"A prophecy? What do you mean? Surely there's nothing wrong with Duo… He's just a boy, like Kento and me." Cye Mouri treaded through the blue abyss, trying to hear all the voices speaking at the same time among his head.
"Please! One at a time or I will not be able to understand all of you!" He cried out as the voices silenced.
"Please, someone explain what you're talking about!"
"Braided one… Darkness. Must meet Light, twin, before 18th birthday! If not, world destroyed!" Cye gasped in horror.
"You mean that if Duo doesn't find his twin, the world will be destroyed?" A nod.
"Yes. Darkness find Light by 18th birthday. He must!"
"But where is Light?" Cye asked, frustrated over the simple speaking of these people. His dreams always came to him in a confusing matter.
"On mountain top! Go to mountain and climb! Find brother of Darkness." Cye nodded.
"That's all fine and dandy, but you neglected to tell me which mountain!"
"Have to go. Bye!" And with that, the spirits were gone, and instead Cye was awake, his lover sleeping peacefully at his side.
"I have to tell Duo." He muttered to himself as he pulled away from his lover and rose to his feet. He walked over to the door, but a shifting on the bed caused him to turn back, as he realized that he had awakened his slumbering lover.
"Sorry love, didn't mean to wake you. But I had another dream, and I have to go tell Duo. It's very important that I do!" Kento nodded as he rose, his blue locks in disarray all over his head. Cye giggles faintly, as he reached over to the dresser and grabbed a small comb that he always had with him. Walking over to his lover, he combed out the mess, before setting the instrument back down.
"Well, seeing as you're awake, you might as well come with me." Kento nodded as he gave Cye an odd look. Confused, Cye glanced down to where Kento was looking, and blushed. In his hurry he had neglected to put pants on.
"Thanks love, but you don't have any either."
"But I wasn't about to leave the room." Kento stated, speaking for the first time since they had joined up with Duo and his gang. Cye laughed as he searched around the floor, trying to find his clothes amidst the mess that had been created since they had arrived. Finally, the article of clothing was retrieved as he pulled them on.
"Well love, you can stay here or come if you want." Kento opted to join, as he walked over to Cye. Unlike his lover, he had fallen asleep with his day's clothes still on.
"Come on, I have to tell him while the memory is fresh in my mind." Kento nodded as the two exited the room, heading next door to Duo's room. Slowly opening the unlocked door, Cye realized that Duo was alone.
"I thought he had a roommate." Cye whispered to Kento who shrugged in response.
"Duo?" Cye asked as the boy groaned in response, shifted in his sleep.
"Duo, you have to wake up! I have to tell you something!" Duo said nothing, and continued to snore away. Kento rolled his eyes. He loved Cye with all his heart, but the boy was too nice. Walking over to Duo, he lifted up the boy and dumped him on the floor.
"Oww! What the hell was that for?" Cye raced up, hitting Kento on the head.
"That was rude love!" Kento shrugged. He was a barbarian; he could care less about being "rude".
"Well, since I'm awake, and you're here, what do you want?"
"Well, when I met you I neglected to tell you something. You see, I am a prophet, and a visionary, so I have prophetic dreams and during the day I'll suddenly see visions. Well, tonight I had a dream, and it was about you. The spirits that always tell me everything told me that you have a twin brother, correct?" Duo nodded.
"Yeah, but I never met the guy. Well, ok, I have, but when we were like, a day old. And we shared a womb." Cye nodded.
"Well, they told me that you are called "Darkness" and he is "Light" and that there is a prophecy with you two. For some reason, you have to get to your brother before your birthday, or the world will… uhh…"
"What?"
"Be destroyed…"
"What!?" Duo cried out as Cye shrugged.
"Hey, I don't make them up, I just tell them."
"No way! My birthday's in less then a week! If this were true, then wouldn't I have been told about it so I could prevent it a long time ago? You have to be lying!" Cye shrugged.
