Involuntary

Kireania

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the original characters…otherwise it's not mine.

Warning: This is full of adult content from cursing to many different types of kinky sex. There is also a bunch angst and killing.

Summary: Is it really love when you're forced to be with someone? Duo is forced into a marriage that he wants nothing to do with. 2xOFC, 1x5 3x4.

Chapter Two: Signed with Unwilling Blood

It had been close to two months since they had broken up and while most of the awkwardness was gone Duo still found times when he was alone that his heart gave a sharp stab of pain in retaliation to a memory of Heero that surfaced. Sleeping hadn't gotten any easier since then, he still hated the complete silence so more often than not he slept with the radio on and would randomly wake up when a song sounded too much like a battle going on or a gun firing. Hell sometimes even the DJ just talking would wake him up his mind sure that someone was in his room.

Last night had been the worst night he'd had since the night of the break up. He couldn't find a position that was comfortable, the radio decided that it was time to recount the war through its music and the bed just felt extremely large and lonely. Needless to say Duo had gotten at most thirty minutes of rest…maybe five of sleep.

Walking into his office he spotted a hot cup of coffee waiting on his desk. Smiling he thanked the heavens that Heero still indulged him with making his coffee. They had been partners and friends before they were lovers so some routines never stopped…Heero making his coffee was one of those routines.

Dropping his stuff next to his desk he grabbed the mug and downed more than half of it, ignoring the scolding burn that seemed to travel straight down into his stomach. The sensation of pain seemed to wake him up more than his first cup at his place had.

"Didn't you have your usual four cups before you left?" That calm voice held some concern.

Heero had just made that cup so he knew it was still hot, too hot to be downed like his partner had.

"Didn't have time to make it." Duo smiled brightly and cradled the holy concoction that saved him from being a monster in the mornings. Taking another sip he shrugged and sat on his desk, his comp was only halfway through its boot up.

"Didn't have time?" The disbelief in that voice was easy to hear and Duo laughed at his friend.

"Yea Heero, I ran out of time this morning. No big. I just didn't want to get up." It wasn't a lie but it wasn't the full truth either. Duo had gotten better at those over the past eight weeks. He had too otherwise he would have crumbled miserably.

Heero stared at his friend for a moment before accepting the answer. He knew their breakup had been mostly his fault but that didn't mean he still wasn't concerned for Duo. He remembered the words that scared him the most about that day.

'I don't want to shatter when it does.'

He was very careful to make sure that Duo knew that he was still there if he needed him. While he didn't say it outright he made sure that he thought ahead and tried to anticipate what Duo might need. It didn't seem like Duo was going to shatter but Heero was definitely careful.

Turning back to his reports his fingers started to methodically type out his report about what had happened on the last mission. He had shot and killed two of the people that they were trying to arrest so Une was not too happy with him at the moment but it had either been them or his group…his group won out.

A beep caught his attention. Turning his head he noticed that Duo was at the coffee machine while his comp beeped that it had a new email. Even from the small distance between the desks it was hard to read who it was from the only reason Heero knew it was from Une was because of the familiar rise and fall of the letters as it spelled out her email.

His curiosity peeked when Duo opened the email and visibly read it three times before scratching his head.

"What does she want?" He couldn't help but ask. The baka had rubbed off on him in more than one way, his bouts of curiosity being the most obvious way.

"It actually doesn't say. It just says that there is something important that I need to see her about. Now I'm not like Q with the empathy shit but something tells me she forced herself to type this out." Duo looked nervously at Heero and bit his lip. Une had taken them both aside after their break up to ask whether or not they wanted new partners, when both said no she had just nodded her head. It was a warning nod though.

"You don't think she's making us change partners do you?" Duo would hate that, probably to the point of quitting. He trusted Heero to have his back more than any one else even the other pilots didn't have that high of a status to Duo.

"I wouldn't see why. None of work is compromised or anything." Heero was frowning as well. Checking his email real quick assured him that he didn't get an email. "Besides she would have sent us both an email if she was switching us."

Duo nodded at his ex's logic. It did make sense Une was not the type to go around anyone's back to get something.

"I guess I should go see what she wants then." Duo was only slightly nervous and that was only because of the tenseness that was easily seen in the memo.

Getting up he easily glided out of the shared office and made his way through the throng of agents that were lollygagging about. He smiled and waved to many of them, most of which waved back. Getting up to Une's office wasn't hard and he was immediately let in by the secretary.

