Well, chapter 2 has started and I have yet to own any of the following
characters. If I did, I wouldn't have to worry about paying for college!
Thanks go out to all of you who have reviewed. I never realized how much a review could mean to someone until I got some myself. ^_^
And now for some author's notes!
Some characters may appear extremely out of character, or OOC. There is a reason for this!
The other sailors will make an appearance in the story, some sooner then later. Be looking for two in particular to be part of a later plot.
In some upcoming/future chapters there is likely to be mild Relena bashing, as I don't like her character. I apologize to all Relena fans in advance, as her character will likely be tampered with severely for my purposes. However, at this point, I'm not planning on her dying, at least not intentionally. (It could happen in a mobile suit attack or something though…. *_*;)
Now then, on with the story!
"Did…did you say bride?" Heero asked, more then a little shocked.
Lita nodded. "That's what I said. You were expecting me weren't you?"
"Not exactly," he frowned.
"What do you mean not exactly? You are Heero Yuy aren't you?"
"Yes."
There was a pause as the young lady rummaged in her handbag and produced a couple sheets of paper. "And this is your signature on this letter isn't it?" she asked, handing it to him.
"Yes. But I swear I've never seen this letter before in my life," he replied as he skimmed the contents.
"What do you mean you've never seen it? You signed it!" Lita yanked the paper back and stuffed it back into her purse.
"That's my signature, but I don't remember writing that thing or singing it either…." He turned to look at Duo, who as backing away slowly. "Duo…what do you know about all this?"
"Um…would you believe nothing…?"
"Not exactly," Heero said, storming up to Duo and grabbing hold of his braid. "You either tell me now what this is all about, or I let Wufei chop off that braid next time you get into his green tea ice cream."
Poor Duo was left with no choice but to tell the truth. "Well…um…see this is all a big mistake…"
"Mistake?" asked Lita.
"Yeah, see…my buddy Heero here has a social problem so I thought if I got him a girl he'd lighten up a little. So I sorta found your profile and wrote a letter 'from Heero' and slipped it into a stack of mission reports he was signing and he never noticed and signed and then I sneaked it back and mailed it to you…"
"YOU DID WHAT?" Heero was furious. "I do not have a social problem! And what's the big idea about tricking me into signing up for a wife anyway? Not to mention the missions…."
"It was for your own good Heero, honest."
"I knew there was a reason I wanted to retract this acceptance…" he mumbled to himself.
Lita waved. "Um, hate to interrupt you two, but what happens now?"
Heero glared at her. "You go home. What else?"
"Sorry, no can do buster."
"Oh, I see. Parents throw you out for getting married at such an early age?"
"Nani?"
"You heard me," he said stiffly.
She then proceeded to hit him with her handbag. "For your information Mr. Friendly, I wasn't kicked out. Dead people can't kick you out of anything. And I'm old enough."
Heero looked her over briefly, rubbing his cheek where she'd hit him. "You look to be about 18. Probably not even out of high school." He snorted. "How ridiculous."
"Shows how much you know! I'm 16," she grinned triumphantly.
Heero facevaulted, as odd as it may seem. However, this information was just too much for him. "16!?!? You're still a minor!"
Duo blinked. "I swear Heero, I didn't know. The profile said she was 18."
"I lied." She shrugged her shoulders. "It's the minimum age to use the service."
Heero rolled his eyes. "Oh this is just great. Duo, because of your idiocy, we're stuck with a baby here."
"I am not a baby!" Lita was starting to get just slightly annoyed at this point.
"You are!"
"Listen here buster…just because I'm 'only' 16, it doesn't mean I'm any less mature then you are. Don't judge me until you know me, and I mean really know me."
Duo was getting nervous. He hadn't expected Heero to react favorably, but this was starting to get out of hand. He grabbed Heero's arm and drug him aside. "Cool it buddy. We don't need you calling attention to us here."
Heero scowled. "Then tell her to go away!"
"I can't do that. Come on Heero…she's only a couple years younger then us. Besides, she's an orphan like we are. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"No. She isn't like us Duo."
"Well too bad for you. I dragged her into this mess and I think it's only right I make it up to her. I'm sure Quatre can find a place for her in his house. In fact, I know he can."
"Oh, you wouldn't…."
"Watch me." Letting go of Heero's arm, he went back over to Lita.
"Look Lita, I'm really sorry about this. But don't worry because I know somebody who can help."
"Oh boy…" she rolled her eyes. "I hope he's better at helping then you are."
Duo sweatdropped. "Yeah, well…anyway. My buddy Quatre own this mansion that 5 of us guys live in and he just fired the cook. Well, he didn't want to but he was blackmailed by Wufei because Wu-man didn't like the way the cook fixed the rice. Well, I remember that cooking was one of the hobbies listed on your profile. I'm sure Quatre would hire you."
"Well, I guess that would be ok. I mean, I do like to cook. As long as I'm not in the way…" She looked pointedly at Heero.
"Whatever," was the only response.
