Star Mist

Part 2

By: Melko Takasaki
Dedicated to Fluer, who loved the first 'Star Mist'! It may not be as sad as the last one, Hey, this one's acutly pretty funny!




Mereko held her mother's death note in her hand that she had gotten from the burnt motel building the she used to live in. It was very dear to her. She was just sitting in her gundam, Star Mist, admiring the stars and planets. Her long aqua hair fell to her back, she had matured in that year, and was now a little wiser then the last time any of her friends had seen her.

"Mereko, are ya there Mereko?!" The communication screen turned on, and there was Michiko, her dearest friend, she had not seen her in a year because she was an exchange student in Germany, she had gotten back about a month ago. "Hey! Long time, no see!" Michiko was about three years older then her, and knew her by the work of the Gundams, They were partners.

"Hey!" Mereko smiled, "I'm good! I just got back from Germany, hey, are you still dating Heero?" Mereko giggled, she knew, Michiko just had to still be going out with Heero!

Michiko's face darkened. "Um, Mereko, can you come down here?" Michiko looked below.

"Where-oh! Earth! Duh!" Mereko landed Star Mist down to H.Q. She walked to Michiko's locker, where else would she be?

"Uh, Mereko, you've been gone for�What.. A year? Some..Uh..Things have changed around here." Michiko's voice sounded as if she were to cry that very moment. She glared at the floor hard. Mereko felt terrible, Michiko was going through pain�or something?

"What happened?" Mereko dared to say.

"It just fell apart." Michiko whipped her face with her sleeve, and walked to out the door. "See ya 'round, kid!" She closed the door behind her, leading to her car.

Mereko walked to the H.Q. secretary. "Hey, what happened?"

"Oh, hey, Mereko right?" The secretary asked and chewed her gum. Mereko nodded.

"Well, Duo said that Michiko caught Heero cheating with Relena," The secretary shivered. "But, we all know that it was a wrong place at wrong time thing.

Relena probably tipped his glass of water, or something! The truth is, Heero loves Michiko, and'll do anythin' ta get her back!" The secretary got up and put her coat on. "Kid, you wanna ride?"

Mereko forgot, she did have a ride back home! Michiko already left! Mereko nodded and walked toward the secretary and opened the door, then relized. "Did you say, Duo?!" A giant smile came across Mereko's face.

~YAWN~ Mereko woke up to a rainy Saturday morning. She sat up in her bed. Her soft, silk pajamas rubbed against her tanned skin whenever she moved. She had shared an apartment with Michiko Tsukichi and Reia Martin. She walked in the parlor. (That's a funny word�Parlor!) "Good Morning Michiko!"

Michiko was already up, and on her computer eating cereal! "Morning, kid! Get up, I'm takin' you some where today!" Michiko took a big bite of cereal and put it in the sink. Mereko poured some cereal into her bowl. "Where? And, can we see duo today?!" Mereko tried to bring the topic of Duo casually.

"You still have a crush on him?!" Michiko giggled in surprise.

"Totally! All the guys in Germany were kinda creepy and mysterious, I mean, I know lots of girls like that, but I like loud and funny!" Mereko explained.

Michiko stopped. "Kid, I envy you!" The two girls giggled.



"Yes! Techno! I haven't heard Techno in like�.FOREVER!" Michiko turned up the radio in her car.

Mereko gave a little scream. "Heh! You like it now, but in Germany, they have like every radio station techno! Where are we going any way?" Mereko opened then window, and let her hair blow in the wind. She wore a long jean skirt, and yellow tank top. Michiko was wearing a red sundress, and black boots.

"We're almost��.There!" Michiko parked her car, and got out, it was still raining, so she got her black umbrella to cover her and Mereko. "Ya, comin'?!" Michiko asked.

Mereko got out of the car, and ran to shelter her self with Michiko's umbrella.

It was foggy, so Mereko couldn't see where she was. "Where are we?" Michiko stopped walking. "You're acting like this is some weird, mysterious place, it isn't! It's just the place we would go everyday after work!"

Mereko gasped, and shrieked. "Henry's Yogurt!"



