Helloooo! My name is Michiko-michan, I think you know it by now but who cares!
This is going to be my big-hard-working-fanfic so you know it, and it's going to be YnM!
The pairings here will be, TsuzukiXMuraki (No shit!) and WatariXOriya
I don't own Descendants of darkness. If I had I would have paired up these pairings. XD
Now I'm going to let the boys talk for themselves:
Watari: I'm going to be paired up with the sexy pimp-boy? Yay, what a good early X-mas present!! (Pumps fist in the air)
Oriya: ...The blonde one?
Tsuzuki: Hell! I'm going to be paired up with Muraki!! You trying to kill me Michi?!
Muraki: Hello! (Smiles and waves to Tsuzuki) ♥
Tsuzuki: (Gulp!)
Michiko-michan: Anyway, I can see that some are happy with the pairings and ...some are not quite so happy... But I'm the author and you will obey my author-orders!
Hisoka: Hey! Shouldn't I be in this fic too!
Watari: Well hello to you! I thought that Michi sent you to Hell because of her unequaled hatred of you? (Confused)
Muraki: Well, I must say that Miss Michiko did the right thing by not having you in this fanfiction. (Grins)
Hisoka: SHUT UP!
Michiko-michan: NO, you shut up! And get the hell of my fic! (Kicks Hisoka away)
Tsuzuki: Awww… poor 'Soka. (Sad)
Oriya: If you're so sad, why do you eat that pie with such a happy face?
Tsuzuki: I can't help it! Food always cheers me up! It's like special anti-depressants just for me! And this pie is soooo delicious! Why wouldn't be happy eating it?
Watari: Ohhh, you're right! (Eating pie)
Michiko-michan: Anyway, here's comes the first chapter of my fic! And all you Hisoka-fans take it easy on me. The boy is not my favorite character but he will appear in later chapters so don't go getting your hair in a knot, okay? That being said, enjoy everyone!
TsuzukiMiyajima?" I said, staring with wide eyes at my boss.
"Yeah, he actually earned his vacation so he took off for Miyajima first thing this morning and naturally left you behind," Mr. Konoe said and sipped some more of his coffee. "I guess he figured that if he had told you about, you would only nag at him to come along. Then he wouldn't get a moments peace, would he? Knowing what that boy has been through with you I can't say I altogether blame him for shooting through like he did."
Damn Hisoka! Not that he didn't deserve a break and all but how could he just leave me here without a partner? Now I'm going to be stuck doing all that paperwork and will probably end up having to work together with Terazuma! Someone's ass is going to be kicked when he comes back! But… Miyajima? I'd only been there once before but I didn't know why Hisoka would choose that particular spot for a vacation. I couldn't imagine that he was particularly fond of deer, Buddhist statues, Torii gates and those good Momiji Manju-cakes...Why did he not take me with him!?! I, (on the other hand) did like all those things and could have actually benefited from such an excursion! And I feel it's pretty safe to say that after everything I went through in Kyoto, it was about high time that I got to take a vacation too!
Mr. Konoe grinned and set his cup of coffee down on the table. What the hell was he so happy about? Surely he wasn't enjoying seeing me suffer this much was he? The sadistic old fart!
"I asked him if he could bring back some Momiji Manju-cakes but he didn't want to. He said that you would only eat all of them."
That's it. The boy will die. Oh wait he's already dead. So much for that plan. But he was certainly going to be on the receiving end of some form of retribution once he dropped his ass back down in Tokyo, I assure you that!
"But I didn't call you here just to tell you that Tsuzuki. I want you to take on a case," he said and passed me a thick stack of files over the desk. Freud said that there are two ways to mend an injury, be it mental or physical: work and love. Konoe, thoughtful bastard that he is, naturally gave me work. Sometimes he was so sentimental I could just lay one on the old codger.
"But what about a partner? In case you hadn't noticed, mine has just conveniently winged his way to Miyajima" I said and sighed wishing I had thought of doing so after the tragic events of Kyoto; the only time in which I would have been allowed to get away with it.
"Ohh no, I forgot to reassign someone to fill Kurosaki's place!" Konoe mused thoughtfully, thumb stroking the curvature of his chin. "And everyone else is rather busy right now… including the Gushoshin twins."
"Well maybe we should just drop this case?" I asked and hoped that we would.
