*sweatdrop* Eh, I know that last chapter was a bit...-crappy- to
say the least...but that's because all the good stuff is
happening in THIS chapter! Or at least -beginning- in this
chapter. Next chapter is the big, final, major blow up between
Wufei and Heero. And boy is it gonna be fun! ^_^
I was gonna have Heero be a total bastard in this chapter, but I just couldn't help myself. When DVG watches too much Stars (and obviously has no life), she just -can't- bastardize anybody. So the Duo/Heero predicament takes a nice little twist instead of the expected bastardization of everyone's favorite Wing Zero pilot. ^_^;;; *gulp* It won't keep him from hating me even more though. Good thing he's still locked away in his little evil closet so he can't strangle me. *watches closet warily*
And for my Shella-chan, I have some Noin action. ^____^ I am such a suck-up sometimes.
Duo: -SOMETIMES-?
*sits on Duo* Shush you. OH! And I have fun with Wufei. ^______________________^ I know I'm gonna be having lots of reviewers going all fan-girly over this...
Wufei: Jell-O...*eye twitch* I will get revenge for this injustice. Just you wait. I'll let Heero out of the closet and we'll get revenge. *nod nod*
O.O;;;; *ahem* Well, how about those reviews, eh?
Mars: Yaay! I'm not the only one who sobs when Haruka and Michiru die! ^___^;;;; To see such love end the way it did...*sniffle* But yeah! *ahem* Yeah, there's a lot of important things in the last chapter to make note of. Heh. Especially when it involves near-death experiences. *nod nod* Gomen ne for the cliffie! I promise the cliffhanger in this chapter isn't nearly as bad! I swear! I even make up for it with yummy Wuffie-ness!!! Jell-O Wufei! ^_______^ Yummy...*drools*
IchigoPocky: Hehe...*sweatdrop* Gomen nasai!!! Me and my evil cliffhangers...And Duo will be helped! Don't worry! And don't sulk! Sulking is not good! Smile! Be happy! ^____^ Snuggle the Jell-O Wuffie-bear!
Lexington: Heh, yesh, torturous events loom in the horizon...*evil grin* I'm so bad sometimes. But it's okay, you still luff me, right? ^_^;;;
Lady Rune: Heh, yes, poor Duo. Poor, poor Duo. And it only gets worse before it gets better...
Smiley-person: Huh? Eh? o.O;;
Solus Nox: Yep! I've updated a helluva lot since you last reviewed! ^___^ I try my hardest to get new chapters in as fast as I can to keep my lovely reviewers appeased. So you like the way I've written the characters? Yaay! At least someone does! *evil look at the sulking G-boys (with the exception of Heero because he's locked in the evil closet)* I wish they were real too...*dreamy sigh* I'd kidnap them all and make them marry me! ^_______^ w00t!
SanosukeLover- Milly Maxwell: OOooooOOOooo...GUMMI BEARS!!!!! Heh. *sweatdrop* I'm normal...Now why would I go and hurt Duo- channerz? I would kill myself before I did that. Hell, I couldn't even make Heero shoot Duo in 'Nowhere To Run', so I don't think I could make myself write anything bad happening to my adorable Shinigami at the hands of another G-boy in -this- story. ^^;;;
Solain Rhyo: Ooo...Beer...beer and giant gummi bears...oooo...*ahem* Anyways- Awww, you admire my writing? *blush* I'm honored. And yes you got huggles, you're one of my favorite reviewer people!!! ^___^ *huggle*
Dark Peppermint: Yeah, I know the last chapter was a bit short and all, but I couldn't fit any more into it without having to combined it with this entire chapter. All the fun stuff is beginning in this chapter! So hopefully, it'll make up for that last chapter! ^_^
Iruka Yuywell: Yep, yep. Treize turned Wufei (on accident), though Zechs had turned Treize. I thought it would be amusing in its own twisted way, seeing how Wufei hates Treize so much in the show. ^^;;; I'm a twisted person, what else could you expect? And yes, you HAVE to see Stars!! It is by far the BEST of all the Sailor Moon series', hands down! I have the website where I ordered my fansubs if you want it, it only cost me 35 bucks to buy the whole series, which is -really- cheap considering that the series has -nine- tapes in it. ^_^
Mais Non, Mon Ami: Here's more of the story! ^^;;;;
Yaay! Okay, I think that's all the reviews! ^_____^ Now go read! Be happy! Or not...either way.
Just don't kill the author.
***
Lavender vanilla.
Lots of lavender vanilla.
