Disclaimer: Kamichama Karin chu is property of Koge-Donbo and Kodansha.

Warnings: Vague references to Greek mythology, possible OOC-ness.

A/N: Experimentation fic. It's supposed to be built on short, non-consecutive pieces with no real set timeline (and is semi-AU) so yes: it is intentionally short. This one also reflects another short drabble I have on lj (so I won't ramble about it).

---

Locked in a Cage
01
(Dive Over In)

It would have been a quiet night. For the normal passer-by, they would have seen nothing more than a dark stretch of road and the artificial lighting of buildings; accompanied with the occasional car as the driver made their slow trek home.

Not that Nishikiori Michiru, Kuga Jin and Sakurai Yuuki were normal – not at all.

It might have had something to do with the strange clothes they wore – varying shades of blue, black and red – and the weapons they wielded; in the end, though, they could not be seen by the naked eye.

Yet their actions, in turn, left the quiet night in tatters.

There was a flash of light and a 'thud', before another streak cut through the darkness and artificial light. Yuuki pulled away from the attack as Michiru hurried over to Jin.

"Are you alright?"

"I've been better," the idol grunted as he pushed the other away; refusing the gesture to help.

Michiru's eye flickered to the side: manners were shoved aside at an instant, as he grabbed his friend's hand and dragged him unceremoniously away. A pillar of light flashed where Jin had once crouched, the attack leaving scorch marks on the concrete.

Yuuki smirked at the pair, almost lazily; "Already out of our little game, Hades? I suppose that was why you became lord of the underworld…"

"Don't count on it, Zeus," Jin growled, although he continued to clutch onto Michiru's sleeve to keep standing (why were his legs shaking?). In reply, the auburn-haired teen sighed, as he readjusted his hold on the trident of Neptune (or Poseidon, if they chose to keep consistent).

"Why couldn't we just talk it out instead?"