MissTuffcy: There is a lemon tree sitting in front of me...Skip the skin and go straight for the juicy insides…if you catch my drift.

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

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After the long tense silence, Syn called them all to eat. They were now staring down at the stew the Shinigami had prepared. "I hope it is good…" Syn whispered. They all shrugged and clasped their hands together.

"Itadakimasu," They all spoke. Syn smiled and began eating. Once he started, everyone else did too.

"Oh my god…" Yusuke mumbled after taking the first bite. Syn looked at him.

"Wh-what? What is it?" Syn asked urgently.

"This is amazing!" Kurama commented, his eyes wide.

"Hn…" Hiei grunted. Syn blushed and smiled.

"Thank you!"

It was now morning. It had been an uneventful week as Syn stayed with Yusuke. Syn was sitting on the couch flicking through channels while Kuwabara and Yusuke were eating breakfast in the kitchen. Syn sighed and was getting ready to turn the TV off when a certain news report stopped him. "There was another murder. 30 year old Yoko Funaba said she had been waiting for a call from her husband from work. When she didn't receive the call she had went over to his job to find him cut into pieces on the bathroom floor of his office," Syn's eyes widened and he dropped the remote. Kuwabara and Yusuke were at the doorway in seconds.

"What did that just say?"

"It doesn't seem like detectives are getting anywhere closer to finding this mysterious murderer. The only clue that was left behind was writing on the bathroom mirror with the victim's blood," They showed a picture and Syn's heart skipped a beat. It was definitely from Ira.

"I have to go talk to Koenma," Syn mumbled. With that said, he disappeared from the couch. Yusuke and Kuwabara blinked. They looked at each other.

"We better go talk to Hiei and Kurama…" Yusuke mumbled. Kuwabara nodded in agreement.

Kurama sighed as he wrapped his arms around Hiei's neck. The fire demon was kneeled over him and smirking. "It's been too long since we had time alone like this, koi," Kurama said. Hiei leaned down and kissed him.

"That's because you insist on prancing off to that human prison of yours to learn useless things," Hiei growled. Kurama smirked.

"Not everything I learn there is useless, Hiei," Kurama said slyly. Hiei's eyes narrowed.

"And what wouldn't be useless?" Hiei growled. Kurama's smirk widened as Hiei's eyes narrowed. Kurama laughed as Hiei attacked his neck with licks and nips. "Mine," Hiei growled.

"Yes, I'm all yours," Kurama cooed. Hiei smirked as he quickly discarded his and Kurama's clothing. Tapping at the window made Hiei growl and turn. Pebbles were being thrown at the window. Kurama sighed as he stood up to open the window. Hiei threw a pair of pants and a shirt at the fox and Kurama stared at him in confusion.

"No one sees my fox's body but me," Hiei growled and he flopped back on the bed. Kurama chuckled as he put on the pants and shirt before opening up the window. He looked down and closed his eyes when pebbles hit him in the face. He frowned down at the two.

"Sorry 'Rama!" Yusuke yelled.

"What do you need, Yusuke?" Kurama asked.

"We need to go-"

"I don't think it's a good idea to shout that out here," Kuwabara said with a frown. Yusuke looked at him and nodded.

"Can we come in?" Yusuke asked. Kurama sighed and nodded.

"I'll get the door," Kurama closed the window. He turned when he heard Hiei growling. "I'm sorry, fire-baby," Hiei huffed and shoved his pants on. He walked over to Kurama and buttoned the shirt he had on up.

"Let's just get this over with so I can get back to claiming my fox," Hiei growled. Kurama chuckled as he led Hiei downstairs. He opened the door for Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"We need to go to Koenma now," Yusuke said seriously. Hiei and Kurama frowned and exchanged looks.

"Well?" Ira smirked as Syn walked into the old abandoned church. He looked around at all the dead humans littering the floor. He looked up at Ira who sat on a throne like chair at the top of the stairs.

"What are you planning exactly?" Syn asked. Ira motioned Syn over and the white haired Shinigami obediently walked to him.

"I'm taking over this miserable excuse of a world. I need to collect enough souls so I know Enma will be no match against me and an army of damned souls and demons!"

"Why?" Syn asked weakly. Ira glared at him.

"Don't question me!" Ira hissed and slapped Syn across his face. "What did you find out?" Syn looked down holding his bruising cheek.

