Chapter 19 - Formal
Kim came out and looked at Heero who was watching something on tv.
"Can you tie this for me??" Kim asked and held up her obi (the belt on a kimono).
"I can try." he replied and got up.
Just as he finished with her kimono Ashley and Steph bounded out of the room.
"How do you put this thing on???" Steph wined.
Kim laughed and Ashley and Steph glared at her. "Sally? Yo take Steph, I got Ashley." she said and Sally chuckle.
When everyone had finished getting dressed, they looked at themselves in the mirror.
"Man, we look good. I always wanted a kimono." Kim said smiling.
"I look like a chink." Steph said.
Ashley examined herself and turned back on to the mirror. "Do you think this obi makes my ass look big?" she asked.
Duo sighed and shook his head.
"Come on! We have to go. We can't be late." he said mainly to Ashley.
They turned to face them. They wore their military uniforms.
"You guys look good." Steph said and patted Quatre on the head.
They had to walk to the party. Kim and Steph in particular found it hard to walk in the tight traditional kimonos.
"Hey, Kim." Steph said evilly.
"Yah?" she replied and looked over her shoulder to face Steph. Just as she did so, she was met by the heavy sleeve of Steph's kimono. Kim, being as light as she is, was almost knocked over. She struggled to steady herself and glared at Steph.
"Man, If ...looks... could... kill." Steph managed to say between fits of laughter.
"Seph you shit head. Get back here, I dare you!!!!!!!!!!!" Kim shouted nd shook her fist.
"Muahahahahah..." Steph laughed and took off as fast as she could go down the street which wasn't very fast.
"I'll get you if it is the last thing I do."
Duo looked to Heero who had a slight smile on his face. "You know, is she tripps and falls, it just might be the last thing she'll ever do." Heero chuckled.
Kim and Steph could only shuffle but they shuffled as fast as they could.
They looked comical. The boys, Sally and Ashley kept their distance and acted as if they never knew them.
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The ballroom was done up with colorful lights and a tall tree in the center decorated with glass decorations that sparkled in the dim light. There was a table set up to one wall with carefully arranged dished of food.
"Wow!" Kim said amazed. "This is great!" Heero smiled and put his arm around her waist.
"Ah!!! Sushi!!!!" Ashley practically yelled and ran off to the table dragging Duo behind her.
"Let's dance." Steph said.
"Sure." Quatre said and Steph dragged him to the dance floor.
Heero looked at the couple and sighed. Kim looked at him and smiled.
"Want to dance?" she asked.
"Um...OK." he agreed and they joined the other couples.
They swayed in time with the music.
Duo and Ashley watched from the table. Ashley looked at Duo. She kind of wanted him to ask her to dance too. Then as if he red her mind, he asked. Ashley just nodded slightly and they joined the others.
"Looks like you and Duo are getting pretty friendly." Kim said and nudged her friend.
"You should tell him you like him. We all know except poor Duo. Even Heero knows."
"It's a sin to lead him on." Steph said.
"I'll wait a little while longer, Christmas maybe." Ashley said and shrugged.
"Whatever suits you, but it isn't a good idea." Kim warned and they left Ashley alone.
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Steph looked around and rolled her eyes at all the proper people. Having to act well mannered was getting to her.
"Be right back." Steph said and grinned as she put her empty wine glass on the table.
"Hurry up." Quatre said
"Oh don't worry. I'll be back very soon." she smirked.
Steph ran into the bathroom and stripped down to her bra and underwear. She slowly opened the door and looked around. Then she kicked it open and began to streak through room.
"Look at me, look at me, look at me..." she yelled. She only stopped for a moment when she reached Quatre and grabbed her chest.
"LOOK AT ME!!!!" she yelled even louder and continued her rampage. She ran back to the bathroom and turned to face all the blank and speechless faces.
"STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!" she shouted and slammed the bathroom door behind her.
"Uhhhhhhh???" Ashley and Kim and Ahsley just blinked, confused, as they stood with their drinks to their lips.
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The couples were yet again dancing to a slow song. The girls had changed into dresses. Suddenly, some soldiers burst in armed with fully automatic guns.
"Gundam piolets, step forward." one of the ordered.
They obeyed as the girls looked at each other frightened.
"Girls???" A few soldiers said in surprise.
"No shit sherlock." they exclaimed sarcastically and rolled their eyes.
Ashley and the others tore off the bottom of their dresses and stood ready in fighting stance.
"NOW!!!" Kim shouted. The three girls sent their captors a high kick and kicked the guns out of their hands. The boys joined them and started to kick the shit out of them.
Then, they felt the colony shake.
"Damn! Don't these bastards every quit?!" Steph said as the group ran outside and claimed a car. They raced to headquarters and jumped in their gundams.
"You have to suit up!!!!!!" A soldier shouted at them.
"Screw the suits!!" Ashley shouted just before the cockpit to her gundam closed. They all hurried out into of the hanger to find hundreds of enemies.
"I can't screw up this time." Kim said to herself.
"You won't." Heero said as he came over the monitor.
"No, I won't" she said turned her attention back to the battle.
Suddenly, Ashley's gundam fell silent.
"Ashley?!" Duo shouted as he was the first to notice.
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Ashley was curled up in fetal position as her eyes filled with fright and sadness. Memories of her Father, friends and bad times she had long forgotten rushed back to her.
She screamed as the zero system took over her mind. She destroyed the enemies in record time. Beams shot everywhere as she then turned towards Duo.
"It's the zero system!" Heero shouted.
"I knew this would happen sooner or later." he finished in a serious voice.
Kim and Steph couldn't believe this was happening. Ashley was one of the strongest people they knew. They tried to intercept Ashley blows but she just pushed them away. All they could do was stand back and watch. It was all up to Duo now.
