Chapter 1

I do not own either Darksiders or Corpse Princess. This is the first chapter in the series so there may not be much just wait for more chapters to get made. Comments and reviews are welcome. Credit to afraidtochange for proofreading.

Of all the people for this job why did they have to send me? Thought Death as he sat on the roof of a tall building overlooking the large city below. This type of chore is beneath me yet the council was so insistent.

Death stared into the sky and saw a flash of green and a crow suddenly appeared and landed next to him.

"Dust" uttered Death as the bird looked at him. "Have you managed to find anything?" Dust looked into Death's eyes and Death saw visions of building and places from all over town. One building seemed to be of more importance than most. It was a large Temple which seemed normal enough but Dust sensed that there was something strange about this one.

"So this temple has a strange aura around it, is that what you are saying?" Death said to Dust as the Crow simply nodded its head.

"Well I suppose it's worth an investigation if nothing else, "muttered Death as he stood atop the roof. He then ran to the edge of the roof and jumped to the next building and the next until he was at the end of a building on the side of the road and jumped down to the road and as he fell he summoned Despair and landed on the horse's back and then began to ride down the road.

As he was riding he recalled how all this had begun.

Flashback

"You want me to go to Earth? What possible reason could there be for this?" spoke Death to the Charred Council.

"That is correct Horseman" said the first head "We need you to investigate a strange increase in demon sightings."

"Demons in the Third Kingdom, how is this possible?" Asked Death

"We are not sure," Spoke the second head. "But, if it is what we believe it is it could seriously damage the balance."

"And what, pray tell, do you believe it is?" asked Death.

"These Demons are humans that have been transformed into Demons," answered the first head.

"Humans becoming Demons, how is such a thing possible?" Spoke Death in a concerned voice.

"We believe that this is the result of Demonic Spirits possessing humans and using their regrets and obsessions to make them their slaves," Said the first head.

"I have heard of such a thing before," stated Death. "But, I have never heard of them having the power to change their host. Usually they just use the human to commit heinous acts."

"True," answered the first head. "But, we believe that they have grown in power from humans that were tampering with powerful necromancy magic and somehow made the spirits stronger. For a long time these creatures managed to stay out of our sight but lately they have grown in both numbers and power."

"That is why we decided to send you to Earth," spoke the third head. "You must investigate and find the source of power that the Demonic spirits are feeding off of and destroy it."

"And what if I find one of these creatures?" asked Death. "Are they still humans or not?"

"No," answered the first head. "The creatures were human once but they are no longer. If you find any of them, destroy them." After bowing to the Council Death began to walk away.

"Hold Horseman," commanded the first head. "You should be made aware that there is a group of humans that have discovered a way to tame these Demonic Spirits and use them against the others."

"Humans controlling Demons," said Death, barley able to hold back his laughter. "I find the thought of humans controlling Demons to be quite humorous."

"Yet it is happening," spoke the third head. "However, we think they might be able to aid you in killing the others and finding the source."

"You expect me to work with Demons and Humans?" spoke Death angrily. "I am more that capable of dealing with this myself."

"Of that we have no doubt," Spoke the third head. "But, we cannot risk your presence interrupting the development of the Third kingdom. So you will need to travel in stealth. By using these Demons you may be able to do that."

"Well stealth isn't exactly my strong suit," Stated Death

"Of that we are aware, so take this, it will help with that," Said the first head.

Just after the first head stopped talking a small ball of lava began to boil out and then levitated in front of Death. Death grabbed the ball and it melted into a purple amulet.

"This talisman will allow you to walk amongst the humans without raising suspicions," Spoke the first head. "It will make you invisible to any mortal unless they have a large amount of spiritual perception."

"That's useful." Said Death as he put on the amulet. "So, when do I start this mission?"

"Immediately," spoke the first head. "We have already prepared a portal for you to use that will take you as near as we can sense is the center of the disturbance."

With that a blue portal opened on the floor and Death walked into it.

"Good luck Horseman," Spoke the third head. "You may need it."

And as soon as the sentence was finished Death disappeared.

End Flashback

Death continued down the street, passing cars and pedestrian along the way.

"It would appear that the amulet works," Muttered Death. "The mortal don't seem to see or hear me. This should make my job easy enough that I won't need to those other Demons."

Death had been in the Human World for almost a week now and had watched closely for the Demons he had been sent to kill. Death had found and killed many of these creatures but was still no closer to finding the power source he was sent to destroy.

Suddenly as Death was riding down the street he heard a loud bang.

"What was that?" yelled Death. "Dust, what can you see?"

Through Dust eyes Death could see a large black bat like creature fly out of a nearby building.

