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"Duo's Demons"Written By: t-shirt Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters are
copyright to Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency, and associated parties.
I make no money with this fic. Rating: NC 17 Warnings: AU/Action/Adventure, Angst, fluff, non-graphic
lemon, ssssssap, yuckables ^-^ Pairings: Eventual 1x2, 3x4, background 1x5, attempted
2xOC but Duo isn’t having much luck getting laid *snicker* go figure Summary: An ancient Demon Lord is intrigued by
a child that one of his favored few finds after his family had been
annihilated by others of their kind. The Demon decides to keep the
child as his presence brings some relief from the overwhelming boredom
of his infinite reign. However, things change after a time in which
the amusing child grows into a devastatingly beautiful young man.
"Duo's Demons"
Ch 2 ‘Duo... Dude… What the hell happened to your car?’ ‘Don’t ask,’ he groaned dropping his tattered and doodle covered text book on the small wooden desk before plopping down into it. ‘Whatever, man,’ Howard shrugged eyeing the mangled mess out the open window as more of his students filtered into the small, airy class room. ‘Duo! What happened to your car?’ ‘Hey, Hilde,’ Duo smiled ignoring the comment. His expression went somber for a moment as Lindsey walked in glancing once at him then ducking her head and heading for the seat farthest from him. She’d refused to answer his calls or speak to him at all since their date and for what it was worth he couldn’t blame her. It was an awful thing to be messed with by one of the Dark Lord's favorite underlings. At that point he really just hoped she’d eventually get over it and be able to forget the whole nasty ordeal. ‘What’s with her?’ Hilde asked taking the seat next to Duo. ‘Did you two have a fight?’ another voice Duo recognized as his best friend, Solo, asked as he sat down behind him. ‘We... broke up,’ Duo told them glancing regretfully in the girl's direction but she was staring intently at a small spot on the baseboard as if she were scared it might reach out and bite her. Duo sighed and silently cursed the shadow demon and several of his family members to boot. ‘Oh, Duo, I’m so sorry,’ Hilde soothed touching his hand. ‘What happened? Is there anything we can do?’ ‘Naw,’ Duo sighed again. ‘It’s over. I’ll deal. Hey, you guys want to catch some waves after school?’ he asked icing over his broken heart once again in favor of being pitied. ‘Sure,’ Solo replied allowing him his dignity. ‘I can’t,’ Hilde moaned pulling her gum out of her mouth and sticking it to the corner of her aged and scraped up desk. ‘Why not?’ Duo inquired also preparing for the lesson. ‘Hell-oo! Rehearsal?’ she grumbled rolling her big brown eyes. ‘Oh, yeah. Sorry.’ ‘No biggy,’ she sighed, turning her attention to the rather large contraption that Howard had just rolled into the center of their class room. ‘We’ll be there,’ Solo smiled touching her shoulder supportively as she smiled and leaned back into the warmth of his hand. ‘Yeah, you know we wouldn’t ditch you,’ Duo added, feeling the guilt for his forgetfulness lift as his resolve to support his friend solidified. The day seemed to drag by no matter how hard he tried to entertain himself. Being anywhere near Lindsey was awkward and uncomfortable so he spent his lunch time outside under a big palm tree watching the waves lap at the shore along the white sandy beach that bordered their little school of misfits and outcasts. Solo and Hilde had joined him and they’d had a pleasant time just enjoying the ocean breeze before they had to head to the final lesson of the day. A lesson Duo almost always dreaded because though the subject was quite interesting, the instructor was a bit of a thorn in his side. As much as he hated to admit it for fear the acknowledgement might actually make it real he couldn’t deny the man had an infatuation for him. If he’d learned of his and Lindsey’s separation it would mean he was in for an uncomfortable lesson. Luckily, he’d faced far more frightening things in his time than one over anxious, homosexual teacher. Not many though. Mercifully, his illustrious instructor showed him no more favoritism than he usually did as they gathered their tools and equipment and headed out to the large barn that housed their current Practical Science project. This