It was a dark and stormy night at the Brohno mansion. Lighting flashed brightly overhead and thunder boomed loudly. For some reason, this was only taking place at the Brohno mansion. The rest of Misaki was enjoying a perfect evening.

The residents of the Brohno mansion were all called down to the dark laboratory which was underground by Kohaku. Her normal maid uniform was now a lab coat with a white button down shirt under it and a black skirt that hung to her ankles. She was wearing rubber gloves and what looked like a large fish bowl over her head.

She was standing in front of an operating table with a large white sheet draped over it with many wires and other different things protruding from under it.

"What's this all about Kohaku?" Akiha asked while looking rather bored as she stood in the dank lab with Shiki, Hisui, and Sion.

"GENTLEMEN... BEHOLD!" Kohaku bellowed as she flipped a switch, sending electrical currents from the storm outside coursing through the cables leading under the white sheet draped over the table. "I HAVE MADE SCIENCE!" She roared again.

The industrial overhead lights flickered as the room filled with the noise of mechanical rumbling and electricity crackling. Shiki swore he saw whatever it was under the sheet on the table twitch. As the lights flash Kohaku grinned evily, her teeth which were pure white seemed to show even when the lights went out.

The thing on the table started to convulse wildly, two purple lights turned on under it. Kohaku flipped the switch, turning off the machine. An odd silence came over the laboratory for a few moments. The sheet flew off of the table, and the thing under it sat bolt upright with it's glowing purple eyes.

Shiki screamed. It was horrifying, it was inhuman, it was... a maid?

"Greetings Nee-san. Unit #1337458 is now online. Establishing uplink with other units as per protocol." It looked curiously like Hisui.

"What the shit is that?" Shiki pointed and backed away a few steps.

Akiha merely sighed. "Oh Kohaku... not another one."

"Nee-san, why must they always look like me?" Hisui asked.

Sion didn't seem to be phased at all. "Indeed, this was within my calculations."

Unit #1337458 swung its legs off of the operating table, stood up, and bowed politely. It really did look like Hisui except more... mecha and her hair was a shade of violet. "Awaiting orders, Nee-san." It said.

"You brought us down here for this? Haven't you made several of these already?" Akiha tapped her foot impatiently.

Kohaku giggled and held up a remote control. "THIS ONE... MAKES TOAST! AHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed and pushed a big red button on the remote.

The Mecha Maid looked like it started to vibrate. A whirring noise seemed to come from inside it.

Ding! A pleasing sounding chime came from somewhere... and two pieces of perfectly browned toast popped out of her head. Kohaku stood there, puffing out her chest proudly.

"... I'm leaving." Akiha spun around and left with Hisui following behind her.

"Ara ara. Aren't you even going to try some?" Kohaku trotted after them.

Shiki and Sion were left there, standing side by side and staring curiously at Mecha Hisui. Mecha Hisui stood silently and awkwardly stared back with the two pieces of toast protruding from the top of her head.

"You as curious as I am?" Shiki asked Sion.

Sion nodded. "Yes. I happen to like toast."

"Shall we then?"

"Yes."

Cautiously the two of them reached towards the maid's head and removed the toast. Shiki sniffed it curiously before taking a bite.

Shiki dropped to his knees and burst into tears.

Sion's face turned bright red and she began to sweat while panting heavily.

This bread... this bread... this bread this bread this bread this bread this bread this bread THIS BREAD! IS FUCKING AWESOME!

Later...

"Shiki-san!" Kohaku knocked on the door to Shiki's room.

Shiki quickly hid away this month's issue of "Vamps Gone Wild" which for some odd reason only had pictures of Arcueid. "Come on in Kohaku."

"Shiki, take a look at this." Kohaku entered the room looking rather happily and handed Shiki something that looked like a flyer or advertisement.

Halloween at the Ahnenerbe

The closer we get to All Hallow's Eve, the closer alternate universes become.

Come take advantage of this phenomenon and enjoy our good food, service, and fun atmosphere.

Costumes are a must ~Nyaa

We do not serve curry or mapo tofu, so stop asking nyaa.

"What's with the nyaa?" Shiki asked curiously after skimming over the flyer.

Kohaku shrugged. "Dunno, but doesn't it sound fun?" Her eyes lit up.