"Spirit world knows you are loose,"

"I wonder how they figure out that bit of information," Ira growled. "You smell like a human,"

"Ira-" Syn gasped as the larger man gripped his neck tightly.

"I should snap your neck! How dare you not be faithful to me, you little slut! How dare you let a human touch you!" Ira growled. Syn clawed at the redhead's hand. "What's his name?"

"Y-Yusuke…" Syn choked.

"What is his importance to spirit world?"

"He's a spirit detective along with his friends!"

"Tell me about them,"

"Hiei the Jaganshi who also possess the dragon of the darkness flame – a borderline of Lower S-Class and Upper A-class! His lover is the former fox thief Youko Kurama who has been humanized. His power level is the same. Kazuma Kuwabara has high spiritual awareness but he is just a human. Yusuke Urameshi….I…am not sure….I get strange readings from him…"

"Tell me!" Ira roared as he shook the smaller Shinigami.

"H-He feels like a demon…he feels like a human…and he also feels dead…" Ira let go of Syn and tossed him backwards. He watched in amusement as the small Shinigami tumbled down the stairs until he hit the bottom with a cry of pain.

"Good job, pet….but since you like being so unfaithful, I have to punish you….Asmodeus!"

"Hmmm…" The said ex-reaper moaned as he appeared at the bottom of the steps. "You need not tell me twice!" He licked his lips as he stared down at the trembling Shinigami.

"Good, then you know I wanted you to call in Lucifer? He should be somewhere in this human world…"

"Dammit…" Asmodeus cursed.

Yusuke slammed his hands on Koenma's desk angrily. "What do you mean he's not here? He said he was coming to see you!" Yusuke shouted. Hiei growled and gained his attention.

"This is what I meant! He lied to you, idiot! He's working for is so called ex-lover!" Hiei growled. Kurama frowned and crossed his arms.

"Seems like we fell in his trap…"

When Yusuke and the others entered Yusuke's house, they were surprised to smell something good cooking and also voices talking. They walked to the kitchen and stopped. Syn and Atsuko were in there cooking. Syn had his arm up in a sling, bandages wrapped around his forehead and also covering his eye. "Mom?" Yusuke asked. Atsuko turned from the pot she was stirring and raised an eyebrow at Yusuke.

"Where did you find this one?" Atsuko nodded towards a blushing Syn. "If you're not marrying him, I sure will! He can cook, he can clean, and he's drop dead gorgeous!"

"Ohh! Ms. Urameshi, you flatter me!"

"Syn…We need to talk to you…" Yusuke said with narrowed eyes. Syn swallowed thickly and nodded.

They had decided to take their little chat to spirit world. "Why did you lie?" Yusuke asked. Syn looked down.

"I wanted to see what Ira was up to…his reason for stealing souls is to become powerful enough to take over the human world without problems…I don't know what his next course of actions are…" Koenma hummed. His eyes narrowed at Syn.

"What I want to know is how they escaped…"

"I…I let them out…a year ago…" Syn whispered brokenly. "Ira…" He began to sob in his hand.

"Stop all that crying!" Hiei snapped. Syn sniffled and looked at him. "I thought meeting an old grim reaper would be fascinating but all you've done is lie and cry!" Hiei growled. Kurama placed a hand on his arm.

"I abandoned that a long time ago…" Syn whispered. He looked at Yusuke desperately. Yusuke sighed and opened his arms. The white haired Shinigami launched himself at the spirit detective and sobbed into his chest.

"Listen, Syn," Yusuke started sternly. Syn sniffled and looked up at him. "You can't lie all the time."

"I'm sorry!" Syn cried. "I promise I won't lie again! I just didn't want you to worry and…" Syn trailed off and looked away.

"If what you say is true," Kurama mumbled. Everyone looked at him. "You know where they are residing," It wasn't a question. Syn nodded and wiped his eyes.

"They are at the old church…" Syn mumbled. "The one we met in," Kurama nodded.

"I don't think it will be wise to go up against these demons yet," Koenma said as he crossed his arms. He closed his eyes and hummed. "You need to prepare for them…Syn,"

"Yes?" Syn asked with a frown.

"You know them well," Koenma stated. "I want you to help Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara get ready to face them. I expect you are helping them in battle as well?" Syn bit his lip.

"I don't know if that is such a good idea…" He mumbled lowly.

