Duo: (Eating popcorn and watching a movie when ZT comes in)

ZT: Hey! This is an archive for fanfics, not movies!

Duo: (Chokes on his popcorn in shock) What're you doing here!

ZT: …This is my place…

Duo: But-but- You just posted a few days ago!

ZT: Yeah…so?

Duo: Your posts have been coming in months at a time!

ZT: (Shrugs) Yeah, I got inspiration to write. Well, anyways, here's the next chapter. I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Fate Sucks II: Clash of the Moon and Star

Quatre wandered around one of the many halls in the hangout's living quarters. He had been so shocked by seeing the girls that morning that he didn't explore when it was still daylight. Now, or at least the last time he looked at his clock before deciding that sleep wasn't going to come to him anytime soon, it was 3:45am and he decided that learning his way around may be a better spending of his time than trying to find a non-existent crack in the ceiling above his bed. So far he had discovered the kitchen, a few bathrooms, a few locked rooms, one of which Sai popped her head out of and informed him were occupied bedrooms, a large training room, a library, and a bunch of other random things. He wondered how they got the money to get such a place. Sure they could have found the abandoned building and fixed it up themselves for pretty cheap, but the furniture, appliances, equipment and books? He doubted that they made all too much as mercenaries, and from what he could tell, Vanessa didn't even give her family's business a second thought during the Eve Wars…For a moment the thought that they might have stolen all of it crossed his mind, but he let it drop. Even if they were mercenaries capable of mass destruction, he still couldn't see the girls going out and stealing something just because they "wanted it". Well, he couldn't see Vanessa, Allison, Sai, or Alex doing that at least; he wasn't too sure about Laury. After all, she did teach Bobo how to pickpocket, and now apparently Bobo had a partner chicken by the name of Lala (Mwahaha, they're back!) who for some reason thought she worked for Foster Farms…none of the pilots dared ask why when they heard that little tidbit…

Quatre sighed, inside suppressing a little chuckle as he did. Laury hadn't changed a bit. She acted just as bubbly as she did when he last saw her. He knew he had missed that, but he didn't realize just how much he missed the red head's energy. The thought of if she was still into alcohol crossed his mind. He knew the answer to that one; there was no way Laury would give up her cognac, not even if she had a million Alexes on her case about it.

As he walked, the blond haired pilot noticed a noise coming from one of the rooms up ahead. He stopped and listened a moment. 'Is that…a piano?' He walked up to the door, which he noticed was slightly ajar. As he neared it, the sound grew louder and clearer. It was definitely a piano. He recognized the tune; it was Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, a favorite of his. Quatre gently pushed the door open, careful not to disturb the pianist from his or her playing. As he slipped inside, Quatre looked at the pianist and blinked in surprise before settling down in one of the chairs by the door and listening as she finished. After a few more minutes, she finally finished with her piece. Quatre clapped, "You've improved since last time."

Laury jumped at the voice, not realizing she had an audience. But she quickly recognized it and turned to Quatre with a big grin, "Yeah, I liked playing so much that I got some books and started teaching myself some other stuff."

"You taught yourself how to play Moonlight Sonata that well?" Quatre asked in surprise. It was flawless.

Laury put a hand behind her head and laughed, "Actually, I'm terrible at teaching myself. Sai and Ally overheard me one day and decided to give me lessons just so they didn't have to hear, as Kyle put it: 'God awful noises that sounded like dying cats and hippos mixed with what the stench of a dead skunk would sound like if it were a noise rather than a smell'…"

Quatre tried to imagine what that would sound like, but gave up after awhile and turned his attention to another one that was on his mind, "So who IS this Kyle person anyway? Why did Sai choose a real assistant this time?"

Laury shrugged, "I dunno the whole story, just that Kyle was some cat burglar who Sai tracked down for Milliardo. Apparently she had been tracking her even before we me-"

Quatre blinked in surprise, "Sai tracked Kyle down for Zechs?"

Laury nodded, "Yeah, they had been working together until little Zechsy came along, that was after we split, he is SOOOO cute! He's gonna be a hot guy when he grows up just like his dad! And if he has any of his parents' personality traits…oh ho, Milliardo and Lucrezia are gonna have their hands full! I mean, could you imaging how many people would be drooling over him even if he DIDN'T have a winning personality? And-"

"Laury," Quatre intervened, knowing that Laury could go on for hours about this, and feeling a bit awkward about the fact that she was talking about how Zechs's child was going to be the most sought after guy in the neighborhood.

"Oh, right. Well, anyways, after Milliardo had to go off and play daddy, Sai took on the job of tracking down Kyle herself. We thought that maybe she had stolen something that Milliardo wanted back, but that wasn't the case. Sai explained something to her in private and took her to Milliardo. They were gone for about a week. When they came back, Sai announced that Kyle was her new assistant. She gave no reason why, but we guessed it was okay since Kyle holds her own in missions and stuff," Laury finished.

"So Sai's still as mysterious as ever…" Quatre concluded.

Laury nodded, "It's in her job description. She's just weird."

Quatre thought about the comment, and about what Laury had said about Kyle. Who was this girl that could ignite the curiosity of both Zechs Marquis AND Night Star…? Could she have something to do with this "Black knight"…? He doubted it; Sai wouldn't be crazy enough to let such a dangerous person into her own home…

His attention turned outward again as he felt Laury's head on his shoulder. "You're a good pillow, you know that?" she smiled bubbly.

Quatre blushed, "Uh…thanks…"

"No problem," Laury replied as oblivious and bubbly as ever.

Quatre shook his head, a small smile on his face put there by Laury's childishness. He let his mind wander back to when he had been looking for Night Star's identity. That had been the most random, yet the most fun time in his life, and it was thanks to the redhead girl asleep on his arm.

He blinked in surprise. Asleep? He looked down. Sure enough, the redhead was fast asleep on his arm, with her own arms wrapped around his own. He sighed; there was no way he was going anywhere else for the rest of the night. Making himself comfortable, he got ready to sit for the rest of the night, and was asleep in five minutes.

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