*Outside
The world around the boys started to change, the fence surrounding the yard started to move away from where it was initially. After getting far enough it morphed into stand, undead spectators filled the the stands and were cheering their already dead lungs off as soon as they appeared. The house turned into an even grander stand and from it a beautiful demon wearing a crown could be spotted easily. Two horse emerged from the ground forming from nothing but dust.
Akashi could no longer stand brave and unmoved, 'I knew a death god would be powerful, but this is just crazy. I cannot allow myself to be surprised anymore, I now tread the dark side.' e tried his best to calm himself down as he gripped tightly on to the crowbar. Kaito saw right through Akashi's poker face and trembled, he just came here to give himself a little scare not expecting to find real ghosts. Well the twins were always scared anyway.
"Do you not like what I have prepared for you?" The shinigami boldly asked expecting praise for he was more than proud of what he had accomplished. "It could use a little more work."
"What was that round one?" Kaito had drove a knife through his unrivaled pride so he thought that intimidating him would make him change his mind. "Kaito, are you mad. Are trying to get us killed."
"You know Haru, if I were to die in a beautiful arena." Kaito was trying his best to stall time to think up a strategy. "Well what do you suggest?" The shinigami was not the type to let anyone wound his ego, after satisfying their needs he was going to pulvarize them.
"You could color the lances gold." Akashi added, "And if you can't, we can't." [Kaito]
"The color of this lance would probably kill me before I strike you down." [Akashi]
"How would I explain dying from a lack of drip to the gate keepers at heaven?" [Kaito]
"You..." "Fine fine fine, I will give you your gold color. But we have not yet agreed on the prizes of our little game."
"Wasn't the prize that we get to keep our lives?" Haru, snuck out from behind Akashi to ask cowardly the shinigami. "Yeah, what are you playing at?" Akashi added on to the question.
"You get to keep your lives just for playing with me.But if you lose, one of you will become my apprentice." Haru and Riku and stopped their crying wiped their tears and looked at the shinigami. "Say that again." The shinigami was thunderstruck he did not expect the kids to handle this well, being friends with death is not a simple thing. "If you loose one of you will work for me." The response was much slower and lacked spunk, what was the fun in tormenting someone who was not tormented.
"That's actually pretty cool." [Haru]
"Do we like get to kill anyone we want?"[Riku]
"Will the police e able to catch us?"[Haru]
"Are we immune to death?" [Riku]
"Are we getting powers with this job?"[Haru]
With each coming word the shinigami grew angrier and angrier, it was no longer fun for him. What was the use of being called "THE BRINGER OF DEATH" when a group of millennials do not fear you at all. "This is back breaking job with no monthly pay and worse you can get stuck in it for hundreds of years, the you will get an immortal wife who will piss you off throughout those hundreds of years. Then you have ungrateful kids, ungrateful in laws, ungrateful superiors, did I mention that there are people who keep coming back to life. You do not know the pain of having to kill the same mf for hundredth time."
"You really like the number hundred." [Haru]
"Anyway, we would like to start the match. Kaito will get on the horse and joust against you." Akashi said while giving a nod to Kaito to affirm their plan. "So where is the armor?"
"Armor? Surely you jest." The Shinigami was visibly confused, when he came here he felt a strong spiritual power. That was the whole reason for this game, to fish out the vessel of that power. He was wrong, the owner of that power was none other than Kiiro Sakura and she was nowhere to be seen.
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Kaito got on top of his horse and gripped on to the golden lance, the shinigami had given him a helmet, some gloves and a breastplate and they honestly made him look weird. He had no time to think about his looks and found this situation rather comical, he was about to joust against death. Even if he were to lose his life, he would die with no regrets.
"The shinigami switched from its formless state and took the form of a medieval knight. Its armor was not clearly visible though as waves of shadows fell from it. He got on his horse and his joyous act came to a halt, he was pissed at the fact that he was excited for naught. His hold on his lance grew tighter as he prepared to end their shit.
"Oy bastard, since we are little kids with no powers are we allowed to pimp up our friend?" Akashi juggled some rocks in his hand while the other was logged deep into his pockets, he lifted his head to look the monster dead in its eyes. The others looked at him with horrified expressions on their faces.
"I'm rather interest in what you have in store for me." The shinigami grinned as his mojo crawled back into his icy cold veins, Kaito responded with the same energy and started pushing forward in his horse. "HAIYAH!"
"I like your spirit!" The shinigami responded by pointing his huge lance forward his bony horse shaking souls with every step it hurriedly takes forward. Upon getting close enough Kaito retracted his lance and dodged the shinigami's, he spun his lance over his head and struck the shinigami from the back. The shinigami fell to the ground and so did Kaito for being unable to maintain his balance.
The shinigami drew his sword and jumped over to Kaito's side, but while he was still midair four rocks knocked his helmet off causing him to stumble. Before he could gather himself, Kaito struck him with his sword on the neck. It collapsed and Kaito proceeded to kick him to the ground. "I yield!" he cried.
He stood up slowly and to the opposite direction he saw the twins holding sling shots and Akashi leaning over them with a crowbar. The closer he looked the more tortured the twins appeared with tears in their eyes, it was rather interesting how they were able to shoot like that.
"AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! I thought that this was going to blow but I have discovered something interesting. I like you lot." He said as he flung his right hand forward to point at the kids, his back arced in a weird pose.
Kaito got rid of the armor, pocketed his hands and walked passed the shinigami, "let us go we won."
"That will be fair.(he pause to stroke his chin a grin erupted from within his silhouette, he tossed his eyes upwards and exclaimed.) But death is not fair, I will now employ you guys as spirit chasers. Yes, yes, this is is ingenious Kaito and Akashi you will be my pawns...huh wait what are you guys doing?"
In front of him the guys were kicking at the force field trying to escape, "Hurry up and release this damn thing." They continued to rant ignoring al of his attempts to be menacing. He got fed up and sent some shadows to go and drag them back to him. While he was still flailing around in midair Akashi threw his crowbar at the shinigami.
The shadows temporarily lost their grip but once they regained it Akashi was already gone. He picked up a brick and threw it to the the shinigami this time it dodged, "aren't you getting tired of..." he was smacked in the face by a punch from Akashi, "let us out!" The shinigami was pushed back.
"Interesting, interesting just simply interesting." The shinigami drew his claws and they oozed of an evil aura, he slashed at Akashi who just barely dodged getting his clothes shredded. "You will become a demon slayer."
"I thought you said spirit chaser."
"So you were listening?" He stopped attacking and backed himself into a throne he removed ppart of his skull exposing a human chin, mouth and half a nose. "Ghosts, yokai, crippling, demons, poltergeists and many more. Those things exist and it is our job to get rid of them, courageous men and women lose their lives everyday to keep the unsuspecting public safe. Every once in a while brave young souls like you appear out of nowhere giving us hope to fight against these supernaturals... Hey hey hey I am still talking here."
The boys were back at the force field trying to kick it down.
"So death was a scam."[Haru]
"Damn I actually thought I had an interesting story to tell." [Kaito]
"I feel like that time I found out that Santa was a fraud." [Riku]
"You actually believed in that as a kid?"[Akashi]
"Did you have a childhood?"[All of them]