Seishin Ripazu
Chapter One
The Death Scythe
Slithering sound invaded the air as a horrible figure made its way through an empty park. A long ragged cloak hung from its skeletal figure and blood stained boots dragged across the ground as the figure staggered forward.
"How pathetic," a voice sneered from the shadows. The skeletal creature turned its skull towards the trees, empty sockets staring at the boy who stepped out from the shade.
He wore a sleeveless black hoodie with white pants that glowed in the moonlight. The steel on the tips of his boots glinted sinisterly. His long and spiky white hair was illuminating the in the dark night and his narrowed green eyes sparked with undisguised excitement.
"Rule number one," another voice called in the silence. "Never give away your position to the enemy." A girl with long dark brown hair dropped out of a tall cherry tree, frowing at the boy. "You messed up." He shrugged.
"Why not give them a show?" The girl rolled her eyes and moved to stand beside him, her frown turning into a scowl as she glared at the unnatural creature.
"Hason," she called. "You have broken the laws of Kami and must be punished for you corruption." She held her hand out, palm first to the boy, who began to glow blue. "As a Sourubofaitazu, I have been sent to recover and destroy you."
"Prepare to be vaporized." The boy grinned, revealed shark-like teeth before merging into a scythe, which was a good two feet taller than the girl.
"That was such a cheesy line, Tenno."
"It was needed." his voice said, coming from the weapon.
For a moment, there was silence, a small breeze blowing the girl's hair and dark red skirt slightly. Her black tank top clung to her as the chilly night air surrounded them. Then, the creature attacked.
She jumped out of the way skillfully, dodging the blow by twisting her body as she moved. Landing halfway in a crouch, she spun around, digging her heel into the ground to keep her balance, Tenno the scythe pointed outwards, just missing the skeletal by a milimeter as it lept back, bones clattering noisily. She raced towards it, swinging Tenno swiftly, bringing him down and slicing the air in front of its bony face. They fought like this for a while, eventually irritating Tenno to no end.
"What the hell are you doing, Haruhi?" he snapped. "Finish it already!"
"You said you wanted to give them a show," she reminded him. "It won't be until this thing starts fighting back!" She said the last part as she swung him at the creature again, this time catching the blade on his cloak and ripping it away from it's body.
No longer clothed, the creature was merely a skeleton, bits of shredded silk and velvet hanging from what could once have been a very respected man, now no more than an unnatural creature of the Underworld.
"Dammit!" Tenno snarled. "Would this thing quit moving so I could slice it up!" He turned his attention to Haruhi. "And you, I don't give a damn about a show! Just destroy it already!"
"If you say so," she said grimly, her grip tightening on the scythe's staff.
"Sourusuraisā! Fujioka - Tsuyosa Sutairu!*" they cried together, both glowing an unearthly blue.
Haruhi raised the scythe high above her head and brought it down, her hair blowing forward at the last moment and getting caught in the blast, which destroyed the creature.
Panting, she held out her hand, dropping the scythe which glowed blue in mid air as it transformed back into Tenno. He turned to grin at her, exhaustion in his eyes.
"Well done!" a voice cried, accompanied by excited clapping. "Accepted! Fujioka-san, Tsuyosa-san, it will be an honor to have such well trained students at Ouran Academy!" A tall man with perfectly combed brown hair and matching bright eyes smiled at them as he approached. "It's such a shame about your hair though." he added, looking at Haruhi's burnt locks that just came below her ears. She shrugged good-naturedly.
"It really doesn't matter," she said calmly. "Things like this can't be avoided in battle." The man smiled again as he shook his head.
"My, my." he sighed. "I can't help but think things will become interesting with you two around." He looked at them once more. "I suppose I will be seeing you soon then. The new term starts next week. All the paperwork is in order and I hope to see you well then!" With another grin, he left.
Tenno turned to Haruhi.
"Ready to go?" She nodded the affirmative and they set off towards the city.
"Haruhi!" came the cry as they asended the stairs to their apartments.
"Tenno!" another voice cried.
Two tall men stood outside a door, looking anxiously at the teens.
"We passed." the boy said, not unhappily, but not overly enthusiastic either. They both seemed to dance in place until they noticed Haruhi's crispy hair.
"Oh, darling!" The one with white hair cried, grabbing a few strands and whimpering as ash floated down.
"It's fine, Kiseki-ojisan**," she sighed, pulling away. "It got caught up in our attack." The red head beside Kiseki rolled his eyes.
"Sadly, that tends to happen." he sighed, tossing back his long hair.
"You would know, wouldn't you Ranka?" Kiseki teased, poking him in the side.
Ranka let out a girly shriek and jumped away from him, giggling as he ran away from the man.
The teens rolled their eyes as their fathers played around, forgetting about their children
"At least we got accepted," they sighed, watching what was once one of the world's greatest teams, with the exception of their mothers, act like toddlers.
*Soul Slicer! Fujioka-Tsuyosa Style!
**Uncle Miracle. Kiseki is known as the Miracle of Heaven, though the translation is not exactly perfect.
Sourusuraisā! Fujioka - Tsuyosa Sutairu!*" they cried together, both glowing an unearthly blue.