IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH

A Fanfic by Kuroi Tenshi

Date: 01/27/01

Type: Shounen-ai/Songfic/Angst/POV

Disclaimer: No, the adorably delicious Gundam Wing boys do not belong to me. They belong to a

bunch of Japanese men who would commit seppuku if they knew the things I make them do, he he

he:p "In the Shadow of the valley of death" song belongs to the ever-so-controversial Marilyn

Manson (who is AWESOME in concert, must I add). Download the song and listen while you read, if

you don’t own the album.

Love letters at okita5@yahoo.com

Key: songlines in italics

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We have no future

 

Heaven wasn’t made for me

 

 

 

I am this *extremely small distance between thumb and index finger* close to losing it.

 

We burn ourselves to Hell

 

Nobody knows how hard it is to keep up the happy-go-lucky attitude all the friggin time. But

the truth is, I don't really lie...Hell, I NEVER lie. The part of me that laughs about

everything is the weak part. The part that just can't take it. Laughs everything off so it

won't affect him. Suits me well, I guess.

 

Death laughs at everything.

 

As fast as it can be

 

I wish that I could be the king

 

Its kinda funny seeing me in this situation. I mean, look at me. I'm here, with a towel around

my waist, staring at myself in the mirror as if I had never seen this person in front of me

before. Funny thing is, I haven't. I only see this guy every once in a while...once too many

times.

 

Then I’d know I’m not alone

 

His lovely violet eyes, so deep, almost hypnotize me. Seriously, I have a hard time pulling

away from them. Heero says they're like the ocean, endless. I can definitely vouch for that.

 

But as lovely as they are, it's so painful to stare into them, and so painful not too. It's a

masochist's delight. The beauty and horror I see in them is far too extraordinary to describe.

I visually trace the delicate face, smooth as ivory, rosy cheeks, a delicious mouth, as if

carved by the greatest sculptor, up to those violet pools once again, damp and hot full of

streaming pain.

 

Maggots put on shirts

 

Sell each other shit

 

Sometimes I feel so worthless

 

Sometimes I feel discarded

 

Oh, why so much shame, Duo Maxwell? Why do you cry? Why do you hold so much pain in that little

heart of yours, and not let anyone take a peek? How a face so innocent should hold a heart so

dark is a quite an interesting contrast. But I know you, for I am the one you can't lie to. I

know how you double up in mind-boggling pain when the memories hit you, in a flash of

remembering. I know how your mind goes black with horror when your flesh remembers the touches,

the stinging, the tearing. I've seen the softness of your skin turn into a shapeless monster as

your face tightens when receiving a visual flash. I've seen the pits of your Hell, and I have

not run away.

 

I wish that I was good enough

 

I will not run away. I will not leave you.

 

I promised you.

 

Then I’d know that I am not alone

 

It takes only two seconds alone and I crumble. I know it hurts Heero, but it's really

impossible for me to do anything about it. Something deep, deep inside me is torn. It's broken.

And it hurts. I guess its just like Heero says: "Dying hurts like hell." Couldn't have said it

better myself.

 

Death is a policeman

 

Death is the priest

 

Death is a stereo

 

Death is the TV

 

Death is the Tarot

 

Death is an angel

 

Its nothing new, this routine. It never gets better, but I am never able to stop. I have to

come back every once in a while and reassure him that I'm not abandoning him. If you could only

see his scared little face...hear his muffled cries in the middle of the night...I swear to

God, destiny or fate is the most unfair bitch I have ever known. How can people in this world

be allowed such cruel acts and go unpunished, and the soul of an angel is so inhumanly

destroyed, and yet the poor kid still has to save the world? Where is God in all this? Fuck

him. The only God I know is Death.

 

 

 

Death is our God

 

And it's killing us all.

 

 

 

She put the seeds in me

 

Plant this dying tree

 

She’s the burning string

 

And I’m just the ashes

 

 

 

Tomorrow, the day that never comes, I'll be doing this over again. Drowning deep into the

depths of that Cobalt Ocean and seeing him again. Back in L2. Back in Hell. And I'll tell him

again to never be alone. Because we are Duo. A lonely angel born and raised...

 

In the Shadow of the Valley of Death.

 

Goodnight, Duo.

 

END

 

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Author’s notes: This was a quickie so it might be a little confusing *gomen!* but there’s good

stuff in there so I decided to keep it. I just got the "Holy Wood" album and was listening to

the entire thing, it really is inspiring, he hehe. I hope you like. Maybe more fanfics will

spring from similar sources! ‘Till then!

 

-Kuroi Tenshi=:)

 

 

Full Disclaimer:

Shin Kidousenki Gundam Wing is trademark and property of Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency, and

associated companies. The characters are used without permission for entertainment purposes and of completely no

profit at all. Original portions of this work belong to the author.