Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ A Face From The Past ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )
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By: Suki Tenshi 
It's chapter 3!
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.03.2002 | Pages: 7 | Words: 6.7K | Visits: 177 | Status: Completed
It's chapter 3!
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 10.03.2002 | Pages: 7 | Words: 6.7K | Visits: 177 | Status: Completed
A Face From The Past
Disclaimers: yeah, I do not own GW. I just have rights to the plot line and the character I create. Do not sue. I don't make money off this.
I'm right now adding a big part to chapter 3 so I'll probably have the new part chapter 3 and the old part chapter 4. I would like to thank everyone for helping me editing me recent chapters making them sound better and more detailed then before. Chapter 3 will have a lot more romance in it then the past chapters but not on a big scale. I'm done. Next, chapter 3.
Chapter 3
"Thanks Quatre for bringing my stuff up to my room, but I could have..."
"No trouble Syira. It's my pleasure. Besides, you're a guest here. You could have to bring up your things," said Quatre as he finally placed down Syira's suitcases in her room at Winner Mansion. It wasn't a big and fancy room. It has a single sized bed with forest green sheet and pillows, a small, black desk with a black laptop on it (it was one of Heero's, but it was wiped clean so Syira could use it.), a small balcony that lead outside, and a closet. The bed was against the wall, across from her closet, and was facing the door that lead to the balcony. The walls were a simple dark blue. "Where do you want these Syira?"
"Ummmm, put 'em on the bed Quatre, and thanks again for letting me stay here."
"It was ahhhh!!" Quatre dropped the suitcases hard onto the floor and grabbed his shoulder.
"Quatre what's wrong?" asked Syira alarmed.
"It's nothing really Syira. I'm fine. Just an old bullet injury I got a couple years ago. It comes back every so often. Normally I just take an Aspirin or something......"
"I know a better way then aspirin to relieve the pain and this lasts a *lot* longer then any drug."
"What is it?" he asked interested.
"Massage therapy. I massage the muscle tissue and rub a lotion into your skin."
"How long will it take to work."
"Just one or two minutes tops."
"I guess I'll try that. Where do you want me to sit?"
"On the bed facing the window and take off your shirt while your at it. I don't want it to get wrecked. I'll just grab some stuff from my suitcases and I'll begin." Quatre took off his white shirt, sat on Syira's bed where so told him to sit, facing the window, and crossed his legs (yoga like). Syira was digging through her bags and pulled out a lotion bottle, a couple different candles, and some matches. She then closed the door before setting up the candles.
"What are the candles for Syira?" asked Quatre as she began to set up the candles around the room and lit them.
"These are scented candles and I use them to help relax my patient's muscles. Ouch, stupid cheap matches," she said as she blew out the short match and through it into the garbage can, and sat behind Quatre.
"Now close your eyes. What does it smell like? Where does it take you? Describe it to me." she said in a relaxed, calm voice.
"I'm in a forest," he began. "A forest beside a lake. I can smell the different kinds of fresh trees; the wild flowers; fresh, cool mountain air; the warmth of the sun's rays beating down on me, and the cool, refreshing feeling of water beneath my feet. The sounds of birds chirping all around me, the flapping of bird's wings in the sky, the rustling of leaves against the gentle breeze, animals moving in the forest behind me, and the smell of fresh grass and it's feel against the back of my neck. I'm lying down on the grass with my feet in the lake and I look up at the sky. It's dotted with white fluffy clouds against a blue backdrop. What about you Syira? Where do you go?" Syira closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I'm at the edge of the sea. I can smell the fresh salty sea air. I can feel the gentle sea breeze flowing through my hair, and I can hear the cries of seagulls as the circle the bay. I see a clam sea with no boat or people, a mystic fog the looms over the water seems to stretch into eternity. That's where the smell of the candles take me," she answered as she opened her eyes.
"But how can we see two different places that have nothing in common with each other?"
"Everyone sees a different place at the smell of the same candles, but the result is the same for everyone, a completely relaxed body. Every muscle in their body loosens up making it easier to rub."
"Sounds like you've been doing this for a while. How'd you ever pick it up?"
"I learned it from an elderly lady in an alley on L-3 on a blustery cold winter's day. I found her while I was in a battle against some enemy mobile suits. I was lucky enough to drive them away so I could destroy them safely. I went back afterwards. The alley was filled with garbage and it had a smell that could make any person move in their grave. She was wearing clothing that had many small holes, her face was wrinkled with age and her eyes told that she had seen better times. The alley was cold and brisket and she seemed to have no blankets or food so I rushed over to my mobile suit, grabbed a blanket and a canister of soup, raced back and gave them to her. She seemed so happy when I gave her the blanket and her face glowed when I gave her the canister of warm soup. When she reached for her gifts, she touched my hands. They were colder then the alley. She then said that I was a strong yet gentle person. That this wasn't or will be my last war nor was it my choice to be in any of them."
"Was she right?"
"Nani1?"
"Was she right about you not having a choice in being in those wars?"
"Scarily yes. She also said for my act of kindness she'd teach me some of the massage and aromatherapy techniques she had learned when she was younger. After those couple days, she sent me away saying that she had taught me all I needed to know and that with time, I'd learn more and how to refine my techniques. I later that month went back to thank her, but she wasn't there. All I could find was the blanket I gave to her. I was about to leave when I saw her lifeless, cold body. I could see any wounds on her skin so I can only presume that she died instantly. I found an unfrozen piece of grass no to far away and buried her leaving a tombstone in front of her grave. All it said was Rosemary and the date I buried her. I named her Rosemary because it was her favorite flower and it reminded her of her parent's house in the summer time when she was little. I vowed that day to share the gift that she gave to me with everyone in need." With that being said, Syira began massaging Quatre' shoulder. She softly, but firmly pressed her thumbs onto Quatre's shoulder and rotated them in a circular motion. Quatre could now feel all of his muscles in his shoulder beginning to relax. After about a minute, Syira dug the bottom of her palm and pushed upward deeply. With her pointer and middle finger, she rotated them in a circular motion deeply beneath his shoulder blade. Quatre wasn't an expert but he was pretty sure his shoulder was to hurt even more.
"Is it sore yet?"
"A little bit then before."
"Good, it's working then. Your shoulder *may* begin to hurt a little more, but it'll be over quickly." Syira raised her left elbow and violently dug it into Quatre's shoulder and rotated it in a circular motion fiercely. Quatre felt like he was going to scream any second. It felt like she was ripping out his shoulder blade from the inside out, but he trusted Syira wasn't intentionally trying to hurt him. She then dug her elbow in deeper and rotated it ever harder making it ever so harder for Quatre not to scream from the immense pain flowing through his body, but just before Quatre could scream.........she stopped. Syira removed her elbow from his shoulder.
"Has it stopped?"
"Yeah."
"Good. Now all I have to do is rub this lotion in your shoulder and I'll be finished."
"Will *that* hurt as well?" She giggled softly.
"Not as nearly as much as the massage."
"You *knew* that'd hurt that much!" he exclaimed.
"Of course. If I had told you, you would just tense back up again and I could never relieve the muscle pain. That's the only side effect from one of my massages and it works a lot quick and faster. Most drugs take twice as long with nasty side effects. If you ask me, a little pain is worth it for a week or two without pain, side effects or having to have another massage. Don't you?"
"I guess." She then squirted some lotion on to her hand and gently rubbed it into Quatre's skin. He took a deep whiff to smell Syira's lotion. It reminded him of the wild flowers in his forest. When Syira had finished rubbing the lotion into Quatre's skin, he asked her, "What's the point of the lotion Syira?"
"To relax your muscles back into their natural state before I massaged you. It also makes you small *really* good not that you don't already smell good. Opps." Both of them at that moment blushed, Syira for admitting Quatre smelt wonderful and Quatre because of Syira's comment. Just then a knock came at the door.
"There better not be anyone in their birthday suits in there." It was Duo.
"You wish Duo," shouted back Syira. "I was just giving Quatre one of my famous massages for his shoulder."
