I Am the Walrus - {songfic}

Author: Scheherazade

Song: I Am the Walrus

By: The Beatles (Lennon/Mcartney)

Disclaimer: I do not, nor do I pretend to own Gundam Wing. I also do not own the rights to "I Am the Walrus." I have only good intentions with this fic.

Warnings: Yaoi

Pairings: 1X2, 3X4, 5XS

Takes place about 20 years after the war. This fic contains some OCs. Tell me what you think of it, k? It’s my first songfic!

C&C: Alicit@aol.com

Archived: anywhere, if you want it, ask.

Key:

{Lyrics}

~Thoughts~

"Dialogue"

//Flashback//

~~~~~

"Duo-daddy, could you please brush my hair for me? I’m going to be late and I... Daddy, Why are you so sad?"

"Oh, Helen, I was just thinking about how grown up you’ve gotten. You used to be just a little baby and now you’re going out on your first date. Here, sit down next to me on the couch. Heh, your hair is almost as long as mine is now. It’s definitely as long as it was when I was your age."

"What did you look like back then?"

"Well, there is a photo album to your left there. Yeah, give it here." He motioned for his daughter to sit on the couch in front of him.

"Don’t you want me to hold it while you brush my hair out?"

"You’re really insistent on this," said Duo with a smirk.

"You don’t mind do you?"

"No, sweetie, I’m honored."

"Look, your wedding pictures are first!"

{I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together}

"Yeah, we somehow got everyone to come back together... And we got Wufei into a tux. That’s no small matter."

//flashback//

"ONNA!"

"Wufei, really, you need to calm down. It’s just a little stain. No one will notice."

"But this was my *new* white suit, and you spilt red wine on it. I paid for this suit with my own money that I worked my ass off for!"

"Wufei, this is Heero’s and Duo’s day, and if you keep this up and embarrass me, I will kick that ass!"

//end flashback//

"What’s that mark on Uncle Wufei’s jacket?... Why are you laughing?"

"No reason. You know, everything that could have gone wrong on that day went wrong. I was so worried that Heero would change his mind at the last minute-"

"Papa Heero would never do that!"

"You sound so confident," commented Duo dryly

"Yes, I am. Because he loves you. Daddy! You’re doing that blurry-eyed thing again!"

"I was just remembering. That was one of the happiest days of my life. I never thought that I would be so happy."

{see how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly}

//flashback//

"Du...Duo... I'm so glad... You're alright, aren't you?"

" Sister!"

" Don't worry us like that. The Father was thinking of you until his very last moment..."

"I-I'll call a doctor right away!"

" The Federation Army has come. We can't... leave here..."

"Is- is it my fault? Because I stole a Mobile Suit from the Federation?!"

" The Father was... a wonderful example... He preached peace to... everyone... till the end..."

"What do you mean, wonderful?! He was just stupid, wasn't he?! What did he accomplish by getting himself killed?"

" Duo... May God... bless you and... keep... you..."[1]

//end flashback//

"Duo-daddy, please don’t cry."

{I’m crying}

"Oh, don’t worry. I don’t cry."

"Yeah, right, and I’m queen of the world... Hey! Don’t pull my hair! Oh you think that’s so funny don’t you daddy."

"No, I’ve undergone that abuse before." Duo faked grief, but Helen was not put over on so easily, and she turned her attention to the picture book once more.

"What’s this picture?"

{sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come}

"Oh, that’s your Uncle Quatre and I when we were around your age, maybe a year older or so. The war had just ended and we had blown up our gundams. Your Uncle Trowa took the picture... You can still see the smoke from our three gundams. We were getting bored waiting for your mother to pick us up from the ravine, so we started rifling through Quatre’s pack"

"And you found a camera."

"Yeah, and some stale cereal."

"In Uncle *Quatre’s* pack?" asked Helen incredulously.

"He may seem neat, but he’s a slob within, just like me."

"You remember that day so well..."

{corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday}

"Yeah, it was December thirtieth. It was a Tuesday. Only a few days after the war... I was glad it was over, but I didn’t know what was going to happen next. I was lost without my Deathscythe and without Heero."

{man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long}

"I got depressed after that and your mother took care of me. She s the best friend anyone’s ever had. She even found Heero for me and brought him to me."

"Oh, Duo-daddy, I’ve heard this story before... you declared your love for one another and three months later you got married!"

"That’s the abbreviated version, Helen, dear... What are you laughing at?"

"Did someone have a foodfight?"

{I am the eggman, they are the eggmen}

"Yeah, that was breakfast on Christmas morning two years after the war."

"And one year before I was born?"

"Yeah, then we had to grow up and be responsible."

"No more foodfights?"

"No more foodfights... What are you laughing at now?"

{I am the walrus}

"Your funny Halloween costume."

