New fic from me. Hope everyone enjoys this as much as Fragile Faith. Thank you for keeping me confident in my writing. I must take the time to thank Ryen Selenity Caliburn for helping me with the title (since I'm horrible with them). And also, of course, Duo-js for constantly poking me for something new. Both of you are just great. Thank you again everyone!
Author: aomurasakiai
Warnings: Cross dressing, Shounen ai, Fluff, Sap, Angst, AU, OOC-ness
Pairings: 1+2+1
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG-13
*Everything above may be
subject to change*
A guardian angel, who sat cross-legged on a large cloud that had drifted over Japan, narrowed his cobalt blue eyes, the concentration slightly marring his features. The angel was Heero Yuy, dressed in white with the wind slightly ruffling his hair. He was staring into the floating Vigil Sphere with both hands folded under his chin. He knew that he was misusing it somehow, since it was given to angels who became guardians so they were able to watch over the people in their assigned area. Well, Heero definitely "watched over" his area constantly… or rather, a certain person within his area.
This person, a teenager, who was the same age as the guardian angel, was incredibly different from everyone else in Japan. He had long chestnut hair braided down a muscular back, swinging tauntingly everywhere he went. A heart-shaped face with twin pools of violet that sparkled with laughter. And he held an air of beauty that put even the angels to shame.
"Duo Maxwell…" Heero murmured, like he'd done countless of times since he'd first seen his picture.
[START FLASHBACK]
"Are you certain that that *boy* can handle a job like this?" asked Lady Une, second-in-command of all guardian angels. The angel being questioned, Odin Lowe, nodded solemnly.
"He's been training under my supervision his entire life so he knows what the expectations are. Besides, since I am being transferred to the USA sector immediately, you need to find another guardian angel for Japan, fast. Heero is capable of doing the job."
"B-But he's just a child!"
"As is young Chang Wufei; but he is doing a remarkable job watching over China, is he not? If Heero has any problems, he can seek Wufei's guidance and advice," Odin said with a touch of finality. Lady Une gave an exasperated sigh.
"Very well, I will inform Treize-sama. Have Heero report to me tomorrow for instructions." Guardian Angel Lowe bowed in respect and left to find the 9-year-old.
~~~Next Day~~~
"Do I make myself clear?" Lady Une asked the young angel before her.
"Hai. Crystal clear," Heero answered. Nodding, Lady Une moved forward and pressed her hand on the white sash over his shoulder. After a few moments, she lifted it and the words "Guardian Angel Heero Yuy" appeared embroidered upon the sash with "Japan" under them.
"You are officially recognized as a guardian angel. Remember, I can just as easily take it off if you should stray from your focus," she warned him. "I trust Guardian Angel Lowe gave you his Vigil Sphere for Japan?" At his nod, she waved her hand and dismissed the new guardian angel from her sight.
~~~One afternoon~~~
Ten-year-old Heero Yuy blinked slowly as he tried to stay awake and sat up straighter, continuing his watch on the Vigil Sphere. It had been months since he was assigned Japan to look after but the only "disasters" that occurred during that time were small random house fires. For a country literally packed with people, it was certainly uninteresting to the young guardian. He was glad that Lady Une wasn't here to see his tired looking expression, especially since he had gained her trust long ago with his extremely thorough monthly reports, despite them being monotonous. Having submitted one the day before, it was another 30 days until he had to compile another. He sighed inwardly with boredom as the Vigil Sphere continued to show him the various parts of Japan.
It was then that a rolled up parchment appeared in front of the unruly haired angel in a puff of cloud. Reaching out to grab it, he unrolled it to reveal a rather short message from Odin.
~~~
Heero,
New arrival from America: Duo Maxwell. All essential information along with a picture is provided below. Be sure to register him into your sector. Hope that everything is going well.
Best of Luck,
Guardian Angel Odin Lowe
United States of America
~~~
Heero tilted his head as he continued to unroll the parchment. Even though he had gotten parchments such as these from the other guardians, informing him of new arrivals to his sector he'd never received one from Odin before. First time for everything, he supposed. A photo, presumably one of Duo Maxwell fell onto the cloud. He reached over to retrieve it while reading over the boy's background information and history. When he finally glanced to the photo, his mouth parted slightly.
Heero had seen other 10-year-old boys in Japan but none of them looked like this one.
"Duo Maxwell…" he murmured. This one proved to be interesting.
