Standard disclaimers apply!

warnings: I'm going to be including rape scenes etc. later on, pilot preggy, prostitution.... O and LOTS and LOTS of torture! ^_^

Pairings: 2x1 mainly, a bit of 1x2 (i like Uke Heero best! ^_^) side pairings (3x4, 5xS) just mentioned and variousx1

Apologies to anyone who feels I have stolen any of their material, I promise you it wasn't intentional but I have read a lot of fics in order to get ideas *hides* don't hate me…. Thanks to anyone who's bothering to read this fic it's going to be part of a loooooooong series but I have to fit writing chapters in with doing coursework etc. so it may not get finished for a while but believe me it WILL get finished! Like all authors i LOVE getting reviewed (good or bad its just good to get someone's opinion) so if you can spare the time please please please review thx. all my love [An Angel's] Silver Tear **********************************************************************************************************

Title: Hell is for Heroes

Chapter One

The 3 year old stood in amongst the debris, his mother's dead body clutched close to him. "Mommy" the child cried "Daijoubu desu ka?" (Are you alright?)

When there was no answer the child cried harder "Onegai mommy, aishiteru!" (Please mommy, I love you)

Odin watched the scene tears he hadn't cried in years coursing down his face and his heart heavy with guilt. It was supposed to be a simple assignment, blow up the building where the freedom fighters were hiding and walk away, but that child. The tiny human being currently sobbing over his dead mother changed all that. 'Why do I keep fucking up!!!' the blonde assassin screamed at himself mentally 'First one of my 'jobs' causes a war and now I orphan a child, what kind of monster am I anyway?!'

Unbeknown to Odin there was a pair of deep blue eyes watching him intently. Odin looked back at the scene and noticed that the boy had stopped crying and was now staring at him with a heart breaking look of childish innocents and confusion.

Odin sighed, and cautiously walked over to the small child who looked to be about three years old. "Hey kid, your mum's not gunna wake up, I'm……..sorry" the blonde chocked out "why don't you come with me and we'll find you somewhere to stay." The boy just stared at him, a distrustful look in his eyes. Odin sighed again, he should really get out of there before he was caught, the authorities would be along to pick up the boy shortly, but for some reason he just couldn't leave. There was just something about this boy. The assassin tried again "Kid please just come with me, I promise I won't hurt you and you really don't want to end up in one of the federation orphanages, believe me" Odin himself had once had a friend who adopted a child from a federation orphanage. The child had been so badly malnourished due to the over population of the orphanages that it had taken her adopted parents years to get him to a healthy weight, Odin couldn't let that happen to this miniature angel.

"Yamero" (stop) the boy exploded "Urasai" (shut up) he whispered brokenly a few seconds later. Odin was startled, but he had no idea what the hell the kid had just said, he bent down to the child's level and spoke softly "I don't understand you, but please let me help you" the boy seemed to understand and took Odin's outstretched hand.

Odin led the boy through the remains of the building to his temporary home.

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Over the years Odin and 'Kid' (as Odin dubbed the boy) became as close as father and son and although this bond was never spoke of, it was felt by both parties.

Odin taught his Kid everything he knew about how to be an assassin as well as the basic skills every child needs such as the ability to read and write. In addition to this he taught Kid English. There was finally happiness in the middle aged man's life.

In AC188 Odin left Kid's world forever and a sinister looking man by the name of Doctor J entered it.

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