Give Me Your Soul

[Coldman9]

This is my second shot at an original story. All critisism is helpful, even if you're gonna tell me you hate the story. If no one posts even if you like the story I probably won't continue it, I'll just feel like you don't like it.

Chapter 1

Rain came beating down on the hard, still warm pavement of the city. In the back allies and underbelly it did little but slightly increase the putrid smell of garbage and other things best left undiscovered. Rats picking their way through the wet trash quickly ran and hid as a lone person walked through one of the allyways, rain pouring down on him. In the darkness it was only distinquishable to see he was wearing a black raincoat. He stopped infront of a door in the allyway, it was set back into the wall aways and in the shelter was a very muscular man with his arms crossed. As the figure walked up tot he door he looked over at the boucer, prepared for if he was denied entry. He grabbed the door handle and opened it up, he strolled inside when the bouncer didnt' move.

As he stepped inside he was overtaken by the smell of smoke, alcohol, dried blood, and other bodily fluids. The bar was dimmly lit and only the hanging lights over the pool tables provided decent lighting. The crowd in the bar was deffinently a rough crowd, almost everyone had a hidden weapon on them. But luckily few looked his way as he crossed the floor and took a seat in a booth by himself.

"What can I get you?" asked a waitress who looked like she wanted to be anywhere else.

"Whatever." the firgure answered leaving the waitress to go back and order something at random for him.

When she left he looked over at another booth a few booths away where a gang sat drinking. There were seven in total, five guys and two girls. The one sittin in the middle of the booth wore a leather jacket over a black shirt and his long blonde hair was messy and unwashed, obviously the leader. As the waitress came back and dropped off a drink they caught each others attention. The gang leader jumped over his booth and quickly moved to where the figure was sitting and took a seat opposite of him in the booth.

"You got a problem wit us?" he asked gruffly.

"No, I was just listening in on your conversation." the figure replied taking a drink."You wouldn't happen to have been talking about that old lady that was beaten to death a few days ago, would you?"

"Yeah, cause it was us who done the old bag in."

"What was in her purse that you wanted so badly?"

"Eh?" the gang leader looked confused then started laughing "It wudn't her purse we was after, we just wanted to beat soemone."

"Well job well done." the figure said as the other gang members began crowding around the table "You're all so tough. After all it always takes five unwashed retards and two sluts to beat up an old lady already on her death bed."

"What was that!?" one of the girls yelled pulling out a knife and bringing it down at his hand. The figure parted his fingers in time so the blade only struck the table.

Suddenly there was a crash as one of the pool players knocked their hanging light and it shined in the direction of the figure and the gang that surrounded him. In one second it was clear to see him, he had jet black hair, slightly spiked up, and wore a faded blue shirt and jeans, but what kept the gang from doing anything more was his eyes. They were a deep, piercing crimson that almost looked like they were glowing, those eye's were enought to stop the gang as the figure stood up before them and reached in his pocket.

The gangs all reached into their own pockets and grabbed the weapons they had until the figure pulled out a single, folded bill of money. He reached past the gang and placed it on the platter of the waitress who brought him his driink as she passed by.

"Keep the change." he said pushing past the gang and leaving. As he stepped back out into the rain he noticed the bouncer had not moved from before.

He began walking back through the dank allyways and eventually came to a dead end. Trash bags where piled against the walls all around and the rats weren't even afraid enough to run and hide. He heard several loud crashed behind him and turned to see the gang from before blocking the exit. The leader was holding a metal bat in one hand and the others held either a knife or a chain.

"You shoudn't have fucked with us." the leader called out walking up to him "We actually try to pace ourselves to one kill a week but we decided we could make an exeption for you."

"I'm so flattered." the figure said sarcastically

"Hope you're happy with how your life turned out." the leader said raising his bat over his head as he got within range of the figure and brought it down.

Cshck! Clak clak! The bat fell to the ground, cut in half. The gang members looked in shock as their leader fell tothe ground with a blade through his head. At the end of the blade was a hiilt with a medium sized red stone in it. The figure held the sword as he slowly lowered the gang leaders body down, then kicked it away and pulled his sword out.

