Goodbye LJ...
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windandwaterThis is just to make it official for those who don't know, but I'm leaving LJ completely. For the rest of this week at least. Tomorrow is the Bar Exam and it runs for three days, so don't expect to see me about at all until Thursday night. Or even until the weekend since I plan on spending Thursday after the Bar drunk and crying. No online time for me at all. *whines* It will be hard, but I know I can do it.
So, because I'm a total h0r like that, I am declaring this to be a spam post. Go ahead. Run wild! Give me fics, give me links, give me pics, just babble to your heart's content and rape my inbox so I have something to see when I finally DO come back to the wonderful world of LJ. I don't even care if you write me a drabble and post it one word at a time. XD;
Though, I've tried to make a spam post before and it failed a bit miserably, so I don't have very high expectations this time around. Feel free to prove me wrong though!
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So, because I'm a total h0r like that, I am declaring this to be a spam post. Go ahead. Run wild! Give me fics, give me links, give me pics, just babble to your heart's content and rape my inbox so I have something to see when I finally DO come back to the wonderful world of LJ. I don't even care if you write me a drabble and post it one word at a time. XD;
Though, I've tried to make a spam post before and it failed a bit miserably, so I don't have very high expectations this time around. Feel free to prove me wrong though!
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Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Rating: PG
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4, 5+OC (*sighs blissfully* Ahh, that oft-seen lineup!)
Warnings: shounen-ai, magic, occasional silliness, occasional angst
Disclaimer: Yea, although I walk through the valley of Gundam Wing, I remain untouched by lawsuits, for I own nothing and lay claim to nothing. So mote it be.
Author's Notes: This is a Harry Potter-Gundam Wing fusion. I wrote it for a contest, so if you see it around, assume that I lost...
Even from the first day on Heero knew there would be trouble. It started the next morning, as the Slytherins wandered in and out of the common room before heading down to breakfast; Duo had woken up before most of the others and wandered down the tower stairs. As Heero dressed efficiently and made his morning ablutions, he heard voices floating up the stairwell; he recognized Duo's, and at least two others he could associate with the older Slytherin boys he'd met earlier. The other third years, still in the bedchamber with Heero, ignored both him and the menacing voices from below.
As a fourth new voice introduced itself, Heero determined that he had better get down to the common room in case there was trouble. His hip felt empty where his gun wasn't holstered, and his hand itched for its weight. Instead he stowed his wand in one of the long sleeves of the black robe, where he knew he could draw it in the blink of an eye. It was hardly an adequate substitute for his familiar gun, but at least in the time he and Duo had spent with the wands before coming to Hogwarts, they had figured out how to make it do at least one thing. It could --
BANG!
-- yes, that was it. Heero sighed inwardly as he quickened his pace down the stairs to
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)" -- last thing this House needs is t'be polluted with Mudbloods who din't have a drop of real wizarding blood in their veins --"
Duo was yelling back, with great abandon. "You think I'm weak? Think I'm a pushover just 'cause I don't have a fancy label on my name? Just you try --"
His other opponent, not bothering with taunts or insults, was sidling steadily closer to Duo. Heero was just about to intervene on his partner's behalf, when the prefect, Liam, stormed down the stairs with his own wand out and his face red as an angry bull's.
Heero sighed as he turned away; somehow, Duo always managed to get into trouble within the first week of wherever he was staying. Everyone who met the garrulous boy either loved him or despised him from the start --
Well, except for Heero, who'd done both. It would bother him more, except that experience had also shown him that Duo was just as good at getting himself out of trouble as into it. Already the fight was over, and the spectators were turning away, bored, back to the normal routine of preparing for their day of classes. One almost everyone was ready in the common room, Liam headed out towards the dining hall, leading the other students to shuffle along behind him.
As Duo passed through the portrait hole, the crooked-nosed boy grabbed his arm and spoke in a voice which he no doubt thought was menacing. "This isn't over, space brat. We'll duel -- you and me -- after classes."
"Great idea," Duo drawled, easily pulling his arm away from the offending hand. "Right under the teacher's noses, huh?"
The boy sneered. "No. In the Forbidden Forest. Unless, of course, you're too scared," he snickered on the last word.
"Scared?" Duo fumed. "Not likely! We'll see which one of us is too much of a coward to show up for the duel!"
