All It Takes is One Umbrella

ochibi-san

Chapter 7- We all love Nice Shiny Pencils!

And presenting a new chappie! Sorry, late update…(scratch back of head sheepishly)…Loads of homework and went to Anime North for the weekend. )

Mini-MoonStar: lol…I tend to outdo many things…I guess Cagalli is a very trusting person…to go with total strangers…lol

Angelsorceress: its such a bad habit…I make things go by so fast…(bang head on desk) Thank you for the review!

KiraxLacus: Yay! Thank you so much!

clumsy Kelly: It will be explained in this chappie!

sworDieXeQtion: - glad you like it!

Unkown-Character: ahhh…gomen gomen…rub head sheepishly I'm just so tempted to write cliffhangers…lol…run away from evil minions

Akirou: It is usually Cagalli…lol! I'm twisting it a little and the reason behind his…"wastefulness" will be explained in this chappie.

Pchu: (determined face) I will improve! wrap white headband around head, put on swirly nerd glasses and drink 5 cans of coke

jenniferseedlover: Asuran's just wasted…lol…sorry for making you worry.

asga: Thank you!

Thank you all for the reviews! On with the chappie!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed/Destiny…

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Cagalli Yula Athha had never been so embarrassed in her whole life. Even worse then the time she walked in on her brother and his girlfriend making out. After repeating again and again that she and her delirious friend were not conoodling on the kitchen floor, she lost her temper. Grabbing Asuran's collar, she shook him to no end, making him suddenly jerk out of his temporary demeanor.

Looking around confusingly, he blinked twice before flinching and rubbing his temple. Cagalli released his collar and glared expectantly at him, waiting for his testimony. Kira waved the action away, saying that Asuran probably had a hangover.

The brown-haired boy was holding the cup that Asuran drank from, which was labeled "Exhibit A" and sniffing it gingerly, recoiled from the foul stench emitting from the evidence.

"People of the court. We are gathered here to find the truth behind this case. We have here Cagalli Yula Athha and Asuran Zala. Both have been found in quite elaborate positions. The witnesses are as of Lacus Clyne and myself. The jury is consisted of the people I just called five minutes ago: Mwu La Flaga, Murrue Ramius, Dearka Elthman, Kisaka-san, and Yzak Joule. Let us begin."

Kira announced in a very loud voice. He was sitting in an elevated squishy chair, overlooking the imaginary courtroom. Asuran and Cagalli were sitting in two plushy chairs and Lacus was dozing on Kira's shoulder apparently wearied out by the shopping she had done earlier. The jury were chained to a pole. They were obviously trying to escape, but dragged into the case by a very pissed off judge.

"WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO BE HERE!" Yzak hissed at Kira.

"The jury will speak when spoken to." He replied in a monotone voice brandishing his hammer threateningly.

"Now. According to me, I entered the residence around 10 minutes ago and found Zala and my sister in how-you-would-say…positions of extreme…uh…jury help me out here…"

"Wrongness?" Mwu said.

"Dirty?" Dearka asked.

"Positions that we shouldn't know about and should be kept in the R-rated section?" Kisaka said.

Everybody stared at the senior, who was shifting uncomfortably in his chains. "We'll go with that…" Kira muttered, a tinge of pink on his cheek.

"Anyways. Here we have Exhibit A. A cup of a strange concoction that Asuran drank from. We assumed it was alcohol, but was unable to find the bottle of which it came from. I need a volunteer who is able to drink the remains and determine the true source of the drink. I am not responsible of anyone getting poisoned, dying or getting a hangover." Kira banged the gavel and waited in silence.

No one moved for a few minutes before Mwu said, "Do we get a reward?"

Kira sweatdropped and looked around the room. "Er…yes. The person brave enough to accomplish this task will…" He spotted a nice shiny pencil and held it up. "will be rewarded this nice shiny pencil!"

The moment he showed the pencil, the jury started wrestling each other, trying to reach the pencil. Kira's hand quickly retreated, pocketing the pencil. Before anyone could react, Mwu grabbed "Exhibit A" and chugged down the remaining substance.

The people in the room watched in silence after Mwu finished.

"What is it?" Kira whispered, leaning forward. Lacus plopped off his shoulder and her head was now between Kira's back and the inflatable chair.

The senior blinked surprisingly for a few seconds before collapsing on the floor, swirlied eyes and twitching. Murrue frowned and kicked him hard, succeeding in only making him snort. Cagalli walked over to Mwu and studied him cautiously, poking his face lightly.

All hell broke loose. A hand suddenly gripped itself on Cagalli's leg and pulled her roughly down. She shrieked and struggled furiously against the now conscious form of Mwu La Flaga. He was a bit different though. His whole face was red and a perverted grin was on his face. Earning a kick in the face from the panic-stricken princess, he grunted, releasing her leg and she jumped away, cradled protectively in Asuran's arms. (Must've been a reflex…). Kira lifted his own girlfriend and carried her bridal-style away from the unstable man.

Unfortunately, the rest of the jury were still chained to the pole, so they couldn't run and hide. Murrue screamed and Dearka was hugging Kisaka, both hysterical and crying. Yzak yelped and dodged Mwu's approaching hand.

"Eh? What's going on here?"

Eight heads, excluding Lacus who was sound asleep, snapped to the sound of the voice, and Andrew Bartfield stood in the hallway. He was carrying his precious Brazilian coffee beans and strangely enough, a bottle of rum and vodka.

He surveyed the scene frozen in front of him. Kira, with Lacus in his arms, was standing on top of a table, Asuran and Cagalli standing on the couch, Kisaka and Dearka hugging each other, Murrue holding a lamp as though brandishing it against the blonde. Yzak. Yzak had somehow climbed up the pole and was now clinging desperately to it.

