The Secret Soldier
Chapter Three: Flowers (Part I)
By: Saikyou
AN
Okay, by 'demand' (not really, but hey…) of the readers, here is chapter three. Let me tell you this right now, I have exams soon and might not be able to write/post chapters as much as I would like to.
So, I'll say sorry in advance if I don't put up chapters very quickly. I should start delaying the chapters sometime soon.
All right! I would like to thank y'all for your lovely reviews. May I add, they make me feel that people actually appreciate my work and want to see more!
One more quick mention, I injured my wrist and I wasn't allowed to use the computer for a long time, thus the reason this chapter has been delayed.
No time to wait, the third chapter is on the way!
Disclaimer: I don't own the G-boys, G-girls or the Gundams. Seriously, who WOULD want to have claim of Relena? Bleh.
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"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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"Excuse me, are you Shinigami?" a dark brown haired female asked the braided male from where he stood leaning against the wall.
"The one and only." Duo smiled and wondered who she was.
"Hi there, I'm Kiyoi." the male paused at hearing the name as his eyed scanned up and down her. Dark purple skirt. Lilac strap top. Yup, it was her. "Is something the matter?" Kiyoi's head tilted as she smiled at him, waiting for a response.
"Oh… Ah… Uh… No, of course not!" he shook his head and waved his hands quickly in the air as he pushed up from the wall.
To be truthful, he hadn't been expecting his online friend to be so… girly looking. More of a rough tomboy that gave the message saying 'piss me off and die'. Ah well, he wasn't to complain.
"Well, are we just going to stand here?" the blue eyed female chuckled as Duo shook his head and offered his arm to her, which she gladly took.
In the background, hidden by the cover of some trees stood three males. Quatre, Trowa and Wufei to be more precise.
"So that's why Duo was in such a good mood this morning." the blond spoke slowly as he nodded slowly, a smile on his face.
"Should we continue to follow to see the stupidity Maxwell puts that woman through?" Wufei suggested. He just wanted to see Duo get slapped in the face.
"No, it would be rude to spy on them, plus if Duo found out think about how angry he would be with us for intruding." Quatre's calm response was as he turned around and walked away, soon followed by Wufei, leaving Trowa standing there, thinking.
"Duo must be careful about what he does and says near that woman, if he doesn't, he'll get both of them in trouble…"
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"Duo, is there something wrong?" Kiyoi asked weakly in a slightly nervous voice. "You've been terribly quiet since we met and I'm worried it's something about me…" her face expression showed that she was curious, but worried and maybe a bit sad.
"Na. It's not you, it's more of me. You see… Uh…" the great Shingami was lost for words again. "I wasn't really… erm… Expecting you to be so… so… Girly." Finally he had said it. Now, like any other girl, she was going to follow these four stages.
Stage 1) Shock - Most likely just stop what she was doing and stare at him in shock of what she just heard.
Stage 2) Emotion – Then would come the water works. Causing a slight scene for the people around them.
Stage 3) Revenge – Maybe getting a few insults and/or a slap in the face. The more you got, the more it showed how much you hurt them. Also, this causes a bigger scene.
Then, the final stage.
Stage 4) Rage – She would storm off and destroy anything and everything in her path. Be fore warned…
Women were strong enemies, but could actually be rather excellent allies. But, in a war like this, he himself thought it would be better to leave the mobile suit piloting to the men.
"Duo… I… I…" And it had begun. Soon enough he'd have a sore cheek and any of the students from the damned to hell school he went to which were near would be whispering to each other when they passed him. Oh, what joy?
Her hand covered her mouth as she lowered her head so he couldn't really see her face. Yup, she was crying. … Wait… That sounded more like…
"Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Laughing.
She was reacting to what he said, causing a scene at the same time, but he wasn't expecting her to crack up like a person that should be in the nut house!
"May I ask what is so funny?" the male brunette finally asked after watching his friend laughing for a couple of minutes.
"You." She snorted in a very un-lady like manner.
"How so?"
