BuddhaFrog: Okay, uhhhhhhh, I hate it when you do this. So this chapter
moves the story along. Yay for Watari and Tatsumi. It's really a sweet
chapter, but not much, shut up Holli, but not much really happens happens,
but it gets the job done I suppose. Ppl read the RPGs! So, I seem to be
ommitted somehow. I am not loved. Furthermore, I made a new friend, his
name is Dustin. Ahhhh, Holli hasn't made me mad, nothing's really out of
place. My universe is in perfect alignment, this is weird! I must go create
chaos!!! LOVE AND PEACE!!!
MorningStar: Wow . . . this took me forever! But the plot is really starting to fly! Hahahaha, the next chapter will find our heroes in some interesting situations:D Makes me happy that I am finally able to get this thing off the launch pad:D Hooray! Soon, my little Hentai's there will be more lemony goodness:D Hahaha, I know that's why you read this, don't try to deny it:D Haha, okay, thas all for now. DAMN MURAKI!!!
Holli: Y'know what, I thought Cardcaptor Sakura would be the stupidest anime ever. HA HA, while not being the best, it ranks up there. Cute and lovely hint fun for us crazy-ass shounen-ai fans! Yay! I'm a can of mackerel! ^_^ Anyhoo, the story is really coming along. MS had just about as much trouble as me when it came to finishing our lastest chapters of your multi- chapter fics. Too much school work and other interference! But it's here now and it's good! Enjoy!
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Chapter Five
One Step Closer
The two Shinigami spent the next day doing exactly what they had said . . . nothing. Hisoka spent most of the day curled up with his book, reading, while Tsuzuki enjoyed one of his new favorite past-times, watching Hisoka. They spent most of the day in comfortable silence, allowing the young empath to regain his strength.
Hisoka was glad for the day off, the only emotions he had to contend with were the ones flowing gently from Tsuzuki. The soothing tides of Tsuzuki's love ebbed and flowed through him, calming him and helping him to rebuild his Psy-shields. Hisoka would occasionally look up from his book and catch Tsuzuki staring at him, violet eyes filled with love and worry. When this happened Hisoka would blush deeply and duck his head back behind his book. Tsuzuki would just smile and shake his head, and the two would return to their previous companionable silence.
The next day Hisoka woke up feeling much better, he turned and glanced at the clock by the bedside, the red numbers glared at him, telling him that it was almost five-thirty. He slipped out from beneath Tsuzuki's protective arm and padded into the bathroom, intent on taking a quick shower and getting an early start.
"Tsuzuki, wake up! I want to get going!" Hisoka called from the bathroom. He hadn't bothered to shut the door knowing that it wouldn't do any good if Tsuzuki decided to wake up and join him.
Tsuzuki turned towards Hisoka's voice, keeping his eyes closed, "Feeling better?"
"A lot better. Thank you," Hisoka's voice was muffled and Tsuzuki decided to crack an eye open to see why, but as soon as his brain registered what he was seeing, both eyes snapped wide. He sat up in bed and ogled his partner openly. Hisoka was bent over near the mirror; a towel draped over his head as he dried his hair, the rest of his body was completely bare and covered in a fine sheen of moisture. Tsuzuki swallowed hard and tried to even out his breathing. Hisoka straightened and a blush suffused his face and chest when his eyes met Tsuzuki's openly lust filled ones. He quickly wrapped the towel around his waist and dug through their suitcase, pulling on a pair of boxers and jeans, much to Tsuzuki's disappointment.
"Ahhh, come on, 'Soka. We can start later . . . like after lunch," Tsuzuki's eyes were wide with hope and lust as he continued to stare at the creamy chest that was still exposed.
Hisoka shook his head, "I want to get started as early as possible. Come on, get out of bed and take a shower . . . a *cold* shower."
Tsuzuki pouted briefly before bounding cheerfully out of the bed, glad that Hisoka was feeling better. He charged into the bathroom to take a quick shower before hurriedly getting dressed, although he made sure Hisoka got as much of an eyeful as he had earlier!
The two ate a quick breakfast, Tsuzuki only going back to the bar once. After breakfast they made plans to visit only two of the five remaining murder scenes and to at least try to interrogate the rest of the victims.
When they reached the first site Tsuzuki kept a close watch on Hisoka, making sure that his partner wasn't feeling overwhelmed or stressed. After a few minutes of having Tsuzuki hovering over him like an overprotective mother, Hisoka finally snapped. He whirled around glared at his partner, "Tsuzuki, I told you I was fine! Now stop hovering and make yourself useful! Go search for some *physical* clues!"
