Author's Notes- WHEE HEE!! LAST CHAPER HERE FOLKS!! *waves a flag* THAT MEANS THIS THING WILL SOON BE DOOOOOONE!!!

Duo- What about the epilogue?

Well, technically, that aint a chapter, so this is still the last. Ahem, and I said 'soon' be done, not 'is' done.

Yami- Of course not, his is only the author's notes, you couldn't just end after that.

Yea, author's notes, which YOU have managed to sneak into, once again.

Yami- *shrugs*

-_- Oya… Just because you're a pharaoh doesn't mean that…

Duo- Can we get on with instead of you two arguing?! *hops impatiently*

Right, right… *mutters* Oh yes, one final note… GRAVITATION RULES!!! ^_^

Yami and Duo- *blink* Wha…?

Disclaimer- Nope… still don't own any Gundam Wing characters… *sniff* I have posters of Heero and Duo though! ^_^ Does that count?

Warning- *blink blink* You haven't caught on yet? Geesh… YAOI CONTENT. There ya go. ^_^ Oh, and death, in his chapter. *cackles*

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Relena surveyed her small army, back to the bonfire that was taking up nearly a quarter of the village square. As she had hoped, every village male with the ability to fight had shown up, and were even holding the desired pitchforks and other various weapons. However, most were just leaning on their supplies, not holding them in a threatening manner as he blonde girl had hoped. Well, she'd just have to fix that.

Turning slightly, she climbed up on a storage crate to give her some height to work with. People tended to listen if you were higher up than they were, however odd that seemed. Once again facing the assembled crowd, she cleared her throat dramatically. "Good people of the town! I have called you here on very important matters indeed!" There was a rather unorganized shouted agreement from the crowd, and she rather impatiently waited until everyone had quieted down again. She wasn't quite sure how Zechs had managed to convince them all that there was indeed a beast that needed destroying, but she didn't really want to question things.

"We have to go save one of our own from the clutches of a vile creature, then dispose of it to insure the safety of all of our people!" This was met by a cheer and much raising of weapons over the heads of the assembled villagers. Even women and children, watching from their doorways and windows, joined in on the cheering to this statement. Relena grinned, glad the darkness his her face. This was going perfectly.

"All right, then let's move out!" Relena pumped the air with a fist and turned to where her horse was. Rather, had been. She blinked in confusion. She could have sworn she left her horse right there…

"Relena, what's the matter?" Zechs grabbed his sister's shoulder as the crowd surged by, lighting torches from the fire and heading towards the road through the forest. (a/n- *snorts* Through the mist, through the wood, through the darkness and the shadow, it's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride… hee hee, I'll stop.)

The female blinked. "Oh, er, nothing, I just thought… It doesn't matter." Quickly turning she took temporary possession of her brother's horse and swung up into the saddle. "I just have to borrow your horse, that's all." She dug her heels into the animal's sides, and it took off with a jolt, nearly throwing her off. (a/n- nearly? Damn… I shoulda made her fall… -_-) "Thanks!" She held on as the horse galloped to the front of the crowd of armed villagers.

"Hey, you can't just…." Zechs gave up. There was no way he was getting his animal back any time in the near future. Sighing, he jogged to catch up with the rest of the small army, muttering something or other about siblings being more trouble than they were worth. (a/n- yer tellin me…)


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Duo swore vividly as he heard the noisy group take to the main road, and urged his 'borrowed' horse on. The animal had already been galloping, now it broke out into a dead run. A part of the braided boy's mind was shocked; Father Maxwell usually gave him a short lecture whenever he swore. Now, nothing. Serious measures called for a lack of vocal punishment, it appeared.

A bit further… Just a bit more… The amethyst-eyed youth nearly shouted in victory as they broke out of the trees in front of a large castle, right in front of the gates. Duo paused, considering. If he opened the gates, that would give the angry mob behind him an advantage. If he didn't, how could he get in… He searched his memory banks quickly, looking for an alternate route. Yes, he had been out on the palace grounds quite a bit, hadn't there been a few back gates…?