"Oh come on! Shingami, think about it." The teen paused. "Would I be affected by something so stupid as 'you're too girly'? Hell no!" the brown haired female laughed. "I, Kiyoi Mitsukai, think you should not worry about what others think about yourself. As long as you like yourself for who you are, you shouldn't worry." Kiyoi smiled and then stuck out her tongue slightly in a very childish manner.
"Right." His eyes glanced up over at the schools clock tower when he heard the bells ringing. "Aw crap…"
"What's wrong?" she asked quickly.
"I have to go, you remember G, right?" Kiyoi nodded slowly. "He wants me to do something for him and I have to go get ready for it…"
"You make it sound like you have some sort of mission to kill some people." Her head shook as she slowly stood up from the table at the café they sat at. "Just like a gundam pilot." She whispered. "Well, I think I'll just walk around the area and such."
"Oh wait, here, this is my number, you'll be able to reach me at it any time." Duo handed over a piece of paper to his online friend just as she was about to leave. With a smile and a slight nod, the blue-eyed female began walking away.
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Earlier that day
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"Duo, you're in a strangely odd good mood today." Quatre said calmly as they walked back from class, he was happy to see his friend was in better spirits, but what made his mood change so quickly?
"Well, that's because I'm going out today Q-man, so if you excuse me, I have to go get ready." Entering his room, still humming some song, he left Quatre in the hall, smiling and shaking his head.
"Going out? Him? Ha." Rose snorted as she walked past Duo's now closed door. She hadn't been too far behind the two males so she had been able to hear their conversations.
"Oh, I didn't see you there." The blond said as he just watched the female calmly stride past him.
"It's all about how much sound you make and how you make your presence. By keeping no noise and by staying calm, your breathing shouldn't be heard and your presence not sensed." Her words were all said in seven seconds flat. Quatre just blinked. Why was he just explained how to be stealth by someone like Miss. Marisha-Ten?
Things were becoming weird. But since when were things not weird?
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An hour or so later…
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"My bloody god, it's a frikken miracle. You're wearing a colour besides black." The purple haired female said in a monotone voice as she spotted Duo from where he was leaning against a wall outside.
"You shut-up and go away." Duo's oddly calm reply was, he didn't want to start fighting because if Kiyoi showed up… She might not be too happy to see him fighting with a female. But everything should be okay, he was half an hour to forty-five minutes early himself, but the wait wouldn't hurt!
"What's wrong Maxwell, you seem edgy. Going on the first date of your life or something?" Rose chuckled, an amused look on her face as she crossed her arms from where she stood looking at Duo.
"Actually, I'm meeting up with a friend of mine." His feet shifted slightly, "And white isn't a colour, it's a shade…" a smirk appeared on Rose's face and her left eyebrow was raised.
"Please tell me that this friend of yours is female, because I doubt a guy would like those flowers. Unless…" She paused. "You're not gay, are you?"
"No!" Maxwell practically shouted. "And what's wrong with the flowers. Oh wait, why would a person without a heart know." He shrugged.
"Maxwell, if I didn't have a heart, I would be dead. There's nothing wrong with the flowers. Just who are you meeting exactly?"
"If it would get you to leave, her name," Duo ignored the 'thank god…' which was whispered. "Is Kiyoi Mitsukai, she's a year younger than me, has strawberry blond hair and blue eyes." Rose just blinked. Froze. Blinked. Breathed. Blinked. And blinked.
"He's Shingami?" a warning shot through her head.
"What's the matter, so shocked that I've got a 'date' and you don't?"
"No, I was thinking about the actual meaning."
"Eh?"
"Those are red roses, correct?"
"Yeah, I got rid of the thorns, because they hurt like hell." She just hit her forehead with her hand.
"Great Maxwell. Real great. Want me to tell you what those flowers mean?" she smiled slightly as Duo nodded."Red roses represent 'love and romance'." The brunette twitched slightly. "Roses without thorns mean 'love at first sight'." She let out a silent laugh to herself as she watched his reaction.
"Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap…" skipping from foot to foot, his eyes quickly scanned for somewhere where he could get rid of the flowers. "I know! I'll give them to the next girl that passes!"
"You shouldn't do that." The purple-blue eyed female said slowly as she crossed her arms. "Seeing as the girl you give them to might then think you like her, if you don't care, go ahead."
