Okay people here is the next chapter.
New Beginnings Ch. 4
Silently Tsukune stood standing in awe as the doors opened up to the outside world. Just beyond the doors lay a large garden filled with blood red roses. In the center of all the roses laid a fountain that reached seven to eight feet in the air. The top of the fountain was designed from what looked to be a white marble sphere that was no bigger than a baseball. On the moon several bats were carved into it with names engraved in each bat as well. Beneath the moon stood a castle that had eight towers that reached four feet into the air while each faced a direction. In between every tower was a wall that reached three quarters of the way up the wall and in the center of every wall was a hallway. In the center of the castle was a single tower that reached six feet into the air and touched the moon. The castle was centered in the middle of the fountain on a hill that reached two feet up and had a diameter of five feet. Beneath the hill lied a small village that had a single path leading up to the castle. Surrounding the town and back portion of the castle was a single wall that reached a single foot into the air. Faintly Tsukune was able to take notice of water traveling down from the moon down the central tower into the inner portion of the castle before flowing down into the village.
'Wow the art and detail put into this fountain is incredible.' Thought Tsukune as he approached it while Moka just stood there wondering what Tsukune would be teaching her.
"I see that you've taken an interest in the fountain Tsukune?" Asked Lady Akashiya from behind him while Moka followed.
"Yes although it's more for the fact of the detail placed in it." Replied Tsukune as he looked closer and saw that everything was made from a single stone that was then carved into its current shape.
"Yes it did take awhile to be complete. If I remember correctly I think that the fountain was finished at the same time as our last day of high school." Remised Lady Akashiya as she held a thoughtful expression upon her face.
"Um…mom don't you think that we should get the shopping done?" Asked Moka as she looked up to her mom and Tsukune just looked at them.
"You're right. Come on let's get going." Said Lady Akashiya with a note of happiness in her voice as she began to walk off. Tsukune and Moka just opted to follow her while Tsukune mentally wondered where his cousin went off too. Quietly Tsukune and Moka talked amongst themselves as they followed Lady Akashiya up until she stopped before a large gravel path.
"So Tsukune what do you think of our family?" Innocently asked Lady Akashiya while she looked around.
"Well…to be honest Lady Akashiya all I have to say is that your other daughters have got to be seriously messed up." Replied Tsukune as he ran his right hand through his hair while she laughed at his remark.
"I must say you and Moka are quite alike. That was Moka's response to her sisters' behavior after a few years." Said Lady Akashiya while Moka was doing a rather flawless expression of a tomato.
"MOM! I just said that they were annoying not that they were messed up." Whined Moka before a car horn was heard. Everyone turned their heads towards the location from where the sound came from. Sitting there was a midnight black limo with tinted windows pull up. The driver's side door then opened up showing Kyoko in a black tux and driver's cap on her head. Kyoko then proceeded to open the door for Lady Akashiya, Moka, and Tsukune.
Numbly Tsukune entered the limo and sat down along the right side as Kyoko shut the door before she entered into the driver's seat and started the car.
"Um...Kyoko not to be rude or anything but...WHEN IN KAMI'S NAME DID YOU LEARN TO DRIVE!?" Asked Tsukune while he shouted at her.
"The Akashiyas thought that it would be a valuable skill. Now what I want to know is how and when you learned to drive?" Asked Kyoko with a grin plastered upon her face as she stared at him through the review mirror.
"Who told her?" Was all Tsukune asked as he looked over to the other two occupants in the limo with a slightly crazed look in his eyes.
'I knew that was going to come back a bite me in the ass later.' Thought Lady Akashiya as she looked over to her daughter who had a look of...bliss coating her face.
'I'm so turned on right know.' Thought Moka as an image from earlier entered her mind. She then started to laugh while a small trail of blood worked its way down from her nose. Tsukune on the other hand suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
"Tsukune I told her what you did for us that is the only why she knows." Replied Lady Akashiya while she smacked her daughter on the back of her head.
"That's reasonable." Said Tsukune as he nodded his head lightly in understanding.
"Well?" Asked everyone with impatience.
"You already know that after my parents' death I burned their bodies and our house and left. " Refreshed Tsukune as he gained another far off look in his eyes.
(Flashback)
Pain. That was all that could describe what Tsukune was feeling. The pain from losing his parents, pain from him running for so long, and the pain of knowing that he could have possibly stopped the person from killing his parents. Yet despite all the pain he continued to run up until he felt his foot catch on a tree root. His body flew in the air before it skidded along the ground. With slow and strained movements Tsukune curled himself into a small ball as sobs racked his body.
'Why? Why did this happen? I could have stopped this!' Mentally shouted Tsukune as he saw his parents' bodies flash before his eyes just as a crack of thunder was heard above him. Faintly behind him Tsukune could hear the sounds of dogs barking. Despite the fact that his body was weak Tsukune still attempted to stand up. He was successful in getting to his feet and walking two feet before exhaustion once more claimed him causing him to fall to his knees.
'I…I can't do it.' Thought Tsukune as tears continued to fall from his eyes. Even as he sat there crying he was still able to hear the sounds of the dogs getting closer.
"Mom…Dad…I'm sor…" Started Tsukune before exhaustion fully claimed him placing him into a deep slumber.
(Three days later)
Slowly Tsukune began to feel himself waking up. With his body still severally weakened the most he could do was open his eyes only to immediately shut them from the sudden intake of light. Faintly he felt a moan come from his mouth while in the back ground he could hear the sounds of dripping fluid, a constant beeping, and…snoring? Slowly once more Tsukune opened his eyes and was able to move his arm to cover them while they adjusted to the light. Once his eyes were fully adjusted to the light level he was able to move his arm while he looked around trying to find anything out about his current surroundings.
Some of the first things that he was able to take notice of where that the walls that surrounded him were a rather pale white, he was on a rather soft bed, and that the room was nearly bear of anything interesting. The only two things that stood out to him was 1) the fact that there was a police officer sleeping right next to his bed in a wooden chair and 2) the room had a solid steel door.
"Um…excuse me, but where am I?" Asked Tsukune as he attempted to awaken the police officer. Sadly the officer just ignored him while he mumbled something about donuts or something similar.
