Kaneda stalked into the kitchen through the back door. It smelled like
chicken, cake and seafood. The women had just put everything to cook and
gone to take a break. He refused to walk through the courting session
between Dartagnan, Tiron and Ashleigh. It was sickening to see them falling
all over themselves and threatening each other to get the attention of the
American.
He walked over to the sink and got a glass of water. He needed to cool down. There was no reason he should be getting so worked up about their flirting. She was just a girl in the first place. The way she acted...it was nothing like he'd ever seen. His mother didn't act like that. The other Gundam Pilots didn't act like that. The only thing she took seriously was her father and video games.
" Not a single girl in mother Russia compares to you Miss Ashleigh." Tiron said.
" Oui. The stars cower in failure to match your beauty." Dartagnan said.
" Really, you guys, I'm not as pretty as you say. You're exaggerating." He heard Ashleigh say.
He growled and cleaned out his glass. She didn't even know how to flirt right!! Girls were supposed to act air headed and agree with everything you say. This wasn't fair. How could he, Kaneda Kasshu, son of Domon Kasshu, defeater of the Dark Gundam, be beaten by a simple, American GIRL?!
" K'so. I hate this trip." He muttered.
" Hey Neo-Japan, America's not that awful now. Sure it has it's good and bad points but I'm sure Japan does too. No country's perfect." Chibodee stood in the doorway of the kitchen.
" I mean nothing against your country. I just 'don't agree' with your daughter." Kaneda sneered at the front door.
" Ashes doesn't mean anything by the things she says. She's just playin' with ya." He said.
" 'Ashes' is extremely annoying. How could someone who takes little seriously be able to defeat me?" Kaneda sat down at the table and held his head in his hand.
He looked up when he heard Chibodee laugh and sit across from him. Of course he thought it was funny, she was HIS daughter after all.
" Boy, you really are Domon's son. He used to think he was invincible too. That was until we came along and humbled him a little. And Ashleigh is serious about Gundam fighting. She just isn't as stoic about it as you are. " He took a drink from his Jack Daniels after his finished his explanation.
" I should have won. She is just a girl. A female cannot fight. Females are supposed to cook, and clean and serve their husband and bear children." Kaneda said.
" Hah!" Chibodee threw his head back laughing. He'd never heard such bull dust in his life.
" Listen Neo-Japan, lemme tell you something about women. You may think you're in charge, but you aren't. They are. They just want you to think you're in control. Women are good at all that stuff you said, but they are also good, and or better, in some of the things men do. And vice versa. Like take for instance my Cath in there,' he gestured towards the living room behind him.
" Cath can clean you out in poker faster than a runaway train. And Blackjack was made for her. I wouldn't dare bet money against her in cards."
" But, you two take things seriously. Ashleigh just plays around." He said.
" Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks Neo-Japan. And don't tell Cath about what you think a woman should do. And if you do and she gives you something to eat, I wouldn't eat it." Chibodee said finishing his drink.
" Hmp." Kaneda grunted.
" Say, where is my little girl anyway?" He asked.
" The last time I saw her, she was sitting on the porch between Neo-Russia and Neo-France. Those two couldn't try harder to get her to go out with them. One is falling all over himself to flirt and the other just tries to make Ashleigh lose interest in the other." He said carelessly.
" WHAT??!!" Chibodee yelled.
The prized boxer from Neo-America dashed out of the kitchen and tore through the living room and out the front door. He came back inside with Ashleigh trying to keep up with him as he pulled her upstairs by her wrists. Sensing everyone's eyes on them, Chibodee turned and glared at them.
" You two! You and your little, nasty sons trying to contaminate my little girl. You, Fresh Prince of Paris and you, Commy, stay away from Ashes!" He yelled.
Before anyone could say anything else, he left; pulling a confused Ashleigh behind him. Cath was the one to break the silence with her laugh.
" I'm so sorry about that everyone. You'll have to excuse Chibodee. He's just being overprotective." She said.
Tiron and Dartagnan walked into the house with red cheeks. They looked like they had been through a boxing match. It was clear that they had had a run in with the furious American boxer. It was also clear that had no idea what they had done wrong.
" Beautiful." Janet said leaning back on the couch.
" Did you guys even stand a chance?" Bunny asked.
" He came out of no where and brutally attacked us! How rude!" Dartagnan said sticking his nose in the air.
" Da, it was most cowardly." Tiron said.
" I HEARD THAT!!!!" Came a yell from upstairs.
Both boys jumped at the voice. Maybe it was best to just leave it at that and try not to get in Chibodee's way again. After all, he was a gundam pilot long before they were even thought of.
" C'mon boys, let's go get you cleaned up." Cath said.
They thought about turning her down, but at the violent glares their mother's were giving them, they decided to just nod and follow her and her friends into the kitchen.
*******************
" Sai Sici, do you know where you're going?"
" Of course I know where I'm going! I always know where I'm going!"
" Is that why you ran into that wall when we got off the shuttle?"
" That was jetlag!!"
