Part 7 (of whatever we're going to call this fic)
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rinoastar
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The next morning, Hinoko woke up bright and early, eager to get her
mission over. She surveyed the room, looking at her new teammates, which
she could end up spending a lot of time with. They say the way you sleep
says a lot about you. If this was true, Hinoko mused, her teammates were
greatly different from herself.
She slept on her back, flat and lifeless. She knew that. She
glanced at Serena. The other girl was sprawled over the edge of her bed.
She looked a lot like Tsukino Usagi, from Sailor Moon. Her long brown hair
was draped over the nightstand, its soft black tips dragging the floor.
Hinoko assumed she was very open. She probably expedcted others to
be so, as well. Then she moved on. Dominique was lying on her stomach.
She looked as if she was keeping watch, and Hinoko half expected her eyes to
be open. 'Dominique must be on he guard at all times, ' Hinoko mused.
'Even when she's asleep. '
Shimei had taken her hair down, and the black silk was in her face.
She was snuggled into a chair, insisting that the chair was more comfortable
than the cot they'd ordered. A book was tucked firmly under her arm, and a
katana under the chair. Her medical books were in a neat little stack next
to her on a table.
She was probably very smart, but very secretive. And organized, from
the looks of the things around her. Elizabeth was lying on the cot. She
was
curled up on only one side of it, to avoid the middle bar. Her brown hair
was in her face, as well, and the sunlight from the window was giving it an
almost mettalic gold sheen. Her pencils and artpad were laying on the other
half of the cot.
She looked somewhat secretive to Hinoko. She was definitely artsy,
and probably sensitive. She gave the appearance of having a softer 'shell'
than the others, and Hinoko paused in her musings.
"Minna, it's time to get up, " she said in a loud voice. Dominique
gave a little jump and was awake, helping wake the others up. Shimei woke
up at the sound of everything rustling. She leaned over and woke Elizabeth
up.
Meanwhile, Hinoko was trying to wake Serena up. "One more minute, "
the sleepy girl said.
"No. Now, " Hinoko shook her.
"Fine. I'm up, " Serena glared at her. "Honestly, a few more
minutes couldn't really hurt. What is it? A mission?"
Hinoko shrugged. "I haven't checked yet. "
Everyone else facevaulted. "You mean you woke us up before eight for
nothing?" Dominique asked. Elizabeth sweatdropped.
"You can't be serious! Before eight?" Serena demanded. Hinoko
smirked at her and logged into her laptop. With a few short clicks, she
found a message from the scientists.
'Girls' Hinoko read.
'Thank you for the well written mission statement. Since you have
already arrived in Destin and we still haven't recieved word from the boys,
you may have this day off. Remember that wherever you go, keep an eye out
for the boys. If you see them, send us a message and we will tell you how
to
capture them.
'Message Terminated.'
Shimei frowned. "Should we tell them that we've already seen them?"
"No way! I want today off!" Dominique giggled. "I haven't had a
day off in a long time. "
"Well, where do we go?" Elizabeth asked. Serena's eyes lit up.
"Disney World!" she crowed. The others sweatdropped.
"Disney World it is, then, " Hinoko shrugged.
---
The five girls wandered in and out of the tiny children's villiage
of ToonTown. Dominique and Serena dragged them into all of the tiny houses;
Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Goofy. They ran into Alice from Wonderland and
she signed autographs.
"Which Kingdom do you want to visit next?" Hinoko asked, calmly
eating an ice cream cone.
"I'd like to see Epcot, " Elizabeth suggested. "I've heard it was
amazing. "
"Which one's Epcot?" Shimei asked. Dominique pulled out a postcard
from a book and showed it to her. Shimei took the book and flipped through
the cards. The first card was of Epcot Center lit up with fireworks. The
second was of the gates to Little Japan shrouded in mist off of the lake.
Yet another was of Little China's pagodas and beautiful, vivid colors.
Shimei handed back the book and nodded.
"Epcot it is, " Hinoko replied, leading them to the buses. They
paid for tickets and rode to Epcot. As Spaceship Earth loomed ahead of them
and the monorail zoomed by, they watched the people in the bus. Elizabeth
noted how excited they looked and how happy the little children were.
They stepped out of the bus and into the crowded streets. "It's like
everyone and their cousin are here! How are we going to get around?"
Serena
asked before bumping into someone.
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going?" the decidedly
masculine voice came from a petite person. It was one of the Gundam pilots.
"Oh, it's *you*, " he said pointedly, tossing his braid over his shoulder.
"Yeah, it's us. Are you just determined to ruin our stay here?
We're trying to enjoy a day off here, and you go and bump into us!" Serena
snapped. Duo frowned.
"Well, the feeling's mutual. All we want is to enjoy ourselves, and
not be bothered, " he replied.
"Why don't we stick together? It would be nice to get to know you
guys better if we're going to have to work together for a while, "
Elizabeth
suggested. Quatre agreed, and Duo looked the girls over.
