Bit of a fanfic about what would happen if Kaoru became a Noah, then shortly afterwards Hikaru becomes an exorcist, neither of them knowing what has become of the other until they meet for the first time in battle. Read it and if you like it, review and give me your opinions? I'm not sure if i want to continue or not.

Rating is subject to change because I haven't thought about how much violence I'm including. For now, it's tame. No twincest, just a bro-ship.

Characters: Hikaru and Kaoru (in crossover you can't choose two characters from one category but this is actually about those two, I just chose Kaoru because he's a bit more main; sorry for any misunderstanding)

Disclaimer: don't own OHSHC or -man, all rights to Bisco Hatori and Katsura Hoshino respectively for being such awesome people :')

~Prologue: Monochrome~

The dark gloomy atmosphere was so…dull. Mysterious, yes…but it was, nonetheless, very dull. An array of fashionably spiralling pink candles hovered gently in the childish background and he wondered carelessly what would happen if the wick burnt to the end, swallowing them in darkness.

The light echoing flutter like that of wings smattered gently into Kaoru's compressed eardrums, giving him the irksome feeling of possessing a hollow skull. He sighed heavily and turned his head around lazily to gaze at the formerly mentioned 'bird-like' black-backed card gliding onto the green velveteen desk with a soft whisper.

He glanced at the pale white glowing surface of the card played, thought about it for barely a moment before tossing down another card from his hand. Without waiting for a reaction, he spun in the purple striped couch to rest his chin on his gloved palm, and continued to gaze blankly at the artistic arrangement of floating wax.

'Kao-chan, you can't do that,' a little girl pouted at the utterly bored Kaoru, 'an Ace doesn't defeat the Joker.'

Kaoru scowled playfully and turned around to face her with a remarkably similar pout on his mocking lips, 'Joker isn't allowed to play at all, Road.'

The angular face of the Joker laughed silently at the group of card players as they cheerfully argued with each other.

'Anyway,' Kaoru stood up and lithely stepped over to Road, tapping her affectionately on the head, 'We've been over this a million times. What's with the –chan? I'm older than you.'

Road giggled and jumped lightly onto Kaoru's shoulders with a barely audible rustle of her voluminous mini-skirt, hugging her adoptive brother around the neck and shaking her head, 'I'm older, Kao-chan.'

They all rolled their eyes as Kaoru pried the tight fingers off his bow tie and lowered Road back to the checked tiles, giving her a cheeky smile. With a deft flick of the wrist, he bent down and picked up his cards from the games table, tossing a full house onto the pile.

Tyki laughed at him, 'it's still not playable, Kaoru. Just let Road have her fun.'

Kaoru chuckled, tucking the two remaining cards into his waistcoat pocket and strode back to his seat next to Jasdebi with a flick of his jet-black tailcoat.

~OvO~

The rain consistently poured down, pitter-pattering through the empty midnight streets and leaving rivers of running water flowing into the unknown. The cobblestones sparkled in the darkness; the tiniest light refraction from the droplets glimmering for a split second before disappearing.

Kaoru sighed; his breath appearing in a demented foggy cloud for a few clear seconds, before being beaten into nothingness by the attacking wetness.

He reached up and removed the black top hat from his spiked auburn hair, flipping it several times in his fingers and shivering as the cold rainwater trickled down his neck. It was a bit of a nuisance sometimes that Tyki had an obsession with top hats and insisted Kaoru wear them as well.

The smallest ringlet of moonlight splashed down on his slim figure. Disguised in human form, Kaoru's pale skin glowed in the sudden illumination. He tilted his head back in the cold midnight air and breathed in the fresh untainted taste of the town, swallowing drops of cool rainwater. It was such a relief to be away from his family; away from their emotions and the bloodthirsty boredom as they sat together cooped up in Road's dreamscape playing cards day after day, staring at the gothic pastel walls and waiting for the Earl to release them into the world.

Suddenly, quietly, over the steady tapping of the rain, footsteps clapped softly on the pavestone. Kaoru raised his eyebrows curiously as he turned his head to face the newcomer. He sensed rather than heard the approaching stranger. The top hat was placed atop his head again smoothly and he positioned himself casually but cautiously.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

'Who's there?' the stranger called through the thickening rain.

Kaoru chuckled darkly as a tall, burly man turned the corner and stepped towards him. It certainly would appear suspicious that a young teenager would be standing alone in the street in the middle of the night. He could see the man straining to see past his sopping wet locks and Kaoru harshly bit back the laughter forming in his throat.

The man seemed to have realised Kaoru was just a boy, as he approached with more haste and concern in his footsteps.

Perhaps a little caution is wise. Kaoru thought. Through the white leather gloves, Kaoru's index finger shimmered meekly between its two phases of transformation, half taking on the shape of a thin little blade, patient and waiting. The man stopped several paces away from him.

'Why are you outside all alone, kid? Are you lost?'

Such wasted sympathy, Kaoru scowled at him, the dark yellow in his eyes gleaming dangerously as he twisted his right hand – and the finger blade – behind his back.

'Wouldn't you like to know,' Kaoru said quietly to no one in particular; maybe the man.

The Earl wouldn't be pleased if I kill him. Kaoru decided with a sigh and disappeared, coat tails fluttering delicately in the wind.

~OvO~

It had been twenty-one months, approximately, since he had become one of them.

He didn't regret leaving home or his family… or his real brother. There was something about having so much power and yet so much sorrow that was so immediately intriguing to him. Meeting the Noah for the first time, becoming one of them, had been like falling into Reality; where no one was truly affectionate, simply associates in a soon-to-be battle of blood. But they were family.

Even though his world had become so simple; kill, he felt like he was lacking something. Road always believed it was just a part of his depressing side consuming him and creating delusions in his mind. Tyki would then joke that Road was probably throwing Kaoru in her various dreamscapes without his permission. Jasdero would stomp off with Debitto in tow and the rest of them would sigh and watch the family tirade without much emotion – simply boredom. Kaoru loved his Noah family; but from his human memories, it was not in the same way as he had loved Hikaru.

But it was just that. Human memories. He wasn't one anymore; and he didn't care anymore. He never cared about how Hikaru was without him or how he was surviving out there; just sometimes he wondered about his past, knowing there could be no future.

It didn't matter.

They all knew Tyki had human friends. He was the Noah of Pleasure, so they accepted it was just a little quirk. But Kaoru wasn't that much like the others. He was the strange one with one of the darkest sides of Noah. A side that only allowed for a constant circulation of emotions and others' feelings and caused him to want to create pain, yet not be in pain, to end his own.

Kaoru had become the Noah of Sorrow.

To create sorrow for those he no longer cared about.

~OvO~

A/N: Just a random idea that came to my head. I originally wanted to rewrite the WHOLE -man anime and subbing/squishing in some Ouran people but then I realised just how bothersome that was and decided to focus on my favourite twins. :)

I think my favourite part of writing is the Author's Note because it's so much easier. :D

Anyway! I don't know if i want to continue this story because I haven't thought of a plot yet and I've got another story I really want to focus on (Forgotten, if you're bothered hehe) at the moment so it's UP TO YOU MY BEAUTIFUL READERS.

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Lola.