Title: Mysterious Waltz
Series: Gundam Wing
Author: Snow Tigra
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: 1x2x1, 3x4x3 (more to come)
Warnings: AU, crossover, insanity (but in a good way), gods, priests, priestesses, cliché thugs and butchered history lessons, implied rape :(.
Spoilers: small spoilers for Fushigi Yuugi
Archive: Fanfiction.net, Insane Gundam Yaoi Crossover Page
Part 3
**
Relena took a deep breath and gathered her wits about her as she stood before the door which led to the royal chambers. Heero rarely called the harem women to his chambers so it must be something important. Relena smiled quietly as she entertained a forbidden thought. Perhaps he had finally chosen his Empress. Raising her hand she placed a sharp and urgent knock on the doorframe.
For a moment there was no answer then Heero's voice came from within. "Enter."
Relena slid the door open and stepped in, a bright smile painted across her face. As soon as she entered the room she slid the door shut behind her. "Heero-sama," she said with a small bow. "Where did you disappear to earlier today?"
Behind herself Relena heard the door begin to slide open and she quickly reached backward, stopping its movement with her hand. Quickly she stepped between Heero and the door, blocking his view of the person attempting to enter the room.
"Hey! Wait for me," Duo said with a glare focused directly on the back of Relena's neck.
"Relena, let Duo in." Heero stated flatly, his face completely blank as he sat in his ornate chair, waiting. No one seemed to notice Quatre standing off to the side in the corner of the room, and for that the blond was grateful. He wasn't about to enter in between the Emperor and this 'Relena' again, considering the anger he'd received from Heero about it last time.
"Yeah, let me in," echoed Duo angrily.
Relena frowned with disappointment and stepped to the side, allowing the other female to enter the room before sliding the door shut.
Duo stepped into the room with a wide grin painted on her face and immediately looked at Heero, stepping in front of Relena. She glanced to the side and noticed Quatre standing in the room, her eyes growing wide.
"What the…? Oi, Heero-sama, what is this? A double date? Ohhhhhh wait, I get it, it's an or-"
"Duo," Heero cut her off quickly.
"Hai?"
"Shut up."
Duo snickered and smiled innocently. "Hai."
Clearing his throat Heero directed his attention to both women. "Duo, Relena, I called you here to meet this man, Quatre Winner." He nodded toward Quatre and Relena turned to face Quatre, squitnizing him.
"I recognize you, I ran into you outside the palace. Wait…" Relena marched right up to Quatre, sticking out an accusing finger. "You lied to me about what direction Heero-sama went in, didn't you!" She demanded angrily.
Quatre swallowed and sweatdropped. Raising his hands in defense he began to back away. "I'm sorry but he said-" But Quatre was interrupted as he was suddenly knocked to the floor by Duo in a GLOMP of massive proportions.
"Kawaii!!" Duo squealed happily. "Heero-sama, where did you find him?"
"What the… please get off me." Quatre struggled against Duo but was unable to get the woman off of him as she hugged and cuddled him. Quatre finally just gave a sigh and gave up, looking at Heero with pleading eyes.
"He is from another world, the priest of Suzaku." Heero replied to Duo's question.
"Ummm… but isn't the legend about a priestess?" Relena asked quietly, the confusion quite apparent on her face.
Heero gave a short nod. "That is true, however he is protected by the power of Suzaku…" Heero trailed off as he glanced over at Quatre who was once again struggling to get out of Duo's grip. "Most of the time," he amended.
"Someone help?"
"Duo, release him." Heero stated with a nod.
Duo responded with a pout but let go, returning to standing and brush off her robes. "As you wish, your highness."
Standing up Quatre sighed with relief, and quickly backed away from Duo.
"So what exactly did you call her here for?" Relena asked quietly, shooting an angry glance at Duo. Duo gave a very unlady-like snort.
"The same reason you're here, ojo-san."
Relena growled and bared her teeth. "I told you to STOP calling me that!"
"That's enough, both of you." Heero growled and both quickly shut up.
