Wow, this is getting typed really fast, so if there are a few mistakes,
please forgive me!
Leave a review at the bottom, it's NOT against the law (hint hint hint)
Disclaimer-I don't own it so don't sue.
Warning-slight yaoi reference, but it is VERY mild. Not anything to be afraid of, but a little mushy.
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Chapter 18
In the library, Duo growled and slammed yet another book shut. He tossed it into the rapidly growing pile of 'useless' books. Pulling another candidate off the shelf with a twitch of his finger, Duo sighed and opened the book.
After flipping through the pages of said book as well, it too was added rather roughly to the pile beside the braided angel.
"Having trouble?"
Duo glanced at the doorway, gave a small grin to the animal mage standing there and turned his attention to the shelf once more. "What was your first clue?"
"The look of 'instant death' in your eyes…or maybe the growl…"
"Very funny Heero. I'm laughing REALLY hard…Hahaha…"The sarcasm in Duo's voice was easily evident as he flipped through the book.
"Did you even think to ask Trowa?" Heero chose to sit across from Duo. A very smart choice, if you ask me.
"He has no idea."
"Hn. What were you saying about your hands earlier?"
"I tried to see the spells embedded in the walls, but I wasn't strong enough to break through their barriers earlier." Duo explained, throwing the book into the discard pile and drawing another from the shelf.
"You weren't strong enough?"
"Well, I wasn't expecting a counter spell for one thing. For another, it was a completely different type of force behind the spell. One I'd never felt before." Duo explained, while grabbing the book that was hanging in midair and lifting its cover.
"So, if you were to try again, you'd know what to expect?" Heero asked, then something clicked. "A different type of force? Quatre, Wufei, and I were training, and Quatre sensed someone in the room. We couldn't see her. Do you know how to make someone invisible?"
Duo looked at Heero. "You're absolutely positive that she was invisible? And how do you know that it was a she?"
"Quatre sensed it. We couldn't see her, but he seemed certain she was there." Heero replied.
"This could be serious. Only one type of mage can become invisible." Leafing through the books that were stacked on the table, Duo found what he was looking for and flipped to a certain page. He then placed the book in front of Heero. "Each mage has a mental power. Angels are telekinetic, fire are telepathic, weather can see into the future, animal can enter a being and use their powers, spirit can see a person's soul and feel their feelings….Invisibility belongs to the dark mage."
*an-would anyone kill me if I left it off there? Yeah? That's what I thought. It was kinda short so far anyway, so I guess I'll type a bit more…*
"But that means…" Heero started his sentence but couldn't find the words to finish it.
"What that means is there's a dark mage in this castle, possibly in this very room." Duo's voice had dropped down to a whisper. "They can only stay invisible for an hour, it's an energy draining spell. She'd probably have to recuperate for at least two hours before performing it again. It also requires a rare type of herb, so she'll only do it when she needs to…" Duo paused for a moment, thinking. "We might just be able to catch her. Ok, come with me Heero I need your help."
Duo stood up and headed for the exit of the library, throwing the books back on the shelf with a swish of his wrist, saving Zahra some work.
"Why do you need my help?" Heero asked, voice emotionless.
"We're going to the dungeons. With our combined power we should be able to see what spells are protecting this castle."
Heero nodded and followed the braided boy to the dungeons without another word.
When they got to the same spot that Duo had tried the night before, the angel placed his hands on the wall once more.
"I'm going to try by myself one more time." Duo said, a determined look in his cobalt blue eyes. "I need you to stand behind me in case this doesn't work."
Heero nodded and placed himself between the angel and the other wall.
Calling once again to the spells embedded in the walls, Duo leaned with his power to call them towards him.
*~*
Aria stumbled into a dark room. There was no light, but in her current magical state, dark mage of course, she didn't need it to see.
Her skin was scratched, torn and bleeding, not to mention bruised. Her magical powers had been of no use against the men who had abused her. The one who had condemned her to this previous torture chuckled mercilessly on the other side of the room.
"Not so high and mighty now, are we?" He said icily, dark blue eyes glinting evilly.
Aria stumbled a few steps closer to him. "No my Lord." She replied.
He eyed her suspiciously. "You know why you needed that, don't you?" he gained no response. "You were thinking of betrayal, and becoming 'friends' with the one mage I ordered you to kill!"
