Title : Love Replica CH. 12
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Pairings : 1+2+1 (For now, other parings later on in the story)
Rating : PG-13?
Warning : shonen ai, OCC, humor? (no clue if any jokes of mine are funny), mild, very mild angst
Disclamier: Don't own Gundam wing, don't own the boys, just using them for fun of it and out of bordom. But I do own this story. Any similarties to real life people or to another story it is just a similarity.
Notes: 5th attempt at a fic. Hope people like it. Others are not posted because they aren't andy good. Enjoy! ^_^!
//When you see these slashes it indicates characters thoughts.//
Chapter 2
It was well after school and only a few people were still left on campus. It was getting dark and even most of the clubs/sports have called it the night, except the gymnastics team, or rather only two of the gymnasts. Relena and Duo were practicing almost non stop for several hours on their rutines daily so that it would be flawless at the competition next week.
Even though they where the quater finals they had to work hard. This competition ment everything to them. If they qualified through the final round it would mean a trip to Germany to the Olympics for the following year. Heero, their coach & teacher knew they would be ones to make it, but only if they poured blood and sweat into it until the final day of the competition. Both had talent, both had passion and ambition to be the best. He was gonna make sure that they would achieve their dreams, hens explaining the late night practice.
"Do it again, your movements are to stiff. It needs to be more flowy and elegant like a water Lilly swaying in the water, dancing with the wind."
Duo looked over to the freestyle mast where Heero was correcting Relena's rutines as he himself swayed back and forth on the parallel bars. //Swaying like a water Lilly in the water and being less stiff. I didn't even thing that those words existed in his vocabulary.// Duo thought as he puzzled over those words.
"Keep at it Maxwell, how do you expect to win if you keep getting distracted so easily." His coach said with out turning around to look at him.
"H-Hai!" Duo Replied nervously. //What is this guy? Does he have eyes on the back of his head or what? Then again, maybe he can read people's minds.// With that He almost lost his grip and balance while performing one of his rutines. // If he can read minds he can read this and also the previous thoughts running through...// He blushed furiously while being in a handstand form on the bars. His concentration went as well as the bars that he held onto a moment ago, crashing his head against one of the bars knocking him uncontious as he went down.
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//Dark, it's so Dark. Where am I? I'm scared...//
Everything was black and blank. There seemed to be no floor, no ceiling and every direction seemed to run forever with no ending point and no destination. And yet, there was a little boy in the mid of it all, sitting there hugging his knees close to his small chest as his head rested upon his knees while he cried the tears of fear, sadness and confusion. //I'm along again. I'm so scarred. I don't want to be alone in the dark...//
Suddenly there was a burst of light in front of him. Violet eyes looked up to a sillouet of a man who stood in front of it and him. Two beautiful white feathered wings came from his back, seemed to be glowing with the light behind it. The boy was almost blinded by the sight yet somehow his tears had stopped falling and his heart didn't feel alone anymore, nor scared. The man stopped in front of him and kneeled down on one knee before the small child. He smiled at him, showing that he was no threat to him just like his heart had sung. The angel slowly put out his hand for the child to take it. The boy hesitated for a moment then placed his small hand into the large one. His whole body started to tingle as he got the feeling that everything was going to be all right. Now he wanted to cry, not out of pain but out of joy. Everything went a blinding white.
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Duo slowly opened his eyes, flinching as the light hit them. He blinked a couple of times, trying to get the stinging and burning out of them. Then he saw a shadow above him trying to say something to him but his head was ringing so bad he couldn't hear or see what was trying to speak to him and in what language. A bright light stood behind the persons blackened, shadowy face making him look like an Angel, his angel from before.
"Te-Ten-Tenshi..." his voice very shaken. His angel moved his head to the side and seemed to talk to someone else for a moment. Soon he felt being lifted up very gently and then being carried off to some place. But Duo didn't care, he was with his Angel, his very own Angel and nothing else mattered. He slowly closed his eyes but as soon as he did so he was 'ruddily' disturbed by someone putting a cold cloth over his forehead. He groaned softly in his protest but then his angel shook his head in a no motion like he didn't want him to protest at all.
Duo wondered why he wasn't aloud to finally rest. He was dead wasn't he? Why couldn't he rest? He was in Heaven wasn't he? Yes, this must be Heaven. If it wasn't then this version Hell is something he could get used to. Besides, when was the rest in peace part to come? He didn't care much as long as he was with him. He smiled and snuggled closer to the warm body of the 'angel'. He ignored the headache knowing that in time with his angel it will just go away. He just hoped that the angel wouldn't go with it. With the fear of loosing him he held on tighter to the loose shirt that his angel was wearing.
He was frightened. "Please don't leave me..." he bearly managed to say. His angel stopped moving and seemed to look down curiously then nodded lightly and said something that sounded like, "No little one, I won't leave you..." With that Duo's fear declined as a small smile creaped up onto his face.
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Relena had witnessed the entire incident. She had screeched as she had seen Duo take fall and hit his head against one of the bars. Now she silently stood next to him as her sensei checked over him. He had a small wound where his head had collided with the wooden bar. When he had awoken, his eyes seemed to be looking past their coach like he couldn't see him or get his eyes focused. Both of them were worried that he might have some permanent damage but they couldn't know for sure.
When her sensei picked him up, Duo seemed to be very content, like he belonged there. A strip of jealousy hit her but then again it wasn't Duo's nor Sensei's fault. Duo seemed to be in his world, not knowing what is really going on around him. //If only he had put a little more concentration into what he was doing, this might have not happened.// She sighed. It was her job now to keep Duo awake. If he did have a concussion, which is most likely that he had, he wasn't allowed to fall asleep until it faded away.
As they had reached Mr. Yuy's car her friend seemed to have said something to him but she couldn't hear it well nor could she understand the slurry words coming out of his words. Then their coach had replied something in return but she couldn't understand it either. She thought it was best not to ask.