Tsuzuki pouted briefly before becoming serious and searching around the site thoroughly, looking for any physical signs of what had happened.
Hisoka was having an easier time now that he knew what to expect. Instead of trying to completely block out the intense fear that permeated the very air at the small park he absorbed some of the fear into himself and blocked out the worst of it. By absorbing that fear he prevented his shields from being overwhelmed and he also received a better picture of what had happened, unfortunately that picture wasn't much clearer than it had been at the first few sites. The only things that he could see were sharp fangs and wings.
"Tsuzuki," Hisoka called out to his partner, who was currently floating in the branches of a nearby tree.
Tsuzuki floated down and looked at Hisoka, covertly searching for any outward signs of stress, "Nani?"
Hisoka noticed Tsuzuki's look though and he sighed, "Tsuzuki, I'm fine! I just wanted to tell you that I am getting a flash of what the killer looks like."
Tsuzuki's eyes widened at this and he nodded for Hisoka to continue.
"It's not much, but our killer has wings and fangs, that's the most I could get."
Tsuzuki's face turned grim, "It's enough to tell us that we are definitely dealing with a demon. Now we just need to figure out what *kind* of demon it is so we can kill it."
Hisoka nodded, "Did you find anything?"
Tsuzuki shook his head and they decided to go to the next place to continue the search for more physical clues. Hisoka wouldn't get anything different from the next scene with his empathic abilities since the murders were so close together, so he decided to help Tsuzuki in his search for physical clues.
Tsuzuki and Hisoka landed on a patch of grass outside the grounds of a small temple. The gates that marked the entrance to the grounds were faded and time worn. The once beautifully carved and painted gates had chunks missing and there was even a little graffiti on the walls. The two Shinigami shook their heads at such a show of disrespect. Not even holy ground was sacred anymore.
They decided to split up; Hisoka would search the areas outside the buildings while Tsuzuki searched inside. Hisoka was still absorbing some of the fear that permeated the air, but instead of focusing on that he made sure to keep his mind on the area around him. He watched as Tsuzuki entered the amidado* of the temple while he walked around the outside, searching the ground, trees, and even the roofs of the buildings. He would make sure that not an inch of ground or tiny leaf bud was spared his gaze.
Tsuzuki's footsteps echoed somewhat ominously as he entered the amidado. The amidado was the largest of all the buildings on the temple grounds, and it only had two rooms. There was a larger public room that held the statues and other objects of worship, and a smaller room for praying and meditation. Tsuzuki walked around every pillar, looked on top of every statue and even checked in the ash of the old incense for anything that would give them a hint as to what kind of demon they were dealing with. When he turned up nothing he walked out of the building and turned toward the kodo** that stood only a few feet away.
The kodo was smaller than the amidado and consisted of only one very large room. There were places for people to sit and statues representing different gods and Buddha. It only took Tsuzuki a few moments to search through the kodo; again he wound up empty handed. He left the kodo and walked over to the shanju no to*** pagoda. He didn't hold much hope that the small, three-story building would turn up more than the other two had, but he meant to search everywhere.
The first floor of the pagoda was relatively empty, with only two small statues standing on opposite sides of the room. After checking around the statues Tsuzuki climbed the stairs to the next level. On this floor there were four statues, each one facing the center of the room from a different wall. Tsuzuki didn't find anything on this floor either, so he made his way to the third and final level of the tiny, wooden pagoda. Although this room was the smallest of the three, only about as big as a tiny one room apartment, it held five statues, four smaller ones on each wall facing a larger one in the center. Tsuzuki walked up to the larger statue, it was in the form of a small Buddha and facing out the only window on the top floor. He faced the peaceful expression of the Buddha and bowed slightly; even though he wasn't a Buddhist he still wanted to pay his respects to whomever's remains were in that statue. He turned from the Buddha and searched the rest of the statues; again he turned up nothing but air and dust. He sighed and headed back down the stairs, planning on visiting the big copper bell sitting in its small platform before checking out the graveyard.