"Duo?" Father Maxwell peered around the boy's shoulder at the intimidating gates in front of them. "What's the matter? Can't you get in?"

"I can get in, sure, I just don't want to here…" Yes, there had been one in the very back, on the north-eastern corner, and… "I've got it!" Swiftly turning the horse, Duo once again urged it into a gallop, taking it's two passengers around the back of the castle walls. After they had gone a ways, the braided youth gently tugged the animal to a slower pace. He stopped all together as they came to an ivy-covered wall.

In this weather, of course, it didn't look much like ivy, but the general affect was still there. Dismounting, Duo walked over, shoving aside tendrils of the dead plant matter. Snow crackled and fell off of frozen branches, tumbling down onto the ground below. The amethyst-eyed boy managed to avoid getting covered in the white material, and eventually uncovered a door beneath the vast, brittle mass.

"Here is where we get in." He grinned as he turned to Father Maxwell, shoving the door open lightly. "Priests and other holy men first, of course." Making sure the door would stay open for the moment, he walked back to the horse, turning it once more towards the forest and the village beyond. Clucking his tongue loudly, he sent it homewards, knowing it would get there without trouble. Once he animal was out of sight, he turned back to the concealed door, seeing Father Maxwell had already gone through.

He strode over quickly, muttering under his breath. "All right Hee-chan, here I come, I promised I'd come back… How could I not?" Rushing in, he didn't even here the noisy mob stop at the gates.

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"All right men, all together now!" Relena all but screamed as the large group shoved on the gates repeatedly. It didn't seem to be working, and she was getting rather discouraged. Glancing around desperately, she noticed one villager was holding a crow bar. "You! Come here!"

Not caring to be patient, she rode over, snatching the length of metal from his hands. Making her way to the gates, she leaned of in the saddle and began bashing at the lock with the crow bar. At first, it didn't seem to have much effect, but after a few moments, the lock began to wither under her blows. Finally catching on, the rest of the villagers began helping, hitting the lock with anything hard they happened to have on hand. Soon, crumpled, the mechanism fell, gates swinging open quickly.

The mob surged through the gates, eating up the distance between the walls and castle in practically no time. Relena rode in front, shouting encouragement, and mentally congratulating herself. This was working… this was working perfectly.

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"I can't believe that…" Quatre was knocked out of his reverie by the shouts and clanks coming from the main yard. "What on.." Swiftly making his way over to the window, the blonde servant peered out to the ground below, trying to see what on earth was causing all the commotion. Seeing the source, his eyes widened in shock and horror. "TROWA!! WUFEI! TREIZE!! GET IN HERE!!"

His ear-splitting scream brought not only the servants he had called, but nearly every other in the castle as well. "What? What is it?!" Wufei demanded, scowling. His normally neat black ponytail was mussed and nearly falling out, and his clothes were quite rumpled. Treize sidled up behind him, grinning, giving perfect reason to Wufei's disheveled state. Luckily for the black-haired servant, no one had the time to analyze this fully.

"INTRUDERS!!!" Quatre's voice was on the verge of cracking. "D-D-DOWN THERE!!" With a trembling hand, he managed to point out the window to the raging mob below. The servants all crowded round, taking in the sight for themselves.

"This isn't good…" Trowa ran a hand over his lover's back, trying to calm the blonde down somewhat. It worked, but only slightly. The other servant was still on the verge of hysterics, but at least now he wasn't trembling so much. "We need to warn the master, fast!" The green-eyed youth barked out an order, and two servants dashed out of the room, heading towards Heero's quarters. "And we… we need to think up some sort of plan…."

"No shit!" Treize exclaimed, the seriousness of the situation temporarily hauling him away from la-la land. He had previously been a leader of the palace guard, and was therefore the most looked-to in such a situation. Indeed, every servant left in the room turned to the tall man, who was absently tugging on his nose, thinking.

"Something…?" The whisper came from Wufei. "Anything….?" Desperation showed in his soft voice, and he moved slightly closer to Treize, resting a hand on the taller's shoulder. A slight twitch ran through the other's body, but he was soon lost in deep thought once more.

