(A/Ns: I am back! This is the last chapter! *cries* Anyway, there won't be any authors notes on the Epilogue after this, so i'm gonna say everything now. Firstly, thank you very much to all of my readers. Q's true form, Wisteria and Minni, i love you all so freaking much, you've been so great and the reviews section is just amazing. Also, so great i could talk to you Wisteria, and i would be happy to talk to any of my other readers. To any other readers or followers, please review and let me know what you think. This has been the longest fanfiction i have ever written, so it really is an achievement for me.
As for this chapter, let's pretend it took place on the 5th of November... yeh. Also, as for the end bit, i switched Grell's pronouns! K basically, this takes place after the graduation when i believe Grell made the non-biological change to female. That's just what i choose; don't hate me for it. The epilogue will be wuite short, but you'll find out what is in that letter!
Finally, i will be back! The new anime will be hinted in the Epilogue, but i won't tell you until i upload it. As it stands, I will upload part III on Christmas day, and part IV will be some point next year. But, that won't be for a while. So, I'll be on a break, but I'll continue to update my other fanfics.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
"When are you leaving?" Sami asked, sitting down on the sofas with everyone else, "It's soon, isn't it?"
"We get picked up at 6am tomorrow morning, and then we'll be told whether we get to become full-fledged reapers or not." Will explained.
"What happens if you don't pass?" KT wondered, readjusting her fringe.
"We get assigned to something crappy," Grell frowned at the thought of it, "Something like the forensics division."
"Oi mate," James interrupted, "What's wrong with forensics?"
Grell grimaced, "It's where the geeky reapers go!"
"Forensics is amazing!" James yelled, "What you on about?"
"For once, I agree with him," said Sami, "We always did well in Chemistry."
"Yes, because you're the only smart ones," Jess added.
V then muttered under her breath, "Nerds…"
"Hey, I like chemistry too!" ET jumped in, taking on of his headphones out.
"You're not smart like me and James, though, are you?" Sami mocked.
"Haha, but I am taller than you."
"FUCK YOU!"
"Haha!" Jess laughed, "I knew you and him were still fucking!"
"SHUT UP!" Sami yelled, physically face palming, "I am literally done with y-"
"What if," James suddenly interjected, "oxygen is poisoning to animals but it just takes a long time to kill. And, this is why people degrade over time. Also, due to different health, cultures and environmental factors, people die at different ages because of it. This means, there is no set kill time."
"…" Everyone fell into silence.
Sami was the first one brave enough to speak, "… These ideas of yours are just… wow."
"I have one more which I told you the other day," James pouted, "But you told me it wasn't PC."
"That's because it wasn't…"
"Anyway," KT changed the topic, "What are we doing for when you leave?"
"It's the 5th of November tonight, so why don't we do fireworks?" Ronald suggested, "Me and my mates did them once."
"How did it go?" Jess asked.
"Badly," he responded bluntly, "My best mate burnt his hand."
"Oh…"
"How would we buy them?" ET asked, immediately knowing the answer.
"We have James," V responded.
Jess then added, "We also have fake IDs."
"Right…" ET lowered his head, "I should've known."
"So what else are we doing?" Grell asked, "Fireworks are great though."
"Wait," Undertaker stopped them, "What is fireworks night?"
The other 9 of them stared blankly at him, "What…"
"Yeh… I forgot when… you know…" he admitted.
"Well, basically," Sami started, "To say it simply, some guy called Guy Fawkes in 1605 tried to blow up the House of Lords in London, and got killed for it. Now, we celebrate with fireworks."
"But… why?"
"Who knows?"
"Are you guys dumb?" James questioned, "Jesus mate."
Sami sighed, "Okay, let's just continue."
"Can I get drugs?" V requested.
Jess and Sami glared at her, "No."
"Awww," V whined, "James could get them for me."
"Cause that's not all he does for her…" Jess whispered to Sami, and they both burst out laughing.
"Are you special?" James stared at them.
Sami recovered soon enough, "No, ahaha… its nothing."
"Alright," V reverted the subject back, "Are we getting drugs?"
"Did you not hear them the first time?" KT groaned, "They said no."
"But I don't get why!"
Jess and Sami both glared sharply at V once again, and then focused their attention to Undertaker, who Grell was whispering to. The room had fallen into a rather awkward silence.
"We can get drinks." Ronald suggested, trying to lighten the mood. In all honestly, it wasn't completely working, but it was good enough.
"Yeh, that'll work," Sami agreed, "Jess, I presume you can get them?"
