Heero and Duo, Saiyan Gods
Part 1: Hidden Affections
By: Traci14

Anime series: Gundam Wing/ Dragon Ball Z
Romance/alternate universe/action/suspense
Not a lemon or a lime
No yaoi
Story blurb: Duo and Heero find out that they're Saiyans, and, yes, Gods, as well. But, how will they take it when a few Z-boys come to take them back to their dimension to train for their full abilities? And what happens when they find out they're related?! Find out!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or Dragon Ball Z or any of their characters. The only characters that are mine are Trish and any other character and/or power/attack of any sort that shouldn't be in either Gundam Wing or Dragon Ball Z timeline. Yes, I am aware that Heero is Japanese and Duo is American. I wonder, though, Heero's real name is Odin Lowe Jr. So, how can he be full Japanese if he has an American last name, huh? That means his father was probably American. Or at least one of his ancestors. It's probably his father's name, since it has Jr. in it. That's my reason in this fic, if it's wrong I apologize, but don't take this fic too seriously, it's fiction, dudes. I can have it how I want. ^_^

WARNING: Yes, this is a yaoi fic. At first this is a brother/brother relationship, but it'll turn into more, so don't yell at me because they seem to only think of each other as friends or brothers for a while. Just wait. Doesn't anyone have any patience anymore?!

Couples: Heero and Duo

Dedication: This fanfiction is dedicated to SkyLark, you know who you are.^_^


The war had been over for a few days now. Heero and Duo were still sharing an apartment and were still looking for work. Heero had stayed in Japan, so that's where Duo was as well. Duo was sick though, at the moment and wanted Heero to stay with him. He was really sick, he couldn't even get out of bed and for the determined Duo Maxwell, that was saying a lot. There was a pan by the bed, because Duo would tend to throw up. Duo decided too, now.

He leaned over the bed in a fast hurry and threw up right into the pan. Good thing he had good aim. Heero quickly pulled his braid out of the way, and put a cold cloth on the back of Duo's neck. This definitely wasn't fun for Duo and what was worse, Heero thought that he was coming down with it as well. Wonderful. Duo took another cloth and wiped his mouth, then leaned back again on the bed, relaxing right away. He REALLY wanted a tooth brush and some mouth wash right now. Heero got up, immediately being stopped by Duo grabbing his wrist. He knew he was acting like an infant, but he really didn't want to be left alone too long while he was this sick. What happened if he needed help and no one was there? "Where're ya goin'?" Duo asked, weakly, with a hint of exhaustion. All he was doing was laying in bed, how could he be exhausted?! It usually took more than this to make him exhausted. Probably the sickness and the throwing up didn't help much, either. "I'm just going to get you some water." Heero said. "I'm not thirsty." Duo said. He didn't want to drink anything, because he wouldn't be able to keep it down. He knew, though, if he wasn't able to keep anything down within twenty-four hours, Heero would take him to the hospital. He begged Heero not to even call a doctor. He knew it was childish and he shouldn't get into the habit of begging like that, but there was just something about doctors that he didn't trust. Medical doctors, that is.

"I just thought that you might want to rinse your mouth out. I wont be going far, just in the other room. If you don't want me to go, I wont go." Heero said. "No, I just didn't...well, never mind. Go ahead." Duo said. Heero raised an eyebrow. Now, Duo seemed to be losing his marbles. He swore that one day he'd come into the room and Duo'd be crawling around on the floor and when he asked what in the Hell Duo was doing, he'd answer, "I'm looking for my marbles." Then he'd go back to looking.

Heero got the water and returned quickly. He let Duo rinse his mouth out with the water, then took it back and dumped it down the drain of the bathroom sink. "Later I'm bringing you something to drink to see if you can drink it and keep it down." Heero said. "I don't like that idea." Duo said. "I know you don't, but it could be very dangerous if you can't keep anything down within twenty-four hours." Heero said. "God, would you listen to us? We sound like we're in love with each other." Duo joked. "Dream on." Heero said. "My God, Heero, was that a joke? Did you just crack a joke?" Duo asked. "You must be feeling better." Heero said. "No, not really, but I've been sleeping all day and I'm sick of it. I only wake up when I throw up. No more home remedies. They only make me drowsy." Duo said. "That's the idea, among taking the pain away. Sleep is the most healing thing and I'm not giving you those home remedies, so you can get worse." Heero said. "Aww, I didn't know you cared." Duo joked. Heero felt nauseous. "I'll be right back, Duo." Heero said, getting up. "Where are you going?" Duo asked, afraid that Heero's 'right back' might be in two or three hours. "To the bathroom." Heero said, obviously in a hurry. His voice sounded a little different as well. "Alright." Duo said.

