Blood of a God

Blood of a God
Chapter 14: The End of the Beginning part a
Pairings: Heero/Duo
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I just toy with their lives

WARNING: This is about male/male relationships. Not your cup of tea? Please hit the back key.

A/N: Sorry for taking sooo long to update but I've been going through some personal problems and needed to move, and I've been using my mother's computer which has been crashing a lot. But I've got everything together now. Enough, of my chitchat on with the story ^_~

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It was late in the afternoon when the shuttle landed. Nemesis made her way to her bedroom. During the entire trip back she didn't see Heero or Duo. Let only Quatre and Trowa. Her only company was Zechs and WuFei. Well, Zechs really. WuFei kept his distance from her, rambling about the injustice of working with women. She smiled at the memory.

She entered her room fully intending to sleep for a few days, and since she was back early she could perform the Moon Dance tomorrow night. Not waiting another moment, Nemesis peeled off her weapons and body armor.

She let every piece of metal clank to the floor. Her senses were still turned on when she heard someone trying to get into her room. She soundlessly made her way to the door and waited, which didn't take long.

She tapped the person on the shoulder and before they knew what happened, Nemesis jab them in the throat.

The lithe Amazon turned on the lights to reveal- "Relena? What are doing here?" Nemesis set quickly to release the pressure jab. Relena was gasping for air.

"Okay princess spit out." She demanded.

"It's Trunks. He's unconscious in my room. Sally needs to talk to you about it."

Nemesis pulled on her armor once more and dashed out the room.

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The braided pilot stepped into the shower to wash away the grim and dirt as well as the tension and stress from the long trip. He was still somewhat sore after his 'talk' with Heero. Heero had came to the conclusion that since they left he had been neglecting his husband, so he had made up for it on the trip back to Sanc.

Duo blushed at the thought as to how Heero make him feel all warm inside. He exited the shower toweling his hair and went to the task of brushing it when strong slender arms grabbed him from behind.

"I thought that you would be asleep by now, Heero?"

"Ilie. I was waiting for you." Heero slipped the brush out of Dou's grip and begun the task of brushing the wet mass of tresses. Heero started at the bottom gently stroking out the tangles and worked his way to the scalp.

Not long after he started he heard what sounded like purring. Duo was half- asleep when Heero separated his hair and put it back into one plait.

Heero shook Duo awake. "Come-on love. Time for bed."

He scooped him up and carried him into his room. Heero thought about putting a pair of boxers on his husband but they would just end up on the floor like the towel so he didn't bother. He lay his precious bundle on the bed and striped out his clothes and climbed in next to Duo. Heero pulled the covers up over them and soon afterwards he drifted off into a light sleep.

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As soon as Nemesis rounded the corned she was greeted with grim faces. She felt the turmoil from everyone and to make matters worse she was getting most of the dread from the princess. Nemesis turned around to stare at her.

::Relena, what is it that you're not telling me?::

Relena looked shock. This was the first time that Nemesis ever use her telepathy on her and she didn't know how to respond.

:: Just relax and your thoughts will come. Now, tell me what happened::

Relena took a moment and retold Nemesis everything including the kiss but she left out the part about what her, Sally, and Noin discovered after they managed to get him on the bed.

The Amazon entered the room to find Sally checking Trunks vitals.

"Sally"

"I take it that Relena has told you what happened?"

"Yes"

"Do you know what's going on?"

The warrior shook her head. Sally almost dropped over.

"Sorry Sally, but Saiyan biology is not a forte of mind. Did you ask the Twins or Ka?" Nemesis asked.

Sally didn't even bother to ask them. She went to the door and motioned them to come in. They looked at Trunks and knew immediately that some thing was wrong with the whole situation.

"Can you guys tell me anything that can help me cure him?"

The Twins went to his side, seeing that they were closer in relations to him than Ka. The Twins looked at each and called Ka over.

"Tell us if you detect the same thing bro?"

Ka took a good whiff and smiled. Sally looked at the exchanged between the half brothers.

"Mom" Nemesis looked-up. "Trunks is in heat"

The female warrior just looked dumbly at the boys. "Tha-that's impossible?! He hasn't been in heat since his ta---" She sprang over to the bed and turned down covers.

