Summary: Strange deaths have been occurring all over the human world and even in the demon world. The oddest thing about these deaths is that the soul of the victim is taken. It is up to the spirit detectives to figure out who is up to this. The only way they can is to actually hear from the source, but how will they manage that?
Warning: Gore, Violence, Language, Yaoi, Rape, Death
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Weeping Darkness
Can't Spell Calamity without Calm…right?
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Yusuke yawned and stretched. He folded his hands behind his neck as he walked down the street from school. There hadn't been any killings lately and it was starting to bug everyone. Of course they were relieved no one else was being hurt but why did the killings start to mysteriously stop? It all came back to the mysterious Shinigami they were supposed to be looking after – well really it was Yusuke's responsibility since the Shinigami seemed to always follow him around. He sighed in frustration. Things were just not making any sense. "Hey Urameshi!" Yusuke stopped and turned. It was Kuwabara and a couple of his friends. Yusuke squinted as the three walked over to him.
"Whaddaya want, Kuwabara?" Yusuke grumbled. Kuwabara held up a game case.
"Just came out!" Kuwabara said with a wide grin. Yusuke rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Fine…if you want your ass to be kicked, let's go!" Yusuke said with a grin. Kuwabara and the others grinned. "Just don't mind the mess, you know how my ma is," Yusuke said as he turned and led them towards his house.
When Yusuke opened the door, to say he was shocked would be an understatement. The front leading to the living room of his house was clear of bottles. "Whoa, Urameshi," Kuwabara grumbled. "Went on a cleaning spree?" That's when the scent of chocolate and cinnamon wafted through their noses. "And something smells good…" Yusuke and the gang walked to the kitchen to see a blur of white speeding around the kitchen humming. "Yusuke…is that?"
"Syn?" Yusuke asked. The white haired Shinigami stopped and turned to look at Yusuke. He was wearing what looked to Yusuke like his mother's shirt and short-shorts. He was also wearing his mother's apron and had his hair tied up in a messy bun.
"Hello, Yusuke!" Syn said with a wide smile. He tilted his head to the side slightly and closed his eyes. "I hope you don't mind, but I cleaned up a little! And," The Shinigami held out a pan of cinnamon buns. "I made some cinnamon buns!"
"Wow…" was all Yusuke could utter. The Shinigami turned with a sigh and held a finger to his lip as he wiggled his bottom.
"I hope you don't mind! I know I wasn't supposed to really be here but Koenma was getting on my nerves with his constant accusations so I forced him to tell me where you lived! When I got here, this lady was passed out on the floor and all these bottles and stuff were all over the floor and I thought to myself: My Yusuke shouldn't live like this! So I cleaned up and then came in here because I thought you'd be hungry when you come home.
"But when I got to the fridge, there was nothing in there but spoiled ramen and chicken! So I forced Koenma to give me some money so I could go out and buy you some groceries but then I realized that I didn't know what to get you or what you liked so I asked your friend Shuichi!" Syn said. Yusuke and the others blinked. Syn turned around with a small blush on his cheeks. "Cinnamon bun?" he asked as he held the pan out. Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged looks before shrugging.
"Wait did you say your Yusuke?" Kuwabara asked as he walked over to get a cinnamon bun. Syn blushed and grinned.
"Yeah," He said. The others joined Kuwabara and grabbed a cinnamon bun. They all took a bite.
"Well, how is it?" Syn asked with a smile. All of their eyes widened.
"This is amazing!" They all cried. Syn giggled as he placed the pan on the counter.
"I'm glad you guys like it!" Syn said with a smile.
"What else you got cooking?" Kuwabara asked as he went to lift the lid off the pot on the stove. Syn popped him his hand wagged his finger at him.
"No, no! It's a surprise!" Syn said with a smile. "I guarantee you'll love it,"
"Let's go play that game!" one of guys shouted. They began to walk out the kitchen but Syn stopped Yusuke.
"I hope this is okay…" Syn said quietly. Yusuke stopped at the doorway and looked back at Syn. He grinned.
"Of course it is!" Yusuke chuckled. "My mom has never cooked me a meal before. I usually eat take out or whatever Keiko gives me!"
"Oh…Who is Keiko?" Syn asked with a smile.
"She's been my best friend since I can remember…" Yusuke smiled almost dreamily. Syn frowned.
"Well…That's nice," Syn forced a smile. He walked over to Yusuke and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll make some sandwiches for you and your friends to keep you until dinner is done!" Syn mumbled into Yusuke's ear. Yusuke blushed lightly as he watched the Shinigami bounce happily to the stove. Syn turned and winked at Yusuke before going back to stirring whatever it was in the pot. Yusuke walked away from the door with a confused frown as he made his way up to his room.
