California or Bust! - Chapter Nineteen: Farewells
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AN: FINAL CHAPTER! Thank you for sticking with me! The epilogue will be after this! ASK ME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN THE REVIEW!! Please.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything. OCs copyright of their real selves. I don't remember who GW is copyright of... XD
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Em woke to the smell of breakfast cooking. Gazing groggily around the room, she noted the other girls still fast asleep, the guys no where in sight. "Oh shit..." she muttered, walking over to Mia and kicking her in the side.
This issued a loud yelp from Mia, waking the other girls in the room. "Shut up!" screeched Em. "They guys will hear!"
"Speaking of the guys..." mumbled Li. "Where are they?"
This is when the other girls noticed the guys were not in the room. "Good question..." Rebi said, gazing around the room quickly.
Em shushed them before motioning for them to follow quietly. The five girls silently snuck to the main floor and peered through the kitchen doorway.
Mia's jaw dropped at what she saw. No arguments, no bloodshed, no burning food? "What the hell happened to our guys?!" she screeched from the doorway, getting the attention of everyone in the room.
"Oh dear..." mumbled Quatre. "Well, I suppose you girls may as well come in... We were going to wake you up in ten minutes anyway," he smiled.
The girls cautiously made their way into the kitchen and Wufei snickered. "It's not a trap you know."
Em glared and Wufei and the other guys pulled out the chairs around the table for the girls. The girls all thanked them and sat down.
"And now! For a very un-burnt meal!" Duo announced, as the other guys and himself set almost every breakfast dish imaginable on the table.
Rebi's eyes sparkled. "Wow... It looks so yummy!" Trowa blushed slightly at her comment.
"Well, dig in! You don't want to offend the chefs, now do you?" prompted Duo.
"You got it!" yelled Mia, beginning to stuff her face with the well-prepared food.
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"So what are we doing this afternoon? We don't have to leave until five..." Quatre mumbled.
"I know!" called Rebi. "We could have a picnic! Out on the grass outside!"
"Great idea!" Li clapped her hands together once. "Let's get going!"
So that's how they spent the rest of their morning, digging through closets for picnic baskets and putting together lunches...
"So where would we be eating?" questioned Kio, searching through the closet for a picnic basket.
"There's a small park near the warehouse where we're keeping the gundams. It's near the shore," replied Heero, avoiding flying objects for mentioning their departure.
"Don't remind me..." mumbled Kio, pulling a wicker picnic basket out of the closet. "Here it is!"
"What do we do now?" asked Heero.
"We wait for the others to finish," replied Kio.
Heero looked around the hallway. "What about the mess?"
Kio shrugged. "Not my problem," she said before leaving the hallway, Heero shrugging and following quickly.
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"Yum..." drooled Duo, attempting to poke the freashly baked cookies.
Mia swatted away his hands. "Don't touch! They're for lunch!"
Duo pouted and Mia sighed. "Fine, you can have TWO after they're cooled," whispered Mia.
"Yay!" danced Duo.
Mia grinned, pulling another sheet of cookies out of the oven. "But don't tell. And if you eat one more than two, I'll have to kill you. We need a lot of them."
Duo nodded. "Yes sir, Mia-babe."
Mia smiled and rolled her eyes, handing Duo two cookies, which he promptly scarfed down.
(AN: That is such a fun word. 'Scarfed'. giggles)
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Rebi coughed as she sorted through the dusty basement.
"What are we looking for?" questioned Trowa, moving another cardboard box.
"A picnic blanket," replied Rebi. "But any old blanket will do."
Trowa nodded before continuing his search of the boxes. After about ten minutes of searching, he pulled out a very large blue blanket. Besides a few holes and grass stains, it was in pretty good shape. "Is this it?" he questioned.
"Yes! Thanks Trowa!" exclaimed Rebi. "Now we only need to fold it, take it upstairs, and we're done!"
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Li and Quatre were just finishing making the rest of the sandwiches.
"We have some leftover lettuce..." mumbled Quatre.
Lisi grinned and put a piece of leftover lettuce on Quatre's head. "There! A beautiful hat!"
Quatre laughed and put a piece of lettuce on Li's head. "Now you have a hat too!"
Li giggled, taking another leaf of lettuce and chewing out a face in it. "A mask!"
Quatre laughed, mimiking Li and the two continued to play with the leftover lettuce.
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Em poured abother packet of juice crystals into the water. Wufei was standing beside her, stirring the pitchers that already had juice crystals in them.
Em threw out the empty packages and turned to Wufei. "Say, if you ever come back, will you teach me how to use a katana?"
Wufei grinned slightly. "Sure, but don't get your hopes up too high," he replied.
