Oooo! I was playing Playstation2 (I love Christmas), and I was on a level of Harry Potter 2, and suddenly, I had to write. You'd think I'd cook up some Harry Potter story, but no, it had to be Gundam Wing ^-^;;; I'm interesting, I know. Anyhow, I've once again managed to get my plot advanced, once again in a shorter segment, but anyhow... This chapter pleases me, more or less. No Trowa yet, but in another two, maybe three parts, I'll work him in.
To everyone who reads this, I give my most heartfelt, sadiest apologies. I mean, I know where I'm headed with this, yet I still take two months to update? I'm pathetic. You may hit me with soggy cheerios. v_v;;; I should, at any rate, have another chapter up within the week, because it's Christmas break, so I have time to work up my mood and write ^_____^... Oh, and I have new pjs that inspire me. They're comfy!!
Review thanks:
Sobakasu: Mehehe, yes, many many many questions. Most of them, I don't know the answers to yet .O; Ah, well. More incentive for reading on, yes?
Jasmine Shinga: Hugs and merry christmas! What more can I say? ^_^
Aras Melanki: Thanks so much for your kind words! I just reviews! Hopefully, this will help keep your standards up, yes?
Warnings: Slash, of the faint 2x4, 1x5, 2x5, and 4x5 varieties... oh, and some heavily implied 13x5 to come... Mean Treize.
Merry Christmas!
Of the Vampires, Chapter
Quatre panted slightly as he sprinted along behind Duo. The braided boy was racing along, toting his weapons as if it were nothing and grinning, even as the blonde dragged his feet and struggled to keep his creator in sight. Not everyone was as fit as Duo, Quatre thought to himself woefully, stumbling to the ground at a pause and staring at the sky. "I need a break," he announced. "I'm exhausted."
Duo sat beside him, smiling slightly. "I feel fine," he mentioned smugly, grinning. "I guess when we get back I'll start you on lifting weights or something, tone up your body." Quatre's cheeks turned scarlet, and he stood hastily.
"I feel much better now, thank you, Duo," he spoke quickly. "Shall we continue." Duo laughed, taking the lead at a slower pace and watching as the blonde slowly matched it. "I've never done anything like this before," his companion added. "My father didn't believe I could ever be strong or fast, so I didn't get training."
"Ah," Duo said, glancing over to the large castle ahead. "That's too bad, but I can change it all for you." Quatre's smile, as warm as ever, was worth the small help, but he pointed
to the castle ahead rather than dwell on the fact. "Look," he proclaimed. "It's the castle. That's where all the evil vampires hide from humans and the likes, so it's obviously the place they'd consider taking a rogue like this Heero."
"A rogue?" Quatre repeated, puzzled. His eyes widened in realization. "Rogues, don't they go off and kill others of their own kind and such."
Duo, hesistant about worrying the young vampire, nodded. "I think both Heero and Wufei are rogues in the way of... Robin Hood or something, same with me... And you by default." The blonde's face fell in dissapointment, so he pressed on hurredly. "Rogues around here are vampires that try to do good... Not kill for fun and stuff. It's really not that awful."
Quatre's smile was barely returning as they scaled the walls, peering in a window at the assembled crowd. "They're all vampires?" Quatre whispered anxiously, and Duo nodded. "And that one is Heero?" the blonde continued, pointing to a dark haired boy laying, heavily bound, in the center of the room. Duo's heart clenched at the sight as he considered the appearance of the captive, certainly one of the more handsome vampires he had seen, not in Quatre's innocence or Wufei's harshness, but simply handsome.
A ginger haired man stood above him, tapping his foot impatiently as he waited, then the doors swung open. Wufei stood, framed in the moonlight and weapons drawn. "Release him," he hissed quietly, his voice carrying throughout the room. "I must insist that, as the vampire he created, you allow him to go free."
"Ah, dragon," the ginger haired man said fondly. "We meet again, with the pleasure mine." Wufei's eyes narrowed, but he stayed silent. "Since I know you, and you should remember me, all must be settled, yes?"
