Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Gundam Wing. In fact, I don't even own the
computer I'm typing this on!!!!! So don't sue me 'cuz the cost of a lawyer
is much more than I have!
Rating: PG-13 There's some violence n-stuff and some swearing....no worse than the uncut stuff they showed on Cartoon Network.
Author's Note: 'Kay this is my first fic so I'd love to have your opinion of it, good or bad and please be honest! I won't be mad!! Just please please PLEASE don't flame me and/or rip off my work! Or I will sick chibi Trowa after you ///^.^! Anyhoo the idea for this fic came from me being completely obsessed with GW and reading way too many Fantasy novels!!! I hope you enjoy my first attempt at fan fiction!
Dedication: Duo this one is for you!
Warning: Language? I dunno. PG-13 I guess! No worse than the uncut stuff they showed on Cartoon Network!
Reflections
Chapter one: It Starts
"You take one down pass it around, 42 bottles of beer on the wall! 41 bottles of beer on the wall, 41 bottles of * BLAM!*" Duo's serenade was cut short by a sudden gunshot and he looked up to see yet another Yuy death glare. "Oh! Hi Heero!" The braided boy said somewhat nervously, "What's up?" Yuy simply glared at him and then walked away. "Well that was weird.... Oh well. 40 Bottles of beer on the wall forty bottles of beer...." Duo, having nothing else to do just kept on singing. After he got down to thirty Wufei began to pointedly clean his sword while looking thoughtfully at Duo. "Hey Wu-Man whacha thinking 'bout? Looks serious." "Well, if you really must know," no hint of emotion crossed the Chinese boy's face as he continued, "I was contemplating how to get you to shut up. So, should I cut of your whole head or just your hair?" A demonic look had started to form on Wufei's usually elegant face and things were about to get quite ugly when Quatre and Trowa finally walked in together. "Sorry we're late! We had to go through a lot of traffic on the way here. Trowa's car broke down and blocked traffic and-" Quatre was cut off in the middle of his cheerful greeting by the stern looks of all but Duo who was looking just as jovial as ever. "So Duo why did you call us here?" Trowa asked breaking the silence (AN: wow! That's a shocker isn't it? ///^.^! ). After he got a few strange looks from the rest of the G-boys he asked, "What?" "Trowa, you called me." Heero stated indifferently, "I was wondering why before you showed up." "No, that isn't right!" Duo put in, "Heero called me! I thought it was a little strange but this is just plain nuts!" "No Duo!" Quatre shook his head, "Wufei called this meeting, remember?" "I did no such thing!" Wufei crossed his arms, "As a matter of fact, you called me Quatre." After a few more arguments and a bit of conversation they all came to the conclusion that someone must have impersonated each one of them in turn and told them all to come here. The pilots waited for a while and after about an hour of waiting and quite a few death threats in Duo's direction (he started singing again) they decided to leave. "Hey I've got an idea!" Quatre said exuberantly, "We shouldn't split up if somebody's after us so let's all go to my place." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Later that night at Quatre's mansion the G-Boys had just finished dinner and were each wondering what they were going to do with the rest of their evening. Trowa had resolved to go for a walk in the greenhouse since he had nothing better to do but Quatre however had had a long day and decided to go to bed. Heero went to go train for a while and Duo wanted to go swim in the nearby indoor pool. Wufei proceeded to meditate in the summer storm that was raging outside, in hopes of figuring out just who this mysterious person was and what they wanted with the pilots.
