Sorry I confused you Jess, Heero was talking to Trowa about his father. When he asked how is he, he meant the king, because Trowa was the one who caught him, and that's why Sally was taken care of him, I guess I could have put that in there. Thanks everyone for the reviews. I'm glad to see everyone liked it. I loved that last chapter because of the flying. I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter Nine: Wild Feelings
Heero laid Duo down on his bed, careful of the burnt and bleeding wings. Duo's body was completely limp, but Duo's breathing was regular. He brushed his bangs away from his face carefully. Then turned to Quatre.
"Stay with him." He ordered. Quatre nodded without saying anything, while Heero left his chambers and headed for his fathers chambers.
Heero entered the room and waited for Sally to finish up. She stood up and walked past Heero her eyes sad, she shook her head softly. Heero closed his eyes and walked to his fathers bed. He sat down next to his father and put a hand on the old mans shoulder.
"You…will make a fine…king…my son." Odin said weakly, wincing in the pain that speaking brought to him. "Your mother…would be as proud…as I am." He said, smiling at his son. Heero smiled weakly at his father, he knew his father wanted to get this out, he leaned over to kiss his forehead.
"I'm sorry I could not save you in time." He said.
"No…it is I…who should be…sorry…for not listening to you." Odin said, clutching Heero's arm in pain. Heero put his hand over his fathers, a tear running down the side of his face as his fathers breathing became shallow and raspy. "You are King now…protect those who look to…you…for help." He said, his eyes closing.
"I will, I promise." Heero said. The king smiled at his sons words before his breathing ceased. Heero rested he head on his fathers shoulders and cried in the privacy of his fathers chambers.
(Cliché enough for you, lol)
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Wufei landed the dragon in the courtyard and handed the reins to the stable master before running towards the castle. He meet Trowa just inside. Trowa looked at Wufei was a sad expression.
"They escaped once they got over the boarders. Trieze is still alive, but he was wounded badly in the crash of his dragon." Wufei said.
"Sadly our king was not so lucky. Duo got him to land safely, but the dragon had already done the damage." Trowa said, Wufei's face fell.
"Is Heero with him now?" Wufei asked. Trowa nodded.
"His lung was punctured by two ribs, and Sally said that the eternal bleeding was too much for her skills to heal. And the fall didn't help any. Trieze had carried them so high that the oxygen deprivation made his un-injured lung collapse." Trowa explained.
There was a long silence as Wufei hung his head, a tear running down his cheek. "Trieze will die for killing King Odin. Heero will make sure of that, but I swear I will be there to witness it." He said after a few moments.
"As will I." Trowa said, a hand on Wufei's shoulder.
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Sally entered Heero's chamber and smiled sadly at Quatre.
"How is he doing?" She asked.
"He's okay, he's tired, and probably sore." Quatre was fiddling with his hands nervously. Sally checked over Duo. She gently pulled open his left wing, with its feathers chard from the fire. She lifted some of the feathers to look at the skin underneath and smiled.
"Looks like only the feathers are burnt, a few missing, and the cuts are shallow and should heal quickly and without scaring if he doesn't mess with them. His wings are tense and strained, a little over heated, he'll be sore when he wakes up." She laughed slightly. "I would have suggested him taking it easy and flying for short amounts of time, before trying to carry himself and Heero on a flight like that." She said. Quatre smiled at her and nodded.
"When we were up in the tower he said he couldn't fly." Quatre said.
"If might be something from his past Quatre, we still don't have all the details. Or it could be that his wings still hurt. One month is pretty quick for wings, for bones, to heal from fractures, but Duo's wings seemed to be completely healed." Sally said. Quatre smiled.
"Did you see him fly?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Sadly, I missed it." She said.
"It was beautiful. I saw him jump from the window, his wings snapped open, and he disappeared into the clouds. A few minutes later he shot out of them, he looked like a black blur, his wings tight against his back. He managed to catch the king three feet before he hit the ground…THREE FEET, Sally." Quatre said.
"Yes, I know that. I have three soldier who happened to be in the way at the time." She said with a smile. Then the conversation turned to a darker matter.
"How is the king?" Quatre asked his voice and eyes full of worry.
"When I left he was still alive, I don't think that will be the case when I return." Quatre closed his eyes with a sad sigh.
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Heero walked through the halls of the castle towards his own chambers. He kept his head down, his long bangs hiding his red and slightly swollen eyes from the maids, who respectfully ignored Heero, giving him space. Once in his chamber he stood there quiet. Taking the hint Sally and Quatre left without a word.
Heero went to the window and sat, looking out over the lands as they were soaked in the rain that had started only a few minutes ago. 'Seems fitting.' he thought miserably. There was a shifting on the bed and a low moan.