Aria choked in pain as magical forms wrapped themselves around her neck and tightened dangerously.
"He's only…15…" Aria managed to say.
The man flicked his wrist, and Aria fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
"It doesn't matter how old he is. The fire mage must die. The seers have foretold that he will destroy me. He. Must. Die." The main paused; listening to Aria's ragged breathing. "And I want it done before Dekim's troops get there. You have exactly two weeks to complete the task. I expect you to return here then, and I will give you directions to meet up with the others."
"And if I refuse?" Aria asked weakly.
"You know the consequences. My dear, you sold your soul to me willingly, remember? I own you."
Aria nodded her head, too weak to put forth any other effort.
"Good, then you may go, if there are no further questions."
"The others you speak of, who are they?"
"Others like you." The man replied, almost gleeful. "And the shadows. They will help destroy the peace and happiness of this world, if my name isn't Trieze Kushrenada."
*~*
Angel and animal both flew backwards and crashed against the opposite wall with a painful 'thud'.
"Ouch." Duo groaned, not daring to move.
"Guess whoever stopped you last night didn't plan on you getting in today either." Heero mused, gently pushing Duo to his feet. Duo offered the other a hand, and pulled him up with ease, obviously using his powers to help accomplish the task.
"Right then, I'm going to need your help." Duo said, heading for that spot once again.
Heero nodded. "What do you want me to do?"
Duo placed his hands on the wall. "Any kind of contact will do, but skin would work better." He didn't look at the mage standing behind him. A slight blush crept up to his cheeks. He wasn't sure how the other boy was going to react.
Heero grunted and placed his hands on Duo's waist, then pulled the angel back to lean on his chest.
Duo sighed with relief. He wasn't sure why he'd been so worried about Heero's reaction. It was only for the sake of their safety as well as the others.
Pushing these thoughts out of his mind for the moment, Duo concentrated on the wall once more.
Again, both boys ended up on the ground.
Heero grunted. "Maybe next time you can stop us before we hit the wall."
Duo got to his feet, and managed a weak grin. "Yeah, that would be the smart thing to do."
"Hn."
Duo sighed and turned to face the stones for the fourth time. "I think we need more contact."
"Hn."
"You know, you really could work on your vocabulary Heero. I mean, how many times can one person say…" Duo's sentence trailed off as Heero's fingers ran over his stomach, underneath his violet shirt. They then pulled the article of clothing off and edged Duo within reach of the wall.
Duo placed his hands on the stones and leaned back in Heero's arms. His bare back connected with the animal mage's bare chest, and for some reason, the contact felt good.
Reaching for Heero's power, Duo called it to his use and summoned the spells once more.
With the combined power, as well as the sudden rush a certain braided boy had felt, the spells were revealed to Duo, the counter magic no match to their superiority.
Closing his eyes, Duo went over the magic, finding that the spells had been renewed somewhat recently, and they felt of spirit and weather. "Aria…" the angel thought.
Duo's eyes fluttered open, and he spun around, a huge grin on his face. "We did it…Aria reinstalled the spells…"
Then he noticed just how close they were, and the feeling of skin on skin returned.
Their gazes locked, and they stood for several moments, content to just be there. Duo's explanations long forgotten.
"Ahem" Wufei cleared his throat.
Heero backed away from Duo at the sound of his friend.
"I trust we're not interrupting anything." Wufei said. Quatre stood beside him, blushing slightly at what the weather mage was implying.
"What do you want?" Heero growled.
"Well, if it's of any interest to you…I mean, you obviously have each other, I mean, other things on your minds."
"We're listening Wufei." Duo said menacingly, calling his shirt towards him and slipping it on to cover his chest. Heero had already found his.
"I believe we may have found a candidate for our invisible spy." Wufei said, a triumphant look in his black onyx eyes.
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sorry to leave it there, but I have to pack for Europe! I leave tomorrow, so there won't be any new stuff up for at least a week. Please leave a review to let me know what you think! I'll appreciate it!
Aria
Oh yeah, and for those of you that are reading "trip to the french zoo", I've posted the last chapter. For those of you that aren't reading "trip to the French zoo", go and check it out cause it's really funny!!! You won't regret it, unless you like Relena, and if you're reading this, then you probably don't, considering it *is* 1+2. anyway, yeah. Bye for now!
