The Voice

Disc 2

By: Quatre Raberba Winner (Quatre-Chan/Onna-Quatre)

Heero, Trowa and Quatre were now out of the forest and on their way to see Dr. Howard, a scientist who has created the world's first airship. They walked at a normal pace, but they felt as if they were going in slow motion.

Heero stopped and faced the others, "Do either of the two of you know where Howard is?"

The couple stopped, looked at Heero, then each other. Both of them shook their heads 'no'.

"I knew it, we're lost..."

"Not exactly." Quatre stepped forward and pointed behind the white knight, "There's a town over there, perhaps someone could point us in the right direction." He smiled and lowered his arm, "Plus we can get some food."

"I have no money."

"Think nothing of it. I'll pay for all three of us. Come on." He ran off in the direction of the town with the lancer and paladin close behind him.

After a minute or two of running to catch up to their blond comrade, they entered the town. Trowa looked at the sign at entrance and read allowed, "Welcome to the town of Vayeate."

"It's so lively here, Trowa. Look at all these people do you think any of them will know where Dr. Howard is?"

"I hope so Quatre." He looked around himself, "Where's Heero?"

The paladin walked up to one of the random people, "Excuse me, do you happen to know how to get to where Dr. Howard lives?"

"Doctor who? I don't know anyone by that name. Sorry." The man walked off.

Again Heero walked up to another person, "Could you tell me where Dr. Howard can be found?"

"Dr. Howard? Who might that be?" she smiled and shook her head after Heero had given her the information, "My apologies, but I'm afraid I don't know this Howard person. Good luck to you though..." she walked away.

"Come on doll face!"

"Let go of me!"

What's all the commotion? Heero waited for his two comrades to catch up to him. Then he, Quatre and Trowa walked over to the large crowd that had begun to form.

A large man pulled on a purple haired girl's arm, "I said come on!"

"You bastard, let me go!!"

"Hey!" an onyx eyed boy stepped in between the girl and the man, "If you want to live, I suggest you leave the lady alone."

"What do you think you can do, kid?"

"A lot more than you can." He brought up his right hand, "Are you going to run or do you want to feel what it's like to have your heart ripped out and shown to you, then the pain of it and your body being set into flames?"

"I'd like to see you try."

"Fine. Powers of the flame come to my aid and burn the flesh of those who stand before you... Hono, I summon thee!" a bright red flash came from his ring. A loud thunderous roar emerged, then before the entire crown stood a fire dragon, "Hono, take care of him."

"Uh... um on second thought, I'll leave your friend alone and be on my way..." he backed away slowly then took off at full speed.

"Hono, return." Another bright flash appeared and the creature was gone. The black haired boy turned and faced his companion, "You all right, Mura?"

"Yes, thank you WuFei."

"A summoner, huh?"

WuFei and Mura glanced over to the three people approaching them. The summoner blinked a few times and then recognized all three.

He bowed before the blond, "Quatre, what brings you to such a place?"

"Please WuFei, there is no reason that you should have to bow to a friend. And you remember Trowa."

WuFei stood up, "Of course." He looked at the paladin, "How's Relena?"

The blue eyed knight cringed, "Don't mention that name... By the way how's Merin?" he smirk slightly knowing that WuFei was not a big fan of his wife.

"Dead."

"What?" Quatre questioned.

"She died when we were attacked by Romefeller and OZ."

"Then who's that?" Trowa asked as he pointed to the female that was next to the summoner.

"This is Mura."

"Hello."

"Hey, are we going to eat or what?" Quatre's aqua eyes shimmered as he looked at the restaurant in front of them.

Heero nodded, "Why don't you two join us?"

"Sounds good. You up to it Mura?"

"Sure, just let me buy a few things first."

"All right we'll meet you there."

The blue eyed girl sat down on the ground after the four boys walked away, then took out a piece of paper and began to write a short letter.

Chi,

All four warriors have joined up faster than I had thought they would. This mission will be over sooner than expected. Please report this to Duke Dermail. I shall report again once we near the Cave of Oblivion.

~ Mura

P.S.: I want to know more about my orders. Not all is clear...

She stood up and tied the note to a carrier pidgin. She pet the bird's head gently, "Take it to the Romefeller Empire..." she whispered, then released the animal into the sky.

