Saikai
~ to meet again ~
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"I know it's a small space, but can you stay in here while I'm working?" Quatre put his bag on his office chair and looked back at the little boy. He was wearing new clothes Quatre bought in a hurry this morning. He promised they are going to do some more shopping after his work. "Wow! Is this your office!? It's big!!" The little Duo hopped around the spacious room, checking the bathroom and pictures on the wall. "Little kids your age drew them. I have some talented patients." Quatre smiled and clicked his laptop on for new messages. Like usual, there were dozens of them. He sighed and eyed through them, and one of them caught his eyes. x18999... L3 Colony. Quatre knew right of way who it was and opened the message. The image of Trowa paused and asked if it should replay it. Quatre looked at the time and saw that it was almost eleven thirty. He looked back at the monitor again and decided it was a little late. "...Maybe I should tell him when everything is settled.." Then, brown chestnut hair appeared in front of him. "Is that Trowa?!" Duo turned back to Quatre, pointing at the unmoving face. Quatre stared at the violet-blue eyes for a while and nodded. "Yes, that's Trowa. I.. need to talk to him..." Duo tilted his head a little, but smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'll go over there and draw some pictures for your wall." Duo got off Quatre's laps and head to the big table. Quatre admired and thanked the boy for such an intelligence and patience. He didn't even need to tell him he needed to be alone. Trowa was alone in his office when he received the incoming message. "Good afternoon, Quatre." Quatre smiled a little. "Sorry, Trowa.. I know it's almost noon.. but... It's *really* important.. and I need your help... Is.. Heero around?.." Trowa shook his head, a little disturbed. "He's not here at the moment... He's in the other room.... Why?" Quatre sighed deeply. He closed his eyes, but opened them quickly. "..Trowa.. this is going to sound.. more than crazy.. I couldn't believe it myself.. But.." Quatre was lost on words. He couldn't figure out where to start. He wasn't even sure if the little boy in front of him was real, or just his imagination... "... Quatre.. you might want to make this fast.. We're almost going to move out.." Trowa looked at the time. He was sure his group was almost ready... "Oh.. Okay.. well.. I don't think I can explain it.. but I can show you.." Quatre turned his laptop around, facing it away from him. Trowa, a little confused, focused on the little figure sitting at the far table. The long wavy chestnut hair... Pair of large bluish-violet eyes... "DUO!???" Trowa yelled. Was this a trick of some sort?. Trowa's eyes were wide with shock. "...Duo?" Trowa turned to the voice, and realized Heero has just entered the room. Trowa hid the monitor from him and tried to look calm. "Trowa.." Heero raised his eyebrow and looked Trowa right in the eyes. Trowa calmly stared back. He was about to give up, when suddenly; "Trowa!! We got him!!!" One of his men yelled through the opened door. Heero's eyes kept observing Trowa, but he silently turned away and ran out with the rest of the members. Trowa sighed and turned back to his laptop. "Quatre... we'll talk about this later." With that, he clicked the monitor off and ran out. Quatre stared at the black monitor. "Oh no... that was Heero..." Quatre shook his head and regretted contacting Trowa. He closed the laptop and looked up at Duo drawing something with crayons. He was glad the boy heard none of this. ____________________ "Look! Look!!" Duo pointed at the horses pulling the carriage. Quatre laughed and tried to keep up with the excited child, but he was carrying too many shopping bags. It was mostly Duo's new clothes and toys. The little boy told Quatre he didn't need all that, but Quatre insisted and bought everything he thought would look good on Duo. As Quatre caught up, he looked above the sky. It was already getting dark and clouds were beginning to form a layer over the sky. "It's going to rain pretty soon... Let's hurry, Duo." The boy turned around and nodded his head. He reached for Quatre's unoccupied hand. Quatre smiled and held it tight. As he thought, drops of rain started falling from the sky. Quatre began to run a little. But not too fast, so that Duo can keep up. "I'm actually calling