Disclaimer: Don't own it, don't sue me.
Author's Notes: Finally, the stranger from the last chapter is going to reveal his real name.... guess who he is. I think you know it's a he by the husky voice thing. Oh and I have 1 reviewer from the last chapter, now that gets me really mad cause 200 frikken people read the last chapter!!! and the mysterious author that put me on his/her author alert please stand up. (hehe slim shady) Oh and READ & REVIEW or this story will be discontinue.
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Angel's Slave
The group turned to the source of the voice. Most only responded by showing thier paled faces.
The stranger tied his boat to the shore. He put his hands in his pockets while waling up the path. "How is everyone doing today?"
Johnny looked like he was going to faint. Trowa, as always, stayed emotionless. The stranger scratched his head in confusion and continued walking up towards them.
"Duo, right?" He smiled and extended his hand to him. Duo, being the polite person he is, gave the stranger his right hand in response.
'And I thought Kenji was handsome. This guy in the white suit is absoutly stunning!' Duo was amazed at the new-commers appearence.
"I can't take you home being all wet. You might catch a cold. Come on, we can get to my house with my boat. You can borrow my koi's clothes." He offered.
Duo was day dreaming till he heard the word koi, immediatly freezing dead in his tracks. 'He already has a koi. What a shame.' "Thank you, but I don't really need that sir. Trowa can take me home just fine." He tried to ignore the insistiant cobalt eyes.
"No, no. I must insist. Here." He ushured him towards the boat. "Becareful of the steps. They are slippery."
The braided man lowered himself into the boat, one hand holding his leather shoes, the other waving goodbye to the strangers he had recently met.
The dark-headed stranger pointed in another direction. "That is my private habor."
The sun was already starting to set. The orange glow made the stranger's white shirt look to be a faint tangerine color.
"Are you Relena?" Duo questioned curiously.
He looked over at him. "What do you think?"
"I will say that I'm hoping you're not. That is, from what I've heard from Johnny. Relena seems to be a person who thinks he's above everyone and is antisocial. If you're not Relena, then who are you?"
He gave a small smile. "I'm an Angel's Slave. A slave of beauties such as yourself."
Duo blushed. "I'm sorry to be any trouble to you and your koi."
"I'm sorry, but I was lying. I don't have a koi." The stranger's smile grew just a hair.
Duo wouldn't look into his eyes directly. "They seem to really look up to you. Trowa and the others I mean."
"We're not that close, so they tend to be poilte around me."
"If all of you are not close, why would Trowa let me go with you?" He asked, puzzeled.
"Trowa is the closest then any of the others. He's almost like my little brother." He looked thoughtful about actually having one.
"Yeah, while his real brothers always make fun of him." Duo said, his brows pulling together.
"I don't really know about the family business. It's best not to talk about it." He looked up, towards the harbor that was slowly closing in.
"Why do you continue hinting that you're not Relena?"
He chose not to answer, keeping his mind on the task at hand. "We're here Duo-sama. Do you have any other questions before you change out of those wet clothes?"
"No, not really. Oh wait! Is your last name Nanshi too?"
"Hai." Was the stranger's reply.
As the two walked into the tunnel, a door apeared. The stranger took a key out of his pocket and opened it.
"This is amazing. You have your own private habor." Duo looked around in awe.
"It's just like a tunnel, only filled with water. Most of the other houses in this village are like that."
"This is paraidse." Exclaimed the dreaming Duo.
When they entered the house itself, the man in the white suit lit the room with candles. It was then that Duo noticed that the stranger had a european style profile instead of the asian one he thought he once had.
The air in his lungs came out in a rush when he looked straight into the man's eyes for the first time. One was that magnificent cobalt blue, while the other was a lively brown.
He seemed to notice the stare he was receiving. "When I was little I cried everytime someone stared at my eyes, but I slowly got use to it. I had to, it's who I am."
He felt bad, but that wasn't what he intended to come across as. "It happened that way from the enzyms in your genes. It's not your fault, but the way one changed into a totaly different color, well, it's fasinating!" He smiled as he contiued to look at the uniquely different colors.
"Will my son or daugther have eyes like these?" The dark haired man asked.
