Bewitched Reaper

Ok first of all, this story will have slow chapter release due to most of my free time for writing going towards my main story

'Highschool of the Dead: Relationships and Zambies'.

This story is inspired by Kiku Takamoto's 'Returning to the Past, Remaining in the present' which is worth your time in reading so go show him/her (I don't know which one but who needs gender when you can be a Grell?) some love.

This is my 2nd story That I have released though I will get a beta-reader and generally I think my spelling isn't half bad :P. I have a ton of other stories I have yet to release either because I haven't quite finished the first chapter or I've rejected and abandoned it.

Bold and Italics = Thoughts e.g. something something kill. – Random Person

No pairings so far except mild SebastianXGrell but that's just Grell for you so it's very one sided.

I watched the English Dub of Kuroshitsuji so I will refer to Shinigami as 'Grim Reaper(s)' as well as shinigami.

As a small reminder, I do Grell as Male as I believe he is a man but desperately wants to be a woman so he acts like one in the hope

Of one day becoming one. Also why does everyone fight about whether Grell is a man or woman so much? In the 3rd volume of the manga, Grell himself admits he's a man to Madame Red as he quotes 'I want a baby of my very own too, but it seems that my being male is a bit of a problem'.

Yana Toboso herself wrote that so that should be enough to silence the arguments though if you want to believe Grell is female then go ahead you have your rights and opinion.


Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroshitsuji or any of its characters, all characters excluding OCs belong to Yana Toboso.


Bewitched Reaper Chapter 1: The Sorcerer's Stone

Grell Sutcliff was tired. After a long day of soul reaping, his hair was left frizzy, his scarlet coat collected from the corpse of Madam Red, creased and soaked from the rain. The crimson shinigami leaned against a gargoyle statue atop of a church, watching the remains of the Bamford Manor burn up, smoke clouding the night sky. It had not been a few hours ago, Grell had reaped the soul of 3 children. According to the ledger, the children had been playing with candles before accidentally setting alight the curtains; a flame quickly spreading through the manor. Lord Bamford and his wife managed to escape the mansion in time. The cinematic records weren't overly interesting either.

Pity they locked the door; otherwise I wouldn't have been landed with late hour work. Drowsiness does horrible things for the face. – Grell Sutcliff

If Grell were to do what he was meant to do after his shift, he should have returned to the dispatch by now to hand in his papers for the day. Though after a small prank he and Ronald had played on the office which may have included painting the whole place red followed by an unauthorized party in the library; the red haired reaper decided it wasn't quite the best time t return to William.

Grell sighed. London always seemed to burn so easily.

"Pitiful isn't it?"

Upon hearing the strange voice, the reaper summoned his chainsaw to hand and swiveled around. A woman with Jade green eyes and a sapphire gown leaned against the stone pillar of the bell tower. She wore a silver ring with a red jewel on her right hand, along with holding an iron dagger with a similar gem incrusted on the handle.

"Human children are so easily harmed by their own stupidity, even once fully grown they can make life threatening mistakes." The woman said. Grell scowled at her. As she had said that line, her pupils had slit till her eyes resembled that of a snake, instantly alerting Grell of her being.

"What the hell's a Sorcerer doing here?! Who are you? Can't you tell this is Reaper territory?!" Grell snapped, revving his weapon. The sorcerer just smirked at him.

"Reapers, but I can sense a presence of another divine being in the area. Don't tell me reapers have befriended demons now have they?"

Grell instantly knew who she was talking about.

"Sebby-Chan is the only exception! Your kind on the other hand-" the reaper brought his death scythe fully in to action.

"I'll ask you again, who you are?" he asked, inching the revolving tool closer towards the other creature.

The Sorceress chuckled at the reaper's threat.

I find this one mildly amusing. - Sorceress

"Very well, I am Celestia, Sorceress of the moon. I'm here simply because I was bored, and you appear to be a perfect subject for my practice."

Grell tilted his head to the side slightly.

What does she mean by practice? – Grell Sutcliff

"You know it's rather improper to ask someone their name whilst not introduce yourself hm." Celestia quoted, pulling on a fake pout. Grell was growing more annoyed by the moment. Why was he even bothering with this wench anyways? In all honesty he couldn't care less about Celest's little comments, though a proper lady always is polite to introduce herself.

"Grell Sutcliff of the Grim Reaper Dispatch Society, you aren't welcome in London, leave now." Grell, answered, failing at an attempt of mimicking William's stern icy tone. Celestia just giggled and stalked up to the reaper.

"Such an important figure like you is a gem against the human filth of this horrid world." The sorceress quipped, planting a quick peck on the reaper's cheek. Grell pulled away, feeling disgusted as he wiped away the blue lipstick from his face.

"Sorry to disappoint you whore but I don't swing that way. I am a lady of crimson and a butler for death." He recoiled, spitting at Celest after the last part. Much like Grell, the sorceress looked disgusted. The insult didn't even matter to her that much.

This guy is homosexual? What a waste of fine ass! – Celestia

"What a disappointment you turned out to be. Although, you confirmed my suspicions of a demon in the area, maybe he will be more fun~!" The snake like woman said seductively. Grell's jaw might as well have disconnected from his skull and dropped off the church peak.

That slut wants to take away my dear sweet Bassy?! That ugly bitch just crossed the line! – Grell Sutcliff

"Don't you dare attempt to touch my Bassy you fucking wench!" The reaper practically screamed, death scythe rose as he leapt forward, taking a swipe at the sorceress. She dodged with ease and bore the dagger from her purple leather sheath. Long black bat-like wings sprouted from her back as the Sorceress took on her powers. With a quick reflex of her purple gloved hand, she punched grell in the chest as he leapt at her, sending the reaper back against the wall.

"I don't have time to be wasting with you reaper, I need to attend an appointment with a demon~!" Celest laughed, angering the shinigami further.

The sorceress used her powerful wings to knock a higher up gargoyle off its podium, sending it down towards the reaper. Like wise Grell avoided the falling stone, before removing 1 0f the 2 pairs of safety scissors from his pocket and throwing it up towards the dark angel. The tiny blades clipped the bone of Celest's right wing, creating a small stream of blood.

Celest spat in annoyance as the blood flicked across her face as she beat her wings. Finding no further entertainment in this fight, she took off to the sky.

Grell spun around and leapt in to the bell tower, chasing the Sorceress in flight. With a powerful flash of orange light, the bell began to ring as Grell was under it. The shinigami clutched his gloved hands over his ears in attempt to block out the deafening noise. His chainsaw fell from his grasp. Celest picked up the death scythe and raised her dagger to the pained reaper. The ruby on the dagger's hilt began to glow a bright crimson as the Sorceress plunged the weapon in to Grell's left shoulder, creating a scream from the being. The sorceress muttered a few words inaudible to Grell.

"I traded an angel wing for this Merlock Dagger; you will be the perfect test subject to see if it works!"

Grell's eyes grew heavier by the moment until he finally blacked out, hearing the taunting giggles and the fading image of the sorceress taking off from the tower, leaving him knocked out and bleeding alone.


That's it for Chapter 1. For readers of my other HOTD story, you will know already that my first few chapters are normally around 2500 words or decently sized for 5 minutes of reading and then around chapter 6, chapters double in size. These chapters will become longer as the story progresses.

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