"Yay!" Em smiled. "And I'm sure you'll be back! I just have a feeling, so better start preparing those lessons!"
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The gang packed up the lunches, drove out to the park, and ate fairly silently, just enjoying the rest of the quickly fading day.
"K'so!" Mia jumped up. "I forgot something! I'll be back soon!" And before anyone could protest, she was running back towards the house.
"Should I go after her?" asked Duo, looking slightly worried.
"Nah, she'll be fine," replied Kio finishing her second sandwich.
Heero stood up. "Well, I'd better start unloading the gundams. We're leaving on the shore at five," stated Heero, noting that it was already three-thirty.
"Not a minute later," nodded Wufei.
"Or a minute earlier," added Trowa, noticing the saddened look on Rebi's face.
The gang sat talking quietly while waiting for Heero and Mia to return.
Heero returned an hour later at four-thirty. "Mia isn't back yet?" he asked. The reply was many saddened people shaking their heads. Heer sighed stressfully, "Damn. I can only give her half an hour..."
"But..." protested Duo.
Heero shook his head. "Sorry, there's nothing I can do."
Duo sighed. "Can I go look for her NOW?"
Kio shook her head. "By the time you went to the house and back it'd be too late..."
"Dammit..." muttered Duo sadly, looking back towards the house. "Hurry Mia..."
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"WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!" screamed Mia, digging through every nook and cranny in her room. "I just bought it yesterday too! How could I lose it alre - AH HAH! Found it!" she yelled, holding up a small box just as the doorbell rang. "Damn!" Mia yelled, running to answer the door. "I don't have time for this!" she complained, pulling open the front door.
Before she realized it, she was standing in front of Daiken and ten soldiers.
"Oh... shit..." she muttered.
"Excuse me miss, sorry to bother you again, but those gentlemen I mentioned before, have you by any chance seen them?" he asked, the soldiers peering around her and into the house.
"Uh... Nope! Sorry!" Mia said, slamming the door in their face. "K'so!" she grumbled, locking the front foor and quickly running out the back.
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The time was four forty-five. The five gundams were lined up on the sandy shore-side. The whole gang, excluding Mia, were standing in front of them, talking quietly to eachother.
Kio held out a CD case to Heero, her cheeks tinged a light pink. "Here."
Heer took the CD and raised an eyebrow. "What's this?"
Kio blushed. "Just some songs I sang for fun and recorded... Don't you dare let anyone else listen though!" Kio glared.
Heero smiled. "Thank you," he said, planting a feather-light kiss on her cheek. Kio's blush turned an even deeper shade of red.
Rebi cleared her throat to gain Trowa's attention. Trowa looked at her and Rebi held out a gift bag to him. Trowa looked confused, taking the bag and peering inside of it. He laughed deeply and hugged her.
Rebi smiled. "Glad you like it."
Li secretly handed Quatre a large envelope. Quatre looked at it confusedly.
"It's one of the copies of all the pictures that were taken that one day at Universal. Don't show the others until you get back to your time," Li whispered.
Quatre nodded and smiled. "Thank you."
Em grinned, handing Wufei a picture of herself where, for once, she was smiling, willingly.
"What's this?" asked Wufei.
"Turn it over," smiled Em.
Wufei turned over the picture and read the back aloud. "'Don't forget those katana lessons!' It's signed Em."
Em grinned and nodded as Heero checked his watch. "Five more minutes..." he mumbled, frowning.
Everyone became increasingly worried about Mia as they guys began to head towards their gundams.
"WAIT!!!" a familiar voice yelled. The guys stopped and turned around to see Mia running towards them. She stopped in front of Duo so she could catch her breath. "Sorry... Daiken..."
"Daiken was at the house?!" yelled Heero. Mia nodded. "So he was onto us..." Heero muttered.
Mia nodded once again, holding the small box she had rescued from her room out to Duo. "Here..."
Duo took the box and opened it to find a small amethyst keychain in the shape of a heart. "Wow..."
Mia smiled. "So you don't... forget..."
Duo grinned broadly. "I'd never forget you babe."
Heero tapped Duo on the shoulder. "Time to go."
Duo nodded and the other guys finished saying their goodbyes before they each climbed into their gundams.
The girls stepped back and waved their tear-filled goodbyes before the gundams disappeared into the non-existance, leaving the five standing and waving at the sunset.
/THE... END?!/
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AN: Holy, crap. Now I have to do the epilogue, but I've done four chapters today! Okay, so I just typed them up, because I have them all written out, but still! Anyway, I hope you liked it, and if you did, review review review! Have you figured out who I am yet? I'll tell ya in the epilogue.