"I highly doubt it, unless the mutated genes happen to be in your sex genes. See, you get your genes from your parents. Half from your mom and half from your dad. If one of them has brown eyes and the other has blue, the brown will most likely show up, since it's a dominant gene. And the blue will normaly stay hidden because it's a recessive gene."
He wasn't quite understanding. "Then..."
"And if both your dad and your mom have blue eyes, you too would probably have blue, since they're both recessive."
"Oh, so it's like mixing them together. Then why is one of them blue instead of brown?"
"Some of your ancestors must have had blue eyes, but since it's recessive you don't normaly see it. However, in your generation the blue became visible, if only in one eye, which means it must've mutated. "
"Thank you for sloving that for me. You must be a sciencist, seeing how you know so much about those complexe genes."
Duo nodded. "I'm a genetist. Mr. Nanshi."
"Please, call me Heero. I don't like that Mr. title." He wrinkled his nose in response.
"Heero. Do you have anything else that you want to ask me?"
"I would like to ask you your real name, but I think I'll just call you Duo. You seem to like company a good bit."
"Why not? Don't you want to know my real name?" He asked, tilting his head.
He smirked. "You talk too much. I was thinking that your real name must sound very nice, and gentalman-like. So I have a feeling that I couldn't resist it if I heard it."
"Ah Heero. Duo sounds like a dump name. And I seemed to have developed a headache from just talking to them all. They're all scared of each other. Heh, I would almost call myself Relena so I wouldn't have to worry about anyone in this village. They would all be scared of me."
Heero frowned, his brows nitting together (1). "I don't like the name. Relena."
"I don't think you have six little brothers. You're too young. You have to be around my age, thirty tops."
"You don't think that Relena is a girl?"
Duo shruged. "Actually, I don't give a damn about someones gender. It doesn't really concern me and I'll be leaving soon anyway."
"Oh, gomen. I forgot to give you some dry clothes. I'l be right back." Heero walked out of the room.
Five minutes later Heero came back with a amethyst colored poet styled shirt and black jeans.
"Here, I think this should fit." He handed him the outfit.
Duo wrinkled his nose. "I'm not going to wear that. I don't wear other men's clothes."
"It has never been worn before. I just bought it. Try it on." Heero pleaded.
Duo shook his head. "No, I'm just going to go home. I'm not going to wear a rave outfit."
"Of all the people. You were wearing a tuxedo on the beach. If you can wear that, there is nothing wrong with this."
He closed his eyes, smiling in defeat. "I guess you're right. Now go outside while I change." Heero walked out of the room.
After a few minuets. "You can come in now Hee-chan."
He didn't even walk in the room. "I'll be right back." Very soon he returned, wearing another outfit, strikingly similar to his own. He was shocked, eyes wide and all.
"Are you crazy? Why did you change into that?"
"If I don't wear this, how can I stand here talking to a beauty like you? Please, lets go out on the habor. There's not a drop of rain or a gust of wind to mess with your hair."
The storm was over. There was not a single cloud in the sky, and the stars were showing more than ususal. It was as if it was revolving around the two young men.
Heero stoped. "We've forgotten about your suit!"
Duo shruged. "Don't worry about it. Just throw it away. It's not even worth saving."
He insisted. "But you still have a wedding. Or do you even want to get married?"
Duo shoke his head. "I don't know. I really don't know."
Heero moved over to kiss his forehead lightly. "I will forget about you Duo, but I don't really want to."
Duo felt a chill down his spine as Heero kissed him. Even though Hilde had kissed him all over his toned body, he never realy felt anything in them. And with that one single one from Heero, he felt that his soul now belonged to him.
"I'm gussing you're fairly young." Heero said half smiling, actually a smirk.
'He must have seen a lot of people in his life. Am I acting immature?'
His smile grew. "I'm right. You are young."
As soon as they reached the habor, Heero stopped. It was as if he didn't want Duo to go, and his frown only proved it.
Heero sighed. "I'll go on the boat first to steady it for you. Then you can get on."
Being who he is, Duo doesn't listen and jumps on the boat, grinning.
"So that's why, with even the six of them, they can't handle you." He smirked.
Duo stared into Heero's eyes, for no reason at all. He felt that he would get lost in the multi-colored orbs, any minute.