Hisoka was getting more than a little angry at finding nothing. He had searched nearly every tree, rock, and roof on the temple grounds and had turned up nothing. He was getting frustrated, and the added bonus of feeling the murder victim's fear of this place wasn't helping any! He let out aggravated growl and flew to the top of the pagoda's roof. He passed the third floor window just as Tsuzuki was bowing to the statue in the center of the room. Hisoka shook his head, smiled and continued to the roof. He sighed heavily when he turned up nothing and turned toward the platform that held the big copper bell every temple held, planning on searching that roof next.
Tsuzuki looked around the large, copper bell that took up most of the space on the platform, but turned up nothing. He was about to leave the bell and start searching the graveyard when a glimpse of something that looked like blood peaking from beneath the bell caught his eye. Tsuzuki bent down to get a better look and was surprised when he saw, not a pool of dried blood as he had expected, but a blood-red feather about the length of his forearm, and as wide as his palm, lying beneath the bell. Tsuzuki picked up the feather excitedly and called out for Hisoka, "'Soka, come here! I found something!"
Hisoka floated down from the roof of the platform. He snorted when he saw what Tsuzuki was holding triumphantly in his hands, "It's just a feather. I don't see how that will help us."
"*Look* at it, Hisoka! This feather is too large for any bird that lives around here. Plus, the color, I've not seen any blood colored birds around Nagasaki. This *has* to be a feather from the demon's wings!" Tsuzuki brandished the feather like a baton.
Hisoka grabbed the feather, closed his eyes, and focused on trying to get some sense of emotion from it. *Greed. Lust for power. Anger. Frustration. Triumph. More anger. Not enough power. Need more.* Hisoka's eyes snapped open and he looked at Tsuzuki, "This *is* a feather from the demon. Whatever the demon is, it kills for power, and it's trying to gather more."
Tsuzuki nodded, "I think we should take the feather, and everything we have found out, back to Meifu. Maybe Gushoushin or Watari will be able to figure out what kind of demon we're dealing with."
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"Watari, I really, uhnnn, need to get, hmmm, some work done. Don't you have, uhhhh, an experiment or, ahhhh, a case you need to work on? Mmmmm," Tatsumi's stern reprimand was ruined as he moaned and tilted his head, allowing the scientist currently curled on his lap easier access to his neck.
Watari flicked his tongue over Tatsumi's neck again before answering, never fully taking his lips from the delicious expanse of skin before him, "I'm completely free today. I can focus *all* of my attention on you!"
Tatsumi groaned as Watari wiggled a little in his lap and continued to nibble and suck at his neck. He was just about to give in to the eager scientist's demands when a furious and excited knock sounded at his door. Watari groaned, flicked his tongue once more over the delicious tanned skin, and slipped off Tatsumi's lap, knowing the secretary too well to even try to get him to ignore whoever had interrupted them. Tatsumi smiled apologetically at Watari, who was now perched on top of his desk, before calling out, "Come in!"
Tsuzuki bounced into the office and grinned at the two Shinigami, Hisoka walking quietly behind him, a slight blush suffusing his face, "Hi, Tatsumi! Watari, Gushoushin said you might be in here!"
Watari smiled brilliantly at Tsuzuki, "What can I do for you, Tsuzuki? Aren't you supposed to be working on a case?"
"That's why we're here. Watari, we need you and Gushoushin to do some research for us," Tsuzuki said.
"If you aren't busy with anything else," Hisoka interjected quickly, he didn't want Watari to feel obligated to do anything for them, especially when the emotions emanating from the scientist were clearly focused entirely on something, or to be more precise some*one*, other than work.
Watari turned knowing eyes to Hisoka, and smiled at the teen, "Actually, Bon, I was just telling Tatsumi that I have nothing to do today. I was just going to spend it bothering him, but helping you is more important. What is it you need?"
Tsuzuki pulled the huge feather from one of his coat pockets and held it out to Watari, "We need you to figure out what sort of demon we're dealing with."
Watari's amber eyes flashed behind his wire-framed glasses as he gently took the feather from Tsuzuki, "A challenge is it? Very well, let's go see Gushoushin; I'm sure you don't want to repeat the same information twice."
Watari stood up from Tatsumi's desk, handed the feather back to Tsuzuki, and the three Shinigami filed out of the secretary's office. Tatsumi sighed in disappointment and tried to focus once more on his work. Just as he picked up his pencil and bent over the forms in front of him, Watari rushed back into his office and planted a firm kiss directly onto his lips before saying, "After work, I am definitely going to be bothering you for a *very* long time, koibito."
Before Tatsumi could open his mouth to reply, Watari had disappeared from his office yet again.
