Stop Falling
By: Megami*Silence
Chapter #3: Deadly Nightshade
Disclaimer: Don't own em
AN: I know I have a lot of other fics I should be uploading chapters to, but I really like this fic, and I'm getting a lot of positive reviews to continue. I also have lots of ideas for future chapters, so I'm probably going to update this more often then other fics that I have. Here we go...
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Heero was checking up on his laptop for any more messages from Dr. J. It had been three days since the incident at the Oz base. Heero spent his time doing extreme training, trying to punish himself for failing his mission. The other pilots told him to not worry about it, but Heero knew what he was to do, and he didn't do it. Lately his problem was, having strange dreams involving Shinimegami. It was mostly her eyes that he was always looking at. Though he didn't want to, that witch was the last thing he wanted to think about. He had enough with all the tenseness in the air, when he would walk into a work out gym downtown, getting stares from the other men, because of his work out pace. He didn't know if he would shoot her the next time he saw her, but he was having no doubts about it.
Those eyes. They were like ice crystals tinged with a violet color. What amazed him the most, was how he couldn't stop staring into them. They were almost hypnotizing, taunting him to give up everything and be commanded by someone else. There was something bizarre about the spooky color. Not many people could be born with those deep amethyst colored liquid pools... except for Duo, but he was born bizarre as well, so he didn't count. Heero just couldn't figure it out, but he had better find out, before she did something else destructive.
Heero growled under his breath, was he ever going to stop thinking about her? It was dumb enough, he dreamed about her, but thinking of her while he was awake was ridiculous. He sighed in frustration at his thoughts, but decided maybe he should try to sleep anyways. He shut down his laptop, and turned out the lights. Then he retired to bed, closing his dark eyes. He slowly fell into a deep sleep. He looked as though he was in water. Yes, he was falling into the deep abyss, with nothing else to be seen. It was dark, and cold. Heero had to wrap his arms around himself to keep what little amount of warmth he had left to spare. He couldn't see anything, just black.
He closed his eyes, to keep the stinging water out. Though he could breath. It felt wrong to be sinking slowly into nothing, and being able to breath. He gasped, and snapped his eyes open, did he hear a sound? There it was again, it was close, it sounded like something was tapping against metal. Heero looked all around, but there still wasn't anything there. Until, a pair of large eyes, the size of boulders, blinked open, staring at him. Awe was the only thing shining through them, like they were fascinated by him. But suddenly the eyes were narrowed, and they glowed with black swirling around its dark violet color. Heero looked above him, and he saw something coming down upon him. It was huge, and silver. It looked sharp, and it was about to hit him. He didn't know what to do. It was going to kill him, if he didn't move, but he couldn't. It was the eyes, they were keeping him there, and there was nothing he could do......
Heero shot up from his lying position. Was that freakish or what? He wasn't sure of what to think about that. That wasn't the first time those eyes went ballistic, but it was the worse.
" Not sleeping well?" asked a familiar feminine voice.
Heero turned to were the voice came from, it was on the balcony, behind the drapes. He could only see the silhouette but it was dark, and it was carrying a shape of a glaive, he knew it was only one person, "What do you want?" he snapped in his usual cruel, and monotone voice.
Shinimegami smirked behind the drapes, "I want to know one thing." She said, sounding as if there was nothing to it. She could see his blank stare, and his sweaty body, and the always messy brown hair he had. Heero narrowed his eyes, not trusting her at all, knowing that he could try to capture her right now, but was probably better off not trying. He nodded in response to her question. She continued, "Why do you want me?" it was a straight forward question, which Heero was not so easily convinced to answer. So instead he stared at her, hoping to burn a hole through the drapes while glaring at them for being there.
She cocked her head to one side. He wouldn't answer her? Smart boy. She knew there was something special about him. She would have to find out his secrets, his inner most thoughts, anything to give her a clue of why he thought of her as his enemy. Both times he could have captured her, he didn't. She realized it wasn't because he wasn't capable of doing it, he was very strong, and well determined. But his problem was his thoughts. Even if he had a job to do, he would think of what his opponent could do as well, and that cost him a great deal.
"I don't think of myself as your enemy, but that can be arranged, Heero. All you have to do is get in my way, and it's done. So this is your warning... stay out of my way Yuy." Heero quickly scrambled out of bed and went after her. He was too slow, she walked towards the balcony, and jumped off. Heero got to the balcony as she jumped, but when he looked over the side, she disappeared.
Heero cursed himself. He let her go, again! This was getting out of hand. You can't have a person talk to you at night, jump off a balcony and disappear. He was going to have to find out everything he could about her. It didn't matter how dangerous of ground he was on, he was going to know her and it certainly didn't matter to him how much it would take to get that information.
Heero turned to go back into the room. He stumbled over something on the ground. It was a strange object. It was very cold, and must have been dropped by Shinimegami. Heero checked it out. It almost looked like a case. Although it did have a lock on it, it was shaped like a dagger. There were many jewels on it, most were black crystals and rubies. But the most beautiful was the large amethyst gem in the middle, with a gold lining around it. It sparkled, even in the dark.
Heero sat down at his desk, beside his laptop. He placed the object onto the table, and inspected it a bit more. But he couldn't find anything, and gave up. It was a mystery piece, but he was damned if he didn't find out sooner or later. He clicked on his laptop, and waited for it to load. He proceeded to go onto the internet, and started to hack into many different systems. He looked through government documents, and tried to look for passports, to see if she might have gotten one. No luck. She was incredibly smart or just lucky, but Heero was leaning towards the former.
As he was looking for information, the object started to glow.
*****
Shinimegami walked through her portal, that she had created, while walking through an alleyway. She was smirking the whole time. She walked towards her black jade throne, where she sat herself down. She was thinking about that Heero fellow as she jumped off of the balcony, and she came to realize that he was a worthy advisaery. He knew strategy, strength and he had brains, not to mention a death wish. She continued to think about this for a few more minutes, before holding out her hands, palms up, and chanting something.
Suddenly a black globe appeared, with flames surrounding it. Shinimegami smiled wickedly, "Show me Heero!" she commanded. Like a crystal ball, Heero appeared inside of the globe. She had left a case there, and inside of the amethyst gem was a tiny vidcam. Now she was going to find out what exactly they wanted from her.
She stayed up all night watching him. He too stayed up all night, but he was looking up information on his laptop about her. She had to smirk at this. There would never be any information about her, because she wouldn't let anyone receive it. Besides, in that world she technically didn't exist.
She watched intently, trying to find some clue as to why she was being pursued, especially by a bunch of boys. They all seemed so different, when she met them, though briefly. It wasn't like her to just get, caught? She had always kept herself safe before this, and it irritated her like an itch she couldn't scratch.
The large black crystal doors, opposite of where her throne was situated, opened slowly. A gangly, tall man with dirty bond hair and clad in heavy black armor approached Shinimegami and bowed in respect. Shinimegami watched his every slightest movement, and noticed he was of the few that wasn't afraid of dying, only being able to realize this from the way he could not show any bit of emotion at all in front of her. She secretly smiled to herself. She had trained well.
