yaoi, some humor. a more serious, twisted fic. slight angst. non-yaoi lemon.
[1/2 ; 2/H ; 3/4 ]
Relena kills Duo to get at Heero. It works; but not like Relena planned. Duo is reborn as her and Heero's son, and will stop at nothing to avenge himself.
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"Heeroykins, help me please!" She whimpered, wobbling.
Heero glanced around again. "Where did Duo go?"
"I dunno, I think he- WHOA!" Relena slipped, landing painfully on her bottom. Whimpering, she rubbed it. "He went outside. Maybe for a walk."
"RELENA!" Heero shouted. Relena's eyes widened. "He's BARELY two years old! You can't let him wander the colony alone! DAMMIT RELENA! Don't you care about him at all?! What's your PROBLEM?!" Heero stormed off, grabbing his coat as he left. Relena whimpered again. "I do care...but..." She looked down, crushed.
Quatre sweatdropped
at what Duo told them. "Wait, ok. Start again?"
Duo glared, crossing
his little arms. "I dun wanna. Maybe if TROWA stopped playin' with his
stupid CAT you'dve heard me the first time."
Trowa grinned
sheepishly, a lion cub draped over his shoulder and batting at his hair.
Duo sighed. "Ok. Now look. I look like the real Duo because I AM-Trowa!"
Trowa swatted
a hand at Duo. "I'm listening!" He scritched the ears of his cub, which
purred loudly. Quatre grinned nervously. "Just go on, Duo."
Duo shook. "You
guys don't understand. I'll just wait until Dad might understand. Its SERIOUS.
I have to kill Mom!"
...
The basement
rang with the last words Duo said. Trowa and Quatre stared at him.
"Kill Relena?
What...why would you want to kill your mom, Duo?"
"She killed me."
"Uhh...no she
didn't...Duo, you're alive, look!" Trowa reached out, poking Duo. Duo pushed
his hand away. "NO. I'm only alive because...because I was reborn!"
Heero walked down
the street, following the trail of moved pebbles and bent grass. He could
tell which way Duo'd gone, using his soldier's skills. Staring at the ground,
Heero couldn't stop the memories.
A kiss, a touch,
a cry, a ring...Heero shook his head and looked at his hands. He'd always
told Relena that the second ring he had was taken from an Oz soldier he
killed. No one knew he'd ever been married to Duo. But who needed to know?
He was married to someone else now, he had a home, and Duo was dead, dead...he
focused his mind back on task, to find his son.
His son, with
the name and face that reminded him painfully of his lost lover. He wondered
why he had tortured himself into braiding the boy's hair. Why...? He knew
it would only cause him more pain. Dammit, he missed Duo Maxwell...
Heero stopped,
and looked up. He was at Quatre's mansion. Should have known, he
thought. He knew Duo liked seeing Quatre and Trowa. He blinked as Duo came
out, looking seriously angry and upset. The red around his eyes told Heero
he'd been crying.
Duo looked up,
and saw Heero. "DAD!" Duo started to cry, and ran forward, flinging himself
at Heero. Heero lifted the small boy, wondering. "Duo...what's wrong?"
"They don't believe
me! They won't believe me...what do I have to do to prove it?" Duo sobbed
into Heero's shoulder, and Heero looked alarmed.
"C'mon, let's
go home..."
Duo sat sniffling
and whimpering by the tree. What in hell is wrong with me?! he thought.
I
know better than to start crying like a baby over something as stupid as
Quatre and Trowa not believing a story as fucked as mine is! Duo sniffed.
Maybe
I'm just acting my age...
He blinked
as Heero sat down next to him. "Ok Duo...what was it that they wouldn't
believe? Could you tell me?"
Duo shook. "I...I
can't...because...it would hurt you." Trembling, Duo got up and walked
down the hall, climbing the stairs to his room. Heero sighed. Hurt him?
Why would anything Duo had to say hurt him?
Duo sat in his
room, hugging his knees. He knew no one would believe him.
They don't
need to know, anyways. I'll kill her on my own.
Trying
not to cry, he climbed into bed and turned off the lamp.
two years later
duo age: almost 4
Another Christmas.
Heero
looked out his bedroom window, sighing. He still wondered what Duo
had meant, two long years ago. Ever since then, Duo had become silent.
He still avoided Relena, but now he wasn't as close to Heero either. Relena
thought Duo was scared - he'd be starting preschool soon. But Heero knew
that wasn't it.
And why don't
you ask him, Heero? Why are you so afraid to find out what's wrong?
Heero
shook his head, squeezing his eyes shut. He didn't know why something inside
him made him afraid to question Duo, but he had a feeling that Duo was
right - whatever it was, it would hurt Heero.
Relena skipped
past him, overly cheerful. "Darling, come on! We must start wrapping gifts!
Du-" Heero suddenly turned and hissed at Relena. "Shut up! He still thinks
it's Santa, you idiot!"
