A Prayer Answered- Part III
by Shinigami's Tenshi
*Disclaimer- I do not hold any claim to Gundam Wing and its characters (though I really wish I did!!). What I do own are my characters, my characters' Gundams, and the plot. Note, the main character's name, Yuri, means LILY in the dictionary. So please take your mind out of the gutter, as my 8th grade history teacher used to say, and don't think it means yuri as in yaoi/yuri. Kay? Arigato! And yes, she is based off of me. BTW, currently the title has nothing to do w/ the fic. I might change it later on if I see fit. Please r&r, thanx!
***Duo***
I dug through my luggage until I found my laptop (AN: yes, he can afford a laptop..somehow) and plugged it in. As I suspected, Yuri had two phone lines. Figures. She always did like to talk a lot.
"You have mail."
"You have mail." I mimicked the monotone voice. "Shut up. Junk, junk, junk...all junk mail. Eh? What's this? An invitation from Relena san?"
I scrolled down the e-mail. "Hmm...a party on this colony. Well what do you know, how convenient! And now everyone can meet Yuri..oh god. Me and my big mouth. I gotta talk to Professor G."
A vid-link popped up. "Ahh!" I screamed. I hate it when those things just *POP* up in front of you.
"Duo."
"Hey Professor G. I was just going to call you. Listen, I uh opened my big mouth and offered Yuri a place as a pilot. Please talk her out of it; she always listened to you."
"Duo, this is not the time to let your emotions and thoughts about her get in the way. There is a rumor of a new group of terrorists, and we will need all the help we can get. From the information I have collected so far, this group, called Organization of Destruction, was formed a year before the Alliance came to power. The late Heero Yuy knew of this group, but did not think they would be of much threat. Obviously he thought wrong."
"Shimatta(1)! Professor G, I am not letting Yuri get into any sort of danger! She can't handle it, I know."
"Maxwell. I am not saying this again. The other scientists and I have already agreed to let her in. In fact, we are already one-third done with her Gundam. It looks exactly like the miniature she has on her balcony. Yuri will report here for training two days after Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian's party."
"Pro-"
The vid-link was cut off. Great, so they had already planned for her to be a pilot. Did her parents know? Did her uncle know? Sure, Yuri would be ecstatic now, but she has no idea what it's like. Even I, Shinigami, am tired of condemning so many souls to hell. How would she take it? I don't want to know or see.
"Hey Duo kun! Aishiteru! You know that, right? This is going to be so cool. I just told Kyra, and she screamed in my ear. She's happier than I am! *giggle* So, have you talked to Professor G yet?" Yuri hugged me.
"Hey..Ya, I talked to Professor G. He said that they've already built a third of your Gundam. There's a new faction, and supposedly we're going to need a lot of help. Yuri, promise me you will be _very_ careful in battle!"
She wore a confused look. "Uh sure Duo. Why would I purposely get myself killed? Oh did they really?? Professor G is the best!"
"Sure. Well, Relena gave me an invitation to her party. Want to come along?"
"Could I? That'd be great!"
***Yuri***
I can't believe I was really going to pilot a Gundam. Ever since I met Professor G and Duo, it had always been my dream. I loved the old days, when I would battle Duo in a "rough-draft" Gundam with the same system as Deathscythe. The gloating part was always the most fun.
"Oh! Duo, you must be starving by now. I'll go cook you dinner ok?"
"Arigato Yuri. I'll go take a shower I guess..where's the bathroom?"
"There's one in the guestroom, and if you don't have a towel there should be some in there."
Duo went to take his shower, and I went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. I dumped a slab of butter into a pan to melt. Then, after chopping the garlic into tiny pieces and adding them to the butter, I got out the shrimp. Got them started, and decided to make a Caesar salad.
"Wow, something smells really good!" Duo walked out with a wet braid, sweat-pants, and no shirt.
My eyes widened. "Ohmigod..." The rest of my sentence refused to come out. Fighting really did do him a lot of good, physically.
He grinned. "Nani?"
I just knew he was trying to make me blush, and of course I did. "N-nothing! Nothing at all. Just...you're drippingwateroverthecarpet!" The words rushed out quickly and my cheeks turned scarlet.
"Is that all? And here I am thinking you're admiring my muscles...oh well. Forget it. Is dinner almost ready?"
"OH! Yea, it is. Just a few more minutes. What do you want to drink? The glasses are over there; help yourself to whatever."
