Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ All this was for you ❯ Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I own only my original characters, if they ever pop in.

Notes: I write fast, so post replies if you read this thing, I want to know if anyone out there is keeping track of my work! Oh yeah! Guys, None of the character in this story are going to be acting entirely like they normally would be, so please, no killing Skeren. Oh yes, I have interesting plot twists ahead, so please, no one yell at me that I am rushing things in this. I am deliberately making Jei and Duo bond to each other from first sight! Oh and I dedicate this chapter to the people who put me on their notification lists, because otherwise I wouldn't have worked so much on it. ~mindtalk~ {specified thoughts}

Pairings: The obvious Farfarello/Jei (whichever you want to think of him as)xDuo possibly that will switch, possible others, I'm thinking about it.

Warnings: There's a little blood, but you can take it.

All this was for you

By: Skeren Dreamera

Everything was dark. It wasn't an intentional darkness. Rather, it more closely resembled someone who refuses to open his or her eyes. If you want reality to go away, just keep your eyes closed and wait. It was an exercise in futility. Duo felt a slightly larger form perch itself on his chest, making him wheeze out a breath as he cracked his eyes open, blinking up at the pale creature that had decided he would make a perfect perch, his eye-patch an almost mesmerizing contrast to his light face. Duo had all intentions to move and shove the offending Irishman off his chest. Failing that, he realized that he was trussed up in a similar manner to what he had been in the night before. These restraints just seemed like a more permanent addition to the nice little padded room.

Sighing slightly, Duo looked up at his new companion, tracing his gaze over his scars almost absently, and resting. He wasn't uncomfortable like this. Odd that this fellow was reaching him on this level. Maybe it's because he could just tell how the man liked his blood when he licked it off that blade. Maybe this person craved death like he did. That would explain the phantom connection that seemed to make him want to trust the person currently sitting on his chest.

"Sleep well?" Jei grinned at him, leaning down so that they were nose to nose. Duo had to hold back a laugh at how this seemed to be something the fellow wanted to make a habit out of.

"Until I woke up. Now, I seem to be tied up again." Duo raised an eyebrow, giving Jei a beaming smile.

"I was sleeping. I have only decided you will hurt god with me. I trust you not!" Jei grinned, the maniacal gleam that was his constant companion retreating for a moment as he gave Duo an oddly gentle caress, brushing his hair back from his eyes. The moment he lifted his fingers away the gleam returned. Duo had seen the person lurking behind that insanity though.

"You aren't all that crazy, are you Jei?" Duo wiggled a little then looked up at his restraints before settling in to wait for his answer.

"Maybe, maybe not. What does crazy mean Shini?" Being in an oddly rational mood, Jei stretched out over his captive, more evenly throwing his weight over him. He rested his chin on his hands where they were flat over Duo's collarbone, watching the Violet eyed man patiently.

"Crazy means that the normal people don't want you anymore." Duo quirked an almost genuine grin, then tilted his head. "So, why haven't you untied me yet?"

"I like to see you tied up. Something so fragile looking all in chains." Jei followed his statement with a little giggle, and he tugged Duo's braid up his back, looking at it speculatively. Duo's own look was somewhat suspicious, but he didn't feel like he needed to tell him to leave it alone. He already seemed to understand him on some level.

Duo quirked his lips further. "Much as you enjoy the pretty picture that is me, I'm hungry. I missed dinner twice. So, can we work out a way for me to eat?"

Shaking his head a little, Jei shifted his weight a little, then bounced off Duo entirely, leaving the slighter man gasping for air as all his was forced from his body. "I'll get food, you stay there." Turning for the door, the pale man left the room, Duo staring after him, entirely perplexed.

"Nah, I can't like him. I will not get affectionate over someone who was at any point intent on killing me. Not again. No no no." Duo dropped his head back onto the bed, releasing a faintly hysterical giggle before cutting it all off and making himself calm down. He didn't like the guy. He'd just decided that he'd be his hunting partner. There. That sounded better already. Jei was his hunting partner and the others were his pack. Now he sounded like a lion or something. Didn't matter. He liked that particular arrangement. So when a speculative mental eye peeked in on Duo, all he got was a baffling impression of a lion pride, and a good dose of muddled looped thoughts that made no sense to him whatsoever.