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AN: FINAL CHAPTER! Thank you for sticking with me! The epilogue will be after this! ASK ME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN THE REVIEW!! Please.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything. OCs copyright of their real selves. I don't remember who GW is copyright of... XD
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Em woke to the smell of breakfast cooking. Gazing groggily around the room, she noted the other girls still fast asleep, the guys no where in sight. "Oh shit..." she muttered, walking over to Mia and kicking her in the side.
This issued a loud yelp from Mia, waking the other girls in the room. "Shut up!" screeched Em. "They guys will hear!"
"Speaking of the guys..." mumbled Li. "Where are they?"
This is when the other girls noticed the guys were not in the room. "Good question..." Rebi said, gazing around the room quickly.
Em shushed them before motioning for them to follow quietly. The five girls silently snuck to the main floor and peered through the kitchen doorway.
Mia's jaw dropped at what she saw. No arguments, no bloodshed, no burning food? "What the hell happened to our guys?!" she screeched from the doorway, getting the attention of everyone in the room.
"Oh dear..." mumbled Quatre. "Well, I suppose you girls may as well come in... We were going to wake you up in ten minutes anyway," he smiled.
The girls cautiously made their way into the kitchen and Wufei snickered. "It's not a trap you know."
Em glared and Wufei and the other guys pulled out the chairs around the table for the girls. The girls all thanked them and sat down.
"And now! For a very un-burnt meal!" Duo announced, as the other guys and himself set almost every breakfast dish imaginable on the table.
Rebi's eyes sparkled. "Wow... It looks so yummy!" Trowa blushed slightly at her comment.
"Well, dig in! You don't want to offend the chefs, now do you?" prompted Duo.
"You got it!" yelled Mia, beginning to stuff her face with the well-prepared food.
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"So what are we doing this afternoon? We don't have to leave until five..." Quatre mumbled.
"I know!" called Rebi. "We could have a picnic! Out on the grass outside!"
"Great idea!" Li clapped her hands together once. "Let's get going!"
So that's how they spent the rest of their morning, digging through closets for picnic baskets and putting together lunches...
"So where would we be eating?" questioned Kio, searching through the closet for a picnic basket.
"There's a small park near the warehouse where we're keeping the gundams. It's near the shore," replied Heero, avoiding flying objects for mentioning their departure.
"Don't remind me..." mumbled Kio, pulling a wicker picnic basket out of the closet. "Here it is!"
"What do we do now?" asked Heero.
"We wait for the others to finish," replied Kio.
Heero looked around the hallway. "What about the mess?"
Kio shrugged. "Not my problem," she said before leaving the hallway, Heero shrugging and following quickly.
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"Yum..." drooled Duo, attempting to poke the freashly baked cookies.
Mia swatted away his hands. "Don't touch! They're for lunch!"
Duo pouted and Mia sighed. "Fine, you can have TWO after they're cooled," whispered Mia.
"Yay!" danced Duo.
Mia grinned, pulling another sheet of cookies out of the oven. "But don't tell. And if you eat one more than two, I'll have to kill you. We need a lot of them."
Duo nodded. "Yes sir, Mia-babe."
Mia smiled and rolled her eyes, handing Duo two cookies, which he promptly scarfed down.
(AN: That is such a fun word. 'Scarfed'. giggles)
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Rebi coughed as she sorted through the dusty basement.
"What are we looking for?" questioned Trowa, moving another cardboard box.
"A picnic blanket," replied Rebi. "But any old blanket will do."
Trowa nodded before continuing his search of the boxes. After about ten minutes of searching, he pulled out a very large blue blanket. Besides a few holes and grass stains, it was in pretty good shape. "Is this it?" he questioned.
"Yes! Thanks Trowa!" exclaimed Rebi. "Now we only need to fold it, take it upstairs, and we're done!"
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Li and Quatre were just finishing making the rest of the sandwiches.
"We have some leftover lettuce..." mumbled Quatre.
Lisi grinned and put a piece of leftover lettuce on Quatre's head. "There! A beautiful hat!"
Quatre laughed and put a piece of lettuce on Li's head. "Now you have a hat too!"
Li giggled, taking another leaf of lettuce and chewing out a face in it. "A mask!"
Quatre laughed, mimiking Li and the two continued to play with the leftover lettuce.
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Em poured abother packet of juice crystals into the water. Wufei was standing beside her, stirring the pitchers that already had juice crystals in them.
Em threw out the empty packages and turned to Wufei. "Say, if you ever come back, will you teach me how to use a katana?"
Wufei grinned slightly. "Sure, but don't get your hopes up too high," he replied.
