Disclaimer: If I owned the G Boys then I would most certainly not be wasting my time writing fan fiction ne? I'd be doing official stuff and selling it for readers like you.
Chapter Two – Blooming
Heero stared at Duo with a dazed expression on his face. Duo had started to run his fingers along Heero's chest. Just as Duo was making his way lower, Heero heard someone giggle.
"What was that?!" he exclaimed, looking around for the source of the noise.
Duo paused and cocked his head in the direction of the tree behind them. His mouth widened in a grin and he called out happily.
"Quatre!"
There were more giggles in response and as Heero looked up, there was a flash of green and a short blonde haired boy dressed in a green tunic landed in front of them. Heero flushed again as he was clothed where as Heero and Duo were not.
"So you're Heero then," the blonde pushed his hair behind pointed ears and leaned over to inspect Heero.
"Uhh… yes… I am Heero," Heero replied, glad that Duo was covering his most private parts.
As if to contradict him, Duo hopped up and hugged Quatre, making the elfin boy giggle again. Heero flung his hands over his lower half and reddened.
Quatre snickered, "What's the matter Heero? It's not like I haven't seen it before." Quatre leaned down and pulled Heero off of the forest floor.
With a silly grin on his face Duo nodded in agreement, "Oh yes. You and Trowa do that sort of thing all the time." Nodding in his innocent way, Duo didn't notice the tips of Quatre's ears become the same colour as Heero's face.
Heero reached over and grabbed his pants and hauled them on. His face finally returned to a normal pink colour. He blinked owlishly at Quatre and Duo and then handed Duo his long johns.
"Here. Put this on Duo."
Duo inspected the undergarment and then pulled it on… back to front. Quatre thought that this was hilarious and doubled over in laughter as Duo turned himself in knots trying to reach the buttons at the back that did them up.
Heero chuckled and grabbed Duo, making him stop before he made himself dizzy.
"You have them on the wrong way."
Duo blinked and looked at Heero trustingly, "Oh."
"Take them off and turn them around. Then try it again," Heero said.
Duo did as he was told and soon had the long johns on the correct way and buttoned them up.
Quatre slung an arm over Heero's shoulder and grabbed Duo by his new outfit. He grinned in his impish way, "Come Duo, lets take Heero to meet Trowa."
"Trowa?" Heero asked.
Duo nodded and bounced along beside them, "Trowa is the forest prince!"
When Heero looked confused, Quatre elaborated, "The forest prince rules over all of the forest and the animals in it. He makes it safe for us forest creatures to come and go as we please, without humans like you seeing us."
Heero smiled. He liked the sound of the forest prince and decided that he couldn't wait to meet him.
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It was quite a trek to get the forest castle. But when they arrived, Heero was in awe. The forest castle was made entirely of trees and shrubs that flowered all over. How they got it to look anything like a castle was anyone's guess, but Heero decided that magic had some part in it.
As well as there being the amazing castle, Heero was astonished at all the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabited the surrounding area. There were fairies, sprites, goblins and more elves like Quatre.
A couple of larger elves approached the group and Heero could have sworn that he heard some of the others whisper, "It's a human!" as they walked past.
"Ahh Quatre, what have you brought home with you this time?" the larger blonde-haired elf asked.
Quatre grinned cheekily and poked his mischievous friend, "This is Heero, Milliardo. He's the human boy that Duo told us all about so gushingly the other night."
The third elf made a disgusted noise, "Human. Pfft. Why is this human so special?"
"He's the one the prophet told about," Quatre pointed out, "That's why-" Duo cut him off.
"He's special because I like him!!" Duo grabbed Heero's arm and pulled the startled boy towards him.
Quatre giggled and Milliardo raised an eyebrow knowingly. The third elf just looked disgusted by it all and turned to walk away before he was ill.
"Aww Wufei, don't be like that!" Quatre scurried after the dark-haired elf.
Wufei stopped and turned to the blonde elf, lowering his voice, " How do you know for sure? That he's the samurai the prophet told Prince Triton about."
"He just is! Can't you see that? Duo is the butterfly and the prophet said the butterfly would bring the samurai to save the forest kingdom from downfall!!" Quatre poked Wufei in the chest, "And call him Trowa will you? You know 'Prince Triton' is only for formal occasions."
Wufei snorted indignantly, "You only call him as you like because he's in love with you. Who would think that the forest prince would fall for a stupid elf like you?"
Quatre eyes wobbled with hurt tears as Wufei's vicious comment.
