Chapter 6: On Earth
The five girls landed in the spaceport on a bright sunny day in the middle of September. They each got out of their ships and ran to meet with the others. Shimei with her martial art skills was the first on to reach the center of the area. Then it was Dominique, Serena and Hinoko. Elizabeth came last. "Wow! I haven't seen you guys for a while!" Serena said happily. "The training was a blast. If only Doctor G was a bit nicer..." "Yeah, the training was great! I learned a lot!" Elizabeth said. "Well, I was already trained, but Grandpa tested my techniques and made sure I got everything down," Hinoko told the others. "I didn't need much training, but I did work on my tolerance of pain and added a few things to my Gundam," Dominique added. "What about you Shimei? What did you do?" Serena asked. "I practiced Martial Arts in the mornings. Sensei taught me how to pilot a Gundam in the afternoon, and I studied my medicine books at night. My chi level rose quite a lot in the past months. I thing the Gundam piloting training helps a lot!" Shimei replied softly. "So, what do we do now?" Dominique asked. "How about we get something to eat, and find a place to stay? I'm starved!" Serena said happily to the others. She was the most hyper in the group. After a lunch of hamburgers and fries, which all of them enjoyed with the exception of Shimei the girls decided to live in a hotel in Destine. "So, what do we do now?" Elizabeth asked the others. "Let's go check out the OZ base. I hear there may be more to it than we thought!" Dominique answered. "Not a bad idea! I mean, we've gotta start work some where!" Serena said. "Hm... Wufei Chang. I hear my last name Zhang is pronounced Chang in Japanese!" Shimei said in a spacey voice. "And what is THAT supposed to mean, Mei-chan?" Serena asked. "Oh, nothing!" Shimei said blushing. "Come, on! Tell me! No one else will understand if you do it in Chinese!" Serena said to her in Chinese. "Ok, well, I had a cousin. His name was Wufei, but he fell off a cliff when he was 5 and no one knows if he survived. The people on the colony never found his body though!" Shimei told Serena in Chinese. "So you're saying that Wufei could be your cousin?" "Yes." "Wow! " Shimei blushed at the other Chinese girl's comment. "Sere-chan, what are you two talking about?" Hinoko asked. "Nothing!" Serena answered in a secret voice. "Come on! Tell us! Please!" Dominique said. Even though she was an excellent soldier and leader, she was still a girl and she had those girly habits of loving gossip. "I'll draw each of you a portrait of yourselves if you would tell us!" Elizabeth said to Serena and Shimei. "Well, Mei-chan? It's your choice!" Serena said to the shy martial artist. "Hm...well, I don't know!" "Come on girl!" Serena said. "Ok," and Shimei explained to the others what she told Serena. "Well, the only way to find out it to find the boys, ne?" Hinoko said. "Hn. You're right. Come on! We need to hurry! The OZ base closes as soon as the sun sets! We've gotta get in there sooner!" Shimei said to the others. The girls got on a bus and rode to the OZ base. They went in, and waited until all officials were gone. Then they got out of their hiding place and went to the spaceport. There they found the main computer and hacked into the system. By looking at the monitors, they found 5 people wandering in the airfield. "How nice! 5 blind mice! Wonder what they're up to at this hour!" Dominique said in a cat-like voice. "Come on, let's check it out!" Serena urged. If there was any action, she wanted to be part of it! The five girls took off to the airfield. Serena lead the way followed by Shimei, Dominique, Hinoko and Elizabeth. They stopped at the airfield and scanned the area. _______________________________________________________________________
The five Gundam Pilots felt as if they were being watched. This was an odd feeling of insecurity they never felt before. They carefully walked around the airfield, spying on OZ. Even though the OZies are leaders in world peace, they are still not trustworthy. You never know what they might decide to do. Especially Lady Une, the Bi-Polar one. They soon saw 5 girls. The one in front was wearing black pants, a Chinese style shirt and had her waist length hair in a Duo-esque braid. The one behind her wore a pink Chinese style shirt, matching pants and an aqua green sash of silk. The girl in pink looked a lot like a martial artist, especially how she ran. Of course, her sword also helped the fact a little. Then there was a blonde girl with short hair. She wore a pair of jean shorts and a black tank top. The 4th girl was blonde also, but this one had waste length hair and blue eyes. She had a cold look in her eyes, not unlike Hiiro's. She had on a blue shirt with buttons and a pair of