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all I own right now is one and a half bottles of Frappichino! And if you
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Dedication: To all my fans! Whoopee! I've got fans! (Does victory dance) Go me! Go me! It's my Birthday! It's my Birthday! Uh huh! Uh huh! Guys dig me! (Realizes that people are staring) ummmmm...oops! Got a little caught up in the moment there... but again thanks to all of you who choose to read this! It really means a lot!
AN: Okey dokey! Now that I've gotten that out of the way I'll continue with my story! As always Questions and comments are very welcome...and well those who decide to flame will be burned...ok sorry LAME pun. Now that I've got that out of my system it's time to write!
Oh yeah and happy Fourth of July! Woohoo! ///^.^!
Reflections Chapter four: Tears of the sky
"So let me get this straight," Duo was just a tad exasperated, "We get all of this weird stuff from some dude we don't know after being sent here by some freaky ass demons AND to top it all off now Trowa thinks the map is telling him where whoever saved us wants us to go?" Trowa just nodded once and continued to concentrate on riding. "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS WEIRD?!?!?!?!" This time Duo almost fell off his horse, a rather tolerant black stallion that should have bucked off such an annoying rider by now but, by some miracle, had not. "Duo, you really shouldn't yell." Quatre stroked his white stallion affectionately, "Not only will you get bucked off but you might attract attention to us and that seems to be the last thing that we need right now." Duo let out a heavy sigh. "Where oh where do I find these people?" Shaking his head he started muttering about how he always was the type to get in these weird situations. To set the scene it was a beautiful day, complete with singing birds, sunshine filtering through the leaves, and no immediate danger; the boys were riding through a peaceful forest atop mysteriously calm horses on a trail that, though obviously in disrepair, promised a pretty uneventful ride. Promises, however, are broken every day and unfortunately this was one such promise. Not long after the boys had finished lunch, with MANY complaints about the food coming from a certain American, it had begun to pour. Again. Duo was seriously considering finding a rabbit's foot for luck or using Wufei's "extra" riding cloak for a rain guard. Trowa's hair had fallen into his face from the rain and he could see practically nothing. Wufei felt a sneeze coming on and gave Duo a "You-take-my-cloak-you-die" look as he swept said garment about his now soaked shoulders. Heero was miserable; he hated the smell of wet horse. In fact, the only boy who was happy was Quatre. Having spent a lot of time in the desert, he had learned to appreciate the rain. So he quelled his sniffles and rode on...and on...and on. "*achoo* Damn rain! Does it ever stop? Trowa! When are we gong to reach the frickin' town!" Everybody stared at Wufei as he dismounted and tied his horse to a tree. It seemed as if they were not expecting the usually somewhat calm boy to create such an outburst. "*achoo* What are you all *achoo* staring at? *achoo* Trowa! When are we going to get to that * achoo* accursed town?!" After a while Wufei stopped complaining for a moment to see just what the other pilots were gawking at now and froze dead in his tracks. They had reached the village. Apparently Wufei had not struck far from the mark when he had said that the town was accursed. Well, I guess it couldn't exactly be called a town. Smoldering rubble was more like it. The bodies of the few in the village that fought for their lives were strewn about the entrance of the small town where they had made their last stand. Behind them were the remains of those who could not defend themselves, mainly pregnant women, cripples, and children. Strangely, however, there was not a single corpse of an invader. The dead all wore the garb and stature of a common villager. In fact despite the obvious destruction of the village there was no other sign of invasion. The dead still had valuables on and the womenfolk did not appear to have been "abused", both signs of a raid. "I have a feeling," Quatre said slowly, "That the demons that were after us did this. I think..." He closed his eyes for a moment, "I think that there is something important to us somewhere in this village. I know it in my heart." Suddenly Duo ran off waving for them to follow. As they rounded a corner Heero said "Duo what is-" He cut off at the sight of a young man about his age. The boy's eyes stared sightlessly but he lived still. Upon hearing them come nearer he called hoarsely "Is that you?" He struggled to sit up, "Are you the ones of legend? Please, do not let our sacrifice be in vain." He paused to cough up blood and Duo opened his mouth to speak. Wufei caught his eye and motioned for him to be silent and let the boy continue. "Our people have suffered for generations under the thumb of the Wyrm of Night. You were brought here to save our people and your own. My family has protected the secret of the chosen five for centuries and now the time has come for you to fulfill your destinies. We were about to bring you here but the Wyrm's minions beat us to it. Our village was destroyed to punish the people for trying to help you and in hopes of destroying me so that I could not inform you of your heritage. *cough cough* But they failed. They never thought that a little blind boy could be of any significance and I escaped them. I have been told this legend since the day I was born. It goes like this:
Five boys with stories untold, shall make the future unfold.
