WARNING: Shounen ai, OOC, mpreg, crossdressing (future)

Disclaimer: Not ours, never will be. *snift*

Alrighty, in answer to a few questions:

~Yes, Duo is a bit OOC, but imagine if you will. Duo in the anime is a man, he doesn't suffer from things like PMS and cramps and hormonal emotional rampages. Also, in the anime, you don't see him in the same situations he is in this one. So its understandable that he is acting a little different.

~Duo's little speech curse stems from his intention to announce the fact to others who don't know who he really is. Quatre has it figured out, so as long as Duo isn't blatantly announcing to others that he was a female and is Quatre's former sister, they can speak about it to each other.

Now, on to the story . . .

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The story:

CHAPTER 4

Duo stared at the door, his jaw hanging unhinged at the accusation from the captain of the twin sibling's personal guard, Rashid. They had obviously heard Duo's rather loud cry of distress at finding he suddenly had additional appendages to his body. Then running in on a male elf pinning their prince to the ground and the princess obviously missing; they thought he had kidnapped or murdered himself. Right, this whole situation was odd to begin with and Duo had no way to explain this debacle without sounding like he was crazy.

"No, Rashid," Quatre yelled, trying to explain. "He... she.... he.... Duo is not dead!"

Rashid faltered for a moment. "What do you mean?" His dark eyes narrowed. "Could he have committed a deed almost as foul? Why was she screaming, you wretch?!" His sword point stared down at Duo.

Quatre rolled his eyes exasperated. "Duo was screaming because... I decided that she was the most wonderful specimen of elf I have ever seen and decided to sample her."

"Quatre!" Duo yelled, incensed, tackling his brother to the ground.

Rashid's face turned a mottled shade of red. "What curse have you laid upon the royal children, scum?" His mouth twitched in fury.

Seeing the stranger lunge for his prince, Rashid had rushed forward, intent on protecting his Master Quatre from any possible injury. His sword rested but a few inches from Duo's throat. "Admit to your crimes and remove yourself from the prince and we may let you live."

"It is not my fault!" Duo protested, looking over his shoulder at the huge master of the guard. "Damn it, I'm . . . going to make sure you are all nice and tied up and delivered to my bed before night fall for a well deserved spanking." Duo's eyes widened at the latest improper comment he had just uttered. And by the odd shade of purple Rashid's face had turned, he knew his days --no hours-- on this earth was severely numbered.

Rashid exploded, "SEIZE HIM!" His sword came down, but Quatre pulled his sister/ brother over and away from the down stroke.

"Kidnap me," he whispered in Duo's ear.

"What?" Duo asked, confused. "Are you mad?"

"Kidnap me or die!" Quatre seized Duo's hand, which still held the knife and positioned it to his own neck.

Duo's hand steadied as he realized his brother's plan. The guards stilled at the threat to their prince. "I hope you know what you are doing," Duo whispered softly into Quatre's ear.

"Like you have a better idea?" Quatre countered. "Just get us out of here Duo, then we can talk." He advised quietly.

"Stop," Duo commanded, the knife held close to the blond Prince's slim neck, outwardly threatening him. Duo was going to die if Rashid ever got close enough. No one touched the royal siblings in that manner and lived to tell the tale. Duo hoped he would be the first.

"Release the prince, stranger, and we will ensure that your death will be swift," Rashid took one step toward them.

The braided elf's hand brought the knife closer to Quatre's delicate neck, "I have no fear for my own life now, one step closer and he dies." He took great care to ensure the sharp edge didn't nick his brother's skin. Nothing provoked Rashid more than seeing his Master Quatre's blood spilt.

"Release the prince and tell us what you did with the princess!" Rashid thundered.

Duo looked around indecisively and then, turning quickly, made a hasty exit through a window. As soon as they were out of sight, Duo let Quatre go. "Now where to?"

Quatre bit his lip indecisively, they were not out of trouble yet, or at least Duo wasn't. It was only a matter of time before Rashid came back, and with the reinforcement of the Mauguanacs, the King's elite guards

"Trowa's," Quatre said finally

Duo choked. "Where?"

"That's the most logical place to go," Quatre hastily explained. "No one would guess and we would be able to find out what the hell is going on!" His delicately pointed ears twitched, hearing the commotion coming through the forest, signaling their ever lessening time to escape unharmed and undetected.

Duo's eyes narrowed into nearly imperceptible slits. "Are you sure that's the only reason?"

"Do you have a death wish?" Quatre grabbed his sister . . . uh . . . brother by the collar. "They are coming with reinforcement to capture you because you have killed my sister and you are questioning my motives?"

Duo growled, "Lead the way. . . ." He spread his arms out in front of him to signal his assent.

~*~*~

Two fleet footed elves made their way out of the Silver Myst forest toward the land of Man, leaving behind a rather disgruntled bunch of guards who searched for them in vain. Their destination was none other than the castle of Windhurst.