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^I wonder what Cathy is doing? ^Wondered Trowa as he walked along the path that wound through a plethora of rare and exotic plants, ^She would love it here. All of these bright flowers make it quite a cheery place. ^ He sighed. Trowa knew that a guy like him could never fit into such a jovial scene. His heart, though loving, was filled with lots of old and new pain. Not that he let it show, in fact he couldn't. He had been hiding his feelings for so long that it was second nature. ^Ironic, ^ he mused, ^I'm a depressed clown pilot. I wonder-^ Trowa's thoughts were cut off by a loud crash and a chibi giggle. "Who's there?" Trowa called in the general direction of the sound. It couldn't be any of the G-Boys because the voice was most definitely feminine and Quatre didn't have any female servants and none of his sisters was expected for a visit anytime soon. He drew his gun and said again "Who's there? Show yourself. I have a g-" Trowa cut off and his gun slipped from nerveless fingers as he saw a small girl pop out of nowhere right in front of him. Except it wasn't a girl.... or was it? She was short and small but she had the face and figure of a woman in her twenties.sort of. But her skin was wrong.... it was as if she was made of the soil around him and her hair was made of tree branches! She giggled, picked his gun up off the floor and before Trowa's eyes it disappeared in a puff of dust. Giggling again she stated cutely "You shouldn't carry those. Somebody could get hurt." The girl studied him closely and said "You know, you're kinda cute! *giggle* AND you take a really long time to answer your phone! That snapped Trowa out of his daze "So it was you. Who are you? What do you want with us?" he growled. "*Giggle* I just want you! My sisters are the ones who want your friends. *Giggle* My name's Amber and I want to take you home with me cuz' you're soooooo gorgeous! *Giggle*" the little creature reached into her pouch and threw a handful of sand into the unibang's face. As if under a spell he collapsed to the floor, fast asleep. Amber picked up the slumbering pilot and carried him though one of the standing garden mirrors giggling all the way. ~*~*~*~*
Quatre yawned as he hung up his wet towel and started to brush his teeth. ^Hmm,^ he thought ^I know there's something wrong..I can feel it...and I don't think that it's the fact that I'm almost out of toothpaste. Something's really weird here.^ Suddenly he laughed aloud and muttered to himself around a mouth full of toothpaste "I've been reading waaaay too many of those Stephen King novels Duo is so fond of!" He rinsed and spat and turned on the water to clean everything up. ^All right, my teeth are done and now I have to dry my hair so I don't get a stiff neck. ^ He searched the myriad drawers until he found a hair dryer and as he began to dry his hair he thought to himself ^Trowa's been acting strange lately.... well stranger than usual. I wonder what's wrong.... maybe Cathy's sick or something.... I should ask him. ^ Stashing the hair dryer back in its drawer he turned toward the doorway when the sound of someone clearing their throat sent him spinning around again. A small woman stood there. She sure was strange though. she was paler than milk and her hair was lighter than Milliardo's. But her eyes were what upset Quatre the most....there were no irises, just pupil, and she was looking at him like a farmer does at a prize cow. "Well hello there handsome." She purred, "You're just as I thought you would be. Blond, muscular and *he he* innocent.... just the way I like 'em." "Um... Excuse me miss, not to be rude, but just what are you doing in my bathroom?" Quatre asked carefully, not wanting to tick off the little firecracker. "My name isn't miss it's Starbreeze and trust me honey, me in your bathroom is the least of your troubles. Now come along." Starbreeze waved her hands a startled Quatre discovered suddenly that his knees were going weak and his eyes were closing without permission. He wondered if he was dreaming already, as Starbreeze seemed to carry him through the mirror, then there was nothing but bright light and falling. ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Heero finished his stretching and had begun to stand up when a loud "CANNONBALL!! WOOHOOO!" *splash* was heard from the next room. ^Duo, ^ Heero thought, ^I wonder if all of this is bothering him. Probably, but he isn't the type to show it. ^ Ignoring the American's distraction, he began his exercise. The focus of this practice was to put out all of the candles with his eyes closed (AN: sorry I don't know JACK about martial arts! Or at least not the technical stuff.muahahahaha! Anyhoo please don't be mad at me! But if you could fill me in on some of the mumbo jumbo I will be ecstatically grateful!). Skillfully he snuffed all of the candles with little effort. Opening his eyes he let out a small "Hn." of satisfaction. He was about to get out his matches to set up the next round when the candles suddenly lit and the light revealed a small woman who appeared to be batting her eyes flirtatiously at him. "Mmmm...Hey handsome...You look good enough to eat!" She murmured. Heero, who already had a girl in his life and a bad feeling about the strange one in front of him, said quietly, "Get out." The girl just kept giving him this look that made him feel like a side of beef. She had brilliant red and orange hair like that of the candles she had apparently lit. Her eyes were the same maniacal blue of the hottest tip of the flame. "Oooh," she batted her eyelashes again, "Do you say that to all the girls? Anyway, my name is Soulblaze, and you, my handsome friend are coming with me." She produced a mirror from nowhere as Heero ran for the door and the gun he had left behind it. He had a feeling that he would need it to vanquish whatever this Soulblaze was.he knew she was not human. But when he went to touch the door handle it was red hot. "K'so!" he swore and he turned to glare at the little woman-thing behind him. "Oh my!" she exclaimed, "You want me to kiss it and make it better. No? Oh okay then but I'm still taking you with me." The girl blew him a kiss and all Heero knew was dreams of mirrors and laughter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Never one to miss an opportunity to go for a swim, Duo suited up and headed for the pool. ^Brr...looks cold^ he thought, ^I wonder who it was that made those calls. I know that we're soldiers and we probably have prices on our heads but this just doesn't seem like OZ's style. Maybe the guys were just playing a joke on me... What am I nuts?! I'm the one who plays jokes! Geez man, get a grip! ^ "Hmmm...Now where was I oh yeah! 25 bottles of beer on the wall 25 bottles of beer! You take one down..." Duo continued his tune from earlier in the day as he walked to the edge. Looking around to see if anyone was in soaking distance...nope too bad...and... "CANNON BALL!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" *SPLASH* Duo continued swimming, twisting and turning like only those truly at home in the water could. He surfaced and took a deep lungful of air looking around. ^Hmmm... ^He thought, ^.I wonder if Wu-man was really serious about attacking me earlier. Nah...he just wanted me to shut up...I'm not that bad of a singer am I? He probably just doesn't like the song...oh well^ .He sighed, ^It's really hard work keeping up a cheerful appearance. I'm just as weirded out as the rest of them are...Wu-man must be taking this hard if he's gonna go meditate in a STORM! If he doesn't get struck by lightning he'll catch a cold out in that rain, but there he goes...Man that guy really is superhuman. Weird little Chinese guy but ya' can't help it...he probably just can't stand not knowing the answer for once... ^ As Duo continued thinking he had climbed out of the water and was beginning to dry himself off. Swimming just wasn't as fun on your own. Suddenly he heard Heero swear from the next room and he decided to check on him to see what was wrong. But he was interrupted by the sound of a scream of an overexcited woman. Spinning he turned to see a small woman standing behind him. She was most definitely strange. Her hair and eyes were both a clear blue, her ears were seashell shaped and her skin had a bluish hue. "Oh my Gawd!!!!! You are soooooooooo KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!" The creature began to hyperventilate, "Oh WOW! *YEEK* Um. My name's Shellscream!" she continued on and on in a squeaky sort of voice which gave Duo an idea of just how she had gotten her name. "Hey kid...I don't know who you are or how you got in but there are definitely some people in this house that would be quite upset if they knew you were here...um and I think you should leave...now" Duo had the strange feeling that he really did not want to piss off this girl...She seemed to have much more power than she was letting on...he'd better off playing it smooth. "*squeak* I know you're just gonna LOVE staying with me!!! Hmmm...Now where can I find a mirror...oh yeah!" Shellscream winked at Duo one last time and pushed him into the pool. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
