Chapter 2
Relena showed the five new girls around the school as she turned to the left and opened a door. "This is homeroom. This is the class that I teach." Relena said as she closed the door behind her as she saw the five girls standing in the front of the room. She looked around the room and smiled as she saw Heero Yuy glaring at Duo. She cleared her throat and smiled kindly at the small class as she began to speak, "We have five new students joining us from Colony L1." She silently watched the class reactions as she silently wondered where she would place each girl. She saw the vacant seat next to Heero and looked back to the five girls and saw the blonde wearing a pink bow to match her outfit was batting her eyelashes at the boys. Definitely not her. She sighed as she looked down to her papers and began to introduce the new students. "Amy Muzino."
Amy gave a small curtsy as she clutched to her school bag and wondered where to sit. I hate being the center of attention. She thought as she shyly walked down the isles to sit in a seat positioned on the left side of a boy with platinum blonde hair. He seems nice. She noticed as she sat down, the boy looked her way and began to blush. She smiled softly and looked back to the front of the room.
Relena sighed in relief as she watched where the new girl was going to sit and then called out the next name. "Rei Hino."
Rei also gave a small curtsy as she flipped her raven hair off her shoulders and began to walk towards a boy with an awful tight ponytail. Looks painful. She thought as she sat in front of him and clenched her fist to stop herself from yelling at him as she heard, 'Weak Onna . . . injustice . . . to much perfume . . . injustice.' She chuckled to herself as she turned around and gave him a small smile and then faltered as she found herself being lost in his deep coal eyes. "Perhaps you should loosen your ponytail, it's makes you sound grumpy."
Wufei glared at her as he yelled, "Injustice!"
Duo, who was sitting on the right of Wufei laughed as he looked to the hot-girl to his friend as he commented, "You know, she is right."
"MAXWELL!" He yelled as he turned his glare towards his comrade and then crossed his arms.
Relena rolled her eyes as she witnessed an everyday occurrence with Wufei and Duo and called out the next name, "Lita Kino."
Lita gave a nod as she picked up her briefcase and walked towards a boy with chestnut brown hair that covered his left eye and thought to herself, There's no way in hell he looks like my old boyfriend. He's hot and sooo mysterious. She gave him a small smile as she sat on his left side and quickly glanced at him. Noticing his piercing emerald eyes caught her, she looked back to the front of the room with a blush staining her cheeks.
Trowa smirked as he caught the new girl staring at him and thought, She's cute.
Relena looking at the two blondes and wonder who she should call next. She didn't want them to impose on 'her' Heero. "Mina Aino."
Mina gave a curtsy as she saw Maxwell giving her a wide cheeky grin and loved the mischievous look in his cobalt blue eyes. She walked over to him and sat on Duo's right as she turned to him and batted her thick black eyelashes at him as she said coyly, "I think I'm going to like it here."
Duo leaned over to her and offered his hand as he used his charm to win her affection, "Babe, you just gave me a reason to come to school."
Mina giggled as she took his hand and blushed as Duo kissed it as she stared into his eyes, "Are you going to give me a name, or am I going to have to call you Good-looking?"
Duo chuckled as he saw Mina blushed and grinned even more as he introduced himself, "The name is Duo Maxwell. I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie. That's me in a nutshell."
Mina laughed as leaned over her desk and began to flirt with him as she forgot Serena was yet to be introduced. Rei shook her head, Amy sighed, and Lita laughed as she saw Mina flirt endlessly at the man and turned her attention to the man she was sitting next to, "I never did catch your name."
Trowa smirked as he looked at her and felt his heart skip a beat as he looked into her sparkling emerald eyes as he spoke softly, "You never asked."
"Oh." Lita, embarrassed as she looked up at the front desk, and saw Serena still standing and glared at everyone in the classroom. She quickly looked at the desks and noticed an empty desk on the left of a boy with unruly chocolate brown hair. "This should be interesting," she mumbled as she still wondered about Serena's new personality.
Trow heard Lita and looked to Heero's desk and the empty one to the girl who was still waiting to be addressed. He noticed the girl's empty and emotionless expression, an exact replica of Heero's and wondered if this was the girl from last night as he replied, "I agree."
Relena thanking her lucky stars as Mina sat next to Duo and turned her attention to the last new student. "Serena Tsukino."
Serena said or did nothing as she walked to the only desk left and sat down, and stole a glimpse from the boy sitting next her. She fought the urge from drawing her gun on him as she recognized him from last night and mumbled under her breath, "Asshole."
Heero heard her and turned his undivided attention on her and fought from taking his gun and shooting her. "Annoyance." He replied with just as much if not more coldness than Serena. Both of them stared at each other: wishing and hoping the other would blink.
To their dismay, Relena, was the one to break their concentration as she began her lecture, "Today we will be discussing the affects war has on people."
The four pilots (Trowa, Quatre, Wufei, and Duo) along with the four girls (Rei, Mina, Lita, and Amy) all looked at the two. The boys made a connection – the girl was from last night as they felt the tension and heat between Serena and Heero, as they wondered if she was an enemy. They each looked at the other new girls and wondered if they were also involved with the new gundams.