Heero motioned her to get the car keys out of his Jacket pocket. She opened the front passenger door first and held it open as he settled Duo in, buckling him up and all. Relena sat in the back as Her teacher started the car driving them to the hospital.
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Heero could only blame himself for what had happened. He was responsible for what had happened to one of his students, because he didn't pay enough attention to both of them. He should have also faced Duo while he was talking to Relena, he might have noticed what had happened and then prevented it from happening if he just saw it on time. All these thoughts were flowing through Heero's mind as he drove to the Hospital. He now kept an eye on the road as well as one on Duo at the same time, with the help of Relena. Every minute or two, she would reach over and shake Duo's shoulder until he made some guesture that he was awake.
He thanked the lords above that he had brought his car today. Other whise they would have had to rely on the Hospital's ambulance. With Japans traffic records it would be a rather bad thing. He knew this city like the back of his pockets, since he had been born and bread in the same city. Thanks to that he maneuvered through the streets of Tokyo with ease, taking some short cuts as he drove to the hospital.
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They reached the hospital 15 minutes later. As soon as Heero parked the car Relena got quickly out and went to the front to check Duo's condition.
"Duo, can you hear or see me?" Relena looked at him worringly, bud Duo just stared blankly past her. She looked up at Heero who stood now next to her. "No good, his condition hasn't changed."
Heero just nodded at her, "I'll take him in and you lock up." He leaned in unbuckling his student and picking him up again with one arm under the small of his back and one under his knees, taking him gently to the front doors of the hospital.
Once again Duo's innocence was excused since once again he seemed to be content in his arms and had called Heero his angel again. //He must be delusional again. Why else would he call me an angel?// Heero thought as he carried Duo into the hospital.
As soon as he carried Duo into the hospital, the boy was taken from him and put onto a streacher. the younger boy seemed very distressed as he was taken away quickly by a bunch of doctors and nurses. Heero actually some emotion as his eyes saddened as he let the young teen go.
At the same time, Relena stepped through the glass sliding doors of the hospital. "How is he?" She asked with a concerned voice.
"They just taking him away for examination. Why don't you go call your parents. They'll be worried why you weren't there to be picked up. Here, you can call them with this." He fished a white/blue colored cell phone from his jacket and handed it to her. She took it and looked at it for a while then up at him again.
"I guess you are right. But what about Duo? I would like to stay--"
"There is no need for the both of us to lose sleep. Besides, you have school tomorrow and I'm used to not sleeping."
"I guess you are right. I still have homework to do. Besides, I need something else on me then a leotard, a zip up sweat shirt and a pair of cloth/rubber gymnastic slippers." She sighed as she remembered her condition.
"Do you perhaps know what Duo's home number is or where he lives?"
"No, I'm sorry but I have no clue Yuy-sensei. I don't think that anyone does at our school. From what I know, he is really popular, with both boys and the girls but when he was asked for his number he just crackled a grin and winkingly saying : 'Sore wa Himitsu desu'." [1]
Heero raised an eyebrow at her. She just flustered and quickly in defense, " I-I only know this because of what a friend of mine told me."
"Right... Any ways go make that call."
Relena just nodded and went off some were to talk in private.
While Relena made that call, a doctor approached him. He was a large black-bald-headed man who was at least 6 foot something. He stopped in front of him. He would have looked some what frightening if he didn't have a smile on his face. The men shook hands and exchanged a greeting and their names.
"How is he?"
"He seems to be fine now," The doctor looked over his papers attached on a clip board. "Even tough it seemed bad when it happened he only suffered a mild concussion which seemed to be impairing his vision and his ability to hear. Don't worry, he'll be fine. It's a good thing you kept him awake. Although he suffered a mild concussion if he had fallen asleep he might have drifted into a coma. We have him under control, he had seemed to be confused where he was at first so he had started to panic. Any ways, he is asleep right now and is currently being transferred to a resting room. He is out of any danger that might effect him. He should be up and around with in a couple of hours. Since tomorrow is Friday it would be for the best if he stayed in bed till Sunday. Have any of his relatives been contacted of this matter?"
"No, we didn't have the time to do so. I think I might have his number somewhere down in the car but if not we'll have to wait till Maxwell-san wakes up." The doctor nodded in agreement.
"Would you mind coming with me first? I have some papers that need to be filled out as soon as possible." Heero just nodded and followed Dr. O to where he was needed.
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Heero sad on a chair next to the bed that Duo slept in. They where in a single private room with walls whiter then he thought it was ever possible. There was a small TV in the right upper corner of the room mounted on the wall. Besides that there was little furniture but the bed, the chair and a small night table on the other side of the bed where there was a small reading lamp ontop of it. The room was small and crowdy looking. It's as if you stayed there too long they'd go nuts from being cooped up in it. Luckily there was a small window that lead to the outside world so it wasn't that bad. He felt sorry for Duo who would have to spend at least another day in here.
It was now 11:25pm. He was able to find Duo's phone number in the car yet when he called no one answered. He has called consecutive times since then each time leaving a brief message, yet he had no luck. Somehow Heero found it disturbing. //Does he live all alone in a place or are his folks out of town? Which ever it is, I hope he gets all right.// Something then tugged on his heart as he looked down at Duo who slept peacefully not disturbed by the bandage around his head.
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Time passed and Duo slowly woke up with a ringing headache. //Where the hell am I?// He wondered as he looked around the room. //Oh man, my head is killing me. What did I get hit by this time? A car? Truck or Train? Maybe I ran into something instead... Why can't I remember?// He cought something in the corner of his right eye. He slowly turned his head to the right to see what it was.