*CRASH* the lightning was getting closer to the rock Wufei was perched on but he paid no heed...He had something important to do. And he would be doing it except for one thing...It was all Maxwell's fault...as usual. That DAMN song! The Braided Baka had gone and gotten it stuck in his head, making it near impossible to concentrate. Wufei, after quite a bit of struggling, had at long last gotten rid of the song. ^Finally," he thought, "now where was I? ^ Wufei began to concentrate and was startled out of his meditation by a shout of "CANNONBALL!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOO!" Followed by a loud splash. Only after Wufei silently vowed that he would deal with Duo only after his current task was all over was he able to get to the level of meditation that he was seeking. ^Ancestors guide my spirit, ^ (AN: Yes I know it's weird but I also know nada, zip, zilch! About Chinese culture... Hmmm probably because I'm NOT Chinese....and the only clue I've got is from watching Mulan once and I really don't think a Disney movie is much of cultural insight...anyhoo if you could fill me in with the right way I would probably spaz out and thank you a zillion times and put you in dedications n stuff!!!!!!) Wufei saw a face in his mind's eye...She had yellow-white hair the exact color of lightning and her eyes were a pale wolfish gold. ^So she is who is seeking us...wait no...there's some different people by the other boys...There isn't anything I can do for them right now and they can take care of themselves. Right now I have to watch out for myself until I can inform the others. I don't need this on top of the war but I have no chance. I am destined to fight these demons...no...we all are. ^ Wufei brought himself back to reality and opened his eyes..."Hmph!" a snort came from behind him and, startled, Wufei fell off of his rock. Wheeling around to face the speaker he saw the little woman from his vision. "You don't even use real magic do you?" She scoffed, "What a weakling." "Just who are you to be calling me a weakling?" Wufei replied back. "I'm Skyjolt. and you are Wufei." She snickered, "The warrior who says he's strong but doesn't know the first thing about real magic...How weak...But my master wants me to take you with me so come along and I won't hurt you." "I do not like to fight women but you give me no choice. I have to stay and fight for justice. Just as my ancestors did against your kind." Wufei's eyes gleamed like opal, "If you want me to come with you onna, you're going to have to make me. Fight me demon and know justice!" Wufei advanced toward her until he saw the little creature laughing again and he looked down at his feet. They were rapidly sinking into the puddle of rainwater that had formed a natural mirror around his feet. With a cry of anguish the solitary dragon sank into the cold white light. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Alright! That's the end of the first chapter!!!! Muahahahahaha! (Cue weird announcer Dude) Weird announcer dude: What will happen to our heroes next? What do these strange girls want and just who is their master? Will Duo ever get to finish his song? Find out in chapter two: Awakenings. And to any of you who are wondering there is no hinting or otherwise of Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction. Oh and if you have any problems with my fic please tell me--ya know like punctuations or stuff like that so I can fix it for ya! AN#2: Sooooo how'd you like it?!?! Please give me some feedback at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13 There's some violence n-stuff and some swearing....no worse than the uncut stuff they showed on Cartoon Network.
Author's Note: 'Kay this is my first fic so I'd love to have your opinion of it, good or bad and please be honest! I won't be mad!! Just please please PLEASE don't flame me and/or rip off my work! Or I will sick chibi Trowa after you ///^.^! Anyhoo the idea for this fic came from me being completely obsessed with GW and reading way too many Fantasy novels!!! I hope you enjoy my first attempt at fan fiction!
Dedication: Duo this one is for you!
Warning: Language? I dunno. PG-13 I guess! No worse than the uncut stuff they showed on Cartoon Network!
Reflections
Chapter one: It Starts
"You take one down pass it around, 42 bottles of beer on the wall! 41 bottles of beer on the wall, 41 bottles of * BLAM!*" Duo's serenade was cut short by a sudden gunshot and he looked up to see yet another Yuy death glare. "Oh! Hi Heero!" The braided boy said somewhat nervously, "What's up?" Yuy simply glared at him and then walked away. "Well that was weird.... Oh well. 40 Bottles of beer on the wall forty bottles of beer...." Duo, having nothing else to do just kept on singing. After he got down to thirty Wufei began to pointedly clean his sword while looking thoughtfully at Duo. "Hey Wu-Man whacha thinking 'bout? Looks serious." "Well, if you really must know," no hint of emotion crossed the Chinese boy's face as he continued, "I was contemplating how to get you to shut up. So, should I cut of your whole head or just your hair?" A demonic look had started to form on Wufei's usually elegant face and things were about to get quite ugly when Quatre and Trowa finally walked in together. "Sorry we're late! We had to go through a lot of traffic on the way here. Trowa's car broke down and blocked traffic and-" Quatre was cut off in the middle of his cheerful greeting by the stern looks of all but Duo who was looking just as jovial as ever. "So Duo why did you call us here?" Trowa asked breaking the silence (AN: wow! That's a shocker isn't it? ///^.