Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Yami no Megami ❯ The Warning ( Chapter 1 )
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By: Silver Star 
The new pilot of the Gundam Shadows has finally arrived but just why does she look so much like Duo?
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 406 | Status: Work In Progress
The new pilot of the Gundam Shadows has finally arrived but just why does she look so much like Duo?
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 406 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Yadda, yadda, yadda...*sweatdrop* You know the rest.
Let's quit the babbling and get to the story, shall we?
Yami no Megami
Part One: The Warning
By: Silver Star
For the first time in his life, Duo Maxwell, the infamous pilot of
Deathscythe who never shuts up, was quiet. He always knew that the five of
them would stay together, possibly for the rest of their lives, and the thought were
strengthened as they spend more and more time together. Imagine his surprise
when he heard that there would be a new pilot joining them.
"I assume you five are waiting for me," a soft alto voice said, making Duo
jump literally 5 feet into the air.
"ACK!!" *Thump* "Itai..."
"Daijoubu desu ka, Duo?" Quatre asked worried as the longhaired boy got
up.
"Baka." Duo sticks out his tongue childishly at the Wing pilot who uttered
the word.
"Ahem," the new pilot said, drawing the five pilot's attention back to him.
Duo sank back into silence once more as he remembered the new pilot. There's
something about the guy that is very disturbing to him. The others didn't seem to
notice.
Wufei's like his usual self, looking disinterested and bored. Quatre is
smiling at the guy, polite and friendly. Trowa's standing slightly behind Quatre,
with his arm around the smaller boy.
Duo felt a pang of envy at the sight of that but he quickly shoved it to the
back of his mind. He's really happy for the two. They've found love in the midst
of war, and they won't be alone anymore.
And Heero...Heero is being cold and impassive as usual. Duo had tried
everything to bring the cold pilot out, but nothing worked. He looked at the Wing
pilot with barely concealed longing. Well, he could always dream...
Duo turned back to the new pilot and shuddered involuntarily. What the
hell is wrong with him? Why is he afraid of the new guy? It's the war, he told
himself. In war, you can't trust anymore, and even if he is a Gundam Pilot, he's
not an exception.
And for a moment, he almost believed himself.
Almost.
"You're Duo Maxwell, aren't you?" Duo started and almost jumped 5 feet
into the air again. There's something about the way the boy said his last name
that made him suspicious. The boy said it almost as if they were old friends, or
as if they knew each other very well. "Pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, from L2,
am I correct?"
"Er, yes," Duo replied uneasily. But even as he thought that, he couldn't help stepping back. He
forced out a grin, hoping that no one noticed how uneasy he was. "Yep, I'm Duo
Maxwell, also known as Shinigami." Was that a spark in those amethyst eyes of
the new pilot? He couldn't tell, so he went on. "This is Wufei, he's the pilot of
Shenlong. Those two are Quatre and Trowa, pilot of Sandrock and Heavyarm.
And the cold guy there, wearing the green tank-top and spandex," Duo couldn't
help but grin at the glare that was sent his way. "Is Heero Yuy, "The Perfect
Soldier", and the-"
"The pilot of Wing Gundam," the boy finished and looked at Heero with
cool amethyst eyes. "I know. I am Yamino Megami." Heero's cobalt eyes
narrowed. The Wing pilot's eyes suddenly widened and
he promptly turned away. "And I am the pilot of Shadow."
Duo shifted uneasily as tension thickened. No one missed the reaction
Heero had at the new pilot's name. Despite his unease, he couldn't help wonder
what the name meant that had gotten such a big reaction out of the normally
impassive pilot.
Duo finally decided to break the silence. "Come on, let's go. I'm starving!"
he grinned. Although it was forced, it successfully broke the tension. Heero's the
first to turn and go. He didn't say anything, he just turned and walked away.
Wufei shrugged and followed. Quatre exchanged a worried glance with Trowa,
then the two pilots followed after the fast disappearing figures, heads low with
discussion.
Duo was the last to go. He turned to call out to the new pilot when he saw
that the other boy didn't move.
And he finally realized that the "he" is actually a "she".
~ * * ~
Heero watched the girl out of the corner of his eyes carefully. Despite her
frail form, and the fact that she's a girl, he could feel the power in those hands,
and the knowledge in those amethyst eyes.
Amethyst. Just like Duo's.
With a start and a curse that he hadn't seen it sooner, he realized that the
girl had a startling resemblance to Duo. Further inspection of her made him
realize why he, and the rest of them, never realized that she looked like Duo.
