Chapter 2: settling in

"People talking"

'People thinking'

[People talking through cellphones]

{people talking in different languages}

Tokyo 2:45 PM

After the events of the previous night Ryker made his way to the city of Tokyo Japan once there we have able to rent out small room allowing him to rest, the next morning he went about exploring the city in order to get a feel of his new home.

'truly Japan is a cultural marvel' Thought Ryker as he made his way through the streets of Tokyo

For the past few hours he had simple wandering around, a regular tourists if you will but unlike most tourist he was gawking at the simplest of things and as much fun as this was their was business to take care off and thanks to one of his few true friends he had around the globe his problems could be easily resolved, so he made his way to a nearby caffe in order to not look suspicions, once inside he took out his newly purchased phone and dialed a number.

[GRIMMY BOY! How's it going mate, hey you get their ok] said a voice with a thick British accent

"*chuckle*yeah Noah I'm fine ran into some trouble but nothing I couldn't handle" stated Ryker as he sat down on one of the table.

[What was it this time crows, dove's or snakes] Noah asked with amusement clear on his voice.

Crow, dove and snake were codenames Ryker had given to the three faction, the crows were the fallen, the doves were the angles and the snakes were the devil, now some might think codenames are bit cliché but you couldn't just say 'oh yeah I killed a couple of devil's or fallen angles' in public, sure normal people might just think they were just talking about a video game but you never Knew who could be listening in.

"Crow's, somehow they knew id arrive in Tokyo if it was anyone else their little plan might have worked" Grimm said in an annoyed manner.

[I'm sure mate I'm sure, any way it's three in the morning here so I'm pretty sure this isn't a social call] Noah said in joking around

"You're right I need a couple of things. A green card, standard documents, some cash and see if you can hack into a real-estate company and find an apartment or house preferably low-key" said Ryker in an all business type manner.

[Done, done and done, as for a house so mate what name would you like to have this time]

"Hmm how about William Slade"

[Feeling fancy are we hahaha] said Noah teasing his friend

"Well it was either that or Paul" Ryker responded with an amused tone

'riiiight, any ways as for as for getting you a flat there's an apartment in a pretty good part of town nothing fancy but very nice not too far from the city but not to close either"

"Prefect, when can you get me the documents?"

[Luckily for you Grimmy boy I have a contact in Tokyo, give us a few hours and will have it for yea just name the place you want to meet up]

"Well I'm in a caffe right now and I have some time to kill tell your contact to meet me here"

[Alright mate I'll give call to my contact and let you know stay in touch] said the super hacker

"Thanks Noah I owe you one take care" said the ex-executioner as he hung up as a small smile went to his lips.

It's good to have friend like Noah there weren't to many people he could trust but Noah was one of them the self-proclaimed super hacker could some time get on his nerves and could also be a huge conspiracy nut (which only got nuttier after he discovered the existence of the three factions) but craziness aside Noah was a good friend. Ryker closed his eye as he recalled how he met the young hacker.

((Flashback))

London, a year and a half ago

After he had been located by the British branch of the church Ryker was constantly on the run right now he was running through an alleyway with three first class exorcist on his tail, normally they wouldn't be much of a problem but after a whole week of constant fighting, only a few hours of rest and to top it of fighting a holy sword wilder Ryker was at his limit. Grimm made his way up a fire escape and began to jump roof top to roof top, after landing on a lager roof top, heading towards the end of the edge Ryker noticed that there was nowhere to run.

"Great, just what I needed" Ryker said as he mentally cursed whoever came up with Murphy's Law but his cursing was interrupted as his pursuers finally catch up to him.

"Nowhere to run now traitor, surrender and face your death with what little honor you have left" said one of the exorcists.

"I think I'll pass and I'm pretty damn sure you guys aren't ganna let me go so how about we this over with" said Ryker as he turned to face the exorcists as swords shot out of the sleeves of his trench coat taking his combat stance.

