Adventures In Tokyo
Disclaimer: No matter how many times I'd like to convince myself, Gundam Wing and all respective characters do not belong to me.
"Rise and shine!" Duo called amiably, opening the blinds on Hilde's window with a snap and letting the dazzlingly bright sunlight shine directly in her eyes.
"GAH!" Hilde cried shading her eyes and chucking a pillow over at Duo. He chuckled and ducked the oncoming assault. "Duo Maxwell!" she pouted, adjusting her other pillow firmly over her face and scowling through the fabric at her boyfriend. "What in Kami's name do you think you're doing?" Duo shrugged and bounced happily around Hilde's room, his braid following his movements like an extremely furry yo-yo. "I dunno, I was bored."
Hilde sat up and rubbed her eyes, which were dancing with little spots from the sun. "Why don't you go annoy the hell out of someone else?" she inquired politely. Duo shrugged again and plopped down in the chair across from her. "Guess what?"
"Hmm?" Hilde grumbled, not really caring what gossip Duo had overheard while making breakfast. "Heero and Relena are going to Japan."
"GAH?" Hilde exclaimed for the second time that day, nearly falling off the edge of her bed. Duo grinned. "If your going to speak to me in nonsense words, at least be kind enough to lend me out your dictionary." Hilde scowled and countered. "Maybe if someone doesn't keep waking me up at the crack of dawn, I might be awake enough to talk to you intelligently." She paused to allow her braided boyfriend to cough loudly before continuing. "So what's this you're telling me? You're not making stuff up again, are you?"
Duo shook his head vigorously. "It's true! Relena told Noin and Noin told Milliardo and Milliardo told me!" he exclaimed, grinning triumphantly. Hilde got to her feet and gave Duo an encouraging pat on the head. "Good for you," she said sweetly, and started down the stairs.
By the time everyone was seated at the table, the whole Maxwell house population knew about Relena and Heero's travel plans. "So," Noin began, passing the butter to Milliardo. "How long are you staying in Japan?" Heero glanced up at the two Peacecraft's from over his mound of scrambled eggs. "Not as long as you two in the Bahamas." He said, noting that they were tan enough to pass as a couple of island natives. "Probably a couple months."
"A couple months!" Hilde repeated, choking on some of Duo's pathetic excuse for bacon. "Aw, it's going to be no fun without having you and Relena to make fun of all the time!"
"Yeah," Duo put in, stealing a muffin from Hilde's plate when she wasn't looking. "I guess we're going to have to concentrate all our efforts on Noin and Milliardo."
Both of the mentioned individuals visibly paled at this.
Relena bit into her own muffin, looking a little bit distracted. "Don't worry, we'll be back before you know. And here I was, thinking you guys would be glad to get rid of us…"
After breakfast, everyone parted to go their separate ways. Noin and Milli hijacked Duo's new convertible and went out for a spin. Heero left to go and pick up some shuttle tickets for himself and Relena, who were planning on leaving the next day. Relena was up in her room packing. Duo and Hilde found themselves with nothing to do.
"Man, I wish you would ask me to go on a vacation…" Hilde pouted while enduring reruns of Duo's favorite show, The Mousketeers. Duo managed to pry his eyes off of a young Britney Spear's singing rendition of the 'Donald Duck Song' long enough to register what Hilde was saying. "Don't worry," he said reassuringly, returning what little attention he possessed back to Britney and Donald, dancing up a storm on screen. "I'll take you to some remote volcanic island and we'll have a jolly good time."
Hilde rolled her eyes and turned off the TV, deaf to Duo's protests. "I have an idea!" she said excitedly. "What if me and you…tag along with Heero and Relena to Japan?" As soon as Hilde finished speaking, Duo lit up like a firecracker. "Coolness!" he said, dissolving into evil laughter. Hilde joined him, and the two sat there and laughed their heads off until a big heavy platform shoe came flying at them from upstairs and Relena hollered for them to shut up.
"Japan," Hilde whispered, "Here we come!"
"Last call for Shuttle199 bound for Earth. Shuttle199 bound for Earth. Sector target: Tokyo, Japan."
"Come on Heero!" Relena called, dragging him by the hand through the crowded space port. "We're going to miss the shuttle." Heero, rolling his eyes, allowed himself to be weaved in and out of the milling crowd towards gate A99. He didn't think it would really matter if he reminded Relena that he was the one carrying all their stuff, and Kami only knows what she packed in the 20 pound suitcase she dumped on him. Relena quickly flashed two passports into the gate guard's face. One showed Heero giving the camera an ominous death glare, the other showed Relena favoring the camera with a polite smile. The flight attendant nodded and waved them through.