Wufei hovered uncertainly between drifting lazily back to sleep or rousing himself from the overwhelming fragrance relaxing him so much so that all his muscles felt like Jell-O. He supposed the latter was probably the best, but then it meant he would have to break the moment of absolute contentment he was having.
Taking his time, Wufei sort of oozed over onto his side in his gelatin state, extremely reluctant about leaving the warm cocoon of strongly (Duo-)scented blankets-
Wait. Blankets? He forced his leaden eyes open. He had fallen asleep on the chair -by- the bed, not in the bed. Yet he was in Duo's bed and it had obviously been the slayer who had put him there.
Another kind warmth flared up in his cheeks at the assessments of his position, making him squirm slightly. Why he reacted like that was beyond his understanding; it was only a bed and he had presumably been put there out of sympathetic concern. That's all.
Strength trickled back into his limp limbs and the drowsy haziness cleared away as Wufei sat up, pushing his loose, messy hair out of his eyes uneasily.
Something seemed wrong.
He couldn't say exactly what, but he was having an unsettling vibe replace the previous peace, not quite obtrusively though, it hovered along the edges of his thought mockingly.
Glancing around the room as if it would give him an answer, Wufei caught the bright green sticky-note placed on the backrest of the computer chair and peeled it off as he swung his legs over the edge of the bed. Duo's quick scribble covered nearly the entire sticky-note.
'Wu-
If you get this before we return from our shift, then we're still out (go figure, eh?), but anyways, if you do...well...help yourself to whatever's in the apartment, with the exception of Q- man's and Unibang's room 'cause you never know -what- you'll find in there, just don't miss me too much! Heh, we'll be back soon!
-D'
Wufei reread the note, a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips; he could almost picture the amused smirk Duo must have had when writing it, given some of its contents and insinuations.
It didn't quell the weird vibe though.
He stood, stretching languidly and rolling his shoulders to work out kinks before even attempting to tackle his way across the disorderly bedroom (where was a shovel when you needed it?). Wufei paused as he grasped the doorknob, he could faintly sense two slayer approaching, it had to be the empath and his partner by the intensity contrast, one was almost overly warm while the other was only mildly so. Heading out into the living room, Wufei came in as the front door swung open and the couple entered.
At the amount of distress on Quatre's face, that worried him more than his vibe. "What's going on?"
"We need you to help us- we've looked everywhere we could think of- but-" the blonde bit his lower lip.
"We can't find Duo."
***
Heero made sure to remove all of Duo's weapons before throwing the unconscious boy over his shoulder and handing them to Zechs, who looked at them as if they would jump up and bite him on the nose. He had hated using such a cheap tactic on the braided slayer, but if it got him what he wanted, then all would be amended.
"The slayer's partners weren't able to detect you, correct?"
"Maxwell was alone," Treize replied smoothly.
"Hn...Noin, Une, go back and give them my message; Zechs, you and Khushrenada stay out here and watch for their arrival," Heero instructed. "More than likely, they've gone to retrieve Wufei from whatever hole they've hidden him in to assist in their search, but I want to be certain."
With that, he turned away from the four and walked into the willow branches, carrying Duo.
"Are we sure this is the right thing to do?" Noin asked, watching the swishing branches the Japanese vampire had disappeared behind doubtfully. "This seems a bit -much- to be solely for one person."
"Lucrezia, he's a traitor. We can't have traitors giving away all of our secrets to the slayers," Zechs answered shortly.
Noin was still dubious, though held her tongue as Une took her by the arm and led her away from the men.
"Don't worry, I agree with you," she said quietly, glancing back at the large house. "I have a feeling there's more to this that we aren't being told of."
"Yes, but at least I'm not the only person who believes that," Noin smiled slightly. "However, I wish we did know the rest of the story, so we could judge for ourselves."
Une shrugged. "Who does know? I don't think even Milliardo has been clued in to the whole truth. We'll find out eventually, let's just do as we're told for now and get it over with."
She nodded slowly. "I suppose..."
***
Duo winced as he came to. His head was pounding like crazy and his stomach churned nauseatingly from the disgusting mix of smells that flooded his system when he reached consciousness. There was something disturbingly familiar about them too, and when realization hit, he bolted upright with fear briefly flashing across his face.
The room was devoid of people, but this was the house where Duo had been just a day before. The sounds of the party throbbed through the walls of the room, emanating up from the floor, though there was no one in there with him.
Or so he thought.
"Took you long enough to wake up."
Duo instantly whirled around, nearly falling off the couch he was on in the process, and managed to muster a partial glare. "Damn it, don't do sneak up on me like that!"
"Should have looked behind you," Heero replied indifferently, pushing himself off of the wall and sauntering around the couch. Duo reached for his holster...only to find that it wasn't there.