"Well, if you're done 'massaging' Quatre, send him out back."
"What for?" they both asked.
"His Chinese gardener needs to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musician."
~I wonder why Wufei, Heero and Trowa are here? I would have used beau musician, but..~ Trailed off Quatre. "I'll be down in a minute Duo. Can you send him into the living room and tell him I'll meet him there." Duo left to do his arraigns.
"Who are they Quatre?" Syira asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"Who's the Chinese gardener that needs to talk to you about your mystic cobalt blue musician? I can understand French Quatre."
"I can't say. I don't even know why he's here."
"Don't you mean why *they* are here? It is three people who've come to see you, am I right?"
"Are you sure you're not a Maxwell?"
"Yep"
"Yay. It's three people, but I don't know why they're here anyway. Just stay here okay?" he asked as he put his shirt back on.
"Fine. I could use the time to get organized," she said sulkingly. With that said, Quatre left the room knowing he would get a field day from Duo.
***
"Well, well. How was your 'massage' Quatre?" teased Duo the second Quatre stepped into the living room.
"Is that *all* you think about baka?" asked Heero, who was sitting beside Duo.
"How about you get your head out of the gutter Maxwell?" tormented Wufei.
"How about you stuff up ekkkk." Heero had ended Duo's come back early by pulling his braid back. "Heeeerrrrooooo, let go of my braid."
"Leave Quatre alone."
"Fine." With that, Heero let go of Duo's braid. It was obvious to the other pilots that Duo and Heero both had feelings more than friendship for each other. Obvious to everyone except Heero and Duo, but that was usually how it was. It could be plain as day to the rest of the world, except to the two who love each other. Love, it was kind of funny that way for Quatre had a huge crush on the HeavyArms pilot, Trowa Barton, but he was afraid of ruining there friendship so he chose to admire him from afar. Quatre finally sat down beside Trowa when he knew Duo wasn't going to make any smart-ass remarks. (This was a Quatre OOC moment.) Wufei sat beside himself.
"So, what's the occasion, guys? This isn't just a social call," commented Duo.
"Yuy found some more information on our mystery attacker."
"What did you discover Heero?" asked Quatre.
"Ya, Heero. What did ya find?" echoed Duo. "Do we know who it is yet?"
"No not yet, but it's something we didn't except to find," said Trowa.
"Someone emailed me the original video tape of a surveillance camera on the base. I hacked into an OZ computer to see if there was any other videotape from the base, but all I found was roadblocks. Apparently someone else got to them first and OZ found out and put their computers on high alert. They've double encrypted their files releasing a virus into the users computer. There's no way I can read their files until I can by pass the encryptions. The file that I was sent it shows a black figure just sitting there and all of a sudden it becomes a black streak across the screen and disappears. I read the OZ reports about the incident and it reports that a small black with a small dot of silver metal was found at the scene. Tests prove that it's gundammian. Our attacker is a pilot of a Gundam."
"What!" exclaimed Duo and Quatre.
"Are you sure it wasn't off of Wing?" asked Duo.
"No it wasn't off of Wing. Wing has no black on it and even if it did, Wing was no where close to the base to be affected by the explosion." answered Heero sounding a little angered by Duo's question.
"So now we find who it was," commented Quatre.
"But how do we do that Q-man?" asked Duo. There was then an unsettling silence as the pilots pondered their next possible move. Finally, Wufei broke the silence.
"All we can possibly do now is wait. We don't know enough about who we're looking for to find them and OZ seems to be all locked up about who gets their information. We'll just have to wait till who ever it is makes their move." Duo slouched back in his spot.
"I hate playing the waiting game. Waiting game sucks. I know. Let's all play Hungry Hungry Hippos." Heero smack the braided pilot up the side of the dead.
"Baka, you've watched to many of your American cartoons. What else do you do?"
"Bug you."
"Besides that."
"Nothin' else."
"All you do is three things a day. No wonder why you're so stupid."
"Then why do you continue to be my friend?" asked Duo.
"What happened to that mission Relena gave to you two?" asked Heero saving himself for answering Duo's last question. Duo and Quatre almost had forgot that Relena had assigned them to guard over Syira during her stay at Winner Mansion. Just then, the pilots heard a deep sound coming from a room upstairs so the pilots decided to investigate the sound, seeming how they had nothing better to do. They went up the stairs in a single file with Quatre leading them. When they finally reached the top of the stairs, they paused to hear what way the sound was. Quatre was sure that the sound was of one of his bass violins. It was deep, yet played soft enough to almost go unnoticed but it was almost being played in a crying like mood. The violin seemed to be echoing from the study, so Quatre began to move down the hallway quietly with the other pilots following him, and he didn't stop until he came up to the closed door of his study.
"I move that Quatre opens the door," voted Duo quietly.
"Why me?"
"It's your house Q." Quatre sighted and put his hand on the doorknob and slowly pulled open the door just a crack could be seen, also big enough for them to see their mystery player's face. It was Syira (who else could it be.) who was playing the bass violin. It was a sad, lonely tune that was telling a life filled with darkness, death, and loneliness. Quatre thought about grabbing his violin from his room but the tune didn't seem like one to be joined.
"Was that who Relena sent you to watch?" asked Trowa.
"Yes."
"Did you know she could play?" asked Wufei.
"Not a clue," answered Duo.
"Who is she?" asked Trowa.
"Syira Tanichie-Doncha, adopted daughter to the late Jennifer and Sidney Doncha, one of the top millionaires of the recently constructed colonies CL 5 in the past ten years," responded Heero.
"I'll bet you anything that'll she'll go back to Tanichie soon," said Duo.
"Why's she here?" asked Trowa.
"She's part, or Jen and Sidney were, of a group of millionaires who wanted to fight to keep peace in space," explained Wufei. "In a couple days is the Peace Ball, a social gathering of those members including specially invited guest like politicians and such who are part of the UESA."
"How long is she here for?" asked Quatre to Duo.
"I'm not sure. Relena didn't really say over the phone," began Duo. "All she said was that we had to watch her till the Peace Ball was over or till her estate was completed. When she'll leave past that, I have no clue." Suddenly, the music stopped. Syira had lifted her bow off the strings to pause.
"I wonder if she knows we're here?" asked Quatre. Then, Syira put the bow back onto the strings of the violin and began to play a different song. It was still a sad tune, but not as dark as the one she played before.
"I wonder why she changed songs?" asked Wufei.
"She knows we're here guys. She heard us," answered Duo in a less then cheery tune of voice they were accustom to hearing him, so they turned around to see what could possibly being troubling their American friend. When they did, they saw his eyes were almost filled to the brim with tears that could have begun to flow at any second.
"Why does it look like you could cry a river filled of tears at any moment Duo?" asked Heero a little concerned.
"Yeah and how do you know she knows that we're here?" added Quatre a little concerned for his braided friend as well.
"You see, that song she's playing now was one that Sister Helen use to sing to help put the young children to sleep. It was my favorite. I haven't heard it since the Church Funeral." he explained still trying to hold back his tears.
"What was that song called Duo?" asked Heero calmly.
"Nearer My God to Thee."
"Why does it not surprise me that it was a Christian hymn," comment Wufei. There was an awkward moment of silence before someone broke to silence.
"What do we do now?" asked Trowa.
"How about you guys get away from that god dam door, stop spy on me, which you were doing poorly at, and come in and introduce yourselves before I lose my mind!" shouted Syira. "Do you *know* how annoying it is to have people talking so rudely about you when you're trying to play?" They took the hint that Syira wanted them to come in.
"Man Syira," exclaimed Duo as he walked in. "You were playing wonderfully. Where did ya learn?"
"Thanks Duo," she said as she put Quatre's bass violin away into it's case. "When Jen and Sid adopted me, it was there top priority for their new daughter to be able to play an instrument. Who's your friends?"
"This is Chang Wufei," began Quatre.
"It was a pleasure to hear you play. I'm sorry we had to do it in such a rude manner."
"It's all right. I'm glad that someone enjoys my music."
"Heero Yuy."
"You have good hearing for a millionaire."
