Duo's Christmas Vacation Challenge
~ The Challenge ~
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December was a grand month for all on Earth or the Colonies, a time of peace, friendship and giving. Also a time of adjusting for a group of five on space colony L4, where they gathered at the young Winner heir's invitation for this Christmas's party he was to throw. 'Everyone' was going to be there, no one wanted to miss it! Some were reluctant to make it, but went in place for not invoking the Arabian's wrath.
That silent European was scary when his blonde was denied something. The gleam in the Winner's eyes didn't go unnoticed either.
So here it was, twelve more loo~ng days before Christmas. Add that with one hyper, over excited, impatient and exuberant American, and you had your hands full. His partner, bless his soul, was helpless in trying to tame the excess energy, which seemed to pour from the slightly taller boy. Truth be told, the others didn't mind one bit. Duo was the joy of the group... when he wasn't pulling pranks to extinguish his boredom that was! The bucket of water over a door trick was getting old rather quickly.
"What'er we gonna do now?!" Duo bounced around the couch playing with strands of black silk as he passed his partner, wide smile on his rosy lips, eyes shinning with untold joy.
They'd just gotten back from another shopping trip, same plan as before. All drive to the mall, once there, bid farewells and go your own way. When time came to leave it was your own duty to make sure every bag was not seeable into before the drive home. Usually by the time they returned home something else was already planned for the day. It was only them five and some of the Maganacs, they've been gathered for three weeks, rapidly running out of things to keep the braided boy busy with.
"I'm not sure Duo... how about cards?"
Braid flew as the owner shook his head, "Naw, did that yesterday."
"Swimming?" Quatre tried again, was a heated pool.
"Hmm..." he pondered that one for a bit stopping behind the couch to once again twirl loose strands of black between his fingers. Violet eyes lit, fingers snapped as he looked up. "YEAH! LETS GO!" latching onto a golden arm he dragged his Chinese love away up the stairs for changing before everyone would meet back at the pool.
"Maxwell! Un hand me!" Wufei shouted, "I can walk on my own!"
Duo just laughed looking back at him, "Yeah, yeah, yeah... bitch, bitch!" and continued tugging him up the stairs.
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Three fun filled swimming hours later, five sopping wet, prune resembling young men exited from the pool room entering the mansion, towels draped about their being.
"Duo calm down." Heero glared at him, half force, he actually had some fun after he gave into his and Quatre's persuasions to swim with them. But now, the braided baka was bouncing a circle around them like he hadn't used up any energy at all! "What are you? The Energizer Bunny?" he quipped.
Trowa smirked, "He keeps going and going and going..."
Quatre laughed smiling as Wufei smirked. Wasn't often, even now after the Wars, that the two 'Silent Ones' made jokes, much less at the same time! Duo, for his part, stopped, raised a brow with twinkling eyes, smiled and bounced on ahead of them going, "Bongie! Bongie! Bongie!"
"What'll we do with him?" Quatre questioned wrapping an arm around his loves, hugging it.
"No clue."
"Nothing."
Wufei nodded, "Wouldn't work anyways."
"True." Accepting this as fact, for they all had tried in ways to calm the still self proclaimed Shinigami down, it never worked. They lived with him as he was, loved him as he was and bore with it all. Though, they were seriously starting to wonder just what they were going to do with the boy now that Christmas was a mere eleven days away and activities to keep him busy were dwindling. Fast.
Was the stack of presents under the tree safe? They hopped they would be. And what of...? Oh no... Gods above help them if he found the sugar.
"You do know he's most likely tarring your room apart looking for something to do don't you?" golden brow raised. "You haven't told him his game boy was left at the other estate yet, have you?" At this the other two snickered, eyes shinning.
Duo loved his game boy. Between Quatre, the funds swiped from OZ and White Fang, the boy had games coming out the ass. Ohhh no, that wasn't just for game boy... Nooo! The man had play station seven and eight, both of which were able to play game from pervious versions... Super Advanced Nentendo and Saga Super Station. He called himself Shinigami, he should consider a name change to 'Game God'; the boy was beyond good.
Wufei paled a shade. No, he had not mentioned the missing portable system to him, nor the fact half the games were at a totally separate mansion then the game boy itself. Squaring golden shoulders, tightening the towel around his waist the Chinese lad schooled his face to one of indifference so he was ready when he entered the sure to be 'War Zone'.
"No, I have not informed him of such." Answered with all the indifference his face now showed, but it didn't matter now, they already knew what an upset-nothing-to-do Duo was like, wasn't pretty, not unless they could somehow manage to come up with something new to do for the night.