jeans. The last girl had brown hair and a soft expression on her face. She sported blue jeans and a plain T- shirt. Needless to say, the girls were the new pilots. They quickly found the Gundam Pilots and Serena yelled to the G-boys: "Hey, we want to talk!" "Hm... Onnas!" Wufei remarked. "Wait a sec! The girl with the short blonde hair is kinda cute!" Duo said in his usual joke-like voice. Upon hearing that, Dominique gave him a glare, not quite, but almost as bad as the Hiiro Yui Glare of Death. Duo immediately shut his mouth up. Then, he decided to risk his life to whisper something to Hiiro, "You know, she's almost as bad as you!" Hiiro just glared at the American boy. "Don't worry about them. They're just onnas, weak onnas," Wufei told Duo. That got Serena mad. She clenched her fists into two tight balls and yelled, "I'm NOT weak! As a matter of fact! I'll fight you to prove my point!" "No, Sere-chan. You're not strong enough! I'll do it!" Shimei told Serena in Chinese. She was an expert martial artist, and could tell Wufei was a bit weaker than her, but not much. "Ok, but be careful!" Serena said to her friend. "Come on onna! I don't have all day to wait!" Wufei yelled. "Ok, I'll fight you!" Shimei said to justice boy. "Ok, Onna! Take out your sword! You can start, for it will only be fair since you are weak!" Wufei yelled to Shimei. Shimei got really mad and pulled out her precious sword. She handed the sheath to Serena, then she laughed coldly and just stood there with anger in her eyes. Soon Wufei got impatient. He let out a mighty battle cry and charged at Shimei. Shimei simply smiled and leaped 10 feet into the air. She did a flip with a triple spin, like Trowa, and landed behind Wufei. Wufei spinned around and saw Shimei's perfect landing. He knew he met his match this time as he stared into the girl's cold eyes. *Calm down, Wufei! She's just an Onna!* He said to himself. The two figures stood there for a long time. Neither moving, both tense and ready to leap. *Shimei, chill! Concentrate! He's an excellent fighter, and may even be the cousin you've searched for! Don't go over board and hurt him!* Shimei had confidence she was better than Wufei, and she was. The only problem was the bone chilling fear she has in her heart -- the fear that she would hurt Wufei. The two stood there for a few silent minutes. No one dared to move. The girls looked on worriedly. They knew Shimei might be related to Wufei, and they could see Wufei's arrogance. This caused a problem for they didn't want either side to get hurt. Mean while, on the other side, Hiiro treated this as a sparing session, while Trowa looked bored. As for Quatre and Duo... let's just say they were as worried about Wufei as the girls were worried about Shimei. Ten minutes ticked by, the air was still and chilly. It was, after all, in October. The air was so still that you could clearly hear the people's steady breathing. Wufei was in a tense martial arts stance while Shimei just stood there, sword in hand. The battle has barely begun. Suddenly, Wufei leaped into the air, and aimed his sword at Shimei. The girl leaped back and when Wufei was about the stand up, she jumped to two feet away from him and tripped him. Wufei fell on his back, but used this momentum to leap back up. Shimei also stood up. They took their swords and started to fight. Wufei tried using fast moves and agility to confuse Shimei, but she always knew EXACTLY where to block. In 15 minutes, they exchanged 1000 blows (for those Ranma fans: I know you think this is slow compared to the Tenshin Ammaguriken, but it's still pretty fast if was in real life, ne?). Both were getting tired. Shimei, being a girl, had less endurance than Wufei, but she knew how to use her chi, so she slowed down her blocking and concentrated on the most important parts of Wufei's attacks. Her movements were getting slower, and to the untrained eye, she was losing. Elizabeth knew differently though. She could tell that no matter how fancy Wufei's moves were, Shimei would always be able to block it. The minutes ticked by. Wufei was getting tired. His fights usually didn't last as long as 30 minutes. Shimei was just as worried, though for a different reason. She was worried about the length of this fight, but she was also worried about her chi. It was starting to race through her body in such a way that it could be very dangerous for both her and Wufei. She knew she could beat him if she wanted, but she had to do it without him knowing. She didn't want to hurt his pride. Then she got an idea. It would be painful, but it was the only way. Shimei let out a battle cry and leapt into the air. She then flipped behind Wufei and left her right arm open. Wufei immediately saw the opening and went after it. Shimei took this opportunity and using