He handed her a glass goblet full of red wine. Shinimegami took the glass from him, and then dismissed him. She continued to observe the way he interacted with her, and how he made himself presentable. She noted to have his rank made higher. She took a sip of her delicious wine. Then she placed it atop of her throne's arm. She stared at it, wondering why wine could seem so perfect, so silent and undisturbing. If only everything could be like that, then wars wouldn't need to be fought, and the world, both worlds really, could live in peace. Shinimegami truly believed in the afterlife, more so because... she was the afterworld. She owned it, and had the whole world's weight on her shoulders.
Shinimegami continued to ponder over this for a while, totally oblivious to the fact that Heero had stopped working on his laptop, and left his room. Luckily he did take the vidcam with him, and obviously left it out in the open, considering the view of the city was very clear.
He walked a long distance. In the cold, she could see his breath in the air as he took one step after another. Where was he going? She hadn't any clue. Maybe just to think, or maybe he was meeting someone? A woman perhaps? She leaned closer into the flamed globe, trying to search for some answers. She desperately desired to look into his eyes once again. He knew things, a lot of things. Some of which seemed so somber to others, but joyous to her. She had found answers to questions, questions to answers. She wasn't about to give up on his mind just because he was out to get her.
Heero suddenly stopped and walked into a building. It was dark and noisy. It was a bar! Shinimegami was amazed; he didn't even know what the case contained yet he had a defense against her hearing. She would not be able to hear a damn thing if he talked to someone. She started to feel overly angered. Again she wouldn't be able to know what they wanted with her. She picked her goblet up and whipped it across the dark space. Although the darkness engulfed the large cup, she could hear it shatter against something. Heero outsmarted her without knowing it.
*****
Heero made his way through the crowd. He walked towards the bar and sat down where he chose. He looked to his left and there Duo was, sitting with a drink in his hand. Duo looked at Heero and moved down to Heero's side. He grinned and tried to ask if Heero wanted something, but Heero didn't respond.
In a couple more minutes the other guys showed up and took a seat. The bartender tried to ask if they wanted anything to drink, but Quatre answered, politely, for everyone that they were fine. They really didn't converse much but Heero discreetly slid folders down the bar to everyone. Some of them took a quick look at it, but they quickly dispersed from the noisy place. Duo had stayed back to continue with his night life.
Heero didn't waste time, he walked all the way back to his temporary apartment and put the case on the bed away from himself and he read the folder over and over again. In the folder it was information that only the Oz base had. It was saying that there was an accident at two different locations, and the Gundam pilots had shown up at the second location. It also produced little, yet somewhat useful, information about Shinimegami. Just the general appearance and where she shows up in the base. Heero thought that over. That was actually interesting. Shinimegami was always being spotted in the file room, where the records of everything was kept. Could she have been looking for something about the Gundam Pilots? Or even trying to find someone to kill?
He threw the folders down. He wondered what exactly his position in this mission was? Why was he the one getting these ridiculous threats and thrown around, carried and mind messed with all the time? He did know that he was referred to as the perfect soldier but he didn't think that the other pilots weren't capable of catching this woman. She was able to do anything. Quite literally, she could run, blend, complete her own missions, figure out the floor plans for the Oz bases, and kill. Plus, not to forget, escape and then turn around and rescue her enemy. Why would she do that? No why did she do that? Her story was secret, and complex. The beginning to it Heero hadn't a clue of what happened, but he was to decide her ending. She was given something from the start, a mission for life, and it would never stop , this mission, until her dying day. That's what Heero's existence was based upon. This mission of life.
Despite his half closed eyelids, Heero stayed up for another few hours searching and searching for her in every possible site he could find but when those few hours later did creep up on him, he found himself sinking back into sleep, not realizing she was closer than he thought.
*****
It was early morning the next day and Heero woke up with a stir. He hadn't remembered if he had had another dream or not, this time he didn't really care. He had to get work done today. He made himself ready and left the hotel room with all of his belongings.
Heero drove a stolen vehicle way out into the middle of no where. He came close to one of the Oz bases that had been situated near the few fields and farms left on earth. Heero made his quick approach as quiet as possible. He walked a mile before he made it to the fences. Most soldiers would be in bed still at this hour, and those on patrol, watch out for the air raids and front gate attacks.
Heero was in the back, it was hardly patrolled at all. He climbed to the top of the fence, to where the barbed wire started. There he strapped himself onto the fence with a hooked belt and he let his weight go, sitting there freely. He opened a nap sack and pulled out a small satellite. It was three times smaller than a small satellite dish but it was just as capable to pick up the signals that they did. He connected it to the barbed wire, wrapping some of it around the stand for the satellite; to hold it steady, not bothering to avoid the sharp wire that stabbed and scratched at his skin. When he pulled out another version of a vidcam, only a radar pickup. He made sure it functioned properly and then he got himself out of there, unharmed.
He had done the same thing four times over, at different bases. He didn't bother doing this to the two bases he had previously encountered with Shinimegami. He thought about that again and again and he was still uncertain of how she was able to master these skills. She seemed like a sick person when he first saw her face. She looked fragile like a porcelain doll ready to shatter under careless possession. But she could fight, and she could get out of tight grips and sticky positions. She was in control of herself, she knew how to maneuver around situations with bad consequences, and she removed all obstacles from her way.
Heero came to a red light. He looked around to see his current location he had come to. He was definitely back in town, and he had a surprise visitor. Somehow Duo always managed to pop up out of no where. He was quite annoying, and was a real distraction to Heero's battles.
Duo opened the door to the car, and put one leg in, when the light turned green. Heero pressed his foot to the floor and Duo yelped before shutting the door with a sudden startled look on his face. He looked at Heero and noticed the bloody hands.
"Man Heero, do you punch windows for fun or what?" he asked sarcastically. "What did you do? Are you accepting missions without telling us now? Or are you just in the mood for blood?" He stared at Heero, thinking that something is totally up with him.
"It's none of your business." Heero simply said. He wasn't going to share his thoughts with anyone, especially Duo. He came to the laboratory and slowed the car down. Duo saw that there were other motor vehicles present, and that there must be some kind of new visitor or something.
They walked into the building. Dr. J was already waiting there for them. He shook hands with a scientist and turned to briefly greet them, as they walked past and into the change rooms. They met up with the other guys there.
"What's going on?" Duo asked. Quatre put his gym bag into his small locker and sat down to tie his shoes.
"We're having a special training day. There's a new scientist who's interested in seeing our abilities in physical combat." Wufei explained, while sharpening his katana.
"What for?" Duo asked again. He was clueless, and tired and he was thinking to himself, at least this would wake him up.
"Because he wants to compare our combat skills to our gundam skills. He's been having conferences all day with the gundam scientists." Trowa added himself. He wasn't big for conversation but he did say things when he wanted to, he wasn't a mute.
"And, we have to take mental skills tests as well, I guess they are trying to prove something about us." Quatre said. The guys were ready except Duo, he felt he really needed a pick-me-up and drank a cup of coffee down before he changed.
