Me: "Well, it's Thanksgiving people, so we have another bonus chapter in honor of the holiday."
Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF and Zero: (Enter IC from Lounge) "I would prefer not wasting time on such festivities. However, if we must…"
Neptune: "C'mon Heero! It'll be great! We'll eat lots of pie, some turkey, and all kinds of other great tasting stuff!"
Black Heart: (Enters IC from Break Room) "Thanksgiving isn't simply about stuffing your face, Neptune! It's about being thankful for what you have."
Compa: (Grabs onto Heero) "I'm thankful for having Heero here with us!"
Black Heart: "(Dammit! That's what I was gonna say!)" (Grabs Heero's arm) "Well, I'm thankful for having Heero here, too. B-But only because he's been very helpful to me! It's not like I like him or have feelings for him! Not at all!"
Neptune: (Glomps Heero from behind) "Then why are you grabbing on to my Destined Lover? Admit it! You're totally jelly that he's my lover and not yours."
Black Heart: (Face turns red) "I-I am not jealous!"
IF: (Grabs onto Heero's left arm) "How many times do I have to keep telling all of you that Heero doesn't belong to anyone?! (Because he's mine!)"
White Heart: (Walks into IC from Left Entrance) "…Hey, I came to ask abou-" (Sees Neptune and Black Heart Holding Heero) "…What the hell?! What's going on here?!"
Me: "Oh, the girls thought it would be a good idea to say that they were thankful for having Heero here… while staking their claim on him."
Heero: (Has irritated look on face) "I am not amused by this."
Green Heart: (Enters IC from Right Entrance) "Oh my! What is this?"
Me: "What does it look like? They all want to show how thankful they are for having Heero here in Gamindustri."
Green Heart: "Well, I'm certainly thankful for having Heero around. Life is so much more fun with him around." (Walks over and stuffs Heero's face in between her breasts)
Neptune: "Hey! Whatcha think you're doing?! Get your big boobs out of Heero's face! He doesn't like it one bit!"
Green Heart: "Really? Because I think Heero DOES enjoy it."
White Heart: (Face turns red with anger, then grabs onto Heero's right arm) "…Get the hell away from him, Thunder Tits!"
Black Heart: "The last thing we need is for you to try and seduce Heero!"
Nisa, Gust, and 5pb: (Enter IC from Lounge) "Hey, what's going on in-"
Me: "Hey! So glad you ladies could join us."
Nisa: "What are they doing?"
Me: "Just showing how thankful they are that Heero is here."
Nisa: "Well then, I shall join in as well! I am thankful to have a reliable hero to fight alongside against the forces of evil!" (Glomps Heero from behind)
Zero: "We've never had anyone express their thankfulness in such a way from where we come from."
Me: "Well Zero, that's where YOU come from. Here, it's all about games, fun, and really hot girls."
Zero: "Well, I'm thankful for us being here. And I'll join in because I don't want to feel left out." (Grabs Heero from behind)
5pb: "I feel kind of jealous right now…" (Devil 5pb appears on her shoulder) "(You have every right to be jealous, they're trying to steal your man! Get over there and fight for him!)" (Nods head in uncertainty) "Well… okay…" (Glomps Heero's torso)
Gust: (Tilts head in confusion) "Gust does not think they are trying to have M Rated scene. Are they perhaps hugging? Gust wants a hug!" (Glomps Heero's right leg)
Heero: "Het meh mo." Translation: (Let me go.)
Green Heart: (Face turns red) "Give you more? I would think that you would suffocate if I pushed any further, but if that's what you want…" (Pushes Heero's face further between her breasts)
Me: "Umm… I think what Heero was trying to say was 'Let me go.'"
Green Heart: (Looks down at Heero) "Is that what you were trying to say, Heero?"
Heero: (Nods head despite being stuffed into Green Heart's breasts)
Green Heart: "Well, okay. But just for you, alright?" (Let's go of Heero's head)
Me: (Puts hand over mouth, trying not to laugh)
Heero: (Narrows eyes at Author) "Don't say a word."
Me: (Laughs uncontrollably) "How can I not say anything about this? Any guy would kill to be in your place right now!" (Clears tears out of eyes from laughing) "In all seriousness, let's read off the disclaimer people. We have a Thanksgiving special to roll."
Neptune, Compa, IF, Zero, Gust, Nisa, 5pb, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Let go of Heero) "I'm only letting go cuz we have to get on with this chapter thingy."
Me: (Points to cast) "すべての権利、トップ皆からそれを聞いてみましょう!(All right, let's hear it from the top everybody! Pronounced: Subete no kenri, toppu mina kara sore o kiite mimashou!)"
Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Zero, Gust, Nisa, 5pb, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: "HeeroUzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Super Robot Wars, or any work pertaining to any of the franchises. However, he does own the idea of crossing over Gundam Wing and Hyperdimension Neptunia."
Me: (Turns to readers) "Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving and we all hope you enjoy this bonus chapter. Alright peeps, let's go work on the next chapter."
Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Zero, Gust, Nisa, 5pb, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Leave IC)
Bonus Chapter: Thanksgiving Special! Operation: Get the Big Monster Turkey! (Cause we can't have Thanksgiving without a turkey! …Or so Neptune claims.)
It was Thanksgiving Day in Gamindustri and the party had decided to take time off to celebrate the holiday. Neptune, Compa and IF were sitting in the Living Room of the party's safe house on Leanbox, while Heero had gone out to do more work… again.
Compa looked over at the party's purple haired leader to see her drooling, "Umm, Nep-Nep? You're drooling all over the couch."
Neptune wiped the drool off of her mouth with her hoodie sleeve, "I can't help it Compa. Today's Thanksgiving! I'm thinking about all the great tasting food I'm gonna eat today."
IF blew a strand of hair out of her face, "Figures. She's still only thinking of shoving tons of food into her big mouth. At least it keeps her quiet."
Neptune scanned the room before a bored expression made its way onto her face, "Is Heero STILL not back? Why does he only think about working? This is supposed to be a day for having fun and eating food!"
The brunette across from Neptune shook her head, "Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day about being thankful for what you have. But Heero really should cut loose every once in a while."
Compa looked out the window near the front door to see the party's Perfect Soldier approaching the door, "Oh, look! Heero's back."
Neptune and IF directed their attention to the door to see it swing open, and Heero and entered the room, "…I was unable to acquire any more information other than what we already know."
Neptune walked over to the Gundam pilot and grabbed him by the arm, "C'mon Heero. We're going back out."
Heero looked at the preteen with a quizzical expression on his face, "May I ask what the reason for this is?"
"We're gonna get all kinds of food! It IS Thanksgiving and all." Neptune looked back at Compa and IF as she began to pull Heero out the door. "Compa, Iffy, you guys are coming too."
Compa sprang up out of her spot on the couch, "I found a recipe for a pie that I want to try making."
IF picked herself up off the other couch in the living room, "Well, I do want to have some input as to what we eat."
Heero mentally sighed as the trio began to pull him out the door with them, "I believe it would be best to tell you that we will be having someone joining us then."
Neptune was more or less focused on simply getting Heero out the doorway, "Really? Who's gonna party up with us?"
"Oh, I hadn't realized we would be leaving so soon."
IF poked her head out from behind Heero upon hearing a familiar voice, "Lady Green Heart? What are you doing here?"
The CPU of Leanbox was standing just in front of the party with the same warm smile that was on her face most of the time, "I ran into Heero a little while ago. We had tea, and I thought we could spend the day together. But I didn't think you would want to join us, Iffy."
IF stammered since she was in the presence of Leanbox's CPU, "O-Of course! It would be an honor to spend the day with you, Lady Green Heart."
Neptune suddenly got in between Green Heart and Heero, "Hey, what do you mean 'spend the day together'?"
The blonde haired woman blinked a few times at the defensive Neptune, "It's exactly what it sounds like. There is never a dull moment with Heero around, it's so much fun." Lady Green Heart walked over to the Perfect Soldier and pulled him towards her by one of his arms. "So naturally, I'll go wherever Heero goes if it's all the same to you."
Neptune grabbed onto Heero's other arm and pulled him away from the well-endowed CPU, "Well go look for another guy to have fun with, missy! Heero's my Destined Lover!"
Heero cleared his throat to get the attention of the two girls that were fighting, "If you two do not mind, I would prefer taking care of whatever agenda it is that has been planned out."
The group of five left the safe house and went to the city in order to find the ingredients for their Thanksgiving feast.
Xxx
Near the center of Leanbox's main city, Black Heart was observing her surroundings… and she looked quite lost, "Could this be any worse? I came here because I wanted to spend Thanksgiving with Heero… But the Sky Harbor is closed now." Black Heart was silent for a moment before shaking. "N-Not that I want to spend today with him! I mean I'm really busy, and I have a lot of other people I could have Thanksgiving with! I-I just thought that maybe Heero could use a break from Neptune's stupidity."
As the raven haired girl contemplated her situation, she heard what sounded like a half playful, half serious argument behind her. The CPU of Lastation would have disregarded it, had the bickering not drawn closer, "…How many times do I gotta tell you, Iffy? We gotta have everything to have a real Thanksgiving dinner. Right, Heero?"
Black Heart immediately turned around at the mentioning of a certain Gundam pilot, "Heero? I-I've been looking fo-" Black Heart stopped in mid-sentence when she saw Green Heart with her arms around Heero's left arm, "(What the-?! Why the hell is she hanging around Heero again?! Is she trying to piss me off?!)"
Neptune had been talking with Compa and IF when she caught sight of the teenaged girl, "Hey, it's my amnesiac best buddy! How've ya been? You remember your name yet?"
Black Heart looked away, knowing that since Neptune did not know that she was the CPU of Lastation, she technically had no name… at least around the party, "N-No. I-I still don't remember, but I'm sure I'll remember soon." The teenaged girl then shot a glare at Green Heart, "By the way, who's your friend?"
