Disclaimer: Please note that I do not own the Gundam Wing characters. However, the literature is mine. This story was originally written for a different fandom but I have decided to rewrite it for the GW fandom. I hope you can enjoy the story for what it is and I definitely welcome any constructive criticism you may have.

Main Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 13x5

Rated: M

Warning: AU, Dark, Vampire, Romance, Lemon

LUXEVAR

By Solo's Cry (soloscry)

+| chapter five |+

Duo slowly stirred from his slumber, his eyes fluttering open to see that he was now alone on the grass. He sat up, his eyes tiredly wondering towards the castle.

There was a huge commotion inside, frantic footsteps pounded against the stone floors before it multiplied as other students started to wake from the noise.

He glanced around the night scenery before getting up to his feet. The noise seems to be coming from his dormitory section…

What could possibly happen there...

He leaned down to grab the top of his uniform, the black blazer almost invisible in the night. Shouts could be heard...

Duo raised an eyebrow and tuned in on the words being said. Wufei. It's about Wufei.

With a sharp intake of breath, Duo hastily shrugged on his blazer and prepared to sprint back to the dorm.

He had forgotten to lock the door.

"Where are you going?"

Duo nearly flew out of his skin, his instincts momentarily blocked by his hysteria. He turned, his eyes almost glowing in the darkness, "..." He took in the form leaning casually on the tree's dark bark. He swallowed, "Inside."

The taller boy pushed away from the tree, his face grim, "I saw your friend."

Duo narrowed his eyes, "What about it, Heero?" He needed to get back inside. But Heero is the mission. He resisted the urge to huff in annoyance, "What are you doing out here anyways?"

"Daniel." Heero walked closer, his sharp jaw line tense as he gazed over Duo's shoulder towards the castle, "He's a bounty."

Duo's breath suddenly hitched when Heero's hand flew up, tightly grasping Duo's neck with his lithe fingers, "So what?" He could feel his throat constrict as Heero's grip tightened on his throat.

Heero leaned closer, his lips pressed into a firm line, "What's he doing kissing you?"

Duo didn't bother to struggle against the hand blocking his airway. After all, air was not a necessity. Though... it did make speaking rather difficult.

He flexed the muscles on his neck against the grip, giving himself enough air to talk, "Perhaps... he has a sick fetish. They wouldn't have invented the word 'necrophilia' if the ordeal never happened."

Heero made a disgusted face, ignoring how soft the skin was against his hand before loosening his grip and pushing the boy away, "So you are dead."

"If you want to get technical, it's undead. It's a softer term."

"What have you done to Daniel?"

Duo smirked, his pale face smooth in the moonlight, "What have I done to him?" He subconsciously rubbed his neck, the feeling of Heero's hand lingering uncharacteristically, "Nothing. The question you should be asking is... what has he done to me."

"To you?" Heero took in the beautiful form in front of him, his eyes narrowing, "What are you to him?"

Duo's smile held a slightly sadistic edge, "So there are brains behind that handsome face of yours."

Heero ignored the provocation, "You're a vampire. He's a bounty." Duo nodded slowly as if he had to think about it.

"Okay," Heero moved closer, "So why are you still alive?"

Duo took the final step forward, his chest bumping up against Heero's. He lifted his chin up to lightly graze Heero's cheek with his cool breath, "Because he loves me."

Heero glanced down, unafraid of the close proximity, his lips a mere centimeter away from Duo's, "You seduced him."

Duo chuckled, he liked this game. He closed his eyes briefly before opening them again, his eyes twinkling in the darkness, "No. He seduced me."

Heero started for a second when he felt Duo lean the rest of the way up to suckle gently on his jaw, a soft tongue grazing his skin, causing an odd sensation to coarse through his body.

There was something too familiar about the combination of warmth and ice between them. It was as if... it has happened before. Heero steeled himself, refusing to move, "When?"

Duo released Heero's jaw with a soft, almost cute, smack of his lips. He smiled and boldly wrapped his arms around Heero's waist, stepping even closer to bury his face into the crook of Heero's neck. He breathed in the masculine cologne, "When he pushed me onto his bed... and turned me."

