Welcome to my newest fic, Tsukumogami War!
This fic still features characters from Detective School Q, but it actually takes place in an alternate universe. I will be borrowing the storyline from the anime version only with a few twists.
It's also feature crossovers from both existing characters and OCs from different authors, but the story will focus more on the main characters, Kyuu and his Tsukumogami spirits, and a mysterious Original Character and his Tsukumogami Spirits.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own I don't own some of characters in the story. The characters that will appear in this fic are owned by their respective owners. There are also OCs that are owned by their respective authors.
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"At daylight, you are safe, but at nighttime, you are in danger.
The night is where people known as Summoners obtain mysterious beings known as the Tsukumogami spirits. They are ordinary people during the day, but they are Summoners at night. Every night, they engage in a war among themselves for a certain 'gift' that might change their life forever. The winner will stay in the war while the loser will be disqualified from the war.
However, it is said that a Summoner does not kill an ordinary person that is not involve in the war. That soon change when a string of mysterious murders begin to take place during the war.
The murders soon haunt the city where the war takes place.
What truth lies within the shadows of the night?
The answer lies within the war of the Summoners.
This war is known as…
The Tsukumogami War"
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Tokyo, Japan
It was late at night in the lone street,
the full moon was bright and there weren't too many people strolling around that street.
Nothing came out of the ordinary until a strange noise was heard. A man in his late 30s was found dead in the alley; the man's torso has been cut by something sharp. The murderer was nowhere to be found in the street indicating that whoever killed the poor man has already left the scene mysteriously…
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Opening Theme: Wild Fang (by Janne De Arc)
(Opening instrumental)
[Scenes of Kyuu Renjo and a mysterious boy named Yomi in the streets at night; a close-up view of Tokyo with Summoners spreading all over the city]
Togisumasareta tsume wo tate
Ima kagayaku tame ni sono
kiba wo muke
[Enemy Summoners surround Kyuu and Yomi as Kyuu suddenly raises a card to summon Dark Magician Girl into battle and attacks the enemies]
Shiren wa norikoerarenai
Hito ni osoikakari wa shinai
-/Tsukumogami War\-
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[Dark Magician Girl stands behind Kyuu as Kyuu look at her who is smiling back him; Yomi watches the city at night as a crow lands on his left shoulder]
Tsukuri warai… Sono mama na no?
Shiawase na no? Uso wa nai?
[Shadowy images of Megumi Minami, Kazumi Asakura, Fuyuki Hinata, Rin Tohsaka, Kyon, Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato, Nina Sakura, Tamaki, Suoh, and an unknown boy]
Tojikomete shimau koto ga
Kashikoku ikiru koto ja nai
[Dark Magician Girl is alone in a mysterious sanctuary as she sees a ghostly figure of her previous 'master' until she suddenly snaps back to reality and finds herself in Kyuu's house]
Migi ni narae… Sore de ii no?
Sore ja tada no kikai ja nai?
[Close-up views of Konoka Konoe, Tamaki, Rin Tohsaka, Kyon, and Yomi]
Tsumetai karada no naka no
atsui tamashii wo yobisamase
[A Summoner summons White Night Dragon and orders it to attack another Summoner]
Daremo mina mune no oku ni
[Located in the city at night, Konoka summons Head Huntress while Fuyuki summons Abe no Seimei, Kazumi summons Justimon while Yuki summons Deoxys, Tamaki summons Baldr while Nina summons Mystical Elf, an unknown boy summons Blackwing Armor Master while a man with an eye patch summons Tigrex]
nemuru "yasei" wo yadoshiteru
Toki ni wa kusari hazushite
[Kyuu summons Dark Magician Girl while Yomi summons Bahamut]
Chi wo nagase!
