Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ DragonLance - the Shinigami Rewrites ❯ Captured ( Chapter 6 )
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By: kenderlyn 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 327 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 327 | Status: Work In Progress
The Shinigami rewrites - DragonLance Chronicles.
Gundam Wing isn't mine. DragonLance isn't mine. Nothing is mine, not even my hair colour.
I thought that with all the descriptions of Duo, it would be funny to see Heero interact with a kender. Then I thought of this. Yaoi, X-over, AU. Duo as a kender... scary. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
/thoughts/
Part 6 - Captured!
Tika sighed. The inn was near empty. Most of the regular patrons had been sent to the mines. Shin had taken to running around at night. She didn't ask, and he didn't tell, but they both knew that he'd been killing the draconians secretly. Tika hoped Shin didn't get caught doing this. He had said that he was going to see Theros about mending his throwing knives. She spoke briefly to the stranger that entered. Then she saw several familiar faces.
"Oh, Caramon, I knew you'd come back for me! Take me with you! Please, please!" she whispered. Throughout the conversation that followed, Tika couldn't help wondering what Shin was doing. /Please let him stay out of trouble./ Then one of the less familiar faces spoke up.
"Have you seen some more strangers lately?" She looked at him oddly. "Four young men. One has curly blonde hair and blue eyes. Looks more innocent than he is. Another has black hair pulled back in a tight ponytail, with dark eyes. He might make a long speech about justice. The next has a long brown fringe covering green eyes, he's very quiet. The last has a long chestnut braid with violet eyes. HE never shuts up. He acts a lot like a kender actually." Tika froze. The last two sounded like Shin and his friend, Trowa. She ran back to get more potatoes for Caramon, not answering the boy. /What if he's after Shin for those killings?/ She saw faint disappointment in his eyes. Almost unnoticeable really. But it was there. Maybe... /I'll tell him when I get back,/ she resolved.
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Duo looked up, he could see Theros in his forge. The draconians were wrecking it. Throwing nails in the melting pots, smashing the moulds, making holes in the walls... Duo moved forward slowly, gripping the stout staff that he had gotten Theros to make to his specifications when the dragons had first come to Solace. His fingers slid along the thick shaft, searching for that spot...
The shop was in ruins, the draconians told Theros that he was under arrest. He drew a sword and a throwing knife. There were four draconians surrounding Theros. Duo grinned. He flicked the switch on his staff. With a soft *snick*, a slender blade slid out of the thick wood. Holding his scythe firmly, Shinigami flipped his black hood over his head, and moved into the fight.
Theros lifted his head in surprise, a black cloaked figure had joined him. Then he recognised both braid and scythe. The elven boy, Shin. The citizens had scattered in alarm, leaving the silent pair to fight the draconians alone. Duo stared in horror, as a draconian materialised behind the smith. He gave a warning cry.
"Theros!" He shuddered as the draconian brought its sword down in an arc, severing Theros' right arm, just below the shoulder. Duo gave a strangled cry. He barely felt the draconians beating him bloody, all he could see was Theros' arm, laying on the ground, just a few feet from the smith himself. Then, blessedly, everything went dark.
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They were slumped in the cage. Heero glanced at Tika occasionally. She looked like she was struggling with some sort of decision. He looked around the rest of the group. They were all in varying degrees of shock. Even the kender was a little subdued. There was a scuffle. Two figures were thrown into the cage. The dark skinned man was identified as Theros Ironfeld. The other...
"Duo!" Heero breathed in shock, looking at the black cloaked figure. Tika looked over. She gasped. Duo's hair had come loose, and was tangled and knotted, his face was marred with bruises, and he was silent. Heero watched the unconscious boy. He reached out cautiously, as Goldmoon made her way to his side. He glanced over at the other that had been thrown in with Duo, but turned back to the braided boy. He relaxed as he saw that, as usual, Goldmoon's prayer had done the trick. Silently he gathered Duo close, then with a sigh, closed his eyes, and began to relax.
"Excuse me." Tika spoke softly. Heero opened his eyes a crack. "How do you know him? Shin, I mean."
