It's that time again, to say my thank yous, and this time it's a lot better
reception, so I tried to get out this chapter as fast as I could.
Black-Winged Angel: Well, thanx for the review on "Speak" I already have my next fic planned. Around mid-may, a whole bunch of crazy fics from like 3 years ago is due to come out, and that's going to be my insanity at work. (Things like the boys are enrolled in the army, Duo gets a monkey, and they all have to fill out the census, that kinda stuff)
GoldenRat: Hmm. Surprised you with that one , eh? Well, originally it was just going to be a sentimental thing, but I thought that was overused, so I decided to change it to something that was needed.
Dirge: To answer your question, Nanashi means "No-name" it was originally given to Trowa because they didn't know his real name (which isn't trowa by the way) Wufei is making an entrance, but probably not a huge role, just a minor thingie.
Hakumei: Yeah, I was hoping the Genisis stuff would spark some interest. As for Card, I think that his Ender series was very good, but it just got horrible when he tried the more fantasy style stuff and not the sci-fi stuff.
Vic: Hee hee sorry about that, but hey if you do get all zombied like Solo, I'll just say "Send Du-Kun money." and a month later, I'll get a million bucks on my doorstep ::thinks for a moment:: ooh that'd be nice, hope you do get like Solo ^_^
Kyrbri : I'm glad it did, but if you please don't copy the same exact idea, because I don't cheat off of others, so it'd be nice for you to return the favour, but good luck!
Ryoko-onee: You realize, of course that Solo's about 11 or 12, but ya he is cute like little brother cute in my head.
From: chibidark angel: Hold your horses there, the yaoi will come in when the time's right, as for the "I love you" bit, probably won't happen unless you wait a really long time, I mean Duo's all still silent and stuff. As for the relationship starting, that won't happen for a little while longer (something back at the school we have to wrap up first.) For Duo with the monkey, that'll happen in late may, 'cuz that's when I'll be home and get to see my old archive back when I was more into humour then into the yaoiness and I actually did write a fic where Duo gets a monkey (really short thou) I will keep writing with no reviews, it's just that more reviews = more in inbox= reminds me to write more fic (I don't usually think of it otherwise 'cuz I already know how it all ends ^_~) Romantic fluff happens when I feel like it, but I was depressed when I started this fic, so I wasn't up for sappy stuff.
kio-sama: Well that's good I know that my cliffhangers work on somebody. Hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. Get hooked on chocolate, it updates faster then me.
Okay, think that be everybody, I hope. don't want anybody to feel left out..O.o so don't say I did, okay?????
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Chapter 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had seen death coming for me, and I had seen death right before me, but never had I seen the look of death in my former brother's eyes. I say "former" because he didn't seem to be my real brother anymore, just an empty mockery of him, albeit a very dangerous mockery of him. I felt the constricting hands let go of me, instead surrounding my brother and I so that I couldn't escape, but wouldn't have anyways. There was no way I was going to leave an unconscious Heero with a crazed group of scientists and a hollow silver-eyed boy, and I couldn't leave a silver-eyed boy with a crazed group of scientists and an unconscious Heero. My only choice would be to change that setup.
Even though Solo had no movement in his face, he certainly was immobile in other ways, as I was quick to learn. Ducking as he swung his small fist that was bursting with muscles, obviously part of the alteration, I slid across the floor to Solo's back, lightly pushing him forward to see if his momentum from the hit that was meant for me. He had better balance then I thought, though, for he easily turned around again and retaliated with a round-house kick that hit me in my already-swollen jaw from my last encounter with an enemy. I kept control of myself, quickly grabbing the arm and forcing him into a spin, allowing me to take the other arm and put them behind his back. Before I knew it, I was slammed down to the ground by a leg that had wrapped around the back of mine and unbalanced me, so I tumbled down while Solo stayed standing. He placed the toe of his shoe at my throat, pressing down, and I felt my lungs suck, but nothing was coming in. The pressure increased, and Solo looked down on me with a cold, murderous gaze, looking deep into my eyes. I tried to convey something in my gaze, tried to give out my emotions, rather then holding them in, but this robot-boy did not seem to understand them. The edges of my eyes were starting to black out as my mind desperately tried to conserve all the oxygen it could by cutting off organs one by one. I couldn't feel my muscles, couldn't taste the blood in my mouth from the kick, couldn't do anything. I almost welcomed the death, after finally finding my life's goal just to see it would never be the same, when suddenly, the pressure was lifted.
