Twilight Hunter; GW Style
Chapter Three
FalconIce
The hospital hallways were full as always. It seemed to Heero that more and more beings died everyday. Paria, the once isolated planet, was now one of the major trading ports in Sector 69A22. The planet was no longer the sole property of humans, vampires, or hunters.
Funny in how just a few dozen years a whole planet evolved so far from its origins. The steely-eyed vampire sighed and began to walk past a dozen and more residents running around in their own rushed business.
Several cots were laid in the hallways in case there might be an overflow of patients that night. To his right, Heero saw the familiar orange form of an Aurus, a creature that lived in the heavily volcanic planet of Rigara and closely resembled that of a flame colored humanoid vine. It was clearly shivering and moaning miserably in the small bedding that it was assigned to. So, without even really thinking about it, he slowly drew closer to the suffering creature and held out a hand.
Beady black eyes turned to him and a shaking vine-y hand reached out to him in a desperate plea. Cobalt blue eyes blazed all of a sudden and the unfortunate Rigarian was suddenly engulfed in a cocoon of flame and heat. It let out a shudder of relief before collapsing unto its pallet caught in the arms of sleep as the Fire magic worked its effects.
The reason as to why he did it did not come to Heero. It still didn't come until a familiar voice bellowed from the hallway he had just been. Steely eyes blinked and turned to look at the somewhat comical form of a bouncing hunter trilling in a hearty song heading straight towards him.
"Duo." He stated and narrowed eyes at the obvious fool that was coming. The violet-eyed Hunter merely grinned at him and looked down with surprise and the snoozing form of the Aurus beside Heero.
Good-naturedly, the braided Gamishin gave him a slap in the back and congratulating him on a job well done." Didn't know you had it in you Hee-chan!" He cheered and grinned widely before continuing on his merry way down the corridor and singing a new hit song.
The vampire could only blink and slowly, and not a little bit shame-faced, followed the receding figure. The act had suddenly come on him; it was as if something else had controlled him in that tiny interim. Sudden as it was, it gave him a chill.
His emotions were getting the best of him…he must not let such things occur again.
Duo sighed and placed his hands deep into his pockets. Well, he tried to anyway but the tight leather encasing the lower part of his body did its best to resist the efforts and the braided Gamishin had to settle for resting the forelimbs of his body against his too-curved hips for a guy.
This was one of the odder qualities of the Gamishin Hunters. They were, for the better word, strangely androgynous. Sad to say, this didn't help their already questionable reputations. Duo sighed again and kicked a pebble that had its misfortune to end up in front of him. The vampire, Wing, was still behind him.
Oh, he sure was silent enough but being a Hunter; a very good one in fact, gave him the advantage of being able to sense the presence of the Vampire anywhere while being hidden from the aforementioned blood drinker. And that, Duo thought, was one of the many reasons why the vampires, and not only Heero himself, found the presence of Hunters quite disturbing.
Just as he was thinking so, he himself was suddenly disturbed from his very own thoughts as he, not too subtly; found himself on the concrete hard floor.
"Nanda?" He exclaimed and looked up to see and hopefully investigate the cause of his not so comfortable situation.
"Don't move." The familiar nasal voice of Wing floated to his ears and Duo froze in mid-movement. They'd been only partners for an hour or two and they'd already spiced up both their lives a little too much to their liking.
The violet-eyed Hunter heard the safety of Wing's gun come off and he knew that whoever had bumped him was no ordinary mortal…or even immortal.
A suave voice soon appeared to answer the Vampire's actions." The Great Wing and the all too famous Shinigami; how fortunate of me to have met both in such a time and place." The tone didn't so much as imply rudeness but seemed to actually tease the two young men it was directed at.
Violet eyes soon looked up and saw the face of the aggressor. Amazing blue eyes peeked out from underneath long platinum tresses and Duo could see that the stranger had extended a smooth and creamy hand to help him up-if he ever needed one that is.
Nice kissable red lips tightened into a grin as blue eyes twinkled good humouredly towards him." Need a hand up young one?" The same smooth pitch remarked.
Blushing a little, Duo grabbed the hand and pushed himself up. The stranger merely grinned at him in amusement. He then bowed to both young men as soon as Duo had gotten back his composure and a little pride.
