Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ DragonLance - the Shinigami Rewrites ❯ Icewall ( Chapter 11 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: kenderlyn 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 243 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 08.31.2001 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 243 | 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. G-boy torture. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
/thoughts/
Part 11 - Icewall
"Heero! No!" Duo screamed. Trowa and Wufei stared at Duo, stunned.
"Tell me Heero and Quatre weren't in there!" Trowa finally said.
"I..." Duo fell silent, then dropped to his knees. "Heero..." he whispered, desperately. Wufei lightly touched his shoulder.
"Maxwell, we can't stay here. From what I have heard from Barton and Yuy, remaining here will make us targets for the dragonarmies." Duo looked up dully, then rose to his feet.
"k Wu, I hear ya." Then he turned. "Tas!" he ran, away from the inn. He went to where the kender was trapped under some rubble. "Wu, Tro, we gotta lift this beam to get him out." The others nodded, and moved. Duo stood over the kender, while the other two stood a little further along, Trowa to his right, and Wufei to the left. With some difficulty, they started to lift the beam that had Tas trapped. After a moment, Sturm helped, standing near Duo, who moved closer to Trowa, and they strained to lift a beam that Caramon, or even Heero, would have had little trouble with. Finally, they lifted the beam off Tas. Flint dived in to drag the kender out from under the beam. It was with much relief that the four men dropped the beam again.
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Trowa suppressed a sigh. It had been a long trek from Tarsis to Icewall. And now, they were delayed by some ice barbarians. Duo and Tas were talking softly, but Duo hadn't recovered his good humour, or at least, not as much as he had been. The cleric, Raggart, was talking to Laurana. Surprisingly, Duo had turned to Laurana after the group had been separated. /I guess it's racial security or something. Just like what Quatre said he was doing with Tanis when they entered Qualinesti./ Duo sighed.
"I just don't think it's fair. I'm the same age as the others, but Father said they were to act as my guardians." Trowa smiled. Heero had told him of that little tidbit. /Being underage - for an elf - was not something you want to hear about your lover. And I don't think Duo likes being treated like a child./
"Well, just say you're on wanderlust! Kender are allowed to go on wanderlust at sixteen, but officially we aren't of age until twenty-one." Duo looked thoughtful.
"That might work, especially since I am half kender." Wufei rolled his eyes.
"And don't we just know it Maxwell!" Duo gave a slight grin. /He still misses Heero./
The group had been travelling for some time. Flint, Aran, Brian and Gilthanas had been forced to remain with the barbarians, while they travelled with the village's cleric. Duo had grumbled about being stuck with 'old rusty ass' for the duration. /I think Derek's pomposity has made Duo forgive Sturm's comments from before/ Trowa thought. The biggest surprise had been an elven woman they had met with the ice folk. Trowa gave an almost smile when he remembered their reactions.
FLASH
"Nemesis!" Wufei and Duo had stared at each other, while the elven woman answered.
"Wufei! We meet again!' she smiled. Then she stared at Duo. "Shini??!?"
"You know her?" Duo asked Wufei.
"Yes Maxwell. I met the crazy onna in Tarsis. How do you know her?"
"She's my big sister!" There had been two very shocked looks. "Hey Trowa! That's the most expression I've ever seen on your face!"
FLASH
Now, they were on their way to Icewall castle. Duo and Nemesis had spent time catching up on the last fourteen years. Derek hated Nemesis on sight. Mainly because she was able to look after herself, and she supported everyone except him. For some reason, Wufei had ceased his 'weak onna' rants after Nemesis had joined them.
Duo grinned slightly as he walked alongside the cleric, Raggart.
"Don't worry about old rusty ass, Tas!" he called out to the kender. Tas sighed. Then Duo's next words wrung a chuckle from even Trowa and Wufei. "He's just jealous that we've got such lovely hair, and he's going bald!" Derek sputtered impotently for a moment, and Laurana and Nemesis smiled at each other.
