AnimeCat: The intro of three new characters! Well, technically four, but we'll get to that later....
I actually just lost all enthusiasm....didn't get any sleep, my mind has warped and I'm feeling quite ill.....
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Birth Of A New Demon, chapter 2
Kian returned to the church just later in the afternoon, surprised to see two older people with boxes assembled in front of the church, with her fellow orphans digging through the boxes.
"Jake--" She called to a friend of hers. The brown haired, hazel-eyed boy looked up from a box and walked to her. "What's going on?"
"They're from a salvage yard on a different colony. They're making a contribution to the church. Some clothes and stuff." Jake said excitedly.
"Really?"
Jake nodded.
"That's cool!" Kian said, smiling. She looked at the older couple, who were helping small children into shirts or helping them reach into boxes. They weren't too tall, both were dressed in black with matching cross necklaces, one gold, one silver. The man had very long faded chestnut hair, kept in a braid and deep violet eyes. Kian arched an eyebrow. Never before had she seen an older man with hair longer than most women's. His partner, and apparently to Kian, his wife, had fading blond hair in the same style as Kian's, and electric green eyes.
Kian found herself able to see them as teenagers only by closing her eyes. This she found highly unusual. Never before had Kian been able to see someone any younger than they were. And she /knew/ that was what they had looked like.
"What'd you do this morning?" Jake asked, looking around.
"I went out for a walk." Kian said. "I did some thinking. Maybe I should get a job so I can help the church."
"What will you do?" Jake asked. Kian shrugged.
"Anything I can."
"Not a bad idea. I should get one, too." Jake said, giving the idea some thought. "Or at least get one so I could leave the orphanage. That way there'd be more space for some of the kids."
"Looking for work?" A friendly voice said from behind them. They turned around to face the older man. He smiled at them kindly.
"Uh…yeah." Kian said, wondering if he'd been listening and when he had come up from behind them.
"You both are?" The man continued. Jake and Kian nodded. The man put out his hand. Kian shook it, then Jake. "Duo Maxwell." He said.
"Kian Zachary." Kian said, giving herself the name of the church. Jake followed.
"Jake Zachary."
"Nice to meet you kids." Duo said, he turned in the direction of his wife and whistled at her. She turned and looked at him. "My wife, Daye."
Daye waved in their direction before returning attention to the children. Duo turned back to them.
"My grandson is too busy to help me, Daye, and my kids with the salvage yard. My granddaughter is too young, so we could use the extra hands." Duo continued. "We live on L2, though, which is kind of a dangerous place to live…considering…"
"We'd have to leave the church?" Kian asked, not disappointed, but wary.
"I guess you'd have to." Duo shrugged. "We'll pay your fare to the colony if you want the job, and we a have a place where you can stay. "
"Cool." Jake said. Kian rolled her eyes.
"Is it really dangerous?" She asked.
"We've seen some battles…but never gotten involved in any." Duo said, thinking. Why did Kian get the feeling that Duo had a lot more to do with the battle than he would say? He looked at her hair. "Nice hair." He said, glancing over to Daye. "Pretty familiar."
As Kian and Jake walked away to talk to Sister Marie about the job, Duo had another thought as he looked at Kian.
*It's not just her hair that looks familiar…*
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Solo furiously tried to unlock the door as the phone rang inside.
"Come on!" He screeched hurriedly. He looked down at his keys.
"Oops," He mumbled, "wrong key." He slid the right one into the lock and opened the door. He rushed to the phone, and it stopped ringing. He swore for a moment. Then remembering that if anyone was home, he could get in a lot of trouble. He looked around. No one. One thing he loved about staying over Uncle Jays' house to watch Marin was that he and Aunt Katrina were never home, but Solo always forgot.
He always spent weekends with Marin on a totally different section of the colony when Jay made business trips with Katrina to different colonies for the salvage yard and fund. He remembered letting Marin go to a friend's house after school. He smacked his own head.
The phone rang again, making him jump. He leapt toward the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Well, you've done it, Solo!" His mother's angry voice shouted.
"What?"
"All your grandpa asked for was for a little help with the salvage yard, and what did you say? N-o-o-o-o-o. He just hired kids from L9 to work for him. Good going, Solo!"
"Aw, Mom," Solo whined.
"Aseka, give Solo a break. He's just not into the whole salvage yard thing…" His father said from somewhere in the room.
"Kien! He inherits the salvage yard /and/ the fund from me! He's got to learn how to work!"
"Good point," Kien mumbled. Solo prepared himself for another tongue lashing, but it never came.
"So," Aseka said lightly, "how's my little niece Marin?"
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The door opened before Zeke knocked. The familiar female face greeted him with a slight smile. She opened the door wide and welcomed him into her office. She motioned for him to take a seat at the business table, and she sat across from him.
