Author's note: Hey there! I'm DemonKitten69! Pleased to meet you, dear reader. I present to you my first Yami no Matsuei fic. When I read the manga I noticed a note that said that the author originally wanted Hisoka to be a girl, so I decided to write a story on that idea. And thinking of Watari and his potions, I just couldn't help it! *tears gaze away from computer* And speaking of that scientist… I got to go get him! Please give my fin a chance and read it. Sorry if you notice any OOC'ness. Anything that won't make sense I will explain, just send me a letter or write your question in a review, ok?
Disclaimer: I do not own Yami no Matsuei! If I did TsuSoka would definitely be the main pairing! *hits a key on the computer and disappears*
Summary:
2 years after Muraki's "death", Tsuzuki and Hisoka are assigned to a mission to protect a girl, from a serial killer. Watari's potion finally works… on the youngest shinigami. Will Tsuzuki admit his feelings? What about Hisoka? Read and find out!
Chapter 1
Hisoka PОV
I woke up, because I heard my alarm go of. I turned it off as fast as I could so it won't wake the still soundly sleeping on the nearby bed Tsuzuki. I sat up and searched for my slippers, and, putting them on, crept over to the bathroom. There I changed my clothes and slipped outside to do my morning training. The training always helped me to get ready for a hard day of work. But today was our day off… This felt very strange. Tsu must be happy, but I just can't sit in one spot for the whole day. We were called of a case we have been working on for about a month and giving it to Watari, which was even stranger… I understand if it was Terazuma, but that guy? Chief said that it was because this was Kyoto and it was Watari's region… Then why did he give us the case anyway? Just as we got a lead! I think I have a reason to be angry!
I sighed and swung my bokken for the last time. I think I've been out here for about a half an hour. So I turned to the house we were renting. No, "house" is not the word for this ruin… Tsuzuki is right. Tatsumi-san is such a cheapskate! Oh well, at least this shack has a shower, which is exactly where I was heading. As I stood under the warm water I continued thinking about something that was really bothering me. Which was that Tsuzuki and I came to a conclusion, that the, murderers, occurring in Kyoto, were very similar to those, that could have been done by Muraki. I wasn't at all happy to be hearing this.
He "died" two years ago, or at least that is what we thought, up until now. The curse carved upon my skin was still there, so I understood that he was alive… But he wasn't giving us any other proof of the fact for the two years. But why, damn it? My anger was boiling up inside me and I was ready to hit the wall of the shower I was in, but remembered about my sleeping partner and tried to calm myself down by turning on the cold water. Afterwards, wrapping myself in a towel ran to the closet, in hope that Tsu didn't wake up yet…
«How could I forget to take a change of clothes, before washing?» - I mumbled, tugging my red sweater over my head, and pulling on a pair of jeans. Just as I finished I noticed my partner stirring –« Tsu? Good morning.»
«Hisoka! Good morning to you to!» – with his usual enthusiastic voice, the shinigami sang. It was a good thing that he has his barriers up…
«You don't have to get up just yet. I'll make some coffee…»
«Tea! Pleeease…» - Tsuzuki stretched and looked at me so close, I wanted to move slightly away, but didn't… - «Soka-chan, did you fall asleep only for a couple of hours again? You look tired…»
«I was writing a report for Watari. We are giving up our case to him today,» - I shrugged, as if it was nothing serious and turned to look out of the window. I didn't notice how Tsu got up from the bed and walked up to me. I only realized it when I felt his hand resting on my shoulder. This caught me unawares, I was startled but seeing my partner, relaxed again.
«You don't want to give up the case, don't you?»
«Of course not! We've been working on it for a month! We even got a lead, and now… Watari doesn't even need to do anything, we solved the case!» – My anger was taking over again…
«There are still many gaps, so don't worry,» - I just couldn't take my gaze away from his smile. He always seemed as such a optimistic person… How could he forget that the criminal may actually be Muraki?
«But Tsuzuki…»
He didn't argue with me, simply placed a finger on my lips, winked and left the room. When I realized he was heading for the kitchen, I ran after him on top speed. Reaching Tsuzuki, I took the frying pan away from him and pointed to a chair:
«Sit! I will do the cooking, baka…» - glancing into the fridge I got out the eggs, bacon and threw everything into the pan and placed it on the stove. Listening to the hissing sounds of our breakfast, I sat across the table from my amethyst eyed partner and quietly asked: - «Don't you think Muraki…»
«Hisoka! Please, let's not talk about him!»