Kurama frowned as he sat the book he was reading down. He turned and looked at the window. He saw Hiei sitting out on the tree outside. He stood up and walked to the window and opened. "Hiei, you know the window is always unlocked…why are you still sitting out here?" Hiei looked at Kurama. He sighed as Kurama moved to the side to let him in.
"I've been thinking…That Shinigami we found…" Hiei mumbled.
"You believe he is in some way connected to those killings," Kurama stated more than asked. He sat down on the bed and watched Hiei stand there with his arms crossed.
"You understand why, right?"
"Yes…Once we found him, the killings slowed and then came to an abrupt stop," Kurama mumbled. Hiei walked to stand in front of Kurama. Kurama looked at him.
"He says he was raped but he does not act like any rape victim I've ever seen," Hiei grumbled.
"All rape victims have their way of coping," Kurama said with a shrug. "You know…you could always use the Jagan to find out if he's lying or not,"
"Does that even work on Grim Reapers?" Hiei asked. Kurama shrugged.
"We can always try,"
"He's in spirit world, though," Hiei grumbled. Kurama shook his head.
"Koenma allowed him to stay with Yusuke. I'm sure he is there now since he came to me a little earlier asking me about what Yusuke eats," Kurama said. Hiei sighed and leaned his head against Kurama's. Kurama smiled at him.
"This situation gives me a headache,"
"Aw…do you want me to kiss it and make it better, fire-baby?" Kurama teased gently. Hiei glared at him.
"Hn…" Kurama chuckled. "I think we should go over there and get this over with so I can have my way with my fox without further interruptions from thinking on this case…" Hiei growled as he kissed Kurama briefly on the lips. Kurama sighed and smiled.
"Let's go, then," Hiei said as he flitted to the window.
"First we have to call and tell Yusuke we're coming over," Kurama said. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"I'll leave that to you fox, I'll meet you there," Hiei said before he disappeared out the window. Kurama shook his head with a chuckle. Kurama reached for his cell phone off the night table and dialed Yusuke's home phone. He waited awhile until someone answered the phone.
"Hello?" that wasn't Yusuke's voice.
"Um…hello…Ms. Urameshi?"
"Oh! I know this voice! You're Kurama, right? No this is Syn!" The Shinigami was answering Yusuke's phone? So he really was there…and where was Yusuke?
"Is Yusuke there?"
"Yeah but he's upstairs with his friends playing games," there was shuffling. "What can I do you for, Kurama?"
"I was just letting him know that I and Hiei were coming over,"
"OH! Goodie! Will you be staying for dinner? I made something special!"
"Ah…um…Sure," Kurama furrowed his brow. "Hiei might already be there but I'll be on my way.
"Okay! I'll pass the message on to Yusuke!"
"Okay, thanks,"
There was a knock at the door. Syn wiped his hands on the apron and walked to the front door and opened it. "Kurama! Hiei!" Syn grinned. Kurama smiled, albeit weakly, and bowed slightly to the Shinigami. Hiei grunted and crossed his arms. "Come in! Want some tea?" Kurama walked in followed by Hiei.
"No, you need not trouble yourself," Kurama said as he walked in and took a seat on the couch. He frowned as he took notice that the house was actually clean and presentable. "Where is Yusuke's mom?"
"The lady that was passed out on the floor, you mean?" Syn asked. Kurama nodded. "I put her in her bed," Syn smiled. "And non-sense! I'll get you some tea and get Yusuke!" With that, Syn happily bounced into the kitchen. Hiei raised an eyebrow at Kurama.
"Seems like he's comfortable here," Hiei mused. Kurama sat back on the couch and nodded.
"I'm starting to wonder if this is a bad thing…" Kurama mumbled. Yusuke and Kuwabara came down the steps. Kurama looked up.
"Heya, fox boy," Yusuke greeted with a grin. The other boys that were with them had left saying their goodbyes. "Staying for dinner?"
"Um..." Kurama started but was interrupted when Syn came in with a tray of tea.
"I made tea!" Syn said happily. He sat the tray down on the coffee table. Hiei came over and sat down next to Kurama. Kuwabara sat down on the other side of Kurama and Yusuke took a seat diagonally from them. Kurama reached for a cup of tea and sat back with it in his hand. Syn grabbed a cup and handed it to Yusuke before taking one for himself. "It's mint tea!" Syn smiled.
"We didn't come here to have tea," Hiei grunted. Kurama shout him a look.
"But thank you," Kurama said. He took a quick whiff of the tea to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with it. When he was convinced there was nothing wrong with it, he took a sip.
"What did ya need, not that I don't mind ya visiting," Yusuke asked, taking a sip of the tea. He stared at it and blinked. "Wow this is actually good," Syn grinned widely.
