Chapter 10: The Real Shinigami
Pairings: Too many to list
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Same as before.
Notes: This about m/m relationships. If you have a problem with that then I suggest that you go elsewhere.
Nemesis: Thank you sooo much Aiko Namika for the insight on my grammar and other hints. My beta reader has been slacking off lately so I've been doing a lot of the editing myself (although I'm not doing a good job of it) but that let's me know that I need to keep on working at it ^_~ Now, about that 1x2. I have no idea how I should go about redoing that but I you have any suggestions please by all means drop me a line.
If anyone else has any suggestions or comments please email me or leave it in your reviews. Thanks again. Now, on with the fic!
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Everyone was gathered for breakfast except for Duo and Heero. No one seemed to mind that the pilots were not in attendance except the princess.
"Where's Heero?"
"I believe that he and Duo are still in bed." Trunks answered as they noticed how tired he looked. He almost noses dived into his plate a few times.
"Well, Heero I can understand, but Duo. Why would he be sleeping in?"
"Maybe it's because they were up very late last night." Trunks growled. He was still pissed-off at the fact that the pilots kept him awake all night long doing god only knows what. He couldn't believe that anyone would have that much stamina for sex. They were like mad rabbits.
Relena kept pushing the young immortal's buttons. "What in the world could they have been doing to sleep through breakfast?"
Trunks opened his mouth to comment but was stopped.
::Now, now Trunks. For those who were not at the ceremony:: Nemesis mentally spoke to her guards. ::Relena and the others do not know that Duo and Heero are married. They will be the bearers of this news. Not us::
When Nemesis finished said couple walked in. "Goood morning everyone."
Duo came charging in at full speed just stopping long enough to grab a plate. Heero however, took his time much more slowly than usual. He quietly sat down while Duo place a mug of black steaming coffee in front of him.
Breakfast resumed on in an eerie silence. Relena took note of the sly looks from both the love of her life and that braided fool. She couldn't help but wonder what was going on between the two of them especially when Heero turned beet red for no apparent reason.
"Heero, are you feeling all right? You look a little flushed."
"Aa."
"He's fine Relena. Nothing to concern yourself about." Duo said as he sat down next Heero with a mountain of food.
"I was not talking to you! I was talking to Heero." Relena almost shriek but by this time Heero had shielded his face with his left hand.
::Duo::
Heero's call went unanswered. Duo was so caught up arguing with that obnoxious blonde that he didn't hear Heero.
::DUO!::
"WHAT?!" He had turned and glared at Heero, who sipped on his coffee.
::Calm down. I'm tired and I have a slight headache from the lack of required sleep. I don't feel like listening to her fight with you this morning:: They had realized that they could communicate telepathically with each other after they had made love last night. Duo was now in full possession of reading people's thoughts. He had found his soul mate.
To everyone's puzzlement Duo had not said another word since his outburst.
Quatre felt that something was going on with the Wing pilot. "Heero, I think that Miss Relena does have a good found reason about your health."
Heero slowly raised his head and looked at everyone who stared back at him. He glared at Duo.
::This is your fault. If you had remained quiet like I told you too, we would not be going through this::
::Hey! You told me last night or rather this morning that we were going to tell everyone. You might as well get it over with::
The ever-diplomatic princess decided to try to smooth things over with Heero while trying to avoid Duo. She still has not forgiven him for her being out of the good graces with Nemesis. She went quickly to his side and latched onto him in a death grip hug.
"Heero, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make it sound like you had the flu or something."
::Get her off you!:: Duo hissed mentally. He sat there fuming while shooting daggers into Relena's chest.
"Relena, we need to talk." Heero said quietly.
"Yes. Yes of course Heero." She answered excitedly. Relena slid her hands into his. She absently fingered the small piece of jewelry. Realization took hold of her. She blinked. "Heero, what's this?" She held up his left hand to reveal the shinny gold wedding band.
"Di-did you get married?" Panic rose in her voice.
Heero looked around the room. He noticed that his friends and ex-foes were openly staring at him and the ring. He cleared his throat.