"Why didn't you tell me you knew him? It would be pretty hard to miss a braid that long." Tika blushed, then answered.
"For all I knew you could be after him for what he's been doing after dark." She saw his puzzled look. "He's been killing various members of the dragonarmy in Solace." Heero nodded. /That sounds like Duo alright. Shin. Shinigami. Damn baka./
"Did you see any of the others I asked about?"
"Just one. The boy with the long fringe. He-" They stopped the conversation as Duo woke.
"He-Heero? Tika? What happened?" Tika relaxed at once. Shin would be fine. Then he sat up. "Theros! Is he-" Heero pulled him back down.
"Baka. Just rest. You were badly beaten." Duo looked puzzled at that.
"I was? But I can't-" Heero smirked.
"Goldmoon is a very good healer." That seemed to satisfy Duo.
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Duo sighed. Theros would be fine, except that he would be a cripple. One arm. No more of his fine smith work. He felt Heero's hand on his shoulder. He hadn't tried to talk to any of Heero's travelling companions. Well, except for the kender. Tas was fun. Fun enough to make up for Heero's silence at least. Heero's arms tightened around him, making him feel safer. He spared time to send a brief prayer for the safety of the other pilots, where were they? He felt Heero touch his shoulder.
"Do you want me to braid your hair?"
"Where are you going to get a brush?"
"Watch." Heero called out suddenly. "Tas, do you have a hairbrush? And a bit of string." Within moments, the kender had provided everything Heero needed to brush and braid Duo's hair. That done, the braided boy settled into Heero's arms, and relaxed. Heero gently brushed some of Duo's bangs out of the way, and absently stroked Duo's pointed ears.
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By sunrise of the third day, Duo was feeling much better. He and Tas had struck up an instant 'lifelong' friendship, and they were now comparing notes on Heero's many 'faults'. Then something unusual happened. The wagons rolled to a halt early. There was a man, in robes that might once have been white, and wearing a most ridiculous hat. At first glance, he was talking to himself. At second glance, he was talking to the young man sitting beside him. The third glance told the truth. The younger man was trying to placate the old man who was loudly berating... a tree.
"I say, did you hear me? I said move and I meant it!"
"Please, sir, I'm sure the tree didn't really mean to get in your way, um, maybe if we get it to apologise..." the young man seemed a little frazzled, Heero and Duo exchanged glances. They would know that poor bewildered boy anywhere. The guards got sick of the old man's complaints, and threw him into the cage with them. Just out of spite, they also threw in the boy with him. As soon as the draconians moved away, the two pilots pounced on the boy, and drew him to a corner of the cage. Quatre was relieved to see a familiar face.
"You found him Duo," he said in relief. "What about Trowa and Wufei?" Duo sighed.
"Wufei, I haven't seen. Trowa arrived in Solace shortly before the dragonarmies did."
"So he's still there?" Quatre asked. Heero frowned slightly. Duo and Tika never did get around to telling him what had happened to Trowa.
"No. He was in one of the first slave wagons to leave. Since I worked in the inn, I was left behind." Heero just nodded.
"So we'll be going to wherever Trowa is, right?" Heero asked. Duo sighed again.
"I dunno. I think we will, but that isn't really a definite. Gil-" Heero cut in. He had decided to ask something that had been bothering him.
"Duo, are you a kender?" he kept his voice low. Duo looked at him surprised, then smiled ruefully. /Figures that Hee-Chan would guess that./
"Yeah, I am. Well, half kender, anyway." Quatre looked from Duo to Tas.
"What's the other half?" Quatre wanted to know.
"Qualinesti elven." Heero's eyes widened.
"Like Tanis and this Gilthanas?"
"Yep. My father was a senator for Solostaran." It seemed that Tanis heard that.
"What was his name? And yours for that matter." Duo grinned.
"My name's Duo Maxwell, my father was Quivalath." Tanis smiled at that.
"So that makes you Shinigami." Quatre and Heero jumped. They hadn't thought that maybe Shinigami was Duo's real name. Tanis raised an eyebrow at them, then turned back to Duo. "Maybe when we get out of here, you should go to Qualinost and see him." When. Not if, when.
