CHRONICLES OF THE CHALLENGE: PROLOGUE
By Asharia Kyrissaen.
For the purpose of this fanfic I'm changing the ages of the Gundam pilots from 15 to 18. The scouts are 18-19, and Goten and Trunks are Approx. 19. And Gohan has a son named Gotu. Anyone with a problem with this might as well stop reading now. Also if you are a great fan of any of the characters I use and don't agree with how I represent them (although I'll try to have them as close as possible to the originals), IT'S a fan FICTION! FICTION being the key word here! Relax!!! (I did however change Darien. Now he changes straight to Prince Darien, and Tux-Mask DOES NOT EXIST!!!! HAHAHAH!) The same goes with the character's powers. I have watched the programs, not done a degree on them, so some of their attacks might be slightly off. I'll do my best though!
Now to the fun part.... I don't own Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Marvel, Dragonball Z, or any of the elements I have taken from the FF8 world in general in the creation of new characters. I don't know who owns most of them but it's not me. Don't sue me or I won't be able to buy your merchandise. Callum and Aria are mine (minus their place of origin etc.), as is this story. If I find it anywhere that I didn't personally put it, heads will roll........
Far away in the Void of Space, two Celestial voices rang out.
"I will not allow you to do this thing Kaerack! You will unmake reality!"
"No Alron," came the disembodied reply. "Not unmake, just reshape, in MY image!"
"No. Your darkness will destroy Billions of worlds! I cannot permit this."
"And how can you stop me?" The voice sounded amused. "A direct conflict between us would certainly 'destroy' these billions you speak of. You cannot stop the inevitable!"
"I can and will! I issue The Challenge, which by our law you are bound to accept. The to the victor goes control of the lives of the lesser beings whose existence you threaten."
"The Challenge? You Challenge me? You realize that according to ancient law, the looser will cease to exist at the instant of the Challenge's end, do you not? This should prove an amusing way of ridding myself of you interference. I accept the Challenge, and as you are the challenger I claim my right to select a location. Meet me there with your chosen champions in three turnings. I will be waiting." The voice took an unusually humorous tone. "And enjoy these next three turnings. They will be your last..." With these words the presence was gone, and soon silence again ruled the void.
The sun was splitting the stones and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. School was out, and Serena and her friends had decided to spend the day in the park. Lita and Mina were playing with Rini by the Lake, Setsuna, Michiru and Haruka were talking by the shore while Hotaru listened silently. Amy and Rei were discussing a strange dream Rei had had the night before, in which she had felt a powerful being watching the scouts battling with studious interest. Serena and Darien were sitting under a tree together watching their friends.
"It's so nice when we all get together like this!" Serena sighed to Darien, hoping to draw him into conversation. Receiving no response, she continued talking. "And in this weather it's just the perfect day for the park!!" When there was still no reply, she looked up at him. He was grinning down at her in amusement at her chatter. She had never been able to just enjoy the moment. She was too giddy.
"Darien are you laughing at me?" She sounded hurt. "Why? What did I do?" She would have continued, and probably started crying too, if (after looking around carefully to make sure no one was watching) he had not bent down and kissed her.
Serena was astounded. Darien rarely openly showed affection. She thought her heart would burst. He kissed her again and a peculiar feeling washed over her. It was as if the Earth moved beneath them. Totally oblivious to her surroundings, she didn't hear the others exclaim in shock and worry.
"Where are we?" said Rei.
"I don't know but it's not the park!" answered Lita, "What happened?"
Serena and Darien only realized something was wrong when Rini's voice rang out loudly right beside them. "Eew!!! Serena and Darien are KISSING!!" Darien leapt away in denial, and Serena went for her future daughter's throat. Rei looked on in disgust.
"Serena what are you doing kissing at a time like this? You're such a ditz!" Serena grabbed Rei in fury and dragged her into the fray. The three of the rolled around on the floor for a few minutes yelling at one another while the older scouts looked on in resignation.
It wasn't until Mina and Lita pulled them apart that Serina noticed their surroundings.
They were in a big well-lit hall. There were comfortable chairs around the sides of the hall, and a cheerful fire burned in the fireplace at the end of the hall. The grass, the trees and the lake were completely gone. Serena realized that when she had 'felt the Earth move' she had literally felt it!
