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"White Knight"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: Angst, fluff, WAFF , light lemons Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5+all Summary: Duo is a young boy who has dreams - dreams of the future. "White Knight" Ch 3 “What?! What’s the meaning of this?” “Hiiro,” Relena breathed clutching her hand to her chest. “What’re you saying?” “You have nothing to fear,” the young captain assured the girl and her stunned father. “My men will remain to guard your home but I must return to Corsica with Lady Une’s company.” Relena flashed the grinning Duo a glare and set her eyes in determination. “I’m afraid you can’t,” she said stubbornly. “We have a contract you see…” “Our agreement was for my company to protect your home,” Hiiro cut in flat out refusing to look in Duo’s direction. “It is not necessary for me to be here to accomplish that goal.” Darlian looked thoughtfully into Duo’s star filled eyes as his brow drew together crossly. “May I ask what brought about this sudden change?” he asked drawing himself to his full height but Hiiro’s only response was… “You may.” “Count Darlian,” Une interjected. “It is our belief that Hiiro is to play a key part in bringing peace back to our lands.” “Yes, yes,” the man waved her off. “This, so called, prophecy.” “Oh, surely you’re not going to believe the delusional claims of an obviously enamored boy?” Relena exclaimed. “Hiiro, you must understand that he’s trying to manipulate you into…” “Be that as it may,” Hiiro cut her off looking again to her father. “My decision is made.” The man didn’t look happy but nodded curtly and bid them farewell. ** “What’re you grinning about?” Wufei asked his dopey faced friend. Hiiro had taken up point position leading Une with Nichol while the rest of the party followed but Duo hadn’t stopped smiling since they set out. The Chinese boy couldn’t help but roll his eyes when Duo sighed and replied… “He’s finally here.” “He said he doesn’t know you,” Kaiku reminded him but the comment only made Duo laugh. “He hasn’t even looked at you,” Wufei agreed but their words of reason bounced off the braided boy with little affect. “He hasn’t taken his eyes off me even once in his life,” he smiled in full confidence. “Perhaps Relena was right,” Wufei chuckled. “You are hopelessly enamored.” “Then why is he here?” Duo asked. The Chinese boy stopped to think it over gazing curiously at Hiiro’s back as he moved along in front of them. “He seems the hero type,” he shrugged. “Perhaps he seeks glory.” “He follows his heart,” Duo insisted. “And you are his heart?” Kaiku smiled mockingly. “Why is that so hard to believe?” Duo asked. “You’re a man for one,” the taller boy replied reasonably. “And he doesn’t even know you.” “All right, then,” Duo smiled easing his horse a little closer. “Touch me.” “What?” Kaiku scoffed glancing nervously at the grinning Wufei. “Just lay your hand along my cheek,” Duo told him glancing cleverly at Hiiro’s back. Kaiku flicked a gaze at the captain as well shaking off the nervousness in favor of proving his point. His hand moved slowly as he reached for Duo’s face, his eyes wary of any reaction from Hiiro and his confidence growing as there was none as his fingers gently traveled Duo’s jaw. “You see?” he began but it was at that moment that Hiiro’s majestic, white steed somehow miss-stepped bumping into Une’s horse who stumbled into Kaiku’s causing the beast to rear up and drop him on his ass while Wufei and Duo laughed like a couple of loons. Kaiku turned a heated glare Hiiro’s way but the captain appeared completely unaware of the incident leaving him to catch up and regain his mount in solitary petulance. Wufei paid greater attention to Hiiro’s behavior as they traveled and began to notice small idiosyncrasies that gave credence to Duo’s claim. It was nothing overly obvious, on the contrary, the captain seemed utterly oblivious to the longhaired boy’s presence but it did not escape his notice that Hiiro seemed to always know exactly where Duo was and that anytime the braided boy appeared to be in need of something it somehow became readily available. It seemed far fetched that Hiiro could be doing these things on purpose but it was odd that when Duo’s flask ran dry they just happened to come upon a stream and when the he sighed and scowled at the sun their trail somehow took them below the canopy. The coy smirk on Duo’s lips for most of the afternoon aided Wufei in dispelling the doubts that perhaps there was something to his belief that Hiiro’s feelings toward him would grow. Evening was pressing in on them before they reached the outer boarders of Corsica as they had gotten a later start than when they had left and Hiiro and Nichol were discussing whether or not it would be wise to stop for the night drawing Wufei’s attention to other matters. “The forest is not safe,” Nichol was saying knowing it would be another three hours before they reached safe haven and it would be very dark by then giving their enemies more opportunity to attack. “We’ve another half hour of light,” Hiiro countered looking around as if to assess the lay of the land. “There is a river south of here.” Nichol eyed him warily. “You’ve been to Corsica before?” “No,” Hiiro replied ignoring the man’s skeptical expression. “But the river provides adequate protection on the south,” he stated. “Or a means by witch to trap us,” Nichol disagreed. “Oh, come on,” Duo groaned. “Wouldn’t you rather sleep in your bed tonight than on the cold, hard ground?” Wufei’s brow knit as Duo grinned when Hiiro simply stated, “We shall press on.” “Duo?” Une inquired asking a multitude of