Title: Duo's Request
Chapter: 2
Author: Talais
Disclaimer: I do not own the boys
Warnings: Apocalyptic battles, OOC and AU, I think that covers it,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trowa and Quatre looked at the body of their friend. Heero was laid on a table at the back of one of the smaller circus tents. The two boys were transfixed, as Heero's body seemed to be healing itself.
"Trowa what's happening?" Quatre asked.
"I think I might know but I'm not sure." Trowa watched as the wound, a gaping hole in Heero's chest nit back together.
"What's going on!? How is this possible?" Quatre's mind was trying to except what he was seeing but he just couldn't get his mind to wrap around the idea. "And what about that Kid, and Duo. How about the hole in the air and Duo's wings!"
"Quat, relax." Trowa closed his eyes and thought for a minute, "you might understand I'll try to explain."
"Explain? How?" Quatre looked to his friend, trying to understand.
"Quatre you're an empath right?" Trowa asked
"Yeah, I can feel what others feel. If I let myself," Quatre answered, "why?"
"Have you ever felt Heero, or me?"
"Sure, I felt Heero when He blew himself up." Quatre shivered as the memory of that pain flooded his senses, " I felt you when you brought me back from the zero system."
"Alright, have you ever felt Duo?" Trowa watched Quatre.
"Yeah, ah, when he..." Quatre thought for a while, "I'm sure that when he was, no not then." Quatre's mind wandered over his time with the pilot, //never, I have never felt Duo.//
"I can't, I mean never; I haven't ever felt him!" Quatre couldn't believe it himself.
"Okay, what about right now, can you feel me?" Trowa asked
Quatre expanded his mind, reaching out and touching Trowa, but it just seemed like he was touching a blank wall. "No! I can't feel you!"
Trowa took his knife from his belt, "what about now?" Trowa asked as he drove the blade into his thigh.
"Ahhh!" Quatre grabbed his own leg feeling Trowa's pain, "why now?"
The pain in Quatre's leg faded as Trowa removed his knife from his own leg. //Why can't I feel Trowa now?// Quatre thought.
"It's because I am a seraphim." Trowa answered the question he saw in his friend's eyes.
"A what? What's a Seraphim?" Quatre's mind was spinning, //what's going on?//
"I'm an Angel, I am under the Arch Angels, Duo is my peer" Trowa said //or so I thought!//
"What? An Angel!" Quatre cried. Trowa removed his shirt, his muscles rippled and the tent seemed to radiate a light and warmth as wings sprouted from Trowa's back. They shone with a golden light, which was both warm and inviting.
Quatre reached out and stroked the wings, They were soft and white, they felt like the softest down, "But Duo's were not like this, they were terrifying! I thought I would die if I looked at them any longer, there was no light in them, they were void of everything!"
Quatre shivered again at the thought of those wings. "Is he a demon then?"
"No, I think Duo is something much more terrifying than that." Trowa said "I think he is a, no, The warrior."
"Warrior, but you fight; you war, don't you?" Quat asked
"Not like him!" Trowa shivered at the thought, "not like that." Looking at his little blonde friend he could see that he would have to explain. "Let's get Heero back to the house, I will explain things there."
Trowa left to get the car, when he came back to the tent. Quat had already wrapped the body up to cause less attention. When they got to the safe house they put Heero into the freezer.
"He'll keep better in there." Quatre said
"Ha, you just want an excuse for buying a walk-in freezer." Trowa smiled at his little lover.
Quatre turned to Trowa, "we're home, talk!" Quatre sat Across from his friend.
"Alright, but you'll have to understand I'm telling you what I have puzzled out, nothing more."
Quatre nodded and motioned for Trowa to go on.
"Well I take it that you have heard or read about the first battle in the heavens how Lucifer tried to take over heaven and become God?" Quat nodded, "at that time there were many powerful angels. Lucifer was the most beautiful, and therefore many believed him to be the most powerful. He wasn't, he was just the most popular."
"There were four archangels, Michael, Lucifer, Killel, and Samael. Michael was the wisest of them, Lucifer the most beautiful, Killel the most powerful, and Samael, the archangel of Battle. God saw their friendship and delighted in it, but when Lucifer decided to set himself up to be God he called on his friends to help him overthrow
the crown seat of God."
