Extra: What if Muraki and Tsuzuki won?
"Actually, I think your calculations are wrong Tsuzuki-san. We should go this way since it is the more logical choice," Muraki argued back, calmly.
"But logical isn't always the right choice," Tsuzuki responded with a smart remark.
This had to be the first time that they were actually speaking on good terms. Speaking on good terms means no yelling arguments, no fists being thrown, and no shikigami summoning to kill the other. After all, they did have one goal in mind and that was to beat Hisoka and Maria. They had motivation. Hisoka and Maria as a team coming up with some kind of 'dare' for them was a frightening thought.
They continued on one path. It was one they both wouldn't even think of taking. They figured it was the best choice since it worked last time when they were fighting over which place to go and Maria picked the route that they didn't. At least it was settled immediately. It usually took them longer to get somewhere but they were surprised that it worked this time.
They were not fighting.
Seems like their intelligent minds brought them something substantial as they heard a scream. They quickly ran ahead hoping they weren't too late.
They appeared in front of a building. They entered and saw a woman about to be killed. Apparently they found the guy.
What luck!
They immediately rushed into their own plans while silently thinking of how much they're going to enjoy Maria's and Hisoka's humiliation when they found out. They got into their hiding places. They didn't need to plan it out as they both had the same pattern thought. They knew how the other worked.
They were planning a surprise attack from both sides. It was a flawed plan but it worked… most of the time. After all, these are two of the most powerful of shinigamis to actually roam Meifu. How can they not win as a team?
Thinking about it, they do get into fights – a lot – so that seems to be the only flaw in their plans.
They locked eyes and nodded to each other. They both got the message to attack. With that, they summoned their respectable shikigamis and attacked. Ranges of red and green flames surrounded the building.
"What's going on?" the man said in disbelief as the flames surrounded him.
With that, Muraki and Tsuzuki stepped out of their hiding place to watch as the flames began to spread throughout the building. Tsuzuki immediately dived in to get the captive woman so Tatsumi wouldn't be mad at them. Muraki wouldn't even get her anyways. Eventually, Muraki stepped in to take care of the 'bad guy'. Tsuzuki took the hysterical woman outside to comfort her.
"Sssh… It's going to be okay," Tsuzuki told the woman who seemed to calm down by the minute.
A few seconds later, Muraki emerged from the building with the culprit. He pulled out a cell and dialed a number.
"Tatsumi-san, tell Hisoka and Maria that we've solved the case," Muraki said and dragged the unconscious culprit towards them. Tsuzuki looked at him. "I'll take him back, make sure the lady gets home." With that, Muraki left. Tsuzuki sighed before looking to the woman, giving a smile.
"Saa, lets go ne?" he said.
-X-
Muraki smirked at the hilarity of it all. Really, Hisoka and Maria are very amusing, especially right now at the realization that they actually lost. Muraki was waiting patiently for Tsuzuki to make it back. After all, he was enjoying the nervousness at the moment. He could feel it coming in waves.
He watched amusingly as they kept passing notes by using the text editor on the cell phone. It actually saved on cost of paper and pen or pencil.
'I can't believe the nutzoids won!' Maria typed before passing it to Hisoka.
'They just got lucky, that's all.' Hisoka replied.
'So? HE doesn't need to be so smug about it!'
Without empathy, Hisoka could tell Maria was about to lose it if Muraki didn't wipe that smirk off his face. Hisoka was pissed too, but he didn't show it as such. He was sure Muraki could feel it through their 'bond'. It just made Muraki smirk even more.
"I'm sensing some hostility here. Is something wrong?" he smugly asked. They both glared before Maria typed something in and shoving it in front of him.
"'F--- off and die.' Now that's not very nice." After that, Tsuzuki walked in.
"What's going on here?" he asked confused. Maria then typed another message.
"'He's bothering us! Make him leave!'" she typed.
Tsuzuki glanced at her then Muraki, who gave a brief shrug at the shoulders.
"Well, you two did deserve it." Tsuzuki said to Maria. She angrily glared at him before typing another message and shoving it in front of his face and he read. "'F--- off and die already you brown-haired freak.' Maria, that isn't very nice." He chasited.
She 'humph-ed', taking Hisoka's hand and dragging him from the room. It took Muraki and Tsuzuki one minute of contemplation before realizing that their prey was escaping. The two quickly ran out of the room to catch them, but found them nowhere near the office.
This does not bode well.
-X-
In Watari's lab, Hisoka and Maria were contemplating possibilities to get out of this bet. Or better yet, make it backfire on the two. Watari watched the exchange when they came into his lab. It was a safe haven for them since Watari agreed to not use them as guinea pigs. At least he wasn't involved in the bet. He was going to be if they had won, but they didn't. Maybe he should help them? It will give him a bit of revenge time on Tsuzuki and Muraki. He heard bits and pieces of their conversation.
"We should…"
"No, it's too…"
"…then what…"
"How about…"
"Maybe…Tatsumi-san…"
"…think he'd go…"
"It's brilliant!"
"Can I… bite?"
"NO!"
"But I… taste…blood." Whine.
