Disclaimer: I do not own G Gundam
Claimer: I do however own Rosette Quin and her role in my story
Typo Warning: Grammar impaired author
WARNING: Nothing is how it seems, no offense should be taken by anyone to anything in this fic, and everything should be taken in context.
Author's Pre- Notes:
Hey there Everyone!
Evil here, well I just wanted to say hi and explain a few things before we got started. First off, yes this is my first G Gundam Fic as I am a new fan to the series but well versed in the ways or G Gundam. Now with that said I have to be totally honest with you, if you go for the completely hard-core true to the series facts, this may not be the story for you.
I tend to do whatever I want, within reason mind you, so you don't have to worry about any really off the wall things coming from me, but I just wanted to warn you that I don't really play by the rules. It just isn't my shtick.
Anyway I had wanted to introduce myself to you with a pure G Gundam story without any major add-ins but . . . . that didn't really work. Alas, I tend to work best with my fics when I add in my own character. It's my way of really getting involved into my stories- instead of just bending the will of our fav characters and playing with their poor little lives, which in itself IS very fun. However- still isn't not my favorite way to mess with them.
So again if you're not into original characters my stories may not be the best things for your sanity. But if you go with the flow, like me and hope to have a good time- keep on reading my friends because I guarantee it's going to be interesting.
Onto the words . . .
Well not quite . . . a few more story related side notes . .
~I have no idea if this could be even placed in a time period in the series but it's defiantly before the Gundam Fights begin and Allenby *Cough-hack-cough*. In this story it's kinda of a training/rest period.
~ALL the members of the shuffle alliance and when I say ALL I mean the actually members and their crew. . . are staying in some city somewhere- lol- Most of the cast staying in this small development that contains several little houses or bungalows along with other things that make their stay there rather pleasant.
~The men however don't tend to spend a lot of time there-rather staying up in the "Warehouse" where their Gundams are. Although affectionately referred to as the "Warehouse" the building actually is a Gundam headquarters complete with all the niceties any Gundam fighter could desire, e.g. Recreation Room, suites for the fighters to stay, a large room assigned to each Gundam fighter there- complete with computers and mechanical equipment to keep the/each Gundam, boxing ring, library, lounge complete with big screen TV and surround sound, etc . . ..
~ Yeah I think that's it, everything else should come together in time
And I apologize for my long wordy author's notes but I think some of it had to be said but if you think you could have lived happily without it, good-but know I'm sorry if I bored you.
So . .NOW onto the words .. .
WAIT!!
No-actually . .go ahead . .
Onto the words . . .
"Man!" Chibodee groaned stretching as he and Sai Sici walked down the street; passing little shops and cafés on their way back to the Warehouse. "I can't believe how dull it's been without frenchie this past week."
"Sad enough to say-it is kinda boring without the two of you fighting all the time," Sai Sici sighed putting his hands in his pockets.
"Why did he have to pick now to go away with the princess-" Chibodee continued not really paying any attention to Sai Sici's comment.
"Well it's not like he wanted to. You saw how much he didn't feel like going, but the princess made him-and the fact that her father, you know, runs the Gundam administration for Neo France doesn't help any either," Sai answered.
"Yeah I guess you're right-" Chibodee sighed turning to cross the street when-
"BRO watch out!" Sai Sici yelled as a car started speeding past the light.
Chibodee looked up to see the car swerving to avoid him and running into a light pole. A separate truck then rear-ended it cutting into the path of an oncoming motorcycle. The motorcycle veered off quickly to avoid it but changed directions again seeing that it was about to hit a young girl who had stepped into the street; it raced up a large board of wood that had fallen when the truck rear-ended the car and . .
"Woah!" Chibodee cried as the rider pulled up skidding off the roof of the truck and clearing him along with the two mangled cars landing with a screech as it turned, the rider slamming their foot down, finally stopping the cycle; smoke floating up from the skid marks around it.
"No way," said Sai Sici his body relaxing
The rider visibly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chibodee flipping up the small visor in its full head helmet that now revealed the cyclist's eyes.
"Are you ok?" A female voice asked.
"Y-yeah-" Chibodee said still slightly shaken up. He looked over the leather-clad cyclist.
"How about you guys?" She asked looking back at Sai and the little girl who stood relatively un-phased on the curb.
They both nodded the girl turning around and skipping away without a care.
"How about you?" Sai Sici asked
She was quiet a minute and sighed "I'm just fan-bloody-tastic," she chuckled sarcastically looking over her bike. "But thanks for asking-"
"Nice move-by the way-" Chibodee said finally starting to return to normal as he backed his way up onto the sidewalk.
"Thanks," she chuckled ironically "Just don' t ask me to do it again-" she said flipping her visor down and riding off, revving her engine, in the other direction.
Sai Sici and Chibodee stayed quiet a moment as they watched the cyclist speed away.
"Well that wasn't dull-" Sai said with a small smile looking up at Chibodee who glared back down at him slightly.
"Come on we should get back-," he said as they continued their way to the Warehouse the sun setting behind them.
