Disclaimer: *Lawyers corner Leiko* Lawyers: C'mon, out with it! Leiko: Ok,
ok. You got me. I don't own Harry Potter. *Lawyers all leave* *Leiko
smirks*
CrimsonSash: Uh. Leiko, nothing personal, but isn't this a-
*Leiko covers her mouth and looks around nervously*
Leiko: What they don't know won't hurt them.
Kashaku Hitomi: I gotta try that sometime!
Leiko: Well, I'm going to start the fic while I frame my friends and they get sued instead of me, bye!
CrimsonSash & Kashaku Hitomi: HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!!!
Leiko: Oh, and before I forget, thanks for the review Kali Desarai for once, someone I don't know reviewed me first! ^-^ But now I have to run!!!
*Leiko runs off with CS and KH hot on her trail*
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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!
A perfectly manicured hand reached out from under a mound of blankets. The delicate hand kept reaching until it was right above her alarm clock. BAM!!!
As little mechanical pieces rolled across the floor a girl rose gracefully from her blanket cocoon. SLAM!!! She fell to the floor, groaning slightly, she pulled herself up from the floor. She then shoved the covers off herself, revealing the petite frame of Yumi Kasamura.
Yumi stretched, only to fall back to the floor, gripping her abdomen in pain. After sitting in a fetal position for a few seconds, she moved one hand off her side to look at it in grim acceptance.
Rising carefully off the ground Yumi slowly made her way over to her bathroom. As she re-dressed her wound, she remembered the events that had led to the gash.
*Flashback.*
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Anytime now.
*The night before*
'YES' Yumi thought to herself, 'my annoying sister has FINALLY finished shopping!!!' Doing a little victory dance in her head, she began to head for the stairs that led to her room.
"Oh Yumi dear, there's someone here I want you to meet." Came her father's voice from inside the living room. Twitching under her veil, Yumi made sure her kimono was perfect before walking in to meet her parent's newest "friends".
Upon entering the grand room, her gaze first fell on an extremely handsome boy who appeared to be only a year or so older than herself. He was just shy of 6 feet, and was fairly lean, but he obviously worked out. His black hair was spiked up with streaks of blood red running through it; his eyes were the same color as his streaks and-wait a minute. blood red eyes? Aggravating smirk? Cold expression?
'Teiljo Naraku.' Yumi's eyes flashed and her usually beautiful face was twisted into an ugly scowl. Yumi had had the. "Pleasure" and she used that term with the utmost amount of sarcasm possible, to meet him a year ago at the library. She had been wearing her disguise, and he had proven himself to be a first rate. well. she chose not to use that language even if it was him she was talking about.
"Yumi, I want you to meet Teiljo Naraku. We were just discussing your marriage." Her mother told her in a voice that said, "You will make a good impression, and this had better work."
"M-marriage!?! T-to HIM!?!" Yumi managed to choke out after getting over her initial shock.
"Yes dear, Teiljo has so kindly offered to marry you." Her father informed her proudly. "So, do you accept?" While his tone was seemingly polite and assuring, the look in his eyes was not.
"Well father. I." Yumi bit her lip, trying desperately to find a way out of this. Then, it hit her, "While the offer is very generous, I shall have to decline for now. I'm only 15 and I think it best if I wait and see what my other options are before I agree to this union." She grinned slightly from under the veil. 'I think I handled that pretty well.'
Then Yumi saw her family's faces. They were furious with her. Her eyes widened. 'I have to get out of here fast!' "I appreciate your time, but it has been a long day and I need get my beauty sleep." With her excuse made, Yumi walked gracefully out of the room, before breaking into a run as soon as she was out of sight.
Yumi was almost up the stairs when her kimono was grabbed roughly from behind. The sudden weight on her back caused her to lose her balance and she ended up tumbling back down.
Ugh... Yumi thought, making sure she didn't give whoever did that the satisfaction of hearing her groan. She pushed herself off the ground and stood to face her attacker. It was her sister. Then she heard the door open and close, signifying that their guests had left, and her family was free to torment her.
She was pulled out of her thoughts by her sister's hate filled voice. "Do you really think that you can do better than Teiljo? Don't make me laugh, I mean, why would they be interested in. YOU!?!" Her sister laughed coldly as she continued up the stairs.
