Standard disclaimers: you all know them.
Hatikva Finale
New Year's eve at Colony C-1013 of the L-1 cluster was a bright and
colorful festival, rivaled only by the New Year's celebration of the L-5
colony cluster. Even during the Alliance occupation, the citizen's
celebrated New Year in their centuries old tradition.
Heero walked to the window of his small apartment. A smiled crept to
his face when he saw the paper lanterns lighting the street and the
various smell of incense crept through the open window. One of his
fondest memories of his time with Odin Lowe, was of the man taking
time off from training, to allow the boy to enjoy himself at the festival
booths.
"What do you think?" Mariemaia asked coming out of his bedroom, with
Hatikva and Lady Une standing behind her.
The red-haired girl started modeling a lavender kimono with white
bunnies printed all over it, tied by a forest green obi. She held a round
paper fan with the same color and design of the kimono.
Hatikva was wearing the black kimono she had worn the day Heero had
woken up while Lady Une decided that she could dress casually, so she
wore jeans and her Preventers uniform jacket over a white blouse.
"You look cute." Heero answered with a smile. Then a shiver ran up his
spine.
Relena had said that she would also wear a kimono. Knowing the
Vice Foreing Minister's taste, Heero could guess it was going to be pink.
And Heero was starting to hate pink.
"You look cute, too." Mariemaia said, "But can't you wear different
colors?"
Heero glanced at his black japanese trousers and olive green kimono
shirt (you know, like the ones in samurai movies). "I happen to like
black and green." He retorted and walked to the door, "Come on, the others
are probably at the meeting place."
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"Here they come." Duo smiled upon seeing the quartet, "Finally." He
waved to them, "What kept you guys? You know it's the host who should be
waiting for his guests, not the other way around." he stopped talking
long enough to examine their clothing, then looked over at Relena and
finally studied Heero, "Wow! You guys look like you sprung out of Rurouni
Kenshin or Ninja Scroll or Sakura Wars! You're only missing a sword,
Heero!"
"Shut up, Duo." Heero growled.
"Man!" Duo pouted, "You were nice and all for a week, then went back
to your regular, grouchy self. Looks like your personality had nothing
to do that chip in your head. It broke down and you're still same." He
placed his hands behind his head. "I still wonder what bug bit you,
since it was your idea to invite us to come to this festival and..."
"Duo..." Heero glared at the braided pilot, his tone more menacing.
"You're no fun..." Duo muttered under his breath.
Heero smiled inwardly. It HAD been his idea to invite everyone to the
festival, but it was mostly because he couldn't think of a better way
to thank them for their support. He still wasn't good with that kind of
words.
The other pilots were there, so were Relena, Catherine, Sally and
Heero's new classmate, Dorothy.
"What's keeping Hilde?" Quatre asked.
"Dunno." Duo answered, "Either Zxyu lost his favorite pair of Death
Boxers (tm) or he still refuses to eat Nataku Rolls with chopsticks."
"It's Dragon Rolls." Wufei corrected angrily. "Leave Nataku out of your
jokes."
"Noin and Zechs are also missing." Relena said looking around.
And speaking of the devil... they all saw Noin, literally draging
Zechs a couple of blocks away. Hilde and Zxyu were calmly walking
behind them.
"I can't be seen in public!" Zechs was protesting. "I'm supposed to be
dead!"
"Come on, Zechs," Noin said, "No one's going to notice. Besides, it
isn't very often that Heero invites the whole gang to a japanese
festival."
"Dead people don't complaint," Heero told him, "And if you don't shut
up, you will be. Let's go before I start having second thoughts about all
this."
He started walking towards the temple, ten blocks away, not bothering
to look if the others were following. He simply wanted to get there.
Here he was, in New Year's, with his friends and comrades, his 'little
sister', the girl he liked (Although it would be sometime before he
gathered enough courage to tell her anything, and he hoped she didn't
skewer him when he does), his Gundam, and he felt insanely happy, even
when his face featured an eternal scowl.
A small yelp broke him out of his thoughts and he turned to the window
of a petstore. On the other side, a brown puppy was standing on her hind
legs, front paws against the glass, and her tail wagging so wildly that
she almost flew.
