Untitled GW/MAZE Crossover

Untitled GW/MAZE Crossover
Part 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Mission
by Amai Noa
Email: noaizumi@earthlink.net

Disclaimer: Neither MAZE The Mega-Burst Space nor Gundam Wing belongs to me. If they did, I would be doing all sorts of unspeakable things to the characters. Besides, I'm not making a dime on writing this, so play nice and don't sue me, onegai? ^_^

Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, even a hermaphrodite. *sweat* All sorts of weird stuff, even OOC. If you can't deal, don't read any further. All flames will go to my goats to be trampled on, then to my dogs to pee on, and finally to my cats to bury in the litter box. ^_~

/.../ = Radio/TV/Comm Unit Transmission
[1, 2, 3...] = Author Notes

The mission was simple enough: Slip into the Romafeller Foundation headquarters, grab Relena, dash out to Wing and escape. With Duo on the inside providing a distraction and the other pilots outside going heads-up with the Leo troops, the plan should've gone like clockwork; instead, there was a glitch--a very big glitch.

No one was counting on the extra troops. Looks like the aristocrats were looking for us to be here, Heero thought as he fled, ducking, dodging, punching and breaking bones as he went, all the while carrying a knocked-out Relena over his shoulder. He snagged Duo on the way out, and before long both pilots were in their Gundams facing off against the Leos, the Queen of the World riding shotgun with Heero.

/"Nice of you guys to join the party!"/ Quatre couldn't resist a little humor as Sandrock sliced through two Leos with its sickles.

/"Shall we dance, 01?"/ was Duo's reply as he hit Deathscythe's boosters, sending him up in the air to wipe out the arriving Leos with the thermal scythe.

Heero nodded and replied, /"Hn."/ Duo looked at Wing in action, taking out a group of Leos with the beam buster rifle. Heero then chucked the rifle, unsheathing the beam sword to slice through three more Leos.

Trowa was quietly listening to the conversation--no, more like a monologue now that Duo was there--as he showered the group of Leos he was fighting in a hail of bullets.

Wufei was covering the rear of the building, taking out more Leos as quickly as they came. Out of the corner of his eye, Wufei spotted Treize on the monitor. It looked like he was trying to find an opening so he could escape, but Wufei reached out and picked Treize up gently with Nataku's hand, and popping the hatch open, he carefully deposited Treize inside. Treize was kicking and cursing the entire time until he saw who the person was who unceremoniously picked him up.

"Dragon!" Treize beamed, his mouth turned up in a smile. Wufei didn't know if it was because Treize was relieved or horny or what. It didn't matter at that point since he had more Leos to take out; other- wise none of them would make it out unscathed. Hearing the approach of another mobile suit, Wufei turned to look at the monitor again.

Zechs swooped down in Tallgeese, blasting Leos left and right, giving Wufei the opening he needed to finish them off so they could both escape.

The Romafeller aristocrats weren't to be outdone as more mobile suit troops came in. It looked like the situation was only escalating, and there was no immediate solution--at least one that didn't involve self-destruction. It wasn't an option since Heero had Relena inside Wing, and Duo's self-destruct never worked right for some reason; the last time he tried that, he actually ended up spending two weeks in the 20th Century AD with a mobile suit police force [1]. Quatre made up his mind; he would be the one to self-destruct.

/"Get out of here! I'm self-destructing Sandrock!"/ he barked at the other pilots over the comm unit.

/"We're not letting you do that, Quatre!"/ Duo protested.

/"Please, Duo. Let me try this. This will be the only way we'll get out of here, and besides, I'm not afraid to die to protect those I care for."/

/"Quatre..."/ Duo protested again, but Quatre wouldn't hear it. He hit the button to start the self-destruction sequence. None of the pilots said anything to each other as they quietly waited for the explosion. One problem though--none came.

The 6 Gundams all disappeared in a flash of light, much to the dismay of the Romafeller aristocrats, who were looking forward to destroying the Gundams once and for all.

* * * * *

Duo was the first to come to, his eyes fluttering open to scope out the surroundings. He was in Deathscythe, but he had the feeling they weren't on the grounds of the Romafeller Foundation headquarters. Carefully unfastening his harness and popping open the hatch, Duo crept out and looked around.

