ZT: It's the 20th chapter and it's party time!
Wufei: Oh no!
ZT: Oh yes! This is gonna be fun! I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!
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Dark Devotions- Yeah, I just wanted to get some conversation going on. Sai's past seemed to be the best route to go since it kinda concerned Odin…As for her sister, you'll find out what happened to her later. All I'll say for now is small world…VERY small world!
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Fate Sucks
Chapter 20
"Quatre! You're back!" Laury exclaimed, glomping the blond pilot as he walked into the ballroom area, "Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? Did you miss me? I missed you!"
"Laury, give the guy some room to breath!" Alex scolded, sitting at one of the tables. SOMEONE swapped the dance music for some classic junk! Now she was waiting for the right time to change it.
"Yes, I do require air at times," Quatre said, trying to break free.
"No you don't," Laury stated, " 'Cause you're a God and gods don't need to breath!"
Duo laughed at the expression on Quatre's face, "Man, are you suffocating or are you blushing?"
"Knock it off, Duo!" Quatre exclaimed, getting harder laughs from the braided haired pilot as he turned a few shades darker.
"Laury, please contain yourself. Embarrassing yourself in front of the entire student body is not something that is easy to live up to," Allison said. She sat down next to Alex and handed the blond a cup of punch.
Laury let go of Quatre with a huff, "Y'know, you have no fun in life, do you Ally?" She nearly fell on her face when she realized Allison was not listening, but chatting with Trowa about something. "Fine! I see how it is! Just ignore the redhead. It's not like she cares if people blow her off for someone else. So go on! By all means, keep up with you conversation with no regard for me!"
Allison and Trowa turned to Laury. "Oh I'm sorry, were you saying something?" Allison asked.
Laury fell flat on her face; life could be so cruel at times! She looked up and glared at Duo who was laughing his butt off. She jumped to her feet and started shoving him towards someone, "YOU want something to drink!"
"Huh? No I don't," Duo replied, a little confused.
"Oh yes you do! You want soda!" she said back.
"But there's no soda here!" he protested.
"That's why SHE is gonna take you to town to get some! And don't come back for a full hour!" Laury exclaimed, giving him one final shove toward the person.
Sai looked down at the pilot that fell at her feet, "Laury wants soda?"
"Actually, she says I do," Duo replied looking up. He blinked in surprise, "Hey, why are you two hanging out?"
Heero glared at Duo, while Sai just shrugged, "I dunno. Laury dumped me for Quatre and Vanessa ran as soon as you showed up."
Duo got a dreamy look on his face, "I love how she plays hard to get!"
Sai rolled her eyes and grabbed Duo by the collar, dragging him out, "C'mon! The fresh air will do you some good!"
As the two left the ballroom, a figure grinned in triumph. Finally, she was gone! Now the fun could REALLY begin!
About an hour and a half later, Sai and Duo got back to the ballroom with tons of canned sodas. As they placed them next to the nearly empty punch bowl, they noted the change in music. It was now some pop stuff with a little techno.
"Did Relina leave?" Sai wondered aloud. She knew it was her who changed the music in the first place, and would not exactly be happy if she knew it changed.
"Uhh…actually, she's right there," Duo pointed to the woman on the other side of the room.
Sai did a double take; it may have just been her, but it looked like Relina was drunk! She looked around; everybody seemed to be that way! "…Let's find the others," she said slowly, getting a nod from Duo.
It took awhile, and some tripping over some kids who had passed out, but they found their friends…in no better of a condition!
The two looked at their friends in utter shock. Allison and Trowa were singing '99 bottles of beer on the wall' with the words slurred and completely out of tune. They were holding cups of punch and rocking back and forth like idiots. 'They sure don't get drunk gracefully!' Duo thought, and then turned his attention to the chairs.