Relena put a
hand to her mouth. "Ooooohhh..."
Duo listened
from his room, laughing weakly. Of course he knew it wasn't Santa, but
it made his parents happy when he got excited over the fat man. Acting,
acting, my life is a play, and no one understands...
Duo heard
Relena and Heero go downstairs, and the ring of the doorbell. Seconds later,
he heard Quatre and Trowa's voices. Sighing to himself, Duo got dressed
and lugged himself downstairs. He didn't look at the visitors.
Quatre saw Duo,
and bit his lip. Ever since he had laughed at Duo's story of being reborn
to kill Relena, Duo had seemed to...well, to hate him. Quatre couldn't
get near Duo, earning a glare when he tried. He felt bad, but he just couldn't
believe the story.
Trowa had brought
one of his cubs along. He set it down, and patted it. "Go play." Almost
immediately it pounced Duo, who growled loudly and pushed it away. Heero
raised an eyebrow. "Trowa, do you train those things to attack my son?"
"Uhh...no." Trowa
looked down guiltily. Quatre snickered despite himself. "Don't worry Heero,
he used to train them to knock over cups full of liquid."
Relena looked
around. "Hrm...why doesn't Wufei ever come to call?"
Quatre rolled
his eyes. "He's on another colony, and last I heard, him and Sally have
a few kids. Doubt he wants to talk about it."
Relena frowned.
"I'll bet THEIR kids don't resemble dead people."
Heero turned
quickly and glared. Quatre gasped. "RELENA!"
Relena shrugged.
"What? Its not my fault that my kid looks like that ugly guy who used to
be in your group!"
Duo slammed his
hand down on the coffee table and stomped up to his room, eyes brimming.
Relena was grinning stupidly, and called out. "Not that YOU'RE ugly, sweetums!"
Heero raised
his hand as if he were going to hit Relena, but he held back. His fists
shook with anger. "Relena, I know you didn't LIKE Maxwell but you could
have some respect and not talk about him like that!"
Relena shouted
back. "WELL SORRY! I don't really think he's ugly! And he should know that!
You raised him soft, Heero!"
Quatre sweatdropped
at the fight he saw brewing. Standing quickly, he headed up the stairs.
"I'll just...go see Duo."
The shouting
continued as if Quatre hadn't spoken.
Duo sat on his
bed, and he was glaring at the wall, his mind racing with various ways
he could destroy his mother. Quatre knocked lightly, poking his head in.
"Duo...?"
"Go. Away." Duo
glared at the wall.
Quatre sighed.
"Duo, you know Relena didn't mean what she said. She wasn't talking about
you, anyways."
"Humph." Duo
glared.
Quatre sat down
on the edge of the bed, and Duo turned away from him quickly. Quatre smiled
weakly. "You say you're Duo Maxwell, reborn as Duo Yuy. If that's true,
you're acting awfully immature, Destroyer."
"It was the GREAT
Destroyer, Winner." Duo mumbled to himself, still staring at the wall.
Quatre sighed. "What, did you dad tell you about that?"
"No." Duo stared,
eyes brimming with tears again. "I know you don't believe me, so get lost.
Uncle Quatre. Dad has Zero back in the warehouse. Maybe you could
go pilot it and blow everyone up. You'd like that, wouldn't you, Uncle
Quatre?"
Quatre flinched.
"That was a long time ago, Duo..." Quatre's heart beat faster. Why would
Heero tell Duo all of this? Why hadn't Quatre thought to question Duo before?
That would tell him if this Duo really was THE Duo. He immediately thought
of something that he knew Heero wouldn't have taught Duo.
"Duo."
Duo turned, glaring,
his eyes red. "What."
Quatre moved
his lips, not making a sound. Duo blinked. "You...you'll believe me if
i can read what you're saying?"
Duo gasped as
he was suddenly in a tight embrace. He blinked. "Wha...?"
Now it was Quatre
who's eyes brimmed with tears. He hugged Duo close. "Sure have missed you,
Maxwell."
Smiling, Duo
knew Quatre believed him now. Maybe he'd actually succeed in his mission.
His mission...
Relena glared
through a crack in the door. I don't know what's going on here, but
I know how to find out. She turned from the door, the plan forming
in her mind. If her son was really Duo Maxwell...she cackled softly to
herself before heading back downstairs.
"So...why did
you come back? As...as Heero's son?"
"Relena." Duo's
voice shook. "RELENA."
Quatre blinked,
confused. "What...what about her? What did she do?"
"Can't say."
Duo hugged his knees to his chest. "Not yet. Maybe...no." He sighed.
Quatre looked
uncomfortable. He knew something that he had never even told Trowa, that
no one else knew except Heero and Duo. Sighing, Quatre reached into his
pocket and pulled out something small, golden.
"Duo. I...I was
given this after you died. Heero didn't want to take it. I guess...you
should have it now."