Quatre silently berated himself. 'Knew I should have told Abdul to send the installers here first! Allah, stupid, stupid, stupid.'
Chuckling oval eyes observed they're little bundle. If the hitting of his head on the taller boys arm was any indication of what the blonde was thinking then... Trowa knew the Arabian was mad at himself for not having the game installer from Toy World come by this manor first.
Logic was, they stayed here majority of the time without guest, the other manors had more traffic and Duo housing, that he'd get at least one game system put in at each place he was known to stay at the most. More things added to the game room per house, in truth.
"He'll get over it." Piped the ever-wise Heero.
Wufei almost sighed shaking his head slightly, "After ranting to death about leaving his precious games behind..."
"And who does this remind us of?" The blonde asked, aqua eyes sparkling in humor.
"Haven't the foggiest."
Refusing to roll his ebon eyes, Wufei made first up the stairs, others following. A crash sounded from somewhere up there; they stopped looking towards him. "What?"
"Wufei's in tr~ouble!!" Giggling Quatre wagging a finger at him, "Your gonna get it! Your gonna get it!" his sing song voice rose.
A bark of laughter brought the attention away from the giggling Quatre to Trowa, whom smiled at his love trying to lead him away to change and get ready for dinner. "Quat, come along... lets get you changed."
"Your in for it now Chang!" he laughed turning to follow the brunet.
Wufei sighed, "He needs to act his age."
Heero smirked holding back his own chuckle, "Sad thing is... he is" letting it out he walked away, leaving Wufei to his own demise.
Steeling himself, he opened the door, to a one candle lit room - light being shattered - and one ticked off Shinigami, "'FEI!! You LEFT my GAMES behind!?" locked and closed it behind him arching a brow.
"I did not leave them behind, Maxwell." Walking forward discarding his towel on the floor, "As I recall, I advised you to make certain you had everything packed before we left." Snapping the tie from his hair, his brow went up again in question, grabbing the brush, "Did I not?"
Large, violet puppy dog eyes made an appearance as Duo took one last look around the disheveled room, stepping closer, "Yeah but... my games... NOW what am I supposed to do?" Man this sucked.
Shaking out his now dried, freshly brushed through hair, Wufei beckoned the braided lad to him, "Duo..." eyes softened as he pulled the other into his lap, "How about... we find something to occupy your time with, ne?"
The Eyes started to fad, mischief twinkle entering them. "Really now?" shaking head, "I don't know 'Fei, I'm really bored here..."
"Mm, sure we can handle that" leaning forward two things happened at once. The single lit candle went out and space between them became obsolete.
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It was sometime later in the West library that Quatre appeared in the doorway peering around as if looking for something or one. "Can we help you?" asked Trowa's amused voice.
"H-have any of you seen Duo lately?" What was Winner nervous for?
"Last time I saw him he was heading for the North Wing probably the game room. Why?" Wufei wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer to that as he watched the other fiddle with the shirts hem.
"Well you see... umm... One of the maids said he asked where the sugar was..."
Heero was up from his laptop staring at him. "What?!"
A nod, "She said, she regretted to inform him that she did not, in fact know where she sugar was."
"That's a lie." Came a humored snort, "Efficient one I supposed?"
"Well, if you mean he bought it, then yes. For how long is what I'm wondering. You know there's sugar in the mansion... just a matter of time before that sniffer of his finds it."
Trowa's head dropped, "Lets hope it fails... I still remember last time..."
"Yeah..."
"We better go find him. Each take a wing." With those orders, Heero and the others left in search of the missing braided boy.
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Duo was bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. So bored in fact, he was currently debating on wither he could help clean something or not. Ahh they'd probably come up with some stupid excuse to keep me from doing it anyhow... So what to do? What to do...?
Hmm already cleaned the room up... repacked everything... slid down the banister twelve times. That last one hurt! I rub my sore thigh mentally reminding myself not to lean left or right while doing that. Bad idea. You stay straight; you go down fine. You lean left or right your hitting something! Ouchie!!
So lets see... I'm in the North Wing, so that's got the game room, movie room and another library... I could play games... But I've mastered all the arcade ones... play pool but the others airn't here... So what's lil' oh me to do?
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Sleigh bells ring,
Are ya listenin'?
In the lane,
Snow is glisten,
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What the hell!? Swirling around I search the walls, sounds gotta be coming from around here somewhere! I've been hearing it all bloody day and haven't found speaker ONE of where they're at. "Either Q-man's invested in some flat wall speakers or he's got the smallest ones in Colony history!" And damn it the song lied! "It ain't snowed this year, not even a flake!"