"Treize," Wufei growled. "I don't have time for your games today. Just release Heero."
"So single minded," Treize laughed, his voice cultured and clear. "I don't think I will allow Heero to leave me today, and, as a matter of fact, your other friends will be joining him just now."
Several vampires separated their forms from the shadows as he spoke, seizing Quatre and Duo to pull them down. "Why are you doing this, Treize?" Wufei asked harsly. "Is it another one of your twisted games?"
"Ah, ah, dragon," Treize sighed. "You know I always have a purpose, and my first is already fufilled. It's been so long since we could... socialize. I only wanted to see you again, but naturally, there is a second term." He paused, leaving the hall ringing in silence as Duo struggled fiercly and Quatre shivered. "Since Zech decided to go rogue, I've been needing a companion, you see."
Heero spoke for the first time, his voice low and emotionless. "I refuse your offer, Treize. Wufei will go free." Quatre, ever innocent, gaped, his eyes widening.
"The question, I'm afraid, wasn't for you," Treize replied disdainfully. "Only the dragon can pick, three of his companions, or himself." Wufei's eyes narrowed, and his head dropped slowly.
"I think you know my answer, Treize," he replied softly, drooping in resignation.
Treize, on the other hand, positively glowed as he waved several vampires over. "I would like you to escort my dragon's companions out of the way, to their own home, while my dragon and I depart," he announced grandly, wrapping an arm around Wufei's shoulders. "I'm sure we will have a most pleasant time taking in the sights."
Wufei, looking strangely innocent and upset, sighed and shrugged free. He ghosted up to the trio, fingering the ties on Quatre's arms before smiling slightly. "Best of luck," he murmured and kissed the blonde's forehead, moving on to Duo. He leaned in closer to the brunette's ear, muttering, "Watch them carefully," before placing a feather kiss upon the boy's cheek and stepping up to Heero. No words were spoken as he kissed his creator softly, blinking back a tear, and he turned away. "You may as well take them now," he announced, his voice quivering slightly. They were lifted over shoulders, and Duo watched as the ginger haired Treize wrapped an enthusiastic arm around his companion, then the doors shut, and they were out of sight.
"I suppose you know I will get them back," Heero announced in a monotone, not bothering to look at Duo or Quatre.
"Of course, we'll be helping this time," Duo agreed inthusiastically. "It's the least we can do." Heero glared as if to say, 'look what your help did last time,' but nodded silently. "So..." Duo continued after a moment of silence. "Where do we look first?"
"Treize said something about a trip? Where do vampires go?" Quatre asked helpfully, offering a smile smile. He watched Heero pull out a large map. "Well?" he asked as a box of tacks was added to the pile.
"Anywhere they want," Heero grumbled, and sighed. "We have our work cut out."
"Well... Maybe we should start in... Hmmm..." Duo pondered, fingers idily tracing the map as he looked over to Heero. "Wufei looks Asian, is he?"
Heero scowled. "He was a slave to an Englishman. He does not like to talk about his past," he barked icily. "We will start in China, though, because that is the lanugage he spoke when I first found him. I planned on killing him, but something stopped me. It would have been better if I killed him."
Quatre gaped again, turning to Duo as Heero rose abruptly and walked out. "Better if he killed Wufei?" he asked incredulously. "I thought that there was a bond between vampires, like with us?"
Duo smirked, then sighed sadly. "Treize isn't exactly the sort of thing I'd want you to be with," he replied. "It's the bond that makes Heero want Wufei to be dead, to spare him from what Treize might do to him." He left it at that, rolling the map silently and stealing a glance at Quatre, still stunned, out of the corner of his eye. "I won't let it come to that," he promised gently. "But get some rest. It's almost daylight, and we'll start traveling tomorrow at dusk."