Duo got a hella shock of a surprise to find his teacher, Yuy-sensei, sitting there in a chair next to the bed. //Apparently he had fallen asleep while sitting there watching over me.// Duo blushed at that thought. //He stayed with me. He actually was worried enough to stay here to watch over me even though he must have had other, more important things to do.// Duo kept blushing. He could feel the heat rise up his neck to his cheeks, lowering his gaze in embarrassment.
He heard his teacher mumbled something in his sleep. Duo looked up to see if his teacher had awakened. What he saw caused him to blush even more then he already was, that is if it was even possible. //He looks so peaceful when he sleeps.// He thought with a gentle smiles on his face.
Heero's hard face, which was always stiff and stern, was now soft and gentle looking. On top of that he looked more like an innocent child then a the teacher and coach he has known. His lips where likely parted and Duo wondered what would it be like to be kissed by those soft looking lips. Quickly he ducked under the covers in embarrassment.
//Duo! Get a hold of yourself! Stop drooling over your teacher like he is an ice cream Sunday!// he panicked a little as another voice came into his mind answering that question. //Ummmm and ice cream Sunday, I like ice cream Sundays with lot's of chocolate syrup and whip cream.// An image of his sensei covered in chocolate syrup and whip cream while wearing the suit he was born in. //DUO!// The voice in his head yelled. //Get a bloody hold of yourself!//
Duo groaned out loud holding his aching head. The fight with between the guy on his right shoulder and the one on his left shoulder was making his head hurt, badly [2]. As he touched his head, he felt the bandages around it. The whole Sean of the practice flooded into his mind. //He must feel responcible for what had happened back there...// Duo thought as he turned his head and looked up at his coach from his covers. The full blush that was on his face faded to a small tint of pink on his cheeks.
The cobalt blue eyes opened slowly as if they knew that they where being looked upon, slowly moving to find the source of that feeling. Blue met violet, violet met blue, they held each other for a moment. Heero smiled at him which shocked the both of them. To Duo, because he never had seen his sensei smile, thus also making his mind race as he saw his sensei face look even more beautiful then he ever thought it could be. To Heero, because he never had smiled once since that accident had took his life, or the life as he had it known to be.
"You are finally awake. How are ya feeling?" he asked the boy who laid in bed.
"Like I feel 100,000 km [3] with out a parachute." Duo responded in a complaining tone of voice, yet trying to make a joke out of it at the same time.
Heero Chuckled at his student, " That's to be expected. You took a nasty fall and hit that head of yours pretty hard against the wooden bar."
"Well then I guess that in a battle between my head and a pole made of wood, the wood wins surprisingly." Both looked at each other at that moment the laughed.
//He's laughing. He is actually laughing!// Duo felt his heart flutter away. //I hope his hear feels like mine, even for a short moment.// Duo smiled at him all innocent looking.
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"Don't blame yourself for what had happened Yuy-sensei." Heero heard those words out of the blue from Duo which made his laugh and smile fade. He just looked at the boy before him who was now sitting up with his hands folded in his lap and looking down.
Duo was dressed in a white hospital gown with groups of four small blue squares group together prints everywhere. His braid was still intact yet it was a mess with loose strands hanging out everywhere and around Duo's heart shaped face. To Heero, the boy before him before him looked even more beautiful, that is if it was even possible, then when he was before. He felt a tug on his heart, especially when those violet eyes looked back up at him with a sad expression.
"Please don't blame yourself for something you aren't fault at. I know you probably think that it's your fault because you couldn't pay attention to Relena and me at the same time. But that isn't true at all. You where watching me, remember, you told me to concentrate more on myself then my surroundings. But I didn't... I was doing dangerous moves while my mind was somewhere else. So, this would have happened even if you where paying more attention with your eyes. It was my carelessness so please, don't blame yourself for this Yuy-sensei." Duo looked at him pleadingly while his violet eyes stared at him vividly full of sadness. The more he got lost in them, the more his heart tugged towards the boy.
As Heero slowly stood up, Duo got worried that his sensei was mad at him. But he got a kick of a surprise when his hair just got ruffled and saw his sensei smile at him, "All right, you won. I won't blame this incident on me, entirely. You have to work on not getting your head out of the clouds when you are training or completing. Other whise you may get hurt even worse. Right now you are just suffering a gash on your thick skull and a minor concussion. What if you had broken a limb. You know you couldn't compete in the up coming competition. Hell, you might have even gotten paralyzed..." The last words trailing off as he sat down again. Duo looked down in shame thinking over what his sensei had said to him.
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As time passed Duo looked up to see Heero had his hands over his face resting his elbows on his knees for support. As he quietly sat there Duo got worried and reached over touching his shoulder gently. Heero's head jerked up frightening Duo, making jump back so much that he almost fell of the back of the bed. Duo was about to complain as usual and start cracking jokes about Heero when he saw his sensei's face wet with tears.
He slowly crawled over to the other side of the bed, and stood up hugging his sensei. Heero got a shock from this but he leaned into the comforting and warm embrace of Duo. They stayed like that for a while with Heero's head against his chest as he soothingly ran his hands through Heero's hair. Time passed as Heero calmed Down tot he point where no unwilling tears shed.
"You've been suppressing this for too long Yuy-sensei. Maybe it's time you should talk about it to someone so this wouldn't happen in public or in a place of less convenience." He slowly let him go and sat down on the edge of the bed looking up at him with a gentle smile.
"I may be a goof sometimes and may talk a lot, but I'm a very good listener too. I promise that if you find me squealing this to anyone you may come after me with a handgun yelling out 'Omaeo Korosu.'"
His sensei smiled a little and he smiled back, as he felt his heart flutter at the sight before him.
"Under one condition Mr. Maxwell." He stated
"Hai."
"No more Yuy-san or Mr. Yuy, or Yuy-sensei out side of school. I'm only 4-5 years older then you and that stuff makes me feel like an old man. So please, none of it around me unless it's on school property."
