Before I start, everything mentioned here, the city, etc. are all invented by me. So just play along with it. Thanks!

Rinne means reincarnation.

Thanks to Urooj for beta reading this

R&R

Summary: In Shizuru's body runs the blood of a celestial being. In his blood runs his hunger for her life and power. Four guardians created from her manna, the earth, the sky, the water, and the fire, are to protect her. An unexpected encounter had brought them together. But fate will tear them apart. The year is 2076 and the time of her rebirth has finally come.ShizNat


Prologue


The soft cold breeze of the midnight air ruffled the hair of a certain cobalt haired beauty, standing behind a wall of dark alley. Breathing deeply in and out, she moved swiftly, straight down the dark alley while analyzing carefully each and every single thing around her. She stopped as soon as she heard movements in front of her. The cobalt beauty took a peek through the opening aisle and saw some men, wearing a black suit and black shades, standing in front of a rusty metal door.

"Typical bodyguards in their typical outfit..." She muttered under her breath.

"Keeps them looking tough and brawny." a girl's voice intervened, earning a soft chuckle out of the woman who had agreed at this statement. She suddenly paused as soon as she heard a sound of door banging.

"They're moving." a husky man's voice spoke, informing the two women of what was happening.

"Mai?" She said while placing her finger in her earpiece as she waited for her partner's analysis.

"The disk is still with them. It seems to be moving... now it stopped." The same girl's voice spoke. She then took a peek and saw a group of men guarding a certain bald fat man. '1-2-3-4-5... found you!' She counted the number of bodyguards present and said the last word as soon as a briefcase in sight was in sight. "This one's mine, Frey. Don't be a hassle."

"Kug-" Frey tried to protest but was cut off by Mai.

"Frey, it's not wise to defy Kuga's command." Said Mai sweetly from behind. Slowly, Kuga lifted her .44 magnum desert eagle over her chest and with another deep sigh, she aimed her gun to one of the bodyguards. With the sound of cat purring as her cue, she fired the gun, directly hitting the man in the neck. At the sound of a gunshot, 2 bodyguards quickly covered the bald man as he made his way inside the car. 'No you won't... Not when I'm here...' Kuga quickly aimed her gun and shot the two rear tires of the car. She then quickly moved to another position. Swiftly but silently, she made her way behind a huge pile of crates. All four men shoot aimlessly from where she was positioned before. 'Amateur... this is boring…' She waited patiently from behind the crates for her turn. A sound of 'click' was then heard, indicating to the blue haired beauty that the men were out of ammo.

She stood up from her position and revealed herself. Walking slowly towards them, a smile formed on her face when she sees fear encircling around the masculine men. Raising her gun up, she shot them one by one. '4 down and one to go.' Stopping in front of a black Mercedes Benz car, she lifted her left hand and knocked on the window.

"Come out. Come out. Mr. Ishi. I just need the disk you have and I promise not to kill you." smiling wickedly through the tinted glass window of the car. Frightened, the man refused to cooperate and stayed still inside the car. This in turn enraged the cobalt haired beauty. She gripped the gun in her hand and recklessly smashed it on the window

"Ne Mr. Ishi, are you deaf?" She opened the door and reach out for the terrified bald man's collar shirt. "Scared?" She laughed as she threw the man to the ground. "The disk Mr. Ishi. My fingers are itching already." She pointed the end of her gun on Ishi's forehead then started counting "3-2-" the man hastily reached in his pocket and let out a black square shape in his hand. Hands trembling as he gave the disk to the woman threatening to kill him. Kuga smiled menacingly and spoke "1" and pulled the trigger.

"Disk retrieved." Kuga mumbled as she bent down to grab the diskette from the dead man's hand. She then reached for her earpiece with her finger and informed her comrades "Mission Comp-"

BANG

"Kuga, what happened?!" Mai panicked as soon as she heard a loud sound of gunshot. Her heartbeat quickened as she received no reply. "Natsuki!!"

The screams Mai made snapped Natsuki from utter shock. She looked down over the right side of her stomach and saw something slowly spreading on her shirt. She gently placed her other hand over it, and flinched as soon as her hand made contact. Lifting her hand up, she saw blood covering it.

