"It's safe to assume that we're not the only ones infiltrating the academy… Medusa even confirmed that for us a few days ago when she mentioned something about 'someone else here keeping an eye out for her too'." Kim began the conversation as her and Crona sat together over coffee at Deathbucks.

Crona nodded in agreement. "Yes that should confirm the suspicions we've been having for some time now, but we haven't been able to prove our theory before now so this could help a lot."

"It makes perfect sense, why we weren't able to succeed countless times before no matter what our plan? Obviously we were overlooking something important. Once we figure this out then we shouldn't have any problems like before."

"You think? Keeping track of more people will make the job harder though, not to mention we still don't know who we're looking for… or how many. Who in the academy would support the getting rid of Lord Death? It would be hard to figure that out among all the people there. And it's not like we can just ask." Crona pointed out.

"It's fine, I've actually had a few ideas of possible suspects based on all the information of past trials, but I want to look into it more. We still have quite some time before things start to go down."

Crona took a quick sip of her coffee then set it back down. "That time goes by fast I've already been here over a week…"

"It only goes by fast for you cuz you're spending time with a certain Death the Kiiiiid" Kim teased.

"Wha-? N-No! It's not like that!" Crona turned away and blushed. "If anything, he's been getting on my nerves! There's no way I could…"

"There's no way you could whaaat?" She smirked, leaning in towards her.

"N-nothing! Nothing at all… what are we even talking about anyways…" Her blush grew louder.

"Jeeze Crona…" She leaned back in her chair. "Who cares if you like him. Big deal. But you can't convince me you are over him. No siree."

"Now you're just making me uncomfortable." She stood up from her chair quickly. "I need to get going anyways, I made up an excuse to Kid and the others about being home late, they think I'm at the school now so I better head back to his place."

"Alright, Alright. Well I'll look into who we might be after, We'll have to meet back up soon."

"Sounds good, well, see ya later!" Crona waved goodbye before heading out.

"Say Crona, have you ever heard of Death Bucks? It's this café like place we have in town." Kid asked.

"..." Crona stiffened, did he somehow find out she met with Kim there today? "No… I haven't…" She responded cautiously.

"You haven't? Well I suppose that is to be expected…" He trailed off. "But anyways, I'm sure you don't know this but before Liz and Patty became my weapons they were well known criminals in the town they came from and had a rough time living, right guys?" He turned to them for confirmation.

"Mhmmm" Liz nodded casually.

"So I was thinking… dealing with you is kinda like when I used to have to deal with them back in the day…"

"Okay…so?" Crona said, urging him to get to the point.

"Well back when they were probationary students I had them work at DeathBucks as… well a community service like thing. So I was thinking…."

"Kid!" Liz shouted. "Don't do that to this poor girl. Ugh… I remember those days at DeathBucks.. I hated it!"

"Kid's going to a bad habit of sending girls he can't deal with to work at DeathBucks." Patty laughed. "Cuz unlike you, Master is good at working with people!"

"You take that back Patty!" Kid pointed at his weapon. "I'll have you know I am quite the people person.

"I'm gonna have to go with Patty on this one." Liz said. Even Crona nodded in agreement.

"You two turned against me also!?" Kid accused.

"Sorrryyyy." Liz shrugged with a smirk.

"I was never on your side to begin with, Kid" Crona clarified.

"Ugh, forget it… Regardless! Crona! From this day forward you are now a part time worker at Deathbucks. Only one or two days a week is all I ask."

"He's softened…" Patty said. "He made us do at least 3 or 4 days!"

"Yeah but you two also weren't enrolled in the school yet so you had nothing better to do in the day. But anyways, Crona your first shift starts today."

"Today?!"

"So you must be Crona…" The brown haired man in his 30's looked her up and down. Crona nodded. He was built tall and slightly muscular, his brown hair was spiked back and his chin was stubbled a bit. He wore the cafe's waiter uniform and seemed to have a deadpan facial expression. This was Master, who ran the shop. "So uhm… I guess, do you want to wear the boys uniform or the girls?" He asked uncomfortably.

Crona sighed. "I'm a girl if that's you're trying to ask. But if you're actually offering me an option of which uniform I'd rather wear, then I'd rather pick the boy one…" She said eyeing one of the worker girls in her uniform.