His jaw dropped. Wufei was flirting with Alex. Or, let me rephrase that, he was ALL OVER Alex! Alex herself looked to be sober, however, she couldn't help but laugh as she tried to get Wufei to calm down. Duo stepped towards them, "Uhh, hey Wu-man? Are you feeling-?"
He stopped short as someone caught his braid from behind, "Hey handsome! Where're you headin' without me?"
Duo's jaw dropped as he turned his head, "Vanessa?"
She walked surprisingly smoothly up to him and wrapped one arm around his neck while the other hand drew circles on his chest, "Now what's all this 'Vanessa' stuff about? Call me Nessa or Ness."
A sweat drop appeared on Duo's head, "Vanessa, you're drunk! Take a seat so I can check on the others."
"I'll only sit if you sit with me," she replied flirtatiously.
Duo sighed helplessly but Sai shook her head, "She'll need someone to watch over her."
"Fine. Just make sure to find Heero. I don't wanna know what that guy can do when he's drunk," Duo said.
'Hopefully not turn into my dad…' she thought as she looked for the last three of the group.
The sound of laughter pulled her to a few tables to the left. There, she found Quatre in a total daze, talking to invisible people with bizarre names. It sounded like he was arguing with someone over someone. Laury was sitting to the side, laughing her butt off.
It took one look at the redhead to know EXACTLY what happened. Sai marched up to Laury and placed her hands on her hips.
"Oh, hey Sai! How's it goin?" she asked.
"WHAT did you do?" Sai demanded.
Laury shrugged, "What? These people looked like they needed to loosen up! So, I gave them a little perk in their drinks…"
"Laury! You got the WHOLE student body DRUNK!" Sai exclaimed.
"That's not true! Alex is sober!" Laury pointed out.
"Well, Alex and you stayed away from the spiked drinks, but still! Two out of hundreds of students! I can't believe you!" Sai rubbed her temples.
Laury folded her arms, "Hmph! No respect! And here I got Heero to loosen up too! I thought THAT would have gained your approval!"
Sai's face darkened, "You know my past. You know drinking is no way to get my approval."
Laury 'eeped' and hid behind Quatre. She forgot how scary Sai's scary mask was!
Sai stomped off in search of the last one of the group. She found him…in a very odd predicament. Heero was trying to get away from Relina, but it looked like he was having a hard time walking.
"Uhh… are you two okay?" she asked a little uncertainly.
Relina stopped bothering Heero, who hid behind Sai, and swaggered up to the blond. "Y-you know whah…?" she said, swaying a little as she talked, "You jus think your all that 'cause your pretty!"
"Okaaaaay…" Sai raised an eyebrow; Relina was definitely drunk.
"Buh that does NOT give you any reason toah take my man!" Relina slurred, trying to slap Sai but missing by a long shot (Sorry Relina fans; I REALLY hate her!).
Sai took Relina by the arms, "Girl, you are drunk and out of it! I think it's time to close up shop."
"Na-no it's all good! I'm not drunk; I'm jus hoppy!" Relina grinned like an idiot.
Sai stared at her for a few seconds, "You mean 'Happy'?"
"Oh yeah, that's it! But I'm hoppy too! See?" Relina jumped up and down. "Hoppidy hoppidy hoppidy! What comes up must go down…goodnight," with that, she passed out.
Sai just stared at the girl, "That was…random." She turned to the man still hiding behind her legs, "Please don't tell me YOU'RE gonna do that!"
Heero shook his head, "Are you kidding? She's scary! No, she's worse than scary; she's RELINA! I don't wanna have anything to do with the psychopathic stalker! I wish someone would flush her down the toilet or something. Or maybe even ship her to the farthest reaches of outer space. No, wait! How about the-"
"Whoa! Slow down there partner! Are you drunk or are you just using that excuse to get away with saying all this?" Sai asked.
"What? Me? No, I'm not drunk! I'm just in a good mood now! Especially since YOU'RE here! You actually are quite a looker, you know that? And I love how you can never guess what you're gonna do next. Night Star must be one lucky guy to have been able to hang out with you all those years!" Heero rattled on and on, trying to stand up but failing miserably.
