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Untitled and open for suggestions By Mint Maxwell
Chapter 3
"Pan?" The name sounded very familiar. "You're wrong. I think I do know you, or at least know who you are. When I was little, Solo was the only one who knew I was destined to be the Great Shinigami, and he told me about several people including you. He told me about a girl who used a magic pipe to dispel demons." Pan looked at Duo and smiled shyly. "Yes, that would be me, I guess. What all did he say about me?" Duo began to walk toward her. "It doesn't matter, I trust you." "That's good to hear." She walked on past him. "Where are you going?" She stopped and looked back at him. "If you know who I am then it should seem very obvious to you. I'm going to the forest." Duo watched her go without saying a word, but then she vanished in to the trees. "but I need help." He thought he heard himself say, and he knew that he really did. Then he remembered Heero. Duo rushed inside to see if his friend was alright. Heero was still lying in the kitchen floor, unconscious, but still breathing. That was good, now all he had to do was explain what was going on to the rest of the guys when they got home. He decided to try and clean up some of the broken vases and things before then, but first he had to treat his wounds. Duo climbed the stairs to his bedroom.
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He didn't have to wait long. In an hour, Trowa came home. All the silent pilot could do was look around the living room in shock. "It's probably not what you think!" Duo reassured him. "For instance, it didn't involve me and sugar, or caffeine!" Trowa finally spoke. "Why did Heero leave you here alone? Where is he anyway?" Duo pointed up in the general direction of the bedrooms. "Actually, he was here the whole time, and before you ask, I'm not going to tell you exactly what happened, I'm not even going to give you a general idea, until Heero wakes up!" "Until Heero wakes up?"
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Later that night, Heero did wake up, and they all sat in the den trying to learn the truth about what had happened to the poor house. "Do you believe what happened to you, Heero? Because if you don't, then there's no use in me trying to explain it to the others." "No. I know what I saw. But all I want to know is what was it and what was it trying to do to me?" Duo looks down at the floor. "It was some type of Demon, and it had something to do with the curse, but I really don't know what it was trying to do to you. In fact, I was kind of wondering the same thing myself." Quatre interjected, "Duo, please tell us all exactly what is going on right now." Duo gave the carpet another thoughtful look, but then he just stood up and left the room. Quatre tried to follow him, but Duo left the house, and went into the woods.
In the forest, Duo called to Pan. "Pan? Pan where are you? I need you." In a moment, the little wood sprite appeared beside him. "Yes? What might you need my help with?" Duo grabbed her hand and began leading her out of the forest. "What are you doing?" "I need your help in explaining what happened earlier." She grabbed onto a tree, and refused to let go. "I shouldn't! Your friends shouldn't even see me!" "It'll be alright. Besides, who I'm really wanting you to explain it too is Heero. He's the one that Demon was after." Pan gasps. "He was the one?! Then I must see him! Why was it after him?" Duo grabs both of her hands, and attempts to take her to the house again. "I don't know, Pan, but maybe we'll find out if you'll just come talk to him about it."
Finally, Pan gave in. Heero asked her his first question even before she could sit down. "What did that thing want from me?!" The little sprite sat down then looked at Heero sadly. "I think what that whole thing was about was it knows that you are somehow joined to the Great
Shinigami and it needed you to get close to him." Heero looked confused and Duo found something interesting on the ceiling. "Who is the 'Great Shinigami'?" Pan only looked over at Duo. "Duo? Duo is the Great Shinigami? How?" Duo then came back into the conversation. "I'm afraid it's true. I am Shinigami. I have been sensing something strange from this house ever since we moved in, but no one would listen to me. But now you know! That Demon had something to do with the curse, didn't it Pan?" Pan suddenly perked up. "CURSE?! What curse?!" "There was a spell or a curse or something. I found it in the kitchen." Pan looked thoughtful for a moment. "I believe I know what it is. If that monster was stemmed from that, then it is a curse, but not just any curse. There are many types of curses. The type we're dealing with is very dangerous indeed. I may have to call in the professionals!" Heero and Duo both arched an eyebrow and replied in unison, "Professionals?"
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That night, Pan left, and informed Duo that it would probably be for good. "With the two I'm sending over, you won't need me anymore. I'll just get out of your way. Good-bye, young Shinigami." And with that she was gone.
