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Relwarc... It was just imagining a cross between Yoda and Wu-man that scares me... And about Quatre... You remember how WuFei was saying that he was going to kill the butler? That's 'cause Quatre got poisoned. Like a true aristocrat. Treize is Beauty. He'll be working with Quatre later... I haven't figured out how to kill off Wu-man and Zechsy-boy yet.
Disclaimer: All I managed to do was borrow them. And that's only because I was channeling my past life as Heero, and pulled an "Omae o korosu" on them.
Warnings: Attempted humor, OOC... all that kind of stuff... minor bad language... Yare yare...
Oh! If anybody wonders, thoughts are in between these "//". This "( )" is me interrupting. A computer's voice will be between these, " ' ' ". A change of POV will be "*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*". Scene changes will be "*". Okay? ****
(Duo POV)
"Are you sure this will work?"
"Absolutely."
"And I won't have to be at work constantly?"
"Of course."
"I'll have more free time in which to try and seduce Heero?"
"And do other naughty things, of course," the man in front of me smiled. I can't believe that he had such a low paying job as being a Shinigami. The entire department should get a raise, especially since this man is so willing to help me... Which reminds me...
"Will it hurt?"
"Just a brief sting."
"..........................."
"I need your DNA for it, Duo-sama."
"But Watari~! I don't like needles!!!"
"You do want time off, don't you?"
"Yes, but..."
"Just close your eyes, and it'll be over in a snap."
I closed my eyes and held out my arm. My arm stung briefly, as promised, and then my arm was free again.
"Snap. It's over now."
I glanced at the red mark on my arm. Oh well... It's not like anybody's gonna notice.
"You know, I've always wanted to do this."
"Are you -sure- that this is going to work?"
"Absolutely. It may take a few tries, but I know that I can do it." Such a brilliant scientist. Not at all like the Doctors. And besides that, he's cute, too. The only thing wrong with him is that he's blonde. I don't generally get along very well with blondes.
A new voice breaks into my reverie. "Watari-san, what are you doing?"
Watari jumped. "Mou!!! Tatsumi-san!!! Would you like to help me test my latest..."
"Iie~" Tatsumi growled. "Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"I am working!" Watari wailed. "Duo-sama gave me a job to du~oh..." he laughed weakly at his own joke.
I grinned. "Now, I'm going to have to say that sometime... 'I must have something to du~oh!'" I sang.
Watari's weak laugh became steady.
Tatsumi's eyebrow twitched. "I didn't realize you were in here, Duo-sama. But please keep the projects down to a minimum, Watari-san. Our budget is running low this month."
I grinned. "You know... I was thinking that you guys should get a raise in your budget..."
Tatsumi looked at me hopefully.
"If Watari's project turns out well, I'll attempt to get Koenma-sama to raise it."
His eyes sparkled. It was kind of creepy. "Really? Would you?"
"I said that I'd try... If Watari-kun's project turns out well."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(Botan POV)
I've noticed some really odd things this past month. Duo-sama seems to be underfoot, grinning merrily, everywhere I go.
And the Shinigami division got a raise.
Heero-sama has been complaining about Duo-sama's being underfoot all of the time also. It's... really strange.
Even Trowa-san noticed it. When I asked if he could tell me anything about it, he told me that it was none of his business. Which means that he knows something.
So I asked Quatre-san. He said that Duo had an "exchange of favors" going on with the Shinigami Division. But that was all he knew.
Relena didn't know much either. She just said that he was really easy to find these days. She borrowed books from him.
Really strange.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(WuFei POV)
My job has kept me pretty busy. I've gotten more letters from Duo /which I still find disturbing/. The Preventers seem to get to the bases of arising problems almost too late each time.
It's frustrating, but at the same time, exciting. There seem to be a lot of unexplained fires on our ship though, especially lately. Po-san has witnessed each one... and I witnessed a good deal more than half of them...
Today though, is calm. Frustratingly so. As I got up to stretch /sitting all day is sooo~ uncomfortable.../, a knock sounded on my door.
As I straightened out my uniform, I called "Come in!" to whoever was behind to door.
I was a bit surprised to see Zechs Marquise enter my office.
"A mission?" I asked, mildly annoyed, for some odd reason. I was about to get ready to go home for the day.
He shook his head. "I just wanted to meet you, outside of battle, and on the same side." He shrugged gracefully. "What happened to your fellow pilots?"
I blinked. "Dead."
An elegant eyebrow lifted, showing that he hadn't known. "How did that happen?"
