RPG Kurakow: Training Academy [PG-LV]

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero was hooked to all sorts of machines and he was unconcious, Kelsey stood by the bed and looked down at him,

'Will he be alright?' she asked with a deep worry in her voice, at that moment the heart monitor flat lined, 'Whats that!,'

Lex grabbed kelsey and pulled her back as the nuses and doctors ran into the room and pulled out a machine

'Whats going on!,' screamed Kelsey as she watched them throw back the covers and put clear gel on Heeros body

'Clear!,' shouted the nurse and the doctor put two heart jumpers to Heeros chest and Heeros body lifted off the bed but still the heart monitor was flat

'Clear!,' the nurse shouted again......

IC: IN HEEROS MIND

'I'm coming mother!,' he cried out, 'I'm coming....i'll save you,'

He was running towards a yellowish light and he could see the once beautiful imgae of his mother, she stood waiting with her hand stretched out, he ran as hard as he could but some how everything was in slow motion

OOC: In the Nurses bay:

'What's wrong with him!,' cried out Kelsey as she broke free from Lex's grip

The doctor then put the heart jumpers down, 'Time of death....'

Kelsey stood by the bed in shock when she heard that....'NOOOOO,' she screamed,

Lex ran over to her

'NOOOO...you told me you'll stay!....you said that you live...only for Me!...HEERO!,' she screamed as she grabbed his cold hand as lex tried to pull her away, 'NOOO...come back!!!, don't leave me here! I need you!!!!!,'

OOC: in Heeros mind:

Heero stopped and turned around to find Kelsey calling out to him

'Dont' leave me!,' she was screaming, Heero looked at his mother who smiled then looked back at Kelsey...

'Kelsey,' he whispered he then looked at his mother, 'I'm...sorry,'

'We will always love you,' she smiled, tears rolled down his face as she disappeared Heero turned around to ran back towards Kelsey......

OOC: In the nurses bay

Heero gripped Kelseys hand tightly

'Heero!,' she exclaimed as Lex let her go, 'Oh Heero....you came back,'

Lex, the doctor and nurses looked at them in shock as Heero opened his eyes

'Only for you...' he whispered with tears in his eyes....

[Vash IDK]

Kelsey took his hand and caressed it. She ran her fingers through his hair. She knelt down and kissed him, ever so gently. She sat up and smiled. "Thank you," was all she could say.

Lex stared at the two of them in disbelief. He left the room and reported the incident to the board.

Meanwhile:

Heero was fighting for his life. She would stay with him until he was well. The nurses had allowed it since the situation seemed unexplainable. No one understood what had happened to the young man, how he came back. But Kelsey didn't need to know how. Just as long as he did, she was happy.

Two officials came into the room. "Ms. ViTain? We need to ask you a few questions..."

"Let me guess, you want to know who did this to him, well it wasn't me, and the boys who did do this are hiding somewhere. I can only give you a description of what they look like. But as far as everything else, I'm afraid you boys are going to have to be on your own and get your justice done."

"Maam, we need your statement. It's the only way to bring your boyfriends attackers to justice."

"Justice." she whispered as she stared at Heero. Tears welled up in her eyes. "There is no justice." Justice didn't save Jake, and justice won't save Heero. Please, leave me alone."

The 2 men looked at each other and nodded. They left the room. "Ms. ViTain, before we go, we want you to know we will be contacting you for descriptions,"

"Understood." she said softly. She stared at Heero.

She remembered seeing Jake's lifeless body hanging from the top of the cell like it was just yesterday. They said he had killed himself after lunch, 3 hours before his execution. She screamed in horror as she walked in there. She remembered the cold and alone feeling that followed. [i]If he had held on for a little longer.[/i] she thought.

She looked at Heero again. "Don't be like Jake." she whispered as she ran her fingers through his hair. "You never know what tomorrow will bring."

[Heero Darkangel]

OOC: ok...um...

IC:

Heero watched the nurses pull in a recliner and set it up for Kelsey, they also put some blankets and a pillow on it

After they left Kelsey sat down on the chair next to heero's bed, rubbing his hand gently tears rolled down her cheek

'Whats wrong?' asked heero in a crocky voice

'You nearly....well....,' she whispered

'Hey i came back didn't i, and i won't be leaving again you can bet on it,' he smiled warmly at her, Kelsey looked up at him and he lefted his hand and wiped the tears away,

'I'm so happy that you came back...i don't know....' she began but Heero stopped her by putting his index finger to her trembling lips

'Like i said...I'm here now,' he smiled resting his hand by his side

Kelsey smiled back at him, he then looked up at the ceiling as if there was something so important up there, she giggled softly

'What?' he questioned

'You still manage to go off in your own little worlds even though your in pain,' she smiled as she ran her fingers through his hair

'I was just wandering....why'd you kiss me when you could have just said thank you?' he smiled softly at her

[Vash IDK]

She laughed. "Heero, why does a childl give their father a hug along with a thank you when they recieve a new toy? Because they appreciate what that person has done for them, and to show them extra gratitude, they try to show them how much they really appreciate it by displaying some sort of action with the words."

He smiled and was silent for a while.

