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Finally, chapter seven! Ok, originally this was going to be a two part chapter, and I swore I was gonna post them both at the same time, but I never got around to writing the same half that week, so I didn't post it. Then, I was on vacation for a week. Then, I got really busy with school, and things kinda spiraled from there. ^_^;; I doubt any of you actually still read this fic, after I was gone so long. ^_^;; I'm really sorry!
Well, my thanks to Medulla Oblongata, andy, animegirl1234, Shinigami, Shi- chan, and DragonGirl for reviewing chapter five! Your support is appreciated! ^_^
Oh, and here are some individual responses to reviews: Thanks to my sister Medulla Oblongata/rk for reading every single thing I write and reviewing me twice. You're so wonderful! I'll miss you when you go to college! To andy, I'm sorry if anything in this fic offends anyone. All the vampires in this fic are based off old legends/myths I read and anime (mostly Blood: The Last Vampire) I've seen. I don't mean to write anything that, uh, any possibly real vampires think is offensive/not true. So, sorry if anything isn't accurate. To cryearthstearsfalltou, thanks for reviewing almost every chapter! You're really nice! Same goes for Duosgirl for reviewing twice...um, and no, I don't think I'm gonna be writing any sex scenes in this fic. DragonGirl: Wow! We have the same name! ^_^
Anyways, sorry this intro is so long. I just wanted to clear some of that stuff out of the way before I had anything else to add to that list of thank yous/answers to things.
Ok, warning time again. This chapter contains vampiric violence, suicide references, yaoi, discussion of one-sided yuri, and heterosexuals. Oh, and did I mention this chapter's violent?
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"Dorothy, do you know why I have summoned you to my chamber?" The frozen eyes of the vampire lord pierced all to the heart. He, with the most translucent skin of all, he, with the shock of cool, silky white-blond hair. He, with his robes of purest black.
"No, milord, I do not." Dorothy rose from her polite curtsy, adjusting the skirt of her school uniform slightly.
"I have a mission for you- your first as a full-fledged vampire, I believe?" Zechs locked her in his unblinking gaze.
She returned the stare, unwavering, "Yes, my Lord Milliardo."
"Listen close, for the details of this mission must not leave this room." He leaned forward in his throne.
"Yes?"
"Shinigami...you have heard the name, yes?"
"Yes, milord." Dorothy's brows raised in surprise, "Is he to accompany me on this mission?"
"Not quite." Zechs chuckled, "I wish to speak with a...house guest of his, so to speak. This mission has a deeper purpose then that, however."
"What, milord?"
"Shinigami has turned traitor on the vampires. He refuses to serve me any longer. He has run away from his lord, and that will cost him dearly. It seems, however, that he has become smitten with a certain young hunter, one whose name you know well."
"Who, milord?"
"Heero Yuy."
Dorothy's eyes widened, "The perfect Hunter, milord?"
Zechs nodded, "Yes. I wish for you to capture Heero Yuy alive and bring him to me. Kill Shinigami if he interferes. Here is the address. I trust that you shall complete this mission within a week?" A paper slid across the floor to Dorothy's feet. She curtsied low.
"Yes, milord."
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"You can kill me, or you can hear me out. You can't do both, so pick one." Hilde smiled grimly, "Either put down the katana or lop my head off. Just hurry up and decide."
"..." Heero's eyes burned into the blue-haired vampire's. After what seemed like forever, he spoke, "You're the vampire scum who warned Duo about the danger he was in, aren't you?"
"He's my best friend. I would never let him die." Hilde nearly spat the words.
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving his life. For that, I will spare you your life." Heero slowly put down the katana. He turned back to face the angry water below him.
"He won't take my advice, ya know."
Heero's eyes widened. He turned around.
"He'll wait at that house, just hoping that you'll come back. He'll wait and wait and wait, and they'll find him and kill him."
"Why...?"
"I think my friend loves you."
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"We have checked everywhere, Quatre. Everywhere that Heero could have run to. Every place he has hidden himself in the past. Could he have left town?"
"I don't know, Trowa. Heero's not the type to bother leaving town. No...he's probably still here."
"..."
"We should search the area again, just to be sure, though. Who knows where he could be...or....or what he may have done to himself. Heero was never a happy person, after all. Suicide...cannot be ruled out."
Trowa placed a comforting hand on Quatre's back. He leaned into the touch out of habit.
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"Why?! Why would he do that for me?!" Heero's eyes narrowed, "I...I just met him. I should be nothing to him. We've known each other for barely a week."
"He cares about ya. God knows why, but he does. And that's not just going to go away for Duo."
"Why...I thought...if I left, if we didn't get further involved, that maybe we'd get over it sooner. Maybe we wouldn't form any attachments." Heero looked down at the ground, "I am not allowed to feel these feelings I feel, let alone act on them. I'm a prisoner."
"Do ya hear yourself?! By the vampire lord himself, anyone can tell your overeacting!" Hilde laughed bitterly, "Your free to live and feel however you want. I woulda thought that Duo-kun woulda taught ya that by now."
"Don't push it, vampire!" Heero's grip on his katana tightened, "This is none of your concern!"
