Cyanide's Kiss




You never know how long you have on Earth until you witness your own demise.
True, it does sound a little morbid, but this is exactly what happens. Up in Heaven angels were all hustle and bustle. They may have to work 24/7 but when a human life flickers out like a candle, they just have to see how it all plays out. Just like a movie, only admission's free and there's no popcorn.

Konan was frantic. Her hair was messily tied up in a short ponytail, bouncing along with the wind that flew by her. She was going top speed on her bicycle. "Ohmymygodohmygod" she said under her breath. "I'm going to be soooo late!!"
She glanced at her watch. It read 7:45. "Crap!!" she screeched and pedaled harder. She ignored the horns blowing at her as she cut somebody off.
The small angels watched down from Heaven at the 17 teen year-old girl. The one with dark hair and a bored expression asked "Why is she panicking?" Another angel with blond hair replied "Because you moron, she's late for something called school! un." The dark haired unconsciously titled his head and sucked his thumb. Obviously confused. He paused for a moment, thinking.


"But doesn't she know she's going to die today?"

A car screeched. A girl screamed. A bike flew thru the air clattering on the sidewalk.
Some of the younger angels started to cry. The older ones shook their heads and whispered a short prayer.

The first time Konan noticed something was wrong was when she opened her eyes and saw people above her. She could feel she was moving but didn't quite understand what was going on. The room they placed her in was filled with people in white coats. Something was being inserted into her arm but she couldn't feel it.

The second time was when she awoke feeling weightless. She noticed she was lying on something soft and feathery. Confused she stood up, but quickly got back down feeling a little woozy. Suddenly something small and fast darted it's way into her face.

The thing in question had messy, scraggly hair falling over one side of it's face. It had small white.....Wait! Were those WINGS?! Konan turned her head both ways in panic. There were more like it flying around, they appeared to be more interested in other things then her. She looked back at the thing in question.

"Hi! un." it's voice sounded sickeningly sweet. As if it was normal to greet visitors with that tone. "My name is Deidara, and I'm a Greeter Angel! un." each time he spoke he finished his sentence with an inaudible grunt. The thing in question acted hyper and jittery. It went on and on until Konan raised her hand up, silencing the little cretin.

"Excuse me, but, am I on some kind of drug trip?" Konan heard about these. She half expected the angel-or whatever the Hell it was- to slowly dissolve.
The angel shook it's head. "No....... your in Heaven." Konan stood back up this time steadying herself from falling. "Uh huh..... and how am I suppose to.....believe...that....." As the blue haired girl began walking away she noticed something off. She turned her head to one side and nearly screamed. She too, just like that awful thing, had wings too. They were slightly larger and whiter. On instinct she lightly touched them. They felt delicate and soft as if they could be torn easily.

Deidara laughed at this. Apparently the little runt thought this was funny. Konan swiveled around. Her eyes ablaze. "What's so funny?" she said gritting her teeth.

The tiny angel stopped laughing. "It's just that,......" Deidara trailed off trying to think of the right thing to say. "Well?" Konan said her mouth dripping with venom.

"I don't know." he said bluntly. "I just laugh at everything I guess." the blue haired huffed and continued walking. 'Maybe that's how this little runt died. He probably laughed at the wrong thing and somebody did him in.'

"That's not TRUE!! un."

Konan stopped. Oh shit! Did the little fag read her mind? Was that what all angels
did?? Oh God, if that was true, she was positively screwed.

"How did you know what I said........"

"Because you said it out LOUD!! un." Oh! Well so much for that thought........

"If you must know, I died from a fireworks display gone hay wired."

"Um....sorry." Even though the little piss ant was annoying, she felt guilty at what she had said.

Konan turned back around and walk- wait, can she fly? Konan wondered about this. Slowly she flapped them and gradually she descended into the air. Her eyes went wide in both amusement and fear. She always dreamed about flying and now she was finally accomplishing it!


And then she hit the ground.

She groaned in both pain and embarrassment. Deidara giggled but stopped as he received a death glare. "Um...your new at being an angel so it only makes sense that you can't stay up in the air for long."
All that came from the blue haired girl was a loud groan in annoyance.



Konan learned everything there was to know about dying, being dead, angels, and Heaven.

The first thing Deidara had covered was Death. To angels it was like birth to them. Each time a human passed a new angel came to be. The next thing was being dead. After you died, every year on the day you died you aged backwards. When an angel was seven days old they were placed on this river called the Nile. Then you repeat life all over again. Next angels. There were different levels and assignments, depending on what they did on Earth.

Arch Angels. They normally protected young angels and humans and destroyed demons. they were recognized by their large wings and swords that matched their personality.

Catcher Angels. Sometimes people didn't except the concept of death. So they try to escape to Earth. This is were the Catcher comes in, they carry a net ten times their size and use it to retrieve souls that sprang from Heaven.

Guardian Angels. They protected humans. But they can't kill demons.

Greeter Angels. As the name applies they greet new souls and update them.

Hermies Angels. The are used for messages and tasks higher angels need done. Very fast try to stay out of their way.

