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A Gundam Christmas
by: Epyon Zero
Part one: The Gathering of Old Friends
A quiet snowfall blanketed the ground, and the light tones of Christmas carols could be heard
on the wind. Relena Peacecraft/Darlain gazed out of a bay window in her room and let out a
contented sigh. "Christmas will be here soon, I can't wait to see all the others again" she thought to
herself. No sooner had the thought left her mind than she heard a knocking on the door. "Who is
it?" she called. "Miss Relena, please come downstairs, there are visitors here to see you." Pagan,
her butler replied. "Just a sec Pagan, I'll be right out. I wonder who it could be?"
Coming down the staircase the first thing Relena saw was a flash of black and brown before
she was tackled. "Relena! Merry Christmas!!!" Duo Maxwell yelled as he embraced her in a
Gundam strength hug. "Duo, Duo. DUO GET OFF ME NOW!!" Relena screamed. "Oh jeez
sorry." After getting up off the floor Relena turned and gave Hilde a hug. "Sorry about Duo
Relena, he got away from me." Hilde blushed a bit, embarrassed at how childish her boyfriend was
being. "Forget about it, anyway if your lucky maybe Duo will get a dog collar from Santa." Both
girls got a chuckle out of this. Halfway across the room Duo turned and look accusingly at the
pair. "Are you making fun of me again?" he asked.
"So is anybody else here yet?" Hilde asked as Relena motioned to her to sit down. "Not yet,
you're the first to arrive. Milliardo and Noin will be here later tonight, and everybody else will be
along tomorrow." Relena replied. Just then Duo bolted in, and looking at Relena shouted "Our
ROOM here is bigger than our HOUSE home!" Hilde grabbed the excited pilot and dragged him
down toward a sofa. "That's lovely Duo, now why don't you sit and CALM DOWN a bit."
"I'm actually glad that you're here first Duo" Relena said. "Why's that Relena?" Hilde inquired.
"Because, you can help me put up decorations." Relena looked over at Duo and smiled sweetly.
Duo groaned and slumped back. If his room was any indication, Relena had a HUGE house and
he'd be at that most of the day. Still . . . it meant that HE had time to get to know the layout
before everyone else showed up. That could prove handy . . .
A new day dawned and right off the bat Duo was eating. Down in the kitchen he was sitting in
front of a plate of pancakes four feet high, and by the look of things that was just the beginning.
Seated around the table, and trying not to be sick watching Duo, the food black hole, eat were
Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and Heero Yuy. Relena came in and everyone greeted her with a pleasant
"Hi Relena" with the exception of Duo and Heero. Duo because he was too busy shoveling food
into his face, and Heero, well he just looked up at her and went back to his coffee. Relena sighed.
"Why am I even expecting a response from Heero anyway?" "It's not like he'd give one."
Also seated around the large table were Sally Po, Catherine, Dorothy Catalonia and Hilde, but
they seemed to be having a conversation and not paying attention to the men at the other end,
except for Hilde who occasionally glanced over to make sure that Duo wasn't chocking. Just as
she got herself a cup of coffee and a Danish, her brother walked in arm and arm with Lucrezia
Noin. As Relena looked at the couple, she noticed something, but she just couldn't put her finger
on it. Hilde however, did pick up on it. "Is that what I think it is on Zechs' hand or am I
hallucinating?" Narrowing her eyes, Relena now saw what she was taking about. "Oh my God, I
think you're right, I think my brother and Noin got married!!" Upon hearing the word "married"
everyone's heads shot up and glanced around. After Noin started to blush, nine pairs of eyes were
glued on her and Zechs.
Then everyone rushed over and began to pepper the pair with questions. Again the only
absentee was Heero who thought to himself "What's the big deal. So they got married. Why the
hell did I come here anyway?" At this point a little voice in head that vaguely sounded like Duo
said "Because you wanted to see them all again, especially Relena. Admit it you baka. You miss
them!" Heero never answered because he got up right then and there and left the room.
