Konnichiwa minna-san! I'm back with a festive little story that I'm hoping that I can finish before Christmas, which might be easier said than done but maybe not. There's a blizzard hitting the area I live in so I might be stuck in the house for a few days. But anyway, this fic probably won't be very long and like I said, it's a crazy little boredom induced fic that my best friend and I came up with while Christmas shopping. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00 or the characters or the Gundams. I only own the own the almost non-existent plot. But Veda said that I could borrow them as long as I don't steal a Gundam or kidnap Tieria.
Happy Reading and Happy Holidays!
Chapter One: Christmas For Dummies
Sumeragi found herself staring at a calendar at three in the morning for reasons her drunk and exhausted mind refused to explain. It was December first.
//December, December// She thought, //What's in December that makes the month so special? Well…Tieria's "birthday" is in nine or so days but he always forgets about it so that can't be it. I don't think it's my birthday, I think mine's in August sometime// She looked at her calendar again, //Come on Sumeragi think// Then she spotted a certain date and her eyes widened.
"HOW THE HELL COULD I FORGET CHRISTMAS!?" She yelled. "SUMERAGI YOU DUMBASS! That's it we're celebrating Christmas this year!"
//Yeah// She thought as she got into bed, //We're gonna celebrate Christmas this year//
Sumeragi groaned as she woke up to an annoying beeping in her ear. She hit the bothersome device and rolled over planning on falling back to sleep so she could sleep off the hangover she was experiencing until another something worse brought her back.
//Sumeragi Li Noriega//
She groaned. Sleeping was now out of the question, the voice belonged to the most stubborn and meticulous of all the Meisters, Tieria Erde.
"What is it?" She mumbled as she rubbed her eyes.
//I am just wondering why you are still asleep at eleven in the morning// he said.
"It's only eleven?" She asked, "It's too early for me to be awake. Let me sleep until midday at least."
There was a heavy exasperated sigh from the other end, //No// Tieria said, //What time did you go to bed last night?//
"Three in the morning," Sumeragi said as she tried to ignore the headache. Drinking with Lockon and Ian had been a blast the night before but seeing that it was the morning after it wasn't so much of a blast anymore.
//Do I really want to know what you were doing awake at such an ungodly hour?// Tieria asked.
"Probably not," Sumeragi said. These were questions that she was supposed to be asking the Meisters, not the other way around. But then again, Tieria walked the straight and narrow and would never even think of doing something that would require an interrogation-like talk. Setsuna was too young and wouldn't know how to do anything that would require this kind of talk. With Allelujah it was a cross between Tieria and Setsuna and the boy was much too soft spoken anyway. As for Lockon, the guy knew how to party and boy, could he drink. But then again, he was Irish and the oldest of the Meisters.
//Sumeragi Li Noriega, are you drunk?//
"Not anymore,"
//So then you're hung-over?//
"I dunno," She said, "Probably."
There was another annoyed sigh, //How much did you drink last night?//
"Don't remember," Sumeragi said, "But it must have been a lot."
//Is that the reason why Lockon Stratos and Ian Vashti are still asleep?//
"Quite possibly," She said, "Can I go back to sleep now?"
//No// Tieria said, //You are to report to the briefing room in ten minutes for the meeting you drunkenly planned at three last night. It had better not be for anything stupid or something you cannot remember//
Sumeragi sighed as she dragged herself out of bed, //Tieria's such a bully// She thought as she got dressed. //He's probably going to hate my idea, oh well, payback for what he just did//
Tieria did not look happy when Sumeragi entered the briefing room.
"You're late," He said sternly, "The meeting was supposed to start five minutes ago! Lockon Stratos wake up this instant!"
"Stop yelling," The oldest muttered, "My head hurts."
"Well, then next time don't drink so much!" Tieria yelled in Lockon's ear, "Get your head off the table right now!"
Sumeragi grimaced. Tieria's voice was overly loud as it was and with a hangover everything was amplified times about ten. So the boy's voice was probably going right through Lockon //Poor Lockon// She thought.
"Well," Tieria said, "Seeing that you've finally arrived, what is your brilliant three A.M. revelation?"
"We need to celebrate Christmas," She said.
"What?" Tieria asked, "What the hell is Christmas?"
Sumeragi sighed. She had been prepared for this and she threw a book at Tieria, or what she thought was Tieria. There were about two or three of him in the room glaring her down so she didn't quite know which one was the real him. "That book will explain what Christmas is." She said.
"I don't celebrate Christmas," Setsuna said quietly, "I'm…"
"Too bad," Sumeragi said, "I decided it therefore we're doing it!"
"I think it's a good idea," Allelujah said, "We need to keep up with some of our traditions."
"But I'm not…" Setsuna muttered
"What did I miss?" Lockon asked as, "What about books and celebrating and traditions?"
Tieria walked up to Lockon and gave him a nice slap in the face.
"Ow," Lockon said, "What the hell was that for?"
"To wake you up," Tieria said, "Veda said that it was the best way to get a person out of hangover. If you hadn't been consuming several times more alcohol than what all of us should combined last night then you wouldn't be suffering from mild alcohol poisoning and you wouldn't have been asleep therefore you would have heard Sumeragi's absolutely asinine proposition."
"Um, could you use smaller words?" Lockon asked sheepishly.
"What he means is that if you hadn't have been drinking last night then you would have heard Sumeragi's idea," Allelujah said.
"Ah," Lockon said, "And what is Sumeragi's idea?"
"We're going to celebrate Christmas this year." Sumeragi said, "Regardless of what the killjoy over there says."
"Oh awesome!" Lockon exclaimed, "I'm all in!"
"I don't understand what Christmas is and why everyone is so eager to celebrate it." Tieria said.
"Read that book you've got there and you'll find out what Christmas is," Sumeragi said.
Tieria rolled his eyes and read the cover of the book. "Is this some kind of a sick joke?" He asked, "Christmas for Dummies?"
"Well you don't know what Christmas is there for you're a dummy when it comes to the subject therefore the book is going to help educate you so that you're no longer considered a dummy." Sumeragi said.
"You're all hopeless," Tieria said as he walked from the room so he didn't feel so inclined to kill someone.
"I guess it's decided then," Sumeragi said, "This year we're celebrating Christmas."
"I'm Middle Eastern," Setsuna said, "We don't believe in Christmas."
"Since when do you care about religion?" Lockon asked, "God doesn't exist remember. Therefore there's no religion associated with it. Christmas is just an opportunity to get presents from your friends."
"Oh," Setsuna said, "I see."
//Yes// Sumeragi thought, //Setsuna's in, Lockon's in, Allelujah's in. I just hope that Tieria doesn't ruin all of our fun. Oh well I can always throw Veda into the mix and he'll agree. This is going to be so great//
So, Tieria's dead set against the idea of Christmas, no surprise there. So what's Sumeragi planning to do? And how extravagant is their Christmas going to be? Well you're just gonna have to wait and see I guess. If there are a ton of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes I apologize, it's almost two in the morning. Just let me know where they are so I can fix them after I've gotten more sleep. Until next time Minna-san!
Ex-Shark-V-005