Feeling his pain I shuddered, closed my mouth and stared at the wooden surface of the table. I felt as if he was hiding something from me… He never raised his voice, since he did now, that must have meant something. I didn't want to push it, if he wants he will tell me about what is bothering him. But this is Tsu… This is not likely to happen. I got up and served the food. We ate, gathered our stuff, and left for Meifu. Tsuzuki didn't even look at me, but realizing that we had to go to Watari's office he stopped dead in his track
«Hisoka… I don't feel like going there after all his experiments with us…»
«Don't be stupid,» - at least he's talking again. – «We'll only give him the folder with the reports, documents, explain in a couple of words what's going on and leave. But if you really don't want to go, wait for me by the door…»
«And let you go alone? No way!»
«Asato Tsuzuki! I am not a child! I'm almost 20 for your information!» – Didn't he know how I hated this? He will always think of me as a kid, and nothing more. Frowning, I turned away from him and hurried, almost ran, to the lab…
«Soka! Wait!» – Tsu caught up to me only when I was already talking to the blond.
«Here, take it… Photographs, reports, witness statements, evidence. All that we were able to find out.»
«Bon, what's with that face?»
«Don't act stupid, it doesn't suit you… Now that the case is in your hands, we are done. Tsu! Let's go! Good luck Watari-san!» – I grabbed my partner by the arm and dragged him to the door.
«Hisoka, let's go relax under the sakura trees?» – As a person who was raped under one, I should hate them, right? But for some reason that is the only place I feel peaceful, so I nodded.
«Tsu, I'll get us something to drink, okay?»
«Sure, just don't rush okay, I'll wait,» - seeing him smile was a relief, so he wasn't mad at me…
I went into a small room, used as a kitchen. Actually it was just a corner in which we kept an electric kettle and a fridge. There we kept water in bottles, and some of us, our lunches. Not all the workers liked spending money on food. Or some, like Tsuzuki just couldn't afford it. An image of Tatsumi-san flowed in my head… After the water was boiled, I poured the two of us tea. But the main problem now was: How much sugar to put into Tsuzuki's cup? Randomly adding five spoons, I took a tiny sip and immediately rushed for a glass of water to rinse my much for me, but will it be enough for the sweet-tooth? Thinking of adding more, I shook my head and left it as it is. While I was busy, I noticed that Watari ran into the room and put something into the fridge, but didn't see what.
Taking the cups I walked outside to meet my partner. At first I didn't notice him, but then I found him sitting under one of the sakuras with a bottle of sake in his hands…
«Tsuzuki...? What is that?»
«Sake! You are of age for it, right?»
«I don't drink! Of course unless you want to carry me to bed…»
«Come on, you are soo light!» – Laughed Tsu. It seemed as if the sake has already gone to his head… I wanted him to stop, so I took the bottle and made a couple of big gulps… After that everything went black…
Tsuzuki POV
Hisoka just stole my bottle of sake! But he can't take alcohol! Not even a sip… Oh gosh, now what will happen? I sighed, staring up at the boy, who was still standing… But he looked very wobbly… He came up to me and put the bottle down on top of my head! Oh no… What's going on? Well at least he didn't fall asleep this time. That is progress!
«Tsu…» - Looks like to early I got my spirits up. –« I haad enough off onne of yoouu and now theere arre twooo off you!»
I couldn't understand that mumbling to well, but I think I caught the main Idea!
«Soka-chan, I'm here alone…» - I hated admitting it, but seeing my partner drunk and acting this way was a pretty interesting sight.
«Thhhen whhoo is tht nxt to you?»
«I think you had enough,» - I tried to grad Hisoka's hand, but he started struggling against me. I picked him up and slung over my shoulder, but his struggling was so intense that I almost dropped him…
«Let go! Lt goo!» – Now he was starting to beating me with his fists in the back. – «Leeettt goo…»
When he stopped his struggle I took it as a sign that he fell asleep. I took him to our office and put him down on a small couch. Brushing a lock of hair out of his face, I couldn't help but to remember our first meeting in Nagasaki. That time it was my fault he got drunk too… That was his first time, judging by the hangover he got in the morning. That was the time I offered him some iced tea and he, for the first time. Called me by my name… Thinking back, Hisoka is my most loyal partner. He tolerates me the longest… I wonder why? I got so used to him being by my side, that I definitely don't want to lose him. I promised to him that I would protect him from anyone and anything, but in the end, it was he who saved me. After what Muraki had done, it was Hisoka who kept me going… My heart was full of emotions, that I couldn't sort out.
Just the name sends chills running down my spine! He made so many innocent people suffer, and that includes Hisoka and me. Though I can't refer to myself as "innocent, but Soka… He cursed him! Killed him! To him we are dolls. But that's not true! Damn it Muraki, people aren't toys in your hands! I did think that my partner was right and that doctor could be behind the case we had to give up. But then why? Chief, Tatsumi, Watari… They all know that we are looking for him… Perhaps that was the reason? In order not to fumble with our wounds…
«Asato?» – I was so deep in thought that I didn't notice that Hisoka sat up and was looking at me with his clouded emerald eyes. – «You have very beautiful eyes, do you know that?»