"I know... wish it would..." a quiet voice stopped me. Turning around slowly I smile at the sweet girl standing nervously looking somewhere between the floor and my chest.
"Hey doll! Yeah, needs to. Never seen a white Christmas before... only one I did see, we didn't have Christmas on, so yeah, it'd be nice."
She shifted from foot to foot, never meeting my eyes. "Aye... w-well, I've g-got to be g-getting back to work now... N-nice to meet you." And she's off like a shot from a gun! heh Must've been a new girl. Everyone in Quatre's many estates knew they could speak freely, anything they wanted to say, just had to make sure they were not rude.
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A beautiful sight,
We're havin' tonight,
Walkin' in a Winter Wonder Land,
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"The hell it is!" Swingin' open the library's door - Hades, wonder what the others would say to finding me here? - I walk around large shelves, searching, searching for... something. "Maybe a Book Wonder Land... Why the hells Q-Man got so many books?"
Shaking my head woderin' if there was somethin' there to my likings, probably not, but a guy can wonder can't he? Most of these have to be his old mans! No way a kid our age could come up with a book pile like this one wow! "Uo-hey!" grabbing a old lookin' one with 'Ghost' in the title I hunker down trying to ignore the damned Christmas music coming from 'seemingly invisible' speakers.
"I'm gonna find those... wait and see... THEN we'll see what songs are playing" smirking I open the book and loose myself.
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"Last room."
A surprised snort, "I'm surprised he wasn't in the game room."
"Well I'm not." Quatre tried sticking up for his friend, "He is smart you know, just doesn't apply himself." He almost looked smug, "I happened to know he has a fascination with books on Ghosts."
Raised eyebrows met him, "Ghosts?"
"Think about it," Wufei steeped closer to the door, "Ghosts, Shinigami... God of Death, looks over ghosts?"
"Hn." Inadequate explanation.
Trowa tilted his head to the side, listening to something, "Is he humming?"
"Huh?" Aqua pools stared at him questioningly before pressing a pale ear to the door. All he could hear was his Christmas music playing.
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Gone away,
Is the blue bird,
Here to stay,
Is the new bird,
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"I don't hear anything" standing from his position shrugging.
Wufei strode forward grasping the doorknob, "Doesn't matter, lets just see what my- the idiots up to." smirking or smiling the others him into the room.
They found Duo laying on the couch in the most... unusual way... Well, they admitted to themselves, it was only unusual if it were anyone else but Duo. Laying upside down, head hanging off the couch, legs lying up the back with feet hanging over it, was Duo Maxwell, nose stuck in a book while his right hand scribbled something on a note pad. His braid swung to an unheard beat, hitting other books scattered among the ground.
"Duo?" He was actually reading and when Wufei walked closer squinting, he could make out '... of ghost hauntings' of the title quirking a dark brow. "Intriguing book I presume?"
Jumping from the sound of voice in his quiet room, Duo dropped the book and pen looking up at them all a bit sheepishly, being caught unawares. "Uhh, yeah." Sweat dropping he lay there watching them, "Whatcha doin' guys?"
"Ohhh just checking on you!" Quatre chirped dancing around the couches back, peering down at him, eyes swiftly darting to the notepad on his chest when he wasn't looking.
"What have you been up to?"
Looking at Trowa, laughing at the view he had now, Duo grinning waving one arm, "Why reading of course! I can accomplish that ya know." He frowned fringing hurt. "Heyy..."
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He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walkin' in a winter wonder land,
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Having been quiet through it, as he always was, Heero took one step forward staring at the paper, "You've been writing."
"Huh? Wha-" quickly trying to cover the pointed out pages up, "No I haven't!" He failed. Keeping his eyes on all of 'em gave way to Quatre's attack; pages were quickly snagged from his grasp, being read over.
"These are good Duo..." a slight frown formed on his lips, "Doesn't make any sense, but they're good." Suddenly he grinned.
"Quatre?"
"Oh no..." Wufei backed off a step, "I know that look."
Duo sat up. "Q-man? Can I have those back now?"
Golden hair flew, "No way, nu-uh!" clutching the pad to his chest Quatre did a perfect imitation of the braided one, "Only on one condition, can you get these back."
Skeptical now as to if he wanted the small parts back, THAT much, he nodded, "Okay... what?"
"Finish it! Er-well... make a song from it all!"
Three confused voices echoed out, "What?"
"Oh come on! Duo look at these!"
"I know Q, I wrote them." He grinned.
