GUNDAM WING: SHADOW ASSASSINS
PART 2: STEVEN THE HYENA DEMON
Demon type: Hyena
Abilities: Able to endure extreme climate changes, last for long periods of time without water. Highly adaptable to new conditions, mischievous though not as much as a fox but is equivalent to one. A remarkable thief and pickpocket and able to break into the most secure of places. Approach with extreme caution for is highly agitated when around strangers.
Weapon of choice: Wind bow staff DNA originated from: Shenzi
CHAPTER 13: KAGURA AND HELP ARRIVES
Steven sounded the alert to the approach of the new comer and his senses where on full alert. The arrival of this one seemed wrong in many ways. Several weeks passed since the incident but Steven will not let down his guard not even once. His demon instincts did not let him down so he was not to dwell on that. The camel came closer and upon inspection he saw that it was a woman on the top. "What do you see Master Steven," said Abdul as he came on to the tower, "I see a woman on a camel coming closer but she seems wrong." He said and Rashid also came. It was then that a torrent of wind was sent to the compound surrounding everything in sand. Everyone covered their eyes to blot out the sands as the tormenting seemed to slice into the tower. Leaping out of the way Steven landed gracefully and managed to summon some wind from his staff to help Rashid and Abdul down better. Leaping on to the broken wall he managed to look out to see a troop of mobile dolls approaching. The woman stopped in her tracks watching the group. Her camel then let her down as she walked up to the fortress. "I know you are in there Shadow Assassin Desert Hyena come out so I can see you!" she shouted and Steven made himself known. "What do you want?" he demanded of her, "I came here to challenge the shadow assassin," she said with a smirk. Steven took the time to observe her closely and found that she appeared to be Japanese in origin with her slited eyes and black silk for hair coming from her back. Her hair was tied back in a bun showing she meant business. Her clothes showed professionalism in her with its tight short skirt and business suit not fit for the desert. But the thing that caught the hyena off course was her eyes and ears. Her ears where pointy like his and her eyes where blood shot red instead of the usual colors. She smirked again at the sight of Steven dressed in strange robes fit only for a person of the desert. "Well, well, well it seems that what they said is true of you Hyena that you are nothing more then a child," she said already knowing this. "What that got to make it with you bitch," Steven shouted at her, "Temper, temper brat if it makes you feel better then I shall make your death swift or do you want to join us," she offered. Steven stepped back, an Avenger but why do they want me unless. "Do you think that by making me a mindless slave again will bring you victory?" he said and she did not let the smirk slip, "My aren't we the feisty one." She said, "You said you came here to challenge Steven but what is with the mobile dolls," Quatre demanded of her, "The mobile dolls is to make sure that the rest of you don't interfere with our little challenge for my boss wants to test the shadow assassin's strength in battle." She said and Steven tensed, "Why would he do that?" Steven demanded, "Because my boss has a use for all of you that's why," she said, "What?! To make us slaves again? To make us killers again?" Steven shouted over the wind, "I would never do that again! To take a human life like I did five hundred years ago in cold blood! I would rather die then let that happen again!" he said and charged her but flew back when a blast of wind hit into him slashing at his clothes. Steven groaned in pain as he felt the blades hitting him. Leaping out of the way he managed to do a back flip before landing on the sand again. When he looked up he could see a smirking Kagura holding a fan. "Let me give you a proper introduction, I am Kagura the wind dancer and you are dead," she said as she waved her fan again. "Dance of the wind blades!" she called and once again she waved her fan sending blades of wind into Steven who fell back into a pile of rubble. He moaned in pain as the blades hit him again. He barely got away in time before being assaulted by the wind blades. "Very agile my friend but I won't let you escape, WIND DRAGONS!" Kagura summoned as she flew her fan again and a tornado appeared in the sky.
Quatre watched as Steven was beaten by the winds that Kagura made with her fan. He knew he had to help and tried to get to Sandrock when a shot rang out from one of the mobile dolls landing right in front of him. "I said no interference," hissed Kagura as she set loose another tornado into Steven paralyzing him. Steven tried to get up but found that his legs where now useless having been broken in several areas. "Now will you reconsider?" purred Kagura, "No," growled Steven as he tried to get up again finding himself bleeding in several areas. Gathering his staff again he tried to attack with a wind of his own but found that Kagura was too strong. "Foolish boy do you think your pathetic winds can stop me I am stronger and more experienced then you." She said, "DANCE OF THE WIND DRAGONS!" She screamed and unleashed another wave of winds much to Quatre's despair. He only watched as Steven winced and held back tears as the wind blades cut into his flesh again.