Stepping between the two bitter rivals Heero gave them both severe looks to make sure they stayed silent. He then turned to Relena. "Duo IS here for the same reason you are, Relena." Turning to Duo he reached out toward to top hem of her dress.
Duo's eyes went wide and she immediately backed up, bringing up an arm to block his hand and hold her robes shut. "H-heero-sama! I wasn't serious before, honest!"
Heero just shook his head. "Baka. No, there is a symbol near your shoulder, is there not?"
Duo immediately seemed to relax and nodded, chuckling nervously. "Oh that. So I've been found out have I? Heh, well I guess that's where harem gossip gets you. Well, sure as my name is Duo, I run, I hide, but I never lie…" Reaching up Duo folded down a corner of her robes to reveal a glowing red symbol just at the nap of her neck.
Quatre stepped forward and furrowed his eyebrows. "It looks like the sign for… Gemini? A constellation?"
Heero nodded and turned back to Relena. "Your hand, Relena. It has a similar symbol, does it not?"
Relena shook her head quickly. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Duo threw her a skeptical look as she closed the top part of her dress. "You do to, ojo-san. The harem gossip isn't just about me, you know."
"Relena," Heero muttered in warning.
Relena opened her mouth to protest again but sighed heavily instead, deciding against it. Silently she raised her hand and a red symbol blazed to life on her palm. Once again Quatre walked up to her and looked at the symbol. "Cancer, the crab."
Duo grinned and snickered. "It fits," she muttered earning yet another glare from Relena.
Heero nodded and pulled down the neck of his robes to reveal yet another similar red symbol on his neck. Duo and Relena's mouths dropped open. "The twins, the crab and myself, the sea serpent. Quatre, these symbols mark each of us as a warrior of the ancient god Suzaku. As the priest of Suzaku we are at your command." Heero gave a small bow in Quatre's direction and Quatre took a step back, looking completely confused.
"Now wait just one second. I don't understand any of this. Just who, or what, is Suzaku?"
Duo grinned. "You don't know the names of the four gods? Man, you really aren't from this world." Duo shook her head and glanced at Heero, who nodded, giving her permission to explain. She leaned against the wall of Heero's chambers and folded her arms. For a moment she just stood there, gathering her thoughts, then glanced back to Quatre and began to explain.
"It is said that our world is ruled over by four gods, each with a kingdom of their own. See, Konan-which is where you are right now-is the kingdom of Suzaku, the red phoenix."
"And the other gods?" Quatre asked quietly.
"Let me see, there's Genbu… it's supposed to be a green turtle that's mating with a snake, which is really strange and I don't understand it. And Byakko, which is this really neat looking white tiger and…" Duo paused and scratched her head. "And the other one is this really creepy looking blue dragon… but I can't remember its name."
"Seriyu," Relena supplied in a quiet voice.
"That's it!" Duo agreed with a snap of her fingers.
"And what exactly am I supposed to do as the priest of Suzaku?" Quatre asked, glancing back toward Heero.
"It means you are the only one who has the power to save our empire, Konan. In return, you will be granted the power to make your dreams come true. Can you accept this responsibility? Will you?"
Quatre opened his mouth to respond but stopped, swallowing. "I…"
"Wait one second," Relena interrupted heatedly. "You mean that because of some stupid symbol I now have to obey him?" She crossed her arms and shook her head. "Absolutely not."
Heero glared at her. "That is not your choice to make. Relena, I order you to-"
"No." Quatre spoke quickly and Heero paused, looking at him in surprise. "You can't order her. I mean I haven't even agreed yet. And anyway it would be much better if she agreed on her own. That would make it easier for us to work together… that is if I agree."
Heero thought for a moment then turned back to Relena. Taking a deep breath he spoke quickly in a low voice. "Relena… It would… makemeveryhappyifyouwouldhelp." Immediately he shut his mouth and looked away as if those words actually had caused him physical pain.
"Well if you put it that way, I guess…" Relena smiled widely. "Oh course I will!"
Quatre sighed. "I think I need to really think about this. Can I borrow a room for the night or something?"