The girls knowing nothing about the events from last night, all looked at the boy sitting next to Heero and prayed Serena didn't do anything stupid to blow their cover. Both groups sighed as they each mumbled, "This is going to be a long day."
Serena looked down to her schedule and sighed, Great history, she thought with dread. She walked into the classroom and sat down as she kept her eyes fixed on the whiteboard, I hate history.
Heero walked in as he thought of ways to get Serena by herself and destroy her. His Prussian eyes became slits as he saw Serena occupying his seat. His right hand itching to remove his gun and fire, but thought against it as he knew his cover would be blown. "Move." He said in monotone. As for the person, and if they listened real well, they could detect a hint of anger as they sat in his seat.
Serena slowly turned her attention towards Heero and matched his glare as she replied, "Hn."
Heero being able to decipher the Hn-language spoke up with more force, "I said, move."
Serena smirked as she continued to stare at him and crossed her arms as she asked coolly, "Is this your seat?"
Heero clenched his fists as he looked at the one person who passed Duo's annoyance as he continued to look into her Cerulean eyes. "Maybe, now get out."
Serena looked around the classroom as she saw other empty chairs and looked back at him frowning, as she replied, "I didn't see your name on this chair, so therefore this isn't your seat."
Heero glared so hard, Duo would have ran for his life from the hostility swimming freely in Heero's eyes. "This is my chair, Annoyance, now move." Heero demanded as the for shooting Serena was growing stronger, the longer she defied him.
Serena scowled as she also glared at him and shook her head and replied with hostility, "I'm not moving."
Both forgot their missions as they quickly took out their guns and aimed in between one another's eyes. Serena smirked as she kept her gaze locked on Heero's as she commented with amusement hidden in her monotone voice, "So you are the Asshole from last night."
Heero glared and was about to pull the trigger until Mr. Higgins walked in and cursed out loud as he saw two Heero's in his room. Mr. Higgins noticed the other students stood up front as they feared for their lives. Mr. Higgins looked towards the ceiling as he thought to himself, I just got Duo and Wufei separated in different classes, now I have this new student and Heero wanting to kill each other. He sighed as he glanced to his paper and spoke up, "Mr. Yuy and Miss Tsukino put your weapons away. Mr. Yuy, find another seat."
Heero and Serena ignored Mr. Higgins as they continued to stare at each other and held their guns at each other's head, dared the other to make the first move.
Mr. Higgins speaking more loudly, "Mr. Yuy and Miss Tsukino PUT YOUR GUNS AWAY AND SIT DOWN!"
They both turned their attention towards the teacher and back to each calling a truce for now as they both spoke simultaneously, "Omae o kuruso."
Serena lowered her voice as she saw Heero sit in a desk next to hers and warned, "Stay out of my way."
Heero continued to glare as he asked, "Who in the hell are you working for?"
Mr. Higgins sighed as he chuckled to himself and began his lecture, "Now that the show is over, it's time for class to begin. As you all are aware the semester project is coming up and you will be pairing off with someone to do a report on something that changed history. You can choose any event and as far back in time to the Civil War."
Mr. Higgins smirked as he noticed he had all of his students' attention as he continued to speak about the project. "I will be choosing the first couple, and everyone else will be able to choose. Mr. Yuy and Miss. Tsukino, you two will be paired for the rest of the quarter. As for everyone else, find your partner, and you all have the rest of the class period to come up with ideas for your projects which will be due tomorrow."
Serena and Heero both sent their death glares towards Mr. Higgins and turned towards each other as their staring contest began.
The Gundam boys began to walk towards their dorm as Duo kept looking at Heero with a wide grin. Not one to hold in his curiosity for long, asked, "So Heero, I heard the babe from homeroom pulled her gun on you."
Duo ignored Heero's glare as he continued to ask his questions about Serena, "So did she?"
Heero pulled his gun out and aimed it between Duo's eyes as he spoke with annoyance, "Omae o kuruso."
Duo laughed nervously as he took a step back from Heero, and ran to their dorms, hoping to live another day.
The girls were on their way back as Mina looked at Serena with curiosity and asked, "Serena, is it true a cute boy pulled a gun on you?" Unaware of Serena holding her gun on a particular boy.
Serena looked at Mina as her eyes turned into slits as she thought about Heero and their project. She said nothing and continued to walk.
Mina, not taking the hint, asked, "What did you do?"
Serena smirked as she took out her gun and aimed it between Mina's eyes and asked, "Anymore questions?" Satisfied with Mina's pale complexion and satisfied the other girls including Mina took a step back from her as she replied, "Good." She lowered her gun and pushed herself past her friends and left to her room. I should have been a perfect solider a long time ago, she thought with amusement as she noticed how easily the girls didn't question her authority. She opened her door, closed it, and walked to her laptop to look over the information she collected last night.
Serena sat down with her laptop as she continued to search topics for her project in history. She looked at the open computer screen with OZ information and sighed in frustration as she wondered what type of Mobile Suit, OZ was planning to make.
Out in the hall stood Duo who held a very confused look, "Now what room is hers? One on the right? Or," turning his head to the left, "the one on the left?" Throwing his hands up, "What the hell!" Quickly he grabbed a hold of a door knob on the left, and opened it, "Mina!"
