Fazes of Shinigami

Part 1a: Death

by Chibi Karosai



Heero looked at the sleeping Duo next to him. He had "accidentally" kept him up all night and now Duo was trying to make up for lost sleep. Heero gave a half grin, which was strange for him. Duo had came back from a mission which took place a few weeks before and he had just come back last night. On another topic Heero admired the way Quatre and Trowa were able to talk which made him think about how strange it was that Duo stayed with him. They were never able to talk about anything. Either it was Duo whining about Heero always being on the laptop or theywere having fun…talking…

Heero put on his clothes and looked at Duo again. This time Duo was stretched out on the bed taking up all the space. There went Heero's chances of going to sleep again. He shook his head then looked around. He could smell Quatre cooking in the kitchen downstairs and decided to leave Duo in the bedroom since he would sleep all day.

"Good morning Heero!" Quatre greeted Heero happily.

Heero didn't reply and just sat down. Quatre didn't take any offense to this since it was what usually happened. Quatre set an omelet, toast, orange juice, and a few other things that looked delicious that Heero didn't know the name of.

Heero was willing to thank Quatre for a good meal since he preferred it to then having to cook himself. "Thank you Quatre." Heero whispered.

Quatre smiled then said, "Well it's nice to have a little company since Trowa is sleeping!"

The Japanese pilot nodded then ate his breakfast. Quatre sighed as warm arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him backwards. When the Arabian looked uphe saw Trowa holding him.

"Good morning Trowa!" said Quatre smiling.

"Good morning little one…" whispered the green-eyedboy.

Quatre smiled then handed Trowa a plate full of pancakes and things like it. Trowa nodded and put the plate onto the table then got a glass of orange juice. He sat next to Heero and grunted to say hello. Heerodid the same thing.

Quatre smiled the way he always did and sat next to Trowa and put his head on Trowa's shoulder for a moment then took it off to eat. "Where is Duo?" heasked Heero.

Just then as if on cue Duo walked into the room with only boxers on. He had dark circles under his eyes and looked like he was ready to drop dead. The only reason he didn't was simple. The kid was hungry and not to mention he didn't want Heero to make fun of him. He waddled over to the table and took a seat next to Heero and basically fell asleep in his food.

Heero picked up Duo and glared at him. Duo just shook his head and looked at his pancakes, which had braid imprints in them. "Oops…" said Duo as he leaned on Heero's shoulder and went to sleep there instead.

"Go back to sleep." Said Heero staring at hisshoulder.

Duo woke up really quickly then said, "Nah Heero-chan I am awake. I just need a little food!" Duo grabbed some of Heero's toast and started eating. "Yummy!"

Duo once again fell asleep on Heero and Quatrelooked at Heero funny. "What were you two doing lastnight?"

Heero blushed as much as he normally would and didn't reply. Instead he picked up Duo and walked him to his room. He threw Duo down on the bed then sat in a chair across from the bed.

Duo tossed and turned many times and did not stay still. His face expressed pain. Heero stared on without changing the emotions on his face. He was sort of sad to see Duo so beaten up and in pitiful condition. But it wasn't like a perfect soldier toshow emotion so he didn't.

"He…Her…Heero… " Whispered Duo trying to talk inhis dream.

Heero leaned forward in the chair to the point when he was right in the braided pilot's face. Duo looked all sweaty and even if they were up all night he shouldn't have looked like this! The violet-eyed pilot's eyes were half-open. He leaned over to kissthe Japanese boy.

"I am right here Duo…" whispered Heero into theAmerican's ear.

"I know…please…don't ever leave…"whispered Duo as he feel asleep again. Heero shook his head and started to think about what it might have been thathad hit Duo so hard.

What had Duo been doing after Heero had fallen asleep at night. Heero knew the answer to that was Duo snoring because he woke up many times after wards. He remembered the mission Duo had had. Was it possible that Duo had gotten hurt and not bothered to tell Heero? BINGO! Ding we have a winner! It all made sense since Duo did sound in pain and the dark circles under his eyes were much worse then just anight without sleep.

The Japanese boy gently lifted the covers off Duo. Trying to make sure he didn't accidentally wake the boy up. Then he lifted up Duo's shirt and saw pale scratched up flesh. Heero almost looked shocked because all the wounds had been badly infected and they were all over his body. The blue-eyed pilot didn't know how he could have missed this when Duo andhim were…talking…

Heero gently shook Duo till the boy waked up. "Why didn’t you tell us sooner?" asked Heero gently taking out the braid in Duo's hair.

"I uh…didn't want you to call me a wuss…" whispered Duo hugging the arm Heero was using to take down hisbraid.

Heero sighed heavily then looked at the sweaty in pain Duo. "You can tell me anything and I won't makefun of you…" purred Heero.

