Long ago, when human civilizations have begun, and gods ruled the world, there was peace. Gods offered help to humans, and received worship as return. The humans may call the gods to bring them their needs, and the gods provided. Years and years have passed with the gods by the human race's side. All was in peace until the gods saw that the humans have turned away from them. They have stiffened their necks and turned away from them. Of course, the gods were not pleased, and seeked revenge against the humans, and thus came the war between gods and humans. Knowing the humans won't succeed, seven gods went down to Earth to help. With their kind hearts and gentle intentions, they forced themselves to forget the sins of the humans, and showed mercy. They helped the humans to victory, and the war ended with the gods retreating. The humans ended up victorious against the gods, and they gave their rightful thanks to the seven gods. Still furious about the humans, the gods turned their backs at the seven gods that helped. They agreed to let the humans live in peace, in one condition. That is to let the seven gods fall and not be considered as a heavenly god. Fearing the future of humans, the seven fell to Earth, never to go back to the heaven they call "home". Instead, they called Earth their own "home". The seven, the god of WAR, the god of POWER, the goddess of LOVE, the goddess of NATURE, the god of TIME, the goddess of LIGHT, and...

The god of DEATH, helped each other and the humans along with their godly powers, providing them what they need, and what they want. Years and years past, and the seven fallen gods lived in peace with the humans, until...

They had an argument. The god of War and Power suddenly disliked the fact that they gave mercy, and went off to give revenge. The other five tried to stop them, but it was no use. Soon, the god of War, Ahebban, and the god of power, Absko, started slaughtering innocent humans. They gained power and ultimate respect. They gained fearful worship and madness. Their power reached it's supreme, and Ahebban, in time, collected...no.. eaten hundreds of human souls. Together with Absko, they hunted down a powerful witch, that would grant them a very powerful soul. In time, they reached a witch's lair. And took her soul in her sleep. Ahebban forced himself to eat it and became a being with a powerful soul. A being that would bring destruction to humanity. With hundreds of human souls, 1 witch soul.. and a god soul, he turned into the most powerful and fearsome being that may bring the end of the world itself. He spread madness and insanity throughout the globe and with his power, he turned into... a Kishin god or the very first Kishin. Going by the name Kishin Frashokereti, or the bringer of the Armageddon, he plunged the world into insanity and humans started to fear the fallen gods.

In fear, Absko ran away from his former partner and seeked redemption from the other five. Showing mercy, they received Absko again and punished him for what he has done. However, still with mercy, he has been allowed to live with the other fallen gods, and they started to wage war against Kishin Frashokereti, or Ahebban, and treated him as a mortal enemy, forgetting the fact that he was once one of them. Alijiah, the goddess of love, and Damia, the goddess of nature, together with Absko, joined forces and stopped madness from spreading any further. Meanwhile, Horacio, the god of time, Hoshin, the goddess of light and... Shinigami, the god of death, who is currently going under the name Thanatos, commenced a battle that decided the Earth's fate. With all their strength, they forced themselves to fight a former comrade, and brought him to his destruction. Frashokereti's powers however surpassed any god, any human, any witch and any kishin. He brought the gods to their knees instead of them forcing him to do so. However, Hoshin, who was the bravest of the three, stood up and grabbed her sword. She commenced a spell which could not be reversed in an ordinary method. She cursed the Kishin and bounded him in chains in the deepest darkest part of the Earth, the core, the Tartaros. This however, came with a sacrifice. She sacrificed her own well-being to sink with Frashokereti into Tartaros, never to be seen ever again.

The remaining gods mourned for the loss of the two gods, and remembered Hoshin's bravery, by telling stories about her, spreading the fact to humanity, that the goddess of light saved the whole world from destruction. Agreeing to not letting this ever happen again, they sealed any way to revive Frashokereti and hid the only clue to unlock Tartaros. Wanting to not ever let another Kishin to arise, the fallen gods spread across the continents of the Earth. The leader, Thanatos, who now goes by the name, Shinigami, formed a legion to help aid the prevention of the revival of the Kishin... he formed a school which trains young meisters and their weapons to battle certain monsters and defeat a Kishin if ever. Their goal, is to get their weapons to eat 99 kishin eggs and one witch soul, that will turn them into a Deathscythe... the school? It's name...

...Shibusen/DWMA...


However, a prophecy was given to a follower of the gods above by the gods themselves. It states that one day, Kishin Frashokereti will rise again to bring the world to it's end. But will only be stopped by a new Shinigami and his companions, and will finally be get rid of when the gods that fought the Kishin at the first war reunite. Which is clearly almost impossible...


"Because how are they going to reunite when Hoshin is in Tartaros as well?" asked an old woman to a little crowd of children. The children looked at the woman in awe of the legend, and one of them, about 7 years old, stood up. He had golden eyes and black hair with three incomplete white stripes. The child smiled. "It's not nearly impossible" he replied.

"Why would you say that, boy?" the woman asked, with a slight hint of pride in her voice.

"Because if Hoshin-sama was trapped with the Kishin, and when the Kishin revives, she'll be released as well right?" he asked

"Hmm...You have a smart head my boy. Too smart for this school perhaps... It may be true my boy, but no one has seen the gods in years, it may clearly be a myth." the woman replied with disapproval in her face. She walked up to the boy and carried him on her lap while the other children watched and pondered.

"It's not a myth, Obaa-chan. I can firmly say it's true"

"What makes you say that? Who are you to tell me what is true from what is false? What... What is your name?" she asked, while using her Soul Perception ability to sense the boy's soul wavelength.

"My name...?"

The children looked at the young boy and sought to find out who he really is. The old woman, with a shocked, seeked for an answer... And if an answer is what they want... An answer is what they get.
The old woman stared blankly at the boy and her expression turned into fear. The boy's soul was not of a normal human's, and was not of a witch, either. His soul, a fragment, is.. a god soul.

"WHAT ARE YOU?!" the old woman asked, fearfully. The boy stood in silence and smiled at the woman cleverly. "You just realized that my soul is not of a human, huh?"

Silence filled the air, and the other children fearfully grabbed the woman's clothes and gathered around her, seeking for protection. The city they are in never heard of gods and never seen one. Well... until now...

"My name...is Death the Kid. Thanatos...no... Shinigami-sama's son. I'm the god of Death."