[Kyuu's Tsukumogami Spirits (Dark Magician Girl and two shadowy figures) attack enemy Summoners' spirits as Yomi orders Bahamut attack a Summoner that summons Godzilla]
Togisumasareta tsume wo tate
Ima kagayaku tame ni sono
kiba wo muke
[Kyuu (Dark Magician Girl) and Yomi (Haseo) face two unknown Summoners with their Tsukumogami Spirits, Predator and Dark Necrofear]
Hadaka ni natte tokihanateba
Kanashimi mo keseru
[Kyuu and Yomi use their respective Spell Cards to obtain their 'weapons' as they fight other with their Tsukumogami Spirits by their side]
Sukoshi hamidashitemo kamawanai
Kimi wa kimi no tame ni
gamushara ni nare
[Close-up view of Kyuu and his Tsukumogami Spirits (Dark Magician Girl and two unknown Tsukumogamis) with Yomi and his Tsukumogami Spirits (Haseo, Yatagarasu, and Bahamut) before it changes to the view of the city]
Shiren wa norikoerarenai
Hito ni osoikakari wa shinai
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The next day…
3: 25 PM
It is a sunny day at a certain school where students are doing their everyday activity such as study for graduation or hang out with friends.
Right now, school is over as most of the students quickly exit the school in excitement.
Among the students is a certain 15 years old boy who has black hair (with a small white colored hair in the middle). The boy constantly fails his grades is having a meeting with his teacher at her office. The teacher is clearly disappointed with the young boy as she shows the boy's reports. His grades are extremely low that he ranks the lowest in his class.
"Why don't you ever study?" The teacher sighs in a disappointed tone, "Well… You see…" The boy quietly said whilst he chuckles nervously, "Honestly? Schoolwork isn't really my thing."
The teacher sighs again.
"If you'd work hard, you could really do better than you think."
"Hehe… I'm kinda flattered you'd say that."
"You're already in your last year of middle school and you've got your finals coming up too," the teacher said to the young boy, "Can I ask what high school you've chosen to attend… Kyuu?"
The boy named Kyuu cheerfully smiles as the boy tells his teacher that he actually wants… to be a detective!
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Chapter 1: The Dawning War
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After the meeting with his teacher, Kyuu walks through the school's hallway with his three classmates and they are much taller than he is. One of them is a boy wearing glasses named Satoru, the other one has brown hair named Yusuke, and the last one is tallest and slightly fat named Daisuke.
"Kyuu, seriously? You've declared your career choice? THAT career?" Kyuu's friend, Satoru, asks, which Kyuu cheerfully said, "Yep!"
"And the teacher! What did she say?" Kyuu's other friend, Yusuke, also asks. "She was so dumbfounded that she was frozen stiff," Kyuu said back to his friend.
The two boys are confused about Kyuu's choice of career though Daisuke seems to have no problem with the boy's decision.
As they continue walking, the boys notice that their female classmates are right in front of them. They are Mizuki, the short black-haired, and Yumi, the long blonde-haired.
The girls happen to overhear their conversation when Mizuki asks Satoru what he meant about 'THAT career.'
"Kyuu… Isn't gonna take the high school entrance exams. He's going to be a detective," Satoru said to the girls, which the girls are completely surprised. The two girls immediately approach Kyuu and they ask the boy if he's really serious about, which Kyuu cheerfully smiles and said that he is serious about his choice of career.
"So… You're not taking the entrance exams?" Yumi kindly asks.
"Yep," Kyuu cheerfully said back.
"I made my decision a long time ago!" Kyuu excitedly said as he grips his right hand, "I'm going to be the Number One detective in the world! I really think I was born to be a detective!"
His friends stare at the boy in dotted pupils in confusion. It isn't long when they start to snicker as it slowly turn into laughter. Kyuu, being oblivious by their laughter, stares back at his friends in his eyes wide as Yusuke slaps the boy by his back, "Geez, Kyuu, you're such a child!" Yusuke laughs, "You've been an idiot since birth, haven't you?"
"You've been watching too much TV, man!" Satoru adds while laughing at the poor Kyuu. Mizuki also laughs at Kyuu finding that his antics are hilarious, but Yumi, on the other hand, finds it cute.