Ignoring the taunt, she tried to continue going to her room, only to be pulled back once again. This time, she was pulled back even harder, and was sent flying into a table. "AH!" She let out a small scream as she landed hard on top of a vase that happened to be sitting on the table. Her eyes filled with tears as she bit back more cries of pain.
By the time she had controlled her tears, her brother had long since left, as well as her so called parents, they had witnessed the whole scene, and had not so much as glanced at her. 'Damn them. Damn them all.' She thought bitterly. Getting up off the ground, she hobbled up to her room.
Upon entering, she locked her doors and her windows. She then pulled the delicate, now bloodstained silk kimono off. Biting her lip slightly, she forced herself to view her wound. Yumi winced. it was much worse than she had thought. There was a semi deep gash going from her belly button to her side, marked by a large piece of the priceless vase she had landed on. 'This is going to be a loooooong night.'
Yumi spent the rest of the evening cleaning her wounds and bandaging the gash.
*End flashback*
'Done.I hope it doesn't bleed through my disguise.' With that thought in mind, Yumi grabbed the baggiest clothes she could find, and put them on. She ended up wearing semi baggy blue jeans, and a long sleeved red shirt that wouldn't show blood easily, over which she wore a semi tight black shirt with the words, "Can you read this?" In red printed on the front, and "Good, that means you're in punching distance." On the back.
Yumi sighed deeply as she realized that the outfit wouldn't really work with her "alter ego" 'Oh well. I guess Ms. Sakamura is just going to have a sick day, and I'm going to grace the class with my presence.'
Ignoring the nagging feeling that she was forgetting something, Yumi went out to the limo and slid into the backseat. "School." She said simply, grabbing up the backpack that had been brought out to the car. After digging around for a few minutes, she found what she was looking for. Her MP5K Player. Plugging in the earphones, she drown out the rest of the world with a loud rock song called. Well, she couldn't remember it right now, but it was one of her favorites.
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Yumi just remembered what she had forgotten. HER VEIL!!! 'CRAP! Now we're only a few minutes away from school!!!' It was amazing. She had gone from irritated to full out panicking in only, oh; I'd say about 2 minutes.
Yumi took a few calming breaths. Although to most it would sound like she was hyperventilating. After she had calmed down a bit, she pulled her hair up into a tight bun. Then she began searching for something that she could fashion into a veil. 'AHA!!!' Her sister had left a sheer scarf in the car. She scooped up the scarf and proceeded to rip it up into the proper shape.
"Ms. Kasamura, we have arrived." Yumi grinned gleefully as she put the half faced veil on. The red "veil" covered the bottom half of her face, leaving her eyes in the open. While the veil was a little bit too sheer for her tastes, it would do.
Stepping out of her limo, the first thing she noticed was that all five of the legendary Gundams, were on her school lawn facing off against an army of mobile dolls. The screech of tires brought her out of her confusion. Her limo had just pulled away going at breakneck speeds.
Her eyebrow began twitching. 'Idiot.' Deciding to deal with the driver's act of cowardice later, Yumi calmly began walking towards the school building, ignoring the battle raging on around her. She was stopped in her tracks by a few mobile suits purposefully blocking her path.
"Yumi Kasamura, you will surrender now, and come with us." The suit in front ordered her.
Yumi stared at the group in front of her before falling over laughing. Shaking her head, she stood up and controlled herself. "Alright, since you obviously aren't the smartest people around, I'll say this nice and slow for you. And you tell me if I'm going too fast and need to repeat myself. No. Did you all understand that?"
Overhearing what she said, all the Gundam pilots groaned. (Some only did so mentally *CoughHeero&TrowaCough*) Now they had to go and save her butt. And sit there and protect her. DAMNIT!!!
Yumi rolled her eyes as the mobile suits in front of her began to advance. Changing her course, she pulled her beeper out of her pocket and gave the coordinates to her Gundam. She then proceeded to do acrobatic flips and spins to avoid the attacks. '10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.' She counted down the time until her Gundam would reach her. Any second now.
