(This time I asked Duo if I can own Gundam Wing, because he likes me… he told me to hold still…then he got in his Gundam… I don't wanna talk about it *sits in a corner*)
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June 21st 203 A.C.
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There had been nothing to indicate where Duo was going in that house Heero and Trowa went too yesterday. Needless to say, Heero was not in the best of moods; so he hadn't dealt with Raylin… yet (not that Raylin minded) but it was time for confrontation, Heero needed to know why Raylin stayed behind well one would like to think that
Relena watched what was (in her opinion) the Yuy Glare down; as the name suggests both parties were glaring at each other across the table, of course Relena thought it best to stay out of this as both members were decidedly angry at this point. Why was Raylin angry you ask, well apparently he had decided to be Heero's will to live and Heero doesn't want to live, thus the standstill, suffice it to say Relena was the calmest person in the room and she wasn't going to help anyone one bit. She was quite enjoying herself
"Go home" Heero said through clinched teeth (it had been like this for an hour)
"I can't" Raylin said with equal venom "I don't have a time machine"
"You should have thought of that before staying here"
"What are you ganna do? Ground me?"
"I doubt that will do anything" the room went mute again; Relena was paying rapt attention to the two. She just wished that she had made it for the beginning of this, or maybe had a camera…
"You should bring an extra vest when you rescue Duo"
"You should mind your own business"
"I believe my father is my business"
"Your father is dead and buried by the time you're born" where was the popcorn when you needed it
"He doesn't have to be"
"Raylin we have discussed this before"
"You don't know what would happen…"
"It doesn't matter, it is better to be safe than sorry, personally, I think it would be bad to have inter-dimensional time monkeys"
"…"
Heero sighed "fine but now that you're stuck here you are to stay with Relena until either your uncles come back or this is all over"
"No" Heero raised an eyebrow this is getting good Relena thought
"No?"
"No… I don't have to listen to you"
"And why not?" Raylin shrugged
"You may be my father… but you didn't raise me… so therefore I don't have to listen to you" Heero blinked and an awkward silence ensued
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June 22nd 203 A.C.
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The door opened spilling light on the figure that was… sleeping? In the chair. Cains growled and walked up to the prone young man… no movement. Snarling Cains grabbed the man's hair, by the roots, and yanked his face up… hard… violet eye snapped open and then blinked
"Oh" Duo said overly cheerful "hey mousy" how could this guy go through two days of torture and still act so annoyingly cheerful?
"Who are the Gundam pilots?"
"Gee and here I thought you loved me" Duo said and was awarded with a slam in the jaw
"Who are the Gundam pilots?"
"You asked that already" steal toed boot in the ankle again!
"You will tell me the names of the Gundam pilots… and their locations" by now cains had let go of Duo's hair and was circling him
"I seriously don't understand why you want a repeat of information, but if you insist. Kid, No Name, Zero and Nataku, hap-" he was hit in the face again
"I want their real names"
"I thought it was the other guys who wanted the names?" and again he was hit, this went on for a while before Cains ultimately gave up finally… my poor aching back Duo had reached his lock picks not too long ago… a few minutes later and the hand cuffs were off, next was the door…
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Half an hour later
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He was lost… what, was this place a maze before they moved in? and did it have to be a freaking castle? Duo sighed, he had been dodging the snob lackeys for a while and he still hadn't been able to find Hilde! Not to mention the place freaked him out… who designed this place anyway? He was expecting military grey walls or something not creepy, torture, mummy maze, maybe this was like that Zelda game where you had to get that book that told you how to get to the center of the maze thing… no he would have to go to a library first… yeah… he was so lost
Noise was coming from behind him and he ducked quickly into a side door successfully dodging the snob lackey's unfortunately he ended up in the wrong room… Of course… it had to be the cafeteria
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June 23rd 203 A.C.
