Okay as I have said before, I do not own Yami no Matsuei. I tried to ask Santa but he said no. Sorry about that my friends and readers. Guess you will just have to read the next chapter of this story. Which as it turns out I do own lol.

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The 7th. Task

(Part One)

"Monster! Monster!"

"Please don't! I am not a monster!" Tsuzuki said as kids were chasing after him and throwing rocks. Each rock that was thrown stung like over a thousand needles when the rocks hit him. He soon found himself in a fog. Feeling lost and cold he looked around. A head of him just barely visible in the fog was a small figure.

"Hello!" Tsuzuki called to the figure. The figure did not respond. It didn't even look back. "Who are you? Are you Hisoka?" Tsuzuki called. As soon as Tsuzuki took a step forward the figure began to run. "Wait!" Tsuzuki called as he started running to try and keep up. "Hisoka!"

A shadow came upon the sleeping Tsuzuki. This person placed his hands upon Tsuzuki. Very lightly he caressed the side of Tsuzuki's face. "Are you having another bad dream Tsuzuki-san?" Muraki asked. "Don't worry once I get rid of the obstacles then I will eliminate your bad dreams." Muraki added.

He leaned down ever so slowly to kiss Tsuzuki on his lips when Tsuzuki mumbled out one name.

"Hisoka…"

Muraki stood straight up. A most annoyed look crept across his face. 'That brat … He even has my Tsuzuki-san in his dreams.' Muraki thought to himself as he walked away from the hospital bed that he bound Tsuzuki to. 'But he will be out of the way soon enough. The spell I have over this place and on Tsuzuki and that other one will keep them here and keep everyone else from even finding them.' Muraki thought to himself as he smirked.

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"I'm running? But for what? For whom?'

The sounds of footsteps running through the darkness. A darkness that is never ending. A darkness so never ending that it would drive the sanest person crazy. His mind set on one thing, his heart and soul telling him to never stop running, and to never look back. The person running does just that.

With no other direction to follow he keeps right on running. But he still has yet to know why he is running and for whom he is looking for.

Hisoka starts to open his eyes and something bright hits his eyes blurring his vision. "Tsuzuki?" He says as he tries to adjust his sight.

"It seems you finally woke up?" Hisoka turned his head. As his eyes finally adjusted he saw that the one who spoke was Tatsumi.

"Ta-Tatsumi…" Hisoka said as he started to sit up but grabbed his head instantly.

"You need to take it easy Hisoka." Tatsumi said as he helped the boy to lie back down. Hisoka felt like his brain was taken out and placed in the washer on high speed spin and then placed in the dryer to dry before being put back in his head.

"I hadn't felt this bad since I had drunk first met Tsuzuki and drank his sake by mistake." Hisoka said. He remembered that time well as it was their first day of meeting, first mission, and the first time that he got into a battle of food. Not to mention it was the first time he drank sake.

"It appears that you and Yuma seem to be recovering fine." Tatsumi said.

"I see…" Hisoka said. Just then it clicked in his mind. "What about Tsuzuki and Saya?" Hisoka asked. Tatsumi didn't answer him. "They aren't?" Hisoka said.

"No but we don't know where they are. You have been asleep for a day and a half. Yuma woke up an hour ago." Tatsumi said. "Jacob and myself."

"Jacob?" Hisoka said. "You mean Muraki's monster? The one who had been responsible for those killings on one of our other missions?" Hisoka asked. "What was he doing back?" Hisoka asked as he tried to sit up but was met with another pounding headache. That alone got him to lie back down.

"Take it easy Hisoka and let me explain." Tatsumi said. It was weird that Tatsumi remained so calm while Hisoka was acting out. Hisoka had no choice but to calm down. "Your headache should be gone soon." Tatsumi said.

"I'll be fine." Hisoka said as he was rubbing his head. "Just tell me what happen. How did you run into Jacob and how did we get here?" Hisoka asked.

"Alright." Tatsumi said as he began to explain.

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Flashback)

"WHOA!" Jacob yelled as he was thrown out of the coffee shop for what seemed to be like the hundredth time this week. Jacob landed face down on the sidewalk.

"Come back when you decide to not talk crazy talk." One man said.

