Chapter 2

"So why you here?" Duo asked Soa, the pilots had gotten home after three and were now sitting in the living room. Soa looked surprised.

"Can't I say hello to my brother?"

"SoA." Duo said warningly. The youth laughed.

"Christ, you sound just like mother. I always knew you had a feminine side to you." he ducked the black bolt of darkness Duo threw at him.

"So your beginning to get your powers back huh?" Duo nodded.

"They're still weak." Duo said staring at his hand. Then smiled.

"You didn't answer my question, why are you here?"

"Duo, I told you-"

"Soa." Duo interrupted. "Whenever you came to earth in the past, there was always a reason." Soa stared, blinked, then laughed.

"God! That far along already?! You've already got memories, I'll have to watch my step."

"I remember that tarantula incident." Duo remarked thoughtfully. "Though I wish I didn't, all those legs crawling down my back. . . . . ." He shuddered, Soa broke into laughter again.

"In a former life, I think it was the 1569th time we'd been reincarnated." The golden eyed youth replied to the wondering stares of the other pilots.

"1570." Duo corrected.

"Pardon, we were twins as usual, cept Duo was a girl that time."

"Don't remind me please?" Duo pleaded. Wufei snickered.

"He, I mean she-"

"Soa!"

More laughter, this time from everyone.

"HE, was really pissing me off, and wouldn't you know it? I have a pet tarantula, so. I take the spider, creep up behind him, dump my furry little pet down his shirt. Poor guy, screaming the whole afternoon." Duo tackled Soa at this point, all magic forgotten.

"HEY!" A voice squeaked. Soa pushed his brother off. And smiled apologetically.

"Sorry Garda." The boy said and smiled at the glowering little fairy.

"Who, or WHAT is that?!" Wufei whispered awed.

"Respect please." The fairy shouted holding her hands on her hips and her nose in the air.

"Hard to respect something so puny." Duo declared as he looked at her.

"Watch it Shinigami." She warned opening an eye to glared at him.

"Introduction please." Trowa murmured.

"This is Garda." Soa told them. "She's not a god, but just as important. By royal birth, she's the queen of fairies. Bit corny ain't it?"

"You try being a queen!" Garda hissed at him.

"Not female." The youth retorted grinning smugly.

"Although there was that time in England. . . . . . . ." Duo trailed off. Soa pointed a finger at his twin's mouth and a small line shot out of his finger, it hit Duo's mouth and the braided pilot's mouth snapped shut.

He glared at Soa, tapped his mouth and opened his lips again.

"Evil." He muttered.

"GOD! Don't you people sleep?!" Relena demanded as she rubbed her eyes, looking annoyed at all of them. She had decided that she was going to stay here for a while.

"Gods don't sleep. Neither do Gundam pilots." All 6 replied at once. They laughed.

"Miss. Peacecraft's right. I should leave." Soa remarked standing up.

"And where do you think you're going?!" Duo demanded.

"Have to sigh up for a room at a hotel, even being a god, I hate sleeping on the floor." He said smiling. Quatra looked behind them and breathed relief, Relena had vanished. She didn't know, and no one wanted her to know. To complicated.

"Oh no you don't!" Heero said firmly. Everyone stared, the Japanese boy smiled and said;

"If we have a room for Relena, we can find one for you."

Duo nodded. Trowa stood up and yawned.

"I'm going to sleep, haven't had any rest for nearly 60 hours."

"Try 72 hours." Wufei murmured yawning. Quatra stood up bleary eyes and stumble his way to his room.

"Still have to take a bath." He muttered tired.

"Take a shower, you'll drown in a bath." Heero remarked and shot a glance at Duo. The youth got the message and wandered away without explanation. Heero turned to Soa.

"I'll take you to your room." He stated and began to turn. Soa sighed.

"What do you want?" he whispered.

"Can't you read my mind?" Heero asked amused. Soa looked at him squarely.

"I know what you are Alex, apparently Duo doesn't though." Heero smiled.

"Call me Heero, Alex is when I'm having fun."

"I see, Heero is business mode." Soa remarked smiling.

"Call me Alex, I call you Yojii. All's fair in love and war." Heero stated. Soa laughed.

"You say so, how have your powers been growing?"

"They're okay, little hard to control, but I'm fine."

"Can we get that room already?!" Garda demanded yawning. Soa sighed and shot an apologetic glance at Heero.

"Sorry, being queen has spoiled her rotten." Garda stuck a tongue out at him.

"I just want to know one thing. Why ARE you here?" Heero asked walking up the stairway.

"I'm checking in on a matter here. A favor to Tern, my father."

"I'm not that dumb." Heero noted sourly. "Jepson?"

"Yeah." Soa whispered nodding his head. Heero fell silent, Jepson was Tern's brother, that was, before he'd tried to kill Tern and take the throne of gods. After failing Tern had imprisoned the traitorous god in a pit deep inside the earth. Yet the worst part is; he used to be the god of death. When he'd been defeated and trapped, Duo, Tern's eldest son, was made the god of death. Jepson has sworn revenge on Duo, and that he'd someday get free of the chains that bound him. Heero hoped to heaven that day would never come. Because when that day did, Duo would probably die, and as one knows, or should know. When a god is killed by another god. Those gods killed, do not get reborn. As Heero walked up the stairway he heard a small voice whisper to him.

*You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you*

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Faraway, in a desolate land called 'Demise's Embrace' which meant 'Death's hold' a creature stood in the shadow. A whispery voice hissed in it's ear.

*You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you.* The monster lifted it's head and gave an ugly smile.

"Shinigami's time has come." It hissed and tugged at the metal irons which held it. The metal slowly began to break and the walls surrounding the beast shuddered.

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*You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you.* The words hissed into Soa's, Garda's, and Duo's mind. Soa jumped and looked wildly around. Garda squeaked and fell of the youth's shoulder while panicking. They heard a large thump come from the kitchen, which suggested that Duo had fallen off a chair. Heero was pale and looking around with a deer-in-the-headlights look. Suddenly a tremor shook the earth.

"Jepson, are you fighting?" Soa whispered.

Disclaimer: Not mine only plot.

Starlet: Sorry for taking so long, but I'm not quite done with my other stories, so please be patient.