Quatre nodded bouncing back around to him plopping on the cushion beside him. "Then make a song from them! You've got plenty of lyrics right there, just find a way to arrange them."
"Songs?"
"Yeah, songs..." Quatre nodded to him and turned back to Duo, "Come on! That's the only way your getting these back!"
Duo fell off the couch with a sigh... damn it... "Alright, fine..."
"Great!" jumping from his seat tossing the pad down to Duo, the blonde started off for the door, snagging Trowa on his way...
"On one condition, of course."
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In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend he's a parse of brown,
He'll say 'Are ya married?'
We'll say 'No man,
But you can do job while your in town.'
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And stopped at Duo's words. He didn't even want to turn around, didn't have to. He could hear in his voice the mile wide grin spread across his face, the Christmas music filling the room only seemed to echo that thought. Turning slowly, Quatre took a step back. The grin was there... and a sparkling in the boys eyes... violet mischief making it's appearance.
"Yes, Duo?"
Standing up with Wufei's offered hand, he leaned against the two-inch shorter man. "I'll only put together that song for ya..." leaning over he pecked Wufei on the cheek smiling sweetly... too sweetly... "If all of YOU also, write a song." He paused smirking, "A Challenge of sorts."
"What??"
"Hn."
He sighed, that was it? "What type?" the blonde's interest was peaked... Something new to try never hurt anyone. Right?
Smirk replaced the smile, "A Christmas one, just like me."
"Duo those words were anything BUT Christmas like..." he cocked his head to the side, "Did kinda... go with one though...?" he wasn't totally sure on it, rhymed like a song he knew though.
Nodding the braid bouncing behind him Duo pulled the pages back out, "Yep!" a nod, "Tried doin' it the rhyme of 'Winter Wonder Land'... don't think it worked that well though." Shrugging broad shoulders, sneaking his right arm around the Chinese's waist, he continued with the 'rules'.
"All ya gotta do is come up with a 'song' done to the rhyme of another Christmas song that's already out! Ya know like this one? Doesn't sound anything like Christmas like Quatre pointed out... and maybe... it shouldn't have to... It just has to be done to the beat, like this one was to 'Winter Wonder Land!'" he muttered, "since the damned song wouldn't leave me alone!" and smiled.
There was a chance none would go with it, in which case he'd still write the song out since his little blonde Arabian friend asked it of him... he couldn't deny him anything when that Look, was used. "Alright?"
"Sure! Sounds like fun actually!" Smiling Quatre looked up to his lover, "Trowa?" voice almost a plea.
"....."
Nodding at his affirmative Quatre turned to the last person, "Heero?" he didn't need to worry about Wufei... smiling secretly glancing at the two he knew, Duo would work his magic and have him agreeing in no time flat.
"Ninmu ryoukai."
"GREAT!" Duo jumped up in excitement, jarring Wufei in the process gaining a Look, from him as well. "Cool man! Then I give us a week? Two weeks? To work on it then! No length is required since ya know, not all of us have a great vocabulary! AH!" his voice rose as a air born book came flying his direction, dropping to a kneeling position, he glared up at the silent three across from him, "HEY! That wasn't nice man! Fine then, a WEEK to work on them!"
"Works for me!"
"Hn."
"......" Trowa didn't care either way, whatever worked really, as long as he didn't find the sugar, he'd be content to work on it. They all headed for the door leaving Wufei and Duo alone.
"Final rule!" and stopped.
"One more rule." Raising a slender digit pointing at each person, "You can't work together on this. Quatre'll take the West Library, Trowa the East, Wufei the South... and Heero..." looking around he didn't find the stormy eyed pilot, he shrugged. Oh well.
"Where did he go to?"
Smiling Duo wrapped his arm back around the white clad waist leading his guy from the room, "To his room, then to the weapons room to work if I know him good enough" throwing a wink over his shoulder he continued out of the library, "And I do!" laughter followed him down the hall, while the other two left in opposite directions.
And so... Duo's Christmas Vacation Challenge, began.
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::waves:: Ossu everyone! Here's an early start on a GW Christmas ficcy... won't wind up being a long one, no worries. It'll only be seven chapters long, so six to go. ^_^
Originally, it was supposed to be a one-shot. But this one song beat got stuck in my head, wouldn't leave me alone, so I wound up doing more and planning more on it. Sooo... it'll be longer heh.
Anywho please review and lemme know whatcha think of it! ^_^ I hope y'all like it! Okies, off to work on my others. Have fun now!