Quatre was suffering, horribly. He hated situations like this. He was useless, and everything was in turmoil. His hands found the bottom of his shirt and began wringing it relentlessly, severely wounding the fabric. The blonde didn't notice, however. He was too focused on more important matters. Why would anyone attack?

Suddenly, making nearly everyone jump, Treize popped out of his thoughts with a shout. "It isn't much, but I think I have something!" The tall servant swiftly explained to everyone in the room his plan, and once things were clear, everyone rushed down to the main hall to their posts. (a/n- well, I COULD have explained to you all what exactly his plan was, but if you've seen the Disney movie, you should have a basic inkling of what's going on, right?) "Wufei! Go check and see if his highness has received word of the invasion!"

With a jerky nod, the black-haired servant dashed off, hoping and praying with all his might that Treize's plan would work.

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"What are you two doing out here?!" Wufei exclaimed, barely suppressing the urge to strangle both servants on the spot. This wouldn't help anyone!

"His highness told us to go away…" One said in a shaky voice. The other placed a hand on his shoulder for support. "We tried to tell him what was going on outside, but he said it didn't matter anymore, and then told us to go away." The young servant gulped. "We didn't want to anger Master Heero, he was already very testy…"

"I see." Wufei frowned, thinking. In reality, he didn't want to be near an angry Heero than either of these servants did, but he didn't have a choice in the matter. "You two go to the main hall with the rest, I'll try and talk with him…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." The two servants looked at one another, uncertain.

"Well, good luck then." They took off towards the main hall, relieved at leaving their temperamental master behind.

"Your highness?" Wufei began, lightly knocking on the door. No answer. "Your highness…" He pushed on the thick wood, opening the door a crack and peering in. It was dark, the only light coming from the moonlight shining through the windows. Gulping, the black-haired servant pushed the door completely open and walked in.

"Master Heero, we seem to be in trouble. There is a mob at our gates, and…"

"I know."

Wufei was a bit taken aback. "Sir?" Regaining most of his composure, he continued. "Then… have you a plan, or way of getting rid of them? We fear they will breach our defenses soon, and then be inside…"

"It doesn't matter." A shadowy figure by the window moved, giving Wufei something to make eye contact with. As his master stepped into the light, he could see that the beast-prince definitely looked worse for wear. His clothes were rumpled, and his deep blue eyes were red and tired. "Let them come."

"But sir!" The servant knew he was pushing things, but he couldn't help it. "They'll destroy the castle, and…" He gulped. "They'll surely try and kill you, your majesty! We can't…"

"Why not?" The quiet reply was worse than any shout could have been. "What do I have to live for? My one chance at a happy life left, never to return. Would it not be better to just end things now? Perhaps then al of you, at least, could be free of this curse." Heero sighed deeply. "It's better this way. Just let them come."

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"Just a few more should do it!" Relena yelled, egging her small army on once more. They were at the main doors, which, unfortunately, were locked. But really, that had been expected, so the blonde had sent a handful of men to chop down a large tree to use as a battering ram. So far, it seemed to be working: the door was looking rather battered after only a few hits.

Inside the castle, the servants' outlook on things was not so positive. "We can't hold them back much longer!" Quatre wailed, pressed up against the abused doors with a smattering of other servants. Every time the doors were his, the whole group was knocked down. The slight servants wondered if they were really helping matters at all, or just becoming bruised.

"All right, fall back!" Treize commanded, using the same voice he had used to order about his small fleet of guards. "That wasn't really expected to work anyway, and you all know the plan!" A chorus of agreement came up from the assembled servants, and each ran to his or her assigned location, careful not to run into anyone on the way. Soon, not a sound was heard in the main hall, save the heavy breathing of a select few and the occasional muffled tap of a foot against the carpeted floor.

"Once more!" Relena's eyes were wild; she was so close, oh so close to winning! Just a bit more, and they'd be in, and she'd be free to kill the creature that held her key to power! She would be victorious, and no one could stop her! "Just once more!" With a yell, the men rammed the door again, putting all their weight behind it.