Heero went in the bathroom and promptly threw up. He quickly ran some water into a cup and washed out his mouth, also using mouth wash, then flushing the toilet, then washed his hands. He went back to the room he just left and sat back down in the chair next to Duo's bed. "Your sick aren't you?" Duo asked. "What? Where'd you get an idea like that?" Heero asked, looking innocent. "Come on, don't lie to me. I don't like it, plus, if your not sick, then you've gotta be pregnant from the way you were throwing up in there." Duo said. "Would you believe I'm pregnant?" Heero asked, smiling. "No." Duo said. "Fine, I might be getting sick. I just threw up once, though, Duo, it could be a result of food poisoning or something." Heero said. "And that is supposed to make me feel better? My best friend having food poisoning?" Duo asked. Heero smiled at him sheepishly. "Your sick and it's my fault. I gave it too you and you know it." Duo said. "This is exactly why I didn't want to tell you. You get sick, which isn't your fault, I take care of you, my choice, I catch it, my fault." Heero said. "How do you come across it like that? I'm the one that got sick, I'm the one that asked you not to leave me alone, you got sick." Duo said. "You couldn't help getting sick, I didn't have to stay with you, that was my choice, I got sick, I don't care." Heero said. "How can you not care?" Duo asked. "Because, it's for a good cause. If I get too sick to take care of you, I'll arrange for us both to be put in the hospital in the same room." Heero said. "Call them now. I don't want you getting any sicker." Duo said. "You are just like an overprotective brother, you know that?" Heero asked. "Well, your like a brother to me." Duo said. "Same here. Are you sure you want me to call the hospital, because I'm not that si...." Heero couldn't finish his sentence as his eyes rolled back into his head and he passed out. "Heero!" Duo shouted. He couldn't catch Heero, but he did manage to get a soft pillow under his head. He got up, but not without almost falling down, and went to the phone, taking it with him as he fell onto the other bed in the room. He dialed the hospital's number, sure that the ambulance, flashing lights thing wasn't necessary, since, he, himself, had almost passed out when he first got sick, if it had not been for Heero knowing exactly what to do. Duo knew, now, what to do, but he was too weak to even stand up on his own, and Heero was out already.

Someone answered the phone, finally. Surprisingly slow for a hospital. "Yeah, me and my.....brother, are real sick and he just passed out. I can't even stand on my own. We need to get to the hospital now. We live alone at Cherry Blossom Dr. at the only apartment complex on the street, number 409. We need a room together. Heero'll freak if he finds he's in a hospital, but he can't see me." Duo said. The person on the other end said, they'd get an ambulance down there right away. Duo couldn't find the strength to get back up and go over to Heero. He said brother, before, because he remembered Heero saying that he didn't like his identity found out, eventhough the war was over. Duo decided to put them under Heero and Duo Maxwell, as brothers. It wasn't long after that thought, that the ambulance came and took them to the hospital. Duo passed out as well, shortly after giving all the needed information, as well, joining Heero in Dreamland.

Shortly after Duo'd passed out, he woke up in a hospital room, his bed close to another bed. He turned his head to see who was in the bed, hoping that the doctors or nurses or whoever the hell did the damn room arrangements, followed his orders, so Heero wouldn't freak out at being in some strange hospital room, not understand why and alone.

