Even Angels Can Fall
Chapter 4: Divisions
GW fanfiction/ fantasy/ Yaoi (6x2) (1x2)
Author's Note: Because I'm getting tired of saying the redundant "This is still memory…" thing at the beginning, I will say this once and for all. Unless I note it as "not memory", the story is still in memory format, okay? Thanks for your understanding.
"Yours?" Zechs snorted, standing straight and tall, not a strand of hair out of place as he eyed his shorter and rather wild looking brother. "I distinctly remember you saying that you had no interest what so ever in claiming the Shinigami."
"I changed my mind." Heero said coldly. "Especially after what I just saw from you."
"You mean my right to do whatever I please to my slave?"
Duo flinched at the word. Slave. His destiny as Shinigami was to be controlled and used. Nothing more than a powerful weapon to be played with.
"The Prophecy does not specify which prince is the true master of Shinigami, as you most likely realize." Heero countered.
"But who caught him?" The First Prince sneered, and leaned down to tangle his fingers in the gleaming chestnut locks of the fallen angel's hair. With a rough jerk, he forced Duo's head back, causing a slight wince on Shinigami's perfect features. "Who chained him?" Cold fingers caressed the collar encircling Duo's neck possessively.
Heero barely suppressed the urge to growl at the cruel treatment of the captive. Stormy blue eyes flashing dangerously as they caught the look of self-loathing on Duo's face, the Second Prince spoke quietly.
"Regardless of that fact, realize that Shinigami is a fallen angel. Very likely, he is the prince-heir to the Kingdom of Darkness. Until the eclipse of the dark moon, he is under the protection under the Alliance Treaty, in which he is guarded against any form of harassment from angels of light."
"Since when did petty rules matter to me?" Zechs purred, hiding the sudden unease he felt. "He is Shinigami, and I his Master. We are beyond the Law of Angels-" Suddenly, the First Prince grunted and fell on his knees, icy eyes widening in surprise and pain.
Running, his lithe body like a fleeting shadow, Duo took advantage of the shock and confusion his kick caused and plunged out a window, the force of his body impacting the fragile glass causing the window to shatter into brilliant pieces.
Behind him, he heard the First Prince curse and yell out a spell. Angling his ebony wings, Duo ignored the agonizing pain of using his injured wing and shot downwards in a spiral, the spell shooting harmlessly past the spot he was in a second ago. He pulled out of his dive barely several feet from the street, ignoring the cries of astonishment from white winged angels as he then proceeded to speed towards an area that fairly oozed magic. The Circle of Council.
The area between his wings prickled, and the fallen angel threw himself sharply to the right as a crackling ball of energy chased him.
"Curse you, Zechs." Duo breathed, amethyst eyes flashing dangerously. "Dark Shield of Avatar!" A black ball of magic expanded from his palm until he was protected under an eerie magical shield that absorbed any attack thrown at it. With perfect timing, the Zechs's energy ball exploded against the black shield, causing it to flicker. At least, until his strength failed. Duo smiled grimly. Zechs really needed to expand his imagination. Did the First Prince truly think a simple magic-blocking collar would've stopped the Shinigami? It'd only been a matter of time before Duo had figured out how to untie the magic blocking charms worked into the collar.
"Taurus! Leo! Cancer!"
Duo hissed in pain as the three spells simultaneously hit his shield, blood tricking out of his mouth. Almost…He strained to keep his shield sustained as his destination came in sight. The fiery pain in his wing threatened to send him unconscious as he felt Zechs's furious presence come ever closer.
In a desperate move, Duo spun around, canceling his shield as he gathered his remaining energy. The First Prince's chilling eyes locked on his own lavender ones, as the white-winged angel smiled darkly in triumph. Duo felt his face break into a deadly smile of his own as he released all his remaining energy in a terrific flood of dark power.
There was a sudden silence, and a heavy pressure in the air, as if it was the calm before a storm. Then, the storm broke loose as Zechs was almost in reaching distance of him.
The air exploded around Duo, and Zechs gasped as an incredible surge of power sent him crashing into a building. Duo felt his strength go out, and let himself be tossed back like a doll from the aftershock of his power. His last thought was of a pair of arms catching him before he fell into the marble courtyard of the Circle of Council.