The Shinigamis

Chapter 1:

           

"There they are" Mon noted the family of four walking into their over sized mansion. The wife, draped in diamonds, was holding on to her husband's arm with the sweetest smile carved on her face. She was completely unaware of her spouse's misdeeds. After digging up some information from the locals and embarking on mini-spy expeditions we were able to confirm his involvement in selling people as slaves to foreign countries; this is where he gets the bulk of his wealth from. The other bulk from the bribes he gets as a politician. Sir Darkkins was just another common and corrupted man living in the dirty capital of our empire; soon to be cleansed by The Shinigami.

"At this time they're probably just sitting down for dinner." Eiko had made an educated guess. It's been about thirty minutes since they walked into their home; which was enough time for them to get ready for supper.

"Excellent. Now it's time to execute phase one." Our leader, Noire, wasn't taking her eyes off the guards walking the grounds.

"ON IT!" Lye shouted in excitement only to be met with a collective of shushing from the rest of the team. "Oops sorry" She winced and shrunk her head into her rising shoulders as if she was a turtle retreating into its shell. Lye never took missions, which she deemed easy, seriously, so instead she makes a game out of it. The object of that game is to see how fast she can kill her intended targets. Her record is forty seconds. "There's a lot of enemies outside this time so I'm going to be cutting it close." She waved her hand and a huge ball of light appeared in front of us; this ball was her teigu, Luminous Soul.

"What's that bright light over there." We heard a guard point out.

"Where?" The other guard was lost.

Lye snapped and the huge ball had ten babies that shaped themselves into the form of a bullet. "Begin to count" she said tilting her head back with a smile.

With only the slightest flick of her wrist the bullets of light shot off around the estate piercing all the desired victims. Their moment was so fast that even the most trained eye could barely keep up with them. "TIME!" we could hear the simultaneous dropping of the dead bodies over her voice.

"Thirty-three seconds" big man Amano said as he jumped out the tree followed by the rest of us.

"New record folks." As the team walked up to the front door Lye would wave to the imaginary crowd with the biggest grin.

"Phase two." Noire stated and we nodded.

Immediately the team dispersed. Eiko and Sun would infiltrate from the west wing. Lye and Amano would infiltrate from the east wing. Noire and Mon would infiltrate from the roof. While I alone manned the front door.

Before I connected fist to wood, I activated my teigu, The Crown. When the door opened I was met face to face with two guards, each holding on to the hilt of their swords ready to launch a strike at any given moment.

"What busine..."  I didn't let them finish their question. Instead my eyes glowed a bright but also somehow a dark golden color causing a circular golden wave to protrude from them and pass the two men making them black out, asleep.  The clattering of their metal armor on the floor sounded the other guards in the vicinity to come at me with their weapons at the ready. 

In return I took the dagger out from my lower back and countered their swords before climbing on one of the guards knees then lifting myself up on their shoulders and back flipping off them high into the air; quickly taking out hidden knives and throwing them at each, killing them all.

Once I was done cleaning my part of the building I took my dagger and held it backwards as I jogged through the place looking for the dining hall. The air was filled with classical music but not a sound of my teams' infiltration was present or at least the music was blocking it out. When I reached the dining room the family and staff were being held hostage by us, The Shinigami.

"You're late for dinner." Lye had an eyebrow raised and her hands on her hips. "How long did you expect us to keep waiting? Hm?" I saw her face straining to keep a straight face but it failed and she busted out laughing "Sorry, sorry let's get down to business."

Taken a second glance around the room I noticed Lye's orbs were floating nearby each staff member, while Eiko held her sword on the neck of Sir Darkkins; I couldn't tell if he was sweating out of nervousness or the heat of her sword.

"Phase three" Noire stood behind Sir Darkkins.

I walked up to him with his eyes following my movements. "Do you mind if I sit?"

"No, no not at all" he tried to raise his hand to direct me to the chair but Sun uses her spear to lightly push his arm back down.

"Crown" I said a command and placed him in an illusion making him believe he was having a fun conversation with the prime minister about how many scandals they were apart of and with who they worked with. "Here are the names." I looked up at Noire as Darkkins said the list of names out loud. "Our new list of souls to be reaped is complete Madame N." I let go of my hold over him and stand up from my seat. "Thank you for your time Sir. We should be leaving soon."

He was a bit lost and disorientated. "Uh...Yeah" he looked from between his daughter and son to his wife. "See the situation is all cleared up."

"Well almost" As soon as our leader said that Eiko slit Darkkins throat with her sword while Lye's balls of light shot through the bodies of the servants in the room causing the kids and wife to scream and cry.

"Please! Please! Spare us." The wife begged and sobbed. "We didn't know any of this I swear."

"I'm sorry but no survivors" Sun spoke while pointing her spear at the woman. Sometimes I genuinely forget how serious she can get on a mission. An eleven year old girl with the ability to turn off her own natural adorable cuteness in battle shows she's too mature for her age and that because of this empire she was forced to grow up quickly; not seeing the world through a real kids eyes.

"At least spare my children."

"We can't do that." Mon stepped up.

"Why? Why not?" she shouted

"Let's just say that revenge is a bitch and we're all very, very well versed in her bitchy ways." He smirked

Lye held her hand out and three balls reshaped themselves into bullets floating near all three of their heads. "I'm sorry but the least we can do is make it quick and painless. Just remember it's your husband's fault." At the drop of her hand the deed was completed.

Everyone here was now dead and their ghosts have now been added with the collection of others that haunt us.

When we walked out of their home our boss had only two words to say, for the mission wasn't quite over. "Phase four" the rest of the team continued to walk forward all except for Amano who turns and kneels down before the estate, placing his hand, which was surround by a gauntlet or his teigu Earth Molder, on the ground causing the earth to vibrate roughly.

The first thing that happened was that the house began to collapse on itself, next the land would start to cave in, and finally all that was left of the entire estate was a giant hole in the ground in its place. Once he was done he quickly caught up to us just in time for him to hear our boss say "Eiko", commanding her to brand the area.

As we walked through the woods Eiko would raise her sword high in the air and activate it to release it's power of fire. With the sword in a hot blaze she would swing it around in a certain pattern; burning a part of the forest in a controlled inferno. "The souls have been sealed." She stated her catch phrase, an alternative to saying mission complete.