Onee-chan 1: This is a collab between me and Onee-chan 2. It's actually a roll play we're currently doing. The site to find the roll play is on our profile. Enjoy!
A shadow fell from the ceiling and landed gracefully. He wore a mask and a long black cape fell behind him when he landed. A simple long braid ran down his back and he stood to reveal his black clothing and eyes that had killed.
"You can call me 'The God of Death'. You can betray me all you want.. but I warn you. I have guns..and..."
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"..Pie!" Duo Maxwell had attached himself to the glass in front of a bakery. He was basically drooling as he bounced around with ants in his pants at the mere sight of the delectable treat only inches away.. only separated by this thin glass.
"Don't worry my pretty... we'll be together soon.." Duo pouted, making cute little circlular movements with his finger on the glass. He turned and began to walk away, not having the money to buy a pie.
"Duo Maxwell, get your scrawny, underfed butt back here." a woman ordered harshly. Duo turned a pouting look on the woman and she sighed. In her hand she held the pie, she wore an apron and her hair was in two loose braids. It was an odd hairstyle, but you could always tell her from a crowd.
"What now, Sally? you gonna torment me with my one and only dream?" he cried.
"Don't give me that bull. You're only dream is to build the world's largest pizza. Or a rocket to the moon. Whichever comes first."
Duo smiled and pointed a finger at her. "The moon always comes first!"
"Ya ya. Whatever. Just take the pie and go home." Sally half tossed the pie at him, sure he could catch it in one piece. Duo grinned like an idiot and lunged at the pie, catching it in his hands as wholesome and delicious as ever.
"Thanks Sally!" He began but Sally cut him off with her finger pressed to his lips.
"Didn't I tell you to just take the pie and shut up?"
"No. You said 'take the pie and go home'." Duo almost mimicked her perfectly in his smart aleck way. Sally rolled her eyes as Duo pranced happily home with his pie.
"IF YOU DIDN'T SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON METAL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUY ONE YOURSELF!" She yelled after him, smiling. She turned back, ignoring the looks she got, and headed into her bakery.
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"I have an idea for a new plan. Be ready to attack by sunset." a voice called in to a dark room. It was so dark in the room that the figure sitting on the bed in the corner could not be seen. The bed was virtually invisible and you couldn't tell where the walls were.
Cobalt blue eyes looked up, though it was impossible for anyone to see them, as they reflected no light.
'You fear your own death. People like that are cowards and weak. I hate weak people.' he thought bitterly, yet in a calm way. 'Once again I will murder some being that you fear will soon take your own life.'
The boy lowered his eyes again in the dark, and no one could see him.
"Sometimes I wonder why you haven't rid the world of me yet." he whispered to the dark.
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Duo skipped happily to his little home in the junk yard, surrounded by what he loved most.. Metal. machines. jiros that no one else thought were any good anymore.
After he put his stuff down, he returned outside and began to dig through a pile of metal, looking for something. Sweeping away a large pile, he unearthed a table he'd set the pile on. He pulled up a chair and began to eat his pie.
"Did you hear?" Duo paused, pie in mouth. He scooted closer to the wooden wall that lined all the way around his junk yard.
"About Doctor J?"
"Ya. I hear he's looking for help."
"I heard he specially wanted 'The God Of Death' for it. But no one knows how to contact him! Yet somehow he always knows!"
"Ya. There's a rumor that he's inhuman. It was a big 'to do' when those Libra guys thought they'd killed him. He comes back like it never happened."
"Maybe he really is a god."
"Maybe he's not a he at all."
"Ya right."
The voice died away and Duo's eyes shown maliciously.
"Prepare yourself, Duo. I'm going job hunting." he murmured to himself.
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There was a soft thump as a teen dropped from the dark of the high ceiling to the floor before his possible employer.
"Ah. You must be The God of Death." Dr. J made a 'hm' noise. "A lot younger in stature than I thought you'd be."
You couldn't see the teen's face, except his killer eyes and most of the lower part of his face.
"I heard you had a job for me. Specialty made." GoD (God of Death) smirked. Dr. J smiled as though he were just what he thought he'd be.