"And this is Trowa Barton."
"I'm pleased to know that someone else can play beside myself and Quatre. Maybe you would like to join us one day." Suddenly, something dawned upon Syira.
"Oh. You three must be the Chinese gardener that needed to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musician. I would have used joli regarder2 musician though." she mumbled the last part so that only she could hear it.
"What are you taking about onna?" asked Wufei.
"When Duo called Quatre down he said the Chinese gardener that needed to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musicien. You, Wufei, would be the Chinese gardener, Heero would be the mystique cobalt blue part, and Trowa would be the musicien. Only you three could possibly fit the phony description made by Duo trying to make me not suspect something was going on that I wasn't to know about. So, when Quatre left and I had finished unpacking, I went into his study and I saw the bass violin. I haven't played in a couple weeks and I didn't think you'd mind Quatre if I refreshed my memory."
"No trouble at all. I haven't played that bass violin in a while so feel free to play it when ever you wish."
"Also, Miss Doncha," added Heero. "That wasn't a bad job at hearing us from behind the door while you where playing and seeing through one of Duo's bad attempts to pull something over your eyes."
"I'm use to it. And please, just call me Syira. I try to use Doncha only on official business. I mostly use Tanichie now for private, personal matters." They then all sat down as Syira told them how she met Duo and what happened to her after the Maxwell Church Massacre.
"So, you've lived with Silver Wolf ever since they rescued you after the Maxwell Church Massacre and you've been Syira Doncha for eight years?" verified Wufei questionably.
"Yep."
"So why are you now *here* besides for the Peace Ball?" asked Heero. Syira was a little taken about from Heero's question, not from the question but the fact that Heero asked the question.
"Heero!" squalled the other pilots. It wasn't the fact that Heero had asked the question, but the fact that he thought that Syira was hiding something from them that angered them a bit.
"No no you guys. It's alright," protected Syira. "I'm not hurt by Heero's question. I was expecting someone to ask it eventually. I do actually have some small matter to attend here, but nothing that would disrupted the peace." Heero stared deep into Syira's eyes looking for any signs of alternate motives, but after a while broke free.
"Hey Syi. Wanna play Maxwell Tag?" asked Duo.
"I don't know Duo. Two people aren't exactly enough or very fun."
"No problem. My *buddies* here will play," he said as he put his arms around Heero's and Wufei's necks. "Come on Wuffie, play a game. You too Heero, be a Pal."
"How do you play Maxwell? I don't wanna play a game that could be degrading on my part," asked Wufei.
"All it is is you guys are it and you have to do is capture Duo and I. Quatre's garden valley would be a good place to play. You give us five minutes to hide then Wufei'll come out, Heero will follow after two minutes, and then finally Quatre and Trowa will come out two minutes after each other. Duo and I'll stay in the garden valley the whole time. That's it," explained Syira. "So how about it Wufei? Wanna play?" Wufei thought about it for a couple seconds.
"It sounds like keep my honor if I play you game." Syira took that as a yes.
"How about the rest of ya?" asked Duo.
"Seeing it is my garden valley, I should play," said Quatre.
"I'll play as well," joined Trowa. They all looked at Heero.
"It looks like I don't have much of a choice. I left my laptop in the jeep outside."
"YEY! Everyone wants to play!" cheered Duo.
"Hey Syira, why is it called Maxwell Tag?" asked Quatre.
"Easy. Complete and total chaos!" she exclaimed.
"Just like Maxwell," commented Wufei. Syira stood up.
"We'd better head off Duo. Time waits for no men or women. Besides, I'm interested in seeing how badly we're going to beat them at Maxwell Tag. I just need to grab something from my room before we head outside." Duo stood up with her.
"Yeah. This'll be an interesting game." The two headed for the door and left the room, but Duo poked his head back in. "Don't leave this room until the five minutes are up. Not earlier." Duo then left the room and closed the door behind him.
Five minutes later...........
Wufei stepped into the massive garden valley. Quatre's garden valley contained a wide range of flowers, and even a medium sized forest with full- grown trees. Quatre had also planned to put a small pond to be installed, but Wufei didn't know if Quatre had installed it or where he installed it. ~All right Maxwell, where are you ack!~ Wufei's of thought had come to a complete stop when a stream of water hit him on his face.
"HEY WUFFEY! Come and catch me if you can!" shouted out from what Wufei could tell, a nearby Duo. Suddenly Wufei heard the rustling of leaves heading towards the forest. If Chang Wufei could pick any name that he hated the most to be called, Wuffey was it and Duo knew it.
"I *SHALL* SEEK MY VENGEANCE ON YOU DUO MAXWELL!" Wufei shouted as he ran into the forest.
Behind a large rose bush not so far away....
"Did ya lose him good Syi?" asked Duo as she crawled back to their hiding spot.
"Yep. Once he heard 'you' heading for the forest, he went crazy!"
"Yah I heard him. Did you set the trap?"
"Just barely in time."
"How'd you get Wufei wet? That couldn't have been a slingshot. It had too good of an accuracy." Syira patted a well-hidden, camouflaged, large barreled water gun.
"A great shot from behind a single tree."
"The leaves?"
"A rolling ball." Syira looked towards the forest. "How long do you think it'll take Wuffie to get lost?"
"Not long, but he'll be lost by the time Heero gets out for sure, who I want to have to pleasure of attacking next. You can have Quatre and Trowa."
"Then we'll show them not to trust the Devil Twins of Maxwell Tag," said Syira evilly.
"Man will they be surprised. I can see it they're vision of you now, the perfect millionaire Syira Tanichie-Doncha. I can't wait to see there face when they see who you really are."
"You'd better get going then because Heero is about to come out in a few minutes."
"See ya Syi then till the end of the game." said Duo as he crawled off to prepare his assault on the Perfect Soldier.
***
As Heero Yuy stepped into the garden valley, he immediately noticed that it was oddly quiet for a game full of complete and total chaos. He thought that the first thing he'd hear when he came out would be Wufei ranting and raving about honor and justice as he chased Duo around the garden valley, but that could be heard was the sound of birds chirping and birds flying in the sky. ~So, Duo has his plan of attack organized. That makes him more chaotic then ever.~ the silence also didn't explain Wufei ranting and raving that Quatre, Trowa, and himself had heard earlier. "Okay Duo, where are you," he said silently but no sooner had he said that when a water balloon came out of no where and hit him on the back of his head and exploded. He quickly turned around only to see an empty catapult hidden in- between some tulips. Knowing Duo had the advantage, Heero made an unorthodox decision. Heero just stood there. Just staring into nothingness. Listening for any movement, and sound that would give Duo away. Suddenly, Heero heard a small sound. He quickly spun around, grabbed an in-flight water balloon, and through it into a small rosebush.
"'Ey! That's not fair Heero," popped up a wet faced Duo.
"Neither is using water weapons against us without telling us."
"How'd ya know I was here, Mr. smarty pants?"
"It's called listening and looking at your surroundings, Duo. You shouldn't have picked such an obvious place to hide. Even Syira could tell you that."
"So, what are you going to do about ahhhh," Heero quickly pulled out a small water pistol and shot it directly into Duo's mouth.
"Now, tell me anything else you forgot to say earlier!" he commanded.
"You'll have to catch me first." And with that, Duo dashed to his left and headed towards the forest with Heero closing in behind him.
~Took him long enough. ~ Thought Syira, from a rose bush not so far away, as she watched Heero and Duo disappear into the forest. "Now, what to do to Quatre and Trowa."
"BOO!"
"Ahh!" Syira turned around and saw Quatre and Trowa standing behind her.
"Hello Syira," said Quatre.
"Umm hey you guys. Has it really been two minutes already?" she asked nervously.
"We can out late," said Trowa.
"How can we win Syira?" asked Quatre.
"Catch me if you can." Syira grabbed her gun, shot Trowa and Quatre quickly in their face, jumped through the prickly rose bush, and sprinted towards the forest as quickly as she could.