For one thing, her face was completely neutral, the total opposite of the
American pilot of Deathscythe, who couldn't hide anything even if his life
depended on it. While Duo's amethyst eyes flashed with life, the girl's amethyst
eyes were cold and dead...almost exactly like Heero's own eyes.
The other, and the most important, reason was that there was no braid.
The girl's hair was very short, compared to what Duo has. Her hair ended just
below her chin, and there was no ribbons, bows, or anything like what most girls
seemed to like. Unlike Duo's hair, which seemed to curl inward at the end, her
hair was sharp and straight, giving her a professional and dangerous look that
made gang members think twice before trying to jump her. Trying, is the key
word here. Heero didn't think anyone had managed to beat her yet.
There's also something else about her that made him tense. No matter
where she goes, there always seemed to be a shadow surrounding her, like a
dark cloud that never goes away.
Even in the garden of Quatre's mansion, a place were even the Perfect
Soldier can relax in, the shadow didn't desert the girl. It's almost as if she's
wearing the shadow like a cloak, surrounding her, letting no one see the real her.
Whenever she's in the garden with the rest of them, he found himself tense and
ready for battle. Hell, he gets tense and edgy if she's even remotely near him!
Heero shook himself out of his thoughts when he realized that she had
somehow slipped away from his watchful sight. He cursed silently, and colorfully,
may I add, under his breath for his carelessness.
"Oi, Heero! Where are ya going?" Heero Yuy, the Perfect Soldier, and
pilot of Wing Gundam, who doesn't even flinch when he killed thousands of
people, almost winced when he heard that cheerful voice.
Almost.
"None of your business, Duo," he said coldly, turning to give the
longhaired boy his famous Glare of Death(tm). Unfortunately, since he used it so
much, the cheerful pilot totally ignored it. "And aren't you suppose to be
checking up your Gundam?" His eyes narrowed and his voice contained just a
trace of accusation.
The pilot of Deathscythe took a step back and clutched at the place where
his heart is dramatically. "You wounded me, Heero!" He dropped the act and
grinned at the other boy. "Of course I've checked my Shinigami! Anyway, I
noticed that you seemed to be looking for someone." And Heero did not miss the
emphasis on 'someone'.
Suddenly, without warning, Duo turned and walked away, his long braid
whipped behind him, almost hitting Heero on the face. "I think Megami-san is in
the garden, on one of the small hills, if she's the one that you were looking for."
Heero stared at the other pilot's rapidly retreating back with a
strange...aching feeling in his chest. The longhaired boy was noticeably
subdued when he mentioned the new pilot's name. But despite that obvious little
fact, he had to wonder which part was because of the new pilot, and which part
was about something else...
Heero blinked and pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He was
about to turn and go when he realized something that made him blink again.
Duo had said "Megami-san" instead of something less formal. Now that's
a new one.
Other than Relena, Heero never heard the cheerful boy being that...polite
and formal in addressing someone before, unless the mission somehow requires
it, of course.
Heero suddenly shook his head in disgust.
almost unconsciously, he followed Duo's advice and started
toward the direction of the garden. He found her exactly where Duo said she'll
be, standing almost like a statue with a piece of rock in her hand, staring at the
blood red sky that was caused by the setting sun. A breeze rustled the leaves in
the branches of the tree above her, making irregular shadows over her face.
"So. You've found me, Heero Yuy," she said, not turning around. Heero
didn't answer, but he did come up to stand beside her. He didn't know why he
was doing this, but he had a feeling that she's going to tell him something very
important.
"Who are you?" he finally asked, breaking the silence that wrapped
around them. For a long moment, she didn't answer.
"I am who I am. I am Yami no Megami, the Goddess of Darkness."
Heero's eyes narrowed slightly. So he didn't hear her wrong.
There was another long pause, and then "He runs...he hides...but he
never lies...he is..."
"Shinigami, the God of Death," Heero finished in a whisper. "Duo..."
"Hai. Duo Maxwell is the key to everything." The girl turned and stared at
the pilot of Wing with a pair of cool amethyst eyes, and then she looked down at
the rock in her clenched hand. "I am also known by something else, Heero. I am
also the Lady of Death, Death's sister." Her voice was shaking, not much, but
Heero detected it nonetheless.
Heero closed his eyes against the glare of the red sun, but once he closed
his eyes, all he saw was a pair of amethyst eyes and a long, long brown braid.
