Guess what guess whatty? This is the final chapter of a four part story/fic/fairy tale/whatever. Let's start off with a recap of what happened in the last chapter.
Basically, Heero's an Angel, assigned to help someone on Earth. He meets Duo, who's really not supposed to be able to see him but can anyway. Now they've been hanging out together, and Duo revealed his feelings for the Angel in the last chapter. Heero leaves to go take care of something important with the promise of being back soon. And so...
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Heero paused, debating the outcomes of the answer. "Yes, Duo."
Duo jumped up, threw his arms around Heero, and grabbed him in a huge bear hug. This didn't surprise Heero; he had done this before. What really did surprise him was when he felt warm lips against his own.
Duo chuckled in amusement when he pulled away. "Never been kissed before, have ya, Heero?"
Heero shook his head, wide-eyed.
"Well this is just the beginning." Duo said with a playful smile. "But right now, you gotta take care of whatever it is you need to take care of, right?"
Heero nodded.
"Ok then. Hurry back soon." Duo's eyes pleaded with Heero.
"Don't worry, I will." Heero reassured him. With a wave of his hand, a portal appeared and he hopped through it with a final wave to Duo. Whatever Wufei was calling him back for, it had better be good.
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|Chapter 4| (Yay!)
Duo woke up the next morning, wondering if it was all a dream. The fact that he had fallen asleep on the balcony told him it wasn't. He yawned, went into the house, and rummaged through the refrigerator. Nothing. He moved to the cabinets and pantry. Nothing there. He decided to run to the store and get some food, if Heero was going to come back. It didn't look good, not having anything to eat. He sighed and left the apartment, heading for the garage.
Heero yawned and opened a sleepy eye. He had fallen asleep at Wufei's desk chair. Wufei was curled up on the floor, while another Guardian Angel, Sally, slumped against the door. They had spent the whole night battling an almost uncontrollable outbreak of a disease that had been claiming the lives of many in Africa. Thankfully, they had managed to stop it before too many lives were taken. Returning early that morning, they had all fallen asleep in Wufei's office (hey, even Angels need their beauty sleep). Instantly Heero thought of Duo. Wufei yawned and sat up.
"Going back to Earth now?" he asked.
Heero smiled, knowing Wufei knew how he felt. "Yes." He answered.
"OK." The Chinese boy nodded. "Just remember to file a report about- What's wrong?" he asked.
Heero had sank to his knees as an unbearable pain shot through his head. He felt Duo's presence and mentally searched for him. Duo was along one of the coastal roads, heading home. Heero heard the sounds of horns honking, tires screeching, and then a loud crash. This was followed by a silence, and more pain. Suddenly it was gone as fast as it came and Heero's mind was clear.
"What's wrong?" Wufei repeated.
"I don't know." Heero gasped. "Something has happened to Duo! I know it!"
Wufei eyed him worriedly. "What happened?"
"I'm going to find out." Heero disappeared through a portal. Wufei watched him leave, concerned about his friend. His thoughts were disrupted when a still-half-asleep Sally mumbled something about reports and pancakes.
Heero's portal teleported him to the place where Duo was. Heero appeared across from the seaside road just in time to watch Duo's horribly dented blue convertible slide over the edge into the ocean.
"DUO!" Heero screamed, and dashed across the road. He was still in his Angel form, so no one saw him. On the other side of the street, a lopsided moving van was lying in a ditch. It had been going the wrong way on a one-way road. Heero jumped over the metal railing and flew down to the water. The blue car bobbed for a moment before sinking. Heero caught a glimpse of Duo, slumped over the steering wheel with a little bit a blood trickling from his forehead. The pain returned, this time at his heart. It was telling him his love was dead. Heero choked out Duo's name once more as the car disappeared into the blue depths. Even with all his angel powers, he couldn't have stopped this. If only he hadn't left Duo's side…
Heero felt something hot and wet run down his cheeks. Tears, something else he hadn't experienced. They came freely, and he couldn't stop them. Nor could he stop his excruciating misery. How could this have happened? He was usually aware when someone was close to death. But no, he was never given any warning about Duo. It had begun to rain. Heero buried his face into his hands and disappeared back into his own world. Something was calling him back there…
Wufei was waiting for him back in the office. Heero dropped to the floor, still holding his head.