Duo laid his head back down and took a few deep breaths. Then he started thinking about where he life was. Did he really want to stay with these people? Jei was interesting. He'd already told him he would help him hurt god. Hurt god, he'd never thought of it that way before. He'd always just been Shinigami. He'd always been the god of death. He'd never thought that his killing might hurt the Christian god. So, maybe that was why he was cursed. Nodding to himself as he waited for Jei to come back, he allowed a faint smile to come to his face. Everything was finally making sense.

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Farfarello got held up in the kitchen. Schuldig was acting completely bizarre, holding him up when he came into the room to search for blood before allowing him to get food. He then asked, in the absolutely wrong tone, what he'd been doing with Duo. Feeling oddly possessive of the boy who called himself Shinigami, or, as Jei called him, just Shini, as in, just death, Farfarello knocked Schuldig into the wall. So, upset that the plate of hotdogs and things he'd gotten for Duo had been spilled a little, Farfarello demanded that Schuldig carried his plate and the drinks he'd gotten out of the refrigerator.

So, due to these events, Farfarello entered with Schuldig following to the soft question of "Jei?"

Jei merely shook his head and sat down on the edge of the bed, balancing the plate on a pillow. "You could have gotten loose already." It wasn't meant to be a question, he just knew the boy could have gotten free, and chose to stay bound.

"You brought something to eat?" Duo rearranged, scooting back and bringing his hands down in front of him so that he could sit up, watching Jei with more trust than Schuldig, much to the telepath's annoyance. After all, Schuldig hadn't been the one who was going to try to knife the boy. Shaking his head, Schuldig set his burden down, watching the interaction between the two, and finding himself a cushy bit of floor where he could see them both.

"I said I would." Jei quirked his lips, head tilted to the side in consideration, the quirk turning into a sly grin as he leaned down in front of Duo, entirely ignoring their observer. "So your hungry huh? What'll you give me for it?"

Poor Schuldig stared; wondering just how much Farfarello had been listening to him. The very fact that his captive didn't seem adverse to the obvious bribery further confounded Schu. {Had these two met before or something?}

Duo, also ignoring the audience, leaned forward a little; head tilted, and replied with a soft voice. "I'll let you bite me somewhere covered." There was a faintly crazy gleam in his eye as he said that, as though he was pulling further away from what was considered sane with every second around the Irishman. By the same coin, Jei seemed perfectly able to do anything a normal person would at the moment.

"I will then." Jei grinned, and it was his normal bloodthirsty grin. He then picked up the plate on the pillow, eyeing each item for a moment then looking to Duo, deciding to work around the plate.

Duo grinned as he saw his meal, the expression one of absolute pleasure. "Haven't seen any of that in a while, thanks."

"It fit." Jei then picked up the first item in his fingers, proceeding to hand feed him rather than letting him free of his bonds to eat on his own. Duo ate without protest, watching the pale person in front of him with an almost disturbing single-mindedness. As the last bit was eaten, Jei turned and picked up his own plate, eating quickly before setting his food and drink aside. The entire scene had the air of long practice, as well as being faintly erotic, despite the fact that the foods they had been eating could be considered anything but.

Schuldig sat in total silence throughout the meal, allowing himself to listen to their thoughts for a little while. He could only marvel at the turns their minds took, it was as though they were on the same track, or even as though they were talking out loud to each other. This wasn't the case, but the way one would think something and the other would seem to think in reply.. Schuldig didn't know what to do with it. Getting up from the floor, He was about to head for the door when a soft amused voice made him pause in his tracks.

"Did you enjoy watching him feed me Schu-babe?" Duo tilted his head a bit, looking around Jei and batting his eyes at him, almost flirting.

Jei frowned at Duo, then turned around and threatened Schu without saying a word. The jealous look he got for being on the end of that flirting was enough. He may be a telepath, but he could only do so well against a crazy man. Thus, Schu was quite eager to be out of the room, leaving the pair alone without answering.

Duo pouted for a moment, seeing the person he'd decided to tease retreat, then looked back to Jei and smiled. "So, where is it that I am going to be bit?" He didn't know why he felt that being bitten sounded like a wonderful idea, he just knew that he wanted it. It was as though he'd been waiting to meet up with the crazy Irishman. Immediately duo halted those thoughts, he wouldn't allow such a thought to possibly make something grow between them. Of course, he was completely ignoring the fact that he had basically asked the other man to mark him. Irony was at work.

