Paradise Island? NOT!
By kitty-power
A/N (RANT actually) : Hehe^^ Second chappie! I'm really surprised of all the reviews, honestly, I didn't think too highly of the first chapters. I hate planes.
You know, my first paring for this story was actually Duo and Amy or Duo and Hotaru, but I wanted Raye and Wufei sort of one, it'd be fun doing the bickering parts. So get use to a lot of arguments over small things and the character's pride and stubbornness. Read on readers, flames and reviews and everything allowed! Thanks for reviewing! * _*
Chapter 1: Stuck together and the horror of the thought
Raye could've taken a thousand monsters then this. What's worse was she was injured! Her left arm felt broken, and her right leg felt broken too. It lay in the sand at a very odd, not-right sort of angle. She shuddered just looking at it. Or maybe it was the waves coming up again and drenching her sand soaked jeans. Her long black hair was generously wet and fell in clumps over her shoulders, covered in sand also.
Great, she thought grimly, why now and here? Even though she thought this, Raye had to admit it wasn't pretty bad, wherever she was. If every muscle in her body weren't aching like hell and she wasn't wet, she would've really enjoyed this. Why, there even some lush looking pineapple trees and large coconuts lying around. And there was some sort of tropical jungle behind them and she saw some green mountains, steep ledges, overhangs, and things. The sky was blue and innocent, like it never caused a plane to crash the other day and the water was so annoyingly, but beautifully calm, and very clear she could even see small red and orange reefs from where she was.
Now came the second part: panic. Raye panicked, very suddenly, as if she only understood then the seriousness of her problem. She was injured, alone, and stuck on a, probably deserted, tropical island. She tried to stand up but only achieved on making the pain in her leg twice as much and she injured her buttocks from falling flat on it. The waves came up again; this time it passed her. Raye shuddered, but the moment the water went away, it was hot. The sun was beating happily down on the island, and the air, she noticed, was stuffy and hot.
"You're awake, finally."
Raye nearly jumped out of her skins; she turned around. The man on the plane, the one next to her, was walking towards Raye like he had gone on some casual stroll. He looked like a mess too. His hair was no longer tied but loose and dangling. One leg on his pants was ripped and his jacket was stained with dry blood.
"You're alive." Said Raye, sounding bitterer then she intended. Raye didn't even know him…yet.
"Can't you stand?" he asked, crouching next to her. He was looking at her right foot.
"I think it's broken." Said Raye in a normal voice, "And wh—OUCH! WATCH IT YOU IDIOT!" The man, who had carefully tried to lift up her leg, jerked back in surprise.
"Stop screaming onna," he growled, "And it's twisted, not broken."
"Yet." Raye muttered quietly, narrowing her eyes. He glowered at her, apparently irritated.
"Do you want to stay here?" he asked.
"Of course I don't." Raye responded snappishly, "But I can't go anywhere either." She gave her right leg a nasty look, "Even if it weren't broken."
"It's not broken." The man confirmed coldly, "I'll carry you." Raye arched an eyebrow at him.
"You will?" she asked.
"Unless you don't want me to, I won't have a problem with that." He replied rather angrily. Raye let out an 'hmph.' And pursed her lips.
To her surprise, he said, "Give me your hand." He swung Raye's right arm over his neck. He slid one of his hands under Raye's knees and lifted her up.
"Ow…" Raye groaned, "I think my left hand's broken too."
"I'll see to it later." He grumbled. He carried Raye to nice, cool shady spot under a palm tree, but he didn't do it too carefully or gently either. Raye was practically in a rage by the time he put her down under the tree, saying she would've been much better off wallowing in the wet sand.
His response was, "Just be grateful I even did it." He sat down across from Raye and stared at the ocean. Raye sighed, deciding not to argue.
"My hand…" she mumbled. Wufei turned and looked at her left hand. Carefully examining it, he lifted it up gently and felt the hand around the wrist.
"Broken." He concluded, "Not too bad though. Just a little."
"Who made you the expert?" asked Raye curtly. Wufei made no reply, instead, he was in the middle of ripping a piece clothe from inside him jacket. Raye silenced herself and watched numbly as he wrapped a piece around her feet. Then he came foreword with a rather long dirty cloth.
"Around your neck and under you wrist." He said quietly. Raye took the cloth, flung it over her neck. Wufei took the two ends and tied it together under her wrist. Finished, Wufei sat down on his spot. Silence followed, Raye, who was still puzzled why Wufei was so gentle and helpful to her…yet again, he could be up to something…
"How long have I been out?" she asked suddenly, "I mean, since you woke."
"A couple of hours." He answered, without turning to look at her.
"Is it deserted?"
"I'm going to find out." He faced her, "In a moment." The fact was, he was too proud to admit to this onna that he was completely famished and his stomach was hurting like hell.
"Oh…" said Raye softly, "Have any idea where we are though?"
"No." he answered irritably, "Only that we're in the middle of the pacific ocean."
"Well that was helpful." Raye mumbled, "I had a wedding to go to."
"That doesn't matter now!" He snapped indignantly.
"What's your problem?"