Duo smirked, "Yeah just like when you made fun of me for losing a brush in my hair."

"That was different…" whined the Japanese boy.

"Was NOT!" yelled Duo as e started to sweat more.

Heero pressed his lips against Duo's to shut him up. Duo quickly shut up and had a look of shook on his face. Of course little Duo kissed Heero back I mean what else would he do? Soon Duo's sweat was all over Heero's face and Heero moved away.

"You aren't well. It hurts even more when I kiss you right?" said Heero examining Duo. Duo rolled over because he preferred that not being considered a pieceof lab meat.

The braided pilot shook his head. "N-no…it doesn't hurt any-anymore then it did be-before." Duo whisperedlike a kitten.

"Is that so?" mocked Heero. The American just nodded instead of actually fighting back. "Duo…"

"Ah Heero I was fine last night I am fine now! I don't really care at the moment about the little pain!" said Duo trying to speak cheerfully.

"Quit lying to me. You need to see a doctor and now." The Japanese boy said standing up.

"No doctor please! They did…did this to me…" answered the American in pain from the memory.

Heero thought about what could be wrong with Duo. He wasn't his usual self and the mission had taken a few weeks, which had been expected. But what had happened in those weeks that Heero had missed?

"Duo? What have I missed?" asked Heero putting his hand threw Duo's long unbraided hair.

"Everything…but it's okay I am better now!" Duo answered smiling a sweaty smile.

"Don't lie…tell me…" demanded a stubborn Heero Yuy.

"Fine… Here read this Heero…it is my mission logthat I kept."

"Thank you…" said Heero as he opened the first pageand saw

>->->->->-> The First Day of the Mission>->->->->->

I looked around. This was to be a simple mission of getting information and doing a little bit of killing. Nothing the god of death couldn't handle. I laughed at the guards of the OZ base when all I had to do was kick them and they were down.

Well step one of the operation was to get information on a new stealth mode they were adding to the mobile dolls. The fools would never learn that dolls just wouldn't do to kill us. So I found a nice place to go to school for the two weeks and I also got a job at the OZ base. This mission was so easy even that Reline girl could do it!

I decided to make myself go to school without being late so I as sure to wake up on time. Which let me tell you is the hardest thing in the world. Okay so I wake up at 5 or whatever then I got dressed. The normal things you do in the morning. I put on my school uniform and walked out the dorm room. There was this buff guy who had a huge group of people behind him. I had heard of him before…it was said that he was the leader of that OZ base's son.

So since I Shinigami am such I nice guy Iintroduced myself. "Hello there my name is Duo Maxwell. Who are you?" I asked bowing.

The boy grunted, "I am Jacob Jeffery."

I smiled and nodded in the same stupid way I alwaysdid. The guy looked stuck on himself. Even more so then you have ever been Heero which I found hard tobelieve myself.

"Well Jacob who are all the people behind you?" I asked calmly. This seemed to be something he wasproud of because he smiled.

"This is my fan club." He said smirking.

I didn't like Jacob from the start but I know I hadto go on the day even if I did feel like I was going to kill all these people. So I nodded to Jacob and crew and left. Eventually I found some girls and guys in a group. They didn't look TO stuck on themselves so I decided to move into their group till class started. Well they turned out to be the druggies

And so I continued on my search for a group ofpeople to talk to. Well before I could find one the bell had rang and I had to get to class. Thank god! Well so I walked into the gymnasium because you knowhow they always have to publicly introduce the new students. Yes it's cruel to us Gundam pilots! I know that it stinks and it most likely gives up our cover. Well then I guess I will quiet mumbling and get to thepoint.

"Students of Cambridge High School we have a new student today!" said the consular. I stood in the shadows till I finally was introduced. "His name isDuo Maxwell."

I was beyond glad that I finally got to speak after the lady said to be nice to the new student. Well I walked forward and everyone was staring at me with blank looks. "Hiya I'm Duo Maxwell." I said plainly. It was no fun without any of my buddies around so Iintroduced myself like Trowa or Heero would.

With that the principle told me to sit next to Jacob and his group of scum. I smiled as I sat down and faked my personality as I always did. Being happy always seemed to be the easiest way out and it was for me. I didn't want to be a grumpy shrew like Heero.

"Hello again Mr. Maxwell." Jacob said.

Man I wanted to throw up at the sight of this jerk. I mean that if my Heero were there he would have clobbered the guy! I would have too but I didn't was it was a bad idea to get suspended since I this was an important part of my mission. So I did as I always did. I smiled at the fools and acted like I did with Quatre. Like they were pals forever and twenty years.

"Please just call me Duo." I replied hating formal introductions. They always made me feel stupid.

"Okay then and you just call me Jacob." The jerksaid.