"I want you to steal a highly guarded jewel for me. It's known as Love's Teardrop. It's a red and blue gem. It's said to be hot to the touch and then cool down to feel like water if you can stand to hold it long enough. Get it for me tomorrow night.."
"Yes sir.. but first. Let me warn you. I don't respond well to betrayal. Just keep that in mind if you're thinking of turning me in." and with that, the boy seemed to vanish into thin air.
A light tap from above signaled his exit through however he got in.
"Was that really him?" a man asked.
"No. Just a hollogram. Didn't you notice? He didn't have a shadow." Dr. J pointed out. "I do believe that's what he looks like though." he seemed proud of himself and the man beside him didn't seem to understand.
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A dark brown haired teen about 15 years old sat on the top of the roof. A door opened behind him and the grey haired man nodded.
"As I thought, you're already here."
"The only other place I would be is that room. But there is work to do." he responded monotonously. The man nodded again.
"Tomorrow night the God of Death will try to steal Love's Teardrop. Before he can get it though, I want you to kill him. The shinigami thief will destroy me one of these days if my enemies hire him to do so." he smirked and walked away.
The teen looked over the city and then straight down to the street far below him.
"As you wish it...Dr. J. The Perfect Soldier will do as commanded." he muttered. "And then that soldier will kill you."
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The Shinigami crept along the rooftops, in the night. The night was his gown and he wore it with pride.
"Okay, Love.. I hope you don't cry on me." he smiled as he finally approached his target. He slipped in through a higher window and dropped down by his target, not yet touching the floor. Like a spider, he held himself in midair and reached down and lifted the Love's Tear out of it's case. He let out a hiss, his eyes scrunching up and teeth clenched. The dude wasnt kidding when he said it burned.
He clenched his grip on it harder and it became cooler. It felt like he'd stuck his hands in a stream. They felt wet and the water kept running past them. He let out a sigh and smiled.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed and he pulled himself into a ball. A dagger flew past where his head had been and hit the far wall.
A brunette hiding in the dark narrowed his eyes when the dagger missed. He hurried to a new location and threw a few more before getting a new, higher position and dropping down on top of the cloaked thief.
The God of Death dodged the daggers and then looked as if he were trying to gauge how many opponents he had, just before the 'Perfect Soldier' fell down on him.
He wrapped his arms around the GoD from behind and held him stiffly and strongly as they fell to the floor. He held a bomb of some sort in his mouth, which he then lay lightly on the GoD's shoulder.
"No sudden movements now." he said lowly, dangerously.
The GoD narrowed his eyes, growling at the hold he was in. He could escape one of two ways. He could wait till this guy let down his guard, but that didn't seem to ever happen. And plus, there was a bomb on his shoulder. No sudden moves? Physically, mentally, or both? he wondered.
"Who are you?" he asked, his voice still a growl. For you see, the God of Death does not like being between a rock and a hard place. Besides.. this guy reeked of the mansion where Dr. J lived.
"I am the Perfect Soldier." he murmured. "You are a threat to my master's life span. The coward believes you will kill him."
He suddenly realized something that he could not see or hear, taste or smell, or anything at all. But something jolted through his mind.
"Stay away." he whispered in GoD's ear. "He's my kill." it sounded almost like a threat.
Heero let go of GoD and grabbed the bomb, all in one fluid motion. The motion sensors kicked in and he tossed it at the Love's Teardrop. The bomb exploded, and soon, fragments of the jewel were seen on the floor as the smoke cleared.
"You're job is failed, go home and stay away." he ordered coldly, ignoring the surprise of the other man, "This is my mission to complete."
And with that, the brunette disappeared into the shadows and was gone.
Duo sat on the ground and looked at the gem fragments all around him. He looked around in fear. Where was he? He gasped when he looked back at the jewel.
"The Love's Tear!" he cried, picking some up and cutting his fingers. He knew he'd come to steal this. What.. What happened? And that teen.. but..
"I.. I failed?" he looked up, his eyes flashing between two different shades. "I.. I never fail." his voice dropped low and deadly. "The Perfect Soldier, huh?"