Saviors
Part 5
Disclaimer: I don't own Gun dam Wing.
Warning: Showmen ai, Nasty  language, Major AU, some violence and knowing me lots of fluff.
Description:  In a land of great poverty a group of young worriers must become saviors despite  the obstacles they must
overcome in their journey.
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Heero woke to the sound of rustling and the faint scent of herbs. His eyes  fluttered open . The room was covered in a thick blanket of darkness, the only  light coming from an oil lamp at the opposite end of the room.
Duo was leaned over his ba of things, obviously trying to find something  without waking Heero with the noise. He had failed obviously.
He blinked bleary eyes at the unexpected vision of Duo's rear waggling  slightly in front of him. No where close enough to touch, but close enough to  effect him.
His mouth went dry and his mind began to wander. Over the past few weeks this  had been happening a little too often for comfort. Duo would sit a certain way  or sit rather close to him and his mind would go completely haywire.
Before meeting the boy he had never once been forced to deal with these  feelings. He had been like stone. No one had ever effected him like this before.
Of course he never let Duo know about this. After all he had to spend quite a  while with the braided boy and didn't want to do anything to disrupt the  friendship that had formed between them.
With a victorious squeak, Duo snapped up right, holding a small dagger in his  hands. He recognized it as the one that Duo's friend Blade had given him before  leaving Colt.
"What time is it?" he asked the boy who who jumped and whirled around.
"Don't do that! Ya nearly gave me a heart attack." He played with the end of  his braid. Something the braided boy did a lot. "It's been an hour since sunset.  Blondie was here again. Came to see if you needed anything. Told him nope and  sent him on his way."
Heero sat up and nodded at the boy. "Quatre worries. He wouldn't have left if  his empathy had have warned him not to."
"Sounds like what I've gathered of him," Duo walked over and sat down on the  edge of his bed. "His name kinda shocked me. Isn't Quatre Winner the name of the  heir to Sank throne?"
Heero nodded again. "Quatre WAS the heir to Sank's throne. He gave it up to  become a healer. His cousins the heir now. She's more suited to the position."
Duo's violet eyes widened. "You mean he's a prince. I just talked to a  PRINCE?!"
Heero sighed. He had expected something like that from his partner. "Yes Duo.  He's a prince. That doesn't make him any different than he was five seconds ago.  He isn't the snobby type."
"But still... I'm a street rat and I was just talkin' to royalty. And he  seemed to like me. I never would have thought about somethin' like this before I  met you. This is jus' so wild."
"It's not the big a deal. There are other more important thing to deal with.  Like what we're going to do after we leave,"
"I have no clue, Heero." Duo sprawled out at his feet, toying with the small  dagger in his hands. "You haven't really told me a hell of a lot about what's  goin' on here. All I know is that you're tryin' to over throw Odin Lowe. Don't  know how we're gonna do that. There's only the two of us."
'Damn,' Heero thought. 'He's starting to ask questions. I'm not so sure I can  tell him everything, no matter how much I want to.'
"Before she died, my mother prophesied that there would be a group of  worriers who would end the reign of injustice that Odin had begun. That I was to  be one of them and I would find the others. We would be linked together by  destiny."
'There I told him my reasoning. That should be enough for now.'
"So you and this group of worriers are jus' gonna waltz into the palace and  kill the king of Kaladar. I don't think it's gonna be so simple," he looked over  at him, uncharacteristically serious.
"Don't you think I know that," he sighed. "Besides there's a fair chance  you're one of the worriers."
"WHAT?!" he bolted up, staring at me. "You've gotta be kidin' me!"
"No," Heero told him frankly. "You're the first person that's actually wanted  to come with me since I started this journey. For that matter you're the first  person I've wanted to come with me since I started. There's something different  about you, Duo. Something wonderful."
"You WANTED me to come with you," Duo's voice was no louder than a whisper.  Like he didn't believe what he'd just said. "I always figured you just brought  me around 'cause ya felt sorry for me."