"I haven't decided yet. Maybe he'd be better off without his illegitimate half-breed son showing up on his doorstep." Tanis frowned. Shinigami for some reason actually sounded cheerful. "Who are you anyway? Hee-Chan hasn't told me a thing yet." Tanis relaxed. Slightly. Then frowned again.
"I am Tanis. I am a half-elf, obviously. My mother was sister-in-law to the Speaker of the Sun." Duo just nodded. Then Tanis added, "Hee-Chan?" Duo and Quatre just grinned at each other.
"Long story," they said.
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Gilthanas was getting agitated. Heero wondered what he was planning. Tas and Duo were harassing the gully dwarf, Sestun again. Then he heard a series of bird calls. Tas and Duo had tilted their heads at exactly the same angle, looking so much like brothers that it was uncanny. [not brothers, possibly cousins. Tas has a cousin Earwig Lockpicker. I think that Duo's mother was Earwig's sister.] then he realised that one of those bird calls was coming from Gilthanas. Duo smiled, as Fizban woke.
"Oh good, the elves are here." The old mage said.
"What elves, where?" Tanis said. Heero realised that the elves were firing arrows at the wagons, with no thought for how they would get out. He tuned out the mages discussion of spells. He saw Tas and Duo pooling their lock-picking tools, and coming up short. He watched as Caramon tried to break the bars. Heero even went so far as to help. Nothing. /damn, either these are strong as gundanium, - unlikely - or a few days with bad food has weakened me./ Duo sighed. Then Tas called out.
"Sestun! Your axe! Break the lock!" the gully dwarf began chopping with his decidedly inferior axe. It made no effect on the heavy lock. Then Fizban stood up. There was a bit of discussion, then Raistlin shrieked.
"NO!" then when his attempt to stop the old man failed, he cried out. "Take cover!" Heero grabbed both Tas and Duo out of the way, as a giant fireball ripped from Fizban's fingers.
"Heero! Duo!" Quatre exclaimed. He hadn't seen Heero move the others. He had just seen the fireball heading in their direction. The trio rose again, as Caramon pointed out that the floor was on fire. Duo and Tas both grabbed the ends of their hair from the now burning floor. Quatre sighed with relief. Then moved forward, as the Aghar struck the lock once more. The superheated lock exploded, and they escaped, into the Qualinesti forest. Porthios spoke briefly to them, then elven warriors surrounded them. Duo looked wistful. He seemed to gravitate towards Tanis now.
To Quatre's surprise, Heero didn't object. He just followed the other boy, keeping a firm hold on his braid. /Maybe he understands that Duo needs Tanis. The half-elves staying together./ He sighed softly. /This will not be easy on either of them. Duo said he wasn't of age yet, that means that his father has the right to keep him here. That's always supposing that he doesn't just disown his half-breed son outright. And I couldn't tell which would be worse from Duo's view.
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Wufei glanced up at the woman who entered the library. He watched her thoughtfully, she was the only person who had entered since he had arrived. He had been doing odd jobs around the city, to survive. A couple of mercenary jobs had come up. But... who was she? She seemed familiar somehow. The woman turned slightly slanted eyes upon him. She had long chestnut hair, pulled into a low ponytail. The girl moved forward.
"Do you work here?" she asked warily.
"No." Wufei turned back to his book. The girl frowned. Then she slammed a dagger, blade first, into the desk before him.
"Listen! A war is coming! I need this information to aid my people! Now listen human! Either help he, or point me to someone else who can!" He was startled by her vehemence, and shrugged. /Human? Well, maybe I could try to help her. She does seem very familiar./ he saw the pointed ears.
"Very well. I am Wufei." /She fits the description I have read of an elf./
"Good. I am Nemesis of Qualinost."
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Guess who Wufei met!! Like it? Let me know.
Recap,
Heero, Duo, Quatre - Qualinost.
