Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / GetBackers Fan Fiction / Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences of our past ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

 

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Chapter 10

 

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Shinigami glared at the onlookers. The braided teen briefly noticed that Hiiro had disappeared before his violent violet orbs found their target, promising certain death to the banged teenager, who met the look impassively.

 

Wu Fei Shifted uncomfortably away from the target of Death's fury. He, himself, still hadn't quite forgiven the taller teen for his indiscretions.

 

“How could he do that to you, Quatre?” Duo fumed, carefully not looking at his lover when he returned, carrying a flat black rectangle. “How could you forgive him afterwards?”

 

Hiiro hooked the laptop that he had retrieved from their car to the phone and discretely began to trace the line back to their blonde friend. Although no match against Shinigami wrath, the perfect soldier was sporting his patented `Hiiro Yui Death Glare', and kept sending it towards his former comrades.

 

By the time Duo and Hiiro were done with them, Trowa and Wu Fei would be fortunate if someone would be able to identify their bodies.

 

/“Wu Fei asked me the same questions…”/ The empath said with a slight smile. /“It's hard to explain… even more difficult to understand.”/

 

“Explain it to me.” Duo demanded, leaning in closer to the vid-screen to hide his partner from Quatre's view as the Japanese teen worked.

 

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Wu Fei crept up the stairs, his hand on his holster, prepared to draw his weapon if necessary.

 

“Oh My God!” A young woman gasped, cringing in her doorway as the sound of crashing furniture thundered from the apartment across the hall. “Someone's got to help him!”

 

“Miss? What's going on?”

 

“There's been loud crashes and screams… Something bad is going on in there! I called the police, but they haven't come yet!”

 

“I'm with the Preventers.” Wu Fei whispered, “I need you to go into your apartment where it's safe.”

 

“Okay… Just, please, help him! He just moved in, but he seems really nice!”

 

“I'll take care of it…” The Chinese agent promised, encouraging the girl into her home.

 

Listening closely for any sounds that would offer him clues as to the situation inside, Wu Fei prepared to go in.

 

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Quatre could feel his body trembling under his assaulter's ministrations, and he desperately wanted to die. He could sense the war of control in his friend's consciousness, and he wanted to help. The increasingly familiar aura of his partner just out of reach, and he wanted to scream.

 

The world around him was fading. It had been too long since air was permitted to enter his lungs.

 

The vice grip on his throat tightened, causing the dying boy to wince. “Your friend is outside the door.” Trowa's voice whispered into his ear, “Too bad he's too late? Amusing too… he actually thinks he loves you… Not like me, though… Cause you know I love you…”

 

`N-no…' The blonde mentally defied, finally succumbing to the darkness.

 

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Dark silence.

 

A crash, a bang, a scream of pain.

 

Streams of cursing.

 

Gentle hands…

 

“Quatre…” Wu Fei gasped, kneeling beside his fallen partner. Stunned into a frozen state by the smaller teen's brutally mangled form, it was all the Chinese agent could do not to throw up. Checking the blonde's vitals with one hand, he fished out his cell phone with the other, “This is Agent Chang. I need an ambulance… Come on, Quatre, wake up…”

 

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Blank eyes stared at him, unseeing through tinted glasses. “Are you just going to stand there?” Juubei asked with a note of amusement in his normally stoic voice.

 

“I-I'm just… surprised…” Kazuki replied completely forgetting about Shido's presence. “You left the Limitless Fortress? Makubex?”

 

“I thought you'd be happy to see me.” The needle user frowned.

 

“I-I'm ecstatic… just… Why?”

 

“Do I need a reason?” Juubei asked, reaching out, his fingers searching for the familiar softness of his master's face.

 

The thread master shivered as he felt the touch he had longed for. “…”

 

It was different.

Somehow, in a way he couldn't explain, the touch of his protector was different.

 

“Let's get out of here.” The taller man suggested, “We should talk.”

 

“O-ok…” The long-haired man agreed, allowing the blind man to take his hand and lead him from the room and out the door.

 

Once they were gone, Shido picked up the phone. “They're on their way.”

 

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Azure eyes blinked open, trying to focus. Pain was the first thing he recognized. It screamed at him though a haze, causing him to moan.

 

“Quatre?”

 

Concern, fear… and a deeper emotion.

 

“Quatre, can you hear me?”

 

A gentle squeeze on his hand sent a wave of agony up his arm, causing Quatre to flinch. “T-Trowa?” He croaked his voice raw from screaming and being crushed.

 

“He's gone.”

 

The words didn't register. “Gone…” The boy blinked and shifted his head, for the first time acknowledging his partner. “D-did you… d-did you…”

 

“I shot his shoulder, non-fatal wound.” Wu Fei reported, sounding angry. “I shouldn't have missed… I was just so… I can't believe he did that… Injustice.”

 

“It… wasn't his fault…” Quatre whispered, “Not… his fault…”

 

Wu Fei stared at the seemingly frail boy that lay on the hospital bed. I.V's and monitors, bruises and bandages covered the blonde. It was evident that he was in discomfort… Yet he didn't seem angry or at the very least… betrayed? “I don't understand, Quatre. How can you say that after what he… How can he be the one you call for as soon as you wake? Why defend him?”

