Gundam wing A/C / Spirited away crossover
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Spirited Away.
Chapter 3: Wufei the boiler spider and Quatre.
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Duo stood at the top of the stairs that Heero had instructed him to go down but Duo was very uncertain about how he would go about it. The stair's were much bigger in real life, almost as if they where made for a giant's feet. Duo sat down at the top and slid to the first step. He tried not to look down as he repeated the process until he reached the fifth step when as soon as he put his weight on it the board threatened to snap, Duo lost his balance at the sudden jolt and put his foot out to put it somewhere else in order to steady himself, but all he felt was thin air as his foot misses the step entirely and thumped down to the next one. Duo couldn't keep his balance and was forced to run down to keep himself upright but as he did he got faster and faster until...
SMACK!!
He hit a jutting wall half way down, slamming into it with his face. Behind him the sound of a window being opened shook him out of his daze and with little harpies swimming in his vision he slid around the corner of the wall. He caught a glimpse of a smoking frog leaning out of what sounded like a kitchen. Duo 'eeped' quietly as he crept to the next lot of stairs, rubbing his nose. Duo didn't fall or stumble once as he went the rest of the way. Jumping down the last three stairs he arrived at a door marked 'Boiler room', just as Heero had told him he would. Now he was getting a bit apprehensive as he opened the door and slid inside.
Jet's of steam hissed out from cracks in the boiler's and Duo almost jumped in fright as a long stream of boiling water filled the air in front of him. He made his way toward the rectangle of light that marked the entry to his destination. The light of the boiler fires flickered and the crash of metal on metal sounded regularly. As he reached the door Duo looked around the frame only to stare in shock. "That's no boiler man!" He swore to himself, "It's a fucking spider!" Then seemingly randomly the spider stretched out one long arm grabbed a small mallet and proceeded to wrap out a tattoo on the side of his workbench. Duo jumped at the sound but found his mouth falling open as tiny black balls of fuzz suddenly emerged from the mouse hole like gaps around the edges of the wooden floor.
Each held a huge clump of coal above it's head as they sidestepped out to ward where the boiler clanked open and shut, letting loose a burst of heat and light every time. Duo could only watch as one by one they threw their burdens into the flames. Gathering what nerve he had Duo stepped out from behind the doorframe and quickly and quietly hopped over the soot balls to stand on the other side of the little moving river of coal dust. He kept his eye on Wufei as he did, watching as the spider reached down blindly with one hand to grab a kettle and drink deeply from it before the hand returned to it's work. The spider picked up the mallet again and tapped the bench causing the soot balls to finish what they where doing and race back to the holes they lived in
Duo opened his mouth and spoke for the first time. "Uh hello, my name is Duo Maxwell, I was told to come and see you about getting work." At the first syllable Wufei had almost jumped out of his skin, he hadn't even heard the boy enter. He looked around quickly as the teen finished speaking and was confused while he worked out what he was looking at. The slightly scrawny black clad figure had a long chestnut colored braid and wide violet eyes that stared up at him from behind his bangs. To Wufei he looked like a girl at first glance, but on closer inspection he looked male indefinitely. "Go away!" Wufei burst out, still a little shocked at how the human had crept in without him noticing. "There's no work for you here." He turned his back on Duo, leaving the teen standing there slightly dumb struck.
Wufei banged the mallet again and the little soot balls poured forth from the hole, All of them bore a chunk of coal. One of them caught Duo's attention when it suddenly dropped it's load on tip of its self, The soot ball's little legs flailed wildly and Duo couldn't help but giggle, he lifted the chunk of coal easily in one hand and peered down as the smudge, before his eyes it suddenly reformed into the soot ball and just as quickly took off back into it's hole. "Hey you forgot this you know." He said indignantly to the hole. When none of the soot balls came back to get it Duo sighed and lobbed the coal toward the boiler. Wufei could only watch as it arced through the air and landed neatly in the flames only a moment before the hatch of the boiler clanked shut once again.
The other soot balls, having seen this began to crowd around Duo's feet all clamoring to have him throw theirs as well but Wufei, almost choking at the display his little creations where putting up, banged the mallet on his bench and sent them all back to their holes. He turned back to his work, cursing as more tokens fell before his eyes. The door to one side then began to slide open Duo gave it one cautious look before he dived for cover behind Wufei's bench. A blonde worker entered the room. "Wufei, how many times do I have to tell you to leave out your bowl." Wufei grumbled and one hand went over Duo's head to retrieve and empty dish. It was replaced a moment later by a full one.