In one quick movement she flipped him over, and as plain as day a brown furry appendage with lavender highlights was twitching underneath.

She turned iced silver-blues to the doctor. "You knew about this? And didn't say anything?"

"I was unsure if this was natural or not" Sally admitted.

Nemesis couldn't be mad with her. The woman just didn't know about Saiyans. "Boys you better show her"

One by one they uncoiled their tails from around their waist.

Sally's eyes widen. "And here I thought that those were belts" Then she promptly passed out cold.

"Nice going Mom" Zar mumbled.

"Quiet. Ge, you and Ka pick her and put her over there" Nemesis pointed to the chair then turned her attention back to Trunks.

"Well, there's nothing that we can do. He just probably fainted when his tail regenerated, so he should wake-up on his own soon."

With that, they quietly left.

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As always, Nemesis was correct about Trunks waking-up. He stumbled for most the day trying to rebalance his self. It took about a day or two before he got the hang of having his tail back. The following night the Amazon held the Mood Dance for Alexis.

The boys sat on the sidelines watching the women perform the ancient ritual. They were in a trance watching the swing movements at they danced around the pyre. What really blew the pilot minds was when the women set the pyre on fire.

Duo was protesting in the back ground but Heero managed to keep him under control, especially when WuFei explained that his daughter's body was being sent to the moon goddess, Artemis.

Everything was quiet for the next few days even Duo had notice that the princess had been staying away and for that he was thankful. No use looking a gift horse in the mouth, right?

By the third day, Relena walked into her office with Trunks in tow only to find Zechs and Noin in there. With Zechs sitting behind her desk. He made the decision on the trip back that this was for the best.

"Hell Relena" Zechs greeted. He also acknowledged Trunks with a slight head nod.

"Zechs. Noin. What's going on? Why are you in my office?" Relena asked a little concerned at the situation.

"Relena, I came to the conclusion that you need a break. As of now I'm taking over as the Sanc kingdom's ruler." Zechs informed her.

"Wh-what? You can't do that! What right do you have as a soldier to command my position?" Relena was furious.

"Relena calm down. There must be some logical explanation for this" Trunks offered. Both of them looked at the ex-Oz soldier.

"Believe me Relena if there was any other way I would do it but seeing that you leave my no choice." Zechs started. "I, Milliardo Peacecraft, Prince of the Sanc Kingdom, hereby order you, Princess Relena to take a leave of absence on the grounds of mental instability."

"By who's authority?!" She shouted, all of her composure gone.

"Mine"

Everyone turned to the low sultry voice.

"Nemesis? I should have known." Relena said with distaste.

"Mom, what's the deal?" Trunks demanded.

Nemesis took a chair at the desk and propped up her feet. "I'm trying give the princess a little time for herself. The gods knows that she needs it"

"How dare you mettle in my life!"

"Relena, she's right. You are under too much stress and with the battle in just a few more days you need to have a clear head." Zechs informed her.

"Wait-a-minute! How do I know that you're my brother? He disappeared years ago."

"Two people can identify Milliardo, not including myself" Nemesis reached out her hand and opened the door.

Trieze stepped in followed by a very pregnant Une.

"Hello everyone"

"Good morning Your Excellency" Zechs and Noin greeted.

Une quietly sat in a chair next the door away from Nemesis.

"Explain to me what's going on Trieze?"

"Well, Relena. Zechs or rather Milliardo is you brother. He was sent away to prevent his execution. At that time the Alliance wanted to end the Peacecraft line. Milliardo came to live with my family and was given the name Zechs Marquise, and you the rest." Trieze concluded.

"But why now?" Relena was flabbergasted.

"Over the recent events with the Gundam pilots it was decided that you need some time off" Zechs answered.

The princess halted in her tracks. She knew that they were right. She constantly threw herself at Heero and made it worse by attacking Duo, which only made him madder and unknowingly set loose the god of Death.

She made a fool of herself for acting shamelessly and she wish she could go back and erase all of the humiliation that herself and the Peacecraft name. However, over the past few days she had been a little more secluded from the others and the fact that Trunks been keeping company with her.

