A/N: And now, a moment of silence for the final chapter...WOOHOO!!! How exciting! I hope you all have enjoyed this as much as I. It's been a great run, and I hope you all read my next story, too! Thanks for your continued support, or just plain support. Either way, it's been great. And now, the final warnings for Dawn to Dusk. Makes me cry a bit...AHEM! We have: Freakiness Pertaining to Religion and General Life, Profanity of course, 1x2, 3x4, Sappiness, And Overall Insanity. Sorry this one took a while to be put up; I have a bad habit of procrastinating on last chapters, and then my parents decided to take me on a spontaneous vacation when my stalling was complete. Scary.
(BTW, if confused about who was doing stuff last chapter, names were brain/body.)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of my friends in this...except maybe the God, Sarah, and the devil featured in this story. Ha! I own God! Take THAT, Christianity!
Dawn to Dusk
Chapter 11
Final Night
Duo woke up extremely giddy, not even bothering to wonder how they'd ended up back in his black bed. Heero was wrapped around him, Duo snuggled up against his body as sunlight dripped in through the-
Hold the phone. Duo's head snapped up, looking over at the window's steady stream of sun, and then back down at his non-female body. Heero shifted a bit at the movement, pulling Duo closer and placing a soft kiss on his neck, making Duo giggle.
"Good morning," he said, snuggling up closer to the still-sleepy boy. Heero breathed out deeply, and his eyes slid open slowly. Duo smiled brilliantly at him. "Hiya, Hee-chan." Heero's eyes widened, and blinked quickly. Again. Duo giggled.
There was a knock on their door, and Heero was immediately awake, snapping up in bed, which in turn made Duo fall off the bed's rather rumpled sheets.
"I just thought you'd like to know it's ten o'clock," Quatre's cheerful voice came through a bit muffled. "I let you sleep through Duo's first class."
"Oww..." Duo rubbed his head, still in pain, and then remembered he was still Duo instead of Dea and began to get even giddier. "Look Heero! I'm not a girl!" Heero, looking surprisingly groggy, looked over the side of the bed.
"Why did the curse stop," Heero asked, and Duo pouted.
"Oh, NOW you want me as a girl," he grumbled, and then pounced on Heero. "Aren't I fun just as me, though?" Heero smirked.
"And flexible," he said, and Duo slapped his arm playfully, only to get up and dress in the school uniform. "We're waking up?" Duo chuckled.
"Well, we're already awake," Duo said. "Now, I'm getting out of bed. I was thinking of handcuffing you to the headboard, but it seems to me you're not ready for that just yet." The violet-eyed boy winked, and strolled into the bathroom, coming out to see a fully dressed Heero on his laptop.
"You have class with me in ten minutes," Heero said, intent once more on his computer screen, and Duo sighed. So much for sweet nothings in the morning. At the sound, Heero's blue eyes slid across Duo. "I like you best as you."
"It kind of pisses me off I went through all that gender- switching for nothing," Duo sighed, falling back onto his bed. "And all I had to do was have sex with Heero Yuy to get it off." There was a courteous female "ahem" next to the window, and both boys turned to glare at the devil.
She was still a redhead, but today looked about twenty-seven, with a plain white dress on and shoulder-length hair as she smiled uncomfortably at the two. Her cheeks were a tad bit pink as she shyly let out a "Hi."
"Damn it, the curse is gone! What the hell are you here for," Duo yelled, royally ticked off. The devil looked at him apologetically.
"Well, the curse is gone because of me. I slapped you, remember? When a deity takes physical form to harm a mortal, any sort of magic or atypical ailment goes away," the devil said clearly. "Think of it as a deity's Catch-22." When both boys looked at her blandly, she sighed. "Just forget it. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that even though the curse is gone, I still have to do one more thing to you. It's just a legal thing. You know how it is."
"So, in other words you're gonna torment me for no reason in particular," Duo said, failing to see the logic within. The devil, still managing to look regretful, nodded. "Well, just get on with it, then! Make me step on a mouse or something."
"That's the other legal thing. See, the last always has to be the hardest. So, if I made you just slip on gravy or something, none of this would have happened. You'd be sent back to that bar, no memories of this, a week ago, and nobody else would remember either," the devil said simply. "And, I'm assuming you'd rather stay with the current time flow and events." Duo nodded, along with Heero. "So, that means I have to do something really nasty to you. Sorry." Duo sighed.
"Just get it over with, then," Duo grumbled, and the devil looked even more cheerless.
"I...I just wanted to...to ask you," she said, and immediately was down to a blushing seven-year-old, twiddling her thumbs. "Could we be...friends, maybe? When this is all over? I mean, I can understand why you wouldn't want to..." The devil's blush deepened. "Oh, it was stupid to ask, anyway. I'll just go, then. See you at midnight!" In a hurried poof of black rose petals, the seven-year-old blushing devil was gone. Duo shook his head, brown braid swaying.
