Hey guys! Lurid, here! I changed the story line of this a bit. Just a minor, minor change but it does affect the story later on, so…yeah. Duo is actually Duo Maxwell's son and Heero and Lila Yuy are now Heero (the gundam pilot) and Relena. Sorry 1x2 fans! Personally I hate that pairing. BTW, the idea for this change was unknowingly given to me by Queen of Shadows. Thanks!
Disclaimer: I don't own Duo (* boohoohoo *) or Heero or Relena but I do own Kala and Lin Duo II and any other people I make up and put in here! So nooo stealing because,………..Rawr is watching you…..Kill! Lol! Just kidding I wouldn't kill you lovely readers! Anywayz, on to the story!
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A boy stood in the shadows of a dark alley, in the midnight streets of the space colony, L2. He was tall, clothed in all black, save a white shirt collar peeking out from under his black jacket. A long dark brown braid hung down his back. His deep, purple eyes darted around, showing the dead look of lonely despair. As his eyes flew over the faces of the people, rushing past, a light drizzle began to fall. The boy lifted his face to the sky and let the cold wet droplets fall onto his dirt-smeared face…
"Shoooo...whaddaya wanna do tamorrow?" Lin asked with her mouth full of a rather large wad of bubble gum.
"Oh, I dunno. How 'bout we hit the stores downtown?" Kala replied, cradling the phone between her ear and her shoulder as she washed the dishes. Her home was very loud and cluttered, though, it was not, as you would expect, occupied by a large family with many raucous children. Only Kala herself lived there and she loved loud almost as much as she loved clutter. She didn't normally bother to do the dishes but the time had come when, once again she had absolutely no clean plates to eat off.
"But dat's sho boooring! I wanna go shwimming." Lin lay on her perfectly made bed with a teen magazine and her whole make-up supply spread out in front of her. Her parents, her big brother, Shin and herself lived in their huge three-story house and it was never loud and never cluttered two things that her whole family hated. Lin had just been downtown the other day to buy a new bathing suit, that she still had not tried out in the water.
"Well, I was just swimming yesterday, so let's go shopping!"
"Well, I was jusht shopping, sho let'sh go shwimming!"
"Shopping!"
"Shwimming!"
"Shopping!"
"Shwimming!"
"Fine then if you won't go shopping with me then I'll just go by myself!"
"And if you won't go shwimming wit me den I'll jusht go wit shumone elsh!"
Lin slammed the phone down into the receiver. She immediately picked it up and dialed a number. The phone rang three times before some one picked it up.
"Hi, Mari? Thish is Lin. You wanna go shwimming tamorrow..."
The boy walked slowly down the streets as the mechanical rain poured down. Everything in this damned place is mechanical, He thought. His long bangs plastered to his face and his braid dripped water down his back and into his pants. He continued to walk, not knowing where he was going and having nowhere to go. The colony people surged past him bumping him with their elbows and bags, never once taking notice of the dead, lonely look in his eyes.
Kala slowly maneuvered her car into one of the last parking spots along the busy street. She locked the doors and hopped out, grabbing her purse off the seat. The UV lamps, that substituted for the sun, beamed down cheerfully from the colony ceiling. Kala smiled despite her unhappiness at being here alone. If only Lin had come to keep her company. Kala began strolling down the sidewalks of L2 glancing into the windows of shops. As she walked she spotted a group of war orphans huddling around the window of a bakery. One, a young girl with short, dull pink hair, turned to stare at Kala as she passed. Kala turned her gaze to the sidewalk under her feet and thought of how she could share many of their feelings. Though unlike the war orphans who wandered the streets, Kala had home to return to, thanks to her parents fortune. Kala's parents had been none other than the colony leaders, Heero and Relena Yuy, who had both been assassinated years ago. It was not well known that the Yuy's had a daughter. They had kept her life a secret from the public to protect her safety. Suddenly, Kala felt an anger boil up inside her. Anger at her parents, the assassin who killed them, and anger at the world for waging such a war. I wish I could be a part of it. She thought, for she had never agreed with her parent's view on total pacifism. If I had a mobile suit, I would end this foolish war myself! Kala continued walking, her thoughts of shopping long gone.
As the boy walked down the busy sidewalks of daytime downtown, he thought once again of the fake sunshine overhead. He thought of the government officials playing God in their dry-cleaned suits. So, shall we give the colonies rain today or make them suffer a drought? A bitter smile flitted so quickly across his face; even he couldn't be sure it had been there. What he wouldn't give to live on the earth, where the sun was burning above and the rain poured from dark, rolling clouds instead of sprinklers. The boy glanced up quickly and caught a glimpse of a beautiful girl walking down the sidewalk ahead of him. He kept his gaze up long enough to notice a fat wad of money in her purse. He lowered his head again and crept closer.
Lin and Mari sat in the shallow end of the local swimming pool. Lin finally had a chance to try out her bathing suit. It was a two-piece with a Hawaiian design of pink flowers. Mari was wearing a black one-piece with dark, plum-colored designs. They swam slowly across the pool, engaged in deep conversation of a very important matter.
"Oh, no way! That one's much cuter!" Mari stated.
"Ew! You're kidding right? Look how gangly he is! That one over there at least has some muscles on him!"
"Gross, look at his forehead!"
"What about it?"
As you probably know, to all teenage girls this topic of discussion is always a very important matter.
Kala paused to look sadly at a window display of bathing suits. I bet Lin's having fun with who ever she went swimming with. She thought. She shook her head and told herself that she didn't care, that she was having fun right now all by herself. Her mind returned to the war orphans and she began to walk again. As she started off she felt a tug at her purse and she spun around to find a boy about her age with deep, purple eyes, his hand still inside her purse.
"Eeeeeeek!" she screamed and pulling her purse away from him, brought it back down on his head, knocking him out cold. "Oh my God...I killed him..."
The boy opened his eyes to darkness and a white ceiling above him. He lay on a comfortable bed with dirty, blue blankets. He sat bolt upright and groaned as he reached up to feel a lump on his head. His eyes darted around. They stopped instantly when they noticed the girl. She was asleep in a chair next to the bed. His immediate instinct was to escape. He got up from the bed and crept towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
He jumped at the voice and turned to find the girl sitting in the chair, studying him with her pretty green eyes.
"You're not leaving. Please...I didn't mean to hit you so hard. You're in no condition to be back on the street." Kala said kindly. She was surprised when she looked into his eyes and saw their blank, dull appearance. They looked out of place among his handsome features.
"Come over here. Sit." She said pointing to the bed. The boy walked cautiously over and sat down.
"Now, what's your name? I'm Kala Yuy."
"Duo Maxwell." The boy said in a voice that said he had seen many sad and terrible things in his fairly short life. "Whose house is this?" He asked peering around at the extreme mess and clutter.
"Mine. How old are you?" Kala questioned. As the boy stared around her room, she was only staring at him. After all he was extremely cute despite the dark, sadness that emanated from him.
"Fifteen. Where are your parents?"
"I'm fifteen too!" She said in an attempt to be cheerful.
"Where are your parents?" He repeated.
Kala sighed. "...They're dead."
"Mine too."
Seeing the pain of their pasts reflected in each other's eyes each thought how sad the other looked.
"I'll be right back. I have to make a phone call."
Duo looked around wildly. "You're not going to call the police are you?" He pleaded, a note of panic in his voice.
"Of course not. I promise," she added when she saw that he didn't believe her. "Now you stay put, got it?" He nodded and watched her pigtails swinging behind her, as she left the room.
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Gah! I hate the ending! Oh, well next chapter will be available soon! Please review!
-Lurid