Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Eternity Reborn ❯ Chapter 4: Truth is Cruel ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Xander B 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Angst / Supernatural / Romance / Fantasy / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 08.23.2007 | Updated On: 07.10.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 585 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Angst / Supernatural / Romance / Fantasy / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 08.23.2007 | Updated On: 07.10.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 585 | Status: Completed
Eternity Reborn
Chapter 4: Truth is Cruel
(Vampire Mansion)
(Quatre)
The agonized screams and wails sounding from Duo's room did not cease until long into the night at which time I finally was able to enter the large chamber that now belonged to the distraught vampire lord.
"Duo?" I called out gently, not wanting to startle him to badly. I heard a slight shifting upon the bed accompanied by a small whimper. He'd been screaming in rage and utter upset, most likely sobbing as well for hours. I'd known that this would happen. I'd even went so far as to advise against his following of the lizard. He had not been able to control his need to see, to know. I hadn't wanted to tell Duo that Heero would most likely try to kill him every time they met. That Heero was not the same Heero he
beautiful and sought-after, but it has poisonous barbs. They are sharp and sting when they bite into your flesh, but the wounds do heal, even if they leave scars. Perhaps, everything will work out for you." I said quietly, trying to explain. He snorted again indignantly. I just continued to pet his long hair, there was not much else I could do to comfort him.
"Do you know a vampire's heart does not beat? We don't need oxygen to sustain us, why would there be a need for it to beat? Even if we choose to breathe, the heart does not beat. Many vampires do not ever feel their heartbeats ever again once they are changed," he spoke randomly and he reached for my hand and placed it over the left side of his chest above where his heart should rest. I felt the thumping and warmth of a heartbeat steadily under my hand. I looked at him with unseeing eyes as I listened and felt his heart beating through the flesh and bone. "This is what he does to me Quatre. He makes my heart beat," he explained softly. I nodded silently. There was a tap on the door.
"What is it?" he called out, forcing calm into his voice. Relena entered the room.
"Your grace," Duo sighed and nodded. "I was wondering when it would be a good time to make our attack on the city," she elaborated, finally revealing her real reasoning for waking Duo. He seemed confused as her words sunk in.
"What nonsense are you speaking of?" he questioned. I hoped to god that Duo would refuse this insane plan to make the world human-free.
"The plan, my lord. We are going to kill all the humans and make them into creatures of the darkness like us. With your help, we will be able to enter the sunlight and we won't need the humans' blood as much anymore," she said excitedly. Duo's eyes widened to saucers as realization of what she was planning hit him. It was ludicrous of course. Vampires needed the human race to live, at least the 'inbreed' as Duo called them, did.
"You are delusional, all of you are delusional. I refuse to make you into what I am, not that I'd actually be able to if I tried. And what do you think will happen if you kill all the humans anyways? You will starve, you idiot! Do you honestly believe that you are above humans? Yes we are stronger, faster, more graceful, perfect, but without them we will all die off. If you kill all the humans, you are no better than them. You only create more corruption and you throw out the balance of the world. You are no higher than them. What makes you think that you have more of a right to live than them? You are lower even than them. You feed off their vitality, living in condemnation, scurrying around in the sewers and darkness like rats! And you believe you deserve life before them? Are you jealous of their fortune? They may see the sun, feel it on their skin. Their hearts beat, they feel the warmth that another body next to them brings. What do you feel? Nothing! I feel what these humans, mortals feel. I feel, see the sun above me. My heart beats in my chest even as we speak. My tongue speaks words of poetry and love. I know what this love feels like. I know the feel of another's body pressed to my own, locked in passion, in love. You know nothing of these. So if you wish to kill humans, why do you not wish to kill me in your selfish jealousy? I am practically one of them and I am in love with their nature. Would you now take the chance to go against my wishes to try and destroy this corrupted harmony as it is? Would you go so far as to- to kill me? Do you believe you could? You are too young my dear, frightened creature. You know nothing of the words I speak and now you cry me tears of crimson in your ignorance because I have opened your tightly shut eyes to the reality that is present. There is no future for us. We are unchanging. The world moves on, moves forward and we are left behind in its dust. It is the way it is. Destiny has forgotten us. To her, we are dead. We must make our own destiny and that means learning from mistakes that idiots before us have made. Do you wish to be one of those idiots?" He finished, breathing heavily and gulping in fresh air after his tirade.
Relena stood in shock with scarlet tears trekking silently down her own pale cheeks. She had come here in an excited fit of ignorant happiness and she would now leave with the knowledge of one many years in lead of her. She had thought herself brilliant and in this one's presence had been outshone by his own glorious brilliance. How could anyone compare to such a magnificent creature as this?
