Gundam Wing - The X Team
By Chang Usagi
Co-authored by: Raven-chan and Nijuunigou
Edited for user reability by Raven-chan.
Disclaimer - Chang Usagi, Raven-chan and Nijuunigou do not own Gundam Wing or the gundam pilots/gundams/scientists/bad guys/ex princesses mentioned. They belong to Sunrise!
Raven-chan:*holds up a sign that reads 'We wish we did though! I want my Duo!'*
Chang Usagi does own the characters Hi, Kori, Kaze, and Mizu Ryu.
Raven-chan owns the character Shikari Tanaka.
Chapter One
The Meeting
Chang Wufei was yelling at the top of his lungs, because once again his comrade Duo Maxwell had played another prank and, as always, Wufei was the one on the receiving end.
"Oh come on Wu-man, it wasn't that…" Duo never finished his sentence for there stood Wufei, covered in pink paint, ready to kill the unsuspecting Duo as he laughed.
Meanwhile, outside of the Winner mansion, four assassins arrived ready to carry out their task.
"Okay; Kaze, Mizu, you take 05 and 02. Kõri, you find 03 and 04. I think they're in the music room. And I'll take 01. Don't forget that they're not allowed to see our faces until the doctors reveal themselves. The pilots don't even realise they're in there," the girl in a black and red outfit told her sisters.
That girl was Hi Ryu, the oldest of the four Ryu sisters. She was 17 and she was rumoured to be the deadliest of the girls.
Her sister Kõri was the next eldest at age 16. She wore a black and ice blue outfit not unlike her sister Hi. She was also lethal, but was better skilled in hacking than fighting.
The last two girls, Kaze and Mizu, were the youngest out of the sisters. The two girls were 14-year-old twins. Kaze wore black and yellow and Mizu wore black and dark blue. The twins were best skilled in weaponry.
The four girls went to their respected places with all the equipment they would need, when Hi contacted them.
"Guys, when you have them, take them to the living room. Understood?"
"Hai" the other three replied.
And with that, they all went to get their prey - the Gundam pilots.
Back inside
"Wu-man PLEASE spare me! I won't do it again… Wu-man?" Duo asked as he turned around, only to find Wufei lying on the floor.
"Hey Wu-man you okay?" he inquired as he walked over carefully.
"Oh, he'll be alright in a few hours…" a female voice answered.
Duo spun around quickly to find a girl wearing a black and yellow bodysuit.
"But, then again, so will you," another voice stated.
Before Duo could look to see who else had spoken, he too was on the floor, unconscious.
The Music Room
All you could hear coming from the music room was the sounds of a flute and a violin as they played a duet. Suddenly the music stopped and was followed by two thudding sounds, as though something had fallen to the floor.
Then out of the door came a girl wearing ice blue and black, pulling two bodies with her.
In the Living Room
As soon as Kaze and Mizu got to the living room, they tied Wufei and Duo to the couch while they waited for their sisters.
No more than 10 seconds later, Kõri came in with Quatre Raberba Winner and Trowa Barton and also tied them to two chairs. The girls then waited for their eldest sister to bring in the 'Perfect Solider'.
The Library
The only noise coming from the library was the clicking of the keys on a keyboard. The owner of the laptop looked up as he heard someone walk into the room. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at the shadows.
"Who are you and who do you work for?" Heero Yuy asked.
"I'm just here to take you to your friends and my comrades, who already have them tied up in the living room," the person replied.
There was a strange whooshing sound as the girl fired the tranquilliser dart.
"What was th…?" Heero started to say as he fell into a deep sleep.
"I'll have to tell the doctors that the pilots all need to be retrained," the girl murmured as she hefted up Heero onto her shoulder and carried him to the living room where the others were.
The Living Room
"How did you go?" Hi asked as she walked in.
Her three sisters all looked at each other and then back at Hi, replying in unison.
"It was easy!"
"I thought so… tie Heero up and then we'll wake them all," Hi ordered as she left to get the scientists.
They'd just finished when Hi returned with the five scientists. Hi disappeared into the shadows along with her sisters to bid the right time to make their second appearance.
"Hey Q-kun what happened?" Duo asked as he woke facing the blonde pilot, "Do you have really large mice or something?"
