Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Rock Band! ❯ The Beginning... ( Chapter 1 )

Rock Band!

This fic is dedicated to Cobalt Violet. *raises her wine glass* May we both conquer the world together in our masks and cool looking shirts, all the while saying our conquering speeches and singing our theme song! I also thank you sooooo much for the Easter fic, and for the dedication in Making Waves! *glomps* Domo Arigatou!!

Notes: This story takes place in 3000 AD, so the year 2000 would have been a long time ago. This timeframe is set way into the future. Why? Because my five wonderful, but yet evil muses want it that way! I have no control over them at this time. ^_^

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Introduction

*unknown person opens up a storybook and begins to read aloud*

This story happened a long long time ago, back in the year 2000 I do believe. This story is about true friendship, and finding love in the places you would have never thought to have looked. I did indeed witness this, and wrote it inside this book. If you do not feel you can handle this type of tale, I would close this book and stop listening to me immediately. *looks around the room* Seems as though I have your attention now…shall we proceed?

They were what people liked to call `a garage band.' Just the both of them, for the past five years. They were best friends, and they wouldn't give up their band for the world. Their names were Duo and Heero. They were more than determined to make it big, and nothing, not even the damn world ending (as far as they were concerned) would have or could have stopped then from achieving that goal.

Now Heero…he's just a story within itself, but we'll just stick with this one for now, hm? Heero would be the quiet type, and definitely not a people person. Not a good combination for a rock band, ne? Well, Heero's expertise was the percussion, and he also sang along with his partner, Duo.

Duo, who is the exact opposite of Heero in everyway possible, played the guitar, and sang. Duo was the happy go-lucky type. He was always open for new things, and people usually got swept away in looking into his violet amethysts of eyes.

This story hasn't even yet begun to unfold itself. How could two, totally opposite people ever find friendship? That's for me to know and for you to find out later.

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It was a usual Saturday afternoon in Duo Maxwell's garage. The trap set was set up in a corner, while a guitar rested on a chair. Two microphones were lying astray on the floor along with the many strewn CD's and tapes that were thrown about. Duo was lying restlessly on the couch he had drug in the garage a few weeks before. "What's taking Heero so long?" Duo wondered out loud to himself as he rolled over onto his stomach to look outside of the opened garage door. He saw a big moving van parked in the house lot next to his. "So, someone finally moved into the McHumphrey's again!" Duo said getting a bit excited. Duo smirked, a favorite pastime of Heero's and his was to rock the neighbors' out of their houses, and have them throwing objects at them in the middle of the night. Sometimes you'd be surprised at what people would throw at someone at 3 in the morning. Duo, (who is one of the most impatient people you shall ever meet) was growing restless (surprise, surprise) and tired. He had been waiting for Heero to arrive for a full fledged ten minutes!

As if right on cue, Heero suddenly came running into Duo's garage, looking rather worn out. "Sorry *pant* I'm *pant* late," Heero proclaimed sitting next to Duo on the couch. "No problem man!" Duo said as he held his hand up for a high-five. Heero just stared at the hand, making no move. Duo rolled his eyes. "Alright then, wanna practice?? I think it will be great fun to see what we can get out of the new neighbors!" Duo said, motioning his head towards the moving van.

Heero couldn't help but smirk, Duo was just so evil. Heero nodded his head, bent down to pick up a microphone to hook to his (drum/trap) set, and sat down on his drummers' seat. Duo took his place on the stool, and had his guitar ready, and mic already hooked to the stand.

Heero started counting them off by three clicks of his sticks. Duo started out the song by strumming some chords on his guitar. Both boys made sure to play as loud as they could so that the neighbors' could hear.

Duo Sings:

// I want to go somewhere
But while I try to figure out
where I should go,
Today is already ending

All alone, I worry…
I am always coming and going,
searching right and left and up and down
for the answers…

We are only half ourselves
when we are alone…

It's mysterious how fun and delicious things
bore me now

I was beginning to forget something important
Let's find our courage and go out…
I'll be your friend

If you are always
looking up at a dream
glittering in the distance,
you might just forget where you are now…

Heero Sings

The night sky
makes the infinite stars sparkle…
Without being aware of it,
Your heart is the same…

We are only half ourselves
when someone is standing beside us…

It's mysterious how sad things and worries
can encourage us onward

Please believe that it's not magic
It's your kindness that holds all the power…
I know it.

We are only half ourselves
when someone is standing beside us…

It's mysterious how sad things and worries
can encourage us onward

Together (Both boys sing)

Please believe that it's not magic
It's your kindness that holds all the power…
I'm your friend. // (1)

Heero ended the song by a last hit of a cymbal. Immediately after the song ended, Duo walked out of the garage to see if the neighbors' had heard. Duo sighed, "It seems they have opted that ignoring us instead of throwing things at us, I can already tell these people will be no fun!" Heero just looked at Duo. Heero was always silent, although the boys were best friends, they rarely ever talked. Their whole lives revolved around their music. Although both boys had terrible pasts, neither ever mentioned it or talked about it with each other. It was sort of like a silent law between the two.