Relena bounded through the metal detector without any troubles. But when Heero tried to step through, the alarm began buzzing like there was no tomorrow. A few attendants came over to talk to Heero. "Do you have anything metallic on you, keys, loose change, a- uh- umm..." The attendant's voice trailed off as Heero removed, from some hidden location, his hand gun.
"Could this be the problem?" he asked, completely serious.
"Uh, uh. Uh." The guard stuttered, fumbling around for an answer.
Heero smirked and Relena sweatdropped. It was going to be a long flight.
"DUO!" Hilde yelled, pushing her boyfriend past the baggage check and towards gate number A99. "What is your problem?"
Duo, who had been fidgeting around nervously for the past few minutes, stopped twitching and faced his girlfriend. "I forgot to tell Quatre to tape the Mousketeer Marathon!" he whined, his lower lip trembling. Hilde, too disgusted for words, pushed Duo roughly through the boarding gate and plopped him down in a seat in the far back of the plane.
"Now, all we have to do is keep out of Heero and Relena's sight…" Hilde whispered, but Duo wasn't listening. His lower lip was trembling again.
"What is it Duo?"
"I-I-" Duo began, two big fake tears spilling down his cheeks. "I wanted the window seat."
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!" Hilde exclaimed while jumping to her feet.
Duo grinned and scooted over to sit by the window while Hilde, scowling darkly, took the aisle seat in aggravated silence.
By the time the whole mess with the metal detector was sorted out, Heero and Relena barely had time to catch their flight. As they were taking their seats Relena noticed that Heero was smirking. "You think you're pretty funny with that whole gun business, don't you?"
Smirk.
"Hah hah. You're just the king of comedy now."
Smirk.
"Are you listening to me?"
Smirk.
Sigh.
Smirk.
"You're not funny."
Smirk.
"The shuttle will now be entering the atmosphere. Please fasten your seatbelts and remain seated. We should arrive in Tokyo within the hour."
Relena woke up with a jolt as the shuttle began to shudder under their feet with the friction of penetrating through the atmosphere. She poked Heero who woke up instantly. "We're going to Earth now," she whispered, pointing out the window. "Isn't it beautiful?" Heero nodded as the vast swirling mass of white clouds and blue water was reflected in his eyes. It felt like he was coming home.
Meanwhile, at the far back of the plane, Duo was fast asleep and snoring like a little baby. Hilde was rummaging through her carry-on trying to find something adequately hard enough to rap Duo on the head with, but eventually just gave up and settled for her fist. Duo gave a yelp of pain as he was awoken by the hard beating of Hilde's palm upon his head, but quieted down when he saw Heero's head swivel to see who dared to yowl painfully in his presence.
The shuttle gave a sickening dip as they broke through the red hot atmosphere and proceeded to glide smoothly through the air. In a matter of minutes, the shuttle made a spectacularly clear landing at the docking bay, and the occupants began to shuffle around in their seats in anticipation.
"Konnichi-wa, visitors." Came an unbearably cheerful voice from up front. Everyone groaned and turned to face the speaker, who coincidentally turned out to be a very much American flight attendant trying in vain to pretend she was Japanese. "Now if you will all just settle down more one moment, I'm sure we can run through safety precautions quickly, ne?"
Relena moaned and tried to block out the high pitched voice pounding in her ears. "It sounds like Duo after he inhales helium…" she mumbled and Heero nodded.
After hours seemed to pass, the flight attendant decided she tortured them enough on history, customs, and tourist safety all regarding Japan, and gave an awkward bow to signal they were free to go. "Konbanwa!" she screeched, before getting swallowed up by the crowd.
Everyone jumped to their feet, luggage in hand, and crowded each other to exit the shuttle all at the same time. The lecturing flight attendant wormed her way through them all and stood guard at the exit. "Ja ne! Enjoy your stay!" she squeaked as each person passed her. Heero growled. "Who does she think she is? I bet she doesn't even know what she's saying." Relena giggled. "Only one way to find out."
When it was Heero and Relena's turn to exit the shuttle, the annoying attendant squealed, "Ja ne!"
Heero looked at her coldly and said "Omae O Korosu."
The attendant blinked in an empty sort of way, then resumed her smiling. "Aw thanks, and same to you. Enjoy your stay!"
Heero smirked and Relena laughed.
They stepped off the shuttle into the bright afternoon sunlight.
