A/N: Two of the characters here, Xiaohu and Kojiro, were also in my old Gundam Wing/Zoids fanfic. In my fanfic, Xiaohu is a zoid pilot who pilots a zoid called the Liger Zero Inferno. She loves to fight and never hesitates to when she gets the chance. Kojiro, a childhood friend of Heero's, is the very first friend Heero makes (this IS my fanfic after all). Kojiro, also known as Koji, met Heero back when the guy didn't have a name to be called by so Koji called him Ronin, which is Japanese for a samurai without a master.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.

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Bugged Out

One day in the summer, Relena was working on some important documents as she sat tiredly at her desk. As Vice Foreign Minister, she has to make sure the Earth is at peace and settle any confrontations between nations and colonists. But even though, the girl is still a teenager and teenagers need a break every once in a while.

"I'm soo tired," groaned Relena. "I need a rest."

She looked around the empty apartment she resided in with Sally and Noin. The two women had left to meet with Lady Une so Relena had three beds all to herself. As she gets up from her desk, she suddenly spots a one inch spider on the wall near her.

"EEKK!" Relena cried out in surprise. "A spider!"

She empties her pencil mug and prepares to smash the arachnid.

"I am a human," Relena thought to herself out loud. "You are nothing but a tiny, and very creepy bug."

She places the bottom of the mug over the spider and presses hard. After that, she peeks at the bottom of the mug to find the spider flattened and mutilated.

"Aaaahhh!" Relena shrieked in disgust.

Just then, Heero comes into the room with a worried look on his face.

"What happened?" he demanded.

Relena sees Heero, ran up to boy, and hugged him tightly.

"Oh Heero!" she cried out in feigned fear. "There was a nasty spider, and I squashed it with my mug, and I peeked at it to see if it was dead, and it looked gross, and I thought it moved, and I screamed 'cause it was soo disgusting and gross, and I was scared, and I need a hug!"

Heero didn't respond; he was too busy trying to escape Relena's suffocating embrace.

"I can't breathe!" he uttered arduously.

Hearing this, Relena immediately releases the poor guy.

"Sorry," she apologized sweetly.

Just then, Duo strolls into the room casually. Seeing his best bud with Relena gave him ideas.

"What the hell is going on here?" he demanded, arching an eye at Heero.

As if on cue, the rest of the Gundam pilots enters the room. Duo and Quatre both spots the mutilated spider and squeals.

"Eeeek!" they cried out. "A spider!"

"You two are such sissies," spoke Wufei, looking at the two scaredy-cats. "The thing's already dead and you two are still afraid of it."

"Well sorry for being arachnophobic," Quatre responded upsettingly.

"I bet you're afraid of something," added Duo.

"Humph!" scoffed Wufei, crossing his arms. "Name one thing that I'm probably afraid of."

"Trieze Kushrenada," blurted Duo.

"Trieze is dead," responded Wufei, creasing his eyes. "Why would I be afraid of him?"

"I… don't know," answered Duo with a nervous sweat running down his head.

"Exactly," popped Wufei. "I don't know what you're talking about, but I fear nothing."

At the sound of this remark, Duo starts to steam up.

"I'll find out what you're afraid of!" he declared confidently.

Wufei gave him a look of simple disbelief in response. Angry, Duo rolled up his sleeves and was about to throw a punch at the Chinese pilot when Quatre stopped him.

"C'mon Duo, that's enough," he exclaimed calmly. "Why don't we all go for a swim. It is pretty hot outside."

"You fishes go ahead and swim," Wufei remarked satirically. "I'm headed for the training room."

"You always go there," popped Duo.

"So?" retorted Wufei, waiting for the Deathscythe pilot to provide some sort of argument.

Before Duo could say a word, Relena spoke up.

"What are you all doing here?" she demanded in a ditzy tone. "All I wanted was Heero."

"Well! I never…" began Duo.

"I'm getting out of here," declared Trowa, leaving the room.

"Me too," added Quatre.

