See pairings, warnings, and the beginning in chapter one.

Richmond High School 2: Meetings at Four am.

Duo----September 15- 9:10am, Richmond High

" Late again Maxwell, I hope this doesn't become a problem." Mrs. Wilson, man she can be such a bitch sometimes, but other wise she is cool. She doesn't care about me being late as long as I do my work and keep my GPA up, it makes her look good. " Take your seat Duo."

I walked to my seat, dropping my back-pack, and open the letter Hilde gave me.

Duo Maxwell-

My name is Heero Yuy, and I am the leader to a gang call Gundams. The group that is there are watching over you, and yes, Hilde has been spying on you since you started there. I have a job for you, Duo. I know I have the right person because you are Shinigami, and I have pictures of the death of Justin Lake of the Red Dragon, you are in danger, but I'm not one of your enemies. If you don't show up to night I will release them. Denny's at four am.

-Heero Yuy.

I reread the letter at lest a thousand times, and every time I looked at it more questions and no one to ask them. Damn it, I need to scream, but I couldn't, damn, damn, damn, I need to get the hell out of here. No, I would stay, get the pictures and kill everyone in the room, but maybe the waitress. Ok the week went from weird to bloodily ugly in less then an hour.

" Duo, could you tell me what the author what's us to learn from this short story." I had to lie, but how, I need to pay more attention to class then this new problem at hand.

" He wants us to learn that," RING, oh alright saved by the bell. I need to make sure I don't see Hilde till I cool off, I might bite her head off. I mean for a whole year she's been spying on me, and now I was being blackmailed into something I wanted to find out without to much blood, oh well life's a bitch., then you die.

Heero--- September 15, 10:30pm, 1220 Casper ST (Heero's house)

I look over the pictures, Duo had a sickle in one hand and a knife in the other. In all the murders not one was killed with a gun, always a knife. There was a smile on his lips, he never laughed just smiled, but that wasn't what caught me off guard, but what Hilde had written down. In the back of picture, Duo kneeling in front of the body, written : Forgive me Father Maxwell, Sister Helen, I am what I am because of you Solo.

The last picture was of him walking out braid falling behind him; dressed all in black. Why would he ask forgiveness from a Father and a Sister, why not from God. The gorgeous boy was a complete mystery to me, but I felt drawn to solving the puzzle of Duo Maxwell.

I look up at Hilde, the others were here too, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei. The only ones going to the meting tonight. All of them were already at the school, I'm to check in tomorrow. That's going to be the being of all are problems. I can see it now, all the major gangs at one school, this is going to be a blood bath. And why are they here, all because of one person who has turned the power stream. Now that the once lower gangs are in the higher ranks they want to make sure they stay that why, and to do that everything has to be stable. Duo Maxell has made everything unstable, now many are out to recruit or kill him.

"What is it Hilde, you have that look on your face."

" What did you tell Duo he wouldn't talk to me all day." She looked pissed, but why lie to her when she could ask Duo and get a strait answer and probably a slit throat.

" That you where spying on him, and took the pictures." She throw her hands in the air, dramatically.

" Great, now he is either never going to talk to me again or kill me, thanks Yuy." She walked over to Wufei, sitting down closing her eyes. I felt sorry, but I wouldn't say it out loud.

" Heero, what if he doesn't want to join us, what if he joins another gang." Quatre asked.

" I don't know if he'll join us, but he wouldn't join anyone one. He sees us as the enemy." I said still looking at the pictures, looking for something, but I don't know what it is yet. In all the pictures I can't see his eye color, and that bothered me. I flipped to the last picture, Maxwell Church. The church was burned to the ground, the doors boarded up so no one could get out, but Duo had survived. He was standing the far right, staring at the ashes.

" We need him, he is the only one that could kill the leader. Everyone knows us, but no one knows who Duo is. I don't think he will turn this one down." I said, I need to sleep, I came in last night and had been planning everything down to the T.

" You sound sure of yourself Yuy." Wufei said, combing Hilde's hair softly. She looked to be a sleep, I wish I could have someone to care for, be cared for. Me jealous, remember I don't have emotions.

" This is personal for him."