Heero's entire body froze, his eyes widening.

Duo snuggled, nuzzling Heero's cheek with his nose, "He was so incredibly gentle..." His eyes glazed, "It was the dying part... that hurt the most."

Heero roughly stepped back, shoving Duo's light body almost a few meters away, "You're lying."

Duo's hazy eyes didn't clear, "It happened a few centuries ago... he found me in the alleyway..." His face was clouded with nostalgia, "I had thought he just wanted the sex..."

Heero narrowed his eyes, "Daniel can't be a vampire."

Duo blinked almost innocently, his eyes clearing abruptly, "Of course he can."

"But he's a bounty..."

"..." Duo smiled, "Unfortunately... words can never be trusted."

"But I saw him... he killed things like you."

Duo flinched visibly at the indirect insult, his posture straightening, "Yes. But he also kills things like you." Duo smiled, a pair of sharp canine like teeth suddenly visible, "Just feel honored that he cares enough to find the execution necessary."

Treize felt his entire body grow cold, his hands trembling as he pushed Wufei's hair away from the boy's forehead, "Wufei…"

His boyfriend's body was deadweight, stiff and cold to the touch. It still amazed him how warm the other boy had been in years they've known each other. Despite the fact that he had been the undead.

Funny how his hatred had become his greatest love.

Treize had rushed to carry Wufei to the infirmary, completely forgetting the supernatural reasons behind their predicament. Forgetting that a fatal consequence may have been showered upon them if another human found out. Forgetting everything but the need to seek help.

The only thoughts that occupied his mind were how pale and lifeless the boy was as he lay still in his arms.

He looked, well, to put it simply, dead.

The sounds of footsteps echoed from outside the door, a stern voice ordered students back to their rooms before the door swung open to reveal Trowa Barton.

Even in the middle of the night, Trowa was dressed in his uniform, his posture showing that he had not been in bed when he was called, "What's the matter?"

Treize gripped Wufei's hands, his breathing shallow, "He passed out… I was in his room… and… ah… he... that is... I…" Treize hesitated as realization dawned on him. How was he supposed to tell the Student Body President that his student was a vampire?

Trowa ignored him, moving to look at Wufei himself. He grunted in disapproval, "He still hasn't fed."

Treize jerked when Trowa ripped away Wufei's night shirt, he quickly grabbed the other boy's wrist, "What are you doing?!"

Trowa's eyebrows furrowed when Treize's grip grew surprisingly strong, "Let go, Khushrenada."

Treize narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "Tell me what you are about to do."

Trowa flung Treize's hand away with a precise twist of his wrist before sending a psychic shock that sent Treize grasping his head and crumbling to the ground, "Don't touch me. It's your fault your boyfriend is here, so drop the attitude."

Treize bit in a scream of agony, his hands gripping his hair as a deep throb burst from the center of his head, "Who…" his knees buckled when he tried to get back up, he gasped, his eyes blurring, "… who… are you?"

"Who I've always been, I'm Trowa Barton."

Without another word, the tall boy turned back to Wufei's body. The moment Trowa's back turned, the pain immediately vanished.

Treize groaned, the memory of the pain keeping him immobilized, "… are you a vampire too?"

Trowa let out a snort, "Can't you tell, bounty?"

"I'm not a bounty."

Trowa looked over his shoulder, "Yet."

Treize sat up, his hand still holding his forehead, he grunted, "Yet."

He slowly got back up to his feet, his balance slightly off as he walked towards Wufei, "What's wrong with him? Is he… dead?"

Trowa gave him a look, "Yeah. He's dead. Quite dead. Been dead."

If it had been any other occasion, Treize would have gone into epileptic shock if someone had calmly told him that a few weeks before. But now…

"Save him."

Trowa raised an eyebrow, a smirk gracing his lips, "Are you sure? He is a vampire after all." Trowa shrugged, "I can just let him fade… in fact… I think that's exactly what he wants me to do."