"Hey I asked you a question." Growled out Tsukune as he shook the police officer's shoulder. Once more the police officer ignored him while Tsukune was growing irritated and quickly.
"WILL YOU WAKE UP ALREADY!" Shouted Tsukune as he grabbed the police officer by his collar and began to shake him back and forth. Sadly the only thing that did was get him to mumble something while a faint line of drool spilled out of the corners of his mouth. Tsukune on the other hand was becoming very irritated while his fists shook in barely restrained rage before he suddenly felt a wave of vertigo strike him.
'UGH! How do you wake up a sleeping cop?' Tsukune asked himself while he laid back down as he waited for the vertigo to disperse.
'You could always tell him that a jelly filled donut is crossing the road.' Replied his anei with humor running thick in his voice.
'Are you certain that it will work?' Asked Tsukune as he felt the vertigo dispersing from his body.
'Defiantly.' Replied his anei as he chuckled.
'Well here we go.' Thought Tsukune as he moved his body into a sitting position carefully so he wouldn't feel the effects of vertigo once more.
"Hey look a jelly filled donut is crossing the road." Said Tsukune as he pointed towards the steel door. Almost immediately after saying that the cop stood up with his eyes wide open as he looked around for the 'jelly filled donut'.
'Wow…if this is what our cops are like now I'd hate to see them in the future.' Thought Tsukune sadly as he shook his head in disbelief at what he was seeing. The cop was looking everywhere for the so called 'jelly filled donut'.
"Um…excuse me officer-san…" Started Tsukune before he stopped in mid-sentence as the police officer walked straight through the bed.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Tsukune at the top of his lugs while the steel door flew open revealing two more cops and a doctor.
The first cop was a male that stood 5' 6", had dark brown hair, light blue eyes, and looked to be in his early twenties. He was wearing a light blue pants, a light blue long sleeved shirt, and black dress shoes. He also had a black belt around his waist while he held his gun out as his eyes scanned the room for any dangers.
The second cop was female that stood 5' 5", had fire red or blood red hair that reached just slightly past her shoulders and was pulled into a pony tail, light red eyes, and also looked to be in her early twenties. She was wearing a light blue pants, a light blue long sleeved shirt that did little to hide the fact that she had an E-cup, and black dress shoes. Similar to the man she too had her gun out while she scanned the room for any hostiles.
The doctor on the other hand stood around 6', had brown hair, his eyes were a light blue, he looked no older than 20 years of age, and he seemed rather pale. He was wearing black pants, a white dress shirt with a green tie that had silver wolves on it, and over that he wore white knee length trench coat that had a pocket right on his left breast. Sticking out of the pocket was a stethoscope and a black pen.
Slowly the cops placed their guns back into their holsters while the doctor approached Tsukune who was doing a pretty good imitation of a white sheet. Slowly the doctor began to wave his hand in front of his Tsukune's face only to receive no reaction.
"Hey are you alright?" Asked the doctor as he placed his hand on Tsukune's shoulder only to have him jump out of his hold and off the bed. This also just so happened to rip out the tubes in his arms that were supplying valuable nutrients to his body. Tsukune ended up grabbing his arm as he bit his lower lip to stifle his scream of pain.
"Are you alright?" Asked the doctor once more as he slowly approached Tsukune in case he lashed out.
"I…I'm alright." Whispered out Tsukune as he continued to clutch his arm.
"Good now let's get those wounds dressed with some gaze. Alright." Said the doctor as he lent a hand out to Tsukune who willingly took it before he was helped to his feet.
"Andraste…could you go retrieve my medical bag?" Asked the doctor to one of the female cop who nodded in response before leaving the room.
"Um…where am I?" Asked Tsukune meekly as the doctor calmly pried Tsukune's hand away from the wound.
"You're currently in Okinawa Hospital." Replied the doctor while Andraste reentered the room carrying a small white duffle bag with a red cross on the side of it with her.
"Who are you and why am I here?" Asked Tsukune as he watched the doctor pull out a small bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide and a few gauzes.
"Well my name is Kenta Urufu and as for the reason you're here…well let's just say that when the officers found you, you were suffering from a minor case of phenomena. Luckily they were able to get you to here before it became far worse." Replied Kenta as he dabbed a piece of gauze with Hydrogen Peroxide before he began to wipe Tsukune's wounds. He then proceeded to wrap new gauze over his wounds before he tied them up.
"Now then I would like to know your name and why you screamed?" Asked Kenta as he looked at Tsukune with a rather kind look in his eyes.
"I'm…Tsukune Aono as for why I screamed…well you would find it possibly silly." Replied Tsukune with a down cast look on his face.
"Oh and what makes you think that Tsukune-kun?" Asked Kenta as he placed one of his hands on his shoulder.
"Well…it's because…I think I saw a ghost." Said Tsukune with a dejected tone.
"Really well that's not too surprising." Responded Kenta as he stood up. Tsukune just looked up in shock at Kenta while his eyes betrayed him and showed that he was curious.
"Well let me explain yesterday we had a sexual predator in this room. He was wounded from a gunshot and was brought here for treatment. He had one guard in the room who was keeping constant surveillance on him. Just as he was about to change shifts with the next guard he was killed from behind. The sexual predator then ran past the guard replacement knocking him out in the process and escaped. He is still at large as of right now." Said Kenta as he picked up his bag and headed towards the door.
"Oh and before I forget you won't be able to leave for some time seeing as how the chief of the police is wanting to speak to you." Said Kenta as he looked at Tsukune from the corner of his eyes before he left the room leaving the two officers.
"Soooo…when do you expect for your chief to arrive?" Asked Tsukune as he looked at the two officers.
"He said that he would be here as soon as he could break away. Knowing him that could take a few hours." Replied the male officer with a surprisingly young voice.
"What am I supposed to do until he gets here?" Whined Tsukune as he sat on his temporary bed.
"We could always play a card game." Suggested Andraste as she looked over to her partner while Tsukune looked at the both of them in confusion before the man pulled a small deck of playing cards from his left breast pocket. Slowly a look of realization found its way onto his face.
"So kid, ever play BS?" Asked the man as he pulled the cards out of their package before he searched the entire deck pulling out five cards. He then began to shuffle them before passing them off to his partner to let her finish shuffling them.
"Um…no." Replied Tsukune as the man turned towards him and laughed lightly.
