7.48am, classroom 1-7

Everyone paused to listen. Outside on the corridor, the sounds of running footsteps grew heavier. The classroom door flung open and Duo burst in, almost losing his balance and falling flat on his face to kiss the floor. He was wet with perspiration and looked as if he had fallen into the school's swimming pool before arriving. Some concluded that he was late because he went for a swim before class. Everyone paused and turned to look at the American who was bending over with hands on his knees and panting madly. WuFei had his chin supported on  his right hand. He stared at Duo for a while before turning away. "Humph! Late again..."

"I... I, *pant* sorry I'm late *pant* Ms Lucrezia." Duo was sure that  he would pant out his lungs soon. He coughed and inhaled in more air.

"Duo Maxwell! Why are you late?!"
 
"I... I..." Duo rolled his eyes, scanning his brain for a logical explanation, one that would keep him out of trouble with this woman. "I... errr... I-I knocked down a truck! I meant, a truck knocked me down! Ya, that's it!" He declared out loud, a smug look on his face.

"And you're still alive?! I think it knocked the senses out of you! Outside the class! 4 buckets!" Ms Lucrezia ordered, her voice was loud and clear as if she was commanding a troop of soldiers. She continued writing on the board.

Duo protested," What?! 4? It used to be 2!"  [ means that Duo has been punished countless times already ^_^ ]

Her writing came to an abrupt halt and she shot him a menacing look, a look that could kill. The long-haired boy gulped. "Ya, I forgot! It was always 4! Did I say 2? I meant 4!" He placed his skateboard along with his schoolbag on the floor before dashing out of the classroom. Only an idiot would want to stay in there any longer. To him, Ms Lucrezia was like a tigress. He pictured her with fangs and a long tail with black stripes on her behind and couldn't help but stumble into fits of soft laughter.

"You seem pretty happy for a guy being punished."

Duo recognized the voice as the school janitor's. "Shut up Zechs!"

A smile stretched across Zechs' face. "Here. These are for you." Zechs handed Duo 4 buckets of water. "Ms Lucrezia had me prepare them for you before class started today. She had a feeling you'd be late today." Zechs was grinning madly by now.

"What?!" Duo couldn't believe what he just heard.

"If you don't find these enough, I could provide you with more."

Duo picked up a bucket and got ready to throw it at the platinum blond janitor. "You'd better get lost if you don't want to look like you fell into the toilet bowl or something."

Zechs laughed. "I'll be seeing you."

"What do you mean by that?!" Duo was close to flinging the bucket at him. When Zechs was out of sight, Duo picked up the other 3 buckets and stood obediently outside the classroom. He wished that he could just dig a hole and hide in there now. It would be embarrassing if anyone walked past. The buckets of water shook, forming little ripples on the surface. Duo's arms ached from the weight pulling down on them. He placed the buckets on the floor.

"No lazing!" Ms Lucrezia yelled from inside the classroom.

"Eep!!" Duo broke into a cold shiver and picked them up again. "Now how on earth did she know?" He looked around furtively and spotted somebody across the corridor. "Are wa...? (That...?)" Duo thought. About a few metres away, right at the other end of the corridor, standing in front of class 1-3 was the guy he had knocked into that morning. He had a bucket balanced on his foot and a headphone worn on his head. Leaning against the wall, Trowa crossed his arms and hummed to the beat of the song. [ we assume it's 'Just Communication' ^_^ ] He seemed to realize that he was being watched and opened his eyes to look at who was staring at him.

Duo grinned mischievously and shouted across to Trowa. "I see that you're being punished too! You're luckier! You have only one bucket!" [ maybe Duo had most of the buckets and there wasn't enough so Trowa got only one. Or maybe I'm biased. So, what can you do? Shoot me? < DeathAngel ] [ Phoenix takes out heavyarms and blasts DeathAngel >P ] [ :p~ yourself! ]

Trowa stood upright and turned to face the other latter. He kicked up the bucket and caught it in his hand. Looking at Duo, he bounced the bucket of water on his right hand. "Target lock on..."

Duo was taken aback by what he saw. His eyes widened in horror. "Don't tell me he's gonna..." His thoughts trailed off when a bucket soared through the air and headed straight towards him. "DUCK!!" Duo bent down, just in time to avoid being hit in the face.

"TONG!" The bucket fell to the floor, its contents were empty except for a few drops of water. The water spilled all over, soaking up the floor. "Why, that bastard!" Duo snarled and gritted his teeth, his anger rising in his head like a hot cloud.

"Hey you, the one with the braid!"

Duo was wondering where he had heard that phrase before. He turned back to see a Japanese boy soaked wet from head to toe. His eyes were cold and dead and he had a red spot on his forehead from where the bucket had hit him. He looked awfully mad. Duo pondered why this guy would be so idiot as to be standing in a puddle of water.

Heero picked up the bucket and shoved it in front of Duo's face. "Did you throw this?" He questioned. He had no idea who had thrown it as he was caught off guard when the bucket hit him. It happened so fast that he didn't see clearly where it had came from. Duo panicked. He waved his hands and frantically shook his head from side to side. "NO, no, no, no, no, it wasn't me!" He was desperately trying to defend himself and remaining as calm as possible. That merciless glare was not helping.. "It was him! The guy with the bad hair day!" Duo pointed to the other end. Both turned to look at Trowa who was listening to his Disc man and snapping his fingers to the beat. He acted as if he was oblivious to everything. Heero shot back to Duo.

"It wasn't me! Honest!" By now, Duo was flustering. "I swear it's not me! It was him!" He pointed to Trowa again. This time, Trowa returned their glances. He took off his headphones and pointed to himself, looking as innocent and meek as a lamb. He gave an impression to Heero that he had nothing to do with all that had happened. Heero turned back to Duo again. Duo was at a loss for words. "I... I..."

The bell rang.

"Fencing class." Heero remembered and ran off. He didn't want to be late for he might be punished in the same way as the other 2 if he did. Duo heaved a sigh of relief and wiped a sweat drop from his forehead. "Whew! Saved by the bell!" The classroom door swung open and Ms Lucrezia stepped out of class, right into the puddle.

"What's this? Water? Duo Maxwell! Explain yourself!"

"I... I... He..." Duo pointed in every direction.

"Clean up this mess and report for detention after school today!" With that, she walked off.

"Wait, I didn't...."

She stopped in her tracks, her back facing Duo.

"N-Nothing! Did I say something? No! I didn't say a thing!" Duo placed a hand behind his head and forced himself to laugh. "Ah... hahahaha...."

She marched off. Duo stuck his tongue out at her. WuFei stepped out of class. He glanced at the wet floor and turned to look at Duo before walking off. "Humph! In trouble again."

Duo watched WuFei go off. "It's all his fault!" He yelled out in frustration. He searched the area for the guy with a weird hairdo but Trowa was nowhere to be found.

On to chapter 4.....

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