"Unfortunately I was just asking your gender, not which one you wanted to wear. I'm a fan of the girls uniform so I would rather you wear that." He said in a monotone voice.

"Of course." She sighed as she walked into the back dressing room. She came out a few minutes later with the glorified maid like, death themed, uniform.

"You could have just lied about your gender to me you know." Master stated as he whipped one of the dishes off with a towel. "Although when I first saw you I was leaning towards you being a girl rather than a guy. However with that on I can definitely tell you're a girl. It suits you well."

"Well thanks… means a lot, more people seem to think I'm a boy so it's always nice to hear that." She said as she smoothed the ruffles on her skirt.

"Well lets get you started, even though Kid technically sent you to me for community service, the tips you earn are yours to keep. I'll have Tsugumi-chan over there teach you what to do."

"Tsugumi?" Crona tilted her head.

"Yeah, she's one of my regular workers. Tsugumi-chan! come over here for a moment." He called.

"Huh?" The black haired weapon turned his way. "I'm coming!" She quickly ran over to the two of them.

"Tsugumi-chan, this is Crona. It's her first time working today, so will you help her out for the day?"

"Crona was it?" Tsugumi took a good look at her. "Oh, I recognize you! You've been staying with Kid lately haven't you? I saw you in the halls a few times this week to when I go with Anya when she is stalking out Kid… Uh- I mean when she goes looking for Kid." She sweat dropped. "But I'll be happy to help you out today."

"Thanks." Crona smiled. "Looking forward to working with you."

"Looks like you lucked out, its gonna be a slow night tonight." Tsugumi said as the two collected plates off empty tables. "Although thats not a good thing if you're looking for tips. I forgot you're not getting paid…"

"Believe me, that's the last thing I'm worried about. I could care less about getting any money."

"Really? That's something you don't hear very often. You're like the opposite of this other girl I know. All she cares about is money." Tsugumi said

"You wouldn't happen to be talking about Kim Diehl, would you?" Crona smirked.

"I guess you do know about her." Tsugumi laughed. "She sure is something else." The two carried back their dishes to the sink and set them next to an already large pile of dishes. "Might as well start on these… No one's here and it should help us get out sooner after we close."

"Good idea." Crona nodded.

"So Crona-senpai…" Tsugumi tried to make conversation as they were cleaning. "Is it.. uh… Is it true you're a demon sword? It's just uh… you don't seem like you'd be one. I mean while we're working now, you seem like a normal girl."

"Demon sword? No, I'm the Demon Swordsman. HE'S the demon sword." She said, signalling him to come out.

"Who is…?" Tsugumi looked around as if someone else was actually there.

"Well lately it doesn't feel like I am a demon sword! I never eat any souls!" A shrill voice whined as the black blob appeared from her back.

"G-gah!? What is that?" Tsugumi shrieked.

"This is Ragnarok. The demon sword." She stated. "And Ragnarok, you eat both my lunch and dinner every day, I should be the one complaining about food. Not you."

"He's weird looking…" Tsugumi trailed off.

"Me? Weird looking?" He challenged. "I'm nowhere as weird looking as that face of yours little girl!" He leaned in towards her.

"He's mean too!"

"Ragnarok, say you're sorry." Crona frowned.

"No way! You called me out expecting to play nice with this wimp?"

"Then go way if you're going to be rude…"

"Maybe I will! Call me when you have food again.." He dissolved back into her.

Crona sighed. "Sorry about that, Tsugumi.."

"N-no its fine! I said he looked weird so it's my fault. I guess I wasn't expecting you to have your weapon come out of your back."

"No big deal." Crona set a clean dish down.

"So uhm…" Tsugumi began "Do you know if Kid talks about a girl he likes? You see one of my meisters has a really big crush on him, and since you live with him I was wondering if he ever talked about her or anything."

"From what I can tell he doesn't like anyone. Although Maka gets mentioned a lot more than Anya does."

"I see… I don't ever want to tell Anya this, but I think he will end up going out with Maka-senpai soon. I still want to cheer for her but it just seems like he and Maka will be a thing soon…" Tsugumi frowned.