Up on the dunes two figures approached one was a mobile suit that held two dragons on each arm and the other was a giant fox. Wufei sat in the cockpit listening to the static on the radio from the desert base. "We got trouble Justin," he said to the fox who nodded. The fox stood up to the knees of the gundam but the mobile suit leaned down and strokes the fox that let out a soft purr. Suddenly the fox turned and sniffed the winds a low growl could be heard from its throat that caught the attention of Wufei. "Justin you sense something?" he asked and the fox nodded and pointed in the direction of the base. Using his optic sensors in Altron Wufei zoomed in and saw something that made his blood run cold. "Mobile dolls" he said as he began to make his gundam go into a jog. "Justin see if you can help the people at the base while I take care of the mobile dolls." He said blasting off into the desert with Justin following behind him.
Steven took another hit as Kagura waved her fan sending out wind blades that tore into Stevens flesh. Staggering on his stomach the young hyena managed to get up on his arms and do a hand stand. "What is this?" Kagura said as she stopped her motions. "So a last minute resort eh?" she smiled, "No matter I will still kill you for your insolence like how I disciplined you five hundred years ago." She said and Steven's eyes lit up, "What?" he staged as he tried to leap above Kagura with his arms only to have her kick him back into the ground. Quatre felt the pain that the young demon felt at the moment and clutched his heart. The other Maganacs tried to help their master but where torn from helping the hyena or getting killed by Quatre ordered them off. He knew that the mobile dolls will kill them off one by one or the woman Kagura will.
Using the last of his strength Steven tried to get at her again but his legs being broken where in no shape at all to hold his weight. Using his staff he flipped himself up and threw a punch at her then summoning up his power, "DIAMOND SAND STORM!" grains of sand blew from all around as winds began to climb and Kagura found herself on the defense. Tensing up she realized that this demon had more guts in him then anyone she faced except for a certain Hanyou. Amused that such a child could pull it off she began to approach the boy. The winds where very strong as she pulled up her own defense but one of the flying diamonds that Steven summoned managed to cut her face. Glaring at him she put her hand to her left cheek and examined the wound. It was very deep and would need stitches feeling that her face was in ruin her anger got the better of her. "You fucken little rat how dare you ruin my face." She said, "Well for someone with good looks I found that you are disgusting on the inside." Steven hoarsely replied as he used his staff to stand or tried to. Angered by this Kagura charged him and began to apply punches and kicks to his stomach. Grabbing his arms Kagura bent them at a different angle causing them to break. Steven screamed at this but held on his cry for help was of no use for it fell on deaf ears.
Steven tried to get up but found that he can't even move as he tried to gather the last of his strength. Kagura proved to be too strong for him. She assaulted him again with punches and kicks to the ribs and stomach making them break under him. The boy was battered and bruised from all the wind attacks. Kagura was getting a good time from this but one thing still caught his mind. Five hundred years just how old is she? He asked himself as he saw the last of the light from his eyes begin to fade. Smiling to herself Kagura rose form the lifeless form of Steven and proceeded to come up to the others. "Kill them all!" she ordered and the Maganacs found that they where at a lost as the mobile dolls came in for the kill. Suddenly something slammed into the hearts of two of the Virgos causing them to stop and as suddenly as it appeared the object left them to explode. Surprised Kagura turned to see a gundam behind the mobile dolls and with it was a fox. The fox charged at the other mobile dolls attacking them all with swipes of its claws then chewed on them with its teeth. The lightning from its tail began to spark as the fox did a twist shocking the hell out of three of them. Cursing herself she began to pull a feather out of her hair. "This is not over yet!" she yelled to the demon child that only began to growl at her and charged. The fox made a run for her but Kagura was too fast and pulled out her fan. "DANCE OF THE WIND BLADES!" she called and the wind obeyed her commands as flashes of light came for the fox but with speed the fox dodged them. It began to run at her with full speed by was unable to get at her as she floated up into the air on a feather. The fox tried to make a shock go after her but she was already too high for him to reach. Wufei saw the woman on the giant feather and let his eyes go wide as he turned to aim at her but she was already out of range. Cursing he finished off the mobile dolls before turning to the base.