POW! One second she was in the middle of a flip, the next she was hanging from a net, some good 300 feet up in the air. 'I hate hights. which if you think about it is pretty sad. Seeing as how I pilot a Gundam that puts my high up in the air and can fly. I really gotta rethink this.'
She was brought back to the real world by maniacal laughter. "You Gundam pilots had better give up, or I'm going to kill the princess causing a Huge war!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"
All the pilots that showed emotion sweatdropped. What a nut case.
Yumi reached a hand into her shoes to pull out a dagger. But there wasn't anything there. 'AWW MAN!!! WHY DID I HAVE TO FORGET TODAY!?!?!?' Her face set in a frown, she began sawing at the metal cords with her nail file. When that didn't work (not that she thought it would) She stood up on shaky feet and reached up to grab the top.
Reaching her hand through one of the openings, she managed to get her hands on the knot that attatched the metal net to the chain weapon the Gundam had. Working as quickly as she could, Yumi untied the knot that kept her airborn. BIG mistake. With a slight creak, the net, freed from the rope, began to plummet towards the ground, taking her with it. 'BAD IDEA BAD IDEA BAD IDEA!!!!' She now chanted in her head, using all of her restraint not to scream.
Suddenly the fall stopped. Yumi carefully opened one Garnet red eye, which was soon followed by the other. Carefully she looked up to see what had stopped her rapid descent. Her metal prison was now hanging precariously from Shenlong's Thermal Staff, which, unbelievably lucky for her, was turned off. 'Wha? But Wufei wasn't using this weapon.' Then the reality hit her. Wufei had purposefully gotten out the staff to save her. WAIT, THAT MEANT HE HAD JUST SAVED HER!!! To most, this wouldn't have been a problem, but it was a HUGE problem to Yumi. And before you think it. Although it's probably a little late. It had nothing to do with her feminist ways.
Then to top off her already "perfect" escape, her veil fell of and fluttered down to earth.
A cold voice brought her out of her state of shock. "Are you going to stay there all day, or are you going to take my hand?"
Her eyes snapped up to the owner of the voice. Standing there, perfectly balanced with his hand outstretched to her, was none other that Wufei. She gaped at him. He-he had seen her without a veil!!! "Do you have ANY idea about what you have done!?!" She hissed at him with narrowed eyes.
"I just saved a pathetic Onna's life, that about sums it up." Wufei replied, obviously pissed by how she reacted to being saved. "Now just shut up and take my hand, if you want to fill me in on what a grave error I made rescuing you, then do it when you're not precariously balancing 250 feet up in the air."
"Fine." She replied, still miffed about whatever was bothering her. She then carefully removed one of her hands from it's death grip on the metal net. Making sure not to shift her weight in any way, she slowly extended her hand up to meet his. Sadly, even when Wufei laid down on the staff and held his arm out as far as it would go, he still couldn't reach her.
Wufei rolled his eyes at the new devolopment. He then let out an aggravated sigh. "Hold on to the net." He ordered, not bothering to explain why. Grabbing the net, he began pulling it up.
When she was close enough for him to reach, he seized her wrist and swung her up onto the weapon he was currently standing on. Just as Yumi had gained her footing, the entire Gundam shook violently. The enemy must have FINALLY noticed what was going on, Kami they were slow!
Unluckily for Wufei and Yumi, the shake had had it's desired effect. Wufei was now hanging from the staff, having using both his arms to support not only his weight, but hers as well. Yumi on the other hand was in a slightly more. awkward position. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his torso, and her face was buried in his well built chest.
"Damn Onna. if you hadn't have been so weak I wouldn't be in this position right now." Wufei muttered under his breath. Which was actually pretty funny seeing as how Yumi said the same thing about him at exactly the same moment. Then they both glared at each other, which was, once again, pretty damn funny considering their position.
Yumi slowly, but surely took one arm from around Wufei, and wound it around his neck, then she did the same with her other arm. Then she cautiously wrapped her legs around his torso, completely aware of how compromising a situation this was becoming.
"What the hell are you doing!?!" Wufei growled. Apparently he had noticed it as well.