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They arrived at the Warehouse about an hour later and were about to go up to the lounge to watch TV when they heard some activity coming from Neo Japan's specified gundam station.
"Oh no not again-," Chibodee groaned, Sai Sici having the same reaction as Argo and George's butler, Raymond, emerge from a hallway.
"How long has she been going this time?" Chibodee whined like a little kid as he turned to them.
"Since she woke up I believe sir," Raymond answered.
"And if it's not the gundam it's a hundred other things at once," Argo said nodding.
"Ah-man! When I told George I'd try and keep Rain from working herself to death I didn't realize how hard it was going to be," He groaned turning to the wall resting his head against it.
"Yes, if I may, I am shocked by the amount of work Mademoiselle Mikamura does around here- cooking, cleaning, laundry, her regular duties as a gundam partner and the head mechanic of the Neo Japanese team-She takes absolutely no time for herself." Raymond said his tone torn between shock and admiration.
"Yeah but lately it's gone way to far, she doesn't even sleep anymore," said Chibodee turning back to them.
"I agree, Sis is going to really hurt herself if she keeps going the way she is-" Sai Sici said everyone nodding in agreement.
"The thing I have a hard time understanding is why Domon let's her carry on this way," Argo said crossing his arms.
A small groan traveled through the group.
"Because I have no doubt he's the primary reason she's working like this," Chibodee quipped. "Well I'd better go see if I can get her away from that blasted gundam-" he sighed starting to walk off "Even if that means she ends up working on mine," he chuckled.
"BroOOo-" Sai rolled his eyes at his friend's comment shaking his head as Chibodee shrugged and entered Neo Japan's Gundam Station. "Raymond?" Sai Sici suddenly asked a thought coming to his mind.
"Yes sir?" The butler answered cordial as always.
"Why didn't you go with George on his trip with the princess?" he asked, Argo looking up also interested in the answer to that question.
"Well-" Raymond chuckled, "To be truly honest if I may be so bold as to say, I've traveled with the princess on several other occasions and it has been an honor-however between us- it is an honor that I hope to experience only as often as necessary."
He smirked slightly, walking off.
Sai and Argo looked at each other and chuckled.
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"OH! George wasn't today wonderful!! I had no idea that earth could be so interesting . ." The princess babbled on relentlessly to George as he slouched in his seat his head resting on his hand as he stared out the window of the plane. It had only been five days since he had left on his "vacation" with the princess but George was ready to snap. He had never been so bored, irritated, embarrassed, annoyed and exhausted in his entire life.
'Request for temporary leave of absence because of a heath condition- my sword!!' George thought bitterly 'Raymond asked for a vacation so he didn't develop a health condition from this-'
"George! George! Are you listening to me!?" Marie-Louise cried loudly bringing George out of his thoughts of revenge on his wise butler.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry Princess Marie Louise I appear to be dosing.. Please continue," he said.
'Why did you say continue!! Telling her you were dosing was enough!! Did you have to ask her to continue!?' his mind
screamed back at him.
"That's alright George, it has been a long day-," She said sitting back in her seat.
"That it has!" George found himself agreeing out loud with a sigh. She looked at him confused by the tone of his voice, but he smiled remembering himself and her suspicions faded.
"But don't worry George today was busy but we still have plenty of more fun planned for tomorrow-" she said straightening the folds of her dress.
Lucky for George she didn't see the expression on his face because he shot up in his seat his eyes wide in despair and fret over her words.
'MORE?!'
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It was raining now and a motorcycle pulled up in front of a building that was clearly a tavern of some kind, the raindrops running over the leather of the rider's attire. The cyclist locked her bike and walked into the pub, which fell quiet upon her entrance. She pulled off her helmet shaking out her long copper colored hair, and seeing no real threat the bar went back to its regular activities. The woman smiled and walked over to the bar her heels clicking on the wooden floor. The older man behind the bar smiled wiping his hands with a towel that he then slung over his shoulder.
"I have a message for you," he laughed with an Irish brogue as he reached down under the bar and pulled out a folded piece of paper.
"Thank you," she said as she took the paper and proceeded to stairs in the back of the tavern that led up to the spare rooms. One of which she was staying in. She smiled as she read the paper and entered her room, old memories floating through her mind.
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Chibodee awoke in the lounge with a start hearing a loud mechanical sound and then a crash.
"Oh no!" he gasped as he jumped up from the couch and ran to Neo Japan's station. He went through a door on the same floor that let to an overhang leading down into the gundam station. "Rain!" he yelled.
"I'm right here Chibodee," he heard her answer. He looked down and spotted her as she crawled out from behind Burning Gundam, which had fallen down onto one knee.
"Just a small miscalculation, sorry that I startled you," she said as she stood up brushing herself off.
"Geez- Rain!" He sighed running his fingers through his hair as his heart rate began to return too normal. He looked at his watch as he descended the stairs down to where she was.
"Oh man! It's like 4 am!" he groaned rubbing his face. She didn't respond having already gone back to working on the gundam.