"I am Jonathan Vemille." He introduced and stood erect once more, grin still in place on his nicely sculpted features." I am a universal psychic visiting from Earth."
Duo gasped and even Heero's eyes widened. There were only a handful of Universal psychics and those few who actually had the gift were more or less borderline insane form the mental overload for these types possessed every single mental gift that even had the possibility of existing. The individuals were often very silent and strong willed and it seemed that this Jonathan character was a fine example. " You-you're WHAT-out here and actually sane enough to talk!?" The braided Gamishin stuttered while gazing wide eyed with awe at the young man before them.
The platinum-haired man simply grinned and replied with as much humility as a nun," I'm the first and oldest. So it goes to show that I'm much more in control than those stupid idiots…" It probably wasn't just Duo's imagination that there was just a bit too much venom and acid implied in that tone.
Before any more comments could be flung, another personality stepped into the limelight of the street. Chestnut brown hair sparkled a little gold under the sorry luminescence of the street light and a somewhat short young man wrapped his arms around the waist of the tall pale psychic.
Storm gray eyes landed on the two surprised young man," If you two don't mind I'll be taking his royal highness to more important business elsewhere…" The tenor of his voice almost seemed to purr as the young man settled his head against the side of the platinum haired man.
"Well, I guess I must go." Jonathan bowed once again and smiled before holding out what could only be called, a business card." If you ever need a Universal Psychic, a really powerful Nature Mage or a unique Assassin with a dual personality who's probably the best in the entire known universe-don't hesitate to call!" He called out or more likely shouted as the young man dragged him away. If it wasn't as weird as it was funny, Duo would by now, be laughing his guts off. But in this case, he just settled for a small chuckle.
He disrupted from his reverie as Heero took the opportunity to comment on the strange encounter." I didn't know the three elders were on planet." The not too tall vampire shrugged his lean shoulders and withdrew his weapon.
"The whatsis?" Duo questioned and followed after the already parting back of the vampire.
Heero snorted in annoyance." Don't you know anything?" He eyed the braided Gamishin contemptuously. Duo shook his head no, eyes wide and mouth in a grin.
The vampire sighed and resisted the urge to slap his forehead in exasperation." The Elders were the first three powers of life that were discovered in the universe. Since then, a few more were uprooted from planets both known widely and planets anyone hardly knew about." Heero raised a hand to stop the question just about to spout from the mouth of the hyperactive hunter." I know that you know next to nothing to what I am talking about." He glared at Duo making the victim of the gaze wince." So I will take extra pains to explain it to you." The vampire took a deep breath before launching into a lengthy explanation about the Three Elders." These beings are the hands of fate. They have the ability to see what has to be done and they manipulate the universe around them to accomplish what is needed for the task. They too are the very receptacles of energy from which life first sprung. So powerful are they that even a tiny wave of their energy can destroy an entire galaxy. They are few in existence and until now, only a handful has ever been found and of that handful, the Three Elders are the most powerful. They have existed since the beginning of Mother Earth, the original planet of the Homo Sapiens and have been known to manipulate the threads of fate so far as to actually change the whole course of history of an entire confederacy of galaxies."
Duo oohed and aahed to several items Heero had mentioned but it was clear to the violet eyed young teen that the vampire was clearly ignoring him.
"Their presence here on Paria can only say something-" The teen bodied vampire was disturbed from his speech.
"Then they appeared to us of all people!" Duo enthused almost bouncing giddily in place. Heero sighed again.
"Hai. You are right. It only means that the case we're working on has more weight than others we have ever worked on as individuals that is."
Violet eyes twinkled in the dim light." This is so gonna be GREAT!" It was then, for the second time that night, that Duo found himself butt first on a cold hard concrete road as a figure bumped pass him." MEEP!"
Amber eyes glinted and suddenly the figure sped away without an apology to the direction the two people earlier had gone to. Duo figured that he had been the last member of the three Elders.
"What is with these old fogies and pushing me around anyway?!" Duo screamed more than a little annoyed.
