Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Gundam Renn Faire ❯ Chapter 5

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SAP ALERT, SAP ALERT!! Ohh, the sappyness!! You'll be drowning in sap by the end of this one...

Mike chuckled at the girls' flustered expressions. Heero was writing on some well-used paper, crossing out one or two words here and there, and replacing them. Relena and Kay were both trying to see what he was doing, but they weren't very successful. Mike decided it was time to stick his long nose into the matter.

Just as Heero whirled around in order to hide the script, Mike plucked it from his hands.

"Mike! No!" Mike laughed, and proceeded to read the changes. Then Mike laughed more. A lot more.

"You are a smooth one, boy. Very, very smooth." Relena saw the color rising in Heero's cheeks. I didn't know Heero *could* blush...what could possibly cause him to?

Mike slapped Heero on the back. "Well, in light of these changes, I have some changes of my own...changes I'd best discuss with the Queen." Heero saw the sparkle in Mike's eyes, and all the color in his face left faster than it had come, if possible.

"Kuso!"

"That's right, boy! Now, I must take my leave of you ladies." He bowed low, and left, in search of the Queen.

The girls had managed to drag the boys over to watch the play, and eat with them.

"Soooo, what is this play anyway?" Duo asked, bored.

"I don't know exactly, I think it's where the Queen comes, and they entertain her, and us, for a while." Sally answered.

"Boooooooring!" Duo yelled.

"No way will this be boring!" Hilde said, sitting next to Duo, on the hay bushels that amounted to benches at the Faire.

"And how do you know that?"

"I saw Heero running backstage, and he hasn't come back out yet, and it starts in less than 10 minutes." Hilde grinned. "This will be very interesting, don't you think?"

Suddenly, the play, which hadn't even started, had Duo's undivided attention. An american man ran from out behind the stage, and into the busy streets.

Zechs eyed the man. Hmm.....he looks familiar, like I've seen him in a picture or something...but from where? Zechs decided to figure it out later.

Just a few minutes later, the Queen's parade approached the stage. Ladies-in-waiting, escorts, foreign dignitaries, the whole nine yards. Just then, our favorite gundam pilot, a girl, about 15, and Relena, along with several others emerged from backstage.

Most of the people in the crowd were watching the Queen. But about 10 people were focused entirely on Heero and Relena holding hands. And she was standing close to him. Very close. A bit too close, for Zechs.

Heero released himself from Relena's grasp, and stepped forward, to welcome the Queen. As soon as the Queen was settled in her throne, she deviated from the normal script. Hitomi was glad Mike got to her with so much time to spare. Everyone with a speaking part, except for Kay, was in on the plot, and Kay was good, very good, at ad lib.

"Young Lord Heero, who be this young lady you do escort today?" That was in the script, a part of the whole unknowing innocent bit, but everything that followed was sure to be very interesting.

"Your Grace, this is the Lady Relena Darlian, from the kingdom of Sank." He brought Relena forward, and she curtsied in the strange medieval fashion.

"Your Grace." she said in greeting. She had no idea what was going on, just that she was to play along, whatever happened. It shouldn't be too hard. She made up speeches for political gatherings off the top of her head all the time.

"Lord Heero, be this your beau?" (AN: beau=boy/girlfriend)

Heero: Grin.

"Aye, Your Grace."

Relena: Gasp.

Crowd in the back: Collective Jaw Dropping.

Zechs: Omae o korosu, Heero. Omae o korosu. Omae o korosu. Omae o korosu....

The play when on for a little, with short skits, or songs, to entertain the Queen. There was one part where they had to sing a round. Hilde thought Note to self:next time Duo sings, buy earplugs.

A little while later, a group of spaniards, they're leader obviously american, marched down the center aisle, looking pissed. (AN: English and Spanish- not friends. English and French- not friends, English and Scots- not friends, ect. At least in this time period, anyway.)

The lead walked up to the queen, and bowed to her, greeted her, and demanded an explanation for an atrocity committed by the Lord Heero. It appears that one month ago, the young lord had sunk a spanish galleon. Mike couldn't help but grin when his back was to the audience. As a fact, he knew Heero had destroyed a White Fang cargo ship one month before.

Heero saw this irony as well, but was able to hide his grin. They shot lines off at one another, like they always did, but when they came to the part where Mike insulted the Lady that Heero escorted that day....