~*~*~*

Chi sat out in the middle of the courtyard when a small pigeon land at his feet, "Ah what do we have here?" he took the note off of the animal and read it to him self. A small smirk appeared on his face, "You do not need to know all of this Mura. You just need to do your job and bring that black mage to my Grandfather."

~~~

The five teens once again started on their journey to reach the cave of oblivion, but first they needed to locate Dr. Howard.

"Mura?" the blond spoke up after an hour or so of silence, "Do you happen to know Dr. Howard?"

"Well all I really know is that he's in a house in the middle of the Forest of Sorrow."

"The Forest of Sorrow?" Heero questioned.

"Yes. It's not far from here, but you must pass through the town of Parnois first. It is said that this forest will show anyone who enters something that will cause them a great deal of mental and physical pain. However, Parnois isn't a great treat either."

The black haired summoner arched an eyebrow, "Why?" he was almost afraid to ask. The last time something like this had happened he ended up married to a justice-loving tomboy.

"Uh, well... you see, um. How can I put this? The town is made up of men and women, but it's not what it seems." She chuckled a little, "All the men in the town are gay. Most of the women are lesbians, but all of them act as sergeant mothers."

"What's the problem?" asked the uni-banged lancer.

"The problem is that they won't let anyone else into the town. In other words Quatre and Trowa have no problem, the same with Heero except for the fact that there's no way to prove it. Of course I have no problem, being a woman and all, but WuFei..."

Quatre looked at the summoner, "Well you can pretend to be gay to get through the town, right?"

"No!!"

"Calm down." The purple haired girl put her arm around him, "The only other option is to dress up as a woman."

"I refuse to do either!"

"WuFei, listen to me." Heero said in a rather calm, but ordering tone, "Pick one or the other. If you don't pretend we'll both have to disguise ourselves as females. Going through this town is the only way to get to Dr. Howard."

WuFei sighed, "Fine, but as soon as I'm out of that town you better not speak of this ever again."

Everyone nodded. No one really wanted to argue with WuFei when he was angry. They walked a few more steps and saw a small village ahead.

They entered and took a short look at their surroundings. There weren't too many people roaming about, but with this war going on anyone would want to stay clear. They took a few more steps and entered a clothing store. Mura ran up to the man behind the counter, "Excuse me?"

"Yes? How may I help you young lady?"

"Do you have any clothes that would fit these two?" she pointed to Heero and WuFei.

The man's jaw almost hit the floor, "Miss, this is a women's clothing store. I'm sure you've noticed that. So why would those strong looking men want to dress up as girls?"

"I won't lie to you mister. We made a bet on the way over and they lost and this is the punishment for losing. They have to wear these clothes all the way through the next town."

"Hmm, sounds like a harsh punishment, but all right. Leave these two here with me and come back in two hours."

"Okay! Thank you." She turned on her heals and walked out the door with a giggling Quatre and a smirking Trowa.

* * *

The two hours had passed and the three that had left returned and awaited the revealing of their two friends. Mura ran up to the manager, "Are our friends ready to go?" she smiled.

"Yes, but I'm not sure if they're or the town are ready for this." He walked over to one of the dressing rooms, "You can come out now."

Heero stepped out of the room. He was dressed in a black silk dress and had very little, but some make up on his face. He grunted, "I'm not liking this..." Quatre scooted over to the other dressing room, "WuFei, you in there?"

"I am NOT coming out!"

The blond giggled, "But we have to go. So come on!"

WuFei, like Heero, grunted and stepped out. He wore a light purple blouse, a black skirt that went to his knees and black high-heals. And he too had a small a mount of make up applied to his face. He glared at the girl, "I'm not going!"

"Yes, you are. And you need to act more like a lady... Miss Chang."

"Shut up, onna."

Trowa held up a bag and looked at everyone. Resisting the urge to laugh, he cleared his throat, "Your clothes are in this bag, so once through the next town you can change."

Reluctantly the two 'women' nodded. Quatre looked at the manager, "How much do we owe you?"

"It's on the house, on one condition though."

"And what would that be?" Mura asked.

"That when you ever come back to this town you let me know what happened."

Mura and Quatre looked at each other, then at a chuckling Trowa, then to the two dressed in drag who seemed to be saying they will kill them if they agree, then back at each other. Their grins grew wider as they said in unison, "Deal." And with that the party left and were now on their way to Parnois.

* * *

After a somewhat of a hike, the five adventurers had reached the town of Parnois, however the poor summoner was putting up a very good fight about going in.

"I refuse to be seen like this!"

"But WuFei," the girl spook in a soft voice trying to hide her giggles, "We have to otherwise we'll never get to the Cave of Oblivion."

He sighed, "Fine, lets just go..." he hung his head as they entered. As they made their way in Heero and WuFei tried to hide their faces, while Quatre and Trowa walked in arm in arm.

As they walked in one of the random girls walked up behind WuFei and grabbed his butt. She grinned, "My, aren't you fit..." she purred.

He glared at her, "Could you let go?" he said in a feminine voice. Well as well as he could anyway.

"No way, what do you say that you and I get a little closer... Hm?"

"Excuse me." the purpled haired girl approached, "But she is already spoken for."

"Oh really?!"

She nodded and planted a full fledge kiss onto the summoner's lips. He blinked and nodded in agreement that Mura was with him. The girl just flipped her hair and walked off. The two of them looked back to the group that was no longer there and then spotted the paladin being groped by another horny woman.