Neptune narrowed her eyes at the CPU of Leanbox, "She's the goddess of this here landmass, but she's no friend of mine. She keeps saying that Heero is her number one or something."
Black Heart's eye began to twitch, "I-Is that right? (…Bitch! You better keep those hands of yours away from him.)"
Compa and IF entered a small grocery store to pick up some of the food they would be eating later, Heero watched as the two vanished into the store, "Neptune, should you not be going with them?"
Neptune blinked a few time before realizing that Compa and IF had already went to get their food, "Be right back! No doing the thing with another girl while I'm gone, Heero! You gotta save yourself for me, my Destined Lover."
Heero narrowed his eyes at the preteen before turning his attention to Black Heart, "I will admit that I am surprised to see that you have come so far on your own."
Immediately, Black Heart's cheeks turned a light pink color hue, "W-Well, it's not like it was hard or anything. A-And besides, I heard you were here, s-so I thought I would visit. N-Not that I was concerned or anything. After all, you're really strong Heero."
Compa poked her head out of the doorway of the grocery store and directed her attention towards Heero, "Heero, we need some help finding some things for dinner. Will you help us?"
Heero freed his arm from Lady Green Heart, "If you will excuse me."
Green Heart watched as Heero entered the store, and then turned her attention towards Black Heart, only to find the CPU of Lastation in her face, "Alright, what's the big idea?!"
The blonde haired CPU was momentarily surprised to see the angry teen in front of her before a more serious look made its way onto her face, "What exactly do you mean?"
"Don't play dumb with me! Where do you get off holding Heero like that?! I could tell that he didn't like it one bit!"
Green Heart continued to watch the raven haired CPU, a confused look on her face, "What makes you so sure Heero didn't like it? At most, he might have felt indifferent about it… But why do you care how Heero feels so much?" The blonde woman's eyes widened for a brief moment before her lips curved into a sly grin. "Oh… so THAT'S it, is it?"
Black Heart suddenly felt uneasy in Green Heart's presence, "What are you talking about?"
The grin on Green Heart's face seemed to grow wider, "Could it be that you have perhaps… fallen for Heero?"
Black Heart's face instantly turned blood red at the CPU's question, "Wh-Where do you get that ridicules conception?! J-Just because Heero is really strong and smart, and just because he acts tough to hide his caring and compassionate side doesn't mean I've fallen for him! Because I haven't! Not even a little!"
Green Heart clasped her hands together, "Is that right? Then I don't have to worry about having to compete against you for him."
The teenaged girl narrowed her eyes at the blonde, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, let's just say that I have certain feelings for Heero. Its one thing to have to compete with Neptune, since she will not be a challenge whatsoever, but you would be much more difficult to overcome. But since you say you haven't fallen for Heero, then he might as well be mine already."
Black Heart stomped her foot onto the ground, "Now wait just a minute! Who says Heero belongs to you?! What if I told you that I DID feel something for him? N-Not that I do or anything mind you. I-I'm just saying for the sake of argument: what if I did?"
The blonde CPU frowned at the girl in front of her, "…Then I might have to be a little concerned."
Before the two girls could go any further into their topic, Heero came back out of the store with Neptune, Compa and IF, "We got a bunch of food! Now, on to the next store people! March!"
Green Heart immediately took her place next to Heero and latched onto his arm, "Well, it was nice meeting you, but we have to be going."
Before Neptune had a chance to grab onto Heero's other arm, the preteen found herself heading straight for the ground on her backside, "Whooooa!"
Black Heart latched onto Heero's free arm while glaring at Green Heart, "You know what? I think I'll join. Unless there's a problem? Other than the obvious problem, of course. Who knows what you would do to Heero?"
Neptune stood pack up, her cheeks slowly starting to swell, "Yeah, she keeps trying to seduce him! He's my lover!"
Green Heart frowned at the purple haired preteen as she went into another one of her spiels about being Heero's lover, "I have heard Heero say that you are not lovers on more than one occasion, and I am more inclined to believe Heero than you."
The purple haired girl's cheeks further swelled as the CPU of Leanbox played the 'Heero is not your lover because he says he's not' card. "Heero's just sayin' that cuz' he's embarrassed. Heero loves me and ONLY me."
Heero could feel a headache coming on, as was evident by the way the corner of his mouth and left eye twitched… which did not go unnoticed by Black Heart. The raven haired girl raised her voice as Neptune and Green Heart went back and forth in their heated discussion, "Will you two just shut up?!"
Both girls stopped their exchange to look at Black Heart. "Can't you see that your bickering is giving Heero a headache? If you really cared about Heero as much as you two claim to, then you would stop this senseless bickering!"
Neptune and Green Heart saw the look of irritation on Heero's face. Exchanged glances with one another, then heaved defeated sighs, "It sucks when my amnesiac buddy puts it like that."
