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That was Bloody Brilliant

By Ryoko Porter

Part Four

Heero and Duo never made it to their respective houses that night; instead they opted to prowl through the school's dark places, discovering every little corner that they could find. The heightened adrenaline flowing through both boys' systems pushed their adventurism. It wasn't until breakfast the next morning that anyone saw them, for they had even eluded the ghosts.

It was Wufei that found them first, sitting amazingly inconspicuously at the end of the Ravenclaw dining table. There were only a few students that were having breakfast at the same long table, ignoring the new students in favor of texts, as was typical behavior for Ravenclaws. So disregarding his own housemates who tried to coax him into joining them, Wufei went to join his fellow pilots.

"Hey Wufei!" Duo greeted cheerfully as his Chinese friend sat down in front of him.

"Yuy," Wufei greeted Heero respectfully, ignoring Duo.

"Hey c'mon man, you still can't be sore about last night? It was just too good a chance to pass up!" Duo laughed as he remembered Wufei's food covered face glowering at him. But he got his answer with silence and a glare.

"Good morning!" the fresh voice of Quatre chirped as the blonde and his tall comrade took their seats. "What are you doing here?"

"Least political table to sit at," Duo explained as he gulped down a piece of toast. "No one much cares what the Ravenclaws do, and they don't care about others so long as they can continue their studies. We're just letting others know of our position in the school's social structure."

"You know Duo, I'm amazed that you can just stand by while innocent people are dying," Trowa said in his usual quiet and astute way.

A dreadful silence hung heavily over the five pilots; they did not hear the gasps of those around them as the torches around the room burned black and dangerously high. The other pilots didn't need to see what was happening to know that Duo's rage was dangerously close to losing control, an extremely rare but dangerous thing. And they were smart enough to realize that the sudden activity was due to his anger, though they couldn't say how exactly.

"You're right," Duo finally answered, sighing away his stress. "I probably won't just stand around and let people die, instinct won't let me. But you can forgive me for dreaming of being a normal kid for once in my life? And here life's finally giving me the opportunity."

No one dared to say anything more, all of them remembering that Duo had spent most of his life on the streets. Plus, how could they not agree? They too had led lives that forced them to grow up fast. It was simply that Duo was the most regretful, and probably rightfully so.

Duo's anger was short lived though, as he distracted himself by eating a cream filled donut. And the others didn't see that Heero had put his hand on Duo's knee, or that Duo's own hand physically begged for attention as it wrapped around the other. It was a secret comfort that they shared, one that was rudely interrupted by a jovial voice.

"Hello boys!" Dumbledore greeted. "That was quite a show of power Mr. Maxwell, though I prefer that you refrain from doing it again." Duo just shrugged, letting the old wizard continue. "Well your friend's little show, certainly makes it clear that you all need to go and buy wands. They will help to focus you powers, ensuring that a loss of control will likely not happen again. You will leave for Diagon Alley with Hagrid in just an hour, where you will buy your wands and other supplies."

"I do hope this isn't costing the school too much money!" Quatre worried politely to the huge man he sat beside. Hagrid certainly was an amusing fellow to the pilots, having never met anyone quite like him in their lives. And Heero and Duo were glad that he would be accompanying them to the outside world, especially since it seemed they would easily escape to do "explore".

"Awe don't worry too much, young friend! Hogwarts is always sending the train to London!" the gruff man comforted. "Can't get everything at Hogsmead!" he then gave a little wink to Quatre.

"Would any of you dears like some treats?" a voice interrupted. It was a kindly looking woman who was pushing a cart to the box that they had inhabited.

"Ah Betty, I'll have some of everything you got! These blokes never had any of it!" Hagrid laughed. Soon the six of them were eating various candies, and talking about what they would need from Diagon Alley. The boys were eager to learn whatever they could about their new domain, and were surprised at the long list of supplies they would be getting.

For a while, everything went quite nicely. Conversation was enlightening, and the candy was usually sweet. But the serenity of the moment was suddenly lost when Duo opened the first Chocolate Frog. As soon as the lid came open, the lively chocolate took a suicide hop straight at Duo. The strange thing then held onto the tip of the Deathscythe pilot's nose, trying desperately not to fall. But the poor thing was destine to loose' for without any of the assets of a real frog, it soon lost its grip and started to fall. What was worse for it was the sudden magical attack that left it in pieces.

""Now whoever done that, needed not! It was only a chocolate frog!" Hagrid huffed.

"You eat frogs that are still moving?" Quatre gasped.

"Never! They're just chocolate with a bitty spell on them!" Hagrid explained. But Duo knew who had destroyed the frog; it had been an act of a protective, if not possessive lover. He then followed the culprit who had already left the compartment nearly unnoticed.

Heero had gone as far as the next car on the train to hide. He sat thoughtfully in a compartment, with the door open and waiting for Duo.

"I'm sorry," Heero stated after hearing the compartment door lock.

"Hey it's okay," Duo comforted as he moved to sit next to his comrade. "I did it too, remember?" he referred to the fire he'd turned black earlier. "It's how this world is, and we'll just have to get used to it."

Duo then made a bold step, and lightly kissed the side of Heero's mouth. He didn't expect that Heero would respond much to it yet, but was happy when he did. Strong arms once again wrapped around his body, and unpracticed lips crushed over his. It was a brutal and possessive kiss, but yet it was also clumsy and wet. As Heero's tongue both demanded and begged to be let inside his own mouth, Duo reflected on how completely "Heero" it was. So strong and yet gentle in a subtle way, just like Heero was with him. Possibly the only part of it that wasn't much like Heero's usual nature was it's sloppiness; but that came from lack of practice, and it was completely endearing to Duo. This was more than likely, Heero's first kiss.

End Part 4.

Okay… first I want to say that I'm sorry it's so long between chapters. But honestly I'm not really that into writing this. I will because so many of you seem to enjoy it, but you'll have to be patient. To me, this is crap… I feel very little for it. But I suppose the it's a good challenge in forcing myself to finish something…though I'm not really sure how long that'll take.

Ryoko Porter