This is going to be one of my more..."interesting" concoctions, to say the least. And yes, I know this chapter is short but it's just the beginning, relax. And if it will make it easier for you, I will put up a list of ages, occupations and affiliations with each chapter.

That of course, will have to be in your PM or review or even an e-mail with "FF.N Brave New World" as the subject or I will just ignore it.

Now, on with the show.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC-SSS/Full Metal Alchemist/Fushigi Yuugi

Death Note/Mai-Hime/Code Geass/Sailor Moon/Shaman King

Naruto/Bleach/Karas/InuYasha

"Brave New World"

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Prologue

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It was disgusting, this apartment the Prefectural police had been called out to. They had cleared the unsanitary domain and had found no one inside so far. All they had left was one closed door and in this pigstye, there was no telling what lay behind it.

A police officer stepped forward to the door, reaching for the knob, and his foot squished in something pooling out from the crack. His hand closed around the knob and he blanched as he pulled his hand away, a couple of his fellow chuckling at the look on his face. When he realized there was something on his hand, he immediately wiped the expression off his face.

"Hey, Sawada, come closer for a sec." He requested, rubbing his thumb and index and middle fingers together.

"You're not going to wipe that crap on me." Sawada protested. "I'm married, remember?"

"No, genius. I need your light." The other cop shot back. Sawada mumbled a quick apology and stepped forward, drawing out and turning on his flash light. He shined the beam on the other officer's hand as he repeated the rubbing motion and pulled his digits apart, something gooing stretching out in tendrils and strings between them.

"What is that?" Sawada whispered.

"No idea." The other cop responded. "Shine it at my feet."

Sawada did as he was told and a pool of greenish yellow mixed with red good was puddling just a few inches from the door. Sawada and the cop exchanged a look and then Sawada turned to shout down the hall.

"Call the Intervention Department! We've got fiend activity!"

Oh, yeah. Japanese cops get all the "glamorous" cases, don't they?

Okay, I know this is short, as I said before, but if you read the actual Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex novels, you'll (hopefully) notice that I'm following the same style. And yes, I have all three and I LOVE reading them.

I just have to finish the last couple of paragraphs on the next chapter and then I'll put it up...most likely tomorrow, since it's 9:10 at night over here and I have to help with dinner. Wa-hoo.

In the mean time--please, read and review.