Correction. I do know where this came from. It came from sitting at
my computer with Duo and Naga standing behind me egging me on. That has
to be one of the most annoying things that can ever happen to a writer.
This is my first post to the list, so let's hope it works.
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Five boys walked down the street drawing curious looks from the city's
population. They were use to seeing strangers in even stranger clothes.
Heck, they were use to seeing demons, monster, and things with thirteen
eyeballs getting blasted by wizards in robes, capes, or nothing more
than a bikini held up by sheer will power alone. Yet there was something
unusual about the five guys, something so *normal* about them that made
them stick out in the city.
Of course it could have been because the city looked like it had come
from Medieval England while the guys could have stepped out of 20th
century. However, that's just a theory.
"Oi, Heero. Where do you think we are?" Duo asked as yet another child
pointed and giggled at the five as they walked by before his parents
could hush him. Quatre waved at the boy, who smiled and silently waved
back. Trowa and Wufei leaned in hoping the pilot of Wing could come up
with a half logical answer.
"I don't know," Heero said softly, hair obscuring his eyes, his whole
body filled with tension. They had no idea where they were or how they
got here. Two hours ago they had all woken up in a field of yellow and
red flowers in the middle of no where and had been trying to answer that
question and others by walking to the nearest town. It had only raised
more questions than it answered.
"Heero, are you okay?" Trowa asked quietly, keeping one eye on Quatre
as he walked closer to a stall to look at the necklaces there. The
Gundam pilot was taking this turn of events hard. Having been brought up
with the knowledge that everything was suppose to be logical, Heero was
having difficulty adjusting to these illogical circumstances. Come to
think of it, they all were having trouble adjusting.
"I'm fine," came the reply in that dead voice of his. Trowa looked at
him, then shrugged, deciding there was nothing he could do if the other
didn't want him to. Duo, who had bounced (literally) a few feet in front
of the rest of the group, turned to look behind him.
"Don't worry so much! I think this place is kind of cool. It really
doesn't matter how we got here, just that we're here, ne Heero? Besides,
what could happen?" Duo said in a super hyper active rush. Ever since
they had woken up the normally cheerful pilot had gone into Riddlyn
deprived kamikaze squirrel mode.
"You shouldn't say that Duo. Bad things always happen when you ask
'what could happen?' At least, that's what everyone says," Quatre said
having rejoined the group in time to hear the last part of the
conversation. Duo just smiled widely.
"Then I'll say it again. What could happen?"
On the other side of town two soceresses were walking down the crowded
street looking for something. These two fit into the catergory of
*normal* strange. The first one was pretty unremarkable except for the
bright Crayola red hair, and the flat chest. Of course the second one
was a little more noticable, having drawn a few stares mostly from the
male population. Remember that bikini held up by will power alone? I
thought you might. Time to meet the owner.
"Hey Naga, come this way. This place has got food," Lina said as she
began to head across the street towards a nearby resteraunt with a "All
You Can Eat Buffet" sign. The owner, seeing who was heading his way and
wanting to stay in business, quickly replaced it with a "Closed" sign.
"Hey! Open back up. I'm hungry."
"I see they have heard how much you eat, Lina. Obviously your
reputation preceeds you. OHohohohohoho," Naga said ending it with THAT
all too familiar laugh. The one that's only slightly less annoying than
having someone run their nails down a chalk board. Needless to say, it
set Lina slightly on edge.
"What are you talking about!? You eat as much as I do," Lina snarled
back in between trying to gnaw the door off of the shop. Naga just
smiled, gearing up to insult Lina in the worse way possible.
"Yes, but unlike you, I can eat and still keep my figure. You never had
one to begin with," Naga said proudly showing off said figure. Several
accidents occured at this moment as every male brain within a 100 ft
radius shut down all functions except the hormonal ones.
"What are you trying to say?" Lina demanded as she readied a fireball.
"You have no breasts. OHohohohohohoho." It was a horrible counterattack
on Naga's part. The "No Breasts" Rejoinder(tm). Lina's fireball spell
was immediately aborted as the red haired sorceress fell over and lay
twitching on the ground.
Meanwhile, back across town, Duo suddenly froze right in front of Wufei
causing the Chinese boy to nearly run him over. All of the other Gundam
pilots stopped, giving the braided pilot strange looks. "Duo?"
"Did you guys hear that?" Duo asked as he looked back over his
shoulder. The other pilots shook their heads. "Are you sure? Because I
swear I heard... nevermind. Let's keep going."
"What did you think you heard?" Wufei asked as a forced smile came
across the American's face.
"It was nothing. Just my..." Duo trailed off again as the sound
returned this time much louder. He knew that laugh! Duo whipped around
so quickly that his braid smacked Heero in the face. The blue eyed pilot
of Wing looked like he was going to commit murder (but hey, when does he
not look that way?), but he never got a chance.
"Naga?" Duo said softly almost as if asking himself. Then a huge grin
appeared and he shouted loud enough to cause minor deafness in all
surrounding him. "HEY NAGA! NAGA!" This was accompanied by him jumping
up and down and waving frantically. The other Gundam boys just stared,
sure that their fellow pilot had just lost it.