Heero sat down behind him, starting the motor. He manuvered it out of the tunnel which linked him to the sea. They continued to stare at each other, the entire way, as if they belonged only to each other.
Out of no where Duo said a seemingly random phrase. "Tonight the moon in the water is sliver."
Heero thought about it. "What's the next verse?"
Duo blushed and hung his head, trying to hide from those eyes. "There isn't another verse." He lied.
"The love we have would be forever." Heero said, keeping his eyes on Duo's.
Duo looked up. "How did you know?"
"So it seems that you like to read poetry too. I thought that people spending their time studying geneology would be too busy with those letters. Inside the DNA. Who wrote that anyway?"
"I don't really know. I've never read it before, it's like I remember it from another life. Why does the verse you said also sound like it's from another life?" Duo thought out loud.
"Maybe someone read that poem to you in your previous life, and you suddenly remembered it. Is that the next verse?"
"It seems so. It's so weird. It now makes perfect sense when you tell me about it like that, but who could have read the poem to me?"
"It depends on who you are."
Duo shook his head. "I don't need to know. All I need is the feeling of staying here. It feels like life and death pulled us apart, or I couldn't find him. Maybe he couldn't find me?"
Heero turned off the motor.
"Why did you do that? How am I suppose to get home?"
"I think the noise from the motor made you think that. You're a sciencist, you need proof, not theroy."
Duo tried to change the subject. "Do you always go out at night?"
"No. Actually, I don't leave the village. The most I've ever done was today, going to the beach where Trowa picked you up."
"Then how am I suppose to give the clothes back to you?"
"One day you will." He stated, almost knowingly.
"Do you have a telephone?" Duo asked.
"There's no communication in the village. It's not allowed. People don't know about our village anyway. How could the telelphone company install lines in the village when they don't even know it exist?"
Duo gave a small smile. "Then it's up to you to find me."
Heero shook his head this time. "No. I won't find you. If I want the outfit back , I'll ask Sam to get it."
Duo frowned. /What if he never wants it back? I won't be able to see him again. Why was he being so nice before, but so cold?/
At a loss, he tried again. "The girls in your village are very beautiful right?"
"Yes, like red lotus." Heero said flatly. /Typical man./
"Do they go to school? If they can't go outside, how are they suppose to learn?"
"We have our own culture. It's already enough for all of us." He stated dryly.
"Does anyone wear those Chinese style clothes? You know, your clothes are what the rest of us wear in the outside world."
"They are just clothes. What if we do wear them?" Heero asked, slightly harsh.
"It's hard to belive that in the entire village, Trowa is the nicest." Duo said, almost poutting.
He shruged. "You're right. Ninty percent of the village population are just like Trowa. And they are what keep the village going."
"And that ninty percent gets beat up by the remaing ten percent. Am I right? So, are you in the ninty or the ten percent?"
"What do you think?"
"I haven't seen anyone yell at you. Even Johnny is afaird of you. So if you say you're in the majority, then I'll have to think that you're lying. I....I don't want to be here with you anymore. I'll swim to the beach if I have to."
"Please don't Duo. The outfit will get ruined if you did that. Besides, it's too far for you to swim to shore."
"You say you're from that village, and you all you care about is a stupid outfit? You look nice on the outside, but the inside is the exact opposite."
Heero sighed. "I just don't want you to drown. That's all. And there are sharks in this part of the water. I don't want to see you dead!" Cried Heero.
"Then can you row us to the beach?" Duo asked, arms crossed.
"Of course. Nobody knows the water like I do. Would you please sit down first?" He gestured to the seat.
"Not until you tell me who you really are. I'm not going listen to you untill this all makes sense!"
"You can whine and complaing all you want to the others, but with me, you don't have a chance."
"I knew it! You are that Relena!"
Heero was getting impatient. "I don't care about Relena! Relena is just a girl. You can tell by the name. Look at me! I'm a boy!"
/He was so kind to Trowa, and he doesn't even bat an eyelash towards Johnny. Maybe I'm wrong about him./
Duo sighed. "You're right. I'm sorry."
"It seems that you never wanted to belive that I could be Relena, right?"
