Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Family Curse Arc ❯ Shopping ( Chapter 13 )

Warning: Angst, Possible OCC, Yaoi

Disclaimer: Don't own `em. Don't wanna own `em.

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Shopping

Opening the door to their dorm room, Koneko pulled Faith in. "Come on. We have make-overs to plan." Scampering across the room, she thrust a pile of magazines into Faith's arms. "Look through these and pick a few things that you like. Marie is going to take us into town tomorrow and we'll have anything you want done." Faith stared wide eyes at the books. There were the newest issues of Piercing Today, Tattoo Monthly, and a few that she was afraid to even look at (1). "Where did you get these? Your dad would have a heart attack!" Flipping through her own magazine, Koneko barely looked up. "Une gave them to me. It's all part of our cover. Don't worry so much. You can have anything you want reversed when we get back." Faith sighed and plopped down on her bed. Grimacing every now and then, she flipped through and picked a look she felt she could live with.

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Faith felt like some kind of country bumpkin. Never in her life had she seen anything like it. Sure, she'd been to malls before. What teenage girl hadn't? But this was something else entirely. Five stories of shopping bliss. Koneko shook her head and reached over to close Faith's gaping jaw. "Colonist!"

Faith whirled on her. "Are you making fun of where I'm from?" Koneko held up her arm in defense. "Sorry! I just forget sometimes that you don't have places like this in the colonies. Granted that this is the biggest mall planet side." She grabbed Faith's hand. "Come-on. I think I know a store where you'll feel right at home."

Ten minutes later, the girls arrived in front of a darkly lit shop with flame like letters forming the name. "Hot Topics! (2)" Faith's face lit up like a bulb. "We can get our piercing done here." Koneko nodded. "Yes, but not until Marie gets back. She has the "Consent" forms from our "Parents". I figure `till then we can work on getting a few outfits. Got to look the part when we go in, ne?" Faith just nodded.

Faith, looking far more the part in her "borrowed" (3) Priest outfit, went in first. Browsing the tight little isles of the shop, the girls talked over tee shirts and leather pants. When they reached the belts in the back, something caught Faith's eye. An almost evil gleam caught there. With a small giggle, she picked up a black belt and put in her basket with the rest of her new clothes. Koneko looked over at her from the socks. "What are you up to?"

Faith walked over and showed her the belt. It was a thick black band with `I Love Boys' printed all over it in different colors and fonts (4). "I think this is perfect for my dad. What do you think?" Koneko's eyes grew wide. "You don't mean your going to send this to him?" Faith grinned like a Cheshire cat (5). "Of course I'm going to send it to him. It's the perfect father's day gift." Koneko shook her head. "Only a Maxwell…Only a Maxwell."

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The evening found the girls back in their room at headquarters. Koneko was drying her now candy apple red hair while faith sat in front of her laptop. She couldn't help but fiddle with the bolt through her bottom lip. "Whatever possessed me to get my lip pierced?" Koneko laughed. "I think it's cute. You should keep it when this is over. I'll bet Karl'd get a real kick out of it." Faith just blushed.

Koneko peeked over Faith's shoulder. "So what are you working on there?" Faith looked up from her keyboard. "A gift for Otosan. I thought I might send a program with the belt." Koneko looked again at the screen. "Looks more like a virus to m…FAITH! You wouldn't?" Faith grinned. "Sure I would. It's not like he couldn't fix it. I just want to see if I can get away with it."

Koneko sighed and shook her head. "Well anyway, where did you put the nail polish?" Faith thought for a second. "I think I put the bag under the bed." "Thanks!" Koneko looked under the bed. "Hey Faith? What's in this box?" She brought out a cardboard box. Faith slapped her forehead. "It's the stuff G left to me. I forgot all about it." Koneko put the box on top of the bed. "Let's see what's inside." Faith put her laptop aside. Ok, but it's probably just a bunch of junk. You know what a packrat G was."

The first things in the box were some technical papers, the blueprints for EbonyBlade and PeaceKeeper, and the access codes for G's bank account with a note leaving all the money to faith. Faith put that somewhere safe. "Well at least there was one thing of some value in here."

Next they found a pile of computer disks. Faith shutdown what she had been working on and put the first one into her laptop. Duo's face appeared on the screen. "Entry log one. Ok that sounds stupid. Anyway, I've reached Earth. You know, it's a lot prettier than you described it old man. Why anyone would willfully hurt something like this is beyond me."

The screen went dark for a moment and then another entry began to play. Faith stopped it and ejected the disk. Picking up the rest she saw that each one had a number and a set of dates that went from the arrival of the Gundams on earth to the last battle before the Barton conflict.

Koneko eyed them. "So you did get the mission logs after all. I remember you saying you wanted these when Karl got his dad's logs after J died." A tear traced its way down Faith's cheek. "Yeah." She hugged the disks to herself. "I'm gonna cherish these."

Rummaging through the rest of the box turned up very little. A few knick-knacks and junk. Toward the bottom the girls found G's diary. Faith refused to even touch it until Koneko had sprayed it down with disinfectant.

Faith began to pack things back into the box when her hand brushed the side and felt a lump. Running her hand over it, she found the edge of a piece of tape the same color as the box. Peeling it back revealed one more disk. It had no dates on it. Just a large red zero. Curiosity got the better of her and Faith popped it into her laptop. Her eyes grew impossibly big. "KUSO!!"

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1. I don't know if these are real or not. Just made up by me

2. One of my favorite shops in the mall!

3. Yeah right! Must run in the family.

4. A real belt I saw once and almost got for myself.

5. Like in Alice in Wonderland.

A.N.: Bwahahahahahahaha! A cliffhanger. Don't worry; I have the next part in the works. Thanks for all your reviews Tia. It's great to have friends like you, Lil, Jenn, and Kate. Thanks for everything and I'm sorry about the spoiler slip. Won't happen again.