Serena glared at her computer screen as she cursed to herself in Lunarian as she forgot to lock the door. She picked up her gun, aimed, and replied, "Wrong room, Baka."
Duo gulped as he realized Serena was trigger happy like Heero and spoke in a shaky breath, "Sorry . . . I'll be leaving now."
Serena looked at him and glared as she turned the safety off as she commented, "You haven't left yet."
Duo could feel sweat on his forehead as he prayed to Shinigami for his life as he took a step back to the door and replied, "I'm leaving." He stepped into the hall, closed the door, and left the apartment building as fast as he could as he thought, Heero and her would make a perfect couple.
Heero walked back to his laptop with a bowl of potato chips, and sat down to research topics for his history class. Noticing he had a new e-mail, he rose an eyebrow as he read the title 'Asshole.' He smirked as he clicked on the message and read: 'I am e-mailing you to ask you what and how you want to do this history project. What era would you like to focus on, the winner of the next mission will decide. If you beat me to OZ main headquarters and in their Information Systems room, we do things your way. If I win, you do things my way. The race starts Friday at dusk. Do you accept or decline?'
Heero glared at the computer screen for five minutes as he thought of this race, Serena proposed.
Outside of his hall was Mina and she was confused. She looked at each door where the guys were staying in and wondered what room was Duo. She shrugged her shoulders as she opened the door on the left side of the hall and shouted, "Duo!"
Heero glared at the e-mail he was writing as he heard one of the new girls yell out Duo's name. He took the liberty of grabbing his gun and aimed it towards Mina's forehead, "Wrong room, Baka."
Mina glared at him, then gulped as she realized a gun was aimed between her eyes as she realized this man was the one who ruffled Serena's feathers. Doing the best to calm her nerves, she replied, "Gomen . . ."
Heero turned around and looked Mina in the eyes as he replied, "You have five seconds to leave, before I kill you."
Mina gave him a nod, stepped back into the hall, and slammed the door shut. Afraid Heero would follow her, she took off running to her dorm.
Heero smirked as he turned around and finished his e-mail. He looked at the subject line and typed in, 'Annoyance,' and sent the e-mail to his history partner.
Serena stepping out of the bathroom heard her e-mail notification, and walked over to her desk to see who the e-mail was from. She smirked as she read the title called, 'Annoyance.' She opened the message and began to read, 'Annoyance, I actually have more names to call you, but figured this one fits. Mission accepted. I won't loose like last time. Be prepared to loose.' She chuckled to herself as she read over the e-mail one last time and looked out to her balcony and said, "We'll see, 01."
Duo fearing for his life, was running back to his dorm, not paying attention to where he was going, ran into someone. Apologizing, he stammered, "Oh, I am so sorry . . ." realizing who he ran into, quickly knelt down to look at them, "Mina?"
Mina rubbing her butt as she looked at Duo painfully and smiled at Duo as she watched him kneel in front of her, "Hai, Duo."
Duo helping her up and looked around their surroundings as he quickly rushed over to her and helped her stand as he asked, "What are you doing out here?"
"Well, I was coming back from your dorms. What about you?" She asked as she graciously took his offered hand.
"Doing the same." Duo replied as he asked with curiosity, "You ran into Heero?"
Mina laughed nervously as she allowed Duo to lead them over to a bench as she replied, "Yeah. What about you, did you run into Serena?"
"Yeah. I swear no one could be like Heero." He commented as he thought about Heero and Serena's personality.
Mina sighed as she leaned back to look at the stars as she thought about her life in the 21st century and replied with sadness, "Serena never used to be like that, Duo."
"What do you mean?" He asked as he studied Mina in the moonlight and noticed the sadness Mina displayed about her friend.
Mina looked at him as she answered, "She used to be a fun and loving person until a year ago. She began to shut people out and before I knew along with the rest of our friends, she became this cold and heartless person." She saw how Duo paid attention to every word she said and smiled in gratitude as she suggested, "Why don't you show me where you live and I will show you where I live, that way we won't get killed next time."
Duo smiled from ear to ear as he stood up and helped her stand, "That's a great idea." Duo looked at her and felt his heart stop as he looked at Mina as the moon bathed her in its light as she smiled at him, "Mina?"
Mina wondered what could be so urgent and why he looked away from her so quickly, felt her heart sink as she thought he didn't like the way she looked. "Yeah?" She asked with disappointment.
Duo turned to look at her and laughed nervously as he wondered about his question. "Look, I . . . you and I Fridaynight?"
Mina felt her spirit rise as she looked at him and smiled. "I would love that, Duo."
"Really? You don't think it's too fast?"
Mina giggled as she took a hold of his hand and began to walk towards her dorm building. She smiled up at him and suggested, "Why don't you finish walking me to my room and we'll set up a time?"
Duo smiled and replied, "You bet, Babe."
Mina blushed and walked with Duo back to her dorm in silence as she thought about them holding hands as she thought to herself, This feels so right . . . but just like every relationship, I won't be able to tell him the truth.