"A person like you? Why would I *want* you to be Relena?"
Heero just smiled.
"I haven't had a chance to see the Nanashi Castle. Would you take me to it sometime?"
He looked, sad. "Not everybody can go in."
"Can you?"
"I can. I have to go there everyday. But I don't like that place."
Duo's little dream bubble was popped by those last few words. "Why?"
"Your dreams are not even close to this reality. Now I understand. All you see is the castle as it appears on the outside, the beautiful look. That one is the one that english gentalman built. But it's been abandoned. Ours is real, and it hasn't changed in hunderds of years."
"And that's not good?"
"It has to be rebuilt. They didn't take care of it properly. The heaven it once was has now turned into hell. Relena doesn't want the people to talk about it so she shut them out of it."
"She never lets the villagers go inside?"
"That's exactly it. The villagers know nothing. They have been isolated since their birth. They got use to the cruel life the queen led them to believe, so they go with it all."
"Then why didn't you leave? You could at anytime." Duo pointed out.
"I know, but I want the villagers to be free. I can't just walk away."
"You could go outside, get a job. Hey, I could use the help anyway. You can take that job if you want."
"You have good intentions, but even good intentions don't always help."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I want these castles to be the ones that I've always dreamed of. I have a really long history with them."
"You would let it go if someone like Relena forbid it. You would have to follow her orders, otherwise you would be a rebel."
"Are there rebels in your village?"
"There are, and they are very nice people. Not one of them has a crime history, except saying the castle should be repaired."
"Even though you won't tell me who you are, I know you're special. Why didn't you let them go?"
"The villagers have heard the myths from generations, saying that it is a paradise here, and that the outside was different, so they stayed right here in fear."
"I Found the paradise that we all want, but the paradise is only a dream."
"How do you know that phrase?"
Duo looked back at him. "I don't know. It's from that poem I guess."
"That so strange. You study science, but you are here, sitting in front of me talking about reincarnation." Heero was nicely confused.
Duo smiled and nodded his head. "I knew about your eyes."
"Who found out about genitics?"
"A sciencist working in some monasary. He was planting pea plants. I think his name was Medel. Meanwhile, you're stuck here, in this little village. You should come and work with me in the university."
"No, they wouldn't think it's right. And I want to make sure that the villagers are free."
"Then when will I see you again, Heero?" Duo asked wistfully, trying not to look into his eyes.
"I can't tell you that. You almost got yourself killed when you were showed up." He looked at him, trying not to think about him.
"Remember my phone number." Duo said, more as a joke, as he leaned over to wisper into his ear, brushing it ever so slightly with his mouth. (I can't really tell you now can I?)
Just when they are about to kiss, a voice called for Heero, chillingly softly. "It's time to come back Heero."
"Who was that?" Duo asked, slightly irratated.
"That was Une. I need to get back to the village." He looked nervous.
"Who's Une?" Duo watched him.
"Quick, go back to your home." Heero was moving unlike the smoothe acton before.
"How can I get home? We haven't even reach the beach yet." He almost sounded hurt.
Heero push the boat harder, untill they were almost to the yellow sand strip.
"I'm so sorry. This area doesn't have sharks, so you can swim back." His expression was pitiful.
"Heero, if you don't come back to me soon, I.....I don't think I will let myself like you anymore." He stuttered over the words he didn't want to say.
Heero felt his heart crack. He nodded slowly, not wanting to belive. "I am very, very sorry...........but you have to go." /I don't want you involved...........please go Duo./
Duo gave one last fleating look before he jumped into the water, swiming safely back to shore.
"Saynoara, Heero-kun." He wispered to himself under his breath.
(1) I know Hee-chan talks too much in this story but otherwise I can't write him as Duo's companion. You'll find out later why anyway.
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So now you know who the stranger is in the last chapter. It's Heero!!! I know I accidentally gave you a lesson on DNA but I couldn't help it, what are they suppose to talk about without the eye thing. At least that's what I remembered from my dream only I didn't use the motor. I used the stick where you push it. Ok now i'm confusing you guys and myself. Now I'm going to tell you to READ & REVIEW or i won't put the next chapter up where Duo (it's not his real name in the real world) revisit the Nanashi village and find out a horrible secert. R&R ja.