"He's dead, Wufei, dead…" Heero managed to get out without completely sobbing. Wufei put his arm around Heero's shoulders and got on his knees next to him. "Oh Heero, I'm so sorry…" he whispered to his friend.
For a minute, they sat there in silence. The tears continued to come. Then, the pain disappeared. Heero stopped crying momentarily as a familiar warm feeling came over him. The feeling he always had with Duo around. That's strange…
Suddenly Wufei's arm vanished from Heero's shoulders and someone else literally threw their arms around Heero's neck.
"AUGH!" Heero jumped up and whirled around. "Geez Duo, you scared me!" Heero scolded. "Wait a sec… Duo? You're supposed to be dead!" he cried.
Duo grinned, as usual. "I am dead, you dummy!" he laughed.
Heero suddenly realized Duo had a beautiful pair of white wings, much like his own.
"Duo…" Heero whispered, lost for words. "You're…"
"An Angel, just like you!" Duo finished happily. "I know, isn't it totally cool?" he gave his wings a flap, and grinned harder.
Heero smiled, and the tears began to come again. "You had me so worried…"
"Oh, puh-lease." Duo winked. "Me? Worry you? Ha! I knew I'd become an Angel eventually. And dying wasn't so bad after all."
Heero laughed out loud, and Wufei smiled.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Sally entered, followed by a black-haired girl and a light-brown-haired boy with long bangs covering half his face. Both were sporting wings.
"We have two new additions to our group!" Sally announced merrily.
"Meiran…" Wufei said in a hoarse whisper. "It's really you…"
Meiran smiled. "You knew I'd get here eventually, Wufei." She told him. Then she ran to him and they embraced.
"Trowa Barton." Heero addressed the other one. "It's about time. Where have you been?"
Trowa shrugged. "I couldn't find my way here. Some girl…" he suddenly pointed to a blonde, standing in the corner who was filing papers into Wufei's file cabinet. "Hey, it's you!" he yelled. "You gave me horrible directions on how to get up here! I got lost 23 times!"
"Oh, her?" Wufei rolled his eyes. "Never trust Relena with directions."
"Hm?" Relena looked up. "Am I really that bad with directions?" she asked.
"Yes!" everyone else answered.
"Hmph." She glared at them and flounced out of the room.
"How'd you get here so fast, Duo?" Heero asked.
"Oh, that." Duo giggled. "I've watched you create those teleport thingys so many times. I just waved my hand around like you did and it kinda…. appeared."
"Ah, so he cheated. I had to go the long way." Trowa glanced around the room. "Sally told me we could be assigned watching over people on earth." He told them quietly. "Can I watch over Quatre?"
"Sure." Sally smiled at him. "I heard Quatre was very saddened by your death. You can pose as a human and stay with him, if you want."
"Really?" Trowa looked at her curiously, and then smiled. "I'd like that."
"Sure." Sally beckoned for him to follow. "Come on, I'll run you over the basics."
Heero smiled and turned to Wufei. "Are you going to tell him about the legend?" he whispered.
"If Quatre sees him, which I'm pretty sure of, I'll tell him." Wufei whispered back. He and Meiran followed them out, chattering away. This left Duo and Heero alone in the room. Heero, on impulse, hugged Duo. "It really scared me, when I watched you go over that edge." He whispered into Duo's hair.
"Really?"
"Really."
Duo smiled, then wrapped his arms around Heero's waist, pulling him in for a kiss. "So, are you going to run over the basics with me?" he asked with a coy smile.
"Of course." Heero said with an evil grin, leading Duo down the hallway and towards his room.
(.. End ..)
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Finally finished! PARTAY TIME!! (Where's Duo when you need him?) Oh yes, if there are any mistakes, blame that fact that I had to transfer a Microsoft Word file to a HTML doc. PLEASE REVIEW! *waves wildly* Avid review-lover here... ^_~
Pixie: Malachi, one word and...
Malachi: Seriously! I liked it! Congrats, you finally finished a fic!
Pixie: *beams* That's more like it! You just may keep you're job longer than my other muses...
Malachi: That's kinda the point...
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P.S.- I don't want flames about Heero being too happy and showing emotion. I DON'T CARE, I'M THE AUTHORESS!!! I WANTED IT THAT WAY!!! MAWWAAAWAAHAAAHAAAA!!!