Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Angel and the Assassin ❯ What's a Ninja? ( Chapter 5 )

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The Angel and the Assassin




Chapter 5: What's A Ninja?



"Well? What happened?" Duo begged once again of Heero who was perched on the window sill of Trowa and Wufei's hospital room. Quatre wasn't begging but he seemed on the verge of it as he sat in the chair next to Trowa's bed. The only indication that Trowa was interested was the slight tilt of his head in Heero's direction. Wufei seemed to be ignoring them all and Heero finally turned away from staring out the window to answer Duo's persistent questioning.

He spoke quietly of how he had found out that Quatre was a target and who Kage was. Then he told of how he had found Quatre and Trowa and the tiny battle that had ensued with Wufei and that backup had arrived while they were checking Quatre and Trowa. Shadow had been apprehended and thrown in a cell for interrogation later.

"Um... I have a question," Quatre spoke up softly. Heero motioned for him to continue. "What's a ninja?"

That got Wufei's attention and he turned to look at Quatre in mild surprise. Then he shrugged. "I can explain it to you, Winner."

The others raised their eyebrows in surpise. Wufei wasn't usually one to explain things to anyone. Quatre leaned forward expectantly.

"Ninja's," Wufei began, "are usually a group of people who live in the mountains in Japan. There are different clans and their fighting styles vary slightly in each, but all of them are deadly. From the time they're born they are trained to fight. It's a hard life of strict rules and long grueling hours of harsh training. Their fighting styles are usually ninjitsu or variations of it and they aren't allowed to leave their clans."

"Why not?" Duo interrupted eagerly.

Wufei narrowed his eyes slightly at the interruption, but answered him nonetheless. "Because they would be considered a traitor, and they cannot teach their martial art to anyone outside the clan. It is forbidden."

Quatre raised his hand slightly. "How do you know so much about them?" he asked, when Wufei acknowledged him.

"I was required to study the history of different martial arts during my training, but I do not know the actual moves in their fighting style. That reminds me, Yuy," Wufei said, turning to the silent young man at the window. "There's something that bothers me about this so-called ninja."

Heero nodded in agreement. "I know. Why wouldn't an assassin just kill his target with the first blow? Especially a ninja. It doesn't make sense."

"Neither does the fact that he showed up out in the open," Wufei remarked thoughtfully. "This ninja was definitely up to something since he didn't kill Barton or try to finish Winner off. But what's even stranger than that is that when we were fighting he didn't want to kill me."

"How do you know for sure, Wufei?" Trowa spoke up for the first time.

Wufei turned to his hospital room-mate and paused before saying softly, "Because as much as I hate to admit it, I would have been dead already. That guy was holding back and I don't know why he turned his back on me. That was incredibly stupid. Unless, it was planned."

Heero nodded. "That's why I'm worried. I told Sally to be extremely careful while checking his injuries."

"Speaking of Sally," a voice said at the doorway, "I happen to have a very interesting report for you."

Heero stood up quickly. "What is it?"

Sally rolled her eyes slightly. "You're so impatient!" Getting no response, she sighed. "All right, the prisoner doesn't have any injuries except for the one from Wufei and after reading the report you gave me, Heero, I have to say we're going to have our hands full when this Shadow person becomes more alert."

Quatre raised an eyebrow. "He's unconscious?"

"I had him drugged before they put him in the cell," Heero explained.

"Isn't that illegal?" Trowa mused quietly.

Sally shrugged. "It doesn't matter since it had no effect."

Heero narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean it had no effect? You just said he wasn't alert."

"No. I said we had have our hands full when Kage becomes more alert. Meaning that this ninja is just recovering from that head injury and the drugs have nothing to do with it. Wouldn't even let me get close enough to give a real check-up."

"We're going to have to be extra cautious while interrogating him."

"Is he really that dangerous, Heero?" Duo questioned somewhat doubtfully.

Heero looked askance at him. "He nearly defeated Wufei in hand to hand combat, or have you forgotten?"

"Oh yeah. He's definitely bad news."

"Uh... Excuse me, but I must correct you on your usage of gender,"Sally interrupted with a mischievous grin.

"Nani?!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Sally paused a little for effect before announcing smugly, "I'm fairly certain Kage is a female!"



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A.N. All the information about ninjas in this chapter is basically taken from the instruction booklet for the game Dead or Alive. It made sense so I used it. Go ahead and laugh, but if you do then at least favor me with a review. Please be patient for the next chapter. I don't know when I'll get it out but I'm trying. ^_^;;