Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Is there really such a thing as Dreaming? ❯ Chapter 11

Title: Is there really such a thing as Dreaming?

Author: Skeren Dreamera

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Categ ory: Yaoi/Shounen Ai, Fantasy, and Partially AU

Pairings: R+1, 1x2, 4x3, 4+3 (Vier), 5+6, mystery stabber+2, 4(Vier)+Catherine, 4+4, 11+2, R+D, 11+9, 11+1.

Rating: R

Warnings: Supernatural, crossdressing

Spoilers: None

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Disclaimer: I only own those beautiful original characters and the names of the characters that I came up with that were never in the series. I do not, however, own the Gundam boys and girls.

Notes: Look, oh radiant ones named reviewers, the chapter that nearly killed the story!

Everything that happened in the next few seconds equated roughly to chaos. The blond figure moved first, dodging out of the bushes with an exposed knife in his hand as he dove towards Duo. Duo turned and caught sight of the bare knife in the person's hand and sprung to action, tackling the man into the grass only to freeze as he stared into his green eyes in shock.

Treize and Heero moved as one, Heero plucking Duo from his frozen position as Treize verbally assaulted the man who Duo had tackled. "You aren't welcome around here! Leave now while you still breathe!"

An elfin man dressed all in white and silver moved forward, his free banner of metallic red hair falling in a spill all around him as he glared at the person Treize was threatening. He then moved to Duo and knelt by he and Heero, studying his face, the delicate features frozen on concentration before he sighed a little. "Just a bit shocky."

Lady Une, perceiving a threat to her crush, moved forward as well, circling the prone blond in fire that wasn't even scorching the grass around it, but reached from ground to tree in bars. "You aren't going anywhere!"

Duo blinked then shook his head, resting a hand on each of the people that were holding him, and they suddenly found themselves in a pile with Vier, Quatre and Trowa on the other side of the circle, thus hindering Noin from aiding her partner. All in all, things were a mess rather suddenly.

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It was a good fifteen minutes before everyone worked themselves out. Duo was staring at the man in the cage rather avidly, violet eyes locked on green as he tried to understand why the person he'd cared for so much in his own place and time was trying to kill him here. It was a bit much to take in. Of course, Duo being who he was, he shook off the reaction at last, turning to look at the metallic redhead who was seated beside Heero, both being silent as they watched Duo flicked glances over at the blonde. He finally stomped over to Heero and the redhead, hands lifting his feminine attire a bit to slightly ruin the affect, but it was a better idea than tripping in his own opinion.

"Who are you?" Duo directed this to the redhead, releasing his skirt to cross his arms, an impressive glare given to the person who had previously declared him 'shocky.'

"I can see you're in a mood today aren't you? I happen to be Carlin Vagara, an old friend of Heero here." Carlin tipped his head to the side to indicate the teen sitting beside him, as though it were not obvious in the first place.

Heero smirked at the action, sending an amused glance towards Carlin. "He and I have a bit of history. He's not exclusive to this dream world."

"Now how's that?" Duo adjusted his clothes, settling down onto the grass as his eyebrows hiked.

"I deal in dreams. Unfortunately I've found myself trapped here for the time being until you all go somewhere else." Carlin twirled his fingers together, giving Duo a bright smile that revealed rather sharp white teeth.

Duo eyed him then shook his head. "Right."

Carlin inclined his head again, a smirk coming to, and lingering on his lips.

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Treize glared at the blonde that was trapped behind the bars, eyes narrowed in menace. "How could you dare to try to hurt him?"

The glare was returned equally from the blonde. "How could I not? He's hurting me right now by being with that prissy emotion controller! I bet that the emotions aren't even real and he's just using him anyway."

Une turned in place and growled at Solo, driving him back as the flames made his area of confinement smaller. "Look you, Lord Pain would never do such a thing! He is an honorable and forthright man who deserves no such slurs against him!"

Solo snorted, shaking his head. "He's been acting strange though hasn't he? Take a look, he's all closed in over there now isn't he? All of them! They aren't even the same people you both know at all! Just look at them!" Solo gestured a bit and winced as his hand hit the flame. He wasn't oblivious. Obsessed, yes, crazy, indubitably, but unobservant? No, not the least little bit. He knew what he saw, and what he was seeing right then as those who knew each other still in this other world talked. Since when did the king, no matter how playful or mischievous, talk to a guard outside orders? It wasn't normal, and he didn't like it. He waited until one of those gathered around his cage looked, then looked back.