He said this without making even one mistake, as if sobered up. But what happened next scared me! He grabbed my tie and pulled me closer. He looked at me rather stubbornly and nodded his head… I could only wander what was going on inside his head. A second later, he leaned in and pressed his lips against mine. He traced my bottom lip with his tongue and leaning back, closed his eyes, falling asleep momentarily…
«Hisoka? What was that right now, huh?» – I needed some fresh air! I don't understand… Is that the influence of alcohol? I stood in front of a wide open window and thought… He is cute and nice. But if I tell him what had happened, he would call me a baka! Or worse – hentai! No, I would die!
I'm doing way too much thinking today… It's making me hungry! I ought to take a break. Whistling to myself I left Hisoka on the couch, and went to the kitchen, hoping that no one found that box of doughnuts I hid a week ago?
Hisoka POV
What a headache! Oh the horror. And why did I decide to drink the sake? After all I knew the consequences of the action. It was already dark, probably an early morning. Tsuzuki probably… No, there he is, as always sitting by my side, guarding me. He would make a good dog!
I got up from the couch, perhaps he's the one who put me there, and went out into the corridor. The building was completely empty. Not a soul! What did Tsu tell me about drinking? Oh, right! In the morning, not to have a bad hangover, to drink something cold! I should have a bottle of water in the fridge in our "kitchen". Holding on to my head, I stumbled into the room. Opening the door of the tiny refrigerator, I once again remembered Tatsumi… Looking inside I saw two completely identical bottles. One of them was clearly mine… but the second one? Well it's only water… And I have what seems like a desert! I grabbed the one that was closer and swallowed almost half of it in just a few gulps…
«Mmm! So cold!»
«Well, what did you think? It's out of the fridge,» - I heard Tsuzuki's familiar laugh, behind me. Damn. I didn't even notice his presence. I'm losing my skill…
«I really shouldn't drink… I hope I didn't do anything?» – Tsuzuki's amethyst eyes suddenly widened and he looked away, flushed and embarrassed. Oh no! What did I do?
«Soka-chan… Don't make me tell you…»
«Tsu!»
«Don't you remember anything?»
«Well… I took a couple of gulps of your sake… and then darkness… nothing…»
He looked at me, lost at words:
«Well, you were drunk, right?»
«So?»
«So you couldn't control you actions, right?»
«ASATO!»
«You said I had beautiful eyes, and kissed me…» - he mumbled. Great now I was blushing… Oh god! From embarrassment I tried drinking the rest of the water left in the bottle in my hand, but choked on it.
«For some reason, now this water tastes different…»
«Where did you get it?» – Tsuzuki seemed worried.
«From the fridge, baka!»
«It's just I heard that Watari made new potion, but didn't have any time to test it, so he left it here. What if that's it?»
«I sure hope not…» - But suddenly, everything went blurry, and I once again fell into darkness…
Tsuzuki POV
«Hisoka? Hisoka, what's wrong?»
The boy suddenly lost consciousness, and I was afraid that what he drunk was more sake… Holding him with one arm, I picked up the bottle with me free one and smelled it. It didn't have the smell of alcohol, but still… What happened? When he opened his bright green eyes, I sighed with relief:
«Don't scare me like that anymore, Soka-chan!»
«Gomen Tsu, I couldn't do anything…»
«I could show you to Watari, but he's gone since yesterday evening.»
«Watari-san? I'm not going there!»
I let go of my partner and for a moment he just sat on the floor. But when I turned away from him, for a little less than a second, he disappeared! What could go worse than this…
Hisoka POV
Oh god! My hair! They grew longer… They are now covered half of my back. Straight, straw-colored hair. And also… Damn! Damn! DAMN! A girl's breast! I just couldn't believe that that wacky scientist actually succeeded in making the sex-change potion! And to drink an antidote I will have to wait for Watari's return! And there isn't even a guarantee that he has one… Looks like I'm stuck with this body for a while! I just hope Tsuzuki won't notice this…
I sprung to my feet and ran out of the building into the garden. I hid behind a tree, hoping that Tsu won't see me in the dark. But he was a lot smarter, then he seemed, who should know that, if not me? In ten minutes he was standing beside me.
«Did you forget that I have a very good vision, even in the dark. Oh… So this is why you ran away from me?» - He looked me over. It wouldn't be Tsuzuki if he didn't start trying to reassure me. – «This isn't so bad.»
«Yes it is! Everything is awful! I'm a girl! With long hair!»
«But you look so cute!» - he tried to place a hand on my cheek, but I slapped his hand away. - «Soka…»
I began to wipe away the tears that were flooding my eyes. From the anger, the pain… I just couldn't keep everything bottled up inside anymore. Tsuzuki's glance was so soft and gentle. He noticed how bad I felt and hugged me tightly, but not enough to hurt me. I buried my face into his shirt and sobbed until I calmed down. Tsu is such an amazing person. He was the type of person, who I always dreamed of having by my side…
«Tsu? What should I do?»
