Of Demons
Akiko (1) set down her glass and reached for the bottle.
"This isn't working," she thought. "I'm supposed to feel good and get a high. Shimatta (2). I'm just running up a bill with no purpose. But…I might as well finish up this bottle. She gulped it down and wiped her mouth. She slumped against he bar and closed her eyes to reflect upon herself. Once again, she had dressed as a guy, and tucked her tan-colored hair under her hat. (3) She didn't really have a point to do this now, since she'd been expelled (4) from OZ, but some how she felt safer as Kyle then as Akiko. She reached into her pocked and pulled out a fifty. Handing it to the bartender, she winced realizing that was the last of her money.
Looking around, she realized no one was left in the bar. Guessing it was too late or something, she turned back and pocketed her change. She was about to leave, but decided to stay for a few minutes to gather her nerves. She turned around and stared blankly at the door, hoping maybe someone would come in and accompany her.
Then it happened. The door opened and in walked the hottest guy she had ever seen in her whole life. Dressed in black, with a preacher-like collar, he fashioned a chestnut-brown braid that reached below his waist and had the most dazzling, ASTONISHING, huge, deep violet eyes.(5) He smiled and sat down next to her at the bar.
"Beer." Then he turned to 'Kyle.' "Hey man, wazzup? Watcha doin in this place so late anyway…"
"Kyle"
"Kyle. Planning on a hangover?" His violet eyes radiated that he was a friendly and funny guy.
"I don't get hangovers. I just went trough 'bout ten bottles and I don't even feel fazed. 'S weird. But believe me, I've tried." The guy looked at her questioningly, and shrugged.
"Oh. Well, why the glum face, pretty boy?" Duo focused his discerning stare on the young man in front of him. He seemed normal enough, apart from his 'hangover-imuneness'. But one thing seemed a little strange. This guy had the girliest face he had ever seen.
"Just…got fired from the army."
"Why?" Akiko fingered the question (not that way ya hentais!) and decided she trusted this guy.
"I took a joy-ride on the Epyon. I'm telling you, if those gundams are anything like it, I have got to ride one. But that's ok, actually. I was planning to quit anyway." She blushed a little as she noticed the stupefied look on Duo's face.
"You JOY-RIDED the EPYON?! No one JOY RIDES that thing! Its kinda hard to learn even how to pilot it, plus it has the ZERO system!" Now Duo knew something was wrong with this guy. How did he get access to the Epyon in the first place? And second of all, guys don't blush that easily. Well… maybe Quatre, but Duo wasn't sure if he was a guy at all. (6) But Akiko just shrugged it off.
" Hey, what can you say, I've got skills! After I found out about the Gundams, and saw what they were doing, I realized they were doing the right thing. I just had to know how they felt in battle, so I ran a simulation. Awesome machine, that Epyon. Gotta tell ya." Duo was a little proud of himself. At least someone in the universe thought he was doing the right thing. "Well, I gotta go. But maybe I'll see you sometime. What's your name?"
"Duo Maxwell. What about your last name?"
"Mizuki"
"Water-tree?"
"Duo, don't ask. (7)I didn't make it up. My ancestors did something with trees and water probably." Akiko gave him her best 'look at me, I'm so cool' grin, and went outside. GOD!! What a BABE!! She suddenly wished she could act like a girl, but suppressed the urge.
Duo turned around, and gulped down half of his drink. This guy sounded like a pretty skilled pilot if he cold manage the Epyon system and come out completely sane, not to mention having liked it. He looked more like a model then an OZ soldier, but ya can't judge a book by its cover. But water-tree? What a weird last name."
* * *
Akiko crouched in the corner trying her hardest not to scream. The migraine was back. Every couple of days, she experienced a very painful sensation that she labeled a migraine. It would consume her reality with white-hot streaks of pain and incinirate her brain until she could hardly breathe.
The she heard the voice. The low, calm, masculine voice reciting the same haunting poem over and over in her head. She headed for the bathroom. An ice-cold bath seemed to calm her down every time. But today, she barely made it. She loathed that cruel voice reciting:
By the fiery kiss of the long since lost love
I will come from within
I will come from above
Won't wait until the poison has taken its toll
I'll take over the body.
Take complete control.
By the fiery kiss of the long since lost love
I will come from within
I will come from above
It will be done 'fore the night is through
Oh the damage I will do
Oh the damage I will do (9)
Plunging into the bath, Akiko heard once more the evil recitation, and began seeing the hallucination, (10) labeling the end of her pain. Deep purple eyes…they pull her in, entrance her. She sinks in the pools of warm bliss, but suddenly is jerked out. They turn a dull cobalt, and then bright green, and disappear. A black-clad figure raises a knife, and stabs her. Just as she begins to feel the wound, the image stops as quickly as it started. Akiko ran her hand down her face and submerged. Running her fingers over her slender body, she realized the ice-cold water was taking its toll. She was shivering. But she was used to the biting sensation the water made her feel. At least the 'migraine' was gone. Still shaking, she climbed into bed and turned the lights off.
~tbc~
sorry about so many number thingies
(1) the original name was Pipsi but I got tired of it.
(2) damn
(3) I have that color hair but I'm not so sure anymore if this is self-insertion anymore...-.-;
(4) how do you call it when you get kicked out of the army?
(5) yea this is me talking too
(6) gomen q-tip fans
(7) really don't
(9) man i'm good
(10) hey that rhymes!
