DISCLAIMERS: I don't own Gundam Wing or the characters. I do own Liana and other future original characters but that's it, I don't own anything else much to my own dismay *sobs*

The Perfect Life

By Stardust

Chapter five

Wufei let a yawn escape his mouth as he made his way to the garden where he practiced his morning katas. As he was making his way to his favorite spot the figure of another person caught his eyes. This was unusual because he was one of the first people to wake up in the whole base. But when he came closer to the figure he was more surprised. It was Nashada and she was practicing a kata of great difficulty. *But not as difficult as mine.* Was Wufei's first thought. He was not about to admit that a woman could do anything better than him. Wufei was so deep in though that he did not noticed that Nashada had stopped and was now looking at him.

"Is there something wrong, Wufei?" Nashada asked him as she carefully returned to practicing her kata.

"Nothing. Where did you learn that?" Wufei asked. He knew for a fact that only a very skilled person could practice that kata let alone with the grace and speed she was doing it.

"Well, isn't it obvious. I learned it from my teacher. Master Ataka." She said as she carefully continued to practice. "Why all the sudden curiosity?" Annoyed by Nashada's answer and by his own actions Wufei turned and was about to leave when he heard Nashada's voice again.

"Or were you just really wondering how a woman could do such kind of katas that only masters of martial arts can do? You had not seen this kata before had you? But then again how could you if you're just a weakling?" Nashada knew she had chosen her words correctly for as soon as she finished Wufei was already in front of her and his face was red with anger.

"How dare you WOMAN say that I am a weakling?!?!" Wufei yelled so hard that it could be heard all over the base. In no time all of the elite team was there in front of them.

"Wufei!! Calm down!!" Sally screamed after the thousandth time that she had tried to get him to hear her.

"It's all right Sally. I know that now you cannot leave without fighting me. It would be against the Dragon Clan rules." Nashada teased Wufei. Ko had not only taught her martial arts itself but also the story of each of the main clans. Even though the Dragon Clan was not one of the main ones Nashada had insisted that Ko taught her about it.

"What do you know about my clan and who told you that?" Wufei's anger was subsided by his intrigue. Very few people in his clan were still alive and even fewer still followed the clan rules.

"My teacher is a very wise and skillful man." Nashada stated simply with an air of honor and respect in her voice. "So are we going to fight or are we going to just stand around and chat." Nashada needed the training. She was used to practicing daily with Ko but no one in the base knew as much martial arts as she did. She figured that provoking Wufei into a fight would be the best way to train.

"Nashada! Stop! Wufei is really good at martial arts!" Sally was scared and confused. She did not know what to feel. She was mad at Nashada because she knew that Nashada was purposely provoking him and she was worried that Wufei might hurt Nashada.

"It's ok Sally. I think I can take him." Nashada said as she assumed her fighting stance. Her stance was one that Ko had told her that it was the best to have during a fight. Wufei, too, took his fighting stance. All the people around them started stepping back.

Wufei started to throw punches and kicks but Nashada was just too fast and was dodging all of his attacks. Wufei then started to attack more quickly and harder until he punched her in the stomach. Nashada stumbled back but quickly caught her breath and began attacking with such an incredible speed that Wufei was dumbstruck. She was throwing punches and kicks to his face and upper body. Each of her hits landing on their designated spot. Her graceful and quick moves seemed to be too much for Wufei. But Wufei was too proud to let a woman win. He made his move, but he did not know how much he would pay for it. He threw a kick that was aimed for Nashada's ribs and after a few seconds of waiting for her ribs to crack and the sound being neglected he opened his eyes. All he could see was the black sole of the dancing shoes that Nashada wore. One thought entered his mind before he hit the ground and fell unconscious. *She won.*

After a few minutes Wufei regained consciousness to look up into two pairs of eyes that looked worriedly at him. Wufei immediately recognized Sally and Nashada's eyes.

"Wufei, are you ok?" Sally said worry was evident in her voice.

"Yeah, I am fine." Wufei said trying to remember what happened before he lost consciousness. He then turned to Nashada. He had thought that he would find pride and arrogance in her eyes but instead her eyes where full of worry. "You won, Nashada. You are strong." Wufei had admitted his loss. For the first time he would recognize that a woman was strong. Well not exactly the first time. Merian and Sally were the only women who he had come to recognize as strong but now Nashada had proven herself to him. He was so absorbed in his own thoughts that he did not notice the looks of surprise that everyone had. Even Heero and Trowa where surprised that Wufei would say that out loud let alone in front of all of them.

