Insanity

Chapter 15

Five days had already gone and Duo still wouldn\'t let Zechs go to see Wufei.

\"Please Duo, I really need to talk to him. I want t explain what happened... I-\"

\"I know Zechs, but even when Wufei had already calmed down he\'s still quite shocked. I need more time to convince him to let you go in there\"

Zechs had his fist clenched. They were in Heero\'s and Duo\'s personal study and while Zechs was standing Duo was on the chair behind the desk.

\"You must understand that he\'s just being what he has always been rul rules his life by honor and justice and for him the only true justice was to remind alone forever. You two took too much time to contact him and he was completely convinced that Treize was dead and that you hated him. If you two want him back we first must make him deny his actual truth and understand that there is another. I think you fully understand how difficult this will be, don\'t you?\"

Zechs finally sat in front of the desk making Duo sigh in relief, he was actually getting quite tired of staring upwards to see the blonde man.

\"I do, but I too think that I can help him to understand that faster. I must make him see that he didn\'t do anything wrong and that we definitely don hate him. We both love him Duo and the only thing we want is to see him happy again\"

\"Happy with you two you mean\"

\"Do you remember that time when we were at the hospital? Duo he was shining, he was happy... I want to see that again. Wufei never betrayed you but he told us a lot about himself without giving any kind of information to us. We could see the real Wufei, the one that was more than just a gundam pilot. The human side of him and I can tell you... that side is beautiful\"

Duo smiled softly.

\"I know... Look, I\'ll let you see him tonight ok? Just you, him and me. I know you would like to be alone wit him, but I think he\'ll feel more comfortable if I\'m there with you. Try not to push him, let him say what he wants to say, but if he doesn\'t want to talk you\'ll have to accept that ok?\"

Zechs nodded.

\"Thank you Duo\"

\"It\'s ok Zechsy... Now, if you don\'t mind I must go to the kitchen... Quatre\'s cooking again!\"

With that Duo stood up and left the room so fast that Zechs was still in the process of standing up from his chair when the braided boy had already gone. The pilot of Epyon just shook his head in amusement and left the room to go back to his other love. He heard Duo\'s voice from the kitchen saying something about being the official tester of all of Wu-bear\'s meals. He laughed as he entered his and Treize\'s room.

\"What, if I may know, is so funny?\"

Zechs walked towards the bed and sat down next to Treize who left the book he had been reading over the bed to look at his lover. He was wearing black sweatpants and a blue T-shirt and Zechs, sinceactuactually had to take care of some things in the mansion had a pair of white pants and a light gray shirt. Zechs took han hand he was being offered and rested his head over Treize\'s chest.

\"Just Duo arguing that he had to taste Wufei\'s meals before they were sent to him\"

\"Then I guess Mr. Winner is still cooking our dragon\'s meals, isn\'t he?\"

\"Indeed... They still can\'t figure out how Duo knows when he\'s cooking no matter where he is in this mansion. And you know this place is not small at all\"

They laughed lightly and then Zechs turned to look at Treize in the eyes.

\"I will see him tonight. Duo will be there though, but I really don\'t mind that. At least I will be able to talk to him\"

\"I hope he understand... I really miss him\"

They fell silent for a while, they both wanted nothing more than to go and take the Chinese pilot into their arms and never let go, but they knew that for the time being that was impossible. Zechs sighed and then lifted himself from Treize\'s chest.

\"There still a lot of hours before night. I think we should go to the gym so you can start practicing with the mullets. I don\'t think being all the time in the chair is good for you muscles\" \'AND for your ass\'

Zechs wanted to laugh at that statement but decided it wouldn\'t be nice and he knew how proud was Treize of his backside. That was one of the few, (*cough*yeah right*cough*), flaws of Treize.

\"I think you are right. Besides I\'m starting to get tired of that chair\"

* * *

Wufei sat alone on his bed; he was meditating and someway trying to calm himself and understand the reality of the facts. He didn\'t know what to do and that was eating himself inside. He felt that he shouldn\'t be forgiven, but he wanted to be forgiven too. The fight between his heart and his mind was hard and the worst was that he didn\'t know which he wanted to win that battle.