Heero nodded. "You're welcome to stay as long as is necessary, there is a room down the hall from my chambers you may use."
Duo grinned and stepped toward Quatre. "Spending the night, huh?" she said quietly, fixing her eyes on Quatre.
Quatre swallowed. "Yeah, ummm… alone." He ran a hand through his hair, nervously. "I need to think." And with that and a small bow he exited the room. "Night."
**
Catherine sighed softly and shut the door to her room, dropping herself onto the bed along with the thick book. She'd hated having to steal it from the library but there was no way they were going to let her check-out a reference book and they certainly weren't going to let her stay in the library reading it.
Retreating to the kitchen she grabbed a can of pop and quickly raced back toward the room she usually shared with her twin brother. She moved just fast enough because as she shut the door she heard her mother's voice.
"Cathy? That you?"
"Yeah," she yelled back through the door.
"Is Trowa with you?"
Catherine bit her lip. "Yeah mom, we're heading to bed, it's late."
"All right, good night, hon."
Catherine breathed a sign of relief as she heard her mom walk away from the door and down the hall to do her own stuff. She glanced at her brother's neatly made but empty bed. Where had he disappeared to?
No, she knew the answer to that question, after all she'd glanced in the book when they'd disappeared and seen the name. Her brother's name was in the book, and she recognized that blond boy from one of her friend's classes so she knew his name was Quatre. And his name was in the book too. Some how they had both been sucked into the book, either that or this was an elaborate practical joke. But it couldn't be a joke, who in their right mind would take this much effort? It certainly wasn't something Trowa would do.
Snapping open the can of pop Catherine took a seat on the floor and brought the large red volume into her lap. Taking a drink she opened it to the next page.
On one side there was a traditional line drawing of a young boy trying to sleep in a bed but he was tossing and turning. A nightmare? Catherine glanced to the words and began to read.
"That night the Priest of Suzaku had a dream about his friend…"
**
"Hello?"
Quatre glanced around the old and musty halls of the library. All around him were shelves upon shelves of books, all reaching off into eternity and back. No matter what direction he looked in there was nothing else, just books without an end in sight.
Turning around in a full circle he was surprised to discover something he hadn't seen the first time he'd looked around. Now there was a shadowy shape leaning against one of the shelves with a thick blue book in his hand, holding it reverently as he carefully read and turned the pages.
"Trowa?"
The boy didn't respond, instead he just turned the next page. He was silent yet his lips moved slowly as if he were reading the book out loud but no words came from his mouth. Quatre walked toward him and looked down at the book.
He noticed immediately the it looked just like the red book they'd been sucked into, the Universe of the Four Gods. Heck, it even had the same title. The only major difference was that this book was bright blue and not red. Quatre furrowed his brow, it didn't make sense. Why was the book blue?
Crouching down he looked under the book and tried to read the name under the title, the place where his name should have been on the scroll. But as he read the name written there his legs gave out and he stumbled to the ground, growing cold.
"Trowa…"
His eyes widened as he tried to read the last name but he couldn't, Trowa's fingers covered it up. Quatre jumped up quickly.
"Why is your name on the book? Trowa? What happened to you?"
The boy still didn't make any move to respond, but the book did. Suddenly the world around him flared with a bright blue light, engulfing everything. Quatre shielded his eyes and cried out as everything around him dissolved into blue and he felt like he was sinking.
**
Quatre sat up in bed gasp and blinked the sleep from his eyes immediately. His breaths came in quick gasps as he took in the unfamiliar surroundings. Panicking he realized he wasn't even dressed in his own clothes! Instead he was wearing a light silk nightgown and nothing else. Swallowing hard he took a deep breath and managed to get his mind to calm down. As he relaxed he began to remember what had happened.
He'd been in the library with Trowa and they had discovered a strange book with a red cover, called the Universe of the Four Gods. And then they'd appeared in this strange world… and now he was supposed to be the Priest of Suzaku? Quatre hugged himself tightly and chewed on his bottom lip in thought. He was supposed to become this strange priest and gather the power of Suzaku… and then he would get all his wishes granted? It certainly sounded like a good deal, but it also sounded far too good to be true.