"All right," He smiled at his sensei, "Only if you call me Duo." Heero nodded.
Duo watched him as Heero gathered his thoughts and emotions. Heero pulled up the chair and sat down on it.
"It was 4 years ago when I was a Junior at Collage." he began.
"You where a collage student at that young age?" Duo was amazed, his face showing it too.
"Well, yes, I read a lot when I was a little kid. I was a solitary person."
"I'm not surprised." Duo chuckled.
Heero raised his right eyebrow. "Do you want me to continue or not?"
"Hai Hai!" Duo set up straight crossing his legs Indian style with the blanket over his lap.
Heero smiles at the efforts his new friend made.
"Any ways, as I was saying. When I was a Junior in collage I was on the men Gymnastics team and had been on one ever since I was little. My mother was a gymnast and she had passed it onto me since I was her only child." Heero smiled in remembrance. "Those where the good years. You know when I was 18 I had gain a good reputation and was quite popular. I even got to go to World that year..." His voice trailed off.
Duo remembered a while ago that his sensei was known as Blue Boy Wings. When ever he performed, not only with his body but with his eyes as well. They always mad an great impact, those cobalt blues. //His features had changed since back then, even if it was only 4 years. The shine in his eyes have left and where filled with sadness. His face muscles where a lot tighterthen before. Well except when he smiles. He used to smile a lot more too. What really happened to him?// Duo wonderd.
"It was two days before the competition, it was going to take place here in Kyoto. My parents and I decided to take a day off from everything and we drove to Mt. Fuji for a picnic. It was a lovely day, not a cloud in sight.
On our way back, the weather suddenly had turned ugly. It was raining hard and you could bearly see anything in front of you. It didn't help that it was night time and that we had run off the main road not knowing for sure where we where going."
He looked down hiding if face from Duo. For once in his life he was glad to have gotten his fathers hair. The unruly mess of shortish hair helped him hide his face.
But this didn't fool Duo One bit. He had a good guess what had happened next and could tell that it was almost to painful to talk about it. But he kept quite for Heero's sake. //He needed to let it out. May be then his soul he won't be eaten anymore.// He though as he waited for Heero to gather his emotions again.
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Gathering his emotions was the hardest thing for Heero to do. It had taken him years to become this stone faced and to seem as an non-emotional person. He didn't think he could ever feel again. Now his feeling where over flowing. He couldn't keep them at bay, nor did he want to hold them back. Something about Duo's presents was soothing and comforting. Even when he was the goof ball during class. He smiled lightly in remembrance when Duo first came into the class. Two days later during his class he had called on him to answer his question. But apparently he was asleep and he threw a piece of chalk at the boys head. Duo woke up immediately but raised his right fist up high and sang out: Sitting on a dead man's chest! Yohoho and a bottle of rum! (Special tea ^_^;;). then slumped back down onto the desk and snored loudly. The entire class roared with laughter, even he himself fought hard not to smile and let out a chuckle.
The Hoshi no Kokoro Academy [4] is a school of excellence, there are no class clowns of what ever sort. If you where in sports you'd have to have your grades up to at least 80% or you wouldn't be able to participate in their activities. That was that, and there where no exceptions. It seemed that Duo was and exception, he didn't know why but the kid was almost as good a he was and probably better then half the staff. The kid acted like a total goof but why, he wondered.
Heroe's concentration broke when he felt a soft touch on his right shoulder. He slowly looked up to see Duo's face looking down at him whose eyes where full of sadness, hope and understanding. Duo slowly moved to him and wrapped his arms around Heero's shoulders pressing His head against his lower chest, cradling him, holding him close.
"Go a head and cry." Duo's gentle voice quivered lightly, giving him a hug. "A good cry is a long time over due."
Something inside Heero final snapped. Tears started to flow once more down his cheeks as his memories and emotions over flew. Shakingly he moved his arms up and wrapped them around the smaller boy's frame. He nuzzled his chest uncontiously breathing in they boys soothing sent and began crying out all the years of pain and suffering that had builded up over the years since the accident. He was surprised yet relieved that the boy before him brought them back out of him. Heero couldn't be happier.
Chapter 2 end.
Authors note:
[1] A famous Xelos' line from the Slayers series. Sore wa himitsu desu means: It's a secret.
[2] You see this often in old fashion cartoons. your cautions. the devil self and angel self.
[3] 100,000km - is about 61,728.40 miles.
[4] Hoshi no Kokoro Academy - Heart of Star Academy
So what you do think? Is it something worth continuing? Sorry it took so long to get this out. My last month of High school was hell and the first month of break was hell too. I bearly get out of school that my parents pile me up with millions of chores. Somehow the writing pixy doesn't come to me as often as it did while I was in school. I hope that I will at least get one more chapter out before I got back to school again in September. I know that seems a long way a head but I first write my stories up by hand in a little folder I have created then I type them up, correcting along the way so you readers can have it in the best quality I can give ne. ^_^v! Oh good news for shonen-ai fans (like you wouldn't be a fan if you didn't read my junk). I've heard Gravitation has been bought by an American company. What is Gravitation you ask? It's a nifty little shonen-ai series that consist of 13 eps and 2 OVA's so far. It's about this boy named Shuichi who wants to live up to his idol band "Nittle-Grasper". In it there is a similar relation ship that our awful cheerful (not that we don't like that) Duo has when he tries to be with his Heero in the Fan-fic world. There is a Quatre look alike in it as well (his voice is done by the same person as Quatre too. This is a treat for all the Quatre fans out there). It's quite cute and the main character is voiced by Tomukazu Seki (Is that how you spell his name?), the voice of Chichiri of Fushigi Yugi, Ken form Weiß Kreuz and many more. Check it out, it's a must see! You can probably also order it fansubbed some where.
