~~Dragon Quest ch 3~~
Makoto looked at Wufei sternly. "I think he's feeling bad as it is, you don't have to rub it in, jerk." She spat. Again the group began to bicker against each other.
"Please, could you tell us what's going on here." Mamoru turned to see the priest.
"Well, I guess that since you're already here we might as well tell you." The priest motioned several men to open the doors. They walked to a large mess hall where tables where being filled with all sort of food. "My name is Cyaran, I am the eldest of the Dragon Priests. We worship the great Dragons, they in return give us their blessings."
"So, you have big lizards roaming all over the place?" Minako asked sitting where the priest had directed.
"Oh dear no. There are only six Dragons on the world. They are mystical creatures, entirely made out of magick. Each one gathers their magick from their own element. There is Ra, the Wind Dragon; Kage, the Chaos Dragon; Ifrit the Fire Dragon; Leviathan, the Water Dragon; Gea, the Earth Dragon; and Aluz, the Light Dragon. The six Dragons provide valance to the world, however two months ago, the spirits of the Dragons disappeared. That's when everything began to happen. The oasis of the desserts dried. The Fire Mountain on the Freezing lands stinguished, fertile lands died. Millions of produce withered before harvesting. The wind stopped and our windmills stopped working. The darkness is spreading out of the border of the Forest of Silence, and Sol is dimming everyday, and we fear that he too will stingüish in time." He finished slumping limply on the chair at the head of the table.
"Sol? Who's he?" Duo asked picking some of what it looked like grapes from the bowl in front of him.
"Sol is a big orb of light that provides us with warmth everyday." One of the priests looked at Duo as if he was the dumbest guy in the whole world.
"So, without these Dragons of yours you world will slowly die." Quatre said sympathetically at the priest that looked now ten years older than when he saw him from the first time.
"You are correct my young friend. We where desperate, so we recurred to the legend, and that's when we accidentally brought you here." He said looking very tired.
"Legend?" Heero asked talking from the first time since they had arrived to the strange world.
Cyaran nodded his head and cleared his throat. "Thousands of years ago, when this temple was only a dream to be constructed, the spirit of the Universe sent it's priest a vision." The priest smiled softly remembering the tale. "In this vision the priest saw the world in great peril, then the spirit told him that twelve great warriors would come to our aid from a distant world from where large metal structures moved, and the moon watched over earth. These warriors would have the planets blessings, as powers beyond those of regular humans. He said that the last sign would be that they would have the aid of the last Dragon, and that they would bring peace to this world once again." The priest finished his story watching as the young strangers seemed entranced by the tale as if they were little kids and their grandpa had told them a good night story.
"So you where aiming for these warriors." Ami stated.
"Yes, but we must have gotten wrong since we...well.got you." The priest that had helped the elder stand earlier answered sheepishly.
"But don't worry," Cyaran said "We'll wee it that you are returned to your respective worlds." Makoto, Rei, Heero, Trowa, and Wufei nodded and stood, while Usagi, Ami Mamoru, Duo, and Quatre kept seated on their places. Minako was going to stand up but when she saw Usagi seated she remained on her seat.
"So, you say that there is great peril, right?" Quatre looked up at the priest who looked back at him.
"Why yes." He said confused.
"And you say that these warriors where supposed to come, right?" Ami got her computer out.
"Uh-huh."
"And you don't have any way of stopping what's happening now, right?" Mamoru crossed his arms over his chest.
"No, we're powerless of doing anything." Cyaran said regretfully.
"And you have no idea what went wrong with the spell that would have called the Great Warriors, right?" Duo asked curiously.
"No, we did everything right, but something went wrong." The other priest answered.
"What's with all this questioning?" Wufei asked frustrated of being left standing.
"Usagi, remember that we have our own world to worry about." Makoto said.
"Yeah, Winner, Maxwell, for once I agree with the onna. We have to go to our own world." Wufei said crossing his arms.
"You need help right?" Usagi stood to look the elder better. Nodding his yes, the elder looked at her straight in her eyes, his filled with curiosity. However hers where filled with determination. "Well, that settles it. We're staying." Usagi looked at Mamoru and Ami who nodded.
"What? Are you crazy?!?! We have our own problems back home." Rei said between her teeth.
"She's right, we have our own problems." Wufei said impatiently.
"Wow Wu-man agreeing twice with a chick, this must be an omen." Duo joked dodging Wufei's fist.
"We're staying." Said Usagi sternly. Heero let out an 'Hn' and walked to the door. Let them worry about what their going to do, this wasn't his mission, so there was nothing to argue about on his part.
"But-" Rei again tried to convince Usagi otherwise when Usagi glared at her.
