The Cries of Death - Chapter 1: Cold Water Can Freeze Hell Over

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There isn't much of battle scenes in this story. I'm not good at making up the scenes. Don't scold me, please!! Arigatou. All the way down is the translation to the japanese words.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Gundam Wing characters or the Gundams. I do own Jade and LuCCa though. They're my original characters. Please DO NOT steal them. Thanks! I don't own the FF8 words. I just liked to use them.

- " = starts off someone saying something
*/*/ = Dream
' ' = thoughts
* = look at the end of the page to see the tanslation of the Japanese word
~*~ = flashback

There was an explosion. Footsteps turned into fast paced ones. Then a pair joined in as a girl ran past a hangar entrance that was closing on them fast. Two mobile suits were waiting, with the hatches open, for the pilots to enter. The pilots jumped up and entered their suits, taking off almost instantly into the sky.

-You did a great job. For a twelve year old, you sure get your job done quickly." An older man's voice said over the comm that was connected to both of the mobile suits.

-Well without my expertise in technology, that lazy bum wouldn't have gotten her job done." A female voice laughed as her partner in the other mobile suit yelled at the comment and the name.

-Um..Professor?" the brainy one said, "We heard that!" the two girls both said in unison.

A hand reached over to the nightstand and smacked the loud alarm clock. The hand then retreated back to where it lay before, which was on the young boy's head. The boy's face became calm once again. "Get up, Duo." One cold voice was the only voice Duo heard every morning, along with typing noises. If it wasn't for Heero waking up early each morning, Duo would be late for each class in the morning. The g-boys were on another mission. So far, their orders are to seek and destroy any OZ soldier or anything else that deals with OZ. The school in Osaka, Japan was very comfortable for the boys to stay at and research from there since the new recruitments were looked at from there.

Duo yawned when he started to open his eyes slowly. The boy streached out his arms as he sat up to see a familiar face. "Oi, Heero...you woke me up from a great dream. It was-" Duo made an attempt to stand up on the hardwood floor, but failed and slid right back onto his bed. Heero ignored the boy which he had to share a room with.

-We have new orders." Heero cut Duo off. Duo sat indian style on his bed and listening to his partner. "It seems that Doctor J has been informed that there is a new soldier in this school that is supposedly from OZ." The Deathscythe pilot got up from his bed and made his way to the bathroom. "Are you even listening to me?" Heero watched as Duo made his way silently through the door of his destination.

Moments later, Duo exited the bathroom, with his braid swaying back and forth as he walked, to find Heero already dressed in the school's uniform and holding his bag. He slowly made his way to where he sat that very morning, by the laptop. The braided-boy blinked, awake now, as Heero picked up the uniform on the other chair and tossed it at him, hitting the boy square in the face. Heero turned around, folding his arms over his chest, not wanting to see Duo get dressed.

-As I was saying, the new soldier is highly trained beyond normal OZ training and the soldier has a Gundam. Created by who is still unknown." As Heero spoke, Duo got changed. "Doctor J will contact us as soon as he gets anything new. We have to keep an eye out and suspect everyone." Duo finished buttoning his shirt and then grabbed a brush. He began to unravel his hair from the famous braid he always had. Heero turned around slowly and stared at Duo's long chestnut colored hair fall onto the bed as he finished unbraiding it. 'Snap out of it Yuy!' Heero told himself and shook his head. Duo just finished braiding his hair to the way it was before, but neater. "Even your friend, Lyle." Duo looked up from tieing his braid to Heero.

-Lyle? Come on! Lyle isn't soldier material. And I can't think of anyone in this school who is except for us, Trowa, Quatre, and WuFei." Duo crossed his arms. "Speaking of Wu-man, where is he?" Heero shook his head.

-He isn't on this mission yet. He still has to take care of his first mission. He will be back on Saturday." Heero felt like he was losing his companion in this conversation. "But that's besides the point, Duo. Be alert at all times. Don't be fooled." Duo didn't pay attention to the Wing pilot. He simply nodded and grabbed his bag.

