Created by Love, Blood and Death Part 25
Shinii's POV
Heero had deflected Abith's power. I was surprised when he first did it. Of course then I remembered what my grandparents had said. That Heero was the son of Life. So therefore I should have known Heero had his own power. Now Abith is dead. My daddy took him out. But that's not the problem now. Now I'm looking at a very ugly creature.
The thing has to be at least eight feet tall. Large horns coming off of his head and has huge hands. Its neck is as wide as me! Its eyes glow an eerie color. Not red or white or even yellow. Just a mix of colors. It sends a shiver through me. I think I'm scared. For the first time that I can remember, I'm scared. The thing has no tail or anything that would tell me anything about it. I've never seen it before.
It laughed at Abith's death so I'm guessing the thing isn't that good. Its wings beat a few times. I guess they're not really wings. They're the wing bones with small amount of skin hanging off of it. It's gross. I huddle back into Heero. I feel his grasp on me tighten. This small act makes me feel a whole heck of lot better.
It stares at my daddy and I'm afraid that it might hurt him. In fact I'm suddenly hit with the realization that it will hurt my daddy. It turns its head to me and stares into my eyes. A chill runs through me. Right now I want very much to run away and hide. I think this is the first time that I don't think I could win. It's eyes shift to Heero and again I fear for my parent. I don't care that Heero could possibly deflect this thing's power. I have a feeling that we are in a lot of trouble.
"Oh yess little angel you are." The thing looks at me again. I whimper and huddle even deeper into Heero's embrace.
Duo's POV
It stares at Heero and Shinii. My heart all but stops. I fear it's going to hurt them. I can't let that happen. I don't know what I'd do without them. As it speaks a chill runs up my back. I should know this thing. Why can't I remember? I know who and what it is. It's just on the tip of my mind. Floating just out of reach. Damnit I need to remember.
"Forget sso many thingss, Sshinigami. Ssuch a bad boy." It stares at me.
"Who are you and what do you want?" I yell, I should know who it is.
"You forgot." It looks over at a group of demons. I have a bad feeling.
Suddenly the group of demons rush towards me. Their weapons ready to strike at me. All I can think of is: are they stupid? They can't hurt me. Reflexively I defend myself. I do not however aim to take their souls. It's not their fault. I can tell. That thing is controlling them. Making them fight a losing battle.
"DUO!!" Heero yells as a demon sword is thrust into me. I can't say it doesn't hurt. This body still has some mortal aspects to it. Really though, the pain is minor. Like being scratched; fleeting moment of pain. I of course don't taking kindly to being cut into. I bring my scythe down through the poor demon. I can always return the soul back to its body later.
I look up after all the demons have been dispatched. They never had a chance. I see Fawlner on one knee being restrained by Auzii. Trowa has a hold of Quatre and Dorma lays on the ground in front of Quatre unconscious. How Dorma got that way... I don't know. I'll ask later.
"Well lookss like you took care of the demonss. You really sshouldn't have done that. Now I have to hurt your family." It looks back at Shinii and Heero. "Goodbye dear Angel of Death and your mortal father." It releases a power straight at Shinii and Heero. There really is no way for me to help them. But I'll try anyways. I take flight hoping to beat the power but I fail as the power hits the two of them.
Rage wells up in me. How dare it harm my loved ones. I change direction and head for it. I hold my scythe firmly. I bring my scythe to bear as I near this hideous thing. I bring down my blade and it stops. I blink, how can it be stopped. No one can stop it.
It starts laughing and then it gasps.
Shinii's POV
At first I couldn't understand why demons would attack my daddy. They could never hope to win. But then looking over at the thing I realize it's playing with them. I see one prepare to run its sword through my daddy. Heero yells a warning. I then notice that he's been helping daddy.
He throws burst of power at the demons. I can tell it's taking a lot out of him. But what power he does use is working. The demons stop and fall to the ground. I don't think daddy realizes he's being helped. I look over at Auzii and Fawlner. I get the feeling that that thing is trying to use Fawlner against daddy. But Auzii is holding him back.
I look over at Val and Nanashi. Excuse me, Quatre and Trowa. Trowa is holding onto Quatre. I assume he's doing the same as Auzii. But Quatre doesn't look as bad as Fawlner. Maybe because Quatre is fully ascended? I notice that Dorma is laying on the ground. Interesting, wonder why?
