Distortions Of Reality

Author's Note: This was alot harder than I thought it would be. DOR chapter two took me forever to complete because I lost the muse for it! *Sniff* But I go it back. So lets hope I can keep it long enough to get chapter three out soon so you don't have to wait to long. Hmm... Minor is involved in this chapter so I'm warning you all right now. There's a Minor, I repaet a Minor in this chapter so do not read unless you can handle that. I think that's all. Anything else would ruin the chapter and the cliff hanger!

Chapter Two


"Not again..." Trowa whimpered and the scene brodened and the dark room could be seen more clearly.

Trowa looked about and saw the two familiar figures near the pool. Wufei was standing staring blankly across the room into the darkness surrounding them wearing deep blue robes with silver trimming the same stly as before. He was now probably around ten and still seemed to be the same, while Duo seemed a little less dark than Trowa had firsted seen him. Duo was also wearing the same deep blue as WUfei and instead of standing he was sitting down legs streched out in frtnt of him in a relaxed manner.

"So what brings you here today kid?" Duo asked in a casual tone but looked concered for the child infront of him.

"My father has decided I have to much bite for my own good and has decided that it is in my best interest to go to the bording school." Wufei answered in a deadly quiet tone.

Duo looked and sounded a bit shocked at the news as he replied. "But your only a fuckin' kid!"

"Say you." Wufei remarked glaring at the man beside him. "I'm more of a grown man than my father just because I'm younge doesn't make me a child."

"Of coarse it does." Duo said matter-of-fact.

"Screw you Maxwell."

"Heh nooo thanks I don't even want to know what your father would do to me if he ever found out."

"Perverted old man I didn't mean it that way!" Wufei yelled back a slight blush rising on his cheeks.

"I know but you need to lighten up. Your a kid for Christ's sake!"

"No I am not! I know what I want in life I have plans and I'm mature enough to handle the responcablity and concequences of my actions! Would you people stop calling me a child!"

"Wufei this is why your father is probably sending you to the school."

"No he's sending me there because he wants to be able to keep me under his thumb and control me. He wants me to be just like him, a broken old King that has done nothing for his kigdom and thus this world worsens. He wants me to marry who he wants for polictical power and me not to have a thing to say about it! I refuse to conform to his idiotic ways of thinking because he's wrong and so was his father and so on. I have plans and dreams for my kingdom and I will stop at nothing to ubtain them." Wufei replied with conviction.

Trowa started in awe, this kid who'd seemed only to be yet another royal pain was actually going to become one damn good world leader. He had tons of potential and yet from what he was saying his father wanted to squash it. Why Trowa pondered. Duo only shook his head and tisked, then stood up dusting himself off. Turning his attention back to Wufei he had a grim expresion on his face.

"You shouldn't put your personal life on the back burner yet kid. You should find love, play while you can, learn things you never knew were possible, have a secret love afair with the woman of your dreams, then marry who your father wants you to and do the whole great leader thing. Don't be thinking about that yet."

"I already do love someone." Wufei quietly proclaimed and Trowa felt unease enter his body.

"Don't be stu-"

"And its a man."

Duo swallowed hard dreading what he knew Wufei was going to say next. Trowa's eyes saddened knowing there was goig to be a rejection.

"It's you as I'm sure you already know."

"Fei you're ten you're not old enough to know what love is."

"You really are like the rest of them. What is it that I must do to prove I'm not a child!?!"

"Stop acting like one first off. And second I'm right you're not old enough to know what the Hell you're talking about! For the Gods' sake Wufei I'm deffinately not someone to fall in love with. You have it all wrong-"

"First you think you can just tell me my feelings are wrong, and then tell me who I can and cannot love!? Well I'm old enough to know what LOVE is Maxwell and I'm old enough to be able to choose who it is that I do LOVE."

"I'm to old for you, your to younge for me! You're royalty I'm not! Dammit Fei your ten its puppy love if anything!" Duo exclaimed exasperated.