"They know a fool when they see one." Heero commented stoically and hid the business card he had gotten from Jonathan in the same mysterious space place that he hid his gun. "We should be on our way. We have wasted enough time as it is…" Just like a dozen times earlier that night, Heero started to walk away and leave an annoyed, exasperated, and pouting Duo behind.
"This is just not fair I tell you!" The braided boy screamed and jumped up to chase his slowly fading away partner." -just not fucking fair!!!"
The presence of the Three Elders was definitely an unexpected bonus to the Oldest Vampire in Paria. Having all three in the same room was more than a little intimidating even for Treize.
"Good to see that you're still looking well Crimson." The young man with his arms around a taller and platinum-haired man commented a little dryly.
Treize smiled and hid his shaking hands below the desk in front of him." Nice to see you as well Kaizer." The Elder vampire hoped his tone didn't shake as much as he perceived it. The visit of all Three Elders shook him more than he would have liked. Fate surely hung in a precarious position to have their presence in such an unknown and far away world.
"No need to be so scared." chuckled the tall platinum-haired young man." We're not here to kill anyone-"
His sentence was then continued a little unerringly by the third member of the Elders." In fact, we are here to retrieve a certain individual who we've heard has been causing the lot of you an unusually significant amount of work-related stress." The individual who had spoken possessed the most intimidating pair of amber colored eyes Treize had ever seen in his so very long life. He had seen, in the span of his long life, the two Elders who were entwined together but the third had always declined his invitations preferring to remain unknown to all in the Universal Alliance Members.
"Individual?" The Elder vampire stressed as he cocked one particularly long and jaded eyebrow at the statement.
He was answered with an enthusiastic "Exactly!" by the chestnut haired young Elder, arms still impeccably around the other Elder's waist.
This train of thought was continued by the one he had known was called Jonathan who was the self same captive in the arms of the young Elder who was the self proclaimed Kaizer." I fear he is beyond even you vampires." He mourned." He is a little too insane, powerful even and we've figured out that he has a new type of magic even we Elders find…"
"Intimidating." The amber eyed Elder finished as he took a seat in front of Treize his body sliding into the seat with as much grace as flowing mercury. This was the first time the Elder vampire saw the most mysterious of the Three Elders. The one they called the Dual Faced Assassin.
Mahogany colored hair flowed down lean black leather clad muscles. Amber eyes incased within a piercing sloe eyed gaze that seemed to penetrate the very core of Treize's being. The young man in front of him couldn't be smaller than five feet eleven or taller than six foot one. His overall look clearly indicated his mixed background of Old Earth Eastern and Western blood. He probably was the son of taboo and the aura of danger and sadness around him only seemed to support the implication. The hardness of his face and the coldness in his eyes seemed even to rival those of a certain cobalt-eyed Vampire by the name of Wing.
"I know you have sent two of your best…" The Elder looked up and faced Treize with what could be a sorrowful look in his hardened gaze." It is sad to say that we, being the Elders, cannot directly involve ourselves in this problem. We just hope that with a little of our help, they, your best, will be able to detain the wild individual we have spoken about. This task, as depressing as I can admit, will not be easy for you, your planet, or your agents."
"What do you mean when you say help?" The ginger haired vampire asked relaxing a bit in his seat although a little apprehension still itched at the back of his mind.
The mahogany haired Elder sighed." Just a few advices scattered during the investigation-if ever they ask…" He looked up and smiled at Treize. The Elder vampire sadly noted that the action seemed pained and the smile too tight. Long life must not agree with this Elder, the ginger haired man thought to himself absently before replying.
"I see." The Vampire Elder nodded." Is there any information that you would like me to pass on to them?"
"Merely that the individual they seek is less than what they think and more than they can see."
Note-sies: Um…* whacks herself * I have this bad habit of inserting OC's. * sigh * Oh well. ^.^ Hope this chapter wasn't as bad as I think it was…*sweatdrop* Any comments anyone? Suggestions? Violent reactions? * grins * Anyone wanna volunteer for spelling and grammar checking this fic? ^.^ * bops herself * Yup, I know I'm a lazy bum! Oh and about the Oc's…if your interested just ask me and I'll explain them to you. You'll find out that I've been inserting them into all my fics lately…* whaps herself some more * A very bad habit I've picked up which will hopefully go away soon…* scratches back of head sheepishly *
Chapter Three
FalconIce
The hospital hallways were full as always. It seemed to Heero that more and more beings died everyday. Paria, the once isolated planet, was now one of the major trading ports in Sector 69A22. The planet was no longer the sole property of humans, vampires, or hunters.