Sliding out of the bed he slipped his feet into the silk slippers Heero's servants had provided him and pulled on a thicker robe to keep away the cool early morning air. Quatre walked out of the room and outside onto the veranda attached to his room. Glancing up at the slowly fading stars he sighed, he couldn't decide what to do.
While the idea of becoming a priest or something and getting all his wishes granted sounded great he actually just wanted to go home. This world was interesting, and everything he'd ever dreamed of in his fantasy novels. But it was one thing to read about such fantasy worlds, and another thing completely to live in one. The nicest thing about fantasy novels was that if you didn't like how they were turning out you could just set them down and find another one, just leaving the one you didn't like to be forgotten. He couldn't do that here, and frankly it kind of scared him.
Closing his eyes he tried to calm his rising panic about his situation, and an image flashed in his mind. That boy from the library, Trowa… he'd completely forgotten about him in all this information about being the Priest of Suzaku. Quatre's eyes flew open and he raced back into his room.
"I completely forgot about him!" Scolding himself he stripped out of the sleeping robes and quickly dressed in his school uniform again. Before he left he wrapped a cloak around his body to disguise his obviously foreign clothing, then raced out of the room silently and headed for the gate of the palace. "I have to find him, priest or not."
Quatre ran so fast and was so worried about slipping past the guards unnoticed that he didn't see Duo step out of the shadows from behind his room with a frown on her face.
"Now where is he off to?"
Shrugging silently she lifted her skirts and followed him.
**
Quatre - Preist of Suzaku
Trowa - A student who got sucked into the book with Quatre
Catherine - Trowa's twin sister
Heero - Emperor of Konan, Suzaku warrior
Duo - Female in Heero's harem, a Suzaku warrior
Relena - Also a female in Heero's harem and a Suzaku Warrior
Zechs - Mysterious man who rescued Trowa from the slave market
Series: Gundam Wing
Author: Snow Tigra
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: 1x2x1, 3x4x3 (more to come)
Warnings: AU, crossover, insanity (but in a good way), gods, priests, priestesses, cliché thugs and butchered history lessons, implied rape :(.
Spoilers: small spoilers for Fushigi Yuugi
Archive: Fanfiction.net, Insane Gundam Yaoi Crossover Page
Part 3
**
Relena took a deep breath and gathered her wits about her as she stood before the door which led to the royal chambers. Heero rarely called the harem women to his chambers so it must be something important. Relena smiled quietly as she entertained a forbidden thought. Perhaps he had finally chosen his Empress. Raising her hand she placed a sharp and urgent knock on the doorframe.
For a moment there was no answer then Heero's voice came from within. "Enter."
Relena slid the door open and stepped in, a bright smile painted across her face. As soon as she entered the room she slid the door shut behind her. "Heero-sama," she said with a small bow. "Where did you disappear to earlier today?"
Behind herself Relena heard the door begin to slide open and she quickly reached backward, stopping its movement with her hand. Quickly she stepped between Heero and the door, blocking his view of the person attempting to enter the room.
"Hey! Wait for me," Duo said with a glare focused directly on the back of Relena's neck.
"Relena, let Duo in." Heero stated flatly, his face completely blank as he sat in his ornate chair, waiting. No one seemed to notice Quatre standing off to the side in the corner of the room, and for that the blond was grateful. He wasn't about to enter in between the Emperor and this 'Relena' again, considering the anger he'd received from Heero about it last time.
"Yeah, let me in," echoed Duo angrily.
Relena frowned with disappointment and stepped to the side, allowing the other female to enter the room before sliding the door shut.
Duo stepped into the room with a wide grin painted on her face and immediately looked at Heero, stepping in front of Relena. She glanced to the side and noticed Quatre standing in the room, her eyes growing wide.
"What the…? Oi, Heero-sama, what is this? A double date? Ohhhhhh wait, I get it, it's an or-"
"Duo," Heero cut her off quickly.
