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Scene One - Five: Gundam Wing After Dekim	By : shini0angel Category: Gundam Wing/AC > General Views: 618 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Scene Five: Shinigami Comes
Alive

Like the coldest winter chill

Heave beside you

Helth yth you

And you think you have it still

Heaven beside

Hell with you

~ Alice N� Chains
�Heaven Beside You�

Pablo Picasso: My
mother once said to me, �If you become a soldier, you�ll be a general; if you
become a monk, you�ll end up as Pope.� Instead, I became a painter and wound up
as Picasso.

Duo Maxwell sat without hope in the
living room of Quatre�s newly purchased house.
It was not a large home by Quatre�s standards, being only four bedrooms
and two bathrooms in size, but it was home for now. Two weeks had passed since the Dekim Barton
takeover had reached its cataclysmic end, the Gundam Pilot�s once again the
world�s saviors and Heero their champion.
But Duo was not happy and had not been ever since Relena Peacecraft had
locked Heero in the hospital. She would
not even let Sally in to check on Heero.

For the first week Heero Yuy had been lying in a deep
healing sleep, as Dr. Yokatta called it, or a coma as Duo termed it. Heero had woken a week ago and still Relena
had not allowed anyone to see him or have any contact with him. Normally Duo would have used his stealth
skills to get in but if he were caught he would have to kill to complets
ms
mission to see Heero, but there was peace so there should be no more
killing. There was no way he could
rescue Heero from Relena under such restrictions. It was time to lay Death and Shinigami aside
now because they were no longer needed in this new age at least that was what
the politicians and the na�ve people would have you believe. Duo knew better than to believe the
politicians and their lies.

This was the first time he had ever seriously considered
giving up Death and Shinigami, completely shoving them aside and ridding
himself of their influence. After the
first war he had never really let them go, he had not really wanted to. Now Duo was not even sure it was even
possible. Besides which, he was used to
their company and why get rid of a partnership tharkedrked better than a
well-oiled machine? Duo had never seen
the sense in silencing them. Death had
been his friend for as long as he could remember. It had taken the lives of his enemies and
most of the people he had ever cared for in any great capacity. He both hated Death, for all the pain he
carried with him, and he respected and liked Death because he understood it. In a way he even loved it and thought Death
to be beautifully sickening. This made
him different to Death, and special. Duo
was someone Death wanted very much to live.

Death, however, was not the same as Shinigami. Duo was one of the few people who realized
that they were two separate entities. He
had discovered this truth early on in life, a truth few ever fully understood
until they were on Death�s threshold.
Death and Shinigami wanted him to know because he was a friend, a
kindred spirit, one of them. The
difference was this, Death marked people and helped them along the way whereas Shinigami
took their souls on the rest of the journey and sent them to their proper
destinations.

The Gundam Pilots were special like Duo was and both
entities agreed on this because they knew that Duo could entrust everything to
the Pilots if he wanted. Not only were
the other Gundam Pilots faithful to Duo but when he needed someone they would
be there for him. However they were
special in another way as well. Death
had marked each of them and Shinigami had tried to take them but the Pilots
spirits were pure and they lived still.

So Duo continued to sit in the living room, wanting only
to go and check on his partner and best friend, or at least give him his
contact information. The only problem
being that the bitch would not allow anyone who was unauthorized by her near
�her precious� Heero. Relena was making
him sick and angry. It was above saying
that he could not get away with killing the Queen of the World, could he?
>

He continue sitting silently in the cozy room, despairing
that he would probably never see Heero before the Wing Pilot disappeared for
good, as Duo had a feeling he would. Duo
could feel someone watching him, Quatre most likely, but he did not move an
inch.

�Duo?� Quatre called out after having observed his friend
for several moments. �Area you all
right? Can I come in and sit and talk
with you for a while?�

�Sure Q-man,� Duo said as Quatre took the seat across
from his chair. �Besides it�s your
house. I�m surprised you haven�t kicked
all of us out yet,� He silently added.