One of Earth, The mirthless clown. The nameless boy. With a face of stone, A Heart of gold.
One of Air, The final child. A desert rose. With a soul of glass, Tempered strong by courage.
One of fire, The weapon. Yet the man. Entrapped in walls of cold, A pure heart beats on.
One of Water, The smiling Death. A light of the dark. Release the light, See a child.
One of Energy, The fighter. A man of Justice. In the ground of the past Lies the pain of the present.
Fight together Or not at all.
Keep this close to your heart. You alone can save both our worlds. * cough * Remember...Hope...is.......eternal." Whispering a prayer, Duo closed the man's ever-sightless eyes and turned to face the group. "Well you heard the guy. We have no choice but to move on." "Duo's right," Heero was as emotionless as usual, "We can't stay here and we need to find shelter before the rain gets worse." "My map is pointing northwest." Trowa stated. "That's as good of a direction as any so let's go." Heero walked away from the stunned group and waited by the horses for the rest to follow. They traveled silently along a muddy trail for the good potion of an hour until finding an unoccupied cave. Once again Duo had somehow managed to get their only flint stone wet and the fire would not light. Pushing the braided boy out of his way Heero stood in front of the fire pit. He was going to try something. What little curiosity he had was bothering him to try it and this was as good of a time as any. Crouching before the fireplace he concentrated and *poof * it lit. "Hn. So it does work." Heero muttered as he walked past his stunned comrades. Wufei was staring at him, "Yuy what did you just do?" The Chinese boy looked curious. "I lit the fire." Heero shrugged. "Yes, I know that, but how did you do it?" Wufei continued. "I told it to." That got a few glances. "So that boy was telling the truth." Duo looked grim, "So I guess that means that we do have to find that Wyrm guy now, don't we?" "It appears so." Wufei shook his head, "Now I know why the elders insisted on making us remember that story." Trowa nodded, "We have no choice but to move on." "Right! But hopefully the path will become clearer as we move on." Quatre appeared at his side, "Wow, real magic. Who would have guessed?" "Right, but this isn't a picnic Quatre." Wufei pointed out, "We are just as likely to be killed here as we were back in our own realm. The Quatre gave a bleak nod and went to help Duo and Trowa set up for the night when something dawned on him. "Hey! Where's Heero?" Quatre asked. The Wufei, Duo and Trowa searched inside while Quatre looked outdoors. "Heero!" Quatre shouted for about the billionth time, "Heero, are you out there?" There was no response. ^Darn it! ^ Quatre thought to himself, ^Well, I had better go back inside to our meeting place. ^ Humming an old tune softly to himself to lighten the mood, Quatre walked back to the fire inside of the cave. Taking a look around he discovered that the boys had not yet returned from their search of the deep cave. ^Or, ^ Quatre realized, ^maybe they did! This scrap of fabric seems to have been ripped off of Trowa's shirt! If this thing managed to get the others I had better be careful. ^ Stepping silently Quatre grabbed his light sphere (one of the gifts from chapter three!) and walked silently along. ^Ugh! ^ Quatre grimaced, ^I hate spider webs. But at least they leave a trail of where the boys passed. The broken ones have been traveled and the whole ones-^ "oh!" Quatre just barely kept his footing when he caught sight of the scene in front of him. Immediately dimming his light sphere he stared blankly at the stunning tableau. His fellow pilots were hanging upside down completely encased in spider webs all except for their faces and apparently unconscious. Behind them were these humongous spiders, obviously female by the bulk of their abdominen, and though apparently blinded by cave life, they posed a very real threat. "I smell boy, Silf!" One hissed. "Well, duh, Mako, We DO have four of them right here." The one called Silf snapped. "NO! This one's new! I mean it!" Mako pleaded, fangs dripping. "That is what you say EVERY TIME! You just want me to leave so you can have them all to yourself." Quatre at this time was deep in thought. ^Ok. I don't think I can kill these things with my swords and I KNOW that they aren't friendly. I guess magic is the only way. Hmmm...according to the legend I should be...Air! That's it! Now all I have to do is cut off their air supply and they'll suffocate. ^ So Quatre concentrated and though he dizzy and out of breath from the feat he managed to suffocate the abominable arachnids. Cursing at the walls for spinning, Quatre removed one of his swords and cut Wufei down and asked the now awake boy to help him free the others. They managed to remove all of the webbing with a minimal amount of cursing; all except, that is, for the webs caught in Duo's long locks. They moved their things outside of the cave to avoid more company and Duo volunteered to keep first watch. "I gotta get this crap out of my hair anyway." Duo said and waited for the others to fall asleep and then he said to himself "Alright buddy boy, this is it. If Mr. Perfect and Q-man over there can do it so can I. But mark my words NO MORE CAVES!" Realizing that he might wake the others by speaking out loud Duo quickly introverted his thoughts. ^Hmmm...now where was I...oh yeah! According to the legend I should be...Water! Perfect! Now I can get all of this stuff out of my hair. Alright, hmmm lesse...I can just concentrate on getting my hair wet and...