Hi min'na! It's me again. This idea struck me across the face when I actually sat down and -thought- about it for a moment. This is a Tokyo Babylon/Yami no Matsuei crossover. It's kind of odd, I know, but please bear with me. I think I'm really going to enjoy writing it. If you've read some of my other stories (the Call Me, Call Me arc would be a good example), the POV will work in that same way. It's AU for both Tokyo Babylon and Yami no Matsuei, contains spoilers for all of TB and past volume 3 of YnM.
Notes: Shounen-ai, angst, violence, humour, and some fluff for fun.
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- Hisoka -
I'm standing underneath one of the ever-blooming sakura trees in Enma-Cho, gazing up at the night sky. The stars sparkle through the branches, and I shiver a little bit. I've had an odd feeling lately.. that something is going to happen. Something -bad-. When I told Tsuzuki about it, he laughed and said I'd probably been working too hard.. and he's probably right. But I just can't get this feeling to leave me alone. It'd started when Konoe-kachou had called Tsuzuki and I into his office to brief us on a new case. I close my eyes briefly as I replay the events in my mind.
("Good, you're both here. Tsuzuki, Kurosaki, this isn't going to be an easy job." Kachou gazed at us both evenly. "You have the right to refuse."
My jaw almost came unhinged at that. "Refuse?" I ask incredulously. "Kachou, that's usually not an option. In fact, it's NEVER an option. What could possibly be so bad that we'd refuse the case?"
His expression darkened. "You'll find out soon enough. Have you ever heard the legend of the Blossom Star?"
Tsuzuki frowns slightly, tapping his jaw with one finger. "Sounds familiar. I think my mother said something about that to me when I was little. Something about a family being controlled by an evil spirit that dwells in a sakura tree.. am I close?"
Kachou nodded. "Right on the mark, Tsuzuki. The Sakurazuka family is the one to which your mother referred. This sakura tree has been around for many, many years, and it has traditionally been opposed by the Sumeragi clan, who use light onmiyoujitsu."
"Onmiyouji," I murmur. "Mediums. I think I've heard of the Sumeragi family." I frown bitterly. "In fact, I know I have. I believe my parents sent for an onmiyouji to exorcize me."
Tsuzuki frowns at that, but says nothing. Kachou looks sympathetic. They -both- know better than to press me about my past, and they wisely keep their mouths shut. Kachou continues the story. "At any rate, the Sumeragi clan has always opposed the Sakurazuka clan. However, in recent years, the two have crossed paths as they never have before. It seems the current blossom star, or 'sakurazukamori', who is Sakurazuka Seishirou, made a Bet with the thirteenth Clan Head of the Sumeragi Family, Sumeragi Subaru.
"This bet was made without Sumeragi-san's knowledge, and he was marked with the sakurazukamori's symbol. The bet mainly said that if Sumeragi-san couldn't make the sakurazukamori fall in love with him within a year upon their next meeting, he would be sacrificed to the Tree." Kachou pauses here.
"That's horrible!" Tsuzuki says, his voice slightly hushed. A deep frown is on his face. "I'm assuming Sumeragi-san lost this bet and was killed?"
Kachou shakes his head. "Not quite. He did lose the bet, yes, but he wasn't killed.. his twin sister died in his place. All the names of the people who have died at the hands of the sakurazukamori have appeared on the Kiseki.. until Sakurazuka Seishirou took over the roll. It seems that he is consigning their souls to the Tree, and they are trapped within the evil spirit."
Now it's my turn to frown uneasily. "A curse, basically."
Tsuzuki looks a bit nervous. "Sounds kinda like it."
"Basically." Kachou sits down and indicates that we should do the same. "It is a curse in that they're trapped inside the evil spirit, perhaps forever, but they can be saved. Here's the tricky part. The Sumeragi Clan Head has become obsessed with the blossom star, and has begun training vigorously to become strong enough to defeat him. However.. whoever kills the sakurazukamori will automatically succeed him in line."
I grimace. "Which causes a double-negative.. a Sumeragi - the Clan Head at that! - becoming the sakurazukamori."
Tsuzuki leans back in his chair and studies the mission report. "All right, so what do you want us to do, then?"
"This is somewhat odd," Kachou replies. "What I want you to do is keep a very close eye on both the blossom star and on the Sumeragi. If those two cross paths again, I shudder to think of the concequences. Furthermore, you are to try and free the spirits from within the Tree. At all costs, we need those souls back, or they can never be reborn."
"All right," I say. "I'll watch the Clan Head, then, and Tsuzuki can watch the sakurazukamori."
"Hey! Why do -I- have to watch the creepy one?" Tsuzuki pouts.
I gaze at him with clear green eyes. "A very simple reason."
