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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 leave…"
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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!]

Blegh. I HATED that first scene, where Duo escapes. Hate it. I wrote it, and re-wrote it four
times. I still think it's too vague and convoluted. >_ Oh well, that's why I have second editions.
So, I'm really sorry it's short, but I wanted to get this out. I have some really good ideas that
keep bouncing through my head and I want to work on them. But people seem to really like this
story so...*shrugs* When I think of what to write, I'll write more.
Oh, by the way. That song is one of Duo's image songs, and it totally rocks! It's really in
Japanese though. (It's called 'It's So Alright') I just used the translated one because...well...
Duo's not really Japanese! Go try to find it, because it's pretty fun to listen to. It's also one
of the multitude of songs that inspire me when I write this. ^_^
Until later, ja!