*Tink*

Brian : welcome back.

Gionni : hey.

Brian : you look a bit unhappy. That's unusual. You usually look happy after coming back from there.

" I love my job . But I don't like the problems that come with it. I really like the people down here compared to the ones on top. " She rolled her eyes and comes off the elevator.

Brian ; why ?

Gionni : cos our people do our jobs properly.
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Gionni : they have reincarnated.

Hiumura: does it say where ?

Gionni : I can't say. It's classified.

Hiumura: thanks a lot.

Gionni : no need. She's paying me.

Niko ; gionni ~~

Gionni: no discounts.

Niko : hmph. So much for long time friends.

Gionni: too bad. Got to go do my job. See you guys later.

Niko: hai hai. Let's get you home now Hiumura.

Hiumura: ok. Thanks Niko, for doing this for me.
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Hiumura pushed open the door to the mansion. The place she now calls home. Just then, an excited and worried face welcomes her hugging her into his embrace " where have you been ? I thought you were kidnapped or something. I even got people to look. " She looked up to his face " rikuo..." He lets go of her " gomen. I.... Was just too worried. "

Hiumura: I went to hell for a little. Sorry it took so long . You must have been worried for a day.

Rikuo ; a day ? You were missing for 4 hours.

Hiumura: oh. That's not very long. Time runs faster down there huh.

Rikuo: well... Welcome home.

She smiled, happy that she someone was waiting for her to get home. She never had that. " you know, you make me never want to leave. "

Rikuo : then don't. We have space anyway. You don't even have to pay rent.

She laughed a little " that is a compelling reason to stay. "

Rikuo ; then I hope you stay very very long.

She blushed a little " arigatou. Rikuo. "
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Hiumura spotted something interesting in one of the cabinets and took it out. She blew the dust and coughed a little.

The Only Kind Shinigami

Rikuo came in " what are you reading ? "

Hiumura: this storybook. I thought it was a hell fairytale. I didn't think I would find it here.

Rikuo ; this is a hell story ? I thought it was a folklore. My grandfather sometimes would tell me this as bedtime story when I was young, to tell me that shinigamis are actually nice people like us . Not some scary people like others depict

Hiumura; I see. I heard this story from hitsugaya-san. Niko's husband. The short version anyway.

Rikuo : you should read it. It's a love story. I always asked that grandfather when I was young that why they couldn't have a good ending.

Hiumura: what kind of good ending?

Rikuo : to end up together. To resurrect the guy or something.

Hiumura: eh... It's that kind of story.

Rikuo: don't you have to go school today ?

Hiumura: wanted to take a rest today. Had a long day yesterday though it didn't seem like it. Now I wonder how Niko does it. It's like the time difference doesn't affect her

Rikuo : maybe she's used to it.

Hiumura: there's that.
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" Oh ! I see you've taken a love story." Nurarihyon said as he spotted the book in her hand. Hiumura enters the room he was in " hai. Rikuo tells me this is a folklore. But, hitsugaya-san, Niko's husband tells me this is a fairytale from hell."

Nurarihyon: I see. I guess they like stories from here too huh.

Hiumura: so this is, a folklore?

Nurarihyon: I bought that book from a bookstore. It seemed unusual unlike other story books. I did ask the store keeper. The store keeper wrote that book himself. He earned quite a little from it he said.

Hiumura: so he's a shinigami too ?

Nurarihyon: I'm sure he's not. He didn't have the smell. But he said, he knew one who told him some stories of his own life. So he just chose one of the stories, changed the story a little and put it in a book. He didn't think it would sell so well.

Hiumura: I read it. It is a very touching story. Makes it hard to imagine...

Nurarihyon: imagine what ?

Hiumura: that any shinigami could be that innocent and kind . I mean, shinigamis are made of people who are dead. And we're not usually that kind or innocent. Those get to go to Paradise.

Nurarihyon: the book did say she's a first batch shinigami.

Hiumura: there's that. Sighs. Different from the real first batch shinigamis I've seen. Reality hurts huh.

Nurarihyon laughed " it's just a story. Don't take it too seriously. Young one."