The next morning, Heero, naturally the first one up, stumbled sleepily down the stairs and into the kitchen. The first things he saw were two girls sitting at the table. One had black hair, and was helping herself to the eggs. The other was a blonde with cat tail and ears and was asleep, and drooling a puddle on the tablecloth. Heero didn't say a word, just calmly went back upstairs and called for Duo. "Duo. Some more of your little friends are here." Duo awoke from his peaceful slumber. "Friends?" "Obviously the 'Professionals'" Heero growled. If there was one thing he hated it was being disturbed with company when he had just woken up. Of course, Duo didn't like the situation anymore than Heero did, and he clomped down the stairs with an annoyed, sleepy look on his face. Oh, sleep, his precious love. He was actually sleeping soundly because the thought of Pan sending 'professionals' over to aid him in his problem reassured him a little, but then that very priceless sleep was taken away from him for the exact same reason. Damn them all.
"Who are you?" he demanded, then looking at the blonde. "what are you?" the black haired girl looked up from her plate, saying simply, "Pan sent us." Duo looked at her. "So, you are the 'professionals' may I presume?" neither uninvited guest said a word so Duo spoke again. "Are you really professionals? Are you going to help me with my problem, or are you just going to eat all of our food and make us a lake in the kitchen?" The girl looked up. "I may help you, just watch what you say, or you may get turned into something you won't like." "Like you even could. What are you going to turn the Great Shinigami into?" the ebony haired dame resumed eating. "Exactly what he is. A big braying ass." As if Duo wasn't already angry enough that comment pushed him over the edge. "I just don't like being disturbed from my sleep early in the morning! Besides, you're the ass here, not me!" the young woman rose from her place at the table and went to the refrigerator to get some apple juice. "Aww, the poor little baby. Isn't that just too bad? But have you looked in the mirror this morning? Not exactly the style for you." Duo was in his boxers and his hair was in a huge tangle. Usually, he would have combed his hair before he even left his bedroom. This morning he had forgotten it, but now he didn't even care. This bitch had started a war he intended to win, tangled or not.
The scene would have turned into a brawl if it hadn't been for a small dozy voice. "But I want the chocolate sauce.!" It said incoherently. Duo stopped where he was. "By the way, what is that?" The black haired girl looked to have taken offense in his last sentence. "My name is Scarla." She said in a very hostile voice. "And this is Miss Kitty, and she's not a 'what' she's a 'who'. Duo looked at Miss Kitty. "Is she going to wake up?" As if in answer, Miss Kitty raised her head and looked Duo directly in the eye. For some reason this sudden movement of the cat thing startled Duo and he jumped about three feet off the floor. Miss Kitty just continued to stare at him. It was another minute before she spoke again. "Why are you in your underwear?" Duo still didn't say anything. "I'm not wearing any underwear. Did you know that?" Scarla's face turned red. "Why are you telling him that?!" Duo turned to Scarla and gave her that deliciously evil smile that he's known for. "What's with you? You're acting like she just said that you weren't wearing any." She yelled back at him, "I AM WEARING UNDERWEAR! I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT A PERVERT LIKE YOU WAS STARTING TO THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THAT SHE WASN'T!!!!!" Miss Kitty said, "actually, I am wearing underwear." Scarla looked at her. " then why did you say that you weren't?" Miss Kitty looked confused at her own behavior for a minute. "I don't really know." Duo just rolled his eyes. "and for your information," duo said, "I am not a pervert!" Duo declared, even though his mind had started to wander into the gutter. "And the only thing that I'm thinking about right now is going back to bed." He started toward the stairs, but Scarla spoke to him again. "You don't have time for that. We need to get on this curse thing as soon as we possibly can. It's getting worse." Duo turned around. He hadn't even known that she really felt it, but indeed, she was feeling it even more closely than he was.
"Ok then, what do you suggest that we do?" she looked shocked to hear that it was a serious question and not sarcasm. Was she really judging him that way this early. Her voice startled him out of his thoughts. "and before you start thinking that I'm judging you, take a look at how you've already judged me." He couldn't think of anything to answer. Had she read his mind? No. no, that would be ridiculous. No one can read minds. Of course, this woman was not just anyone. She had been appointed to help the Great Shinigami. Duo decided not to question it, but instead turned to go upstairs. He would need his scythe to help him deal with this problem.