"I don't know," he answered, his tone containing a bitter sarcasm, "Maybe an onna whining."
"I'm not whining!" Raye said stubbornly, "And my name is not 'onna'!"
"That's what a call a weak girls."
"I am not weak!" Raye shouted angrily, "I'm anything but weak, you don't have any idea!"
"Maybe I do." He said calmly.
"Well you don't!
"Shut up onna." He was becoming thoroughly irritated.
"Who made you the boss?" she snapped.
"I'm the one that can actually stand!" he retorted.
"Well it's not my fault!" Raye growled, "Don't call me onna, I have a name…it's Raye Hino, and yours?"
"Wufei Chang." He answered curtly.
"Well, Chang." She snapped, "Once I get better, you better watch it."
"Well that's laughable." He said.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yes." Wufei answered. He stood up. "I'm going to look around the island. I'll maybe be gone for a couple of days." And under his breath he said, "Thank goodness."
Raye stared incredulously at Wufei, looking utterly annoyed at the same time.
"So you're just going to leave me here?" she asked.
"Well I can't carry you around all the time can I?" Wufei snapped.
"Ooh!" Raye growled, "You can leave your island exploring later! Why don't you try to make a fire?"
"I really regret saving you." Wufei said angrily. Raye's angry face changed dramatically. She frowned.
"You saved me?" she asked quietly.
"Yes."
"W-why?"
"Don't ask."
There was little awkward silent as Wufei started walking away and Raye staring the sand.
"I'll make a fire for you." Wufei grunted, not looking back. Raye, against her own will, smiled, but not so pleasantly either, it was much more of a frown.
Wufei started making a fire for Raye. He seemed to have some particular difficulty getting a spark. Raye watched silently, wondering if she should let him leave, transform and make the fire, or better yet, she could use the communication watch. How stupid was of her not to think of it first, being Sailor scout for nearly 6 years!
"Erm…Wufei…" she started, "It's okay y'know, and you don't have to make a fire for me." Wufei looked up at Raye suspiciously. He strike the rock again, this time, the spark touched the small ball of shaved wood. A small fire started. He seemed satisfied and started feeding the fire.
It took him 20 minutes to make a fire, which wasn't too bad, and he took 30 more minutes collecting 2 days worth of kindling for Raye to feed the fire with. Then he took off, without a word. The day was slowly becoming evening and the sun turned bright orange.
Raye waited until Wufei was completely out sight before checking her watch. He walked rather slowly and tiredly, and almost limping. Took him over 10 minutes to disappear around the bend of the beach. When he was gone, Raye reach into her left jean pocket and slid out a small red watch with her Sailor Soldier sign, mars, on it. She opened it up, her heart pounding madly. This was it, she thought, I wouldn't have to stay on this island for another day.
"Guys." She said to it, and pressed her sign, "Amy? Lita? Mina? Serena? PICK UP ANYONE!" Raye waited. The watch show no sign that it had transferred Raye's message or that it was even working at all. She jabbed at her sign two times, three times, over and over, but nothing seems to come out of it except a tired index finger. She stopped after 10 minutes, noticing the fire was running low. She reached over to the woodpile and tossed 3 large branches in the fire and stoked it with another large branch.
Raye went back to her watch and stared at it hopelessly. Suddenly in rage, she flung the small red watch over the fire all the way where the water came up on the beach. A small wave crashed into and pulled it down a little.
"Stupid, useless watch." She muttered both miserably and indignantly as she sat back down, "Shit…" Then a thought struck her.
"Maybe…" she murmured silently, "Amy can use her mercury computer to locate…yeah…" The small hope of fire that was doused by the watch's uselessness before went ablaze again. Raye smiled weakly. "I'll be off this stinking island and away from Mr. Arrogant in no time. Amy will find me…I know, she never failed before."
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The orange sky was darkening to a dark, wet blue night. Wufei could see the stars coming and the sun disappearing over the horizon. The air became cooler and more comfortable. His unkempt, untied, and half-dried hair brushed back and forth uncomfortably over his shoulders.
That onna! He thought angrily Raye or whatever her name was! Annoying, a brat and a pain in the ass!
He wished she more like what she was in the plane: Silent. Wufei thought she wasn't exactly in her right mind. First she orders him to make a fire, and then ask him to leave and not make the fire! Wufei didn't like that part too much; he didn't like it all. And he was going to be stuck with her for who knows how long! He might even ending up killing her in annoyance then anything else!
Wufei stopped, suddenly aware that it was getting park. He had been too angry to notice anything since he left. For half an hour he had been walking, it seems, and for half an hour, he saw nothing and no one, no animals either. Then he thought they might be inside the jungle, the now dark, ominous looking jungle.
I should rest now, he said to himself. Wufei found himself a nice suitable place under a palm tree. Like he did for Raye, he made a small fire by his side; it didn't take too long, like it did for Raye. He stoked it tiredly and fed it bits of wood.
Yes, Wufei was tired. His whole body felt like it was whipped, whacked and tossed around. His muscles had contracted painfully to every step he took. He was famished and beaten up, and for once, he wanted to be in bed.
A/N: That's all folks! ^^ Tell me what ya think…