Leave a review at the bottom, it's NOT against the law (hint hint hint)
Disclaimer-I don't own it so don't sue.
Warning-slight yaoi reference, but it is VERY mild. Not anything to be afraid of, but a little mushy.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter 18
In the library, Duo growled and slammed yet another book shut. He tossed it into the rapidly growing pile of 'useless' books. Pulling another candidate off the shelf with a twitch of his finger, Duo sighed and opened the book.
After flipping through the pages of said book as well, it too was added rather roughly to the pile beside the braided angel.
"Having trouble?"
Duo glanced at the doorway, gave a small grin to the animal mage standing there and turned his attention to the shelf once more. "What was your first clue?"
"The look of 'instant death' in your eyes…or maybe the growl…"
"Very funny Heero. I'm laughing REALLY hard…Hahaha…"The sarcasm in Duo's voice was easily evident as he flipped through the book.
"Did you even think to ask Trowa?" Heero chose to sit across from Duo. A very smart choice, if you ask me.
"He has no idea."
"Hn. What were you saying about your hands earlier?"
"I tried to see the spells embedded in the walls, but I wasn't strong enough to break through their barriers earlier." Duo explained, throwing the book into the discard pile and drawing another from the shelf.
"You weren't strong enough?"
"Well, I wasn't expecting a counter spell for one thing. For another, it was a completely different type of force behind the spell. One I'd never felt before." Duo explained, while grabbing the book that was hanging in midair and lifting its cover.
"So, if you were to try again, you'd know what to expect?" Heero asked, then something clicked. "A different type of force? Quatre, Wufei, and I were training, and Quatre sensed someone in the room. We couldn't see her. Do you know how to make someone invisible?"
Duo looked at Heero. "You're absolutely positive that she was invisible? And how do you know that it was a she?"
"Quatre sensed it. We couldn't see her, but he seemed certain she was there." Heero replied.
"This could be serious. Only one type of mage can become invisible." Leafing through the books that were stacked on the table, Duo found what he was looking for and flipped to a certain page. He then placed the book in front of Heero. "Each mage has a mental power. Angels are telekinetic, fire are telepathic, weather can see into the future, animal can enter a being and use their powers, spirit can see a person's soul and feel their feelings….Invisibility belongs to the dark mage."
*an-would anyone kill me if I left it off there? Yeah? That's what I thought. It was kinda short so far anyway, so I guess I'll type a bit more…*
"But that means…" Heero started his sentence but couldn't find the words to finish it.
"What that means is there's a dark mage in this castle, possibly in this very room." Duo's voice had dropped down to a whisper. "They can only stay invisible for an hour, it's an energy draining spell. She'd probably have to recuperate for at least two hours before performing it again. It also requires a rare type of herb, so she'll only do it when she needs to…" Duo paused for a moment, thinking. "We might just be able to catch her. Ok, come with me Heero I need your help."
Duo stood up and headed for the exit of the library, throwing the books back on the shelf with a swish of his wrist, saving Zahra some work.
"Why do you need my help?" Heero asked, voice emotionless.
"We're going to the dungeons. With our combined power we should be able to see what spells are protecting this castle."
Heero nodded and followed the braided boy to the dungeons without another word.
When they got to the same spot that Duo had tried the night before, the angel placed his hands on the wall once more.
"I'm going to try by myself one more time." Duo said, a determined look in his cobalt blue eyes. "I need you to stand behind me in case this doesn't work."
Heero nodded and placed himself between the angel and the other wall.
Calling once again to the spells embedded in the walls, Duo leaned with his power to call them towards him.
*~*
Aria stumbled into a dark room. There was no light, but in her current magical state, dark mage of course, she didn't need it to see.
Her skin was scratched, torn and bleeding, not to mention bruised. Her magical powers had been of no use against the men who had abused her. The one who had condemned her to this previous torture chuckled mercilessly on the other side of the room.
"Not so high and mighty now, are we?" He said icily, dark blue eyes glinting evilly.
Aria stumbled a few steps closer to him. "No my Lord." She replied.
He eyed her suspiciously. "You know why you needed that, don't you?" he gained no response. "You were thinking of betrayal, and becoming 'friends' with the one mage I ordered you to kill!"