"Well then I guess that it's time for you to learn." Said the man as he approached Tsukune.
"Okay basically the main objective of the game is to lose all of your cards before any of the other players. The second objective of the game is to catch your opponents in bluffs." Said the man as he looked at Tsukune only to notice that he seemed rather confused.
"Okay did you understand the first objective?" Asked the man.
"Yes it was just the second objective that has me confused." Replied Tsukune as he looked at the man sheepishly.
"Ha, don't worry about I was even more confused on the second objective when I first started to play the game. Here I'll give you an example: I have five cards as does Andraste and the last forty-two cards are in between us. Andraste then lays down four Jacks but I just so happen to have three of four Jacks. I can then call her bluff forcing her to pick up all the cards in between us. Now do you understand?" Asked the man while looking Tsukune who looked to be in rather deep thought.
"Yeah I think I understand it now." Replied Tsukune.
"Good now we can play. Andraste you go ahead and split the deck in between us." Said the man as Andraste instantly began to split the deck. She ended up having the deck split in less than two minutes.
"Would you like to go first, after one of us has had our turn, or would you like us so you can see the game in action?" Asked Andraste as she looked over to see that Tsukune was looking over his cards.
'Let's see here…I have three of the cards with an A, two two's, one three, no fours, no fives, one six, one seven, three eights, four nines, no tens, two Jacks, one queen, and no kings.' Thought Tsukune as he looked up from his cards to see that both cops were looking at him.
"Um…could you please repeat that?" Asked Tsukune while he set his cards on the ground as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Andraste had asked if you wanted to go first or if you would like to go after one of us or the both of us." Stated the man with little emotion while he reorganized his cards.
"Um…I wouldn't mind going first..." Started Tsukune before he was interrupted by Andraste.
"Good." She replied rather happily before she was wacked on the back of her head.
"He wasn't done speaking yet. Let him finish before you butt into what someone is saying for you may end up missing important details." Chastised the man while Andraste looked at the ground in shame.
"Um…like I said I wouldn't mind going first I just need to know what card to place down first." Said Tsukune without anyone interrupting…this time.
"Kid the only card you need to worry about placing down first would be the Ace." Replied Andraste while she pulled out a card of hearts that had the symbol of a single heart on it.
"Oh…okay in that case three aces." Said Tsukune with enthusiasm as he slammed three cards down showing their symbols.
"Oh and one more thing you don't place the cards face up so that their symbols can be seen." Said the man as he flipped Tsukune's cards over and placed a single card down.
"Single ace." Replied the man.
"Banana split Imorta." Said Andraste as she glared him. Imorta just seemed to shrug it off as he picked up the four cards.
"One two." Said Andraste as she sat a single card down.
"Um…two two's." Said Tsukune as he set his cards down.
"One two." Said Imorta as he sat a single card down.
(Several hours later)
"Three queens." Said Imorta as he sat down three cards as he had sweat falling from his face.
'Damn I never knew a kid who was this good at playing BS. Other than her.' Thought Imorta as he quickly looked at his wrist watch only to have his eyes bug out at seeing that they had been playing this game for well over nearly three hours.
"One queen." Said Andraste as sweat was working its way down her forehead as she looked over to Imorta only to see his expression.
'I wonder what has him worried?' Thought Andraste before she returned to the game.
"Three kings." Said Tsukune as set his last three cards while Imorta and Andraste shared a look.
"One king." Said Imorta as he set down his last card.
"Banana Split." Called out Andraste while Imorta smiled an evil little grin as he flipped his card showing that it was indeed the last King. Andraste on the other hand looked on in disbelief before she turned her attention to the smirking child.
"YOU TRICKED ME!" Shouted Andraste as she pointed an accusing finger at Tsukune.
"Yes he did, but as much as I want to find out how he did it I'm afraid to say that we need to change shifts with the night shift." Said Imorta as he looked at Andraste.
"But…but I want a rematch." Whined Andraste.
"Andraste you know you can't always get what you want in life." Said Imorta as he placed a reassuring hand on Andraste's shoulder.
"But…" Started Andraste before she was interrupted by Imorta.
"Look if it makes you feel any better we'll talk to the chief tonight to see if we can start having day and night shifts watching Tsukune. Alright." Said Imorta as he looked Andraste in the eyes.
"Well then I think that that's a wonderful idea." Said someone from behind them causing them to physically freeze while Tsukune looked beyond them seeing two people.
Towering over them was a man that stood 6', looked to be in his forties, had short blond hair, and forest green eyes. He was wearing light blue pants, a light blue shirt, black dress shoes, and an officer's cap. There were only two really odd things about him. The first being that his ears were slightly pointed and his eyes had a fire burning behind them.
The second person was a young teenage male that stood around 4' 6", looked to be thirteen, had shoulder length blond hair, and eyes. He was wearing light gray sweat pants, a light gray sweat jacket with hood, and he was wearing white tennis shoes. Just like the other man had slightly pointed ears and a fire burning behind his eyes.
"Well Imorta and Andraste since you were so kind enough to offer that I think I'll place you in charge of the boy and the case surrounding him. You will officially start tomorrow as for now I'm going to question him. Any objections? None? Good." Said the chief as he clapped his hands behind his back while everyone just stared on in shock.
"Now then Tsukune-san if you wouldn't mind following me..." Started the chief before he was cut off by Imorta.
"Uh...chief I don't know if you received the memo but Andraste and I are quitting as of the end of this week. If I remember correctly that is in two days." Stated Imorta as he looked at the chief.
"Ah yes I did receive that memo soooo...consider yourself fired as of today. I want your badges and firearms on my desk by tomorrow. Is that clear." Said the chief in a calm and even tone.
"Of course sir." Said Andraste as she saluted to the chief and Imorta did the same before they left the room.
"Now than Tsukune-san would you please follow me." Said the chief as he walked out of the room while Tsukune followed along with the teenage boy right behind him. After a short while the teenager began to walk faster up until he was right behind the older man before he landed a quick karate chop to the back of his neck causing him to fall to the ground K.. Shortly after the teenager grabbed Tsukune's left wrist before he began to run in the direction they had come from.
"H…hey wha…" Started Tsukune before he was interrupted by the teen.