"Why? Did you hate it?" she teased

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero looked at her, 'No, it's just noones shown me that kind of emotion before apart...from my part from my mother...but she kissed me on the forehead or hugged me...it's a little confusing and it feels wierd when you haven't felt it for a long time,'

Kelsey looked at him and smiled

Heero looked back up at the ceiling and began focusing on thin air, he tried to move but pain shot through his body

'Dammit,' he whispered

'Well stop moving,' she said

'I can't help it...' he said as he stopped

'You need to save your energy,' she smiled as she lent on the side of the bed and played with his hair while he stared at nothing

[Vash IDK]

?You don?t have to be here, Kelsey. I?m fine. You should get some rest yourself.? He said, his eyes closed.

?You?re right. I don?t have to be here. I want to be here though.? Kelsey said. She then picked up his Katanas from before. ?You left them by the creek.?

He saw them and smiled. ?I really didn?t have time to go back and get them you know.?

Kelsey smiled, ?I know, that?s why I went back and got them. And I got to use them a little as well.?

?Kelsey, what did you do this time?? he asked playfully

?Nothing. I just put a few returning hoodlums in their place. That?s all.?

?What happened?? he asked.

She was silent for a few seconds. ?They returned, and they were asking for trouble. So I gave it to them.? She didn?t want to go into details, because she was afraid Heero would react to quickly.

?Kelsey, I want to know what they did to you.? He said with a sterner tone.

?Well, I?m not going to tell you until you?re fully healed. You?re just going to react and what good would that do either of us??

?Kelsey..? he said

?No, this is my decision. Hopefully this will give you an incentive to get better faster.? She reasoned. ?I?m going to go get some lunch at the cafeteria. I?ll be right back.?

?Don?t worry, I?m not going anywhere.? Heero said sarcastically.

?Don?t even try to mister,? and she left his room.

She went outside to the food court where she got herself a small lunch. There she saw Cat, running up to her. ?Kelsey!?

?What is it?? she asked

?I just heard about Heero. Is he alright?? Cat asked

?He?s fine. How did the whole school-? Oh who cares, He?s doing better now.?

?There?s rumors saying he was dead. I?m so thankful that they?re not true.?

?Well they aren?t. I have to get back. You want to come back and see him with me??

?Sure, let me get my stuff.? Cat grabbed her bags and walked with Kelsey to the Nurses office.

On the way there, Kelsey saw three shadows passing behind the building. ?Stop? she whispered.

?I see them too.? Cat pulled out her Katanas, when all of a sudden, three thugs came charging at them.

Cat maneuvered around them as Kelesy dropped to the ground and grabbed her bow. Cat slashed at them, striking one on the arm. Kelsey dropped the bow and carried the arrow. She wound herself behind a thug coming after Cat and stuck the arrow into his right shoulder. He cried out in pain, slashing at Kelsey, cutting her coat, and pushing her to the ground.

At that moment, Kita Rayne jumped down from the balcony and fought off the remaining two with Cat. The boys ran after a few slashes and missing. Kelsey stood up from where she was pushed and looked at Kita and smiled.

?Thanks.? She said

?Don?t mention it.? Kita smiled

[Cat]

[size=2]"Thanks," said Cat " But who are you?''.

"I'm Kita Rayne." said the girl.

Cat truned to Kelsey and said, "Lets get going before more show up Kelsey."

"Right." said Kelsey.

"Hey, where are you going?" asked Kita.

"It none of your business." said Cat.

Cat and Kelsey begain to run to the nurse's wing.



Cat and Kelsey both walked into Heero's room.

"O my god." said Cat as she looked at Heero. Heero was a sleep with all sorts of machines.

They walked to Heero's bed. Kelsey on his left and Cat was on his right.

"Who could do such a thing?" asked Cat as she sat down in a chair.

"We don't know." said Kelsey as she also took a chair.

Cat just look at Heero and didn't say an thing.

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[Dark*Driretlan]

Kita walked into the nurses wing. "aww man you got messed up bad." she said at the sight of Heero.

Kelsey spun around. "how did you..."

Kita smirked. "you aren't that hard to follow, even in this loud school if you concentrate you can hear your foot steps." she said walking over to Heero. "You okay man, you look kinda...bad."

He just nodded. "I am fine." he muttered

Kita smirked "that is good, so who did it to you? I am sure that they have a right beating coming their way and i want to give it to them." she said sitting in a spare chair.