"As if we could, Asato Tsuzuki!" He roared and I could swear that he was going to eat me alive if I so much as uttered another word.
-"Yes sir…" He scares the hell of me sometimes! Even more than ghosts and Tatsumi on another budgeting vendetta and believe you me, that's something you don't want to be witness to come Monday morning.
It seemed as though the fates were conspiring to introduce as many frightening scenario's into my day as possibly because that's when the door suddenly flew right open and a terrifying blond and dangerous monster breathed heavily and sucked out our souls and...Well not really. It was just Watari but I must say that he look rather scary.
"There you are!" He crowed gleefully, pointing at me with a heavily bandaged finger. I literally felt the blood drain out of my face. "I have been looking for you everywhere and now - I have you! Hehehe…" He took up a jar and uncorked it, gently pouring a small portion of the contents into a large soupspoon he had produced from his labcoat pocket. Something thick and dollopy with the generous consistency of treacle came sleazing out of the neck of the jar and - eekk!! Some black thing was on it! And I could swear it was waving at me!
"Come on! Open your mouth sweetie and we will see if your sugar obsession disappears," He said and he looked even more dangerous and somewhat slightly deranged.
Well if you were me what would you do? It seemed to be the only one thing to do when confronted with something like this ...RUN!!!
"Both of you! Stop!" I heard Mr. Konoe roar and I froze and so did Watari, albeit reluctantly and still somehow having managed to keep the black waving sludge on the spoon whilst chasing after me.
"I think I have found you a temporary partner."
WatariWhat the...? What's happening? I was just going to see if my new potion worked and what's with the "Found you a temporary partner" yada yada?
"Erm, Chief are you sure 'bout that? I mean… maybe Watari doesn't wanna be my partner?" Tsuzuki offered, trying gamely to salvage the situation for the sake of both of us. "Maybe… he…" Would rather rescue drowning rats in the sewerage systems of Mexico during the height of Chili season would be a fairly safe assumption Tsuzuki, yes.
"Don't you dare try it Tsuzuki!" Chief Konoe snapped and that was the end of that.
Tsuzuki started to pout and crossed his arms over his chest. That's cute sometimes but now he looked like a surly teenager revolting against his father. Hmmm, the word revolution seems to sort of suit Tsuzuki, don't you agree?
But now the important matters; find out just what the Hell was going on!
"What the hell are you talking about!" Well maybe not that harsh, but it works. All good scientists like to get to the bottom of things as quickly as possible and with as few obstructions as we can afford. I was no exception, naturally.
"You are going to be Tsuzuki's partner whilst Kurosaki is on vacation." The Chief explained. "I don't want to hear any complaints from either of you."
"But I...!!"
"I was about...!"
"I've already made myself perfectly clear, now get out of my office and start working!" He roared and quite literally threw us out of his office by the scruffs of our necks.
Tsuzuki looked at me with a puzzled expression and I looked back at him. Why us?
Well I haven't been in a case for a long time so it should prove entertaining in the very least, ne?
"So Tsuzuki, what's this case 'bout. Who's been dying? Or rather, who should be dying that isn't dying?"
"Read the papers." He said easily and tossed them to me.
Lets see now; four murders in Tokyo, one in Osaka and one in Kyoto; a total of six deceased. The souls are counted amongst the missing and we must catch the murderer so he can be judged - yada yada, ya seen the work of one deranged maniac you've seen them all.
What else on this paper? Oh, we are going to the places where the murders have occurred and we are going to Tatsumi to organize our money budgets and so forth…
Sure… Tatsumi will be sooo kind and give us sooo much money. Just enough money to sleep on the floor in a ghost hotel and live on cold rice for breakfast!
I think judging by Tsuzuki's face he may have just realized the same thing, I did at almost the exact same moment. Sometimes we're so in sync with one another that I wonder if we're not twins, reincarnated in different bodies in different generations, bought back together in death. Wouldn't be the first time something like that happened! This was the Judgment Bureau after all.
"Well 'Suki, time to work! Grab your umbrella, we're going to fly off like Mary Poppins!" I said and tried to sound positive, emulating a Mary Poppins pose as I said it.
"Seriously Watari, do you have a thing for her?" he said and giggled.
"Good grief Tsuzuki! I was afraid of nanny's when I was little!" I complained.