"Michael refused, and returned to the throne, rallying the armies of heaven. Samael went to his palace on earth to deliberate, but upon reaching it he found it destroyed, his city of Ganth too was burning. He flew to the houses looking for anyone that might have been alive, there were none."
"Ganth was a city that worshiped battle, they were the disciples of Samael. Lucifer came to Samael and told him that God had destroyed the warriors here. The outcast children, the ones that Killel had sought to protect. Samael had raised them to be warriors, but they
had perished in the flames of God. Samael became enraged and swore vengeance for his fallen children.
"Killel followed his friend Samael to battle, intent on helping Samael to revenge the children that he and Samael had saved from life as street kids. Killel's power in battle inspired the angels and demi-gods to great heights of heroics. In this way was heaven divided. God allowed this battle to see who would support him and who would turn
against him."
"The war went on for millennia; it was in the sixth millennium that the tide turned for the angels of God. Killel was captured and brought to the general of God's army, Michael. Michael took his old friend into his palace and questioned him. Michael found out how it
was that Samael had followed Lucifer and related the truth to Killel. Killel begged Michael to let him return to tell Samael the truth. Michael consented.
"Killel flew with great speed to the palace of iron, Samael's home. Upon entering he saw Samael weeping with his robes torn, he wept for the loss of Killel, his angel of emotion. `I have returned Samael, we have been lied too.' Samael looked up and saw Killel, running to Killel he embraced his friend. Killel related the true demise of the great city of Ganth. Samael did not fully believe until Killel opened a portal to the realm of Limbo. There Samael saw his mighty warriors waging war. Daily the warrior children fought, dying and being resurrected the next day to hone their battle skills."
"The two archangels decided to defect to Michael, and Killel went to his palace to gather his angels that followed him. He was betrayed to Lucifer by some of them. Samael came to his friend's palace to take their armies to Michael's camp. Lucifer came to Killel trying to convince him that Michael had lied to him, but to no avail. Lucifer saw that Killel was determined and so Lucifer sought to slay him. Samael had thought that he had lost his angel of emotion once, he would not lose him again. He flew between Killel and Lucifer, the blade digging into Samael's back, Sealing him. The palace shook with the power of Killel's cry.
`Why?" He cried as he caught his dearest friend.
`Don't cry for me, when the war ends come and find me,' Samael had said wiping the tears off of Killel's cheek. Killel's tears stopped, Samael vanished taken to the realm of men. Killel's wings flashed back to a radiant white, but the feathers were gone and his wings were of a leathery texture, like a dragons.
~~~
"WHAT!?" Quatre shouted, so caught up in the story, "Angels can die?"
"Well no, they can be sealed, it is like death. They take human form and cannot access their power." Trowa explained.
"How long are they sealed?" Quatre asked.
"It depends on the power of their opponent; even a weak angel could seal an archangel. Probably not for more that a century though." Trowa said, "can I continue?"
Quatre nodded "sorry"
~~~
"Killel left the palace, turning he destroyed it. The angels that followed him turned, fleeing before him, but to no end. Killel followed them and slaughtered them, he had become an angel void of feeling or emotion. `My reason for feeling has been sealed, my
emotions have been sealed with him.' he had said. The emotions had kept the massive amount of Killel's true power restricted, now they were gone, and a power only bested by God raged in Killel."
"Samael's angels followed their master's wishes and joined with the angels of God, telling Michael of the destruction of Killel's angels and his palace.
"Killel entered the field of battle and destroyed any angel or demi-god that came before him. A shout of victory was heard from the angels of God, for they believed that Killel had turned against Lucifer. Five legions of angels came to fight beside Killel, but the
cry of victory was turned to one of fear as Killel slaughtered the legions.
"The tide of the war turned on that day, in four centuries Killel had sealed more than 1500 legions of angels and twice that of demi-gods. God came to the battlefield then and with a word, Lucifer and his army were defeated and cast out of heaven. God marshalled his angels and awarded them, those that had been sealed in the final moments of
the war were brought before God."
"God restored much of the sealed power, and set them as Guardians of man, and as lower level Shinigami. To the angels medals were given, Michael was awarded the post of prince of angels. Killel stood at the base of God's throne and God took pity on him and offered him a way to have peace. Killel accepted and God sealed his powers and he
vanished. This is how the first war of heaven ended."
