Title: The Ancient
Author: Shinigami's Minion
Pairing: 2x1 maybe 3x4 (not sure yet)
Warnings: (mainly for later chapters) AU, angst, blood, romance, lemon, Evil
Relena (if you like her I don't suggest reading this), OOC
Disclaimer: As much as I love Gundam Wing its characters do not belong to me. However, the other characters that I have mentioned do.
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/thoughts/
"Speech"
telepathy
change in scene/passed time
Chapter 26
Heero had been staying at Lord Yama's palace for a few days now and each day was much the same. He would be woken up by Zechs, than taken to learn about and improve his new powers. They would return much later at night and Heero would go straight to bed. However, this morning Heero felt unusually exhausted. He thought he would not be able to get out of bed at all, but with the help of Zechs he managed it. At the moment he was walking down the now familiar corridors towards the training room. He was not looking forward to the day's session because he did not know if he had enough energy to last the whole day. With every step he took he could feel a little more of his energy draining from his body. Heero did not think he would be able to walk at all tomorrow if this kept up. Reaching the training area both men were about to enter, but just before Zechs had a chance to turn the handle, a guard ran up to them.
"Sir Zechs I knew I would find you here."
"What is it?"
"Master Yama wishes to see you in the dining hall and he says to bring the young one."
Zechs looked a bit pale after hearing this news and Heero began to wonder if anything was wrong. Before he could ask anything Zechs began speaking to the guard once again.
"Is that all?"
"Yes sir."
Zechs nodded to the guard and he turned to go back to his duties. Once he was out of sight Zechs turned to Heero and gave him a small reassuring smile. Heero wasn't quite sure if it was for his benefit or for the worried Zechs. Giving Zechs his own small smile he followed the older man as he led him further down the corridor to two large oak doors. Knocking twice, Zechs waited until he heard someone call out to 'enter' before opening the doors and holding it open so Heero could step in first. Heero had never seen this room before and he was awed at the beauty of it. Many portraits and paintings lined the walls, a dark almost blood red carpet adorned the floor and Heero was sure that if he ever walked in this room bare footed the carpet would feel soft and warm. The room itself was quite large and in the center was a long table that would probably fit over one hundred people. Seated at the head of this table was Yama looking rather bored as he waited, Heero guessed, for his meal. Heero was unsure of himself at that moment in time. He knew that Yama wanted to speak with him but he was not sure on the proper procedures of such a meeting, this being the first time he had ever been summoned in such a way. Heero was put at ease when he saw Zechs step in front of him, gracefully bowing before his master.
"Master Yama, you summoned us?"
Tilting his head down slightly to acknowledge both men, Yama smirked and looked behind Zechs towards Heero who, having followed Zechs, was bowing also. He watched as both men then stood before him, one with worry clearly written across his face and the other discomfort. Taking a drink from the glass beside him, he cleared his throat before addressing his long time servant.
"Tell me Zechs how is my little pet improving?"
Yama looked Heero up and down and could clearly see that the boy had depleted almost all his strength. Yama's smirk grew wider at the frown on Zechs' face.
"It is going well master but as you can see Heero is quite worn out and maybe it would be best if he were allowed to rest."
Ignoring Zechs' request and the pleading that was in his eyes, Yama looked to Heero.
"Tell me boy, are you hungry?"
Heero was confused as to why Yama would ask such a question. Surely he knows that Heero had just finished eating breakfast. Heero was about to voice his thoughts when Yama continued to talk.
"I know you have just finished your breakfast Heero but I am asking if you can feel a different kind of hunger within you."
Heero thought on this for a moment and realized that he did feel hungry but he knew somehow that what he hungered for was not food. Now that he thought about it he realized that he had been feeling this hunger for a few days now and he was certain that no amount of food would satisfy him.
"I see you understand what I mean now. Well shall we see if I can help you to take away that hunger and give you back your strength? Come here boy."
