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"Shenji! Man, wake up already!" Usagi ignored Duo's endless calls and rolled over, succeeding in falling off of the bunk bed. She hit the ground with a dull thud and growled.
Duo rolled his eyes. That was the third time this week Shenji had done that. "It's time for line up, dude. If we're late, most likely we'll end up fighting against someone way too hard to beat, and then serving punishment in the Room."
That got Usagi off of the floor. The Room consisted of a thorough beating with police clubs, then getting whacked around a few times with a few fists and finally duking it out with the hot sun all day in an iron cage. She shuddered. She'd had to go through it too many times the first week of camp because she slacked off.
"I'm up, Duo." She murmured, rubbing sleep from her eyes, for it was only 6:00 in the morning.
Duo frowned. "We don't have time for this!" he yelled, grabbing Shenji's arm and pulling.
"Duo! I don't even have my shoes on!" Usagi cried, clad in only a white T-shirt and murky green sweat-pants with white sweat-socks, the usual sleeping outfit.
"Doesn't matter," Duo panted while running down the dorm room stairs and to the back of the camp, where everyone was seated on the grass, Shenji in tow. "Kihono wants us all down there pronto, and we have about three minutes before—"
He was cut off abruptly by a long, silencing bell.
"We're late!" Duo moaned.
Usagi frowned and yanked her arm away from Duo's grasp. She rubbed her wrist. "Who cares? We can just sit in the back."
The plan didn't work as well as the two would have thought, and Usagi ended up getting called out.
"Yes Sir." She yelled.
"Shenji, you're late." Kihono said, smirking. "But since I'm in a semi-good mood today, the Room won't be calling your name,"
"Sir?" Usagi asked, almost smiling.
"If you come up here and fight Hiiro Yui in Hand-To-Hand combat." Kihono continued and smirked. Shenji was bad, he had to admit that, but if he was ever going to get better, this was the way to do it. Hiiro was his best student and the boy wasn't even a senior, more like a freshman.
Usagi visably paled. "S-sir? Hiiro Yui Sir?" she asked, catching the eyes of a laughing Wufei. She frowned. 'Thinks I'll back off, does he?' "Yes Sir!" she hollered, heading up to the front of the crowd of sitting boys. Whispers of surprise arose. Nobody was dumb enough to face off against Hiiro. That was why every time another boy was called to fight him they ended up in the Room for backing off.
Wufei narrowed his eyes. What was Shenji trying to pull? The boy couldn't hold his own against him, nevertheless against Hiiro. As Shenji walked past, he whispered loud enough for the boy to hear, "Keep your eye on his hands."
Was she hearing right? Had Wufei the jerk given her advice? She turned to look at him and nodded curtly. 'Miracles do exist.'
Hiiro bowed his head slightly to his opponent. 'He doesn't know what he's doing.'
Usagi bowed her head slightly, too, and waited for him to make the first move. 'Watch his hands, watch his hands.' she thought, watching his hands. That proved to be good advice because the first thing he did was ball his fist. 'Okay, he's going to punch me so I shouldn't let him—'
Hiiro's fist almost made contact with Shenji's face but she ducked and threw out her leg, tripping him.
'My advantage.' she thought, her other leg catching his jaw bone. 'Damn! Now I've got blood on my sock!'
Hiiro growled. He'd had enough of this. Shenji was up and about to step on his stomach. He rolled away, grabbed Shenji's leg and pulled, bringing the other boy down onto Hiiro's fist.
Usagi felt blood oozing out of her nose and wiped it away. She didn't have time to think when she felt someone punch her deep in her stomach, trip her and kick her sides. 'Is he trying to kill me!' she cried in her mind, trying to roll away.
Hiiro kicked the boy for all he was worth and let off a minute later. Shenji was in a tight ball grabbing his stomach and panting, blood from his nose spilling out onto the ground beside him. "He's finished." Hiiro stated coldly to everyone.