"You . . . You bastard!" one of the members yelled then charged at the figure, swinging his chain around.

The member swung it at the figure but the chain was cut too. Befire he could react he was run through with the sword. To the other gang members despite being shocked from the death of two of their own, the thought of the fact that blood didn't seem to drip from the sword crossed their minds. Rather, the sword seemed to absorb any blood that it touched. The figure pulled his sword out of the second body and suddenly disappeared.

"GAH!!" the two girls screamed as they were cut in two at the waist from behind.

The three left tried to get away but the figure was now blocking their exit. He raised his sword and rushed at one. He stabed him through the heart and pushed him onto t apile of garbage bags then pointed his blade behind him and backed into another one. As he pulled his sword out he looked over at the last one, lying on a pile of garbage that he had tripped into.

"Wh-what do ya what!?" the member asked paniced trying to back away as far as he could "Money? I'll het ya some money."

"I don't want money." the figure said raising his sword in the air "You all killed, and stole, and took fun in tormenting the innocent. Indeed you souls are rife with darkness and sin." his voice became deeper, more malicious, and began to double "Souls stained with sin like your's are perfect for us." Dark aura's began forming on the dead bodies and then moved onto the blade. The red jewel in the hilt began glowing red, as did the figures eyes " All we want from you, is your tainted soul." and stabbed the last member with his sword.

"Who are you?" the last member asked as his own soul was also absobed into the red jewel.

"I am known as Taruke." the figure answered in one voice "I am known as Murai." in another voice "And this boy whose body we inhabit." the voices combined into one "His name is Shou, and we gather your soul for the sake of our master, who will soon walk this world once more."

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Shou sat up in bed quickly, cold sweat all over his body. He looked around his room in the bright morning sunshine then laid back in his bed. The digital clock on his beside table began beeping and he knew it was 7:30 in the morning. He balled up a fist and slammed it onto the clock, promptly shutting it off. He sat up again and looked into the mirror on his dresser. His eyes were now a deep blue, practically opposite of the crimson they had been before.

Last night was pretty good.- came Taruke's voice

Indeed, five souls all at once. And black as night too.- Murai's voice chimed in.

"Shut up." Shou said gathering up some clothes and walking out of his room into the bathroom.

End

So what'd ya think? Please post if ya liked it cause otherwise I won't put up more chapters. Any critism is welcome.

[Shadow-Love]

Hahahaha! Okay, it was good she guesses. But seriously, not bad man. I know Coldman, trust me, it'll get better as he goes on with the story.

[Annoyance]

I'm working on a slow critique for this one. (keep getting distracted)

I'll edit this post later when I get it done. Just know that I'm reading it and it seems okay. Regardless, don't give up because some kids tell you to.




When I'm done I'll send you a VM or something to let you know since edits aren't notified.

[khfreak17]

wow. that was really good. i like it

[Silent Avera]

*0*

Very nice Coldman, really really good!!

I saw some spelling mistakes, watch out for those, and at first I thought this was something similar to Blood Plus with Vampires or something, but the appeal with demons is certainly there, especially with two demons in one body, I don't think I've seen that before, except for maybe something in Fullmetal Alchemist with the people in the stone, but I'm not sure it's on the exact same wavelength as this.

I hope you do continue this ^_^ I can tell some super effort went into this, seriously dude

[Shadow-Love]

Ya hear that man, people like this. So the next chapter better go up soon.

[Lectori Salutem]

Very good! It feels more like a prologue than a first chapter, but I definitely want to keep reading. So give me the next chapter^^

[Coldman9]

Okay, sorry for the long wait. Computer and Internet problems abound but I bring you all the next chapter.

Chapter 2

"Five bodies were found in the back alley behind a known criminal bar. What's puzzling investigators is that the weapon seems to have been a sharp, bladed instrament. Two of the victims, females, were cut completely in half. The police have stated they have no suspects as of yet." A female reporter annouced from the TV, standing in the mouth of the alley as the police behind her in a cordoned off area went about their work.