Since she didn't feel like explaining. That and she didn't trust herself to talk; she decided to ignore the question for now. Moving her arms from around his neck, she placed them on his shoulders and pushed herself up until she could reach the staff. By the time she reached it, Wufei was turning slightly pink, and had turned his head to the side so that he wouldn't dishonor Yumi by looking where he shouldn't. After all, it's not like he was Duo or something.
Wufei was greatly relieved when he felt her weight leave him, it's not that she was heavy, on the contrary, she was quite light, he just felt uncomfortable having her pressed against him. Letting out an inaudible sigh of relief, Wufei flipped up onto the staff. Yumi soon followed him. Although she didn't quite 'stick' the landing, and Wufei ended up wrapping his arms around her to keep her balanced.
Deciding it would be quicker; he picked Yumi up bridal style and ran down the length of the staff. Opening the cockpit, Wufei settled back into the seat with Yumi in his lap. He then notified his team members that they could move from their defensive positions and they speedily dispatched the mobile dolls.
During the fight, Yumi was preoccupied by a whirl of thoughts. Her thoughts turned to the boy she was currently seated upon. 'Does he know what he did by rescuing me? Doesn't he know the protocal for this Colony?' Then a question struck her, 'Where is my Gundam!?! It should have been here by now. unless.' Her face paled to an almost ghostly shade as she contemplated the consequences.
Just then, her phone started ringing. Pulling it out of her pocket, she stared at the little cell phone in mortification. That is until Wufei got fed up by the ringing and snatched it out of her grip.
"Hello?" He asked, his voice reflecting his agitation.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I must have gotten the wrong number." Wufei rolled his eyes. The guy had probably gotten the right number, he just wasn't expecting a male to answer it.
"Who was it?" Yumi asked him fearfully.
"Do you know any men with whiny voices that when you hear you are reminded of a weasel some how?" He asked dryly, wisely deciding not to comment on her fear.
Before she could reply, the phone rang again. "Hello?" Wufei answered the phone yet again, although this time his voice was rather deadpan.
"I don't believe that I could make the same mistake twice. Is Yumi Kasamura there?" Came the oily voice of Teiljo Naraku, who barely kept the rage out of his voice. for the most part anyway.
Wufei twitched at this man's arrogance. He then decided to be an annoying bastard to the guy. "What's it to you?"
Hearing Wufei's answer, Yumi had to smother a giggle. Here they were, in a Gundam, fighting a huge battle right above their school, locked in combat, and Wufei was talking on a cell phone mocking Teiljo.
"It doesn't concern you. Put her on the line immediately!" Teiljo demanded.
"hm." Wufei said, pretending to think about it. "No." This time Yumi couldn't help it, she burst out laughing.
Apparently Teiljo had had enough of the mockery, "Please give the phone to MY fiancée." He said in an odd mixture of contempt, smugness and pride.
Not missing a beat, Wufei replied in a mocking voice. "Well, seeing her making gagging motions, I think that she doesn't agree with you there." And it was true, when Yumi heard what he said, she began holding her throat and pretending to choke. Yumi's eyes then widened even more when she finally comprehended what he had just said.
"What are you doing!?!" She hissed angrily at him. She then snatched back the phone and hung it up before he could cause any more damage.
"Ok, listen up bishounen." She paused there, and gave him a look that said "You interrupt me for anything, and I going to personally drive you to an early grave." Before continuing on. "Alright. Here's why I was so upset with you when you saved me. You have seen me with my veil off. And before you ask, it IS traditional that the only one allowed to see a lady's face is her husband. or her fiancée. And if my family finds out. either I marry you. or I will be considered a whore by my family."
"Are you kidding? What about your sister?" He asked, remembering that she didn't wear a veil either.
Yumi snorted. "My family? Hate little miss popularity!?! Please. To them she's perfect. she doesn't talk back, she'll do anything our parents say, and best of all, she's never had an original thought in her life."
Wufei's eyes widened as he heard his choices.
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Kashaku Hitomi: WHAT'LL HE DO!?!
Leiko: What're you asking me for? There IS a reason for where I stopped ya know!!!
Yumi: Read and review. And if ANY of you think Wufei should just let me suffer. I'M GOING TO GET YOU!!!!!!!!
CrimsonSash: Whoa. Calm down already, it's MY job to be the violent one, thank you very much!
