Post by luminitrium on Mar 27, 2008 16:50:50 GMT -5
A/N: First fanfic in a while...
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Series: Gundam Wing
Type: AU
Genre: General/Supernatural
Pairings: None...
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Coming soon to a dea--er, place near you!
Chapter One: Sign of Death.
There was a circle of children who always played together--they laughed so freely and carelessly, their happiness as clear as the bright day was. The playground was always full of children who loved to play, oblivious to the outside world; today they had heard that there was going to be a new playmate and so all of the children were very excited.
The children all circled the young brown-haired boy as soon as his parents allowed him to go near the other boys and girls--he grinned brightly up at them, showing that he was not one of a shy nature. His brown hair was tied into a braid that nearly reached down the end of his back, his blue-colored orbs (which oft were mistaken for violet) appeared to sparkle with glee.
"Hi. My name is Duo Maxwell. Nice to meet ya!"
"Tracy."
"My name is Stephanie, but you can call me 'Annie'."
A few playful laughters and the girl in question made a face.
"John Yale."
"Izen Krastohav."
"Jean Grey."
"Orion Cedeno."
Then they all looked at each other, grinning mischievously before looking at the now confused-looking long-haired boy before they said,
"How about you play a game of hide and seek with us?"
Duo smiled. It was his favorite game to play; after all, he always won the game...regardless of how large an area was--although he wondered why his parents had recently kept him from going outside to play such a game. Lately, they gave him worried, anxious looks behind his back whenever he would pain pictures of beautiful red flames that seemed to draw those who looked at the paintings in. He had heard--by accident--that a young girl who he had played with often had came over and when she had seen the painting she was drawn to it. Then she disappeared the next day, which was when she was brought back home--he still did not understand why his parents hid his painting supplies from him.
It was fun for him to paint. It was one of the few things he enjoyed to do whenever he was alone.
"Sure!"
Duo said.
"You're it!"
They all said, pointing at him and laughing playfully. The smile did not leave the brown-haired boy's facial expression.
"Ok!"
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"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six..."
The sound of a giggle heard from the forest behind the playground was heard.
"...five, four, three, two..."
The rushing of feet that was done with haste and no hesitation.
"...one! Here I come, ready or not!"
Duo got up from the snowy ground from which he was kneeling in right in the front of a tree and had moved his hands from his eyes as well as opened them when he turned around. He looked around to see not a hair of near the place where he was standing. When he looked at the dense forest, he scratched his head, knowing that there was an easier way to find out where exactly the other children were hiding. He closed cobalt blue eyes--there was snow everywhere...but despite that, he could see all of them; he had a confident look on his face as he opened his eyes before dashing forwards at a tree to his far left.
Jean was rather surprised let's say when she saw Duo's form upon her in seconds.
"Found ya! Now, you have to stand near the tree while I find the others."
".....Uh, ok."
As Jean stood near the tree she huffed slightly--weren't you supposed to ask for their assistance?
But to her dismay and shock, it did not take long for Duo to find almost all of them...except for one, which he already knew was deep within the forest. He would get him. There was no doubt about it; the children watched in unusual silence as Duo's form disappeared into the forest without hesitation.
"Geeze, is he like fearless or something?"
"It's dangerous to go into the forest looking for just one person."
"Well John is in there too."
John, who was catching on to the fact that Duo was finding all of the other children under at least two minutes or so; as he sped through the forest, he knew that he would win this game. It was just luck after all, right? Then he comes to a place in the forest where the trees are the thickest but he doesn't worry, he knows how to get back because his father taught him the many paths in the forest. John turned around to see Duo smiling at him.
"You can run, but you cannot hide from me."
"How did you...? You're not human, you could not have run that fast...could you?"
John was backing away from the brown-haired youth who was slightly confused at the other one's actions and took a step for every back-step the black-haired boy took.
"Let's go back to everyone. What's wrong?"
The boy was scared out of his whits and Duo knew that look very well. It was one that had been given to him whenever he was called 'demon child' or 'monster' in a old town he used to live in--although he doesn't really remember much about it, Duo hated that look.
"You're afraid, aren't you?"
John shook his head vehemently, instantly not liking the look on Duo's face as he was advancing upon him.
"You're lying. I hate it when people lie--when people lie, they cause other people to die. People who lie have no right to live."
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".....o!"
"DUO MAXWELL!"
Someone poking him woke him up. Duo opened half-lidded eyes which appeared to look practically glazed over with emptiness until he really woke up and then his eyes were completely open. He wiped a bit of saliva that was hanging from the right corner of his mouth and grinned at the teacher, giving her a salute that was surely mocking.
"Yes Ma'am!"