her sword, cut the outline of a phoenix on his shirt just above his chest. As soon as she finished, she felt a sharp pain go up her arm. Her sword almost fell out of her hand, but she regained control just in time. Shimei leaped back to where the girls were standing, and Wufei leapt back to where the G-boys were. "Shimei! Are you OK?" Hinoko gasped. "Ha! Onna! You lost!" Wufei yelled. "No, you did!" Serena told him. "Why do you say that?" Wufei asked. Elizabeth decided to speak up, "Look on your shirt, where your heart is. There should be an outline of a phoenix. Shimei did that. She could have stuck the sword into your chest, but she didn't. You owe her your life!" Wufei checked his shirt, and sure enough, there was the phoenix. He looked at Shimei, bowed and said, "You are the best fighter I have ever met. I am honored to know you." "You're not that bad yourself Wufei Chang!" Shimei said in Chinese. She had her left arm over the wound and blood was seeping through. She looked at her wound, frowned, and took out a small package of powder, which she poured over the opening. The blood slowly stopped, but the color didn't return to her cheeks. "How did you know my name?" The perplexed boy asked, as Shimei went through the process of the powder. "Are you an orphan who was adopted by your family?" "It is of no importance!" "Yes it is! If I am correct, tell me! You were found at age 5 by your adopted parents at the bottom of a cliff on the L5 Colony. You knew how to write your name but forgot how to pronounce it, ne?" "..." "... Then they taught you. Only they taught you wrong! Your name is pronounced ZHANG! not CHANG! Don't you know?! Don't you remember?!" "What is she babbling about?" Duo whispered to Quatre. "I'm saying you're my cousin Wufei! You're my cousin! Are you not? Is what I say a lie? Please tell me!" "Yes, you are telling the truth!" Wufei whispered. He touched the phoenix on his shirt. "My clan, the Dragon Clan was a group of fierce fighters. The females' symbol was the phoenix, and the males' symbol was the Dragon. She is truly someone from my clan, for only they know how to create this exact symbol." "Um... one question... if you fell off the cliff at that age, why didn't you die and why didn't your parents find you later on?" Duo asked. "They disappeared the same day as Wufei fell off the cliff. We don't know what happened to them," Shimei told the American boy. "The way I see it, we need to get back to the hotel. We can talk another time," Hiiro said to the others. "Wait! One more thing!" Serena said. "OK, but make it quick!" Hiiro gave the girl a Hiiro Yui (tm) Glare of Death, and to his surprise, Serena gave him one back. "The 5 scientists want you back in Outer Space Hiiro Yui, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, or should I say Triton Bloom? Quatre Raberba Winner, and Wufei Chang!" Serena told the 5 boys. She got two surprised looks, two empty expressions and a spacey face that didn't seem to hear her. "Hey, isn't it enough you guys knew Wu-man? How did you know MY name too?" Duo yelled out. "Maxwell, Shut-UP!" Hiiro told him. "We were instructed to find you and bring you to Outer Space," Dominique told Duo. "Oh! RIGHT! And LET me guess! The scientists TRAINED you to fight with Gundams and gave each of you one similar but superior to ours!" Duo said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Well, actually, yeah!" Serena told him. "What? I was being sarcastic!" Duo yelled. "Maybe you need to work on your sarcasm! It sure isn't doing its job very well!" Serena said laughing. "Maxwell! Shut-up before you make them think we're a bunch of bakas!" Hiiro said to him coldly. "Just because I wanted to have a little fun, you don't have to bite my head off! Why is it always me who he yells at? Why is it never anyone else? Why is it always little o' me? Never Wu-man, never Quatre, nor Trowa!" Duo mumbled as he shook his head in despair "Well, is anyone going to tell me what your are going to do? We don't have all day to wait for you boys to decide on it, you know!" Serena's short temper was kicking in. "Right! Shimei is hurt and we need to get back to the hotel so we can apply something to her wound," Elizabeth said, her voice worried. "It's Ok Elizabeth! I'll be fine," Shimei said to the girl. Unfortunately the tremble in her voice and her face told everyone she was far from being OK. She still had her sword in her right hand, and her left hand was over the wound. The bleeding had stopped, but she was still in pain. Her face was white, and a cold sweat covered her face. The bleeding stopped a while ago, but it was not helping. "Hn. I think we should talk about this on another day! First we need to go back to where we are staying," Hiiro voiced his opinion. "Ok, come on, let's get back to the hotel! Mei-chan needs rest!" Serena said, as she turned back. _______________________________________________________________________