Heero pushed between them, breaking the two apart, but didn't speak to either boy as he climbed through the portrait hall and headed off down to breakfast. If there were any further words between Duo and his challenger, Heero didn't hear them.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)At breakfast, Trowa was surprised from his food by a the noise of a sudden whirlwind of wings above him. He looked up in time to see a veritable army of owls swooping in the tall windows and flapping about the high, sky-like ceiling. Tawny, white, barn -- more birds than Trowa had ever seen, and certainly ones he never thought he'd see in England.
Envelopes and packages began to rain from the ceiling, as the messengers dropped off their daily load of mail. Trowa waited patiently, one hand hovering over his plate to make sure nothing went astray into it. No owl dropped anything on him, of course, but as the storm ended and the owls began to retreat, he saw one smaller one fluttering against a window nearby. Ignoring the curious glances of the other Ravenclaws, Trowa pushed back his chair and went over to the wall, staring up at the bird. It swooped back and forth uncertainly, and this close Trowa could see there was something uneven in the beat of its wings. Slowly, he extended his arm up towards the bird and made a soft noise in his throat, attracting its attention.
The owl flapped a few more times, but couldn't stay up, and fell almost directly into Trowa's hand. It hooted feebly, and Trowa held it carefully as he turned back to his table.
Quatre stood in the corridor, clutching his books to his chest and eying the passageway in front of him uneasily. This was the hallway he had to take, all right, in order to get to his Charms class; but on either side of the hallway there was a ledge, and perched on the ledge were two rows of stone gargoyles. Big ones, maybe the size of a large dog. With sharp teeth. And Quatre *knew* he'd seen them move.
"I knew there was a reason graven images were outlawed," he muttered as he estimated his chances. If they were slow and he was fast, he might get past them, but still... He really wished he had Sandrock with him now.
"I'm sorry, young man, are you lost?" came a voice behind him. He jumped, started, and clutched his books as though he were about to run, before regaining his composure and turning around .A teacher stood behind him; a plump, middle-aged witch with frizzy blond hair lightening with gray and a snub nose between her bright eyes. He'd been so distracted by the stone creatures that he hadn't even heard her approach.
"Um, no, not really lost..." he fumbled, blushing as he tried to find a way to explain that he didn't want to walk past the gargoyles unless he was sure they wouldn't try to eat him. However it was that gargoyles ate. "I mean, my Charms class is down this way..."
"What a coincidence," the witch chuckled. "So is mine. Call me Professor Mirabolt,
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"I'm sorry," Quatre apologized. "I'm new here. After breakfast, um, some of the students gave me directions to come this way..."
"Other students?" The woman frowned slightly. "Who?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. Green trimmings, though."
"Hm." Her expression tightened. "I see. Well, don't you worry about that, dearie, it's just those awful Slytherin boys hazing the Hufflepuffs."
"Oh!" It suddenly clicked in Quatre's head that he'd been set up, and the thought made him uneasy. He'd been hoping he could leave enemies and disputes behind at this school, but it appeared not.
"Well, never you mind that," Professor Mirabolt said firmly. She took out her wand, and shot a jet of bright blue light down the corridor. Immediately the gargoyles froze back into stone, one of them in mid-yawn. "Come along, we can walk to the class together and get to know each other, can't we? What's your name, dear?"
"Quatre," he said as he fell into step beside her down the corridor, still eying the stone creatures with some trepidation. "Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Oh, is that so?" Professor Mirabolt said in a friendly tone. "Why, I used to know someone named Raberba. Katherine Raberba. She and I were in the same house back in the day when I was a student at Hogwarts -- she was a great friend and a gentle soul, oh yes. But I stayed on to teach here, and she went and married a Muggle. I haven't heard from her in years..."
Quatre breathed a small sigh of relief as they passed out of the hallway of gargoyles, only to freeze in mid-step as the Professor's words sank into his brain. Surely it was no more than a coincidence -- he'd never heard there was a witch in his family, much less --
Professor Mirabolt had stopped when he did, and now turned in the hallway to peer at him more closely. "Come to think of it, you look very much like her. My dear Quatre, is there any relation?"
"My mother," he said softly.
As it turned out, Gryffindor and Slytherin had joint classes; Transfiguration, under the tyrannical Professor Nebet. Wufei had to admit, though, that she was an efficient
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"I'm sorry," Quatre apologized. "I'm new here. After breakfast, um, some of the students gave me directions to come this way..."
