Hei from Darker Than Black. Also referred to as Code Name: BK-201 and disguises himself in society as a Chinese exchange student who goes by the name Lee Shenshun. 10 years ago, a strange incident occurred and two mysterious 'gates' appeared, one in South America and one in Tokyo. Around that time the contractors and dolls also appeared. Dolls are said to posses no emotions and through the use of various mediums (water, fire, earth, etc...) they are able to track and spy upon people. Contractors form an unknown contract with someone or something and gain powers as a result. There a many different types and all contractors kill without hesitation. Hei is a contractor but differs in that he still seems to be very much human. He hates killing and often questions his orders or acts in disregard to them, something other contractors simply can not do. Hei has a reputation as the 'Black Reaper' and has apparently assassinated more people than any other contractor. When Hei isn't working, he enjoys a rather normal life and makes friends easily. In the past, he lost his sister Pai when the South American Gate disappeared 5 years previously. He still searches for her. Among his other abnormalities, Hei is also noted for having no apparent obeisance (a certain task each contractor feels compelled to complete if they use their powers). He does however, have an enormous appetite which may hint at an obeisance.

"The Contractors aren't human. They're killing machines in human form. In order to lessen the risk of their discovery, they kill all witnesses to their actions. They're liars and traitors."

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Rant 1:

OK - I had to put in a section with all the lines I tend to come across all the time in fanfiction plot summaries. If it's here that means it's used way too often and is such a cliche. I'm begging you! If I see some of these ever again I think I'll probably dissolve into a quivering, sobbing pile. So I plead - spare me! If you happen to have your own lines you think need adding then by all means, let me know so we can let the world out there know!

Will sparks fly? Come on people? This ones the oldest in the book and clearly something from an 80s cheap romance noval.

Average Jo woke up. Damn it but most stories start like this these days. Boring!

Will they fall in love? God knows. Why are you asking me? Here's a hint: avoid asking rhetorical questions in the plot summary and we'll get along just fine.

What if such and such...? Ok, these are often interesting but again - avoid mentioning "what if" in the plot summary.

It's been four years and such and such... Gads, enough! I don't want their life story up until this point in the summary. Give me some info on what the story's actually about.

Yaoi/Yuri. Got nothing against it personally but if you don't warn me about it in the plot summary, I'm going to be one pissed off little girly, got it?

Sakura is the new girl. Sasuke is the playboy. Yeash! Lame! For starters, Sakura as the new girl has just been done to death and Sasuke so isn't a playboy. He definately hasn't got the personality for it.

Ok. Don't ever, EVER start a summary off with these two letters.

Example of a good plot summary: Sasuke didn't seek death but it found him. Now, in the attempt to heal his soul and relive his life properly the second time around, he'll do whatever it takes to see the King. Helping Aizen though, is not an option in the war against Soul Society. R & R

This one is from Lady Red 88's story "Regret Nothing" which is a Naruto/Bleach crossover. Notice how there's nothing familiar in the enter plot summary. There's a brief description of what to expect and the author has kindly asked ff.net surfers to read and review or R & R. Simple and easy to write.

If you wanted to go for something a little more interesting asking questions is good but only if you're not repeating the cliches. Lady Red 88 has written another story entitled "Broomsticks and Shuriken." Here's the plot summary:

Things go a little bit crazy when the mind's of Uchiha Sasuke and Harry Potter are accidently switched. Can Harry evade Orochimaru and salvage Sasuke's tattered rep? Can Sasuke fool everyone and find a way home? Fifth Year, Naruto/HP crossover. R & R!

Notice how even though questions are being asked, they also give the reader some idea of the back ground content of the story? These are the types of questions that should be asked. Lady Red also asked once again to have her story R & R'ed and informed the reader of the time frame (5th Year) and the fact that the story is a Harry Potter/Naruto crossover. There are no pairings which is why they haven't been listed.

Anyway, it's all simple easy and so much more effective then most of the junk out there these days so please - keep it in mind next time, ne?

Rand 2:

Right, this one is a list of the plot ideas I am personally sick of hearing. Find something else to write about!

- Yaoi/yuri. I've got nothing against it but what the hell? Why does everyone write about it and for starters, why some of the couples out there? Some people are just such bad matches and according to the author, have completely different kinds of relationships. The biggest no, no I think are rivals. Man, they hate one another and compete over everything. Why would they just put that behind them and suddenly decide "hey but you're hot! Come here so I can suck your face off." Ah? No. Sorry guys but Sasuke/Naruto so doesn't work.

- Gender bender characters. Hello? If they're a guy in the original story, why are they suddenly a girl? I just totally can't identify with someone that's changed genders. You might as well make a new character so sorry but Fem Naruto and Fem Sasuke are out!

- High school fics. They're cool and it's nice to read some of them but I'm so over how many of them there are - most of which are badly written and filled with cliches.

- Vampire/werewolf fics. Usually creepy and more often then not just plain weird. If you're gonna write one of these, at least do a bang up job of it. Urgh! One more "I want to suck your blood because I find it irrisistable" and I think I'll go loopy. Oh wait, I think I'm already there!

- All one genre practically. Okay, angst is good but not so much that you've got me on the floor in a gibbering heap through sheer enormous amounts of it. You can only take so much of any genre in one piece of fiction. Of course, it's good to have a primary genre but mix it up a bit peoples!

Ok, the rant's officially over now. Nothing more here to see folks, you can all scroll on down and read my wonderful works now.