Guardian's Cut

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, Harry Potter, or Monopoly.

Warnings: Language, Yaoi, AU, and Magic

Rating: PG-13

Pairings: 3+4+3, 1+2+1



Note: Wufei and Heero are in Gryffindor. Relena and Dorothy are in Slytherin. Trowa is in Hufflepuff. Rei, Duo, and Quatre are Phoenix Faulk is a Sphinx. Race (remember him?) is a Minotaur.

Chapter 7 More Rules?



Rei squealed in delight as Faulk landed on another property of hers. "Ha ha! You owe me twenty sickles!" Faulk mumbled some choice words and reluctantly handed over the plastic money. Rei smiled and added the money to her hand. She took the dice into her hands and shook them up. "Come on dice! I need some new clothes!," she yelled and threw the dice onto the board. She rolled a ten and watched the playing piece of a crystal ball float ten spaces. Faulk sighed as Rei ended up passing GO and into one of her own properties. "You ready to give up?," she asked leaning forward. Faulk shook his head and held up his money. "Until this money is gone I will not give up." She looked at the money and quickly counted it. "That's sad. You can't admit defeat when all you have is one lousy galleon, five sickles, and ten knuts. That's just sad," she said shaking her head and leaning back into her seat. Faulk glared at her smiling face, then weakly rolled the dice. His piece, the floo powder jar, moved five spaces and onto his own property. He let out a relieved sigh and sat back into his chair. Rei pouted. "Darn, no more money for me." Faulk smiled at her comment. The common room portrait opened up. Quatre and Duo both emerged from the portrait covered in dust and dirt. Rei got up and walked over to them. "What happened to you guys?," she asked, wiping away some cobwebs from their shoulders. Du grinned up at her and revealed the book they found. "We found this in an old bedroom." "What? An old bedroom?" They both grinned and nodded at her, She sighed and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you two?," she mumbled. Duo pulled on Rei's sleeve and started for the portrait again. She stopped and turned towards Faulk. His shoulders were slumped forward and seemed bored. She dragged Quatre and Duo to where she had been playing monopoly. Faulk looked up. She smiled down at him. "Faulk, this is Duo and Quatre," she said pointing to each person, "Duo and Quatre this is Faulk." Faulk nodded. "You're a Sphinx?," Duo asked. Faulk nodded. "Oh, that's cool. Didn't know they were here," Duo mused. Faulk nodded silently. Rei looked at him. He was really shy and seemed scared. Rei looked away from him and turned to Duo. "Where are you going to take me?," she asked. "Oh, we were going to the library. Thought you'd like to come to check out what's inside the book." Rei looked down at the book in Duo's hands and nodded. But then she looked down at Faulk. "Um, could we bring Faulk?," she asked. Duo and Quatre looked down at Faulk. "It's okay," Faulk said. "I've got to go start my homework." Faulk left before anyone could say anything. Rei pouted and watched as he left. Duo and Quatre exchanged glances, grinned, then dragged her away to the library.

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Heero sighed and plopped himself onto his common room's couch. Everything was going wrong for him. First the stupid rumors about him and Relena, then Dorothy butting in with him and Duo, then Duo thinking whatever he was thinking. Heero's head was swimming with questions. His brows pointed down in annoyance. All around him he heard the whisperings of everyday talk and gossip scrambled in with the sounds of homework being done. Heero's eyes snapped open suddenly. His homework. He forgot it in the library. Heero growled in frustration and started out again for the library.

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Duo, Rei, and Quatre sat around a small circular table. Duo took out the book and quickly rubbed away some of the dust with his sleeve. On the front of the leather bound book was gold and silver cursive. It read simply, Khushrenada. "Ever heard of him?," Rei asked the other two. The both shook their heads. Quatre slowly opened the book cover to the first page of writing.

Dear Journal,

I have just turned 20 and still I'm getting such feeble presents as a journal. But we all have to get away some how. So I'll just write down the basics now.

Name: Treize Khushrenada Hair Color: Ginger (many girls have told me about how they want to eat my hair. *shudder*) Eye Color: Blue Occupation: Working for a secret military group at the moment. It's with the muggles and they don't know about me being with magic. Residence: A castle in England. (All I can reveal right now.)

"So the person used to live in this castle?," Rei whispered. Quatre nodded. "He sounds like the guy in the photograph!," Quatre said. "A photograph?" "A portrait to be exact," Quatre added. "Yeah, that must have been his bedroom. He had a huge bed that was bigger than a king-sized mattress!" "Really?," Rei asked in amazement. Duo nodded. "There was a lot of dark greens and there was a canopy around the bed too. The portrait was creepy." "Oh you mean how the eyes always seem to follow you," Rei said. "No," Quatre answered. "He was looking up at the ceiling!" "Really! I wonder how old this school really is," Rei said looking around.

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Heero stomped through library trying to remember where his stuff was. He turned to another set of book shelves and growled in frustration. //To many damn shelves// He finally stalked through the shelves and found his stuff, but then he heard a familiar voice.

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"Wow this guy had parties every night and girls drooling over him!," Duo exclaimed. "I want this life!" "But you're always surrounded. Like he said, this was his only escape," Rei countered and pointed at the book. Duo nodded. They had quickly read through three entries in the last half hour that they were in the library.

