Shinigami's Choice (Currently Incomplete)
By Mizuno Mouri
Notes: This is the third fic in an Arc of stories. It's apart of the "Fates Befallen" Arc. Overall in this portion you will find some naughty humor, lemon, slight language, and very hentai characters. This explains how Duo came to Saria, and all that jazz. We also get to find out exactly what he had to do with Wufei … :: Buwahaha ::
Disclaimers: I own nothing; I'm making nothing off of this. So don't sue ^^;; Gundam Wing is owned by more powerful people than myself. I wish I were one of them! The only thing I can claim are the original characters that appear in this story; the world I have also created is mine, deal. I make absolutely not money off of this.
Dedications: This is for my beloved, Nat. I miss you, lots.
Now what if I told you that I'm Death incarnate? Not that
you'd believe me but I am, well not exactly death but I'm close enough. I'm a
mage of sorts, a wizard if you will. I'm an avid practitioner of the Black
Arts. Not those cheesy curses but the ones of attack, defense, and the 'I'm so~
going to kill you' moves.
Where I'm from, Atmos, (one of the lands of Panphasala,
which I'll get back to you later about...) the people there call me Shinigami
and for good reason. Any and all who have crossed my path graced by an ill
wind, have never lived much longer after meeting me. I was often called in by
the High Council of Dragonier to perform small duties for them. I got the job
done easily and quickly; there wasn't a force that was able to stop me.
Unless you were him. Obsidian eyes, raven hair that framed
the well-chiseled face, gentle hands, and a moving body. He was so beautiful,
my former lover, my god in every sense of the word.
Chang Wufei, guardian god of Drae, Drae being the race of
dragons in human form. True dragons no longer exist, unless you're Wufei. He is
the last true being able to transform into a dragon, the only one left from the
race. The Drae possess the strength that proves they are descendents of dragons
yet are inapt to transform into them anymore. That ability was lost with the
ages, such a pity to. Dragons were strong and beautiful creatures, worthy of
the admiration of all and none at the same time. None, though, were quite like
Wufei; he was special, he was mine. And that's all I really want to say about
Wufei right now. I don't feel like breaking my spirits again after they've just
been lifted again.
So I bet you're wondering about this land I live in, right?
Well let me give you the basic run down. The world as we know it is called
Panphasala. It's compromised of five different lands, each with their different
attribute. We have Atmos, the land of Endless Skies; Saria, land of Desert
Seas; Inferno, land of the Eternal Flame, Merninia; land of Crystal Deep
Waters; and finally Silvae, land of Clouded Forests. Right now I'm in Saria. Or
at least that's what Quatre has told me.
Oh yes, Quatre. Blonde, built and beautiful. He's quite nice,
especially when he's not wearing a shirt. Needless to say he's a very yummy
sight. Yeah, I'm sure you wanted to know that but I feel it's necessary to tell
you about it. Quatre is a Sarian, from the city of Shroud, the renowned city of
Illusion. Now why is it a City of Illusion? For one simple reason, the city
shifts plains. Now by plains I mean different areas. If you see it in one place
one day, it will be in another the next day. Shroud is a desert city, an oasis
of sorts, and a true mirage. Hence why it is called the City of Illusion.
Now as for Quatre, he is a healer and a musician. A majority
of his time is spent playing music to soothe those who are wounded. He does it
all the time. Of course what most don't know about Quatre is the fact that he
is a sex addict. Yes, that right's the innocent seeming healer who is adored by
all is a little sex addict. Trust me, in my short few weeks here I've found
that out. Not that I really mind the single minded youth, but he can tire you
out within minutes or leave you hanging and wanting for hours on end. He's a
practitioner of the sexual arts, something few would see coming from a healer,
but it's an important asset to the lithe blonde. He has the ability to control
one's life force during the act of sex, or as Quatre puts it, "the ritual
of sex." I swear he's a hentai and everyone else thinks I'm just
delusional. Bull shit.
Getting on with my story, let me tell you how I ended up in
Shroud. You see I was banished from Atmos, because of my love, my love of an
onyx-eyed god, and his love for me. Things of that matter were not allowed and
frowned upon. And of course that just made us love each other more. Finally the
High Council found us out, seeing as they couldn't banish their own god, they
banished me. Sent me falling to the earth like a Fallen one. In truth that's
what I am, I guess, a Fallen angel. I miss Wufei... I miss him so much.
Yet falling into the desert region of Saria has proved to be
quite the blessing in disguise. Even though I went through some troubling
times, I stumbled upon Quatre. He's proven himself to be quite the angel and
for that I love him. He saved my life when I was on the brink of death and gave
me back what I had lost ten-fold. Ever since I first met him I've been
completely alive. I've not felt this way since I was with Wufei. Perhaps it is
a sign that I need to move on from my past and into the future that is with
Quatre. If only I could forget Wufei...
~
"Duo," Quatre thumped Duo hard on the head and
grinned mischievously at him, "just what are you writing?"
Duo looked up from his bound book and smiled easily, while
rubbing the spot on his head where Quatre had thumped him. "I was just
writing down some of my thoughts about all that's happened." He murmured
softly and looked up to Quatre, whose eyes were shining brightly.
