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This story is dedicated to Dark Angel for getting me interested in writing again, and to my sister who really helped me with my writer's block when I needed her. Thanks!!

The Trouble With the Truth Part Two: Time Marches On.

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Ten: The God of Death Just Turned Into An Angel?!                           

The next morning around 11:00...

The guys slowly came down the stairs. They realized the girls and the children were already up and sitting on the couch. The guys went into the kitchen to get something to eat.

Michael hit Dominic's shoulder. "Aren't they supposed to be gone by now?" Michael whispered.

"I thought they would be. I guess not." Dominic responded.

"Dominic!" Michael whispered harshly. "Whisper or our moms'll hear!"

"Well, then I guess they want to stay after all!" Michael whispered back excitedly.

"They only stayed because they promised." Neo whispered to Dominic and Michael. "They will get fed up with this 'boring ' life soon, trust me."

Michael just looked at Neo. "Well, I think if they stayed after everything we did to them, we should give them another chance." Michael whispered.

Neo just looked back at Michael. "Do whatever you want." Neo just jumped off the couch. "I don't give second chances."

You don't even give first chances. Michael thought. "What do you say Dominic? None of them left, so shouldn't we give them a second chance?" Michael whispered.

Dominic looked at Michael. "Well, if Quatre stayed...I guess maybe we should."

Rei jumped off the couch too and went towards her brother.

"What?" Neo asked when he realized Rei was following her. Rei just looked at him with a sad, but sweet smile.

"What are you hiding?" Neo asked again.

Rei just looked at her brother again and went off to the kitchen.

To the kitchen...

"Where did that cereal go?" Duo said out loud as he started looking through all the pantries.

"I think it's in the middle pantry." Quatre replied as he watched Rei enter the kitchen.

Heero just looked at Rei, but silently hid his hand behind his back. "What is it?"

Rei just stared back at the former pilots as if she really wanted to say something.

"Kid, you just gonna stare at us all day?" Duo asked.

Rei looked at Duo, and then she slowly shied away from Heero as she turned around and left the kitchen.

"Strange kid." Duo replied while he started munching away on some cereal straight out of the box.

Heero just glared at Duo.

Duo noticed Heero glaring at him. "What did I do?"

"You scared her off." Trowa replied.

"Well, she was freaking me out!" Duo answered back. "It's not natural for a kid to stare like that."

Back to the living room...

"Hey Jimmy!" Michael shouted as he went to sit next to Jimmy and Mingh Loh on the couch. "Dominic and I have done some thinking." Michael whispered. "We think we should give the guys another chance since they didn't leave. What do you think?"

Mingh Loh whispered back. "Fine, I'll be strong enough to give Wufei another chance."

"How about you Jimmy?" Michael whispered to Jimmy.

Jimmy thought. Normally no, but my throat's killing me... Jimmy nodded his head yes.

"Great!" Michael whispered excitedly. "Let's be nicer to them today... "I know, we'll play with them!"

Jimmy and Mingh Loh just looked at Michael.

 "Play?" Mingh Loh asked.

"Yeah, in the snow! It should be hard enough  by now to play in!" Michael whispered back.

Jimmy and Mingh Loh just looked at each other.

"Fine." Mingh Loh agreed. Jimmy just shook his head yes.

Michael jumped down from the couch and ran over to his mom Hilde. "Mom, can I go play outside?"

"Not unless you get a coat." his mom replied.

The kids went upstairs to get their coats.

"Your gloves also." Hilde said as she saw the kids come back down the stairs. the kids went back up the stairs to grab their gloves.

"Zip up your coats." Dorothy replied.

The kids bent down awkwardly and zipped up their heavy coats.

"Don't forget your stocking caps." Relena replied.

The kids just moaned and went back upstairs to get their stocking caps.

"Now can we go?" Michael asked his mother.

"Sure." Hilde replied.

Instead of going out the door though, the kids went towards the kitchen.

"Come play with us!" Michael shouted at Duo.

Duo just looked at Michael. "Play?"

"Yeah, in the snow!" Michael replied.

"It's cold out there! I don't want to go out there!" Duo answered back.

"Please Duo! Just for a little while..." Michael pleaded.

"Ugh...Oh, alright. Fine, for a little bit okay?" Duo gave in at last.

"You guys too!" Dominic shouted at the others.

"No." replied Heero.

"Rei!" Michael shouted out. "I think your daddy wants a hug!"

"Never mind, I'll come." Heero replied as he got away from the wall.

"I won't." Wufei said defiantly.

"Yes you will,daddy!" Mingh Loh shouted.

Wufei looked stunned. "Why did you call me that?"

Mingh Loh looked confused. "I thought you liked it. It's all you responded to in the mall."

"I wasn't paying attention. Please don't call me that." Wufei replied.

"Only if you come play with us." Mingh Loh replied.

Wufei sighed and shook his head yes.

"Excellent, go get your coats and gloves on!" Michael shouted.

The guys went upstairs and grabbed the new winter ensembles the girls bought for them.

"Let's go!" Michael shouted as he watched the guys come down the stairs.

A little while later...

"Help you make a snowman?" Quatre asked confused. "What's a snowman?"

Dominic smiled at his father. "Just help me roll up a lot of snow for starters."

Quatre did as Dominic said as he helped Dominic make a huge ball of snow.

"Is that it?" Quatre replied looking at the pile of snow.

"No, silly! Help me make another ball!" Dominic laughed.

Dominic and Quatre made another ball.

"Now, put it on top of the other one." Dominic said.

Dominic and Quatre put the second ball on top of the other.