A loud *thud* sound came from the hallway and a "K'so!". Heero looked to the door as Duo opened it slowly only to see the door, across from theirs, close. The Shinigami blinked. "We have neighbors!" he yelled happily.

The door next to theirs opened and two figures emerged. The boy with brown hair over his one eye looked forward while his companion giggled like a little school girl. The blonde boy noticed Duo's head pop from behind the door of his and Heero's room. "Ohayo Duo-kun!" Trowa simply nodded his head in hello.

-Yo Quatre! Trowa!" Duo smiled happily as he waved back. Duo's braid was grabbed from behind and pulled inside the room by Heero so he could get out. The Wing pilot looked in the other two boy's direction, but turned and went down the hall to the exit and to class in the other building. Duo regained his balance and walked out into the hallway, locking the door behind him.

-Is Heero-kun alright this morning?" Quatre asked, looking in the direction where Heero went. Duo simply nodded.

-I think it's just that we got new orders that aren't so easy this time." Duo yawned as he flung his bag over his shoulder, still holding it with his hand. "Are they ever easy?" The boy muttered to himself.

-What orders?" Trowa handed Quatre's bag to him. Duo was about to explain when their new neighbor's door flung open and closed quickly.

-I'm gonna be late!!" a female voice yelled as she sped down the hallway of the Dorm. The girl didn't even seem to notice that there were people in the hallway.

Everyone blinked. Trowa was about to speak again, but he was interrupted by Duo. "She's right! We are gonna be late!" Duo started to run down the hallway. Quatre sighed upon hearing his friend. Trowa grabbed Quatre's hand and kissed it.

-Don't be sad. After class will be more fun." That got Quatre's face to smile as the two went on to class.

-Hold still, Duo!" A voice echoed in the room. Two women were around the little boy that was squriming, holding him down on the bed. A tall nun took the boy by his shoulders and pinned him to the bed.

-Duo, please calm down. Its nothing more than a scratch." The nun's voice was calm and sweet to hear.

-Then why does it hurt so much?!" The little boy yelled in pain as he looked at his shoulder, which was bleeding.

After bandaging the little boy's wound, the two other nun's left, leaving the boy with his savior in the room.

-Sister Helen?" Duo said smiling now, even though the wound still hurt a little. Sister Helen looked to the boy, smiling as usual and nodded. Taking that as answer, he continued as he got under the covers of his bed. "Why does that one little girl sleep all by herself?" Helen thought for a moment and decided to tell the boy the truth.

-I'll be her friend!" He laughed and jumped out of bed, running to the other room where the little girl slept by herself.

Duo walked into the little room where the girl slept peacefully. He watched for a moment and then walked to the bed and getting under the covers. The little girl stirred at the intruder in her bed and opened her eyes sleepily.

-Duo?" Everyone knew the name of the boy with the braid. Maxwell's Little Demon they sometimes called him. And everyone knew the little silent girl named Jewel. An odd pair.

-Go back to sleep, Jewel." Duo said as he turned on his side, facing Jewel's face. The two kids fell asleep a moment later. Sister Helen could only watch with a smile. /*/*

An occasinal snore was heard when the boy moved in his sleep. The braided boy's eyes twitched to wake up when he was elbowed in the side by his neighbor.

-Yo, Duo...wake up." Another elbow in the side woke the sleeping Duo up. Duo looked around in confusion.

-Who? Wha? Where am..I?" Then realization hit him. School. He was in school in another boring class and the fact that it's morning didn't help him to deal with him being tired. Waken up by Heero's constant typing on the laptop and his cold voice made Duo a bit cranky in the morning. Duo's friend, Lyle, who was the one elbowing him to wake up, pointed to the teacher and the new student that was standing next to her. Duo blinked once and wiped his tired eyes. 'Hey! She's the girl who lives across from me and Heero.' Duo's thoughts snaped his mind to listen. He looked up one row behind him to where Heero sat, who was eyeing the new student.

