• Chapter 1
    xXx-Death Is Only The Beginning-xXx

    ‘Falling’. That was the first thing he thought. The second was ‘Who am I?’ and ‘What happened? Why can’t I remember?’ He opened his eyes and found out it was the same with them closed. Darkness. Falling in shadows. “I’m dead aren’t I?” he whispered to himself. “Well how DID you guess that?” said a voice sarcastically. It seemed to be coming from all around echoing slightly. “Who are you?” he asked. “That is none of your concern now is it? But if you must know they call me Shi.”

    “Ok Shi. Can you tell me who I am?”

    “How would I know? I’m just here to give you a choice”
    “A choice?”

    The voice sighed “I believe you already know that you just died and you’re probably wondering where you are right? You’re in the Void.”

    “The Void…. Why can’t I remember anything? And you still haven’t explained this ‘choice’ thing”

    “Im getting there so shadup!” the voice snapped. “The Void is a tricky place. You are falling into your next life. As you fall, your memories are being wiped completely clean, not to mention your appearance is changing. All of this happens so you won’t remember anything once you’re reborn.”

    “But…I need to do something…I can’t remember what I have to do…for someone close to me…they might be in danger…I can’t remember…I…I want to remember.”

    “Humph that’s where the choices come into play. You have three: 1. go to your next life, 2. Become a shinigami if you don’t want go to your next life, Or 3, go back…”

    “What do you mean go back?”

    “It’s exactly what it means except for a few ‘rules’” the voiced replied with a hint of amusement in his voice.

    “Rules?”

    “…..Do you believe in ghosts?”

    “I know of them…I don’t think I’ll believe unless I see one” replied the falling figure.

    “Hmmm that’s interesting. Now here’s the real question…which path are you going to choose?”

    The figure glared in the darkness and responded “I think we both know the answer to this”

    The voice laughed again. “Then I believe it is time for a change of direction”. Suddenly the falling stopped and the figure began to float upwards with powerful speed. Whether it was hours or mere seconds a light started to appear. It got brighter and brighter until the figure was at least 100 feet away.
    At that moment, a cloaked being appeared out of the shadows and lifted his hood to reveal raven black hair and dark violet eyes. In his hand he held a deadly scythe that was taller than him. “As a precaution I suggest you stay clear of the ones with Protectors.” He turned to go back into the shadows and paused. “Oh and if your looking for clues I suggest you seek out Ankh.” With that he drifted back into the shadows grinning.

    The light was blinding and as soon as it appeared it was gone. A 16 year old boy with silver hair and bright blue eyes fell from the sky and dropped into the rainy streets of a dark and eerie city.
    “Ow I shouldn’t have been able to survive that” he said getting up slowly. “Why do I feel like I’ve just been tricked into doing something?” He looked around at his surroundings. Dark tall buildings were blocking out the sky above. It seemed that the Void dropped him in an alley.
    “Humph. How clichéd. But…now what?” He started to make his way out of the alley. As soon as he did two bright lights started to come closer and closer. “A road?!” The car was coming closer ‘Great I just got here and now it looks like im gone again’ he closed his eyes and braced himself. It never came. He opened one eye and froze. The car was going right through him.