Funny in how just a few dozen years a whole planet evolved so far from its origins. The steely-eyed vampire sighed and began to walk past a dozen and more residents running around in their own rushed business.
Several cots were laid in the hallways in case there might be an overflow of patients that night. To his right, Heero saw the familiar orange form of an Aurus, a creature that lived in the heavily volcanic planet of Rigara and closely resembled that of a flame colored humanoid vine. It was clearly shivering and moaning miserably in the small bedding that it was assigned to. So, without even really thinking about it, he slowly drew closer to the suffering creature and held out a hand.
Beady black eyes turned to him and a shaking vine-y hand reached out to him in a desperate plea. Cobalt blue eyes blazed all of a sudden and the unfortunate Rigarian was suddenly engulfed in a cocoon of flame and heat. It let out a shudder of relief before collapsing unto its pallet caught in the arms of sleep as the Fire magic worked its effects.
The reason as to why he did it did not come to Heero. It still didn't come until a familiar voice bellowed from the hallway he had just been. Steely eyes blinked and turned to look at the somewhat comical form of a bouncing hunter trilling in a hearty song heading straight towards him.
"Duo." He stated and narrowed eyes at the obvious fool that was coming. The violet-eyed Hunter merely grinned at him and looked down with surprise and the snoozing form of the Aurus beside Heero.
Good-naturedly, the braided Gamishin gave him a slap in the back and congratulating him on a job well done." Didn't know you had it in you Hee-chan!" He cheered and grinned widely before continuing on his merry way down the corridor and singing a new hit song.
The vampire could only blink and slowly, and not a little bit shame-faced, followed the receding figure. The act had suddenly come on him; it was as if something else had controlled him in that tiny interim. Sudden as it was, it gave him a chill.
His emotions were getting the best of him…he must not let such things occur again.
Duo sighed and placed his hands deep into his pockets. Well, he tried to anyway but the tight leather encasing the lower part of his body did its best to resist the efforts and the braided Gamishin had to settle for resting the forelimbs of his body against his too-curved hips for a guy.
This was one of the odder qualities of the Gamishin Hunters. They were, for the better word, strangely androgynous. Sad to say, this didn't help their already questionable reputations. Duo sighed again and kicked a pebble that had its misfortune to end up in front of him. The vampire, Wing, was still behind him.
Oh, he sure was silent enough but being a Hunter; a very good one in fact, gave him the advantage of being able to sense the presence of the Vampire anywhere while being hidden from the aforementioned blood drinker. And that, Duo thought, was one of the many reasons why the vampires, and not only Heero himself, found the presence of Hunters quite disturbing.
Just as he was thinking so, he himself was suddenly disturbed from his very own thoughts as he, not too subtly; found himself on the concrete hard floor.
"Nanda?" He exclaimed and looked up to see and hopefully investigate the cause of his not so comfortable situation.
"Don't move." The familiar nasal voice of Wing floated to his ears and Duo froze in mid-movement. They'd been only partners for an hour or two and they'd already spiced up both their lives a little too much to their liking.
The violet-eyed Hunter heard the safety of Wing's gun come off and he knew that whoever had bumped him was no ordinary mortal…or even immortal.
A suave voice soon appeared to answer the Vampire's actions." The Great Wing and the all too famous Shinigami; how fortunate of me to have met both in such a time and place." The tone didn't so much as imply rudeness but seemed to actually tease the two young men it was directed at.
Violet eyes soon looked up and saw the face of the aggressor. Amazing blue eyes peeked out from underneath long platinum tresses and Duo could see that the stranger had extended a smooth and creamy hand to help him up-if he ever needed one that is.
Nice kissable red lips tightened into a grin as blue eyes twinkled good humouredly towards him." Need a hand up young one?" The same smooth pitch remarked.
Blushing a little, Duo grabbed the hand and pushed himself up. The stranger merely grinned at him in amusement. He then bowed to both young men as soon as Duo had gotten back his composure and a little pride.
