Hehehe! This story is so much fun to write! It's starting to get serious though, and the plot will be revealed within the next five chapters. Hehe. I know, that's kind of a long plot, but you'll understand..it comes in parts.

When we left off, Aria collapsed from the spell she performed on Wufei, and the weather mage got his dragon to go and look for Duo. Uh, this chapter jumps backwards a bit in time, to when Heero and Duo left for their walk.

Disclaimer-I don't own gundam wing, although I do own an action figure! Hehe, go fig, it's the deathscythe model......

Alright, on with the fic, please please please let me know what you think! It's good for the writing if I get more reviews.........

Also, this chapter might be kinda short. Sorry!

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Chapter 11 The Walk

Heero and Duo had headed for the courtyard. They didn't speak a word for several minutes, each trying to find the right word to say.

"why would Aria want to train Quatre?" Duo finally said something.

"Hn." Was Heero's only reply. He was struggling to keep his gaze from the braided mage. "angel." He thought, correcting himself. "not mage, angel."

"It's not that I don't want her to teach him, it's just that there's something that's not quite right about her." Duo was talking again. He glanced at Heero to try to catch a reaction. Nothing. "Heero, have you ever looked into her eyes?" he asked, still looking at the mage.

Heero stopped walking, and looked back at Duo. "Yes. Why?" the question had been unexpected.

"Did they darken in colour?" Duo asked. Heero noted that Duo was serious. He decided that this was important.

"No........" he replied.

"hmmmm." Duo turned and kept walking. The two had reached the courtyard, and they were following a small dirt path through a clump of trees that surrounded a small pond.

"Did they darken when you looked into them?" Heero asked.

Duo glanced at him, then looked up at the sky. He put his hands behind his head and stretched his wings with a sigh. "Yes." He said. "There's something strange about her. They turned almost black, Heero."

Duo then proceeded to trip over a root, cutting off Heero's reply, but he never touched the ground. He'd used his powers to stop himself, but a pair of arms had also tried to save him.

Heero had seen the root, and he'd grabbed Duo around the waist to prevent the fall. As Duo righted himself, he looked into Heero's deep blue eyes. He'd never been this close before. He could feel Heero's warm breath on his face, and his strong arms were still holding him close.

"What were you going to say?" Duo whispered.

"Maybe she's turning dark." Heero replied.

"She doesn't act like it."

"I know."

"She's really strong........."

"I can feel it."

The distance between the two boys was slowly decreasing as their voices got quieter, until they were barely audible.

"Croik!" the two broke apart at the urgent sound, Duo blushing slightly. They searched the skies for the approaching dragon.

Nataku landed beside Duo, who crouched down to talk with her.

"Hey girl, what's up?" he asked cheerfully.

"Croik!" came the reply.

"Aria?" Duo gasped. "Well, we'd better go check this out. C'mon Heero!" And with that, the three headed up for Wufei's room.

When they reached it, Duo barged in, without knocking of course, to find Aria lying on Wufei's bed, and the weather mage standing on the other side of the room, a deep scowl on his face.

"You can't touch her." Wufei warned Duo, as the angel headed for the girl lying unconscious on the bed. There was a thin layer of sweat covering her skin, and she was breathing heavily.

Duo reached out a hand to touch the girl's forehead, but he found that within two inches from her glistening skin, the muscles in his arm ceased to work, and it dropped limply to his side.

"Oh, that's a weird feeling." Duo mumbled as he tried again. The attempt was in vain, and he heard a slight snicker coming from the other side of the room.

Duo turned to glare at the weather mage, and Wufei glared back, a look nothing short of hatred in his eyes.

"Can you heal her?" Heero asked from beside Duo.

"If I can find out what's wrong, yes." Duo replied.

"I'm going to get Quatre. He might be able to learn something from this." Heero said.

"Ok. We should send Nataku to get Trowa. She can bring a note." Duo headed over to the table, and pulled out a piece of parchment. He dipped a feather pen into some ink and quickly scribbled something down. "Here Nataku." He said, handing the creature the important message.

Heero and Quatre entered the room in time to see Nataku flying out the window, and in time to see Duo turn to face Aria and gasp.

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Sorry that one was kinda short, but I need the next part to be all in one chapter. Let me know what you think, pretty please!!! (I can put cherries on top first, if you want!)

To all of you who have reviewed, thank you so much! @--&---

Aria