Duo looked up
at Quatre, confused. Quatre dropped the small ring into Duo's tiny hands,
then stood up. "I'm going to go now. I'd like to talk to you more, Duo,
tomorrow, ok?"
He smiled at
Duo before leaving, but Duo didn't see. He was staring down at the little
ring. His wedding ring. His soul was torn. He didn't love Heero the way
he used to...but...
Duo shoved the
ring under his pillow and buried his face in his blankets, falling asleep
in minutes.
Heero came up
a half hour later, flicking the light off in Duo's room as always. But
this time he lingered at the doorway, staring at his small, sleeping son
as long as he could see him in the dark.
"Up! Up, rise
and shine, sweety!'
Relena plucked
Duo out of bed around 8'am the next morning. Duo was too sleepy and upset
to protest as Relena tore off his pajama's and dressed him in a black shirt
and pink overalls. She had already left the house and had gone down the
driveway when Duo finally woke up for real. Right when he noticed Relena
carrying him, he cried out and struggled to get free. She held him fast.
"We're going
to a little historic site I think you'll enjoy, Duo."
Heero woke up
with a start from his troubled dreams. He had to see Duo. Jumping out of
bed, Heero pulled on a bathrobe and ran into his son's room.
"Duo, I-"
But he stopped
there. Duo was gone, and so was Relena. Heero, confused, walked over to
Duo's bed, which was terribly mussed as though he had been tossing and
turning. Right there in the center of it all, a little golden ring glinted.
It's twin shined back from Heero's hand.
Heero trembled,
reaching out to take it. His fingertips had barely brushed it before the
realization that Relena had taken Duo somewhere...somewhere...
And Heero knew.
He raced to get clothes on, hoping he wasn't too late.
"LET. ME. GO.
NOW!" Duo bit down on Relena's hand, snarling, but she held tight.
"No, Duo, we're
almost there...here we go."
Relena set the
small boy down, and Duo looked around him. A church.
A graveyard.
Graves.
Duo knew. He
whimpered, backing away, but Relena grabbed his hand and led him forward.
"I thought, you
must want to meet this famous Duo Maxwell you're name after, honey!"
"NO!"
"So, let's see...mm...here!
Here we go."
"NO!" Duo screamed.
Relena, an evil glint in her eye, dragged him over and forced him down
onto the earth. She held him fast by his shoulders, staring at the gravestone.
DUO MAXWELL
There was never a cheerful face more missed on this earth. A part of Duo
Maxwell will never die in us. There will never be another like him.
Duo
stared, unable to move, unable to pull away. Relena leaned down to whisper
in his ear.
"There is a tragic
story behind this poor boy. He always thought he and your father were a
real pair. Really close. More than friends. He thought Heero LOVED him."
Duo shook from
fear and confusion. Why was she doing this?
"Poor Duo Maxwell
didn't know it, but Heero really loved me. He always did. After a while,
your father got tired of putting up with Duo's antics. We planned it together.
Plotted it ourselves. It was Heero's idea, really. We killed Duo Maxwell."
Duo trembled
harder, it wasn't true, he knew it couldn't be true, he knew it. Heero
had...had married him. Relena's words stabbed into Duo like hot knives.
"Right after
we got rid of the rat, me and Heero got married right away. Apparently
Duo Maxwell thought Heero had married him. So funny...so funny. Because
it was all fake. Heero got the rings out of a toy machine. And Duo...he
fell for it like a stone in water. But you don't have to worry about him.
He's right underneath the ground you're sitting on, rotting away, gone
forever. I bet the bugs in the dirt ate his disgusting braid first."
Duo's eyes slowly
glazed over, and he slumped forward slightly. Thoughts raced through he
head but they were gone before he could think about it too much. He just
stared at the ground, stared at the ground where he was buried...rotting,
just like Relena had said...
"RELENA!"
"Oh!" Relena
jumped as Heero appeared next to her, gun in hand.
"What did you
say, Relena."
"Nothing, Heero,
I just thought he might want to see-"
"RELENA, GET
LOST! JUST GO AWAY!"
Heero aimed the
gun, and Relena scurried away. Once out of Heero's sight, she slowed down,
and smiled. I win.
"DUO. Duo!" Heero
picked up the small boy, looking into his glazed over eyes. Duo looked
dead.
"No...Duo...please...I
know now...you can't...PLEASE...talk to me..."
Duo slowly looked
up at Heero, his eyes coming into focus. He remembered. All of it. Duo
screamed, struggling.
"NO! LET ME GO!"
"Duo?!"
"GET AWAY FROM
ME! JUST GET AWAY FROM ME!"
Heero, startled,
set Duo down on the ground. "Duo, calm down! It's ok..."
"NO! IT'S NOT
OK!" Duo stepped back, tears flowing from his eyes, his small hands clenched
into fists. "I KNOW THE TRUTH NOW! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE...H...HEERO! GO
TO HELL!" Duo stared for a moment more, before turning and running
from the graveyard.
Heero just sat
there, stunned. What had happened to Duo?