"If you do this again we will call the police." The middle age waiter said. Both he and the cook went back inside.

"Yeah well, they won't be able to hold me all night long." Jacob said as he was starting to get up. He was on one knee when a hand was lowered down to him. Following the hand he found himself looking at Tatsumi.

"It seems we meet again." Tatsumi said as he helped Jacob to his feet. "Of course I never thought I would see you here." Tatsumi said.

"Yeah I am on a mission." Jacob said as he was checking to make sure he was okay.

"To stop the mad doctor?" Tatsumi asked. Tatsumi was referring to Muraki and Jacob knew that.

"A mad doctor huh?" Jacob asked. "I would have chosen a more suitable word for him. Something along the lines of evil, maniacal, or servant of the devil would be more fitting." Jacob said.

"Well, why don't you come in and have a drink and we can talk." Tatsumi suggested. Jacob gave a sigh and followed Tatsumi to another small coffee shop. Jacob started telling him about his findings.

"So Muraki is responsible for the sleeping deaths?" Tatsumi said. Jacob gave a nod. "This potion does it have any side affects?" Tatsumi asked.

Jacob nodded and then pulled out the file that the two young boys Yuu and Yuri have retrieved for him. He had the file wrapped up in a cloth and duct taped to his skin so that he wouldn't lose it. He handed the file over to Tatsumi. "It seems to not work well when mixed with something sweet." Jacob said.

Tatsumi read over the file while Jacob painfully pulled off the remaining duct tape. "So you continued to follow Muraki and found him leaving that other coffee shop?" Tatsumi asked.

"Actually at that point I wasn't even thinking about him at least not in the fact that he would end up here." Jacob said. "I just wanted to get that information to you guys by any means." Jacob said.

"Then how did you know that Kyoto was one of the places that the Shinigami are in charge of?" Tatsumi asked.

"Well, to be honest I didn't really know." Jacob said as he rubbed the back of his head with the hand that had some of the torn off duct tape stuck on the fingers. That resulted in Jacob now having to free either his hand from his hair or his hair from his hand. He continued to speak as he was trying to get free. "Two weeks ago I saw Muraki go into a coffee shop. I thought he was up to something so I waited for him to come out. I … Ow … wasn't in a form which would have me fair well in fighting him so when he left I went in and well, just kept asking. But it was like they didn't know what I was talking about and it resulted in me getting thrown out at least three times a day." Jacob said.

Just then and right when Jacob got his hair free and the tape off his hand he felt something inside him. He grabbed his chest and clenched his teeth together. "What's wrong Jacob?" Tatsumi asked as seeing Jacob like this had him really worried.

"Saya …" Jacob said. He stood up "I don't know how or why but she is in trouble." Jacob said. Before Tatsumi could stop him Jacob had already left the café. Tatsumi followed him and found Jacob was gazing up into the sky.

"Jacob?" Tatsumi said. Jacob pointed up into the sky. When Tatsumi looked he saw the one person that Hisoka and Tsuzuki were sent to question. However, they also saw someone no two someone's that got their attention. Passed out in his arms were Tsuzuki and Saya. Tatsumi and Jacob ran back in the direction they came from and what they came upon was Hisoka and Yuma.

"Are they?" Jacob asked as Tatsumi went over to check on them.

"They are just asleep." Tatsumi said.

'Muraki …. Why did you want Saya?' Jacob thought to himself. Tatsumi broke his thoughts when he was picking up Yuma.

"Come on get Hisoka. We need to get them into bed." Tatsumi said. Jacob nodded and picked up Hisoka.

End of Flashback.

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'So that is why he is here.' Hisoka thought to himself.

"I don't believe that Jacob is as untrustworthy as you may think Hisoka." Tatsumi said. "He did save you guys on the other mission after all. Not to mention the two boys Yuri and Yuu seem to think of him as a friend being as they have risked their own lives to just getting that much information for him." Tatsumi said.

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Okay this is to be continued. What you didn't think that this would end so fast did you? Well, I would like some reviews otherwise Tsuzuki and Saya might not never be saved and here is a thought for you. Can Jacob really be trusted? After all he was raised by Muraki and we all know how he can deceive others.

Well, I will leave you to think about that while you are posting a review.

Bye for now.