"Leave me now!" Duo exclaimed suddenly, his voice heightened with anger. Relena jumped as if his words had burned her and she scurried from the room in utter fear. I stayed on the side of the bed where I had perched myself, wondering if he had been referring to the both us. I assumed that that was not the case when Duo did not repeat himself.
"Quatre, stay with me this evening. Share your heat with me. I am cold and I am barely able to keep my eyes from closing. Come, lay with me. I would not harm you," he said, slipping to his old speech. I did as he asked. I laid out next to him and curled into his cool embrace, allowing him to feed off my warmth, finding that I soon fell asleep in the comfort of him. I thought that this must be what a lover's embrace would feel like. I had never been able to share in such an embrace before. Too many were frightened of me, of a temper I did not possess, but not this one. He treated me as normal. I smiled in my half-sleeping state. A friend at last, to treat me as I am not as what I stand for.
(Vampire hunter HQ)
(Heero)
I threw the gigantic, dusty book onto the huge oak table in the middle of the library. Trowa sat across from where I stood, his tail swishing below the chair, his chin resting on his hand and his ears twitching in annoyance. He looked bored.
"What kind of vampire can walk in the light without being scalded by the sun's rays, laugh in the face of holy water and live through the silver of Wufei's blade?" I questioned my two companions rhetorically. Trowa shrugged and Wufei watched me for a moment.
"An old one. A very old one." Wufei spoke from the chair he'd been curled in for hours. He hadn't needed to answer, the question being rhetorical, but that was Wufei for you.
"Right. He must be at least three centuries old, but I can't find him anywhere." I said as Trowa flipped idly through the leather-bound book I'd just thrown onto the table, stifling a yawn behind his unoccupied hand.
"There!" he exclaimed suddenly, perking up. I looked at the centerfold. There he was. The beautiful creature I'd seen and kissed just three days earlier was splayed across the pages. I reached up and brushed my fingertips across my lips in memory of the feel of his cool lips pressed onto mine. Wufei came over to look as well, standing behind me and glancing over my shoulder.
"That's him alright. Shinigami? What does that mean?" Trowa inquired curiously. I shrugged, unsure of the answer. I'd never heard of him before. He was before my time.
"The god of death," Wufei elaborated solemnly. I read on silently as Trowa read out loud.
"'Shinigami, the legend. He has not been seen in nearly two centuries, many believed him to be the king of the damned, never having named a queen. He was notorious for seducing his victims before draining them of their life's blood up until the end of the eighteenth century in which the infamous killer seemed to vanish. It was said that he fell in love with his enemy, the only son of Akito Yuy, and the only heir to the Yuy Clan as of the time, Heero Yuy. Akito Yuy also had two daughters. Shinigami's real name was never known. He went into hiding after his lover's death by the other members of the clan, which Shinigami killed in revenge for the murder of his love. Heero Yuy was never changed into a vampire and was hidden away from everyone until his death as Shinigami's captive. It is not known if Heero Yuy ever was truly in love with his vampiric counterpart. Shinigami also has no known weaknesses at the time of this writing.' Wow," Trowa breathed out as he finished reading. Both Trowa and Wufei looked at me. I licked dry lips. My father's name was also Akito and I'd had two sisters which had been killed in the same tragedy as my parents. How could that be possible?
"Reincarnation," Wufei stated without provocation. He seemed entirely too interested in the situation. I looked at him with wide eyes. Was this to be my destiny as well? Was I to be killed as my earlier self had been? I wouldn't allow it. I'd have to kill Duo before he killed me. I left the room soon after and stayed in my room for many hours before I fell asleep fitfully.
(Trowa)
Why was it that everyone was to be happy, all except for me? Heero had just found out that he had a mate, even if they weren't really together yet. I'd seen the way Heero had been drawn to him. It wouldn't be long before he was taken away from us. Wufei would soon find someone to love as well and I would be left alone once again. I looked out the rain-streaked window at the dark, drenched streets outside. This weather suited my mood quite well. Why had I been left alone? What had I done to deserve this loneliness? I pondered these depressing thoughts long after sleep had taken me and into the next week as well.
(Heero)
I woke up with a start. I'd been dreaming again. It seemed so real, so vivid, like a memory. He'd been above me, inside me. I'd felt him. There was no way it was true. I'd never give up control, never in the way I had in that dream. It just wasn't me. Maybe it was my former self, but it wasn't me. God, but the dream had been so real. I was covered in sweat. I threw off the sheets and padded out onto the balcony. What was happening to me? My heart beat madly in my chest and my body felt hot. I could barely control my breathing and I wanted him. I wanted him so badly that it was painful. I ran a shaky hand through sleep-tousled locks. I wanted to feel him, touch him. God, how was he doing this to me?
