Welcome back!! ^_^ I hope no one is bored with this fanfic yet, as the plot will become thicker and thicker!! In this chapter, we're gonna see what's going on in Meifu...through Tatsumi!! Enjoy!!
Chapter 2
"Get them all together!!!"
Tatsumi Seiichiro looked up from the file he was reading. For the past hour, there had been shouting outside. Like a war was going on.
Maybe another minor problem, he thought, going back to his file. But it's strange...Konoe-kachou hasn't come back yet. I wonder why...
Then he heard it. Words that chilled him.
"Gather the Shinigami traitors!!!"
Traitors?
"Tsuzuki and Kurosaki aren't here. Send some people to drag them back. Those traitors will pay!!!"
Wait a second, thought Tatsumi. Tsuzuki-san and Kurosaki-kun aren't traitors!!! What the hell is going on?!
He knew he had to contact them. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed up Tsuzuki.
"Hello?"
"Tsuzuki-san?" Tatsumi found himself whispering.
"No, this is Hisoka."
"Kurosaki-kun, this is Tatsumi."
"Hi, Tatsumi-san. Is something wrong?"
"Someone go get Tatsumi!!!!" that was outside his door.
"Something's happened," hissed Tatsumi.
"Huh? Speak up, I can't hear you."
Tatsumi spoke a little louder. "Hide somewhere quick. Something's happened here...I don't know what, but something's wrong." He heard loud approaching footsteps. "They know you're working there, so get Tsuzuki-san up and hide." There were loud thuds against the door. "...They're coming to get you..."
"What happened?! What's going on?!" Hisoka sounded fearful.
The door was ready to fall off its hinges. "It's...just hide. Wait 'till I call you again." The door fell off. Tatsumi shut off his phone and tucked it into his pocket. "Something I can help you with?"
"Traitor!!!!" accused one of them. "Come with us!!!"
"I didn't do any-"
"Be silent!!! Enma will pass judgment on you."
Tatsumi felt a foreboding feeling pass over him. "Wait...there's been a mis-understanding. I'll just explain everything to him-"
The men rushed forward and hauled him to his feet. "We said be silent!!!! Now come on!!!!!"
They led Tatsumi out of his office. He saw people from other departments giving him accusing looks.
Okay, I'm clueless to the situation, thought Tatsumi. Whatever is going on, it has nothing to do with me, or the Shinigami. I'll need to explain that to Enma...
"Oi!!! Tatsumi!!!!"
Tatsumi had been roughly shoved into a room. As he was recollecting himself, Watari walked over.
"What's all the talk about traitors?" he asked. His 003 looked equally confused. "I told them the ingredients were legal..."
"I don't know," said Tatsumi. "I...what do you mean 'ingredients'?"
Watari flashed a bright smile. "I finally found the right ingredients for my gender-switching potion!!! Care to try it when this is all over?"
Tatsumi backed away. "No. The last time I tried something of yours, my soul was transported into one of the Gushoushin's body."
Watari laughed hard. "Oh, THAT!!!!!! God, that was the funniest thing!!! You in Gushoushin, Bon in you...that worked out well."
"For YOU. You weren't the one stuck in a chicken's body!!!!"
As if right on cue, both Gushoushins floated over to them. They both looked grim.
"Do you guys know what's going on?" asked Tatsumi.
"No," said the elder Gushoushin. "And we don't appreciate being stuffed into bags like chickens."
"But you ARE-" began Watari.
"We'll find out," interrupted Tatsumi. "Enma just needs to know that there's been a mistake-"
Suddenly, the doors opened, and two men came out, dragging Terazuma along with them.
"Stop that!!!" cried Wakaba. She ran over to them, but was stopped.
"Judgment was passed on him," said one. "Isolation for eternity."
"WHAT?!?! Let him go!!!!!!!" She tried to jump on the man, but another grabbed her.
"You're next," he growled. He pulled her along.
"Take your hands off her!!!!!" screamed Terazuma. "You bastards!!!!! I-" he couldn't say anymore as he had been dragged away.
Tatsumi walked over to the one dragging Wakaba. "She's one of the Four Gatekeepers. Don't treat her like that."
"She's a traitor, and she will pay!!!!!" snapped the man. "Now shut up!!!!!"