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero looked at the three of them that sat around his bed

Kelsey frowned slightly at Kita as she pulled her chair closer to Heeros bed

'Wow look at the bruises,' she said as she poked one, heero flinched and shot a cold stare at her

'Do that again and i'll turn your fingers into stumps,' growled Heero, Kita sat back in her chair and giggled

'Ok im sorry, oh by the way sorry for annoying you before, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable,' smiled Kita

'Thats ok...I just wanted time to myself,' said Heero as he looked up at the ceiling

'So tell me who did this?,' asked Kita

'Some boys...they just keep trying to kill us off,' replied Kelsey

'What did you do to make them do that?' asked Kita

'Well a couple of days a boy had a go at me and Heero punched him over and ever since then they've been trying to kill us off,' explained Kelsey, 'But my guess is that theres something more to it than that,'

'Well from what i've heard this schools got a rep for gangs, there was a series of murders that took place here but the case was closed when they couldn't find out who had done them but that was a very long time ago, i can't remember the what the gangs were called but I heard that one gang was the toughest in the school and that their hideout was never found,' explained Kita

'how'd you know all of this?' questioned Cat

'It's called listening,' replied Kita sarcastically

Cat hissed at her and Kita moved her chair away from her

'The thing i don't get is why are they coming after Heero and I?' Kelsey questioned

'I don't know...' replied kita, 'But if i were you i'd find out before it's too late and put a stop to it,'

'Don't you worry about that i'm planing on finding out what the hell is going on,' spoke Kelsey seriously

'Well count me in, I love adventures,' smiled Kita

'This isn't a game,' snapped Cat

'Shut up, i know that,' spat Kita as she turned her head in the other direction

Heero looked at Kelsey and frowned as if in pain by hearing them argue, Kelsey smiled warmingly at him

'

[Vash IDK]

Cat and Kita were still going at it when Heero finally got fed up with the bickering. "If you two don't cut it out, I'm going to order the nurses to escort you out of here." he said as he laid back on his pillow.

Kita and Cat stopped talking but were still giving each other nasty glares.

Heero turned to look at Kelsey when he noticed her torn jacket. "Oh hell, Kelsey, what happened?"

Kelsey looked at the jacket and just smiled. "Nothing Heero, you need your rest."

"Kelsey, for Gods sakes, if you don't tell me everything now I'll get out of here right now."

Kelsey sighed. "Fine, but you have to promise to stay in bed."

"We'll see about that. What's going on?"

"Earlier today, when I went to get your twin Katanas, two guys followed me. To make a long story short, one of them made a move on me, and I showed him why that's not allowed."

Heero shook his head and smiled. Cat and Kita were listening as well. Kita bursted out in laughter. "So you sliced him? Smart one Kelsey."

"Oh, come on Kita, you wouldn't have allowed someone to do that to you either. Anyway, then they told me that they're going to kill you, but not before they make you suffer."

Heero seemed confused about the suffering part. And then it hit him. They knew what would hurt him the most. "Kelsey, you have to get someone to guard you."

Kelsey looked confused. "What are you talking about?"

"They're going to get to me by hurting you. You need someone now."

"Heero, they wouldn't come after me."

"That's not what it looked like earlier." Kita spoke up.

Heero shot a look at Kita, "What in the-?"

"You're girlfriend was attacked again today. She and Cat tried fighting them off, but I saved them. They would have torn you two apart by the way. I shoud get some sort of compensation for my heroic acts," she said as she smiled.

"Kelsey, you need to have security on you."

"I'm not going anywhere Heero. I'm staying here, and as far as protection goes, I think I did pretty well on my own this far."

"Yeah, with the help of us." Kita pointed out.

"Shut up Kita." Cat said again.

"Oh come off it, you know how brutal those guys were, Look what they did to Heero." she said.

"So what??" she said with a scowl on her face. "It's their problem."

"EXACTLY." said Kelsey. "So if you two don't mind I'd like to have a word with Heero. Alone. Thank you"

After a lot of mumbling, they finally left the two alone.

"God Kelsey, why didn't you tell me this sooner?"

"Heero, it's not something to worry about right now. Please save your strength. The quicker you get better the faster you and I both get what we want."

"And what's that?" he said laying back down.

"You being my own personal bodyguard." she smiled.

"Fine. But if you leave, I want someone to walk you to your dorm. There's plenty of nurses here you can ask. Please, Kelsey,for me?"

"Alright. Fine. Get some sleep Heero."

[Heero Darkangel]

That night after kelsey left Heero couldn't stop thinking of her, he grew figgety as every second went by, forcing himself out of the bed he put his clothes on and grabbed his weapons and walked out the door, it was dark so he used the shadows to hide him, He noticed four boys going towards Kelseys dorm room, slowly and stealthly he walked along behind them in the shadows making sure to look over his shoulder, He rounded the corner to find them standing at the door to Kelseys room

"KNOCK" "KNOCK"

'Who is it?' called Kelsey at the door, slowly the door opened and the four boys pushed their way in

'OH GOD!,' screamed Kelsey as they pushed her to the floor, she tried to go for something but they stopped her and covered her mouth

'What's wrong...your poor little boyfriend...right now they should of finished with him,' smiled the boy who had her pinned to the ground and lay on top of her, tears fell from Kelseys eyes as she screamed suddenly the boy was ripped off her Kelsey quickly moved out of the way to find Heero holding the boy up by a handful of his hair and a sword to his throat, she looked around and found that the others were knocked out, he then threw the boy out the window and grabbed Kelseys hand and they both ran out the door and into four other boys, Heero let go of Kelseys hand and started sword fighting with one of them, Kelsey grabbed her bow and wacked it around the head of one of the boys, she grabbed an arrow and shot one in the leg and then in the arm, then the one she hit with the bow she wacked her bow across his head again.