"You're kinda cute. It won't hurt my reputation to be seen with
you, " he relented.
"Your reputation?!" Serena burst out.
"Hey, I was kidding!" Duo grinned.
"I've got a challenge for you, Mr. Macho. Ride Space Mountain, "
Dominique snickered.
"I don't think we need to be spending any time together at all. We
still don't know if you are lying or not, " Hiiro stated. Duo threw an arm
around his neck.
"Don't worry about it, Hii-chan!" he grinned. "They're just girls!"
"Right. Stupid onnas, " Wufei piped in, nursing his wounded ego
from having lost to Shimei.
"Stupid onnas?" Hinoko's eyes glinted dangerously. She looked like
Hiiro when he had been told he had a mission.
"We'll see who's stupid!" Serena snapped. "Meet us at the hotel
court at 7 p.m. tonight and we'll show you!"
"Anou . . . I think we should just get in line for the ride, "
Elizabeth interrupted.
"Yes, " Trowa agreed.
The group stepped up to the line. Since the line for Space Mountain
is one of the fastest in the park, they were soon inside and arguing over
who
would sit where.
"There's ten of us, and the ride seats three per car. I won't ride
with Duo or Wufei, " Dominique said.
"I won't ride with Hinoko. She's too much like Hii-chan!" Duo
waggled his tongue at Hiiro.
"I'll ride with anybody, but we'd better hurry before the ride
starts, " Elizabeth peacefully said.
They ended up sitting as follows: Serena, Dominique, and Hiiro in
the first car, Duo, Wufei, and Trowa in the second car, Hinoko, Quatre, and
Elizabeth in the third, and Shimei had a car to herself. Everyone seemed
relatively pleased with the arrangements. Serena kept winking at Elizabeth,
who sat behind Quatre.
The rest of the day went by relatively quickly. They all enjoyed
their stay, and began to look forward to their upcoming game. At 5 p.m.,
they bid farewell so that they could eat before their little challenge.
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AN: All of the things about Walt Disney World are true. I went there the
summer before last, and the postcard book they were looking at? I have it!
Diagram of seating arrangements:
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |HY |QRW | ES ||
|(f) |(m) | (f)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |SS |DK | HY ||
|(f) |(f) | (m)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |DM |WC | TB ||
|(m) |(m) | (m)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |SZ | | ||
|(f) | | ||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
---
rinoastar
---
The next morning, Hinoko woke up bright and early, eager to get her
mission over. She surveyed the room, looking at her new teammates, which
she could end up spending a lot of time with. They say the way you sleep
says a lot about you. If this was true, Hinoko mused, her teammates were
greatly different from herself.
She slept on her back, flat and lifeless. She knew that. She
glanced at Serena. The other girl was sprawled over the edge of her bed.
She looked a lot like Tsukino Usagi, from Sailor Moon. Her long brown hair
was draped over the nightstand, its soft black tips dragging the floor.
Hinoko assumed she was very open. She probably expedcted others to
be so, as well. Then she moved on. Dominique was lying on her stomach.
She looked as if she was keeping watch, and Hinoko half expected her eyes to
be open. 'Dominique must be on he guard at all times, ' Hinoko mused.
'Even when she's asleep. '
Shimei had taken her hair down, and the black silk was in her face.
She was snuggled into a chair, insisting that the chair was more comfortable
than the cot they'd ordered. A book was tucked firmly under her arm, and a
katana under the chair. Her medical books were in a neat little stack next
to her on a table.
She was probably very smart, but very secretive. And organized, from
the looks of the things around her. Elizabeth was lying on the cot. She
was
curled up on only one side of it, to avoid the middle bar. Her brown hair
was in her face, as well, and the sunlight from the window was giving it an
almost mettalic gold sheen. Her pencils and artpad were laying on the other
half of the cot.
She looked somewhat secretive to Hinoko. She was definitely artsy,
and probably sensitive. She gave the appearance of having a softer 'shell'
than the others, and Hinoko paused in her musings.
"Minna, it's time to get up, " she said in a loud voice. Dominique
gave a little jump and was awake, helping wake the others up. Shimei woke
up at the sound of everything rustling. She leaned over and woke Elizabeth
up.
Meanwhile, Hinoko was trying to wake Serena up. "One more minute, "
the sleepy girl said.
"No. Now, " Hinoko shook her.
"Fine. I'm up, " Serena glared at her. "Honestly, a few more
minutes couldn't really hurt. What is it? A mission?"
Hinoko shrugged. "I haven't checked yet. "
Everyone else facevaulted. "You mean you woke us up before eight for
nothing?" Dominique asked. Elizabeth sweatdropped.
"You can't be serious! Before eight?" Serena demanded. Hinoko
smirked at her and logged into her laptop. With a few short clicks, she
found a message from the scientists.