Accustomed at this stage to unusual occurrences, the scouts immediately set about exploring their surroundings. The biggest source of dismay was the discovery that the door was locked. No amount of pulling or pushing would budge it, and no keyhole was evident. The scouts were baffeled until Amy's computer revealed that there was a layer of energy coating the walls of the room and covering the door also. The energy was what was sealing the door.
This realization lightened the mood in the room considerably. Rei shrugged. "Well if that's the case I'll have that door open in a minute! Mars Star POWER!!" There was a blinding flash and Sailor Mars stood before the stubborn door. "I hate to indulge in vandalism, but you are in my way! MARS FIRE IGNITE!!!!" An impressive fireball engulfed the door, but when the smoke dissipated the door was untouched. Rei was astounded. "What the...."
"Maybe I'll have more luck," suggested Lita. "Jupiter Star POWER!!" Another flash of light and Sailor Jupiter was glaring at the door. "JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!!!!!" Her powerful attack blaster the door, and everything else in the general vicinity also, but again the door remained intact. One of the nearby chairs had however been set alight and burned to ashes by the electricity. Sailor Jupiter shrugged. "Oops... Oh well, It was worth a try." Next Uranus' Earth attack only succeeded in knocking everyone off their feet.
The rest of he scouts transformed, but even their most powerful attacks failed to blast through the door OR the walls. Finally the scouts returned to their normal clothes and sat down to wait for as Luna said, whatever brought them to the sealed room would have to reveal itself eventually. As they waited Rei felt the presence from her dream watching them.
"No one is sticking that thing in me! Not a chance!" In those two sentences Heero showed more emotion than he had in the past year in Duo's opinion. He had been his usual silent self so far on their travels. Duo was using his new freedom to explore the Earth, as he had seen little of it while blowing things up in his battle against OZ. Like some of the other Gundam pilots, he found Earth fascinating. Heero had agreed to accompany him when Duo suggested that the constant changes of address might get Relena off his back.
The current problem revolved around a recent announcement at their new school. Visiting Ireland, Duo had decided to stay a while, and enroll in a school to see what life was like there. So far he thought it was beautiful but boring. It was getting a lot less boring now that Heero had read the notice by the Office though. It was a warning for all students to be present for the Health Board's Vaccination that evening. Apparently the government was sponsoring the immunization of all second level students against some disease. It seemed harmless enough, but Heero had decided immediately that no needle was going into his system, as he didn't know what horrible drugs the government was planing on poisoning him with.
Duo shrugged it off as typical paranoia until Heero started muttering about killing the first person to so much as point a needle at him. Duo was still trying to talk him out of this violent course of action when they were called into the office. A doctor inside looked up at them and waved Heero to sit down. His face took on its customary determined stubborn expression and he shook his head violently. The doctor sighed and stood up.
"Young man I'm afraid I must insist. It's school policy. Don't worry though. It will only hurt for a few minuets." She stepped towards him with a long pointy needle.
Typically he chose this moment to pull out his gun, aim it at her, and announce in a monotone, "I'll kill you.." The poor doctor began screaming uncontrollably. Just as Heero pulled the trigger there was a blinding flash of light and the two young men disappeared. By the time help arrived the doctor was sitting on the floor crying uncontrollably about disappearing teenagers who tried to shoot her. She was subsequently relieved of her job, and sent for therapy to help her cope with her 'obvious hallucinations'.
Heero and Duo appeared in a large hall where Heero's shot narrowly missed the head of a girl about the same age as him with two very long blonde ponytails. She screamed and the four other girls in the room started shouting at him to "Leave Serena alone" and tell them "Who the hell" he was. The only person not shouting was the guy standing behind the screaming girl. Heero was considering putting them all out of their misery with a few more shots when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"What happened? Where am I? Heero is that you? Duo? What's going on?" Quatre sounded as confused as Duo felt. Forgetting the girls, the two pilots turned to greet their friend, Duo happily, and Heero as close to happy as he ever gets. Just then the last two pilots appeared looking dazed. Trowa merle looked around his new surroundings, while Wu-Fei, who had materialized several feet in the air, landed on his back and shouted "Injustice! What's going on?"
Within a few seconds the five pilots had orientated themselves with the hall, and, quickly establishing that none of them had a clue what was happening, they turned to the other inhabitants of the room. Heero was still holding his gun, and his fingers seemed to twitch dangerously at the trigger. He didn't seem to appreciate not knowing where he was or what was happening. Quatre watched his finger nervously for a few seconds before diplomatically suggesting that himself and Duo should do the talking. The others shrugged and they all walked across the hall to the group sitting by the fire, who were still watching Heero with suspicion.