When he returned downstairs, scythe in hand, Miss Kitty was already sitting on the kitchen table in some sort of trance. Scarla was watching her. He wasn't familiar with trances, but he had a feeling that he should be as quiet as possible, so he didn't move. In a moment, she came out of the trance, and immediately began to look perplexed. "this spirit," she began to explain, "isn't like other spirits at all. It needs to be learned about first." Duo walked toward her. "What do you mean? I thought we could just exorcise the ghost, and that would be that." She looked at him like he wasn't two feet taller than her. He knew that they both thought of him as a child on the grounds of exorcism. "well, I just learned a few things while I was in my trance, that's all. I learned that the spirit in the kitchen is so directly connected to the curse that we are going to have to put the spirit to rest before this curse is even thinking about going anywhere. Second, I learned that there are many other prominent spirits residing in this house, though many of them aren't connected with this house at all." Duo wondered what she meant, but she trailed off, and he didn't want to ask. He was afraid that she would think him utterly stupid, especially considering that she seemed to think the answer quite simple.
Then Miss Kitty got up from the table and went outside. "Where are you going?" Duo asked. Miss Kitty turned around and smiled broadly at him. "I'm going to get my candles!" she said joyfully. "we're going to have to have a séance tonight!" and then she hurried out of the kitchen. "oh don't worry." Scarla voiced. " she's an expert at this sort of thing! And we don't think of you as a child. It's not your fault that no one was here to teach you your trade." Duo's mouth dropped open for a minute. She did it again! "no one can learn without a teacher now can they?" then without further explanation, she made her way into the living room with a cup of cocoa. He was definitely going to have to be more careful about what he thought.
Mint: end of chapter three! Certainly took me long enough, eh? Duo really may be 2 feet taller than Kitty. It's always bothered me how short Duo is even though he's supposed to be American! (and I know that some American guys are really short no offense to any one!) but it does! So, for my own purposes, I decided to make him taller, and besides, Kitty is supposed to be pretty short herself! Scarla isn't though. She's probably only about 2 or 3 inches shorter than Duo. Please Read and review! And stay tuned for chapter number four! I have really good things planned for chapter four so it probably isn't going to take me as long! (hopefully!)
Untitled and open for suggestions By Mint Maxwell
Chapter 3
"Pan?" The name sounded very familiar. "You're wrong. I think I do know you, or at least know who you are. When I was little, Solo was the only one who knew I was destined to be the Great Shinigami, and he told me about several people including you. He told me about a girl who used a magic pipe to dispel demons." Pan looked at Duo and smiled shyly. "Yes, that would be me, I guess. What all did he say about me?" Duo began to walk toward her. "It doesn't matter, I trust you." "That's good to hear." She walked on past him. "Where are you going?" She stopped and looked back at him. "If you know who I am then it should seem very obvious to you. I'm going to the forest." Duo watched her go without saying a word, but then she vanished in to the trees. "but I need help." He thought he heard himself say, and he knew that he really did. Then he remembered Heero. Duo rushed inside to see if his friend was alright. Heero was still lying in the kitchen floor, unconscious, but still breathing. That was good, now all he had to do was explain what was going on to the rest of the guys when they got home. He decided to try and clean up some of the broken vases and things before then, but first he had to treat his wounds. Duo climbed the stairs to his bedroom.
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He didn't have to wait long. In an hour, Trowa came home. All the silent pilot could do was look around the living room in shock. "It's probably not what you think!" Duo reassured him. "For instance, it didn't involve me and sugar, or caffeine!" Trowa finally spoke. "Why did Heero leave you here alone? Where is he anyway?" Duo pointed up in the general direction of the bedrooms. "Actually, he was here the whole time, and before you ask, I'm not going to tell you exactly what happened, I'm not even going to give you a general idea, until Heero wakes up!" "Until Heero wakes up?"
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Later that night, Heero did wake up, and they all sat in the den trying to learn the truth about what had happened to the poor house. "Do you believe what happened to you, Heero? Because if you don't, then there's no use in me trying to explain it to the others." "No. I know what I saw. But all I want to know is what was it and what was it trying to do to me?" Duo looks down at the floor. "It was some type of Demon, and it had something to do with the curse, but I really don't know what it was trying to do to you. In fact, I was kind of wondering the same thing myself." Quatre interjected, "Duo, please tell us all exactly what is going on right now." Duo gave the carpet another thoughtful look, but then he just stood up and left the room. Quatre tried to follow him, but Duo left the house, and went into the woods.