He instantly noticed the grim group of people. Looking at his commander he was shocked to see a highly upset Quatre right next to her along with a smiling Relena Peacecraft, she was the only one smiling. On the other side of Une there was a middle aged man that had a regal look about him but at the same time Duo instantly knew that he was highly fit. Next to the tall man there was a young girl sitting in a chair at the desks edge, the other chair was unoccupied obviously for him. Looking at the girl he realized two things at once. She was the most beautiful person he'd ever laid eyes on and that if looks could kill Relena would be dead well over a thousand times. The red headed girl was glaring at the blonde female almost like she was willing the twit to blow up.

All thoughts about trying to joke that whatever it was it wasn't his fault dropped from his mind. Whatever was going on he knew he wouldn't like. Looking at Quatre he was shocked to find that the kind boy was glaring at a level that would do Heero proud at Relena as well.

Swallowing thickly he stood a little ways off, not showing any emotion besides curiosity. Duo broke the silence, "So Commander you needed to see me?"

Commander Une nodded her head tensely and made a motion to the empty chair. "Yes, Duo I did. Please sit down…you're gonna need it."

Tensing up even more Duo made his way to the chair at sat down all the while throwing curious glances at Quatre. "So…what's going on?"

He had not wanted to ask that question but he couldn't stand the silence and he knew that it was usually better to get things over with than to draw them out. Relena smiled brightly and that terrified him…her smiling meant that she got her way with something. And since he seemed to be involved he wasn't stupid enough to know that it was to his benefit. He almost said that whatever it was he wasn't interested but the loud mouth blonde beat him to speaking.

"Well I believe recently you were sent out a memo about my meeting in Blooddine." She didn't wait for a nod, "Well while I was there some things popped up and I as my job calls for reported everything back to the council. Some of the things though worried them and they feel it is in the Coalition's interest as well as the Country of Blooddine's interest to carry out an old law to ensure that there is a firm foundation between us."

Duo knew from the glint in her eye that whatever she was gonna say next was going to piss him off so he gripped his chair and refused to look at the blonde girl; he instead decided to stare at the wall, his violet eyes darkening in anger.

"With this law and the agreement from King Xander we are happy that our governments will be at peace with no fear of one another."

She was dancing around it and Duo knew she was doing it to watch him squirm. Moving his eyes onto her, he glared and smirked when she visibly shrank back a bit before reasserting herself. His voice was bored when he spoke.

"Stop dancing around what you're trying to say and just say it. I'm getting bored here."

Fuming that the violet eyed boy had just gotten one up on her she straightened herself at her full height and smirked wickedly.

"This law allows us to legally register two people, one from each group, as a married couple thus allowing each side to feel the good will that neither would dare to attack the other seeing as the couple is from each side. In summary because the council has seen fit to make you, Duo Maxwell, our goodwill ambassador with Blooddine you will be wed with the Blooddine Heir."

Duo blinked and blinked again.

"No."

Relena raised her eyebrow but her smirk didn't leave her face. "You can't say no, Maxwell. Or must I remind you of another agreement that you must follow."

Violet eyes sharpened and locked on those nasty blue eyes. Gritting his teeth he knew he was trapped. The way it was worded trapped him. He had agreed to a condition to be named later on, he thought that they might need him to do some hefty undercover work…not this.

Looking at Quatre his eyes pleaded that there was something that could get him out of this. The small blonde male was the one that knew how to maneuver the law system better than any of them. Sad crystal eyes stared back at him.

"I looked over the law and it's legitimate."

Duo was gonna freak out but he knew he couldn't so he did what he always did when he couldn't freak, he became stoic and defiant. The marriage contract was put in between him and the red headed young girl. Now he knew why she looked pissed.

An idea suddenly came to him and he looked up from the contract, the word legal echoing through his head.

"I can't marry anyone." The flatness in his tone did not reveal his relief, or the mental smirk he was wearing.

"And why do you think you can not?" Relena's anger and patience were obvious.

"To marry, you have to be of legal age. I turn seventeen in two weeks but even then legal age to marry is eighteen." Duo felt proud of himself. He was absolutely sure that he was safe…at least until he saw Relena smile sweetly.

"Well that would be true if both governments followed the same laws and culture but as it is both of you are of legal age in Blooddine to marry and so you will be. In this agreement we take into account both cultures and how things are done in each."

