Authors Note: No white rabbit "I'm late, I'm late, I'm very very late" cracks people, I do the funny stuff around here, and for all you Yukari fans out there, your wish has been granted.
"Well would you look at that."
It was the day following the first test of the school year, and the test results were posted on the school board, Junior was in the top third at 85, honestly it was higher then he expected.
"Aye brother if Mrs. Pataki..."
"Don't even go there!"
Minnie did significantly better at 54, all that time she spent in the library back home was really showing through.
"I was only going to say that..."
"Just don't!"
"Honestly brother art thou..."
"Yes, yes I am."
The conversation between the siblings had caught Moka's attention, she wasn't sure but Junior almost sounded... scared.
"Who's Mrs. Pataki?"
Minnie caught Junior glaring at her out of the corner of his eye.
"She... was our tutor. Mine brother had... certain issues in school."
Moka had done better then both of them, coming in at 14.
"Not that you would know what that is like miss smarty pants."
"And where are you ranked Kurumu?"
"Oh that's not important."
*WHISTLE* The group's attention was directed towards Junior, who was now standing a third of the way from the left side of the board.
"Kurumu Kurono #190."
"I'M GONNA FAIL" Kurumu wailed!
"Chill out, or are you forgetting that you got #1 as a study buddy."
Junior was of course referring to Mimi, whom was standing at the far left of the board looking at her #1 rank. *SIGH* Mimi looked to her right to see a odd little sight; a little girl around the age of eleven wearing a brown vest and a big yellow bow on her chest with the skirt of the school uniform, as if that wasn't weird enough she was also wearing a witch's hat and cape combination. The girl noted the older student, seeing where she was looking on the board she put two and two together.
"That's her?" She also noted Mimi's lack there of hands "How did she write her test?"
"Well, Well, Well looks like our resident witchy genius got shown up."
"Not him!"
The girl spun around to face a trio of red headed students, they had foregone the standard jacket of the academy instead just wearing the dress shirt with jeans, the one in the lead was wearing a officers armband.
"Good morning Class Representative Ishi" the Girl said nervously.
"How's it feel to get second place?"
"Good one Ishi" said the second.
"You said it Ishi" said the third.
Mimi checked the board #2 Yukari Sendo.
"It sure beats #68 idiot" the girl identified as Yukari growled!
"Why you little!"
Ishi raised his arm to strike Yukari, Scared the little girl closed her eyes expecting to be throttled.
*CRUNCH* "OW, OW, OW!"
Yukari opened her eyes to see Ishi's raised arm broken in several places and in the death grip of a bright blue energy field. Yukari saw Mimi, whom was glaring at the class representative her once red eyes the same color as the energy field.
"Telekinesis?"
"Ishi! Are you alright!?"
"Hey what are you three doing?"
Mimi spotted Moka, Minnie, and Junior standing behind the trio of students, as a result she let go of the arm.
"This little brat just broke my arm!"
"I find that hard to believe."
"Stay out of this it has nothing to do with you people!"
Minnie and Junior gave each other a nod. Junior took out Scythe and held it's blade to his mouth.
"Make it quiet."
Junior waved scythe over the heads of the gathered crowd. A shot of green light sliced the tops off of several trees, spooking the trio of students, Minnie transformed her arm into a dog headed Nergal beast, excessive drool coming from it's mouth for added effect. Pretty much every student in the courtyard, but Moka, saw the intimidating display.
"OH CRAP!"
"MOVE IT!"
The three students ran away with their figurative tails between their legs, surprised at their sudden reaction Moka turned to face the siblings, both of whom had hid their intimidating features.
"What was that about?"
"You know me... always the scary monster."
Yukari was visibly shocked.
"Was that...? It couldn't be..."
Mimi crouched down to Yukari's level, she used a bandaged stub to checked her forehead temperature, her pulse, all normal, with the exception of the blush as red as Mimi's tail.
"She okay?"
Mimi nodded her head.
"Good. Anyone else hungry?"
Nobody responded, after a few moments Yukari raised her hand.
Inside Grim Skull the twins were sitting on the couch, each biting into their respective halfs of grilled PP&J's, their mother's recipe she claimed. The woman in question was sitting in the arm chair across from them, silently reading one of the many books of her library while simultaneous working her gloved 'bad arm' with weights, occupational therapy prescribed by Doctor Finklestein.
"Mistress you have guests."
Mandy looked up to see her loyal lap dog Charles.
"The Shadow clan?"
"Of course."
Mandy got up, getting the twins attention by dropping the weight *SMASH* the twins looked up from their lunch and at the ground, visibly cracked under the weight, something that both of the twins made note of.
"We'll be having guests over today, be sure to be respectful to them."
"Okay Mommy" the twins said in unison.
The twins put their lunch down and transformed into their ghost forms, they flew after their mother to the front door of the castle. They were greeted by a total of four individuals, a man wearing a black kimono with red trimmings and wearing a straw Sakkat and a sheathed Katana in his belt. The second of the four a simple floating soul, black core with blue flames, eyes, and mouth. The third a bright green skinned woman with black hair, she also wore a black kimono with red trimming, but it showed off the bulk of her considerable bust, unlike the fan blocking her face. The fourth and final was a teenage girl, 16 years old, wearing a floral pink kimono, a decent sized bulge where her chest would be, and four horns sticking out of her sides sharply bent upwards, ear rings ending with tassels hanging from the bottom two. She had green gear like irises, black skin, long red hair tied in a pink bow and a pale white face much like a geisha.
"Why hello Mandy, how nice it is to see you again."
"Long time no see Aku."
The group had reported to the cafeteria for lunch, the special today was Macaroni and Cheese, something that all but Yukari were enjoying, and some were noticing.
"Yukari art thou alright?"
"Uh fine thanks, it's just... Mimi."
Mimi turned up from her food, listening to what Yukari had to say.
"Everyone thinks you're scary, but I don't, I think you're prettiest girl in the school and you're definitely the smartest!"
"Looks like Mimi's made a new friend."
"In fact Mimi..." the group leaned in on what Yukari had to say, "I see you all the time in the halls, every time I see you I fall in love with you bit more, truth be told I LUV YOU MIMI!"
Yukari jumped across the table, tackling Mimi to the ground.
"And now you saved me!"
"I helped" Junior grumbled.