Author's Notes: Finally, the stranger from the last chapter is going to reveal his real name.... guess who he is. I think you know it's a he by the husky voice thing. Oh and I have 1 reviewer from the last chapter, now that gets me really mad cause 200 frikken people read the last chapter!!! and the mysterious author that put me on his/her author alert please stand up. (hehe slim shady) Oh and READ & REVIEW or this story will be discontinue.
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Angel's Slave
The group turned to the source of the voice. Most only responded by showing thier paled faces.
The stranger tied his boat to the shore. He put his hands in his pockets while waling up the path. "How is everyone doing today?"
Johnny looked like he was going to faint. Trowa, as always, stayed emotionless. The stranger scratched his head in confusion and continued walking up towards them.
"Duo, right?" He smiled and extended his hand to him. Duo, being the polite person he is, gave the stranger his right hand in response.
'And I thought Kenji was handsome. This guy in the white suit is absoutly stunning!' Duo was amazed at the new-commers appearence.
"I can't take you home being all wet. You might catch a cold. Come on, we can get to my house with my boat. You can borrow my koi's clothes." He offered.
Duo was day dreaming till he heard the word koi, immediatly freezing dead in his tracks. 'He already has a koi. What a shame.' "Thank you, but I don't really need that sir. Trowa can take me home just fine." He tried to ignore the insistiant cobalt eyes.
"No, no. I must insist. Here." He ushured him towards the boat. "Becareful of the steps. They are slippery."
The braided man lowered himself into the boat, one hand holding his leather shoes, the other waving goodbye to the strangers he had recently met.
The dark-headed stranger pointed in another direction. "That is my private habor."
The sun was already starting to set. The orange glow made the stranger's white shirt look to be a faint tangerine color.
"Are you Relena?" Duo questioned curiously.
He looked over at him. "What do you think?"
"I will say that I'm hoping you're not. That is, from what I've heard from Johnny. Relena seems to be a person who thinks he's above everyone and is antisocial. If you're not Relena, then who are you?"
He gave a small smile. "I'm an Angel's Slave. A slave of beauties such as yourself."
Duo blushed. "I'm sorry to be any trouble to you and your koi."
"I'm sorry, but I was lying. I don't have a koi." The stranger's smile grew just a hair.
Duo wouldn't look into his eyes directly. "They seem to really look up to you. Trowa and the others I mean."
"We're not that close, so they tend to be poilte around me."
"If all of you are not close, why would Trowa let me go with you?" He asked, puzzeled.
"Trowa is the closest then any of the others. He's almost like my little brother." He looked thoughtful about actually having one.
"Yeah, while his real brothers always make fun of him." Duo said, his brows pulling together.
"I don't really know about the family business. It's best not to talk about it." He looked up, towards the harbor that was slowly closing in.
"Why do you continue hinting that you're not Relena?"
He chose not to answer, keeping his mind on the task at hand. "We're here Duo-sama. Do you have any other questions before you change out of those wet clothes?"
"No, not really. Oh wait! Is your last name Nanshi too?"
"Hai." Was the stranger's reply.
As the two walked into the tunnel, a door apeared. The stranger took a key out of his pocket and opened it.
"This is amazing. You have your own private habor." Duo looked around in awe.
"It's just like a tunnel, only filled with water. Most of the other houses in this village are like that."
"This is paraidse." Exclaimed the dreaming Duo.
When they entered the house itself, the man in the white suit lit the room with candles. It was then that Duo noticed that the stranger had a european style profile instead of the asian one he thought he once had.
The air in his lungs came out in a rush when he looked straight into the man's eyes for the first time. One was that magnificent cobalt blue, while the other was a lively brown.
He seemed to notice the stare he was receiving. "When I was little I cried everytime someone stared at my eyes, but I slowly got use to it. I had to, it's who I am."
He felt bad, but that wasn't what he intended to come across as. "It happened that way from the enzyms in your genes. It's not your fault, but the way one changed into a totaly different color, well, it's fasinating!" He smiled as he contiued to look at the uniquely different colors.
"Will my son or daugther have eyes like these?" The dark haired man asked.