I nodded and smiled. Not the way Heero does whenever he thinks I've blown a fuse but you know…respectfully. A guy that was sitting next to me elbowed me. I turned next to him to see a boy who could pass as Quatre's brother. Well I knew that wasn't right because Quatre had like 29 sisters and boy shows. Besides this guy looked a little like my Heero too, so he much more manly.

"Who are you?" I whispered at the boy hopping that he would say he was Heero in disguise.

"My name is Derek Eon. I was wondering if you likethis guy?" he whispered into my ear.

Well I wasn't about to tell him I was bisexual and little did I know which way he meant. So I answered like the baka I was. "NO WAY!" I screamed.

Unfortunately the principle heard me. That's right little old Duo got a detention for being loud. Man I knew I would get a lot more of those. So I guess I won't write about the rest of my day. I mean I went to class…girls passed me a lot of love notes. All the hot guys in school ignored me and paid attention to Jacob's little fan club. Okay it isn't little it isHUGE.

Okay so I got to the detention hall. There was Derek and also for some weird reason Jacob was there too. I guess it is strange for the son of the president or man in charge of an OZ base to be in detention but I found out he "volunteered" to help the bad students. I wanted to talk to Derek but…I had work to do and didn't want to waste time like thisagain on another detention.

Yeah well that was the entire school day and then some. So I guess I should get to me trying to break into the base. Well so I dressed in my usual clothes that Heero always said I looked like a priest in. I mean I don't look like a priest black is a good color for missions. Better then his spandex shorts. And WAY BETTER THEN WuFei's ALL WHITE CLOTHES! Well there is nothing really wrong with Trowa's mission clothes but Quatre always has a sort of pink shirt on which Ifind disturbing…

So I crawled through the air vents. I got a little dirty but then I crossed a room where two men were talking. One I assumed was the man in charge, Jacob's daddy! And the other…I am not really sure I assume he is some uh…well weird guy!

"How is the stealth mode coming along?" Jacob'sdaddy.

The other man smiled, "Great. The mobile dolls won't only be invisible but the Gundam Pilot's won't have a chance to see them coming! You see there is a radar block that will be placed in each doll. It will just blow up the radar's that try to scan it!"

This was not good at all I mean I didn't want my Gundam's radar to jam when I it on! Well like I said I wasn't about to bust in when I looked around I had seen A LOT of guards. Not even the emotionless soldier would have a chance so I decided to leave since the two men were not talking any more! So I started crawling through the vents a little more. There I saw it. Right bellow me was a huge computer. Well you know how the big computers are always theones that are the master computer. Those baka's only had one person guarding it so I jumped out of the vent and snapped his neck like I saw this one guy did on that TV show I think it was called Angel. ((Karosai's note: Thank you Napster for working again! That's how I got the theme song for Angel!))

Well he died easily which was surprising. I felt sorta guilty for killing the fool. But I had no other choice. It was times like that I wished I was as soul less as Heero was. I sighed then ran over to the master computer and flipped a disk in. I broke the password in a second. Those baka's had the password be OZ! Can you believe it! Well so with the guy dead I got the info in a second. No they didn't notice someone had broken into the master computer. How stupid were they! Well this mission was easier then Ithought.

So there I was all done mission accomplished then I see it. A girl who looked very familiar pulled a gun on me. She looked a lot like Noin. I froze but the disk had already been hidden in my pants so I didn'tdrop the disk.

"Freeze right there Duo Maxwell!" she yelled. I froze up and couldn't move. I just couldn't remember where she was from. What was her name again? Well that's all I have time for now I guess before the doctor's come back. Back to torture me some more.

>->->->->->End of First Day Entry <-<-<-<-<

Heero looked at the sweaty Duo. He was still sleeping and still looked like he was in pain. Heero wanted to read on but he needed a break. So he leaned over and kissed Duo and the sweat got on his moist lips. He touched them and wiped the sweat off.

"You look like you are going to die." Heerowhispered.

Duo smiled then said, "Of course I look like I amand I probably will."

"Why won't you let me take you to the doctor?"Heero asked.

Duo frowned, "I would tell you but…I uh…Hey thatmeans you actually care!"

"I never said that. I asked you why you wouldn't let me go take you to the doctor. I never said I cared." Answered the Perfect Soldier.

Duo was ready to cry. "I uh…why are you soheartless?"

Heero just glared at Duo. "Why are you such agirl?"

Duo felt like he was going to cry. He held in his tears in though because he knew Heero would call him weak. "I am not a girl. I am a boy and you know it. Heh."

Heero just stared at Duo and picked up the mission log again and kept reading. "Don't ignore me pleaseHeero." Whined Duo.

Heero started to read then thought, "I never knew Duo could write. Even this good for that matter."