"What did you forget in Tatsumi's office, Watari?" Tsuzuki asked as Watari bounded up to them.
"I just forgot to tell him something," Watari's smile was bright and full of mischief.
The three Shinigami walked down the hall and into the record room where Gushoushin and his twin were busily sorting books and papers. When Gushoushin looked up from his work and saw the three enter, he put the papers he was currently looking over down and flew over to them.
"Ah, Tsuzuki-san you found Watari-san, good. Now, you said you had some information you wanted us to look up?" Gushoushin's high-pitched voice greeted them.
Tsuzuki nodded and handed the little chicken the feather that he had found, "Gushoushin, this feather is from the wings of the demon that we believe is bringing all those people back to life. We were wondering if you and Watari could work on finding out what demon it is we're facing so we could be prepared when we actually fight it."
Gushoushin nodded and Watari's eyes sparkled with a scientist's love for puzzles. Gushoushin looked closely at the feather, then handed it to Watari, who examined it before turning to Tsuzuki and Hisoka, "The feather is a good start, but we're going to need something else to go on, if you want any information other than the demon has red wings."
Hisoka looked at Watari and Gushoushin, "Whatever the demon is, it seems to gain power from killing. When I touched the feather anger was radiating from it because there wasn't enough power. I think the demon is trying to gather strength and it will probably try to kill again, soon. Also, I think the demon's main weapon seems to be its victims' own fear, all of the crime scenes have been saturated with it. How it uses the fear, I don't know."
"Hmmmm," Watari tapped his chin with the feather, "A demon with red wings, kills for power, and weapon of choice is the victims' own fear. This is a great start! Come on, Gushoushin, we should be able to solve this puzzle in no time!"
Watari grabbed Gushoushin by the wing and ran out of the record room, his eyes bright at the thought of a challenge. Tsuzuki chuckled, "Leave it to Watari. He and Gushoushin will find out what kind of demon we're dealing with. Come on, 'Soka, let's get back to Nagasaki. If we hurry the lunch buffet might still be open!"
Hisoka rolled his eyes, "Very well, I don't want to have to listen to your whining later."
Tsuzuki's eyes brightened and he clapped his hands excitedly before disappearing, presumably back to the hotel. Hisoka shook his head in bemusement, a slight indulgent smile dancing on his lips before he, too, teleported back to the hotel room.
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*Amidado is the main hall of a Buddhist temple. ** Kodo is the lecture hall where worship is held *** "Shanju no to" just means the pagoda only has three stories
MorningStar: Wow . . . this took me forever! But the plot is really starting to fly! Hahahaha, the next chapter will find our heroes in some interesting situations:D Makes me happy that I am finally able to get this thing off the launch pad:D Hooray! Soon, my little Hentai's there will be more lemony goodness:D Hahaha, I know that's why you read this, don't try to deny it:D Haha, okay, thas all for now. DAMN MURAKI!!!
Holli: Y'know what, I thought Cardcaptor Sakura would be the stupidest anime ever. HA HA, while not being the best, it ranks up there. Cute and lovely hint fun for us crazy-ass shounen-ai fans! Yay! I'm a can of mackerel! ^_^ Anyhoo, the story is really coming along. MS had just about as much trouble as me when it came to finishing our lastest chapters of your multi- chapter fics. Too much school work and other interference! But it's here now and it's good! Enjoy!
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Chapter Five
One Step Closer
The two Shinigami spent the next day doing exactly what they had said . . . nothing. Hisoka spent most of the day curled up with his book, reading, while Tsuzuki enjoyed one of his new favorite past-times, watching Hisoka. They spent most of the day in comfortable silence, allowing the young empath to regain his strength.
Hisoka was glad for the day off, the only emotions he had to contend with were the ones flowing gently from Tsuzuki. The soothing tides of Tsuzuki's love ebbed and flowed through him, calming him and helping him to rebuild his Psy-shields. Hisoka would occasionally look up from his book and catch Tsuzuki staring at him, violet eyes filled with love and worry. When this happened Hisoka would blush deeply and duck his head back behind his book. Tsuzuki would just smile and shake his head, and the two would return to their previous companionable silence.
The next day Hisoka woke up feeling much better, he turned and glanced at the clock by the bedside, the red numbers glared at him, telling him that it was almost five-thirty. He slipped out from beneath Tsuzuki's protective arm and padded into the bathroom, intent on taking a quick shower and getting an early start.