They opened the door to their favorite shop. It looked like it was made in the 50's, but it wasn't rusting or anything. They had one TV to the most, but it was playing 'Beauty and the Beast', and it was at the part when Lofu and Guston were singing 'Ya know lufoo I've been thinking?!' It was a little different than how she remembered! Michiko led Mereko to a table, when suddenly, some one grabbed Mereko's arm to a closet! "Ah! Let go of me you psycho!" Mereko couldn't see who it was cause it all happened so fast! She looked up at the person, when she realized, 'What ever's goin' on, I like it!' She thought. She blushed. "Oh, hi, Duo!" She was a little giggly.

"Hey Mereko! Long time no see!" He gave her a high five.

"Duo, the next time I'm away for a year, you could just tap me on the shoulder and say hi, and not push me in a dark closet, and freak me out!" Mereko held her arm in her opposite hand; he had a REALLY hard grip!

"Oh, sorry 'bout that!" He put his hand on the back of his head and smiled.

"It's just, well�" He paused about a second.

"Yes, Duo?" Mereko was expecting the best.

"Have you heard about Michiko and Heero yet?"

Mereko gave a big sigh. "Oh, yea. Sure, let's talk about THEM!" Mereko was kinda mad, but hey, it's not like he would have kissed her or anything!

"Well, Heero is driving me insane! We have the same apartment, right! And we can't have a conversation without him saying 'Michiko'! I'm goin' mad! That's why I asked you, all the other people would go more psycho then Heero! AH!" Mereko's eyes sparkled. "Well�"

"Do ya get it?" Mereko stood by the door.

"Um, Yea!"

"Mereko? Mereko? MEREKO!!!!" Michiko's voice yelled.

Without a sweat, Duo pushed Mereko out of the closet, making her land right on her face on Michiko's feet.

"If you have a wig on, then it covers your true identity!" The waiter said.

"But if your wig has an angry inch, then, oh no I lost my train of thought!" When Michiko said that, she noticed Mereko was on her feet. She stared at Mereko like a guy with a bunch of wigs on his body.

"Umm�Did you know�..That��Uh��..Diet coke is, Uh, Diet???" Mereko guessed, trying to make an excuse for randomly walking out of a closet, and landing on her feet.



"I still don't know why in the heck you where in a closet?! And on my feet��." Michiko drove her red convertible down 6th street.

"Don't ask, ok! By the way, what are you doing this Friday night?"

"Um, nothing! Why?"

Mereko looked for a good answer this time, she was plotting something. "Oh, I just thought we could�Have a girls night out!-Heh!"

Michiko looked at Mereko like she was a freak with underwear on her head. "If you ever say girls night out again, I'll kick you!"

"Okay, but we're still going ta go some where!" Mereko had to make sure, or else her plan she made with Duo would fail.

"Of course, kid!" Michiko smiled.



AT MICHIKO AND MEREKO'S HOUSE���.
~RING RING~ "I'll get it!" Mereko answered the phone, "Hello?" She said in a cheery voice.

"You've got questions, I've got answers. Go to 296 Avenue." The speaker had a deep, raspy, voice. It sounded like the guy was from Mexico, or something. He hung up before she could answer.

Mereko slammed down the phone. "Michiko, we gotta go!" She yelled.



"Okay, tell me why were going to the place?"

"Oh, it's just another block down! Well, this weird guy, sounded like he was in his late 30's or 40's, and said to come here! He said, some thing about finding answers. But what I can't figure out is, answers to what?!" Mereko pondered herself.

"Here we are! A96 Avenue, wanna go alone?" Michiko asked. "It seems a bit weird! I mean this is the docks! Aren't you afraid you'll be attacked by a crazy fisher man?!"

Mereko's eye's widened "Uh, no, but just incase�.. stay here! If this ends up to be a 'Star Wars Convention' then I really wanna go!" Mereko laughed. She shut the car door and started to walk around, looking for a sign of what she went there for. She came to a door that said 'COME THIS WAY!' so, Mereko opened the door, and went that way. The room was pitch black. She looked around her, the door shut right after her, so she couldn't get out. But then, she saw a door ajar, on the opposite side of the room. There was a light in there. She ran to it and walked in the light room.

"Heheheheheehehehehehe! My plan is working! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" A shadow in the corner lurked around the room. It looked like a tall German man, only telling by his shadow. The room looked like a storage place for manikins, and out dated cloths. The man continued to laugh insanely as Mereko spoke.

"Um, excuse me! But I was called for an answer thing?" Mereko studdered. Her forest eyes looked at the frightening room. "You know, on second thought, why don't I just go, cause you seem a little busy."