"Hai?"
"Shut up."
Duo snickered and smiled innocently. "Hai."
Clearing his throat Heero directed his attention to both women. "Duo, Relena, I called you here to meet this man, Quatre Winner." He nodded toward Quatre and Relena turned to face Quatre, squitnizing him.
"I recognize you, I ran into you outside the palace. Wait…" Relena marched right up to Quatre, sticking out an accusing finger. "You lied to me about what direction Heero-sama went in, didn't you!" She demanded angrily.
Quatre swallowed and sweatdropped. Raising his hands in defense he began to back away. "I'm sorry but he said-" But Quatre was interrupted as he was suddenly knocked to the floor by Duo in a GLOMP of massive proportions.
"Kawaii!!" Duo squealed happily. "Heero-sama, where did you find him?"
"What the… please get off me." Quatre struggled against Duo but was unable to get the woman off of him as she hugged and cuddled him. Quatre finally just gave a sigh and gave up, looking at Heero with pleading eyes.
"He is from another world, the priest of Suzaku." Heero replied to Duo's question.
"Ummm… but isn't the legend about a priestess?" Relena asked quietly, the confusion quite apparent on her face.
Heero gave a short nod. "That is true, however he is protected by the power of Suzaku…" Heero trailed off as he glanced over at Quatre who was once again struggling to get out of Duo's grip. "Most of the time," he amended.
"Someone help?"
"Duo, release him." Heero stated with a nod.
Duo responded with a pout but let go, returning to standing and brush off her robes. "As you wish, your highness."
Standing up Quatre sighed with relief, and quickly backed away from Duo.
"So what exactly did you call her here for?" Relena asked quietly, shooting an angry glance at Duo. Duo gave a very unlady-like snort.
"The same reason you're here, ojo-san."
Relena growled and bared her teeth. "I told you to STOP calling me that!"
"That's enough, both of you." Heero growled and both quickly shut up.
Stepping between the two bitter rivals Heero gave them both severe looks to make sure they stayed silent. He then turned to Relena. "Duo IS here for the same reason you are, Relena." Turning to Duo he reached out toward to top hem of her dress.
Duo's eyes went wide and she immediately backed up, bringing up an arm to block his hand and hold her robes shut. "H-heero-sama! I wasn't serious before, honest!"
Heero just shook his head. "Baka. No, there is a symbol near your shoulder, is there not?"
Duo immediately seemed to relax and nodded, chuckling nervously. "Oh that. So I've been found out have I? Heh, well I guess that's where harem gossip gets you. Well, sure as my name is Duo, I run, I hide, but I never lie…" Reaching up Duo folded down a corner of her robes to reveal a glowing red symbol just at the nap of her neck.
Quatre stepped forward and furrowed his eyebrows. "It looks like the sign for… Gemini? A constellation?"
Heero nodded and turned back to Relena. "Your hand, Relena. It has a similar symbol, does it not?"
Relena shook her head quickly. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Duo threw her a skeptical look as she closed the top part of her dress. "You do to, ojo-san. The harem gossip isn't just about me, you know."
"Relena," Heero muttered in warning.
Relena opened her mouth to protest again but sighed heavily instead, deciding against it. Silently she raised her hand and a red symbol blazed to life on her palm. Once again Quatre walked up to her and looked at the symbol. "Cancer, the crab."
Duo grinned and snickered. "It fits," she muttered earning yet another glare from Relena.
Heero nodded and pulled down the neck of his robes to reveal yet another similar red symbol on his neck. Duo and Relena's mouths dropped open. "The twins, the crab and myself, the sea serpent. Quatre, these symbols mark each of us as a warrior of the ancient god Suzaku. As the priest of Suzaku we are at your command." Heero gave a small bow in Quatre's direction and Quatre took a step back, looking completely confused.
"Now wait just one second. I don't understand any of this. Just who, or what, is Suzaku?"