"It's my concern when your hurting a friend of mine, hunter!"
"..."
"I've seen your type before. Right now, you're thinking you've said too much, aren't you? You think you should've stayed quiet and killed yourself. Let me tell you something, you don't deserve Duo if you really think that's the answer. Baka! I would let you do it, but I can't."
"...why not? As I said, it is none of yo-"
"It would make my friend sad, and I'd never let that happen."
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Dorothy let out a high pitched giggle as soon as she saw the house. She had to work hard to contain herself from shouting for joy. A fight to the death against a worthy opponent! Possibly two! Oh, how she loved combat. Oh, how she loved being the calm little center of this war.
Long blonde hair brushed behind her. She picked some invisible lint off of her school uniform. Done primping, she drew her weapon and entered the house.
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Duo awoke with a sense of something missing.
There was no hand in his.
The room was not large, but it felt enormous and empty.
There was nothing but dust, nothing but air. Nothing but him.
Nothing.
Nothing.
He gasped at the feeling.
So...was it all a dream? Heero living here? Heero loving him? Him loving Heero? Was it all some twisted fantasy that he had created out of loneliness?
No! No, no, no, no, NO!
It couldn't be!
He searched the room, the house, frantically. Overturned everything in the desperate need to find Heero, to prove once and for all that he was here, that he returned Duo's feelings.
Nothing. Nothing.
Nothing!
Duo let out a cry of frustration. He sat down on the hard wooden floor. The pain brought him more into touch with reality.
Heero had left him...why...why?!
Why, why why, why WHY?!
A high pitched giggle sounded behind him. His head whipped behind him.
"Who are you?!"
"Little god of death who lives life without a prayer. Little god of death who is hiding the perfect warrior away from the prying eyes of the world. It is good to finally meet you." Her pale eyes roved over him hungrily. She slid off of the table on which she had been sitting, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dorothy, defector of the hunters, special operative of Lord Milliardo." She drew her weapon.
"Milliardo?! That bastard!"
"How dare you speak of our Lord that way, Shinigami-kun." She smiled, revealing her fangs, "Really, I'm disappointed in you. I had heard you were traitor, but at the least I thought you'd be respectful of our Lord."
"Why are you here! I am not in the mood to deal with an assassin at the moment!" Duo calmly drew a long scythe from its hiding place.
"Assassin? Oh no, you have it all wrong! I have come here for one thing and one thing only." Dorothy smiled a smile that seemed to drip venom, "I have come for the perfect one, a former comrade-in-arms, so to speak."
"I am here for the hunter, Heero."
Finally, chapter seven! Ok, originally this was going to be a two part chapter, and I swore I was gonna post them both at the same time, but I never got around to writing the same half that week, so I didn't post it. Then, I was on vacation for a week. Then, I got really busy with school, and things kinda spiraled from there. ^_^;; I doubt any of you actually still read this fic, after I was gone so long. ^_^;; I'm really sorry!
Well, my thanks to Medulla Oblongata, andy, animegirl1234, Shinigami, Shi- chan, and DragonGirl for reviewing chapter five! Your support is appreciated! ^_^
Oh, and here are some individual responses to reviews: Thanks to my sister Medulla Oblongata/rk for reading every single thing I write and reviewing me twice. You're so wonderful! I'll miss you when you go to college! To andy, I'm sorry if anything in this fic offends anyone. All the vampires in this fic are based off old legends/myths I read and anime (mostly Blood: The Last Vampire) I've seen. I don't mean to write anything that, uh, any possibly real vampires think is offensive/not true. So, sorry if anything isn't accurate. To cryearthstearsfalltou, thanks for reviewing almost every chapter! You're really nice! Same goes for Duosgirl for reviewing twice...um, and no, I don't think I'm gonna be writing any sex scenes in this fic. DragonGirl: Wow! We have the same name! ^_^
Anyways, sorry this intro is so long. I just wanted to clear some of that stuff out of the way before I had anything else to add to that list of thank yous/answers to things.
Ok, warning time again. This chapter contains vampiric violence, suicide references, yaoi, discussion of one-sided yuri, and heterosexuals. Oh, and did I mention this chapter's violent?
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"Dorothy, do you know why I have summoned you to my chamber?" The frozen eyes of the vampire lord pierced all to the heart. He, with the most translucent skin of all, he, with the shock of cool, silky white-blond hair. He, with his robes of purest black.
"No, milord, I do not." Dorothy rose from her polite curtsy, adjusting the skirt of her school uniform slightly.
"I have a mission for you- your first as a full-fledged vampire, I believe?" Zechs locked her in his unblinking gaze.
She returned the stare, unwavering, "Yes, my Lord Milliardo."
"Listen close, for the details of this mission must not leave this room." He leaned forward in his throne.
"Yes?"
"Shinigami...you have heard the name, yes?"
"Yes, milord." Dorothy's brows raised in surprise, "Is he to accompany me on this mission?"
"Not quite." Zechs chuckled, "I wish to speak with a...house guest of his, so to speak. This mission has a deeper purpose then that, however."
"What, milord?"
