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A black blur was all that the soldier was aware of before a booted heel slammed him in the gut. With a groan, the man flew backwards, crashing through the window from the ferocious force concentrated in the kick.
Taking advantage of the stunned crowd from the sudden move, Duo neatly escaped through the broken window into the snow encrusted world of night. The pale moon barely illuminated anything, but to Duo's heightened Elven senses, the dimly lit scene looked the same as a mortal would see it drenched in sunlight. With a slight pause, the elf gathered himself to flip backwards and land as silently and sure-footedly as a cat on the roof.
As shouts broke out in the inn beneath his feet, and some soldiers started scrambling out, Duo grasped a tree branch nearby and carefully balanced himself on the slender branch. With a flash of purple eyes, the elf disappeared through the trees.
…
Who was that? Zechs mused, propping himself up in his bed. He had thought it but a dream, however…the man narrowed his stunning ice-blue eyes, there was no doubt that the person, dream figure or not, had managed to break into a memory spell he himself had set upon someone.
A dream indeed.
The Sorcerer narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, remembering his brief look at the intruder. A pair of slanted exotic amethyst eyes, gleaming with a fierce powerful spirit, set in a delicately sculpted pale face. Soft, petal pink lips…
"Prince Duo. How very fortunate." Zechs whispered, a smirk spreading on his lips, revealing white teeth.
…
Duo yawned, and locking his lags automatically against the sturdy tree branch, and stretched out his arms, shaking off the light dusting of snow that covered his form.
Opening his eyes blearily, Duo found himself looking into the point of a sword. His eyes fluttered sleepily in annoyance. Damn, it was getting harder and harder to walk on tree-
Dammit, was that a sword point!
With a hastily spat out curse, Duo dropped out of the tree, barely remembering to twist his body at the last minute to land on his feet. A tiny burst of snow showed him that the person with him in the tree had also dropped to the ground. The elf wasted no time and leaped forward lightning quick, to catch his opponent hopefully unbalanced.
Nope. Whoever it was behind the still fading snow cloud blocked Duo's fist expertly.
Duo grinned as his leg connected savagely with flesh.
The guy didn't manage to block that move. Of course, being mortal probably meant that your opponent rarely ever had the reflexes of an experienced Elven warrior.
The snow cloud settled, leaving Duo holding a dagger to the throat of a…
Drop-dead gorgeous boy.
Piercing cobalt blue eyes glared at him behind unruly chocolate bangs.
"Handsome," Duo drawled. "Have you ever heard of waking up a guy politely?"
The young man glared, trying to burn a hole through Duo's forehead. The elf ignored him, and continued talking pleasantly.
"And you two, behind that oak over there, care to join us?"
An old man stepped out, joined by another. Duo stared, momentarily forgetting about his captive. One of them had attached a metal arm thing to a missing limb, the effect complete with odd goggles, and the other sported a mushroom type hairstyle and an overlarge birdlike nose that looked stitched on.
Please don't tell me those are the latest fashions for old geezers…The elf thought, his eyebrow twitching in disbelief.
"I am Jay, and my colleague here is Gee." The senior with the goggles said. Gee snorted softly, the gigantic nose bobbing. "Well done young man. No one has ever been known to take down Heero Yuy, and certainly not so quickly as you've done. Would you like to release him and join us for breakfast at the base?"
"Thanks, but no thanks." Duo said, his features hidden by the hood. "Um, I guess I'll be going…"
The elf released Heero, and backed away cautiously.
"I'm afraid you can't refuse this offer. Heero, summon Zero." Jay spoke.
"Hn." The cobalt eyed boy stood up, the sword in his hands starting to glow a piercing blue. Duo tensed, ready to flee, but his attention was fixed on the sword. Zero…the name and sword seemed so familiar, but where had he seen or heard of it before?
"Capture him."