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The Shy Beauty

Chapter Four

Ami slid on her blue pants that the maids brought in from drying them. "Lita," Ami started, "I wonder if those people who took us here are those five guys Lady Mist told us about."

Lita shrugged, "I really couldn't see a thing last night."

Ami moved her head around and massaged her neck. "I do remember a pinch at my neck," Ami stated as she massaged her neck.

Lita buttoned up her blouse as she looked at Ami, "Lets just hurry up and get downstairs. I'd like to meet the people and give them a piece of my mind."

Ami smiled teasingly and said, "A piece of your mind? I thought you had a headache!"

Lita groaned at the bad pun but smiled as she threw her pillow at Ami's head.

"Master Quatre," Quatre looked up to see a young maid, "Yes?" Quatre said. "Miss Ami Mizuno and Miss Lita Kino."

Ami and Lita entered the room and Duo let out a loud, approving whistle. Wufei glance up and looked back down. Trowa didn't say anything or look; he kept staring out the window. Quatre was giving Duo a 'don't-be-rude' look and Heero just grunted.

Quatre walked towards Ami and Lita, he smiled, "I'm Quatre Winner. I'm sorry for last night but we-"

"Had some car trouble. Someone stole our car and we found it and thought it was you." Wufei said simply.

Quatre glanced at Wufei quickly then glanced at Lita and Ami, "I'm really sorry and I ask if you both would stay here as my guests as payback for our behavior."

Lita couldn't help but smile at Quatre, "It's alright… I guess it would look a lot like that coming from where we were and how it looked."

"Why were you two out there?" Heero asked suspiciously.

"Well," Lita looked helplessly at Ami.

Ami then added quickly, "We were taking a walk."

"Out in the middle of the country?" Wufei asked as he eyed the two.

Lita flexed an arm muscle and smiled, "So, we like the exercise… I dragged Ami out there so that we could warm up."

Duo broke the tension when he shouted out, "Food! I smell food!" Ami, giggling, looked at Duo. Duo heard Ami and looked at her. Ami quickly turned red and looked to the ground. Duo laughed to himself.

Quatre shook his head and said with a smile, "Duo's right. We should get to breakfast."

They all followed Quatre through the hugest hallway Lita and Ami had ever seen and into the most elegant dinning room they'd ever been in!

"Quatre," Lita told Quatre, "you've got a beautiful house."

Quatre smiled at Lita, "Oh, this is just one of the few that I keep here down on the Earth."

Lita and Ami looked at each other but didn't say anything.

As they sat down to eat, Lita and Ami could feel the stares coming from Heero and Wufei. Ami sat at the edge of the table with Lita on her left hand side. To Ami's surprise, Duo sat across from her, next to Duo was Wufei. Trowa sat next to Wufei and Heero sat next to Lita. Quatre sat at the head of the table.

The maids brought in trays of food, the smell filling the air with sweet scents such as eggs, sausage and bacon.

The maids set their plates in front of them, one boy servant put a plate in front of Ami and Ami replied a thank-you. The boy looked at Ami, blushed and stammered a thank-you. Ami didn't' take notice but the people around her did. Lita was giggling when the boy walked out.

But silence took over. Quatre then started, "So, Miss Kino-"

Lita held up a hand, "Please, Lita will be much better and call my friend here Ami."

"I wonder what really brings you two here?"

Lita sighed, "We're coming here to visit." Ami nodded.

"Really?" Wufei asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

Duo kicked Wufei in the shin. Wufei grunted from the pain.

Ami spoke up, "We're actually trying to find a place to stay."

Lita quickly shook her head yes, "And so we we're just trying to get here before the rain hit but our own car broke down while we were out buying something to eat from the last town." She added.

"I'm sorry," Quatre's eyes grew with thought.

"I think you should stay here in my home," Quatre finally stated after a few seconds.

"Huh?" Everyone exclaimed except for Trowa.