"Shut up and follow me." Said the teenager with a hard voice as he continued to run while holding onto Tsukune. With quick movements the teen easily weaved himself through hallways, down staircases, in and out of rooms before he stopped in front of a door. Slowly the teenager knocked on the door with three quick raps before pausing and raping the door once more with a single knock.
Slowly the door opened up to a small alley way where another man stood. This man stood 5' 4", had deep gray hair, light amber eyes, and looked to be well into his eighties. He was wearing a simple gray cloak and held a walking stick in his left hand.
"I got him grandfather." Said the teenager to the older man.
"I can see that child now then…Tsukune Aono…I have a special job for you." Said the older man as he looked at Tsukune.
"Uh…who are you?" Asked Tsukune as he looked at the older man.
"I have no name child as for the boy who lead you here he is my grandson Kuyou. Just like you he is also a monster." Said the old man.
"So what type is he and what of this job?" Asked Tsukune as he looked cautiously at them.
"We are kitsune and the job my grandfather speaks of revolves around the treaty that will be signed by the leader of the vampire clans and my uncle." Said Kuyou without much thought into the matter.
"I remember hearing about that somewhere. Oh yeah my parents were going to be taking me to the treaty signing to be certain that everything went smoothly." Said Tsukune as a look of realization plastered his face before it shattered when he remembered what happened.
"You want me to take my parents assignment." Whispered Tsukune in a dull and dead tone while looking at both of them with dead eyes. Kuyou cringed from the amount of depression that resonated deep in his eyes while his grandfather looked ahead without too many problems.
"Yes but that is only part of it. It seems that there is a resistance beginning amongst the Kitsune clan members. Several of them believe that this is a ploy for the kitsune to lower their defenses so that the vampires can attack and take everyone and make them slaves." Said the old man with sadness.
"Do you know who started this movement?" Asked Tsukune as he realized that while he had his parents' assignment it would be far more different than what he was told it was originally set to be.
"Yes and I 'm afraid to say that it is my own cousin. We shall also compensate you for your services." Said Kuyou rather calmly.
"I don't need to be compensated for what you're asking for me to do." Said Tsukune as he looked off into the night sky.
"Not even if it's information on the person who killed your parents." Said the old man causing Tsukune to bring his head back to staring at them with wide eyes.
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW!" Shouted Tsukune his shadow suddenly flared to life swirling around him while it left deep gashes along the walls and floor of the alley. The shadow never struck the two kitsune standing before him.
"Calm yourself boy. The information that you want is in this scroll." Said the older kitsune as he pulled a scroll out of his cloak and held it out towards Tsukune while his shadow just returned to its neutral position. Just as Tsukune was going to grab the scroll the older man pulled his hand back.
"I forgot something...the only way for this scroll to be opened is when the mission is complete if you attempt to open the scroll before then the scroll with spontaneously combust. This is your only warning." Said the older man before he tossed the scroll to Tsukune. Carefully Tsukune caught the scroll before he cradled it to his chest.
"Where do I need to head to from here?" Asked Tsukune while holding the scroll in his hands.
"The treaty signing will be held in Kushiro, Japan. From here it is at least a month's travel by foot, but a couple of days by car. We have already made arrangements for one of the few who feel that the treaty isn't a ploy to take you there." Said Kuyou's grandfather as he leaned into his cane.
"That won't be necessary. I would rather take my chances walking there. After all I would want to endanger another person's family for attempting to help me." Said Tsukune as his shadow slowly began to consume him up to his neck before it began to mold and shift. After a short while Tsukune was now wearing black pants, a black t-shirt with a white skull on it, and a set of hiking shoes.
"You can't be serious. That is suicide especially with all the cops running around to find you once more." Stated Kuyou in a voice that resonated with authority.
"Kuyou…if he wants to travel on foot let him. Boy I had also better give you this." Said the old man as he once more reached into his cloak and pulled out another scroll. Silently he handed it over to Tsukune.
"Inside that scroll you will find several thousand's of 2000 series D yen notes. That should last you for several months if you spend it wisely. You will also find several canned foods, bread, fresh water, a tent, sleeping bag, and several other necessities. And as a bonus I will also throw in a scroll on how to seal anything and everything into a scroll written by yours truly." Said the old man as he pulled out another scroll and tossed it to Tsukune as Tsukune caught it without much thought.
"Thank you. I can never fully repay the kindness you've shown me. Arigato." Said Tsukune while he tossed all three scrolls into one of his pockets before he began to walk towards the alleys entrance.
"Just make sure that the treaty signing goes off without a problem and then we willed be considered equal." Said Kuyou as he started to walk towards the back entrance to the hospital.
(Fast forwarding Memory to a more recent one)
'Tsukune I've caught sight of our target. Approximant distance is five feet to the southeast from your current location. I'll wait here until you can rendezvous with me.' Thought Tsukune's anei while Tsukune was sleeping in a tree.
'Okay I'll…yawn…be there shortly.' Thought Tsukune as he stood up while stretching before he grabbed all three of the scrolls that the old man had given him. Silently he tossed them into one of his pockets before he started to jump off from tree to the ground before he began to walk off while staring off into the night sky watching as the moon ascended into its peak of power.
'It's hard to believe that we've already made it to Monobetsu. At this pace we could possibly reach Abashiri in another two days.' Thought Tsukune as he continued on his way.
(A Few minutes later)
"About time you got here." Whispered Tsukune's anei as he glared at him for a few seconds before turning his attention towards a small building.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Soo...what's tonight's dinner?" Asked Tsukune as he also looked towards the small building. The building itself was simple in design being an old and abandoned gas station. Standing in front of the borded doors where four young men in their early teens.
The first teen looked to be fourteen years old, stood 4' 6", and deep black hair that was cut extremely short. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a yin-yang symbol, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
The second teen looked to be fifteen years old, stood 4' 7", and deep red hair that was cut extremely short. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a yin-yang symbol, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
The third teen looked to be fourteen years old, stood 4' 8", and deep brown hair that was cut extremely short. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a yin-yang symbol, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
The final teen looked to be sixteen years old, stood 4' 10", and deep black hair that was covered with a deep gray hood while a few strands stuck out from underneath his hood. He was wearing a baggy white t-shirt with a yin-yang symbol, baggy blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
"A few gang members." Replied his anei as his teeth flashed a sharp white.