And last was Cherubs. They were the youngest and smallest of all angels. They had been there the longest and were close to going down the Nile.

And then Deidara went on and on about Heaven and it's rules but Konan just tuned him out.

She was a high school senior ready to take on the world. She had everything planned out. Finish high school, go to college, fall in love get married, have children and whatever came next. But she realized that none of that was possible. She was never going to have the dream life she wanted. The realization of that began crushing her.
She stopped. Deidara noticing this, stopped as well. "Something the matter? un."
Konan stayed silent but her body language said everything.
"Un?"
She bowed her head. Her hair falling a bit.
"Konan?"

And for the first since she was six she had a complete meltdown. "ARE YOU SAYING THAT I WILL NEVR GROW OLDER, NEVER GET MARRIED, NEVER HAVE THE LIFE I PLANNED OUT, NEVER HAVE CHILDREN?!?!" When she said children she chocked out on that part, her throat felt tight and her eyes filled to the brim with tears. She began to cry very loudly. She couldn't stop it, it just wasn't fair. She worked so hard for so long, just to have everything thrown away because she chose not to a bade traffic laws.
Cherubs around her started bawling with her. Older angels went to comfort them while sending glares at Konan. Deidara went aback to this. Never in his whole twenty years (he was nine) had anyone ever went ballistic over something as trivial as child rearing or anything like that for that matter. But he still couldn't help but feel pity for her. He flew over towards the girl resting his small hand on her shoulder.

"Please stop crying. You'll get to live it all over again. Just in the next....." he trailed off. "How old are you now?"
Konan sniffed wiping the few remaining tears from her eyes. "Seventeen."

"Seventeen years. I mean look at me! I died twenty years ago and I thought the very same way you do now I didn't like dying young either, in fact I tried escaping but got caught soon after. un." Konan looked back at the blonde who now sounded much older then nine. "Believe me, it will all work out in the end. un." he tugged at her hand pulling her forward. "Can we go see what angel you'll become now? Please? un."
Konan smiled. In human years he might have been about twenty nine but now he acted like a child who was excited about making a new friend. She let Deidara drag her away.
Maybe being dead wasn't going to be so bad after all.



….................yeah right...........................


"Fucking die you heathen!!" A male yelled as he swung a large red scythe. He flapped large black wings as he neared his target grinning sadistically the moment his scythe made contact with a frightened angel, it dissolved into a small floating object.
"Took me forever to catch your little ass." The male smirked before devouring it. " Either way, Jashin Sama shall be pleased." There was a flash of white before the male disappeared.


Konan glanced at the little cherubs that stood before her. There were exactly five of them, staring at her wide-eyed.
The youngest looking flew over to her. He had silky black hair and a blank expression. He took his thumb out of his mouth before saying: "Hi lady, what's your name?"
She let a 'Awww' escape her lips before replying "Konan."
Deidara flew over as well. "This is Itachi he's one of the few that's been here the longest, only four more years to go for him! un."
She felt a slight pang of guilt for the small child. How old was he when he died? She tapped the blonde.
"Un?"
"How old was he on Earth?"
Deidara thought about this for awhile. "Hmm. I think about 21, 22 maybe. un."
Oh. she breathed a sigh of relief. "That was when his brother went stark raving mad and stabbed him. un."
Her face paled. "Excuse me?"
"The kid blamed him for the death of their folks, went insane, and stabbed him......" He called the child over to him. He lifted up Itachi's shirt scanning the region before looking back up. "Exactly, 22 times for each year he had lived. un."
Her stomach churned after hearing that. How in Hell this person could say all that with a straight face was a mystery.
"Sad, I know. un."
She gulped, dreading what she was about to ask. "How did his parents die?"
"He was sleepwalking and shot them. un." He said before shooing the cherub away.
Shit. Wow death happens in the most strangest ways, don't it?

Konan laid down letting her wings droop slightly around her. She glanced up at the golden halo placed around her head. "I'm surprise I made it to Heaven........"
Konan was never the BEST person when she lived. Having her life spent trailing from foster home to foster home. After losing her parents in Japan, she was sent to live with a distant aunt and uncle, which of whom she had never heard of.
And particularly wished she never did. They were probably the most strictest Catholics. The couple also didn't believe in divorce. Yeah you read that part right. They HATED each other with a passion to the point everything in the house was separated and they each had two of everything. Including their niece. And of course it drew her insane living with them. Never knowing who's toaster was whose, or knowing which T.V. Station was aloud.
She ran out after only two weeks.

She then met up with an older male who had ideas of the future. He said someday he would take control of the world and create peace among the lands. She stayed with him. He taught everything she knew. How to pick a lock with a bobby pin, which car had an automatic lock response and how hot wire it.
But the most important thing he taught her was Origami. Her most favorite past time. She made all sorts of things from paper. Cats, dogs, fish, Hell, she recalled creating an entire zoo of exotic creatures from just paper. And afterwords she would bring them to life with. They would dance and sing, doing all sorts of things. It made her smile to know she had such a wonderful gift.
But there were the things she had done in the past that made her wonder how she made it to Heaven in the first place.
Before she met Nagato, or Pein as he preferred, she was a common thief. Snatching anything that was edible. Praying to any God that would listen for her next meal. she had excapped the law numerous times when caught stealing food.

