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Disclaimer- Gundam Wing does not belong to me, but Shi, Rabo, Des, Ze, and Trist do. Don't sue, you'll get 6 dollars, and that's it.
Shi paced back and forth within the atrium, her ghostly figure seemingly gliding on the tiles of the floor. She sighed and went to the bowl in the middle of the room, and looked into it.
"Damn, all of them have been destroyed now, yet none of them are here…" She turned away from the bowl and her red eyes looked up towards the Earth, though she could not see it, for it was far from where she was. "Where are you Rabo?" She sighed, knowing that it did indeed take a while to get to the Sun from the Earth, but it was quicker for sprits, no longer in a solid form, and they should have been here by now. Shi played with her long gray hair, worrying. "What if they landed on another part of the Sun? Do they remember the way? What about the new one, will they show her? Damn it, why couldn't I have stayed!" She closed her eyes tightly for a few moments, opening them when she heard a soft thud. She looked up with a gasp.
In front of her was an aquamarine light, about the size of an adult fist. The light shone brightly, nearly blinding Shi. Then it dimmed, stretching out its form. A cloud of a darker aqua swirled around the light, and it became a man, with black hair, the aqua light now only shining in his eyes. Shi smiled and got up from the floor.
"Rabo, I am so glad you are the first to come back." She ran up and hugged Rabo, silent tears falling from her eyes.
"Shi,
it has been too long, you've been greatly missed." Rabo let her go, drying her
tears. "She may have taking your role, but no one, dear heart, could take your
place in our hearts."
"Love, I know that. Yet, I
feel as I have missed something, my purpose." Shi smiled. "That is why I have
devised a plan, something for us to do." Rabo raised his eyebrows at this.
"A plan, Shi? Ah, what
else would you have done? You've always been the more brilliant one of the
group."
To this, Shi giggled.
"Yes, I have been. Silly Ze, she was the one to come up with the idea to be
those silly machines." Shi paused, the smile fading from her face at Ze's name.
"How have the others been, Rabo?"
"They've been good. Love, don't worry your pretty little head about Ze. She and Des are pretty close now." Shi looked at Rabo suspiciously.
"How close?"
"Very close."
"Have they-"
"Honestly Shi?" Rabo paused. "I
don't know, nor do I want to know." Shi weakly smiled.
"Yes, you're right, it's
probably right." She shook her head, trying to get any mental images that might
surface out of her mind. "How has Ze been though?"
"She's better, though she
did make Master loose it for a while." Rabo frowned, remembering the instance
too well. "Did the same to Des' Master, and Trist, but Trist's Master only
remembered."
"My, Ze must have been in a
great deal of trouble then with everyone for a while, wasn't she?" Rabo nodded
once, followed by a sigh from Shi. "I told Ze not to share her visions with
anyone. Ah well, I hoped she would listen to me, but I doubted she would. It
seems I was right." There was an awkward silence, the two sprits just looking
at each other, trying to see if anything had changed while they were separated.
It was too long, and both wondered if things would ever be the same between
them again. If Ze had been there, she would smile knowingly, yet revealing
nothing in her cryptic message.
"Rabo…" Shi took his hand
and held it in her own, and squeezed it gently, saying volumes through that one
simple action.
"Yes Shi?" He squeezed her
hand as well, replying to the message.
"When will the others be
here?"
"Ze will be next, then the
others will come, together. Yet Ze will be next." Shi nodded, millions of
different thoughts going through her head. 'What will happen, when I see Ze
again? Will she apologize, or will she just smile her cryptic smile? Damn you
Ze, did you know this was going to happen, or is it true that you can only
predict?' Shi shook her head, not wanting to think about Ze.
Unfortunately for Shi,
that was nearly impossible. For at that very moment a brilliant blue light,
brighter then Rabo's, appeared before them. It was also the size of an adult
fist, yet it seemed to hold Life's mysteries inside. Without warning, it
expanded, filling the entire room, making it seem that the universe was inside
the dome. It slowly went back to the origin, filling in the form of a tall
female. She had straight blue hair, cut short at her chin. She looked at the
Rabo and Shi, a knowing smile on her lips. Her blue eyes twinkled, and seemed
to have a life of their own. She looked at Rabo, then at Shi, nodding her head
to both of them. She took one step, and white wings sprouted from her back,
making her seem like an angel. She was no angel, however, she was Ze.
"Shi, it has been a long time."
"Yes, Ze, it has."
"A pity you could not stay
with us, it was a great learning experience."
"Yes, Rabo has been
telling me all about it."
Ze smiled, her eyes twinkling
brighter then before. "Has he now? Strange, I would have figured you two would
have more… important matters to attend to."
Shi and Rabo blushed, and Ze laughed. "It is good to see you two
together again."
Rabo smiled and spoke
warmly to his friend, "For what reasons Ze? Could it be that you want the rest
of us to stop talking about your relationship with Des, and rather talk about
our relationship?"