"You braided baka! We were ambushed! And I wish they would have killed you instead of keeping you alive!" Wufei yelled behind Duo's ear.
Duo cringed, "Wu-man that's mean."
"Wufei, we have to try and work out who did this and why," Quatre said softly, trying to calm the Chinese pilot down.
"They did it because they were told to… that's why," Heero spoke up, his voice monotone.
"Quite right 'perfect soldier'," Doctor J said as he and the other scientists walked out, revealing themselves to the boys.
"Why did you do this?" Trowa asked, his voice calm and his eyes still closed.
"We have come here to introduce you to our team," Master O informed them. "These girls-"
Wufei cut him off, "WHAT?! WEAK WOMEN ARE YOUR NEW TEAM?!!!!!"
"Now why would you be calling us weak when we're the ones who captured you?" a feminine voice inquired as the three younger sisters walked out of the shadows. It was Kõri who had spoken.
"Ahh girls, where is your sister?" Doctor J greeted the girls.
The pilots stared at the three girls in tight bodysuits. There was one in black and yellow, one in black and dark blue and the last in black and ice blue. The girls didn't answer J's question.
"Boys, I'd like to introduce you to three of the Ryu sisters, part of our X Team," H boomed in an amused voice.
"Hey Heero, what does 'Ryu' mean?" Duo whispered to the Japanese pilot. The girls' last name sounded Japanese to him.
"Ryu means Dragon Duo," Heero replied, then spoke louder, "So where's your other sister?"
"Heero-san, it's so good that you remember me," Hi said as she appeared from the shadows.
"You know her Heero?" Quatre asked.
"Yeah he knows me. Heck, I trained with him for a while on L1," Hi answered for him.
Master O coughed, "Ah girls… we don't have all day, we're old you know. Can you please tell the boys your names?"
The girls nodded, Kaze and Mizu giggling at O's comment.
"I'm the youngest and my name is Mizu Ryu," the one in black and dark blue said.
"I'm her twin," the one in black and yellow continued, "I'm Kaze and Mi-chan and I are very skilled at weaponry."
Duo whistled appreciably. The girl with short blonde hair glared at him for interrupting her turn and moved Kaze out of the way.
"I'm the second eldest and my name is Kõri. I'm an expert hacker," the one in black and ice blue informed them.
Hi walked forward, "And I am the oldest and final Ryu sister. I have a range of skills in every area, but nothing specific. I am Hi Ryu."
"But you girls have another talent don't you?" Heero smirked, "You can control what element your name means."
"Wow!" Duo exclaimed, "Uhh… what do their names mean?" He looked rather confused.
Kaze giggled at his expression, "Well, my name means wind."
"Mine water," Mizu continued.
"Mine ice," Kõri finished.
But for some reason Hi didn't tell them what her name's meaning was. That's when they started to smell something burning…
"What's that smell?" Quatre asked looking around until his eyes landed on Duo… or rather Duo's hair. He stared in shock.
"Hey Q-man, whatchya staring at?" Duo blinked at the Arab pilot, then noticed he wasn't the only one staring at his head.
Wufei smirked and informed the puzzled pilot, "Your hair is on fire you braided baka."
"WHAT?!" Duo yelped and tried to get up and out of his restraints.
"Hi, can you stop Duo's little light show now? It's making the room stink of burnt hair," Trowa opened his eyes then.
"Of cause I can Trowa," Hi replied and with a wave of her hand, the fire disappeared and Duo's hair went back to normal.
While everyone was focused on Duo's astonishing hair recovery, the scientists and the X Team disappeared.
"Hey where'd they go?" Duo looked around confused, holding onto his precious braid.
"A better question to ask Duo is how are we going to get free?" Quatre supplied, tugging at the ropes around his wrists.
"Well I wanna know where they went! I want to kick those weak onnas' asses," Wufei growled.
"I wouldn't try anything if I were you Wufei. They may only be mere women, but I do know for a fact that they are very strong. And the twins are mean at pranks. If you thought Duo's painting you pink was bad, those two are like hell," Heero told the Chinese pilot before he could do anything rash.
