Highbridge Chapter Three

[cherryflavored1R]

Yeeshies! This one's a bit short... yick. But don't worry! Never fear! I have about five more chapters in reserve as we speak...
(like you guys just can't get enough of this or something *rolls eyes* I guess that makes me a bit full of myself, doesn't it?)


Highbridge

By Cherry Flavored

Disclaimer: Don?t own.

Part Three- Fencing

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Message sent May 17
197
From User VFMdarlian
To User L101

Heero:

It must be hard to disappear again. J?s really got you in the middle of nowhere. The Preventors have been pretty quiet lately; nothing much is going on. I doubt they?d even want to find you right now. I just hope everything stays like this?
Everybody is very complacent at this time, just like before the OZ revolt. I?m glad that things are going so well, but I can?t help but feel uneasy.
So, Heero, how are you doing at your school? I remember at St. Gabriel?s you just came to school when you had to. Everyone wanted you in their club; you had so many talents! Have you ever considered doing one of those after-school things? It would probably do you some good.

-Relena

P.S. Zechs, Noin, and Sally have arrived back from space. I?m happy to finally have them home, but it makes it hard to write this email. Since we were going to leave so soon after they got here, they just stayed in my hotel room. Talk about crashing! I had to wait to write this until we had gotten on the plane. It?s getting late, though, so everyone else has fallen asleep- except Zechs, of course.


Heero finished reading just as he heard the school bell ring, warning all students that they had a mere five minutes until classes begin. He quickly shut off his laptop, arose from the bench he was sitting on, and began the short trek to the front doors of the main building.

Before walking inside, he stopped and turned to face the outside. He looked at the beautiful campus, where a large statue stood in honor of the school founder. He looked past that, and squinted so he could barely see what was beyond the city- the ocean. He thought about what Relena said, and knew that it was true- he had been having the same fears lately. ?How long will this peace last? When all of our leaders become complacent, they become an easy target for rebel groups to arise. I just hope Relena can handle it all,? he thought.

?In my opinion, Relena Peacecraft is a much stronger person than you.?

Heero remembered when Treize had told him that. ?He was right?? he thought as he walked inside, not quite ready for a new day of classes.


~

?Attention passengers, ten minutes until landing.?

Relena woke up at the sound of the announcement. She looked around, a bit drowsy still. She saw Sally in one of the seats closer to the front of the plane, typing away on her laptop.

?Hmm, looks like me last night?? she mused. Relena then saw a face that she?d seen before pop up on Sally?s vidscreen. Their conversation caught her attention.

?So, Chang, what have you got for me?? Sally asked.

?Not much, except something strange happened.?

?What was it?? Sally asked, suddenly serious.

?I got a call from a certain pilot yesterday,? Wufei said.

Relena was all ears.

Wufei smirked. ?Zero four.?

?Quatre Winner? But he hasn?t contacted Preventors in ages?? Sally said.

Relena exhaled a deep breath she had no idea she was holding. Sally heard.

Without looking back at Relena, she told Wufei quickly, ?Hey Chang, call me back later, okay??

Wufei realized there must have been a reason behind Sally?s abruptness, so he didn?t protest. ?Later,? he said, and with a smirk, he signed off.

?Please fasten all seatbelts and remain seated.?

Relena buckled up, and prepared to arrive home, but her mind was on something else. Her brain was flooded with questions. Her chief query was why was Quatre calling Preventors? She knew of all of the Gundam pilot?s estrangement from the Preventors, with the exception of Wufei. That?s why Heero left for New Zealand, after all. But Quatre was in the public eye often, so maybe it?s nothing.

Or maybe it is something.

~

*ring*

The bell rang for the final time of the day, and Heero Yuy made his way to the exit with the normal, anonymous walk that he?s been so accustomed to using in the past two years. He suddenly felt a hand tap his shoulder. Heero almost turned on instinct in attack mode, but he stopped himself. Instead, he turned around softly to see Yume Stratton looking at him.

?Hey, Adam.?

?Hello, Yume,? he said.

?You remembered me? Cool,? Yume said with a smile.

?I remember everything,? Heero said, in a quick switch back to his famous deadpan voice. But he soon snapped out of it. ?What do you need?? Heero asked in a much more pleasant tone.

Yume had a strange look for a moment, but forgot Heero?s ?uncharacteristic? comment as quickly as he heard it. ?Well, you see, I?m on the Highbridge fencing team and we were having tryouts for this year tomorrow and I was wondering if I could persuade you to-?

?You want me to tryout?? Heero asked. Yume nodded. Heero was about to say no, but thought back to Relena and what she told him?

?Okay, that sounds alright,? Heero said. His tone was not quite convincing, but Yume took his answer at face value. ?What time??