"I really love you Mimi! Will you go out with me?"
"So you give it your recommendation?"
Aku and Mandy were sitting in Mandy's office having the herbal tea that Aku was so fond of, Aku's samurai escort was leaning on a nearby wall while Mandy's lap dog stood guard outside.
"The Yokai Academy has had a positive effect on Junior, as far as I can tell he hasn't killed anyone yet and he's mellowed considerably."
Aku laughed as she sipped her tea.
"Something funny?"
"Only that it's suddenly a good thing that the Grim Reaper isn't killing anyone."
"Junior doesn't have access to his Reaper powers while in Human form so Grim is covering for him, besides I know that Tenmei is liberal when it comes to his students 'venting' but killing off his students is not something that Tenmei would approve of. And on the subject isn't it a little late in the year to be enrolling Chi?"
"Chi has been feeling too ill for school lately, I think it's something she ate."
"Knowing your daughter's appetite it's probably a lot of things she's eaten."
The Samurai gave a quiet laugh at that, but it wasn't quiet enough. Aku glared her escort into silence.
"On the subject of her highness I should go check on her."
The Samurai left the room, giving Aku the privacy she needed for more important matters.
"Your son, Junior, he's the heir to your kingdom isn't he? Because I doubt you're going to do better."
"Junior's mind isn't the most stable out there, between childhood trauma, Minnie's memories, abuse from his peers, growing up here in the underworld, and that psychic girl friend of his screwing around with his head all the time it's a miracle he has any sanity left. Putting him in charge would be utterly mad. Why the sudden interest in Junior."
"There is a reason..."
Mandy cocked a curious eye.
"Out with it!"
"Chi's reaching the age of marriage, it's time I looked for suitors. A ideal candidate would be one whom possesses a powerful dark aura, Junior's is the darkest I've seen since... well you. In addition Chi seems obsessed with him lately, she claims she hates him but I can't help but wonder."
"Whatever feelings for my son your daughter may have I doubt he reciprocates them. He's made his fondness for Him's little devil girl quite clear."
"He isn't the only one" Aku mumbled.
Aku noticed a pair of folders on Mandy's desk, picking them up she read the title on the folders.
"'Paternity Tests?'"
"Someone whom I believe I once knew has recently come back into my life, call this double checking."
"It would seem that you knew him pretty well if this is what you call double checking."
Aku opened both of the folders at the same time, reading them both at once, a look of shock crossed her face before grinning and laughing.
"Player play, you were busy that night!"
While Aku was dissecting Mandy's sexual escapes Chi was in the bathroom, leaning over a toilet she was busy spewing her breakfast out.
"Damn it! Not again!"
"You only have yourself to blame."
Chi looked up to see her floating disembodied escort, glaring at him angrily. *SNAP* *TOILET FLUSH* Chi walked out of the bathroom her face buried into a towel, the disembodied demonic soul known as Demongo following her, a bit disoriented.
"You know that temper of yours is what got you into this mess in the first place right?"
"It's this family! The whole lot of them drives me crazy" Chi said as she pulled on her horns!
"Now you know how I felt having to put up with you all these years."
"Hello Miss Chi!"
Childish, squeaky, and two voices at the same time; perfect. Chi turned around to see Junior's younger twin siblings Manny and Dani.
"You need anything Chi?"
"Mommy said to help you any way we can."
"Calm down Chi, these two aren't Junior, and if you go nuts on them then father will banish you from Mimi's presence."
*STOMACH GROWLS* "Oh perfect!"
"There you are!"
The twins looked around Chi to see the samurai from earlier.
"Hello Jack."
"Jack?"
"Doesn't sound Japanese."
"Maybe he's a American Samurai."
"Oi...!" the twins looked over to Jack who was angrily glaring at them "I'll have you know that I was Japanese before the concept of America existed! Do I make myself clear?"
"Y-Y-Yes sir" the twins said nervously!
Jack noticed that the towel Chi was carrying had some puke on it.
"So then you're not feeling better?"
"It's her own fault."
"Agreed."
"Guys..." Chi said in a low growl, a sign that the pair were crossing into dangerous territory!
"What did she do?"
"Someone had the bright idea to set up a Italian restaurant in the middle of city full of demons."
"Guys..." Chi said as her lower incisors grew out.
"I don't get it..."
"What's wrong with Italian" Daniela asked finishing Manny's sentence?
"Well you see the funny thing about Demons is that there is a common food allergy among our kind to a mainstay in Italian cooking..."
Before the demonic soul could continue Chi grabbed him and went into the bathroom with him, Jack closing the door and jamming it close with his sword.
"Garlic to be precise."
*PAINED SCREAMS* *TOILET FLUSH* "Aku unaware of this fact took his daughter here to said restaurant."
*BANG* *ANGRY SCREAMS* *BANG* "Chi has this bad habit of eating large amounts of food when she's upset, and after hearing about the latest of many dates between your brother and Mimi she scarfed down a dozen loafs of garlic Bread."
*SMASH* "The fool ate so much of it she still has the poisonous loaf in her system even after a month."
*INFLATING GROAN* "Of course the part I can't figure out is, is she upset about Mimi going on a date with Junior or Junior going on a date with Mimi?"
*SMASH* A oversize clawed gorilla like arm smashed through the door and grabbed Jack, tearing the door down further Chi stood wholly changed, while she still had her cloths she had become a humanoid lizard like creature complete with a tail tipped with fire. *GROWLS* Chi threw the blabbermouth Samurai down the hall *SMASH* Jack flew out the window head first. *AIR WHINE* *CRASH* Jack was in the courtyard his legs in the air. *RUMBLE* Demongo was blasted out a nearby sewer grate.
"Oh why do we put up with her?"
"Well for one thing you're already a goner and I'm immortal besides" Jack got back on his feet smiling wickedly "that was worth it!"
"You're going to get me killed again Jack!"
While the two servants of Darkness bickered Chi was in the middle of transforming back into her non-terrifying self, a smirk plastered on her white face.
"That felt good."
*STOMACH GROWLS* "Are you hungry? We got more Grilled PB&J's ready if you want some."
"As embarrassing as it was I must remind you of your conversation with my escort, nothing I eat stays down any longer then a few hours."
"Sis, you still got those..."
"From that time I got sick good idea brother."
Daniela went intangible and flew down into a lower level of the castle.