"I had not intended to cause Heero any trouble… I am quite ashamed of myself."
With both Neptune and Green Hart no longer bickering with one another, Heero now had some peace of mind. The Gundam pilot directed his attention toward Black Heart, "You have my gratitude. Thanks to you, they have stopped for the time being."
Black Heart averted her gaze from Heero as she played with a few strands of her hair, "Well, it was clearly irritating you... and we couldn't have that, can we? Your health is too important to be wasted on these two."
Neptune gave the raven haired girl a half glare as she conversed with Heero, "Hey… what're you doing, amnesia buddy? Are you trying to steal Heero from me like Lady Green Heart?"
The teen could feel her cheeks heat up from the accusation. "N-No! It's just that I understand that Heero has had to do a lot of work since he started helping you. Clearly you're not thinking about Heero's health, so I will take it upon myself to take care of him."
Just then, Black Heart was forced away from Heero by Compa, who took her place at the Perfect Soldier's side, "If anyone is going to be taking care of Heero, it's me. I am a nurse after all."
IF could see that Heero was getting irritated one again, and acted quickly to relief the Gundam pilot of his predicament, "Hey, I realize you all are having fun fighting over Heero and what not, but we need to hurry up and get all of the things on our list. The shops will close if we take too long."
Neptune had a blank look on her face before IF's words registered in her brain. The purple haired girl suddenly started flailing her arms, "What are we doing standing around for? We gotta get the rest of the food, or we can't have our Thanksgiving dinner! That would suck!"
Neptune grabbed Heero by his arm and pulled him away from Lady Green Heart. "We gotta get moving! Now!"
The group quickly took off after the purple haired girl and the Gundam pilot as she went around the city of Leanbox food for the party's Thanksgiving feast.
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Lyrica was walking through a park located in the center of Leanbox's capital city with a brown paper bag full of groceries in her hands. The blue haired songstress was humming to herself as she walked through the quiet park, "It's a good thing IF called me when she did, otherwise I would have passed by that vegetable shop."
Reaching into the bag, Lyrica pulled at a well-shaped, bright red apple. "I don't cook very often, but I know how to make a really good apple pie that I'm sure Heero will like."
As she arrived at the end of the park, Lyrica could see the party coming out of a grocery store with Green Heart and Black Heart. Before she could take even one step towards them the songstress found herself colliding with something, causing her to fall on her bottom, "…Watch where you're going."
Lyrica looked to see who she had inadvertently ran into, only to find that she was looking at the ivory haired girl that the party had met on Lowee. The young girl carefully eyed Lyrica as she looked back with panic in her eyes, "…You're one of those girls traveling with Heero."
"Wh-What…?"
The young girl quickly stood up off of the ground and dusted herself off before picking up the book that had landed on the ground next to her "…Nothing. Just talking to myself."
When the nameless girl turned around, she found herself face to face with Neptune, who was looking at her with bead eyes and a big smile, "Hey, it's you! Whatcha doing here? Are you here to celebrate Thanksgiving? Wanna celebrate it with us? We're gonna have a lot of yummy food."
IF looked at the party's purple haired leader with a questioning look, "You're just asking her so you can go around and get more food."
Compa tried to reason with the brunette before an argument broke out between the two girls, "Iffy, we really should let her join us. What kind of Thanksgiving would she have if she spent it alone?"
As the three girls went off on a tangent, the ivory haired girl looked past them to see Heero with Green Heart and Black Heart holding onto his arms while glaring at each other, "…What the hell?!"
The two girls at Heero's sides stopped looking at one another to see the young girl before them, who was gnashing her teeth as she looked upon them. A frown began to form on Green Heart's face as she looked at the smaller girl, "What vulgar language. Have you no decency?"
"What are you two doing holding onto Heero like that?!"
Neptune looked at the two girls who were clinging to her Destined Lover, "Lady Green Heart thinks Heero belongs to her, so she's trying to steal him. I left my amnesia buddy in charge of keeping my lover away from her, but she's not doing a good job."
Without warning, the ivory haired girl ran right into Heero's stomach and started glaring at the two girls next to him. "…You two can get away from Heero any time now. Now that I'm here, he doesn't need you."
Green Heart tightened her hold on Heero's arm as she looked at the little girl, "If anything, this just gives me more reason to stay with him. The last thing Heero needs is to listen to you spout of profanity every two minutes."
Black Heart strengthened her hold on the Gundam pilot as she glared at the ivory haired girl, "I think the person Heero doesn't need is YOU! I'm sure Heero doesn't want to have to put up with that fowl mouth of yours."
Heero could feel a headache coming on once again, "(The thought of activating a self-detonation switch or shooting myself in the head sounds very appealing right now…)"
Neptune had her hands on her hips as she gave a half glare to the three girls around Heero, "…They're totally fighting over my lover. I gotta do something!"
Before Neptune could 'do something' about the three girls, Lyrica walked up to her fellow party members, "Umm… I got the vegetables you asked for… but the shops were out of turkeys."
