Gomen ne for taking a bit longer on this chapter, all my free
time the past couple of days had been taken up by either
babysitting or (like last night) a party. The party was kick
ass, and I got a lot of money for the babysitting, so it's all
cool. Just a few rabid reviewers to take of though...*sweatdrop*
*ahem* First off...
Xangel: I am thoroughly tickled pink that you're enjoying the evil-ish-ness of my fic and all it's contents, but...Duo is mine!!! At least in my mind and my fics. *sweatdrop* Don't worry, I'll be okay...But anywho...
Yami Crystal: Well, here ya go, there's plenty of 'big stuff' happening in this chapter. ^^ Yaay! This story has been claimed 'Spontaneous Coolness'!
Shella: My coolest reviewer-person ever...I do believe that your wonderful-ness review for the last chapter is the longest you have written for any of my fics yet. *teary eyes* I feel so luffed. I really don't care whether it's 'adieu' or 'ado', I've seen both ways and I'm just sticking with which ever one I happen to type at the time, I tend to switch back and forth between the two spellings. If that makes any sense whatsoever. ^^;;; More Duo-ish mental beating in this chapter, though not as bad as before. And I'm glad you're finding the introspection good, quite frankly, I can't take credit for the scale of greatness you give me, cause I just write what I think and I tend to let my thoughts be written into the characters' thoughts as I go, so it's really all purely accidental. And as for the love triangle...Well expect a few more twists and turns before it even begins to become remotely possible to know who's gonna choose who. *evil grin* And yes it would suck to be an empath, no great-ness surprises. You seem to find all sorts of accidental things puts into my fic! The whole Trowa thing is just kinda...there. I mean, I know he's usually all silent and all, and I do have him that way, but I picture him as a man of pith, even though he may not speak much, when he -does- speak, there is usually purpose and meaning behind it. I just so happen to give him a sense of humor with his way of pith. Like morbid Walt Disney and the whole Unibang Boy/disheveled Shinigami thing. Right to the point and blunt, unlike my authors' notes before the chapters! *sweatdrop* And even though Quatre says it's impossible to turn a pureblood human, you never know...*evil grin* More evil cliffhangers to come! PS: Yes, Heero is deliciously evil.
Mars: You have now become me second coolest reviewer-person ever. ^^;;; Please don't go quitting college or camping out in front of your computer for my little fic! I don't want to be the cause of that! (Don't you just love that Warped Disney though? I think it fits perfectly) And yes, glow sticks kick major ass. *big grin* I luff glow sticks. I luff doing all those trippy hand movements in black light with the glow sticks when at raves or parties. ^^ But yeah, and Trowa and Quatre really can't be all cutesy-mushy-gushy all the time, my hentai mind will -not- allow that. So I use every opportunity I can to slip in all sorts of fun innuendoes. ^^
I do believe I have drawn out these A/N's long enough, ne? *laughs nervously at all the evil glares from reviewers* And I don't think I have to go through all the legal and ratings nonsense...SO! RIGHT! Let's get to the chapter then!
...
Without further -ado-...
...
THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!
***
It had all been laid out perfectly.
Heero had changed his intention after the little 'one-on-one' with Duo, rearranging his priorities some. Why not kill two birds with one stone so he wouldn't have to deal with it later?
Half of it he didn't even have to inconvenience himself with, Relena told 'her Heero' that she would take care of everything so it would be less stressful for him. And he yielded, it was better any way, to let her handle the pretty slayer and he wouldn't have to be sorely tempted. It left him free to carefully lay his mind games for the other aspect of his plan.
Wufei.
Heero moved stealthily as his Prussian eyes sharply followed the inky black haired head in the crowd a little ways before him. He didn't have the slightest clue as to where the Asian teen was going, Heero kept more into the downtown area or close to it, but Wufei was slowing making his way towards the more roomy outskirts of the city suburb.
Then he caught sight of the creamy white walls sectioning off the Chinese quarter and paused. Is this where he went when he disappeared? He knew if he ever got caught by a past family member or friend it would raise a hell of a -lot- of questions about his where he had been the past two years, or did it not matter if he was caught? Probably the latter.
Though as Heero thought this, he saw Wufei turned aside and enter a small bar called 'Chasing the Dragon', not going into the district. Okay, so maybe he did understand, but this was still too close for comfort.