"Huh...I guess that will do especially since you ate all the food we got. Now let's get this over with I still want to reach out destination in time." Said Tsukune with a cold tone while his anei began to climb along his body before it began to release feint wisps of black smoke from his body while his eyes became a deep yellow. Suddenly without warning he disappeared.
(With the gang members)
"Kami-sama where is that idiot." Growled out the red headed boy as he paced.
"Calm yourself Aizen." Whispered the brown haired man as he glared at Aizen.
"Don't tell me what to do Shawlong." Stated Aizen as he directed his anger towards Shawlong.
"Hey guys lets settle this later...O.k." Said the black haired boy as he got in between the two of them.
"Shut the fuck up Edorad." Both Shawlong and Aizen said as they both leveled him with a glare.
"WILL ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" Shouted the other dark haired member as he leveled them with a stronger glare causing all of them to shrink under his gaze.
"O-o-of co-course Ki-Kira." They stuttered out as they huddled together while shaking in fear.
"Good now listen." Said Kira as everyone followed her lead without question.
"KAMI-SAMA KIRA I CAN'T HEAR A KAMI DAMN THING!" Shouted Shawlong as he glared at him.
"I know and that isn't natural especially for a summer night. Edorad I want you to walk around the perimeter. Is that understood." Growled out Kira while leaving no room for any form of argument.
"Ye-yes sir." Stuttered out Edorad before he began to walk off.
"Um…Kira what would you like for us to do?" Asked Aizen as he looked at Edorad before he turned his attention towards their temporary leader.
"Well Aizen since you were kind enough to ask why don't you go ahead and join Edorad." Replied Kira with venom dripping off of his voice.
"Of course sir." Quickly replied Aizen as he backed away from their leader.
(With Edorad)
'Ugh…why the hell am I always getting stuck with the crappy jobs.' Mentally complained Edorad as he walked towards the back of the former gas station.
'Well I guess it's not so bad I mean I don't have to deal with Shawlong and Aizen for a whi…' Started thinking Edorad before he was stopped in mid thought as he heard a feint rustling. Quickly Edorad pulled a pistol out while turning on his heel. Silently he stood there while keeping his pistol trained still.
"Come out now or I'll shot." Stated Edorad as he continued to stand there while the person walked out.
"By Kami Aizen please don't do that." Said Edorad as he lowered his firearm while Aizen just walked up to him.
"Wait why are you here anyway?"Asked Edorad as he stared at Aizen.
"Kira said that I could join you on your search. So have you found anything?" Asked Aizen as he looked around.
"No I haven't found anything and I don't need your help." Said Edorad as he turned once more while continuing along. Silently shaking his head Aizen continued to follow him never noticing a pair of deep yellow eyes looking at them before they vanished.
(With Shawlong and Kira)
"Kira are you certain that it was wise to let them go off without any weapons?" Asked Shawlong after a few minutes had passed since Aizen left.
"You really are dull sometimes Shawlong. You apparently never took notice that Edorad had a Browning 9x19 mm hi-power pistol on him. Quite honestly I'm not all that worried about them." Said Kira as he looked at Shawlong out of the corner of his left eye. He immediately regretted the action shortly after. Standing behind Shawlong was what could only be described as a large black shadow with deep yellow eyes freezing him in his tracks.
Without any form of warning of sound the shadow raised a hand before it shoved itself through Shawlong's chest causing his blood to spray out and land on Kira's face and clothing. Slowly a feint blue glow began to form in the creature's hand before it began to solidify into a glowing white sphere. Slowly with a sickening squelching sound the creature proceeded to pull its arm out from the side of Shawlong's body. With blood dripping off of its arm the creature proceeded to raise the sphere up until its hand was equal with his head. With slow and deliberate movements the creature began to bite into the sphere before it removed a rather large chunk from it while somewhere Kira could hear the sound of something or someone screaming and a gun firing but was to paralyzed by fear and interest by the creature before her.
(With Edorad and Aizen)
"We still haven't found anything." Said Aizen as he continued to follow Edorad.
"Kami-sama Aizen maybe if you would shut up we could actually find something." Growled out Edorad as he turned to Aizen while giving him an evil glare. The first thing that he noticed was the fact that Aizen looked ready to wet himself.
'Finally.' Thought Edorad as he turned around before he walked straight into someone.
"HEY WATC..." Started yelling Edorad before he stopped in midsentence. Standing before him was a shadow mass in the form of a young child with glowing yellow eyes. Slowly the shadow tilted its head to the left while looking at them. Then without any warning it suddenly let loose a scream while razor sharp fangs showed where the mouth was while its hands were raised in the air.
Quickly Edorad pulled out his pistol before he fired off a few rounds. The rounds struck the thing before they fell to the ground leaving both members to look at it in shock before it lunged at them. It soon swiftly fell onto Aizen as Edorad had rolled out of the way.
Silently Edorad could look on only in shock as he watched the creature turn its hand into a spear head before he began to repeatedly stab Aizen without mercy. One, two, three, four, times the creature struck Aizen it reared its hand back once more before it struck Aizen straight through the head killing him. Faintly Edorad could see the creature collecting some sort of blue substance from Aizen's body. At first it began to collect slowly before it began to speed up and formed a sphere in the things hands. Without missing a beat the creature swallowed the sphere while a feint residue of blue energy made its way down its chin. Slowly the creature began to turn towards him.
'Kami-sama save me.' Thought Edorad before the creature locked onto him. Once more the creature let lose another horrid screech before it took off running towards him.
'It's now or never.' Thought Edorad once more before he grabbed the creatures arms and began to push against it.
"HA…not so tough now are ya." Gloated the Edorad before he audibly gulped as the creature created some sort of tentacles out of its own body.
'That's bull SHIT!' Mentally shouted Edorad before he released the creature and jumped back to prevent being impaled by the tentacles. Silently he watched as the tentacles struck the ground causing it to shatter and create a crater in the ground.
'Kami-sama there is no way in hell that I could beat this thing alone. I have to hurry back to Kira and Shawlong.' Thought Edorad before he started to run off towards the front of the building. Even as he ran he could distinctively hear the creature behind him which fueled his want for survival even more.