"Okay, but what about Duo?" Quatre asked
"I'm getting there!" Trowa shook his head, "with Duo he was the ruler of the Shinigami, that is an angel of death. There are not too many Shinigami, but they are powerful. They became known as the wingless in heaven."
"They lost their wings?" Quat asked.
"No, they hid them, their wings had lost their radiance, the battle had tarnished their wings." Trowa answered.
"What do you mean, tarnished?"
"As angels our source of power comes from God, and it is absorbed through our wings, but as we kill or destroy, wither for ourselves or for another our wings lose the radiance and they become coarser."
"But yours are soft, and brilliant," Quatre touched Trowa's wings again, "and you've killed."
"Aa, you should have seen me before, when I was new. My wings were like the heart of 1000 stars; I could light the world, as though it were the middle of the day. They made the youngest baby's skin feel like course sandpaper." Trowa's eyes became misty as he remembered his original self. "It is for this reason that the Shinigami hide their wings. They are not ashamed of their past, but angels tread lightly around those with deeply tarnished wings."
"Ah, so Duo's wings aren't that strange then, the other Shinigami have wings like that too." Quatre felt a little better that Duo's wings were not abnormal after all.
"No that's not true," Trowa looked at his friend. "I could be Shinigami. My wings have enough tarnish, actually my wings are darker than most of the Shinigami."
"What!?" Quatre looked at Trowa's wings. Trowa absorbed them into his back again and put on his shirt.
"In the war of Heaven the angels of Aequitas or justice were used for the front lines. We were the angels that God used for administering punishment, and therefore it was natural for us to take the front lines, I was captain of the 7th army, I had 50 legions under my
command."
"50 legions, that's 50,000 angels." Quat stared at Trowa as though he had never seen him before.
"There were over a million angels of aequitas so I just thought that Duo was one of the few that I had never talked to." Trowa said
"So the angels of aequitas became Shinigami?" Quatre asked
"Yes some did, others became guards under the gates of heaven and a few, like me became guardians of man." Trowa paused. "I thought that Duo had just decided to change rolls and become a guardian of man. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes angels change their tasks. I never asked any of the Shinigami about it though."
"So had you ever met this Killel?" Quat asked, Trowa became flushed and looked at the ground. "Well have you?" Quat pressed.
"Yes." Trowa looked at Quat and could see the question forming in his mind. "I was sealed in the last day, just before God came to the field. I cannot remember Killel's face though."
"You were sealed? I thought that an angel that was sealed couldn't access his power." Quatre said, trying to figure out how Trowa could have his wings if his power had been sealed.
"My seal dissolved seven years ago." Trowa explained. " It took 8000 years to dissolve. Like I said the more powerful the opponent the longer the seal. The angels that Lucifer sealed were freed at the splitting of time; they were the chorus that was seen in the skies at the birth of Christ."
"So you have lived as a 14-year-old for 8000 years?" Quatre asked
"No, sealed angels are born as humans, Those that God saved from a complete seal remember ourselves when we turn six, but we grow old and die and are reborn, until our seal dissolves." Trowa could see that Quatre was genuinely trying to understand. And
continued. "Lately the angels that Killel had sealed are becoming free again. I was one of the first."
"So what about Duo then, you said that he was your peer, so he is a seraphim?" Quatre thought that he understood most things now.
"I thought that, but now, I need to talk to some of the other Shinigami." Trowa closed his eyes, and opened his mind to the astral plane sending out a messenger to the Shinigami.
In the next instant the air shimmered, a hole opened and a boy of 10 stepped out. "You called?"
"Holy shit!" Quatre jumped, "when did you call him?"
"Just now." Trowa turned to the boy, "I am Trowa, of the 7th army of heaven, captain of the guardians of man and lord of the line, third captain of Aequitas, name yourself."
The boy bowed on one knee to Trowa, "I am Akito, warlord of Samael, Blood lord of the field, sealed by Killel under the light of heaven."
"Akito, I wish to know something." Trowa continued, voice firm and commanding. Quatre blushed, thinking of how Trowa used that voice in the bed room.
"Speak, I am bound to answer," The boy stood again, watching Trowa.