Duo silently observed her as he enjoyed how her hand easily fit in his and frowned as he thought about his life. He sighed as he thought to himself, I can't tell her I'm a Gundam Pilot. She's too innocent . . . I hate keeping secrets . . . he looked at her and smiled as he thought about the other girls he charmed as he continued to think about his life, I want to do things right this time . . . I want a relationship . . . he removed his hands from hers and swore he saw disappointment as he ventured to wrapping his arms around Mina's petite waist. He was curious to what she would do, and sighed in relief as he felt Mina wrap her arm around his waist. "With her." He finished his thoughts out loud.
Mina heard him and wondered what he meant as she noticed he was fighting with himself. She understood as she was fighting with herself and life. Enjoying being in his arms as she glanced up at him and said out loud, "I want to be with him," unaware she said anything.
Duo smirked as he looked down at Mina and noticed they arrived in her dorm building. He opened the door for her and took a hold of her hand once they stepped into the elevator. "Any preference for Friday?" He asked
Mina shook her head as she looked at him with joy in her eyes as she replied, "Surprise me."
"Okay." He said stepping closer to her as he watched the elevator stop on the fifth floor as he motioned for her to step out and asked, "What type of foods do you like?"
"Surprise me, Duo."
Duo grinned as he saw Mina walked down the hall and stopped at room 510. He looked her in the eyes as he asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then I'll pick you up around seven?"
Mina smiled at him as she walked over to him, stood on her tipy-toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she walked to the door and opened it. She turned around to see Duo grinning like an idiot and spoke with amusement, "For you to remember me."
Duo grinned even wider as he looked at her and winked as he began to turn around and said, "How can I forget you? You're the Goddess of Love that has fallen from heaven to grace me with her beauty." He never saw Mina gap at his comment, unaware on how close to the truth he was.
Mina closed the door to see Rei sitting on the couch and smiled softly at her, as she quietly walked into her room, and thought about Duo and the events which took place tonight as she asked herself, "Can I afford to tell him the truth?"
Mina and the rest of the girls were sitting under an elm tree and eating lunch. Mina glancing up and saw Duo and the other boys walking towards them and stood. Mina smiling as she yelled, "Duo!"
Duo and the boys all stopped and noticed one of the new girls standing up from their lunch spot, and yelling out his name. Duo grinning until he heard Wufei say, 'Great, another loud and obnoxious onna.' Duo turning his attention to Wufei and protested against him, "Mina isn't like Relena. Look at her, she's a babe!"
"If you're comparing that lunatic to that obnoxious blonde, than I think they're the same. They're both weak onnas who can't keep their mouths shut." Wufei replied.
Duo shook his head and walked towards them as he called out, "Mina!"
Mina grinning as she looked at her friends and noticed Amy blushing, "Amy?" She asked with curiosity.
Amy shaking her head as she turned her attention back to her mythology book as she took a bite from her sandwich. She saw Quatre and his friends walking towards them with Duo leading the way. She prayed Mina would let things slide as she heard, 'Duo, do you and your friends want to join us?'
Amy peeking a glance towards Quatre and noticed Quatre looking towards her, she quickly looked away and began reading her book. Quatre smiled softly at Amy as he looked at Mina and answered for the other three, "We would love too, Miss. Aino."
Mina smiled as she corrected him, "You can call me, Mina. Calling me, Miss, makes me sound so old." She looked towards her friends and saw Lita stuffed her mouth, Rei glaring at the Chinese man, Serena glaring at Heero, and Amy reading her book. "Let me introduce you to my friends. This is Lita," she said pointing to Lita who gave them a nod, "Rei," she said pointing to Rei who gave them a small wave, "Amy," Amy looked up from her book and said a small hello, and pointed to Serena, "and this is Serena."
Duo and Quatre speaking simultaneously, "Nice to meet you." Duo gave Mina a wink as he pointed to his friends, "This is Quatre, Wufei, Trowa, and the perfect soldier, Heero."
The girls, minus Serena, all looked at Heero than looked at Serena as their first day of school made sense. They made the connection to why Serena pulled her gun on Mina as Mina asked about the gun situation, and now understood Heero was a sensitive subject around Serena. The girls all smiled at the boys as they spoke simultaneously, "Nice to meet you."
Quatre sat down next to Amy as he looked at the book and asked, "Have you just started reading the Roman Gods?"
Amy, startled that Quatre spoke to her, dropped her book and felt her cheeks turning red as she looked into his eyes. "Um, no . . . I . . ."
Mina chuckled as she noticed her brainiac-friend was having problems, spoke up, "Knowing her, she's ten chapters ahead."
Quatre looked at Mina and then looked at Amy. He smiled softly as he picked up the book and handed it to her as he asked, "What God do you relate to the most?"
Amy graciously took the book as she replied, "Mercury."
"The Messengers of Gods . . . known for his speed and intelligence."