"And what business is it of yours if they are acting differently than they normally would?" This came from the black haired person that had come to be claimed at Quatre's relative, his arms crossed and a bemused smirk on his face. "I find I rather like the changes."

Solo narrowed his eyes. "You would, you twisted freak."

"Now, now, you live in a little glass house little prisoner, it would be good of you to remember that. But if you are so very observant, did you figure out anything to change them back while you were snooping about?" The turquoise eyes turned to peer at the laughing blonde figure who was righting Duo on his feet after he took a particularly bad misstep as he ranted and ended up sprawled out on the grass.

Solo snorted, noting he had at least Treize's attention. "Fine, I know how to put them back. They've been trying to figure it out themselves, though I'll admit not very hard, and they completely missed how to go back wherever it is they came from. Just get them all organized the right way, have them summon their element and poof, that's it. Not that hard at all. You just have to have all of them to do it." He sounded far to smug, but the only way to disprove him was to do it, and once it was done, then everything would be back to how it should be, and he would have his cross dresser back. Right?

Vier swiveled his head back to look at Solo, who also had Treize and Une's full attention. "And you know how to do this do you? If we let you out, and you promise not to do anyone harm, then I think you should be allowed to show us how to do this little thing. If it doesn't work, then nothing is lost."

Treize narrowed his eyes at the smug man within the fire, clenching his fists. "How do we know that he isn't about to destroy all of us with some spell that cannot be fixed?"

Zechs had wandered back, and answered it for the others. "We don't. He might just kill us all, but I want to try it. Let him out."

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Once everyone's attention had been gotten, Une let her cage of fire sink back into the soil that she had pulled it from. Solo looked far too pleased with himself. He was ever so confident that he would have his Duo back within a few minutes.

"Alright, I have to arrange you... I'll walk to a spot and ask for the element and whoever it is comes to me. From the inside out then..." Solo moved a decent distance from the tree, well aware that he wouldn't go any further than the group wanted to if they really put their minds to it. "First I need Spirit to come here and stand."

Heero moved forward, a smirk on his lips as he saw Solo's eyes narrow. "And what would I be doing? Just standing?"

Solo glared. "For the moment." He then moved to the north, gesturing a little. "Earth come here." He waited until Trowa came to stand silently in place before moving a few paces clockwise. "Dust next."

Dorothy wasn't so quiet as Trowa, heaving an exaggerated sigh as she came to stand beside the other arrogant blond. "Honestly, you are making far to big a show out of this. It isn't about you."

Solo lifted his chin. "I'll get what I want out of it, so what does it matter?" He then moved to the eastern position. "Air."

Duo moved forward, chin lifted as he steadfastly ignored the person who was confusing him so badly even as he strove to keep his childhood memories pure. This person and the other were not the same, he had to remember that. "Go to the next person and stop leering at me."

Solo rolled his eyes. "Soon." He moved to the southeastern quarter. "Smoke." Sally moved forward, then threw her arms wide as she nearly fell. Solo shook his head in disgust. He then moved to the southern part. "Fire."

Wufei moved forward, catching the look of sheer annoyance on Solo's face. "I'll know if you do anything to hurt us."

"Of course you will Sorcerer, of course you will." Solo shook his head, moving to the position of southwest. "Steam."

Relena moved forward, her eyes immediately finding Heero and becoming pinned on him as she wondered why he was in the middle. "Why is he there?"

Solo growled. "Because Spirit has to be." He then moved to the west. "Water."

Quatre moved forward, sighing softly as he picked up on Solo's thoughts. "Please, I can hear you. This might not work, and I'm fairly certain that Duo would never do that anyway."

Solo shook his head, then moved to the northwest position. "Mud." Catherine slipped forward, leaving Noin, Une, Treize, Zechs, Vier, Nataku and Carlin watching. Solo then moved inside the ring of seven people, frowning a bit as he tried how to do the next bit. "Lava." He'd come to stand between Trowa and Heero. Une was all too pleased to come and stand where she had an unblocked view of her crush. Solo shook his head, moving to stand between Duo and Heero. "Fog."

Noin moved forward, muttering to herself with questions as to how she got tangled up in 'the noble's business,' apparently annoyed about the turn that the situation had taken. "Honestly..."

