Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam wing. Now that that's done with. I bet you all thought that last chapter would have some action in it. Admit it, you did. Well aren't I just evil to make you wait? Deal with it! Now on to the story.
Gundam Fairies
By: Kallie
Chapter 8
Everyone tensed as the first of Ivan's army came into view. They weren't going to give away their position just yet. By now it was dusk. The sun had just set.
One of Ivan's men fell into a trap and broke his leg. Others went to help him and ended up in different traps. Ivan rolled his eyes; I am stuck with a bunch of superstitious idiots! He furiously thought to himself.
Then without warning some of his men toppled. Before Ivan could act something dug into his shoulder. He pulled it out to see a piece of ice. His men were running around screaming about a haunted forest.
"It's not haunted you fools! It's the fairies!" He roared. The men stopped running because they were more afraid of him then the fairies. After all he was the one who came into their homes and threatened their families.
"Now stop acting like the demented fools I know you are and destroy them."
"Umm, sir?" a meek voice said from behind him.
"What!?"
"We don't even know where they are."
"Then get out there and start looking. DON'T ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING?!" When no one answered Ivan's face turned a dangerous color. "Then let me clarify it for you. When you find the fairies or their accomplices you shoot first ask later. When they are all dead report back here."
The fairies and the guys watched all of this silently. They all looked at Treeflower. She nodded, and silently took off into the air. She positioned herself and when the villagers were in her line of direct sight she let loose. The vines seemed to come alive and snake towards them, then Treeflower herself took action. She gave her war cry as loud as she could while flying toward them. It was truly a scary sight.
Several villagers broke and ran. That was the signal for the rest of the good guys to start. They got arrows ready and while they were heading toward their victims Summersong lit them on fire. The guys shot with whatever they had: bows, arrows, catapults, etc.
The rest of the girls grabbed a bow each and took to the air. The cries of the wounded and the dying rang out in the otherwise silent forest. The girls took out a good number, and had succeeded in cornering Ivan.
The fairies had surrounded him, but he stood there calmly. Riverwind was staring at Ivan suspiciously. That was too easy. He's a better fighter than that, and never lets his guard down. Something's not right. She thought to herself, but never the less inched back ever so slightly.
" You're losing Ivan." Treeflower stated.
He looked at her and smirked. "I think not." And more villagers came out from seemingly nowhere. Now it was the girls who were surrounded.
"I knew it couldn't be that easy." Riverwind muttered.
"Why are you doing this?" Summersong asked.
"Why? Well that's easy. You should know why."
"Well we don't so enlighten us." Moonchild snapped.
"Your people took my heritage. It's your fault that we suffered on that hideous planet, Water World." He said that last word with such hate the girls back up slightly.
"The forest is our. It's always been, and it always will be. Mother Forest gave it to us fair and square." Summersong yelled. "You have no right to try to take it away from us! Just because your people squandered what they were given and ruined your world doesn't mean we'll let you have ours!" The others nodded in agreement.
"Take care of them." Ivan sneered. "All except for her." He pointed to Riverwind. Her eyes widened in confusion. "I didn't come here just to reclaim what was mine. I also came for a bride. And you fit the description perfectly." Riverwind's face took on a look of disgust.
"In your dreams pal. You won't get me without a fight."
When Wufei heard Ivan's proclamation, his blood boiled. "Injustice! No one takes MY Woman!"
Duo heard his ranting and couldn't ignore teasing him. "Since when did she become your woman?"
"Shut up Maxwell!"
Duo deciding it was wise shut up and turned his attention to the battle. The girls had sprung into the air and were giving it a good fight, but they were badly outnumbered. Riverwind however was on her own against Ivan. Neither was getting an advantage over the other at the moment.
Treeflower had lost her bow and was trying to strangle a few people. But someone got a hold of her foot and pulled her down. She started to fight with her fists, while swearing profusely. Quatre cried out because Treeflower was losing badly and he was beginning to feel it.
Then Treeflower started to glow green. (Like after the battle with Quatre when Heero came out of his Gundam. Only green.) The men near her were blasted away. She stood up and her eyes were pure green also. A dome of green light surrounded her. Then the earth shook as trees uprooted themselves and started to move and attack people.
Moonchild was cornered. She'd been pulled from the sky earlier. She was still feeling pain from the last battle. Now she'd run out of arrows and he no way out. As the men closed in on her, she let out a scream of rage. As she screamed the men flew backward and hit trees. She let out a deep purple glow. A purple dome sprung up around her, and star shaped blasts of pure energy hit people.
Summersong had managed to stay in the air, however she'd dropped her bow. She didn't want to kill these people. Just scare them into leaving the forest alone. She was constantly dodging arrows and stuff. She started to get tired and slow down. That's when she got hit. It was really just a knick on her shoulder. But she dropped to the ground in shock. She landed in a crouch. She looked around her in fear. Then growled. She'd vowed never to die like this, so she got up glared at them all. She was really tired but put some energy into a blast of wind. Then she fell to her knees. She let out a yellow glow but stayed on her knees. Like the others a dome went up, but in her color. The elements of the different seasons blasted people constantly, but also zaps of energy.
