Disclaimers: Yami No Matsuei is not mine. Even if I lived as frugal as
Tatsumi I wouldn't be able to save enough money to buy them.
Special thanks to panatlantic – you make me want to be a better writer.
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Tsuzuki was in the garden when he felt a hidden evil. He went in search of it. He had to.
Suddenly there was a swarm of butterflies that flew straight into his line of vision. He lifted his arms to his face. Then as suddenly as it began it was over. He sneezed.
"So we finally meet Tsuzuki-san." Out of the shadows he came a figure with an almost angelic beauty as the butterflies flew around him.
"You are the one behind all this?"
"This? This is nothing. It's only my job." Everything angelic about the stranger carried a taint of evil, even his smile. Downright demonic.
"When will it ever be enough!" Tsuzuki was furious and power of his rage was manifesting itself around the shinigami.
"All I need is one more. All I need is you."
The butterflies cleared away as a mass of power was hurled against Tsuzuki, but he was more than ready with his kekkai.
"How can you have so much power?" Irritated but undeterred, preparing for another attack. He had expected the pollen to do something more than make the shinigami sneeze.
Tsuzuki ignored the question and prepared to summon -
"Stop! You must not kill him!" Came an urgent warning from a familiar voice.
The demon attempted to take advantage of this lapse in vigilance by attacking, but was repulsed into a short retreat. The attack was focused only on him, none of the butterflies surrounding him was even touched... an attack made by someone who knew about his 'hostages'.
Tsuzuki raised his eyes towards his unexpected savior. "Kira?!"
"Don't kill him Tsuzuki-san. He's tied too deeply to the souls he's taken." She had more to say but she could not take her eye of the immediate threat.
Tsuzuki looked over the demon again. "It's the butterflies isn't it?"
"Yes." Kira was surprised that he understood immediately. He possessed an inner instinct for this job. Unfortunately it wasn't the only thing he possessed. She was scared, but she didn't tell Tsuzuki that she was afraid of him and his power. 'You have the power to open the gates of hell. You must never join them Tsuzuki-san.'
Tsuzuki was thinking what he should do. How do you fight evil if you can't kill it? He began summoning again but with someone else in mind this time. He called on Taimou.
"Restriction!"
The demon was using the butterflies as a shield as he attacked, then suddenly they were taken away from him protected by a power that was stronger that his hold over them.
"Their mine!" He raged looking at those souls that seem to taunt him now that they were beyond his reach.
"Release their souls!" Tsuzuki demand.
The demon refused to submit, ranting and raving. He struggled with Tsuzuki's power and even thought of destroying those souls before they would escape him. They stood firmly against him aided by the shinigamis until he finally relented.
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Hisoka yelped in surprise. The paper with the figures erupted into flames and it was still in his jacket.
"What was that?" Watari asked him.
"The demon's tally." Hisoka pulled out the paper, which was nothing more than ash now. "The souls have been released from bondage!"
Watari exclaimed in delight. "Tsuzuki did it!" He hugged his co-worked with enthusiasm.
"Get off!" The weigh of Ken-kun was already tiring him.
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The butterflies flew away to find their true home. Some were still in the land of the living and the others surrounded Tsuzuki and Kira, waiting for a guide to the land of the dead.
"Is it over?" Tsuzuki asked as he held out a finger to which one butterfly landed on.
"I'll bring him back to where he came from." Kira said indicating their beaten foe. The butterflies seemed to understand and moved away to gave her space.
"It isn't over shinigami! I will be back." The demon threatened, not very convincing.
"Sore loser." Muttered Kira as they disappeared.
Tsuzuki smiled to the butterflies with a hint of sadness. "Let's go." He called softly.
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In Meifu the butterflies took their real form as they came to the hall of judgment. Tsuzuki followed them with sadness in his eyes.
Suddenly he felt a passing wave of dizziness but dismissed it as being hungry.
'I have to get back to Hisoka and Watari.'
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tbc
I don't write fight scenes very well. I can picture it in my head but I have trouble putting it into words.
"Is it over?" No and the next few chapters are cliffhangers. You have been warned now so you can walk away now with a semi-ending kind of feel. You can come back in two or three months and just read everything in on go.