"Your seal has been released?" Trowa asked
"It has, four years ago." Akito said
Trowa's wings again unfolded, "Show your wings." The boy obeyed and Quatre was amazed at the youth's wings, they shone brighter than Trowa's, just by a little. Quatre felt a little annoyed that anyone might have nicer wings than his Trowa.
"Your general of the Shinigami, His name?" Trowa asked.
"Duo." Akito answered.
Trowa looked shocked. "That's it?"
"Yes, he has never revealed his rank, position or wing class." Akito shifted, not nervous but a little cautious, Trowa's name carried a lot of weight.
"Have you ever seen his wings?" Trowa pressed
"Never, many believe that he is still sealed." Trowa folded his wings again and motioned that Akito could do likewise.
"Akito, you are acting commander of the Shinigami?"
"Hai, Duo has relinquished his title, but he will come back." Akito smiled at Quatre who handed him a drink.
"Akito, I believe Duo's seal has been broken." Trowa said this an emphasis on the broken.
The glass that Quatre had given to Akito fell to the floor as Akito hand spazuimed. "Broken?!" Akito just stared,
"Damon killed one of my friends, Duo's lover." Akito looked at Quatre thinking Trowa meant the blonde. "This is Quatre he is a sealed one, an empath." Trowa clarified.
"An empath, how do you know he is sealed?" Akito asked.
"He can feel us, when our emotions run high, he can sense them." Trowa said "except for Duo, he has never sensed Duo."
Quatre had gotten Akito a new drink, mumbling about the mess, Akito thanked him and took a sip, but choked on it at the last of the sentence. "Never!? Duo has no emotion?"
"Well he is always so happy, I mean he is always smiling and laughing." Quatre said, "he has emotion's we can see them. He wares his emotions on his sleeve, to use an old saying."
Trowa looked at Akito, and Akito nodded. "Quatre, Duo has no emotions, that laughter, that smile, they are an act, a show for all those around him. Duo is Killel. God's seal has been broken!" Trowa had to catch Quatre as he fainted. "Akito, you should know. Duo has told Damon to ready his minions, he plans to become the destroyer
again."
Chapter: 2
Author: Talais
Disclaimer: I do not own the boys
Warnings: Apocalyptic battles, OOC and AU, I think that covers it,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trowa and Quatre looked at the body of their friend. Heero was laid on a table at the back of one of the smaller circus tents. The two boys were transfixed, as Heero's body seemed to be healing itself.
"Trowa what's happening?" Quatre asked.
"I think I might know but I'm not sure." Trowa watched as the wound, a gaping hole in Heero's chest nit back together.
"What's going on!? How is this possible?" Quatre's mind was trying to except what he was seeing but he just couldn't get his mind to wrap around the idea. "And what about that Kid, and Duo. How about the hole in the air and Duo's wings!"
"Quat, relax." Trowa closed his eyes and thought for a minute, "you might understand I'll try to explain."
"Explain? How?" Quatre looked to his friend, trying to understand.
"Quatre you're an empath right?" Trowa asked
"Yeah, I can feel what others feel. If I let myself," Quatre answered, "why?"
"Have you ever felt Heero, or me?"
"Sure, I felt Heero when He blew himself up." Quatre shivered as the memory of that pain flooded his senses, " I felt you when you brought me back from the zero system."
"Alright, have you ever felt Duo?" Trowa watched Quatre.
"Yeah, ah, when he..." Quatre thought for a while, "I'm sure that when he was, no not then." Quatre's mind wandered over his time with the pilot, //never, I have never felt Duo.//
"I can't, I mean never; I haven't ever felt him!" Quatre couldn't believe it himself.
"Okay, what about right now, can you feel me?" Trowa asked
Quatre expanded his mind, reaching out and touching Trowa, but it just seemed like he was touching a blank wall. "No! I can't feel you!"
Trowa took his knife from his belt, "what about now?" Trowa asked as he drove the blade into his thigh.
"Ahhh!" Quatre grabbed his own leg feeling Trowa's pain, "why now?"
The pain in Quatre's leg faded as Trowa removed his knife from his own leg. //Why can't I feel Trowa now?// Quatre thought.
"It's because I am a seraphim." Trowa answered the question he saw in his friend's eyes.
