Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Violets, Braids, and Space Pirates? ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 7 )

Title: Violets, Braids, and Space Pirates? (7 of ?)

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Category: Romance, Fusion -Tenchi Universe

Pairings: Just friends for now, eventually 1x2x1, maybe 3+4

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: A few swear words, maybe a bit of sap and fluff here and there, my weird attempts at humor

Spoilers: For Gundam Wing, not a one. For Tenchi Universe, probably

Feedback: Suggestions, comments, ideas, and even grammar and spelling corrections are all welcome.

"speech"

`thought'

*** *** location change

Cabbit Communication:

/Ryo-Ohki to Duo/

(Duo to Ryo-Ohki)-rare but Duo will occasionally speak telepathically to her.

Chapter Seven: Ideas

***Earth***

After dinner, Heero showed Duo how to work his Playstation before going upstairs to do his school work. Quatre and Katsuhito joined Duo in the living room. Quatre was finishing his report while Katsuhito paid bills.

"So, Cat you almost done with that thing?" Duo asked from the floor.

"Yes." Quatre looked up from his computer to the TV screen. "What is that?"

"Don't know, but its fun. Take that." Duo said as he slayed another Duke Magi. [1]

"It's a video game. I picked up a few more of those while we were out today." said Katsuhito.

Duo turned briefly to look at the old man. "Really? Are they any good?"

"According to the sales man they are. But I've never played any before." Katsuhito looked around the living room. "Where's Ryo-Ohki?"

"I think she went off to explore. She said something about checking out the forest." Duo turned back to the game.

Quatre shut his computer down. "Hey Duo. When will Ryo-Ohki be ready to transform?" Duo ignored Quatre, trying to save Ryu from a Duke Knight. "Duo. *Duo.* Duo, Celeste is about to grab your braid.

On pure instinct, Duo dropped the controller and pulled his braid to his chest. Dropping his braid, he turned to glare at Quatre. "That is so not funny Cat. Your niece is one scary kid."

"What, are you telling me the great Shinigami can't handle a two year old?" Quatre teased.

"Not a two year old who thinks my braid is a swing. Now that you've killed me." Duo pointed to the screen where one character was laying on the ground. "What did you want?"

"When will Ryo-Ohki be ready to transform?"

"The way she's been eating she should be ready by tomorrow afternoon." Duo turned back around and picked up the controller. "Sweet, I've got a Tonic left. Maybe I can kick this guy's ass after all."

Quatre rolled his eyes. "Duo, I swear sometimes you have the attention span of a gnat."

~*~*~*~*~*~*

Outside, Ryo-Ohki was climbing back up the shrine stairs when she heard someone behind her. Ryo-Ohki jumped into bushes and watched the man walk past. Since she didn't know him she ran through the woods back to the house. Phasing through the front door, she ran into the living room and jumped into Duo's lap.

"Damn it Ryo-Ohki." Duo dropped the controller and picked her up. "What's with you?"

/Someone's coming up here./

"So that's a good reason to come running in here like a cat outta hell? This isn't Sicota. I don't think you need to freak me out like that."

"What's wrong with her?" Quatre asked.

"She said someone's coming up."

"Odin must finally be home. I better go warm up his dinner." Katsuhito stood up and headed for the kitchen. "When he gets in, just send him to the kitchen. Thank you for letting me know Ryo-Ohki."

/At least some appreciates me./ Ryo-Ohki grumbled, pouting.

"It's not that we don't appreciate you Ryo-Ohki. I love you, you know that." Duo sighed and cradled her to his chest. "This isn't a dangerous planet. You don't need to be on guard all the time, okay?" Duo scratched the grumpy cabbit behind the ears.

/Fine./ Ryo-Ohki leaned into Duo's hand, purring. /A little to the left. Oo right there./

"Duo, what in the world were you doing on Sic…"

Quatre was cut off as the front door slammed and a tall graying sandy blonde walked into the foyer. After putting his coat away he walked into the living room and dropped his briefcase on the couch. He looked at the two teens, raising an eyebrow. "I don't know you boys, do I?"