«Maybe you changes won't be noticed…»
«Tsuzuki baka! That's impossible! Oh no… It's the GuShoShin!» - My partner momentarily stood in front of me, hiding me from the twin's view.
«Ohayo!»
«Ohayo gozaimasu Tsuziki-san, Hisoka-san. Kachou said he wants to send you on a…» - They trailed off, noticing me. – «Hisoka-san? What in the world happened?»
«It's a long story… Oh, please just don't tell Tatsumi-san!» – There must be something good about this new body of mine. In my head swam a familiar image of Saya and Yuma. How gross, but I had to try… I overcame myself and batted my eyelashes… - «Please…»
Tsuzuki POV
If he does that one more time, I will die again from nosebleed!
«Kawaiiiiiii!» – I rushed to my partner, squeezing him in a hug. He felt different… Kind of squishy…
«Let go, damn baka!»
«Nope! You are just so cute, Soka-chan!»
«He's right, Hisoka-san. It's like you're a girl in real life…»
«To me that's an insult!» – he, or she, turned away frowning. I was completely confused! How am I suppose to address him now? As a girl or a boy?
«Well, maybe this is even better… Follow us! We were supposed to explain you assignment today. Kachou got a bad hip pain. Tatsumi is doing his work today.»
Hisoka glanced up at me, and motioned to come along. Nodding I, still holding on to Hisoka, followed the… bird… things… Somewhere that looked like a big storage room. There was a whole bunch of clothes on racks. I myself have never been here before! Flying between the racks, the twins were picking something out, while Soka and I were just watching, with awe. When the brothers were done they shoved a bag into each of our hands and ordered us to go back into our office, where they started to introduce us to the case.
I sat down and began rummaging through my bag… Inside was a costume very similar to what I wore on The Queen Camellia. A pair of black pants, a vest and a white shirt. And a choice between a bowknot and a tie… Hmm… I pick tie! And lastly was a pair of polished shiny black shoes. I didn't even pay attention to what the GuShoShin were saying. Unlike Hisoka who was all into it… As usual. But it's so boring!
Out of curiosity I took Hisoka's bag of clothes and peeked inside, excepting to see the same things as in mine, but… Shocked I tried to make myself get used to the thought that my partner was temporarily a girl, and pulled out a typical black and white waitress dress. It had a wide skirt, that would be easy to move in and a white apron. Looking at everything else… I decided to leave them inside. In addition there were high heeled shoes, the same black as mine. I imagined Hisoka wearing all that and couldn't help but to start smiling.
«What are you so happy about, baka?»
«No, nothing Soka-chan!»
«You have to be kidding me! I have to wear this?» – Hisoka tore the dress from my hand and poked it into the twin's faces.
«Hisoka-san, let us get to the main part…»
It turned out that in Akihabara, began occurring, the same strange deaths as Kyoto. Therefore, we were withdrawn. So that we continue the investigation, but following fresh tracks. Young girls are disappearing without a trace, but, before they did, came letters, which warned them of impending dangers. And a week later, the girl vanished without ... Hisoka strained, probably remembering our failed conversation about Muraki ...
«So, you will have to protect this girl,» - the twins gave us a photo. On it we saw a little girl about 16 years old, with black curly hair and bright blue eyes. – «Her name is Masara Kyoko. She received a letter ... So she has a week left, starting today. This is your chance to catch the culprit behind these cases , and save her.»
«But why this masquerade?» - Hisoka took the bag with his/her clothes and took out a white with a pink cat ears band. – «I won't put it on!»
«You should! You'll be a waitress, and Tsuzuki-san – a host ... You will be working with Masara. Period! Otherwise we go to Tatsumi-san ...»
Hisoka, grimaced, and reluctantly put on the cat ears.
«Smile ... Please ... You'll have to do it anyway ...»
« But Tsu ...»
«Smile!» - I shone him the brightest smile I could and Hisoka gave a smile in return, very shy, but cute ... If only he said "Nyah" ... What am I thinking ... Uh ...
«Tsu? What are you looking at?»
« Eem ...» - His jacket ... It has become too small to him in the chest ... I blushed at the thought and looked into his eyes. – «Well, partner? To Akihabara?»
«Well, yes ...»
«Do not forget your reports! Especially you, Tsuzuki-san!»
Author's note: *appears in Kyoto in front of Watari* I came to get you!
Watari: Why?
Me: You'll find out later. But actually, so you won't be able to create an antidote for your potion.
Watari: So it actually worked?
Me: *stretches out a hand* Come… You will be watching how everything works out with me. *takes him to her house* Now help me out, read this.
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