For a long wile they sat, dreading as each Shinigami was forced to face Enma's judgment.
"This is serious," observed Watari. "They've received isolation as penalties, but what about us? They're deliberately passing us over. Does Enma have a worse punishment for us?"
"Who knows?" said Tatsumi. "I just want to get in there and talk to Enma."
"I doubt we'll be able to reason with him. But-"
The doors opened and yet another Shinigami was dragged off. The men had their eyes on Watari. "You're next."
Tatsumi stood. "Wait, I want to talk to Enma-"
"Wait your turn!!! Now come on!!!!" The men reached for Watari, but he stood.
"I can go myself, if you don't mind," he said hotly. He turned to Tatsumi. "I'll try to talk to him."
"...Alright. Good luck."
Watari walked away. Tatsumi made sure they were far enough away and started following them. The doors to Enma's chambers opened and Watari was shoved inside. Tatsumi was able to get a look at Enma. It froze the blood in his veins.
Enma was practically screaming 'possessed'. There was no way he could reason with him. Neither could Watari.
Watari knew he was possessed, as well. He stopped in his tracks, but the doors closed before he could do anything.
"Go back and sit down!!!" snapped one of the men.
Tatsumi complied, staying in the shadows. He pulled out his phone and dialed up Tsuzuki.
"Tatsumi?" Tsuzuki answered the phone this time.
"Tsuzuki-san, are you safe?" asked Tatsumi. He was very concerned for his friend.
"Yeah, we managed to avoid them." Tatsumi let out a sigh of relief. "But what's going on?"
"I just got a good look at Enma. Even I can see that he's been possessed."
"Is everything alright there?"
"No." Tatsumi couldn't hide the emotion from his voice. "Enma is passing judgment on Shinigami as we speak..." he glanced in the direction of the doors. He could hear shouting from there. "they just sent Watari in." he didn't bother to hide the fear in his voice.
There was a long pause. "Don't worry. They probably won't kill him. He doesn't have Shikigami, or anything."
"Yes, I know, but..." his gaze was still in the direction of the doors. The shouting was louder, and sounds of a struggle could be heard.
"He'll be fine. We're gonna lay low and then come down there and help."
"Thanks, Tsuzuki-san." He then saw the men coming in his direction. "Shit, I must go. They're walking my way." He shut off his phone, but he knew they saw him.
"Talking to someone?!" asked one. He wrenched the cell phone from Tatsumi's hand. "Not anymore." He dropped the cell phone on the ground and smashed it with his foot.
Tatsumi had enough. He wanted to avoid taking action until he talked to Enma, but...
"That's it," he said calmly. He stood up, looking dignified. The men started to back off. They knew how strong Tatsumi was. "I've had enough."
The men took off running. Tatsumi ran as fast as he could to the doors and flung them open.
"...is death!!!!!!" declared Enma. Watari looked shocked.
Tatsumi said a silent plea for forgiveness, and then launched his shadow ability into action. The shadows came alive, and struck at Enma.
"About time you did that!!" said Watari. "He was gonna kill me!!"
Tatsumi said nothing; his attention was on Enma.
Enma had put a shield around himself, so no damage was done to him. But he was angry.
"Seize them!!!!!" he screamed.
"Uh oh," said Watari. They were surrounded. Tatsumi couldn't kill any of them; they were just ignorant.
But that didn't help. Since he attacked Enma, violence was taken against him. He didn't see it coming until it was too late.
"Look out!!!" screamed Watari.
After that, everything seemed to be in slow motion. Tatsumi turned to see the tip of a sword. With one quick thrust, the blade went through his abdomen. Then he seemed to be falling and he hit his head on the floor with the force of the fall. He couldn't hear anything; he could only see and feel. Everything was in a blood red haze. The pain was agonizing, and that was it. He didn't even know how badly he was hurt. All he knew was that he was dying...again.
Tatsumi just lay there, his vision getting hazier. Then he heard voices. They were as soft as a whisper to him.
"Tatsumi, hang in there!!" Watari.
"Take them away!!" Enma. No, that wasn't Enma. But he couldn't speak. All he felt was pain as his vision turned black.
Then he felt nothing.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! TATSUMI!!!!!!!!!!! Man, are you scared??? Well, you don't have to worry...or do you? Will he live? Die? I dunno. (dodges bricks thrown by Tatsumi fans) I guess we all will have to wait and see. Tune in for the next chapter!! ^_^
Chapter 2
"Get them all together!!!"
