Blue Forest Banshee Part 19
Meeting Harry Potter
Trowa had to run to catch up to Duo and Wufei. He swerved to take a position on Duo's left side.
"Hi, Duo."
Duo glanced over, then down.
He blinked.
"Oh, hi Trowa." Duo looked him over carefully. "Is it just me, or are you more puma-ish than you were in the garden?"
"It's me," Trowa confirmed. "Today is my nadir day."
"And that would be...?"
"Oh. It's the bottom of my Were cycle. The day I'm most puma-ish," he smiled, showing his long sharp teeth.
"Oh."
Wufei hopped a ways ahead and flapped his wings, lifting a few inches to hover in midair.
"It means he's PMSing and he's a pain to live with!" Wufei cackled with evil delight.
Trowa glared at Wufei and rumbled, then turned to smile at Duo again.
"Pay no attention to him. It's his nadir day too, and he gets twice as nasty. We both begin our up-cycles day after tomorrow."
Duo looked from one to the other of his friends.
"Up-cycle?"
"Changing from animal to human form," Trowa said crisply. "You know, Wufei, it's rude to float when other people have to walk."
"Who stepped on your tail today?" Wufei retorted waspishly, but he settled back to the ground, falling into step again with Duo.
A moment later, Wufei reached behind Duo to grab Trowa's thick tawny tail.
Trowa growled.
"Let go of my tail, Wufei, or I'll make dragon soup out of you."
"Ha!" laughed the sleek scarlet-scaled dragon. "You'd have to catch me first!"
He released his friend's tail and soared upward, spitting out tiny fireballs as he went.
Duo laughed, and patted Trowa's furry head. "You guys are so much fun!"
"Show off," Trowa muttered under his breath.
Then he brightened; he had a moment alone with the alluring Banshee. Heero may have taken Duo flying, but that didn't necessarily mean they were out of the running. Maybe. He hoped.
"Duo, would you like to go to the zoo next week? Wufei and I are going to watch the animal talent shows. One of my cousins is a trainer."
Duo smiled. "Wufei already mentioned it." He looked up to where Wufei was zooming across the sky, still puffing out fireballs. "I would love to sometime, but I'm working with Heero next week, so I don't know what my schedule will be."
Trowa's disappointment was palpable. "Oh. Darn. Well, we'll plan a day when you know you're free; how's that?"
"That would be great. I like the zoo; I get to talk to animals I've never seen before."
They walked through the tunnel leading to the parking lot, and met Q coming in. With him was a vaguely familiar lean, dark-haired man, whose green eyes were nearly hidden by his glasses.
"Hello Duo; hello Trowa. How are you today?"
"We're fine, Q. How are you?" Duo replied for both of them. Trowa didn't care to speak before strangers when in his animal form. Sometimes they reacted badly.
Duo did feel a tremor of something from Trowa, though.
"Very well, thank you. Duo, Trowa; have you met Mr. Potter?"
"No, I don't think so," admitted Duo.
"Ah. Mr. Potter, this is Duo, one of our young investigators, and Trowa Barton, also an investigator. Mr. Barton, as you can see, is one of our Weres."
"I do see," the man murmured with an amused smirk.
"Duo; Trowa, this is Mr. Harry Potter, from the Euro Branch." He glanced at his companion. "Mr. Potter is my opposite there."
"Ohmigod!" exclaimed Trowa. He sat up on his haunches and lifted an enormous front paw. "You're one of my heroes, Mr. Potter!"
With a bemused look on his face, Harry Potter shook Trowa's paw. "Well, I don't consider myself --"
A sudden burst of laughter from Q cut him off. They all looked at the slender blond. He pointed up.
Written across the sky in smoke puffs were the words, Wufei Loves Duo.
Everyone within sight was laughing. Even Duo giggled.
Trowa shook his head, trying hard not to laugh. "Smartass," he muttered.
Mr. Potter looked at Q. "Chang Wufei?"
"I'm afraid so."
Mr. Potter smiled, shaking his head in amusement. "Hasn't changed a bit."
TBC...
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