^! ). After he got a few strange looks from the rest of the G-boys he asked, "What?" "Trowa, you called me." Heero stated indifferently, "I was wondering why before you showed up." "No, that isn't right!" Duo put in, "Heero called me! I thought it was a little strange but this is just plain nuts!" "No Duo!" Quatre shook his head, "Wufei called this meeting, remember?" "I did no such thing!" Wufei crossed his arms, "As a matter of fact, you called me Quatre." After a few more arguments and a bit of conversation they all came to the conclusion that someone must have impersonated each one of them in turn and told them all to come here. The pilots waited for a while and after about an hour of waiting and quite a few death threats in Duo's direction (he started singing again) they decided to leave. "Hey I've got an idea!" Quatre said exuberantly, "We shouldn't split up if somebody's after us so let's all go to my place." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Later that night at Quatre's mansion the G-Boys had just finished dinner and were each wondering what they were going to do with the rest of their evening. Trowa had resolved to go for a walk in the greenhouse since he had nothing better to do but Quatre however had had a long day and decided to go to bed. Heero went to go train for a while and Duo wanted to go swim in the nearby indoor pool. Wufei proceeded to meditate in the summer storm that was raging outside, in hopes of figuring out just who this mysterious person was and what they wanted with the pilots.
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^I wonder what Cathy is doing? ^Wondered Trowa as he walked along the path that wound through a plethora of rare and exotic plants, ^She would love it here. All of these bright flowers make it quite a cheery place. ^ He sighed. Trowa knew that a guy like him could never fit into such a jovial scene. His heart, though loving, was filled with lots of old and new pain. Not that he let it show, in fact he couldn't. He had been hiding his feelings for so long that it was second nature. ^Ironic, ^ he mused, ^I'm a depressed clown pilot. I wonder-^ Trowa's thoughts were cut off by a loud crash and a chibi giggle. "Who's there?" Trowa called in the general direction of the sound. It couldn't be any of the G-Boys because the voice was most definitely feminine and Quatre didn't have any female servants and none of his sisters was expected for a visit anytime soon. He drew his gun and said again "Who's there? Show yourself. I have a g-" Trowa cut off and his gun slipped from nerveless fingers as he saw a small girl pop out of nowhere right in front of him. Except it wasn't a girl.... or was it? She was short and small but she had the face and figure of a woman in her twenties.sort of. But her skin was wrong.... it was as if she was made of the soil around him and her hair was made of tree branches! She giggled, picked his gun up off the floor and before Trowa's eyes it disappeared in a puff of dust. Giggling again she stated cutely "You shouldn't carry those. Somebody could get hurt." The girl studied him closely and said "You know, you're kinda cute! *giggle* AND you take a really long time to answer your phone! That snapped Trowa out of his daze "So it was you. Who are you? What do you want with us?" he growled. "*Giggle* I just want you! My sisters are the ones who want your friends. *Giggle* My name's Amber and I want to take you home with me cuz' you're soooooo gorgeous! *Giggle*" the little creature reached into her pouch and threw a handful of sand into the unibang's face. As if under a spell he collapsed to the floor, fast asleep. Amber picked up the slumbering pilot and carried him though one of the standing garden mirrors giggling all the way. ~*~*~*~*
Quatre yawned as he hung up his wet towel and started to brush his teeth. ^Hmm,^ he thought ^I know there's something wrong..I can feel it...and I don't think that it's the fact that I'm almost out of toothpaste. Something's really weird here.