Reikai Tantei Ryou
(Spirit World Detective Ryou)
Now that Wildwolf-chan is finished with Yami Ryuu, Shiro Tenshi and Akutenshi, she is desperate, ok? That's my explanation.
A Yu Yu Hakusho and Yugioh crossover. OOC involved...
Even if you haven't seen Yu Yu Hakusho, read anyway, k? There are explanations of the series and characters that are part of the fic...
I don't own either anime. Do you see my name on the credits? No. I wish, but no. If I owned them, I'd own the characters. Do Hiei and Kurama make out? Do they even express their rather obvious feelings in words? No. Did Ryou start running to Seto when he was perched on that tower wall in hopes of stopping him? No.
Seto/Ryou and Hiei/Kurama. Both yaoi. There's also Yami/Yami and Malik/Otogi.
Nani?! Something's happened to Ryou! Now he must join up with the Reikai Tantei to help save Ningenkai, Reikai, and Makai!
Chapter 1-
Death is Only the Beginning
"Ryou-chan! Ryou, why?" Two hands grasped the small one. Seto pressed his lips against his love's knuckles, clenching harder.
"Seto, gomen. But the car-"
"You didn't have to. I could have taken the hit instead." He didn't even try to hold back the tears that welled up and rolled down his cheeks.
The natural glow from Ryou's body seemed to deteriorate as the hand fell limply.
"Ryou-chan... I love you."
Seto felt a small hand clap weakly on his shoulder. He didn't need to turn to know that Yuugi was trying to comfort him.
"It's my fault. If I had been-been watching where I was going, this wouldn't have happened. He'd-he'd still be..." He buried his face in his arms. Sad sobs escaped his throat as his shoulders heaved heavily. "Everyone I care for is hurt somehow. Is it a curse? Everyone..."
No one in the room was without tears. Ryou's friends: Yuugi, Yami, Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu, Mokuba. His love, Seto. His Yami had even sulked in the corner closest to the bed, before fading slowly back into the Ring.
"It's not fair..."
"Seto-sama..." Ryou smiled happily at his koi.
Seto couldn't help but to smile back.
They were about to cross the street when Ryou realized that he had forgotten something at the table at the outside café. He ran to get it.
Seto's eye followed him and when he saw that Ryou was coming back, he started crossing. His head was too full of thoughts to the answer of a certain question to notice the traffic.
"Seto-sama!"
He whirled around in time to see himself being pushed from his current location and to hear the sound of a body impacting with a windshield. Only turning back did he see the destruction.
Screaming erupted.
"Oh my god!"
"Call an ambulance!"
"Get the police!"
"Is he alright?"
A second seemed to stretch into eternity as Seto recovered his balance and ran to his love.
The sound of the sirens ran through his memories.
"Botan, we have another case."
"Need I call Yusuke-kun?"
"No, this is a case for you. Just like Yusuke-kun, the uncalled for death of a person with the potential for becoming a Reikai Tantei."
"Ok. Name?"
"Ryou Bakura. He's sixteen and is at this point of time a ghost. I need you to go pick him up right away and bring him here."
"Right sir." The Grim Reaper sped off on her oar.
"Seto-sama?" Ryou asked, tapping his shoulder. His finger went straight through it. "Nani?!" He backed away quickly.
"Ryou-chan..."
"Kaiba- Seto-kun, it's ok. I-it's ok, everything will be all right."
"I can't believe this..."
"Wait, my body... it's... down there. Does that mean... I'm a ghost?!"
"Bingo." A voice said.
Ryou whipped around, realizing that he could float. "Who are you?"
"I'm Botan-chan." The blue-haired girl smiled. "Some people call me the Grim Reaper."
"Y-you're the Grim Reaper?" For some reason, Ryou never imagined the Grim Reaper to wear a pink kimono.
"Yes."
"I thought- never mind. But... how? How did all of this happen?"
"You died due to a selfless act, though it would have been alright if you hadn't jumped in the way."