\'Wish Duo would be here\'

Sometimes that\'s the best thing you should do. Wish.

\"Wufei? Can I come in?\"

Duo had knocked and even when he knew that he could just go and enter the room he preferred to wait till Wufei told him to enter.

\"Yes, Duo. Please come in\"

Duo opened the door and entered the room; it had the curtains closed and the only light came from two small candles over the bedside table. Duo walked towards the bed and sat down softly, waiting for Wufei to finish with his meditation. The Chinese said something in a very low voice and then opened his eyes slowly and uncrossed his legs.

\"Please open the curtains Duo?\"

Duo nodded and stood up to open the curtains and then open the window just a bit. Wufei turned off the candles and sat on the bed waiting for Duo to do the same, once the braided pilot sat in front of him he sighed.

\"How are you feeling?\"

\"Kind of better now. I just don\'t know what to do no matter how much I try I can\'t figure out what to do\"

Duo reached forward and took one of Wufei\'s hands on his.

\"I think it\'s time for you to talk with Zechs. Just the two of you, and let him tell you all what he needs to say\"

\"I don\'t know Duo. I don\'t think I could stay alone with him...\"

\"I can be there too if you want to, but I think it\'s time. Besides I don\'t know how long I will be able to stop him from coming here\"

Wufei sighed and nodded, deep inside he knew Duo was right. It was now or never.

\"Ok Duo, I\'ll do it...\"

Duo smiled widely.

\"Great! Tonight after dinner I\'ll bring Zechs here, are you ok with that?\"

Wufei closed his eyes and then sighed once again.

\"Yes, I think. Just please don\'t leave us alone\"

\"Don\'t worry man... I\'ll be here the whole time unless you ask me to go\"

\"Thank you Duo\"

Duo pulled Wufei\'s hand and embraced him tightly.

\"It\'s ok Fei-Fei... You know you always can count with me\"

\"For everything except to stop calling me names\"

Duo let go of him laughing.

\"Sorry pal, but that comes with the full package\"

Wufei shook his head slowly and snorted.

\"Yeah I know... what time is it?\"

\"Nearly six why?\"

\"I\'m kind of bored. I would like to go out-\"

Duo stood up in less than a second.

\"Leave everything to me!\"

With that he ran out of the room and Wufei just sat there on his sud suddenly feeling that he had made and TERRIBLE mistake.

\'Nataku, protect me!\'

* * *

Duo entered the room he shared with Heero and went to his closet to change his clothes for something more comfortable, he just taking off his T-shirt when he felt a strong pair of arms around him. He turned around and looked into the pair of Prussian blue eyes he loved so much. Heero leaned down and kissed Duo softly on the lips.

\"Are you going somewhere?\"

Duo smiled and kissed his lover a little more passionate, but not enough to start something.

\"Yes, Wufei is kind of bored and I was going to take him out. Do you want to come with us? I\'m sure he wouldn\'t mind\"

\"Where are you going?\"

Duo winked at him and smiled.

\"Sore wa himtsu desu...\"

Heero sighed.

\"You have been watching those old anime videos again?\"

\"What can I say? I just love those! They are classics!\"

Heero smiled and kissed Duo again and then let him go to finish changing his clothes.

\"So, do you want to come?\"

\"I would love to\"

\"Heero! I didn\'t mean it that way!\"

Heero smiled evilly.

\"I know... but you shounow now this is all your fault\"

Duo shook his head and walked to the bed to put his snickers on. Heero pondered about it for a while and then changed his clothes too.

\"I\'ll go with you. I think a little fresh air will do me good\"

\"Ok then I\'ll go for Wu-bear and we\'ll wait for you downstairs ok?\"

\"Ok\"

With that Duo left the room and Heero finished changing his clothes.

Fifteen minutes later the three of them were walking towards the garage to get into the car and then go wherever Duo was planing to take them to. Heero had the feeling that the wouldn\'t go anywhere too noisy, because Duo knew too well that Wufei didn\'t really like those kind of things, and since the braided boy wanted to make Wufei feel better he thought more or less of where he was taking them to.

Thirty minutes later they found themselves being guided towards a small clearing. The view was beautiful and the weather was prefect. Duo turned around and faced the two other. They blinked and finally was Wufei who asked him.