She began recalling the places she stayed at. When she was six or seven she spent a few nights in a diner bathroom. She made sure she would wake up right before the place opened and be discovered. Another time it was an abandoned motel. Shut down because of prostitution. She lived there for eight weeks before being shooed away by a wreaking crew. The last place she lived was in a parking garage. Huddling for warmth in a card bored box. He discovered her asleep and took pity on the poor child. He carried her off and let her stay with him.
She was about eleven when he found her. Almost like a lost puppy plucked from the filthy streets and into a warm home.

The images flashed through her mind like a movie. Playing over and over. It made her smile, aside from the crazy aunt and uncle and living on the streets, her life was pretty much great. She had friends, a good future ahead of her........tears began welling up in her eyes. She was never going to see them or Pein ever again. The father figure that had raised her into who she was. The tears seeped down her face.
Screams of panic broke her daydream. Deidara and another cherub flew over to her. Panic and fear crossed their faces. She snapped out of her dream world, forgetting about the tears. "What? What's wrong?" she stood up only to be knocked right back down by another angel. She scanned him. He was tall, muscular and.......BLUE?!? "Stay the fuck down." He growled before getting back into the air, drawing out a large sword.

"That's Kisame. One of our Arcs." Deidara whispered clutching the cherub to his chest. It was wide eyed and frightened. It had dark red hair and brownish eyes. Konan looked up in the air. Among Kisame she saw another person. He was tall and had silver hair. He seemed to be yelling about something, before hacking a red scythe towards the blue male. The male with the scythe cursed loudly as he missed Kisame and was viciously smacked in the side by the other male's sword. Her eyes traveled along the white haired male. Instead of white wings and a golden halo, he had menacing looking pitch black wings complemented by red horns protruding from the side of his head. He wore a long cloak that hid his feet. Fire danced around him and his weapon as he slashed the weapon once more.

The cherub whimpered before diving it's head into Deidara's white robe. The blue haired girl gulped slightly. Was this what they called a devil? Something incarcerated in pure evil to do Satan's bidding? But at the same time, as fear washed over her, curiosity began rearing it's ugly head.

She clutched Deidara against her breast, trying to calm him and the cherub down. After a moment she spoke. "Why are they fighting?" The blonde glanced up. He was shaking all over, all humor was drained from him and replaced with fear. She could feel his heart beating rapidly so she held him closer, shielding the two with her new wings. "That's Hidan. He is the oldest and most evilest being that ever went to Hell. un." She glanced back up the male. He laughed sadistically as he finally made contact with his enemy. Kisame fell back down onto the clouds, before getting back up.
"Shouldn't somebody help him?" she inquired.
Deidara shook his head. "He's one of our strongest as well. He died when he was about fifty of a boating accident. Right now he's about.........." he trailed off as Hidan, made a beeline for the three. Deidara let out a yelp, clutching the cherub. Kisame followed right on the male's heals. Instinctively Konan shot up. Hiding the younger two behind them with her wings. At the moment she felt like a protective mother who had just had her nest disturbed. Hidan stood not two inches from her. He grinned flashing glistening white fangs. She held her ground as he swung the sword at her. Deidara and the cherub screamed.

The moment his scythe made contact with her, something fiery surrounded the four. It felt warm and yet it did not burn their skin. Hidan took a step back yet still held determination. She came closer. As she did the wings grew larger and something began glowing in her right hand. Deidara and the cherub took this chance and flew off. They stood next to Kisame who stared in shock at what was happening.
The smaller male tugged at Kisame's sleeve. "Is this what I think it is..........?" the older male glanced down, he was too shocked to say anything so he nodded his head.

"What are you doing you stupid bitch?!" Hidan yelled out. His voice sounded anger, but it only covered the complete fear that hitched itself within his throat. He knew exactly what was about to unfold, and he didn't like it.

The glowing in her hand became brighter and brighter. It slowly took shape with the fire that swirled around her. She became angry with each passing moment.

How dare this low life creature try and attack two small and innocent angels?! The object soon became a large white sword with a blue tint. It looked heavy and fierce, and had the appearance of paper. She glanced down at it, not caring where it came from. A thought flashed thru her mind and the sword took another shape. A bow arrow. Slowly she reared the arrow and steadying it.

Hidan's eyes became wide. "Oh SHIT!!!!!!" he turned around and tried to get away. His heart (or whatever he possessed) thumped against his chest, threatening to explode.

She let it go. The arrow soared thru the air, and like a heat seeking missile it locked in on it's target. It made contact with the devil shooting right into him and then straight out of him. And in the same second it too Konan to aim, he disappeared with a white flash.
The flames dissipated and her wings became small again. The bow and arrow becoming a sword once again. She dropped down onto the ground with a thud and ran her hands thru her hair. She glanced over at the sword that lay by her. She shuddered and closed her eyes.



"Wow.......................un."