"Nani?!"
"Yes, if he had gotten hit, he would have partially dodged, and the glancing blow would have given him sprained ribs at the most."
"So, I'm separated from him and my friends for no reason?"
"Yes, I guess that's a way to phrase it."
Ryou let out a sob.
"Oh gosh, I shouldn't have said that. But you will be happy to know that there is a way back to your body."
"Huh? How?"
"First, you must agree to become a Reikai Tantei."
"Detective to the Spirit World? You mean, ghosts and everything?"
"Yes. The job is quite simple. You use your detective abilities and new Reikai abilities to track down bandits and crooks from our world that are troubling yours. As I said, simple, really. And you will have help; you will be joining our team that was already present. So what do you say?"
"To come back to life and be with Seto-sama again... and everyone else as well..." He bit his lip. "Yes, I'll become a detective." It can't be that hard.
Botan sighed in relief. "Oh good, that clears up the first problem. The next is your body."
"My body?" He glanced at his body, lying there on the bed. By now the nurses had rushed in and officially declared him dead.
"Yes, if you are to come back, it must be still in good shape, yes? I can heal the bones and sprains, but no can do if you're buried."
"How do I tell them to not?"
"A dream. You have to tell them in a dream."
"Ok then, how?" Ryou looked over at his friends. Seto was in bad shape, and the others weren't too far off. He had to come back to them.
"He's listening to one of my CDs... one song over and over. I thought only I did that." Ryou sighed.
How do I get through the night without you?
If I had to live without you, what kind of life would that be?
"Which one?"
"'How Do I Live?' by Lee Ann Rhymes. I loved that song..."
"Maybe that's why he's listening."
Oh I, I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You're my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything good in my life, and tell me now-
Ryou nodded. "And the fact it has to do with deep loss of a loved one."
"You humans are so strange."
Seto was lying there with a pillow over his face, lying still but still awake. "Ryou-chan, how do I live without you? Everything's gone... and I never knew the answer."
How do I live without you?
I want to know, how do I breathe without you?
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
"Well, he just isn't going to sleep, is he?" Botan commented.
"He's grieving." Ryou's hopes fell. "He'll be up all night now. Because I tried to be a hero."
"What about the younger brother?"
"Mokuba-kun! Yeah, I can do that. But Seto-sama might not believe him..."
Without you there'd be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There'd be no world left for me.
And I, baby I don't know what I would do,
I'd be lost if I lost you, if you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything real in my life, and tell me now,
"But do try." Botan thought for a few moments. "Tell you what, I can restore enough life into your body so that you are still considered alive, just in a comatose state."
"You could? Please do so!"
How do I live without you?
I want to know, how do I breathe without you?
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
Please tell me baby, how do I go on?
"I shall be off!" She flew out the window and disappeared.
Ryou sat there, watching Seto for some time. Until he decided that it was time to deliver his message.
"Lee Ann-san, you don't know the half of it." He sighed.
If you ever leave, baby you would take away everything,
I need you with me,
Baby don't you know that you're everything real in my life?
And tell me now, how do I live without you,
I want to know,
He flew to Mokuba's room and sat in front of the kid.
"Mokuba-kun..." He concentrated hard. "There may be something I can say to him to make Seto-sama believe the message is from me..."
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
How do I live without you?
How do I live without you baby?
"Nii-sama! Seto, don't let the hospital dispose of Ryou-kun's body!"
"Huh?" Seto whirled around to see Mokuba running towards him.
"In my dream, he told me he was still alive and to not dispose of his body." Mokuba's breath quickened, he was panting.
"Mokuba." Seto put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "It was just a dream. You understand that Ryou's gone. It was a dream. I-I wish such could come true, but..." he bit down on his lip hard. He turned to walk away, but Mokuba interrupted.
"He said he will."
"What?"
"He will take your proposal and marry you after he is resurrected."
Seto's heart quickened so swiftly he wondered if it would burst. "Mokuba, how do you know-"
"He told me."