With a loud bang, the doors swung open, hitting the side walls with enough force to rattle everyone. At the sudden explosion of noise, Relena's borrowed mount decided enough was enough. The horse reared, wide-eyed and whinnying. Pawing at the air, it dumped its rider and tore off into the night, not slowing until it reached home.

"Stupid animal…" Relena muttered, sitting up slowly. Luckily for her, the fall hadn't broken anything, and she didn't seem to be hurting anywhere. With a determined grin, the young woman stood, victory in her sights. She would win. There was nothing to stop her. Striding forward, she signaled for her small army to follow. She expected angry servants; perhaps a completely deserted castle, everything covered in dust and falling apart. She received neither, and was very confused. "What…"

Before she could complete her statement, the room came to life. Literally, or so it seemed. Torches on the walls appeared to light on their own accord; previously inanimate object began flying around, fiercely attacking her small army. The men were startled, shocked, and even terribly frightened, but attempted to hold their ground. One man swung at the floating candlestick that was coming at him with a shovel. It dodged to the side, then came down firmly on the man's head, along with something that felt suspiciously like a foot (but looked like empty air) coming down on his toes.

Similar battles were going on all throughout the hall, the villagers losing in each and everyone. Those still standing decided that this was the perfect time to retreat screaming and yelling, and proceeded to do so. Scowling, Relena grabbed a man with a bow and quiver full of arrows by the shoulder.

"Miss Relena! This castle is haunted! We should get out of here quickly!" The man clutched tightly at his bow, sweat pouring down his face. The blonde female didn't seem to think his suggestion was worth considering.

"No you fool, we have to destroy the beast and save Duo!" Her captive gulped. That was definitely not on his top ten list of things to do… Nevertheless, he appeared stuck. Relena began stalking towards the nearest staircase, dragging the poor villager along with her, and somehow managing to avoid the 'possessed' items that flew about.

After much seemingly futile searching, the blonde and the rather frightened villager came across a room that appeared to contain what they were looking for. The doors were shut, locked, and covered in incredibly ornate carvings. "It's in here." Relena didn't need to specify which 'it' she was talking about. The man behind her merely began quivering. "Come on you dolt, we have to get in…" Snatching a dagger from the villagers belt, she began hacking relentless at the wood around the door handle.

"Miss, should you really be… doing that?" The man gulped. Somehow, he didn't suspect that irritating a beast to this extent was something healthy. Relena ignored him, and merely continued hacking at the door. "Miss, please, think some sense! We cannot defeat this creature alone!"

"Yes we can." With a victorious cry, the blonde stood back and shoved the now-very-battered door back, revealing a dark room.

"Uhm…" The villager peered around. "Miss, I think this one's empty too."

Relena scowled once again. The expression seemed to have found quite a nice home on her face. "That doesn't make sense, locked doors are guarding something… and there's nothing of value in here, it HAS to be in here…" She began kicking objects out of her way as she stalked around. By the window, a shadow moved slightly. "There!"

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Heero stared at the grounds far below. He couldn't remember being this depressed in his entire life. To be so close, so close to being normal and loved, and have it torn away from him at the last moment… it seemed one of fate's terribly cruel jokes. The beast-prince wished fate didn't like such jokes so much.

A crash dragged his attention back to the present, and away from sparkling amethyst depths and long chestnut locks. Slowly, he turned to look where the crash had come from—his door. There were two figures, two unfamiliar figures standing there. He stared. Why would anyone besides his servants be in his home…?

It didn't matter. Let them do as the pleased, he didn't care about anything anymore. With a mental sigh, he turned back to the window, staring at the place he had last seen his love.

"There!" The shriek rattled through his skull, once again jerking him away from thoughts of happier times. Ok, now the strangers would have to go. If they disturbed his peace, he simply couldn't let them wander around. The beast-prince turned again, but his heart really wasn't in driving away intruders at the moment.

"Shoot it!" The same voice cried. "Shoot it NOW you fool, before it attacks!"