"KIRA!" Shouted Edorad as he ran towards the buildings front only to stop as she was also being approached by another shadow entity.
"KIR…" Started Edorad before he felt something cut through him. Slowly he looked down only to see a black spear tip sticking out of his gut. As quick as it happened it happened once more only this time it struck him through the back of his skull. The last thing that he was able to see was Kira turning to him and looking at him in shock and horror.
Silently Kira stood there as she watched another one of those shadow creatures devour another orb before it disappeared into its own shadow. Silently she turned around once more to face the remaining creature only to come face to face with both of them standing there just watching her. With restrained movements she watched as the two of them seemed to argue over something.
"Dna I ginyas ew llik mih." One of the two growled out.
"I llits eveileb ehs dlouc eb fo emos esu ot su." Growled out the other.
"Eh si na ymene dna tahw ouy naem yb ehs!" Shouted the other one once.
"I t'nod care ehs can hcaet me dna sey eh si a ehs." Growled out the second as he began to take on a more human base form. The other was also beginning to take on a human form.
"Ouy will netsil to em." Shouted the other figure once more.
"No I t'now. Ouy are my iena gnineam I'm ni control." Growled out the second figure once more before is fully took on the form of a young child.
"Um…what are you talking about?" Asked Kira as both figures looked at her at the same time one with chocolate brown eyes and the other with glowing yellow eyes that were slowly turning into chocolate brown.
"Anei my decision is final she lives. Now shut your trap and keep your complaints to yourself." Finished the young male as he glared at his anei before he turned his attention back to her.
"Fine I'll keep my trap shut." Snarled Tsukune's anei before it returned to its rightful position as his shadow.
"Um…sorry about that. Why don't we head somewhere more private to talk. Oh and I know that you're a girl." Said Tsukune as he held his hand out to Kira with a smile upon his face.
"And why should I trust you and how do you know that I'm a girl?" Asked Kira as she slapped his hand away.
"Because I just saved your life and your spirit's sent." Simply replied Tsukune as he rubbed his hand while Kira looked at him.
"Fine I'll come with you and what do you mean by spirit sent?" Asked Kira with her voice laced with distrust while the child just laughed at her.
"Come on. I'll explain everything when we're in a private setting." Said Tsukune as he started to walk off towards the back of the building while Kira followed him without question. Shortly after they reached the back of the building Kira was able to see Aizen's lifeless body laying on the ground bleeding.
'Just what is this boy?' Mentally wondered Kira as she looked at his back before she took notice of something shining in the moonlight. Quickly she looked over to the boy before she quickly went over to the shining object. Silently she bent down and picked up Edorad's pistol.
'I could kill him…' Started thinking Kira before she felt a shadow fall over her body. Then without warning the pistol was suddenly pierced with a thin shard of something. Slowly she turned around only to see the boy standing there with a the thin black thing stretching from his index finger.
"Don't. Try. That. Again." Whispered Tsukune with a hard tone while he stared at her. The only sign of confirmation she was able to give was a nod of her head before Tsukune lessened his gaze.
"Good now let's get going." Said Tsukune as he held his hand out to her once more. Hesitating she looked over to her fallen partners bodies before she placed her hand in his. Shortly after Tsukune had her back up on her feet before he started to run off towards the forest while Kira just hung onto his arm trying to not get lost.
(Several miles later)
After running for several miles Tsukune finally slowed down enough up until he was at a minor jog before he finally stopped in a clearing that had a small river running through it.
"I think we should be far enough now." Said Tsukune as he released her hand while he walked towards the center of the clearing. Silently Kira watched as he just stood there bathing in the moons light before he turned his head towards her.
"Well aren't you going to join me?" Asked Tsukune as he looked at her.
"Join in what and you still haven't told me anything!" Shouted Kira as she pointed an accusing finger at him.
"You're right I do owe you an explanation. Well it all started..." Started Tsukune as he started recount his tale to the girl before him.
(Several hours later)(Too lazy to write what he explained)
"Okay so let me get this straight. Your name is Tsukune Aono, you are not a human but a monster called Soul Eater, your parents were killed and you don't know who did it, and finally you were given your parents mission to make certain that a treaty signing in between the vampire head and kitsune head went off without a problem." Said Kira as she looked at Tsukune who was rubbing the back of his head while she was pointing at him while her left eye twitched.
"Yep that's pretty much the whole story." Replied Tsukune as he looked at her.
"Okay then question time. Why would you tell me this and just what was your motive in saving me?" Asked Kira as she looked at him with a stern gaze.
"Well I feel that I can trust you with this information and even though I've lived in the human world form most of my life I don't really know how to survive. I mean I could easily sneak into a store that closes for the night and steal what I need it's just that I need more survival skills." Said Tsukune as he looked at the ground.
"And you want my help so I can teach you. Well…it will be interesting soooo…I'm in…" Started Kira as she watched Tsukune raise his head. His face was of course hilarious to her since it looked like it was trying to find a compromise in between shock, happiness, and sadness. Quickly she regained her composure before she continued.
"Now in return I…I want you to help me. I'm……tired of living this life…so if it wouldn't be much trouble…could you take me with you?" Asked Kira as she looked at the ground almost ashamed of herself for asking such a thing.
"You…would travel with me, even knowing what you would see, and knowing that you could never turn back." Whispered Tsukune as he watched her nod her head up and down in confirmation. Not a moment later she was laying flat on her back while a heavy weight was being pressed into her body.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou." Whispered Tsukune as he hugged her with everything he had before he felt her arms wrap around him.
"Yeah you're welcome. Now don't think that means I'm going to be going easy on you while I help you." Stated Kira as her voice took on a hard edge.
"Of course Kira-sensei but before we start I need to do something." Said Tsukune as he wormed his way out of her hold while hanging onto her left arm. Slowly she was able to take notice of Tsukune now having fangs that were dripping a black substance. Then without any warning Tsukune sunk his fangs into her wrist. The last thing she saw was Tsukune removing his fangs from her flesh before she promptly blacked out.
'We've got to keep moving.' Thought Tsukune as he spit out small amounts of blood before he picked up Kira bridal style and started to run off into the night.