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Feedback : Yes please.
Pairings : 1+2+1 (For now, other parings later on in the story)
Rating : PG-13?
Warning : shonen ai, OCC, humor? (no clue if any jokes of mine are funny), mild, very mild angst
Disclamier: Don't own Gundam wing, don't own the boys, just using them for fun of it and out of bordom. But I do own this story. Any similarties to real life people or to another story it is just a similarity.
Notes: 5th attempt at a fic. Hope people like it. Others are not posted because they aren't andy good. Enjoy! ^_^!
//When you see these slashes it indicates characters thoughts.//
Chapter 2
It was well after school and only a few people were still left on campus. It was getting dark and even most of the clubs/sports have called it the night, except the gymnastics team, or rather only two of the gymnasts. Relena and Duo were practicing almost non stop for several hours on their rutines daily so that it would be flawless at the competition next week.
Even though they where the quater finals they had to work hard. This competition ment everything to them. If they qualified through the final round it would mean a trip to Germany to the Olympics for the following year. Heero, their coach & teacher knew they would be ones to make it, but only if they poured blood and sweat into it until the final day of the competition. Both had talent, both had passion and ambition to be the best. He was gonna make sure that they would achieve their dreams, hens explaining the late night practice.
"Do it again, your movements are to stiff. It needs to be more flowy and elegant like a water Lilly swaying in the water, dancing with the wind."
Duo looked over to the freestyle mast where Heero was correcting Relena's rutines as he himself swayed back and forth on the parallel bars. //Swaying like a water Lilly in the water and being less stiff. I didn't even thing that those words existed in his vocabulary.// Duo thought as he puzzled over those words.
"Keep at it Maxwell, how do you expect to win if you keep getting distracted so easily." His coach said with out turning around to look at him.
"H-Hai!" Duo Replied nervously. //What is this guy? Does he have eyes on the back of his head or what? Then again, maybe he can read people's minds.// With that He almost lost his grip and balance while performing one of his rutines. // If he can read minds he can read this and also the previous thoughts running through...// He blushed furiously while being in a handstand form on the bars. His concentration went as well as the bars that he held onto a moment ago, crashing his head against one of the bars knocking him uncontious as he went down.
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//Dark, it's so Dark. Where am I? I'm scared...//
Everything was black and blank. There seemed to be no floor, no ceiling and every direction seemed to run forever with no ending point and no destination. And yet, there was a little boy in the mid of it all, sitting there hugging his knees close to his small chest as his head rested upon his knees while he cried the tears of fear, sadness and confusion. //I'm along again. I'm so scarred. I don't want to be alone in the dark...//
Suddenly there was a burst of light in front of him. Violet eyes looked up to a sillouet of a man who stood in front of it and him. Two beautiful white feathered wings came from his back, seemed to be glowing with the light behind it. The boy was almost blinded by the sight yet somehow his tears had stopped falling and his heart didn't feel alone anymore, nor scared. The man stopped in front of him and kneeled down on one knee before the small child. He smiled at him, showing that he was no threat to him just like his heart had sung. The angel slowly put out his hand for the child to take it. The boy hesitated for a moment then placed his small hand into the large one. His whole body started to tingle as he got the feeling that everything was going to be all right. Now he wanted to cry, not out of pain but out of joy. Everything went a blinding white.
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Duo slowly opened his eyes, flinching as the light hit them. He blinked a couple of times, trying to get the stinging and burning out of them. Then he saw a shadow above him trying to say something to him but his head was ringing so bad he couldn't hear or see what was trying to speak to him and in what language. A bright light stood behind the persons blackened, shadowy face making him look like an Angel, his angel from before.
"Te-Ten-Tenshi..." his voice very shaken. His angel moved his head to the side and seemed to talk to someone else for a moment. Soon he felt being lifted up very gently and then being carried off to some place. But Duo didn't care, he was with his Angel, his very own Angel and nothing else mattered. He slowly closed his eyes but as soon as he did so he was 'ruddily' disturbed by someone putting a cold cloth over his forehead. He groaned softly in his protest but then his angel shook his head in a no motion like he didn't want him to protest at all.
Duo wondered why he wasn't aloud to finally rest. He was dead wasn't he? Why couldn't he rest? He was in Heaven wasn't he? Yes, this must be Heaven. If it wasn't then this version Hell is something he could get used to. Besides, when was the rest in peace part to come? He didn't care much as long as he was with him. He smiled and snuggled closer to the warm body of the 'angel'. He ignored the headache knowing that in time with his angel it will just go away. He just hoped that the angel wouldn't go with it. With the fear of loosing him he held on tighter to the loose shirt that his angel was wearing.
He was frightened. "Please don't leave me..." he bearly managed to say. His angel stopped moving and seemed to look down curiously then nodded lightly and said something that sounded like, "No little one, I won't leave you..." With that Duo's fear declined as a small smile creaped up onto his face.
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Relena had witnessed the entire incident. She had screeched as she had seen Duo take fall and hit his head against one of the bars. Now she silently stood next to him as her sensei checked over him. He had a small wound where his head had collided with the wooden bar. When he had awoken, his eyes seemed to be looking past their coach like he couldn't see him or get his eyes focused. Both of them were worried that he might have some permanent damage but they couldn't know for sure.
When her sensei picked him up, Duo seemed to be very content, like he belonged there. A strip of jealousy hit her but then again it wasn't Duo's nor Sensei's fault. Duo seemed to be in his world, not knowing what is really going on around him. //If only he had put a little more concentration into what he was doing, this might have not happened.// She sighed. It was her job now to keep Duo awake. If he did have a concussion, which is most likely that he had, he wasn't allowed to fall asleep until it faded away.
As they had reached Mr. Yuy's car her friend seemed to have said something to him but she couldn't hear it well nor could she understand the slurry words coming out of his words. Then their coach had replied something in return but she couldn't understand it either. She thought it was best not to ask.