Heero was down on one knee while one of the boys had an arrow pointed at him, Kelsey tried to run towards him

'I'd stop where you are girlie or your boyfriend will get it,' growled the boy with the bow, Heero dropped his sword and stood up while Kelsey stopped running

'Say good bye to your boy friend,' smiled the boy as he released the arrow Kelsey gasped, Heero watched the arrow flying towards him...remembering what his father had taught him Heero quickly stepped aside and caught the arrow spun around and threw it back, the arrow inlogged itself in the boys throat, the boy dropped the bow and fell in a heap on the ground

The other one then ran at heero with his sword raised above his head

'For my Master!!,' screamed the boy, Heero quickly picked up his swords and clipped them together at the tips of the handles turning it into one long double tip bladed stick, he spun it around on the side of him as the boy brought the sword down trying desperately cut Heero, Heero stepped aside and and brought one end of the stick up underneath the arms of the boy and cut them off he then spun the stick around unclipped it and drove one of the swords through the head of the boy, the boys body jerked violently then stopped, Heero pulled his sword out and looked around

'Heero,' called Kelsey as she ran to him, she then threw his arms around his neck, he flinched at the pain, He looked down at her and smiled, 'You idiot your ment to be resting,' she smiled blinking back the tears

'I couldn't...I was worried,' he said softly

[Vash IDK]

OOC: Ouch.... (/0_0\)

Kelsey's tears fell from her cheek. "Well, thank goodness you worry too much." she said. She begam to cry and she leaned her head on his shouder.

Heero held her tight and kissed the top of her head. His heart was racing. These boys meant business. And they had a plan. They almost succeeded.

He held her tighter. "Come on." he started walking with her to the nurses office. "You're not safe here." She followed him into the room where he had been, and everything was torn to shreads. The sheets and pillows were shreaded, and the machines were a pile of heap.

Heero let go of Kelsey and walked over to the wall. There was a message on the wall,

SHE'S NEXT

Heero slammed his fist against the wall. The nurses came in gasping at the sight of the room. Their first reaction was Heero being responsible. But then they saw the message and understood. They called security.

Kelsey stared at the message for a long time. She didn't know how to react to it. It didn't seem real, and yet it was there right in front of her. Heero slammed the wall again, and screamed in frustration. Kelsey touched his shoulder and waited for him to calm down.
She knew he couldn't last much longer. She needed to make him rest. She turned him around to face her. "Heero," she whispered.

"They won't take you away, Kelsey. I won't let them." he said.

[Heero Darkangel]

OOC: Ok....um....um...

He touched her face gently,'I won't let them take you,'

'Shhh,' she whispered

'I...dont....I dont want to lose you...I can't lose you,' he whispered, she then wraped her arms around him gently

'You wont,' she whispered softly as tears rolled down her cheek

Sercurity ran towards them and Heero let her go as he carefully watched the guards they examined the area then walked over to Heero

'We need to put you two somewhere safe for the night,' said One of the Guards

'Well the only place is my dorm room,' said Heero

'Well then we'll escort you both there and we'll guard your dorm room,' said the guard

Heero looked down at Kelsey and she nodded back at him in agreement.

Four Guards stood outside Heeros dorm room, Heero sat at the window peering out into the darkness

'Heero you need to rest,' she said as she sat in the seat infront of him

'I'm fine,' he replied seriously not taking his eyes off the darkness outside

Kelsey gently touched his hand, 'Heero please look at me,'

'I need to stay focussed,' he said bluntly, 'I won't let them take you, not now, not ever'

Kelsey grabbed his face and spun it around to look at her, 'You need to rest please,'

Heero touched her cheek gently and then kissed her softly on the lips, realising what he had done he pulled away quickly and looked at her in shock, his face went red and he looked down at his trembling hands

[Vash IDK]

Kelsey waited for a while. She understood his fear. She felt it too. It was something she had never felt before. It was as if he wanted to continue, but refused to. And then she realized what was wrong. He was afraid that everything he cared about, would suffer. Because of him...

"Heero, you won't lose me. I won't leave you. We'll get rid of this problem. Just have faith that things will be better."

Heero was shaking. He didn't look at her once. She lifted his chin to look at her. "Don't be afraid to feel. Heero."

Kelsey stared at him for a moment. He was still shaking and unresponsive. Still holding his chin, she leaned in and kissed him. He broke away for a secoond and looked at Kelsey. He finally smiled. "Thank you." he said and he kissed her again

[Heero Darkangel]

OOC: ok........???????????????

Heeros heart beat faster as she put her arms around his neck, They kissed as if they were old time lovers, he pulled away and looked into her eyes, they were warm and gentle, it made him smile, He had never felt like this and he wouldn't allow himself to but some how her warmth broke that barrier

He then got up and made them both a hot drink

'Thank you,' smiled Kelsey as Heero handed him the cup, he then grabbed her a blanket and wraped it around her and he sat down in his chair

she noticed that his hands still trembled but not as bad, she smiled, she felt safe around him, her heart throbbed as she looked at him and when they looked at each other they both went red and laughed

'Heero, do you think they'll do anything now?' she asked as she sipped her drink

'I don't know,' he replied looking out the window, 'But lucky the security guards are out side,'

They finished their drinks and Heero looked at the time, 'You sleep on the bed, i'll stay up and keep a look out you just never know with those freaks,'

[Vash IDK]

OOC: To all of those who don't recognize the difference in color and style, this is what you would call, a FLASHBACK

[I][COLOR=DarkGreen]"I'm sorry Ms. Vitain, there's nothing we can do. Your brother was tried anc convicted."