"Rain! Have you been working all night!!--- Again!!" he said walking over to her.
"Well I thought I'd get everything done so I had some extra time-," she said tightening something inside the gundam's leg.
"You said that last night, --- and the night before and night before that,"
"Well-then I used that time to do all of those other things," she said almost automatically.
Chibodee's face fell, "Rain, do you hear yourself?" he asked, but she wasn't listening. She was concentrated to much on her task and what she had to do when she was done with that and then with that and then that . . . .
Chibodee looked around and rubbed his face glancing at his watch again. 'That's it, this has to stop' he thought walking over to her and taking the wrench from her one hand and the flashlight from the other. She looked at him puzzled, he suddenly leaned down and picked her up throwing her over his shoulder as he headed back for the lounge.
She was so shocked at first that she couldn't even react but it only took her a minute to get her senses back, even in her fatigued state.
"Chibodee!! Put me down!! I mean it! Chibodee Crocket put me down this minute!!" She protested
"I can't do that Rain," Chibodee said climbing the stairs
"But Chibodeeee, I have things that I need to dooo," she whined exhaustion finally setting in, her body relaxing as Chibodee carried her the rest of the way up to the lounge.
They finally reached the lounge and Chibodee put Rain gently on the couch, she made a move to get up but he effortlessly pushed her back down.
"Stay-put-Rain, I will be- right- back," he said slowly as if speaking to a child.
She made a pouty face and crossed her arms with a 'humph' showing her displeasure as Chibodee started to walk away. She watched him with her eyes waiting for her chance to run off but he sensed this and turned back to her just as she was about to make her move.
"If you're not here when I come back I'm going to tell Domon it was you who took the memory plugs out of the Burning gundam so he couldn't go off and train with it like he wanted to last week."
"You wouldn't dare-," she gasped turning back to him
"Do you really want to test me at this point," he smirked
She pursed her lips and looked away annoyed. Her face then turned to a pained expression as she thought about all the things she needed to do. Chibodee returned a moment later with some hot tea. He handed it to her and sat down on the couch next to her. She stared at it.
"What?" Chibodee asked
"You put milk in it," she said still staring at the murky russet liquid.
"Yeah, I thought you liked milk in your tea-" Chibodee said about to take it away when she pulled it back.
"No-no I do!" She said looking up and smiling at him, "I was just surprised you remembered." She took a quick sip of it, "That's all."
He smiled slightly blushing in the darkness. He leaned down and picked up the remote and turned on the TV lowering the volume so he didn't wake anyone up.
"Now I want you to sit here, drink your tea and relax," Chibodee said firmly.
"Thank you Chibodee but-" Rain started sweetly but he put his hand up stopping her short.
"I'll hear none of it Rain, you're going to sit here and watch-" He flipped through the stations for a minute, "Um- the Golden Girls Marathon with me- on . . Lifetime, television for wo-men . .hmm .. sure why not," he said with a shrug.
(Author's Side- Notes: What else is on at 4 am, the home shopping network? Well we'll save that for another fic, lol, back to words!)
Rain just looked at him giving him a little bit of a 'fine whatever you want' face as she settled into the couch slowly sipping her tea and finding herself reveling in this small moment of peace, tea and company; Her exhaustion pushing all of her other 'priorities' to the back of her mind.
A few hours of Sophia scams, Dorothy-isms, Rose disasters and Blanch affairs later Chibodee shook out of his light doze and looked over to see Rain draped over the couch arm asleep, the teacup carefully balanced on her leg.
He smirked 'she really is so cute some times,' he thought gently taking the teacup and setting it on the table. He glanced at his watch, "Man it's nine already, that tea took longer to get to her than I thought," he yawned with a stretch as he stood up.
He smiled again as he leaned down and picked her up. "It's a good thing I luv ya Rain or this would really be inconvenient," He said as he carried her off to one of the suites where he took off her shoes and laid her down in the bed. He pulled the covers over her and chuckled as she snuggled up to them. "Test hyper-mode- function with cross reference of-" She mumbled as she turned over.
"And she's still going- even in her sleep," Chibodee sighed amazed "Well I've done what I can," He said as he left the room closing the door behind him almost running into Domon.
"Oh- hey Chibodee, Have you seen Rain?" Domon asked looking around "I've been looking everywhere for her."
"Yeah she's in there sleeping," Chibodee said running his hand through his hair.
"Oh thanks," he said starting to walk past him when Chibodee put his hand up and stopped him.
"Domon I said she was sleeping," Chibodee yawned looking at him confused.
"I need to ask her something about the gundam," Domon said obviously not caring what she was doing as he tried to pass Chibodee again but again was stopped when Chibodee grabbed the front of Domon's shirt stopping him abruptly.
"She's been awake for at least three nights straight- she deserves not to mention needs some rest-" Chibodee said starting to get annoyed.
"She's my partner Chibodee," Domon said stepping back attempting to get Chibodee to let him go.
