Disclaimer: Don't own them, please don't sue me. Innocent!
Key: (As before)
Warnings: Yaoi, Slash, AU, some bad language. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____
On an early Sunday morning, Duo awoke in his bed and stretched sleepily. From one look out of the window, he could tell that it was going to be a bad day. The sky was a dull grey colour and granite shaded clouds were gathering and shrouding the village in darkness. Duo became distracted by a deep purring noise somewhere near his elbow. Shinigami pressed his wet nose against Duos arm.
"Hello", the sound of Duos deep voice attracted the cat to curl into a ball next to him. "Come on 'Gami, I need to buy some bread before the baker goes to church". Duo nudged the black cat who jumped off the bed with a small thump.
After getting dressed into some black clothes, the bubbly fifteen-year-old exited the cottage carrying a wicker basket in one hand and a small pouch in the other. Duo pulled his cloak tightly around his shoulders, he had been right to think that it was cold outside.
When he arrived in the village, he noticed that it was busier than usual for a Sunday. He casually moved through a crowd nearby, towards the centre of the disturbance. As he did so, he noticed that most of the people in the gathering group were laughing and talking excitedly. From his place, he could see someone standing on a crate. He had long platinum blond hair and rose about a foot above the other people. Duo could also see that he was talking to them animatedly. He noticed that the man wore an evil smirk on his face. When he moved forward a bit, Duo heard some of the blongd mans speech.
".And, who do you say possesses these powers of darkness and evil?"
"Duo Maxwell!", Quatre Barton's voice was heard yelling. Duo stared in shock at the scene before him. He knew that for years people had accused him of witchcraft, and many times he had found himself wishing that he did hold magical powers so that he could disappear from the accusing stares of people such as the Barton's. Trowa and Quatre Barton were the gossipy couple of the village, (well Quatre did all the talking), and always encouraged the witch rumours about Duo.
Duo was a very sociable person yet, the closest he had to a friend was the creepy woodcutter's son, Wufei, who occasionally passed his cottage. The man on the box, whoever he was, spoke again;
"I am Zechs Merquise, Witchfrinder General. And I will eradicate your problem. But first, we must find him. Where does Satan' lover live?
"How should we know where his lover lives? It's their business, not ours!" piped up a dull man with severely graying hair.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." mumbled a slightly irritated Zechs.
Duo quickly jumped behind the water barrel of a nearby cottage as the group departed and left for church. When the crowd had gone, Zechs jumped from the crates and whispered something to his two female assistants that Duo didn't hear.
"Come, Dorothy, Hilde" He beckoned to them. They then too walked to church for Sunday mass.
'Huh???' The braided boy held a look of utter bewilderment on his heart shaped face.
The next thing he knew, he found himself running as quickly as he could back to his wooden home. As he was running through the woods, he became distracted and ran head first into something hard and ended up on the ground.
"Huh?" Duo stared around, looking for the object that he had bumped into, and his eyes met Wufei, the woodcutter's son.
"Uh.sorry Wu" muttered Duo quickly.
"Duo, whats the matter?" asked Wufei gently.
".nuthin'."
"Then why were you running so fast that you didn't notice someone standing infront of you, yelling for you to slow down?" Wufei wuestioned a little forcefully.
"Oh Wu! It's horrible."
"What?"
"The whole village are after me. This guy.Zechs Merquise, he calls himself the Witchfinder General. He's somin' for me. And with people like Relana and the Barton's, he now knows everything about me! And most importantly, I'm NOT a witch. I got chosen by the devil, but I denied him, even though he seduced me-" Duo seemed ready tro talk for hours but, Wufei cut him short.
"You seriously had the chance of becoming a witch?"
"Yeah, but I rejected the devil and I'm still innocent." The chestnut haired boy waggled his eyebrows suggestively.
"Hn" was Wufei's reaction.
"But I really don't wanna die Wu. They're at church now but tonight they'll get me!" Duo was definitely panicking now. "What do I do Wufei?" Duo never called Wufei by his full name, so he could tell that the boy was now very serious but, he had no answer to his question. However, Duo seemed to have thought up his own answer;
"I'll lock myself in the house. Then they'll think that I'm out when I don't answer the door. Wu, you keep 'em occupied!" with that, he continued his speedy journey home. Wufei knew that this was the worst the Duo could do.
"Duo! Wait! Stop! Don't go home they'll." he gave up as the braided boy either couldn't or wouldn't hear him.