Quatre spoke first. "Hi. I'm Quatre. These are my friends Duo," Duo smiled and waved at the five pretty girls in front of them, "Trowa," Trowa nodded silently, "Wu-Fei," Wu-Fei simply looked on with contempt, "and Heero." Furious that his name had been revealed, Heero shot a venomous glare at everyone in general, and again considered the tempting possibility of eliminating the strangers.
The blond girl, sensing Heero's anger, stepped forward and offered her hand. "Hi. I'm Serena. I guess if you just appeared you couldn't have been shooting at me, so lets pretend it never happened. Shake?" Heero turned away from her but Duo, seeing her face fall with hurt and embarrassment stepped in and took her hand himself.
"As my friend said I'm Duo, Duo Maxwell, and we have no idea how we got here, so you're right. Heero was shooting at someone else. Can you tell us where 'here' is?"
Serena shrugged. "We don't know either. We've been here for about two hours" Sit down though and I'll tell you what we do know."
Quatre, Duo and Trowa sat, but the other two remained standing, for various reasons.
First Serena introduced her friends, Darien, and Rini. Then she explained what had happened them so far. When she finished explaining that the door would not open, Wu-Fei, who had been silent so far, snorted and announced that is was obvious why they had not been able to open it, as they were only weak girls. Rei and Lita immediately leapt up angrily, ready to prove to him just how 'week' they were, but Amy and Mina restrained them.
The conversation after that centered mainly around who had brought them there, while Heero and Wu-Fei tried to open the door, and Rei glared at Wu-Fei.
They didn't have long to wait before more joined their little group.
The battle raged furiously over the field, so fast that most people would be unable to follow. The others present could have, but chose not to. They were too busy eating, and when a Sayjin is eating, little else matters. If Trunks and Gohan wanted to spar, that was fine, but no-one was going to wait for them before digging into the food Chi-chi and Bulma had sent with them. The two friends had wanted some time together without a small army of warriors underfoot, so they had prepared some food, and banished the lot for the day. The exiled Z~Warriors had been joined by some friends, and had been sparring and eating happily all morning. (All except Vegita, who could rarely be described as happy, but joined in with the food and the fighting anyway, as they were the two things he was really good at.)
Suddenly there was a blinding flash, and the group found themselves sitting on a floor in a big hall. To Goku's dismay the food had not come with them. Trunks and Gohan, still in mid battle, ricochet off the walls (which everyone noticed did not break) a few times before breaking apart in astonishment and looking around.
Twelve sets of eyes watched them silently from the other end of the hall. "Before anyone else had a chance to react, Vegita scowled at their audience. "What are you CHILDREN staring at?" he sneered. Wo-Fei, already really pissed off at life in general, instantly recognized someone who wouldn't refuse to fight him, and, deciding that anyone who would call him a child must be responsible for his strange surroundings, leapt at Vegita with his sword out shouting "Die!" He got whacked into the wall for his troubles by a frustrated Vegita, much to the amusement of Hotaru.
Quatre tried to help him up, but after being called weak a few times, he turned to the newcomers saying "Hi. I'm Quatre. I guess you have no idea why you're here either..." Goku stepped forward and opened his mouth to speak but was distracted by Wu-Fei, who had risen from the floor by the wall holding his side, and was walking furiously towards Vegita muttering something about Injustice. He reached the smirking Vegita and was just about to speak, when he was interrupted by more arrivals.
The Danger-Room hummed with machinery, and rang with the sound of exploding metal. Jean Grey watched from the window as Rogue and Gambit dogged the silver-steel tentacles while trying to dissable them at the same time. Things were not looking good for the two training X-Men. They were trying out a new program Beast had thought up, and it was behaving unlike any Danger-Room challenge they had faced previously. Gambit was jumping down from a ledge, and Rogue was in mid-punch, when they both disappeared.
Jean Grey stared for a moment before rushing to find the professor. Her mind reached out before her, discovering to her dismay that several other familiar presences were also missing from the mansion.
Gambit stumbled as his feet hit the ground a lot sooner that they should have, and Rogue let out a yelp of surprise when her fist connected with a human jaw instead of the metal she had aimed for. An angry boy with a short ponytail sailed across the room and hit the wall (again) with a thud. He slid to the floor looking dizzy. Everyone stared in shock for a moment, and Rogue walked towards him guiltily. "Ah'm sorry. You OK? What happened?"
