AN: 8D yaaay for writing flash 8D Second chapter for this evening 8D probably I'll also upload the third one somewhen this night 8D

The caretaker that is mentioned all the time is to refer to Mariam Tiarko's OC Ximander. Asked her for permission to mention him because she burned it in my brain that he's their caretaker and now I can't imagine anything else anymore *slams head on desk*

Chapter 01:

"Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill."

The dagger rose into the air ready to make the last stroke.

"Stop it! I'll take responsibility for them." One of the hooded persons said. It was the same younger one who already expected exactly that to happen. Over the past few months he had thought well about the different options, but he had made up his mind and wouldn't let those two die. Now it was just to convince the rest of the council too. "Don't kill them. See it as an experiment to find out what happens to children that have been turned into demons by the core system itself."

"They could grow too powerful."

"I will take the full responsibility." He repeated again.

The whole group looked at the twins and after a while of debating they agreed. Those were just two demons. Never could they grow stronger than the whole council together, could they? They could bring them down easily to every time no matter how strong the twins would grow. At least that was what they thought. What they didn't know is that they should be proved wrong.

The twins named Chrno and Aion, now looking like 6 years olds, raced through the halls. Once again they had escaped their guards. Reaching the yard they happily spread their wings and went airborne. They didn't get further than one or two meters until their highly annoyed teacher got a hold on their collars and dragged them back to the office that they used as study room. They knew very well that a furious scolding lecture was awaiting them but after several hours of studying, a little break had been necessary – at least in their opinion.

Standing next to each other they "listened" to what the older one told them – actually they only stared into thin air while in the background some blablabla was going on. Seeing them directly next to each other, you got the impression that they looked almost identical, just that Aion's hair was short while Chrno's was long. The twins sighed heavily when the scolding was over and sat down on the wooden chairs behind their desks again.

Chrno seemed to be dozing off during classes while Aion rested his head on his hand and stared out of the window. There he saw the high buildings of the center and far behind them the outskirts. He wondered how it was there, but they had never been allowed to go there and probably never were allowed to do so.

"Have you written down everything?" The older demon's voice thundered through the room all of a sudden.

"What? What?" The twins asked it almost to the same time. They were caught completely off guard.

The teacher sighed and gave them even more work to do.

"That's unfair." Chrno complained and huffed.

"Yeah." Aion huffed too. "The other kids never have so much work to do."

"Did you talk to the other kids?" The teacher asked angrily. "How often have you been told not to talk to them?"

"But whyyy?" Chrno spread his arms out and pointed around. He didn't even answer the first question; they'd only get scolded again anyways. "Why do we have to be here in this stupid stinky office anyways?"

"Can't we go to the same classes as the others?" Aion asked. He started to rock back and forth with his chair which resulted in the chair falling over eventually. Including Aion. With a noise both, chair and Aion landed on the floor.

The teacher facepalmed. Today they weren't really useful for any studying. Nevertheless he decided to explain again. "You are not like them. You're special. Therefore you must not get contact to them."

"THAT'S STUPID!" Aion yelled and waved with his feet. Yes, he was still lying on the ground with his chair with only his feet sticking out behind the desk.

Chrno started to laugh, leaned back and with another loud crash his chair fell over too.

Seconds afterwards a new red facepalm mark appeared on the teacher's face.

Finally their caretaker came to pick them up for some other classes outdoors that were to improve their physical skills. Since he was a council member he had other duties too and couldn't hold all of their classes.

Relieved to be freed from the evil teacher, the twins followed the other demon with the long silver hair.

"What are we gonna do today?" Chrno asked and climbed on a little wall to walk along it.

"We won't do gymnastics again, will we?" Aion said and stuck his pink tongue out.

"Gymnastics is very important. It teaches you how to hold balance, how to stretch, how to hold tension in your body and how to execute moves correctly." The older one explained calmly. "It's the basics and you'll need that for other martial arts. But no, we aren't going to do that today." They arrived in a garden area that was not far away from their rooms. There were a very few trees, but except for that there was only grass and mud as it had rained not long ago. "Today's practice is going to be a one to one fight. You already learned some easy moves in the last week. Today we will improve those so that you don't need to think anymore when you do those movements."

The twins nodded. Each of them took in their basic fight position and waited for the starting signal. They started to exercise their moves. Once in a while their fight was interrupted by a loud STOP and they froze in what position they were, so that the older demon could correct them if they did something wrong. The next task was to practice all in higher speed. However, that did not go like planned and it soon ended in a mud fight. Perhaps they got carried a biiiiit away… Against all expectations they weren't stopped from doing so though for the moment. Those little fights among siblings could be useful too. Like when predator cubs or pups scuffle. They learn coordination, their limits and their own fighting styles.

Though when it came to the spot where they were just tearing at each other's hair, they were taken apart, taken inside and thrown straight into the bathtub to wash all mud off.

