Author's Notes: Yes! The 3rd chapie is finally here! Sorry I took so long to write this! I just had this wonderful moment of inspiration to have it turn into writer's bloke! lol, that's just like me. Some of you were confused so I wanted to say yes, this is an after the war fic and Mwu is dead and the 1st chapter was a memory/dream Murrue had and the rest are things that are happening in the present. Thanxs for all your reviews! This fic is dedicated to Darth Riven, Red and Gold Phoenix, Dizzy27, and foasys.scaper! Thanxs guys!
Hope you enjoy the fic!
Warning: Some of the characters are a little OOC. I know I hate it when characters are OOC too, but I just couldn't help it.
Disclaimer: I just realized I forgot to do this on the other fics, so here it is now. No, nothing belongs to me except Lily who is actually a cheap rip off of the lil girl that gave a flower to Heero (from Gundam Wing). The rest all belongs to a whole bunch of companies who will remain nameless since I have no idea who they are. But not for long... :crazy maniacal laughter:
Buffo
'Aunty Natty' almost had a heart-attack there and then.
'This can't be happening to me.' she thought forlornly, already giving up on all hope on getting out of there with any dignity at all.
"Oh my, who's this Natarle? A friend of yours? Your date perhaps?" Murrue asked, trying to keep in her laughter. She knew very well that Natarle was embarrassed about that kind of stuff. 'I wonder why though. She's not bad looking or anything, so I'm sure she's had a boyfriend before. But then again, if she always acted the way she did in the Archangel being really strict and all that, that could have chased quite a few away. But I doubt she was like that all the time. The war must have done that to her, that's the best explanation I can come up with and it would make perfect sense. War does have a way of changing people for better or worse after all.'
"Natty, who're your friends?" the man behind her asked. He was smiling and didn't look like he was planning on letting go of 'Natty' any time soon.
"I'm Andrew Bartfeldt, and this is Murrue Ramius and this young lady here is Lily."
"Hello Mr. Natty!" Lily said smiling one of her cute smiles. Natarle almost died there and then.
"Well, aren't you cute?" said 'Mr. Natty' smiling at the little girl. "Isn't she cute, Natty-cuttins?" he said. She glared at him.
'He's doing this deliberately. He enjoys seeing me squirm. Damn you Shui.'
"My names Shui. Pleased to meet you." he was tall and had shoulder length straight hair that was a reddish orangish color.
"Wow, so you got Natarle to go out on a date with you. Many have tried and few have succeeded from what I've heard. You're the first to succeed that I've heard of actually, now that I think about it." said Andy.
"I don't have time for dating everyone who asks me out. I have more important things to do with my time than date some love struck idiot."
"I'm glad you don't consider me part of that group of 'Love Struck Idiots'. Although I must admit, I really am one when it comes to you." he said. Natarle had turned several shades of red.
'Damn you Shui! You just love seeing me squirm and I'm getting sick of it! I knew this was a bad idea! Why oh, why didn't I listen to my instincts!'
"If you'll excuse me, I have to leave. While you were off throwing up somewhere after the rollercoaster, I received a very important phone call. Sorry to cut things short, but I have to go now." and with that she tried to walk off but Shui wouldn't let go.
"Aw, come on Natty. Can't you take a break from work just this once? I promise I'll be a good little boy."
"It's unfortunate, but I must take my leave." and with that she somehow managed to get out of his hold and walked away.
"Man, looks like I teased her a little too much. Has she always been this stubborn?" he asked with one hand moving away the hair on his face and taking a deep breath.
"Pretty much, Natarle is Natarle. She doesn't like being made a fool of, being played with or wasting her time. She's a pretty down to earth person and real practical, not to mention incredibly stubborn."
"Guess I fooled around a little too much. Oh well, there's always tomorrow."
"You know, if you hurry you could catch up to her and convince her somehow to at least finish your date together." Andrew said encouragingly. "I'm sure it wasn't easy getting her to even come."
"Yeah, she's really good at coming up with excuses or just plain blowing you off. You're right, I think maybe I could save what's left of the night if I play my cards right. Thanks for the advice." he said running off after Natarle.
"They really do make a cute couple, don't you think?" Murrue said watching Shui run after Natarle smiling.
"Yeah, you can tell he's crazy about her." Andy said with a knowing smile.
"He must have been really persistent to get her to come here."
"I can imagine."
"Natarle is very lucky to have someone that cares about her that much."
"I like Aunty Natty. She's funny. So is Mr. Natty." said Lily really just wanting to be included in the conversation but meaning every word.
"I'm glad you like her. Aunty Natty is a really good person." Murrue said. Just then a clown with cotton candy passed by and went into a stand that read 'Buffo The Strongest Clown In The World'.
"Uuuu, I want cotton candy!"
"Here then, go buy some." Andrew said giving her some money.
"Yay!" Lily jumped in joy and ran towards the clown only to run away from him even faster.
"Where's the cotton candy?" said Andy. Lily points in the direction of the clown with a tear in her eye.
"What's wrong Lily?" Murrue asked worried.
"He's scary! He has red hair lika demon an' his face is all white and pale lika dead person! Plus he's got muscle to boot! He's gonna eat me!"
Murrue and Andy were very amused with her description of the clown. And it was true, including that part about him having muscle.