"When? I just asked him yesterday... before..."
"In my dream. He told me to tell you that he will, so that you'd listen to me. He-he said that you had told no one you were going to propose, so that should work as proof. If you don't get rid of the body, that's step one in him coming back."
Seto collapsed to his knees, hugging his brother and sobbing.
"Do you know what step two is?"
"Not yet."
The phone rang. Seto picked it up. "Hello?"
"Kaiba-sama? It's a miracle! Ryou Bakura-kun is still breathing and alive! And all of his injuries are healed! He seems to be in a coma however."
"He's alive... He really is coming back." Seto dropped the phone back on the hook, grabbed Mokuba and ran to the car.
"What is step two?" Ryou asked Botan as she reappeared.
"Well, depends. With Yusuke-kun, he had to wait a while, taking care of a golden egg that would hatch into a monster. But... that was kind of because Koenma-sama wanted to get rid of him. Also, he had been a gangster, I guess. You have had a clean record, so we might skip that. Also, it depends on how many days until your spiritual energies and body wavelengths are at the same focal point."
"Huh?"
"It's easy!" Another voice chimed in.
Ryou turned to see the form of a toddler floating next to him. "Who are you?!"
"I am Koenma-sama, nice to meet you."
"You're the leader of the Reikai?"
"Actually, my father is. He's just off on a business trip in Makai right now, so I've filled in."
Ryou just nodded understandingly. People had to fill in Seto's position when he went away on a trip...
"Botan, I asked you to bring him to me."
"I'm sorry sir." Botan laughed nervously.
"Anyway, body wavelengths and your sprit wavelengths will be equal for only one day. Your lengths are closer together than Yusuke-kun's, so it wouldn't be as long of a wait if you missed it, but I still wouldn't suggest it."
"How long sir?"
"Hm... forty-seven years at the least."
"Nani? I can't miss this opportunity then! What's the next step?"
"Waiting."
"Oh." Ryou's face formed into a pouty look that made Botan giggle.
"When is the day, sir?"
"After three full days, once today is over. In other words, if today's Thursday, then it's on Monday."
"But today's Wednesday..."
"I said if today's Thursday, I didn't say it was."
"Ok." Ryou was silent for a few seconds. "What do I do until then?"
"Just... wait. When the day rolls around, I will activate a power that will make your body glow. By midnight on that day, one of the three people closest to you will have to blow life energy into you."
"Blow life energy...?"
"Mouth-to-mouth. Isn't that normal with human resuscitating?"
"I guess..."
"Good, you're taking this better than Yusuke-kun."
"Now who are the three people closest to you?" Botan asked.
"Well, Seto-sama. Mokuba-kun. The last, I don't know... Yuugi-kun maybe?"
"No, there is someone closer to you. Like another half of you..."
"Who?"
"Aibou..." Yami Bakura sighed. He had never cared about his aibou, but Ryou had never brushed death. Yami Bakura was surprised when he saw Ryou's soul room and was able to leave his Ring. He was the one who had alerted the medical staff that Ryou's heart was still beating. They hadn't even asked why he was there, they were too stunned.
"Aibou, your soul is not there. Where did it go?" He touched his aibou's forehead lightly. "If only your soul would come back soon."
"He seems to be closely connected with the Spirit World." Botan commented.
"He is a spirit." Ryou mumbled, surprised his Yami actually cared.
"Hm, that may work. Ryou-kun, you can possess this boy's physical form. I know, he is your other half, but that makes it all the easier. You can possess him for one hour, and that's it. The time can be used to update your friends on the situation, but not to give the life energy. That's how it works."
"Ok then. How do I possess him?"
"You just kind of... dive in."
"Ok." Ryou steadied his nerves and... dived in.
Seto arrived and saw Ryou's Yami sitting there, proof that he was still alive. "Bakura-kun? No wait, you're not Bakura-kun, you're..."
"Seto-sama, it's me." He said quietly, smiling.