"NO it is not! I love you Maxwell why can't you just except that!?!" Wufei yelled back.

"You're TEN!!" Duo shouted over Wufei.

Trowa watched in horror as Wufei went to say something but then closed his mouth turing to the pool. Hands sliding down his front undoing buttons the first layer of clothing falling to the floor. Duo's mouth dropped open eyes widening unable to formulate words much less a sentance to discourge the boy from doing what ever he was about to do.

"This pool judges the soul right?" Wufei questioned with a whisper.

"Yeah." Duo replied uneasily.

"How?"

"Well you jump in unafraid of the outcome because if you are not worthy it will kill you. You have to do this as youself."

"As myself?" Wufei asked quirking his eyebrow.

"Its a metaphore or something. It means to go in with your true naked self."

At that point Trowa's eyes bugged out as wufei shed all his clothing turning his back to the pool and streching his arms out to the sides. Breathing out instead of taking a breath to hold wufei allowed himself to fall backwards into the dark waters. Duo went to grab him before he went under only to miss by bare inches.

"I didn't mean litteraly..." He groaned.

~He has a strong heart and soul Duo~ a femine voice echoed in the empty space making Trowa jump.

"Is he alright?" Duo asked staring at the water.

'The pool talks?' Trowa wondered.

~Of coarse he is. He is a very strong younge man, and his feelings are stronger still.~

"Don't tell me that..."

~His future is going to be very hard for him. Much danger lies ahead for him, and even you.~

"What the Hell does that mean?"

~Beware of the sister, she is nothing but trouble for you both.~

"Hey mind telling me what all that means?" Duo chided the voice.

~He can nolonger not take a breath and has taken in water. He will surely die if you do not get him.~

"WHAT!?! But I can't go in there that's forbidden!"

~He will die if you don't!~

"But-"

~For once break a rule because your heart tells you to!~

Duo stood in indescion for only a moment before stripping off his heavier garments and jumped into the waters after Wufei. Trowa waited with bated breath for what seemed to be hours until Duo rose up with the boy in his arms. Quickly pulling Wufei up to the floor after himself Duo began rescue procedures to get Wufei to breath again. Trowa stood wishing he could do something to help but knew he couldn't.

Wufei coughed up water and took a gasp of fresh air turning over to only cough up more. Duo sat back on his haunches with a sigh of relief that the boy was still alive. Picking up his heavy robe he placed it over Wufei's naked form.

"Er, sorry about your clothes but they got wet when I jumped in after you." Duo qiuetly remarked.

Pulling the garment closer around himself he didn't bother to turn around to face the other. Opting it would be easier to say what he had to say not facing the braided man.

"Well am I worthy?"

"Yeah the water said you had a strong soul and heart."

"So do you believe me now?" Wufei questioned

"Wha- NO! Your, a, kid WUfei!"

Wufei closed his eyes against the tears as he stood up and grabed his wet clothing. Not saying anything to Duo as he did so. Slowly walking to the staircase that lead up he stopped midway.

"I thank you for saving my life," He paused.

"Don't do thi-"

"I bid you a fare well. I hope that the upcoming years I'm gone are better on you than they will be on me. I'll send a maid to return your robe."

"You dont-"

"Good bye Maxy." Wufei finished with a nickname of endearment and calmly walked up the stairs without another word.

Duo slumped forward onto his hands and knees, hands clenched, as tears ran down his cheeks. Trowa's eyes saddened as he glanced up the stair case after the boy who's heart had been broken. Wondering what would become of him because of this incident.

"DAMMIT!!!!" Duo screamed with rage to the ceiling above causing Trowa to jump and look only to stare at his sister.

"Trowa are you feeling alright?" She asked worry in her voice.

"Ah, yeah I'm fine a little tired what with the plane trip over here and all." He explained quickly.

"You look torn up about something. Is it the find or..."

