Kurayami goes on a mission to pay back his dues for the month for his assassin group, getting attacked suddenly, and taken in by some Ghosts, who examine him. Waking up in what seems to be an underground base, he realizes they aren't human, something more supernatural. They want to know what is making humans so strong, and on par with Ghost. He realizes the situation. He thinks

"I need to get out of here. I don't want to deal with these creatures."

Kurayami busts out of the chains rolling to his sword slashing down the 3 ghosts in the room with him Wiping the sweat off his face.

Kurayami " What's this looks like a piece of the ghost."

Deciding to take it with him, he needs to take it back to the hideout, to show the others. Walking back to the hideout, he wonders what powers these things have, and what could have happened to him.

(The Hideout)

Kurayami " Yo "

Nobody's there, it's like a ghost town, now having to call the boss. Ring Ring, the Boss answers happily.

Boss " Hello, Kurayami, what do you want to talk about?"

Kurayami " Boss! I just fought these creatures."

Boss " Send me a picture."

He sends the picture of the ghost.

Boss gasps " Woah, that's a ghost."

" They're back," he whispers under his breath, Kurayami couldn't hear.

Kurayami " Ghosts! REAL GHOSTS"

Boss " Stay alert, it looks to be a lower-class ghost, since you took them out."

Kurayami " I can't do this."

Boss " I have to go now. You can't leave; I'll pay extra for ghost pieces."

He hangs up.

Kurayami needs a break; he goes to the bar. He meet's an older guy with scars and only one eye, a girl also shows up sitting next to him.

Old man " Kid you can't be here."

Kurayami " Don't talk to me, I'm tired old man."

Old man sighs " Talk to me, kid."

Kurayami puts his head up, " I need money this month, you see this ghost piece there worth a lot I guess."

The old guy sees this, trying to open his closed eye.

Old man " Don't we all need money?" he laughs.

He gets up and leaves, Kurayami watching his back, as the old guy is acting suspicious, the girl next to him also seemed to have left, while they were talking. Kurayami remembers he has to take care of his sister, after his parents got killed, he can't quit this life. As he leaves the bar, the girl is standing outside waiting for him.

Girl says, " I'm part of 1 of the 3 biggest assassin groups, I know things about you."

Deciding not to speak, he runs for it.

She chases after him in a downtown chase, He gets away and sits on a building.

Kurayami knows the girl is after the ghost information, he doesn't want it out yet, so he can make the most money off of it.

He sleeps on the building until morning.

Ring Ring

Boss, "You awake, Yami."

Kurayami "Yeah, sorry what's up."

Boss "You're getting a partner; we can't afford you getting caught."

Kurayami sends his location "Send him here."

Boss "Alright, Bye"

" I don't need a partner," he groans

(1 hour later)

Shoi (22 years old) " Nice to work with you."

Kurayami " Yo "

Shoi amazed "You're awesome for a 1st year, you're known."

Kurayami ignoring the question, " Quick question, do you know anything about the 3 organizations?"

Shoi scratches his chin, "Yeah, it consists of Ryu Senko, Tsuki Hikari, and us Kamikage."

Kurayami looks at the tattoo he got for joining the group.

Shoi " That's for knowing who's who."

Kurayami " Is that a ghost detector?"

Shoi " Yeah, and it's going off. Look out!" he yells

Almost crushing Kurayami but dodging it due to the shadow it created.

They both look up and see a massive giant skeleton.

Kurayami's eyes narrowed. "Stay sharp, Shoi. This one's different."

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The skeleton ghost lunged at them with terrifying speed, its bony claws swiping through the air. Kurayami dodged to the side, drawing his blade in a fluid motion.

Shoi followed suit, his weapon at the ready. Kurayami's instincts kicked in, allowing him to predict the ghost's next move. "Left!" he shouted, and both he and Shoi rolled to the right, narrowly avoiding the ghost's attack.

Shoi took advantage of the opening, slashing at the ghost's leg. The ghost howled in pain, its skeletal structure cracking. Kurayami moved in, aiming for the head. His blade struck true, but the ghost wasn't finished yet.

It retaliated with a powerful swipe, sending Kurayami flying. Shoi rushed to his side. "You, okay?" "Yeah, just a scratch," Kurayami grunted, getting back on his feet. "We need to take it down, now."