-...Please state your name, young lady." The teacher motioned to the girl to speak up.

-My name is Jade Dark. It's a pleasure being here." The enthusiasm wasn't caught by all...because there wasn't any, only a cold, dark voice. The girl known as Jade bowed slowly and looked slowly around the class as each pair of eyes stared back at her. The teacher said some things about Jade and her being American. Duo caught this right off the bat. The teacher motioned Jade to take a seat.

-American? So I'm not the only American in this Japanese school." Lyle raised a brow when he heard Duo mutter something.

-Ya feelin' ok, Duo? You're talkin' to yourself." Lyle's head turned to see a girl walk up the steps and take a seat next to Duo. Duo noticed Lyle's head turn and he did the same. Duo had to admit, the girl was the best looking girl in this whole school. As was in Lyle's mind, he presumed. Duo extended his hand.

-The name's Duo Maxwell." The girl didn't even flinch. She just kept looking forward to the teacher without saying anything. Lyle tried his luck.

-I'm Lyle Kovichi." Still no response. Both of the boys sighed and turned to face eachother. "A tough cookie, isn't she?" Duo nodded. "I bet she's one of those rambo type chicks." Upon hearing Lyle's words, Jade turned her head slightly, evil eyeing the fool, but Lyle didn't notice.

-Mr. Maxwell and Mr. Kovichi!" The boys' talking was ceased. "I'll see the two of you after class to review today's lesson." The teacher turned around to face the blackboard and continued her lesson. Jade couldn't help but to let out a small giggle. Duo turned around in his seat and sat properly, knowing that he'd be in for it at the end of class.

"Mr. Maxwell! I don't suppose you want to make that a longer lesson?!" Duo gulped as he shook his head slowly and looked forward once more. 'Geez! She hears everything, doesn't she?!' Duo's thoughts from then on made him fall asleep once more.

Jade sighed. She sat there next to the snoring braided-baka for what seemed to be forever. Then...relief. The bell rang. She got up and walked out of class as quickly as she could. 'And I'm going to have to do this everyday?! The things I must sacrifice!"

Lyle elbowed Duo in the side again. "Wake up, Duo!" Lyle's scream to the ear made Duo bolt up from his sleep. Duo looked to his side where Jade sat but her seat was empty...as the rest of the class' were. He turned his head to his other side. Lyle was standing there with Duo's bag in his hand and his own in the other. He shoved Duo's bag onto Duo's lap. "Come on. The teach wants to speak to us, remember?" Duo had forgotten.

As Jade stepped out of the class, she could hear the teacher yelling at Duo and Lyle. She couldn't help but to smirk. Her smirk dissapeared when she noticed someone standing against the wall opposite of the class door. The figure was staring at her. His cold Prussian-blue eyes stared evily at the girl. This got the girl thinking as she slowly started to walk down the hall. As soon as she dissapeared behind the corner, she let out a sigh. 'Strange...his eyes are so cold. I guess everyone's a suspect in this school.'

Heero pushed himself from against the wall with his foot. Duo just walked through the door with his head down. "Busted again." Heero's voice sounded cold as ever. Duo didn't other to lift his head when Lyle yelled bye to Duo. "You saw the new girl, ne?" Duo didn't flinch. "She looks suspicious." Duo lifted his head up.

-She looks suspicous? How?" Duo looked at Heero. The Wing pilot took a glance around the corner as they passed by. As soon as they turned the corner, he then eyed Duo.

-You will keep an eye on her. She looks like the type to be associated with OZ." Duo couldn't help but to start laughing. "What the hell is so funny?!" Heero had enough of Duo's laughs for the day. He felt like smacking the laughing idiot. Duo finally calmed down before answering.

