ALL STAR:
The Fun Continues

"Ah, this is the life!" Duo exclaimed as he sunk back into his bench. Still in Oahu, the group were taking advantage of all the days they have left for partying.

"Oh, and you can still say that?" Dorothy asked, fixing her trendy purple eyeglasses with her index. Duo gave the obnoxious aristocrat a sideways glance. "Whaddya mean, missy?" he asked demandingly.

Dorothy gave him a look and sighed. "Oh poor boy, doesn't know what I'm talking about."

"What EXACTLY are you talking about?" Duo repeated angrily.

"Go figure." Dorothy chuckled in her hand.

Quatre stared at the two nervously. He knew he had to do something before the two get into a unhealthy and petty fight. "Um, settle down you two." He suggested from Dorothy's left.

"Don't mind them Quatre. You're just wasting your time and energy in telling them." Cathrine said from behind, holding a couple of corn dogs she bought for herself and her brother, Trowa.

"But---"

Cathrine shook her head and made 'tsk tsk' noises. "Let them." She skidded to the right and made a reach for Trowa, who held up his hand and took the corn dog with a faint 'thanks'.

"Why you!" Duo growled as he started to pounce on the blonde girl when a hand pulled him back abruptly. "Stop it, Duo." Hilde mumbled as she casually sipped her iced tea from a tall glass, without turning her head at the American youth.

"I thought you were angry." Duo replied with a grin as he relaxed a bit.

From behind her yellow-lens-black-rimmed eyeglasses, Hilde closed her eyes and sighed. "I am." she replied, standing up, she added, "And maybe, still will." Before she walked away to get an ice cream from the bar.

"Aw, Hilde!" Duo called but resigned to the idea that Hilde's still furious with him because of the Lyka incident two days ago. Turning to a quiet Trowa, he went "Won't she ever get over it?"

Trowa, though with his eyes closed and ears stuff with earphones, shook his head.

Duo desperately turned to an over-looking Quatre, who in return turned his look away.

"You shouldn't have done that in the first place." Dorothy muttered.

For the first time in his life, Duo considered that a serious and kind answer from the girl.

"I can't believe it, I mean, he's got me, but he still goes for other girls. What do they have that I don't?" Hilde wailed infront of a still Relena.

"I don't know what to say, Hilde. I haven't have that problem before." Relena replied honestly.

"Oh, yeah right. Your Heero's not that type." Hilde muttered.

"Hilde,"

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I'm just pissed off." Hilde explained.

"I'm sorry I can't help you out. But maybe you should talk it over with Duo." Relena suggested.

"You think so?" Hilde asked in her little unsure voice.

"I know so." Relena laughed.

"Okay, you two, at the count of three!" Lucrezia shouted as Zechs and Heero get geared up for surfing. The two had planned on a competition once more. Thing is, it's not life that is on the line---but surfs. Well, whatever.

"Wish me luck!" Zechs called with a lopsided grin. His long hair was pulled back into a loose pony, still looking as attractive as ever.

Noin rolled her eyes and went, "Okay. Good luck! That goes to you too, Heero."

Heero nodded blankly.

Another sigh.

"Okay, one!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Go!" Noin shouted at the top of her lungs in excitement. The waves are high and the wind's really breezy that time of day. She ran to a farther place and spotted them with her binoculars. "Geez, what a tough game." She muttered sardonically to herself.

"Where's oniisan?" Relena asked as she and Hilde joined the group back on the sand. "I think he's somewhere with Heero and Miss Noin." Quatre replied. "I believe they went surfing."

Relena shrugged and sat down beside the Arabian boy. "Well, they'd better play safe."

"So?"

"So what?"

"Who won?" Zechs asked as he walked through the sand, followed by Heero who was dragging his surfboard. They were all dripping and all, sending heavy wet footprints on the sand.

"Well, according to my calculations," Noin started as she looked over to her G-Shock watch, "Both of you had the same time lapse and everything---" then she smiled, "Well congratulations! It's a tie!" she exclaimed mockingly.

