Reikai Tanteis
by ARaZhi
Chapter 1

It was a clear, dark night. The full moon hang over head, surrounded by thousands of stars. Below, the twinkling lights of the busy city could be seen several kilometers away.

The Genei Ryodan are sitting atop a cliff over looking the city. Machi, Shalnark, Nobunaga, Coltopi, Phinx, Feitan, and Shizuku are crowding around their newest acquision: the Book of the Dead.

"Hey, guys, look at this," Shalnark points to an interesting entry and reads, "Ubogin. September 2. They even have a detailed account of his character and his work! Amazing!"

"Hmp. Based on this, it doesn't look like he'll be going to heaven," Machi observed.

"If there is a heaven," Phinx commented.

"But it's strange... Pakunoda's death isn't listed here," Shalnark said. "Everyone else has a date beside his name except for Pakunoda."

"It's probably just a typographical error or whatever," Feitan said, clearly uninterested. "The important thing is, what are we going to do with that dumb book?"

They made their way down the cliff, debating on how much they'll make on their newest acquisition or whether they'll be better off using it for some other purpose. They stumbled upon Reikai purely by coincidence. None of them were certain what exactly happened. They were just walking, the next thing they knew, they were in front of a huge palace. Well, what are thieves going to do if they come face to face with a palace? Steal, of course! So that's what they did. They filched the first interesting thing that caught their attention. What could possibly be better than the Book of the Dead? It contains the death day of everyone and enough information to blackmail anybody!

However, as was proven in the past with Yusuke's first death, the Book is not entirely accurate.

And in a few minutes, everything will change. For better or for worse.

~*~

"Didn't we agree that we're here to sight-see?" Leorio asked his friends. "It's not everyday that we get together and have the chance to do just nothing!"

"I know," Kurapika replied, "but I still think we should have gone to the museum. It's more interesting that hiking up here and just looking at the city."

"Museum? Interesting? Bah. It's just a bunch of old things!" Killua exclaimed.

"The city looks great at night from up there," Gon said, pointing up ahead, "and tomorrow we can go to the museum. Besides, it's probably closed by now."

"That's because we've spent 2 hours walking to get here. The museum was just...."

Kurapika's statement was cut off by a tingling sense of danger. Up ahead, coming towards them, are seven figures. Seven very familiar, very dangerous figures.

Sweat broke out of Killua's face and Gon felt himself tremble. Leorio kept on clenching and unclenching his fist, looking around him for the fastest escape route. Kurapika took a step forward and stood in front of Killua and Gon, his eyes glowing red.

Gon spoke up, "We were just sight-seeing. We're not here to cause trouble."

Well, that's easy for Gon to say. Kurapika is shaking, angrier than any of them have ever seen him before.

"Kurapika, control yourself!" Leorio snapped, grabbing hold of his friends arm.

"Kurapika, now isn't the time for this," Killua took hold of Kurapika's other arm and began to tug him back.

But there was no holding back Kurapika.

Phinx and Feitan, though they have reacted peacefully when they crossed paths with Gon and Killua, clearly have nothing but murderous feelings for Kurapika. The same could be said for Nobunaga.

In moments, the dark night became tainted blood red...