^ Suddenly he laughed aloud and muttered to himself around a mouth full of toothpaste "I've been reading waaaay too many of those Stephen King novels Duo is so fond of!" He rinsed and spat and turned on the water to clean everything up. ^All right, my teeth are done and now I have to dry my hair so I don't get a stiff neck. ^ He searched the myriad drawers until he found a hair dryer and as he began to dry his hair he thought to himself ^Trowa's been acting strange lately.... well stranger than usual. I wonder what's wrong.... maybe Cathy's sick or something.... I should ask him. ^ Stashing the hair dryer back in its drawer he turned toward the doorway when the sound of someone clearing their throat sent him spinning around again. A small woman stood there. She sure was strange though. she was paler than milk and her hair was lighter than Milliardo's. But her eyes were what upset Quatre the most....there were no irises, just pupil, and she was looking at him like a farmer does at a prize cow. "Well hello there handsome." She purred, "You're just as I thought you would be. Blond, muscular and *he he* innocent.... just the way I like 'em." "Um... Excuse me miss, not to be rude, but just what are you doing in my bathroom?" Quatre asked carefully, not wanting to tick off the little firecracker. "My name isn't miss it's Starbreeze and trust me honey, me in your bathroom is the least of your troubles. Now come along." Starbreeze waved her hands a startled Quatre discovered suddenly that his knees were going weak and his eyes were closing without permission. He wondered if he was dreaming already, as Starbreeze seemed to carry him through the mirror, then there was nothing but bright light and falling. ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Heero finished his stretching and had begun to stand up when a loud "CANNONBALL!! WOOHOOO!" *splash* was heard from the next room. ^Duo, ^ Heero thought, ^I wonder if all of this is bothering him. Probably, but he isn't the type to show it. ^ Ignoring the American's distraction, he began his exercise. The focus of this practice was to put out all of the candles with his eyes closed (AN: sorry I don't know JACK about martial arts! Or at least not the technical stuff.muahahahaha! Anyhoo please don't be mad at me! But if you could fill me in on some of the mumbo jumbo I will be ecstatically grateful!). Skillfully he snuffed all of the candles with little effort. Opening his eyes he let out a small "Hn." of satisfaction. He was about to get out his matches to set up the next round when the candles suddenly lit and the light revealed a small woman who appeared to be batting her eyes flirtatiously at him. "Mmmm...Hey handsome...You look good enough to eat!" She murmured. Heero, who already had a girl in his life and a bad feeling about the strange one in front of him, said quietly, "Get out." The girl just kept giving him this look that made him feel like a side of beef. She had brilliant red and orange hair like that of the candles she had apparently lit. Her eyes were the same maniacal blue of the hottest tip of the flame. "Oooh," she batted her eyelashes again, "Do you say that to all the girls? Anyway, my name is Soulblaze, and you, my handsome friend are coming with me." She produced a mirror from nowhere as Heero ran for the door and the gun he had left behind it. He had a feeling that he would need it to vanquish whatever this Soulblaze was.he knew she was not human. But when he went to touch the door handle it was red hot. "K'so!" he swore and he turned to glare at the little woman-thing behind him. "Oh my!" she exclaimed, "You want me to kiss it and make it better. No? Oh okay then but I'm still taking you with me." The girl blew him a kiss and all Heero knew was dreams of mirrors and laughter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Never one to miss an opportunity to go for a swim, Duo suited up and headed for the pool. ^Brr...looks cold^ he thought, ^I wonder who it was that made those calls. I know that we're soldiers and we probably have prices on our heads but this just doesn't seem like OZ's style. Maybe the guys were just playing a joke on me... What am I nuts?! I'm the one who plays jokes! Geez man, get a grip! ^ "Hmmm...Now where was I oh yeah! 25 bottles of beer on the wall 25 bottles of beer! You take one down..." Duo continued his tune from earlier in the day as he walked to the edge. Looking around to see if anyone was in soaking distance...nope too bad...and... "CANNON BALL!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" *SPLASH* Duo continued swimming, twisting and turning like only those truly at home in the water could. He surfaced and took a deep lungful of air looking around. ^Hmmm... ^He thought, ^.I wonder if Wu-man was really serious about attacking me earlier. Nah...he just wanted me to shut up...I'm not that bad of a singer am I? He probably just doesn't like the song...oh well^ .He sighed, ^It's really hard work keeping up a cheerful appearance. I'm just as weirded out as the rest of them are...Wu-man must be taking this hard if he's gonna go meditate in a STORM! If he doesn't get struck by lightning he'll catch a cold out in that rain, but there he goes...Man that guy really is superhuman. Weird little Chinese guy but ya' can't help it...he probably just can't stand not knowing the answer for once... ^ As Duo continued thinking he had climbed out of the water and was beginning to dry himself off. Swimming