Bride of War Part 5

It was the day of Duo's fifteenth birthday. A party was being prepared and Heero was happy because Duo was getting closer to the age at which he could be fully claimed by the War God.

Long ago the ruler of the Gods had decreed that no mortal could be fully dedicated to a deity until the age of adulthood, which was seventeen. Heero knew Duo thought he was being prepared to become a priest, but Heero intended to take the fey beauty as his bride.

His priests were even now planning a surprise party for his beloved. He sensed the other deities watching him almost constantly now but didn't care as long as they did not interfere with him.

A servant approached him and informed him that a group of barbarians had entered the temple to pay him homage and ask for his blessings in their upcoming war. Sighing, Heero resumed his adult form to attend the ceremony.

Duo smiled as he watched the priests run around and decorate a room for his birthday party. He giggled softly but made sure none of them saw him. After all, he didn't want to ruin their attempt to surprise him! As he made his way back to his garden, he never noticed the huge barbarian who saw him. He was unaware that the dirt encrusted man leered at him with lust and followed him to the garden. He remained unaware until it was too late.

Heero was focused on the chanting of the tribe in front of him when he felt a wave of anger and terror. Jerking from his meditative trance he recognized the emotions as coming from Duo. Bellowing in rage and alerting every soul in his temple that something was wrong, he flew down the corridors that led to Duo's refuge.

He frantically searched the area as he entered and when he saw Duo, he was overcome with a killing rage. HIS Duo lay naked and struggling underneath a filthy man who was trying to hold the youth still so he could violate his body.

Rushing forward, he yanked the offending creature from his beloved and threw him the length of the room. Taking a moment to assure himself that Duo had not been seriously harmed and to gently caress the frightened face, he then wreaked bloody vengeance on the interloper.

By the time Heero was finished, only pieces remained of Duo's attacker and he was covered in the sinner's blood.

Duo stared in shock as he witnessed the rage wreaked in his name. Seeing that Heero was not calming down, Duo dragged his bruised and nude body upright and made his way over the snarling God of War.

Duo was slowly able to calm the raging god and by the time everyone else in the temple arrived, Heero was in a more reasonable frame of mind. He banished the tribe of barbarians saying they would never have his blessing for a successful war again because of the attempted rape by one of their number.

Looking down, he saw a deep scratch in Duo's arm and began to get angry again when Duo performed the act that would end in his being torn away from his love. To soothe his beloved friend, he reached with his power and healed his cut, thus revealing that he was a healer. Unfortunately for the world and deities alike, the Goddess of Healing and Nature was observing the drama that night and decided that Duo belonged to her because of his healing ability.

TBC...

 

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