(The Next night)
Tsukune had been running none stop ever since yesterday while avoiding human cities and major road ways. Even if he did stop it was for only a few seconds so he could regain his breath. Currently he was just outside the city of Abashiri.
'While I won't admit it out loud this was some pretty good strength and endurance training.' Thought Tsukune as he set Kira down on the ground while his anei appeared behind him.
"I don't see why you gave her some of our power." Silently growled out his anei as he looked at her in detest.
"You know exactly why I did it. We had far too much power...if we kept that power it would have destroyed us. I don't think I need to explain any further since you are me and I'm you meaning you know what I know just like I know what you know. Now I think it would be best if you went out and got some food to replace what you ate." Said Tsukune in a hard voice as he glared at his anei who just nodded before it disappeared. Silently Tsukune shook his head in a negative fashion before he turned his attention back to Kira.
Almost immediately he was able to take notice of the fact that she was sweating. Without thinking to far he quickly ripped off one of his shirt sleeves before he wrapped it around his hand. With slow movements he began to wipe off her forehead while asking the tree shadows to cover them.
'Please hurry anei.' Thought Tsukune as he moved her head into his lap.
(An Hour later)
Tsukune hadn't moved from his position for the entire time his anei had be gone as he watched over Kira. Tsukune was so absorbed he never took notice of the shadow watching him until it was too late.
"HI TSUKUNE." Shouted the shadow figure causing Tsukune to turn his head to his left while releasing a sigh of relief.
"Anei you seem to be in a better mood." Said Tsukune as he noticed that his anei didn't have anything with him.
"Yeah I had some time to think over what you said and you were right if we did hang onto that power we would've died." Said his anei as he allowed shame to fill his voice.
"That's good now...where's the food?" Asked Tsukune as he attempted to keep his voice even.
"Don't worry I have it." Replied his anei before he pulled out several canned foods, fresh produce, cooking utensils, 6 twelve pack cases of 2 liter water bottles, and a small 600 watt generator along with a small electric stove.
"Well that will hold us off for a while." Said Tsukune as he looked at everything his anei brought back before he turned his head towards Kira only to see that she was being covered in a cocoon of shadows.
'Well at least Lady Amaterasu has accepted her.' Thought Tsukune before he started to open the box that held the electric generator and the electric stove. He then proceeded to hook the stove up to the generator before he placed a pot on it while dumping half of a two liter into the pot. He then proceeded to poor a couple cups of rice into the pot of water before he covered it with a lid and let it cook.
Tsukune was then grabbing several of the fresh produce before he began to slice and dice it while placing it in bowls. He soon had one large bowl of fruit salad and another bowl filled with normal salad. While Tsukune was doing that his anei was watching over the rice stirring it from time to time so it wouldn't stick to the bottom.
"Hey anei why don't you go ahead and place the rest of what we haven't used yet back into where ever you stored it so that way we can keep moving after we eat." Said Tsukune as he looked over to his anei.
"Okay." Was the simple reply as he left his post and started to store everything away. Tsukune was on the other hand preparing three bowls of rice. It didn't take Tsukune or his anei to finish their jobs and after they finished Tsukune took notice of a feint groaning sound. Curiously he turned his head only to see that Kira had finally woken up with a few changes.
For starters she now had a tattoo on her forehead. The tattoo was a ring of black fire while in the center the kanji for rebirth. Her hair was now a deeper shade of black that glistened in the moon light and her skin was slightly paler.
"Good Kami I feel as if I was hit by a truck." Groaned out Kira as she held her head in her hands.
"Well I don't know about a truck I would say it was more like having a hundred crows scratching at your brain while getting attacked by a former heavy-lift boxing champion." Said Tsukune as he smiled at her while she just weakly glared at him.
"Come on your probably hungry." Said Tsukune as he held a small bowl of rice out to her along with some chopsticks.
"Thank you." Whispered Kira as she took the bowl without complaint while breaking her chopsticks and started to dig in. For a while the only sounds that could be coming from the area were the clanking of chopsticks lightly tapping china.
"Ah…that was good." Said Tsukune as he set down his bowl and chopsticks before he rubbed his stomach.
"Yeah it was." Said Kira as she did the same as Tsukune before she caught sight of her left wrist which showed a small circle with the kanji for soul in the center while a black band wrapped around her wrist.
"Hey Tsukune what did you do to me?" Asked Kira as she continued to look at her wrist while she traced the tattoo with her right index finger.
"Oh that. That is an ancient art that marks you as mine…" Started Tsukune before he saw her look at him in worry.
"Don't worry it's not a marriage seal. If I placed one of those on you it would say marriage. The soul seal that I placed on you connects you to me in a spiritual sense. It has also turned you into a soul eater lucky for you I plan on training you so you can control you. Now if you haven't noticed yet there is a second seal on your forehead. That seal marks you as having Lady Amaterasu's blessing." Said Tsukune as he looked at her with seriousness.
"Amaterasu…has blessed me." Whispered Kira as she shook. Silently Tsukune got up before he wrapped her in a hug.
"Yes she has. It marks you as being accepted as one of her children. She is after all the one who gave my family our powers and anyone I give some of my power up to Lady Amaterasu will mark with a blessing as long as she sees them as someone who will play a big role in the near or far future. You should be grateful for it. It makes you unique amongst the human race." Whispered Tsukune as he just held her lightly.
"Thank you. Thank you Amaterasu and you to Tsukune." Whispered Kira as she hugged him back.
"Now that that's out of the way I'm going to tell you the rules of being a soul eater. 1) We never ever attack living people, 2) We only eat the spirits of the soon-to-be dead, 3) We can eat any spirit that hasn't passed on, and 4) If the goddess Amaterasu ever approaches you weather in a dream or real life and she has a job for you, you take it without question." Said Tsukune as he removed himself from her.
"I…understand." Replied Kira as she removed herself from him.
"Now then I will also be training you while you train me and since we have less than eleven weeks to get to Kushiro. I that short amount of time I'm going to teach you the basics and once this is completely blown over I'll train you even further." Said Tsukune as he looked at her.
"That also means that I have eleven weeks to train you as well. So I guess we had better get started." Said Kira as she smiled. Tsukune of course couldn't help but shiver at that look while his anei laughed its ass off at seeing Tsukune scared.