Knowing that it's be easier to find her on in the forest if she stayed on the path, Syira leaped off the path and continued running, but this time was had to jump over stumps and dead old trees so that Quatre and Trowa would have a harder time finding her. ~Man, Quatre sure did a great job in creating this forest. ~ She thought. After a few minutes of leaping over stumps and dead old trees, she decided that her pursuers had lost her and that it was safe to begin her hunt on the GW boys. She began to look for the edge of the pathway to see if anyone was nearby. What luck! Quatre was walking down the path alone and he was in range of Syira's water gun. ~Too bad for you, Quatre. If you had Trowa with you, you might actually stand a chance at wining, but then again, that wouldn't be fun for me now would it. ~ She was about to pull the trigger when, someone from behind her had snuck up and wrapped his arms around her causing her to drop her gun.
"Hey! Let. Go. Of. Me!" she said trying to struggle free of her captor's hold upon her but failed.
"It's alright Quatre. I've got her!" called out Trowa. Quatre joined his tall friend, stood in front of her, and began interrogating her.
"Okay Syira. What is the point of this game?" But before she could reply, Duo came out of nowhere and jumped onto Trowa's back, hugging it as if it was a cuddly teddy bear.
"Okay bud. Let go the lady and no one will get hurt."
"Duo, when have *I* ever been a LADY? How'd you find me and where's Wufei and Heero?"
"Never, but that's beyond the point. Heero, I just managed to loss a while back and Wufei, I have *no clue* where he's at."
"What happens if I chose not to let Syira go?" asked Trowa. "Then what?" As if on cue, Wufei came charging out of no where and tackled Duo, Trowa, Quatre, Syira, and himself to the ground. Duo and Syira quickly crawled out of the dog pile and ran back onto the trail.
"Man, those two *really* do know how to create chaos," commented Quatre as he crawled out of the bottom of the dog pile.
"She's just as bad as that baka Maxwell," added Wufei as he and Trowa got off of each other and stood up. "She tricked us all."
"It's their game," continued Trowa. "They know it better then any of us. They're doing a great job at winning in the chaos department though." After they all brushed themselves off, they headed back onto the chase.
"Man, they're, huff, putting up a, huff, great, huff, fight, huff. Better than, huff, I thought, huff, they would, huff, considering, huff, they don't, huff, know the, huff, rules," commented Syira as her and Duo ran down the path. "Let's, huff, give them, huff, a chance, huff, to catch, huff, up."
"I know, huff. It kills, huff, me to, huff, have to, huff, do this," said Duo jokingly as they stopped. She looked at Duo.
"No it won't." They both said together laughingly
"They are actually putting up a great fight."
"Good thing we're keeping them all in complete chaos, eh Duo?"
"Yeah."
"DUO MAXWELL, I WILL SEEK MY REVENGE UPON YOU!" yelled Wufei as he approached their position.
"That's our cue to leave, Syi."
"Upward and onward Duo. May they soon feel our wrath." They quickly continued their trek as their pursuers began to close the gap.
"Where did you plant the trap Syi?" he asked after a few minutes had passed.
"Just up here. Follow me so you done set it off Duo." Duo following Syira as she went off to the far side of the path for a couple feet, stood in the middle of the path, and waited for their competitors to arrive.
***
A few minutes later, Trowa and Wufei ran around the corner only to see Duo and Syira just standing in the middle of the path, waiting for them. They stopped to a halt.
"What are you guys doing just standing there?" asked Trowa. "Aren't you suppose to be running from us so we don't capture you?"
"We have decided to stop running," said Syira.
"You guys have put up more of a fight more then what we expected you to," added Duo.
"So if we walk towards you like this," said Trowa as they took two giant steps forward. "You won't run."
"Nope," answered Syira.
"How about if we take another step forward?" tormented Trowa as they took another step forward.
"Nope," answered Duo.
"What about another step?" teased Wufei as they took yet another step forward. CRASH! SPLASH! As Trowa and Wufei step forward, the ground beneath them collapsed, and Trowa and Wufei fell into a pool of water deep enough for them to stand in and the water came up to their shoulders.
"MAXWELL!!!!!!"
"Yeah Wuf," said Duo as they looked into the water hole.
"HOW DARE YOU CORRUPT A PERSON TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK!"
"The only person who did the corrupting was me corrupting Duo and *I* built the trap by myself. I was already corrupted," stated Syira with a smile on her face.
"So you *knew* about the water hole being here?" asked Trowa.
"I knew you were building a fountain and that you hadn't completed it yet. All I did was cover it so you guys won't see it," said Syira.
"You played right into our flawless trap," mocked Duo.
"If it's so flawless then why aren't Quatre and Heero in here with us Maxwell?" asked Wufei. Duo and Syira took a step back and Heero and Quatre grabbed them.
"Hey! What is it with you people grabbing me from behind," said Syira as she tried to escape Quatre's grip.
"All right you little demons," said Heero. "Tell us now, HOW DO YOU WIN!"
"We can't tell you," said Duo. "We can only show you."
"If you guys can show us *without* letting go, then show us," dealt Quatre.
"Alright then," said Syira with a smirk on her face in an evil tone. "Ready Duo."
"Ready for countdown. I'll start. One." Duo and Syira grabbed their captors by the waist.
"Two." Syira and Duo bent their legs.
"THREE!" SPLASH! Duo and Syira jumped into the water hole taking Heero and Quatre with them.
"TELLS US NOW HOW TO WIN!!!" they shouted at Duo and Syira.
"The purpose of Maxwell Tag is," recited Duo.
"To get everyone completely and totally wet," finished Syira.
"In what ever way possible."
"So how do we get out genesis?" asked Heero.
"You think I haven't already thought of that! I shocked and amazed in how little credit you giving me here." stated Syira. "Duo, can you move over and stand against the wall of the pit so when I come up to you, you can push up against my foot and lift me up to the top."
"What about the rest of us Syira?" asked Duo. "You're not going to leave me behind, are you? They'll KILL me!"
"Of course not. I just need to get out so I can grab the rope I hide in the trees." Syira walked over to Duo and lifted her foot; Duo grabbed her foot and pushed it up lifted Syira high enough so she could get put of the pit.
"Okay Syira. Go and get the rope so we can get out of here," shouted Duo hoping she could hear him.
"Don't worry Duo. I wouldn't leave you behind. Wufei may kill you." The five wet gw boys waited for a few seconds for Syira to get the rope. Soon, five pieces of blue rope came down the sides of the pit. They all rushed over to the pieces of run and quickly as they possibly could, climbed up the sides. All six of them were completely and utterly soaked to the bones!
"Well, we'd better start heading back to the mansion," suggested
Quatre.
"That's not a bad idea, Q-man. Maybe then we can all dry off," added Duo. So they all walked up the path heading out of the forest and back to Quatre's Mansion.
***
Duo and Quatre waved good-bye to Trowa, Wufei and Heero as they drove back to the current safe house because they all had missions that night that they needed to prepare for. As soon as they had drove out of sight, Duo and Quatre went back inside.
"Hey Quatre," called Duo once he and Quatre were back inside. "You don't mind if I stay till Syira leaves, do ya?"
"Not at all, seeing how Relena assigned this to both of us."
"Great! Thanks a lot. I'll call Hilde and just have her sent some of my stuff over."
"You can use the phone in the study."
"Thanks pal." Duo went to the downstairs study while Quatre went up stairs to check up on Syira.
***
Syira was lying on top of her bed reading a book, when a knock came at her door.
"Come in," she answered back still reading her book. The door opened and Quatre walked in. Syira looked up to see who had came in.
"What book are you reading Syira?"
"It's Lord Brocktree by Brian Jacques. It's a really interesting book, even though it was made for younger kids. The plot isn't too simple so it's a nice book to read. Why did ya come in here Quatre?"
"Oh just to check up on you. You didn't get to wet I hope."
"Nope. I've gotten wetter playing Maxwell Tag. I'm just a little worn out, that's all."
"If you want something to eat later, the kitchen's all was open."
"If Duo's here, it better be or he'll be complaining he's hungry every five minutes."