"But miss, it hasn't done… anything… to us…" This voice was masculine, and very afraid. There was the sound of a bowstring being drawn taught. "Are you sure we ought to…"

"SHOOT IT!!" There was no time to react. Before he realized it, it was already over. Heero felt a jolt of pain in his shoulder. As if in a dream, he slowly tilted his neck to look. A quivering arrow stuck out of his flesh. Another wave of pain came, causing him to roar in rage. He heard the bow clatter to the floor, the sound of someone running, and yet more shrieking. "COME BACK YOU COWARD!!!"

The beast-prince stumbled backwards, trying to tug out the arrow. It wasn't that deep… He could handle it… Clamping his mouth shut, Heero wrapped a hand around the missile and yanked. The pain of it coming out was just as bad as it had been going in. He roared again, leaning back as if trying to escape the pain. That proved to be a mistake. Somehow, something shoved him even farther back, sending him tumbling through the glass window and on the balcony.

"Die, you foul creature!" The same voice that had commanded that he be shot. Wonderful. Hadn't the owner left yet? She really should, before he got angry… Slowly, Heero staggered to his feet, a bit stunned from the fall, but otherwise all right. A slow trickle of blood ran down his shoulder, but he ignored it. "Be gone! What did you do with him?! What did you do with Duo?!"

The beast-prince's ears perked at the name. Duo…. Duo… How we wished he were still with Duo…"You killed him!" That was it. Maybe it was the grating voice, or the foul accusation, or maybe the fact he had been shot then pushed out a window. Whatever it was, Heero had had it. Something inside him snapped.

With a roar of fury, he leapt forward, not hearing the crack of thunder from overhead. Landing in a crouched position, he was preparing to leap again when it began to rain. The drops came thick and fast, making his range of vision short. Water splashed up from the ground, soaking him, but he didn't really care. He was beyond caring about much.

Roaring once more, he took the leap that would put him in range for a slash. However, taking advantage of the weather, his opponent had run. With a growl, Heero stalked over to the railing, searching for the offender. Hearing a noise, he swiftly turned back to the broken window. What he saw instead nearly made him fall off the balcony.

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"Shit!" Duo glared at the sky above as it began to rain. In response, it began to pour. "Great, this is just great." Sighing, the braided youth turned back to the priest behind him. "Father Maxwell, you might want to stay in the front hall here…" He shoved open the main doors, deciding it was best to go in the front way, considering the small army had left. "I'll go find Heero."

"Are you sure you'll be all right?" The older man wrung his hands. "Should you be doing this… for this… person?"

"Of course I should. I…" Duo bit his lip. Sure, he knew he loved Heero now, but it probably wouldn't be the wisest thing to blurt out at this moment in time. "I need to. He means something to me, I can't just desert him." Without another word, the amethyst-eyed boy tore off down a hall, taking a route he knew would lead him to the beast-prince's room.

Finally coming to a stop outside Heero's room, Duo scowled at the door. The door handle had been completely cut out. "What the hell…" Kicking open the door (which wasn't really shut anyway) he hurried through, easily finding his way through the darkened room, just as he had the night before, but with much different intentions.

"Heero…" His voice was barely more than a whisper. He needed to fix that. Taking a deep breath, he tried again. "HEERO!!" There, that was better. Quite a nice yell. Duo's steps quickened as he saw the broken window, and the shadow outside of it, quickly becoming drenched in the rain.

The beast-prince jolted upon hearing his name. "Duo…? DUO!!" The braided youth didn't answer, choosing instead to throw himself at the other, arms outstretched. "You… you came back!" Heero quickly wrapped both arms around the boy, who had both of his around the prince's neck.

"Of course I did. I said I would. Besides… I…" Duo didn't get to finish the sentiment. The worst possible scenario occurred.

Relena saw.

The blonde had been sneaking back to the balcony, tightly clutching the dagger she had snatched from the villager, hoping to catch the beast off-guard. What she saw instead made her screech. A very familiar braided figure… HUGGING the very thing she had come to kill on his behalf. Hugging it TIGHTLY.