Quatre nodded his head as if it were final, "Yes. I'm staying here with these guys for a while." Heero and Wufei shot Quatre warning glances.

Quatre shrugged, "I mean… until you two find your own place."

Lita and Ami didn't know what to say… they'd never met anyone so deliberately wanting to help and who didn't even know them that well and still wanting to.

Ami smiled graciously as well as Lita.

"Sure, um… if it isn't too much trouble-"

"Not at all," Quatre said with a grin. Heero didn't say anything, but his eyes shot from Ami to Lita and back and forth. Wufei huffed, Trowa just kept on eating and Duo was laughing.

"Alright!" Duo shouted, waving his fork over his head. "We get some beauties in the house besides myself, of course."

Lita and Ami giggled, "We appreciate your offer, Quatre." Lita smiled at the blonde.

Quatre nodded his head and smiled.

"Mission 408972 isn't going as planned." A young lady with fiery red hair and dark blue eyes said to a large man. She wore a plan gray suit top and a short gray skirt that was a few inches above her knees and she had on gray shoes. Her red hair was pulled into a tight professional cross-bun with two strands of hair came down from the top of her head. She was the height of about five-eight, pretty tall for a woman, and cream-colored skin.

The large man stood six-feet tall, towering over the redhead. He wore the traditional business suit, dark blue and black shoes. He had a dark tan with sun-kissed blonde-brown hair and light blue crystal-like eyes that showed pure ice.

The large man sat down at his desk and turned around, his back facing the lady.

"Then get it back on track, Miss Kay." He replied, his voice, deep like the sea. "I haven't got the effort to do everything myself. Just do whatever you can."

Miss Kay shifted her weight to one leg as she pulled her fist up to her hip and narrowed her eyes. "The K-4's infiltrated the database with some sort of code or some sort. We can't have the men work their tales off trying to decode something that might take years!"

"Miss Kay!" Shouted the large man. "Just do it."

Miss Melissa Kay, or otherwise known as Athena, was used to her boss yelling and tantrums. She wasn't called after the goddess of warfare and wisdom for nothing! She'd come a long way to getting the title and job. It required much concentration, work and effort to get to where she was at now.

Miss Kay crossed her arms as she waited for her boss to give more instruction.

The Boss chuckled, "I trust you, Miss Kay, because you've always known what to do… so, I know you'll do the right thing."

Miss Kay's lips twitched, just a bit. "Like I always do." And she left the Boss alone.

The creature was vile, disgusting and gooey… It stank of mold and decaying things. It resembled a large dinosaur with large teeth. It was dark red, as in the color of blood, but it's eyes were the color of a yellow-orange. He shot form space and fell into a volcano in Hawaii. He now roams underground looking for food… made of energy.

Following the creature is a light the color of white light and black.

Ami silently got out from her bed and checked on Lita. Lita was sound asleep, her face burrowing against her pillow. The moon was full and it shone through the windows so Ami didn't have to turn on the light to find her way. Ami walked out of the room and closed the door with nothing more than a squeak. As Ami turned around, she bumped straight into something.

"Ahhh!" Ami screamed and flew flat down on her rear. Ami looked up to see only Trowa and she closed her eyes and put a hand to her mouth than her chest. Trowa was wearing gray boxers and a gray beater shirt. She was breathing hard from the surprise. Ami had on baggy, light-blue pajama pants and a large, oversized dark blue shirt.

Trowa raised a brow at the blue haired girl on the floor. "Sorry," Trowa said gruffly. Ami gave him a weak smile, "It's quite alright. I'm just jumpy sometimes."

Trowa, not knowing weather to leave or stay, held his hand out.

Ami put her hand into his and was helped up.

"I was going to the rest room."

Just then, the door to Ami's room opened, and Lita's head popped out. Her hair had come out from her ponytail, which was now a bit tumbled. Looking sleepy and her face flushed from the sleep Lita turned her eyes towards Trowa and smiled. "Oh, Trowa, right?"