\"Duo, what are we doing here?\"

\"Well, I want to show you what I do to clear my mind and relax my body when I\'m too tense or stressed\"

Heero opened his eyes wide and backed away slowly.

\'Oh no!\'

\"Heero, love? Where do you think you\'re going?\"

Heero looked at his boyfriend like he had two heads or something.

\"Duo, you HAVE to be joking... you know I can\'t watch you when you are practicing\"

Duo almost burst laughing.

\"Heero... you\'re not going to watch. You\'ll be practicing with us. That\'s why I asked you to come with us\"

\"But Duo, I\'ve never-\"

\"I know... just do exactly what I do... Or just watch Wu-man and repeat what he does ok?\"

Heero gulped and Wufei stared at them confused.

\"Duo... would you be so kind to explain me?\"

Duo smiled and Wufei could swear he saw a hint of malice in Duo\'s eyes.

\"We\'re going to do some Tai-chi... Fei-Fei\"

\"Is that all? Then why Yuy looks like he\'s going to die any minute now?\"

Duo frowned.

\"Heero, Wufei... His name is Heero; you should stop calling everyone by their surname. We\'re your friends and friends do not call each other by their surname\"

Wufei nodded, but he was so used to call everyone that way, that he did it unconsciously.

\"Ok, then why HEERO looks so scared of YOU?\"

Duo chuckled.

\"Well, you see. The perfect soldier here can\'t see ME practicing because then the \'little soldier\' wants to express his \'opinion\'\"

Heero went all red and Wufei didn\'t know if laugh or get mad.

\"I think I didn\'t need to know that... Anyway, if that\'s the case we can\'t practice then\"

Duo shook his head.

\"No... I\'ve always wanted him to learn and so he WILL learn\"

Heero shook his head in defeat.

\"Ok, ok I\'ll do it\"

\"Yay!! Cool! Then we should better start doing some stretching or we\'ll end having cramps\"

The three boys started doing some stretching and once they were ready Duo told them to stand at each side of him so they could see him no matter what movement he did. Duo stood very straight and then closed his eyes; he took several deep breaths and heard how the other two did the same. He opened his eyes and raised his arms with the palms to the front. He raised his right leg and opened his arms to the sides. The other two following every movement closely.

It was amazing but Heero even when he foun was was a VERY sexy view he didn\'t feel like jumping his braided lover. Maybe it was because he was doing it too, or maybe it was because there was Wufei with them, but the thing was that he didn\'t feel his arousal and was more than pleased for that. He really liked to do this and doing it and for him was something very special. He had now his arms over his head was lowering them slowly, his right arm reminded extended while the other was retracted backwards; he then moved his extended arm to the side and then retracted it too.

Wufei was following every movement very concentrated and soon found himself get more relaxed.

\'Duo was right, this is really good. I\'ve spent so much time practicing with my katana and then martial arts that I forgot that I had to let my body get in tone with my mind... I think I\'ll do this more often, maybe that way I\'ll be able to finally finish this battle within myself\'

It had been two hours already when Duo finally ended, right fist inside his left open palm and his eyes closed. Heero knew what to do more or less because of the many times he had seen Duo practice before. Wufei knew because he had been taught before, but never continued after he joined the war. Duo took some deep breaths again and opened his eyes. He turned his head to see the other two.

He smiled.

\"So? How are you feeling now?\"

They both opened their eyes slowly and looked at him.

\"I think I\'ll keep doing this with you Duo\"

Duo smiled at Heero and then turned to look at the Chinese pilot.

\"What about you Fei-Fei?\"

Wufei smiled and looked at his two friends.

\"Thank you Duo, this really helped me a lot... Thank you very much\"

Duo smiled and then took both boys hands on his and guided them towards the car.

\"Now we\'ll go the supermarket because I\'m hungry and you both know that I can be quite dangerous when I\'m hungry\"

They smiled and then gulped, yes they knew how \'dangerous\' a hungry Duo could be and they really didn\'t want to be the receivers of Duo\'s hungry wrath. He drove towards the city but before they could even get to the market Duo spotted a pizza place and of course he immediately forgot about going to the other place.