Sai helped support him, "Okay, you're drunk."
"I'm fine!" he protested.
"You can't even walk! And you're babbling like Duo when he tries to flirt with Ness!" she replied, helping him over to the chairs near the others.
"Okay then; I'm drunk," he said after a few moments, "But I still say you're cute."
"And I say you would deny ever saying that if you even REMEMBERED saying that by morning!" she replied.
"Maaaaaaybe. That's why I'm saying it now," Heero said, resting his elbow on the arm of his chair and resting his face in his hand.
Sai shook her head. Heero was just too far-gone!
Duo laughed at the predicament Sai was in, "Having guy problems?"
"Laury's gonna die!" she answered, "Where's Ness?"
"She's conked out," he answered, looking at the dark haired beauty asleep in the chair behind him.
"Wufy's out, too," Alex said, gesturing to the guy sprawled out on the table. "Quatre's out too."
"Now we just have to deal with the singing…make that trio," Sai felt a sweat drop form on the back of her head as she watched Heero join in on the beer bottle song. She shook her head; this was going to be a long night…
A few hours later, pretty much everyone drunk had passed out or left and the four sober had cleaned up the mess in the ballroom.
Sai looked around at the six of their friends out cold, "What'll we do with them?"
"Well, we could always carry them to their dorms…" Laury suggested.
"Are you kidding? Trowa's dorm is the only one CLOSE to here!" Duo exclaimed.
"Ally's and my dorm's pretty close too," Alex sighed, "But I'm too beat! There's no way I could carry her there, let alone walk there myself!"
"Oh, we can carry those two. That is if you don't mind keeping an eye on these guys… Say about two hours? We'll swap after that?" Laury suggested.
Sai shrugged, "Works for me…What about you Alex? Alex?" She turned to her friend only to find her asleep. "Well, I guess it's just the three of us then."
"Okay, we'll be back," Duo said, half supporting and half dragging Trowa down the hall. Laury followed him with Allison.
Sai took one last glance around the room before grabbing a can of soda and sitting down at a table.
A figure in the shadows watched as the blonde's head bobbed a little. Would she just fall asleep already? He had been waiting for about two and a half hours for her to finally fall asleep and although she seemed to be getting more and more tired by the second, she absolutely refused to fall asleep. Finally, her head rested upon her arms and her breathing became deep with sleep.
He waited silently for a few minutes, making sure that the blond was asleep before stepping out. The guy was a student from the academy. However he had had a bit too much to drink and was now looking for some fun. He looked around. So many ladies to choose from! His eyes landed on two blonds. After debating for a few seconds, he went for the one closest to him. As his hand reached close to her, an iron grip suddenly latched itself on his wrist.
Duo ran down the hall. Dang, he had fallen asleep! Sai was going to kill him for being so late! As he was about to turn the corner to enter the ballroom, he stopped short.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he heard a low, smooth voice warn someone in the other room.
"Wh-?" Whatever Duo was going to say was cut short as a hand cupped firmly over his mouth.
"Duo," he heard Laury's voice whisper behind him.
She let go of his mouth and he around. "What was that for?" he whispered back.
Laury didn't answer. Her usually playful eyes held no nonsense as she stared at him, "Duo, you have to promise me you won't tell anybody what you see in that room."
He looked at her in confusion, "What? Why?"
"Promise me, Duo!" she pleaded.
"Okay, I promise. But what's going on?" he asked.
Laury didn't answer. Instead, she peeked around the corner and into the ballroom. Duo followed suite and tried not to gasp.
"I suggest you head on back before you get hurt," the figure with the smooth voice warned.
The guy looked at the figure with a mixture of terror and wonder, "W-Who are you?"
The figure chuckled, "Well that depends…most call me Night Star."
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