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My name is B.J. and I am new to Fanfiction (Although I used to write Fanfic around 10 years ago, I consider myself new now!) , and I look forward to hearing some feedback! I am in the process of writing a book, and thought some fanfics would make nice little writing exercises during my writers block! :)
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(Updated: 11/11/15)
Chapter 1: Growing Restless.
She flipped mindlessly between the 5 file-packets laid out before her, resting her well-defined face on her closed fist as she sat at the small blue and yellow table in the bright, enclosed room with only a thick metal door for access. Her ankles, covered by worn out black-leather combat-style boots, were shackled to the glistening floor, a thin coating of sheer ice below her feet; she knew she could probably break the shackles with ease, but it gave small comfort to the frail men in lab coats on the other side of the two-way mirror across from where she sat, so she would concede to these precautions for the sake of their petty pride.
Her long, almost bushy hair laid across her back in varying tones, primarily white, grey and silver, with just a splash of black; while poking out of the upper part of her skull her wolven, round-tipped ears twitched occasionally, picking up on the faint noise coming from behind the door. Her elongated top canines extended over her bottom lip in a dangerously elegant manner; and a well groomed, coarse-haired tail sat stone still behind her, draping over the edge of the small metal chair. She tapped her long, black, pointed nails on the table as she read the last of the packets in silence, carefully absorbing all of the information contained within them.
A smile tugged it's way to the corners of her lips as she finished reading the final packet, a glimmer of solid determination and hope welling in her chest.
This was her chance. This was all of their chances. They needed this, after all these years. She would make this happen for them.
"I need to speak with Koenma," She spoke firmly, raising her animalistic, honey golden eyes to the partition, "Without restraints."
"SHE WHAT?!" Koenma lashed out at George, who wrung his blue hands nervously in front of him, standing next to the ruler of Reikai's desk, appearing increasingly withdrawn from the conversation as Koenma berated him.
"Koenma Sir.. Sh..She said she wants to speak with you… Here in your office.. Before accepting the mission.."
"Absolutely not! I will speak to her in the confinement room," Koenma demanded sternly, shaking his head from side to side animatedly, "Tell them I'll be down in 10 minutes!"
"Well, sir…" George objected again, as Koenma bit down irritably on his pacifier, "You see, she's on her way up now, she said if she couldn't speak to you, she wouldn't accept," He spit the words out hurriedly, as if he couldn't wait to get them off of his tongue; anxiously closing his eyes and ducking his head as if anticipating a swift blow.
"Stop them immediately! She cannot be unrestrained! We'll just use someone else!" Koenma feverishly picked up his phone, dialing as fast as his fingers could manage.
George quickly snatched the phone from his hand, simultaneously slamming it back down onto the receiver: he knew he would probably regret that action later, "Sir! You told me yourself-"
"I'm the best you have." A female voice spoke suddenly and calmly from the doorway, her wrists being unshackled by the 2 ogre escorts by her side, "Honestly Koenma this is a bit unnecessary," She continued, rubbing her wrists mindlessly as she approached the desk, the temperature in the room dropping considerably as she moved, "We aren't actually animals." Her tongue licked the tip of one of her canines playfully, "Mostly,"
Koenma panicked, falling ungracefully behind his desk, "Kirazuki! So glad you could join us!" George bowed graciously and repeatedly at his side, muttering feverish greetings under his breath.
Kirazuki rolled her eyes, settling into the seat placed in front of Koenma's desk, "Please, just call me Kira. I need to negotiate the terms of this mission before I can accept," Koenma sat up straight once again, clearing his throat and trying to regain his composure as he opened the same file Kira had been reading earlier, "I do not wish to be set free as is stated in the terms,"
Koenma seemed quite taken aback as he hopped back up, recoiling into his chair, "You don't wish to be let into the Makai?" Although he didn't know her terribly well on a personal level, he did know she had dreams, and it was freedom.
"No," Kira asserted firmly, "Any one of us could break out of Reikai and do anything we please," Her tone was calm but, almost threatening in the same breath, "You made us all for a purpose, you have more than enough of us to completely eradicate the Ningenkai if you wanted to. It's completely unnecessary to continue building. You need to use us. We want you to use us, we want to prove ourselves to you," She leaned forward, flipping the papers on his desk to the 'Terms' section of her mission, "Each individual will receive their own contract proclaiming a currently undisclosed amount of servitude to the Reikai. When these contracts expire, they have the option to renew them, or be set free given they have a clean track record. These are my terms." She paused, leaning back in her chair, "I swung by the others on my way up here to talk to them about it, their expecting a positive answer." She grinned as she folded her arms over her chest. Checkmate.
