Title: In the Eyes

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that is related to Gundam Wing. I am not making any money off of this story, so do not sue, and do not take this story for it is copy written by me!!! For the original version of this story is MINE!!!!!

Pairings: My usual

Summery: Heero has to get Duo to the White Fang before Trieze can steal him away. Magic, Chaos, and LEMON all around, YEAY.

Warnings: Everything under the sun. LOL

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Chapter Five

Cudra

"My butt hurts." Duo said turning to Heero who was sitting behind him on Wing. They had been traveling all morning and well into the afternoon, taking a break only for a half hour to eat lunch. Heero had started Duo's riding lessons, the poor boy had fallen off the tall giant a few times and landed on his butt, hard. He had offered to walk, but Heero told him it would slow them down. So here he was with a bruised butt riding a horse that was rather large and powerful.

"Just bare with it. We'll rest for an hour after we cross this bridge." Heero said. Duo sighed. The bridge. His current loathing target.

"I don't see how you can ride so much, if I had my way, we'd walk to entire time." He said grumpily, eying the water that was splashing onto the wooden bridge from the white rapids under them.

"It would take to long." Heero said. Duo huffed out a breath and started looking around them. He smiled when he saw Quatre and Trowa a little ways behind them. They were whispering to each other, then Trowa leaned over and kissed Quatre's cheek. Quatre blushed and put a hand where Trowa had kissed him. Duo turned back to face forward, give the couple some privacy.

"Heero?"

"Yeah?"

"What's you're favorite color?" Duo asked out of the blue.

"Why?" Heero asked back.

"Well you're my friend, I want to know more about you." Duo said, not telling Heero his true intensions. Heero desperately tried to ignore his hearts increasing beating. He thought for a minute. He had never been asked that, and until he had seen Duo's eyes, well he would have said he didn't have one.

"Purple." Heero finally said. Duo lit up and turned completely around to face Heero. Heero's heart stopped for a second. Duo was now seated in his lap, looking him eye to eye.

"Really, mines blue." He said with a smile. "What's you're favorite animal?" He asked. They were innocent questions but Heero was getting to excited about them. 'What the hell is he doing to me?' he asked himself.

"Wing…"Heero shook his head. "Horse." he corrected himself.

"Mine are birds, because they can just fly away when they feel their in danger." Duo said, watching the birds flying past them, Heero was watching his lips.

They were half way across the mile long bridge now, and the questions were starting to get a little to much for Heero. He desperately needed another distraction or he would pin Duo down right now and….

"SHHH!" Heero said, he dismounted Wing. Duo dropped his shoulders and turned around on the horses back. The bridge was getting foggy and he could barely see a foot in front of him. He didn't like the looks of this. He reached up and helped Duo off of Wings back. Duo stayed close to the large horse, not liking the railing-less bridge they were on. It was wide enough for carriages and large traveling parties, but who in there right mind would build a bridge over a mile wide river, over the white rapids, with no railings.

"Why are there no railings?" Duo asked, not being able to take it any longer, he had to now.

"That's a good question." Was the only answer he got. He sighed again and continued to walk next to Wing, holding onto the horses main.

"That answer sucks." Duo whispered to himself. Heero eyed him a bit. Duo seemed a little upset. Duo didn't look at Heero, he was so close, and then Heero had to get up and off the horse. Perfect timing. Duo sighed again. Oh well, he would get him tonight when they were by the fire.

"Heero, up stream." Trowa called out. Heero and Duo both looked in that direction. Something very large was coming down the river, fast.

"What is that?" Duo asked.

"That's Lady Une's pet, Cudra, I think, we've already fought him, I took his arm off, he's a nasty monster, his spit is acid." Heero said, pushing Duo back onto Wing's back. They still had a quarter of a mile before they reached the end of the bridge. "Quatre, go with Duo." Heero ordered.

"Sure thing." He said.

"Hold on tight." Heero told Duo sternly, and with that, slapped Wings flanks sending the horse galloping down the bridge, Quatre on her horse, Sandrock, galloped past him. Heero held out his hands, two long Jade Stone blades formed in his hands. Trowa dismounted and stood next to Heero, his horse stayed with him though. Trowa prepared one of his arrows.

They were so prepared to fight, that when the creature turned it's direction of Duo and Quatre, they were shocked in horror.

"Shit!" Heero cursed, he took off in their direction at full speed. He knew he was fast, but he also knew that in the water, heading downstream, Cudra was faster. All he could do was run, while he watched Cudra jump onto the bridge just in front of Duo and Quatre. Wing was too close to the side of the bridge, and Heero knew it. When Wing reared up, kicking out towards the monster before him, he slipped off the edge and into the quickly moving water, taking Duo with him. Quatre soon fallowed has he had reached out to catch him. Sandrock panicked and backed away from the monster rearing up, ears pinned up, and hooves kicking at the monster. Trowa zoomed past Heero, his horse able to run faster then him.

"Get them, I'll take care of Cudra." He said. Heero didn't need to be told twice. He dived into the river and started after them.

Heero was pulled under the water, when the Cudra jumped in. It swam past Heero and towards his goal. The long haired man, trying desperately to get his head above the water. Heero surfaced and saw Trowa chasing them along the river bank, his horse running at neck braking speed, while he knocked back as many arrows as he could, but they weren't fazing the creature. Wing pulled himself out of the water, Duo not attached to him. He shook himself off and looked around for his master, seeing him swimming down the river after the damned monster who caused him to fall in. He puffed out some breath and fallowed Trowa and Heavyarms as they zoomed by. Sandrock was fallowing close behind, not wanting to be left behind, and worried about her master in the water.

