Chapter 9:
I found my quarry in a park a couple hours afterwards; I had calmed down substantially and was willing to talk it out with him. As I drew closer I noted that he didn't look even look the least bit remorseful, that got my blood boiling again. He had broken the heart of an angel, and he was not the tiniest bit regretful! "Yuy..." I growled as I stalked up to the bench he was sitting on.
"Chang." He replied coolly, not even glancing in my direction.
"How dare you..." I started through clenched teeth. "How dare you hurt Duo the way you have!? It was both cowardly and dishonourable! You have broken his spirit in a way no other has, and I, for one, will not stand for it! He trusted you! He put all his faith in you, and you turned away!"
"I had no other choice." He replied, looking up at the night sky above us, a wistful tone in his voice.
That caught my attention. "What do you mean, Yuy?"
Duo was sleeping when I arrived. He appeared as though he had been crying. I vaguely wondered what could have happened, then I saw Wu Fei. He looked like he was about ready to rip somebody apart. Wordlessly he brushed past me and left, his katana at his waist. I didn't question, as I did not want to become the object upon which his wrath was taken.
I turned upon his exit and looked at Duo. He didn't look too good. His face was paler than usual, and tear streaked. I walked over to his curled up from and ran my hand across his forehead hissing in irritation as I realized he had a fever. This wasn't good. He had just gotten over a severe fever recently. I reached across and dialled Quatre's number. "Quatre?" I asked when I heard someone pick up. "Yea?" Quatre asked curiously. " It's Duo. He is sick again." Quatre seemed to hiss in irritation as well before muttering that he would be right over.
A couple hours later I opened the door as Quatre arrived. He looked almost as bad as Duo did. As though he hadn't been sleeping well and worrying over the well being of our comrade was not helping. "You look terrible." I commented as he hung his jacket on the back of a chair in the kitchen. "Yeah... I haven't been able to sleep that well since Duo disappeared." He responded with a tired sigh as he walked over to where Duo was sleeping on the couch. "He's feeling a lot of pain, not physically but emotionally..." He stated, looking down at our sleeping companion.
"Yuy, answer me." I fairly growled. His stubbornness was finally wearing on my nerves. What in the deities names could he mean by he' had no other choice'? He sighed, closing his eyes. It was almost as if he couldn't find the words to vocalize his reasoning behind his leaving the safe house.
A/N: Sorry for the cliffie but my crew and myself are running out of ideas! We need some serious help here. If you would like to assist me in this or my quest for global domination, please tell me... Pretty please?
Now then
To my adoring public... Yes. I do have an ego
Wolfgirl333: Same. Depressed me = tortured Duo. Angry me = Tortured somebody... most likely Duo. It all depends on my mood... Anyways... Life's been good to me as of recent so... this chap took forever... No motivation and well... Grade 12 French, Social Studies, and Science homework. I'm surprised I'm still alive being buried under mountains of homework.
Silverlie: Thanks! That makes 2 favorite lists! And no it's not a dumb question. It's actually very logical. Shinigami is more or less the Japanese God of Death. Now the deal with Duo referring to himself as such is that as a child he grew up on the streets living with a gang of war orphans led by a street kid named Solo. When Duo was around the age of seven, and not yet known as Duo, Solo died of a plague that swept through the colonies.. Later Duo ended up living at the Maxwell Church for a year, (this can be found in the manga, Episode Zero) after which the nun and priest of the church died as well. These People, the nun, Sister Helen, the priest, Father Maxwell, and Solo were all like family to Duo. And being of only the tender age of eight at this point he had concluded that he was a bringer of death to those he cared about, and when he became a Gundam pilot he also became the harbinger of death to hundreds possibly thousands of soldiers, and so he took up the name Shinigami, or God of Death. Whoa... That's a long explanation. ^.^'' eh-heh... But nonetheless an explanation. Hope it helps some
Mysticheero: Yeah it is kind of long. What was I thinking? I'm glad you love the chapter. And I agree it is short. Actually I was kind of disappointed with it's shortness but hey.. Couldn't just hand you guys the big confrontation, now could I? Anyways.. Like I said to wolfgirl333... I've had a lack of inspiring events in my life but the chapter is here now. The Duo – Fei relationship was originally the spawn of my beta but soon became just as much my own as I was sort of basing the situation off of my resulting feelings of my breaking up with my now ex-boyfriend. Basically I felt hurt and betrayed, and I've always had good friends who are there for me as well as an amazing Drama teacher who is the most caring person I have ever met and he's just been such an influence on my life that I decided to base Wu Fei's attitude kind of on him while maintaining the original character given to him by the original creators of GW. And as for the money thing... I don't have money either. Mom took my bankcard to keep me from spending.
Weissangel24: Actually I have seen the wuffle refer to Duo by his first name in several well-written fics, it is not as uncommon as one may think, but given, it is still rare. A good site for such fics, (though I'm not on it..) is A-Chan's site at www.atsui.org . The Santa Claus idea was the spawn of my beta, and the idea of Fei kicking Yuy's ass came from Lady Snowblossom.
NeptuneHelena: Repressed anger? Now why would I have repressed anger? ^.^''
Raven's Light: Many thanks for reviewing EVERY chapter and adding me to your favorites list and author alert as well as becoming my acting Beta on this chapter. Also... Many thanks for the Plushie! It's soo adorable
AnimeOnna : To remain perfectly honest and maintain my oath to never tell another lie, *I* wasn't a fan of 5X2 until now. This is all the work of the devil-spawn that is my now co-author Panther's Tear. I had originally intended to cut Wu Fei out after chapter 4. Now I am hoping that Hee-chan and Duo-kun get back together too, but I don't know if that will happen. Seriously. I don't.