They now where sitting around one of the tables and waiting for their orders. Wufei opted for a Four Seasons, Heero a Hawaiian and Duo asked a pizza with pepperoni, meat, sausage and extra cheese. Wufei and Heero opened his eyes wide when he made his order and for some reason gulped.*

\"Duo... are you sure about that order? I mean that\'s like giving you liver a good kick\"

Duo laughed.

\"You could say that my liver is made of gundamium. Besides I need the extra energy!\"

Both boys sweatdropped and shook their heads, one could think that they were already used to Duo\'s weird tastes. Their drinks were soon placed in front of them and fifteen minutes later their pizzas arrived to their table. Duo\'s eyes grew wide and Heero was almost sure he saw his beloved boyfriend salivating.

\"You should taste this, really!\"

\"I think I\'ll pass on your offer Duo, I\'m kind of fond of my liver and kidneys\"

Duo laughed and then turned to Heero, the Japanese pilot looked at Duo and then at the pizza in front of him; he arched an eyebrow and bravely took a piece of Duo\'s estrange mix. Heero smelled it and nodded.

\'It smell quite good I guess it may taste good too\'

The brave pilot took a bite and munched on it carefully tasting it. He swallowed and then nodded again.

\"You\'re right. I like it\"

He finished the piece in his hand and then continued eating his own pizza, he would have asked Duo for another piece but he knew too well how was Duo about his food. They continued eating in silence, the three of them were actually quite hungry, well Duo had already expressed it but the other two hadn\'t noticed about it before they had their food in front of them.

* * *

Zechs had helped his lover to stand up and now he was standing between tow parallel bars and supporting the weight of his body in his hands. The grip on the bars was tight, he had been in that chair so long that he feared his legs would fail him and so he would en on his \'precious\' butt.

\"Ok, now start walking towards me\"

Zechs was at the other end of the small path the bars formed.

\"Ok\"

Treize started to walk, his legs didn\'t hurt but he felt them numb. After three or four steps his knees failed and he only could stop the fall because of his extremely firip rip on the bars. Treize frowned and once again stood up and started to walk.

\'I won\'t be defeated by a pair of stubborn legs! If the war didn\'t do it then my body won\'t do it either!\'

Zechs noticed the expression of light annoyance and determination on Treize\'s face and smiled.

\'That\'s it Treize. Let Wufei see that he didn\'t hurt you... That it wasn\'t his fault... let him see that you\'re ok\'

Treize kept walking, slowly but firmly. He was sweatilrealready but he wasn\'t going to stop until he could move his legs freely. The doctors had used metal to heal his broken bones and the only thing that showed that was a small scar on his right leg.

\"How do you feel?\"

\"Like if I\'d had my leg folded for a long time. But if I keep using it I think I may be start walking without the help of any kind of thing\"

\"Good. We\'ll keep training a few more hours and then go back to take a shower. I want to be ready for tonight...\"

Zechs was nervous; he was afraid that Wufei would reject them and they would have to see how their lover suffered alone. What Duo told him had really affected him and he didn\'t want to lose him. For them Wufei was just too damn important and there was no way they would live completely happy without him.

\"Calm down Milliard... I know everything will be ok. He\'ll come back to us again\"

\"I hope you\'re right\"

Treize smiled.

\"As I said before, I\'m always right\"

Zechs shook his head and helped Treize to lay down on the floor to exercise his legs without the weight of his body.

* * *

Duo drove them back to the house after they had eaten and of course gone to a mall after that. They had been walking for a long time looking at different stores and such. Duo had told them to wait him in the food court because he had forgot to buy a couple of things and that he would be back soon. After half an hour the braided boy had returned with three plain white bags and wouldn\'t tell them what was inside. Heero looked at his lover suspiciously but he knew that he would know only when Duo wanted him to, so he decided to stop asking. However Wufei wasn\'t that patient.

They were now entering the palace and Wufei was just behind his friend tugging at his braid lightly.

\"Wu-bear.. would you stop pulling at my hair? It IS attached at my head you know?\"

\"Then tell me what the hell do you have in those bags!\"

Duo wanted to laugh but he knew that if he started then he would end telling him what he had bought and there was no way he would do that. After all those WERE surprises and had to wait until the right time.