Serena and the girls went back to their hotel in Destine. When they got there, it was midnight. They accidentally walked past their room. When they tried to get into the wrong room, its door swung open. The G-boys were inside, talking about the little meeting with the girls. "Hey! What are you doing here?" Duo yelled. "Shh! Don't wake up the other guests!" Quatre said to the other boy. "Sorry!" Duo said sarcastically. "I didn't expect them to follow us here!" "We didn't follow you here!" Serena said coldly to Duo. She then turned to Trowa and said, "We are in the other room! Sorry about this!" "It's Ok," Trowa mumbled. He felt like talking today. The girls went to their own rooms, and started talking... "So, what do you think about them?" Serena chattered on. "I'm glad Wufei turned out to be my cousin," Shimei answered while she put some herbal medicine on her wound. "Hey, Mei-chan, you're OK, right?" Serena asked, and seeing the other girl nod, she continued," I'm glad Wufei is you cousin, but I don't see what he has against women!" "Don't worry! We'll teach him girls aren't weak, ne?" Dominique said. "Yeah! We'll teach him!" Elizabeth joined in. She had her paints out and was drawing a portrait of Shimei. "Hey, Elizabeth-chan, what-cha drawin'?" Serena couldn't help but ask. "A portrait of Shimei like I promised," the shy girl answered. "Don't forget to draw one of me!" Serena said smiling. "Oh, you've got to teach me too! I can draw, but nowhere near as well as you! Hey, Nique-chan, what do you think about Braid Boy?" "Please don't call me Nique-chan! I like my name Dominique just fine. And as for the Braided Baka... hmph! He has no brains!" "Hm... I think he's kinda cute!" Hinoko said. The other girls gave her a weird look, so she added, "His braid is interesting and he's got a pretty cool personality. Funny guy too!" "So, you've got a crush on him!" Serena giggled. "No! Just think he's an OK guy!" Hinoko replied." Don't tell me you don't find ANY of them attractive!" "Not telling until you tell Dominique!" Serena said. "Nani?" Dominique was thinking about her regime and didn't hear most of the conversation. "Which of the guys did you find attractive?" Elizabeth asked. At the comment, the girl blushed, " I liked Shimei's cousin. He's a very talented fighter." "Oh! Shimei, did you hear that? Dominique likes your cousin!" Serena said to the shy martial artist, who blushed at the comment. "Well, who do you like?" Elizabeth asked Serena. "You tell first!" Serena answered. Elizabeth blushed and said," The blonde boy with the light blue eyes. He's the most beautiful of them all. I especially love his eyes. They're so soft and caring, but also holds so much pain." "Wow! That's pretty deep, and I have to agree. I like Hiiro because of his eyes too! He has those wonderful blue eyes that just makes my heart race! They're so intense and filled with emotion, even when he's trying not to show any of it, I can still sense the emotion he holds within himself. In my opinion, he is hurt and no matter how hard he tries not to show his pain, I can see it in his eyes. He's cautious because he doesn't want to feel the pain he felt before. I don't know what pain, but it must have been very strong, so strong that he fears it. He's also afraid his emotions might betray him or something. All of those emotions shows in his eyes. It's such a beautiful thing, those emotions! His hair is cool too! I mean, it has that I-just-got-out-of-bed-in-the-morning look, and well, it's just cute. His green tank top and spandex shorts totally show off his body, and you can easily tell it's in really good shape! And plus, he's obviously the leader of the group! You can tell from the way he always says things to represent the others without asking them. And most of all, his voice tells me he is in so much control, and I find that very cool and attractive!" Serena said to the other girls. "Hey, Mei-chan, who do you like?" Dominique asked the girl in pink. "I don't know. None of them seem to suit me. Of course I don't know them well enough to tell, but I don't like any of them so far," Shimei replied, slightly embarrassed. "Well, I guess she has a point there! We don't really KNOW any of them, do we?" Dominique said. "I guess you're right! We don't!" Serena thought out loud. "Oh, well, I'm sure we'll have time! After all, we ARE going train with them for a while in space, ne?" Hinoko said. Then she smiled evilly, and said, "And if I'm lucky, I'll be able to fight Hiiro in practice! And then we can prove to the boys we're better than they think!" "Yeah!" the other girls smiled and each imagined themselves fighting the boy they are supposed to bring to outer space.