Quatre was in hysterics as he saw Wufei and Justin arrive but his main worry was Steven as he ran up to him. Already he saw the giant fox nudging the hyena. Sniffing him he could still hear his breathing and gave out a sigh of relief. When the blonde Arab arrived he was in hysterics still and Justin knew when not to mess with a human. Backing off he headed towards the approaching gundam and waited for it to stop. Shifting back to his human form Justin sat on the foot of the gundam awaiting Wufei. The Chinese Preventer rushed out of his gundam and ran to where Quatre was. His eyes set on the young demon before him. "Justin get my medical bag in the gundam." He said and the fox complied leaping up to incredible heights he grabbed the bag and leaped down. Wufei was already peeling off the garbs of the Hyena and set the bag down. Working with various herbs and spices he collected he began to set a circle around the demon. With a wave of his hand the demon began to rise to the surprise of Quatre and the Maganacs. "Trowa and Jimmy will arrive in the next 24 hours," he informed as he took the boy inside.
Quatre only watched as Wufei began to apply natural salves and potions to the boy at the same time chanting spells of healing in Chinese which Quatre did not understand. He stayed with Steven for a while before going out into the windy night. He approached where the fighting had taken place and saw the blood on the sands. Lying beside it was Steven's staff picking it up he felt the tears in his eyes. Repairs had been rather quick due to the help of Wufei and Justin. Wufei used his gundam to aid in repairs and Justin had his speed to fix certain problems. "I am sorry," he whispered as he held the staff close. "What are you sorry for?" a voice asked and Quatre turned to find Wufei behind him. "Call me weak all you want Wufei," he said sadly, "Steven is going to be fine," Wufei said as he sat down on the sand. Having seen this Quatre sat down as well, "What did you do to him?" Quatre asked having to get that out of his system. "I only applied some healing spells on him to keep his soul in his body to promote healing especially in a demon." He said, "I know that but when all of a sudden you became a wizard?" the Arabian asked his Chinese companion, "I learned it when I was small and in training it was tradition back at home. It was Tao magic that I used so I should help him. I am not that strong of a magician but I did not know it proved useful till now." He said smiling at Quatre, "You have changed Wufei," Quatre said to his companion, "It is called growing up Quatre after spending nearly two years with a partner that is a woman plus having my theory about women being weak proven wrong and having coming to terms with the death of my wife that I am able to find peace." He said to him and Quatre smiled at him. "You know we all grown up over the years," he said turning his gaze upwards towards the sky that has grown dark and the stars began to shine. Leaning back he lay down on the sand and gazed upwards. Wufei did the same as he stared up at the sky. "You said Trowa and Jimmy where coming who is Jimmy?" Quatre had to ask. "Jimmy is the next Shadow Assassin he was found recently in China when Trowa went on a mission of reconnaissance. When he was there he managed to stumble on to the tiger demon. So when he arrives tomorrow the demons are all going to get a little reunion." He said and they both sighed thinking about different things.
As they stared at the stars another was watching them on his perch on top the roof of the fortress. He too was lost in thought having thought about things long past. Justin saw the condition that Steven was in and his heart went out to the hyena. "It has been five hundred years since we saw each other and now we have nothing," he said to himself staring into space. A lone tear made his way down his face.
"You know Wufei," said Quatre, "What?" Wufei asked, "I am still lost at what happened to Heero I managed to get a brief message from him but most of it was static." He said and Wufei sighed, "Heero has been captured he managed to send a signal to headquarters as well as to you. When we heard the message for help it sounded as if Heero where in real trouble and I never heard him say it like that before." He said, "What does Relena think?" Wufei had to smile, "She will wait for him but at that time she was too busy with a certain fox to deal with that." He laughed at that last thought. "What you mean?" Quatre inquired of his friend. Wufei told him about Justin and what happened before coming here leaving the Arabian to laugh his heart out.
