Gundam Pirates Part 4
Duo sat panting on the floor. He felt wiped out and he hurt. His tail and braid even hurt. Training with Fightra was hard. However this time Fightra let the computer do the work. She had said something about not wanting to die. Duo fell back to lie on the cool floor. //Gods I hurt.//
"Not bad Duo." Duo opened his eyes and looked at Fightra standing over him.
"Thanks."
"Tired?"
"Yes."
"Poor baby. Look on the bright side kid, Tomorrow's a slow day."
"Huh? Slow day?"
"Miima didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"Tomorrow is the last day of the week; you study in class and no training exercises. Then you have the next two days off."
"Really?" Duo's ears perked forward and his tail swished happily.
"Really. Now get out of here before I make you do it again. Or before Hilde gets here."
Duo got up and left the room. Fightra went back to a computer. She was waiting for Hilde. Who Hilde, who came in ten minutes late. Fightra watched her come in and narrowed her eyes.
"Sorry I'm late, can we begin now?" Hilde bounced in smiling and limping just a bit.
"You're late."
"I know, sorry."
"Why?"
"Um... I got hung up."
Fightra stepped up to her and sniffed the air. "You were bothering Duo again, weren't you?"
"Um... no."
Fightra growled. "I told you to leave him be. He'll kill you at the rate your going."
"But I like him."
"He is not right for you. If you're so dead set on finding a mate go home. This is where you train, not mate."
"Yes ma'am."
"Now fifty laps for being late." Fightra glared at Hilde who eeped and started running.
Duo stormed into the room, he paced back and forth ignoring the other person in the room. Heero had been looking out the window watching Wufei and Trowa do some training, but the minute Duo entered the room he watched him.
Heero watched as Duo's braid swung with each step, swing to the front when Duo turned. Duo was breathing hard, inhaling and exhaling short breaths. His violet eyes were narrowed and his fists were clenched. His tail was wrapped around his left leg. Ears were pinned down to his head. Duo's muscles flexed and rippled with each step.
Duo was pissed to say the least. On his way out of his training time he ran into Hilde. For ten minutes she clung to him and babbled to him. She tried to convince him that they were made for each other. For ten minutes Duo tried to pry the girl off. And her tail! Duo was sick of her tail. Her fluffy tail tried many time to wrap around his. He hated it. He finally pulled her off and threw her down the hall. She had looked at him and then walked away. Right after she had winked at him.
Duo turned again only this time he came face to face with Heero. Duo blinked, Heero was less than two inches from him. Heero stared at him for the longest time. Duo looked into his cobalt blue eyes; it seemed to calm him. Then Heero took his hand and pulled him to a bed and made him sit down.
Duo sat, unsure as to what was going on. He just kept looking at Heero's eyes and then Heero went behind him.
Heero's hands then began to kneed his shoulder muscles. After a few minutes Duo reluctantly began to relax a little.
"Relax." Duo snapped his eyes open. The voice he heard was deep and smooth. "Relax." And monotone, but he liked it. Duo then started to hear a purring noise. He wondered if it was him or Heero.
"What are you doing?" Duo felt so confused. Why was Heero being so nice? Why was Heero purring for that matter?
"You need to relax."
"Why?"
"You're too tense." Duo felt the breath over his ears. Duo began to relax to the purring and then he fell asleep.
"Try and find your teammates, Quatre." Miima instructed.
Quatre closed his eyes and mentally searched for his teammates. His first image was of Trowa and Wufei sparring. "Wufei is sparring with Trowa in an outdoor arena. There's some guy I've never seen with them. I think it's the trainer." Miima said nothing. Quatre then looked for the other two. What he found made him blush.
"Something wrong?" Miima asked calmly.
"Um... no I found Heero and Duo."
"And?"
"And they're asleep."
"Why are you blushing?"
"Um... well Heero is holding Duo."
Miima's eyes widen a bit. "You're joking?"
"No." Quatre opened his eyes and looked at Miima.
Miima giggled. "Well see if you can find Fightra for me."
Quatre closed his eyes and looked for Fightra. "She's training that Feline that jumped Duo the other day."
"Hilde, girl's going to get killed if she's not careful."
Quatre looked at her. "What do you mean?"
"Duo doesn't like her. She tries too hard. Duo's been raised by humans not Felines. So Feline ways are frightening to him."
"He seems fine around Miss Fightra."
"Fightra is different. Now, let's get back to training."
Duo felt warm. He snuggled into the warmth some more. It felt better than a blanket. //Wonder what this is?// The more he snuggled into the better it felt. He began to purr, never had he ever felt this good. He purred louder and started to rub his check against what ever was surrounding him.
"You shouldn't do that." A voice said. Duo reluctantly opened his eyes. Looking up he saw Heero looking down at him. Duo then realized that Heero was holding him. Someone was touching him. No one touches him.
Duo yelped and jumped away from Heero. He landed on the floor and moved away from the bed. Heero looked at Duo, though his face didn't show it, Heero was confused and worried. He couldn't understand Duo's sudden change in attitude.
When Duo had entered the room Heero had watched him. Heero thought the braided feline was going to explode with anger. Heero had managed to calm him down. So much so that Duo fell asleep in his arms. Heero was surprised, but he found he rather liked holding Duo in his arms. And then Duo started to purr. To Heero it was soothing and enticing. When Duo started rubbing his check against Heero's chest, his body reacted to the action and the purring. Heero had to stop it.
Now Duo was crawling away from the bed and him with a look of pure fear on his face. Heero wondered what he did to scare Duo. Was his voice too harsh? Duo started to stand and Heero stood too. Duo slowly moved to the door.
