Somewhere between Heaven and Hell

Ch 5 War

Trowa pulled back from the embrace Heero and himself were sharing and looked him in the eyes.

"Where is Duo's castle?" Trowa asked fluttering his wings

"W-what do you mean? You can't be serious about going in there and fighting him are you?" Heero asked clutching on to Trowa's shirt. "I can't let you do that, not after I just found you...."

Trowa wrapped his arms around Heero and buried his face in his hair. "I won't fail Heero; I want you to be whole again too..."

Heero held Trowa tighter. "No, you should just get out of here alone...you can't save me, I never had a soul..." he was cut off with Trowa setting his lips to his own.

"Heero, every demon had a soul, they are all just fallen angels who lost the light. If I could I would save everyone here, but they have to be willing to be saved. You have to trust me Heero. I promised I would save you, don't worry about me." Trowa pulled back from Heero again. "Now where is he?"

"I'll show you."

Duo stood behind his throne resting his arms on the top. He grinned and walked around to the front and watched the doorway.

"So Heero, you were to weak after all. And now you let an angel run free down here? Well, I hope Quatre is ready, because now I feel compeled to let some of my loyal followers run free."

"Wufei!" he yelled

The black haired demon appeared on one knee in front of Duo.

"Yes lord, what is it you demand?"

"I would like you do gather as many demons as you can and set them loose on earth." Duo grinned at the thought of all the pain that would come from it.

Wufei stood and smiled. "My liege I would be more than happy too." He bowed and disaprered again.

"Get ready Quatre, I am bringing a war to your door..." Duo stood and laughed, his voice echoing throughout the empty halls.

Quatre sat in his throne grabbing his head in his hands, tears streaking down his face. Zechs stood off to the side leaning against a pillar. He leaned his head back against the cool marble.

"We need to do something Zechs...we just can't leave him there..."

Zechs looked over at Quatre, "What can we do? We can't just waltz into Hell and take him back."

Quatre looked up, "I-I know that...but...there has to be something! Anything we can do!"

Before any of them could speak anymore Duo walked through the floor and stood in front of Quatre. Zechs jumped off the pillar and lunged in front of Quatre. Duo merely laughed.

"Do not tire yourselves, this is not really me but mealy a transparent messenger." The Duo spirit spoke

Quatre touched Zechs shoulder and stood up. "What do you want Duo?"

The demon lord laughed. "I would have thought you would know! But, it seems you don't so I will tell you. You have an angel running loose in Hell, and we all know the rules about angels invading Hell and vise versa with demons in Heaven. I take this as an insult and I am here to tell you I am declaring war on Heaven. You better get an army ready because I have demons ready to tear you all apart."

Quatre looked on dumbfounded. "What are you talking about? There are no Angels that have left! Only Trowa, but he is a demon now, and that doesn't count!" Quatre cried trying to plead with Duo. He just laughed.

"Ah yes, that is what you thought, but, due to recent events Trowa is very much an angel again and on his way to attempt to kill me. I take that as a direct attack from Heaven and I am merely protecting myself. So if I were you, I would get an army ready. And soon" The message laughed and then vanished.

Quatre collapsed on his knees. "A...a war on Heaven..."

Zechs crouched next to Quatre. "What are your commands Master Quatre?"

Quatre sighed and stood up, his face hardening. "Get the angels together. We are going to war."

Zechs stood and bowed. "As you wish your majesty." Zechs then turned heel and walked out of the marble chambers.

Quatre stared at the ceiling. "This will be your final sin Demon Lord Duo."

Heero ran over endless hills and flew over what seemed like bottomless craters. The closer they were to Duo's castle, the more desolate and hot the scenery became. Smoke black as night rose from cracks blinding the two travelers. Trowa coughed but continued to follow Heero who seemed unaffected by all the smoke and fire. Trowa stopped when he saw Heero stop.

"There it is. Trowa, there is Godsteel in the castle that you can use to your advantage." Heero said turning and looking at Trowa.

"Why does he have Godsteel in the castle when it is so deadly to him?"

Heero sighed. "Because he thinks that if he is around the steel enough he will grow immune and it will no longer affect him."

Trowa raised and eyebrow. "I did not know you could build a tolerance to Godsteel..."

"With Duo, you never know..." Heero looked back at the castle. "Please be careful Trowa, I don't know what I would do if you didn't come back..." Heero turned back to Trowa tears starting to swell in his eyes.

Trowa stepped forward and wiped the tears out of Heero's eyes. "Do not worry about me. This will all end tonight, and after all this, you will be free." Trowa leaned down and kissed Heero. The moment seemed to drag on forever but Heero pulled back.

"You need to hurry Trowa. It will only be a matter of time before Duo finds out and comes and kills us both before we even have a chance to do anything."

Trowa nodded. "Wait for me here. I will come back to you. Just believe in me." And with that Trowa turned and flew off towards the entrance to the castle.

Heero watched as Trowa turned into nothing but a speck in the distance. "I believe"

Trowa landed in front of the large black doors of the castle. Trowa frowned and pulled the doors open and ran inside making sure to watch all the walls to look for the Godsteel sword. He ran down the corridor and turned a corner only to come face to face with the sword in a large magic field. Gritting his teeth Trowa reached through the field and grabbed the hilt of the sword pulling it free.

"So I see you are truly ready for death." A low voice spoke behind Trowa.

Trowa whipped around to see Duo standing behind him holding a giant black sword. It reeked of death and pain. Trowa cringed and Duo smiled.

"I see you don't like my sword very much. That's ok; you won't have to deal with it much longer. For I will put you out of your misery."

Trowa smiled. "Or so you think. I made a promise to Heero, and I intend to keep it." Trowa raised his sword up. "It ends here demon."

Duo laughed. "We will see, we will see angel."

A.N. Woo hoo! I finished!! OMFG! It's a miracle! I am going to try to be better about updating. I will finish this fic. So bare with me everyone. I LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you all so much for all your support. Without you, I would never even have bothered to continue. But now I am...and I will finish this fic and make everyone happy!. o Love bunches Clari-sama.