Author's Note: Hello everyone! This is my second fanfic! This time, it's (perhaps) the entire world's very first, SOUL EATER AND SCOOBY DOO crossover fanfic! I thought that SE and SD would go SO well together so I decided to get things started! I had this idea about a month ago; however, I didn't start writing it until now.
This is my second fanfic, so I'm still just starting out! School is going to be a bit of a problem though. Also, feel free to check out my first fanfic, a Soul Eater and Hetalia- Axis Powers crossover called 'The Pasta-Loving Reaper and the OCD Nation! A Personality Swap?'. Also, later on I will be publishing the first chapter of my THIRD fanfic: A Soul Eater and Ouran High School Host Club crossover called 'Secret of the New Host!'. So stay tuned for the Ouran and Soul Eater story! Can you guess what my third fanfic is about? I'll give you one clue: When one member of the Soul Eater cast joins the Ouran Host Club, TOTAL RANDOM HILARITY ENSUES! Also, I might write a second Soul Eater and Scooby Doo crossover as well as this one, along with just a random Soul Eater only fanfic (Yup, have you guessed by now that I'm obsessed with Soul Eater? But really, who can blame meh? :3) about a group of Soul Eater cosplayers and otaku's getting sucked into Soul Eater while practicing a cosplay skit for an anime expo. Yup, when Death the Kid meets a Death the Kid COSPLAYER, things get crazy! And wouldn't things be even crazier if Death the Kid found out his cosplayer was actually a GIRL?! However, I'm considering making this SE cosplayers fanfic idea part of 'The Pasta-Loving Reaper and the OCD Nation! A Personality Swap?' instead of making it a fanfic on its own.
NEVERMIND! I'm getting WAY off track! So now, I'm just going to give you a longer summary of the story!
HUMANOID DEATH AND THE ABANDONED DEATH CITY! ~SUMMARY
One month after the Kishin Asura's demise (in the SE anime) things started to look peaceful. However, that changed when the Book of Eibon gained ridiculous amounts of power and madness. In just one single day, several weapons and meisters tried to fight the book and its madness. In just that one single day, the book was triumphant. And in just that one, single, day, the book sucked Death City dry of absolutely all (but plants) of its mortal life, humans, animals, and kishin eggs alike, except for the Death Gods, the Grim Reapers. From that day forward, the only two who ever walked the streets of Death City were Death and Death the Kid, since they didn't not get close enough to the book to be sucked in. However, after one month of wandering the abandoned city, Death the Kid decided to confront the book, in an attempt to stop the book's power and reverse its effects with his Lines of Sanzu. However, Kid was unable to activate his Sanzu lines on his own, and the book tried to suck him in. Kid didn't get sucked in, but the book of Eibon used some of its power to seal Kid in an old, small room in the Death City Underground, where Kid was forced into an enchanted unconsciousness, the seal only able to be broken by the Eternal Spring magic tool, which was repelled out of the city afterwards.
So Lord Death was alone in Death City from that day forward. He wandered Death City for 200 years, trying to put together a plan to reawaken his son, and stop the book of Eibon, but he was helpless, since he didn't have the Eternal Spring. 200 years after Kid was sealed away, (which was 200 years and 1 month after the initial incident with the book) the Mystery Inc. gang decided to help out in investigations with members of an organization called the Supernatural Investigation Organization (or SIO for short). They team up with an SIO member called Julia, and look for a supernatural case to solve. They hear from other SIO members about the abandoned Death City, and go to Death City to investigate.
Once they reach the city, they decide to explore the Underground. Meanwhile, Death faces off against an old enemy of DWMA when they decide to pay the reaper a visit. However after being exposed to the Book of Eibon's mad magic for 200 years, it takes a toll on Death and something happens to him…he is transformed into a human-looking being! When the human-like Death meets Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and Julia, to what extent will he go to keep his true identity a secret? Read on to find out! Warning: Contains OC's (Julia and other members of SIO, which is an organization that I also made up myself), fight scenes and Human!Death.
Lol sorry for the long summary :/
My friend once told me that I just about hold the record for the longest author's notes XD.