Trowa, obviously surprised at Lita, looking so tousled and looking like a person who just wanted to go back to sleep but couldn't. He was also surprised at her 'so-called' pajamas. It consisted of a loose baggy navy-blue shirt that was apparently made the shirt seem for a giant so it slid off on shoulder. And she wore very short white shorts.

Lita didn't notice Trowa's sudden awkwardness, and neither did Ami.

Lita stepped up next to Trowa and he could smell a sweet smell of raspberries or strawberries coming from Lita. The scent was driving his brain into overdrive.

"So what's going out here? I heard a scream and I came out here to see what the problem was." Lita yawned and looked at the two.

I bumped into Trowa and I was surprised." Ami exclaimed. She brushed a few strands of loose hair from her eyes.

Lita rubbed her eyes, "Where were you going, Ames?"

"To the restroom."

Lita finished rubbing her eyes and opened them. "Since I'm up," Lita looked at Trowa, "You show us the way, Trowa. I might as well go splash some water on my face."

Trowa overcame his unease and showed them the way.

Then Ami felt something wrong was going on…

Lita felt something, also, because she perked up. They all passed by a window and five large men broke through it.

Ami started to scream as Lita pushed her and Ami out of the way. Trowa flew to the other side. A loud alarm rang through the house.

Duo jumped out of his bed. "Damn it," Duo shouted, "I can never get a second of sleep around here!" Duo didn't think to get a shirt on but he did pull sweatpants over his boxers and grabbed a gun from under his bed.

Trowa quickly got up and was instantly grabbed from behind the back by one of the guys. Trowa flipped the guy over and turned to help the girls when he saw Lita slam two guys into the wall by flipping them over her head.

Trowa just stood there in utter shock.

Lita, spotting Trowa from the corner of her eye, turned to him. Lita smiled at him and gave him the V-sign and then winked.

"Took some self-defense classes back home."

For the first time, that Lita had ever seen, Trowa smiled. He shook he head and then ducked from a few spikes one man threw at him.

Quatre reached the incident he threw a punch at one who twirled Quatre's way.

Ami spun from the grip from a man, swung her foot into the face of another man in black, and ducked from a different man's high kick.

Heero, Wufei and Duo arrived with guns and shot at a few guys. Ami started to yell and duck as the same with Lita. "Raise your hands!" Heero shouted out.

The men in black dropped their weapons and raised their hands.

Heero his eyes gazed at the masked faces. Heero walked up to one of the guys and pulled the mask off of one and out from under a full head of dark fiery red hair fell around the shoulders of the supposed 'guy.'

"Who are you all??" Heero asked in a demanding tone. Heero didn't seem surprised but everyone else sure was. And just to make his order thought through, Heero pressed his gun's point into the woman's throat.

"Athena." The lady glanced at Heero and everyone else frigidly. "Athena Kay. I'm here for the K-4's."

"Who do you work for?" Heero said.

"Silverton. Silverton 746. Division 4."

Athena felt her lip bleeding. She licked her lips and could taste the trickle of blood. Athena shot Lita and Ami cold, dark looks. Athena was the one who Lita slammed into the wall and Athena was also the person Ami had kicked in the face and gave her the bloody lip.

"What are the K-4's?"

Athena growled, "How should I know? I just do my job. I only do the killing, stealing or destroying."

"I would have done my mission successfully if it weren't for those tramps!" Athena growled as she shot Lita and Ami death glares.

Lita's hands shot up, "You started this mess yourself, honey."

Heero glanced back at Athena, "Prepare to be destroyed-"

"Heero!" Quatre shouted for Heero to stop. "You can't! I ask you to not do it here in front of these girls and not in my own home."

Heero glanced at he blonde companion. He grunted but nodded his head.

Quatre turned to Duo, "Get the girls into their rooms, will you please?"

Duo sighed, he wanted to be where the action would most likely be but he agreed.