"I highly doubt it, unless the mutated genes happen to be in your sex genes. See, you get your genes from your parents. Half from your mom and half from your dad. If one of them has brown eyes and the other has blue, the brown will most likely show up, since it's a dominant gene. And the blue will normaly stay hidden because it's a recessive gene."
He wasn't quite understanding. "Then..."
"And if both your dad and your mom have blue eyes, you too would probably have blue, since they're both recessive."
"Oh, so it's like mixing them together. Then why is one of them blue instead of brown?"
"Some of your ancestors must have had blue eyes, but since it's recessive you don't normaly see it. However, in your generation the blue became visible, if only in one eye, which means it must've mutated. "
"Thank you for sloving that for me. You must be a sciencist, seeing how you know so much about those complexe genes."
Duo nodded. "I'm a genetist. Mr. Nanshi."
"Please, call me Heero. I don't like that Mr. title." He wrinkled his nose in response.
"Heero. Do you have anything else that you want to ask me?"
"I would like to ask you your real name, but I think I'll just call you Duo. You seem to like company a good bit."
"Why not? Don't you want to know my real name?" He asked, tilting his head.
He smirked. "You talk too much. I was thinking that your real name must sound very nice, and gentalman-like. So I have a feeling that I couldn't resist it if I heard it."
"Ah Heero. Duo sounds like a dump name. And I seemed to have developed a headache from just talking to them all. They're all scared of each other. Heh, I would almost call myself Relena so I wouldn't have to worry about anyone in this village. They would all be scared of me."
Heero frowned, his brows nitting together (1). "I don't like the name. Relena."
"I don't think you have six little brothers. You're too young. You have to be around my age, thirty tops."
"You don't think that Relena is a girl?"
Duo shruged. "Actually, I don't give a damn about someones gender. It doesn't really concern me and I'll be leaving soon anyway."
"Oh, gomen. I forgot to give you some dry clothes. I'l be right back." Heero walked out of the room.
Five minutes later Heero came back with a amethyst colored poet styled shirt and black jeans.
"Here, I think this should fit." He handed him the outfit.
Duo wrinkled his nose. "I'm not going to wear that. I don't wear other men's clothes."
"It has never been worn before. I just bought it. Try it on." Heero pleaded.
Duo shook his head. "No, I'm just going to go home. I'm not going to wear a rave outfit."
"Of all the people. You were wearing a tuxedo on the beach. If you can wear that, there is nothing wrong with this."
He closed his eyes, smiling in defeat. "I guess you're right. Now go outside while I change." Heero walked out of the room.
After a few minuets. "You can come in now Hee-chan."
He didn't even walk in the room. "I'll be right back." Very soon he returned, wearing another outfit, strikingly similar to his own. He was shocked, eyes wide and all.
"Are you crazy? Why did you change into that?"
"If I don't wear this, how can I stand here talking to a beauty like you? Please, lets go out on the habor. There's not a drop of rain or a gust of wind to mess with your hair."
The storm was over. There was not a single cloud in the sky, and the stars were showing more than ususal. It was as if it was revolving around the two young men.
Heero stoped. "We've forgotten about your suit!"
Duo shruged. "Don't worry about it. Just throw it away. It's not even worth saving."
He insisted. "But you still have a wedding. Or do you even want to get married?"
Duo shoke his head. "I don't know. I really don't know."
Heero moved over to kiss his forehead lightly. "I will forget about you Duo, but I don't really want to."
Duo felt a chill down his spine as Heero kissed him. Even though Hilde had kissed him all over his toned body, he never realy felt anything in them. And with that one single one from Heero, he felt that his soul now belonged to him.
"I'm gussing you're fairly young." Heero said half smiling, actually a smirk.
'He must have seen a lot of people in his life. Am I acting immature?'
His smile grew. "I'm right. You are young."
As soon as they reached the habor, Heero stopped. It was as if he didn't want Duo to go, and his frown only proved it.
Heero sighed. "I'll go on the boat first to steady it for you. Then you can get on."
Being who he is, Duo doesn't listen and jumps on the boat, grinning.
"So that's why, with even the six of them, they can't handle you." He smirked.
Duo stared into Heero's eyes, for no reason at all. He felt that he would get lost in the multi-colored orbs, any minute.