Ja ne,
Anime Redneck
10-20-02
8:50pm
~ The Challenge ~
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December was a grand month for all on Earth or the Colonies, a time of peace, friendship and giving. Also a time of adjusting for a group of five on space colony L4, where they gathered at the young Winner heir's invitation for this Christmas's party he was to throw. 'Everyone' was going to be there, no one wanted to miss it! Some were reluctant to make it, but went in place for not invoking the Arabian's wrath.
That silent European was scary when his blonde was denied something. The gleam in the Winner's eyes didn't go unnoticed either.
So here it was, twelve more loo~ng days before Christmas. Add that with one hyper, over excited, impatient and exuberant American, and you had your hands full. His partner, bless his soul, was helpless in trying to tame the excess energy, which seemed to pour from the slightly taller boy. Truth be told, the others didn't mind one bit. Duo was the joy of the group... when he wasn't pulling pranks to extinguish his boredom that was! The bucket of water over a door trick was getting old rather quickly.
"What'er we gonna do now?!" Duo bounced around the couch playing with strands of black silk as he passed his partner, wide smile on his rosy lips, eyes shinning with untold joy.
They'd just gotten back from another shopping trip, same plan as before. All drive to the mall, once there, bid farewells and go your own way. When time came to leave it was your own duty to make sure every bag was not seeable into before the drive home. Usually by the time they returned home something else was already planned for the day. It was only them five and some of the Maganacs, they've been gathered for three weeks, rapidly running out of things to keep the braided boy busy with.
"I'm not sure Duo... how about cards?"
Braid flew as the owner shook his head, "Naw, did that yesterday."
"Swimming?" Quatre tried again, was a heated pool.
"Hmm..." he pondered that one for a bit stopping behind the couch to once again twirl loose strands of black between his fingers. Violet eyes lit, fingers snapped as he looked up. "YEAH! LETS GO!" latching onto a golden arm he dragged his Chinese love away up the stairs for changing before everyone would meet back at the pool.
"Maxwell! Un hand me!" Wufei shouted, "I can walk on my own!"
Duo just laughed looking back at him, "Yeah, yeah, yeah... bitch, bitch!" and continued tugging him up the stairs.
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Three fun filled swimming hours later, five sopping wet, prune resembling young men exited from the pool room entering the mansion, towels draped about their being.
"Duo calm down." Heero glared at him, half force, he actually had some fun after he gave into his and Quatre's persuasions to swim with them. But now, the braided baka was bouncing a circle around them like he hadn't used up any energy at all! "What are you? The Energizer Bunny?" he quipped.
Trowa smirked, "He keeps going and going and going..."
Quatre laughed smiling as Wufei smirked. Wasn't often, even now after the Wars, that the two 'Silent Ones' made jokes, much less at the same time! Duo, for his part, stopped, raised a brow with twinkling eyes, smiled and bounced on ahead of them going, "Bongie! Bongie! Bongie!"
"What'll we do with him?" Quatre questioned wrapping an arm around his loves, hugging it.
"No clue."
"Nothing."
Wufei nodded, "Wouldn't work anyways."
"True." Accepting this as fact, for they all had tried in ways to calm the still self proclaimed Shinigami down, it never worked. They lived with him as he was, loved him as he was and bore with it all. Though, they were seriously starting to wonder just what they were going to do with the boy now that Christmas was a mere eleven days away and activities to keep him busy were dwindling. Fast.
Was the stack of presents under the tree safe? They hopped they would be. And what of...? Oh no... Gods above help them if he found the sugar.
"You do know he's most likely tarring your room apart looking for something to do don't you?" golden brow raised. "You haven't told him his game boy was left at the other estate yet, have you?" At this the other two snickered, eyes shinning.
Duo loved his game boy. Between Quatre, the funds swiped from OZ and White Fang, the boy had games coming out the ass. Ohhh no, that wasn't just for game boy... Nooo! The man had play station seven and eight, both of which were able to play game from pervious versions... Super Advanced Nentendo and Saga Super Station. He called himself Shinigami, he should consider a name change to 'Game God'; the boy was beyond good.
Wufei paled a shade. No, he had not mentioned the missing portable system to him, nor the fact half the games were at a totally separate mansion then the game boy itself. Squaring golden shoulders, tightening the towel around his waist the Chinese lad schooled his face to one of indifference so he was ready when he entered the sure to be 'War Zone'.
"No, I have not informed him of such." Answered with all the indifference his face now showed, but it didn't matter now, they already knew what an upset-nothing-to-do Duo was like, wasn't pretty, not unless they could somehow manage to come up with something new to do for the night.