"A what? What's a Seraphim?" Quatre's mind was spinning, //what's going on?//
"I'm an Angel, I am under the Arch Angels, Duo is my peer" Trowa said //or so I thought!//
"What? An Angel!" Quatre cried. Trowa removed his shirt, his muscles rippled and the tent seemed to radiate a light and warmth as wings sprouted from Trowa's back. They shone with a golden light, which was both warm and inviting.
Quatre reached out and stroked the wings, They were soft and white, they felt like the softest down, "But Duo's were not like this, they were terrifying! I thought I would die if I looked at them any longer, there was no light in them, they were void of everything!"
Quatre shivered again at the thought of those wings. "Is he a demon then?"
"No, I think Duo is something much more terrifying than that." Trowa said "I think he is a, no, The warrior."
"Warrior, but you fight; you war, don't you?" Quat asked
"Not like him!" Trowa shivered at the thought, "not like that." Looking at his little blonde friend he could see that he would have to explain. "Let's get Heero back to the house, I will explain things there."
Trowa left to get the car, when he came back to the tent. Quat had already wrapped the body up to cause less attention. When they got to the safe house they put Heero into the freezer.
"He'll keep better in there." Quatre said
"Ha, you just want an excuse for buying a walk-in freezer." Trowa smiled at his little lover.
Quatre turned to Trowa, "we're home, talk!" Quatre sat Across from his friend.
"Alright, but you'll have to understand I'm telling you what I have puzzled out, nothing more."
Quatre nodded and motioned for Trowa to go on.
"Well I take it that you have heard or read about the first battle in the heavens how Lucifer tried to take over heaven and become God?" Quat nodded, "at that time there were many powerful angels. Lucifer was the most beautiful, and therefore many believed him to be the most powerful. He wasn't, he was just the most popular."
"There were four archangels, Michael, Lucifer, Killel, and Samael. Michael was the wisest of them, Lucifer the most beautiful, Killel the most powerful, and Samael, the archangel of Battle. God saw their friendship and delighted in it, but when Lucifer decided to set himself up to be God he called on his friends to help him overthrow
the crown seat of God."
"Michael refused, and returned to the throne, rallying the armies of heaven. Samael went to his palace on earth to deliberate, but upon reaching it he found it destroyed, his city of Ganth too was burning. He flew to the houses looking for anyone that might have been alive, there were none."
"Ganth was a city that worshiped battle, they were the disciples of Samael. Lucifer came to Samael and told him that God had destroyed the warriors here. The outcast children, the ones that Killel had sought to protect. Samael had raised them to be warriors, but they
had perished in the flames of God. Samael became enraged and swore vengeance for his fallen children.
"Killel followed his friend Samael to battle, intent on helping Samael to revenge the children that he and Samael had saved from life as street kids. Killel's power in battle inspired the angels and demi-gods to great heights of heroics. In this way was heaven divided. God allowed this battle to see who would support him and who would turn
against him."
"The war went on for millennia; it was in the sixth millennium that the tide turned for the angels of God. Killel was captured and brought to the general of God's army, Michael. Michael took his old friend into his palace and questioned him. Michael found out how it
was that Samael had followed Lucifer and related the truth to Killel. Killel begged Michael to let him return to tell Samael the truth. Michael consented.
"Killel flew with great speed to the palace of iron, Samael's home. Upon entering he saw Samael weeping with his robes torn, he wept for the loss of Killel, his angel of emotion. `I have returned Samael, we have been lied too.' Samael looked up and saw Killel, running to Killel he embraced his friend. Killel related the true demise of the great city of Ganth. Samael did not fully believe until Killel opened a portal to the realm of Limbo. There Samael saw his mighty warriors waging war. Daily the warrior children fought, dying and being resurrected the next day to hone their battle skills."
"The two archangels decided to defect to Michael, and Killel went to his palace to gather his angels that followed him. He was betrayed to Lucifer by some of them. Samael came to his friend's palace to take their armies to Michael's camp. Lucifer came to Killel trying to convince him that Michael had lied to him, but to no avail. Lucifer saw that Killel was determined and so Lucifer sought to slay him. Samael had thought that he had lost his angel of emotion once, he would not lose him again. He flew between Killel and Lucifer, the blade digging into Samael's back, Sealing him. The palace shook with the power of Killel's cry.