Hahaha, you're famous Shou.- Taruke said as he passed the large TV screen that a large crowd had grown around.

"Whoa, brutal."

"They were killed with a bladed weapon? What, like a sword? Lame."

"They were gangster's, you gotta be prepared to suffere extreme consiquences if you live that life."

"I heard they were the ones that killed that old lady a while back."

Shou heard all the people talking as he passed by. Even though it had seemed like a dream, he knew what happened last night had been real. It had all been real for the past six monthes.

Humans are such idiotic creatures.- Murai said-You appal murder but when it comes to criminals you can't get enough of it. But unfortunately these souls aren't dark enough.

"You wanna start a killing spree this early in the morning!?" Shou asked quietly picking up his pace to get to school before they would seriously consider it.

Hahahaha! Damn, I love this kid- Taruke laughed-But we wouldn't do that to you Shou, you'd probably wind up getting killed by the police. And we couldn't forgive ourselves if anything happened to you.- the last sentence was drenched in sarcasm.

"Psh. You're demons, I doubt you're even capable of forgiveness."

Aww, that hurts kid. Why do ya gotta be so mean?- suddenly Shou felt a pain in his chest, like an icey hand gripping and squeezing his heart, and it felt as if someone was standing against his back-Just cause we're demons doesn't mean we don't have feelings.

Shou's breathing became labored as the icey grip stayed with him the rest of the way to school. Once he reached the campus the feeling stopped and he was able to relax a little. As he got to his classroom and sat as his desk he could feel Taruke and Murai scanning the room and students. Several of them had darkened souls from one thing or another, theft, beating up people, who knows what. The two were always scanning to find a soul ready to be taken.

"Okay class, continuing from yesterday we'll be going over ratio's and probabilities. Please open your books to page 273." the teacher said walking in and writing on the board. And luckily the day went by eventlessly. Until lunchtime came around.

"Hey hey, I found him!" came a boys voice as Shou ate lunch at his desk.

Two people walked into his classroom and sat down with him. One of them was a boy his age with short blonde hair, and green eyes. The other was a girl with long red hair and blue eye's like Shou's. They wore the same uniform as him, all black exept for the school crest on the front right pocket. They pulled out their lunches and began to eat too.

"Hey Tatsumi, Sakura. How've ya been?" Shou asked.

"Wow, you're actually concerned about our wellbeing, even after ignoring us for the past week." Sakura said not looking at Shou.

"I've . . . had a lot to deal with lately."

Oh my. You wouldn't happen to be talking about us, would you Shou?- Taruke said

"Geez, can't you just celebrate your birthday like normal people?" Tatsumi said "You don't need to think about it the week before, even if it is your seventeenth birthday."

"It's not about my birthday. Some stuff's just come up." Suddenly the icey hand feeling came back to Shou, and it took everything he had to keep from keeling over in pain "I . . . I gotta go." he said quickly running out of the room.

"Hey wait! Damn, what's his problem?" Tatsumi asked as he and Sakura followed but lost him in the halls "I guess you just have that kind of effect on guys Sakura." and suddenly everything went black for Tatsumi.

Meanwhile Shou had ran out onto the roof. He looked around and was releived to see no one around.

"What . . . what is it!?" Shou asked as the icey grip intensified.

We've got a live one. School can wait, we gotta collect this one while it's still hot.- Taruke said.

You can make up the work later.- Murai chimed in.

Shou locked up in pain as the icey feeling expanded to the rest of his body. He fell back against the wall of the doorway as the pain intensified. Suddenly he went limp and a dark mist sprouted out the ground at his feet then floated up and completely consumed him. As the mist disappated Shou opened his eyes, the pain disappearing, and they had changed to the crimson red along. Along with the eyes he was wearing the same black raincoat from the night before.

*Sigh*"Alright, where is it?" Shou asked annoyed jumping onto the fence that surrounded the roof and looking around.