Now all Heero had to do was wait patiently for the right time. Then...His plan will commence.
***
Duo's keen gaze darted all about him in the shadows that were slowly beginning to grow, closing him into their darkness in his falter of resolve. He was going nuts trying to figure out where they were, all he knew was that there were three, but their surrounding presence distorted his senses so that he couldn't pinpoint their location.
"What's wrong, pretty boy? You're looking a little nervous..." A feminine voice purred as it brushed passed his right ear. Duo whirled around, icy chills creeping down his spine as he sought the person whom the voice belonged to. There was nothing. Only the shadows.
"Are you scared?..." Another whispered with wicked amusement somewhere to his left, this voice lighter than the first, younger. "Don't worry, pretty, we won't bite..."
"...Hard..."
Okay. Now was the time to panic. Where was the third? And why the hell weren't the stupid vampires showing themselves! This was -really- not cool. He was supposed to be well on his way to 'Chasing the Dragon', not trapped in the middle of the park by three psychotic female bloodsuckers who didn't have anything better to do with their time than hinder him. Unless there was a reason, but who would launch a full-out plan just to get rid of one measly slayer?
He already knew that answer though; it was the same thing that he hadn't been able to banish from his thoughts since the night before.
Duo kept an unreadable expression on his face as the darkness suddenly went deadly silent.
It seemed to last forever, as if time were flying fast outside this black void, though crawling with nerve-racking slowness within as his eyes scanned for the tiniest hint of another being.
'Oooooohh...shit...'
He went stiff as a cold arm wrapped around his throat while the other held an iron grip to his wrist, ready to break bones and rip the limb from its socket if necessary. "Join us for some fun, will you?"
It was the first.
Then a slender girl who appeared no older than himself with short, dark blue hair sauntered out of the gloom with a dark smile. "Play with us," her smile widened into a Cheshire cat grin as she stroked a chilled, pale hand through his bangs and down the side of his face, making him shiver involuntarily under the other's grasp. They laughed and Duo cursed mentally.
'Goddamn it...I hate this...I really, really fucking hate this...'
The third materialized behind the blue-haired girl, and he nearly snickered aloud. She looked no more dangerous than Quatre, though as one always had to consider, appearances can be deceiving.
Now her -voice- on the other hand...
"Don't kill him yet! Let him suffer a little before you do," she said, whether it was supposed to be sarcastic or not couldn't be told, after the first word, you just tune out that horribly high- pitched tone. Not very fear inducing.
Duo couldn't help himself; he loosened up under the frigid grip and openly laughed so hard that tears were about to fall. Another bad idea. Boy did he seem really good at this bad idea thing lately.
The one holding him tightened her hold on his neck, partly choking him in the process and ending the bout of laughter, and his wrist was wretched up behind his back excruciatingly, causing fresh stabs of pain to course through his already injured spine and his arm. Duo clenched his jaw and forced himself to remain silent, to yell out would only delight them.
"You don't take me seriously, do you slayer?" The third said dangerously, or at least tried to, barely masking her anger as the blue-haired girl moved out of her way so she could get up close. "If I wanted, all I have to do is give Sally the word and she can kill you right now. You position isn't exactly in your benefit."
Duo only smirked. "Not like you lot would gain from me being dead anyway, I have to be alive if your gonna suck me dry," he replied shrewdly.
"Who mentioned anything about feeding? We're doing this as a favor, it's all for pleasure, pretty boy," Sally informed amusedly.
He wasn't going to allow this to daunt him. "Well if I'm so 'pretty', then why let beauty go to waste, eh? I'm sure you'd much rather get your fullest satisfaction's worth than just performing some job for a person who probably won't even thank you for it," Duo remarked persuasively, playing on vampires' weaknesses. Beauty and disrespect were two of the very few things that got to their kind and he just take out two in one shot.
There was a silence as the three contemplated his words, Sally even slacken her grasp somewhat. Duo seized the opportunity to discreetly begin to move his unpinned hand towards his holster, if he could only get his itchy, trigger-happy fingers on his gun then he could easily rectify his current not-so-great predicament.
"Oh, c'mon Relena, he'll never have to know..." The blue-haired girl pouted, breaking the quietness, giving in to the braided boy's sly allurement. The blonde now known as Relena seemed doubtful too, but shook her head.