\"No. You\'ll know when I feel it\'s the time for you to know ok? So stop asking!\"

Wufei sighed and let go of Duo\'s braid, he knew when he had lost a battle.

\"So, how long will you keep me in the dark then? I mean, just to know for how long I\'ll have to be eating my nails\"

Duo couldn\'t help it and started to laugh. Heero suspected more or less what the boy had bought and he too knew that Wufei would feel bad at the time being.

\"That could take a long time Wufei, so I think you better start looking for something to distract you... I know very well how Duo can be when he wants to be secretive\"

Wufei shook his head and headed to the kitchen while Duo and Heero went up stairs. Once there, Heero closed the door and looked at Duo while this one sat on the bed and put the bags over the bed.

\"I have this feeling that your bags do not contain \'pure\' things Duo\"

Duo grinned and took a wrapped box from one of the bags to the throw it at Heero, who catch it without problem.

\"You know me too well, ne koi?\"

Heero ripped the wrapping paper rolling his eyes; the paper was black and had little SD penises with wings all over it. He then opened the box to find a pair of dark violet velvet handcuffs inside.

\"So you visited the third shop from right to left in the second floor then... I should have guessed\"

Duo laughed.

\"I wonder why they hasn\'t given the shop a name... I mean, it can\'t be that hard, ne?\"

Heero smirked.

\"Oh, please think of a good one then...\"

\"Well, there\'s Gay Passion or maybe Toys for the Wicked one! Sexy Dreams! But if the shop were mine I would name it... Deathscyte\'s Arousal!!\"

\"I think there\'s not too much people who would actually understand that one\"

\"But the ones who does are kinky enough to maintain the shop forever\"

Duo was laughing now and Heero soon followed. What was so funny? Simple, the ones they were talking about were their friends and some others comrades in war, and the two of them knew that Quatre wasn\'t as innocent as he appeared to be and that Treize AND Zechs had the dirtiest minds he had ever known... apart his own of course.

\"You know Duo? You should try and actually open a sex shop\"

\"I don\'t think I would be able to work there. Looking all day at things like that would make me too damn horny and since I like to have a picture of you all the times with me you can imagine the results\"

\"Actually, yes I do and you know what? I like the things my mind is creating\"

\"Uhhh... kinky Heero!! I like!!\"

With that Duo took the cuffs from Heero\'s hands and walked back to the bed moving his hips in a VERY sensual way that of course did what he wanted it to do. Heero was on him in less than a second and had him cuffed to the bed in even less time.

* * *

Dinner had come and go and now the five pilots where in the living room drinking some tea in silence. Quatre and Trowa were on one of the armchairs, Trowa on it and Quatre sitting on his lap. Duo and Heero were on the couch with Heero embracing his lover and playing with the end of his braid. Wufei was on the other armchair and looking at the fire.

\"Fei-Fei? Are you ok?\"

Wufei shook his head.

\"No... I\'m nervous Duo. I think it would be better if I don\'t see him tonight\"

Duo sighed loudly.

\"No Wufei. You\'ll end avoiding it every time and I won\'t let you do that\"

\"But-\"

\"Not buts Wu-man. You\'ll talk with him tonight and that\'s it\"

Wufei sighed in defeat. Actually he was terrified of what would happen; he didn\'t feel liknfronfronting Zechs at all. But Duo had been pretty firm and he knew that there was no way he would escape the meeting. He felt like standing up and leave running, but that was the coward way and he could be anything but coward. He was a fighter and his honor wouldn\'t let him run away from his confrontations.

\'But that doesn\'t mean I can\'t be scared\'

Wufei sighed again and then stood up.

\"I\'ll be in my room Duo. Just tell me when the time comes ok?\"

\"Ok, don\'t worry\"

With that Wufei said good night to the rest of the pilots and left. The room was silent again and they could feel the tension around them. Quatre couldn\'t stand it anymore and stood up from his place on Trowa\'s legs.

