Masterminds ficlet and Birthday

[misanagi]

Happy Birthday mremre! I made you an icon.


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The drabbles I offered to write turned into ficlets, so, since I'm done, I decided to post them. I divided them in 4 posts, so prepare to be spammed. Sorry.

Masterminds Series

Odds and Evens
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Gen. 1+2+3+4+5 (friendship)
Summary: The boys chose their codenames.
Notes: Part of Masterminds series.
Written for merith

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"Codenames?" Wufei asked. The tone of his voice clearly stated that he wasn't so convinced.

Heero nodded. "Codenames are practical."

"Yeah!" Duo took one of the radios on his hand and brought it closer to his lips. "BlackHawk here. Come in SerpentDust."

The other four gave him a blank look.

"BlackHawk?" asked Quatre, trying not to sound too amused.

"I refuse to be SerptentDust," Trowa said.

Duo put the radio down and sighed. "You have a better idea circus boy?"

"No," Trowa replied. "But I refuse to be circus boy."

There was a long silence.

"We'll use numbers. One through five," Heero suggested.

"That's certainly better than SerpentDust." Wufei rolled his eyes at Duo.

"Bite me, Chang!" Duo poked his tongue out at Wufei and then picked the radio again. "One here, come in Three…" He frowned. "That's boring."

"What about Zero One?" wondered Quatre. "Zero One calling Zero Three… doesn't that sound better."

There were three nods and one "Hell, yeah," from Duo.

"How do we decide the numbers?" asked Quatre.

"I refuse to be an even number," said Trowa. "What? I like odd ones better."

"Uh huh," Duo patted him on the back. "Odd being the key word…"

"Let's just put the numbers in a hat," suggested Wufei.

"None of us wears hats," Heero pointed out.

"It's an expression, kind of." Duo shook his head. "How did I end up friends with the weirdest guys in the school?"

"So says BlackHawk," Wufei commented.

"It was the first thing that popped into my head," Duo said, defending himself.

"It's a weird head," said Trowa.

"Here," Quatre interrupted, showing them the five small paper balls he was holding in his hand. "Pick one."

"Zero Five," Wufei read. "Why do I get the last?"

"Zero Two!" Duo beamed. "I was hoping to get that, or Zero One."

"I got Zero One," said Heero, and then put the small piece of paper in his pocket.

Trowa read his paper and smirked. "Zero Three."

"That leaves me with Zero Four." Quatre played with his piece of paper.

Duo put his arm around Quatre's shoulders and grinned. "This fits perfectly. They are the odd ones, while we are even."

Quatre laughed, Wufei rolled his eyes, Heero glared and Trowa shrugged.

"Yeah," Duo said. "Definitely a weird lot."


- The End -

Comments

[penguin88.livejournal.com]

This is a lovely addition to the series. While I am horribly curious about what will happen next in the overarching series, I was wondering about those codenames as well. I like it because you write the teenage boy banter very well and it is easy to see the camaraderie between the boys. I'm glad to hear that there are three more to come - spam my f-list with good fics any time :)! By the way, I have one correction for you:

"Bite me, Chang!" Duo pocked his tongue out at Wufei and then picked the radio again.

I believe you meant to say that he poked his tongue out at Wufei - pocked would probably be some odd thing with pocky... yummy...

[misanagi.livejournal.com]

Thank for the correction! None of this are betaed and things tend to slip by me. ^^;; If you ever notice anything, please, point it out.

I'm glad that you liked it. I always knew how they picked their codenames, and this drabble request was a great oportunity to write it. I'm really happy that they sound like real teens. That's very important to me.

*spams you*

[crystal-cave.livejournal.com]

Really funny! :)

A nice addition to the series (by the way: I'm so curious about what'll happen next!!!). I like Trowa in this ;) - and 'weird' has to be the perfect description for the boys.

[misanagi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm happy that you liked it. Trowa amused me a lot here too. And although the pilots are regular teenagers here, they really aren't normal. They are a weird lot...

[crystal-cave.livejournal.com]

They are a weird lot...

Who wants to read about 'normal' people? You're definitly on the right way... ;)
Weird is more fun!

[dysis.livejournal.com]

*laugh* The dialogue here is just so perfectly in character for these five ... such perfect teenage-boy-banter. :) Excellent. (And the second last paragraph absolutely killed me.)

[misanagi.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Dysis! Im so glad that you liked it. I'm really happy you think they are IC, that's so important to me. *hugs*

[tyreling.livejournal.com]

XDD Ahaha, their friendship is so cute. Nicely done in this fic. I apologize I can't leave anymore coherent reviews behind other than liking the fic and the fluffy friendship. -_-;

[misanagi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And you don't know how much a simple "I liked it" brightens up my day, so thanks for the time you are taking to comment. You rock!