Heero was starting to wake up. He opened his eyes and looked straight up, seeing a ceiling that he didn't remember being that high up. He immediately wanted to know where he was and where his best friend was. "Duo?!" Heero asked, not loudly, since he had a headache, but it was clear he was worried and wanted an answer from someone, NOW. "I'm right here." Duo answered. Heero whipped his head around, to actually see Duo. When he saw that Duo was in the same condition he last saw him in, he breathed a sigh of relief and let his head rest on the pillow again. "Were you worried about me?" Duo asked, in a rub-it-in-your-face voice. "Well....I...ya see....n....I'm goin' back to sleep." Heero said. "Yeah, I love you too, my brotha'." Duo said. "Here we go." Heero said. "What?!" Duo asked. "Are you feeling any better?" Heero asked, changing the subject. "Not really." Duo said. "Duo?" Heero asked. "Yeah?" Duo replied. "Why in the Hell are we here?" Heero asked, smiling. "Is that a smile?!" Duo asked. "Just answer the question." Heero said. "If you do me one favor." Duo said. "What? And make it snappy, I'm wondering as to why I'm here and where here is." Heero said. "Well, bro, I only want ya to call me bro." Duo said. "What for?" Heero asked. "It's one of my steps to get you to loosen up. I know we BOTH think of each other as bros, you've said it once or twice, so make it known!" Duo said. "Oh, man. Me and my big mouth. Okay, why the Hell are we here, BRO?" Heero asked, stressing bro. "Thank you. See, now that wasn't so hard, was it? Anyway, you passed out, I used what little damn strength I'd recovered to call the hospital and get an ambulance and all to take us down here, which is the hospital. By the way, your new name is Heero Maxwell." Duo said. "My new name is WHAT?!" Heero asked, immediately hurting his head. "Oh, God." Heero moaned, gripping his head and at the same time trying to smash his head through the pillow. "Hey, Heero, you okay?" Duo asked, worried. "My head feels like it's gonna split in two." Heero said in the same moaning tone. "Do ya want me to call a nurse or someone?" Duo asked, sitting up in bed. Or trying too, anyway. "No." Heero said, calming down again.

"Well, alright. I put you down as my brother, because I know how much you don't like your full identity known, eventhough, the war is over. I told 'em everything they needed to know about you, but I don't have a clue as to when and if you had the chickenpox or the mumps or anything like that, but I gave 'em all the stuff that was absolutely necessary for them to know and all the stuff I could remember about me." Duo said. "Oh, I see." Heero said.

Weeks passed and Duo was slightly better, but what worried him, was that Heero seemed to be getting worse. He could barely open his eyes, now. It was the Shinigami curse. It had to be. If Heero died it would be all Duo's fault. "Duo?" Heero asked. "Yeah?" Duo asked, worried at Heero's tone. It was weak, but seemed terrified. "Duo, I know what I've done in the past, but....I'm afraid to die, now. Not now that I actually have someone to remember me and miss me, too." Heero said. "Heero, don't talk like that. Your gonna get better and your gonna live. You're gonna be around to call me an idiot for a long, long time." Duo said, fighting off tears at the thought of loosing Heero, because he knew boys didn't cry. "Duo, your getting better and I'm getting worse. You know it, the doctors know it, everyone knows it. Even I know it. I just...don't wanna die alone. I'm afraid." Heero said. "Heero, I'm not good at this kinda talk. Especially when it's not gonna happen. Besides, I'm only better because this machine is the only thing keepin' me alive right, now." Duo said. "Well, I know I'm gonna die. And it hurts." Heero said. "What do you mean it hurts? How?" Duo asked, afraid of the answer. "I'm dying now, I can feel it, and it hurts." Heero said. "Physical pain?" Duo asked. "Yeah. If I take this thing outta my arm, then it would all be over faster. I don't wanna walk through death alone. I'm afraid. I mean, what do I do? What happens next?" Heero asked. "I dunno, Heero. But, hey, I'm supposed to be Shinigami, so, who knows! Maybe, you'll see me." Duo said. Suddenly, Heero gripped the sides of the bed and, with the strength the pain gave him, lifted himself up a little, smashing his head into the pillow, and making noises that indicated he was in excruciating pain. Duo looked on in worry. He looked at the monitor that was supposed to be keeping track of Heero's vital signs. His vitals were dropping. He was dying. Duo took some paper that had been placed in a drawer next to the bed and a pencil, and wrote a note. He knew Heero didn't want Duo to die, he was only saying what he felt before he did die, but he wasn't going to let Heero die and walk through death alone. Not if he was so scared. He had this one chance and he wasn't going to pass it up. He'd regret it for the rest of his life and only blame himself for Heero's death. He wrote about how he wanted the burial to be. He wanted Heero and himself to look as they did the last time they'd seen Quatre, which was who he was addressing this note too. He wanted everyone to be notified, as well, and he wanted to have them burry him and Heero side by side. The list went on, but he wrote fast, signed it, folded it, then set it in a spot the doctors would find it without trying. The note even said that all of their stuff was to be divided up by Wufei, Quatre, Trowa, Catherine, Sally Po, and Hilde. Relena had enough stuff, but he left Relena one thing. He left her a picture of Heero actually smiling, since he knew she always had a thing for him, but the feeling wasn't mutual. Heero was still alive when Duo had finished. Heero wasn't in pain anymore. Duo was glad. Though, it was odd, but Heero seemed terrified. Duo reached over and took Heero's hand. He wasn't going to let Heero die feeling alone. "Goodbye, brother. Thanks for being my best friend, and my brother." Heero said weakly, before he took his last breath. Duo didn't even move to say goodbye in turn to Heero. Duo reached over and closed Heero's eyes, as the monitor started that long, never ending beep. He never let go of Heero's hand as he closed his eyes and disconnected the one machine that kept him alive. "Don't worry, Heero, I wont let you walk through death alone." Duo said. Then, he smiled, taking his last breath, proud of what he was doing. 'No regrets.' Was Duo's last thought.