I guess it's just a problem with me that once I get into it I have trouble stopping. Anyway, here's the first chapter! I debated over whether to add a prologue or not, but in the end I decided not to. Don't worry though; I'll still have flashbacks in this chapter of things that happened prior to this story's start. Anyway, ENJOY!
Chapter 1: A Wandering Reaper
Death's POV
I watched the cold, dimly lit hallways pass by me as I glided across the cobbles in the Death City underground. I really needed to figure out the location of the Eternal Spring magic tool. After what had happened to my son 200 years ago its location had been unknown to me. As I passed down the long, maze-like paths of the Underground, an old memory of 2 centuries past surfaced in my mind. It was of my son. It puzzled me sometimes how I managed to remember things that happened centuries ago, that was until I remembered why. I was Death; of course my memory was long. Sometimes, from roaming the abandoned city, most of the time, aimlessly, for just over 200 years, I felt like a hopelessly lost and lonely child, rather than a several thousand year old grim reaper. In fact, how I knew I was around several thousand years old was another thing I questioned myself. I had almost lost count of my age. I at least knew at least that I had rooted my soul to Death City 1000 years ago, so that was a start. The old memory of Kid played back in my mind, reminding me of the separation of my son from me. My son, the only person I once had left.
~DEATH'S FLASHBACK
200 YEARS EARLIER
The room in the Death City Underground was big and dark. The Book of Eibon was at one end of the room, Kid and I at the other. Kid had decided that he would try to stop the book by connecting his Lines of Sanzu and limiting the book's power. Kid was attempting to connect the Lines of Sanzu without his weapon partners to resonate souls with. I knew that once he connected the Lines I would feel pain and be greatly weakened, depending on how many lines he connected, but I knew that the connection of the Lines was needed for his development as a grim reaper. The book was floating in the air and a dark field of energy formed around it. Kid concentrated and his soul began expanding around him. His Sanzu Lines began to glow, but they were having trouble connecting for some reason. The book's field was expanding, and pushing against Kid's soul, making it slowly contract. Kid's brow was creased with sweat as he tried to push the field back with his soul; his soul slowly grew in size and pushed the book's dark field back. The Lines of Sanzu began flashing an unsteady, white glow, the Lines' glow faded then got brighter, continuously. Kid's eyes began glowing blue as he tried to connect his first Line, but it wouldn't connect. Kid shouted loudly, trying to get his first Line to move, and his soul to expand further. I felt a small pain growing inside of me which at least told me that Kid's Lines were starting to connect, even if it was so small it wasn't visible.
Then, after a slow struggle, the first Line of Sanzu started creeping across Kid's head, slowly, but surely. Then suddenly, when the first Line went three quarters around his head, the Line suddenly stopped going any further. Its glow faltered, and the book's dark field forced Kid's soul to retract slightly. The book continued to push Kid's soul back, until it was its normal size. The Sanzu Line that had nearly connected retreated back to its normal state, going only halfway across Kid's head, and all three of his Sanzu Lines stopped glowing completely.
I heard Kid shout, and the black field of the Book of Eibon enveloped him. I shouted, reaching for Kid, but I was too late. I knew that I needed to protect myself, for if I went with Kid then there would be no one in the city left to search for a solution to the Book's madness. I jumped back, debating whether or not to jump into the field and try to save Kid, or to stay outside the field, so I could still be in the city to find a solution to the problem. I decided that if I didn't jump in the field to save Kid, then I would be able to stay in the city and eventually solve the problem, and once the problem was solved, it would bring back Kid, and all the humans that were trapped in the book. I fought back my guilt of not saving my son while I could by knowing that when I was still around I could find a solution to the problem, which would save Kid anyway, so I stayed out of the field's way. I jumped back further and out of the doors of the room. I saw the black field expand inside the room and the doors swing shut. Then the Eternal Spring magic tool appeared out of nowhere. The magic tool glowed, and a big, black padlock and chain formed on the door. Once the chain and padlock materialized, what appeared to look like ribbons of black void surrounded the Eternal Spring, and the magic tool was sent zipping out of the Death City underground at ridiculous speeds that I couldn't catch it at. I saw the book of Eibon appear at the other end of the hall I was in, the black ribbons appeared around it and it floated down a hallway to another room in the Underground.