Akiko (1) set down her glass and reached for the bottle.
"This isn't working," she thought. "I'm supposed to feel good and get a high. Shimatta (2). I'm just running up a bill with no purpose. But…I might as well finish up this bottle. She gulped it down and wiped her mouth. She slumped against he bar and closed her eyes to reflect upon herself. Once again, she had dressed as a guy, and tucked her tan-colored hair under her hat. (3) She didn't really have a point to do this now, since she'd been expelled (4) from OZ, but some how she felt safer as Kyle then as Akiko. She reached into her pocked and pulled out a fifty. Handing it to the bartender, she winced realizing that was the last of her money.
Looking around, she realized no one was left in the bar. Guessing it was too late or something, she turned back and pocketed her change. She was about to leave, but decided to stay for a few minutes to gather her nerves. She turned around and stared blankly at the door, hoping maybe someone would come in and accompany her.
Then it happened. The door opened and in walked the hottest guy she had ever seen in her whole life. Dressed in black, with a preacher-like collar, he fashioned a chestnut-brown braid that reached below his waist and had the most dazzling, ASTONISHING, huge, deep violet eyes.(5) He smiled and sat down next to her at the bar.
"Beer." Then he turned to 'Kyle.' "Hey man, wazzup? Watcha doin in this place so late anyway…"
"Kyle"
"Kyle. Planning on a hangover?" His violet eyes radiated that he was a friendly and funny guy.
"I don't get hangovers. I just went trough 'bout ten bottles and I don't even feel fazed. 'S weird. But believe me, I've tried." The guy looked at her questioningly, and shrugged.
"Oh. Well, why the glum face, pretty boy?" Duo focused his discerning stare on the young man in front of him. He seemed normal enough, apart from his 'hangover-imuneness'. But one thing seemed a little strange. This guy had the girliest face he had ever seen.
"Just…got fired from the army."
"Why?" Akiko fingered the question (not that way ya hentais!) and decided she trusted this guy.
"I took a joy-ride on the Epyon. I'm telling you, if those gundams are anything like it, I have got to ride one. But that's ok, actually. I was planning to quit anyway." She blushed a little as she noticed the stupefied look on Duo's face.
"You JOY-RIDED the EPYON?! No one JOY RIDES that thing! Its kinda hard to learn even how to pilot it, plus it has the ZERO system!" Now Duo knew something was wrong with this guy. How did he get access to the Epyon in the first place? And second of all, guys don't blush that easily. Well… maybe Quatre, but Duo wasn't sure if he was a guy at all. (6) But Akiko just shrugged it off.
" Hey, what can you say, I've got skills! After I found out about the Gundams, and saw what they were doing, I realized they were doing the right thing. I just had to know how they felt in battle, so I ran a simulation. Awesome machine, that Epyon. Gotta tell ya." Duo was a little proud of himself. At least someone in the universe thought he was doing the right thing. "Well, I gotta go. But maybe I'll see you sometime. What's your name?"
"Duo Maxwell. What about your last name?"
"Mizuki"
"Water-tree?"
"Duo, don't ask. (7)I didn't make it up. My ancestors did something with trees and water probably." Akiko gave him her best 'look at me, I'm so cool' grin, and went outside. GOD!! What a BABE!! She suddenly wished she could act like a girl, but suppressed the urge.
Duo turned around, and gulped down half of his drink. This guy sounded like a pretty skilled pilot if he cold manage the Epyon system and come out completely sane, not to mention having liked it. He looked more like a model then an OZ soldier, but ya can't judge a book by its cover. But water-tree? What a weird last name."
* * *
Akiko crouched in the corner trying her hardest not to scream. The migraine was back. Every couple of days, she experienced a very painful sensation that she labeled a migraine. It would consume her reality with white-hot streaks of pain and incinirate her brain until she could hardly breathe.
The she heard the voice. The low, calm, masculine voice reciting the same haunting poem over and over in her head. She headed for the bathroom. An ice-cold bath seemed to calm her down every time. But today, she barely made it. She loathed that cruel voice reciting:
By the fiery kiss of the long since lost love
I will come from within
I will come from above
Won't wait until the poison has taken its toll
I'll take over the body.
Take complete control.
By the fiery kiss of the long since lost love
I will come from within
I will come from above
It will be done 'fore the night is through
Oh the damage I will do
Oh the damage I will do (9)
Plunging into the bath, Akiko heard once more the evil recitation, and began seeing the hallucination, (10) labeling the end of her pain. Deep purple eyes…they pull her in, entrance her. She sinks in the pools of warm bliss, but suddenly is jerked out. They turn a dull cobalt, and then bright green, and disappear. A black-clad figure raises a knife, and stabs her. Just as she begins to feel the wound, the image stops as quickly as it started. Akiko ran her hand down her face and submerged. Running her fingers over her slender body, she realized the ice-cold water was taking its toll. She was shivering. But she was used to the biting sensation the water made her feel. At least the 'migraine' was gone. Still shaking, she climbed into bed and turned the lights off.
~tbc~
sorry about so many number thingies
(1) the original name was Pipsi but I got tired of it.
(2) damn
(3) I have that color hair but I'm not so sure anymore if this is self-insertion anymore...-.-;
(4) how do you call it when you get kicked out of the army?
(5) yea this is me talking too
(6) gomen q-tip fans
(7) really don't
(9) man i'm good
(10) hey that rhymes!