"That does not matter now. How do you feel?" Nashada was still worried. At this act of kindness she earned Wufei's highest respect. She was not arrogant about her victory; she was worried about the well being of her adversary.

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It had been a week since Nashada had fought with Wufei and for the moment everything was calm and no one in the team had missions so they were all stationed in the grounds. Une watched from her hiding place as all of the P.E.T. (Preventer Elite Team) played around.

"No! It is not fair all of you are ganging up on me!!" Duo shouted as he was cornered. Everyone was covered in whip cream, chocolate sauce, dough and jelly. Each of them was carrying something in their hands.

"It is all your fault. If you had not tried to 'help' us make the cookies this would have never happened!" Nashada shouted moving closer to Duo.

"What?!?! I just wanted to eat!!" Duo whined as he tried to back up but was only met by the wall.

"When do you DON'T want to eat!!" Hilde shouted from behind Nashada.

"It is not my fault that Wufei's clone did not hurry up!!" Duo felt even more desperate when he saw the glare that Nashada gave him. Duo was used to get death glares from everyone but Nashada's was even scarier than Heero's. " Ok, Heero, you have been left behind. Nashada's death glare is the best." Duo started walking side ways until he was in the corner when he saw the death glare both Nashada and Heero were giving him.

Une looked around. Milliardo had whip cream all over his hair and face and a little bit was hanging down his chin. Noin's face was covered with jelly. Sally had chocolate sauce in all her clothes. Hilde and Nashada were the worst. Hilde was covered head to toe with a mix of chocolate sauce, whip cream and jelly. Nashada was covered in chocolate sauce and jelly and her hair was a mess with whip cream, chocolate sauce, dough and jelly all over it. Dorothy was almost saved except for her face that was splashed with jelly and dough. Catherine's usually red hair was now a deep brown caused by the chocolate sauce, and her shirt was covered in dough. Wufei's black shirt was gray-white with whip cream. Trowa was almost the same as Wufei with the exception that his shirt was purple-red with jelly. Heero and Quarter had their head covered with dough and chocolate. Duo, who was in the floor trying to convince Nashada to let him go, had dough all over his chest and his braid was messed up but clean. Suddenly, Une could not hold her laughter anymore at the comic scene. Everyone was putting whip cream, chocolate sauce, dough and jelly all over Duo. Duo was begging them to let his braid alone but Hilde and Nashada had already bathed it with everything they could find.

"What is going on!!?" Une tried to sound as mad as she could but it was not easy, especially since she wanted to help them.

"The braided baka started to play with the food and got us all messed!!" Wufei angrily shout as he stepped away from where everyone was.

"We were making some cookies when Duo came to supposedly help and he started spilling things all over us and some how everyone ended up with food all over them selves." Nashada said as she took a break from torturing Duo to explain the situation to Une.

"Help!!! Une, Help me!!" Duo shouted before Hilde stuffed his mouth with whip cream.

"Nah, torture him for a little while. After all, he did ruin the cookies for all of us." Une said with a big smile. She had not seen any one in the team this happy since Relena disappeared. She noticed that since Nashada came everyone seemed happier and more optimistic. This thought reminded her of why she had come here in the first place. "Ok. That is enough," when she said this whines where heard all over the room except for Duo who silently thanked Une as he tried to clean his face, "I have a mission for you." As if she had put a spell on them, they all dropped their smiles and acquired serious positions. "All of you be at my office 3:00 P.M. sharp and please clean yourselves up after you finish." Une ended as she left the room.

When Une was out of the room Nashada and Hilde turned to Duo again. There was a mischievous grin on their faces as they looked at each other and then at Duo. Duo knew this was trouble. Even if Nashada and Hilde had just met a week earlier they acted like they knew each other for years, which wasn't too far off from the truth. Then they looked at the other people in the room. When they turned to Duo again all of them had mischievous grins. Now Duo was sure he was in big, very big trouble. Surely more than what he could handle.

"HHHHEEEEELLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!" Was all Duo was able to yell as his torture began once again.

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Ok, that is it for the first chapter, tell me what you think. Any suggestions or comments please e-mail them to: maru87678@hotmail.com