Heero turned to see Duo shifting on the bed, he tried to roll onto his side but groaned in the muscle pain and just laid there. Heero went to him and helped him onto his side, carefully moving Duo's wings. Duo looked at Heero and smiled his thanks, then frown when he noticed Heero's eyes, and sad look.
"Heero?" He asked. "Is everything okay?" He added. Heero just shook his head and put his face in his hands to hide his tears. He couldn't be weak not now, he was King, he had to be strong. He felt the bed shift again before arms wrapped around him.
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Duo sat up in the bed, forcing his groan of pain at bay and wrapped his arms around Heero. Ignoring the pain in his wings he wrapped them around Heero as well. After a moment Heero wrapped his arms around Duo, under his wings, his face buried in the juncture of Duo's neck and shoulder, and he sobbed.
Duo laid back taking Heero with him, and rubbed his back until he had fallen asleep. Exhausted still, Duo also drifted to sleep. Heero slept with his head on Duo's chest, Duo's arms wrapped around him, with his wings resting on the bed under them.
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Heero awoke in the morning, laying on his back with Duo resting on his chest. Heero looked at Duo watching the boy sleeping peacefully, his face relaxed with a small smile.
He turned to look out the window, the clear skies and happily singing birds did nothing to help his mood.
The attack was over for now, with the king dead, Heero would have to make certain arrangements. And with Trieze hurt it would be a while before he attacked again. Though Heero didn't doubt that Trieze would try something. Most likely assassination attempts, or anything that would fall along those line. Heero would have to place guards around the castle, have soldiers around the kingdom.
Duo's shifting brought Heero out of his thought. He looked down at Duo and watched as the boy slowly woke up. Duo opened his eyes and looked at Heero with a small smile.
"Morning." He said softly. "Are you feeling okay?" He asked sitting up to look down at Heero.
Heero sat up and shook his head. "I will be, once Trieze is dead." He said coldly. "Once my sword takes Trieze's life." He said again, looking away from Duo. After a moment of silence Heero turned back to Duo. He gentle put his hand on Duo's cheek. "Thank you Duo." Duo looked a little confused.
"For what?" He asked. Heero smiled.
"You saved me and my father." Heero said.
"But your father still-."
"But it wasn't the fall the killed him, I got to at least say good bye to him, because of you. I didn't get that with my mother." Heero said. "Now Trieze has taken both of them from me." Heero said sadly, getting out of bed. Duo followed him.
"What are we going to do now, I know that fall had to have hurt him." Duo said.
"We are going to the family burial ground. My Father will have a proper burial before we deal with Trieze." Heero said, turning to face Duo and coming face to face with him. Heero took in a deep breath and walked away from Duo. "Why don't you go spend the day with Quatre, I need to talk with Wufei and Trowa." Duo's shoulders dropped.
"Heero, couldn't I just spend the day with you. I don't mind going to meetings and what not. I had to do it before. I won't complain, I promise." Duo said. "I like spending time with you, but I only get to spend meals and defense training with you." Duo added.
"After lunch, just spend time with Quatre until lunch." Heero said. "I just need to talk to Wufei about something." Heero added, not looking at Duo.
"You promise." Duo asked with a smile.
"I promise." Heero said.
"Okay." Duo said and left the room after dressing quickly.
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Heero slammed the door to Wufei's chambers. Wufei didn't so much as lift an eye brow as Heero stood there waiting for Wufei to say something. Wufei sighed and looked up at Heero.
"Yes?" His eyes were slightly swollen, and he looked as though he hadn't slept that night.
Heero didn't say anything and walked over to the window.
"I had everything prepared this morning. We can leave tomorrow. It'll take us about three hours to get to the burials grounds. All you need to do is get the ceremony ready." Wufei said.
"It will be a simple Ceremony. Only his closest family and friends. If anyone else wishes to pay respects they can do so on their own time. He wanted nothing huge." Heero said starring out the window.
"Somehow I have a feeling that this is not why you came in here so early." Wufei said.
"Would that make me a bad person?" Heero asked quietly. "An uncaring son?"
"Depends on what it is." Wufei said. "But I doubt it. I know you are upset about your father, but it can't stop your life. You have things that need to be done, and now that you are king you have responsibilities to see to." Wufei said.
"I almost kiss him. I just wanted to grab his shoulders and kiss him." Heero said grabbing the air with his hands to make his point. "My father has died, killed by that monster of a human, and all I can think about is kissing him." Heero said.
"You're thinking about kissing Trieze?" Wufei asked looking worried.
"NO!!!!" Heero snapped. "Duo." He said a little quieter.
"Duo didn't kill your father." Wufei said.