questions with her cautious eye but the braided boy merely smiled in a most disturbingly starry eyed way as he replied… “Trust him.” Une laughed out loud while Nichol scowled his disapproval and Kaiku downright sulked when she readily declared, “I am not in the habit of trusting strangers but you, my dear boy, have my full confidence. Mr. Yui… take us home.” “My Lady,” Nichol spoke softly falling in beside Une as they followed Hiiro into the trees. “I feel I must advise against this. Should our enemies have learned of our journey it would be far easier to ambush us under the cover of night.” “Let them come,” Duo grinned spurring his mount onward as he proclaimed, “There is no creature alive that can stand against him.” Wufei was fervently hoping that his confidence in their new captain was not in vane as they moved deeper in to the woods. Nichol was a seasoned soldier and had just cause to be concerned considering the enemies Corsica now faced and the further they went the more he felt the uneasiness overcome him until his dragon spirit began to fade into view in preparation for battle. “What’s wrong?” Kaiku asked though his ability to see the dragon cloak was minimal he was well acquainted with Wufei’s change of mood. “Something feels…” the Chinese boy began but ceased speaking when the sound of a steel blade singing from its sheath whispered in the air. “Duo?” he spoke softly turning at the longhaired boy’s lack of response and starting when he saw the faint light glowing in the braided boy’s eyes. “Hiiro.” The name was strong but evenly spoken as if by gentle command but Wufei’s attention was suddenly drawn away when an arrow whizzed by his head and was expertly snatched out of the air before it could hit Une by his dragon spirit. “Ambush!” Nichol shouted brandishing his sword as cloaked men began to pour from the trees. Hiiro was in action as well bringing anyone that came within reach to their knees with expert precision but his head kept swinging around to catch glimpses of Duo where he still sat on his steed in the middle of the fray. Kaiku had dismounted barreling into the enemy with berserker intent as was his way while Wufei had taken to the sky bearing down on the aggressors without mercy. “Duo!” he shouted seeing that his friend had not only refrained from joining in the battle as Une silenced several men who were trying to unseat him. “DUO!” “Hiiro,” the braided boy spoke again and though the name was no more than a whisper it rang through the night reaching the captains ears easily and Wufei gasped when he saw the evidence of the light in Duo’s eyes in Hiiro’s gaze. “Don’t be afraid,” the braided boy smiled raising his hand toward his counterpart. From above Wufei had a perfect view of the battle ground. The sun had set but it was not so dark under the star lit sky that he missed the events unfolding as Hiiro turned to Duo and held his sword at the ready. There was doubt in Hiiro’s gaze but determination played upon his lips as Wufei distractedly smashed the skull of a soldier that was sneaking up on Une from behind just before the blade in Hiiro’s hand began to glow. He was captivated by the way the wind suddenly played with the two blowing as if from within their bodies and up into the sky as the light surrounding Hiiro grew. “Duo?!” the captain suddenly cried looking as if he might explode should he attempt to hold the raw power inside him but Duo’s reassuring smile calmed him as he softly intoned… “Trust me.” All at once the clearing burst into vibrant light that confused and frightened not only Luxemburg’s men but Une and her party as well. No one was quite sure what was happening at first but then the light inside Hiiro burst forth from Duo’s eyes, mouth and hands snaking out in deadly tendrils that easily found their marks leaving every enemy lying lifeless on the ground in a matter of seconds. Nichol stepped protectively in front of Kaiku as they watched the serpentine light slowly recede until Duo sat once again upon his horse and night reclaimed the clearing. Wufei gently set down nearly between the two boys who were staring at each other in no small amount of wonder though Hiiro’s appeared more bewildered and Duo’s an embracing, and all encompassing high. There was only one thing on everyone’s mind but it was Hiiro who spoke as he was the most curious of all when he breathed, “By the Gods…what are you?” Duo did his best to keep the elation inside but it bubbled up and spilled over making him laugh out loud as he replied, “I am the other half of you.” “How did you do that?” Wufei asked cautiously looking around at the bodies that littered the ground. “I didn’t,” Duo smiled unable to take his eyes off Hiiro. “He did.” “But it came out of you,” Kaiku commented stumbling uncertainly through the clearing. “It’s inside me,” Hiiro confessed gaining their undivided attention. “Explain,” Une demanded still holding her bloody blade at the ready. “It is a force that resides within me,” the captain explained as he watched Duo’s beaming face carefully. “It’s why I was chosen to lead,” he told them moving his white mount closer to the braided boy. “But it is a curse I have never been able to control.” Duo slid off his horse in unison with Hiiro and stood before him as breathlessly as the captain himself as he asked, “What happened? Every other time…” “All you needed was a conductor,” Duo smiled. “You should be dead,” Hiiro countered. Duo’s smile softened as he raise a hand and let his fingertips brush lovingly along the length of Hiiro’s jaw. “I told you I would guide you,” he reminded him. “You have the power to save us all,” he whispered drifting ever closer. “And together… we will