"You're wasting your time if you're searching for your weapons. They've been removed."
"Great..." He kept his gaze trained on the plush burgundy carpet, Heero had stopped right in front of him and if he turn it up all his would see is a certain part of male anatomy covered by tight jeans that he really did not need to see. "I take it you didn't want a repeat of last time, eh?"
"I took certain precautions. It doesn't matter, soon -everything- will be taken care of," Heero said carefully.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? You're not gettin' an inch near -my- jugular vein if that's what you mean," Duo retorted, both frustrated and somewhat apprehensive. Frustrated because he felt vulnerable without any sort of protection in this situation, though he wasn't about to show it, and fearful for the same reasons. If he couldn't worm his way out of this mess...Who can tell what might happen?
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Heero smirked slightly. "I can't say that it wouldn't be a plus if I did, but there's more to it. There's a traitor hiding from us; I'm going to get rid of him before any valuable information leaks out and you're the means to his end."
Duo went red and with an angry scowl he shoved Heero away, making him stumble back a bit as he stood up. "Why the hell can't you leave Wufei alone? He has done NOTHING to you- nothing at all- yet you treat him like shit! You wonder why he's so scornful, but if you ever had the decency to actually say something NICE to the guy, you might not get a snide remark! Did you ever think about that?!"
Heero's expression went completely unreadable. "You don't seem to realize...Wufei -has- done something though, something that I never thought possible..." He stepped forward again and, much to the braided slayer's surprise, hesitated waveringly as he reached out, placing an unsure hand on his flushing cheek. "...how was he able to get so close to such a beautiful person without being considered a monster? What is really so different that you despise me, yet care for him?"
Duo couldn't pull away, he was pinned between the body in front of and the couch behind him, the fact that he seemed to be having difficulty breathing, let alone even speaking, properly didn't help any. His heart beat wildly in his chest, making him feel lightheaded. "I- I- I-" He looked up into the Japanese vampire's face and was utterly shocked.
Heero was struggling to hide it, but his cold mask was falling slowly, showing the hurt that wasn't intended to be shown.
***
(DVG currently can't come up with any witty ending comments since she is being chased down by Jell-O Injustice Boy and Sexxah Fanged Heero, whom are both swearing in multiple languages and vowing revenge. *MEEP* Bad DVG, no more Starbucks iced Caramel Machiattos for her.)
Tune in next time for the big, final, major blow up between the kawaii Asian G-boys! WEEEEE!
^________________^
I was gonna have Heero be a total bastard in this chapter, but I just couldn't help myself. When DVG watches too much Stars (and obviously has no life), she just -can't- bastardize anybody. So the Duo/Heero predicament takes a nice little twist instead of the expected bastardization of everyone's favorite Wing Zero pilot. ^_^;;; *gulp* It won't keep him from hating me even more though. Good thing he's still locked away in his little evil closet so he can't strangle me. *watches closet warily*
And for my Shella-chan, I have some Noin action. ^____^ I am such a suck-up sometimes.
Duo: -SOMETIMES-?
*sits on Duo* Shush you. OH! And I have fun with Wufei. ^______________________^ I know I'm gonna be having lots of reviewers going all fan-girly over this...
Wufei: Jell-O...*eye twitch* I will get revenge for this injustice. Just you wait. I'll let Heero out of the closet and we'll get revenge. *nod nod*
O.O;;;; *ahem* Well, how about those reviews, eh?
Mars: Yaay! I'm not the only one who sobs when Haruka and Michiru die! ^___^;;;; To see such love end the way it did...*sniffle* But yeah! *ahem* Yeah, there's a lot of important things in the last chapter to make note of. Heh. Especially when it involves near-death experiences. *nod nod* Gomen ne for the cliffie! I promise the cliffhanger in this chapter isn't nearly as bad! I swear! I even make up for it with yummy Wuffie-ness!!! Jell-O Wufei! ^_______^ Yummy...*drools*
IchigoPocky: Hehe...*sweatdrop* Gomen nasai!!! Me and my evil cliffhangers...And Duo will be helped! Don't worry! And don't sulk! Sulking is not good! Smile! Be happy! ^____^ Snuggle the Jell-O Wuffie-bear!
Lexington: Heh, yesh, torturous events loom in the horizon...*evil grin* I'm so bad sometimes. But it's okay, you still luff me, right? ^_^;;;
Lady Rune: Heh, yes, poor Duo. Poor, poor Duo. And it only gets worse before it gets better...