"I feel kind of sorry for her," Duo said with a sigh as the two walked to their class. This time, Duo didn't have to "correct" his name. It felt great. "The poor thing's just so confused; I mean, she has no gender, no body, no nothing, and her job's to corrupt people. And now, when she actually likes me, she has to continuously torment me. Poor devil." Duo sat next to the window in the back corner, Heero right next to him.
"I don't," Heero grumbled. "She's caused enough trouble, so why does she have to do more?"
"Because it's my job," an angry girl in front of Duo grumbled, and turned around to face Heero. Now, she was their age, had brown hair, and violet eyes that were looking moodily at Heero, exact replicas of Duo's. "My name's Dea Maxwell, at your service." The devil smiled brilliantly. "I'm about to make you really, really hate me. Sorry, but I hope we can still be friends. Besides, right at midnight, you'll get a mission and never see this stupid school again." The female duplicate of Duo grinned.
"I have a feeling this is going to be really, really bad," Duo whimpered, sliding down into his chair. With one last apologetic look, "Dea" strode to the front of the class.
"My name is Dea Maxwell, and not only is my brother insane, but he's also sleeping with my boyfriend," the devil said viciously, pointing at the cowering Duo. Every face in class turned towards him. "He's a no- good, awful boy who didn't even bother to tell me he's an alcoholic, AND a thief, AND a devil worshipper! He calls himself the God of Death! DUO MAXWELL IS EVIL!!!"
"I knew that bastard would two-time my Dea!"
"He's a gay heathen! Kill him!"
"Run away!!!!"
Pandemonium ensued.
Half an hour later, Heero and Duo were running through the halls from half the student body, Trowa and Quatre behind just a bit. The other half was either setting traps, running away, or lying unconscious somewhere in the school. The devil herself had long since disappeared, most likely to go cry somewhere for feeling horrible about what she'd had to do.
But, Duo had to admit, they couldn't keep this up forever. It was only a matter of time before they got caught, or the school gave up. Honestly, hardly any of the people in the mob knew why they were chasing the boys, only that they were bad, and chasing them was the only decent thing to do. Meanwhile, Duo was busy trying to think of some way to escape without casualties, Heero was getting angrier every minute and thus more dangerous, and Quatre and Trowa were busy wondering 1. why they were running, and 2. whether or not to just stop and cuddle on a couch.
As the throng moved about, Wufei sat in the courtyard, reading a book and enjoying a brief moment of silence. His solitude was cut off quickly as seven helicopters hovered above him soon, dropping SWAT teams like a pissed-off hornet's nest. Wufei, being a smart kid, ran away, their "Hut hut! Hut hut hut!" following him as he ended up colliding with a blue- haired girl he'd never seen before.
"Heeey, get off me," the girl grumbled, pushing a panicking Wufei off her and quickly straightening her shirt. Wufei, who was bright red, ran the other way. "You get back here, you jerk! I'm going to kill you!" As Wufei was being chased by Sarah, he almost ran into the SWAT team, and so with some more profanity he turned around, only to run into the blue- haired girl again. "God damn it! Stop that!"
"Just get up and run," Wufei snapped. "Stupid woman..."
"I resent that," Sarah yelled, and soon they turned down a hall to see the others being pursued by the student population. "Duo! Help!"
"Turn," Duo yelled, and the six turned down a hall, making some of the students and SWAT teams collide as they tore down the smaller hallway. "Damn it, this is pointless!"
"When did the SWAT team come back," Heero yelled.
"About ten minutes ago," Wufei responded, and the roar of the crowd reverberated against the arched ceiling. "Why are the students chasing us?"
"The devil," the other four said automatically, and Wufei began to mutter some Chinese profanity.
"Door to the left," Trowa yelled out, and kicked said door open. As the other five were through, he closed it as well as he could and put one of the many desks in front of it. After everyone else joined in, the solid barricade was smashed against from the outside. Duo spied another window.
"Heero, give me your gun," he said quickly, hand out, and Heero actually blushed.
"I left it in the dumpster," he said, looking down, and Duo's face turned scarlet.
"Eheheheh...anyone else got a weapon," Duo asked, and to everyone's surprise, Sarah pulled out a knife from the bottom of her shoe.
"Well, I can't exactly carry mace around at school, so I have this," she said, and handed it to Duo, who then handed it to Trowa. With a practiced art, the dagger flew into the windowpane, shattering the glass. The barricade shook more, and without a second glance Quatre hopped out, followed by Sarah, and Trowa, and Wufei, and finally Duo and Heero.
"What now," Quatre asked, handing Sarah back her now-chipped knife. Heero shrugged.
"We hide until midnight," he said. "After that, we go on our mission, and Sarah goes back."
"What mission," Sarah asked. "And, why can't I come? I don't wanna go back there..."
"We're terrorists," Duo explained. "We're going to blow stuff up. It's actually really fun. And no, you can't come. Wuffie would probably end up killing you." Wufei scowled at the blue-haired girl.
So, the six trotted away as the conglomeration beat against the barricaded door, ending up at a nearby park. Trowa and Quatre were snuggling on a bench, Duo was annoying Heero and Wufei under a tree, and Sarah ended up sitting in a tree, sleeping.