Everyone else laughed but Ms. Une would have none of that and he was forced to stand outside of the classroom, holding two buckets of water. Even if that was true, somehow he was able to fall asleep standing up--well until an individual with black hair was returning to the classroom from a trip to the bath and frowned.
"Wake up you idiot."
No response. Well, until the black-haired teenager stepped on his foot.
"Ow! Damn, did you have to do that Wu Fei?"
Duo made a pouty face that caused the black-haired youth to scowl at him.
"I don't think you will want to miss basket ball practice because you fell asleep outside, dropping the buckets in the process of doing so and then getting detention for it. Of course, i don't really care either way but I think that the team would be after you for a while."
Duo made a face at Wu Fei when he re-entered the classroom; it was at that time the bell rang and he was glad that he did not have to stand outside of the classroom like this any longer. It was starting to grate on his nerves; but it was a good thing it was one of his most favorite times of the day--lunch, if only for the food. He also hoped Wu Fei had the same lunch as he did but given his luck the Chinese boy might sustain some kind of injury again; it just appeared the black-haired teenager was prone to accidents. As he went to his locker to grab some money, he saw a group of four near his locker and without hesitation he round-house kicked one of them away from his locker, giving a death-glare.
They all scampered off like scared puppies.
"Hmph, stupid cowardly dogs."
The brown-haired teenager grabbed his money, rushing straight down the hall before deterring to the right, going right into the lunchroom and cutting through many people which resulted in many glares being thrown at him. Grinning sheepishly, he took a place in line that was somehow not near the back--the line had grown to be like one during a masquerade or something--and rather quite close to the front. There were girls talking to each other at a nearby table and at this he wasted no time in winking at them which caused the cluster of females to swoon. As he was arching his eyebrows rather suggestively rather than getting any food someone happened to bump into him.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!"
Duo shouted when someone was carrying lunch near the line and apparently thought it was amusing to distract him from 'associating' with others--which it was not. He saw a dark brown-haired youth who just shrugged it off without any uttering another word which caused a frown to form across Duo's face as he placed food on his tray. Of course he was not in a mood to hunt down the other responsible for his disturbed mood--which was somehow already bad regarding earlier--but he smiled anyway as he sat down at a random table.
Of course the table would be the same table that the boy with short brown hair was sitting at. Perfect.
Lifting his fork with precise movement he made it look like he was about to take some of his macaroni when he quickly reached over to take one of the other boy's hot dogs. Crack!
"YEEEEOWWW!!!"
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Series: Gundam Wing
Type: AU
Genre: General/Supernatural
Pairings: None...
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Coming soon to a dea--er, place near you!
Chapter One: Sign of Death.
There was a circle of children who always played together--they laughed so freely and carelessly, their happiness as clear as the bright day was. The playground was always full of children who loved to play, oblivious to the outside world; today they had heard that there was going to be a new playmate and so all of the children were very excited.
The children all circled the young brown-haired boy as soon as his parents allowed him to go near the other boys and girls--he grinned brightly up at them, showing that he was not one of a shy nature. His brown hair was tied into a braid that nearly reached down the end of his back, his blue-colored orbs (which oft were mistaken for violet) appeared to sparkle with glee.
"Hi. My name is Duo Maxwell. Nice to meet ya!"
"Tracy."
"My name is Stephanie, but you can call me 'Annie'."
A few playful laughters and the girl in question made a face.
"John Yale."
"Izen Krastohav."
"Jean Grey."
"Orion Cedeno."
Then they all looked at each other, grinning mischievously before looking at the now confused-looking long-haired boy before they said,
"How about you play a game of hide and seek with us?"
Duo smiled. It was his favorite game to play; after all, he always won the game...regardless of how large an area was--although he wondered why his parents had recently kept him from going outside to play such a game. Lately, they gave him worried, anxious looks behind his back whenever he would pain pictures of beautiful red flames that seemed to draw those who looked at the paintings in. He had heard--by accident--that a young girl who he had played with often had came over and when she had seen the painting she was drawn to it. Then she disappeared the next day, which was when she was brought back home--he still did not understand why his parents hid his painting supplies from him.
It was fun for him to paint. It was one of the few things he enjoyed to do whenever he was alone.
"Sure!"
Duo said.
"You're it!"
They all said, pointing at him and laughing playfully. The smile did not leave the brown-haired boy's facial expression.
"Ok!"
--
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six..."
The sound of a giggle heard from the forest behind the playground was heard.
"...five, four, three, two..."
The rushing of feet that was done with haste and no hesitation.
"...one! Here I come, ready or not!"