"Sure it does, you think we can convince Hisui and Akiha to go though?"

"Nyohoho. I have my ways." Kohaku chuckled.

"That's... actually kinda scary."

()()()

A knock came at the door of the old appartment complex. The girl who had been laying on her bed got up and looked through the peephole. She heaved a sigh and opened it.

"Good evening, Shiki" The person on the other side greeted her with a warm smile. He wore glasses, but he was missing an eye and he wore a patch under his glasses.

"Didn't I give you a key? You don't have to knock you know." Shiki let him in and went to sit back down.

Kokutou Mikiya shrugged. "I was just being polite is all."

Shiki layed down on the bed and turned her back to Mikya. "We're dating right? There's no need to be so reserved is there?"

Mikiya grinned. "Old habits die hard I guess."

"So what's that in your hand?" Shiki asked.

Mikiya held up a colorful looking flyer. "I got this in the mail today. Touko thought it would be good for you."

Shiki rolled over, grabbed it, and looked it over. "What's with the nyaa?"

Mikiya shrugged. "It's their gimmick I guess."

"So what about it?" Shiki raised her eyebrows.

"Well, wouldn't it be nice to have a job for awhile? You've never had one before right? Other than Touko's anyway."

"No. I don't wanna have to wear some stupid costume." Shiki rolled over again.

"Aw come on. It'll be fun. You might actually get paid for once." Mikya grinned.

"I don't care much about money." Shiki replied.

"I'll go with you then. I'll be there to cheer you on every day."

Shiki turned to face Mikiya. "You would?" She looked surprised.

"Of course I would. Like you said, we're dating aren't we?"

Shiki turned her back, grabbed the blanket and threw it over her head. Little did Mikiya know Shiki had cracked a smile and her cheeks became flushed.

"Fine." Came her muffled voice from under the blanket. "Idiot."

()()()

"Shirou~!" Ilya called happily as she ran around the corner and through the front yard with Fuji-nee in tow.

"Hey you two. How's it going?" Shirou greeted them casually as he was sweeping the leaves out of the yard.

Ilya ran forward and jumped, pouncing on Shirou and hugging his neck.

"I brought you some pumpkins." Fuji-nee said proudly as she set down a large box next to the gate and wiped off her forehead. There must be a lot judging by how tired she looked.

"How often are you going to bring me all this stuff? Thankfully Saber was able to eat all the Watermelon you brought for summer, but this is a bit much." Shirou replied after peeling Ilya off and setting her on the ground.

"But it's festive! You should be thanking me. I didn't raise you to be so ungrateful did I?" Fuji-nee said as she swayed back and forth.

"Yeah yeah, thanks Fuji-nee." Shirou sighed and picked up the box. "There must be something I can do with these..."

"I'll help you Shirou!" Ilya said cheerfully as she opened the front door for Shirou.

"Sakura! Fuji-nee brought us some pumpkins!" Shirou calls as he heaves the box inside and onto the table in the living room where Saber is watching Iron Chef.

"Oooh, these are nice." Saber beamed as she turned her attention from the television to the box that Shirou had just set down.

Sakura came into the living room. "Hey, those look pretty good." She said after taking a few of the smaller ones out to examine.

"Aren't they?" Fuji-nee said proudly.

"Got any ideas Sakura?" Shirou asked.

"I would assume theres enough here to bake at least several pies, and I believe the seeds can be seasoned and baked." Sakura replied after thinking for a moment.

Shirou nodded. "Yeah, Rin mentioned something about baking the seeds. We should call her over later. I bet she knows how."

"Shirou, what's that at the bottom?" Ilya asked, standing on her toes so she can lean over the table to see inside the box.

"Huh?" Shirou leaned in closer and removed a few of the pumpkins revealing a flyer at the bottom.

"Oh that? I got that in the mail today, I figured it would be good to line the bottom of the box." Fuji-nee said.

Shirou plucked it out and looked it over. "Hey, when was the last time we all went out together?" Shirou asked.

Sakura thought for a moment. "Now that you mention it Senpai, I don't think we ever have."

"May I see it?" Saber asked curiously. "The Ahnenerbe?" She said curiously after Shirou handed it to her.

"Well guys, how about it?" Shirou suggested.

"What's with the nyaa?" Fuji-nee asked curiously when the flyer had been passed to her.