They were at Genkai's temple. Yusuke and Kuwabara were doing stretches. Kurama and Hiei were off on the side talking. From time to time Kurama would chuckle and Hiei would growl. Syn sighed as he watched them. "So, you're Syn?" Syn turned his head and blinked at the three females standing over him with their hands on their hips.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Keiko," Keiko said pointing to herself. "Botan," Keiko pointed at her. "Shizuru," She pointed at Kuwabara's sister.

"Oh…" Syn grumbled.

"Okay~" Yusuke shouted. "We're ready for you, Syn," Yusuke waved the white haired Shinigami over. Syn smiled and stood. He turned to look at Botan with a frown.

"You're a grim reaper too?" He asked. Botan grinned and nodded. Syn raised an eyebrow. "Too much has changed…" with that said, he turned and walked away from them. Botan furrowed her brows.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" She shouted. Her shout fell on deaf ears. Syn held out his hand and his scythe appeared.

"Whoa," Kuwabara said. "Stereotypical weapon of a reaper, eh?" Kuwabara chuckled.

"Do you have one of these, Botan?" Yusuke asked the blue haired grim reaper. She glared at him and crossed her arms. Syn smiled and began to spin the scythe with his one able hand.

"I will hold back on the first two waves…" Syn said lowly.

"What do they specialize in?" Yusuke asked as he got in a ready position.

"I can't really mimic all of them because I only have use of one arm right now," Syn said remorsefully.

"What happened anyway?" Yusuke asked. Syn paused briefly. He looked down and shook his head.

"It's not important," He whispered. The scythe began to glow light blue. "Belphegor…He's lazy…he won't physically attack you unless it is his only option," Syn said. "He's really quick when it comes to sending projectiles." Syn slashed the air quickly and continued to spin the scythe. A wave of light blue energy flew at them. Yusuke jumped, Kuwabara rolled out of the way, Hiei disappeared, and Kurama jumped away.

"Really?" Yusuke asked. "This should be easy!" Yusuke grinned as he dodged another. Syn smiled mysteriously.

"I assure it won't be a piece of cake," Syn whispered. The blast became quicker and less spaced apart.

"Holy shit!" Kuwabara exclaimed as he came close to getting his head sliced right off. Syn chuckled. "Are you trying to kill us?" Kuwabara jumped up from the ground and glared at Syn. Syn looked up and shook his head. His gaze rested on Hiei. The fire demon was dodging the shots with ease, where as everyone else was struggling. Kurama was doing pretty well but he was having a lot of close shots. Syn focused on Hiei. Syn's arm became a blur and the shots were like a stream of blue bullets. He shot them as one could shoot a machine gun. Hiei became a blur as he dodged all the shots. Syn stopped and slammed the ground with his scythe. Hiei rolled forward. The ground ripped open as the light blue light erupted from the ground.

"Hn…" Hiei crossed his arms.

"Hiei…" Syn smiled at him. "I would recommend you take Belphegor on…" Hiei nodded.

"So…Belphegor excels in long range combat?" Kuwabara asked. Syn nodded. "What about the others?"

"Lucifer likes to go hand to hand a lot," Syn said. "He…is also fast…" Syn mumbled. He looked at them all before the scythe in his hand disappeared. He sighed and disappeared. Yusuke's eyes widened as Syn's fist appeared in front of his fast. "You have to be prepared for the unexpected. He talks a lot about himself and when you're just about fed up, he surprises you with a fist in the face. Or," Syn disappeared again and Hiei jumped in front of Kurama and his hand shot up and caught the foot aimed as his neck. Kurama's eyes widened and he blinked. "A foot to the neck," Hiei let go of Syn and the Shinigami dropped to the floor. Syn looked between them all. "Maybe Hiei should fight him too…"

"Hn…" Hiei crossed his arms. Syn placed a hand on his forehead. He backed away from them.

"Syn?"

His light grey eyes seemed to darken in determination. They all were silent. "Beelzebub fights with his scythe. He is not all that fast at all but he is strong…" Syn looked between them all. "What is your weapon of choice?" Yusuke punched his fist in his palm with a smirk. Kuwabara held out his hands for his spirit swords. Kurama whipped out his Rose Whip and Hiei unsheathed his katana. Syn nodded.

"I can take him on!" Kuwabara said with a nod. Syn hesitated. He nodded a moment later.

"That's 3 down," Hiei said as he crossed his arms. "What about the other 4?"