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Demon type: Hyena
Abilities: Able to endure extreme climate changes, last for long periods of time without water. Highly adaptable to new conditions, mischievous though not as much as a fox but is equivalent to one. A remarkable thief and pickpocket and able to break into the most secure of places. Approach with extreme caution for is highly agitated when around strangers.
Weapon of choice: Wind bow staff DNA originated from: Shenzi
CHAPTER 13: KAGURA AND HELP ARRIVES
Steven sounded the alert to the approach of the new comer and his senses where on full alert. The arrival of this one seemed wrong in many ways. Several weeks passed since the incident but Steven will not let down his guard not even once. His demon instincts did not let him down so he was not to dwell on that. The camel came closer and upon inspection he saw that it was a woman on the top. "What do you see Master Steven," said Abdul as he came on to the tower, "I see a woman on a camel coming closer but she seems wrong." He said and Rashid also came. It was then that a torrent of wind was sent to the compound surrounding everything in sand. Everyone covered their eyes to blot out the sands as the tormenting seemed to slice into the tower. Leaping out of the way Steven landed gracefully and managed to summon some wind from his staff to help Rashid and Abdul down better. Leaping on to the broken wall he managed to look out to see a troop of mobile dolls approaching. The woman stopped in her tracks watching the group. Her camel then let her down as she walked up to the fortress. "I know you are in there Shadow Assassin Desert Hyena come out so I can see you!" she shouted and Steven made himself known. "What do you want?" he demanded of her, "I came here to challenge the shadow assassin," she said with a smirk. Steven took the time to observe her closely and found that she appeared to be Japanese in origin with her slited eyes and black silk for hair coming from her back. Her hair was tied back in a bun showing she meant business. Her clothes showed professionalism in her with its tight short skirt and business suit not fit for the desert. But the thing that caught the hyena off course was her eyes and ears. Her ears where pointy like his and her eyes where blood shot red instead of the usual colors. She smirked again at the sight of Steven dressed in strange robes fit only for a person of the desert. "Well, well, well it seems that what they said is true of you Hyena that you are nothing more then a child," she said already knowing this. "What that got to make it with you bitch," Steven shouted at her, "Temper, temper brat if it makes you feel better then I shall make your death swift or do you want to join us," she offered. Steven stepped back, an Avenger but why do they want me unless. "Do you think that by making me a mindless slave again will bring you victory?" he said and she did not let the smirk slip, "My aren't we the feisty one." She said, "You said you came here to challenge Steven but what is with the mobile dolls," Quatre demanded of her, "The mobile dolls is to make sure that the rest of you don't interfere with our little challenge for my boss wants to test the shadow assassin's strength in battle." She said and Steven tensed, "Why would he do that?" Steven demanded, "Because my boss has a use for all of you that's why," she said, "What?! To make us slaves again? To make us killers again?" Steven shouted over the wind, "I would never do that again! To take a human life like I did five hundred years ago in cold blood! I would rather die then let that happen again!" he said and charged her but flew back when a blast of wind hit into him slashing at his clothes. Steven groaned in pain as he felt the blades hitting him. Leaping out of the way he managed to do a back flip before landing on the sand again. When he looked up he could see a smirking Kagura holding a fan. "Let me give you a proper introduction, I am Kagura the wind dancer and you are dead," she said as she waved her fan again. "Dance of the wind blades!" she called and once again she waved her fan sending blades of wind into Steven who fell back into a pile of rubble. He moaned in pain as the blades hit him again. He barely got away in time before being assaulted by the wind blades. "Very agile my friend but I won't let you escape, WIND DRAGONS!" Kagura summoned as she flew her fan again and a tornado appeared in the sky.
Quatre watched as Steven was beaten by the winds that Kagura made with her fan. He knew he had to help and tried to get to Sandrock when a shot rang out from one of the mobile dolls landing right in front of him. "I said no interference," hissed Kagura as she set loose another tornado into Steven paralyzing him. Steven tried to get up but found that his legs where now useless having been broken in several areas. "Now will you reconsider?" purred Kagura, "No," growled Steven as he tried to get up again finding himself bleeding in several areas. Gathering his staff again he tried to attack with a wind of his own but found that Kagura was too strong. "Foolish boy do you think your pathetic winds can stop me I am stronger and more experienced then you." She said, "DANCE OF THE WIND DRAGONS!" She screamed and unleashed another wave of winds much to Quatre's despair. He only watched as Steven winced and held back tears as the wind blades cut into his flesh again.