With another scream of outrage, the blonde female launched herself at the beast, dagger held out. She wasn't thinking clearly any more. Only one thing was in her mind: she needed to kill this… thing. This thing that had kept her from her goal. It needed to be destroyed. And she was the one to do it.

She was in range. Now was it. With a sort of malicious grin, Relena caught Heero in the side with the dsagger, and immediately began laughing, in quite a deranged manner. "You see?!" She didn't notice the beast-prince's roar of pain, or see his arm swing around. "I'm the hero! I saved him! I'll have power! I'll…" The words fell off into an ear-splitting scream as the arm came around, hitting her fully in the stomach, and sending her tumbling backwards. Still screaming, Relena tumbled over the railing, falling to her death on the sharp rocks far, far below.

None of this, however, was noticed by either of the other two people still on the balcony. "Heero?! HEERO!!" Duo's eyes widened as the beast-prince's grip on him loosened, then failed completely as he fell to the ground below. "No… no! Oh my God, Heero…" The braided youth fell to his knees beside the other, amethyst eyes wide and frightened.

"It's… it's all right…" Heero found the words coming to his lips without pain, amazingly enough. He wasn't in that much pain… but… he couldn't live without this one's love. He couldn't survive if Duo didn't return his feelings, so why delay the inevitable? It seemed perfectly all right just to die from the blade. "It's… better this way…"

"No it's not! Don't say things like that!" Duo leaned over the other, eyes trained on the sapphire orbs of the one he loved. "Heero, listen to me. You can't die. You just can't! You'll be all right, you HAVE to be all right!"

"Why…?" The beast-prince exhaled heavily. "At least… at least I got to see you… one last time." One more ragged intake of breath. When it was let out, Heero's head fell back to the ground, eyes shut. Yes… it was better this way… why fight it…

"No…" Duo shook his head. "No… NO! You can't be dead! NO!!" He threw himself on top of Heero, holding his love tightly. "No…. Heero…." The rain continued to fall, merging with his tears. "I… I love you… you can't… you can't die…." He buried his face in the other's chest, sobbing. He had never sobbed before. "I love you… Please…"

At first, he didn't notice the change of weather. He did notice as the strange occurrence began making noise. Great, sparkling lights, looking similar to colored shooting stars, had begun to fall with the rain. As each one hit, it made a sort of chiming sound, all together forming an eerie tune. Tears ran down the boy's face as Duo looked at the lights. It didn't seem important. Nothing did… Heero…

But now something was occurring with Heero as well. The falling lights seemed to be forming a sparkling circle around the beast-prince, coming down more rapidly by the second. Suddenly, he began to rise in the air, held up by some mysterious force. Letting go of the other, Duo clutched his cloak to keep it from flying off. Both amethyst eyes were wide, taking in the miraculous sight before him.

The lights were still falling, falling rapidly. And now… now Heero himself seemed to be glowing, eyes still shut as he hovered in the colorful, sparkling shower. His body was pulled upright, and light began to collect at all of his exposed, fur-covered flesh.

First it was the hands. Beams of light congregated their, circling and curving around the limbs in a dizzying dance. Finally, they all came together, seeming to sink into the beast-prince's arms, transforming them into normal, human limbs. Heero's legs were transformed in a similar fashion as Duo watched, awe-struck. His love's body seemed to be shrinking from that of a beast to that of a lightly-muscled young man. Slowly, slightly afraid, the braided youth raised both eyes to the floating one's head.

More sparkling lights were flying around Heero's face, dancing up, down, left and right. For a split second, all came together to completely hide the former-beast-prince's face from sight, and when the sparkling shield disappeared, Duo gasped. It was him. The same young man he had been seeing in the beast's stead on those multiple occasions. Everything in his mind seemed to be clicking together without his knowledge. He watched, still in awe, as the young man that had been a beast was slowly lowered to the ground, now-tattered clothes waving in the wind.

