Disclaimer: Not only do I not own these characters, I am a broke college student, so don't try to sue me or you will lose money.

Second disclaimer: This is my first story that has been put into actual words instead of ways to put me to sleep at night so don't expect the best fic ever. And yes I am a bit twisted, so get over it.

Falling Away: Chapter 1

The years had not been kind. His once soft but firm face had become hard and filled with wrinkles. Not from age mind you, but pain. Years of pain that seemed to never end. He would have ended it himself years ago but he knew where he would go if he did, and that was a place he just couldn't go back to. Now cruising the alleys of a desolate little town on Colony L2 he searched for a mugger or rapist or anyone who wouldn't be missed tomorrow morning. No the years had not been kind to this once gentle being. But when had they ever been? Hearing a scream in the distance the vampire that had once been called Angel ran towards his next meal.

Duo Maxwell was in a great mood. Well, he was always in a great mood, but this time he had a reason to be. Hilde was coming over for dinner that night. If things went right there was lots of fun in store for the self proclaimed 'God of Death'.

'Maybe we should just skip dinner and head right for dessert.' He thought merrily to himself.

'Of course that means I wouldn't get to eat tonight.' He seriously considered this idea. For Duo, only three things were more important than eating. Battle was number one. Anything having to do with poking fun at Wufei or Heero was second, and Hilde was third.

'A really close third.' He reminded himself. This time the food won out.

"Maybe we could do both at the same time!" he asked out loud to no one in particular. Grinning impishly at this new idea, Duo began to skip towards his house.

In the years after the war between earth and the colonies and that little tiff with Trieze's brat kid, the Gundam pilots had settled down in their respective colonies to live a peaceful existence.

Trowa had bought out the circus he had preformed in while undercover and remade it into the "Greatest Show in the Universe". Quatre and his sisters built a big compound in the middle of the Sahara for themselves and Quatre's friends in the Maguanaut Core. After they moved in no one has heard a word from them since.

'If ya ask me they are all in there doing that freaky hippy crap the Quatre is into.' Dou thought to himself.

'Figures, he never was the manly type.' Smiling to himself at his new joke at Quatre's expense, Duo rounded the corner on the last bock away from his house.

With help from Relena, Wufei set up a school for the martial arts in the former lunar base on the moon.

'Funny thing was, the whole time she was helping him he kept calling her stupid and weak.' Duo chuckled lightly to himself. Wufei's hatred of women was well known throughout the colonies.

'It must have taken months for him to work up the courage to ask.' It was also a known fact that Duo enjoyed picking on Wufei for no better reason than boredom.

Heero lived God knows where and did God knows what, but he always seemed to show up whenever someone needed him.

'Stalks us all most likely. Still can't decide if we should live or not.' Thinking about the stony faced pilot always sent Duo into fits of laughter.

'I still can't believe Relena is alive. You would think he could just shoot her and get it over with, but noooooo, he lets her live so she can ruin our lives by callin' three times a day asking if we have seen him.' Duo hated Relena with a passion.

"Stalky bitch." He cursed under his breath.

After the whole war mess ended, Relena spent her days either helping run the earth's new government or searching for Heero.

'If Heero doesn't hurry up and do it,' he said to himself. 'I will.'

Duo had ended his career a bit differently than the rest. Every day he would go out into space with his Deathscythe HELL and salvage parts from destroyed old mobile suits. Lots of the technology was still useful to the colonies so Duo made quite a living with this.

'Still doesn't compare to bringing death to the masses, but it helps.' Duo opened the door to his house with a laugh and stopped in surprise.

Who is in Duo's house? And who could be so foolish as to surprise the God of Death?

Find out in the next installment of Falling Away!!!!!

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