The Passion of Crime
By: OniiStar
Chapter 8

Author's Notes: Uhm.. Have fun! Sorry about taking so long since school.. Oh boy. Ciao! Read and review! I wanna hear ideas people!!! I WANNA READ REVIEWS!! Because I read everyone elses… ^.^

Disclaimer: Same as usual.

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Demon silently slid into Phoenix's room, and was greeted by Phoenix, but in a dark maroon skin tight body suit instead of a black one. The two, carrying their duffle bags, sneaked into Death's room, to find it completely gone, and the user of it no where in sight.

Demon's eyes shut behind her mask of tragedy, and her hand involuntarily balled up into a fist.

"It begins," Demon whispered.

She didn't understand why their boss forced them to play games with the pilots, but for whatever reason it they didn't care. They thought to hurry and get back to their safehouse, for they knew what the next step was.

Quickly, the two hopped easily through the window, landing on their motorcycles. They revved up the engine, and heard the sound of a window opening.

'Heero... I'll find you again, and when I do, I will kill you. Until then... have fun with our false Gundams,' Demon thought, grinning.

A radar appeared on their screen, the light reflecting off their masks which where a frosted type of metal/plastic, giving them an eerie look.

The duo sped off into the night, their eyes determined and set to play the game of cat and mouse.

*~~~~* City *~~~~*

Night felt like someone was watching her as she slit the throat of a solitary gang member. She ignored the dark red liquid that dripped from her leather gloves, as she wiped her dagger on the shirt of her victim. She wasn't satisfied yet.. and that could mean a good and bad thing.

'Why do I get the feeling I'm not alone here?' Night thought, frowning.

She walked past a bucket that was had some water in it, since she was in the back of a club in an alley, she didn't expect any less than that. As she walked past it, she swiftly turned around kicking the bucket towards where she thought the figure was.

It slammed into the wall, and she caught sight of a tip of chestnut brown hair disappearing into another shadow. She narrowed her eyes at the person, and near violet eyes narrowed down at her as well.

"What are you doing out here? Isn't it way past your bedtime?" Hotaru asked, she felt for some reason ashamed in front of this pilot.

"I should ask the same," Duo replied, leaning casually against the cool brick wall.

She heard the noises of a two motorcycles approaching at a fast rate, and she marched over to Duo. She quickly pulled him into the shadows with her, and kissed him savagely on the lips. The former Gundam pilot was shocked, too shocked to respond, or comprehend what was going on.

She pulled away, her breath in a soft pant, as she looked at him, "Kiss me."

"But-" he was cut off, as she pulled him into another rough kiss.

When she felt the motorcycle engines roar away from them, and further into the city, she pushed him away from her. She moved past him, and melted into the shadows again, quickly disappearing to follow her comrades.

Duo glared at the dark depths of the shadows where she once stood, and ran to hop into his convertible. He was getting upset with that lady, and her friends.

'I have to warn the guys that something is up,' Duo thought.

*~~~~* Safehouse *~~~~*

"Where were you, Death?" Demon asked sternly.

"I went shopping," Death said, closing her eyes, as she took another drink of her coffee.

"Don't play games with us," Phoenix said, clearly serious.

Death opened one eye, and looked at them, "Or what?"

"Were you with one of our enemies?" Phoenix asked, palms on the wooden table.

"Were _you_ with one of our enemies?" Death asked, both eyes now closed.

"Quit bringing the light on us," Demon said, she was frowning.

"Or else what? Huh, lil puppy? You know what.. just forget this. I don't want to be part of this group. You two are becoming reckless in your lives, and that may cause the end of my life," Death said, standing up, and grabbing her backpack.

"Death, you leave that door, and you know what we will be forced to do," Demon growled.

"It's not like you don't already want to. If you want to be a cat, you can't fall for the mice. All the other cats will laugh at you," Death said, brushing past the two.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Phoenix asked, her hands clutching the end of the table.

"It means, you two are falling for the enemies, and now I am laughing at you," Death stated simply, then opening the back door, she left.

Demon sat in the chair Death was previously sitting in, and placed her head in her arms on the table, "She's going to be our enemy again."

"But, how about Operation Mortal Kombat?" Phoenix asked.

"We'll have to continue against the pilots without her," Demon said slowly, her voice muffled.

"We're going to have to kill Hotaru? Aren't we?" Phoenix asked.

'How can everything go so wrong in one night?' Demon thought.