 

The blonde tried to push himself to a sitting position, grimacing as his abused torso protested. “I could tell…” Quatre tried to explain through clenched teeth. “I could sense… a fight between consciousnesses… a fight for control. It was Trowa's body, but he was not in command of his actions…”

 

“Quatre…” The Chinese boy sighed, taking the smaller boy's hand in his own.

 

A wave of protectiveness, concern, anger, self-depreciation and… Quatre gasped as that last emotion made itself known. “I'm such a fool…”

 

“Are you in pain? Shall I call the doctor?”

 

“Trowa would never hurt me, never betray me…” Azure eyes took on a lost look. “…Never tell me that I was worthless… just to hide a deeper emotion.”

 

Wu Fei paled, dropping the thin hand as if it were scalding hot. “What are you babbling about?” He snapped, allowing his anger and sharp tongue to surface in order to reign in his other emotions. “Don't tell me you've let that knock to your skull scramble what little common sense you had. I've never met a weaker on-”

 

“I never thought you'd turn out to be such a blatant liar, Chang Wu Fei.” Quatre whispered, unable to talk any louder. His voice was becoming steady, loosing the rasp, but it still made the ebony-haired teen wince at the pain in it.

 

The Chinese boy protested, his face going red, “I have never-“

 

“Lied?” The empath interrupted, refusing to meet his partner's eyes. “Yes, you have. What did you think you were doing every time you picked a fight with me, mocked me or called me names? It was one huge lie to cover up something so simple…”

 

“I did not lie. It is not honorable.”

 

“So you really think that I'm an inferior weakling that had no business piloting a Gundam? I'm irresponsible? That my intelligence is that of a child? I'm a worthless waste of time, not worth your respect? Those are your honest opinions of me? Or are you going to lie to me some more?”

 

“…” The proud warrior paled as his eyes grew wide with horror, `I really called him all of that? I treated him… like that… Oh, Nataku… what have I done?'

 

“Duo… Duo doesn't lie. He hides. He puts up a mask of aloofness that throws people off of his inner issues, but he never once denied that he has those issues.” The empath rubbed at his chest, “Trowa… is much the same way. Hiding, avoiding even, but not denying. Hiiro is matter of fact. He states things as he sees them. You… You, Wu Fei… lie.”

 

“And you?” The prideful warrior countered. “You're so perfect?”

 

“No.” Quatre admitted, “I'm not. I withhold information so that it can be used in my favor later. I sacrifice without remorse, and I hide behind the name my father left for me, using it to my advantage. But I am a terrible liar; something in my face always gives me away. Therefore it is pointless for me to practice such deceit. I am many things, Chang Wu Fei, but a liar is not one of them.”

 

The Chinese boy was silent for several minutes. His honor had been called into question and there was nothing he could do to defend it. His secret love spoke nothing but the truth. Wu Fei was certain it reflected in those hidden azure eyes. With nothing else to say, he offered a humble, “I'm sorry.”

 

Quatre looked up at him, but the Onyx eyes refused to meet his.

 

“You're right. I am a liar… and I'm ashamed.”

 

“You could have just told me the truth.” The blonde whispered. “We could have been friends if nothing else… Wouldn't that have been better then the disharmony that we've been working in?”

 

“I… didn't want to hurt you.” Wu Fei sighed, “I didn't want to get in the way. You love Barton… I just wanted you happy.”

 

“… I'm thinking that it was a puppeteer.” Quatre abruptly changed the subject, wincing at the hurt it caused the other teen to not be acknowledged. “A telepath like Schuldig wouldn't have the concentration needed to maintain control without being within the same room. So Schuldig is either working with someone, or Trowa is no longer in his custody.”

 

“Where are you going?” Wu Fei demanded as the blonde started pulling the monitors off. “Quatre, wait! You are wounded. You have a concussion, multiple broken ribs, bruises and a fractured wrist among other injuries. You should stay in the hospital where you can be treated.”

 

“I'm going to complete our mission.” The blonde stated evenly, gritting his teeth as he pulled on the I.V. “We still have to find Nagi, and I'm betting the person who has Trowa is involved.”

 

“This isn't wise.” His partner protested as the stubborn new-type stood..

 

Quatre swallowed, fighting against a wave of dizziness from moving too quickly for his body to cope with. With a sharp gasp, the empath collapsed next to the bed.

 

Wu Fei's arms were instantly around him, supporting the smaller teen. “At least wait until tomorrow? It's late and we wouldn't get much more done tonight. It would be more prudent for you to rest now, regain some strength and allow your body to heal some before straining it further.”

 

The empath drew upon his partner's inner strength, “Alright… I'll wait…” He agreed as the taller teen helped him back into bed, “Just please, Wu Fei…” The teen requested, reaching out and grasping the Asian's wrist before he could leave, “Stay? Call me weak, but I don't want to be alone right now.”

 

“I wasn't planning on going anywhere.” The Chinese boy reassured with a gentle squeeze before settling in to watch over his partner as the smaller teen fell asleep. “I give you my word, Quatre…” He whispered, once he was certain the blonde was in dreamland. “I won't lie to you anymore… I love you.”

 

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To be continued…

 

OMG that was 9 pages typed. Usually I only type 4-5… think I should split this into two chapters? Lots of talking… did it make sense? >.<