"Everyone, I have an announcement to make." Heero turned slightly away from Relena. "Last night Duo and I were married." His paused briefly as Relena choked out a low 'no'.
"That's why we had that banquet?" Quatre said while trying to hide his smile. He knew that something was going on between Heero and Duo, but he had always got sidetrack with his own relationship with Trowa. Now, Heero just confirmed his inner feeling.
"Maybe I'm missing something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but why have the party if we didn't know that you two were married?" WuFei asked slightly confused.
"It wasn't for us. It was for Duo's baby." Heero flat out stated.
"That can't be?! When did Duo father---" Quatre trailed off looking toward the figure standing in front of the window. "That's why you left Nemesis?" Quatre asked as he revealed a long forgotten puzzle piece. Nemesis simply nodded.
"WHAAAT???!!!" Everyone was floored.
"Nemesis was pregnant with Duo's child. I was the only one who know." Heero replied.
"But that doesn't explain why you are married to Duo?" WuFei asked again through gritted teeth.
Duo remained quiet as Heero continued; he already knew what his husband was about to say and held a solemn expression.
"Duo saw the baby. Nemesis was trying her best to keep that from happening because she knew that the baby would die exactly twenty-four hours after birth."
"How could the be? The baby is in the nursery?" Noin said she had personally looked in out the baby before the party.
"No, Noin. The baby died last night." Heero answered.
Their gazes were now set upon the normally loud happy-go-lucky teen, whose eyes were glassy but no tears spilled from them.
"For reasons unknown the child was allowed to live. Providing that Nemesis give-up her parental rights. Nemesis had to declare the father as the child's birth mother and that the 'mother' had to marry before mid-night last night." Heero let out a low sigh and gently place his hand on his mate's shoulder. Duo bowed his head.
"Heero, something's not adding up here. The banquet started before 10:00pm which meant that you two were married before 8:00pm, so that fulfilled the requirement for the child to live, right?" The desert prince inquired.
"That's half way corrected Quatre."
"So, what the Hell happened Yuy?" WuFei demanded.
"Because of the little mishap mid-night went by unnoticed, but by then it was too late. Demail had managed to get in and kidnap Alexis."
"Yuy, you were married before 12 am. What is it that you're not telling us?" WuFei argued.
This time the Amazon spoke. "They had to consummate the marriage before midnight so that it would be binding to the gods." Nemesis answered while everyone looked back at the newlyweds.
She continued on. "No, but that didn't happen. Marlene and Thara were Oz spies. Dermail somehow found out that Duo was the father of my baby and they wanted her. Because of Duo's bloodline the gods were willing to allow the child to live. Only if Duo married and legally bind the marriage."
Relena choose at that moment to find her voice. "So that means that since you didn't consummate the marriage---" Her hopes and dreams of marring Heero was now within her grasp. "---you can get the marriage annulled, right?" Cornflower eyes searched cold lifeless Prussians.
"No." That was all Heero answered.
"What do you mean no? Nemesis said that you didn't consummate marriage." This was not happening. Heero was actually thinking about staying married to that low life.
"No, Relena. I did not say that. I said, 'They didn't consummate the marriage before midnight." Nemesis now faced the envious princess.
At that statement Relena's face registered shock then anger. "Wh-what?! Why, why you bastard!"
No one had seen it coming. She dashed pass Heero and lunged at the violet eyed youth. She had caught him off guard. Relena punched and slapped with blind fury. A gunshot went off ceasing all havoc in the hall.
The princess felt something hard behind her head then she heard low threat. "Get off of him now." Then Heero pulled back on the hammer. He looked over Relena's shoulder to make sure that Duo was okay.
A low growl could be heard as Relena slowly raised herself off of the pilot. Nemesis sensed what was going on but she reacted too late.
"EVERYONE TAKE COVER, NOW!!!"
An eerie fluorescent purple light engulfed the now still body on the floor. The light exploded sending everyone across the dining hall. All who stood were Heero and Nemesis.
"What the Hell just happened?!" WuFei cried out as he picked him self off the floor.