"Well I spent all of last night trying to get your ' partner' to sleep and I'm not going to let you wake her up now," Chibodee said sternly releasing him harshly.
"Man- I seriously need to talk to her, stop fooling around." Domon said brushing past him.
. . .That was it . . .
Chibodee reached back and grabbed two fistfuls of Domon's cape and pulled him backward before her could reach the doorknob. Surprised Domon flew back into the wall on the opposite side of the hall.
"Chib-o-dee-" Domon coughed having been choked by the sudden pull on his cape, "What the hell!?" He shouted getting his bearings back as he stood straightening himself turning back to face Chibodee who was standing in a fighting stance.
"You want to disturb her Domon, well then you're just going to have to go through me!" he said hit fists ready.
"Don't think I won't!" Domon shouted back his anger building. He charged Chibodee shoving him back into the wall, where he was then pushed back and punched full in the face. Now- he was really mad.
"AHHH!!" he yelled as he tackled Chibodee and they wrested about in the lounge going around and over the furniture leaving the whole room in disarray.
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Inside the suite . . .
Rain turned over and nuzzled into her pillow with a yawn when she opened her eyes and realized where she was or rather where she wasn't.
"What am I doing here?" she said as she looked around and down at herself noticing that she was still in her day clothes. Her thoughts were suddenly disrupted though when she caught sight of the clock next to her.
"Oh my- No! It's ten o'clock! I'm so late! I have so many things to do!!" She stressed as she jumped out of bed.
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"Had enough yet Kasshu!!" Chibodee said through gritted teeth as he held Domon in a headlock.
"Hardly!" Domon growled as he flipped Chibodee over his back and down the hall. He then lunged for him but Chibodee pushed his feet up and flung Domon into a door at the end of the long hall.
Domon sat up holding his head, having bounced off the door, to see Chibodee running at him his fist ready. Domon ducked and Chibodee flew over him into the wall. They then commenced to wrestle about on the ground both attempting to over power the other, the real objective of their brawl long forgotten.
Argo suddenly opened the door they had both so gracefully crashed into and stared wide-eyed, confused and surprised, well not really surprised but, naive to why Domon and Chibodee would be fighting outside his room so early in the morning.
(Author's Side-Notes: Why isn't Argo in prison or a military holding station? 'Cause I like him and it's my story so I can do that. Besides it's a federal gundam building, get more military than that. . Ok back to the words!)
He was about to break up the fight when he realized he was still in his towel and seeing Rain peek her head out a room up the hall he retreated back inside for some more appropriate attire.
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After a quick shower Rain poked her head outside her room. Completely oblivious of the ongoing brawl at the other end of the hall she proceeded to the Japanese Gundam station cutting through the lounge.
"My goodness- the men are such pigs," she mumbled as she stepped through the demolished lounge. (Chibodee and Domon's handiwork)
"You'd think they'd take better care of things . . . but they are gundam fighters-," She laughed to herself stepping out onto the catwalk just as Chibodee and Domon came running up the hall Argo on their tail.
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The motorcycle skidded to a stop outside the large building and the rider pulled off her helmet shaking out her hair as she reread the piece of paper she held in her hand.
"Well it looks like the right place," She smiled as she locked her bike and started to walk into the large building.
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It didn't take long for Rain to pick up where she left off that morning and so she was soon as busy as ever only stopping here and there to answer some of the other crews' questions; focusing fully on what was in front of her. So much so that she didn't notice what was going on up in the catwalks above her.
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"Get back here Chibodee!" Domon shouted chasing after Chibodee as he maneuvered through the twists and turns of the footbridges above the gundam station.
"Yeah Domon that's exactly what I'm going to do," he answered sarcastically stopping a second, chuckling at the thought, then quickly picked up his pace as Domon jumped onto his landing.
"Domon! Chibodee!!" They heard Argo shout and stopped dead as the angry seven foot man stepped out onto the catwalks.
The footbridges tilting down a bit with his weight.
"He found us-" Domon said gravely
"Yea-" Chibodee nodded as they looked at each other and then bolted down one of the catwalks and out of the station Argo following quickly behind them.
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Raymond walked down one of the corridors carrying a tray of glasses when he felt something rush behind him. (Chibodee) He looked back but saw nothing and shrugged continuing his way to the Neo France Gundam station.
(Domon, Chibodee and Argo do one of those Scooby-doo, Looney Tunes things with the many doored hallway each running in and out of different doors chasing each other and then switching as they appear through the next door.)
As Raymond exited the corridor a cold chill ran down his spin but looking around he saw nothing unusual; just someone entering the Japanese Gundam Station.
Chibodee, followed by Domon and then by a growling Argo emerge from the corridor behind Raymond and disappear down the one across the hall, a shriek being heard as they disappeared from view.
Like he thought nothing unusual, but he wondered if perhaps the chill had to do with his Master George.
----------Walking around some random street of fancy boutiques-----------
George sighed finding it humorous that his arms were aching from the stress of the ridiculously large amount of packages and purchases he was carrying for the princess.