"Leviathan…" Syn whispered. "He doesn't fight you physically, he fights you mentally," Syn frowned. "He possesses something like your Jagan, Hiei."

"He also has a Jagan eye?" Hiei asked with a frown. Syn shook his head.

"He is the Jagan. It was one of his nicknames. He plays with the mind of those who look into his eyes. He corrupts their memories to satisfy his needs and the person he corrupts does his work. I know for sure he will try to turn one of you against the team…He probably will know you won't hurt each other and he will use that against you…" Hiei looked at Kurama as he made a noise of understanding.

"I'll go up against him," Kurama said. Syn frowned.

"Are you sure?" Syn asked. Kurama smiled and his eyes flashed gold.

"I'm sure he'll find it difficult to 'rewrite' my memories," Kurama said. Syn smiled and nodded.

"3 more," Kuwabara said.

"Mammon and Lucifer usually fight together," Syn said. "Mammon is more riling people up so they'd be blinded by fury to attack. Lucifer is brute strength through and through. If he plucked you, you'd probably get a bruise…" Syn rubbed his arm subconsciously. Yusuke frowned.

"Is that how did this to you?" Yusuke asked. Syn flinched. He looked away.

"N-No…" He whispered. Yusuke frowned.

"And Ira?" Hiei asked.

"I…I'm his weapon…" Syn whispered. Everyone's eyes widened.

"What?" They all exclaimed.

"I am his weapon…" Syn repeated. "Promise me if it comes down to it, you will kill me…Don't hesitate because I won't…" Syn looked up at them.

"What the hell do you mean you're his weapon?" Yusuke asked.

"When he calls, I will answer…I belong to him…" Syn looked away.

"What do you mean?"

"It is the old way of the reapers," Botan supplied as she walked over. They all looked at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Reapers usually don't mate because they really had no reason to," Botan said with a shrug. "Back then, reapers were more…power hungry I will say. They took what they wanted, when they wanted. That meant other Reapers too. But there was a split. Regular Grim Reapers and Shinigamis. Shinigamis were basically Gods of Death. Grim Reapers were just soul harvesters,"

"So…You're a Grim Reaper?" Yusuke asked. Botan nodded.

"Syn is a Shinigami," Botan explained.

"All of Divine 7 Sinners are Grim Reapers except Leviathan," Syn mumbled. Syn looked up with a frown. "Grim Reapers found that if they were to mate with a Shinigami, their power would be increased. Ira mated with two…But Mating wasn't the same back then than it is today. Back then it was all about ownership. Today, it has changed and evolved into being out of love and devotion."

"Wait he mated with two?" Yusuke asked. Syn nodded. "You and..?"

"Leviathan…" Syn whispered. "That is what I believed Ira loved me…" Syn's eyes began to water. "I am…weak…weaker than any other Shinigami and…possibly weaker than a Grim Reaper… He already had Leviathan but…He mated with me because he said he loved me…I'm not sure about that anymore…"

"So you're saying we'll have more problems fighting Leviathan because Ira's choice of weapon is weak?" Hiei asked.

"Hiei!" Yusuke snapped.

"I…I guess…" Syn whispered.

"There is something you're not telling us," Hiei narrowed his eyes. "If he's the leader in all this, wouldn't he be the strongest?"

"He…I…" Syn closed his eyes. "I don't know…"

"Hn…" Hiei crossed his arms and glared at Syn. "I don't trust you at all…"

"I'm sorry…" Syn cried. "I don't know what I can do to change your opinion of me but I'm telling you, all I want to do is help!"

"Tch…" Hiei rolled his eyes. "It will never change until all this is over and proves you're only an ally to us,"

"Then I will help you until the end!" Syn said with a determined nod.

"It's getting pretty late," Yusuke said breaking the tension. "We should head in and get some rest."

"Yeah," Kuwabara agreed. Kurama nodded. They all headed in. Syn quickly made his way over to Yusuke and grabbed his arm. He laid his head on his arm and looked up slightly at him. Yusuke smiled at him and looked back up. Syn's eyes twinkled in satisfaction at the look of jealousy that flared up on the brown haired human's face.

"Yusuke!" Keiko said with a wide smile. Yusuke smiled at her. "I was wondering: do you want to hang out a little before you head to bed?"

"Uh, sure-"

"That wouldn't be a good idea," Syn said with a frown. "You should eat and then go to sleep because we have to get up early in the morning to start on you guy's training,"

"Actually, I was thinking we could take a break to-" Kuwabara stopped at the deadly look Syn was giving him. His eyes widened. Kurama and Hiei exchanged glances. "Let's just get inside and have some dinner!"

