Gundam Fairies
By: Kallie
Chapter 5
When morning dawned, the girls woke up, except for Moonchild. She was allowed to sleep. Since she was sleeping on her hair no one noticed how short it really was. The girls went about their morning duties. The guys woke up soon after and headed toward the girls. They were resigned that they would have to stay at the village for awhile.
Duo noticed that Moonchild was still asleep. He wandered over to her and shook her shoulders. He kept shaking them until . . . slap! Moonchild had whacked him with her arm. The others turned when they heard that.
"Go away. I'm trying to sleep." Moonchild covered her head with her arms.
"But it's morning babe. You've gotta get up." And with that Duo picked her up and headed toward the others.
The girls gasped when Moonchild raised her head to glare at Duo. Her once long hair was now no longer than her ears. (What she looked like during the series) She noticed everyone starring at her.
"What did you do to your hair, Moonchild?" Summersong asked.
"I kept the tradition of my clan and cut it."
"But why? "
"Because."
Seeing that it was a lost battle, Summersong sighed and turned away. Treeflower looked around her; the village looked worse in the daylight than it had last night. "We'd better get started." She said.
"Umm, what exactly are we doing?" Quatre asked.
Treeflower looked at the others. "Yes, what exactly are our plans?"
"We remove this debris and build another smaller village. I think." Riverwind suggested.
"But if you rebuild right here they'll know where to find you next time." Trowa said.
"Good point." Summersong said while looking around. She looked up and grinned. "How about we relocate the village up there?" she pointed into the tree high overhead.
The other girls nodded. "It's fairly hidden, easy for us to get to, and easy to defend. I like it." Moonchild said with support.
"We'll need to draw up a floor plan of some type." Skydancer said. "Does anyone have any paper?"
When no one said anything she sighed. "Well I guess that drawing with sticks in the dirt will just have to do." She picked up a stick and drew a rough sketch. "Is this what we're thinking of?"
Everyone crowed around it to look, They then agreed and decided to get to work. The guys truthfully didn't think the girls would help out much. Girls in their experience just watched from the sidelines and complained.
The first task was to clear away the ruins. There were a lot of charred remains and a whole hut to take apart. The girls decided to let the guys start on the hut and they would take care of the ruins and the other signs of the village.
Summersong blew away most of the ashes. Riverwind and Skydancer removed the bodies and buried them. Treeflower replaced all the trees that had been cut down, and Moonchild got rid of the gardens and the half-standing ruins. The guys meanwhile were having more trouble taking down the hut.
"How are supposed to take it down if we don't have any tools." Duo stated.
"We improvise, Duo." Heero said and turned to the wall. He picked up something heavy looking and threw it through the wall. Then he started to pull the pieces of the wall down. The other guys looked at each other and followed suit. They got all but the roof and the frame taken down and the furniture moved out. Then the girls were done with their jobs and came over to help.
Moonchild and Treeflower flew up to the roof and landed on top of it. They started to pull off the thatch. They started on the outside and worked their way in. Summersong, Skydancer, and Riverwind started to arrange stuff they would use to make their new home.
"Moonchild, shouldn't we be doing this another way?"
"And what other way could we be doing this Treeflower?" They had taken away thatch from most of one side and were in the middle. Treeflower was about to answer when the thatch under their feet gave way.
"AHHHH!"
Oomph. They landed on top of each other. Duo and Quatre came running in and saw their predicament. Duo immediately started laughing. Quatre was chuckling behind his hand. Moonchild looked up at Duo from under part of Treeflower's hair and glared.
"Well are you going to help us up or what?" Treeflower's voice rang out. Quatre went over and started to pull Treeflower up but lost his footing and went down on top of them. This made Duo laugh all the harder. He was practically rolling on the ground.
"You guys have no idea how funny you look." He said in between laughs.
"Just help us up." Moonchild snapped.
"Somebody's crabby."
"You woke me up too early, I haven't eaten in practically 24 hours and I'm underneath two other people. I have every right to be crabby." She yelled.
Duo smirked but went over and pulled Quatre out of the pile. Quatre then helped Treeflower up and Duo reached down to help Moonchild.