Quatre nodded, looking even smaller as he sat alone in the coffin provided for him. "I'm glad you're here for me, Duo," he murmured, and abruptly kissed the brunette's cheek. "Pleasant dreams." Duo stood a moment more, looking at the closed coffin lid, then smiled.
"Pleasant dreams," he murmured, and stepped out of the room.
tbc
To everyone who reads this, I give my most heartfelt, sadiest apologies. I mean, I know where I'm headed with this, yet I still take two months to update? I'm pathetic. You may hit me with soggy cheerios. v_v;;; I should, at any rate, have another chapter up within the week, because it's Christmas break, so I have time to work up my mood and write ^_____^... Oh, and I have new pjs that inspire me. They're comfy!!
Review thanks:
Sobakasu: Mehehe, yes, many many many questions. Most of them, I don't know the answers to yet .O; Ah, well. More incentive for reading on, yes?
Jasmine Shinga: Hugs and merry christmas! What more can I say? ^_^
Aras Melanki: Thanks so much for your kind words! I just reviews! Hopefully, this will help keep your standards up, yes?
Warnings: Slash, of the faint 2x4, 1x5, 2x5, and 4x5 varieties... oh, and some heavily implied 13x5 to come... Mean Treize.
Merry Christmas!
Of the Vampires, Chapter
Quatre panted slightly as he sprinted along behind Duo. The braided boy was racing along, toting his weapons as if it were nothing and grinning, even as the blonde dragged his feet and struggled to keep his creator in sight. Not everyone was as fit as Duo, Quatre thought to himself woefully, stumbling to the ground at a pause and staring at the sky. "I need a break," he announced. "I'm exhausted."
Duo sat beside him, smiling slightly. "I feel fine," he mentioned smugly, grinning. "I guess when we get back I'll start you on lifting weights or something, tone up your body." Quatre's cheeks turned scarlet, and he stood hastily.
"I feel much better now, thank you, Duo," he spoke quickly. "Shall we continue." Duo laughed, taking the lead at a slower pace and watching as the blonde slowly matched it. "I've never done anything like this before," his companion added. "My father didn't believe I could ever be strong or fast, so I didn't get training."
"Ah," Duo said, glancing over to the large castle ahead. "That's too bad, but I can change it all for you." Quatre's smile, as warm as ever, was worth the small help, but he pointed
to the castle ahead rather than dwell on the fact. "Look," he proclaimed. "It's the castle. That's where all the evil vampires hide from humans and the likes, so it's obviously the place they'd consider taking a rogue like this Heero."
"A rogue?" Quatre repeated, puzzled. His eyes widened in realization. "Rogues, don't they go off and kill others of their own kind and such."
Duo, hesistant about worrying the young vampire, nodded. "I think both Heero and Wufei are rogues in the way of... Robin Hood or something, same with me... And you by default." The blonde's face fell in dissapointment, so he pressed on hurredly. "Rogues around here are vampires that try to do good... Not kill for fun and stuff. It's really not that awful."
Quatre's smile was barely returning as they scaled the walls, peering in a window at the assembled crowd. "They're all vampires?" Quatre whispered anxiously, and Duo nodded. "And that one is Heero?" the blonde continued, pointing to a dark haired boy laying, heavily bound, in the center of the room. Duo's heart clenched at the sight as he considered the appearance of the captive, certainly one of the more handsome vampires he had seen, not in Quatre's innocence or Wufei's harshness, but simply handsome.
A ginger haired man stood above him, tapping his foot impatiently as he waited, then the doors swung open. Wufei stood, framed in the moonlight and weapons drawn. "Release him," he hissed quietly, his voice carrying throughout the room. "I must insist that, as the vampire he created, you allow him to go free."
"Ah, dragon," the ginger haired man said fondly. "We meet again, with the pleasure mine." Wufei's eyes narrowed, but he stayed silent. "Since I know you, and you should remember me, all must be settled, yes?"
"Treize," Wufei growled. "I don't have time for your games today. Just release Heero."
