The 8th Day ~ Version 2.0

A/N: Another death scene here...I'm not going to tell you what it encompasses because that would be ruining the element of surprise. It just makes you realize that everybody has hidden facets...I guess. *shrugs*

Chapter 3
2:38 a.m.; Tokyo, Japan

"Ring ring."

Opening an eye Heero glared at the phone that had interrupted his sleep. 'Damn people can't call at a decent hour.' With a disgruntled growl he turned away from it, arms tightening around Angela as she moved.

"Kami some people..." came her tired mutter as she reached over and answered the phone. Heero simply ignored her as he drifted back off to sleep. 'Hn; I wonder why she's so tired.' He started nuzzling her soft stomach sliding his arms around her waist.

"Heero's asleep right now. Call back."

"Who is it Angel?" he mumbled.

"Some girl who insists she needs to talk to you. You'd think she was a salesrep with bad timing." Angela replied. "You actually want to talk to her?"

"Why not; if she is a salesrep, then I'll kill her for calling at such an indecent hour." he growled taking the phone from her. "This had better be good."

"Heero...its Relena. Do you remember me?"

"Unfortunately; what do you want now?"

"Well I have been trying to get in contact with you for awhile now Heero but you keep vanishing on me. I thought you loved me."

"Relena you obviously don't-"

"But you trying to run away doesn't matter now; we have a family now Heero. You have a son."

Heero froze for a minute. "Gomen I thought I heard you wrong there. Nine months doesn't mean you can suddenly be pregnant and give birth to a child then say it's mine, you baka. I'm married now anyways."

"But it's our child Heero!" she exclaimed insistently. "You can't just abandon him like that. Could you be so monstrous to your own flesh and blood? That other girl will have to go; I will not have our family broken up by some hussy."

"Of course not." he replied tightly. "I'll take care of everything, don't worry about it." he hung up the phone immediately.

"Is something wrong Heero?" Angela asked with a yawn as she rested her head on his lap.

"No Angel." he murmured stroking her hair. "I have to talk with Amaterasu now. I'll be back in a few minutes all right?"

"Don't be long." she replied stretching as he got out of bed. "This bed has a tendency to get cold fast."

Heero gave her a smile as he slid out of bed and pulled on some pants. "Hai, I'll be back in five minutes at the most." he kissed her forehead before walking out of the room and down the hall to the living room downstairs.

He glanced into the kitchen seeing Quatre and Amaterasu playing cards at the table a pile of money between them.

"Damn it you cleaned me out again." Quatre groaned as Amaterasu laid down her cards.

She gave a nonchalant shrug as she took half the money in the center of the table and pushed the rest towards Quatre.

"Hai Heero-san?" she asked quietly reshuffling the cards. "What is it now?"

"Amaterasu, I have something I need you to do for me now. Apparently the words of 'I never want to see or hear from you again.' were too much for her."

Amaterasu nodded her head and rose from her seat. "Same place?"

"I believe so. I want her gone for good this time and anyone else who may know."

She gave another nod as she checked for her gun. Silently she walked to the back door and vanished into the chilly morning.

"Let me guess Heero-sama; insistent ex who won't leave you alone and has evolved into a stalker type?"

"Very good."

Quatre chuckled. "Yeah, there was this chick after me too. She stabbed me then decided she loved me more. That was enough to tell me she had issues and for me to not get involved."

Heero nodded his head before heading back upstairs. 'You were right in one respect Relena; I am taking care of it.'

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4:55 a.m.; Tokyo, Japan

Moving silently Amaterasu looked out from the shadows at the side of the house before deactivating the silent alarm. 'Didn't I tell you that she was bad for you Heero; would you listen though?' She moved to the lock quickly; it was almost sunrise and she preferred to not be seen by any witnesses. Picking the lock with her hairpin, she slid into the house silently, moving like a ghost. The stairs creaked gently beneath her steps as she climbed up making her glare down at them. Coming up to the bedroom door, she opened it quietly seeing Relena's familiar figure asleep in the bed. Just by the window stood a crib, quiet snores coming from it. She shrugged pulling out the gun and twisting on the silencer quickly and taking aim. The bullet barely made a sound as it struck her in the neck, a pool of blood starting to form on the bed. Walking quickly from the room she went to the others eliminating the people in the next room. Just as she went to the next door it opened slowly a small child rubbing his eyes as he came out.

"Mommy, what are you doing up?"

