Chapter 4: Troubles Upon Landing...

With the craziness of the shuttle deftly handled by Soma the girls headed out towards the mall. Or at least they would have gone immediately had Soma not latched herself to a chair and refused to go shopping.

"NO! I don't want to go buy a swimsuit! I don't have an occasion to wear one, nor do I WANT TO wear one!" screamed Soma as she used her super soldier strength to hold onto the chair's headrest.

Sumeragi and Mileina had other plans for the poor super soldier. Pulling on her standard yellow top Sumeragi said, "What could be the hurt of it, it's not like you have anything to hide right?"

You know she has a point there, chirped Marie from her mind.

Then Mileina threw in, "don't you want to look good for Haptism-san?"

Hallelujah's gonna be there Soma. Soma could see Marie grinning from inside her head. She really didn't want to buy or wear a swimsuit, and certainly not for the man who had killed so many of her comrades. Nevertheless, despite his actions in the past, she found some part of the hyper-violent alter-ego to be… attractive…

While she was occupied with her thoughts about Hallelujah, she let down her guard for a split second. In that split second Sumeragi and Mileina yanked the resisting girl off of the chair.

Soma, noticing how she was in mid air, resigned herself to the fate of swimsuit trying, buying,, and wearing. Marie, seeing the mental resignation took this chance to take back her body.

BAM! Marie slammed into the shuttle's floor.

"Owwwww…you didn't have to put so much force into that Miss Sumeragi, and you too Mileina." Tears formed at the corner of Maries eyes as she rubbed her tailbone.

"Marie? Is that you?" asked Sumeragi, "I thought Soma was the one in control."

Marie waved it off, "no that only happens when something she really likes happens. Normally I just let it happen but this time I want to go swimming and beach-funning so I have control."

"Well that's good," smiled Sumeragi.

"YAY alright-desu, let's go shopping!" Mileina in her nearly inexhaustible energy was almost vibrating with excitement as the girls walked towards the mall.

All Anew and Feldt thought as Marie picked herself up from the floor was, Thank god I don't have a tomboyish alter ego.

Back with the guys…

The engines reduced their howling to a diminished high pitch whine as they cooled down and prepared for shutdown. The hatch hissed open and who was standing at the opening…Graham.

"TODAY! YOU BOYS BECOME MEN! TODAY WILL BE YOUR LEGACY TODAY—" Graham's epic speech was suddenly cut off. A sharp kick to the rear sent Graham rolling down the ramp into a tangled mess at the bottom.

"Yeah, yeah, move it you masked phantom or we'll never get our shopping done," said Lockon in a very annoyed manner.

Graham opened his mouth as to say, no one interrupts my speeches, but then thought better of it. He got up, brushed himself off and walked off in a huff.

"Ah ah," sighed Billy. "You just sent the most directionally challenged Flag fighter into the middle of a mall…without a map."

"What do you mean DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED!!!" screamed an engraged Graham from a hundred feet away. "I'll show you I'm not directionally challenged!" He promptly ran into the mall without any restraints.

"Well, as always, his hearing is impeccable." Billy covered his face with his hand as he shook his head in disapproval. "Hey Allelujah, are you ready to go?"

"In a moment, I just… have… to… drag… these idiots… out!" Allelujah appeared with on hand on Tieria's collar and one hand on Setsuna's collar. They two had managed to fall asleep and were trying very hard NOT to wake up. It didn't work…

"Mileina's going out with another guy," whispered Lockon in the ear or the purple haired Innovade.

Suddenly, Tieria's eyes snapped open glowing golden. "WHO IS SHE GOING OUT WITH!!! RAWR IF HE ISNT WORTHY BY MY JUDGEMENT THEN I WILL KILL HIM!!!"

Lockon quickly backed away from Tieria's flailing arms. "Calm down there buddy, I just said it to wake you up.

Tieria's arms stopped their violent rotation. "Wha? That was mean…" he sighed. "Well now that I'm up I guess I should wake up Setsuna. He leaned down and whispered in Setsuna's ear, "Your Gundam—"

Before he could finish Setsuna's eyes also snapped open glowing. His eyes darted about as he tried to locate Gundam. "Gundam? Where?"

"Nowhere Setsuna, now let's go, you want to impress Feldt right?" sneered Tieria.

Setsuna turned red, "I…no…it's just… You know what? It's better than you having a thing Mileina. What are you? 21 and she's only like 15."

Tieria froze and turned red as he blushed furiously. "Why you… that's unfair. And for your information my age is of no concern for this matter." He started to march towards Setsuna but was stopped by Lockon. Allelujah stopped Setsuna.

"Alright, calm down you two, we woke you up so we could go buy our gear," said Allelujah.

"Oh," said Setsuna and Tieria simultaneously. They mentally issued a temporary cease fire as they were marched over to the mall's entrance.

As they walked into the mall Setsuna felt a very strong chill run down (or is it up) his spine. Someone was watching him. He turned around and looked around but didn't spot anyone particularly suspicious. Shrugging he whirled around and walked away with the rest of the men… minus Graham.

A slim figure ducked behind the front end of a large SSUV (solar sports utility vehicle). She cracked an evil and mysterious smile as she began to plot ways to separate Setsuna from the rest of the man-pack. The red haired girl cackled maliciously but quickly went quiet as several pairs of curious eyes turned to the girl. The girl reached into her sports car and drew out a long but stylish Prada overcoat. She slipped the coat over her white and gold skin tight garments and switched her white boots for a pair of pumps.

"Be prepared Setsuna, the man of my first kiss… for I will have you… and you WILL BE MINE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

Okay…yeah…I don't know how this chapter really went. Sometimes I feel as if I'm taking too long with this pre-shopping mall arc.

Bamm thank you for your comments, they have significantly allowed for an increased level of insanity in the future chapters. (Though I apologize for not being much of a fan of the S2 Neena (a little too creepy for my taste), S1 Neena was much better ^__^ but that's just me)

As always RRF (Read, Review, Flame for those unfamiliar with my terminology). I hope you guys thoroughly enjoy this chapter. Remember guys (and girls) suggestions for further story madness is welcome and probably appreciated. Name pairings, events, and even stupidity that you may want me to incorporate. No guarantees that they WILL get incorporated, but if they do, you will get proper credit. (And if multiples have the same or very similar requests I'll mention as many as I can find (or remember).

I really don't know if I can keep this one chapter a night pace going, please don't eat me alive (that would be messy and unpleasant) because of that.