***Duo***

After Yuri showered and changed into an over sized white shirt and black tights, and braided her hair, we went to find Professor G. He was watching Howard finish painting Aoi Tenshi. It looked a lot like Deathscythe Hell since Professor G designed it (AN: yes alright so I jacked the design!! gimme a break, this is my first yr into mecha). The eyes had a green glow to it like all the others, the sides of the face had ice-blue designs engraved into them, teal blue angel-like wings on the back, two vulcans, two hyper jammers, and a thermal-heated weapon that resembled a cross between a scythe and a glaive.

"Professor G?"

"Yuri. Did everything go well with Wufei?"

"Yes, it did," she glanced up at her Gundam, "It's almost done. Wow.."

"Impressive, yes? Another masterpiece of course. It's called a glavithe (AN: *shrug* couldn't think of anything else..); I designed it."

I whistled. "Hey, how come Yuri gets an original weapon and I don't?"

"Duo, don't sta-"

"You are Shinigami, are you not? The God of Death is associated with the Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper has a scythe. We will go practice with a stimulator while the paint on Aoi Tenshi dries."

Professor G had Yuri sit in Deathscythe Hell, and put a helmet attached to a bunch of wires on her head. He set the system to have thirty virtual opponents come after her.

"That's a little high, dontcha think?"

"She can handle it. Watch."

Yuri finished them off in less than five minutes, making her ability level just a bit behind mine. So I underestimated her. How was I supposed to know? You're not supposed to be that good after staying away from these things for a year. But maybe Yuri was just a prodigy. *shrug* I watched her jump out, do a split in mid-air like a cheerleader, and then land balanced on both feet.

"Show off."

"You're just jealous." she said, and then stuck her tongue out at me.

"Very good, Yuri. With a little more practice, you could possible acceed Duo's rate. Now let's move it up ten. Please get back in."

Fourty mobile dolls in six minutes. I was shocked. Man, she is one fast learner. Too fast, I thought. There's got to be something she's hiding from me.

"Alright. Both of you may go now, since this went faster than I thought it would. Please report back in fifty minutes to try out your Gundam."

"Thanks, Professor G!"

"See ya Prof."

I waited until we were out of hearing range. "Okay Yuri I'm no idiot, where did you learn to maneuver that fast?"

"What are you talking about? It was all from memory."

Her shoulder muscles tensed, like they always did when she lied to me. We knew each other too well. I grabbed her wrist tightly and turned her around. "Don't lie. Tell me the truth Yuri. What have you been doing the past two years."

She winced. "Duo, let me go, that hurts! Ow! Damn it Duo let me go! I don't have to tell you anything. You never kept in touch the last two years. Do you know worried I was about you? Do you?! That time you were captured by OZ and it was on the news. I worried myself sick wondering if they did anything to you! God, the only way I knew you were still alive is because I saw Deathscythe Hell on television."

Yuri wrenched her hand out of my grasp and ran in the direction of her room, almost tripping over a stray toolbox. Sighing, I ran my hand through my bangs. I blew it again. God knew how much I wanted to call her, to see her smile, to hear her voice. So why hadn't I?

***Yuri***

Who does he think he is? Why should I tell him everything when he hasn't? I had missed him so much and wished Professor G hadn't picked Duo to pilot Deathscythe. Kenmei wasn't in our room when I got there, so I guess she was still practicing with Wufei. Well that was good. I flopped myself onto the bed, facedown. Having done this a thousand times now, my head naturally landed on the pillow instead of hitting the wall like the first time. I winced at the memory.

"Yuri? May I come in?" it was Hilde.

"Yea, sure, as long as Duo's not there with you."

"He's not. But I just ran into him, and he told me what happened. Want to talk? Let out some anger?"

"You want to listen to me rant and gripe?"

She grinned. "Trust me, I've done it lots of time while rooming with Duo. Ask Relena what a pain I was."

"Thanks for listening, then. It's just that..I have mixed feelings about Duo. Part of me loves him, but the other half doesn't want to have these emotions. Heero's the emotionless one, right? Or atleast he was before Relena. I envy him for that trait."

"Would you listen to yourself?? You want to be emotionless? Then go to war. Go to war and kill millions of innocents along with the soldiers. Train yourself not to feel pain, love, sadness, anger, and whatever else. Snap out of it! You don't want to be like what Heero used to be, okay? Trust me."

"But.. You don't understand. I can't live like this, torn between my feelings."

"Then tell him how you feel."

"I can't."

"Are you afraid he'll reject you? He won't. I know he loves you."

"I know that..it's just...I have this barrier and I push my feelings aside."

Hilde looked stumped. "Um...well..I'm sorry, I really don't know what to say about that since I always make sure people know what I'm thinking."

"I'm sure you do.." I laughed, then looked down at my hands, "I'll tell him once all this is over."

"Great! So, want to go shopping or something?"

"Oh, I'd love to but Professor G told me to report back in," she checked her light yellow Baby-G watch, "in fourty minutes. Want to go after I try out my Gundam?"

"Sure. Man you're lucky. I can't wait for my Gundam to be finished. It'll be awesome; I know it. What do you want to do now?"

"Ummmm I don't know.. Hey you lived with Duo for awhile, right? Tell me all that happened. Like, was he a pain in the butt to live with or is it just me?"

"Haha, yup he was. I had to buy groceries three times a week!"