Lost in this Tainted Life

by Shadowclanwarrior

Lucinda Harrowine had always dreamed of being a shinigami, just like her hero, Adrian Crevan. But with the reaper society not allowing her to follow her dream, the outcast runs away and meets up with a retired grim reaper simply known as the Undertaker, who takes her in. With these two lost souls coming together, both become very attached to the other in ways they couldn't imagine.

1. Introduction

"I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast."

- Meat Loaf

In every society, there is a center norm for all individuals to follow. In every perfectly structured society, one must live by these standers and never sway away from it, for to fall from that said path would be like falling from grace. And the grim reaper society was no different from this rule, in fact, one could consider that they could be the source of that rule.

A shinigami's life is set in stone from the moment they are born, their life just like any other shinigami's. The males of the species must train and learn to gather souls of humans and save their cinematic records to be stored in the great Shinigami Library. He must be fully committed to his job, to show no emotional attachment or concern for a life and to take in orders without question. And while he is out retaining the balance of life and death, the females must always be ready to organize those collected souls and help their fellow men from afar.

A shinigami woman must always be as calm and levelheaded, ready to do whatever their male counterparts ask of them. They must be willing to give themselves fully to their comrades, their husbands, and their sons of the future generation of grim reapers. With the men being the fighter and the women being the supporter, a perfect utopia stands with every shinigami having a place and certain role for them.

But in contrast with every utopia born, there is always that one, or two, outcasts who change it forever.