"Glad you like it!" Syn said as he took a sip of his tea.
"We came here because we wanted to find out if you were lying or not," Hiei stated bluntly as he glared at Syn. Syn's eyes widened.
"You still don't believe me?"
"Not until you start telling the truth," Hiei growled. "There is more to what you told us back in that church. You're hiding something and I know it,"
"Syn," Kurama said with a frown. "Spirit world already has its suspicions about you," Syn sat the cup down and frowned.
"I-I…" Syn looked down and folded his hands in his lap.
"Syn?" Yusuke asked. Syn looked at him with tears in his eyes.
"I don't…want to talk about it…do I really have to?" Syn asked weakly. Yusuke nodded. Syn looked at Hiei and Kurama. Syn sighed and resigned to his fate. "Okay I'll tell you everything,"
"What is your connection with the Divine 7 Sinners?" Hiei asked as he pulled the ward from off of his forehead. The Jagan eye opened and Syn stared at it wide eyed.
"Um…I…" Syn stuttered. His face went red as he fidgeted with the apron strings he had tied around his stomach.
"Syn?" Yusuke asked. Syn looked at Yusuke and took a deep breath.
"I was Ira's…lover…" Syn mumbled. Everyone froze.
"Didn't expect that…" Kuwabara grumbled.
"So you had something to do with the killings?" Kurama asked, narrowing his eyes. Syn's eyes watered as he hugged himself tightly.
"I didn't really want to…I had retired from reaping long ago. Today's Reapings are much more…clean than they were back when Enma was in charge of everything…" Syn mumbled. "I…fell in love with a demon…which was a mistake on my part because he happened to be a criminal…"
"What do you mean?"
"There aren't many demons that devour souls anymore because…it's hard to steal a demon's soul and human souls were forbidden after certain laws were placed to protect them…" Syn looked up at them and then looked down with a shuddering sigh. "I took back up reaping to gather souls for him and his friends…He got a little too cocky after a while and tried to take over the human world. Enma put a stop to him with some difficulty and put him and the others in prison for the rest of their lives. Enma knew that it was a Shinigami that had helped them and he demanded Ira to tell him but Ira didn't…"
"Wait…I thought they were the seven princes of hell," Kuwabara said. Syn looked at him in confusion.
"I…don't know…Ira never told me anything like that…" Syn mumbled.
"Kuwabara has a point though; the names they took up are the names of the so called seven princes of hell. They are the ones that punish the evil spirits and what not," Yusuke said.
"The seven princes of hell are just made up human tales," Hiei snorted. "There is only one person who controls hell,"
"But how did they get their names and their way of punishments?" Kuwabara asked with a frown.
"Not every single tale told my humans is a myth. Some are just exaggerated truths," Kurama said as he placed the tea cup on the table and crossed his leg and his arms. Syn frowned.
"Koenma said did say their names were Divine 7 Sinners," Yusuke mumbled. Syn frowned.
"It may be because the humans always make up stories to explain things," Syn explained. "The Divine Seven Sinners, the seven princes of hell, they are the same," Syn shrugged.
"True," Kurama said with a nod. "Since this happened centuries ago, the tales of them was passed down and altered as the years passed," Kurama nodded. Yusuke hummed.
"I get it now," Yusuke said with a nod.
"But that does not explain your relation to them," Hiei pointed out. "You were the one who set them free," It wasn't a question. Syn bit his lip and looked down.
"Yes…"
"Why would you do that?" Kuwabara shouted. Yusuke crossed his arms and frowned.
"Yeah…you knew what they were capable of…how did you even get a chance to let them go?" Yusuke asked.
"You know I retired from being a reaper," Syn mumbled. "I was appointed to being a prison guard after that," Syn sighed and hugged himself. "I told you that I loved Ira…I…had an affair with him even as he was in prison…he said so many things…promised me so many things…He said he had changed…that his time in prison had him thinking and that he just wanted to get out and settle down and live together forever," Syn smiled sadly. "He…kept his promise…for a while…"
"What happened?" Yusuke asked softly as the Shinigami began to tremble.
"Well…He kept his promise for a year-"
"Wait, what?" Yusuke shouted along with everyone else. "They were out for a YEAR before anyone noticed?" Syn nodded.
"I…I was the one who hid their disappearance…but when he started to kill humans again…I let loose other demons to alert spirit world…" Syn whispered.
"So you're the one that set them loose?"
"I only set the ones that were the weakest…" Syn said. He looked up. "I knew you'd have no trouble rounding them up or just killing them,"
"So…?"
