Chapter four:

They awoke the next morning to men yelling and laughing. Relena and Hilde got out of bed, dressed quickly, and went to see what all the commotion was about. They found the crew goofing off.

One of the guys noticed them and yelled, "Hey! What are you girls doing on our ship? You know what we do to pretty, young ladies don't you?" he said as he got really close to them. He lifted his hands to their faces, about to caress them, when out of no where, someone yelled.

"Don't you dare touch them unless you want your hands cut off!" it was Heero. "They are under my protection. If any one of you tries anything, you'll be walking the plank understood?" Everyone nodded and backed away from them. "Are you two all right?"

"Yes, thanks to you. Thank you," Relena answered as she smiled at Heero.

His heart skipped a beat, but he pushed it aside. "You two must be hungry. Follow me." And they did. When they arrived, they were a bit surprised to see all the food that was there. "I hope this is enough."

"It's plenty." Relena said. "More then enough."

"Yes," Hilde agreed.

Duo walked in and winked. "I don't think you've seen how much I eat," he said with a grin.

"Must you always brag about how much you eat?"

Duo's face fell. "There's nothing wrong with eating a lot."

"Speak for yourself."

"Hey! Do you wanna start something!"

"You know I'll win."

"Says who?"

"I always do."

"Well there could be a first time for everything."

"Gentlemen, please!"

Heero and Duo looked at Relena and shut up. 'This is kinda fun!' she thought to herself. The guys held the chairs out for the ladies, and they said thank you as they sat down. The men took there seat and they all began to eat.

"So... Where are we going next?" Relena asked.

Heero looked at her and answered, "The Winner Estate by the ocean."

Both girls started choking on what they were eating and drinking. "The Winner Estate!" they said in unison.

"Yes. Do you know of them?"

"Know of them? I don't believe that there isn't a person who doesn't know them, especially the son."

"Have you met him before?"

"Well, yes. A few times, he is a very well mannered, nice, polite young man," Relena said.

Heero frowned. He didn't like the way she was talking about him. What kind of man could he be to make her speak so well about him?"

"May I ask what you plan to do when we get there?"

"I haven't decided yet," Heero said with a scowl. 'If I kill him, she'll hate me, but if I don't he could steal her away from me. He can't do that. She's mine! Since when is she mine?' he thought.

"Heero? Are you all right?" Relena asked a little worried at his sudden change of mood.

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You just-"

"I said I'm fine!"

Relena shrank back in fear, trying to act like nothing happened. "Okay." She said.

Hilde noticed Relena's change and got mad at Heero. She was about to give him a piece of her mind when Duo placed his hand over hers and shook his head. She was still mad, but tried to concentrate on not blushing from Duo's hand on hers. It was so warm and comforting. They ate in silence for the rest of the meal.

Heero got up after he was done and started to walk out when Relena spoke.

"Where are you going?" it was so soft that he barely heard her.

He answered her without turning around. "I have a ship to run," was all he said as he left.

Relena looked down and Duo noticed this. "Don't worry about him. He'll come around. He's just not used to this."

"To what?'

"To the feelings he has for you."

"Ha. He couldn't possibly have feelings for me. If he does then tell me why he treats me the way he does?"

"As I said before, he's not used to these feelings. Well, are you ladies finished?"

"Yes," they answered in unison.

He smiled. "How about a tour of the ship?"

There eyes lit up. "That would be lovely," Relena said.

He held out both arms, which they both took, and told them what everything was, and how it worked. Relena and Hilde were fascinated. At one point, Relena asked if she could steer the ship. "As long as Heero's not up there, which he usually is. He can be feisty at times. Please wait here while I check it out."

"Okay," the girls said together. A couple of minutes later, he returned.

"Come on. There's someone else steering the ship," he said as he led them to the steering wheel. "Who would like to go first?"

The girls looked at each other. "I'll go," Relena said.

"Okay. Step right here and place your hands here and here." He sort of helped her, but then let her do it be herself. When she finished he looked at Hilde and held out is hand for her. "Come on, don't be shy." She hesitated for a second, but took his hand anyway and stepped behind the wheel. "Okay, just as I told Relena, place you hands here and here."

"Like this?"

"Yeah." He stepped closer, putting his head next to hers with his hands on top of hers. It almost looked like he was hugging her. "You're doing great." Hilde beamed.

"Duo!"

"I'm coming! Calm down!"

Hilde giggled while Relena smiled and shook her head. Hilde's giggles finally came to an end, but Relena still had a smile on her face. She had a mischievous smile that was aimed at Hilde.

"What?"

"You don't know?"

"Know? Know what?"

"Duo is more than fond of you."

Hilde blushed. "No he isn't."

"Oh yes he is. I saw the way he was all over you just now. You just gave him a reason to get that close to you." Hilde turned beat red and, Relena started laughing. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to embarrass you...So do you know which way to go to get back to our room?"

"Umm, I think we go that way."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm pretty sure."

"Excuse me ladies." They turned around and saw a fairly attractive man. He had his hair combed to one side of his face. "Are you lost?"

"Yeah, I think we are. My name is Relena and this is my friend Hilde."

"My name's Trowa. It's nice to meet the both of you."

"It's nice to meet you too," Relena said.

"Could you tell us how to get to our room? It was somewhere near the place the Captain ate or eats."

"Right this way," he said.

"Hey Trowa!" They all turned around and saw a Chinese man walk over.

"Oh, hi Wufei. Have you met our guests?"

He looked them over and replied, "No I haven't. My name's Wufei."

"I'm Relena and this is my friend Hilde."

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

The girls giggled. "The pleasure's all ours," Relena replied.

"So where are you three going?"

"I'm taking them back to their room. They got lost."

"It is a really big ship. Well it was nice meeting you two, but I must go now. Ladies." They nodded and he left.

"You know? I kinda like it here. I feel so free!" Relena said.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. No responsibilities like before at all."

"What kind of responsibilities?"

"You don't want to know."

"Well, just tell me."

"You have to promise that you won't treat me differently after I tell you okay?"

"Okay."

"I'm Princess Relena Peacecraft."

He looked slightly shocked. "Oh," was all he could think to say. They walked in silence back to the girl's room. "Here we are," Trowa announced.

"Thank you so much," Hilde said.

"Your welcome. If you need help with anything, just ask for me."

"Okay, thank you." He left and the girls decided to take a little nap.