"Um…if you need me, I'll be in the kitchen. I'm experimenting with my 14th creation! Alcoholic coffee! Have fun, kiddies!" The Tiger of the Desert (A/N: Correct me if I'm wrong) proceeded to the kitchen, along with his coffee beans and alcoholic drinks.

The moment he left, everybody raised their eyebrows and looked over at Mwu, who was sprawled on the floor, snoring loudly.

"Did Bartfield-san say alcohol?" Kira asked Asuran.

"I think so…Uh… Kira?"

"Hm?"

"What happened to Lacus?" Asuran noticed that the pink-haired singer was nowhere in sight.

"Oh, I think she went off to the washroom." Kira replied before furrowing his eyes. "Asuran, where's my sister?"

"Mmmmfffmfm!" Cagalli's face was buried into Asuran's chest. Apparently, Asuran held her a little too tight. Blushing deeply, he loosened his hold and she emerged, gasping for air.

Kira stared at her, eyes full of concern, then focused on the people chained up. Dearka was busy chewing on the chain that connected him to the pole. Yzak had ripped off his chain though earning a bruised up wrist. (A/N: Super Yzak powers!)

Kira and Yzak busied themselves removing the chains while Asuran dragged the unconscious Mwu to a nearby closet and locked him inside. Meanwhile, the blonde princess pushed her former bodyguard out of the house as he was whimpering something about molestation.

Just as the four reached the doorknob to the kitchen, a former pop star opened the door.

"Hello!" she said in a happy, cheerful voice. Her face was slightly red which nobody noticed because it blended perfectly with her flyaway pink hair. Kira greeted her with a wide smile and raised his two arms, as though waiting for a hug. She laughed and threw her arms open and dashed towards his direction. Kira sweatdropped at the speed that she was running at him and closed his eyes and braced for impact.

A few minutes went by as Kira waited for the hug. He peeked out of one violet eye and the sight almost knocked him off his feet. There, his girlfriend, was literally sprawled all over…

Over….

"YZAK!" Kira yelled.

The silver-haired boy didn't look at all pleased. In fact, for most people, this was the first time they ever saw Yzak look so scared. His usual scowling feature was covered by a wide-eyed, gaping mouth, and trembling composure. Lacus was squeezing him tighter and tighter, and Yzak was getting redder and redder.

Dearka stopped chewing the chain and stared at his best friend. Cagalli was beyond shock. She almost fainted and she leaned against Asuran, her feet threatening to give out. Asuran could not believe his eyes. The blue-haired pilot's old friend and teammate was being smothered by his ex-fiancée who already had a boyfriend. 'Speaking of boyfriend…' Asuran muttered, almost fearful of looking at Kira.

A dark aura surrounded the Freedom pilot. His brown hair hovering over his face clouded his features and he was shaking uncontrollably. Yzak shot a glance at the terrifying, evil-emitting teen and gulped. Lacus was now rubbing her face into the Duel pilot, squealing happily. The more Yzak tried to peel her off, the tighter she clung to him.

Kira lowered his head, his hair covering his face with one fiendish violet eye glaring through the brown strands. He quietly walked over to the fluffy couch, dropped down, and crawled under it. Nothing could be seen except an eye that was transfixed on Yzak.

It took a while for anyone to move, and they each slowly entered the kitchen, with Yzak in the back, trying to walk with a pop singer hanging on to his waist.

Entering the bright, clean kitchen, they found the Tiger of the Desert wailing loudly.

"What's wrong?" Cagalli asked, settling down on a chair.

"Someone took my special new formula!" he covered his face with his hands, sobbing.

"Special. New. Formula…?" Asuran, Cagalli and Yzak repeated.

"It was supposed to be my newest creation, but somebody stole it!"

"What was it?"

Bartfield waved two bottle of vodka and some kind of rum and yelled, "My new and improved coffee that mixes in with alcoholic drinks! I call it, "Alco-Coffee!"

'Not the best name...' Asuran thought, his eyes twitching.

Cagalli froze. She looked at the two bottles and at Asuran, then back again. "Bartfield-san…did you put your…uh…Alco-Coffee…in a cup…like a coffee cup?"

The senior tapped his chin thoughtfully and then snapped up. "Yes."

"And you left it on the kitchen table…?"

"Yes…"

Cagalli and Yzak face-faulted while Lacus and Andy looked confused. Asuran just stood there, the truth suddenly seeping in. "I drank it?" he asked, tilting his head.

"YES!" Cagalli and Yzak roared at a chibi Asuran flying into the wall.

"Then that means…Lacus drank it too!" the Orb princess blurted out, and everybody turned at Lacus who was hiccupping happily.

Andy let out a loud booming laugh and said, "The little pink star didn't drink my coffee. I gave her a shot of vodka and she thought it was water. She's quite the lightweight."

In an instant, the Justice and Strike Rouge pilots ran out of the room leaving Andy to continue his coffee brewing.

"THANKS A LOT!" Yzak screamed after them, shaking his fists only to be pulled down into a suffocating hug with Lacus.

"Yzak…you are the only one for meee…" Lacus mewed, rubbing her cheek against Yzak's chest, the hairs on his neck raising.

'SOMEONE SAVE ME!'

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(A/N: dun dun dun…who will save Yzak from wasted Lacus? I feel bad…putting so much 'stress' on Kira he has such a tendency to crawl under something, ne? and making Lacus so uninvolved. All she's doing is sleeping or nothing. I promise to have plot development very soon! I will lengthen fic…though I do not know how long they will turn out…Please review! ochibi-san loves reviews… …)