In the forest, Duo called to Pan. "Pan? Pan where are you? I need you." In a moment, the little wood sprite appeared beside him. "Yes? What might you need my help with?" Duo grabbed her hand and began leading her out of the forest. "What are you doing?" "I need your help in explaining what happened earlier." She grabbed onto a tree, and refused to let go. "I shouldn't! Your friends shouldn't even see me!" "It'll be alright. Besides, who I'm really wanting you to explain it too is Heero. He's the one that Demon was after." Pan gasps. "He was the one?! Then I must see him! Why was it after him?" Duo grabs both of her hands, and attempts to take her to the house again. "I don't know, Pan, but maybe we'll find out if you'll just come talk to him about it."
Finally, Pan gave in. Heero asked her his first question even before she could sit down. "What did that thing want from me?!" The little sprite sat down then looked at Heero sadly. "I think what that whole thing was about was it knows that you are somehow joined to the Great
Shinigami and it needed you to get close to him." Heero looked confused and Duo found something interesting on the ceiling. "Who is the 'Great Shinigami'?" Pan only looked over at Duo. "Duo? Duo is the Great Shinigami? How?" Duo then came back into the conversation. "I'm afraid it's true. I am Shinigami. I have been sensing something strange from this house ever since we moved in, but no one would listen to me. But now you know! That Demon had something to do with the curse, didn't it Pan?" Pan suddenly perked up. "CURSE?! What curse?!" "There was a spell or a curse or something. I found it in the kitchen." Pan looked thoughtful for a moment. "I believe I know what it is. If that monster was stemmed from that, then it is a curse, but not just any curse. There are many types of curses. The type we're dealing with is very dangerous indeed. I may have to call in the professionals!" Heero and Duo both arched an eyebrow and replied in unison, "Professionals?"
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That night, Pan left, and informed Duo that it would probably be for good. "With the two I'm sending over, you won't need me anymore. I'll just get out of your way. Good-bye, young Shinigami." And with that she was gone.
The next morning, Heero, naturally the first one up, stumbled sleepily down the stairs and into the kitchen. The first things he saw were two girls sitting at the table. One had black hair, and was helping herself to the eggs. The other was a blonde with cat tail and ears and was asleep, and drooling a puddle on the tablecloth. Heero didn't say a word, just calmly went back upstairs and called for Duo. "Duo. Some more of your little friends are here." Duo awoke from his peaceful slumber. "Friends?" "Obviously the 'Professionals'" Heero growled. If there was one thing he hated it was being disturbed with company when he had just woken up. Of course, Duo didn't like the situation anymore than Heero did, and he clomped down the stairs with an annoyed, sleepy look on his face. Oh, sleep, his precious love. He was actually sleeping soundly because the thought of Pan sending 'professionals' over to aid him in his problem reassured him a little, but then that very priceless sleep was taken away from him for the exact same reason. Damn them all.
"Who are you?" he demanded, then looking at the blonde. "what are you?" the black haired girl looked up from her plate, saying simply, "Pan sent us." Duo looked at her. "So, you are the 'professionals' may I presume?" neither uninvited guest said a word so Duo spoke again. "Are you really professionals? Are you going to help me with my problem, or are you just going to eat all of our food and make us a lake in the kitchen?" The girl looked up. "I may help you, just watch what you say, or you may get turned into something you won't like." "Like you even could. What are you going to turn the Great Shinigami into?" the ebony haired dame resumed eating. "Exactly what he is. A big braying ass." As if Duo wasn't already angry enough that comment pushed him over the edge. "I just don't like being disturbed from my sleep early in the morning! Besides, you're the ass here, not me!" the young woman rose from her place at the table and went to the refrigerator to get some apple juice. "Aww, the poor little baby. Isn't that just too bad? But have you looked in the mirror this morning? Not exactly the style for you." Duo was in his boxers and his hair was in a huge tangle. Usually, he would have combed his hair before he even left his bedroom. This morning he had forgotten it, but now he didn't even care. This bitch had started a war he intended to win, tangled or not.