Tatsumi Seiichiro looked up from the file he was reading. For the past hour, there had been shouting outside. Like a war was going on.
Maybe another minor problem, he thought, going back to his file. But it's strange...Konoe-kachou hasn't come back yet. I wonder why...
Then he heard it. Words that chilled him.
"Gather the Shinigami traitors!!!"
Traitors?
"Tsuzuki and Kurosaki aren't here. Send some people to drag them back. Those traitors will pay!!!"
Wait a second, thought Tatsumi. Tsuzuki-san and Kurosaki-kun aren't traitors!!! What the hell is going on?!
He knew he had to contact them. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed up Tsuzuki.
"Hello?"
"Tsuzuki-san?" Tatsumi found himself whispering.
"No, this is Hisoka."
"Kurosaki-kun, this is Tatsumi."
"Hi, Tatsumi-san. Is something wrong?"
"Someone go get Tatsumi!!!!" that was outside his door.
"Something's happened," hissed Tatsumi.
"Huh? Speak up, I can't hear you."
Tatsumi spoke a little louder. "Hide somewhere quick. Something's happened here...I don't know what, but something's wrong." He heard loud approaching footsteps. "They know you're working there, so get Tsuzuki-san up and hide." There were loud thuds against the door. "...They're coming to get you..."
"What happened?! What's going on?!" Hisoka sounded fearful.
The door was ready to fall off its hinges. "It's...just hide. Wait 'till I call you again." The door fell off. Tatsumi shut off his phone and tucked it into his pocket. "Something I can help you with?"
"Traitor!!!!" accused one of them. "Come with us!!!"
"I didn't do any-"
"Be silent!!! Enma will pass judgment on you."
Tatsumi felt a foreboding feeling pass over him. "Wait...there's been a mis-understanding. I'll just explain everything to him-"
The men rushed forward and hauled him to his feet. "We said be silent!!!! Now come on!!!!!"
They led Tatsumi out of his office. He saw people from other departments giving him accusing looks.
Okay, I'm clueless to the situation, thought Tatsumi. Whatever is going on, it has nothing to do with me, or the Shinigami. I'll need to explain that to Enma...
"Oi!!! Tatsumi!!!!"
Tatsumi had been roughly shoved into a room. As he was recollecting himself, Watari walked over.
"What's all the talk about traitors?" he asked. His 003 looked equally confused. "I told them the ingredients were legal..."
"I don't know," said Tatsumi. "I...what do you mean 'ingredients'?"
Watari flashed a bright smile. "I finally found the right ingredients for my gender-switching potion!!! Care to try it when this is all over?"
Tatsumi backed away. "No. The last time I tried something of yours, my soul was transported into one of the Gushoushin's body."
Watari laughed hard. "Oh, THAT!!!!!! God, that was the funniest thing!!! You in Gushoushin, Bon in you...that worked out well."
"For YOU. You weren't the one stuck in a chicken's body!!!!"
As if right on cue, both Gushoushins floated over to them. They both looked grim.
"Do you guys know what's going on?" asked Tatsumi.
"No," said the elder Gushoushin. "And we don't appreciate being stuffed into bags like chickens."
"But you ARE-" began Watari.
"We'll find out," interrupted Tatsumi. "Enma just needs to know that there's been a mistake-"
Suddenly, the doors opened, and two men came out, dragging Terazuma along with them.
"Stop that!!!" cried Wakaba. She ran over to them, but was stopped.
"Judgment was passed on him," said one. "Isolation for eternity."
"WHAT?!?! Let him go!!!!!!!" She tried to jump on the man, but another grabbed her.
"You're next," he growled. He pulled her along.
"Take your hands off her!!!!!" screamed Terazuma. "You bastards!!!!! I-" he couldn't say anymore as he had been dragged away.
Tatsumi walked over to the one dragging Wakaba. "She's one of the Four Gatekeepers. Don't treat her like that."
"She's a traitor, and she will pay!!!!!" snapped the man. "Now shut up!!!!!"
For a long wile they sat, dreading as each Shinigami was forced to face Enma's judgment.