The party's leader immediately spun around to face Lyrica. "…What?"
"Umm… the shops are out of turkeys. I asked the shop keeps and they said that everyone had already bought them all. Something about a shortage of adventurers to go out and hunt them."
Silence dominated the air as Neptune stared at the celebrity singer. The group turned their attention to the preteen, as they were experiencing a rare moment of silence from her. After a moment of painful silence Neptune started shouting in the middle of the street, drawing the attention of passerby and shop keeps, "What?! They're all out of turkey?! They can't be out!"
Almost immediately, Neptune started running up and down the streets to every store and vendor to see if anyone had a turkey for sale. After five minutes of searching Neptune trudged back to the group, a dishearten look on her face, "Nobodies got a turkey left for sale…"
Compa began to pat Neptune on the back, "There, there, Nep-Nep… maybe next year we can have a turkey for our dinner."
Neptune turned to look at Compa, a look of determination on her face. "What? We can't wait that long. It's not Thanksgiving dinner without a big turkey! I've already come up with an idea on how we're gonna solve our missing turkey problem." The bubbly preteen wrenched Heero away from the three girls that were around him while pointing in the direction of the party's safe house. "To the house!"
With that, Neptune took off down the street with Heero in tow and the rest of the group following shortly thereafter.
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As soon as the group arrived back at the safe house, they were immediately sat at the dining room table waiting for Neptune to reveal her idea on how they were going to acquire a turkey for Thanksgiving. Black Heart was sitting next to Heero, her eyes roaming around the kitchen until she finally asked the question that was plaguing the group at the table… most of the people anyway, "What exactly is this great plan of hers?"
"I'm glad you asked my amnesiac best buddy."
Everyone in the kitchen directed their attention to Neptune as she entered the kitchen with a map and a pointer in hand. The purple haired girl placed the map up on the wall in front of the table before turning to face the group, "As everyone's favorite meat shield told us, all the shops in Leanbox are out of turkey… which is a total buzz kill."
Lyrica's face grew pale at the comment directed at her, "I-I am not a meat shield!"
"Whatever. Anyway, if we can't buy or own turkey, then we'll just have to catch one. Ladies and Destined Lover, I give you Operation: Take Home the Turkey! Catch the big fat bird!"
The ivory haired girl seated across from Black Heart gave Neptune a questioning look, "…What a stupid name for a plan."
IF folded her arms as she listened to the purple haired girl, "The names for her plans are pretty stupid, but when she comes up with them she gets surprisingly productive. They sound like ideas that a smart person came up with."
Black Heart snickered at the idea, "Neptune? Productive and smart? That will be the day."
Neptune took her pointer and started poking at a location on the map with it, "After a lot of hard work and stuff, I have learned that there is only one place in Leanbox where we can find a turkey. And that place is right here."
The location that Neptune was pointing at was one of the small islands that encircled Leanbox. "Since there are no adventurers or hunters out looking for 'em, we should be able to find a big juicy turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner."
Lady Green Heart had a look of uncertainty on her face as Neptune went on, "And pray tell, how exactly do you plan to capture the turkey once you have found it? If you truly have done your homework, then you would know that the ones here in Leanbox tend to get rather big and are quite aggressive."
Neptune folded her arms over her chest, "Well, we're after one bird and we've got a party. Plus we've got Heero, and nothing can beat him. As long we've got my Destined Lover, we don't gotta worry about catching a turkey."
Black Heart scoffed at Neptune's 'plan', "Figures. You're just going to have Heero do all of the work."
Neptune took the map off of the wall and tossed it aside. "We'll go over an actual plan to catch our delicious turkey when we get to the quest area and all that."
Heero stood up from the table along with the rest of the party, "Mission, understood."
As the party prepared to leave their safe house, Lady Green Heart stood up, "I shall accompany you all as well. If I am going to be joining you for Thanksgiving, I believe that it is only fair that I do my part to help."
The ivory haired girl stood up out of her seat as well, her book still clutched in her hands, "…I guess I'll go. I'm not doing anything else."
Black Heart shot up from her seat after the other two girls, "Wait! I'll go, too. I mean, you clearly need help with this."
Neptune pointed towards the front door of the safe house, "With our party, we'll totally catch that big bird! Let's move out, people!"
Xxx
It did not take the party long to travel from the capital city to the small island that was home to the creature that the party sought for their Thanksgiving dinner. Along the way, the party lost sight of Black Heart, Green Heart, and the young girl, "I wonder where Lady Green Heart went? Oh, whatever. It just means that she won't be around to try and steal Heero from me."
Compa looked from side to side as the party made their way through the dungeon they were in, "I sure hope Lady Green Heart and the others are okay."
The dungeon the party was in was a snow covered forest that really stood out in the Land of Green Pastures, as most everywhere on or around the landmass was bright and sunny. As the group advanced into the dungeon, they couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched… and they soon found that they were stopped by a familiar white haired swordstress.
