Author's Notes: Read if you want...

Ryu-Sama - Wow... People love me... Sorry, I was gone a lot longer than I thought I'd be...

Thank yous,

Tenku-no-Sora, One of my friends was having a hard time with that too... I hope it gets easier...

Danyella Skyler Silverfire, *looks innocent and whistles*

Bri Yami-neko, Yeah... I wasn't originally gonna have John go with them... but... I'm glad I did.

Ilanna, Maz is back... And is still trying to get the duct tape out of her hair... I'll never understand some people's obsession with their appearance.

L.C.B, *sweatdrops* Actually... I was going to put a lot of things in here... but no DBZ actually... not unless I get into an "aliens!" thing...

With the description... I'm afraid to do that... 'cause I'd get carried away... Read to much Tolkien.... He was really into the descriptive thing... And yeah... After a while... the plot will be developed... but once I do that it won't be very much comedy... angstish I think... In a weird sort of way...

Name suggestion will be thought about but... a big problem with that... is that I myself find those kind of titles a turn off...

About my A/N's, which part do you mean? The whole thing, or what?

It's "R" because I'm not sure if I'm gonna end up typing something that makes it "bad" or not... and there was a bit of bloody violence... Long reviews don't bother me, I enjoy reading them if they're helpful. I'll think about the suggestions, but on the A/N thing... There's nothing in there, generally, that you would need to know, but I might address reader questions, there... or something... use it to explain................... I dunno.... I'm really tired right now.

Warnings for the chapter: If I told you... It would ruin the surprise.

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Duo choked... and glared. "You remind me of Heero. The guy's an absolute bastard!"

"Who's an absolute bastard?" a cold voice asked from behind.

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Duo jumped glancing at the speaker. "Whadaya know... Speak o' the devil, nya?"

Heero glared. Bakura backed away slowly. He'd already heard that the pyrokinetic had a terrible temper.

Duo calmly threw an arm over Heero's shoulder. "Yanno, man, you have major people issues. I've been tryin' ta make friends with you the entire time you've been here..."

Heero pushed Duo's arm off of him, glared and walked away, saying nothing else.

"Hey!" Duo called after him, "You forgot to leave your number!" Once Heero was out of sight however, he slumped against his locker. "Creepy, isn't he?"

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It was kind of cold. The ground was shrouded in mist. Every step sent swirls of white around Duo's white clad legs. There were lights ahead.

Curious, he walked towards them. When he reached the lights, he saw people. Lots of people. In fact, there seemed to be a party going on. Sitting near him, dressed in Chinese formal clothes, was a boy who didn't look very happy. He was glaring in the direction of a young woman, also dressed formally, who was talking with an old man.

Duo was curious, so he decided to ask the other boy what was wrong. "Hey," he asked, "are you alright?"

The boy scowled at him, and turned away, turning back again almost immediately. "What is a underdressed child doing here?" his tone dripped with hollow disgust.

Duo blinked. He had done nothing to deserve such a tone... had he? Duo scowled back, "What do you mean, underdressed? Everyone here seems to be overdressed! Including you!............. Is this a costume party?"

The other boy scowled, again, shaking his head. "Not another one. You wouldn't believe how long it took for them to find the last one."

Duo stared at him for a moment, confused, "What's your name?"

"Chang WuFei. Go away."

Duo snickered, "You rhymed... I'm Duo Maxwell... Or if you would prefer... Shinigami!"

WuFei covered his eyes. "I can't wait until they find you."

Duo stared at him blankly. "What do you mean, 'find me'?"

WuFei just shook his head, not wanting to be the one to explain.

"You know," Duo murmured, "this place is actually kind of pretty..." He stepped away from WuFei, tripping over something on the ground.

WuFei grabbed his hand to help him up... just as Duo noticed what he tripped over...

A gravestone.

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"Uuuuwaaaaahhhhhhahhhaa......!!!" Duo screamed, waking up. He promptly started choking on his own breath.

Everyone in class had jumped at the cry. Pietro and Kurt stared at each other from their places atop the bookshelf.

"Do you remember anything zat scary on ze test? I haven't finished yet," Kurt said, apologetically.

Pietro shook his head. "No...Hewasasleep...ScaredthebeJezuzoutametoo..."

Back to Duo... He was still at his seat hyperventilating. "Aw man... I thought I was dead..."

Rogue looked frazzled. "Ya awright? What was dat all about? Sorry, but ya look like ya 'bout ta start cryin'."

Duo released a shaky breath... "Well... I was at this party... And I was talking to this one guy... And I tripped over a gravestone..."

The teacher snorted. "Let me guess... Yours?"

He shook his head... "No... It sounded like I got murdered or something in the graveyard... 'cause that one guy sounded like he couldn't wait 'til 'they' found me..."

Behind him, Kurt had already climbed down from the bookshelf. Pietro still sat at the top of it. "How do I get down from here?"

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Back at the graveyard...

There was an ancient, very expensive looking, crypt. If you could find it through the heavy mist and the other tombs, you would see engraved on the entrance, "Chang WuFei Born 1836 October 25 Died 1851 December 1 'In defense of JUSTICE' Chang Meilan Born 1836 November 5 Died 1852 February 19 'Passing on JUSTICE'"

Deep within this crypt, an annoyed voice was speaking. "How did I get back down here?"

Chang WuFei growled at the ceiling. "Why am I in my casket?"

He got up and tried to walked out. He sat back, cursing fluently in ancient Mandarin. "That hurt!"

He paused thinking about what he had just said. "How could that hurt?" He looked back at his casket.

It was empty.

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Ryu-Sama - See! I told you so!!! And remember...

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Ryu - You might be glad to know...

Max - ...............

Ryu - That I have both of my muses here and safe... And little Lori (as a third muse.... honestly, I think it's Maz's kid...).....

Max - ...........................

Ryu - So! I have no excuse....... other than having been gone, to have too much trouble writing...............

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