"Yep," she replied, getting up, "Anyone coming with me? The liquor store is only a short walk from here."
"I'll come," Ronald stood up, and then turned to Undertaker, "You gonna come?"
"Uh, yeh I will," he responded after a few seconds of thought. It would probably be better for him to get away from the rest of them anyway. Jess, Undertaker and Ronald left shortly after that.
"So," Sami begun again, "Who's getting the fireworks?"
"ME!" James yelled, "I'm coming, got it?"
"Alright," Sami sighed, "Grell, you coming with us?"
"Of course I will~" Grell purred, standing up and walking towards the door where James and Sami were.
Just before the 3 of them left, ET leapt up and ran to the door.
"I'm not staying with V," he said, "I fear for my safety."
"I don't blame you," Sami whispered to him, "Also, later, we keep her away from the lighters."
"Got it."
"You guys," Sami turned to face Will, V and KT, "You go and get food. I know it's KT's speciality."
"YESSS!" KT screamed, leaping up, "Can I get doughnuts?"
"… you can get whatever you like."
"YAYYYYYAAAAA!"
…
About an hour later, everyone had returned, and they were preparing for the evening. Since it got very dark very quickly at that time in the UK, 6pm was a suitable time to be getting ready.
"Dress up warmly," Sami told them.
"Yeh," said Jess, walking into the lounge with Sami and zipping up their coats, "It's fucking freezing out there."
"It's not cold!" V reasoned.
"You say that, but, you're usually the one who leaves because you're cold." Sami pointed out.
"Shut up."
"What time are we going outside?" KT asked, sitting on the sofa with her coat. Her hat, scarf and gloves were all doughnut themed.
"Probably soon," Jess told her.
"Yeh," Sami continued, "We have to wait for ET and James first though."
"Why are you bringing them?"
"I didn't have a choice exactly, did I?"
V interjected, "You could have killed ET."
"Obviously, you wouldn't want to kill James," Jess smirked at Sami, glad that they were the only ones who heard her comment.
"I think you'll find the law would disagree with you on that one." Sami pointed out to V.
"I don't care."
"Speak of the devil…" KT muttered as the door clicked open, revealing James and ET. Both of them were wearing standard clothes, with ET and his usual AC/DC merch.
"Are the reapers ready?" Sami asked, walking over to their room, "Guys?"
"We're coming~" Grell responded, a few seconds later, the 4 of them walked out. None of them had brought much winter clothes with them. Oh well; at least they had the girls to comfort them.
…..
At around 7pm, the 10 of them finally made it out onto the field located behind the school.
"Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with this, but," Undertaker said, walking next to Jess, Sami and James who were leading the rest to the back of the field, "Surely your school wouldn't allow this?"
"We can do whatever we want," Sami explained.
"It's only really because of them though," Jess told him.
Undertaker thought for a few seconds, "How exactly does that work?"
"Well," Sami begun explaining, "I'm sure you've realised by now that this is a boarding school for mentally insane people. Well, most of the people here are worse than us. We were only really sent here because our parents were concerned. Me and James, and I guess ET, are the only smart people here. So, we sort of get extra rights. Sure, we sneak out and buy drugs and stuff, but we can get away with so much more."
"So if it wasn't for you and James being smartasses, you wouldn't be allowed any freedom?"
"No, I guess not."
Meanwhile, ET was being forced to drag along a massive cart of drinks and food.
"How… much… did you even… buy?" he panted, slowing significantly with the effort of even speaking.
"Uh, we didn't buy that many drinks," Ronald told him, "Just champagne, WKD and a few beers…"
"I think it's the doughnuts," KT said casually.
ET stared at her and stopped in his tracks, "How many freaking doughnuts did you buy?"
"Only enough." She replied simply.
"And how many is that?"
"48."
ET was speechless.
"Jeez, who's gonna finish all of them?" Ronald wondered.
"Me."
Will and Ronald just looked at KT in amazement. In some ways, she was the most insane out of all of them.
"So," Sami addressed all of them once they'd reached the back of the field, "Who's doing the fireworks?"
V begun to raise her hand, "I'll do i-"
"Nope," Sami cut her off before she could even finish the sentence, "I'm keeping you away from the fire."
"Awww," she whined.
"I'll do them," James offered.
"Fire!~" Grell yelled, twirling around and allowing his red coat to fly behind him, "I'll help light you up mhmmm~"
The others stared at him, until Sami broke the silence, "Alright then. So it's me and James."
"What about me?" Grell pouted.
"Have you ever set up fireworks before?" Jess questioned.
"Well… no, but-"
"Then no."