The figure on the floor slowly rose. Unbelieving eyes stared at the man. A braid of chestnut hair flowed behind him and violet eyes no longer bright and lively but dark and mysterious. He out stretched raven wings. The span was least twenty feet long and the end tips barely kissed the floor. Feathers danced around them.
"Everybody listen to me! DO NOT TOUCH the feathers, if you do you'll die upon immediate contact." Nemesis warned. They all stood motionless as the feather drifted to the floor and disintegrated leaving nothing behind.
Heero dwarf under the six-foot man. Locking eyes with each other Heero knew that look and the person behind it. Heero witnessed it so many times and he was now manifested into full being.
Nemesis stalked over to Relena and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. "By the gods Relena! Do you see what you have done?!"
The young princess nearly cried as the warrior squeezed her tender flesh. "I didn't mean it to hit Duo. I---I-didn't want Heero to be with him. I love him."
"You selfish bitch! I will deal with your jealousy later. Right now, we need to deal with him." Nemesis abruptly let go of the quiet sobbing teen.
The golden hair Arabian clutched at his heart. Emotions swirled within him. "Nemesis what happened to Duo?"
Trowa had to help him over to the queen. He was feeling the force of the emotions as well.
"That's not Duo." She confessed.
"Woman! Are you crazy? Anyone know that that's Duo!" WuFei yelled.
"No, WuFei. She's right." Heero said still staring into black pools of violet.
"Well, whom the fuck is that if it isn't Maxwell?!" WuFei grounded out.
The figure resembled an older and mature Duo not the sixteen-year-old gundam pilot. The traditional priest uniform had disappeared and was replaced with body armor and black kilt wrap. A black hooded cloak was tucked between the massive wings bellowing under the braid.
The Wing Zero pilot turned around to face his Chinese friend and said, "It's Shinigami."
~TBC~
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A/N: Guess who stopped by for dinner?
Well, I don't know about you guys but I think that all kinds of Hell is about to break loose. Tell me your thoughts and opinions on this chapter. Thanks ^_~
Nemesis
Pairings: Too many to list
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Same as before.
Notes: This about m/m relationships. If you have a problem with that then I suggest that you go elsewhere.
Nemesis: Thank you sooo much Aiko Namika for the insight on my grammar and other hints. My beta reader has been slacking off lately so I've been doing a lot of the editing myself (although I'm not doing a good job of it) but that let's me know that I need to keep on working at it ^_~ Now, about that 1x2. I have no idea how I should go about redoing that but I you have any suggestions please by all means drop me a line.
If anyone else has any suggestions or comments please email me or leave it in your reviews. Thanks again. Now, on with the fic!
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Everyone was gathered for breakfast except for Duo and Heero. No one seemed to mind that the pilots were not in attendance except the princess.
"Where's Heero?"
"I believe that he and Duo are still in bed." Trunks answered as they noticed how tired he looked. He almost noses dived into his plate a few times.
"Well, Heero I can understand, but Duo. Why would he be sleeping in?"
"Maybe it's because they were up very late last night." Trunks growled. He was still pissed-off at the fact that the pilots kept him awake all night long doing god only knows what. He couldn't believe that anyone would have that much stamina for sex. They were like mad rabbits.
Relena kept pushing the young immortal's buttons. "What in the world could they have been doing to sleep through breakfast?"
Trunks opened his mouth to comment but was stopped.
::Now, now Trunks. For those who were not at the ceremony:: Nemesis mentally spoke to her guards. ::Relena and the others do not know that Duo and Heero are married. They will be the bearers of this news. Not us::
When Nemesis finished said couple walked in. "Goood morning everyone."
Duo came charging in at full speed just stopping long enough to grab a plate. Heero however, took his time much more slowly than usual. He quietly sat down while Duo place a mug of black steaming coffee in front of him.
Breakfast resumed on in an eerie silence. Relena took note of the sly looks from both the love of her life and that braided fool. She couldn't help but wonder what was going on between the two of them especially when Heero turned beet red for no apparent reason.