"So single minded," Treize laughed, his voice cultured and clear. "I don't think I will allow Heero to leave me today, and, as a matter of fact, your other friends will be joining him just now."
Several vampires separated their forms from the shadows as he spoke, seizing Quatre and Duo to pull them down. "Why are you doing this, Treize?" Wufei asked harsly. "Is it another one of your twisted games?"
"Ah, ah, dragon," Treize sighed. "You know I always have a purpose, and my first is already fufilled. It's been so long since we could... socialize. I only wanted to see you again, but naturally, there is a second term." He paused, leaving the hall ringing in silence as Duo struggled fiercly and Quatre shivered. "Since Zech decided to go rogue, I've been needing a companion, you see."
Heero spoke for the first time, his voice low and emotionless. "I refuse your offer, Treize. Wufei will go free." Quatre, ever innocent, gaped, his eyes widening.
"The question, I'm afraid, wasn't for you," Treize replied disdainfully. "Only the dragon can pick, three of his companions, or himself." Wufei's eyes narrowed, and his head dropped slowly.
"I think you know my answer, Treize," he replied softly, drooping in resignation.
Treize, on the other hand, positively glowed as he waved several vampires over. "I would like you to escort my dragon's companions out of the way, to their own home, while my dragon and I depart," he announced grandly, wrapping an arm around Wufei's shoulders. "I'm sure we will have a most pleasant time taking in the sights."
Wufei, looking strangely innocent and upset, sighed and shrugged free. He ghosted up to the trio, fingering the ties on Quatre's arms before smiling slightly. "Best of luck," he murmured and kissed the blonde's forehead, moving on to Duo. He leaned in closer to the brunette's ear, muttering, "Watch them carefully," before placing a feather kiss upon the boy's cheek and stepping up to Heero. No words were spoken as he kissed his creator softly, blinking back a tear, and he turned away. "You may as well take them now," he announced, his voice quivering slightly. They were lifted over shoulders, and Duo watched as the ginger haired Treize wrapped an enthusiastic arm around his companion, then the doors shut, and they were out of sight.
"I suppose you know I will get them back," Heero announced in a monotone, not bothering to look at Duo or Quatre.
"Of course, we'll be helping this time," Duo agreed inthusiastically. "It's the least we can do." Heero glared as if to say, 'look what your help did last time,' but nodded silently. "So..." Duo continued after a moment of silence. "Where do we look first?"
"Treize said something about a trip? Where do vampires go?" Quatre asked helpfully, offering a smile smile. He watched Heero pull out a large map. "Well?" he asked as a box of tacks was added to the pile.
"Anywhere they want," Heero grumbled, and sighed. "We have our work cut out."
"Well... Maybe we should start in... Hmmm..." Duo pondered, fingers idily tracing the map as he looked over to Heero. "Wufei looks Asian, is he?"
Heero scowled. "He was a slave to an Englishman. He does not like to talk about his past," he barked icily. "We will start in China, though, because that is the lanugage he spoke when I first found him. I planned on killing him, but something stopped me. It would have been better if I killed him."
Quatre gaped again, turning to Duo as Heero rose abruptly and walked out. "Better if he killed Wufei?" he asked incredulously. "I thought that there was a bond between vampires, like with us?"
Duo smirked, then sighed sadly. "Treize isn't exactly the sort of thing I'd want you to be with," he replied. "It's the bond that makes Heero want Wufei to be dead, to spare him from what Treize might do to him." He left it at that, rolling the map silently and stealing a glance at Quatre, still stunned, out of the corner of his eye. "I won't let it come to that," he promised gently. "But get some rest. It's almost daylight, and we'll start traveling tomorrow at dusk."
Quatre nodded, looking even smaller as he sat alone in the coffin provided for him. "I'm glad you're here for me, Duo," he murmured, and abruptly kissed the brunette's cheek. "Pleasant dreams." Duo stood a moment more, looking at the closed coffin lid, then smiled.
"Pleasant dreams," he murmured, and stepped out of the room.
tbc