A/N- here's part 3. Hope you enjoy it. Oh, a very annoying Relena. *evil grin*. Remember to review.
The Prince and the Peasant: Part 3
By: RurouniGirl
Duo was torn. How could his father do this? He looked back at Heero and his heart sank. He sighed and turned back toward his father.
"All right, father. You win. I will marry Relena. But, you have to promise not to hurt Heero. Let him go."
The king smiled. "I knew you would see things from my point of view. But, I'm afraid that I won't be able to let your peasant go until after your wedding. I wouldn't want you changing your mind."
Duo knew his father would do something like that, but it was better than watching Heero die. At least if he married Relena, Heero would be able to live.
"Fine," he replied. "But, if you hurt him..." he let his voice trail off in a menacing tone.
The king laughed and Heero was dragged out of the throne room. He turned to the guards holding Trowa.
"Throw him in the dungeon with the peasant boy."
Duo jumped forward.
"No, father. Trowa didn't do anything, why are you throwing him in the dungeon?"
"He was helping your little peasant. That is in direct disobedience to my wishes. Anyone who disobeys the king must be punished."
Duo couldn't believe it. Not only was his father throwing the person he loved into the dungeon, but he was also throwing one of his best, and only, friends in the dungeon as well.
He looked over at Trowa. His face showed exactly what he was thinking. 'I'm sorry, I can't do anything.'
Trowa smiled and shook his head. "It's all right. At least this way, I can make sure they don't hurt Heero," he whispered, as the guards led him out.
Duo sighed. As much as he hated to see his friend thrown in the dungeon, he was relieved that such a good friend was helping him. He felt a lot better knowing that Trowa would watch out for Heero. No one would get near the boy when Trowa was around.
He turned back toward his father. The king had a smug grin on his face. Duo wanted to wipe that grin right off his face. Instead, he turned on his heels and walked out of the thrown room. He had to find Quatre and let him know what had happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo hurried through the halls. Quatre was nowhere to be found. 'Where was he?' He came to an abrupt halt as he rounded the corner and came face to face with Relena. She smiled sweetly.
"Duo, I've been looking for you."
Duo forced back his groan. "Relena. I'm sorry, but I'm kind of in a hurry right now," he said as he hurried around her.
"What's the hurry?" she asked, reaching out and taking his hand. "Shouldn't you be spending a little more time with your bride-to-be? You've barely spoken a word to me since I arrived."
Duo grimaced at the word 'bride-to-be.' "Look, Relena. I really need to go."
He tried to pull his hand away from her, but she refused to let go.
"No you don't. You are not going to get away from me that easily. We're getting married in six days, and I'd like to get to know my future husband a little more."
She stepped closer to him. "What do you say? Let's get to know each other a little more." She reached up and kissed him.
Duo reeled back, pushing her away from him. "What do you think you're doing?" he shouted.
Relena stood there, shocked. "I was kissing you."
Duo tried his best to control his anger. "Well, don't," he said in a calmer voice than before. "I'm sorry, but I have to go."
He turned and hurried down the hall and out of sight before Relena could protest. Once he was positive that he had gotten away from Relena, he stopped and leaned up against the wall with a sigh.
"What's the matter, Prince Duo?"
Duo jumped. "Quatre! There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere."
"What is it? What's wrong?"
Duo sighed. He told him about Heero and Trowa, about his promise to marry Relena, and about the little episode with Relena. It ended when Duo burst into tears.
Quatre pulled Duo into a hug. "It's all right. We'll figure something out. Don't worry."
Duo remained silent. It was just too much. All he had wanted was a little happiness. Was that too much to ask for? Now, his father had taken that happiness away.
He pulled away from Quatre and started to walk down the hall.
"Wait. Where are you going?"
Duo turned a resolute face toward Quatre. "I'm not going to give up. I'm going to figure something out. But first, I'm going to make sure that Heero and Trowa are all right."
Quatre couldn't help smiling. Duo could be so stubborn sometime, but he never gave up. And right now, not giving up was a good thing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo looked around the corner. All of the guards were gone so he hurried around the corner.
"Heero. Trowa," he whispered, as he approached the cell.
Duo frowned as he saw them. Heero looked okay, but Trowa had a black eye. A small gasp informed them of Quatre's presence.
"Trowa, what happened?"
The other boy smiled. "Nothing much. I was just keeping a promise I made to a friend," he said, looking at Duo.
Quatre put his small hand through the bars and gingerly touched the black eye. Trowa's face showed nothing, but Quatre didn't miss the flicker of pain that passed through his green eyes.
"I'll see if I can bring you a salve to put on that so it doesn't hurt so much."
Trowa smiled and nodded in agreement.
Duo smiled at the two boys. He looked over at Heero.
"Are you all right, Heero?"
Heero nodded. "I'm fine," he said. "What about you?"
Duo sighed. "Well, except for the fact that my father has threatened to execute the one person that I love if I don't marry Relena, I'm fine."
Heero shook his head. "You don't have to do this, Duo. You don't have to marry her."
A tear slipped down Duo's cheek. "I'm not gonna let my father kill you, Heero. I love you. And if making sure you're alive means that I have to marry Relena, then I'll marry Relena. I wouldn't be able to live if I knew you had died because of me."
Heero reached through the bars and wiped the tear away. "I love you, Duo. But, it would kill me seeing you married to someone else. Knowing that we were meant for each other, but not being able to be together. I would rather die then see you unhappy."
Another tear slipped down Duo's cheek. "Don't worry, Heero. I'll figure something out. I don't know how, but I will. I won't marry Relena."