Yumi: Fine! If anyone thinks Wufei shouldn't marry me. Kin-chan will beat you up.
CrimsonSash: Thank you.
CrimsonSash: Uh. Leiko, nothing personal, but isn't this a-
*Leiko covers her mouth and looks around nervously*
Leiko: What they don't know won't hurt them.
Kashaku Hitomi: I gotta try that sometime!
Leiko: Well, I'm going to start the fic while I frame my friends and they get sued instead of me, bye!
CrimsonSash & Kashaku Hitomi: HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!!!
Leiko: Oh, and before I forget, thanks for the review Kali Desarai for once, someone I don't know reviewed me first! ^-^ But now I have to run!!!
*Leiko runs off with CS and KH hot on her trail*
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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!
A perfectly manicured hand reached out from under a mound of blankets. The delicate hand kept reaching until it was right above her alarm clock. BAM!!!
As little mechanical pieces rolled across the floor a girl rose gracefully from her blanket cocoon. SLAM!!! She fell to the floor, groaning slightly, she pulled herself up from the floor. She then shoved the covers off herself, revealing the petite frame of Yumi Kasamura.
Yumi stretched, only to fall back to the floor, gripping her abdomen in pain. After sitting in a fetal position for a few seconds, she moved one hand off her side to look at it in grim acceptance.
Rising carefully off the ground Yumi slowly made her way over to her bathroom. As she re-dressed her wound, she remembered the events that had led to the gash.
*Flashback.*
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Anytime now.
*The night before*
'YES' Yumi thought to herself, 'my annoying sister has FINALLY finished shopping!!!' Doing a little victory dance in her head, she began to head for the stairs that led to her room.
"Oh Yumi dear, there's someone here I want you to meet." Came her father's voice from inside the living room. Twitching under her veil, Yumi made sure her kimono was perfect before walking in to meet her parent's newest "friends".
Upon entering the grand room, her gaze first fell on an extremely handsome boy who appeared to be only a year or so older than herself. He was just shy of 6 feet, and was fairly lean, but he obviously worked out. His black hair was spiked up with streaks of blood red running through it; his eyes were the same color as his streaks and-wait a minute. blood red eyes? Aggravating smirk? Cold expression?
'Teiljo Naraku.' Yumi's eyes flashed and her usually beautiful face was twisted into an ugly scowl. Yumi had had the. "Pleasure" and she used that term with the utmost amount of sarcasm possible, to meet him a year ago at the library. She had been wearing her disguise, and he had proven himself to be a first rate. well. she chose not to use that language even if it was him she was talking about.
"Yumi, I want you to meet Teiljo Naraku. We were just discussing your marriage." Her mother told her in a voice that said, "You will make a good impression, and this had better work."
"M-marriage!?! T-to HIM!?!" Yumi managed to choke out after getting over her initial shock.
"Yes dear, Teiljo has so kindly offered to marry you." Her father informed her proudly. "So, do you accept?" While his tone was seemingly polite and assuring, the look in his eyes was not.
"Well father. I." Yumi bit her lip, trying desperately to find a way out of this. Then, it hit her, "While the offer is very generous, I shall have to decline for now. I'm only 15 and I think it best if I wait and see what my other options are before I agree to this union." She grinned slightly from under the veil. 'I think I handled that pretty well.'
Then Yumi saw her family's faces. They were furious with her. Her eyes widened. 'I have to get out of here fast!' "I appreciate your time, but it has been a long day and I need get my beauty sleep." With her excuse made, Yumi walked gracefully out of the room, before breaking into a run as soon as she was out of sight.
Yumi was almost up the stairs when her kimono was grabbed roughly from behind. The sudden weight on her back caused her to lose her balance and she ended up tumbling back down.
Ugh... Yumi thought, making sure she didn't give whoever did that the satisfaction of hearing her groan. She pushed herself off the ground and stood to face her attacker. It was her sister. Then she heard the door open and close, signifying that their guests had left, and her family was free to torment her.
She was pulled out of her thoughts by her sister's hate filled voice. "Do you really think that you can do better than Teiljo? Don't make me laugh, I mean, why would they be interested in. YOU!?!" Her sister laughed coldly as she continued up the stairs.