The good thing about them falling was they had taken most of the thatch off the roof.
"Hey, wait a minute. I thought you guys would have used those wings of yours."
"Well not all of us have good reaction time." Treeflower snapped.
She took a small leap and flew up to the roof to finish taking off the remaining thatch. Moonchild joined her. Duo sat there and watch them hover around. He grinned evilly and walked over to Quatre. "Eyeing the girls Quatre."
Quatre immediately turned a couple shades of red and started to spurt different things. Duo started to laugh at Quatre's expense.
"Are you two gonna help us or sit on your butts all day?" Treeflower asked. The guys straightened up and went to help.
The roof was taken care of and they had to take down the frame of the hut. The others started on the frame as soon as Moonchild and Treeflower were done. In no time at all it was down.
"Umm, we have a slight problem." Skydancer said.
"What's that?" Quatre asked.
"How are we gonna get you guys up in the trees? I mean we could fly you, but after a while we'll get tried."
"Good point." Trowa said.
"I know." Wufei said with a smirk.
"What?"
"We'll make some kind of stairs or pulley system."
So Treeflower made a set of vine ladders. They didn't look very steady but they were as tough as the chains she'd put on Quatre. Now that that problem was solved they moved to the treetops. They had to make bridges between the trees and platforms for the houses to rest on. The guys set to work on that while the girls went to start lunch.
The guys had moved back to the ground to make the platforms. When the girls rang the lunch bell, Duo was the first one to head towards them. Lunch was passed quietly and quickly. Then it was back to work.
When the guys had a few platforms done, the girls each grabbed a corner, and flew to the spot it was to go. The platform was heavy and the girls had a bit of trouble. But in the end they made it. Once they had enough platforms for two huts, a mess hall, storage shed, and an extra building, they started to make the actual houses.
It took the entire afternoon, and well into the night to finish the houses. They were pretty well put together. When night had fallen Moonchild lit up the clearing for them; she had to leave to tend her business after that. She came back in time to help move the furniture into the buildings. Treeflower then had to make plants and leaves grow on the underside of the platforms and the bridges so they'd look like trees. The vine ladders were well camouflaged, and in the morning they'd put the growth back on the ground where the village had been. (The village looks kinda like the one in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
Then everyone had settled down for the night, the guys in one hut, and the girls in another. Suddenly a cry rang out in the night. Both Moonchild and Skydancer woke up with a start they ran out to the railing around the hut. The cry had come from a wolf. The two girls made so much noise they woke everyone else up.
Summersong came out rubbing the sleep form her eyes. "What's going on?" she asked through a yawn.
"They're attacking the forest!" Moonchild yelled. This brought Riverwind and Treeflower running. The guys had come over to see what the commotion was. "We have to stop them!" Riverwind said.
"And what are we going to do?" Heero asked.
"Well I suppose we can them with us." Summersong said. They were all in their p.j.'s. "What plan should we use?" she asked.
"How 'bout the usual." Skydancer asked. She was slightly pale, and her voice had grown softer. The girls nodded in agreement.
Summersong grabbed Heero and took off. Riverwind went next. Wufei had to grab her ankle as she took off. She looked down in annoyance then grabbed his wrists and lifted him higher as she flew.
Moonchild grabbed Duo by his braid and flew off. He was complaining the entire time. She sighed and slapped a gag over his mouth. He was NOT going to give away their position.
Treeflower took off, then flew back a second later. She had forgotten Quatre. She smiled and picked him up.
Skydancer looked at Trowa and held out her hands. He walked over and took them, and then they too were on their way.
The plan was to surround the invading group and swoop down on them from all sides. The girls would barrage them with different kinds of firepower, and shriek like banshees. They were pretty good at it too.
When they all arrived at the spot, they gathered together to converse one last time before battle. Skydancer gave the boys back their guns to use, because it would be death if they used them on the girls. Then each pair flew off to the appointed spot.
At the signal from Moonchild, a bright flash, the guys each took aim at someone. The enemy party consisted of Ivan, and about 15 hired men. Three of the guys made their target. When the three fell, the girls took turns swooping from the trees.