I found my quarry in a park a couple hours afterwards; I had calmed down substantially and was willing to talk it out with him. As I drew closer I noted that he didn't look even look the least bit remorseful, that got my blood boiling again. He had broken the heart of an angel, and he was not the tiniest bit regretful! "Yuy..." I growled as I stalked up to the bench he was sitting on.
"Chang." He replied coolly, not even glancing in my direction.
"How dare you..." I started through clenched teeth. "How dare you hurt Duo the way you have!? It was both cowardly and dishonourable! You have broken his spirit in a way no other has, and I, for one, will not stand for it! He trusted you! He put all his faith in you, and you turned away!"
"I had no other choice." He replied, looking up at the night sky above us, a wistful tone in his voice.
That caught my attention. "What do you mean, Yuy?"
Duo was sleeping when I arrived. He appeared as though he had been crying. I vaguely wondered what could have happened, then I saw Wu Fei. He looked like he was about ready to rip somebody apart. Wordlessly he brushed past me and left, his katana at his waist. I didn't question, as I did not want to become the object upon which his wrath was taken.
I turned upon his exit and looked at Duo. He didn't look too good. His face was paler than usual, and tear streaked. I walked over to his curled up from and ran my hand across his forehead hissing in irritation as I realized he had a fever. This wasn't good. He had just gotten over a severe fever recently. I reached across and dialled Quatre's number. "Quatre?" I asked when I heard someone pick up. "Yea?" Quatre asked curiously. " It's Duo. He is sick again." Quatre seemed to hiss in irritation as well before muttering that he would be right over.
A couple hours later I opened the door as Quatre arrived. He looked almost as bad as Duo did. As though he hadn't been sleeping well and worrying over the well being of our comrade was not helping. "You look terrible." I commented as he hung his jacket on the back of a chair in the kitchen. "Yeah... I haven't been able to sleep that well since Duo disappeared." He responded with a tired sigh as he walked over to where Duo was sleeping on the couch. "He's feeling a lot of pain, not physically but emotionally..." He stated, looking down at our sleeping companion.
"Yuy, answer me." I fairly growled. His stubbornness was finally wearing on my nerves. What in the deities names could he mean by he' had no other choice'? He sighed, closing his eyes. It was almost as if he couldn't find the words to vocalize his reasoning behind his leaving the safe house.
A/N: Sorry for the cliffie but my crew and myself are running out of ideas! We need some serious help here. If you would like to assist me in this or my quest for global domination, please tell me... Pretty please?
Now then
To my adoring public... Yes. I do have an ego
Wolfgirl333: Same. Depressed me = tortured Duo. Angry me = Tortured somebody... most likely Duo. It all depends on my mood... Anyways... Life's been good to me as of recent so... this chap took forever... No motivation and well... Grade 12 French, Social Studies, and Science homework. I'm surprised I'm still alive being buried under mountains of homework.
Silverlie: Thanks! That makes 2 favorite lists! And no it's not a dumb question. It's actually very logical. Shinigami is more or less the Japanese God of Death. Now the deal with Duo referring to himself as such is that as a child he grew up on the streets living with a gang of war orphans led by a street kid named Solo. When Duo was around the age of seven, and not yet known as Duo, Solo died of a plague that swept through the colonies.. Later Duo ended up living at the Maxwell Church for a year, (this can be found in the manga, Episode Zero) after which the nun and priest of the church died as well. These People, the nun, Sister Helen, the priest, Father Maxwell, and Solo were all like family to Duo. And being of only the tender age of eight at this point he had concluded that he was a bringer of death to those he cared about, and when he became a Gundam pilot he also became the harbinger of death to hundreds possibly thousands of soldiers, and so he took up the name Shinigami, or God of Death. Whoa... That's a long explanation. ^.^'' eh-heh... But nonetheless an explanation. Hope it helps some
Mysticheero: Yeah it is kind of long. What was I thinking? I'm glad you love the chapter. And I agree it is short. Actually I was kind of disappointed with it's shortness but hey.. Couldn't just hand you guys the big confrontation, now could I? Anyways.. Like I said to wolfgirl333... I've had a lack of inspiring events in my life but the chapter is here now. The Duo – Fei relationship was originally the spawn of my beta but soon became just as much my own as I was sort of basing the situation off of my resulting feelings of my breaking up with my now ex-boyfriend. Basically I felt hurt and betrayed, and I've always had good friends who are there for me as well as an amazing Drama teacher who is the most caring person I have ever met and he's just been such an influence on my life that I decided to base Wu Fei's attitude kind of on him while maintaining the original character given to him by the original creators of GW. And as for the money thing... I don't have money either. Mom took my bankcard to keep me from spending.
Weissangel24: Actually I have seen the wuffle refer to Duo by his first name in several well-written fics, it is not as uncommon as one may think, but given, it is still rare. A good site for such fics, (though I'm not on it..) is A-Chan's site at www.atsui.org . The Santa Claus idea was the spawn of my beta, and the idea of Fei kicking Yuy's ass came from Lady Snowblossom.
NeptuneHelena: Repressed anger? Now why would I have repressed anger? ^.^''
Raven's Light: Many thanks for reviewing EVERY chapter and adding me to your favorites list and author alert as well as becoming my acting Beta on this chapter. Also... Many thanks for the Plushie! It's soo adorable
AnimeOnna : To remain perfectly honest and maintain my oath to never tell another lie, *I* wasn't a fan of 5X2 until now. This is all the work of the devil-spawn that is my now co-author Panther's Tear. I had originally intended to cut Wu Fei out after chapter 4. Now I am hoping that Hee-chan and Duo-kun get back together too, but I don't know if that will happen. Seriously. I don't.