FACES
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Hermione reached into her purse and touched her gun and her wand. She had carried them with her ever since the incident.
"You have no need to use magic. Or a gun," the man said without ever looking back.
"How did ---" Hermione began to ask. She stopped. It seemed to be in his nature to know what others were doing.
The man glanced back at her. He was grinning.
"What should I call you?" Hermione asked him.
"What do you mean?"
"What should I call you? Everyone has a name."
"What's yours?"
"I asked you first."
The man bowed his head. "They call me Duat. What is your name, child?"
Hermione searched in her head for something. She did not want to use her real name. It may lead her into too much trouble. "Sango," she blurted out, thinking of Inuyasha, her favorite anime.
"Well then, Sango," the man said, sounding amused, "welcome."
'I could have come up with a better name than that . . .' Hermione thought. 'Sango? Jesus that's sad . . .'
"Sango. Put this on. No one can see your face after you are led in," Duat explained, handing her a coat similar to his. Hermione realized he had led her to a large building. The doors loomed before her.
Hermione carefully took the coat and put it on. Surprisingly, she could see through the hood, though she could not see through anyone else's.
"Duat?"
"Yes?" he said, turning around.
"What is this place?"
"You will see . . ."
"Are you --- are you Death Eaters?"
"No, child . . . Is there something else?"
"Yes; call me Ran."
Duat chuckled. "Ran . . . goddess of the drowned. Come."
He led her swiftly into a large room. A circle was formed, of those in the dark robes. Duat stood at the front. "Meet Ran. She may join us." He motioned for her to sit next to him.
"Shinigami. Honir."
Two robed figures stood up. "Honir, take Ran to the Chamber. Shinigami, come with me."
The robed figured nodded and Duat looked at Hermione. "Ran. You shall be safe with them. Do not worry, we mean you no harm. Only truth . . . only truth."
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Hermione was led into a large room equipped with two chairs.
"Wait here," Honir said. The deep voice came far from beneath the hood. He went to stand by the door.
"Am I allowed to sit?" Hermione called.
Honir nodded.
'Not much for talk in this place, are they?' she thought, sitting down. The black chairs were surprisingly comfortable. Everything in the room was black.
'So happy . . .' she mused. 'So just like me.'
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"Sir?"
"Yes, Shinigami?" Duat responded commandingly.
Shinigami bowed his head. "Sir, are you sure about this Ran? Is she really one of us?"
"She may grow to be, Shinigami. And that is all you need to know."
"But, sir . . . she reminds me of someone. And I know that person would never fit in with us."
"But is she that person?"
"Well, I don't ---"
"You don't know, do you? You don't know her . . ."
Shinigami looked at the hem of his robes. "No, sir."
"You have not heard her poetry. It describes us. She is one of us. I can sense it."
"Yes, sir."
"You will see, child. Soon, you will see . . ."
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(Duat = Hell in Egyptian Mythology)
(Ran = Goddess of the Drowned in Norse Mythology)
(Shinigami = God of Death in Japanese)
(A/N: I must also add that I do not own Gundam Wing, and the only similarity between this story and Gundam Wing is the use of the name "Shinigami." Shinigami cannot be compared to Duo Maxwell in any way and clues to his identity are not given in Duo's character. ^_^ )
(Honir = God of Silence in Norse Mythology)
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LAHAK
Serenity
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Hermione reached into her purse and touched her gun and her wand. She had carried them with her ever since the incident.
"You have no need to use magic. Or a gun," the man said without ever looking back.
"How did ---" Hermione began to ask. She stopped. It seemed to be in his nature to know what others were doing.
The man glanced back at her. He was grinning.
"What should I call you?" Hermione asked him.
"What do you mean?"
"What should I call you? Everyone has a name."
"What's yours?"
"I asked you first."
The man bowed his head. "They call me Duat. What is your name, child?"
Hermione searched in her head for something. She did not want to use her real name. It may lead her into too much trouble. "Sango," she blurted out, thinking of Inuyasha, her favorite anime.
"Well then, Sango," the man said, sounding amused, "welcome."
'I could have come up with a better name than that . . .' Hermione thought. 'Sango? Jesus that's sad . . .'
"Sango. Put this on. No one can see your face after you are led in," Duat explained, handing her a coat similar to his. Hermione realized he had led her to a large building. The doors loomed before her.
Hermione carefully took the coat and put it on. Surprisingly, she could see through the hood, though she could not see through anyone else's.
"Duat?"
"Yes?" he said, turning around.
"What is this place?"
"You will see . . ."
"Are you --- are you Death Eaters?"
"No, child . . . Is there something else?"
"Yes; call me Ran."
Duat chuckled. "Ran . . . goddess of the drowned. Come."
He led her swiftly into a large room. A circle was formed, of those in the dark robes. Duat stood at the front. "Meet Ran. She may join us." He motioned for her to sit next to him.
"Shinigami. Honir."
Two robed figures stood up. "Honir, take Ran to the Chamber. Shinigami, come with me."
The robed figured nodded and Duat looked at Hermione. "Ran. You shall be safe with them. Do not worry, we mean you no harm. Only truth . . . only truth."
-----
Hermione was led into a large room equipped with two chairs.
"Wait here," Honir said. The deep voice came far from beneath the hood. He went to stand by the door.
"Am I allowed to sit?" Hermione called.
Honir nodded.
'Not much for talk in this place, are they?' she thought, sitting down. The black chairs were surprisingly comfortable. Everything in the room was black.
'So happy . . .' she mused. 'So just like me.'
-----
"Sir?"
"Yes, Shinigami?" Duat responded commandingly.
Shinigami bowed his head. "Sir, are you sure about this Ran? Is she really one of us?"
"She may grow to be, Shinigami. And that is all you need to know."
"But, sir . . . she reminds me of someone. And I know that person would never fit in with us."
"But is she that person?"
"Well, I don't ---"
"You don't know, do you? You don't know her . . ."
Shinigami looked at the hem of his robes. "No, sir."
"You have not heard her poetry. It describes us. She is one of us. I can sense it."
"Yes, sir."
"You will see, child. Soon, you will see . . ."
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(Duat = Hell in Egyptian Mythology)
(Ran = Goddess of the Drowned in Norse Mythology)
(Shinigami = God of Death in Japanese)
(A/N: I must also add that I do not own Gundam Wing, and the only similarity between this story and Gundam Wing is the use of the name "Shinigami." Shinigami cannot be compared to Duo Maxwell in any way and clues to his identity are not given in Duo's character. ^_^ )
(Honir = God of Silence in Norse Mythology)
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LAHAK
Serenity