was Duo’s favorite subject because he not only got to learn about cutting edge technologies, but they were actually required to apply them in a practical manner. Hence the huge mecha that slumbered silently on its back in the hanger. This was also where most of their funding came from as when they were successful in their creation it would become the prototype for a new type of soldier in a new kind of army that would make it possible for all people to live in peace. Well, that was the general idea anyway. Reality was that Duo just kind of got off on tinkering with the mammoth robot and if he had to put up with some innuendo and grab ass then those are the hard lumps of life. Hell, he was raised by Demons and still had all his fingers and toes; this was a piece of cake. ‘How is your progress?’ Ok, maybe a slice bread. ‘Not bad,’ Duo replied to the tall man with the platinum hair. Maybe it was a hair thing; his was half as long as Duo’s own, thigh length locks. ‘Think I’ve just about got the hydraulic problem worked out,’ he told him going back to his work. Don’t make eye contact…. Right? ‘I heard about your misfortune,’ the tall man said softly. Duo jerked and moved his leg, glaring up at the guy as he smiled and dropped some microscopic fragment that he’d apparently plucked from Duo’s pants leg on the ground. ‘If there’s … anything I can do,’ he offered, his ice blue eyes making that word `anything` into a wet dream. ‘Nope,’ Duo replied turning back to his work. ‘Perhaps I could come by later.’ ‘Look, Zechs…’ ‘Duo? Do you have the 9/16ths?’ Hilde called. ‘Umm yeah, just a sec,’ the longhaired boy called back grateful for his friend's intervention as he took her the tool. He didn’t have to deal with Zechs again until they were packing up for the day. Most of the class had already left leaving only Duo, Solo, Hilde and the instructor as was customary since Duo never had known when to stop, he was also Solo’s ride home and Hilde wasn’t about to leave him there with Zechs. It didn’t happen often since even there a homosexual teacher of his standing couldn’t bend the rules too far. They were all there for the same reason, they had more brains than sense, but now and then, like now, the tall, blond man would pull his weight and hold Duo back after class. These were never good situations and although his friends were not allowed to accompany him inside they insisted on standing right outside the door while they waited for him. ‘What is it?’ Duo asked once situated in the small, dimly lit office. ‘Please,’ Zechs purred. ‘Sit.’ ‘No thanks,’ the longhaired boy replied. ‘What did you need to see me about?’ ‘Duo,’ the blond man smiled moving around to lean on the desk in front of him making Duo wish he’d chosen to sit after all. ‘I realize you are at an age when your interests have... blossomed,’ he said raking his eyes down the boy’s slender body. Duo fidgeted but made no other comment. ‘You don’t have to hide your pain,’ he smiled. ‘If you’re talking about Lindsey...’ ‘Of course, I am,’ Zechs spoke kindly. ‘She’s what? The third girlfriend you’ve been through this semester?’ ‘That’s none of your business,’ Duo said firmly. ‘It is absolutely my business,’ the man countered stepping closer to him. ‘Everything that has to do with you is my business,’ he told him reaching out towards his cheek with a look of purest desire in his pale eyes. ‘I care for you,’ he said trying to touch his cheek, but Duo took a step backward and avoided the contact making him frown sorrowfully. ‘I’m not interested in you that way,’ Duo told him sternly. ‘You know that.’ ‘Things change,’ Zechs breathed advancing again, but this time Duo had nowhere to go. It wasn’t like he didn’t find the man attractive. Hell, he was like an angel to look at, every aspect of his physical presence a tantalizing tid bit for the wanting sou,l not to mention he’d been raised by a bunch of demons that could’ve cared less what someone’s sex was and more often than not took each other as partners in spite of the fact they were all male. They had apparently lost interest in the human race for the most part and turned to one another long, long ago, but Duo wasn’t a demon and he kind of liked the curvy softness of a female’s fleshy body. The fact that this was a totally NORMAL way to behave was a huge plus as well. ‘Don’t,’ the longhaired boy warned, his need for some sort of tangible touch