A large amount of cheers started to erupt until someone yelled something above the noise: "Shenji's getting up!"
Indeed, Shenji was getting up.
Usagi breathed calmly, or at least tried to, and hauled herself onto her hands and knees. 'Can't give up. I have to prove myself.' she lifted her head to see a shoe crash into her face, sending her backwards and onto her back. 'I think he broke my nose!' her mind cried in horror.
Hiiro let his foot back down after kicking the boy and watched, confused, while Shenji still tried to move and get up. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the blonde, Quatre, closing in. 'Probably wants to help Shenji.'
Usagi clutched her nose and surpressed a moan of pain. She hauled herself up to a weak standing positing, her knees bent. She began to try to walk to Hiiro to finish what they had started but didn't get the chance. 'Kami, knees don't give out now!' too late.
Quatre motioned for Duo to help him when Shenji collapsed, unmoving, onto the cold grass.
Kihono stared in awe at Shenji and nodded for the two boys to take him to the medical station. 'Idiot, he should have stayed down. But, that gives me an idea.' he thought, casting his eyes at Mikoshi.
Mikoshi felt someone staring at her and nodded slowly to Kihono.
As soon as Shenji was taken away cheering for the champ began.
Hiiro didn't feel like being congratulated. 'How the hell did he keep getting up? And why?' As much as he wanted to question himself he turned to face off against his new challenge, forgetting mometarily about Shenji.
*~*~
Usagi moaned aloud, not caring who heard. Something was freezing her nose and her ribs were aching like crazy. "Somebody, get me some drugs." She moaned, opening her eyes when she heard laughter.
"Hey, you all right?" Duo asked, leaning against the door-frame of the medical station.
Quatre walked in, shoving Duo out of the way and took the ice pack off Shenji's swollen nose. "You didn't break it, but it's going to hurt for a week or so. By the way, congratulations."
Usagi stared at the smiling blonde. "On what? I made a complete fool of myself. Then, to make matters worse, I fainted. Fainted! In front of Kihono even! Do you realize my reputation is not only bad, but now worse?"
Quatre was about to speak but Shenji grabbed his collar.
"I'm an abomination!" she ended, letting Quatre's collar go and falling back onto the cot.
Quatre smiled. "I believe you're a legend." He said, wiping dried blood off the boy's face and replacing the cold ice pack on his nose.
Usgai frowned, wincing. "Legend? At what, failure?"
Duo laughed from the door. "Nah. You're the first person to face off against Hiiro and get up. Not only once, but twice."
"Yes, even Wufei would have to respect that." Quatre agreed, standing up.
"Bah! Wufei only respects himself and China, but since I'm neither, I'm not worthy of respect. Not that I care. That stupid baka can keep his damn respect!" Usagi didn't know why she was so angry. Wait a minute, yes she did. "Keep your eyes on his hands, he says. Jerk! Half the time, Hiiro didn't even ~use~ his hands! Where is Chinaboy? Little piece of mincemeat!"
Duo laughed. He cocked his head at the sound of a bell. "That's the bell. You need to sleep. Let's go Q-man."
"You're going to leave me here?" Usagi cried. "What am I supposed to do!"
Quatre raised an eyebrow. "You ~are~ the strange one, Shenji. We'll check back here in an hour. General Kihono and Commander Mikoshi should be here mometarily." He stood to leave.
Usagi reached out and grabbed his sleeve. "Thank you. Really, you didn't have to do this." She smiled up at him, then at Duo. "Ditto for you, Duo."
Both boys looked at one another, surprised, then down at her. Qautre yanked his sleeve, gently, out of her hand and nodded, as did Duo. They were gone a moment later.
"You know," Duo siad as he and his friend walked down the hall to get changed for morning excersizes, "Shenji doesn't act gay."
Quatre nodded. "Just very nice."
Well, there goes another chap. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Hehe, one more and then I have to continue to write! Please review?