him Duo... but it's funny how it doesn't feel weird calling him that..." "WAIT!!!" Duo suddenly stopped. Quatre almost slipped on the wet pavement. "Duo, be careful!" Quatre turned to the boy. But he was looking somewhere else. "I heard... something.." Duo said and ran in between the buildings. "Duo, wait!!" Quatre quickly followed, but the narrow space was not exactly helping him. The little figure easily ran through and stopped at the far wall. "Duo.. what is it?" Quatre finally reached behind the kneeling boy. He was a little out of breath, reminding him that his body wasn't use to these kinds of exercise anymore. "...Quatre..." The little boy stood up steadily and turned slowly towards Quatre. " .......Duo.." "PLEASE~?!!! I'll take care of her all by myself!!" Duo 's eyes were glittering, looking pleadingly up at Quatre. Quatre was a little surprised by those eyes... But gently smiled. "... Everything about you remind me of him..." Inside the little boy's secured arms, a muddy cat was curling comfortably. She was dirty, but she was staring up at Quatre with beautiful perssuian blue eyes. "Okay, Duo. Change your clothes and dry your hair. You can use the bathroom sink to wash her. Be careful, they usually don't like water..." "Okay, Quatre. Thank you!" Duo hugged Quatre and ran in the bathroom. Quatre giggled and locked the door behind him. As he entered the dark room, his phone rang. He quickly set the bags down on the table, switched the lights on, and grabbed the phone. "Hello?" From the other line, he heard the voice he had wanted to hear for the whole day. "It's me, Quatre. Are you okay?" Quatre almost sighed happily. "Yes, I'm okay. How was your day?" "It wasn't bad... nor good..." "? Did something go wrong?" "... We've captured some of our target's little followers... But not the target. He managed to get away before we got there. " "Oh.. Well, are you okay? Was anyone hurt?" "No. No one's hurt... But... Quatre.... I know we've got more important things to talk about..... Heero is here too... We're ready to listen..." Quatre nodded his head. He was finally getting the help he needed. "Okay... Thank you..." "Wow! You're pure white! I didn't know because of all that mud on you." Duo laughed and gently dried the cat with a towel. The cat actually behaved pretty well in the water. "There! All clean!" Duo smiled and kissed the cat's head. The cat looked up at Duo and stared at him for a while. And then, quickly jumped out of the sink and out the bathroom. "Hey, wait!" Duo stumbled at the cat's sudden movement and ran after her. He heard an unusual noise and headed to the door. The cat was there, scratching her nails, desperately wanting to get out. "Oh... I see...," Duo knelt down beside her, "are they still alive?.." When putting her in bath, Duo noticed the cat was actually a mother. He figured she gave birth to kittens, but wasn't sure if they were alive. The cat's marble-like eyes were pleading Duo to come with her. Duo quietly got up and sneaked in the kitchen. Quatre was busy talking on the phone. "Well... As soon as we find them, we'll come back in a flash, right?" Duo asked the cat. She ran out as soon as Duo opened the door. Duo hesitantly closed the door behind him and followed her. ___________________________ It had stopped raining, but the sky was still covered by gray clouds. The neon lights kept the streets bright, but it wasn't enough to compel people to come out. The streets were almost deserted, except for the people waiting for the bus and some teenagers joking around. The night air made Duo shiver, but he didn't stop running. He knew the cat trusted Duo with her kittens and wasn't willing to give that up. The cat ran in the dark alleyway, turned to the corner by the dumpster. Duo ran as fast as he could and turned the corner. "....Here?" Duo was breathing heavily. He didn't even know how far he ran, but his legs were tired. The cat slowly lead him to a small box far in the corner, covered by a dirty rag. The white cat stuck her head in the box. A moments later, Duo heard little squeaking noises. He slowly kneeled down and lifted the rag. "How cute!... You guys are really tiny!!" Duo laughed softly and watched as the mother gently licked her babies. As they got licked, they recognized their mother instantly and meowed weakly at her. All except one... Duo slowly picked the unmoving kitten. As he thought and feared, it showed no signs of