The words "Weak", "Woman" and "Injustice" floated up from the heap on the floor as it struggled to rise, and, insulted, Rogue turned back to Gambit. By now he had been joined by the familiar faces of Wolverine, Bobby, Sam, Beast, Nightcrawler, Jubilee, Storm and Archangel. They were all looking at one another in confusion.
"Ah Know Ah wasn't here a second ago!" came Sam's distinctive accent.
"Me neither. What'r you guys doing here?" from Bobby.
More voices joined in, until Storm, with the calm voice of reason, quieted her friends, and turned to the rest of the room.
"What's going on? Why have we been summoned here?" As usual Storm's voice was laden with authority.
A smiling man stepped out from the group beside her. "I was just about to ask the same thing. I'm Goku, and me and my frinds were out in a field a few minutes ago, and I know I didn't bring us here....."
Three young people stepped forward from around the fire and joined the blond boy who had just addressed Goku. One of them, a pretty girl with long blonde ponytails, spoke up. "Hi. I'm Serena. These are my friends Mina, Quatre and Duo. We have no idea why we're here either, but if you wanna come sit with us we'll tell you all we know." Everyone nodded and sat, except Wolverine, who stood behind Jubilee, Vegita, who stood alone, and Wu-Fei, who stood glaring at Rouge while being glared at by Rei.
Introductions were made all round, and the explanations began. When they reached the part about the stuck door, there was the obligatory pause while all the newcomers tried to open it. They ALL failed.
The green man named Piccolo commented that that must be why Gohan and Trunks had not even dented the wall while battling, and the 'boy' who kept hitting it didn't even leave a dent.
They were about to settle down to talk again when the last of the group arrived With the characteristic flash, two young people appeared. The boy seemed about 19, with messy brown hair and a grinning smile. The girl looked 18, and was beautiful, with long wavy blond hair deep eyes, and was also smiling. The two were engrossed in a giddy conversation.
The smiles vanished, and the girl's eyes underwent a dramatic colour change, when the two realized that things were not as they should be. The girl looked at her companion with concern. "Callum, What just happened..... This is.....well I'm not sure what it is but home in the Garden it's not!
He one she called Callum looked around in confusion. " Well.....Eer...I don't know actually. Relax Aria. I'll figure it out......" He turned to the rest of the hall. "Excuse me, but have ye any idea...."
"Where you are?" Finished Mina, "No. We don't know either." Everyone sighed as a shortened story was repeated again for them. There was surprise when the two didn't try the door themselves, but it was greeted by a comment from the girl, "Why should we. You said it wouldn't open. I believe you. Ye don't look like the type of people who could be defeated by a mere door." She smiled and her eyes changed colour again.
"I'm Aria and this is my cousin Callum. We're Seeds!" She said with pride. When everyone looked at her blankly she tried to explain further. "We're from Balmb Garden. We've trained there to be warriors. Callum and I were on our way back from our first mission when we were sidetracked here." She seemed rather proud of her ability to sum up her life in a few sentences.
Trunks gazed at her quietly, but Goten had been bursting to say something since he heard the word Seed. "Seed? You don't look like a Seed!" Callum and Aria looked at each other and shrugged. Callum answered. "Seeds are fully trained warriors from a Garden, which is a Training Center. They...well they carry out the orders of the Garden's Principal, and where he sends us isn't our problem. Um...Does anyone have any idea how to get out of here? 'Cause Aria and I are expected back to report on the success of our mission in a matter of hours!"
Vegita sneered. "It's not like any of us want to be here. What makes you so special?"
Callum chose to ignore this, as did Aria, although her eyes flashed angrily in yet another colour.
The group discussed methods of escape for another quarter of an hour before a flash of light announced a new arrival. They turned around with a collective sigh, preparing to start introductions all over again, but saw only a robed figure with a long white beard floating a few inches above the ground with his hands clasped before him.
"Now all the initial players are in place." Came the wise compelling voice. " I may now reveal to you why I have summoned you all to this place."
Ok that's all for now. Kinda longwinded I know, but it should improve when they find out what they're there for.... Please Review, it only takes a second. It's my first Fanfic and It'd be nice to know that someone actually read it! If you wanna criticize fine, but make it constructive criticism. Useless story bashing won't help me improve, but it WILL shatter my already fragile Ego. Anyway let me know if you want me to continue! And if there are any couples you'd like set up, gimme a suggestion!