'Almost as good as my usual gundam training' he thought good-naturedly.
"OH George! Look over there!!" He heard her cry.
"Wish I could," he mumbled as he tried to look past the mountain of things he was carrying. "Yes Princess very nice! Very nice-" he said his enthusiasm dying off toward the end as he carefully followed behind watching her feet under his burden of packages to make sure he didn't run into anything. Or so he had hoped, because unfortunately watching the princess's steps didn't help him see the bicycler coming from the other direction.
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She walked into the Gundam Station and looked around.
"Charming," she smiled looking over the large room and the people buzzing about in it. She continued walking still looking for that familiar face when she spotted her. She was crouched down with a flashlight in her mouth and a large complicated tool in her hand working on the inner leg of a very spectacular looking gundam.
She smiled and started walking over when something else caught her eye.
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"Oh come on!" Rain growled as she pulled on the tool in her hand and then twisted it separating a lever in the handle and then-
'SHWING!!' it snapped off and went crashed to the ground.
"OH!! HELL!" Rain hissed spitting out the flashlight and leaning back into the gundam's leg to make sure nothing else was broken; when suddenly she felt something wrap around her and pull her out.
"What the-! Ahh!" she cried as she realized that Burning gundam had picked her up and brought her high off the ground. She was about to call out to someone when she heard a familiar laugh and gasped.
"Ro!!!" Rain shrieked shocked to see her old friend standing there, especially seeing her there working the pressure gloves that manually worked the Burning gundam's hands.
Rosette laughed and had Burning Gundam set Rain safely on the ground.
"Hey sex-y!!" Ro laughed sarcastically throwing her arms out for an embrace.
"OH MY GOD!!" Rain cried running over to her, the women hugged, both delighted at the other's presence.
"Rosette! What are you doing here!?!" Rain asked still in shock looking her friend over.
"What do you think? I'm here to see you!!" she laughed "You know you're a very difficult woman to tract down-," she laughed
"Oh I'm just so glad to see you!!" Rain cried hugging her again.
"But Ah! Look at you!" Rosette smiled turning Rain around
"What?!" Rain asked puzzled
"You're gorgeous!! And oh my gosh you're hair! I love it!"
"Oh I know so different-" Rain giggled fluffing her hair
"So-o short!!" Rosette laughed
"Hey, well you're not so bad yourself!" Rain poking Rosette's waist.
"Yeah well I try, but enough of that... " She answered looking herself over.
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Argo chased Chibodee and Domon to the end of a hallway where unbeknownst to them it dropped off to a small staircase. Argo lunged grabbing both of their collars, the momentum throwing the three men over the stairs. They crashed all the way down landing faces first on the floor.
"Gotcha!" Argo growled standing up pulling his two dazed Shuffle Alliance companions up off their feet by their collars.
"Now what is going on here?!" He demanded shaking them both.
Chibodee was about to answer being the first to remember what the whole thing had actually been about when something caught his attention and he almost flew out of Argo's grip.
"Who is that!?!" he cried pointing through a window that gazed into the Neo Japanese Gundam Station.
They all stared wide-eyed at a woman who was standing, laughing and talking with Rain.
She was a tall woman probably about 5 ft 8" with a slim hour glass figure, and long reddish tea colored hair flowing down over her shoulders to her mid-back. But perhaps a bit more shocking than her appearance was the woman's garb. She wore a small leather jacket, a tight blue button down strapless top underneath it, the ends on each side above her bosom coming up to a point for style, a short black skirt and black spike heeled boots that came up just above her knees.
Argo dropped Domon and Chibodee, they falling from Argo's large height to the floor with a loud thud.
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"So you've hit the big time, huh Rain?" Rosette laughed looking around at the Neo Japan station most of who's crew was staring back at her, unsure of who she was or what they were suppose to do.
"Yeah I guess if you want to call it that-," Rain shrugged looking around.
"Well you're happy aren't you?" Rosette said looking back to her
Rain smiled slightly, knowing she was happy, but not completely.
"I'll know if you're lying," Rosette laughed, "Besides-I'm here now, it can only get more . . .. Interesting from here."
Rain laughed, as Rosette flashed her, her classic mischievous smile,
"No doubt."
"So how have you been?" Rain asked curious to know what her friend had been up to for so long.
Rosette looked at the floor trying to think of something to say when something burst through the door behind her and fell to the floor in a pile of limbs and curses.
The women stepped back surprised but then Rain just groaned slightly putting her hand over her face.
"Friends of yours?" Rosette asked with a smirk
"Domon! Chibodee! What are you doing? And Argo-," she said the words escaping her, "Oh!" she growled picking them up off the ground.
"Sorry Rain . ." They all said looking at the ground.
"But who's your friend!" Chibodee said almost immediately
Rosette giggled and whispered something to Rain who nodded a smirk playing on her lips.
"This is Rosette Quin, she's a good friend of mine-," Rain said giving her a little hug around her shoulders with one arm.
"Hello, nice to meet you-" Rosette started putting her hand out, Chibodee instantly pouncing upon it.