Tonight was a dream I remember every detail vividly. I sighed in my chair. I listened to all the political babble and yawned. The old men thought me tired, but I was extremely bored. It was after dinner so the men had gone to smoke and have brandy while the women went to chatter on. I looked up over the circle that developed around me and noticed another circle. And in the circle was an astonishing blond. He had long hair that was almost past his buttocks and was tied into a loose ponytail. It looks weird on other men, but on him it looked almost unreal. His eyes lit up with laughter as a joke was passed around the circle. I looked down at the old men I was sitting with and excused myself from their political presence. I felt brave that evening and joined the crowd of standing, young men. the ones that have been here before looked at me in shock while the blond seemed surprise in a different way. I introduced myself to all of them (mostly him). We all shook hands, but something from his hand shake seemed different and familiar.

"He was gay!," Duo whispered with a smile. Quatre smiled and nodded. "We can see that Duo," Quatre stated. Rei's eyes flashed. Somebody was watching them She quickly turned around and stood up. "Show yourself," she said to the book cases. From the bookcases emerged Heero with his books in his hands and quill behind his ear. All three of them glared at Heero. He stared back unaffected and walked towards him. Quatre stood up and stood in front of Duo protectively. "What do want?," Quatre growled? "I want to talk to Duo. Or do I have to answer to you first?," Heero answered. "Wait, what are we talking about?," Rei asked, looking at Quatre. Quatre continued staring at Heero. "He's been playing mind tricks with Duo." Rei turned to Duo. Duo was looking away and into the book. "Why don't you like him?," Quatre asked. "He got into the common room while I was soaking up light," she answered turned to Quatre. "What!?," Quatre screamed. "You're just pissing off everyone aren't ya?," Duo said from behind the book. "Listen Duo I need to talk to you," Heero sighed, exasperated. "If you've got something to say you can say in front of my friends seeing how you got tangled in theirs lives in some way." Heero glared at Duo and leaned onto a book case. He placed all his books down and crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't know what Dorothy said to you." "How about you and Relena are going out so that's why you're such a frigid bastard to me?," Duo interrupted. "Well, she has no fucking clue what she's talking about. I've never liked Relena. She's a fucking leech and doesn't know when to get off." Rei looked back at Duo. His eyes were closed and he looked like he wanted to curl into a little ball. "How come you don't talk to me then? All you do is listen to what I say and grunt at every question. You know you had me going for a while! I thought you liked me. Maybe it was because I could tell anything to you and you wouldn't care. But we never really spent a lot of time together because she was latched onto your arm,." "I don't like her! I'm surprised she has so many friends. How can I make it up to you?" Duo turned to him. His violet eyes were swimming in unshed tears, but he kept the tears back. He glared at Heero. Heero's eyes caught his and flashed with remorse and something else. Duo looked away quickly and put down his head in concentration. "Guys, I need to talk to him in private," Duo said to Rei and Quatre. They both nodded and left with the journal. Heero sat next to Duo and they were both lapsed into silence. "How do I know you're telling the truth?," Duo whispered. "You don't, but I would never lie to you Duo." "Flattering words, but I don't know you. You've never spoken to me like this before and you know everything about me." Heero nodded. "What do you want to know then?," he asked. Duo looked up at him with wide eyes. "Really?," he asked. Heero nodded. Duo sat up and leaned on his arms. "K, so where were you born?" "Japan, but my family shipped me here later on." "Oh, where do you live now?" "I live by myself." "What's your favorite food?" "The Christmas pie at the Christmas Pub." "Favorite color?" "The color of your eyes." Duo blushed and smiled. "Um, any siblings?" Heero shook his head. "Oh. What can't you live without?" //You// "My laptop." Duo nodded. "Oh a computer geek then," Duo smiled. Heero glanced at him and shook his head. Duo smiled and sat up. "Well, anything you want to add? Like why you don't talk a lot?" "I don't like people. They're hard to talk to and seem self absorbed." Duo sat silently and thought about it. He finally nodded. "You're right, but once you get to know some of them you find out how much of a great ally they can be. Like whenever I had girl troubles I went to Rei and when I started liking guys I went to Quatre. But I tell them everything anyway. We find out about each other eventually." Heero nodded. All he had was Wufei, who saw the world as an unjust and 'onna' filled place. "How did you get into our common room?" "I followed one of you and hid." "Why did you want to talk to Rei?" "I just wanted to know if she was really a vampire." Duo's eyes widened. "You know?" Heero nodded. "How?" "I have a power. Whenever I touch someone I can see underneath them and see what they really are." "Wow. That's weird. I don't think I've ever heard of that." Heero nodded. "Um Heero. There's a dance coming up just before Christmas break," Duo started. He folded and unfolded his hands anxiously. "I was wondering if you'd like to go with me to that, uh dance?" Silence followed Duo's question. He looked up at Heero. "I understand." His sentence was cut off. Heero had leaned forward and pressed his lips against Duo's. Duo's eyes widened, but then he let them close. He leaned forward and deepened the kiss too. Heero pulled back making Duo whimper. Heero stood up and went over to his books. Duo opened his eyes. "I'll pick you up in front of your portrait at eight that day," Heero answered then left. Duo sat at his seat. His hand went up to his lips. He smiled knowing that Heero was telling the truth.



GWA: Yay!!! Another chapter has ended, Sorry about all the stupid mix up I have. I was soooooo sad that ff.net closed. But I started another story and it sux, so read it!!! Woo hoo! Oh, I NEED SUGGESTIONS!!!! WRITERS BLOCK!!!!!!!! ANY TWISTED THOUGHT WILL BE CONSIDERED!!! Wow my throat hurts. So think and review!! Bye!