"Whatever? Say..do you have champagne?"
"Duo!! You're too young to be drinking alcohol! Duo Maxwell, if I find out you've been drinking...." I threatened him.
"Eh..me, drinking?" He put on this innocent face. "No, of course not! Ehehehe...umm you know what I'm just gonna take this Pepsi here.."
*sweatdrop* "Duo..." I put my head in my hands. He is so hopeless sometimes.
The shrimp was done and so was the salad. I got out some dishes and forks, and went to set the table. Huh...why do I have four chairs? I never have more than two guests at one time. Something is missing..or maybe someone?
"Yuri chan?" A hand waved in front of my face.
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry, just sit down wherever you want..Stop looking at me with that expression! There's nothing wrong with me."
To my surprise, we had a pretty peaceful dinner. Afterwards Duo challenged me to a game of billiards; I lost. He gloated and jumped around. Warily, I watched him come too close for comfort to a glass vase my grandparents had given me.
"Uh Duo would you please stop..bouncing..around? I really like that vase you know. Here, I have a lot of anime if you want to watch. Take your pick."
He stopped in mid-jump. "Anime? Yay!" Duo went over to the bookcases to browse. "Hmm....Dragon Ball...Fushigi Yuugi...Kyuuketsuki Miyu...Hana Yori Dango...Escaflowne...Weiss Kreuz...Rurouni Kenshin...Blue Sub Six...Ranma...Slayers...Tenchi Muyo..ick, Tenchi...Sailor Moon?! *snicker* Inu Yasha, never heard of that...DNA.. Dang Yuri how much did you spend?! Let's watch Blue Sub."
*yawn* "That's ok. You watch, I'm going to go take my shower and go to bed. I'm exhausted...it's all your fault. Don't forget, we have to be at work tomorrow at eight sharp. So don't stay up to late, ok?"
"Sure Yuri chan. Oyasumi nasai(2)!"
"Good night Duo kun." I smiled and shuffled off to my bedroom.
Fin
Well, what did ya think? Good? Bad? Should I put up the rest of this series? Anyway, here's my usual Japanese definition list:
1. shimatta- damn it
2. oyasumi nasai- good night
by Shinigami's Tenshi
*Disclaimer- I do not hold any claim to Gundam Wing and its characters (though I really wish I did!!). What I do own are my characters, my characters' Gundams, and the plot. Note, the main character's name, Yuri, means LILY in the dictionary. So please take your mind out of the gutter, as my 8th grade history teacher used to say, and don't think it means yuri as in yaoi/yuri. Kay? Arigato! And yes, she is based off of me. BTW, currently the title has nothing to do w/ the fic. I might change it later on if I see fit. Please r&r, thanx!
***Duo***
I dug through my luggage until I found my laptop (AN: yes, he can afford a laptop..somehow) and plugged it in. As I suspected, Yuri had two phone lines. Figures. She always did like to talk a lot.
"You have mail."
"You have mail." I mimicked the monotone voice. "Shut up. Junk, junk, junk...all junk mail. Eh? What's this? An invitation from Relena san?"
I scrolled down the e-mail. "Hmm...a party on this colony. Well what do you know, how convenient! And now everyone can meet Yuri..oh god. Me and my big mouth. I gotta talk to Professor G."
A vid-link popped up. "Ahh!" I screamed. I hate it when those things just *POP* up in front of you.
"Duo."
"Hey Professor G. I was just going to call you. Listen, I uh opened my big mouth and offered Yuri a place as a pilot. Please talk her out of it; she always listened to you."
"Duo, this is not the time to let your emotions and thoughts about her get in the way. There is a rumor of a new group of terrorists, and we will need all the help we can get. From the information I have collected so far, this group, called Organization of Destruction, was formed a year before the Alliance came to power. The late Heero Yuy knew of this group, but did not think they would be of much threat. Obviously he thought wrong."
"Shimatta(1)! Professor G, I am not letting Yuri get into any sort of danger! She can't handle it, I know."
"Maxwell. I am not saying this again. The other scientists and I have already agreed to let her in. In fact, we are already one-third done with her Gundam. It looks exactly like the miniature she has on her balcony. Yuri will report here for training two days after Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian's party."