"Sir, please, he's innocent. I can prove it! I'm s live witness to the fact about my father. He came toward Jake and me with a kitchen knife sir. he was trying to kill us, and then Jake saved me. We ran away that night. Oh please sir, please! Call back the execution order, he's innocent."

He stared at her for a while not saying anything.

"Please sir, he's all I have. Please don't take him from me too." she said softly.

The judge just stared at the young girl in front of him, and then stood from his chair and retrieved a phone. "Leonard, stop the order this afternoon. Jake ViTain isn't going anywhere."

"Sir?" came the voice from the other line.

"You heard me! Get his things ready, he's going to be leaving today."

Kelsey cried with excitement, "Thank you you Honor, thank you so much."

"You better hurry."

Kelsey smiled and ran down the courthouse steps. She ran across the small town of Hallder to the Jailhouse. Inside, she was greeted by a young lady. "Name please?" she said

"Kelsey ViTain, I'm here to see my brother. He's suppose to be released today."

The lady looked over the papers. "Room 127, and I'm very happy your brother is innocent." she said.

"Thank you." Kelsey ra to the door. She stopped for a second and straightened herself up. She opened the door and saw aknocked over chair on the floor....[/COLOR][/I]

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero was startled by Kelseys scream as she lay on the bed, Heero jumped up out of the seat and ran to the bed side

'Kelsey!,' he shook her, 'Kelsey wake up!,'

Kelsey's eyes fluttered open, she quickly sat up and looked around, tears streamed down her face, she looked at Heero whos eyes were red rimmed from tiredness, she lent against him

'It was ..my brother...i just had a dream about him....the day he died,' she sobbed clutching Heeros coat, Heero put his arms around her gently as she cried

He didn't really know what to say, all he could do was hold her until she stopped crying

Kelsey lifted her head up to look at Heero who looked confused, he wiped the tears away and smiled at her, His eyes were warm and gently and even though he didn't say anything she knew that he would be there for her and that he'd understand

[Vash IDK]

She was silent. She kept clutching his coat. She had blocked that memory from her mind for so long.

"He was sent to be executed for the murder of our parents. The justice system failed. They were going to kill my brother."

Heero just held her and listened. That was all he could do.

"I went to the judge, and demanded him to set my brother free. After telling him the real story, and that I was an eye witness that night, he ordered to release Jake."

She smiled. " My brother, the one who told me to hold on even when there looks as if there's nothing to hold onto. The one who told me to have faith even when everytihng seemed hopeless, gave up on his life, and killed himself a half hour before I got him released." the tears came down her face.

They were quiet for a long time. "What can I do to help Kelsey?" Heero asked.

Kelsey was silent. She took the blanket from earlier and wrapped it around her and Heero. "Just stay. Don't leave me."

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero looked at her as she laid down, and he laid down beside her, she could feel him trembling as she cuddled up to him

'Don't be scared,' she whispered as she kissed him on the cheek, 'Thank you,'

Heero lay on his back looking up at the ceiling as kelsey put her arm across heeros chest and rested her head on his shoulder, she could hear his heart beating rapidly, she looked up at him and smiled

Heero could feel the warm coming off her body it was nice and brought a slight smile to his face, he had never laid next to anyone in a bed before, it felt strange to him but good at the same time, he felt Kelsey move closer, and she pulled the blankets up further to keep the draft out, Heero liked laying next to her and with that thought he closed his eyes

[Vash IDK]

The Next day, Kelsey and Heero walked to their next class. They were going to get the day off because of all the comotion this past week. And then they were going to use the day to figure out who was following them, and what they were after.

"Heero, I am willing to give you the day off, however, Kelsey is another story. She's hardly here for class as it is."

"Ms, we really need today off. I'll help her catch up."

"Alright Heero. I trust you enough that you'll keep your word." she gave Kelsey a stern look. "I want to see more motivation from you Ms. Vitain. Be grateful that Heero gives you the time of day."

"Actually Ms, it's the other way around. I'm grateful she gives me the time of day." he said. He took Kelsey's hand and left the class. Kelsey turned and giggled at the shocked tutor.

"Thanks. She's a real witch."

"No problem. We need to figure this out."

"But how? We don't even know where to start."

Heero frowned. He knew this to be the case. But what could he do? "We're going to see Lex. He should know of this gang Kita was telling us about."

"You think it's them?" Kelsey said.

"Who else would send 8 guys to your dorm last night, and send at least 5 others to the nurses office? It's got to be them."

"I hope so. At least we'd know what we're dealing with. I'd hate to be following one trail, just to find out too late that we've been tracking the wrong source."

Heero nodded in agreement. Kelsey looked up at the sky. "You still haven't fully recovered Heero. We shouldn't push it to hard today."