The scene would have turned into a brawl if it hadn't been for a small dozy voice. "But I want the chocolate sauce.!" It said incoherently. Duo stopped where he was. "By the way, what is that?" The black haired girl looked to have taken offense in his last sentence. "My name is Scarla." She said in a very hostile voice. "And this is Miss Kitty, and she's not a 'what' she's a 'who'. Duo looked at Miss Kitty. "Is she going to wake up?" As if in answer, Miss Kitty raised her head and looked Duo directly in the eye. For some reason this sudden movement of the cat thing startled Duo and he jumped about three feet off the floor. Miss Kitty just continued to stare at him. It was another minute before she spoke again. "Why are you in your underwear?" Duo still didn't say anything. "I'm not wearing any underwear. Did you know that?" Scarla's face turned red. "Why are you telling him that?!" Duo turned to Scarla and gave her that deliciously evil smile that he's known for. "What's with you? You're acting like she just said that you weren't wearing any." She yelled back at him, "I AM WEARING UNDERWEAR! I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT A PERVERT LIKE YOU WAS STARTING TO THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THAT SHE WASN'T!!!!!" Miss Kitty said, "actually, I am wearing underwear." Scarla looked at her. " then why did you say that you weren't?" Miss Kitty looked confused at her own behavior for a minute. "I don't really know." Duo just rolled his eyes. "and for your information," duo said, "I am not a pervert!" Duo declared, even though his mind had started to wander into the gutter. "And the only thing that I'm thinking about right now is going back to bed." He started toward the stairs, but Scarla spoke to him again. "You don't have time for that. We need to get on this curse thing as soon as we possibly can. It's getting worse." Duo turned around. He hadn't even known that she really felt it, but indeed, she was feeling it even more closely than he was.
"Ok then, what do you suggest that we do?" she looked shocked to hear that it was a serious question and not sarcasm. Was she really judging him that way this early. Her voice startled him out of his thoughts. "and before you start thinking that I'm judging you, take a look at how you've already judged me." He couldn't think of anything to answer. Had she read his mind? No. no, that would be ridiculous. No one can read minds. Of course, this woman was not just anyone. She had been appointed to help the Great Shinigami. Duo decided not to question it, but instead turned to go upstairs. He would need his scythe to help him deal with this problem.
When he returned downstairs, scythe in hand, Miss Kitty was already sitting on the kitchen table in some sort of trance. Scarla was watching her. He wasn't familiar with trances, but he had a feeling that he should be as quiet as possible, so he didn't move. In a moment, she came out of the trance, and immediately began to look perplexed. "this spirit," she began to explain, "isn't like other spirits at all. It needs to be learned about first." Duo walked toward her. "What do you mean? I thought we could just exorcise the ghost, and that would be that." She looked at him like he wasn't two feet taller than her. He knew that they both thought of him as a child on the grounds of exorcism. "well, I just learned a few things while I was in my trance, that's all. I learned that the spirit in the kitchen is so directly connected to the curse that we are going to have to put the spirit to rest before this curse is even thinking about going anywhere. Second, I learned that there are many other prominent spirits residing in this house, though many of them aren't connected with this house at all." Duo wondered what she meant, but she trailed off, and he didn't want to ask. He was afraid that she would think him utterly stupid, especially considering that she seemed to think the answer quite simple.
Then Miss Kitty got up from the table and went outside. "Where are you going?" Duo asked. Miss Kitty turned around and smiled broadly at him. "I'm going to get my candles!" she said joyfully. "we're going to have to have a séance tonight!" and then she hurried out of the kitchen. "oh don't worry." Scarla voiced. " she's an expert at this sort of thing! And we don't think of you as a child. It's not your fault that no one was here to teach you your trade." Duo's mouth dropped open for a minute. She did it again! "no one can learn without a teacher now can they?" then without further explanation, she made her way into the living room with a cup of cocoa. He was definitely going to have to be more careful about what he thought.
Mint: end of chapter three! Certainly took me long enough, eh? Duo really may be 2 feet taller than Kitty. It's always bothered me how short Duo is even though he's supposed to be American! (and I know that some American guys are really short no offense to any one!) but it does! So, for my own purposes, I decided to make him taller, and besides, Kitty is supposed to be pretty short herself! Scarla isn't though. She's probably only about 2 or 3 inches shorter than Duo. Please Read and review! And stay tuned for chapter number four! I have really good things planned for chapter four so it probably isn't going to take me as long! (hopefully!)