(Hunter)
By: Akkiko
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing and am in no way saying I own any of the charictors
unless I made them.
Authors Note: Intrusting chapter. They`re both getting into the hunter mood.
Chapter 6: Prancing Hourses and Dancing Bears
Kala Looked at the both of them. She read their minds like an open book. They hadn`t bothered to block her. Finally she looked up at the clock. "I must say, dispite the fact that you no doupt had a busy night last night, you both sleep late." With a smirk she stood up. Jester noticed that her dress wasn`t wrinkled and her hair was perfectly straight. Kala didn`t give an explination to this, she simply grinned when she senced Jesters thoughts. "First of all, wear clothes that are closest to those you wore in your dream. I`ll supply what you can`t find in my demention. It`ll help get you in 'the mood' to hunt. Also it`ll keep you from getting killed."
Jester found a costume she had for one porformance but decided she didn`t like it. It was the same kind of shirt from her dream but the skirt went to her knees so she cut it. She didn`t have the shoes but she found two ace bandages and so she wrapped them around her wrists. She braided her hair than was ready to go.
Trowa was dressed in his stage costume so he simply put that on. He also found two ace bandages and so he used them to bind his wrists. He didn`t have a shirt on so every mucle he had rippled. Jester had looked at him and grinned more than once.
Kala looked at them when they came out. Trowa looked good but Jester would need some work. Trowa would too of coarse. They had left their clothes in her demention so it wouldn`t be a problem. She also thought of something else. "Jester, bring your swords."
they both nodded. Jester grabbed her swords. "Alright, what do we do?"
Kala grinned. "You have to hold hands, tap your heels together three times and say 'there`s no place like home'." They both looked at her questonably making her laugh. "I`ll do the work but you do have to hold hands." They did as they were told. "Alstra take us out!"
Jester and Trowa both weren`t fond of what they were feeling. It felt like they were being spun and they were in a void. Jester felt solid ground under her feet but all she saw was blackness. they couldn`t tell if they were being spun because everything was the same on all sides. They finally landed and gradually the dizziness went away.
Jester gasped as she looked around. The land was covered in dew drops. It was a lush green land that would only be seen in fairy tails. There was a forest next to her that had an enchanting air to it. She sighed. Up ahead she could see white hoarses prancing and making a fog from it. She noticed that one was a pegasis. Through the trees she could make out the shapes of small fairies. She stood up on shakey feet and saw up ahead in the distance a dark place. Her mind quickly went off that though and she looked at the other wonders. Kala seemed to read her mind. "Yes this is where you are from."
Trowa was thinking about fairy tails. They had enchanting forests like this one. He grinned as a feeling of belonging came over him suddenly. Something suddenly crossed his mind. "This doesn`t look like a place a dragon lives."
Kala sighed. "This is a place protected by good. Cronos lives here. This land stretches for fifty miles in each direction. She`s to the north. We have to go to her before we go home and get food and not to mention get you prepared for the jorney. We need to see her, than we have to go to my castle to eat THAN we get to go on the hunt." A grin graced her lips as she said that.
Trowa noticed this. "Are you a jester?"
She laughed a little. "In this demention 'queen' means many things. I am the queen of the land and a very powerful huntress. Now, Alstra, who is Cronos` assistant and trainee, set us about twenty miles to the north of Cronos. She did say she`d give us a ride so we`ll be on our way to look for it." With that she turned and started walking.
As they walked butterflies touched their cheeks with their wings and fairies danced in front of them. "Is this what all your demention is supposed to look like?" Jester smelled a flower briefly.
Kala turned partially. "No. This demention has a balance of good and evil. The good side is always like this but the evil side is dark with a red sky. There are few plants that grow there and the ones that do are black. Also, the nutral zone is east. it`s a desert. Sometimes the evil ventures out of it`s terratory and than we call the hunters to take care of it."
Trowa blew a butterfly from his nose. "Which side do you live on?"
Kala sighed. "I`m the queen of the whole land so I am right in the middle. Trayel is a new dragon that has appeared though."
Jester looked up as she saw they were getting to a small clearing. "Appeared?"
Kala nodded. "Dragons here take years to grow. When they do some are good but the bad ones are the ones that get to be the biggest. We haven`t figure out why." She pushed the last few branches away from in front of her to reveal the clearing. "And here`s our ride."
Jester and Trowa looked in the clearing and saw three bears. they were wrestling it seemed but it was too gentle and elegant. It was almost like they were dancing. Kala whistled and they gave her prompt attention. Trowa flipped in the air and landed on one while Jester used her power to hover onto one. The bears growled and small wings sprouted on their sides.
The whole flight to Cronos` tower no one said anything. Jester eventually leaned forward and fell asleep. Trowa watched her. Kala simply stared forward. When they finally got there Trowa tapped Jester awake. Cronos lived in a huge tower made of green crystal with a clock looking contraption. She meant them at the door. Her hair was almost like a cloud. It was long and wafted out around her. Her eyes were glowing white. She had a young beautiful face and wore a princess style blue dress with a golden rope around her waist. She smiled delightfully at them. "Hello. I`m Cronos."