It was my turn to shrug. "You probably know what happened to Heero. Duo... just..." words failed me. How could I explain that to a stranger? "Died." I finished lamely, shrugging again. "Trowa was shot, protecting Quatre, who died of poisoning a few days later."
"No emotion?" he asked.
"No emotion? There's emotion." I shrugged, once again at a loss of how to explain.
"You sounded... a bit cold, just now, saying that."
"................................" I really couldn't think of anything to say to that. "Get any letters from... Duo, in the past few months?"
He blinked. "Yes, why?"
"Hmm... Well, at least I'm not the only one," I snorted.
"What do you mean?"
"He's been dead for a good three years."
I felt an intense satisfaction, somehow, in seeing the too-graceful Zechs Marquise fall over in shock.
"What?!?"
"He's been dead for over three years," I repeated, inaccurately.
"Someone else...?"
"No," I sighed, "It's him, alright. His handwriting and everything. He's just got a screwed up sense of humor."
"No kidding..."
I picked up my tea from my desk and toasted, "Too the God of Death and his buddies. May I see them soon." I sipped the tea, after a cautious sniff. I wanted to die in battle, not in my office, drinking tea, like Quatre. That was so undignified of him...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
-Three years later-
(Duo POV)
"Eh, Watari-kun! Did you have to make so many?"
"Anou... demo... It worked didn't it?"
"Yeah... but their always... well... everywhere... How many did you make?"
"Saaa..." Watari looked away.
"Well?"
He mumbled something.
"Speak up!"
He sighed, pushing his glasses up. "I don't know how many of them there are."
"WHAT!?!?!?" I yelled, "Watari!!"
"-I- only made one. It got free and made the rest. At least they listen to you. Of course, they -have- to, but that's beside the point..."
"I'm gonna have to number them... How can I do that without anybody noticing?"
"Anou..."
"Hmm?
"Your armband."
I grinned. "That'll work. And nobody would notice...! Thanks, Watari... Time to go labeling...! I've got lot's to du-oh!!"
**** Can anybody figure out what Watari did? If you can't, don't worry! You'll find out next chapter!!
Still can't think of anything to put here... Oh, wait, yes I can!!! Suggestions on how to kill off Zechs and WuFei would be appreciated!
Next time: We find out exactly what Watari did, and WuFei finally gets his wish...! Oooo! I wonder what he's gonna be? The others finally take up their positions... And Zechs? What are you doing?!?!
Relwarc... It was just imagining a cross between Yoda and Wu-man that scares me... And about Quatre... You remember how WuFei was saying that he was going to kill the butler? That's 'cause Quatre got poisoned. Like a true aristocrat. Treize is Beauty. He'll be working with Quatre later... I haven't figured out how to kill off Wu-man and Zechsy-boy yet.
Disclaimer: All I managed to do was borrow them. And that's only because I was channeling my past life as Heero, and pulled an "Omae o korosu" on them.
Warnings: Attempted humor, OOC... all that kind of stuff... minor bad language... Yare yare...
Oh! If anybody wonders, thoughts are in between these "//". This "( )" is me interrupting. A computer's voice will be between these, " ' ' ". A change of POV will be "*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*". Scene changes will be "*". Okay? ****
(Duo POV)
"Are you sure this will work?"
"Absolutely."
"And I won't have to be at work constantly?"
"Of course."
"I'll have more free time in which to try and seduce Heero?"
"And do other naughty things, of course," the man in front of me smiled. I can't believe that he had such a low paying job as being a Shinigami. The entire department should get a raise, especially since this man is so willing to help me... Which reminds me...
"Will it hurt?"
"Just a brief sting."
"..........................."
"I need your DNA for it, Duo-sama."
"But Watari~! I don't like needles!!!"
"You do want time off, don't you?"
"Yes, but..."
"Just close your eyes, and it'll be over in a snap."
I closed my eyes and held out my arm. My arm stung briefly, as promised, and then my arm was free again.
"Snap. It's over now."
I glanced at the red mark on my arm. Oh well... It's not like anybody's gonna notice.
"You know, I've always wanted to do this."
"Are you -sure- that this is going to work?"
"Absolutely. It may take a few tries, but I know that I can do it." Such a brilliant scientist. Not at all like the Doctors. And besides that, he's cute, too. The only thing wrong with him is that he's blonde. I don't generally get along very well with blondes.
A new voice breaks into my reverie. "Watari-san, what are you doing?"
Watari jumped. "Mou!!! Tatsumi-san!!! Would you like to help me test my latest..."
"Iie~" Tatsumi growled. "Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"I am working!" Watari wailed. "Duo-sama gave me a job to du~oh..." he laughed weakly at his own joke.