Mina, Rei, and Lita all smiled in triumph as they witnessed the interaction between Quatre and Amy as they witnessed Trowa sitting down next to Lita who blushed slightly. Mina and Rei chuckled at Lita and how this one guy could make her speechless and cause her to blush. Mina motioned for Duo to sit next to her as she saw Rei glance towards Wufei every now and then. Mina looking at Serena and felt her heart sink as she saw Serena quietly eating her lunch and glaring at Heero every five seconds. "Hey, everything alright?" Dup asked as he noticed Mina's eyes lingering towards Serena as he touched her shoulder as he looked at Heero who was also eating his sandwich in silence and glaring at Serena.
Mina looked up at him and gave him a weak smile as she sat down to finish her lunch and asked with a grin, "We're still on for tonight, right?"
Duo grinned from ear to ear as he took a bite from his peanut-butter and jelly sandwich as he replied, "Of course."
Mina smiled as she slid closer to him and asked, "Should I wear a dress?"
Duo swallowing his food as he shook his head, no, and replied, "Nope. Casual is fine."
Mina rose a blonde eyebrow at him and wondered what date considered to wear casual clothing. "Casual?" She asked.
Duo chuckled as he looked at her confusion and reminded her, "Hey, you told me to surprise you. So, we're going casual." He bumped into her as he added, "Don't worry, we'll have fun."
"Okay." She said, wanting to believe him.
Wufei avoided the girls as much as possible and stole glances at Rei as she took delicate bites from her ham sandwich and watched as her violet eyes looked at her friends. The other blonde caught his attention and wondered why Rei looked at Serena with sadness. Shrugging his shoulders, he ate his lunch in silence.
Both Serena and Heero finished their food, stood up, and aimed their guns at each other as they echoed each other, "Omae o kuruso."
Duo and Mina being the closest, looked at their friends, and prayed they would not shoot each other. Mina still adjusting to Serena's new personality, wondered if Serena would shoot the guy. Duo and Mina both speaking at the same time, as they hoped for Serena and Heero to lower their guns. "Serena, please, put your gun down."
"Come one Heero, buddy, you don't want to shoot your history partner, do you?"
Serena mimicked Heero's actions as she took out another gun and aimed it at Mina while keeping her other gun aimed at Heero, "Mina, shut up!"
Heero taking the safety off his first gun as he had his other gun aimed at Duo as he spoke up, "Duo, shut up!"
Mina and Duo gulping as they knew their friends wouldn't think twice before pulling the trigger as they continued to glare at one another. Mina and Duo afraid to make any movement, stole a glance at each other and prayed for a distraction.
"HEEEERRRROOOOO!"
Heero, having no choice in lowering both guns as he felt a crane wrap around his body as he looked down to see Relena crying into his shirt. Annoyed, he turned his glare at the crown of her wheat-blonde hair. "Relena . . ." he breathed out as he glanced at Serena and saw a look of recognition pass through her Cerulean eyes before her eyes turned back to the emptiness that engulfed his heart.
Serena thought of a time she yelled Darien's name in public to throwing herself on him as she saw Relena do the exact same thing towards Heero. Remembering her role, she took the gun she had aimed at Mina, and aimed it towards Relena as she spoke death dripping from her voice, "Omae o kuruso."
Mina and Duo letting go a sigh of relief and took one giant step back together to watch the scene unfold between Heero, Relena, and Serena. Rei sitting straight up to watch the new Serena and noticed Serena had the boys', Lita's, and Amy's attention as Serena aimed her second gun on Relena. Rei slowing moving her way towards Amy and Lita as she asked in a quiet voice, "Is she stupid?"
Amy looked at Rei then back to Serena as she replied in fear of Serena shooting Relena as she replied, "I don't know . . . do you think she'll actually shoot Miss. Relena?"
Wufei smirked at Serena's behavior as he mumbled, "She would do us a favor."
Rei hearing him, glared as she turned her attention back towards her princess, leader, and friend.
Relena reluctant to let go of Heero, turned her attention towards Serena and glared. She gulped as she saw Serena was serious in wanting to kill her as she took a step back to question Serena's motive, "You wouldn't. My Heero wouldn't let you."
Serena smirked as she looked into Heero's eyes then back to Relena as she replied with coldness, "Does it look like I care?" She took the safety off as she continued to stare at Heero.
Heero winced as he felt Relena turn around and hugged the life out of him as she began to sob and pleaded, "I'm too young to die."
Heero annoyed, glanced down at Relena as he tried to pry her off him as he demanded, "Get OFF of me!" He knew he should protect Relena from Serena, but also wished Serena would end Relena's life for what sanity he had left. He glanced at Serena and felt his heart skip a beat as Serena looked at them with amusement flashing through her eyes. "Relena . . ." he warned, as he felt Relena's grip tighten the harder he tried to push her off of him.
Serena letting go a small chuckle as she spoke up, "I should thank you, Miss Peacecraft for making my job easier. With you in the way, I can kill both you and Heero." She said with a sardonic smirk.
Heero continued to stare into Serena's eyes and gave her a slight nod. Serena pulled the trigger and watched in amusement as the bullet smashed into the concrete, causing Relena to let go of Heero, and the group to stand on their feet. Relena felt tears falling from her eyes as she looked up at Heero and asked, "Why didn't you stop her, Heero? She could have hit me!"
Heero gave a small smirk as he found himself free of his burden and walked towards Serena as he asked for her to hear, "You're still on for tonight?"