"Pro-"
The vid-link was cut off. Great, so they had already planned for her to be a pilot. Did her parents know? Did her uncle know? Sure, Yuri would be ecstatic now, but she has no idea what it's like. Even I, Shinigami, am tired of condemning so many souls to hell. How would she take it? I don't want to know or see.
"Hey Duo kun! Aishiteru! You know that, right? This is going to be so cool. I just told Kyra, and she screamed in my ear. She's happier than I am! *giggle* So, have you talked to Professor G yet?" Yuri hugged me.
"Hey..Ya, I talked to Professor G. He said that they've already built a third of your Gundam. There's a new faction, and supposedly we're going to need a lot of help. Yuri, promise me you will be _very_ careful in battle!"
She wore a confused look. "Uh sure Duo. Why would I purposely get myself killed? Oh did they really?? Professor G is the best!"
"Sure. Well, Relena gave me an invitation to her party. Want to come along?"
"Could I? That'd be great!"
***Yuri***
I can't believe I was really going to pilot a Gundam. Ever since I met Professor G and Duo, it had always been my dream. I loved the old days, when I would battle Duo in a "rough-draft" Gundam with the same system as Deathscythe. The gloating part was always the most fun.
"Oh! Duo, you must be starving by now. I'll go cook you dinner ok?"
"Arigato Yuri. I'll go take a shower I guess..where's the bathroom?"
"There's one in the guestroom, and if you don't have a towel there should be some in there."
Duo went to take his shower, and I went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. I dumped a slab of butter into a pan to melt. Then, after chopping the garlic into tiny pieces and adding them to the butter, I got out the shrimp. Got them started, and decided to make a Caesar salad.
"Wow, something smells really good!" Duo walked out with a wet braid, sweat-pants, and no shirt.
My eyes widened. "Ohmigod..." The rest of my sentence refused to come out. Fighting really did do him a lot of good, physically.
He grinned. "Nani?"
I just knew he was trying to make me blush, and of course I did. "N-nothing! Nothing at all. Just...you're drippingwateroverthecarpet!" The words rushed out quickly and my cheeks turned scarlet.
"Is that all? And here I am thinking you're admiring my muscles...oh well. Forget it. Is dinner almost ready?"
"OH! Yea, it is. Just a few more minutes. What do you want to drink? The glasses are over there; help yourself to whatever."
"Whatever? Say..do you have champagne?"
"Duo!! You're too young to be drinking alcohol! Duo Maxwell, if I find out you've been drinking...." I threatened him.
"Eh..me, drinking?" He put on this innocent face. "No, of course not! Ehehehe...umm you know what I'm just gonna take this Pepsi here.."
*sweatdrop* "Duo..." I put my head in my hands. He is so hopeless sometimes.
The shrimp was done and so was the salad. I got out some dishes and forks, and went to set the table. Huh...why do I have four chairs? I never have more than two guests at one time. Something is missing..or maybe someone?
"Yuri chan?" A hand waved in front of my face.
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry, just sit down wherever you want..Stop looking at me with that expression! There's nothing wrong with me."
To my surprise, we had a pretty peaceful dinner. Afterwards Duo challenged me to a game of billiards; I lost. He gloated and jumped around. Warily, I watched him come too close for comfort to a glass vase my grandparents had given me.
"Uh Duo would you please stop..bouncing..around? I really like that vase you know. Here, I have a lot of anime if you want to watch. Take your pick."
He stopped in mid-jump. "Anime? Yay!" Duo went over to the bookcases to browse. "Hmm....Dragon Ball...Fushigi Yuugi...Kyuuketsuki Miyu...Hana Yori Dango...Escaflowne...Weiss Kreuz...Rurouni Kenshin...Blue Sub Six...Ranma...Slayers...Tenchi Muyo..ick, Tenchi...Sailor Moon?! *snicker* Inu Yasha, never heard of that...DNA.. Dang Yuri how much did you spend?! Let's watch Blue Sub."
*yawn* "That's ok. You watch, I'm going to go take my shower and go to bed. I'm exhausted...it's all your fault. Don't forget, we have to be at work tomorrow at eight sharp. So don't stay up to late, ok?"
"Sure Yuri chan. Oyasumi nasai(2)!"
"Good night Duo kun." I smiled and shuffled off to my bedroom.
Fin
Well, what did ya think? Good? Bad? Should I put up the rest of this series? Anyway, here's my usual Japanese definition list:
1. shimatta- damn it
2. oyasumi nasai- good night