Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this, would I?
Warning: There are boy-boy pairings and references in this fic. If you don't like that sort of thing, stop reading now. If you do, enjoy!
Time Warp, by Siren Alecto
Chapter 8 – Annoyance Revisited
Sighing, I flopped back onto the grass and gaze at the passing clouds overhead. The wind was picking up, making the clouds move faster, forming different shapes as they traveled the sky.
A yellow and black colored butterfly flew across my vision, interrupting my cloud watching and I followed its flight path. Landing on my nose, it made me go cross-eyed for a moment and I gave a light giggle, trying not to scare my little friend but not being able to help laughing.
The movement, slight as it was, scared the butterfly into flight and I watched longingly as it flitted away to some flower or another.
Irritated by the wind causing my hair to fly around in my face, I quickly tied it back in two low pigtails. I'd rather braid it, but my hair always came out of braids quickly.
"Hey, Dorothy. How was your trip through the land of OZ?" Duo, my comic relief...
"It was so frightening, but you were there to help me." I exclaimed melodramatically, mimicking Dorothy's voice. "You were the Scarecrow, Heero was the Tin-man, Quatre was the Cowardly Lion, and Trowa was Toto. Wufei didn't help me though, he was one of those evil apple trees...."
Amy sat down and leaned against one of the trees, "Our new name for Duo will be 'Straw for Brains'."
Duo snorted in laughter. "Yeah, but Wu-man's a crabby apple tree."
Laughing softly, I turn my gaze from my friends back to the clouds.
This quiet happiness was comfortable, like being cocooned against the pain and loud brutality of the normal world. yet, something was pricking at my conscience. What was I supposed to be doing...? Oh, shit! Sitting up quickly, I smacked myself in the forehead.
"What's the matter?" Looking over at Amy, I saw that she was looking puzzled, as was Duo.
"I don't have time to lie around like this, I need to get started researching on what I can use to open a Goddess-be-damned portal." Rising to my feet, I headed back to the house to look over my books and see if I had anything useful.
Reaching the house, I walked quickly to my room because I really wasn't up to talking very much today. Shoving every book of mine that held some sort of spell in it (which is quite a few, actually) into a giant bag, I grabbed some paper and pens to put in as well. Then I headed back outside to begin the tedious note-making process. It really is too nice a day to waste being stuck behind my desk.
Passing back through the kitchen, I absently noticed that Wufei and Heero were sitting at the table and drinking tea. Either Amy had shown them how to make tea, using bags or they still were in use on the other world.
"Your friend is knowledgeable about mobile suits." Wufei said suddenly, catching my attention and effectively stopping me from leaving the kitchen so quickly.
"Yeah. If he'd been born in your world he'd probably be a first-class mechanic and MS designer."
"Will he return?" Heero turned to me, slightly curious.
Looking between the two boys, I suspiciously searched their faces for ulterior motives. "You guys like him?"
Nodding slightly, they sipped their tea calmly.
"Probably will." I replied with a shrug.
Wufei placed down his cup lightly. "Will you take him back with you as your other friend?"
"I don't know..." Sighing, I raked a hand through my hair, which I decided to grow long again. It reached the middle of my back already. "This is difficult because there are so many things to think of. It's different than Amy and I. We were born for what we're going to do, we were molded to get to this point on our lives as the people we are. And now I have to decide who to take from their own destiny?" Pausing, I closed my eyes as the thoughts of all I have to do washed over me. "I'll have to think about this."
Then, without anything else constructive to say, I slipped through the back door and walked back to my previous area on the lawn. Picking out a random book as my starting spot, I flipped to the first page and started the tedious process of re-reading all my books and making concise notes as I leaned back against the trunk of a rather large tree. I shuddered in disgust at the whole evil process. Notes, eww....
~An occultist is someone who delves into hidden territory in search of its secrets. Much of the workings of nature are "hidden" to us, and therefore "occult." In the past, occultists - wise women, witches or wizards, as they have been called - went about their business secretly in order to escape persecution...~
Skipping places that weren't necessary to my task, and writing down the parts that were; I got myself into the swing of things and forgot about my silent companions. Well, almost anyway...
"I heard about what happened this morning." Duo's voice rang out into the stillness and I froze. Maybe he was curious as to what was going on, maybe he didn't want to deal with the silence anymore but that topic was one that seriously burned me up.
Releasing an explosive breath, I clenched my teeth tightly in frustration before putting down my pen and looking Duo angrily in the eye. "Look, I didn't have sex with Quatre on that couch and it was obvious by the fact that we still had our clothes on! For that matter, the couch isn't the only place someone could have sex, there are tables, walls, chairs, any number of CREATIVE places to do it. If Trowa is going to be paranoid about FURNITURE, he might as well be paranoid about IT ALL!!!!!!"
