Japanese Stampede

Hello, and welcome to my 2nd Kekkaishi fic. My thanks go to those who read and reviewed my debut fic, "Showering Romance" and I must say it was quite successful…and though some reviewers are requesting for another one, I decided to take another try, though this one will be aimed for the readers below 18-years old as this idea popped into my head. Since watching the series on Animax-Asia (Japanese audio with English subs), a lot of ideas came to my head with Showering Romance being the first, but I thought of balancing it out with lighter ones and had to think of something that would attract the casual readers, this is it.

As the title implies, this fic will be branched into arcs which features characters from other manga/anime series and the characters might either team up with Yoshimori and Tokine or get into a conflict with them amid the threat of the villains in this fic (the Ayakashi), hence the term "stampede". I thought of a "vs." plot since Capcom revolutionized "vs." fad starting with X-Men Vs. Street Fighter and I wonder how this kind of element come into this story.

Well, I leave it to you readers to decide what you think of this fic. Right now part 1 of the first arc is about to begin...

And for the opening salvo…here is the first arc – Detective Conan.

Disclaimer:

Kekkaishi are owned by Yellow Tanabe and Sunrise

Karasumori. The time now is 22:30, and things are peaceful at Karasumori Academy for the moment as two of its protectors, Yoshimori Sumimura, and Tokine Yukimura, are patrolling the school grounds for any stray Ayakashi and so far not one is seen and the night went relatively peaceful...until a random Ayakashi shows up which possesses an attribute of a porcupine, in which it fires quills that can be fatal to humans.

"KETSU!"

Yoshimori instinctively activated his barrier to protect himself and Tokine from the needle attacks while Tokine observes the attack so she might find a way to break through the enemy's offense and defense, and an idea popped into her mind.

"Yoshimori...have that Ayakashi focus his attention to you, then I'll sneak around to hit it from behind...!"

"Alright...be careful, Tokine!"

Getting the logic from his teammate, the "chosen successor" of the Sumimura family intentionally provokes the Ayakashi so it would focus its attention on him and it worked as the "chosen successor" of the Yukimura family sneaks behind a bush and went around through the trees and slowly made her way around until she is within "firing range" and carefully makes her aim and she is now ready to unleash her attack.

"Okay...you're dead...KETSU!"

Tokine then fires a Kekkai spear and it struck the Ayakashi from behind and the monster is not only immobilized, but also weakened as Yoshimori moves in to trap it inside his barrier before exterminating it for good so it won't escape.

"KETSU...METSU!"

And that was it as the Ayakashi was killed and then absorbed into Yoshimori's staff and the job is done. Pleased with their teamwork, the two teens embraced each other and are cuddling when Shigemori Sumimura came to inspect the scene, surprised that there is no damage within the school grounds but is flabbergasted at seeing his grandson cuddling with Tokine.

"Yoshimori! What are you doing cuddling with that woman? You know she belonged to our rival! I won't let you go in a relationship with her! Do you hear me? I forbid you to get together with her!"

"Shut it, gramps...we already got together..."

"You idiot of a grandson! I'll teach you a lesson for answering back at me like that..."

"KETSU..."

With a wave of a finger, Shigemori is trapped inside a Kekkai and to his surprise, he couldn't get out, and his eyes widened as Yoshimori embraces Tokine while kissing her passionately and slams his fist on the barrier to get his attention, to no avail.

"Mmm...are you sure this is okay, Yoshimori...?"

"Mmm...yup...I don't detect any Ayakashi...so for now let's enjoy...mmm..."

At the sky, Masamori is standing over his own Kekkai watching the scene from below and is pleased to see his younger brother improving on his craft, while amused to see his grandfather objecting to Yoshimori's relationship with Tokine and decided to retire for the night to rejoin his Night Troop.

"Treasure your relationship with Tokine, Yoshimori...it will make you stronger and strengthen your determination...and the mission is far from over after the destruction of Kokuboro..."

-x-

The next morning, it was classes as usual for Karasumori Academy and things are generally peaceful at the school as both Yoshimori and Tokine are attending their classes, though Yoshimori spent most of his time sleeping much to his classmates' bemusement, but then the principal arrived to announced that the pack of examination questionnaires went missing and that he has called a detective to help in the investigation. By coincidence the principal told Yoshimori that he got a phone call from the Sumimura residence that his father, Shuji, is at the Tokyo Hospital undergoing emergency treatment after being hit by a vehicle.

"What? My dad's been a hit-and-run victim?"

"Yes…so you may go and I will excuse you…"

"Thanks!"

As Yoshimori leaves the school, the investigation commences as Yoshimori's class is being sent to the locker area and there the principal introduced them to the detective who will solve the case – Shinichi Kudo, whom he was approached when "heard" of the incident and said that he will solve the case before the 10-minute limit, much to the class' surprises.

"Ten minutes…?"

"The stealer's within our class?"

"Who would do something like that?"

"I swear it wasn't me…"

"Yoshimori left before we got summoned here…could he be…"

"I doubt it…and the principal let him go as his father was being struck by a vehicle…"

By then the teen detective instructs the students to face the wall and he personally conducts a body search after counting the number of students, and didn't even spared the female students as he searched them from head to toe, but then he stopped midway when he noticed that one of them whispered Yoshimori's name and asked the principal Yoshimori's name and asked why he is not in class, which the principal explained why, and there he was told of this. However he made a surprise statement which would shock the others.