The worker then walked around the bench, chatting all the while as he began to feed the soot balls little candy stars. They hopped around excitedly gathering as many as they could. Suddenly as if her had sensed Duo's presence the blonde looked up to see Duo leaning against Wufei's bench. "Oh Allah!" he exclaimed "Wufei, you are going to be in real big trouble if they find you've been harboring a human down here, they've been looking for him everywhere!" Wufei looked down at Duo momentarily before he started to eat. "Quatre, he's my grandson." He grunted between mouthfuls, "he's a half demon and he was looking for work." Quatre rolled his eye's, "Oh really. You just wait until Relena finds him." Wufei suddenly reached around blindly to dangle a roasted lizard in the blonde's face. "I'll give you this." He waved the bribe around his head, "Fresh roasted nuute."
Quatre eyed the lizard and suddenly snatched it out of the air. "Okay fine!" Quatre said in a huff. "You there, come with me." He said to Duo and turned toward the door. Duo went after him, shedding his black sneakers and socks as he went. Quatre was waiting for him outside. "Hey, say thank you to Wufei!" He said indignantly, "He's really sticking his neck out for you!" Duo sighed, rolling his eye's he turned around. "Thankie you Wuffers!" He crowed playfully. Wufei's head came round to glare at him as he waved a fist, "THE NAME'S WUFEI!" Duo laughed, his eye's shining the turned around to see Quatre stifling a giggle. The blonde regained his composure and walked off toward the lifts. Duo looked up and saw that they were in a shaft that looked like it stretched all the way to the top of the building. Getting into one of the lifts Quatre shouted out, "ARE YOU COMING OR WHAT?" Duo looked at him for a second and ran as fast as he could to catch up.
Quatre pulled the lever just as Duo tripped in, Duo lent with his hands against the support bars looking at the wall rushing past his face, slightly in shock. "Do you want to loose your nose?" Quatre asked dryly. Duo darted upright, catching sight of a steamy room before the wood flashed into existence again. Regaining his balance Duo noticed that the lift was slowing and finally coming to a stop. "This is as high as the thing will go," Quatre said as Duo looked up at him. "We'll have to take another one to get to the top and that means going through the bathhouse so stay as close to me." The door's slid open and before they could get out a huge lumpy spirit blocked their path. It pointed upwards with what looked like a hand and mumbled a bit.
Quatre put on a smile and quickly pushed Duo behind him. "Oh it's the Radish spirit. I'm sorry but this elevator doesn't go any farther so you'll have to use the other one on the other side of the bath house." He hustled around and made for the next elevator with Duo right on his heels. Duo looked back and saw that the Radish spirit had begun to lumber after them. "Yo, Quat, the radish dude's following us." Quatre didn't turn around. "Just don't look at it and stick close, okay." Duo shrugged to himself and followed. They were fine until they got to the next lift which suddenly opened and out of it came a frog, leading a bunch of customers. Quatre shoved Duo behind him and twisted so he stayed between the frog and the 'semi human'. The radish spirit lumbered past them and Duo slipped into the elevator behind him, almost getting squashed in the process.
Meanwhile Quatre redirected the frog's attention. "Ah Quatre where have you been? There's work to be done and..." He trailed off and began to sniff the air. Quatre's eyes almost glowed as he pulled the roasted lizard out of his basket and dangled it before the frog as he shouted to Duo. "If you want to go up just pull the lever on your left." The Radish spirit nodded and Duo squeezed up beside him to pull the lever. 'Thank Shinigami I'm so short.' Duo thought to himself.
He waited as the lift slid silently to the next floor and it's doors opened to reveal a long hall. Rice paper screens hid the relaxing spirits from sight, forming a corridor of shadows. The Radish spirit reached out and pulled the lever again causing the doors to slide closed. Soon enough the lift reached the very top floor. Duo slid past the Radish spirit and bowed to it before it disappeared behind the sliding doors. Duo looked around at his surroundings. He stood in a short hallway, only a few lanterns lit the gloom from sconces in the wall at regular intervals.
Across from him was a large door made of wood and ornately carved with a mix of Chinese and Japanese symbols. Duo's curiosity pulled him toward the handles, but just as he was about to place a hand on them a wizened voice yelled from somewhere bellow. "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOCK?" Duo almost jumped out of his skin as the hushed atmosphere was broken. He looked around for a person but as he did he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye. He bent to the eye level of the door knocker shaped as an old hag just as it spoke again. "WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING, FOR COME IN!"
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Well it's all done for now and Duo hasn't seen terror until he meet's what's behind that door!