Heero hesitated; he didn't like the look on Yama's face. It seemed more sinister and hero was not sure if he could trust what Yama would do. He was just about to take a step back when he felt Zechs take his hand and give it a reassuring squeeze. With that encouragement and the knowledge that Zechs would be there Heero moved to the head of the table and stood a few feet away from Yama. When Heero was close enough Yama nodded to the servant standing near a doorway leading, to what Heero guessed to be, the kitchen. The servant bowed low before leaving through the door. Heero could only hear murmurs of people talking. A few minutes later the door was opened and Heero looked up to see two guards bringing in a young girl who was struggling to break free from their tight grip. Heero looked with widened eyes at Yama as the girl was held down on the table in front of him. Yama smiled, his fangs showing slightly, and nodded towards Heero.
"Here my pet, drink."
Heero took a slight step back. He didn't understand what was happening. However, he could tell that the young girl in front of him was scared and didn't want to be there. He looked back at Yama to find that he was glaring back at him.
"I said drink, pet. You need the blood to gain strength. That is what your body hungers. Now drink!!"
Heero shook his had and stepped further back away from the table and the struggling girl. Zechs could only stand at the doorway and watch as Yama stood up and quickly grabbed Heero holding him in place.
"You dare to defy me. Well if you do not drink then you shall just have to watch as she dies."
Heero screamed melded with that of the young girls, as Yama forced him to watch as the two guards, who where holding the girl down, savagely bite into her neck and begin to drink. Heero tried to turn his head away but Yama held him steady. He watched as the girls body convulsed as they drank until finally she stopped screaming and moving. Yama let go of Heero and smirked as he sagged to the floor, his legs too weak to keep him up after what he had seen. Flicking his hand Yama dismissed the guards who bowed before picking up the body of the girl and taking it away to be disposed of. Sitting back in his seat Yama looked to Zechs.
"Take him back to his room and make sure nobody tries to feed him anything. Increase his training to the next level and I do not want to hear anyone telling me that you have been lenient on him."
When Zechs nodded Yama once again turned back to look at Heero.
"I will teach you what it means to disobey me. In a week I will see you again and by that time you will be begging me to give you blood. You will be so desperate for it that you will not care how many innocent people you kill. Now get out of my sight."
With that said Zechs moved forward to help Heero stand. Heero lent on Zechs for support all the way back to their room. Once they were there Zechs lead Heero to the bed so that he could sit and try to calm down. Once Heero had settled slightly he looked to Zechs hoping that he would help him solve all these confusing thoughts flying through his mind.
"How can anyone be so cruel?"
Zechs sighed and sat on the bed next to Heero, pulling the boy into a loose, comforting embrace.
"I do not know how to answer that question Heero. I am sorry you had to witness what you did and that now things will become even tougher."
Giving Heero a tighter hug to reassure him somehow that things might turn out okay, Zechs laid him down on the bed. Pulling the sheets over the smaller boy, he laid a small kiss on his forehead before standing up.
"Get some rest now Heero. You will need as tomorrow will be an even harder day."
Zechs watched as Heero's eyes slowly closed and his breathing evened. Once he was sure that Heero was a sleep he turned and left the room. He had a lot of preparation to do for tomorrow especially since Yama would now be keeping a closer eye on Heero and training him a lot harder.
Everyone in the castle could see that king Arlos was wearing himself out. During the day he was training Duo as much as he could. A lot of what he taught Duo was on wielding different types of weapons, as he only had a limited knowledge on magic and he himself couldn't use it. Once Duo's training for the day was finished, he spent the rest of the evening up until early hours of the morning looking and trying to make sense of the many reading materials Itara had. He was hoping to find any clue as to how to help his son and Heero. Although he spent all his day busy he was never seen without a smile on his face. Although he missed his wife dearly he had no reason to be upset as he knew that he was at least helping his son get his love back. The last couple of days Arlos had been looking over some papers he found concerning the prophecy he had been so foolishly worried about. He was hoping that is would point him in the right direction and today he was glad he had made the decision to read further on the research his wife had done. Striding out of the study he went straight to Duo's room and knocked on the door. He did not wait for an answer before entering as he couldn't wait to tell Duo what he had found. Duo who had just finished changing and was going to make his way once again to help the seekers, turned to his father questionably.
