Disclaimer: Many organizations have come together to bring you this fanficiton fusion. Among them are: Bandai, Sunrise & Sotsu with Gundam Wing. Hans Christian Andersen and Disney with The Little Mermaid. Douglas Adams with A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Hiro Mashima, Kodansha and TOKYOPOP with Rave Master. PIXAR with Finding Nemo. Satoru Akahori, Ray Omishi, Media Works, Mixx Entertainment & ADV with Sorcerer Hunters. ROBOT, JFN, STEP, A.T. Interactive, AIC & VIZ Video with Trouble Chocolate. Rikdo Koshi, SHONENGAHOSHA & ADV with Excel Saga. You Hyun, DAIWAN & TOKYOPOP with Faerie's Landing. Yoko Matsushita, Hakusensha & VIZ for Yami no Matsuei. Kazuya Minekura, ISSAISHA, TOKYOPOP Inc., & ADV with Saiyuki. Yuu Watase, SHOGAKUKAN, VIZ & Pioneer with Fushigi Yuugi. 95.5 fm Detroit for Tic Tac and the Hot Girl Check In. And Ladybug Oblivion for forcing the project on me, denying me TV time, video game time, eating time (apparently I can type with one hand) and sleeping time until the thing was finished.
Warnings: Gratuitous cameo appearances (as you can see from the extensive disclaimer), numerous (and quite unnecessary) quotes, and minor character bashing (including but not limited to Quatre, Catherine, Hilde and most especially Relena.) Shonen-ai.
His eyes popped open, taking in the sun baked shore that he was currently in residence on. His focus whipped down to his fin--no, to his legs. He had legs.
"He's awake!" A quick glance revealed that both Quatre and Trowa were lounging in the waves at the water's edge.
"A fine mess you've gotten yourself into, Your Highness."
Duo intended to make a retort, but not even a squeak made it out of his mouth. Instead, he shook a fist at the crab's lecture.
"What have you done to yourself, Maxwell?"
The prince turned to the newest voice, made his eyes really big, smiled and looked to both sides. Wufei ignored the cute look, tossed Duo a jacket and then dropped down to a cross-legged seat next to the newly made human. "Cover yourself," he ordered and then to Trowa, "Barton?"
Duo examined the jacket from every angle. He looked at the jacket, then Wufei, then the jacket again. It just didn't make sense.
"He traded his voice to the Sea Hag for legs."
"A silent Maxwell?" The seagull considered the possibilities for a second.
Okay, new approach. Duo looked down the tunnel of each sleeve in turn. Two projections, two legs. No, that didn't seem right. Two projections, two arms. Bingo! He flipped the jacket backwards and then proceeded to slide his arms in the sleeves.
"He's gonna find Prince Yuy and kiss him and live happily ever after," supplied Quatre.
Wufei just noticed what Duo had done with the coat and snorted. At least he was no longer indecently exposed.
"He's only got three days." The crab checked the sun's current location at just above the horizon. "Make that two days."
"And this sounded like a good idea?" The question was directed to the human.
Duo flattened his hand out and rocked it back and forth, shrugging.
"This has nothing to do with me. How did I get dragged into this?" asked Wufei.
"You're the seagull," replied Quatre confidently. "You know how to find Prince Yuy."
"Do you know where to find Prince Yuy?" Trowa asked despite Quatre's proclamation.
"First of all," he glared at Quatre, "I am not a seagull. Second, I do know where Yuy is, but I think you're all wasting your time. This 'kissing' plan will never come to fruition."
Trowa gave Wufei a hard stare. "If Prince Duo fails to get Prince Heero to fall in love with him and kiss him, the Sea Hag gains possession of Prince Heero."
"You've got to be kidding me?" Trowa shook his head and Wufei reached out to slap Duo hard upside the head. "Baka! Relena's been trying to get her tentacles on Prince Heero for years. When she was denied his hand in marriage, she tried to start a war over it. Lady Une was forced to over throw Relena's rule and exile the nutter."
Relena was after Heero? And Duo had given her everything she needed to succeed. He was an idiot!
The fish stifled a smile. "Did the Great Chang Wufei just say, 'nutter?'"
"I only say what I mean. Relena is a nutter."
A little, white, roundish creature climbed over the rock behind Wufei and then walked up to the prince. All eyes were on the creature as it pulled a giant lollipop out of its mouth and held it up to Duo. "Puuuun."
He whistled to Plue, jogging toward the man. "Hey, boy, what did you dig up this time?"
The man, no, now that Heero had gotten a closer look he knew the stranger was much younger than he'd first thought. And he was wearing the trench coat backwards. The boy looked up to Heero and his eyes widened. Heero had to fight back a shiver. There was something about those eyes that worried the edges of his memory. "Please excuse my dog. He doesn't understand the intricacies of hygiene."
"Puuuuun," protested the dog, shoving the sucker back into his own mouth.
The boy continued to gape.
"I hope he didn't scare you?"
The boy blinked, looked at Plue and then shook his head.
Something, something, something. It was just there out of reach and Heero didn't want to walk away from the strange boy until he had figured it out.
"Are you all right? You look confused." Heero was beginning to feel overbearing, talking down to the boy, so he shoved a squawking seagull aside and sat down.
A nod.
"Don't you speak?"
The boy bit his lip and then mouthed the words, "I wish I could."
"That's fine. I can read lips."
{Really?} he mouthed.
"Really," Heero replied to prove his statement.
{That makes things a helluva lot easier!}
"Yes," agreed Heero. "It does. I'm Heero Yuy and you are?"
{Duo Tr--Maxwell.} He grinned. {Duo Maxwell.}
"Duo," repeated Heero, enjoying the texture of the name on his tongue. "Now, what are you doing here and why are you wearing your coat backwards?"
The boy looked down to the coat. {It's on backwards?}
"Yes."
A blush crept onto his face. {Oh. See, I've never really worn um... one of these before.}
Alright, he was a moron. The pretty boys usually were. "Do you want some help?"
Duo nodded and Heero stood up to hold out a hand. Duo grasped the hand, Heero pulled him to his feet and when Duo's legs buckled, they landed in a pile of tangled arms and legs.
Heero breathed past the long hair in his face and the weight on his chest, poking Duo in the side. Duo worked his arms free and then placed a hand on either side of Heero's head, pushing himself off of the squashed prince.
The image of Heero's Angel of Death appeared before him. Heero blinked hard, twice, but the vision didn't clear. Amethyst eyes, a halo of hair stained black by the backlighting of the sun; Duo was his Angel of Death. "Duo," he whispered, bringing a hand up to touch the Angel's face, "You're Death."