Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Arabian Nights ❯ Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Quatre came into the living room looking sadder then normal. Duo noticed first and walked over to his blonde haired friend.

"What's wrong, Q-man?" he asked, quite concerned. "You look down."

"I just got this letter in the mail." He replied holding up an envelope.

"Wow, if mail gets you this down, you must hate the Holidays………" Duo went on, trying to get his friend to crack a smile.

"If you'd shut up Maxwell, he might tell you what's wrong." Wufei snapped from the armchair he'd been trying to read the paper in.

"It's a letter from my fiancée." Quatre explained after a moment or two.

Everyone gasped.

"Fiancée?" Duo repeated. "Wow, Q-man, I never knew………"

"When I was five my father promised her parents I'd marry her………" Quatre sighed, flopping down on the couch. "I've never even met the girl, and we're supposed to get married next fall………"

"Wow man, that's bad………" Duo sat down next to him.

"That's injustice!" Wufei exclaimed, slamming his paper down onto the nearby coffee table. "Being forced to marry some baka onna, it's just simply injustice!"

"Hey Wu-man, wasn't your marriage arranged?" Duo asked, a slight smirk on his face.

"Shut up Maxwell, that's none of your business………" Wufei snapped, picking his paper back up.

"Anyway, all I know is her name is Kagami and she wants me to come out and meet her in a couple weeks………" Quatre went on, ignoring the glares Wufei was periodically shooting Duo from behind his paper. "She said I could bring some friends if I wanted………to make things a little less formal………and I was wondering if you guys wanted to come………"

"Sure!" Duo smiled.

"Hn." Heero replied.

"………" Trowa went back to staring out the window, and Wufei mumbled about the injustice of it all.

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Two weeks later the five Gundam Pilots landed on colony L-2, and proceeded to Kagami's house. They were surprised to see a house that rivaled Quatre's in size, and a rather large estate surrounding it. They started up the long driveway and Quatre knocked on the door. A moment later a rather attractive looking girl about the age of 17 answered.

"Can I help you?" she asked with an extremely large smile.

"I am Quatre Raberba Winner, an I'm here to see Kagami." Quatre smiled back although he was obviously nervous.

"Follow me please." The girl said, and turned back inside the house.

"Hey Q-man she's hot." Duo whispered. "Count your blessings………she could be a dog………"

"Wait in here, please………" The girl said, motioning to a living room. "Kagami will be down shortly."

Duo smiled to himself………if she wasn't Q-man's fiancée......…then she was an open target!

The five boys sat down and looked around them at the fancy looking room.

"She's got a couple tigers over there." Trowa observed. (AN: Wow…it speaks!) "They look like they're sleeping."

"Baka onna………got stupid stuffed cats………" Wufei mumbled, crossing his arms.

Trowa suddenly stood up, and walked out of the room.

"Wonder where he's going………" Quatre said, watching his friend leave.

There was a sudden growling noise from one corner as two fully grown, fully awake tigers bounded towards the four "Intruders."

Heero did a quick flip and landed on top of a near by bookcase, gun drawn, pointed at the two oncoming tigers.

"Omae o koro su!" He yelled.

Duo was trying to scramble up the bookcase, and Wufei was right behind him, mumbling.

"Baka onna! Baka tora!"

Quatre was close behind the others, but one of the tigers pounced and pinned him causing him to scream.

"Hey Wu-man! You got to help Q-man!" Duo said trying to push Wufei off the bookcase. "They're gonna eat him!"

The second tiger was now pacing at the bottom of the bookcase, growling. Suddenly a girl came into the room. She was about their age and had long blonde hair that swept the floor and green shimmering eyes.

"Migi! Hidari! Leave those boys alone!" She called, and the two tigers retreated. She smiled as she patted their heads, but shot a quick glare at Heero who had just put his gun away. "It's not nice to threaten to kill someone's pets………"

"You call those pets?" Duo asked, climbing down, one hand over his wildly pounding heart. "They tried to eat Q-man!"

"They just wanted to play!" She replied defensively.

The tiger that had pinned Quatre walked back over to him, and licked his face. The blonde girl followed the tiger, and helped him to his feet.

"I'm Kagami." She smiled broadly. "You must be Quatre………"

He nodded.

"Your letter said I could bring a few friends………I hope you don't mind………" He motioned to the others. Trowa had reappeared sometime during Duo's minor heart attack. "This is Duo Maxwell, Heero Yui, Trowa Barton, and Chang Wufei."

"It's very nice to meet you." She smiled at each of them. "I'm sorry if Migi and Hidari frightened you………they're a little protective, and we don't get much company………"

Quatre smiled back, but he was the only one. Duo was still looking at the tigers fearfully, as if they might attack him at any second, Wufei was frowning, arms crossed, and mumbling, Heero looked annoyed at the thought of some girl telling him what he could and could not shoot, and as usual, Trowa stared blankly into space.

The girl that had answered the door came in.

"What was all that commotion a few minutes ago?" She asked, looking around the room.

"Nothing's wrong, Kori, our visitors were just a little spooked by the tigers." Kagami replied, and Kori smirked. "Well, I'll show you to your rooms………"

The boys picked up their bags from a forgotten corner, and followed her upstairs.

"There is plenty to keep yourselves occupied with here………" She said pointing out the Library and the game room as they passed. "Lunch will be ready in about an hour, and dinner will be served around seven."

Each boy went into his own room, and Kagami paused at Quatre's door.

"Quatre………I know you're not very happy with our situation, and quite frankly neither am I." She spoke softly, refusing to look him directly in the eyes. "But I figure this way we can at least get to know each other before the wedding………"

"I understand." He replied, setting his bag down and then walking back up to her.

"Kagami!" Kori's voice drifted down the hall and through the open door. "Come on now, we've got to straighten up that bookcase!"

"You must excuse Kori if she seems a little cold at first." Kagami apologized. "She's my cousin, and we're the only family each other has left. She's quite protective………"

Quatre nodded.

""I'll………see you at lunch then………" She said, turning to leave.

"Yeah………see you………" He replied.

One of the tigers bounded into the room, and jumped up onto the bed.

"Oh, come on Migi!" She called from the hall. "Quatre doesn't want to play right now."

Quatre recognized it as the tiger that had pinned him, and later given him a large kitty kiss.

"It's okay………" He called out. "She can stay if she wants."

He sat down on the bed and began to scratch the large cats ears when it suddenly rolled over, exposing it's stomach.

"Ohh………" He smiled. "You like getting your tummy rubbed."

Duo entered a moment later, yelped softly at the site of the large cat, and turned to leave.

"It's okay Duo………" Quatre called from the bed. "She's friendly."

Duo approached slowly and put a hand on the cat, but then jumped back quickly.

"It growled!"

"It purred." The blonde boy corrected him. "She's happy."

AN: This is my first Gundam Wing fic, sorry is anyone is too out of character, I haven't seen much………well, any of the series. This fic is based solely on reading the Gundam Wing Episode Zero Graphic Novel, and my friends loving guidance. Please R&R and tell me how I did.