The five girls landed in the spaceport on a bright sunny day in the middle of September. They each got out of their ships and ran to meet with the others. Shimei with her martial art skills was the first on to reach the center of the area. Then it was Dominique, Serena and Hinoko. Elizabeth came last. "Wow! I haven't seen you guys for a while!" Serena said happily. "The training was a blast. If only Doctor G was a bit nicer..." "Yeah, the training was great! I learned a lot!" Elizabeth said. "Well, I was already trained, but Grandpa tested my techniques and made sure I got everything down," Hinoko told the others. "I didn't need much training, but I did work on my tolerance of pain and added a few things to my Gundam," Dominique added. "What about you Shimei? What did you do?" Serena asked. "I practiced Martial Arts in the mornings. Sensei taught me how to pilot a Gundam in the afternoon, and I studied my medicine books at night. My chi level rose quite a lot in the past months. I thing the Gundam piloting training helps a lot!" Shimei replied softly. "So, what do we do now?" Dominique asked. "How about we get something to eat, and find a place to stay? I'm starved!" Serena said happily to the others. She was the most hyper in the group. After a lunch of hamburgers and fries, which all of them enjoyed with the exception of Shimei the girls decided to live in a hotel in Destine. "So, what do we do now?" Elizabeth asked the others. "Let's go check out the OZ base. I hear there may be more to it than we thought!" Dominique answered. "Not a bad idea! I mean, we've gotta start work some where!" Serena said. "Hm... Wufei Chang. I hear my last name Zhang is pronounced Chang in Japanese!" Shimei said in a spacey voice. "And what is THAT supposed to mean, Mei-chan?" Serena asked. "Oh, nothing!" Shimei said blushing. "Come, on! Tell me! No one else will understand if you do it in Chinese!" Serena said to her in Chinese. "Ok, well, I had a cousin. His name was Wufei, but he fell off a cliff when he was 5 and no one knows if he survived. The people on the colony never found his body though!" Shimei told Serena in Chinese. "So you're saying that Wufei could be your cousin?" "Yes." "Wow! " Shimei blushed at the other Chinese girl's comment. "Sere-chan, what are you two talking about?" Hinoko asked. "Nothing!" Serena answered in a secret voice. "Come on! Tell us! Please!" Dominique said. Even though she was an excellent soldier and leader, she was still a girl and she had those girly habits of loving gossip. "I'll draw each of you a portrait of yourselves if you would tell us!" Elizabeth said to Serena and Shimei. "Well, Mei-chan? It's your choice!" Serena said to the shy martial artist. "Hm...well, I don't know!" "Come on girl!" Serena said. "Ok," and Shimei explained to the others what she told Serena. "Well, the only way to find out it to find the boys, ne?" Hinoko said. "Hn. You're right. Come on! We need to hurry! The OZ base closes as soon as the sun sets! We've gotta get in there sooner!" Shimei said to the others. The girls got on a bus and rode to the OZ base. They went in, and waited until all officials were gone. Then they got out of their hiding place and went to the spaceport. There they found the main computer and hacked into the system. By looking at the monitors, they found 5 people wandering in the airfield. "How nice! 5 blind mice! Wonder what they're up to at this hour!" Dominique said in a cat-like voice. "Come on, let's check it out!" Serena urged. If there was any action, she wanted to be part of it! The five girls took off to the airfield. Serena lead the way followed by Shimei, Dominique, Hinoko and Elizabeth. They stopped at the airfield and scanned the area. _______________________________________________________________________
The five Gundam Pilots felt as if they were being watched. This was an odd feeling of insecurity they never felt before. They carefully walked around the airfield, spying on OZ. Even though the OZies are leaders in world peace, they are still not trustworthy. You never know what they might decide to do. Especially Lady Une, the Bi-Polar one. They soon saw 5 girls. The one in front was wearing black pants, a Chinese style shirt and had her waist length hair in a Duo-esque braid. The one behind her wore a pink Chinese style shirt, matching pants and an aqua green sash of silk. The girl in pink looked a lot like a martial artist, especially how she ran. Of course, her sword also helped the fact a little. Then there was a blonde girl with short hair. She wore a pair of jean shorts and a black tank top. The 4th girl was blonde also, but this one had waste length hair and blue eyes. She had a cold look in her eyes, not unlike Hiiro's. She had on a blue shirt with buttons and a pair of jeans. The