As always, swords were out. As always, Heero said "I will defend the honor of my lady."

Wait a minute...Heero always said 'I will defend the honor of this lady'...

The two proceeded to fight, using the fencing foils that were common in that time period.

Dorothy leaned over and said "Heero's better than that, and they're not even following half the rules!"

"Rules aren't important here, besides, a real fencing match doesn't look very good on stage, don't you think. It's choreographed." Quatre responded, his eyes never leaving the stage.

During the fight, the two of them had learned to whisper so they wouldn't be seen nor heard.

"Oh, boy, you are sooo screwed, Heero. Hitomi's taking it farther that I woulda....you're screwed!"

"I believe you!" Heero was more nervous than he'd been on stage since he was little.

Soon, Heero had subdued the Spanish menace, and two of the queens guards led him offstage.

"Young Lord Heero, I do thank you for quelling that threat. But it was truly not a treat to me, but to the Lady Relena. You have defended her well. Perhaps, Lord Heero you may wish to give the Lady something..." the Queen trailed off.

"Like what, Majesty?" Heero stared at her intently, his blue eyes searching for answers. This can't be good, no, not good at all, they've been plotting against me, Oh, shit.

"Laura." one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting stepped forward. The Queen held out her hand. Laura deposited a small metal object in it. "Lord Heero, come here."

He did as commanded, and stared at the object Hitomi had left in his hand.

"Your Grace..." his voice trailed off...Heero was shocked. He tried to speak once more. "Your Grace, you be most wise. I thank thee." He bowed to her, and turned to Relena. She was disappointed to find his hand had closed around the object, obscuring it from view.

In his free had, he took hers, and got down on one knee.

"Lady Relena of Sank..." his voice gave out, so he resorted to action. He slipped the small object over her finger. His voice was hardly a whisper. "Will you...?"

Her mouth worked for a moment, unable to create sound. She then gathered her wits about her, and noticed that Heero's hand was trembling. Just like hers.

And she said in a strong, loud voice, "Aye, Lord Heero, Aye."

He got up off his knee, and smiled broadly at her, moving in for a kiss.

Relena thought, God, for being the perfect soldier, he sure as hell is a good kisser!

"Well, I think we'd best leave this story here." the queen said. "I'd best be on with my tour of the shire." Heero went through the motions of sending her off, but the final speech, one he normally delivered alone on the stage, he scrapped totally. He instead said only this.

"I leave you all now with these words of newly gained wisdom." Heero grinned. "The queen is strong, and the queen is wise. The queen is also a woman, and so, a matchmaker by default. And a vicious one at that. Never, ever let the queen know, even if it's only the smallest of crushes. God-i-good-den, all ye good folk, and do enjoy the faire."

With that, he took Relena's hand, and led her backstage.

(AN:I could end it here, but I ain't gonna. Noo....more sap coming in, straight ahead!) But I wanna finish this chap first. ^_~)

The door in the back of the stage lead directly to the open area out back, but there was a small space between the stage and the practice area, both openings covered by black curtain-like doors. Heero and Relena stopped in this small, sorta-secluded space, to 'talk'.

7 Minutes later. Our gundam friends show no sign of recovery. The theater was almost deserted. The head spaniard guy, minus the hat and outer jacket, ran onto the stage, and looked around for you-know-who.

He saw the center door and grinned. He flung the curtain-doors aside, and stuck his head in.

They heard him laugh, and yell, "Heero!! I didn't know you spoke french!!"

"FRENCH!!!!!!!!" They, as one, snapped out of their trance, and began to laugh at the color Zechs was turning, not to mention Relena. Heero, without removing his lips from hers, punched Mike in the face. Hard.

"HEERO YUY!!! OMAE O KOROSU, KISAMA!!!!! At this, Heero and Relena broke apart. "GET YOUR HANDS OF MY SISTER!!"

YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!! I love writing sap!! I've never done it before, and it's even better than reading sap!! Ahhh....I'm dripping with sap.....and the story's only half over!! I need scuba gear to finish this one!

What could Ayanami_Chan possibly write more sappy that? What is Zechs gonna do to Relena?? What is Zechs gonna do to Heero!!!!!???? Ahhhh!!!! What's next!!!!????

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