He could've sworn he saw a lizard run across his foot as he stepped down onto the ground. Looking down at the ground, he noticed two very ugly looking feet attached to two very ugly looking legs, which protruded from under Deathscythe. Duo blinked and sweatdropped, muttering to himself, "I so did not see what I thought I saw."

"We're not in Kansas anymore," he murmured as he did some more looking. The other Gundams were around, but Sandrock was the closest. Duo was expecting the worst as he opened the hatch, so he was very surprised and thankful to see Quatre was alive but unconscious. It didn't take much to awaken Quatre.

"What... where are we?" Quatre asked Duo, this being after Duo shook the Arabian pilot gently.

"We don't know yet, and we still have to check on the other pilots. Whatever happened, we've ended up in a different place, but all of us landed in the same area. So, how're you feeling?"

"I think I'm fine, Duo," Quatre said as he stood up. Duo flashed him a cheeky grin.

"Great, Q! Let's go get the others."

Both Duo and Quatre exited Sandrock, their minds set on checking on the others. The coast looks clear, Duo thought to himself as he and Quatre climbed down to the ground.

"KIYAAA~!" was the cry of a strange voice from nowhere, and before either pilot realized it, they were tackled to the ground. The tackle was hard enough to knock both pilots out. After a couple of minutes, Duo came to.

As Duo's eyes fluttered open, he couldn't quite believe who tackled both him and Quatre.

"Nanda...?"

--Tsudzuku--

[1] I'm making a reference to a GW/Patlabor crossover I did called "The Boy Who Came from the Stars", which I still need to clean up and post. ^_^;

Untitled GW/MAZE Crossover
Part 2: The Assembly at Panon's Forest

[In the last part, we found all of the Gundam pilots, Zechs, Treize and Relena all escaping the clutches of the Romafeller Foundation thanks to Quatre's self-destruct sequence (which didn't work). All of them ended up in a strange place, and Duo, being the first to wake up, went to check on Quatre and found him to be okay.]

"I think I'm fine, Duo," Quatre said as he stood up. Duo flashed him a cheeky grin.

"Great, Q! Let's go get the others."

Both Duo and Quatre exited Sandrock, their minds set on checking on the others. The coast looks clear, Duo thought to himself as he and Quatre climbed down to the ground.

As Duo's eyes fluttered open, he couldn't quite believe who tackled both him and Quatre.

"Nanda...?"

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Duo and Quatre's assailant glomped Duo before he could even finish his question. Turned out it was a girl--a girl in a skimpy outfit that left little to the imagination and something like a cloak draped around her with nothing more than a chain with a jeweled fastener holding it in place. She had short hair about his color, and her eyes matched the color of her hair.

"KIYAA~! You saved me from those evil people!" she cried as she hugged Duo tighter. Duo winced, convinced that she was even louder than he was.

"Oi! What're you doing, and what're you talking about?" Duo managed to sputter out. First the lizard, then the legs he saw under Deathscythe, now this girl babbling on about saving her from some evil people? Duo chuckled increduously as the girl grabbed him and led him to Deathscythe, drawing a "meep" from him.

Pointing to the legs showing from underneath Deathscythe, the girl said to Duo solemnly, "You landed on some people who were trying to capture me."

"Why would they try to capture you? Who are you?"

Blinking back her tears, the girl managed to say, "My name's Mil, Mil Baruna. I'm Princess in the kingdom of Bartonia. These people are from the Jaina cult. Over a year ago, Jaina was at its strongest and managed to stage a coup d'etat in Bartonia. I managed to escape, but my parents weren't so lucky..." Mil's voice trailed off, and Duo hugged her and held her until she was ready to continue her story.

"So," Duo said quietly, forgetting that Quatre was out cold and that they still had to find the others for the moment, "What happened after then?"

"Oneeniisama saved me like you did, except a part of her house landed on the people who sought to kill me. She and some more people we met along the way helped defeat Jaina, and I resumed control of the throne. I still have advisors, and a king from a neighboring kingdom has been kind enough to help me until I'm of age to resume control totally on my own." A smile spread across Mil's face as she recalled all that had happened not so long ago only to fade away. "There have been some attempts on my life, and no one really knows I'm out here. Could you help me get back to Bartonia?"

