Title: Shinigami

Author: Oriana Maxwell

They're going to execute me in the morning. Just a a few more hours. Funny, how they honor me with the traditional death of a soldier. At the crack of dawn, they will line me up in front of a wall like a common soldier and shoot me untill I fall.

This never would have happened if it weren't for Shinigami. Yeah, the God of Death, you've got it right. That's the translation. What? You want to hear why the hell a 17 year old guy is sitting in a cold prison cell, calmly awaiting execution? You've got to be kidding me.

What? You aren't? Okay, now I know all reporters are crazy. What do you mean, you aren't a reporter? Oh, you used to be one, before the war. You're getting killed this morning too, aren't you? See, I was right. So, what are you in for?

You wrote an article your editor didn't like?! Oh, man, this war... it gets the best and the worst of us. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if we won, don't you? Maybe Shinigami and I would be lovers, instead of enemies. Or not. You never can tell with those things.

So, are you ready to hear my story? I'm not sure if I am. Got your pen and paper ready? Oh, that's right, they don't usually hand out sharp utensils in a prison. I'm such an idiot.

What, stop stalling? Sheesh, don't be so imaptient. Allright already, don't give me that face! I'll start, I'll start, I'll start...

Well, here's why I'm in here. I'm a Gundam Pilot -- No, I will NOT tell you which one. That might get to the outside. They might not kill me, instead they might torture me for information. Let's just say, if I hadn't been distracted, I wouldn't be here. You wouldn't be here. We would have won the war.

You ask me how I can be so sure of myself, so egotistic. It's not an ego, it's a fact. I'm one of the best damn pilots in the galaxy. No, dammit, I am NOT exagerating! Just let me tell the fucking story, okay?

Anyways... I was battling Tallgeese... and I lost. I was distracted; thinking about Shinigami. I didn't want to die; I didn't want to leave him alone. So I didn't take the risk. I didn't try to destroy the meteor. Boom. It hit me. Lovely description, isn't it? If I do say so myself. Yes, I do say so myself.

My friends gave me up for dead. Hell, they saw my Gundam detonate when the meteor hit it. Shoulda been my ammo that hit it, but a gundam works too. Maybe works better. Oz didn't.

Didn't what? Didn't give me up for dead, you idiot. Shouldn't a reporter be able to use context clues? Well, anyways, the Oz soldiers found me. I was in bad shape, so they took me back to one of their remaining bases. And, well, you know the rest. I'm going to be executed like a common soldier when they fucking know I saved their fucking lives, hell, I saved the whole fucking world.

Say what? You have a watch? It's five am, isn't it? Well, looks like I got distracted again. No, there's no possible way you could be him. Don't mess with my mind. See, look? The guys are coming in to take me away. You can't be him, you cant. There's no crucifix, no braid.

No, no, don't take the hat off, I don't want to KNOW if you're him... oh Shinigami, no! It's YOU! No, wait, don't take me away, not yet, I have to say goodbye! I have to tell him I--

Shinigami...