-1A/N: I realized when I was writing this that they have weapons that I don't think you could get in a dome, so I'm just going to say that the Doctor's gave them weapons so that they could hunt…like I said, stupid humans.

The Sholaer's

Chapter Ten: First Day of Freedom

Duo had gained consciousness shortly after entering the forest. Taking Saeli from Wufei and thanking him a few times. Heero, and Treize left the others sitting under a rather large over hang, they needed to find somewhere to get out of the rain temporarily. Once it stopped raining Heero planned on finding them a territory miles away from this place. He also figured that since they were all from different places that they would have to come to some kind of compromise.

"Heero if you don't mind me saying I know of a place that will satisfy all of us." Treize said as they weaved around the trees. They were currently headed towards a cave that Heero had spotted in the distance, they would have to make sure that it was safe before they brought the others here.

"And where would that be?" Heero asked, pulling his knife out as they neared the cave. Treize followed suit with his sword.

"There's a place a few weeks away from…well a few weeks away from were my old clan had been, it sits on a right off the coast. There's cliffs there, and it doesn't snow there. I think everyone will find the food to our liking…you mentioned to me once that you missed eating goats or mountain sheep, well this place has them. Wufei will love the selection of fish, and there is wild pig and load of fowl. The sea makes it cooler, but the land moves into a harsh desert with I think Quatre would love to visit every so often. I already know that Zechs and myself would like it, we've been there before. Trowa will enjoy it because it's wet, and grassy. And Duo will like it because a forest lines the coast to the east." Treize explained throwing a rock into the cave. They listened as nothing happened and entered the cave cautiously.

"It sounds fine, we will have to make sure it's not already taken. But first we have to figure out where we are." Heero said. He smiled at his success a finding a dry place to stay for the day. The cave was empty and big enough for all of them to fit with a nice fire to warm them. They had been free for a good two hours now, and they were doing fine. "Come let's get the others." He said.

-----(Back with the others)-----

Duo cradled Saeli in his arms, the boys checks were red with fever and he was shaking slightly. True that the ran, wind, and cold weren't helping, but Duo couldn't help but blame himself and the humans for his son's condition. He also found that Quatre's and Zechs' sons were in the same condition. Zechs was still out cold from the dart, and Wufei was holding Aedeil. Trowa had Zechs protectively next to him, while Quatre leaned on Trowa's shoulder, dozing lightly, Vylas sleeping between them.

Duo, Trowa, and Wufei froze when they heard footsteps coming towards them, if they stayed quiet nothing would find them, they were well enough hidden, they rain and wind hiding their scents. They jumped slightly when Heero and Treize jumped into view right in front of the over hang.

Without saying anything Heero grabbed Duo's hand and pulled him to his feet. Duo maneuvered Saeli so that his head was on his shoulder and his arm around his butt, pulling one wing over to protect the child from the rain. Heero reinforced the protection with his own wings. Treize picked Zechs off the ground and cradled him in his arms, while Wufei wrapped his wing around his body to protect Aedeil from the rain and wind. Trowa gentle woke Quatre and helped him stood.

"There's a cave about a quarter of a mile." Heero informed them. They didn't say anything, but nodded. They were all wet, hungry, and a little tired. They hadn't gotten any sleep the night before, all of them worried about the other and their children.

Once they were in the cave they each found a place to be a little bit away from each other. Wufei working quickly and made a fire in the middle of the cave that quickly brought warmth to his and sat quietly near it, giving the others their privacy. Treize was quickly asleep curled up with Zechs and Aedeil between them. Trowa and Quatre were in the same position a little distance away from them.

"Heero, I'm worried about Saeli." Duo said. Heero looked down at there son and noticed the fever.

"Well just have to keep him warm, and hydrated." Heero said. Though inside he was screaming to himself that he should have made the humans suffer before killing them so quickly like he had. "Sleep for a little bit, I'll get us some food in a bit." He said kissing Duo's forehead and pulling him to lay next to him on the ground. He smiled and drifted off the sleep. They were free…being the last thing he thought.