"How true. Umm, see ya later Syira."
"See ya Quatre." Syira went back to reading her book, but Quatre still stood in her room for a few more seconds in thought before leaving.
tbc
1. nani: what
2. joli regarder: nice looking
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I'm right now adding a big part to chapter 3 so I'll probably have the new part chapter 3 and the old part chapter 4. I would like to thank everyone for helping me editing me recent chapters making them sound better and more detailed then before. Chapter 3 will have a lot more romance in it then the past chapters but not on a big scale. I'm done. Next, chapter 3.
Chapter 3
"Thanks Quatre for bringing my stuff up to my room, but I could have..."
"No trouble Syira. It's my pleasure. Besides, you're a guest here. You could have to bring up your things," said Quatre as he finally placed down Syira's suitcases in her room at Winner Mansion. It wasn't a big and fancy room. It has a single sized bed with forest green sheet and pillows, a small, black desk with a black laptop on it (it was one of Heero's, but it was wiped clean so Syira could use it.), a small balcony that lead outside, and a closet. The bed was against the wall, across from her closet, and was facing the door that lead to the balcony. The walls were a simple dark blue. "Where do you want these Syira?"
"Ummmm, put 'em on the bed Quatre, and thanks again for letting me stay here."
"It was ahhhh!!" Quatre dropped the suitcases hard onto the floor and grabbed his shoulder.
"Quatre what's wrong?" asked Syira alarmed.
"It's nothing really Syira. I'm fine. Just an old bullet injury I got a couple years ago. It comes back every so often. Normally I just take an Aspirin or something......"
"I know a better way then aspirin to relieve the pain and this lasts a *lot* longer then any drug."
"What is it?" he asked interested.
"Massage therapy. I massage the muscle tissue and rub a lotion into your skin."
"How long will it take to work."
"Just one or two minutes tops."
"I guess I'll try that. Where do you want me to sit?"
"On the bed facing the window and take off your shirt while your at it. I don't want it to get wrecked. I'll just grab some stuff from my suitcases and I'll begin." Quatre took off his white shirt, sat on Syira's bed where so told him to sit, facing the window, and crossed his legs (yoga like). Syira was digging through her bags and pulled out a lotion bottle, a couple different candles, and some matches. She then closed the door before setting up the candles.
"What are the candles for Syira?" asked Quatre as she began to set up the candles around the room and lit them.
"These are scented candles and I use them to help relax my patient's muscles. Ouch, stupid cheap matches," she said as she blew out the short match and through it into the garbage can, and sat behind Quatre.
"Now close your eyes. What does it smell like? Where does it take you? Describe it to me." she said in a relaxed, calm voice.
"I'm in a forest," he began. "A forest beside a lake. I can smell the different kinds of fresh trees; the wild flowers; fresh, cool mountain air; the warmth of the sun's rays beating down on me, and the cool, refreshing feeling of water beneath my feet. The sounds of birds chirping all around me, the flapping of bird's wings in the sky, the rustling of leaves against the gentle breeze, animals moving in the forest behind me, and the smell of fresh grass and it's feel against the back of my neck. I'm lying down on the grass with my feet in the lake and I look up at the sky. It's dotted with white fluffy clouds against a blue backdrop. What about you Syira? Where do you go?" Syira closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I'm at the edge of the sea. I can smell the fresh salty sea air. I can feel the gentle sea breeze flowing through my hair, and I can hear the cries of seagulls as the circle the bay. I see a clam sea with no boat or people, a mystic fog the looms over the water seems to stretch into eternity. That's where the smell of the candles take me," she answered as she opened her eyes.
"But how can we see two different places that have nothing in common with each other?"
"Everyone sees a different place at the smell of the same candles, but the result is the same for everyone, a completely relaxed body. Every muscle in their body loosens up making it easier to rub."
"Sounds like you've been doing this for a while. How'd you ever pick it up?"
"I learned it from an elderly lady in an alley on L-3 on a blustery cold winter's day. I found her while I was in a battle against some enemy mobile suits. I was lucky enough to drive them away so I could destroy them safely. I went back afterwards. The alley was filled with garbage and it had a smell that could make any person move in their grave. She was wearing clothing that had many small holes, her face was wrinkled with age and her eyes told that she had seen better times. The alley was cold and brisket and she seemed to have no blankets or food so I rushed over to my mobile suit, grabbed a blanket and a canister of soup, raced back and gave them to her. She seemed so happy when I gave her the blanket and her face glowed when I gave her the canister of warm soup. When she reached for her gifts, she touched my hands. They were colder then the alley. She then said that I was a strong yet gentle person. That this wasn't or will be my last war nor was it my choice to be in any of them."
"Was she right?"
"Nani1?"
"Was she right about you not having a choice in being in those wars?"
"Scarily yes. She also said for my act of kindness she'd teach me some of the massage and aromatherapy techniques she had learned when she was younger. After those couple days, she sent me away saying that she had taught me all I needed to know and that with time, I'd learn more and how to refine my techniques. I later that month went back to thank her, but she wasn't there. All I could find was the blanket I gave to her. I was about to leave when I saw her lifeless, cold body. I could see any wounds on her skin so I can only presume that she died instantly. I found an unfrozen piece of grass no to far away and buried her leaving a tombstone in front of her grave. All it said was Rosemary and the date I buried her. I named her Rosemary because it was her favorite flower and it reminded her of her parent's house in the summer time when she was little. I vowed that day to share the gift that she gave to me with everyone in need." With that being said, Syira began massaging Quatre' shoulder. She softly, but firmly pressed her thumbs onto Quatre's shoulder and rotated them in a circular motion. Quatre could now feel all of his muscles in his shoulder beginning to relax. After about a minute, Syira dug the bottom of her palm and pushed upward deeply. With her pointer and middle finger, she rotated them in a circular motion deeply beneath his shoulder blade. Quatre wasn't an expert but he was pretty sure his shoulder was to hurt even more.
"Is it sore yet?"
"A little bit then before."
"Good, it's working then. Your shoulder *may* begin to hurt a little more, but it'll be over quickly." Syira raised her left elbow and violently dug it into Quatre's shoulder and rotated it in a circular motion fiercely. Quatre felt like he was going to scream any second. It felt like she was ripping out his shoulder blade from the inside out, but he trusted Syira wasn't intentionally trying to hurt him. She then dug her elbow in deeper and rotated it ever harder making it ever so harder for Quatre not to scream from the immense pain flowing through his body, but just before Quatre could scream.........she stopped. Syira removed her elbow from his shoulder.
"Has it stopped?"
"Yeah."
"Good. Now all I have to do is rub this lotion in your shoulder and I'll be finished."
"Will *that* hurt as well?" She giggled softly.
"Not as nearly as much as the massage."
"You *knew* that'd hurt that much!" he exclaimed.
"Of course. If I had told you, you would just tense back up again and I could never relieve the muscle pain. That's the only side effect from one of my massages and it works a lot quick and faster. Most drugs take twice as long with nasty side effects. If you ask me, a little pain is worth it for a week or two without pain, side effects or having to have another massage. Don't you?"
"I guess." She then squirted some lotion on to her hand and gently rubbed it into Quatre's skin. He took a deep whiff to smell Syira's lotion. It reminded him of the wild flowers in his forest. When Syira had finished rubbing the lotion into Quatre's skin, he asked her, "What's the point of the lotion Syira?"
"To relax your muscles back into their natural state before I massaged you. It also makes you small *really* good not that you don't already smell good. Opps." Both of them at that moment blushed, Syira for admitting Quatre smelt wonderful and Quatre because of Syira's comment. Just then a knock came at the door.
"There better not be anyone in their birthday suits in there." It was Duo.
"You wish Duo," shouted back Syira. "I was just giving Quatre one of my famous massages for his shoulder."
"Well, if you're done 'massaging' Quatre, send him out back."
"What for?" they both asked.
"His Chinese gardener needs to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musician."
~I wonder why Wufei, Heero and Trowa are here? I would have used beau musician, but..~ Trailed off Quatre. "I'll be down in a minute Duo. Can you send him into the living room and tell him I'll meet him there." Duo left to do his arraigns.