"Ryou-chan...?"
"Yes, I possessed my Yami's body so that I could talk to you. Unfortunately, it took you a while to get here, so I have only few minutes left."
"Traffic." His eyes watered, going from Ryou's body to Ryou inside Yami Bakura. "Ryou-chan..." He embraced Bakura, but for now was Ryou.
"Seto-sama, there's so much I have to tell you now. See, I will be able to come back on Sunday. Watch for then." He seemed to be listening to a message. "Pay attention to your dreams. I must go. Tell my Yami what I just said."
Bakura seemed to twitch, and then go back to his normal self.
"No, Ryou-chan!" Seto sank into a chair and stared at blankness. "He's a ghost..."
"He was here?" Bakura asked.
Mokuba nodded.
"Yes. Bakura-kun, you were possessed by him. He-he will have the opportunity to come back on Sunday. Listen to your dreams. This is what he told me to tell you."
"My aibou is coming back...?" Bakura's eyes watered slightly. He wouldn't allow himself to fully cry though, never, not in front of people.
Seto took Ryou's hand. Yes, it was warming up little by little.
"Soon, koi. Bokono Ryou-chan."
The little beeps on the heart monitor, slow and quiet as they may have been, only brought hope now.
"Well, this is working out well." Koenma commented.
"Yes, with Yusuke-kun, the majority of the people closest to him either wanted to beat him up or was drunk all the time."
"So I get to actually put my life to use and help people when I come back?" Ryou asked, feeling slightly relieved that he was both coming back and getting to make a good difference.
"Yep, he's going to be a good detective."
"Botan-chan, you should alert Yusuke-kun and the others. This should work out just fine." Koenma ordered.
"May I come?" Ryou asked.
"Sure, why not? Hop on."
Ryou sat on the oar. "Ja ne, bokono Seto-sama."
With that, Botan and Ryou sped off to another part of Japan.
"This should work out just fine..."
Japanese terms!
Koi: Love or lover
Bokono: My
Reikai: Spirit World
Ningenkai: Human World
Makai: Demon World
Tantei: Detective
Ja ne: See you (Basically)
Aibou: Companion or partner
Nani: What
-Kun: Suffix usually added to the end of a name for guys
-Chan: Suffix for either girls or guys whom you are very close too
-Sama: Saying something along the lines of Mr., Ms., or just higher in position than you.
-San: Suffix for someone who deserves honor
Yami- Darkness or dark, in this case used as the dark half of a Sennen Item holder
Song of the Chapter:
How Do I live
Lee Ann Rhymes
How do I,
Get through the night without you?
If I had to live without you,
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You're my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything Good in my life, and tell me now-
How do I live without you?
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
Without you,
There'd be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There'd be no world left for me.
And I,
Baby I don't know what I would do,
I'd be lost if I lost you,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything Real in my life, and tell me now,
How do I live without you?
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
Please tell me baby,
How do I go on?
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything,
I need you with me,
Baby don't you know that you're Everything real in my life?
And tell me now,
How do I live without you,
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
How do I live without you?
How do I live without you baby?
Chibi-chan: Ok, I hope this goes a long way. I'd like it to... and yes, only Ryou will be Reikai Tantei. The others WILL play a part though...
Seto: I can't believe you killed Ryou off on the first page!
Wildwolf: BLAME THE COKE!
Quatre: **grabs the Coke out of her hand**
Wildwolf: Iie! Don't throw it away!
Bakura: I thought you weren't going to write any death fics!
Chibi-chan: Technically, it only partially is, cause, well... you peeps have watch Yu Yu Hakusho, right?
Ryou: She has a point...
Ceel: Am I going to be in here?
Wildwolf: No. Sorry Ceel, but you're stuck with Crimson Skies, Blackened Night. You get a part in there. Now go!
Ceel: **raspberry** Fine!
Wildwolf: Never anger a wolf youkai, specially if he's an original character and... knows where you... live. **gulps and locks her windows**