Chapter 1

"YuYu, it isn't that simple. If we want to sneak out to see the Attack On Titan live action movie without Daddy knowing, we need a plan better than 'Let's just climb out the window'!" Lilith Shinigami told her brother. They sat in a large room. It had two matching twin beds with black comforters and pillows. The carpet was a spotless white. With the closet doors closed, the room was completely symmetrical. Ryu Shinigami sat in front of one of the two mirrors, straightening his hair.

"All I'm saying is that is that we don't need some elaborate plan, Lils. When Father gets home, he usually goes right to bed. If anything, Mother will distracted him, if you know what I mean."

"Oh my Death, Ryu, stop making obscene jokes about our parents. How many times do I have to tell you that? You don't see Cassius making jokes about Tsubaki and Black Star having sex!" Lilith hit her brother on the shoulder.

"Yes I do." Ryu stated simply. He put his hot tool down, smiled at his reflection. "My Sanzu lines are straight, shall we go to school?" He stood up, put a black jacket over his neon green tshirt. The dragon on the back of the jacket glimmered. Lilith rolled her golden eyes, stared in the mirror a moment to fix her black bangs. She adjusted her black choker necklace, checked to make sure her almost knee high black boots had all the clunky silver buckles closed. She made sure the Death ring on her left middle finger was straight, and then linked arms with her twin, who carried the school bag they shared.

"Let's roll. Kiran and Zoe should be waiting." Ryu blushed at the mention of Zoe's name. "Ryu, you slut." Lilith dragged him out of their room and he sighed. They walked through the halls of Gallow's Mansion, towards the front door. Their mother stopped them before they left.

"You seem to always forget to say goodbye to me." Liz whined, hugging her children. "Having a good day at school, darlings! Watch out for Patti!" She shoved them out the door.

"Did Mother mess up my hair?" Ryu asked his sister, quickly reaching his hands to his head.

"You're fine, YuYu. Zoe is waiting." She teased, grabbing his hand and pulling him again. They ran off through the street of Death City, easily winding up in front of Shibusen. A muscled boy with dark brown hair and a gray sweatshirt leaned against the railing at the bottom of the large staircase. A skinny ginger sat next to his legs, shoulder length hair pinned behind her ears. She was writing something in a notebook. The boy looked up, saw the twins.

"Sup, Satan? Took you long enough." He grinned, uncrossing his arms. Lilith let go of Ryu to punch Kiran in the shoulder.

"Hey Lilith, Hey Ry." The ginger said, still writing. "One sec..." She finished writing with a flourish, then waved the notebook at them. "New strategy." She smiled.

"Thanks, Zo." Lilith leaned down and pat her on the head. Ryu looked slightly disturbed by this, but he had to accept it. He simply knelt down and hugged Zoe. Lilith winked at him. Kiran, the tallest of the bunch, put an arm around Ryu's shoulder.

"I'm watching you, Ryu." He whispered.

"And I'm watching you." Ryu replied, looking over at Lilith, who was looking over the battle strategy with Zoe. Kiran squeezed the shinigami's shoulder.

"Touche." He laughed, letting go of Ryu. "We're going to be late, guys!" He said to the girls. Zoe quickly put away her notebook, stood up. She had on a white flowy tank top, black shorts, gray pinstripe tights, and skull print Vans, identical to ones on her brother's feet. She hoisted her messenger bag on to her shoulder.

"Let us be off then. Professor Soul will be pissed if we're late again for Resonance Study." She nodded her head towards the school. Walking up the steps, Lilith crossed her arms, rubbed them through her oversized, chunky, black cable knit sweater.

"Cold again, Satan? We're in a desert." Kiran elbowed her side playfully.

"It's much warmer in Hell." Lilith tilted her head, gave him a small, creepy, devilish smile. The bell rang loud as they reached the top. "Well burn my boots in acid, we're late."

"Albo's gonna have our heads on a platter." Kiran whined as they entered the school.

"Don't call him that, you know he doesn't like it." Zoe whispered. The halls were eerily empty.

"I don't think Uncle Soul will mind the nickname as much as the fact that this is the 7th time we've been late in the past month and a half." Lilith checked the other hallways as they walked. She tried her best to keep her boots quiet.

"We should visit Father. It would give us a reason for being late." Ryu pointed out.

"Albo can't fight against Death himself." Kiran agreed. The group of teens stopped for a moment, considered. They heard footsteps

"What are you doing?" Tsubaki walked up to them, hands on her hips.

"Hi Aunt Tsubaki! We were just going to visit Daddy. We read something in class the other day we wanted to ask him about." Lilith smiled at the older woman. She always was a good liar.

"Oh, well, I'm headed that way too. Let's walk together." Tsubaki lead the group up to the Death room. "I'm pretty sure no one is visiting at the moment, so," She opened the large door , "in you go!" The four hustled in. Tsubaki smiled, waved, and closed the door.

"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!" Lilith called out, walking down the guillotine hallway. "DAAAAAAAADDYYYYYY!"

"Yes, Lilith?" Kid, er, Lord Death appeared from behind his mirror. "Oh, you brought the whole gang. Except...Cassius isn't with you, right?" Lord Death looked around at the gang.

"He's so unsymmetrical." The teens said with Kid. He eyed them.

"Not amusing. What do you want?" Lord Death asked us all.

"Um..." Kiran rubbed the back of his neck. Zoe stared at the ground.

"We came to ask you if there were...any missions open we could do, especially for you! The mission board stuff just seemed so-" Lilith began.

"-easy and simple. Any new stuff you haven't put up yet, Father?" Ryu finished. Lord Death snapped his fingers and a black desk appeared in the corner of the room. He walked over to it, shuffled through some papers.

"Aha." He mumbled, holding up a document. He threw it in the air, and it flew into Zoe's hands. Ryu smirked at the paper

"'Pre-kishin sighted in Raleigh, North Carolina. 4 dead. Location: Near the museums.'" Zoe read. "Should we go now?" They all looked at Kid, who nodded.

"At once. Ryu, have you practiced Mirror Jumping?" Death's son stared at his feet.

"It doesn't always work..." He murmured. Kiran looked to Lilith in confusion.

"Shinigami, as well as certain 3-star meisters and Death Scythes, can transport through certain magical mirrors. Grandfather had mirrors set up all over the world."

Kiran looked at Ryu and smiled. "I never knew you had that power, man!" He patted Ryu's back and laughed a little. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

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