"Who are they Quatre?" Syira asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"Who's the Chinese gardener that needs to talk to you about your mystic cobalt blue musician? I can understand French Quatre."
"I can't say. I don't even know why he's here."
"Don't you mean why *they* are here? It is three people who've come to see you, am I right?"
"Are you sure you're not a Maxwell?"
"Yep"
"Yay. It's three people, but I don't know why they're here anyway. Just stay here okay?" he asked as he put his shirt back on.
"Fine. I could use the time to get organized," she said sulkingly. With that said, Quatre left the room knowing he would get a field day from Duo.
***
"Well, well. How was your 'massage' Quatre?" teased Duo the second Quatre stepped into the living room.
"Is that *all* you think about baka?" asked Heero, who was sitting beside Duo.
"How about you get your head out of the gutter Maxwell?" tormented Wufei.
"How about you stuff up ekkkk." Heero had ended Duo's come back early by pulling his braid back. "Heeeerrrrooooo, let go of my braid."
"Leave Quatre alone."
"Fine." With that, Heero let go of Duo's braid. It was obvious to the other pilots that Duo and Heero both had feelings more than friendship for each other. Obvious to everyone except Heero and Duo, but that was usually how it was. It could be plain as day to the rest of the world, except to the two who love each other. Love, it was kind of funny that way for Quatre had a huge crush on the HeavyArms pilot, Trowa Barton, but he was afraid of ruining there friendship so he chose to admire him from afar. Quatre finally sat down beside Trowa when he knew Duo wasn't going to make any smart-ass remarks. (This was a Quatre OOC moment.) Wufei sat beside himself.
"So, what's the occasion, guys? This isn't just a social call," commented Duo.
"Yuy found some more information on our mystery attacker."
"What did you discover Heero?" asked Quatre.
"Ya, Heero. What did ya find?" echoed Duo. "Do we know who it is yet?"
"No not yet, but it's something we didn't except to find," said Trowa.
"Someone emailed me the original video tape of a surveillance camera on the base. I hacked into an OZ computer to see if there was any other videotape from the base, but all I found was roadblocks. Apparently someone else got to them first and OZ found out and put their computers on high alert. They've double encrypted their files releasing a virus into the users computer. There's no way I can read their files until I can by pass the encryptions. The file that I was sent it shows a black figure just sitting there and all of a sudden it becomes a black streak across the screen and disappears. I read the OZ reports about the incident and it reports that a small black with a small dot of silver metal was found at the scene. Tests prove that it's gundammian. Our attacker is a pilot of a Gundam."
"What!" exclaimed Duo and Quatre.
"Are you sure it wasn't off of Wing?" asked Duo.
"No it wasn't off of Wing. Wing has no black on it and even if it did, Wing was no where close to the base to be affected by the explosion." answered Heero sounding a little angered by Duo's question.
"So now we find who it was," commented Quatre.
"But how do we do that Q-man?" asked Duo. There was then an unsettling silence as the pilots pondered their next possible move. Finally, Wufei broke the silence.
"All we can possibly do now is wait. We don't know enough about who we're looking for to find them and OZ seems to be all locked up about who gets their information. We'll just have to wait till who ever it is makes their move." Duo slouched back in his spot.
"I hate playing the waiting game. Waiting game sucks. I know. Let's all play Hungry Hungry Hippos." Heero smack the braided pilot up the side of the dead.
"Baka, you've watched to many of your American cartoons. What else do you do?"
"Bug you."
"Besides that."
"Nothin' else."
"All you do is three things a day. No wonder why you're so stupid."
"Then why do you continue to be my friend?" asked Duo.
"What happened to that mission Relena gave to you two?" asked Heero saving himself for answering Duo's last question. Duo and Quatre almost had forgot that Relena had assigned them to guard over Syira during her stay at Winner Mansion. Just then, the pilots heard a deep sound coming from a room upstairs so the pilots decided to investigate the sound, seeming how they had nothing better to do. They went up the stairs in a single file with Quatre leading them. When they finally reached the top of the stairs, they paused to hear what way the sound was. Quatre was sure that the sound was of one of his bass violins. It was deep, yet played soft enough to almost go unnoticed but it was almost being played in a crying like mood. The violin seemed to be echoing from the study, so Quatre began to move down the hallway quietly with the other pilots following him, and he didn't stop until he came up to the closed door of his study.
"I move that Quatre opens the door," voted Duo quietly.
"Why me?"
"It's your house Q." Quatre sighted and put his hand on the doorknob and slowly pulled open the door just a crack could be seen, also big enough for them to see their mystery player's face. It was Syira (who else could it be.) who was playing the bass violin. It was a sad, lonely tune that was telling a life filled with darkness, death, and loneliness. Quatre thought about grabbing his violin from his room but the tune didn't seem like one to be joined.
"Was that who Relena sent you to watch?" asked Trowa.
"Yes."
"Did you know she could play?" asked Wufei.
"Not a clue," answered Duo.
"Who is she?" asked Trowa.
"Syira Tanichie-Doncha, adopted daughter to the late Jennifer and Sidney Doncha, one of the top millionaires of the recently constructed colonies CL 5 in the past ten years," responded Heero.
"I'll bet you anything that'll she'll go back to Tanichie soon," said Duo.
"Why's she here?" asked Trowa.
"She's part, or Jen and Sidney were, of a group of millionaires who wanted to fight to keep peace in space," explained Wufei. "In a couple days is the Peace Ball, a social gathering of those members including specially invited guest like politicians and such who are part of the UESA."
"How long is she here for?" asked Quatre to Duo.
"I'm not sure. Relena didn't really say over the phone," began Duo. "All she said was that we had to watch her till the Peace Ball was over or till her estate was completed. When she'll leave past that, I have no clue." Suddenly, the music stopped. Syira had lifted her bow off the strings to pause.
"I wonder if she knows we're here?" asked Quatre. Then, Syira put the bow back onto the strings of the violin and began to play a different song. It was still a sad tune, but not as dark as the one she played before.
"I wonder why she changed songs?" asked Wufei.
"She knows we're here guys. She heard us," answered Duo in a less then cheery tune of voice they were accustom to hearing him, so they turned around to see what could possibly being troubling their American friend. When they did, they saw his eyes were almost filled to the brim with tears that could have begun to flow at any second.
"Why does it look like you could cry a river filled of tears at any moment Duo?" asked Heero a little concerned.
"Yeah and how do you know she knows that we're here?" added Quatre a little concerned for his braided friend as well.
"You see, that song she's playing now was one that Sister Helen use to sing to help put the young children to sleep. It was my favorite. I haven't heard it since the Church Funeral." he explained still trying to hold back his tears.
"What was that song called Duo?" asked Heero calmly.
"Nearer My God to Thee."
"Why does it not surprise me that it was a Christian hymn," comment Wufei. There was an awkward moment of silence before someone broke to silence.
"What do we do now?" asked Trowa.
"How about you guys get away from that god dam door, stop spy on me, which you were doing poorly at, and come in and introduce yourselves before I lose my mind!" shouted Syira. "Do you *know* how annoying it is to have people talking so rudely about you when you're trying to play?" They took the hint that Syira wanted them to come in.
"Man Syira," exclaimed Duo as he walked in. "You were playing wonderfully. Where did ya learn?"
"Thanks Duo," she said as she put Quatre's bass violin away into it's case. "When Jen and Sid adopted me, it was there top priority for their new daughter to be able to play an instrument. Who's your friends?"
"This is Chang Wufei," began Quatre.
"It was a pleasure to hear you play. I'm sorry we had to do it in such a rude manner."
"It's all right. I'm glad that someone enjoys my music."
"Heero Yuy."
"You have good hearing for a millionaire."
"And this is Trowa Barton."
"I'm pleased to know that someone else can play beside myself and Quatre. Maybe you would like to join us one day." Suddenly, something dawned upon Syira.