\"You know guys? I think we\'re making a storm in a glass of water. We all know that Zechs and Treize never blamed Wufei about what happened and that the only thing they want is to be with him again. If Wufei thinks that he should pay for what he did then the magnitude of his punishment must be decided only for Treize and Zechs\"

Duo looked at him funny with his head turned to one side.

\"You know Q-man? I think you\'re right and I have an idea that will end this at once\"

Heero raised a brow and Quatre just smiled. Trowa... Well Trowa had fallen asleep and as they all had discovered, when Trowa sleeps without worries because of the war he\'s quite difficult to wake up. Quatre shook his head and let himself fall not too hard over Trowa\'s lap again, thus waking him up the time enough to take his hand and lead him towards their room. Duo shook his head in amusement and then turned his head upwards to look at Heero.

\"Do yont tnt to come or you\'ll wait for me in our room?\"

Heero thought about it and then answered him with a small smile.

\"I\'ll wait outside the door, just in case\"

Duo turned around on Heero and kissed him softly.

\"Love you\"

\"Love you too\"

Duo made a face.

\"We\'re getting sappy\"

Heero just laughed softly and kissed him again. Duo stood up and helped Heero to get onto his feet. They walked in each other arms towards Wufei\'s room.

\"You wait here while I talk to him ok?\"

Heero nodded and stood outside the door with his back against the wall. Duo entered the room and saw Wufei sitting in his bed trying to meditate.

\"I think you should just relax and wait Wu-man. I\'ll go to fetch Zechs now ok?\"

Wufei just nodded and let his body fall back on the bed. Duo left the room and told Heero he would be back in just a minute with Zechs and if things worked the way he wanted to then he should go to get Treize. The door to the room at the end of the hall on the third floor was closed, but not locked and Duo noticed that. He knocked before entering ing ing he wasn\'t interrupting anything

\"It\'s time guys!\"

Zechs looked up from the bed and saw Duo standing at the door.

\"Where\'s Treize?\"

\"In the bathroom. He had been exercising his legs and wanted to take a shower\"

\"Ok. Tell him to finish quickly. I think he may be able to see Wufei today too\"

Zechs had stood up from the bed and was looking for a fresh pair of pants and a shirt that hadn\'t wrinkles. Once he was changed he headed to the bathroom.

\"Treize? I\'m going now Duo says you better finish that shower quickly because there\'s a chance you can see Wufei today\"

Treize\'s head appeared from behind the courtain and was smiling obviously happy.

\"Really? Are you sure?\"

\"Well, that\'s what Duo told me\"

Zechs smiled and kissed Treize softly.

\"Well, I\'m going now\"

\"Good look. Please tell him I love him ok?\"

\"I will\"

Zechs closed the door of the bathroom and after combing his hair a little left the bedroom following Duo. He was nervous but he kept telling himself that everything was going to be ok. Duo turned to look at him and smiled.

\"Don\'t worry Zechsy... Everything will be alright\"

Somehow that made Zechs feel a lot better. There was something about Duo\'s voice that made him feel a lot calmer. Maybe it was the fact that the boy actually was a God, the God of Death yes, but at God after all. They walked in silence till they reached Wufei\'s room in the second floor.

\"Well, we\'re finally here. Heero wanted to be here, just in case I hope you don\'t mind\"

\"Not at all Duo. Don\'t worry\"

\"Ok then, let me go first to tell him you\'re here ok?\"

Zechs nodded and Duo opened the door softly and entered the roomsingsing the door after him.

\"Fei-Fei? He\'s here\"

Wufei looked up and nodded slowly.

\"Don\'t worry pal... everything will be ok\"

Once again Duo\'s word made the other boy relax a little.

\"Thank you\"

\"Nah... don\'t worry\"

With that he opened the door and let Zechs walk in.

\"Dragon\"

Wufei looked at Zechs and felt the urge to just stand u and throw himself in the blonde\'s arms, but he restrained that feeling and just sat on the bed motioning Zechs to do the same. The tall man walked over the bed and sat in front of the Chinese pilot, smiling.

\"Zechs... I... why?\"

\"There\'s too many answers to that question Dragon... I think we better start for the beginning\"

Wufei nodded.

