First the disclaimer thing. All the Gundam Wing and Slayers characters are not mine. They belong to whoever they belong to. I have no money so sueing me would be as effective as solving an algebra problem by chewing bubble gum.
Okay, this will probably never get finished or worked on. I just had to write this part because Duo and Naga would NOT leave me alone until I did. I also realized in this fic just how hard I find it to keep Lina Inverse in character. Hope you like my attempts. Enjoy!
Five boys walked down the street drawing curious looks from the city's population. The citizens of the city 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 these five. Something so *normal* about them that they stuck 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 easily stepped out of 21st 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 closer. They hoped 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 had gotten here. Two hours ago they had all woken up in a field of yellow and red flowers in the middle of no where. They had tried getting answers to their questions 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. The Arabian walked closer to a stall to look at the necklaces there, then moved to another to see what they were selling. The pilot of Wing 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. There was nothing he could do for Heero if the other pilot 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, right 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 Ritalyn 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. 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. The Chinese boy nearly ran 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 I promise), to see where Naga was gloating over Lina's twitching body. Suddenly she 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. A huge smile is 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. Duo and the strange lady in black chatted like old friends. Obviously none of the others were going to get an 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 complimented Naga.
"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 hang thick and heavy in the air. 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 from which there is no possible escape. And like any wild creature, the Gundam pilot was doing the only thing he could. Fight back.
A few minutes 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 walked only a few steps behind her. The other pilots and Naga just stared in confusion.
"Naga, what just happened?"
"I have no idea."
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