Sai Sici and his wife Cecil were on their way to Chibodee's house. They were going to see him fight before they all went to have their reunion party in California. He wanted to see what the Queen of Spades was known for.
" There it is!!" Cecil yelled.
" See, I told you I knew where we were going." He said proudly.
Sai Sici had changed in the years after the Dark Gundam. He was now in his twenties. His black hair was in the same haircut as it had always been. A slick ponytail was blowing freely in the wind. His voice had more bass in it nowadays. He had also grown to about George de Sand's height and had quite the muscular build. (OGE: Alright, Sai Sici fangirls, get your drool towels right here!)
As they approached the house on the hill, they could hear laughter and two familiar voices yelling.
" Now you listen to me Geogie! You keep your mutt of a son on a leash and I promise I won't kill him!" They heard Chibodee yell.
" Quel est ceci? It is not up to me whom my son takes interest in. It is understandable; manquer Ashleigh is a very pretty girl. Though is must be manquer Cath that she gets it from. She certainly didn't inherit her looks from you, swine." They heard George retort.
" Shove it up your tower Frenchie! Just make sure you keep your dog in his cage. He gets his paws on my little girl again and I'll fix him myself!" Chibodee yelled again.
" Dartagnan is not a beast. He is a gentleman. I assure you he means no harm to manquer Ashleigh. You on the other hand are assaulting my ears with your incessant yelling and false accusations. And you seem to be the only one who does not realize that manquer Ashleigh is a teenager and no longer a little girl." George said.
" Maybe not, but you are!" He replied angrily.
" Cela le fait!" He yelled.
****************
Cath and Maria-Louise wondered what took them so long. It had been a miracle the two hadn't been at each other's throats all night. But apparently seeing his daughter courted by two guys at the same time, on his front porch was too much for Chibodee to keep quiet about.
First he'd gone after Argo Gulskii. He offered no argument to the irate American and said that he would make sure Tiron didn't cause any trouble. Then Chibodee went after George de Sand. He was a bit riled by the way he went on about the way Daragnan was misguiding his little girl.
That was how they ended up outside. And that little argument was how they ended up on the ground wrestling like two little boys. Cath and Maria- Louise sighed heavily.
" I can only hope that Sai Sici is a little more mature nowadays." Cath said.
" Oui. This display of the male ego is most uncouth." Marie-Louise said standing next to her.
" Hmhmhm. Uncouth, foul-mouthed, impolite, ill-mannered, rude. That's my Chibodee." She sighed.
" Leggo my hair you croissant!!"
" Non! You let go of my sleeve!"
" I'll rip it off before I do that!"
" Brute!"
" Snob!"
" Animal!"
" Escargot!"
" Thug!!"
" Schoolgirl!!"
He walked over to the sink and got a glass of water. He needed to cool down. There was no reason he should be getting so worked up about their flirting. She was just a girl in the first place. The way she acted...it was nothing like he'd ever seen. His mother didn't act like that. The other Gundam Pilots didn't act like that. The only thing she took seriously was her father and video games.
" Not a single girl in mother Russia compares to you Miss Ashleigh." Tiron said.
" Oui. The stars cower in failure to match your beauty." Dartagnan said.
" Really, you guys, I'm not as pretty as you say. You're exaggerating." He heard Ashleigh say.
He growled and cleaned out his glass. She didn't even know how to flirt right!! Girls were supposed to act air headed and agree with everything you say. This wasn't fair. How could he, Kaneda Kasshu, son of Domon Kasshu, defeater of the Dark Gundam, be beaten by a simple, American GIRL?!
" K'so. I hate this trip." He muttered.
" Hey Neo-Japan, America's not that awful now. Sure it has it's good and bad points but I'm sure Japan does too. No country's perfect." Chibodee stood in the doorway of the kitchen.
" I mean nothing against your country. I just 'don't agree' with your daughter." Kaneda sneered at the front door.
" Ashes doesn't mean anything by the things she says. She's just playin' with ya." He said.
" 'Ashes' is extremely annoying. How could someone who takes little seriously be able to defeat me?" Kaneda sat down at the table and held his head in his hand.
He looked up when he heard Chibodee laugh and sit across from him. Of course he thought it was funny, she was HIS daughter after all.
" Boy, you really are Domon's son. He used to think he was invincible too. That was until we came along and humbled him a little. And Ashleigh is serious about Gundam fighting. She just isn't as stoic about it as you are. " He took a drink from his Jack Daniels after his finished his explanation.
" I should have won. She is just a girl. A female cannot fight. Females are supposed to cook, and clean and serve their husband and bear children." Kaneda said.
" Hah!" Chibodee threw his head back laughing. He'd never heard such bull dust in his life.
" Listen Neo-Japan, lemme tell you something about women. You may think you're in charge, but you aren't. They are. They just want you to think you're in control. Women are good at all that stuff you said, but they are also good, and or better, in some of the things men do. And vice versa. Like take for instance my Cath in there,' he gestured towards the living room behind him.
" Cath can clean you out in poker faster than a runaway train. And Blackjack was made for her. I wouldn't dare bet money against her in cards."