Suddenly Heero, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei stood up and went to leave the room when Duo cried, "HEY! HOW'D YOU DO THAT?"
They turned back and looked down at the braided pilot who was still struggling with his bonds.
Wufei rolled his eyes and went to help him when Heero snorted and walked out.
"YUY! Where are you going?" Wufei yelled as he left.
"He wants to stay on Hi's good side. I suggest you stop with that 'weak onna' crap before she beats you senseless," Kõri said as she and the twins reappeared from wherever they disappeared to.
Quatre jumped at the sound of her voice and then asked, "How do you girls know Heero? Apart from Hi training with him I mean?"
"We don't really… but something went on between them when they trained with Doctor J…" Kõri started and was interrupted by Mizu.
"He's weird, all the pranks we tried to pull on him backfired and didn't work!"
Duo, who was finally free, went to introduce himself to the girls.
"Well forget about Heero for the moment," he grinned at them, "My name's Duo-"
Kõri cut him off, "Yeah we know." She started to quote him, "I'm Duo Maxwell, I might run and hide…"
"But I'll never tell a lie! That's me in a nutshell!" Kaze finished for her giggling.
"And you guys are Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner and Chang Wufei," Mizu said as she pointed them out.
"How do you know our names?" Trowa asked.
"There's a lot we know that you don't," Kõri said mysteriously.
The Training Room
"Where are you woman?!" Wufei yelled as he entered the training room of Quatre's mansion.
"Wufei, I would be careful with what you call her. She's really strong for a girl and she even beat me a couple of times in our practice fights."
Wufei turned his head and saw Heero sitting on a bench near the door. He was watching Hi practicing with a katana. Wufei blinked and looked closer at the katana in question. It was his! He felt outraged at her for helping herself to his things.
"ONNA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY KATANA?!"
"What does it look like you tight, pony tailed freak? I'm practicing," Hi said, stabbing at the air towards him.
Wufei grumbled, "Well I challenge you to a duel!"
"Not a good idea Chang," Heero smirked and leant back against the wall.
"You stay out of this Yuy!" Wufei snapped, "Well woman? Do you accept my challenge or will you back down like the weak onna you are?"
Hi looked at him coolly, "Fine, I accept your challenge Chang Wufei. Let me warn you, I will not lose."
"Neither will I," Wufei glared and snatched up a spare katana. He fell into an offensive stance.
Hi just stood there, not moving.
"Well? Are you going to do anything or not?" Wufei snarled.
"I am, but are you prepared to lose?" Hi retaliated.
"We won't know who'll lose until you fight me! So we'll have to wait and see," Wufei charged at Hi.
As he neared her, Hi flipped neatly over his head and spun around 90 degrees. She landed a swift kick in his back and he fell onto his stomach with a loud grunt. Hi pressed the katana into the back of his neck.
"One wrong move and it'll kill you," Hi whispered harshly into Wufei's ear.
Wufei felt humiliated. He hadn't even gotten one blow in and here he was, defeated. By a girl no less.
"Kill me then. If I can't defeat you, then I deserve to die," Wufei murmured.
He felt the cold metal tip leave the back of his neck. He rolled over and found Hi standing over him. She held out her hand to him.
"I understand how Trieze Khrushrenada defeated you. But you are my comrade and I can't kill you in cold blood, whether your pride is hurting or not. Now get up and do some training. You need it."
Wufei dismissed her hand. He didn't want her help.
"I don't need you to help me or tell what I need to do. I am quite capable of doing things by myself. You may have defeated me this time, but only because I let my guard down. I didn't want to disadvantage a weak woman."
He went to get up, but found himself on his back and staring up at Heero.
"I suggest you stop being such an asshole Wufei. I also suggest that you not call Hi or her sisters 'weak' as they've proven to be stronger than you, even me. Now stop using your ego and start using your head before you end up dead where you stand. Do I make myself clear?" Heero scowled at him.
Wufei scowled back at the Japanese pilot, "Crystal."
Outside The Training Room
"Good going Hi-chan! You've proven Wufei to be a loser!" Mizu cackled.
The others blinked at the blonde girl. Duo tilted his head to the side, "Huh?"