Serena looked at him as she smirked as she replied, "Afraid to loose, Asshole?"
"Hn."
Heero walked by and ignored his comrades and their questions as he could hear the girls reprimand Serena and her behaviors.
Serena looked at her friends with an impassive look as she glanced in the direction Heero went as she silently fought with her inner self and her actions she displayed in front of everyone. Her empty eyes looked at Rei who was calling her nickname, 'Meatball Head,' took out her gun and aimed it in front of Rei's face as she talked with irritation, "Shut up or I'll do it for you."
Rei gulped as she witnessed first hand having a barrel of a gun pointed at her, and realized her mistake. Staring at the barrel and stealing a glance to look at Serena, she realized she wasn't able to push this Serena like she used to back in their dimension. Rei fought the urge from lashing out and closed her mouth as she looked into Serena's eyes. She felt her heart stop as she noticed Serena's eyes didn't hold the spark she was used to, and Serena's eyes were void from all emotions. Not being able to handle Serena's emotionless eyes, she diverted her eyes towards the grass, and fought the urge from sighing as she heard Serena click the safety back on, and pushed herself past her and the others. Rei took the chance to look up and saw Serena was walking back towards her building as she commented, "I don't like the new you, Serena."
Mina placed her hand on her friend as she also watched Serena leave with a heavy heart. "I don't like this either, Rei."
Amy joining their sides, sighed as she kept replaying the scene with Heero, Relena, Mina, and Rei in her head and asked, "Do you think she'll ever revert back to herself?"
Lita walked next to Amy as she replied, "I hope so . . . for our sake."
Mina looked at her friends as she commented, "I want the old Serena back."
The Gundam boys heard the comments each girl made and looked in the direction Serena walked too. Quatre speaking up as he asked, "What do you mean by the old, Serena?"
The girls with sadness in their eyes looked at them as they sighed and shook their heads. Amy smiled sadly at Quatre as she answered him, "She used to be a loving person with a warm personality . . . until recently she just shut herself off from the rest of us."
The girls all looked at each other, and silently agreed for a scout meeting to discuss Serena, and began to walk away. Mina stopped, walked over to Duo and gave him a kiss on the cheeks and whispered, "I'll see you tonight."
Duo touched his right cheek as he stared into her blue eyes as he answered faintly, "Can't wait."
Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei all shook their heads at Duo for getting a date with Mina, and began to walk towards their building. Quatre speaking with Trowa as he commented about Duo and Mina, "Only Duo can get a date with one of the new students."
Trowa chuckled as he stuck his right hand in his pocket and touched a piece of paper as he replied, "Perhaps."
Wufei snorted as he looked at Quatre and complained, "They're only weak onnas."
Quatre chuckled as he looked at Wufei and replied, "Didn't you and Sally Po used to date?"
Wufei glared at Quatre as he said nothing and was thankful Duo didn't hear Quatre's question. Wufei hearing Duo running up to him mumbled, "The Braided-Baka and his hormones."
Trowa and Quatre chuckled as they silently observed Duo, as Trowa commented about Mina, "You know you can't tell her."
Duo looked up at his six-foot frame and frowned as he thought about his life, "I know . . ."
Wufei taking that opportunity asked, "Then why do you pursue dating weak onnas?"
Duo shrugged his shoulders as he replied, "Mina's different."
"That's what you said about Hilde." Quatre replied and felt bad as he saw Duo scowl and quickened his pace. "Duo, I'm sorry . . ."
Duo laughed bitterly as he asked, "Sorry that I caught her sleeping with another man, or sorry that I took a chance in dating?"
Quatre not knowing what to say said nothing. Trowa looked at his friend then over to Duo as he replied, "Be careful, Duo."
Duo looked at his friends as he defended Mina by saying, "Mina isn't like Hilde!" He opened his and Wufei's door, and slammed it shut.
Wufei whistled as he commented about the subject, "See . . . women are weak. He's better off not dating."
"But it's Duo." Quatre argued as he walked in his and Trowa's room.
Serena looked at the clock and noticed it was time for her mission. She quickly changed into her outfit from her first mission and placed her guns in her sub-space pocket. Looking at her clock, she walked to her closet, and took out her black trench coat. "Time to go," she told herself, knowing there was a race to win.
At the same time Serena was getting ready, Heero was also preparing for tonight's mission. He looked at the clock as he was inserting his last gun in his black leather coat and smirked, "You're going to loose, Annoyance." He quickly scanned his destination and left his apartment.
Trowa saw Serena leave her room as he was standing in the hall waiting for Lita to answer the door, thought to himself, What is she up too?
Lita opened the door and smiled as she looked up at Trowa and noticed he was wearing a black turtle neck and khaki pants felt her heart skip a beat as she thought to herself, Definitely not my old boyfriend. "You look nice," she commented as she stepped into the hall wearing white capris, a light pink shirt that sat off her shoulders and wore her hair in her traditional hairstyle with a pink ribbon wrapped around the ponytail holder.
Trowa smirked as he looked her over and complimented, "You look beautiful." Offering his hand for Lita to take, he asked, "Are you ready then?"