"You know what? From what I've heard, they just investigate cheating couples and find missing pets," Satoru said gloating at the boy. Satoru tells Kyuu that it's just a waste of time and Kyuu should choose another career until he notices that the boy is staring at a window. "Hey Kyuu! Don't just disappear like that!" Satoru angrily said, but Kyuu ignores his friend.
"What's wrong, man?" Kyuu's other friend, Daisuke, asks.
Kyuu is actually staring at a certain poster of table tennis club that is attached on the window. "Don't you think this is a bit weird?" Kyuu asks as his friends approach him. "What's up with this poster?" Mizuki asks.
Kyuu points at the corners and his friends notice that the corners are slightly ripped.
Kyuu suddenly looks down the ground and notices a small piece of glass lying on the floor. Not only that, the piece is close to the window's position. "Oh… I get it now!" Kyuu optimistically smiles. The detective freak quickly touches the poster much to his friends' confusion until he suddenly takes the poster off.
When the poster is taken off, they find that the window is actually broken!
"W-What the… It's broken!" both Mizuki and Daisuke are surprised to see the window broken as Kyuu explains that someone must have taken the poster from somewhere else to hide the broken window. However, the perpetrator accidentally rips the poster's corners off because they might be in a hurry.
"Ooh… I get it!" Daisuke said in awe.
"Wait a sec…" Mizuki said as she ponders about something that is connected with the broken window, "Then the 'ones' that broke it…" Mizuki suddenly points at both Satoru and Yusuke who are slowly sneaking their way out of the hall.
"You guys were playing catch in the hallway yesterday, weren't you?" Mizuki asks the two boys.
"Ah… Well…" The boys nervously said as Yusuke stares at Kyuu with an annoyed expression but he keeps his smile up, "Kyuu! There's no reason for you to get into this!"
"Haha, just be honest and tell the teachers. They'll forgive you," Kyuu said to Yusuke and Satoru with a smile.
"But Kyuu, you really might be perfect as a detective," Yumi said with a smile knowing that Kyuu just prove his worth as an amateur, if not, a professional detective. "Hmm… She's probably right," Mizuki said as she folds her arms looking at the detective freak.
"Yeah, you're really sharp with stuff that people don't notice," Daisuke said with Satoru standing next to the tall student. "…Yeah… Annoyingly sharp…" Satoru mutters with an annoyed expression.
"But it's too bad; I was really hoping we'd go to the same high school… Since you're really funny…" Yumi sadly said.
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As Kyuu and his friends continue to talk about the boy's dreams especially that he decides not to go to high school, two certain boys are passing by them.
"Have you heard about it?"
The boys are talking about the recent news. Apparently, there has been a murder this morning and it's related to the strange murders that the police are having trouble to solve.
"Huh, they're talking about that 'Nighttime Murders,' isn't it?" Yusuke asks in an annoyed tone.
"Looks like it…" Daisuke replies.
"It's really creepy… People being murdered at night and there were no witnesses. It's already three murders," Yumi said in a worried expression, "Yeah… Count four if you add the recent one," Mizuki adds.
Kyuu is silence when he hears about the recent murder.
"Another one…" Kyuu thought as he lowers in head pondering about the mysterious murders, "It's been a week since the first murder and they still haven't caught the killer? Whoever the killer is, he's certainly isn't an ordinary criminal. If only I can take a look at the victims' bodies, maybe I can help them catch the killer."
Kyuu continues to ponder about the murders as Yumi quickly notices the boy.
"Kyuu, are you okay?" Yumi kindly asks.
"Huh? Oh, sorry," Kyuu nervously said when he snaps back to reality. Both Satoru and Yusuke notice that Kyuu is pondering about something, which they quickly deduce that the boy is thinking about the murders. Worrying about Kyuu's safety, the two boys quickly approach Kyuu. "Kyuu… If you're thinking about solving the 'Nighttime Murders,' forget it!" they both shout.