^ *SPLASH* Duo opened his eyes in shock as he was suddenly soaked from head to foot in startlingly cold water. ^Hey! What do ya know! It worked...hmmm...maybe a little too well...I wonder if there's a towel in here... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Well Iris, they seem to be getting by quite well without us." Rose appeared in the high branch above where the pilots had made their camp. "Indeed. Those cave spiders did have me worried for a minute there." Iris poked her head down from a higher branch, "But this is only the beginning." "Right," Rose shook her head, "But now that our check up is over we should be going quickly. They aren't strong enough to fight the Demons yet so we can't risk them finding us." With a rustle of leaves the two mysterious beauties disappeared into the night. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN: Alrighty! That's Chapter four! Didn't think I'd make it this far did ya? Anyhoo Questions and comments are always welcome at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com Stay tuned for chapter five! Oh yeah and I hope my attempt at verse wasn't too brutal! I was gonna make it rhyme but it was lame and REALLY hard. ^.* Oh and to any people I may have offended I'm sorry! Really and honestly!
And to any of you who are wondering there is no hinting or otherwise of Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction.
Dedication: To all my fans! Whoopee! I've got fans! (Does victory dance) Go me! Go me! It's my Birthday! It's my Birthday! Uh huh! Uh huh! Guys dig me! (Realizes that people are staring) ummmmm...oops! Got a little caught up in the moment there... but again thanks to all of you who choose to read this! It really means a lot!
AN: Okey dokey! Now that I've gotten that out of the way I'll continue with my story! As always Questions and comments are very welcome...and well those who decide to flame will be burned...ok sorry LAME pun. Now that I've got that out of my system it's time to write!
Oh yeah and happy Fourth of July! Woohoo! ///^.^!
Reflections Chapter four: Tears of the sky
"So let me get this straight," Duo was just a tad exasperated, "We get all of this weird stuff from some dude we don't know after being sent here by some freaky ass demons AND to top it all off now Trowa thinks the map is telling him where whoever saved us wants us to go?" Trowa just nodded once and continued to concentrate on riding. "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS WEIRD?!?!?!?!" This time Duo almost fell off his horse, a rather tolerant black stallion that should have bucked off such an annoying rider by now but, by some miracle, had not. "Duo, you really shouldn't yell." Quatre stroked his white stallion affectionately, "Not only will you get bucked off but you might attract attention to us and that seems to be the last thing that we need right now." Duo let out a heavy sigh. "Where oh where do I find these people?" Shaking his head he started muttering about how he always was the type to get in these weird situations. To set the scene it was a beautiful day, complete with singing birds, sunshine filtering through the leaves, and no immediate danger; the boys were riding through a peaceful forest atop mysteriously calm horses on a trail that, though obviously in disrepair, promised a pretty uneventful ride. Promises, however, are broken every day and unfortunately this was one such promise. Not long after the boys had finished lunch, with MANY complaints about the food coming from a certain American, it had begun to pour. Again. Duo was seriously considering finding a rabbit's foot for luck or using Wufei's "extra" riding cloak for a rain guard. Trowa's hair had fallen into his face from the rain and he could see practically nothing. Wufei felt a sneeze coming on and gave Duo a "You-take-my-cloak-you-die" look as he swept said garment about his now soaked shoulders. Heero was miserable; he hated the smell of wet horse. In fact, the only boy who was happy was Quatre. Having spent a lot of time in the desert, he had learned to appreciate the rain. So he quelled his sniffles and rode on...and on...and on. "*achoo* Damn rain! Does