"I'm bleeding..." Natsuki remained calm and spoke in complete awe. She turned around only to find a man pointing directly his gun at her. "Frey." she smirked, as if she had predicted something like this would eventually happen

"Frey!" shouted Mai "What the hell are you doing?!"

"Natsuki, such a beautiful name that fits you perfectly. Too bad you're going to die." Frey laughed maniacally. His eyes then narrowed as his voice grew louder "Give me the disk!" Another apathetic smirk crossed the blue haired girl's lips as she slowly walked towards Frey. "Don't you fucking move! Give me that damn disk!"

"Frey! Why are you doing this!!" Mai was still shouting on the other line.

"Frey's Rule: Never share your money with anybody else." Natsuki smirk as soon as she heard his absurd reasoning "What the fuck are you laughing at!?"

"Rule number one, Frey..." Throwing the disk up, Frey's eyes were following its movement. Natsuki then drew out her gun from her back in a flash. The black haired man then diverted his eyes back to Natsuki. Eyes widened as he sees Natsuki pointing her .44 magnum desert eagle directly at him. "Never mess with Kuga Natsuki." And before he could even shoot, Kuga had already pulled the trigger. 'Good for nothing agent.' The blue haired hissed as she picked the disk from the floor.

"Natsuki, daijobou?!"

"I'm fine, Mai. I'll be home at once." She tried her best not to worry her friend. "How long until the cops show up?"

"As of 20 minutes ago, nearby residents have reported the situation. In my calculation, you only have 5 minutes to get out of there. Five meters in radius would most likely to be the best distance away from there, to be out of trouble." Mai informed as she scanned through her computer. "Take the back road. Turn right and follow the path till you see an abandoned building. Stay there for the meantime, till the cops finish patrolling the area" Giving Natsuki the well needed information, she once again opened her mouth, but now a worried voice escaped from it "You can make it right? You're not really that badly injured, right Natsuki?" Kuga looked down once again at her bleeding side; she flinched as she tried to stand up properly. Inhaling and exhaling deeply, Nasuki spoke in a mild voice hiding any trace of pain she feels.

"Hai, Mai, I'm fine. Just a scratch. There's no need to worry." Trying her best to sound as fine as possible "Mai.."

"Hai?"

"Tell our clients I work alone." she said as she removed the earpiece and threw it on the nearby trash can. She tried to run as fast as she could, but the wound from her side didn't allow her to do so. Slowly the pain got to Natsuki. Slamming her side onto the wall for support, she tried to stay conscious and continued walking. The pain just gradually became more and more unbearable. The blue hair beauty was now breathing heavily as her body was getting weaker and weaker. Feeling dizzy and worn out, her eyes starting to black out, Natsuki finally lost her consciousness and fell onto the ground.


Natsuki's POV

I hear a sound of dripping water mixed with sound of a whistling kettle. Slowly, I was regaining my energy and consciousness back. I felt a soft hand touch my forehead delicately. I slowly and carefully opened my eyes, for this person not to notice, and saw a woman's face on top of me. I fiercely grab her hand touching me and gripped it tightly in my hand. Her eyes bolted in surprise as soon as she saw me waking up.

"Who are you!?" I demanded. My emerald eyes directly staring at her red orbs. I could see the pain she was feeling in her eyes as my hand literally crushing her petite wrist. I slowly loosened my grip and once again asked the same question "Who are you?"

"Would you tell me yours if I tell you, mine?" I was caught off guard by her unpredictable notion. I stay still and kept my mouth shut "I guess not. Can I have my wrist back?" She asked, giving me a smile. I look over my hand and it still is holding her wrist tightly. Once I let go of her, she stood up from the bed then down to the kitchen sink. I looked around and realized I was in no sight of anything that reminded me anything that I know of. Tons of paintings and brushes scattered all around the floor, and paintings hung on the wall around me. I looked back at her and asked another question.