"This ain't an ordinary case, it's a murder case! It's serious, man!" Satoru shouts at Kyuu much to the boy's confusion, "Yeah, it's not healthy for you, so you stay out of it!" Yusuke also shouts at Kyuu.
"…Oh, I almost forgot," Mizuki said as she quickly grabs Kyuu by his collar, "Kyuu, it's our turn for class duty. We have to stay for the afternoon."
"Eh? Class duty?" Kyuu asks in a disbelief tone, "But… I don't want to!"
"Oh yes you are. Unless you want get punished by the teacher."
The boys and Yumi just watch Mizuki drags Kyuu back to the class as Daisuke asks Satoru and Yusuke if they want to go somewhere.
Few hours later…
"Finally… It's over," Kyuu said in a satisfied tone as he stretches his arms and legs.
He and some of his classmates finish their class duty so they're ready to go back to their respective homes. Some of the students look outside the window and they see that their class duty is actually longer than they expect as it's almost nighttime.
Just when Kyuu is about to exit the classroom, he overhears two girls talking about the recent murders that occur at night. "What? Seriously?" one of the girls asks in shocked expression, "Yeah, the victim was killed near Kyoko's house," the other girl said back to her friend.
"Kyoko?" Kyuu is a little surprised about the recent murder's location, as the boy knows who Kyoko is. Kyoko Hachikawa is a shy, quiet girl who lives with her father, but her mother passed away a year ago due to lung cancer. Despite her shy nature, she is actually quite smart that she is one of the top students of the school.
Kyuu is a bit worried for Kyoko's safety since the police hasn't capture the killer yet until someone approaches the detective freak by calling his name. Kyuu looks behind only to see a girl with black hair and pigtail hairstyle. She is also two inches smaller than Kyuu and wears a necklace. "Oh, hi there, Kyoko-san," Kyuu waves toward the shy girl.
"Uuumm… Kyuu-san," the girl said in a soft tone while looking away from the boy.
"I'm sorry but… Can you come with me?" she suddenly said when she turns her head toward Kyuu. The mystery otaku is surprised when she said that thinking that Kyoko wants to date with the boy, but the shy girl explains that she's looking for a mystery novel for her father.
Her father is a famous mystery writer who is famous for his greatest work, "The Last Night," which said to be the best selling mystery novel of last year. However, her father suffers a Writer's Block and he needs something to inspire him to write again.
Kyoko thought that if she gives her father the right mystery novel, it would help him to overcome his Writer's Block problem.
As Kyoko asks Kyuu for another favor, the boy quickly notices that his classmate, Mizuki, is still in the classroom watching the two conversing with each other. Mizuki smiles toward Kyuu when she thinks that the boy is going to end up with the shy girl, so she exits the classroom, but not before she gives Kyuu a thumbs-up wishing him luck.
Sighed and dismayed by Mizuki's action, Kyuu look away in shame as Kyoko asks him if he's okay.
"If you're too busy, I understand… I can-"
"No worries, I can come with you."
"R-Really?" Kyoko asks in a shocked expression; Kyuu nods his head as a response much to her relieve.
"Thank you," Kyoko said with an enlightened expression.
Bookstore
Kyuu and Kyoko arrive at the nearby bookstore.
Kyoko shows Kyuu the bookshelf that contains several mystery novels, but she doesn't know which novel that will help her father. "So… Any ideas, Kyuu-kun?" Kyoko politely asks.
Kyuu immediately examines the novels one by one. "How about this?" Kyuu picks up a certain book entitled 'Kutsu' that might fit her father's taste.
"This?"
Kyoko is curious with Kyuu's choice of novels, so she asks the boy why he choose the mystery novel, Kutsu.
"Your dad's mystery novels have supernatural elements in the mix. Well, on the second part of the novel anyway. I figure that he might like something like this."
"I see… Thank you," Kyoko kindly said with a smile knowing that she finally gets the right book for her father.