Quatre stood up from the couch. "No sir, we haven't met yet. I'm Quatre and this is Duo." He waved a hand towards Duo, who didn't move from his spot on the floor.

"Dad mentioned you last night, said you were staying here awhile. I'm Odin, Heero's father." He shook Quatre's hand. Turning to Duo, he took a step back when he saw Ryo-Ohki. "What is this?"

/What is it with people referring to me as a thing? It's rude./

(I know but at least he hasn't called you cute yet.)

/True./

"This is Ryo-Ohki." Eager to avoid any questions about the cabbit, he tried to distract the man. "Granddad said he was going to warm up some food for you. He's in the kitchen."

He smiled, giving Ryo-Ohki a wary glance. "Well then I'll see you boys after I eat. Then maybe you can tell me a little about yourselves."

"Sure, we'd love to." Quatre smiled nervously as Odin walked out to the kitchen. Quatre dropped back on to the couch. He groaned, dropping his head into his hands. "My superiors are going to kill me. I am so fired."

"Cat calm down. It's not that bad. So far only two people know about us for sure and maybe a third soon. It's not like we were caught on satellite when we crashed, otherwise this planet's military would probably be here." Duo shrugged. "Maybe you could add something in your report about diplomatic relations or something. Besides, Granddad and Heero took it pretty well. What makes you think Odin won't?"

"*What?!*" Odin shouted from the kitchen.

Quatre shot Duo a worried look. "You were saying?"

~*~*~*~*~*~*

Three hours of explanations later a very weary, very confused Odin went upstairs muttering that he wished he had never woken up this morning. Katsuhito followed him after wishing everyone a goodnight. Quatre, Duo, Ryo-Ohki, and Heero, who had been brought down by the shouting, were still sitting in the living room. Duo had Ryo-Ohki asleep on his lap, still sitting on the floor while the other two were on one of the couches.

Quatre rubbed his forehead, frowning. "I'm really in for it. Commander Kushrenada is going to flip, Trowa's probably going to terrorize some poor rookie, and Iria is going to kick my ass for being so irresponsible, probably yours too, Duo."

Duo snickered. "Iria wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone her baby bro. And I can defend myself if I have too. I still say you're worrying much."

"Look Quatre, Duo might have a point. If you put the right spin on this you could pass this off as an opportunity for establishing first contact with a developing culture or something." Heero shrugged as he moved to sit next to Duo. "You should go back through your report and add it in somewhere." Heero grabbed the controller and turned the Playstation back on. Turning to the screen as the game started he added "It wouldn't hurt to try."

"See, Heero agrees with my idea. Cat just try it, please."

"Fine, but if I get fired I'm hiding from Iria and Trowa with you. I do not want to be around when they blow." Quatre said as he pulled his computer back out. He set it up on the coffee table and began editing his report.

***Galaxy Police Headquarters***

Trowa sighed and dialed up Iria's number for the fourth time that day. `Come on, pick up.' Right as he was going to hang up, Iria's worried face appeared on the screen. "Sorry to call you so late in the day Iria, but have you heard back from Princess Relena yet?"

Iria scowled. "Yes I did. She hasn't seen or heard from him as of yet. But I don't think she's really looking either." Iria's expression grew a little disgusted. "I know they don't get along, but she's the only person anywhere near where he disappeared. I wish she would put aside her petty little issues with Quatre and seriously look for him."

`Don't get along?' Trowa shook his head. "I thought Quatre and Relena were fairly close. He always receives invitations to those balls and charity functions she throws."

Iria snorted. "She does that to keep up appearances. It wouldn't look good if the First Jurai royal family didn't get along with all the minor houses and clans."

"Well I do have some good news on my end. Yagami should be fixed by tomorrow morning. When Howard heard that Quatre was missing he made it a priority. I'll head out tomorrow as soon as it's done."

"Oh God, really? Trowa, that's great news." Iria smiled at him. "Do you think you'll find him?"