The rain slowed to a fine sprinkling, then stopped all together. Duo didn't notice. He was concentrating on the figure before him. Slowly, hesitantly, he stepped forward, one arm outreached. Was he… The youth jerked as the young man stirred.

Seeming as if he had just woken from a deep sleep, this youth that had taken Heero's place stood, back to Duo. Raising his hands to his eye level, he stared, as if he had never seen his own body. Shifting his view down, he took in his feet, legs, and chest, before finally turning around. Duo gulped, wondering what he should do.

Soft smile appearing on his incredibly gorgeous features, the young man came forward, stopping only inches away from the amethyst-eyed boy. "Duo…" His voice… could it be…? "Duo, it's me…"

Duo reached out hesitantly, hand moving slowly to touch the other's hair. Both eyes searched the young man's face, looking for some sort of conformation. They locked on the sapphire eyes opposite them. Yes… those were the beautiful orbs he knew and loved so much. This was… this was… It was his love. "Heero…" Again, his voice was barely more than a whisper. Unknowingly, he moved closer. "Heero… it is you!"

Smile still gracing his face, Heero reached forward, caressing the braided youth's face lightly with gentle fingers. Slowly, ever so slowly, his other arm moved down to wrap around Duo's waist. Tilting the other's chin up ever so slightly, he leaned forward, softly claiming the boy's mouth with his own.

Duo had at first thought he was dreaming. That thought was quickly shoved out of his mind at this. Dreams couldn't feel this good. His own arms reached up to wind around Heero's neck, fingers burying themselves in the prince's messy hair. He melted into the kiss, loving the feeling of the warm lips against his own. I'm in heaven… When he felt the hesitant tongue brush across his lower lip, the youth opened his mouth without a second thought, moaning softly as Heero's tongue began to caress his own.

Neither noticed that the cloud overhead were quickly clearing away into nothingness, nor that that colored lights still rained from the sky. Not caring about their attention, the afore-mentioned lights spread: their bright shower now engulfing the entire castle. In a few moments, the colorful storm ceased, and a loud cry of joy rang up through the castle from each and every servant—now visible. However, again, neither of the two lovers on the balcony noticed. They were currently focused on other matters.

Soon, however, they had to draw apart slightly for air, but neither saw reason to let the other out of his arms. Eyes alight with joy, Heero said the words he had wanted to for so long. "Duo, I love you."

Unshed tears sparkled in the braided youth's amethyst depths. "I love you too, Hee-chan, more than anything!" Deciding that that was enough talking for the moment, Heero swiftly covered his lover's mouth with his own once more. Of course, no complaint was issued.

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Author's Notes- WHEE!! It's DONE!!

Duo- No it's not, you still have the epilogue!

Well, yea, but technically, the story itself is… DONE! WHOOO!! That makes TWO I've finished! ^_^

Duo- Hai, hai… *grin* I like the ending.

Meh, thought ya would. -_^ Ok, ANYWAYS… I need a bit of, er, help on the epilogue…

Duo- What? I thought you had it all planned out!

I do! Well…. Except for one, tiny, itsy-bitsy little thing… erm… I was…. Kind of thinking… well, you know, Ari was going to write one for her mermaid story, and I thought if she could, I could, and this seemed to be as good a place to try as any, and she even said that if I did, I could put it on her site so ff.net wouldn't kick me off or anything and…

Duo- All right, what is it?

Ummmm… *blushes* I was thinking about…. Writing…. A lemon, in the epilogue… um… yea… ^_^

Duo- ….. Hey, I'm all for that… -_^

Yami- WHAAAAAT?!?!?! You're writing a 1x2 lemon, but not a YxY?!

Hey hey, I never said I was, it was just a thought! That's what I need help on! Ummm… so… all you nice readers… eh, whatcha think? Should I make an attempt? Yay or nay? …. Dearie dearie me, what HAVE I gotten myself into…

Duo- *whispering to the audience* Vote yes!

NO INFLUENCING THE READERS YOU!! Anyways, tell me what you all think… and, em, if I get enough 'yay' votes… I'll consider it…. Maybe… ^_^ See ya in the epilogue!