Suddenly Duo brightened up. "Heeeeey Hee-Chan! You doin' anything tomorrow?" Heero shook his head no. "Well, I was walkin' today and saw this audition thingy. Their gonna be buildin' a new Rock House down the road, and they need performers for the first night. I wanna try it out, but I didn't get a chance to ask ya `til today, wanna shoot for it?" Heero just shrugged his shoulders. Duo grinned. "ALRIGHT! Thanks so much Hee-Chan! I didn't think you'd agree to it, I dunno why I didn't, but that's besides the point, I'm so happpppyyy!!" Duo babbled as he started prancing around the room like a mad dragonfly. (2)

Both boys played a few more songs before they bid each other good-night, each looking forward to the next day, not knowing all the tragedies that could happen in only one night.

As soon as Heero left, Duo pranced up the stairs to his room, taking two at a time. He phoned the auditioning place and asked them if they were still taking audition sign-ups. They told Duo that yes they were, and that they would hold a sheet for him. He thanked them profusely and then bounded back down his steps and out the door to go sign him and Heero up.

Now, Duo and Heero did not live in the best neighborhood. It was full of crime, but it was the best the two teenage boys could afford on their own at the time being. Both just tried to look at it the best they could, and ignore the continuous gunfire they heard at night. Duo ran out of his door, not stopping to lock it, and ran to the place he had first seen the audition sign-ups at. As soon as he arrived, he quickly ran up and told the man his name and that he was the one that had called earlier. The man gave him the last sheet, and Duo filled it out. The man told Duo that the auditions were to be in two weeks and that if he was late, they would automatically scratch him from the list. Duo nodded his understanding and turned to run back to his house. As he jogged to his place, he slowed down when he heard rustlings in the bushes to his right.

He eyed the bushes suspiciously, but just kept walking. He didn't want to stop too long; he knew that the neighborhood he lived in wasn't the best in the world. He quickly picked up the pace he had beforehand and continued to jog back to his place.

About five minutes later, Duo could sense someone was following him. He didn't look back, and his house was in sight, so he decided that the best option would be to book it to his house as fast as he could. This being thought in his head, he ran as fast as he could to his house. He could hear his followers' steps behind him, thumping loudly. He scrambled into his house and locked the door behind him. He heard a banging on his door, as he went around the house pulling the blinds and locking the windows and doors.

Duo finally felt he was safe, until the pounding stopped, and he suddenly realized he hadn't shut the garage, and that the door to it was still unlocked! He bolted towards the door, and as soon as he got there, his blood went cold. The garage door was wide open, and the person who was following him was no where in sight. He didn't know what to do!

Duo just stood there, like an idiot, trying to decide what to do when he heard a cold voice in his ear. "Run now my pretty one, I do enjoy a good chase."

Duo slowly turned around, only to be rewarded by finding a smirking man behind him. Duo glared, and punched the unexpecting man in the stomach, and as the man keeled over, Duo ran up the stairs to his room, where he locked the door. From there, he unlocked his window and crawled out onto his roof. He cautiously peered over, and he slowly stood up. He clinched his eyes shut, and grit his teeth as he quietly jumped off the roof. He landed gracefully on his feet, stumbling for a second, from the impact, as he silently started running to Heero's house.

He thought he was clear, and that he had gotten away. He believed that the jog to Heero's would be a breeze, and that his `stalker' didn't know he had climbed out the window. Unfortunately for Duo, he wasn't a very good guesser.

He had just reached Heero's front door step when a cold hand wrapped around his mouth, to prevent him from yelling out. He felt the cold steel from a blade on his neck. "Pull that shit again boy, and I'll kill you." The man exclaimed as he slowly started to drag Duo away. Luckily for Duo, (Duo just seems to be lucky in death situations, ne?) Heero had just open up his door to take out the trash, only to see his best friend being dragged away by a stranger, and his pleading amethyst eyes looking at him, silently begging for him to help him.

Heero tried not to let his rage get the better of him, but failed miserably. Duo was about to see another side of Heero he had never witnessed before. Heero glared at the man, a glare enough to make even Duo shutter. Heero barreled toward the man, successfully knocking him over, but somehow leaving Duo at his feet, and getting the knife away from his neck. He wrestled the man to the ground, and started beating the crap out of him. Duo was actually the one who had to get Heero off the man, after he was already unconscious.

Duo took both of Heero's arms, and pulled him off the man, as he kept trying to swing at him. "Heero! The man is out, Get a grip!" Duo shouted at Heero. Heero cooled off when Duo instructed him to, still trying to control his anger. Heero looked at him in the eye. "Are you alright Duo?," he asked, concern shining in his eyes. Duo nodded his head, putting his arm behind his back. Unbeknownst to Heero, when the man first covered Duo's mouth, he had decided that cutting Duo's arm to sharpen the knife for his neck was suitable.

