Death Gods
By: Seiryuu – East God
A bit like Bleach and Yami no Matsuei, but it is majorly different. I swear. Because, I do not keep up with Bleach, and I only know short parts of certain episodes, so yeah… you wouldn't think I'd be able to rewrite the storyline of it exactly, right?
Oh, and since I'm going to use some characters that I don't know how they look like, I'll just write their names, is that okay?
Summary: a Shinigami from Shokan's thirteenth division comes down to earth to take care of a leak, but when he unlocked the powers of the potential Shinigami who had his power sealed away, he lost his ability to go back to Meifu through the Gate. What should he do?
Warning: OOCness (probably), femaleSasuke (sorry) and others (I'll have to think about this later)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Chapter One
A girl with shoulder-length raven black hair, obsidian-colored eyes, and boy-like body who goes by the name of Uchiha Sasuke –yes, she admitted it is a boy's name, but she couldn't blame her parents for that- was sitting in her desk in the office where five other people were sitting, reading a newspaper. The location of the office room he was in was actually quite confusing, but not unexplainable. There is a world for called the Meifu, or some prefer to call it the Soul Society. Meifu is divided into some divisions, but is led by the division JuOhCho. In the JuOhCho, there are some divisions, and the most prestigious division is the Shokan division, the division of the Shinigamis. In the center of the Shokan division part is the thirteenth division, and that's where the office room is.
Well, that wasn't that confusing, was it?
She was reading the newspaper as she sipped on her coffee –it was the coffee break, the others did the same- when a knock was suddenly heard. She shifted her gaze from the newspaper in front of her to the door that was directly to the left of her.
The door opened with a resounding creak –she'd have to ask the Chief or the secretary to take care of that- and a perverted-looking man who wore sunglasses and black bandana's head popped through the gap. "Uchiha Sasuke, the Chief asks for your presence," he said briefly, and closed the door.
Sasuke merely stared at him for a while, sighed, folded the newspaper, and got up. She looked at her cup, and with a defeated sigh, left her precious cup of coffee on the desk. Haku would definitely come and take care of it, anyway.
Haku? Oh, he's a member of the eleventh division, the division specializing in healing magic. He's a boy that looks like a girl, the complete opposite of Sasuke, but they get along well. Haku appreciated and admired Sasuke for her strong heart and will, even after the things she had to go through.
She corrected the position of her black kimono and hakama –the samurai-like Shinigami uniform-, and walked out of the office. The others didn't even bat an eyelash, because they knew just why her presence was often asked by the Chief.
She had the abilities of the ancient Shinigami. Ancient Shinigamis were able to summon spirit beasts, or more commonly known as Shikigamis. The Shinigamis nowadays aren't able to do so, and so, they have a Soul Slayer in the form of a sword to help them defeat a Hollow.
A Hollow is the spirit of a dead person who had regrets in his life, or held grudges against someone he knew. Sometimes, Hollow sought people who are close to them before they were dead, and tried to harm them.
Since the death of the well-known Shinigami Kouryuu, the ancient Shinigamis were no more. Nowadays, Shinigamis could age, die, and they couldn't summon Shikigamis. Of course, there are a few ancient Shinigamis just like her, but they only own a Shikigami, and a weak one at that.
Rumor has it that a Shinigami is deserted at Earth, and his power is sealed away. And also, rumor has it that the Shinigami is an ancient Shinigami with a powerful Shikigami. But of course, none had ever met the Shinigami, and even if they had, they hadn't the power to open the seal put on him.
Only the Shinigami elite could put a seal and remove a seal like that, and the Shinigami elite were only a few. Namely, the three descents of the Uchiha clan –because it is a well-known clan in Meifu-, the head of the third division, specializing in researches and such, and the pervert chief of the second division, that specialized in close combat that uses swords –or in this case, that uses Soul Slayers-.
She walked out of the office rather briskly, leaving her hakama swishing, following the breeze. She walked past the office rooms of the earlier divisions of the Shokan division that is divided into thirteen divisions, past the lounge where the Shinigamis get their coffee from, and finally to the Chief's office.
She knocked on the door lightly, and only entered the office when he heard the command to do so. She bowed her head down low at the Chief –an old man with long? white hair who goes by the name Sarutobi- to show her respect to him, and sat down on a leather chair in front of his desk.
"Good to see you, Sasuke," Sarutobi said as he nodded his head in acknowledgement at Sasuke. "I believe you have sensed the presence of the leak as well?" he asked, and Sasuke nodded. She had sensed it, but thought that the sixth division was sent to take care of the leak.
"I was going to send the sixth division there, but they're out doing something other," Sarutobi answered to Sasuke's questioning look, and Sasuke nodded. "I was going to send someone other, but it looks like the leak is not something easy to take care of, and I think it'd be best if I have a Shinigami elite taking care of it," he explained, and Sasuke nodded her head once again.
