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Ch. 1 "The Meeting"

Talking to the principal one week into the year was not what Grim and Mandy had in mind. They were hoping that, for once, nothing went wrong in their lives. Unfortunately, they were wrong about that and they now found themselves driving to the school, trying to get out of the usual traffic associated with the end of the school day.

"Shame." commented Grim. "I thought we where going to make it this time."

"Guess you owe me... how much did we wager?" Mandy asked casually.

"$20 I believe." Mandy then put her hand out, a playful smirk on her face.

"Wait until I parked the car!" he replied laughing. Mandy grinned as they pulled into the school parking lot.

"Let's try to keep this civil, shall we?" she asked in the same casual tone.

"If you count checking the supernatural 'civil', then yes."

"Roxie picked the kids up, right?"

"Yeah, she did. I called before I picked you up." As they checked in with the office, the principal arrived. He was older looking than Grim and Mandy with his short black hair slowly turning gray. The brown jacket and yellow shirt went well with his gray pants. He motioned for Grim and Mandy to follow him into his office without a word, his expression a bit blank.

Once in the office, the principal adjusted himself in his chair and presented the report he typed earlier, his face slightly flustered Ashe gave it a once over. Grim and Mandy read the report in silence, their eyes moving carefully over what was being presented to them. When they were done, the principal cleared his throat.

"Mr. and Mrs. Katayama, I do apologize for calling you in so early in the year, but after what has happened..." he went silent, apparently thinking hard about what to say next. "...Today, I feel that certain measures must be taken." he finished at last. Grim gave a small smile, as if what happened was in good spirit. He wore a dark colored suit with a deep red colored tie and black shoes, which complemented his brown hair, but contradicted his bright blue eyes.

"Well, I understand that what happened was... not something you would be anticipating from students causing trouble. I understand!" he chuckled. "Those two are always getting into some sort of trouble."

"Quite so." agreed Mandy. She was sitting next to Grim and was wearing a dark blue jacket and skirt with heels. On top of her long blond hair was a black headband, which carried an unnatural sparkle that seemed to give her gray eyes more color than what they really had.

"Well," began the principal. "I understand how much you love them, but for the sake of this school, and legal affairs, I would like to ask about what they do in their spare time." Grim and Mandy gave him looks of suspicion. The principal looked at their expressions and sighed. "Mr. and Mrs. Katayama, do you really expect me to dismiss the fact that, somehow, your children came under the possession of two... interesting weapons to supposedly defend not only themselves, but the entire school from some supposed... demon?"

"Yes." they both answered in unison.

"Sorry, but I must know." He took his pen, grabbed a piece of paper and looked up at the Katayamas. "Well?"

"Um..." Grim and Mandy looked at each for a moment. How on earth where they going to explain that the twins are the children of Death and Evil? The two of them then asked if they could have something to write down on, claiming that they needed to get their facts straight first. Puzzled, the principal gave them a pen, some paper and a clipboard.

"Well..." began Mandy tentatively as she and Grim took turns reading their notes. "Junior..." And soon principal started to write what Mandy and Grim said, only stopping to ask questions like,

"What kind of works has Minnie performed in?" and "How does Junior manage his time?" Those questions and more where all met with curt replies. After several productive minutes, the principal read the list over to Grim and Mandy and gave his observation of it.

"Based this list, it appears that Junior is very active in learning and is a fine athlete overall. He spends his time with classmates and is thoughtful about others. Minnie prefers to dabble in the arts and is excellent with time management. She appears to be very caring and protective of her brother." The principal then looked at the Katayamas with a confused look on his face.

"Something the matter, sir?" asked Grim.

"Not really. It's just that based on everything you told me, Junior and Minnie do nothing I would consider to be destructive or negative. In fact, they appear to be good examples of talented, caring twins! I just don't know what to do now..."

"May I suggest something?"

"Why of course, Mr. Katayama."

"If it is all right with you, may we take disciplinary action ourselves? I mean... its not like any of us could have anticipated this... unusual occurrence." Mandy nodded in sympathy with her husband.

"Please, sir. You don't have to do anything this time. We promise to handle this at home." The principal was unsure about this proposal. He sat in his chair for sometime, pondering about what course of action he should take. He turned his head towards Mandy.

"You promise?" he asked.

"Both us." Mandy place her hand in Grim's, both holding other's with a firm grip. Their gaze struck the principal as odd. Both set of eyes looked as though they were living separately from the their hosts, the colors seemed to be changing hue slightly as if they were searching for something.

"Well then," the principal got up from his chair, ignoring the eyes. "I guess I can trust you on this, but understand that any more of this will come with appropriate consequences. Also understand that for security, and legal reasons, I need to hold to the weapons."

"We understand." replied Grim. "Thank you very much." He stood up and shook hands with the principal.

"Likewise." agreed Mandy as she also stood up and shook hands. Without another word, the Katayamas left the office. But instead of walking to the car, they made their way to the room the report mentioned. The room, numbered 304, was roped off. It's door laid on the floor in pieces. "Damn. The report was right, this looks like something came out of Hell."

"Maybe..." Grim said quietly. Checking to see if no one was around, Grim summoned his scythe, a tall black staff with an unimaginably sharp blade. He then entered the room, passing through the tape as if it never existed. Mandy also summoned her scythe, which was of alder wood and slightly curved by the handle and followed Grim inside. The room was like a battlefield, with the desks and walls heavily damaged. "These are claw marks." Grim pointed to with his scythe. "Too rough and blunt."

"Strike one for the report about Minnie's sword," commented Mandy. She moved over to the chalkboard. "Grim, look over here." Grim walked carefully over the debris and examined the chalkboard. The board had some writing on it, but it was not in any mortal language. Instead, the writing was written in some demonic manner, but was peculiar about it was the cybernetic shapes the symbols where in.

"By God's Right Hand!" he yelled as he took his scythe and jammed the hilt into the ground in frustration.

"Grim! What's wrong?" Mandy asked, looking worrying between him and the board.

"It's her, Mandy." Grim's voice was serious and his eyes were now very dark. "I don't know how, but it's her. These markings are unmistakable." Mandy placed a hand over her mouth in shock.

"But... didn't we seal her away?" Mandy stammered. "When she last appeared?" But Grim remained silent, looking intensely at the board. "Grim..." She was now next to him, holding his arm tightly. Grim turned his attention to her, seeing that Mandy's gray eyes where shaking with fear.

"Yes, we did." he spoke at last. "Or at least, I thought we did until today."

"So what do we do?"

"I don't know, love... I don't know..."