-----(A few hours later)-----

Duo woke up alone…well without Heero or Saeli. Normally this would have been fine, expected. Saeli always went out with Heero to hunt and spend the morning together. But it was different this time. Saeli was sick, they weren't in the dome, and it was raining…okay so it wasn't raining any more, but it was still windy and Saeli was sick. Duo stood and looked around the cave. The other Dom's were gone as well, while Wufei was placing with Aedeil and Vylas by the fire. Quatre was currently skinning a rabbit, and Zechs was sitting next to the cave entrance, keeping an eye out for the Dom's

"Where'd they go?" Duo asked, walking up to Zechs. Zechs looked up at Duo.

"There looking for someone. They're trying to find out where we are." Duo's eye twitched and he almost blew up. Seriously. If you've seen Gundam Wing, and Duo was capable of blowing up, well he would do an exact imitation of Wing Zero when Heero self districted. Instead, he blew up verbally.

"He took Saeli to go out and find where we are!" He wanted to scream. "What if something happens, what if humans find the. What if they are attacked by something? Saeli's too big to sit on his back now, it'll be harder to protect him. (Saeli's about the size of an eight year old now, along with the other children. "AND HE"S SICK!" Duo yelled, Quatre and Wufei looked up at him, while Aedeil and Vylas froze in there play.

"Duo calm down I'm sure everything is fine." Zechs said, standing up and putting a hand on Duo's shoulder. Duo was about to say something but something just outside the cave caught his attention.

"What is that?" Duo asked moving past Zechs to get a better look. Zechs also turned to see what was happening. He couldn't see anything at first but soon his eyes fell onto the tip of red feathers.

"You're going to have to hide better then that!" Duo called out. He was pissed and he wasn't going to take being hunted easily. Wufei stood next to them now his sword out. Quatre took the children further into the cave and waited there.

"What do you think it is?" He asked. Duo shook his head.

"It's either a bird or a Sholaer." He pointed out. Wufei nodded. Leave to Duo to point out the obvious. Of course it was a bird or a Sholaer, nothing else had feathers.

Before anything else could be said the creature rushed from the bush and towards the three standing there. Duo and Zechs each took a step to the side avoiding the Sholaer that charged them, which left Wufei wide open who was ready for him. Wufei swung his sword and was a little surprised when he hit nothing. The attacking Sholaer had ducked, then pushed upward and slammed his fist into Wufei's stomach knocking him onto his back, his breath leaving him for a second. Duo and Zechs took that chance to jump of the attacker and take him to the ground.

Wufei got to his feet, rubbing his stomach and more then pissed. He placed the edge of the blade on the intruders neck. The attacker was breathing hard and looked as though just that stunt had tired him out. Duo looked up at Zechs with a lifted eye brow and then at Wufei.

Duo and Zechs carefully got off the larger Sholaer, making sure he was still pinned down. Duo noticed the large gashes on his sides and that his wings were just about broken and thrashed.

"Let me go, I won't attack you." The man said. Duo glared and flipped the attacker over.

"Solo!" He screamed out. The Sholaer sat up, with the help of Zechs and Duo, and pulled Duo into a hug.

"Duo, you're okay." He said pulling away and examining Duo. Duo rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Yeah I'm okay. What happened to you?" Duo asked checking Solo over, fussing over the deep wounds.

"I was attacked by a bear….what happened to you?" He asked. However before Duo could say anything however, he was jerked away by a strong hand. He landed hard on his back and looked up to see Heero approaching Solo. Duo got up quickly and wrapped himself around Heero's waste.

"Heero wait!" Duo said. Heero looked down at him with a deadly glare. He pulled Duo off him.

"Duo…he just endangered our children and our clan. We just watched him attack Wufei." Heero said.