'Girls' Hinoko read.
'Thank you for the well written mission statement. Since you have
already arrived in Destin and we still haven't recieved word from the boys,
you may have this day off. Remember that wherever you go, keep an eye out
for the boys. If you see them, send us a message and we will tell you how
to
capture them.
'Message Terminated.'
Shimei frowned. "Should we tell them that we've already seen them?"
"No way! I want today off!" Dominique giggled. "I haven't had a
day off in a long time. "
"Well, where do we go?" Elizabeth asked. Serena's eyes lit up.
"Disney World!" she crowed. The others sweatdropped.
"Disney World it is, then, " Hinoko shrugged.
---
The five girls wandered in and out of the tiny children's villiage
of ToonTown. Dominique and Serena dragged them into all of the tiny houses;
Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Goofy. They ran into Alice from Wonderland and
she signed autographs.
"Which Kingdom do you want to visit next?" Hinoko asked, calmly
eating an ice cream cone.
"I'd like to see Epcot, " Elizabeth suggested. "I've heard it was
amazing. "
"Which one's Epcot?" Shimei asked. Dominique pulled out a postcard
from a book and showed it to her. Shimei took the book and flipped through
the cards. The first card was of Epcot Center lit up with fireworks. The
second was of the gates to Little Japan shrouded in mist off of the lake.
Yet another was of Little China's pagodas and beautiful, vivid colors.
Shimei handed back the book and nodded.
"Epcot it is, " Hinoko replied, leading them to the buses. They
paid for tickets and rode to Epcot. As Spaceship Earth loomed ahead of them
and the monorail zoomed by, they watched the people in the bus. Elizabeth
noted how excited they looked and how happy the little children were.
They stepped out of the bus and into the crowded streets. "It's like
everyone and their cousin are here! How are we going to get around?"
Serena
asked before bumping into someone.
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going?" the decidedly
masculine voice came from a petite person. It was one of the Gundam pilots.
"Oh, it's *you*, " he said pointedly, tossing his braid over his shoulder.
"Yeah, it's us. Are you just determined to ruin our stay here?
We're trying to enjoy a day off here, and you go and bump into us!" Serena
snapped. Duo frowned.
"Well, the feeling's mutual. All we want is to enjoy ourselves, and
not be bothered, " he replied.
"Why don't we stick together? It would be nice to get to know you
guys better if we're going to have to work together for a while, "
Elizabeth
suggested. Quatre agreed, and Duo looked the girls over.
"You're kinda cute. It won't hurt my reputation to be seen with
you, " he relented.
"Your reputation?!" Serena burst out.
"Hey, I was kidding!" Duo grinned.
"I've got a challenge for you, Mr. Macho. Ride Space Mountain, "
Dominique snickered.
"I don't think we need to be spending any time together at all. We
still don't know if you are lying or not, " Hiiro stated. Duo threw an arm
around his neck.
"Don't worry about it, Hii-chan!" he grinned. "They're just girls!"
"Right. Stupid onnas, " Wufei piped in, nursing his wounded ego
from having lost to Shimei.
"Stupid onnas?" Hinoko's eyes glinted dangerously. She looked like
Hiiro when he had been told he had a mission.
"We'll see who's stupid!" Serena snapped. "Meet us at the hotel
court at 7 p.m. tonight and we'll show you!"
"Anou . . . I think we should just get in line for the ride, "
Elizabeth interrupted.
"Yes, " Trowa agreed.
The group stepped up to the line. Since the line for Space Mountain
is one of the fastest in the park, they were soon inside and arguing over
who
would sit where.
"There's ten of us, and the ride seats three per car. I won't ride
with Duo or Wufei, " Dominique said.
"I won't ride with Hinoko. She's too much like Hii-chan!" Duo
waggled his tongue at Hiiro.
"I'll ride with anybody, but we'd better hurry before the ride
starts, " Elizabeth peacefully said.
They ended up sitting as follows: Serena, Dominique, and Hiiro in
the first car, Duo, Wufei, and Trowa in the second car, Hinoko, Quatre, and
Elizabeth in the third, and Shimei had a car to herself. Everyone seemed
relatively pleased with the arrangements. Serena kept winking at Elizabeth,
who sat behind Quatre.
The rest of the day went by relatively quickly. They all enjoyed
their stay, and began to look forward to their upcoming game. At 5 p.m.,
they bid farewell so that they could eat before their little challenge.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
AN: All of the things about Walt Disney World are true. I went there the
summer before last, and the postcard book they were looking at? I have it!
Diagram of seating arrangements:
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |HY |QRW | ES ||
|(f) |(m) | (f)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |SS |DK | HY ||
|(f) |(f) | (m)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |DM |WC | TB ||
|(m) |(m) | (m)||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|
_____________________
/ |--------------||
/ |SZ | | ||
|(f) | | ||
\ |--------------||
\---------------------|