Gundam 06: Oh Brother!
Katrina was patiently cleaning around her little/big house while she waited. She put the cloth down and sighed, I'm worrying way too much about him. She smiled slightly at what the little voice said to her, Well if Shinigami is in that boy, he'll be safe. No one can kill death itself even if they tried. "You're right Sei. Do you think I should ask him…?"
A slight pause came from Sei, If you do and he is holding Shinigami, then he will try to kill you to kill me. Katrina nodded and straightened her green sweater, "I guess you're right, but I doubt Duo would let him kill me. But lately I just don't know any…" A shrill ring coming from her computer room interrupted her though as she ran to the room to find a video message from Duo:
"Kat, you remember that little doctors room in the back? You better get it ready. We got ambushed at the base and Heero and I got out safely," a pause as he dries his damp bluish-gray eyes, "but (static) wasn't so lucky he got hit really bad and his Gundam looks like it would be better off being sold as scrap. Heero doesn't think he'll make it," he looks off to the side and shakes his head letting the slightest trail of blood to run down his face, "but for Trowa's sake he better or I don't think he'll ever talk again. So just get the room ready, 'k? And Kat, I…"
"What the hell! Finish the message!" Katrina banged her fists on the monitor causing it to crack. She slid to the floor and tried her hardest to keep from crying while Sei tried to keep her charge calm, don't worry, they're alright. You better get this room ready though, and get some fresh water. You worrying about them will hurt them more that help. "You're right about that too. I just hope they'll get here in time." When she got out of the room she only said one word that got the room ready, "Desert."
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They had managed to drag the almost ruined Gundam out of the base. Duo had stayed behind to wrap a bandage around his ribs while Heero went into the Gundam to get their partner. He looked up with his blue eyes and whistled, "Who-boy I never knew Sandrock could take that much punishment. Damn."
"Quatre didn't get out so clean either," Heero jumped out of the cockpit with the mangled body of the young Arabian pilot and laid him down on the cool grass. Duo looked at the blond boy and grimaced as he took of his own black shirt to wipe the blood off of Quatre's face. "Did you get that message to Katrina?"
"Yep, but I got cut off towards the end." Duo paused when he noticed Heero staring at him, but her resumed cleaning off Quatre, "Don't worry I told her to get the back room ready for Q-man here."
Quatre stirred and, slightly and painfully, opened his crystal blue eyes, "Duo…Heero," Duo brought a finger up to Quatre's bloodied lips quieting the boy. "Don't talk, save your energy, 'k?" In response Quatre smiled slightly and closed his eyes, gently leaning his head against Duo's leg. Duo grinned slightly and looked up at Heero, "Ya think he's gonna make it?"
Heero got up, gently taking the slumbering boy in his arms as Duo got up also, and headed to the small jeep that had gotten them to the base. When Duo gingerly sat down in the seat, Heero gave him the blonde pilot so that Quatre's head was resting on Duo's chest. Heero brought up a hand to move a piece of hair away from Quatre's angelic features, "To be honest Duo, the chances of him making it…are almost nonexistent." He went around to the driver's side and got in, his cold persian blue eyes not looking towards his two injured teammates while he raced to get to Katrina's house before Quatre met his maker. The only problem was this, Katrina's house was on the other side of Hokkaido.
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A low rumble filled the air as Katrina paced around the inside of her house. She rushed to the door as Heero's jeep pulled up the driveway in a squeal of tires.
"Duo?" she pushed through the door and out into the yard, her steps becoming more hurried. "Duo, who is it? Duo, tell me it's not Quatre, you never…" her words trailed off as Quatre Raberba Winner, blood trickling down the side of his young, innocent face, pushed out of the jeep and placed an unsteady foot on the ground. Katrina gave a sharp cry and bolted forward. "Quatre!" she screamed. "Quatre!!"
"Katrina?" the blonde Arabian asked, slowly focusing on Katrina's face. "What?" he stumbled as his foot dragged along on the ground, lurching forward.
"Oh, God, no!" Katrina cried, her feet carrying her forward and catching the teenager in her arms. She fell to the ground, cradling him in her arms, sobbing into his blood stained shoulder. "Quatre, you gotta get up! Come on! You gotta get up and come with me!!" she struggled to pull herself up, but the injured boy kept pulling her down. With effort she forcibly hauled him to his feet, wrapping her arm around his waist and propping him against her shoulder. "You're gonna be okay," she whispered softly, tears cascading down her cheeks. "I won't let you leave me." Then she whispered into his ear, "The goddess of life won't let you leave."
Inside of her, the essence that was Sei watched and said nothing.
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"Is she still in there?" Duo asked sharply as he passed the door to the back room for the umpteenth time during the past three days, solemnly guarded by a rather bored Heero.