-Heero, my friend, Jade doesn't look like the type of girl who's working for OZ. Hell, she dosen't even look like the type to be associated with anyone!" Duo thought for a moment. "Maybe I can do something...heh heh.." Heero kept on walking. Duo's lips turned into a little smirk as his thoughts trailed off. Heero just rolled his eyes and continued.

-This *Jade* will need close watching. If you won't, then I will." Duo paced faster to catch up to the other boy.

-*Iie! I'll keep an eye out for her!" Duo reasured his roommate. "..but..do you know what classes she's taking and at what times?"

-I'm going to look her up when I get back to the room. Until then, stay out of trouble." Heero left and headed to his next class. Duo didn't have a class until later.

The Shinigami decided to take a walk around the campus. They have been on the mission for about a month now. What was the mission about? Duo forgot. Heero was the one always fulfilling the missions. But now, they had new orders. To seek and destroy if a threat. 'There's no way that Jade could be the soldier!' All that was on the Shinigami's mind was the new student. He passed by a poster that said: 'Annual Costume Ball!' "Costume ball eh? Maybe I can dress up as the Shinigami!" Duo yelled as he looked up with his fist in the air. Other student who were walking by gave the boy weird looks. Duo quickly put his hands in his pockets and kept on walking, embarrassed. As Duo passed by the door that led to the Graden, he noticed a figure sitting down on the grass by a tree. There was a bird sitting on the figure's hand. He watched the figure as opened the door slowly.

The sound of the door opening made Jade startle, making the little bird on her hand fly away. She smiled as she watched the bird fly away. Duo cleared his throat. She looked in Duo's direction and stood up, making her way out when something in Duo caught her eye.

The crucifix that hung around his neck was out from in his shirt. Jade walked over to Duo and took the crucifix in her hand, scaring Duo. "Wha..what are you doing..?" Duo had different thoughts. 'Dammit Maxwell! Stop thinking with your pants!' The American girl looked at Duo's face as her eyes narrowed.

-Where-did-you get this?" She asked putting the crucifix in the Shinigami's face. Duo snatched it away from the girl as soon as he realized what she was holding.

-It was a gift." His voice sounded so soft as he remembered the day he got the crucifix. Then put it back in his shirt. Jade took a step back.

-From..who..?" Obviously something was bothering the American gilr, but the braided pilot didn't seem to notice. He simply nodded and answered.

-It was..from...my father." The words came out stuttering. Although Duo didn't have a father, he considered the person who gave this to him his father. Jade's eyes fell silent and cold. She nodded her head when her eyes looked down. 'So then it isn't him..' Jade started to walk around Duo when the boy grabbed her wrist. The girl's head snapped up and stared into those cobalt-blue eyes of the boy. Duo didn't know why he grabbed her wrist. But they just kept staring into the other's eyes. Cobalt blue eyes stared back at the blue/green eyes of the girl.

Jade looked at Duo. Something in his eyes told her that she'd met him before. But from where? ...dreams..perhaps..?

It was the same feeling with Duo. Duo noticed something shimmer in the light of the Garden. It hung around the girl's neck, a gold necklace. A voice, slightly faded, told him something in his mind. 'I gave it to...' The voice was Sister Helen's. Duo couldn't remember what the person's name was that filled that sentence. Suddenly...

Their thoughts shattered. The bell rang and class was over. Heero should be coming out of his class very shortly and expect Duo to be in the room, waiting for him. Jade shook her head to snap out of the trance Duo's heart shaped face put her in.

Duo let go of Jade's wrist and looked up at the clock which hung above the doors to the Garden. "Agh! Heero!" Duo remembered as he started out of the Garden. He stopped and looked to Jade, who was a bit confused and what just happened. "It..it was nice meeting you. See ya later, babe!" Duo ran out before the American girl could say anything.

-Babe...?!" Jade's eyebrow twitched as her anger rose. "Don't-ever-call-me-*BABE*-Maxwell!!" Duo didn't hear what the girl yelled. Jade's anger was still there when she realized that eyes were staring at her. Other students looked up from what they were doing and looked at the girl. Embarrsed, the American girl ran out of the Garden as fast as lightening.