"I am Jonathan Vemille." He introduced and stood erect once more, grin still in place on his nicely sculpted features." I am a universal psychic visiting from Earth."
Duo gasped and even Heero's eyes widened. There were only a handful of Universal psychics and those few who actually had the gift were more or less borderline insane form the mental overload for these types possessed every single mental gift that even had the possibility of existing. The individuals were often very silent and strong willed and it seemed that this Jonathan character was a fine example. " You-you're WHAT-out here and actually sane enough to talk!?" The braided Gamishin stuttered while gazing wide eyed with awe at the young man before them.
The platinum-haired man simply grinned and replied with as much humility as a nun," I'm the first and oldest. So it goes to show that I'm much more in control than those stupid idiots…" It probably wasn't just Duo's imagination that there was just a bit too much venom and acid implied in that tone.
Before any more comments could be flung, another personality stepped into the limelight of the street. Chestnut brown hair sparkled a little gold under the sorry luminescence of the street light and a somewhat short young man wrapped his arms around the waist of the tall pale psychic.
Storm gray eyes landed on the two surprised young man," If you two don't mind I'll be taking his royal highness to more important business elsewhere…" The tenor of his voice almost seemed to purr as the young man settled his head against the side of the platinum haired man.
"Well, I guess I must go." Jonathan bowed once again and smiled before holding out what could only be called, a business card." If you ever need a Universal Psychic, a really powerful Nature Mage or a unique Assassin with a dual personality who's probably the best in the entire known universe-don't hesitate to call!" He called out or more likely shouted as the young man dragged him away. If it wasn't as weird as it was funny, Duo would by now, be laughing his guts off. But in this case, he just settled for a small chuckle.
He disrupted from his reverie as Heero took the opportunity to comment on the strange encounter." I didn't know the three elders were on planet." The not too tall vampire shrugged his lean shoulders and withdrew his weapon.
"The whatsis?" Duo questioned and followed after the already parting back of the vampire.
Heero snorted in annoyance." Don't you know anything?" He eyed the braided Gamishin contemptuously. Duo shook his head no, eyes wide and mouth in a grin.
The vampire sighed and resisted the urge to slap his forehead in exasperation." The Elders were the first three powers of life that were discovered in the universe. Since then, a few more were uprooted from planets both known widely and planets anyone hardly knew about." Heero raised a hand to stop the question just about to spout from the mouth of the hyperactive hunter." I know that you know next to nothing to what I am talking about." He glared at Duo making the victim of the gaze wince." So I will take extra pains to explain it to you." The vampire took a deep breath before launching into a lengthy explanation about the Three Elders." These beings are the hands of fate. They have the ability to see what has to be done and they manipulate the universe around them to accomplish what is needed for the task. They too are the very receptacles of energy from which life first sprung. So powerful are they that even a tiny wave of their energy can destroy an entire galaxy. They are few in existence and until now, only a handful has ever been found and of that handful, the Three Elders are the most powerful. They have existed since the beginning of Mother Earth, the original planet of the Homo Sapiens and have been known to manipulate the threads of fate so far as to actually change the whole course of history of an entire confederacy of galaxies."
Duo oohed and aahed to several items Heero had mentioned but it was clear to the violet eyed young teen that the vampire was clearly ignoring him.
"Their presence here on Paria can only say something-" The teen bodied vampire was disturbed from his speech.
"Then they appeared to us of all people!" Duo enthused almost bouncing giddily in place. Heero sighed again.
"Hai. You are right. It only means that the case we're working on has more weight than others we have ever worked on as individuals that is."
Violet eyes twinkled in the dim light." This is so gonna be GREAT!" It was then, for the second time that night, that Duo found himself butt first on a cold hard concrete road as a figure bumped pass him." MEEP!"
Amber eyes glinted and suddenly the figure sped away without an apology to the direction the two people earlier had gone to. Duo figured that he had been the last member of the three Elders.
"What is with these old fogies and pushing me around anyway?!" Duo screamed more than a little annoyed.
"They know a fool when they see one." Heero commented stoically and hid the business card he had gotten from Jonathan in the same mysterious space place that he hid his gun. "We should be on our way. We have wasted enough time as it is…" Just like a dozen times earlier that night, Heero started to walk away and leave an annoyed, exasperated, and pouting Duo behind.
