Author's note: Let me go on the record saying that I am disappointed by the lack of reviews, I am beginning to think I have lost the interest of the public. Therefore I believe that it is a good thing that this is the final chapter for this story, though not the story arc, therefore I recommend that you watch my profile for my second story in this arc titled "Long Hard Road."

It looked like the scene of a horror movie, or more accurately every scene from every horror movie, mixed, mashed and scrambled with no rhyme or reason with a little disaster film mixed in. Genocides, murders, natural disasters, battle fields, animal attacks, hospitals. Anywhere that people were dying seemed to be happening right here, the scenes were overwhelming and appeared to completely change with every passing second. The one thing that remained consistent was the sound of blaring music in the background.

Junior awoke breathing heavy, he had hoped that after awakening his full Reaper abilities that the nightmares would go away, but they seemed to have grown in intensity, but in a way they had gotten better as-well, before he just reaped a few at a time, it was like watching a massacre being committed on a daily basis, now it was so overwhelming that it was all just snow, he couldn't even hear the music that he used to drown out the sound of people screaming. Still he couldn't help but feel tired when he got up. However as he noted as a red lobster claw tipped arm wrap around his arm that inadvertently going reaping last night was not the only reason he had for being tired this morning.

"Happy bir..." it wasn't until he started to speak that Junior realized that he had turned into his demon form while he was reaping, which may have explained why Mimi had turned into her demon form as well, regardless he felt it necessary to return to humanity "as I was saying, Happy Birthday Mimi."

Mimi gave Junior a affectionate peck on the cheek before she got up off the bed.

"We should probably get dressed and get you back to your room before the inspector shows up. We're in enough hot water as it is."

Harror, leaning on the nearby wall in weapon form, transformed into her human form as Mimi got up. Harror walked over to Mimi and grabbed her from behind, making her way to the devil's nipples she grabbed them and twisted them like ignition keys. *PLEASANT MOANS*

"No fair! You've had her all to yourself for months now! Do you have any idea how Horny I've been?"

"Harror you do you even think about the words you want to use before you speak" Junior said rubbing his temples from the headache that would soon ensue?

Harror appeared to think about it for a second *HEAVY BREATHING* idly playing with Mimi's breasts as she looked at the ceiling.

"Nope not at all."

A Nergal tentacle snaked it's way up to Mimi's vagina, teasingly rubbing on it as a blush somehow appeared on the already red skinned demon's face.

"Then why don't you take her back to her room and scratch your itch there?"

"Oh I like the idea of that!"

Harror picked Mimi up, intentionally digging her claws into her butt and breasts, taking full advantage of her shape shifting to strip herself down to the nude as she used one of her wings to open a reaper portal to Mimi's room, spinning around at the last moment if for no other reason then to show off the sight of Junior's completely nude girlfriend in the arms of the equally nude doppelganger of his sister.

"Just remember that she has other stuff to do today Harror!"

"Oh I'm sure we'll get around to that eventually. But first we have some unfinished business to attend to."

Harror fell backwards through the portal closing it, leaving Junior to shake his head.

"This is going to end badly."

Junior checked his closet, every uniform he had was already destroyed from the fights he was getting into all the time. He'd have to restock when he got back to the school.

"Great."

Junior spotted a familiar piece of clothing in the corner of the closet, he hadn't worn it since he started going to the academy a large black coat that was inside a dry cleaners bag, he found a note attached to it.

"I've had it dry cleaned, steam pressed and had the tailor let it out a bit to accommodate your new found muscular physique with love from Mom. PS: hurry up and move your ass already! You have to leave today remember!?"

"Bitch" Junior said with a notable smirk!

Junior took the coat out of the bag, a number of modifications had been made, a protective pair of skull shaped plates served as shoulder guards, it now had several belt straps around the torso and waist replacing the buttons and finally the interior had been colored the bright green that everyone seemed to think was his favorite color. Junior threw on a pair pajama pants and grabbed the coat with his most intact pair of jeans as he left for the bathroom.

"48..." one student was taking advantage of the student body's rush to leave the academy "49..." from what he heard the academy was about to be closed for the next month while the campus was being put back together, so he was using the gym while he still could "50!"