Something must have happened. I see it aim for us and then the power heading right at us. I don't think Heero can deflect this power and I don't think I can either. I'm not even sure our combined power could deflect it. I turn to bury my face into Heero's chest. I don't want to see the end. I just want to feel my papa's arms around me holding me tight. I close my eyes tightly and tighten my grip on Heero's shirt. I think I even start to cry. I can feel my tears run down my checks. Just when I think the end is here nothing happens.
"Shinii?" Heero gasps.
I look up at him and he's staring at something. I turn to look and I too gasp. Standing in front of us are Father Time and Mother Goddess. Mother Goddess turns and kneels down so she's at eye level.
"Don't worry my little angel, I won't let anything happen to you." She kisses my forehead and then kisses Heero's head. "Or you my son-in-law." She stands back up.
"LEAVE MY SON ALONE!!" Father Time yells.
Duo's POV
I hear a voice I haven't heard in eons. I turn and look to see my parents standing in front of Heero and Shinii. They protected them. They kept them safe for me. I'm suddenly feeling a little better about this situation. I look back at the thing and smirk. I land and slowly walk backwards to my family.
"You cannot win." My mother says, her voice just as beautiful as the last time I heard it. "Give in and maybe we shall show you some leniency."
"Ah Mother Goddessss and Father Time, come to ssave your baby boy?" It hissed.
"Of course we have. We cannot allow Evil to destroy our hard work." Mother says. Her words spark my memory I know what this thing is. It's Evil. Not really a god but more like all the things that we hate wrapped up into one being.
"You think I sshall bow to your willss. Think again old onesss."
"It's our fault that this has happened. Let us make it right."
My eyes widen and I look at my mother. "Mother, what are you saying?"
Her sad red and black eyes look at me. "If we hadn't left then maybe this wouldn't have happened. Evil corrupted Abith and turned him against you. He brought about the judgment to have you sent to earth. He was the one who tamper with your sisters' ways. If we had been here we could have stopped him."
"No one will sstop me. No one can."
"Oh, but that is where you are wrong." My father says. "You do not only have my wife and myself to deal with but also our children and grandchild. The six of us can easily destroy you."
"All immortalsss are made the same." Evil glares at us.
"No you are wrong." Past steps up.
"We are born from two gods." Present says.
"The rest are made by our parents from elements of space and time." Future steps up next to them.
"That'ss imposssible, godss can't have children." Evil hisses.
"We are the most powerful and we rule. We can do whatever we want." Father says. I have to remember not to laugh.
Most gods and goddess don't understand love and having children. Nor do they have the want. It's too much trouble to have kids. They think it'll ruin all their fun. I think my parents had something to do with that. I also think they made it impossible for them to have kids. Who knows what you'll wind up with.
"Give up." Father says again.
"Worthlessss grandchild." It mumbles.
I hear Heero growl. "Shut up about my kid." I yell. I wasn't too pleased what he said about her either.
"Worthless, she's not." Past says.
"She can be most powerful." Present says.
"She is most definitely understanding and uncontrollable." Future says.
"You see, Shinii is more than any of us can guess." Mother says to me. "She's more than half immortal and yet the mortal self only makes itself know occasionally."
"More than half?" I raise an eyebrow. I look at Heero. He's looking at me something in his eyes tells me he knows something more. "You're not fully mortal?" I don't know why I question, deep down I think I know the answer.
He shakes his head no. "Iie, I'm half mortal."
"When did you know?" I feel a little numb. I should have known.
"Last night, after we made love. Shinii and I had a dream. We met your parents and they told us everything."
"You deflected Abith's power?" He nods yes. "Evil made Abith turn against me. It wasn't his fault. I took his soul and it wasn't his fault."
"He was the one to seek out Evil." Past says. "I kept this information from mother and father. You needed to punish him for his crimes against you. Not our parents. Had Abith not sought out Evil, then none of this would have happened."
I look at Past, she looks younger for some reason. "I don't understand."
"Before we left, we put Evil in a cage and banished him." Father tells me.
"Abith was angry with you for consorting with those lower than you." Mother says. "He also didn't take too kindly about you having a lover who he thought was mortal."
