Disclaimer: I do not own Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, Relena, gundams,
ect. Though it would be nice if I did. I DO own Juniper, Merlin (though not
the name), Hart, and all the other people who aren't owned by the person
who made up Gundam Wing. You have realized that Juniper is me now, right? :
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Valentine's Day Dance Chapter 4
"Duo, there is no way we can avoid this mission!" Heero yelled at his companion from the depths of their room.
"Heero!" Duo protested. "I finally found a girl that I like, and she likes me! I'm NOT leaving to go on a damn mission that I never agreed to in the first place!"
"Who gives a darn about girls? They shouldn't take priority over destiny!" Heero growled.
"Fighting is not my destiny! I never asked for anybody to give me a gundam!" Duo clenched his fists. "And just because you like guys doesn't mean-"
"NANI?!?!" Heero screamed. "You little baka! KISAMI!" He jumped at Duo.
"Would you guys shut up?" Wufei yelled from the room next door. "I'm trying to study!"
"Since when did you study?" Heero scoffed, in the middle of pounding Duo's face in.
Quatre walked in. "I could hear you yelling from halfway down the hall! Be quiet and peaceful already. Don't be so hard on Duo, Heero." Quatre pulled Heero off of Duo and helped Duo up.
Trowa walked in. "Right. Heero, quit being so determined. I, as well as all the rest of us, know that we need to get this mission done. But Duo doesn't have to get killed in the process, ok?"
Heero snorted and retreated to his desk to do his math homework. ***
"Merlin? I'm home!" Juniper flipped on her dorm lights and dropped her stuff in the corner. "I have something for you from Relena!"
Merlin poked his head in from next door. "Where?!"
Juniper pulled the box out of her backpack and handed it to him. He gasped and his eyes widened. "It's finally time." Merlin stroked his chin. "Relena said I'd tell you, ne?"
Juniper nodded vigorously. "Yes! Please tell me!"
"It's going to take a very long time to tell. Sit down, I know you really want to know this." Merlin sat down in a comfy chair and Juniper followed suit. "It all began a few years ago." He began to tell the whole history of the colony wars and the invention of the gundams. Finally he finished with the defeat of Mariemaia. "And the five gundam pilots destroyed their gundams and returned to their original homes and/or workplaces. Most of the community had their memories modified so that they would forget about the wars."
Juniper, who had been silent the whole time, waited to see if the was finished. "And what does that have to do with me?"
Merlin sighed and reached into his pocket. "A colony very far from here was attacked and they called for help. They do not know who-or what-attacked them." He pulled out a key and stuck it into the box. He turned it and the box opened with a click.
"And I come in.where?" Juniper raised an eyebrow, beginning to get bored.
"The five gundams were actually never destroyed. When the pilots pushed the detonation buttons nothing happened, but somebody set off large smoke bombs, making it appear that they actually HAD been destroyed. But they had only been tossed into space. Later somebody found them and concealed them in a large underground warehouse. That person built a sixth gundam. A gundam in need of a pilot."
"I still don't see where I come in, Oto-san." Juniper tapped her arms impatiently. "Don't get me wrong, this is interesting, but."
"I was the one who saved the gundams. I was the one who built Gundam Panther. and I want YOU to pilot it." Merlin handed her the box. "This is the activation key that Relena was keeping safe for me. It's all yours." He smiled. "But first you must travel into space with the other pilots to get your gundams. Then you will go to the colony and help them defend it from the people who attacked them."
Juniper opened and closed her mouth several times. "That's why you went away for so long! Th-then that means that Okaa-san might not actually be." A tear suddenly rolled down her cheek. "Merl?"
Merlin grinned. "Trestena is still alive, yes. She is at the gundam warehouse. She's been fixing up the gundams and monitoring the colonies."
Juniper burst into tears of happiness. "Okaa-san is still alive! Oh, Oto- san!" She glomped him and hugged him as hard as she could.
Merlin brushed his short brown hair of out of his eyes and pulled Juniper off of him, smiling. "Don't be happy until you see her, ok? She WAS hurt very badly in that building fire, she just wasn't killed."
"When do we leave?" Juniper asked, changing the subject.
"Tomorrow morning." Merlin said, wincing when Juniper's face fell. "I'm sorry you'll have to miss the dance. I heard you have a date."
Juniper reached for the phone. "I'll call Duo."
Merlin suddenly grabbed the phone. "No, go straight to his room, ok? It's on the second story, room 80. Go now." He practically pushed her out the door.
"Ok, ok, sheesh. I've never heard of any father trying to get their daughter to go to a guy's room." Juniper hurried down the hall and up the stairs. People, especially girls, visiting guys during study time were frowned upon. She tip toed down the carpeted hallway and finally reached room 80. As she raised her hand to knock on the door she heard someone speaking.
"Can't we leave AFTER the dance, Heero?" Juniper recognized Duo's voice.