"Chibodee Crocket! Gundam Fighter for Neo-America, VVvery pleased to make your acquaintance," he purred shaking her had firmly.
She smiled slightly caught a bit off guard, feeling a blush come to her face.
"Down boy," Argo said pulling Chibodee away before he could start drooling.
"Argo Gulskii," he introduced himself shaking her hand
"Hello," she smiled pleasantly shaking his hand.
"Domon Kasshu," Domon finally said after a minute taking her hand, which she then squeezed firmly.
"So you're Domon Kasshu!!" she laughed delighted to finally be meeting the guy she had always heard so much about, " Well I have heard a-Ahh!" she said jumping forward a bit feeling a sharp pinch from behind.
She looked back to see Rain giving her a warning glare and then look away innocently as the others set their eyes on her.
She glared back her eyes wide with surprise but she got the message and stifled her surprised laugh at Rain's behavior to recover herself, "I've heard a lot about you're fighting ability.. Along with other things," she mumbled the second part as she walked back to Rain who flushed.
"What was that?"
"Nothing," she smiled turning back around to face them. "Well it is a pleasure to meet all of you- but-," she said looking at Rain, "I'm afraid I have to run-"
"Oooh-but Rosette you just got here!" Rain whined, which surprised Domon.
"Yeah Rosette!" Chibodee chimed in.
Rosette chuckled "Oh stop it! What did I tell you Rain? I'll be back later. I just have some things I need to take care of, then I'm all yours," she said with a smile.
Argo put his hand over Chibodee's mouth.
"Well just so long as you're coming back-" Rain said with a pouty face hugging her friend again.
"I'll be back in no time," Rosette laughed releasing Rain and placing a pair of thin cat's eye shaped sunglasses on her nose as she waved and walked out her hips swinging.
She was just out of earshot when Chibodee cried-
"WoooHOO!! Rain where did you meet her?"
Rain laughed "I went to school with her, we've been friends for years." She smiled walking back into the middle of gundam station and looking around trying to remember what she needed to do, she had been so distracted that she had completely forgotten.
Domon looked after her slightly confused, "Well how many years?"
"Oh I don' t know, six? Seven maybe? It's hard to keep track," she shrugged picking up the pressure gloves and putting them on.
"Well how come I haven't heard of her?" Domon asked getting a little hot under the collar.
Chibodee and Argo looked at each other puzzled at his behavior, but Rain didn't seem to notice.
"I don't know, maybe 'cause you never asked," she said simply with a playful smile moving the arms of the gundam with her movements.
Domon looked a bit shocked by this response and opened his mouth to counter but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Well where did you meet her exactly?" he asked annoyed
She turned to him a little confused by his questioning.
"I told you already I went to school with her-"
He gave her a cross look.
She sighed putting her hands on her hips the Burning Gundam mimicking her movements from behind.
"When I was studying in America-"
"Where else!!" Chibodee whooped excited at the thought of having another or his "kind" around.
"Careful Chibodee you'll be foaming at the mouth soon," came Shirley's voice as she walked into the station with the other girls.
Chibodee quickly composed himself.
"I suppose we're discussing the woman who just walked out of here," she said with a smile.
"Yes she's a friend of mine," Rain said turning back to the gundam. "Well she seems to be a very nice woman she said hello to us when she walked out," Cath said.
Domon snorted.
"Oh she is I'll introduce you when she comes back," Rain smiled brightly. Domon looked at her, his brow furrowed, he had never seen her smile like that before.
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It didn't take Rain long to fall back into her "must work" mentality but the members of the Shuffle Alliance, save Domon, we happy to see that her mood seemed brighter and that she was getting some of her playful nature back.
At about four Domon drifted into the Gundam Hanger and watched Rain as she meddled with something inside of Burning Gundam's leg.
"Hi Domon," she said brightly not looking away from what she was doing.
"Hey Rain," he said a little surprised, he hadn't realized she had noticed him come in.
"How was training?" she asked closing the outer shell of the gundam leg and leaning against it with a smile as she turned to him.
He nodded with a little smile.
"What?" she asked puzzled. "Domon?"
"You have this little grease smudge on your face," he grinned walking over to the latter of the platform she was on.
"Oh," she said whipping at her face, "Sorry."
He just shrugged as she started to descend to the ground.
"How are things coming with the gundam?" he asked.
"Good I just need to-" she was suddenly interrupted by Karato speaking to someone irritated on the phone.
"How did you get this number? No I do not- I beg you're pardon! Ms. Mikamura? Fine- Rain!"
"Yes sir?"
"Someone for you, I think their name is Quin-"
"OH!" she cried excitedly jumping the rest of the way down from the latter and ran to the phone, startling Domon.
"Thank you sir-" she said as she took the phone.
He just grumbled something under his breath and walked away.
"Hi Rosette?!"
Domon walked over to her casually listening to the one side of the conversation.