[END FLASHBACK]
For seven years after Duo's arrival to Japan, Heero kept a constant watch over the boy. He watched him as he grew up and matured. And he was becoming aware of the stirring feelings within himself every time he saw the human. He didn't understand what they were or why he was having them. But he knew it had to be because of Duo.
Heero watched the teenage boy disappear into a large building, the Moriyama High School. He was about to dismiss the Vigil Sphere when he felt a presence behind him.
"Heero?"
With a wave of his hand, the Vigil Sphere disappeared and Heero turned around to face the other guardian.
"Wufei," Heero greeted his long time friend with a nod. All Wufei could do was sigh since he knew what Heero was doing… again.
"Honestly Yuy," Wufei admonished, switching to the other's last name in slight annoyance. "You must stop gawking at that human. What if I was Lady Une? She would strip you of your status in 2 seconds flat and then you *really* won't be able t-"
"I know," Heero clipped through Wufei's tirade. The other just shook his head.
"Well I just came to tell you that Quatre is here for a visit." Right when he said that, the blonde-haired guardian of Arabia appeared behind Wufei.
"Hi Heero. Long time no see!" Heero also nodded to the blonde angel and got up.
"Rashid is watching over Arabia for a few hours so I got a chance to 'sneak' over here. How have you been, Heero?" Before he could answer, Wufei cut in.
"Busy watching that human he's infatuated with rather than his sector." Quatre blinked.
"Again Heero? You must be more careful. What if Lady Une finds out? You won't be a guardian any-"
"I am aware of that!" Heero almost hissed in irritation. "But I *have* to see him." Heero paused, not wanting to admit why but… these were the few guardian angels he trusted. His friends.
"I can't help it." He has… an odd power over me. I want know how…" Heero stopped, looking down with a contemplative expression. Both Quatre and Wufei took a moment before it registered and they gaped in shock.
"YUY!! ARE YOU MAD?!" Quatre shushed him before anyone nearby could hear them, like the guardian of South Korea.
"Please don't tell me… Heero you can't!"
"I *have* to know," Heero said, his resolve already firm before turning to the other two guardian angels. Both Quatre and Wufei could read the determination in the cobalt eyes of their friend. Looking at each other, they both sighed. They knew that no amount of persuasion would keep him here. Heero was incredibly stubborn.
"I don't know how you are going to manage this Yuy but…" Wufei began.
"Good luck okay? Be careful. Earth is not like here," Quatre finished off. Heero nodded to his two friends before disappearing in an instant with a poof.
"Was it right… for us to let him?" Quatre whispered. Wufei remained silent, wondering the same thing.
~~~Earth~~~
Heero glanced around the corner of the entrance to the Moriyama High School. He was still in his guardian angel's attire, but somehow he didn't think that humans would accept him into the school dressed like this. Glancing around and spotting no one, he swept his arm in front of himself and immediately a uniform replaced his white garments.
Heero nodded to himself in satisfaction as the female uniform fitted him comfortably. From his observations over the past few years, he concluded that it would be easier to get closer to Duo as a girl than a boy. Even though he didn't like the black stockings, the grayish color of the knee-length skirt, the matching coat, the white blouse, or short red tie; he had to bear with it.
Outside the main office, he conjured the basic school materials into a small school bag and breezed through registration easily with mind control, getting every class that Duo Maxwell had. He couldn't afford any suspicion in the area lest Lady Une found out. Schedule in hand, Heero marched down the hallway. Once he found the correct room to his first class, he reached out towards the sliding door and pushed it aside slowly. The teacher, Takara-sensei, glanced up in surprise.
"Oh! You must be Aiko-san. I didn't except the registration to be so fast," she said, moving towards him. "Please come in." Heero stepped in, glancing around the room out of the corner of his eyes and spotted the braided human almost immediately.
"Minna-san, I had informed you of a new classmate and here she is," she addressed to the class before lowering her voice.
"Want to introduce yourself?" Heero nodded and looked up, fully making eye contact with Duo as he introduced "himself" to the class.
"Aiko Kohana desu," Heero said carefully, without faltering in his higher girl voice, his cobalt eyes almost burning into Duo's violet ones.
"Yoroshiku."
tbc…
Notes: The uniforms I described are in the Anime "X/1999" by CLAMP. I love the male uniform, especially worn by Kamui. *sigh* The high school "Moriyama" is not the real school in X/1999; it's the high school once attended by Gackt-sama. And Heero's Earth name basically means: Aiko = beloved, Kohana = little flower.