"This is just not fair I tell you!" The braided boy screamed and jumped up to chase his slowly fading away partner." -just not fucking fair!!!"
The presence of the Three Elders was definitely an unexpected bonus to the Oldest Vampire in Paria. Having all three in the same room was more than a little intimidating even for Treize.
"Good to see that you're still looking well Crimson." The young man with his arms around a taller and platinum-haired man commented a little dryly.
Treize smiled and hid his shaking hands below the desk in front of him." Nice to see you as well Kaizer." The Elder vampire hoped his tone didn't shake as much as he perceived it. The visit of all Three Elders shook him more than he would have liked. Fate surely hung in a precarious position to have their presence in such an unknown and far away world.
"No need to be so scared." chuckled the tall platinum-haired young man." We're not here to kill anyone-"
His sentence was then continued a little unerringly by the third member of the Elders." In fact, we are here to retrieve a certain individual who we've heard has been causing the lot of you an unusually significant amount of work-related stress." The individual who had spoken possessed the most intimidating pair of amber colored eyes Treize had ever seen in his so very long life. He had seen, in the span of his long life, the two Elders who were entwined together but the third had always declined his invitations preferring to remain unknown to all in the Universal Alliance Members.
"Individual?" The Elder vampire stressed as he cocked one particularly long and jaded eyebrow at the statement.
He was answered with an enthusiastic "Exactly!" by the chestnut haired young Elder, arms still impeccably around the other Elder's waist.
This train of thought was continued by the one he had known was called Jonathan who was the self same captive in the arms of the young Elder who was the self proclaimed Kaizer." I fear he is beyond even you vampires." He mourned." He is a little too insane, powerful even and we've figured out that he has a new type of magic even we Elders find…"
"Intimidating." The amber eyed Elder finished as he took a seat in front of Treize his body sliding into the seat with as much grace as flowing mercury. This was the first time the Elder vampire saw the most mysterious of the Three Elders. The one they called the Dual Faced Assassin.
Mahogany colored hair flowed down lean black leather clad muscles. Amber eyes incased within a piercing sloe eyed gaze that seemed to penetrate the very core of Treize's being. The young man in front of him couldn't be smaller than five feet eleven or taller than six foot one. His overall look clearly indicated his mixed background of Old Earth Eastern and Western blood. He probably was the son of taboo and the aura of danger and sadness around him only seemed to support the implication. The hardness of his face and the coldness in his eyes seemed even to rival those of a certain cobalt-eyed Vampire by the name of Wing.
"I know you have sent two of your best…" The Elder looked up and faced Treize with what could be a sorrowful look in his hardened gaze." It is sad to say that we, being the Elders, cannot directly involve ourselves in this problem. We just hope that with a little of our help, they, your best, will be able to detain the wild individual we have spoken about. This task, as depressing as I can admit, will not be easy for you, your planet, or your agents."
"What do you mean when you say help?" The ginger haired vampire asked relaxing a bit in his seat although a little apprehension still itched at the back of his mind.
The mahogany haired Elder sighed." Just a few advices scattered during the investigation-if ever they ask…" He looked up and smiled at Treize. The Elder vampire sadly noted that the action seemed pained and the smile too tight. Long life must not agree with this Elder, the ginger haired man thought to himself absently before replying.
"I see." The Vampire Elder nodded." Is there any information that you would like me to pass on to them?"
"Merely that the individual they seek is less than what they think and more than they can see."
Note-sies: Um…* whacks herself * I have this bad habit of inserting OC's. * sigh * Oh well. ^.^ Hope this chapter wasn't as bad as I think it was…*sweatdrop* Any comments anyone? Suggestions? Violent reactions? * grins * Anyone wanna volunteer for spelling and grammar checking this fic? ^.^ * bops herself * Yup, I know I'm a lazy bum! Oh and about the Oc's…if your interested just ask me and I'll explain them to you. You'll find out that I've been inserting them into all my fics lately…* whaps herself some more * A very bad habit I've picked up which will hopefully go away soon…* scratches back of head sheepishly *