Skydancer was having her own problems at the moment. Out of the corner of her eye she'd noticed the different colored domes go up. First the green, then purple, and yellow. But she had to concentrate on what was at hand. Currently she was fighting off one opponent with her bow and another with her dagger. She'd lost her arrows a long time ago. She got slashed on the leg, and started to see red. She kicked the one who'd wounded her and knocked him out. But another was there to replace him. She gritted her teeth and continued to fight. Then her opponents were knocked away from her and she glowed orange. A dome similar to the others sprung up around her. Her attack was energy in the form of animals and the animals that had been helping her grew to three times their size.
Riverwind was starting to lose to Ivan when they saw the domes. They paused in their fighting for a moment. Then Ivan was tackled from behind. Wufei started to fight.
"Wufei! What are you doing?!"
"Stay out of this woman!"
"No! This is my fight." Wufei looked up at her then continued to fight.
Her next comment made him freeze. "I said stay out of this, human." Her voice was low and dangerous.
Ivan took this opportunity to strike back. He threw Wufei into a tree. Riverwind whimpered in pain and bit her lip. Ivan looked between the two and a knowing look came over his face.
"So, You bonded with a human. How beneath you."
"If I wanted your approval, which I don't, I'd have asked first."
"You can be greater than all of this. You have the power of water in your heritage, just like me."
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"Join me and I'll spare your friends."
"In case you haven't noticed they seem to be holding their own nicely. I'm going to have to turn you down on that offer."
Ivan shrugged and said, "Suit yourself." He lunged at her, but she was already beyond pissed. She glowed blue and he went shooting away from her. The dome thing happened with her too. Water shot from every which way out of the dome. A tidal wave crash into some.
Wufei pulled himself into a sitting position. The others came over and joined him. They watched as a beam of light shot from each dome and joined. It formed a ball of white light. The light shot out and snatched the fighting villagers. They were sent home to their families. The others who'd been fighting were wrapped in the light and deposited in some very nasty places.
The light then lifted Ivan into the air. He struggled and thrashed, but it was useless. Riverwind opened her eyes long enough to whisper "Good bye Ivan." In the silence it was heard by all.
Mother Forest appeared underneath Ivan. She reached up and slapped him across the face. "You have been cursed by all the tribes, and the very forest itself." With that she placed her hand on his chest and more white light appeared. Ivan's eyes widened. Mother Forest had a hard look in her eyes. She started talking, but never took her eyes off Ivan. "Tell the girls I could never be more proud of them. They are free to do what they please with their lives." She intensified the light and both she and Ivan disappeared.
The guys stared in shock. Not two seconds after the two disappeared, the white light spread out over everything. The forest was regrowing what had been cut down. The animals that had fallen in battle were revived. Wolftrotter walked up and sat down in front of Skydancer. He looked at Trowa like he'd know what was happening.
The domes started to lose their light and disappeared at the same time. Treeflower slumped to the ground. She'd been at it the longest. Moonchild looked around confused. Summersong stood up, and Skydancer threw herself at Wolftrotter. She hugged him fiercely. Riverwind shook her head to clear it.
The girls looked at each other and smiled. They'd made it through. Then they started to feel their wounds. "So, did we win?" Moonchild asked hesitantly.
"Yep." Duo answered her.
Her face took on a look of pure joy. She ran to him and threw her arms around him. "WE WON! WOHOO!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
Quatre went over to help Treeflower up, while Trowa approached Skydancer and Wolftrotter.
I told you he was a good human.
Shut up!
Just admit I'm right.
You were right.
Summersong went to Heero. She smiled at him then hugged him tight. Riverwind on the other hand was trying to help Wufei. Trying being the main word there.
"Just let me help you."
"Absolutely not."
"If you'd listened to me earlier you wouldn't have been injured. And I wouldn't have had to worry about you!"
"I wasn't about to sit back while that BEEP stole my woman."
"Oh so I'm your woman now am I, human?"
"Yes you are."
"What are you trying to say?"
"That you're going to be my wife shortly."
"I don't even get a choice?" Riverwind was highly amused.
"Fine. Would you marry me?"
"Sure. You couldn't live without me." Before Wufei could protest Riverwind kissed him.
While that was happening, Quatre was trying to help Treeflower. She was really weak. "Oh. That hurt."
"Are you all right Treeflower?" Quatre asked worriedly.
"I'm fine Quatre." She got a glint of amusement in her eye. "Are you falling for me Quatre?"
"No." Treeflower got a hurt look. "I've already fallen for Treeflower."
She smiled. "Would you be my mate, Quatre?"
"Hey! I was going to ask you that."
"I know. That's why I said it first. So is it a yes?"
Quatre nodded. "You bet." He gave her a kiss.
Trowa and Skydancer had watched the scene between Quatre and Treeflower. "How sweet." Skydancer said and sighed. Trowa looked at her. "Skydancer you're the only person I know that can make me laugh. Will you marry me?"