"She means Hi's taught Wufei a lesson he's not going to forget real soon," Kaze said, accidentally bumping into the braided pilot.
They both blushed at each other.
"Well he shouldn't have called me weak then should he?" Hi raised an eyebrow at the group as she walked out of the room with Heero.
The group outside the door jumped backwards.
"What are you guys doing out here anyway?" Hi asked, all suspicious.
They all started sweatdropping and looking embarrassed.
"Nothing!" Kõri yelped and then they all ran back into the living room.
The Living Room
"Hey Hee-kun, what's with you and the fire chick over there?" Duo whispered and nudged Heero after he and Hi had rejoined them.
Heero glared at him, "It's too complex for you to understand. But Hi is like my only family and if anyone tries to hurt her I swear I'll set Relena after them with a pink make up kit."
Heero then walked off to the library. Duo blinked, sort of stunned.
"Well he hasn't changed now has he? Still being the over protective 'big brother'," Kõri simpered, only to find Hi had left as well. "How rude."
The Library
"Well that was rude of you. Do you know that?" Hi commented as she walked in.
"I could say the same for you nee-san."
"Alright I see your point," she peered over his shoulder to see what he was working on, "I see you're still hacking into the old OZ data files."
"How did you… ah never mind," Heero stopped and shrugged, shifting his seat so she could sit next to him.
They started talking about the old times.
The Front Door
"I know Heero's in there. So here I go," Relena thought to herself and rang the doorbell.
One of Quatre's butlers opened the door, "Ah Miss Relena. Why don't you-"
"HHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOO!!!!!!" Relena hollered and charged past the butler and inside.
The Living Room
"What the hell was that?!" Mizu cried as she and her sisters clamped their hands over their ears.
When she looked over, the guys were acting as though they hadn't heard anything at all. Mizu blinked.
"That was Relena Peacecraft," Quatre provided her with the information she requested and took another sip of his tea.
Kaze twitched her nose as if she'd smelled something rotten and called a sister meeting. They huddled together and Kaze murmured to them, "We have to find out what the ex-Sanq princess wants with our Heero."
Kõri and Mizu thought about this for a few seconds before nodding in agreement.
Wufei's Room
Once Wufei had been left alone in the training room, he'd picked himself up and gone upstairs to his temporary room at Quatre's mansion. He was thinking about what had happened back there when he heard what Duo not so fondly called the 'Heero Wail'.
"That's it, I can't stand the noise here anymore," Wufei started packing up some of his stuff in a bag getting ready to leave.
The Library
When Heero heard Relena's cry he flinched. He turned to Hi, "I'm outta here Hi-chan. I'm going to hide it out in Duo's room till she's gone."
"Um ok…" Hi said, looking somewhat confused.
They both left the library. As soon as Heero reached Duo's room, he slipped inside and Hi heard the door lock click. She wandered down the hall until she ended up outside Wufei's room. His door was open so she peered inside to see what he was doing. She found him packing his things.
"I better follow him so I can let the others know what's going on," she thought.
And that's what she did as she followed Wufei after he slipped out of his room and downstairs. She contacted Kõri via her COM watch and told her what was happening and that she'd be going with him in case he tried something stupid. She also told her not to follow them as she could handle it herself.
Wufei soon realised he was being followed and stopped in the shadow of the hallway. He turned around and saw Hi a few paces behind him.
"Woman, why are you following me?" Wufei asked, an annoyed expression on his face.
Hi blinked, caught out, "Listen you. I know all about you and I know you're going to do something stupid."
"I think you're confusing me with Duo," Wufei snapped.
"I'm not confused. I'm coming with you and you can't make me leave. I thought you might want some company even if you think I'm 'weak'."
Wufei shrugged, "Whatever, you can follow me, but don't think I'm going to talk to you or share food with you or anything else of that sort."
Hi nodded slowly, knowing she could work on him.
Notes: Hey guys! What do you think so far? This story is complete, but I'm typing it up in my spare time (which I don't have much of.)
*Is petted on the head by Chang Usagi*
-_-; Yeah well I'm going to be putting this up a chapter at a time. I know I said I would work on my story but this is easier to do atm. I WILL complete it.
*smacks Chang Usagi* AWAY!
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