Heero waited in the room, wondering where Duo went. He knew that the Deathscythe pilot didn't have a class until 9:30, so why was he late? Heero shrugged and wondered what would be taking him so long. 'Perhaps he found the girl and..." Heero shook his head. "He's thinking with his pants again. That baka." As if on cue, the door opened and Duo appeared from behind the door, gasping for air. "Where the hell have you been?! Weren't you supposed to meet me back here at the end of class?" Duo, still gasping for air, walked over to his bed and laid on it face first. Heero walked over to Duo and grabbed the boy by the braid, making his head go up.

-*Itai! Heero that hurts!" Duo's body shot up from his laying position into a sitting position when Heero let go of the braid. Duo rubbed the back of his head. "To answer your question, I was at the Garden...talking..to..Jade." Duo smiled at the end of his sentence. The Wing pilot glared the Shinigami.

-Oi, Heero, ya read my mind!" Duo sticked his tounge out at his roommate before laughing like a maniac. Duo's roommate sat down in a chair by the laptop and started to type away. "Anyway, Heero *YUY*," Duo's voice change caught Heero's attention. "She seemed nice. I don't think we need to worry about Jade being the soldier. She's no soldier material." The Wing pilot shook his head.

-We can't make that assumption just yet." More clicks were heard as he continued to type away. "Our only choice right now is to-"

-Heero, Duo, may we come in?" Quatre's ever as sweet and soft voice called from behind the door.

-Sure thing, Quatre!" Duo's cheerful voice answered the call. Quatre opened the door as he stepped in, with Trowa right behind him. Duo blinked, wondering why Trowa was ALWAYS with Quatre. 'I guess since they live together, they get *around* together.' Duo couldn't help but to start laughing. The braided-boy didn't believe the thoughts he was having. Quatre and Trowa couldn't possibly be *together*. The other 3 boys raised their brow's at their fourth friend, who was laughing hysterically.

-About those orders. Duo never explained to us about them." Trowa sat down on the floor. Ignoring Duo, Heero began to explain the situation to everyone, including the part where the new student, Jade Dark, might be a soldier from OZ.

-Those are our new orders from Doctor J." The Wing pilot finished the information of the orders. Trowa sat indian style on the floor beside Quatre. Heero sat by his laptop, looking at the other pilots, and Duo had fallen asleep.

Quatre walked slowly over to the sleeping boy and shook him by the shoulders, hoping to wake him up slowly. "Duo-kun, you've fallen asleep." Duo stirred and opened his eyes.

-I coulda told ya that one, Quatre." Duo chuckled to himself along with Quatre. After the little laugh, Quatre took his seat beside Trowa, and Duo just laid on the bed.

-Duo? Don't you have a class in five minutes?" Heero asked in his normal tone. Duo looked at the clock on the nightstand. He nodded and started to walk out of the room with a yawn, waving bye to his fellow pilots. Just as he was about to open the door, there was a knock. Duo reached for the knob and turned it, opening the door. Heero's eyes narrowed at to who it was.

-Lyle! What brings you here?" Duo asked. Lyle started talking to Duo, who was closing the door at the same time, about some hot girl that asked him to go to the costume party, in which he accepted. Duo just kept nodding his head. The two boys walked to class, knowing they will be late for class.

Back in the room, Heero stood up from his seat by the laptop. "Everyone's a suspect here. We can't be too careful." Trowa stood up and walked over to the window, watching a pair of boys walk, laughing, to the other side of the building where the classrooms were.

-Even so, shouldn't we be looking at the new students that transfered here?" Trowa finally spoke. Heero nodded.

-First, we can do that. I'll look up the new student's files and you two check out the other students here. Some must be from OZ." Quatre nodded walking over to the window that Trowa was looking at.