"Kelsey, I'll be fine. The sooner we stop these guys, the sooner we both can move on with our lives." they reached Lex's room and no one was in.

"Mr. Van?" Kelsey called. No one answered.

"This isn't right.." Heero said.

"He's suppose to have a class right now. Are they around the campus somewhere today?"

"Maybe. But I highly think the students would take their books and bags with them."

Kelsey remembered that this was Cat's first class. She was suppose to be here. [i]Where is she?[/i]

Just then, the door closed behind them. Before Heero could react, a sword was at his throat.

Kelsey stepped away from Heero and screamed. Their assailant was none other than the kid she sliced at the creek the day before. "So, we meet again. Funny how we all seem to run into each other like this."

"Who are you, and what do you want from us?" Kelsey asked angrily.

He laughed. "Now now, I'm not just giving you my name. Besides, where's your manners, you should get to know me before you ask such questions." he laughed again as he pressed the blade closer to Heero's neck. "You have quite a girlfriend here, Heero. Just my style. Now that you've had your fun with her Heero, you can let the other boys play with her as well." he laughed again.

"You Bastard..." he reached for his Katanas when a second person fell from the ceiling. "Try it Heero, and the girl dies." he had his bow pointed at her head, and held her shoulder with the other hand. She tried moving, but it was no use.

At that moment, the door flew open and Lex, Cat and Hakaruu barged in, weapons ready.
Kita, too followed them in. "Are we late?" she said jokingly.

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero elbowed the boy in the stomach and drew his katanas, and they both dueled each other, another lot also dropped from the ceiling and Hakaruu and cat run at them, Kelsey quickly ducked under the boys arrow while Kita smashed the boy in the head with a chair knocking him out cold, Mr Alastine ran over to help Heero who was now fighting

The fight was intensed as more boys appeared out of nowhere, Mr Alastine was surrounded by four boys, Heero then drew his bow

'Mr Alastine!,' he called, the teacher turned around and ducked when heeo let the arrow fly, it just missed the top of Mr Alastines head and drove itself into one of the boys foreheads, Heero then quickly drew his Katanas again and ran towards them as one of boys were just about ready to cut him down, Heero ran up the side of the wall and launched himself off it, in the process he clipped the tips on his swords handles together and came down on the boy driving one end of the bladed stick down through the boys head, he then pulled out his bow and three arrows, turned the bow on it's side and lay the three arrows on top of it, he pulled back hard and quickly aimed at three boys who were running towards them and let them Fly, the arrows sored through the air with a whistle and enlogged themselves in their throats

Heero then turned to Mr Alastine, 'You alright?'

'Ah...Well...Ah,' Mr alastine stuttered from not knowing what to say, Heero took off after three boys while Mr Alastine started fighting with two of them

Hakaruu and Cat rumbled with a new pack that sprung down from the ceiling while Kelsey and Kita tore apart another pack that tried coming through the door

'Now thats what i call a rumble,' said Hakaruu as he wiped his brow and looked at cat, they watched the last remaining boys retreat

Heero sat down on a desk and Kelsey walked over to him, 'Are you alright?'

'I'm fine,' he smiled

'Man those guys have got it in for you two badly!,' said Kita

'Yeah well, and i want to know what the hell is going on,' said Kelsey, Hakaruu then walked over to Heero

'Hey there, i'm Hakaruu,' he smiled,

'I know who you are,' said Heero, 'Your in my Multi-weapons class,'

'Hey so you did notice,' smiled Hakaruu

'How could i not when you were in my face most of the time,' said Heero raising an eye brow at him

'I was just trying to be friendly, you were just too quiet and very serious,' said Hakaruu, Heero looked at Kelsey and by the look in her eyes he knew what she wanted him to do

Heero stretched out his hand, 'Thanks for your help,'

Hakaruu took his hand without any hesitation, 'Your welcome,' he said shaking with a smile

'Don't expect that to happen all the time,' said Heero coldly as he stood up

'You know you and i could be best buds,' said Hakaruu putting his arm around Heeros shoulder, 'You and i we'd be unstoppable, we could be known as the...deadly duo...or,'

'remove your arm from my shoulder before i cut it off,' growled heero as he frowned at Hakaruu

'Oh sorry man,' smiled Hakaruu as he put his hands behind his head

[Vash IDK]

Kelsey walked over to Cat and Kita. "You girls ok?" she asked

"We're fine. What about you?" asked Cat

"I'm okay. I just wish they would stop following us."

"We heard about the message your friends left for Heero." Kita said.

"What? How did you find out? I thought they cleaned it all up?" Kelsey asked.

"Everyone knows Genius, that's why we decided to do a little investigating ourselves. Fortunately, we came back here before we went looking for you two."

Then Kelsey remembered why they came in the first place. "Lex, we needed to ask you something."

"What is it?" he said without looking up. He was looking for anyone who was alive. He hated casualties, but these boys had left them no choice.

"We need to know about this gang that was here a while ago. Any chance of them still being around?" Heero said walking over to Kelsey and the others.