Quatre silently berated himself. 'Knew I should have told Abdul to send the installers here first! Allah, stupid, stupid, stupid.'
Chuckling oval eyes observed they're little bundle. If the hitting of his head on the taller boys arm was any indication of what the blonde was thinking then... Trowa knew the Arabian was mad at himself for not having the game installer from Toy World come by this manor first.
Logic was, they stayed here majority of the time without guest, the other manors had more traffic and Duo housing, that he'd get at least one game system put in at each place he was known to stay at the most. More things added to the game room per house, in truth.
"He'll get over it." Piped the ever-wise Heero.
Wufei almost sighed shaking his head slightly, "After ranting to death about leaving his precious games behind..."
"And who does this remind us of?" The blonde asked, aqua eyes sparkling in humor.
"Haven't the foggiest."
Refusing to roll his ebon eyes, Wufei made first up the stairs, others following. A crash sounded from somewhere up there; they stopped looking towards him. "What?"
"Wufei's in tr~ouble!!" Giggling Quatre wagging a finger at him, "Your gonna get it! Your gonna get it!" his sing song voice rose.
A bark of laughter brought the attention away from the giggling Quatre to Trowa, whom smiled at his love trying to lead him away to change and get ready for dinner. "Quat, come along... lets get you changed."
"Your in for it now Chang!" he laughed turning to follow the brunet.
Wufei sighed, "He needs to act his age."
Heero smirked holding back his own chuckle, "Sad thing is... he is" letting it out he walked away, leaving Wufei to his own demise.
Steeling himself, he opened the door, to a one candle lit room - light being shattered - and one ticked off Shinigami, "'FEI!! You LEFT my GAMES behind!?" locked and closed it behind him arching a brow.
"I did not leave them behind, Maxwell." Walking forward discarding his towel on the floor, "As I recall, I advised you to make certain you had everything packed before we left." Snapping the tie from his hair, his brow went up again in question, grabbing the brush, "Did I not?"
Large, violet puppy dog eyes made an appearance as Duo took one last look around the disheveled room, stepping closer, "Yeah but... my games... NOW what am I supposed to do?" Man this sucked.
Shaking out his now dried, freshly brushed through hair, Wufei beckoned the braided lad to him, "Duo..." eyes softened as he pulled the other into his lap, "How about... we find something to occupy your time with, ne?"
The Eyes started to fad, mischief twinkle entering them. "Really now?" shaking head, "I don't know 'Fei, I'm really bored here..."
"Mm, sure we can handle that" leaning forward two things happened at once. The single lit candle went out and space between them became obsolete.
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It was sometime later in the West library that Quatre appeared in the doorway peering around as if looking for something or one. "Can we help you?" asked Trowa's amused voice.
"H-have any of you seen Duo lately?" What was Winner nervous for?
"Last time I saw him he was heading for the North Wing probably the game room. Why?" Wufei wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer to that as he watched the other fiddle with the shirts hem.
"Well you see... umm... One of the maids said he asked where the sugar was..."
Heero was up from his laptop staring at him. "What?!"
A nod, "She said, she regretted to inform him that she did not, in fact know where she sugar was."
"That's a lie." Came a humored snort, "Efficient one I supposed?"
"Well, if you mean he bought it, then yes. For how long is what I'm wondering. You know there's sugar in the mansion... just a matter of time before that sniffer of his finds it."
Trowa's head dropped, "Lets hope it fails... I still remember last time..."
"Yeah..."
"We better go find him. Each take a wing." With those orders, Heero and the others left in search of the missing braided boy.
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Duo was bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. So bored in fact, he was currently debating on wither he could help clean something or not. Ahh they'd probably come up with some stupid excuse to keep me from doing it anyhow... So what to do? What to do...?
Hmm already cleaned the room up... repacked everything... slid down the banister twelve times. That last one hurt! I rub my sore thigh mentally reminding myself not to lean left or right while doing that. Bad idea. You stay straight; you go down fine. You lean left or right your hitting something! Ouchie!!
So lets see... I'm in the North Wing, so that's got the game room, movie room and another library... I could play games... But I've mastered all the arcade ones... play pool but the others airn't here... So what's lil' oh me to do?
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Sleigh bells ring,
Are ya listenin'?
In the lane,
Snow is glisten,
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What the hell!? Swirling around I search the walls, sounds gotta be coming from around here somewhere! I've been hearing it all bloody day and haven't found speaker ONE of where they're at. "Either Q-man's invested in some flat wall speakers or he's got the smallest ones in Colony history!" And damn it the song lied! "It ain't snowed this year, not even a flake!"