Neptune immediately stepped out in front of Heero, believing that the swordstress was after Heero, "You again? Didn't you learn the last several times we beat you up? Heero's my lover! I'll never give him up to you!"
Black Heart's cheeks turned a light shade of red as she snapped back at the preteen, "I'm not here for Heero! I-It's just a coincidence that we ran into each other here!" The teenaged beauty lifted her large sword and pointed the weapon at Neptune. "Though, I should probably use this opportunity to get rid of you!"
"…If anyone is going to get rid of Neptune, it's me."
Everyone's attention shifted in the direction of the newcomer, who was none other than the Newtype the party had encountered on Lowee a number of times. The blue haired girl leveled her axe as she looked between Neptune and Black Heart. "…This works out for me. I'll get rid of you both, right here and now."
Compa, IF and Lyrica drew their weapons, thinking that a fight was about to ensue, "This could get ugly. And all we came here to do was catch a turkey."
"Well, it seems fate has brought us together once again, Heero."
The girls all turned in the direction they heard the third voice… which was coming from behind Neptune and the others. What they found was (to them) an irritating sight; a transformed Green Heart with her arms around Heero's torso. Every other girl was infuriated by the sight, "Hey, you get away from Heero! He doesn't want you grabbing onto him like that!"
Heero looked past the girls to see the shadow of a large object looming behind them, "Your petty squabble can wait. We have a more immediate problem to address."
Before any of the girls could ask what the Gundam pilot meant, a loud *squawk* was heard from behind them. They turned around to see a large bird with a brown feathery body and tail, a large yellow beak and feet, and a rounded pinkish-red head. Neptune looked up at the monster sized bird with her mouth slightly agape, "Whoa… that's one big turkey."
IF was looking at the large bird with wide eyes, "You think? That things as big as a house!"
The party began to question how they were going to capture the giant turkey, when the creature suddenly started attacking them without warning. The monster rapidly began to peck the ground where they stood, clearly thinking that the group was food. Neptune, Compa and Lyrica started running around in a disorganized manner as they avoided the monster bird, "Hey, you're supposed to go after the healer!"
"N-Nep-Nep! Don't try to make the monster come after me!"
Black Heart began to close in on the giant turkey, "I can take down this monster on my own!"
As the white haired girl prepared to swing at the monster's neck, she suddenly found herself being lifted into the air. The sudden sense of weightlessness caused Black Heart to drop her sword."Wh-What are you doing?! Put me down!"
The large turkey suddenly started shaking and throwing its head from side to side as it maintained a strong grip on the teen's body suit. All of the jerking and shaking from the creature was causing tears to form in Black Heart's body suit, and her face started to change to a dark crimson, "(N-No! If Heero sees me naked I'll… I'll…!)"
Three pink streaks shot past Black Heart and struck the large monster in its face, causing it to drop the teen. Black Heart braced herself, expecting to fall onto the snow covered ground. Instead, she felt herself fall into a pair of arms, which turned out to be Heero's. The Gundam pilot had his attention focused on the giant bird that the party had planned to capture, "It would be best for you not to rush in without first gauging what the enemy is capable of."
Black Heart averted her eyes from the Perfect Soldier, embarrassed about her inability to defeat the monster like she claimed that she would, "I-I was just waiting for the right moment to attack! I don't need anyone's help! A-And I didn't ask you to save me!"
Heero set Black Heart down so that she could retrieve her weapon, while Green Heart and the Newtype were trying their best to avoid incurring any injuries from the oversized bird, "What a trouble monster. I knew they were aggressive, but I didn't think they could get this bad."
"…Shows how much attention you're paying to your land, Thundertits! If you didn't keep slacking off, this wouldn't be a problem!"
The plan to capture the giant turkey wasn't exactly going to plan…not that the party had a plan to begin with, it just wasn't any better. The party was stuck evading the creature's attacks for the most part, and what attacks they could get in weren't dealing any superficial damage.
After a few minutes, the house sized turkey had the group corned. Just when it seemed like the party had no hope of escaping, a voice rang out from above, "Hold it right there, fowl beast!"
The monster turned its head to look up into one of the nearby trees to see the silhouette of a certain 'Keeper of Peace'. "I will not stand by while you attack these innocent people! I, Nisa, shall end your evil existence here and now!" Nisa leapt into the air before dive-bombing towards the large turkey, her left foot outstretched, "Justice Kick!"
Nisa's foot came into contact with the monster's head, sending it to the ground with an audible crash. The heroine had her hands on her hips as she faced the party, "Fear not, fair citizens. The monster has been dealt with."
Gust came out from behind a nearby tree and ran up to Nisa, "Nisa! Big monster not defeated yet!"
"Huh?" The bluenette turned back around to see that the giant turkey monster was getting back up. "What a persistent monster. Perhaps I need to use my Justice Kick at full power!"
Heero could see that the group was not going to get anywhere fighting like this, "We are at a disadvantage given our current situation. I advise a tactical withdraw so that we may come up with a strategy to defeat the target."
