Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Violets, Braids, and Space Pirates? ❯ Chapter Nine ( Chapter 9 )

Title: Violets, Braids, and Space Pirates? (9 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 Nine: The Arrival

Since it was Wednesday Heero had spent the afternoon at the shrine helping his grandfather with the chores. They were heading down the stairs for dinner when a large shadow covered the ground. Looking up Heero saw a wooden ship flying down towards the lake.

"Heero head on down to the lake to greet our guests and I'll tell the boys at the house." Katsuhito had a small smile on his face as Heero took off at a run. "I'd better get some sheets for the other bedroom."

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

When Relena teleported to the shore she saw her little sister Hilde was already there, playing with Ryo-Ohki. Relena scowled at the cabbit. 'I know that animal from somewhere.'

"Hilde, do not play with that thing. You have no idea where it's been." Relena quickly walked over to pull Hilde away from her new playmate. She didn't need to bother though. The second Ryo-Ohki heard Relena she hissed and took off down the path to the house. The blue eyed, black haired girl glared at her older sister.

"It's not like there's anything else for me to do." Hilde crossed her arms, pouting. "You didn't even tell me why we came here."

Relena kneeled down to straighten her sister's ponytail and jumper. "We're here because Lord Quatre crashed on this planet. He needs a ride home."

Hilde batted Relena's hands away. "Quatre's family you know. You don't have to use the Lord thing. It's not like he calls me Princess or Lady."

Relena stood up, giving a delicate sniff. "You're too young to understand Hilde."

"Whatever." Hilde mumbled. Turning around she saw Heero come sliding to a stop. Panting, he put his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath. Hilde walked over to him. "Sir, are you okay?"

Heero gave her a small smile, nodding as he stood up. "I'm Heero Yuy. Are you here to pick up Quatre and Duo?"

Relena stepped forward and put her hand on Hilde's shoulder. "Yes, we are here for Quatre. I'm Princess Relena of Jurai and this is my little sister, Princess Hilde."

'This is the girl from the video?' Heero repressed a snicker and motioned to the path behind him. "If you could follow me, we'll head up to the house. They should be there." Heero turned around and began walking up the path.

Hilde eagerly followed Heero, asking how Quatre was doing. Relena just stood at the lakeshore for a few seconds, shocked at Heero's insulting behavior. She shook her head in disbelief at his lack of respect and began to follow.

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

In his bedroom Duo was watching Quatre as he paced back and forth, talking to himself. Ryo-Ohki, who had jumped on the bed to avoid being stepped on, was getting dizzy from watching Quatre.

/Duo, tell him to stop or I'm gonna puke!/

"Cat…Cat…*Quatre!*"

"What?" Quatre asked, still pacing.

"Stop, please. You're making Ryo-Ohki nauseous and you're making one hell of a groove in the floor. What's the big deal anyway?"

Quatre stopped, giving Duo a half hearted glare. "I just don't know how to deal with Relena. She always expects people to be court formal and to…to…"

"Kiss her ass?"

"Yes!" Quatre ran his hand through his hair. "There is no way I'm going to act like that. I like and respect these people. I will *not* put on an act for Relena."

"So don't." Duo reached up, pulling Quatre into a sitting position on the bed. "This isn't Jurai, right?"

"Right"

"So don't act like its Jurai. Let's just go down there and be us." Duo shrugged, giving Quatre a mischievous smirk. "If she doesn't like it, we can always prank her again."

"Yeah, but what could we do that we haven't already done?"

Duo stood up, carrying Ryo-Ohki. He pulled the blonde with him out the door. "Give me some time. I'll think of something. Come on, you can hang out with me and Heero while we cook dinner."

Walking down the stairs to the first floor they saw Heero coming out of the living room. He held a finger to his lips and motioned them past the living room and into the kitchen. "Granddad just invited them to stay for a few days. He said something about waiting for a response from your superiors about your report." He arched an eyebrow at Quatre. "What's he talking about?"

Duo and Quatre looked at each other. "It was your idea, you tell him. I'm gonna get started on dinner." Duo dropped Ryo-Ohki off at the table and began pulling salad ingredients out of the refrigerator.

"Granddad invited us to stay so I asked to be assigned out here to keep Duo out of trouble." Quatre smiled at Heero and moved to help Duo with the salad.

"You aren't going home?" Heero asked as he pulled out the steaks and fries.

"Nope, we're staying Hee-chan." Duo tossed Heero a grin while dicing onions.

"Don't call me that baka."

"It's not a problem Heero, us staying?" Quatre asked as he sliced a bell pepper.