"Uncle Andy can you buy me the cotton candy since you're big and strong and can beat that clown to a bloody pulp if he tries to eat me? Pretty please with a cherry on top?"
"Sure,"
"Ok, you walk first, in the front. Me and Mur will be right behind you." she said taking Murrue's hand and looking at him expectantly. Murrue was once again trying to hold in her laughter.
'The loves killing me. She rather I get hurt than get eaten by a clown. Kids these days, all they do is use you. She's too cute to say no to though.'
They walked over to 'Buffo The Strongest Clown In The World' stand.
"One cotton candy please."
"That'll be seven bucks."
"Seven dollars! For this measly thing! These cotton candies are like half the size of what they usually are!"
"Listen you can either pay up, or get lost."
After various minutes of Andrew arguing heatedly with a clown that looked like he was capable of ripping your head off, Murrue started to get worried.
'I should stop this. What if they get into a fist fight? Andrew looks like he's about ready to punch that clown any minute now! I can't believe it, all this over some measly cotton candy!'
"Andrew let's go. We'll buy some cotton candy somewhere else. The last thing we need is for you to get into a fist fight with a clown over some lousy cotton candy." Murrue said grabbing him by the shoulder.
"Better listen to your wife. I'm sure you wouldn't want to fight me and end up losing and embarrass yourself in front of your little family. Go away now while you still have some dignity left."
"I doubt it. You must have been such a pathetic a fighter that you had no other option but to work as a clown. I could beat you anytime, no problem. You're nothing but a pathetic clown who can barely make a living except by ripping people off with cotton candy."
POW
Andrew got K.O'd by the clown.
"I've had enough of your yammering." said the clown rubbing the hand he used to punch Andrew with from behind the counter.
"Andrew!" Murrue bent down worriedly to check his eye. It was already starting to swell.
"Uncle Andy!"
"There's lots more where that came from." said the clown walking out from behind the counter and punching his fist into his palm menacingly.
Lily after hearing the clowns threat ran to where Murrue and Andrew where and stood in-between them and the clown with her arms spread out, using her body as a shield. She had snot running down her nose and was crying and shaking from the pure terror. Curiously enough though, that still didn't stop her from yelling, "I'm not scared of you, you big bully!"
"Well, well. Ain't this interesting." said the clown taking a few steps forward.
"Lily!" Murrue yelled in a screechy voice. She suddenly felt like she couldn't breath and sprang to her feet along with Andrew and both ran towards Lily. Murrue picked her up protectively and Andrew punched the clown in the gut. The clown then proceeded to punch him back and the fist fight Murrue feared broke out.
A Few Hours Later
"Ow!" Murrue had just put some alcohol on a really nasty cut that almost looked more like a gash, causing Andrew to whine.
"Don't be such a baby."
"Uncle Andy's a baby!" said Lily enthusiastically repeating what Murrue said since she had nothing better to do.
"That's what you get. It was only cotton candy. How did we go from cotton candy to a fist fight! We're lucky The Bearded Lady came and separated you two!"
"Murrue, that clown was making you pay 7 bucks a cotton candy! Which, by the way, were half the usual size! The injustice of it all was too much! I had to do something!"
"So you ruined Lily's birthday by getting into a fist fight." Murrue said crossly.
"Actually I thought it was cool! There was Uncle Andy, fighting the evil clown with flaming red demon hair and skin as white as a dead guys and muscles as big as watermelons!"
"Lily don't encourage him. Don't you see I'm trying to scold him?"
"I'll always remember this as the birthday where Uncle Andy stands up to the evil forces of the dark side! You're my hero Uncle Andy!"
"Lily go take a bath."
"Since it's my birthday and Uncle Andy ruined it by getting into a fist fight, to make it up to me, how about I don hav'ta take a bath?"
"The bath is ready and feeling kind of lonely. Why don't you go keep it company, hmm? Or would you rather not get your birthday presents?"
"I'm going, I'm going..." Lily said sulking off in the general direction of the bathroom.
"She certainly has a way of making things sound way more heroic than what they actually were." said Murrue watching her walk towards the bathroom.
"Yeah, she made it sound like I had saved the world by vanquishing some demon."
"It's cute though how quickly she changed her mind when I told her to take a bath."
"I went from being her hero to ruining her birthday in less than a minute. Kids these days, one minute you're their hero and the next thing you know, they're saying you ruined their birthday simply so they don't have to take a bath."
Ok, yes I know, Aunty Natty's a lil OOC but I just had to do that. I read this manga called Kamui yesterday after receiving a review and Shui is a character from that manga and when I saw him and the way he acted I thought, 'I've found Natty's date'. He's just perfect for her! and I just love him. Natty I'm so jealous! if you don't want him I do! lolz, anyway in Kamui I think he's in love with a character that reminds me of Natarle so it was just the most obvious thing. sorry for all you AzraelxNatarle fans. I just can't really see them together I mean she did say she hated the guy after all or so I'm told. there r some good Azrael Natarle fics out there, but I just can't write any of them. anyway reviews please! Oh, and before I forget, I'm going to try and get a link of a picture of Shui so guys can see him.
Buffo by the way is a real life clown. I found a pic of him on the net and am going to also try and provide a link of his pic so u guys cans see him.