Author's Notes: okay, as usual, what did you think? Review. RurouniGirl
The Prince and the Peasant: Part 3
By: RurouniGirl
Duo was torn. How could his father do this? He looked back at Heero and his heart sank. He sighed and turned back toward his father.
"All right, father. You win. I will marry Relena. But, you have to promise not to hurt Heero. Let him go."
The king smiled. "I knew you would see things from my point of view. But, I'm afraid that I won't be able to let your peasant go until after your wedding. I wouldn't want you changing your mind."
Duo knew his father would do something like that, but it was better than watching Heero die. At least if he married Relena, Heero would be able to live.
"Fine," he replied. "But, if you hurt him..." he let his voice trail off in a menacing tone.
The king laughed and Heero was dragged out of the throne room. He turned to the guards holding Trowa.
"Throw him in the dungeon with the peasant boy."
Duo jumped forward.
"No, father. Trowa didn't do anything, why are you throwing him in the dungeon?"
"He was helping your little peasant. That is in direct disobedience to my wishes. Anyone who disobeys the king must be punished."
Duo couldn't believe it. Not only was his father throwing the person he loved into the dungeon, but he was also throwing one of his best, and only, friends in the dungeon as well.
He looked over at Trowa. His face showed exactly what he was thinking. 'I'm sorry, I can't do anything.'
Trowa smiled and shook his head. "It's all right. At least this way, I can make sure they don't hurt Heero," he whispered, as the guards led him out.
Duo sighed. As much as he hated to see his friend thrown in the dungeon, he was relieved that such a good friend was helping him. He felt a lot better knowing that Trowa would watch out for Heero. No one would get near the boy when Trowa was around.
He turned back toward his father. The king had a smug grin on his face. Duo wanted to wipe that grin right off his face. Instead, he turned on his heels and walked out of the thrown room. He had to find Quatre and let him know what had happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo hurried through the halls. Quatre was nowhere to be found. 'Where was he?' He came to an abrupt halt as he rounded the corner and came face to face with Relena. She smiled sweetly.
"Duo, I've been looking for you."
Duo forced back his groan. "Relena. I'm sorry, but I'm kind of in a hurry right now," he said as he hurried around her.
"What's the hurry?" she asked, reaching out and taking his hand. "Shouldn't you be spending a little more time with your bride-to-be? You've barely spoken a word to me since I arrived."
Duo grimaced at the word 'bride-to-be.' "Look, Relena. I really need to go."
He tried to pull his hand away from her, but she refused to let go.
"No you don't. You are not going to get away from me that easily. We're getting married in six days, and I'd like to get to know my future husband a little more."
She stepped closer to him. "What do you say? Let's get to know each other a little more." She reached up and kissed him.
Duo reeled back, pushing her away from him. "What do you think you're doing?" he shouted.
Relena stood there, shocked. "I was kissing you."
Duo tried his best to control his anger. "Well, don't," he said in a calmer voice than before. "I'm sorry, but I have to go."
He turned and hurried down the hall and out of sight before Relena could protest. Once he was positive that he had gotten away from Relena, he stopped and leaned up against the wall with a sigh.
"What's the matter, Prince Duo?"
Duo jumped. "Quatre! There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere."
"What is it? What's wrong?"
Duo sighed. He told him about Heero and Trowa, about his promise to marry Relena, and about the little episode with Relena. It ended when Duo burst into tears.
Quatre pulled Duo into a hug. "It's all right. We'll figure something out. Don't worry."
Duo remained silent. It was just too much. All he had wanted was a little happiness. Was that too much to ask for? Now, his father had taken that happiness away.
He pulled away from Quatre and started to walk down the hall.
"Wait. Where are you going?"
Duo turned a resolute face toward Quatre. "I'm not going to give up. I'm going to figure something out. But first, I'm going to make sure that Heero and Trowa are all right."
Quatre couldn't help smiling. Duo could be so stubborn sometime, but he never gave up. And right now, not giving up was a good thing.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo looked around the corner. All of the guards were gone so he hurried around the corner.
"Heero. Trowa," he whispered, as he approached the cell.
Duo frowned as he saw them. Heero looked okay, but Trowa had a black eye. A small gasp informed them of Quatre's presence.
"Trowa, what happened?"
The other boy smiled. "Nothing much. I was just keeping a promise I made to a friend," he said, looking at Duo.
Quatre put his small hand through the bars and gingerly touched the black eye. Trowa's face showed nothing, but Quatre didn't miss the flicker of pain that passed through his green eyes.
"I'll see if I can bring you a salve to put on that so it doesn't hurt so much."
Trowa smiled and nodded in agreement.
Duo smiled at the two boys. He looked over at Heero.
"Are you all right, Heero?"
Heero nodded. "I'm fine," he said. "What about you?"
Duo sighed. "Well, except for the fact that my father has threatened to execute the one person that I love if I don't marry Relena, I'm fine."
Heero shook his head. "You don't have to do this, Duo. You don't have to marry her."
A tear slipped down Duo's cheek. "I'm not gonna let my father kill you, Heero. I love you. And if making sure you're alive means that I have to marry Relena, then I'll marry Relena. I wouldn't be able to live if I knew you had died because of me."
Heero reached through the bars and wiped the tear away. "I love you, Duo. But, it would kill me seeing you married to someone else. Knowing that we were meant for each other, but not being able to be together. I would rather die then see you unhappy."
Another tear slipped down Duo's cheek. "Don't worry, Heero. I'll figure something out. I don't know how, but I will. I won't marry Relena."
Author's Notes: okay, as usual, what did you think? Review. RurouniGirl