Five miles to the East. Police Headquarters.- Murai said.

Shou looked to his left and his eye's focused on the tallest building in the distance. He crouched down and jumped into the air, landing on another building in that direction half a mile away. As he landed he kept his eyes trained on the building, especially the window on the right corner on the top floor. Shou started jumping and running from building top to building top as he made his way to the police headquarters.

Hey, you're getting pretty good at this. You can't say demons never did anything good for humans.-Taruke said-Increased five senses, faster, stronger, and a six sense for knowing when dangerous people are around.

Shou kept quiet, he didn't like what he was doing. Even if the people he was killing were bad people, killing them wasn't gonna do anything about it. But Taruke and Murai were always hunting them down, and he had learned early on if he didn't do it willingly, they took over by force and still did it. As he reached the last building infront of the police headquarters he looked down at the street pull of people and police officers. None of them noticed a boy in a black raincoat looking at them. Shou took a deep breath, walked all the way back, ran, and jumped of the edge and up to the room he was focusing on.

As he reached the window he was four people. One sitting behind a desk with his feet on it, and three other guys, one to each side of him and one behind him. They all had on suites, but he man sitting at the desk's was nicer than the other three's. As he reached the window Shou's eye's began to glow and he passed through it and landed inside, passing through the guy on the right on his way. Once he landed he quickly went to the shadows being cast from the odd angle the sun was hitting the room.

"Eh, what's wrong." one of the men behind the desk asked the man Shou had passed through as he began to look around worriedly.

"I . . . I swear I just felt something go right through me." he said.

All the men stood at attention as the door opened and another man walked in. At first he didn't notice the four men behind the desk but when he did he backed up a few steps and stood straight.

"Wh-what are you doing here!?" He asked impatiently "I told you we meet outside, it's too risky for me in this building."

"Calm down, calm down Head Detective." the man sitting at the desk said calmly. As he sat properly Shou got a good look at him. His hair was brown and stayed close to his head and he had a beard and mustouche too, but his eyes were a piercing amber "I just got word the police raided another drug dealer and took his entire stock, I'm here to pre-emptively put my bid on it." and placed a thick envelope onto the desk. Once he was done he stood up and left the room, followed by his three bodyguards.

Shou followed the four as they went through the office and reached an elevator. As they got in Shou followed and stood facing all four as the doors closed and the elevator started going down. All he wanted to do was take their souls and get back to class.

I know what you're thinking Shou, but don't you think killing all four in the police headquarters is a little much?- Murai said

"I just want this over with, we'll disappear by the time they're found." Shou said reaching to his back and pulling out the sword. Once he did his eye's stopped glowing and he became visible to the four men in the elevator.

"What the hell!?" the bodyguards yelled reaching for their weapons once they saw Shou.

Shou quickly ran through two of the guards but the third was quick and had his gun pointed at Shou's head. Bang Bang Bang Bang! The guard looked down at his stomach as he fell over, blood pouring from four bullet holes in his stomach. The boss had backed into a corner and was looking at Shou in horror as he took a step over, the sword in his right hand and a black six shooter with evil etchings in his left hand.

"Wait wait! What do you wa-" but he didn't finish as Shou stabbed him through the head.

He quickly pulled it out and holstered the gun and sheathed the sword, it's gem glowing eerily red. His eye's began glowing and he jumped through the roof of the elevator and through one of the closed doors as it kept going down. He ran through another office and jumped out of the window, landing on the same building he had stood on earlier. He looked down and after several minutes a big comotion began in the building.

Looks like they've found his body.- Murai said

Hahaha, oh this is good. Greed is always a strong signal to pick up.- Taruke said gloating over the new soul-We did good today. Hey Murai, let's give Shou the night off.

Very well, he did a good job today.-Murai said calmly

"You're giving me a night off?" Shou asked surprised as he headed back to the school, diffinently late for class.

