Chapter Six! Yey! And I've finally figured out where I'm going! Well, at least I figured out something helpful. (Long suffering sigh) found I have my hardest midterm on my BIRTHDAY! Talk about bad luck…maybe it will snow or something though (evil smile). At least I can hope. Oh well, here's chapter six, enjoy.

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Chapter Six: Related!

After Heero left Duo decided to go on a crusade to find Teolyn, searching everywhere for him. When he did find Teolyn, the former Prince was alone in the main hanger, sitting on the edge of some high up scaffolding. He seemed to take no notice in Duo's approach.

"I thought Quatre told you to stay out of here," Duo stated, expecting to scare the shit out of Teolyn who was obviously deep in thought. He wanted to, the kid shouldn't be anywhere near any of the Gundams, and here he was, in the hanger staring at them as he thought.

But, to Duo's great disappointment Teolyn wasn't startled at all. Kid's more like Heero then I thought.

"Thought none of you would look for me here," Teolyn replied softly.

Duo moved silently to stand next to Teolyn, looking down at strawberry blond hair that looked so very soft… Oh no! He thought, Not going there damn it! Heero's enough of a handful. But the thought of both together was alluring, especially if Teolyn was like Heero…

Duo, with immense effort, forced his thoughts to turn back to the reason he'd sought Teolyn in the first place, forcing his wondering mind to focus.

"So, how do you know Heero?"

Next to him Teolyn's face took on a blank expression. He didn't seem to recognize the name.

"Dark hair, Cobalt eyes…" Duo put in, trying to jog Teolyn's memory. It didn't seem to be working though; Teolyn was still looking out into the hanger blankly. "You saw him in the base when we rescued you," Duo tried in a last ditch effort.

Teolyn's expression suddenly changed, he did remember.

"Oh…You mean him…" Teolyn replied softly. "What is it you called him, Heero?"

"Yeah. It's his name" Duo answered with a little side glance down at Teolyn. Damn kid doesn't even know his name, unless… "What name do you know him by?"

Teolyn blushed slightly, Duo thought it actually accented his features wonderfully, but kept fully silent at that.

"Well, I never used his name. He told me to forget it a long time ago," Teolyn responded shyly. He looked up at Duo then, his own sapphire eyes holding a blend of many different emotions in them. "You saved my life."

Duo was taken slightly aback by the statement, and what he was seeing. Hey, isn't this kid supposed to be good at hiding his feelings? Why the hell's he looking at me like that…?

"Yeah well, it was nothing," he managed to say before turning away from Teolyn's gaze. "I'm Duo but the way."

"My name's Teolyn," was the response he heard.

"Back to my question," Duo said quickly. He suddenly wanted to know the exact nature of Heero and Teolyn's relation. The thought of Heero ever looking at him like that was heart-melting. He'd come far too close to holding Teolyn in his arms. "How do you know Heero?"

Teolyn paused for a moment, his features once again taking on the expressionless mask he had a tendency to wear. That was the Prince Duo expected.

"What did he tell you?"

"He said you both were related," Duo answered simply. With luck he could pull the answer from Teolyn easily.

And again the mask crumbled, this time Teolyn looked up at him in astonishment.

"He… he told you that?" Teolyn asked so surprised that he nearly fell off of the scaffolding. Duo reached down, grabbing his shoulder to steady him.

"Yeah. I want to know how though. He wouldn't say. He told me to ask you," Duo answered casually, or as casually as he could.

"Ask me? Well I guess there's no harm in telling you," Teolyn replied after a moment, one of the longest moments of Duo's life. "He and I are brothers, half brothers that is,"

It was Duo's turn to nearly fall headlong off of the scaffolding.

"I KNEW IT!"

Teolyn jumped back slightly, startled by Duo's reaction.

"You're coming with me!" Duo said, reaching out and grabbing Teolyn's undamaged wrist and thenhauling him back down the scaffolding. Moments later he was pulling Teolyn through winding sets of halls and up some stairs to what looked to be someone's home, and quite a large home at that. Without hesitation Duo led the way, pulling Teolyn into the kitchen of the house, where the other four Gundam pilots were all congregated.

"Oh look, he can walk," Wufei chimed from the far side of the kitchen table, observing Teolyn with contempt.

Heero and Quatre both gave Wufei a look that silenced him, if only for awhile.

"No use hiding things from me Heero, I found out your little dark secret. He told me," Duo said quite confidently. He was going to get the truth from Heero this time.

Heero didn't even glance at Duo; he was looking at Teolyn, recommitting those familiar features to memory. They'd only changed slightly since the last time he'd seen Teolyn at this close of range.

"It's nice to see you again," Teolyn said softly, finally finding someone he could trust. It relieved him greatly and his features softened quite a bit with so much fear and worry gone. He actually smiled, truly smiled, for the first time in months.

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Ok, I'm sorry I stopped there, but I had to or I wouldn't have made my Friday update day. I promise the next chapter will explain the whole Duo/Heero issue thing. Thanks for the Input Silver Cateyes! It was really helpful. I'd like to know if you like the slightly altered direction, since I was torn in my decision.