"You're just jealous because you're not in the prophecy. Don't think I haven't seen you practice with your sword trying to be like the samurai."
Before Wufei could respond, Quatre turned on his heel and strode back over to Duo, Heero and Milliardo.
"Ok guys," Quatre said in a rather forced cheerful voice, "Let's go see Trowa!"
Duo ran ahead pulling Heero along with him, but Quatre stayed behind with Milliardo as they headed towards the castle.
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Once they reached the main doors to the castle, Heero finally got Duo to release his arm. He rubbed the said arm, as Duo had pulled a little bit too hard on it. Quatre and Milliardo came up behind them.
Quatre turned to the guards at the door and spoke calmly, "We wish to seek entrance to the castle. We require the company of his highness Prince Triton."
"Triton?" Heero whispered to Duo, "I thought his name was Trowa?"
Duo nodded, "Oh its both. Triton is his real name but he prefers being called Trowa around his friends. He chose the name himself because it makes him feel like a different person and he doesn't have to be the prince all the time then," he explained.
"You may enter Master Quatre and company," the guard on the left replied and then both guards tapped their long staffs on the ground. This caused the doors to swing open slowly and the group walked inside.
The doors slammed shut behind them and Heero noticed with a squint that it was rather dark inside the main foyer of the castle. He wondered what they were to do next, when a short darked haired pixie scurried over to them.
"Greetings Quatre, Milliardo!" she squeaked in a high-pitched pixie voice.
"Hello Hilde," Milliardo replied and Quatre nodded his head, "Are you to take us to Trowa?"
The pixie nodded excitedly and motioned them to follow. She chattered on as they followed her up the grand staircase.
"Oh His Highness is rather quiet today! I went to serve him his tea and he didn't say a word! But he'll cheer up now that you're here Quatre!" she giggled when Quatre's ears went pink. "He misses you so much when you go out exploring Quatre. I'm sure he wishes he could go with you."
"Hilde, enough," Milliardo said sternly. Quatre smiled gratefully at him.
The entire time this was going on, Duo was clinging to Heero's arm and looking at him adoringly. Unfortunately for them, Hilde seemed to notice that.
"Ohh aren't they cute?!" she cried and stopped on the staircase, causing Quatre to bump into her. Heero blushed and looked down at his feet.
"Oomph! Hilde!" Quatre shouted in annoyance and straightened his tunic.
"Sorry Quatre!" Hilde squeaked. "But you have to agree, they're pretty cute together."
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS RACKET?!" a voice thundered from the top of the stairs.
The group looked up. At the top step stood a tall boy wearing a long green cape and a crown of ivy atop short brown hair that fell across one side of his face. One bright green eye shone with amusement and he waited for them to ascend the stairs.
"Your majesty…" Hilde started, but Quatre interrupted.
"Trowa!" he threw himself into the opened arms of the handsome prince and disappeared momentarily as the said prince wrapped his arms, cape and all around the small elf.
A few moments later, Trowa released Quatre and the elf took his hand. They walked over to Heero and Duo… well Trowa walked, Quatre got dragged with him. The forest prince examined Heero.
"So this is the samurai then?" he glanced between the group inquiringly.
"Yes, yes he is," Quatre nodded in agreement.
"Samurai? Heero asked.
Trowa raised his visible eyebrow, "He has not been told of the prophecy?"
"No," Quatre replied, "We could not say anything until we were sure that he was the one we'd been searching for."
"And is he 'the one'?"
This time it was Duo who answered the prince's question, "Yes." He smiled at Heero and Heero smiled back, "He is the one I have been searching for."
Trowa nodded and tiled his head toward the door of the room of their left. "Shall we take this in there? I do not think my hallway is the best place to be discussing our future."
The group followed Trowa inside, but the prince stopped Milliardo and Hilde at the door. "Your assistance is no longer needed." He then shut the door in their faces.
"Gee, for a prince he sure is rude sometimes," Hilde grumbled.
"I heard that."
Notes: I have a new muse!! He came to me in the hopes his elf boy status would be recognised! I present my muse - Quatre the elf!
Quatre: Hey everyone. As you can see I've convinced R-chan to put me in her story.
Yes well I was going to put you in anyway... but not as an elf.
Quatre: Oh? Then what was I going to be?
*grin* You were going to be the pixie.
Quatre: WHA?! You were gonna make me HILDE?!
*ducks the rotten tomatoes being thrown at me* Eeep!! REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!