Aria choked in pain as magical forms wrapped themselves around her neck and tightened dangerously.
"He's only…15…" Aria managed to say.
The man flicked his wrist, and Aria fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
"It doesn't matter how old he is. The fire mage must die. The seers have foretold that he will destroy me. He. Must. Die." The main paused; listening to Aria's ragged breathing. "And I want it done before Dekim's troops get there. You have exactly two weeks to complete the task. I expect you to return here then, and I will give you directions to meet up with the others."
"And if I refuse?" Aria asked weakly.
"You know the consequences. My dear, you sold your soul to me willingly, remember? I own you."
Aria nodded her head, too weak to put forth any other effort.
"Good, then you may go, if there are no further questions."
"The others you speak of, who are they?"
"Others like you." The man replied, almost gleeful. "And the shadows. They will help destroy the peace and happiness of this world, if my name isn't Trieze Kushrenada."
*~*
Angel and animal both flew backwards and crashed against the opposite wall with a painful 'thud'.
"Ouch." Duo groaned, not daring to move.
"Guess whoever stopped you last night didn't plan on you getting in today either." Heero mused, gently pushing Duo to his feet. Duo offered the other a hand, and pulled him up with ease, obviously using his powers to help accomplish the task.
"Right then, I'm going to need your help." Duo said, heading for that spot once again.
Heero nodded. "What do you want me to do?"
Duo placed his hands on the wall. "Any kind of contact will do, but skin would work better." He didn't look at the mage standing behind him. A slight blush crept up to his cheeks. He wasn't sure how the other boy was going to react.
Heero grunted and placed his hands on Duo's waist, then pulled the angel back to lean on his chest.
Duo sighed with relief. He wasn't sure why he'd been so worried about Heero's reaction. It was only for the sake of their safety as well as the others.
Pushing these thoughts out of his mind for the moment, Duo concentrated on the wall once more.
Again, both boys ended up on the ground.
Heero grunted. "Maybe next time you can stop us before we hit the wall."
Duo got to his feet, and managed a weak grin. "Yeah, that would be the smart thing to do."
"Hn."
Duo sighed and turned to face the stones for the fourth time. "I think we need more contact."
"Hn."
"You know, you really could work on your vocabulary Heero. I mean, how many times can one person say…" Duo's sentence trailed off as Heero's fingers ran over his stomach, underneath his violet shirt. They then pulled the article of clothing off and edged Duo within reach of the wall.
Duo placed his hands on the stones and leaned back in Heero's arms. His bare back connected with the animal mage's bare chest, and for some reason, the contact felt good.
Reaching for Heero's power, Duo called it to his use and summoned the spells once more.
With the combined power, as well as the sudden rush a certain braided boy had felt, the spells were revealed to Duo, the counter magic no match to their superiority.
Closing his eyes, Duo went over the magic, finding that the spells had been renewed somewhat recently, and they felt of spirit and weather. "Aria…" the angel thought.
Duo's eyes fluttered open, and he spun around, a huge grin on his face. "We did it…Aria reinstalled the spells…"
Then he noticed just how close they were, and the feeling of skin on skin returned.
Their gazes locked, and they stood for several moments, content to just be there. Duo's explanations long forgotten.
"Ahem" Wufei cleared his throat.
Heero backed away from Duo at the sound of his friend.
"I trust we're not interrupting anything." Wufei said. Quatre stood beside him, blushing slightly at what the weather mage was implying.
"What do you want?" Heero growled.
"Well, if it's of any interest to you…I mean, you obviously have each other, I mean, other things on your minds."
"We're listening Wufei." Duo said menacingly, calling his shirt towards him and slipping it on to cover his chest. Heero had already found his.
"I believe we may have found a candidate for our invisible spy." Wufei said, a triumphant look in his black onyx eyes.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
sorry to leave it there, but I have to pack for Europe! I leave tomorrow, so there won't be any new stuff up for at least a week. Please leave a review to let me know what you think! I'll appreciate it!
Aria
Oh yeah, and for those of you that are reading "trip to the french zoo", I've posted the last chapter. For those of you that aren't reading "trip to the French zoo", go and check it out cause it's really funny!!! You won't regret it, unless you like Relena, and if you're reading this, then you probably don't, considering it *is* 1+2. anyway, yeah. Bye for now!