The group along with Nisa and Gust left the area while the giant turkey was still disoriented.
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After putting a sufficient amount of distance between themselves and the turkey, the group took a break from their running. Neptune was sitting on a rock, panting and gasping for air, "How can catching one big bird be so hard?"
Black Heart was rubbing her arms since enough of her body suit had been torn that she began to feel cold, "Damn perverted monster… I'm going to catch a cold like this…"
The Newtype was grinding her foot into the ground as she sat on a nearby rock, "…Damnit all to hell. I can't believe I had to run from that stupidass bird!"
Green Heart stood with one of her arms under her ample chest, "I can't believe that I actually had to run away from a monster. Perhaps I have been getting soft."
Neptune suddenly stood up and then transformed with the aid of her HDD. The purple haired swordstress wore a glare on her face, "I will not stand for this. I refuse to run away from a fight. I'll find the monster and take care of it myself."
"That would not be the best course of action."
Neptune turned her attention to Heero as he draped his denim jacket over Black Heart's shoulders, taking the swordstress of Lastation by surprise, "The only reason we had to retreat is because we lack a strategy. He who fails to plan, plans to fail. If we are to accomplish our mission, we need a plan."
Compa was sitting next to Lyrica as they group planned their next move, "Do you have a plan, Heero?"
"The question isn't if I have a plan, the question is whether or not it will work."
IF, who had been sitting on the ground, stood up and dusted the snow off her jacket, "Well, none of your plans have failed before. I'm sure this one will work out to."
Nisa thumped her chest with her hand, a confidant smile on her face, "Good shall always triumph over evil! Whatever you have planned will most assuredly defeat the monster that plagues this land."
Black Heart looked away as she pulled Heero's jacket tighter around her frame, "I'll go along with your plan… B-But only because I want to defeat that monster for humiliating me!"
Neptune kept her gaze fixed on Heero, "Well, I guess that settles that. What's your plan?"
Heero explained his idea to the group of girls within a few minutes. Once he was finished the girls all seemed to be in agreement with his plan, "Now that we've all come to a consensus, we just need to figure out who will draw out the monster." Neptune looked over the other girls of the group. "Any volunteers?"
Heero looked towards the one opening into the area to see the giant turkey racing towards them, "That won't be necessary. The target is already heading this way."
The group turned to see that the monster bird was indeed heading straight for them. Heero was engulfed in a bright light and was soon replaced by the Crossbone Gundam. "Remember the plan. If everyone does their part, this won't take long."
Neptune and the others hid behind anything they could find that would conceal them, waiting for Heero's plan to go into motion. Heero stood his ground, even when the giant turkey was only a few feet away. The large monster rammed into the Gundam head first and succeeded in pushing it back a few centimeters before Heero grabbed the monster by the neck and slammed it into the ground, "(…The neck is relatively soft, and has no natural armor to protect it. This should work.)"
The turkey scramble to get up so that it could attempt to charge the Gundam pilot again. One of the Steel Anchors attached to the Crossbone Gundam's waist shot out and latched onto the creature's neck. Almost immediately the monster tried to remove the metal object around its neck, and once that failed it tried to drag Heero around to free itself, "I won't let you go that easily."
The second Steel Anchor on the Crossbone Gundam's waist shot out and wrapped around a nearby boulder, keeping the Gundam in place as the turkey tried to pull on him. With the combined weight of both the Gundam and the boulder, the large monster was immobilized, "Now you're in for it."
Shortly after rendering the monster unable to escape, the group of girls came out of their hiding places. Nisa had leapt into the air to deliver her signature attack, "Justice Kick!"
The heroine's attacked made contact with the monster's head like it had earlier and had similar results. Once the large bird crashed into the ground Gust threw two bottles of liquid at the creature's neck that created a block of ice around its neck once the two liquids came into contact.
Compa and Lyrica shot at the turkey's back, causing cracks to form on its feathers, "(Just as I thought… the reason why our attacks weren't having any effect was because the feathers on the target are hardened to create a natural shell around it.)"
IF delivered a series of swift kicks before moving out of the way of the oncoming 'plug suit' ladies, "This is for humiliating me!"
Black Heart dealt a powerful blow to the monster's back, causing the cracks to spread further along the hard feathers on its back. Green Heart repeatedly struck the creature with accurate jabs with her lance, which was followed shortly thereafter by the Newtype, who delivered a single powerful wing with her axe that shattered the 'armor' that protect the monster's soft hide.
Neptune was last to attack as she drove her sword through exposed hide, effectively ending the monster's life. The swordstress leapt off the now dead creature and looked at the end result of the groups work, "That's that. I guess we're done."
Lyrica looked at the monster for a moment before something clicked, "Wait… how exactly are we supposed to get this turkey back to the house?"