"Heero, are you feeling all right? You look a little flushed."
"Aa."
"He's fine Relena. Nothing to concern yourself about." Duo said as he sat down next Heero with a mountain of food.
"I was not talking to you! I was talking to Heero." Relena almost shriek but by this time Heero had shielded his face with his left hand.
::Duo::
Heero's call went unanswered. Duo was so caught up arguing with that obnoxious blonde that he didn't hear Heero.
::DUO!::
"WHAT?!" He had turned and glared at Heero, who sipped on his coffee.
::Calm down. I'm tired and I have a slight headache from the lack of required sleep. I don't feel like listening to her fight with you this morning:: They had realized that they could communicate telepathically with each other after they had made love last night. Duo was now in full possession of reading people's thoughts. He had found his soul mate.
To everyone's puzzlement Duo had not said another word since his outburst.
Quatre felt that something was going on with the Wing pilot. "Heero, I think that Miss Relena does have a good found reason about your health."
Heero slowly raised his head and looked at everyone who stared back at him. He glared at Duo.
::This is your fault. If you had remained quiet like I told you too, we would not be going through this::
::Hey! You told me last night or rather this morning that we were going to tell everyone. You might as well get it over with::
The ever-diplomatic princess decided to try to smooth things over with Heero while trying to avoid Duo. She still has not forgiven him for her being out of the good graces with Nemesis. She went quickly to his side and latched onto him in a death grip hug.
"Heero, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make it sound like you had the flu or something."
::Get her off you!:: Duo hissed mentally. He sat there fuming while shooting daggers into Relena's chest.
"Relena, we need to talk." Heero said quietly.
"Yes. Yes of course Heero." She answered excitedly. Relena slid her hands into his. She absently fingered the small piece of jewelry. Realization took hold of her. She blinked. "Heero, what's this?" She held up his left hand to reveal the shinny gold wedding band.
"Di-did you get married?" Panic rose in her voice.
Heero looked around the room. He noticed that his friends and ex-foes were openly staring at him and the ring. He cleared his throat.
"Everyone, I have an announcement to make." Heero turned slightly away from Relena. "Last night Duo and I were married." His paused briefly as Relena choked out a low 'no'.
"That's why we had that banquet?" Quatre said while trying to hide his smile. He knew that something was going on between Heero and Duo, but he had always got sidetrack with his own relationship with Trowa. Now, Heero just confirmed his inner feeling.
"Maybe I'm missing something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but why have the party if we didn't know that you two were married?" WuFei asked slightly confused.
"It wasn't for us. It was for Duo's baby." Heero flat out stated.
"That can't be?! When did Duo father---" Quatre trailed off looking toward the figure standing in front of the window. "That's why you left Nemesis?" Quatre asked as he revealed a long forgotten puzzle piece. Nemesis simply nodded.
"WHAAAT???!!!" Everyone was floored.
"Nemesis was pregnant with Duo's child. I was the only one who know." Heero replied.
"But that doesn't explain why you are married to Duo?" WuFei asked again through gritted teeth.
Duo remained quiet as Heero continued; he already knew what his husband was about to say and held a solemn expression.
"Duo saw the baby. Nemesis was trying her best to keep that from happening because she knew that the baby would die exactly twenty-four hours after birth."
"How could the be? The baby is in the nursery?" Noin said she had personally looked in out the baby before the party.
"No, Noin. The baby died last night." Heero answered.
Their gazes were now set upon the normally loud happy-go-lucky teen, whose eyes were glassy but no tears spilled from them.
"For reasons unknown the child was allowed to live. Providing that Nemesis give-up her parental rights. Nemesis had to declare the father as the child's birth mother and that the 'mother' had to marry before mid-night last night." Heero let out a low sigh and gently place his hand on his mate's shoulder. Duo bowed his head.
"Heero, something's not adding up here. The banquet started before 10:00pm which meant that you two were married before 8:00pm, so that fulfilled the requirement for the child to live, right?" The desert prince inquired.
"That's half way corrected Quatre."
"So, what the Hell happened Yuy?" WuFei demanded.