"It's never lied before, but there is a first time for everything. I just don't see why the spirits would tell me something so important that was a lie. It just doesn't make any since. Unless it's true of course." Duo groaned aloud.
"This sucks! I don't know where he is! And, I mean, there are ton of towns I haven't checked yet, and I don't even know what he looks like!" Cye shrugged.
"They told me that he was somewhere on a mountain top. That's all." Duo groaned.
"Damn it! This worlds gonna blow up and it's all my fault…" Cye hung his head.
"It's not your fault. And we still have a few days, so we can try." Duo nodded as he glanced around the room.
"Hey, wait a minute, where's Fei?" Cye shrugged.
"We were wondering where your roommate was as well."
"Who knows." Kento glanced out of the window, as he pointed to what had now become daylight.
"Well, I guess we better go wake the others." Duo stated miserably as he walked out of the room, Cye and Kento in tow.
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"Relena, you shall not be permitted to see him again until his birthday. But wait, then he'll be dead!"
"Dorothy, you can't do this! I'm his mother!"
"Now, that Une lady was his mother. You are merely his caretaker." Relena gasped at the thought.
"That was uncalled for! I am not just his "caretaker"! If he calls me his mother, then that is what I am to him!" Dorothy rolled her eyes.
"I'm starting to think I really don't need you any more. I cloud have Hilde and Kayura watch over him from now on. They would whip him into shape. I'm sure of it." Relena shook her head.
"No! Please, I'll behave; just don't send those two to watch over him. Anything but that. I'll even make sure that he doesn't escape again! I swear!" Dorothy sighed.
"Fine, one last try, but only because you've been loyal for so many years." Relena smiled brightly.
"Thank you ma'am!" Dorothy simply rolled her eyes.
"Go away. I don't want to stare at you face any longer." Relena nodded as she gave a final bow and raced from the room.
"Oh yeah! He's in the "other" cell now." Dorothy called out to the retreating figure. Relena gasped. They dared put her child in the highest security prison? The one that was always surrounded by the best guards Dorothy had? Shrugging she ran up to the cell, the men at the door bowing to her. She nodded at them to open the door, as she walked in to see the scared, shivering form of her son, barely visible in the pitch black of the room.
"Sage?"
"Mom?" Relena nodded as she walked over to him.
"Are you alright?"
"I don't like the dark…" He muttered as she nodded.
"I know, Dorothy was being very unfair and unreasonable when she had you put into this cell. But it's only for a few days." Sage nodded.
"I hope he comes soon…"
"Who?" Relena asked, question in her voice.
"My brother. But then again, when he comes, we die."
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"Fei, I can't believe you slept in the bed with Ryo! That is SO cute!" Duo exclaimed as Heero laughed as well. He had found quite the surprise when he had awakened to see the two curled up in each other's limbs, fast asleep. After eating breakfast, the group had set out again, this time heading towards higher elevation. Ryo played guide, as he and Wufei led the group, the two being the only ones that had seen enough of the world to know which way was up. After an hour of quiet walking with an occasional joke or snide remark, Duo froze.
"What is it Duo?" Heero asked softly as Duo covered the boy's mouth. Closing his eyes, Duo stood perfectly still for a moment. Finally, opening them again, he leapt up into the tree with amazing height, grabbing onto something that had been residing in the tree.
"You again! Why the hell won't you stop following me?" Duo growled as his fingers clenched tighter around the vampire's neck.
"Because I'm bored, OK? You try having eternal life! I've been alive for 367 years, and I get bored a lot! You don't seem to realize that time has no meaning to me. And anyways, when I bit you I realized that you were a god. And I mean, a god on Earth? Something interesting was bound to happen. So, I chose you."
"A god?" Duo asked in confusion as the vampire laughed.
"Duh? Do you know nothing about yourself?" You're a god." Finally, after thinking for a moment, Duo released the boy.
"You're coming with us."