"Did anything get fixed?" Kuwabara asked.

"Yukina said she was going to do it," Shizuru said.

"Yukina~" Kuwabara grinned. Hiei glared at him. Syn silently watched the exchange.

Yusuke sighed as he plopped backwards on the bed. He grunted as the Shinigami plopped on top of him. He covered his eyes and looked down at Syn. Syn smiled widely. "can I ask you something, Syn?"

"Go ahead!"

"You know how the Divine 7 have their own signature punishment and reasoning for their name and purpose and what nots, what is yours?" Yusuke asked. Syn's eyes widened slightly.

"I…" He was aching to lie to the spirit detective but he had promised to stop. He sighed and looked down. "My name is Syn," Yusuke's eyebrow rose.

"I knew that already, Syn," Yusuke said.

"No…My name is Syn…because I represent sins. I am the one who flares the sinful feelings in humans to give them a reason to punish them. I seek out strong souls and lead them to the souls…" Syn buried his face in Yusuke's chest. "My punishment is to cut the victim open and allow for them to die slowly as I pull their insides out," Yusuke turned green. Syn looked up and frowned.

"Well…I don't know what to say…" Yusuke said silently. Syn smiled.

"That was something…" He chuckled. Yusuke grinned. They stared at each other. Yusuke touched the bandages on Syn's head. "They should be healed about now…" Yusuke peeled away the bandages and dropped them to the floor. The only barely there sign that the Shinigami had been hurt was the slight redness around his right eye. Yusuke touched it gently.

"What did they do…?"

"Asmodeus burned me," Syn said with a shrug as if he were talking about the weather.

"What..?"

"Ira told him to burn me again," Syn said with another shrug. He laid his head down on Yusuke's chest. "You have a heart beat…" Syn said after a while of silence. Yusuke chuckled.

"Everyone does,"

"Ira doesn't…" Syn mumbled. They laid there in silence. Syn picked up his head and stared down at Yusuke. "You are different…and the same…as Ira…" Syn whispered too low for Yusuke to hear, even though he was on top of him. Syn leaned down and pressed his lips to Yusuke's. Yusuke froze. He was getting ready to pull away but Syn grabbed his shirt and pressed down harder. Yusuke could practically feel the desperation coming off the Shinigami in waves. He relented and wrapped his arms around the Shinigami's slim waist.

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Syn gasped loudly as he felt Yusuke push inside of him. He moaned and his eyes fluttered closed. "Am I hurting you?" Yusuke asked. Syn shook his head and wrapped one arm around Yusuke's neck and pulled him down for a kiss.

"Move…" Syn mumbled. And so Yusuke did. It was a slow pace at first before Yusuke began to increase in speed. His eyes closed and he threw his head back slightly and he groaned. His pace quickened even more and Syn cried out loudly as Yusuke brushed against his prostate. Yusuke's thrusts became harder and faster. "Yusuke!" Syn cried. Yusuke opened his eyes and leaned over Syn and pressed his lips to the white haired Shinigami's to muffle his cries.

He was so close. He could feel the tightening in his lower stomach. He growled as he sped up.

"Yu-Yusuke…I'm coming…" Syn moaned. Syn cried out his completion on a moment after he had said it. He gripped Yusuke's shoulder tightly. Yusuke groaned Syn's name as he came.

"Yusuke…" Yusuke's gaze shot to the doorway. Keiko was standing there with tears in her eyes. She ran off. Yusuke cursed and pulled out of Syn quickly. Syn made a noise of pain. He sat up slightly and watched Yusuke shove his pants on.

"Where are you going?" Syn asked. Yusuke shoved his shoes and shirt on.

"I have to go catch her,"

"Why?" Syn asked with a frown. "You should leave her and come to bed,"

"I have to-"

"You don't to!" Syn's frown deepened. Yusuke sighed.

"Syn, please," Yusuke looked at him. "I need to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid," Syn looked down and sighed.

"Okay…but you better come back," Syn looked up at Yusuke with a small smile. Yusuke nodded and ran out the door. Syn plopped back on the bed with a sigh. He stared up at the ceiling. He grinned darkly and his eyes flashed red briefly. "Hn…"

Review please? Slow updates because of lack of stable internet connection.