Up on the dunes two figures approached one was a mobile suit that held two dragons on each arm and the other was a giant fox. Wufei sat in the cockpit listening to the static on the radio from the desert base. "We got trouble Justin," he said to the fox who nodded. The fox stood up to the knees of the gundam but the mobile suit leaned down and strokes the fox that let out a soft purr. Suddenly the fox turned and sniffed the winds a low growl could be heard from its throat that caught the attention of Wufei. "Justin you sense something?" he asked and the fox nodded and pointed in the direction of the base. Using his optic sensors in Altron Wufei zoomed in and saw something that made his blood run cold. "Mobile dolls" he said as he began to make his gundam go into a jog. "Justin see if you can help the people at the base while I take care of the mobile dolls." He said blasting off into the desert with Justin following behind him.
Steven took another hit as Kagura waved her fan sending out wind blades that tore into Stevens flesh. Staggering on his stomach the young hyena managed to get up on his arms and do a hand stand. "What is this?" Kagura said as she stopped her motions. "So a last minute resort eh?" she smiled, "No matter I will still kill you for your insolence like how I disciplined you five hundred years ago." She said and Steven's eyes lit up, "What?" he staged as he tried to leap above Kagura with his arms only to have her kick him back into the ground. Quatre felt the pain that the young demon felt at the moment and clutched his heart. The other Maganacs tried to help their master but where torn from helping the hyena or getting killed by Quatre ordered them off. He knew that the mobile dolls will kill them off one by one or the woman Kagura will.
Using the last of his strength Steven tried to get at her again but his legs being broken where in no shape at all to hold his weight. Using his staff he flipped himself up and threw a punch at her then summoning up his power, "DIAMOND SAND STORM!" grains of sand blew from all around as winds began to climb and Kagura found herself on the defense. Tensing up she realized that this demon had more guts in him then anyone she faced except for a certain Hanyou. Amused that such a child could pull it off she began to approach the boy. The winds where very strong as she pulled up her own defense but one of the flying diamonds that Steven summoned managed to cut her face. Glaring at him she put her hand to her left cheek and examined the wound. It was very deep and would need stitches feeling that her face was in ruin her anger got the better of her. "You fucken little rat how dare you ruin my face." She said, "Well for someone with good looks I found that you are disgusting on the inside." Steven hoarsely replied as he used his staff to stand or tried to. Angered by this Kagura charged him and began to apply punches and kicks to his stomach. Grabbing his arms Kagura bent them at a different angle causing them to break. Steven screamed at this but held on his cry for help was of no use for it fell on deaf ears.
Steven tried to get up but found that he can't even move as he tried to gather the last of his strength. Kagura proved to be too strong for him. She assaulted him again with punches and kicks to the ribs and stomach making them break under him. The boy was battered and bruised from all the wind attacks. Kagura was getting a good time from this but one thing still caught his mind. Five hundred years just how old is she? He asked himself as he saw the last of the light from his eyes begin to fade. Smiling to herself Kagura rose form the lifeless form of Steven and proceeded to come up to the others. "Kill them all!" she ordered and the Maganacs found that they where at a lost as the mobile dolls came in for the kill. Suddenly something slammed into the hearts of two of the Virgos causing them to stop and as suddenly as it appeared the object left them to explode. Surprised Kagura turned to see a gundam behind the mobile dolls and with it was a fox. The fox charged at the other mobile dolls attacking them all with swipes of its claws then chewed on them with its teeth. The lightning from its tail began to spark as the fox did a twist shocking the hell out of three of them. Cursing herself she began to pull a feather out of her hair. "This is not over yet!" she yelled to the demon child that only began to growl at her and charged. The fox made a run for her but Kagura was too fast and pulled out her fan. "DANCE OF THE WIND BLADES!" she called and the wind obeyed her commands as flashes of light came for the fox but with speed the fox dodged them. It began to run at her with full speed by was unable to get at her as she floated up into the air on a feather. The fox tried to make a shock go after her but she was already too high for him to reach. Wufei saw the woman on the giant feather and let his eyes go wide as he turned to aim at her but she was already out of range. Cursing he finished off the mobile dolls before turning to the base.