Kyoko intends to pay for the book with her own money, but she notices that the novel's price is ¥ 143 and she only has ¥135. The shy girl is dismayed that she doesn't have enough money to buy the novel until the boy gives her ¥ 8 startling the shy girl. "Go on," Kyuu said with a smile as he gives her his money, "B-But Kyuu-kun… I can't take your money," Kyoko said in a startled tone, but the boy insists on lending her his money. "Don't worry about it, Kyoko-san. After all, it's only ¥ 8," Kyuu cheerfully said.
The girl is reluctant to use Kyuu's money, but the boy still insists with it.
In other words, she has no choice but to accept his kindness when she finds it rude if she refuses it.
The two approaches the cashier and pays for the mystery novel, Kutsu.
"Thank you again, Kyuu-kun," Kyoko said in a grateful tone as she bows to him in a kind manner. Kyuu gives an Okay Sign to her as a response.
Street
After buying the book, Kyuu and Kyoko exit the store and prepare to go to their respective homes. Once they're outside the store, they see that it's now nighttime as several people are also going back home while some are going out for dates.
Before Kyuu can go, Kyoko quickly stops him because she wants to talk to him for a while.
"Kyuu-kun, I heard from Yumi-chan that you're not going to a high school. Is it really true?" she asks the boy as she grips her right hand tight. Deep in her heart, she actually cares for Kyuu and is quite worry that he decides to choose to be a detective rather than continue to high school. The boy just smiles at her and said that it is true much to her surprise.
"Y-You're not?" the girl asks in a disbelief tone as she looks at Kyuu, "But… But why?"
"Well," Kyuu utters with a smile as he looks at the night sky, "You can say that it was my dream from the very beginning."
"It's kinda hard to explain, but I know that I really want to be a detective. Ever since that day…"
Kyoko is silent for a while until the boy looks at her, "So what's your dream?" he asks.
"My dream… I never thought about it before," Kyoko quietly said as she looks down on the ground, "My father always told me to find my own dream, but I couldn't figure out my dream."
"Don't worry about it; some people need some time to understand their dreams. I know that you have a dream, you just don't know what you want in your life," Kyuu kindly said to the girl, "Give it some thoughts, okay?"
Kyoko remains silent though she understands what Kyuu truly means. At the same time, she is relieved that she finally knows that Kyuu is going to be okay so she does not have to worry about him anymore.
Just when she is about to talk to him again (this time, another subject), she remembers about her father, so she kindly bows to the boy, "Thank you very much, Kyuu-kun. I appreciate it," she said in a relieved tone before she walks back to her home.
Kyuu watches Kyoko walks away until he loses sight of the girl.
However, once she is out of sight, Kyuu quickly notices a certain boy standing next to him! Startled by the mysterious boy's sudden appearance, Kyuu sees that the boy looks a year younger than Kyuu with short, straight-down red hair though he's an inch taller than the detective freak. The boy wears an eye patch on his right eye and has a small vertical shaped scar beneath his left eye. The mysterious boy also wears a Gakuran uniform.
"Nice evening, isn't it?" the mysterious boy said whilst looking at the night sky.
"A good time for a night stroll," the boy said again as he slowly walks toward a certain street.
The mysterious boy disturbs Kyuu as the young boy senses something ominous from him…
All the sudden, a crow flies by Kyuu much to his surprise as the crow lands on the mysterious boy's right shoulder.
"…Okay, now that's getting way too suspicious…" Kyuu utters as he decides to go back home now.
He walks toward a lone alley since it's the shortcut to his house. As he walks through the alley, he notices something shining hidden within a garbage can. "What's this?" Kyuu wonders as he approaches the garbage can and looks at the shining object. It's actually a blank card with silver lines. The boy notices that the card is strangely clean despite being in the garbage.
The boy looks around to see if someone actually lost it and sees no is around.
"Well, I guess I can take it as a souvenir," Kyuu said to himself with a smile as he reaches his hand toward the card.
When he touches the card, the boy suddenly feels a strange energy flowing through his arm.
All the sudden, the card emits a shining light that blinds the boy!
