The Secret Soldier

Chapter Two: Let the games begin…

By: Saikyou

AN

Here it is! Chapter two of my re-written gundam wing fanfiction. I hope you all are liking it so far, seeing as stupid Microsoft Word made me re-type this chapter after is screwed up.

Anyway, I'm sure you don't want to hear me blabbing on about my nonsense.

Disclaimer: I don't own the G-boys, G-girls or the Gundams. The only way I would own a gundam was if I made it.

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"Now, to get to some real work." Rose said as she closed her e-mails and began to open documents of information. "First things first, where were the gundams last sighted?" she began to rapidly type things into the computer. "Hm. Another mental note. Thank Oz for making it so easy to hack into their files…"

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Today was just turning out to be one of those bad days.

The evening before, the guys had gone to one of the other dorms to borrow some school uniforms from their soon to be fellow students. Of course, Heero didn't need to go, seeing as he already had a uniform from his past enrolment.

Duo insisted to have a uniform that was too large for him for two reasons. One, it was comfier this way, and two, he was being forced to stay in the hell hole and should be allowed to dress how he wanted.

And the fun had just started.

"Maxwell, would you hurry up, you're going to make us late." Wufei said in an annoyed tone. He was probably as pleased as Duo was when he saw the uniforms and shared the same thoughts about attending this school. It seemed pointless; he could spend his time better meditating. It also didn't help that it was the onna's school.

"Calm down dear Wufei, according to my watch, it is Friday 13th, 1:13 pm. We have plenty of time!" Duo joked; he knew of course that his watch had been broken on that exact date and time.

"Don't worry guys, I'm sure if we're a few minutes late the teacher won't mind, we'll just say that we got lost." Quatre tried to reassure his friends. It was technically true. They hadn't known that their class was in the main building and were searching for it in the side building until a teacher who was getting to his class was kind enough to tell them where they had to go.

"Quatre's right, our class room is supposed to be that one right there." Heero spoke as he motioned to the door that was coming up on their right.

"Well, it looks like we enter hell once we go through that door. We'll be stuck in a lecture for an hour and then another two later this afternoon." the braided brunette said as he put his hands behind his head. "Oh joy." his words were over flowing with sarcasm.

"Let's go in." Trowa finally spoke as he opened the door and entered, followed by the other four.

"Oh yes! Here are our five new students." the teacher said as she saw the five males enter the class room and walk over towards her.

"Good morning Miss, we're sorry we're late but we got lost." Quatre told her truthfully as she nodded.

"That's very understandable." she nodded. "The first of our new students are Chang Wufei." Wufei just glared at the class. "Now then, we have Duo Maxwell," Duo gave the class a quick wave. "Heero Yuy,"

"Hn." Heero nodded.

"Next is Quatre Winner."

"It's nice to meet you everyone." the blond spoke kindly.

"And finally Trowa Barton." Trowa slowly nodded to the class, there was no need to talk. "Now boys, would you please take a seat, may I suggest you sit together maybe." the guys didn't disagree and headed to the back of the lecture room where they sat down.

Duo was sitting in the back row with Trowa, rocking his chair slowly backwards and forwards. White Quatre, Heero and Wufei (who both refused to sit next to Duo during any classes) sat in the row in front of Duo and Trowa.

"Now, let us pick up from where we left off before our new students entered." She returned to where she had been standing with her book. "We were talking about AC 175, the assassination of Heero Yuy, a man of great importance in our history." a few of the students who had been paying attention in the introductions glanced back at Heero, whispering to their friends.

Heero seemed to ignore them, maybe it was because of the fact that he looked like he was asleep, his arms were crossed, his eyes were closed and his breathing was steady.

"Let's see, let me ask one of our new students to tell us what they know about Heero Yuy. Let's see…" she paused for a moment. "How about you tell us what you know, Duo." the purple-eyed male froze.