Ignoring the taunt, she tried to continue going to her room, only to be pulled back once again. This time, she was pulled back even harder, and was sent flying into a table. "AH!" She let out a small scream as she landed hard on top of a vase that happened to be sitting on the table. Her eyes filled with tears as she bit back more cries of pain.
By the time she had controlled her tears, her brother had long since left, as well as her so called parents, they had witnessed the whole scene, and had not so much as glanced at her. 'Damn them. Damn them all.' She thought bitterly. Getting up off the ground, she hobbled up to her room.
Upon entering, she locked her doors and her windows. She then pulled the delicate, now bloodstained silk kimono off. Biting her lip slightly, she forced herself to view her wound. Yumi winced. it was much worse than she had thought. There was a semi deep gash going from her belly button to her side, marked by a large piece of the priceless vase she had landed on. 'This is going to be a loooooong night.'
Yumi spent the rest of the evening cleaning her wounds and bandaging the gash.
*End flashback*
'Done.I hope it doesn't bleed through my disguise.' With that thought in mind, Yumi grabbed the baggiest clothes she could find, and put them on. She ended up wearing semi baggy blue jeans, and a long sleeved red shirt that wouldn't show blood easily, over which she wore a semi tight black shirt with the words, "Can you read this?" In red printed on the front, and "Good, that means you're in punching distance." On the back.
Yumi sighed deeply as she realized that the outfit wouldn't really work with her "alter ego" 'Oh well. I guess Ms. Sakamura is just going to have a sick day, and I'm going to grace the class with my presence.'
Ignoring the nagging feeling that she was forgetting something, Yumi went out to the limo and slid into the backseat. "School." She said simply, grabbing up the backpack that had been brought out to the car. After digging around for a few minutes, she found what she was looking for. Her MP5K Player. Plugging in the earphones, she drown out the rest of the world with a loud rock song called. Well, she couldn't remember it right now, but it was one of her favorites.
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Yumi just remembered what she had forgotten. HER VEIL!!! 'CRAP! Now we're only a few minutes away from school!!!' It was amazing. She had gone from irritated to full out panicking in only, oh; I'd say about 2 minutes.
Yumi took a few calming breaths. Although to most it would sound like she was hyperventilating. After she had calmed down a bit, she pulled her hair up into a tight bun. Then she began searching for something that she could fashion into a veil. 'AHA!!!' Her sister had left a sheer scarf in the car. She scooped up the scarf and proceeded to rip it up into the proper shape.
"Ms. Kasamura, we have arrived." Yumi grinned gleefully as she put the half faced veil on. The red "veil" covered the bottom half of her face, leaving her eyes in the open. While the veil was a little bit too sheer for her tastes, it would do.
Stepping out of her limo, the first thing she noticed was that all five of the legendary Gundams, were on her school lawn facing off against an army of mobile dolls. The screech of tires brought her out of her confusion. Her limo had just pulled away going at breakneck speeds.
Her eyebrow began twitching. 'Idiot.' Deciding to deal with the driver's act of cowardice later, Yumi calmly began walking towards the school building, ignoring the battle raging on around her. She was stopped in her tracks by a few mobile suits purposefully blocking her path.
"Yumi Kasamura, you will surrender now, and come with us." The suit in front ordered her.
Yumi stared at the group in front of her before falling over laughing. Shaking her head, she stood up and controlled herself. "Alright, since you obviously aren't the smartest people around, I'll say this nice and slow for you. And you tell me if I'm going too fast and need to repeat myself. No. Did you all understand that?"
Overhearing what she said, all the Gundam pilots groaned. (Some only did so mentally *CoughHeero&TrowaCough*) Now they had to go and save her butt. And sit there and protect her. DAMNIT!!!
Yumi rolled her eyes as the mobile suits in front of her began to advance. Changing her course, she pulled her beeper out of her pocket and gave the coordinates to her Gundam. She then proceeded to do acrobatic flips and spins to avoid the attacks. '10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.' She counted down the time until her Gundam would reach her. Any second now.
POW! One second she was in the middle of a flip, the next she was hanging from a net, some good 300 feet up in the air. 'I hate hights. which if you think about it is pretty sad. Seeing as how I pilot a Gundam that puts my high up in the air and can fly. I really gotta rethink this.'