"I wouldn't know. But these methods are the same. I came here after they were gone, but according to school records, they fought in numbers, and would go after anyone who crossed a member."

"That sounds like them alright." Heero said

?Well what do we do now? We can?t question them when they?re dead.? Kelsey said. She was getting frustrated.

"This one's not dead." Lex lifted up the boy on the table. It was the boy Kita had knocked over with the chair. He was breathing, and cursing.

Heero stomped over to the kid and grabbed his throat.

"Heero, knock it off already!" Lex said, as Hakaruu pulled Heero back. The kid tried to run for it, but Lex held onto his shirt collar. Heero shrugged off Hakaruu and glared at the boy who was now laughing at him.

"Heero, there's no need to be angry. This is all in good fun right? We all get to have fun every once in a while." he looked over at Kelsey who was now right next to Heero. He smiled, "You should know that first hand."

Kelsey walked over to the kid as Lex held the kid down. "Who wants me dead?" she asked.

The boy smiled. "Do you really think it will be the easy to get that information out of me?" he laughed as Heero tried to grab the kids throat again.

Kita went up behind the boy and pulled his head back, holding it by a handful of hair. "We're not asking you. We're demanding you to tell us. Tell us and we might let you live."

Lex stared at Kita and got frustrated with their methods of intimidation. He looked at her and shook his head. She nodded and released his hair. "Tell us boy. And we will make sure nothing happens to you." Lex said.

The boy frowned. "I don't have to tell you guys anything."

Cat grew impatient. "He's not going to tell us anything, this is going nowhere."

Heero still glared at the boy, and the boy now stared at Heero. "I can't tell you guys anything." he said as he coughed.

"You can't or you won't?" Heero said never averting his gaze. He wasn't about to let this slime leave without a decent answer.

He smiled. "Both. Even if I could, I still wouldn't tell you anything." he said.

"Take him out of here!" shouted Hakaruu. Lex and Kita picked the kid up and left the building.

Hakaruu finally let Heero go. Heero shook his shoulders a little and walked about the rest of the corpses. "Get someone over here to clean this up." he said as he walked to the window.

Hakaruu sighed. "Is he always like this?" he asked Kelsey.

Kelsey just watched Heero. She knew what he was thinking.

Cat finally spoke up. "Yeah, but you can't blame him. He's got a lot on his mind. More than I think any of us really understand or even know about."

Hakaruu looked at Cat. She sighed softly and started moving the corpses outside. Hakaruu looked over at Heero who was just staring outside. Then he too started helping Cat.

Kelsey walked over to Heero and just stood silently behind him for a while.

Heero knew she was there. "We're not getting anywhere." he said softly.

"We have to be patient. We'll find out sooner or later."

"Hopefully before it's too late." He said. He turned around and walked past Kelsey. He started moving the bodies outside. Kelsey just stood there saying nothing. She didn't know what to think. But she felt this pit of anxiety in her stomach that told her something horrible was about to happen.

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero dropped the bodies hard on the ground, everyone could hear the bones crack

'Heero please,' spoke Mr Alastine not looking to impressed

'They're dead they can't feel nothing!,' he snapped as he repeated the process, Kelsey walked over to Heero and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder

'It's alright Heero,' she whispered, she knew he was angry and the look in his eyes told her that he had, had enough

'I just don't know what to do,' he whispered putting his head down

'Just dont give up,' she smiled as she brushed back his hair, he looked at her and smiled

'And she calms the beast...Nice work Kelsey,' smiled Hakaruu, Heero shot a cold gaze his way, 'Ok...sorry,'

'I'd shut your mouth before he shuts it for you,' Cat whispered in Hakaruus ear, Hakaruu swollowed hard, as Heero walked towards him and passed him coldly

'I'll tell you one thing, i'd hate to meet him in a dark ally,' said Hakaruu

After cleaning up the mess, Heero stood by the window again while Mr Alastine reported what had happened, everyone sat talking about it.

'Well now that thats sorted,' said Mr Alastine as he walked back in,

'Mr Alastine?...you know Heero right?' asked Hakaruu

'Yeah why?' Mr Alastine questioned

'Well...why is he so cold hearted?,' questioned Kita, 'I mean...he's cruel and uncaring?'

'Heero isn't uncaring or cruel kita,' Kelsey spoke up

'Well sure not to you,' Kita spoke sarcastically

'Well you just have to get to know him a little better,' replied kelsey in a stern tone

'Heeros heart has been cold for a very long long time, it was hard to even get him to say hello and smile, he took his trainning very seriously and he hasn't been close with anyone until now,' said Mr Alastine, 'but i know for a fact that you can trust him but whether he'll trust you is another story,'

'I see,' said Hakaruu

Kelsey looked at them then looked over at Heero, she knew he could hear what they were saying but he didn't care he just stood there gazing out the window with his arms folded across his chest as if he were somewhere else...as if noone else was there

[Vash IDK]

Kelsey walked over to Heero. "Come on, we can leave now if you'd like. There's nothing left to do here."

Heero nodded and walked out the door with Kelsey. He stopped and turned. "Thank you for your help. But we're not getting anywhere here." he turned again and walked out.