"AC 165, the Colony Issues Council elected Heero Yuy as its representative, Yuy essentially became the leader of the colonies. Yuy also advocated the principles of non-violence and demilitarization.

AC 170, Heero Yuy gained supporters in the colonies and some in Earths Nations.

AC 173, the colonies, under Yuy's leadership, declare themselves demilitarized and autonomous. The Romefeller Foundation begin mobile suit development, they become annoyed at the colonies' independence and prepare for military action.

AC 174, Yuy toured Earth's nations, getting more support with the Declaration of Demilitarization.

AC 175, Heero Yuy was assassinated, the assassin was never caught. After his death, the colonies fall apart from each other." All eyes were now staring at the new figure at the door; they had been the one who had spoken all that had been heard.

"And who might you be?" the teacher asked as the female smiled.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I quietly slipped in not wanting to disturb your class." she bowed to the teacher. "I'm one of the new students here."

"Ah yes, Miss. Marisha-Ten," Rose smiled. "May I ask where your uniform is?" this was one of the many reasons most people were still staring at her.

Rose was wearing a black pant suit which looked very Chinese due to the fact of the top which was long and seemed like it could be a sleeveless over-coat. She wore a pair of high-heeled shoes that matched the outfit.

"Oh, I haven't received my uniform yet, seeing as I just arrived yesterday morning, though Miss. Relena has sent out an order for a uniform for me, but in the meantime, I was told to wear something like a suit, and because I haven't been able to go shopping yet, I only have this to wear." the purple haired teen nodded, a smile still on her face.

"I see, I'll forgive you for being late because of that wonderful answer you gave the class, now go take a seat please."

"Yes Ma'am." Rose nodded as she headed up to the back of the room where she took a seat a couple seats down from Duo.

"Hey, she asked me to answer." Duo said in a whisper to her, expecting a polite answer.

"You froze, if I hadn't stepped in, you would have been at loss." the purple haired teen said calmly as she watched the teacher talk to the class. "Let's put it in a way you can understand, if you were in battle and suddenly froze,"

"Which I wouldn't." he muttered.

"You would have been killed unless I stepped in and saved you, understood?"

"Yeah yeah…" the brunette spoke under his breath as he began to rock his chair back and forth once again.

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"Finally free!" Duo said in a cheerful voice as he escaped the classroom, leaving his friends behind. "Damn I'm hungry."

"Then just go to the cafeteria." a calm voice spoke from behind him and he glanced to see who it was. Of course, who else could it have been, his favourite person on earth. Miss. Marisha-Ten. "And if you were wondering where the cafeteria is, follow me, I'm going there to get something to drink."

Duo really didn't have a choice; she was offering to take him to the place he wanted to go.

"Alright, lead the way." the male held out his hands, motioning her to go in front.

To his surprise, the cafeteria wasn't actually that far away.

Just down the corridor, turn left, up the stairs, go right, follow the corridor, take a right soon followed by a left, then you go up some more stairs until you reach the top floor, go down the hallway, turn right and there's the entrance to the cafeteria.

Where you wound up was pretty close to where his class had just been held. He should have known that to get some place so simple and to be so difficult.

"So let us see…" Duo spoke slowly to himself as his eyes scanned over the food he could get. "Is that pizza my eyes can see?" his feet carried him towards.

A few minutes later…

"Heh heh, free food is always the best food I say." the brunette laughed to himself as he sat down and began to devour his pepperoni pizza.

Placing his hands down onto the table, fingers spread, he had just chugged a coke down thus he belched slightly and smiled. But, the smile was soon wiped off his face when a knife suddenly skimmed past his face and dug into the wall beside him.

The cafeteria fell silent.

People were looking at Duo, who was now frozen in his spot, and the thrower of the weapon, who was standing up and getting ready to leave.

"You should mind your manners in the presence of a lady; I might not be as forgiving next time. Excuse me." she spoke the last two words to the people at her table.

Who else could it be? None other than Miss. Marisha-Ten herself. Why did that girl insist on bugging him?

