Hey everyone! I can't believe I've gotten so many reviews. I had had my doubts
on this fic but now that you've all stroked my ego, I have to continue. Oh, and
in response to the review about Duo's past, thank you for telling me. I had
never known that. Thank goodness that the fic isn't too predominantly based on
his past so that I don't have to change much. Thanks again for informing me.
Thank all of you for the nice reviews. I really appreciated them. This chapter
will be really good. It's my favorite one. In my opinion I could have done it a
little better but I did try my best. Also I have a question to ask if you all
could answer in your review (if you give one). Do the characters act OOC? I
kinda thought so at the beginning but I can't really tell. Thanks! Now on to
Chapter Two!
Duo lay down in the grassy field under the stars. He felt at peace by
himself with only the moon for company. A soft breeze blew by and rustled
Duo's hair. The blades of grass swayed back and forth in the breeze. But then
the wind started to pick up. It got stronger and stronger until Duo felt he
couldn't breathe. He sat up, somewhat annoyed that his peace was now being
disturbed, and tried to see what was going on. Then the wind suddenly stopped.
Duo then saw a black figure in the distance quickly approaching him. He stood
up, expecting the person to call out, but the person was silent and approached
Duo until only a few feet away from him. The person was wearing a black robe
and a hood that covered his head. In his hand was a scythe. "Who are you?"
said Duo with a distrustful look. "I'm surprised," said the person. Duo
recognized the voice. It sounded like his own. He didn't like this person very
much, not at all. "Surprised at what?" asked Duo, somewhat annoyed, "Let me
see your face. I want to know who you are." The person shrugged and said, "I'm
surprised that you don't even know me. Very surprised." The person removed
the hood and a long braid fell down his back that was very similar to Duo's.
Duo's eyes went wide with fear. "It's you," he whispered. "That's right," said
the person, "I've come back to torment you again, the evil part of your soul."
"Get away from me!" Duo yelled as he backed away. But he lost his balance and
fell on his back. His face grimaced in pain as he looked up at Evil Duo. "Still
trying to pretend I don't exist?" said Evil Duo, "I thought we got past that
long ago." He laughed evilly, his violet eyes gleaming in the moonlight. "I can't
seem to leave you alone, can I? I won't stop bothering you until you join me." "I
won't," said Duo as he looked at Evil Duo with hatred, "I won't become evil."
The grassy field suddenly turned into a graveyard. Duo looked around
frantically. "Why don't you join me?" said Evil Duo, "It could be like the old
days when we worked together to be the Great Shinigami as pilot of
Deathscythe." Duo got up and brushed the dirt off his clothes. He looked
around at the hundreds of graves surrounding him. Then he looked at Evil Duo.
"Those days are over," said Duo firmly, "And it was different then. It wasn't
evil, we were fighting for a good cause."
"You mean killing for a good cause. You really think that what you did in the
year AC 195 was good, huh? Tsk, tsk. I was running the show mostly to protect
you from going out of your mind from all the killing. But I didn't think you
thought that the killing all those soldiers good." Duo's confidence was fading a
little. "Those poor soldiers," Evil Duo said with mock sympathy, "They must
have had families somewhere grieving for them, mothers balling their eyes out
over their deaths dealt to them by the Great Shinigami." "It's not true," said
Duo. His voice was starting to shake.
"You can't ignore it. You killed and you enjoyed it."
Duo started to hear the cries of women, children, mothers, grieving for their
loved ones. He looked around frantically to see any sign of them, but no one
was there. No one except him. "Stop lying to me," said Duo with hatred seething
from his voice, "I've gotten over all of that now. My past is behind me."
"Oh is it? Well if it was, I wouldn't be here. C'mon Duo, let's be partners again,
let's work together and kill again! Let's enjoy death, savor it-"
"Stop!" Duo yelled out in pain, "I never enjoyed killing. I don't want to kill
anyone anymore."
"You'll kill eventually. Look, I don't want to be your enemy but I will get what
I want by any means."
"Get away from me," Duo hissed.