Heero turned the grill and deep fryer on and faced the blonde. "I really don't care one way or the other. Although if you stay maybe Duo can give me a ride to school in the mornings."

"I don't mind giving you a lift." Duo tossed the onions in to a bowl and began washing the lettuce. "Now that you've met the Princess what do you think?"

"Which Princess, Relena or Hilde?" Heero asked as he tossed the steaks on the grill. After checking the deep fryer, he dumped the fries in.

Duo nudged the faucet to the other side of the sink for Heero. "Hilde's here? I didn't expect that. I meant Relena though. What do you think of her?"

Done washing his hands, Heero pulled out a salad spinner and put the lettuce into it. "I don't know her yet. Ask me again in a few days. But it is hard to look at her without picturing her with green hair." Heero handed the spinner to Duo. "Just crank the handle and it will get the excess water off."

"Thanks Heero."

Quatre looked up from dicing the tomatoes. "Hilde's here? Why would Relena take Hilde out on marriage negotiations?"

Heero shrugged as he turned the steaks. "You're asking me? Duo can you hand me that loaf of bread?"

"Which one?"

"The one that's not sliced. Thanks"

"You're welcome." Duo began tossing the dried lettuce into the bowl with the onions and green peppers. "Hilde may not end up ruling Jurai but she will have to deal with the same idiots. Maybe Relena brought her along to give her experience in dealing with negotiations in general, Cat."

After dumping the tomatoes into the bowl, Quatre began slicing the carrots. "You have a point, but I don't think Hilde would enjoy listening Relena talking all day."

/Who would?/ Ryo-Ohki gave Duo a pitiful look. /Hey can I have some of those carrots?/

Duo snagged two carrots from Quatre's pile and handed them to Ryo-Ohki. "That's all you're getting till dinner furball. You can have a bowl of salad then."

Ryo-Ohki grabbed the carrots and began munching. /That's fine with me./ Ryo-Ohki sniffed the air. /Duo, Heero might want to take the steaks off. I think they're done./

Duo turned to find Heero placing the bread in the oven. "Heero, you might want to check the steaks."

Heero grunted and pulled the steaks off the grill. Covering them with foil, he placed them to the side. When the fryer timer beeped Heero lifted the fries up to drain. "Quatre, paper towels please."

"Here. Where are the spoons?"

Heero looked up from dumping the fries in a bowl. "Spoons?"

"To toss the salad."

"Oh, they're in the drawer to you're right. Duo, can you grab some plates and set the table?"

"Sure." Once done with the table, Duo pulled the bread out of the oven and put it in a basket on the table. "Is everything almost done Hee-chan?"

"Everything's done. And Duo, don't call me Hee-chan. "

Duo blew a raspberry at Heero. "Ryo-Ohki, can you go get everyone?"

/Sure./ Swallowing the last of the carrot, she jumped off the table to go fetch everyone else.

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

Hilde was nibbling on a cookie, listening to her sister and Katsuhito talk. 'Blah, blah, blah. Does she ever stop being a diplomat?' Sick of listening to Relena's polite, cautious conversation, Hilde interrupted. "Why does Quatre need a ride? Do you know why he crashed sir?"

"*Hilde,* don't interrupt." Relena hissed softly.

Katsuhito chuckled softly at the young girl's bluntness. "It's alright Miss. I don't mind." Smiling at Hilde, he answered her question. "Well, young lady Quatre and Duo crashed because they were fighting."

Relena's face blanched. "Duo's here?"

Hilde rolled her eyes at her sister. "Heero said that he was. Weren't you listening earlier?" Noticing Relena's white face, Hilde poked her. "Are you okay?"

Relena smiled slightly at her. "I'm fine Hilde." She unconsciously fiddled with her kimono.

"I don't know why you're nervous. It's not like they're going to die all your clothes black again." 'Though I thought it was an improvement.' Hilde added silently.

Katsuhito looked slightly baffled. Hilde snickered as she explained. "Duo and Quatre used to make my sister the brunt of all their jokes."

"Ah, I see. There's no reason to worry about that any more. I'm sure they've grown up since then." The old man gave the blonde girl a gentle smile.

Relena gave him a weak smile. "I'm sure you're right sir."

Hearing a small meow Katsuhito looked down to see Ryo-Ohki at his feet. "Time for dinner?" Ryo-Ohki gave another meow, nodding and bounced back to the kitchen. "Ladies, if you could follow me, dinner is ready." Standing up he began leading the way to the kitchen.

Relena straightened her kimono as she stood up. She clasped Hilde's hand and they followed the old man into the kitchen.

TBC