Yello all you peeps from down under or wherever I happen to be when you read this!

Okay, the time has come. I need you to tell me whether or not to make this a lemon (pretty sure what your response will be my little band of hentais) BUT I still want to make a official vote thingy soooo tell me, k? Also review like all these nice people did! NOW!

Nymph Demon: sorry 'bout that I don't normally do the black arts bit, unfortunetly I kinda want them to see him this time, so let's just call it a really weird séance okie? Sorry if I offended you or whatever. Please ignore the ignorance and keep reading anyways okay?

Chibidark angel: Damn can't put heero an relena together that takes away my last fic idea - my first try at a horror (it'd give me nightmares, neh?) heh yeah guess I like the mumbling thing too, otherwise I wouldn't make everybody do it lol "mumble mumble" went duo to a much -distraught Heero, though he wouldn't show it "mumble" he replied. okay that's probably NOT going to be in the final, but you neva know! Anyways, thanks a lot for your reviews they are always so long an thorough and give me lotsa lotsa warm fuzzy feeling 'cuz usually it's a happy happy happy review! Arigatou gozaimasu!

LadyDragonWolfKnight: er.. Soon enough for you??? Lol I try to update, but I just don't get around to it sometimes, though I'm more likely to if I get more reviews, but I still update without them 'cuz I think it's stupid to demand reviews, if you're just doing it for an ego booster, then go read your fics to your dog or something. anyways a little off topic, but thanks for reviewing! ::knew I'd get that out eventually::

Relwarc: heehee so what should this chapter be like??? ::starts thinking:: oh well he/she says its commin along nicely, so who cares?? Lallalala j/k I will try to do something good. just gotta think of something

Devlzangyl: perhaps. but something's already planned for God, but YOU"LL NEVER GUESS WHAT!!! .erm. please don't guess what??

Okay, that's everybody, my fingers are getting' sore just from typing that up (sad ain't it) And that's the way it is!

Chapter 7 comin atcha!

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Quatre looked at the silent Duo, waiting for his next words. How was he to help this boy? The Arabian's mind was blank for the moment. Nothing had worked, he only had one last chance left.

Tell him the truth.

Clearing his throat, Quatre leaned back a bit, trying to collect his thoughts. "Duo .. .. . . you know I have been coming in your dreams lately." He had to state the over-obvious, because the over-obvious was what Duo was missing. Heero's affection was right out in the open, and the brunette was not seeing it at all. "You also know that I am dead."

"Well, yes, I'm not that dumb, Quatre." Came the reply, obviously in impatience. "So I think I'm going to be flat out straight with you on this one - my mission that I've been telling you about in your dreams? Well, I'll tell you what it is - or was, because I'm never going to complete it now. In order to go back to the living, my mission was -" he took a deep breath, then spilled it out in one long, strung-together sentence. "tomakeyouandheerotofallinlove" Silence filled the room.

"And you actually took this on?" Duo whispered into the steely cold air of unconfortableness. "Well, yes but I didn't exactly-"

"you were willing to place my feelings on the line, try to get me to own up what I feel to a guy who probably hates me just to save your behind? I mean, I wanted you home too, but - but YOU are just .. . .. god I can't describe how much this insults me. You were willing to destroy me and Heero just for yourself. I can't believe you!" Duo's eyes narrowed into tiny slits as he practically yelled out at the apparition in front of him. "I thought you were my friend. Don't you realize how much this hurt me??? Don't you realize I would've done anything for you, if you'd asked? But no, it's just time for the 'Play Duo like a Puppet' game, isn't? That's all I mean to you isn't it!! Just a ticket back home, and all you have to do is wreck my life!" Duo turned his back, walking away, before breaking into a run right into the woods. Quatre was stunned. Had he really messed up Duo that badly? He didn't think he had hurt his friend like that, but... the reaction made his heart twist as he realized just how much this was affecting the American, and how little he had cared for his feelings. And now he had run away into the woods.

The woods! Quatre spread his wings wide, now adapt at flowing through the walls and seeing no need to open and close doors like an earthly. Travelling across the snow-covered lawn, he saw the footprints of the running boy. Giving himself an extra push, he soared directly into the barrier of tall trees, leaving behind a feather, glowing blue for a few seconds, before shimmering and disappearing. He kept his eyes focused on the mud-stained marks on the ground, almost missing Duo and flying over him when he caught up to the American. Wings caught up to feet every time. Slowly, the boy's pace went from a flat-out run, to a lope, finally ending at a trudging walk. Duo wished he'd worn boots that day, the snow was running swiftly into his shoes, building into ice-cold water, but that didn't amount to anything when compared with the heaviness in his heart. Quatre had been trying to use him, to betray him just to get home. He hadn't cared a bit whether or not Heero or Duo were really meant for each other, or how hurt they got in the process of his manipulation. But. Duo did care for Heero, cared a lot, and he would have liked nothing more then to have Heero love him back. If Quatre could have done that, made Heero love him.. .. . no. He couldn't think like that. It would have been worse, to have a person pretending to love him, just like it was bad having a person who was pretending to be his friend. He glared at the apparition in front of him. How dare he do that? But still... Heero would be nice to have for Christmas. .. Duo shook his head a bit, trying to clear the less-then-pure pictures from his mind.