Asharia
PS.Come on people... 2 words of a review from you in return for 3743 words by me seems a fair exchange.....be reasonable!
By Asharia Kyrissaen.
For the purpose of this fanfic I'm changing the ages of the Gundam pilots from 15 to 18. The scouts are 18-19, and Goten and Trunks are Approx. 19. And Gohan has a son named Gotu. Anyone with a problem with this might as well stop reading now. Also if you are a great fan of any of the characters I use and don't agree with how I represent them (although I'll try to have them as close as possible to the originals), IT'S a fan FICTION! FICTION being the key word here! Relax!!! (I did however change Darien. Now he changes straight to Prince Darien, and Tux-Mask DOES NOT EXIST!!!! HAHAHAH!) The same goes with the character's powers. I have watched the programs, not done a degree on them, so some of their attacks might be slightly off. I'll do my best though!
Now to the fun part.... I don't own Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Marvel, Dragonball Z, or any of the elements I have taken from the FF8 world in general in the creation of new characters. I don't know who owns most of them but it's not me. Don't sue me or I won't be able to buy your merchandise. Callum and Aria are mine (minus their place of origin etc.), as is this story. If I find it anywhere that I didn't personally put it, heads will roll........
Far away in the Void of Space, two Celestial voices rang out.
"I will not allow you to do this thing Kaerack! You will unmake reality!"
"No Alron," came the disembodied reply. "Not unmake, just reshape, in MY image!"
"No. Your darkness will destroy Billions of worlds! I cannot permit this."
"And how can you stop me?" The voice sounded amused. "A direct conflict between us would certainly 'destroy' these billions you speak of. You cannot stop the inevitable!"
"I can and will! I issue The Challenge, which by our law you are bound to accept. The to the victor goes control of the lives of the lesser beings whose existence you threaten."
"The Challenge? You Challenge me? You realize that according to ancient law, the looser will cease to exist at the instant of the Challenge's end, do you not? This should prove an amusing way of ridding myself of you interference. I accept the Challenge, and as you are the challenger I claim my right to select a location. Meet me there with your chosen champions in three turnings. I will be waiting." The voice took an unusually humorous tone. "And enjoy these next three turnings. They will be your last..." With these words the presence was gone, and soon silence again ruled the void.
The sun was splitting the stones and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. School was out, and Serena and her friends had decided to spend the day in the park. Lita and Mina were playing with Rini by the Lake, Setsuna, Michiru and Haruka were talking by the shore while Hotaru listened silently. Amy and Rei were discussing a strange dream Rei had had the night before, in which she had felt a powerful being watching the scouts battling with studious interest. Serena and Darien were sitting under a tree together watching their friends.
"It's so nice when we all get together like this!" Serena sighed to Darien, hoping to draw him into conversation. Receiving no response, she continued talking. "And in this weather it's just the perfect day for the park!!" When there was still no reply, she looked up at him. He was grinning down at her in amusement at her chatter. She had never been able to just enjoy the moment. She was too giddy.
"Darien are you laughing at me?" She sounded hurt. "Why? What did I do?" She would have continued, and probably started crying too, if (after looking around carefully to make sure no one was watching) he had not bent down and kissed her.
Serena was astounded. Darien rarely openly showed affection. She thought her heart would burst. He kissed her again and a peculiar feeling washed over her. It was as if the Earth moved beneath them. Totally oblivious to her surroundings, she didn't hear the others exclaim in shock and worry.
"Where are we?" said Rei.
"I don't know but it's not the park!" answered Lita, "What happened?"
Serena and Darien only realized something was wrong when Rini's voice rang out loudly right beside them. "Eew!!! Serena and Darien are KISSING!!" Darien leapt away in denial, and Serena went for her future daughter's throat. Rei looked on in disgust.
"Serena what are you doing kissing at a time like this? You're such a ditz!" Serena grabbed Rei in fury and dragged her into the fray. The three of the rolled around on the floor for a few minutes yelling at one another while the older scouts looked on in resignation.
It wasn't until Mina and Lita pulled them apart that Serina noticed their surroundings.
They were in a big well-lit hall. There were comfortable chairs around the sides of the hall, and a cheerful fire burned in the fireplace at the end of the hall. The grass, the trees and the lake were completely gone. Serena realized that when she had 'felt the Earth move' she had literally felt it!