Duo nodded absently before saying, "I could, but I need some help, and I also need to know a few more things. I have some friends we have to help, and then I need to know where we are and which direction Bartonia's in. I'm not from here, you know." Duo grinned at Mil, who then glomped him.

"Ack!" was Duo's response as Mil tackled him onto the ground once again.

* * * * *

"Ungh... where am I?... Heero? HEERO!"

Relena had awakened in the lap of Heero Yuy, and he was out cold. She pinched herself, certain that she was dreaming, but she deducted that she wasn't, wincing at what she did to herself. I should've pinched myself more gently, she mused as she ran her fingers along Heero's jawbone. She was about to lean in and steal a kiss when two things happened. Heero was coming around, and the hatch to Wing opened suddenly. Looking up, Relena saw Duo standing there, peeking in at her and Heero.

"Ojousan, are you okay?" Duo asked.

Relena nodded before saying, "Heero's trying to wake up." She wasn't in any hurry to get off of his lap either.

Duo cleared his throat loudly. "Let's get Hee-chan out of here so he can get some fresh air."

Blushing wildly, Relena crawled off of Heero's lap and willingly let Duo help her out of Wing, Quatre catching her as she jumped to the ground. Relena took note that Quatre looked none to worse for wear, then she turned her gaze to Mil, biting back a scoff. Mil snorted at Relena, and from there, it all sort of went downhill for the pair.

"Oh, Allah!" Quatre moaned as he watched the two young women glaring daggers at each other. He was glad when he heard Duo call for him to help with Heero so he could escape the catfight that was threatening to break out.

* * * * *

After going through Heavyarms, Shenlong and Tallgeese to find all of the occupants safe and sound, everyone gathered around while Mil told her story, Relena rolling her eyes and snorting occasionally.

Heero took a look around the wooded area, spotting lizards, creatures that looked like dinosaurs and weird looking ground squirrels. He shook his head, totally convinced he was losing it. Relena clinging to his arm and literally cutting off the circulation in it wasn't helping one bit, so he was trying extra hard to pry her off without causing a scene. Seeing how that was impossible to do, Heero simply pulled away from a pouting Relena.

Trowa had a very bewildered look in the one green eye that could be seen. Quatre sat him down on a rock nearby to comfort him and tell him what was going on.

Wufei had started ranting about the injustice in being out in the middle of nowhere with no way of returning to where they had come from. Treize and Zechs decided they needed to calm Wufei down and took him over into some dense brush to do what they needed to do.

"My, my, my, little Dragon," Treize could be heard saying. "You really were glad to see me, hm?"

"KISAMA! Don't do that! Everyone will hear us," Wufei sputtered.

"Doesn't matter, Dragon. If they want to join us, they can," Zechs mused.

After then, there was more rustling in the bushes and sounds that were a combination of a mantra, moans and cries to the Deity in every language. That was enough to even make Duo, who had a libido of an undersexed rabbit, sweatdrop.

Mil just sighed and sat down on a stump. She wasn't going back to Bartonia anytime soon, but at least she had an entourage to keep her safe until she got there and it was still daylight.

--Tsudzuku--

Untitled GW/MAZE Crossover
Part 3: Homecoming in Bartonia

[In the last part, Duo encounters Princess Mil Baruna of Bartonia, and everyone reunites in the middle of the place known as Panon's Forest in more ways than one. *sweat*]

"My, my, my, little Dragon," Treize could be heard saying. "You really were glad to see me, hm?"

"KISAMA! Don't do that! Everyone will hear us," Wufei sputtered.

"Doesn't matter, Dragon. If they want to join us, they can," Zechs mused.

Mil just sighed and sat down on a stump. She wasn't going back to Bartonia anytime soon, but at least she had an entourage to keep her safe until she got there and it was still daylight.

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It was early evening when Mil, accompanied by the Gundam pilots, Zechs, Treize and Relena, made it back to Bartonia. The first to greet Mil was Rapier.

"Princess Mil!" Rapier cried as she stopped short and drew her sword. Mil simply raised her hand to stop Rapier. Wufei bit back a snort; the concept of a female knight just didn't compute with him.