last girl had brown hair and a soft expression on her face. She sported blue jeans and a plain T- shirt. Needless to say, the girls were the new pilots. They quickly found the Gundam Pilots and Serena yelled to the G-boys: "Hey, we want to talk!" "Hm... Onnas!" Wufei remarked. "Wait a sec! The girl with the short blonde hair is kinda cute!" Duo said in his usual joke-like voice. Upon hearing that, Dominique gave him a glare, not quite, but almost as bad as the Hiiro Yui Glare of Death. Duo immediately shut his mouth up. Then, he decided to risk his life to whisper something to Hiiro, "You know, she's almost as bad as you!" Hiiro just glared at the American boy. "Don't worry about them. They're just onnas, weak onnas," Wufei told Duo. That got Serena mad. She clenched her fists into two tight balls and yelled, "I'm NOT weak! As a matter of fact! I'll fight you to prove my point!" "No, Sere-chan. You're not strong enough! I'll do it!" Shimei told Serena in Chinese. She was an expert martial artist, and could tell Wufei was a bit weaker than her, but not much. "Ok, but be careful!" Serena said to her friend. "Come on onna! I don't have all day to wait!" Wufei yelled. "Ok, I'll fight you!" Shimei said to justice boy. "Ok, Onna! Take out your sword! You can start, for it will only be fair since you are weak!" Wufei yelled to Shimei. Shimei got really mad and pulled out her precious sword. She handed the sheath to Serena, then she laughed coldly and just stood there with anger in her eyes. Soon Wufei got impatient. He let out a mighty battle cry and charged at Shimei. Shimei simply smiled and leaped 10 feet into the air. She did a flip with a triple spin, like Trowa, and landed behind Wufei. Wufei spinned around and saw Shimei's perfect landing. He knew he met his match this time as he stared into the girl's cold eyes. *Calm down, Wufei! She's just an Onna!* He said to himself. The two figures stood there for a long time. Neither moving, both tense and ready to leap. *Shimei, chill! Concentrate! He's an excellent fighter, and may even be the cousin you've searched for! Don't go over board and hurt him!* Shimei had confidence she was better than Wufei, and she was. The only problem was the bone chilling fear she has in her heart -- the fear that she would hurt Wufei. The two stood there for a few silent minutes. No one dared to move. The girls looked on worriedly. They knew Shimei might be related to Wufei, and they could see Wufei's arrogance. This caused a problem for they didn't want either side to get hurt. Mean while, on the other side, Hiiro treated this as a sparing session, while Trowa looked bored. As for Quatre and Duo... let's just say they were as worried about Wufei as the girls were worried about Shimei. Ten minutes ticked by, the air was still and chilly. It was, after all, in October. The air was so still that you could clearly hear the people's steady breathing. Wufei was in a tense martial arts stance while Shimei just stood there, sword in hand. The battle has barely begun. Suddenly, Wufei leaped into the air, and aimed his sword at Shimei. The girl leaped back and when Wufei was about the stand up, she jumped to two feet away from him and tripped him. Wufei fell on his back, but used this momentum to leap back up. Shimei also stood up. They took their swords and started to fight. Wufei tried using fast moves and agility to confuse Shimei, but she always knew EXACTLY where to block. In 15 minutes, they exchanged 1000 blows (for those Ranma fans: I know you think this is slow compared to the Tenshin Ammaguriken, but it's still pretty fast if was in real life, ne?). Both were getting tired. Shimei, being a girl, had less endurance than Wufei, but she knew how to use her chi, so she slowed down her blocking and concentrated on the most important parts of Wufei's attacks. Her movements were getting slower, and to the untrained eye, she was losing. Elizabeth knew differently though. She could tell that no matter how fancy Wufei's moves were, Shimei would always be able to block it. The minutes ticked by. Wufei was getting tired. His fights usually didn't last as long as 30 minutes. Shimei was just as worried, though for a different reason. She was worried about the length of this fight, but she was also worried about her chi. It was starting to race through her body in such a way that it could be very dangerous for both her and Wufei. She knew she could beat him if she wanted, but she had to do it without him knowing. She didn't want to hurt his pride. Then she got an idea. It would be painful, but it was the only way. Shimei let out a battle cry and leapt into the air. She then flipped behind Wufei and left her right arm open. Wufei immediately saw the opening and went after it. Shimei took this opportunity and using her