The exorcist pulled out silver shot swords and modified revolvers, two of the exorcist began to shoot at Ryker while the on in the middle dashed towards him, Grimm easily deflected the shot as ran to the left, the exorcist was faster and was able to cut him off and attempted to strike Ryker with a down ward slash, thanks to his advance reflexes Ryker brought one of the swords atop his head and block the strike, now at close range the exorcist attempted to shoot Grimm point blank in the face but before he could shoot he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen looking down the exorcist saw Ryker's remaining sword deep within his body. As Grimm pulled his sword out the body fell dead on the floor, seeing their leader dead the two remaining exorcist began to panic and started shooting at Ryker noticing their fear Grimm took advantage of it as he unleashed an incredible amount of kill intent and it was all directed at the two men.

Fear, fear was the only thing the two holy warriors could feel as they gazed the man they were hunting as Ryker made his way towards them towards them he their fear took a tighter hold on them as they stared in to his cold hazel eyes they began to panic and started shooing what bullets they had left but it was a useless effort as the Reaper deflected all of them, the sound of an empty revolver cylinder made it way to their ears their panic and fear skyrocketed, see his chance to finish this Ryker charge towards the exorcist with all his strength and in that burst of speed he impaled his swords deep into the exorcist throats as he pulled the side ripping their throats right off. Now victorious Grimm made his way to the fire escape in order to leave and find a place to recuperate but then Grimm collapsed on the ground all the battling, the running and the lack of proper rest had finally caught up to him as he drifted to unconsciousness never noticing the pair of eyes that had been on him from the beginning of the battle.

Unknown location

Pain, that was the first thing Ryker felt as he regained consciousness as his eyes opened he noticed he was in a dimly lit room it wasn't a hospital or a jail cell and if definitely wasn't one of the churches holding cells, so the question was.

"Were the hell am I?" said a tired and confused Ryker

"Ah you're awake that a relief I thought for sure you would make it"

Ryker turned his head to see a boy a bit older then him maybe two or three years older, he had brown curly hair, brown eyes, he wore a green t-shirt, dark jeans and boots.

"Who are you" asked Ryker still on his guard

"You know mate that not a very nice way to thank the person that saved your life" said the boy with a smug look.

Ryker gave him a confused look then he realized his would were covered in bandages it still hurt but at least he was treated to some degree, realizing that the man before him meant no harm Ryker put his guard down and gave him an embarrassed smile.

"Sorry about that, how about we start over my name Ryker Grimm thank you for helping me" said the young Reaper as he extended his hand.

"Noah Sullivan all time super hacker at your service" Noah said proudly as he shook Ryker's hand

"Now Grimmy boy mind telling me what was the deal with you and does blokes" the hacker asked as he took a nearby chair and sat next to the bed.

"h-how did you-"

"It's not that bloody hard not to notice a fight light that especially when it's happening right above your head" said the brit in 'as a matter of fact' way

"What about the bodies" asked the wounded Reaper

"The cops took them, they interrogated all of us on the top floor but luckily I was able to hide you" answered Noah with a cheeky grin.

" now then how about some answers"

Ryker tried to come up with a quick lie but it was hard to think with the headache that just decided to hit him.

"Trust me you wouldn't believe me if I told you" Ryker said as he look away from Noah

"Try me, I'm pretty open minded" said Noah as he crossed his arms

Ryker looked onto the Hacker and saw a determination in his eye and for some strange reason he felt he could trust him so with a heavy sight he began to explain everything from his fight, the churches plans and his personal vendetta against does who wronged him, more questions came up as one thing lead to another and after an hour of explanation Noah came to learn of the supernatural. At first Ryker expected Noah to call the cops or call him crazy but was surprised when he believed him, Noah told him that he always knew that things were never you they appeared to be and that he never trusted religious types.