Trowa - Pax Tharkas
Wufei - with Nemesis. (you think after all this effort, I'll just tell you where he is? if you know the story, you should guess where Wufei is hiding.)
Kend
Gundam Wing isn't mine. DragonLance isn't mine. Nothing is mine, not even my hair colour.
I thought that with all the descriptions of Duo, it would be funny to see Heero interact with a kender. Then I thought of this. Yaoi, X-over, AU. Duo as a kender... scary. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
/thoughts/
Part 6 - Captured!
Tika sighed. The inn was near empty. Most of the regular patrons had been sent to the mines. Shin had taken to running around at night. She didn't ask, and he didn't tell, but they both knew that he'd been killing the draconians secretly. Tika hoped Shin didn't get caught doing this. He had said that he was going to see Theros about mending his throwing knives. She spoke briefly to the stranger that entered. Then she saw several familiar faces.
"Oh, Caramon, I knew you'd come back for me! Take me with you! Please, please!" she whispered. Throughout the conversation that followed, Tika couldn't help wondering what Shin was doing. /Please let him stay out of trouble./ Then one of the less familiar faces spoke up.
"Have you seen some more strangers lately?" She looked at him oddly. "Four young men. One has curly blonde hair and blue eyes. Looks more innocent than he is. Another has black hair pulled back in a tight ponytail, with dark eyes. He might make a long speech about justice. The next has a long brown fringe covering green eyes, he's very quiet. The last has a long chestnut braid with violet eyes. HE never shuts up. He acts a lot like a kender actually." Tika froze. The last two sounded like Shin and his friend, Trowa. She ran back to get more potatoes for Caramon, not answering the boy. /What if he's after Shin for those killings?/ She saw faint disappointment in his eyes. Almost unnoticeable really. But it was there. Maybe... /I'll tell him when I get back,/ she resolved.
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Duo looked up, he could see Theros in his forge. The draconians were wrecking it. Throwing nails in the melting pots, smashing the moulds, making holes in the walls... Duo moved forward slowly, gripping the stout staff that he had gotten Theros to make to his specifications when the dragons had first come to Solace. His fingers slid along the thick shaft, searching for that spot...
The shop was in ruins, the draconians told Theros that he was under arrest. He drew a sword and a throwing knife. There were four draconians surrounding Theros. Duo grinned. He flicked the switch on his staff. With a soft *snick*, a slender blade slid out of the thick wood. Holding his scythe firmly, Shinigami flipped his black hood over his head, and moved into the fight.
Theros lifted his head in surprise, a black cloaked figure had joined him. Then he recognised both braid and scythe. The elven boy, Shin. The citizens had scattered in alarm, leaving the silent pair to fight the draconians alone. Duo stared in horror, as a draconian materialised behind the smith. He gave a warning cry.
"Theros!" He shuddered as the draconian brought its sword down in an arc, severing Theros' right arm, just below the shoulder. Duo gave a strangled cry. He barely felt the draconians beating him bloody, all he could see was Theros' arm, laying on the ground, just a few feet from the smith himself. Then, blessedly, everything went dark.
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They were slumped in the cage. Heero glanced at Tika occasionally. She looked like she was struggling with some sort of decision. He looked around the rest of the group. They were all in varying degrees of shock. Even the kender was a little subdued. There was a scuffle. Two figures were thrown into the cage. The dark skinned man was identified as Theros Ironfeld. The other...
"Duo!" Heero breathed in shock, looking at the black cloaked figure. Tika looked over. She gasped. Duo's hair had come loose, and was tangled and knotted, his face was marred with bruises, and he was silent. Heero watched the unconscious boy. He reached out cautiously, as Goldmoon made her way to his side. He glanced over at the other that had been thrown in with Duo, but turned back to the braided boy. He relaxed as he saw that, as usual, Goldmoon's prayer had done the trick. Silently he gathered Duo close, then with a sigh, closed his eyes, and began to relax.
"Excuse me." Tika spoke softly. Heero opened his eyes a crack. "How do you know him? Shin, I mean."
"Why didn't you tell me you knew him? It would be pretty hard to miss a braid that long." Tika blushed, then answered.