"Don't you see that they need help!?! We have to help them! they are innocents Rei! Are you gonna let innocents die?" Usagi yelled hitting the table with her hands. That stopped Rei as well as Heero dead on their tracks.
Hanging her head in shame Rei mumbled an apology. "You're right. I'll stay. I'm sorry."
"Thanks, I knew you'll see it my way." Usagi smiled. "Now, what do you say?" She turned to see Makoto and Minako who nodded.
"You know that we're always one hundred percent behind you." Minako smiled.
"Yup" Makoto patted Usagi's head "We where bored at home anyways. We can make this our little vacation from being cupped doing nothing at home."
~~ Besides them Duo and Quatre were trying their best to convince the others to stay.
"C'mon Wu-man what do you say?" Duo asked with big begging eyes.
"Maxwell, I told you not to call me that!" Wufei hissed.
"So what do you say you guys? But whatever you say I'm staying. I have to help this people." Quatre said looking at them determinately. Trowa didn't say a thing. He just moved silently besides him. "Thanks." Quatre looked grateful at his tall friend. "So how about you?"
Heero seemed debating with himself, however, after hearing about innocents dying he made up his mind. Damned his training, and damned his weakness for worrying for the innocents' well being. The same training that had stopped him from killing Relena that day. Giving Quatre his usual 'Hn' he moved to the other side.
"Great Hee-chan! I knew you'd help!" Duo swung his arm over Heero's shoulder. Heero sent Duo his Death Glare although half heartily.
"Hn" He.said?
"Well Wufei, what do you say?" Quatre's eyes begged him to stay.
Duo walked and stood in front of Wufei, he knew how to attack Wufei, oh yeah, and he was going to hit him where it hurt the must. "Yeah Wu-man, it would be very dishonorable to leave people in need you know." Duo's head shook in shame while trying with all his might to contain his giggles. Yup, that had to do the trick.
Wufei stiffened while changing several shades of red all the while. "Fine, it's the honorable thing to do Maxwell, count me in." He said while walking where the others where. Duo almost squealed in delight. The old 'It's the honorable thing to do' scheme, it worked like a charm every time.
Quatre's face lit up "Good I couldn't have bared not to help this people."
~~
Usagi walked with a smile on her face to Cyaran "So you heard the gang, we're staying." Usagi said triumphantly.
"We're staying too." Quatre smiled to the priest.
"But why would you help us? You don't even know us. You don't even know each other, for goodness sake." Cyaran asked, curiosity and wonder plaguing his heart too see complete strangers trying to help them no questions asked.
"We'll if that's the problem we can fix it in no time." Usagi smiled. "I'm Tsukino Usagi, and this is my boyfriend Chiba Mamoru. That one over there with the blue hair is Mizuno Ami, besides her is Aino Minako. The tall one with brown hair standing besides the silent guy is Kino Makoto. The girl who screams a lot is Rei, and we'll gladly help you in what we can." Usagi finished her introductions.
Before anyone could ask, Duo walked in front of the priest and started shaking his hand. "I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie. And my volunteering friend here is Quatre Raberba Winner." Duo pointed at Quatre who blushed. "Now, the 'silent one' with the uni-bang over there is Trowa Barton, the other one is Heero Yuy, and the last one who rants about injustice all the time is Wu-man." Duo finished giving a half bow.
"God Damnit Maxwell, how many times I have to tell you that my name is Wufei, W-U-F-E-I!!!" Wufei yelled and then mumbled something about 'braided bakas', and 'injustice.'
"Well now that we've introduced ourselves, I would like to see what these 'warriors' were supposed to do." Mamoru made his way to the chamber where they landed. Nodding Cyaran followed Mamoru, and after him all the other went thru the door. Again in front of the altar Cyaran stood in front of the smooth stone.
"This is the path that takes you to the chamber where the eternal Dragons resided. However since their spirits left their bodies turned to stone statues. Behind this door are the trials. The Dragons were supposed to have to avatars each one." He said touching the coldness of the stone.
"But we're only eleven, and if my calculations are correct there should be twelve of us." Ami said looking intensely at the rock. (FD: o.0 I don't think that you needed a calculator to find that out :p)
"That's correct young Ami. That's why we're not entirely sure how you ended up here." Cyan said scratching gently his beard. "Now, the twelve warriors were supposed to go thru this trials to prove themselves worthy of the Dragons. No other person but the chosen ones can go thru this stone, since anyone would surely die on the trial grounds." He said.
"May I?" Usagi said peaking at the door.
"Why not." Cyan said getting out of her way.
"It looks really heavy to push." Usagi said moving a hand tentatively over the smoothness of the stone noting how cold it was to her touch, but when she tried to push it her hand went thru the stone wall as if she was a ghost.