Kim came out and looked at Heero who was watching something on tv.
"Can you tie this for me??" Kim asked and held up her obi (the belt on a kimono).
"I can try." he replied and got up.
Just as he finished with her kimono Ashley and Steph bounded out of the room.
"How do you put this thing on???" Steph wined.
Kim laughed and Ashley and Steph glared at her. "Sally? Yo take Steph, I got Ashley." she said and Sally chuckle.
When everyone had finished getting dressed, they looked at themselves in the mirror.
"Man, we look good. I always wanted a kimono." Kim said smiling.
"I look like a chink." Steph said.
Ashley examined herself and turned back on to the mirror. "Do you think this obi makes my ass look big?" she asked.
Duo sighed and shook his head.
"Come on! We have to go. We can't be late." he said mainly to Ashley.
They turned to face them. They wore their military uniforms.
"You guys look good." Steph said and patted Quatre on the head.
They had to walk to the party. Kim and Steph in particular found it hard to walk in the tight traditional kimonos.
"Hey, Kim." Steph said evilly.
"Yah?" she replied and looked over her shoulder to face Steph. Just as she did so, she was met by the heavy sleeve of Steph's kimono. Kim, being as light as she is, was almost knocked over. She struggled to steady herself and glared at Steph.
"Man, If ...looks... could... kill." Steph managed to say between fits of laughter.
"Seph you shit head. Get back here, I dare you!!!!!!!!!!!" Kim shouted nd shook her fist.
"Muahahahahah..." Steph laughed and took off as fast as she could go down the street which wasn't very fast.
"I'll get you if it is the last thing I do."
Duo looked to Heero who had a slight smile on his face. "You know, is she tripps and falls, it just might be the last thing she'll ever do." Heero chuckled.
Kim and Steph could only shuffle but they shuffled as fast as they could.
They looked comical. The boys, Sally and Ashley kept their distance and acted as if they never knew them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ballroom was done up with colorful lights and a tall tree in the center decorated with glass decorations that sparkled in the dim light. There was a table set up to one wall with carefully arranged dished of food.
"Wow!" Kim said amazed. "This is great!" Heero smiled and put his arm around her waist.
"Ah!!! Sushi!!!!" Ashley practically yelled and ran off to the table dragging Duo behind her.
"Let's dance." Steph said.
"Sure." Quatre said and Steph dragged him to the dance floor.
Heero looked at the couple and sighed. Kim looked at him and smiled.
"Want to dance?" she asked.
"Um...OK." he agreed and they joined the other couples.
They swayed in time with the music.
Duo and Ashley watched from the table. Ashley looked at Duo. She kind of wanted him to ask her to dance too. Then as if he red her mind, he asked. Ashley just nodded slightly and they joined the others.
"Looks like you and Duo are getting pretty friendly." Kim said and nudged her friend.
"You should tell him you like him. We all know except poor Duo. Even Heero knows."
"It's a sin to lead him on." Steph said.
"I'll wait a little while longer, Christmas maybe." Ashley said and shrugged.
"Whatever suits you, but it isn't a good idea." Kim warned and they left Ashley alone.
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Steph looked around and rolled her eyes at all the proper people. Having to act well mannered was getting to her.
"Be right back." Steph said and grinned as she put her empty wine glass on the table.
"Hurry up." Quatre said
"Oh don't worry. I'll be back very soon." she smirked.
Steph ran into the bathroom and stripped down to her bra and underwear. She slowly opened the door and looked around. Then she kicked it open and began to streak through room.
"Look at me, look at me, look at me..." she yelled. She only stopped for a moment when she reached Quatre and grabbed her chest.
"LOOK AT ME!!!!" she yelled even louder and continued her rampage. She ran back to the bathroom and turned to face all the blank and speechless faces.
"STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!" she shouted and slammed the bathroom door behind her.
"Uhhhhhhh???" Ashley and Kim and Ahsley just blinked, confused, as they stood with their drinks to their lips.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The couples were yet again dancing to a slow song. The girls had changed into dresses. Suddenly, some soldiers burst in armed with fully automatic guns.
"Gundam piolets, step forward." one of the ordered.
They obeyed as the girls looked at each other frightened.
"Girls???" A few soldiers said in surprise.
"No shit sherlock." they exclaimed sarcastically and rolled their eyes.
Ashley and the others tore off the bottom of their dresses and stood ready in fighting stance.
"NOW!!!" Kim shouted. The three girls sent their captors a high kick and kicked the guns out of their hands. The boys joined them and started to kick the shit out of them.
Then, they felt the colony shake.
"Damn! Don't these bastards every quit?!" Steph said as the group ran outside and claimed a car. They raced to headquarters and jumped in their gundams.
"You have to suit up!!!!!!" A soldier shouted at them.
"Screw the suits!!" Ashley shouted just before the cockpit to her gundam closed. They all hurried out into of the hanger to find hundreds of enemies.
"I can't screw up this time." Kim said to herself.
"You won't." Heero said as he came over the monitor.
"No, I won't" she said turned her attention back to the battle.
Suddenly, Ashley's gundam fell silent.
"Ashley?!" Duo shouted as he was the first to notice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ashley was curled up in fetal position as her eyes filled with fright and sadness. Memories of her Father, friends and bad times she had long forgotten rushed back to her.
She screamed as the zero system took over her mind. She destroyed the enemies in record time. Beams shot everywhere as she then turned towards Duo.
"It's the zero system!" Heero shouted.
"I knew this would happen sooner or later." he finished in a serious voice.
Kim and Steph couldn't believe this was happening. Ashley was one of the strongest people they knew. They tried to intercept Ashley blows but she just pushed them away. All they could do was stand back and watch. It was all up to Duo now.
