Tactics

Shinigami Rising

Rating: T-M

Pairing: Haruka x Kantarou, Sugino x Muu-chan, Multiple Pairings

Disclaim: I do not own the series nor the characters, just the plot, some characters and that's it!!

Warning: Alternate reality, some character OCness, hints of Shonen-ai and Yaoi!!

Summary: (Alternate Reality) In a world where Shinigami's rule, one of them decides it's time to break the rules and settle down, rogue Shinigami Ichinomiya Kantarou has now run away from the heavens and settled down in twentieth century Tokyo, however the Shinigamis aren't having it and sent another Shinigami to do their bidding, now it's a fight between Gods and Earths the battlefield.

Suzu looked around the room; she couldn't see anyone, not even her teacher. Since her family was well known up here in heaven she was told to go to this particular someone for training in healing techniques.

There was only one person that had these abilities and trained people in them very well, she knew that this person even trained Muu-chan in becoming a magnificent healer.

Suzu wondered around the corridors of the giant mansion until she found herself in the back garden where there were many cheery blossom trees, she knew how much her teacher would run on out here when it was time for a break.

Suzu blinked her light baby blue eyes

"Um…hello, Karou-sama, Nowaki-kun…are you out here?" called the little girl, her small sandaled feet wondering into the garden, her yellow silk kimono trailing behind her. "Karou-sama?"

"Boo!" Suzu screamed, dropping herself down to the ground, her little hands covering her ears, Suzu closed her eyes tightly shut, little tears falling out of her eyes when she curled into a little ball.

"Oh come on now Suzu-chan, I was only playing around" Suzu reopened her eyes, slowly looking up to a man that was way more taller than her, he had dark skin, light white tribal tattoos all over his body, he had dark red spiky hair and a black headband that was wrapped around his forehead. He wore old traditional robes but he didn't wear the top half of it.

"Nowaki-kun you're so mean!" Suzu sniffled, jumped to her feet and kicking the older man in the shin. Nowaki made a fake, pathetic moan.

"Aww your such a cutie, especially when your angry"

By this time a woman, about Nowaki's size, her hair styled like a bob, it was silver and her eyes were dipped in a light scarlet. Covered in a pink kimono with designs of cherry blossoms and leaves.

"Nowaki stop scaring Suzu, you know how easily scared she gets" The girl slammed a hand down on Nowaki's head making him groan.

"I'm sorry Karou-san, I don't know what came over me" Karou narrowed her eyes at him as she snarled

"You bloody well did know!"

"Ichinomiya-sama! Ichinomiya-sama!" hollered a servant that was inside the mansion. "There's someone here to see you, something about Kantarou-sama!!" Karou looked over to her servant; her eyes wide open in wonder.

"About Niisan?"

Kantarou and Haruka continued to make their way through the darkened streets, aided only with the light that came from the street lights. They continued their journey until they stopped in front of a middle school called 'Tsubaki Middle School'.

The gates were closed; the lights inside the building were off, just as it should be when it came to night.

"What business do you have with a School? It's closed…" Haruka muttered, switching his gaze from Kantarou to the school.

"I know that" Kantarou wondered over to the gate, looking inside the inner grounds of the school, places where children play hopscotch, little swing sets anything that a middle school would need.

"Then why are you here?"

Kantarou didn't reply, his eyes were closed and he was suddenly surrounded in this bright crimson light, a gust of wind whished past him, Haruka jumped when he saw the younger man's body collapse

"Oi!" Haruka rushed over and grabbed him before he slapped off the ground. "What's wrong with you? Hey!!" Haruka shocked Kantarou's body, trying to get him conscious.

Little did he know that there was a red sphere with wings and a pair of round eyes that were in a darker shade. It flapped its wings and headed towards the school, whooshing past the main gate and easily made its way to the building, the little red sphere flapped its wings, squeezing through the doors of the building.