He put the dumb-bell back into place as he got into a sitting position, wiping the accumulated sweat off of his brow with his towel. He was a tall and muscular young man, he wore his hair in a orange colored mo-hawk, his black T-Shirt and cargo shorts were tightly bound to his body and did very little to hide his impressive muscle mass. He was about to go back to his workout when he felt his ears burning.

"Hey did you hear about what happened to Kuyo?"

The bulky student spotted the girls from the gymnastics team on their way to morning practice. They consisted of Kasumi and her two friends a blonde and brunette.

"That scary guy who runs the school's safety commission...?" the blonde gave a sad sigh as she finished the question "who'd he arrest this time?"

"The wrong guy apparently! Someone apparently beat the crap out of him!"

That peaked the weight lifter's curiosity, he made his way for the door in order to listen on the girl's conversation.

"No way! Who could beat someone as crazy strong as Kuyo" the blonde gasped!?

"Do yah really want to know?"

Kasumi's friends and the weight lifter nodded eagerly, the red head was just building tension at this point for a big dramatic reveal.

"Come in closer."

The two girls leaned in closer within whispering distance of Kasumi, the weight lifter attempted to lean in as well but he couldn't get very close without giving himself away.

"It was Grim Junior!"

*GIRLISH SQUEALS* "No wonder you knew about it! You've been crushing on him since day one!"

"That's not all: I also heard that fight is the reason why the school's been trashed!"

Shock plastered the weight lifter's face, he couldn't believe his ears. From what he could tell most of the damage was from something huge smashing the buildings, and very little was from fire damage like you'd expect from someone like Kuyo. But from what he heard this Junior guy was a scrawny toothpick of a man, he doubt that he could have done all of that damage to the school let alone beat Kuyo.

"Seriously!? You're crushing on a guy like that!?"

"Seriously! Can you blame me!? He's cute, and dreamy, and he's the strongest guy in the school!"

The eaves dropping weight lifter took offence to that last comment.

"Who are you calling the toughest guy in the school...?" the girls were surprised to learn that they had a eaves dropper, and deciding to forego stealth all together he approached them "on the subject do you know where I could find him?"

Junior had just finished in the boys shower stalls and had slipped into the pair of semi intact jeans and had just approached a mirror to brush his teeth, wiping the steam off he spotted a all too familiar face leaning on one of the stalls.

"What are you doing here?"

"Can't a old friend drop by for a visit?"

"We were never friends Demon."

"You say that, but lets not forget who keeps pulling your tail out of the fire. Even when you went up against Kuyo, who do you think was in control when you Devil Triggered?"

"Lot of good that did! We were better off just beating the crap out of him: what's your problem anyway?"

"Oh I just thought I'd remind you not to keep your back open."

Demon disappeared on that note, leaving Junior in what he soon realized to be a very awkward predicament.

The boys waiting outside the washroom were greeted by those who had already took a shower and were now exiting dressed to return home, with one exception.

"Hey where's Grim?"

"He's still in there, froze up in front of a mirror when he went to do his teeth."

"Weird, he didn't strike me as the type to put that much effort into personal grooming."

"He's in there is he? Good! Outta my way!"

The weight lifter shoved the others out of his way, they were about to protest before they caught a whiff of him and decided that it was best to let him take the showers. Once inside he spotted Junior staring into the mirror.

"Sorry to interrupt your grooming Junior but introductions are in order: I am Chopper Rikiishi! Head of the school's pro-wrestling team! The toughest guy in the school! And I have a bone to pick with you...!" unaware that Junior couldn't hear him Chopper continued with his rant anyway "I had my sights set on that Kuyo punk for a while now: but you went ahead and beat him into a coma from what I heard. If I had defeated him I would have gone up another level. But instead I have to settle for a twig like you!"

Chopper only now noticed that Junior hadn't noticed him at all, establishing that he was off in his own world when he waved in front of his face and he didn't react.

"Hey pipsqueak your back's wide open!"

Chopper raised his hand above his head and slammed it down on Junior. Finally snapping out of his daze Junior reacted just in time to intercept the blow and judo threw Chopper through the wall and letting him fall a story to the ground. Brushing the dust off of his jeans Junior went to the sink to do his teeth *CRASH* before he determined that he'd need another one.

"Great!"