Sure, we've been with you, what, six monthes now. It's about time you got a break.- Taruke said as they landed on the roof of the school. Shou closed his eyes and the black coat turned into mist and faded away and when he opened his eyes, they were blue again- Hell, I remeber the night we first met. Man, you were so pathetic, do ya remember?

Shou kept quiet as he walked through the empty halls to his class. He remembered that night, how could he forget. That was first night, he had ever killed someone.

End

So what'd you guys think? I think I did pretty good. And next chapter is a flashback so that'll be something to look forward to.

[Coldman9]

Sorry to double post guys but I just wanted everyone to know the second chapter is up.

[khfreak17]

holy freaking crap. that.... was.... AWESOME!!!!!

[Lectori Salutem]

I really wanna know how Shou met those demons! Luckily that's what the next chapter's about^^ Really good chapter!

[Shadow-Love]

Wow, that was good Coldman. Your stories alwasy get better as you write them. Looking forward to the next chapter.

[Silent Avera]

*_*

If this were a manga, I'd buy it. Good golly miss molly Coldman, such improvement, I feel proud just for knowing that your creative spark has matured this much.

A little bit of a crit, some of the descriptions felt a little stiff, work on making them flow a bit better :)

[Coldman9]

Thanks guys, I put a lot of work into chapter 2. And SL's right, my work does get better as I go on. So now, without a wait. I present another chapter.

Please know that all italisized words in parenthasees are Shou's thoughts.

Chapter 3

(Now that I think back on it, I guess it really didn't start six months ago. Maybe it started that night, I won't forget that night either. I ccan't forget that night, it's shaped who I am now.)

"Oh man, oh man. I"m so late, Mom's gonna kill me." A ten year old Shou said as he ran down the road to his house. He had been helping a friend with homework and lost track of time, now he was running home with his backpack as thunder and lightning roared in the distance "Huh, that's wierd. It's not suppose to rain tonight."

When he reached his house he quickly made his way inside and dropped his backpack in the hall by the door.

"Mom! I think dinners burning!" He yelled out when he smelled something burnt from the kitchen. "Mom!?" he looked in the kitchen and saw nobody "Dad!?" he looked through the living room and the entire bottom floor of the house "Hey this isn't funny!" he went through the bottom floor again before heading up the stairs tothe second floor.

Right away something didnt' feel right. It wasn't just the atmosphere, the lights for the hallway didn't work. As he took several cautios steps a bolt of lightning peeled through the sky, illuminating the hallway for a brief few seconds. Shou stopped and stared as two bodies became appearant in the light. Suddenly there was a loud crash and a man ran out of a room, a handful of money and jewelry in his hand. He looked back at Shou, who was frozen still, and another bolt of lightning revealed shaggy, dirty black hair, amber eyes, and dirt, unwashed clothes. He ran to the end of the hall and broke through the window, leaving the cool night air and sound of thunder to flow in.

(I dont' exactly remember what happened next. It felt like I spent that time just staring at my dead parents, but eventually the police arrived and took me away. I remember quietly sitting in the back of a car and a ride somewhere, then I spent a long time staring at the floor of the police station. Everything that had happened seemed unreal, almost false. But it was real, I couldn't undo it and I couldn't look away. But . . . I made friends .)

"Hey kid, I'm talking to you." come a voice.

Shou looked up from the floor to see a detective looking down at him. He didn't know how long he had been sitting on a chair at the police station. The detective wore a suite with a long tan raincoat over it. He had short brown hair that was slightly grey and grey eyes. Since he had come in no one had talked to him, or questioned him, or even made any attempt to do anything with him, they just let him sit and stare.

"So? How bout it?" the detective asked

"Huh, did you say something to me?" Shou asked

*Sigh* "Nevermind." as Shou went back to staring the detective grabbed him and hauled him to his feet "C'mon, we're gonna be late." and led him outside to his car.