"Fine, then it's settled." Duo grinned and made arrangements to have her things packed into the car they had come in. After everything was loaded, he came back to get the other two; only to discover that Heero now had a black eye.
"Heero! What happened to you?"
"She happened to me," and he pointed an accusing finger at Lita.
"I wouldn't have done that if you'd kept your comments to yourself."
"Just what did you do?" Duo asked.
"Mr. Friendly here called me an liability and a civilian that had no place here…so I punched him," she answered very matter of factly.
Duo groaned to himself. At least she can handle him…. Sighing inwardly, he herded the miscreants to the car, praying he would live through the drive back to Quatre's.
~~And time passes~~
As Duo pulled into the drive of Quatre's mansion, Lita just sat and stared. "You said mansion…but geez. You shoulda said palace!"
"It's nothing to get excited over," Heero said flatly.
"Well excuse me. It just so happens everything looks big to a person who's lived in an apartment all her life."
"Quit fighting you two!"
"Sorry Duo." Lita smiled apologetically. Even though he had caused the situation in the first place, she realized he was only doing it to help a friend so he had been forgiven.
Upon parking, she helped him unload her things from the car and take them inside where they were met by 3 other men.
A blonde haired, blue eyed young man smiled. "Duo why didn't you tell me you were bringing home company?"
"Um, she's not exactly company. I thought she could fill in for the cook. You know, since you fired the last one…."
"I do housework too, if you need any help with that," she piped up.
"Well, if Duo recommends you then of course the job is yours. My name is Quatre Winner. " He motioned to the taller, brown haired boy with funny bangs. "This is my friend Trowa Barton and the Chinese man next to him is Chang Wufei. I see you already met Heero and Duo."
"Thank you Mr. Winner. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. My name's Lita Kino by the way."
Any responses were cut off by an inquiry from the Chinese boy. "Yuy, what happened to you?"
"It's black eye Wufei. What does it look like?"
"Yes, I can see that is a black eye," he said.
"I gave it to him."
"An onna gave Yuy a black eye?" Wufei laughed. "That's quite amusing."
"What's so funny about it?"
"Women are weak."
"I beg to differ." Lita stomped over to Wufei and grabbed h is shirt collar. "Maybe some 'onnas' as you call them, are weak…" She reached around and pulled out the elastic in his hair and threw it on the floor. Then, her free hand began to glow a faint green and the air begin to feel alive with electricity. So much of this static electricity was forming around Wufei, that not only was his hair now standing on end, but Trowa's bangs were standing straight up as well. "But I'm not your average onna." With that, she released his collar and stepped back, noticing that all eyes were on her. "Was it something I did?"
Thanks go out to all of you who have reviewed. I never realized how much a review could mean to someone until I got some myself. ^_^
And now for some author's notes!
Some characters may appear extremely out of character, or OOC. There is a reason for this!
The other sailors will make an appearance in the story, some sooner then later. Be looking for two in particular to be part of a later plot.
In some upcoming/future chapters there is likely to be mild Relena bashing, as I don't like her character. I apologize to all Relena fans in advance, as her character will likely be tampered with severely for my purposes. However, at this point, I'm not planning on her dying, at least not intentionally. (It could happen in a mobile suit attack or something though…. *_*;)
Now then, on with the story!
"Did…did you say bride?" Heero asked, more then a little shocked.
Lita nodded. "That's what I said. You were expecting me weren't you?"
"Not exactly," he frowned.
"What do you mean not exactly? You are Heero Yuy aren't you?"
"Yes."
There was a pause as the young lady rummaged in her handbag and produced a couple sheets of paper. "And this is your signature on this letter isn't it?" she asked, handing it to him.
"Yes. But I swear I've never seen this letter before in my life," he replied as he skimmed the contents.
"What do you mean you've never seen it? You signed it!" Lita yanked the paper back and stuffed it back into her purse.
"That's my signature, but I don't remember writing that thing or singing it either…." He turned to look at Duo, who as backing away slowly. "Duo…what do you know about all this?"
"Um…would you believe nothing…?"
"Not exactly," Heero said, storming up to Duo and grabbing hold of his braid. "You either tell me now what this is all about, or I let Wufei chop off that braid next time you get into his green tea ice cream."
Poor Duo was left with no choice but to tell the truth. "Well…um…see this is all a big mistake…"
"Mistake?" asked Lita.
"Yeah, see…my buddy Heero here has a social problem so I thought if I got him a girl he'd lighten up a little. So I sorta found your profile and wrote a letter 'from Heero' and slipped it into a stack of mission reports he was signing and he never noticed and signed and then I sneaked it back and mailed it to you…"
"YOU DID WHAT?" Heero was furious. "I do not have a social problem! And what's the big idea about tricking me into signing up for a wife anyway? Not to mention the missions…."
"It was for your own good Heero, honest."
"I knew there was a reason I wanted to retract this acceptance…" he mumbled to himself.
Lita waved. "Um, hate to interrupt you two, but what happens now?"
Heero glared at her. "You go home. What else?"
"Sorry, no can do buster."