Quatre was finally able to pull himself out of the water and stand just as the three horses were passing him, he quickly grabbed onto Sandrock's rains and saddle and pulled himself onto her back.

Duo was currently trying his hardest to keep his head above water, now that he managed to get it there. He was also trying to grab onto a rock, or a log, but his hand kept slipping. The rapids were to strong, and his nose and throat burned with the water he was inhaling.

The river slammed Duo, stomach first into a large rock, knocking what breath he had away from his lungs. He grabbed onto the rock with all his strength. He looked up in time to see the creature raising out of the water over him. He closed his eyes and waited for the creature to do something. Wishing that Heero would help him, save him from this thing.

Heero made his way up the creatures spine, just as it was raising out of the water. He held out his hand, forming the jade blade and slammed it into the back of the creatures neck. "I should have killed you when I had the chance." He whispered in the things large ear. Cudra tried to cry out, but only blood came. Heero jumped off it, and landed on a flat rock a few feet away, the Cudra slipped into the water, a trail of blood following it down the once white rapids.

Heero looked for Duo, finding him not to far away holding onto a rock, his eyes closed tightly. "Duo!" Heero called out. Duo opened his eyes, seeing Heero and smiled. "Can you swim to me?" He asked holding out his hand, if he jumped into the river he would be pulled away, but the distance was short enough that if Duo kicked off the rock then Heero would be able to catch his hand.

"I can't, the currents too strong." Duo said, Heero looked around and spotted Trowa and Quatre on the bank. Trowa had a rope in his hand. He looked downstream, there was a waterfall not to far away.

"Hold on Duo." Duo didn't answer him, he could try, but his fingers were numbing in the cold water. He was starting to shiver, his teeth chattering loudly. He knew this wouldn't kill him, it would just be very painful, very, very, painful. His fingers slipped and the river pulled him away from the rock.

"Heero!" He called out, taking in a breath full of water. He felt a hand close around his wrist before he lost consciousness.

Heero broke the surface of the water, Duo in his arms, and grabbed onto the rope with his free hand as Quatre and Trowa pulled them to the bank. They help Heero onto the bank, where Heero laid Duo and with one hard push on his chest forced Duo to cough up the water in his lungs. Heero rolled him onto his side, so he wouldn't choke on it. Once he was done coughing he helped him sit up, wrapping his arms around Duo and pulling him into a tight embrace.

"We need to get him dry." He ordered. Quatre went to start a fire, and Trowa went to his horse to pull out a blanket. Once the fire was done Quatre huddled in front of it, he was cold but he wouldn't get sick from it, after all he could heal anything. He put a pot of water over it, so it could boil. Heero carried Duo and put him in front of the fire, sitting there himself to warm up. After a few minutes Duo was warm enough to relax, his muscles hurt from the shivering, but it was nothing he couldn't handle.

"What the hell was that thing?" He asked again.

"That was Cudra, a small water demon. Lady Une breeds them, we think, a bunch of them attacked us a few months again, I cut that things arm off and let him live because I felt bad for it. My mistake." Heero said, anger in his voice.

"Who is Lady Une?" Duo asked.

"The Lady Witch that works for King Trieze. Dark magic." Quatre said.

"Who is King Trieze?"

"The current king of Oz, King Vijri the first's great grand son. Trieze Kushrenada." Heero said.

"How did they find out so quickly?" Trowa asked.

"I don't know. But I bet it has something to do with Lady Une." Heero said. "There after Duo, so I think she must have done something to keep an eye on her men, just in case something happened."

"Why are they after me?" Duo asked.

"Because of your power." Quatre said.

"Well when you know what that is let me know okay." Duo said seriously.

"You don't know what your power is?" Quatre asked.

"Nope." Duo said. "I can do stuff, but I thought we could only do one thing." Duo said.

"Are you saying you can do more?" Trowa asked, Duo nodded.

"When I was locked up I practiced everyday . It was all I could do to keep myself sane." Duo explained. Quatre handed him a cup of tea, now that the water was done boiling.

"Well, show us some stuff, maybe we can figure it out." Quatre urged.

"I can try." Duo said, he closed his eyes. The fire surged, the ground around them shook, there tea started boiling in there cups. The shadows around them danced on their own, and small skeletal animals, half decaying, crawled out from the ground around them. Duo's eyes opened and they were glowing, the whites gone from his eyes. "This is my favorite." Duo said quietly. The skeletal animals started dancing around in a fire like dance.

"Duo stop!" Quatre said, he sounded like he was in pain. Duo looked up at him and stopped, the little animals fell to the ground, dead once again. Quatre was holding his chest just above his heart.

"Well I know what you're birth giving power is." He said with a smile.

"Really, what would that be?" Duo asked.

"Death, no one should be able to bring back the dead, with the exceptions of Necro's and Death Volaers." Duo's face fell a little.

"Is that a bad thing?" Duo asked, a little worried. Quatre moved so that he was in front of Duo and held his hands.

"No. Death is a natural part of life. But you're very powerful Duo. Not only can you control death, but you can control everything else too. This is why we have to get you to the White Fang, Milliardo will be able to keep Trieze and Lady Une away from you, you'll be happy there." Quatre said.

'Only if Heero is there too.' Duo thought to himself, looking at Heero through the sides of his eyes. Heero was looking at him. He blushed and looked back at Quatre. Quatre was smiling too. He had seen him. He blushed even more.

"Heero lives in the town that White Fang resides in, he'll be close by." Quatre whispered, Duo smiled at him.

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