"What is it, father?"
"I have found something in your mother's study that may help to, at the very least; explain why our enemies have taken Heero."
Duo eyes widened slightly before he set his face into an emotionless mask. He waited for his father to continue and hoped that what he was going to hear wouldn't be too devastating or there would be hell to pay. Arlos, seeing that his son was now prepared and calmed, continued.
"Well you know the prophecy which I had been fretting about thinking it was talking about you?"
Duo nodded his head and Arlos could see his confusion and annoyance of the topic but before he could voice any of it Arlos lifted his hand to stop him. When he knew Duo would not interrupt he continued.
"Well from what I can tell from your mother's findings and from what I have been able to decipher it is not solely about you and I have a feeling that the prophecy is actually speaking of Heero."
"W...what? How can you know for sure?"
"Well, every spare minute I had, I have spent looking through your mother's research and I have found many interesting things. I can not know for sure if the prophecy speaks of Heero which is what I was hoping you could confirm for me,"
"But how would I know if it is Heero!? I have never even read that stupid prophecy!!"
"Calm down my son. All I need for you to tell me is if you have ever seen Heero use any type of magic. It probably would not be destructive magic. It is most likely to be healing magic if he is the one the prophecy speaks of."
As his father spoke Duo thought back to the time when those vampires had taken Heero and the fight on the train. He remembered that bright light that had shot from Heero's hand and disintegrated the vampire he was facing. He never really had a chance to talk to Heero about that incident and whenever he tried to bring it up Heero would change the subject. He would also notice a flash of pain in Heero's eyes whenever he even mentioned the topic and that was enough for him to drop it completely. This gave him hope that Heero was not the one in the prophecy as that magic seemed to be destructive but then he remembered back to the time when he saved Heero from Dr J. Anyone else who had been drug through broken glass like Heero had been would have had me severe cuts but when he got Heero out of there he only had a few scratches. All Duo could do was nod his head to answer his father's question and he noticed the grave look that was now in his father's eyes.
"In that case we are in a lot of trouble. The whole fate of our race now rests in Heero's hands."
"What do you mean!?"
Duo was becoming more panicked by the minute.
"Heero is the child the prophecy talks of. After many nights I was able to figure out the proper translation of it and I believe it is important that you know what the prophecy says. As all prophecies it is like a riddle and the end result depends on how you interpret it."
Duo really didn't care what the prophecy said all he was worried about was Heero but he knew that if his father wanted him to know this information it had to be important. He listened carefully so that he wouldn't miss anything as the slightest error could give the wrong outcome.
"In a time when war is brewing between the two sides of the dark forces, a child will be born to bare the mark of Death. He will be the only child conceived by two great beings of the light to survive and withstand the change to darkness. With his maker by his side he will either bring life or death to his new race. He will conquer the greatest evil or he will become it. 1"
Tbc.
1 This is the true prophecy. It is different to the one at the beginning and has a different meaning to it.
SM: Firstly to all my readers I give a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEEEEEEE apology!!! I never knew I wouldn't update for over a year. But I have very good reasons.
Duo: Sure you do.
SM: I do!!! Firstly uni took up a lot more of my time then I thought it would. Second, when I did finally get back from uni my PC had a lot of problems which my bro took his time fixing and then there wasn't internet connection on it and when we tried putting the internet on it, it caused more problems. In the end everything had to be redone abut a million times!!! And to top all that off my inspiration for this fic ran away!! But it's all good now coz every things working and I should be updating more often. I hope all my readers haven't abandoned me!!
Duo: We will see. You'll know by the amount of reviews you get. If you get any!!
SM: ::runs and hides from angry Duo::