I'm so sorry! I hit a major writer's block and now look how long that took! This chapter is slightly shorter than the others but it's more of a, what do you call it? A transition chapter maybe? Well sorry again, I had hoped for a chapter once a week but as you can see I failed miserably at that.

Wolf of the Darkness Flame: Here's my guess. Your favorite character is Hiei and your favorite animal is a wolf. Personally I like Kurama (Not because he's a pretty boy) because he's intelligent and mysterious. And you have to admit his Yoko form is down right sexy. Ah! I just contradicted myself.

Jewles14: Glad you liked my cookie.

Lady Light: I know I can't get the picture out of my mind!

kurai-kodoku: Yep! 'Cause it seems like Heero's winning the vote. If you're so on the edge of your seat about Wufei you're going to hate me for this chapter.

PadFootCc: Glad you like it

Damia - Queen of the Gypsi's: Wow, glad I didn't scare you away with my enthusiasm. Sweat drops You're half right Damia. Makoto is right but with Hotaru, yes she doesn't show emotion, but that doesn't mean she hides it. Think like how Quarte perceived Trowa last chapter. But that's only in my story. You still got the emotions right, just preserved them differently then I intended. You get a CA (Character Addition) vote!

Hotaru170: Glad I could spark any ones interest Jennifer ;)

Dragon-rose-vine: You know, I totally agree with you, but it seems that our other reviewers are not Haruka fans.

babymar-mar: Thanks B. It gets hard when I have to go back and check to see if they voted already. Glad for your CA vote!

dark-spiritwolf: Goodness, all you people have awesome pen names! Congrats! You got it right! Now your CA counts twice! Ah, a rhyme!

Tigeress Moon: sobs Your Pen name is so cool! Glad you like my story. Sniffle

Pai Yuy: I sympathize, I really do!

Lady Phoenix Slytherin: Here's that not so soon update you wanted. Kidding, kidding!

The words on the page would not focus, she was too distracted. Two days had passed sense she had gotten here and Hotaru was far more than preoccupied. From what she'd overheard in the kitchen her first day here Wufei was now five days overdue. It had her scared. Was fate so cruel that she would come home only to have her husband ripped away from her? She would not stand for it.

"You've been staring at that same page for ten minutes now. Mind telling the clueless what's wrong, girl?" Hotaru looked up to meet deep emerald eyes. "Is it about that Winner kid?" Hotaru had not told Makoto about what she'd overheard in the kitchen, but that wasn't the only thing bothering her. They had both felt an intrusion of their beings on there way here, like a probing of their soul. The feeling had made her want to summon her Silence Glaive on the spot. Then when they had gotten here both had found the source to be a innocent blond boy, who should have no place in the battle field let alone the source of such an… unpleasant feeling.

"He's been going out of his way to avoid me; I think he understands I'm not normal." Hotaru confessed. "You've learned how to hide things you don't want known, your virtue is protection after all. But I've never learned that luxury and so I'm much more open to people like him. He's more curious about you than anything, but with me…" She trailed off. Makoto looked slightly concerned and in an effort to get her friend's thoughts off depressing matters said:

"Well, you were always good at seeing other people's moods." A knock was heard at the door to the girls' shared bedroom door and it opened afterwards. A slightly suspicious looking Duo stood there with both eyebrows raised, testament that they had held their conversation too loud, even in hushed voices. Hotaru and Makoto shared a look. Then Makoto smirked.

"I guess we'll have to learn how to speak softer in the presence of the Gundam Pilots, huh Hotaru?" Makoto was always one to be strait forward.

"Dinner's ready." Duo said before leaving, a troubled look on his face.

Dinner was tense to say the least. Duo had informed the other pilots of what he had overheard, and Heero had spent the evening glaring at the girls, as if under his gaze they would crack and spill all their secrets. Quatre found it slightly amusing, even under the circumstances. Trowa had slunk off somewhere. He seemed to have become even more scarce sense the girls had arrived. Duo was watching some classic from the A.D. era and was shouting at the TV that they were all stupid and to shut the door and hide. Quatre almost wanted to giggle. A clicking sound was heard, Heero had forgone his glaring for the moment to return to whatever he was working on. It must be important. Makoto (that was her name right?) was sitting next to Duo on the floor and calmly pointing out that he was being irrational and that it was a movie. The black haired girl was nowhere to be seen, she had said something about going to her room. Heero shut his laptop abruptly.

"I have a mission." He informed the room and then turned on his heal and left. Quatre blinked into his tea. Heero usually told them the specks, why was he not informing them now? Curious, Quatre went after him. Stepping into the hanger he found Heero arming himself.

"Heero," Quatre called. "Is something wrong?" If Heero answered Quatre didn't hear it. A hand flew to his chest over his heart and breath became constricted. Pain nerves triggered and Quatre fell to his knees. Tears gathered in his eyes. Through all of this Quatre could only form one coherent thought. Wufei.

Pairings

Heero/Mako: 9

Duo/Mako: 5

Heero/Relena: 1

Trowa/Quatre: 5

Not Trowa/Quatre: 4

Add a Senshi

Minako: 4

Ami: 2

Setsuna: 3

Haruka: 1

Makoto had the giddy feeling on the surface but hid her emotions better than Hotaru who was the weird feeling. I'll get the next one out soon to make up for my, erm, yeah. Next chapter soon. Keep the inspirations coming! Ja Ne!

TS