The group had not thought about that at all. Now that they had finally captured the important part of their Thanksgiving dinner, they had to deal with the task of getting it back to the safe house… which was on the main island, and it was going to take some work to get back with their kill. Neptune gave Heero and apologetic look, "Sorry Heero, I think it's obvious that you're the only one who can carry it back."
Heero let out a runt as he retrieve the anchor attached to the boulder, then promptly attached it to the now dead turkey, "…A mule's lot is hard."
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It took the party some time to return to their safe house with the giant bird. Along the way, they lost sight of the three mystery women, only to be reunited with Leanbox's CPU, Neptune's amnesia buddy, and the little girl from Lowee. Once they arrived at the safe house, Compa immediately went to work preparing the turkey to be roasted. Black Heart set about preparing some of the other foods that the group would be eating along with Green Heart, and Lyrica was buying herself making her apple pie.
By the time the girls were done it was 6:30 P.M. The dining room table was prepared with several plates, glasses, napkins and silverware. It was only once the group was seated at the table did food begin to make its way out of the kitchen, and at the center of the table sat the party's prize: the large turkey that they had fought to bring home.
Neptune's mouth was watering uncontrollably as she looked at the roast turkey, "I gotta have some of that turkey now!"
The preteen reached to grab hold of one of the drumsticks, only to have her hand slapped away by Lady Green Heart. The CPU of Leanbox frowned at Neptune, "Really now. Have you no manners? Heero worked very hard to bring back the centerpiece of this feast, so it is only right that Heero gets the first plate."
"Well then, I'll make Heero's plate for him!"
The ivory haired girl across from Neptune grabbed a plate and started piling food onto it, "…That won't be necessary. I'll make Heero's plate."
Neptune grabbed onto the plate in the young girl's hands. "No, I'm gonna make Heero's plate."
Strengthening her grip on the fine china, the young girl gave Neptune a disgruntled look. "…Let go, dammit."
"The three of you can stop already. I already made Heero's plate."
Neptune, Green Heart and the young girl looked over at Black Heart just as she set down a plate of food in front of Heero. The Gundam pilot looked at the plate in front of him before directing his attention to the raven haired teen next to him, "I appreciate what you are doing, but you do not need to waste your time tending to me."
Black Heart played with a few strand of her hair as she looked down at the floor. "W-Well, from what I understand you had to work really hard, and if we left it up to these three then neither you nor anyone else here would get fed. This is a day to be thankful for what we have, not arguing about whose going to feed you."
Neptune quickly came around the table and latched onto Heero, "And I'm thankful for having my Destined Lover here. Nobody's gonna take him away from me."
Green Heart stood up and made her way over to Heero as well, "I am thankful for having Heero here as well. Life on Leanbox was dull until he showed up."
The ivory haired girl shot up from her seat and made her way over to the Gundam pilot, "…I am thankful for having Heero here if, for no other reason, because it give me a break from your stupidity."
Black Heart glared at the other three girls before grabbing onto the Perfect Soldier, "W-Well, I'm thankful for having Heero here as well! He's really nice and he knows how to treat a girl."
Compa, IF, Lyrica, Nisa and Gust were exchanging glances with one another, "Can Thanksgiving really be about being thankful for having a person around? I mean I'm thankful for having Heero here, too."
IF pinched the bridge of her nose as she listened to the nurse in training go off on a tangent, "I just don't now anymore…"
Heero was questioning how he ended up in his current situation, heaving a mental sigh as he did, "(The only thing I would be thankful for right now is some Ibuprofen…)"
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Me: "Well, there you go people. Our Thanksgiving Special. I feel like this chapter should have been longer, but… whatever."
Heero and Neptune: (Enter ACCC) "I got to eat a ton of yummy food, so I'm not gonna complain."
Heero: "That being said, it would be best for you to return to working on the main story."
Me: "Yeah, yeah, I know. I was working on it, but school work got in the way… then Thanksgiving got here before I knew it, so then it became a question of do I work on the main story or the special?"
Black Heart: (Enters ACCC from Break Room) "Well, at least you made sure include me in this bonus chapter of yours, so its popularity is sure to increase."
Green Heart: (Enters ACCC from Lounge) "Come now, the reason why this chapter will be so popular is because I am in it."
White Heart: (Enters ACCC from Left Entrance) "…Get over yourselves. I'm the reason this chapter is so popular."
Nisa and Gust: (Enter ACCC from Break Room) "Why did we only get minor roles in this chapter? As a heroine, I should play a bigger part."
Gust: "Gust is happy because Gust got to play a part in chapter."
Compa, IF and Lyrica: (Enter ACCC from Lounge) "It was a nice break, but we really need to get back to the main story. I mean, when was the last time you updated with an actual story chapter?"
Me: "You people are giving me a headache. Let's just wrap this up and call it a night." (Points at Neptune) "Nep, wrap this up."
Neptune: (Looks toward readers) "Read and review this awesome chapter! And please tell these guys that Heero and I are the reason this chapter is awesome."
Me: "Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and we'll see you in the next update."
Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Lyrica, Gust, Nisa, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Leave ACCC)