"Oh, I see. Parents throw you out for getting married at such an early age?"
"Nani?"
"You heard me," he said stiffly.
She then proceeded to hit him with her handbag. "For your information Mr. Friendly, I wasn't kicked out. Dead people can't kick you out of anything. And I'm old enough."
Heero looked her over briefly, rubbing his cheek where she'd hit him. "You look to be about 18. Probably not even out of high school." He snorted. "How ridiculous."
"Shows how much you know! I'm 16," she grinned triumphantly.
Heero facevaulted, as odd as it may seem. However, this information was just too much for him. "16!?!? You're still a minor!"
Duo blinked. "I swear Heero, I didn't know. The profile said she was 18."
"I lied." She shrugged her shoulders. "It's the minimum age to use the service."
Heero rolled his eyes. "Oh this is just great. Duo, because of your idiocy, we're stuck with a baby here."
"I am not a baby!" Lita was starting to get just slightly annoyed at this point.
"You are!"
"Listen here buster…just because I'm 'only' 16, it doesn't mean I'm any less mature then you are. Don't judge me until you know me, and I mean really know me."
Duo was getting nervous. He hadn't expected Heero to react favorably, but this was starting to get out of hand. He grabbed Heero's arm and drug him aside. "Cool it buddy. We don't need you calling attention to us here."
Heero scowled. "Then tell her to go away!"
"I can't do that. Come on Heero…she's only a couple years younger then us. Besides, she's an orphan like we are. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"No. She isn't like us Duo."
"Well too bad for you. I dragged her into this mess and I think it's only right I make it up to her. I'm sure Quatre can find a place for her in his house. In fact, I know he can."
"Oh, you wouldn't…."
"Watch me." Letting go of Heero's arm, he went back over to Lita.
"Look Lita, I'm really sorry about this. But don't worry because I know somebody who can help."
"Oh boy…" she rolled her eyes. "I hope he's better at helping then you are."
Duo sweatdropped. "Yeah, well…anyway. My buddy Quatre own this mansion that 5 of us guys live in and he just fired the cook. Well, he didn't want to but he was blackmailed by Wufei because Wu-man didn't like the way the cook fixed the rice. Well, I remember that cooking was one of the hobbies listed on your profile. I'm sure Quatre would hire you."
"Well, I guess that would be ok. I mean, I do like to cook. As long as I'm not in the way…" She looked pointedly at Heero.
"Whatever," was the only response.
"Fine, then it's settled." Duo grinned and made arrangements to have her things packed into the car they had come in. After everything was loaded, he came back to get the other two; only to discover that Heero now had a black eye.
"Heero! What happened to you?"
"She happened to me," and he pointed an accusing finger at Lita.
"I wouldn't have done that if you'd kept your comments to yourself."
"Just what did you do?" Duo asked.
"Mr. Friendly here called me an liability and a civilian that had no place here…so I punched him," she answered very matter of factly.
Duo groaned to himself. At least she can handle him…. Sighing inwardly, he herded the miscreants to the car, praying he would live through the drive back to Quatre's.
~~And time passes~~
As Duo pulled into the drive of Quatre's mansion, Lita just sat and stared. "You said mansion…but geez. You shoulda said palace!"
"It's nothing to get excited over," Heero said flatly.
"Well excuse me. It just so happens everything looks big to a person who's lived in an apartment all her life."
"Quit fighting you two!"
"Sorry Duo." Lita smiled apologetically. Even though he had caused the situation in the first place, she realized he was only doing it to help a friend so he had been forgiven.
Upon parking, she helped him unload her things from the car and take them inside where they were met by 3 other men.
A blonde haired, blue eyed young man smiled. "Duo why didn't you tell me you were bringing home company?"
"Um, she's not exactly company. I thought she could fill in for the cook. You know, since you fired the last one…."
"I do housework too, if you need any help with that," she piped up.
"Well, if Duo recommends you then of course the job is yours. My name is Quatre Winner. " He motioned to the taller, brown haired boy with funny bangs. "This is my friend Trowa Barton and the Chinese man next to him is Chang Wufei. I see you already met Heero and Duo."
"Thank you Mr. Winner. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. My name's Lita Kino by the way."
Any responses were cut off by an inquiry from the Chinese boy. "Yuy, what happened to you?"
"It's black eye Wufei. What does it look like?"
"Yes, I can see that is a black eye," he said.
"I gave it to him."
"An onna gave Yuy a black eye?" Wufei laughed. "That's quite amusing."
"What's so funny about it?"
"Women are weak."
"I beg to differ." Lita stomped over to Wufei and grabbed h is shirt collar. "Maybe some 'onnas' as you call them, are weak…" She reached around and pulled out the elastic in his hair and threw it on the floor. Then, her free hand began to glow a faint green and the air begin to feel alive with electricity. So much of this static electricity was forming around Wufei, that not only was his hair now standing on end, but Trowa's bangs were standing straight up as well. "But I'm not your average onna." With that, she released his collar and stepped back, noticing that all eyes were on her. "Was it something I did?"