"No I don't- No-of course, I'd love to- Me plans? Are you kidding?- So what time-six maybe? Ok sounds great, I'll meet you outside-I look forward to it- ok see you then-bye Hun." And she hung up that excited smile spread across her face she looked up and saw Domon staring at her.
"It was Rosette, she wants to get together for dinner
tonight,"
"And you're going?" He asked
"Of course I'm going, I don't have anything else to do, I will be finished with the gundam in about an hour, so don't worry about it," She smiled unaware of the unfamiliar thought and feeling going through her gundam partner.
Domon wanted to say something more, but wasn't really sure how too. So he stood idly about for a few minutes and then feeling frustrated with himself for being so silly stormed off almost bumping into Chibodee as he burst through the door.
"Hey Do-" Chibodee started but Domon just snorted and walked past him.
"What's with him?" Chibodee asked walking over to Rain.
"I don't know, that was kind of odd wasn't it," she said Chibodee reaching out and helping her down from where she was working.
"Yeah," he said glancing off to where Domon had stomped off.
"Hey do you know what time it is?" Rain asked casually putting her tools away.
"What? Oh yeah, it is-" he said looking at his watch, " About quarter after five,"
"Quarter after Five!" Rain said startled "Oh!" she said just throwing the rest of her stuff into one of the storage bins.
"What are you going out? Do you need a ride?" Chibodee asked trying to be helpful.
"Yes and no thank you. I'm meeting Rosette outside at six and then we're going out for dinner,"
"Well that should be nice, I bet you two have a lot of catching up to do," Chibodee said watching her run about and finish all the little things she still had left to do.
"Yeah but AH!! I am so late!! And I still have to shower and-" she said dashing about when Chibodee reached out and snagged her by both her shoulders.
"Rain . . . Deep-healing-breath—ok?" he said looking into her eyes, she nodded and breathed deeply.
"Now relax go and get yourself ready-I'll I guess take car of things here-" he said looking at the disarray the place was in.
"And then I'll go and wait outside for Rosette and tell her you're getting ready-"
"OH Chibodee thank you!" Rain sighed giving him a look of complete gratitude as she put her hand on his shoulder and then with a smile ran out of the gundam station.
"No problem-" Chibodee said with a weary sigh as he looked around at all the work he had to do.
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"Hey Rain I was-" Sai Sici said as he entered the Neo Japanese Gundam Station but suddenly stopped short noticing that it was Chibodee bustling about the station and not Rain.
"Bro?"
"Oh, hey Sai Sici-" Chibodee grunted as he shoved a crate up onto a shelf.
"Uh- what are you doing? And we're Rain? Does Domon know you're in here?" Sai said looking around cautiously.
Chibodee just turned to him wiping his brow with a sigh as he caught his breath from his previous exercise.
"I'm just helping Rain out and cleaning up while she goes and get ready for tonight," he said swinging another crate up onto his shoulder
"What's tonight?" Sai asked
"Rosette's coming back to take her out to dinner-" he said placing the crate on the shelf next to the other one.
Sai stood looking confused.
"Oh I'm sorry Sai, I forgot you didn't get to me Rosette yet. She's a friend of Rain from you know back in the day," he laughed picking up his coat and looking at his watch. "Actually I have to go and wait for her outside. You can meet her." Chibodee said as they started walking toward the door.
"Wow, Rain must be really happy, especially for her to leave the gundam station with work still to be done." Sai said excited at the idea of having another person like Rain around.
"Tell me about it," Chibodee said with the same thought on his mind.
"So what's she like?" Sai asked as he looked around for someone who looked unfamiliar to him.
Chibodee just looked over at him with that mischievous grin of his when something caught his eye and her looked up for a second.
"Sai do you remember when you asked me why America is and always was said to be so wonderful. The land of happiness and promise?"
"Yeah," Sai Sici said looking over to his companion not really seeing how this was answering his question.
"Well I told you a bunch of policies-and liberties -and traditions . . .also small things about the lifestyle on the side- but honestly I left something out,"
"What was that Chibodee?" Sai Sici asked with growing curiosity
"Well Sai, the true reason why America is so admired for the way it is, is because-," he said looking over to him and putting his hand on his back guiding his gaze "Our women look like that!" he smiled guiding Sai's view to where Rosette walked into the lobby the sun shining being her and reflecting off the glass doors she was entering. The effects making it appear like she was an angel walking out of heaven. Her long hair blew about her as took off her sunglasses and swished it about, her hips swinging as she seemed to approach them in slow motion until she finally reached them and broke the trance.
"Hi Chibodee nice to see you again," she said, "Who's you're friend?" she asked humorously looking down at Sai Sici who was gaping at her looking like her was trapped in a daze.
"Oh this is Sai Sici- Sai are you alright- Sai?" he said looking down at him suddenly noticing his condition.
"Wa! Huh?- wha? Oh-I'm sorry what was the question?" Sai said suddenly coming out of his stupor.
Rosette laughed, "I like him- He's cute. Hi I'm Rosette Quin," she put out her hand, which Sai happily took.