"I can go directly to the same area he was headed to so I have a better chance than Princess Relena does." Trowa looked down at his watch. "I better let you go. I told Howard I'd help with some of the repairs before I left for the night. I promise when I find him I'll have him call you."

"Thank you Trowa. Good night."

"Good night." Trowa cut the call. As he was leaving his office he thought about what Iria had just told him. `Damn it. I may owe Quatre an apology for all those times I accused him of abusing his family's connections.'

***Earth***

The next morning around six, Duo left a still sleeping Ryo-Ohki in Quatre's room and set off to meet Heero on the shrine stairs. He found Heero halfway down, sitting on the steps, putting film into his camera.

"Is there a reason you go to school this early?" Duo yawned, stretching.

"It's an hour long bus ride into town. You think anyone would get up this early unless they had too?" Heero stood up. As he was about to put on his backpack Duo stopped him.

"You might want to leave that here for now. If you're going to be taking pictures I'll have to carry you from behind."

Heero dropped his bag and gave Duo a look. "You better not drop me."

"I didn't drop you last night and I won't drop you today." At the other boy's skeptical look, he sighed and ran a hand through his bangs. "Look, flying is a mind skill, an extension of my telekinesis. I do *need* contact to fly with someone, preferably a lot of contact, but I'm not holding them up with just my physical strength alone. So, are you going turn around and trust me?"

When Heero turned around, Duo walked down a few steps and wrapped his arms around Heero's chest. He lifted them up into the air, tilting them down so Heero was facing the ground. "Where to first?"

"The lake, please. I want to get a picture of it at sunrise."

~*~*~*~*~*~*

Quatre and Katsuhito were talking in the living room when Duo got back from taking Heero to school. Ryo-Ohki was in Quatre's lap going through another bag of carrots, occasionally giving a meow or hiss to express her opinions. When Duo walked in Ryo-Ohki dropped the carrots and ran over to him.

/Did you check his ass out while you two were flying?/ she asked when Duo picked her up.

(Ryo-Ohki!) Duo scowled at the cabbit in his arms. (Are sex and food all you think about?)

/What else is there? But since you didn't answer my question I know you did. Was it nice?/

"I'm not answering that question, you little pervert." Duo replied, his checks turning pink. Looking up from the cabbit he saw Quatre and Katsuhito were starring at him. "Umm, hi. I'm back."

Katsuhito chuckled and stood up. "We noticed. I'm going to head up to the shrine now." He walked past Duo towards the door. "Quatre, I think you should talk to Duo about your idea. I'll see you boys later." he said as he shut the door.

"What idea, Cat?"

"Come sit down and I'll tell you." As Duo moved to the floor Quatre stopped him. "Up here on the couch. I don't want to compete with that game for your attention."

Duo sat down, facing the blonde. "So, what's your idea?" Duo asked, handing Ryo-Ohki her carrots.

"You know how you and Heero had the idea of playing this off as an opportunity?" At Duo's nod, he continued. "What do you think of staying here, permanently?" Quatre was looking at his hands, fidgeting.

"You mean live here? With Heero and Granddad?"

"Yes. See, I took your idea and changed it a bit. I added in a few things about damage control and maybe having a patrol ship here to prevent any more accidental interaction with the locals." He looked up at Duo, blushing slightly in embarrassment. "I also added in that you would be staying here; and since we can't really keep you locked up that it might be a good idea to have someone here to keep you out of trouble. What do you think? Granddad did say we could stay here as long as like."

Duo's face lit up. "I think that's a great idea. As long as you're the one assigned out here. I do not want Une or someone else out here watching me." His nose crinkled at the idea of being watched by Treize's pet agent.

"I volunteered to be assigned out here. But you're okay with it?"

"Hell yeah!" Duo hugged Quatre and ruffled his hair.

"Hey not the hair." Quatre swatted Duo's hand away. "Now that I know you're okay with it, on to more important things." He got a teasing grin on his face. `Payback time.' "Did you check out Heero's butt while you were flying him around?"

Tbc…

[1] The game is Breath of Fire V