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Warnings: Alternate Universe. Yaoi. 1x2, 3x4. Dunno about Wufei. Any suggestions? ^_^;..
Tenshi: *smiles nervously* ehehehe… another story! *ducks at fruit-looking projectiles* GOMEN! I know I should finish at least one story first, but I can't resist! I have to type this before it could interfere with my other stories!
Thanatos: Excuses, excuses…
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WHEN ANGELS FALL..
Chapter One: Flight of the Angels
He put a newly-cut red rose back to its vase after gently smelling its sweet scent, looking out of the window at the manicured lawn of his huge mansion back dropped by a scenic twilight. After staring at the peaceful view for some time, his deep blue eyes shifted to the reflection of a long, silver-haired man wearing a white helmet on his head and standing a few feet behind him. "They escaped?" he asked quietly, his eyes still fixed on the reflection.
"Yes, my lord. 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05 escaped." The silver-haired man answered.
"And they took Quatre with them?" The ginger-haired aristocrat turned then, gazing firmly at the tall man.
The other man shook his head. "No, I believe 04 went willingly with them. And if they managed to breach our inner defenses, it was due to his escape plan." He became mute for a while, then he continued with his status report. "They've already disappeared from our radar and security cameras. It must be 02's cloaking power at work. But they will eventually fall for our traps."
As if on cue, a large explosion went off at the northeastern part of the estate with a huge boom.
The aristocrat's lips twitched into a smile. "I see."
The other man also smiled. "Although I do not think those traps will be enough for them. What do you plan to do, Lord Treize?"
Treize Khushrenada turned to the window again, looking at the blazing fire the explosion had created. "Oh dear, the estate will be ruined tomorrow." He waved his hand in a careless gesture. "What disobedient children they had become. Zechs, call Lady Une and tell her to dispatch men to pursue them."
The silver-haired man tipped his head to one side, not moving to follow his overlord's command. "My lord, you will not let me go after them? You know our regular soldiers are no match for them."
"I do not expect those petty foot soldiers to capture them. Even you, the Lightning Count, are still not a match to their combined powers, especially Quatre and Heero." He smiled. "Do not fret, Zechs, your chance will come in due time. Let the scientists retrain you first, for you to become more powerful. But for now, let us wait for things to happen. Time is not essential. Let them think that they have broken free from OZ, then we will attack."
"Roger." The man saluted and went out of the dimmed room.
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Two miles away from the palace while hordes of soldiers were racing to the northeast direction, on the western part of the estate, five cloaked figures were steadily rushing toward the nearest exit.
"Wow! That was a huge BLAST! Good one, 04! I could just imagine all those soldiers panicking in surprise! Heh, bunch of fools they were, falling for an old trick that lead them to the wrong direction!" 02 commented loudly, grinning broadly at the sight of carnage.
04 blushed at the compliment. "It was nothing. Using my mind to defuse the bombs was easy," he said, smiling softly.
"You're right, 02, they are panicking," 03 whispered, smiling at the image he could see from the northeastern zone, courtesy of his acute sense of sight.
"Shut up, 02. You're too loud," the one in front of the party hissed, not bothering to turn.
"Shove it, Hee-chan. They can't see us or detect us anyway. Relax! My cloaking power is as good as ever!"
"Kuso, Maxwell, I'll toast you if you open that mouth of yours again!" someone in the rear retorted, glaring at the offending boy. "It's starting to deafen me."
"Aww, trust 05 to call me by my name! That's soooo sweet! Appreciated, Wuffie!"
04 giggled as 05 seethed. "And trust 02 to call 05 'Wuffie'!"
01 turned an annoyed head at his teammates. "Are you all quite finish? The gate is very near. We should be able to arrive at the next city tomorrow at dawn."
02 pouted. "Hee-chan is no fun!" But he fell silent as the others did, recognizing the authority of their leader.
After a few moments of silence, 02 voiced out his thought, his carefree tone gone. "Hey, 01, don't you find it strange? I know we tricked the foot soldiers into believing that we took the northeastern route, but why isn't 06 chasing after us?"
03 stared at 01. "Yeah. 06 is smart. He should be able to tell that the explosion was a hoax. But I can't feel him anywhere."
01 nodded. "I was wondering about that. What do you think, 04?"
04 bowed his head, his long blond bangs hiding his aqua eyes. "I couldn't know exactly. But knowing Treize? He's planning something. I just can't figure out what."
"Would Zechs be coming after us?" 05 asked, his ebony black eyes gleaming dangerously.
"I don't think so, at least not now. Treize would probably retrain him first… he knew he not to underestimate our abilities."
"Shi~it," 02 swore, hitting his head with his hand. "06 may look a little girly, but he sure can fight."
"What do you mean 'girly', Maxwell? Ever heard of a mirror? Your hair is longer than his," 05 snidely said upon hearing a chance to even the score with the loud-mouthed boy, his lips twitching.
02 made a face. "You're just jealous 'cause yours is not as long as mine!"
05 growled. "Injustice! Why would I want a long hair?!"
"You have long hair, Wuffie!" 02 pointed out, grinning maniacally.
"URUSAI!" 01 yelled, glaring daggers at the bickering boys. "One more word and I'll blow you into pieces!"
Both glared angrily at each other but yielded to their leader and continued to run, because they knew that 01 could do exactly what he said—blow them into pieces.
After a while, they came upon the sky-high western gate of the estate. It was made from pure Titanium metal, one of the strongest metals there were, and was about 30-foot high and two-foot thick. It was the hardest gate to open, which was why they chose this gate… because the soldiers won't think that they could escape through it.
01 looked at the gigantic gate, a small smile gracing his lips. Behind him, his teammates were all smirking.
Those stupid soldiers missed one thing, though.
01 braced his slender body, then willed his wings to appear. A few seconds later, a pair of pristine white wings spread through the dimming twilight, gleaming with an immaculate sheen on each feather. Behind him, 02 was grinning as he stretched out his black bat wings and 03 was starting to flap his brown eagle wings while 04 floated beside him, wingless. 05 snorted first and then let out his knee-length dragon wings.
"Iku ze," 01 simply said, and they were off, flying into the twilight sky.
Tbc…
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I'm BACK! Yep, I'm still alive from that grueling Finals week!
What do you think? Should I continue?
Japanese Words:
Kuso = damn
Iku ze = let's go
Urusai = shut up ('Urusai' is actually what the females would say, 'Urusee' is for men… but since Heero was quite formal, I used the former.)
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