Shoshinsha to the New York Shadow World

A/N: Alright, so I thought I should clarify a few things. Italics for the most part means they are speaking a language not native to the person whose perspective that chapter/ section is in and vice versa for when the dialogue isn't italicized. I'm sorry to anyone who read the story before I edited this. I wrote the whole story on one document at first. When I transferred the chapter to a separate document so I could post it correctly on fanfiction, I forgot to put the italics back in. I'll try to remember that for now on. Okay, on with the story! And please tell me what you think of it.

Chapter 1

As they were walking down the streets of New York City that night, Anri could not shake the feeling that she and Mikado were being followed.

It was summer vacation. Masaomi had gone off somewhere with his girlfriend Saki on vacation. Mikado had thought it would be fun if he and Anri were to go on a vacation as well. However, since none of them could afford to pay for a vacation, Mikado unfortunately had to strike a deal with Izaya Orihara.

Orihara-Kun was Ikebukuro's most infamous information broker. He was one known to manipulate and cause chaos to the city simply because he was bored. Anri was not thrilled with the idea that Mikado had to make a deal with him. Both Mikado and Anri had to deal with Izaya in the past. Anri did not look forward to dealing with him again. She did not trust him at all, and had good reasons for it. However, she knew how much this vacation meant to Mikado. This was the only way they would be able to do this. She would deal with the sneaky informant for Mikado's sake. However, she would still be on guard during interactions with that vile man.

Izaya paid for the trip. He had suggested for them to go to New York. In return for paying for their vacation however, Izaya said that he would have come with them. Although, thankfully, he would be staying in a different room. Izaya had implied that Mikado would be told how to pay him back on a later date. Anri felt wary about Izaya having such a big hand in their travel plans. Especially since he detested her for not being human (at least that was how he saw her). However, his apparent liking of Mikado made her feel a little bit better. At least he would hopefully not cause harm to Mikado, and along with that hopefully he wouldn't try anything regarding her. For Mikado's sake.

After their first day of sightseeing the city, the pair was on their way to meet with Izaya before heading back to the hotel. Anri was happy to be on this trip with her friend Mikado. She was also grateful to him for helping her with his English, since he seemed to learn things pretty fast. She had a hard enough time speaking her native tongue, due to her shyness, so speaking another language proved to be even more difficult. They were talking about what they'd seen so far.

"So, don't you think it's been cool seeing all of the different shops here on our first day?" Mikado asked her. He was much chattier than normal. He also seemed happy simply spending time with her.

She smiled and looked down.

"Yeah, it's been cool. I think it was definitely a good idea to check out the shops first before going to all of the different tourist attractions. This was a better way to start experiencing what America is like. They sell a lot of cool things in America." Anri could not really place her feeling of paranoia.

She kept looking behind her, but saw nothing there. She hoped Mikado did not notice her behavior. Sometimes she would get a sense from Saika when she was in danger, or when something supernatural was nearby.

Saika was the demon blade that possessed her…well, possessed wasn't exactly the right term for it. Saika lived in her, but Anri still had her own thoughts and had complete control over her. In fact, due to her ability to maintain her emotions and her belief that she couldn't love, she was able to control Saika. This kept Saika from taking her over.

Anri was so sure that she shouldn't just ignore the feeling. She hugged her arms to herself as though cold, but cold was not her issue at the moment.

Mikado saw her hug herself, and started to move to place an arm around her shoulder. Yet before he touched her he blushed and immediately put his hand back down to his side, scratching his head with his other hand.

Anri was too caught up in her own thoughts to notice this motion, although she was already aware of his feelings towards her. It wasn't as though she didn't return these feelings. She didn't know. Ever since her parents deaths, she had felt unsure about what it even meant to love anymore. She felt confused about whether or not she liked him. She thought she did, but for the meantime she wanted to stay friends. It was just easier this way and less confusing.

She liked the way things currently were with them. They had finally told each other their secrets. Although Mikado still had a hard time understanding hers'. For a long time she hesitated to even admit she had friends. Having friends felt good to her though. She wouldn't even know what being more than friends would mean. Plus, she wondered if she'd be any good for him if they were more than friends.