"NO!"
"…won't do it…"
"…not…"
"Muraki and Tsuzuki…"
Sigh.
"Fine, after…"
-X-
Tatsumi was rather surprised to find an exhausted Tsuzuki and Muraki burst into his office right before lunch. Usually the two would be dragging the others out to eat. At separate places of course. Instead of appreciating the gesture, he glared as the shadows wavered around them. The two didn't seem to notice. Otherwise, they'd be high-tailing it out of the office by now.
"Tatsumi-san, have you seen Hisoka and Maria?" Muraki asked after he got his breathing calmed. Tatsumi didn't answer immediately. Instead he raised a brow in question.
"You see, Tatsumi-san, they left before we could say something," Tsuzuki added. Tatsumi then glared. He was getting tired of this cat and mouse game.
"No, I haven't. You two burst into my office like this again I'm going to deduct your paychecks into Watari's lab debt. Now get out!" he yelled the last sentence.
The two got it immediately and left. Tatsumi stared at the door a bit longer before letting Hisoka and Maria step out of the shadows.
"I don't know what you're planning but this better be good."
-X-
Three hours, and no sign of Hisoka or Maria. They searched everywhere, and they even went into 'forbidden territory' a.k.a. Watari's lab. It was 2PM and past lunch. They haven't eaten yet since they got caught up in the excitement of what to make Hisoka and Maria do. Now, they were dizzy, tired, and famished.
They seem to attract bad karma. As they were planning to go eat, Tatsumi spotted them with a file. That meant another case. Their stomachs were empty and they wanted to eat.
"You two have a case. Since you failed to find your respective partners, you two will be handling this. It's a simple case of retrieval. I want it done now," Tatsumi explained to them.
"But Tatsumi-san," Tsuzuki began to whine, "we haven't eaten yet."
"That's not my problem is it? Besides, if you stop, you two will never get it done, the slackers that you are. Be grateful that I'm not deducting some of your paycheck to Watari's lab debt."
With that, Tatsumi handed them the case file and left back to his office.
They both glanced at the file before sighing in discontent. This was going to be a long day. It didn't occur to them that they could still eat while glancing at the file. Are we exactly going for smarts here?
-X-
Hisoka and Maria watched in the shadows, courtesy of Tatsumi, the displeasure on their partners' faces. Of course, Maria wasn't really concerned. She was just excited that she finally has a chance to taste Hisoka's blood. Weird obsession, but she never tasted an empath's blood before. Surely, one as powerful as Hisoka would have good taste. Her eyes had been glancing at his neck and wrist briefly, every few seconds. Man, she couldn't wait.
"Stop that! I can feel your excitement this near," Hisoka hissed quietly at her. "Is tasting my blood that exciting?"
"Sorry! But I can't really wait. I've heard that an empath's blood taste really good. And are better than any."
"Forget I asked."
With that he motioned her to move to get their plan into action. She nodded and disappeared. Hisoka kept spying and praying Maria did her job right, most likely since she's getting the better end of the deal after all this. Hisoka did wonder why he agreed to that if he didn't like it. Of course, it occurred to him that ruining or humiliating Tsuzuki and Muraki were much more priceless than a pint of blood. He sighed. He hoped this worked.
-X-
Muraki was confused. Excluding the fact that he was starved and drained didn't have anything to do with it. Apparently they're having a hard time with this case. It was as if someone was taunting him - them. Someone must be behind this and he was very interested in the culprit managing to outsmart him, one of the best killers in the world, or that is what he thinks he is.
He glanced over at his 'partner' to see the other also in deep thought. He must've been thinking the same thing. Well, whoever this was, they'll find them and solve the case. Then they could get back to finding Hisoka and Maria, giving them their just desserts.
He caught something at the corner of his eye.
He thought he saw brown and blond. Was it just his imagination or did he see a red Chinese style dress? Better yet, was that who he thought they were? He mentally smirked. Ooh, this was going to be fun. He grabbed Tsuzuki's wrist and teleported them somewhere else.
Tsuzuki had been thinking about the case. For some reason he hadn't thought that Muraki was working with him. Surprisingly they had gotten along. He didn't know what to do with the case. It was just like the last one. There was no lead, no nothing. The other one they found by luck. But now, he noted, that someone was fooling with them. It was as if the culprit knew whom they were and were playing cat and mouse. The only ones he could think of were probably Hisoka and Maria trying to get out of their inevitable fate. But he brushed the thought of it. They weren't that smart to come up with this… Were they?
On second thought…
He didn't have time to think of a second thought when he felt his wrist being seized and finding himself teleported to Meifu, a secluded part of Meifu. He growled angrily at not being informed.
"What's the meaning of this?" Tsuzuki demanded, ripping Muraki's grip off, figuratively speaking.
"Well, Tsuzuki-san, it seems our partners have conspired against us," Muraki said. That explained it all. Tsuzuki sighed. He wasn't surprised. They always planned to conspire against them anyway. This must not be so different.
"What do you plan to do?"
"Surprise them."