Duo got up from the snowy ground from which he was kneeling in right in the front of a tree and had moved his hands from his eyes as well as opened them when he turned around. He looked around to see not a hair of near the place where he was standing. When he looked at the dense forest, he scratched his head, knowing that there was an easier way to find out where exactly the other children were hiding. He closed cobalt blue eyes--there was snow everywhere...but despite that, he could see all of them; he had a confident look on his face as he opened his eyes before dashing forwards at a tree to his far left.
Jean was rather surprised let's say when she saw Duo's form upon her in seconds.
"Found ya! Now, you have to stand near the tree while I find the others."
".....Uh, ok."
As Jean stood near the tree she huffed slightly--weren't you supposed to ask for their assistance?
But to her dismay and shock, it did not take long for Duo to find almost all of them...except for one, which he already knew was deep within the forest. He would get him. There was no doubt about it; the children watched in unusual silence as Duo's form disappeared into the forest without hesitation.
"Geeze, is he like fearless or something?"
"It's dangerous to go into the forest looking for just one person."
"Well John is in there too."
John, who was catching on to the fact that Duo was finding all of the other children under at least two minutes or so; as he sped through the forest, he knew that he would win this game. It was just luck after all, right? Then he comes to a place in the forest where the trees are the thickest but he doesn't worry, he knows how to get back because his father taught him the many paths in the forest. John turned around to see Duo smiling at him.
"You can run, but you cannot hide from me."
"How did you...? You're not human, you could not have run that fast...could you?"
John was backing away from the brown-haired youth who was slightly confused at the other one's actions and took a step for every back-step the black-haired boy took.
"Let's go back to everyone. What's wrong?"
The boy was scared out of his whits and Duo knew that look very well. It was one that had been given to him whenever he was called 'demon child' or 'monster' in a old town he used to live in--although he doesn't really remember much about it, Duo hated that look.
"You're afraid, aren't you?"
John shook his head vehemently, instantly not liking the look on Duo's face as he was advancing upon him.
"You're lying. I hate it when people lie--when people lie, they cause other people to die. People who lie have no right to live."
--
".....o!"
"DUO MAXWELL!"
Someone poking him woke him up. Duo opened half-lidded eyes which appeared to look practically glazed over with emptiness until he really woke up and then his eyes were completely open. He wiped a bit of saliva that was hanging from the right corner of his mouth and grinned at the teacher, giving her a salute that was surely mocking.
"Yes Ma'am!"
Everyone else laughed but Ms. Une would have none of that and he was forced to stand outside of the classroom, holding two buckets of water. Even if that was true, somehow he was able to fall asleep standing up--well until an individual with black hair was returning to the classroom from a trip to the bath and frowned.
"Wake up you idiot."
No response. Well, until the black-haired teenager stepped on his foot.
"Ow! Damn, did you have to do that Wu Fei?"
Duo made a pouty face that caused the black-haired youth to scowl at him.
"I don't think you will want to miss basket ball practice because you fell asleep outside, dropping the buckets in the process of doing so and then getting detention for it. Of course, i don't really care either way but I think that the team would be after you for a while."
Duo made a face at Wu Fei when he re-entered the classroom; it was at that time the bell rang and he was glad that he did not have to stand outside of the classroom like this any longer. It was starting to grate on his nerves; but it was a good thing it was one of his most favorite times of the day--lunch, if only for the food. He also hoped Wu Fei had the same lunch as he did but given his luck the Chinese boy might sustain some kind of injury again; it just appeared the black-haired teenager was prone to accidents. As he went to his locker to grab some money, he saw a group of four near his locker and without hesitation he round-house kicked one of them away from his locker, giving a death-glare.
They all scampered off like scared puppies.
"Hmph, stupid cowardly dogs."
The brown-haired teenager grabbed his money, rushing straight down the hall before deterring to the right, going right into the lunchroom and cutting through many people which resulted in many glares being thrown at him. Grinning sheepishly, he took a place in line that was somehow not near the back--the line had grown to be like one during a masquerade or something--and rather quite close to the front. There were girls talking to each other at a nearby table and at this he wasted no time in winking at them which caused the cluster of females to swoon. As he was arching his eyebrows rather suggestively rather than getting any food someone happened to bump into him.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!"
Duo shouted when someone was carrying lunch near the line and apparently thought it was amusing to distract him from 'associating' with others--which it was not. He saw a dark brown-haired youth who just shrugged it off without any uttering another word which caused a frown to form across Duo's face as he placed food on his tray. Of course he was not in a mood to hunt down the other responsible for his disturbed mood--which was somehow already bad regarding earlier--but he smiled anyway as he sat down at a random table.
Of course the table would be the same table that the boy with short brown hair was sitting at. Perfect.
Lifting his fork with precise movement he made it look like he was about to take some of his macaroni when he quickly reached over to take one of the other boy's hot dogs. Crack!
"YEEEEOWWW!!!"