The night was crisp, the air had a bite to it and clouds covered the demented smile of the moon that hung overhead and illuminated the streets of Death City, Nevada. It was late, usually the time when kishin came out to play. Sitting on a rooftop, watching the kichin devour souls of humans, was a girl.

She had pitch black hair that reached down to her waist and white eyes instead of colored ones. There was no color in her eyes, no pupil; it was just two white orbs sitting in her head. She wore a long-sleeved, black turtle neck with black shorts, tall combat boots that came up to her knees and white fingerless gloves to complete her attire.

The girl sat on the rooftop as she watched her brother being forced to kill humans with his demon sword, her mother sitting on her broom overhead and watching with a twisted smile. The girl wasn't too fond of all the needless killing, but her mother was a diehard scientist dedicated to her experimenting so she never spoke up about it.

"That's it, Crona." The girl heard her mother say "Kill them all."

The girl sighed as she closed her eyes and just enjoyed the wind as it blew on her face; her mother had no use for her at the moment. She leaned back and laid on the rooftop, her hands behind her head, and tried falling asleep. The sound of the wind like a lullaby to her ears as she focused only on that. Her mind wandered off, her now in a faraway place, daydreaming about grass underneath her fingers and clouds passing overhead. She nearly fell asleep before her mother interrupted her,

"Yuki," She said "It's time for you to get going."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." The girl said as she sat up and then stood up "Ren, Len!" And with that two people, a boy and girl, jumped onto her rooftop and transformed into two scythes that Yuki took hold of before jumping off of the roof and running in the direction of her brother.

Yuki held a scowl on her face as she ran through the streets of Death City. "I know you don't really need my help with this one Corona. So what does Medusa know that I don't?" She said to herself as she reached an old church and pushed the front doors open. Inside, was something she hadn't expected; her brother and the witch that Medusa—or their mother—had gotten into an argument with the other day.

On the ground around Crona were the bodies of those Yuki knew to be the actual targets of the mission but this witch was something new. Had she just decided to intervene or had she been a part of this whole thing from the beginning? Either way, Crona was struggling to defeat her, it was a good thing that Yuki had showed up when she did.

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"Did you take care of the problem?" Medusa asked, staring intensely at her four children—Crona, Yuki and her twin brother Len, and then Ren, the other sister. All four of them nodded as they stood before their intimidating mother. Crona was shaking and wouldn't make eye contact and Yuki seemed to find the whole thing uninteresting. Sure they had just killed the witch, but she didn't see the point in it.

"Good, now let's go." Medusa said, flying away on her broom. She left her children to walk back to their home, they'd be fine on their own.

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Back at home things were quiet. Medusa was in her lab doing God only knows what and all her kids were left to themselves for the night. Yuki had gone to her room that she shared with her twin, there was nothing left for her to do and she was bored and tired. Len said he'd go to sleep in a little bit so for now she was just in their room by herself.

Crona had gone to his 'room'… more like a cell, but he felt comfortable in it. He usually felt his best when he could hide himself in a cold corner, for some reason it made him feel a bit more secure. Of course he wasn't getting too much peace and quiet with Ragnarok nagging at him nonstop.

And of course there was Ren. She was, as Len was, one of Yuki's weapons. She and Len were scythes that Yuki wielded being a meister. At the moment she was eating some leftovers at the table before going to bed. So far, today had been pretty uneventful. That little dispute with the witch had been the only excitement all week for any of them. Not that they really cared.

The days to come would be quite a surprise though. Medusa had a big plan in store.