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They were smart… for once and put a guard in front of the door… too bad for them it wasn't quite enough… but he was still caught the guys are never ganna let me live this down Duo almost sighed in relief when they by passed the chair honestly it is NOT the most comfortable seating arrangement I have ever had but when he saw where they were leading him he almost groaned (key word almost)
"So, it's chains now is it?" he said happily, they chained him to the ceiling and Cains smirked "you're not ganna let me sit down? That's not being a very good host mousy" Cains's smirk turned into a sneer and he punched Duo in the ribs OK who gave the idiot brass knuckles?
"Tell me where the pilots live"
"Well No Name travels a lot and Zero has a lot of houses and… I didn't write it down" the steal toed boot collided with Duo's ankle again, he was pretty sure it was fractured by now
"Honestly mousy I knew you loved me, just not this much" another hit to the ribs "shouldn't you be waiting for snobs numbers one and two so they can watch?" apparently Cains was not above hitting Duo in his dignity, tears welled up into his eyes that hurt
"Answer the question"
"You didn't ask a question… I did" another hit to the ribs
"Do you enjoy pain?" Cains asked bemused
"Not particularly but you such a great job" Duo said sarcastically, there was a sudden stinging in his back Duo couldn't help the yelp of surprise and pain that came with it did he just use a whip?
"Are we going to be cooperative now?" Cains enquired coming back in to view, creepy malty tongued whip in hand eyeing the whip, Duo shrugged as best he could
"But that would be boring" he whined, he was whipped in the front; Duo hissed but smiled and was whipped again.
"You will tell me who the Gundam pilots are and where they live"
"Why do I get the sense of deja'vu every time you speak" he was hit in the eye again…
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June 24th 203 A.C.
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"Duo you idiot" Duo mumbled to himself "you just had to provoke the guy into kicking you in the gut didn't you?" he was pretty much black and blue all over now note to self: steal toed boots are cool to where, but are horrible for torture Duo was laying on the floor in a fetal position now; he planned on leaving again, though he wasn't too sure he could walk on his fractured ankle.
The door open "mousy… long time no see" Duo joked
"Still making jests I see" Cains said kicking Duo again
"Well you know me, can't live without a good laugh" Cains grabbed Duo's ankle causing him to yelp
"I was given permission to use any means necessary to make sure you don't leave"
"Ha… always knew you were a lackey" Duo smirked. Cains glared at him coldly and with a quick snap broke his leg, man this hurts how the heck was Heero able to set his own leg? Duo vaguely wondered when the guys were going to get there, he wasn't sure how much longer he could keep up that happy facade of his as soon as it drops their ganna come in and destroy me I know it…
"The Gundam pilots?" Cains asked coolly
"What about them" Duo chirruped he was kicked in the leg (the broken one) Again how was it Heero was able to set his own leg!
"You know perfectly well what" Cains said heatedly "their names and locations" Duo blinked
"I thought I told you I didn't write that down" he was kicked in the ribs… again man that hurts…
"Are you going to answer me correctly? Or am I going to have to get rough?" there was a long pause where Duo seemed to be thinking; then he smiled
"I guess you're ganna have to get rough mousy… though that's ganna be hard for you won't it?" he was kicked in the ribs a few times then the leg (again the broken one) and then that annoying whip was pulled out.
"Are you going to comply now?"
"Course not" the beating was continued, by now Duo was letting out ragged breathes, he coughed and blood came out great, now I have internal problems
"You know you might not last longer… why don't you just give in and tell us what we want" Duo looked around the room as best he could
"I think you need to learn how to count mousy… you're the only one in here" Cains seemed to take great pleasure in beating Duo into unconsciousness
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June 25th 203 A.C.