Treize knew what the other boy was talking about and it didn't make him any less guilty, "Save him."

Trowa suddenly paused, his straight posture straightening even further as he cocked his head to the side with a frown, "He's here."

"Who's here?"

As if on cue, the door came crashing open, a tall form stalking in, "How is he?"

Trowa raised an eyebrow at the newcomer, his wariness evident, "He's doing worse than what I reported to you last week."

Treize felt his entire body turn to ice, his heart dropping to his stomach, "Daniel..."

Daniel turned cool eyes over to Treize, something shifting behind his midnight eyes, "Barton. Where's Quatre?"

Trowa turned his back on them, making quick work with the rest of Wufei's clothes, "I told him to return to his room."

This couldn't be happening, could it? Treize edged closer to Wufei's body, his eyes narrowing, "Why are you here?"

Daniel looked like he was contemplating something before he finally spoke, "Did you know he was a vampire?"

"No, but I'm not going to do anything about it." Treize held fast to Wufei's arm, "And you aren't going to either."

If Daniel came to kill Wufei, he's going to have to go through Treize Khushrenada first. Bounty be damned.

Trowa suddenly entered the conversation, "We need to do it fast or we'll lose him."

"Do what?" Treize found himself ignored, Trowa's statement had been directed at Daniel.

The Master walked forward, his eyes trailing down the nude body of Chang Wufei. The boy had left the Order when Trowa had. Who would have known that this would be the outcome? Daniel leaned forward and scooped Wufei's body into his arms, "I'll take care of it."

Treize's grip on Wufei's arm was unrelenting, "Where are you taking him?" A bubbling feeling was growing at the pit of his stomach but he didn't know why, "What do you think you're doing?"

Daniel didn't answer, instead he forcibly jerked Wufei out of Treize's grip and vanished.

Treize didn't have time to react. The man literally just... vanished. Out of thin air. It took several moments before shock finally overtook him, his eyes widening, "Wufei!" He turned sharply, his eyes narrowing, "Where'd he take him?"

Trowa crossed his arms, his stoic expression still in place, "Away."

Away was not where Treize wanted Wufei to be, he sprinted so fast that even Trowa was surprised when he knocked Trowa into the wall, his vice-like grip lifting the vampire up on the wall, "Tell me where he took him. Now."

Inwardly impressed by Treize's strength, Trowa didn't answer. Instead, Treize found himself crumbling back on the ground, the intense pain returning to his head, throbbing so hard he could hear his own heartbeat drumming against his ears. Trowa dusted himself off, straightening his blazer, "Daniel will take care of him. You have no reason to follow, therefore, you will not get an answer."

Treize grunted against the pain, struggling back onto his feet. Determination pumped in his veins, "Tell me. Or I'll kill you."

Trowa raised an eyebrow. This bounty, who has no training, wants to kill him? "I cannot even begin to tell you how impossible that is for you."

Treize didn't seem to care, so Trowa continued, "But Wufei left the Order for a reason. In fact... it was the same reason I left." He pulled something out of his pocket, a sparkling cross on a thin chain. He gazed at it, "I'll help you, I guess." He threw the cross to Treize, who caught it with a look of trepidation, "We leave at Daybreak. And only at Daybreak."

"Where?"

Trowa moved past Treize towards the door, he nonchalantly threw the answer over his shoulder, "Luxevar."

Treize felt his chest tighten. Gods. He hated that place, "Why Daybreak?"

Trowa sighed, pausing at the door, "You don't have to be a bounty to know that is when the Master sleeps." He left, giving a short wave, "Bring your friend. We'll need him."

"Wait... what does the Master have to do with this?"

Treize felt the adrenaline rushing through his body slow, his heart pumping as the piercing pain in his head disappeared. He took a deep breath.

Has the Master Vampire given Daniel an order to take Wufei back? Treize found that he was too tired to think about it.

Find the sleeping Master at Luxevar. Then get Wufei back. It sounded too easy.

+| End Chapter Five |+