The light continues to shine for a brief moment until it finally fades away, but the boy feels sick all the sudden as he falls to the ground. His vision soon starts to fade out as he begins to get a glimpse of a mysterious girl floating above him. "Are… You my master?" the girl asks, but Kyuu feels very sick that he isn't able to speak. The mysterious figure continues to look at him until his vision finally fades away.
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An hour later…
Kyoko is seen exiting from a pharmacy after she buys some medicines. The neighborhood she's currently in is rather quiet as there is no one around there but her.
"Dad…" Kyoko groans in a disappointed tone.
#flashback#
When Kyoko returned home, she found that her father (who appears to be in his mid 30s, wears glasses, and has black hair) is lying on the couch with a blanket covering his body.
"Welcome back, Kyoko-chan," her father said in a happy tone, but also with a hinted, painful tone.
"D-Dad?" Kyoko quickly runs to the couch to see what happen to her father. When she touches her father's forehead, she notices that he doesn't have a fever at all. "Sorry, but remember that expired meatballs? I kinda ate them," her father said while putting his hand on his stomach.
Her father accidentally eats some expired meatballs when he gets hungry while working.
"…Dad, I'm sorry, I forgot to throw those meatballs out," Kyoko apologetically said, but her father pats her by her head, "No worries, Kyoko-chan," he said with a smirk.
"But we're out of medicines so can you buy some at the pharmacy?"
#end of flashback#
Kyoko is clearly disappointed feeling that she's responsible for getting her father sick since she forgot to get rid of the expired meatballs.
As she prepares to go back home, a certain person is wandering around the streets wearing a green-colored cape. She quickly notices the strange person when the mysterious individual enters a lone alley. She finds it strange to see someone wearing a cape in this place during the night until she also notices another person nearby. The other person appears to be holding a pickaxe and he enters a small house just across the street.
At the right side of the small house, she sees a man quickly runs through the street with a shadowy figure following him. The shy girl is surprised to see the shadow as the man enters another alley with shadow behind him.
Kyoko immediately feels an ominous atmosphere filling the air when she sees the shadowy figure as she slowly walks back to her home. As she slowly walks, her legs are trembling with fear as she has a feeling that someone is watching her. She begins to shiver in fear as the atmosphere begins to become even more ominous.
Shudder by the ominous atmosphere, she constantly looks back to see if someone is following her, but there is no one. That alone gives her the chills until she notices a sudden change in the atmosphere. She looks above and notices that the sky looks darker than ever. There are no stars above the sky or even the moon.
All the sudden, she begins to hear footsteps coming toward her. As a result, she quickly runs as fast as she can…
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Back at the alley, Kyuu is still lying on the ground while holding the strange card in his hand as he slowly begins to wake up.
"Ouch… What just happened?" Kyuu groans as he slowly stands up before he notices the card in his hand.
Kyuu remembers that he picks up the card from the garbage can, but he couldn't remember what happen afterwards. Every time he tries to remember, his head instantly hurts.
"…Oh crap! How long was I out?" Kyuu anxiously yelps. He quickly looks at his watch and realizes that it's already nine o'clock. The boy is supposed to be at home before nine or else his mother will scold him again for being very late. With no time to remember what had happened, he quickly storms out of the alley and runs to the lone street on the right to get home.
The boy runs quickly through the street trying to get home as fast as he can whilst telling himself to hurry until he quickly stops when he realizes that the street looks different from the one he lives. He quickly realizes that he goes to the wrong turn. He is supposed to turn left at the end of the alley as the right leads him to the wrong way.
Just as he is about to go back to the right way, he quickly notices something is wrong. The entire street looks almost deserted. It is quite strange since there supposed to be people walking around the street even at the time like this.
All the sudden, he hears someone calling for help.
The boy turns around again and notices that up ahead is Kyoko's neighborhood.
"…Wait a sec!" Kyuu quickly remembers something from the two students back at school.
"Back at school… They say that the murder happens near Kyoko-san's house? Don't tell me it's happening again!" Kyuu thought with a worried expression as he hears someone calling for help again.