Things had finally settled down since the chaos in Ikebukuro finally stopped. There were no more Dollars or Gang wars to torment Mikado anymore. He'd gone through enough. She was happy to see him back to his old self, and not who the gang wars had turned him into.

Even though she was starting to view herself a little more positively since the chaos had stopped, part of her still felt like a parasite. She feared she would hurt him if they were to be more than friends. He deserved someone better than a monster like here. Plus, what if them being together would bring out his dark side again? She shivered at the thought. Anri hadn't really seen much of his dark side first hand, but based off of Masaomi's descriptions this was a side of Mikado she would not want to see.

"I mean, there have been such a variety of shops here. And I thought Ikebukuro was huge, but here there's definitely more being sold. The stores selling souvenirs specifically towards the tourist attractions here definitely gave a good idea of what we should visit throughout the week, so that was pretty cool. I mean, it's cool though how some stores are solely based off of one topic. Like Disney, Superheroes, it's pretty awesome." He was rambling nervously as he said this, as though he was compensating for his awkward motion earlier but she hadn't even noticed.

"You know who would love the extravagant shops here?" Anri suddenly asked, trying to distract herself from her thoughts.

Mikado gave her a shy but pleasant smile.

"Masaomi. Definitely. He would go nuts over some of the stores here. Like, the stores that had to do with superheroes and anything relating to hot celebrities. He would probably try to spend more than he has."

"Maybe we should bring him back some extravagant American souvenirs?"

"No way. After he abandoned us to go somewhere with his girlfriend? He doesn't deserve it." The words sounded bitter, but Mikado's playful tone and light smile told Anri that he actually wasn't upset. He seemed more amused at the mere thought of his best friend. Yet, there was also something else in his tone that she couldn't quite place…

The feeling hit her again, that they were being followed. This time she heard a faint scuffle. It was very faint, and Mikado didn't seem to notice, but Anri was sure this time.

The three shadow hunters were out on their usual rounds through the city. It was just the usual night watch. They would walk around the city looking for demonic activity. They didn't expect anything to happen. Especially when there were no specific instructions for a mission. It was just a precaution they were sure. No doubt the three expected they would just check out the city once before heading back to the institute.

Jace had thought this was a simple enough mission that Clary could have joined them on, but Mrs. Lightwood (who was currently running the institute) thought she still didn't have enough training yet to go out on the field. Although, most shadow hunters don't kill a powerful demon the first time they are attacked. Even though all three of them didn't expect anything to happen, Alec was still taking their job way too seriously…like he normally did. Jace had his hands behind his head, and was nonchalantly walking alongside the other two.

"So, that sushi place we tried was pretty good."

"Shh, would you be quiet Jace. We're on a mission."

"Oh c'mon Alec, nothing's here and we all know it. You need to chill man."

Alec shot him a look.

"Jace, you of all people should know that things aren't always what they seem. We still need to be on alert." Jace sighed and rolled his eyes.

Isabelle was beginning to look bored too. She started playing with her bracelet/whip, somehow knowing how to do so in a way that wouldn't hurt her. Alec still scanned the area cautiously. It was getting late. Hopefully they would be done soon…

"Um, guys?" Isabelle suddenly said, no longer looking bored. She was holding out her red crystal amulet that would always glow when demonic activity was near. It was blinking and fading. They all stopped walking.

"Isabelle, it usually doesn't flicker like that when a demon is near."

"Yeah, usually the glow is much stronger. Is something wrong with it?"

"No nothing is wrong with it! How could there be?" They were all staring at the necklace, confused.

"So, what does it mean then?"

"I don't know."

Then, they noticed how a couple of teenagers opposite of the street to them walked past. As they passed, the crystal glowed little bit brighter but then dimmed again as they went farther from the trio. The three shadow hunters all exchanged looks.

"I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I feel like we should follow them to find out. Just to be on the safe side." Alec said, and they all nodded.