bring peace to this world.” Kaiku’s mouth fell open when Hiiro slowly gave in and kissed the braided boy in a way that made it obvious neither of them were aware of their audience anymore. Une and Nichol bore much the same expression whereas Wufei was scrubbing a hand over his face and sighing in dreadful anticipation. The joining was no less powerful than the night before and left each of them flushed and dizzy as they slowly parted. Hiiro blushed furiously when he realized his hand had crept down Duo’s back to rest along the curve of his ass jerking it back quickly but Duo’s flushed face refused to let him go far. It was Wufei’s quite snort that finally broke the spell causing Hiiro to glance at him and elevating the color on his cheeks to dangerous levels when he realized what he’d just done. “Can you do that at will?” Une asked not wasting any time getting to the point. “No,” Hiiro replied moving to a safer distance from Duo’s willing mouth. He couldn’t help the smile when confronted by the smitten expression on the longhaired boy’s face as he explained, “Only when he’s around.” “Why?” she demanded finally sheathing her sword as Nichol had rounded up her mount. “Because,” Hiiro replied pulling himself smoothly into the saddle. “Without him I can’t control it.” “You mean… you might have killed us all?” Wufei gasped settling in his saddle. “Without him,” Hiiro explained, “You would all be dead.” “Then why did you use it!?” Kaiku growled unnerved by the confession but Hiiro merely smiled and looked to Duo as he stated… “Because I trust him.” Duo didn’t need any help from internal powers to brighten the clearing upon that declaration and fairly floated into the saddled. The rest of the trip was spent in quiet contemplation by most though Kaiku and Nichol spoke softly to each other from time to time. They were received with warm affection at Corsica Manor by Haven and his men who watched Hiiro warily as even in the deepening darkness he seemed to shimmer upon the back of his pristine mount. When they learned of the happenings on the road their caution redoubled though there was hope in their eyes because they all knew Duo and the braided boy simply shone every time Hiiro glanced his way. A detail was sent back to the battle field to collect the names of the dead and bury the bodies while Une and her company settled into their home. “Duo!” Elise sang out rushing to meet him as he crossed the entry hall but stopped suddenly when Hiiro stepped from behind him and leveled a glare on her that threatened to peel her skin. “Elise,” Duo grinned widely stepping aside so she could get a good look at the handsome foreigner. “This is Hiiro.” The girl swallowed looking him up and down then eased in Duo’s direction cautiously as she whispered in a tiny voice, “Is it…him?” Duo’s vigorous nod not only drained the color from her face but brought it up a notch in Hiiro’s though he stood his ground going so far as to lean a tiny bit closer to Duo. “H…how do you do?” the girl stammered making the effort to curtsy properly to Hiiro who merely regarded her arrogantly. The cruelty in his gaze obviously disturbed her and she leaned closer again to Duo to whisper, “Are you sure?” “As I am of my own name,” Duo laughed snagging Hiiro’s arm as he skirted around the stunned girl and led him toward the stairs. “Duo.” “Yes?” he smiled turning at Une’s summons. “Where are you taking him?” she asked smugly as she crossed her arms and tapped one toe on the floor. Duo’s cheeks heated up as he glanced at Hiiro who suddenly understood and flushed so red he couldn’t look at anyone at all as the braided boy nervously replied, “Um…to bed?” “You’re bed is that way,” Une stated pointing up the stairs. “Yes,” Duo nodded as casually as he could. The Ladies smile curled as she redirected her hand to another wing of the manor and stated, “His is over there.” “But that’s the soldier’s commons!” Duo objected. “And he is a soldier,” Une nodded. “But…!” “Well,” Wufei snickered passing by them as he headed for Duo’s chambers. “It would hardly be proper for you to share a room considering.” “You share my room,” Duo grumbled but chuckled when Hiiro’s brow fell and his dark eyes shifted purposefully to Wufei. “Yes,” the Chinese boy agreed tossing in by way of explanation, “But I have no romantic interest so the point in mute.” “But…!” “Duo,” Hiiro cut in laying calming hands on the braided boy’s upper arms. “It’s all right. I don’t mind.” “Well, I do,” Duo grumbled sulkily. “Actually,” Hiiro smiled letting himself relax to the point he was able to cup his face and smile. “I’ll need to get to know the men.” Duo looked into his eyes for a moment seeing his need to take a step back and absorb everything that had happened in the past couple of days and sighed heavily. “All right, but at least let me show you the baths. You can’t go to bed smelling of battle and dust.” “Kaiku can show him,” Une cut in. “But!” “You may wash when they have finished,” she went on tugging her gloves off. “Elise.” “Yes, my Lady?” “Fill the tub in my private chambers, please.” “Yes, Ma’am,” the girl bowed glancing at Duo and Hiiro on the stairs before scurrying off. Duo huffed folding both arms as Hiiro was taken away by Kaiku and Nichol looking so adorable Wufei couldn’t help but laugh. “Come on,” the Chinese boy chuckled clapping him on the shoulder. “There’ll be plenty of opportunity for frivolity later.” “He is here,” Duo grumbled letting himself be led up the stairs. “That is all the opportunity I need.” “Have some shame will you?” Wufei chortled but all the longhaired boy had to say was… “My love for him knows no shame.”
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