Duo smiled at the two girls and said, "Come on. I'll get you back to your rooms."

Neither Lita nor Ami protested but unlike Lita, Ami was quite uncomfortable to be led by a shirtless boy who was making her cheeks burn.

As they neared the girls' room, Duo turned to them. "We'll explain things in the mourning."

Lita went inside but Ami stopped her first to tell her something and then Lita nodded and went inside.

Ami turned to Duo. And with her eyes down on the floor, Ami asked, "I'm sorry to bother you again but…"

Duo raised a brow, "Yeah…"

Ami felt the heat in her cheeks grow hotter. "The reason I was there was to use the restroom and… I, um…" Ami stammered and kept on blushing.

Duo's face showed nothing but confusion until he realized what Ami was trying to say. "Oh… Oh! I see! You want to… Oh, okay…"

Duo laughed, "Okay. Follow me."

Ami flushed even harder that she thought she might faint at any minute.

Duo, remembering he was carrying a gun in his hand, put it in his sweatpants pocket. "I'm sorry for the disturbance today." Duo smiled reassuringly at Ami, "It's not always that crazy around here."

Ami smiled, "I'm sure it isn't."

Duo was going to say something so he turned to look at Ami but was taken by surprise at how lovely and fragile she looked. Duo couldn't help but stare at how Ami's bangs would get into her eyes way and she'd brush it away lightly, her eyes showed a sort of innocence and purity. Not at all like most girls Duo knew.

Duo suddenly looked away, straight ahead actually. "So, Ami… tell me about yourself."

Ami sighed, "Complicated."

Duo glanced at Ami, "Huh?"

Ami laughed, "That's the one word for my life and myself. Complicated."

Duo smiled, "Like a puzzle needing to be fixed, right?"

Ami nodded, "You could say that."

"Complicated," Duo grinned larger, "Seems as if you've just summarized my life in one word as well."

Ami kept giving Duo sideway glances. Duo looked like a movie star to Ami, his goofy grin and sense of humor. He had strong arms that topped it off with large, wide palmed hands. He had beautiful muscles that made Ami's cheeks burn all over again.

Ami smiled as they reached the bathroom. Ami was about to enter when Duo said, "I'm staying outside here. Make sure nothing happens like earlier."

Ami nodded and went inside.

Duo leaned against the wall as he thought. He couldn't remember that last time he ever talked to a girl without having to gag at how snotty she was or gawk at how dumb she was. Duo smiled as he remembered Hilde and her company. But to his dismay and hers, they felt like brothers and sisters. There could never be a relationship between them.

Duo sighed. He had to face facts; he missed having a female companion.

He missed having a girlfriend…

Duo heard the door open he and he stood up straight. Ami stepped out of the bathroom, "K, I'm through."

Duo shrugged, "Lets go then."

They walked in silence, something that eased Duo's mind for some odd reason. Once they reached Ami and Lita's room, Ami thanked Duo and went into her room.

Ami closed the door behind her and by surprise, she heard giggling. Ami turned around to see Lita.

"You're red, Ami."

Ami blushed even harder, "Oh stop…"

"Ami," Lita grabbed her friend's hands, "You are one of my best friends and I know you like that back of my hand. A cute shirtless guy with an amazing body just walked around this house with you. You've been burning red and you know it."

Ami grinned, "I hate you."

"No, you just hate the fact that when you talk to guys besides the fact that Duo was shirtless. You have the tendency to blush, stutter and turn even more bashful then you were before! And you know that I know that."

Ami shook her head, "No, I really do hate you."

Lita laughed, "Yeah, I know. What would do without me, Ames?"

Ami laughed and teasingly said, "A whole lot better, that's for sure."

Lita pretended to wipe a tear from her eyes, "You made a funny! I've taught you well…"

They both burst out with laughter that was so loud and affectionate that the boys, wherever they were, could hear it and only wonder about what those two crazy girls were laughing about.

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