The two looked at each other then at Noin.

"Oh brother." Zechs muttered.

"Well?" Heero started as he stared at Zechs.

"Okay, one more time." Zechs said as he gave Noin a quick peck on the forehead and started heading back to the see with Heero on his heels.

"What?!"

"Take that! And that! And this! That!" Noin yelled as she punched on the buttons of the PlayStation analog controller. They were back in the penthouse that afternoon, just relaxing and all as the Hawaiian sun begins to set. And obviously, Noin was engrossed with playing a PS game.

They all sweat-dropped.

"I can't believe that we thought that my brother and Ms. Noin are doing something in her room that's why they sleep together. And all the while---" Relena followed her mutterings with a loud laugh, "They were just playing a computer game, and not telling us that they brought a console while we were dying in boredom without nothing else to do than go to the beach, the mall, and not to mention the nearby arcade with Street Fighter and X-Men games which I'm not really interested in. Plus, borrowing Quatre's GameBoy to play Pokemon is not really my thing."

"I'm not bored at all." Heero contradicted with a sneer.

Relena threw him a pillow.

"Um, Ms. Noin? Don't you think you're over-doing this whole Final Fantasy 8 thing?" Cathrine asked as she munched on the carrot sticks she prepared in the kitchen.

Noin continued on cheering.

"Bah!" Duo replied, "You haven't seen her play Resident Evil 3 Nemesis, have you? Or any RE games for that matter?" he asked of a silent Cathrine who just shook her head.

"She screams and pumps her fists every given second of victory from the Nemesis. You should have seen her jumping and all on her bunk." Trowa said with big green eyes like Alyson Hannigan's Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, which the young man so admires.

"She gave Quatre a heart-attack when she shouted so loud when he had just fallen asleep." Heero quickly added as he watched Noin take on Omega Weapon with Alexander. She named Squall, Zechs (obviously!). She named Rinoa herself. Actually, if she could have named Quistis, she could have named it herself, too.

Anyway, here's the list:

Quezacotl: Une
Shiva: Relena
Ifrit: Wufei (teddy!)
Siren: Dorothy (ten points if you can guess why!)
Diablos: (as is, cos she thought that it would be nasty to name anyone Diablos)
Brothers: Maganacs
Carbunkle: Mariemaia (they're just cute, don't you think?)
Leviathan: Sally
Pandemona: Trowa
Alexander: Treize
Cerberus: Dekim (hey! Cerberus' legendary! Odyssey, anyone?)
Cactuar: Cathrine (could anyone guess why? another ten points!)
Tonberry: Quatre (doink!)
Doomtrain: Heero (peace, ya all! but Doom is just a wonderful GF!)
Bahamut: (as is, cos Bahamut's such a catchy name and a great GF, too!)
Eden: (as is)
Angelo (the dog): Duo (hehehehe!)
Boko (the chocobo): Hilde (another adorable lil pet)

"Oi, Trowa! You've been watching too much Buffy episodes." Duo teased.

Bingo!

Trowa frowned.

"Buffy's a great show." Noin piped.

"Kick-ass action." Hilde giggled.

More converstations as Noin played...

Annoyed on how the groups discussed, Noin paused the game and looked at them. "Are you guys just bugging me because you want to play Bust-A-Groove-slash-Bust-A-Move?"

The group looked at her, nodding with big smiles on their faces. Zechs on the other hand, had fallen asleep on one of the couches.

Noin rolled her eyes. "I knew it. You don't have to torture me because I know the drill too well." she said with a sigh. "Okay. I'll just finish this off and find a Save Point. Besides, I don't think I'm ready to face Ultimecia yet."

The others cheered.

Noin rolled her eyes again.

"I will never ever walk away! In my heart I know I'd find another way!" Relena and Cathrine sang and danced as they waited for their turn. Hilde and Dorothy were competing on the two dance pads, strutting their stuff and all with Hilde imitating Kitty Nakajima's moves, while Dorothy rolling her eyes at her.