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Heero answered the phone a bit reluctantly it had been almost a week since Duo had disappeared and Heero was getting a little anxious I really don't want to die… but there is no other choice Wufei's face showed on the vid screen
"We found his location" he said
"What time do we leave?" Heero asked coolly
"0800 tomorrow morning, meet me in two hours so we can begin planning" Heero nodded, despite not being a member of Preventers Heero was good at what he did… also letting him in on the mission was the only way to make sure he didn't try something on his own (which he most likely would)
"I'm coming with you" Raylin said as soon as Heero hung up the phone
"No you're not" was Heero's reply
"You can't stop me"
"Do I have to tie you to a chair?"
"…"
Heero sighed I've been doing that a lot lately "why do you want to go?"
"…even if I tell you you're not going to let me go are you?"
"…no"
"Then I'm not ganna tell you"
"Fine by me"
"I'm still going"
"I can still tie you to that chair"
"That threat's not ganna work on me"
"Who said it was a threat"
"I have to go"
"Why?"
"I…"
"You…what?" Raylin looked away
"I have to know my name" Heero looked at his son
"That's the whole reason you came here?"
"Yes"
"Out of all the reasons to come to the past… you came just so you can witness my death and find out a stupid name?"
"It's not stupid okay" Raylin glared at Heero "I barely remember it… but I remember my mother calling me by my first name… Heero" Heero blinked "but ever since she died I've been called Raylin or Ray" Raylin's voice was starting to shake "half the time I don't even remember my own name… because my uncles cannot say my name without at least one tear in their eye" his voice was gaining altitude "I remember uncle Duo always saying he was sorry and that if he had just one chance" he took a breath "if things had been different you wouldn't have had to die… so don't suppose this is stupid… you don't know what it's like to envy people their names or fathers! All I wanted was a name and I bet you haven't even thought about it!" Raylin marched out the living room door towards the garden leaving behind a rather stunned Heero.
"You want me to talk to him?" Relena asked quietly; she had come in around the time Heero called it stupid, Heero shook his head
"No… he's right I… I didn't even think about naming him" letting out a deep breath Heero fallowed his sons lead
He found Raylin by a lone tree that sat on a hill, Raylin knew he was there but he didn't turn around… I've been going about this all wrong Heero thought.
"I don't really have a name either" Heero said quietly, hoping somewhat that Raylin didn't hear him, if he did he was ignoring him, Heero leaned against the tree while Raylin picked at the grass. Taking Raylins silence as a sign he continued "the man who raised me called me Jr… he was an assassin and needed a kid to help him get passed security; well, that's what he said anyway" Raylin hadn't moved "I got the name Heero Yuy when I turned fifteen… or the equivalent of it anyway… I'm not too sure about that… either way I never had time to envy when I was growing up, I was too busy learning to lock away my emotions… it was only recently that I wondered what it would be like to have my own name… instead of the name of a dead man" Raylin brought his arm up and wiped his face, it was only then that Heero noticed Raylin had been crying. Raylin turned to his father and the slight puffiness of could be seen (though Heero didn't say anything)
"What's the story for?" Raylin asked evenly, Heero shook his head
"Just that… a story" Heero started fiddling with the bark I'm no good at this "I don't want to die and leave you and Relena all alone-"
"Then don't" Raylin cut in and Heero shook his head again
"This is the way it has to be… it's the only way I know how…" he faltered and then it was his turn to look away "I… I have to go meet up with Wufei" with that said he left I'm such an idiot
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Chapter 8 small preview
"Who's the kid?"
"Why do you want to die so badly?"
"DADDY! DADDY!"
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Wow I'm putting these up pretty fast huh… my sister went to camp and asked *cough* forced me to get at least two more chapters up before she returned… and for some reason I am doing it… anyway
AnimeInTheBasement: you get cyber-cookies…
The nickname kid was because Duo called Heero kid when he first met him (I'm such a dork)
I called Trowa Nanashi because that's what they called him in Endless Waltz (obvious one)
Quatre was Zero because he was the first one to go Zero and most people in fanfiction do that so…
Wufei was Nataku Why? Because that's what he calls his Gundam…
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