I forgot how to breathe for a second, but then the air that flowed into my lungs, and it felt like the breath of God pouring into me. Gasping harshly, I saw my eyes start to clear, and I saw a person with brown hair and blue eyes standing over me, holding the blond-haired boy up above the ground while in the background, Wufei was standing, glaring viciously at Mr. Gallagher. Immediately I got up, pushing towards my brother, who was regarding Heero with a steely gaze. Heero spoke softly to the boy, full of care and kindness, as if he knew exactly what was on my mind, the words inside my heart flowed out through him.
"Solo, listen to me." I gasped. He knew his name, so that means. he must know mine. In the next moment, he confirmed my thoughts. "This is your brother Duo. Search in your heart, Solo. You know that time long ago, you know this is me. I know that your mother, our mother died. I also know the pain you are feeling now and that you are trying to fight this presence in your head. You are stronger then any drug, or at least your love for your brother is. Keep searching your heart, Solo. You know he's in there, and you know you can overcome this drug. It can take over most people, but not you. I didn't search for you for 8 years to have you be taken and killed, Solo! Listen to me! Come back to me!" He was shouting by now, saying exactly every word that was running through my head. Slowly, ever so slowly, I saw the silvery eyes clear of the reddish- black coloured veil and some of the dullness dissipate. Slowly the boy opened his small mouth, as if he was fighting for control "du- Duo?" Heero slowly smiled at him, and it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I had almost forgotten what the word beautiful had meant until I saw that man smile at my brother. "no, little one, I'm not Duo, but that guy over there is. See him over there? You tried to kill him." Those eyes that had moments ago been so hollow suddenly brimmed with tears. "Really? He's my brother?"
"yes, Solo, he is." The Japanese pilot let go of the smaller boy, and he ran over to me, burying his head into my chest, crying and laughing at the same time. "I coulda killed ya, Duo! But I didn't, oh I'm so sorry!" I couldn't help but smile just a bit. My attention was so focused on my brother that I almost missed what was going on behind me, but I looked up at Wufei's voice. "You thought you could get away with it, didn't you, Matthias?" Mr. Gallagher looked frightened, and I noticed that his personal musclemen were lying around the floor in various grotesque positions. "You thought you could do this didn't you, Matthias?" The man just stood there, not saying a word. The Chinese pilot stepped up to the front, yelling at the top of his lungs "ANSWER ME!" Whoa, I thought, there was something more to this then I thought. If he didn't have a reason to be here other then to save Heero and me, he wouldn't be full of this much passion. I could see it burning in his onyx eyes. Then I thought about it for a second, recalling my talk with Wufei earlier that day. What was it about his past that brought him up against this man too? The red-head slowly muttered out " I didn't think you would be here."
"Well, I am! And I demand an explanation for why you took my wife!" I took a double-take there. A WIFE? "Well, I didn't know at the time that- "
"That I'd be after your blood? Yes I bet you didn't. If you don't want me to end your miserable life right now, give back my Nataku!" The hands squeezed tighter around the struggling Gallagher's neck. "Allright.." He whispered, but in the empty corridor we could here every word. "I'll.. Give her back to you. just, let me go."