`Why?" He cried as he caught his dearest friend.
`Don't cry for me, when the war ends come and find me,' Samael had said wiping the tears off of Killel's cheek. Killel's tears stopped, Samael vanished taken to the realm of men. Killel's wings flashed back to a radiant white, but the feathers were gone and his wings were of a leathery texture, like a dragons.
~~~
"WHAT!?" Quatre shouted, so caught up in the story, "Angels can die?"
"Well no, they can be sealed, it is like death. They take human form and cannot access their power." Trowa explained.
"How long are they sealed?" Quatre asked.
"It depends on the power of their opponent; even a weak angel could seal an archangel. Probably not for more that a century though." Trowa said, "can I continue?"
Quatre nodded "sorry"
~~~
"Killel left the palace, turning he destroyed it. The angels that followed him turned, fleeing before him, but to no end. Killel followed them and slaughtered them, he had become an angel void of feeling or emotion. `My reason for feeling has been sealed, my
emotions have been sealed with him.' he had said. The emotions had kept the massive amount of Killel's true power restricted, now they were gone, and a power only bested by God raged in Killel."
"Samael's angels followed their master's wishes and joined with the angels of God, telling Michael of the destruction of Killel's angels and his palace.
"Killel entered the field of battle and destroyed any angel or demi-god that came before him. A shout of victory was heard from the angels of God, for they believed that Killel had turned against Lucifer. Five legions of angels came to fight beside Killel, but the
cry of victory was turned to one of fear as Killel slaughtered the legions.
"The tide of the war turned on that day, in four centuries Killel had sealed more than 1500 legions of angels and twice that of demi-gods. God came to the battlefield then and with a word, Lucifer and his army were defeated and cast out of heaven. God marshalled his angels and awarded them, those that had been sealed in the final moments of
the war were brought before God."
"God restored much of the sealed power, and set them as Guardians of man, and as lower level Shinigami. To the angels medals were given, Michael was awarded the post of prince of angels. Killel stood at the base of God's throne and God took pity on him and offered him a way to have peace. Killel accepted and God sealed his powers and he
vanished. This is how the first war of heaven ended."
"Okay, but what about Duo?" Quatre asked
"I'm getting there!" Trowa shook his head, "with Duo he was the ruler of the Shinigami, that is an angel of death. There are not too many Shinigami, but they are powerful. They became known as the wingless in heaven."
"They lost their wings?" Quat asked.
"No, they hid them, their wings had lost their radiance, the battle had tarnished their wings." Trowa answered.
"What do you mean, tarnished?"
"As angels our source of power comes from God, and it is absorbed through our wings, but as we kill or destroy, wither for ourselves or for another our wings lose the radiance and they become coarser."
"But yours are soft, and brilliant," Quatre touched Trowa's wings again, "and you've killed."
"Aa, you should have seen me before, when I was new. My wings were like the heart of 1000 stars; I could light the world, as though it were the middle of the day. They made the youngest baby's skin feel like course sandpaper." Trowa's eyes became misty as he remembered his original self. "It is for this reason that the Shinigami hide their wings. They are not ashamed of their past, but angels tread lightly around those with deeply tarnished wings."
"Ah, so Duo's wings aren't that strange then, the other Shinigami have wings like that too." Quatre felt a little better that Duo's wings were not abnormal after all.
"No that's not true," Trowa looked at his friend. "I could be Shinigami. My wings have enough tarnish, actually my wings are darker than most of the Shinigami."
"What!?" Quatre looked at Trowa's wings. Trowa absorbed them into his back again and put on his shirt.
"In the war of Heaven the angels of Aequitas or justice were used for the front lines. We were the angels that God used for administering punishment, and therefore it was natural for us to take the front lines, I was captain of the 7th army, I had 50 legions under my
command."
"50 legions, that's 50,000 angels." Quat stared at Trowa as though he had never seen him before.
"There were over a million angels of aequitas so I just thought that Duo was one of the few that I had never talked to." Trowa said
"So the angels of aequitas became Shinigami?" Quatre asked
"Yes some did, others became guards under the gates of heaven and a few, like me became guardians of man." Trowa paused. "I thought that Duo had just decided to change rolls and become a guardian of man. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes angels change their tasks. I never asked any of the Shinigami about it though."
