Blue Forest Banshee Diversions Part 42
ii kibarashi - Snips and Snails and Dragon Tails 1.0

Inazuma scurried across the room to Wufei's desk, rather than shouting. Wufei tended to show his teeth when anyone except Duo shouted at him.

"Wufei, there is a call for you at the fire," he murmured.

The Were-Dragon huffed in exasperation. "I'm busy; can't you take a message?"

"He said he needed to speak to you personally."

"Oh, very well. Who is it?"

"Um... I think it's Heero's cousin. The one who came with the IchiBan to see Duo."

Wufei paused to raise an inquiring eyebrow. Why on earth would one of Heero's relatives be calling him?

"Who? Kiba?"

"He said his name is Rigel..."

Rigel?! Why in the hell would Rigel be calling him? That smug jackass had nothing to say that he wanted to hear. And then he remembered that Duo seemed to like Rigel, for all of his shortcomings. Wufei sighed. Perhaps it had something to do with Heero and Duo. He supposed he should talk to the jackass. He supposed he could also apologise for calling the Wyvern a pea-brained overly-hormonal harpy....

~*~

Duo bounced into the office, grinning, followed more leisurely by Trowa.

"Wufei! I don't know why you guys hate those cow-tipping things so much; that was fun!" he cried brightly.

Wufei raised a baleful eyebrow. "Fun? What are you on, Banshee?" He glared at Trowa. "Did you let him drink?"

Trowa held up his hands. "Not a drop. I vote we send Duo on all these things from now on. He went straight up to the cows, talked to them for five minutes and came back with four names. We gave them to the farmer and he called the sheriff. End of problem. Two Elves, a Dwarf and a Wizard are now grounded by their respective parents and Clans."

Wufei stared. "You're kidding."

"I'm not." He sat down and lifted his feet to show off his boots. "Didn't even get dirty."

They both looked at Duo. The Banshee grinned back at them. "What? The cows weren't particularly upset; I think it's more the farmer."

The Weres looked at each other, shrugged. "Well, good job, Duo," said Wufei sincerely. And next time, he wouldn't be knee-deep in cow crap.

"Hey, Wufei! You want to go to the animal park with us Saturday? They have a new lion cub."

Wufei shook his head. "Maybe next time; I have a... an appointment this week."

"Oh." Duo's disappointment was palpable. "I was hoping you'd come with since Heero is off doing contracts."

"That's started again? I didn't realize. Rigel will miss seeing him."

"Rigel?" echoed Duo. "Rigel's coming here?"

Trowa frowned at the Were-Dragon. "How do you know?" he wondered.

"Because he called. We have an appointment on Saturday."

"You?! And Rigel?! You detest each other!" exclaimed Trowa.

Wufei snorted. "I wouldn't say 'detest'; we just... come from different places."

"Well, why is he coming from his different place to your different place?" demanded Trowa.

Wufei turned from sorting parchments to explain blandly, "He fancies himself a duelist. I plan to show him just how pathetic he is with a sword."

"You and Rigel are dueling?!" That from the astonished Banshee.

"Yes. We have a date." Wufei carried an armful of parchments out of the room.

Duo looked at Trowa. Trowa stared after Wufei.

"A... date...?"

OWARI

 

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