Look out for the next chapter and don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^
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Spirited Away.
Chapter 3: Wufei the boiler spider and Quatre.
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Duo stood at the top of the stairs that Heero had instructed him to go down but Duo was very uncertain about how he would go about it. The stair's were much bigger in real life, almost as if they where made for a giant's feet. Duo sat down at the top and slid to the first step. He tried not to look down as he repeated the process until he reached the fifth step when as soon as he put his weight on it the board threatened to snap, Duo lost his balance at the sudden jolt and put his foot out to put it somewhere else in order to steady himself, but all he felt was thin air as his foot misses the step entirely and thumped down to the next one. Duo couldn't keep his balance and was forced to run down to keep himself upright but as he did he got faster and faster until...
SMACK!!
He hit a jutting wall half way down, slamming into it with his face. Behind him the sound of a window being opened shook him out of his daze and with little harpies swimming in his vision he slid around the corner of the wall. He caught a glimpse of a smoking frog leaning out of what sounded like a kitchen. Duo 'eeped' quietly as he crept to the next lot of stairs, rubbing his nose. Duo didn't fall or stumble once as he went the rest of the way. Jumping down the last three stairs he arrived at a door marked 'Boiler room', just as Heero had told him he would. Now he was getting a bit apprehensive as he opened the door and slid inside.
Jet's of steam hissed out from cracks in the boiler's and Duo almost jumped in fright as a long stream of boiling water filled the air in front of him. He made his way toward the rectangle of light that marked the entry to his destination. The light of the boiler fires flickered and the crash of metal on metal sounded regularly. As he reached the door Duo looked around the frame only to stare in shock. "That's no boiler man!" He swore to himself, "It's a fucking spider!" Then seemingly randomly the spider stretched out one long arm grabbed a small mallet and proceeded to wrap out a tattoo on the side of his workbench. Duo jumped at the sound but found his mouth falling open as tiny black balls of fuzz suddenly emerged from the mouse hole like gaps around the edges of the wooden floor.
Each held a huge clump of coal above it's head as they sidestepped out to ward where the boiler clanked open and shut, letting loose a burst of heat and light every time. Duo could only watch as one by one they threw their burdens into the flames. Gathering what nerve he had Duo stepped out from behind the doorframe and quickly and quietly hopped over the soot balls to stand on the other side of the little moving river of coal dust. He kept his eye on Wufei as he did, watching as the spider reached down blindly with one hand to grab a kettle and drink deeply from it before the hand returned to it's work. The spider picked up the mallet again and tapped the bench causing the soot balls to finish what they where doing and race back to the holes they lived in
Duo opened his mouth and spoke for the first time. "Uh hello, my name is Duo Maxwell, I was told to come and see you about getting work." At the first syllable Wufei had almost jumped out of his skin, he hadn't even heard the boy enter. He looked around quickly as the teen finished speaking and was confused while he worked out what he was looking at. The slightly scrawny black clad figure had a long chestnut colored braid and wide violet eyes that stared up at him from behind his bangs. To Wufei he looked like a girl at first glance, but on closer inspection he looked male indefinitely. "Go away!" Wufei burst out, still a little shocked at how the human had crept in without him noticing. "There's no work for you here." He turned his back on Duo, leaving the teen standing there slightly dumb struck.
Wufei banged the mallet again and the little soot balls poured forth from the hole, All of them bore a chunk of coal. One of them caught Duo's attention when it suddenly dropped it's load on tip of its self, The soot ball's little legs flailed wildly and Duo couldn't help but giggle, he lifted the chunk of coal easily in one hand and peered down as the smudge, before his eyes it suddenly reformed into the soot ball and just as quickly took off back into it's hole. "Hey you forgot this you know." He said indignantly to the hole. When none of the soot balls came back to get it Duo sighed and lobbed the coal toward the boiler. Wufei could only watch as it arced through the air and landed neatly in the flames only a moment before the hatch of the boiler clanked shut once again.
The other soot balls, having seen this began to crowd around Duo's feet all clamoring to have him throw theirs as well but Wufei, almost choking at the display his little creations where putting up, banged the mallet on his bench and sent them all back to their holes. He turned back to his work, cursing as more tokens fell before his eyes. The door to one side then began to slide open Duo gave it one cautious look before he dived for cover behind Wufei's bench. A blonde worker entered the room. "Wufei, how many times do I have to tell you to leave out your bowl." Wufei grumbled and one hand went over Duo's head to retrieve and empty dish. It was replaced a moment later by a full one.