"So had you ever met this Killel?" Quat asked, Trowa became flushed and looked at the ground. "Well have you?" Quat pressed.
"Yes." Trowa looked at Quat and could see the question forming in his mind. "I was sealed in the last day, just before God came to the field. I cannot remember Killel's face though."
"You were sealed? I thought that an angel that was sealed couldn't access his power." Quatre said, trying to figure out how Trowa could have his wings if his power had been sealed.
"My seal dissolved seven years ago." Trowa explained. " It took 8000 years to dissolve. Like I said the more powerful the opponent the longer the seal. The angels that Lucifer sealed were freed at the splitting of time; they were the chorus that was seen in the skies at the birth of Christ."
"So you have lived as a 14-year-old for 8000 years?" Quatre asked
"No, sealed angels are born as humans, Those that God saved from a complete seal remember ourselves when we turn six, but we grow old and die and are reborn, until our seal dissolves." Trowa could see that Quatre was genuinely trying to understand. And
continued. "Lately the angels that Killel had sealed are becoming free again. I was one of the first."
"So what about Duo then, you said that he was your peer, so he is a seraphim?" Quatre thought that he understood most things now.
"I thought that, but now, I need to talk to some of the other Shinigami." Trowa closed his eyes, and opened his mind to the astral plane sending out a messenger to the Shinigami.
In the next instant the air shimmered, a hole opened and a boy of 10 stepped out. "You called?"
"Holy shit!" Quatre jumped, "when did you call him?"
"Just now." Trowa turned to the boy, "I am Trowa, of the 7th army of heaven, captain of the guardians of man and lord of the line, third captain of Aequitas, name yourself."
The boy bowed on one knee to Trowa, "I am Akito, warlord of Samael, Blood lord of the field, sealed by Killel under the light of heaven."
"Akito, I wish to know something." Trowa continued, voice firm and commanding. Quatre blushed, thinking of how Trowa used that voice in the bed room.
"Speak, I am bound to answer," The boy stood again, watching Trowa.
"Your seal has been released?" Trowa asked
"It has, four years ago." Akito said
Trowa's wings again unfolded, "Show your wings." The boy obeyed and Quatre was amazed at the youth's wings, they shone brighter than Trowa's, just by a little. Quatre felt a little annoyed that anyone might have nicer wings than his Trowa.
"Your general of the Shinigami, His name?" Trowa asked.
"Duo." Akito answered.
Trowa looked shocked. "That's it?"
"Yes, he has never revealed his rank, position or wing class." Akito shifted, not nervous but a little cautious, Trowa's name carried a lot of weight.
"Have you ever seen his wings?" Trowa pressed
"Never, many believe that he is still sealed." Trowa folded his wings again and motioned that Akito could do likewise.
"Akito, you are acting commander of the Shinigami?"
"Hai, Duo has relinquished his title, but he will come back." Akito smiled at Quatre who handed him a drink.
"Akito, I believe Duo's seal has been broken." Trowa said this an emphasis on the broken.
The glass that Quatre had given to Akito fell to the floor as Akito hand spazuimed. "Broken?!" Akito just stared,
"Damon killed one of my friends, Duo's lover." Akito looked at Quatre thinking Trowa meant the blonde. "This is Quatre he is a sealed one, an empath." Trowa clarified.
"An empath, how do you know he is sealed?" Akito asked.
"He can feel us, when our emotions run high, he can sense them." Trowa said "except for Duo, he has never sensed Duo."
Quatre had gotten Akito a new drink, mumbling about the mess, Akito thanked him and took a sip, but choked on it at the last of the sentence. "Never!? Duo has no emotion?"
"Well he is always so happy, I mean he is always smiling and laughing." Quatre said, "he has emotion's we can see them. He wares his emotions on his sleeve, to use an old saying."
Trowa looked at Akito, and Akito nodded. "Quatre, Duo has no emotions, that laughter, that smile, they are an act, a show for all those around him. Duo is Killel. God's seal has been broken!" Trowa had to catch Quatre as he fainted. "Akito, you should know. Duo has told Damon to ready his minions, he plans to become the destroyer
again."