"Come on, come home with me..."

"I'd rather not." Came the 'feminine' reply.

"Oh, but you'll have so much fun baring children with 'me'."

"Hey!" Mura hollered as she ran towards the Prussian eyed boy and his new friend, "Sorry, but she is not up for grabs. She has a girlfriend in Vishira. As you can see you need to keep your hands off the... soon to be queen."

She backed off and bowed, "I'm so sorry. Please continue on your way." She walked away, but not before hitting WuFei on the ass.

"I hate this town..." he muttered.

The ground then began to shake. As the group of people tried to find shelter, Heero, WuFei and Mura had located their two friends. As they ran, they could see that the two boys were ready to fight. The three of them stood next to and behind them, and in front of them were two men from Romefeller.

One of them smirked, "What's shaken'?" he made the ground quake again causing the middle of the dirt path split.

"Bad pun. But never the less we will not let you pass..." he threw a couple throwing stars at the raven-haired summoner.

WuFei moved to his right, but fell to the ground. As he stood he took off the heels and glared at his female companion, "How do you women fight in these things!" he threw one of them at the man that had thrown the throwing star. And caused the heel to in bed itself in his eye when it had made contact.

"AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yanked the shoe from his face, his eyes ball was still attached to the heel. He covered the bleeding socket, "Get rid of them!" he commanded.

"Quake!"

"Uh-oh!" Quatre quickly shut his eyes and cast a spell, "Float!" Just as the word had been said they were lifted into the air right when the earth had crumbled under their feet.

Trowa moved downwards with his spear drawn. When he made it close to one of the men he wound up getting his lance stuck into the ground, "Damn it!"

The earth caster moved behind Heero and grabbed him, "Admit it..." he moved his hand ALL over the paladin's body, "You're a man." He moved towards Heero's crotch.

"And what would give you THAT idea?!" he elbowed his captor and moved away. He gave him a death glare, "Now I see why women think men are perverts!"

"You'll regret that. Earth Hammer!"

"Yuy, watch it!" he ran to his friend's side pushing him out of the rock hammer's way. He covered him slightly and held out his right hand, "Aisu, come forth!"

A large ice dragon appeared and stood in front of its master. The ninja laughed, "Lets see how that dragon likes to be poisoned..." he threw some poisonous darts.

The dragon screamed in pain once the darts hit. It fell to the ground and vanished back into WuFei's ring. As the raven-haired boy looked at his ring his whole body began to shake, his breathing had become heavy, then he fell to the ground just as his dragon had done.

"WuFei!" he held his friend in his arms and watched him cough up blood, "What happened, WuFei? The dragon got hit, not you."

"I feel the poison... Whenever they get... hurt I feel... there... PAIN!!!!" he held his chest.

"Cure All!!" The paladin called, but nothing happened. "Damn it, why isn't working?!"

"Because." The ninja spoke, "I must be defeated before you begin to heal the effects..." he took out more darts, "Who's next?"

Mura glared at her two comrades. she shook her head, "We may both work for Romefeller, but I don't think Duke Dermail would appreciate you interfering..." she whispered to herself. When none of them were looking she took cover in between two houses. I have to aim this just right... she held out her hand so that it was facing the two Romefeller flunkies, "Flare Star!!!!!"

The two men were engulfed by flames and then they exploded, causing their body parts to fly all over the town. Quatre turned pale, "Gross..." he and Trowa landed and ran towards Heero.

WuFei's breathing had begun to straighten out. Heero side in relief, "You okay?"

"I've been better. I'll feel okay once I'm out of these clothes..." he saw the Prussian eyed boy nod and then saw Mura approaching them with someone next to her.

"Everyone, this is Blade. He's the head of Parnois."

Everyone gulped. The man smiled, "Come to my place and you can get out of those ridiculous outfits."

As the five of them sat in Blade's home, they watched him pace back and forth. He stopped in mid walk to the left and looked at the Paladin, "You're stories are so unreal, why would you want to take your chances against something like that?"

"Because it should end this meaning and senseless fighting."

The man nodded, "I too want peace and most of all I would like for people outside of this town to understand the ways of this towns occupants."

"If you can get them to control their emotions and their hands than maybe other people will." The summoner announced.

"Well you and Heero did look really sexy in those skirts..." he winked at WuFei.

The onyx-eyed boy blushed. Mura looked from WuFei to Blade. She giggled slightly before she spoke, "At any rate we need to head to the Cave of Oblivion, but as you know we need to head through the Forest of Sorrow. Is there anything you can do so we won't have to go through?"

"Hm... Well there is no way around it however I can give you something to make it easier on you all." He walked over to the fireplace mantel and opened a small jewelry box. He took out five objects and handed one to each person, "These are known as the Guardian Earrings. If you equip them they will protect you from the forest's illusions."

Quatre smiled as he put his on, "Thank you so much and at the end of this war please come and see me in Momoiro. I would be honored if you would come for a visit. Everyone knows and excepts me and Trowa and people like us."

"I'd like that very much." He bowed, "Thank you and good luck to you all."

The party stood from their seats and headed out the door on their way to the next destination, the Forest of Sorrow...

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