Key: (As before)
Warnings: Yaoi, Slash, AU, some bad language. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____
On an early Sunday morning, Duo awoke in his bed and stretched sleepily. From one look out of the window, he could tell that it was going to be a bad day. The sky was a dull grey colour and granite shaded clouds were gathering and shrouding the village in darkness. Duo became distracted by a deep purring noise somewhere near his elbow. Shinigami pressed his wet nose against Duos arm.
"Hello", the sound of Duos deep voice attracted the cat to curl into a ball next to him. "Come on 'Gami, I need to buy some bread before the baker goes to church". Duo nudged the black cat who jumped off the bed with a small thump.
After getting dressed into some black clothes, the bubbly fifteen-year-old exited the cottage carrying a wicker basket in one hand and a small pouch in the other. Duo pulled his cloak tightly around his shoulders, he had been right to think that it was cold outside.
When he arrived in the village, he noticed that it was busier than usual for a Sunday. He casually moved through a crowd nearby, towards the centre of the disturbance. As he did so, he noticed that most of the people in the gathering group were laughing and talking excitedly. From his place, he could see someone standing on a crate. He had long platinum blond hair and rose about a foot above the other people. Duo could also see that he was talking to them animatedly. He noticed that the man wore an evil smirk on his face. When he moved forward a bit, Duo heard some of the blongd mans speech.
".And, who do you say possesses these powers of darkness and evil?"
"Duo Maxwell!", Quatre Barton's voice was heard yelling. Duo stared in shock at the scene before him. He knew that for years people had accused him of witchcraft, and many times he had found himself wishing that he did hold magical powers so that he could disappear from the accusing stares of people such as the Barton's. Trowa and Quatre Barton were the gossipy couple of the village, (well Quatre did all the talking), and always encouraged the witch rumours about Duo.
Duo was a very sociable person yet, the closest he had to a friend was the creepy woodcutter's son, Wufei, who occasionally passed his cottage. The man on the box, whoever he was, spoke again;
"I am Zechs Merquise, Witchfrinder General. And I will eradicate your problem. But first, we must find him. Where does Satan' lover live?
"How should we know where his lover lives? It's their business, not ours!" piped up a dull man with severely graying hair.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." mumbled a slightly irritated Zechs.
Duo quickly jumped behind the water barrel of a nearby cottage as the group departed and left for church. When the crowd had gone, Zechs jumped from the crates and whispered something to his two female assistants that Duo didn't hear.
"Come, Dorothy, Hilde" He beckoned to them. They then too walked to church for Sunday mass.
'Huh???' The braided boy held a look of utter bewilderment on his heart shaped face.
The next thing he knew, he found himself running as quickly as he could back to his wooden home. As he was running through the woods, he became distracted and ran head first into something hard and ended up on the ground.
"Huh?" Duo stared around, looking for the object that he had bumped into, and his eyes met Wufei, the woodcutter's son.
"Uh.sorry Wu" muttered Duo quickly.
"Duo, whats the matter?" asked Wufei gently.
".nuthin'."
"Then why were you running so fast that you didn't notice someone standing infront of you, yelling for you to slow down?" Wufei wuestioned a little forcefully.
"Oh Wu! It's horrible."
"What?"
"The whole village are after me. This guy.Zechs Merquise, he calls himself the Witchfinder General. He's somin' for me. And with people like Relana and the Barton's, he now knows everything about me! And most importantly, I'm NOT a witch. I got chosen by the devil, but I denied him, even though he seduced me-" Duo seemed ready tro talk for hours but, Wufei cut him short.
"You seriously had the chance of becoming a witch?"
"Yeah, but I rejected the devil and I'm still innocent." The chestnut haired boy waggled his eyebrows suggestively.
"Hn" was Wufei's reaction.
"But I really don't wanna die Wu. They're at church now but tonight they'll get me!" Duo was definitely panicking now. "What do I do Wufei?" Duo never called Wufei by his full name, so he could tell that the boy was now very serious but, he had no answer to his question. However, Duo seemed to have thought up his own answer;
"I'll lock myself in the house. Then they'll think that I'm out when I don't answer the door. Wu, you keep 'em occupied!" with that, he continued his speedy journey home. Wufei knew that this was the worst the Duo could do.
"Duo! Wait! Stop! Don't go home they'll." he gave up as the braided boy either couldn't or wouldn't hear him.