*****
*SmAsH!* Wufei brought his katana down upon Trowa's own sword. They were fighting with weapons, while the rest were in the weight room, working up a sweat.
Trowa whirled around, and brought his sword in contact with Wufei's katana, down low. Wufei twisted it around and Trowa's sword dropped to the ground, but the fight hadn't ended. Instead of defeating Trowa, Wufei made the fight fair by throwing his own weapon down.
He kicked Trowa in the gut, but the blow hadn't affected him much as he gripped Wufei's balled hand, and punched him. Wufei drew back, and waited for Trowa. Trowa came at him and Wufei flipped forwards, trapping Trowa, back-slashing him with his leg.
Trowa turned around after picking himself up. He could feel the soreness from Wufei's kicks, but he ignored it. He charged at Wufei and when Wufei attempted the same move as before, Trowa sidestepped away from his kicking direction, and the he caught his leg, twisting it around and making him fall to his bottom.
But Wufei wasn't giving up either, he kicked Trowa over his head. Trowa landed in a strange position, and he slid up the floor, scraping the skin from his face. Trowa wasn't taking a beating and not giving Wufei something to remember about today.
Now Wufei charged at Trowa and at the last moment he slid on the ground to stop himself and sweep kick him. As Trowa was falling he held his weight up with his hands, surprising Wufei and booting Wufei in the face. Half of Wufei's face started to swell and his nose released gushing blood.
Rage flashed through Wufei's eyes, he couldn't stand losing and really wanted to beat Trowa badly. He took off his muscle shirt and threw it to the floor.
"Thank you, that's enough for today. You can move to the weight room now." The speaker became alive. Wufei and Trowa looked at the mirror that reflected themselves. Behind the mirror stood many, many scientists who were very pleased with the fight they had just witnessed.
Cursing the moment, Wufei made his way out of the room. When he disappeared behind the door, Trowa did the same.
"So, what do you think of our boys?" One of the creepy scientists asked the unconvinced new man that showed up a little later after Duo and Heero. The man was very tall and large, and looked to be in his early forties, and very wealthy.
He sighed, "Show me more." He commanded. The creepy scientists gave each other funny looks, but complied with his wish.
*****
Quatre was put under an endurance test as Duo and Heero were set up in the training room. They weren't told of what kind of fighting they were to use, but they were both ready for this. There were some assistants that came into the room, and they started to set up a cage. It was a heavy iron cage with a lot of wire in it.
Duo and Heero walked inside of it, and then the iron doors shut, and locked them inside. Duo didn't have a good feeling about this, but Heero was emotionless, as usual.
Chairs were set up inside the training room, and the scientists sat down, intently anticipating the upcoming fight. The boys waited for the signal, and then they began.
They smashed themselves up pretty good. Heero had many more skills, you could tell, but Duo still did have a good amount of agility, and moves that were almost unthinkable. The fight lasted for a long time, neither soldier would give up. They could have cared less who was watching them, they just wanted to prove to themselves that they could beat each other.
Duo's shirt tore across the chest and he flipped himself over, before Heero threw a kick down on him. Heero backed up and Duo kicked flipped himself onto his feet. He was ready to pounce on Heero. Sweat rolled down his face. Determination flushed through his body.
It was definitely a tie. Heero threw one punch his way, Duo would return. They kept up with each other. Duo seemed tired though, almost like he could pass out, but he wasn't going to. It was no mistake, Heero had the upper hand. He was just better than them. Everything that he did passed beyond much over the others. He was the perfect soldier, and although he didn't feel he earned that name, he still had no competition.
Duo put forth every bit of effort he could muster, but the truth was he was wearing himself down. He didn't know how much more of this beating he could take, and believe you and me, he took quite the beating. Heero was almost indestructible. Duo did manage to knock him a few and blood splattered every where.
Their skin was stained with blood, every where there were bruises, scratches and broken skin. Duo almost broke his knuckles when he tried to punch Heero and Heero stopped him with his own fist.
Another hit. Duo was knocked against the cage. It was only pain he felt. The iron was not only hard, but sharp and it dug into his back. He bit his lip, now wasn't the time to complain about the pain he felt at the moment. He turned around and just hutched Heero in the face. The proud part of it was that Heero stumbled back a bit from the shatter in his cheek. It was a loud crack. Duo was almost afraid that he had broken Heero's jaw, but then he was sure he didn't even touch his jaw.
Now they both were tired of this fight, and decided it was time they ended it. They both gripped each other at the exact same time and they were bombarded by each other's weight, and as a result they flew hard into the wall of the cage. The cage couldn't take the force and it collapsed on top of them. The hard iron gated walls crashed against their bodies. Both grunted from the agonizing pain it produced.
The scientists gasped, and jumped out of their seats. All of the assistants came rushing into the room. They all used their strength and lifted the cage as high as they could. The other gundam pilots had been watching some of the fight and when the cage was lifted, they hauled the two bodies out from underneath the heavy weight of the cage, and dragged them through the change rooms to the infirmary.
There was no time for questions as the health care unit came pouring into the rooms. Duo gripped his side. As he fell Heero, unintentionally, lifted his knee and it smashed into Duo's side and then the cage landed atop of the same side.
Heero laid there stiff. He hadn't complained much, but his eyes were shut tight and he made muffled groans. They were suffering a lot right now. The others could do nothing but stand back and watch. Quatre felt helpless, and Trowa seemed tranced by their pain, like it was foreign. Wufei just stared, not really thinking anything, just waiting for something to happen.
The doctors set to work. They ripped their clothes off and did their best to clean the crusty and fresh blood away from their aching bodies. When it was more visible they knew right away that Heero's nose and cheek structure was fractured but he had no serious fracturements any where else. They examined him for another 10 minutes, and came to the conclusion that his breathing was limited. The weight of the cage had put too much pressure upon him and as a result it pushed more blood and oxygen out of his body. Immediately the nurses set up an oxygen mask and Heero had started breathing from an oxygen tank.
Duo, however did have some more broken bones. One of his ribs split in two, which caused the most pain than anything. They realized that his collarbone had a slight fracture and his hip had been crushed. He could breath fine, but he couldn't take it anymore, he was in agony. Duo hunched over (still lying on his side) into a crippled position. Then Duo felt a comfort. It didn't last for long, but it felt almost like a beckoning of death, and it was relieving his pain, allowing him to enjoy the painless moment. But the feeling disappeared. They were hurting incredibly.
The spent a few hours on them but finally the doctors had them stabilized. They needed a lot of rest. The doctors had ushered the other boys out of the room a while ago, and they had dressed and left the laboratory. The creepy scientists had checked on the two boys to make sure they were alright, and the two men that had come to see the performances were impressed, especially by the last duel. But because of it, Dr. J and the creepy scientists were short of one and maybe even two soldiers. They were going to have to find a replacement.
