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"I don't bloody well want to marry her,” Duo snapped at

his parents.

"But the Lady Hilde will make a lovely wife" Queen Une

added

"Bullshit, I don't want to marry her, in fact I don't

want to marry any girl; you know that’s not my 'thing'

They can all go to hell!"

Don’t take that tone with your mother!! Think of how it

would reflect on us to have our son marry a...a boy!"

Treize pointed out

"Is that all you care about; your friggin' image"

"Duo..." Trieze’s voice warned

"What about my happiness, doesn't that matter at all??

Of course it doesn't!!"

"But Duo honey -"

"No! Don’t even bother!" and with that he left the room

slamming the door behind him, pausing outside to wipe

angry tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Imp outta here" he muttered under his breath

 

   Quatre stood to the side watching the prince pace

back and forth, thinking of a way to escape the palace

"Why not pretend to be a girl and sneak out of the

palace" Trowa said "We could get you a dress" Duo

looked up, amazed

"That’s brill Tro, thanks man...I really do appreciate

you guys helping you’re the best!"

"Its not fair on you Duo,  we're your friends and we

don’t want to see you sad" Quatre said modestly. Half

an hour later Quatre was unbraiding Duo's beautiful

chestnut hair, and combing it thru. Duo walked over to

the mirror to examine his reflection. He was wearing a

lilac dress, complementing the color of his eyes. He

adjusted the corset and the padding

"How the hell do girls wear these all the time?!" he

grunted turning to the side to get a better look at

his newfound curves "I s'pose we'd better get going"

He left the room never noticing Lady Relena run round

the corner at the opposite end of the corridor. So Duo

was trying to get out of marrying Hilde her sister,

thought Relena

 

   Heero leaned against the window of the carriage as

they entered thru the gates of the palace. His father

had a meeting with King Kushrenada about a peace

Treaty, frankly he was bored out of his mind. They had

been traveling in the carriage for half the day. He

noticed something out of the corner of his eye; a

beautiful girl in a pale purple dress was hurrying

towards the gate. She was absolutely heavenly from her

long chestnut hair to her slim figure and the cheeky

grin on her pretty face -an angel

 

   Duo had gotten out of the palace and was now out of

the town walking merrily along the roadside. He

decided to take a break, he sat at the side of the

road, plucking daisy's making them into a chain. He

then began weaving other flowers into the chain. He

was so absorbed in his 'work' that he never noticed

the approaching cloud of dust until the horses  and

riders were nearly upon him. Duo looked up as they

stopped

"What are you doing all the way out here by yourself

gorgeous?" one of the riders asked

"Nuthin' much" Duo answered truthfully

"Why don’t you come with us then?

"Ahhh I think ill just keep walking but...umm...thanks

for the offer" He licked his lips nervously 'This was

bad!'

"Not an offer doll" he laughed and jumped down from

his horse. Duo started to back away, knowing he didn’t

stand a chance of getting away. He had no way out.

 

   The Treaty had been signed and they were heading

home at last. Heero was keeping an eye out for the

pretty girl in the purple dress. Suddenly he noticed

the cluster of horses When they got closer he could

see that they were attacking someone. He ordered the

driver to stop and jumped out

"Back off!" he shouted tithe men. They turned for a

second to see who had spoken then turned back to their

prey. This really pissed Heero off! There was an angry

shout and the crowd parted as their leader fell out of

the ring his nose spurting blood

"Bitch!! You broke my nose!!" He shouted angrily

before diving back into the ring. Heero watched in

amusement as he was knocked from the ring a second

time a bruise already beginning on his cheek...well

whoever was in there could certainly fight well

"Get her" he shouted, the men closed in. Heero decided

to make his move, he called his fathers guards over.

Ah hah they noticed him this time!

"Shit!" one of them spat as he recognized the crest on

his jacket. They got on their horses and left, leaving

behind a very dazed girl

"Should we follow them sir?" asked one of his guards

"No leave them go, the cowards, picking on a

defenseless girl" He looked at the forlorn creature

sitting on the ground, his eyes widened in surprise as

he recognized the purple dress

 

   He walked over and extended a hand. She sniffled

and wiped her eyes, shamefully. She looked up at him

and gave him a watery smile as she took his hand.

Heero pulled her to her feet. Duo bit back a cry as he

stood up, at the sharp, stabbing pain from his ankle.

He collapsed only to be caught in the   strong arms of

his rescuer

"What is it?! What hurts??" the boy asked anxiously

"Its my ankle" Duo whispered fighting back more tears.

 

   Heero could tell that she was in agony so without a

moments hesitation he scooped her into his arms and

carried her to the carriage. Relena was fuming as she

mounted her horse. She had been watching the fight;

those had been her men after all, that had attacked

Duo, and they were now escorting her home. Heero had

to be hers and she had a plan to assure that he would.

She would get he father Millardo Peacecraft to

declare war upon Treize and they wouldn’t stop unless

Duo agreed to marry Hilde...How perfect.

 

Heero leaned back intending on dozing off to pass the

rest of the journey. He was startled when he felt a

weight fall on his shoulder. Then he saw it was the

girl, she had fallen asleep and was now leaning on his

shoulder. He decided to leave her there she looked

exhausted.

Back at the palace King Treize was beginning to worry

about the welfare of his son...

 

To Be Continued…