"I will take care of it," Sasuke stated flatly, but Sarutobi knew that she would take the matters seriously. The flatness of her speech is passed down through the lineage, but it seemed that Shisui doesn't have any problem with his speech.
"I depend on you to take care of this… leak. It's positioned at Karakura, you've been there at least ten times, so it would be no problem for you to locate the place," Sarutobi said, and Sasuke stood up.
"Now, if you would excuse me," she said politely as she bowed down once again, and walked out of the Chief's office. She turned right, and walked towards the portal room that connects Meifu with the human world.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
A boy with spiky blond hair and bright blue eyes walked out of his classroom. The bell had rung, and the students filed out of the classroom, and out of the school grounds as well. There was no extracurricular activity that day so he was able to go directly home after the last class.
It wasn't all that good a day, but at least it wasn't a gloomy cloudy day that told him it would be raining soon. He walked along the path that would lead him home, but stopped when he saw an unusual skirmish.
Unusual, as in, it was a fight that you do not see everyday. In front of him, stood a boy –of course his hair is shoulder-length, but it's not forbidden in schools in Japan, so yeah- with raven black hair and lean figure. He wore black samurai-like uniform, and was holding onto a samurai sword.
He stood with his back towards him so he couldn't see the boy's face. In front of him, was something he saw long ago. Something he saw the day of his parents' death. The creature who had killed them, but spared him.
He watched as the boy slashed through the body of the creature easily with his sword, and the creature vanished. It was good to have the power to fight them. He didn't have the power to at that time. But even if he did, he couldn't touch the creatures. What good would it do him then?
"Oi," the boy called out in a deep, smooth and rich voice. "You don't go around watching this kind of fight," he added, "Go home if you want to stay safe,"
The blond boy was about to retort, when suddenly the boy turned around to face him, and started walking towards him. He gulped. He had never seen a boy like him. Not one that beautiful, at least. He has obsidian-colored eyes, small, thin lips, and pale skin. Almost as white as a lily.
"You can see them?" the boy inquired as he looked intensely at the blond boy who merely nodded. He sighed deeply, his eyes straining somewhere to the top of his head, before going back to his eye level –even though the boy still has to look upwards because he is shorter than the blond boy by several centimeters-.
"Yes," the blond boy nodded his head. "They… killed my parents," he added, and the boy nodded his head in understanding, or in sympathy, he couldn't really tell.
"I suppose they would because…" he trailed off. "I mean, I'm sorry to hear that, and I'm sorry as well, because I wasn't able to get there in time and…" he stopped once again. True, he wasn't able to get there in time to save the two, but he was able to get there in time to see the two killed… rather sadistically. He saw the blond child though, and he was able to get the blond boy out of danger and get him to safety.
"What are you talking about? You're probably as old as I am at that time," the blond boy said as he raised an eyebrow at the raven haired boy, and the raven haired boy merely chuckled at the thought.
"I wonder if you'll freak out when I tell you my age," the raven haired boy said in pure humor as his eyes twinkled with mirth. "Not that old, though," he added as he smiled serenely. Now he felt really, really fortunate that he was able to come in time to save the blond kid.
"Aren't you fifteen?" the blond boy asked as he shot a strange look at the direction of the other boy. "Or are you actually twenty and your growth is stopped because of malnutrition or something like that?"
"Older than that," the boy said as he shook his head. "Now, be done with this age issue, and be careful," he said, once again holding onto his sword, his eyes glinting like that of a wolf's. The creatures were advancing towards them, albeit slowly. He ran towards them, and slashed them gracefully, as if he was performing a dance.
He jumped back and stood near the boy again. He didn't have the power to fight back, so he couldn't leave him alone.
"What are those creatures?" the blond boy asked as he looked disgustedly at the creatures that he had always referred to as monsters, but at least he had manners, so he had the decency to call them creatures. Well, they are creatures, right?
"They are Hollows," the raven haired boy answered. "The spirit of the dead who bears regrets, or grudges," he added. He turned towards the three Hollows who are advancing towards them, and shot a ball of light magic towards them and slain them in the process.
"Oh," the boy mumbled. He then started to notice that the Hollows had started to encircle them, letting no way to escape, and letting no way the boy could slay them while protecting him from their attacks. He suddenly felt useless all of a sudden, just like at the day of his parents' death.
The raven haired boy slew the Hollows that were advancing on them, but was too late to slay the ones on the other side. When he turned around, the blond boy was standing face to face with a Hollow.
"Watch out!" he shouted as he shoved the blond boy out of the way, and received the attack in his stead. It wasn't anything vital, or anything he couldn't take, but it sure did hurt.
He lifted his sword, and slew the Hollow, before falling on his knee. Damn. He should have trained a lot more with his brothers, especially the psychopath one –it was what he addressed him with-.