TBC...
Hehehe, cliffy. If you want more, review madly and I might consider it. The next chapter I think Wufel will meet his love wink, wink. Anyway, just review please.
Love, Angel
Chapter 4: Truth is Cruel
(Vampire Mansion)
(Quatre)
The agonized screams and wails sounding from Duo's room did not cease until long into the night at which time I finally was able to enter the large chamber that now belonged to the distraught vampire lord.
"Duo?" I called out gently, not wanting to startle him to badly. I heard a slight shifting upon the bed accompanied by a small whimper. He'd been screaming in rage and utter upset, most likely sobbing as well for hours. I'd known that this would happen. I'd even went so far as to advise against his following of the lizard. He had not been able to control his need to see, to know. I hadn't wanted to tell Duo that Heero would most likely try to kill him every time they met. That Heero was not the same Heero he
beautiful and sought-after, but it has poisonous barbs. They are sharp and sting when they bite into your flesh, but the wounds do heal, even if they leave scars. Perhaps, everything will work out for you." I said quietly, trying to explain. He snorted again indignantly. I just continued to pet his long hair, there was not much else I could do to comfort him.
"Do you know a vampire's heart does not beat? We don't need oxygen to sustain us, why would there be a need for it to beat? Even if we choose to breathe, the heart does not beat. Many vampires do not ever feel their heartbeats ever again once they are changed," he spoke randomly and he reached for my hand and placed it over the left side of his chest above where his heart should rest. I felt the thumping and warmth of a heartbeat steadily under my hand. I looked at him with unseeing eyes as I listened and felt his heart beating through the flesh and bone. "This is what he does to me Quatre. He makes my heart beat," he explained softly. I nodded silently. There was a tap on the door.
"What is it?" he called out, forcing calm into his voice. Relena entered the room.
"Your grace," Duo sighed and nodded. "I was wondering when it would be a good time to make our attack on the city," she elaborated, finally revealing her real reasoning for waking Duo. He seemed confused as her words sunk in.
"What nonsense are you speaking of?" he questioned. I hoped to god that Duo would refuse this insane plan to make the world human-free.
"The plan, my lord. We are going to kill all the humans and make them into creatures of the darkness like us. With your help, we will be able to enter the sunlight and we won't need the humans' blood as much anymore," she said excitedly. Duo's eyes widened to saucers as realization of what she was planning hit him. It was ludicrous of course. Vampires needed the human race to live, at least the 'inbreed' as Duo called them, did.
"You are delusional, all of you are delusional. I refuse to make you into what I am, not that I'd actually be able to if I tried. And what do you think will happen if you kill all the humans anyways? You will starve, you idiot! Do you honestly believe that you are above humans? Yes we are stronger, faster, more graceful, perfect, but without them we will all die off. If you kill all the humans, you are no better than them. You only create more corruption and you throw out the balance of the world. You are no higher than them. What makes you think that you have more of a right to live than them? You are lower even than them. You feed off their vitality, living in condemnation, scurrying around in the sewers and darkness like rats! And you believe you deserve life before them? Are you jealous of their fortune? They may see the sun, feel it on their skin. Their hearts beat, they feel the warmth that another body next to them brings. What do you feel? Nothing! I feel what these humans, mortals feel. I feel, see the sun above me. My heart beats in my chest even as we speak. My tongue speaks words of poetry and love. I know what this love feels like. I know the feel of another's body pressed to my own, locked in passion, in love. You know nothing of these. So if you wish to kill humans, why do you not wish to kill me in your selfish jealousy? I am practically one of them and I am in love with their nature. Would you now take the chance to go against my wishes to try and destroy this corrupted harmony as it is? Would you go so far as to- to kill me? Do you believe you could? You are too young my dear, frightened creature. You know nothing of the words I speak and now you cry me tears of crimson in your ignorance because I have opened your tightly shut eyes to the reality that is present. There is no future for us. We are unchanging. The world moves on, moves forward and we are left behind in its dust. It is the way it is. Destiny has forgotten us. To her, we are dead. We must make our own destiny and that means learning from mistakes that idiots before us have made. Do you wish to be one of those idiots?" He finished, breathing heavily and gulping in fresh air after his tirade.
Relena stood in shock with scarlet tears trekking silently down her own pale cheeks. She had come here in an excited fit of ignorant happiness and she would now leave with the knowledge of one many years in lead of her. She had thought herself brilliant and in this one's presence had been outshone by his own glorious brilliance. How could anyone compare to such a magnificent creature as this?
"Leave me now!" Duo exclaimed suddenly, his voice heightened with anger. Relena jumped as if his words had burned her and she scurried from the room in utter fear. I stayed on the side of the bed where I had perched myself, wondering if he had been referring to the both us. I assumed that that was not the case when Duo did not repeat himself.