"I don't see any ladies here, only some teen-aged girls and boys, myself and it." the braided brunette replied as he stood up as well, staring at Miss. Marisha-Ten.

"I'll take a guess that you are referring to me as an 'it', no?"

"Hell yes. I mean, seriously, what tomboy chic has spiky hair like a guy and acts tough like a guy. For all I know, you could be a guy pretending to be a girl!" he had a smug look on his face. That would surely get to her, no one got away with threatening him. Well, no one but Heero because he couldn't annoy the guy or he really would end up dead.

His smugness grew when he didn't receive an answer in thirty seconds, her head was hung slightly and the people around her had backed off. Her head raised and she was glaring at him. One of those glares that said 'You're going to pay', he gulped slightly.

"Do you want to find out?" her voice was monotone, he didn't act right away, but after his brain processed what had been said, his face went red and he became lost for words.

Most of the younger students had blushed slightly while the older, more mature students just stood there in shock. The girls who had been sitting at the table with Rose were all smiling slightly.

"Good afternoon, sir." Rose spat as she turned on heal and headed to the exit, the sound of her shoes against the floor echoing in the large room. As she reached the door, she spoke,

"Let the games begin, Maxwell." and was then gone.

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"I hate that woman." Duo muttered slowly as he walked with his hands in his pockets at the back of the pack of his friends.

"Look at it this way Maxwell, you're more popular," Duo glared at him. "And she challenged you willingly, but it seems that she might be able to be the 'great shinigami'." Wufei entered his room swiftly before Duo could reply to his comment.

The teen just grumbled and went into his room and got changed in an instant. He had left his computer on from the other night, moving the mouse, the screen loaded and there was an e-mail waiting for him. Actually, two.

"Dear Shini,

I'll be arriving in the Sanq Kingdom mid-morning tomorrow. I landed on Earth earlier this afternoon, so I'm travelling to get there right now. Because you don't have any classes in the afternoon tomorrow, why don't we meet up at your school?

To recognize me, I'll be wearing a long dark purple skirt and a lilac strap top.

I'll guess that you'll be wearing black, right?

Kiyoi."

"Now this is the first good news I've heard all day!" Duo smiled as he got ready to reply to a person he could actually call a lady.

"To my dearest Kiyoi,

You know me too well! ^_^;

I forgot to mention in my last e-mail that if I ever met the guy that hurt you, I would beat the man up. A guy shouldn't hurt a woman, even if they are you. J/K, J/K.

Just for you, I'll wear something different from my normal clothing. A pair of long black shorts, a white t-shirt and a black shirt to go over top. See! I do were something besides black! Even though it's my favourite colour, I do like other colours.

Shinigami.

P.S – I'm going to need your help to think up a prank to play a person in my school, so be prepared with ideas."

They had been in contact of each other since they were younger, they had met by Duo hacking into one of G's computers and finding an e-mail that was somewhat similar to his own.

So, being curious as he was and is, Duo sent an e-mail to the person, and got a reply to his surprise a few minutes after he sent it. So technically, if he hadn't hacked into G's computer, he would have never met Kiyoi.

Speak of the devil. The other e-mail was from G himself, why was Duo not surprised?

"Duo,

I have a job for you tomorrow evening. There seems to be a large group of Oz personal meeting in an area not to far from where you are positioned.

You cannot decline this job, this is an order. Tell any of the other pilots that you want to go with you. But do not have a party that exceeds three.  You may of course go on your own, something will be watching you back, may it be human or your shinigami, you should be careful.

G."

Wow. That man always got strait to the point. But who did he think he was, ordering him and his buddy around to do his dirty work. Then again, he was the one he gave him his buddy, but that wasn't the point.

Though, it once again seemed as if he once again was to become Shinigami, he had to admit, it was better that 'mass murderer'.  Ah well, there was no point in complaining, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Oh look, mail.