Koenma began to sweat nervously, knotting his hands together and subconsciously gnawing his pacifier, "Well… " Inside the Reikai were many hidden secrets, one of which sat patiently in front of him; he knew this was not going to work in his favor and sighed heavily, he was essentially backed into a corner, by his own little amazing creations... "This will be our maiden voyage. If, and only if, this is successful, we will begin to implement the use of yourself and the others using your 'contracts',"
Kira finally smiled, her muscular figure relaxing into the chair, "Good. Now I have a few other things to discuss," Koenma blinked in confusion, looking up from where he had been changing the terms of the contract for the current mission, "You've stated in the mission portion that I am to follow them unnoticed for as long as I am able," Koenma nodded, flipping to the 'mission' section of the file, "Each of these individuals has very heightened awareness, they'll likely sense me from miles and miles away. The one with the Jagan implant will also be troublesome, I'm unsure how to get around that,"
Koenma clapped his hands together excitedly, "I'm so glad you've asked!" Opening a small drawer on his desk, he quickly pulled out a leather-looking black strip, "This gadget will actually completely restrain your spirit energy as long as you're in human form, you'll be virtually untraceable. I've actually been dying to try it out but a certain Spirit Detective is too stubborn to actually wear it," His eye gave an irritated twitch at the end of his ramble.
Kira's ears folded back in displeasure, "I have to take human form?" She replied flatly, her tail bristling to this statement.
"You can't be wandering around Ningenkai with dog ears and a tail!" Koenma muttered condescendingly.
Her eyebrow rose and twitched in annoyance as she grit her teeth together, "I'm not.. a dog…There's a difference…" She began to throw out a small amount of her spirit energy, her tail, ears and fangs slowly receding back into her body as she groaned from the uncomfortable feeling of the human ears poking through her skin. Koenma sweatdropped as he looked at her, although her animalistic features were gone, her human ears were slightly pointed, and the tips had an odd black tinge to them; Kira shot him a glare, "It's the best I can do right now," It was the truth, and he would just have to deal with it, she had never had to actually do this before.
Koenma tossed the small gadget to Kira nonchalantly, "Place this around your neck."
"A collar?" Kira glared, placing the strip around her neck and fastening it, "You couldn't honestly come up with something a little less degrading?" She muttered grudgingly.
Koenma laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head and deciding to quickly change the subject, "Any other questions?"
"What do I do when they figure out I'm following them?" Kira tipped her head to the side slightly before beginning to rub her human ears, tugging at the lobes, "I don't like these," She added as an after thought.
"Oh, yes," Koenma began digging around in his desk again, pulling out a large manila envelope, "You'll need to give them this, it has the assignment you're all tasked to."
Kira blinked a few times, "What's in it?" She questioned with a grin.
Koenma glared at her steadily, "Your mission, that happens to be highly sensitive information, so don't even think about peeking at it," He warned sternly.
She raised a single eyebrow as her golden eyes peeked at it, "It's my mission, why can't I know what's in it?"
This time, Koenma refused to budge, sending her a sharp and firm glare, "Highly. Sensitive. Information!"
Kira huffed as she snatched the envelope, turning it over in her hands; she nodded firmly and stood to her feet, "See you when we're done," She smirked, turning to exit his office.
When they were sure she was finally gone, George looked to Koenma quizzically, "Koenma, Sir, may I ask for the details on this situation?"
Koenma's expression darkened ominously as he exhaled a wavering breath, "Well.. Do you recall when the Makai was threatening to attempt destroying the Kekkai barrier? Before the 3 Kings took over their territories?" George nodded firmly to this, he actually very vividly recalled this situation, Koenma had been in a full uproar, "We needed.. a means of protection should this actually happen..A front line of defense, so to speak.. We started creating these very powerful children crossed with certain demonic animal spirits, one of which stood before you just minutes ago. These children had naturally grown to maturity, nurturing and learning to harness their unique abilities.." He paused dramatically, folding his hands in front of his face, "They have become more powerful than we anticipated."
George looked taken aback if not slightly appalled by the fact that the Reikai, who dealt with life and death, could have such a blatant disrespect for the natural cycle of life, taking it into their own hands to create it at their own discretion, it didn't sit well with him, "But, sir…"
Koenma nodded solemnly, he knew exactly what the ogre was thinking. The decision to make these creatures had weighed very heavily on his mind when the idea first came to him. But he had needed to make a decision that was best for all 3 worlds, and at the time, they were it... "I know, George... They have grown restless in recent years, resentful even…" He sighed again, "But, for now, the majority are still on our side, or at least on Kirazuki's side.. A week ago 2 went rogue and broke free from the Reikai, escaping into the Makai; we have done our best to cover this up from the others, we were worried this may cause more of them to rebel. We told them they were injured in their Simulation battles and are staying in the infirmary until they're well... But we need them destroyed immediately. Though I fear, should this go wrong in any way.. The consequences will be astronomical."
Keep an eye out for Lone Wolf Chapter 2!
-B.J.