"Oh... so it's some type of journal. Then I won't pry,
unless you want me too." He winked at Duo and smiled once more.
"I'll tell you eventually just not now, okay?" Duo
stood up from his seat and stretched, his light sheer shirt pulling up
revealing his taut stomach. Quatre nodded to him and pulled at his hand, trying
his best to get him to go outside towards the bright daylight and away from the
darkness of his manor.
"Fine, but you can't stay inside here forever. You'll
have to come out eventually, and besides," he cast a silly grin at Duo,
"sunlight is good." He made a slight emphasis on the word good and
continued to pull Duo outside.
"This coming from the man who thrives on the night time
to make mischief... no, wait, love."
"No that's not necessarily true... we could always go
right now." Quatre winked at Duo again, who paled instantly.
"You are a hentai and they keep telling me I'm
delusional." Duo huffed and put his arm around Quatre and pulled him
closer, walking outside into the sunlight.
"Well you're not, but I can't help it if the people
have such high standards of me." Quatre complied with Duo and wrapped his
own arm around him. They were going to go for a stroll through the desert oasis
town. It was a beautiful city and within its sheltered boundaries people
thrived, not so much unlike the desert and the residents surrounding it.
People watched the two walked together. Hushed words held
onto their lips as they walked by, not because they were both men, no, that was
a common sight. Those that were meant to be together didn't have to be opposite
sexes, they could be the same. No, it was something more than that, something
much more.
"Quatre... why are they always staring at us like that?
I mean it's not like they haven't seen two guys together before." Duo cast
a strange look to Quatre who was merely smiling at him and stifling a small
laugh... or was that a cough?
"They're not used to seeing me with anyone. I'm usually
more reserved in whom I choose to live with." Quatre looked up to Duo and
smiled even more.
Duo released a small sigh. That sounded so much like Wufei.
He still missed him dearly, now even more than before. He wanted to be with him
so desperately but he also wanted to be with Quatre. It was so hard choosing,
He loved them so very much and in his short time with Quatre, he never wanted
to leave him. Yet, in his mind he still longed for Wufei.
~
"Get up, Duo!" Duo sat immediately up right in his
black silk covered bed.
"Aww! What is it Wufei?" Duo brushed a lock of
hair from his face and yawned, looking towards Wufei, who had appeared in
flowing black shirt and pants. Dragon wings haunted his back as he flew back
and forth in front of Duo's bed.
"Maxwell, did you forget we were supposed to go hunting
today? I swear if it wasn't for the fact that you're a master of your
profession, I would've roasted you and had a morning snack." Wufei huffed
and let his wings disappear as he walked towards Duo's bed.
"Yeah, yeah. You say that every time you wake me up.
Now will you hand me some pants so I can get dressed and we can get on our
way." Duo began to crawl out of his bed while Wufei made his way towards
Duo's drawers to grab him a pair of slacks to wear.
"Here you go... DUO!" Wufei instantly began to
blush, "Kisama! Why didn't you tell me you didn't wear anything to
bed?" Wufei held his nose, trying not to let the blood flow to it. Duo
stood up from his bed, in the buff and grinning ear to ear.
"Just hand me the pants, Wu-man and don't try to pull
that I'm 'Mr. Never Have Any Sexual Thoughts' act. I know you're enjoying the
view so just shut up." Duo winked at Wufei who paled even more.
"That's beside the point, Maxwell." Wufei blushed
slightly and averted his eyes when Duo took the pair of slacks from his hands.
"Whatever Wu-man. You know you're enjoying it, you
hentai."
"I am not a hentai!" Wufei turned to face Duo as
he was trying to get his slacks on.
"If you're not," Duo wriggled his way into his
slacks, "then stop staring at my butt like you are."
"I'm not staring!"
"Sure, Wu-man, sure."
"WUFEI! Get your sorry arse back in human form and stop
scaring away the prey!" Duo screamed at Wufei who moved back and forth,
his large dragon tail swishing across the ground creating minor seismic
activity.
"Grooar." Wufei gave a gruff roar in reply to Duo,
who immediately shook his head.
"Do not give me that 'injustice' bull. Just turn back
to normal." Giving his best glare at Wufei he stood up and dusted himself
off. Wufei's large form moved and quivered. Unlike those dragons pictured in
books, he was more of the graceful type. A slender form accented by translucent
silver wings, tinted black, like the rest of his form. He was more like that of
a Drake* than a dragon, and yet still he was one. Wufei's form continued to
quiver and shake, shrinking back down to his human form. Which in Duo's own
opinion was quite pleasing to the eye, but he was never going to tell Wufei
that. Everyone knew he was straight, despite his antics.
So Duo stared for a few seconds and then walked over to
Wufei, who finished his transformation, his obsidian eyes glistening and
shining brightly. Those were his most attractive features, those eyes of his.
The were so black that it was like looking into the abyss of space that
surrounded their small world. He could get lost in those beautiful orbs so
easily. In fact that was what he was doing right now.
"Maxwell, will you stop staring at me and pick up the
equipment. We're not going to get any hunting done today. So we might as well
go home and get some sleep." Wufei started picking up what there was of
the equipment near him. Duo nodded his head and did the same with the equipment
that was near him.