Right when Mereko said the word 'Busy', The shadow man disappeared and stopped laughing. Mereko turned around to dart out the door, something tripped her.

When she looked up, she saw the most ugly thing she had ever seen.

It was a man, but defiantly not tall! It was a midget! His face was spiky, like he hadn't shaved in a couple days. His face had this gross red and purple liquid on his cheeks. And his teeth were extremely messed up, and his greasy black hair was into a small ponytail. He wore a green kilt with black tights on his little, little, legs and a black T-shirt that said 'If you think my look is Freakish, Then you're right!-HEHE!'

"AHHHH!" She screamed in pure horror.

The door slammed. "No! No! Don't be afraid! I'm here to help you!" He had a thick Russian accent!

She stood up. "With what?" 'A plastic surgery' She thought.

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like, if you could have every thing you wanted, and everyone would be happy? I mean, if you had everything! Powers over countries! Gold's of the world! Or maybe even, The world!" The man's accent was so Russian, it was hard to make out so many words, but that wasn't a problem!

The man's words, made Mereko's eyes sparkle; she knew exactly what he was talking about! (PHYCHE)!-Gottcha! "Okay, for one, NO! And for two, what the heck does this have to do with, really, ANYTHING!!!!!" Mereko knew she had a point.

The freak elephant man in the kilt opened his jaw, but nothing came out! After a few moments, He thought of something. "Well then! I've got something close!

Follow me!" She man limped his left leg when he walked, He lead her to the back of the room.

It seemed like there were a billion manikins staring at them. The sad thing was, they were all naked! "So, I'm Mereko! You?" Mereko thought his name would be something like AshVic, or Boris, but it didn't even sound Russian!

"It's Ernie! I disguised my name on the phone, some people don't like Russia!

Stupid Canadians!"

"Well, Hello Ernie! Where are we going?" They were still walking.

Ernie made a sharp turn. "Here! Hungry?" It was an empty closet ally with only a chair a desk, and a fridge. Ernie sat on the desk and pointed to the chair for Mereko to sit.

She sat. "Um, Yea! What do you got?"

Ernie jumped off the desk and opened the fridge.

"BAAAAAAAAH!" A white goat was sitting on the first shelf of the fridge, on a count of that that was the only shelf!

"Get out of her go on!" Ernie led the goat out of the room.

Mereko's eyes turned wide.

"Like Mallo cups?" His body was in front of the fridge.

"Of coarse! Totally! I'd die to eat that! How much ya got?" Mereko wasn't as scared as she was now. I mean, the guy ate Mallow Cups! How bad could he be?

Ernie moved to the side to show the fridge. The fridge was top to bottom, left to right, completely filed with Mallow cups!!! He handed Mereko a Cup.

She bit in the marshmelly cup. She was really enjoying her self!

All of the sudden, Ernie just took off his kilt! It was just so sudden!

Mereko dropped the cup. In an 'Ah' of disgust. "What a minute! Is that nylon?!"

"Yes�."

"OMG! I have the same pair!"

"Really!"

"No! Now if you don't put your freaky kilt back on I will leave! Now, can I have another Mallo cup!"

He handed her a couple more. "Now, I have brought you here for two reasons! One, It's my sick and sad hobby! And two, I need your help!"

"I am just going to stay because, I wanna know why you need my help! And, I wanna know why you need my help!"

"You said that two times!"

"I know! Now do you want my help or not?!"



~***~THE NIGHT OF THE PLANS~***~

"Uh, Mereko, This is a really nice restaurant, What's the catch?" Michiko was wearing a long black dress, and curled her hair!

"What! Just because I want to eat at a fancy restaurant with my friend, doesn't mean I have a catch! It's just that, I like," Suddenly the two girls heard a voice in Mereko's pocket!

"Hello! Go to the bathroom in���.Just go!" The voice was really static, a little hard to under stand!

Michiko opened her jaw. But before Michiko could say something, Mereko said something first, "Ya know, I'm not even going to tell you, but I think I have to go to the bathroom!" Mereko walked off so fast, Michiko's jaw was still open when the waiter came! But then Mereko remembered something important to tell Michiko, "GET ME THE SHRIMP SURPRIZE!" Mereko yelled as she ran.

Michiko was so embarrassed. She covered her face with the palm of her hand so if she saw any one she knew, they wouldn't recognize her. Mereko was out of site.

"What a freak!" She whispered to her self.

"May I sit here?" A man with a very deep voice said.

