Duo and Wufei lumbered along until they reached ski lift #3. They figured they would at least act civil until they got off the ski lift. After all, it sat two people at a time. They'd be together for a WHOLE few minutes. It was going to be a long ride.
"Come on Wu-man! Let's go! I wanna snowboard," Duo said pulling the ever so reluctant Wufei along.
"Hold yourself back Maxwell…you have some time to get up there." Wufei groaned. They stood in the ski lift line. When it was their turn Duo plodded ahead eagerly with Wufei trailing behind, "they are going to think I'm babysitting an over-grown 10 year old…" he thought.
"Come on Wu-man, you're gonna miss the ski lift if you're THAT slow," Duo teased.
"Stop calling me that!!!! And I am NOT slow!" Wufei shouted irritated. He made it to the ski lift in good time. When it came around Duo looked for it and set a hand down and sat on the chair. In the mean time, his foot reached out and knocked Wufei off his feet. Wufei fell face first into the snow and watched Duo pass over him and up the hill. "MAXWELL!!!!" he shouted.
"Nya nya Wu-man! You'll never catch me now!" Duo shouted from the ski chair. Wufei got up and sat down on the next one. Duo had started a game Wufei intended not to lose.
When both snowboarders had reached the top, Duo took off down the slope not waiting for Wufei to catch up. He tore down the slope with Wufei hot on his heels.
"MAXWELL KISAMA!!!! YOU"LL PAY!!!" Wufei shouted from behind Duo. He was gaining. Duo looked back at his pursuer, which was a mistake.
"YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME WU-MAN!" Duo shouted back. When he turned around, there was no way to avoid it. A tree was straight in his path. "AHHHHH!" he slammed right into the tree. Not to worry though, the tree was fine and it was padded. Duo recovered quite quickly.
"Maxwell you idiot, you ran into a TREE…" Wufei said laughing as he turned to look at his friend as he sped by. Unfortunately, as he turned to look at our braided friend, he wasn't looking where he was going either. Another tree seemed to "jump" out in his path. "WHOA!" Duo was now rolling on the snow with laughter.
"Oh how the high and mighty have fallen!!!" he shouted while giggling with fits of laughter. Wufei was busy getting the snow out of his hair. Wufei stood up and walked over. He had an idea.
"Well Maxwell, look at yourself. You're not so intelligent either," he retorted.
"But at least mine was an honest mistake. YOU ran into the tree when YOU weren't paying attention." Duo said laughing.
"Yes, but you did the same thing." Wufei said smiling. Duo stopped laughing. He had never really seen Wufei smiling before. What could he be thinking now. He looked up in the tree above him. All that snow up there, waiting to fall…just waiting. He cringed. That fall wasn't enough to shake it but…
"Oh no Wu-man!!! Don't do it!!!" Duo pleaded.
"Hmmmm….but I REALLY should. That snow will want to be getting to the ground…" Wufei said smiling even more.
"AHHHHH!!!" Duo exclaimed. Wufei hit the tree with his hand. A whole bunch of snow fell down on Duo. Wufei almost got nailed too, but his SPEED was too great. A muffled sound came from the bottom of the pile. Wufei took off down the slope.
"I will see you at the bottom Maxwell," he said laughing. Duo popped his head out of the snow.
"Not if I can help it!!!" he yelled back. He stuck his arms out and his legs and tried moving out. The snow budged a little. After a few minutes of trying he was able to make it out. He stuck the snowboard on his feet and looked for another way down the hill. He saw another path and headed toward it. He didn't care to read the sign that said: To slope 4.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ski slopes, Heero, Trowa, and Quatre were making their way over to the ski lift. Trowa and Quatre had just gotten on one and Heero followed behind them. Quatre pulled a camera out of his pocket and turned around.
"SMILE Heero!!!" he exclaimed. A shocked Heero didn't know what to do and just stared at the camera.
"Well, that'll do I suppose…" Quatre said. He took the picture. He then turned to Trowa who was sitting next to him. "Smile Trowa!" Trowa gave his buddy the usual blank stare and then Quatre took another picture. Satisfied he tucked the camera back in his pocket in his jacket and zipped it up. They looked around as the ski lift climbed the mountain. It was soon over and they hopped off. They waited for Heero and then they gathered on the side to get out of the way for the other skiers.
"So, this is it guys…our first run." Trowa said.
"Mission confirmed," Heero replied.
"Let's go guys! This is only Slope 4 (hmmmm…isn't that where DUO is headed?) let's do this," Quatre said. They took off down the slope. They made it part way down before Trowa fell. "Trowa! Are you okay?" Quatre asked. He made his way back up the slope to help his friend. For being around the Magnacs in the desert all the time, he was a pretty good skier.
"I'm fine. Just a little rusty that's all." He answered. Heero had stopped down the slope. Trowa pushed himself up and they went down to meet Heero.
"Is everything alright?" he asked.
"100% percent," Quatre replied. They started moving down the slope. Heero was slightly ahead of the group when they heard this "WAAAAAHHHH!!!!" coming from their right.
"What is that?" Trowa asked.
"I'm not sure. It sounds like it's coming from that slope connecting pathway over there," Heero replied. He skied over toward the sign. At that moment a blur with a braid came shooting across and took Heero with him.
"HEERO!" Quatre shouted. The blur and Heero went flying across the slope into another set of 'padded' trees. Quatre turned around and couldn't bear to watch it. Trowa was quite amused as the two people went crashing into the tree and a whole bunch of snow came piling down on them.
"Don't worry Quatre, they're not hurt. Heero and…well…they got buried by some snow. They'll be fine," Trowa said, reassuring his blonde friend. Quatre looked back over.
"Who was that other skier?" Quatre asked.
"It was a snowboarder…with a braid," Trowa added.
"It COULDN'T be…" Quatre said with surprise. A head popped up out of the snow. It had a braid still attached.
"Hi guys!" Duo exclaimed.
"DUO!" Quatre shouted. They hurried over. "Are you hurt?"
"Nope, everything is still there," Duo said, checking his arms and legs.
"No, but your BRAID won't be for much longer," Heero hissed. He had come out of the snow.
"AHHHHH!!!" Duo exclaimed. He jumped up and out of the snow and pushed himself over to Trowa.
"Duo you IDIOT…" Heero said.
"I didn't know it would be YOU I ran into. I…I…I" he stuttered.
"Heero, come on. This is supposed to be a vacation. We're not out here to kill anyone," Quatre said. He shook his head. "So let me ask you Duo, what are you doing out on this side of the slope? I thought you went on Ski Lift #3…" Quatre said.
"Well…it starts like this…" Duo begun to explain.
