Chapter 5

Duo looked at the angel and gave a sad smile, as he did he gently ran his fingers down heero's wings.

"You're loosing feathers aren't you?"

Heero frowned slightly and turned his gaze away.

"Yes, it is a sign that I am loosing my faith to my lord and hence forth in a few days I will no longer be welcome through the gates of heaven."

Duo rose and had Heero do the same. Walking to the far east corner of the wall he slid a panel out, which revealed a long corridor.

"Then you must go, take this path and it will lead you to a stairway, at the top there is a hidden panel that leads right into heaven."

Heero's eyes widened,

"Why would there be such a thing here?"

"This used to by me fathers sanctuary as well, he had discovered this long ago and that is how he was able to go see my mother before the battle and gave me my name."

Heero couldn't believe what he was hearing, all this time and there was a secret route to-or-from heaven and hell right here! Suddenly images started flashing in his head, a figure covered in shadow, with long hair and violet eyes.

"Then that was you long ago I had seen at the old tree of eden?"

Duo turned toward him and smiled,

"Yes it was me, I had seen you when I was young, before I was brought down to hell. From that day I had to meet you, so when I was old enough I went through this path and met you at the old tree."

"Why what is so special about me?"

Duo slowly closed the space between them and embraced the angel, holding him tightly in his arms and nuzzling his neck he whispered,

"I have always felt even to this day that we should be together but it is not meant to be, you must return to your world before it's too late."

Letting go of Heero he gave him a small kiss and gently pushed him toward the corridor.

Whirling around Heero's eyes got wide,

"Will I ever be able to see you again?"

Duo chuckled,

"Yes my dear angel, perhaps one day we will meet again but it's not the right time and for now we will have to part ways."

With that said, duo slowly closed the panel leaving poor heero alone in the corridor.

an urge told him to run and break down the panel and stay with duo regardless that he would lose all ties to heaven but another part of him agreed with duo, so he turned toward the long corridor and began making his way to the stairway duo had described for him.

The corridor wasn't that long and shortly heero reached the stairway and started to ascend the stairs, at the top just had duo had explained, there was a panel.

Sliding it out of the way, he saw sunlight and smelled flowers. Climbing out of the hole he put the panel back in place, making a mental note of where to find it and turned around to greet his world.

He took in a deep inhale of breathe and savored the fresh air that he had missed for so long. Walking around he found the path to the gates of heaven and was brought forth to his Lord.

Kneeling before Him, he expected a punishment for being gone so long and yet God did nothing of the sort. Instead he welcomed him home, with no questions asked and had him set about his old task of guarding the high tower clouds.

He was immediately escorted to his postition and left to do his duties, but he couldn't help but wonder if the story duo had told him been true. Was his mother really locked up in the high tower?