"She'd right…" Duo cursed under his breath.
"Look, Maxwell, just give me the damn flowers, we blow it over as a prank, your date doesn't get the wrong idea and I get a bunch of flowers." The flowers were quickly tossed to her and she caught them. She nodded as she walked away,
"You do know that you now owe me a drink, eh?" were her last words before she disappeared through a door.
Rose's POV"Oh crap oh crap oh crap…" I muttered under my breath. This was not good. I wasn't expecting Duo, of all people, to be Shingami. It's a small, and unpleasant, world we live in… My head shook as she speed walked down the hallway, people coming in the opposite direction moved out of the way when they saw the frustrated look on my face.
"Okay, I had to move and think quickly. I'm going to have to have to un-dye my hair, take out the coloured contacts and get changed very quickly." I thought to myself as I reached the hallway to my room. Stopping at my door, I put my hand in my pocket. "Key key key…" I said slowly until I found it and unlocked the door of my room, which I entered in a flash.
Ditching my bag and the flowers on my bed, I headed into the bathroom where I stripped down to take a shower. In my shower, I applied a special conditioner to my hair. Washing it out eight minutes later, I stepped out of the shower and wrapped myself up in a black towel.
Drying off in a flash, I put my undergarments of, followed by the skirt that I had promised Shingami to wear. Entering the bathroom once more, I ran my fingers through my strawberry blond hair, then with some hair mouse, I spiked it slightly.
After that, I removed the purple contacts in my eyes to reveal their normal blue colour.
"Okay. Good." I had done all of that in about half an hour. Putting my shirt on, I slipped on a pair of flip-flops, grabbed my shoulder bag and headed to the door. Wait. If I went out the door… Goddamn. I could always jump out the window, but a normal person would get injured.
"But, I'm not a normal person, am I?" I chuckled as I opened the window and sat on the edge. Taking off my sandals, I checked the height I was at. It was only the second floor, I would survive. My eyes glanced about, checking for people. No one was in sight so…
Pushing myself off the edge, I landed in a crouched position on the balls of my feet. Quickly slipping my sandals back on, I brushed any dirt of my hands and skirt then calmly began to walk to where I was to meet up with Duo 'Shingami' Maxwell. Peachy.
NormalDuo looked at his watch. It was just about time and the party was about to start. He sat in the cockpit of Deathscythe, which had been hidden in the shadows of the surrounding forest.
"C'mon buddy, it's time to get to work." The gundam activated slowly, screens turning on, controls becoming active. The black gundam began to move forwards slowly, heading towards its destination where death was soon about to linger. Or, that would have happened, if Duo hadn't gotten himself caught up in a trap. Or maybe it still would…
"Well, it looks like we're not the only ones who know about what's here." A soldier said as Duo was lead, unwillingly, away from Deathscythe
"We should inform General Une as soon as possible, sir." A lower rank soldier spoke slowly as he helped escort Duo.
"Hm. Two gundams and a gundam pilot, what an excellent surprise for General Treize."
"Wait wait wait. What do you mean two gundams? There's another one here?" Duo asked quickly as he turned to face the last guy talking.
"Shut up!" the braided pilot was suddenly hit across the back with the end of a machine gun, knocking him to his feet. A single gunfire sent silence over the area. The guy who had shouted and hit Duo suddenly keeled over backwards, blood forming around his head.
"No, you shut up." A voice calmly spoke. It sounded like a young male, but it seemed a bit girly…
"One of the guys?" Duo thought quickly as he didn't look behind him. "Heero? The had Heero's perfect aim, but his voice was all wrong…" he paused for a moment.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" a soldier shouted as all guns were aimed at the mystery intruder.
"Standing?" their response was.
"Their voice… It's something a bit like Quatre's voice. Not very tough sounding. But Q wouldn't kill a guy like that!" Okay, that was two down, two to go.
"Lower your weapon!"
"Or we'll kill the gundam pilot." Duo's eyes widened at the threat.
"…"
"Oh god no. If that's Wu-man, then I'm a dead man."
"Fine." The sound of something hitting the ground was heard. They were now had no weapon in hand.