He tilts his head. "What's that?"
"I hate sakura.")
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TBC
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Ne, ne? ^.~ Comments are always appreciated.
-- Cheyne
cheyne@everlastingstory.net
6:25 PM 5/9/2002
Notes: Shounen-ai, angst, violence, humour, and some fluff for fun.
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- Hisoka -
I'm standing underneath one of the ever-blooming sakura trees in Enma-Cho, gazing up at the night sky. The stars sparkle through the branches, and I shiver a little bit. I've had an odd feeling lately.. that something is going to happen. Something -bad-. When I told Tsuzuki about it, he laughed and said I'd probably been working too hard.. and he's probably right. But I just can't get this feeling to leave me alone. It'd started when Konoe-kachou had called Tsuzuki and I into his office to brief us on a new case. I close my eyes briefly as I replay the events in my mind.
("Good, you're both here. Tsuzuki, Kurosaki, this isn't going to be an easy job." Kachou gazed at us both evenly. "You have the right to refuse."
My jaw almost came unhinged at that. "Refuse?" I ask incredulously. "Kachou, that's usually not an option. In fact, it's NEVER an option. What could possibly be so bad that we'd refuse the case?"
His expression darkened. "You'll find out soon enough. Have you ever heard the legend of the Blossom Star?"
Tsuzuki frowns slightly, tapping his jaw with one finger. "Sounds familiar. I think my mother said something about that to me when I was little. Something about a family being controlled by an evil spirit that dwells in a sakura tree.. am I close?"
Kachou nodded. "Right on the mark, Tsuzuki. The Sakurazuka family is the one to which your mother referred. This sakura tree has been around for many, many years, and it has traditionally been opposed by the Sumeragi clan, who use light onmiyoujitsu."
"Onmiyouji," I murmur. "Mediums. I think I've heard of the Sumeragi family." I frown bitterly. "In fact, I know I have. I believe my parents sent for an onmiyouji to exorcize me."
Tsuzuki frowns at that, but says nothing. Kachou looks sympathetic. They -both- know better than to press me about my past, and they wisely keep their mouths shut. Kachou continues the story. "At any rate, the Sumeragi clan has always opposed the Sakurazuka clan. However, in recent years, the two have crossed paths as they never have before. It seems the current blossom star, or 'sakurazukamori', who is Sakurazuka Seishirou, made a Bet with the thirteenth Clan Head of the Sumeragi Family, Sumeragi Subaru.
"This bet was made without Sumeragi-san's knowledge, and he was marked with the sakurazukamori's symbol. The bet mainly said that if Sumeragi-san couldn't make the sakurazukamori fall in love with him within a year upon their next meeting, he would be sacrificed to the Tree." Kachou pauses here.
"That's horrible!" Tsuzuki says, his voice slightly hushed. A deep frown is on his face. "I'm assuming Sumeragi-san lost this bet and was killed?"
Kachou shakes his head. "Not quite. He did lose the bet, yes, but he wasn't killed.. his twin sister died in his place. All the names of the people who have died at the hands of the sakurazukamori have appeared on the Kiseki.. until Sakurazuka Seishirou took over the roll. It seems that he is consigning their souls to the Tree, and they are trapped within the evil spirit."
Now it's my turn to frown uneasily. "A curse, basically."
Tsuzuki looks a bit nervous. "Sounds kinda like it."
"Basically." Kachou sits down and indicates that we should do the same. "It is a curse in that they're trapped inside the evil spirit, perhaps forever, but they can be saved. Here's the tricky part. The Sumeragi Clan Head has become obsessed with the blossom star, and has begun training vigorously to become strong enough to defeat him. However.. whoever kills the sakurazukamori will automatically succeed him in line."
I grimace. "Which causes a double-negative.. a Sumeragi - the Clan Head at that! - becoming the sakurazukamori."
Tsuzuki leans back in his chair and studies the mission report. "All right, so what do you want us to do, then?"
"This is somewhat odd," Kachou replies. "What I want you to do is keep a very close eye on both the blossom star and on the Sumeragi. If those two cross paths again, I shudder to think of the concequences. Furthermore, you are to try and free the spirits from within the Tree. At all costs, we need those souls back, or they can never be reborn."
"All right," I say. "I'll watch the Clan Head, then, and Tsuzuki can watch the sakurazukamori."
"Hey! Why do -I- have to watch the creepy one?" Tsuzuki pouts.
I gaze at him with clear green eyes. "A very simple reason."
He tilts his head. "What's that?"
"I hate sakura.")
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TBC
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Ne, ne? ^.~ Comments are always appreciated.
-- Cheyne
cheyne@everlastingstory.net
6:25 PM 5/9/2002