"Where am I?" She looked over her shoulder and made an expression in her face 'Hmm?'. "Where am I?" I asked once again. Now she turned her whole body to me face me. I stared at her in awe as I finally got to see her from up and down. Amber brown hair, extending from her back slightly curly at the bottom, bangs gracefully fondling with her forehead; pulpy pink lips; rosy white cheeks; a bit pale velvety skin and petite yet sultry body frame. I found myself speechless at how striking the image in front of me was.

"You're in my secret hideaway." She told me as she placed a tea cup on the table beside the bed. She then sat on the nearby chair and started to giggle. I raised my left eyebrow up in confusion "You're in my storage room. I usually do my paintings in here since the mess is perfectly acceptable." She told me with another giggle.

"Why am I here?"

"I saw you lying on the ground on my way here. I checked up on you and saw you were bleeding so I decided to bring you here and do something about your wound." She explained, looking at my wounded stomach. I look down and saw some bandages around it. "Don't worry. I have years of experiences with stitching gun related wounds." She reassured me with another smile. "So are you part of some sort of a gang?"

"No." I told her directly. "I'm a cop." I told her so she wouldn't suspect anything.

"A cop? A woman cop?"

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"No. Not exactly. It is really admirable to know someone like you. But why aren't you in your uniform?"

"I'm working undercover." I lied once again. Lying isn't really considered a sin to me anymore since I've done much more terrible things than that. First of all, I kill people for a living.

"Should you be telling me things like that?" she retorted

"I shouldn't. Now I have a reason to kill you." She laughed. I think she took that as a joke. I do find it really offending and a bit irritating since I meant every word of it.

"That wouldn't be proper, don't you think? I save your life in the first place." Proudly she informed me of her saintly act. I stood up from the bed and started grabbing my clothes, my phone and my gun that lay on top of the table. I hear her standing up from her chair as well. I looked over her as she started walking towards me.

"I think it's better for you to rest and not to move. These are all coming from a doctor's point of view." That explains the 'experienced stitching'

"Trust me doc, I know my own body." I told her arrogantly as I removed the bandages from the right side of my stomach and showed it to her. I saw her mouth opening and eyes widening both in surprise.

"But… this is... I just barely covered your wound. It shouldn't be healing this fast!" She stared at what was left of it now. Regeneration... Something I had possessed since I was a kid. Self healing wounds. My body tends to heal it self faster than normal people can. I don't know where and how I got it, but this is something that separates me from mere humans. Something that places me above them...

"I appreciate what you did to me." I told her, placing my gun back in its holster. "I'll be sure to repay you in any means. In any way you want me to." Grabbing my leather jacket, I walked out of her hideaway and down to the sunlit street outside.

I walked the street of downtown Atheo heading directly to where Mai is. I looked at wrist watch and noticed that it was pass lunch already. I sigh and stopped in some sort of convenience store to buy me something to eat. Grabbing a pack of chicken sandwich and a bottle of coke, I paid for my food to the counter and went out. I finished eating my food while walking my way back home and after a while, my phone vibrated. I reached for my pocket and clicked the answer button

"Natsuki"

"Mai"

"Where have you been?" She asked me, worried and quite displeased by the fact that I haven't called her "You had me thinking all night!"

"Gomen. I was abducted by a pretty doctor." I told her the truth, but playfully.

"I hope that won't be a distraction." she lectured and I laughed.

"So what's the call for?" I asked.

"We've got another one."

"How much?" I asked. In this business, price is really all that matters here. Everything else falls under that.

"5 million serus"

"Case?" There are about 3 cases when it comes to our mission. First case is retrieving. Second is stealing and lastly is killing. The higher the case the higher we ask for money in return. Though at some point it also varies at how dangerous the job is.

"3" Mai informed me. So, after retrieving next is killing…

"That's pretty cheap."

"Pretty reasonable in my opinion, since there isn't any trouble killing this person." I hear the sound of keyboard typing in the background. Well, since its Mai, it's expected for her to be in front of computer doing her thing or I suppose her job.

"What's the name then?"

"Fujino Shizuru."


A/N: end of chapter 1! hope you liked it! this was supposed to be a part of my HM fic but decided to do another pairing.

Thanks for reading!