This left Treize and Zechs standing idly by as the others started to shift on their feet, apparently getting a little twitchy with the time consuming process. "Time, you have to walk, circle around the outside of everyone." He waited until Treize got near the circle before speaking again. "Go counter clockwise."

Treize turned, going the opposite direction he'd intended. "Like this you mean."Solo nodded, looking at the remaining people. "And Self has a rather more involved role than the others." He waited until Zechs approached, eyebrows lifted. "Figures the king would have that role." Solo muttered this, walking out of the pattern and gesturing for Zechs to start at the north and walk counter clockwise. "You have to touch time, and walk between him and the circle." Solo took a deep breath. "As you walk, touch each person starting with Time, then Earth and so forth on an inward spiral, whisper their element, and the person touched is to activate their most basic elemental power. You active yours last when you touch spirit last." Solo then moved back. It was all up to them now. "Soon I'll have Duo back." Solo didn't see Nataku shaking her head.

Zechs blinked, walking opposite of Treize and feeling, admittedly, a little silly before he brushed hands with Treize and a flash of a myriad of futures and pasts swept out, then those outside the circle seemed to slow. "Time." It no longer felt silly. He had passed Trowa already, so he didn't touch him until he came around a second time, resting his hand on his shoulder. "Earth." Trowa opened his arms slightly, the grass around them growing quickly upwards to form a circled barrier just outside the edge of Treize's shoulder. Those outside the circle could no longer be seen. Zechs barely refrained from stumbling on his steps as all the grass but the lines that the people of the circle were forming vanished.

"Air." Zechs had instinctively skipped over Dorothy, somehow knowing he wasn't supposed to touch her yet as he rested his fingers lightly against Duo's hip, the wind immediately spinning around them, bringing the thirteen of them, even those moving, a couple inches off the ground. Everyone but Treize and Zechs were moved to face the center.

Zechs let out a stuttered breath, moving to run his fingers through Wufei's unbound hair. "Fire." Closing his eyes, Wufei hummed out a breath, fire shimmering in the air, as though bonding them together as it became brighter around them.

Touching Quatre's back, Zechs whispered yet again. "Water." Where the water came from was a mystery, but it swept over the ground, making almost a mote between Treize and the tall grass he'd moved away from.

Rather than risk getting in Treize's way, Zechs ducked inside the circle, moving past Catherine and Trowa to tough the base of Dorothy's throat. "Dust." Dorothy smirked, sending her power out as small creatures came from the earth itself near her, birds and rodents.

Zechs didn't dare let the new arrivals distract him and he moved to avoid brushing Noin as he passed her, fingers reaching to brush Sally's cheek. "Smoke." Sally closed her eyes, the grass touching the others flaring a blue before they started to smoke, clouding the area with it, but it wasn't choking, instead being revitalizing. Zechs' breathing has picked up, all the powers of those he had touched running through his skin like a hot wire. He wasn't sure he'd still be standing by the time he reached Heero, as it was, his steps were becoming unsteady.

Both hands ended up resting on Relena's shoulders as he bowed his head slightly. "Steam." The bonds in the fire became felt by the others, a little tug like a tracer was being tied to them so that they would not be lost track of as steam joined the smoke in the blue and purple mingling.

Zechs forced his feet, coming next to Catherine, fingers sweeping over her stomach. "Mud." A few more deep breaths of the smoke, trying to stop himself from weaving in place as the ground moved up to caress the floating figures, solidifying the barrier between them and the outside world.

Another step and Zechs put his palm in the middle of Une's back. "Lava." Fire branched out from the ground, joining with the other fire and effectively separating and joining all of them without hurting Zechs as he moved through them.

Zechs nearly fell again, breath hitching as he passed Noin, running his fingers over her back. "Fog." Almost immediately there was the crack of thunder as it began to rain, sheets of it crashing down on some invisible barrier above their heads.

Zechs let himself fall to his knees before Heero, unable to stand any longer as he rested his hands on Heero's thighs. "Spirit, then Self." He somehow knew that leaving himself out would be bad. The second the last two touched, it all became overwhelmingly bright, and they vanished from the clearing. Carlin also vanished, but the rest of those watching were faced with double circles that had an ex from north to south, and east to west scorched into the ground as the plants yielded, the Earth still turned, and the rain still coming down. The thirteen, however, had vanished.

To be continued.