The rest of the gang just cheered there, while Zechs was peacefully sleeping in one side. Noin, even though irked at the fact that the others had taken over her game, had started to enjoy the turn of the game.

"Bust a groove!" Relena and Cathrine sang in high-pitched notes.

"Bust a groove!"

"Two days more and we'll be going back to HQ." Trowa said glumly.

"Gosh, I'd miss this place." Duo said as he rested his head on the beach towel on the sand.

"Correction. You'd miss the chicks." Hilde muttered with her eyes closed.

"Hilde!" Duo cried, "Please, Hilde! Forgive me!" he continued as he flung his arms around her legs. "Please?"

"Why should I?" Hilde asked.

"Because! Duh! You're my Hilde!"

"Oh yeah? I thought you also have a Lyka."

"Hilde!" Duo wailed.

"Hilde, forgive him." Relena said from one side.

"Yes! Yes! Relena! Convince her!"

Hilde sighed and looked at Duo. "Well I'm not really THAT mad, so..."

"Say it! Say it, Hilde!"

"Okay! Okay! I forgive you!" Hilde shouted at the top of her lungs that sent everyone in the beach staring at the group.

"Oh, Hilde!" Duo hugged Hilde and said, "I wuv you!"

"Duo!" Hilde scolded as she pulled away from the boy. "This is embarassing!"

"Yahoo!" Noin yelled as she raced against Zechs on a water jet ski. She was speeding up ahead of him and the sea water was splashing against the jets.

"I'm gonna get you!" Zechs shouted as he continued to tag on her back.

"Let's see about that!" Noin replied with a laugh as she zoomed to one side and went around.

They sat around a long table at McDonald's at lunch.

Noin and Zechs---the older of the group, including Cathrine, went to the counter to order. Duo had insisted to buy the burger Happy Meal for the Disney toy.

"Oh, Hilde," Duo sighed as he held Hilde's hand on the table while they waited for their lunch. Hilde rolled her eyes. "Duo? Shut up?" she said as she rested her chin on her free hand.

"Be nice, Hilde." Dorothy said.

"Please stop this." Heero begged as he slumped on the table. "All these mushiness is killing me..."

"Poor Heero." Relena cooed.

"Shut up, Relena." Heero muttered.

Relena pouted.

"Here are your orders!" Noin announced cheerfully as she set the red tray on the table carefully, followed by Zechs' tray with all the drinks and Cathrine's with the 'extras'. They took their seats while Noin took care of the handing-out of the food.

"Who ordered the two-piece chicken?" she asked.

"I did." Heero answered plaintively as he raised his hand. Noin handed his meal.

"Spaghetti and chicken?"

Quatre: Me.

"Big Mac?"

Trowa: That's mine.

"Spaghetti?"

Dorothy: That has to be mine.

"Burger and fries?"

Cathrine: Gotta be mine!

"Spaghetti and fries?"

Hilde: Gimme!

"Chicken nuggets and fries?"

Relena: Mine!

"And here's your Happy Meal, Duo. I got you Tigger." Noin said as she placed the box infront of the boy.

"Hey! Tiggerific!" Duo beamed as he opened the box to see his toy.

Hilde, and everyone else looked at him funny.

After that, Noin sat down and took her iced tea on the other tray and placed it on an empty table beside theirs.

"Hey, Miss Noin, you could be a great mom!" Duo quipped with a goofy grin. "Could you be my mom?"

Noin looked at the boy incredulously, "Haha," she replied with a hearty mock-smile.

Zechs blushed slightly.

"Now try to be quiet, okay, Duo?" said Noin as she opened the carton container of her chicken nuggets and rice meal, noticing Zechs' uncomfortable expression.

Duo shrugged and went, "Well, since you got me Tigger, sure thing."

Noin smiled triumphantly. "I just have a way with boys." she mused with a nudge on Zechs' shoulder.

Zechs shook his head and grinned at her.

"Hey, I jusht rumemvered," Duo started with his mouth full.

