A/N: I'll say something interesting soon enough but not until later...

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Claimer: I'm the owner of this fanfic! But Grell will soon own my OC~!

That Shinigami, Heart Thief

Chapter IV: That Shinigami, More Lessons

Alexandria yawned as she walked through the hallway and towards William's office, she slipped her arms into the sleeves of her black jacket and adjusted her glasses. She hugged herself as she yawned again 'I do miss my comfy bed...but there are lessons that Mr. Spears has to teach,' Alexandria stretched her arms above her head until she bumped into someone which made her fall onto her bottom "Oof! I-I apologize for bumping into you! I didn't-"

"Well~ If it isn't little Alex~" a familiar voice purred, "Tired I see~"

Alexandria blushed as she noticed that it was Grell looking down at her with a toothy grin, she looked away shyly 'Why do I always act this way whenever Mr. Sutcliff is nearby?' Alexandria mentally huffed as she tried not to look at the red-haired shinigami.

"Come now, I won't bite." Alexandria shyly looked at the dispatch officer "Unless you want me to~" Grell purred. That statement made Alexandria blush even harder, she quickly jumped to her feet and ran off "Alex? Was it something I said?"

Alexandria dashed down the hallway then turned into another. She leaned against the wall. Alexandria breathed heavily as she slid down the wall, she placed her hand over her heart 'I probably act this way because I'm not used to being with Mr. Sutcliff. Okay...deep breaths,' Alexandria inhaled and exhaled slowly, she stood back up and made her way towards her mentor's office.

She knocked on the door, "Come in," William called out. Alexandria turned the knob and entered the office followed by closing the door behind her "Good morning, Ms. Blackwood." said William without looking up from the papers on his desk.

"Morning, Mr. Spears," Alexandria sat down in one of the chairs in front of the desk.

"I looked over your review for the previous lessons." William spoke up "You did an excellent job, you described the topics that we went over in great detail." Alexandria smiled, "Now for today's lesson; we'll be doing a fighting exercise."

Alexandria's body became tense, she's only been her for five days and she's already learning how to fight! For some reason, her gut is telling her that the exercise might not be that bad. She saw her mentor stand from his seat and grab his death-scythe, Alexandria followed him out of the office and towards the flights of stairs.

They walked out of the building and William snapped her fingers to summon the portal to the human world. She grabbed her mentor's hand that he offered and they went through the portal, the two safely landed on a rooftop "Where are we going to do the exercise, Mr. Spears?" Alexandria asked.

"There's a large clearing in a forest just west of here. That will be a perfect spot to have the fighting exercise." Alexandria followed William as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop though Alexandria was having slight difficulty keeping up with her mentor. Though Alexandria started having trouble when they hopped from tree branch to tree brance once they entered the forest, a branch almost hit her as she avoided it. William stopped and Alexandria did the same, she leaned against the tree to catch her breath "Just a little farther," Alexandria heard her mentor say.

Alexandria sighed wearily, she can already tell that it's going to be a long day with the training exercise and all. She followed William until she landed in a mass clearing, various of flowers decorated spots of the clearing. The breeze blew and Alexandria flipped her hair over her shoulder. She looked around but saw no sign of her mentor, "Mr. Spears!" Alexandria called out but got no answer "Mr. Spears!"

The breeze blew again, Alexandria whipped her hair to the side. Alexandria whirled around to see a clipper soaring straight towards her, the black-haired shinigami grabbed her death-scythe from her belt and blocked the clipper with the black chain between the blades. The clipper quickly retreated back from behind the trees. Alexander swallowed hard, she was already breathing heavily.

"Blocking and dodging your enemies attacks are the keys in a fight." William walked out from behind the trees and Alexandria relaxed.

"Mr. Spears! You scared me there," Alexandria smiled wearily, a mechanical roar was then heard. Alexandria whirled around to see a blade, she quickly rolled to the side and William disappeared.