He shouldn't believe what the new pilot was saying. There is no Goddess of
Darkness, there is no God of Death, they're just made up characters to scare
little children...and yet...and yet there was the unmistakable certainty and power
in the voice of the girl who called herself Yami no Megami.
"And guess what?" she asked, eyes hidden in the shadows created by her
bangs, voice shaking more strongly now and contained more than a little bit of
hysteria. "My brother is in danger, and I can't do a damn thing about it!" With a
loud crack, the rock in her hand broke and turned into rubbles that fell onto the
grass.
Heero's eyes snapped open as what she said finally sunk in. Her
brother...The God of Death...Duo...is in danger...
"What?" he whirled around and stared at the still bowed head with a pair
of cold cobalt eyes. "What do you mean he's in danger?"
The girl who called herself The Goddess of Darkness chuckled, but there
was no hint of amusement in that sound. Instead, it was laced with bitterness
and...self loath? "You see this rock?" she asked quietly, opening her fist to show
the dust that was all remained of the piece of rock she held earlier. "It's hard,
very hard, and not many things can destroy it. But I've destroyed it, turned it into
nothing but dust and rubbles. Me and my brother...we are like that rock, Heero.
We may be the people who gave humans life, we may be the ones who stole
those lives away...we may be powerful, but we will always be helpless and
powerless in the grip of Fate."
Duo's in danger...
Heero ground his teeth together in frustration. So far, other than 'Duo's in
danger', none of what she said makes much sense. "Why are you telling me
this? After all, I'm just a human," he nearly growled the last part out, but he held
the hostility back. He thought he did a pretty good job. But unfortunately, it
wasn't enough.
One moment, Heero Yuy was standing, the next, he was pinned to the
trunk of the tree beside him by a pair of strong arms.
"Dammit, Heero, don't you get it?!" She nearly screamed out. Her right
arm pulled back and with a dull thud, her tightly clenched fist embedded itself into
the part of the tree right beside Heero's face.
For the first time since her arrival, the carefully crafted mask slipped. And
the scared little girl who cried herself to sleep every night since her brother's
disappearance to the human world finally showed her face.
And the tears fell.
~ * * ~
To be continued...
~ * * ~
Part Two: Over the Horizen, Below the Earth
Yamino Megami, now revealed as the Goddess of Darkness, shed light to many
of our favorite suicidal pilot's questions. Meanwhile, a force began to move over
the horizon, waiting for the perfect moment to emerge and give the punishment
to the one they called Death...
Let's quit the babbling and get to the story, shall we?
Yami no Megami
Part One: The Warning
By: Silver Star
For the first time in his life, Duo Maxwell, the infamous pilot of
Deathscythe who never shuts up, was quiet. He always knew that the five of
them would stay together, possibly for the rest of their lives, and the thought were
strengthened as they spend more and more time together. Imagine his surprise
when he heard that there would be a new pilot joining them.
"I assume you five are waiting for me," a soft alto voice said, making Duo
jump literally 5 feet into the air.
"ACK!!" *Thump* "Itai..."
"Daijoubu desu ka, Duo?" Quatre asked worried as the longhaired boy got
up.
"Baka." Duo sticks out his tongue childishly at the Wing pilot who uttered
the word.
"Ahem," the new pilot said, drawing the five pilot's attention back to him.
Duo sank back into silence once more as he remembered the new pilot. There's
something about the guy that is very disturbing to him. The others didn't seem to
notice.
Wufei's like his usual self, looking disinterested and bored. Quatre is
smiling at the guy, polite and friendly. Trowa's standing slightly behind Quatre,
with his arm around the smaller boy.
Duo felt a pang of envy at the sight of that but he quickly shoved it to the
back of his mind. He's really happy for the two. They've found love in the midst
of war, and they won't be alone anymore.
And Heero...Heero is being cold and impassive as usual. Duo had tried
everything to bring the cold pilot out, but nothing worked. He looked at the Wing
pilot with barely concealed longing. Well, he could always dream...
Duo turned back to the new pilot and shuddered involuntarily. What the
hell is wrong with him? Why is he afraid of the new guy? It's the war, he told
himself. In war, you can't trust anymore, and even if he is a Gundam Pilot, he's
not an exception.
And for a moment, he almost believed himself.
Almost.
"You're Duo Maxwell, aren't you?" Duo started and almost jumped 5 feet
into the air again. There's something about the way the boy said his last name
that made him suspicious. The boy said it almost as if they were old friends, or
as if they knew each other very well. "Pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, from L2,
am I correct?"