Mentally Duo deflated and he was right back where he started. Glaring at the piece of paper that was forcing him to marry someone he didn't even know he watched as the girl next to him looked from the paper to him to the older man and back to the paper. The older man, King Xander apparently, nodded gravely at her.

Violet eyes widened as out of nowhere the girl produced a sharp blade and slit the palm of her hand in a swift motion to quick to stop. The blood welled on her hand and she took an old fashioned fountain pen and absorbed up her blood before clenching her hand and leaning over to sign the paper. It was easy for Duo to see the reluctance in her smooth writing.

"As you have just seen Maxwell the Blooddine culture seals major documents with blood otherwise it isn't truly legitimate to them. So in order to uphold that we will make this as legitimate as possible, you too will need to sign in blood." Relena was enjoying this too much.

Looking at his commander and at Quatre for any words that might help, Duo gave in and he flicked his wrist and a knife instantly came to his hand, amusingly Relena jumped at the sudden appearance of another sharp knife. She didn't feel quite so comfortable with the two people she was forcing into this having weapons.

Slicing his hand just like the red head had done he watched as the blood welled, his face not showing any signs of pain or discomfort. King Xander passed Duo an unused fountain pen to absorb the blood. Taking the pen Duo waited till just before the blood overflowed onto his commander's rug to fill the pen. Leaning over the document he found the location where his name was to go. His teeth ground against each other as he made the fluid motions and curves that made up his name.

As he pulled back Relena snatched the document and smiled her "I just got my way" smile. Duo wanted to punch that smile. Glaring at the ambassador he stood up. "If that's all…"

"We're not quite yet finished here."

Duo refused to sit down again. "What more is there?"

"Well you see there were recently uncovered tips and new evidence that the Heir has threats against her, so in the council's and my opinion, we feel that in order for you both to remain alive and safe we need to restrict your access to the outside. Lady Cri is to be at your side at all times unless she is at your home. We also must insist that for safety purposes that you are to remain at your desk until the threats are cleared up."

Duo was livid, not only was the bitch forcing him to marry someone he didn't know but she was now trying to control his life and make him miserable.

"So let me get this straight, I am no longer to go anywhere but work and my apartment? And that I am not allowed to leave her alone? Or go on Feild Missions?"

Relena nodded and ignored the anger in his voice. "You basically have the idea. Of course she can remain in the apartment while you are at work."

A strong voice interrupted the explanation. In a language that Duo didn't know he watched as the red head, Cri, spoke with the older man. She was not a happy camper; Duo snorted and turned his back. Well she could join the club and perhaps even be the secretary of it. Not able to stand being in the room anymore he headed towards the door Quatre right on his heels, the arguing voices in that foreign language fading into the background with each step he took back towards his office.

Getting to his office was not difficult but the entire way his temper grew and grew. Quatre smartly walked into the office before the braided hair man and shook his head at their friends…who were all waiting for the return of the two missing pilots. They weren't expecting an enraged Duo to walk in and basically slam the door to the office so hard that it recoiled and one of the hinges broke off.

Slowly as if afraid to enrage the boy again, the door slid to an almost closed position. All the ex-pilots stared at the usually jovial teen. Whatever happened had obviously struck a nerve. Heero stood up and offered his friend a cup of coffee. Laughing bitterly Duo took the cup and breathed deeply, he was desperately trying to calm down.

"What happened?" Heero's soft voice caused an unexpected reaction. Duo leaned his head on Heero's shoulder and sighed. He knew they weren't together but right then he needed the familiar feel of his ex-lover and friend. His world had just been turned upside down and he needed something solid.

No one said anything about it as Heero held Duo and waited patiently for an explanation. After a few minutes of just standing with Heero's arms around him he pulled back and took a sip from his coffee, extremely grateful that no one had overreacted to his sudden need to be held.

"Duo?" Violet eyes looked up to concerned blue, "What happened?"

A grim smile came to Duo's face. "Well in respect to what we talked about before I left it's nothing to do with that. We'll still be partners, Une's not stupid." Everyone cracked a small smile at Duo's attempt at a joke.

Biting his lip Duo wondered how to continue on with what had happened. "No easy way to explain this just let me finish what I understand from it all then you can third degree Q-man, he knows more than I do." Taking a large gulp of coffee, Duo steeled himself to go over the events that had just fucked with his life majorly.