Shou got into the passengers seat, buckled up, and started staring down at the floorboard of the car. As they drove off Shou noticed light was shining down on the floorboard, he looked up and saw the sun rising, he had been there all night. Eventually they came to a rural neighborhood. The houses were all second story houses, but different from Shou's home. But it still made him feel uneasy. Eventually the detective pulled into one of the houses and led Shou inside. The instant they stepped inside they were greeted by the smell of food, freshly cooked.

"Honey, I'm home and I brought a guest." The detective called out as he led Shou into the kitchen.

"Daddy!" a boy and girl cried at the same time and ran to hug their father.

"Tatsumi! Sakura! Good morning." the detective said to his children then went over and kissed his wife.

"Oh my, who's this?" she asked looked down at Shou as she put the last of the food on the table.

"This is the boy I gave you a call about. He spent a rough night at the station." the detective said hanging his coat up and sitting down at the table.

"Oh, you poor thing." the wife gave Shou a hug then sat him down between Tatsumi and Sakura "Well the best thing for you now is to have a good breakfast, then it's off to bed."

"I'm not tired." Shou said digging into the food with everyone else

"So uh . . . why were you arrested?" Tatsumi asked

"Tatsumi!" the detective said harshly

"I wasn't arrested." Shou answered

"So why were you-" Sakura began to ask

"Sakura!" her father cut her off.

Sakura and Tatsumi kept quiet for the rest of the meal and Shou was queit too. He knew they were jsut curious, they didn't mean anything by their questions. But still, Shou didn't wanna talk about it.

(I did end up falling asleep after breakfast. I slept that whole day. The next day I was questioned about my parents murder. My godparents were out of town, and it was gonna take them a while to get back so until then the detective had agreed to take care of me. I didn't talk much at first but eventually Tatsumi and Sakura and I became friends. After my guardians came and got me I ended up going to the same school as them, and then the man who killed my parents was arrested and sent to jail. After that, I just lived my life as best I could.

Six and a half years later

"Shou! Hey Shou!" Tatsumi yelled as he chased Shou down a street.

"Yeah Tatsumi?" Shou asked stopping to let Tatsumi catch up.

"Check it out." Tatsumi flahed two tickets in Shous face.

"N-no way." Shou stammered as he grabbed the tickets and checked them out "Front row, center stage, and legitament. How did you get these concert tickets!?"

"That's my secret. But the great news is that it's for the concert in six months."

"Six months? You idiot! What good are tickets we can't use!?"

"Hey hey, chill out man. Did you see the date the for concert?"

Shou took the tickets and checked them "It's . . . the same date as my birthday."

"Yep, it's your birthday present." Tatsumi smiled "Sakura's already got hers so now we're all set."

"Thanks Tatsumi." Shou said handing a ticket back "Well I gotta head home, see ya later." and headed off back home.

He had already wasted most of the afternoon with Sakura and Tatsumi so it was getting dark outside. As he walked on Shou couldn't help feeling a not form in the pit of his stomach, something just felt off.

(But, no matter what I did, or how I lived, that moment was always there to haunt me. Maybe if I had known I would've acted differently. But the past can't be rewritten, no matter how badly you want it to be.)

"Hey! You!" came a gruff voice.

Shou stopped and looked around, he was only one on the street so whoever it was must be talking to him.

"What? Is someone there?" Shou asked looking around.

"Over here." came the voice and Shou looked over to see someone standing in the shadows.

"Look pal I don't have any money. You'll just be robbing a broke highschool student."

"I'm . . . not here to rob you."

Shou took a stop back and prepared for anything. The figure in the shadows moved and stepped out into the light. As his face became seeable Shou nearly dropped fell over from surprise. In one second he flashed back to the night his parents were killed and he was seeing the man all over again, except this time he was standing in front of him and not leaving through a window.

"Hi. I guess you probably remember me huh." the man said taking a step forward "And I guess it's really surprising to see me here." Shou stayed rooted in his spot "It took a while to find you, the police didn't want me to know where you were. But I didn't come here to hurt you or anything." He seemed to be struggling to find the right words "While I was in jail, I got a real perspective on things. I know what I did to you was wrong so I just came here to say, I'm sorry. And I was wondering if there's any way you could possibly forgive me for what I did?""