"Now what?" Quatre asked.

"Make another ball and put it on top of the other ball again." Dominic replied.

Quatre and Dominic made the huge snowball and placed it on the top again.

"Now we can decorate it!" Dominic shouted as he showed Quatre a carrot, some sticks, and pieces of coal and handed them to Quatre.

Quatre just looked back at Dominic confused.

"Like in the song!" Dominic laughed and started singing. "Frosty the snowman was a Jolly happy soul. With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal!"

Quatre looked at him again and put two coals in for the snowman's eyes.

"Right!" Dominic shouted. "Put the sticks in for his hands, the carrot for his nose, and the rest of the coal as a mouth and buttons!"

"Oh, like this!" Quatre laughed as he placed the objects where Dominic said to put them.

"Right!" Dominic laughed.

Quatre looked at the snowman. "He's missing something." Quatre took a stick and made lines on the snowman to make it look like a vest. Then Quatre went into the house and swerved into the kitchen. He came out and walked up to Dominic. "Now, it's complete!" Quatre laughed as he placed a teacup in a stick hand of the snowman.

Quatre and Dominic just laughed.

"Let's make another one!" Dominic shouted.

To Duo and Michael...

"Come on, Duo! It's fun!" Michael pleaded. "Just make one snow angel with me?"

Duo just looked at Michael. "I'll get my clothes all snowy."

Michael laughed. "No you won't Duo! These outfits were meant to be snowed on. It's easy to get the snow off."

Duo just groaned as he turned his back to the snow. "Are you sure it won't hurt when I fall?"

"Positive!" Michael replied.

Duo took one last look at the snow before he fell in. Michael was right, it didn't hurt at all. "Cool! Now what?!"

Michael laughed and fell down into the snow. "Wave your arms and legs up and down, like this!" Michael said as he moved up and down to make the wings and dress.

Duo did as he was told. "I did it! Now, how do I get out?"

"Just plop yourself out!" Michael shouted as he put extra strength into his legs and stood up.

Duo did the same, although his wasn't as graceful.

"Wow, look! The God of Death just turned into an angel!" Duo laughed as he looked at his snow angel. "It's not as good as yours, though."

"It takes practice." Michael said. "You'll get the hang of it after awhile!"

To Wufei and Mingh Loh...

"Hah! Is that all you can hit?" Ming Loh said as she looked at the icicles on the house. She was in the middle of a contest with Wufei to see who could knock down the most icicles with only 10 snowballs.

"It's pretty good for my first time!" Wufei shouted back.

"Your first time? I don't even remember my first time, but I have always beaten anyone who tried to challenge me!" Mingh Loh replied.

Wufei looked at the icicles still hanging on to the house. How come I can do something like fly a gundam and not nail some simple icicles.Wait! Gundam, I wonder...

Wufei threw two snowballs and simultaneously made four icicles fall.

"Wow!" Mingh Loh shouted as she jumped up and down. "That was amazing! How did you do that!"

Wufei smiled and crossed his arms. "A simple trick I learned from dealing with space mines."

"Can you please teach me father? Pretty please?" Mingh Loh said as she stopped jumping up and down.

"It takes time and commitment." Wufei said.

"I'll do whatever it takes! I never back down!" Mingh Loh said proudly.

Wufei just smiled.

To Rei, Neo, Jimmy, and their fathers. (Who for once are really enjoying themselves.)...

Heero has the upper hand...Trowa thought while Jimmy and Trowa were hiding behind a snowfort. "We need a strategy, Jimmy."

Jimmy shook his head yes while he threw another snowball at Rei and missed.

"They're coming up with a strategy." Heero replied. "We need to take them down now."

Neo looked at Heero. "How?"

Heero looked at the snowfort Trowa and Jimmy were hiding behind. "I'll run as fast as I can to the left. Trowa will know it's a trick and won't strike. Rei, slowly move out from behind the fort on the left. Trowa will see you, and will tell Jimmy to go after you while he takes me. Meanwhile Neo will stay behind the fort and-"

"Lunch time!"  Relena shouted out.

All  the kids shot out for the front door.

"It's already lunchtime?!"  Duo shouted out.

"It can't be! We're in the middle of a mission-er-a game!" Heero shouted.

"You can play later!" Relena shouted out to them. "It's time to eat!"

The guys slowly moved inside until they heard a strange sound.

"Oh, they arrived already?" Relena said as she shouted out Catherine's name.

"What's the whole circus doing here?" Quatre asked.

"Well..." began Relena. "Other than just paying the circus to keep quiet, we have to do something when it comes this way."

"What?" Trowa asked.

"Perform." Relena replied.

"Perform?!" Duo shouted. "What do you mean? Aren't you supposed to stay out of the public eye?"

"Yes, but in the circus people think were 'look-a-likes' and not the real thing." Catherine explained. Suddenly, some people walked up to their door.

"Hello, Relena!" a woman smiled sweetly. "It's good to see you!" Then she noticed the pilots. "Oh, have you added on to your show?"

Relena laughed. "Never mind them, Rouge. Who all came?"

A man beside her laughed. "Oh, just a few small acts this time." he said.

Catherine smiled. "Well, thanks for telling us Legato."

"Legato?" Trowa asked. "How do you know him?"

Catherine blushed. "Well, he took your- I mean- my former dead partner's place!"

Trowa looked at him suspiciously. "Do you know the scientists?"

"The what?" Legato responded.

"Okay, that's enough introductions for now!" Relena interrupted. "We need to go inside and eat! See you later Legato and Rouge!"

The two circus people went away as the guys went inside to eat