I looked towards the door and knew Kid was in there. He wasn't sucked into the book; he was just sealed away in that room, to my relief. I recalled him trying to battle the book, his Sanzu Lines retreating, and most painfully of all, when I reached for him and missed as he was enveloped by the book's dark field. He was brought into the book's field, shouting out one word: "FATHER!"
~END OF FLASHBACK
-BACK TO PRESENT TIME
I wandered down the halls of the Death City Underground, until I came to the room that I liked to constantly visit: The room where Kid was sealed away. The room had a set of tall double doors, with the black chain and padlock made of dark magic that I couldn't break. Both of the doors had images of the same cartoonish skull as my mask carved onto them. The area that was on the outside of the doors was a big round-shaped hall, which was where I was standing. It was made mostly of the stone that was in the underground, like the other rooms. I placed my right hand on one of the doors and bowed my head.
"Don't worry Kiddo, I'll get you out of there I promise. It may have been 200 years already, but I'll reawaken you, no matter what it takes." I mumbled.
However, little did I know that I wouldn't have to wait another day.
-A DAY EARLIER
Velma's POV
I was with Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby as we headed to a research lab of the Supernatural Investigation Organization, or SIO for short. We were there to see a new friend called Julia, who was a member of SIO, and help investigate on supernatural matters.
"Alright gang!" Fred said stepping in front of the rest of us. "Here we are: the SIO lab!"
He opened the door and we all walked in. We were greeted by a young woman about the age of 23. She was in a white lab coat, with the top button down, so we could see part of the black shirt underneath. She had sky blue eyes and blonde hair that came down to her shoulders. The lab coat had pockets on either side of the front. She was around the same height as Fred. She looked at us and smiled.
"Hello everyone!" She greeted cheerfully.
"Hello Julia!" I replied, on everyone's behalf.
"We're here to help you with your investigations." Fred stated, oblivious to the fact that we already knew that.
"What supernatural mystery can we help you with?" Daphne asked curiously. "House haunted by a ghost? Monsters? Attacks of 'witch's ghosts'?"
"No, actually." Julia replied. "I still yet have to find a case, but you five can help me find one and we can work on it together. Is that okay?"
"That's no problem." Fred replied coolly.
A black-haired man and a brunette man, both also in lab coats, turned around to look at us.
"If you're looking for a case, then will Death City do?" the black-haired man asked.
"Death City?" we all asked in unison.
"We'll explain then." The brunette man said.
"You see." The raven-head said. "I'm surprised you haven't heard the rumours yet. Anyway, rumours are going around the SIO labs that in the Nevada Desert, there is a city."
"Apparently the city is called Death City, and it used to be home to lots of people." The brunette added.
"However," the black-haired man continued. "They say the city is completely deserted. Kind of like a ghost town. Thing is, no one has ever been to the city and come back. So-"
"So, someone needs to investigate it and figure out why everyone was driven out." I finished for him.
"Precisely" The brunette nodded.
"Yikes! An abandoned city? Like, there could be ghosts there or something!" Shaggy shivered.
"Say," I asked the black-haired man, "how long has the city been abandoned?"
"From what we've heard," he replied "200 years."
"Jeepers!" Daphne exclaimed. "That's a long time!"
"They say also, that before it was deserted, Death City was literally a place where the supernatural was real." The brunette put in. "But no one is exactly sure if this is true, since it's just a rumour."
"Wow! Sounds cool!" Fred exclaimed. "What kind of supernatural?"
"No one is exactly sure" the brunette replied. "They just know that it has to do with souls. So maybe ghosts?"
"If there's gonna be ghosts, then no way man!" Shaggy said as he and Scooby backed off "We are not going there!"
"We'll take the case!" I said.
Shaggy and Scooby's faces paled.
"No way!" they both protested in fear and disbelief.
"How do we get there?" Daphne asked.
"You can catch a flight in one of the SIO planes." The raven-haired man said. "They're used to transport scientists to and from far away investigations. You can leave today if you want."
