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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Wu Fei + Duo Notes: Challenge 179. Baby Series 3 #311. Takes place a few minutes following The Odd Secret. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
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Theories Abound "I think what I fear the most is the politicising that will take place." "Eh?" Duo frowned. "What's to politicise? Everyone is Sanc knows the survivors of your clan are coming. Milliardo went to great pains to let everyone know who they are and why he extended the invitation. The politicians know exactly what is going on." "Regardless of that, conspiracy theories abound." "Huh?!" Wu Fei resisted the urge to straighten his jacket… the thing was straight and he knew it. It was nerves, plain and simple, but there was nothing he could do about it. It was all he could do not to fidget and dance around like a cat on a hot tin roof. "It is not the Sancian people I am concerned about, but the survivors… specifically the Elder. Politics was far from being a tame affair in the Courts of the past. It was considered to be nothing of note to backstab your opponent, literally as well as figuratively. In the past entire families perished to facilitate someone's rise to power." "You think the Elder wants to rise in position? By going over you?" "I do not know `who' he is. I do not know his exact bloodlines. It may be that he has negligible bloodlines tying him to the Chang clan or the Long bloodline, in which case he would attempt to influence events from the background. If he is more closely blooded to the existing line…" He left the thought hanging. "Ah, Fei, I thought you were the last of the bloodline?" Wu Fei inclined his head slightly, acknowledging the question and watched as the shuttle settled into its bay. "I am the last with a strong genealogy traceable to the Chang and Long lineages. There may be other minor cousins who normally would have no chance of inheriting position and prestige, except by making themselves useful to those with stronger bloodlines." "This `purity' thingy makes my teeth ache. I just don't get it. Guess I'm more of a law of the jungle kind of guy. The strongest stands on top of the pile and preys on everyone lower than him." "The law of Claw and Fang," Wu Fei mused. "Sometimes it goes by other names, depending on what circles you walk within. Politics in the Clan is very much tooth and claw, only to play at the highest echelon you must have a certain claim to blood to access the game." "Sounds nasty." "It is. Very nasty. I have tried to warn Milliardo but I am uncertain if he understood what I was trying to say. He just shook his head and said they would fit right in with the local politics. I fear we have invited a school of sharks in to feast." "Let's just wait and see, eh? I've learned Zechsy is no fool and Pagan will know what to expect. He'll be on guard against any threats to our Peacecrafts." "I do not wish to be at war with Heero." ~ * ~ |