~AzurE_chan~
"Shenji! Man, wake up already!" Usagi ignored Duo's endless calls and rolled over, succeeding in falling off of the bunk bed. She hit the ground with a dull thud and growled.
Duo rolled his eyes. That was the third time this week Shenji had done that. "It's time for line up, dude. If we're late, most likely we'll end up fighting against someone way too hard to beat, and then serving punishment in the Room."
That got Usagi off of the floor. The Room consisted of a thorough beating with police clubs, then getting whacked around a few times with a few fists and finally duking it out with the hot sun all day in an iron cage. She shuddered. She'd had to go through it too many times the first week of camp because she slacked off.
"I'm up, Duo." She murmured, rubbing sleep from her eyes, for it was only 6:00 in the morning.
Duo frowned. "We don't have time for this!" he yelled, grabbing Shenji's arm and pulling.
"Duo! I don't even have my shoes on!" Usagi cried, clad in only a white T-shirt and murky green sweat-pants with white sweat-socks, the usual sleeping outfit.
"Doesn't matter," Duo panted while running down the dorm room stairs and to the back of the camp, where everyone was seated on the grass, Shenji in tow. "Kihono wants us all down there pronto, and we have about three minutes before—"
He was cut off abruptly by a long, silencing bell.
"We're late!" Duo moaned.
Usagi frowned and yanked her arm away from Duo's grasp. She rubbed her wrist. "Who cares? We can just sit in the back."
The plan didn't work as well as the two would have thought, and Usagi ended up getting called out.
"Yes Sir." She yelled.
"Shenji, you're late." Kihono said, smirking. "But since I'm in a semi-good mood today, the Room won't be calling your name,"
"Sir?" Usagi asked, almost smiling.
"If you come up here and fight Hiiro Yui in Hand-To-Hand combat." Kihono continued and smirked. Shenji was bad, he had to admit that, but if he was ever going to get better, this was the way to do it. Hiiro was his best student and the boy wasn't even a senior, more like a freshman.
Usagi visably paled. "S-sir? Hiiro Yui Sir?" she asked, catching the eyes of a laughing Wufei. She frowned. 'Thinks I'll back off, does he?' "Yes Sir!" she hollered, heading up to the front of the crowd of sitting boys. Whispers of surprise arose. Nobody was dumb enough to face off against Hiiro. That was why every time another boy was called to fight him they ended up in the Room for backing off.
Wufei narrowed his eyes. What was Shenji trying to pull? The boy couldn't hold his own against him, nevertheless against Hiiro. As Shenji walked past, he whispered loud enough for the boy to hear, "Keep your eye on his hands."
Was she hearing right? Had Wufei the jerk given her advice? She turned to look at him and nodded curtly. 'Miracles do exist.'
Hiiro bowed his head slightly to his opponent. 'He doesn't know what he's doing.'
Usagi bowed her head slightly, too, and waited for him to make the first move. 'Watch his hands, watch his hands.' she thought, watching his hands. That proved to be good advice because the first thing he did was ball his fist. 'Okay, he's going to punch me so I shouldn't let him—'
Hiiro's fist almost made contact with Shenji's face but she ducked and threw out her leg, tripping him.
'My advantage.' she thought, her other leg catching his jaw bone. 'Damn! Now I've got blood on my sock!'
Hiiro growled. He'd had enough of this. Shenji was up and about to step on his stomach. He rolled away, grabbed Shenji's leg and pulled, bringing the other boy down onto Hiiro's fist.
Usagi felt blood oozing out of her nose and wiped it away. She didn't have time to think when she felt someone punch her deep in her stomach, trip her and kick her sides. 'Is he trying to kill me!' she cried in her mind, trying to roll away.
Hiiro kicked the boy for all he was worth and let off a minute later. Shenji was in a tight ball grabbing his stomach and panting, blood from his nose spilling out onto the ground beside him. "He's finished." Hiiro stated coldly to everyone.
