Chapter 6: Truth uncovered

While moaning in the blankets of his bed Heero wakes himself up in a hospital room on with white walls, blue curtains and flowers on a nearby desk.

As he look at his body on the white bed he laid on, his tattered uniform was replace with a white patients shirt, while his wounded body was covered with bandages on his head, arms and chest and as he stared at the bandages, a orange haired nurse watch over him.

'Ohrime is that you?' heero asked the lady as he slowly rose out of his bed. 'Shush, you must rest; your wounds haven't fully healed yet.'

She said to him in a gentle tone which made Heero sulk back in his covers. 'Just, tell me, who brought me to kakuria hospital?' he asks her in a weak voice.

'Well, much to our surprise it was two police officers name Abuki and Shrioke that rush you to the emergency room last night.' Heero then winded his eye's to Orhimes answer, shock that those police officers who threaten to shoot him, went all out to save his life, but then his shock expression turn to sham as he put his hand over his face.

'So I guess they already saw my face huh' he sadly said to Orhime, while she forms an orange energy shield around Heero's bandage arm. 'I'm afraid so.' She responded while giving a look of symphony to his situation.

'I can't believe this'the Shinimgi thought as he place his hands over his face in shame. 'Even when I tried desperately to get away from them, I still manage to get myself unmasked and because of that, not only will I be sent to jail and my life as a human well be over, but chamber 46 may even give out… that order.

As a feeling of dread went over Heero's body, he then looked at the young nurse and asked. 'Were are the two policemen now?' Orhime then smiled at Heero's question. 'Why they are in Uryu-sans office right now for questioning.

'I see, so after you two saw the black bandits and gang men that fought at the Japan imperial palace along with Heeros fight with Hindenkia, both of you are very well aware of the powers they posses.' The head of the hospital said to Abukie and Shiroke as the two officers sat on the brown sofa in the middle of his office, as the manger sat at his desk, folding his hands under his chin while the dime light in the room shown little of his appearance.

From what the two officers recognized from the mysterious manger upon first meeting him was that he had dark blue hair that came down over his head, black eye's covered by glasses, had white paled skin and wore a dark blue vest and tie that match his hair.

As the manger continues to stare at the officers, Abukie decided to break the silence and spoke out.

'It seems, from that tone of yours is that you know what those black bandits and superpower thugs really are, mind telling us?' Abukie said sternly while Shiroke shock her head at him while giving him a panic out smile, singling him to keep his mouth shut.

'You know… if I wanted to, I could replace both of your members' of this night and sine both you back to the police station as if nothing happen.' The manger said as he put his hand on his chin while rolling his eyes to the right as he pondered on the idea, while Abukie and Shiroke gave off looks of uneasiness.

'But then again, if I did replace your members, your chief wouldn't buy it since he was the one that sent you two to capture the death shadow in the first place…if anything it will arouse more suspicion and may even damage the reputation of my hospital.' Uryu said with a grim look while Abukie and Shiroke both sigh in relief until the manger focus his eyes on them again.

'But, if I did tell you about the black bandits and the gang-men's true nature, you may not even believe me.' He warns them, but Abukie gave him a spectral look. 'After all the supernatural stuff, we've seen over this night, including meeting a crazy bitch that was about to skewer us with a spear… I think you'll find us willing to believe in anything that you're going to say.

'Well alright-' He began to tell them, until he was interrupted as the door of his office suddenly burst open, reveling a horror sicken Heero as he struggled to stand on the floor, while orhime hanging helplessly to Heeros bandage arm.

The bandage up shiningmi then raise his free arm much to the freak out police officers gazes and point his index finger at the manger who seem almost oblivious to the two police officers that stared at him and shouted at the manger.

'DON'T YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING TO THEM, URYUISIDIA! 'I'M ALREADY STRESS ENOUGH AS IT IS AND I DON'T NEED YOU TO REVEAL EVERYTHING TO THEM, JUST BECAUSE THEY ASK!' Heero cried out as he then gasp uncontrollably for air with sweat rolling off his face and he pressing his hand against his pounding chest, while Uryu stared at heero with a spun nerve.

'Now listen here Heero, not only is walking to this office without assistance, will reopen up your wounds, but these find police officers just saved your life and you should be a little grateful to them for even doing so!'