"Tsuzuki, wake up! I want to get going!" Hisoka called from the bathroom. He hadn't bothered to shut the door knowing that it wouldn't do any good if Tsuzuki decided to wake up and join him.
Tsuzuki turned towards Hisoka's voice, keeping his eyes closed, "Feeling better?"
"A lot better. Thank you," Hisoka's voice was muffled and Tsuzuki decided to crack an eye open to see why, but as soon as his brain registered what he was seeing, both eyes snapped wide. He sat up in bed and ogled his partner openly. Hisoka was bent over near the mirror; a towel draped over his head as he dried his hair, the rest of his body was completely bare and covered in a fine sheen of moisture. Tsuzuki swallowed hard and tried to even out his breathing. Hisoka straightened and a blush suffused his face and chest when his eyes met Tsuzuki's openly lust filled ones. He quickly wrapped the towel around his waist and dug through their suitcase, pulling on a pair of boxers and jeans, much to Tsuzuki's disappointment.
"Ahhh, come on, 'Soka. We can start later . . . like after lunch," Tsuzuki's eyes were wide with hope and lust as he continued to stare at the creamy chest that was still exposed.
Hisoka shook his head, "I want to get started as early as possible. Come on, get out of bed and take a shower . . . a *cold* shower."
Tsuzuki pouted briefly before bounding cheerfully out of the bed, glad that Hisoka was feeling better. He charged into the bathroom to take a quick shower before hurriedly getting dressed, although he made sure Hisoka got as much of an eyeful as he had earlier!
The two ate a quick breakfast, Tsuzuki only going back to the bar once. After breakfast they made plans to visit only two of the five remaining murder scenes and to at least try to interrogate the rest of the victims.
When they reached the first site Tsuzuki kept a close watch on Hisoka, making sure that his partner wasn't feeling overwhelmed or stressed. After a few minutes of having Tsuzuki hovering over him like an overprotective mother, Hisoka finally snapped. He whirled around glared at his partner, "Tsuzuki, I told you I was fine! Now stop hovering and make yourself useful! Go search for some *physical* clues!"
Tsuzuki pouted briefly before becoming serious and searching around the site thoroughly, looking for any physical signs of what had happened.
Hisoka was having an easier time now that he knew what to expect. Instead of trying to completely block out the intense fear that permeated the very air at the small park he absorbed some of the fear into himself and blocked out the worst of it. By absorbing that fear he prevented his shields from being overwhelmed and he also received a better picture of what had happened, unfortunately that picture wasn't much clearer than it had been at the first few sites. The only things that he could see were sharp fangs and wings.
"Tsuzuki," Hisoka called out to his partner, who was currently floating in the branches of a nearby tree.
Tsuzuki floated down and looked at Hisoka, covertly searching for any outward signs of stress, "Nani?"
Hisoka noticed Tsuzuki's look though and he sighed, "Tsuzuki, I'm fine! I just wanted to tell you that I am getting a flash of what the killer looks like."
Tsuzuki's eyes widened at this and he nodded for Hisoka to continue.
"It's not much, but our killer has wings and fangs, that's the most I could get."
Tsuzuki's face turned grim, "It's enough to tell us that we are definitely dealing with a demon. Now we just need to figure out what *kind* of demon it is so we can kill it."
Hisoka nodded, "Did you find anything?"
Tsuzuki shook his head and they decided to go to the next place to continue the search for more physical clues. Hisoka wouldn't get anything different from the next scene with his empathic abilities since the murders were so close together, so he decided to help Tsuzuki in his search for physical clues.
Tsuzuki and Hisoka landed on a patch of grass outside the grounds of a small temple. The gates that marked the entrance to the grounds were faded and time worn. The once beautifully carved and painted gates had chunks missing and there was even a little graffiti on the walls. The two Shinigami shook their heads at such a show of disrespect. Not even holy ground was sacred anymore.
They decided to split up; Hisoka would search the areas outside the buildings while Tsuzuki searched inside. Hisoka was still absorbing some of the fear that permeated the air, but instead of focusing on that he made sure to keep his mind on the area around him. He watched as Tsuzuki entered the amidado* of the temple while he walked around the outside, searching the ground, trees, and even the roofs of the buildings. He would make sure that not an inch of ground or tiny leaf bud was spared his gaze.