it ever stop? Trowa! When are we gong to reach the frickin' town!" Everybody stared at Wufei as he dismounted and tied his horse to a tree. It seemed as if they were not expecting the usually somewhat calm boy to create such an outburst. "*achoo* What are you all *achoo* staring at? *achoo* Trowa! When are we going to get to that * achoo* accursed town?!" After a while Wufei stopped complaining for a moment to see just what the other pilots were gawking at now and froze dead in his tracks. They had reached the village. Apparently Wufei had not struck far from the mark when he had said that the town was accursed. Well, I guess it couldn't exactly be called a town. Smoldering rubble was more like it. The bodies of the few in the village that fought for their lives were strewn about the entrance of the small town where they had made their last stand. Behind them were the remains of those who could not defend themselves, mainly pregnant women, cripples, and children. Strangely, however, there was not a single corpse of an invader. The dead all wore the garb and stature of a common villager. In fact despite the obvious destruction of the village there was no other sign of invasion. The dead still had valuables on and the womenfolk did not appear to have been "abused", both signs of a raid. "I have a feeling," Quatre said slowly, "That the demons that were after us did this. I think..." He closed his eyes for a moment, "I think that there is something important to us somewhere in this village. I know it in my heart." Suddenly Duo ran off waving for them to follow. As they rounded a corner Heero said "Duo what is-" He cut off at the sight of a young man about his age. The boy's eyes stared sightlessly but he lived still. Upon hearing them come nearer he called hoarsely "Is that you?" He struggled to sit up, "Are you the ones of legend? Please, do not let our sacrifice be in vain." He paused to cough up blood and Duo opened his mouth to speak. Wufei caught his eye and motioned for him to be silent and let the boy continue. "Our people have suffered for generations under the thumb of the Wyrm of Night. You were brought here to save our people and your own. My family has protected the secret of the chosen five for centuries and now the time has come for you to fulfill your destinies. We were about to bring you here but the Wyrm's minions beat us to it. Our village was destroyed to punish the people for trying to help you and in hopes of destroying me so that I could not inform you of your heritage. *cough cough* But they failed. They never thought that a little blind boy could be of any significance and I escaped them. I have been told this legend since the day I was born. It goes like this:
Five boys with stories untold, shall make the future unfold.
One of Earth, The mirthless clown. The nameless boy. With a face of stone, A Heart of gold.
One of Air, The final child. A desert rose. With a soul of glass, Tempered strong by courage.
One of fire, The weapon. Yet the man. Entrapped in walls of cold, A pure heart beats on.
One of Water, The smiling Death. A light of the dark. Release the light, See a child.
One of Energy, The fighter. A man of Justice. In the ground of the past Lies the pain of the present.
Fight together Or not at all.
Keep this close to your heart. You alone can save both our worlds. * cough * Remember...Hope...is.......eternal." Whispering a prayer, Duo closed the man's ever-sightless eyes and turned to face the group. "Well you heard the guy. We have no choice but to move on." "Duo's right," Heero was as emotionless as usual, "We can't stay here and we need to find shelter before the rain gets worse." "My map is pointing northwest." Trowa stated. "That's as good of a direction as any so let's go." Heero walked away from the stunned group and waited by the horses for the rest to follow. They traveled silently along a muddy trail for the good potion of an hour until finding an unoccupied cave. Once again Duo had somehow managed to get their only flint stone wet and the fire would not light. Pushing the braided boy out of his way Heero stood in front of the fire pit. He was going to try something. What little curiosity he had was bothering him to try it and this was as good of a time as any. Crouching before the fireplace he concentrated and *poof * it lit. "Hn. So it does work." Heero muttered as he walked past his stunned comrades. Wufei was staring at him, "Yuy what did you just do?" The Chinese boy looked curious. "I lit the fire." Heero shrugged. "Yes, I know that, but how did you do it?" Wufei continued. "I told it to." That got a few glances. "So that boy was telling the truth." Duo looked grim, "So I guess that means that we do have to find that Wyrm guy now, don't we?" "It appears so." Wufei shook his head, "Now I know why the elders insisted on making us remember that story." Trowa nodded, "We