This one is a tad different. I wanted to do another Grin oriented story, but I had to do alot of research once again _ So...uh, yeah! Enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own MD:TAS. If I did, I'd be rich

SETTING: Grin's room. No specific point in time


Grin sat on the floor in the back of his room, in front of a small table and a shelf built in the wall that held several items for meditation.

What was interesting wasn't what these items were, but rather what they represented. When his master had been teaching him all those years ago, Grin wasn't sure what or really why the items Tai Quack Do had were useful.

But now he did.

In front of him were simple things. Five small candles and a small incense holder sat on the small table with a matchbox on the far right side while the shelf held six meditation crystals in special holders. A box of White Cloud incense sat on the table as well.

Grin picked up the matchbox, taking one of the matches out and striking it. As he lit the five candles, he reflected on what each of their meanings were with their different colors.

From left to right, the candles were deep red, a soft blue, silver, orange, and yellow. To the normal eye, these would seem strange to have such drastically different colored candles anywhere, but to Grin, these represented each member of the team (excluding himself since he was the one meditating).

Mallory was grounded, realistic, active, had strong will-power, and was survival-oriented, to which Grin believed most of these traits came from a military-like life; therefore, she had a deep red aura.

Duke was peaceful, had a certain amount of clarity, had good communication, was honest, and was intuitive, which is why his candle matched the soft blue aura he emitted.

Wildwing was always ready to hear about new ideas (unless they were from Phil), also was intuitive (which helped greatly since he was the leader), and a nurturing older brother, which was why he had the silver colored candle.

Nosedive had lots of energy and stamina, was creative whether it was in battle or everyday life, productive (depending on who you asked, since his hobbies were somewhat strange), adventurous, courageous (even if others called it stupidity instead), and had an outgoing social nature that rivaled even many Earth teenagers. Thus, his candle was orange.

Tanya was always having inspirations for new inventions, had a rather high intelligence, was creative in her inventing, playful when she wanted to be, optimistic, and somewhat easy-going, thus why her candle color was yellow.

He had once been asked why there were only five candles instead of six or seven. Grin had answered that he didn't need one to represent himself since he was the one doing the meditation, and he couldn't really count Canard because even when they were on the same team in the beginning (and before he sacrificed himself), Grin couldn't pick up much of an aura because it was so muted.

When asked about the crystals, the larger drake said it helped him focus; that's what the crystals were meant to do after all.

But why did he have six there instead of five? It helped focus his energy for the team, which is why he had one for everyone including himself.

The only item of all these that didn't have a heavy purpose or meaning was the incense. It was called "White Cloud" and it was meant to help bring solitude and peace to the extremely busy life that an inter-dimensional drake could try and handle. In Grin's opinion, it worked well, but he didn't always need it.

With the candles lit, the crystals in their holders gleaming, Grin began to meditate.