Uryu raised his voice at Heero while the bange up teen then cast his gaze at Abuki and then at Shiroke who both the offices gave him nervous smiles and when he turn his eyes back on Uryu he closed them and after a short moment upon them up and shouted at him 'SO WHAT IF THEY SAVED MY LIFE! THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE YOU FOR TELLING THEM ANYTHING!' Uryu as he could no longer control his temper raised his voice at the highest level and shouted back at Heero

'YOU ARE SUCH A BRAT! THE MORE YOU COME TO MY OFFICE THE MORE ICHIGO'S ATTUIED RUPS OFF ON YOURS! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT IF I DON'T TELL THEM SOMETHING AND REPLACE THERE MEMORYIES INTEAD, THAT HOSPITAL REPUTATION WILL BE RUIN!' Heero then rolled his eyes in annoyance. 'So what? It's not my problem. He said uncaring to Uryu's reason.

'WHAT THE FUNCKING HELL DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM, DID YOU FORGOTTEN ALL THE TIMES MY HOSPITAL SAVED YOU IN THE PAST?' Uryu retorted outraged that he has been insulted.

'That was a long time ago man, things like that don't count. 'WHAT, A LONG TIME AGO! YOU WERE HERE ONLY A MOUNTH AGO YOU MORON!' Uryu retorted and two men continue to argue, completely ignoring the two officers who stare at them with eyes filled with pity.

'I don't know which one is more immature the manger or the kid?' Abukie said to Shiroke while she said to him 'There bickering at each other like children, can't believe these two people are actually adults.'

However the arguing stopped when Orhinme spoke out to them. 'Now you two please sit down, we don't want to upset the visitors any further don't we?' she said to them with a gentle smile, yet it was so imitating that cause both Heero and Uryu to gasp in horror and made them to sit down on a another couch in the room in silence, while the two officers looked scared out of their wits by her smile. 'Is this some sort of mad house!' they both thought in horror at the same time.

Later that morning when the sun was about to come over the horizon, heero was taken back to his bed while Abukie, Shiroke, Orhimie and Uryu sat next to him on chairs. 'I like to say, I'm sorry for my rude behavior, along with his' Uryu apologizes to the officers as he glaring at Heero while he merely rolled his eyes in response.

Heero then turn his gaze at the officers and then gave in a long and defeated sigh. 'I guess there's point in arguing, since you two did save my life.' He said as he wrapped his arms around his chest.

'So what do you want to know?' Abukie look puzzled at the statement, but then put on a stern look 'Finaly, we going to get real answers of what the black bandits really are.' He thought to himself as he began to clear his voice.

'…Heero' he uneasily ask, not use to saying the black bandits real name. 'I and my partner want to know what exactly are you black bandts, as well as those super powered gang men you fought at the Imperial palace in Tokyo.

Heerothen stared at the officer, took a deep breath and responded 'Straight to the point, aren't you? Heero said to him in a regretful matter.

'Well first off me and my comrades are not called the black bandits as dubbed by the media, but the true name of my branch is called the shundo and those super gang men you mention, we refer them as the Ryoukia. But before we began hunting down ryoukia and even before we were given the name shundo, we went by are original name… the shinimgi.

'Wait, wait a moment' Shroke irrupted him as she raise her hands in disbelief. 'Shinimgi?, you don't actual mean death gods right?'

Heero then look at the skeptical face of the female officer and then turn his eye's at her partner who also look at him as if he were insane, but Heero took in another deep breath.

'I now this may sound…ridicules to you both, heck I would be shock if you actually believe me after I mention that.' He said to them with a chuckle. 'But be very aware that everything I'm telling you is true'

Abukie then press his hand on his forehead, trying his best to believe in the shiningmi '…Ok…if you are a…death god why is that I'm able to see you, shouldn't you sprits be invisible or something?' Abukie ask him.

'Actually we should.' Heero responded gravely. 'In fact we shinimgi were once the gardens of the flow of spirits between the spiritual world of soul society and the material world of the living. Along these tasks are by sending wandering souls in the living world to cross over and cleansing hollows, corrupted souls that stayed in the human world too long and feast on the souls of the dead and the living.

Shiroke was in a complete state of disbelieve in Heeros explanation and was almost ready to call the boy a lunatic and slap him.

'But as she thought about it, before the black bandits or the Shundo which they call themselves, became the top news in Japan. There were multiply reports of people who had seen the ghosts of their dead ones wandering around there houses and begging themselves to come in.

There were also reports and suppose witness that claim to see masked demons wandering the dark alley ways and parks of cities, hunting down and eating people and as the female officer continue to ponder on the subject she remember the faces of the witness she interviewed with. There faces so filled with fright and horror that no one, not even her could mistake them for lying, but she merely surged them off as being crazy or drug addicts.

