Skeeter Eater

By Hazel Eyes401

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A/N: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of the characters portrayed in this fan fiction. Enjoy and please read and review.

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Trowa and Duo returned to their new safe house located somewhere in the south of Canada from a very successful mission.

"That was great." Duo happily exclaimed to his quieter companion as they entered the house.

"Yes, it was. Destroying 5 OZ bases was most fortunate maybe this will hinder their forces." Trowa replied to his more active friend and fellow gundam pilot.

"Maybe, just maybe! Come on Trowa, we did more damage than what you think. It will take OZ weeks if not months to repair all of the damage that we did in just one day." Duo cheerily explained to his friend.

They heard something very odd when they entered the house. The two heard someone jump and a thud, like something had fallen down from a rather tall height. Then they heard it again. This was strange because all five gundam pilots stayed in the same house but Heero and Quatre were currently on a mission as bodyguards for Relena Peacecraft. The only person left in the house was Wufei Chang, the pilot of the 05 gundam, Nataku. Expecting the worse, Duo and Trowa pulled out their guns and slowly made their way to the back of the house where Wufei stayed.

They moved ever slowly as they continued to hear the thumping and bumping coming from the back room. This rhythm was only broken with a few sparse Chinese words uttered from the very frustrated pilot. Both Duo and Trowa crept along the wall until they silently opened the door and Duo jumped in first as Trowa followed close behind. Duo immediately regretted going in as he saw Wufei jump from his bed and swing a wooden sword down hard against the wall. Unfortunately he missed and hit Duo in the head instead. (A/N: I know that Wufei has a real sword but I am assuming that he doesn't want to slash the room into ribbons using his real sword. So I gave him a wooden one – lucky for Duo.)

"Darn it, Maxwell, you got in the way." Wufei complained to Duo who slowly fell to the ground as he was knocked unconscious.

"I don't think he had much choice seeing as you hit him as soon as he walked in. Why are you jumping around and hitting random stuff anyway?" The tall gundam pilot quietly asked the Chinese boy as he began looking around frantically, not even paying attention to Duo who was slowly regaining consciousness.

"Man, Wufei what was that for?" Duo slowly sat up to watch the Chinese pilot completely ignore him. Wufei spotted his target and readied his wooden sword into an attack position and crept to a side of the room before jumping up and swinging hard, hitting the wall and knocking down a picture of an ocean seascape. As Wufei landed on the ground, both Duo and Trowa finally saw what the Chinese pilot was getting so worked up about, a rather large looking mosquito with large wings and extremely long legs.

"Hey, it's a skeeter eater." Duo stated to the group, Wufei gave him a look of annoyance and Trowa looked at Duo very puzzled.

"A what?" Trowa asked Duo about the strange name.

"A Skeeter Eater, it's one of those bugs that eats mosquitos. It's really called a Mosquito Hawk but the nickname is easier to remember." Duo explained to a very confused Trowa.

"What it is is an annoyance even greater than Duo." Wufei growled out to the two as he stood up and spotted the bug dancing along the walls and on the ceiling. "WHY WON'T THAT INFURIATING CREATURE LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Wufei yelled up at the mosquito hawk that just continued to move on. "It's just like Duo in every way." Wufei mumbled under his breath so no one heard his rantings.

"Come on, Wuffie. Those won't hurt you one bit, in fact they help by eating all of the mosquitoes that they can." Duo cheerily told Wufei as he glared up at the braided pilot.

"That THING needs to get out of my ROOM!" Wufei yelled at the two pilots who took a step back for fear of their health at the irrational pilot. "NOW, help me kill it or get out!" Wufei spoke through clutched teeth as he began looking for his target.

"I'll go get the flyswatter." Trowa softly spoke as he turned to go to the kitchen, leaving Duo and Wufei to look for the mosquito hawk that suddenly disappeared.

"I can't believe that you are afraid of a mosquito hawk." Duo almost snickered at the other pilot.

"I didn't laugh at you when you were attacked by those bees now did I?" Wufei shot back as he began to slowly pace the room.

"No, but come on you afraid of a skeeter eater is a little funny." Duo chuckled and turned only realizing his mistake at seeing an angry Wufei who slowly walked toward him.

Trowa was walking back from the kitchen with the retrieved flyswatter to find Wufei was effectively beating up Duo with his wooden sword leaving bruises on Duo's arms and legs. They only stopped when they heard a loud smack as Trowa killed the mosquito hawk as it landed near the door frame. Wufei only looked up at Trowa before he began attacking Duo again.

Duo woke up the next day black and blue. He would NEVER tease Wufei about his little fear of a certain critter ever again.

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A/N: Not as funny as it was in my head but I hope you all enjoyed it. Please read and review and let me know if there are things that I can improve on.

Let me know if you have an idea for a gundam wing character to fear an insect that would be funny.