"Other students?" The woman frowned slightly. "Who?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. Green trimmings, though."
"Hm." Her expression tightened. "I see. Well, don't you worry about that, dearie, it's just those awful Slytherin boys hazing the Hufflepuffs."
"Oh!" It suddenly clicked in Quatre's head that he'd been set up, and the thought made him uneasy. He'd been hoping he could leave enemies and disputes behind at this school, but it appeared not.
"Well, never you mind that," Professor Mirabolt said firmly. She took out her wand, and shot a jet of bright blue light down the corridor. Immediately the gargoyles froze back into stone, one of them in mid-yawn. "Come along, we can walk to the class together and get to know each other, can't we? What's your name, dear?"
"Quatre," he said as he fell into step beside her down the corridor, still eying the stone creatures with some trepidation. "Quatre Raberba Winner."
"Oh, is that so?" Professor Mirabolt said in a friendly tone. "Why, I used to know someone named Raberba. Katherine Raberba. She and I were in the same house back in the day when I was a student at Hogwarts -- she was a great friend and a gentle soul, oh yes. But I stayed on to teach here, and she went and married a Muggle. I haven't heard from her in years..."
Quatre breathed a small sigh of relief as they passed out of the hallway of gargoyles, only to freeze in mid-step as the Professor's words sank into his brain. Surely it was no more than a coincidence -- he'd never heard there was a witch in his family, much less --
Professor Mirabolt had stopped when he did, and now turned in the hallway to peer at him more closely. "Come to think of it, you look very much like her. My dear Quatre, is there any relation?"
"My mother," he said softly.
As it turned out, Gryffindor and Slytherin had joint classes; Transfiguration, under the tyrannical Professor Nebet. Wufei had to admit, though, that she was an efficient
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)Concentrating steadfastedly on keeping his feather aloft, Wufei at first ignored the hissing whispers coming in his direction. When the noise finally penetrated his concentration, he looked up to see Duo grinning madly at him from halfway across the room. He ignored the American, turning back to his work.
Duo snickered quietly behind his hand at Wufei's persistent concentration. If he thought he could ignore Duo, who had cut his teeth on getting reactions out of Heero, then he was sorely mistaken. He tore a scrap of parchment off his roll, and scribbled a quick note on it. Then, with a flick of his wand and a few whispered words, he sent it sailing towards the unsuspecting Wufei.
His aim, of course, was perfect, and the crumpled wad of paper struck Wufei soundly on the head. The Chinese boy snatched the balled paper in his hands, glaring at Duo, then unfolded it and quickly scanned it, careful to wait until the teacher wasn't looking.
After he read the note, he crushed it in his hands and snarled, half-standing from behind his desk. "Maxwell --"
The other Gryffindor students, who had watched the entire exchange with some worry, hurried to placate Wufei. "Hey, calm down, Chang. He just thinks he's funny, right? Don't let the Slytherins get to you..."
Slowly, Wufei relaxed into his seat, continuing to glare at Duo from across the aisle. "Accepted," he hissed from between his teeth.
Duo smirked, and whispered loudly back, "Not tonight. I've already got plans. But I'll see you there tomorrow, huh, Chang?"
"Don't do it, Wufei," one of the other Gryffindor students said worriedly. "Dueling's not allowed..."
"It's a matter of honor," Wufei snapped, and the others backed down. Professor Nebet returned to the Gryffindor side of the room then, and conversation was kept to a minimum until the end of the class. Still, the tension level was high, and Wufei's fellow Gryffindors kept shooting him worried looks the whole time.
As soon as he left the classroom, though, all trace of anger was gone as though it had never been. He slipped the note carefully out of his pocket, and glanced over it again.
4ths say F.F. unsupervised. Poss. rndz-vs? Inform 3, 4.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"Who's there?" a monotone voice cut through the air.
"'Nay, answer me,'" quoted Duo as he ducked around a large black tree. "Hiya, Trowa. What's been -- What is that on your shoulder?"
Trowa spared a glance at the appendage in question as he put his wand away. "You tell me, Duo."
"Why the heck do you have an owl on your shoulder?" Duo demanded, leaning in to get a better look.
"It was hurt," Trowa said vaguely.
