Hey everyone! This is my new project... Possibly a Duo/Usa crossover... Maybe not. I haven't decided yet. Please RxR, if I get a few reviews I'll post more.
Oh yeah to all of you reading "Blinded"-- I'm trying to update! I really am! I have finished writing all of it, I just need to find a comp that will let me update. Thanks!
PLEASE READ THE NOTE AT THE END!!!
"Duo!" a little girl called out. He looked out at her from the church/orphanages's kitchen door.
"Come here!" she called again, urgently. Hearing the warning tone in her voice he heeded her instructions, racing across the tall grass lawn just before the building behind him burst into flame. As he reached her side he felt a blast of heat on his back, and spun around.
"No!" he cried, and began to run back towards the burning orphanage. Cries of pain came from inside and he ran through the wall of flame.
"No Duo!" the little girl yelled, chasing after him. The flames parted for her passage as she grabbed him around the waist and pulled him from the building. She muttered a few cowrds in her language and it began to rain, soaking them until Duo's clothes stopped burning. No sirens could be heard for there was no one coming to put out the fire. It was only an orphanage after all, and no one paid it any mind.
"Why?" Duo asked softly, tears welling in his eyes. She said a few more words and the rain stopped.
"Why couldn't you save them too?!" he demanded. The young girl hugged him, flapping her silver/white wings to cool him down. The smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
"I'm sorry Duo... This is what's supposed to happen." she said softly.
"I hate you!" he yelled. "I never want to see you again!" Immediately she released him. She felt tears prickling the corners of her eyes as she heard his words and saw the burned skin on the side of his right upper thigh.
"I'm sorry Duo... I'm so sorry..." she said as she felt a pull at her stomach. She was going to Fade and she only had a few more moments with him.
"Many of the people you will meet will cause you nothing but pain. You must try to be kind to them, and show them that you are not heartless. I'll miss you, but we'll see each other again someday." she promised as she began to Fade from sight. The seven year old boy looked on in shock.
"Wait!" he cried. "You said you wouldn't leave me alone!"
"I never will..." she whispered as she faded from view completely, leaving only a burning orphanage, a brokenhearted young boy, and the haunting echo of an angel's last words.
The same innocent little girl suddenly appeared before a short, fat man, dressed all in black. She immediately recognized him.
"No! Please!" she begged, sinking to her knees.
"Yes. Your mortal betrayed you. You're mine." he replied.
She buried her face in her hands as tears slid down her cheeks. He laughed cruelly and waved his hand. With that, she was gone.
"Duo Maxwell..." he said softly. "Kialt nomo si xiou."
Almost nine years later...
"No way! No friggin' way! I'd rather die!" Duo exclaimed as Quatre explained the mission.
"I'm sorry Duo but I already accepted the mission." the blonde Arabian replied.
"Well count me out!" he said stubbornly.
"I'm with the baka for once." Heero said from the corner. Quatre sighed and looked to Wufei, who shook his head, and then on to Trowa, who did the same thing.
"Like I said, I'm sorry if you don't want to go but it's our duty, now that the war's almost over, to help maintain the peace. And if going to Sanq and protecting Relena Peacecraft and her finacee is the way to maintain peace, then I'll do it." he said.
Trowa's shoulders lifted slightly and then fell back to their original position, his version of a sigh.
"I'll go." Trowa said softly. Wufei glared at the wall.
"I'll go, but only because I want to know what kind of crazy man would marry that psycotic onna."
"Hnn." Heero said; grunt-language for 'ditto'. Quatre turned his pleading eyes to Duo.
"NO WAY!" the braided one yelled. Heero pulled out his gun and pointed it at him.
Duo gulped.
"You know on second thought I've always loved visiting Sanq." he said hurridly.
"Good." Heero replied, putting his gun away. The group broke up to pack.
"Welcome to Sanq!" Relena greeted them from behind her office desk.
"Hello Miss Relena. It is nice to see you again." Quatre replied, bowing slightly. None of the four standing behind him followed his motions.
"No need for formalities, Quatre. It's great to see you all, too." she said. The man standing in the corner coughed a bit.
"Oh! Pilots, I'd like you to meet..." The man moved forward and placed his hand on her waist. It took all their training not to cringe. "My finacee, Nolan Taylor. Nolan, I've told you about the pilots- this is Quatre Winner, Duo Maxwell, Wufei Chang, Trowa Barton, and Heero Yuy."
"What have you told him?" Wufei asked, immediately concerned with the safety of their identities. Nolan dismissed his question with a wave of his hand.
"Don't worry, I don't know that much. And I have high security clearance within the Preventers." he said. Wufei nodded, though still unsure.
"So you're going to be staying near us?" Relena asked.