Heero crossed his arms in front of his chest, eyes narrowing. "If I hadn't  have wanted you to come, believe me, you wouldn't be here."
Duo's face lit up in a brilliant grin as he launched himself at the other  boy. He wrapped his arms around Heero's shoulders, ignoring the boys startlment.
Heero began to relax, letting himself be hugged by the boy he had  inadvertently fallen in love with. Hesitantly he returned the embrace.
His head snapped up as he heard a slight shuffling and was met with the sight  of Quatre standing in the doorway, blushing bright red.
"I'm sorry," the blonde said as he noticed Heero's gaze. "I didn't mean to  interrupt anything."
Duo let go of Heero and turned to grin sheepishly at the other boy. "It was  my fault. I forgot to close the door after I went to the bathroom." Heero  thought he heard a bit of disappointment in the other boys voice but couldn't be  completely sure.
Duo hopped off the bed and grabbed the dagger from the foot of Heero's bed.  Carefully, he placed it back in his bag before turning to Quatre. "What was it  ya wanted?"
"Just to see if you needed anything." the boy told him. "I was about to go to  my room. My shifts over and I have nothing to do."
Duo grinned. "Than why don't ya stay here. Me 'n Heero could use some  company. I haven't really had nobody to talk to since I left home."
smirked.  "He's been annoying me with his continuous chatter since than. I don't think  there's anything except for death that will shut him up. Even than he'll  probably annoy a spirit or two."
"Hey! You've never complained," Duo tried to be self-righteous, but was  grinning. "It's not my fault your about as social as a brick wall."
Quatre smiled at the two. "You sound like and old married couple. Insulting  each other, but loving every minute of it. I never thought there'd be a day when  you could get a full sentence out of Heero Yuy. I congratulate you, Duo, on your  achievements."
"Why thank," Duo bowed to the not quite prince. "I owe it all to my  stubbornness."
Heero watched with amusement as the boys began to chat as if they had been  good friends their entire lives. It was refreshing seeing Duo like this. He  seemed more lively when he had someone who would talk to him instead of ignore  him.
It wasn't as if Heero hadn't been listening. He could remember everything the  boy had said quite clearly. But he hadn't responded to any of Duo's attempts at  conversation. The boy had accepted this and carried on a conversation with  himself, sometimes forgetting that Heero was even there. This was how Heero had  learned many of the things that he knew about the boy. His past, his dreams for  the future, he had learned it all when Duo hadn't thought he was listening.
The conversation was interrupted when Sally burst into the room, breathless  and alarmingly pale.
"What is it?" Quatre jumped to his feet.
"We're under siege," the woman told them. "They're looking for Heero. They  won't stop until we've given him to them."
Heero felt a stab of guilt. He had known that this was a possibility, and he  had still put those he cared about in danger. "I'm sorry Sally. I knew that  coming here was going to be a bad thing."
"It's not your fault!" the woman snapped. "You merely went to the only person  you could trust for held. It's natural that you would have come here."
"Sally, what are we going to do with them," the blonde asked his teacher.
"Get them out. Quatre, I want you to go with them. Help them with their  journey," the woman grabbed the blondes hands as he began to protest. "I know  that you are capable of protesting yourself, but I need you to help get Duo and  Heero out of here. They are Kaladar's last hope."
The blonde nodded, tears welling in his wide, guiless eyes. "Please Sally. Be  careful."
"I will," the woman told him before giving him a tight hug. "Now go Quatre.  Help them. The things you need were all put in the forest at the east end of the  grounds. You know the way there. You should be able to get out without being  seen "
"Good bye," Quatre whispered and pulled a still stunned Duo out the door.
"Thank you," Heero said before slipping out the door after them, carrying  both his and Duo's packs.
TBC.....
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Shade: This fic is turning out shorter than I thought.  Next person in  the picture should be Fei. And there'll be more 1+2 goodness latter on. Time to  start the next chapter, eh? And new POV focus too.
 
  
 
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