?3:30, immediately after school, in Langford Performance Hall,? Yume smiled, but was dying to ask a question he was holding back. ?Um, Adam? do you have any experience at fencing??

Heero looked at Yume. What to tell him? ?I? have just a little, from classes at school, you know, that stuff,? he answered.

?Oh, well that?s great. We?re always looking for people that have had previous training,? he said with an enthusiastic look.

?Alright?? Heero walked away, but not before he let a small smirk creep up his face. ?Sounds like fun??

~

Relena, Zechs, Noin, and Sally had arrived at Zech?s mansion on schedule. This was where Zech, Relena, Noin, and occasionally, random Preventor employees lived. It was the true ?community house? of the ESUN peacekeepers- if an agent was on call and had no where to go, this is where they came. Sally Po was the guest for this particular day.

It only took Relena an hour after arrival to pull out her computer and headset. She felt a certain anxiety about her messages from Heero, and she could only hope that a new one was waiting for her.

?Command: open,? Relena said as her email account was pulled up.

?Nothing?? she said. It?s not like she expected something to be there every hour, she just always felt disappointed.

She pulled her headset off. ?This is killing me! I wish? I wish I could just be there?? Relena couldn?t deny that she?d always wanted to visit someplace beautiful like Auckland?

She just? wanted to talk to him in person. The words she received from him, although they were his, they? lack the truth of a face to face talk, or the beauty of hand written letters. Cold type was all she knew of him. She longed to just? hear his voice.

But Relena knew, those thoughts had to be? cast aside.

Hours later, she received this:


Message sent May 17
197
From User L101
To User VFMdarlian

Relena,

I know what you mean. Nobody except the Preventors are ever thinking about any possible problems. It worries me too.
Relena, when you were at St. Gabriel?s, it was a totally different story. You were at school until 5 every afternoon. If I had ten people wanting me to join their organization, you had twenty. You had an unreal amount of influence over everyone you met.

-01

P.S. I took your advice. I?m trying out for fencing team tomorrow.


~

?Alright, boys, this is where we draw the line,? barked a tall young man with blond hair. He was facing a line of teenagers dressed in white fencing uniforms and held a clipboard in his hand.

A sound of someone clearing their throat arose at the end of the line.

The man with the clipboard rolled his eyes and faced the disruption. A girl stuck her head out from the masses of boys in line with her. ?Pardon me, Miss Lai, I meant to say ?boys and girls,?? he said sarcastically.

Heero rolled his eyes. He stood attentive, as this was the only chance he was going to get to be in any form of extracurricular activity. Heero didn?t like the attitude of the kid giving instructions, but since he seemed to be the leader, Heero didn?t complain.

?Each of the existing team members will be paired up with one of you newbies, and by the end of today, we will decide who?s worthy of a slot on the team. My name is Jonathon Levenson, and I am the captain and a year 12. I?ll introduce you to the co-captains. This is Elijah Harris, also a year 12.? The brown-haired kid that Jonathon referred to as Elijah stepped forward. ?And our year 11 co-captain, Yume Stratton.? Yume didn?t step forward when Jonathon motioned him to, though, because he was? distracted.

?Anyway, the team members know who they are to partner with. So, let?s begin.?

In a short time, a dark-haired boy approached Heero. ?Are you Adam Yurigashi??

?Yes.?

?Hi, I?m Jeremy, I?m in year 12,? the boy said, extending his hand to Heero. Heero shook his hand. Heero didn?t realize he needed to back off on his hand shakes until he saw Jeremy?s eyes get real big. ?Gee, Adam, you?ve got a grip, there.?

Heero smirked.

?Ok, let?s begin,? Jeremy called.

*clang* *ping* It began. Heero?s moves were like lightening, but Jeremy was keeping up. They began to move in all different directions. They soon cleared a path for themselves amidst the other fighters, who were slowly stopping to watch the intense match. For a moment it crossed Heero?s mind to let him win; after all, there was the secret identity and all. But he remembered his fight with Dorothy Catalonia, and thought otherwise.

*crack!* With a sudden sweep, Jeremy?s sword flew from his hands and crashed onto the floor. Heero froze in a lunge, his sword inches away from his opponent?s face.

?Nice job? Yurigashi,? Jeremy said, uneasily. Heero moved out of his finishing position.

?Thanks.?

Yume leaned over to Jonathon. ?Nice recruit, no?? he whispered.

~

End of part three

Yipes! Three is over! Does anybody like this?

[zipdos]

Yippeeeee!!!! I like this story. I like the idea of Relena and Heero ...or should I say Adam e-mailing each other. Please continue this

Ciao!!

[Elyn Yuy]

Yaaaayyyyy! I love the scene with Dorthy and Heero fencing!

This is great. You may need to add a lttle more detail to the fights as Heero(Adam) progresses, I know he will!

Elyn Yuy