SD Gundam Fan Fiction ❯ Twilight's Gleam ❯ Melodies and Shadows ( Chapter 20 )

Ohhh, I feel specciuuuooo!! ( That's funny that Baku's acting like you Raven. Lol. ^^;) :p Glad I'm not the only one who's heard of the shrinking thing with Coffee!

And the reason why Baku doesn't go with Zero is because Zero won't let him. (You try explaining to Baku that you're serving Kikumon while you're out at night. X.x) And I kept laughing my head off when I read that you guys want me to do that since…I just thought it was funny for some reason! (Maybe cuz you ppl are so much more open minded than most ppl I know, which is a good thing! ie math class..>.>)

And you'll find out why Cole wants Anna a little later. :p And for the pic of the Gundam I posted up (We gotta call him something. What's a good name for the kid of Baku and Zero? LOL), yes, Green Devil (Damn you, our spring break doesn't start for a few more weeks), that is him in the little corner with the cherries. I LOVE HIM! HE'S SO CUTE!! ^_______^

And I hope you do write Green Devil! I read some of your other stuff and think you're good! ( Sorry for not reviewing, I'll get to that eventually x.x) ….

Ooookay, this turned out to be a bigger note then I thought. You know, I've forgotten about the competition with RW a few million times writing this thing, so yeah. ^^; I'm such a blonde! Ack, getting hyper…O.o Okay Neo Yami, shaddap! (Holy F! over 70 reviews for this?! Wow…thanks ppl!) O_O I blame everything on the trees!! …No one suspects the trees….>.>

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Shute grumbled as his fingers slipped all over the neck of his guitar. Mark gave him his own guitar after he begged him for one, now Shute's not so sure he wants it anymore.

" GA! I can't do it!" he said in defeat. He handed the guitar to Captain, then went to grab a soda from the little cooler he had in his room. (A/N: My friend has one in her room…lucky bitch. -.-)

" Practice makes perfect, Shute," Zero quoted while lying on the bed. Baku shrugged.

" I wouldn't know, I'm more of a percussionist myself than a guitar player. So there isn't a lot of practice!" Zero sweatdroped as Baku smiled broadly.

" Well, real instruments take practice, Baku-chan," Zero said.

" Drums ARE real instruments." Zero laughed. " You just bang sticks on them! That's not music!"

" Oh yeah?!" Baku glared at Zero. " Well, what instrument can you play?"

" Piano." (A/N: I can so see Baku at drums and Zero at a piano/keyboard. ^^)

" Zero, I always knew you were a girl…" Zero stood up. " What was that?!" Baku smirked while turning his back to the knight. " If I recall, you're the only one who's a girl around HERE!" Zero snapped.

" What?!" The two glared at each other as they quarreled. Shute sighed a mushroom cloud. " ..Man, I am never going to go out and date ever…" he muttered.

Baku and Zero suddenly stopped bickering when they heard a sweet, melodic music from a guitar. They looked over to see Captain playing Stairway to Heaven on the guitar. (A/N: Love that song! *swoon*)

Shute's mouth hung open while the two Gundams from another world had their eyes shot wide open at how good Captain was playing the guitar. Captain stopped.

" Am I doing something wrong?" he asked. They shook their heads. Captain shrugged, then continued playing.

" God, I knew Captain was good at a lot of stuff, but this is ridiculous! When did he lean to play?" Baku said. Zero and Shute nodded.

" Hey, why don't we start a band?" Shute said. (A/N: Sure, one dude thought when I mentioned the Gundam Force they thought it was a band for Gundam or something x.x)

" Hmm, that would be cool," Baku said. Captain then picked up his pace by playing a Joe Satriani song, The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing. (There is too such a song!)

" Mudda fucking hell, how does he know these songs?" Shute swore.

" Shute!!" All three of the Gundams yelled at the boy. " What? You swear!"

Baku shook his head. " Hey Captain, do you know the song ` Always with me, always with you'?" (A/N: My FAVE Guitar song of ALL!! *does not own any Joe Satriani* ;_;) Captain nodded, then started playing it.

" Oh, that's pretty," Shute commented. Baku sawed his head slightly to the rhythm. He blinked when Zero stood in front of him with a hand extended to him.

" Care to dance?" he asked. Baku laughed. " Sure!" He took his hand, and they started to dance together for fun.

Shute, not wanting to miss this opportunity to embarrass them, grabbed his cam quarter from under his bed, and taped them dancing. " Muahahaha."

Zero spun Baku and dipped him, then realized Shute was tapping them. He dropped Baku and glared at the boy. " Shute, turn off that camera!" Shute laughed while turning off the camera. Baku groaned from the floor.

" Ow…" Captain stopped playing and helped Baku up. " Thanks." Baku sat back on the bed, but not before tripping Zero. The knight fell onto the ground face first.

" Oppsie!" Baku said cutely, then laughed. (A/N: Just cuz they're together doesn't mean they're gonna stop fighting…that would ruin everything! >:)) Zero tackled Baku and tied him up with the bed sheets tightly. " Haha."