Skydancer was taken aback. "Do you love me Trowa?" He thought for a moment and nodded his head.
"Good, because I love you too. Yes I would love to marry you. As long as we can keep lots of animals."
Trowa nodded, then scooped her into his arms and kissed her.
Summersong was still hugging Heero. "You can let go now."
"Why? I like it here."
He looked at her funny. "What's wrong Heero?"
"Why do you care so much about me?"
"Because deep down inside I know we're exactly the same." She smiled. "Besides, I have a promise to keep. I still don't understand you."
He looked at her. "You could get hurt you know. I'm new at this emotion thing."
"Then let's learn together. It's still new to me, and I've shown emotion sense I was little."
Heero looked at her and nodded. "All right then. So you're marrying me right?"
"If I didn't know better I'd say that is apprehension in your eyes." She teased. "Of course I'm marrying you." She then silenced the rest of his fears and kissed him.
Duo and Moonchild looked at all the happy couples. "Guess it's only us now. We're the only sane ones." He commented.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that Duo."
"What do you mean Babe."
"I told you don't call me that."
"Sorry."
"You know you're not so bad when you're on my side."
"Thanks. So are you saying we should join them?"
Moonchild nodded. "Yep."
"That's fine with me. We're engaged now Babe. So how about a kiss?" Moonchild smiled and kissed her fiancé.
A bright light interrupted all of them. The all looked up to see a vision of Mother Forest and a few other people with her. She smiled. "See? I told you they were in capable hands."
"What happened?" Summersong asked.
"Girls, I am so proud of you. You exceed everyone's expectations of you. I want to give you one last gift before I leave."
"But you can't leave!" Moonchild said in desperation.
"I'm needed here. You'll do fine. I love you all so much. Now I want you to go live your life and promise me you'll have lots of children and grandchildren. Here." 5 books appeared. "This is the story of what just befell us as well as the complete history of your people and your legends."
"Thank you, but please don't leave." Skydancer begged.
"I must. Now goodbye. We'll meet again someday." She gave them all a look." But it had better not be for a long time." She waved and disappeared.
"She'd gone." Treeflower stated.
"Thanks for stating the obvious." Moonchild said. The two started to argue.
"Yep. Everything is back to normal." Skydancer said.
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two years later . . .
The group stood in a mansion. They had all gotten married. The guys were now the legal guardians of the forest. But they let the girls make all the decisions concerning it. The girls kept up the customs of their people.
Someone had found out about their struggle and it soon became galactic news. Dermal was furious that someone else had gotten the land but soon gave up when he decided the guys would never sell the land.
Wolftrotter had been brought in to live with them. He soon became everyone's pet, and loved the attention. He too found a mate and was now the proud father of a litter of pups.
Right now the group was celebrating the defeat of Ivan. Treeflower was playing with her son, Michael. He had dark blonde hair and Quatre's eyes. He was about a year and a half old. Quatre sat next to her gazing at the both of them lovingly.
Skydancer was dealing with two of her newborn children. Trowa held one also. They'd been blessed with triplets, two girls and a boy. They were about a week old. The boy took after Skydancer, while the elder girl took after Trowa. The other one had his eyes and bright red hair. They'd named the girls Catherine (the Trowa clone) and Midii (the other one). The boy was named Alexander.
Summersong was sitting on the couch. Heero was on the floor playing with the son they'd adopted. He was 5, and named Millardo. Summersong held their eight-month old daughter, Relena. She had Heero's hair and Summersong's eyes.
Moonchild was standing next to Duo. She was holding their son, Solo. He would be 2 in a month. He had Duo's eyes and Moonchild's hair. She was currently pregnant again. This time it would be a girl, they were going to name her Hilde.
Riverwind was bugging Wufei about food. She was due any day now with their baby. She started to complain about pain. Treeflower heard this and got up. She calmly told her," Your experiencing the joys of labor now."
"Any day now, does not mean today!" Wufei shouted in a panic. Michael chose this moment to be naughty. Quatre got up and disciplined him. "Michael Nightvine Winner, you know better than that."
Around sunset that day Wufei and Riverwind were the parents of a beautiful little girl named, Icefall. She had Wufei's black hair, and amber colored eyes.
"And so the forest was protected. But more importantly those who protected it lived happily."
"That was a great story Grandmam. Is it true?"
"Of course it is. Now off to bed with you. " As several children scampered off, an old woman with gray streaked hair turned to see someone in the doorway.
"You shouldn't tell them that Mom. You know it's not true."
"But it is." As she walked out she handed her something. She looked at the object then stared at her mother. "How'd you get this?"
"I told you. I was there."
"But what about everything else that's happened?"
"Those people were ignorant fools, but I forgive them because they had no idea what they were doing."
"But, it was just a legend."
"I've always told you the truth, Midii. You've just never listened."
The End
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Well that's the end of this story. I hope you liked it. Thanks to those of you who have stuck with me through it. I want to thank all of you who reviewed, it means a lot to get your reviews. Thanks,
KALLIE