"May I see Mr. Sumimura's locker, please…"

"Very well…"

Arriving at Yoshimori's locker, he asked if the lock be removed as he claimed that he has a feeling that it may be there despite Yurina Kanda's objection and defending Yoshimori knowing that he can't do something about this, but then the principal overruled it and allowed the janitor to wreck the lock and opened Yoshimori's locker, which the door is finally opened and saw the exam questionnaires and everyone is shocked by what they saw, and not only that, a packet of cocaine is also found there and Yoshimori is named a suspect, and there they made the necessary moves to find and arrest him.

"It looked like the missing questionnaires has solved, and I believed that I unintentionally solved a drug trafficking in this school…"

"Detective Kudo…I…I don't know how to thank you…"

"It was nothing…"

-x-

At the Tokyo Hospital, about 25 minutes later, Yoshimori arrived and went straight to the nurse station to ask which room/ward his dad is confined, and coincidentally, Tokiko Yukimura happened to be there and started to tease the Sumimura's legitimate successor but then saw the look on his face and starts to take him seriously as the chain of events starts to take place a minute later.

"Ahh...the idiot grandson of my rival...if you're here for a medical check-up just to summon my granddaughter...you're mistaken..."

"Sorry...not now...nurse...is my father, Shuji Sumimura here?"

"Huh? You're father is here?"

"That's what my mom told me..."

"Huh? But I heard that Sumiko won't be back until next year..."

By then the head of the nurse station spoke to Yoshimori to deny such a claim and even showed the records, and a baffled Yoshimori called his house for confirmation, which Shigemori answered and told him that Shuji is at the kitchen cooking, but then he too is taken by surprise when told that the principal of Karasumori Academy is the one who spoke to Sumiko.

"That can't be! Your mother is at overseas and won't be back until next year because of training...and therefore she can't contact us until next year...hey...are you listening, Yoshimori...? Hello...?"

As a shocked Yoshimori cut off the line, he was even confused than before, and then his cellphone rang which he answered it, which the caller turn out to be Tokine, and there she asked him where he is and he told her his current location, and in turn she gave him the warning.

"Yoshimori! The police are after you! The exam questionnaires are found inside your locker...and not only that...they even found several packs of cocaine there...Yurina told me that you'd be there to check on your father..."

By then Tokiko took the cellphone from Yoshimori and told him to hide as she saw several policemen are coming inside and told the Sumimura successor to lay low for the time being while she'll cover his escape. Nodding, he left and went to the nearest place where he could slip past his pursuers: the fire exit, and then she secretly uses her kekkai to trip the cops and this gives Yoshimori time to sneak out f the Tokyo Hospital and find a place to hide, while the cops are held back.

-x-

By the end of the day, news of Yoshimori being suspected of trafficking cocaine is posted on TV and is a subject of a manhunt with Shinichi Kudo being interviewed and there he made it appeared that Yoshimori is a "dangerous teen" and stated that he must be stopped even if he has to be shot down with guns as he showed a video tape where he seen firing a gun on a hapless man and this convinces the police to use lethal means should Yoshimori refused to surrender and the manhunt became even intense.

At the Sumimura residence, Masamori arrived after hearing about this and discusses with Shuji and Shigemori about the matter and they are convinced that Yoshimori is not only framed, but also been set up, and moments later Tokiko and Tokine came, where she supported the Sumimura family's resolve to clear Yoshimori's name. However, police came and "invited" the Sumimura family and Tokine to the police HQ as they wished to question them on Yoshimori's whereabouts. Though Shigemori refused at first, Masamori persuaded him to agree so that they would be let off once they answered the police's questions while Tokiko secretly told Masamori that she would tell the Night Troops to look after Karasumori until all of this mess is cleared up.

However, things took a different turn when Tokine and the three members of the Sumimura family are placed in handcuffs, with their hands behind and are being loaded inside SWAT vans which Masamori calmly asking why this, but they were told that it is "standard procedure".

-x-

Elsewhere in Tokyo, a teen vagabond is frantically searching place by place for someone and following him appeared to be an anthropomorphic right forearm with him, as they saw on TV what occurred and this results I the two to go on a frantic search.

"I can't believe that body is being used by someone else…and I can tell that it was an Ayakashi who stole it…"

"This is bad, Ankh…Shinichi Kudo's body will die if we…"

"You're such an idiot, Kyuji…if that body is left alone within 10 minutes it would die…but since an Ayakashi is possessing it…he'll remained alive…and once I get it back…I'll punish that Ayakashi for stealing my vessel…"

The teen vagabond, identified as Kyuji Hino, heads for the site of Karasumori Academy as Ankh, there mystical creature known as the "Greed", leads him there as he can sense an Ayakashi who is currently possessing Shinichi Kudo's body.

-x-

At Karasumori Academy, Shinichi Kudo is walking around, finding the site where its mystical energies reside and there an Ayakashi is shown possessing the body and is snickering at his handiwork after making sure that Karasumori's defenders and protectors are out of the way after setting them up with the police keeping them preoccupied so that he could absorb the energy to make himself stronger and more powerful.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter and crossover of sorts. Though it may not match the style and "magic" of the manga/anime, I'm sure you'll like the opening chapter of this arc with a "fantasy warfare" theme where two main characters of two different franchises crossing over and battling each other.

In case you're wondering about the two strangers searching for Shinichi, let me clarify this: They are Kyuji Hino and Ankh, two original characters of my ongoing Detective Conan fic, "Hunt for The Mystical Medals". They're here because of this arc's plot and they are "crossing over" so as to help out in the story. To know more about them and about Shinichi Kudo being "mortally wounded", check out the fic I mentioned so that you'll know what it means.

Preview:

Tokine and the Sumimura family are being interrogated and their lives are to be put on danger in the hands of the Tokyo Police while the one behind all this is slowly revealed, and the Ayakashi-possessed Shinichi Kudo is about to face someone who comes to the defense of Karasumori.