"Wonder what's with him?" Duo asked himself, downing the remains of the pancakes and taking
off after his best friend.
Part two: The Gang's All Here
After the initial furor over Zechs and Noin had quieted down everybody joined Heero and Duo
in the living room, which was basically a ballroom with furniture. The entire palace was decked
out in Christmas finery, garlands, bows, lights, mistletoe, the only thing missing was a tree. "Ok
all that we have left to get is a tree. I'd like to thank Duo and Hilde for helping me decorate." At
Relena's mention of Duo decorating the other pilots and guests nervously glanced around and
then at Duo. "What!!! It's not like I did anything to the decorations." Duo defensively shot back at
the group.
"Getting back to the tree we need a tree that's a minimum of 50 feet high if we want it to look
respectable." "Fifty feet! No offense Relena, but where are we gonna find a tree this big and how
will we get it in here." Duo exclaimed. "He has a point Relena, trees that size don't grow just
anywhere." Quatre put in. "I'll handle this one Relena, since I can remember some Christmases
here." Milliardo stood up and swept a hand around the room. "On the first point of where to get a
tree, about 15 kilometers from here there's a forest with evergreen trees at least twice the size we
need. Second my parents had this room modified to hold a tree that size. There's a hidden cargo
elevator under the floor that we can use to bring the tree up" he concluded. "That's great Zechs
but we still don't have a way to cut down the tree and get it here." Duo muttered.
Milliardo glared at Duo for interrupting him. "I was getting to that Maxwell. In the hanger
under the palace there are five old Mobile suits that the family kept for cutting down trees. That's
how we're going to get a tree. Satisfied Duo?" From the look on Zechs' face if Duo said no he'd
be walking to get a tree. "Yeah . . . yeah that's fine. We'll take the suits and go get a tree." "Can I
come?" Relena asked. "NO!" Both Heero and Zechs looked at each other, both having said the
exact same thing. "Why not?" Relena pouted. "I'll go with Heero, he's a great pilot and besides it's
not like we're going into a war zone or anything, we're just going to go get a Christmas tree." At
the thought of his baby sister getting into a confined Mobile Suit cockpit with Heero Yuy
Milliardo was ready to kill, but then he caught the look on Relena's face. It was one of those sad
puppy dog looks that melted past every barrier, including common sense. "Fine, you can go, it is
Christmas after all." Relena's face lit up and she gave her brother a hug and sped of for the hanger.
Zechs then caught Heero by the arm and spun him around. "Yuy if anything, and I mean
ANYTHING, happens to Relena you'll regret ever being born." Heero just took this in stride and
headed off for the hanger on Relena's heels. Having seen and heard the entire discussion Noin
walked over and slipped an arm around her husband. "Getting paranoid in our old age are we?"
she asked with a smile. Zechs turned and looked at his wife, the smallest of grins visible on his
lips. "No, just overprotective. No matter where he goes or what he does my sister follows that
suicidal psychopath everywhere. What's more he doesn't seem to care or notice." "Oh believe me"
Noin grinned "He notices her. I've heard some stories about just how much he notices her."
"Lucrezia you'd better tell me what your talking about or I'll go track him down in Tallgeese
III." Noin then proceeded to tell her husband the story of what happened when Heero had first
met Relena, and what had happened at the naval base. "He did WHAT! I'll kill him . . . " Milliardo
exploded. He now seriously began to head after the pair until his wife dragged him back."Zechs.
Zechs sit down will you. She'll be fine. That was along time ago. Heero would rather die than
cause her harm now." "All right, all right" Milliardo fumed. "But if she comes back with so much
as a sniffle I'll track that boy down and personally nail him to a wall."
Part three: Antics in the Snow
Heero moved the Leo through the ankle-deep snow quickly making up for lost ground. Even
though he had Relena riding shotgun he still managed to keep his mind on his mission. Mostly.