"Actually, it should be useful," Heero said, following Duo around the tree. "My laptop will not function on the school grounds. If necessary, we'll use the owl to communicate with the doctors."
There was a slight rustling sound to their right, and all three pilots tensed, then relaxed as Wufei joined them. "Where's Quatre?" Duo asked, glancing around. "Could anybody tell him about the rendezvous?"
"Unfortunately no," Trowa replied, "but I have class with him tomorrow. I'll tell him everything."
"Why are you late?" Heero asked Wufei.
Wufei glared at him. "I would have been faster, but I had a run-in with a giant wolf. Apparently this forest is called Forbidden for a reason."
"It can't be that dangerous," Duo scoffed. "Apparently students with grudges come out here to duel all the time. Speaking of grudges, I've already collected half a dozen. How long is this 'special training' mission supposed to last, anyway?" Duo complained, flopping down to lean against the base of the tree.
"Who knows?" Wufei shrugged. "Until we can restore communications with the doctors, we can only act on the orders we were given. 'Blend in with the student population. Acquire as many practical skills as possible.' I suppose they think that wizardry will benefit us as pilots, although I do not immediately see how."
"The owl could send messages," Trowa suggested softly, but Wufei shook his head.
"The possibility of interception is too great. Who knows what our enemies are capable, of this point? Yui, you'll have to concentrate on reestablishing an electronic
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)"Who's there?" a monotone voice cut through the air.
"'Nay, answer me,'" quoted Duo as he ducked around a large black tree. "Hiya, Trowa. What's been -- What is that on your shoulder?"
Trowa spared a glance at the appendage in question as he put his wand away. "You tell me, Duo."
"Why the heck do you have an owl on your shoulder?" Duo demanded, leaning in to get a better look.
"It was hurt," Trowa said vaguely.
"Actually, it should be useful," Heero said, following Duo around the tree. "My laptop will not function on the school grounds. If necessary, we'll use the owl to communicate with the doctors."
There was a slight rustling sound to their right, and all three pilots tensed, then relaxed as Wufei joined them. "Where's Quatre?" Duo asked, glancing around. "Could anybody tell him about the rendezvous?"
"Unfortunately no," Trowa replied, "but I have class with him tomorrow. I'll tell him everything."
"Why are you late?" Heero asked Wufei.
Wufei glared at him. "I would have been faster, but I had a run-in with a giant wolf. Apparently this forest is called Forbidden for a reason."
"It can't be that dangerous," Duo scoffed. "Apparently students with grudges come out here to duel all the time. Speaking of grudges, I've already collected half a dozen. How long is this 'special training' mission supposed to last, anyway?" Duo complained, flopping down to lean against the base of the tree.
"Who knows?" Wufei shrugged. "Until we can restore communications with the doctors, we can only act on the orders we were given. 'Blend in with the student population. Acquire as many practical skills as possible.' I suppose they think that wizardry will benefit us as pilots, although I do not immediately see how."
"The owl could send messages," Trowa suggested softly, but Wufei shook his head.
"The possibility of interception is too great. Who knows what our enemies are capable, of this point? Yui, you'll have to concentrate on reestablishing an electronic
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"I'm already working on it," Heero said with a small smile. "Just as long as Duo continues to keep attention away from me."
"Yeah, yeah," Duo grumbled, waving one hand in the air. "I'm on it. Duo Maxwell, the one-man carnival."
"You've never spoken truer words in your life," Wufei assured him. Heero couldn't keep the smile from twitching over his face.
"Does anything else need to be addressed right now?" Trowa glanced around. "I can't stay away long without being noticed. I should head back."
"You probably both should." Duo looked from Wufei to Trowa. "Forbidden or not, people apparently come in here all the time. Speaking of which, some of my housemates are coming to try and beat the crap out of me, so you should probably be gone before they get here."
Trowa just nodded and left, with as little fanfare as he had arrived. "You have people wanting to kill you already, Duo?" Wufei asked dryly.
Duo shrugged. "I'm popular." Wufei smirked, and turned to follow Trowa -- his own wand out and cautiously ready, in case he should encounter some more unusual wildlife.
"Too popular for your own damn good," Heero growled, his expression darkening. "The Slytherin *boys* may not think much of you, but what was it those girls wanted to talk to you about at dinner?"
"What, Heidi and Azure?" Duo laughed and shrugged. "They were only interested because I'm from L2. They'll find someone else to bug once the novelty wears off. And -- Heero, didn't I tell you to leave?"