"Do it first, then I'll let you go, scum of the earth. You have been unjust in all your doings your whole life, redeem yourself now, then you'll get your reward." Mr. Gallagher reached behind him and pressed a button, opening a sliding door to reveal a sleeping girl in a small chamber with only a bench that was nailed to the wall of the metal room. Wufei ran up to her, gently shaking her awake as Heero took over. "You can take of you mask now, father." Gallagher didn't move. Heero glared dangerously. "I said 'take it off"." Reaching down to his neck, the freckled face seemed to peel away from him. If fact, it WAS peeling from him. Slowly, a tan face was revealed, with blue eyes much the same as Heero's, but older looking, more worn-out, and the black hair on his head had been cut short so it could be hidden under the mask. Green filters were over the eye- holes of the mask. "There, you've taken my company, my hopes and my face. You've completely ruined me. What else can you do to me?"
"Absolutely nothing. I could kill you," he said, looking as if toying with the idea "But no, that would be sinking down to your level. What I've done is made you as we were. We will take your money, your clothes, your title, everything. We will dump you on the streets, and you'll see how much harder it is to live then. If you EVER try to escape our grasp, we will make you pay. You just thank your lucky stars we aren't killing you here and now. Get moving, scum." Solo got up and propped open the door as a crawling former Mr-Gallagher went out into the night. Wufei looked up from Nataku, then back down as the Chinese girl stirred, then cracked open one eye to look at him, then a large smile crept up her face. "Fei-chan?" Wufei nodded, then embraced her lightly before standing up. "Are we all ready to go now? Are you fit for the journey, Nataku?" The girl nodded lightly, as did Heero and Solo. Taking my silent look as a 'yes', Wufei ran out the door, turning right, unlike Mr. Gallagher, who had turned left. Turning, Heero placed a small, triangular-shaped thing on the wall, where it beeped frantically. Glancing back at me, he smiled and said "Let's go. Wouldn't want to be here when that thing goes." Running in as fleet-footed as a way as I could manage, I listened to Solo chatter away with all the others, who seemed to love his cheer, like I used to be.
Once we got back to the school, we found it was already morning time, and by a look at the clock, classes were due to start in 15 minutes. Hurrying inside, we stumbled right into Sister Rebecca. "What are all you doing here, and who are those two others doing here?" She said, looking disapprovingly down at us. Heero took a deep breath and said in a clear but quiet voice "These two are Solo, Duo's Brother, and Nataku, Wufei's wife." He pointed to each of them as he said their names. Rebecca looked confused for a moment, then, pointing right at me, she said "but.. He's Solo, isn't he?"
"No, that is not Solo. That is Duo Maxwell."
"Well, I'll never figure this out, so you three should run along to classes, leaving .Solo and Nataku is it? Behind. Wufei spoke up then, just saying "No, I believe I will take her to Art with me, as will Duo take Solo." Rebecca shook her head "but, no we can't do that, they're not registered."
"We'll fix that during Recess." Heero said. "But. Nataku's a girl, we can't enroll girls." Nataku bowed at this, letting her black hair act as a curtain as she said "With your permission, Sister, I would be more then gracious if you would let me study as a nun here with you, or just as a teacher, if you wish, considering I'm already married."
With no arguments left in her, she just nodded wearily. "Okay, sure. Run along now, all of you, I'll see you at recess."
It was time for Art. Heero, Solo and I went back to the dorm room, collected our stuff and walked to the class. Everything was perfect, back in place, I had my brother, had redeemed my mother's death, was back in school, everything was right.
So why did I still feel so empty?
TBC..
Well, that was the worst chapter so far. ::grumbles about happy ending being to sappy:: so much sap you could blow your nose with a pancake.
D: hey, how come I don't talk yet? Dk: Cuz, we still have another chapter! D: Only one?? Dk: yup, that's how the cookie crumbles. D: what's the next one going to be about? Dk: I'll tell you at the end of next chapter, k? D: ohhh,.. Okay.
Solo: Hi I just wandered in here for no apparent reason! Q: me too! My name's Quatre and I'm with Trowa and I'm Arabian and I can play the piano and the violin- Dk: ::puts down frying pan that now had an imprint of Quatre's face on it:: well, wouldn't you?