Cathrine had an innate sense of feeling when it came to her brother and if not curbed from the begining could become something of a problem really quick. Trowa just looked at her his eyes growing distant at the memory of the boy's heart breaking. Shaking his head he decided he would tell her a truth about what he was feeling instead of out right lieing.

"This place, to me, seems to have a saddness to it that's all Cathy nothing to worry yourself about." Trowa replied with a small smile.

Cathrine didn't buy it for one minuet, but if her little brother didn't want to talk about it then she was not going to force him to. Trowa held out his arm, an indication for her to take, and they walked off towards the hill together in compaionable silence. Cathrine swearing she would find out what was wrong with her younger brother if it was the last thing she did.

--00--

Trowa stared at the water draining at his feet, his forhead resting against the cool shower wall, hair wet and dripping, hot water falling on his shoulders, and his eyes sad. If what he was seeing did indeed happen then that castle was full of pain he didn't want to know about. Why was he having these, these, dreams...visions...? What were they? Better yet why wasn't the knowledge of any of this known?

In all his classes of history he'd been forced to take, for this find so when he'd gone he'd know the basic story behind it, there hadn't once been any mention of a King Wufei, much less a Shinigami. No records at all. Infact the last male heir had been King Sai Ue Chang and from the paintings he'd seen they looked nothing like Wufei. The King had been an olive color no where near the bronzen color of Wufei. After his reign was a Queen Hilde with no known last name, and she'd had a daughter who'd never made it to throne before the down fall of the kingdom.

That's why when his Grandfather's diggers had found those ruins it had been a big deal. No one could recall the how's or why's of the down fall of the kingdom. With this find they hoped to figure out why and how, but so far had turned up nothing, nadda, zilch. Which was frustrating to say the least for everyone, including himself. History intrigued him for many reasons he didn't know why. Ever since he'd been born and had be able to read he'd always been interrested in all things History. He loved he craved it even to the point he'd probably killto know something about the past. And the why to this had yet to present iself to him.

"Dammit!" He cursed hitting the wall with his fist, a loud thump resounding forth.

With a sigh he turned of the shower, having finished several minuets ago, pushing back the glass sliding door and stepped out onto the towel he'd placed on the tiled floor. Grabbing the extra white towel off the rack beside him he wrapped it around himself tighty and took the short steps to the fogged up mirror. Trowa wiped the fog away, with his right hand, leaving a wet clear trail in its wake- which was quickly refogging up- and stared at his reflection. If he had to descibe himself in one word it would have been miserable, because he looked just so.

His eyes looked lost and hurt, his hair fell limply and stuck to his face in odd angles, and his lips were drawn into a thin grim line. Shoulders slumping at the thought and observations Trowa turned away and opened the bathroom door stepping out onto the faded brown carpeted flooring of his hotel room. His long legs quickly took him to his bed and he flopped onto it, his back softly hitting the sheets below it.

"Today sucked." He said to no one.

Trowa brought his left arm over his closed eyes and sighed, for what seemed to be the ump-teenth time, and slowly fell asleep against his will. His body relaxing into the comfort of the bed, and his hair drying in the air conditioned room. Goosebumps littered his wet cooling skin, but seemed unable to keep him awake.

--00--

Trowa stared up at the olive skined, sandy brown haired, blue eyed man in the thrown who could be no other than King Sai Ue Chang. To his right was a milky white colored, long blue haired, dark blue eyed woman, named Queen Lizriah. To his left was the same woman that he'd seen with Wufei, who he suspected was his mother, and now realized was deffinately so, but from the seems of it was by no means a queen herself. So Wufei was right in saying he was his Fathers whore.

'Wait a minuet..." Trowa thought then slapped himself for being so dense. 'Sai Ue is his father and that means his sister is probably Hilde which was mothered by Lizriah. This means they were half siblings, but by knows means explains why she took thrown and why there is no record of him. Unless...'