Jei tilted his head to the side in consideration, running his hands down Duo's chest, then started to bunch the material up in his hands, drawing it up along his right side. "You'll see in a moment." Leaning over the exposed skin, Jei lightly inhaled Duo's smell. He decided that he must really be Shinigami like he claimed, simply because he could almost smell the death on him. He hadn't had a chance to clean up since he'd killed, and he could smell the old blood that had touched him, and that, oddly, had not touched his clothes. Flicking his tongue over Duo's side, Jei ran his hands up over Duo's ribs, allowing his eye to close.

Duo didn't fight him in the least, rather leaning onto his opposite side to give him more area to choose from. He was, however, getting impatient to feel the bite. He wanted it, and he wanted him to hurry up and give it.

As though realizing the impatience of the man under his attention, Jei leaned down further into Duo's side, nuzzling the skin of his waist before sinking his teeth into the tender skin. Duo drew a sharp breath as the pain streaked through his side, forcing himself to remain still through sheer will. Jei didn't gnash his teeth, nothing of the kind, he merely used the natural sharpness to break the skin, stopping the pressure long before he would have taken a chunk out, but not moving until he felt the blood pool into his mouth.

Drawing another deep breath, Duo closed his eyes, hands fisted as he waited through the bite, and trying to figure out precisely why he'd found this a good idea. Seeing no reason, he merely waited through it. As soon as Jei released the skin, he swallowed the mouthful of blood he'd gained, lapping at the bite for a few moments while he waited for the blood-flow to slow. Duo found this infinitely better, the pain being replaced with a stinging pleasure as his wound was licked. Releasing a sound like a purr, Duo stretched out a little more, letting his mind go into the feeling that he was getting. Good or bad, he'd earned that bite, and he felt proud of it now that he had it. He already knew it would scar.

Lifting his head away a final time, Jei pressed his hand over the bite and leaned down close to Duo, gaze on his lips before he took them, kissing his captive. He didn't wait for an invitation, forcing Duo's mouth open with his own and tilting his head, having him taste his own blood. Duo was still for a moment before allowing the kiss to continue; even starting to return it when Crawford entered the room, the other two on his heels.

"Enough!" This was from Crawford, who came to the bed, and aided, by Nagi, pulled Jei off and away from Duo.

Duo squinted his eyes a little, looking at the people in front of him, and licked his lips without thinking. When he tasted blood he felt mildly confused, then grinned widely, releasing a little giggle. That was it, blood loss. Nodding to himself in a woozy manner, Duo leaned back against the headboard and looked down to his cuffs. "I'm Ok." Directing his attention to Jei, he grinned at him. "Did I taste good?"

Jei merely licked his lips a faint smile quirking over his lips before the gleam of sanity faded away, leaving feral lunacy firmly back in place.

"Good." Duo looked back at the others. "Could one of you uncuff me now?"

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They had uncuffed Duo and left him in Farfarello's hands. Crawford had immediately Vetoed Schuldig's hopeful question of someone else, namely himself, watching Duo for a while. Of course, this was aided by Farfarello's knife being pressed along Schuldig's throat for even suggesting it. That was the day before.

Duo stared thoughtfully at Jei. He'd fallen asleep beside Duo and Duo was trying to understand why he had no objection to the arm tossed across his stomach. His violet eyes traces over each line of Jei's face, trying to remember where he'd seen that face before. He knew he had met the man in the past, he just couldn't remember when. It wasn't when he was a pilot though.. So before. Suddenly starting as a brief memory crossed his mind, Duo grinned.

He was whispering as he flicked the hair away from Jei's face, "I think I remember you. You were that guy who was breaking into the church weren't you? Yeah, yeah you were. I caught you, and you made me promise not to tell. You said if I told I would die, so I promised. Why were you in the church Jei? Were you already trying to hurt god way back then?" Duo leaned down a little further, making his side twinge as he moved incorrectly, before he rested his hand on Jei's shoulder and shook a little. "Wakie wakie Jei."

Jei opened his eye with a low threatening growl. Of course, Duo being Duo, he was less than intimidated. He didn't care how insane was, a growl or a glare would not bother him at all. It didn't last so long though, for as soon as Jei had seen who was shaking him, he had ceased growling.