Makoto looked at Wufei sternly. "I think he's feeling bad as it is, you don't have to rub it in, jerk." She spat. Again the group began to bicker against each other.
"Please, could you tell us what's going on here." Mamoru turned to see the priest.
"Well, I guess that since you're already here we might as well tell you." The priest motioned several men to open the doors. They walked to a large mess hall where tables where being filled with all sort of food. "My name is Cyaran, I am the eldest of the Dragon Priests. We worship the great Dragons, they in return give us their blessings."
"So, you have big lizards roaming all over the place?" Minako asked sitting where the priest had directed.
"Oh dear no. There are only six Dragons on the world. They are mystical creatures, entirely made out of magick. Each one gathers their magick from their own element. There is Ra, the Wind Dragon; Kage, the Chaos Dragon; Ifrit the Fire Dragon; Leviathan, the Water Dragon; Gea, the Earth Dragon; and Aluz, the Light Dragon. The six Dragons provide valance to the world, however two months ago, the spirits of the Dragons disappeared. That's when everything began to happen. The oasis of the desserts dried. The Fire Mountain on the Freezing lands stinguished, fertile lands died. Millions of produce withered before harvesting. The wind stopped and our windmills stopped working. The darkness is spreading out of the border of the Forest of Silence, and Sol is dimming everyday, and we fear that he too will stingüish in time." He finished slumping limply on the chair at the head of the table.
"Sol? Who's he?" Duo asked picking some of what it looked like grapes from the bowl in front of him.
"Sol is a big orb of light that provides us with warmth everyday." One of the priests looked at Duo as if he was the dumbest guy in the whole world.
"So, without these Dragons of yours you world will slowly die." Quatre said sympathetically at the priest that looked now ten years older than when he saw him from the first time.
"You are correct my young friend. We where desperate, so we recurred to the legend, and that's when we accidentally brought you here." He said looking very tired.
"Legend?" Heero asked talking from the first time since they had arrived to the strange world.
Cyaran nodded his head and cleared his throat. "Thousands of years ago, when this temple was only a dream to be constructed, the spirit of the Universe sent it's priest a vision." The priest smiled softly remembering the tale. "In this vision the priest saw the world in great peril, then the spirit told him that twelve great warriors would come to our aid from a distant world from where large metal structures moved, and the moon watched over earth. These warriors would have the planets blessings, as powers beyond those of regular humans. He said that the last sign would be that they would have the aid of the last Dragon, and that they would bring peace to this world once again." The priest finished his story watching as the young strangers seemed entranced by the tale as if they were little kids and their grandpa had told them a good night story.
"So you where aiming for these warriors." Ami stated.
"Yes, but we must have gotten wrong since we...well.got you." The priest that had helped the elder stand earlier answered sheepishly.
"But don't worry," Cyaran said "We'll wee it that you are returned to your respective worlds." Makoto, Rei, Heero, Trowa, and Wufei nodded and stood, while Usagi, Ami Mamoru, Duo, and Quatre kept seated on their places. Minako was going to stand up but when she saw Usagi seated she remained on her seat.
"So, you say that there is great peril, right?" Quatre looked up at the priest who looked back at him.
"Why yes." He said confused.
"And you say that these warriors where supposed to come, right?" Ami got her computer out.
"Uh-huh."
"And you don't have any way of stopping what's happening now, right?" Mamoru crossed his arms over his chest.
"No, we're powerless of doing anything." Cyaran said regretfully.
"And you have no idea what went wrong with the spell that would have called the Great Warriors, right?" Duo asked curiously.
"No, we did everything right, but something went wrong." The other priest answered.
"What's with all this questioning?" Wufei asked frustrated of being left standing.
"Usagi, remember that we have our own world to worry about." Makoto said.
"Yeah, Winner, Maxwell, for once I agree with the onna. We have to go to our own world." Wufei said crossing his arms.
"You need help right?" Usagi stood to look the elder better. Nodding his yes, the elder looked at her straight in her eyes, his filled with curiosity. However hers where filled with determination. "Well, that settles it. We're staying." Usagi looked at Mamoru and Ami who nodded.
"What? Are you crazy?!?! We have our own problems back home." Rei said between her teeth.
"She's right, we have our own problems." Wufei said impatiently.
"Wow Wu-man agreeing twice with a chick, this must be an omen." Duo joked dodging Wufei's fist.
"We're staying." Said Usagi sternly. Heero let out an 'Hn' and walked to the door. Let them worry about what their going to do, this wasn't his mission, so there was nothing to argue about on his part.
"But-" Rei again tried to convince Usagi otherwise when Usagi glared at her.