"Because of the little mishap mid-night went by unnoticed, but by then it was too late. Demail had managed to get in and kidnap Alexis."
"Yuy, you were married before 12 am. What is it that you're not telling us?" WuFei argued.
This time the Amazon spoke. "They had to consummate the marriage before midnight so that it would be binding to the gods." Nemesis answered while everyone looked back at the newlyweds.
She continued on. "No, but that didn't happen. Marlene and Thara were Oz spies. Dermail somehow found out that Duo was the father of my baby and they wanted her. Because of Duo's bloodline the gods were willing to allow the child to live. Only if Duo married and legally bind the marriage."
Relena choose at that moment to find her voice. "So that means that since you didn't consummate the marriage---" Her hopes and dreams of marring Heero was now within her grasp. "---you can get the marriage annulled, right?" Cornflower eyes searched cold lifeless Prussians.
"No." That was all Heero answered.
"What do you mean no? Nemesis said that you didn't consummate marriage." This was not happening. Heero was actually thinking about staying married to that low life.
"No, Relena. I did not say that. I said, 'They didn't consummate the marriage before midnight." Nemesis now faced the envious princess.
At that statement Relena's face registered shock then anger. "Wh-what?! Why, why you bastard!"
No one had seen it coming. She dashed pass Heero and lunged at the violet eyed youth. She had caught him off guard. Relena punched and slapped with blind fury. A gunshot went off ceasing all havoc in the hall.
The princess felt something hard behind her head then she heard low threat. "Get off of him now." Then Heero pulled back on the hammer. He looked over Relena's shoulder to make sure that Duo was okay.
A low growl could be heard as Relena slowly raised herself off of the pilot. Nemesis sensed what was going on but she reacted too late.
"EVERYONE TAKE COVER, NOW!!!"
An eerie fluorescent purple light engulfed the now still body on the floor. The light exploded sending everyone across the dining hall. All who stood were Heero and Nemesis.
"What the Hell just happened?!" WuFei cried out as he picked him self off the floor.
The figure on the floor slowly rose. Unbelieving eyes stared at the man. A braid of chestnut hair flowed behind him and violet eyes no longer bright and lively but dark and mysterious. He out stretched raven wings. The span was least twenty feet long and the end tips barely kissed the floor. Feathers danced around them.
"Everybody listen to me! DO NOT TOUCH the feathers, if you do you'll die upon immediate contact." Nemesis warned. They all stood motionless as the feather drifted to the floor and disintegrated leaving nothing behind.
Heero dwarf under the six-foot man. Locking eyes with each other Heero knew that look and the person behind it. Heero witnessed it so many times and he was now manifested into full being.
Nemesis stalked over to Relena and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. "By the gods Relena! Do you see what you have done?!"
The young princess nearly cried as the warrior squeezed her tender flesh. "I didn't mean it to hit Duo. I---I-didn't want Heero to be with him. I love him."
"You selfish bitch! I will deal with your jealousy later. Right now, we need to deal with him." Nemesis abruptly let go of the quiet sobbing teen.
The golden hair Arabian clutched at his heart. Emotions swirled within him. "Nemesis what happened to Duo?"
Trowa had to help him over to the queen. He was feeling the force of the emotions as well.
"That's not Duo." She confessed.
"Woman! Are you crazy? Anyone know that that's Duo!" WuFei yelled.
"No, WuFei. She's right." Heero said still staring into black pools of violet.
"Well, whom the fuck is that if it isn't Maxwell?!" WuFei grounded out.
The figure resembled an older and mature Duo not the sixteen-year-old gundam pilot. The traditional priest uniform had disappeared and was replaced with body armor and black kilt wrap. A black hooded cloak was tucked between the massive wings bellowing under the braid.
The Wing Zero pilot turned around to face his Chinese friend and said, "It's Shinigami."
~TBC~
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A/N: Guess who stopped by for dinner?
Well, I don't know about you guys but I think that all kinds of Hell is about to break loose. Tell me your thoughts and opinions on this chapter. Thanks ^_~
Nemesis