Smiley-person: Huh? Eh? o.O;;
Solus Nox: Yep! I've updated a helluva lot since you last reviewed! ^___^ I try my hardest to get new chapters in as fast as I can to keep my lovely reviewers appeased. So you like the way I've written the characters? Yaay! At least someone does! *evil look at the sulking G-boys (with the exception of Heero because he's locked in the evil closet)* I wish they were real too...*dreamy sigh* I'd kidnap them all and make them marry me! ^_______^ w00t!
SanosukeLover- Milly Maxwell: OOooooOOOooo...GUMMI BEARS!!!!! Heh. *sweatdrop* I'm normal...Now why would I go and hurt Duo- channerz? I would kill myself before I did that. Hell, I couldn't even make Heero shoot Duo in 'Nowhere To Run', so I don't think I could make myself write anything bad happening to my adorable Shinigami at the hands of another G-boy in -this- story. ^^;;;
Solain Rhyo: Ooo...Beer...beer and giant gummi bears...oooo...*ahem* Anyways- Awww, you admire my writing? *blush* I'm honored. And yes you got huggles, you're one of my favorite reviewer people!!! ^___^ *huggle*
Dark Peppermint: Yeah, I know the last chapter was a bit short and all, but I couldn't fit any more into it without having to combined it with this entire chapter. All the fun stuff is beginning in this chapter! So hopefully, it'll make up for that last chapter! ^_^
Iruka Yuywell: Yep, yep. Treize turned Wufei (on accident), though Zechs had turned Treize. I thought it would be amusing in its own twisted way, seeing how Wufei hates Treize so much in the show. ^^;;; I'm a twisted person, what else could you expect? And yes, you HAVE to see Stars!! It is by far the BEST of all the Sailor Moon series', hands down! I have the website where I ordered my fansubs if you want it, it only cost me 35 bucks to buy the whole series, which is -really- cheap considering that the series has -nine- tapes in it. ^_^
Mais Non, Mon Ami: Here's more of the story! ^^;;;;
Yaay! Okay, I think that's all the reviews! ^_____^ Now go read! Be happy! Or not...either way.
Just don't kill the author.
***
Lavender vanilla.
Lots of lavender vanilla.
Wufei hovered uncertainly between drifting lazily back to sleep or rousing himself from the overwhelming fragrance relaxing him so much so that all his muscles felt like Jell-O. He supposed the latter was probably the best, but then it meant he would have to break the moment of absolute contentment he was having.
Taking his time, Wufei sort of oozed over onto his side in his gelatin state, extremely reluctant about leaving the warm cocoon of strongly (Duo-)scented blankets-
Wait. Blankets? He forced his leaden eyes open. He had fallen asleep on the chair -by- the bed, not in the bed. Yet he was in Duo's bed and it had obviously been the slayer who had put him there.
Another kind warmth flared up in his cheeks at the assessments of his position, making him squirm slightly. Why he reacted like that was beyond his understanding; it was only a bed and he had presumably been put there out of sympathetic concern. That's all.
Strength trickled back into his limp limbs and the drowsy haziness cleared away as Wufei sat up, pushing his loose, messy hair out of his eyes uneasily.
Something seemed wrong.
He couldn't say exactly what, but he was having an unsettling vibe replace the previous peace, not quite obtrusively though, it hovered along the edges of his thought mockingly.
Glancing around the room as if it would give him an answer, Wufei caught the bright green sticky-note placed on the backrest of the computer chair and peeled it off as he swung his legs over the edge of the bed. Duo's quick scribble covered nearly the entire sticky-note.
'Wu-
If you get this before we return from our shift, then we're still out (go figure, eh?), but anyways, if you do...well...help yourself to whatever's in the apartment, with the exception of Q- man's and Unibang's room 'cause you never know -what- you'll find in there, just don't miss me too much! Heh, we'll be back soon!
-D'
Wufei reread the note, a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips; he could almost picture the amused smirk Duo must have had when writing it, given some of its contents and insinuations.
It didn't quell the weird vibe though.
He stood, stretching languidly and rolling his shoulders to work out kinks before even attempting to tackle his way across the disorderly bedroom (where was a shovel when you needed it?). Wufei paused as he grasped the doorknob, he could faintly sense two slayer approaching, it had to be the empath and his partner by the intensity contrast, one was almost overly warm while the other was only mildly so. Heading out into the living room, Wufei came in as the front door swung open and the couple entered.
At the amount of distress on Quatre's face, that worried him more than his vibe. "What's going on?"
"We need you to help us- we've looked everywhere we could think of- but-" the blonde bit his lower lip.
"We can't find Duo."
***
Heero made sure to remove all of Duo's weapons before throwing the unconscious boy over his shoulder and handing them to Zechs, who looked at them as if they would jump up and bite him on the nose. He had hated using such a cheap tactic on the braided slayer, but if it got him what he wanted, then all would be amended.