Quatre was in hysterics as he saw Wufei and Justin arrive but his main worry was Steven as he ran up to him. Already he saw the giant fox nudging the hyena. Sniffing him he could still hear his breathing and gave out a sigh of relief. When the blonde Arab arrived he was in hysterics still and Justin knew when not to mess with a human. Backing off he headed towards the approaching gundam and waited for it to stop. Shifting back to his human form Justin sat on the foot of the gundam awaiting Wufei. The Chinese Preventer rushed out of his gundam and ran to where Quatre was. His eyes set on the young demon before him. "Justin get my medical bag in the gundam." He said and the fox complied leaping up to incredible heights he grabbed the bag and leaped down. Wufei was already peeling off the garbs of the Hyena and set the bag down. Working with various herbs and spices he collected he began to set a circle around the demon. With a wave of his hand the demon began to rise to the surprise of Quatre and the Maganacs. "Trowa and Jimmy will arrive in the next 24 hours," he informed as he took the boy inside.
Quatre only watched as Wufei began to apply natural salves and potions to the boy at the same time chanting spells of healing in Chinese which Quatre did not understand. He stayed with Steven for a while before going out into the windy night. He approached where the fighting had taken place and saw the blood on the sands. Lying beside it was Steven's staff picking it up he felt the tears in his eyes. Repairs had been rather quick due to the help of Wufei and Justin. Wufei used his gundam to aid in repairs and Justin had his speed to fix certain problems. "I am sorry," he whispered as he held the staff close. "What are you sorry for?" a voice asked and Quatre turned to find Wufei behind him. "Call me weak all you want Wufei," he said sadly, "Steven is going to be fine," Wufei said as he sat down on the sand. Having seen this Quatre sat down as well, "What did you do to him?" Quatre asked having to get that out of his system. "I only applied some healing spells on him to keep his soul in his body to promote healing especially in a demon." He said, "I know that but when all of a sudden you became a wizard?" the Arabian asked his Chinese companion, "I learned it when I was small and in training it was tradition back at home. It was Tao magic that I used so I should help him. I am not that strong of a magician but I did not know it proved useful till now." He said smiling at Quatre, "You have changed Wufei," Quatre said to his companion, "It is called growing up Quatre after spending nearly two years with a partner that is a woman plus having my theory about women being weak proven wrong and having coming to terms with the death of my wife that I am able to find peace." He said to him and Quatre smiled at him. "You know we all grown up over the years," he said turning his gaze upwards towards the sky that has grown dark and the stars began to shine. Leaning back he lay down on the sand and gazed upwards. Wufei did the same as he stared up at the sky. "You said Trowa and Jimmy where coming who is Jimmy?" Quatre had to ask. "Jimmy is the next Shadow Assassin he was found recently in China when Trowa went on a mission of reconnaissance. When he was there he managed to stumble on to the tiger demon. So when he arrives tomorrow the demons are all going to get a little reunion." He said and they both sighed thinking about different things.
As they stared at the stars another was watching them on his perch on top the roof of the fortress. He too was lost in thought having thought about things long past. Justin saw the condition that Steven was in and his heart went out to the hyena. "It has been five hundred years since we saw each other and now we have nothing," he said to himself staring into space. A lone tear made his way down his face.
"You know Wufei," said Quatre, "What?" Wufei asked, "I am still lost at what happened to Heero I managed to get a brief message from him but most of it was static." He said and Wufei sighed, "Heero has been captured he managed to send a signal to headquarters as well as to you. When we heard the message for help it sounded as if Heero where in real trouble and I never heard him say it like that before." He said, "What does Relena think?" Wufei had to smile, "She will wait for him but at that time she was too busy with a certain fox to deal with that." He laughed at that last thought. "What you mean?" Quatre inquired of his friend. Wufei told him about Justin and what happened before coming here leaving the Arabian to laugh his heart out.
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