"That's not Wufei, so that leaves… Trowa? Well, they have Trowa's calm attitude. They don't speak much, but…" his thought ran off slightly.
"So what now, y'all going to kill us or something?" they chuckled.
"Trowa isn't sarcastic like that…" Duo sighed, great, they were so dead.
"Tie them up!" the order was given, but was not carried out. As the soldiers began to tie the mystery person up, they attacked.
Kicking the nearest guy, they rolled across the ground, grabbing their gun.
"Stop her!" The next thing Duo knew, there was a series of gun shots and the remaining five Oz Soldiers fell to the ground.
"Jack pot, I just won myself five new mobile suits." She laughed quickly.
Whoever the hell this was, he owed them. The guy had just saved him and completed his mission at the same time. What a multi-tasker
Wait. Did that guy say her?
Getting to his feet, he turned around, but found no one there. The ground suddenly shook as a large object moved towards him.
"Whassat?"
The sound of a cockpit opening caught his attention to turn to look at mobile suit that stood in the shadows. The pilot stood on the hatch.
"Pilot 02, be careful next time." The mystery person spoke calmly, hidden by shadows.
"Who are you?" Duo demanded as he freed himself from the ropes that bound his wrists together.
"Your friendly guardian Dark Angel." They laughed slightly. "I wasn't expecting to meet up with the pilot of Gundam Deathscythe this soon. I only arrived on earth the other day. It's a small world we live in…" she laughed rather loudly.
"Why did you save me?" he asked as he stiffened slightly, that laugh had sent a slight shiver up his spine
"Would you prefer to be dead? Because that can be arranged you know…"
"I asked, why did you save me? No one just risks their life to save a person they don't even know."
"Fine fine…" he mystery female sighed slightly. "Because it's my mission to save you."
"Your… Mission?" Duo stuttered slowly. Why didn't this person ever give strait answers?!
"Basically, I was sent to earth to make sure none of you guys did anything idiotic. Like getting yourself killed." She shrugged from where she now sat on the hatch.
"'You guys'?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Oh you know, Pilot 01, 03, 04, 05 and you. I was told you might be the most trouble. Seeing as you like to prove yourself and insist on being Shingami." Letting out a light chuckle, he could tell she was smiling.
"Who sent you?"
"What? Are we playing twenty questions or something?" he gave no response. She sighed slightly, "Alright. Who sent me? No one in particular actually, I was given a choice to what I wanted DA and me to do, seeing as I'm the only one who can control her." Her voice paused for a moment. "So, I chose to come down to earth to see the situation down on earth, then I would decide who I would help. In the end, I chose to help you five, seeing as those Oz bastards tried to take DA away from me." She let out a very un-lady like snort.
"DA? Whose that?" Yup, another question. He wasn't going to stop until he knew all he wanted to know.
"This is her." Her hand patted the hatch slightly.
"A mobile suit?"
"Dark Angel isn't just any ordinary mobile suit you know… She's a gundam." Her voice was calm as she replied. "And before you say anything, I do not joke around with things like that."
"So you're a gundam pilot,"
"Uh-huh."
"Who came to earth to watch over us,"
"Uh-huh."
"With a gundam called Dark Angel,"
"Uh-huh."
"You know all about us,"
"Uh-huh."
"You know who we are and about our gundams,"
"Uh-huh."
"You just saved me,"
"Uh-huh."
"You killed all of the soldiers here,"
"Uh-huh."
"And to top it all off, you're female,"
"Yup!"
"I'm going to have a hell of a time telling the guys…" his head shook as he sighed slightly.
"Now, I have a question for you." The female pilot said as she quickly made her way down her gundam on the wire thing.
"What?" "Let me guess, she going to either ask me where the other guys are or ask how I could fall into such a simple trap…" he thought quickly.
"Well 02, I want to know what happened to the white shirt. You had promised me to wear that, but now you're back in all black."
"No… It can't be…" the brunette just stood in shock.
"It can't be what?" a slight sound of amusement in her voice.
"Kiyoi…" She calmly walked out of the shadows, her hands behind her back.