Junior grabbed his coat on his way out and put it on before he exited through the use of Reaper step, his perplexed classmates looked out the hole that Junior had made with Chopper's face.

"What was that about!?"

*BOOM* The students witnessed a distant mushroom cloud form, they were sure that that it was off in the distance, the academy's outskirts by the looks of things.

"Frig that! What was that!"

An annoyed Mandy handed her husband back his scythe, having just used a particularly nasty spell to scare away a group of students who were inappropriately flirting with her. She returned to sitting in the carriage as she scanned the various people gathered at the academy, Grim could tell from the way her eyes moved that she was calculating the best way to kill them all, and looking at them he could tell that many of them were giving them the same look. While most of the students were taking the bus back home Mandy had spotted a few people who had bothered to pick their kids up in person. She immediately picked out Mimi's brother, much like her husband he had opted to skip the formality of a human form altogether: he was a large brawny man, had red skin with swirling tattoo's lining his body, a spade shaped devil's tail, horns that had been ground into stubs and perhaps most notably of all had a large metal gauntlet for a right hand. He was wearing jeans with a large trench coat.

"Care for a smoke Hellboy?"

The devil eyed Mandy carefully, noting the box he took a cigarette and lit a match with his big metal fist.

"Don't mind if I do."

Hellboy blew a puff of smoke as he leaned back on his motorcycle.

"So what brings you out here?"

"It is my sister's birthday after all, since she's celebrating it here with her new friends I might as well come here for it rather than trying to change her mind."

"Smart."

"What about you? I don't imagine that you came all the way out here just to make some poor fools high on hormones crap themselves did yah?"

"A problem is brewing in the Underworld, it's wise to gather together my war chest. As a member of the Five you should consider doing the same."

Hellboy only laughed in response, bellowing out the smoke from the cigarette he inhaled.

"What's so funny?"

"I wasn't the fool who squeezed Dan's brats out between my legs!"

Mandy seemed mildly miffed at that comment, her eyes wandered over to a man who looked about thirty years old, he has black hair, a thin pencil mustache, and piercing red eyes, his clothing resembled something of a Victorian catalog, wearing a predominantly green suit with a red ascot held in place by a bat pin. Mandy made her way over to him and leaned on a nearby tree.

"Good-day Issa Shuzen."

"Good Morning Mandy."

"It's odd to see you leave your castle Issa."

"I've come for my daughter. It is time that she came back home."

"So I take it you managed to finally clean that garbage out of your basement?"

"Indeed, and I can assure you it is securely locked away this time."

"Just so long as I don't have to kill it for you again. But you dodged my first question."

"It has been so long since I've seen my daughter. I simply wished to shorten that gap. Although I do confess something of a alternate motive: I had heard a rumor that you had shipped your son off to this place and I wanted to see if the rumors were true."

"You mean Junior?"

"No, your real son the Demon Reaper!"

Mandy took notable distaste at that comment and left for elsewhere. On her way back to the carriage she spotted Vlad, leaning on the limousine next to it, eyeing the twins intently.

"Dani, Manny, go find out what's taking your siblings so long."

"Ok Mommy!"

The twins rushed off after their brother and sister, taking with them a small fully loaded air tank with them, leaving their mother alone with Vlad.

"What are you doing here Vlad?"

"Well my company has been hired to overhaul the school after your son tore it apart. Can you thank him for that for me please?"

Mandy slid the business end of her gun under Vlad's throat, although he still had a cocky grin on she saw him swallow the lump in his throat.

"Though that isn't what you want to talk about is it?"

"You could have sent one of your corporate stooges to do your grunt work Vlad! What do you really want?"

"Well I had guessed that you would be here to pick up your son and daughter..." Vlad pointed the weapon to a slightly less threatening position with his cane "and seeing as how I apparently can't go to Grim-Skull without risking getting my head hacked off this seemed like my only opportunity to have a word with you."

"What about?"

"I was wondering if you had considered my offer regarding showing the twins the ropes..." Vlad formed a small ball of fire in his hand, tossing it between them a few times to emphasize his point "I do have quite a bit to share."

"Interesting: I trust you've heard of Dan Phantom's rampage throughout the underworld?"