"No Hilde, I made a promise to my Heero and I'm not about to go back on it," she refused, sealing his fate.
Sally suddenly snorted disdainfully. "Heero asked you to do this?" She unwrapped her arm from Duo's throat and he took a deep, grateful breath as she came around beside him, though still keeping her grip on his wrist. "I should've expected this...he's planning something, isn't he?"
It seems Relena had purposely left out a few details to their 'fun' and obviously Sally did -not- like taking orders from people.
"Yes- well, I'm not supposed to tell anyone," she replied, adverting her gaze.
"If I had known I wouldn't have gone along with this."
"Well you -do- owe me a favor, so just consider this as repaying it," Relena said stiffly.
Duo's fingers were now fully clasped onto his gun since the others were so preoccupied with their argument, they didn't even notice. Luckily enough, he had remembered to put his silencer enhancement on back in the apartment.
Hilde suddenly turned to dust and the two stopped bickering for a moment in surprise.
Relena went next.
The suffocating darkness around them dissolved as Sally instantly released Duo's wrist and stepped away, her blue eyes narrowing at him before she disappeared into the shadows.
"Goddamn it," he cursed loudly, rubbing his shoulder and aching back. Now that he was by himself again, he could bitch and moan all he wanted. And bitch and moan he did as he continued his trip through the park until he felt well compensated for his earlier muteness.
Once out of the hellhole, Duo began to wonder. He couldn't remember meeting any vampires named Heero, nor any that held a grudge against him enough to send some people out with only the full intention of killing him.
Checking his watch, Duo almost stumbled over his own feet and blinked bewilderedly. It was already three in the morning. Where had all those hours gone? Bursting into a run, the only thought left in his mind was that he hoped Wufei was still waiting in the bar for him and hadn't given up.
***
Okay, so I didn't exactly destroy -all- the chances of having a heterosexual relationship in this fic, but there's always the next chapter, so I do believe Sally isn't feeling quite so lucky to be the bearer of bad news...^^;;; But hey! No Relena! *everyone cheers wildly* And no Hilde, not that I had anything against her or anything, because I think she's all right, but she was an obstacle in the way of making a beautiful shounen-ai relationship for meh Duo-channerz. ^^
Now on to work on the next chapter!
*ahem* First off...
Xangel: I am thoroughly tickled pink that you're enjoying the evil-ish-ness of my fic and all it's contents, but...Duo is mine!!! At least in my mind and my fics. *sweatdrop* Don't worry, I'll be okay...But anywho...
Yami Crystal: Well, here ya go, there's plenty of 'big stuff' happening in this chapter. ^^ Yaay! This story has been claimed 'Spontaneous Coolness'!
Shella: My coolest reviewer-person ever...I do believe that your wonderful-ness review for the last chapter is the longest you have written for any of my fics yet. *teary eyes* I feel so luffed. I really don't care whether it's 'adieu' or 'ado', I've seen both ways and I'm just sticking with which ever one I happen to type at the time, I tend to switch back and forth between the two spellings. If that makes any sense whatsoever. ^^;;; More Duo-ish mental beating in this chapter, though not as bad as before. And I'm glad you're finding the introspection good, quite frankly, I can't take credit for the scale of greatness you give me, cause I just write what I think and I tend to let my thoughts be written into the characters' thoughts as I go, so it's really all purely accidental. And as for the love triangle...Well expect a few more twists and turns before it even begins to become remotely possible to know who's gonna choose who. *evil grin* And yes it would suck to be an empath, no great-ness surprises. You seem to find all sorts of accidental things puts into my fic! The whole Trowa thing is just kinda...there. I mean, I know he's usually all silent and all, and I do have him that way, but I picture him as a man of pith, even though he may not speak much, when he -does- speak, there is usually purpose and meaning behind it. I just so happen to give him a sense of humor with his way of pith. Like morbid Walt Disney and the whole Unibang Boy/disheveled Shinigami thing. Right to the point and blunt, unlike my authors' notes before the chapters! *sweatdrop* And even though Quatre says it's impossible to turn a pureblood human, you never know...*evil grin* More evil cliffhangers to come! PS: Yes, Heero is deliciously evil.