"It's okay, Rapier-san," Mil said with a smile. Pulling Duo next to her, Mil continued, "He and his friends saved me." Duo sweatdropped and laughed nervously.

"It was nothing, Mil-sama," Duo replied, feeling an uncharacteristic blush tinting his cheeks. Heero just looked at the exchange with great interest, and amazingly he wasn't the least bit jealous of Mil making Duo blush.

Just as Mil as about to go into her version of what happened, some more people came from the castle. One had short, unruly hair swept up from her face with a headband and wore what could be described at best as an "itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-little-black-battle bikini". Next to her was a tall, muscular guy with very broad shoulders, and Wufei had to not- so-subtly get Treize and Zechs to stop drooling. Next was an older man who Heero probably could describe as Dr. J without the metal parts but with stunted growth, all dressed up in a robe and some weird headpiece on his head. Bringing up the rear was a young girl who looked to be the ages of the pilots, and she had long ebony hair and wore clothes pretty much like what the pilots were used to seeing: a pink shirt, blue jeans and brown ankle-high boots. Mil detached herself from Duo and launched herself into the arms of the black-haired girl.

"Oneeniisama!" Mil cried as she glomped the now-embarrassed girl.

"M-Mil-chan..." the girl said, a nervous, "please-forgive-Mil-for-she- knows-not-what-she's-doing" smile plastered on her face.

The woman in the battle bikini spoke up. "Care to introduce us to your friends?" Mil let go of the other girl and bounced around introducing everyone.

From what the visiting pilots gathered, the woman in the bikini was Solude; the tall, massive man was Aster; the little Dr. J lookalike was Wol Dono; the woman who met them with her sword unsheathed was Rapier; and the girl who Mil glomped was Maze.

Duo was trying to figure out why Mil kept calling Maze "Oneeniisama"; he figured maybe Maze was a hermaphrodite or something, but he wasn't worried about that as much as how hungry he was. His train of thought was broken by a screeching Relena, who looked like she was batting at a butterfly.

"STOP!" Mil screeched. "You're gonna kill Randi!" Everyone froze to watch this "butterfly", and a closer look revealed a fairy--a very pissed off fairy that was now chewing Relena out. As if on cue, Relena passed out; too much weird stuff had happened to her as it stood.

* * *

Mil called for her servants to fix a massive feast for all of her friends, both old and new. She was very thankful she did since she had no idea Duo could put away so much food, and she mused to herself whether the bags in the thigh portion of his riding pants served as storage containers. His appetite rivaled that of even Solude and Aster.

After the meal and some time chatting about how the pilots and company got to Mil's world and such, Mil and Maze showed everyone to the rooms that were prepared for them. Heero and Duo paired up to take a room, much to Relena's chagrin; Quatre and Trowa paired up to take the room next to Heero and Duo's room; Wufei, Treize and Zechs took a larger room with separate beds, and Wufei was very thankful for that; and Relena ended up with a room of her own. She was about to complain until she saw the lustful look in Solude's eyes and thought better of it. Being alone wouldn't be such a bad idea.

There was some time to kill before nightfall, so Mil showed everyone the bathing facilities. They looked like what one would find in a Japanese bathhouse, and the ladies had separate facilities from the men. After Mil and Relena left to go back to their rooms, Duo made a beeline for the men's changing area and returned with just a towel on. Heero grunted, deciding there was no sense in arguing with Duo, and stalked off to change into a towel as well. Soon thereafter, everyone else followed suit.

Heero spent his time close to Duo, glaring daggers at anyone who dared to look upon his koibito's body in any fashion, and double went for anyone named "Treize" or "Zechs". While Heero washed Duo's hair, Quatre and Trowa, who had already washed each others' backs and hair and such, just relaxed in the water. Wufei spent his time washing himself with his back to Treize and Zechs, who decided after a while they would leave Wufei alone; they could always catch up with the Chinese pilot later.

"How are we gonna get back to our world?" Duo murmured as Heero rinsed the shampoo from his hair.

"Hn. I wish I knew, and it's not like we could hack a computer to get a way back home either." Duo nodded in agreement, taking the shampoo and pouring some in his hands.