"Walker approached me with a offer to help him in his 'Anti-Dan plans.' I had done similar research in my younger days and he felt my insights and potential research materials might benefit his work."

"And exactly what kind of 'research' is this?"

"Not the type I'm allowed to discuss I'm afraid."

"Then I would advise that you stay the hell away from my children before I feed you to my attack dog!"

Vlad left to attend to his own devices, Mandy waved he hand over her cursed hand summoning the wolf.

"How may I be of assistance milady?"

"Have you taken the package to Finklestein yet?"

"Of course Milady. He is having a bit of trouble containing the beast though."

"Now why do I get the feeling that you're responsible for that?"

The beast only smiled wickedly in response to the question.

Chi looked around the area, it was a cozy little hideaway that Mimi had dug out, near as she could tell it existed for no other reason than for her and Harror to play poker and play with Mimi's 'toys.' Harror and Mimi had met her down there both dressed in their uniforms, with one exception.

"The name of the game is strip poker. First one down to their tits becomes the other two's toy" Harror said as she pointed to the nearby box.

"Aha. That makes sense. Quick query: why the hell are those necessary?"

Chi was of course referring to to the source of immense source discomfort that had been crammed between her legs: a large spiked vibrator that was shoved halfway into her vagina, which necessitated the sacrifice of her underwear, similar devices in similar places on Harror and Mimi.

"It leaves just enough concentration to play but keep her from using her telepathy to read our minds and us from using our shape shift shifting to look at each other's cards."

"There are easier ways to do that Harror!"

"Ah but those don't leave us nearly as horny for later."

"And just what makes you two think that I'm going to go along with this?"

"You're already wearing the vibrator!"

"After you ripped my panties off and she shoved it up my crotch!"

"But you haven't taken it out yet!"

"Because she is holding it in place" Chi said waving a accusing finger towards Mimi!

"Alright how about if you lose I promise not to touch you, and if she loses before you, you get the first crack at her!"

Mimi purred invitingly as she sat down at he table, her vibrator shoved all the way in as she comfortably took her seat. Chi let out a moan of pleasure when she followed suit.

Junior rinsed out the water fountain, having just used it as a sink for brushing his teeth. He added what few grooming products he brought anywhere for any significant period of time into his duffle-bag, having just finished packing it for home. Next he had to get Mimi's present ready for her party, it's exact nature required that he wait until the last minuet until he put it together, hopefully Harror's antics would work in his favor for once in this regard.

"Well, well, well if it ain't the brat of the Public Safety Commission!"

Interruptions such as that were not doing any favors for his time table. Looking over he saw a trio of thuggish students who were bothering Deshiko. Deciding to intervene he approach the group, to which they immediately noticed.

"All hail the conquering..."

"Get lost!"

The students were a bit taken back by Junior's harshness.

"Excuse me?"

"Deshiko works for me, I approached her a few weeks back and convinced her to turn against Kuyo, and she has proven to be instrumental in dismantling Kuyo's little operation. Now respectfully apologize to her and get the hell out of my sight!"

The students frowned a little at being told off, but none the less followed Junior's instructions anyway and respectfully bowed to both him and Deshiko before walking away.

"You didn't have to lie about me sir."

"I couldn't very well reveal that you're a necromantic robot I reprogrammed now can I?"

"I prefer Jiang-Shi sir. It sounds less demeaning when you call me by what I actually am sir."

"Fair enough Deshiko..." Junior bumped the vending with his fist and dropped a couple of cans of soda out of it "here."

"You know I can't do that sir: firstly my stomach cannot process actual food and secondly it's illegal to take that without paying."

"I stuffed it full of ecto..." Junior popped open the can letting some of the energy inside out to emphasize his point "and I'm ordering you to take it because you need it to keep going."

Rolling her eyes she reluctantly took the can.

"Doesn't matter much when the school closes for the month I'll just be put into storage and I'll get all the ecto I'll need."

"Don't you have a family to go back to?"

"Possibly, but I can't remember them. All I know is that I was reanimated by the PSC's reaper stooge, and I don't even know his name."

"His name is Django Dead. Why can't you stay active?"

"Without a Reaper to feed me ecto I must rely on a coffin, and to stay active for any length of time I must also go into storage for a equal length of time."

"You are contracted with me now Deshiko, and I have ecto to spare."