Accustomed at this stage to unusual occurrences, the scouts immediately set about exploring their surroundings. The biggest source of dismay was the discovery that the door was locked. No amount of pulling or pushing would budge it, and no keyhole was evident. The scouts were baffeled until Amy's computer revealed that there was a layer of energy coating the walls of the room and covering the door also. The energy was what was sealing the door.
This realization lightened the mood in the room considerably. Rei shrugged. "Well if that's the case I'll have that door open in a minute! Mars Star POWER!!" There was a blinding flash and Sailor Mars stood before the stubborn door. "I hate to indulge in vandalism, but you are in my way! MARS FIRE IGNITE!!!!" An impressive fireball engulfed the door, but when the smoke dissipated the door was untouched. Rei was astounded. "What the...."
"Maybe I'll have more luck," suggested Lita. "Jupiter Star POWER!!" Another flash of light and Sailor Jupiter was glaring at the door. "JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!!!!!" Her powerful attack blaster the door, and everything else in the general vicinity also, but again the door remained intact. One of the nearby chairs had however been set alight and burned to ashes by the electricity. Sailor Jupiter shrugged. "Oops... Oh well, It was worth a try." Next Uranus' Earth attack only succeeded in knocking everyone off their feet.
The rest of he scouts transformed, but even their most powerful attacks failed to blast through the door OR the walls. Finally the scouts returned to their normal clothes and sat down to wait for as Luna said, whatever brought them to the sealed room would have to reveal itself eventually. As they waited Rei felt the presence from her dream watching them.
"No one is sticking that thing in me! Not a chance!" In those two sentences Heero showed more emotion than he had in the past year in Duo's opinion. He had been his usual silent self so far on their travels. Duo was using his new freedom to explore the Earth, as he had seen little of it while blowing things up in his battle against OZ. Like some of the other Gundam pilots, he found Earth fascinating. Heero had agreed to accompany him when Duo suggested that the constant changes of address might get Relena off his back.
The current problem revolved around a recent announcement at their new school. Visiting Ireland, Duo had decided to stay a while, and enroll in a school to see what life was like there. So far he thought it was beautiful but boring. It was getting a lot less boring now that Heero had read the notice by the Office though. It was a warning for all students to be present for the Health Board's Vaccination that evening. Apparently the government was sponsoring the immunization of all second level students against some disease. It seemed harmless enough, but Heero had decided immediately that no needle was going into his system, as he didn't know what horrible drugs the government was planing on poisoning him with.
Duo shrugged it off as typical paranoia until Heero started muttering about killing the first person to so much as point a needle at him. Duo was still trying to talk him out of this violent course of action when they were called into the office. A doctor inside looked up at them and waved Heero to sit down. His face took on its customary determined stubborn expression and he shook his head violently. The doctor sighed and stood up.
"Young man I'm afraid I must insist. It's school policy. Don't worry though. It will only hurt for a few minuets." She stepped towards him with a long pointy needle.
Typically he chose this moment to pull out his gun, aim it at her, and announce in a monotone, "I'll kill you.." The poor doctor began screaming uncontrollably. Just as Heero pulled the trigger there was a blinding flash of light and the two young men disappeared. By the time help arrived the doctor was sitting on the floor crying uncontrollably about disappearing teenagers who tried to shoot her. She was subsequently relieved of her job, and sent for therapy to help her cope with her 'obvious hallucinations'.
Heero and Duo appeared in a large hall where Heero's shot narrowly missed the head of a girl about the same age as him with two very long blonde ponytails. She screamed and the four other girls in the room started shouting at him to "Leave Serena alone" and tell them "Who the hell" he was. The only person not shouting was the guy standing behind the screaming girl. Heero was considering putting them all out of their misery with a few more shots when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"What happened? Where am I? Heero is that you? Duo? What's going on?" Quatre sounded as confused as Duo felt. Forgetting the girls, the two pilots turned to greet their friend, Duo happily, and Heero as close to happy as he ever gets. Just then the last two pilots appeared looking dazed. Trowa merle looked around his new surroundings, while Wu-Fei, who had materialized several feet in the air, landed on his back and shouted "Injustice! What's going on?"
Within a few seconds the five pilots had orientated themselves with the hall, and, quickly establishing that none of them had a clue what was happening, they turned to the other inhabitants of the room. Heero was still holding his gun, and his fingers seemed to twitch dangerously at the trigger. He didn't seem to appreciate not knowing where he was or what was happening. Quatre watched his finger nervously for a few seconds before diplomatically suggesting that himself and Duo should do the talking. The others shrugged and they all walked across the hall to the group sitting by the fire, who were still watching Heero with suspicion.