Luckily they were all already wearing glamour and quiet runes. Getting their weapons out just in case, they quickly and quietly crossed the street, and followed the pair from a distance away. They also had on runes to hear and see far, so they could hear and see everything that was going on with the pair.

"It sounds like they're speaking Japanese." Jace whispered. The young male sounded like he was talking fast while the girl didn't seem to be saying much.

"Uh, my Japanese is a little rusty. Do you know what they're saying Alec?"

He scrunched his face, but of course was able to understand them.

"Yeah. They're not saying anything really noteworthy. Just talking about their first day in New York. Sounds like they're tourists."

A demon tourist? Why would a Japanese demon come here to target a human? There were plenty of humans to attack in Japan. Suspicions aside, Jace thought it was funny hearing the boy talk fast in Japanese. He didn't know as much of the language as Alec, but even he could tell based off of the boy's body language that the boy was nervous. It was kind of funny.

"It also sounds like he's trying to get her to practice speaking English, but she's having a hard time with it." Alec reported back.

"Okay, now say: Where can I find the restroom?" Anri sighed.

"Okay, um…w-where can I find the restroom?" She felt so frustrated at how much of a struggle this was for her. Mikado gave her a small smile.

"You're getting there, just be glad you'll have me to help you communicate." She let out a small laugh.

Then they noticed the small framed girl looked back in their direction a couple of times, but she didn't seem to see them. The shadow hunters locked eyes again.

"Could it be her?"

"Who else? Our runes keep us from being detected, although some very powerful demons are still able to sense our angel blood better."

"Oh, I just hope that boy isn't in any danger."

They could tell based off of his body language that the boy clearly had feelings for the girl. She however was coming across as more emotionless. It definitely didn't look good. It seemed to them like she might be playing the innocent type to get the boy to let his guard down.

"Definitely seems like she may be playing him."

Alec heard the boy make some sort of joke about this 'Masaomi' that Alec didn't get but made the girl giggle shyly. Was it genuine?

"They're talking about how unusual the souvenirs are here. Someone named Masaomi would like them apparently."

Jace sighed. They didn't sound evil, but Isabelle's necklace was always right.

Anri wasn't sure who might be following them, but she had a bad feeling about it. She looked at Mikado, and back behind her. She still didn't see anything, but she knew that something was there. She wanted to protect Mikado. Even if he wasn't the target, she didn't want him to get hurt by being associated with her. Her saika presence gave her the feeling that whoever was following them had something to do with her. Anri sighed then stopped. Mikado stopped as well, and then looked back at her.

"Anri? Why did you stop? What's wrong?"

"Mikado, could you go ahead of me to meet Izaya? I feel like something is up that I need to deal with." Mikado faced her and crossed his arms.

"Anri, I'm not going to leave you here alone at dark. Especially if you think something is up." His words came out firm, but she could see that he was shaken.

"It's alright Mikado. I can take care of myself, remember?" To show him, she allowed the tip of the saika sword to protrude from her palm. The sight shocked Mikado at first. Just because he knew about what she was, doesn't mean he was used to it.

He hated the idea of leaving her. After all, he was carrying around a gun with him so he could protect her. Although, he'd hoped he wouldn't need to use it. Mikado was still ashamed of the actions he had committed in Ikebukuro, and didn't want to reawaken that dark side of himself. Besides, he wasn't a fighter.

After the shock had passed he straightened up again and nodded at her.

"Okay. When I get to Izaya I'll tell him what you told me so he can come over and help." Before she could protest to his suggestion, he took off. She sighed. Seeing that there was an alleyway nearby she walked into it, sensing the figures that entered behind her. She didn't want to get her sword out yet, but wanted to be ready to in case she needed to.

"I know you're there. Whoever you are, s-show yourselves!" Anri got mad at herself for how badly her English came out. She feared that it weakened the toughness she was trying to portray.

The three shadow hunters watched as she stopped ahead of them. They stopped as well. Had they been seen? There was some talking between the two. Alec's eyes widened.

"She knows we're here."

"What? But how?"