Breathing deeply, I attempted to calm myself; but what my greatest problem was hadn't even been addressed yet. "Besides, I would never cheat on anyone or help anyone cheat on someone."
"They offended your sense of honor, huh?" Amy smiled at me and I leaned back into a handy tree.
"That... and the fact that I have this slight emotional commitment problem that wouldn't let me get that close to someone, even if I wanted to..." Closing my eyes, I let the tree behind me fill my thoughts. Quiet strength, stubborn and hardy. It restored me a little, back into my usual (I think) calm attitude.
Opening my eyes again, I found that Duo was staring at me curiously. "That's kind of sad, ya know?"
"Yeah..." A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. "But I have other things to live for. My friends, my duty, poetry... As well as my stories."
Amy glared at me and crossed her arms over her chest. "I know you have a soul mate, dammit. I just have to find him..."
"Yeah, yeah..." I pulled gently on a lock Amy's hair. "You've been saying that for a while now."
"You're pretty knowledgeable for someone so..."
"Virginal? Pure as the driven snow?" My grin got wider as I tossed out adjectives for me. They sound so strange in relation because my mind is well... not clean. "Secretly, I am a member of the Happy Hentai Club. So's Amy."
Amy tossed a pinecone at me. "Hey! Stop giving away our secrets!"
I rolled my eyes and started flipping the cone around in the air. "They're not secrets. If someone spends any prolonged amount of time with us, they find out for themselves eventually."
Duo blinked at me a couple times in confusion. "You're really strange, you know that?"
I couldn't help but laugh; Duo didn't know exactly how many people had preceded him in making that exact statement. "People have said that for years. I figure that as long as I don't hurt anyone, I can be as strange as I please." My grin turned mischievous as I remembered past pranks. "I like breaking out of niches I find myself categorized in. Besides, you should see the reactions some people have to the tiniest little things. Really, people can be so amusing."
An answering grin tugged at the corners of Duo's mouth. "Hellion." He muttered, good spiritedly.
"Would that make me your minion?" I asked him with false sweetness and he gave a bark of laughter.
"I think you could give me a run for my money in the raising hell department."
"Smart-asses, the both of you..." Amy muttered, rolling her eyes and getting into one of her mock holier-than-thou moods.
"Better to be a smart ass than a dumb ass." I responded glibly, stealing a line from a friend and I knew what Amy would reply to that one.
"Thank you, Andrew."
"That's our friend Andrew's patented expression. Or one of his anyway." I responded to Duo's slightly confused expression.
"Riiiiiiiiight."
Amy shot me an amused glance. "Your allergy to seriousness is acting up."
Tossing my head, I gave a jaunty two-fingered salute. "Yes ma'am, understood ma'am."
Grinning slightly, Duo laid down with his hands cradling his head. "I think I might like being stuck so close to you both. Now we outnumber the silent ones."
Shaking my head, I just shoved my mind back into the task I had. I've had the soul-mate argument with Amy too many times; I couldn't explain the exact feeling I had about it. It was as if I was born without one, or I had loved so deeply in a past life that I didn't want to tarnish the memory.
Snorting in my mind at my own stupid and incredibly sappy drivel, I got back to the important thing. Getting the 5 teenage heroes back to their own world before the Universe collapses in onto itself.
Or I lose my tenuous grip on sanity. Whichever comes first.
Suddenly Quatre poked his head out the window overlooking the yard. "Someone's at the door."
Letting lose a string of curses, I looked up at the sky. "You really hate me, don't you?" Praying that it wasn't my older brother who would most likely get himself killed trying to throw the boys around, I went back inside the house to see who exactly was at my door and bothering me.
Opening it, I saw that it was just Brian. Letting lose a sigh of relief, I sagged against the frame before turning to Bri. "You didn't even wait for an invitation?"
"Of course not." Squeezing by me, he walked through the house like he owned it and damn; my hand itched to smack him upside the head. Hard.
Siren Alecto: Sorry this took forever to get out. I was waiting for something for this chapter and then fanfiction.net started to have all of these problems… and unfortunately I don't have my own site to put this up on. Also, I hate this chapter title, they're getting more stupid every time I try and rack my brain for one, and so I might not name them unless I have something clever in mind. I hope you all enjoy this if you're actually still reading it.
Eiryn: Right. Because that proves you're dedicated. And that you like the stories that I come up with.
Siren Alecto: Egocentric little wench of a muse…
Eiryn: ::Eyes turn red in anger:: What did you say?!?!?! Arg!!!!
Siren Alecto: Eep! ::runs for her life:: Don't forget to reviewwwwwwwww!!!!!
Eiryn: You won't live long enough to enjoy reading them! ::chases after her with an axe::