*****
Shinimegami watched these events. All of them. When Heero hadn't brought the case into the training room, she had given up on watching him from her world. Instead, she appeared at the laboratory and hid in the air vents, watching the fights that had taken place. She was amazed by it. It was very exciting, and the more she watched Heero take a hit, the more it became clearer to her that he was invincible. Sure, he took a bloody spill, but how much damage did he really achieve from all of this battling? Barely any. When the cage collapsed on top of Heero she didn't feel sorry for them, but she didn't not feel anything. Really, she didn't recognize the sensation that ran through her body. They had taken the bodies out of the room and into the infirmary, and Shinimegami crawled to another air vent. She watched.
The atmosphere was intense. She could smell the aroma of blood and the pain hit her like a brick wall. She could literally feel their souls. Suddenly her body collapsed and her spirit rose from her body. It resided in Duo's, only for the briefest of moments. She allowed him to feel the slightest rest that death would provide. He had a taste of it, and though he would never remember that this experience had happened, a part of this would always stay with him. Death always left an unseen mark upon one's body that never gives into the darkness.
When her spirit returned to her body, she woke with a strange feeling. She felt something that didn't belong there. Something like that of Duo's. Maybe when she marked him, he did the same to her. It was the weirdest ambiance ever. She looked at Heero. His name now seemed different, but better. He was every bit like her, and she wanted that back. She didn't feel she could share the same attitudes towards life with something who couldn't die.
Something broke the attention she committed to Heero. She looked to Heero's left. A few doctors and scientists were having a conversation. She could hear them quite clearly. They were talking about how they were going to need some replacements for a while. They didn't know where to go, or who to trust anymore because of the corruption that had started after the war. She smiled. She had a plan.
The first thing she had to do was .... Shinimegami shut her eyes and concentrated. Her mind became one with one of the scientists. She didn't know which one, but his mind was powerful, it knew things. It's mind was just as confused as Heero's and the ideas seemed just as twisted. She shared information, and gave him more ideas, false ideas. Then she released mind connection with him, and she started to choke. She had to leave because she couldn't let them hear her. She disappeared quickly.
"I have an idea," Dr. J said, "Why don't we give a little call to Kiruru Desuchini." The other scientists strangely looked at him, but did not complain because he seemed confident about it.
*****
When Shinimegami had returned to her world, she needed to move as fast as possible. First she found one of her henchmen to help her. She sat him down at a stone table with a phone in front of him. There they waited. As expected, the phone rang and he picked it up. Shinimegami's eyes glowed red. She stared into his fearful eyes and she took control over his whole mind. When she said a 'hello' he said hello into the phone. She controlled everything he said.
"Is this Kiruru Desuchini?" Dr. J asked.
"Yes," Shinimegami said, "How can I help you?"
"Would you, by any chance, have another recruit ready for me? We lost one today and we are desperate for a temporary one to fill his position." He said, not knowing this is what Shinimegami wanted all along.
"Of course, I have a fresh one ready to go. I'll have her there soon."
"Thank you-" Shinimegami hung the phone up, disconnecting Dr. J's and her conversation. And then she disconnected her and the soldiers thoughts. He stood up in a daze and questioned his reasoning for being there. She dismissed him and left the room herself. She had some more work to do.
First she sat down and looked into the mirror. She had short black hair, and violet eyes. She needed to change that. She closed her eyes and opened them again, but they glowed a different color. They were silver. She starred at her reflection in the mirror, and a power that consumed her, drew forth a bright flash. When the light died down she had wavy, long, crimson red hair and dark blue eyes that sparkled a green shine. She thought she looked good.
Then she looked at her new outfit. She was adorn in a red dress. It hung from her neck to the floor, with thigh high slits on both sides. But she whore buckled thigh socks and boot heels. She looked something from a Chinese culture but definitely did not feel like that. She was ready to meet the gundam pilots.
*****
It had been three days later before Heero could walk again. His breathing finally returned to normal. Duo had been able to get up earlier than him, but only with a lot of pain killers. He was definitely healthier because Heero watched him as he ate up a storm. When Duo had finished, he took a look at Heero.
"Look man, I know we fought more because we wanted to instead of having to, but... no hard feelings right?" He proposed to Heero, while holding his good hand out to him, hoping to gain a friendly shake. The other guys stopped what they were doing to watch. This was certainly an event. Heero starred at his hand, wondering if Duo was really all right. But, though it seemed not like himself to do so, Heero took Duo's offered hand and realized there was something different about him. Something he couldn't see, but he could tell there was something gained that hadn't been there the last time he saw him consciously.
Duo needed support from a crutch, but he could manage to walk upon his right leg, which his hip bone had been damaged. The boys walked out of the cafeteria and into the garage, where they got to see their gundam's again.
As they walked back towards the door Duo realized something right before it happened. He had totally forgotten about a prank he was going to pull before the fight happened. How come it didn't happen while he was in bed? "Ahhhh!" He screamed. A large net swept them all up into the air. Most of their legs hung out of the holes in the net, and the others got overly angered.
"Maxwell, what did you do!?!?!?!" Wufei screeched at him. Duo was occupied, screaming about his leg. Trowa, too, seemed pretty mad. And Quatre was in his own huff. Heero's breathing turned a little nasty, making him cough, but Duo patted his back helping him breathe better.
"Wufei, where's your katana?" Quatre asked. Oblivious to the fact that if the net were cut, then the already hurt people would get hurt again.
"I have it." Wufei stated, and unsheathed it. He put it through the hole and was about to cut, when Duo felt a twinge and kicked upwards as his reflex. He accidentally kicked Wufei's katana and it fell to the ground with a clank. Wufei glared dangerously at Duo, and Duo nervously smiled.
"HELP!!!!!!!!" Duo screamed. He wasn't getting very nice reactions from any of them, and didn't feel very comfortable around angry people.
A person stepped up to the group of boys dangling from the roof. They hadn't noticed her, but she reached her small, silky hand down and picked the katana up. She twirled it around and sliced the net. The five boys fell to the ground with a loud yelp from Duo, as his leg hit the ground harder than he anticipated.
The boys all looked up to the source of their aid. It was a girl, about their age. She had long, flowing, wavy red hair and blue eyes. She was very beautiful and somewhat Chinese resembling. She held a duffle bag in one arm and a smirk on her face. She stared at them with amusement.
"Who are you?" Quatre asked amazed.
"I'm Funderu Kurashi." She smiled at them. Duo melted.
Dr. J approached them and stood beside Funderu. "Boys, meet your new partner." They looked at her like she was surreal, even though she was surreal.
Her smile grew, she knew this was going to be fun.
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Well, that only took me forever. The Japanese that I wrote, I don't know if it's real. Funderu Kurashi is supposed to mean 'Thunder Crash" and Kiruru Desuchini means 'Kill Destiny'. Um, I didn't actually get that many reviews for my second chapter but it's ok, I hope I can get at least ~15~ for this one, so if you read it and want to read the next, it would be a good idea to review. Thanks for those who are being patient with this fic. It's hard to think up ideas. Hahaha, most of you probably know what that's like. So please, I hoped you like it, and review.