02-15-04
Special thanks to panatlantic – you make me want to be a better writer.
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Tsuzuki was in the garden when he felt a hidden evil. He went in search of it. He had to.
Suddenly there was a swarm of butterflies that flew straight into his line of vision. He lifted his arms to his face. Then as suddenly as it began it was over. He sneezed.
"So we finally meet Tsuzuki-san." Out of the shadows he came a figure with an almost angelic beauty as the butterflies flew around him.
"You are the one behind all this?"
"This? This is nothing. It's only my job." Everything angelic about the stranger carried a taint of evil, even his smile. Downright demonic.
"When will it ever be enough!" Tsuzuki was furious and power of his rage was manifesting itself around the shinigami.
"All I need is one more. All I need is you."
The butterflies cleared away as a mass of power was hurled against Tsuzuki, but he was more than ready with his kekkai.
"How can you have so much power?" Irritated but undeterred, preparing for another attack. He had expected the pollen to do something more than make the shinigami sneeze.
Tsuzuki ignored the question and prepared to summon -
"Stop! You must not kill him!" Came an urgent warning from a familiar voice.
The demon attempted to take advantage of this lapse in vigilance by attacking, but was repulsed into a short retreat. The attack was focused only on him, none of the butterflies surrounding him was even touched... an attack made by someone who knew about his 'hostages'.
Tsuzuki raised his eyes towards his unexpected savior. "Kira?!"
"Don't kill him Tsuzuki-san. He's tied too deeply to the souls he's taken." She had more to say but she could not take her eye of the immediate threat.
Tsuzuki looked over the demon again. "It's the butterflies isn't it?"
"Yes." Kira was surprised that he understood immediately. He possessed an inner instinct for this job. Unfortunately it wasn't the only thing he possessed. She was scared, but she didn't tell Tsuzuki that she was afraid of him and his power. 'You have the power to open the gates of hell. You must never join them Tsuzuki-san.'
Tsuzuki was thinking what he should do. How do you fight evil if you can't kill it? He began summoning again but with someone else in mind this time. He called on Taimou.
"Restriction!"
The demon was using the butterflies as a shield as he attacked, then suddenly they were taken away from him protected by a power that was stronger that his hold over them.
"Their mine!" He raged looking at those souls that seem to taunt him now that they were beyond his reach.
"Release their souls!" Tsuzuki demand.
The demon refused to submit, ranting and raving. He struggled with Tsuzuki's power and even thought of destroying those souls before they would escape him. They stood firmly against him aided by the shinigamis until he finally relented.
------
Hisoka yelped in surprise. The paper with the figures erupted into flames and it was still in his jacket.
"What was that?" Watari asked him.
"The demon's tally." Hisoka pulled out the paper, which was nothing more than ash now. "The souls have been released from bondage!"
Watari exclaimed in delight. "Tsuzuki did it!" He hugged his co-worked with enthusiasm.
"Get off!" The weigh of Ken-kun was already tiring him.
---------
The butterflies flew away to find their true home. Some were still in the land of the living and the others surrounded Tsuzuki and Kira, waiting for a guide to the land of the dead.
"Is it over?" Tsuzuki asked as he held out a finger to which one butterfly landed on.
"I'll bring him back to where he came from." Kira said indicating their beaten foe. The butterflies seemed to understand and moved away to gave her space.
"It isn't over shinigami! I will be back." The demon threatened, not very convincing.
"Sore loser." Muttered Kira as they disappeared.
Tsuzuki smiled to the butterflies with a hint of sadness. "Let's go." He called softly.
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In Meifu the butterflies took their real form as they came to the hall of judgment. Tsuzuki followed them with sadness in his eyes.
Suddenly he felt a passing wave of dizziness but dismissed it as being hungry.
'I have to get back to Hisoka and Watari.'
-------
tbc
I don't write fight scenes very well. I can picture it in my head but I have trouble putting it into words.
"Is it over?" No and the next few chapters are cliffhangers. You have been warned now so you can walk away now with a semi-ending kind of feel. You can come back in two or three months and just read everything in on go.
02-15-04