"Don't you see that they need help!?! We have to help them! they are innocents Rei! Are you gonna let innocents die?" Usagi yelled hitting the table with her hands. That stopped Rei as well as Heero dead on their tracks.
Hanging her head in shame Rei mumbled an apology. "You're right. I'll stay. I'm sorry."
"Thanks, I knew you'll see it my way." Usagi smiled. "Now, what do you say?" She turned to see Makoto and Minako who nodded.
"You know that we're always one hundred percent behind you." Minako smiled.
"Yup" Makoto patted Usagi's head "We where bored at home anyways. We can make this our little vacation from being cupped doing nothing at home."
~~ Besides them Duo and Quatre were trying their best to convince the others to stay.
"C'mon Wu-man what do you say?" Duo asked with big begging eyes.
"Maxwell, I told you not to call me that!" Wufei hissed.
"So what do you say you guys? But whatever you say I'm staying. I have to help this people." Quatre said looking at them determinately. Trowa didn't say a thing. He just moved silently besides him. "Thanks." Quatre looked grateful at his tall friend. "So how about you?"
Heero seemed debating with himself, however, after hearing about innocents dying he made up his mind. Damned his training, and damned his weakness for worrying for the innocents' well being. The same training that had stopped him from killing Relena that day. Giving Quatre his usual 'Hn' he moved to the other side.
"Great Hee-chan! I knew you'd help!" Duo swung his arm over Heero's shoulder. Heero sent Duo his Death Glare although half heartily.
"Hn" He.said?
"Well Wufei, what do you say?" Quatre's eyes begged him to stay.
Duo walked and stood in front of Wufei, he knew how to attack Wufei, oh yeah, and he was going to hit him where it hurt the must. "Yeah Wu-man, it would be very dishonorable to leave people in need you know." Duo's head shook in shame while trying with all his might to contain his giggles. Yup, that had to do the trick.
Wufei stiffened while changing several shades of red all the while. "Fine, it's the honorable thing to do Maxwell, count me in." He said while walking where the others where. Duo almost squealed in delight. The old 'It's the honorable thing to do' scheme, it worked like a charm every time.
Quatre's face lit up "Good I couldn't have bared not to help this people."
~~
Usagi walked with a smile on her face to Cyaran "So you heard the gang, we're staying." Usagi said triumphantly.
"We're staying too." Quatre smiled to the priest.
"But why would you help us? You don't even know us. You don't even know each other, for goodness sake." Cyaran asked, curiosity and wonder plaguing his heart too see complete strangers trying to help them no questions asked.
"We'll if that's the problem we can fix it in no time." Usagi smiled. "I'm Tsukino Usagi, and this is my boyfriend Chiba Mamoru. That one over there with the blue hair is Mizuno Ami, besides her is Aino Minako. The tall one with brown hair standing besides the silent guy is Kino Makoto. The girl who screams a lot is Rei, and we'll gladly help you in what we can." Usagi finished her introductions.
Before anyone could ask, Duo walked in front of the priest and started shaking his hand. "I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie. And my volunteering friend here is Quatre Raberba Winner." Duo pointed at Quatre who blushed. "Now, the 'silent one' with the uni-bang over there is Trowa Barton, the other one is Heero Yuy, and the last one who rants about injustice all the time is Wu-man." Duo finished giving a half bow.
"God Damnit Maxwell, how many times I have to tell you that my name is Wufei, W-U-F-E-I!!!" Wufei yelled and then mumbled something about 'braided bakas', and 'injustice.'
"Well now that we've introduced ourselves, I would like to see what these 'warriors' were supposed to do." Mamoru made his way to the chamber where they landed. Nodding Cyaran followed Mamoru, and after him all the other went thru the door. Again in front of the altar Cyaran stood in front of the smooth stone.
"This is the path that takes you to the chamber where the eternal Dragons resided. However since their spirits left their bodies turned to stone statues. Behind this door are the trials. The Dragons were supposed to have to avatars each one." He said touching the coldness of the stone.
"But we're only eleven, and if my calculations are correct there should be twelve of us." Ami said looking intensely at the rock. (FD: o.0 I don't think that you needed a calculator to find that out :p)
"That's correct young Ami. That's why we're not entirely sure how you ended up here." Cyan said scratching gently his beard. "Now, the twelve warriors were supposed to go thru this trials to prove themselves worthy of the Dragons. No other person but the chosen ones can go thru this stone, since anyone would surely die on the trial grounds." He said.
"May I?" Usagi said peaking at the door.
"Why not." Cyan said getting out of her way.
"It looks really heavy to push." Usagi said moving a hand tentatively over the smoothness of the stone noting how cold it was to her touch, but when she tried to push it her hand went thru the stone wall as if she was a ghost.