-Wonder is they'll ever go together.." Quatre was silenced by Trowa's shh. He unnoticeably pointed to Heero's direction and Quatre nodded in understanding. The Wing pilot raised a brow, wondering what the Sandrock and Heavyarms pilots were chatting about. Not really caring, the Japanese boy let out a small sigh.

-Now if you two don't mind, I'd like to get some sleep before my next class." Heero said as he walked to the door. Trowa and Quatre nodded and walked out of the room. Heero closed the door and laid on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. "Duo...how can you be so blind..?" Soon, sleep took over the young boy.

Class began 5 minutes ago when Duo and Lyle just walked into the classroom. Everyone's attention was turned to the door. Duo, with a huge smile on his face, entered and slowly walked to his seat.

-Nice of you to join us today, Mr. Duo Maxwell. And you too, Mr. Lyle Kovichi." the teacher said. "Now get to your seats and be silent for once and don't disturb my class again." Duo chuckled to himself as he scanned the room. His eyes stopped to see a familiar face in the high corner of the back row. The blue/green eyes stared back at the boy. There was a little step to go up to the seats, and Duo, not looking where he was going, tripped and fell down face first and kissed the floor.

The room broke out into a laughter! Everyone except for one person was laughing. The person simply had a smirk on her face. Duo got up from the floor and limped to his seat, which was in the first row. Lyle was seated behind him. Lyle patted Duo's back as he sat down. "Good job, old chap!" The boy raised a brow. 'Did he just call me chap?' Duo shook his head.

The next 10 minutes felt like an hour. '30 more minutes left...then I'm outta here!' Jade laughed quietly to herself. 'But then I have another class...but hey! It's art!' A loud smack on the desk woke the girl from her thoughts. She looked around only to find the teacher by the braided-boy's desk. It seems that the braided-baka fell asleep once again.

Below, in the first row, Duo was being lectured about falling asleep in class. The boy had his head down, looking at the deak, while the teacher kept on rambling on and on.

-And he fell asleep in his last class too." A voice was heard from all the way in the back. The teacher looked up from Duo to where the voice came from.

-Thank you for that information, Miss. Dark." Jade smiled and nodded her head. "And as for you," the teacher turned back to the boy infront of him, "..out in the hall with buckets of water!" Duo sighed and whined to himself as he got up from his seat. On his way out, almost to the door, the Shinigami looked up at the American girl and shot her a 'Heero Yuy Death Glare'. The girl noticed the look and stuck her tounge out at him."Out Maxwell!" the teacher yelled for the last time. Duo exited the room with much anger and then givien buckets of water, by the janitor, to hold.

5 minutes later, a hand raised from the back row which stopped the teacher dead in his tracks.

-May I please be excused?" The teacher nodded and the girl made her way down the steps to the door, exiting it upon arrival.

Jade walked out the door and looked around the hallway. What she was looking for, she found. He was standing by the bullitin board with a pole behind his head, on the back of his neck, holding up two buckets of water.

Duo noticed the girl walk towards him. He closed his eyes and sighed. The voice made him open his eyes again.

-Why do you always get into trouble?" The voice seemed nicer and calmer than before. The pilot just kept his mouth shut. "On come off it. You're mad that I told about your little nap last period, aren't you?" Still no answer. "Fine. Be mad if you want to." Jade kept on walking slowly past the boy. Just as she passed him, her hand slid under one of the buckets and flipped it over, making the water spill all over Duo, and that caused the other bucket to tip over, spilling it's contents also. The American girl ran down the hall, laughing like a little seven year old. The soaked Duo got shivers down his spine from feeling of cold water.

Upon hearing noises, Duo's teacher stuck his head out the door, only to see two buckets, a pole on the ground, and a soaken boy in the hallway.

-What in god's name happened here?! Can't you hold two buckets of water?!" Lyle stuck his head out the doorway and laughed.

-Clean up in isle 2!" Lyle laughed as the teacher put his hand on the laughing boy's head and forcing him back in the class.