"It's nice to see you again, Zeke." She said warmly. She tossed her elbow-length red hair out of her face with a flick of her head.
"You too, Luna Mar--"
"No." She cut in, smiling and shaking her head. "I go by another name now."
"What's that?"
"I wanted a nickname after my grandmother. I changed my name when she died. I want people to remember her name forever even if it's my name now."
"What did you change it to?"
Luna giggled for a moment. "Lady Luna Une."
"Pretty." He agreed.
Luna straightened up. She closed her eyes. "We need you now. L2 is getting the best of us."
"I thought we'd wait a bit longer before using the Epyon." Zeke mused, lifting an eyebrow. He brushed a piece of pale amethyst hair from his face.
"No. The Epyon is what we need. The new mobile suits, Mars and Saturn, are strong and everything, but L2 can match them up with their older mobile suits like the Gemini or Scorpio." She said bitterly. She paused. "I'm even considering rebuilding the Tallgeese."
"The Tallgeese?" Zeke asked, interested. "I thought… But who would pilot it?"
"Me-- of course." Luna said sweetly.
"Are you sure?" Zeke asked, concerned.
"I'll be sure that the Tallgeese IV is built carefully for me."
"Would you like me to oversee the operations?"
"I'd be honored, Zeke." Luna said. Zeke smiled. Zeke stood up and began walking for the door. He turned around.
"Goodbye, Lady Luna." He said, bowing his head. Luna smiled as he began walking out the door.
"Goodbye, Zeke Merquise."
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Solo walked down the street with his hands in his pockets and staring at the sidewalk. He had to pick up Marin, then catch a ride back to his house, bringing her with him. He was taking as much time as possible.
He looked up briefly to make sure he was on the right street. A car pulled up a bit in front of him and a girl his age stepped out, glanced around casually, then shut the door and began walking. He only caught a glimpse of her, but her wide sapphire eyes and flowing waist-length dark copper hair would stay with him for a while. As she walked away, he noticed she wore a fashionable blue silk dress and a chiffon trail. He found this remotely odd, considering where she was and how far she was to the only place Solo could think of that required that sort of dress. Not that he was complaining, at any rate.
He was walking in her direction for a while before he reached the street he had to turn on. She walked calmly and smoothly, and he realized she was heading to one of the only Opera places the Colony had. *Why couldn't that car have taken her the extra mile? What a jerk driver*, he thought.
He turned on the corner and didn't think of the girl again for a few days.
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"This, " Duo said, pointing, "is the salvage yard."
Kian and Jake looked around interestedly. "We've expanded, sort of, Daye kind of helped me start a program for the needy. My daughter works here with me and my son, but he and his wife are on a trip, so I guess you'll meet my daughter on Monday."
"That's cool," Jake said. "What's our job going to be?"
"Nothing you'd need training for." Duo shrugged. "Haul stuff, paperwork, help me and Daye around,"
"We could do that." Kian agreed.
"And you will--" Duo joked, "or you won't get paid, will ya?"
This took a moment for Kian and Jake to understand. Once they did, they laughed.
"Follow me." Duo said after they'd recovered. They followed him to a separate building away from the salvage yard office. He opened the door to show bunk beds on opposite sides of the wall. "You take one side," He said to Kian. "And you take the other." He finished to Jake. He gestured to a dresser. "You guys'll have to share it or something, 'cause we only have one."
"No problem." Jake shrugged, glancing casually at the only bag he carried, the only one he owned. He doubted if its contents could fill one drawer.
"Okay then," Duo said, preparing to leave, "you can start work on Monday."
"B-but!" Kian protested. Duo turned to her.
"Yeah?"
"It's Friday afternoon." Kian said slowly. Duo blinked.
"Have a good weekend." Duo shrugged. He opened the door and left.
Jake turned to Kian with his eyebrows arched.
"I like that guy." He mused.
"He reminds me of someone." Kian said, thinking hard.
"Who?" Jake asked. Kian shook her head.
"I don't remember."
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AnimeCat: Okay...end chapter 2...*looks doped* I need sleeeeeeeep.....*whines*
This fic may seem confusing because it seems as if I start from the middle rather than in the beginning of the story. I made it that way....don't worry, things clear up, then get confusing again.....it's an endless waltz of confusion...... And anyway, the beginning chapters *are* weird, once the "Who is Who" crap ends, the story becomes much more interesting.
Next chapter: Could Kian Zachary possibly be Kiane Yuy? (AC snickers at her own idiocy) When Aseka meets the young girl, things really take a turn for the bizzare. Who is the pretty French girl that drives Solo up the wall?? Kiane Yuy is about to reunite with her family...but what's this?? What is happening with Solo? Will Kiane lose the only brother she's ever had but never known before even getting to know him??