Every few seconds his eyes would discreetly wander up and down her lithe frame, picking out
points of interest. "I have to focus. Relena is a friend and NOTHING MORE." he berated
himself. Still he couldn't help but notice that Relena had matured since he'd last seen her. Less
than 6 inches almost the exact same thought we're running through Relena's mind. "I have to say
something to him, if I don't I'm going to go insane." "Heero" she said "How far behind the others
are we?" "Not very far" Heero replied. "The scanner says that there's a suit about 200 yards in
front of us. Relena, thank you for the comment earlier about my piloting skill." Relena nearly did
a double take to make sure she was talking to the same Heero Yuy. "No . . . no problem Heero. I
was stating what's true." "Everyone knows that your one of the best Mobile Suit pilots whoever
lived. Even my brother says it and that takes . . . " Relena never got to finish the sentence, because
just that second the Leo was struck by a massive physical impact and headed for the ground.
"Yes, Bull's-eye! Score one for Shinigami!" Duo crowed as he watched the giant snowball nail
Heero's Leo and drop it to the ground. "Hey I even surprised him, I wonder if that had something
to do with his passenger." Seeing the suit starting to stir Duo decided that he didn't want to be in
visual range when Heero got back up. Come to think of it, he didn't want to be in the same
country, so he tore of after Quatre, Trowa and Wufei.
Heero realized two things as the ringing in his head diminished. First he was going to strangle
Duo when he got a hold of him. Only Duo would be childish enough to hit a Mobile Suit with a
giant snowball. The second thing was that there was that Relena had somehow ended up in his
lap pinning him down. "Uh . . . My head, what was that?" Relena murmured as she came around.
"Heero what's . . . " Just then Relena realized where she was, wrapped around Heero pinning him
to his seat. She blushed fiercely as she untangled herself and got back in her seat. Even though
he'd never consciously admit it, Heero now had another good reason for slaughtering Duo.
Righting the Leo Heero half turned and told Relena to "Hold on." Then he pulled the beam saber
from its socket and hit the burners chasing after Duo. Relena took one quick look at Heero and
leaned back. He'd zoned out everything else, his face set in a stony mask. His Prussian blue eyes
were like chips of ice. Besides she could bet what was rolling around in Heero's head, one simple
phrase, "Omae o Korosu"
Wufei was the first to notice that Duo was catching up to them. "Maxwell" he called over the
comm "What exactly have you been up too?" The reply took a few seconds. "Uh . . . Would you
believe that I hit Heero and Relena with a giant snowball." Wufei smacked his palm against his
forehead, his face contorted in a grimace. "Only YOU Maxwell are childish enough to hit a
Mobile Suit with a snowball. Especially when Yuy is in that Suit." "You do realize that Heero's
probably going to tear your arms off Duo." Quatre piped in. "Uh . . . never thought of that one."
was Duo's only reply.
No sooner had Duo gotten these words out of his mouth when he saw Heero's Leo zooming
towards him with the saber out and ready. "Dammit!" Duo shouted to himself. "Heero had to take
the suit that had weapons didn't he." Heero meanwhile was thinking of what would be more
enjoyable, dismembering Duo's Leo or just dismembering Duo. He was just about ready for either
when he felt a hand land on his shoulder. "Heero, leave him be." Relena said softly, "Duo was
only having a little fun, besides I think you've scared him enough." Heero's brows furrowed in
frustration, when Relena took that tone she always managed to get past his defenses no matter
what. "Fine" was all that Heero was able to mutter before he turned the Suit and swung the saber
bearing arm down towards Duo.
Duo squeezed his 2 eyes shut, preparing to meet God face to face. After a few seconds he
cracked one eye than the other. 'Waa. . . I'm still alive." Duo whispered "I was sure Heero was
gonna gut me." Duo then double-checked to make sure he was all there and t hen he heard Quatre
over the comm. 'Come on, snap out of it Duo we have to get this tree back to Relena's." Turning
on the scanner Duo noticed that not less than a foot from where he was there was a felled tree just
the height they needed. Shrugging off what had just happened Duo grabbed the tail end of the tree
and the 5 suits began to head back to Relena's.