Relena protested against the lavender haired young immortal begin her bodyguard but after his initial blow-up and their chat she had a change of mind about him. What really surprised her the most was when the quiet warrior kissed her. In all of her sixteen years she never felt anything quite like it and she wanted more.

~ TBC ~

A/N: Sorry to end it there but if any of you read 'How do I comfort thee?' you already know that I don't have total use of my right arm. Don't worry, I'm working on this as much as possible. Anyway, tell me what you think? What's going to happen now that Zechs or shall I say Milliardo has taken over? It seems that Relena has been struck by Cupid and what about the pilots? Will they ever use the awesome weapons that they just recently acquired or they use their mobile suits? Stay tuned ^_~

Nemesis


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Blood of a God
Chapter 14: The End of the Beginning part b
Pairings: Heero/Duo, Trowa/Quatre, WuFei/Sally
Disclaimer: I don’t own them. I just toy with their lives

WARNING: This is about male/male relationships. Not your cup of tea? Then hit the back key.

Notes: This is not beta-read, so any and all mistakes are mine.


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Special thanks to: Blue Bunny2 x Serenity Maxwell x Soul02 x ForeverRead xWindy x River x Tiinka x mali x quistis x kari073 x Shin-chan x Phoenix Storms


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Relena protested against the lavender haired young immortal being her bodyguard but after his initial blow-up and their chat she had a change of mind about him. What really surprised her was when the quiet warrior kissed her. In all of her sixteen years she never felt anything quite like it and she wanted more.

Over the next couple of days Relena and Trunks were inseparable. Nemesis was pleased by the fact that her step-son stopped fighting his destiny, and that Relena came to the realization that Heero would never be hers.

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The morning air was crisp. Today was a good day for a fight. The Sanc kingdom’s mightiest warriors stood in front of an army of thousands. Mobile suites, ground suits, tanks, and air drop ships were as far as the eye could see.

Nemesis was positioned in the front with Heero and Duo to her left, and Quatre and Trowa to her right. Dark storm clouds slowly moved over the battle field. Duo and Heero’s combined energy was starting to make itself known. The anger of the god of Death was potent. Some of the men were growing wary of the awesome sight.

“You mean to say that this is the only line of defense that the Sanc kingdom has to offer?” the commander mocked over the external speakers of his Mobile suit.

“You must be Alex. We will make you eat those words. The number one rule of combat is to never underestimate your enemies,” Nemesis replied not impressed with the upstart.

“So, you’re the pain in the Foundations ass? Once we capture you and seize control of the Sanc kingdom, Crystal Tokyo will be at our mercy,” Alex boasted.

“Not likely.” Nemesis leaped into the air flipping over in mid-air stretching out her glorious red-tip white wings. She floated above the Chosen Ones when the ground began to shake.

“Alex, what the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know, Muller. It feels like an earthquake.”

All the soldiers looked around them searching for the cause behind the disturbance.

“Oh, god! What the fuck is that!” Muller cried out.

In the distance behind the Gundam pilots a large shadowy figure was slowly approaching toward them. Nemesis smiled. The game was now set.

“Say good-bye to your meaningless existence!”

Luminous clouds rained down lightening. A light shower pelted the troops on the ground as the Gundam pilots made their transformations. The ground cracked opened as the fired breathing reptile descended upon them. The beast let out an ear piercing roar – blowing fire in the darkening sky.

The Foundation’s army could not believe what they were seeing.

“It’s not real, men! ATTACK! ATTACK!” Alex shrieked.

He was leading the front line troops. He wanted to win and nothing, not even a dragon was going to stop him.

:Okay, Heero, Duo, you guys know what to do: Nemesis communicated mentally as she kept the mobile suits and airships from advancing.

Heero and Duo ran forward. As if everything was in slow motion, they morphed into Death and War.

Shini’s fluttered his wings as he stretched them. No other words were spoken as he joined his rightful place by his husband’s side. Remembering days longed since past, when mortals feared them, they were unstoppable. In this new age people no longer believed in gods, but today they shall witness the god’s rebirth. Death and War shall be feared once again.

The wind blew around Shini’s chestnut braid waved freely behind him.

