-1"How about a picnic?" Heero asked as they walked down the halls.

"Oh I know of a lovely waterfall." Duo said, keeping his act up while they were in these grounds.

"I was thinking a little larger. With a few 'friends'." Heero escorted Duo down to the Kitchens.

"Oh?" Duo asked, wondering what Heero had in mind.

Releana pulled out of the Lords castle in her pink carriage. She found it odd that all the homes she had visited thus far had no a soul at home. She looked out the window add found all the people were in the square. They blocked her way. She climbed out to find it was one large picnic.

"What is going on here?" she asked the closest person to her, grabbing there arm almost painfully.

The girl screamed in pain and everyone turned to Releana. "A picnic Releana." Heero said as he helped serve people. "Grab a plate if you wish to join"

Several people made booing noises. Duo smiled he was really having fun. He stood next to Heero helping dishing out food to people.

"I have come to collect a public gathering tax!" Releana growled.

"This is not a public gathering. It is family and friends sharing a hot meal on a nice day" Heero said calmly.

"It is out in public and the general public are here, there for there is a public Gathering TAX!" She said almost screaming towards the end.

"We are one family Releana. Can you not see the children of Elone?" Heero was still calm.

"You guys will all pay for this." Releana said and marched away. Duo sighed. "Off to tell daddy no doubt." Duo said. Heero nodded and the children of Elone had a nice picnic together now that the pink storm cloud had removed herself. Duo looked at Heero with a wide smile and playfully narrowed eyes.

Duo smiled at him and turned back to Heero, his smile widened. "Heero?" He said quietly.

"Yes Helen" he turned to Duo.

Duo leaned forward to kiss him but just at the last moment he smeared just a dab of mashed potatoes of Heero's cheek. "food fight." he whispered playfully. As if it were a que for the children food started flying around them. Heero got a pie in the face and he took off after Duo.

Duo picked up his own pie and turned to throw it at Heero. Heero caught it "You missed love" he smiled and walked up to Duo. He dipped a finger into the pie and flicked it at Duo's nose. Suddenly two pies flew threw the air and slammed into the sides of their faces, two smaller girls running away screaming playfully. Duo laughed and leaded forward and licked the side of Heero's face. "hmmm, Cherry my favorite." He said, then took off running after the children.

Heero pulled him back leaned in and licked Duo's lips. "MMmm Duo my favorite" He whispered so that no one but Duo could hear.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" Trieze's voice said over the ruckus. Everyone froze.

"High Lord Treize" Heero walked up to him wiping the pie off and half bowed. "This was all my idea. We are celebrating the Children of Elone."

"I don't give a shit what you were celebrating." Treize wiped some food off Heero's cheek rather roughly. "This is now way for a Prince to act. You expect to take you're Father's thorn in a year, yet you act like a child."

The people around them gasped all this time they had thought that Heero was the adopted son of Lord Odin. Not many new that Heero was really the son Of King Zech.

Treize lifted his hand to smack Heero but Duo caught his hand. "If he's not you're son, then you can't hit him." Duo said. He knew Heero could take care of himself, but he also knew that if Heero did protect himself against Treize, there could be bad consequences.

Heero turned to Duo "Would you find Trowa for me? please" Heero did not want Duo mixed up in this.

Duo nodded to leave but Treize grabbed him by the hair. "Do you think this is a joke Heero." Treize said, pulling Duo back to him. "You ass let go." Duo said in his own voice. "Do you think I'm stupid." Treize said.

"Remove your hands Treize" Heero was getting mad.

"Duo is a criminal and he will be punished as such. As for you, have this mess cleaned up. Releana collect the proper taxes and every one move on with there lives." Treize said and pushed Duo towards the carriage where he was handed to the guards. Wufei put a hand on Heero's shoulder to stop him from going.

"What do we do?" Heero asked.

"We wait." Trowa said. "We just got some news from you're father." He added. "He has no idea what has been going on here."

Heero nodded. He did not want to wait though. He wanted to go and get Duo back. But could not. He felt so useless.

Duo was tossed into a cell, with his hands tied together behind his back. He tripped and fell and cursed wildly at the guards. "Bloody bastard, could have at least walked me in." He screamed. He sat up and glared at them.

Three shadows climbed the wall to the castle. They were determined to bust into the dungeon.

Duo rested against the wall and the bars, his arms wrapped around himself. He opened his eyes when he heard just the slightest movement. He dismissed it as a rat however and tried to go back to sleep. Stupid window was too high for him to climb too, at least he was able to get his ropes off his wrist, that plus.

"Hn" Heero poked Duo through the bars. "Is that any way to treat my mother's dress?" Trowa and Wufei popped the lock.

"Well you can thank the dirt and grim from Treize. Why are you here?" Duo asked not going out of the cell.

"Getting you out." Heero walked into the cell and kneeled by Duo "are you hurt?"

"Just a bruise or two when I fell...you shouldn't be here, if they found out what you're doing you could get into so much trouble. Heero please, just go, don't worry about me." Duo said pushing Heero out of the cell.

Heero walked back in with a growl. he picked Duo up and the four left the cell.

Duo knew better then to try to protest while they were escaping. If he was loud they would get caught. He just sighed and hoped to god that Treize or one of the guards didn't see them. "You are so getting it when we stop." He whispered just so Heero could hear him.

"Quatre gave the guards a special wine. They should all be a sleep." Heero whispered to the others.

"Um yeah, that's only if they drank it, Heero would you be so kind as to put me down?" Duo asked seeing the guard sneaking towards them.

Heero set him down. "up the stairs. we can exit though my old bed room."

"Yeah except there's a guard following us." Duo whispered, pretending like he wasn't watching the guard.

"I got it" Trowa slipped into the darkness and waited for the guard to pass and when he did Trowa snapped his neck then ran to catch up with the others.

Duo and Wufei lead them back to the secrets camp . "So the king is headed home then?" Duo asked.

"Hai" Heero nodded

"should be back tomorrow" Trowa said

Duo smiled. "Good, then I can go back to helping Quatre run the orphanage." Duo said with a grateful sigh.

"Hn" Heero got up and started the walk to Odin's

"You're going back there?" Duo asked.

"Hai"

"But...once they know I'm gone, they may suspect that you had something to do with it." duo said reaching for Heero's hand.

Heero took it "Hai"

"So stay here for the night. I'm sure Odin won't mind. he saw what happened in the town square." duo said.

"Hai" Heero nodded and hugged Duo.

Duo smiled and hugged him back. "Is that all you can say to me, love." Duo said kissing him gently.

"Hn" Heero pulled him toward one of the tents.

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