And here we go back across town (I know you're getting motion sickness,
but this is the last time), to see where Naga was gloating over Lina's
twitching body. Suddenly thought she heard someone calling her name.
With a slightly strange look on her face (Naga swore she knew that voice
but it couldn't be... ), she looked around trying to discover who knew
the infamous Naga the White Serpent.
At first she wasn't sure if what she was seeing was really real. It
could be some illusion just to trick her. But the more the black
soceress squinted to see the frantically waving figure on the other side
of town, the more she became convinced that her eyes weren't decieving
her. After all, she had only ever met one person with a braid that long
and a mouth that big.
"DUO! DUO-KUN!" Naga shouted loudly waving her hands and jumping up and
down in a fashion very similar to Duo's. Of course, every guy in range's
head bobbed up and down in time to her movements.
Imagine, if you will, the following. From somewhere in the distance,
someone starts playing a violin. The two friends begin to run towards
each other leaving their respective partners behind. On one side is Duo.
His braid is flapping out behind him and a huge smile on his face as he
runs as fast as he can. On the other side is Naga. Bouncy, bouncy,
bouncy, bounc... you get the picture. And then suddenly they meet.
"Duo-kun, it's been so long. Where have you been? I've been wondering
what ever happened to you. You never contacted me after you left so I
always..." "I know, I know. I tried to get in touch with you, but it
never worked. Look at you! You still have great taste in clothes. Have
you lost some weight? I have to..." "OHohohohoh! Such flattery, but only
what I deserve. Your clothes are nice, too. That look is just so you..."
"Thank you, but you can pull off black so much better than me..."
After Quatre put his violin away, he looked at where all the other
Gundam pilots were staring as Duo and the strange lady in black chatted
like old friends. Obviously none of them were going to get and
explanation out of Duo. So it left it up to him.
"Ano... Duo? Who is this?" Quatre asked hesitantly trying not break
into their conversation too much.
"Oh. That's right, you don't know her. Quatre, this is the famous Naga
the White Serpent. Naga, this is my friend Quatre Winner. He pilots one
of the big machines I told you about. Like I do," Duo said by way of
introductions. The blonde boy smiled, and then because it seemed
expected of him.
"Hello. Umm... I couldn't help but notice that you have really pretty
eyes. Would you like to meet the rest of us?" Quatre said. Amazingly,
Naga blushed. She rarely got compliments on her eyes. For some reason,
most guys never seemed to notice how pretty her eyes were. They always
seemed to be looking somewhere other than there.
"Of course, she would. Naga that guy right there with the blue eyes
that looks like he's pissed is Heero. The one with the really huge
bangs, that's Trowa. And the one that looks likes he's about to pass out
is Wufei. Oi, Wufei man, you going to be okay?" Duo asked suddenly in
concern at the strange look on Wufei's face when he looked at Naga.
"Everyone, this is Naga, She's the best sorceress of black magic there
is."
"Hold it. I'm just as good if not better than she is," Lina jumped in
having recovered from Naga's deadly attack.
"Naga, who's that?" Duo asked looking at the strange new red head.
"Oh. That's just Lina Inverse. I let her run around with me. She's my
arch rival," Naga replied, waving a dismissing hand in Lina's direction.
"For the most part, I just ignore her."
Lina was about to respond to this, in fact had her mouth open to do so,
but some one beat her to it. Some one whose eyes still remained hidden
by his bangs. Some one named Heero.
"Magic doesn't exist." Tension descended to thick and heavy in the air,
and a few convient tumble weeds took the opportunity to roll on by. The
tone of voice Heero used was so flat that it might as well have been
dead. Lina's attention shifted from Naga to Heero, the earlier insult
not forgotten so much as shoved to one side.
"What do you mean magic doesn't exist?" Lina asked in a one of voice
that suggested that she was somewhere between beleiving and disbeleiving
Heero's statement. Heero raised blue eyes to meet Lina's and repeated
his stand point.
"There is no such thing as magic."
Naga was about to protest, but one look from Lina convinced her that
that would not be the wisest course of action. The red headed sorceress
moved a few steps closer to Heero as if she was approaching a wild
animal. A wild animal that is backed into a corner that there is no
possible escape from. And like any wild creature, the Gundam pilot was
doing the only thing he could. Fight back.
For a few minutes that crept by trying desperately not to be noticed,
Lina and Heero simply looked at each other. Then Lina held out her hand
to the pilot.
"Lina Inverse." There was a slight pause, before Heero reached out his
own hand and clasped Lina's.
"Heero Yuy."
"Okay, from what I heard Naga talked as if you weren't from around
here, right? Well, let's go get something to eat and see if we can find
out how to get you home," Lina said in a voice that held just the
slightest tinge of being forced in it. Heero nodded his head slightly in
agreement. Then the sorceress turned around towards the supposedly
"Closed" resteraunt intent on getting food, Heero close in tow. The
other pilots and Naga just stared in confusion.
"Naga, what just happened?"
"I have no idea."
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Now, does anyone out there want to tell me what happens after this?
Because I sure don't know. Hey, I just write what I'm told to write.
Tsaiko
Guardian and Seeker
"I don't suffer from insanity,
I enjoy every minute of it."
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