Chapter 35

Teach a man to fish...

'Don't let them escape!'

Peter swung Masamune with deadly precision in front of him, Marco not far behind and Bennie bringing justice in his own little area with his fists.

Lilly-Anne was holding a screaming Vincent, while Malena was cuddling a crying Tifa. Kate was standing behind them, trying to calm herself for her unborn baby's sake. Leo, who was obviously unarmed and no where near the battle expertise of the men before him.

It all had happened so fast. The light, the pressure, the squeezing feeling and the blackness. The next moment they were standing in the middle of a large dark room, with ninja in front of them. There was no time to think. Only time to escape. And even it was scarse.

One of the ninja threw some sort of pebbles to the ground infront of them and smoke erupted from them. After the smoke cleared, the ninja went to pick up the now sleeping cosplayers.

'Feisty and quick to act. Strong sense of team work as well. They were already from the same group...Hmm...I wonder...' Orochimaru went over to the ninja holding the pregnant woman.'So pretty and young. And obviously full of life...Take them to the holding cells. Strip them of their weapons and take their luggage for inspection.'

With that done, the room was emptied. Orochimaru was more than happy- he was extatic. So many people summoned from another dimension, and all of them obviously powerful enough to be his hosts... Especially the silverhaired man with the excessivelly long sword. Making them serve him would be easy- the children and the pregnant woman were leverage enough.

Speaking of the children, Orochimaru could not help but notice the uncanny resemblance the blue-haired woman had with Konnan from Akatsuki. On the same note, the blonde man reminded him of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Was it possible that these people were actually said ninja but from another dimension? He needed further tests to see if his idea was an actual fact. He would examine them while they were asleep.

LINELINELINE

*hiccup !*

'Maaaan! Not another one!'

'Whaddaya mean another one? IT'S A WHOLE BLOODY ORCHESTRA OUT THERE! WITH LITTLE KIDS!*burp* Oh, pardon me! Too much beer does that.'

'Well, if you *hiccup! * cut down on the bloody booze, you'd be * hiccup!* cutting down on burping as well!'

'So, whadda we do with this bunch? They ain't anything local, 'cept maybe that really tall dude...'

'With the silverhair?'

'No, the other tall dude.'

'With the spiky blonde hair and blue eyes?'

'Are you playing *burp ! * , 'scuse me, dumb, Kami?'

'Ooh! The really tall dude!'

'I hate you.'

'I love you,too, Tsuki.'

Tsukiyomi glared at Kami.

'So, what are we doing with this bunch?'

'Well, besides tall dude and blue paper flower girl Immita...uh...Immitatrix! Yeah! Ahem. Well, beside them, the rest don't even come close to Chakra.'

'Can we even give them the powers they try to represent?'

'Of course we can! * hiccup! * I mean, I ain't Kami for nothing.'Suddenly, Kami went silent, deep in thought.

'What?'

'Shinigami will be really happy! He's getting not one, but TWO assistants!'Kami clapped his hands together.

'Seriously, they're mortals.'

'Exactly, what is a human lifetime to a god, anyways? He won't mind...much.'

'* Burp! *'

'* hiccup! *'

LINELINELINE

Leo woke up gradually, blacking out a few times before consciousness completely claimed him. He felt as if someone had slammed a train onto him and he took his sweet time before he tried to sit up. His back was killing him and it was so bloody cold and damp here...wait. Where was here, anyways? The red head looked around and found himself in a cell, in some sort of underground dungeon ( he could see no windows), with Marco, Ben and Peter. In the cell across from him he could see the girls and the kids. They seemed fine.

Leo sighed. What the hell happened? Was Lilly- Anne right about JJ Sr being a double crosser? He seriously doubted... THE LIGHT! His eyes widened as he remembered what happened. The pressure, the black out... the large chamber... the pale man with black hair and yellow eyes...OROCHIMARU! It was him who did this? Did that mean Fia and the rest were here? Were they alright? If Fia had somehow ended as a breeding subject (which was an irrational thought since she was too smart to even let her be anything less than a bloody inventor for the slimy snake.) he was going to slaughter the bastard into oblivion, back, into oblivion again and then beyond. He could feel the rage bubbling within him. Something stung on his neck, which surprised him. He felt some sort of powersurge course through him, it was dark and... then it was gone. Light felt some sort of bracelet on his wrist. It had stopped the...whatever it was. It was a simple red band with a small ampule-like thing hanging from it. And from the ampule was barely hanging on a small THIN string a note.

'Heya, Outlander! I hope you like the presents! No reaper assistant goes around one of these! Awesome, huh?

Signed: Kami'n'crew.

PS: Do not tell the others anything. I will contact you and the woman soon. She knows nothing yet. Use your powers wisely,as they are not to be triffled with. Kami lacks any sort of wisdom, I am afraid, and you and your friends need to find your own way back home.

Signed: Your Boss, Shinigami '

Leo read the note twice and then stared dully at nothing.

'Riiiight.'

He felt something literaly drop into the pocket of his jacket. A confused Leo took out the item, only to gape at it. The Death Note. Leo was a calm and collected person. Leo, was not illogical or irrational in any way, save when Fiona was involved. The red head looked at the book for a few more minutes and then cracked it open. There it was, the list of rules on the first page. There was also an additional note, snuck in with the same writing that that Shinigami person had.

'Kami gave you the means to become an omnipotent force of earth. I will give you the means to use this power. There are no it wisely, for I have only so much compassion.'

Light looked at the ampule and saw the very delicate etching of the Kanji for 'Death Scythe'. A remote idea was forming in his head about what was going on. One thing was certain. They were royally screwed.

He looked at one of the guards, who was standing at the side of the opposite cell. He was some guys Mujiro Katsutchi or something like that, 29 years of age...3 more years to...

Light's eyes widened. Of course. The Shinigami sight. With no drawbacks. He was many things. But he was not such a dirty murdered. All those ninja. So defenceless against his powers as an Assistant Death God, if what that Shinigami person had implied was true. He would not say anything about this. Not now anyways. He needed time, and he needed to think.

His companions slowly woke up one by one.

Peter groaned as he rubbed his neck. He seemed to have some sort of black symbol...the Cursed Seal! Leo touched his neck as well and felt the distinct prickle he had felt when he became enraged. Were they all marked and alive? That seemed logical. Perhaps Orochimaru summoned them or something like that with a custom jutsu for hosts? After all, only those who were worthy as hosts could survive the marking anyways. From the way things were, with them being locked in cells like that, he could only guess Orochimaru was planning to negotiate.

As far as he knew, they could've been on dissection tables. He wasn't a genius for nothing.

One of the ninja left when all of them were awake. He was going to inform Orochimaru, Leo was sure of it. He took the moment. He may not have another.

'Listen up, people. There are going to be negotiations. Snake Bastard would want us willingly to work for him and I doubt his plans would not involve the children and Kate. I suggest to cooperate only under the condition nothing happens to them. We dont have any other options at this point.'

'Do you think the others are here?'

'I have no idea, Peter.'

A/N: Short but meaningful! Might update more soon. I wanted to upload at least this.