Alright! Let's get down to business!

Chapter 5

Two men entered the palace. One was tall with chocolate brown locks arranged in a messy mop on his head. He had cobalt blue eyes and a dangerous smirk on his lips. He wore a khaki green vest, long dark trousers and knee-high black boots on his feet. A long, black cloak was clasped onto his shoulders. The other, had shoulder-length black hair tied into a severe ponytail. He was as tall as the first and had dark pools of obsidian for eyes. He had a scowl on his face for anyone who was brave enough to look at him. He was wearing a traditional outfit from his home land of Kali; a long white shirt that came down to mid-thigh with a swirling, dark blue dragon in the middle. He had on white trousers underneath and black, soft shoes on his feet. The halls of the palace were soon deserted because of the presence of these two men. One maid however had the unfortunate luck of being in the hallways while they were walking.

'You! Woman! Tell us where the King is.' The black haired one demanded.

'I..I..I'm sorry sir but no-one is allowed to see the K…King. He's not to be d..disturbed.' she stuttered. His scowl deepened.

'Where. Is. The. King.' He growled, speaking deliberately slow in order to get the message across.

'I'm s..s..sorry sir…' she whispered. Suddenly, cobalt blue eyes snapped in her direction, and glared.

'…uh…right away s..s..sir.' she stammered. She turned on her heel and walked quickly down the hall, anxious to get away from the two men, her face pale from that simple conversation. She arrived at the King's study and knocked on the door. As soon as the door opened she hurried down the hall, practically running toward safer ground.

     The King had been sitting in his study, the only place he could get away from the glaring and the screaming of his family. The day had just begun and already he had the forming of one killer headache. So when the door was knocked, he was about to fire whoever was on the other side; he had specific instructions that he was not to be disturbed. But the words died on his lips when he saw who it was. Heero Yuy. But there was also someone else with him…who? He was about to invite them in when they just pushed passed him and made themselves comfortable; Heero in his chair and the other one standing by the bookcase. He turned to the one standing.

'So, who the hell are you?' The man in question arched an eyebrow before answering.

'WuFei. Chang WuFei.' And then did a shallow bow before resuming his position against the wall.

'Anyway,' the King stated 'let's get down to business…'

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The market was just opening when they were riding through the town. They were so hungry it wasn't even funny, but they hadn't enough money for a meal, never mind two.

I'm so hungry but, no money. What are we going to do?

As they were riding, they came across a woman. She was struggling to carry some hugs boxes inside her store. Quatre told Duo to stop, and then he leaped off the horse and headed toward the woman. Duo followed with the horse and a confused expression on his face.

'Excuse me miss. It seems that you are having problems. Would you like some help?'

'Yes! I would love some help. If you could carry all the boxes inside and stock them up, I'll pay and give you breakfast.' Even Duo's eyes lit up at that and nodded enthusiastically.

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'…and she made us made us breakfast. I haven't had a home-cooked breakfast before!' Duo exclaimed, with a twinkle in his eye. Quatre just smiled at his friend and vowed to himself to make sure that Duo would never have to live a hard life again. It was now lunch-time and Duo still couldn't believe how nice that woman was.

It's because he grew up on the streets. On the streets you never got something for nothing; there was always a catch in it.

'Yes but now it is lunch-time and we need to get something to eat. Why don't we get some food in that tavern?' Quatre asked, pointing to the shop.

'Sure thing Cat.' And they crossed the street together and entered the shop.

     They had just finished lunch when the door-bell chimed for the first time since they'd entered. Quatre looked up and couldn't tear his eyes away from sight that greeted him. A tall, young man about their age and even taller than Duo walked up to the bar. He had a slim figure with compact muscles rippling under his smooth, pale skin. His hair was swept over his face in an unusual hairstyle leaving only one olive green eye visible. Quatre was captivated and Duo noticed that. He sat down at the bar and ordered a drink. Quatre tried not to be too conspicuous in his staring because a) it might freak the man out and b) Duo doesn't know that he liked men; he wanted to keep it that way, so Duo won't be disgusted with him and leave him, all alone. About five minutes later a group of men entered the tavern. They looked around and when they spotted the green-eyed man one of them growled. They stalked their way over to the boy and the man which was most probably the leader growled,

'Hey, what d'ya think ya're doin' in our seats, huh? Now move along before I get angry.' The boy remained silent, not even acknowledging that the man had spoken. This served to anger the man even more.

'Hey kid! I'm talkin' to you! Get out of our seats before we have ta make ya!' The boy finally looked up but still showed no signs of complying. Duo'd had enough. He stood up and yelled,

'It isn't your seat! He was here first so leave him alone. I don't see your name on that seat so you have no claim on it!' The man's head snapped to him.

'Stay out of it! This ain't any of your business!'

'Yeah, well, I just made it my business!' Duo retorted. The man growled.

'Stay out of it, kid!' Duo's attitude just switched. It went from being angry to ice cold in a second. Quatre had to take a step back because he'd never seen this side of Duo, and it scared him.

'Don't call me kid!' Duo ground out between clenched teeth. But the man was not amused; in fact he'd had enough.

'Yamachi!' he shouted to one of the other men 'Take care of this kid.' The man called Yamachi grinned. He put out his hand with his palm up and gathered his magic. A dark blue ball of light appeared. It slowly got bigger, giving out dark flashes of static. Meanwhile, Duo pulled his magic around him to form a ward. When he finished he looked up at Yamachi and gave him a manic grin. Yamachi hurled the blast at Duo and it deflected harmlessly off his shield. The ward didn't even flicker. If it was even possible Duo's grin got wider.

'My turn.' Duo clasped his hands together and started chanting under his breath. Yamachi started to get anxious so he threw blast after blast at Duo. He didn't flinch. Suddenly his head snapped and at the same time he flung his hands out to the side. Yamachi crumpled to his knees and couldn't move. He couldn't believe the little kid had put a binding spell on him!

Duo looked up in time to see the green-eyed boy finishing off the boss. All the rest of the gang lay groaning on the floor. When they saw that their boss had been defeated they all fled, one of them stopping to pick up Yamachi, who was still paralysed on the floor.

Duo and Quatre walked up to the green-eyed boy.

'Hey, are you okay?' Quatre asked, concern showing in his turquoise eyes. The boy looked up and stared at Quatre.

'Yes. I'm fine. Thank you for asking.' He replied, in his quiet but firm voice. He then turned to Duo and spoke.

'Thank you for your help. I don't know how to repay you.'

'Aw it was nothing. And you don't have to repay us in any way; I didn't help you to get something in return.'

'No but I insist. You were the only one in this whole tavern to help and I am grateful.' He fished around in his pocket for a bit before pulling something out triumphantly.

'Here.' He handed them something that looked like tickets. 'I'm a gypsy and our travelling show is staying in this town for a bit. These are two tickets to our show. It's in the forum tonight. I hope you can come.' And with that he young gypsy walked out of the tavern and disappeared down the street.

Huh. We didn't even get his name.

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'…so will you take the job?' King Milliardo asked anxiously. Heero and WuFei glanced at each other quickly before answering.

'Yes.' Milliardo let out a sigh of relief. These men were the best; if anyone could find he son it would be these two men.

He just hoped it wasn't too late.

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Ummm…sorry? I know, I know I should have updated sooner. I just hope I haven't lost all my readers. ^_^;