"Turn around. Let me wash your hair now," Duo purred, and Heero obeyed Duo, letting the long-haired pilot massage the shampoo into his unruly mane. "I wonder how Relena's doing now," Duo mused.

* * *

Relena was beet red. She had no interest in sharing the bath with anyone, and it didn't matter if they were all the same gender. Solude's looks weren't helping matters at all either.

"Come on in, Relena," Solude purred. "No one's gonna bother you, and a nice hot bath would help you relax."

"I. Don't. Want. To. Relax." Relena said through clenched teeth. Maze, after watching the exchange, simply shrugged and went back to her bathing routine; nightfall was approaching, and she wanted to be back in her own room when it got dark. After seeing no one was going to beg her to get in the bath water, Relena reluctantly stepped down into the water and started bathing, actually relaxing for a while until something else happened.

Mil, who was more than ready to get out and dry off, stood up to get out of the water when Relena shrieked. Mil looked at Relena blankly, not quite registering what all of her fuss was about. Maze figured it out quickly once she realized Relena was staring--no, make that glaring--at Mil's nether regions. Maze waded over to Relena and waved her hand in front of Relena's hardened, glazed-over eyes. No response.

The other women sighed; apparently not everyone had ever seen a hermaphrodite.

Heero and Duo were walking back to their room when they were treated to Relena streaking down the hall past them in nothing but her towel, and not even that was wrapped around her and was streaming like a flag.

"Hn," Heero said. "That was a Kodak moment." Duo snorted; seems like Heero had just about met his daily word quota and had definitely met his quip quota. Duo's musing was broken by the activity he heard in Quatre and Trowa's room.

"Tell 'Daddy Quatre' where it hurts. Does it hurt there?"

That was followed by moans and a shout from the otherwise silent Trowa.

"Mmmm... That tasted good going down," Quatre was heard to be saying, and that made Duo's eyes bug out and stifle a laugh; he had no idea Quatre was that kinky and Trowa could be that loud.

Before Duo to could hear anything more, Heero grabbed Duo's braid and led him into their room, where the door closed with a resounding slam.

Watching the two pilots from the shadows of the hallway was a dark figure, his lips all curled up in a feral smile. He had his sights set not on the wild-haired boy but the beautiful, lithe creature who was with him. Sure, she was flat-chested, but she was just too beautiful to pass up, especially since the blond girl was still freaking out over Mil and her extra equipment.

"Oh, little one," the figure murmured. "The Emperor of the Night shall pay you a visit." He disappeared into the darkness after that to bide his time.

--Tsudzuku--

Untitled GW/MAZE Crossover
Part 4: Nighttime Visit from a Lech

**Special Warning for this section: PWP Lemon right here! ^_^

[In the last part, Princess Mil welcomes the Gundam pilots and company into Bartonia, where they've settled in, and someone's watching two of them...]

"Oh, little one," the figure murmured. "The Emperor of the Night shall pay you a visit." He disappeared into the darkness after that to bide his time.

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"Mmmmm... Heero... Yes... Yes! Like that..."

Duo was in total bliss as Heero nibbled on his neck. The time warping and other things they had been through did nothing to curb either boy's libido, and now Heero was teasing Duo, making love to him in an agonizingly slow fashion, touching every part of his body except his cock and balls. Duo was so hard and aroused by what Heero was doing he was afraid he would come at any moment, but Heero had other ideas in mind as he stopped occasionally to gently pull down on Duo's jewels to hold off the climax. Heero smirked at his lover as he whimpered under his ministrations.

Damnit, I wish we had've thought of keeping a cock ring in Wing or Deathscythe, Heero mused as he engulfed Duo's cock, taking him deep into his mouth and down his throat, fighting off his gag reflexes until he captured Duo's balls in his cheeks. After a few minutes of deepthroating, Heero pulled away from Duo, blowing cool air on the weepy member.

Heero reached for the tube of lubricant Duo so thoughtfully kept in Deathscythe; the last thing Heero wanted to do in making love to Duo was to hurt him. After liberally putting the lubricant on his fingers, he gently slipped one finger into Duo, who almost immediately started to push against him. Soon thereafter, he added a second and then a third finger, taking the time to hit Duo's sweet spot, making his braided lover cry out in ecstasy. Heero removed his fingers, satisfied that Duo was very ready for him, much to Duo's displeasure, the feeling of emptiness rolling over him as Heero removed his fingers. Heero hushed his beloved, muffling Duo's whimpering with a tender kiss before lubing up his own cock. With a more passionate kiss, Heero gently pressed into Duo's heat, centimeter-by-centimeter, until he had Duo impaled on his length to the hilt.