Haruka was checking to see if Kantarou didn't die on him, he placed his ear on to the man's chest, he could hear the little beats of Kantarou's heart. The novelist's chest slowly rising and falling, like he was in a peaceful slumber.

"Oi! If you aren't dead then wake up!" Haruka snapped, hitting Kantarou with a jab on the head.

"Sqi, sqi!" Haruka felt this huge pain in his head, he turned his gaze up to see a the tiny winged sphere that fluttered above it's head, it's tiny eyes slanted, like it was glaring at him, a tiny vein appearing on top of it's cute head.

"What the heck is that?" The little red sphere flapped its wings and went straight into Kantarou's chest, the glowing that surrounded Kantarou's body disappeared as he slowly regained consciousness.

"Ow, did you have to hit my head that hard?" Kantarou moaned, his eyes narrowed, he didn't seem a bit happy about being punched. "Jeez have you ever seen an out of body experience before?"

"Out of body experience?"

"Yeah, I mean, me, Sugino and Raikou are able to do OBE's once in a while, don't tell me you haven't done it?" Haruka flinched; Sugino was able to do that too? The Black haired man closed his dark eyes as he rose to his feet, his head dipped down in shame. He never heard or even did an 'Out of Body Experience' before.

Although he could imagine Sugino appearing in that tiny form.

"Oh well, I guess there are some people who aren't able to do it…" Kantarou jumped to his feet, wondering over to the gate and lightly opened it. "Well come on lets go inside"

"Wait a minute isn't that what those mortals would call 'Breaking and entering'?" Kantarou ignored him again, making his way inside, Haruka dashed after him.

"It only counts as 'Breaking and entering' if you're human" a giggle could be heard.

"You summoned me my lord?" Raikou gazed at Lord Mamoru who looked out of a window in the higher palace.

Mamoru turned his head over to the Elemental Shinigami of Earth, a smirk curving on his pale lips.

"Minamoto Raikou, how nice of you to visit again"

"And how nice it is to see you my Lord, I see your looking as well as ever" Mamoru slowly rose to his feet, shuffling across the tatami floors until he reached a cabinet that held all sorts of rare wines and other beverages.

"Can I trust you with the task at hand?"

"You want me to find your brother and kill him" Mamoru twisted his head round with an amused look on his handsome features.

"Don't kill him, where's the fun in that, you know that my brother is a very important weapon to us and our crusade" Raikou unsheathed his sword, looking at the light that shone off it.

"I know but can I at least torture him? Him and Haruka?"

"I don't care what you do to that Shinigami but as long as you get Kantarou back for me and I'll let you do whatever you want with Haruka, understand Raikou?" Raikou nodded, a sadistic smirk, a sadistic glint in his eyes, the Elemental Shinigami turned round and made his exit.

"Oh, Minamoto, if that Sugino gives you any problems then you know what to do…"

"Yes my lord" with a sinister smirk on his lips, the young elemental captain left without a fuss as Mamoru zipped his wine.

Karou sat in her chair, her eyes still looking at the white letter that was tucked in her right hand, she sighed, resting her head against the lovely fabric of the chair.

'Niisan, so that's where you've been hiding, I can't believe you'd get this desperate to escape…still…' Karou brought the thumb of her left hand to her mouth; she bit down on it in worry. 'I guess I should've known but still there has to be a way in which I can help…'

"What do you think is wrong with Karou-sama?" Suzu asked hiding behind a curtain along with Nowaki, Nowaki stared at his good friend, knowing that look which was painted on Karou's face.

"She's probably thinking on a way to help Kantarou-san"

'I can't turn a blind eye on this any longer; I have to help but how…!!'

A little smirk came on to her lips, her scarlet eyes gazing over to the curtain that her friend and pupil were hiding behind.

"Oh Suzu-chan…"

Kantarou continued his journey down the corridors, he had to find some clues that'll lead him to the mysterious disappearances of the children, from what he read from the files that Reiko gave to him, all of them came from this school and not only that the same class as well.