They coordinated their attacks, Kurayami using the immense training to guide Shoi. With a final, synchronized strike, they shattered the ghost's skull, causing it to disintegrate into a cloud of dark mist. Breathing heavily, Kurayami looked at Shoi. "Nice work."You too," Shoi replied, a grin spreading across his face. "We're going to make a great team."

"Hey look," Shoi shouted, "They dropped some type of scroll." "Wonder what this is," Kurayami said, confused. "I know an old guy, maybe he's back at the bar, he seemed to know a lot about these ghosts."

"We should take it back to the boss," Shoi explained with a stressed face.

Kurayami says, "We shouldn't let people know until we understand what they are."

Shoi desperately tries to convince him, but Kurayami picks the scroll up and heads back into the town of Shizuoka.

Kurayami usually works alone, so making quick decisions is his strong suit, on the other hand, Shoi is scared and wondering what would happen if they would get caught.

It's already night, and they are taking a short cut through a back alley when something catches Shoi's eye. Shoi gulps "Kuraya..." Kurayami cuts him off and grumbled "I don't want to hear it" Shoi trembles over his own words "di-d-d you n-n-not s-s-see that"

Kurayami annoyed "We just took down an ugly ass skeleton if you're afraid of a mere shadow just quit now" Shoi remains quiet. Shoi is wondering what that was, he just moves on and goes with Kurayami's plan.

Kurayami decides to take a trip to the hideout to collect his reward, but not tell them about the scroll.

The boss praised Kurayami and Shoi for taking out the ghost.

"You know what this is?" Kurayami asks the boss chuckles "The bones? Of course, that's the Soul Skeleton not much of a challenge for a big shot like you."

"Here's your reward kid. Don't Spend it all in one place." "Make sure to bring me back anything you find." The boss explains.

"Yeah, ok whatever see you again." Kurayami smiles. They leave and go out searching for the old man.

Shoi frantically says "didn't you hear him." Kurayami not listening. In his head he keeps replaying the boss's words. "What's going to happen if we don't bring him everything?" you see a smirk out of him.

They finally make it to the bar. "We should just find him and get out," Kurayami suggested. "Whatever you say," Shoi rolls his eyes.

After all their struggles, the old man was nowhere to be found this time.

Kurayami was shocked, "he's usually here at this time, at least the last time I saw him."

"Hey, where's the old man today?" Kurayami says. "Haven't seen him all day, he's always in here, I can give you a location where he might be," "He's always talking about it," the Bar bartender explains.

They have a look at it and it's not too far, they know they can make it before morning, so they head out. Kurayami throws up a peace sign heading out.

It shows they are very close, and their ghost detector goes off, and they hear weird grunts and sword slashes coming from the place they need to go.

Shoi "He..." Kurayami covers his mouth; it seems like he's training on a lower-class ghost.

A shuriken gets thrown, and Kurayami doesn't react in time and gets nipped on the cheek.

Old man "Found you." He sheaths his blade, "Stay sharp kid" he laughs. "I still got it."

"It's been years since the last invasion," he stated. "Old man, you know anything about this scroll?" Kurayami asks. "It dropped after we killed the Soul Skeleton."

"Sit down, you kids, I've got a story to tell you,"

He gives them a seat.

A little hesitant at first, and still sketched out, they take the seats and listen.

"It's been 41 years since the last invasion, which the assassins at the time held off, but they took all types of scrolls, for example, the Soul Skeleton infused the rare scroll with himself and got enhanced attributes. " Shoi interrupts "how many types of scrolls are there." "There's plenty of scrolls that haven't seen them all, but they can drop after killing the ghost. When it started as a normal invasion, it wasn't that ghosts were just mindless creatures. They were once people with dreams and ambitions just like you."

As the sun comes up, he gets up and leaves.

Shoi asks "Where are you going?"

The old man signals a drink, so they assume he's going to the bar.

"Yeah, classic old man" Kurayami smirks.

Kurayami and Shoi split up for the day.

They will continue their hunt at night. He realizes his revenge quest may have to be put on hold, because humans are losing the war against ghosts to uncover the truth of why they come to invade Earth.