"I know... wish it would..." a quiet voice stopped me. Turning around slowly I smile at the sweet girl standing nervously looking somewhere between the floor and my chest.
"Hey doll! Yeah, needs to. Never seen a white Christmas before... only one I did see, we didn't have Christmas on, so yeah, it'd be nice."
She shifted from foot to foot, never meeting my eyes. "Aye... w-well, I've g-got to be g-getting back to work now... N-nice to meet you." And she's off like a shot from a gun! heh Must've been a new girl. Everyone in Quatre's many estates knew they could speak freely, anything they wanted to say, just had to make sure they were not rude.
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A beautiful sight,
We're havin' tonight,
Walkin' in a Winter Wonder Land,
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"The hell it is!" Swingin' open the library's door - Hades, wonder what the others would say to finding me here? - I walk around large shelves, searching, searching for... something. "Maybe a Book Wonder Land... Why the hells Q-Man got so many books?"
Shaking my head woderin' if there was somethin' there to my likings, probably not, but a guy can wonder can't he? Most of these have to be his old mans! No way a kid our age could come up with a book pile like this one wow! "Uo-hey!" grabbing a old lookin' one with 'Ghost' in the title I hunker down trying to ignore the damned Christmas music coming from 'seemingly invisible' speakers.
"I'm gonna find those... wait and see... THEN we'll see what songs are playing" smirking I open the book and loose myself.
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"Last room."
A surprised snort, "I'm surprised he wasn't in the game room."
"Well I'm not." Quatre tried sticking up for his friend, "He is smart you know, just doesn't apply himself." He almost looked smug, "I happened to know he has a fascination with books on Ghosts."
Raised eyebrows met him, "Ghosts?"
"Think about it," Wufei steeped closer to the door, "Ghosts, Shinigami... God of Death, looks over ghosts?"
"Hn." Inadequate explanation.
Trowa tilted his head to the side, listening to something, "Is he humming?"
"Huh?" Aqua pools stared at him questioningly before pressing a pale ear to the door. All he could hear was his Christmas music playing.
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Gone away,
Is the blue bird,
Here to stay,
Is the new bird,
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"I don't hear anything" standing from his position shrugging.
Wufei strode forward grasping the doorknob, "Doesn't matter, lets just see what my- the idiots up to." smirking or smiling the others him into the room.
They found Duo laying on the couch in the most... unusual way... Well, they admitted to themselves, it was only unusual if it were anyone else but Duo. Laying upside down, head hanging off the couch, legs lying up the back with feet hanging over it, was Duo Maxwell, nose stuck in a book while his right hand scribbled something on a note pad. His braid swung to an unheard beat, hitting other books scattered among the ground.
"Duo?" He was actually reading and when Wufei walked closer squinting, he could make out '... of ghost hauntings' of the title quirking a dark brow. "Intriguing book I presume?"
Jumping from the sound of voice in his quiet room, Duo dropped the book and pen looking up at them all a bit sheepishly, being caught unawares. "Uhh, yeah." Sweat dropping he lay there watching them, "Whatcha doin' guys?"
"Ohhh just checking on you!" Quatre chirped dancing around the couches back, peering down at him, eyes swiftly darting to the notepad on his chest when he wasn't looking.
"What have you been up to?"
Looking at Trowa, laughing at the view he had now, Duo grinning waving one arm, "Why reading of course! I can accomplish that ya know." He frowned fringing hurt. "Heyy..."
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He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walkin' in a winter wonder land,
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Having been quiet through it, as he always was, Heero took one step forward staring at the paper, "You've been writing."
"Huh? Wha-" quickly trying to cover the pointed out pages up, "No I haven't!" He failed. Keeping his eyes on all of 'em gave way to Quatre's attack; pages were quickly snagged from his grasp, being read over.
"These are good Duo..." a slight frown formed on his lips, "Doesn't make any sense, but they're good." Suddenly he grinned.
"Quatre?"
"Oh no..." Wufei backed off a step, "I know that look."
Duo sat up. "Q-man? Can I have those back now?"
Golden hair flew, "No way, nu-uh!" clutching the pad to his chest Quatre did a perfect imitation of the braided one, "Only on one condition, can you get these back."
Skeptical now as to if he wanted the small parts back, THAT much, he nodded, "Okay... what?"
"Finish it! Er-well... make a song from it all!"
Three confused voices echoed out, "What?"
"Oh come on! Duo look at these!"
"I know Q, I wrote them." He grinned.