\"Why you didn\'t tell me he was alive? Why didn\'t you try to contact me before? Why did you wait so long before showing yourself?\"

Zechs wanted to just take Wufei in his arms and kiss him, but he knew that Wufei wouldn\'t react well to that so he rested his hands on his legs and started answering.

\"I wanted to tell you, I tried to call you but your comlink was off. I wanted to go and look for Altron but Treize fainted and I knew that if I didn\'t act fast I would lose him. There were a lot of complications and I still had to keep fighting\"

But for Wufei that was not enough.

\"Why is he still alive? I destroyed the Tallgeese I heard it explode...\"

\"You didn\'t see it explode?\"

Wufei shook his head.

\"I couldn\'t, I closed my eyes and waited... I didn\'t want to see how he died\"

Zechs saw the tears forming and extended his hand to clean them before they fell down. Wufei slowly raised one of his hands and took the one on his face.

\"Wufei... After you attacked the Tallgeese Treize had just a few seconds to escape, I saw him and took in one of Epyon\'s hands and tried to leave the place as fast as I could. But the expansive wave of the explosion hit us and hurt him. His body suffered a lot of injuries and when I was trying to take him to the Peacemillion...\"

They felt the intake of breath coming from the door. Duo had his eyes opened wide and was a little pale. But they didn\'t say a thing about that. They knew that they would all talk about what happened later.

\"I know, I felt it too\"

Zechs looked at Duo and then continued.

\"Well, when we came back to reality I noticed that Treize had fainted again and I was cl to to the L-1 colony than the space ship. I flew there as fast as I could and took him to the hospital. I tried to contact you in the way there but it was useless. I left him with some soldiers from the Treize faction and left to finish my mission...\"

Wufei nodded in understanding. He knew that he had to leave and finish his mission. They all had made the promise that they would end the war no matter what. Even if that meant to leave their loved ones behind. They were soldiers and their honor wouldn\'t let them risk the mission. Not even for love.

\"There was a lot of chaos, I had to fight and find Tubarov. After I made sure my men could finish the battles inside the colony I went after the old man. I found him tying to escape I wanted to capture him but at the end I had to kill I t I told some of my soldiers to take care of the body while I went back to the hospital. I tried to contact you once again but your frequency was out. Once in the hospital my men told me Treize had been taken to surgery for internal bleeding and I had to be there... I didn\'t trust the doctors after all\"

There was some silence and then Zechs continued.

\"After the intervention I stayed with him. He was weak and I was the only one who could protect him... But then he fell into a coma, I didn\'t know what to do and I forgot about everything... I\'m sorry\"

Wufei didn\'t say a thing; he just stayed silent waiting for Zechs to finish.

\"I stayed there until he came back. He had been in coma for five days while I was there waiting for him to wake up Master O called me to tell me he had found you and that you were ok, he wouldn\'t let me know where you were. After Treize woke up I waited until I was sure he could defend himself if anything happened. I left two guards with him and came back to earth to see my sister. After that I flew back to space and looked for Lady Une... She helped me and told me where were you and that you would be brought back to earth that same day\"

Wufei saw the tears falling frechsechs eyes.

\"I went for Treize at the hospital and followed your ship towards earth... The rest you already know it. I didn\'t try to contact you the same day because Treize was tired and with sedatives... we thought I would be better to rest first\"

\"We thought a lot of things and made a lot of mistakes... I\'m sorry Wufei\"

Wufei just sat there, not knowing what to think. He understood Zechs\' situation and even forgave them for not contacting them, but what was eating his mind was the act that they had actually tried to look for him and he had turned off his comlink, so once again it was his fault that they couldn\'t find him. And then there was the fact that he still felt guilty about attacking Treize.

\"Dragon?\"

Wufei started to cry and he had released Zechs hand, his fists now clenched tightly at his sides.

\"I\'m sorry... I blamed you and it was all my fault... I turned off the comlink after what happened and left. I\'m sorry... I\'m so sorry... I-\"

\"Shhh... It\'s ok Dragon, it was not you fault. We understand that-\"

\"NO!!
W
Wufei stood up and looked at Zechs.