Next chapter is pretty long....
Review!
I actually just lost all enthusiasm....didn't get any sleep, my mind has warped and I'm feeling quite ill.....
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Birth Of A New Demon, chapter 2
Kian returned to the church just later in the afternoon, surprised to see two older people with boxes assembled in front of the church, with her fellow orphans digging through the boxes.
"Jake--" She called to a friend of hers. The brown haired, hazel-eyed boy looked up from a box and walked to her. "What's going on?"
"They're from a salvage yard on a different colony. They're making a contribution to the church. Some clothes and stuff." Jake said excitedly.
"Really?"
Jake nodded.
"That's cool!" Kian said, smiling. She looked at the older couple, who were helping small children into shirts or helping them reach into boxes. They weren't too tall, both were dressed in black with matching cross necklaces, one gold, one silver. The man had very long faded chestnut hair, kept in a braid and deep violet eyes. Kian arched an eyebrow. Never before had she seen an older man with hair longer than most women's. His partner, and apparently to Kian, his wife, had fading blond hair in the same style as Kian's, and electric green eyes.
Kian found herself able to see them as teenagers only by closing her eyes. This she found highly unusual. Never before had Kian been able to see someone any younger than they were. And she /knew/ that was what they had looked like.
"What'd you do this morning?" Jake asked, looking around.
"I went out for a walk." Kian said. "I did some thinking. Maybe I should get a job so I can help the church."
"What will you do?" Jake asked. Kian shrugged.
"Anything I can."
"Not a bad idea. I should get one, too." Jake said, giving the idea some thought. "Or at least get one so I could leave the orphanage. That way there'd be more space for some of the kids."
"Looking for work?" A friendly voice said from behind them. They turned around to face the older man. He smiled at them kindly.
"Uh…yeah." Kian said, wondering if he'd been listening and when he had come up from behind them.
"You both are?" The man continued. Jake and Kian nodded. The man put out his hand. Kian shook it, then Jake. "Duo Maxwell." He said.
"Kian Zachary." Kian said, giving herself the name of the church. Jake followed.
"Jake Zachary."
"Nice to meet you kids." Duo said, he turned in the direction of his wife and whistled at her. She turned and looked at him. "My wife, Daye."
Daye waved in their direction before returning attention to the children. Duo turned back to them.
"My grandson is too busy to help me, Daye, and my kids with the salvage yard. My granddaughter is too young, so we could use the extra hands." Duo continued. "We live on L2, though, which is kind of a dangerous place to live…considering…"
"We'd have to leave the church?" Kian asked, not disappointed, but wary.
"I guess you'd have to." Duo shrugged. "We'll pay your fare to the colony if you want the job, and we a have a place where you can stay. "
"Cool." Jake said. Kian rolled her eyes.
"Is it really dangerous?" She asked.
"We've seen some battles…but never gotten involved in any." Duo said, thinking. Why did Kian get the feeling that Duo had a lot more to do with the battle than he would say? He looked at her hair. "Nice hair." He said, glancing over to Daye. "Pretty familiar."
As Kian and Jake walked away to talk to Sister Marie about the job, Duo had another thought as he looked at Kian.
*It's not just her hair that looks familiar…*
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Solo furiously tried to unlock the door as the phone rang inside.
"Come on!" He screeched hurriedly. He looked down at his keys.
"Oops," He mumbled, "wrong key." He slid the right one into the lock and opened the door. He rushed to the phone, and it stopped ringing. He swore for a moment. Then remembering that if anyone was home, he could get in a lot of trouble. He looked around. No one. One thing he loved about staying over Uncle Jays' house to watch Marin was that he and Aunt Katrina were never home, but Solo always forgot.
He always spent weekends with Marin on a totally different section of the colony when Jay made business trips with Katrina to different colonies for the salvage yard and fund. He remembered letting Marin go to a friend's house after school. He smacked his own head.
The phone rang again, making him jump. He leapt toward the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Well, you've done it, Solo!" His mother's angry voice shouted.
"What?"
"All your grandpa asked for was for a little help with the salvage yard, and what did you say? N-o-o-o-o-o. He just hired kids from L9 to work for him. Good going, Solo!"
"Aw, Mom," Solo whined.
"Aseka, give Solo a break. He's just not into the whole salvage yard thing…" His father said from somewhere in the room.
"Kien! He inherits the salvage yard /and/ the fund from me! He's got to learn how to work!"
"Good point," Kien mumbled. Solo prepared himself for another tongue lashing, but it never came.
"So," Aseka said lightly, "how's my little niece Marin?"
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The door opened before Zeke knocked. The familiar female face greeted him with a slight smile. She opened the door wide and welcomed him into her office. She motioned for him to take a seat at the business table, and she sat across from him.
