Part 5
Disclaimer: I don't own Gun dam Wing.
Warning: Showmen ai, Nasty language, Major AU, some violence and knowing
me lots of fluff.
Description: In a land of great poverty a group of young worriers must
become saviors despite the obstacles they must
overcome in their journey.
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Heero woke to the sound of rustling and the faint scent of herbs. His eyes fluttered open . The room was covered in a thick blanket of darkness, the only light coming from an oil lamp at the opposite end of the room.
Duo was leaned over his ba of things, obviously trying to find something without waking Heero with the noise. He had failed obviously.
He blinked bleary eyes at the unexpected vision of Duo's rear waggling slightly in front of him. No where close enough to touch, but close enough to effect him.
His mouth went dry and his mind began to wander. Over the past few weeks this had been happening a little too often for comfort. Duo would sit a certain way or sit rather close to him and his mind would go completely haywire.
Before meeting the boy he had never once been forced to deal with these feelings. He had been like stone. No one had ever effected him like this before.
Of course he never let Duo know about this. After all he had to spend quite a while with the braided boy and didn't want to do anything to disrupt the friendship that had formed between them.
With a victorious squeak, Duo snapped up right, holding a small dagger in his hands. He recognized it as the one that Duo's friend Blade had given him before leaving Colt.
"What time is it?" he asked the boy who who jumped and whirled around.
"Don't do that! Ya nearly gave me a heart attack." He played with the end of his braid. Something the braided boy did a lot. "It's been an hour since sunset. Blondie was here again. Came to see if you needed anything. Told him nope and sent him on his way."
Heero sat up and nodded at the boy. "Quatre worries. He wouldn't have left if his empathy had have warned him not to."
"Sounds like what I've gathered of him," Duo walked over and sat down on the edge of his bed. "His name kinda shocked me. Isn't Quatre Winner the name of the heir to Sank throne?"
Heero nodded again. "Quatre WAS the heir to Sank's throne. He gave it up to become a healer. His cousins the heir now. She's more suited to the position."
Duo's violet eyes widened. "You mean he's a prince. I just talked to a PRINCE?!"
Heero sighed. He had expected something like that from his partner. "Yes Duo. He's a prince. That doesn't make him any different than he was five seconds ago. He isn't the snobby type."
"But still... I'm a street rat and I was just talkin' to royalty. And he seemed to like me. I never would have thought about somethin' like this before I met you. This is jus' so wild."
"It's not the big a deal. There are other more important thing to deal with. Like what we're going to do after we leave,"
"I have no clue, Heero." Duo sprawled out at his feet, toying with the small dagger in his hands. "You haven't really told me a hell of a lot about what's goin' on here. All I know is that you're tryin' to over throw Odin Lowe. Don't know how we're gonna do that. There's only the two of us."
'Damn,' Heero thought. 'He's starting to ask questions. I'm not so sure I can tell him everything, no matter how much I want to.'
"Before she died, my mother prophesied that there would be a group of worriers who would end the reign of injustice that Odin had begun. That I was to be one of them and I would find the others. We would be linked together by destiny."
'There I told him my reasoning. That should be enough for now.'
"So you and this group of worriers are jus' gonna waltz into the palace and kill the king of Kaladar. I don't think it's gonna be so simple," he looked over at him, uncharacteristically serious.
"Don't you think I know that," he sighed. "Besides there's a fair chance you're one of the worriers."
"WHAT?!" he bolted up, staring at me. "You've gotta be kidin' me!"
"No," Heero told him frankly. "You're the first person that's actually wanted to come with me since I started this journey. For that matter you're the first person I've wanted to come with me since I started. There's something different about you, Duo. Something wonderful."
"You WANTED me to come with you," Duo's voice was no louder than a whisper. Like he didn't believe what he'd just said. "I always figured you just brought me around 'cause ya felt sorry for me."
Heero crossed his arms in front of his chest, eyes narrowing. "If I hadn't have wanted you to come, believe me, you wouldn't be here."
Duo's face lit up in a brilliant grin as he launched himself at the other boy. He wrapped his arms around Heero's shoulders, ignoring the boys startlment.
Heero began to relax, letting himself be hugged by the boy he had inadvertently fallen in love with. Hesitantly he returned the embrace.
His head snapped up as he heard a slight shuffling and was met with the sight of Quatre standing in the doorway, blushing bright red.
"I'm sorry," the blonde said as he noticed Heero's gaze. "I didn't mean to interrupt anything."
Duo let go of Heero and turned to grin sheepishly at the other boy. "It was my fault. I forgot to close the door after I went to the bathroom." Heero thought he heard a bit of disappointment in the other boys voice but couldn't be completely sure.
Duo hopped off the bed and grabbed the dagger from the foot of Heero's bed. Carefully, he placed it back in his bag before turning to Quatre. "What was it ya wanted?"
"Just to see if you needed anything." the boy told him. "I was about to go to my room. My shifts over and I have nothing to do."
Duo grinned. "Than why don't ya stay here. Me 'n Heero could use some
company. I haven't really had nobody to talk to since I left home."
smirked. "He's been annoying me with his continuous chatter since than.
I don't think there's anything except for death that will shut him up.
Even than he'll probably annoy a spirit or two."
"Hey! You've never complained," Duo tried to be self-righteous, but was grinning. "It's not my fault your about as social as a brick wall."
Quatre smiled at the two. "You sound like and old married couple. Insulting each other, but loving every minute of it. I never thought there'd be a day when you could get a full sentence out of Heero Yuy. I congratulate you, Duo, on your achievements."
"Why thank," Duo bowed to the not quite prince. "I owe it all to my stubbornness."
Heero watched with amusement as the boys began to chat as if they had been good friends their entire lives. It was refreshing seeing Duo like this. He seemed more lively when he had someone who would talk to him instead of ignore him.
It wasn't as if Heero hadn't been listening. He could remember everything the boy had said quite clearly. But he hadn't responded to any of Duo's attempts at conversation. The boy had accepted this and carried on a conversation with himself, sometimes forgetting that Heero was even there. This was how Heero had learned many of the things that he knew about the boy. His past, his dreams for the future, he had learned it all when Duo hadn't thought he was listening.
The conversation was interrupted when Sally burst into the room, breathless and alarmingly pale.
"What is it?" Quatre jumped to his feet.
"We're under siege," the woman told them. "They're looking for Heero. They won't stop until we've given him to them."
Heero felt a stab of guilt. He had known that this was a possibility, and he had still put those he cared about in danger. "I'm sorry Sally. I knew that coming here was going to be a bad thing."
"It's not your fault!" the woman snapped. "You merely went to the only person you could trust for held. It's natural that you would have come here."
"Sally, what are we going to do with them," the blonde asked his teacher.
"Get them out. Quatre, I want you to go with them. Help them with their journey," the woman grabbed the blondes hands as he began to protest. "I know that you are capable of protesting yourself, but I need you to help get Duo and Heero out of here. They are Kaladar's last hope."
The blonde nodded, tears welling in his wide, guiless eyes. "Please Sally. Be careful."
"I will," the woman told him before giving him a tight hug. "Now go Quatre. Help them. The things you need were all put in the forest at the east end of the grounds. You know the way there. You should be able to get out without being seen "
"Good bye," Quatre whispered and pulled a still stunned Duo out the door.
"Thank you," Heero said before slipping out the door after them, carrying both his and Duo's packs.
TBC.....
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Shade: This fic is turning out shorter than I thought. Next person
in the picture should be Fei. And there'll be more 1+2 goodness latter
on. Time to start the next chapter, eh? And new POV focus too.