Quatre spoke first. "Hi. I'm Quatre. These are my friends Duo," Duo smiled and waved at the five pretty girls in front of them, "Trowa," Trowa nodded silently, "Wu-Fei," Wu-Fei simply looked on with contempt, "and Heero." Furious that his name had been revealed, Heero shot a venomous glare at everyone in general, and again considered the tempting possibility of eliminating the strangers.
The blond girl, sensing Heero's anger, stepped forward and offered her hand. "Hi. I'm Serena. I guess if you just appeared you couldn't have been shooting at me, so lets pretend it never happened. Shake?" Heero turned away from her but Duo, seeing her face fall with hurt and embarrassment stepped in and took her hand himself.
"As my friend said I'm Duo, Duo Maxwell, and we have no idea how we got here, so you're right. Heero was shooting at someone else. Can you tell us where 'here' is?"
Serena shrugged. "We don't know either. We've been here for about two hours" Sit down though and I'll tell you what we do know."
Quatre, Duo and Trowa sat, but the other two remained standing, for various reasons.
First Serena introduced her friends, Darien, and Rini. Then she explained what had happened them so far. When she finished explaining that the door would not open, Wu-Fei, who had been silent so far, snorted and announced that is was obvious why they had not been able to open it, as they were only weak girls. Rei and Lita immediately leapt up angrily, ready to prove to him just how 'week' they were, but Amy and Mina restrained them.
The conversation after that centered mainly around who had brought them there, while Heero and Wu-Fei tried to open the door, and Rei glared at Wu-Fei.
They didn't have long to wait before more joined their little group.
The battle raged furiously over the field, so fast that most people would be unable to follow. The others present could have, but chose not to. They were too busy eating, and when a Sayjin is eating, little else matters. If Trunks and Gohan wanted to spar, that was fine, but no-one was going to wait for them before digging into the food Chi-chi and Bulma had sent with them. The two friends had wanted some time together without a small army of warriors underfoot, so they had prepared some food, and banished the lot for the day. The exiled Z~Warriors had been joined by some friends, and had been sparring and eating happily all morning. (All except Vegita, who could rarely be described as happy, but joined in with the food and the fighting anyway, as they were the two things he was really good at.)
Suddenly there was a blinding flash, and the group found themselves sitting on a floor in a big hall. To Goku's dismay the food had not come with them. Trunks and Gohan, still in mid battle, ricochet off the walls (which everyone noticed did not break) a few times before breaking apart in astonishment and looking around.
Twelve sets of eyes watched them silently from the other end of the hall. "Before anyone else had a chance to react, Vegita scowled at their audience. "What are you CHILDREN staring at?" he sneered. Wo-Fei, already really pissed off at life in general, instantly recognized someone who wouldn't refuse to fight him, and, deciding that anyone who would call him a child must be responsible for his strange surroundings, leapt at Vegita with his sword out shouting "Die!" He got whacked into the wall for his troubles by a frustrated Vegita, much to the amusement of Hotaru.
Quatre tried to help him up, but after being called weak a few times, he turned to the newcomers saying "Hi. I'm Quatre. I guess you have no idea why you're here either..." Goku stepped forward and opened his mouth to speak but was distracted by Wu-Fei, who had risen from the floor by the wall holding his side, and was walking furiously towards Vegita muttering something about Injustice. He reached the smirking Vegita and was just about to speak, when he was interrupted by more arrivals.
The Danger-Room hummed with machinery, and rang with the sound of exploding metal. Jean Grey watched from the window as Rogue and Gambit dogged the silver-steel tentacles while trying to dissable them at the same time. Things were not looking good for the two training X-Men. They were trying out a new program Beast had thought up, and it was behaving unlike any Danger-Room challenge they had faced previously. Gambit was jumping down from a ledge, and Rogue was in mid-punch, when they both disappeared.
Jean Grey stared for a moment before rushing to find the professor. Her mind reached out before her, discovering to her dismay that several other familiar presences were also missing from the mansion.
Gambit stumbled as his feet hit the ground a lot sooner that they should have, and Rogue let out a yelp of surprise when her fist connected with a human jaw instead of the metal she had aimed for. An angry boy with a short ponytail sailed across the room and hit the wall (again) with a thud. He slid to the floor looking dizzy. Everyone stared in shock for a moment, and Rogue walked towards him guiltily. "Ah'm sorry. You OK? What happened?"
