Title – Bloody Tears

Summary – Kagome's tired of crying for those she has lost, not that she can cry anymore anyways. An old man claiming to be a Scientist takes her in at age 5. Now 14, she is trained as an assassin, and with her Gundam by her side she lives by her own Code of Conduct. Defeat is NOT an option.

Anime – Gundam Wing / InuYasha

Main Couple – Duo / Kagome (No Question About It.)

Genre – Romance / Adventure

Rated – T (Mild Violence) (Mild Sexual Themes) (Mild Language) (Mild Blood and Gore)

Disclaimer – I don't own Gundam Wing or InuYasha, nor do I own any of the Characters of said anime's. But oh how I wish I owned Duo. ;D

Gundam's Name is (Haniyasu-hime) – Goddess of the earth.

Bloody Tears

Chapter Six

A Friend in Me

Kagome followed Duo over to an old man in a red and white Hawaiian shirt and a pair of shorts and flip flops. Shivering at the chill of the wind against her skin, she mentally cursed herself for not thinking about Haniyasu-hime helping her and Duo to land instead of head diving into the dark, cold and wet abyss of the sea.

"Hey, Duo man, cute little lady friend you have there."

Kagome smiled at his way of speaking.

"Yeah, she is kind of cute, isn't she...Look, could you give us a ride to her hotel room so that she can pick up a few things?"

Kagome blushed and turned away from Duo, she was too cold to really comment on his silly commentary. She watched the old man quirk a brow and looked at him in wonder. She recognized him, she was sure of it. He had a face she couldn't forget.

"Runaway?"

Kagome shook her head and smiled in kind to the old man, "My name is Kagome Higurashi, Doctor Tou's granddaughter."

His eyes lit up in recognition at the name. "Say, do you know that pervert Miroku too?"

Kagome frowned, "It depends; what did he do now?

"Haha, my granddaughter, Sango...she speaks about him often. I wanted to extend an apology to the boy..."

"No, I should be apologizing, he's...incorrigible, but...I think he really likes Sango." She smiled, "He talks about her all the time, I only wish he'd get serious about her and stop messing around."

Howard laughed at that. Duo wasn't really sure who this Doctor Tou was, or Miroku...but he knew Sango, only by name and face, not having talked to her himself. Shaking his head, he turned back to the previous question, "So, can you give us a ride?"

"Yeah, no problem,"

(Three hours later)

Kagome and Duo lay in their beds; there were two in the room so it wasn't a problem. Pochi had betrayed her upon meeting Duo, and had instantly warmed up to the boy with the chestnut colored locks. She glared at the dog and glared even harder when Duo laughed. "Ungrateful dog...I saved your parents life you know. I raised them! I helped them give birth to you, and then I raised and trained you...And this is how you repay me? By betraying me for...HIM!?" She pointed accusingly causing Duo to burst into a fit of laughter once again.

Kagome sighed, "Oh well," she smiled as the two played in his bed. His computer went off and he jumped up. Kagome couldn't conceal her blush. He wore a pair of pajama pants and his hair was let down from its normal braid. He was nicely toned but then, so was she; it came with the rigorous training of a soldier, or as Miroku had worded it 'assassin'. However, she wasn't used to seeing a boy her age that looked so...attractive.

"I have a mission tomorrow. A couple Oz Military officials." He turned back to her and sat down at the desk where both laptops sat on a surprisingly long desk.

Kagome was sure it could fit up to six or seven laptops on it, if positions along the edges properly.

"What are you doing tomorrow?"

Kagome pointed at her own laptop which had a small, miniscule list of names on it. "I'm doing research on a couple people,"

" Duo Maxwell...I'm on this list?!

Kagome rolled her eyes, "All of the pilots are."

He frowned but continued all the same, "Lady Une

Chang, Wufei

Yuy, Heero

Treize Khushrenada

Trowa Barton

Quatre Raberba Winner

'Peacecraft' who are all of these people? Besides myself obviously..."

She shrugged, "I know Trowa and Quat are pilots like us. They are your age."

"And yours."

"No, I'm a year younger than everyone else," she frowned, "fourteen, you guys are all fifteen..."

"Oh, I thought you were fifteen...my bad. I guess that's what I get for making assumptions," he laughed, when he stopped he looked back at the screen, "So why does the Doc want you lookin' up information on two fellow Pilots?"

"I don't know, Doctor Tou sent it to me an hour ago and told me to look up information on them; that it might help me to understand both my friends and a few foes."

Duo frowned, "Is he always so vague and cryptic in his explanations?"

Kagome smiled, "Yep...It's fine though. I wanted to look some things up on Trowa and Quat anyways..."

"Well we should probably get to sleep then, I feel like dead weight." He walked over to his bed and pulled his hair tie from the bottom of his braid and ran his fingers through his golden brown locks as they came undone in a waterfall of silky waves. "Tomorrow is a busy day for both of us. You can use anything here that you need, got it?"

"Are you sure?" She asked as she sat down on her bed, pulling her brush out to untangle her raven locks which pooled out around her on the bed she sat on.

"Yeah, I trust you." He said before lying back in his own bed, pulling the sheets and blankets up to his chest before he let his eyes close. Drifting off to sleep, he kept himself aware of his surroundings all the same while he slept; listening to everything.

She smiled at his last statement, the fact that, after only a couple days, he could say that...It meant a lot to her. She had only really had her brother, Miroku and the Doctor as family...Pochi as well, and the Mechanic that built her Gundam was family too, in a way. However, no one outside of the Base had ever been this close to her. She had missed this, she only vaguely remembered having friends on L6 in elementary. She had been five when the explosion had wiped away everything she'd ever known, her mom, her school, her home...and her friends. So she wanted to make sure that, any trust Duo had in her, was well placed. She didn't want to disappoint him, and she didn't want to lose him. He was her first friend outside of base, which meant the world to her. "Thank you Duo..." She whispered softly as she braided her hair and tied it at the bottom before pulling her own sheets and blankets up to her shoulders and drifting off to sleep.

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Me: So, this was actually chapter One, long ago….….alright, not so long ago. Anyways, I hate rushing chapters, and stories, but sometimes I do, and when I go back and read it, I feel like I'm reading nonsense. I liked this story though, and I want to complete it, so I am going through each chapter and I'm re-editing, revising, and adding a lot to the story which, I believe it was initially lacking. I hope you all enjoy this version! Love you guys. I know I say that a lot, but I don't think you know just how much I love my Reviewers, and the things you guys write to me...the reason I'm inspired to write at all, comes from my readers, and reviewers. Thanks!