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Raggart thought about his strange travelling companions. Sturm was a solemn man, and Derek - rusty ass, as Duo called him - was constantly trying to break the younger knight's will. Sturm remained loyal to Laurana. He admired the elven woman. Nemesis he knew from before the strangers arrived, and even with her superior physical strength, she followed Laurana. Of the others, Tasslehoff Burrfoot was a typical kender. His friend, and apparently the younger brother to Nemesis, Duo Maxwell, was... odd. The same, and yet... there was a darkness hanging over the boy that the cleric couldn't place. Trowa Barton was different again from Duo and Tas. Tall, silent, aloof. He didn't talk, but when he moved there was a strange grace, and he did summersaults and flips with more ease than anyone else would walk. The last of the strange outlanders seemed almost like a Solamnic at first. He used a sword. He spoke of honour and justice. But he was more open than the knights were. He obviously had a close friendship with Duo and Trowa.
When Raggart would have turned back, he later told Trowa his reasons for continuing. Trowa, and Duo and Wufei, thought they were good reasons. He needed to find the truth about Elistan, Laurana wanted him to go, and Derek did not. Duo said that that last would have convinced even Heero against his will.
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"I think we're almost there. Look." Raggart pointed to the opening in the cliff face
"You're just saying that because I suggested we stop!"
"Is it just me or is Derek sulking?" Duo whispered.
"For once Maxwell, it isn't just you."
"You know, Derek, people would be more inclined to listen to you if you were pleasant, like Laurana or Sturm-"
"Not now." Sturm murmured. Derek's face was purple. Duo was biting his hand. Wufei was purple too. From struggling not to laugh. /so much like Maxwell!/ there was a lot of laughing behind hands. Duo silently slipped some walrus blubber into Tas' hands. The kender began to chew. Duo sighed, then with a little smile, turned down the ration that Raggart offered. Duo smiled at Raggart.
"Never mind Raggart, Derek's a pompous asshole anyway!" Nemesis tugged on her brother's braid, then returned to her conversation with Trowa and Wufei.
Duo smirked as he watched the Thanoi approach. Then, with a almost cruel sounding cackle, he pulled out his long black staff. He gripped it tight, then with a soft *snick* the slender blade emerged. Wufei smirked, then with a snarl, he attacked the Thanoi with his katana. As the battle ended, they moved into the library, and Duo smirked at the way Tas taunted Derek. Then the dark elf wizard attacked them. Nemesis and Laurana were being taunted by the Highlord. Duo snarled. Feal-thas slammed the hilt of his sword into Duo's temple. Wufei and Trowa stood over their friend, before they could attack him, he cast the same spell he used on Derek, freezing them. Nemesis cried out, and leapt at the man who dared hurt her little brother. He dealt with her with a dagger in the chest. She slumped. Laurana managed to defeat the Highlord, and when he died, Derek, Wufei and Trowa began to move again. As Elistan healed Sturm and Nemesis, Duo lay there, still unconscious. Wufei didn't hesitate. As the kender returned, with the whereabouts of the Dragon Orb, Wufei settled the unconscious half-elf on the Highlord's bed. They left the castle the next morning, after Duo regained consciousness. Returning to the village, Flint and Gilthanas rejoined the party. Nemesis announced her intention to remain with them. The party made their way north.
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Duo woke with a start.
"Heero!" Trowa and Wufei woke at once. Between the three Gundam pilots, there was no need to verbalise what had happened. A shared dream.
"So we all had it." After a moment, Tas crept into the tent. They hadn't even realised he was gone until that moment, but when he came in they looked at him.
"So did you dream about Silvanesti too?" the kender asked. Duo sighed.
"Yes Tas."
"I saw Heero! And that blonde guy, Cat was it?"
"Quatre." The three said at once.
"Right, Quatre, and... who was that girl who looked like Tika? And all those blonde women, you all seemed to know them!" Duo smiled.
"Alright, the one who looks like Tika is Trowa's sister Catherine, she likes Quatre - the way Tika likes Caramon, the blondes..."
"The blondes are just some women we know from home."
"I'm pretty sure I saw Noin and Une at one point too."
"Yes Maxwell. Maybe we were supposed to see them. I also saw Treize, and he's been dead for nearly four years."
"I know all about dead people... Solo..."