Lita smiled as she gave him a nod, "I was born ready."
Duo knocked on Mina's door and saw Rei opened it. Rei looked at Duo and rose an eyebrow as she noticed his loose black jeans, a white T-shirt under a red button-up shirt, and joked, "Once she sees you, she'll think she'll have to change outfits."
Duo looked at his attire and asked, "Do I look that bad?"
Rei laughed as she motioned for him to come in, "No, she's been spending the last four hours getting ready." Rei closed the door as she yelled, "Mina, Duo's HERE!"
"Nani!" Mina yelled from the bathroom as she commented, "I'm not ready!"
Duo chuckled as he looked at Rei and asked her, "What's taking her so long?"
Rei smiled as she answered, "Make-up. If you want, you can go in the bathroom and say hi."
Duo gave her a grin and walked towards the bathroom and leaned against the doorframe watching Mina curling her hair and commented, "You look beautiful."
Mina dropped the curling iron and winced as the curling iron touched her skin. Duo immediately rushed to her side, turned on the cold water, and stuck her hand underneath as he apologized immensely, "I'm so sorry."
Mina smiled weakly as she looked into his cobalt eyes and replied, "You startled me. It's okay."
"I feel bad . . . if I knew you'd get burned, I wouldn't have said anything." He said still holding her hand under the water as he felt captivated by her eyes.
Mina breaking her gaze as she looked down to her hand and commented, "So much for looking perfect . . ."
Duo grinned as he turned off the water and gave her hand a kiss as he replied, "You do look perfect." He looked at her hair and noticed she was curling every piece and suggested, "You might want to pull your hair up for tonight."
Mina smiled and pulled her hair into a pony tail and noticed what Duo was wearing, to looking down at her blue halter top and blue jeans, gasped, "I need to go change!"
Mina was on her way out the bathroom door until Duo grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him as he shook his head, "I like what you're wearing." He leaned towards her and gave her a kiss on the forehead, "Let's go."
Mina grabbed her jacket and purse off the couch and waved bye to Rei as she left with Duo for the evening. On their way down the elevator, Mina asked, "Exactly what are we doing?"
"You'll see." Duo said with a mischievous look in his eyes.
Serena set her Gundam in a darkened area as she quietly got out of Silver Eclipse and crept behind a bush. She silently watched the activity around her and smirked as she saw a lone guard approaching her, Some security, she thought as she shot the soldier in the head, walked over to her victim, and dragged the body behind the bush she was hiding behind. She quickly took off the uniform and placed the uniform over her attire and took the guard's access card, "Pathetic." She said as she knew time was wasting and she needed to get inside before Heero.
Heero also hid Wing Zero at the same time as Serena and hid behind bushes on the other side of the building. He quickly observed his surroundings and noticed only four guards were patrolling the area. He shook his head as he thought to himself, They never learn. He smirked as he saw a lone guard approach him, pulled the trigger to his gun, and jumped from the bush to pull the body away from the other patrollers. He took off the guard's uniform and stole the guard's access card as he rounded the corner to be confronted with an OZ solider. "Everything okay," the OZ solider asked.
Heero looked at him as he replied, "Yes." He gave the guard a nod as he began to walk towards the building, "Well, I'm off." The guard gave him a smile and he smirked as he thought how easy getting into the building was. Time for the disk. He thought as he knew he had a mission to carry forth – beat Serena.
Heero seeing another OZ soldier rounding an opposite corner at the same time he was, took out his gun, to be held at gun point. Heero glared as he recognized who the OZ solider was and smirked as he saw Serena had the same idea as him. "Annoyance."
"Asshole," Serena commented as she lowered her gun and commented, "A tie."
"Now what?" He asked.
Serena placed her gun in her waist band as she walked towards the computer room and answered, "We do whatever we want. As long as we get the project done."
'Check on the computer room!' Serena and Heero heard an OZ soldier yell as they both looked at each other and knew they would be caught. Serena walked over to Heero with a smirk as she said, "Play along."
Heero noticed the close proximity of Serena's body as he wondered what she meant. Before he could reply or question her idea, he felt her lips against his. His reaction was to push her off and shoot her as he felt his arms wrap around her and he began to respond to her kiss. He could hear the OZ soldiers arrive at the scene and was thankful for the diversion. Heero began to guide Serena towards the door and prayed the door was unlocked as they continued to share a passionate kiss. The longer they continued to kiss, the more emotions and feelings she began to stir inside him. His left hand blindly searched for the door knob and turned it opened.
They both stumbled into the room as the door slammed shut and quickly pulled apart to glare at each other. Heero glared at Serena as he asked darkly, "What the hell was that?"
"A diversion to save our ass." She said as she fought for her breath and fought back the feelings that were stirred up from the passionate kiss they shared. She looked at him and to the computers as she demanded, "Let's get the information and get out of here, before we have to pull that stunt again."
"I agree." Heero said as he sat at the computer and began to hack into OZ files. He stole glances at her and as he kept downloading information from OZ's file, he could still taste the vanilla from her lips, and felt his eyes wander to her body and back to her lips. He could still feel her in his arms and wished she was still there as he turned his attention back to the computer. He frowned as he thought about them and cursed. I don't need this . . .