Heero sat down behind him, starting the motor. He manuvered it out of the tunnel which linked him to the sea. They continued to stare at each other, the entire way, as if they belonged only to each other.
Out of no where Duo said a seemingly random phrase. "Tonight the moon in the water is sliver."
Heero thought about it. "What's the next verse?"
Duo blushed and hung his head, trying to hide from those eyes. "There isn't another verse." He lied.
"The love we have would be forever." Heero said, keeping his eyes on Duo's.
Duo looked up. "How did you know?"
"So it seems that you like to read poetry too. I thought that people spending their time studying geneology would be too busy with those letters. Inside the DNA. Who wrote that anyway?"
"I don't really know. I've never read it before, it's like I remember it from another life. Why does the verse you said also sound like it's from another life?" Duo thought out loud.
"Maybe someone read that poem to you in your previous life, and you suddenly remembered it. Is that the next verse?"
"It seems so. It's so weird. It now makes perfect sense when you tell me about it like that, but who could have read the poem to me?"
"It depends on who you are."
Duo shook his head. "I don't need to know. All I need is the feeling of staying here. It feels like life and death pulled us apart, or I couldn't find him. Maybe he couldn't find me?"
Heero turned off the motor.
"Why did you do that? How am I suppose to get home?"
"I think the noise from the motor made you think that. You're a sciencist, you need proof, not theroy."
Duo tried to change the subject. "Do you always go out at night?"
"No. Actually, I don't leave the village. The most I've ever done was today, going to the beach where Trowa picked you up."
"Then how am I suppose to give the clothes back to you?"
"One day you will." He stated, almost knowingly.
"Do you have a telephone?" Duo asked.
"There's no communication in the village. It's not allowed. People don't know about our village anyway. How could the telelphone company install lines in the village when they don't even know it exist?"
Duo gave a small smile. "Then it's up to you to find me."
Heero shook his head this time. "No. I won't find you. If I want the outfit back , I'll ask Sam to get it."
Duo frowned. /What if he never wants it back? I won't be able to see him again. Why was he being so nice before, but so cold?/
At a loss, he tried again. "The girls in your village are very beautiful right?"
"Yes, like red lotus." Heero said flatly. /Typical man./
"Do they go to school? If they can't go outside, how are they suppose to learn?"
"We have our own culture. It's already enough for all of us." He stated dryly.
"Does anyone wear those Chinese style clothes? You know, your clothes are what the rest of us wear in the outside world."
"They are just clothes. What if we do wear them?" Heero asked, slightly harsh.
"It's hard to belive that in the entire village, Trowa is the nicest." Duo said, almost poutting.
He shruged. "You're right. Ninty percent of the village population are just like Trowa. And they are what keep the village going."
"And that ninty percent gets beat up by the remaing ten percent. Am I right? So, are you in the ninty or the ten percent?"
"What do you think?"
"I haven't seen anyone yell at you. Even Johnny is afaird of you. So if you say you're in the majority, then I'll have to think that you're lying. I....I don't want to be here with you anymore. I'll swim to the beach if I have to."
"Please don't Duo. The outfit will get ruined if you did that. Besides, it's too far for you to swim to shore."
"You say you're from that village, and you all you care about is a stupid outfit? You look nice on the outside, but the inside is the exact opposite."
Heero sighed. "I just don't want you to drown. That's all. And there are sharks in this part of the water. I don't want to see you dead!" Cried Heero.
"Then can you row us to the beach?" Duo asked, arms crossed.
"Of course. Nobody knows the water like I do. Would you please sit down first?" He gestured to the seat.
"Not until you tell me who you really are. I'm not going listen to you untill this all makes sense!"
"You can whine and complaing all you want to the others, but with me, you don't have a chance."
"I knew it! You are that Relena!"
Heero was getting impatient. "I don't care about Relena! Relena is just a girl. You can tell by the name. Look at me! I'm a boy!"
/He was so kind to Trowa, and he doesn't even bat an eyelash towards Johnny. Maybe I'm wrong about him./
Duo sighed. "You're right. I'm sorry."
"It seems that you never wanted to belive that I could be Relena, right?"
"A person like you? Why would I *want* you to be Relena?"
