Yoo, already broke my resolution to post a chapter a day lol. Oh well. I guess I'll post 3 later, since it's been two days since then I think. Ah, the cringe is just... sigh
Chapter 2
I groaned internally as I looked over my test. Math is hard! It looked like gibberish all over the page. I handed back my test after I finished and continued to struggle through the day. Grell's words kept repeating in my head
"So come on and go with me, you can be an officer at the dispatch and leave this disgusting human world." I was failing the sixth grade! I knew that if my grades kept going like they are now I'll have to repeat sixth grade. It will be on my permanent record for the rest of my life. If I ever applied for a job it would be right there on my resume.
I got my test back and saw that I got a 46. I groaned. I should have taken my chance and gone with Grell! I could forget all these troubles with school and live my dream.
After a month I decided to go be a shinigami. But before I could leave there were things I needed to get. I headed downstairs and grabbed my ADHD pills, my viola, and my favorite book Love Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare (what? I didn't just inherit my hair color from Grell). Before I left I decided to run downstairs again and get my katana. After I got all that stuff together I grabbed my remote and turned on Kuroshitsuji. I picked the last episode. I pressed the play button and found myself in Kuroshitsuji. The town was on fire and people were laying dead around me. I walked around for a little while until I saw Grell. Around him were Will, Undertaker, and some other shinigami that I have never seen before. They all simultaneously pushed their glasses up and seeing my chance I stepped into view.
"Looks like you need a little help," I grinned
"Gillian!" Grell shouted joyously and ran toward me. Right before he reached me I put up my death scythe and pointed it at his throat. He stopped and I grinned devilishly
"I don't do hugs," I told him
"Who is this?" Will asked
"This is Gillian my daughter," Grell told them
"I remember her from before but I don't recall her being your daughter," Will recalled
"Just found out," I informed him "Anyway you have a lot of dead people on your hands."
"Why doesn't Gillian help us?" Grell suggested
"I see she has a death scythe and I don't want overtime so I guess she can help," Will sighed. I grinned. We all pulled out our death scythes and began to reap souls.
After that really long night I told them that I didn't know where to go since I left home and decided to come here. Grell suggested that I could live with him and become a trainee at the dispatch. Will agreed with Grell's suggestion so I headed with Grell to his place. I found out that Grell's house was in London actually. Even though Grell has a terrible opinion of the human world the shinigami realm is just the dispatch and that's where it ends. Grell's place obviously has a lot of red. It was pretty modern day with the occasional electrical appliance.
"You can have the guest room." Grell told me. I walked in and noticed that the room looked unused. Grell probably doesn't get any guests anyway I thought. I found myself so tired that I crashed on the bed without changing my clothes or getting out my stuff.
The next morning I got up and headed to the kitchen. There I found Grell cooking something that smelled awfully good. Grell noticed me
"Oh there you are! You look like a mess with your clothes the same from last night and your hair unkempt!"
"Why? What's the rush?" I asked
"Don't you remember? You're going to the dispatch!" Grell exclaimed
"Already?" I asked shocked. I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
"Yes already now go put something cleaner on." Grell scolded me. I jogged to my room and found that I forgot to grab clothes before I came over here.
"Shit," I swore "Hey Grell," I called "Do you have anything in my size?" After a few moments Grell came up.
"You don't have any clothes do you?" He sighed. After extensive searching all over the house all we could find was a ratty t-shirt and some women's black business pants (don't even ask why Grell has them). Also I found a worn red jacket and a green bucket hat. Well it'll have to do.
After that we went down to the kitchen for some breakfast.
"Here," Grell said while giving me some pancakes "I made them myself." I perused them. They looked and smelled good. I put one to my mouth expecting it to be good but nearly did a spit take when I tasted it. It tasted sour and slimy!
"They're delicious," I lied "but I just remembered that I am full."
"Well if you're done let's head to the dispatch," Grell said. We quickly started to travel to the dispatch. Grell had to show me the way since I had never been there before.
Soon we reached the dispatch and made our way to Will's office. Grell knocked on the door and we walked in.
"Ah I see you're here," Will said as we walked in.
"Why do I have to start today?" I asked
"Because today is the start of term,"
"Term?" I asked.
"Yes term. When you're a new recruit the dispatch is like school," I groaned internally. School is what I came here to escape! "And today is the first day."
"So where do I start?"
"Head to room 726 and I'll need to confiscate your death scythe until you graduate," Will told me. I reluctantly handed over my death scythe. Grell headed with me toward the room and I saw that it looked like a classroom. At the front a shinigami was standing in front of a chalkboard waiting for all the new recruits to get here.
I stepped through the door after I told Grell to go.
"And you are?" The shinigami asked. I looked around the room wow the room was filled with adults! I was the only kid this year and the only girl.
"Gillian, Gillian Sarfect," I answered.
"Ah Sutcliff's daughter," the shinigami exclaimed "I know just where to put you!" He placed me in the middle of all the desks to the right of an empty desk.
After a while the shinigami told us to go to room 252. We all filed out of the room and headed single file toward room 252. When we got there we came to a huge auditorium filled with other shinigami. We took our seats in the front row and waited. Soon Will walked onto the stage
"Welcome, we are here today to see another year's worth of new recruits get assigned mentors. Now the first is," Will started off reading from a list "Anderson, Darwin you will be paired with Gregory Finesse," I spaced out but later snapped to when I heard my name getting called. "Sarfect, Gillian," I walked to the stage "you will be paired with Alan Humphries." I couldn't believe my luck! Out of the hundreds of shinigami that worked at the London division I had actually gotten paired with one of the six I had heard of and one is retired!
Alan walked to the stage. When he got up I bowed like all the other trainees and he returned. Soon the ceremony was over and everyone was hanging out around. Alan walked up
"I think we should get started," he told me.
"Oh good morning Alan senpai," I said "yeah sure," I added. We started to walk around the dispatch as Alan showed me around. After a while we were having a discussion when Ronald walked up.
"Hey this is my son Daniel," he told us. In front of him was a boy about my age with blond hair. I looked him in the eye and he looked down shyly. We stood there for a few seconds until I stuck out my hand. He looked at it surprised for a few seconds then looked at me. I smiled at him and he grabbed my hand and shook it. Alan and Ronald smiled down at us. I noticed that Daniel was shorter than me even though Ronald was taller than Grell. I guess he didn't inherit his dad's height.
"We have to go now but it was nice seeing you," Alan interrupted. We left and went back to touring the dispatch. After we were done Alan brought me to an empty room and handed me a large stack of books.
"What are those for?" I asked
"These are for you to study," Alan told me "Now I want you to peruse these for the next hour or so until I come back." Alan left me at a desk with the pile of books in front of me. I picked the first book of the pile and saw that it had Death Scythe Maintenance written on the cover. I flipped it open to page one and began to read.
Alan walked back from the lounge to go check on his apprentice. He was very frustrated when he heard that he was to be her mentor. All he would would do was slow her down. It wasn't like he was going to last long anyway with his Thorns of Death, he thought sadly.
When he reached the room he found her asleep on the desk drooling on her books. At first he was annoyed but then he saw that she was already halfway through the third book. She must read very fast for someone her age he thought. He thought about waking her up but he didn't have the heart to do it so instead he picked her up in his arms and carried her through the dispatch. He drew quite a couple looks on the way but he didn't care. After a minute or so he finally found Grell.
"I believe this is yours." He said depositing Gillian off in Grell's arms. Alan left to go talk to Eric at the lounge while Grell carried Gillian back home.
