Wufei!" She whirled around in her chair. He stopped, but didn't turn around. Didn't even move his head. Sally frowned. "What do you mean by 'goodbye'?" She could see Trowa look at Wufei. There was something in that look, but she couldn't figure it out
"Just that, woman." he said sharply and walked out. Trowa followed, but not after looking back at Sally and shaking his head. She opened her mouth to ask Trowa what it meant, but he was already gone.
~~~~~
"You sure you're okay with that?" Trowa asked Wufei as they prepared for takeoff.
"Yeh." Wufei looked annoyed.
"You have to be sure," Trowa told him. "You can't leave anything undone when you're on a mission like this."
"It's fine. It's fine."
Trowa nodded. He understood. "Ready for take off," he said mechanically.
Wufei nodded also. "Launching."
Within seconds, they were on their way to the mission that awaited them.
"We're going to a small, uncharted island in the Atlantic."
"Quatre's satillite picked up an enemy base on the island. We have to check it out."
Lady Une sat at her desk, reviewing some information that she recieved earlier. It was no different than information she already had, except for one thing. She narrowed her eyes and highlighted a sentence. "Collette," she said to her secretary, "Contact Preventers 03 and 05. We have a situation."
"Yes, ma'am."
Seconds later, Trowa appeared on the vid screen. "Is the line secured?" she asked.
"Line secured."
Lady Une nodded. "There has been an alteration in your mission. Prepare yourselves for resistance.
"Ma'am." Trowa saluted and the screen turned to static, then went blank.
Lady Une sighed and looked back at the information. "We have a large problem on our hands, Mr. Treize," she said. "And I'm not sure we can effectively deal with it."
"This mission," Trowa said to Wufei, "seems it will prove more difficult than the last."
~~~~~
"Do you like him?" Zeke asked, ready for a break from paperwork.
"Who?" Sally asked, finishing her last report.
"Chang. Do you like him?"
Sally sighed, stacking and stapling her papers. "I don't know." she leaned back in the chair and folded her arms. She was angry with him right now; she didn't want to sort her feelings out.
"Oh." He cocked his head. As much as he liked her, he really wanted to help her out with Wufei. "What do you mean by that?"
Sally glared at him. "Why are you asking?"
Zeke shrugged. He was probably going to get himself into trouble with all his prying, but he wasn't about to stop. "I just want to find out about you two. There are a lot of rumors going around."
"Most don't have a shard of truth to them."
"Well, I know that. I'm just wondering which ones do."
Sally stood, picking up her papers. "Don't pry into my life," she said and walked off.
Zeke nodded, leaning back in the chair. "Sensitive subject," he said to himself. "Doesn't leave much of a chance for me..."
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Milliardo Peacecraft growled at his younger sister. She looked calm, but just a little shaken by the attempts on her life earlier that day. How was he going to protect her if he wasn't around? A vibration inside his jacket disturbed his thoughts. Growling more, he pulled his cell phone out of an interior pocket and flipped it open. "Yea?"
"I have the perfect candidate for the job," Lady Une's voice told him. "We just have to convince him of it."