"What was that about?"
A few moments later Chi and Manny were sitting in the kitchen, in spite of the bottomless pit that was her stomach Chi was not eating the large platter of grilled PP&J's sitting next to her, Manny doing that instead.
"Where's your sister with these super plants?"
"Doctor said we had to grind it into a pulp first, maybe that's what she's doing."
On Cue Dani flew intangible into the kitchen through the counter, carrying with her a small bowl containing a green pulp.
"Is that it?"
"Ah-ha..." Dani put the bowl on the counter before she flew over to the sink "now all we have to do is make it into tea so that you can drink it."
Dani filled a kettle with hot water to make the tea. *CHOKING* That didn't bode well. Dani spun around to see Chi gripping her throat and coughing.
"Oh No!"
Dani observed the bowl and saw that it was emptied, putting two and two together she realized what was going on.
"You didn't actually eat this stuff did you?"
Chi knocked Dani out of the way and made a beeline for the sink, spewing out all the toxic material that she had eaten nearly a month earlier into the sink.
"You alright Chi?"
The Twins floated above Chi as she slowly lifted herself up.
"That had better have worked you two... otherwise I may not be able to stop myself from throttling you."
Now that she could enjoy the food without throwing it back up later Chi went for the nearest PP&J and bit into it.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome Chi!"
"Yah know... coming here... I kinda expected you to be like your brother. But you're still just kids, I guess you'll be like him when you're older."
Both of the twins gave a curious look, she was talking like being like their big brother would be a bad thing, but why would it?
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing... forget I said anything."
"The way you talk about him... you don't like big brother do you?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Why not?"
"A... mutual friend of ours. He's dangerous to her, even if she doesn't realize it."
"Friend? You must mean Big Brother's girlfriend Mimi!"
Chi cringed at that last word.
"Unfortunately..."
"Yah know Mommy's got something that she uses to spy on big brother, and if Mimi is with big brother right now then it'll let us know she's doing."
"They're right! Mimi spends almost all of her time with Junior! Spying on Junior means seeing Mimi!"
"Show me!"
Once again intangible Daniela flew off, coming back carrying the crystal ball and putting it on the counter.
"I heard about these, a prophecy sphere, able to look into the life of whoever it's core prophecy is about."
Daniela waved her hand over the ball, seeing her brother and his posse.
"See that's big brother, and that's Big sister, that's Moka, and there's Mimi, but who is..."
What Chi saw caused her to turn beet red, followed by cringing furiously, and ending with picking up a over-sized handful of the sandwich halves and cramming them into her mouth as she looked away.
As Mimi walked through the halls everyone was a bright beet red.
"Wow they're even bigger then I thought, and so soft too..."
That was because Yukari was hanging from Mimi's breasts. Mimi didn't seem to mind, or at least she wasn't red in the face like everyone else. Junior, Minnie, and Moka were following behind them, Moka as red as the rest of the crowd.
"Junior...!" Junior looked towards Moka, his usual look of indifference that Moka could swear he picked up from Mimi "that's your girlfriend over there! You aren't the lease bit concerned about this?"
"Why would I be? Mimi has this situation completely in hand, if she so wanted she could get that kid off of her with something as simple as flicking her wrist."
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
Junior stopped the pink haired vampire with a grab of her wrist, his dark aura intensifying as his eyes began to change color.
"Then perhaps you are implying that Mimi even remotely views that girl in the same vein as that girl views her!? If that's the case then I can assure you that Mimi is not a lolli! Am I making myself clear!?"
Junior had Moka quaking in her shoes, if the whole Grim Reaper thing didn't work out he had a promising career scaring the life out of people.
"Ye-Ya-yai-Yai-yai...!"
"I'll take that as a 'yes-sir, sorry for saying such a thing sir, never bring it up again sir' then" Junior said as he returned to his normal level of terrifying!?
Unable to speak properly let alone form complete sentences Moka simply gave a furious nod of her head. That said Junior noticed Mimi giving him looks, followed by a nudge of her head that requested his assistance.
"Alright kid..." Junior walked over to the duo, grabbing Yukari by the shoulder "kiddie rides over."
"Hands of Junior!"
Yukari turned Mimi around, climbing up her body so that she could face Junior at eye level.
"Yah that's right I know who you are: grades barely in the top third, basically a idiot, athletic ability, average much like a humans, no special skills, and no hobbies other then destroying things which my precious Mimi has to replace! By all accounts ordinary!"
Junior gave a sly smirk. "Thank you kid that might just be the nicest thing anybody's ever called me. Now get off!"
Taken aback by the lack there of effect of her insults Yukari continued her rant anyway.
"Fine then! Allow me to put it this way, I love Mimi and I'm not letting a worthless punk like you drag my Mimi down! That is the reason why I am declaring war on you Junior...!" Yukari whipped out her wand, it was pink, pretty much everything above the handle was a large bubble heart, at it's center a star of David made out of light "when I'm done with you, you won't ever go near Mimi again!"
Yukari waved the wand at Junior, causing a bronze wash tub to fall on his face *PAINED SCREAMS* the crowd was in awe, the wash tub was rolling along the floor with a Junior shaped dent in it's bottom. Junior himself was currently gripping his face which had blood coming from his forehead, Scythe instinctively whipped out.
"Minnie he's got scythe out! You don't think he's going to...?"
"Don't be so ridiculous. Mine Brother hath received far worst from our younger brother on a daily basis and he is very much alive!"
"Yah, but he actually likes him!"
"You haven't seen anything yet you jerk!"
With a second wave of Yukari's wand the nearest janitors closet flew open and out like a rocket came the cleaning supplies there in. *SMASH* One wave of his scythe later and a large slash was carved through the school. Junior eye's had changed color, the green and red which indicated that he was about to kill someone, his aura had dialed up the pressure to a level that brought the weakest to their knees and sent the others running. Yukari the focus of his rage that brought on thus sudden charge had been paralyzed with fear, doing her best to hide behind Mimi though still quaking. Junior raise his scythe to finish this...
Five years ago, Mandy's vault.
Mimi hit the ground, the devil essence in her drained and thus rendered effectively defenseless as a crippled and hand-less little human girl. The bathrobe clad Mandy turned to leave.
"Get her out of my sight!"
"Right away Mistress."