"Duo?" Heero wanted to calm the boy down again. But then Duo bolted out the door.
"Ya done good, kid." Miima walked down the hall with Quatre next to her. "In no time at all you should be able to use your telepathy for attacks."
"You can attack with telepathy?" Quatre asked.
"Yes, enter someone's mind and do a little damage. I've done it."
"Really?"
"Yes but you need to remember you can do a lot of damage in someone's mind even if you're trying to help."
They turned a corner and Miima stopped. She noticed Duo was heading towards them and he looked scared. Quatre saw him too and gasped. The fear coming from Duo was unbelievable. Duo didn't see them and kept running until he ran into Miima.
"Duo, what's wrong?" Miima asked.
Duo looked at her wide-eyed. "Don't touch me!" Duo backed away from her.
"Duo, what are you afraid of?" Quatre asked.
"Don't... don't touch me."
Miima frowned; she didn't like what was happening. ~Duo, you need to calm down.~
Duo didn't react to her telepathic message. Miima decided a different approach. She entered Duo's mind. Quatre watch both Duo and Miima still, they were staring at each other.
~Duo, what is wrong?~ Miima looked around his mindscape. It was barren.
~Go away.~ Miima turned and saw Duo sitting on the ground with his knees drawn up to his chest. ~Please just go away.~
~Sleep, Duo.~ Miima left his mind in time to see Duo falling. Using her telekinesis she kept Duo from hitting the floor. She then floated him back to the room. Heero stood by the bed staring at them as they entered. Miima placed Duo on the bed and then brought the blankets over him.
She turned to Heero. "What happened?"
Heero just stared at her.
"What happened to him?" Miima's voice rose.
Heero continued to stare at her.
Miima's eyes narrowed. "What is it, you only interact with Duo? What happened to scare him, Heero? Tell me now or I go into your mind I find it myself." Heero glared at her and then turned around and walked away. Miima just stared dumbfound at his back. "He called my bluff. Damn him." Miima left the room.
Miima sat in front of her vid-phone. It rang a couple of time before it was picked up by kind looking nun.
"Hello?" The nun answered.
"Hello, Sister Helen?" Miima kept her voice calm.
"Yes. And you are? You look familiar."
"Yes, my name is Miima. I came and picked Duo up about a week ago."
"Oh yes! How is he?"
"I was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me."
"Is something wrong?"
"You tell me. Why is Duo afraid to be touched?"
Sister Helen looked at her for a few seconds. "He never let any of the children touch him. I don't know why. It took me several months before he'd let me touch him. I think something happened to him before he came here."
"How did he come about to be in your orphanage?"
"The police brought him here. They said they found him living in an alley."
Miima thought for a moment. "Has he ever told you anything about his past?"
"I'm afraid not. Duo may be a happy and loving joyful child, but he has a dark side. Sometimes I would hear him crying in the night. He wouldn't let me comfort him. I felt so lost."
"Thank you sister. I appreciate your help." Miima turned off the phone.
"Problem?" Miima looked to the door of her office and gestured Fightra in.
"Duo doesn't like to be touched. Is that normal for a Feline?"
Fightra raised an eyebrow. "You mean the Felines from around here? Not sure, never cared. If you mean Felines from where we're from... well Ty and I aren't that normal."
"Wasn't talking about that ex-boyfriend of yours, Fi."
"Yeah but any chance to badmouth him is a good one."
"Was he really that bad?"
"If I was like Hilde, no. But I'm too independent. I hate being controlled and that's all Ty wanted to do. But lets get back to Duo."
"I talked to Sister Helen and she says he's always been like that."
"So what's the problem?"
"I had Quatre do a search for his teammate, as a lesson. He found Duo and Heero in their room. Heero was holding Duo and they were both asleep."
"Ah I see. Make me wonder what tank boy did to get Duo in his arms in the first place."
"I don't know. As long as it doesn't interfere with training them, I'll have to let it go."
Quatre sat in a chair and watched Heero watch Duo. Duo was asleep and Heero sat on the floor next to the bed. Duo would whimper every once in awhile and Heero would get up on his knees and check him over.
"You care an awful lot about him. Why is that? I mean you just met." Quatre asked. Heero glared at him.
"Quatre?" Both Quatre and Heero looked to the door to see Wufei and Trowa.
"Yes Wufei?"
"Miima said to get you and then we're to go to a classroom."
"What about Duo and Heero?"
"She said nothing about them." Quatre nodded and got up and followed Wufei out of the room.
"Baka Feline, I wouldn't hurt you." Heero sat on the bed and watched Duo sleep.
"Do you think he can hear you?" Heero stiffened at the sound of the new voice. "He doesn't know how to react to you."
"Hn." Heero glared at the new person. She laughed and walked up to the bed.
"Are you going to watch after him for always?"
"Why do you care?"
Sharp gray eyes focused on Heero's. "I care because I can't leave until this place is protected."
"You think the five of us can do it." Heero glared at the elegant black gloved hand brushed Duo's bangs.
"I do, as do my parents. Face it Heero Yuy, you are destined. Sucks, don't it?"
"Do the others know you?"
The woman smiled. "Miima and Fightra do."
"That's because you command them. Fightra is your protector and Miima is what?"
"My second in command. But that doesn't matter. Once you and the others are trained, we will leave. This world and those surrounding it will fall under your protection."
"Why?"
"My parents say so. I'm not much for upsetting them." The woman turned and stared out the door. "I mean they are gods after all." She left the room.
"Who was that?"
Heero turned to Duo and look deep into his violet eyes. "Firemind."
TBC...
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