Disclaimer: Nope, I still don't own Gundam Wing. In fact my lemonade stand to raise money to buy them all has only put me back $12 for the cost of supplies! (Just kidding of course, but honestly and truly I do not own Gundam wing.) I do, however own this fiction cuz I wrote it! I would be glad to let anyone use it with my permission as long as I get some credit! Hey writing isn't easy you know!

Alright, dedications are getting old, & disclaimers are only so much fun so...I'm gonna have a tip of the day. Since Quatre is sponsoring it (hey he's loaded!) it's gonna be called the Q-Tip of the Day!

Q-Tip: Fortune cookies are always wrong. O_o

There you have it folks! Keep this wisdom next to your hearts and keep your internal organs in your body for goodness sake! I think you need those... well except for your appendix but don't get it taken out! Ouchies! 0.o Oh yeah, and if you can't already tell I got back on caffeine for the sake of writing and my sanity. I did, however drink the last of my coffee but never fear! I have found a substitute, drum roll please: diet Herbal Snapple! That's right folks! I can drink as much as I want without having to worry about all those calories and still be relatively insane! Muahahahahahaha!

Chibi-Trowa: Head for the hills!

No, But seriously I gotta get to writing something useful sooooooo here it is *Drum roll* Chapter six!



Reflections Chapter six: It isn't easy...in fact it's hard

"There doesn't seem to be a bridge anywhere." Wufei looked up and down the course of the river and could see no log or other type of man-made crossing in the light drizzle that had begun to fall. "Yeah," Quatre just shook his head, "And you'd have to be crazy to try and cross the river now. All that rain made the banks overflow and the current is way too strong for a safe crossing to be possible." "Damn rain," Duo suddenly straightened, "Wait! I've got it! I can just move the water! Okay, here goes." And suddenly a wave came and splashed in a small circle around and on the spell caster himself. "Oh DAMN! Not again!" Duo glared at Wufei who was now hiding laughter, "Well how do you propose we go across Wufei?" "I propose-" Wufei was cut off by a loud equine squeal of pain and they all turned to see Trowa quickly dismounting off of his roan stallion that now seemed to have a limp. "Shh," Trowa soothed the panicky animal, "It's not so bad." Stroking the creature's neck Trowa promptly fell in the mud as he heard the horse respond clearly as day, ^"Oh yeah, It's not so bad...what the hell do you think I am an idiot? Geez! Just 'cuz I'm a stallion does not mean that I'm all hormones and no brain ya know! I think I should know if it hurts or not and it HURTS dammit!" ^ "Um...Trowa are you all right?" Quatre asked when he saw the boy's awestruck expression. "Did-Did you guys hear that?" Trowa received nothing but blank stares, "My horse just tal-" ^"No SHIT Sherlock now fix it!" ^ The stallion stamped impatiently interrupting him. "Trowa are you sure you're ok?" Duo gave him this look, "You look like you've seen a ghost." "You mean you don't hear him?" Trowa asked nervously, not sure of his own sanity. "Hear who?" Quatre looked clueless, for what could be the first time in his life. "The stallion," Trowa sounded unsure, "He's talking to me...well cussing at me is more like it." Duo grinned and said, "Welcome to the nuthouse buddy boy! Free membership!" "No," Trowa was determined, "I can prove it!" He turned to the stallion, "Ok walk in a circle and toss your head." The horse snorted, ^"What am I a freak show?! You're crazy! I won't do it."^ "All right then," Trowa knew how to deal with this, "Then I won't fix your pain and I'll leave you here for the wolves." ^"You drive a hard bargain clown."^ The horse limped in a circle and bobbed his head. "I think it's the magic but I'll have to perfect it," Trowa began to wrap its foot, "I don't think that we're going anywhere today so you might as well set up camp." Duo moaned, "WHERE THE HELL DO I FIND THESE PEOPLE? Geez..." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ AN: I'm sorta gonna go into detail about their powers so if you are confused I will explain some of the magic mumbo-jumbo after the chapter! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ^Hmmm...^ Heero was pondering, ^I have no trouble finding my source of power but control is another manner. I should concentrate on making the flame and heat smaller or putting a larger fire out. ^ And so he did. Heero set up a row of wet sticks varying in sizes. He practiced both lighting them and putting them out starting with the larger ones and slowly moving to the smaller. Then he practiced on making a protective circle of fire around himself in order to deflect enemy arrows and such. He ended up with a lot of singed hair and skin but overall he thought he had done pretty well. In fact with a bit of practice this should be useful on missions. ^Hmmm...^ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ While Heero was trying to open up to his powers Trowa was attempting to shut some of them out. He could easily talk to any animal he chose, but once he did he could not shut them up. Constant sounds of ^"Ooh! Do you have oats? Really? No? Well you certainly smell like oats! Are you really sure that you don't have oats? No? Too bad, because I would love to have some oats. Mmmm...oats. Say you wouldn't happen to have any oats would you? No?" ^ And so on coming from Duo's horse as well as the others' were really starting to wear on his nerves. So he practiced shutting them out one by one. ^Phew, ^ Trowa thought, Finally some silence...^ "HEY TROWA!" Duo yelled from across the way, "HOW'S IT GOIN?" *Shudder* ^so much for silence. ^ Getting back to business, Trowa also found that he could move the ground easily in large amounts but keeping it the way was another manner. He could manipulate the soil and rock easily but if the substance wanted to return to its normal status something simple became strenuous. He could also look into the Earth to find materials like gems or ore and move them to the surface, the effort increasing with depth. And as shown earlier he could turn things to stone but it was HARD! In fact without the pressure of emotion he could not come near the feat that he had accomplished earlier...yet. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ AN: sorry if it gets a bit choppy here! My computer was offline for a couple weeks so I couldn't write!!!!!! WAAAAAH!!!! 0.o Microsoft be Damned...jk! GAAAAH! Bill Gates! What are you doing here? Oh...okay I guess so...here goes....Microsoft be Un-Damned...there ya happy now?! ///^.^! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Quatre seemed very well matched to his power. The Arabian being rather creative was able to make full use of his powers. You see there isn't much to wind powers except for moving air around. That in itself can be very damaging along with the fact that he could suffocate someone, grated that someone didn't move out of his range. But Quatre, as you all should know, is much smarter than your average blond (AN: As always I joke for the sake of joking!), and he soon discovered that he could manipulate the weather. Not wanting to cause irregular weather patterns he always put the weather back where it belonged. He also discovered that by creating an area of thickened air he could form a sort of shield to deflect an attack or fling back his attacker. He also discovered that out in the open air out under the sky it was easier to use his powers than it was inside a cave. ^Hmmmm...^ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *Splash* Duo was soaked. The problem with his power was that it was too willing to give. You see, water usually joins together to form puddles and lakes and such. So when Duo called the power it all wanted to come out in a rush. With a lot of mental strain Duo finally found a knack to it, like making a mental dam and only letting some through. Once he finished with his first task Duo began to shape the water. With effort he could move it to any shape he wanted and even make it sharp. Acting on a hunch he focused and *scrunch* the water froze! "Cool!" He could only draw so much water in this area, though the closer he got to the river the more he could draw...Curiouser and curiouser *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Wufei was a bit reluctant to use his powers. He hadn't told the others but according to legend many people had been destroyed by attempting to use the magic. Of course those men and women had been fueled by greed or ambition and were unworthy of the power. It was not that Wufei was afraid, but he himself had seen firsthand what the power could do to a person. An old friend, a fellow scholar, had stumbled upon the legend and was curious. His friend had nagged Wufei into trying it with him. His friend had not succeeded in reaching the power but Wufei, in fact had. He had accidentally struck his friend with lightning causing the boy to be in a coma for the rest of his life. The authorities blamed it on a freak storm but Wufei had known the truth. He told no one. He had been a coward and had not taken responsibility for his actions. Sure, Wufei could have blamed it on the stupidity of youth, but he did not make excuses. They were weak. So as usual he was too hard on himself and vowed to make up for what he had done. He had promised himself that he would not use his powers until he was truly prepared. In his opinion he was not yet ready. He would wait for the right moment so he would never destroy another friend. Wufei decided to meditate and explore his powers internally. Upon doing so he realized several things. First, he could call large amounts of electricity but he had to ground it in a certain amount of time, the more power the less time, or it would come back and strike him instead. Second, he could cause a usually non-conducting object to carry current for a certain amount of time. Again if he held it for too long the power would run rampant and hurt someone. ^I will be ready, Wufei vowed, ^And when I am my enemies will cower in fear!^ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The day was done, the sun was set, and the G-Boys were, as all good boys, finishing supper and then getting ready for bed. Duo had used his new found powers to beach some fish from the river and Trowa had gone foraging and found some edible roots and berries. The cooked fish were a nice change from dried meat and the juice helped soften the bricklike ration bread, so supper was pretty uneventful. "It looks like the water level is lowering," Wufei paused from gnawing a bit of bread to convey the news, "We should be able to resume travel tomorrow, that is if Trowa's horse is ready." Trowa nodded, "Yeah, he'll be fine." "All right!" Duo grinned, "So it's back on the open road again!" "Yeah," Heero frowned, "But remember what were here for." "He's right," Quatre chimed in, "We don't know what we'll find as we move along. Probably more chaos and destruction knowing our enemy." Solemn silence followed the blond pilot's stern declaration and the boys moved to their various spots and rested up for the next day, with Wufei keeping first watch. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "They seem to be progressing quite nicely." Iris swung her arms in a mock battle, the tree branch she was perched on swinging precariously, "Hah! Those demons have no chance! They'll pay for what they've done! I can't wait to see the looks on their faces! Wham! Bam! Right to the kisser! And a left and a right! Hiiiyah!" Rose shook her head and sighed, "Don't get cocky Iris. If defeating the Wyrm was that easy we would have done it ourselves." "Yeah," Iris pouted, "We couldn't even knock off a flunky...AND to top it all off he's got FIVE flunkies! We're doomed!" "Shhh!" Rose cut off her partner's unusually pessimistic rant, "I hear something...It's one of those demons! Skyjolt's here! We have to drive them off come on let's go!" Iris was shocked. "B-But-Rose!" She stammered, "We couldn't beat her last time and we can't now!" Jumping from her perch Rose snorted from the ground, "That's not the point! We have to distract them from the Chosen! Even if our own lives are forfeit." As silent as owls in the night Rose and Iris stole through the black night toward sure destruction. Through the trees Iris could see the watch fire where the hope of the world either slept or kept a quiet vigil under the night sky. ^As long as the stars still shine,^ Iris' moss brown eyes glowed with an inner light, ^As long as the stars shine in the night sky there is hope...that is what Father Mike always said...but tonight it's cloudy...^ she shook her head, ^No! I won't give up! Rose wouldn't! We must protect the chosen ones at all costs.^ Rose glanced at Wufei through the trees, the silent boy was keeping watch with a stern expression. ^I will do what I must to protect him.^ Her ice blue eyes gleamed, ^Even if I die trying.^ Suddenly the two girls found themselves staring into a pair of pale gold eyes. "Well, well." Skyjolt sneered, "If it isn't our unlikely heroes. Did you come to be humiliated again or did you want to plead for a quick death? Make it quick, I'm busy." Iris glared, "Cut the crap, demon. You will never get your hands on the chosen ones." Rose seconded, "The power of good will always defeat evil!" The demon laughed, sending ice cold shivers down the teenagers' backs, "That's not what happened last time if I am not mistaken." She raised her arm and lightning raced through the night clouds, "I tire of this game and my master waits, oh! And tell all of those pathetically brave villagers I said 'hi'" The demon brought her arm down and Rose dodged the lightning racing from the sky. Iris was not so fortunate. A bolt caught her in the back and then the girl went flying into a nearby tree. She let out an agonized wail and then was still. Rose readied her staff as she whirled to face the demon and was about to scream challenge when a voice called from the clearing "Hey! Who's out there! Show yourselves!" In the trees walked Wufei, his sword Kizoku gleaming in the dim light of the fire beyond as his eyes searched the woods around him. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ AN: There's chapter six! As for the Magic mumbo jumbo...well they all obviously have an element. They can control their element only but with a bit of creativity they can expand or even combine their powers to make a stronger attack or defense. I thought that Trowa talking to animals would be fun to write about and the characteristic would fit him best. Any other questions and or comments email me at hyeperbubchick@hotmail.com Okey dokey? Allrighty then!

This is your authoress saying you've been a wonderful audience! Thanx for reading! More chapters soon...unless my #%^$@& computer decides to make an a$$ of itself again! As Always there is no Yaoi or Shonen-ai in any of my fiction. Not to diss people that like yaoi but I don't like it.