"I was just wondering though…do you have a spare place I could stay tonight? I really don't want to walk back home." Duo said, putting his head down, a little ashamed of his cowardice. Heero lifted Duo's chin, and gave him the only thing close to a smile he had ever come to. "Of course I do, and if you're thinking you are a coward for not going back, I would have asked you the same thing if I were in your situation," he said, as though he had read Duo's mind. Duo grinned and gave Heero a big bear hug. "Thanks Hee-Chan." He whispered, trying to still hide his arm as he hugged Heero. Heero smirked, and led Duo into the house. He led Duo into his room, and told him that he could sleep there. Duo gave him a look. "But this is your room Heero! I don't want to kick you out of your own place," Duo started to protest, but Heero just rolled his eyes and shut the door on him.

Duo's mouth dropped when Heero shut the door on him. "Oh that little…" he trailed off as he tore open the door to Heero's room, and pounced on Heero, who was just turning from the door. Heero quickly flipped Duo over, and had him pinned down, smirking at him. Duo glared playfully up at him. "I SO had you!" he teased. Heero smirked again, until he saw Duo's arm bleeding through the white shirt he was wearing. He glared at it, and then at Duo.

"You said you were alright." Heero accused

Duo protested," I AM alright Heero, you never asked if I was hurt or not!"

Heero glared, and picked Duo up into his arms. Duo squirmed, "Just because I hurt my arm doesn't mean I can't walk Heero!" he said glaring. Heero gave him a warning glance that told him to shut-up, and Duo quickly obliged Heero carried Duo back into his room, and laid him onto the bed, as he went into the bathroom to get a First-Aid kit. He came back, and instructed Duo to take off his shirt. Duo did as he was told, feeling a bit uncomfortable, as Heero wiped away the blood and wrapped his arm.

Then, without even realizing what he was doing, he gave Duo a kiss on the top of his head, and left the room, silently shutting the door. Duo just kind of sat there on the bed, frozen in the moment. Did that really just happen, or was it a figment of his imagination!? Heero leaned against the door quietly, he hadn't meant to do that…he just sort of…slipped. `Wait Yuy…does that mean?,' but Heero cut his thinking off by shaking his head. `He's just my best friend…that's all' he thought, trying yo convince himself of that as he walked to the couch to sleep.

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The next morning, Duo arose early and quickly ran out of the room to wake Heero up. He found Heero on the couch and gently shook him. "Wake up Heero!," he said cheerfully. Heero's eyes snapped open, and in the matter of seconds, he had Duo in a choke hold. As soon as Heero realized who it was, he let go.

Duo stared wide eyed at him, as Heero mumbled his `sorry.' "What was that!?" Duo asked, bewildered. "Just automatic reaction…I don't want to talk about it." Heero said with a slight tinge of pain in his voice. Duo nodded his understanding, then tried to cheer up the mood of the room. "We have our audition in an hour!" he said cheerfully. "I'm cooking breakfast!" he added on gaily. Heero just nodded and sat down on the couch, not realizing he was a bit shaky. Duo spotted this, and wished that he could comfort his friend, but didn't know what to do. There was a knocking at Heero's door, which he quickly got up to answer, wondering who it was.

When he opened the door, he was surprised to find not a person, but instead a basket. Heero slowly bent down to pick up the basket, looking around suspiciously. He brought it in, and looked inside of it. There was nothing in it except for a single note. He picked it up and read it.

`Stop protecting the boy, you know as well as I that it is useless. I will get him one day when you are not there. I also want you to remember that whatever happens to this boy is completely your fault.'

Heero crumpled the note right as Duo walked in. "Who's the basket from Hee-Chan?" he asked. Heero just shook his head and threw the note away.

He had to tell Duo the truth about his past…now.

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*closes the book*

I think this is a good point to close at, hm? Besides, I don't want to tell you the *whole* tale in just one sitting, do I?

If your wondering who I am, I am just your friendly neighborhood story-teller. If you're wondering what my name is…it's Cobalt. Cobalt Violet. After this story is finished though, I might add, it will stay with you for life. Both changing your views on life, and on friendship. No, I am not an evil being trying to demonize you, just your friendly….person. If you wish to know about my past and how I know this wonderful tale…well…that's another story.

To Be Continued~*~*~*~*~

I'd Be Your Friend' by Quatre!! My Oni-San! (Dun ask, alright? ;-})

I was on a sugar rush when I wrote that part…and besides…dragonflies are cool... 0_o

Once again, this fic is totally and completely dedicated to Cobalt Violet. =^_^= *glomps* Thank you for everything! If I didn't have you…I'd cry! *gives Cobalt a zillion orange roses* Thanks again for everything!

Oh…and about the ending…=^_^= Cobalt is the story-teller! She's gonna be magical! Ohhhhhhhh! *gets stars in her eyes* This is gonna be so fun! *happy grin* MWAHAHAHA!