Disclaimer: No matter how many times I'd like to convince myself, Gundam Wing and all respective characters do not belong to me.
"Rise and shine!" Duo called amiably, opening the blinds on Hilde's window with a snap and letting the dazzlingly bright sunlight shine directly in her eyes.
"GAH!" Hilde cried shading her eyes and chucking a pillow over at Duo. He chuckled and ducked the oncoming assault. "Duo Maxwell!" she pouted, adjusting her other pillow firmly over her face and scowling through the fabric at her boyfriend. "What in Kami's name do you think you're doing?" Duo shrugged and bounced happily around Hilde's room, his braid following his movements like an extremely furry yo-yo. "I dunno, I was bored."
Hilde sat up and rubbed her eyes, which were dancing with little spots from the sun. "Why don't you go annoy the hell out of someone else?" she inquired politely. Duo shrugged again and plopped down in the chair across from her. "Guess what?"
"Hmm?" Hilde grumbled, not really caring what gossip Duo had overheard while making breakfast. "Heero and Relena are going to Japan."
"GAH?" Hilde exclaimed for the second time that day, nearly falling off the edge of her bed. Duo grinned. "If your going to speak to me in nonsense words, at least be kind enough to lend me out your dictionary." Hilde scowled and countered. "Maybe if someone doesn't keep waking me up at the crack of dawn, I might be awake enough to talk to you intelligently." She paused to allow her braided boyfriend to cough loudly before continuing. "So what's this you're telling me? You're not making stuff up again, are you?"
Duo shook his head vigorously. "It's true! Relena told Noin and Noin told Milliardo and Milliardo told me!" he exclaimed, grinning triumphantly. Hilde got to her feet and gave Duo an encouraging pat on the head. "Good for you," she said sweetly, and started down the stairs.
By the time everyone was seated at the table, the whole Maxwell house population knew about Relena and Heero's travel plans. "So," Noin began, passing the butter to Milliardo. "How long are you staying in Japan?" Heero glanced up at the two Peacecraft's from over his mound of scrambled eggs. "Not as long as you two in the Bahamas." He said, noting that they were tan enough to pass as a couple of island natives. "Probably a couple months."
"A couple months!" Hilde repeated, choking on some of Duo's pathetic excuse for bacon. "Aw, it's going to be no fun without having you and Relena to make fun of all the time!"
"Yeah," Duo put in, stealing a muffin from Hilde's plate when she wasn't looking. "I guess we're going to have to concentrate all our efforts on Noin and Milliardo."
Both of the mentioned individuals visibly paled at this.
Relena bit into her own muffin, looking a little bit distracted. "Don't worry, we'll be back before you know. And here I was, thinking you guys would be glad to get rid of us…"
After breakfast, everyone parted to go their separate ways. Noin and Milli hijacked Duo's new convertible and went out for a spin. Heero left to go and pick up some shuttle tickets for himself and Relena, who were planning on leaving the next day. Relena was up in her room packing. Duo and Hilde found themselves with nothing to do.
"Man, I wish you would ask me to go on a vacation…" Hilde pouted while enduring reruns of Duo's favorite show, The Mousketeers. Duo managed to pry his eyes off of a young Britney Spear's singing rendition of the 'Donald Duck Song' long enough to register what Hilde was saying. "Don't worry," he said reassuringly, returning what little attention he possessed back to Britney and Donald, dancing up a storm on screen. "I'll take you to some remote volcanic island and we'll have a jolly good time."
Hilde rolled her eyes and turned off the TV, deaf to Duo's protests. "I have an idea!" she said excitedly. "What if me and you…tag along with Heero and Relena to Japan?" As soon as Hilde finished speaking, Duo lit up like a firecracker. "Coolness!" he said, dissolving into evil laughter. Hilde joined him, and the two sat there and laughed their heads off until a big heavy platform shoe came flying at them from upstairs and Relena hollered for them to shut up.
"Japan," Hilde whispered, "Here we come!"
"Last call for Shuttle199 bound for Earth. Shuttle199 bound for Earth. Sector target: Tokyo, Japan."
"Come on Heero!" Relena called, dragging him by the hand through the crowded space port. "We're going to miss the shuttle." Heero, rolling his eyes, allowed himself to be weaved in and out of the milling crowd towards gate A99. He didn't think it would really matter if he reminded Relena that he was the one carrying all their stuff, and Kami only knows what she packed in the 20 pound suitcase she dumped on him. Relena quickly flashed two passports into the gate guard's face. One showed Heero giving the camera an ominous death glare, the other showed Relena favoring the camera with a polite smile. The flight attendant nodded and waved them through.
