Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Helping Hands ❯ Part 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Author's Notes:

 

I wrote this some time back and right now I'm just making some corrections. Maybe eventually I'll actually get to the point of wanting to continue this story. I'm sorry, but I'm not quite there, yet.

 

Okay, a few notes for the uninitiated. Heero is Japanese, which most people know, and, no offense, but people who are speaking a language which is not their first language, tend to lapse into their own language on occasion. So, this story is sprinkled with a few Japanese words I know, and that Heero is known for. Duo is his partner, so he has picked up a few words himself, but not very often. Here's a list of those words and their meanings, in no particular order:

Oi - Duo's way of saying "Hey, you!"

Hn - Heero's response to a lot of things; Duo usually assumes it means yes, but it actually is more "maybe yes, maybe no"

Baka - idiot, Heero's pet name for Duo; a name followed by "no baka", like "Duo no baka", means "Duo, you idiot"

Omae o korosu - another of Heero's favorites, it means "I'm going to kill you"

Nani - what, as an exclamation or question

Iie - no

Hai - yes

Gomen - sorry

Ai shiteru - means "I love you"; I've been told it's a rather desperate way of saying it, but considering that these are boys caught up in fighting a war and they could die any day, I think it fits

Koi - no, not the fish, it's short for koibito, which means lover

Ninmu ryoukai - "Mission accepted"; Heero is considered the Perfect Soldier and the mission is ususally all he thinks about, so, yes, this is another one of his favorite phrases, along with "mission complete" which isn't in this story yet, and I can't remember how to spell it

Okay, now on to the story.

Helping Hands part 1

"Oh, wow!" Duo's eyes widened with awe and delight as he got his first look at the house where they would be staying for the next few weeks. "Oi, Heero, are you sure this is the right place? It looks like some haunted house from an old horror movie!"

"Hn," responded his fellow pilot.

Taking this as a yes, the braided boy began making his way up the overgrown path to the house, chattering nonstop and describing everything he saw to his companion, as if Heero didn't have eyes to see what was before them.

The old house was huge, an old mansion that was in surprisingly good shape for its age. It sat on a hill, surrounded by forest. A single gravel road led down the hill and wound through the forest, toward the town that was a couple of miles away. At the bottom of the hill, an ancient iron gate blocked the road, closing the gap in a crumbling brick wall that surrounded the house, several acres of forest, and a good sized lake. The deep, dark waters of the lake had made a good hiding place for the Gundams.

The two boys made their way up the path from the lake to the house, stepping carefully to keep from tripping in the growing darkness. Heero pulled a key out from somewhere, unlocked the door, and motioned for Duo to precede him into the house. The lights didn't work, so both pilots pulled flashlights from their duffle bags and turned them on.

"I'll get the breakers," Duo said. "In the basement, right? Access through the kitchen?"

"Hn. I'll see if the supplies Quatre ordered have arrived."

Several minutes later, Duo exited the basement and began wandering through the house, turning on lights, muttering to himself, and looking for his partner. He found him in the formal dining room, glaring at several boxes and holding a couple of sheets of paper in his hand.

"What's up?" Duo asked curiously.

Heero's glare promptly transferred to Duo and he indicated the sheets of paper. "The idiots stayed long enough to air out the house a little, make sure the place had running water, the lights worked, and the beds had new mattresses and then they fled."

"Huh? Fled? What exactly did they flee from? And I thought the deal Quatre made with the previous owner included cleaning the place from top to bottom and stocking it with all of the necessities?"

"It did. The linens, canned goods, and stuff for the bathrooms and kitchen are all in those boxes. They put the perishables in the fridge and ran."

"Heero, why did they run?"

"They were afraid of the ghost."

tbc