"In that case, we will." I looked towards the two men "We'll get packing."
The five of us in Mystery Inc exited the labs and drove back home in the Mystery Machine.
Normal POV
~Le Time Skip
Mystery Inc arrived home to start packing for the investigation they were taking on in Death City. The five of them had decided to move into an apartment together since they were together solving mysteries. They each went into their rooms to pack their things.
"Clothes: check. Make-up: check. Purse: check. Everything else: Check!" Daphne was checking the contents of her bag making sure she had everything. "Perfect! Ready to go!"
Velma, Fred, Shaggy and Scooby were packing as well. When they finished packing (they used backpacks to carry their things, not suitcases, so it would be easier to carry), they drove back to the SIO base and along with Julia, and they caught the SIO plane to Nevada.
~ON THE PLANE
Velma's POV
We got on the SIO plane that would take us to Nevada. During the start of the journey we had chats about what the city would be like.
"What do you think we'll find in Death City?" Fred asked Julia.
"I'm not sure." She replied, "But I'm sure it's worthwhile investigating!"
"Do you think that rumour about the supernatural there is true?" I asked "It would be interesting to find out."
"Yeah!" Daphne looked excited with this. "Imagine seeing ghosts, witches, monsters and other supernatural things real!"
For the rest of the way we talked about things that we might find, and we even did some speaking games to pass the time. Though after the chat I just sat looking out the window, wondering what would be ahead of us.
~Time skip
After a few hours in the plane the scenery below became clearer now that the clouds weren't as thick, and the plane came down lower. We were flying over the vast Nevada desert. As the plane went further into the desert, Death City came into view.
"Everyone! Look!" I caught everyone's attention and pointed to the scene outside my plane window, we're nearly there!"
"Wow! You're right!" Daphne exclaimed "I can see the city too!"
"So that's Death City?" Fred asked, pointing to the city that we were heading to. "It's huge! But it's kinda weird how the city's like a mountain sort of shape, and what's with the skulls? They're even weirder, and they're cartoonish sorta!"
"I know" Julia put in. "I wondered why it was called 'Death City' in the first place! Anyway, we're nearly there, so let's get focused for the investigation!"
Daphne's POV
After the plane landed in front of the city, we got out with our bags and moved into the city's entrance. As soon as we entered the city an odd tingling sensation ran through me, which then changed to an eerie feeling. I shivered to get the feeling off of my mind before it went away. The plane then took back off and we watched as it flew off into the distance. I could tell everyone else got the weird feeling too.
"That was weird." I said "I felt an eerie tingling feeling run through me as we just stepped into the city."
"Me too." Fred added.
"That happened to me as well." Velma said.
"Like man, that feeling was creepy!" Shaggy said as he and Scooby shivered.
"So it seems we all got that feeling." Julia looked at us all. "Let's find an old house now and set up our investigation there."
That was when I saw an odd shining thing in the desert not far from the edge of the city. I ran out of the city and straight out into the desert to take a look.
"Daphne!" I heard Velma shout after me, but I didn't look back at her. The curiosity was overwhelming and I needed to see what the shining object was. I heard the pounding of feet on sand behind me as the others followed me out into the edge of the desert just outside the city.
Once I found myself right in front of the shine I stopped. The others stopped behind me, panting.
"What's wrong?" Velma asked in between pants. "Why did you run out here?"
I pointed to the shine in the sand and the others stopped panting. They leaned in and we all looked forward at the shine in awe.
I bent down, being careful not to get my clothes dirty and I pulled out from the sand a big, golden key-like object.
It was nearly the length of my arm. At one end it had two round handles and on the other end it had the end of a key. I held it up by one of the handles and showed it to everyone.
"What is it?" Fred asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know." Julia replied, looking at the mysterious object. "But it looks very interesting and it could be evidence for our investigation. I'll keep it in my bag."
She put the mysterious gold object in her bag and it fitted perfectly without anything poking out of the bag. We walked back into the city and decided to check it out.
There we have it people! This first chapter! I've had the idea for this fanfic for several months now and I needed to get the idea written down otherwise it would be stuck in my head for too long!
Cya for chapter 2! :)