"Ah, Rabo! I've seen you
told Shi about Des and I. How unlike yourself, spreading gossip!"
Rabo snorted. "It's no gossip Ze, or will you deny that you're in an intimate relationship with Des? I'm sure he would be devastated to hear that!" Ze looked at Rabo, then laughed.
"Oh Rabo, you always were the
one to make me laugh, it feels so good! I haven't laughed in so long." Ze
looked up at the sky. "Yes, we are in a relationship."
Shi stepped back from Ze
and Rabo. She felt out of place, like someone who had been invited to join out
of pity.
"Shi, don't feel like a third wheel, you've always been a part of this group- and in a few seconds, you'll be a sixth wheel!" Ze whispered, twirling around.
Rabo frowned. "I doubt that,
they left some time after me."
"You arrived before me,
because you had a great yearning to get here. They have a larger yearning; they
want us all to be together again. They'll be here in a few seconds…"
Ze was right. Within a matter of seconds, three lights (AN- Not the ones from SM! ^_~) appeared in the room, one green, another violet, and the last one white. The violet one was the first to change. It turned into a thick fog, and out of the fog stepped a man, with spiked navy hair, and brilliant violet eyes. While a smile was upon his face, his eyes were revealed he was troubled about something. He ran to Ze, picked her up and spun her around. While he was spinning her, Rabo and Shi's eyes where on the other two lights.
The next one to change was the green one. It spun around like a gust of wind, forming a young woman with long, curly red hair, and animated emerald eyes. She seemed to be the opposite of the navy-haired one, Des. She was very solemn, no smile, nothing that would show emotion, except her eyes. Her eyes seemed to be those of a little child; chipper, curious, and full of life. She turned toward the white light, waiting.
As if on cue, the white light glowed brighter. There was nothing fancy to this transformation, the light just expanded to fill the form of a young woman, and then she was there. She had short black hair, done in two pigtails at the bottom of her head, and dark ebony eyes, frightened. The fire-haired woman put a hand on the young one's shoulder, and led her over to Shi.
"Shi, sister, it is good to see
you after so long, I've missed you greatly," the fire-haired one said.
"And I've missed you as
well Trist." Shi smiled warmly at her sister, who did not need to smile to let
Shi know she cared.
"This
is Meilan, the one who took over Altron." Meilan nodded.
"So you are Meilan. It is
good to meet you. But can you tell me something?"
"Depends on what it is."
Shi smiled.
"It is not much, I just
want to know why you took over Altron." Meilan was quiet for a moment, and her
eyes were sad when she finally spoke.
"On the day I passed away,
there was a battle. I was in it, as was my husband. We were not really in love,
it was arranged. Yet, during the battle, the enemy was going to attack a field
of flowers that my husband had always loved. I protected it, taking the blow
myself. He brought me to the field after the battle. We were happy, those last
moments. Yet, when I was about to enter Paradise, I was stopped. A voice
stopped me…."
Flashback
"You may not enter these
gates."
The golden gates closed in front of me, cutting me off from all those who I
loved and died before me. They faded back into shadows, beyond my grasp.
"Why?" I asked. "Why do
you cut me off from Paradise?"
"You have another job to do."
"What do you mean?"
"You must protect the one
you died for. He calls your sprit back to that suit. You must inhabit it." I cried out in anguish.
"How long?"
"Till the suit is
destroyed."
"Then what must I do?"
"Then you will have a
choice. You can stay with the other sprits that inhabit suits like the one you
will inhabit and do what they do for the rest of time, or you can go to
Paradise, and spend eternity here." I started falling down, away from Paradise.
"When must I make this
decision?" I yelled, back up to the voice.
"You will know when… you
will know."
End
Flashback
"So
that's what happened. I fell down, and I was the Gundam." By the end of
Meilan's tale, the other Gundam sprits had gathered around them. Des' hands
were wrapped around Ze's waist, holding her close to him. They both were
looking at Meilan sadly. Ze still had the knowing look in her eyes, but it was
sad, as if she knew something upsetting was going to happen. Rabo had his hands
on Shi's shoulders, and Shi had one hand over Rabo's. Her eyes were misty at
the sad tale, feeling sorry for the poor girl who got thrown into a world she
knew nothing about, a girl who had gotten separated from the world she belonged
to. Trist was silent, her eyes downcast. She was off in her own world,
obviously hearing this tale before, unlike the others.
There was a long pause of
silence, where no one knew what to say. Shi was the one to break the silence.
"Meilan, have you made your decision yet?"
"Yes… I have. Before the
Gundams where blown up, I had a vision. I saw Paradise, and I wasn't happy at
all. Through the years, the other sprits have become like a family to me, and I
decided when we were destroyed, to go with them." Shi almost cried at Meilan's
statement. Meilan was so much like Shi, both separated from the one's they
cared for the most. First Meilan with her family who lives on, and Shi, who was
separated form the only people she knew. At least Meilan had someone there, Shi
was always alone…
"Then I welcome you." Shi
forced a smile. She would not be sad now; they were all back together again.