"How many times do I have to tell you NO?!" Heero replied. "End of discussion."
II wonder where they're going./I Juniper knocked. She heard a yelp and a loud crash from within.
"You get it, Trowa!" Duo called. "I think I just broke my leg."
"No, Heero, you get it! It's probably Relena," Trowa called.
"Quatre can get it," Heero stated in his usual emotionless voice. "Either that or Wufei."
"You guys are so lazy," Quatre muttered. He opened the door. "Um. Hi? What do you need?"
Juniper stepped forward a bit. "May I talk to Duo?"
"Juniper?" Duo came to the door and stepped out into the hall. "Is something wrong?" His voice had grown quieter and his eyes were soft around the edges.
Juniper scuffed her food. "In a way, yes. I can't go to the dance on Friday. Come to think of it, I might be gone for a very long time."
"That's great!" Duo beamed. When Juniper's face faltered he realized what he had said. "I-I mean, not that you're going to gone. Oh, I'm so sorry that came out wrong. See the thing is, I have to leave as well! Friday morning. I, um, have to go to space for something. I can't tell you any more than that. Otherwise everybody would kill me."
Juniper's eyes widened. "It's all coming together! Duo, Quatre, Heero, Trowa, and Wufei. Five of you, and you're all leaving tomorrow morning. Duo, you ARE the legendary shinigami after all, aren't you?"
"Whag!" Duo jumped forward and clapped a hand over her mouth. "Shush, somebody could hear you!"
"You are!" Juniper said through his hand.
Duo sighed and pulled her into the room. "But how do you even know about us? Your memories are supposed to be erased of any recollection of the wars.
"My father told me the whole story. And about how he saved your gundams and made a new gundam, too." Juniper looked around the room and all the boys stood up and stood next to each other. Juniper reached under her shirt and pulled out Gundam Panther's key. "Merlin gave the key to Gundam Panther to me."
"You're coming with us to check out that colony that was attacked?" Wufei asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice. "But you're just a mere girl!"
Duo whacked him. "Juniper is really strong. She'll be great with the gundam. Its weapons are a saber, a saber bow with arrows, claw slash, spike tail whip, and the usual Vulcan guns."
Juniper's eyes widened. "You've seen it?"
"No, but Relena told us about it. She said the pilot was perfect for it, and I agree with her entirely." Duo winked and sat down on the couch. (A/N: It's a commons room, not a bedroom, though I might have made it sound like that. Oh well)
"I'll see you guys tomorrow morning, then. I have to go." Juniper walked to the door. "Bye Duo-kun!" She winked and left.
Duo swooned and even Heero started laughing.
Valentine's Day Dance Chapter 4
"Duo, there is no way we can avoid this mission!" Heero yelled at his companion from the depths of their room.
"Heero!" Duo protested. "I finally found a girl that I like, and she likes me! I'm NOT leaving to go on a damn mission that I never agreed to in the first place!"
"Who gives a darn about girls? They shouldn't take priority over destiny!" Heero growled.
"Fighting is not my destiny! I never asked for anybody to give me a gundam!" Duo clenched his fists. "And just because you like guys doesn't mean-"
"NANI?!?!" Heero screamed. "You little baka! KISAMI!" He jumped at Duo.
"Would you guys shut up?" Wufei yelled from the room next door. "I'm trying to study!"
"Since when did you study?" Heero scoffed, in the middle of pounding Duo's face in.
Quatre walked in. "I could hear you yelling from halfway down the hall! Be quiet and peaceful already. Don't be so hard on Duo, Heero." Quatre pulled Heero off of Duo and helped Duo up.
Trowa walked in. "Right. Heero, quit being so determined. I, as well as all the rest of us, know that we need to get this mission done. But Duo doesn't have to get killed in the process, ok?"
Heero snorted and retreated to his desk to do his math homework. ***
"Merlin? I'm home!" Juniper flipped on her dorm lights and dropped her stuff in the corner. "I have something for you from Relena!"
Merlin poked his head in from next door. "Where?!"
Juniper pulled the box out of her backpack and handed it to him. He gasped and his eyes widened. "It's finally time." Merlin stroked his chin. "Relena said I'd tell you, ne?"
Juniper nodded vigorously. "Yes! Please tell me!"
"It's going to take a very long time to tell. Sit down, I know you really want to know this." Merlin sat down in a comfy chair and Juniper followed suit. "It all began a few years ago." He began to tell the whole history of the colony wars and the invention of the gundams. Finally he finished with the defeat of Mariemaia. "And the five gundam pilots destroyed their gundams and returned to their original homes and/or workplaces. Most of the community had their memories modified so that they would forget about the wars."
Juniper, who had been silent the whole time, waited to see if the was finished. "And what does that have to do with me?"
Merlin sighed and reached into his pocket. "A colony very far from here was attacked and they called for help. They do not know who-or what-attacked them." He pulled out a key and stuck it into the box. He turned it and the box opened with a click.
