Mai HiME
Corpse Collector
I own nothing but insanity that I called my mind…
How long has it been? Ten years? Half a century? Or a millennia? These are the usual questions that would swim around her head when she took her bath, she looked to be in her teens or maybe early twenties perhaps. She can't remembered when she took over the family's business, it certainly hasn't been that long but then again time mean very little to her. It's a nice job, and she didn't really worry about money since there's no need for it where she lives. Hidden in a mountain and away from the world, a small house stood silently and living there with her were a few tenants as they also worked with and for her.
"Oi, Minagi, your brother is here." The girl in the bath cringed at the voice from outside her bathroom as she stood up from the tub, stepping out of it she grabbed a towel and quickly dried herself off. The man was nothing but a beast, he went on a killing spree and left me to clean up the mess. Then again, it's his job to reap souls after all. I need to find a new helper soon since Nao is suffering from that last job, the young woman thought to herself as she pulled her trench coat over her crisp white shirt.
"Ani-ue," the young woman nodded at the young man looking strikingly handsome sitting in the living room. "Mikoto-chan, I have a list of new targets for you. You can pick one or two of them to add into your collection as my apology for the mishaps from the last job," the young man spoke charmingly tossing a scroll in the woman's direction. His jet black hair, golden eyes, pale complexion, and dressing black slacks, shirt and shoes. "Fair enough, we don't just collect corpses but also managing other mundane things from above. I would appreciate it if ani-ue Reito would take his job more seriously," the one called Mikoto replied as she easily caught the scroll. "Sorry, but my job is to reap only, if the collectors don't do their job." he paused. "Then there's nothing I can do, though I apologize for not being careful about the last mission." Reito smiled as he took a sip of his tea.
"Whatever, but if another mishaps to occur you should expect that I will not let it slide under the carpet," Mikoto said with uninterested golden eyes. "Mikoto-chan is so cold," Reito teased as he stood up taking the subtle hint from the young woman sitting across from him. "We'll be starting at midnight," Mikoto said bluntly. "Okay," Reito flashed her another smile before summoning his bloody looking scythe that seemed to ooze with dark aura around it. "Tell Kikukawa-san that the tea is delicious," he smiled a more charming smile and vanished into thin air.
"AHHHHH!!!" a piercing scream that disturbed the peaceful night deep within the mountain. "Nao-chan, come back here!!!" another shout escaped from the quiet home. The young woman in trench coat leaning back in her chair with her eyes close, while a young woman with short brown hair stood behind her and gently rubbed her temples to relief her of the stress. "Not in a million years!" come a reply. "Just take the damn medicine, it will help you heal faster so stop running. Yuuki Nao," the pink hair called to the red hair as she chased the girl around with a bottle of questionable medicine in her hand.
"Sometimes I have to wonder why I give them immortality," Mikoto murmured. "They just have their little fun," the woman behind Mikoto said dressing in her white suit and frameless glasses. "Goshujin-sama, would you like me to accompany you tonight since Nao-chan and Shiho-chan are out of commission for the moment?" the one in white asked Mikoto. "I really prefer that you don't, but with Nao being completely useless and infected. Thank you Yukino," Mikoto said as she took the other woman's hands within her own causing the other one to leaned forward slightly resting her chin on Mikoto's head.
They stayed like that just for a minute or two before Mikoto letting go of Yukino, she got up and put the scroll into the scroll-holder that's attached to her belt. Raising her hand in front of her, the power emanating from her hand caused a ripple between time and space. "Let us get going then," Mikoto smiled as she took Yukino's hand with her other hand and walked through the rippled portal that will sent them to their desired destination.
Author's Notes: Yay… this is a little trivia in here: 1. the title was based on a character's name in Shana. 2. reaping soul is like grim reaper in z-loan. I'm currently starting to watch some of the anime I just got, and my new pairing obsession is chiruchiru michiru + yomi 'laughs'. But of course, my real passion and obsession is mai/mikoto, though this one looked like it's yukino/mikoto 'laughs again'. Hope y'all enjoy! Ja ne!