The ever loyal lap dog of the Grim family moved in to take Mimi to whatever horrible fate awaited her. A younger eleven year old and human looking Junior stepped in his way. Something Mandy took notice of she turned back around and stared her son down, her eyes burning with the fires of hell itself.
"Step aside, boy!"
Junior didn't move, time for a bit of motherly love. *ZOK* *WHACK* A moment later Junior was on the ground coughing.
"I'll say this one last time... Move!"
"Make me..." Junior underwent the most terrifying transformation yet, his cloths, his flesh, all of it transformed into a mass of black, tentacles, armor, bright green blades, claws, teeth. Where the human Grim Junior stood before the Nergal-Reaper Monster hybrid known as the demon reaper was digging into the ground forming a protective barrier around Mimi "bitch!"
Mandy smirked, stomping on a tentacle as she left the vault.
"You've got balls boy I'll give you that! For a while there I thought you were just as spineless as your father. If you wanted a pet all you had to do is ask. Just get her out of my vault. One more thing... if that thing ever sets foot in my vault again I'm adding her head to my collection."
Junior picked the unconscious Mimi up in his arms, not that he was a expert but she looked alright all things considered.
"Her name is Mimi!"
"Write that on her leash."
"This is just like that time way back when, that little girl has taken your place Mimi, you've taken mine as well... and I've taken her place."
Junior brought the scythe down on the girls, Yukari slammed her eyes shut expecting death *CLINK* Yukari opened her eyes to see scythe resting on Junior's shoulder, more importantly her wand was hooked on the weapon's blade.
"Hey...!" Yukari jumped off of Mimi and attempted to jump up and grab the wand "give me back my wand you jerk!"
Junior crouched down to Yukari's level, never letting up his glare or his terrifying aura.
"This is a wand is it? Here I thought that it was a cheap toy that you've been using to pull childish pranks on people. Well until you're ready to treat this like a wand and not a toy I'll just keep it!"
Yukari's anger reached new heights her cheeks puffing out angrily and, in true childish little kid fashion, kicked Junior in the shins, not that he seemed to feel it. Mimi however made the decision to intervene, putting her newly drawn doodles in front of her face, confusing Yukari for a moment.
"What's this?"
"Allow me to translate this..." Junior used the blunt end of the scythe to point to the first doodle on the page, a stick figure with a witch's hat "would be you, and this..." Junior pointed to the second doodle, which resembled a boxing glove "means fight, and this..." a second stick figure, this one with a scythe "refers to me. It basically means 'Yukari fights Junior' these last two..." the first of the last two symbols was a equal sign, and the final was Yukari's stick figure with a line coming from her neck that could only be a rope "I'm sure needs no translation."
"'Yukari fighting Junior is equivalent to suicide.'"
Yukari looked to Mimi, the latter of whom nodded confirming the translation as accurate.*GULP* Yukari let Junior by, whom pocketed both the scythe and the wand as he went.
"Thanks kid, I almost didn't realize how I've been acting lately."
As Junior lost himself in thought he wondered outside *SNORING* Junior looked up to see the sleeping form of a certain rodent with wings.
*FRUSTRATED SCREAMS* "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GUY! THREATENING MY MIMI LIKE THAT! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM HE'S SO DEAD!"
Chi's rage affected her appearance again, her newly acquired snout angrily snapped shut on her over-sized teeth.
"AND WHO DOES THAT GIRL THINK SHE IS GROPING MIMI LIKE THAT! THAT'S MY JOB!"
Chi's fiery tail whipped out her back *SMASH* the twins only avoided the same fate as the counter thanks to Daniela's intangibility.
"WHEN I GET OVER THERE...!"
"I wouldn't let your mother hear about this..." Chi looked over to find her escorts whom she had so rudely ejected from the castle "otherwise she will have to keep you from school."
Reverse psychology, she always hated that about Demongo. As Chi calmed down she returned to her non-lizard appearance, deciding that she needed someone to talk to Chi got out her I phone to talk to Mimi with.
*FRUSTRATED SCREAMS* "THAT BIG MEANIE, STEALING MY WAND LIKE THAT! THE MINUET I GET MY WAND BACK..."
Mimi awoke from her meditation and turned to Yukari whom was angrily kicking her legs on a park bench. She turned the young witch around to face her and showed her the drawing from earlier to reemphasize her point, that getting into a fight with Junior was a good way to get killed.
"I can take him!"
Mimi shook her head, no she couldn't, giving Yukari a idea.
"Can you get it for me?"
Mimi shook her head again, giving Yukari the means by which she would pick a fight with Junior was as good as putting a bullet in her head. Yukari's cheeks angrily puffed out at the uncooperative Mimi.
"Fine I'll go and get it myself!"
Yukari angrily left to go find her wand.
"Con Los Terroristas Ey Shake Ey Shake..." recognizing her own ring tone Mimi answered her phone, seeing Chi's picture she answered the video call.
"Hello Mimi! It's been a little while since we've seen each other how are yah doin?"
Mimi nodded her head, good, and followed up with a text 'You look better.'
"Oh yah, mom brought me over to her meeting at the Grim castle, they have these weird super plant things that suck the toxins out of the body. But on the subject it looks like the rumors of the academy making it's students stay in human form all the time are true."
Mimi nodded 'problem?'
"Not for me I can pull off any look. But there's a couple of problems for you, you're suppose to be crippled in human form aren't you?"
Mimi nodded her head 'telekinesis.'
"You're using your telekinesis to make it look like you can walk? Wait; Since when do you have telekinesis!?"
'Always did. Just not as a devil.'
"You're full of surprises aren't you? Still you always look so depressed when you're like this, you try to hide it but I can always tell."
Mimi let out a sigh 'devil essence suppresses my emotions, everything comes out at once.'
"What do you have to be depressed about? It isn't that ass-hat boyfriend of yours is it?"
Mimi rolled her eyes 'no it has nothing to do with him.'
"Then what is it? Damn it Mimi why is it you don't tell me about anything anymore!?"
'It's complicated Chi.'
"Damn it Mimi all you have to do is tell me what's wrong with you!"
Chi's eyes began watering, and she began breathing heavily.
"I told you I love you! I wanted to share my life with you and I want you to share your life with me! So why won't you tell me what's wrong with you!?"
Mimi sighed 'Wait until you get here, then we can talk XOXO.'