"And I come in.where?" Juniper raised an eyebrow, beginning to get bored.
"The five gundams were actually never destroyed. When the pilots pushed the detonation buttons nothing happened, but somebody set off large smoke bombs, making it appear that they actually HAD been destroyed. But they had only been tossed into space. Later somebody found them and concealed them in a large underground warehouse. That person built a sixth gundam. A gundam in need of a pilot."
"I still don't see where I come in, Oto-san." Juniper tapped her arms impatiently. "Don't get me wrong, this is interesting, but."
"I was the one who saved the gundams. I was the one who built Gundam Panther. and I want YOU to pilot it." Merlin handed her the box. "This is the activation key that Relena was keeping safe for me. It's all yours." He smiled. "But first you must travel into space with the other pilots to get your gundams. Then you will go to the colony and help them defend it from the people who attacked them."
Juniper opened and closed her mouth several times. "That's why you went away for so long! Th-then that means that Okaa-san might not actually be." A tear suddenly rolled down her cheek. "Merl?"
Merlin grinned. "Trestena is still alive, yes. She is at the gundam warehouse. She's been fixing up the gundams and monitoring the colonies."
Juniper burst into tears of happiness. "Okaa-san is still alive! Oh, Oto- san!" She glomped him and hugged him as hard as she could.
Merlin brushed his short brown hair of out of his eyes and pulled Juniper off of him, smiling. "Don't be happy until you see her, ok? She WAS hurt very badly in that building fire, she just wasn't killed."
"When do we leave?" Juniper asked, changing the subject.
"Tomorrow morning." Merlin said, wincing when Juniper's face fell. "I'm sorry you'll have to miss the dance. I heard you have a date."
Juniper reached for the phone. "I'll call Duo."
Merlin suddenly grabbed the phone. "No, go straight to his room, ok? It's on the second story, room 80. Go now." He practically pushed her out the door.
"Ok, ok, sheesh. I've never heard of any father trying to get their daughter to go to a guy's room." Juniper hurried down the hall and up the stairs. People, especially girls, visiting guys during study time were frowned upon. She tip toed down the carpeted hallway and finally reached room 80. As she raised her hand to knock on the door she heard someone speaking.
"Can't we leave AFTER the dance, Heero?" Juniper recognized Duo's voice.
"How many times do I have to tell you NO?!" Heero replied. "End of discussion."
II wonder where they're going./I Juniper knocked. She heard a yelp and a loud crash from within.
"You get it, Trowa!" Duo called. "I think I just broke my leg."
"No, Heero, you get it! It's probably Relena," Trowa called.
"Quatre can get it," Heero stated in his usual emotionless voice. "Either that or Wufei."
"You guys are so lazy," Quatre muttered. He opened the door. "Um. Hi? What do you need?"
Juniper stepped forward a bit. "May I talk to Duo?"
"Juniper?" Duo came to the door and stepped out into the hall. "Is something wrong?" His voice had grown quieter and his eyes were soft around the edges.
Juniper scuffed her food. "In a way, yes. I can't go to the dance on Friday. Come to think of it, I might be gone for a very long time."
"That's great!" Duo beamed. When Juniper's face faltered he realized what he had said. "I-I mean, not that you're going to gone. Oh, I'm so sorry that came out wrong. See the thing is, I have to leave as well! Friday morning. I, um, have to go to space for something. I can't tell you any more than that. Otherwise everybody would kill me."
Juniper's eyes widened. "It's all coming together! Duo, Quatre, Heero, Trowa, and Wufei. Five of you, and you're all leaving tomorrow morning. Duo, you ARE the legendary shinigami after all, aren't you?"
"Whag!" Duo jumped forward and clapped a hand over her mouth. "Shush, somebody could hear you!"
"You are!" Juniper said through his hand.
Duo sighed and pulled her into the room. "But how do you even know about us? Your memories are supposed to be erased of any recollection of the wars.
"My father told me the whole story. And about how he saved your gundams and made a new gundam, too." Juniper looked around the room and all the boys stood up and stood next to each other. Juniper reached under her shirt and pulled out Gundam Panther's key. "Merlin gave the key to Gundam Panther to me."
"You're coming with us to check out that colony that was attacked?" Wufei asked with a hint of disbelief in his voice. "But you're just a mere girl!"
Duo whacked him. "Juniper is really strong. She'll be great with the gundam. Its weapons are a saber, a saber bow with arrows, claw slash, spike tail whip, and the usual Vulcan guns."
Juniper's eyes widened. "You've seen it?"
"No, but Relena told us about it. She said the pilot was perfect for it, and I agree with her entirely." Duo winked and sat down on the couch. (A/N: It's a commons room, not a bedroom, though I might have made it sound like that. Oh well)
"I'll see you guys tomorrow morning, then. I have to go." Juniper walked to the door. "Bye Duo-kun!" She winked and left.
Duo swooned and even Heero started laughing.