"Thanks Shinigami.

I guess I should feel honoured that you're actually wearing different clothing. Also, it's a well known fact that black and white aren't colours, they're actually shades. But I'll let it slide, seeing as most people don't care about that stuff.

Now, about that prank… I'll most likely be able to help you with that, seeing as I'm a slight prankster myself.

Okay, our plans have been made; now tell me how your first day of school was. Like you might have guessed, I was suspended on my first day after I pulled a huge scene in the cafeteria. It was because that guy who hurt me was being an idiot and I stood my ground. Heh, served him right.

Kiyoi."

She got strait to the point as well. But hers was less serious. Suspended? Not surprised, Kiyoi always did seem the type to get into trouble very quickly.

Now… If only he could find a way to get himself suspended from this hell hole.

"I thank you Kiyoi,

You're being a great pal for helping me out with this person.
Now, my first day? Like hell it was. Class was okay, besides the fact that it was boring, lunch would have been fine is the person didn't show up.

It's funny when I think about it. My problem happened in the cafeteria as well, the crazy kid flipped about me being rude. I don't know what really happened, it just did.

Anyway, I'm going to go to sleep because I can't be bothered to go to my other two classes today. G'night.

Shinigami."

Duo's POV

"Screw school, I don't see why I even have to be here…" I said slowly as I turned on some music and dropped down onto my bed and undid my hair. Flopping onto my back, I put my arms behind his head and stared up at the dark ceiling.

I would have gone to sleep peacefully if someone didn't knock on my door.

"Duo? We have class." Quatre. Who else would have cared if I showed up to class or not besides the blond? He was always making sure everyone was okay.

"Good for us. I ain't going." was my calm reply.

"It's only the first day and you're skipping? Duo, let me in." Man this guy was persistent.

"I'm going for a shower." I paused for a moment. "And I'm naked." I added. Maybe that would keep him out of my room. I didn't get a response so I figured Quatre had given up.

Nope. When my door swung opened, I figured I was wrong.

"What are you doing? We have to get to class." Quatre had entered my room, his school uniform all tidy, he just watched me on my bed.

"I said I ain't going." I replied once more.

"Come on Duo; get back into your uniform." Gah. Would he ever leave me in peace?

"If I got into my uniform, I would then have to brush my hair, and that'll take longer than you think because I haven't brushed my hair in ages." Would he buy that?

"How long would it take?" the Arabian's question was asked.

"It would take me about two hours to brush it out completely." I said, he had fallen for my trap.

"Then I'll help you and we'll get it done much faster. Now, where's your hair brush?" Oh right. Quatre was the type to think about things logically.

"Last time I checked, it was inside the cockpit of Deathscythe." There was no way he could get around that one, might as well add on. "Also, I think there might have been something on that pizza that upset my stomach because it's hurting. Or maybe I ate too fast… Who knows?"

"Alright. I'm just glad that it's not that you're afraid to face Miss. Marisha-Ten because of that incident in the cafeteria. I'll tell the teachers that you're not feeling well." I had twitched when Q had brought up her, but it wasn't that noticeable, seeing as I blended in with the shadows.

Hearing the door close, I sighed slightly. Finally, I could get some sleep.

Normal

"And?" a voice asked Quatre as he sat down at his seat.

"He was trying to avoid coming to class. He probably made up the excuse of his stomach hurting to me so I wouldn't force him to come." Quatre paused for a moment. "Then I did as you said, I brought up what happened between him and you in the cafeteria, I noticed that he twitched slightly, also, he didn't reply, meaning he didn't want to talk about it."

"Thank you Mr. Winner. Now if you excuse me, I'll be going to the library to study." Rose said as she stood up and pushed her chair in. "I'll most likely be seeing you late this evening." nodding slightly, the purple haired female in black left quickly.

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AN

Yay, chapter two done. It's a little bit longer than chapter one, but not to worry, I'm sure none of you mind!

See y'all later!