"Yes. We will be living in a house nearby your new mansion." Duo said, somewhat grudingly.
"Wonderful!" Relena exclaimed. She turned and put her hand on Nolan's chest. "I just can't wait for the wedding... And what comes after..." she whispered, though the others heard. Duo began to turn green, and all of them fought the urge to puke.
That was how they met Nolan Taylor, six months ago. Since then, they had been forced to witness what Duo called "inhumane loads of shit", especially when they were ordered to help Relena pick out a wedding dress.
It hadn't taken Duo long to find the newest hot spot in Sanq- a virtual reality club where he was now one of the highest-ranking player. Of course, his name in the VR extended role-playing game was "Shinigami".
"Dammit!" Duo exclaimed as he slammed the front door behind him.
"What's the matter?" Quatre asked as the braided one came into the kitchen. He dropped his worn copy of the VR's gameplay guide onto the counter and sank into one of the padded chairs.
"I can't figure out this damned riddle. It's the hardest hidden level of the whole VR and I can't get into it! No one can! Even the owner doesn't know how to get in." he replied.
"Baka, why do you spend so much time at this place anyway?" Wufei asked as the other three pilots came in to investigate the fuss. Duo brushed off Wufei's question.
"What's the club called again?" Quatre asked.
"The game's called Kialt Nomo Si Xiou, it's some made up language." the American replied.
"What's the riddle, anyway? It can't be that hard." Trowa questioned.
"Those that false emotions see; Those that lend the light of day; Those that anger teh powers that be; Those that gelid hearts betray." Duo sighed. "It was engraved in a piece of glass I found at the bottom of Mount Elysium. The only thing I know about the answer is that it's two words." He let his head drop heavily to the marble counter with a loud thunk.
"We're doomed if the baka doesn't solve the riddle." one voice commented.
"He'll figure it out. Duo may act stupid but he's actually quite brilliant." another replied.
"Will he be able to handle her?"
"If everything goes our way."
"And if he chooses not to help her?"
"Then we're doomed, and ten thousand years of planning will be wasted."
The other one knelt down in prayer. "Duo, tuskai, kialt nomo si xiou!"
Like it? Hate it? Oh yeah, if YOU can solve the riddle, I'll... be very impressed... and... umm... I'll think of something for a prize, don't worry. But don't get too excited- I made this riddle up during class but no one's been able to figure it out. I even promised the school genius $100 and he didn't get it. Yes, it is solvable. But will Duo solve it? Hmmm.... Review!
Oh yeah to all of you reading "Blinded"-- I'm trying to update! I really am! I have finished writing all of it, I just need to find a comp that will let me update. Thanks!
PLEASE READ THE NOTE AT THE END!!!
"Duo!" a little girl called out. He looked out at her from the church/orphanages's kitchen door.
"Come here!" she called again, urgently. Hearing the warning tone in her voice he heeded her instructions, racing across the tall grass lawn just before the building behind him burst into flame. As he reached her side he felt a blast of heat on his back, and spun around.
"No!" he cried, and began to run back towards the burning orphanage. Cries of pain came from inside and he ran through the wall of flame.
"No Duo!" the little girl yelled, chasing after him. The flames parted for her passage as she grabbed him around the waist and pulled him from the building. She muttered a few cowrds in her language and it began to rain, soaking them until Duo's clothes stopped burning. No sirens could be heard for there was no one coming to put out the fire. It was only an orphanage after all, and no one paid it any mind.
"Why?" Duo asked softly, tears welling in his eyes. She said a few more words and the rain stopped.
"Why couldn't you save them too?!" he demanded. The young girl hugged him, flapping her silver/white wings to cool him down. The smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
"I'm sorry Duo... This is what's supposed to happen." she said softly.
"I hate you!" he yelled. "I never want to see you again!" Immediately she released him. She felt tears prickling the corners of her eyes as she heard his words and saw the burned skin on the side of his right upper thigh.
"I'm sorry Duo... I'm so sorry..." she said as she felt a pull at her stomach. She was going to Fade and she only had a few more moments with him.
"Many of the people you will meet will cause you nothing but pain. You must try to be kind to them, and show them that you are not heartless. I'll miss you, but we'll see each other again someday." she promised as she began to Fade from sight. The seven year old boy looked on in shock.
"Wait!" he cried. "You said you wouldn't leave me alone!"
"I never will..." she whispered as she faded from view completely, leaving only a burning orphanage, a brokenhearted young boy, and the haunting echo of an angel's last words.
The same innocent little girl suddenly appeared before a short, fat man, dressed all in black. She immediately recognized him.
"No! Please!" she begged, sinking to her knees.
"Yes. Your mortal betrayed you. You're mine." he replied.