But considering how many reports there have been all over Japan about the ghosts and masked demons that roam across the Island country, she began to find Heeros ridicules explanation more believable.

'However' Heero continued to explain. 'A mysterious phenomena started in kakura town and then slowly spread throughout Japan and causing everyone in the country to become spiritual aware and awaking the hidden powers of others.

'Others, you mean the ryoukia ?' Abukie said to the shiningmi perplex.

'Yes' Heero answered while Uryu adjusted his glasses and took over the conversion.

'Since every human posses a soul whenever living or dead, all have of them have spiritual power within them or in proper term Resitsu. However only a hand full of them have a high enough level of resitsu in their bodies to develop powers of their own and when that happens the development of their power depends Solly on the characteristic of there own soul and as such the powers of the ryoukia are unique to each other in form and ability.' Uyru then took a pause to breathe and continue. 'You could also say that I and Ohimie are Ryoukia as well, since both of us posse's spiritual powers of our own as well.

Abukie and Shroke then took a step back from the nurse and manger. 'So your one of them as well?' Shroke said uneasy, but Heero raise his hand in recurrence.

'Don't worry about them, Uryu and Ohrime wouldn't join ANY, criminal activities, even if this entire hospital went bankrupt.' Heero said to the two officers, while Uryu and Ohimie gave heero uneasy looks 'Just because that's true, doesn't mean we want it to happen.' Uryu commented to the Shiningmi in his thoughts.

'After all these two have been allies to the shingmie long before the phenomena even began.' Heero further stated as he palce his arms over his head.

Abukie and Shrokie stared then stared at him and then at Uryu and Ohimie, still forcing themselves to take this entire information in.

'I now begin to understand of who you shundo really are' Shrokie said as he took in a deep breath. 'And from what I can guess, you shundo have been hunting the ryoukia not out for blood or money as we once suspected but instead hunted them down, so that they won't cause harm to society am I correct?'

'Well, I guess I won't have to explain that part to yaw, since you already figured it out yourself' Heero said cheerfully to Shrokie. 'Is there anything else you want to know?' Shiroke then took a step forward to his bed. 'In manner of fact there is' she in a serious tone 'what exactly is this… pneumonia'

Upon hearing her question Heeroremains silence for a long moment and answered 'I'm afraid that's as much of a mystery to you as it is to me.'

What?'She said in a puzzled look.

'What Heero means to say is that no one not even the shinimgi, know what the phenomena is …let alone how it happen.' Uryu explained to her.

'Though there is the theory that the phenomena is a powerful force of resitsu hidden somewhere in Japan, with this evidence being is further back up, when the amount of resitsu in the air of the living world is much more dense then it was ten years ago, especially within the confines of kakura town.'

'If that is so then why haven't the shininmgi track it down by now?' Abukie asked while Uryu lower his head. 'That's just it, Mr. Abukie; it's as if all the spiritual power of the pheromone is coming everywhere at once, as if… the very earth itself is immense with it.

There was then a long moment of silence, tell Shiroke spoke out. 'Well regardless of what the Shundo are doing and what this phenomena is, it is my duty as to take Heero into crusty.' Her response was greeted with grim expressions from Uryu, Orhime and Heero.

'I'm afraid I cannot allow you to do that officer.' Uryu said to Shiroke. 'and, why not?' she ask him 'I should have know better that they would actually allow us to take in Heero, but still with all this crazy stuff happening about death gods and spirits, I'm sure there's a good explanation.' She thought as Heero began to explain.

'You see officer Shiroke, as the Shundo continue to hunt down the ryoukia over the past decade, the ryoukia grow more powerful and more in numbers at a alarming rate, forcing many of the shundo to kill them just to survived… and those that didn't, ended up dead and because of that chamber 46, the ruling judicial system in soul society has been debating on delivering out the execution order.'

'Execution order?' Abukie ask with alarm look. 'Precisely' Uryu said taking over the conversation again. 'An order in which the shundo will be force to kill any ryoukiaon site regardless if they are Criminals, citizens… or even children. 'Abukie's and Shirokes eyes winded in horror as Uryu continue to explain.

'In it fact it was that very order which nearly wipe out, two other spiritual powered human races several hundred years ago, which were the Quinces and the Bounts, which of now there is only one member of each race that is still alive. Roge who now lives in soul society and with the passing of my father and grandfather-,' he said as he took out a six star pendant from under his suite and showed it to the two officers. 'I, Uryu Isida the last of the Quincy's.

