Duo: You're trying to get back into your old swing of things, aren't you?

ZT: Yeah, I don't like keeping my readers hanging.

Duo: So are these gonna keep coming out every other day?

ZT: Hopefully. It depends on if I get a writer's block or not.

Duo: And if you finally figure out something for the bad guy to do, right?

ZT:…You're reading my notes again, aren't you?

Duo: What notes?

ZT: (sighs) I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

Fate Sucks II: Clash of the Moon and Star

Chapter 13

Heero let out a stream of curses as he stormed through the hangout late the next night (There's been a lot of things happening at night lately...I gotta get some daytime things here...). 'Damn invisible chicken…' he thought. Bobo had somehow gotten into his room and stole his "Right arm attachment". Needless to say, the chicken was in deep trouble (Or should I say was gonna be deep fried) once Heero finally caught whiff of something that smelled like chicken and cherries.

After scanning the whole living quarters and finding nothing, he decided that Bobo must be stashing her goods in the massive garage. He walked down the hall and found the door propped open, a good sign that Bobo could have walked right in and still be in there. Heero silently crept through the doorway and looked around.

He didn't see an invisible chicken (obviously), but he did see a familiar face typing away at a laptop. She was sitting on the back of an open truck, her back resting against the right side of it with one leg on the truck with the knee bent and the other dangling over the edge. Heero's first thought was not to disturb her, but then all the memories of her bothering him in the Sanc Kingdom came to mind and he walked over, "Since when do you work late hours on computers?"

Sai took her eyes off the screen and smirked. "Ever since you chase invisible birds who stole your favorite toy," she replied.

Heero blinked. How did she know that? She used to say he was predictable, but to figure out THAT… "Am I truly that predictable?" he asked.

"Uh, actually I saw a floating gun and threw a book at it," she replied, holding up Heero's precious handgun. He took it and grunted a "thanks". Sai nodded in response and went back to typing. For a while, Heero just sat there, not really knowing what to do or say. He wondered what Sai was doing. Finally, he just asked, "What are you looking for?"

Sai shrugged, "Anything I guess. I want to see if I can find a connection between the 'Black Knight' and the guy we chased during the Eve Wars…"

"Do you know the identity of the one you chased?" he asked.

"I had my suspicions…" was all she replied as she continued typing.

Heero watched her type a little while longer, watching as she paused and scanned the contents of something she had just pulled up with a serious look in her eyes. Was it something about the one she chased? Was he still alive? Or did it have something to do with the pseudo-Night Star, or "Black Knight" as they had begun to call him? How much DID she know about him? Was it even a "him"? Night Star sure wasn't…

At the last thought he looked back at the blond, too busy typing away to notice he was staring at her. He still couldn't believe that SHE was the one they had been searching for the whole time. Even with her father being a crazed killer, how could she, Sai Moonblaze, have so much blood on her hands? It was enough to match the blood on his own hands for crying out loud!

Sai must've finally noticed the pair of eyes boring into her head, because the girl of a thousand faces looked away from the computer screen and up at him, her curious mask on at the moment, "Something up?" Heero grunted a "no" and she smirked, shaking her head, "Liar. You're still having issues with me being Night Star, aren't you?"

Heero opened his mouth to protest, but knew that she had him on that one, so he just sighed, "Of course I am. I was always under the impression that you were a stubborn assistant. Now I know that you're a mercenary with as much blood on your hands as I have on mine."

Sai nodded, "Kinda mind boggling, huh? I couldn't even begin to describe what was going through my mind when I met all of you for the first time…" She heard Heero chuckle and knew he knew exactly what she mean. She sighed and closed her laptop, "I honestly thought you guys would've figured it out long before now, to be honest. When you found out that the girls were LAVA, I knew it was just a matter of time…"

"Thinking back on it, it was a bit obvious…" Heero admitted, "However, there was one small bit of information that kept the thought of you being Night Star from ever entering my mind."

Sai raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Oh? And what was that?"

Heero rested an arm on the side of the truck behind her back and bent down a little so that he was at eye level with her. "You weren't a mercenary; you were Sai." For a moment, both were completely silent, just staring into each others eyes.

Finally Sai whispered, "You know, last time we were this close was just over a year ago…"

"Yeah, we left the dance club and began talking…" Heero added softly.

"You tried to hit on me by saying you found me attractive…" she moved forward a little.

Heero followed suit, "And it looked like it worked…" Before the two could get any further, a familiar clucking noise was heard, and the two noticed a floating metal weapon moving away from them. Heero sighed, "We were interrupted last time too…"

Sai rolled her eyes and they both took off after the floating gun, which was now moving away at an incredible speed, "BOBO!"

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