She hugged Meilan, who was a good foot shorter then her, and an audible sigh of
relief could be heard.
"It
is good that you two get along, the others and I feared you would hate each
other." Ze said softly.
"You, Ze, frightened of
anything? Somehow I can't see that happening."
"You mock me, Shi. Yet I
fear many things." Ze turned to the stars. "Many things…"
There was another long
pause, but this time Rabo was the one to break it. "Well, why we were giant
pieces of machinery, Shi here has come up with a plan for us to do."
"Plan? What do you mean by
plan?" Meilan asked.
"Something for we sprits
to do. Sometimes it is a learning experience, like becoming Gundams, sometimes
it's good something good for people who have been wronged, other times it's
something just for fun." Trist replied.
"This
time, it's doing something right for people, except it's a certain group of
people." Shi continued.
"Hmm, intriguing. Care to
give some details Shi?" Ze asked.
"It would be my pleasure.
Now, as you know, the world you left has just recovered from war, and from war
there are war veterans. Some of these veterans have suffered greatly, trying to
do the right thing but being hated. To name a select group, the Gundam pilots.
Yes, the very people who controlled your last form. We owe it to them, to
change their lives for the better. In fact, I know exactly what we can do for
each of them!" Shi smiled happily.
Des appeared happy for a
moment. "It's a wonderful idea, Shi. However, can you let me choose, and do,
what happens with my previous Master? There are… issues about him that you
would not know about."
Shi frowned. "Alright, I
really didn't know what to do with Duo. You can't call him Master anymore; you
are out of that form. Just make sure his marriage is happy, alright Des?"
"It will be. It will be."
"Anyways," Rabo interrupted,
"what do the rest of us do?"
"Well, first we got to fix
the love lives of each pilot, but there's something else each of you must do.
Rabo, you must get your ex-Master, Quatre, to be okay with his past. You
understand what I mean?"
"Yeah, I guess." Rabo
nodded. "Yeah, I do."
"Good, next is Trist. You
have to get Trowa to forgive those who have betrayed him, along with getting he
hooked up with someone. Here's a hint, sister, you could knock out two birds
with one stone. Do you get it?"
Trist's was confused, but
she nodded anyway. "Yes."
Shi sighed. "I'll talk to
you later. Anyway, next would be Ze."
"Me? I hardly think that I
need-"
"You will be getting Herro
to come to peace with his life."
"Joy that will be so easy.
I suppose I also have to get him with someone?"
"Of course."
Ze sighed. "Very well, in
his own words 'Mission Accepted'." Shi just nodded, and continued on.
"Des, well, I already told
you what to do. Make sure his marriage to…" Shi paused. "Ze, what's her name
again?"
"Hilde."
"Oh, right. Make his
marriage to Hilde happy, and whatever you need to do." Des nodded. "Lastly is
my project, and I will be working on Wufei, with Meilan right beside me, right
Meilan?" Meilan looked up at her.
"M-Me?"
"Of course you. He was your
husband, and you're part of the group now."
Meilan face lit up. "Okay!
What do we have to do?"
"We are going Wufei to let
go." Shi said happily.
"Let go? Let go of what?"
Meilan was very confused, what was Shi talking about?
"Oh, you'll see, all will
be revealed, in good time." Shi's eyes gleamed, and she was grinning like she
knew the secrets of the universe.
"When do we leave to go back to
Earth?" Trist asked.
"When the Earth gets back
to its current position."
"What?"
"This time tomorrow, if
you go by Earth time. Don't worry about it Meilan, Shi's just trying to confuse
us." Trist said.
Shi just grinned. "Yes,
yes. Now, come on, you'll want to spend your 24 hours here on the Sun doing
something worth remembering." Shi smiled, 'Because you're never coming back.'
END- CONTINUED IN GUNDAM SPIRTS- ACT ONE
Author Notes- Ok, so who's not confused? Sorry bout that, it'll get clear as the story gets on. It's a fantasy Gundam Wing story, for you who can't tell, but I'm proud to say that Midii will have a MAJOR role in this story. Why? Well, Midii Une rocks, and there are too few stories with her in them. ^_^; that and I love her paired up with Trowa. If there were any mistakes, I'm sorry. You see- my original idea was to take this story slowly. Unfortunately, I found out S&S's 2nd anniversary was coming up (2 days of a warning for me). So I rushed, and tried to get the prologue done. Gomen… anyway, for those who are confused about who is who, a little chart for you!
|
Gundam Name |
Gundam's Sprit(s) |
|
Deathsythe Hell |
Des |
|
Altron |
Meilan and Shi |
|
Heavyarms |
Trist |
|
Sandrock |
Rabo |
|
Wing Zero |
Ze |
Hope that helped for those who were confused. Except the next addition of Gundam Sprits by the middle of August! Oh, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SPY AND SILENCER!
^__^ Way to go!!! Woo.