Heero slowly pulled himself nearly out of Duo before he thrusted in quickly, eliciting an erotic moan from him, and that was how the pace went for a few minutes before neither of the two could stand the teasing any longer. Heero picked up the pace, shifting Duo's hips so he could hit Duo's sweet spot again and again. Duo cried out with each thrust, which was coupled with strokes from Heero's calloused hand upon Duo's weepy shaft.

Duo clenched his eyes shut, but Heero managed to gasp between pants and moans, "Open your eyes. I want to see your eyes when you come."

As Duo opened his eyes, the pair was blinded by their climax, their eyes only seeing white as Duo's spent passion sprayed onto Heero's chest and chin, the rest of it falling onto Duo's body. The sensation of Duo's heat clenching around Heero milked every bit of the Japanese pilot's seed into Duo's needy body.

Heero greedily sampled his lover's essence as he kissed his way up Duo's chest, gently teasing the nipples along the way, then up to his throat and finally to Duo's passion-swollen lips, where he plundered his tongue into the hot recesses of Duo's mouth. Duo moaned as he savored Heero's tongue in his mouth, and he returned the favor of thrusting his tongue into Heero's mouth, mingling the tastes of each other. Reluctantly, Heero broke the kiss and smiled at Duo.

"So," he began as he admired his love, sated and swimming in the river of chestnut hair that flowed under him, "how did you like that?" Duo returned the smile, leaning in to nibble on Heero's lips.

"I liked that very much, Hee-koi," he purred, stifling a yawn in the process and making Heero chuckle.

"Looks like I've done my job. We'll both rest just fine tonight." Heero kissed Duo again, this time tenderly, and pulled him into his arms, where sleep overtook them both.

* * * * *

About an hour had passed before the dark figure made his way down through the labyrinth of hallways to find the room he spied the fey beauty go into. He would've gone to stake his claim sooner had Mil not come to his room and literally wrapped herself around him. It took him what seemed like forever to get past that obstacle, and now nothing will stop him from getting the beautiful creature that was resting beyond the door he stood before. Biting back a sinister snicker, more out of fear of waking the slumbering creature, the figure made his way into the room.

The object of his desire was sleeping away in the bed before him, swimming in a river of wavy hair with specks of various hues of gold and red highlights dancing throughout, the moonlight shining through the window serving to enhance those highlights as they danced and twinkled like stars. So entranced was he of the beauty that was lying before him the dark figure almost forgot he was there to take that beauty to claim as his. Immediately, the figure stealthed his way to the side of the bed, where he knelt down beside it, taking the spun silk into his hands and inhaling the floral scent it held. After all of 10 seconds of doing that, the figure decided just holding it wasn't enough, so he leaned in and buried his face in the silky hair.

"Oh, my beauty," the figure mumbled. "I come tonight to make you mine, and no one shall shop me." He would've been safe had he not started with his snickering again.

He felt a hand grasp his hair, making him gasp in surprise and horror. He didn't notice another person was in the bed buried under- neath all of that beautiful hair. The hand fisted his long, wild, black mane only to stop and pull upwards. The figure found himself facing a pair of piercing Prussian blue eyes.

"OMAE O KOROSU," Heero yelled, waking Duo in the process and spooking Duo's would-be ravisher. Heero jumped up and pulled Duo out of the bed, where they both stood naked before the intruder. Not to be out- done, the intruder lunged at the pair, and before anyone realized what was going on, a flash of light went throughout the room, and the sound of an explosion went throughout the castle.

* * * * *

Everyone stood around Duo and Heero's quarters (or what was left of them), boring their glares into the wild-looking creature that sat in the midst of them, Duo and Heero's glares not even holding a candle to the glare that belonged to one Mil Baruna.

"ONEENIISAMA," she cried, "I'm so disappointed in you." She smacked him in the back of his head for emphasis.