"Yes… you're probably right…" Crona winced. "But it's not like Kid and Maka are a bad couple, right?" Crona forced a smile.

"Yeah, that's right. Maka-senpai would be a good girlfriend. I just gotta support my meister on this one. I wonder why so many girls like Kid though… What about you Crona-senpai?"

"What about me?"

"Is there anyone at the school you like?" She wiggled her eyebrows.

"Heh, the only people I'm around with much are Liz, Patty, and Kid. So the boy I really ever around is Kid. So I don't have many options. I don't really Talk to Soul, Blackstar, Kilik, Hiro, and the rest."

"Soooo… that doesn't answer my question silly."

"Sure it does. If I don't have any options that means I can't like anyone."

"I guess… but you could always think someone's cute and admire from afar. And there's still Kid, right?"

"..."

"Crona-senpai? You okay?" Tsugumi asked in concern of her silence.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. What about you Tsugumi? Who do you like?" She said urging a subject change.

"Hmmm… I guess this boy in the EATER class named Akane is pretty cute. Oh and Death Scythe Justin is so cute too… But then there's also..." She began to babble on. So much to the point that Crona had to tune her out when she began naming names she didn't recognize. 'This girl really is inlove with love...' Crona thought to herself. The underclassmen was cut off when the bell on the door rang signalling a customers arrival.

"Want me to serve them?" Crona offered.

"Sure! I'll keep cleaning in the mean time." Tsugumi said. Crona nodded in agreement and went off to help her guests.

"What a long night!" Tsugumi stretched her arms up once they were outside. The shop had just closed for the night and they were relieved of their duties. "Time goes by slower on a slow day at work. Busy days the time flies by!"

"Yeah time went by pretty slow, but we got out pretty early because of it…"

"Yeah you're right. Well I'm headed back to the dorm. Hopefully we can work together again Crona-senpai. See ya later!" She waved goodbye.

"Yeah, See you later." She waved after her as she watched her run off.

"So you're working at some coffee shop now?" A mocking voice said from behind her after Tsugumi disappeared from her sight. Crona didn't even have to turn around to know who it was. Medusa.

"Didn't have a choice. That reaper boy wanted me to do community service." She explained, trying to not show anything in her voice.

"He had a large scale Demonsword in his hands and he sends her to work at a coffee shop?" Medusa laughed. "I will never understand the DWMA and how they chose to use their power."

"So what are you doing here…" Crona finally turned around to face her mother. "Here to tell me to come back with you?"

"Not at all. Just checking on my favorite little pawn in Death City. How are you and Kim doing?"

"Fine i suppose. We don't really have any other instructions from you besides to just keep hanging out here, so I can really report any progress on anything."

"Kim will have her uses soon enough. But you're the important one. You're staying close with that boy right? He's very important as you know." She smirked.

"Of course Lady Medusa…" She forced out.

"Perfect, keep up the good work. If you find out anything interesting about him be sure to let me know. That's all for now that I have." She said as she lifted her hood over her head. "I'll be seeing you soon Crona." She said concluding the conversation. She turned away and walked into the night's darkness.

Crona waited a few moments after she left before she finally dropped her guard. "That bitch…" She clenched her fists and bit her bottom lip. "Whatever she wants with Kid… I won't let it happen. So she can forget it!"

"Cronnnna!" A cheerful voice called out. Crona sighed. She was sick of being visited by people tonight after that last meeting. She looked up and saw Kid with his two weapons headed her way. Patty was the one shouting her name.

"Seems like you're already out." Liz said. "We thought we would come out and meet you when you got out so you wouldn't have to walk home alone."

"That's… nice of you." Crona said. "You didn't have to, I know my way back."

"It was actually Kid's idea. But Patty and I liked it, So here we are!"

"Well… thank you." Crona nodded.

"What's wrong Crona?" Patty asked. "You look spooked! Like you saw a ghost or something!"

"I-I-I'm fine!" She quickly defended. "Let's go back home."

"Good idea" Kid said. "I can't explain why.. but it feels very ominous out tonight. I really want to get out of here." Liz and Patty said they didn't see why he felt that way, but Crona silently agreed as she trailed behind them back home.