ZT: Peeks in Is he around? … Okay. Walks in Heero's still looking for his gun. Too bad he can't get into my other house in Inuyasha's time. Grins mischievously Oh well, his problem. I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

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Dark Devotions: I know, it does seem obvious right now, but more characters are going to be introduced. So...you might be right, you might be wrong. Heck, I may not have even introduced Night Star yet! But I like how you're already suspecting; that's what this fic is meant to do: get a lot of suspects then start dropping them off as things go along.

Fate Sucks

Chapter 4

Sai let out a breath she had been holding when she saw a certain spandex clad pilot walk in the opposite direction of her thanks to a certain psychopathic stalker. She knew that the Gundam pilots were not easy to avoid, but she didn't realize they were THAT hard to avoid! She had been trying to lose Heero for the last good portion of the afternoon! And before that, she had to escape the "rant of weakness" that Wufei gave her. Not to mention Quatre was before him, but at least he gave a pleasant conversation… There was a gap between Quatre and Wufei when she presumed Trowa was following her, but she honestly didn't look for him.

'Why do they want Night Star so badly?' Sai found herself wondering, 'I know that New Oz is up and running, but that's not enough to send the GUNDAM pilots of all people after… Not to mention they went after me first; they actually did their homework! They're trying to get to Night Star as quick as possible…' She couldn't resist the smirk that crossed her face, 'Well it sucks to be them! Night Star's retired and it's gonna take more than just five boys to get the info out of me!' Although she had to give them credit, two weeks and not a day failed when she ran into at least four of the five pilots. All she needed today was Duo to pop up and her day would be set.

No sooner had the thought crossed her mind, she saw a brown braided boy walking up to her. 'Speak of the devil,' she thought wryly, putting up a smile as if nothing was wrong with her world. "Hey Drooler, should I get out my umbrella?"

"Oh very funny, missy," Duo grinned. He knew the others got nowhere with stalking and interrogating her, so he was going to do this his own way: make her his buddy and let it slip. Okay, so it wasn't much of a plan but still… he just didn't want to push this girl away; she was kinda cool in her one thousand moods, stubborn as hell way. And interrogating someone was not a way to keep someone close. Don't get him wrong; he wasn't attracted to her in THAT way! Sure she was pretty, but she just wasn't someone he could get into like that…

Sai waved her hand in front of his face for about the millionth time, "Hello? Earth to Duo, come in Duo."

Duo blinked as he realized he had zoned out. He rubbed the back of his head and laughed, "You're too beautiful, girl! I can't keep my thoughts straight when I look at ya!"

Sai grinned playfully, "Either that or you're more air-headed than Laury."

Duo stopped laughing and looked at Sai. Laury? New name. Remember it. "Who?"

"Laury. She's one of my friends from way back when. She actually was supposed to get back to the Sanc Kingdom today. That's kinda who I'm looking for…" To emphasize what she said, she looked around. It was actually true; Laury and a few others had left to the colonies for a little while. She had run into Quatre when she was heading towards their dorms that morning. Their chat killed time though and she couldn't see them before classes started.

'False alarm' Duo thought; he didn't think Sai would slip that easily… "Well, four eyes are better than two. What does she look like?"

"She's a red head, about 5'6, green eyes, skinny, probably eating or ogling over something or both…You can't miss her," Sai put it simply.

Duo stored this information in his brain, "Okay, now I just need one more piece of information before I can be sure to find her."

"And what's that?" Sai asked, skeptical that Duo may be trying to trick her into something.

"Is she cute?" Sai's suspicions flew out the window as she laughed and wrapped her arms around the arm of a grinning Duo, "I'll take that as a yes."

Hours and a sunset later, the two had found no trace of the red head, let alone any of the others who had been gone.

"I know they came back today!" Sai exclaimed, sounding troubled. They usually weren't that hard to find…

Duo tried to reassure his new friend, "Aww, don't worry about it; the Sanc Kingdom's a big place. We probably were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." As the two walked towards Sai's dorm, she made no effort to answer. As she opened her door, Duo finally decided to speak, "Tell ya what. Tomorrow, I'll show up here early and we'll go to her dorm. If we can't find her before class, we'll search her out during the day." He winked at Sai, "Don't worry; the God of Death finds everybody in the end."

Despite how cryptic it sounded, Sai couldn't help but smile, "Thanks Duo."

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