"I ran out of ideas..."

"I can see that."

{goo goo goo joob}

"Awww, look, this is you and Lucy as babies. That was the first time Trowa and Quatre brought her over to meet you. You were best friends, right from the beginning."

"Like it would have made any difference if we hated each other? We had to be best friends, we were together every second of every day anyway."

"Eh true but... Oi, hi Heero, didn’t hear you come in. We were just looking at pictures. Want to join us?"

"And Daddy *was* helping me get ready for my date."

"I still am. Give me that brush."

"What picture are you two looking at now?" asked Heero, not bothering to hide the affection he felt towards his family.

"Oh? umm... some picture of you two kissing in a park somewhere..." Helen was consumed by the soothing action of the brush against her scalp, so she didn’t notice the far away look that came into Heero’s eyes.

//Flashback//

Duo was leaning back against the green park bench. He had closed his eyes and tilted his head so the fading sunlight peered from every peak in Duo’s features. Duo relaxed and his right hand moved in such a way that the light shone around the silver promise band that Heero had slid into place only ten minutes ago. Heero leaned over Duo to steal his millionth kiss in that short time...

"Ahem."

{Mr. City policeman sitting pretty little policemen in a row}

"The park closes at dusk, gentlemen."

Heero was about to protest when Duo whispered, "Let’s go. There’s so much more we can do outside of the park, koi."

//End flashback//

"Yeay! More pictures of me and Lucy!" Helen was bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Do you want your hair brushed or no?"

"Yes, yes, I’m sorry, continue."

{See how they fly like Lucy in the sky}

The picture was of Lucy, at five, being pushed by Quatre in a swing, her light brown hair streaming out behind her and her emerald green eyes sparkling as she laughed. Her father and her brother, Billy were sitting as two blurred figures in the background, but Helen knew they were there.

{See how they run}

The next picture was of Billy after he won the Regional Cross Country track meet, he was standing alongside TJ, who was warming up for the 100 meter sprint.

//Flashback//

"Bill, great job on the race. Didn’t doubt you for a minute."

"Thanks." The tall blond regarded his friend critically. "Good luck to you too, Chang."

//End flashback//

Of course TJ won the race... and afterwards Wufei and Sally had taken all of the kids out to ice cream to celebrate. Like they were kids. They had been almost fifteen anyway.

of course TJ had to make some comment on how weak Helen, Lucy and his sister were, it was so like him. little did he know that the all the aforementioned girls had been talking about as they watched from the stands was how they planned to try out for girls’ track when it started. Helen remembered how Lucy and Merian had cheered for their respective brothers.

~I was jealous... I wanted a brother to cheer for too. I felt left out.~

{I’m crying, - I’m crying, I’m crying}

~I told them I had a grain of sand stuck in my eye. Billy gave me the rest of his ice cream and a smile.~

Heero saw the distant sad look in his only daughter’s eyes and it made him reach out and touch her cheek. She whipped her head around and gave him a small smile.

//Flashback//

"Are you lost?"

"I’ve been lost since the day I was born."

//End flashback//

{Yellow matter custard dripping from the dead dog’s eye}

~Don’t be sad daughter, I have saved you from true horror. Your tears come easily, and I’m grateful you have a heart that can cry. You would never have killed that little girl and her dog.~

Heero shook off the train of thought before it could consume him. "Turn the page, Helen. There’s a picture of...

//Flashback//

"Hello, my name is Relena Dorlian"

//End flashback//

{Grab a locker fishwife pornographic priestess}

//Flashback//

"Heero? Heero, I... I... are you even listening?"

"Hai"

"I love you."

"..."

"Don’t you have anything to say?"

"I... love Duo.... I’m -"

"I understand." Heero turned to face Relena to see if she was telling the truth. She was, he could see the comprehension and acceptance in her eyes, as if he had confirmed something she already knew. Her fascination with him had been a thing of her past, and now she would move on. Because she was stronger than he was. She could admit her feelings.

//End flashback//

Duo and Helen were giggling over another of the pictures.

{Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down}

In it a rather wet Duo was chasing an extremely wet three year old Helen, who was clad in only her undies. Heero remembered being threatened bodily harm only seconds after snapping the shutter. To make amends he had cooked Duo breakfast.

{I am the eggman, they are the eggmen}

And then... well, we can all use our imaginations now can’t we? Let’s just suffice to say that Helen went over to Lucy’s to play after she had her bath.

"Duo-daddy, you are goofy."

"What? Haven’t you ever done that with chopsticks?"

{I am the walrus}