From that day one Noah decided to help Ryker on his quest when Grimm asked him why Noah told him 'My parent were killed when I was just a kid he and all he got was a slap on the wrists, that showed me the system is corrupt that that normal ways don't always work so ill help you get justice' Ryker was amazed that a total stranger would be willing to help of course Ryker didn't trust Noah right off the bat but as time passed he and Noah became good friends to the point that they considered each other family.

((Flashback End))

Ryker smiled at the memory of meeting his adoptive brother, as look onto his watch he saw he had a few hours to kill before meeting up with Noah's contact so he decided to get something to eat and after have a look around the district.

2 hours later, back at the caffe

Around the time he was exploring the district he got a call from Noah telling him that his contact was on the way, that the contacts name was Nix and that if his contact got there before him to just sit in a table and wait.

When he got to the caffe he didn't know if Noah's contact there or not so he just did what his brother told him to do and sat in a table for two. After five minutes Ryker notices a beautiful woman coming towards him, she looked to be around her early twenties, she had long length orange hair that reach her upper back tied in a ponytail, a heart shaped face, a great body match that with her well rounded checks and you had a bombshell right there. Her outfit witch was a red tank top, and short short's didn't leave much to the imagination.

Ryker couldn't help blush a bit at the sight of the woman coming towards his, it took a large amount of will power to not have any perverted thought as he closed his eye and repeater.

'I am not a pervert, I am not a pervert, I am not a pervert, I am not-' his train of thought was interrupted as the woman spoke.

"Sumi masen {but are you Slade William}?" asked the woman with a sweet voice and a clear but cute accent.

"Hai I am, are you Nix" answered Ryker in Japanese

"Oh good you speak Japanese this will be much easier and yes I'm Nix, sorry English was never my strong suit" said Nix as she sat down.

"It's alright, so do you have something for me?" said Grimm as he went into business mode

"yes right here" answered nix as she gave Ryker a large folder.

inside the folder was everything Ryker had asked for, fake ID, fake birth certificate, medical records a check with a large amount of cash (the difference between yen and American dollars kind of confuses me so I didn't really put an amount) and the deed and key to his new apartment.

"Perfect, thanks Nix much appreciated, I assume Noah paid you yes?" Grimm asked the beautiful woman.

"Oh yes he was quite generous, well if that is all I should go a pleasure to make your acquaintance" said Nix as she gave Ryker a bow and made her way out of the café.

Ryker also made his way out of the caffe and headed to the motel he was staying in order pack up his stuff and head over to his new apartment.

1 week later 11:29 PM

After a long week Ryker was finally settled in to his new apartment, it wasn't anything out of this world but thanks to some purchases (you know usual stuff tables, chairs, bed and TV ext.) It felt pretty homey. He also learned this was one of the nicest places to live, was crime rate was low the people were pretty friendly. Also it was near one of the most prestige's schools Kuoh Academy, Ryker looked into the place and learned it used to be an all-girls school but around a year ago it began to accept boys to this caught Ryker's attention, when he was an exorcist the church never gave him a proper education mostly teaching him hand to hand and weapons combat everyone told him he was naturally smart but sometime he wanted to go through the experiences of high school be with people his own age.

He also learned troubling this part of town was Devil turf he discovered this when he was walking in the mall as a very pretty girl gave him a flier, when he saw it he instantly threw it away when he recognized it as a Devil summoning seal, at first he was a bit worried but calmed down remembering that he hadn't raised any flags and even if he did they haven't come after him, he would just have to be carefull and keep his eyes open.

'Hmm I still don't know who runs the sow in this town*sigh* oh well nothing too bad has happen in this part of town so I guess I shouldn't worry all that much plus who knows maybe I'll enroll Kuoh Academy, I have a fresh start here and it be nice to be around people my own age, plus some normality would be nice' thought Ryker

But little does he know his life is about to get a howl lot weirder.

(A/N: And done woo I am really into this story, I would like to apologies for the lack of action in this chapter like the title says this is an intro ark so please bear with me I'll try to put as much action if possible again ideas always welcomed and so is constructive criticism and for flaming access denied thanks for reading and please review.)