I grinned. "Now, I'm going to have to say that sometime... 'I must have something to du~oh!'" I sang.
Watari's weak laugh became steady.
Tatsumi's eyebrow twitched. "I didn't realize you were in here, Duo-sama. But please keep the projects down to a minimum, Watari-san. Our budget is running low this month."
I grinned. "You know... I was thinking that you guys should get a raise in your budget..."
Tatsumi looked at me hopefully.
"If Watari's project turns out well, I'll attempt to get Koenma-sama to raise it."
His eyes sparkled. It was kind of creepy. "Really? Would you?"
"I said that I'd try... If Watari-kun's project turns out well."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(Botan POV)
I've noticed some really odd things this past month. Duo-sama seems to be underfoot, grinning merrily, everywhere I go.
And the Shinigami division got a raise.
Heero-sama has been complaining about Duo-sama's being underfoot all of the time also. It's... really strange.
Even Trowa-san noticed it. When I asked if he could tell me anything about it, he told me that it was none of his business. Which means that he knows something.
So I asked Quatre-san. He said that Duo had an "exchange of favors" going on with the Shinigami Division. But that was all he knew.
Relena didn't know much either. She just said that he was really easy to find these days. She borrowed books from him.
Really strange.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(WuFei POV)
My job has kept me pretty busy. I've gotten more letters from Duo /which I still find disturbing/. The Preventers seem to get to the bases of arising problems almost too late each time.
It's frustrating, but at the same time, exciting. There seem to be a lot of unexplained fires on our ship though, especially lately. Po-san has witnessed each one... and I witnessed a good deal more than half of them...
Today though, is calm. Frustratingly so. As I got up to stretch /sitting all day is sooo~ uncomfortable.../, a knock sounded on my door.
As I straightened out my uniform, I called "Come in!" to whoever was behind to door.
I was a bit surprised to see Zechs Marquise enter my office.
"A mission?" I asked, mildly annoyed, for some odd reason. I was about to get ready to go home for the day.
He shook his head. "I just wanted to meet you, outside of battle, and on the same side." He shrugged gracefully. "What happened to your fellow pilots?"
I blinked. "Dead."
An elegant eyebrow lifted, showing that he hadn't known. "How did that happen?"
It was my turn to shrug. "You probably know what happened to Heero. Duo... just..." words failed me. How could I explain that to a stranger? "Died." I finished lamely, shrugging again. "Trowa was shot, protecting Quatre, who died of poisoning a few days later."
"No emotion?" he asked.
"No emotion? There's emotion." I shrugged, once again at a loss of how to explain.
"You sounded... a bit cold, just now, saying that."
"................................" I really couldn't think of anything to say to that. "Get any letters from... Duo, in the past few months?"
He blinked. "Yes, why?"
"Hmm... Well, at least I'm not the only one," I snorted.
"What do you mean?"
"He's been dead for a good three years."
I felt an intense satisfaction, somehow, in seeing the too-graceful Zechs Marquise fall over in shock.
"What?!?"
"He's been dead for over three years," I repeated, inaccurately.
"Someone else...?"
"No," I sighed, "It's him, alright. His handwriting and everything. He's just got a screwed up sense of humor."
"No kidding..."
I picked up my tea from my desk and toasted, "Too the God of Death and his buddies. May I see them soon." I sipped the tea, after a cautious sniff. I wanted to die in battle, not in my office, drinking tea, like Quatre. That was so undignified of him...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
-Three years later-
(Duo POV)
"Eh, Watari-kun! Did you have to make so many?"
"Anou... demo... It worked didn't it?"
"Yeah... but their always... well... everywhere... How many did you make?"
"Saaa..." Watari looked away.
"Well?"
He mumbled something.
"Speak up!"
He sighed, pushing his glasses up. "I don't know how many of them there are."
"WHAT!?!?!?" I yelled, "Watari!!"
"-I- only made one. It got free and made the rest. At least they listen to you. Of course, they -have- to, but that's beside the point..."
"I'm gonna have to number them... How can I do that without anybody noticing?"
"Anou..."
"Hmm?
"Your armband."
I grinned. "That'll work. And nobody would notice...! Thanks, Watari... Time to go labeling...! I've got lot's to du-oh!!"
**** Can anybody figure out what Watari did? If you can't, don't worry! You'll find out next chapter!!
Still can't think of anything to put here... Oh, wait, yes I can!!! Suggestions on how to kill off Zechs and WuFei would be appreciated!
Next time: We find out exactly what Watari did, and WuFei finally gets his wish...! Oooo! I wonder what he's gonna be? The others finally take up their positions... And Zechs? What are you doing?!?!