"So we go home and get some sleep. Does this mean I get
to sleep with you Wufei?" Duo spoke cheekily, a small smile making its
self apparent on his face.
"Maxwell! You know that I am not allowed to have
relations with mortals. And anyways you're not exactly in my taste range."
Wufei huffed and picked up the rest of the hunting equipment and began to walk
away.
"Oh come on! How are you going to ever get laid?
There's no one left of your kind and the High Council has made you into a holy
god of some kind. They've made so many declarations about you that you barely
have a life. I still can't believe they made one about you not being able to
have relations with mortals. That's a bunch of bull. You even follow the rules
they set, just what type of honor does it take to follow shit like that."
Duo spoke with increasing speed, indenting on his major points and marking
everything he said as if it was a true point. He followed after Wufei, keeping
right on his heels.
"Listen Duo, what the High Council ordains I will not
displace as utter nonsense. They've kept me alive. When the disease raced
through the Drae of my time and killed most of us off, the new generation
helped nurse what was left of us. I was the only one who survived the whole
ordeal. I can only repay what they've done for me by complying with their
wishes." Wufei spoke almost wistfully, as if it wasn't his wish to do as
the Council said.
"Oh. I guess I should think before I speak, but how in
the Shinigami's name will you ever get laid? I mean there is no one left of you
kind and well you can't get it on with mortals so what are your choices?"
Duo continued his onslaught of thoughts and looked to Wufei, curiousity written
all over his face.
"Do we have to talk about this subject? What I do to
get my jollies..."
"Woh! Did you just say jollies?! Where did you learn
that Mr. High and Mighty Guardian of the Drae?" Duo gave Wufei a strange
look and smiled, snickering under his breath. Wufei released a heavy sigh and
walked faster.
"I've been hanging around you way too long. Using your
terms would only happen naturally." Wufei spoke in a matter-of-fact tone
and continued on his way.
"Okay fine, seems true, but what about my
question?" Duo was still inquisitive about it, pestering Wufei was the
only thing he could do to get the answer out of him.
"I will not answer such a rudimentary question such as
that! Now just be quiet and leave me be." Wufei hissed out the last words,
throwing a challenging death glare if Duo was not quiet this time around in the
round of questions. Duo took it to heart and went silent, not speaking anymore
after that. So silence fell upon the two and nothing more was said. It was not
the amiable silence that was wanted by the both of them but it would do for
now.
Then something struck Duo in the back of the head, sending
him sprawling forward onto the ground before him. Wufei was by his side within
seconds of him falling. Their hunting equipment scattered around them now.
"You okay Duo?" Wufei pulled Duo upwards off the
ground and onto his feet.
"Yeah I think so, something just hit me on the back of
the head." Duo spoke softly while rubbing the back of his head and
removing himself from Wufei's grasp. He dusted himself off and looked around
the area. There was nothing in his sight that he could see, or so it seemed. He
may have not seen anything but he could feel something, some presence, ominous
and foreboding.
"You do feel that, don't you Maxwell?" Wufei moved
quickly and surveyed the area with precision. They weren't alone on this hunt
anymore.
"Yeah, I do. There's more than one and they're closing
in on us. This won't be pretty." Duo's utterance was all that Wufei got in
reply to his comment. Both of them moved back to back. Their aura's beginning
to glow brightly about them, no chances were going to be taken. They would
fight back against whatever it was that was going to attack them.
That wasn't too long to wait. Several men appeared before
them out of the shadows of the forest, malice on their faces. They stepped
toward Wufei and Duo some smiling sadistically and others just wearing a stoic
mask of indifference. The battle was just beginning as the first spell was
cast.
~
"DUO!"
"Who? What?" Duo double blinked his eyes and
looked around the area, his eyes training on Quatre.
"Are you okay? You dazed out of there for a moment."
Quatre looked at him, a look of slight worry on his face. Perhaps Duo hadn't
fully healed from his epic journey and was still in need of rest. Duo shook his
head slowly and looked at Quatre, a soft smile on his face.
"Yeah I am fine. Just remembering about some old times
in my homeland. You know hunting and falling in love with gods. Stuff like
that." Duo whispered in small amazement, he closed his eyes trying to
further recall the memory. Quatre nodded in agreement.
"Well since you seem to be enjoying the memory why
don't you share it with me. You'll have a pleasant time remembering it and I'll
have a good time listening to it." Quatre offered to Duo, the look of an
inquisitive cat on his face.
"Alright, I'll tell you, so let's continue our walk
while I talk." Duo let out a small sigh in wonder and walked on with
Quatre.
"Okay." Short and sweet came the reply and Duo
began to relate his tale.
"The Guardian god of the Drae and me stood back to
back. Some strange adversaries had appeared and encircled us. The first spell
was a harsh one sent out quickly and sharply heading towards us. Though I
easily blocked it, it was only the first of many."
~
*A Drake is a more graceful form of a Dragon. Though some
are more bulky they are quite different. If you play Magic: The Gathering, then
you know what I mean. And no! He's not as weak as Drakes are in the game /~