-X-
They didn't know how it happened. But they were trapped. They were caught in a 'magical' net, unsurprisingly provided by Muraki. Hisoka growled in annoyance as he and Maria were trapped in the vicinity of the net. Their captors were taunting them. Actually they were only smirking in pride.
Hisoka and Maria struggled as their respective partners were holding them against their will. They were being dragged towards a room and placed in there.
"Now, you two stay here till we think of what to make you do," Tsuzuki said before Muraki graciously closed, locked, and warded the door to prevent them from escaping. The two knew exactly how their minds worked so they had to have it done. Otherwise, their prey would elude them yet again.
Hisoka reside to his fate and sat on the bed leaning back with his arms propping him up. Maria followed suit, as she realized they have no way of getting out even through a window. The windows had bars. BARS! Tsuzuki and Muraki were that paranoid. They didn't recognize the place. It must've been some old house that had some well-off family before it was being leased. Hisoka hated bars. So he kept as far away as possible. The bed was the only thing he could sit on. Maria sat next to him, slouching in a defeated way.
Maria knew she was forgetting something. It had something to do with blood. Glancing around her eyes landed on Hisoka. Oh, that's right.
"Hisoka-kun," she sang.
"What?" he asked suspiciously. He had inkling that he was forgetting something.
"Do you remember our deal?" she leaned towards him, while he attempted to lean back and get away.
"What deal?"
"The one where you said if I do this I get to taste your blood."
"Why now?"
"Because Tsuzuki and Muraki could be back any minute now. It'd be funny to give them a show."
"Fine. But just a taste and don't go bloodlust on me. Its difficult getting you back."
"Yeah, yeah…" Maria waved it off as an exaggeration. She really did have no idea how difficult it actually was. "Just relax, you won't feel pain except for a sting." She told him.
Maria gently pushed him to lie on the bed. She crawled on top of him and leaned close to his neck. She nuzzled the spot she was going to puncture. Her fangs extended and she bit, holding him down with her body while an arm was around his waist and the other holding his head. She was careful enough to give him a pleasure bite instead of a feeding bite. She fed on his blood and noted how the rumors were true. The blood of an empath was that the ambrosia of the gods. She was savoring the taste, taking sip by sip as to seem like she was taking everything. It was too good a chance to pass up.
She was so engrossed that she didn't notice the door slam open and her name being yelled at.
Maria snarled and struggled in protest as she was pulled away. Her nails extended ready to slash at the ones who dared to interrupt her. She turned around to see a very serious Tsuzuki and Muraki. She seemed to calm down as she realized who they were. She could tell by their faces that it was more of a jealousy thing. She smirked.
"Back so soon?" she said. "And we were having so much fun." Hisoka rolled his eyes at her statement.
"You're like a tic." He told her.
"Mou, but your blood taste really, really good! Can I have another bite?" Maria attempted to dash to his side, but was held back by Tsuzuki and Muraki.
"We've decided your task." Tsuzuki began seriously.
Hisoka was scared of what they thought of. He knew it was going to humiliate him more than Maria. Maria wasn't too worried. She knew that she wasn't the real target. She felt sorry for Hisoka at the moment that he is under the two psychotic children's' wrath. Apparently they were stalling. She growled in annoyance.
"Well, what is it?" she snapped at them.
"You both are our servants for the next three months," Muraki finished. "And you have to wear the proper uniform." With that Muraki pulled out a maids' outfit and Tsuzuki's pulled out a butlers' outfit. Maria took note of the scantly maids' outfit. It looked too small for her, way too small. "Saya and Yuma helped us pick them out." At the mention of the names, Hisoka froze in fear. Oh, hell no! He thought. "They made this one especially for you Hisoka," Muraki said with a smile holding the maids' outfit in front of him.
"With cat ears too!" Tsuzuki stated pulling them out. Hisoka looked on mortified. He knew it looked too small for Maria. "By request from us of course," Muraki added. Maria made 'no' hand signals with her hands behind Hisoka, as Muraki and Tsuzuki began alternating with comments on how Hisoka would look good in it. She lightly slapped her hand to her forehead with a disapproving nod. Hisoka was ready to blow up. They didn't notice the stress marks on his temple nor the bat that 'magically' appeared in his hands. They didn't notice that he raised it up and swung.
"Ecchi!"
"Ow hit that hurts hit quit it hit bouya hit calm down hit ow!" Came the coherent voices of Muraki and Tsuzuki.
"You sick-minded perverts!"
Maria just watched in morbid fascination as Hisoka kept swinging the bat, metal – mind you -, against Tsuzuki and Muraki's heads.
Owari
BLK Angel of Destruction: Haha! Just as I promised! Although the way Tsuzuki and Muraki solved the case might be a bit boring but I had to put something. They always seem to have luck surrounding them so I decided to put that. I also had to have Hisoka and Maria go down with a fight. They really wouldn't just idly stand by and let it happen. Anyways, thanks for your reviews! I really appreciate them! The epilogue should be up soon… I hope…
ATTENTION: Please help me come up with a dare for Tsuzuki and Muraki that would seem like something Hisoka and Maria would make them do! I would really apprecaite it! Thanks!
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