"Mary?" Heero asked, kneeling to look into the puppy's eyes.
"Mary!" Hatikva beamed and the puppy yelped again. "It's you! No wonder
we couln't find you. You were born a few weeks ago!" She ran into the
store and moments later walked out with the pupy on a leash.
"Who's going to keep her?" Mariemaia asked, hoping Heero wasn't allowed
to keep pets in his apartment, so that she could have the puppy.
"She can't stay in the hangar with Wing..." Heero was thoughtful, as
he reviewed the apartment rules. "I'm am allowed to keep a small pet, and
Mary doesn't look like she'll grow much, so I guess she'll stay with me."
He took the leash and continued walking, with Mary half-running,
half-jumping besides him. "I'll have to get her a bowl, a basket to sleep
in, a blanket... I think I'll find those at the fair, cheaper than in a
store..."
"He acts like has not a care in the world." Duo said suddenly, watching
Heero's back, "He's changed a lot from when I first met him."
"That's because it finally hit him that he has a family and he's finally
free." Dorothy answered, "But he's still the same Heero."
"Huh?" Duo was clueless, "I guess I'll never understand him."
"You don't have to," Hatikva walked besides Duo, "Just be the friend
you've always been." She ran towards the japanese pilot and glomped him,
"Wait for me, will you!"
"Hey!" Mariemaia protested, "He's mine!" and also grabbed Heero.
"I knew him first." Hatikva stuck out her tongue at Mariemaia.
"That doesn't mean anything." Mariemaia answered likewise.
As they all continued walking while the two girls argued over Heero's
ownership, without asking Relena for her opinions, Dorothy smiled
suddenly.
"Yes..." She whispered, "He has changed a lot. Trying to win him will
prove interesting indeed..."
*************FIN********************
YES! I finished my first GW fanfic!
Bet you all thought I forgot about Mary.
Hope you have all enjoyed this fic. I might consider writing some other
things later.
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara Gowa
Recently self-appointed Preventer Wing
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork
Hatikva Finale
New Year's eve at Colony C-1013 of the L-1 cluster was a bright and
colorful festival, rivaled only by the New Year's celebration of the L-5
colony cluster. Even during the Alliance occupation, the citizen's
celebrated New Year in their centuries old tradition.
Heero walked to the window of his small apartment. A smiled crept to
his face when he saw the paper lanterns lighting the street and the
various smell of incense crept through the open window. One of his
fondest memories of his time with Odin Lowe, was of the man taking
time off from training, to allow the boy to enjoy himself at the festival
booths.
"What do you think?" Mariemaia asked coming out of his bedroom, with
Hatikva and Lady Une standing behind her.
The red-haired girl started modeling a lavender kimono with white
bunnies printed all over it, tied by a forest green obi. She held a round
paper fan with the same color and design of the kimono.
Hatikva was wearing the black kimono she had worn the day Heero had
woken up while Lady Une decided that she could dress casually, so she
wore jeans and her Preventers uniform jacket over a white blouse.
"You look cute." Heero answered with a smile. Then a shiver ran up his
spine.
Relena had said that she would also wear a kimono. Knowing the
Vice Foreing Minister's taste, Heero could guess it was going to be pink.
And Heero was starting to hate pink.
"You look cute, too." Mariemaia said, "But can't you wear different
colors?"
Heero glanced at his black japanese trousers and olive green kimono
shirt (you know, like the ones in samurai movies). "I happen to like
black and green." He retorted and walked to the door, "Come on, the others
are probably at the meeting place."
****************************
"Here they come." Duo smiled upon seeing the quartet, "Finally." He
waved to them, "What kept you guys? You know it's the host who should be
waiting for his guests, not the other way around." he stopped talking
long enough to examine their clothing, then looked over at Relena and
finally studied Heero, "Wow! You guys look like you sprung out of Rurouni
Kenshin or Ninja Scroll or Sakura Wars! You're only missing a sword,
Heero!"
"Shut up, Duo." Heero growled.
"Man!" Duo pouted, "You were nice and all for a week, then went back
to your regular, grouchy self. Looks like your personality had nothing
to do that chip in your head. It broke down and you're still same." He
placed his hands behind his head. "I still wonder what bug bit you,
since it was your idea to invite us to come to this festival and..."
