Soul Keys

Chapter 6

Heero felt himself growing frustrated. Duo had been trying to teach him how to fly, however, it wasn't helping when the beast part of him was strong enough to take a considerable amount of control two or three times during the lesson. 'Hee- chan, you're letting it take over again.' Duo warned, his eye glancing at Heero's.

Heero shook his head before he realized the beast mind had decided it was better to catch a butterfly than listen to Duo. 'How are we going to get a lesson done if it keeps interrupting?' Heero asked.

'Don't worry, it'll get tired eventually, it's just a kid, anyway.' Duo explained with a shrug.

He was in his beast form, but Duo seemed able to control it fairly well, Heero was not use to actually being the one taught. Nor was he use to being reminded that was so every ten seconds. Duo's beast form was better than his and it was obvious. Duo's was deadly, but Duo had said he'd had it since childhood. Duo sighed, as Heero felt his mind wandering again, this time toward the nearby pond. 'I think we should head home for now.' Duo said, shifting forms, and snatching onto Heero's tail before he could even think of crawling into the pond.

"Come on Hee- Chan, shift- out." Duo replied.

Heero felt the beast mind release him, before his actually shifted back to being human. Duo handed him his cloths, which the two had set aside before changing to their beast forms. "Well, you do have better control over it, don't get so depressed over something so little." Duo replied.

Heero looked up at him with a look that said, yeah, right. "So, you still have troubles with control, I wouldn't be able to handle a creature that strong if my beast was what you had." Duo replied.

Heero rolled his eyes, understanding Duo was only trying to cheer him up. "I'm just glad you finally got a job." Heero replied.

"I knew that no company could resist a professional mechanic and tech- head on their team," Duo replied. "How about some ice- cream, Heero? My treat."

Heero sighed, nodding. "You wait here, what flavor do you want?" Duo asked.

"Chocolate mint." Heero replied.

"Okay, sit put." Duo replied, walking into the store.

Heero gazed at the crowds until a familiar long blond caught his attention, Heero stood in both shock and surprise, but the figure disappeared. It didn't help the fact that they left behind an aura called an after spell that Heero was familiar. Duo reappeared, causing Heero's mind to go blank, as he noted Duo sat the bowl of ice cream. Duo now had his hair tied back into a plain ponytail, since his braid had come loose from flying. He sat down with his ice cream cone and sat innocently licking it with small flicks of his tongue. Heero felt the heat rising in his stomach at the sight of Duo bite the ice cream, his eyes rolling back and a small moan as the ice- cream rolled down his throat. Heero couldn't stop the rising feelings in himself as he grabbed Duo's hand and frowned. Duo looked at him surprised. "What?!" Duo asked.

Heero's eyes flashed as he licked the ice cream running down Duo's fingers. Duo gave Heero a sly grin. "Hee- chan, has the heat of the day gone to your head? I'm a baka remember?" Duo replied.

Heero blushed with the sudden realization of what he was doing, before looking flustered at losing control for the while. Heero soon found himself sitting there, beat red and taking tiny spoonfuls of his ice- cream. When Heero suddenly got an empty spoon in his mouth and blinked in shock and surprise, Duo burst out laughing. Heero didn't see how it was funny, until he realized he'd finished off the ice cream. Duo was wiping back his tears. "I would have told you, but it was too funny to waste on you." Duo replied.

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Later that night, Heero was looking up an old freind in the Book of Souls. He'd been missing since the explosion had killed him, or most likely killed him. But, Heero was sure he'd seen the same person in that crowd of people, his left over war instincts were never wrong, not about someone he'd considered an enemy until the end of the war. The very end. He looked through the book, carefully flipping through the pages with a list of names and their beasts.

End Chapter: Next Chapter, Who is this other person? Does he really have a beast spirit?