"This is serious," observed Watari. "They've received isolation as penalties, but what about us? They're deliberately passing us over. Does Enma have a worse punishment for us?"
"Who knows?" said Tatsumi. "I just want to get in there and talk to Enma."
"I doubt we'll be able to reason with him. But-"
The doors opened and yet another Shinigami was dragged off. The men had their eyes on Watari. "You're next."
Tatsumi stood. "Wait, I want to talk to Enma-"
"Wait your turn!!! Now come on!!!!" The men reached for Watari, but he stood.
"I can go myself, if you don't mind," he said hotly. He turned to Tatsumi. "I'll try to talk to him."
"...Alright. Good luck."
Watari walked away. Tatsumi made sure they were far enough away and started following them. The doors to Enma's chambers opened and Watari was shoved inside. Tatsumi was able to get a look at Enma. It froze the blood in his veins.
Enma was practically screaming 'possessed'. There was no way he could reason with him. Neither could Watari.
Watari knew he was possessed, as well. He stopped in his tracks, but the doors closed before he could do anything.
"Go back and sit down!!!" snapped one of the men.
Tatsumi complied, staying in the shadows. He pulled out his phone and dialed up Tsuzuki.
"Tatsumi?" Tsuzuki answered the phone this time.
"Tsuzuki-san, are you safe?" asked Tatsumi. He was very concerned for his friend.
"Yeah, we managed to avoid them." Tatsumi let out a sigh of relief. "But what's going on?"
"I just got a good look at Enma. Even I can see that he's been possessed."
"Is everything alright there?"
"No." Tatsumi couldn't hide the emotion from his voice. "Enma is passing judgment on Shinigami as we speak..." he glanced in the direction of the doors. He could hear shouting from there. "they just sent Watari in." he didn't bother to hide the fear in his voice.
There was a long pause. "Don't worry. They probably won't kill him. He doesn't have Shikigami, or anything."
"Yes, I know, but..." his gaze was still in the direction of the doors. The shouting was louder, and sounds of a struggle could be heard.
"He'll be fine. We're gonna lay low and then come down there and help."
"Thanks, Tsuzuki-san." He then saw the men coming in his direction. "Shit, I must go. They're walking my way." He shut off his phone, but he knew they saw him.
"Talking to someone?!" asked one. He wrenched the cell phone from Tatsumi's hand. "Not anymore." He dropped the cell phone on the ground and smashed it with his foot.
Tatsumi had enough. He wanted to avoid taking action until he talked to Enma, but...
"That's it," he said calmly. He stood up, looking dignified. The men started to back off. They knew how strong Tatsumi was. "I've had enough."
The men took off running. Tatsumi ran as fast as he could to the doors and flung them open.
"...is death!!!!!!" declared Enma. Watari looked shocked.
Tatsumi said a silent plea for forgiveness, and then launched his shadow ability into action. The shadows came alive, and struck at Enma.
"About time you did that!!" said Watari. "He was gonna kill me!!"
Tatsumi said nothing; his attention was on Enma.
Enma had put a shield around himself, so no damage was done to him. But he was angry.
"Seize them!!!!!" he screamed.
"Uh oh," said Watari. They were surrounded. Tatsumi couldn't kill any of them; they were just ignorant.
But that didn't help. Since he attacked Enma, violence was taken against him. He didn't see it coming until it was too late.
"Look out!!!" screamed Watari.
After that, everything seemed to be in slow motion. Tatsumi turned to see the tip of a sword. With one quick thrust, the blade went through his abdomen. Then he seemed to be falling and he hit his head on the floor with the force of the fall. He couldn't hear anything; he could only see and feel. Everything was in a blood red haze. The pain was agonizing, and that was it. He didn't even know how badly he was hurt. All he knew was that he was dying...again.
Tatsumi just lay there, his vision getting hazier. Then he heard voices. They were as soft as a whisper to him.
"Tatsumi, hang in there!!" Watari.
"Take them away!!" Enma. No, that wasn't Enma. But he couldn't speak. All he felt was pain as his vision turned black.
Then he felt nothing.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! TATSUMI!!!!!!!!!!! Man, are you scared??? Well, you don't have to worry...or do you? Will he live? Die? I dunno. (dodges bricks thrown by Tatsumi fans) I guess we all will have to wait and see. Tune in for the next chapter!! ^_^