" But, you two take things seriously. Ashleigh just plays around." He said.
" Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks Neo-Japan. And don't tell Cath about what you think a woman should do. And if you do and she gives you something to eat, I wouldn't eat it." Chibodee said finishing his drink.
" Hmp." Kaneda grunted.
" Say, where is my little girl anyway?" He asked.
" The last time I saw her, she was sitting on the porch between Neo-Russia and Neo-France. Those two couldn't try harder to get her to go out with them. One is falling all over himself to flirt and the other just tries to make Ashleigh lose interest in the other." He said carelessly.
" WHAT??!!" Chibodee yelled.
The prized boxer from Neo-America dashed out of the kitchen and tore through the living room and out the front door. He came back inside with Ashleigh trying to keep up with him as he pulled her upstairs by her wrists. Sensing everyone's eyes on them, Chibodee turned and glared at them.
" You two! You and your little, nasty sons trying to contaminate my little girl. You, Fresh Prince of Paris and you, Commy, stay away from Ashes!" He yelled.
Before anyone could say anything else, he left; pulling a confused Ashleigh behind him. Cath was the one to break the silence with her laugh.
" I'm so sorry about that everyone. You'll have to excuse Chibodee. He's just being overprotective." She said.
Tiron and Dartagnan walked into the house with red cheeks. They looked like they had been through a boxing match. It was clear that they had had a run in with the furious American boxer. It was also clear that had no idea what they had done wrong.
" Beautiful." Janet said leaning back on the couch.
" Did you guys even stand a chance?" Bunny asked.
" He came out of no where and brutally attacked us! How rude!" Dartagnan said sticking his nose in the air.
" Da, it was most cowardly." Tiron said.
" I HEARD THAT!!!!" Came a yell from upstairs.
Both boys jumped at the voice. Maybe it was best to just leave it at that and try not to get in Chibodee's way again. After all, he was a gundam pilot long before they were even thought of.
" C'mon boys, let's go get you cleaned up." Cath said.
They thought about turning her down, but at the violent glares their mother's were giving them, they decided to just nod and follow her and her friends into the kitchen.
*******************
" Sai Sici, do you know where you're going?"
" Of course I know where I'm going! I always know where I'm going!"
" Is that why you ran into that wall when we got off the shuttle?"
" That was jetlag!!"
Sai Sici and his wife Cecil were on their way to Chibodee's house. They were going to see him fight before they all went to have their reunion party in California. He wanted to see what the Queen of Spades was known for.
" There it is!!" Cecil yelled.
" See, I told you I knew where we were going." He said proudly.
Sai Sici had changed in the years after the Dark Gundam. He was now in his twenties. His black hair was in the same haircut as it had always been. A slick ponytail was blowing freely in the wind. His voice had more bass in it nowadays. He had also grown to about George de Sand's height and had quite the muscular build. (OGE: Alright, Sai Sici fangirls, get your drool towels right here!)
As they approached the house on the hill, they could hear laughter and two familiar voices yelling.
" Now you listen to me Geogie! You keep your mutt of a son on a leash and I promise I won't kill him!" They heard Chibodee yell.
" Quel est ceci? It is not up to me whom my son takes interest in. It is understandable; manquer Ashleigh is a very pretty girl. Though is must be manquer Cath that she gets it from. She certainly didn't inherit her looks from you, swine." They heard George retort.
" Shove it up your tower Frenchie! Just make sure you keep your dog in his cage. He gets his paws on my little girl again and I'll fix him myself!" Chibodee yelled again.
" Dartagnan is not a beast. He is a gentleman. I assure you he means no harm to manquer Ashleigh. You on the other hand are assaulting my ears with your incessant yelling and false accusations. And you seem to be the only one who does not realize that manquer Ashleigh is a teenager and no longer a little girl." George said.
" Maybe not, but you are!" He replied angrily.
" Cela le fait!" He yelled.
****************
Cath and Maria-Louise wondered what took them so long. It had been a miracle the two hadn't been at each other's throats all night. But apparently seeing his daughter courted by two guys at the same time, on his front porch was too much for Chibodee to keep quiet about.
First he'd gone after Argo Gulskii. He offered no argument to the irate American and said that he would make sure Tiron didn't cause any trouble. Then Chibodee went after George de Sand. He was a bit riled by the way he went on about the way Daragnan was misguiding his little girl.
That was how they ended up outside. And that little argument was how they ended up on the ground wrestling like two little boys. Cath and Maria- Louise sighed heavily.
" I can only hope that Sai Sici is a little more mature nowadays." Cath said.
" Oui. This display of the male ego is most uncouth." Marie-Louise said standing next to her.
" Hmhmhm. Uncouth, foul-mouthed, impolite, ill-mannered, rude. That's my Chibodee." She sighed.
" Leggo my hair you croissant!!"
" Non! You let go of my sleeve!"
" I'll rip it off before I do that!"
" Brute!"
" Snob!"
" Animal!"
" Escargot!"
" Thug!!"
" Schoolgirl!!"