Ja Ane, Megami*Silence
By: Megami*Silence
Chapter #3: Deadly Nightshade
Disclaimer: Don't own em
AN: I know I have a lot of other fics I should be uploading chapters to, but I really like this fic, and I'm getting a lot of positive reviews to continue. I also have lots of ideas for future chapters, so I'm probably going to update this more often then other fics that I have. Here we go...
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Heero was checking up on his laptop for any more messages from Dr. J. It had been three days since the incident at the Oz base. Heero spent his time doing extreme training, trying to punish himself for failing his mission. The other pilots told him to not worry about it, but Heero knew what he was to do, and he didn't do it. Lately his problem was, having strange dreams involving Shinimegami. It was mostly her eyes that he was always looking at. Though he didn't want to, that witch was the last thing he wanted to think about. He had enough with all the tenseness in the air, when he would walk into a work out gym downtown, getting stares from the other men, because of his work out pace. He didn't know if he would shoot her the next time he saw her, but he was having no doubts about it.
Those eyes. They were like ice crystals tinged with a violet color. What amazed him the most, was how he couldn't stop staring into them. They were almost hypnotizing, taunting him to give up everything and be commanded by someone else. There was something bizarre about the spooky color. Not many people could be born with those deep amethyst colored liquid pools... except for Duo, but he was born bizarre as well, so he didn't count. Heero just couldn't figure it out, but he had better find out, before she did something else destructive.
Heero growled under his breath, was he ever going to stop thinking about her? It was dumb enough, he dreamed about her, but thinking of her while he was awake was ridiculous. He sighed in frustration at his thoughts, but decided maybe he should try to sleep anyways. He shut down his laptop, and turned out the lights. Then he retired to bed, closing his dark eyes. He slowly fell into a deep sleep. He looked as though he was in water. Yes, he was falling into the deep abyss, with nothing else to be seen. It was dark, and cold. Heero had to wrap his arms around himself to keep what little amount of warmth he had left to spare. He couldn't see anything, just black.
He closed his eyes, to keep the stinging water out. Though he could breath. It felt wrong to be sinking slowly into nothing, and being able to breath. He gasped, and snapped his eyes open, did he hear a sound? There it was again, it was close, it sounded like something was tapping against metal. Heero looked all around, but there still wasn't anything there. Until, a pair of large eyes, the size of boulders, blinked open, staring at him. Awe was the only thing shining through them, like they were fascinated by him. But suddenly the eyes were narrowed, and they glowed with black swirling around its dark violet color. Heero looked above him, and he saw something coming down upon him. It was huge, and silver. It looked sharp, and it was about to hit him. He didn't know what to do. It was going to kill him, if he didn't move, but he couldn't. It was the eyes, they were keeping him there, and there was nothing he could do......
Heero shot up from his lying position. Was that freakish or what? He wasn't sure of what to think about that. That wasn't the first time those eyes went ballistic, but it was the worse.
" Not sleeping well?" asked a familiar feminine voice.
Heero turned to were the voice came from, it was on the balcony, behind the drapes. He could only see the silhouette but it was dark, and it was carrying a shape of a glaive, he knew it was only one person, "What do you want?" he snapped in his usual cruel, and monotone voice.
Shinimegami smirked behind the drapes, "I want to know one thing." She said, sounding as if there was nothing to it. She could see his blank stare, and his sweaty body, and the always messy brown hair he had. Heero narrowed his eyes, not trusting her at all, knowing that he could try to capture her right now, but was probably better off not trying. He nodded in response to her question. She continued, "Why do you want me?" it was a straight forward question, which Heero was not so easily convinced to answer. So instead he stared at her, hoping to burn a hole through the drapes while glaring at them for being there.
She cocked her head to one side. He wouldn't answer her? Smart boy. She knew there was something special about him. She would have to find out his secrets, his inner most thoughts, anything to give her a clue of why he thought of her as his enemy. Both times he could have captured her, he didn't. She realized it wasn't because he wasn't capable of doing it, he was very strong, and well determined. But his problem was his thoughts. Even if he had a job to do, he would think of what his opponent could do as well, and that cost him a great deal.
"I don't think of myself as your enemy, but that can be arranged, Heero. All you have to do is get in my way, and it's done. So this is your warning... stay out of my way Yuy." Heero quickly scrambled out of bed and went after her. He was too slow, she walked towards the balcony, and jumped off. Heero got to the balcony as she jumped, but when he looked over the side, she disappeared.
Heero cursed himself. He let her go, again! This was getting out of hand. You can't have a person talk to you at night, jump off a balcony and disappear. He was going to have to find out everything he could about her. It didn't matter how dangerous of ground he was on, he was going to know her and it certainly didn't matter to him how much it would take to get that information.
Heero turned to go back into the room. He stumbled over something on the ground. It was a strange object. It was very cold, and must have been dropped by Shinimegami. Heero checked it out. It almost looked like a case. Although it did have a lock on it, it was shaped like a dagger. There were many jewels on it, most were black crystals and rubies. But the most beautiful was the large amethyst gem in the middle, with a gold lining around it. It sparkled, even in the dark.
Heero sat down at his desk, beside his laptop. He placed the object onto the table, and inspected it a bit more. But he couldn't find anything, and gave up. It was a mystery piece, but he was damned if he didn't find out sooner or later. He clicked on his laptop, and waited for it to load. He proceeded to go onto the internet, and started to hack into many different systems. He looked through government documents, and tried to look for passports, to see if she might have gotten one. No luck. She was incredibly smart or just lucky, but Heero was leaning towards the former.
As he was looking for information, the object started to glow.
*****
Shinimegami walked through her portal, that she had created, while walking through an alleyway. She was smirking the whole time. She walked towards her black jade throne, where she sat herself down. She was thinking about that Heero fellow as she jumped off of the balcony, and she came to realize that he was a worthy advisaery. He knew strategy, strength and he had brains, not to mention a death wish. She continued to think about this for a few more minutes, before holding out her hands, palms up, and chanting something.
Suddenly a black globe appeared, with flames surrounding it. Shinimegami smiled wickedly, "Show me Heero!" she commanded. Like a crystal ball, Heero appeared inside of the globe. She had left a case there, and inside of the amethyst gem was a tiny vidcam. Now she was going to find out what exactly they wanted from her.
She stayed up all night watching him. He too stayed up all night, but he was looking up information on his laptop about her. She had to smirk at this. There would never be any information about her, because she wouldn't let anyone receive it. Besides, in that world she technically didn't exist.
She watched intently, trying to find some clue as to why she was being pursued, especially by a bunch of boys. They all seemed so different, when she met them, though briefly. It wasn't like her to just get, caught? She had always kept herself safe before this, and it irritated her like an itch she couldn't scratch.
The large black crystal doors, opposite of where her throne was situated, opened slowly. A gangly, tall man with dirty bond hair and clad in heavy black armor approached Shinimegami and bowed in respect. Shinimegami watched his every slightest movement, and noticed he was of the few that wasn't afraid of dying, only being able to realize this from the way he could not show any bit of emotion at all in front of her. She secretly smiled to herself. She had trained well.