Michiko nodded slightly. Her hand still coving the eyes as if she had a migraine or something.

"I'm sorry." The man said sincerely.

"Look Ernie! If you want me to try out your invention, that's fine! But please, for the love a radioactive Popsicles don't talk to me with a radioactive popocicle in public!!!" Mereko yelled at Ernie in the locked bathroom.

"Fine! But if were going to put this kayotice plan in action.. HeHeHeHe.. Than we have to do it right!"

"Um, Ernie she's got a point I mean, not only are we in a girl's bathroom with no girls in it, but this plan will not work, It's hard enof to do the plan that Mereko and I are doing, but your plan is just for your on kayotic pleasure!" Duo explained sitting on the sink table.

"Well, than, can we just get this over with! Thank you" Mereko hurried out the door.



"Look Heero! You cheated on me! Don't deny it!" Michiko had realized the man was Heero. She and him had bickering all the time that Mereko was gone.

No one in the whole resterant was speaking, and if they were far away and couldn't hear, they would just know.

"No, I didn't! I love you Michiko!" Heero said sympathetically. He looked deep into Michiko's eyes when he said those three words he had never really meant to another being.

Tears dropped from Michiko's blushing face. "And I, you!" She sniffed.

The whole restaurant said in a unison shout 'Ohhhhh!'

"Oh shut up!!" Michiko looked at the costumers. They totally shut there's yappers! While Herro and Michiko were busy making out, every body started to talk again.

"This is so beautiful!" Ernie cried.

Duo blowed his nose. "Mereko, our plan has succeeded!"

"That is has my friend, that it has!"

Ernie whipped his tears. "Well, it's my turn now!" Ernie took out a random control button on pressed it hard with his index finger.

"Ernie, you told me all you wanted to do was for me to try out your radioactive Popsicles!!!"

"Um, no!" He giggled freakishly.

"EEK!" Mereko jumped into Duo's arms. Duo probably would have done the same!

All of the sudden, a bunch of Scottish people surrounded the people in the restaurant playing the song 'What is love' by Haddaway! But they didn't sing it���But they��������.PLAYED IT WITH THEIR PATTERNED BAGPIPES!!!!!!

"THE INSANITY! THE NOZEATING INSANITY!!!" some random guy yelled, and then fainted with a crazied look on hi troubled face.

(How do we know he was troubled!?-Sorry, Question of life-Back to the story!!-heh)

"Ernie, ��. ~SIGH~�� Your Russian!" Mereko informed.

"I know!" He did all kind of weird dance movements, like, the wave�with himself�And the tree�.~~~~~~ with the arms! "They'll never take me back! NEVER!"

He yelled in an opera sounding voice.

"That's it! That's your plan!!!!??" Duo was surprised, it really wasn't a good plan.

"No, you'll see!" He laughed really hard, and feels on the floor.

"THERE HE IS!" Everybody heard. Two tall, and muscular men with white suits ran towards Ernie. "Come back here!!!" Ernie ran off, and the men chased him.

Then the same guy that was yelling about the insanity ran out of the bathroom.

"DUDE! The toilet is on fire! My gosh, someone help! I took a dump and my toilet went on fire! AHHHHHHH" The crazed man ran out of the restaurant.

Mereko and Michiko knew it had to do with Ernie!

"Guess that's the last of him!" Mereko gave Duo a high five.

"Ya know I'm glad this is all over! I had to put up with the whining, and whining, and WHINING!"

Mereko looked at Duo like he was a freak�well, he kinda is, tho! "Well!" Duo put his hands behind his head. "Luckily, there were no weasels in this fic! THANK YOU MELKO TAKASAKI!" Duo said in absolute thanx!

Mereko giggled a little, and tapped Duo on the shoulder. "Hey, Duo, How are ya now?!" She pointed to the ground��..And you'll probably never guess what was there!���������������������������������������������������Randomly, Mereko looked over at the front door of the restaurant. Quatre heard a shriek from the bathroom and smiled with delight!

END


***AUTHOR'S NOTE!!!!!***
HIIDEEHOO!!!!!!!!! Hey, Melko Takasaki here! (Well DUH! Who else!) Hope ya liked my sequel fic! The first fic is well, 'Star Mist' a beautiful short story!
E-mail me if ya got suggestions, comments, or you just wanna shout the word WEASEL at�.. [email protected]
~Melko~

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