"Well first off I'm now apparently married to someone I have never met before." That got wide eyed looks from everyone and Heero was about to protest something but stopped himself when he saw how serious his friend was. "It also seems like there is no way out of it. It's part of some old law that was put into place to ensure some form of peace between governments or something like that. All I know is that now I am not allowed to go out and that I have to keep this girl with me at all times. I'm gonna go insane, I just know it."

Heero looked at the depressed boy and then looked at Quatre. Taking the cue that Duo was done speaking and that Heero now wanted more information, Quatre stepped forward and cleared his throat lightly.

"The law is to show to the volatile government that there is an intention of goodwill and trust. With the marrying of highly thought of officials usually, there is an outcome of peace again that is the usual reason why it's done. From what I was told, mere minutes before Duo was called in, the meeting between Relena and the Heir of Blooddine did not go how Relena wanted and because they refuse to destroy their weapons the council has taken it as a threat and wished to show that there was no reason for the threat…thus invoking this law."

Duo frowned and spoke up. "Q you said this is usually between two highly thought of officials…I can understand the Heir being picked but why me?"

Quatre sighed and rubbed his neck. "In Blooddine High officials are usually that high due to their ability to fight. It is a very complex culture that revolves around fighting and strength. To offer a politician or some other political entity that has no experience with fighting would have been an insult. So right off the bat they had us five to choose from."

All of them started to argue about that. Shouts and curses and threats rang from the air, until Duo shouted above them all. "SHUT UP! I am trying to understand this shit so shut up and let Q talk."

Everyone settled down, none of them were willing to push their friend's anger any farther. Quatre nodded his thanks at Duo and continued with his explanation.

"So they had to narrow it down. Neither Trowa nor I were chosen because we were already publicly together and engaged and Blooddine considers breaking up engaged couples disgusting. That left you three. Well we all know Relena would not allow Heero to be the one chosen so it went down to two…and again we all know how Relena is with Duo. The council probably spouted some stuff like personality and flexibility and stuff like that to pass the decision but it's pretty obvious that she was behind this." Rubbing his eyes he gave a tired smile at the group. "Now all I have to do is figure out the loop hole."

The group nodded at that last comment. They would all look, no matter how much they annoyed each other they were a group and they were friends. Not even Wufei would wish this on the braided baka…even at his angriest.

A firm knock echoed throughout the room and without waiting for admittance Commander Une walked in, followed by the Blooddine Heir and King Xander. Une had a patient look on her face but she was still not happy with what had just happened.

"Duo, I know all of this was sudden…"

Said pilot rolled his eyes sarcastically, "Ya think?"

Une coughed and gave a mild glare. "But you now have a new responsibility and I expect you to handle it accordingly. I hired a young adult that I knew from experience could handle the unexpected happening not a child that's going to pitch a fit at every little twist."

Duo felt somewhat ashamed but he knew he had more than enough reason to be pissed. Squarely he met his commander's eyes, his fit was through but his anger was still there. Nodding, Une could deal with that.

"Now I believe you haven't been properly introduced. This is Heir to the Blooddine throne Crimson Haven…"

"Cri." An emotionless voice that had a very unique accent spoke.

"Excuse me?"

"Cri. I go by Cri. Not my full name. And if I understand this government's main culture then I am to assume that my name is changing, am I correct?" Silver eyes stared into bright violet eyes though her words were spoken to the older woman.

"I was getting to that. Yes for legality purposes you will be given the same last name as Duo."

A nod was her only reply. Gritting her teeth she turned away from the annoying teenager and back to her agent. Those violet eyes were wide in shock…apparently he hadn't even thought of that aspect. Sighing softly she decided that it wasn't worth it.

"Actually I think it would be best if you two introduced yourselves after all you two will be living together for the foreseeable future." Turning to leave she heard King Xander speak again in his native language and saw the young girl nod.

Both of the older adults left the room, both hoping that no form of maiming would occur they really didn't want to explain why the marriage attempt failed.

Duo stood there looking at his new wife. He would give her credit she was extremely beautiful and seemed to own the very air around her, but other than that she seemed too cold, more so than Heero had ever been. Just standing there, the five Gundam pilots stared at their friend's unwilling bride as she stared right back.

Wufei summed it all up quite well for once, "Well shit…"