He handed her a glass goblet full of red wine. Shinimegami took the glass from him, and then dismissed him. She continued to observe the way he interacted with her, and how he made himself presentable. She noted to have his rank made higher. She took a sip of her delicious wine. Then she placed it atop of her throne's arm. She stared at it, wondering why wine could seem so perfect, so silent and undisturbing. If only everything could be like that, then wars wouldn't need to be fought, and the world, both worlds really, could live in peace. Shinimegami truly believed in the afterlife, more so because... she was the afterworld. She owned it, and had the whole world's weight on her shoulders.
Shinimegami continued to ponder over this for a while, totally oblivious to the fact that Heero had stopped working on his laptop, and left his room. Luckily he did take the vidcam with him, and obviously left it out in the open, considering the view of the city was very clear.
He walked a long distance. In the cold, she could see his breath in the air as he took one step after another. Where was he going? She hadn't any clue. Maybe just to think, or maybe he was meeting someone? A woman perhaps? She leaned closer into the flamed globe, trying to search for some answers. She desperately desired to look into his eyes once again. He knew things, a lot of things. Some of which seemed so somber to others, but joyous to her. She had found answers to questions, questions to answers. She wasn't about to give up on his mind just because he was out to get her.
Heero suddenly stopped and walked into a building. It was dark and noisy. It was a bar! Shinimegami was amazed; he didn't even know what the case contained yet he had a defense against her hearing. She would not be able to hear a damn thing if he talked to someone. She started to feel overly angered. Again she wouldn't be able to know what they wanted with her. She picked her goblet up and whipped it across the dark space. Although the darkness engulfed the large cup, she could hear it shatter against something. Heero outsmarted her without knowing it.
*****
Heero made his way through the crowd. He walked towards the bar and sat down where he chose. He looked to his left and there Duo was, sitting with a drink in his hand. Duo looked at Heero and moved down to Heero's side. He grinned and tried to ask if Heero wanted something, but Heero didn't respond.
In a couple more minutes the other guys showed up and took a seat. The bartender tried to ask if they wanted anything to drink, but Quatre answered, politely, for everyone that they were fine. They really didn't converse much but Heero discreetly slid folders down the bar to everyone. Some of them took a quick look at it, but they quickly dispersed from the noisy place. Duo had stayed back to continue with his night life.
Heero didn't waste time, he walked all the way back to his temporary apartment and put the case on the bed away from himself and he read the folder over and over again. In the folder it was information that only the Oz base had. It was saying that there was an accident at two different locations, and the Gundam pilots had shown up at the second location. It also produced little, yet somewhat useful, information about Shinimegami. Just the general appearance and where she shows up in the base. Heero thought that over. That was actually interesting. Shinimegami was always being spotted in the file room, where the records of everything was kept. Could she have been looking for something about the Gundam Pilots? Or even trying to find someone to kill?
He threw the folders down. He wondered what exactly his position in this mission was? Why was he the one getting these ridiculous threats and thrown around, carried and mind messed with all the time? He did know that he was referred to as the perfect soldier but he didn't think that the other pilots weren't capable of catching this woman. She was able to do anything. Quite literally, she could run, blend, complete her own missions, figure out the floor plans for the Oz bases, and kill. Plus, not to forget, escape and then turn around and rescue her enemy. Why would she do that? No why did she do that? Her story was secret, and complex. The beginning to it Heero hadn't a clue of what happened, but he was to decide her ending. She was given something from the start, a mission for life, and it would never stop , this mission, until her dying day. That's what Heero's existence was based upon. This mission of life.
Despite his half closed eyelids, Heero stayed up for another few hours searching and searching for her in every possible site he could find but when those few hours later did creep up on him, he found himself sinking back into sleep, not realizing she was closer than he thought.
*****
It was early morning the next day and Heero woke up with a stir. He hadn't remembered if he had had another dream or not, this time he didn't really care. He had to get work done today. He made himself ready and left the hotel room with all of his belongings.
Heero drove a stolen vehicle way out into the middle of no where. He came close to one of the Oz bases that had been situated near the few fields and farms left on earth. Heero made his quick approach as quiet as possible. He walked a mile before he made it to the fences. Most soldiers would be in bed still at this hour, and those on patrol, watch out for the air raids and front gate attacks.
Heero was in the back, it was hardly patrolled at all. He climbed to the top of the fence, to where the barbed wire started. There he strapped himself onto the fence with a hooked belt and he let his weight go, sitting there freely. He opened a nap sack and pulled out a small satellite. It was three times smaller than a small satellite dish but it was just as capable to pick up the signals that they did. He connected it to the barbed wire, wrapping some of it around the stand for the satellite; to hold it steady, not bothering to avoid the sharp wire that stabbed and scratched at his skin. When he pulled out another version of a vidcam, only a radar pickup. He made sure it functioned properly and then he got himself out of there, unharmed.
He had done the same thing four times over, at different bases. He didn't bother doing this to the two bases he had previously encountered with Shinimegami. He thought about that again and again and he was still uncertain of how she was able to master these skills. She seemed like a sick person when he first saw her face. She looked fragile like a porcelain doll ready to shatter under careless possession. But she could fight, and she could get out of tight grips and sticky positions. She was in control of herself, she knew how to maneuver around situations with bad consequences, and she removed all obstacles from her way.
Heero came to a red light. He looked around to see his current location he had come to. He was definitely back in town, and he had a surprise visitor. Somehow Duo always managed to pop up out of no where. He was quite annoying, and was a real distraction to Heero's battles.
Duo opened the door to the car, and put one leg in, when the light turned green. Heero pressed his foot to the floor and Duo yelped before shutting the door with a sudden startled look on his face. He looked at Heero and noticed the bloody hands.
"Man Heero, do you punch windows for fun or what?" he asked sarcastically. "What did you do? Are you accepting missions without telling us now? Or are you just in the mood for blood?" He stared at Heero, thinking that something is totally up with him.
"It's none of your business." Heero simply said. He wasn't going to share his thoughts with anyone, especially Duo. He came to the laboratory and slowed the car down. Duo saw that there were other motor vehicles present, and that there must be some kind of new visitor or something.
They walked into the building. Dr. J was already waiting there for them. He shook hands with a scientist and turned to briefly greet them, as they walked past and into the change rooms. They met up with the other guys there.
"What's going on?" Duo asked. Quatre put his gym bag into his small locker and sat down to tie his shoes.
"We're having a special training day. There's a new scientist who's interested in seeing our abilities in physical combat." Wufei explained, while sharpening his katana.
"What for?" Duo asked again. He was clueless, and tired and he was thinking to himself, at least this would wake him up.
"Because he wants to compare our combat skills to our gundam skills. He's been having conferences all day with the gundam scientists." Trowa added himself. He wasn't big for conversation but he did say things when he wanted to, he wasn't a mute.
"And, we have to take mental skills tests as well, I guess they are trying to prove something about us." Quatre said. The guys were ready except Duo, he felt he really needed a pick-me-up and drank a cup of coffee down before he changed.