"Need you even ask?" Heero gave him a look with his cold eyes that made the pacing boy stop in his tracks. Duo sighed.
"She won't leave his side. Won't even listen when I tell her he won't be awake for at least another twenty-four hours. The sleeping sedative is entirely too strong for him to come to in anytime less." He shook his head, braid swishing with the sharp movements, and scowled. "She hasn't even looked at me since he got here. You'd think she… I just don't know." He shook his head once more. "Never mind." With troubled blue eyes, he headed towards the kitchen for another snack.
Yawning profusely, Duo wandered into the small kitchen, poking his head into the refrigerator. "Sucks. Sucks. Sucks." Duo counted off the food angrily. "Sucks. Sucks even more. Totally sucks. You could not pay me to eat that." He pulled his head out and slammed the door, his mind preoccupied. "Does that girl have nothing unhealthy in this house?"
"That girl!?" Katrina demanded form the kitchen entrance, hands on her hips. "And what the hell do you think you're doing in my kitchen?!"
Duo whirled around guiltily. "Oh, Katrina. I thought you were still with Quatre." He said, crossing his arms. His normally clear blue eyes now had a slight gray tint to them.
"I still need food to eat," she flared, eyes flashing. "And that doesn't explain why you were in my kitchen."
Duo frowned. "Why shouldn't I be allowed in your kitchen?" he demanded. "I mean, I thought we had something going on here. You're my girl, I should be allowed in your kitchen. Or I thought you were, anyway." Katrina suddenly turned an alarming shade of red and her eyes a darker shade of violet.
"Your girl?!" her voice had risen another volume level. "Since when did I belong to anybody? And what makes you think we don't have something going on?"
Duo gestured at the closed door behind her, where Quatre lay sleeping. "You seem to be pretty devoted to Quatre there." His own voice stressing on the brink of hysteria as his perfect face was tainted by the anger he refused to let control him.
Katrina's eyes widened and turned an unholy shade of black. "You're jealous….of Quatre!?!?" she cried, disbelief ringing through her voice.
"Tell me something – do you love him?" Duo asked roughly. Katrina was nearly purple and it seemed that electricity was flashing in her eyes.
"Of course I love him!" she shrieked. "Why wouldn't I?" Duo's eyes boggled.
"You love him?" he choked, nearly falling as the in his world fell out from under him. "What about me?"
"He's my brother!!! That kind of thing doesn't apply to you!!" Katrina screamed, pounding the frame of the doorway in rage leaving a good-sized dent on the splinters. "He just got nearly goddamn fucking killed, you incompetent moron!! I'm worried to hell about whether he's going to live or die, and you have the balls to ask me if I love him?"
"Wait a minute," Duo interjected putting a hand up.
"Shut the fuck up! I'm not though yet!! You'll be damn well quiet when I'm yelling at you!!" Katrina yelled wildly, picking up a pot and nearly chunking it at his head. Instead, she slammed it into the floor and stormed in to the actual kitchen and stomped a bit more. "You've paraded around my house, taking liberties, acting like an ass, harassed my damn cat to the point of insanity, going through my kitchen," her voice got very low and thick and she narrowed her eyes. "Nobody touches my kitchen!"
"Ooooookay," Duo said nervously, holding up his hands palms outwards and backing away slowly to try to keep Katrina from thinking he was going to leave the room. "Taaaaake it easy now."
"Are you patronizing me?" Katrina yelled.
"No!! No!! I was just…I don't know!!" he paused while tilting his head slightly. "Is Quatre really your brother?"
"Oh my GOD!" she cried. "What the he-"
"What on earth is going on?" Heero demanded irritably. "I can't hear anything but profanity and banging! If you keep this up, Quatre's gonna wake up even through those damn sleeping pills!"
All the commotion stopped as they heard the back bedroom door feebly close. Katrina spun around to see Quatre leaning against one of the chairs in the formal dining room, his dark blue pjs hung off of his pale body, as he gave her a gentle smile.
She ran towards him and flung her arms around him, burring her face into his neck and cried her soul out, and all the while Duo was watching the two he silently made his way to stand beside Heero. "Did you know that they were brother and sis?" Heero just nodded his head and left the room. Duo sighed, I am soooo incredibly slow! He looked up seeing them now just in a casual sibling hug. "Kat, sorry 'bout that lil' misunderstanding."
And he turned and left the room leaving Katrina just staring at the door and Quatre's jaw almost hit the floor. "You never told me that you and Duo…"
"Don't even ask, I need to see if I can even salvage the relationship" she interjected and walked off into the direction that Duo had left in.
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She found Duo leaning against the wall, staring moodily out the window in the living room. His reflection in the glass was distorted, but Katrina thought she could see – a tear, slipping slowly down one cheek?
"Duo?" she asked. There was no response. "Duo, I don't blame you for not – well, maybe I do blame you a little bit, and the whole being in my kitchen part didn't help, but can't we just… get over this?"