"It's nice to see you again, Zeke." She said warmly. She tossed her elbow-length red hair out of her face with a flick of her head.
"You too, Luna Mar--"
"No." She cut in, smiling and shaking her head. "I go by another name now."
"What's that?"
"I wanted a nickname after my grandmother. I changed my name when she died. I want people to remember her name forever even if it's my name now."
"What did you change it to?"
Luna giggled for a moment. "Lady Luna Une."
"Pretty." He agreed.
Luna straightened up. She closed her eyes. "We need you now. L2 is getting the best of us."
"I thought we'd wait a bit longer before using the Epyon." Zeke mused, lifting an eyebrow. He brushed a piece of pale amethyst hair from his face.
"No. The Epyon is what we need. The new mobile suits, Mars and Saturn, are strong and everything, but L2 can match them up with their older mobile suits like the Gemini or Scorpio." She said bitterly. She paused. "I'm even considering rebuilding the Tallgeese."
"The Tallgeese?" Zeke asked, interested. "I thought… But who would pilot it?"
"Me-- of course." Luna said sweetly.
"Are you sure?" Zeke asked, concerned.
"I'll be sure that the Tallgeese IV is built carefully for me."
"Would you like me to oversee the operations?"
"I'd be honored, Zeke." Luna said. Zeke smiled. Zeke stood up and began walking for the door. He turned around.
"Goodbye, Lady Luna." He said, bowing his head. Luna smiled as he began walking out the door.
"Goodbye, Zeke Merquise."
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Solo walked down the street with his hands in his pockets and staring at the sidewalk. He had to pick up Marin, then catch a ride back to his house, bringing her with him. He was taking as much time as possible.
He looked up briefly to make sure he was on the right street. A car pulled up a bit in front of him and a girl his age stepped out, glanced around casually, then shut the door and began walking. He only caught a glimpse of her, but her wide sapphire eyes and flowing waist-length dark copper hair would stay with him for a while. As she walked away, he noticed she wore a fashionable blue silk dress and a chiffon trail. He found this remotely odd, considering where she was and how far she was to the only place Solo could think of that required that sort of dress. Not that he was complaining, at any rate.
He was walking in her direction for a while before he reached the street he had to turn on. She walked calmly and smoothly, and he realized she was heading to one of the only Opera places the Colony had. *Why couldn't that car have taken her the extra mile? What a jerk driver*, he thought.
He turned on the corner and didn't think of the girl again for a few days.
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"This, " Duo said, pointing, "is the salvage yard."
Kian and Jake looked around interestedly. "We've expanded, sort of, Daye kind of helped me start a program for the needy. My daughter works here with me and my son, but he and his wife are on a trip, so I guess you'll meet my daughter on Monday."
"That's cool," Jake said. "What's our job going to be?"
"Nothing you'd need training for." Duo shrugged. "Haul stuff, paperwork, help me and Daye around,"
"We could do that." Kian agreed.
"And you will--" Duo joked, "or you won't get paid, will ya?"
This took a moment for Kian and Jake to understand. Once they did, they laughed.
"Follow me." Duo said after they'd recovered. They followed him to a separate building away from the salvage yard office. He opened the door to show bunk beds on opposite sides of the wall. "You take one side," He said to Kian. "And you take the other." He finished to Jake. He gestured to a dresser. "You guys'll have to share it or something, 'cause we only have one."
"No problem." Jake shrugged, glancing casually at the only bag he carried, the only one he owned. He doubted if its contents could fill one drawer.
"Okay then," Duo said, preparing to leave, "you can start work on Monday."
"B-but!" Kian protested. Duo turned to her.
"Yeah?"
"It's Friday afternoon." Kian said slowly. Duo blinked.
"Have a good weekend." Duo shrugged. He opened the door and left.
Jake turned to Kian with his eyebrows arched.
"I like that guy." He mused.
"He reminds me of someone." Kian said, thinking hard.
"Who?" Jake asked. Kian shook her head.
"I don't remember."
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AnimeCat: Okay...end chapter 2...*looks doped* I need sleeeeeeeep.....*whines*
This fic may seem confusing because it seems as if I start from the middle rather than in the beginning of the story. I made it that way....don't worry, things clear up, then get confusing again.....it's an endless waltz of confusion...... And anyway, the beginning chapters *are* weird, once the "Who is Who" crap ends, the story becomes much more interesting.
Next chapter: Could Kian Zachary possibly be Kiane Yuy? (AC snickers at her own idiocy) When Aseka meets the young girl, things really take a turn for the bizzare. Who is the pretty French girl that drives Solo up the wall?? Kiane Yuy is about to reunite with her family...but what's this?? What is happening with Solo? Will Kiane lose the only brother she's ever had but never known before even getting to know him??
Next chapter is pretty long....
Review!