Jester bowed deeply and Trowa nodded in approval. Cronos didn`t seem to be impressed but she twitched her wrist in a gesture for them to follow her. "You came here so I could give you clothes and get you prepared to fight the dragon." They walked in the door and as soon as they crossed the thresh hold they were wisked away by servents.
Jester was pushed into a room full of woman and stripped of her clothes, thrown into a bathtub, and covered in a flowery smelling soap. After that she was taken out of the tub, dried, and told to sit in a chair. A woman smiled behind her. "Was the bath enjoyable?"
Jester smirked. "Well I was hoping it would be longer." The woman smiled and began to brush her hair which went ot her waist. After that she braided it, leaving a few strands free in the front, and tied it with a piese of dried sea weed. After that she braided the pieses that had been left out and tied them with a feather that had leather connected to it. "Where did you get the sea weed?"
The woman smiled. "This entire demention is an island. Sea weed grows boutifully around the island." Jester nodded and was told to stand up. She walked over to a woman with a needle and sat down hesitantly.
"This might hurt a little." Jester nodded and felt sharp little pains in her shoulder as the woman tatooed her with a spear shape. After that was done the blood was wiped away and water was poured over the cuts.
Jester was made to stand up and she was dragged to a chair where two woman put her arms on a bench type thing. They took long strips of sea weed and wrapped the around her arm up to her elbow. "Why do they do that?"
One of the woman smiled at her. "It protects your arms from the sun and from branches while your running." Jester nodded and they got up with two more rolls of sea weed and wound them around her feet. She was finally handed a pile of clothes which she acepted greatfully and went to the room where she could change from her towel to clothes.
It was just like in her dream. There was the triangle shaped top that was held on by two straps of leather that criss crossed in the back. Her skirt was like two triangles put together and it had underwear built into it. It had animal teeth lining the bottom as well. When she unrolled the skirt a small bundle came out. When she opened it she saw that there were two feather earings, braclets with animal teeth on them and a necklace of animal teeth. She put these on and looked into the foggy mirror. She had to say that she liked the style. Also there was a cape that went to her ankles. This was made of very light and flexable leather. When she was dressed she stepped out and was pushed to yet another chair.
Her make up was done, the only problem was that it was paint so it would be harder to get off. By the time it was all over she looked dressed to kill. In reality she was. Finally a small box was carried to her with a knife, spear, and of coarse, the holster for her swords. The knife went in her boot, the swords criss crossed over her back, and she carried the spear.
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Trowa was taken to a room, given a bath, and than he was rushed to a chair. The man there had a needle and without warning he tatooed the spear symbol on his shoulder. After that he was handed a pile of clothes which he guessed were his. He went into a room and put them on. They were loose fitting and less comicle looking than his circus uniform. They were black with a red dragon winding around them just like in his dream. He also had a brown cape that went ot his ankles.
When he stepped out he was whisked to a small table where his arms were wrapped in sea weed and so were his feet. He was also given boots that he put on and a box was given to him. It had a bow and arrows, and a tangfa that could unsheath to be a sword. He was most likely the most handsome guy around but when he saw Jester his heart skipped a beat.
Jester turned to Cronos. "Thank you."
Cronos laughed at her making Jester narrow her eyes. "I didn`t do this for you! If you weren`t dressed like worriors they would kill you! When you meet the dragon you have to use your powers. His mind is simple. Have fun."
They both nodded and left the tower. On the way back they said nothing. Trowa could do nothing but stare at Jester. She looked beautiful! Up ahead they saw a dark castle come into view. They landed slowly in front of it. Servents greeted them and bowed low to Trowa and Jester. They were led to a huge banquit hall.
Trowa and Jester didn`t eat much. The food was very good but they still didn`t eat much. Kala noticed this. "You guys will need energy. Eat up." She grinned and walked away. They did eat until they felt they would burst than the banquit was stopped and everything was cleared away. Kala was giving orders for a lot of food to be pakaged for their jorney.
Jester and Trowa were shown to their room. As soon as the door was closed Trowa wrapped his arms around her waist. She sighed and leaned into his arms. "Don`t mess up the hair and don`t take off the sea weed bandages."
He grinned and rubbed circles on her mostly bear back. She was rubbing a few fingers over the scar on his back and he was feathering fingers along her back leaving little trails of ticklishness. He kissed her neck and undid the swords across her back. They fell with a thud to the floor and than he moved his hands down to her waist to hold her.
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The next mourning they woke up in eachothers arms as usual. Kala knocked on their door as they were getting dressed. "Hurry up! We go in three hours!" Trowa kissed Jester and than turned and pulled his boots on. They walked out looking the same as they did the night before. Kala gave a knowing grin and led them to the banquet hall. After they ate breakfast they got four white ponies and took off towards the woods. Jester ran her tounge over her teeth. Welcome to the hunt.