SAYA'S POV:
DEATH is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include aging, depredation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, homicide, starvation, dehydration, and accidents or major trauma resulting in terminal injury. In most cases, bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. - THANKS, WIKIPEDIA FOR A VERY INFORMATIVE ARTICLE.
OKAY.
We all know the true meaning of Death. It's like, who doesn't know the meaning of Death.
I just have to write it down though. So anyway,
If there's Death, automatically there are the Reapers or we called the DEATH REAPERS or Also known as GRIMREAPERS.
What are they? Well, some say they're the one who fetches souls or spirits. Other articles stated they are capable to eat souls.
Back to the scenario.
So there is a man, a very attractively handsome man. He wears a black tuxedo suit with a black hat. He has this white envelope in his right hand. He carefully opens it, it's a card with a person's name. (Just an assumption of mine)
"Saya Menesis" He mentions my name. Wait. It's my name. Why the hell he's calling my name?
Then he checks the card that he's holding. "Oops... Your name is not written here anymore." He looks kind of confused. "What happened?!" he mumbled, then check his pockets as if maybe he misplaced the exact card somewhere in his coat.
"Ahm... I'm not yet dead!" I shouted at him. My teeth chattered in fears of course. I look around, no one is moving except us. What did he do?
"You're not dead yet?" He asks me with a confused face. "You supposed to be dead now" He looks jumbled. Hesitating to do something. Wondering and planning at the same time. Is he the angel of death? OH MY GOD. HE IS A GRIM REAPER.
"Hey, I will repeat I'm Not Dead! I didn't even die. What are you saying?" I said anxiously. My hands were shaking in an odd trembling rhythm.
"O-okay" seems like He got the answer. He looks at me with a wide smile on his face. "I think, you messed up"
What does it actually mean? Am I going to die or something worse than that? In the first place, I don't like the things that happened to me by the way. So, in short, it's not my fault at all then!
"Why are you sitting on the floor? Get up!" then he helps me to stand. His hands were so soft, I can totally tell that it's smoother than mine.
Hey! Saya stop being gay right now! This is not the right time to think about ridiculous things. Oh yeah, I'm in a ridiculous situation here. So, being ridiculous makes sense at all. I'm turning really crazy.
"Thank-" I suddenly retreated. "You," I murmured.
The fuck is this. Why I'm seeing those words again. But this time only a PRINTED NAME.
NINE
Is it nine? Literally as number 9?
"Nine?" I murmur. Upon hearing it, He looks at me with an astonished face. He looks up first, maybe to check if there's something on top of his head.
"You" pointing at me. "You can see my name?"
Name? Is that his name?
"Your name is Nine?" OMG. Wait. Oh God, can you please explain to me what the hell is really happening to me. Please.
"You know what, I have no idea what's going on with me. It'll be a great pleasure if you explain first this sticky situation we have here you know"
He stares me first for a second, then claps like three times. Is he nuts?
"May I hold your hand once again? If you don't mind." There's a wide smile on his face. He looks fucking handsome with that smile. Oh, here we go again, ridiculous mode on.
"Why would I-" Whatever, he still grab my hand dude. I fainted after that.
NINE'S POV:
My name is Nine. I am a Grim Reaper.
Wondering what do we Grim Reaper does?
We fetch souls or spirits. We are the Angel of Death. We can also choose when and who's soul to collect. However, there's a new regulation where we have to wait for the cards sent by of course our Creator. Those cards have the names of the spirits or souls that we need to collect or fetch going to the paradise or the fire pit of HELL.
Enough with the description for now. So, exactly 6:30 am, I received the Soul card. Meaning I have to collect soul so early in the morning. So it's a girl named "Saya Menesis".
Upon receiving the Soul card, we know already when, how, and why we collect that particular soul or spirit by touching it.
The moment I touch the Soul card, there's no vision about who she is. Only the moment of her Death and the face as usual. It's the first time actually. Well, not a big issue though. I leave my beloved office after a few minutes and Proceed with the mission wearing my favorite black tuxedo.
"Menesis" I murmured while entering the subway station. Check the time. Clears 7:15 am. At any minute, I have to collect my client's soul and it will be a good day to start with. While waiting I chose to grab a coffee first. Everyone loves coffee, right?
"Hey Nine!" my co-grim reaper greets me. "So you're here to collect some spirits too, huh" he continues. I just nod, then took a sip in my beloved coffee. "How many you will collect dude? Mine's 14. So many hah. Very, very nice! Totally love it!" then he grabs my coffee. Fuck this dude
"Mine is only a girl. A high school student. 18yrs old. "Then leaves him.
"How's that even possible dude? Everyone who's here needs to collect more than 10 souls, then here you are, just have to get 1 soul? That's totally unfair!" as usual, He follows me.
"I have no idea Four. Just doing my job. Aw, so many Grim reapers today, huh" I said while looking around and witness the Grim reapers carefully targeting a spot to fetch the souls that about to die in a minute. Then I turn my head to Four, just smile at him. Getting away the bad vibes.