Mimi hung the phone up and pocketed it.
Now that Mandy and Aku finished their meeting they were on their way to pick up Chi so that they could go their separate ways. However there was one thing that was still bothering Aku.
"Mandy I couldn't help but notice your arm."
"What about it?"
"Well I had heard a rumor somewhere that some fool managed to cut your arm off..."
"That was me."
"Right... Sorry, but coming here I didn't seriously believe that the rumors were true."
"They are."
"Right I could see but I noticed that your arm is different now."
"Should be not the one I started with."
"Not that, that glove there..." Aku recognized it, a black elbow length glove, a familiar skull symbol on the back of the hand "it looks like a seal, the kind of seal you use to hold back the most horrible of curses."
"How'd did you think I convinced the previous owner to give it up?"
*GULP* "So just to clarify... you intentionally had a cursed arm grafted onto your body?"
"Yes I said as much."
"Why?"
"A curse is in the eye of the beholder..." Mandy grabbed her glove with her other hand "you want to behold it?"
"N-N-No thank-you."
Even after knowing her for the better part of the past 2 decades, she still scared the hell out of her. She didn't know what it was, that aura, how she acts, fights, or talks, or was it how much she reminded her of herself in her younger days. Daniela popped her intangible head through the ceiling, something that was immediately noticed by Mandy.
"Daniela what did I tell you about..."
"Mommy, Miss Aku, I found you!"
Mandy noticed the panicked tone in Daniela's voice as she floated down to eye level.
"Daniela, what's wrong!?"
"It's Miss Chi. She started crying, we didn't know what to do so I went to get help while brother stayed with her."
"I take it this started while she was on her cell phone?"
Daniela confirmed Aku's theory with a nod, prompting Aku to sigh.
"She's fallen into a state of depression. It's best that I get to her side immediately."
"Take us to her."
Daniela grabbed her mother's and Aku's hands followed by flying them intangible to the kitchen where Chi was blowing into a steady stream of tissues provided by Manny in ghost form. Aku went to her daughter's side to comfort her.
"It's Mimi again isn't it?"
*NOSE BLOW* Chi nodded her head as she used the abused tissue to wipe the tears from her eyes.
"I curse the day that thing was conceived! She has caused me nothing but trouble and my daughter nothing but pain!"
"Care to tell me about it?"
*SNIFF* "Her heart is filled with such sorrow it destroys her from within, and here I sit helpless to aid her" *NOSE BLOW* "I am Chi daughter of the oldest and wisest of the Big Five: and I can't even save my best friend from herself!"
"What to do what to do? I can withdraw Chi from the academy, but that would make the problem worst. Wipe her memory? No she's bad now but she was worst before. No clearly there is only one solution."
Aku handed her daughter a fresh tissue.
"Dry your tears my heir, we have to get you fitted for your school uniform and it would not be dignified if you cried in front of the Tailor."
Though there was still great sadness in her face, Chi donned smile. Aku signaled her two escorts to follow her and follow they did as they made their way out of the castle. With that issue resolved Mandy had another issue to attend to, turning to her youngest children with a angry glare.
"Manny, Daniela, what did I tell you about using your powers in the castle!?"
Yukari observed from the relative safety of a series of bushes Junior leaving the boys dormitory carrying a duffle bag, deciding now was her chance Yukari quietly sneaked past him into the dormitory.
"Now's my chance! No one stands a chance against a witch with their wand!"
Yukari went to the student directory, making sure that no one else saw her since girls aren't allowed in the boys dormitory, one benefit of being the shortest kid in the academy was that it was really easy to find stuff to hide behind.
"Junior, Junior, where...?"
Yukari found the name she was looking for: First Name-Unknown Middle Name: Junior Last Name-Unknown. Weird, then again weird guy. Room 204, second floor, second room on the right. Yukari made her way up the stairs, thankfully everyone was in class already and no one was around to interfere with her plan.
"'Room 204'..." Yukari opened the door to the room. It wasn't what she had expected, but she wasn't surprised either "yah that figures."
A large board with the sharp side of nails sticking out of it of it was leaning on the far wall, fresh and dried blood was on the ends of the nails.
"I'm sure I don't want to know what that's for."
She also spotted a academy uniform, several fresh stitches were all across it.
"What's this about?"
Yukari tried to lift the sleeve but she found it was too heavy for her, and it felt hard like metal. So that's it he was planning to prank someone by sowing weights into their cloths.
"And he called me childish."
She also spotted a rather large book, thick with pages. A heavy reader? Yukari examined the book, only to find that it was completely blank, it didn't have so much as a title.
"Looks like I overestimated your reading level."
Yukari continued to look around the dorm room, spotting her wand hanging in the closet.
"Finally!"
While Yukari reclaimed her stolen property Junior had met up with Minnie, Moka, Kurumu and Mimi. Mimi was tutoring Kurumu in the many subjects in which she had failed at.
"So the length of side C is the total length of sides A & B?"
Mimi confirmed with a nod *SQUEALS OF JOY*. While the two girls worked on studying Moka noticed that Junior had a chisel and was chipping away at a stone.
"What're you making Junior?"
"Call it a arts and crafts project. I'm hoping to have them done by August next year."
"Them?"
"Yes I have to make two, and they both require immense Minuscule detail."
"I've seen thine shopping list brother: Maker's Stone, Mordant Dew, Dragon's Fang. Tis a bit more complicated then a mere 'art project.'"
"Amazing what you can get off the internet these days."
"Including whatever tis that thou art making."
"Ah but that would ruin the personal touch now wouldn't it?"
"Ah pardon me..." Junior and Minnie turned their attention to Moka "but why do you need it done by August?"
"They're gifts for Manny and Dani, their birthday is in August."
"Oh your twin siblings!"
Kurumu perked up when she heard that. Junior might be off the market but that may not be true for his big brothers.
"You two have twin brothers" Kurumu asked with excitement in her voice!?
Junior's aura intensified as Kurumu realized that she made him angry.
"Daniela is a girl, but yes we have twin siblings, they'll be turning 5 in August."
Panicking Kurumu shoved her face into her text book.
"Don't look directly at him! Don't look directly at him!"
*GIGGLING* "I think thou scared her into studying brother!"
Junior rolled his eyes as his aura died down, Minnie should probably leave the jokes to him.