Odin was waiting for partner. “Are you ready, koi?”

“Yes, let’s go and pay our friend a visit,” Death said excitedly. The couple shimmered from sight with a fizzle of light.

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The Romerfeller’s army aided heat seeking missiles to thwart the gigantic beast approach. The jade dragon growled stomping its way toward the enemy when the thudding ceased. A pin drop could be heard as dust clouds settled around the creature as shouts of cheer could be heard over the internal speakers in their cockpits.

“We destroyed the monster!” one officer yelled.

“It was possibly a machine trying to scare us,” another officer replied.

But as the fine particles of dirt settled a titanic shadow could be seen. The morning sun reflected a rainbow hue of jade. Black menacing orbs peered from behind a massive leathery wing. The fell beast lowered the bat like appendage to get a panoramic view. Then as if the noise around them had been shut off, the dragon launched into the sky. It opened its’ mouth, spewing out fire – incinerating everything in its path with an over head pass.

Alex and Muller watched as their troops were incinerated by an animal that supposedly no longer walked the earth.

They didn’t even noticed when Nemesis wiped out the 5th division sky unit. The Amazon queen was on the ground fighting through the mass of foot soldiers – unsuspecting of the on coming attack. A sniper was able to mark her and made a clean direct shot in her wing. Mobile suits were trying to over take her. The tall warrior retracted her wings in order for the injured limb to heal properly. One of the mobile suits cease without any type of warning. The mecha stood erect.

“Come-in Seivers! Do you copy?” asked Alex.

“I copy commander,” the young officer answered.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing? Finish that bitch off so we can proceed to the castle and capture the royal matriarch,” Alex yelled however he never received a reply.

Inside the cockpit of the still mecha a young soldier was slumped over in death. His mouth was opened in a silence scream as blood oozed from his eyes and nose; his brains sliding down the monitors onto the consoles of his machine.

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The leader of the Romerfeller Foundation sat in his chair sipping a glass of imported wine. He thought about how close he was to obtaining the ultimate weapon, but that was not to be. Somehow Nemesis had managed to slip out of his grasp. He had severely underestimated her abilities – a mistake that cost him his lab. Years of research was destroyed by her hand was gone in a moment – there was nothing left that could be saved or savaged.

Dermail threw his glass at the wall. Its contents splattered against the white paint. The substance oozed down the wall inevitably seeping into the carpet, leaving a dark wet spot as it soaked to the padding underneath.

He was angry. Nemesis got a way, again – that bitch was causing more problems than the whole goddamn war, not to mention that Maxwell had gotten away also. Dermail pushed his thoughts aside as the facility lights began to flicker. The building shook then all was silent.

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Two menacing cloaked figures stood in stillness. Violet and Cobalt eyes skimmed over the bodies of the soldiers that lettered the court yard at their feet. Odin and Shini had appeared before the group of men just inside the gates of the Foundation taking them by surprise. Unfortunately, for the soldiers the men were not human. Therefore, bullets and other such manmade weapons were of no use.

One guard charged Shini, trying to catch the young god of Death off balance but the guard’s life ended as soon as he with a quick swing of Shinigami’s scythe. In one fluid movement Shini pivoted on his right foot letting his weapon of destruction slice all in its path.

The other soldiers opened fired. Bullets sailed through the air toward its targets. The thrill of fighting was back. Odin stood in front of his lover as the bullets pierced his wings. Once the hail of gun fire ceased a clanking sound echoed around them as the slug of bullets fell from Odin’s glowing white wings.

Shini threw open his wings as the couple made their way deeper into the building. A trail of black feathers was left in their wake.

“Looks like Hades is going to busy for awhile,” Shini commented. Odin just grunted walking pass him.

Three levels later they found Dermial’s office. He was hiding somewhere in a high security room.

“Let’s invite our selves in,” Shini said.

Odin rapidly punched the code to the side wall panel. The door immediately slid open allowing the demi-gods access.

They searched about the darken room.

“WE KNOW YOU’RE HERE DERMAIL! THERE IS NO ESCAPING!” Shini yelled to the four walls.

Odin scanned the room searching for clues that would help them located Dermail.