When classes were over and when they were clean again, they finally had some little spare time left that they could use to their own pleasure. Depending on where they went, they didn't even need guards. They never knew why they were treated so specially and had guards. Every time they asked someone, they didn't get a proper answer.

Today in their spare time they decided to wander around in the center. By now they already knew lots of parts in it. There was something like a government area and a scientific area, but they weren't allowed to enter either of them. Then there was the huge library with a forbidden part. Only a few ones knew it was there, but since their caretaker was a council member they caught one or two pieces of information more than others. Moreover there were some training areas for the adults, an academy for other younglings, a bigger garden in which they loved to play and other departments with which they weren't too familiar.

They went to say hello to some people they knew, among those there were some of the kitchen staff. Perhaps they could get some little extra sweets from them. But all of them were adult and boring and wouldn't give them any. Moreover Chrno had the impression that all council members they met during their walk threw glares at them. Had they done something to them? Not that he knew. The others acted strange too when they were close to the twins. Both twins felt uneasy when being around most of the people, but those were the only connections they had to others. They knew that there were other demons in their age in the center as well, but those they weren't allowed to talk to and they also didn't like them. All of them were snobbish spoiled brats who thought they were something better than everyone else.

With their sensitive ears the brothers could hear them as the dorms of their academy were not far away. They sounded like they were mocking someone. Their usual behavior. Not much later a little girl with broken glasses, brown short hair and cat features ran away not far from Chrno and Aion. Since this was an area where the normal younglings weren't allowed to be, she'd get into trouble for being here.

"Seems like a new one. Do you think we should tell her?" Chrno asked and looked after her.

Aion shrugged and the twins started to walk into the same direction as she ran. Though, they weren't able to find her anymore because she disappeared behind some corner.

It was soon getting dark now anyways and the twins decided to go to their room or they'd send the guards out to get them. Since they didn't like to be separated they had a room together. As long as they were still young, that wasn't a problem.

When they arrived in front of their room someone was already awaiting them. The brothers took a look at the female guard. She wasn't one of their usual guards or nannies. "I shall bring you to the head of the council." She announced straightly, not caring to greet them first. "If you please follow me now."

Aion gulped and exchanged glances with Chrno who looked just as worried as him. Never ever had they been called to the council. They only knew some of the members from seeing them talk to their caretaker. With a frown on their faces they followed the demoness into the deeper catacombs of the inner building of the center. They had never been there. It sure was interesting. Curiously they looked around while walking.

Aion stopped and turned his head to look into a room from where he sensed a very strong, but still familiar aura. The door was opened a bit, but it was quickly shut by some guards when they noticed the boy.

"Ya coming?" Chrno called from further ahead.

Aion muttered something in response and hurried after the others.

The office they were brought to was huge. The ground was made of polished marble and a dark oak desk was in the middle of it. Behind said desk, there was a very tall man who looked at them with glowing eyes.

Worried the twins exchanged glances again and stepped forward while their guard left the room again.

The old demon stared at them for a pretty long time in silence.

Suddenly the twins could feel how someone was trying to force his way in their minds with his own. Not being strong enough to resist, the kids surrendered. It was a really unpleasant feeling to have someone else messing with your mind. But they knew that they mustn't disobey the highest ranked one. What was he even searching for?

Whatever it was, he didn't find anything and withdrew after a few minutes. With a wave of his hand he signalized them to leave his office and the guard led them back to their room. When the door shut behind them, the silver haired caretaker appeared. He was leaning at the wall. "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes." The boss folded his hands on the desk. "We cannot start controlling them early enough."

One week later their caretaker called them to his office. That rarely happened and the twins wondered what they had done wrong now. To their surprise they weren't the only ones in the office. The girl from recently was there as well. She was sitting on a chair in front of the desk; her legs were too short to reach the ground. She looked at them through freshly repaired, a bit too big glasses.

"This is Shader." The only adult one in the room said. "She has a scholarship and an extraordinary potential, though she doesn't get along well with the others and can't expand that potential. So she will be joining your classes instead. Shader, say hello to Chrno and Aion."

The twins curiously looked over to the new one who just stared at them with an insecure expression.


flashback - some days ago:

Since a long time, the council was holding a meeting again.

"How are they developing?" The boss asked and looked at the 4 teachers that stood in front of him.

"I don't see any difference to other children in their age." A female one responded and pushed up her glasses. "They're learning well and there are no signs of abnormal behaviour."

The higher ranked one grumbled something and nodded.

"They need social contact." The youngest council member and caretaker said. "How do you expect them to get their right place in society if you keep them locked up somewhere and prohibit them any contact to other in the same age? How shall they improve their social skills? Don't let them turn into beings without any social interest, that might backfire to us." The silver haired on said and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Hmm. That might be true. You should consider that." Another female member agreed.

The highest ranked one shifted his sitting position. "Alright. But I don't want them in the normal academy. Give them one or two classmates. Those shall be the guinea pigs. If it works well I might think about sending them to classes with all others too."