"Heero…I thought you loved me a little but I guess I can just die then…if no one cares why should I live?" Duo thought trying not to cry.

>->->->->Second Day: The Girl <-<-<-<-<

I looked around and noticed I was in a room. Well obviously I was in a room because other wise I would be umm… outside? Well that's besides the point I guess. The room was all white and not a very good place for the God of Death if ya ask me. Well. let me think here, how to explain this room… Well there was a bed at the side and I guess that's just about it. There wasn't a door weirdly enough. That's about whenI started to freak out.

"WHERE THE H*LL AM I? HOW DID I GET IN HERE? I WANT OUUUUUT!" I screamed. I admit I did sound a little bit like a coward but you would to if you were there. I mean it was like a freaky little sci-fithing. I was ready to crack!

Well somehow a door popped out of no where and there was the chick that had brought me here. She looked mad, angry, you know all those weird girly emotions. I smiled at her hoping that if I act cute she might let me go. BUT NOOOOO!

"Stop it Duo Maxwell." She said sternly. Well at least I thought of a conversation by then.

"I don't think it's fair." I said walking closer toher.

"What isn't fair?" she asked moving away. "The fact you have killed so many people?"

I shook my head. "No not that…it's not fair you know my name but I don't know yours." I said smiling.

Her face didn't smile back but instead looked at me sternly. "Well if you don't remember who I am then Iam NOT going to tell you."

My head almost hit the floor. Was this some PMSing chick that I played "twister" with or something? I don't really know BUUUUUUT she sure was not a nice lady. She wasn't even a lady! She was to small andto mean.

"Well then I guess I uh…what are you people going to do to me anyway?" I asked proceeding towards her.

Once again she backed away and raised a gun. "We are going to test new equipment on you. If it strong enough to torture a Gundam pilot then it will be perfect. Those who oppose OZ will be tortured in thesame way."

I shook my head. If they were going to torture someone it should be Heero. Oh well it was better they picked me compared to Quatre. So with that the chick left me there alone. I was VERY bored with nothing to do SOOOOO I just sat around and eventually fell asleep. In my dream I remembered something. I figured out who the girl was but I still wasn'tEXACTLY sure.

When I woke up I saw that there wasn't any of Quatre's yummy food which ruined my day completely. But the little girl did walk in just when I wanted herto.

She smiled as she walked in. "Hello again Duo Maxwell do you remember me yet?"

I smiled bigger then she did and walked up to. Nose-to-nose almost and then kissed her. "HelloHildey." I said after the kiss.

She slapped me then shot me in the shoulder. "Never kiss a soldier who works for OZ Mr. DuoMaxwell."

"Well sorry Hildey but you didn't have to go and shot me." I snarled. My arm was bleeding and it wouldmake Quatre faint.

"Well you are right that I am Hildey." Hildey smiled for a moment to see me in pain.

"I thought you quit OZ!" I yelled at her as I grabbed the sheet off the bed to stop my wound frombleeding.

"Well when I found out my love interest was 'in love' with Heero Yuy I was a little upset. So I went back to OZ and promised them that I would capture a Gundam pilot if I were given enough time."

((Karosai's Note: Don't get me wrong, I think Hildey is cool so don't complain about this part I don't even know what I am thinking!))

I just shook my head. What can I say, people everywhere are falling for me! Which wasn't exactly a good thing since it would add more people to Heero'shit list.

"Well then could you get me something for my arm?" I asked starting to feel light-headed.

She shook her head; "No it is part of the torture. We need you to be a little weaker you know. Afterall, you ARE a Gundam pilot."

Well, I didn't last much longer after that. I just passed out and didn't wake up for awhile. So that'sthe rest of that day.

>->->->->End Second Day Entry <-<-<-<-<

Heero shook his head. "This isn't telling me anything." He thought to himself. He was a little angry at Duo for kissing Hildey and for not telling him where exactly he should read. All this la la crapwas getting on his nerves.

Duo looked like he was ready to die and Heero bit his lip. He DID feel a little bit of emotions towards him and he couldn't stand waiting for Duo to feel better. Not to mention waiting to figure out what waswrong with him.

"What part do you want me to read?" Heero snarled.

Duo looked up at him with half closed eyes. "I…don't… remember… Heero…"

The Japanese pilot gave Duo an ice-cold stare. "Fine I will read the entire thing till you die."

Duo smiled gently and rubbed his hand against Heero's cheek. "So then I will remember you wanting me to hurry up and die… it's nice to know how youreally felt the entire time…"

Heero's eyes widened. He thought to himself, "That's not what I meant… WHY AM I SUCH AN BAKAYARO!?"

The Wing pilot picked up the book again and continued reading. There was nothing for three daysthen it started again.



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