“Odin?”

“Shh.”

Shini quiet. He watched his lover systematically sweep the room. The Death god absentmindedly ran his hands along a hidden wall panel. He jumped when a book case rotated half way in the wall to reveal a secret passage. Odin startled at the noise then proceeded down the long dark stair case. At the end both were met a gun point.

“You really didn’t think that I would allow myself to be followed without some form of protection?”

“It doesn’t matter. You’re a dead man anyway, once we kill you the Foundation is finished,” Odin said taking cautious steps into the underground garage.

“No, that won’t happen. You see if you kill me then you won’t be able to get the antidote for Pilot 02.”

Shinigami froze. What antidote?

“You’re lying,” Shini shouted.

“Am I? Do you want to risk Maxwell’s life? No, you don’t,” Dermail said preparing to leave in the stretch limo.

“You’re forgetting one thing Duke – Maxwell no longer exist.”

: Odin, what are you doing:

:Koi, you’re a god – an immortal. I’m guessing Dermail gave you an untraceable toxin while in your human form. So, that means-:

:That means my human counterpart died: Shini worried his bottom lip at the thought.

:No, Duo is still alive but only if you stay in your god form:

:I will never be able to pilot DeathScythe again. I’m too big in this form:

:Don’t worry love we will find a way:

The building shook before Odin could make his move against Dermail. Something enormous must have collided into it. The deafening gunfire outside suddenly stop. Heavy guttural breathing could be heard as the shutter doors were blasted open.

Shinigami filled the garage with feathers trying to hit Dermail but he jumped in the awaiting limo. The remaining soldiers who surrounded Odin and Shini fell dead. The War god glared at the fading image of the white car as it sped off kicking up dust.

“Kuso!” Shini cursed pounding the cement leaving a nice size hole.

“Calm down Shini.”

“No Odin – that bastard got away. He-he…” Shini broke down. Odin dropped down to the ground to hug his lover. No words could comfort the upset half-god. Dermail, the murderer, got away and Shinigami wasn’t able avenge his daughter’s killer.

The couple looked up in time to see Nemesis staggered into the parking structure. She limped over to them, bloodied and bruised. The neat single plait was undone. Streaks of grim were on her face, arms, and leg. Her armor was cracked – riddled with bullet holes. Her cape was gone. The queen was no longer majestic.

Even Nemesis’ favorite weapons (twin Sais) were damaged. One was broken in half. The other one’s hilt guard was cracked and chipped. The Sais was useless and somewhere in the rubble her glaive was buried.

Trowa followed closely after the Amazon. He held onto Quatre’s limp form. The angel’s cuirass was covered with blood. Odin saw the small bullet hole in the once immaculate armor. Quatre’s porcelain skin had taken on a clammy pasty pallor.

Brining up the rear was WuFei. His hair was no longer neatly pulled back into a tight ponytail. The obsidian tresses flowed freely framing his dirty oval face.

Just by looking at her Chosen One’s visage, Nemesis didn’t have to ask if they got Dermail. Plus there was no body as evidence. In time the newly awaken gods would become accustomed to life’s disappointments.

With one final look around her tired group, the tall Amazon sighed. Today turned out to be a shitty day.

“Come-on guys, let’s go home,” Nemesis said smiling proudly at them.

oOo TBC oOo

A/N: (jumps up and down) I updated! Well, I hope that none of you were disappointed with this chapter. I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done anything with this. Now that I’m feeling motivated the next chapter won’t take as long.

So, tell me what you think. Should Duo and Heero had have killed Dermail? What’s going to happen now, now that he has got away. Don’t know? Well, stay tuned and find out in the next chapter. Your comments and suggestions are greatly welcomed.

Nemesis

oOoOoOo Teaser for Chapter 15 oOoOoOo

“You’re very lucky young man,” Sally said as she review her chart for her patient. “Someone in your condition shouldn’t have been fighting in the place,” she chastised further clearly showing her displeasure of his thoughtless actions.

The couple sat in stunned silence.

“What did-did you just say?”

“Well…” Sally began flipping through the overly stuffed medical file. “Apparently you’re three months pregnant.”