"Wufei you're not making any sense." Heero said glaring at the potions master.
"I'm not making sense?" Wufei asked. "Then why don't you explain to me, what the hell you're talking about." Wufei said his expression still mutual.
"This morning. All I wanted to do was kiss Duo. I should be thinking about my father and how to take care of this problem with Trieze, but I couldn't focus on it. I could only focus on Duo."
"That's not necessarily a bad thing." Wufei said.
"When I found him I felt sorry for him. I felt guilty that a creature could be treated like that in our kingdom. Once he was cleaned up and feed, my guilt and the sorry-ness I felt for him changed into wanting to keep him, wanting to have him close to me. That second night when he had slept in my bed, and every night after that, I wake up and I just watch him. I wanted to see him with his wings spread. I wanted to see him fly. I catch him looking out the windows and up to the sky. I saw the longing.
"But I thought he was just a helpless wild creature. I thought I would need to protect him. But then he goes and saves my life." Heero turned on Wufei. "It felt so amazing Wufei." He said.
"What did?" Wufei asked.
"Flying like that. I could feel his wings flexing under my chest. When we dove after my father, they pressed up against me. He flew though the castles halls. His wings half folded but he still managed to stay air born. He ran down the stair case wall. When we were in the forest, he moved with accuracy that I doubt Trowa could get with his bow." Heero turned back to the wing. "His wings were powerful. Pure muscle under the silky feathers." Wufei laughed and Heero glared at him.
"Heero I have never heard you explain anything with such interest." Wufei stood up.
"Is it wrong of me to think about Duo like this when I should be thinking of other things?" Heero asked.
"No. Heero there is nothing you can do for your father. We are going to have a ceremony, and you are going to morn over him, like any child would for their parent. We are doing everything we can right now. As for Trieze we need to get an army ready, we need to be prepared." Wufei said.
"Yes I know. I'm going to contact the other kingdoms, see where they stand. I will send out messengers today." Heero said.
"So thinking about Duo isn't ruining anything else. It's not getting in the way of your responsibilities. And to tell you the truth I think the feeling are mutual." Wufei said with a smile.
"I suspected as much as well." Heero said with a smile.
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"Trieze, the…um…men you wanted to see are here." The captain of Trieze's army looked shaken up.
"Send them in." Trieze said.
"S-sir I don't think that is a grea-" The door slammed open and only two men walked in. The tallest of the two, maybe six foot four inches, was smirking, bearing most of his sharp teeth. His shoulder length chestnut hair was held nicely in a ponytail at the base of his head. His eyes were green and held a sparkle of mischief and slightly crazed gleam to them. Large black feathered wings rested on his back, and he held a spear in one hand. The man behind him was just an inch shorter then the other, his wings loosely spread behind him. Glowing blue eyes hidden behind jet black hair. The second wasn't smiling, but looked rather pissed off.
"I didn't come all the way here to wait for an audience with a human king." The first said.
"You will show respect in my kingdom." Trieze said. The tallest walked closer to Trieze grabbing him by the neck and pinning him to the wall his face only an inch away from Trieze's. Trieze was visible shaking, his eyes wide in fear.
"I show respect to no one." The man growled out. The man let Trieze fall to the ground in a heap. "Get to the point of why you have called me here. If it is not good I will kill you." He said.
"I thought you…would want to know…t-that there is one of your kind in Gundam. He has sided with the humans." Trieze said.
"Why would I care about that? My people go where they want when they want." The man said. Trieze stood, becoming a little braver.
"Your kingdom boarders mine-."
"I don't need a lecture." The man said interrupting Trieze.
"I know some of your cultures, my mother has taught them to me. One of my men found this in my dragons mouth." Trieze said holding up the red feather. The man took it roughly and looked at it. Then growled turning to the other man that was with him.
"I told you to kill him." The man growled out.
"We did." The man growled back.
"Does this look like he's dead!" The man said thrusting the feather at the man.
"I will-"
"I will take care of it." The man growled and pushed passed them.
"Wait!" Trieze called out. The man stopped and turned to glare at the human.
"What?!" He snarled.
"I know you want him dead. But I need him alive. Just for a little while. He saved both the king and the prince, I think that I can use him to get the prince to come to me. I need to kill the prince, I need his land." Trieze said.
"Then I will kill the prince when I get my brother back." He growled out.
"No, please. I want to kill him." Trieze said. "You could bring him here."
"I don't work for Humans."
"Please, I will get you anything you want." Trieze pleaded.
"You have nothing I want." The man growled. "But if it will keep you out of my land then I will do it." He said and left, the other man left with him.
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I hope you liked this chapter. I'm trying to make Solo a bad ass, lol. Let me all know what you think.