"You're cruel," Grell crossed his arms, "But whatever, I'll go sit at the back. Come on Willy! Let's go~~!"
Will face palmed, "Why must you be so infuriating?" he sighed, walking away from where Sami and James were setting up the fireworks with everyone else following.
Grell laid on the grass on his front, his red hair (which had grown significantly since arriving) draped over his back and shoulders. Close beside him was Undertaker, who had Jess snuggled close to him. His silver grey hair was wrapped around her, with his head resting on hers. Across from them were Ronald and V, both sitting close next to each other with their legs tucked to their chests. At the end was Will, sitting beside KT who was eating away at the doughnuts, along with ET sitting and listening to music.
Across the field, Sami and James had set up a long line of fireworks.
"Ok, so, with the extra potassium and compounds we added, the fireworks should go off at different times?" Sami checked with James.
"No, you spastic!" he insulted, "The extra shit we added delays the chemical reaction, that's all."
"So basically what I said…?"
"Yeh but you didn't say it right!" James complained, "Anyway, when we light the first ones, we have 15 seconds to light the other 10 before we make a run for it. At least I'll run, because you're a bit too…. you know, f-"
Sami glared piercingly at him, "James, I suggest you shut the fuck up right now."
"Alright, alright," he said innocently, pretending he hadn't just insulted her for the second time that minute, "We light in 3… 2… 1, go!"
Sami and James lit the matches and set alight to the ends of all the fireworks. They finished at the same time, both running back to the rest of the squad with little time to spare. Just as they reached the other end of the field, the first fireworks shot up, exploding into a labyrinth of colours.
James sat on the end with ET, yanking one of his headphones out. Sami dove onto the ground next to Grell, lying down onto the grass with him.
The fireworks continued exploding, the 10 teens all engaged in the bright colours illuminating the dark sky.
Sami looked across the field to see Ronald and V making out, his hand placed on the side of her face as he pulled her closer into the embrace. The two were clearly ignoring the fireworks, unlike ET and James, where James was giving ET a lecture on the chemical compounds in fireworks.
"So, have you enjoyed your stay?" Sami asked, twirling one of Grell's red locks around in her fingers.
Grell turned over, laying across the grass and gazing up at the sky, "Yes. Well, most of it, I guess."
"Yeh…" Sami looked down to the grass, "Sorry about all of that…"
"It's not your fault," he reassured her, "You had no way of knowing."
"Yeh, I guess. But other than that stuff, you had fun, right?"
"Definitely~" he grinned, leaning back on the grass and gesturing to his lap, "Come on Sami, make my last night worth it, hmm~"
"Hehe, no problem," she smiled, straddling his hips and planting her mouth on his. They kissed for a few seconds, before his tongue finally shifted into hers. Sami moved her hand up and scrunched it in his bright red hair, pulling his towards her and moving in his lap.
Next to them, Jess had shuffled even closer to Undertaker, "It freezing…"
"Really?~" he wondered, "hehe, I didn't notice." He whispered, staring up at the stars. His view then shifted towards Jess, staring as she huddled up next to him. He brushed his hair away from her shoulder, pulling her chin up with his finger, "I can help you if you like."
Jess gazed into the phosphorescent eyes which stared back at her, nodding and leaning into the kiss shortly after. He moved his hand to her next, bringing her closer as their kiss deepened further.
At the end of the row, KT had successfully finished 90% of the doughnuts.
"See!" KT yelled, pointing to the almost empty box of doughnuts, "I told Sami we wouldn't have enough."
Just as she turned her head to rant to Sami, she noticed the all the people around her (except for ET and James) were making out. Shrugging, KT grabbed Will's face and pulled it towards hers, lightly kissing him. At first he tensed, wondering what the hell was going on. But, after a few seconds, he melted into the kiss. What have I got to lose? He thought, We've done worse, I suppose…
At that moment, James finished his lecture, and he and ET finally faced the reality of what was happening around them.
"WHY DOES EVERYTHING WE DO HAVE TO END WITH A FUCKING ORGY?!" James yelled.
ET shot him a questioning look, "Wait, this happens a lot?"
…
The next morning, the reapers were forced to wake up at 5am in order to be ready for their journey back to the main headquarters of the Shinigami Dispatch Association.
"Ugh…" Grell yawned, neatly applying his fake lashes and brushing through his hair, "It's too early."
"We must be prompt," said Will formally, "We do not want blow the opportunity to do well here by being late on the last day."
"Don't you think it's a bit late to pass now?" Ronald pointed out, his voice muffled by the sheets currently covering his face.