She was brought back to the real world by maniacal laughter. "You Gundam pilots had better give up, or I'm going to kill the princess causing a Huge war!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"
All the pilots that showed emotion sweatdropped. What a nut case.
Yumi reached a hand into her shoes to pull out a dagger. But there wasn't anything there. 'AWW MAN!!! WHY DID I HAVE TO FORGET TODAY!?!?!?' Her face set in a frown, she began sawing at the metal cords with her nail file. When that didn't work (not that she thought it would) She stood up on shaky feet and reached up to grab the top.
Reaching her hand through one of the openings, she managed to get her hands on the knot that attatched the metal net to the chain weapon the Gundam had. Working as quickly as she could, Yumi untied the knot that kept her airborn. BIG mistake. With a slight creak, the net, freed from the rope, began to plummet towards the ground, taking her with it. 'BAD IDEA BAD IDEA BAD IDEA!!!!' She now chanted in her head, using all of her restraint not to scream.
Suddenly the fall stopped. Yumi carefully opened one Garnet red eye, which was soon followed by the other. Carefully she looked up to see what had stopped her rapid descent. Her metal prison was now hanging precariously from Shenlong's Thermal Staff, which, unbelievably lucky for her, was turned off. 'Wha? But Wufei wasn't using this weapon.' Then the reality hit her. Wufei had purposefully gotten out the staff to save her. WAIT, THAT MEANT HE HAD JUST SAVED HER!!! To most, this wouldn't have been a problem, but it was a HUGE problem to Yumi. And before you think it. Although it's probably a little late. It had nothing to do with her feminist ways.
Then to top off her already "perfect" escape, her veil fell of and fluttered down to earth.
A cold voice brought her out of her state of shock. "Are you going to stay there all day, or are you going to take my hand?"
Her eyes snapped up to the owner of the voice. Standing there, perfectly balanced with his hand outstretched to her, was none other that Wufei. She gaped at him. He-he had seen her without a veil!!! "Do you have ANY idea about what you have done!?!" She hissed at him with narrowed eyes.
"I just saved a pathetic Onna's life, that about sums it up." Wufei replied, obviously pissed by how she reacted to being saved. "Now just shut up and take my hand, if you want to fill me in on what a grave error I made rescuing you, then do it when you're not precariously balancing 250 feet up in the air."
"Fine." She replied, still miffed about whatever was bothering her. She then carefully removed one of her hands from it's death grip on the metal net. Making sure not to shift her weight in any way, she slowly extended her hand up to meet his. Sadly, even when Wufei laid down on the staff and held his arm out as far as it would go, he still couldn't reach her.
Wufei rolled his eyes at the new devolopment. He then let out an aggravated sigh. "Hold on to the net." He ordered, not bothering to explain why. Grabbing the net, he began pulling it up.
When she was close enough for him to reach, he seized her wrist and swung her up onto the weapon he was currently standing on. Just as Yumi had gained her footing, the entire Gundam shook violently. The enemy must have FINALLY noticed what was going on, Kami they were slow!
Unluckily for Wufei and Yumi, the shake had had it's desired effect. Wufei was now hanging from the staff, having using both his arms to support not only his weight, but hers as well. Yumi on the other hand was in a slightly more. awkward position. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his torso, and her face was buried in his well built chest.
"Damn Onna. if you hadn't have been so weak I wouldn't be in this position right now." Wufei muttered under his breath. Which was actually pretty funny seeing as how Yumi said the same thing about him at exactly the same moment. Then they both glared at each other, which was, once again, pretty damn funny considering their position.
Yumi slowly, but surely took one arm from around Wufei, and wound it around his neck, then she did the same with her other arm. Then she cautiously wrapped her legs around his torso, completely aware of how compromising a situation this was becoming.
"What the hell are you doing!?!" Wufei growled. Apparently he had noticed it as well.
Since she didn't feel like explaining. That and she didn't trust herself to talk; she decided to ignore the question for now. Moving her arms from around his neck, she placed them on his shoulders and pushed herself up until she could reach the staff. By the time she reached it, Wufei was turning slightly pink, and had turned his head to the side so that he wouldn't dishonor Yumi by looking where he shouldn't. After all, it's not like he was Duo or something.
