Gundam Fairies
By: Kallie
Chapter 6
The next morning
With a yawn Treeflower dragged herself out of bed. The sun was just starting to come up. It was her turn to cook again.
Damn. Why do I have to cook? It's too early for this. Ugh! She thought to herself. She made her way over to the mess hall.
She dug around, and finally came up with something. She started to mix things together. When she had everything ready to bake, she realized she hadn't started a fire yet. Swearing, she bent down to get the firewood. She turned around when she heard someone laughing.
Quatre had gotten up and wandered to the mess hall. He'd come in while Treeflower was mixing the ingredients, but she'd been too wrapped up to notice.
Treeflower scowled at Quatre. "Let's see you do better on 3 hours of sleep." She snapped. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" Quatre asked while still chuckling.
"Yes there is. You can come over here and cut up these." She motioned to a pile of fruit.
Quatre complied and soon breakfast was almost ready. During the preparation, the two had started to talk. They'd talked about their families, friends, and war.
"Would you look at the lovebirds."
Startled Quatre and Treeflower turned around to see Riverwind, Wufei, Trowa, and Skydancer. Riverwind had a huge smirk on her face.
"We were just talking." Treeflower said in a rush.
"Sure you were." Skydancer said and winked. She went and sat at the table. "Oh, I'm sore. I hope they don't do anything like that again in awhile."
"Unfortunately we know they will." Treeflower said, and finished setting the table. "And next time I'm not making breakfast."
A laugh was heard from the door and Summersong walked in followed by Heero.
"Next time, I'll cook." She volunteered.
"Shouldn't someone wake up Duo and Moonchild?" Trowa asked.
"No need. We're already up." Duo's overly cheerful voice came in through the door. Moonchild stumbled in and took a seat. She didn't look really awake yet. But since everyone was there breakfast started.
When breakfast was done Moonchild excused herself, Duo followed her. She didn't get very far before turning around and glaring at Duo. "What do you want?"
"Why are you so mad at me?"
"You should know. I can't trust you. You betrayed us."
"I didn't even know you then. Besides I didn't think it'd be this bad."
"Well it is." And with that Moonchild headed past Duo.
"Well that went well, Casanova. " Duo turned to see Wufei.
"Ahh, shut up Wu-man."
" Injustice! How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that."
"You've told exactly 5,347 times."
"Then why don't you listen."
"Where's the fun in that?"
"Life isn't all about fun Maxwell." And Wufei left also.
Standing by himself, Duo asked, "It isn't?"
Riverwind had observed the exchange between Duo and Wufei. She followed Wufei, because she was curious as to why he'd say something like that.
"Why'd you say that to Duo?" she asked, coming up behind Wufei.
Wufei whirled around, surprised. Once he saw it was Riverwind the usual sneer appeared on his face. "I said that because it's true. I've seen too much to believe otherwise."
"Well, I think your wrong. If you don't have anything to look forward to then life is really dull."
"What would you know. You're a woman, and a fairy."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Riverwind asked in a low voice. "I can kick your butt any day of the week."
"I'd like to see you try."
"Is that a challenge?"
"No. I don't fight women. Especially those who are weak."
"If you're looking to be just a hair from drowning, keep talking."
By now Wufei and Riverwind were right in front of each other. Riverwind glared at Wufei, and he wasn't about to back down. So a staring contest began. Unconsciously they began to inch closer to each other. They weren't that far away to begin with. Pretty soon there was only an inch or two of space left.
The staring contest had soon turned into something else. They were now lost in each other's eyes. In the next instant the space was gone and the two were kissing each other. Riverwind's arms wrapped around Wufei's neck, and his arms went around her waist.
Rounding the corner Skydancer saw them. She was about to yell something, then saw what was happening. She quickly turned around and went back around the corner. Blushing, she accidentally ran into someone. Losing her balance she felt a pair of strong arms grab her shoulders and steady her.
Looking up she saw that it was Trowa who was steadying her. She smiled at him while blushing all the harder. Trowa looked at her with a hint of amusement in his eyes. Skydancer motioned for silence, then pointed around the corner. Trowa looked and couldn't believe his eyes. He returned to where Skydancer was and she pulled him away from the embracing couple.
They walked past the mess hall to see that Summersong had talked Heero into helping her with the dishes. The two were currently involved in a bubble fight. Heero had bubbles stuck in his hair, and Summersong had them on her face. Skydancer kept going and Trowa followed her. They went past the girls' hut to see Treeflower and Quatre talking outside of the hut. They also saw Duo following Moonchild, trying to get her to talk to him.
When they finally stopped and sat down, Trowa shook his head. "Well it looks like we've got several couples." He commented.
Skydancer nodded. "Who'd have ever thought Wufei and Riverwind would be the first to kiss though."
"Ya."
"You don't talk much do you."
"No."
"Why?"
Trowa shrugged his shoulders. It was just how he was. He didn't show emotion or talk much. Skydancer looked at him hard.
"Hmm . . . "
"What?"
"I'm going to do something about that. You need to be more cheerful, but for now we have stuff to do."
"Like what?"
"We have to get ready for the next attack. The others aren't going to sit around and wait."
So Trowa followed Skydancer. She led him to a secluded spot, and the two started to spar.
Later that afternoon . . .
"So, what's our next move?" Moonchild asked. Everyone was gathered in the mess hall. Riverwind and Wufei were on opposite sides of the room, and avoiding each other.
"I say we . . ." Treeflower was interrupted by a yell. Everyone turned to look. Summersong had uttered it, and she was hunched over. Riverwind and Skydancer ran to her and helped her sit up. Her eyes were glowing white, and she started to mutter incoherent phrases. After a few minutes her body relaxed and her eyes returned to normal.
"What just happened?" Duo asked, starring at Summersong.
"She had a vision." Moonchild answered.
"Does she get them often?" Quatre asked concern in his voice.
"Only once in awhile. Something big must be about to happen." Moonchild once again answered. "What did you see Summersong?"
Summersong shuddered, but started her tale. "I saw the forest burning, and the animals either dead or in cages. Then the scene switched to the camp the Waterworld inhabitant is. He was gathering all the people remaining and had tons of weapons. He then led them toward us. The scene then changed to one of death. If we don't prepare quickly, the forest will die, and us with it."
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So, how'd you like it? Sorry it took so long. Was it a good cliffhanger, I tried my best. Now please lower you gaze to the box at the bottom of the screen. Ya, that one there. Now please! PLEASE! Review. Thank you.
Kallie