"Shinigami has turned traitor on the vampires. He refuses to serve me any longer. He has run away from his lord, and that will cost him dearly. It seems, however, that he has become smitten with a certain young hunter, one whose name you know well."
"Who, milord?"
"Heero Yuy."
Dorothy's eyes widened, "The perfect Hunter, milord?"
Zechs nodded, "Yes. I wish for you to capture Heero Yuy alive and bring him to me. Kill Shinigami if he interferes. Here is the address. I trust that you shall complete this mission within a week?" A paper slid across the floor to Dorothy's feet. She curtsied low.
"Yes, milord."
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"You can kill me, or you can hear me out. You can't do both, so pick one." Hilde smiled grimly, "Either put down the katana or lop my head off. Just hurry up and decide."
"..." Heero's eyes burned into the blue-haired vampire's. After what seemed like forever, he spoke, "You're the vampire scum who warned Duo about the danger he was in, aren't you?"
"He's my best friend. I would never let him die." Hilde nearly spat the words.
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving his life. For that, I will spare you your life." Heero slowly put down the katana. He turned back to face the angry water below him.
"He won't take my advice, ya know."
Heero's eyes widened. He turned around.
"He'll wait at that house, just hoping that you'll come back. He'll wait and wait and wait, and they'll find him and kill him."
"Why...?"
"I think my friend loves you."
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"We have checked everywhere, Quatre. Everywhere that Heero could have run to. Every place he has hidden himself in the past. Could he have left town?"
"I don't know, Trowa. Heero's not the type to bother leaving town. No...he's probably still here."
"..."
"We should search the area again, just to be sure, though. Who knows where he could be...or....or what he may have done to himself. Heero was never a happy person, after all. Suicide...cannot be ruled out."
Trowa placed a comforting hand on Quatre's back. He leaned into the touch out of habit.
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"Why?! Why would he do that for me?!" Heero's eyes narrowed, "I...I just met him. I should be nothing to him. We've known each other for barely a week."
"He cares about ya. God knows why, but he does. And that's not just going to go away for Duo."
"Why...I thought...if I left, if we didn't get further involved, that maybe we'd get over it sooner. Maybe we wouldn't form any attachments." Heero looked down at the ground, "I am not allowed to feel these feelings I feel, let alone act on them. I'm a prisoner."
"Do ya hear yourself?! By the vampire lord himself, anyone can tell your overeacting!" Hilde laughed bitterly, "Your free to live and feel however you want. I woulda thought that Duo-kun woulda taught ya that by now."
"Don't push it, vampire!" Heero's grip on his katana tightened, "This is none of your concern!"
"It's my concern when your hurting a friend of mine, hunter!"
"..."
"I've seen your type before. Right now, you're thinking you've said too much, aren't you? You think you should've stayed quiet and killed yourself. Let me tell you something, you don't deserve Duo if you really think that's the answer. Baka! I would let you do it, but I can't."
"...why not? As I said, it is none of yo-"
"It would make my friend sad, and I'd never let that happen."
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Dorothy let out a high pitched giggle as soon as she saw the house. She had to work hard to contain herself from shouting for joy. A fight to the death against a worthy opponent! Possibly two! Oh, how she loved combat. Oh, how she loved being the calm little center of this war.
Long blonde hair brushed behind her. She picked some invisible lint off of her school uniform. Done primping, she drew her weapon and entered the house.
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Duo awoke with a sense of something missing.
There was no hand in his.
The room was not large, but it felt enormous and empty.
There was nothing but dust, nothing but air. Nothing but him.
Nothing.
Nothing.
He gasped at the feeling.
So...was it all a dream? Heero living here? Heero loving him? Him loving Heero? Was it all some twisted fantasy that he had created out of loneliness?
No! No, no, no, no, NO!
It couldn't be!
He searched the room, the house, frantically. Overturned everything in the desperate need to find Heero, to prove once and for all that he was here, that he returned Duo's feelings.
Nothing. Nothing.
Nothing!
Duo let out a cry of frustration. He sat down on the hard wooden floor. The pain brought him more into touch with reality.
Heero had left him...why...why?!
Why, why why, why WHY?!
A high pitched giggle sounded behind him. His head whipped behind him.
"Who are you?!"
"Little god of death who lives life without a prayer. Little god of death who is hiding the perfect warrior away from the prying eyes of the world. It is good to finally meet you." Her pale eyes roved over him hungrily. She slid off of the table on which she had been sitting, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dorothy, defector of the hunters, special operative of Lord Milliardo." She drew her weapon.
"Milliardo?! That bastard!"
"How dare you speak of our Lord that way, Shinigami-kun." She smiled, revealing her fangs, "Really, I'm disappointed in you. I had heard you were traitor, but at the least I thought you'd be respectful of our Lord."
"Why are you here! I am not in the mood to deal with an assassin at the moment!" Duo calmly drew a long scythe from its hiding place.
"Assassin? Oh no, you have it all wrong! I have come here for one thing and one thing only." Dorothy smiled a smile that seemed to drip venom, "I have come for the perfect one, a former comrade-in-arms, so to speak."
"I am here for the hunter, Heero."