Kyuu quickly looks around for help, but there is no around even for a police officer.
With no time to waste, Kyuu decides to run toward the neighborhood to see what's really going on.
As soon as Kyuu arrives at the location where he hears someone calling for help, he sees a girl lying on the ground unconscious with a large, humanoid lion wearing a bulky armor and wields a large staff with two large, guillotine-like blades attached to each end of the staff. "W-What the…" Kyuu is struck in fear when he sees the bizarre-looking creature that he can't say another word.
The creature notices Kyuu as he turns attention to him.
"…This isn't what you're thinking," the creature suddenly speaks much to Kyuu's surprise.
Startled and terrified by the creature, Kyuu slowly walks backward in an attempt to run for his life before it decides to attack him. The creature doesn't attack him at all, instead the feline tries to convince the boy that he doesn't attack the poor girl. Despite being frightened by the feline creature, Kyuu manages to see the girl clearly and, to his surprise, is actually Kyoko!
Kyuu gazes at the humanoid feline in a frightened state.
"You have to believe me; we heard her screaming a few seconds ago. We got here as fast as we could and we found her lying down. She is okay, she is just unconscious," the creature said to Kyuu in a calm tone.
"We? What do you mean by 'we'?" Kyuu asks as he stops walking backwards. The boy begins to feel that the feline creature doesn't want to harm him as he notices a human nearby the street.
The human appears to be 19 years old, has brown spiky hair, wears modern style clothing, and has a strange locket in his pocket. "Ajani, sorry I'm late," the human said as he approaches the creature who is actually known as Ajani Goldmane.
"What? Ajani Goldmane?" Kyuu recognizes the name Ajani Goldmane.
He heard about that name from somewhere.
"Master, did you find the perpetrator?" Ajani asks the human, which catches Kyuu's attention.
The human quickly notices the boy a bit late as he sees the strange card with silver lines in the boy's hand. The mysterious teen slowly smiles as he glances at the boy, "I haven't seen you around, so I bet you're new here," the human said in a cocky tone as steps forward, "I hate to beat the hell out of newbies, but hey, this is war."
"War? Hey, what do you mean war?" Kyuu asks in a confused tone.
The 19 years old teen is intrigued with the boy even more knowing that Kyuu doesn't know anything about the 'war.' The teen gestures a finger gun pose on his right hand as he aims it at Kyuu with a sly smile, "Dude… If you really don't know anything about this war and yet you got that artifact, you're a dead guy," the teen said as he lowers his right hand, "But since I'm a nice guy… I'll go easy on ya."
"Ajani!" The teen calls the feline creature, "Go for it. Don't worry about the girl; I'll get her out of the way."
Ajani Goldmane nods as a response. The humanoid feline turns his attention toward Kyuu and prepares to slash him with his large weapon!
"Forgive me, but it is the Master's order. Defend yourself!"
Ajani immediately charges toward Kyuu!
Surprised by the sudden attack, the boy quickly puts the mysterious card into his pocket and attempts to run for his life, but Ajani manages to get close to the boy on time and kicks him sending Kyuu falling to the ground. Ajani swings his sharp blade downward, but Kyuu manages to avoid being stabbed by the blade by rolling to the left.
"Y-You were trying to kill me!" Kyuu anxiously shouts as he quickly stands up and faces the feline creature.
The boy knows that his strength is weak so he has no chance of winning the creature. Thus, he has to run away from the creature. Before he prepares to run, he quickly turns his head toward Kyoko who is dragged away from the battle by the mysterious teen.
"He… Won't kill her?" Kyuu thought as Ajani suddenly swings his weapon!
Ajani's weapon almost slashes Kyuu, but the boy manages to duck to avoid the attack. "You shouldn't worry about the girl, we won't do anything harm to her," Ajani said as he suddenly kicks Kyuu by his stomach sending the boy flinging in midair and crashing to the ground painfully, "You have to worry yourself, Summoner."
