Well, here we are at part two (or the first chapter) of 'Shinigami to Akaritenshi'.
Now, we go back to the present. Wai! Normal Duo. Of course, Chibi-Duo is
cute too. ^_^ Yeah, the scene with the priest, and the destruction of the
church is from Episode Zero. It's not correctly translated though. I..used
my creative license. ^_^;
Oh, and I'm reaaally
sorry this took forever to get out, but I DID say that I had no idea where
to take this. So, chapters may be far between. (That and I scrapped the
original of what you're about to read) BUT I am writing three other fic's
that DO have direction. So those should be out sooner. But enough about
me...^_~
Shinigami to Karitenshi
by: Metal
Angel Michelle
Chapter One
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She watched Duo wander about the streets, his eyes darkened by the hardships
he'd gone through at such a tender age. She watched him hold back tears
every night, whispering to himself "Boys don't cry. Boys don't cry..."
and she shared his sorrow. Sometimes she would try to comfort him; wrap
her arms around him as he choked back sobs. But it was no use for he had
totally shut out her presence. They both suffered in silence.
Years passed, and as he grew, she grew as well. After all, she had been
much older when she died. She had been....had been....
"I've forgotten it. My memory
is getting worse with each year. Who was I? How did I die? Why am I with
Duo? No, wait. I know the answer to that one." she smiled to herself. She
jumped up, and sat down on the huge machine that Duo was currently tuning
up. Her legs dangled into the cockpit area, and if her hair was tangible
it would have been quite distracting as it fell onto Duo's arm.
Gundam. That was what they had called it. Duo called it Deathscythe. Usagi
would have blinked back tears if she could still cry. He had been working
on it for a few months now, preparing for something called 'Operation Meteor'.
Not even Duo knew what it really was.
Usagi was bored. She had been for a long time now. No one to talk to, nothing
to do. Just sit there and watch the boy grow. Recently, she had been trying
to get him to see her again, trying to touch him but it never worked. Although
she had managed to control other objects and move them. It was odd, being
able to walk on the ground, or sit on a table (or Gundam) but still not
being physically there. It was just...strange to her.
"Ah, darnit! Where'd I put that disk?!" Duo groaned.
Usagi noticed the disk next to her position and discreetly pushed it into
the cockpit, right on to Duo's head.
"Ow! What the...hey! I was looking for you!"
She giggled at his actions. She had finally learned to speak his language
too. Of course, after spending years and years around someone, you're bound
to pick something up....
"It's so all right!
May be too right!
Someday surely --- come to
light!
It's so all right!
May be too right!
Hey you! You're very patient,
huh? ---
I'm already tired of waiting..."
She recognized that song. She heard him singing it a lot, and practically
had the words memorized by now. He really did have a nice voice. Although
she kind of wondered where he picked it up. She'd been with him all his
life, and never heard anyone else sing it. That was just a little strange.
Okay her entire life....umm, afterlife was strange. Usagi laughed to herself
and started singing along.
"I'm bored
Coming day by day is frustration
Surely it won't be just this
---
Yet no choice but to leaveā¦"
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In twenty twenty hindsight, Duo decided that perhaps is hadn't been
a very good idea to steal a new weapon that was under high surveillance,
and well protected. But of course, there was no way he was letting Deathscythe
be used to destroy a colony. And he really couldn't bring himself to destroy
it either.
"Heh. Looks like it's just you and me now good buddy." Duo muttered to
his Gundam as he sped out of the hangar. They were still headed for Earth,
but a far cry from the original mission. They were headed to stop the Earth
Sphere Alliance. Who did they think they were, trying to subjugate the
colonies?
Had
Duo been paying more attention to his surroundings, and less to his moral
outrage, it can be certain that he would have noticed the rather large
number of mobile suits that were beginning to cluster around him. As it
was, when he did notice them his assessment of the situation could be summed
up in two words:
"Aw, shit."
Carefully manipulating Deathscythe's controls, Duo managed to evade a good
portion of the suits. 'I've got to get to Earth. Almost there.' With a
quick swipe of the thermal scythe, three mobile suits were decimated. Quo
grinned slightly at his work, and continued to his destination.
Once again, however, he was caught off guard when several blasts hit him
from behind, sending his Gundam spiraling out of control and down into
Earth's atmosphere. To make matters worse, the jolt threw Duo forward,
causing him to hit his head against the view screen.