Tsuzuki's footsteps echoed somewhat ominously as he entered the amidado. The amidado was the largest of all the buildings on the temple grounds, and it only had two rooms. There was a larger public room that held the statues and other objects of worship, and a smaller room for praying and meditation. Tsuzuki walked around every pillar, looked on top of every statue and even checked in the ash of the old incense for anything that would give them a hint as to what kind of demon they were dealing with. When he turned up nothing he walked out of the building and turned toward the kodo** that stood only a few feet away.
The kodo was smaller than the amidado and consisted of only one very large room. There were places for people to sit and statues representing different gods and Buddha. It only took Tsuzuki a few moments to search through the kodo; again he wound up empty handed. He left the kodo and walked over to the shanju no to*** pagoda. He didn't hold much hope that the small, three-story building would turn up more than the other two had, but he meant to search everywhere.
The first floor of the pagoda was relatively empty, with only two small statues standing on opposite sides of the room. After checking around the statues Tsuzuki climbed the stairs to the next level. On this floor there were four statues, each one facing the center of the room from a different wall. Tsuzuki didn't find anything on this floor either, so he made his way to the third and final level of the tiny, wooden pagoda. Although this room was the smallest of the three, only about as big as a tiny one room apartment, it held five statues, four smaller ones on each wall facing a larger one in the center. Tsuzuki walked up to the larger statue, it was in the form of a small Buddha and facing out the only window on the top floor. He faced the peaceful expression of the Buddha and bowed slightly; even though he wasn't a Buddhist he still wanted to pay his respects to whomever's remains were in that statue. He turned from the Buddha and searched the rest of the statues; again he turned up nothing but air and dust. He sighed and headed back down the stairs, planning on visiting the big copper bell sitting in its small platform before checking out the graveyard.
Hisoka was getting more than a little angry at finding nothing. He had searched nearly every tree, rock, and roof on the temple grounds and had turned up nothing. He was getting frustrated, and the added bonus of feeling the murder victim's fear of this place wasn't helping any! He let out aggravated growl and flew to the top of the pagoda's roof. He passed the third floor window just as Tsuzuki was bowing to the statue in the center of the room. Hisoka shook his head, smiled and continued to the roof. He sighed heavily when he turned up nothing and turned toward the platform that held the big copper bell every temple held, planning on searching that roof next.
Tsuzuki looked around the large, copper bell that took up most of the space on the platform, but turned up nothing. He was about to leave the bell and start searching the graveyard when a glimpse of something that looked like blood peaking from beneath the bell caught his eye. Tsuzuki bent down to get a better look and was surprised when he saw, not a pool of dried blood as he had expected, but a blood-red feather about the length of his forearm, and as wide as his palm, lying beneath the bell. Tsuzuki picked up the feather excitedly and called out for Hisoka, "'Soka, come here! I found something!"
Hisoka floated down from the roof of the platform. He snorted when he saw what Tsuzuki was holding triumphantly in his hands, "It's just a feather. I don't see how that will help us."
"*Look* at it, Hisoka! This feather is too large for any bird that lives around here. Plus, the color, I've not seen any blood colored birds around Nagasaki. This *has* to be a feather from the demon's wings!" Tsuzuki brandished the feather like a baton.
Hisoka grabbed the feather, closed his eyes, and focused on trying to get some sense of emotion from it. *Greed. Lust for power. Anger. Frustration. Triumph. More anger. Not enough power. Need more.* Hisoka's eyes snapped open and he looked at Tsuzuki, "This *is* a feather from the demon. Whatever the demon is, it kills for power, and it's trying to gather more."
Tsuzuki nodded, "I think we should take the feather, and everything we have found out, back to Meifu. Maybe Gushoushin or Watari will be able to figure out what kind of demon we're dealing with."
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"Watari, I really, uhnnn, need to get, hmmm, some work done. Don't you have, uhhhh, an experiment or, ahhhh, a case you need to work on? Mmmmm," Tatsumi's stern reprimand was ruined as he moaned and tilted his head, allowing the scientist currently curled on his lap easier access to his neck.
Watari flicked his tongue over Tatsumi's neck again before answering, never fully taking his lips from the delicious expanse of skin before him, "I'm completely free today. I can focus *all* of my attention on you!"
Tatsumi groaned as Watari wiggled a little in his lap and continued to nibble and suck at his neck. He was just about to give in to the eager scientist's demands when a furious and excited knock sounded at his door. Watari groaned, flicked his tongue once more over the delicious tanned skin, and slipped off Tatsumi's lap, knowing the secretary too well to even try to get him to ignore whoever had interrupted them. Tatsumi smiled apologetically at Watari, who was now perched on top of his desk, before calling out, "Come in!"