She stood up, and nodded, then turned to go to her room.

"Night," Phoenix said, as the two retired for the night.

*~~~~* Now to Hotaru *~~~~*

'It feels so good, to be by the ocean once more, to get away from the city, and its loud noises,' Hotaru thought.

She was in one of her favorite places, the beach, the other favorite place was space. She was laying on her back, her head on her backpack, as she observed the stars.

'At least they aren't ever alone...like me. No matter what I do, I wind up breaking away from people who care for me...' Hotaru thought.

*~~~~* Now to Usagi *~~~~*

Usagi was lying on her back on her queen-sized bed, her head turned to the side as she stared out the window at the stars.

'Hotaru... why? Why must you be like that? Why must you keep away from us.. we want to help you,' Usagi thought.

She always thought of Hotaru and Rei as her sisters, her best sisters, because in her family she had a lot of sisters and only one brother. She had left that life behind her though, and met Rei, the two thieves becoming partners in crime, and friends.

They met Hotaru during one of their usual 'dares' as they had dubbed their crimes. She was actually out to hack into the system at the bank, so she could assassinate one of the bank's owners. She called herself 'Night', and they immediately knew who she was by her codename.

She was the assassin/robber/hacker/soldier/con artist... a lot of jobs for just one person, but when asked why she was so much, she merely answered, "I am so much because I go for the passion of crime." (An: Sounds familiar, ne? ^_~)

The three found they had things in common, they each had lost someone in the previous war or wars, and they turned to crime. Their friendship and trust in each other grew.. until Hotaru met up with a past nemesis.. that broke her cheerful and mischievious self.

'What am I going to do Hotaru? We need you,' Usagi thought. 'If only I could visit my brother....'

Sighing, Usagi turned on her side, and closed her eyes trying to get some sleep. A very difficult task for this young woman, since she couldn't seem to get rid of the picture of Heero Yuy.

'What is it about him that makes me so interested? Why am I so attracted to you... Heero Yuy?' Usagi thought, before finally drifting into a dreamless sleep.

*~~~~* And, now to Rei *~~~~*

Rei leaned on the marble railing of the balcony, her hair being caressed by the ghostly fingers on the wind.

'Hotaru, what is so wrong that you must become our enemy now?' Rei thought.

She walked backed inside, and taking her brush from off her dresser, she sat in front of her mirror, and combed her dark tresses. From the reflection, she saw a figure perched on her balcony railing, hair flowing in the wind.

"Who are you?" Rei asked.

"I'm the walker of the night," a voice said, the full moon's light casting down upon the person, shadowing the figure's face.

"The walker of the night? Hotaru?" Rei asked, placing her brush on the dresser, and feeling for the dagger under the vanity table.

"I have just one name. Shadows," the voice answered.

Rei found the dagger, and slid it out of the taped leather case, without gaining the stranger's attention. Then, she threw it at the stranger, aiming it straight at the figure's head, right on target. But, without even sweating, Shadows moved its head to the side, and the dagger flew right by it.

"Who are you?" Rei asked again, a frown on her face.

"I gave you my name. Now, you wait for the shadows to scream death," Shadows said, and fell backwards.

Rei rushed to the balcony, and looked down, looking for any sign of where her late night owl went. Finding no one, she sighed and headed back to bed, after securely locking the glass doors to the balcony.

Unknown to her, the owl she searched for was on the balcony below hers, and it smirked playfully, before it ran through the yard, and into the wilderness beyond.

*~*~*~* To be continued.. *~*~*~*

Author's Notes: A short chapter.. I know! But, if I made it longer then.. I wouldn't be able to work on another chapter for another fic.. Complications of Emotions for those few who have read it (and I appreciate it). Well, I look forward to seeing familiar names again.. And I love you guys so much!!! You all are so good to me! Just don't kill me, k?

And….I'll try to make the chaps longer since SaturnActingChick posted up some fics because of my boredom. She's really sweet! And so is Pisces angel! YEAH!! And.. So is everyone else! YEAH!!! OH yeah.. Welcome Lina Hino to the Quartet! *flowers for Lina, audience claps* Well.. Expect a longer chapter.. And who is Shadows? What happened to Hotaru? WHOA!! What's with the scene with Duo and Hotaru? What's up with Usagi and her mind? What is Rei going to do? Do you all want a love scene soon? Lemme know what you think.. And IM me at AOL Instant Messenger.. My screen name is DarkTenshi02. BYE!!