YAY! I have all the chapters typed up, I did it over the weekend and my grandpa's. I just need to finish checking them and I can post it. There's a little more of Duo being the older brother here then in the last ones, and it's not as...goofy.

Disclaimer: You know the drill, I don't own Gundam Wing, but one day will. (That rhymed)

Colony L5 is the "pit of despair". It's where you go if you're looking for cheap alcohol, drugs, so on and not a person there has any decency. Actually, the only good thing about this trip that I could think of was that if I didn't find Duo and the others I'd at least have an interesting time. Hopefully. Like I said, L5 isn't a great place but thankfully I had nothing of any value on me and was left more or less alone. 'Til I made it off the shuttle. Four guys tried to get me to "come with" them, but I'm a good girl and listen when Duo tells me to stay away from strangers. Good little girl, that's me. Anyway, I ended up standing at an intersection with no idea where I was going.

"Let me see…" I paused and glanced around, taking in the fact that quite a few people were watching me. "Hilde asked for L5, but what section?" I cursed, she hadn't asked for one. They hadn't said what hotel or safe house they were staying at either.

"What's a girl your age doing around here?" I didn't even look up to register who had spoken.

"Not interested." I looked south down the street, I had to start somewhere. Should I go south or north? "Get lost."

The man nailed me in the face, right on the bandages and reopened the wounds. I stumbled and ducked to avoid his left fist but got caught by the right one swinging up and catching me in the stomach. I fell this time and sat on the ground, staring up at the man. He was young with short brown hair and brilliant blue eyes. He squatted next to me and opened his mouth but I wasn't really interested in hearing what he had to say. I reacted without thinking and shoved my hand into his chest; the heel of my hand hitting his solar plexus (that spot where your ribs meet. It's so painful and it knocks the wind out of you.). He gasped and sat back so we were staring at each other.

"Bye." I jumped up and ran. South it was. Behind me I heard the man shout a complaint of some sort but I ignored him and don't know what he said. People started to stare at me, not surprising considering the blood running down my face.

I ran for ten minutes before stopping to catch my breath. I was next to an alley with a low wall that overlooked a lower alley. I gasped and stared down at the small group moving down the alley. A small group consisting of five boys and two women. Three of the boys had varying shades of brown hair, one with black hair, and one with blonde. There was a black-haired woman, and a woman with brown hair. Hmmm, who could they be? I did a little dance of victory, who'd guess I'd actually find them?

I leaned over the wall and was about to shout down to them but bit my lip and drew back. Duo did not like when I disobeyed him. Which, come to think of it, I do often enough. I rubbed my cheek absently and thought carefully. The stairs at the end of the alley ought to bring them level with me. I could sit there and then pretend I was here with Catherine…Crud, that wouldn't work, Trowa could just call Catherine.

"-wonder what she did this time." Duo's voice floated up to me. "You know she always causes trouble."

I felt anger bubble up in me and I ran to the wall again. I very nearly shouted out this time but the speed that I'd run at the wall carried me over. I've trained myself not to scream unless I'm at home so I fell silent, even though every cell was screaming for me to do the same.

"What the-" Duo has a very dirty mouth when he's surprised. I jumped up and was going to run for it but Heero pulled a gun on me. I stared down the barrel of the gun and noticed that Heero didn't actually seem surprised to see me. He lowered his gun and hunched my shoulders, looking around.

"Hey, Guys." To my credit I managed a weak smile. "How's it goin'?"

"YOU!" I yelped as Duo grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled. "What are you doing out here?"

I looked up at him and tried to keep my balance. Duo pulled my hair sharply and bent farther over backwards.

"Ow! I-oh! I ran away from the circus. Let go!" I tried to pull away but ended up getting my hair pulled. "Duo, let go! You're gonna make me bald!"

I could see Duo's face go red. And it wasn't embarrassment. "Why did you run?"

I shifted slightly. "'Cause Catherine's a Nazi. Those stupid cats attacked me and Catherine thinks it's all my fault!"

"Is that what happened to your face?" Quatre bent to examine my face as Duo let go of my hair. "This is pretty bad."

"The tigers attacked you?" Trowa's eyebrows twitched. "What did Catherine do?"

I sulked for a minute. "She blamed it on me. She's probably checking them for rabies."

Quatre wiped some of the blood off my face. "You need this looked after. And a bruise is coming up."

"From what?" Duo's eyes narrowed. "You pick a fight?"

I shuffled my feet. "Not really. This guy tried to, uh…Anyway, he punched me when I told him to get lost and I hit him back and ran for it. That's how the cuts on my face reopened."

Duo started laughing as Hilde sat me down and she and Sally began applying a liquid to my face. It stung and I flinched as Hilde began putting a bandage over the cuts.

"What should we do with her?" Wufei crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, Duo still laughing in the background.

"Send her back." Heero glanced down the street. "We don't have time to baby-sit her."

I jumped up and faced him. "Shut up! You haven't had to baby-sit me one day in your life!"

The ringing of a phone made me jump and look around. Trowa pulled a phone out of his pocket and flipped it open. I winced as I heard Catherine's voice explode out of the phone. "She's gone!" Duo shot me a very angry look. Her voice lowered and we couldn't hear what they said.

"Sit down, Arashi; you'll only get yourself hurt." Hilda motioned at the ground next to her. I sighed heavily and flopped down.

"She's here, Catherine." Catherine seemed to have finally calmed down enough for Trowa to talk. "I don't know how, but she found us."

I lay my head on my knees and listened to Trowa talk. "Yes, she's here. I don't know how."

"That's a good question." Sally turned to me. "How did you get here?"

I didn't look up and spoke to my knees instead. "I left the circus, went into town and after a while I remembered Hilde asking Duo to check a colony's weather. I decided I'd come see if this was where it was."

"How'd you buy the ticket?" Duo had finally stopped laughing. "I only gave you enough for the ride to Earth."

"I had some cash in my pocket that I forgot about until then."

Trowa closed the phone and turned to me. "You nearly gave Catherine a heart attack." You don't see Trowa show emotion much, but if you look close enough you can see it in his eyes and he looked MAD. "You shouldn't have left."

Duo growled and punched me in the face. He hit the side without the bandages and I stumbled away, staring in surprise at him.

"Duo!" Hilde jumped up, "What was that for?"

"You should have stayed, you idiot! Do you know what could have happened here!" Duo was glaring at me and his fists were clenched.

I stared at the ground and felt tears welling up. I would have two bruises, my face might start bleeding and Duo had hit me. Hilde put her hand on my shoulder as I took a shuddering breath.

"You're such a jerk!" I glared up at him and knew I looked like a five year old throwing a tantrum. "You treat me like I'm a little, irresponsible toddler!"

"After what you did today, that's a surprise?"

I punched Duo. Now he'll have a bruise to match mine. Heero stepped between us and grabbed my fist when I made the next shot for Duo's head.

"Enough. You can have your little spat later."

Hilde led me up the stairs while Quatre tried to get Duo to calm down.