"She's telling the boy to go ahead of her while she deals with something."

"How strange." They watched as a blade protruded from her palm.

"Okay, that's definitely demonic." Why would she show him that? The boy looked shocked but recovered quickly. That was also a strange reaction. They watched as she entered an alleyway. The three exchanged tense looks.

"I feel like she's planning to fight us." Sighing and tensing for a possible battle, they followed the girl into the alley.

Anri turned around to see three figures, who appeared to be teenagers. They were all wearing black and had strange markings on their skin. They also had weapons readied. This made Anri tense, but she tried not to show it.

"W-why are you following me?"Anri really wished she could avoid stuttering. The taller boy with short black hair and blue eyes stepped forward.

"My sister's necklace picked up a demonic presence. We figured it was you, since you seemed to be able to detect us. We weren't aware of any demons who were out about this time, and wanted to follow you to make sure you wouldn't cause any harm."

Anri was a little bit relieved that this one knew Japanese, but surprised by it. Detected a demonic presence? Just who were these people! Then she felt Saika's voice whisper inside of her,

"They're nephilim. People of human and angel blood. Their job is to hunt down demons, my kind, to protect humans." The girl's necklace flickered a little brighter as Anri heard Saika's voice.

"Nephilim?" Anri said, more to herself. The three shot each other confused looks, having heard her.

"They wouldn't let me love humans the way I do!" Saika's raised voice caused Anri to wince from the headache. She took a deep breath, trying to restrain Saika again by subduing her emotions.

"You worry that I would cause harm? You don't need to. My goal here is not to cause harm to anyone. I'm simply on a vacation with a friend. Since I am no threat, would you please leave me be?"

The blonde snorted.

"Yeah, like we're supposed to believe that. Do you know how many demons claim to mean no harm? How are we supposed to believe you?" His Japanese was heavily accented, not as good as the first boy's.

"Well…um" She got quiet. "I'm actually not a demon."

"Um, hello?" The girl said, pointing to her blinking crystal. Her Japanese was worse than the others'. "These things don't lie!"

"But, it would normally glow brighter than that, right?" Alec inquired.

"Yeah, well it's still glowing! What else would it mean? She can't be half demon because it doesn't glow around warlocks." Isabelle retorted.

"You mentioned you were here with a friend. Are they a demon too? Or a demon supporter? Or are they you're next target, because if that's the case we'll definitely have to do what it takes to protect people."

Almost forgetting to hide her emotions, Anri clenched her fists.

"Whatever you decide about me, leave him out of this. I said I meant no harm and I meant it, however I also won't let anything happen to my friend." The three shadow hunters exchanged a look.

"I'm sorry but we really don't have a reason to believe you." They readied their weapons. Fear struck Anri, but she tried not to show it. She allowed her katana sword to eject from her palm and then held it in a defensive position.

"I don't want to fight you. That's not why I'm here." She said. Before anything could happen, a loud guttural roar could be heard from behind them. Shocked, the four looked into the dark alleyway. A large creature seeming reptilian and insect like prowled out of the darkness.

"It's a ravener." The blonde boy said. The creature appeared to peering at each of them, deciding who to attack. Anri was shaking. She'd never seen anything so terrifying. It launched at the blonde boy, crushing him to the ground.

"Jace!" The girl cried. The dark haired boy strung an arrow on his bow and launched it below its face. It growled out in pain and reeled back, allowing Jace to be pulled out from under him by the girl. The dark haired boy then threw him a sword. Jace whispered an angel name to it, and then the sword began to glow.

Feeling like she had to do something, Anri took a deep breath and stabbed the creature from behind. She willed Saika to put her power into destroying the creature. It shrieked in anger and faced her.

"Why would you help them? We're of the same kind! Don't you see that this is your fate?" It spoke in a demonic tongue Anri was sure only she heard. Anri glared at the creature, trying to avoid looking at the other three.

"You're wrong. I'm not like you. I'm not a monster. I won't let you disrupt the peace in my life." Then she stabbed it again, in a more vital place. At the same time, Jace stabbed his sword in a vital place. The creature shrieked and began to dissolve into some black substance.