Heero motioned her to get the car keys out of his Jacket pocket. She opened the front passenger door first and held it open as he settled Duo in, buckling him up and all. Relena sat in the back as Her teacher started the car driving them to the hospital.
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Heero could only blame himself for what had happened. He was responsible for what had happened to one of his students, because he didn't pay enough attention to both of them. He should have also faced Duo while he was talking to Relena, he might have noticed what had happened and then prevented it from happening if he just saw it on time. All these thoughts were flowing through Heero's mind as he drove to the Hospital. He now kept an eye on the road as well as one on Duo at the same time, with the help of Relena. Every minute or two, she would reach over and shake Duo's shoulder until he made some guesture that he was awake.
He thanked the lords above that he had brought his car today. Other whise they would have had to rely on the Hospital's ambulance. With Japans traffic records it would be a rather bad thing. He knew this city like the back of his pockets, since he had been born and bread in the same city. Thanks to that he maneuvered through the streets of Tokyo with ease, taking some short cuts as he drove to the hospital.
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They reached the hospital 15 minutes later. As soon as Heero parked the car Relena got quickly out and went to the front to check Duo's condition.
"Duo, can you hear or see me?" Relena looked at him worringly, bud Duo just stared blankly past her. She looked up at Heero who stood now next to her. "No good, his condition hasn't changed."
Heero just nodded at her, "I'll take him in and you lock up." He leaned in unbuckling his student and picking him up again with one arm under the small of his back and one under his knees, taking him gently to the front doors of the hospital.
Once again Duo's innocence was excused since once again he seemed to be content in his arms and had called Heero his angel again. //He must be delusional again. Why else would he call me an angel?// Heero thought as he carried Duo into the hospital.
As soon as he carried Duo into the hospital, the boy was taken from him and put onto a streacher. the younger boy seemed very distressed as he was taken away quickly by a bunch of doctors and nurses. Heero actually some emotion as his eyes saddened as he let the young teen go.
At the same time, Relena stepped through the glass sliding doors of the hospital. "How is he?" She asked with a concerned voice.
"They just taking him away for examination. Why don't you go call your parents. They'll be worried why you weren't there to be picked up. Here, you can call them with this." He fished a white/blue colored cell phone from his jacket and handed it to her. She took it and looked at it for a while then up at him again.
"I guess you are right. But what about Duo? I would like to stay--"
"There is no need for the both of us to lose sleep. Besides, you have school tomorrow and I'm used to not sleeping."
"I guess you are right. I still have homework to do. Besides, I need something else on me then a leotard, a zip up sweat shirt and a pair of cloth/rubber gymnastic slippers." She sighed as she remembered her condition.
"Do you perhaps know what Duo's home number is or where he lives?"
"No, I'm sorry but I have no clue Yuy-sensei. I don't think that anyone does at our school. From what I know, he is really popular, with both boys and the girls but when he was asked for his number he just crackled a grin and winkingly saying : 'Sore wa Himitsu desu'." [1]
Heero raised an eyebrow at her. She just flustered and quickly in defense, " I-I only know this because of what a friend of mine told me."
"Right... Any ways go make that call."
Relena just nodded and went off some were to talk in private.
While Relena made that call, a doctor approached him. He was a large black-bald-headed man who was at least 6 foot something. He stopped in front of him. He would have looked some what frightening if he didn't have a smile on his face. The men shook hands and exchanged a greeting and their names.
"How is he?"
"He seems to be fine now," The doctor looked over his papers attached on a clip board. "Even tough it seemed bad when it happened he only suffered a mild concussion which seemed to be impairing his vision and his ability to hear. Don't worry, he'll be fine. It's a good thing you kept him awake. Although he suffered a mild concussion if he had fallen asleep he might have drifted into a coma. We have him under control, he had seemed to be confused where he was at first so he had started to panic. Any ways, he is asleep right now and is currently being transferred to a resting room. He is out of any danger that might effect him. He should be up and around with in a couple of hours. Since tomorrow is Friday it would be for the best if he stayed in bed till Sunday. Have any of his relatives been contacted of this matter?"
"No, we didn't have the time to do so. I think I might have his number somewhere down in the car but if not we'll have to wait till Maxwell-san wakes up." The doctor nodded in agreement.
"Would you mind coming with me first? I have some papers that need to be filled out as soon as possible." Heero just nodded and followed Dr. O to where he was needed.
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Heero sad on a chair next to the bed that Duo slept in. They where in a single private room with walls whiter then he thought it was ever possible. There was a small TV in the right upper corner of the room mounted on the wall. Besides that there was little furniture but the bed, the chair and a small night table on the other side of the bed where there was a small reading lamp ontop of it. The room was small and crowdy looking. It's as if you stayed there too long they'd go nuts from being cooped up in it. Luckily there was a small window that lead to the outside world so it wasn't that bad. He felt sorry for Duo who would have to spend at least another day in here.
It was now 11:25pm. He was able to find Duo's phone number in the car yet when he called no one answered. He has called consecutive times since then each time leaving a brief message, yet he had no luck. Somehow Heero found it disturbing. //Does he live all alone in a place or are his folks out of town? Which ever it is, I hope he gets all right.// Something then tugged on his heart as he looked down at Duo who slept peacefully not disturbed by the bandage around his head.
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Time passed and Duo slowly woke up with a ringing headache. //Where the hell am I?// He wondered as he looked around the room. //Oh man, my head is killing me. What did I get hit by this time? A car? Truck or Train? Maybe I ran into something instead... Why can't I remember?// He cought something in the corner of his right eye. He slowly turned his head to the right to see what it was.
