Authors note: Wow! Two reviews! (Ok that may have come out a bit sarcastic, but I truly am grateful, thankyooooooou!) Well, why am I drivelling, lets write! (Well ok, from your point of view, read.)
Warnings: A little descriptive violence, 1+2 later, probably not this chapter, um…that's about it…
Disclaimer: Did I do one of these? Well if I didn't I do not own Gundam wing or any of its respective characters.
We who just bumped shoulders,
And brushed past each other,
Each in our own way,
We'll search for tomorrow.
Sorcery? Heero's eyebrow twitched as he tried to remain still, pretending to be dead.
"Sorcery?" Duo unconsciously echoed Heero's thought the words tumbling from his lips in a burst of obvious confusion.
The man's eyes glittered cruelly in the flickering torchlight. [1] "Duo Maxwell, I'm taking you down to the dungeon, there you will answer for your crimes."
Oh damn I can't let that happen. Heero thought, I can't just let him be taken away like this.
Leaping up from the table Heero ran to the aid of the braided boy standing by the door struggling with two heavy guards. "Sorcery!!!" screamed the high priest pointing a trembling finger at the now mobile Heero, "Even now as we arrest you, you condemn yourself by your own sorcery, resurrecting this poor boy."
Instead of replying to the bald man Duo did something quite unexpected, he hit the man on the nose. "Aaaargh!" the plump priest screamed, he pointed a finger at Duo, "Get him!" He roared at the guards, before standing well back.
Before the guards had time to react however, Duo had grabbed Heero and was sprinting down the corridor with him. Behind them they could hear the guards shouts fading away, and soon the only sound was their rasping breath as they ran left, right, left, "Where…are…we…going?" Panted Heero; struggling to keep up.
"Weapons…room." Gasped Duo as they screeched round another corner, "Know…how…to…use…one?"
"Sword."
"Good."
Suddenly Duo flung them through a door to their right, they tumbled over one another before lying still, what little breath they had had left knocked out of them.
Slowly Duo sat up, looking around, yes this was the place all right, he remembered coming in here to fetch the ceremonial scythe, that was said to have been used by Hades himself, for the master once.
A scraping sound made him spin around, but he relaxed when he saw it was only Heero pulling an old sword out of a scabbard. Coming over he inspected it. The swords blade was notched, as though it had been used a lot in battle, the hilt however, shone as though it were new, although, that could not be so, as there was no fine crack indicating that hilt had been replaced. It was decorated with two white wings, stretched out on either side, so the tips touched in the middle.
"That seems like a good choice."
"Hn."
"I think I'll go look for another weapon for myself." Duo said, backing away from Heero who had begun to swing the sword, testing its balance.
Glancing around he grabbed the first thing that came to hand, before blinking in surprise and double checking, it was the ceremonial scythe, complete with jet black blade and wooden handle. Since Duo didn't know how to use a weapon, he figured this was as good a bet as any.
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"Search down that alleyway men." Duo swore slightly under his breath as he saw the bulky captain of the guards outlined in the streetlamp; indicate his alley. He and Heero were crouched behind a couple of dustbins, waiting for the city guards to give up the search, (they had managed to make it out of the temple without any trouble) however, it seemed that the new captain, Mueller, wasn't giving up easily.
Looking up once more from where he had been staring at his shoes as he crouched, Duo saw a leering guard looking down at him. "I've found them sir."
Mueller was just starting for the alley, when his man came flying out backwards, landing at least thirty feet away in a pile of straw. (Luckily for him.) The captain narrowed his eyes, so it was true, that Maxwell boy really was a demon. Well, demon or no, he would be caught.
Shouting for his men to attack Mueller ran forward.
Duo looked left and right, no way out, he and Heero were trapped, both backed right up against the wall. Heero had fought extremely hard, protecting both boys for an incredible amount of time, but all humans get tired, and the last of Heero's stamina had just run out.
Sluggishly he blocked a guard's attack, but was to slow to stop the next sword blade, that whistled down towards his head…
Duo saw the blade hurtling towards Heero's head and screamed out in denial, flinging himself at the man, he pushed him away at the last second; so only the hilt caught Heero, knocking him out cold. Duo looked at the now unconscious boy. "A lot of help your gonna be now." He muttered before swinging his feet to stand over him, one foot planted either side he hefted the scythe up a bit further, before swinging it in a wild arc…
Heero felt himself regaining consciousness; all around him he could hear the cries of men, and the sickening crack of weapons. Duo…where was he? The braided baka couldn't fight to save his life; he had to protect Duo. His eyes fluttered open slowly and to his amazement he saw, not Duo cowering in a corner, but a dark-robed figure standing over him wielding a scythe in expert hands.
That couldn't be Duo, so who was this person, defending him with their life? Quickly Heero moved out from beneath the warrior, manoeuvring himself so he could see his face. The warrior did look like Duo, but at the same time very, very different. For a start, the eyes were the same colour, but they no longer held that look of innocence about them, no pure aura that was so simple to read.
Then there was the shape of the face; it had become more gaunt, shadows ringing the eyes, features more sharply outlined. And the robe, the black robe certainly looked like Duo's however, it seemed to be longer, and now had a hood as well, looking almost like a cowl. [2]
As another guard ran at this new warrior, swinging a sharp sword, the strange being pointed a hand, screaming a word in a strange, guttural language. What scared Heero the most, and he was not easily scared, was not the pure, blinding light that spilled forth from the being's hand, but the way the violet eyes, just for a second, glowed pure Violet, a harsh, intense violet, leaving no trace of pupils or white area, the whole surface of the eye was violet, as this warrior unleashed powerful magic.
Mueller couldn't believe it, his best men had been defeated, and by two boys, he of course had stayed outside the alley, not venturing in, but not one of his men had come out, and he, brave as he was, did not dare enter, so he slunk off to tell the new High Priest the failure in the mission.
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Duo awoke the next morning to a pounding sensation in his head, and his entire body throbbing. Cracking open one eyelid, he moaned in pain as white, hot sunlight streaked through a high window, burning his eye.
A rustling sound next to him; indicated that Heero had just woken up as well, the rustling sound coming from the hay they were both lying on, in the old, dusty barn. "How, did I get here?" Duo asked carefully, not wanting to talk to quickly, in case his head fell off. "I carried you." Heero muttered, blinking sleep out of his eyes.
Memory came flooding back to Duo. "What happened to the guards?" He asked curiously, "the last thing I remember is seeing you get whacked."
"We had help."
"Who?"
Heero paused, unsure of what to say. "Well, there was this warrior, and he fought, and then, when the guards were all killed, there was a blinding flash, and you was there, lying on the floor unconscious."
Duo was about to reply to this, when a cool, calm voice spoke from behind them. "What are you doing in here?" Both boys spun around, to find themselves looking into a pair of emerald green eyes.
[1] I couldn't resist the flickering torches thing; you always get it in bad movies where people are attacked by angry mobs. ^_^
[2] Another thing associated with death, death traditionally wore a cowl. Like a monks garment, but longer, with a deeper hood, hiding the face.
A/N: another Gundam pilot has appeared, any guesses as to who? ^_^