Serena upset with herself and at her idea of a diversion as she stole glances at Heero and silently wondered what it would be like to have her hands run through his unruly chocolate brown hair. Unconsciously, her tongue traced her lips as she could still taste his lips, and silently desired to be in his arms. She scowled as she caught herself and her thoughts as she thought to herself, I don't need him . . . I don't need him. She continued to think to herself as she came out of her thoughts as she heard a chair slam into a desk and heard Heero's deep baritone voice, 'Finished.'
Serena gave him a nod as she looked at him and instructed, "I'll meet you in the courtyard to go over our project." She continued to fight with her emotions as she knew she needed to get away from him and the scent that lingered in her nose.
Heero turned his attention towards the door as he heard the door knob turned. He quickly put the disk inside of the OZ uniform's pocket, and pulled Serena towards him. He heard the door opening as he began to kiss her as he craved the vanilla on her lips. Serena cursed her luck as she wrapped her arms around his neck and allowed his scent to overwhelm her senses as she could hear the door open and quickly closed. Her emotion side wanted Heero to continue to kiss her as she felt a fire begin to course through her body from his gentle yet rough touch as she compared him to Darien. She felt a spark that craved for more as Heero continued to kiss her and felt his hand slide up her back. He's . . . I want . . .him.
Heero knew he should stop kissing her, but he couldn't pull away as he craved for more. Having Serena in his arms, he felt alive and felt a spark ignite as her fingers touched the nape of his neck. I . . . he pushed her against the desk and quickly pulled apart as his soldier mode kicked in. He looked at her and saw emotions in her eyes that he felt and fought to steady his breath as he glanced to her bruised lips. "Sorry." He said as he saw Serena fighting with her emotions and watched as she gave him a nod.
Serena not understanding what happened between them, stood up, and said nothing. Afraid she would say something she didn't want to, and began to walk towards the door. Heero quickly spoke up as he remembered the project and disk, "Meet me in my room."
Serena gave him a nod, still afraid to speak as she opened the door, and ran down the hall as fast as her legs would carry her.
Heero also ran from the room as he thought back to their diversion and cursed himself for stirring up emotions he didn't know about.
Serena stood outside Heero's door, the events at the base still fresh in her mind as she fought to push those aside. I've only known him for five days . . . She knocked on the door and felt her heart stop as she saw Heero open the door wearing a green tank-top and black shorts.
Heero opened the door and smirked as he caught Serena staring at his chest as he took that time to study her appearance. He saw she was wearing light blue pajama bottoms and a white T-shirt and her hair was pulled back in a low ponytail. Staring at her, memories from the mission came back as he grunted, "Come in." He closed the door and watched Serena walk over to the couch and sat down.
Serena looked at Heero's laptop which was sitting on the coffee table and asked, "Did you look over the information we gathered from tonight?"
"Yeah." He replied as he sat down next to her and focused his attention on his computer screen.
Serena took out her flash-drive as she set it next to Heero's laptop and explained, "This is the information I collected when we first ran into each other," she said as she turned to look at him and cursed herself for taking that time to look at him. Heero was looking at her with his intense Prussian eyes and felt herself becoming lost the longer she sat there.
Heero couldn't pull away once she looked at him and felt the distance between him and her was becoming smaller. Serena closed her eyes as he kissed her gently and felt her arms wrap around his neck and began to deepen their kiss. Heero becoming addicted to her touch, touched her lips with his tongue as he continued to savor the moment. Serena felt his hand brush against her lower back, and felt like she was shocked even though her shirt was a barrier between him. "Heero . . ." she whispered and felt too weak to break away from his addictive touch.
Heero broke the kiss and stared into her eyes as he felt confused. "I . . ."
Serena leaned towards him and touched his lips with her index finger as she shook her head. "I know." She said as she looked to the laptop and knew she needed to get away before anything else happened. She stood up and began to walk towards the door only to see Heero grabbing a hold of her wrist and pulled her back towards him, "Heero . . ."
Heero silenced her by kissing her as he began to trace his kisses down her neck. He felt Serena's fingers dig into his back as he continued to assault her neck with kisses and knew he was addicted. He couldn't let her go. He picked her up and carried her in his room, and laid her gently on his bed as he looked into her eyes and then glanced out his window.
Serena watched him look towards the window as she felt him holding his weight as he lay on top as she took a shaky hand and forced him to look at her. This feels so right . . . even though . . . I wish to be with him, even if it is for this one night . . . Oh Selene, I just wish I could be with him forever.
Heero and her continued to stare at each other as he felt how easily she molded to him and how her hand fit with his. Things he knew he shouldn't care about, yet with her, he would have his emotions be taken away a million times, in order to experience feeling alive with her touch. He felt her delicate hands slip under his shirt as he shuddered at her touch. Her simple touch made him feel so weak.
Serena took her left hand and lowered his head down towards her as she kissed him again, afraid she would forget his taste. She allowed her heart to have it's way as she felt Heero's hand slip under her shirt. They both looked into each other's eyes and allowed their roles as the Perfect soldier to slip out the door as they both felt a sense of belonging.