"Heero, please, he didn't mean too, he's my friend. He's from my home clan, please Heero give him a chance. He could help us." Duo pleaded, standing up to look Heero, eye to eye. Heero looked over at the blond and red haired Sholaer and growled out loudly. Solo visible flinched at the sound and ducked his head down.

"Fine, but I will be keeping a close eye on him, and he will have to fight with me once he's in a suitable condition. I'm not going to have an unmated Dom in my clan without a challenge. He's to hunt for his own food." Heero barked out. "Do you already belong to a clan?" Heero asked him. Solo looked up at him and shook his head.

"No. I just got away from my human master a few days ago. They all think that bastard died of a heart attack. The fools." Solo spat out. Heero nodded his head.

"Fine. Stay away from the children." He added as a second thought. Heero turned around and came face to face with a very pissed off Duo. "What I said he could stay!" Heero almost whined….ALMOST. He didn't enjoy seeing Duo mad, he liked to see him smile and laugh.

"Why did you take Saeli out with you?" Duo asked. Heero gulped, he hadn't expected to be questioned about it.

"I always take him in the morning." Heero said back. Duo held up Saeli's arm to get Heero's attention to their son. Heero looked down at him. "What?" He asked seriously. Duo rolled his eyes and knelt down to his sons level.

"Red cheeks." Duo pointed to his cheeks. "Droopy eyes, and watery." He pointed to his eyes. "Fever." Duo said, making a show of checking his temperature. "He's got a fever." Duo said again when Heero only lifted an eye brow. Heero smiled.

"Duo, I took him with me so I can get him something to drink, and eat. I brought him back as soon as we were done." Heero explained. Duo sighed and sat down.

"Momma are you okay?" Saeli asked sitting down by his 'mother'. Duo smiled and looked at him.

"Yeah, momma's okay." He said. Heero knelt down next to him and cupped his cheek in one hand.

"Duo relax. Everything will be okay. We'll find out where we are and soon we'll have our own territory, soon we'll have a home, and everything will go back to normal." He said. Duo leaned forward and kissed Heero. Saeli stuck out his tongue and looked away.

"Ewww." He said. Heero and Duo laughed.

"I could tell you where you're at." Solo piped in. Heero looked over at him and glared slightly. Solo gulped but didn't look away. Wufei was busy cleaning the wounds on Solo's side and back, which Heero felt was strange for Wufei to be doing. He looked back at Duo and lifted an eyebrow again. Duo looked at Wufei, then at Solo then to Heero and smiled.

"Looks like you'll have to accept him anyway." He whispered .

"We will see." Heero turned back to Solo and nodded. Solo smiled and explained to Heero where they were. Treize was happy to find that they were only a few days away from there old clan territory. Which meant the territory Treize had been talking about was only a few weeks away.

"But we might want to leave soon. This area has a pretty aggressive clan. And it's bordered by three human cities, and a village not far from here." Solo explained. "I was trying to get away from the clan when the humans came into the area, the clan fled, then a bear wondered into the camp just as they were attempting to tie me down. They pissed the bear off by shooting arrows at it and went into a rage. I just barely escaped with my life." He explained.

"Why did you attack us?" Duo asked.

"I thought you where member from the clan from earlier. I knew you were Semi's but I didn't want you to tell the Dom's and have them come looking for me again." Solo admitted.

"You would have been better off if you would have just left them alone. As long as you left them alone they wouldn't have done anything to you." Trowa said. Solo nodded.

"I haven't been with a clan for a long time." Solo said, smiling sadly.

-----(End Chapter)----

Sorry for the slow chapter, but the next chapter gets interesting….really interesting…review please

A/N: in case you're wondering. The Sholear children grow faster then normal children. When they look eight there only a few months old. I based this somewhat off of birds. Birds grow quickly, in fact their ready to go on their own in a matter of a few months. Once they reach adult size they stop growing. Sholaer's also live longer then humans, but about twice as long. by the time they are Two months they learn to fly. So right now the three children are on the verge of being ready to fly.