-D...d..dem...*demo..!" Duo protested as the teacher grabbed the drenched boy by the wrist and dragged him down the hallway. Jade walked from around the corner only to see a braid fly into the nurses office. Duo stuck his head out the doorway. "You!" He ran toward the girl, making a trail of dripping water.

-He's pissed!" the girl laughed while running down the hall. The nurse called Duo's name but he didn't care. All he wanted was revenge.

Two guards grabbed Duo by the arms and dragged him back. "Remember Jade! Payback's a bitch!!" Upon hearing the wirds, Jade walked into the class with a smirk and back to her seat in the back row.

Class was over, finally. The Deathscythe pilot walked back to his dorm to get changed from his still wet clothes.

Just as Duo was about to open the door to his room that he shared with the stubborn Wing pilot, he heard laughter coming from the next room, which was Quatre's and Trowa's. The boy slowly made his way over to the next door, making sure not to make any noises on the way. Duo put his ear to the door and listened carefully.

-Oh Trowa! That tickles!" Quatre's soft voice said from behind the door. Duo's jaw dropped. 'Can...they be..?!' Quatre laughed a bit more before being silenced for some reason to which he didn't want to know about. An occasional, yet very low, 'mmm' came from behind the door. Duo backed away from the door and returned to his own.

Inside Trowa and Quatre's room, the two pilots ate ice cream out of the container. Trowa grabbed the feather that laid nearby and pressed it against his lover's pink cheek. The Sandrock pilot smiled at Trowa as he let his eyes close and then let the Heavyarms pilot lead him back to where the bed was.

Duo opened the door slowly to his room and closed it behind him. To his surprise, he found his roommate still sleeping. 'Sleeping like a baby.' Duo quietly walked over to Heero's bed and bent over the sleeping form. "I guess even Perfect Soldier's need some sleep." Duo whispered mainly to himself.

-..Duo.." Duo blinked. Did Heero just say *his* name? The pilot looked at Heero's sleeping form, not being able to take his eyes off of him. Heero's eyes suddenly jerked open and stared at the wonder before him. Duo blinked and as did Heero. It was a staring contest. The Deathscythe pilot didn't know wether to break the contact or wait fot his friend to do it. Either way, someone had to do it.

Silence. That's all there was for what seemed like an eternity to the emotionless machine. He finally spoke up as he felt a drop of water fall onto his chin.

-Why are you so wet?" Duo stood up straight, keeping eye contact with the other boy.

-Well..you see...it was all Jade's fault!" Duo yelled. The braided-boy explained his story while gesturing and walking in ovals around the room. Heero just sat there on the bed with his feet on the floor. He nodded and smirked.

-Looks like she got the better of you. Did they tell you to get changed and get back to next period?" Duo nodded. "And you're refusing to go to your next class because?" Duo sighed.

-Because Lyle told me she had Art next period and that's my class." Duo grabbed a new black shirt from his closet. He took off the wet one and shoved it in the laundry bin. Heero watched Duo's slender form. His muscles hardly ever showed under his shirt but now, without the shirt, he could see that the boy before him really did have a nice chest. Nicely build and so smooth to the touch probably. Heero shook his head as Duo put the new shirt on, covering all that wonderful bare skin.

-How did Lyle know that she's in your next class?" Heero's curiosity grew. How did Lyle know? Good question. Duo shrugged.

-He said something about going into the teacher's file when Mr. Oritaka dragged me into the nurses office after having the water spilled on me by that...that...that thing!" Heero narrowed his eyes. Duo saw that look his Heero face that just said, He's from OZ.' "Oi, Heero. You're not suspecting Lyle of being with OZ, are you?" The Wing pilot stood up from his seat and walked to the door.

-You can never be too sure." That's all that came out of Heero's mouth. Duo jumped into the bathroom with other clean clothes to get changed into. Heero sighed and left the room, leaving it open.

