The great destroyer meets his match

Disclaimer: All Gundam Wing Characters are property of Bandai Visuals, Asahi TV, Sunrise, and The Sotsu Agency. This is not written for profit, but for entertainment purposes only.

Author's Notes: This is written from the character's point of view. It takes place in the colonies. A day in Shakespeare class and the other titles take place in the little town of Mizu-iwa

The gundam Pilot stood up and brushed him self off and reached a hand to help the girl up. "Excuse me little girl, but why are you running so fast?" /Poor girl/

She stood up, revealing a tall slender with chestnut brown hair braided down her back. /Hn! little girl....I’ll show you./ She spun around and spat back: "I'm sorry, but I'm in a real hurry." /serves you right to get in the way, baka/ She grabs her black hat and runs around the corner.

"Hey! Come back....nevermind." Turning around he puts his hands in his pockets and strolls around the corner into a crowd. /Strange girl.../Noticing his stomach growling loudly, he grabs it and walks into a nearby store. /I'm so hungry.../

The girl turns around a corner and sat ,catching her breath. /I just can't loose those guys../She took off her hat, ran her hand along her braid and looked up at the clouds. /so many different paths to take and I chose this one...what was I thinking?/

"Get her!" The group of OZ came rushing at her, carrying weapons and handcuffs. "You need to give up now, Mina. You can't run forever..."

/you're that's why I'm leaving the colonies tomorrow /She gets up and bolts away. "I can't do this for long, fellas. So would you hurry up and kill me already?" Running into a crowd, she spots a store. /just my luck. I'm starving/and quickly runs to it.

Juggling groceries, Duo walks out of the store accidentally bumping into people on his way excuse me, Sorry, Pardon me..."

"Get that girl!" In the midst of all the yelling, gunshots rang out. Dropping the grocery bags, Duo shielded himself. The girl he ran into earlier jumped up and dove into his arms. "Don't worry, they're chasing after me." He looked at her and slowly put her down. "Um. Why are they chasing you?"

She kneeled over and started picking up the bags. /he's too paranoid for a kid his age/ "I'll help you take these home, if you want. I'm the reason you dropped them in the first place." While she picks up his groceries, her hat falls off and lands on the floor. They go to pick it up at the same time and Duo ends up knocking her on the head. "Oops, sorry..." /way to go Maxwell, don't loose your cool now, she's only a girl.../ "You okay?"

She rubs her head and starts laughing. /wow, that really hurt./ "Yeah, I'm fine...you?" She picks up her hat and carefully puts it on. "Ouch!" Gunshots are heard and the girl drops to the floor. Getting back up, the girl looks at Duo./I guess you have to suffer with me.../ She grabs Duo and runs around the corner.

After running for a while, Duo realizes he's running for no reason and grabs the girl's braid. /I'm not going to run any further until I get some answers.../ "Who are you? Why are you running from those people and why the hell did you pick me all out of all the people in the whole STINKIN' world today to pester?!"

Feeling a horrible stinging sensation in the back of her scalp, she turns around and pulls out a gun. "Would you rather leave your head back there?" She closes her eyes and points the gun directly at Duo. /stupid kid./ She grabs the collar of his shirt and looks deeply into his eyes. "You have two options...you can help me now and get your answers later...

You can go back and not live long enough to eat your dinner...you decide." /stick to the mission, Mina. you shouldn't go giving options to someone who you just have to kill anyway...pity time, what are you thinking?/ She growls and hands Duo the gun. "Would you happen to know how to handle one of these?"

In bewilderment, Duo grabbed the gun and turns around muttering: "Of all of the stupidest questions I heard today..." /this girl is just full of surprises.../

"There they are!" The soldiers came to a complete stop and pulled out their weapons. "Turn around with your hands up...both of you! Heh. I got you little girl, any last requests?"

Duo watched as she turned around facing them with her hands in the air. /what the hell is she doin' ?Does she wanna get us killed?/ Looking at her, he noticed a gun tangled in her braid. /what the hell does she think she's going to do? This better be good, or we're dead meat.../

"Yes I have one last request. I just learned the coolest trick, would you like to see it?" /you only have this chance to waste these guys, Mina. Remember, don't show off too much. The kid with you has to die anyway, so...no worries if he gets hit./

Duo just stood staring at the girl. /What is she doing? A trick? What kind of death wish is that? I might as well play along.../ "Yeah! She learned a new trick...wanna see it? Come on, are you chicken? Are you scared?"

"Scared of two defenseless girls? Are you kidding?" The solider snapped back. The soldiers started laughing and abruptly put their weapons back in order. "Let's see this stupid trick..."

"I'm no GIRL, baka!! Duo snapped back. "Do I look like a GIRL to you?? I have a even better question, Do you want to die today?" /It's time.../ The anger in the frustrated pilot was obvious, but it quickly faded at the sound of the girl's laughter. He stood there watching her./ wow.. kinda hard to imaging her laughing/With every giggle her braid would swing back and forth, making her hat fall off./um, the gun in her braid, baka! The GUN!/

In that split second, the turned around, grabbed the gun in mid-air and started firing. Just standing there Duo watched her attack, dodging bullets here and there, her long braid following behind her. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion, as he watched her every move, including the look on her face.

"Watch out!!" She ran at him, knocking the aloof boy down on his ass. As they landed, she accidentally brushed her cheek up against his. /No...too close. He almost died. What did I just do?/

Holding her for a quick second, he looked into her eyes. /She seems like a nice girl../ Realizing how close he was holding her, he quickly pushed her off and managed a "Um...thanks." and brushed the dirt from his pants. /She managed to knock me off my feet on three occasions...wow, what a charmer./

"You okay?," The girl mutters. Standing up, she grabs her hat, rests it on her head and turns around. "You almost got yourself killed. Next time I hand you a gun, make sure you aim it and shoot. "She smiles and turns ,looking at the tall, slender pilot. "It was fun...ja-ne!" She picks up her gun and slowly walks away.

/You know you have to kill him, don't you. You just don't have the balls to do it now...the great destroyer is goin' little softie can't believe this.../

Too stunned to even move, Duo stands there and watching her leave. /you're going to let a girl that perfect just walk out of your life? Sheesh. I just met her today. If you see her ever again, Maxwell, don't let her go so easily/ Scratching his head, he slowly turns the other way and begins to walk home. /She made a total ass out of me...A GIRL made a total ass outta me! I can't believe I let her do it!! I didn't even ask her name./ Walking away, he looked up at the clouds, strolling into the busy streets.