"Glad I could help now if you'll excuse me..." *CRASH* whatever it was it sounded like it came from the boys dormitory, with a rather annoyed look Junior put his 'art project' away "I'll go deal with that."
"I should have known it was booby trapped."
Good news Yukari got her wand back, Bad news in doing so she dropped one of those weighted jackets that Junior was working on onto herself, which she estimated to weigh 100 pounds, Worst news she dropped her wand in the commotion which was now a foot out of her reach.
"Can this get any worst!?"
"Hello Yukari."
"Perfect."
Yukari looked over to see Junior standing in the doorway looming over her.
"What do you want?"
"Funny coming from you; I mean considering that you're in my room and all."
"What's going on in here?"
Junior looked over to see the gym teacher and building supervisor Okuto Kotsubo. He was a odd looking man, four piercings in each ear, very tall with a athletic physique, dark spiky red hair and orange coiled tattoo's running up his arms. Okuto noticed Yukari pinned underneath the coat.
"What're you doing here?"
"Afraid that's my fault Mr. Kotsubo. I put a notice up on the board about this toy I found this morning..." Junior walked over and picked up the 'toy' and removed the jacket from Yukari "given the rather obvious girly qualities I probably should have given it to Miss Ririko to sort out. The little girl here probably saw the notice, my number on it, and saw the wand sticking out of my pocket when she came to claim it. So Really this is all just a case of reclaiming lost property. Here you go..." Junior handed over the wand to Yukari while he hung up his spare jacket "if at all possible I would like for her not to be punished for sneaking in here."
"Fair enough, so long as you get her out of my building."
"That can be arranged."
Junior patted Yukari on the shoulder pushing her along, right outside the dorm. Unfortunately when they got there Yukari returned to violent aggression.
"Don't think I forgot about who tried to crush me you jerk! So eat this!"
Yukari slammed the wand down summoning a wash tub to fall on Junior's head... only it didn't, despite the furious waving of the wand no golden colored tub came down to crush Junior.
"What the heck?"
"Like I said, just a girly little toy."
Yukari looked at the handle and saw a symbol that could only be Junior sticking his tongue out at her carved into the handle. Yukari was left Jaw dropped stunned.
"You like it I made it myself."
"YOU BIG JERK!"
Yukari threw the faux wand at Junior's head, breaking it in the process, before she stormed off. Unfortunately she had been spotted by a group of people whom saw an opportunity.
Junior arrived back at the study group, carrying his bag full of his carving tools.
"What was that about?"
"GET BACK HERE YOU JERK!"
"Ask her."
As Junior sat down to get back to work Yukari stormed up to him, hand out expectantly.
"Give me back my wand!"
"Why should I? So that you can drop pots and pans on my head again? Or perhaps it's so that you continue to delude yourself into believing you can actually pick a fight with everyone in the school!? You've certainly been trying awful hard!"
"You don't know anything about me!"
"I know you're a selfish, annoying little pest! You've been picking a fight with me all day and with everyone else ever since you got here!"
*FRUSTRATED SCREAMS* "Mimi tell him to give my wand back!"
Mimi shook her head in a annoyed no.
"Why not!? Why can't you get him to give me my wand back!?"
"It's quite simple, if she did ask me I would probably hand it over, if not she could probably force the issue. There fore there is only one logical explanation; she simply does not want to!"
Yukari stood flabbergasted at Juniors hurtful words, turning to Mimi she confirmed with a nod.
"Why...?"
"Because despite the fact that you've been grade skipped for the umpteenth time, you are just a stupid little kid with no idea how to use it...!" Junior held out the wand "this wand is a part of you, the core of your power is held in my hand right now! This wand is no less important to you than your right arm but you treat it like a toy!"
Yukari didn't hear Junior scold her, her eyes were welling up as the sense of betrayal consumed her.
"Oi are you listening!?"
"You care more about him then me... that's fine I've always been alone."
"Oi you listening kid?"
Junior made the mistake of resting the arm holding the wand on his lap, giving Yukari the needed opening to grab the wand from his hand.
"THIS..." with a wave of the wand a gold colored wash-tub fell on Junior's head, causing him to bend over backwards "is for taking my wand! THIS..." another tub this time knocking him the rest of the way to the ground "is for crushing me with your coat! And THIS..." three more tubs one after another knocking Junior out "is for calling me STUPID!"
"BROTHER!"
"Junior!"
Junior didn't look too good, his forehead and nose were bleeding heavily, and his eyes and lips were swollen. Minnie and the other girls crowded around Junior while the sorrow filled Yukari took off running.
"So she really is just like everyone else..."
"She's only 11!"
"Why are we stuck in the same class with that baby?"
"What's with that stupid witch costume?"
"Witches aren't even real monsters, they're more like humans."
"You've got no right to be here. Get lost!"
"That's fine I don't need anyone anyway."
Yukari was in the middle of wiping the tears from her eyes as she was walking along the academy grounds. She was forced from her memories when she crashed into another student.
"Oww," Yukari cried rubbing her eye "watch where you're going stupid!"
"You're the one that ran into me you sniveling little bitch," the larger student said as two other voices chuckled behind him "Now that's just rude."
"Class representative?!" Yukari gasped.
"Did you think I'd forgotten about earlier?" Eki growled, a forked tongue slipping through his teeth. "No chance."
"Help!" Yukari cried as she was dragged through the fog covered woods.
"What an annoying sound," Eki laughed throwing the young witch against a tree. "Who do you think would come to help you anyway half-breed?"
"Get back!" Yukari yelled, pulling out her wand, but before she could use her magic, the class representative had snatched it out of her hand.
"So disgusting" Eki growled as the three students skin turned green and scaly. "It's gonna be fun getting rid of you."
Yukari looked on horrified as the three men's face elongated to scaled snouts with long sharp teeth. Tails sprang out of their backsides and their hands turned into fierce claws. For all accounts the three of them looked like giant iguanas standing on their hind legs.
"What should we do with her guys?" Eki asked chomping his alligator like maw on Yukari's wand.
"My wand!" the girl thought horrified. "I can't use magic without it. What do I do?"
"Let's eat her," one of the lizardmen suggested.
"Ah-hem..." the trio of Lizard like creatures looked over to the source of the voice, Junior carrying Scythe on one shoulder and Kou on the other "Bat brain you know who these guys are?"