The words "Weak", "Woman" and "Injustice" floated up from the heap on the floor as it struggled to rise, and, insulted, Rogue turned back to Gambit. By now he had been joined by the familiar faces of Wolverine, Bobby, Sam, Beast, Nightcrawler, Jubilee, Storm and Archangel. They were all looking at one another in confusion.
"Ah Know Ah wasn't here a second ago!" came Sam's distinctive accent.
"Me neither. What'r you guys doing here?" from Bobby.
More voices joined in, until Storm, with the calm voice of reason, quieted her friends, and turned to the rest of the room.
"What's going on? Why have we been summoned here?" As usual Storm's voice was laden with authority.
A smiling man stepped out from the group beside her. "I was just about to ask the same thing. I'm Goku, and me and my frinds were out in a field a few minutes ago, and I know I didn't bring us here....."
Three young people stepped forward from around the fire and joined the blond boy who had just addressed Goku. One of them, a pretty girl with long blonde ponytails, spoke up. "Hi. I'm Serena. These are my friends Mina, Quatre and Duo. We have no idea why we're here either, but if you wanna come sit with us we'll tell you all we know." Everyone nodded and sat, except Wolverine, who stood behind Jubilee, Vegita, who stood alone, and Wu-Fei, who stood glaring at Rouge while being glared at by Rei.
Introductions were made all round, and the explanations began. When they reached the part about the stuck door, there was the obligatory pause while all the newcomers tried to open it. They ALL failed.
The green man named Piccolo commented that that must be why Gohan and Trunks had not even dented the wall while battling, and the 'boy' who kept hitting it didn't even leave a dent.
They were about to settle down to talk again when the last of the group arrived With the characteristic flash, two young people appeared. The boy seemed about 19, with messy brown hair and a grinning smile. The girl looked 18, and was beautiful, with long wavy blond hair deep eyes, and was also smiling. The two were engrossed in a giddy conversation.
The smiles vanished, and the girl's eyes underwent a dramatic colour change, when the two realized that things were not as they should be. The girl looked at her companion with concern. "Callum, What just happened..... This is.....well I'm not sure what it is but home in the Garden it's not!
He one she called Callum looked around in confusion. " Well.....Eer...I don't know actually. Relax Aria. I'll figure it out......" He turned to the rest of the hall. "Excuse me, but have ye any idea...."
"Where you are?" Finished Mina, "No. We don't know either." Everyone sighed as a shortened story was repeated again for them. There was surprise when the two didn't try the door themselves, but it was greeted by a comment from the girl, "Why should we. You said it wouldn't open. I believe you. Ye don't look like the type of people who could be defeated by a mere door." She smiled and her eyes changed colour again.
"I'm Aria and this is my cousin Callum. We're Seeds!" She said with pride. When everyone looked at her blankly she tried to explain further. "We're from Balmb Garden. We've trained there to be warriors. Callum and I were on our way back from our first mission when we were sidetracked here." She seemed rather proud of her ability to sum up her life in a few sentences.
Trunks gazed at her quietly, but Goten had been bursting to say something since he heard the word Seed. "Seed? You don't look like a Seed!" Callum and Aria looked at each other and shrugged. Callum answered. "Seeds are fully trained warriors from a Garden, which is a Training Center. They...well they carry out the orders of the Garden's Principal, and where he sends us isn't our problem. Um...Does anyone have any idea how to get out of here? 'Cause Aria and I are expected back to report on the success of our mission in a matter of hours!"
Vegita sneered. "It's not like any of us want to be here. What makes you so special?"
Callum chose to ignore this, as did Aria, although her eyes flashed angrily in yet another colour.
The group discussed methods of escape for another quarter of an hour before a flash of light announced a new arrival. They turned around with a collective sigh, preparing to start introductions all over again, but saw only a robed figure with a long white beard floating a few inches above the ground with his hands clasped before him.
"Now all the initial players are in place." Came the wise compelling voice. " I may now reveal to you why I have summoned you all to this place."
Ok that's all for now. Kinda longwinded I know, but it should improve when they find out what they're there for.... Please Review, it only takes a second. It's my first Fanfic and It'd be nice to know that someone actually read it! If you wanna criticize fine, but make it constructive criticism. Useless story bashing won't help me improve, but it WILL shatter my already fragile Ego. Anyway let me know if you want me to continue! And if there are any couples you'd like set up, gimme a suggestion!
Asharia
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