'Feh. What a lousy way to go.'
Were his last thoughts, before he blacked out entirely.
Bright. There was no other way to describe it. It was just....bright. He
closed his eyes to shut out the light, but there was still this sense that
everything was much lighter than it should be. Was this what being dead
was like? Somehow he always thought it would be so much darker. 'Am I dead?'
"You can open your eyes now." A rather amused voice floated through his
ears. "And no, you're not dead. Not yet."
Blinking, he did as he was asked. Now, standing before him was an exquisite
creature. Long blonde hair fell about her in a way that seemed to defy
gravity. It was long, done up into two buns on either side of her head,
but still falling to her feet. Strands here and there caressed her body
or moved as if she was underwater. She wore a simple, almost transparent
white dress that tied on her shoulders, and came about mid thigh. And her
eyes...
She had the most beautiful blue eyes. Like a cool blue sky. Or maybe a
calm ocean, so deep that you would drown in them. Or...Duo remembered one
night in December when he was young. He had no place to stay, and had found
himself sitting huddled in an alleyway, trying to keep from freezing to
death. By chance, he looked up. The moon was full, and...blue. Pale white
and cloud's tinted the moon a cold blue. But as he looked at it, he wasn't
cold anymore. It was that freezing, warmth. That was what her eyes reminded
him of: A blue moon.
"Who...who are you?" Duo stuttered, as she moved gracefully closer to him.
"Me?" she smiled, and it go brighter again. "I'm just....you're guardian
variety angel."
She laughed. Like little silver bells. So caught up in the sound, he hadn't
realized just how close she was to him now. Slender arms wound their way
around his neck, pulling him closer to her. Cool blue eyes stared into
his deep indigo, almost into his soul. Duo gulped, and tried to pull away.
"Hey....what are you-"
"Shh...listen. I'm sorry, but it's the only way." she was getting closer
still, swan like neck craning to bridge the gap between them. "..and.."
now her lips just barely brushed against his own. Duo shivered at her touch,
could suddenly feel his muscles tense.
"..I've missed you." she finished her sentiments against his mouth, sealing
the thought with a kiss. The world spun. It was chaste and sweet, and she
tasted lightly of strawberries, champagne and slow sunset's. Whatever a
slow sunset tasted like. Somehow he was sure this was it.
As she pulled away, Duo was filled with a sense of indescribable loss,
missing something he didn't know he needed to begin with. And the world
continued to spin, and the light around him got dimmer, the girl in front
of him faded away. All that was left was a gray haze and the tingling sensation
left by her lips.
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Usagi looked down at Duo, her hands clasped in prayer that it would work.
It was supposed to work. If it didn't work...well, she would have
failed, and she wasn't sure what would happen if she failed. She didn't
want to know. Even though she had been mad at him for a little bit, for
leaving her all alone, she just couldn't stay that way. All Usagi wanted
to do was protect him.
'I wonder if I'm made to feel
that way? No, I don't think so...' She cared for him now. Much too deeply.
She hated to admit it, but she enjoyed that dream. Unconsciously, her hand
moved to her lips.
She had spent too much time with him. Felt that she knew him better than
anyone else ever could. And she...
'No. No, it's not allowed. I
won't say it.'
Any other thought was quickly chased from her mind, as she heard Duo begin
to cough up the salt water he had inhaled before she had been able to get
him ashore. (That had been quite a task. Lucky for her those dolphins could
see her.)
"Oh, thank god." she cried and
rushed to his side. It had been so frustrating, only being able to sit
and watch and pray while he was three feet away and dying.
"You'll be fine now, I'm sure
of it. Now everything's going to go fine. I just have to figure out how
to get Deathscythe out of the water. Luckily it's all in one piece... But
I can't believe there was a second Gundam down there too.." Usagi knew
she was babbling, but she didn't care. He couldn't hear her anymore, and
talking out loud had always helped her thought process. (Had it? She couldn't
remember anymore)
"Geez babe, slow down. My head
is killing me." Duo groaned and turned towards the source of the incessant
chatter that was blocking out his thoughts.
Usagi gasped as he turned to her, and blue and indigo met once more.
[It's so all right!
May be too right!
An angel jested --- come
to light!
It's so all right!
May be too right!
Hey you!
From continuing to wait,
Look --- even a miracle happens!] |