"I'm fine with it, Katrina. Don't worry about me." Duo said, just a tad bit gruffly.
"But I do worry! You think I've been focusing all of my attention on Quatre, but you've been on my mine just as often!" She crossed the room and stood beside him, looking out the window. A slow drizzle was beginning to wash through the forest, pattering across the lake and leaving little ripples in the water.
Duo turned solemn blue eyes toward the shorter teenager. "Seriously, Kat, I was just a little slow. Don't think anything of it. Really."
"I have to apologize for yelling at you, though. You didn't know he was my brother, and I could have taken the time to try and understand, and-"
"Kat, get over it." Duo said, turning and grabbing her shoulder. Her violet eyes widened just a little bit as she stared into his face. "I can't think of anything else to tell you…so," He leaned down and softly placed his mouth over hers, closing his eyes. Katrina nearly melted against him. Duo wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close, and Katrina let one hand creep up and gently caress the side of his face.
"Mmmm," she mumbled when they broke off. "I don't think that apology's gonna do it." Duo grinned.
"Maybe this one will convince you," he said, smiling and pulling her in for another kiss. Katrina felt her knees get a little woozy and she leaned on him for support.
"For Pete's sake, I just woke up," complained Quatre from the doorway. "Do you think I need to be greeted by this site in the living room? Good god, just let me watch T.V."
Katrina and Duo turned deep shades of red and mumbled excuses. Quatre grinned wickedly. "Go on, out." He shooed them into the kitchen. "Let me have my cartoons."
Katrina snuggled into Duo's side as they walked out into the hall, and Duo quietly commented, "Who's Pete?" And the little comment caused Katrina to laugh.
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Katrina was patiently brushing her long brown hair as a small breeze from the open porch door ruffled her white night gown. I'm so glad you finally got away from him, he's trouble, the little voice said. "Oh shut up Sei, for some god of 'death' he sure can kiss well." She jumped when someone knocked on the door, but before she went to open the door she lit some more of the Japanese lamps that littered the room. When she opened the door she saw Duo standing before her in black boxers and a black silk shirt. Katrina sighed and put a hand on her hip, "A bit late doncha think?"
"Um, not really, I just wanted to talk a bit-" He stopped and hit his head, "Stop damn it…"he looked up and noticed Katrina giving him a funny look, which looked like she was half concerned and half trying not to burst out laughing. "Never mind that. I guess it is late, so see ya." Duo turned around to leave but was stopped by a light hand.
"Please, d- don't leave. I- I was wanting to talk too." Her eyes were so light violet Duo almost thought they were silver.
"Um…yea sure." Duo stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. Silver eyes? I never knew that eyes could turn silver. Hey Shinigami wake up! He thought as he woke his counterpart up, what's the deal with the silver eye color thingy? Shinigami did the equivalent of popping Duo up-side the head from inside his head, how the hell should I know?! This caused Duo to fall forward and grab onto the bed railing softly cursing, "Oh for the love of hell."
Katrina ran to him and put a hand on his hunched over shoulder, "Are you ok Duo?" Duo gently shrugged her off and sat down on the bed. I'm sure that he's going to try to kill you, get him out of here. A slight look of annoyance came to her face as she sat down on a wine-red pillow across from the bed. "Duo?"
Duo looked down at her and smiled, "what?"
"Um, you know about the voices?" She was starting to tap a fingertip on her knee from nervousness. What the hell are you doing!!!!! Stop it now! Send him out of here right now Katrina!
"Yea, I do.
Why do you ask?" He was trying to control his breathing because of a certain
perverted voice in his head. You loser! You can't tell her about me! Just
take her here and now!
Both the teenagers brought a hand up to their heads, "STOP DAMNIT!" Then in shock they just looked at each other in shock.
Katrina smiled sweetly, "Have you ever felt like killing it just so that it will leave you alone?"
Duo looked at her and started to laugh. "Yea I have. You?" He got up from the bed and headed to the door, stopping to lean on the doorframe.
She laughed and hopped up from her seat on the floor. "If right now counts… about a million times before." Katrina walked over towards Duo and placed a feather-light kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight Duo."
He grinned and placed a short but tender kiss on her red lips. "Same to you Kat." Then he tuned and walked out of her room, smiling to his self, his voice changed like someone had possessed him. "Just you wait Sei. You'll stop being careful and I'll get you." In the darkness of the room a set of red eyes flashed, and the sound of a cat's hiss could be heard.
Author's note: So how did you like this chapter? I think it went a lot more to the point. But you can thank my co-writer for that…so thank you Melody-chan! Also I'm going to be posting a story that was written by her, it's called 'A day in the life of Cid Highwind'.
So please review that and this story as well.
Chaio! Alora