"That kid over there is a witch..."
"No your kidding me? The girl with the pointy hat, cape, and whom dropped six wash tubs on my head is a witch" Junior said in mock shock!?
"There's no need to be sarcastic."
"There's also no need to insult my intelligence by pointing out the obvious."
"Sorry, those three are what's known as lizard men, a group of monsters known for forming tight nit bonds with each other, by ironically acting with homicidal aggression to others. Their bonds allow them to synchronize their aura's becoming collectively stronger the more of them there are."
Junior nodded confirming the bat's information, before turning his attention to the lizards.
"I have unresolved issues with this girl, you three can have your meal after I've cleaned my teeth with her."
"Buzz off punk! This has nothing to do with you!"
The three turned back to face Yukari, licking their chomps. They suddenly felt a overwhelming dark presence. Turning to face Junior again they saw that his eyes had changed to green and red, and his formerly un-comforting aura now a overwhelmingly terrifying black.
"I said she's mine!"
"O-O-Of course sir!"
The three thugs stepped aside, allowing Junior to pass, the terrified Yukari was pinned to the tree with fear.
*GULP*
"Brother!"
While Yukari was running away from the latest of her many pranks Junior was on the ground unconscious and bloodied. Suddenly green energy seemed to leak out of his face which healed all of his injuries.
"Junior? Are you alright?"
Moka remembered the last time she saw the combination of angry eyes and uncontrolled energy leak. It nearly killed her if memory serves. Junior's eyes shot opened, his eyes their angry color.
"Ouch! Oh I get my hands on her...!"
Junior was interrupted by Kurumu's beach ball sized... assets in his face.
"There, there Junior Kurumu will..."
*WHAM* The large breasted Succubus was interrupted by one of Yukari's wash tubs, not thrown by Yukari but by Mimi.
"Thank-You Mimi."
The devil hybrid nodded in response.
"Junior!"
Junior spotted the little orange flying rat known as Kou. Junior allowed Kou to hang from his finger.
"Assuming that you're still following my orders I'm assuming that she's in trouble."
"Who's in trouble?"
"The witch girl."
"Yukari...?" now Kurumu was confused, only moments ago he was chewing out Yukari about all the pranks she was pulling on people "what about her?"
"She was being dragged off by some of the other students."
"Alright lets go get her."
Junior got up, brushed the dirt of himself and followed Kou to Yukari.
"Time out...!" Junior turned to face Kurumu who had her hands in a T shape "would someone mind telling me what's going on?"
"That is very simple..." Junior turned to Minnie, whom was in the middle of expertly reading him like a book "from the moment he took her wand away from her she has been his responsibility. That is the way thou was raised wasn't it brother? Thou makes a problem thou must also fix it. The problem here is that when mine brother took the young witch's wand from her he left her defenseless, and hence she needed a defender, that is thou brother. Why else would thou get the 'rodent' to spy on Yukari?"
"If that's how you want to look at it go ahead."
"Of course there art other reasons art there? There would have to be now that she has her wand back. Maybe thou still believe thou owe her something. Maybe because thou was bullied at her age as well. Maybe thou believes thou has something to prove?"
"If there's something you want to say Minnie come out and say it already!"
Minnie held her mouth to Junior's ear, and whispered into his ear words that she knew he needed to hear.
"How thou act, how thou talks, how thou fights: that's like her. But how thou treat people, how thou care about them, how thou makes sure their okay: that's nothing like her, and thou art better because of it."
Junior walked away from the girls, Minnie's attempt to reassure him didn't work very well.
"I'll handle this, continue with your studies I'll be joining you in a minuet."
*GULP* Junior used Scythe to gently lift Yukari's chin so that she was looking him in the eye.
"I want a apology."
"Wha-what" Yukari asked stunned!?
"I said I want an apology for you dropping a total of six tubs on my head."
"Wh-wh-why sh-sh-sh..."
Yukari suddenly felt like she was being crushed, she could barely see Junior anymore as that dark aura consumed him, all that she could see was those eyes glaring down on her.
"I said I want a apology!"
*GULP* "I-I-I'm s-sorry. I-I-It won't ha-ha-happen again."
The terrifying aura all but disappeared, Junior retracted and pocketed scythe as he stood motionless for a minuet. Finally Ishi, the leader of the lizard men, grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Alright you had your..."
Ishi was cut off by the overwhelmingly terrifying aura of the man whom he had just grabbed.
"Who said you could touch me?"
The student body was going about their day in the court yard be it studying, goofing off, exercising or in the naughtier cases making out in the bushes *CRUNCH* *PAINED SCREAMS* the entire student body looked to the woods where the noise came from *CRUNCH* *PAINED SCREAMS* mixed looks of gasp, worrying, and surprise donned their faces *CRUNCH* *PAINED SCREAMS* the woods had fallen silent, that is until the student body took off running. The Bulk went into the woods to see what was happening, a few went to get any combination of teachers, nurses, and principals. The few remaining were in a study group that was led by a certain devil hybrid.
"Shouldn't we go help" the concerned vampire asked?
"There is no need, mine brother needs no help dealing with such weak creatures."
Minnie had just noticed something, some scales had formed on her finger.
"Not again."
With a bit of concentration Minnie shape shifted the blemish out of existence.
"Something wrong Minnie" the busty student asked?
"Tis nothing but a mere insect bite Kurumu."
Junior was carrying Yukari through the forest on his shoulders, he intentionally avoided the paths which where now crowded with the bulk of the student body. Yukari was taking the liberty of examining her broken wand.
"What's your core, I can carve you a new one."
"Uh thanks but my wands core is intact so it'll fix itself over time. Wait how do you know how to carve a wand?"
"I read about them in my studies."
"Studies? Wait that book! It must have been some kind of advanced spell book! That's why I couldn't read it because my magic level isn't high enough to perform the spells inside it!"
"Are you a wizard?"
"Nothing of the sort, my mother simply made me study magic."
"Well Necromancy does count as magic, sort of."
"Then what are you?"
"Afraid I can't say, school rules and all that."
"Like that was" Yukari said pointing behind them?