"For all I knew you could be after him for what he's been doing after dark." She saw his puzzled look. "He's been killing various members of the dragonarmy in Solace." Heero nodded. /That sounds like Duo alright. Shin. Shinigami. Damn baka./
"Did you see any of the others I asked about?"
"Just one. The boy with the long fringe. He-" They stopped the conversation as Duo woke.
"He-Heero? Tika? What happened?" Tika relaxed at once. Shin would be fine. Then he sat up. "Theros! Is he-" Heero pulled him back down.
"Baka. Just rest. You were badly beaten." Duo looked puzzled at that.
"I was? But I can't-" Heero smirked.
"Goldmoon is a very good healer." That seemed to satisfy Duo.
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Duo sighed. Theros would be fine, except that he would be a cripple. One arm. No more of his fine smith work. He felt Heero's hand on his shoulder. He hadn't tried to talk to any of Heero's travelling companions. Well, except for the kender. Tas was fun. Fun enough to make up for Heero's silence at least. Heero's arms tightened around him, making him feel safer. He spared time to send a brief prayer for the safety of the other pilots, where were they? He felt Heero touch his shoulder.
"Do you want me to braid your hair?"
"Where are you going to get a brush?"
"Watch." Heero called out suddenly. "Tas, do you have a hairbrush? And a bit of string." Within moments, the kender had provided everything Heero needed to brush and braid Duo's hair. That done, the braided boy settled into Heero's arms, and relaxed. Heero gently brushed some of Duo's bangs out of the way, and absently stroked Duo's pointed ears.
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By sunrise of the third day, Duo was feeling much better. He and Tas had struck up an instant 'lifelong' friendship, and they were now comparing notes on Heero's many 'faults'. Then something unusual happened. The wagons rolled to a halt early. There was a man, in robes that might once have been white, and wearing a most ridiculous hat. At first glance, he was talking to himself. At second glance, he was talking to the young man sitting beside him. The third glance told the truth. The younger man was trying to placate the old man who was loudly berating... a tree.
"I say, did you hear me? I said move and I meant it!"
"Please, sir, I'm sure the tree didn't really mean to get in your way, um, maybe if we get it to apologise..." the young man seemed a little frazzled, Heero and Duo exchanged glances. They would know that poor bewildered boy anywhere. The guards got sick of the old man's complaints, and threw him into the cage with them. Just out of spite, they also threw in the boy with him. As soon as the draconians moved away, the two pilots pounced on the boy, and drew him to a corner of the cage. Quatre was relieved to see a familiar face.
"You found him Duo," he said in relief. "What about Trowa and Wufei?" Duo sighed.
"Wufei, I haven't seen. Trowa arrived in Solace shortly before the dragonarmies did."
"So he's still there?" Quatre asked. Heero frowned slightly. Duo and Tika never did get around to telling him what had happened to Trowa.
"No. He was in one of the first slave wagons to leave. Since I worked in the inn, I was left behind." Heero just nodded.
"So we'll be going to wherever Trowa is, right?" Heero asked. Duo sighed again.
"I dunno. I think we will, but that isn't really a definite. Gil-" Heero cut in. He had decided to ask something that had been bothering him.
"Duo, are you a kender?" he kept his voice low. Duo looked at him surprised, then smiled ruefully. /Figures that Hee-Chan would guess that./
"Yeah, I am. Well, half kender, anyway." Quatre looked from Duo to Tas.
"What's the other half?" Quatre wanted to know.
"Qualinesti elven." Heero's eyes widened.
"Like Tanis and this Gilthanas?"
"Yep. My father was a senator for Solostaran." It seemed that Tanis heard that.
"What was his name? And yours for that matter." Duo grinned.
"My name's Duo Maxwell, my father was Quivalath." Tanis smiled at that.
"So that makes you Shinigami." Quatre and Heero jumped. They hadn't thought that maybe Shinigami was Duo's real name. Tanis raised an eyebrow at them, then turned back to Duo. "Maybe when we get out of here, you should go to Qualinost and see him." When. Not if, when.