Duo got a hella shock of a surprise to find his teacher, Yuy-sensei, sitting there in a chair next to the bed. //Apparently he had fallen asleep while sitting there watching over me.// Duo blushed at that thought. //He stayed with me. He actually was worried enough to stay here to watch over me even though he must have had other, more important things to do.// Duo kept blushing. He could feel the heat rise up his neck to his cheeks, lowering his gaze in embarrassment.
He heard his teacher mumbled something in his sleep. Duo looked up to see if his teacher had awakened. What he saw caused him to blush even more then he already was, that is if it was even possible. //He looks so peaceful when he sleeps.// He thought with a gentle smiles on his face.
Heero's hard face, which was always stiff and stern, was now soft and gentle looking. On top of that he looked more like an innocent child then a the teacher and coach he has known. His lips where likely parted and Duo wondered what would it be like to be kissed by those soft looking lips. Quickly he ducked under the covers in embarrassment.
//Duo! Get a hold of yourself! Stop drooling over your teacher like he is an ice cream Sunday!// he panicked a little as another voice came into his mind answering that question. //Ummmm and ice cream Sunday, I like ice cream Sundays with lot's of chocolate syrup and whip cream.// An image of his sensei covered in chocolate syrup and whip cream while wearing the suit he was born in. //DUO!// The voice in his head yelled. //Get a bloody hold of yourself!//
Duo groaned out loud holding his aching head. The fight with between the guy on his right shoulder and the one on his left shoulder was making his head hurt, badly [2]. As he touched his head, he felt the bandages around it. The whole Sean of the practice flooded into his mind. //He must feel responcible for what had happened back there...// Duo thought as he turned his head and looked up at his coach from his covers. The full blush that was on his face faded to a small tint of pink on his cheeks.
The cobalt blue eyes opened slowly as if they knew that they where being looked upon, slowly moving to find the source of that feeling. Blue met violet, violet met blue, they held each other for a moment. Heero smiled at him which shocked the both of them. To Duo, because he never had seen his sensei smile, thus also making his mind race as he saw his sensei face look even more beautiful then he ever thought it could be. To Heero, because he never had smiled once since that accident had took his life, or the life as he had it known to be.
"You are finally awake. How are ya feeling?" he asked the boy who laid in bed.
"Like I feel 100,000 km [3] with out a parachute." Duo responded in a complaining tone of voice, yet trying to make a joke out of it at the same time.
Heero Chuckled at his student, " That's to be expected. You took a nasty fall and hit that head of yours pretty hard against the wooden bar."
"Well then I guess that in a battle between my head and a pole made of wood, the wood wins surprisingly." Both looked at each other at that moment the laughed.
//He's laughing. He is actually laughing!// Duo felt his heart flutter away. //I hope his hear feels like mine, even for a short moment.// Duo smiled at him all innocent looking.
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"Don't blame yourself for what had happened Yuy-sensei." Heero heard those words out of the blue from Duo which made his laugh and smile fade. He just looked at the boy before him who was now sitting up with his hands folded in his lap and looking down.
Duo was dressed in a white hospital gown with groups of four small blue squares group together prints everywhere. His braid was still intact yet it was a mess with loose strands hanging out everywhere and around Duo's heart shaped face. To Heero, the boy before him before him looked even more beautiful, that is if it was even possible, then when he was before. He felt a tug on his heart, especially when those violet eyes looked back up at him with a sad expression.
"Please don't blame yourself for something you aren't fault at. I know you probably think that it's your fault because you couldn't pay attention to Relena and me at the same time. But that isn't true at all. You where watching me, remember, you told me to concentrate more on myself then my surroundings. But I didn't... I was doing dangerous moves while my mind was somewhere else. So, this would have happened even if you where paying more attention with your eyes. It was my carelessness so please, don't blame yourself for this Yuy-sensei." Duo looked at him pleadingly while his violet eyes stared at him vividly full of sadness. The more he got lost in them, the more his heart tugged towards the boy.
As Heero slowly stood up, Duo got worried that his sensei was mad at him. But he got a kick of a surprise when his hair just got ruffled and saw his sensei smile at him, "All right, you won. I won't blame this incident on me, entirely. You have to work on not getting your head out of the clouds when you are training or completing. Other whise you may get hurt even worse. Right now you are just suffering a gash on your thick skull and a minor concussion. What if you had broken a limb. You know you couldn't compete in the up coming competition. Hell, you might have even gotten paralyzed..." The last words trailing off as he sat down again. Duo looked down in shame thinking over what his sensei had said to him.
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As time passed Duo looked up to see Heero had his hands over his face resting his elbows on his knees for support. As he quietly sat there Duo got worried and reached over touching his shoulder gently. Heero's head jerked up frightening Duo, making jump back so much that he almost fell of the back of the bed. Duo was about to complain as usual and start cracking jokes about Heero when he saw his sensei's face wet with tears.
He slowly crawled over to the other side of the bed, and stood up hugging his sensei. Heero got a shock from this but he leaned into the comforting and warm embrace of Duo. They stayed like that for a while with Heero's head against his chest as he soothingly ran his hands through Heero's hair. Time passed as Heero calmed Down tot he point where no unwilling tears shed.
"You've been suppressing this for too long Yuy-sensei. Maybe it's time you should talk about it to someone so this wouldn't happen in public or in a place of less convenience." He slowly let him go and sat down on the edge of the bed looking up at him with a gentle smile.
"I may be a goof sometimes and may talk a lot, but I'm a very good listener too. I promise that if you find me squealing this to anyone you may come after me with a handgun yelling out 'Omaeo Korosu.'"
His sensei smiled a little and he smiled back, as he felt his heart flutter at the sight before him.
"Under one condition Mr. Maxwell." He stated
"Hai."
"No more Yuy-san or Mr. Yuy, or Yuy-sensei out side of school. I'm only 4-5 years older then you and that stuff makes me feel like an old man. So please, none of it around me unless it's on school property."