She didn't say anything simply staring at the child in shock. 'There's a child here?'

"Mommy, wha's wrong? How come you no answer me?" the child asked in a more plaintive voice.

"Go back to sleep dear." she replied easily, not wanting to disturb the child anymore.

"Carry me?" he asked holding up his arms.

She looked down at him for a few minutes before picking him up and walking into the room and seating him on the bed. "Now off to sleep with you…" she faltered at a name.

"Daichi." he murmured eyes growing heavy. "Can you hold me?"

Amaterasu sighed before picking him up and seating herself on the bed, holding the kid in her arms. "Now will you go to sleep?"

Daichi didn't reply as she cradled him, moving back and forth slowly. She didn't say anything afterwards simply rocking the child resting her chin on his head gently. After a while she glanced down at him to see that he had fallen fast asleep in her arms. 'Enjoy the contentment now Daichi.' She rose and smoothed the hair away from the untroubled face. 'I'm so sorry Daichi. I'm so sorry.' She walked out of the house after tripping the silent alarm and started walking away down the street to the high rise apartments on the other side of Tokyo. Finally making it to her apartment she closed the door and leaned against it, breathing heavily. 'Have I been reduced so far that I would have killed a child?' She leaned off the door and flicked on the TV. Already there were reports of the double homicide that had orphaned a young boy and a baby. She turned off the TV and went into her rarely used bedroom, pulling out the travel bag she kept handy. 'First time to use something.' Shouldering it, she went to the phone and called for a taxi directing it to the airport. Soon enough she found herself on a plane, unsure of her destination; it had all seemed like such a blur when she arrived at the airport and bought a ticket that she could barely recall for the first time in her life. Eventually the plane touched down and let the passengers off, the bright lights of the airport temporarily blinding her. 'Great; I take a plane to China. Kami, let me just find a good bar first.' She hailed a taxi, sliding into the back seat and plunking her bag down beside her.

"Where to?" the driver asked in a gruff voice.

"A bar. A good one." she replied softly.

The taxi took off into the stream of vehicles weaving in and out of the traffic. Before long it stopped outside a garish bar, the bright neon signs making her want to cringe. 'And people go in there? Kami, I should have just dealt with Heero and died.'

"The best bar in town Lady." the driver said seeing the look on her face. "Now pay the damn fare."

Shoving a wad of bills into his hand she got out and walked in quickly, wanting nothing more than to get a good shot of booze and try to forget the morning. As soon as she walked in, a bright light hit her making her narrow her eyes to slits and glance around quickly.

"We have our next singer!" a man on stage crowed. "If she'll just come up here..."

She pegged the man with a hard glare through the lights. A silence descended throughout the entire room as she stepped out of the spotlight and headed for the bar, snaking her way through the tables and chairs.

"Bottle of whiskey and a glass." she muttered as she sat down on the barstool.

The silence dissipated away and soon enough the place was filled with loud music and terrible singing. 'A karaoke bar.' She sucked her teeth trying her best to ignore the terrible racket form the stage. Glancing back the sight of a redhead and a brunette laughing, dancing and trying to sing maniacally greeted her. 'You have baka-tachi[1], and then you have that.' The bottle and glass was placed before her, as she turned her attention back. She picked up the bottle and poured herself a glass raising it to her lips to down it quickly before she froze. Looking down into the golden coloured liquid, she willed herself to not turn around. 'Someone's looking at me.''What the hell…' She tried to keep calm but a foreign feeling crept into her heart, one she hadn't felt in the longest time. She downed the shot quickly as he came and sat beside her noiselessly.

"And here I thought I was seeing things." the man said quietly.

She slid him a quick glance before staring intently at her glass. 'Of all the blasted people here, you think I wouldn't run into him.'

A hand was offered. "Wufei."

She didn't respond at all simply pouring herself another shot and drinking it just as fast.

"Your reputation precedes you Amaterasu."

She turned her head sharply at that staring him dead in the eye unflinchingly. 'What the hell does he want?'

"May I ask just what you are doing here? Wouldn't Heero be a bit questioning of your presence?"

She gave a snort before pouring herself another shot. 'At least I can hold my alcohol.' "That depends on what he can and can't make me do."

Wufei's eyes widened slightly as he watched her for a few seconds. "That consisting of?"

"I do whatever the hell I want. Why do you think I am here?"

"Hm." he rubbed his chin for a few seconds. "Are you here looking for other employment opportunities?"