Kyuu feels that pain.
Ajani's kick is strong that it paralyzes the boy's body in an instant.
Kyuu tries to get up and run again, but the kick greatly hurts his stomach that he can't get up properly.
As he slowly tries to get up, he sees that Ajani doesn't attack him again. Instead, the feline warrior watches the boy with his eerie eyes.
"…If you are a Summoner, then you should be able to summon it. Yet, you neither summon nor use your deck when I strike the first blow," Ajani said.
"Summoner? War? Just what the hell's going on here?" Kyuu angrily groans as he finally stands up though his legs are still trembling. At the same time, he holds his wounded stomach.
"…You really don't know?" Ajani asks intrigued by the boy, "I see… Then holding back won't help at all. There are ways to subconsciously summon your Tsukumogami," Ajani said as he poses his offensive stance.
"Defend yourself! Summon your Tsukumogami!"
Ajani suddenly charges toward Kyuu and, this time, he attempts to cut the boy in half!
Kyuu is unable to run due to the pain he still feels, so he is helpless in front of the humanoid feline, Ajani. "N-No," Kyuu thought in a terrified expression, "Am I… Going to die?"
Aware of his pending doom, Kyuu slowly closes his eyes hoping that someone would come and save him or leave him to die. He could only regret that he isn't able to live up as a famous detective. As soon as Ajani gets close to the boy and swings his double-edged blade staff, the boy suddenly hears an angered voice in his head.
"Master, what're you doing?"
The card in his pocket suddenly emits a yellow light as a mysterious figure suddenly forms in front of Ajani and blocks the attack!
The boy is surprised to see the figure in front of him as it protects him from Ajani's assault. The figure manages to force Ajani away as it slowly reveals its true form… A girl in a blue-colored magician dress holding a magical staff!
"Y-You're…" Kyuu instantly recognizes the girl as she quickly approaches the boy.
"Master, are you okay?" the girl asks.
"I… Yes, I'm okay," Kyuu nervously answers as he notices that Ajani is staring at him with a satisfied expression as the mysterious teen approaches his feline warrior. "Well, you finally summon your Tsukumogami," the teen said with a happy expression, "Though she looks kinda cute."
"But that alone isn't enough," Ajani said as he prepares to fight again, "You have the Tsukumogami's artifact in your hand, so you must prove that you are a worthy Summoner."
Kyuu is still confused by the current situation he's in, but the girl tells him that she will explain everything once they finish the fight.
"I am… Dark Magician Girl!" the girl shouts as she aims her staff toward Ajani and his master, "I will not allow you to touch my Master!"
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Meanwhile at the top of a building, the boy with an eye patch (the same boy that Kyuu met earlier) is gazing at the streets below.
"…So…" The boy gleefully said as his pet crow lands on his right shoulder.
"Seems we have a new Summoner joining the war. Now things started to get interesting, don't you think?" the boy said to the crow with a soft smile. The crow caws at him as a response whilst it points its beak toward a street on the right.
"I guess you're right… No time to waste. The Tsukumogami War has just begun."
To be continued…
A/N: Well, this is the end of the first chapter. Hope you enjoy it.
The next chapter will explain the rules of the mysterious Tsukumogami War especially about the Summoners and their spirits known as the Tsukumogami. But does the Tsukumogami War have a connection with the recent murders?
The Tsukumogami that appear in this fic are:
Dark Magician Girl
Known as Black Magician Girl in Japan from Yu-Gi-Oh! She is a famous card used by the main character, Yugi, and also appeared as a monster spirit on various occasions. She uses magic that can be strengthen through spell cards and the spirit of her former teacher.
Ajani Goldmane
The white-aligned planeswalker from Magic: The Gathering. Ajani wields white magic, as his specialty is magic of the purification of body and soul: spells that heal and strengthen his allies, and spells that evoke the inner, spiritual essence of others.
Also, the first part of the story is based on the first chapter of the manga except for the later part after Kyuu solves the broken glass window.