"Nice dodge~ little Alex~" Alexandria's eyes widen to see that it was Grell Sutcliff who was wielding the loud roaring machine.

"M-mr. S-sutcliff!" Alexandria stood back up "Wh-what are you doing here?" William then appeared behind her which almost gave the young reaper a heart attack.

"I requested Sutcliff to help you with your fighting exercise today." said William, "Don't rush towards your enemy head-on. Examine your enemy, wait for an attack and strike at the right time when there's an opening." William instructed.

Alexandria tightly gripped the handle of her scythes, she gritted her teeth as she became nervous.

"Don't worry, Alex~ I'll go easy on you~" Grell winked. Alexandria's body shiver uncomfortably as her cheeks heated up.

Alexandria easied her breathing 'Okay, examine your opponent...wait for an attack...and find an opening to strike. From what I can tell, Mr. Sutcliff does close combat with his death-scythe but I do both range and close combat. I might be able to making an opening easily.' Alexandria exhaled deeply "Alright, here we go," The chain rattled as Alexandria dashed forward, she jumped high into the air and threw one of her scythes.

She watched as Grell slightly move to avoid the scythe then he grabbed the chain "Nice try! Little Alex!" Alexandria was then pulled forward, she smirked slyly.

'I was expecting that,' Alexandria manuvered her body in mid-air and aimed a kick but Grell used the flat side of his death-scythe to block her kick "Wha-?" The black-haired shinigami back-flipped off of Grell's death-scythe.

"That was a nice strategy, little Alex. You're going to have to do better than that to beat me~" Grell said with a toothy grin.

Alexandria breathed heavily, she grabbed the chain and yanked it back. She easily caught her other scythe and spun it between her fingers before returning to her fighting stance 'Okay, just relax and don't hesitate...you can do this.' She watched as Grell revved up his death-scythe and dash towards her, 'Here he comes!' Grell raised his death-scythe over his head and brought it down, Alexandria quickly wrapped the chain around her knuckles and held the chain up to prevent the blade from coming down 'Predict your opponent's next move and find an opening to strike.' Alexandria gritted her teeth as Grell began to add more pressure to his death-scythe and the roaring blade came closer to Alexandria.

Alexandria's arms began to grow weak and she got down onto one knee, she then thought of an idea. She wrapped the chain around the blade and her grip tightened on the chain around her knuckles, Alexandria has to execute her next move perfectly. She forced the blade of Grell's death-scythe back, Alexandria then jumped over Grell. She landed behind him then with all of her stength, Alexandria swung her arms downward which forced the death-scythe to fly out of his hands and land a few feet away. Alexandria jumped to her feet and aimed a kick but Grell turned around and grabbed her ankle, his other hand grabbed her by the throat.

The black-haired shinigami's back landed hard on the ground, Alexandria was about hold one of her scythes to Grell's throat but Grell's hand held her hand down and grabbed her other wrist with his left.

"I'm impressed, little Alex~" Grell grinned as he slowly moved the blade of Alexandria's scythe to her throat "That was quite entertaining."

By this time, Alexandria can only think of one thing that can work in a situation like this, "Forgive Mr. Sutcliff, don't take this personally..." Alexandria instantly kicked Grell between the legs, she heard Grell cry in pain. Alexandria sat up as soon as Grell released her, she watched as Grell muffled his cries of pain into the ground.

"Excellent work, Ms. Blackwood," William praised her, Alexandria stood back up and nodded her thanks "However, I wasn't counting on you to kick Sutcliff between the legs during the exercise."

"I apologize, it was the only thing I can think of while in that situation." Alexandria smiled wearily.

"No need to apologize, Ms. Blackwood." William patted her on the head, "I can say that Sutcliff deserved that kick for slacking off and flirting. Now before I forget anything, Sutcliff. As I promised, you have the day off for today."

The only answer that was heard was Grell's muffled 'thank you~'.

"Shall we return to the department?" William asked and Alexandria nodded "Very well. Enjoy your day off, Sutcliff."

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