life. Duo carefully placed the lifeless kitten back in the box. A total of 4 kittens survived. "Don't worry, guys. Quatre is very nice. I'm sure he'll like you guys too..." Duo patted the mother, who was still licking her babies. She was probably looking for food or any source of help for her kittens when Duo found her. Although one precious life didn't have a chance, he was glad he'd found them and sighed in relief.... "NO!! LET GO OF ME!!!" Duo jumped a little. There was someone around the corner, obviously not alone. "Stay here. Okay?" He put the mother cat in the box with her kittens. He slowly walked towards the corner. "I said LET GO!!! I SWEAR!! I'm TELLING THE COPS!!" It was enough to make Duo's heart skip a beat. He froze in place, a single sweat dropping from his forehead. His eyes caught a glimpse of blonde hair on the ground. Duo shifted a little to the right to get a better look. It was a woman, bleeding on the ground. Her eyes locked with Duo's. "Aaa.... .lp....e..p." She couldn't speak clearly, but Duo could read her lips clearly. "Help me, please..." His body was moving before his mind. He knew it was dangerous, but he couldn't help it. He couldn't just leave her dying... "Can you hear me..?" Duo knelt beside her and held her shoulders. "I'm going to get help." Duo spoke slowly. He finally realized his situation and looked up. A man was there.... about to walk away, but stopped at Duo's voice. The man turned around, his eyes wide from astonishment. He saw a little boy, eyes equally wide as his. The man snickered a little and started to walk towards the child. "Hello, little hero... Where's your mommy and daddy? Aren't you supposed to be in bed by now?" The man patted the boy's soft brown hair, pulling a gun with his other hand. "You're a bad boy, aren't you? Butting in adult's business like this..." Duo noticed the man's left eye was colorless.. It was... cold and... soulless. Just like the man. "Look, little boy. You know what this is?" The man pointed his gun at Duo. "Now, I don't want to kill you, kid... But that all depends,, on you.." The man smiled maniacally, but was quickly replaced by a disturbed expression. The boy's eyes changed. It wasn't a little child's anymore... "If you want to make sure she's dead, you should kill me too. ...Because I will help her..." The boy glared up at the man, almost challenging and daring him. The man stared at those blazing eyes, not sure how to respond. "MICHELLE!!!" A voice was heard from the distance, dozens of footsteps coming towards them . The man regained his coolness and looked around. He had to move now. "I'll remember your pretty little face, boy." The man chuckled, sliding the gun beneath Duo's chin and forced him to look up at him. "Bravery could get you hurt someday." The man brushed his rough hand in Duo's long hair. He quickly got up and escaped from the alley. Duo kept his silent glare, even after the man was out of sight. It was beginning to rain again... "MICHELLE!! Are you okay??!" Bunch of people came rushing in the alley, running past the kneeling boy. "Get an ambulance!! NOW!!" "They're already on the way!" Duo didn't even look up to see who they were. He kept his eyes fixed at the route the man ran to. "Kid, are you okay? Did you see a strange man?" Large hand appeared in front of Duo's face. Duo kept still. The stranger sighed and squatted in front of the unmoving boy. "!!????" "Wufei!??" Wufei saw the blazing fires in the boy's eyes, which disappeared as soon as the boy recognized him. "Wufei! Wufei!!" The boy's eyes softened and returned to a child's. He reached up and embraced the startled man. "D-Duo??" Wufei finally managed to speak out. "Hey, Wufei. You know the kid?" One of the men asked from behind. Wufei quickly shoved the boy away, causing him to stumble on the ground. "Owww.. Wufei~" "HEY!! What did you do that for?!" The other man yelled. Wufei realized what he had done and swiftly kneeled in front of the boy again. "Gomen.... But are.... you..." "Duo?" The boy asked. Wufei closed his mouth and nodded. The boy smiled and nodded with him. Wufei watched and observed the boy for a while. He finally sighed and held Duo up in his arms. Duo didn't struggle at all, rather, he held onto Wufei's shoulders. Wufei turned to the other man. "Call Yue-Lun... Tell him I'm going to be a little late..." Saikai ~to meet again~ Back Fanfics Next Saikai=reunion/ to meet with old friends. |