"He was further upset by you having Shinii." Past says.
"Though no one realized that Shinii was born." Present says.
"Not created like other angels." Future finished. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate it when they do that?
"Sso he ssought me out and assked for my help." Evil speaks up. "I gladly offered my help. A chance to hurt the favored creation of my captorss. It wass perfect."
"Until now." Father says. "We have returned to take our place as rulers of the Immortal Realm. And now we place you back in your cage."
My father and mother walk closer to Evil. His eyes widen in what I can only presume as fear. My parents hold hands and energy starts to move around them. I have rarely seen them pull their energy together. It's an immense amount, and as all powerful beings, it tends to cause a lot of problems. Mother's hair begins to swirl around them. Time stands still, only my sisters, Shinii and I are not affected.
"What's happening, Duo?" Okay so I was wrong. Heero is also unaffected.
I look at him and smile slightly. "They're pulling their energy so they can send him far away. So he won't hurt anyone again."
"Do they need help?"
"I don't know." I look behind Heero and gasp. Heero turns as well.
There walking toward us is someone who looks an awful lot like Heero. He has the same body structure. His hair is lighter but has a messy look to it. Not as messy as Heero but still. He stops and looks at us. His eyes shift from Heero to Shinii to me and back to Heero.
"You have a beautiful daughter, son." He says to Heero. He looks at me and smiles. "I thank you for your love for my son. And for my granddaughter." He then looks at Shinii and smiles. "You sure are a spit fire little angel. You take care of them." He walks past us with nothing else to say.
I, myself, am dumbfounded. Who was he and why do I have a feeling I've met him before? I stare as he walks up to my parents and takes a hold of father's hand. The energy increases at least ten fold. Though I'm betting it's more. Then they release the power and it takes Evil away. To where I don't know. But judging by the cage of energy around him I doubt he'll be able to break through it. The three of them turn back to us.
"So...um now what?" I ask placing a hand on Heero's shoulder. I feel relief as his hand covers mine.
"Now we take our place son." Father says.
"And what does that mean?" Heero asks.
"It means we will take over rule of the immortal realm. Fix the problems that this court has made."
"What about Duo?" Heero's hand tightens a bit.
"What about him? He cannot fight in the war. It would be unfair. Come to think about it, it would be unfair for any of you to fight."
"The people of the colonies need us." I state. They all look at me. I hate the look they give. It's the you-know-better-than-that look.
"Son, we will fix it, don't worry. Now if you and Heero and the others want to go back to Earth that's fine." Mother says.
"You should go anyways, the mortals there will have their lives disturbed if you don't." Past says.
I feel small arms wrap around me. I look down at Shinii. I sigh, I know what she's thinking. She'll be alone again. "Do you have to go Daddy?"
"If you do go back." Father says. "Please remember you are a parent and you should take that role seriously." He winks at Shinii.
"Why is everyone frozen?" Heero asks, he looking around at everything.
"I stopped time and space. Couldn't have Evil running off while we're trying to gather energy."
I look over and spot the man that came to help my parents. "I know you don't I?"
He smiles, just like Kei used to. "Why yes, you do in a way. My name is Life. Heero is my son."
I look back and forth at the two. "Yeah, I can see the resemblance."
"Yes. Well, I think he looks more like his mother."
"Where is she?" Okay so I had a feeling what happened to her but stupid me had to ask.
"You freed her from her pain." I close my eyes. I really didn't want to know that I'm the one that took her soul.
I feel a kiss on my lips and strong arms wrap around me. "Do not blame yourself, koi. She was in much pain and it only got worse with each day that passed. You gave her peace."
I leaned into Heero. "You remember?"
"Hai. When we entered this realm everything came back. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
"S'ok. I understand."
"What the hell just happened?" Wufei's voice broke the silence.
"Looks like dad restarted time." I whisper.
"Hn."
I step back and look to the others. "Well let's see. Mom, Dad and Life put Evil in a cage and sent it to who knows where. Mom and Dad are going back to the throne and rule over everything. And I have no idea what Life has planned. I'm heading back to earth to raise my beautiful daughter and I'm hoping Heero will join me. The rest of you I don't know. But my dear sisters, the Fates, say you should go back. And what the heck happened to Dorma?"