Relena bounded through the metal detector without any troubles. But when Heero tried to step through, the alarm began buzzing like there was no tomorrow. A few attendants came over to talk to Heero. "Do you have anything metallic on you, keys, loose change, a- uh- umm..." The attendant's voice trailed off as Heero removed, from some hidden location, his hand gun.
"Could this be the problem?" he asked, completely serious.
"Uh, uh. Uh." The guard stuttered, fumbling around for an answer.
Heero smirked and Relena sweatdropped. It was going to be a long flight.
"DUO!" Hilde yelled, pushing her boyfriend past the baggage check and towards gate number A99. "What is your problem?"
Duo, who had been fidgeting around nervously for the past few minutes, stopped twitching and faced his girlfriend. "I forgot to tell Quatre to tape the Mousketeer Marathon!" he whined, his lower lip trembling. Hilde, too disgusted for words, pushed Duo roughly through the boarding gate and plopped him down in a seat in the far back of the plane.
"Now, all we have to do is keep out of Heero and Relena's sight…" Hilde whispered, but Duo wasn't listening. His lower lip was trembling again.
"What is it Duo?"
"I-I-" Duo began, two big fake tears spilling down his cheeks. "I wanted the window seat."
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!" Hilde exclaimed while jumping to her feet.
Duo grinned and scooted over to sit by the window while Hilde, scowling darkly, took the aisle seat in aggravated silence.
By the time the whole mess with the metal detector was sorted out, Heero and Relena barely had time to catch their flight. As they were taking their seats Relena noticed that Heero was smirking. "You think you're pretty funny with that whole gun business, don't you?"
Smirk.
"Hah hah. You're just the king of comedy now."
Smirk.
"Are you listening to me?"
Smirk.
Sigh.
Smirk.
"You're not funny."
Smirk.
"The shuttle will now be entering the atmosphere. Please fasten your seatbelts and remain seated. We should arrive in Tokyo within the hour."
Relena woke up with a jolt as the shuttle began to shudder under their feet with the friction of penetrating through the atmosphere. She poked Heero who woke up instantly. "We're going to Earth now," she whispered, pointing out the window. "Isn't it beautiful?" Heero nodded as the vast swirling mass of white clouds and blue water was reflected in his eyes. It felt like he was coming home.
Meanwhile, at the far back of the plane, Duo was fast asleep and snoring like a little baby. Hilde was rummaging through her carry-on trying to find something adequately hard enough to rap Duo on the head with, but eventually just gave up and settled for her fist. Duo gave a yelp of pain as he was awoken by the hard beating of Hilde's palm upon his head, but quieted down when he saw Heero's head swivel to see who dared to yowl painfully in his presence.
The shuttle gave a sickening dip as they broke through the red hot atmosphere and proceeded to glide smoothly through the air. In a matter of minutes, the shuttle made a spectacularly clear landing at the docking bay, and the occupants began to shuffle around in their seats in anticipation.
"Konnichi-wa, visitors." Came an unbearably cheerful voice from up front. Everyone groaned and turned to face the speaker, who coincidentally turned out to be a very much American flight attendant trying in vain to pretend she was Japanese. "Now if you will all just settle down more one moment, I'm sure we can run through safety precautions quickly, ne?"
Relena moaned and tried to block out the high pitched voice pounding in her ears. "It sounds like Duo after he inhales helium…" she mumbled and Heero nodded.
After hours seemed to pass, the flight attendant decided she tortured them enough on history, customs, and tourist safety all regarding Japan, and gave an awkward bow to signal they were free to go. "Konbanwa!" she screeched, before getting swallowed up by the crowd.
Everyone jumped to their feet, luggage in hand, and crowded each other to exit the shuttle all at the same time. The lecturing flight attendant wormed her way through them all and stood guard at the exit. "Ja ne! Enjoy your stay!" she squeaked as each person passed her. Heero growled. "Who does she think she is? I bet she doesn't even know what she's saying." Relena giggled. "Only one way to find out."
When it was Heero and Relena's turn to exit the shuttle, the annoying attendant squealed, "Ja ne!"
Heero looked at her coldly and said "Omae O Korosu."
The attendant blinked in an empty sort of way, then resumed her smiling. "Aw thanks, and same to you. Enjoy your stay!"
Heero smirked and Relena laughed.
They stepped off the shuttle into the bright afternoon sunlight.