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Black-Winged Angel: Well, thanx for the review on "Speak" I already have my next fic planned. Around mid-may, a whole bunch of crazy fics from like 3 years ago is due to come out, and that's going to be my insanity at work. (Things like the boys are enrolled in the army, Duo gets a monkey, and they all have to fill out the census, that kinda stuff)
GoldenRat: Hmm. Surprised you with that one , eh? Well, originally it was just going to be a sentimental thing, but I thought that was overused, so I decided to change it to something that was needed.
Dirge: To answer your question, Nanashi means "No-name" it was originally given to Trowa because they didn't know his real name (which isn't trowa by the way) Wufei is making an entrance, but probably not a huge role, just a minor thingie.
Hakumei: Yeah, I was hoping the Genisis stuff would spark some interest. As for Card, I think that his Ender series was very good, but it just got horrible when he tried the more fantasy style stuff and not the sci-fi stuff.
Vic: Hee hee sorry about that, but hey if you do get all zombied like Solo, I'll just say "Send Du-Kun money." and a month later, I'll get a million bucks on my doorstep ::thinks for a moment:: ooh that'd be nice, hope you do get like Solo ^_^
Kyrbri : I'm glad it did, but if you please don't copy the same exact idea, because I don't cheat off of others, so it'd be nice for you to return the favour, but good luck!
Ryoko-onee: You realize, of course that Solo's about 11 or 12, but ya he is cute like little brother cute in my head.
From: chibidark angel: Hold your horses there, the yaoi will come in when the time's right, as for the "I love you" bit, probably won't happen unless you wait a really long time, I mean Duo's all still silent and stuff. As for the relationship starting, that won't happen for a little while longer (something back at the school we have to wrap up first.) For Duo with the monkey, that'll happen in late may, 'cuz that's when I'll be home and get to see my old archive back when I was more into humour then into the yaoiness and I actually did write a fic where Duo gets a monkey (really short thou) I will keep writing with no reviews, it's just that more reviews = more in inbox= reminds me to write more fic (I don't usually think of it otherwise 'cuz I already know how it all ends ^_~) Romantic fluff happens when I feel like it, but I was depressed when I started this fic, so I wasn't up for sappy stuff.
kio-sama: Well that's good I know that my cliffhangers work on somebody. Hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. Get hooked on chocolate, it updates faster then me.
Okay, think that be everybody, I hope. don't want anybody to feel left out..O.o so don't say I did, okay?????
l\l0\/\/ l=0r 7l-l3 l\l3*7 cl-l4ppl3! (Now for the next chapter) in l337.
Chapter 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had seen death coming for me, and I had seen death right before me, but never had I seen the look of death in my former brother's eyes. I say "former" because he didn't seem to be my real brother anymore, just an empty mockery of him, albeit a very dangerous mockery of him. I felt the constricting hands let go of me, instead surrounding my brother and I so that I couldn't escape, but wouldn't have anyways. There was no way I was going to leave an unconscious Heero with a crazed group of scientists and a hollow silver-eyed boy, and I couldn't leave a silver-eyed boy with a crazed group of scientists and an unconscious Heero. My only choice would be to change that setup.
Even though Solo had no movement in his face, he certainly was immobile in other ways, as I was quick to learn. Ducking as he swung his small fist that was bursting with muscles, obviously part of the alteration, I slid across the floor to Solo's back, lightly pushing him forward to see if his momentum from the hit that was meant for me. He had better balance then I thought, though, for he easily turned around again and retaliated with a round-house kick that hit me in my already-swollen jaw from my last encounter with an enemy. I kept control of myself, quickly grabbing the arm and forcing him into a spin, allowing me to take the other arm and put them behind his back. Before I knew it, I was slammed down to the ground by a leg that had wrapped around the back of mine and unbalanced me, so I tumbled down while Solo stayed standing. He placed the toe of his shoe at my throat, pressing down, and I felt my lungs suck, but nothing was coming in. The pressure increased, and Solo looked down on me with a cold, murderous gaze, looking deep into my eyes. I tried to convey something in my gaze, tried to give out my emotions, rather then holding them in, but this robot-boy did not seem to understand them. The edges of my eyes were starting to black out as my mind desperately tried to conserve all the oxygen it could by cutting off organs one by one. I couldn't feel my muscles, couldn't taste the blood in my mouth from the kick, couldn't do anything. I almost welcomed the death, after finally finding my life's goal just to see it would never be the same, when suddenly, the pressure was lifted.