"It’s not good table manners! And it’s sick! You could get them stuck up there!" Duo stifled a giggle and resumed brushing out the last knots in Helen’s dark chestnut mane.

"Look, you two, there’s sill more pictures and there’s still five minutes until Helen’s... date... is here

{Goo goo goo joob}

~But she’s still my little girl, she can’t be going out on her first date already. She can’t be fifteen already. Huh, think of what I was doing at fifteen.~

//Flashback//

{Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.}

They were in a tent, on the outskirts of the Sank kingdom. Quatre and he had come to earth, and he wanted to fight with the OZ rebels.

"This is absurd, Heero, it’s totally absurd. It’s a dispute within their organization. Participating in their fight only makes you another target."

"A target? That’s fine with me. Execution orders have been issued for us gundam pilots. This way I can let Romfeller know I’m still alive. It’s my way of retaliating."

The blond Arab had come up to him before Heero went of to fight with the rebels

"Is this really OK, Heero?"

{If the sun don’t come you get a tan from standing in the English rain}

//End flashback//

"Yeay! More pictures of me!"

"She’s very egotistic, ne, Heero-koi?"

{I am the eggman, they are the eggmen}

"Hey, I thought you said no more foodfights!"

"That was all your doing... you were a messy baby."

"Not that that’s changed much," muttered Heero, thinking of Helen’s pigsty- er, room.

"Papa!"

{I am the walrus}

"And here’s your first swimming lesson..."

"Hn... Like you needed them."

"Yeah! You took to it like... a fish to... uh... well... water."

"Sparkling analogy Daddy."

"I hope this attitude is just you being nervous and not a permanent thing..."

{Goo goo goo joob}

~She’s still my little girl.~

"Who’s that?" asked Helen, pointing to an old newspaper article that had a picture of a old, decrepit codger on it.

{Expert texpert choking smokers}

"That’s Dr. J," Heero’s voice was cold at the memory of the unfeeling old bat. "He built my gundam." Helen nodded silently, processing the information. She always wanted to know more about the war than either Duo or Heero were willing to tell. She knew they were just trying to protect her, but she wanted to know where they were coming from.

//Flashback//

{Don’t you think the joker laughs at you?}

"HAHAHAHA! Shinigami’s back from Hell!"

{hahaha}

//End flashback//

~Mission; accepted... Mission; complete... Mission;... failure~

//Flashback//

"I will survive!"

//End flashback//

{see how they smile like pigs in a sty see how they snide}

The old man in the picture had strange goggles on his face, and a small wicked grin could be seen beneath his white beard.

~If I were in the war... what would I have done? Could I have been strong? Would I have just given in and...~

{I’m crying}

The three heads turned simultaneously to a knock on the door. Three breaths were held. Three breaths were let out as the door ewes opened with a key and Hilde walked in.

"Well, don’t everybody look glad to see me now."

"Hi mommy! Sorry, we were... expecting someone else. We’re looking at pictures, want to join us?"

"Sure thing." Hilde looked around and pulled up a chair so she could look at the photo album too.

Duo pointed the one finger that he somehow had free from Helen’s hair at the second picture on the page.

{Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel tower.}

"That is the view from a transport of Paris. See? You can just make out the Eiffel tower, with it’s light on top."

"Bleah..."

"What’s with Duo?" inquired Hilde of Heero, who shrugged as Duo continued to make faces at the pictures from behind Helen."

{Elementary penguins singing Hare Krishna. Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe}

"Books... studying... evil." The photo Duo was referring to was of Duo and Heero in one of their various schools during the wartime. Duo was sprawled on the floor studying religious history and almost sleeping. Heero was at the desk bent over something with his English literature book next to him. Heero had stolen the photo from the baka yearbook student who had taken it without their permission.

Heero commented dryly, "That’s a really good influence Duo." Duo tried to look innocent. Hilde laughed at him. Duo stuck his tongue out at her.

~Really lucky to have a friend like her. Not many best friends would have a baby for you when you and your partner could, for obvious reasons, not.~

The doorbell rang and this time four breaths were held as their owners looked at the door. Helen rose to the door and placed her hand on the doorknob before looking back sat the three ex-soldiers and mouthing "Be good." The other three nodded their heads as Helen opened the door. "Hi Michael," said Helen with a smile as she stepped aside to let him in.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes…"

"Wait!" said Duo, as he snatched up a camera. "I needa take a picture of you two"

{I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob}

[owari]

[1] I got this form the translation of episode zero that can be found at www.gundamwing.org I did not translate it, nor did I write the original, though I have no idea who did.