"The slayer's partners weren't able to detect you, correct?"
"Maxwell was alone," Treize replied smoothly.
"Hn...Noin, Une, go back and give them my message; Zechs, you and Khushrenada stay out here and watch for their arrival," Heero instructed. "More than likely, they've gone to retrieve Wufei from whatever hole they've hidden him in to assist in their search, but I want to be certain."
With that, he turned away from the four and walked into the willow branches, carrying Duo.
"Are we sure this is the right thing to do?" Noin asked, watching the swishing branches the Japanese vampire had disappeared behind doubtfully. "This seems a bit -much- to be solely for one person."
"Lucrezia, he's a traitor. We can't have traitors giving away all of our secrets to the slayers," Zechs answered shortly.
Noin was still dubious, though held her tongue as Une took her by the arm and led her away from the men.
"Don't worry, I agree with you," she said quietly, glancing back at the large house. "I have a feeling there's more to this that we aren't being told of."
"Yes, but at least I'm not the only person who believes that," Noin smiled slightly. "However, I wish we did know the rest of the story, so we could judge for ourselves."
Une shrugged. "Who does know? I don't think even Milliardo has been clued in to the whole truth. We'll find out eventually, let's just do as we're told for now and get it over with."
She nodded slowly. "I suppose..."
***
Duo winced as he came to. His head was pounding like crazy and his stomach churned nauseatingly from the disgusting mix of smells that flooded his system when he reached consciousness. There was something disturbingly familiar about them too, and when realization hit, he bolted upright with fear briefly flashing across his face.
The room was devoid of people, but this was the house where Duo had been just a day before. The sounds of the party throbbed through the walls of the room, emanating up from the floor, though there was no one in there with him.
Or so he thought.
"Took you long enough to wake up."
Duo instantly whirled around, nearly falling off the couch he was on in the process, and managed to muster a partial glare. "Damn it, don't do sneak up on me like that!"
"Should have looked behind you," Heero replied indifferently, pushing himself off of the wall and sauntering around the couch. Duo reached for his holster...only to find that it wasn't there.
"You're wasting your time if you're searching for your weapons. They've been removed."
"Great..." He kept his gaze trained on the plush burgundy carpet, Heero had stopped right in front of him and if he turn it up all his would see is a certain part of male anatomy covered by tight jeans that he really did not need to see. "I take it you didn't want a repeat of last time, eh?"
"I took certain precautions. It doesn't matter, soon -everything- will be taken care of," Heero said carefully.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? You're not gettin' an inch near -my- jugular vein if that's what you mean," Duo retorted, both frustrated and somewhat apprehensive. Frustrated because he felt vulnerable without any sort of protection in this situation, though he wasn't about to show it, and fearful for the same reasons. If he couldn't worm his way out of this mess...Who can tell what might happen?
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Heero smirked slightly. "I can't say that it wouldn't be a plus if I did, but there's more to it. There's a traitor hiding from us; I'm going to get rid of him before any valuable information leaks out and you're the means to his end."
Duo went red and with an angry scowl he shoved Heero away, making him stumble back a bit as he stood up. "Why the hell can't you leave Wufei alone? He has done NOTHING to you- nothing at all- yet you treat him like shit! You wonder why he's so scornful, but if you ever had the decency to actually say something NICE to the guy, you might not get a snide remark! Did you ever think about that?!"
Heero's expression went completely unreadable. "You don't seem to realize...Wufei -has- done something though, something that I never thought possible..." He stepped forward again and, much to the braided slayer's surprise, hesitated waveringly as he reached out, placing an unsure hand on his flushing cheek. "...how was he able to get so close to such a beautiful person without being considered a monster? What is really so different that you despise me, yet care for him?"
Duo couldn't pull away, he was pinned between the body in front of and the couch behind him, the fact that he seemed to be having difficulty breathing, let alone even speaking, properly didn't help any. His heart beat wildly in his chest, making him feel lightheaded. "I- I- I-" He looked up into the Japanese vampire's face and was utterly shocked.
Heero was struggling to hide it, but his cold mask was falling slowly, showing the hurt that wasn't intended to be shown.
***
(DVG currently can't come up with any witty ending comments since she is being chased down by Jell-O Injustice Boy and Sexxah Fanged Heero, whom are both swearing in multiple languages and vowing revenge. *MEEP* Bad DVG, no more Starbucks iced Caramel Machiattos for her.)
Tune in next time for the big, final, major blow up between the kawaii Asian G-boys! WEEEEE!
^________________^