"Duo..." Heero glared at the braided pilot, his tone more menacing.
"You're no fun..." Duo muttered under his breath.
Heero smiled inwardly. It HAD been his idea to invite everyone to the
festival, but it was mostly because he couldn't think of a better way
to thank them for their support. He still wasn't good with that kind of
words.
The other pilots were there, so were Relena, Catherine, Sally and
Heero's new classmate, Dorothy.
"What's keeping Hilde?" Quatre asked.
"Dunno." Duo answered, "Either Zxyu lost his favorite pair of Death
Boxers (tm) or he still refuses to eat Nataku Rolls with chopsticks."
"It's Dragon Rolls." Wufei corrected angrily. "Leave Nataku out of your
jokes."
"Noin and Zechs are also missing." Relena said looking around.
And speaking of the devil... they all saw Noin, literally draging
Zechs a couple of blocks away. Hilde and Zxyu were calmly walking
behind them.
"I can't be seen in public!" Zechs was protesting. "I'm supposed to be
dead!"
"Come on, Zechs," Noin said, "No one's going to notice. Besides, it
isn't very often that Heero invites the whole gang to a japanese
festival."
"Dead people don't complaint," Heero told him, "And if you don't shut
up, you will be. Let's go before I start having second thoughts about all
this."
He started walking towards the temple, ten blocks away, not bothering
to look if the others were following. He simply wanted to get there.
Here he was, in New Year's, with his friends and comrades, his 'little
sister', the girl he liked (Although it would be sometime before he
gathered enough courage to tell her anything, and he hoped she didn't
skewer him when he does), his Gundam, and he felt insanely happy, even
when his face featured an eternal scowl.
A small yelp broke him out of his thoughts and he turned to the window
of a petstore. On the other side, a brown puppy was standing on her hind
legs, front paws against the glass, and her tail wagging so wildly that
she almost flew.
"Mary?" Heero asked, kneeling to look into the puppy's eyes.
"Mary!" Hatikva beamed and the puppy yelped again. "It's you! No wonder
we couln't find you. You were born a few weeks ago!" She ran into the
store and moments later walked out with the pupy on a leash.
"Who's going to keep her?" Mariemaia asked, hoping Heero wasn't allowed
to keep pets in his apartment, so that she could have the puppy.
"She can't stay in the hangar with Wing..." Heero was thoughtful, as
he reviewed the apartment rules. "I'm am allowed to keep a small pet, and
Mary doesn't look like she'll grow much, so I guess she'll stay with me."
He took the leash and continued walking, with Mary half-running,
half-jumping besides him. "I'll have to get her a bowl, a basket to sleep
in, a blanket... I think I'll find those at the fair, cheaper than in a
store..."
"He acts like has not a care in the world." Duo said suddenly, watching
Heero's back, "He's changed a lot from when I first met him."
"That's because it finally hit him that he has a family and he's finally
free." Dorothy answered, "But he's still the same Heero."
"Huh?" Duo was clueless, "I guess I'll never understand him."
"You don't have to," Hatikva walked besides Duo, "Just be the friend
you've always been." She ran towards the japanese pilot and glomped him,
"Wait for me, will you!"
"Hey!" Mariemaia protested, "He's mine!" and also grabbed Heero.
"I knew him first." Hatikva stuck out her tongue at Mariemaia.
"That doesn't mean anything." Mariemaia answered likewise.
As they all continued walking while the two girls argued over Heero's
ownership, without asking Relena for her opinions, Dorothy smiled
suddenly.
"Yes..." She whispered, "He has changed a lot. Trying to win him will
prove interesting indeed..."
*************FIN********************
YES! I finished my first GW fanfic!
Bet you all thought I forgot about Mary.
Hope you have all enjoyed this fic. I might consider writing some other
things later.
Blackthorn Hiei Heero Yamato Iori Hibiki Sagara Ayanami Shinohara Gowa
Recently self-appointed Preventer Wing
Warrior Spirit of the Quetzal bird
Keeper of the Xiuhcoatl, the Turquoise Snake sword
Guardian of Quetzalcoatl's tailfeathers
Guardian of Wing ZERO's feathers
Guardian of Heero's deadly beam-spork