"Hey, you okay?" the blond boy kneeled beside him, and pulled him back before a Hollow could hit him for the second time. Somehow, he felt relieved that he didn't die, unlike his parents who died protecting him.
"Hey, tell me your name," the raven haired boy started.
"Me? I'm Uzumaki Naruto," the blond boy answered.
"Can you fight?" the raven haired boy asked again before Naruto had the chance to ask him for his name.
"I can," the blond boy said, "But I can't touch them," he added.
"It is beside the point," the raven haired boy said. "But let me rephrase my question, can you handle a sword?" he asked.
"Yes, I can," the blond boy nodded his head rather impatiently.
"I see, then…" the raven haired got up. He nearly fell down, but he didn't. The blond boy was about to get up as well, but he raised his foot before he could do so and…
THUD
There goes his abused head.
"What was that for?" the blond boy demanded as he rubbed his abused forehead.
"Shut up, and fight," the raven haired boy said sternly as he ran a hand –which he noticed glowed with a bright light- through the side of his body, and stood upright.
He looked down, and noticed –again- that he was wearing the same black samurai-like uniform like the one the boy was wearing, and that on his back, was slung a huge sword.
"That is a Soul Slayer," the boy said. "Beside using a Soul Slayer, you can slay Hollows by using magic, or the embodiment of your spirit force,"
With the aid of Naruto –even though the boy had said that he was able to do it faster because Naruto was no longer a burden- he managed to slay the Hollows, and then close the leak. All high-class Shinigami and Shinigami elite could do that.
The boy turned around, and swung his sword. Soon enough, a dimension hole was created in front of him, and he was about to enter it, if not for Naruto's voice that interrupted him.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Back to Meifu," the raven haired boy shrugged. "Didn't I tell you that I'm a Shinigami?" he asked back.
"No you didn't," Naruto growled.
"Oh, and while I'm at it, let me tell you that you're also a Shinigami," the raven haired boy added. "The feature that tell that someone is a Shinigami is the Soul Slayer, and the black samurai-like uniform,"
"And what's Meifu?" Naruto asked again.
"Land of the Dead," the raven haired boy answered, and was about to continue when Naruto suddenly interrupted him, again.
"You're already dead? Why didn't you tell me?" he started to freak out.
"I was about to continue if you didn't interrupt, Mr. I-Like-Interrupts," the raven haired boy rolled his eyes. "It is the place where we Shinigamis stay, and work,"
"Oh," Naruto looked down, his eyes showing some kind of disappointment. It's true that he had just met the boy for a few moments, but he felt strangely… attached to the boy. As if he had met him somewhere before, and was fond of him the first time he met him.
The raven haired boy looked back, but then walked into the dimension hole. Only to be rejected by it. He was thrown back, away from the hole, and the hole closed down as soon as he was catapulted back.
"Oof," Naruto grunted as he rubbed the back of his head. Well, lucky for the boy and not lucky for him, it seems like one of the Gods above deemed that he'd be the perfect thing to cushion the raven haired boy's fall.
"Sorry," the raven haired boy got up quickly, but the look on his face was… quite intriguing. There was a look of terror, or horror –he was never good at Language Arts anyway-, fear, disappointment, and puzzlement.
"What happened?" Naruto asked helpfully.
"I wasn't able to go back to Meifu," the raven haired boy stated sarcastically. Wasn't it obvious enough?
"Well, so? It's not a big deal, is it? You'll just have to stay here until you are," Naruto shrugged, and the raven haired boy glared at him rather heatedly. "What? I was just stating my opinion," he said rather defensively.
The raven haired boy sighed, and he got up, dusted his uniform and turned around. "No other choice, I think. I'll just stay somewhere until they know about this,"
Naruto reached out a hand to get a hold of the boy's wrist. "Wait," he said. "I live on my own not far from here. You could stay with me if you want," he offered.
The raven haired boy looked like he was thinking about the offer, but then shrugged. "I could never reject an offer,"
"Great, I'll show you the way then," Naruto said, but then stopped, and turned around to face the boy. "I've told you my name, so now tell me, what's your name?" he asked.
"It's Uchiha Sasuke, nice to meet you,"
End of Chapter One
I actually got another version of this story. The other one was written just for fun, and this is based on the other one… or the other way around. Well, since they're the same, I guess it doesn't really matter.
So, do you enjoy it, or hate it? I wouldn't blame you if you accused me of plagiarism, but once again, I assure you, I only get the main idea of being a Shinigami and a part of the first storyline as an inspiration. I didn't watch Bleach from the part where Ichigo is given a special training by Urahara onwards, and I do not watch the first twelve episodes or so. The rest, I watch at my sister's computer as I took care of my computer as well, so you could guess just how much I was able to take from the series.
Well, if you enjoy it, or if you think I'm missing something, there's grammar error, spelling error, or something else, I'd be happy to receive a constructive criticism, or a review. But if you are just going to flame me saying I suck and others, then do as you will. I do not care.