Four is my Grimreaper best friend actually, sometimes his a good buddy to hang out with but sometimes he is so annoying. He just Drinks my fucking coffee!
Since we are the angel of death, no human can see us. The soul that I have to collect is now entering the train. Nice. Ready to fetch your soul, my lady later on. Check the time. 7:20 am. Still a lot of minutes, so I decided to get a coffee again in the coffee machine. Taking a sip after getting the coffee out in the machine. Unfortunately, this young student man bumps on me.
Wait.
He was able to bump me. Did he?
"Sorry!" he screams while running entering the train.
"That young man, saw me?" Weird or maybe I just mistook.
I shook my head.
"As per the record, there's no human can Touch, See and talk as well, the Grimreapers. So how the hell he do that?? What a weird day for me hah".
I am about to leave, I took one step. Supposed to get in as well on the train when I remember my coffee.
Then realize that my coffee is on the floor. It spilled. What a day to start with. I supposed to pick it up when Four suddenly interrupted.
"Nine my white card suddenly acting weird," He said with a frustrating face.
"What do you mean?" I ask seriously. He suddenly showed me his white card, from 14 humans it gets down to 10. "How's that even possible?" I burst out. This is impossible. The white card unlikely to change what's has been written on it. "Hold on, I'll check mine" I added, I am about to get my white card when the exposure occurs.
"Oh my God, I gotta go Nine! See ya later!" Four leaves quickly by just snapping his left fingers.
Wow. I need to start the job I was assigned to without even finishing my coffee! Damn it!
So the blast was done, what I have to do now is to fetch the soul of my young lady. Getting inside of the foggy train.
"Pablo Picasso" in my right my co-Grimreaper announces. Working his ass really hard.
"Juan Carlos" Same goes with my left side.
And so many Grim reapers saying a lot of different names. I even saw Four doing the same thing.
"So where that young lady went to hah" I murmur. I decided to close my eyes. Running some back reading about 5mins. Ago.
Okay, so she gets off from the train. Fought with a security guard. And run like a crazy girl.
"Looks like she takes some detours" I mutter. "And So as I" no choice but to follow my client's soul of course.
After I snap my fingers, I quickly discover her location.
"You're a crazy bitch! What? I'm gonna?! Why my child will kill me tomorrow night?! The heck, what are you saying?!" Around in his 50's Man shouted to my client's soul.
"Lord, Please forgive them as they have sinned" I murmur. Then snap my fingers to stop the time and the people around as well. I walk towards my Client's soul. Here she is, looking so devastating.
"Saya Menesis" I have to make the announcement now before she turns into a homeless soul. I get the Soul card where her name is written a while ago.
"Oops... Your name is not written here anymore. What happened?!"
Why is it blank now?! Did I misplaced it?? No, I'm pretty sure this is the correct card. So if this is a blank card, then this girl.....
"Ahm... I'm not yet dead!" She shouted at me. It's obvious that she's in fear.
"You're not dead yet?" I ask her with a confused face. "You supposed to be dead now!" With a much higher voice tone.
Nine. Calm down. Take a deep breath and think hard!
"Hey, Mister! I will repeat I'm Not Dead! I didn't even die. What are you saying?"
"O-okay" I look at her with a wide smile on my face. "I think you messed up." Yeah, she totally did. She was scheduled to die today this morning in a blast incident at the Manhattan Subway station. And why the heck she's still alive?
I realize that she's on the floor for the whole time. Stupid me.
"Why are you sitting on the floor? Get up!" then I help her to stand. Her hands were so cold, I can totally tell that she's scared right now. Oh well, meeting a Grimreaper will totally freak you out.
"Thank-" She suddenly retreated. "You, " She murmurs. She looks at me with an astonished face.
"Nine?" She said.
This girl is totally special. From the way She's looking at me I can totally tell that she saw it. My name. On the top of my head.
I look up first, Although knowing that My name was written on top of my head as always.
"You" pointing at her. "You can see my name?" Checking if my guess is right.
"Your name is Nine?" She can see my Name. Confirmed.
"You know Mister, I have no idea what's going on with me. it'll be a great pleasure if you explain first this sticky situation we have here you know" She's trembling. The fear seemed to rise behind her eyes...
I stare at her first, then clap three times slowly.
I smirk first.
"May I hold your hand once again? If you don't mind." Re-confirming something darling.
I smiled so she won't get scared.
"Why would I-" She didn't finish her sentence cause I grab her hand and put her to sleep mode.
EPILOGUE
NINE'S POV:
Way back a few years ago, I remember the moment where the Team Leader (His name is Zero) explained to us that there's a cursed child. This child has the ability to see a ghost, talk with them, and build a communication bridge between a ghost and a human. They can manage to see a Grimreaper as well.
In every 100 years. There will be at least 25 children that are cursed and received those abilities. However, they believed that aside from the cursed children there is at least 1 child, a very special one, and the scariest of them all.
This curse child has the eyes of a Grimreaper. Or we can say the Human Grimreaper. They know how, why, and when a human will die by reading its name on the top of its head and by touching them.