Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, Zoids, Zoids/Zero, or any of their characters.

Wasabi equals What's Up, D?

One evening at the hangar, Taeko was busily working on and maintaining the Gundams and Zoids in there with some help from Kojiro. Just then, Xiaohu strolls in with a tray of chips and dips.

"Hey you guys," she greeted friendly. "I brought a little something for you two. Take a break and have a snack."

"Thanks Xiaohu," Taeko greeted back. "Koji and I were working all day. It's nice to have a break once in a while."

Kojiro hops down from a Zaber Fang and walks over to the table where Xiaohu had placed the tray of goodies.

"It's no biggie," responded Xiaohu. "Hey, Taeko."

"Yeah?" responded the boy.

"You didn't have to maintain Inferno for me, you know?" she told him. "I usually take care of that on a daily basis."

"That's allright Xiaohu," assured Taeko. "It's become a habit of mine to maintain everything I see in this hangar."

Suddenly, the hangar opened up and Wing Gundam Zero walked in. It parked into a stall and Heero came out of the cockpit. He sees Xiaohu, Taeko, and Kojiro and walks towards them.

"Hi Heero," greeted Taeko. "How's Zero working?"

"Pretty good," answerd Heero. "Even better than before. Thanks for taking care of my Gundam."

"Just doin' my job," smiled Taeko.

As if things couldn't get worse, Duo strolls in with his usual smile on his face.

"What are you guys doing in here?" he asked them.

"We're talking," responded Taeko scornfully, still remembering the incident with the crushed Shield Liger. "The real question is: what are you doing here?"

"Do you have to question everything I do?" wondered Duo.

"If I want to keep my Zoids in one piece, yeah," replied Taeko.

"He's got you there, Duo," snickered Kojiro.

Ignoring the conversation at hand, Heero nonchalantly dips a chip into one of the dips and eats it. Duo turned to the pilot and spoke to him.

"Heero, you didn't even say hi to me," he said with a tone of artificial disappointment.

Heero suddenly chokes on the dip at the sound of that statement.

"Oh, I see how it is," exclaimed Duo.

"Wasabi!" Heero choked in a low tone.

"Heero, are you okay?" Taeko inquired with much concern.

"Wasabi!" choked Heero, again in a low tone.

"What?" asked Duo, cupping a hand over his ear to hear Heero better.

"Wasabi!" choked Heero, still in a low tone.

"Did you say 'What's up, D'?" asked Duo, confused.

"Wasabi!" choked Heero,still in a low tone.

Duo instantly jumps up and down with joy.

"Heero said what's up, D! Heero said what's up, D!" he squealed happily. "Oh man, Heero. You're American now! This makes me soo happy!"

Duo pretends to wipe a tear from his eye to express his fake sense of happiness.

"Wasabi!" choked Heero, staggaring and turning blue.

"Heero's choking!" exclaimed Taeko in alarm.

Xiaohu quickly comes up behind Heero and performs the Heimlich maneuver. After a few thrusts, Heero coughs up the chip and dip onto Duo.

"AAWWW! GRRROOOSSSSSSSSS!" Duo groaned loudly.

"Thanks, Xiaohu," coughed Heero, clearing his esophagus.

"No prob," replied the girl. "I was getting restless from my morning workout and needed to exert the energy."

Meanwhile, Duo had scrunched up his face in total disgust.

"This is just plain nasty!" he cried out. "And it's all over my shirt too!"

Heero, Xiaohu, Taeko, and Kojiro simply laughed out loud at Duo's predicament.