just wasn't as fun on your own. Suddenly he heard Heero swear from the next room and he decided to check on him to see what was wrong. But he was interrupted by the sound of a scream of an overexcited woman. Spinning he turned to see a small woman standing behind him. She was most definitely strange. Her hair and eyes were both a clear blue, her ears were seashell shaped and her skin had a bluish hue. "Oh my Gawd!!!!! You are soooooooooo KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!" The creature began to hyperventilate, "Oh WOW! *YEEK* Um. My name's Shellscream!" she continued on and on in a squeaky sort of voice which gave Duo an idea of just how she had gotten her name. "Hey kid...I don't know who you are or how you got in but there are definitely some people in this house that would be quite upset if they knew you were here...um and I think you should leave...now" Duo had the strange feeling that he really did not want to piss off this girl...She seemed to have much more power than she was letting on...he'd better off playing it smooth. "*squeak* I know you're just gonna LOVE staying with me!!! Hmmm...Now where can I find a mirror...oh yeah!" Shellscream winked at Duo one last time and pushed him into the pool. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
*CRASH* the lightning was getting closer to the rock Wufei was perched on but he paid no heed...He had something important to do. And he would be doing it except for one thing...It was all Maxwell's fault...as usual. That DAMN song! The Braided Baka had gone and gotten it stuck in his head, making it near impossible to concentrate. Wufei, after quite a bit of struggling, had at long last gotten rid of the song. ^Finally," he thought, "now where was I? ^ Wufei began to concentrate and was startled out of his meditation by a shout of "CANNONBALL!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOO!" Followed by a loud splash. Only after Wufei silently vowed that he would deal with Duo only after his current task was all over was he able to get to the level of meditation that he was seeking. ^Ancestors guide my spirit, ^ (AN: Yes I know it's weird but I also know nada, zip, zilch! About Chinese culture... Hmmm probably because I'm NOT Chinese....and the only clue I've got is from watching Mulan once and I really don't think a Disney movie is much of cultural insight...anyhoo if you could fill me in with the right way I would probably spaz out and thank you a zillion times and put you in dedications n stuff!!!!!!) Wufei saw a face in his mind's eye...She had yellow-white hair the exact color of lightning and her eyes were a pale wolfish gold. ^So she is who is seeking us...wait no...there's some different people by the other boys...There isn't anything I can do for them right now and they can take care of themselves. Right now I have to watch out for myself until I can inform the others. I don't need this on top of the war but I have no chance. I am destined to fight these demons...no...we all are. ^ Wufei brought himself back to reality and opened his eyes..."Hmph!" a snort came from behind him and, startled, Wufei fell off of his rock. Wheeling around to face the speaker he saw the little woman from his vision. "You don't even use real magic do you?" She scoffed, "What a weakling." "Just who are you to be calling me a weakling?" Wufei replied back. "I'm Skyjolt. and you are Wufei." She snickered, "The warrior who says he's strong but doesn't know the first thing about real magic...How weak...But my master wants me to take you with me so come along and I won't hurt you." "I do not like to fight women but you give me no choice. I have to stay and fight for justice. Just as my ancestors did against your kind." Wufei's eyes gleamed like opal, "If you want me to come with you onna, you're going to have to make me. Fight me demon and know justice!" Wufei advanced toward her until he saw the little creature laughing again and he looked down at his feet. They were rapidly sinking into the puddle of rainwater that had formed a natural mirror around his feet. With a cry of anguish the solitary dragon sank into the cold white light. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Alright! That's the end of the first chapter!!!! Muahahahahaha! (Cue weird announcer Dude) Weird announcer dude: What will happen to our heroes next? What do these strange girls want and just who is their master? Will Duo ever get to finish his song? Find out in chapter two: Awakenings. And to any of you who are wondering there is no hinting or otherwise of Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction. Oh and if you have any problems with my fic please tell me--ya know like punctuations or stuff like that so I can fix it for ya! AN#2: Sooooo how'd you like it?!?! Please give me some feedback at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com