Remember I only own the plotline, and certain fun characters. Any character from Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon does not belong to me, and as I now have to pay for my education, I have less than nothing!
From Then, To Now, Til Later
Arc 2: Chapter 5: Cats, mayhem, friends?
By: AutumnHime
"You know, that wasn't exactly the reaction I was going for when I announced that I would break this engagement." Mina informed him as they strolled together towards the luggage round. She studied him from the corner of her eye. Her parents hadn't picked too badly. The man striding next to her was tall, topping 6'2". His auburn hair covered one of his emerald green eyes.
"I'm sorry," Triton murmured, not at all contrite. He had taken advantage of the time when she was studying him to study her. It really was too bad that he had decided he wanted to decide for himself whom he would marry. Mina Aino averaged about 5'5", with long golden blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She was gorgeous, in a word, and for some reason, he wanted to break the silence he was known for when with her.
Mina flashed him a smile. "No, you aren't. But that's okay. We'll get along splendidly after this engagement is broken." She hooked her arm through his, and they continued their mile hike.
"…" Triton's lips twitched, but he didn't remove her arm.
They finally reached their destination. "Which are yours?" Trowa asked, figuring she wouldn't understand his normal three-dot language.
Mina replied, "They're bright orange."
Triton suppressed a groan. He could have guessed. Then again, who knew luggage came in bright orange?
The luggage round began to move. The first bag out was bright orange. At least we won't be here too long, Triton thought. The second bag out was also bright orange. So was the third. And the fourth. And the fifth. And the sixth. And so on through the twentieth. "Is that all?" He stressed the last word.
Minako nodded, amused at the look on Triton's face.
"All right." He grabbed a dolly and began stacking the luggage, thinking it a good thing that he had borrowed the family cars and drivers.
He finally noticed the carrier. "What's in that?" He pointed at the white case.
"Hmm?" Mina looked down. "That's Artemis, my cat."
"Oh." He heaved the last piece of luggage onto a second dolly. He gestured to the second dolly, and they were off.
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Duo was checking his e-mail. After the energy flare earlier, he hadn't managed to get back to sleep. He and Cat had no idea what had happened to wake Wufei up, and Shinigami knew that Hiiro wouldn't answer any questions, so Duo had decided to engage in his favorite 'I'm bored' hobby…the Internet. He finished typing his 'log-in' info and stared at the number of messages that were reported in his inbox.
"250? How in the world did I end up with two-hundred fifty e-mails?" With a sigh, the sorting began.
Forty minutes later, Duo's eyes were heavy. "I can't take this anymore! Say goodbye, e-mail." His indigo orbs caught on a familiar address: dragonsjustice@olympus.net.
"Now why would Wufei send me something?" Duo tapped the link.
To: shinigamisdeath@olympus.net
From: dragonsjustice@olympus.net
Re: Déjà vu
Braided Baka Duo,
Triton and I have discovered some information about that new student, Hiiro deBello. It seems that he was in a car accident around the age of three or four. According to the police report, his survival was nothing short of a miracle. After that, there's nothing. He just disappears off the record. Really nothing here to explain the déjà vu , but thought you should know.
I am strong
Wufei
Duo snapped his finger together, throwing the mass of brown hair that hung over his shoulder behind his back. "So that's why Hiiro remembers! Well, that explains one mystery, but leaves a lot of others." He yawned and stretched. "Oh, well, something for tomorrow!"
Within seconds of returning to bed, Duo had fallen fast asleep, dreaming of sugar plums and horrors to come.
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Wufei slowly regained consciousness to find himself under the concerned stares of people he didn't know.
"What the…?" He moved to sit up and dropped heavily back to the ground grasping his head. "Ughhhh. Why do I feel so…out of it?"
"Look, I don't want you to stress yourself, but do you remember what happened? Both you and Lita were unconscious when we found you."
Wufei's eyes widened. "Lita…Makoto. Where is she?" The new set of memories he had pushed themselves to the front overshadowing his present memories.
"We don't know. She woke up before you did, and ran away, saying something about apologizing to her hime."
Wufei closed his eyes, hiding his loss. He groaned again and struggled to his feet. "I have to get home."
Concerned hands would have hindered his progress, but he growled, an inhumane sound, and they drew away.
He stumbled out of the gym and into the night.
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"Where the heck is that student of yours?" Raye bothered her grandfather, unable to hide her worry for Wufei. "I know you adopted him, but this is just wrong."
She didn't tell her grandfather that she had seen black flames in the fire, which also worried her, especially when her adopted brother who would never go against his code of honor which would include being home on time, was almost six hours late.
"I know you are worried, Raye, but he's a young man. I'm sure he's just doing what young men do." The crotchety, eccentric old man replied.
"But…"
The door to the temple opened. Wufei leaned heavily against the frame. There were shadows in his eyes that hadn't been there when Raye had last seen him, and he looked older than his sixteen years.
"Wufei, what…?" But Wufei simply stared at her with dark eyes and fumbled his way to his bedroom.
Oh, Great Fire, what on earth is going to happen next?
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So that's that chapter. I don't know if you liked it or hated it, but I'm sure you'll tell me.
Adieu
AutumnHime