Sotsu, Sunrise, ANB and some other brilliant people so please don't sue me cause I'm poor.
A Gundam Christmas
by: Epyon Zero
Part one: The Gathering of Old Friends
A quiet snowfall blanketed the ground, and the light tones of Christmas carols could be heard
on the wind. Relena Peacecraft/Darlain gazed out of a bay window in her room and let out a
contented sigh. "Christmas will be here soon, I can't wait to see all the others again" she thought to
herself. No sooner had the thought left her mind than she heard a knocking on the door. "Who is
it?" she called. "Miss Relena, please come downstairs, there are visitors here to see you." Pagan,
her butler replied. "Just a sec Pagan, I'll be right out. I wonder who it could be?"
Coming down the staircase the first thing Relena saw was a flash of black and brown before
she was tackled. "Relena! Merry Christmas!!!" Duo Maxwell yelled as he embraced her in a
Gundam strength hug. "Duo, Duo. DUO GET OFF ME NOW!!" Relena screamed. "Oh jeez
sorry." After getting up off the floor Relena turned and gave Hilde a hug. "Sorry about Duo
Relena, he got away from me." Hilde blushed a bit, embarrassed at how childish her boyfriend was
being. "Forget about it, anyway if your lucky maybe Duo will get a dog collar from Santa." Both
girls got a chuckle out of this. Halfway across the room Duo turned and look accusingly at the
pair. "Are you making fun of me again?" he asked.
"So is anybody else here yet?" Hilde asked as Relena motioned to her to sit down. "Not yet,
you're the first to arrive. Milliardo and Noin will be here later tonight, and everybody else will be
along tomorrow." Relena replied. Just then Duo bolted in, and looking at Relena shouted "Our
ROOM here is bigger than our HOUSE home!" Hilde grabbed the excited pilot and dragged him
down toward a sofa. "That's lovely Duo, now why don't you sit and CALM DOWN a bit."
"I'm actually glad that you're here first Duo" Relena said. "Why's that Relena?" Hilde inquired.
"Because, you can help me put up decorations." Relena looked over at Duo and smiled sweetly.
Duo groaned and slumped back. If his room was any indication, Relena had a HUGE house and
he'd be at that most of the day. Still . . . it meant that HE had time to get to know the layout
before everyone else showed up. That could prove handy . . .
A new day dawned and right off the bat Duo was eating. Down in the kitchen he was sitting in
front of a plate of pancakes four feet high, and by the look of things that was just the beginning.
Seated around the table, and trying not to be sick watching Duo, the food black hole, eat were
Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and Heero Yuy. Relena came in and everyone greeted her with a pleasant
"Hi Relena" with the exception of Duo and Heero. Duo because he was too busy shoveling food
into his face, and Heero, well he just looked up at her and went back to his coffee. Relena sighed.
"Why am I even expecting a response from Heero anyway?" "It's not like he'd give one."
Also seated around the large table were Sally Po, Catherine, Dorothy Catalonia and Hilde, but
they seemed to be having a conversation and not paying attention to the men at the other end,
except for Hilde who occasionally glanced over to make sure that Duo wasn't chocking. Just as
she got herself a cup of coffee and a Danish, her brother walked in arm and arm with Lucrezia
Noin. As Relena looked at the couple, she noticed something, but she just couldn't put her finger
on it. Hilde however, did pick up on it. "Is that what I think it is on Zechs' hand or am I
hallucinating?" Narrowing her eyes, Relena now saw what she was taking about. "Oh my God, I
think you're right, I think my brother and Noin got married!!" Upon hearing the word "married"
everyone's heads shot up and glanced around. After Noin started to blush, nine pairs of eyes were
glued on her and Zechs.
Then everyone rushed over and began to pepper the pair with questions. Again the only
absentee was Heero who thought to himself "What's the big deal. So they got married. Why the
hell did I come here anyway?" At this point a little voice in head that vaguely sounded like Duo
said "Because you wanted to see them all again, especially Relena. Admit it you baka. You miss
them!" Heero never answered because he got up right then and there and left the room.