Heero crossed his arms over his chest in a stubborn gesture. "You might need backup."
"Oh, come on, Heero!" Duo snorted in contempt. "A half-dozen schoolboys against Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot? You think I can't handle it on my own?"
"But they're wizards," Heero insisted, a hint of concern leaking into his voice. "They've studied magic for years -- you're just a beginner."
Duo shook his head sadly. "It'll be a sad, sad day for the old school of L2 when one of its graduates relies on magic to win in a fair fight," he snickered. "Come on, Heero. You were the one talking about keeping the attention off you..."
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"I'm already working on it," Heero said with a small smile. "Just as long as Duo continues to keep attention away from me."
"Yeah, yeah," Duo grumbled, waving one hand in the air. "I'm on it. Duo Maxwell, the one-man carnival."
"You've never spoken truer words in your life," Wufei assured him. Heero couldn't keep the smile from twitching over his face.
"Does anything else need to be addressed right now?" Trowa glanced around. "I can't stay away long without being noticed. I should head back."
"You probably both should." Duo looked from Wufei to Trowa. "Forbidden or not, people apparently come in here all the time. Speaking of which, some of my housemates are coming to try and beat the crap out of me, so you should probably be gone before they get here."
Trowa just nodded and left, with as little fanfare as he had arrived. "You have people wanting to kill you already, Duo?" Wufei asked dryly.
Duo shrugged. "I'm popular." Wufei smirked, and turned to follow Trowa -- his own wand out and cautiously ready, in case he should encounter some more unusual wildlife.
"Too popular for your own damn good," Heero growled, his expression darkening. "The Slytherin *boys* may not think much of you, but what was it those girls wanted to talk to you about at dinner?"
"What, Heidi and Azure?" Duo laughed and shrugged. "They were only interested because I'm from L2. They'll find someone else to bug once the novelty wears off. And -- Heero, didn't I tell you to leave?"
Heero crossed his arms over his chest in a stubborn gesture. "You might need backup."
"Oh, come on, Heero!" Duo snorted in contempt. "A half-dozen schoolboys against Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot? You think I can't handle it on my own?"
"But they're wizards," Heero insisted, a hint of concern leaking into his voice. "They've studied magic for years -- you're just a beginner."
Duo shook his head sadly. "It'll be a sad, sad day for the old school of L2 when one of its graduates relies on magic to win in a fair fight," he snickered. "Come on, Heero. You were the one talking about keeping the attention off you..."
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:53 am (UTC)"They're coming," Heero interrupted him, head cocked to one side. Duo let out a sigh.
"Just trust me, okay? Go back to the castle and get started on making your laptop work. I'll be right along."
Heero growled in annoyance, but had no real choice but to give in. Duo gave him a quick kiss on his left cheek, and grinned at Heero's glare.
"See -- I've survived the Yui Death Glare, and I should be afraid of a few magic tricks? Not likely!"
With a sigh of his own, Heero turned back to Hogwarts and started silently out of the Forbidden Forest.
"Check it out, Heero!" Duo's voice enthused. Heero didn't even have to look up from his work to imagine the look of mischievous delight on his face. "I got *goons!*"
After a moment, Heero glanced up; Duo stood at the foot of his bed, grin on his face, hands on his hips. Flanking him were two of the older Slytherin boys; a couple of the fourth-years that Heero vaguely recognized. Both of them were considerably taller, not to mention bulkier, than the American pilot. Heero let a tiny frown cross his face, and didn't try to hide the displeasure in his voice. "Duo..."
"Hey, Heero!" Duo put his hands up defensively. "I didn't ask for'em. They volunteered. They showed up for the duel with the fifth years -- you know about the silly duel -- and anyway after I kicked their butts, these guys decided that they'd rather follow me around instead of --"
"You don't need bodyguards," Heero said flatly.
"They're not just bodyguards!" Duo protested. "They're *goons!* I can send them to get stuff, and they make my witty repartee sound better by laughing at appropriate moments --"
"Duo."
"All right, all right," Duo sulked, then turned to face the older boys. "Sorry, Robbie -- sorry, Tom -- you heard the man. I guess you gotta take off."
At least now he wouldn't have to worry about Duo being in trouble with the other Slytherins. With a small smile, Heero turned back to his mission.