"C'mon, please guys!"
Duo, the notoriously annoying loud baka, was literally on his hands and knees, begging his fellow ex-pilots.
"Just for a few hours. It's not like it's gonna hurt or anything! Please? I'll leave you all alone for the rest of the day!"
You swear to that, Maxwell?" Wufei asked, one eyebrow raised in query.
"Yes, I swear! Besides, you guys might have fun."
"Then I'll go willingly. Anything for you to leave me alone for a little while." Wufei stood and walked towards his room. "I'll be down in a minute."
"We'll go too." Quatre said quickly, Trowa nodding in agreement.
"Hn." Heero turned off his laptop and moved to his room, placing it gently on his desk.
"YES! I knew you guys would do it!" Duo ran to his part of Hero's room and changed into swimming trunks, calling after the others. "Don't forget your towels and sunscreen!"
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Duo quickly walked out to the dock (or more like ran), pulling a keyring out of his pocket. Pushing a little black button, one of the doors to the enclosed boathouse lifted. Pushing another button, lights flew on. Blinking at the sudden brightness in the dark room, the others quickly adjusted to the lights and gazed in awe.
In the middle of the largish boathouse was a boat. Yes...a boat. But not your average type of boat. This boat screamed speed and destruction. It was a slick black, with white and silver inlay. At 40 feet of metal and engine, it was extremely intimidating. A powerkat among powerkats. And Duo's pride and joy.
"Whaddya think of her, guys? This here's my baby." Gently stroking this panel on the side of it, he jumped in and stowed his towel in a compartment towards the front, hidden until he opened it. "Jump in and put your stuff away, unless you want it to get wet."
Quickly hitting buttons on the dash, Duo started to lower it as soon as the others were settled in, starting her up with a loud roar. Once it was in the water, Duo backed it out, not going the manic speed he was known for. Once outside in the fresh air, duo grinned his manic grin and opened the throttle all the way, letting his baby out at top speed.
Looking at the others, his grin became even wider. They were all holding on for dear life, even the Perfect Soldier. Slowing down a little, he looked back in front of him and steered for the center of the large lake. Stopping, he turned around and grinned at them all.
"So, you like her?" Duo looked at the others as they settled back down on their seats. "I got a few more knick-knacks in here, but I don't think you guys would appreciate them at the moment." He smirked as Heero started examining it.
"What is this made of?" Quatre asked, feeling the familiar texture of the metal.
"Gundanium. I made it out of all of our leftover gundams. You know, the pieces that just won't blow up no matter what you do to it. I even tried talking my gundam to destruction...didn't work."
"How did you find all the pieces to make this huge boat?" Wufei asked, trying to keep his hair from flying everywhere. "I thought we totally destroyed them."
Duo grinned. "Parts were replaced all throughout the war. I just went to Howard and got the parts that weren't thrown away. It wasn't that hard. It's never that hard to get parts out of Howard, especially if you give him the right price."
Duo looked to the lake, grinning even wider as a few speed boats and jet skis made their way towards them. "Looks like we got some company. I feel in the mood for a race. What about you guys?"
The others, except Heero, looked warily at Duo.
"What are you going to do, Duo?" Quatre asked, eyeing the boats approaching worriedly.
"Something stupid, most likely." Wufei also looked towards the boats.
"Nah. Not yet. I plan on doing something stupid later. Now is fun time."
"Hey, look!" One of the guys in a faster speed boat yelled to the others as they slowed down. "It's that wimpy girly-boy from the other day. Hey! You wanna race your wimpy boat 'gainst mine?"
Looking at Duo, everyone looked in shock at the glare he gave the other boy.
"I don't care if you call me girly-boy," Duo growled, "but you just insulted Shini. Now you are going down. No one insults Shini and lives to tell about it! You're on!"
The other boy, who is now to be dubbed as Matt, leered at Duo. "If I win, what will you give me?"
Duo glowered at him a moment, then grinned. "You wanna make this a betting race? Alright. You get me for one night."
Matt licked his lips slowly, a wicked glint appearing in his eyes. "Accepted. I'll give you my boat if you win. And I can guarantee you, I will win. I never lose."
Duo just smirked at him. "Deal."
"Hope you're good in bed, boy. I like my toys lively" Matt sneered, starting up his boat.
Duo just grinned madly. "I don't think so. I'm only giving my body to one person, and it sure as hell ain't you."
Turing to the other ex-pilots in Shini, Duo grinned. "Better buckle up. I forgot to mention I put some thrusters, and a few of Wing's jet packs in Shini here. We're gonna beat that bitch to Hell!"