Wufei was greatly relieved when he felt her weight leave him, it's not that she was heavy, on the contrary, she was quite light, he just felt uncomfortable having her pressed against him. Letting out an inaudible sigh of relief, Wufei flipped up onto the staff. Yumi soon followed him. Although she didn't quite 'stick' the landing, and Wufei ended up wrapping his arms around her to keep her balanced.
Deciding it would be quicker; he picked Yumi up bridal style and ran down the length of the staff. Opening the cockpit, Wufei settled back into the seat with Yumi in his lap. He then notified his team members that they could move from their defensive positions and they speedily dispatched the mobile dolls.
During the fight, Yumi was preoccupied by a whirl of thoughts. Her thoughts turned to the boy she was currently seated upon. 'Does he know what he did by rescuing me? Doesn't he know the protocal for this Colony?' Then a question struck her, 'Where is my Gundam!?! It should have been here by now. unless.' Her face paled to an almost ghostly shade as she contemplated the consequences.
Just then, her phone started ringing. Pulling it out of her pocket, she stared at the little cell phone in mortification. That is until Wufei got fed up by the ringing and snatched it out of her grip.
"Hello?" He asked, his voice reflecting his agitation.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I must have gotten the wrong number." Wufei rolled his eyes. The guy had probably gotten the right number, he just wasn't expecting a male to answer it.
"Who was it?" Yumi asked him fearfully.
"Do you know any men with whiny voices that when you hear you are reminded of a weasel some how?" He asked dryly, wisely deciding not to comment on her fear.
Before she could reply, the phone rang again. "Hello?" Wufei answered the phone yet again, although this time his voice was rather deadpan.
"I don't believe that I could make the same mistake twice. Is Yumi Kasamura there?" Came the oily voice of Teiljo Naraku, who barely kept the rage out of his voice. for the most part anyway.
Wufei twitched at this man's arrogance. He then decided to be an annoying bastard to the guy. "What's it to you?"
Hearing Wufei's answer, Yumi had to smother a giggle. Here they were, in a Gundam, fighting a huge battle right above their school, locked in combat, and Wufei was talking on a cell phone mocking Teiljo.
"It doesn't concern you. Put her on the line immediately!" Teiljo demanded.
"hm." Wufei said, pretending to think about it. "No." This time Yumi couldn't help it, she burst out laughing.
Apparently Teiljo had had enough of the mockery, "Please give the phone to MY fiancée." He said in an odd mixture of contempt, smugness and pride.
Not missing a beat, Wufei replied in a mocking voice. "Well, seeing her making gagging motions, I think that she doesn't agree with you there." And it was true, when Yumi heard what he said, she began holding her throat and pretending to choke. Yumi's eyes then widened even more when she finally comprehended what he had just said.
"What are you doing!?!" She hissed angrily at him. She then snatched back the phone and hung it up before he could cause any more damage.
"Ok, listen up bishounen." She paused there, and gave him a look that said "You interrupt me for anything, and I going to personally drive you to an early grave." Before continuing on. "Alright. Here's why I was so upset with you when you saved me. You have seen me with my veil off. And before you ask, it IS traditional that the only one allowed to see a lady's face is her husband. or her fiancée. And if my family finds out. either I marry you. or I will be considered a whore by my family."
"Are you kidding? What about your sister?" He asked, remembering that she didn't wear a veil either.
Yumi snorted. "My family? Hate little miss popularity!?! Please. To them she's perfect. she doesn't talk back, she'll do anything our parents say, and best of all, she's never had an original thought in her life."
Wufei's eyes widened as he heard his choices.
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Kashaku Hitomi: WHAT'LL HE DO!?!
Leiko: What're you asking me for? There IS a reason for where I stopped ya know!!!
Yumi: Read and review. And if ANY of you think Wufei should just let me suffer. I'M GOING TO GET YOU!!!!!!!!
CrimsonSash: Whoa. Calm down already, it's MY job to be the violent one, thank you very much!
Yumi: Fine! If anyone thinks Wufei shouldn't marry me. Kin-chan will beat you up.
CrimsonSash: Thank you.