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Reconditioned ----2 years after prologue--- "Maxwell." Wufei irritatedly elbowed his partner, who is standing outside of a classroom with him waiting for the teacher to call them in and to introduce them to their new classmates. "What, Fei-chan?" Checking himself in a compact mirror, Duo Maxwell tied his long chestnut hair into a ponytail with a purple ribbon before he closed the mirror and turned around to face a bright red Wufei. "... Remind me again why we have to dress up like girls?" Duo only snickered. He could almost see the steam coming out of Wufei's head. "Because Lady Une has a bad sense of humor?" Duo shrugged. "God damn it, Maxwell." Wufei suppressed his voice as low as possible, not wanting to jeopardize their undercover mission. "This is all your fault. It was YOU who provoked that crazy woman, why do I have to suffer with you?" Wufei self-consciously tugged at his school uniform skirt that barely covered his shaved legs. His pointy shoes were making him ultra uncomfortable. And his shoulder length hair was loose, barely secured by a thin red hair band. A small movement from his head would have send the lose hair flying everywhere and into his eyes. Wufei hated it and wondered how other people could stand it. Duo, on the other hand, was quite comfortable in his super-mini skirt what was 2 size smaller than he should be wearing. The sailor-style uniform had fit him nicely since the black collar was exactly his favorite color. Obeying the school rule of no make-ups, Duo's clear purple eyes and seductive lips still entice both the teachers and students passing by. "Fei-chan...." Duo only smiled and playfully patted Wufei on the cheek. "Because you love me right?" "Why you little....." "Duo and Fei, you can come in now." Before being choked to death by his best friend, Duo Maxwell was saved by the teacher who finally opened the door and invited them into their new classroom. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "You are absolutely sure of this?" Sally Po solemnly nodded. Defeated, Lady Une sank into her leather office chair. Her hands came upon her temple, as if she was trying to relieve a headache. An awkward moment of silence passed before Lady Une finally laid down her orders. "Contact 02 and 05 ASAP. Do not reveal this information to them. Just tell them...." Lady Une paused, searching for the right words before she spoke again. "Tell them that the mission is altered. Upon finding the subject, he is to be eliminated, not captured." "But Commander....." Sally hesitated, breaking her rigid body momentarily. "Maybe we ...." "Negative." Hardening her expression, Lady Une interrupted and abruptly signaled her subordinate's dismissal. It was until the door was closed and that she was alone in the vast office room, she whispered. "God forgive me." -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Duo Maxwell happily bounced into the room while his reluctant companion trailing behind him. Despite his trademark smile, the long-braided hair man quickly surveyed the whole class, secretly profiling each student. After all, their mission was to find out any remaining forces of Barton Foundation. Suddenly, Duo froze in the front of his new classroom like a deer looking straight into the headlight of a car. While the teacher was introducing his name and his background, the long-braided man did not listen one word of it. All he could see was the student sitting in the back of the room. The student's face slightly tilted downward, covered by his messy brown hair. His eyes closed and his arms folded across his chest as if he was taking a nap. Though Duo couldn't see the man's face clearly, Duo could swear he looks just like..... "Duo, are you okay?" The teacher hesitantly touched his shoulder. "Ah... " Reverting back to his joyful pretense, Duo threw a smile back at the teacher before facing the class again. "Gomen." Duo focused his attention on the student in the back. "My name is Duo. Glad to meet you." A couple male students cheered but the student in the back was still not looking at him. "Fei Chang." The Chinese man noticed the mysterious student as well. "All right. We have to resume class soon. Enough excitement for this morning. Maxwell-san, why don't you sit in the back, next to Yuy-san. And Chang-san, you may take the seat by the window." "Yuy?" Duo felt his knees went weak. The student chose this moment to open his eyes and looked straight at his future neighbor. His intense blue eyes seemed to penetrate Duo. Duo shakily walked toward his seat, while straining a smile. "I am so lucky, be able to sit next to such a handsome man." Duo extended his hand to his neighbor as he reached his seat. "Glad to be your neighbor. What's your name?" He could hardly hear his own voice. The student only looked at him with disinterest. Ignoring the rest of male classmates' jealous look, he answered monotonously. "Heero Yuy." Duo Maxwell stared straight into the face that had appeared in his dream for the past three years. They were the same eyes that had almost taken his breath away. //Live for me, Duo........// Duo Maxwell fainted as blackness overcame him *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Duo...." "SHUT UP and conserve your energy!" The long-haired Preventer screamed as he gunned down another rebel in his way. "Leave me......" "No no no nonononono....." Carrying his precious burden, he brutally knocked down the soldiers with the back of his gun, cracking their skull with deadly precision. After arming himself with the fallen men's weapons, Duo ran toward the exit and kicked the door open. More gunfire emerged, backed by few dozen rebels. "Shit!" He quickly dived for a cover behind a fallen metal table, careful not to hurt his injured partner too much. "Duo...." "FUCK! HEERO!! There is no way in hell I am going to agree to that. For the last time. I. Am. NOT. Going to leave you here." Gently placing his partner on the ground, the long-haired preventer quickly reloaded his gun and returned the fire. For every shot he fired, ten times of that came back at them like rain. "Shit!" The desperate man quickly hid behind the metal table again. He threw away the emptied gun and drew two more from his back. "Live for me, Duo...." "Wha.......?" Suddenly the long-haired man felt his body being roughly pushed to the back of the room. He widened his eyes in horror as he saw his lover heading toward the door with his guns. The flying bullets concentrated on his fragile body. Penetrating him. Killing him.... More blood streamed down his body, making a trail of red as he ran toward their enemies. "No NO !!!!!" He screamed. Scrambling to his feet, he started to chase behind his lover. A burning bullet cut into his flesh but he did not even notice the pain. "Don't you dare!!! Don't you dare!!!" One last bullet hit his shoulder before his lover got to the door first, and closed it behind..... Darkness. Silence. Explosion. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TBC
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