�I�m fine though Quatre,� Duo went on talking. �Just pissed at the bitch for not letting me
say goodbye. Heero was my partner and
best friend, you know? Don�t get me
wrong, you�re my little brother and all, but I can�t even say goodbye.�

�Well,� Quatre said slowly trying to gage his friends�
reaction. �If I can get you into the
hospital without being detected could you get up to Heero�s room?�

�Would you do something for me in return if I get you
in?� Quatre asked, aquamarine eyes subdued, his voice dropping so low that Duo
had to practically lean out of his seat to hear his words.

The next step, naturally, was
to expand my charity to Earth and the Colonies which is what I ended up
doing. I got them transports with
cloaking devices so they could traffic their drugs, guns and other illegal
products all over, and they only had to pay for the fuel. Towards the end of the war I helped stabilize
them enough so that they would prosper during peace more than they had during
war. They owe me.�

�Oh Duo,� Quatre was slightly horrified that his friend
had done all of this but he was a shrewd enough business man to see the benefit
of it. �Well I�m not exactly approving of everything but I don�t
understand how it all works so I won�t question your judgment. So they�ll get you the information?�

�I can get it,� Duo promised without a second
though. �This conversation never took
place. You know nothing about the
Underworld or my affiliation with them.�

�What conversation Duo?� Quatre managed to sound slightly
confused and look innocent.

�Hey there buddy,� Duo grinned. �I see my name sure woke you up. I�ve got to say though that the drunk routine
went out ages ago. Now can I get in or
what?�>

�Take him down Tahil,� The large man told the girl. �Don�t argue.
He�s the Shinigami. I remember him from the first war.�

�That was a long time ago indeed,� Duo said slowly. �Another lifetime ago in fact. But sometimes past lives get relived a second
time.�

�So you�re here for good then?� The man asked.

�Probably for good,� Duo shrugged.

�Take him down Tahil,� The man commanded. �His coming is long over-do. Don�t keep him waiting either. If you have to kick out anyone who�s meeting
with the boss right now.�

The girl nodded and moved into the building, Duo
followed. He was led down a dimly lit
hallway, the wallpaper peeling and yellow from age and climate. None of it repulsed him. The girl took him past another checkpoint
where two armed guards stood at the ready, and then down a flight of stairs to
the basement, the safest place for a boss on the edges of the Shadows. She banged a special knock with her little
fist on the heavy reinforced metal door and it swung open to reveal another set
of armed guards. The girl ushered him through the hallway and into a small
cramped waiting room, which was full of people.
Without looking at any of the waiting people she strode to the wood door
and began opening it.

�Hey,� A loud angry voice piped up. �How come he gets to go in front of me? I�ve been waiting here for more than two
hours.�

�For a very good reason,� Duo said spinning around to
glare at the man. �I�m Shinigami.�

Several recognized the name and stared openly in
incredulity at the figure who proclaimed himself as such. Duo looked them over and moved into the room,
leaving silence behind him. The door led
to a tiny hallway with one more guard, the most heavily armed, before opening
into another room where the boss was.

�Shinigami,� The boss was seated in his chair but he
bowed his head respectfully. �What can I
do for you?�

�I need a base of operations,� Duo spoke, reverting fast
into his war persona. �Preferably in the
heart of the Shadows near the old church that was destroyed and never
rebuilt. A big place. Can you find one?�

�L2 thanks you,� The boss rose from his chair. �We owe you and we will do everything you ask
of us if it is within out power to do so.�

Shinigami nodded and turned toward the door. Tahil led him out of the building and onto
the street. She fell into pace beside
him on the walk to Mimi�s. Shinigami
said nothing about her decision to accompany him but he felt that she might be
useful to him with a little more training.

�Shinigami,� A voice called out causing Tahil to spin
around with a knife in her hand. �Is
that you?�
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