sword, cut the outline of a phoenix on his shirt just above his chest. As soon as she finished, she felt a sharp pain go up her arm. Her sword almost fell out of her hand, but she regained control just in time. Shimei leaped back to where the girls were standing, and Wufei leapt back to where the G-boys were. "Shimei! Are you OK?" Hinoko gasped. "Ha! Onna! You lost!" Wufei yelled. "No, you did!" Serena told him. "Why do you say that?" Wufei asked. Elizabeth decided to speak up, "Look on your shirt, where your heart is. There should be an outline of a phoenix. Shimei did that. She could have stuck the sword into your chest, but she didn't. You owe her your life!" Wufei checked his shirt, and sure enough, there was the phoenix. He looked at Shimei, bowed and said, "You are the best fighter I have ever met. I am honored to know you." "You're not that bad yourself Wufei Chang!" Shimei said in Chinese. She had her left arm over the wound and blood was seeping through. She looked at her wound, frowned, and took out a small package of powder, which she poured over the opening. The blood slowly stopped, but the color didn't return to her cheeks. "How did you know my name?" The perplexed boy asked, as Shimei went through the process of the powder. "Are you an orphan who was adopted by your family?" "It is of no importance!" "Yes it is! If I am correct, tell me! You were found at age 5 by your adopted parents at the bottom of a cliff on the L5 Colony. You knew how to write your name but forgot how to pronounce it, ne?" "..." "... Then they taught you. Only they taught you wrong! Your name is pronounced ZHANG! not CHANG! Don't you know?! Don't you remember?!" "What is she babbling about?" Duo whispered to Quatre. "I'm saying you're my cousin Wufei! You're my cousin! Are you not? Is what I say a lie? Please tell me!" "Yes, you are telling the truth!" Wufei whispered. He touched the phoenix on his shirt. "My clan, the Dragon Clan was a group of fierce fighters. The females' symbol was the phoenix, and the males' symbol was the Dragon. She is truly someone from my clan, for only they know how to create this exact symbol." "Um... one question... if you fell off the cliff at that age, why didn't you die and why didn't your parents find you later on?" Duo asked. "They disappeared the same day as Wufei fell off the cliff. We don't know what happened to them," Shimei told the American boy. "The way I see it, we need to get back to the hotel. We can talk another time," Hiiro said to the others. "Wait! One more thing!" Serena said. "OK, but make it quick!" Hiiro gave the girl a Hiiro Yui (tm) Glare of Death, and to his surprise, Serena gave him one back. "The 5 scientists want you back in Outer Space Hiiro Yui, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, or should I say Triton Bloom? Quatre Raberba Winner, and Wufei Chang!" Serena told the 5 boys. She got two surprised looks, two empty expressions and a spacey face that didn't seem to hear her. "Hey, isn't it enough you guys knew Wu-man? How did you know MY name too?" Duo yelled out. "Maxwell, Shut-UP!" Hiiro told him. "We were instructed to find you and bring you to Outer Space," Dominique told Duo. "Oh! RIGHT! And LET me guess! The scientists TRAINED you to fight with Gundams and gave each of you one similar but superior to ours!" Duo said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Well, actually, yeah!" Serena told him. "What? I was being sarcastic!" Duo yelled. "Maybe you need to work on your sarcasm! It sure isn't doing its job very well!" Serena said laughing. "Maxwell! Shut-up before you make them think we're a bunch of bakas!" Hiiro said to him coldly. "Just because I wanted to have a little fun, you don't have to bite my head off! Why is it always me who he yells at? Why is it never anyone else? Why is it always little o' me? Never Wu-man, never Quatre, nor Trowa!" Duo mumbled as he shook his head in despair "Well, is anyone going to tell me what your are going to do? We don't have all day to wait for you boys to decide on it, you know!" Serena's short temper was kicking in. "Right! Shimei is hurt and we need to get back to the hotel so we can apply something to her wound," Elizabeth said, her voice worried. "It's Ok Elizabeth! I'll be fine," Shimei said to the girl. Unfortunately the tremble in her voice and her face told everyone she was far from being OK. She still had her sword in her right hand, and her left hand was over the wound. The bleeding had stopped, but she was still in pain. Her face was white, and a cold sweat covered her face. The bleeding stopped a while ago, but it was not helping. "Hn. I think we should talk about this on another day! First we need to go back to where we are staying," Hiiro voiced his opinion. "Ok, come on, let's get back to the hotel! Mei-chan needs rest!" Serena said, as she turned back. _______________________________________________________________________