(I was so pissed off.)

"You want me . . . to forgive you?" Shou asked shaking a little

"I don't expect it, but I wanted you to know I was sorry."

(What right did he have to ask for forgiveness from me!)

"NO!" Shou ran forward and punched the man across the face, knocking him back against a wall "Never! Never! Never!" and dug his knee into his stomach with every word. Once he was done he started punching the guys face again. An indescribable anger was coursing through Shou, something that wanted to hurt this man. As blood began to cover the mans face Shou grabbed him and threw him to the ground. As he hit a knife fell out of his pocket and landed at Shou's feet.

"W-wait kid. Don't do this, you're not a killer like me!" the man said paniced as Shou picked up the knife.

"SHUT UP! You don't get to talk, you . . . shouldn't get to live." and pulled the blade out. He walked over to the man and grabbed him by his shirt collar and then started punching him again, the knife in hsi fist made the punches harder.

As it darkened a little Shou stopped his punches and stared at the man beneath him. His face was covered in blood that also stained Shou's hand. He was making sounds but didn't have the strength to try and get away. As Shou stared down at him he lifted the knife up over his head, the blade pointed down at the man. He held it still for a second as he took in the moment then brought it down. Cshck! Tears began running down Shou's face and fell onto the mans jacket.

"Damnit. DAMNIT!" Shou yelled as his hand shook, the knife stabbed into the cement ground by the mans head "I hate you . . . so much. Why can't I kill you?"

(Then I heard them.)

Ain't it obvious kid. You don't got what it takes.- came a voice out of nowhere.

Shou looked around for the source of the voice, tears still running down his cheeks. "Wh-what do you mean?"

Exactly what I said, you don't got what it takes. You're just too . . . nice. Too clean hearted.- the voice said the last few words with digust.

But you're still full of rage and hatred.- another voice said -But there's a way to fix that, we can help you to find the strength to kill him.

"How?"

Offer your body to us.- the second voice said- We're dark souls, being within the same body as us wiill stain your heart and soul. The strength and cruelty you need to take a life, will be your's.

"Then take it." Shou said "Take my body, just let me kill him."

(I thought they'd just kill me and take my body.)

Very well then.

As the said those words Shou began to feel some sort of ominous presence impose itself upon him. It felt like something was making it's way into his back, stretching and twisting his insides so there'd be room. "Who are you?"

We are Taruke and Murai. Twin lords who rule all lands in the South of the Demon World.- the voices said together, then everything went black.

(I was wrong.)

When everything came to, Shou opened his eyes. He was standing over the mans body, covered in his blood. The man was cut open, his insides were splayed out in a fashion that made Shou wanna puke, but he was still a little groggy. He looked down at his right hand and saw a sword. As eh came to his senses he leaned back against the wall and stared up at the night sky, littered with stars.

"Alright, I've done it. You can have my body now." he said

We already do kid. Thanks.- Taruke said

"But . . . I'm still alive. You said you wanted my body."

Well yeah, but that doesn't mean we were gonna kill you. Possession only works so long as the body's original inhabitant is still alive in it. Looks like we're roomie's now!

Six Months Later

Shou sighed with relief as he stepped out of the hot bathroom and made his way into his room. It had been a good day, he hadn't hung out with Sakura and Tatsumi in a few weeks. True to their word Taruke and Murai had given him the night off. As he put on some pajamas for the night he looked over at his mirror and saw the ticket for his birthday conert next week.

"Hey, Taruke, Murai. Is there anyway I could get another day off next week?" he asked.

Well maybe. But you'll have to double time the souls you collect this week. At most I feel in a giving mood once every 50 years.- Taruke said

"Alright then." Shou said getting into his bed and letting sleep take him "All this trouble, for one guy." he mumbled as he drifted off.

End

So how was it guy's. It's pretty early but I felt really inspired to write this, in all honesty I couldn't wait to get it out.

[khfreak17]

Shou has a troubled past...