What the heck was that thing? What was a ravener? Clearly it was a demon, but Anri had never seen a demon before. That is, besides other saikas. Anri suddenly became overwhelmed with weariness. She hadn't used Saika in a long time, and never so much before. As she began to waver on her feet, she almost dropped her sword. Jace caught her before she could fall over, the other two came towards her as well seeming to somewhat loosen their guard. Anri was still conscious, but didn't know if she could stand.

"Izaya! Mr. Izaya!" Mikado came running to the corner where Izaya was waiting for them. Izaya was spinning his flick blade on his nail as Mikado came up to him.

"Well now, why so out of breathe, hmm?"

Mikado hunched over catching his breath then looked up at Izaya again.

"You-you have to help Anri!"

Izaya raised an eyebrow.

"Before we got to you, she told me to go ahead of her saying she had to deal with something. I think she's in danger."

After thinking for a moment, Izaya laughed. "You're probably right about that one. Parasites are notorious for making enemies."

Mikado glared at him. "Izaya please. You have to help her."

"And why would I do that? She's not a human, so I couldn't care less what happens to her. Besides, she's got that demon blade of hers so she probably doesn't even need help."

"Yeah, but still. I don't like the idea of her fighting whatever alone. And you know I wouldn't do her much good! Please Izaya! I'm human after all."

Izaya pondered this for a moment. "My, first I pay to get you two out of the country and now I have to help possibly save this girl's life?" Izaya shook his head and made a tsk sound. "You're definitely going to have to owe me something big."

Mikado sighed, not thrilled with whatever outcome that might be. Surely it couldn't be worse than things he'd already done before though, hopefully. "I understand Izaya. I accept whatever debt you ask of me."

Izaya smiled evilly. This look didn't always give Mikado the shivers. He could remember a time when he was sure he made Izaya feel manipulated…but he immediately shook away the thought. Anri was all that mattered now.

"Well, splendid. I look forward to the day your payment comes."

He really was creepy…

"Where did you say she stopped?"

Mikado pointed where she had been. Izaya took off to there at a fast speed. Pacing himself to run again, Mikado ran after him.

This situation seemed an odd one to laugh at, yet there Jace laughed.

"I suppose we got our proof that she won't harm us, yeah?"

Isabelle and Alec just stared at him for a moment. Then Alec shook his head, and Isabelle smiled as though amused by him. A maniacal sounding cackle came from the street side of the alleyway. They all turned to see a pale skinny man in his twenties wearing a black parka with white fur trim. He had a flick blade in his hand, but held it to the side.

"Well, it seems like I've come a little late to the action. What a pity? And it appears Miss Sonohara-chan had quite the beating. I so wish I could have seen that."

The girl he appeared to be addressing glared at him, but still looked pretty dizzy.

"Hang on, you can see us?" Jace spoke up.

The man raised an eyebrow,

"Why wouldn't I be able to see you? You may be wearing black, but you're not exactly camouflaged." His English was definitely a lot better than the girl's was.

"ANRI!"

They all turned to see the boy from earlier come over. He stopped next to the man, and hunched over breathing hard.

The man laughed at this.

"It appears we came a little late, Mikado-Kun. Although like I figured, Miss Sonohra-chan appears to have taken care of things, and with some other interesting humans. Well, whatever it is that happened here."

Mikado finally looked up, looking very confused. He looked past the shadow hunters and only seemed to see Anri.

"Anri? How-how are you staying up like that? What happened here?"

Izaya looked from Mikado to the shadow hunters.

"What are you talking about Mikado-kun?"

"She appears to be held up by something, but nothing is there."

"What do you mean nothing is there! That boy is holding her up!"

"What boy?"

"Seriously? He's literally right in front of you!"

"Mi-Mikado?" Anri finally said, seeming to somewhat come out of her dizziness.

"You really can't see the boy holding me up?"

"Boy? Wait a minute! How are you both seeing a boy that I can't!"