Mars: You have now become me second coolest reviewer-person ever. ^^;;; Please don't go quitting college or camping out in front of your computer for my little fic! I don't want to be the cause of that! (Don't you just love that Warped Disney though? I think it fits perfectly) And yes, glow sticks kick major ass. *big grin* I luff glow sticks. I luff doing all those trippy hand movements in black light with the glow sticks when at raves or parties. ^^ But yeah, and Trowa and Quatre really can't be all cutesy-mushy-gushy all the time, my hentai mind will -not- allow that. So I use every opportunity I can to slip in all sorts of fun innuendoes. ^^
I do believe I have drawn out these A/N's long enough, ne? *laughs nervously at all the evil glares from reviewers* And I don't think I have to go through all the legal and ratings nonsense...SO! RIGHT! Let's get to the chapter then!
...
Without further -ado-...
...
THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!
***
It had all been laid out perfectly.
Heero had changed his intention after the little 'one-on-one' with Duo, rearranging his priorities some. Why not kill two birds with one stone so he wouldn't have to deal with it later?
Half of it he didn't even have to inconvenience himself with, Relena told 'her Heero' that she would take care of everything so it would be less stressful for him. And he yielded, it was better any way, to let her handle the pretty slayer and he wouldn't have to be sorely tempted. It left him free to carefully lay his mind games for the other aspect of his plan.
Wufei.
Heero moved stealthily as his Prussian eyes sharply followed the inky black haired head in the crowd a little ways before him. He didn't have the slightest clue as to where the Asian teen was going, Heero kept more into the downtown area or close to it, but Wufei was slowing making his way towards the more roomy outskirts of the city suburb.
Then he caught sight of the creamy white walls sectioning off the Chinese quarter and paused. Is this where he went when he disappeared? He knew if he ever got caught by a past family member or friend it would raise a hell of a -lot- of questions about his where he had been the past two years, or did it not matter if he was caught? Probably the latter.
Though as Heero thought this, he saw Wufei turned aside and enter a small bar called 'Chasing the Dragon', not going into the district. Okay, so maybe he did understand, but this was still too close for comfort.
Now all Heero had to do was wait patiently for the right time. Then...His plan will commence.
***
Duo's keen gaze darted all about him in the shadows that were slowly beginning to grow, closing him into their darkness in his falter of resolve. He was going nuts trying to figure out where they were, all he knew was that there were three, but their surrounding presence distorted his senses so that he couldn't pinpoint their location.
"What's wrong, pretty boy? You're looking a little nervous..." A feminine voice purred as it brushed passed his right ear. Duo whirled around, icy chills creeping down his spine as he sought the person whom the voice belonged to. There was nothing. Only the shadows.
"Are you scared?..." Another whispered with wicked amusement somewhere to his left, this voice lighter than the first, younger. "Don't worry, pretty, we won't bite..."
"...Hard..."
Okay. Now was the time to panic. Where was the third? And why the hell weren't the stupid vampires showing themselves! This was -really- not cool. He was supposed to be well on his way to 'Chasing the Dragon', not trapped in the middle of the park by three psychotic female bloodsuckers who didn't have anything better to do with their time than hinder him. Unless there was a reason, but who would launch a full-out plan just to get rid of one measly slayer?
He already knew that answer though; it was the same thing that he hadn't been able to banish from his thoughts since the night before.
Duo kept an unreadable expression on his face as the darkness suddenly went deadly silent.
It seemed to last forever, as if time were flying fast outside this black void, though crawling with nerve-racking slowness within as his eyes scanned for the tiniest hint of another being.
'Oooooohh...shit...'
He went stiff as a cold arm wrapped around his throat while the other held an iron grip to his wrist, ready to break bones and rip the limb from its socket if necessary. "Join us for some fun, will you?"
It was the first.
Then a slender girl who appeared no older than himself with short, dark blue hair sauntered out of the gloom with a dark smile. "Play with us," her smile widened into a Cheshire cat grin as she stroked a chilled, pale hand through his bangs and down the side of his face, making him shiver involuntarily under the other's grasp. They laughed and Duo cursed mentally.
'Goddamn it...I hate this...I really, really fucking hate this...'
The third materialized behind the blue-haired girl, and he nearly snickered aloud. She looked no more dangerous than Quatre, though as one always had to consider, appearances can be deceiving.
Now her -voice- on the other hand...