"What?" Relena asked as she stared at Duo in disgust.

Duo swallowed his food before he spoke once again, "I said, that I just remembered that my aunt has a connection to a tour company here in Hawaii,"

"So?" Dorothy asked.

"Maybe we could ask if they could fly us to some other places here." Duo said.

"Cool." Quatre beamed.

Duo flopped to an empty couch and drew a deep breath. They had just finished the tour he mentioned earlier.

Hilde was laughing on the other side with the other girls, talking about how fun the tour was. Relena confessed that she was scared to death when they hovered above Mt. Kilauea.

Zechs went to the kitchen for something to drink while Noin and Trowa were playing Tekken 3. Quatre had dozed off in his room as soon as they got there.

Heero munched on the potato chips he wasn't able to finish during the trip because he had fun teasing Relena.

"Tomorrow, we'd be heading back home." Quatre murmured.

"Yeah, I'd sure miss this place." Duo replied glumly.

"Me too." Noin sighed as she pushed her sunglasses up her nosebridge.

"Hey, I heard that there's a karaoke club opening here tonight." Trowa chimed in.

"Really?" Relena beamed.

"Yeah, and they said admission is free as long as you have someone to go with." Trowa added.

"Great!" The girls exclaimed.

"And the attire must be summer wear."

"No biggie. Like it's an issue." Dorothy muttered.

"Oh, I can't wait till tonight." Hilde sighed dreamily.

"Great party!" Relena yelled at Heero's ear. She was wearing a pretty pink and yellow sundress with a yellow flower on her right ear.

Heero nodded bluntly. He was wearing a simple white tee and beach shorts, not his usual shirt and spandex. He shifted to a more comfortable position on his seat so he was resting his chin on his hand.

A couple were singing a a duet and everyone was cheering at them. Hilde was singing along with Duo tapping his fingers on the table rythmically. Trowa was slumped on the other side of the table, yawning.

Quatre had even joked, "Trowa, I thought you were the one who told us about this. So why are you like that?"

Trowa looked at his best friend and went, "I did. But I hate what they're singing."

Quatre shrugged and said, "It's kinda cute. Hey, why don't any of you guys sing out there?"

"Yeah, why don't you guys go out there and let them know how professional we are?" Hilde agreed.

"I'm not gonna sing infront of those people." Cathrine quickly replied.

"C'mon! Don't tell me you're just chickening out!" Relena yelled.

"Then why don't you go out there?" Duo said challengingly with a lopsided grin.

"Hah! And then what?"

"Don't worry, Relena, we'll sing after you do." Duo assured.

"Yeah right!"

"No kidding!" Duo squeaked.

"You sure?"

"Yes!" Duo said as he stood up and tugged on Relena's arm.

"I don't think..." Relena started with a nervous look. "What if I..."

"Don't worry. You've got a nice voice, Relena." Noin said.

"But..."

"Relena! Are you just gonna be like that the whole evening? C'mon!" Heero yelled as he stood up and led the young woman to the center of the club and handed her a microphone, and went back to his seat without saying anything else.

"Go, Relena!" Dorothy cheered.

Relena bit her lip and took a deep breath as she neared the microphone to her lips. I can do this, she thought to herself as the song of her choice started playing.

Relena's jaw almost dropped to the floor. 75?

How can she have such score? 75? 75?!

75?!!

"WHY??" she cried, staring at the video screen. "Why did I get such a low score?" she wailed.

"Her voice was good, but why?" Hilde asked, whispering to Duo. Duo shrugged his shoulders and looked at the gilr with the same questioning look. All the other people stared at them cluelessly.

Then their eyes landed on a certain boy at the table, tacking on a small, black laptop...

Heero.

Relena narrowed her eyes and stormed towards their table. "What is going on?" she demanded angrily, eyeing Heero with her deadly stare.

Heero innocently looked up at her. "Yes?" he asked simply with an evil side grin.

"Aaaarrrrghhh!"

---That's it! It's finish! Over! No more!---