*****
*SmAsH!* Wufei brought his katana down upon Trowa's own sword. They were fighting with weapons, while the rest were in the weight room, working up a sweat.
Trowa whirled around, and brought his sword in contact with Wufei's katana, down low. Wufei twisted it around and Trowa's sword dropped to the ground, but the fight hadn't ended. Instead of defeating Trowa, Wufei made the fight fair by throwing his own weapon down.
He kicked Trowa in the gut, but the blow hadn't affected him much as he gripped Wufei's balled hand, and punched him. Wufei drew back, and waited for Trowa. Trowa came at him and Wufei flipped forwards, trapping Trowa, back-slashing him with his leg.
Trowa turned around after picking himself up. He could feel the soreness from Wufei's kicks, but he ignored it. He charged at Wufei and when Wufei attempted the same move as before, Trowa sidestepped away from his kicking direction, and the he caught his leg, twisting it around and making him fall to his bottom.
But Wufei wasn't giving up either, he kicked Trowa over his head. Trowa landed in a strange position, and he slid up the floor, scraping the skin from his face. Trowa wasn't taking a beating and not giving Wufei something to remember about today.
Now Wufei charged at Trowa and at the last moment he slid on the ground to stop himself and sweep kick him. As Trowa was falling he held his weight up with his hands, surprising Wufei and booting Wufei in the face. Half of Wufei's face started to swell and his nose released gushing blood.
Rage flashed through Wufei's eyes, he couldn't stand losing and really wanted to beat Trowa badly. He took off his muscle shirt and threw it to the floor.
"Thank you, that's enough for today. You can move to the weight room now." The speaker became alive. Wufei and Trowa looked at the mirror that reflected themselves. Behind the mirror stood many, many scientists who were very pleased with the fight they had just witnessed.
Cursing the moment, Wufei made his way out of the room. When he disappeared behind the door, Trowa did the same.
"So, what do you think of our boys?" One of the creepy scientists asked the unconvinced new man that showed up a little later after Duo and Heero. The man was very tall and large, and looked to be in his early forties, and very wealthy.
He sighed, "Show me more." He commanded. The creepy scientists gave each other funny looks, but complied with his wish.
*****
Quatre was put under an endurance test as Duo and Heero were set up in the training room. They weren't told of what kind of fighting they were to use, but they were both ready for this. There were some assistants that came into the room, and they started to set up a cage. It was a heavy iron cage with a lot of wire in it.
Duo and Heero walked inside of it, and then the iron doors shut, and locked them inside. Duo didn't have a good feeling about this, but Heero was emotionless, as usual.
Chairs were set up inside the training room, and the scientists sat down, intently anticipating the upcoming fight. The boys waited for the signal, and then they began.
They smashed themselves up pretty good. Heero had many more skills, you could tell, but Duo still did have a good amount of agility, and moves that were almost unthinkable. The fight lasted for a long time, neither soldier would give up. They could have cared less who was watching them, they just wanted to prove to themselves that they could beat each other.
Duo's shirt tore across the chest and he flipped himself over, before Heero threw a kick down on him. Heero backed up and Duo kicked flipped himself onto his feet. He was ready to pounce on Heero. Sweat rolled down his face. Determination flushed through his body.
It was definitely a tie. Heero threw one punch his way, Duo would return. They kept up with each other. Duo seemed tired though, almost like he could pass out, but he wasn't going to. It was no mistake, Heero had the upper hand. He was just better than them. Everything that he did passed beyond much over the others. He was the perfect soldier, and although he didn't feel he earned that name, he still had no competition.
Duo put forth every bit of effort he could muster, but the truth was he was wearing himself down. He didn't know how much more of this beating he could take, and believe you and me, he took quite the beating. Heero was almost indestructible. Duo did manage to knock him a few and blood splattered every where.
Their skin was stained with blood, every where there were bruises, scratches and broken skin. Duo almost broke his knuckles when he tried to punch Heero and Heero stopped him with his own fist.
Another hit. Duo was knocked against the cage. It was only pain he felt. The iron was not only hard, but sharp and it dug into his back. He bit his lip, now wasn't the time to complain about the pain he felt at the moment. He turned around and just hutched Heero in the face. The proud part of it was that Heero stumbled back a bit from the shatter in his cheek. It was a loud crack. Duo was almost afraid that he had broken Heero's jaw, but then he was sure he didn't even touch his jaw.
Now they both were tired of this fight, and decided it was time they ended it. They both gripped each other at the exact same time and they were bombarded by each other's weight, and as a result they flew hard into the wall of the cage. The cage couldn't take the force and it collapsed on top of them. The hard iron gated walls crashed against their bodies. Both grunted from the agonizing pain it produced.
The scientists gasped, and jumped out of their seats. All of the assistants came rushing into the room. They all used their strength and lifted the cage as high as they could. The other gundam pilots had been watching some of the fight and when the cage was lifted, they hauled the two bodies out from underneath the heavy weight of the cage, and dragged them through the change rooms to the infirmary.
There was no time for questions as the health care unit came pouring into the rooms. Duo gripped his side. As he fell Heero, unintentionally, lifted his knee and it smashed into Duo's side and then the cage landed atop of the same side.
Heero laid there stiff. He hadn't complained much, but his eyes were shut tight and he made muffled groans. They were suffering a lot right now. The others could do nothing but stand back and watch. Quatre felt helpless, and Trowa seemed tranced by their pain, like it was foreign. Wufei just stared, not really thinking anything, just waiting for something to happen.
The doctors set to work. They ripped their clothes off and did their best to clean the crusty and fresh blood away from their aching bodies. When it was more visible they knew right away that Heero's nose and cheek structure was fractured but he had no serious fracturements any where else. They examined him for another 10 minutes, and came to the conclusion that his breathing was limited. The weight of the cage had put too much pressure upon him and as a result it pushed more blood and oxygen out of his body. Immediately the nurses set up an oxygen mask and Heero had started breathing from an oxygen tank.
Duo, however did have some more broken bones. One of his ribs split in two, which caused the most pain than anything. They realized that his collarbone had a slight fracture and his hip had been crushed. He could breath fine, but he couldn't take it anymore, he was in agony. Duo hunched over (still lying on his side) into a crippled position. Then Duo felt a comfort. It didn't last for long, but it felt almost like a beckoning of death, and it was relieving his pain, allowing him to enjoy the painless moment. But the feeling disappeared. They were hurting incredibly.
The spent a few hours on them but finally the doctors had them stabilized. They needed a lot of rest. The doctors had ushered the other boys out of the room a while ago, and they had dressed and left the laboratory. The creepy scientists had checked on the two boys to make sure they were alright, and the two men that had come to see the performances were impressed, especially by the last duel. But because of it, Dr. J and the creepy scientists were short of one and maybe even two soldiers. They were going to have to find a replacement.