Heero just smiled.
"I haven't had a chance to see the Nanashi Castle. Would you take me to it sometime?"
He looked, sad. "Not everybody can go in."
"Can you?"
"I can. I have to go there everyday. But I don't like that place."
Duo's little dream bubble was popped by those last few words. "Why?"
"Your dreams are not even close to this reality. Now I understand. All you see is the castle as it appears on the outside, the beautiful look. That one is the one that english gentalman built. But it's been abandoned. Ours is real, and it hasn't changed in hunderds of years."
"And that's not good?"
"It has to be rebuilt. They didn't take care of it properly. The heaven it once was has now turned into hell. Relena doesn't want the people to talk about it so she shut them out of it."
"She never lets the villagers go inside?"
"That's exactly it. The villagers know nothing. They have been isolated since their birth. They got use to the cruel life the queen led them to believe, so they go with it all."
"Then why didn't you leave? You could at anytime." Duo pointed out.
"I know, but I want the villagers to be free. I can't just walk away."
"You could go outside, get a job. Hey, I could use the help anyway. You can take that job if you want."
"You have good intentions, but even good intentions don't always help."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I want these castles to be the ones that I've always dreamed of. I have a really long history with them."
"You would let it go if someone like Relena forbid it. You would have to follow her orders, otherwise you would be a rebel."
"Are there rebels in your village?"
"There are, and they are very nice people. Not one of them has a crime history, except saying the castle should be repaired."
"Even though you won't tell me who you are, I know you're special. Why didn't you let them go?"
"The villagers have heard the myths from generations, saying that it is a paradise here, and that the outside was different, so they stayed right here in fear."
"I Found the paradise that we all want, but the paradise is only a dream."
"How do you know that phrase?"
Duo looked back at him. "I don't know. It's from that poem I guess."
"That so strange. You study science, but you are here, sitting in front of me talking about reincarnation." Heero was nicely confused.
Duo smiled and nodded his head. "I knew about your eyes."
"Who found out about genitics?"
"A sciencist working in some monasary. He was planting pea plants. I think his name was Medel. Meanwhile, you're stuck here, in this little village. You should come and work with me in the university."
"No, they wouldn't think it's right. And I want to make sure that the villagers are free."
"Then when will I see you again, Heero?" Duo asked wistfully, trying not to look into his eyes.
"I can't tell you that. You almost got yourself killed when you were showed up." He looked at him, trying not to think about him.
"Remember my phone number." Duo said, more as a joke, as he leaned over to wisper into his ear, brushing it ever so slightly with his mouth. (I can't really tell you now can I?)
Just when they are about to kiss, a voice called for Heero, chillingly softly. "It's time to come back Heero."
"Who was that?" Duo asked, slightly irratated.
"That was Une. I need to get back to the village." He looked nervous.
"Who's Une?" Duo watched him.
"Quick, go back to your home." Heero was moving unlike the smoothe acton before.
"How can I get home? We haven't even reach the beach yet." He almost sounded hurt.
Heero push the boat harder, untill they were almost to the yellow sand strip.
"I'm so sorry. This area doesn't have sharks, so you can swim back." His expression was pitiful.
"Heero, if you don't come back to me soon, I.....I don't think I will let myself like you anymore." He stuttered over the words he didn't want to say.
Heero felt his heart crack. He nodded slowly, not wanting to belive. "I am very, very sorry...........but you have to go." /I don't want you involved...........please go Duo./
Duo gave one last fleating look before he jumped into the water, swiming safely back to shore.
"Saynoara, Heero-kun." He wispered to himself under his breath.
(1) I know Hee-chan talks too much in this story but otherwise I can't write him as Duo's companion. You'll find out later why anyway.
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So now you know who the stranger is in the last chapter. It's Heero!!! I know I accidentally gave you a lesson on DNA but I couldn't help it, what are they suppose to talk about without the eye thing. At least that's what I remembered from my dream only I didn't use the motor. I used the stick where you push it. Ok now i'm confusing you guys and myself. Now I'm going to tell you to READ & REVIEW or i won't put the next chapter up where Duo (it's not his real name in the real world) revisit the Nanashi village and find out a horrible secert. R&R ja.