With that said and done, all of the Gundam pilots turned and left the room.

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One month later, the Gundam pilots, a girl name Xiaohu and her friends Taeko and Kojiro, were all lounging around in the living room of Quatre's millionaire mansion.

"This is one of the most interesting summers I've ever had," Xiaohu spoke up, stroking her pet iguana, Xiaolong.

"Too bad we couldn't bring Xiaolong and Duo with us to Florida," added Taeko.

"What are you talking about?" demanded Duo. "I went to Florida with you guys."

"I was talking about my gecko, moron," retorted Taeko, motioning to the small blue green lizard lying in his hand.

"Why did you havta name that thing after me?!" exasperated Duo, scrunching his nose up at the reptile.

"Because I wanted to!" replied Taeko, petting the gecko.

"I don't care what you say, I did not scream on Tower of Terror," spoke up Heero after talking to Kojiro.

"Stop lying Ronin," said Kojiro. "Everyone who was on that ride heard you loud and clear."

Xiaohu and Taeko both gave a small bout of laughter as they remembered that incident at Walt Disney World.

"How did you know it was me screaming?" argued Heero. "What if it was someone else who sounded like me?"

"Please, how could we not?" replied Taeko. "You were screaming at Relena to not let go of you."

"I was not," defended Heero. "I was merely asking if she was scared or not."

"No, I specifically heard you telling me not to let go of your hand," affirmed Relena.

"Work with me here!" Heero whispered angrily to Relena.

"Maybe Relena didn't hear Heero clearly," suggested Quatre.

"How can that be?" asked Trowa. "She was sitting right next to him on the ride.

Heero blushed embarrassingly now that he knows he's lost the fight.

"Heh, doesn't look like you'll be able to get out of this one, Ronin," spoke Kojiro with a grin on his face.

"Don't worry, Heero," assured Xiaohu, patting the boy on the back. "Everybody's afraid of something; it's natural."

"Speaking of being afraid, I gotta figure out what Wufei's afraid of," spoke up Duo.

"Damn it Duo," exasperated Taeko. "Would you just lay off the guy already?"

"Hell naw," replied Duo. "He's been making fun of my fears for so long, it's payback time."

"Gosh, Duo," Kojiro sighed annoyingly. "Just leave the guy alone."

"I will not and you can't make me!" blurted Duo.

"But I can!" exclaimed Xiaohu, smacking the boy on the back of his head.

"Ow!" popped Duo, rubbing his head. "What the heck was THAT for?"

"Serves you right, Duo," agreed Taeko. "There's no way anyone can scare Wufei, not even you."

"I'll show you," growled Duo as he pulled a black and hairy rubber spider out of his pocket.

Just then, Wufei walks in. Seeing his chance, Duo made his move.

"Yo, Wufei!" he called out to the pilot. "Catch!"

Duo throws the spider at Wufei, which bounces off of the boy's arm and plops down in front of him. Wufei looked down at the spider, kicked it to the side, and walked away. Duo's eyes were wide open with a mixture of utter surprise and shock on his face.

"What?!" he exclaimed in disbelief. "I can't believe it! He's not even afraid of a huge-ass fuzzy, rubber spider! I used that thing to scare the shit outta Quatre."

"THAT'S the stupid spider?!" shrieked Quatre upsettingly.

"Uh, Duo," spoke up Kojiro. "That was Quatre. This is Wufei you're dealing with."

"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Quatre demanded angrily.

"Shut up, Koji," retorted Duo disappointingly.

"Duo! Duo, where are you?!" Taeko spoke up.

"I'm over here!" sang Duo.

"Gecko!" Taeko sang back.

"Shut up!" Duo sang in return.

"Yeah Duo. Real mature," responded Xiaohu.

"Shut UUUPP," Duo sang at Xiaohu.

Xiaohu sighed in exasperation at the boy's remark. Lying down on her lap, Xiaolong had unknowingly drifted off to sleep during the whole commotion.