-Maxwell?" a female voice said walking slowly in. Someone moved in the bathroom, with a braid flowing all around by the doorway.

-Oi, Heero? Ya back? Would ya pass me my brush off my nightstand?" Duo called from the bathroom. The girl looked to the nightstand and reached for the brush. "*K'so!" The braided-pilot said from the bathroom. "Now I need a new shirt! Damn toothpaste! Heero youy forgot to close the toothpaste again!" Duo pulled his shirt off him and walked out of the doorway. The female figure stood there with the brush in hand, staring at the bare chested boy before her. The girl let a small smirk spread across her lips.

-Jade?! What the hell are you doing here?! Heero-wa?!" The Shinigami freaked out. He thought that all this time it was Heero back in the room. He grabbed the brush from the girl and shoved his shirt in the laundry bin. Jade put her hands on her hips and laughed.

-Well the door was wide open so I figured I'd say hi to my new neighbors. Never figured it would be you." Duo walked to his closet. The American girl tilted her head slightly to get a better view of the boy. "Hott..." she muttered. Duo turned around just as he was about to get his new shirt, making the girl jerk her head up straight.

-What were you looking at?" Jade shook her head to gesture a nothing. The boy before her raised a brow. Reaching for a new shirt, "How'd you get out-" As Duo was turning around, he tripped over one of his shirts that were on the floor and fell ontop of the girl onto the floor.

The girl blinked, not really sure of what just happened. All she saw was a boy with cobalt-blue eyes stare at her confused face. Neither of them wanted to move from the position. The pilot's leg was not onlt tangled in the shirt, it was also tangled with the girl's leg. Duo's hand were on Jade's side and Jade's hands were touching the wonder's chest. 'Don't let this-" The girl let her hand slide down slowly over the boy's bare chest.'what am I..' She couldn't control her movements. Duo didn't flinch though. He knew that the girl had regained composure and knew what she was doing but Duo didn't want her to stop. This felt all so right to him. This was the perfect moment. He had to move, or else there won't be another chance. He moved in for the liplock. Hopefully she wouldn't reject or question his action.

Jade closed her eyes slowly, getting a headache from all what has happened today. Duo's head leaned forward only to be interuppted. Neither one noticed that they were being watched.

-Yeah, Duo-kun!" Quatre said, standing by the door with Trowa and Heero, who had his brow raised, at his sides. Jade's eyes opened as fast as she heard a voice. Her and Duo automanically stood up, embarrassed. Heero crossed his arms over his chest, holding two cans of soda in each hand.

-Hey, Jade, you look a little flushed!" Quatre said with a gesture oh his hand to his left. The blonde boy started to giggle. Trowa smiled at his lover. 'The wine got to his head.' Heero walked over to the girl beside Duo and looked her straight in the eyes.

-You can have him." He said coldly and gave Duo a death glare along with the cold can of soda into the bare-chested boy, admiring the boy once more. "Besides, what are you doing without a shirt on? Was she *that* persuasive?" The Wing pilot walked over to his bed and set his can down on the little table. Quatre could only giggle at the pair by the closet.

Jade put a hand over her face and walked out of the room and into the room across from theirs. Duo quickly grabbed a new shirt and put it on, still embarrassed. "Don't you guys ever knock?!"

-Door was WIDE open, Duo-kun!" Quatre emphasized the word wide with a gesture of his arms spreading across. The Shinigami mummbled something about Heero and doors as he made his way to where his shoes were, which was beside his bed, then leaving to go to class. Just as he was about to leave, he stuck his head in the doorway.

-Payback's a bitch!" He ran down the hallway and across the field to the next building. Heero blinked and muttered to himself.

*Yokai - Roger
*Matte - Wait
*Baka - Idiot
*Iie - No
*Itai - Ouch
*Hai - Yes
*Demo - But
*K'so - Shit

How'd you enjoy chapter 2? Coments? Concerns? Questions? Anything? E-mail all C&C's to Jade Maxwell