"I…am guilty of killing two people…" Syn mumbled. He hugged himself. "I am such a fool…I've been helping them….just waiting for an opportune time to help out spirit-"
"Why would you help them kill humans?" Hiei asked with narrowed eyes. "Your story is really not matching up,"
"I couldn't help it!" Syn cried. "I'm a reaper; my job was to reap souls! They are also reapers-"
"What?" Yusuke shouted. "They're Shinigami too?"
"Yes…" Syn whispered. "But they are demons-"
"How are they demons and Shinigami?" Kurama asked.
"Once a reaper abandons his job by becoming a rogue, they are demons. They are usually the ones that take souls just for the fun of it,"
"But you said he was a rare demon that eats souls!" Hiei narrowed his eyes.
"Yes!" Syn shouted. "He ATE them to gain STRENGTH!" Syn growled. The room was quiet.
"So…what made you act against them for real…you said you wanted revenge?"
"I loved Ira…" Syn whispered. "He promised…to keep me from harm…no matter what…" Syn whispered brokenly. "He let them rape me…"
"Why?"
"He…said…he wanted me to spy on you but he wanted it to be convincing for you to take me in," Syn said brokenly. "An-And…he…let them…" Syn trailed off into sobs. Yusuke frowned and put an arm around the sobbing Shinigami. Syn turned and sobbed into his chest. "I'm so-so s-sorry! This is all my fault…I-I'm so sorry…"
"Come on, Syn…you didn't know he was lying…stop crying," Yusuke whispered into his hair.
"I promise I'll help you defeat him! I'll help you kill them!" Syn shouted through his sobs. "An-and afterwards…I-I'll turn myself in…"
"Syn…"
"It's my fault why they're out…" Syn whispered. Yusuke wrapped his arms around the sobbing Shinigami. He looked at the others with a frown.
"I don't believe you," Hiei said. Everyone turned to look at him with a frown.
"Hiei, what do you mean?"
"I don't understand how all this happened with spirit world knowing and then the random 50 demons?" Hiei snorted. Syn pulled away from Yusuke and stood. He walked to kneel in front of Hiei and he stared into the Jagan eye. Hiei's eyes widened as images flashed through his mind.
"Syn," Ira whispered as he gently laid the white haired Shinigami down on the bed. Syn smiled up at him.
"I love you!"
"I know," Ira smirked and leaned down to kiss him.
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"I want you to do something for me," Ira mumbled as he ran his hair through the white haired Shinigami.
"What is it, love," Syn asked with a smile.
"I want you to gather a few souls-"
"What?" Syn asked as he sat. "You prom-" Ira sat up and gripped the Shinigami by the throat and glared at him.
"I know what I promised! I said I wouldn't kill you humans! That's why I'm asking you to do it!" Ira shouted angrily. Syn gripped the hand at his neck.
"I-Ira…" Ira let go of Syn. Syn gripped his neck loosely and stared at Ira in fright.
"I'm sorry…" Ira mumbled as he reached out and pulled Syn to him. "You know how my anger is…just do it for me, I'll have the others help you…" Ira pulled away and kissed him.
xXx
"Ooooo! Am I hearing right?" Belphegor cooed. "Ira's little play thing is sayingno to him?" Belphegor grinned. Leviathan and Lucifer laughed. Beelzebub raised an eyebrow.
"This can't end well," He said. Mammon giggled evilly. Ira roughly grabbed Syn's arm and dragged him down to the others.
"Ira!"
"Do with him what you want," Ira growled angrily as he tossed Syn to them. Beelzebub caught Syn as he tumbled to him. Syn looked up at him. Beelzebub chuckled. Ira turned and walked away from them. As he left the room, he could hear Syn's choked cries of his name.
The images started getting blurry. Hiei blinked. He stared down at the white head of the Shinigami's who was now sobbing quietly. Hiei looked around at the confused gazes of the others. "Well?"
"He wasn't lying…" Hiei mumbled as he looked down at the Shinigami gripping his knees tightly.
"Syn," Yusuke called. Syn stood up abruptly and made his way to Yusuke and collapsed into his arms crying.
"So…what's our plan of action?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke looked at them.
"I'm sure this Ira guy is guessing that Syn is against them now…" Yusuke mumbled.
"It's a possibility…because I was supposed to go back to him after I met you but…I stayed in the spirit world with Koenma," Syn mumbled against Yusuke's neck.
"I'm still not fully convinced you're on our side," Hiei grunted. Syn looked at him with reddened puffy eyes.
"I…don't know what else I can do to convince you otherwise, Hiei…" Syn mumbled. He turned back to bury is face in Yusuke's neck. They sat there in silence for what felt like hours. Syn sighed softly and gained everyone's attention again. He slowly pulled from Yusuke and smiled at him. "I think dinner is ready now…"
Review please….and happy new years… ;v;