Duo grinned. "You don't know the names of the four gods? Man, you really aren't from this world." Duo shook her head and glanced at Heero, who nodded, giving her permission to explain. She leaned against the wall of Heero's chambers and folded her arms. For a moment she just stood there, gathering her thoughts, then glanced back to Quatre and began to explain.
"It is said that our world is ruled over by four gods, each with a kingdom of their own. See, Konan-which is where you are right now-is the kingdom of Suzaku, the red phoenix."
"And the other gods?" Quatre asked quietly.
"Let me see, there's Genbu… it's supposed to be a green turtle that's mating with a snake, which is really strange and I don't understand it. And Byakko, which is this really neat looking white tiger and…" Duo paused and scratched her head. "And the other one is this really creepy looking blue dragon… but I can't remember its name."
"Seriyu," Relena supplied in a quiet voice.
"That's it!" Duo agreed with a snap of her fingers.
"And what exactly am I supposed to do as the priest of Suzaku?" Quatre asked, glancing back toward Heero.
"It means you are the only one who has the power to save our empire, Konan. In return, you will be granted the power to make your dreams come true. Can you accept this responsibility? Will you?"
Quatre opened his mouth to respond but stopped, swallowing. "I…"
"Wait one second," Relena interrupted heatedly. "You mean that because of some stupid symbol I now have to obey him?" She crossed her arms and shook her head. "Absolutely not."
Heero glared at her. "That is not your choice to make. Relena, I order you to-"
"No." Quatre spoke quickly and Heero paused, looking at him in surprise. "You can't order her. I mean I haven't even agreed yet. And anyway it would be much better if she agreed on her own. That would make it easier for us to work together… that is if I agree."
Heero thought for a moment then turned back to Relena. Taking a deep breath he spoke quickly in a low voice. "Relena… It would… makemeveryhappyifyouwouldhelp." Immediately he shut his mouth and looked away as if those words actually had caused him physical pain.
"Well if you put it that way, I guess…" Relena smiled widely. "Oh course I will!"
Quatre sighed. "I think I need to really think about this. Can I borrow a room for the night or something?"
Heero nodded. "You're welcome to stay as long as is necessary, there is a room down the hall from my chambers you may use."
Duo grinned and stepped toward Quatre. "Spending the night, huh?" she said quietly, fixing her eyes on Quatre.
Quatre swallowed. "Yeah, ummm… alone." He ran a hand through his hair, nervously. "I need to think." And with that and a small bow he exited the room. "Night."
**
Catherine sighed softly and shut the door to her room, dropping herself onto the bed along with the thick book. She'd hated having to steal it from the library but there was no way they were going to let her check-out a reference book and they certainly weren't going to let her stay in the library reading it.
Retreating to the kitchen she grabbed a can of pop and quickly raced back toward the room she usually shared with her twin brother. She moved just fast enough because as she shut the door she heard her mother's voice.
"Cathy? That you?"
"Yeah," she yelled back through the door.
"Is Trowa with you?"
Catherine bit her lip. "Yeah mom, we're heading to bed, it's late."
"All right, good night, hon."
Catherine breathed a sign of relief as she heard her mom walk away from the door and down the hall to do her own stuff. She glanced at her brother's neatly made but empty bed. Where had he disappeared to?
No, she knew the answer to that question, after all she'd glanced in the book when they'd disappeared and seen the name. Her brother's name was in the book, and she recognized that blond boy from one of her friend's classes so she knew his name was Quatre. And his name was in the book too. Some how they had both been sucked into the book, either that or this was an elaborate practical joke. But it couldn't be a joke, who in their right mind would take this much effort? It certainly wasn't something Trowa would do.
Snapping open the can of pop Catherine took a seat on the floor and brought the large red volume into her lap. Taking a drink she opened it to the next page.
On one side there was a traditional line drawing of a young boy trying to sleep in a bed but he was tossing and turning. A nightmare? Catherine glanced to the words and began to read.
"That night the Priest of Suzaku had a dream about his friend…"
**
"Hello?"