She buried her face in her hands as tears slid down her cheeks. He laughed cruelly and waved his hand. With that, she was gone.
"Duo Maxwell..." he said softly. "Kialt nomo si xiou."
Almost nine years later...
"No way! No friggin' way! I'd rather die!" Duo exclaimed as Quatre explained the mission.
"I'm sorry Duo but I already accepted the mission." the blonde Arabian replied.
"Well count me out!" he said stubbornly.
"I'm with the baka for once." Heero said from the corner. Quatre sighed and looked to Wufei, who shook his head, and then on to Trowa, who did the same thing.
"Like I said, I'm sorry if you don't want to go but it's our duty, now that the war's almost over, to help maintain the peace. And if going to Sanq and protecting Relena Peacecraft and her finacee is the way to maintain peace, then I'll do it." he said.
Trowa's shoulders lifted slightly and then fell back to their original position, his version of a sigh.
"I'll go." Trowa said softly. Wufei glared at the wall.
"I'll go, but only because I want to know what kind of crazy man would marry that psycotic onna."
"Hnn." Heero said; grunt-language for 'ditto'. Quatre turned his pleading eyes to Duo.
"NO WAY!" the braided one yelled. Heero pulled out his gun and pointed it at him.
Duo gulped.
"You know on second thought I've always loved visiting Sanq." he said hurridly.
"Good." Heero replied, putting his gun away. The group broke up to pack.
"Welcome to Sanq!" Relena greeted them from behind her office desk.
"Hello Miss Relena. It is nice to see you again." Quatre replied, bowing slightly. None of the four standing behind him followed his motions.
"No need for formalities, Quatre. It's great to see you all, too." she said. The man standing in the corner coughed a bit.
"Oh! Pilots, I'd like you to meet..." The man moved forward and placed his hand on her waist. It took all their training not to cringe. "My finacee, Nolan Taylor. Nolan, I've told you about the pilots- this is Quatre Winner, Duo Maxwell, Wufei Chang, Trowa Barton, and Heero Yuy."
"What have you told him?" Wufei asked, immediately concerned with the safety of their identities. Nolan dismissed his question with a wave of his hand.
"Don't worry, I don't know that much. And I have high security clearance within the Preventers." he said. Wufei nodded, though still unsure.
"So you're going to be staying near us?" Relena asked.
"Yes. We will be living in a house nearby your new mansion." Duo said, somewhat grudingly.
"Wonderful!" Relena exclaimed. She turned and put her hand on Nolan's chest. "I just can't wait for the wedding... And what comes after..." she whispered, though the others heard. Duo began to turn green, and all of them fought the urge to puke.
That was how they met Nolan Taylor, six months ago. Since then, they had been forced to witness what Duo called "inhumane loads of shit", especially when they were ordered to help Relena pick out a wedding dress.
It hadn't taken Duo long to find the newest hot spot in Sanq- a virtual reality club where he was now one of the highest-ranking player. Of course, his name in the VR extended role-playing game was "Shinigami".
"Dammit!" Duo exclaimed as he slammed the front door behind him.
"What's the matter?" Quatre asked as the braided one came into the kitchen. He dropped his worn copy of the VR's gameplay guide onto the counter and sank into one of the padded chairs.
"I can't figure out this damned riddle. It's the hardest hidden level of the whole VR and I can't get into it! No one can! Even the owner doesn't know how to get in." he replied.
"Baka, why do you spend so much time at this place anyway?" Wufei asked as the other three pilots came in to investigate the fuss. Duo brushed off Wufei's question.
"What's the club called again?" Quatre asked.
"The game's called Kialt Nomo Si Xiou, it's some made up language." the American replied.
"What's the riddle, anyway? It can't be that hard." Trowa questioned.
"Those that false emotions see; Those that lend the light of day; Those that anger teh powers that be; Those that gelid hearts betray." Duo sighed. "It was engraved in a piece of glass I found at the bottom of Mount Elysium. The only thing I know about the answer is that it's two words." He let his head drop heavily to the marble counter with a loud thunk.
"We're doomed if the baka doesn't solve the riddle." one voice commented.
"He'll figure it out. Duo may act stupid but he's actually quite brilliant." another replied.
"Will he be able to handle her?"
"If everything goes our way."
"And if he chooses not to help her?"
"Then we're doomed, and ten thousand years of planning will be wasted."
The other one knelt down in prayer. "Duo, tuskai, kialt nomo si xiou!"
Like it? Hate it? Oh yeah, if YOU can solve the riddle, I'll... be very impressed... and... umm... I'll think of something for a prize, don't worry. But don't get too excited- I made this riddle up during class but no one's been able to figure it out. I even promised the school genius $100 and he didn't get it. Yes, it is solvable. But will Duo solve it? Hmmm.... Review!