Trowa's thoughts were interrupted as the throne room chaber doors were opened and a figure clade in black robs and hood entered and bowed at th king's feet. Trowa stared in bewliderment at who it might be until black strands exscaped the figures hood.

"Ah, stand and de-hood yourself my son. I am your father after all." The man greeted smoothly.

"Of coarse Mi'Lord." Came the hollow reply and unveiling.

Trowa had been taken aback by the hollow reply wondering where all the spirit had gone. Then just stared with his open mouth at the matured features of the boy he had once seen. Wufei had grown alot his features nolonger boyish at all but well defined lines of sophistication. His hair fell down his back to his waist line and was pulled back into a severe ponytail. Wufei had become extremely sexy in the time that had passed since Trowa had seen him last making him wonder how many years had elapsed since the last vision.

"How long has it been my son?" The King paused in thought. "Two three years?"

"No it has been five My Father." He replied in that same broken tone.

"Has it really? It seems only yesterday that I had sent you to that school." Sai mused.

Trowa became concered for the lack of emotion in Wufei's voice, five years had seemed to have a depremental effect on him. What the Hell had that school done to him in that time? Trowa realized he wasn't the only one to notice his strange behavior and was worried. His mother, Merien, had as well and was looking a little frighten by his strange demeanor. Trowa could see it plainly in her eyes 'What have they done to my son?'

"My thought exactly." Trowa commented to her knowing she would not answer back.

The Queen on the other hand looked positively releaved that he was the way he was now, and relaxed into her chair. Trowa glared at her, how could she be relieved that he was broken?

"I see the school has done your maners some good." She purred.

"I apologize if they weren't to begin with my Queen." He aswered back the Queen smiling snidely.

'The only person that can possibly reach my baby now is...' Meiren's thought trailed off.

"How the Hell did I he-" Trowa began to question only to be cut off.

"My King," Merien whispered into his ear after bending down slightly. "Maybe you should send him to SHinigami so he may see your triumph?" She suggested.

"Good idea my dear." He whispered back.

"Your Mother," With that the Queen winced and her eyes narrowed minicingly. "Has suggested you go see Shinigami so he can see the great thing you have become, and I have agreed." He anounced regally.

"I will do as you bid My Father." Wufei answered with a bow and turned away exiting the room.

"My Lord may I speak frankly with you?" Meiran asked quietly.

"Of coarse my dear." He cooed.

"Are you sure it was wise to send him to the school? He seems diffrent and not in a very good way." She commented.

"Are you not pleased in the way he acted?" He asked puzzled.

"He was proper, yes, but he seemed to be lacking something..."

"My dear, do not worry he is fine. I went to the school and look at me. I am fine am I not?"

"Ofcaorse, forgive me." SHe conceded with a shakey smile.

'Forgive me my son for allowing this to happen, and may Shinigami be able to save you.' She thought to herself.

The whole time the conversation had been going on Trowa could feel the hatred and contempt the Queen had for the other women. Lizriah couldn't stand her and was jealous that the other could speak so freely to her husban and hated her for it with everything she was. Trowa could also see that the King was in love with Wufei's mother but didn't realy care for the other.

Trowa closed his eyes brefeifly to take a breath, and when he opened them he was in the dark chambers again staring as WUfei knelt down and announced himself to Duo.

"Mi'Lord my Father has told me to come here and show you what I have become so he may boast." Wufei said dully.

"What the Hell happened to you?" Duo asked shaken comeing out of the shadows.

"I have become the man my father wanted ofcaorse." He aswered in the same tone.

"D-don't kneel a-and look at me." Was all Duo could muster.

Wufei nodded and did as told looking up into violet eyes with blank raven colored ones. Duo searched those depths for any sign of the Wufei he once knew and found nothing of him there. Eyes growing sad he turned away and took a deep breath.

"What did they do to you there?" He whispered.

"Do you wish for details then?" HE questioned back.

"Yes."