"I haven't decided yet. Maybe he'd be better off without his illegitimate half-breed son showing up on his doorstep." Tanis frowned. Shinigami for some reason actually sounded cheerful. "Who are you anyway? Hee-Chan hasn't told me a thing yet." Tanis relaxed. Slightly. Then frowned again.
"I am Tanis. I am a half-elf, obviously. My mother was sister-in-law to the Speaker of the Sun." Duo just nodded. Then Tanis added, "Hee-Chan?" Duo and Quatre just grinned at each other.
"Long story," they said.
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Gilthanas was getting agitated. Heero wondered what he was planning. Tas and Duo were harassing the gully dwarf, Sestun again. Then he heard a series of bird calls. Tas and Duo had tilted their heads at exactly the same angle, looking so much like brothers that it was uncanny. [not brothers, possibly cousins. Tas has a cousin Earwig Lockpicker. I think that Duo's mother was Earwig's sister.] then he realised that one of those bird calls was coming from Gilthanas. Duo smiled, as Fizban woke.
"Oh good, the elves are here." The old mage said.
"What elves, where?" Tanis said. Heero realised that the elves were firing arrows at the wagons, with no thought for how they would get out. He tuned out the mages discussion of spells. He saw Tas and Duo pooling their lock-picking tools, and coming up short. He watched as Caramon tried to break the bars. Heero even went so far as to help. Nothing. /damn, either these are strong as gundanium, - unlikely - or a few days with bad food has weakened me./ Duo sighed. Then Tas called out.
"Sestun! Your axe! Break the lock!" the gully dwarf began chopping with his decidedly inferior axe. It made no effect on the heavy lock. Then Fizban stood up. There was a bit of discussion, then Raistlin shrieked.
"NO!" then when his attempt to stop the old man failed, he cried out. "Take cover!" Heero grabbed both Tas and Duo out of the way, as a giant fireball ripped from Fizban's fingers.
"Heero! Duo!" Quatre exclaimed. He hadn't seen Heero move the others. He had just seen the fireball heading in their direction. The trio rose again, as Caramon pointed out that the floor was on fire. Duo and Tas both grabbed the ends of their hair from the now burning floor. Quatre sighed with relief. Then moved forward, as the Aghar struck the lock once more. The superheated lock exploded, and they escaped, into the Qualinesti forest. Porthios spoke briefly to them, then elven warriors surrounded them. Duo looked wistful. He seemed to gravitate towards Tanis now.
To Quatre's surprise, Heero didn't object. He just followed the other boy, keeping a firm hold on his braid. /Maybe he understands that Duo needs Tanis. The half-elves staying together./ He sighed softly. /This will not be easy on either of them. Duo said he wasn't of age yet, that means that his father has the right to keep him here. That's always supposing that he doesn't just disown his half-breed son outright. And I couldn't tell which would be worse from Duo's view.
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Wufei glanced up at the woman who entered the library. He watched her thoughtfully, she was the only person who had entered since he had arrived. He had been doing odd jobs around the city, to survive. A couple of mercenary jobs had come up. But... who was she? She seemed familiar somehow. The woman turned slightly slanted eyes upon him. She had long chestnut hair, pulled into a low ponytail. The girl moved forward.
"Do you work here?" she asked warily.
"No." Wufei turned back to his book. The girl frowned. Then she slammed a dagger, blade first, into the desk before him.
"Listen! A war is coming! I need this information to aid my people! Now listen human! Either help he, or point me to someone else who can!" He was startled by her vehemence, and shrugged. /Human? Well, maybe I could try to help her. She does seem very familiar./ he saw the pointed ears.
"Very well. I am Wufei." /She fits the description I have read of an elf./
"Good. I am Nemesis of Qualinost."
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Guess who Wufei met!! Like it? Let me know.
Recap,
Heero, Duo, Quatre - Qualinost.
Trowa - Pax Tharkas
Wufei - with Nemesis. (you think after all this effort, I'll just tell you where he is? if you know the story, you should guess where Wufei is hiding.)
Kend