"Don't lose it," Death commanded Dust. And in an instant Death changed Despairs direction and started to follow the creature.

Along the way Death passed a young man carrying a large cart up a hill.

"What was that?" screamed the boy. "Was that a horse?"

"Strange,"Death said to himself. "Could that boy see me?"

Ignoring the boy, Death continued to follow the flying creature and saw that he was carrying some young women. Suddenly one of them started to fall and landed next to Death's path. Death simply looked at the body and continued forward without stopping or saying a thing.

"Dust, where is the creature?" Death asked to the bird flying overhead.

Seeing through Dust eyes he could see that he had lost him.

Oh, damn it! Death thought as he tried to think of how to find it.

Suddenly he noticed people moving right below Dust

"Dust!" yelled Death. "Look below you."

Death saw men in robs heading in the direction that the creature was last seen going.

"Follow them Dust," Death ordered. "But, don't get too close. If they really are monks then they might be able to see us."

Death followed the monks for hours waiting and hoping that they knew were the creature was. Eventually they arrived at another tall building.

"The Shikabane is on the roof," said one of the monks while Death listened. "We need to wait for Keisei and Makina to arrive so don't lose sight of it."

That was all that Death had to hear and quietly he sneaked toward the other side of the building and started climbing. Once he got to the top of the large glowing sign he saw the creature, and the four girls that looked like they were trying to cuddle with him.

This will be difficult .Death thought. I need to separate the girls before I can…

Suddenly Death's though was interrupted by someone crashing through the roof door.

"You fell from so high up and yet here you are," spoke the Creature. "So I was right."

Death didn't understand what he meant until he looked closer at the girl. He was shocked to see that it was the same girl that the creature dropped and landed on the road as Death followed the creature. He could sense back then that the girl had no soul in her. Actually, he still couldn't tell. It was as if there was no soul in her at all human or otherwise.

"How is this possible?" muttered Death to himself. "How can that girl live with no soul?"

"From time to time there is a person in the world who dies yet still moves," The girl explained. "Your will remains, your body functions and you kill people. You're called Shikabane. However there is another kind of Shikabane that exist only to kill your kind. We are called Shikabane Hime."

Suddenly the creature's girls charged the other girl as she drew 2 machine guns from her back. She avoided them easily and headed straight towards the creature. Death watched with great interest until he decided he had seen enough and wanted to finish this.

The creature rolled away from the girl and tried to fly but as he did his back was to the sign that Death was hiding in. Death jumped from the sign, drawing the two Harvester blades from his sides, and sliced the creature's wing off. The creature landed on the ground in pain. The girl could do nothing but watch as she was attacked by the other four girls.

"How can this hurt so much?" yelled the creature as he stood to face the masked man who had cut off his wings. "I'm supposed to be immortal!"

"You foolish creature," muttered Death. "No one is immortal to me. No one is above Death."

Just as the creature was standing up Death combined Harvester into one large blade and swung the blade so fast that the creatures head took five seconds to finally fall off. With the creature dead the girls he came with seemed to suddenly faint as if they were out of energy.

Death was about to leave when he heard the sound of guns that were ready to fire. Death turned to see the other girl with her guns aimed at him.

"That's a pretty rude way to thank someone for saving you," Death spoke to the girl sarcastically.

"What are you?' yelled the Girl. "Are you a Shikabane?"

"No," Death answered with a laugh in his voice. "I am not one of these pathetic creatures."

"Then what are you?" The girl demanded.

"I am the reaper," Death responded. "I am Death."

"Makina!" yelled a voice from the roof entrance.

"Keisei," The Girl responded looking away from Death.

By the time Makina looked back Death was gone and nowhere to be seen.

"Makina," Keisei said as he approached Makina. "Did you kill it already?"

"No," answered Makina. "There was someone else here."

"Was it another Shikabane Hime?" asked Keisei.

"Definitely not," responded Makina. "Whatever it was it was definitely male. Plus it didn't quite look human."

"It must have been another Shikabane," Said Keisei. "We'll have to worry about it later. For now let's get you back and tend to your wounds."

"I don't know," Whispered Makina. "There was something different about it."

"Interesting," Death said to himself as he hung off the side of the building and watched as the other left. "So these creatures are called Shikabane. And those Shikabane Hime must be the tamed demons that the council spoke of."

Death then let go from the building and began to fall. Before he hit the ground Despair appeared and Death landed on his back. Death then began to leave in the opposite direction as the monk so as not to be seen.

Perhaps those Shikabane Hime will be of more use then I thought. Death thought to himself as he rode away. However, that has yet to be seen. And more importantly, how can girl live with no soul to move her? I'll have to look into this later. For now I had best just keep an eye on them.