The True Heero
Chapter 3
(Note to whomever said that, your right it was suppose to be Ashitaka, but, I was working late, and screwed up, so.... You get the idea, sorry for the confusion.)
As Heero walked in through the gates, Ashitaka came running up to him. "You know you really shouldn't....", he started. Heero ignored him.
"San said I could, if she can trust in my human form, then surely you can.", Heero said, in a hushed whisper.
"You know now though that each night you have to become the Nightwalker....", Ashitaka whispered back, "So how are you to avoid that?",
"Leave when the sun touches the tip of that mountain.", Heero explained, "When I want to walk the forest as the Forest Spirit then I will do so early in the morning, and return around lunch.",
"What if they get suspicious?", Ashitaka questioned.
"If anyone will, it will be Duo, but, I already told him that I grew up in that forest, and I like to walk through it.", Heero explained, "Like I said before, I'm no longer a fawn, Ashitaka, so don't treat me like one, please.",
"Fine, if putting your neck on the line is what you want, then have it.", Ashitaka said.
"Oi! Hee- chan! You're back, and just in time to eat!", Duo said, "They have lamb, and rice.",
Heero in turn glared at Duo, "I'm a vegetarian baka!", Heero yelled, wacking Duo in the head, "I thought I already told you that a hundred times.",
"Oh, sorry Heero, I forgot.", Duo muttered, "But, what I really want to know, as well as the other two, is why the heck this is feudal Japan?",
"They're just so secluded they think it really is feudal times still.", Heero explained, "I thought that was true until I took a look around the world, then I knew differently.",
"Maybe it's for the best they think that, it has protected that forest for a long time if they've thought that way.", Trowa said from the doorway into the home of Ashitaka, "It really is a lovely place.",
"Yes, it is...", Heero agreed, "So, how about some of that rice?",
....
It was early in the evening when Heero left for the forest, careful not to get spotted by any of the other pilots. As he snuck for the main gate, which was still open, until night, Heero didn't notice Duo had spotted him, and was now following him into the forest. As Heero got closer to the island in the center of the forest, he decided it was safe to take his true form, seems it was only appropriate for him in this forest. It was still early in the evening, and Heero knew that he could explore a bit in that form more than everything else. So he shed his human self again. "Oh.... My.... God....", he heard Duo's voice whisper.
But, the Tree Spirit felt rather giddy, like he was just borne the day before, so, he left Duo to think what he wanted, and bucked a bit, before heading into his usual calm walk, though he couldn't help tossing his head a bit. Duo followed, he could tell the crunch of the grass and dirt seemed obvious to the Tree Spirit's ears. "Heero?", Duo's voice sounded almost, sad, in a way, "Heero, what happened to you?",
However, being in a playful mood, the Forest Spirit sped up a tad. "Heero, wait! Wait for me!", Duo called after, and then stopped as he noticed where he was going.
It was time that the Tree Spirit returned to his island, which meant Duo saw him walking across the water, on top of it. he stepped onto the island, then when the last rays of the sun set, the change began, he felt it, every ounce of his body's energy changed into that of the lumbering Night Walker. He heard Duo gasp, before the braided idiot started to scream, predictable.
The Night Walker started off, just as he had many times before, and left Duo screaming behind.
....
Duo couldn't believe this, Heero had first changed into a strange deer that walked on water, and caused plants to grow and die in his wake. That, he could handle, the fact that Heero then turned into a giant glob of black stuff with sparkly areas was too much. He'd screamed at least for the past fifteen minutes since Heero left. Oddly enough, after that he felt sleepy, and slowly drifted into his usual slumber.
When he woke, it was nearly morning, and that thing Heero'd become was coming back to the island. Heero changed back into the deer thing, before walking across, and laying down beside Duo, who backed off. He once again got up, and went to lay next to Duo, only to have Duo move again. The expression on the deer- like face looked like one of a glare, before he got up again, and walked towards Duo. Who when backing up again, found himself against a tree. Heero came closer, and closer, and bent his antlers down, and got closer, Duo couldn't move as Heero had him trapped. 'I'm dead.', the former gundam pilot thought, just as.... Heero rubbed his antlers against the tree, before changing back to the Heero Duo knew. Heero just stared at Duo for a couple seconds, then, turned away, stretching, and yawning. "They needed a good scratch.", he muttered, before turning around to face Duo, "I didn't scare you did I?",
Duo nodded very quickly, as though expecting him to change back into that large giant again. "You shouldn't have had followed me then.", Heero simply said.
"W-w-what are you?!", Duo exclaimed.
"Well, if you really do want to know... Then, you have to promise me two things.", Heero said, "One, you do not tell anyone what I really am, if you do I could be killed, two, if either Quatre, or Trowa wonder where I'm at, then tell them some excuse.",
"I... Promise.", Duo said.
"I'm the Forest Spirit, and the Night Walker.", Heero explained, "I can take a human form as well. The Forest Spirit is my deer like form, which I am during the day, the other my Night Walker form which I have no choice but to take at night. I don't hurt anyone, unless it's a God that is ready to die, in other cases, I heal those who are mortally injured and not ready to die.",
"Wufei knows all of this, doesn't he?", Duo asked.
"Yes, he does, that is why I granted him what he wanted most, a happy life.", Heero nodded, "I found a girl for him.",
"I see...", Duo said, "So, you wouldn't hurt me.",
"Your a friend, why would I have a reason to?", Heero asked.
"I see your point.