"I hope not…" Will sighed.
Approximately three quarters of an hour later, the four of them were ready, picking up their suitcases and heading down to the grounds outside of the school. When they arrived, they noticed Jess, KT, Sami, V, ET and James standing, waiting for them. Sami was wearing all black, with a big black blanket draped over her head and shoulders. Next to her stood V, who wore a black onesie, the hood covering the top half of her face. Beside Sami on the other side was Jess, standing in normal pyjamas and clutching a full body pillow. KT was on the end, dressed in spotty pyjamas and holding a giant stuffed doughnut. ET and James were both standing fully clothed in their normal attire, ET of course with the head phones glued in his ears like usual.
"You're up early…" Ronald muttered, stretching and yawning.
"We came to say goodbye," Sami responded, flicking Jess' head off her shoulder, "Don't fall asleep on my shoulder."
"But it's too early…" she whined in a low voice, "I'm not even human at this time."
Sami face palmed, "Anyway, we'll most likely never see you again, so we could at least say goodbye."
"We could try to stay in contact," Grell said hopefully, but Will shook his head.
"They do not know the address of the Shinigami Dispatch Association," he reasoned, "We will never see them again."
"Oh Willl~" Grell purred, rubbing up against Will's shoulder, "So cold and cruellll~~"
"He's still as gay as when we met him!" James shouted, looking towards Sami, "You can't even turn someone straight! Is it because you'r-"
Sami cut him off with a threatening glare.
"Is that your mini bus?" KT asked, indicating to the vehicle pulling up to the gates.
"Yeh," Undertaker replied, "I suppose we already said our goodbyes last night, hehe~"
The mini bus stopped in front of them, and the four reapers slowly climbed onto it, each sitting next to a window.
"Farewell!" Sami and KT called to them, as the driver slammed the doors shut and drove off, not allowing any of them to say anymore.
"I hope you enjoyed your stay in hell!" James shouted after the bus as it drove past the gates.
"Why do you always say that?" Jess questioned.
"Um," ET interjected, "From first person experience, I can tell you now that the depiction on 'hell' is perfectly accurate to describe us."
"Yep," Sami agreed, "And now, you are officially on of us."
…..
"Congratulations," the head reaper stamped the four files, "You have officially become full-fledged reapers. You can now customise your death psyches, so long as General Affairs has permitted for you to use them. You will begin your jobs as Shinigami tomorrow. Thank you for all your effort in the training."
The four reapers exited the room, jumping in excited (apart from Will, obviously.)
"YAHAAA!" Grell cheered, twirling around and hugging Will, Ronald and Undertaker, "I get to modify my psyche! This design is so dull, ugh. I've already got sooooo many ideas, you know~"
"Uh, hehe…" Ronald laughed awkwardly, "So we start our jobs now?"
"Yes," Will replied, "And take it seriously. Remember, if any of us get into trouble, our partners have to work extra overtime."
"You got it!"
…..
About a month later, the 4 reapers had almost forgotten about their stay at the MC Boarding School. They had had so much work to do, and being new reapers, they were often exploited for overtime.
Will sighed, picking up the top sheet from the mountain of paperwork on his desk, "Grell," he said sternly, turning to the red headed reaper who sat at the opposite desk, "Your shenanigans have caused me to have to do extra paperwork. Why must you always insist on getting into trouble?"
"Ohhh Will~" Grell sighed, kicking her heeled boots up onto the desk and brushing through her long red hair, "You know I don't like children. That brat got in the way of me reaping its mother."
"Yes, but that 'brat' was not scheduled to die for another 50 years. And now I have a mountain of paperwork to complete."
"Oh honey, don't act so much like you've got a stick up your ass."
"You are incredibly irritating. Where are Ronald and Undertaker?"
"Umm, Ronnie is on a date with one of the birds from General Affairs, and Undertaker… who knows what he's been up to recently."
"Probably making more mistakes that I'll have to make up for…" Will muttered under his breath.
As soon as they spoke of Undertaker, the door clicked open, revealing the silver haired reaper. He simply smiled at the two of them, walking over to Grell and handing her an envelope.
"What's this?" she asked, holding it up between two fingers.
"They've been trying to contact us for two weeks now. I found it whilst I was out," he told Grell and Will, stepping out of the room before Will could interrogate him about his 'activities.'
"Who is it from?" Will asked curiously, wondering who would be trying to contact the lower member of the SDA.
Grell smiled and held up the letter to Will, showing him the address.
MC Boarding School for the Mentally Insane
~ Sami, Jess, ET, KT, James, V ~