Kelsey was silent as they walked. "So where do you want to go?"

"Somewhere away from everyone else." he said.

Kelsey stopped. "Heero, are you offended by what they say about you?"

Heero was quiet as he looked at Kelsey. "No. People will think what they want to think. There's no use in changing their mind. Besides, they all have reasons to hate me."

Kelsey stared at him for a while. "But don't you ever wish for friends? I mean, Hakaruu seemed nice, why do you give him the cold shoulder?"

"Cold Shoulder??" Heero said, a tinge of anger in his voice. "I don't want to talk about this anymore."

"Heero, it's not fair that you don't allow yourself to get close to people. I want to see you happy. And trusting in people, and having that trust appreciated and returned makes a person happy. Can't you see that?"

"Kelsey, you're completely different. You understand where I'm coming from. You know because you've been there. Those people don't know."

"But that doesn't mean they won't understand if you opened up to them. You deserve to be happy."

"I don't need them to make me happy. I've just been happier knowing you."

"Heero, I've never felt happier either. I guess that's why I want you to make friends. I want you to be happier."

"I'm fine Kelsey. Can we just drop this subject already?"

"Fine, but will you consider what I've said. You should be a little more trusting. No one in that room was out to hurt you."

"Alright, fine. I have to go. If the others ask where I am, let them know I'm taking a walk. I'll be fine. I just need some time alone."

Kelsey watched Heero walk away. She frowned a little, half disappointed that she pushed him so far, and half disappointed that he left like that. She started walking back to the room when all of a sudden, somoene jerked her back into the bushes. She tried to scream when a hand was put over her mouth.

"We'll take care of you Kelsey. Trust us." the voice said mockingly as he laughed. Then something hit her on the back of the head and everything went black.

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero walked but something didn't feel right, looking back over his shoulder he noticed that he couldn't see Kelsey anywhere, worry set in...it was the same fear he had when his mother went missing on the day he watched his parents get killed, quickly he ran back to where he left her, looking around he heard a distant laugh, his heart sank as he ran through the bushes as fast as he could, he came out to a clearing were he found Kelsey laying on a rock tied up, her clothes were torn to the point where she was just about naked, blood trickled down the side of her mouth and she was bruised badly around the legs and torso area, blood was everywhere

He slowly walked towards her in shock, he knew what had happened, he had seen it happen once with his mother, Kelsey...the blood..the bruises, she lay exactly the same way as his mother,

'Oh Kelsey....,' he whispered as tears rolled down his face, the pain was far more worser, 'I'm....I'm....sorry,'

He reached out his hand to touch her but he couldn't he trembled badly, he took off his long coat and wrapped it around her, he picked her up and held her lifeless body tightly....He had failed her, like he did his mother.

He carried her to the nurses office, everyone watched in horror, at that moment Hakaruu run up to him

'What...What happened!,' Hakaruu exclaimed as he looked at Heeros, his eyes were red from the tears that rolled down his face, Heero then gently handed Kelsey over to Hakaruu, 'Heero?'

'I failed her,' whispered Heero, 'I failed,'

Heero slowly followed Hakaruu into the office where the nurses immediately attended to her,

'Now tell me what happened Heero?' Hakaruu demanded to know, Heero pushed passed Hakaruu, suddenly Cat, Kita and Mr Alastine bolted in through the door, Hakaruu hashed them before they could say anything,

Heero bent over the bed and looked down at her, 'I'm sorry....don't leave me now...you can't leave...,'

The others watched on as tears rolled down Heeros cheeks, they watched Heero kiss her gently on the mouth

'I'm sorry...I failed you,' he whispered as a tear fell on to Kelseys fore head, 'I...love you,'

They stood in shock to hear Heero say those words

Heero stood straight up and wiped the tears away, He turned around with an expressionless face and walked passed the others, the nurse handed him his jacket and he grabbed his weapons

'Heero what are you doing?' questioned Hakaruu

Heero didn't answer, as he grabbed the door handle

'Heero if your going after who ever did this...i'm coming too,' said Hakaruu

'NO!,' snapped Heero, 'This is my fight, stay here...maybe you'll do a better job at protecting her than what i would...I was the one who failed her not you...so I will go alone...you follow me and i'll kill you too,'

With those words Heero slammed the door behind him and took off, all that he could see was Kelseys lifeless body, He ran back to where he had found her and stopped and listened, he could hear a distant laughing , following that laugh he came to a clearing where seven boys lay relaxing

'Damn Heeros girl was good no wonder he likes her,' laughed one of the boys...Heeros heart grew even more angry, he knew what they ment but he had never gone there, he respected Kelseys wishes where as they never, he drew his swords and ran towards them

'Oh shit it's Heero!,' exclaimed one of the boys as they all jumped up, Heeros rage was even more vicious and he showed no mercy to wards them, an arrow pierced his arm but he didn't feel it, the anger was too strong, the fight lasted a half hour and he slaughted the whole seven of them...dropping to his knees...he clenched a fist full of dirt and leaves, his breathing was heavy...but the pain of failing her was still there and he curled up into a ball and lay in the dirt crying as the memories of his parents flowed back into his head....