"Yay!" Em smiled. "And I'm sure you'll be back! I just have a feeling, so better start preparing those lessons!"
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The gang packed up the lunches, drove out to the park, and ate fairly silently, just enjoying the rest of the quickly fading day.
"K'so!" Mia jumped up. "I forgot something! I'll be back soon!" And before anyone could protest, she was running back towards the house.
"Should I go after her?" asked Duo, looking slightly worried.
"Nah, she'll be fine," replied Kio finishing her second sandwich.
Heero stood up. "Well, I'd better start unloading the gundams. We're leaving on the shore at five," stated Heero, noting that it was already three-thirty.
"Not a minute later," nodded Wufei.
"Or a minute earlier," added Trowa, noticing the saddened look on Rebi's face.
The gang sat talking quietly while waiting for Heero and Mia to return.
Heero returned an hour later at four-thirty. "Mia isn't back yet?" he asked. The reply was many saddened people shaking their heads. Heer sighed stressfully, "Damn. I can only give her half an hour..."
"But..." protested Duo.
Heero shook his head. "Sorry, there's nothing I can do."
Duo sighed. "Can I go look for her NOW?"
Kio shook her head. "By the time you went to the house and back it'd be too late..."
"Dammit..." muttered Duo sadly, looking back towards the house. "Hurry Mia..."
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"WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!" screamed Mia, digging through every nook and cranny in her room. "I just bought it yesterday too! How could I lose it alre - AH HAH! Found it!" she yelled, holding up a small box just as the doorbell rang. "Damn!" Mia yelled, running to answer the door. "I don't have time for this!" she complained, pulling open the front door.
Before she realized it, she was standing in front of Daiken and ten soldiers.
"Oh... shit..." she muttered.
"Excuse me miss, sorry to bother you again, but those gentlemen I mentioned before, have you by any chance seen them?" he asked, the soldiers peering around her and into the house.
"Uh... Nope! Sorry!" Mia said, slamming the door in their face. "K'so!" she grumbled, locking the front foor and quickly running out the back.
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The time was four forty-five. The five gundams were lined up on the sandy shore-side. The whole gang, excluding Mia, were standing in front of them, talking quietly to eachother.
Kio held out a CD case to Heero, her cheeks tinged a light pink. "Here."
Heer took the CD and raised an eyebrow. "What's this?"
Kio blushed. "Just some songs I sang for fun and recorded... Don't you dare let anyone else listen though!" Kio glared.
Heero smiled. "Thank you," he said, planting a feather-light kiss on her cheek. Kio's blush turned an even deeper shade of red.
Rebi cleared her throat to gain Trowa's attention. Trowa looked at her and Rebi held out a gift bag to him. Trowa looked confused, taking the bag and peering inside of it. He laughed deeply and hugged her.
Rebi smiled. "Glad you like it."
Li secretly handed Quatre a large envelope. Quatre looked at it confusedly.
"It's one of the copies of all the pictures that were taken that one day at Universal. Don't show the others until you get back to your time," Li whispered.
Quatre nodded and smiled. "Thank you."
Em grinned, handing Wufei a picture of herself where, for once, she was smiling, willingly.
"What's this?" asked Wufei.
"Turn it over," smiled Em.
Wufei turned over the picture and read the back aloud. "'Don't forget those katana lessons!' It's signed Em."
Em grinned and nodded as Heero checked his watch. "Five more minutes..." he mumbled, frowning.
Everyone became increasingly worried about Mia as they guys began to head towards their gundams.
"WAIT!!!" a familiar voice yelled. The guys stopped and turned around to see Mia running towards them. She stopped in front of Duo so she could catch her breath. "Sorry... Daiken..."
"Daiken was at the house?!" yelled Heero. Mia nodded. "So he was onto us..." Heero muttered.
Mia nodded once again, holding the small box she had rescued from her room out to Duo. "Here..."
Duo took the box and opened it to find a small amethyst keychain in the shape of a heart. "Wow..."
Mia smiled. "So you don't... forget..."
Duo grinned broadly. "I'd never forget you babe."
Heero tapped Duo on the shoulder. "Time to go."
Duo nodded and the other guys finished saying their goodbyes before they each climbed into their gundams.
The girls stepped back and waved their tear-filled goodbyes before the gundams disappeared into the non-existance, leaving the five standing and waving at the sunset.
/THE... END?!/
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AN: Holy, crap. Now I have to do the epilogue, but I've done four chapters today! Okay, so I just typed them up, because I have them all written out, but still! Anyway, I hope you liked it, and if you did, review review review! Have you figured out who I am yet? I'll tell ya in the epilogue.