I've had this lingering in my head for a while and thought I'd might aswell write it and post it in the FF archive.
Enjoy!

Toxick

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The moon mirrored in lifeless gray eyes. Thick black locks of hair were plastered against a pearl white face.
Waves came crashing in against the rocks where the unmoving body was located.
The sea water dripped from the white fabric of a beautiful Lolita dress.
Deep red blood was splattered across the rocks and stuck to the waterfall of black hair.
Bruises everywhere. How long was she lying there? Probably just a few hours.
Was she alive? Someone should check it.

"Ozaki Kuro." A thick, low voice spoke into thin air.
The weather was cold, but the creature did not take notice of it, it was staring at the lifeless human in front if them.
"Thou hath been blessed with a new life, though, thou shall still remain lifeless."
The creature flapped its long, looming wings in order to get closer to the girl.
It moved its head and latched its lips upon the girl's.
Gray eyes widened and slowly faded to pitch black. The girl looked at the creature in front of her.
It looked human, except that it had pitch black feathery wings.
It looked awfully pale. Black stripes were crawling over its body, they looked like… snakes.

"Don't speak, Ozaki Kuro." The low voice startled the girl, but she did obey its orders.
The creature flapped its wings, straightening completely.
"Call me Hikaru." It said, staring into the girl's now pitch black eyes, "I have granted thou another try in life."
"Why?"
"Why, thou ask? "

The black haired girl sat up and ran a hand through her hair. Her hair was wet, and was sticking to her face.
The creature awaited her response. Needless to say, Kuro was shocked. She didn't think this was actually happening.
It's just an illusion, she told herself.
"This is so surreal," she stated the obvious. In response the creature grinned and actually looked creepy.
Shadows played across its human looking face, giving it a sinister glow.
"Welcome, to a new reality."

Was she going crazy? Was she hallucinating? Either way, she thought it would be better if she'd go home to sort it all out.
She placed her foot – covered by a white, frilly stocking – on the slippery rocks.
When she thought she had enough support she got up, wobbling a bit as she placed her other foot on the ground – one with a shoe.
She looked around, and soon spotted her other shiny black high heeled shoe. How did it come off?
And why was she on these big stones next to the sea, anyway?

The white dress clung to her body as she walked towards the road. The creature kept following her.
"Eh... Hikaru?" Kuro looked up, aiming her dark black orbs towards the creature floating mid air next to her.
It stared back at her with his blood red eyes.
"Yes?"
"What are you?"
Kuro swore she saw Hikaru's eyes shimmer with anticipation. She got nervous.
Maybe she had asked the wrong question. Maybe it was going to eat her, now. No, that could not be possible; it saved her life after all!
"I am a Shinigami."
"S-Shinigami." Kuro stuttered out the word as if it was poisoned. A God of Death.
But how could it grant her life? And why did it grant her life?
"But… Wouldn't you rather kill people, instead of granting them life?"
"Thou shall not question my actions. Be blessed, human." It spoke, shadows playing across its face.
Could a Shinigami really grant life to a human?
Kuro decided to continue walking, but stopped as she realized she had no idea where to go.
To be quite honest, she only remembered her name and age.
"Where are we going?" Hikaru asked, apparently aware of her loss of memory, because a grin was plastered to his face.
"I-I don't know."

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As she walked next to the road cars sped by, none stopping to help a poor disheveled girl.
But be honest? Who would stop? She could a criminal. And how could she trust a complete stranger?
They could do things to her. Kuro was held company by Hikaru, who apparently was a Shinigami.
"Kuro." Hikaru spoke up, startling the walking girl and making her look at him angrily.
"I forgot to give thou something." With that he tossed a black notebook onto the side of the road.
Kuro gave him a skeptical look before she picked it up.
"The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die." She looked up at Hikaru.
Why would he give her such thing? It wasn't even a nice gift!
All the Shinigami did was grin at her. She did not believe that it was some kind of sick joke.
Hell, a strange creature claiming to be a God of Death was floating next to her!
Could it get any stranger?

