Note from Solanna: This is just a weird fanfic from out of the blue. It makes not sense, because Duo is just not Duo, as you'll see, I think he wasn't sober at the time. If Duo ever says anything like what he says in here PLEASE shoot me, for the sake of humankind. This one is non-yaoi, 'cause I just wasn't in the mood for writing it. Well here it is!
Duo ran from the room. Or what had only moments ago been a room. The fire swept across the floor of the building, just missing Duo as he tore down the stairs. He ducked under a fallen beam and dodged flames, then he finally saw the door up ahead. He sat outside gasping for air while Wufei handed him a water bottle. Quatre and Trowa stood near by, having been on a lower floor when the fire started. Heero walked up. Duo couldn't face his friend. "Is everyone okay?" Asked the perfect soldier.
"It looks like it," Wufei answered.
"No, they aren't," Duo suddenly interrupted.
"Heero... Relena.. she was still inside."
"You mean she's still in there?" Heero gasped.
"She will never come out," Quatre said gently. "I'm so sorry Heero!" he sobbed.
"It's okay Quatre," said Trowa.
"Relena's...Relena's dead?" All four nodded solemly. Heero sat down on the bench next to Duo. The other three left to help the other victims.
"You okay man? gee you were right there when the fire started," he said, trying to forget the grim news. Duo looked away.
"What's wrong?" asked Heero. "C'mon please tell me." Duo looked back at Heero his face a deathly white.
"Honestly, you like desrtuction, don'tcha? That whole building went up in flames. Somethings wrong isn't it?" Heero was supirsed to see his friend crying.
"Oh, Heero, It's all my fault, the fire, and everyone thinks it was OZ this time, no, no I can't tell you. You wouldn't understand..." Duo finally answered.
"Please, Duo, your worrying me. Your never all emotional like this. Would you mind telling me what the hell is wrong with you?" Duo didn't answer he just sat there sobbing, his face in his hands.
"Please tell me," Heero said, more gently this time.
"Heero, OZ didn't kill Relena, I did. When the fire started she was caught behind a desk, and the flames were getting nearer and nearer... she called to me, she said 'Help me, Duo, I know you hate me, but I'm sorry, I never realized i was so bitchy to you. Please forgive me, Duo help!' and she wasn't even whining. It was like a totally different Relena, and I wanted to help her, for your sake. But I was stuck there, she was burnt alive right in front of me, and i didn't even try to help," Duo stopped talking as he burst into tears. Heero was evidently confused at this new side of Duo, and shook his head and left, leaving Duo alone outside.
Holy shit, we have a mission in less than a day and we haven't seen anything of Heero" exclaimed Trowa.
"He's been in his room all this time since the fire," said Wufei.
"Catherine told me he was sick or something. How can we do this with out Heero?"
"Your worried about Heero, what about Duo? Have you seen him lately? He won't talk, or eat or anything. It looks like he's changed," Added Quatre.
"it's so unlike him, I mean we are about to blow up a couple thousand OZ buildings, and he's not even excited. Something is definatly wrong." At that moment Duo walked past.
"Hey! Duo! Can't you wait to blow up all those buildings?" Trowa shouted. "Duo? oh I give up."
"I will follow him," Wufei offered. He walked down the street away from the others. he caught up with Duo moments later.
"Duo-san, what is wrong?"
"Go away."
"Where are you going?"
"Nowhere."
"To visit Heero, maybe?"
"Maybe."
"Are you not well, Duo? the rest of the pilots are very concerned.
"Leave me alone."
"Honestly, Duo, you're starting to sound like my little sister when she was a child."
"You have a sister?"
"I never talk about her, sh dishonored my family.'
"Honor? What does that matter?"
"In my family, honor is everything. that is why I want to be a pilot in the war. It would bring honor to my family."
"There is no honor in war," Duo frowned and looked away.
"I think you once believed it was so."
"I have learned my lesson. You should learn it too."
"No, no. My family sent me to find honor and glory. I will find what I came for."
"What will it take to convince you? Are you like me? Will someone have to die because of you to make you realize you're wrong?"
"But, Duo you kill many everytime you fight."
"But it was different. Someone cared about her. Yeah she was a bitch, but, for someone I'm close to having to suffer, she didn't need to die. I should have helped her..."
"Relena?" Wufei whispered. Duo nodded and turned away.
"You may be right, that war brings no glory, but one thing you must relize: is that you cannot live in the past. Heero must learn this too (they now had arrived at Heero's apartment). You both dwell on what happened yesterday. You must look to tomorrow, Duo-san. Morning won't bring relena back or ease Heero'd pain. Put the past behind you."
"I hate to admit it, but your right. Now let's go kick some OZ arse!"
At Wufei's request, Duo returned to where Qautre and Trowa were waiting. The two were amazed at the chang that had come over their friend. As they greeted eachother, heer came running towards them, with Wufei behind. "Oh, my gosh, we have a mision tonight and I haven't even gone over it once!" Heero exclaimed.
"I guess even the perfect soldier himslef isn't perfect!" Duolaughed. Heero ignored the remark and turned to Quatre and Trowa. Duo meanwhile turned to Wufei. "Thanks man. I don't know what happened to me. I guess i just wasn't myself, I guess. You brought me back to my senses."
"hey, no problem."
"Hmm," Duo said with a mischievious glint in his eye.
"Maybe you could bring more honor to you family by being a shrink!"