\"I attacked him! I almost killed him! I didn\'t let you find me and made you blame yourself for that! I don\'t deserve your forgiveness. I have to pay for my mistakes!! It\'s only fair! It\'s Justice!\"

That was Duo\'s cue.

\"Hey, Wu-man... I think I have a good idea that could solve all of this\"

Wufei looked at Duo without understanding.

\"What do you mean?\"

Duo smiled and crossed his arms over his chest.

\"I think that you two should have another duel. Give Treize the chance to \'Have his Justice\' as you call it\"

Wufei stayed silent while Zechs looked at Duo like saying \'are you crazy or what?!\'.

\"Don\'t look at me like that Zechsy... I know what I\'m doing\"

Zechs didn\'t answer but it was obvious that idea was not of his liking. Duo shrugged and turned to look at Wufei still silent. The Chinese was wondering about the suggestion and by the way he nod nodding it was clear he accepted it.

\"You\'re right, that\'s the only way. A duel, sword against sword... just like the first time\"

\"Wufei... I don\'t think-\"

\"It\'s the only way I feel finally free of all of this Zechs... please... please call him\"

\"He can\'t fight love! He\'s just recovering from a surgery!\"

Wufei raised his eyes quickly to look at Zechs.

\"Do-don\'t call me that... you shouldn\'t\"

Without letting Zechs answer him Wufei stood up from the bed and left the room. A second later Heero came in and told Zechs that Wufei wanted him to tell Treize to meet him in the study room next to Quatre\'s and Trowa\'s room. Zechs nodded and left the room with an obvious look of hurt on his face.

\"You know Hee-chan? I really love Wu-bear, but sometimes I feel this urge to stick that damn sword of him down his ass. The problem is that I would have to take the pipe he already has inside...\"

Heero shook his head and kissed Duo softly in his cheek. They left the room and walked slowly towards the new place of meeting. No matter how much Wufei thought of this being a personal thing there was no way they would leave those two alone especially when the only thing the pilot of Altron had in his head was to start a duel with Treize.

~Tbc~

First than anything... SORRYYYYYY!!! I didn\'t mean to wait this long to post chapter 15, but when I posted it in other place I thought I had posted it here too. I just noticed now that I actually didn\'t. I\'m really sorry for that. Chapter 16 will take some time because I\'m going to the countryside and I won\'t have a pc and for some estrange reason my Word program doesn\'t have spell check for English so I\'ll have to wait till I can solve that problem. Once again I\'m very sorry for making you wait for so long.

(*) He he he... That\'s actually the way I like my pizza. And like Duo, I kind of have a liver and a stomach made of gundamium ^^! If you have a strong stomach you may want to try it, it\'s actually really good! ^_^V

Four Seasons: A quarter of pepperoni, a quarter of olives a quarter of mushrooms and a quarter of ham.

Hawaiian: Tomato, ham and pineapple.

Hi hi hi... I was kind of hungry when I wrote that part and was craving for a nice piece of pizza!

And now my answers ^.~

Tsuki Doriimaa Anime_Redneck@yahoo.com 2003-09-19 id # 54740
Dude, that was different!! ::chuckles smirking:: Dare I say, I do like how you thought that one out to go with Duo being Shinigami... Seen others where he actually was... but I think I sortta like this one better... or maybe, more so its the way Shinigami came out when Duo\'s braid was chopped off? heh Who knows! But I do like the story!! ^__^ You write really good with handling the relationships in it too. heh One suggestion though - seek out a beta reader, or re-read it before you post it maybe? I\'ve noticed mistakes and missing words in places... That aside, it\'s a really good fic. ^_~ I wish ya the best in finishing it!! Ja!


Tsuki Doriimaa

- I\'m very happy you liked my fic. This has been quite a challenge for me because there a lot of relationships I must develope. Wufei\'s one with Teize and Zechs has been very difficult, and the other one is the Duo/Shinigami duality and their relationship with Heero.
- About my spell and the missing words, well I have only one thing to say in my defense... I HATE MY LUCK!! That\'s because even when I re-read and use spell check I always notice those errors I didn\'t notice before AFTER I posted the fic. I hope you forgive me futures mistakes and keep reading the fic.
- Thanks again for giving this fic a chance and I hope this chapter was of your liking too.