"Er, yes," Duo replied uneasily. But even as he thought that, he couldn't help stepping back. He
forced out a grin, hoping that no one noticed how uneasy he was. "Yep, I'm Duo
Maxwell, also known as Shinigami." Was that a spark in those amethyst eyes of
the new pilot? He couldn't tell, so he went on. "This is Wufei, he's the pilot of
Shenlong. Those two are Quatre and Trowa, pilot of Sandrock and Heavyarm.
And the cold guy there, wearing the green tank-top and spandex," Duo couldn't
help but grin at the glare that was sent his way. "Is Heero Yuy, "The Perfect
Soldier", and the-"
"The pilot of Wing Gundam," the boy finished and looked at Heero with
cool amethyst eyes. "I know. I am Yamino Megami." Heero's cobalt eyes
narrowed. The Wing pilot's eyes suddenly widened and
he promptly turned away. "And I am the pilot of Shadow."
Duo shifted uneasily as tension thickened. No one missed the reaction
Heero had at the new pilot's name. Despite his unease, he couldn't help wonder
what the name meant that had gotten such a big reaction out of the normally
impassive pilot.
Duo finally decided to break the silence. "Come on, let's go. I'm starving!"
he grinned. Although it was forced, it successfully broke the tension. Heero's the
first to turn and go. He didn't say anything, he just turned and walked away.
Wufei shrugged and followed. Quatre exchanged a worried glance with Trowa,
then the two pilots followed after the fast disappearing figures, heads low with
discussion.
Duo was the last to go. He turned to call out to the new pilot when he saw
that the other boy didn't move.
And he finally realized that the "he" is actually a "she".
~ * * ~
Heero watched the girl out of the corner of his eyes carefully. Despite her
frail form, and the fact that she's a girl, he could feel the power in those hands,
and the knowledge in those amethyst eyes.
Amethyst. Just like Duo's.
With a start and a curse that he hadn't seen it sooner, he realized that the
girl had a startling resemblance to Duo. Further inspection of her made him
realize why he, and the rest of them, never realized that she looked like Duo.
For one thing, her face was completely neutral, the total opposite of the
American pilot of Deathscythe, who couldn't hide anything even if his life
depended on it. While Duo's amethyst eyes flashed with life, the girl's amethyst
eyes were cold and dead...almost exactly like Heero's own eyes.
The other, and the most important, reason was that there was no braid.
The girl's hair was very short, compared to what Duo has. Her hair ended just
below her chin, and there was no ribbons, bows, or anything like what most girls
seemed to like. Unlike Duo's hair, which seemed to curl inward at the end, her
hair was sharp and straight, giving her a professional and dangerous look that
made gang members think twice before trying to jump her. Trying, is the key
word here. Heero didn't think anyone had managed to beat her yet.
There's also something else about her that made him tense. No matter
where she goes, there always seemed to be a shadow surrounding her, like a
dark cloud that never goes away.
Even in the garden of Quatre's mansion, a place were even the Perfect
Soldier can relax in, the shadow didn't desert the girl. It's almost as if she's
wearing the shadow like a cloak, surrounding her, letting no one see the real her.
Whenever she's in the garden with the rest of them, he found himself tense and
ready for battle. Hell, he gets tense and edgy if she's even remotely near him!
Heero shook himself out of his thoughts when he realized that she had
somehow slipped away from his watchful sight. He cursed silently, and colorfully,
may I add, under his breath for his carelessness.
"Oi, Heero! Where are ya going?" Heero Yuy, the Perfect Soldier, and
pilot of Wing Gundam, who doesn't even flinch when he killed thousands of
people, almost winced when he heard that cheerful voice.
Almost.
"None of your business, Duo," he said coldly, turning to give the
longhaired boy his famous Glare of Death(tm). Unfortunately, since he used it so
much, the cheerful pilot totally ignored it. "And aren't you suppose to be
checking up your Gundam?" His eyes narrowed and his voice contained just a
trace of accusation.
The pilot of Deathscythe took a step back and clutched at the place where
his heart is dramatically. "You wounded me, Heero!" He dropped the act and
grinned at the other boy. "Of course I've checked my Shinigami! Anyway, I
noticed that you seemed to be looking for someone." And Heero did not miss the
emphasis on 'someone'.
Suddenly, without warning, Duo turned and walked away, his long braid
whipped behind him, almost hitting Heero on the face. "I think Megami-san is in
the garden, on one of the small hills, if she's the one that you were looking for."