I forgot how to breathe for a second, but then the air that flowed into my lungs, and it felt like the breath of God pouring into me. Gasping harshly, I saw my eyes start to clear, and I saw a person with brown hair and blue eyes standing over me, holding the blond-haired boy up above the ground while in the background, Wufei was standing, glaring viciously at Mr. Gallagher. Immediately I got up, pushing towards my brother, who was regarding Heero with a steely gaze. Heero spoke softly to the boy, full of care and kindness, as if he knew exactly what was on my mind, the words inside my heart flowed out through him.
"Solo, listen to me." I gasped. He knew his name, so that means. he must know mine. In the next moment, he confirmed my thoughts. "This is your brother Duo. Search in your heart, Solo. You know that time long ago, you know this is me. I know that your mother, our mother died. I also know the pain you are feeling now and that you are trying to fight this presence in your head. You are stronger then any drug, or at least your love for your brother is. Keep searching your heart, Solo. You know he's in there, and you know you can overcome this drug. It can take over most people, but not you. I didn't search for you for 8 years to have you be taken and killed, Solo! Listen to me! Come back to me!" He was shouting by now, saying exactly every word that was running through my head. Slowly, ever so slowly, I saw the silvery eyes clear of the reddish- black coloured veil and some of the dullness dissipate. Slowly the boy opened his small mouth, as if he was fighting for control "du- Duo?" Heero slowly smiled at him, and it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I had almost forgotten what the word beautiful had meant until I saw that man smile at my brother. "no, little one, I'm not Duo, but that guy over there is. See him over there? You tried to kill him." Those eyes that had moments ago been so hollow suddenly brimmed with tears. "Really? He's my brother?"
"yes, Solo, he is." The Japanese pilot let go of the smaller boy, and he ran over to me, burying his head into my chest, crying and laughing at the same time. "I coulda killed ya, Duo! But I didn't, oh I'm so sorry!" I couldn't help but smile just a bit. My attention was so focused on my brother that I almost missed what was going on behind me, but I looked up at Wufei's voice. "You thought you could get away with it, didn't you, Matthias?" Mr. Gallagher looked frightened, and I noticed that his personal musclemen were lying around the floor in various grotesque positions. "You thought you could do this didn't you, Matthias?" The man just stood there, not saying a word. The Chinese pilot stepped up to the front, yelling at the top of his lungs "ANSWER ME!" Whoa, I thought, there was something more to this then I thought. If he didn't have a reason to be here other then to save Heero and me, he wouldn't be full of this much passion. I could see it burning in his onyx eyes. Then I thought about it for a second, recalling my talk with Wufei earlier that day. What was it about his past that brought him up against this man too? The red-head slowly muttered out " I didn't think you would be here."
"Well, I am! And I demand an explanation for why you took my wife!" I took a double-take there. A WIFE? "Well, I didn't know at the time that- "
"That I'd be after your blood? Yes I bet you didn't. If you don't want me to end your miserable life right now, give back my Nataku!" The hands squeezed tighter around the struggling Gallagher's neck. "Allright.." He whispered, but in the empty corridor we could here every word. "I'll.. Give her back to you. just, let me go."