Duo opened his eyes and looked around. He didn't see fire or anything, meaning he probably wasn't going to Hell and another factor of that would be that he didn't smell any brimstone. He didn't see a bright white light, so, probably not Heaven either. What? Was he going to be stuck in eternal limbo? He only saw space. As in outer space. He looked around, hoping to find Heero. Heero was sitting on the...well, he didn't know what to call it, but he was sitting down, anyway, with his arms around his legs, hugging them to his chest. Duo smiled. He understood why Heero was terrified. Though, it was odd to see him that way. He was always the suicidal one.

He walked over to Heero, holding out his hand for him to take. "Heero, don't be scared. Shinigami's here." Duo said. Heero accepted the hand. Duo helped Heero stand up. "Why are you here?" Heero asked. "Well, I sorta disconnected that machine thing. I can't remember the name of that thing. Never could keep it straight." Duo said. "Why? You were getting better. Why'd you do that?" Heero asked, seemingly almost in tears. "Whoa, whoa, man. I just got to thinkin', and I decided I wasn't gonna let ya walk through death alone. I wrote a note and everything sayin' how I wanted everything and all. Even who got what and stuff, though I didn't go into detail, since we didn't have much, but I did, specifically, give Relena a picture of you actually smiling. I addressed the note to Quatre Raberba Winner. They should know who to look for." Duo said. "Duo, you could have lived a happy life." Heero said. "No, way, man. I'd just blame myself for your death. And, anyways, dude, you took care of me and all, while I was sick. Ever since I was little everyone I cared about died. I blamed myself, still do. But, I had the chance to not let you die alone. The last person that I considered family at all, and I just had to take it. Do ya understand?" Duo asked. "Yeah, I understand. I just don't know what the world's gonna be like without you there." Heero said. "I know. It'll be lost, but it's gonna hafta make due, because I'm not comin' back." Duo said. Heero laughed. "Heero, are you crying?" Duo asked, moving Heero's head into the VERY dim light in different angles to see. He did have tear streaks down his cheeks. Heero didn't want to lie, so he didn't say anything, he just jerked his head away and looked down in shame. "Aw, Heero." Duo said, softly "Don't do that. I'm okay, and I'm here with you now. I'll walk with ya for eternity." Duo said, trying to get Heero to stop the water works. "You're a great friend, ya know that? " Heero said. "Right back at ya." Duo said, then, suddenly, both realized what this might look like to someone, anyone, that might, somehow, however possible, happened to be there, either that just died, or that was sent to guide them or what. Neither was too keen on how this was supposed to work. They quickly broke away from each other, each an inch or two farther away than they needed to be, brushing off their clothes and trying to act casual. Suddenly a purple haired boy, along with a short man with long, black, spiky hair, and another man, taller than the other two, with short, spiky hair, and kind, face, with a goofy grin, and a green man with pointy ears, antennae, and fangs, wearing something VERY different. Heero wasn't exactly emotionally stable, but then Duo was always overprotective of his friends, especially suicidal ones or people that were like family to him and Heero was all three. Duo sorta stepped forward, making sure it didn't look like he was being protective of Heero, or Heero would get upset. Duo didn't like it when Heero acted like that. "Who are you people and WHAT are you?" Duo asked, pointing to the green one. The spiky haired one laughed. Duo decided he didn't like his laugh.