"Don't kill him yet! Let him suffer a little before you do," she said, whether it was supposed to be sarcastic or not couldn't be told, after the first word, you just tune out that horribly high- pitched tone. Not very fear inducing.
Duo couldn't help himself; he loosened up under the frigid grip and openly laughed so hard that tears were about to fall. Another bad idea. Boy did he seem really good at this bad idea thing lately.
The one holding him tightened her hold on his neck, partly choking him in the process and ending the bout of laughter, and his wrist was wretched up behind his back excruciatingly, causing fresh stabs of pain to course through his already injured spine and his arm. Duo clenched his jaw and forced himself to remain silent, to yell out would only delight them.
"You don't take me seriously, do you slayer?" The third said dangerously, or at least tried to, barely masking her anger as the blue-haired girl moved out of her way so she could get up close. "If I wanted, all I have to do is give Sally the word and she can kill you right now. You position isn't exactly in your benefit."
Duo only smirked. "Not like you lot would gain from me being dead anyway, I have to be alive if your gonna suck me dry," he replied shrewdly.
"Who mentioned anything about feeding? We're doing this as a favor, it's all for pleasure, pretty boy," Sally informed amusedly.
He wasn't going to allow this to daunt him. "Well if I'm so 'pretty', then why let beauty go to waste, eh? I'm sure you'd much rather get your fullest satisfaction's worth than just performing some job for a person who probably won't even thank you for it," Duo remarked persuasively, playing on vampires' weaknesses. Beauty and disrespect were two of the very few things that got to their kind and he just take out two in one shot.
There was a silence as the three contemplated his words, Sally even slacken her grasp somewhat. Duo seized the opportunity to discreetly begin to move his unpinned hand towards his holster, if he could only get his itchy, trigger-happy fingers on his gun then he could easily rectify his current not-so-great predicament.
"Oh, c'mon Relena, he'll never have to know..." The blue-haired girl pouted, breaking the quietness, giving in to the braided boy's sly allurement. The blonde now known as Relena seemed doubtful too, but shook her head.
"No Hilde, I made a promise to my Heero and I'm not about to go back on it," she refused, sealing his fate.
Sally suddenly snorted disdainfully. "Heero asked you to do this?" She unwrapped her arm from Duo's throat and he took a deep, grateful breath as she came around beside him, though still keeping her grip on his wrist. "I should've expected this...he's planning something, isn't he?"
It seems Relena had purposely left out a few details to their 'fun' and obviously Sally did -not- like taking orders from people.
"Yes- well, I'm not supposed to tell anyone," she replied, adverting her gaze.
"If I had known I wouldn't have gone along with this."
"Well you -do- owe me a favor, so just consider this as repaying it," Relena said stiffly.
Duo's fingers were now fully clasped onto his gun since the others were so preoccupied with their argument, they didn't even notice. Luckily enough, he had remembered to put his silencer enhancement on back in the apartment.
Hilde suddenly turned to dust and the two stopped bickering for a moment in surprise.
Relena went next.
The suffocating darkness around them dissolved as Sally instantly released Duo's wrist and stepped away, her blue eyes narrowing at him before she disappeared into the shadows.
"Goddamn it," he cursed loudly, rubbing his shoulder and aching back. Now that he was by himself again, he could bitch and moan all he wanted. And bitch and moan he did as he continued his trip through the park until he felt well compensated for his earlier muteness.
Once out of the hellhole, Duo began to wonder. He couldn't remember meeting any vampires named Heero, nor any that held a grudge against him enough to send some people out with only the full intention of killing him.
Checking his watch, Duo almost stumbled over his own feet and blinked bewilderedly. It was already three in the morning. Where had all those hours gone? Bursting into a run, the only thought left in his mind was that he hoped Wufei was still waiting in the bar for him and hadn't given up.
***
Okay, so I didn't exactly destroy -all- the chances of having a heterosexual relationship in this fic, but there's always the next chapter, so I do believe Sally isn't feeling quite so lucky to be the bearer of bad news...^^;;; But hey! No Relena! *everyone cheers wildly* And no Hilde, not that I had anything against her or anything, because I think she's all right, but she was an obstacle in the way of making a beautiful shounen-ai relationship for meh Duo-channerz. ^^
Now on to work on the next chapter!