Quatre just stared back at the silent, now stopped figure. (AN: did that make any sense??) Suddenly, he was surprised and strangely (or maybe not so strangely) irked at the familiar voice. "whoa, this does get repetitive, doesn't it?"

"If you wanted a professional at this ,y'should have called a psychic or a hypnotist or something, not me, so you know what? Just sit down and let me do what I have to do and SHUT UP!"

"My my, aren't we the bold person, yelling at the creator in such a way. I don't think I'll help you anymore." Quatre sighed in relief . "Thank God."

"You're welcome."

"Shut up."

Quatre was pleased when the voice finally disappeared, but quickly regretted it at the cold silence that filled the forest. After a long period of silence, Duo spoke up. "Repetitive, eh? What is this, some kind of soap opera where you know the ending after the first 2 episodes, but it takes them three months to get to it? Is that how you viewed the two of us, or just your invisible friend there?" His voice was loud, but there was an underlying quaver of barely restrained anger and disbelief. Quatre quietly muttered "No Duo, it wasn't like that."

"What do you mean, it wasn't like that? I can see right through this scam, trust me!" Came the reply, swiftly. "Yes Duo, there was a scam, but I wasn't part of it. You see, after I got run over by this car, I got sent up to God. And you know what he said to me? The only way I can get back to Earth is by doing a mission. The first one was to kill somebody, and I wasn't willing to do that. The second one was to stop sequels of bad movies , or even good ones, from being made. That sounded fairly pathetic, so I had one choice left. The Matchmaking Game. And you know what THAT told me? It told me that my mission was to make two people fall in love. But you know what else it told me? It told me that I would make two people destined to fall in love, MEANT to fall in love. Do you understand me? I didn't only do it because of me, I wouldn't have been able to go through with it like that. When I found out that you loved him , I started doing it for you. Because I saw all the times you looked at him with more then just a friendly smile, how many times you dreamt of him, how much you want him to just return the same emotions. So what I'm going to tell you is something for you, not me. He does return those emotions. More then that. He loves you Duo, loves you more then you can imagine."

"Why should I trust you?" The boy returned, his eyes blazing. "This is just another trick, another pull at manipulation. Sure he loves me, Quatre. He's only tried to kill me ever since we met, only called me a baka every morning, only never talks to me no matter how hard I try to get him to open up. Sure he loves me." Quatre thought for a moment, then said "You want me to prove myself? Follow me." With a quick turn, he flew the short distance to Heero's hidden shrine, pleased that the violet-eyed boy seemed to be following. They stepped into the small ring of trees, heavily adorned with the Japanese etchings. He slapped his head as he remembered Duo didn't know Japanese. At least, that's what he thought.

Duo gazed around at the variety of poetry, sayings, letters, and art. A separate world created just for him. his mind reeled with the thought. Maybe Quatre HAD been telling the truth, and Heero did love him and.. .. .. his mind started imagining those thoughts he had tried to banish from his head earlier, which involved him and the Japanese man with very little clothing on. Quatre stepped up, saying "If you could read this, you'd know it's love poetry.. you may think I'm lying, but I assure you I'm not."

"I know what it is. I started studying Japanese privately after. well you probably know when." Duo said, quite a bit more huskily then he meant. "And well, I guess it wouldn't be so bad.. .. to admit my feelings. .. who knows, maybe you will be home for Christmas." A small grin lit up his face. "Even if you are using me to get home, I guess I could stand that trick." He turned to face Quatre. "Well, let's head back, shall we? I don't know what to do, but I don't think it's right to-"

"Duo???" A low voice gasped out as the chocolate-haired boy stumbled across the two boys. "What are you doing here? How did you find this place?" Quatre had left quietly, not being seen by Heero, who was concentrating on the smaller boy in front of him.

"Heero, I have something to tell you, something very important and very serious. I don't know how you'll react, but it's getting harder for me to hold all this in."

Quatre flew back to the home. He would find out what had happened soon enough, it wasn't any of his business what they talked about or did. He hadn't noticed that he had become invisible again, the effects of the séance disappearing. He headed up to his room, only to find Trowa inside there, reading a book, but it was obvious he wasn't reading very quickly - he hadn't turned a page for five minutes, and his eyes were blurry, unfocused. Quatre sat on the bed next to him, wanting to be conformable for a little while. Christmas was coming soon. It was already 4 o' clock in the afternoon. He just hoped Duo would be able to show his true colours. .. ..

"So Heero," continued the amethyst-eyed boy. "What I'm going to tell you is going to be my soul, and I need you to listen.. Heero.. .... .." He paused for a second, and the tension grew.

"I love you."

TBC..

So, I'm sorry for the long delay, I had a lot of stuff to catch up on, but hopefully this chappie was worth the wait (I like it anyways....) So. If you want me to write more frequently, I've got one message for you:

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Du-Kun //^_^\\~~~~~~~= (umm. that's Duo...I think.) And that's me if You make me happy, so put a smile on your face and make the world a betta place.. Llalalala really old hershey's commercial if you don't remember..

JA NE!