They ended up training for eight weeks training during the day while moving during the night to prevent being captured or intercepted. They only rested on Sundays and because of this rigorous schedule they were able to get to Kushiro in only six weeks. The rest of the time they remained moving from empty warehouse to empty warehouse.
"Okay that's enough." Said Tsukune as he stood facing a red faced Kira who was struggling to regain her breath.
"You've done very well Kira." Congratulated Tsukune as he approached her.
"I…(huff)…could say….(huff)…the same about you." Breathed out Kira as she smiled at him.
"So it's nearly time isn't it?" Asked Kira as she finally regained her breath.
"Yeah it is." Said Tsukune as he looked off to the right while a slight blush adorned his cheeks.
"Um…Kira…before I leave I want to ask you something…" Started Tsukune as he watched Kira look at him while she held a towel in her hand.
"What?" Asked Kira as she looked over to him.
"I was wondering…if you would like to continue to travel with me?" Asked Tsukune as his blushed intensified slightly.
"Sure but I'm not going to intervene with this mission. It is after all your revenge just come back to pick me up alright." Answered Kira as she smiled at Tsukune.
"Of course and I will be back." Said Tsukune as he smiled at her before he left into the night.
(End Flashback)
"OH SHIT I KNEW I FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING!" Shouted Tsukune as he turned to Kyoko.
"Kyoko I need you to head to Warehouse 32 near dock 14 in the Kushiro shipping district." Said Tsukune with urgency resonating in his voice. Knowing better than to question her cousin she just did as she was told. It wasn't long before she pulled up to the warehouse and Tsukune had run out of the car towards the doors. Quickly he rapped on the door three times. Silently he waited and he didn't have to wait long to receive four knocks from the other side. He then rapped on the door two more times before he heard a single rap form the other side. He soon stepped back as the left door opened. Shortly after a single person came out.
The person who walked out was a female teen that looked to be sixteen years old, stood 4' 10", and deep black hair that reached just past her waist while it curled upward at the bottom. She was wearing a tight skinned black shirt showing that she had a C-cup, black pants with several pockets and black tennis shoes.
"Tsukune…do you have any idea how long I've been waiting for you to come back?" Asked Kira with a hard voice that was laced with venom and anger.
"Um…three days." Whimpered out Tsukune while he shook in fear.
"Exactly and you know what that means right." Said Kira once more with more force while she walked towards him.
"I owe you three favors." Whimpered out Tsukune once more while he continued to shake in fear as she was now standing in front of him.
"Exactly." Whispered Kira as she was now directly in his face.
"Um…could we do this later. After all I would like you to meet your new classmate." Said Tsukune quietly while inside his head he was screaming, 'I'm going to die'.
"Oh…really?" Asked Kira as she perked up instantly.
"Uh… yeah Moka could you come her please." Said Tsukune even though he meant to make it seem like a question.
Silently Moka approached both Tsukune and Kira before she stopped three feet from them and bowed.
"It is an honor to meet you Kira-san. Tsukune-sensei told us how he meet you." Said Moka as she returned to a normal up right position.
"Well then it's an honor to meet you as well Moka-san." Replied Kira as she bowed to her before she also returned to a normal upright position.
"So what are you doing with them Tsukune?" Asked Kira as she looked at him.
"Um well…" Started Tsukune before he was interrupted.
"Kira-san I'm afraid that that tale is going to have to be retold another time. We were actually on our way to the mall when Tsukune told us about you. Would you like to come with us?" Asked Lady Akashiya as she approached her daughter from behind.
"The mall. Of course I would love to come but, I don't have any money." Said Kira as she looked at the ground.
"Don't worry I'm paying for everything we buy." Said Lady Akashiya as she saw Kira suddenly perk up.
"Then I would love to come with you Mrs. Uh I just realized that I don't even know your name." Said Kira as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Just call me Lady Akashiya." Said Lady Akashiya.
"Very well then Mrs. Akashiya I would enjoy joining you to the mall." Said Kira as she bowed to her.
"Well then let's go." Said Lady Akashiya as she began to walk back towards the limo while everyone else followed her. Shortly they were all in the limo and they were on their way.
Okay that's all for this chapter. I really hope that this clears up some more of Tsukune's past. As for the Kira she will play a bigger role later. Next time should be the shopping scene.
I still have the pole open on my profile please go there and mark the one.
The names for the other gang members came from Bleach which I do NOT own.
Until next time. Oh and before I forget I'm going to place this story on Hiatus up until I can get four chapters out for Rise of the Fallen Angels v.2.
Now onto reviews:
Blade Kusinagi:
Whoah! !Damn your gifted it's so amazing!! and long
's kinda like soul eater because of the soul eating part and the sphere of aura thing.
2. Can't wait for the next chapter and where this chapter is going.
3. tsukune in heartless form oh that's good ahahha, a soulless entity eating soul?
Love every bit of it! didn't got bored Never did i yawn reading this.
Hope you make more!! please add more chapters!! Kami give this writer to make more chapters! (wears monk clothes and holds up incense )
ITD: Thanks glade for the good review and your right I did get the idea for the soul eating from Soul Eater.
Grave Wolf:
Impressive quality fic!
ITD: Simple review but giving me hope.
The Purple Critic:
Great Story, you should really continue it, though if you did drop it, it wouldn't really be such a big deal seeing as the plot has barely been formed.
ITD: Thanks for the review and I'm glad to see that you're enjoying it. I'm still going through major rewrites over the fics I adopted from you.
Weaver Chance: Okay, now let's see IF I remember what I wanted to say about this story(sorry for reviewing so long after I actually read it!)
First of all the strange maturity of Tsukune and Moka: Moka is a vampire so part of their pride might insist on raising their children to be incredibly mature when they're young and Tsukune had that early training and then having to fend for himself for a time which would have increased his own maturity(mind you teenagers are probably the most immature age group there is anyway, you might like to keep that in mind?)
Um running out of time and can't remember anything else so: Keep up the great work & The voices are telling me to run away now!!
ITD: Thank you for the review and you're right I did make them slightly to mature but that will be rectified when they hit their teens. Oh... be certain to always listen to the voices, just don't run from the voice of death embrace it and free yourself when your time comes of course.
Okay now hit the review button and review people. This chapter is 11,861 words long including these.