"At the school we are forced to watch animals be ripped apart by rabid dogs so we learn that only the strongest survive. Then we have several classes teaching us the proper way to rule the throne. If any of us got out of line they beat us. And they don't stop until you scream, if you pass out they wait until you wake and start again. I was a difficult one at first but I slowly realized it was useless and that it was good for me. I stoped messing up and getting in trouble I even won the so called games, in which it is a life or death match between me and several others. SOme of my peers were starved, others were killed, some were tortured in front of us, and others still just dissapeared all together. Slowly but surely I bacame the man you see today." He finshed.

Trowa's eyes went wide at the thought of watching anything die or being tortured that was and still survive. It was sick what tey did to kidds there Wufei was Ten when he'd gone there what the Hell were these people thinking. Duo had his eyes closed shut trying to stop the tears that were threatening to come forth, and managed to whisper.

"Why did you become this?"

"To make my Father happy."

"But why? You hated him remember?"

"Because at the very least I can make someone happy?" Wufei replied looking at Duo.

"What do you mean?" Duo strained.

"At least I know what I have to do to prove to him I'm worthy of his attention, and know how to make him happy."

Duo and Trowa stared at him eyes wide, he'd broken down because of Duo? No not completely Trowa thought he could hear the pain and betrale in WUfei's voice whne he'd said it. Looking at Duo and he realized he had as well.

"What the Hell do you want from me!?!" Duo yelled. "You were TEN!"

"I told you I loved you and that's exactly it! You thought I didn't know what the Hell I was thinking!" Wufei said tears begining to fall down his face.

Trowa almost smiled at the fact that Wufei hadn't had those particular feeling squashed completely and he was still himself somewhere in there. Duo was down right pissed about the whole situation.

"The the Fuck did you want me to do!?! Say alright let's FUCK!?!" He screamed back.

"No all I wanted was you to admitt you loved me to, but obviously that was never true. SO if you'll excuse me." Wufei replied back with a huff and turned away.

Duo grabed him and pulled Wufei into the apex of his legs, the other's breath catching in his throat and his eyes widening at the what he felt hidden there. Wrapping his arms arround the other man Duo barried his face in Wufei's shoulder and breathed in deeply before replying gruffly.

"Is this what you wanted Wufei? For me to grab you and tell you I fell in love with you, God forgive me, the moment I layed eyes on you. What the fuck is wrong with me!?! You were fucking eight years OLD!!" Duo yelled into Wufei's neck junctions his hands sliding over WUfei's front.

Wufei bit his lip in an effert not to groan but didn't quite succeed when a whimper came through his lips. Turing around in Duo's hold quickly he pressed his mouth to the others in a firce passtionate kiss engulfing the other's mouth. His hands placed on either sied of Duo's face. DUo's hands droped to Wufei's waist and pressed him into his own front grinding ruffly aking the both of them moan into eachother's mouths. Trowa began to pale as he realized he light not wake up in time to not see this.

Duo snapped his figures and suddenly they were falling onto an elaborate canopy bed of black and deep violet covers. Pulling back from the kiss Duo began to tug at the binding of Wufei's robes wanting to touch brozen flesh.

"Gods I wanted to do this since, may the gods have mercy on my soul, you were fucking Ten!! God I'm a sick Bastard..." He groaned.

Wufei just smirked up at him placing his hands over Duo's own and removing them.

"Let me do this because you are obviously unable to at this time." He purred unfastening the bindings slowly but surely.

Trowa dropped to his knees his heart in his throat. "Please let me wake up..." He whimpered.

T.B.C.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HAHAHAHA AHAHHAH WHA AAHHA HAHHA!!!!!!!! *continues meniacle laghter with her hands clenched in fists her face up torwards the sky.* You all thought that the second chapter would actually have the lemon didn't you!!!!! Well.... NOT UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!!! You all have to wiat until the next chapter is done and posted to get to the lemony goodness of 2x5!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! *Runs away still laghing and B movie horror music plays and cliche lightening flashes.*