Chapter 11- Gundam Tag

Rinnnggg...
"Hello?" Kim's mom asked.
"Um...Hey mom."
"Kim!!! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?
"MOM!!!Calm down!!! I'm fine. Would you just trust me for once? I'm in Japan with Ashley and Steph. We were asked by Relena Peacecraft to pilot gundams..."
"WHAT?"
"Shut up Mom! I know what I'm doing."
"You'll get yourself killed!"
"You're giving me a headache. Just trust me." then Kim hung up the phone.

She sighed and looked at the phone.
"Why can't you trust me?" she sighed.

"You OK?"
She jumped when she heard Heero's voice.

"Oh...you scared me. Did I wake you?" she asked (because of the time difference, she had to call late at night).
"No"

Just then, Kim saw Steph sneak into the kitchen. Kim and Heero went to join her. Just as they reached the door, they heard Steph yell.

"Whaaaa!!!??? What the...?" Steph exclaimed as she pointed out the window.
"What!?" Kim asked, alarmed.
They looked out the window where several trucks were driving up to a warehouse down the street. Something huge strapped to them.

Relena and Ashley slowly walked downstairs rubbing their eyes.

"What's going on?" Ashley asked sleepily

"Oh! I forgot!! They're your gundams. The new ones and replicas of the originals." she said as she looked around the room. The boys nodded their heads while the girls displayed blank, confused looks.

"Well, let's go back to bed. We have training tomorrow." Heero said and everyone walked upstairs to their rooms. They each said good night to one another before the closed their doors.

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Duo drove the group to HQ the next morning. When they pulled into the driveway, there was a group of people waiting to meet them. Then, suddenly Duo jumped out of the car.

"Hildi!!" he yelled excitedly as he ran up to on of the girls and hugged her.
Ashley felt anger rise inside of her. Her eyes burned as she looked at the two hug. Turning away from them, she frowned.

Heero walked up at a strange man, bowed and shook his hand. He spoke in Japanese as he did so. Kim, curious, walked up behind Heero and looked over his shoulder at the short man.

"Whose he?" she asked

"Oh, Kim, this is Dr. J."
Oh." Kim confused but bowed to him anyway. She felt stupid doing so but what the hell.
"Nice to meet you."
"Dr. J, this is Kim. One of the new pilots."
Dr. J just nodded.

"Can you show me around?" Kim asked Heero.
"I guess it would be ll right." he said when Dr. J didn't object.
"Thanks a lot." she said excitedly and kissed Heero on the cheek. He blushed slightly and had a surprised look on his face as did Dr. J. Relena just glared.

Meanwhile:

"Oh, Hildi. This is Ashley." he pointed to her.
"Nice to finally meet you. Duo talks a lot ab..."
Duo slapped his hand over her mouth.
Ashley's foot stopped tapping and she look at Duo who was blushing. Ashley cvouldn't help but smile.

"DUO!!!" Hildi shouted.

"Like I said before I was rudely interrupted...Duo talks a lot about you."
"Really?"
"Du..." Ashley turned around but Duo had already ran off.
"Well, that was rude." Ashley said a little annoyed.

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Ashley, Kim and Steph will train in your gundams today because the Zero system still has to be installed in their gundams." the officer in charge of their training announced.

"What?! Are you crazy!?" he shouted.

"Heero! Calm down." Dr. J ordered.
He never said anything after and looked over at Kim who was talking and laughing with her friends. He was worried about her. If she could handle the zero system. He hated to admit it, partially because it scared him, but he kind of liked her. He vowed to himself that he wouldn't show it though, at lease not now.

At that moment, five large mechas were brought out.

"Kim in Wing Zero, Ashley in Deathscythe and Stephanie in Sandrock. Trowa nad Wu-fei will aid them if they need it."

Kim looked up at the gundam. "I'll have so much fun." she exclaimed.

Oh buddy." Steph said as she rubbed her hands together.

"Hoo ..ahh!!! Ashley said as she began to laugh. Everyone sent her strange looks.

Then, the cockpit opened and the girls jumped in. The boys suddenly got a sinking feeling in their stomach.

"Deathscythe has been here for not even 24 hours. If she damages it, I'll kill her." Duo mumbled.

"No you won't." Hildi sad as she crossed her arms and glared at Duo.

After a while, they became board. Kim looked around and her eyes fell on Steph standing next to her, equally board. Kim smiled evilly at Sandrock. Then, suddenly, a huge mecha hand hit Sandrock square in the back.

"Tag!! Your it!!" Kim shouted and ran off. At that moment, Relena had just showed up in her gundam. Kim looked at her and once again got an evil look. Kim raced over towards her.

"No!!! Don't you dare!!" Heero yelled at Kim. Quatre tapped his shoulder and then pointed at the rampaging gundam. "Too late." he said simply.

Kim had tackled Relena to the ground and Steph the jumped on top of Wing Zero.
"Hehehe. Got ya!" she shouted triumphantly.
Then, they heard a soft bang, bang, bang. They looked back just in time to see Deathscythe turn around and take off in the opposite direction.

"Get her!!!!!" Kim ordered.

Ashley ran from the pathetic looking gundams. Sandrock and Wing zero git up and ran after her, tackling her to the ground.


"Ack!!" Ashley yelled as she hit the floor.
"Would you be so kind as to...GET OFF?!!!" Ashley bellowed.

Quatre an dHeero were practically hyperventilating and in shock.

"The paint, the paint..." they said over and over.
Duo's face was growing a bright red color.

The girls jumped out and looked at the pile speechless.
"Shit's gonna hit the fan." Staph said in amazement.
"You got that right." Kim and Ashley agreed.

The sound of three people chasing after them caught their attention. 'Oh buddy." Ashley said and took off. The boys tackled them at the same time.

"You little...you're not even suppose to know how to use it." Duo sputtered.
"How could you?! Do you realize what you could have done.?!" Heero yelled at Kim.
"You, you...!" Quatre stammered.

Kim and Steph smiled at them and leaned up to kiss them on the nose.
"Sorry," they said with puppy dog eyes.

The both of them blushed and stood up. "Don't let it happen again." Heero said defeated and unable to get angry at her.
"Damn females." Duo muttered under his breath as he got up. Ashley's death glare kind of scared Duo as it probably would scare almost everybody.

Dr. J looked at all of the and sighed.
"Well, we're all gonna die." he said as he tossed his clipboard over his shoulder. Trowa and
Wu-fei never moved at all. They just stood there in shock and disbelief