The three of them were very confused. The shadow hunters, having figured out why the others were confused, and then got out their steles, waved them over a rune, and took off their glamour. Mikado shrieked.

"Ah! What the heck! How can people just appear out of thin air?"

They put their steles away.

Jace stepped forward.

"Mundanes usually can't see us when we're glamoured. What are you?" Jace said, Ignoring Mikado's question.

Izaya crossed his arms.

"Excuse me? I don't think mundane is a very kind term for someone. And I'm pretty sure I would know if I wasn't human."

The shadow hunters exchanged looks. Mikado was still freaked out. Then the shadow hunters tensed up. Confused, Izaya turned around to see a teenage-looking boy with light green hair and talons.

He sniffed the air.

"I knew I could smell nephilim blood." He stepped up to Izaya, a predatory look on his face.

"And your blood spells…extra special. I'm sure Master Sebastian would be pleased if I brought you to him to use."

Jace was not thrilled to hear him say that. Sebastian? His evil sort-of brother! They knew he would be up to something, but this definitely didn't look good. The green haired demon lifted Izaya up by the collar of his jacket, appearing much stronger than expected. Izaya attempted to flick his blade into him, but the boy just laughed and pulled the blade out of him not even seeming fazed.

"It appears you will be a very interesting addition. I wonder…" The boy appeared to be wearing a large metal ring. He put it up to Izaya's neck. Izaya's skin began to burn and he shrieked out in pain. The boy laughed.

"Just as I thought. Not a big fan of iron, are you?"

Iron? Iron didn't usually hurt people. Unless he was a …

The demon boy threw Izaya into a wall too quickly for the shadow hunters to react to, knocking him out instantly. The demon boy looked around. His eyes rested on Anri. As he made eye contact with her, she couldn't hide the fear in her eyes. This of course widened his grin.

"Now here's another interesting specimen. A saika wielder who has Saika's powers but has not been completely taken over by the demon blade. A sure sign that she can be obedient, loyal and a weakness of morals which can prove useful in manipulation."

Jace didn't exactly understand what that all meant. Although it sounded like she wasn't a demon, at least not fully. That would explain some things.

The shadow hunters took a defensive stance about her. Jace, still holding her, got out his angel blade and held it protectively in front of them. The demon's lips curled into even more of a primal smile as he walked towards them. Mikado, catching what was going on, blocked the demon's way to Anri. Although he appeared to be very shaky as he did so. The demon looked bored by his act. Alec stepped forward, attempting to place a hand on Mikado's shoulder,

"Hey, um, Mikado- "

But then the demon threw him suddenly into the wall.

"Mikado! "Anri sprang from Jace's arms and ran over to where Mikado was slumped against the wall, next to Izaya.

"Oh, he's fine. Just unconscious. He was annoying me."

She attempted to wake him up, and appeared to be on the verge of tears. Seeing her distraction, the demon walked over to her. However this time, Jace managed to react quickly. He slashed at the demon, missing his 'heart' by a few centimeters. The demon hissed at Jace, having grabbed Anri he was now clutching her in his arms.

"Nephilim." He seethed. Anri looked terrified, and attempted to struggle from his arms. He then however breathed a green gas into her face, which cause her to go limp.

"You stupid shadow hunters always think you have the upper hand! But you don't even know what's coming!" As the demon shouted this, Alec stabbed him in the back. This time in a vital place.

Jace crossed his arms and smiled slyly.

"Well maybe if you hadn't taken the time to tell us that, we wouldn't have."

The demon growled again. Anri fell from his arms as he collapsed to the ground.

"Just you wait! Others will be coming to get these two! Sebastian is collecting beings more powerful than you know! The world is going to change." He cried this as he dissolved into nothingness. Jace looked at Alec and Isabelle. Weariness from the fight was shown in all of them, but not the physical kind. They looked at the three unconscious foreigners in the alleyway.

"Well, it looks like we're going to have to make room in the infirmary again." Isabelle said sighing.

"Why can't things ever be as simple as they seem?"

A/N: Shoshinsha= Newbies