"Hey, I'm Sai Sici," he then bowed and she did the same.
"Well I am pleased to meet you Sai Sici." She smiled.
"Well . .then . Rosette, Rain wanted me to tell you that she is running a little late and to keep you company in the mean time."
"Oh- did she?" Rosette said cocking an eyebrow having a feeling he had something do with the second part.
"Yes," Chibodee swallowed looking around "So-"
"Rosette!" they suddenly heard Rain call form behind them.
"Rain!" Rosette said mimicking Rain's enthused shout.
"I'm so sorry," she said still putting in her earrings.
"No problem are you ready?"
"Yeah- but I think I have to go and see if Domo-" Rain started but was stopped short as Chibodee and Sai Sici started to push her out the door.
"No- she's ready, take her Rosette and don't bring her back until late- ok?"
Rosette smiled as she followed them out the door, "I have no intention of doing otherwise."
"Good," they laughed finally releasing Rain who glared at them playfully brushing herself off.
"Do I get any say in this at all?"
Rosette, Sai and Chibodee looked at each other and shrugged.
"No," They said simply.
"Oh well just so we're clear," Rain laughed rolling her eyes.
"Later guys," Rosette smirked with a wave of her hand as she sauntered over to the curb.
Domon suddenly exited the building.
"Whoa hold up a sec do you see what I see Sai?" Chibodee exclaimed completely unaware of Domon's presence.
"What?!" Rain and Rosette said looking around. Rosette stood up from where she had been leaning over her motorcycle retrieving a spare helmet for Rain to wear.
"What?" she repeated.
"You're the girl from the other day-" Sai said with a pleasantly surprised tone.
Rain looked over at Rosette who shrugged.
"Of course! I can't believe I didn't realize it sooner!!" Chibodee yelled smacking himself on the forehead a few times for his lack of observatory skills.
"Wait a sec' are you telling me this- THIS is the woman who jumped you with her motorcycle the other day!" Domon said sounding almost outraged, suddenly making his presence known.
Rosette smiled slightly raising her hand a bit, "Guilty," she laughed nervously.
Domon just stared.
"That's awesome!" Chibodee cheered in a 'surfer guy' like tone.
"Sure," Rosette said cocking an eyebrow glancing at Rain who just shrugged.
"Well we better be off," she laughed swinging a leg over her bike as she tossed Rain the spare helmet.
"Where are we going anyway?" Rain asked putting on the helmet and hopping onto the motorcycle.
"That's a surprise-" Rosette said mysteriously
"You don't know do you?" Rain smirked
"Does it matter?"
"No,"
"But Rain?" Domon started to interject.
"Oh relax Domon," Rosette smirked "I'm sure you can take care of yourself till tomorrow-"
"Tomorrow?!" Domon said surprised. "Wait wha-"
"See you later Domon!" Rain called as Rosette revved the engine and they sped off the Down the street, the sound of Rain's excited laughter echoing after it.
"God I love that girl!! Man- she is so aw-w-wesome -eh Domon?" Chibodee cheered.
"Yeah," Domon said with a frown "Awesome," and then he turned on heel and stormed back into the building.
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Author's Post notes: Hmmm . .well that didn't really go as well as I had hoped but it's a start and please, trust me the is much more to come. This is merely the tip of the iceberg-
Evil's Muse, Garlend: "Capt'in ICE BERG straight ahe'd!!"
*Evil looks back an eyebrow cocked at her muse's behavior*
Evil: "Are you aware you're sitting in a inflatable ship, in a bathtub, a large bathtub, but a bathtub all the same, of 'hot' water shouting lines from titanic?"
Garlend: *Looks around* "Yes,"
Evil: "Was that really necessary?"
Garlend: "I don't understand,"
Evil: "Well don't you think it's a little far to go for a short "joke" at the end of a fic?"
Garlend: *????*
Evil: "You're quoting lines from . . .. Ti-tanic-"
Garlend: *Suddenly bursts out* "I'll never let go Jack! I'll--- Oh I see you're point, gross . . .where's the soap . .Have to wash the bad taste out of my mouth . . ."
Evil: "Do you think maybe this might be why my chapter is a bit dry…"
Garlend: "Yeah, probably that-or-"
*Evil pulls drain plug before Garlend can finish and continues typing her author's notes as Garlend clings onto her inflated boat as it spins mercilessly around the bath tub with the current of the draining water. *
Hmmm .. . anyway .
*Garlend is screaming/laughing in the back round*
I just wanted to apologize if this chapter gets a little boring toward the end. . That doesn't usually happen, but I'm having a hard time getting all the information that I need into the story before I can go to the next "big-part," but don't fear I'll get through it. . So please be patient with me it may take a while for an update. . I tend to well . . .. Be a sporadic updater . . .but I soon as it's written it's yours I promise.
And please tell me how you like it so far!!
Please!!! Be kind, and keep in mind that with Evil, things are not always as they seem . . . so things may change. .
But please, opinions, suggestions, questions- anything you would like to see happen?
All would be most appreciated . . . .