Chapter 15

A/N:

Well, another… month… another chapter. Heh. *embarrassed* My apologies to anyone who gave a rat's ass about the continuation. From all I've heard, it doesn't really matter if I update or not, since it's an OC, not canon, and not yaoi. Nothing against yaoi, I personally love it to bits, but I just want to get some critique here, that's all I'm asking. Oh, did anyone else know that YAOI is actually an acronym?

I'll tell y'all next chapter. I'm just going to launch into a boring update of my life to date so go on and skip it if you wish.

I broke up with my boyfriend of a year just before Thanksgiving. Yeah, apparently I did it wrong by doing it in a note and not face to face. But I would have cried and said it wrong, and then it would be all weird and uncomfortable between us. We're friends now, we realized we were acting more like that than an "item" anyways. Um, I have a stalker/admirer who got me some lovely jewelry for Christmas, even though I stressed to him to please not. I can't get him to leave me alone, so he's my shadow now. Meh. My homosexual friend has had more guys ask him out in the past month than I have had speak to me in my entire life. Which is great for him but it kinda sucks when I get all depressed over how I'm doomed to become a lonely old spinster with cats all over and no one to carry on the proud streak of insanity. I'm ruling out any possibility of dating my stalker here.

I had a good Christmas, hope y'all's holidays were splendid. I have family down visiting. More shall be coming within the span of a week. Goody. *sigh*

I have to pee. There's really nothing I can think of to tell you all either, so I'll just get on with it.

Flame is trying to manipulate Duo, but will he cave into her crocodile tears? Will he take her to the pilots? Or will OZ finally have an inside link to the Gundam pilots?

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"Did you, Duo?"

He snarled, knuckles whitening from the death grip he had on the steering wheel. He looked rabid and yet crushed at the same time. No doubt he wanted her to be lying, wanted it to be a horrible, horrible joke she was playing. But he knew she knew. This was no joke.

"What's it to ya?! Not like you cared! You just blew it up and went off on your merry way back to that monster that raised you!"

"No, I didn't. I fell behind when I realized the truth. I saw you, I heard you. From that moment on I knew that I was just a pawn to Trieze. After all, on the battle field there is no gender, no family ties." she spat out the last sentence bitterly. She sighed and it softened sadly, "I vowed that I wouldn't let him use me, I wouldn't let him hurt me. I wanted to avenge every person he had me slaughter. I wanted to avenge myself." a tear fell from her eyes, trailing slowly down her cheek.

Sadly, every word is true. But will he believe it? Will he let me in? Please, Kami, let this work.

"I'm avenging Father Maxwell, Sister Helen and Solo. I'm Death."

Is this his acceptance?

"Shinigami?"

"Yes. I am." his head bowed slightly, but his eyes remained on the road, "I'll kill him."

"Do you forgive me?"

"Forgive?"

"Yes, do you?"

He glanced at her beseeching face, tears tumbling from her dark lashes. He deemed her to be sincere. "I do."

Alright! From here, it should be smooth sailing. All I need is a stronghold in Duo, a good impression for the others, and my plan can be sprung. How easy it is that men fall for a woman's tears…

"Really? Oh, Duo, thank you. I can't tell you how it feels to have those deaths and that pain alight from my conscience. Although, I'll still be headed for Hell."

"Aren't we all?" he asked, with a half hearted grin.

"We certainly are, we certainly are…"

Just a few more minutes and some slick dealings and I will be even closer to my ends. Ah, ignorance is such bliss…

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