Quatre nodded bouncing back around to him plopping on the cushion beside him. "Then make a song from them! You've got plenty of lyrics right there, just find a way to arrange them."
"Songs?"
"Yeah, songs..." Quatre nodded to him and turned back to Duo, "Come on! That's the only way your getting these back!"
Duo fell off the couch with a sigh... damn it... "Alright, fine..."
"Great!" jumping from his seat tossing the pad down to Duo, the blonde started off for the door, snagging Trowa on his way...
"On one condition, of course."
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In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend he's a parse of brown,
He'll say 'Are ya married?'
We'll say 'No man,
But you can do job while your in town.'
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And stopped at Duo's words. He didn't even want to turn around, didn't have to. He could hear in his voice the mile wide grin spread across his face, the Christmas music filling the room only seemed to echo that thought. Turning slowly, Quatre took a step back. The grin was there... and a sparkling in the boys eyes... violet mischief making it's appearance.
"Yes, Duo?"
Standing up with Wufei's offered hand, he leaned against the two-inch shorter man. "I'll only put together that song for ya..." leaning over he pecked Wufei on the cheek smiling sweetly... too sweetly... "If all of YOU also, write a song." He paused smirking, "A Challenge of sorts."
"What??"
"Hn."
He sighed, that was it? "What type?" the blonde's interest was peaked... Something new to try never hurt anyone. Right?
Smirk replaced the smile, "A Christmas one, just like me."
"Duo those words were anything BUT Christmas like..." he cocked his head to the side, "Did kinda... go with one though...?" he wasn't totally sure on it, rhymed like a song he knew though.
Nodding the braid bouncing behind him Duo pulled the pages back out, "Yep!" a nod, "Tried doin' it the rhyme of 'Winter Wonder Land'... don't think it worked that well though." Shrugging broad shoulders, sneaking his right arm around the Chinese's waist, he continued with the 'rules'.
"All ya gotta do is come up with a 'song' done to the rhyme of another Christmas song that's already out! Ya know like this one? Doesn't sound anything like Christmas like Quatre pointed out... and maybe... it shouldn't have to... It just has to be done to the beat, like this one was to 'Winter Wonder Land!'" he muttered, "since the damned song wouldn't leave me alone!" and smiled.
There was a chance none would go with it, in which case he'd still write the song out since his little blonde Arabian friend asked it of him... he couldn't deny him anything when that Look, was used. "Alright?"
"Sure! Sounds like fun actually!" Smiling Quatre looked up to his lover, "Trowa?" voice almost a plea.
"....."
Nodding at his affirmative Quatre turned to the last person, "Heero?" he didn't need to worry about Wufei... smiling secretly glancing at the two he knew, Duo would work his magic and have him agreeing in no time flat.
"Ninmu ryoukai."
"GREAT!" Duo jumped up in excitement, jarring Wufei in the process gaining a Look, from him as well. "Cool man! Then I give us a week? Two weeks? To work on it then! No length is required since ya know, not all of us have a great vocabulary! AH!" his voice rose as a air born book came flying his direction, dropping to a kneeling position, he glared up at the silent three across from him, "HEY! That wasn't nice man! Fine then, a WEEK to work on them!"
"Works for me!"
"Hn."
"......" Trowa didn't care either way, whatever worked really, as long as he didn't find the sugar, he'd be content to work on it. They all headed for the door leaving Wufei and Duo alone.
"Final rule!" and stopped.
"One more rule." Raising a slender digit pointing at each person, "You can't work together on this. Quatre'll take the West Library, Trowa the East, Wufei the South... and Heero..." looking around he didn't find the stormy eyed pilot, he shrugged. Oh well.
"Where did he go to?"
Smiling Duo wrapped his arm back around the white clad waist leading his guy from the room, "To his room, then to the weapons room to work if I know him good enough" throwing a wink over his shoulder he continued out of the library, "And I do!" laughter followed him down the hall, while the other two left in opposite directions.
And so... Duo's Christmas Vacation Challenge, began.
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::waves:: Ossu everyone! Here's an early start on a GW Christmas ficcy... won't wind up being a long one, no worries. It'll only be seven chapters long, so six to go. ^_^
Originally, it was supposed to be a one-shot. But this one song beat got stuck in my head, wouldn't leave me alone, so I wound up doing more and planning more on it. Sooo... it'll be longer heh.
Anywho please review and lemme know whatcha think of it! ^_^ I hope y'all like it! Okies, off to work on my others. Have fun now!
Ja ne,
Anime Redneck
10-20-02
8:50pm