Tsuzuki bounced into the office and grinned at the two Shinigami, Hisoka walking quietly behind him, a slight blush suffusing his face, "Hi, Tatsumi! Watari, Gushoushin said you might be in here!"
Watari smiled brilliantly at Tsuzuki, "What can I do for you, Tsuzuki? Aren't you supposed to be working on a case?"
"That's why we're here. Watari, we need you and Gushoushin to do some research for us," Tsuzuki said.
"If you aren't busy with anything else," Hisoka interjected quickly, he didn't want Watari to feel obligated to do anything for them, especially when the emotions emanating from the scientist were clearly focused entirely on something, or to be more precise some*one*, other than work.
Watari turned knowing eyes to Hisoka, and smiled at the teen, "Actually, Bon, I was just telling Tatsumi that I have nothing to do today. I was just going to spend it bothering him, but helping you is more important. What is it you need?"
Tsuzuki pulled the huge feather from one of his coat pockets and held it out to Watari, "We need you to figure out what sort of demon we're dealing with."
Watari's amber eyes flashed behind his wire-framed glasses as he gently took the feather from Tsuzuki, "A challenge is it? Very well, let's go see Gushoushin; I'm sure you don't want to repeat the same information twice."
Watari stood up from Tatsumi's desk, handed the feather back to Tsuzuki, and the three Shinigami filed out of the secretary's office. Tatsumi sighed in disappointment and tried to focus once more on his work. Just as he picked up his pencil and bent over the forms in front of him, Watari rushed back into his office and planted a firm kiss directly onto his lips before saying, "After work, I am definitely going to be bothering you for a *very* long time, koibito."
Before Tatsumi could open his mouth to reply, Watari had disappeared from his office yet again.
"What did you forget in Tatsumi's office, Watari?" Tsuzuki asked as Watari bounded up to them.
"I just forgot to tell him something," Watari's smile was bright and full of mischief.
The three Shinigami walked down the hall and into the record room where Gushoushin and his twin were busily sorting books and papers. When Gushoushin looked up from his work and saw the three enter, he put the papers he was currently looking over down and flew over to them.
"Ah, Tsuzuki-san you found Watari-san, good. Now, you said you had some information you wanted us to look up?" Gushoushin's high-pitched voice greeted them.
Tsuzuki nodded and handed the little chicken the feather that he had found, "Gushoushin, this feather is from the wings of the demon that we believe is bringing all those people back to life. We were wondering if you and Watari could work on finding out what demon it is we're facing so we could be prepared when we actually fight it."
Gushoushin nodded and Watari's eyes sparkled with a scientist's love for puzzles. Gushoushin looked closely at the feather, then handed it to Watari, who examined it before turning to Tsuzuki and Hisoka, "The feather is a good start, but we're going to need something else to go on, if you want any information other than the demon has red wings."
Hisoka looked at Watari and Gushoushin, "Whatever the demon is, it seems to gain power from killing. When I touched the feather anger was radiating from it because there wasn't enough power. I think the demon is trying to gather strength and it will probably try to kill again, soon. Also, I think the demon's main weapon seems to be its victims' own fear, all of the crime scenes have been saturated with it. How it uses the fear, I don't know."
"Hmmmm," Watari tapped his chin with the feather, "A demon with red wings, kills for power, and weapon of choice is the victims' own fear. This is a great start! Come on, Gushoushin, we should be able to solve this puzzle in no time!"
Watari grabbed Gushoushin by the wing and ran out of the record room, his eyes bright at the thought of a challenge. Tsuzuki chuckled, "Leave it to Watari. He and Gushoushin will find out what kind of demon we're dealing with. Come on, 'Soka, let's get back to Nagasaki. If we hurry the lunch buffet might still be open!"
Hisoka rolled his eyes, "Very well, I don't want to have to listen to your whining later."
Tsuzuki's eyes brightened and he clapped his hands excitedly before disappearing, presumably back to the hotel. Hisoka shook his head in bemusement, a slight indulgent smile dancing on his lips before he, too, teleported back to the hotel room.
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*Amidado is the main hall of a Buddhist temple. ** Kodo is the lecture hall where worship is held *** "Shanju no to" just means the pagoda only has three stories