Eventually everyone fell asleep. Sarah was woken up by falling out of the tree, only to be caught by a shocked-looking guy with black hair and pure black eyes, who then grinned devilishly.
"Sarah, right," he asked in a smooth voice, and the blue- haired girl turned bright red. 'So much for being a lesbian,' she thought. "I'm here to talk to Duo, but hey, you're pretty cute too." Sarah was put down gently, sure she was going to turn into a charred pile of Sarah remains since her face was so warm.
"Leave her out of it," Duo growled sleepily. "What do you want now?" He blinked. "And why are you a guy again?"
"I felt like it, as soon as I saw a girl falling out of a tree," the devil muttered. "It's midnight, by the way." Duo looked around, absolutely shocked they'd slept for almost twelve hours. "I can make you sleep a really long time, and I figured it'd be best to end this fast."
"Hey, I could have been smooching with my Hee-chan for those twelve hours," Duo said, shaking his finger at the trench coated devil. "You owe me, buddy." The devil sighed.
"Whatever. It's been good doing business with you, even if I didn't get anything out of it," the devil grumbled, and with a wave of his hand their things fell into a heap right in front of Duo. "Can we be friends, or no?" Duo sighed.
"I guess," he shrugged. "I'll buy you a drink whenever, as long as you don't turn me into a girl again." The devil smiled, and then turned to the still-blushing Sarah.
"Want a wish," he asked innocently, and Duo threw one of his shoes at the deity. "What? It's my job! Besides, she's really cute." Sarah blushed more.
"You think I'm cute," she asked, and the devil nodded.
"Call me Luc, babe," he said with a grin. "Ever wanted to give birth to the anti-Christ?"
"STOP," Duo yelled, waking up Heero and getting a glare from Sarah.
"Yes, I'll go out with you," Sarah said cheerily. "I've always wanted to go to hell!" Duo slapped himself on the forehead, just as Heero's laptop, on the top of the pile, started beeping. Sarah threw her arms around the devil, who looked absolutely thrilled.
"And I didn't even have to corrupt the girl," he said cheerily, sweeping her up in his arms. "Bye, guys! Have fun saving the world!"
"Sarah, that's the DEVIL. You get that, right? He's EVIL," Duo said very slowly, and the blue-haired teen giggled.
"So? You're a terrorist. Besides, I'd rather have a crush on the ultimate evil than some lesser evil that's gay," she said, and Heero chuckled at Duo's blush.
"Bi, not gay," he muttered, pouting. Heero was already back on his laptop, reading the next mission assignment as the other three slept and Sarah and the devil stood smiling and flirting shamelessly. After a bit, Heero closed his laptop and stood, stretching a bit.
"Let's get going," he said simply, and quickly woke the others up. Duo trotted over to the new freakishly happy couple.
"You sure about this guy," he asked, sending a doubtful look at the now-teenage devil, and Sarah nodded. "Well, be careful. And don't really give birth to the anti-Christ. That'd just be weird." She nodded again seriously, and the other four, after gathering up their respective items from the pile, looked at Duo expectantly. "What? Get a move on!"
"Bye, Dea," Sarah called after their retreating forms, and Duo waved enthusiastically as they trotted off in the starlit night.
(Three hours later...)
"Checkmate again," God murmured, eyes fixed on the nearby Jumbotron of Earthly Activities installed recently. The picture was of Heero embracing Duo protectively as they both boarded their own gundams. The devil's low cursing barely registered in the deity's head.
"I told you to move your knight," Sarah chided, passing the two their third round of drinks.
"Yeah, yeah," the devil grumbled, tipping his king and leaning back. "It's almost sad that it's over, huh?"
"Well, you got what you wanted, and so did he," God said reassuringly, downing the screwdriver with a nod of thanks to the blue- haired mortal. "I'll never understand why you humans do that to your hair." Sarah giggled.
"What, you expect us to be fine with the same form, while you guys get to switch over and over," she asked. "I'll do whatever I want to my hair. What are you, my father?"
"Gotta love her," the devil said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and drinking his shot. "So, what next?"
"I'm taking a vacation," God said. "I hear there's a new skee- ball machine coming out." The devil nodded. "You?"
"Probably join Sarah at school for a bit," the devil said, getting out of his chair. "Have a good time, G! See you next tempting!" He turned his pure black eyes to the cheery Sarah. "Ready to go?" She nodded. "Bye!" They disappeared in a poof of red hearts and black ribbon.
THE END!
-------
A/N: Bad ending, I know. It's the only thing I could think of, even though there's a severe lack of 1x2 action. Sorry 'bout that. Anyway, thanks for reading my story, and even though I didn't get 50 reviews, I'll still dance around all happy-like because you're all so nice! And this (week?)'s nice people are:
Regina!
Luna!
Emmy-Chan!
Pretty Pilot!
Bunny!
Duo-23!
Ketsueki!
Thanks so much! You all get...ummm...imaginary flying ponies! Please tune in for my next, piratey story. Not PotC, but equally interesting, if not more. BYE!!!