The worker then walked around the bench, chatting all the while as he began to feed the soot balls little candy stars. They hopped around excitedly gathering as many as they could. Suddenly as if her had sensed Duo's presence the blonde looked up to see Duo leaning against Wufei's bench. "Oh Allah!" he exclaimed "Wufei, you are going to be in real big trouble if they find you've been harboring a human down here, they've been looking for him everywhere!" Wufei looked down at Duo momentarily before he started to eat. "Quatre, he's my grandson." He grunted between mouthfuls, "he's a half demon and he was looking for work." Quatre rolled his eye's, "Oh really. You just wait until Relena finds him." Wufei suddenly reached around blindly to dangle a roasted lizard in the blonde's face. "I'll give you this." He waved the bribe around his head, "Fresh roasted nuute."
Quatre eyed the lizard and suddenly snatched it out of the air. "Okay fine!" Quatre said in a huff. "You there, come with me." He said to Duo and turned toward the door. Duo went after him, shedding his black sneakers and socks as he went. Quatre was waiting for him outside. "Hey, say thank you to Wufei!" He said indignantly, "He's really sticking his neck out for you!" Duo sighed, rolling his eye's he turned around. "Thankie you Wuffers!" He crowed playfully. Wufei's head came round to glare at him as he waved a fist, "THE NAME'S WUFEI!" Duo laughed, his eye's shining the turned around to see Quatre stifling a giggle. The blonde regained his composure and walked off toward the lifts. Duo looked up and saw that they were in a shaft that looked like it stretched all the way to the top of the building. Getting into one of the lifts Quatre shouted out, "ARE YOU COMING OR WHAT?" Duo looked at him for a second and ran as fast as he could to catch up.
Quatre pulled the lever just as Duo tripped in, Duo lent with his hands against the support bars looking at the wall rushing past his face, slightly in shock. "Do you want to loose your nose?" Quatre asked dryly. Duo darted upright, catching sight of a steamy room before the wood flashed into existence again. Regaining his balance Duo noticed that the lift was slowing and finally coming to a stop. "This is as high as the thing will go," Quatre said as Duo looked up at him. "We'll have to take another one to get to the top and that means going through the bathhouse so stay as close to me." The door's slid open and before they could get out a huge lumpy spirit blocked their path. It pointed upwards with what looked like a hand and mumbled a bit.
Quatre put on a smile and quickly pushed Duo behind him. "Oh it's the Radish spirit. I'm sorry but this elevator doesn't go any farther so you'll have to use the other one on the other side of the bath house." He hustled around and made for the next elevator with Duo right on his heels. Duo looked back and saw that the Radish spirit had begun to lumber after them. "Yo, Quat, the radish dude's following us." Quatre didn't turn around. "Just don't look at it and stick close, okay." Duo shrugged to himself and followed. They were fine until they got to the next lift which suddenly opened and out of it came a frog, leading a bunch of customers. Quatre shoved Duo behind him and twisted so he stayed between the frog and the 'semi human'. The radish spirit lumbered past them and Duo slipped into the elevator behind him, almost getting squashed in the process.
Meanwhile Quatre redirected the frog's attention. "Ah Quatre where have you been? There's work to be done and..." He trailed off and began to sniff the air. Quatre's eyes almost glowed as he pulled the roasted lizard out of his basket and dangled it before the frog as he shouted to Duo. "If you want to go up just pull the lever on your left." The Radish spirit nodded and Duo squeezed up beside him to pull the lever. 'Thank Shinigami I'm so short.' Duo thought to himself.
He waited as the lift slid silently to the next floor and it's doors opened to reveal a long hall. Rice paper screens hid the relaxing spirits from sight, forming a corridor of shadows. The Radish spirit reached out and pulled the lever again causing the doors to slide closed. Soon enough the lift reached the very top floor. Duo slid past the Radish spirit and bowed to it before it disappeared behind the sliding doors. Duo looked around at his surroundings. He stood in a short hallway, only a few lanterns lit the gloom from sconces in the wall at regular intervals.
Across from him was a large door made of wood and ornately carved with a mix of Chinese and Japanese symbols. Duo's curiosity pulled him toward the handles, but just as he was about to place a hand on them a wizened voice yelled from somewhere bellow. "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOCK?" Duo almost jumped out of his skin as the hushed atmosphere was broken. He looked around for a person but as he did he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye. He bent to the eye level of the door knocker shaped as an old hag just as it spoke again. "WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING, FOR COME IN!"
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Well it's all done for now and Duo hasn't seen terror until he meet's what's behind that door!
Look out for the next chapter and don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^