"I'll go with you," The other girl said,
"No, Gouka." Hakai said, turning around to look at the
girl. She turned back to the pool and set her eyes on the
soldier. "This is my mission, Shinigami assigned it
especially to me. You may see me off, but you have to come back
here once I'm up there."
"You'll be alone," Gouka said, her tone made Hakai turn
to look at her again.
"Alone is my game. I work faster alone."
"Since you have completed your training ahead of schedule, I
expect that you will fulfill this mission fitfully. On earth,
your name will be Tomoe Hotaru, and you will set up your
residence in an apartment building near the residence of the
soldier, Heero Yuy. You will be Hotaru. Your mission is
to seduce Heero and bring him to our side. He must come by his
own will, and when he has agreed, I will appear by you and take
you back to Hell, where you belong. You must retrieve him before
the servants of the Lord of Heaven do, he is very powerful and
deserves the power of Hell."
"Shinigami-sama, if I may intervene," Gouka said,
"I would like to go along with Hakai, we could get two
soldiers for the price of one." Hakai glared at Gouka, who
had stepped up to Shinigami and bowed her head low.
"You have a point, I will grant your wish," Shinigami
said, and put his face into a charming smile. "You will be
Hino Rei, and, the pilot I wish you to retrieve is Chang Wufei,
he is powerful as well."
"Yes, sir." Gouka said, bowing again, "Thank
you."
"I have sent a lesser servant up before you to prepare your
stay, I will have him notice Gouka's needs also." Shinigami
said, and his eyes glowed red for a moment. "It is done. Go
to the Gates of Hell and you will be transported to the street in
front of your apartment."
"Thank you, Shi-sama" Gouka and Hakai said at the same
time. They both turned around and walked to the red Gates of
Hell, which transported them to the mortal world.
"You shouldn't do this by yourself, Hotaru",
Rei said, and fished the key out of her pocket. She stuck it in
the door and opened it to reveal a large kitchen area.
"This is it," Hotaru said, looking around. She ran her
hand over the surface of a counter. "Tomorrow we enroll in
their school, we can't have people getting suspicious."
"What do we do now?" Rei asked, looking around, she had
never been to earth before.
"Something called sleep, I think." Hotaru said,
"You close your eyes for a long time until the light comes
again."
"Really?" Rei asked, she couldn't imagine just closing
her eyes and doing nothing.
"No, not really, Rei, come on, is the air
here making you dense or something?"
"No, it is not." Rei said and stuck her tongue out at
Hotaru, Hotaru followed suit, and soon they were on the floor in
fits of giggles.
"Good morning, Rei-chan," Hotaru said. "Are you
ready for school?"
"No," Rei said, "but I'll make due, I
suppose." Hotaru smirked and tossed Rei a black backpack
which was full of school supplies.
"Great, what's this for?"
"You carry it around on your back all day. It's full of the
stuff you need, at least that's what I hear."
"Oh, I think we should go now. What time did you say school
started?" Rei asked,
"7:30," Hotaru replied, and looked at the clock. It
said '7:26'. "Holy Shit, we're going to be late!"
Hotaru yelled, and grabbed her own bag, which was black as well,
and ran out the door.
"Wait for me!" Rei yelled, slipped on her shoes and ran
out the door after Hotaru. On her full sprint down the sidewalk,
she ran into a boy, fell, and cursed.
"Excuse you!" The boy yelled at her, she got up, was
she supposed to say sorry now?"
"Oh, sorry." She said, hoping it was the right thing,
she looked at the boy. He looked familiar...it was Chang Wufei.
"I'm kinda late for class..." Wufei snorted.
"What are you talking about, you baka onna, school doesn't
start for another ha--FUCK!!!" He yelled as he looked at his
watch. "Well, what're you doing just standing there? We'd
better run!" He yelled and took off running. Rei ran after
him, and they arrived at the school, breathless, just making the
first bell.
"Tomoe-san," She kept watching the fly,
"Tomoe-san!" The teacher yelled, she was standing by
Hotaru's desk, and her arms were crossed across her chest.
"Hai?" Hotaru asked innocently, taking her attention
from the fly and putting it on the angry teacher.
"I was just wondering if you were going to be joining us for
class today, or if you were pre-occupied all ready."
"Oh," Hotaru said, and she blushed a little.
Wait...blushed? Was being on earth putting human emotions into
her? "No, I'm fine."
"Fine." The teacher said, and walked back to the front
of the class. A few people continued to stare at Hotaru, which
made her blush more, "What?" She said in a small voice,
everyone turned back to the teacher. Hotaru slumped down a little
in her desk. If this is what school was like, she didn't think it
was even worth it.
"I'm sorry about that," A boy, who had platinum blonde
hair, said, stepping forward. "My name is Quatre Winner, and
this is Duo Maxwell."
"He seems to think that tripping onnas is a good pick-up
line or something." Wufei, who they already knew, said.
"Chill, Wu-Man!" Duo said, "It was an accident!
Why would I trip the new girl on purpose?"
"To get attention," The dark-haired, blue-eyed, Heero
Yuy said.
"Yeah right, you're just jealous that I saw her first!"
Duo yelled, Heero snorted. Hotaru frowned, this boy may look like
Shinigami, but he was in no way Shinigami at all. He lacked the
very thing that the angels of Hell praised Shinigami for. Order.
"Please...ignore Duo, he's always like this, he has a mental
problem, really." Quatre said. "These are my friends,
Chang Wufei, Heero Yuy, and Trowa Barton."
"I'm Rei, and this is Hotaru." Rei said to Quatre.
"You're the girl who ran into me on the way to school!"
Wufei yelled, recognition showing on his face.
"Yeah, and you called me a stupid woman! I was right!"
Rei yelled, defending herself.
"Woa there killer...you mean Wu-Man here was wrong?"
Duo asked, and Rei nodded.
"Maxwell, my name is not Wu-Man! It's Wufei!
What part of that don't you understand!?"
"Uh, the 'fei' part." Duo said, and then turned his
attention back to Hotaru and Rei, "So, ladies, would you
like to accompany my friends and I to an after-school
snack?"
"Um..." Rei said, and looked at Hotaru. We probably
should, but I don't want to be stuck with this creep the whole
time, Hotaru told Rei in her mind, Rei nodded.
"Good," Duo said, "Do you like ice cream?"