"Hey Jei, do you remember me from before? Is that why you are so sure I'll keep my promise to help you hurt god?" Duo tilted his head back down into the pillow, fiddling idly with the end of his braid.

"You remembered. Those people are dead, I saw the destruction, and you are still alive. You lost an angel. I know that picture was an angel, and an angel died in your care. You already hurt god." Jei didn't even flinch as Duo struck out at Jei for the reminder of Heero's demise, cuffing the madman harshly in the gut as he could achieve from this angle. It didn't even make him stop talking. "You were already marked to hurt got when I saw you. I remembered you, all this time I remembered you. Now I get to keep you. See? You've agreed to hunt with me."

Duo beat on Jei a few more times in his anger over being reminded of all he had lost, but none got through to the silver haired man. So, having ineffectually spent his anger, Duo glared at Jei, getting a calm, pleased gaze back. "You don't keep me Jei. I'll stay for a while, but I don't like the group thing."

Jei laughed, a slightly rusty, but none the less amused for that, sound. "I will teach you little Shini, and I will keep you, because you will not want to go. I will show you how well we can do this together, and you will see." Petting his hands over Duo's side and hair, the Irishman smiled at Duo.

Duo couldn't help it; he wanted to belong somewhere, maybe even to someone if he had to. Jei wanted him. He knew what he'd done and it didn't bother him. He wouldn't try and stop him from killing like Heero had. Sad as it made him, Duo knew that had closed off a part of himself from Heero when that had been demanded. He could let Jei see everything, and the man wouldn't stop him. Closing his eyes Duo tilted his hand into the gentle petting he was receiving, sighing his breath out lightly. He wouldn't have to worry about Jei dying, because the man didn't mind the thought of dying. Heero hadn't minded either, but he'd never made the effort to stay alive, while he was sure Jei would.. Sighing to himself Duo stretched out on the bed to rest. He'd think about it more later.

-__________________-

Duo looked around the table at the four members of Schwarz as he sat next to Jei. He'd been there three weeks, basically getting to know each of the members of the team, and learning how far they were willing to try and trust him. Despite his efforts, the only one who trusted him fully was Jei. He didn't understand why, but they asked him to come with them tonight instead of locking him up and drugging him like they normally would.

"Now, what was it you were asking me to do on this mission of yours, again?" Duo leaned forward, Jei's hand resting in the center of his back. Duo didn't mind, he'd gotten used to the Irishman constantly touching him. It was never sexual; it was always just there. Well, so far. The only sexual things that Jei had insisted on were the bites. Whenever one would start to heal, he'd get a fresh one.

Crawford answered his question. "Tonight we have a body-guarding job for a fellow named Jonas Smytheen. We would like for you to stay with him, because I believe that your knowledge of the people he is meeting with will prevent an incident."

"Now, who's he meeting with again that I might know?" This part was important to Duo; he didn't like being kept in the dark like this.

"A pair of people I believe were your former teammates. From what I've looked up there isn't much on em, just names. Chang Wufei and Trowa Barton. Apparently they keep to themselves most of the time." This bit was from Nagi, who was eating a doughnut.

"That explains it. I'll do it. So, does this mean I get to wear my weapons in sight, or am I playing hide and seek with them?" Duo looked around, smiling.

"Ha! I never get to wear any of my best stuff when we get these jobs, I doubt he'll let you!" This comment was from Schuldig.

"If you can hide them properly, you can still wear your weapons, out of sight and hearing however. Oh yes, you need to wear a suit to this, I already got one for you. It's black on black, so I don't want to hear you complaining." Crawford stated the last, well aware that hopeful statement would fall on deaf ears.

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He was correct about that future, then again, Crawford tended not to make mistakes when it came to the future. Well, not usually. Duo complained the entire way to the place, fussing over the black suit in the back seat. Schuldig had encouraged Duo doing much the same thing himself, though far more effective in annoying Crawford.

"Braddikins, are we there yet?"

"Yeah, Brad-man, how much further till we're there?"

Other various questions of this sort were batted between the Telepath and Presence Sweeper. Of course, this caused Crawford to seethe in annoyance, while Nagi and Jei giggled. Finally they arrived, and poor Crawford nearly sprinted out of the vehicle, his momentum enough that he nearly tipped over. It was uncertain if he could handle two people with the types of humor that Schuldig and Duo had. At least not without the strong need to kill someone.