'The only two reasons why chamber 46 hasn't declared the order yet is because of me and my master Ichigo Kursakie.' Heero said to the officers. 'Me because I kept defeating ryoukia and seal there powers and memories away, without killing any of them and Ichigo because …well let's just say they don't want to make an enemy out of him…yet anyway'

'The two officers then gave off faces of fear, shock and defeat, now realizing that even though they caught the infamous death shadow, they couldn't bring him into crusty, for if they did and his capture becomes publicly known, it may cause the Shundoto not only kill of gang men but innocence civilians as well and even if the entire police force…no even if the entire military were to up against the Shundo they would be powerless to stop them.

'Well I think that's enough talking for today' Orhime said to everyone as she got from her seat. 'Now we must let Heero get as much rest as he needs before the sun fully raises ' she said to him with a warm smile, while the shiningi took in a nice deep relaxing breath as he rest his head on the pillow of the bed and quickly fallen to sleep.

'Uryu san and officers, I suggest you leave this room in order to give are patient some air.' She said to them, while the two officers bowed to her and left the room.

Isidia then took a deep breath as he took off his glasses and look at Heero through the door window of the room with a concern look.

'I know, that you too are still trying to cope with learning the Shundo's and the Ryoukia's true nature and I very well know, that both of you don't want to be involved in this, yet you have no idea how grateful I and my Ohimie are in you bringing Heero here. If not, then he would surely would have died from his wounds.

At that both of the two officers made their first smile after all the supernatural events that occur this night. 'It's no problem man' Abukie said cheerfully as he rubs the back of his head. 'From all those attacks he token to protect me and my partner's life, I just hope he recovers from those wounds soon.

'No you don't understand' Uryu said with a grim expression. 'The wounds that Heero attain from his fight with Hindunkia were no wear near as fatal as the stress that was put on his body, during past the past weeks he's been fighting ryoukia.

The two officers faces were filled with a mixture of shock and concern, surprise that someone as super powered as Heero would succumb to stress and worried of just how long his body and mind suffered like that.

'Just …how long has Heero has been a shundo exactly?' Shiroke she asked Uryu as she narrowed her eyes. While the Queincy place his right hand on his jaw, trying to remember and then responded.

'Two years as I can recall, back when he was train by Ichigo kursaki and during that time Heero rarely had, if anything an annoyance to hunting the Ryoukia…expect for one. The two officers then raised their eyebrows interested in knowing who was this ryoukia (besides Hindenkia) that rivaled the death god in combat.

'However as the Ryoukia become more in numbers, more powerful and him taking on more missions each night in tracking them down, even his training couldn't kept up with the stress put on his body. In fact, if you hear from my squabble with the brat, you would know he was sent to this hospitable only a month ago and it was that by that partially same Ryoukia he had trouble with two years ago.' Uryu finish his speech as he raised his head above the ceiling.

Abukie then member back to the teenager who told the police were the Shundo would strike next as his eyes then winded in realization 'So tell me who this ryoukia called?' Abukie asked Uyru and after a long silence and he said 'Nero, also known in the criminal underground as the wielder of the four elements and… the demon king'

Uryu then sighed ' Do you know him?'

'Yes, actually he was the one that told were his ryouka gang would gather but I never expect him to have such a demonic name' Abukie said to Isidia.

'Well this quite a shock, Nero and Heero have always been better rivals or at least that's how I remeber it. To think that he sell out his gang like that and then there is the Madame Eye jewalry manger Hindenkia having spiritual powers, it seems quite unlikely that she and Heero meant by chance.' Uryu ponderd until his cell rang.

'Hello, captain Saijin' Uryu said formerly into the phone 'Isdia, how is Heero recovering from his wounds' Saijins order through staic voice over the cell phone.

''He is doing find Captain, he should be out and ready by sunrise' Uryu answered while the man on the phone sighed in relief. 'That good, but I afraid terrible news tell him.''What is it?' Uryu said with concern, as then listen closely to what Saijn is on his cell.

After a few minutes on talking on the phone Uryu felt his heart sank and his face shudderd as he silenty closed his cell and place it in his pocket.

What happan?' Abukie asked in concern.

'...Its the Trica... the squad that Heero has been assigen to...had its members ambush and assassinated this night during there retreat from the Imperial Palace and now only Five of them survied in which includes Heero, Reiner, Junikio, Derridra and Saijn.