Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Enemies, or? ❯ Part 8 ( Chapter 8 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters. This is just a fan fiction for goodness sake!

Notes: Probably the most pathetic chapter yet.. be afraid..

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Enemies, or? - Part 8 by Maaya

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"What?" Duo scowled at the girl. "What are you talking about..?" Then realization dawned upon him and he groaned. "We have to climb, don't we?"

"You hit the mark - Duo one score, Hilde two."

Now it was Quatre's turn to groan.

"Yeah, sure, okay we have to climb, no problem.." Duo resisted his sudden urge to hit his head against the window frame. "Hilde, we're on the second floor! If we fall, well, that's the end of it."

Hilde glared at him, obviously annoyed and impatient. "Where's your fighting spirit, Duo? We used to climb from higher places as kids."

"I was young and stupid then."

"You're not backing out, are you Duo?" The short-haired girl's glare intensified and Duo did visibly wince as it hit him with fullest power.

"Hil.."

"Come on, D, what's the matter with you?"

"Nothing! I've just decided that this classroom is a perfect place to spend the night in, don't you all agree?" He turned to look at his fellow prisoners with pleading eyes.

The only answer he got was rolled eyes and a snort.

Wufei did finally seem to get tired of all discussions and he stalked towards the open window, visibly frustrated. After glancing out quickly, he threw one leg over the windowsill and slid outside to stand on the thin edge the bricks made to indicate the second floor outside. After a moment of being completely still and trying to come into balance, he carefully lifted his head to glare at Hilde.

"Well, onna, where to now?"

The girl stared at him for a moment in surprise, but was quick to recover. "Hey Chang, it's nice to see that some guys are willing to risk their butts to get outside, unlike some other.." She smirked and glanced at Duo who glared back, sternly.

"Onna, you have to lead me."

"Excuse me.. what did you say?"

"Lead me."

"No, before that." Hilde smirked as she teased the Chinese boy, enjoying to see him looking.. was it maybe slightly.. panicked?

"Onna?"

"Yes, that. Don't call me that or you'll be stuck there for all future."

Wufei wasn't sure if he believed that threat or not, but decided that it was best to do as the annoying girl said. It was a good choice. She gave him directions of where there were visible recesses in the brick wall to hold on to, where there was a creeper of ivy and when it was finally safe to jump down the rest of the way. He breathed a quiet sigh of relief as he was on solid ground again before looking up at those who were still prisoners inside the school.

"It wasn't all that hard." He said to collect some dignity again after being helped by a girl, but Hilde just snickered at him, amused by his need to be macho.

After the Chinese boy came McEwen, who climbed out as quickly as he could and then disappeared without bothering to wait for the others. This had probably been one of the strangest nights he had ever experienced, and he was now going home to reassure his rather worried parents that no - he hadn't been hit by a car or attacked by a strange gang of thugs while walking home from school, just been spending his evening in the school together with two rivals who hated each other's guts with so much passion that they wouldn't hesitate to hit each other senseless.

Somehow, he wasn't sure if it was a smart thing to reassure his parents using that choice of words.

After McEwen followed Quatre, who also made it down all right, without any bruises or broken feet. It wasn't until he was down though that he realized what a mistake he had done. He had left Duo and Heero. Alone. In the same room. Hilde realized this at the same time as he did, and both groaned loudly and hit their foreheads.

"Nice move Winner." Wufei stated with sarcasm dripping from his voice. "Do you think we'll ever see them alive and well again?"

"Don't know."

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Duo stared with indignation after Quatre as the blonde boy disappeared out of the window, then turned his eyes towards Heero.

"Well, are ya going?"

A shrug. "You go first."

"Huh? Is that a trick or something?"

"No idiot."

"Shut up." Duo went towards the window and stared out for a moment before swallowing and looking at Heero again. "You go first."

It seemed as if realization dawned upon the short-haired boy. "You're afraid of highs." He declared, smirking slightly.

"Of course I'm not! I'm just.. careful.." Duo himself sounded uncertain.

"Yes, sure." The other boy answered with sarcasm. "Go outside then."

"I'm on my way - don't stress me."

Duo put his hands on the windowsill and hissed quietly as the band-aid covered palms stung when he pushed one leg over the edge. He threw another leg over the edge and sat still for a moment as he glared outside at the guys on the yard, who all seemed to looks straight at him. He scowled.

"Damn." Was his only statement before he took a deep breath of air and moved to stand on the thin edge, just like the others had earlier. That statement though, was quickly followed by a short "Shit."

"Maxwell..?"

Duo hadn't even realized that he had closed his eyes until Heero's words made him open them and glare at the other boy. "What?"

"If you ever want to get out of here you should let go of the windowsill." Heero's words were spoken without any emotions whatsoever, no taunt, mockery, pity, carefulness, nothing. Duo wasn't sure if he was grateful because of that, but he glared at the other in frustration anyway.

"I told you not to stress me!"

Heero shrugged. "Whatever."

Duo glared down at Hilde. "Well, guide me, oh mistress of hell."

The girl rolled her eyes. "I chose to ignore that comment since I want to get away from here as soon as possible. Now, to the right."

Duo stood on the ground sooner than he believed that he would ever do and he felt an urge to fall on his knees and kiss the dirty pavement. He hated himself for having to admit that his knees were trembling slightly as he took a deep breath and went to stand beside Quatre.

They watched as Heero climbed down with help from Hilde's directions but as the boy had reached thick ivy so she could rest her voice for a second, Duo suddenly remembered something. He peered at the girl beside him.

"Hilde, want to follow us to the circus now? Q and I have a bet going on about a guy he met earlier. "

"A bet, huh? About what?"

"He ran into a simply `gorgeous' guy earlier, who lived at the circus. We're betting about what he does there."

"What have you guessed?" Hilde asked as she watched Heero put his feet on the ground. "And what is the price?"

"Uhh.." Duo thought for a moment. "I think Quatre said acrobat, and I said clown. And we'll think of a price soon. Q said he'd come up with something."

"I'll come up with a guess later - I'll go with you guys. Could be fun."

"We should go home before though, I guess our parents are rather worried about us." Quatre decided to put a word in. "Shouldn't we get going?"

Duo realized that Wufei and Heero had already gone away. "There's no need in standing here anymore. Let's go Hilde!"

The three friends started walking down the road in a fast pace and Duo couldn't help but muse aloud. "Do you think we could sue Noin for leaving us to suffer in a classroom for a night?"

"I thought you were ready to stay there instead of climbing down." Quatre snorted.

Hilde looked up, interested. "He did? Why, Duo..?"

"Never mind."

"Please, I'm curious."

"No!"

"Come on, now.."

"I said, no!"

Quatre let a touch of a smile reach his lips as he heard his friends argue about the matter. Together, they walked through the darkness together towards their houses.

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TBC

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Mmmm, now I'm going to watch the movie, "Much Ado About Nothing" that I rented this morning. I love that movie! Adios!