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??? like? There is a little hint at the end there about the next chapter, which will, of course, focus on Silvanesti. I have soooo been looking forward to this chapter, since the beginning.
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. G-boy torture. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
/thoughts/
Part 11 - Icewall
"Heero! No!" Duo screamed. Trowa and Wufei stared at Duo, stunned.
"Tell me Heero and Quatre weren't in there!" Trowa finally said.
"I..." Duo fell silent, then dropped to his knees. "Heero..." he whispered, desperately. Wufei lightly touched his shoulder.
"Maxwell, we can't stay here. From what I have heard from Barton and Yuy, remaining here will make us targets for the dragonarmies." Duo looked up dully, then rose to his feet.
"k Wu, I hear ya." Then he turned. "Tas!" he ran, away from the inn. He went to where the kender was trapped under some rubble. "Wu, Tro, we gotta lift this beam to get him out." The others nodded, and moved. Duo stood over the kender, while the other two stood a little further along, Trowa to his right, and Wufei to the left. With some difficulty, they started to lift the beam that had Tas trapped. After a moment, Sturm helped, standing near Duo, who moved closer to Trowa, and they strained to lift a beam that Caramon, or even Heero, would have had little trouble with. Finally, they lifted the beam off Tas. Flint dived in to drag the kender out from under the beam. It was with much relief that the four men dropped the beam again.
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Trowa suppressed a sigh. It had been a long trek from Tarsis to Icewall. And now, they were delayed by some ice barbarians. Duo and Tas were talking softly, but Duo hadn't recovered his good humour, or at least, not as much as he had been. The cleric, Raggart, was talking to Laurana. Surprisingly, Duo had turned to Laurana after the group had been separated. /I guess it's racial security or something. Just like what Quatre said he was doing with Tanis when they entered Qualinesti./ Duo sighed.
"I just don't think it's fair. I'm the same age as the others, but Father said they were to act as my guardians." Trowa smiled. Heero had told him of that little tidbit. /Being underage - for an elf - was not something you want to hear about your lover. And I don't think Duo likes being treated like a child./
"Well, just say you're on wanderlust! Kender are allowed to go on wanderlust at sixteen, but officially we aren't of age until twenty-one." Duo looked thoughtful.
"That might work, especially since I am half kender." Wufei rolled his eyes.
"And don't we just know it Maxwell!" Duo gave a slight grin. /He still misses Heero./
The group had been travelling for some time. Flint, Aran, Brian and Gilthanas had been forced to remain with the barbarians, while they travelled with the village's cleric. Duo had grumbled about being stuck with 'old rusty ass' for the duration. /I think Derek's pomposity has made Duo forgive Sturm's comments from before/ Trowa thought. The biggest surprise had been an elven woman they had met with the ice folk. Trowa gave an almost smile when he remembered their reactions.
FLASH
"Nemesis!" Wufei and Duo had stared at each other, while the elven woman answered.
"Wufei! We meet again!' she smiled. Then she stared at Duo. "Shini??!?"
"You know her?" Duo asked Wufei.
"Yes Maxwell. I met the crazy onna in Tarsis. How do you know her?"
"She's my big sister!" There had been two very shocked looks. "Hey Trowa! That's the most expression I've ever seen on your face!"
FLASH
Now, they were on their way to Icewall castle. Duo and Nemesis had spent time catching up on the last fourteen years. Derek hated Nemesis on sight. Mainly because she was able to look after herself, and she supported everyone except him. For some reason, Wufei had ceased his 'weak onna' rants after Nemesis had joined them.
Duo grinned slightly as he walked alongside the cleric, Raggart.
"Don't worry about old rusty ass, Tas!" he called out to the kender. Tas sighed. Then Duo's next words wrung a chuckle from even Trowa and Wufei. "He's just jealous that we've got such lovely hair, and he's going bald!" Derek sputtered impotently for a moment, and Laurana and Nemesis smiled at each other.