"Oh. You three must be the Chinese gardener that needed to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musician. I would have used joli regarder2 musician though." she mumbled the last part so that only she could hear it.
"What are you taking about onna?" asked Wufei.
"When Duo called Quatre down he said the Chinese gardener that needed to talk to Quatre about his mystique cobalt blue musicien. You, Wufei, would be the Chinese gardener, Heero would be the mystique cobalt blue part, and Trowa would be the musicien. Only you three could possibly fit the phony description made by Duo trying to make me not suspect something was going on that I wasn't to know about. So, when Quatre left and I had finished unpacking, I went into his study and I saw the bass violin. I haven't played in a couple weeks and I didn't think you'd mind Quatre if I refreshed my memory."
"No trouble at all. I haven't played that bass violin in a while so feel free to play it when ever you wish."
"Also, Miss Doncha," added Heero. "That wasn't a bad job at hearing us from behind the door while you where playing and seeing through one of Duo's bad attempts to pull something over your eyes."
"I'm use to it. And please, just call me Syira. I try to use Doncha only on official business. I mostly use Tanichie now for private, personal matters." They then all sat down as Syira told them how she met Duo and what happened to her after the Maxwell Church Massacre.
"So, you've lived with Silver Wolf ever since they rescued you after the Maxwell Church Massacre and you've been Syira Doncha for eight years?" verified Wufei questionably.
"Yep."
"So why are you now *here* besides for the Peace Ball?" asked Heero. Syira was a little taken about from Heero's question, not from the question but the fact that Heero asked the question.
"Heero!" squalled the other pilots. It wasn't the fact that Heero had asked the question, but the fact that he thought that Syira was hiding something from them that angered them a bit.
"No no you guys. It's alright," protected Syira. "I'm not hurt by Heero's question. I was expecting someone to ask it eventually. I do actually have some small matter to attend here, but nothing that would disrupted the peace." Heero stared deep into Syira's eyes looking for any signs of alternate motives, but after a while broke free.
"Hey Syi. Wanna play Maxwell Tag?" asked Duo.
"I don't know Duo. Two people aren't exactly enough or very fun."
"No problem. My *buddies* here will play," he said as he put his arms around Heero's and Wufei's necks. "Come on Wuffie, play a game. You too Heero, be a Pal."
"How do you play Maxwell? I don't wanna play a game that could be degrading on my part," asked Wufei.
"All it is is you guys are it and you have to do is capture Duo and I. Quatre's garden valley would be a good place to play. You give us five minutes to hide then Wufei'll come out, Heero will follow after two minutes, and then finally Quatre and Trowa will come out two minutes after each other. Duo and I'll stay in the garden valley the whole time. That's it," explained Syira. "So how about it Wufei? Wanna play?" Wufei thought about it for a couple seconds.
"It sounds like keep my honor if I play you game." Syira took that as a yes.
"How about the rest of ya?" asked Duo.
"Seeing it is my garden valley, I should play," said Quatre.
"I'll play as well," joined Trowa. They all looked at Heero.
"It looks like I don't have much of a choice. I left my laptop in the jeep outside."
"YEY! Everyone wants to play!" cheered Duo.
"Hey Syira, why is it called Maxwell Tag?" asked Quatre.
"Easy. Complete and total chaos!" she exclaimed.
"Just like Maxwell," commented Wufei. Syira stood up.
"We'd better head off Duo. Time waits for no men or women. Besides, I'm interested in seeing how badly we're going to beat them at Maxwell Tag. I just need to grab something from my room before we head outside." Duo stood up with her.
"Yeah. This'll be an interesting game." The two headed for the door and left the room, but Duo poked his head back in. "Don't leave this room until the five minutes are up. Not earlier." Duo then left the room and closed the door behind him.
Five minutes later...........
Wufei stepped into the massive garden valley. Quatre's garden valley contained a wide range of flowers, and even a medium sized forest with full- grown trees. Quatre had also planned to put a small pond to be installed, but Wufei didn't know if Quatre had installed it or where he installed it. ~All right Maxwell, where are you ack!~ Wufei's of thought had come to a complete stop when a stream of water hit him on his face.
"HEY WUFFEY! Come and catch me if you can!" shouted out from what Wufei could tell, a nearby Duo. Suddenly Wufei heard the rustling of leaves heading towards the forest. If Chang Wufei could pick any name that he hated the most to be called, Wuffey was it and Duo knew it.
"I *SHALL* SEEK MY VENGEANCE ON YOU DUO MAXWELL!" Wufei shouted as he ran into the forest.
Behind a large rose bush not so far away....
"Did ya lose him good Syi?" asked Duo as she crawled back to their hiding spot.
"Yep. Once he heard 'you' heading for the forest, he went crazy!"
"Yah I heard him. Did you set the trap?"
"Just barely in time."
"How'd you get Wufei wet? That couldn't have been a slingshot. It had too good of an accuracy." Syira patted a well-hidden, camouflaged, large barreled water gun.
"A great shot from behind a single tree."
"The leaves?"
"A rolling ball." Syira looked towards the forest. "How long do you think it'll take Wuffie to get lost?"
"Not long, but he'll be lost by the time Heero gets out for sure, who I want to have to pleasure of attacking next. You can have Quatre and Trowa."
"Then we'll show them not to trust the Devil Twins of Maxwell Tag," said Syira evilly.
"Man will they be surprised. I can see it they're vision of you now, the perfect millionaire Syira Tanichie-Doncha. I can't wait to see there face when they see who you really are."
"You'd better get going then because Heero is about to come out in a few minutes."
"See ya Syi then till the end of the game." said Duo as he crawled off to prepare his assault on the Perfect Soldier.
***
As Heero Yuy stepped into the garden valley, he immediately noticed that it was oddly quiet for a game full of complete and total chaos. He thought that the first thing he'd hear when he came out would be Wufei ranting and raving about honor and justice as he chased Duo around the garden valley, but that could be heard was the sound of birds chirping and birds flying in the sky. ~So, Duo has his plan of attack organized. That makes him more chaotic then ever.~ the silence also didn't explain Wufei ranting and raving that Quatre, Trowa, and himself had heard earlier. "Okay Duo, where are you," he said silently but no sooner had he said that when a water balloon came out of no where and hit him on the back of his head and exploded. He quickly turned around only to see an empty catapult hidden in- between some tulips. Knowing Duo had the advantage, Heero made an unorthodox decision. Heero just stood there. Just staring into nothingness. Listening for any movement, and sound that would give Duo away. Suddenly, Heero heard a small sound. He quickly spun around, grabbed an in-flight water balloon, and through it into a small rosebush.
"'Ey! That's not fair Heero," popped up a wet faced Duo.
"Neither is using water weapons against us without telling us."
"How'd ya know I was here, Mr. smarty pants?"
"It's called listening and looking at your surroundings, Duo. You shouldn't have picked such an obvious place to hide. Even Syira could tell you that."
"So, what are you going to do about ahhhh," Heero quickly pulled out a small water pistol and shot it directly into Duo's mouth.
"Now, tell me anything else you forgot to say earlier!" he commanded.
"You'll have to catch me first." And with that, Duo dashed to his left and headed towards the forest with Heero closing in behind him.
~Took him long enough. ~ Thought Syira, from a rose bush not so far away, as she watched Heero and Duo disappear into the forest. "Now, what to do to Quatre and Trowa."
"BOO!"
"Ahh!" Syira turned around and saw Quatre and Trowa standing behind her.
"Hello Syira," said Quatre.
"Umm hey you guys. Has it really been two minutes already?" she asked nervously.
"We can out late," said Trowa.
"How can we win Syira?" asked Quatre.
"Catch me if you can." Syira grabbed her gun, shot Trowa and Quatre quickly in their face, jumped through the prickly rose bush, and sprinted towards the forest as quickly as she could.