"All right," He smiled at his sensei, "Only if you call me Duo." Heero nodded.
Duo watched him as Heero gathered his thoughts and emotions. Heero pulled up the chair and sat down on it.
"It was 4 years ago when I was a Junior at Collage." he began.
"You where a collage student at that young age?" Duo was amazed, his face showing it too.
"Well, yes, I read a lot when I was a little kid. I was a solitary person."
"I'm not surprised." Duo chuckled.
Heero raised his right eyebrow. "Do you want me to continue or not?"
"Hai Hai!" Duo set up straight crossing his legs Indian style with the blanket over his lap.
Heero smiles at the efforts his new friend made.
"Any ways, as I was saying. When I was a Junior in collage I was on the men Gymnastics team and had been on one ever since I was little. My mother was a gymnast and she had passed it onto me since I was her only child." Heero smiled in remembrance. "Those where the good years. You know when I was 18 I had gain a good reputation and was quite popular. I even got to go to World that year..." His voice trailed off.
Duo remembered a while ago that his sensei was known as Blue Boy Wings. When ever he performed, not only with his body but with his eyes as well. They always mad an great impact, those cobalt blues. //His features had changed since back then, even if it was only 4 years. The shine in his eyes have left and where filled with sadness. His face muscles where a lot tighterthen before. Well except when he smiles. He used to smile a lot more too. What really happened to him?// Duo wonderd.
"It was two days before the competition, it was going to take place here in Kyoto. My parents and I decided to take a day off from everything and we drove to Mt. Fuji for a picnic. It was a lovely day, not a cloud in sight.
On our way back, the weather suddenly had turned ugly. It was raining hard and you could bearly see anything in front of you. It didn't help that it was night time and that we had run off the main road not knowing for sure where we where going."
He looked down hiding if face from Duo. For once in his life he was glad to have gotten his fathers hair. The unruly mess of shortish hair helped him hide his face.
But this didn't fool Duo One bit. He had a good guess what had happened next and could tell that it was almost to painful to talk about it. But he kept quite for Heero's sake. //He needed to let it out. May be then his soul he won't be eaten anymore.// He though as he waited for Heero to gather his emotions again.
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Gathering his emotions was the hardest thing for Heero to do. It had taken him years to become this stone faced and to seem as an non-emotional person. He didn't think he could ever feel again. Now his feeling where over flowing. He couldn't keep them at bay, nor did he want to hold them back. Something about Duo's presents was soothing and comforting. Even when he was the goof ball during class. He smiled lightly in remembrance when Duo first came into the class. Two days later during his class he had called on him to answer his question. But apparently he was asleep and he threw a piece of chalk at the boys head. Duo woke up immediately but raised his right fist up high and sang out: Sitting on a dead man's chest! Yohoho and a bottle of rum! (Special tea ^_^;;). then slumped back down onto the desk and snored loudly. The entire class roared with laughter, even he himself fought hard not to smile and let out a chuckle.
The Hoshi no Kokoro Academy [4] is a school of excellence, there are no class clowns of what ever sort. If you where in sports you'd have to have your grades up to at least 80% or you wouldn't be able to participate in their activities. That was that, and there where no exceptions. It seemed that Duo was and exception, he didn't know why but the kid was almost as good a he was and probably better then half the staff. The kid acted like a total goof but why, he wondered.
Heroe's concentration broke when he felt a soft touch on his right shoulder. He slowly looked up to see Duo's face looking down at him whose eyes where full of sadness, hope and understanding. Duo slowly moved to him and wrapped his arms around Heero's shoulders pressing His head against his lower chest, cradling him, holding him close.
"Go a head and cry." Duo's gentle voice quivered lightly, giving him a hug. "A good cry is a long time over due."
Something inside Heero final snapped. Tears started to flow once more down his cheeks as his memories and emotions over flew. Shakingly he moved his arms up and wrapped them around the smaller boy's frame. He nuzzled his chest uncontiously breathing in they boys soothing sent and began crying out all the years of pain and suffering that had builded up over the years since the accident. He was surprised yet relieved that the boy before him brought them back out of him. Heero couldn't be happier.
Chapter 2 end.
Authors note:
[1] A famous Xelos' line from the Slayers series. Sore wa himitsu desu means: It's a secret.
[2] You see this often in old fashion cartoons. your cautions. the devil self and angel self.
[3] 100,000km - is about 61,728.40 miles.
[4] Hoshi no Kokoro Academy - Heart of Star Academy
So what you do think? Is it something worth continuing? Sorry it took so long to get this out. My last month of High school was hell and the first month of break was hell too. I bearly get out of school that my parents pile me up with millions of chores. Somehow the writing pixy doesn't come to me as often as it did while I was in school. I hope that I will at least get one more chapter out before I got back to school again in September. I know that seems a long way a head but I first write my stories up by hand in a little folder I have created then I type them up, correcting along the way so you readers can have it in the best quality I can give ne. ^_^v! Oh good news for shonen-ai fans (like you wouldn't be a fan if you didn't read my junk). I've heard Gravitation has been bought by an American company. What is Gravitation you ask? It's a nifty little shonen-ai series that consist of 13 eps and 2 OVA's so far. It's about this boy named Shuichi who wants to live up to his idol band "Nittle-Grasper". In it there is a similar relation ship that our awful cheerful (not that we don't like that) Duo has when he tries to be with his Heero in the Fan-fic world. There is a Quatre look alike in it as well (his voice is done by the same person as Quatre too. This is a treat for all the Quatre fans out there). It's quite cute and the main character is voiced by Tomukazu Seki (Is that how you spell his name?), the voice of Chichiri of Fushigi Yugi, Ken form Weiß Kreuz and many more. Check it out, it's a must see! You can probably also order it fansubbed some where.