*****
Shinimegami watched these events. All of them. When Heero hadn't brought the case into the training room, she had given up on watching him from her world. Instead, she appeared at the laboratory and hid in the air vents, watching the fights that had taken place. She was amazed by it. It was very exciting, and the more she watched Heero take a hit, the more it became clearer to her that he was invincible. Sure, he took a bloody spill, but how much damage did he really achieve from all of this battling? Barely any. When the cage collapsed on top of Heero she didn't feel sorry for them, but she didn't not feel anything. Really, she didn't recognize the sensation that ran through her body. They had taken the bodies out of the room and into the infirmary, and Shinimegami crawled to another air vent. She watched.
The atmosphere was intense. She could smell the aroma of blood and the pain hit her like a brick wall. She could literally feel their souls. Suddenly her body collapsed and her spirit rose from her body. It resided in Duo's, only for the briefest of moments. She allowed him to feel the slightest rest that death would provide. He had a taste of it, and though he would never remember that this experience had happened, a part of this would always stay with him. Death always left an unseen mark upon one's body that never gives into the darkness.
When her spirit returned to her body, she woke with a strange feeling. She felt something that didn't belong there. Something like that of Duo's. Maybe when she marked him, he did the same to her. It was the weirdest ambiance ever. She looked at Heero. His name now seemed different, but better. He was every bit like her, and she wanted that back. She didn't feel she could share the same attitudes towards life with something who couldn't die.
Something broke the attention she committed to Heero. She looked to Heero's left. A few doctors and scientists were having a conversation. She could hear them quite clearly. They were talking about how they were going to need some replacements for a while. They didn't know where to go, or who to trust anymore because of the corruption that had started after the war. She smiled. She had a plan.
The first thing she had to do was .... Shinimegami shut her eyes and concentrated. Her mind became one with one of the scientists. She didn't know which one, but his mind was powerful, it knew things. It's mind was just as confused as Heero's and the ideas seemed just as twisted. She shared information, and gave him more ideas, false ideas. Then she released mind connection with him, and she started to choke. She had to leave because she couldn't let them hear her. She disappeared quickly.
"I have an idea," Dr. J said, "Why don't we give a little call to Kiruru Desuchini." The other scientists strangely looked at him, but did not complain because he seemed confident about it.
*****
When Shinimegami had returned to her world, she needed to move as fast as possible. First she found one of her henchmen to help her. She sat him down at a stone table with a phone in front of him. There they waited. As expected, the phone rang and he picked it up. Shinimegami's eyes glowed red. She stared into his fearful eyes and she took control over his whole mind. When she said a 'hello' he said hello into the phone. She controlled everything he said.
"Is this Kiruru Desuchini?" Dr. J asked.
"Yes," Shinimegami said, "How can I help you?"
"Would you, by any chance, have another recruit ready for me? We lost one today and we are desperate for a temporary one to fill his position." He said, not knowing this is what Shinimegami wanted all along.
"Of course, I have a fresh one ready to go. I'll have her there soon."
"Thank you-" Shinimegami hung the phone up, disconnecting Dr. J's and her conversation. And then she disconnected her and the soldiers thoughts. He stood up in a daze and questioned his reasoning for being there. She dismissed him and left the room herself. She had some more work to do.
First she sat down and looked into the mirror. She had short black hair, and violet eyes. She needed to change that. She closed her eyes and opened them again, but they glowed a different color. They were silver. She starred at her reflection in the mirror, and a power that consumed her, drew forth a bright flash. When the light died down she had wavy, long, crimson red hair and dark blue eyes that sparkled a green shine. She thought she looked good.
Then she looked at her new outfit. She was adorn in a red dress. It hung from her neck to the floor, with thigh high slits on both sides. But she whore buckled thigh socks and boot heels. She looked something from a Chinese culture but definitely did not feel like that. She was ready to meet the gundam pilots.
*****
It had been three days later before Heero could walk again. His breathing finally returned to normal. Duo had been able to get up earlier than him, but only with a lot of pain killers. He was definitely healthier because Heero watched him as he ate up a storm. When Duo had finished, he took a look at Heero.
"Look man, I know we fought more because we wanted to instead of having to, but... no hard feelings right?" He proposed to Heero, while holding his good hand out to him, hoping to gain a friendly shake. The other guys stopped what they were doing to watch. This was certainly an event. Heero starred at his hand, wondering if Duo was really all right. But, though it seemed not like himself to do so, Heero took Duo's offered hand and realized there was something different about him. Something he couldn't see, but he could tell there was something gained that hadn't been there the last time he saw him consciously.
Duo needed support from a crutch, but he could manage to walk upon his right leg, which his hip bone had been damaged. The boys walked out of the cafeteria and into the garage, where they got to see their gundam's again.
As they walked back towards the door Duo realized something right before it happened. He had totally forgotten about a prank he was going to pull before the fight happened. How come it didn't happen while he was in bed? "Ahhhh!" He screamed. A large net swept them all up into the air. Most of their legs hung out of the holes in the net, and the others got overly angered.
"Maxwell, what did you do!?!?!?!" Wufei screeched at him. Duo was occupied, screaming about his leg. Trowa, too, seemed pretty mad. And Quatre was in his own huff. Heero's breathing turned a little nasty, making him cough, but Duo patted his back helping him breathe better.
"Wufei, where's your katana?" Quatre asked. Oblivious to the fact that if the net were cut, then the already hurt people would get hurt again.
"I have it." Wufei stated, and unsheathed it. He put it through the hole and was about to cut, when Duo felt a twinge and kicked upwards as his reflex. He accidentally kicked Wufei's katana and it fell to the ground with a clank. Wufei glared dangerously at Duo, and Duo nervously smiled.
"HELP!!!!!!!!" Duo screamed. He wasn't getting very nice reactions from any of them, and didn't feel very comfortable around angry people.
A person stepped up to the group of boys dangling from the roof. They hadn't noticed her, but she reached her small, silky hand down and picked the katana up. She twirled it around and sliced the net. The five boys fell to the ground with a loud yelp from Duo, as his leg hit the ground harder than he anticipated.
The boys all looked up to the source of their aid. It was a girl, about their age. She had long, flowing, wavy red hair and blue eyes. She was very beautiful and somewhat Chinese resembling. She held a duffle bag in one arm and a smirk on her face. She stared at them with amusement.
"Who are you?" Quatre asked amazed.
"I'm Funderu Kurashi." She smiled at them. Duo melted.
Dr. J approached them and stood beside Funderu. "Boys, meet your new partner." They looked at her like she was surreal, even though she was surreal.
Her smile grew, she knew this was going to be fun.
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Well, that only took me forever. The Japanese that I wrote, I don't know if it's real. Funderu Kurashi is supposed to mean 'Thunder Crash" and Kiruru Desuchini means 'Kill Destiny'. Um, I didn't actually get that many reviews for my second chapter but it's ok, I hope I can get at least ~15~ for this one, so if you read it and want to read the next, it would be a good idea to review. Thanks for those who are being patient with this fic. It's hard to think up ideas. Hahaha, most of you probably know what that's like. So please, I hoped you like it, and review.
Ja Ane, Megami*Silence