A quarter of a mile behind the pair the combined student body, teaching staff, and the School's Safety Commission, were gathered jaw dropped around a particularly gruesome sight, the trio of thugs who were about to eat Yukari had been stripped naked, beaten half to death, and bound with duck-tape. One student with a silver wolf head pendant around his neck was flashing his digital camera documenting the carnage when he spotted the blond head of the Student Police Force.
"Nice to see that he's doing his job for once, of course considering that Ishi prick worked for him he should be out here."
Nurse Cut-lip was examining the student's, doing her best to heal them but unfortunately there were a lot of injuries, not immediately lethal mind you but best not left to their own devices either. The four students whom made up the governing board of the safety commission were gathered around.
"What's the prognoses?"
"They'll be okay, but they'll be out for a little while."
"Damn, it'll take us forever to find a replacement for Ishi, he had a lot of standing in the student counsel."
"Excuse me..." the nurse and student police turned to face the student with the camera who was now the student with the notebook as well "Yokai paper. Any leads yet on the investigation?"
"Does this count...?" Nurse Cut-lip held out a photo of a terrified Yukari, written on it in black permanent Marker was the words 'under our protection' "it was underneath the tape."
Back to Junior and Yukari something was still bothering the little witch about Junior, she didn't know if it was that aura of his, his gruff personality, or the fact that every time she see's him he looks ready to kill her.
"So... if you're not a wizard... then what are you?"
"Afraid I can't say, school policy and all that."
"But you know what I am!"
"I know that you take pride in being a witch, with your penchant for cos-play and all that. But what I am is nothing that should be displayed."
"Sorry... I know I shouldn't pry but... why did you save me?"
"Because you're worth saving."
Yukari was a little surprised about his answer.
"That's it?"
"What other reason do I need?"
"It's just that... after everything I did..."
"I was ten once too."
"And I'm a witch... we're one of the hated races... something of both the worlds of humans and monsters but neither at the same time."
"Then we have something in common."
"I thought you said you're not a wizard?"
"You made the mistake of assuming that Spell-casters are are the only one people don't like."
"Uh right... sorry."
"It's alright kid, but clean up your act, or else the next time I take your wand away you're not getting it back."
"I understand."
Junior walked out of the forest carrying Yukari on his shoulders, something that was noticed by the study group.
"Thou seems to be getting along with the young witch brother."
"Yeah a minuet ago you looked ready to kill her" said Kurumu!
Mimi nodded, agreeing with the assessment.
"Things change, now why don't you give Mimi a break Kurumu?"
Junior dropped Yukari in front of the group, prompting Mimi to get up and sit down in the lotus position out in the grass with Junior.
"What're they doing?"
Minnie let out an annoyed sigh.
"Something that our mother wouldn't approve of if she found out."
From her balcony Mandy observed the members of the Shadow clan leave the castle grounds.
"Mommy..." Mandy looked around to the twins who were sitting on the coach each looking at Junior through the crystal ball "why didn't you want to watch big brother fight?"
"That wasn't a fight. A fight is two or more people hitting one another, that was a massacre. Expertly executed yes but a massacre none the less."
Mandy picked up a pair of folders from a nearby drawer.
"Leave me be. Take the ball with you if you want."
The twins did as commanded, leaving the room and taking the ball with them as they left. With them gone Mandy could get to work, she opened the first folder which had been marked 'Daniela Paternity test' she read the result: positive Vlad Plasmius is the father. Opening the second folder 'Manny paternity test' she also read the result: negative Vlad Plasmius is not the father.
"Alright Dan: time to figure out what you are."
"That's something we can agree on."
Mandy looked towards the doorway and saw the familiar silhouette of her daughter. However this creature was far from her daughter, in fact between her outfit, her eyes, and her terrifyingly familiar demonic aura it was almost like she was looking into a mirror from over 20 years ago.
"What do you want Harror!?"
"Wow Yukari has really turned herself around."
It had been a few days since Yukari had been attacked. Moka and Minnie were walking to class with Kurumu discussing the witch in question. The Safety Commission questioned Yukari in regard to what happened to their subordinates but she appeared too traumatized to remember. Her three assailants remembered what happened quite clearly, they gave a rather detailed story about how they had interrupted a assailant attacking the young witch when he called in no less than nine subordinates to hold them down while beating them to a pulp. Junior instructed the young witch to go along with the story, they knew who was responsible even if they couldn't comprehend what and they would not attack her again.
"Aye, brother made her apologize to the whole school for her pranks."
"Your brother might act scary but he really is a nice guy."
"He's been acting all this time?"
While Kurumu was warming up to Junior, among other things, Moka was still terrified of him, his latest display of Badassery did not bode well for her if she ever got him angry at her. The three of them were walking to class together, entering the class room they saw three odd sights rolled into one: First off Junior was sitting in the lotus position with his eyes closed on top of his desk, second Mimi was in a identical position on top of her desk facing Junior, thirdly Yukari was hanging from Junior whom she was hugging rather lovingly though Junior didn't seem to notice.
"I LUV YOU JUNIOR!"
"Yukari... what art thou doing?"
"After Junior saved me I fell in love with him too! And he likes Mimi too! So I get them both!"
"Okay...!"
"Verily...!"
"Back off small fry...!" Kurumu made the strange situation stranger by jumping up, wrapping her legs around his torso, and hugging Junior's face into her breasts "Junior's my destined one!"
The pile of girls plus one boy fell over onto Mimi knocking all four of them to the ground.
"Oh this isn't going to end well."
Mimi was so rudely awaken, looking on top of her she saw Junior's face crammed into Kurumu's bosom, he would be kicking her off right now if not for the witch hugging his legs close, instead he had to settle for trying to push Kurumu off of him which Mimi completely misinterpreted. *SMASH* Well Junior could breath again, unfortunately he could also see a angry devil-hybrid.
"Mimi wait I can explain!" *WHAM* *CRASH* *WHAM* *SLAM* *SMASH* a projectile was fired from the room and sent flying across the campus *SMASH* in the resulting crater was Junior's head and a Iron with the letters STFU written in bold.
"What did I do? Oh why does she always throw that thing at me?"
REVIEW SECTION:
nightmaster000: you sure about that? Dan's pretty messed up in the head. And if you want to see the full range of Junior's harem just keep reading.
coldblue: Don't worry I'll be establishing just how screwed up the underworld is next chapter, and we'll be seeing more of Chi soon enough.
The Fox Boss: your wish has been granted.