Quatre was lying on Trowa's shoulder, and Hilde was now sleeping in Wufei's lap as he still stroking her hair. Love, there was to much in this room. I had to get out. I left and went to sleep in the other room, after I set the alarm.

Duo---Walnut Aprt. Sep. 16, 3.30 am.

I grabbed my black trench coat, I never carry a gun, just knifes and daggers. I look in the mirror by the door. Dressed in black pants, black coat, and a black sleeveless shirt. With this coat I'm going to melt, oh well, I'm not going without my knifes. I'm in all black with a gold cross on and armed with about 7 knifes, if I needed more I'm dead. Now, this is going to be fun four am at Denny's, and I didn't get a wink of sleep. Trying to look up this guy was hard, I knew very little about him, but the $64,000 question is how much does he know about me. Damn, almost wish I had a gun, but if I needed one for tonight then I'm dead.

----Denny's 4:10am

Okay, so I'm late I needed gas. How can I drive with out any fuel. They're were a few people there, but the my group was of four guys and one girl. Hilde was the only girl, I promise not to kill her, yet, I mean only if I have to. I walked up to them, and sat down next to a guy with blonde hair and blue crystal eyes. He seemed nice, and not likely out of all of them to pull a gun on me. The waitress walked up.

" Hi, I'm Betty, what can I get for you?"

" Well Betty, I would love to have a cup of coffee, and a stack of pancakes with strawberry syrup." I ordered, I'm hungry what can I say, they can talk to me as I eat. She brought my coffee, I drank it black, what could I saw, either I drink it with real sugar and cream or not at all.

" You already know who I am but who's who here?" I asked and it was the boy next to me in the booth that answered.

" I'm Quatre Winner, and this is Trowa Barton," the boy with half his face covered by his bangs showing one green eye. " Next to Hilde is Chang Wufei ," Wufei had his black hair pulled back and his eyes were the same color as his hair. " And the across from you is Heero Yuy." Okay, if I wasn't as pissed as I am right now, I would have started to flirt with him. I mean he is beautiful, his brown hair is a little unruly, but his cobalt blue eyes caught me by surprise, and those lips looked so soft. No, I'm still mad at him, at all of them.

" Can I see the pictures, you make sure your not bluffing."

" Here, these are the only copies, if you agree to everything we will destroy them."

He handed me an envelope. I looked at the pictures, it was the last killing I had done, about 4 months ago. The guy had raped and killed a girl, because she told him to fuck off, so I killed him. I smiled, I know it makes my look crazy, I couldn't help my self. The part I call Shinigami always smiles on death, but only when he does it, but now I sound crazy. Oh well, maybe I am, I usually doubt my sanity.

I got to the last picture of my prying, okay so he say me prying at lest...

'Forgive me Father Maxwell, Sister Helen, I am what I am because of you Solo.' written on the back.

Shit no one suppose to know anyone from my past. I rip it up in a million little pieces. Heero had a look of shock.

" That was personal, no one is suppose to hear that." I flip to the next picture, it was of the Maxwell Church. I could feel tears in my eyes, tears of anger, of sadness and of the innocents lost that day.. Shinigami was there to comfort me. I whisper hoarsely at him.

" Where the fuck did you get this?" He looked at me, an expression I couldn't read, hopeful it was fear. " It was you who burned them, then took the picture wasn't. WASN'T!" I screamed pulling a knife out, pulling Heero out of the booth, knife an his throat. I couldn't do it, I've done it so many time, just slice, but I couldn't do it. I dropped Heero, and cried. The picture brought back to many memories at once. I couldn't deal with the happy and painful at once.

" DUO!" It was Hilde, but I didn't feel like talking anymore. I wanted to get the hell out of there, and now. I stood up and turned to Heero.

" I'm taking the pictures, no matter what." I started to walk out, but he knew who really did it. " I'm leaving, but if you still want to talk to me, Heero lets go, we'll take my car." I watched him come up to me. Quatre stood up, he looked distressed.

" Heero, what if he hurts you or kills you." I answered for Heero.

" Quatre if I wanted him dead I would have done it already." He didn't looked relived but I added. " I couldn't do it a second ago, I think he'll let me kill him." I walk out, I don't think Quatre understood that I meant Shinigami and not Heero.

tbc.

-Fire-

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