Crawford managed to gain his composure once he was out of the vehicle. "Alright you two, behave in there, don't offend the client, and please, for the sake of my sanity, do not drink!"

"Of course Vater, we're on the clock." Schuldig sniggered, climbing out of the car, closely followed by the other members of his team. Duo looked at the other parts of Schwarz, wondering why Nagi and Jei weren't in costume.

"Hey, why are me and Schu here the only ones in monkey suits?" Duo looked back at Crawford, frowning.

"You two, and I are going to be with the client, while those two handle the perimeter and such of the building. Come on, the client is waiting."

Dealing with the indignity of it, Schu and Duo followed Crawford into the building. The evening was mostly a bore. When it finally came time for the client to meet up with the group he was going to make a deal with Duo was torn. He didn't want to see his teammates again. Then again, this was his job. Finally, job one out, and he followed Smytheen into the room, hovering to the back of the room and watching as various members of the Preventers team entered the room through another door, ignoring the three bodyguards for the time being.

Wufei was the first one to greet Smytheen, taking the offered hand with a nod. "Mr. Smytheen."

Trowa didn't even bother with that, merely nodding at the man before taking his seat, the other three men and the two women each introducing themselves to Smytheen as they were asked. It was only after everyone was seated that Wufei and Trowa looked more closely at the bodyguards that had accompanied the drug lord into the room.

Wufei's eyes widened a bit, and he gestured slightly with one hand to make sure that Trowa saw the same thing he saw, getting a little nod in return.

There was no further reaction from the two as things were discussed, though when their subordinates moved a certain way there were head's shaken no.

It was toward the end of the meeting that Schuldig made a comment through the telepathy that made Duo giggle. This, of course, again drew the attention to him.

~Good going.~ Schu, mentally sniggering, but having the presence of mind to stay quietly smirking.

Duo, of course, didn't take it lying down. ~Hey, I was only thinking of how interesting it would be to stick you against a flagpole during a thunder storm.~ Duo's humor had rapidly gone dark under Jei's tutelage, much to Schu's chagrin.

~Both of you stop it, it's time to go. Duo, you stay here and wait for us to get out with him, Schuldig will call you when we are ready for you to join us.~ Crawford broke between the two, even going so far as to step between them, two pairs of curious eyes watching the interaction.

Crawford walked out behind Smytheen, Schuldig trailing after him and making comments that both of them could hear. ~Nice ass Bradley!~

Grinning from ear to ear as he heard that, Duo laughed out loud as he saw the look that Crawford sent to Schuldig, as well as heard his shut up quite prominently. Turning from watching them leave, he again saw two pairs of gazes on him, the rest having moved back out into the crowd to get drinks.

"Maxwell." Wufei studied Duo closely, his onyx eyes brimming with curiosity. "Where have you been all this time?"

"What's a matter great Preventer man? Couldn't find one lost little soldier man?" Duo stalked toward the pair, resting his bottom on the table as he gazed down at them where they sat.

"None of us could find you Duo." Trowa tilted his head to the side, giving a rare brief glimpse of both his eyes before the hair fell back into place.

"What were you doing? Were you hiding from us Duo? Why?" Wufei didn't sound the least bit friendly, his temper seeping into the words, causing Duo's eyes to narrow.

"I was doing was I was meant to do, Wufei fey, and that is none of your concern." Duo's voice was low. He had a grin on his face and his voice was light, but it was a threat none the less.

"But why?" Trowa again.

"It is the way it should be, so do not interfere, because-" Cutting off, Duo stopped, nodding as he heard Schu in his head.

~C'mon braid boy, time to go home.~

Duo grinned at the pair, then took advantage of his position to bounce down to his feet, giving first Wufei a quick kiss on the lips, then brushing them across Trowa's while the boy was still trying to understand what he'd done to Wufei. Skipping away from the pair, he tossed his comment over his shoulder, not even seeing the stunned looks he was receiving. "Tata, was nice talking to you guys!"

Then Duo was out the door, and was headed home. That night wasn't so bad, but the rest could not be said for the nights to come, because a few of the truths the braided man had come to understand were about to again be shattered.

To be continued.