A large amount of cheers started to erupt until someone yelled something above the noise: "Shenji's getting up!"
Indeed, Shenji was getting up.
Usagi breathed calmly, or at least tried to, and hauled herself onto her hands and knees. 'Can't give up. I have to prove myself.' she lifted her head to see a shoe crash into her face, sending her backwards and onto her back. 'I think he broke my nose!' her mind cried in horror.
Hiiro let his foot back down after kicking the boy and watched, confused, while Shenji still tried to move and get up. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the blonde, Quatre, closing in. 'Probably wants to help Shenji.'
Usagi clutched her nose and surpressed a moan of pain. She hauled herself up to a weak standing positing, her knees bent. She began to try to walk to Hiiro to finish what they had started but didn't get the chance. 'Kami, knees don't give out now!' too late.
Quatre motioned for Duo to help him when Shenji collapsed, unmoving, onto the cold grass.
Kihono stared in awe at Shenji and nodded for the two boys to take him to the medical station. 'Idiot, he should have stayed down. But, that gives me an idea.' he thought, casting his eyes at Mikoshi.
Mikoshi felt someone staring at her and nodded slowly to Kihono.
As soon as Shenji was taken away cheering for the champ began.
Hiiro didn't feel like being congratulated. 'How the hell did he keep getting up? And why?' As much as he wanted to question himself he turned to face off against his new challenge, forgetting mometarily about Shenji.
*~*~
Usagi moaned aloud, not caring who heard. Something was freezing her nose and her ribs were aching like crazy. "Somebody, get me some drugs." She moaned, opening her eyes when she heard laughter.
"Hey, you all right?" Duo asked, leaning against the door-frame of the medical station.
Quatre walked in, shoving Duo out of the way and took the ice pack off Shenji's swollen nose. "You didn't break it, but it's going to hurt for a week or so. By the way, congratulations."
Usagi stared at the smiling blonde. "On what? I made a complete fool of myself. Then, to make matters worse, I fainted. Fainted! In front of Kihono even! Do you realize my reputation is not only bad, but now worse?"
Quatre was about to speak but Shenji grabbed his collar.
"I'm an abomination!" she ended, letting Quatre's collar go and falling back onto the cot.
Quatre smiled. "I believe you're a legend." He said, wiping dried blood off the boy's face and replacing the cold ice pack on his nose.
Usgai frowned, wincing. "Legend? At what, failure?"
Duo laughed from the door. "Nah. You're the first person to face off against Hiiro and get up. Not only once, but twice."
"Yes, even Wufei would have to respect that." Quatre agreed, standing up.
"Bah! Wufei only respects himself and China, but since I'm neither, I'm not worthy of respect. Not that I care. That stupid baka can keep his damn respect!" Usagi didn't know why she was so angry. Wait a minute, yes she did. "Keep your eyes on his hands, he says. Jerk! Half the time, Hiiro didn't even ~use~ his hands! Where is Chinaboy? Little piece of mincemeat!"
Duo laughed. He cocked his head at the sound of a bell. "That's the bell. You need to sleep. Let's go Q-man."
"You're going to leave me here?" Usagi cried. "What am I supposed to do!"
Quatre raised an eyebrow. "You ~are~ the strange one, Shenji. We'll check back here in an hour. General Kihono and Commander Mikoshi should be here mometarily." He stood to leave.
Usagi reached out and grabbed his sleeve. "Thank you. Really, you didn't have to do this." She smiled up at him, then at Duo. "Ditto for you, Duo."
Both boys looked at one another, surprised, then down at her. Qautre yanked his sleeve, gently, out of her hand and nodded, as did Duo. They were gone a moment later.
"You know," Duo siad as he and his friend walked down the hall to get changed for morning excersizes, "Shenji doesn't act gay."
Quatre nodded. "Just very nice."
Well, there goes another chap. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Hehe, one more and then I have to continue to write! Please review?
~AzurE_chan~