Heero stared at the other pilot's rapidly retreating back with a
strange...aching feeling in his chest. The longhaired boy was noticeably
subdued when he mentioned the new pilot's name. But despite that obvious little
fact, he had to wonder which part was because of the new pilot, and which part
was about something else...
Heero blinked and pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He was
about to turn and go when he realized something that made him blink again.
Duo had said "Megami-san" instead of something less formal. Now that's
a new one.
Other than Relena, Heero never heard the cheerful boy being that...polite
and formal in addressing someone before, unless the mission somehow requires
it, of course.
Heero suddenly shook his head in disgust.
almost unconsciously, he followed Duo's advice and started
toward the direction of the garden. He found her exactly where Duo said she'll
be, standing almost like a statue with a piece of rock in her hand, staring at the
blood red sky that was caused by the setting sun. A breeze rustled the leaves in
the branches of the tree above her, making irregular shadows over her face.
"So. You've found me, Heero Yuy," she said, not turning around. Heero
didn't answer, but he did come up to stand beside her. He didn't know why he
was doing this, but he had a feeling that she's going to tell him something very
important.
"Who are you?" he finally asked, breaking the silence that wrapped
around them. For a long moment, she didn't answer.
"I am who I am. I am Yami no Megami, the Goddess of Darkness."
Heero's eyes narrowed slightly. So he didn't hear her wrong.
There was another long pause, and then "He runs...he hides...but he
never lies...he is..."
"Shinigami, the God of Death," Heero finished in a whisper. "Duo..."
"Hai. Duo Maxwell is the key to everything." The girl turned and stared at
the pilot of Wing with a pair of cool amethyst eyes, and then she looked down at
the rock in her clenched hand. "I am also known by something else, Heero. I am
also the Lady of Death, Death's sister." Her voice was shaking, not much, but
Heero detected it nonetheless.
Heero closed his eyes against the glare of the red sun, but once he closed
his eyes, all he saw was a pair of amethyst eyes and a long, long brown braid.
He shouldn't believe what the new pilot was saying. There is no Goddess of
Darkness, there is no God of Death, they're just made up characters to scare
little children...and yet...and yet there was the unmistakable certainty and power
in the voice of the girl who called herself Yami no Megami.
"And guess what?" she asked, eyes hidden in the shadows created by her
bangs, voice shaking more strongly now and contained more than a little bit of
hysteria. "My brother is in danger, and I can't do a damn thing about it!" With a
loud crack, the rock in her hand broke and turned into rubbles that fell onto the
grass.
Heero's eyes snapped open as what she said finally sunk in. Her
brother...The God of Death...Duo...is in danger...
"What?" he whirled around and stared at the still bowed head with a pair
of cold cobalt eyes. "What do you mean he's in danger?"
The girl who called herself The Goddess of Darkness chuckled, but there
was no hint of amusement in that sound. Instead, it was laced with bitterness
and...self loath? "You see this rock?" she asked quietly, opening her fist to show
the dust that was all remained of the piece of rock she held earlier. "It's hard,
very hard, and not many things can destroy it. But I've destroyed it, turned it into
nothing but dust and rubbles. Me and my brother...we are like that rock, Heero.
We may be the people who gave humans life, we may be the ones who stole
those lives away...we may be powerful, but we will always be helpless and
powerless in the grip of Fate."
Duo's in danger...
Heero ground his teeth together in frustration. So far, other than 'Duo's in
danger', none of what she said makes much sense. "Why are you telling me
this? After all, I'm just a human," he nearly growled the last part out, but he held
the hostility back. He thought he did a pretty good job. But unfortunately, it
wasn't enough.
One moment, Heero Yuy was standing, the next, he was pinned to the
trunk of the tree beside him by a pair of strong arms.
"Dammit, Heero, don't you get it?!" She nearly screamed out. Her right
arm pulled back and with a dull thud, her tightly clenched fist embedded itself into
the part of the tree right beside Heero's face.
For the first time since her arrival, the carefully crafted mask slipped. And
the scared little girl who cried herself to sleep every night since her brother's
disappearance to the human world finally showed her face.
And the tears fell.
~ * * ~
To be continued...
~ * * ~
Part Two: Over the Horizen, Below the Earth
Yamino Megami, now revealed as the Goddess of Darkness, shed light to many
of our favorite suicidal pilot's questions. Meanwhile, a force began to move over
the horizon, waiting for the perfect moment to emerge and give the punishment
to the one they called Death...