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Raggart thought about his strange travelling companions. Sturm was a solemn man, and Derek - rusty ass, as Duo called him - was constantly trying to break the younger knight's will. Sturm remained loyal to Laurana. He admired the elven woman. Nemesis he knew from before the strangers arrived, and even with her superior physical strength, she followed Laurana. Of the others, Tasslehoff Burrfoot was a typical kender. His friend, and apparently the younger brother to Nemesis, Duo Maxwell, was... odd. The same, and yet... there was a darkness hanging over the boy that the cleric couldn't place. Trowa Barton was different again from Duo and Tas. Tall, silent, aloof. He didn't talk, but when he moved there was a strange grace, and he did summersaults and flips with more ease than anyone else would walk. The last of the strange outlanders seemed almost like a Solamnic at first. He used a sword. He spoke of honour and justice. But he was more open than the knights were. He obviously had a close friendship with Duo and Trowa.
When Raggart would have turned back, he later told Trowa his reasons for continuing. Trowa, and Duo and Wufei, thought they were good reasons. He needed to find the truth about Elistan, Laurana wanted him to go, and Derek did not. Duo said that that last would have convinced even Heero against his will.
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"I think we're almost there. Look." Raggart pointed to the opening in the cliff face
"You're just saying that because I suggested we stop!"
"Is it just me or is Derek sulking?" Duo whispered.
"For once Maxwell, it isn't just you."
"You know, Derek, people would be more inclined to listen to you if you were pleasant, like Laurana or Sturm-"
"Not now." Sturm murmured. Derek's face was purple. Duo was biting his hand. Wufei was purple too. From struggling not to laugh. /so much like Maxwell!/ there was a lot of laughing behind hands. Duo silently slipped some walrus blubber into Tas' hands. The kender began to chew. Duo sighed, then with a little smile, turned down the ration that Raggart offered. Duo smiled at Raggart.
"Never mind Raggart, Derek's a pompous asshole anyway!" Nemesis tugged on her brother's braid, then returned to her conversation with Trowa and Wufei.
Duo smirked as he watched the Thanoi approach. Then, with a almost cruel sounding cackle, he pulled out his long black staff. He gripped it tight, then with a soft *snick* the slender blade emerged. Wufei smirked, then with a snarl, he attacked the Thanoi with his katana. As the battle ended, they moved into the library, and Duo smirked at the way Tas taunted Derek. Then the dark elf wizard attacked them. Nemesis and Laurana were being taunted by the Highlord. Duo snarled. Feal-thas slammed the hilt of his sword into Duo's temple. Wufei and Trowa stood over their friend, before they could attack him, he cast the same spell he used on Derek, freezing them. Nemesis cried out, and leapt at the man who dared hurt her little brother. He dealt with her with a dagger in the chest. She slumped. Laurana managed to defeat the Highlord, and when he died, Derek, Wufei and Trowa began to move again. As Elistan healed Sturm and Nemesis, Duo lay there, still unconscious. Wufei didn't hesitate. As the kender returned, with the whereabouts of the Dragon Orb, Wufei settled the unconscious half-elf on the Highlord's bed. They left the castle the next morning, after Duo regained consciousness. Returning to the village, Flint and Gilthanas rejoined the party. Nemesis announced her intention to remain with them. The party made their way north.
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Duo woke with a start.
"Heero!" Trowa and Wufei woke at once. Between the three Gundam pilots, there was no need to verbalise what had happened. A shared dream.
"So we all had it." After a moment, Tas crept into the tent. They hadn't even realised he was gone until that moment, but when he came in they looked at him.
"So did you dream about Silvanesti too?" the kender asked. Duo sighed.
"Yes Tas."
"I saw Heero! And that blonde guy, Cat was it?"
"Quatre." The three said at once.
"Right, Quatre, and... who was that girl who looked like Tika? And all those blonde women, you all seemed to know them!" Duo smiled.
"Alright, the one who looks like Tika is Trowa's sister Catherine, she likes Quatre - the way Tika likes Caramon, the blondes..."
"The blondes are just some women we know from home."
"I'm pretty sure I saw Noin and Une at one point too."
"Yes Maxwell. Maybe we were supposed to see them. I also saw Treize, and he's been dead for nearly four years."
"I know all about dead people... Solo..."
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??? like? There is a little hint at the end there about the next chapter, which will, of course, focus on Silvanesti. I have soooo been looking forward to this chapter, since the beginning.