Serena and the girls went back to their hotel in Destine. When they got there, it was midnight. They accidentally walked past their room. When they tried to get into the wrong room, its door swung open. The G-boys were inside, talking about the little meeting with the girls. "Hey! What are you doing here?" Duo yelled. "Shh! Don't wake up the other guests!" Quatre said to the other boy. "Sorry!" Duo said sarcastically. "I didn't expect them to follow us here!" "We didn't follow you here!" Serena said coldly to Duo. She then turned to Trowa and said, "We are in the other room! Sorry about this!" "It's Ok," Trowa mumbled. He felt like talking today. The girls went to their own rooms, and started talking... "So, what do you think about them?" Serena chattered on. "I'm glad Wufei turned out to be my cousin," Shimei answered while she put some herbal medicine on her wound. "Hey, Mei-chan, you're OK, right?" Serena asked, and seeing the other girl nod, she continued," I'm glad Wufei is you cousin, but I don't see what he has against women!" "Don't worry! We'll teach him girls aren't weak, ne?" Dominique said. "Yeah! We'll teach him!" Elizabeth joined in. She had her paints out and was drawing a portrait of Shimei. "Hey, Elizabeth-chan, what-cha drawin'?" Serena couldn't help but ask. "A portrait of Shimei like I promised," the shy girl answered. "Don't forget to draw one of me!" Serena said smiling. "Oh, you've got to teach me too! I can draw, but nowhere near as well as you! Hey, Nique-chan, what do you think about Braid Boy?" "Please don't call me Nique-chan! I like my name Dominique just fine. And as for the Braided Baka... hmph! He has no brains!" "Hm... I think he's kinda cute!" Hinoko said. The other girls gave her a weird look, so she added, "His braid is interesting and he's got a pretty cool personality. Funny guy too!" "So, you've got a crush on him!" Serena giggled. "No! Just think he's an OK guy!" Hinoko replied." Don't tell me you don't find ANY of them attractive!" "Not telling until you tell Dominique!" Serena said. "Nani?" Dominique was thinking about her regime and didn't hear most of the conversation. "Which of the guys did you find attractive?" Elizabeth asked. At the comment, the girl blushed, " I liked Shimei's cousin. He's a very talented fighter." "Oh! Shimei, did you hear that? Dominique likes your cousin!" Serena said to the shy martial artist, who blushed at the comment. "Well, who do you like?" Elizabeth asked Serena. "You tell first!" Serena answered. Elizabeth blushed and said," The blonde boy with the light blue eyes. He's the most beautiful of them all. I especially love his eyes. They're so soft and caring, but also holds so much pain." "Wow! That's pretty deep, and I have to agree. I like Hiiro because of his eyes too! He has those wonderful blue eyes that just makes my heart race! They're so intense and filled with emotion, even when he's trying not to show any of it, I can still sense the emotion he holds within himself. In my opinion, he is hurt and no matter how hard he tries not to show his pain, I can see it in his eyes. He's cautious because he doesn't want to feel the pain he felt before. I don't know what pain, but it must have been very strong, so strong that he fears it. He's also afraid his emotions might betray him or something. All of those emotions shows in his eyes. It's such a beautiful thing, those emotions! His hair is cool too! I mean, it has that I-just-got-out-of-bed-in-the-morning look, and well, it's just cute. His green tank top and spandex shorts totally show off his body, and you can easily tell it's in really good shape! And plus, he's obviously the leader of the group! You can tell from the way he always says things to represent the others without asking them. And most of all, his voice tells me he is in so much control, and I find that very cool and attractive!" Serena said to the other girls. "Hey, Mei-chan, who do you like?" Dominique asked the girl in pink. "I don't know. None of them seem to suit me. Of course I don't know them well enough to tell, but I don't like any of them so far," Shimei replied, slightly embarrassed. "Well, I guess she has a point there! We don't really KNOW any of them, do we?" Dominique said. "I guess you're right! We don't!" Serena thought out loud. "Oh, well, I'm sure we'll have time! After all, we ARE going train with them for a while in space, ne?" Hinoko said. Then she smiled evilly, and said, "And if I'm lucky, I'll be able to fight Hiiro in practice! And then we can prove to the boys we're better than they think!" "Yeah!" the other girls smiled and each imagined themselves fighting the boy they are supposed to bring to outer space.