"Duo." Heero said. "What?" Duo asked. "If I'm not seeing things, you have a tail." Heero said, in an awed voice. "Your kidding, right?" Duo asked. "Uh, uh. You have a long, brown, furry tail, trailing behind you." Heero said. Duo looked behind him. "Whoa! When did this happen?!" Duo yelled. "You're a Saiyan, boy. A Saiyan God at that. The Saiyan God of Death. Surprisingly the same name as your Earth God of Death. Shinigami. The other one is the Saiyan God of War and Destruction." The spiky haired one said, in a high and mighty voice. "What? We're dead." Duo said. "Yes, in order to bring you to our dimension, your rightful dimension, we had to make sure you died in the other dimension. Now, Heero, you're the Saiyan God of War. Your true name is simple, Demon of War." The man with the purple hair said. "Demon of War? That's not A name, that's three." Heero said. "Same difference. Anyway, you too, have a tail." The man with the purple hair answered. "Yeah, I figured that if Duo was a Saiyan and he had a tail, that if I were a Saiyan like you said, then I'd have a tail too." Heero said. "To answer your question, I'm a Namekian from the planet Namek." The green one said. "That's all real wonderful, but could you possibly tell us who you are? Don't get us wrong or nothin', it's real nice to hear where you're all from and all, but we'd kinda like NAMES to go with that." Duo said, ready to start fighting if any of them decided to attack Heero. Heero could take care of himself, but right now, Duo was concerned for Heero's safety and only Heero's safety.

"I am Trunks Vegeta Briefs." Trunks said, bowing a little. "Vegeta Briefs." Vegeta mumbled. "I'm Goku!" Goku said. (if your wondering why Son wasn't put in there, it's because I haven't heard him call himself Son yet. So, it's Goku, instead of Son Goku. If anyone KNOWS what his full name is without the Son in front, I wouldn't mind knowin'.^_^) "I'm Piccolo." Piccolo said. "Piccolo? Vegeta? TRUNKS?! So then, your name is TRUNKS BRIEFS?!" Duo asked, almost falling over with suppressed laughter. "Yeah, it is." Trunks said, glaring at his father. "What? Your mother named you!" Vegeta yelled. "Having a hissy fit, Vegeta?" Piccolo asked. Vegeta was about to say something when Goku interjected. "Guys! We don't have time for this! We need to get these boys back to our dimension and start their training. We should take them to King Kai." Goku said. "Then take them. Why were we even here, then?! You're the only one that get to King Kai's planet. So, teleport!" Vegeta yelled. "Now, now, Vegeta. We're going to help train them and so is Gohan. We're all going to be up there. Pretty soon Yamcha, Tien, Chautsue (sp?) are comin' too!" Goku said. "Joy." Vegeta said, putting a hand to his head.

"Alright, everyone join hands." Goku instructed. "Join hands?" Heero and Duo both asked, puzzled, in unison. "What for?" Heero asked. "Because, I'm gonna teleport us to King Kai's." Goku said. Vegeta, unhappily, held Goku's right hand, Piccolo held Goku's left hand, Trunks had ahold of Vegeta's hand, Duo had ahold of Piccolo's hand, because he didn't trust him next to Heero, and Heero had ahold of Duo and Trunks' hands.

There was a flash of light and then they were on a tiny planet with one house, one tree, a monkey outside, a little boy with unruly and long hair was in the yard playing with the monkey, a blue guy with feelers on his head, covered with a hat and something that looked like more feelers coming out beside either side of his mouth was standing in the yard, with his hands behind his back and watching the boy and monkey, a car in what seemed to be a driveway was there as well. "Whoa." Duo said.



Author's note: So, how'd ya like it? Was it any good so far? I know, not much between Heero and Duo, yet, but you can see it's there. I'll work up to that.^_^ So, any comments, questions or flames? Send to me, at traci1985babe@hotmail.com