Disclaimer- Well, of course you all know what it is I'm about to write...I do not own any characters or anime in this fic... I lay no claim to anything. And so forth and so on...
Author's Note- -parties over, work begins- I started school ... It really sucks.
-E-mails and things on a computer
' ' -Thoughts
Chapter Eleven - Hot springs part 1
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"WHAT!" ten voices bellowed at Dr T.
"An important friend of mine is staying at a hot spring resort. I am assigning all of you to make sure nothing happens to him. He has been threatened several times by an unknown terrorist." Dr T said again.
"Yes, we heard all that." Rei said.
"What I think everyone wishes to know is why are we leaving Mamoru Chiba alone?" Ami asked.
"And why are ALL of us going?" Duo chimed in.
Hotaru sighed. "I figured you all could use a vacation. Christmas is in another month and I want you all to enjoy a nice vacation at a hot spring before they all get busy." Hotaru confused.
"Vacation?" Usagi, Minako, Heero, and Wufei asked.
"But we're practically in the middle of a war." Trowa supplied.
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Needless to say, Hotaru got her wish. All ten pilots were packing, getting ready for their week long vacation. The girls were happy, though a bit disappointed to be stopping the attack on Chiba. The guys were indifferent. They all needed the rest, but work still needed to be done.
They left the main base at 0700 hours on a Monday. By 1100 hours, they reached their destination. A beautiful hot spring inn. It looked to be like a Japanese shrine. Stone dragons were carved on either side of the main entrance. Cherry trees lined the inside main walk to the main building. The walk was cobblestone and slightly cracked with age.
They dropped their luggage outside and looked around. Several smaller buildings could be seen farther along the walk, all of which were similar, but a few things here and there made them all so different and unique.
They were shown to their rooms. Wufei and Trowa would share a building, and Quatre, Duo and Heero would be in another. Rei and Makoto shared their own, and Usagi, Minako, and Ami were in a fourth.
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"Wow!" Minako said as they came back into the main room of the building. "This place is huge!"
"Yeah." Usagi said. She plopped down onto a couch. "Might as well enjoy it while we can."
"Should we go see if the others are done unpacking yet?" Ami asked.
Before anyone could reply, a loud knock sounded on the door. Three sets of eyes quickly moved to the door to see it be thrown open by none other than Rei and Makoto.
"Honeys, we're home!" Makoto called. "I brought lunch!"
"And then we'll go check out the springs." Rei added.
No one argued and the five girls settled themselves down for lunch. They ate rice cakes and some sushi, compliments of Hotaru, which Makoto had prepared. When they were finished, they sat and gossiped....about the guys.
"Usagi, it really looks like Heero likes you." Minako started.
"Yeah, he follows you around a lot." Rei continued.
"He doesn't seem to take his eyes off of you." Makoto added.
Usagi blushed. "Yeah...I noticed."
"I think you might have a crush on him too." Ami said. "I've noticed that you do the same to him."
Usagi's jaw dropped, her cheeks were burnt red. "And it's true!" Minako giggled.
"Well...What about Ami and Quatre!" Usagi blurted.
"Yeah, they do seem to like each other." Makoto smiled.
This time it was Ami's turn to blush. "So? What's the big deal..." Ami whispered.
"Don't forget about Trowa, Makoto." Usagi said in the same way Trowa speaks...quite and demanding.
Makoto covered her burning cheeks. "And then there's Wufei and Rei."
"Me and that bastard!" Rei's face turned red. "Hell no."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Rei. You like him." Minako giggled.
Everyone turned to Minako. "And what about you and Duo? Hmm?" Usagi asked.
Minako didn't miss a beat. "We're already dating." Four pairs of jaws dropped. "Yep. Boy you guys are slow..." She smiled.
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They continued to talk about the guys, and all of a sudden, the guys walked in. Makoto and Rei had left the door open when they first arrived, and now the guys were waked right into their conversation. The girls had quickly noticed them and switched the subject, but who knows how long the guys were just sitting outside their door, and how much they had heard...
"What are you women doing?" Wufei barked. "We already made a perimeter search."
"Your point?" Rei countered. "Didn't you fellows hear Dr T?"
"Yeah, she said we're on vacation." Makoto added.
"Doesn't dismiss the fact that you should always be ready for anything." Trowa replied.
"We were ready for anything." Minako said. "Did you hear what we were talking about before you got here?"
"No, just some mumbles and stuff." Duo answered.
"That's because we were ready to switch our topic at the first sight of you all." Ami smiled.
"I see." Quatre smiled back.
"And the women of won this battle. And we will surely win the war." Usagi joked.
"Hn." Heero shook his head sadly.
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"Fi-na-ly!" Minako said as she slowly dropped into a hot spring.
"Feels so good." Makoto said, joining her friend.
Ami kept the towel around as she sat on the edge with her feet in the water. "Yes, it is comfortable."
"Ami...you need to just jump in and join us! We're all women here." Rei said from her place in the water.
Ami slowly nodded and removed the towel to get into the water. Usagi came running up from behind and jumped in. "Wonderful!" She leaned back against the rocks of the spring. Ami joined her.
"This is just what we needed..." Makoto said.
"Yeah, I'm glad T had this planned for us." Minako added.
"What about her? She needs a vacation too." Ami added.
"Yeah, but she has a big job to do." Rei replied.
"I don't think she could go on vacation, even if she wanted to." Usagi said. "But..."
"What if we take her job when we get back!" Minako said happily. "We could send her on a vacation!"
Everyone was silent. "Um...What exactly IS her job?"
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"CANNON BALL!" Duo yelled as he jumped into the air and brought his knees to his chest. He hit the water and waves crashed into the water's occupants.
"MAXWELL!" Wufei growled. He lunged for his comrade and started to hold his head in the water.
"St-p -t!" Duo gargled water.
"Wufei! That's enough!" Quatre begged.
"Chang." Heero and Trowa grabbed Wufei and pried him away from Duo. Duo immediately gaped for air and held his throat. Quatre went to assist him.
"Jesus! Dude!" Duo said between gasps.
"That was a bit much." Quatre agreed.
Wufei growled and pulled free from Trowa and Heero. He lunged at Duo again, but this time Duo was able to run away. All Five gundam boys ran out of the hot spring. Duo was in the lead, Wufei hot on his heels, and Heero, Trowa and Quatre followed in that order.
Duo ran down the hall and entered the first door he could find. He slammed the door shut behind him and leaned his back against it. Wufei pounded on the door.
The room Duo was in was quiet. He slowly opened his eyes and was shocked at what he saw. He had entered the girls hot spring. All five pairs of eyes were on him. One of which was looking a bit too low for comfort. (Minako! hehe) He blushed and the girls started screaming.
Heero heard the screams and actually started to help Wufei. The door slammed open and the other four gundam boys entered the hot spring, unaware of what was to come next.
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-smiles-
Next- What is to happen to the girls and the gundam boys? Will romance begin to fly between the couples? All next time in Part 2!
Mooneyes