Tsuzuki started to laugh and coughed at the same time, almost splattering me with saliva. Sometimes I do tend to worry about him too much but I couldn't help but concern myself over the niggling fancy that he may just have been on the cusp of succumbing to a cold.
"What's with the coughing?" I wondered, pressing the palm of my hand against his forehead to check his temperature. "Have been doing that a lot recently?"
"Oh, it's nothing really, just a little something in the back of my throat. Maybe I should get it checked up after the case." He admitted, scratching his head thoughtfully.
"Don't think so much, you'll damage that small brain of yours, idiot! A familiarly obnoxious voice bellowed from the left of us.
Oh, well that's just great... The bonehead Hajime Terazuma has arrived and everybody just throw yourself to the ground and lick his shoes or you will find yourself the butt of all his highly rude (though undoubtedly unimaginable) comments, just like Asato Tsuzuki. Come on Tsuzuki; show him what you made of!
"I've heard that if you smoke too much cigarettes your brain starts to rot and clumps of your hair fall out. Your head's going to be so full of holes soon we'll have to call you "cheese-head", right Hajime?
And it's on. Ding-ding, round 1. Please place your bets at the person you think most likely to win! We sure have a good twin-connection me and 'Suki and for loyalties sake more than anything, I'd be putting my money on him for the most favorably outcome of this little altercation.
"You evil little brat Tsuzuki!"
"Aww, did I make widdle Hajime sad?" Tsuzuki taunted and though it he was fairly unimaginative himself, he still managing to rile the shifter up simply by mocking him in that tone of voice. "Poor widdle Hajime thinks his hair is gonna fall out! Poor Hajime."
"Don't call me that, you moron!"
"Cheese-head!"
"Moron!"
"Cheese-head!"
"Can both of you kids stop!" I heard the famous Tatsumi saying very loud and Tsuzuki and Terazuma stopped immediately. Anyone else would have had to repeat themselves five or six times for them to even notice another presence in the room.
"I think I'll have to dock both your pays Mr. Tsuzuki and Mr. Terazuma for carrying on in such a disruptive fashion during working hours." He held up a hand to silence them as both dark haired men immediately began to wail their protest. "-Don't complain to me, it was both of your faults. Watari, if you have a moment I'd like to speak with you."
Holy crap, what would the cold ice-prince want to talk with me about? I must have done something bad, maybe destroyed an important landmark... I knew I shouldn't have tested that one particular potion out on is office plants when I was unable to find Tsuzuki that day…
Puzzled I followed him and tried to send Tsuzuki a quick glance that I would come back (hopefully) but the Revolution-boy was fighting against the Cheese-boy. 5 dollars on Tsuzuki my dear people. Hmm maybe I should place a bet with Tatsumi...? Not that the guy would ever shell up if he lost.
I walked into his office and shut the door behind me. Tatsumi offered me a seat and like the good boy I am, I accepted his generous gesture and sat down.
"Mr. Watari, I just wanted to know for sure if you're really prepared to take the case with Mr. Tsuzuki?" He asked and looked to me with troubled eyes.
"I'm sure Tatsumi." I assured him, trying genuinely to assuage his current feelings of deep concern, so abundantly clear in his sapphire blue eyes. "I mean, it's not like Tsuzuki is some kind of dangerous cannibal who'd gonna eat me covered with sugar or chocolate!" Wait, I take that back... "Not unless you give us a generous meal budget that is…" I hinted subtly, waving my finger to and fro in his face.
I got my answer in a questioning expression and a raised eyebrow from Tatsumi. Then he sighed in defeat.
"Anyway Mr. Watari, I've fixed a place for you to live in Kyoto and a small hotel you can say in whilst you're investigating the Tokyo region. You will start with Tokyo today. The credit cards that will allow you access to your assigned monetary budget can be found in your desk and the meal budget money book also. (Notice: the little paper-thing Tsuzuki gets in the first episode of the anime" children's money book or something) I'm counting that you and he will at least use the money wisely; make sure to eat properly and don't spend so much on beer and desert!" He cautioned as he escorted me to the door. Just like him to take the fun out of everything! What good could I possibly do on this investigation if I couldn't wash away my aches and pains every night with a good stiff drink or ten?