Quatre glanced around the old and musty halls of the library. All around him were shelves upon shelves of books, all reaching off into eternity and back. No matter what direction he looked in there was nothing else, just books without an end in sight.
Turning around in a full circle he was surprised to discover something he hadn't seen the first time he'd looked around. Now there was a shadowy shape leaning against one of the shelves with a thick blue book in his hand, holding it reverently as he carefully read and turned the pages.
"Trowa?"
The boy didn't respond, instead he just turned the next page. He was silent yet his lips moved slowly as if he were reading the book out loud but no words came from his mouth. Quatre walked toward him and looked down at the book.
He noticed immediately the it looked just like the red book they'd been sucked into, the Universe of the Four Gods. Heck, it even had the same title. The only major difference was that this book was bright blue and not red. Quatre furrowed his brow, it didn't make sense. Why was the book blue?
Crouching down he looked under the book and tried to read the name under the title, the place where his name should have been on the scroll. But as he read the name written there his legs gave out and he stumbled to the ground, growing cold.
"Trowa…"
His eyes widened as he tried to read the last name but he couldn't, Trowa's fingers covered it up. Quatre jumped up quickly.
"Why is your name on the book? Trowa? What happened to you?"
The boy still didn't make any move to respond, but the book did. Suddenly the world around him flared with a bright blue light, engulfing everything. Quatre shielded his eyes and cried out as everything around him dissolved into blue and he felt like he was sinking.
**
Quatre sat up in bed gasp and blinked the sleep from his eyes immediately. His breaths came in quick gasps as he took in the unfamiliar surroundings. Panicking he realized he wasn't even dressed in his own clothes! Instead he was wearing a light silk nightgown and nothing else. Swallowing hard he took a deep breath and managed to get his mind to calm down. As he relaxed he began to remember what had happened.
He'd been in the library with Trowa and they had discovered a strange book with a red cover, called the Universe of the Four Gods. And then they'd appeared in this strange world… and now he was supposed to be the Priest of Suzaku? Quatre hugged himself tightly and chewed on his bottom lip in thought. He was supposed to become this strange priest and gather the power of Suzaku… and then he would get all his wishes granted? It certainly sounded like a good deal, but it also sounded far too good to be true.
Sliding out of the bed he slipped his feet into the silk slippers Heero's servants had provided him and pulled on a thicker robe to keep away the cool early morning air. Quatre walked out of the room and outside onto the veranda attached to his room. Glancing up at the slowly fading stars he sighed, he couldn't decide what to do.
While the idea of becoming a priest or something and getting all his wishes granted sounded great he actually just wanted to go home. This world was interesting, and everything he'd ever dreamed of in his fantasy novels. But it was one thing to read about such fantasy worlds, and another thing completely to live in one. The nicest thing about fantasy novels was that if you didn't like how they were turning out you could just set them down and find another one, just leaving the one you didn't like to be forgotten. He couldn't do that here, and frankly it kind of scared him.
Closing his eyes he tried to calm his rising panic about his situation, and an image flashed in his mind. That boy from the library, Trowa… he'd completely forgotten about him in all this information about being the Priest of Suzaku. Quatre's eyes flew open and he raced back into his room.
"I completely forgot about him!" Scolding himself he stripped out of the sleeping robes and quickly dressed in his school uniform again. Before he left he wrapped a cloak around his body to disguise his obviously foreign clothing, then raced out of the room silently and headed for the gate of the palace. "I have to find him, priest or not."
Quatre ran so fast and was so worried about slipping past the guards unnoticed that he didn't see Duo step out of the shadows from behind his room with a frown on her face.
"Now where is he off to?"
Shrugging silently she lifted her skirts and followed him.
**
Quatre - Preist of Suzaku
Trowa - A student who got sucked into the book with Quatre
Catherine - Trowa's twin sister
Heero - Emperor of Konan, Suzaku warrior
Duo - Female in Heero's harem, a Suzaku warrior
Relena - Also a female in Heero's harem and a Suzaku Warrior
Zechs - Mysterious man who rescued Trowa from the slave market