"Wonder what's with him?" Duo asked himself, downing the remains of the pancakes and taking
off after his best friend.
Part two: The Gang's All Here
After the initial furor over Zechs and Noin had quieted down everybody joined Heero and Duo
in the living room, which was basically a ballroom with furniture. The entire palace was decked
out in Christmas finery, garlands, bows, lights, mistletoe, the only thing missing was a tree. "Ok
all that we have left to get is a tree. I'd like to thank Duo and Hilde for helping me decorate." At
Relena's mention of Duo decorating the other pilots and guests nervously glanced around and
then at Duo. "What!!! It's not like I did anything to the decorations." Duo defensively shot back at
the group.
"Getting back to the tree we need a tree that's a minimum of 50 feet high if we want it to look
respectable." "Fifty feet! No offense Relena, but where are we gonna find a tree this big and how
will we get it in here." Duo exclaimed. "He has a point Relena, trees that size don't grow just
anywhere." Quatre put in. "I'll handle this one Relena, since I can remember some Christmases
here." Milliardo stood up and swept a hand around the room. "On the first point of where to get a
tree, about 15 kilometers from here there's a forest with evergreen trees at least twice the size we
need. Second my parents had this room modified to hold a tree that size. There's a hidden cargo
elevator under the floor that we can use to bring the tree up" he concluded. "That's great Zechs
but we still don't have a way to cut down the tree and get it here." Duo muttered.
Milliardo glared at Duo for interrupting him. "I was getting to that Maxwell. In the hanger
under the palace there are five old Mobile suits that the family kept for cutting down trees. That's
how we're going to get a tree. Satisfied Duo?" From the look on Zechs' face if Duo said no he'd
be walking to get a tree. "Yeah . . . yeah that's fine. We'll take the suits and go get a tree." "Can I
come?" Relena asked. "NO!" Both Heero and Zechs looked at each other, both having said the
exact same thing. "Why not?" Relena pouted. "I'll go with Heero, he's a great pilot and besides it's
not like we're going into a war zone or anything, we're just going to go get a Christmas tree." At
the thought of his baby sister getting into a confined Mobile Suit cockpit with Heero Yuy
Milliardo was ready to kill, but then he caught the look on Relena's face. It was one of those sad
puppy dog looks that melted past every barrier, including common sense. "Fine, you can go, it is
Christmas after all." Relena's face lit up and she gave her brother a hug and sped of for the hanger.
Zechs then caught Heero by the arm and spun him around. "Yuy if anything, and I mean
ANYTHING, happens to Relena you'll regret ever being born." Heero just took this in stride and
headed off for the hanger on Relena's heels. Having seen and heard the entire discussion Noin
walked over and slipped an arm around her husband. "Getting paranoid in our old age are we?"
she asked with a smile. Zechs turned and looked at his wife, the smallest of grins visible on his
lips. "No, just overprotective. No matter where he goes or what he does my sister follows that
suicidal psychopath everywhere. What's more he doesn't seem to care or notice." "Oh believe me"
Noin grinned "He notices her. I've heard some stories about just how much he notices her."
"Lucrezia you'd better tell me what your talking about or I'll go track him down in Tallgeese
III." Noin then proceeded to tell her husband the story of what happened when Heero had first
met Relena, and what had happened at the naval base. "He did WHAT! I'll kill him . . . " Milliardo
exploded. He now seriously began to head after the pair until his wife dragged him back."Zechs.
Zechs sit down will you. She'll be fine. That was along time ago. Heero would rather die than
cause her harm now." "All right, all right" Milliardo fumed. "But if she comes back with so much
as a sniffle I'll track that boy down and personally nail him to a wall."
Part three: Antics in the Snow
Heero moved the Leo through the ankle-deep snow quickly making up for lost ground. Even
though he had Relena riding shotgun he still managed to keep his mind on his mission. Mostly.