holding him in place, restraining his ability to cry out for his friends, but it wasn’t a threat that came from his own desire to halt the advance that was making him nervous. His heart was slamming into his ribs out of fear not exhilaration as he waited for some gruesome ghouly to come whizzing through the wall and take the poor man's head off. He was very relieved when he heard Hilde shout instead. ‘Hey! Watch it!’ she barked as a shadow flew by her shadow on the other side of the marbled, painted glass in the door. A moment later something slammed into the wall as another shadow flew by. ‘Damn,’ Zechs swore going to open the door and stop what appeared to be a fight in the hall. ‘Hey! Hold it!’ he yelled going over to the two boys that were wrestling on the ground to pull the one on top up to his feet. It helped that he stood a full head and shoulders above the rest of the students. ‘Calm down!’ he rasped, but Duo could no longer hear his words. His heart had just stopped beating completely, his blood congealing as an icy wind froze his brain solid and his stomach dropped out on the ground. ‘Hiya, Duo,’ Trowa grinned looking tattered and torn in his humanoid state, his long auburn bangs all mussed up and tangled where his opponent, a very amused sun sprite he knew by the name of Quatre grinned brightly looking just as beat up and forlorn as the imp. ‘You know these two?’ Zechs asked gasping and dropping the pair as Duo suddenly hit the floor. His head spun and his mind screamed `NO! NO WAY! What the hell was that? Some one was gently slapping him in the face. ‘…uo?... Duo? Are you alright?’ Hilde’s pained tenor broke through the fog, her chubby cheeked face swimming into view as he slowly regained his senses. ‘Damn’ he breathed shaking his head a little. ‘I though I saw Ah!’ he barked jumping so hard he hit his head on the wall behind him in his haste as Hiiro’s blue eyes smiled at him from across the hall. The familiar sound of Trowa’s maniacal laugher pierced both the air and his heart as he slowly turned his violet eyes to see that Quatre was indeed at the imp's side. His usual glittering sparkle toned down to an acceptable glow so that he bore little resemblance to his ethereal self just as Trowa’s usual habit of floating several inches off the ground had been curbed. Hiiro, well there was little that could be done to mask the Great Lord's eminent presence any further so he simply stood as still as the grave, watching as he was prone to do. ‘Wh… what’re you doing here?’ the longhaired boy asked clearly astonished by their presence. ‘You know them?’ Solo questioned again eyeing the group of demons warily as the imp continued to giggle and lean heavily on the chuckling sprite. ‘Uh... we’ve met,’ Duo stammered allowing his friends to pull him from the floor. He chanced a look at Hiiro to find him smirking in amusement. ‘Who are they?’ Hilde asked still shaken by his reaction, but Duo appeared to have checked out the moment his eyes met Hiiro’s. ‘Duo?’ the girl called curiously glancing between the two boys’s as Hiiro’s smile curled the corners of his lips evilly until the braided boy suddenly shuddered and looked away. The smile vanished with the broken gaze. ‘What’re you boys doing here?’ Zechs interjected authoritatively. ‘You aren’t supposed to start classes until tomorrow.’ ‘C...c...c...classes!?!’ Duo stammered and Hiiro’s grin returned. ‘We’re going to school!’ the sprite chirped happily. ‘`Tis the time for young maidens with favors a`plenty, For the clever young gamin to catch unawaaaaares!’ he imp sang in a lively tune has he took the sprite's pale hand and danced about his slender form ending with his arms wrapped around his waist and a huge well… impish grin on his face. ‘What maidens?’ Quatre asked sulkily. ‘Those,’ Trowa replied indicating Hilde, his emerald eyes flashing with mischief. ‘What need have we for those?’ the blond asked pulling away from him, his aquamarine orbs glowering softly. ‘Guys,’ Duo said warningly glancing around at the other humans in the hall. ‘They can be fun to play with,’ Trowa went on ignoring him. ‘What do you need one of those to play with for?!’ Quatre snapped trying to slap the ginning elf in the head but he was (oddly enough) not there anymore and sent the blond sprite a huge raspberry when his eyes finally found him again before ducking behind Duo for protection. ‘Settle down,’ Zechs broke in, but Quatre was still trying to swat the giggling demon, missing again as he darted behind Hilde this time. When the girl suddenly yelped and grabbed her ass glaring daggers at the mischievous imp, Duo saw the tale tell shimmer of light in the sprite’s cerulean eyes before the first finger on his right hand began to softly glow. A moment later the sprite had mysteriously tripped over something and smashed his blond head into the wall so hard it left a crack in it. The imp was instantly by his side and Duo’s eyes had locked on the smirking visage of their Master as he stood by looking highly amused by the entire event. ‘Oh my god!’ Hilde shrieked going to the sprite's side, but Duo intercepted her before she could get close enough for the imp to damage her for desecrating his lover. ‘Is he alright?’ she asked still tugging as if she wanted to help. ‘I’m fine,’ Quatre replied shaking his thick blond locks. It was nice to be immortal, but it kind of sucked when the crack in your skull took days to heal up. ‘Forgive me,’ he added softly and Duo understood it was directed implicitly toward the Dark Lord. ‘You boys aren’t even supposed to be here,’ Zechs snapped losing his patience. ‘We might not exactly be General Bark’s Military Academy, but I can assure you this type of behavior will not be tolerated in class. I suggest you think on that this evening,’ he told them. ‘You speak of… rules,’ Hiiro said in a slow even tone that made the hair on Duo’s arms stand up and his entire body tremble in anticipation. Any minute now he expected his friends and his school to go up in a mushroom cloud. ‘Yes... rules,’ Zechs repeated haughtily pulling himself up to his full height. A height that Duo knew was about as impressive to Hiiro as a limp piece of cheese. ‘We are expected to... obey ... these rules,’ Hiiro stated walking slowly around the trembling Duo. All the boy could do was fix his eyes on a point ahead of him and pray to gods he knew didn’t exist that he could stay on his feet. ‘Of course,’ Zechs replied, his ice blue eyes narrowing menacingly as Hiiro paused behind the braided youth then moved in close to him. Close enough to breathe in the scent of his hair and touch him deep within his soul. ‘Rules such as teachers not fraternizing with students,’ the Demon Lord said softly as he grinned over Duo’s shoulder at the taller man’s now flustered face. ‘Hey, man, give him some space,’ Solo said firmly as he watched Duo’s knees shake slightly. ‘Don’t,’ the braided boy breathed almost inaudibly making Hiiro’s smile curl up at the corners some more. Trowa was taken by another quiet fit of giggles as the Demon Lord indulged himself in a deep inhalation of the violet eyed boy's tangible scent before slowly moving away. For a long moment no one said a word as the sprite and imp fell into step behind him, Trowa still giggling under his breath as he helped the swaying pixie along until finally they disappeared and everyone in the hall let out one, huge, collective sigh. ‘Are you ok?’ Hilde asked immediately as Duo suddenly sagged in relief. ‘Yeah,’ he lied avoiding her touch as he was still trembling and didn’t really want her to know. ‘Let's go,’ he said moving off down the hallway, his friends glancing at the steady blue eyes of their teacher who was still staring at where the demons had disappeared with an expression of deepest loathing. ‘Shit, Duo, who the hell was that guy?’ Solo asked staying close to his sweat dampened friend just in case he should have need of him. ‘Friend of the family,’ Duo replied rubbing his icy hands together. Damn it! How could he do this to him? What the hell was he thinking enrolling a bunch of demons in a god damn high school!? ‘There was something very… odd about him,’ Hilde added glancing back at the school nervously. ‘Yeah, he can be a little... intense,’ Duo chuckled. ‘I can’t believe he confronted Merquise like that,’ Solo laughed. ‘Yeah,’ Hilde went on. ‘It was almost as if he was looking after you.’ ‘He’s definitely protective,’ Duo told them. ‘Look, can we talk about this later? We’re already late for your rehearsal,’ he reminded the girl. ‘Oh, shit!’ she gasped grabbing him by the arm to pull him along faster towards his sardine can of a car. He had no clue what the hell his demon guardians were up to, but he had a very bad feeling about this.
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