Knowing that it's be easier to find her on in the forest if she stayed on the path, Syira leaped off the path and continued running, but this time was had to jump over stumps and dead old trees so that Quatre and Trowa would have a harder time finding her. ~Man, Quatre sure did a great job in creating this forest. ~ She thought. After a few minutes of leaping over stumps and dead old trees, she decided that her pursuers had lost her and that it was safe to begin her hunt on the GW boys. She began to look for the edge of the pathway to see if anyone was nearby. What luck! Quatre was walking down the path alone and he was in range of Syira's water gun. ~Too bad for you, Quatre. If you had Trowa with you, you might actually stand a chance at wining, but then again, that wouldn't be fun for me now would it. ~ She was about to pull the trigger when, someone from behind her had snuck up and wrapped his arms around her causing her to drop her gun.
"Hey! Let. Go. Of. Me!" she said trying to struggle free of her captor's hold upon her but failed.
"It's alright Quatre. I've got her!" called out Trowa. Quatre joined his tall friend, stood in front of her, and began interrogating her.
"Okay Syira. What is the point of this game?" But before she could reply, Duo came out of nowhere and jumped onto Trowa's back, hugging it as if it was a cuddly teddy bear.
"Okay bud. Let go the lady and no one will get hurt."
"Duo, when have *I* ever been a LADY? How'd you find me and where's Wufei and Heero?"
"Never, but that's beyond the point. Heero, I just managed to loss a while back and Wufei, I have *no clue* where he's at."
"What happens if I chose not to let Syira go?" asked Trowa. "Then what?" As if on cue, Wufei came charging out of no where and tackled Duo, Trowa, Quatre, Syira, and himself to the ground. Duo and Syira quickly crawled out of the dog pile and ran back onto the trail.
"Man, those two *really* do know how to create chaos," commented Quatre as he crawled out of the bottom of the dog pile.
"She's just as bad as that baka Maxwell," added Wufei as he and Trowa got off of each other and stood up. "She tricked us all."
"It's their game," continued Trowa. "They know it better then any of us. They're doing a great job at winning in the chaos department though." After they all brushed themselves off, they headed back onto the chase.
"Man, they're, huff, putting up a, huff, great, huff, fight, huff. Better than, huff, I thought, huff, they would, huff, considering, huff, they don't, huff, know the, huff, rules," commented Syira as her and Duo ran down the path. "Let's, huff, give them, huff, a chance, huff, to catch, huff, up."
"I know, huff. It kills, huff, me to, huff, have to, huff, do this," said Duo jokingly as they stopped. She looked at Duo.
"No it won't." They both said together laughingly
"They are actually putting up a great fight."
"Good thing we're keeping them all in complete chaos, eh Duo?"
"Yeah."
"DUO MAXWELL, I WILL SEEK MY REVENGE UPON YOU!" yelled Wufei as he approached their position.
"That's our cue to leave, Syi."
"Upward and onward Duo. May they soon feel our wrath." They quickly continued their trek as their pursuers began to close the gap.
"Where did you plant the trap Syi?" he asked after a few minutes had passed.
"Just up here. Follow me so you done set it off Duo." Duo following Syira as she went off to the far side of the path for a couple feet, stood in the middle of the path, and waited for their competitors to arrive.
***
A few minutes later, Trowa and Wufei ran around the corner only to see Duo and Syira just standing in the middle of the path, waiting for them. They stopped to a halt.
"What are you guys doing just standing there?" asked Trowa. "Aren't you suppose to be running from us so we don't capture you?"
"We have decided to stop running," said Syira.
"You guys have put up more of a fight more then what we expected you to," added Duo.
"So if we walk towards you like this," said Trowa as they took two giant steps forward. "You won't run."
"Nope," answered Syira.
"How about if we take another step forward?" tormented Trowa as they took another step forward.
"Nope," answered Duo.
"What about another step?" teased Wufei as they took yet another step forward. CRASH! SPLASH! As Trowa and Wufei step forward, the ground beneath them collapsed, and Trowa and Wufei fell into a pool of water deep enough for them to stand in and the water came up to their shoulders.
"MAXWELL!!!!!!"
"Yeah Wuf," said Duo as they looked into the water hole.
"HOW DARE YOU CORRUPT A PERSON TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK!"
"The only person who did the corrupting was me corrupting Duo and *I* built the trap by myself. I was already corrupted," stated Syira with a smile on her face.
"So you *knew* about the water hole being here?" asked Trowa.
"I knew you were building a fountain and that you hadn't completed it yet. All I did was cover it so you guys won't see it," said Syira.
"You played right into our flawless trap," mocked Duo.
"If it's so flawless then why aren't Quatre and Heero in here with us Maxwell?" asked Wufei. Duo and Syira took a step back and Heero and Quatre grabbed them.
"Hey! What is it with you people grabbing me from behind," said Syira as she tried to escape Quatre's grip.
"All right you little demons," said Heero. "Tell us now, HOW DO YOU WIN!"
"We can't tell you," said Duo. "We can only show you."
"If you guys can show us *without* letting go, then show us," dealt Quatre.
"Alright then," said Syira with a smirk on her face in an evil tone. "Ready Duo."
"Ready for countdown. I'll start. One." Duo and Syira grabbed their captors by the waist.
"Two." Syira and Duo bent their legs.
"THREE!" SPLASH! Duo and Syira jumped into the water hole taking Heero and Quatre with them.
"TELLS US NOW HOW TO WIN!!!" they shouted at Duo and Syira.
"The purpose of Maxwell Tag is," recited Duo.
"To get everyone completely and totally wet," finished Syira.
"In what ever way possible."
"So how do we get out genesis?" asked Heero.
"You think I haven't already thought of that! I shocked and amazed in how little credit you giving me here." stated Syira. "Duo, can you move over and stand against the wall of the pit so when I come up to you, you can push up against my foot and lift me up to the top."
"What about the rest of us Syira?" asked Duo. "You're not going to leave me behind, are you? They'll KILL me!"
"Of course not. I just need to get out so I can grab the rope I hide in the trees." Syira walked over to Duo and lifted her foot; Duo grabbed her foot and pushed it up lifted Syira high enough so she could get put of the pit.
"Okay Syira. Go and get the rope so we can get out of here," shouted Duo hoping she could hear him.
"Don't worry Duo. I wouldn't leave you behind. Wufei may kill you." The five wet gw boys waited for a few seconds for Syira to get the rope. Soon, five pieces of blue rope came down the sides of the pit. They all rushed over to the pieces of run and quickly as they possibly could, climbed up the sides. All six of them were completely and utterly soaked to the bones!
"Well, we'd better start heading back to the mansion," suggested
Quatre.
"That's not a bad idea, Q-man. Maybe then we can all dry off," added Duo. So they all walked up the path heading out of the forest and back to Quatre's Mansion.
***
Duo and Quatre waved good-bye to Trowa, Wufei and Heero as they drove back to the current safe house because they all had missions that night that they needed to prepare for. As soon as they had drove out of sight, Duo and Quatre went back inside.
"Hey Quatre," called Duo once he and Quatre were back inside. "You don't mind if I stay till Syira leaves, do ya?"
"Not at all, seeing how Relena assigned this to both of us."
"Great! Thanks a lot. I'll call Hilde and just have her sent some of my stuff over."
"You can use the phone in the study."
"Thanks pal." Duo went to the downstairs study while Quatre went up stairs to check up on Syira.
***
Syira was lying on top of her bed reading a book, when a knock came at her door.
"Come in," she answered back still reading her book. The door opened and Quatre walked in. Syira looked up to see who had came in.
"What book are you reading Syira?"
"It's Lord Brocktree by Brian Jacques. It's a really interesting book, even though it was made for younger kids. The plot isn't too simple so it's a nice book to read. Why did ya come in here Quatre?"
"Oh just to check up on you. You didn't get to wet I hope."
"Nope. I've gotten wetter playing Maxwell Tag. I'm just a little worn out, that's all."
"If you want something to eat later, the kitchen's all was open."
"If Duo's here, it better be or he'll be complaining he's hungry every five minutes."
"How true. Umm, see ya later Syira."
"See ya Quatre." Syira went back to reading her book, but Quatre still stood in her room for a few more seconds in thought before leaving.
tbc
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2. joli regarder: nice looking
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