" Wha---HEY!" Baku squirmed, but fell on his side. Everyone laughed. " …I hate you…"

" I love you too, dear," Zero replied. Baku grumbled something under his breath while everyone else laughed.

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Zero yawned stretching out his arms.

" Tired?" Kane asked. " You shouldn't be." Zero rolled his shoulders. " I can't help it," Zero said honestly. " I haven't really had a lot of sleep lately."

" That shouldn't be a problem."

" Well, it's just like the poem goes; I'm a little vampire, still quite new

Here are my fangs and my coffin too.

When you hear me calling you will do

As I say and I'll kill you," he sung to the tune of `I'm a little teapot'. Zero smiled while Kane rolled his eyes. " How in the world did you become a commanding knight is beyond me."

" Shut up. So how long are we going to stay here?" Zero asked. They were in an old regiment apartment building, which was abandoned and had many files on dead bodies being dragged here.

Zero sighed. " How long will we have to stay here?"

" All night if we have to." Zero sighed. Even though he had been growing up on the battlefield, and killed many-though not volunteering-he still hated being around dead bodies. They were in the basement, where some of the most recent attacks have been. The clean up crew apparently haven't arrived for the latest victim, since there was a mangled preteen hanging from a nail in the wall, where it was shoved through his neck. Zero knew that must have been painful. He then started to recall the night before he met Anna….

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Zero drew in a harsh, raspy gasp as Kikumon jabbed a burning red fireplace poker through his throat. Dark blood gushed out from the wound. Zero desperately tried to take it out, but it was too far in. The searing hot pain made Zero want to die.

Kikumon giggled. " I love being able to do this to you," she said. " Because if you fight me, you'll only be hurting those around you. And I can watch you suffer so much…" She twisted it, making Zero wish she'd just cut off his head to ease the pain. He suppressed a scream, so not to give Kikumon more satisfaction.

More blood ran down his shoulders, back and chest as though a can of pain was dropped on him from overhead. " …And I know how much you would prefer to just die…and yet you can't and you won't." She wrenched it out painfully slow. Zero and Kikumon both could hear it sliding through the wires and squeeze through the blood until it was fully out.

Zero dropped onto his side, clutching his neck. He shook from the pain as though it was a cold draft. He tried to stand, but he couldn't move his neck; it hurt more than hell. His fingers glided over the gaping hole, making him feel sick as he felt some of his wires come out of the hole, mixed in with his blood.

" Now, next time try to be on time when I call for you, or else it will be worse…"

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Zero shook his head as he shivered.

" Something wrong?"

" No…nothing. Just tired…" Kane looked towards the basement window. Zero followed his gaze. " I sense something coming."

" Is it him?" Kane said nothing. They looked at the window, tensing up for something to spring in.

" He's here, but I can't pinpoint where," Kane announced.

Zero then felt a strange flash of energy from behind him. He spun around, but then something knocked him down to the floor. Zero struggled to move his arms, but they were pinned forcefully down by something.

Kane managed to kick whatever it was off of Zero. Zero sat up after hearing something crash into some of the empty boxes nearby. " Draw your sword now!" Kane exclaimed while pulling his sword out from the sheathe from his back.

A dark shadow jumped out from the pile of boxes and attacked Kane. Kane made a black magic shield to block it. It recoiled quickly into the shadows. Zero joined the fight after summoning his sword and shield.

" The hell is that?!"

" I don't know---I think that's what we're looking for!" The shadow swiftly darted around them in a circle. It jumped up some old crates stacked near the window, and jumped through it, shattering the glass. Zero and Kane followed until they were up on ground level.

" Where is it?!" Kane scanned the area for it. " …I don't feel it anymore. It's gone."

" Fuck!" Zero tossed his sword down in frustration. Kane gave him a look. " Calm yourself, Zero."

" How can I be calm?! It's still out there! It's too damn fast! And not to mention that Baku's probably going to follow us one of these days and get himself killed if we don't get it soon!"

" I thought you said you had that under control…"

" I lied. I just don't tell him anything except the major details."

" There are minors?" Kane asked. Zero took a breath. " The killing…and….Kikumon…"

" I see." Kane floated up above the ground a little. " This thing is quick and smart. It left no trace of a signature to follow anywhere except inside." He looked down at Zero.

" You should go home and rest." Zero looked at him. " I'll continue the search. And if it gets to be too rough to handle, I shall call for your assistance."

" But…"

" I'll take the fall if Kikumon finds out," Kane said, predicting what the knight was about to say. The black Gundam smiled. " I bet Bakunetsumaru's worried about you; you should go home and see him." Zero stared at Kane, then smiled.

" You are truly a good friend, Kane."

" As are you, Zero." Kane then flew off into the sky, nearly blending in with the black velvet. Zero sighed while lifting himself off the ground. If Baku were awake at this hour, he would be surprised.

But then again, you never know with that strange musha.