When he opened the door we came face to face with a rare sight; Terazuma and Tsuzuki talking. Notice: talking! And congenially at that! I had to stop and clean my glasses just to make sure that a smudge on the lens wasn't playing tricks with my imagination.
"Well I'm glad that both of you have started to be more friendly towards one another," said Tatsumi, smiling approvingly. "I take back what I said about docking your pay. See you later Mr. Watari." He said and walked away with a small and quite satisfied smile on his face.
"Poor idiotic secretary!" Terazuma muttered as soon as Tatsumi was out of sight.
"For once I agree with you." Tsuzuki answered.
They looked at one other and smiled.
"Bye moron." Terazuma said and walked away.
"See ya later Cheese-head."
I sighed and walked to my desk. The credit cards and money book where all there, just like Tatsumi said and the booking details of the establishments in which we would be staying during the course of our investigation. Let's see… the business hotel in Tokyo – none too thrifty for Tatsumi! Very nice indeed and in Kyoto we had been booked into one of the estate rooms of the Kokakuro...hmmm...Wait a sec! ...Kokakuro...Kokakuro meant seeing him again!
That friend of Muraki's Oriya Mibu...
Kokakuro… Oriya Mibu. Otherwise know as the one that I desire...my love...
Calm down Yutaka. Calm down... Just be cool…
"THANK YOU GOOOOD!!"
Someone in Hokkaido"Hey, did you hear something?"
"Bahh, you're just imagining things again Tsuya."
"What a cheese-head, right Mikage?"
TsuzukiFor the love of - Why does Watari scream like that? I swear that even the people in the north of Japan could have heard that.
"Mr. Tsuzuki, your mail has arrived."
"Oh, sankyuu Miss Kiriyu." I said and took the letters from the mail girl who smiled warmly at me before moving around to the other members of staff.
Let's see… bills, (no escaping the tax system, even in death) an invitation from the Count, (which I would be curtly ignoring, thankyou very much) a letter from Hisoka, (see previous response, as I was still rather shirty with him to say the least) an invitation from Count (Again? Just how many times did I have to curtly ignore this guy, anyhow?) and a plain white letter. Hmmm?
Me wanna check the white letter! Strange that there was nothing on it except my name. Well time to open it. Probably a chain letter, knowing my luck…
Some white petals fluttered out as soon as the seal was torn and fell to the desk. Some of them, I couldn't help but notice, were bloodstained.
Strange, not even Muraki would do something like that if he was alive and the petals seemed so familiar… so nostalgic..
White rose... I'm waiting...
"What the hell is this?!"
I turned around to see Watari who strangely also had a letter in his hand but his was orange and some light orange petals fluttered free from the torn edges. How strange…
"Someone is trying to joke with me…" The scientist snorted, stowing the letter away in the desk drawer with an offended snort. Once it was out of sight, it was out of mind apparently, because the blonds' mood suddenly lifted. "By the way 'Suki, today we will go to our hotel in Tokyo!"
"Do we have to do this today?" I asked and felt like I just wanted to go home and crawl into bed. I still wasn't feeling very well and my throat continued to tickle suspiciously.
Watari gazed at my sympathetically and I again got that strange feeling that he somehow knew exactly what I was thinking. "I know… I want to go home too but I've got an idea…" He said and came close enough to whisper in my ear.
"We can tell Tatsumi that we're going straight to the hotel but we'll head to a bar instead! How's about it? Ya up for it?"
Well that's what I would normally call a good idea but right then and there my body was screaming for a rest. However... if Watari wanted to go so badly then why the Hell not? It would probably do me some good to get out and have a bit of fun.
"Okay lets do it!" I said and saw Watari's happy smile increase twofold.
"Great! Let's go right now!" He cheered swishing his fist into the air.
Oh dear, looks to me like it's going to be a loong night. And that's good!
- EC -
Yayyy! I did the chapter 1 in my new fanfic "Forbidden Adoration" and just so you know, my other fanfic "Friends and memories" was just a little intro to this XD.
I hope that ya liked it and sorry if the chapter was a bit strange because the first chapter is always a bit boring I think but anyway brownies to everyone and very much thanks to my friend NaPap who helped me with this. See ya later! Brownies to everyone!
By the way Muraki and Oriya will come in the next chapter!
Love, Michiko-michan