"Oneeniisama," Duo murmured. "You mean to tell us that this is Maze?" The now-identified person stood up.

"Yes! I'm Maze, Emperor of the Night!" he proclaimed, beating his chest like he was Tarzan and cackling maniacally. Everyone else sweatdropped.

"Just what is this person anyhow?" Heero snorted. Maze glared at him.

"Yes, what is he, and where is the girl you said was Maze?" Wufei echoed. Rapier stepped forward to explain.

"Well, Maze is actually two people in one," she began. "During the day Maze is female, but when night falls, she transforms into a male." The reactions from the visitors ranged from amazed to confused to outright shocked.

"Let me see if this is right," Wufei replied. "You mean to tell us that the female Maze is inside this dishonorable cur?" Randi fluttered close to Wufei.

"Yes, that's right," Randi said, verifying what Rapier said. Wufei snorted, muttering something about onnas and wild stories.

"What was that?" Solude asked. "Do speak up, ponytail boy."

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING 'PONYTAIL BOY'?" Treize took that time to step in and wisely pull the ranting Chinese pilot away from the two very upset women, both of them looking like they were ready to chew him up and spit him out for breakfast.

"Dragon, now's not the time to be going into one of your gender rants," he whispered. "You'd better stay close to me and Zechs for your protection." Before Wufei could say anything more, Treize sandwiched Wufei between himself and Zechs, and Zechs wisely clamped a beefy hand across Wufei's mouth.

"I'm interested in knowing what Maze was doing here, next to our bed and slobbering in my hair," Duo said, meeting Maze's glare.

"I didn't know you were a male," he sniffed. "I aim to please females, but I can make an exception for you." Maze grinned at Duo, flashing his fangs at him as he stalked towards Duo for the third time that night. That was stopped short by a blast of light that hit Maze, sending him into a wall. Tracing the path of the light, Wol Dono was amazed to find that blast came from Heero's hands.

"Heero-sama," he breathed, looking at the Japanese pilot's hands, which were still sparking small bolts of electricity. That in turn caused everyone to focus their attention on Heero. Somewhere along the line, Zechs' hand fell from Wufei's face because the next thing that was said came from the Chinese pilot.

"That was quite a blast, Yuy," he murmured. Heero, still not quite believing what had transpired, refused to look at his hands.

"Heero, you should look," Duo said, gently taking one of Heero's hands into his. The pair began to glow, eliciting a round of gasps from everyone except Maze, who was just coming around from being knocked silly by Heero and Mil, who was busy chiding Maze. Heero looked at their interlocked hands then into Duo's eyes as they continued to glow.

"What's going on here?" Quatre asked, feeling a warm sensation wash over him.

Wol Dono turned to him and replied, "Seems that at least your two friends here have developed the ability to use Folm."

"Folm?" Quatre echoed.

"It's a form of particle energy," Solude explained.

"It's like what we would call chi," Wufei added, and Quatre nodded so they'd know he got the idea.

"Anyhow, it appears that with the two of them together, they're full- fledged Folm Masters," Wol Dono continued.

"And what does that mean?" Trowa stepped forward after observing all that had happened in the room.

"It means that they're extra strong when they're together. Folm is based on five different gemstones--citrine, sapphire, emerald, ruby and diamond. Some people with the ability to use Folm can only master one type, but a Folm Master can use all five at once. The only other person who can do that around here is Maze."

"Then why didn't he come after us when we blasted him the first time around?" Duo asked. Solude snorted.

"Knowing that lech, he was probably too stunned by what you guys did."

Aster yawned, stretching his beefy arms above his head. "I'm not sure about the rest of you, but this conversation can continue in the morning," he said. "We all need some rest around here."

"That's the best idea anyone's had around here since we've been here," Relena snorted as she left the room, not bothering to bid anyone a good night.

"I agree with Miss Relena," Solude added, turning to follow Relena out when a hand on her shoulder stopped her.

"You're not going after Miss Relena," Rapier said. "You're coming with me." Solude smirked.

"I come any way I can--with you or anyone else and even by myself." Everyone groaned as she snickered at her own weird joke.

"It's going to be a long night," Duo sighed, burying his face in Heero's shoulder.

--tsudzuku--