Chapter 1: Meeting Arcadia

Arcadia is the daughter of Arachne and Asura. She was created in a lab scientifically. Only Arachne, Asura and Mosquito knew about her existence. She is physically 19, but actually is only 6 months old. After her parents were dead, she was left with Mosquito and Giriko, though he never saw her, she was always hidden from the chainsaw. Two months after her parents died, she ran away from Mosquito. Where did she go? Death City to find Lord Death.

"So, you are the daughter of Arachne and Asura?" Lord Death asked to clarify all she had just told him.

"Correct." She said in hopes he wouldn't kill her now.

"And you want to live here?"

"I do. I don't want to be against you and I'm sure Mosquito would try to use me against you." She explained, getting a bit worried.

"This is quite odd. Giriko has just been captured and told me he hates me, but is willing to me on my side. Now another person who was connected to Arachne is here."

"Giriko is here?" Arcadia asked, very surprised at that.

"I know of him, but he has no idea I exist. Mosquito has kept me a secret."

"Well, you will be placed in the basement of the school, locked away while I think over your request." Lord Death called in two people to take Arcadia away.

"Thank you for not killing me right away." She bowed to him before leaving with the two guys. "Do you two know who brought Giriko in?" She questioned as she walked with the two guys.

"The young death scythe, Justin Law did." One of the men spoke to her.

"Whoa, that's awesome. I didn't think anyone could capture him." Arcadia wanted to meet that guy now. She had seen Giriko fight, so she knew how strong he was so that guy must be really strong as well.

"You will stay here." The same guy spoke up. He opened the door to the cell then motioned for her to walk in. she calmly walked in and looked around.

"It's dark…" Arcadia told herself. The two men had walked away, leaving her to herself.

Meanwhile, Giriko, in the cell next to Arcadia's, was waking up. The first thing he noticed was that someone was now in the cell next to his. The next thing he noticed was that the person gave off a similar wavelength to Arachne and Asura.

"Hey! Person in the cell next to mine! Who are you?" Giriko yelled from his bed. When he got no response, he yelled again. "Hello! Are you listening to me?"

"Would you shut up! You're giving me a headache!" Arcadia yelled back.

"Who are you damn it? You're wavelength is similar to Arachne's."

"Oh, well that makes sense. I'm actually her daughter in a way."

"Liar!"

"I was created by Arachne and Asura. Only Mosquito knew about me. They didn't think it'd be safe to tell someone with a big mouth like you about it."

"You know who I am?" Giriko got off his bed and walked to the door.

"Yes Giriko, I do." Arcadia walked to her door as well. Now neither have them had to yell.

"You know my name, so tell me yours."

"Arcadia."

"So, how'd you end up here?"

"I couldn't stand Mosquito anymore. He always bitched about my drinking and how I never did anything he told me to do. He just got too annoying." Arcadia sighed, she hated that parasite. Giriko couldn't help but laugh at that.

"So, you came here of all places?"

"There was nowhere else that I knew of." Arcadia sounded sad. "I've only been alive for 6 months. This place was the only place I was told about." Giriko was about to say something but they began to hear footsteps walking towards them. It was Justin Law.

"Hey there you damn priest!" Giriko yelled when he could see the guy.

"You two are coming with me. Lord Death has decided your fates already." Justin told both Giriko and Arcadia. Justin opened Arcadia's cell first, and then Giriko's. both walked out and looked at each other.

'Whoa, she looks similar to Arachne, but with smaller boobs, red hair, golden eyes and different markings.' Giriko told himself when he saw Arcadia. Her "different markings" were a black butterfly on both her wrists with a kishin eye within the butterflies.

"You are staring at me Giriko." Arcadia pointed out as they walked in front of Justin. Giriko just grunted in annoyance then turned away. The rest of their walk was in silence.

"Ah, hello there Giriko, Arcadia and Justin. How are you all doing?" Lord Death greeted up, happily when the three of us walked in.

"You wanted us?" Arcadia questioned, worried a bit again.

"Yes, I've decided what I'm going to do with you two. You both will live in the basement until we can fully trust you. You both will work for me here at the school. Justin will be in charge of both of you."

"But sir," Justin started, sounding like the whiny teenager he should normally be.

"No buts Justin. You brought Giriko in and Arcadia is a special person. Only you can be trusted with this job."

"Yes sir." Justin said, both proud and disappointed.

"Thank you for not killing me." Arcadia said happily.

"Whatever." Giriko responded, not really caring.

"Lord Death, can I see the city? I haven't really gotten to see the world and I'd like to see where I'll be living." Arcadia asked, sweetly.

"Yes, but after some questions to get more information about the both of you. We need to make sure it's safe for you to be in the city."

"Right, I keep forgetting that I'm an odd hybrid creature." Arcadia seemed sad about that.

"Don't worry; I'm sure that you'll fit in well once you can go around the city." Lord death said, trying to cheer up the girl. She smiled sadly, knowing that it was just a precaution they had to do.

"Let's get you both back to your rooms." Justin told Giriko and Arcadia. The three walked back to their rooms/cells in silence. Once they were both in their cells, Justin locked them. "I'll be back in the morning to take you to the Death Room." With that, Justin was gone, leaving Arcadia alone again. She went and sat on her bed and began to cry. This was the first night she was going to spend alone. She always had her parents or Mosquito with her. She didn't know what to do in this situation.

"Hey girl, you alright in there?" Giriko yelled when he could hear the soft sobs from Arcadia. He was also laying on his bed, so yelling was again necessary.

"Of course!" Arcadia yelled back, trying to not sound like she was crying.

"Tell me the truth. What's wrong?"

"I'm a freaky hybrid of a witch and a kishin. Why did I ever think that I could live a normal life here? I should be dead. And now, I'm here in this cell alone for the first time in my life." It was clear that Arcadia was having a panic attack.

"Just calm down. I'm here aren't I?"

"You're there! Not here!" Arcadia screamed, "Why are you being nice to me anyway?"

"I don't want to hear your crying all night."

"Well, I'm fine, so shut up!" She was clearly not fine, but never felt like this so she again didn't know what to do.

"Both of you need to shut up before I make you shut up!" One of the guards yelled from down the hall. Arcadia whimpered but didn't speak.

"Go to hell!" Giriko yelled to the guard, but then rolled over. Neither spoke to each other as they drifted to sleep. Arcadia felt oddly better after her conversation with Giriko. She wasn't alone. She had Giriko now, in a weird way. Who knew anyone would rely on Giriko for company in their time of need?