Every few seconds his eyes would discreetly wander up and down her lithe frame, picking out
points of interest. "I have to focus. Relena is a friend and NOTHING MORE." he berated
himself. Still he couldn't help but notice that Relena had matured since he'd last seen her. Less
than 6 inches almost the exact same thought we're running through Relena's mind. "I have to say
something to him, if I don't I'm going to go insane." "Heero" she said "How far behind the others
are we?" "Not very far" Heero replied. "The scanner says that there's a suit about 200 yards in
front of us. Relena, thank you for the comment earlier about my piloting skill." Relena nearly did
a double take to make sure she was talking to the same Heero Yuy. "No . . . no problem Heero. I
was stating what's true." "Everyone knows that your one of the best Mobile Suit pilots whoever
lived. Even my brother says it and that takes . . . " Relena never got to finish the sentence, because
just that second the Leo was struck by a massive physical impact and headed for the ground.
"Yes, Bull's-eye! Score one for Shinigami!" Duo crowed as he watched the giant snowball nail
Heero's Leo and drop it to the ground. "Hey I even surprised him, I wonder if that had something
to do with his passenger." Seeing the suit starting to stir Duo decided that he didn't want to be in
visual range when Heero got back up. Come to think of it, he didn't want to be in the same
country, so he tore of after Quatre, Trowa and Wufei.
Heero realized two things as the ringing in his head diminished. First he was going to strangle
Duo when he got a hold of him. Only Duo would be childish enough to hit a Mobile Suit with a
giant snowball. The second thing was that there was that Relena had somehow ended up in his
lap pinning him down. "Uh . . . My head, what was that?" Relena murmured as she came around.
"Heero what's . . . " Just then Relena realized where she was, wrapped around Heero pinning him
to his seat. She blushed fiercely as she untangled herself and got back in her seat. Even though
he'd never consciously admit it, Heero now had another good reason for slaughtering Duo.
Righting the Leo Heero half turned and told Relena to "Hold on." Then he pulled the beam saber
from its socket and hit the burners chasing after Duo. Relena took one quick look at Heero and
leaned back. He'd zoned out everything else, his face set in a stony mask. His Prussian blue eyes
were like chips of ice. Besides she could bet what was rolling around in Heero's head, one simple
phrase, "Omae o Korosu"
Wufei was the first to notice that Duo was catching up to them. "Maxwell" he called over the
comm "What exactly have you been up too?" The reply took a few seconds. "Uh . . . Would you
believe that I hit Heero and Relena with a giant snowball." Wufei smacked his palm against his
forehead, his face contorted in a grimace. "Only YOU Maxwell are childish enough to hit a
Mobile Suit with a snowball. Especially when Yuy is in that Suit." "You do realize that Heero's
probably going to tear your arms off Duo." Quatre piped in. "Uh . . . never thought of that one."
was Duo's only reply.
No sooner had Duo gotten these words out of his mouth when he saw Heero's Leo zooming
towards him with the saber out and ready. "Dammit!" Duo shouted to himself. "Heero had to take
the suit that had weapons didn't he." Heero meanwhile was thinking of what would be more
enjoyable, dismembering Duo's Leo or just dismembering Duo. He was just about ready for either
when he felt a hand land on his shoulder. "Heero, leave him be." Relena said softly, "Duo was
only having a little fun, besides I think you've scared him enough." Heero's brows furrowed in
frustration, when Relena took that tone she always managed to get past his defenses no matter
what. "Fine" was all that Heero was able to mutter before he turned the Suit and swung the saber
bearing arm down towards Duo.
Duo squeezed his 2 eyes shut, preparing to meet God face to face. After a few seconds he
cracked one eye than the other. 'Waa. . . I'm still alive." Duo whispered "I was sure Heero was
gonna gut me." Duo then double-checked to make sure he was all there and t hen he heard Quatre
over the comm. 'Come on, snap out of it Duo we have to get this tree back to Relena's." Turning
on the scanner Duo noticed that not less than a foot from where he was there was a felled tree just
the height they needed. Shrugging off what had just happened Duo grabbed the tail end of the tree
and the 5 suits began to head back to Relena's.