It was very troublesome indeed.

Haruka continued to follow him, he had no idea what they were doing here nor did he care.

"What are we doing here again?" Kantarou placed his hand on to one of the classroom doors and opened it.

"Looking for clues" when they entered the room, Kantarou felt a little feeling inside his chest, a slight pain but one he was able to handle.

The investigator continued his search inside the classroom, looking through desks, inside and out, checking behind book cases, on shelves, near the teachers desk and even close to the blackboard,

"Hm…Nothing here…I wonder"

Haruka just observed he wondered what the older Shinigami was doing for a few minutes until he just walked to the window.

There was a good few of the playground from here and not only that a bit of the city, so far this whole 'experience' was like nothing he had even imagined or dealt with before.

All was quiet until something inside Haruka clicked, he felt an aura, not anything like a mortal but a familiar one, it felt malicious and deadly.

"Hey do you sense that?" His dark eyes travelled to the other end of the classroom and to his shock he saw the Shinigami sitting in a corner, his cheeks bright red, eyes tightly shut and his breathing uneven. "Oi, you better not be doing another 'Out-of-body-whatever-again?"

The dark haired man wondered over to Kantarou, there was something different this time, he was panting, almost struggling for breath and consciousness. Kantarou had his hand on his chest as if he were in pain.

Haruka never saw the man like this before.

"You look sick?"

"D-Don't worry…it's just the scar on my chest giving me bother again" Kantarou panted, a tired like smile fixed on his lips.

"You mean that 'scar'? Are you in pain?" Kantarou shock his head but his body was contradicting his words when he tried to get up, Kantarou only managed a wobble until he fell against Haruka who gave him support. "It looks like you're in pain…"

"What you worried?" Haruka narrowed his eyes, making an annoyed 'Humph'

"No because if you die from something like this instead of me then I'll never live it down"

"That Shinigami pride of yours huh? You know one of the reasons why I left Heaven was so I could get away from guys like you" Haruka smirked, closing his eyes, a smug look printed on his handsome features.

"Well it was your own fault for making my Elemental Crystal disappear, are you able to stand?"

Kantarou sighed, pushing himself off Haruka, it seemed he was able to stand a little more properly now. Good, Haruka didn't feel like carrying someone he kind of despised.

"It feels strong" They left the classroom and looked down the corridor of all the classrooms, the aura was coming from one of these rooms but it'll take longer than Kantarou expected to check them all until they saw a figure vanishing into the darkness, a flutter of white cloth.

"There!" Kantarou bolted down the corridor when he reached the bottom he saw nothing but a dead end.

"Is it gone?" Kantarou nodded when he turned to face Haruka.

"Yeah it got away…"

What ever was here was gone now…

To Be Continued

Youkai Of Hearts: Recently my good friend got me a pair of chopsticks to my hair, I loved them so I wore them to when I went to my older brother's B-Day. My Aunt thought I should do my hair in a 'Freaky-punk-like ponytail' so I did it and I didn't exactly recognise myself on the mirror, I also got myself some clothes that I actually liked and actually fitted me, lol…

Anyways enough about that, sorry I've been late in updating this chapter, you see I usually post up the forth chapter when ever I've started on the sixth chapter…

You know to keep me focused type of thing but then I realised I posted almost all the chapters on and it usually leaves me in a bit of a writers block.

And it'll take me a bit longer because my coursework is getting in the way…

I've been having some fun on my Audicity, you know the song 'Secret World' done on the Tactics Anime.

Well I change the pitch and I made them sound like a guy…I did the same thing to UVERworld but changed that to a girls voice… people have been doing that more often nowadays…

Anyways…the Plot Thickens!!

And I'm still not giving anything away yet and yes I've added Suzu, even though she's an anime character and changed the story of Tactics completely she is still cute and besides I think Rosalie would be a bit lonely if she was the only twelve year old in Tactics.

Don't you think?