"Whatever. I can't go back to Japan again." she muttered pouring herself another shot. 'What the hell is wrong with me? I never talk to anyone else like this; not even Heero or Trowa.'

"Does any position matter?"

She shrugged again, finally placing the glass down and taking a long pull from the bottle. "No." she replied breathlessly when she put it down. "Just never…" she fell silent.

"Just never what?" he asked.

She remained stonily quiet, kicking herself for almost saying the thing she wanted to forget. "Amaterasu, what was the thing that-"

She grabbed his shirt pulling him close to her face. "Don't press me Wufei, or you just may piss me off too much; and when that happens…" she trailed off glaring into his eyes.

"Get your hands off of him." a gun muzzle pressed itself into her side hard.

She slid an oblique glance to the side seeing the redhead and the brunette with less than pleased looks on their faces. "You and what army is going to stop me?" she hissed at them.

The brunette's eyes widened slightly at her remark before his eyes went serious. "Me and her would. You don't exactly want to mess with us."

Amaterasu glared at them hard. "Amateurs."

"It's all right Duo. Morgan you can put it away." Wufei said disentangling her hands from his shirt. "She's the new employee."

"Her?" the redhead gave a highly skeptical look. "And who does she think she is, acting like she's all big and bad? I should cut her down a notch."

"This is Amaterasu." Wufei said quietly straightening out his shirt.

"Amaterasu; the Amaterasu?" Duo gaped at her for a few seconds before taking her hand and pumping it energetically. "I've always wanted to meet you! I mean I've heard stories about you but I never thought that I would actually get to meet you in the flesh. Is that story about you taking on the old man and winning true? Or-"

Amaterasu jerked her hand away hastily before nursing the bottle with a morose and slightly belligerent expression. "Why don't you just go away?"

"Sorry. Aren't we a bitch?" Duo muttered as he fell beside Morgan. "You think it would kill her to be nice to me; I mean she was nice to Wufei and all."

"Let's get out of here." Wufei said rising. "I still need to talk to Amaterasu about her position and the hours she has to work."

They all walked out of the bar piling into the long luxury car that awaited them in the front. The drive back was filled with silence as the bright lights faded away into the darkness of the countryside. 'Kami, something must be wrong with me. I actually talked to Wufei. What the hell is wrong with me?' She stared out of the window intent on not noting anything in the car; the countryside was beautiful with the hills and winding roads and ribbons of rivers. She looked up as the car came to a gradual stop, a large two-story house in plain view. 'I guess this is the place.' she stepped out looking up at the house. It did have a certain allure to it in the dark night, faint slivers of moonlight peeking out from the thick clouds.

"I have a job for Amaterasu." Morgan said quietly as she came out of the car.

Wufei turned around motioning Amaterasu to come and hear. "What may that be Morgan?"

"She can be your bodyguard. And if something happens to you, the fact that she sees us as amateurs won't help her much."

Amaterasu snorted as she turned back to look at the house. 'Heero really won't like this. He's gonna be pissed at me.' the thought flashed through her mind before she fell in step with the others. 'But he can't hurt me here. I won't let myself fall prey to what I know so well.'

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Note: Tachi- is added to a word to indicate plurals
Ex. - senshi = solider - senshi-tachi = soliders

Furor: And thus the end to Chapter 3. I myself want to get this done so I can concentrate on other things for the summer. Like going up to the cottage and seeing what the dumb tourists do.
Peridot Pooka: My cottage you mean!!
Furor: Ya ya, I know you yutz!! But remember when we had the slingshot and you hit the car and we had to duck and cover?!
Peridot Pooka: Yeah, I don't think you covered enough; your ass is such a huge thing it could be used as a landmark man.
Furor: Oh thanks man. *pouts* How could you say such a thing?
Peridot Pooka: *laughing head off* Because it's true!!
Furor: KK, that's it; you're going down man!!
Peridot Pooka: Bring it on man. I'll slaughter ya!!
Furor: *dive-bombs Peridot*
Furor and Peridot Pooka: *now fighting and rumbling around all over the place.
Quatre: *comes in and sees them fighting* Why are you fighting?! I thought you two were friends; stop it, that isn't the solution you guys!!
Duo and Wufei: *come in and drag him out*
Quatre: But they're fighting guys!! Stop them!!
Duo: Never get in the middle when girls fight man.
Wufei: You will only live to regret it. And when it comes to onna-tachi like these two you most definitely should stay out.