Quatre blushes. "Well... um...you see, when that thing was using the other demons to fight you, I sort of knocked him out."
I raise an eyebrow. "And why did you do that?"
"Dorma told him to." Trowa says. "He didn't want to fight you so Quatre blasted him."
"Oh and the rest of you?"
"Quatre was afraid he'd hurt you so I held him back."
"I could feel his touch inside of my head." Quatre shivered.
"The same for me." Fawlner says. He's on his knees shaking a bit. "Auzii was holding me back, but the pull was powerful."
"Demons are easier for Evil to use. As they are made from darkness. Evil and darkness tend to go together. Dorma knew this. However Val and Fawlner are ascended demons. They have light flowing through them, even if it is a small amount." Life explains.
Dorma moans and sits up. "Damn, boy did you have to hit me so hard?"
"Sorry." Quatre says blushing.
"So that's it. The war is over and we won?" Wufei asks. "I thought it'd be harder."
"That is it." Mother says. "Now the real hard work begins. At least for us it does. We have to put right everything that is wrong. You boys still have a vacation."
"However, when the natural lives of the boys you pretend to be ends, you must return to this realm." Father says sternly.
"So when Quatre Winner is suppose to die, I have to come back here?" Quatre asks.
"Yes. Of course, if you would rather stay here now that's fine. But understand that if you do that you are interfering with mortals lives. Your mortal sisters will be affected."
"I understand."
I turn to my parents. "I think we'll go back. At least until we can manage to leave without upsetting everyone. Say our goodbyes and what not. Though I think I'll miss it." Shinii's grip around me tightens.
"You should take her with you." Mother says. "She's been away from you for far too long."
I kiss the top of Shinii's head. "Yeah. Hey munchkin, you wanna come with us?"
Shinii looks up and smiles. "You mean it? I can come with you!?"
"Of course I mean it." I wink at her.
"Yes!" Her wings fold up around me. I smile.
I look over at Heero. "What about you?"
He looks at me with an unreadable look. "She's my child too. You're not raising her alone."
I smile at that. "What about us?"
He smirks. "Remember last night?"
I almost blush. "I might."
"Gods! How can you not?" Wufei growls. "The whole damn house remembers last night." Now I blush.
"Do I want to know?" Shinii's looking over at mother.
"No, sweetheart, I don't think you do." She looks at me. "However, if you're taking her, you might want to adjust her age. A ten year old with two fifteen year olds won't work."
"Um... what are you going to do to me?"
I chuckle. "Make you a five year old. And before you even start to complain, you get to be a real little girl."
"Like Pinocchio." Wufei says.
"Who?" Shinii asks.
"Shut up dragon. Never mind sweetheart. But you aren't going to have to worry about being the Angel of Death for awhile."
"I don't want to forget."
"You won't. All your memories will remain in tact." I look back at my parents. "Well, I guess this is goodbye."
"Oh please don't be so dramatic." Mother say sighs. "You'll be back before we know it. Besides we'll come visit. Someone has to spoil my grandbaby." Mother smiles.
I smile back and then turn and open a portal. "Well everyone in." I turn back to my parents and hug both of them. I hug my sisters and shake Life's hand. "Shinii, come give hugs and kisses to your grandparents and aunts."
I see Heero shake Life's hand and Life in return gives Heero a bear hug. I try not to laugh. Wufei stands by the portal. So does Trowa. I watch as Dorma and Quatre say goodbye.
"Well Val... I guess I'll see you when you come back." Dorma says.
"Yes sir."
"Always with the sirs. Well, I'll be sure to tell the others to leave you alone."
Quatre smiles. "Yeah, I guess they can't hurt me anymore."
"If you can take me out, you can take all of them out. Good luck."
"Thank you Dorma."
I look around and everyone is waiting for me. I go over to them and take a hold of Heero's hand and then Shinii's. I smile back at my family and then we walk into the portal. Back to being Duo Maxwell and mortal. Well not really mortal. But I have to keep up a good act. Wonder how long we'll stay in the mortal realm? Wonder how Shinii's going to react? Wonder how Relena will act? Not that I can't wait to see.
TBC...
No more. ::Sniffles:: Okay I've talked myself into an epilogue.
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