It was starting to get dark already; Kuro had absolutely no idea how long she had been walking.
A loud screech filled the air as a big red convertible took a sharp turn, headed straight her way.
It was driving fast, Kuro could tell.
She couldn't jump aside, next to the road was a cliff, if you jumped off you'd end up in the sea and probably end up dead.
Kuro held her breath as the car sped towards her. In the miniscule seconds she prayed for something – or rather someone – to save her.
As if her prayers were heard the person in the car hit the break, and stopped, barely touching the girl.

"Goddamn it!" A blond haired guy stepped out of the car, dressed in leather completely. A
nother figure – the person who was driving – got out. A red haired boy, who didn't say anything.
Apparently he was in a bit of a shock. Who wouldn't be?
The blond guy took no pity upon the girl his companion almost hit, instead, he waltzed up to her with a fierce glare plastered upon his face.
"Are you insane?" While saying that, he tapped his index finger on his forehead. Hikaru, the Shinigami, snickered.
"Entertaining," he stated, making Kuro look to her side questionly.

The blonde, who could not see the creature, got even more pumped up.
Was the girl crazy? Walking out on a road like this! And then she acted as if nothing happened and stared into thin air?!
"Hey, you almost got yourself killed, idiot." He snapped, grabbing the girl by her upper arm.
Just then he noticed her attire; a ripped white puffy dress, which was filthy and had stains on it.
Blood stains, to be exact.
"What the hell?"

"Is she okay?" The red haired male walked up to them without looking at the girl.
"I'm just fine, thank you." Kuro spoke, pulling her arm away from the apparently violent blonde.
In response he shot her a look which could kill.
The blonde pulled a bar of chocolate from his pocket and ripped it open before taking a bite.
He looked like a deranged psycho in Kuro's opinion.
She heard Hikaru chuckle behind her.

The red haired boy was wearing a strange looking coat, and a red-white striped shirt underneath it.
Also, he had goggles on his head. Kuro decided she liked his look, even though it reminded her of a candy cane.
"Who are you?" The candy cane decided to ask a question. Something most people would ask in a situation like this one.
"Do you carry an ID with you?"
ID? Kuro looked at him quizzically, before deciding to answer his first question only.
"I'm Kuro."
She eyed the blonde from the corner of her eyes. He was still eating chocolate and obviously staring at her.

"What happened to you?" Candy cane asked another question.
"Hey, it would be fair if you let me ask a few things, too. Don't you agree?" The black haired girl said, crossing her arms.
"Eh. Sure," the red head shrugged. He was visibly calming down after what had occurred before.
"Who are you?" Kuro asked exactly the same question like he had done before. "And who is he?"
With that, she pointed towards the blonde chocolate eating boy clad in leather.
"I am Matt and that is my friend Mello."

Kuro remained silent. Mello was a weird name; she never heard anything like it.
And Matt was obviously an English or American name. Strange. Well, they actually didn't look that Japanese.
"So, will you now tell me what happened to you?" Matt asked, calmly.
Kuro looked down at her dress and realized why he'd asked her that question; her once beautiful dress was splattered with a red substance.
Probably blood. Her own blood.

"I fell." The answer sounded more like a question in her own ears, and it probably drew suspicion from both strangers.
"You need a ride?" Matt asked.
"What! You can't possibly mean that you are going to help that girl?!" Mello interrupted Matt, eyeing the black haired girl.
"We can drop her off at the place where she lives, since we're far away from civilization." Matt stated as he lighted a cigarette.
"I …" Kuro bit her bottom lip, feeling incredibly stupid at that very moment. Both Mello and Matt stared at her, awaiting what she may have to say.
"I don't know where I live." She finally said, causing both boys their eyes to widen.
"What? You can't be serious!" Mello snapped as he started to walk back to the car. "Matt, suit yourself with whatever you're planning, but leave me out of it."
"Get in the back," Matt sighed.

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