"Do it first, then I'll let you go, scum of the earth. You have been unjust in all your doings your whole life, redeem yourself now, then you'll get your reward." Mr. Gallagher reached behind him and pressed a button, opening a sliding door to reveal a sleeping girl in a small chamber with only a bench that was nailed to the wall of the metal room. Wufei ran up to her, gently shaking her awake as Heero took over. "You can take of you mask now, father." Gallagher didn't move. Heero glared dangerously. "I said 'take it off"." Reaching down to his neck, the freckled face seemed to peel away from him. If fact, it WAS peeling from him. Slowly, a tan face was revealed, with blue eyes much the same as Heero's, but older looking, more worn-out, and the black hair on his head had been cut short so it could be hidden under the mask. Green filters were over the eye- holes of the mask. "There, you've taken my company, my hopes and my face. You've completely ruined me. What else can you do to me?"
"Absolutely nothing. I could kill you," he said, looking as if toying with the idea "But no, that would be sinking down to your level. What I've done is made you as we were. We will take your money, your clothes, your title, everything. We will dump you on the streets, and you'll see how much harder it is to live then. If you EVER try to escape our grasp, we will make you pay. You just thank your lucky stars we aren't killing you here and now. Get moving, scum." Solo got up and propped open the door as a crawling former Mr-Gallagher went out into the night. Wufei looked up from Nataku, then back down as the Chinese girl stirred, then cracked open one eye to look at him, then a large smile crept up her face. "Fei-chan?" Wufei nodded, then embraced her lightly before standing up. "Are we all ready to go now? Are you fit for the journey, Nataku?" The girl nodded lightly, as did Heero and Solo. Taking my silent look as a 'yes', Wufei ran out the door, turning right, unlike Mr. Gallagher, who had turned left. Turning, Heero placed a small, triangular-shaped thing on the wall, where it beeped frantically. Glancing back at me, he smiled and said "Let's go. Wouldn't want to be here when that thing goes." Running in as fleet-footed as a way as I could manage, I listened to Solo chatter away with all the others, who seemed to love his cheer, like I used to be.
Once we got back to the school, we found it was already morning time, and by a look at the clock, classes were due to start in 15 minutes. Hurrying inside, we stumbled right into Sister Rebecca. "What are all you doing here, and who are those two others doing here?" She said, looking disapprovingly down at us. Heero took a deep breath and said in a clear but quiet voice "These two are Solo, Duo's Brother, and Nataku, Wufei's wife." He pointed to each of them as he said their names. Rebecca looked confused for a moment, then, pointing right at me, she said "but.. He's Solo, isn't he?"
"No, that is not Solo. That is Duo Maxwell."
"Well, I'll never figure this out, so you three should run along to classes, leaving .Solo and Nataku is it? Behind. Wufei spoke up then, just saying "No, I believe I will take her to Art with me, as will Duo take Solo." Rebecca shook her head "but, no we can't do that, they're not registered."
"We'll fix that during Recess." Heero said. "But. Nataku's a girl, we can't enroll girls." Nataku bowed at this, letting her black hair act as a curtain as she said "With your permission, Sister, I would be more then gracious if you would let me study as a nun here with you, or just as a teacher, if you wish, considering I'm already married."
With no arguments left in her, she just nodded wearily. "Okay, sure. Run along now, all of you, I'll see you at recess."
It was time for Art. Heero, Solo and I went back to the dorm room, collected our stuff and walked to the class. Everything was perfect, back in place, I had my brother, had redeemed my mother's death, was back in school, everything was right.
So why did I still feel so empty?
TBC..
Well, that was the worst chapter so far. ::grumbles about happy ending being to sappy:: so much sap you could blow your nose with a pancake.
D: hey, how come I don't talk yet? Dk: Cuz, we still have another chapter! D: Only one?? Dk: yup, that's how the cookie crumbles. D: what's the next one going to be about? Dk: I'll tell you at the end of next chapter, k? D: ohhh,.. Okay.
Solo: Hi I just wandered in here for no apparent reason! Q: me too! My name's Quatre and I'm with Trowa and I'm Arabian and I can play the piano and the violin- Dk: ::puts down frying pan that now had an imprint of Quatre's face on it:: well, wouldn't you?
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