"What's wrong Duo, you seem so surprised." There was a smile on Kiyoi's face as she stood there, a bittersweet flower in her hands, though Duo just thought it as a flower.
"How could you… Why…" he was confused at the moment, nothing was making much sense to him. His online friends' head just shook slowly as a kind smile appeared on her lips. "This is a joke, right?"
"Remember what I said…" Her feet carried her forwards quickly, "I don't joke around with things like this." She lowered her head as she stopped right in front of him.
"It can't be." Why would a female get herself mixed up with fighting against Oz. Hell, why would a female be a pilot for a gundam?
"I'm sorry." Her muttered was faint, but was heard.
"Wha…" but his words were lost as darkness began to consume him.
"Why…" was the only word Duo was able to say after having the wind knocked out of him.
"It's better this way…" was the last thing Duo heard before he fell unconscience. Falling forwards onto her, she lowered him onto the ground.
"Great…" her head shook a bit as she crouched beside him. "Now you owe me two things," Rose said slowly. "A drink, and a punch." She sighed slightly. "Though, you're going to want to give me that punch much more after you wake up…"
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He finally woke up. Finding something damp on his forehead, he found himself lying on something rather comfy in a dimly lit room. Blinking, he began to sit up, but stopped when he felt a slight pain in his stomach.
"Finally awake I see." A familiar voice spoke. "You should probably stay still, you looked pretty roughed up when I found you, but I haven't actually had anyone check you over, seeing as it would be rude for me to do so myself." Rose pointed out calmly as she sat down in a chair facing the brunette.
"Where am I?" the place wasn't recognisable to him, maybe he hit his head or something.
"Actually, you're inside my apartment. Compared to your room, it's much much bigger, seeing as I can probably have two more people living in her with me." Leaning back in the chair she sat on, her arms crossed.
"What happened?" the next most simple question. "Wait, I know what happened, how did I get here?"
"Well, to be truthful, something hit my window and I went to check it out, on the ground I saw you just lying there, so I jumped down to the ground, twisting my ankle I might add, and found out you were completely knocked out." The purpled haired female replied with a slight nod. "So, I somehow managed to drag you back up to my room, I didn't want to risk telling your friends, but the only reason I got you all the way here was with the help of you blond friend, Winner. I just told him I found you like this and he accepted it and helped me drag you to my couch. Happy?" Duo just stayed silent as she thought about what had been said and what had happened to make what was just explained happen.
"Oh yeah, I also found two flowers next to you. A rhododendron and a bittersweet. I was curious to know why they were next to you…"
"I don't know." The violet-eyed make responded slowly. Seriously, how would he know, he was knocked out. Unless… Kiyoi, did she leave those two flowers with him? "What do they mean?"
"Huh?" she seemed to have been zoned out for a moment.
"Those two flowers, the road-oh-den-dron and the bittersweet or whatever they are. What do they mean?" he made himself sit up and turn to face Rose.
"The rhododendron means 'take care'." Rose said as she stood up and walked over to the dining table where the two flowers lay. Picking them up, she showed him the rhododendron.
"She's telling me to take care… Because she injured me? Or because of her mission?"
"Then the bittersweet, this one means 'truth'." She held out the bittersweet for Duo to see.
"That's the flower she was holding back there. She was holding a flower of truth, trying to indicate she wasn't lying…" his head shook slightly in annoyance. "I'm going back to my room…" Duo said slowly as he got up and headed to the door.
"Don't forget your flowers," the purple-blue-eyed female spoke up as she walked over to him and handed them over. "If you need anything, just come over." She said as she closed the door behind him.
"Very smart 02…" she said in a voice that sounded something like the one she had first spoken in when she was saving Duo. "It seems that this won't be as hard as I thought. You already figured out the deal with the flowers, but I have a feeling that you'll be coming back to me at a later date for help…" she walked to her bedroom where her computer was. "Sally was right… They are interesting…"
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AN
Well, that was the end of the third chapter. I made it longer due to the fact that I haven't been updating recently.
I'll mention this now before anyone might ask, there won't be any pairings, seeing as I'm not a fan of made-up character pairings.
See y'all later!