have no choice but to move on." "Right! But hopefully the path will become clearer as we move on." Quatre appeared at his side, "Wow, real magic. Who would have guessed?" "Right, but this isn't a picnic Quatre." Wufei pointed out, "We are just as likely to be killed here as we were back in our own realm. The Quatre gave a bleak nod and went to help Duo and Trowa set up for the night when something dawned on him. "Hey! Where's Heero?" Quatre asked. The Wufei, Duo and Trowa searched inside while Quatre looked outdoors. "Heero!" Quatre shouted for about the billionth time, "Heero, are you out there?" There was no response. ^Darn it! ^ Quatre thought to himself, ^Well, I had better go back inside to our meeting place. ^ Humming an old tune softly to himself to lighten the mood, Quatre walked back to the fire inside of the cave. Taking a look around he discovered that the boys had not yet returned from their search of the deep cave. ^Or, ^ Quatre realized, ^maybe they did! This scrap of fabric seems to have been ripped off of Trowa's shirt! If this thing managed to get the others I had better be careful. ^ Stepping silently Quatre grabbed his light sphere (one of the gifts from chapter three!) and walked silently along. ^Ugh! ^ Quatre grimaced, ^I hate spider webs. But at least they leave a trail of where the boys passed. The broken ones have been traveled and the whole ones-^ "oh!" Quatre just barely kept his footing when he caught sight of the scene in front of him. Immediately dimming his light sphere he stared blankly at the stunning tableau. His fellow pilots were hanging upside down completely encased in spider webs all except for their faces and apparently unconscious. Behind them were these humongous spiders, obviously female by the bulk of their abdominen, and though apparently blinded by cave life, they posed a very real threat. "I smell boy, Silf!" One hissed. "Well, duh, Mako, We DO have four of them right here." The one called Silf snapped. "NO! This one's new! I mean it!" Mako pleaded, fangs dripping. "That is what you say EVERY TIME! You just want me to leave so you can have them all to yourself." Quatre at this time was deep in thought. ^Ok. I don't think I can kill these things with my swords and I KNOW that they aren't friendly. I guess magic is the only way. Hmmm...according to the legend I should be...Air! That's it! Now all I have to do is cut off their air supply and they'll suffocate. ^ So Quatre concentrated and though he dizzy and out of breath from the feat he managed to suffocate the abominable arachnids. Cursing at the walls for spinning, Quatre removed one of his swords and cut Wufei down and asked the now awake boy to help him free the others. They managed to remove all of the webbing with a minimal amount of cursing; all except, that is, for the webs caught in Duo's long locks. They moved their things outside of the cave to avoid more company and Duo volunteered to keep first watch. "I gotta get this crap out of my hair anyway." Duo said and waited for the others to fall asleep and then he said to himself "Alright buddy boy, this is it. If Mr. Perfect and Q-man over there can do it so can I. But mark my words NO MORE CAVES!" Realizing that he might wake the others by speaking out loud Duo quickly introverted his thoughts. ^Hmmm...now where was I...oh yeah! According to the legend I should be...Water! Perfect! Now I can get all of this stuff out of my hair. Alright, hmmm lesse...I can just concentrate on getting my hair wet and...^ *SPLASH* Duo opened his eyes in shock as he was suddenly soaked from head to foot in startlingly cold water. ^Hey! What do ya know! It worked...hmmm...maybe a little too well...I wonder if there's a towel in here... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Well Iris, they seem to be getting by quite well without us." Rose appeared in the high branch above where the pilots had made their camp. "Indeed. Those cave spiders did have me worried for a minute there." Iris poked her head down from a higher branch, "But this is only the beginning." "Right," Rose shook her head, "But now that our check up is over we should be going quickly. They aren't strong enough to fight the Demons yet so we can't risk them finding us." With a rustle of leaves the two mysterious beauties disappeared into the night. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN: Alrighty! That's Chapter four! Didn't think I'd make it this far did ya? Anyhoo Questions and comments are always welcome at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com Stay tuned for chapter five! Oh yeah and I hope my attempt at verse wasn't too brutal! I was gonna make it rhyme but it was lame and REALLY hard. ^.* Oh and to any people I may have offended I'm sorry! Really and honestly!
And to any of you who are wondering there is no hinting or otherwise of Yaoi or shonen-ai in any of my fiction.