Duo stared at the town of Man from the forest surrounding Windhurst. For some reason, it felt oppressive, and far different from Silver Myst's ancient woods. The trees at home were . . . friendly, was the best word he could find. These trees were arrogant and somewhat standoffish. Well, so were the animals as well. Chip was clearly displeased, standing on his shoulder, chattering complaints on how he was brushed off by one of his own kind. An angry squirrel was not a very good passenger on your shoulder. Duo was very certain he had lost a few chunks of hair from Chip's constant tugging.

"I've already sent off the signal," Quatre announced, getting to his feet, his blue/green eyes watching the little sparrow that carried the message to Prince Trowa. "He will be here as soon as he can."

Duo frowned, still unsure about his brother's lover. He had heard stories from other elves about the untrustworthiness of humans, and he hadn't had enough experience with them to be proven otherwise. Unfortunately, he wasn't given the luxury to dwell too much on it. He had more important concerns at hand.

"Quatre …" Duo called out, his voice holding a hint of panic. "What happened to me?" They hadn't had much time to talk, mostly focusing on covering their trail from the warrior elves hot on their tail. The only reason they were able to evade the lot of them was due to their intense training at escaping their father whilst they were growing up.

The blond prince took a good look at what was once his sister, and deciding that while it was weird to see his sister as a male elf, Duo was in fact, a damn good looker. True, the princess had taken to prancing around in leggings, making her look male anyway, but Quatre knew that there was female underneath, and that female was his sister, the same person that changed his soiled diapers when he was naught but a child.

But this morning had been an experience. He had seen Duo, as a male, and it was as if he was meeting a stranger, a drop dead gorgeous stranger. He wondered if that was what the other males saw his sister like that. Or even considered drooling over Duo, like he wanted to before knocking himself on the head and telling himself rather harshly that this was Duo and therefore, family. One does not drool over family. It would be too weird and too icky. Instead, a huge wave of protectiveness welled up in him. Was this what Duo felt every time he followed Quatre when the latter sneaked out to wreck some havoc or other? Or when females looked at him with acquisitive eyes or when Trowa took him into his arms? This desire to shield the world from him? Damn, this wasn't supposed to happen to him, this was Duo's job.

Quatre shook himself when he heard a soft sniff coming from Duo. While his sibling was always outwardly strong, there was some part in Duo that was a lost little waif, trying his best to be strong for everyone else. He walked over and quickly embraced the other elf.

"Everything is going to be alright, Duo," Quatre rubbed Duo's back soothingly, knowing his, well for now, brother was trying to keep a lid on his emotions. "We will find out what happened to you."

"Elf maidens don't turn into males overnight you know," Duo rubbed at his nose and firmly warned himself to not feel sorry for himself. Chip yanking at his ear helped too. "And that is what happened to me, no two ways about it."

Quatre took a deep breath and tried again. "Alright, what I meant was, we will find out why this happened to you and do something about it?"

"Well, you have always said if I had been your brother, I wouldn't be so much of a nag," Duo teased trying to lighten the mood, poking his blond brother.

With a mischievous grin, Quatre pounced on Duo, wrestling him to the floor. "Now I can kick your ass as I always promised!"

Duo struggled, as his brother straddled him, trying to push the larger blond off him. "You can try!!" He retorted, trying to overturn his brother.

The friendly grappling went on for a few moments more, with laughter from both elves shattering the quite afternoon air.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" A loud, enraged shout stilled the two elves.

Quatre lifted his gaze to meet those of his enraged lover. He realized just how bad it looked at the moment. He was still straddling Duo, holding his brother's arms immobile over his head, his own body bent low, their noses almost touching. One might think they have walked in on a tryst. He quickly released Duo from his imprisonment and scrambled toward a very jealous, very pissed off Trowa.

"My love, please, listen to me," Quatre began, while Duo, too, got to his feet in a rush.

"What is there left to say? You send me a message to let me see this?" The normally silent Trowa ranted, backing away from his lover's outstretched arms. "I thought you loved me and I see this?"

Duo was aghast. Did Trowa trust his brother that little? Were men all this suspicious? This Human didn't deserve his little brother, but from the look of pain written all over Quatre's expression, he knew he had to try to make things better for the blond.

Stepping forward quickly, Duo tried to interject before his brother's heart got broken. "Look, uhm . . . Prince . . ."

Trowa turned his attention to Duo, his green eyes blazing with hatred, causing the long haired elf to back up a step. "And who are you, you who stole the only person I have loved in my life?" If looks could kill, Duo would have been dead twice over.

Ouch, Duo cringed. "My name is... something that you really don't have to know, but I will make your nights the most passionate you will ever experience." Gasping, the braided elf clasped his hands over his runaway mouth again. What made him blab such utter nonsense all the time? This was not going well.

The Human Prince's ire increased exponentially. "How dare you try to hurt Quatre like that? I can accept him loving someone else! But you, to try to cheat on him right in front of him!" he drew his sword, leveling it at Duo, who was getting heartily sick at being in this position.

Quatre surged forward, grabbing Trowa by the arm. "No, my heart, you are mistaken. This isn't what it seems! It's my sister!! There is something wrong with my sister, her body sends me into a feverish dream where all I want to do is make hot steamy-"

Oh yes, Duo thought as he clamped a hand fiercely over his brothers mouth, this wasn't going well at all.

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