"What?"
"You're coming with us. You have inhuman strength, you can hide in the shadows, and you know more about me then I do. So, come on, you're traveling with us from now on."
"But…"
"Don't mess with me vampire boy." Leaping from the tree, Duo waited patiently for the other to join him. Finally, the vampire appeared.
"Ok, let's get this straight. No biting any of my friends or I'll stake you. When we find my brother, you are not to bite him either. Got it?" Again the boy nodded.
"Ok. I'm Duo, this is Heero, this is Fei, this is Ryo, this is Cye, this is Kento, this is Quatre, and this is Trowa. Got it?" Again he nodded.
"Now, what is your name?"
"Rowen. Or at least that's what I've been going by for the past 341 years." Duo nodded.
"Ok, now, we have to get going. We are traveling to find my twin so that we can save the world."
"Sounds fun." Rowen stated as Duo rolled his eyes.
"Well, come on. My birthday is in a few days, and if I don't find him by then, we all die. Ok?" everyone nodded.
"Then lets go!"
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"Shit! The minions are back! Don't they know when to leave us alone?" Duo cried out as he pulled his four throwing knifes out of his boots, two blades to each shoe.
"Ok Rowen, this is where you get to see and do what we do. Think you can handle it?" Rowen laughed.
"To me its just dinner." He smiled evilly as Duo backed away. Within a minute, they were engaged in combat.
Kento grinned. Good old fighting. Now would be a good time to brush off his skills. He hadn't fought in so long. Never since he had met Cye. Closing his eyes, he transferred his mind to a nearby bear. Cye nodded as he realized what Kento was doing, and he leapt ahead of his lover to cover him from being hurt. Cye danced with his shuriken, slicing, stabbing, and throwing the four blades at his enemy. No one ever suspected the cute ones. It was then the bear came, attacking their foes with ferocity and precision, its mind no longer its own.
Wufei and Ryo fought back to back, covering each other's blind spots, Ryo fighting with his two blades and Wufei with his one. Each chose to not use their powers, knowing it would only draw attention to them.
Heero stood behind Duo and Rowen, keeping himself out of harms way. As Duo put it, since he was the only capable healer, he needed to be kept from harms way. Heero sighed in frustration as he watched everyone else defend themselves, yet he had to sit back and do nothing. They were fighting to protect Duo, yet he was not permitted to help! He wanted to help Duo! He loved Duo! Heero's eyes widened. Had he just thought that?
Quatre and Trowa had taken to the back, Trowa casting spells while Quatre stayed behind him.
"Damn it! I'm so useless!" Quatre cried out in anger, as Trowa turned to him.
"No you aren't. It's not your fault you got hur… Ahh!" Trowa cried out as someone's metal staff crashed down over his head. Falling limply onto Quatre, the blonde screamed.
"HELP!" Heero's attention turned fully to the pair, as he snuck out from behind Duo and Rowen, leaving himself vulnerable. Sure, he didn't know how to fight, but that wasn't going to stop him from helping his friends! Racing over to the fallen duo, he put himself between the man and his friends. Grabbing onto the man's staff, they tugged over it, fighting for its possession. Finally, Heero won out, yet had no idea what to do. With wide eyes, he did the only thing he could think of. He lifted it over his head and slammed it down on the man as hard as he could. He watched as the man crumpled to the ground. Quickly he turned to Quatre and Trowa.
"What happened?"
"He got hit on the head." Quatre stated in worry, clutching Trowa's wounded head to his chest. Heero nodded, a he went to his herb pouch, grabbing a few leaves. Mashing them up with his hand, he handed them to Quatre.
"Feed these to him."
"Thank you Heero."
"Any time." About to rise, Quatre froze.
"Heero, watch out!" He screamed as the sword crashed down towards the healer.
"HEERO!" Duo screamed as he noticed what was about to happen. With a flash of black light, everything went black for Duo.
End of Chapter 6….