Riverwind went first, she swooped over them shrieking at the top of her lungs. She waved her hands and water fell over them. Skydancer then took her turn, covering them with feathers, and calling the forest animals to take nips at them. Treeflower made the vines entangle many; her war cry was by far the worst out of all. It alone made 2 people turn around and flee. Summersong chilled then fried them all. When Moonchild went she wrapped them all in darkness, so they could see nothing. Some started to wildly shoot.
By this time Ivan knew exactly what was happening. He had expected them, but told his men that all the fairies were dead. Now some were thinking these were the ghosts of the guardians. Ivan knew better. He took careful aim and waited for the fairies to make another round.
While the girls were flying around the guys were methodically picking off the stragglers. Quatre had whole heatedly committed himself to helping the fairies. The others weren't quite that dedicated.
On the second round Riverwind shot frozen ice at the men, while Summersong set fire to a couple. Skydancer and Treeflower strangled a few. Moonchild was all set up to drive several crazy with the intense darkness when she felt something hit her leg. She fell toward the forest floor. But before she hit it she got her wings back under her.
Duo had cried out as if he'd been shot. He had no wound, but it felt as if he did. Duo realized that Moonchild had been hurt, and from the pain he felt, most likely shot in the leg. He left the tree and ran toward where the battle was. The other guys were so wrapped up that they didn't notice him leave.
While Moonchild fell, Ivan ran to where she was going to land. When she righted herself, he grabbed her by the ankle and tugged her down. She let out a cry, and started to kick, but with only one leg to kick with the attack was weak. She started scratching when she could reach him.
Ivan pointed his gun straight at Moonchild's face. It was rather hard to do when she was struggling so hard. She heard the safety click off and settled down. Ivan grinned; this would be too easy. When Moonchild felt him relax ever so slightly, she sprang into action. She knocked the gun out of his hands and managed to wriggle out of his hold. She lost a few more hairs in the process.
When she dropped to the ground, she rolled away from him and managed to stand up. She brought her hands in front of her. They started to glow with her power. Ivan had picked his gun back up and pointed it once more at her. He shot her once more in the shoulder this time. Crying out in pain she let her power fade away.
Moonchild looked up, and straightened. She looked Ivan right in the eyes, and waited for him to kill her. Her head was raised and seemed to have no fear.
Just then Duo knocked Ivan to side. He smiled at Moonchild and turned back toward Ivan. It hurt him just as much as it hurt her to move. But his pain was lessened slightly. Ivan was back up and turned toward Duo. His eyes widened slightly, then he sneered. "I really find this no surprise that you're siding with them."
"Well get used to it buddy."
Then Ivan slumped to the ground. Duo looked up surprised. Riverwind was hovering behind where Ivan had stood. She had flown up behind them and knocked him out when she'd seen Moonchild's predicament. She smiled at Duo then turned back toward the fight.
There were 7 men still. Only 3 were uninjured, the rest were helping each other escape. Some one came over and dragged Ivan away.
Treeflower followed them shrieking the entire way. When she was sure they'd left, she returned and gave the signal to come out.
The guys climbed down from the tree and came out toward Duo and Moonchild. The girls flew toward them. The girls had various cuts and bruises, but that was all. Duo had moved over toward Moonchild to help her up. She glared at him, she still hadn't forgiven him for helping Dermal.
"Why'd you interfere?"
"You idiot! You would've been killed."
"I've been prepared to die since I was given this job."
"Your so intense you make me sick."
"If there's nothing worth dying for why are we living."
The others had grown silent. They were silently thinking over what Moonchild had just said. Riverwind came forward and started to look over Moonchild's injuries. She waved her hand and a bag appeared. She dug through it and pulled out a bottle of lotion. She applied the lotion to her injuries and pulled the bullets out. Moonchild had steeled herself up for that. Duo felt immense pain when that happened. Riverwind then reapplied the lotion.
"You should be all healed up by tomorrow afternoon. Till then both of you take it easy." She turned around and grabbed her bag. "Now lets get some sleep."
And with that they all headed back toward the village. They settled down and slept the remainder of the night.
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