"Ha! I can't! You'll never get rid of me! I'm a part of you, don't you see!" Evil
Duo's laughter rang through Duo's ears. "Stop laughing!" he yelled, but the
laughter continued. Duo then felt something pull at his leg and he fell to the
ground with a thud. His face went white as he saw hundreds of skeletons crawl
from their graves and slither toward Duo. Duo screamed as they started to
claw at his flesh and tear his clothes. Evil Duo continued to laugh. Duo was
covered in his own blood as the skeletons continued to claw at him. "Let me go!"
he yelled, "Get off me!!!" He struggled to get up. He started to get weaker and
weaker… He was too weak to call out as he saw the skeletons start to engulf
him. 'So this is it,' he thought, 'Death has finally come.' He shut his eyes and
waited for the end.
Duo opened his eyes to see a pair of blue green eyes full of concern stare at
him. Duo quickly sat up breathing heavily. He stared at his arms and legs and
didn't see a scratch on him. "Are you ok?" asked Quatre.
"I'm ok," Duo responded as he rubbed his eyes.
"I heard you screaming and I rushed in. You had a bad dream?"
"Yeah, kinda."
Duo sighed heavily. 'When is the torture gonna end?' he thought as he stared
into his lap. Quatre still stared at him. Duo was kinda getting annoyed at his
unwavering gaze. Quatre then suddenly grabbed Duo's hand and dragged him
out of bed and onto his feet. "Where are we going?" he asked as Quatre led
him out of his room and down the stairs. "To breakfast," was Quatre's reply,
"Today you're gonna have breakfast with the rest of us." Duo wanted to
protest but decided to just follow Quatre. Quatre let go of his hand as they
got to the kitchen and sat down at the table. The others at the tale were either
reading the paper, reading a book, or just eating. Heero, Trowa, and Wufei
looked up from what they were doing and stared at Duo questionably. Duo
ignored their gaze, got his usual cup of coffee and sat down at the table. There
was an awkward silence. Everyone stared at Duo and he stared back. Then he
finally broke the silence. "Ok you guys, I know that you brought me down here
to find out what's supposedly wrong with me but-"
"Maxwell, tell us what's been bothering you for the last few days," said Wufei
somewhat frustrated.
"Nothing's bothering me."
"Then why are you so depressed lately?" asked Trowa.
"Yeah," said Quatre, "You've hardly come out of your room and-"
"I'm not depressed," responded Duo, "I'm just like I usually am."
"Don't lie to us Duo," said Heero sternly, "We want to know what's going on."
Duo's head started to hurt. Kill them… Duo's face went white with fear.
KILL THEM!!!!!!! 'I won't kill them!' Duo thought to himself. The rest of the
G- pilots looked at Duo with concern. ,KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL
THEM!!!!!!! Duo broke out into a cold sweat. He struggled to resist calling out.
"Duo?" asked Heero questionably, "Are you ok?"
Duo blinked rapidly as he came out of his stupor. "Yeah," he said quietly.
"Maxwell-" started Wufei but was cut off as Duo stood up. "Look," Duo said
angrily," Just because a guy feels like acting a little differently doesn't give
you the right to persecute me."
"Duo we're-"
"Don't try to tell me different. I just feel like acting a little differently,
that's all. If you don't like that than you can just fuck off!"
He stomped out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Everyone looked at him as he
went into his room. They had not expected that. "Waytogo Wufei," said Trowa
somewhat sarcastically, "Your plan worked like a charm."
"Shut up Trowa."
"Ok," said Heero, "Now we know we just can't confront him about it. Are there
any other options?"
"There is one," said Quatre, "Hildee could speak to him for us."
"You sure you want to inform Hildee about this? And isn't she out of town on
business?" asked Trowa.
"She just came back a few days ago," said Wufei.
"Ok then, I'll call Hildee," said Quatre getting up from the table. Soon the
others followed. Meanwhile in Duo's room, Duo was pacing back and forth in his
room. 'I can't let them find out,' he thought, ' They can't know about Evil Duo.
And above all, Hildee can't find out. Oh, God how I miss her.' He kept on pacing
until he just sighed and sat down on his bed. 'I wish I could see you Hildee,' he
thought to himself as he wiped the sweat from his brow, 'I miss you so much.'
That's it for now! Sorry to leave off but I haven't written the rest yet. The next chapter will be all lovey-dovey as Hildee talks to Duo about his "problem". Please review, though I'm not forcing you to since I'll continue to write either way. Look out for Chapter Three soon! Until then, Ja ne!