"Quatre, stay with me this evening. Share your heat with me. I am cold and I am barely able to keep my eyes from closing. Come, lay with me. I would not harm you," he said, slipping to his old speech. I did as he asked. I laid out next to him and curled into his cool embrace, allowing him to feed off my warmth, finding that I soon fell asleep in the comfort of him. I thought that this must be what a lover's embrace would feel like. I had never been able to share in such an embrace before. Too many were frightened of me, of a temper I did not possess, but not this one. He treated me as normal. I smiled in my half-sleeping state. A friend at last, to treat me as I am not as what I stand for.
(Vampire hunter HQ)
(Heero)
I threw the gigantic, dusty book onto the huge oak table in the middle of the library. Trowa sat across from where I stood, his tail swishing below the chair, his chin resting on his hand and his ears twitching in annoyance. He looked bored.
"What kind of vampire can walk in the light without being scalded by the sun's rays, laugh in the face of holy water and live through the silver of Wufei's blade?" I questioned my two companions rhetorically. Trowa shrugged and Wufei watched me for a moment.
"An old one. A very old one." Wufei spoke from the chair he'd been curled in for hours. He hadn't needed to answer, the question being rhetorical, but that was Wufei for you.
"Right. He must be at least three centuries old, but I can't find him anywhere." I said as Trowa flipped idly through the leather-bound book I'd just thrown onto the table, stifling a yawn behind his unoccupied hand.
"There!" he exclaimed suddenly, perking up. I looked at the centerfold. There he was. The beautiful creature I'd seen and kissed just three days earlier was splayed across the pages. I reached up and brushed my fingertips across my lips in memory of the feel of his cool lips pressed onto mine. Wufei came over to look as well, standing behind me and glancing over my shoulder.
"That's him alright. Shinigami? What does that mean?" Trowa inquired curiously. I shrugged, unsure of the answer. I'd never heard of him before. He was before my time.
"The god of death," Wufei elaborated solemnly. I read on silently as Trowa read out loud.
"'Shinigami, the legend. He has not been seen in nearly two centuries, many believed him to be the king of the damned, never having named a queen. He was notorious for seducing his victims before draining them of their life's blood up until the end of the eighteenth century in which the infamous killer seemed to vanish. It was said that he fell in love with his enemy, the only son of Akito Yuy, and the only heir to the Yuy Clan as of the time, Heero Yuy. Akito Yuy also had two daughters. Shinigami's real name was never known. He went into hiding after his lover's death by the other members of the clan, which Shinigami killed in revenge for the murder of his love. Heero Yuy was never changed into a vampire and was hidden away from everyone until his death as Shinigami's captive. It is not known if Heero Yuy ever was truly in love with his vampiric counterpart. Shinigami also has no known weaknesses at the time of this writing.' Wow," Trowa breathed out as he finished reading. Both Trowa and Wufei looked at me. I licked dry lips. My father's name was also Akito and I'd had two sisters which had been killed in the same tragedy as my parents. How could that be possible?
"Reincarnation," Wufei stated without provocation. He seemed entirely too interested in the situation. I looked at him with wide eyes. Was this to be my destiny as well? Was I to be killed as my earlier self had been? I wouldn't allow it. I'd have to kill Duo before he killed me. I left the room soon after and stayed in my room for many hours before I fell asleep fitfully.
(Trowa)
Why was it that everyone was to be happy, all except for me? Heero had just found out that he had a mate, even if they weren't really together yet. I'd seen the way Heero had been drawn to him. It wouldn't be long before he was taken away from us. Wufei would soon find someone to love as well and I would be left alone once again. I looked out the rain-streaked window at the dark, drenched streets outside. This weather suited my mood quite well. Why had I been left alone? What had I done to deserve this loneliness? I pondered these depressing thoughts long after sleep had taken me and into the next week as well.
(Heero)
I woke up with a start. I'd been dreaming again. It seemed so real, so vivid, like a memory. He'd been above me, inside me. I'd felt him. There was no way it was true. I'd never give up control, never in the way I had in that dream. It just wasn't me. Maybe it was my former self, but it wasn't me. God, but the dream had been so real. I was covered in sweat. I threw off the sheets and padded out onto the balcony. What was happening to me? My heart beat madly in my chest and my body felt hot. I could barely control my breathing and I wanted him. I wanted him so badly that it was painful. I ran a shaky hand through sleep-tousled locks. I wanted to feel him, touch him. God, how was he doing this to me?
TBC...
Hehehe, cliffy. If you want more, review madly and I might consider it. The next chapter I think Wufel will meet his love wink, wink. Anyway, just review please.
Love, Angel