"You're going on vacation, I can't come with you. I know of her reputation she'd never approve of you bringing home a stray."

"You're my first Jiang-Shi servant, even if my mother doesn't approve my old man will welcome you in with open arms."

"We'll see."

"On the subject I have to go see my family."

Junior left the second can with Deshiko as he went to the road to locate the rest of his siblings. Once he was gone Deshiko looked at the cans and machine several times, and felt compelled to insert two quarters into the machine.

"No way it was him!"

Yukari and Kurumu were walking to the school from the dorm room's, having found Mimi's room in a mess and her clothing flung everywhere, most notably her undergarments, as well as Chi's kimono. Yukari had suggested a three way between Mimi, Chi and Junior.

"Well it is her birthday today Kurumu..." Yukari liked the implications of the state of Mimi's room better then Kurumu did, if she was disappointed about anything it was that she didn't get to join in on whatever they were doing together "they are boyfriend and girlfriend Kurumu."

"Ugh! Don't remind me!"

*PLEASANT MOANING* The pair looked over to a nearby tree and saw a familiar white sleeve.

"Mizore...!" Mizore cringed at being called out "get your frozen ass over here!"

Mizore walked out from behind the tree, a clearly embarrassed about something and Yukari had an idea what.

"Mizore were you... masturbating?"

"Just thinking about something I saw last night."

"You're Junior's stalker so the only thing you would have seen was..."

"Junior! Spill: everything you saw last night now" Kurumu said finishing Yukari's sentence!

"Well at the risk of playing it down, what I saw last night largely consisted of tentacles, S&M bondage, and the makings of a small series of erotic/romantic graphic novels staring Mimi and Junior."

Kurumu turned beet red, Yukari on the other hand looked slightly confused, scratching her head at some of the terms.

"Ah..."

"You'll figure it out when you're older."

"How on earth can he do something like that!"

"Apparently with a great deal of experience" Mizore said with a notable blush.

"Lets ask him!"

Yukari pointed out Junior over at the Monster Tree, Junior was standing in front of it Kurumu made her move, mostly consisting of leaping through the air and ending with Kurumu squeezing Junior's head into her bosom.

"Junior how could you do such a awfully perverted thing!?"

"Says the girl with his head in her chest?"

"Uh guys, I think there is something wrong with him!"

"What makes you say that?"

"Just look at him."

At first glance there looked like there was nothing wrong with him, until they realized that he was completely motionless even when Kurumu let him go. He was frozen in mid step his duffel bag hung loosely on his shoulder, however that wasn't even the object of his focus, he was just staring into the forest, he was like a statue.

"Junior: are you okay?"

It took him ten minuets to find the meeting point, it was like someone moved the bloody tree. But just when he started to make his way to the tree...

"You look troubled bro!?"

An annoyed Junior glared at the forest where Demon was standing for his eyes only.

"Aside from the fact that I still have to put up with you? Why the heck are you still around anyway? I thought I got rid of you back in Halloween Town!"

"I will admit that I was a goner there for a while, until you and Harror brought me back when you Devil Triggered!"

"I'm beginning to think that was the whole point of doing it in the first place!"

"Why don't you talk to her about it? Assuming that is she isn't nose deep in Mimi's pussy right now!"

"Kinky but I still have to get her present ready."

"On the subject why don't you come up for air?"

The hallucination dissipated as Junior realized that Kurumu had him in another Death Hug.

"Come on Junior wake up already!"

"Kurumu, I don't think you're helping."

Junior reached up and tapped Kurumu on the forehead, followed by a get off motion with his thumb.

"Junior! You're awake! Don't you dare..."

Kurumu's rant was interrupted by a ice kunai to the forehead knocking her to the ground.

"He told you to get off Kurumu!"

Kurumu immediately jumped back up, having already yanked the shard of ice out of her forehead.

"I didn't hear him complaining!"

"That's because he was suffocating you cow!"

While Kurumu and Mizore were arguing Yukari had focused her attention on Junior who was sitting against the tree rubbing his sore head.

"Junior are you alright, when we found you weren't moving."

"I'm just getting screwed with again that's all."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember how you all were fighting the PSC without me until I showed up?"

"Aha."

"Well I was a little busy at the time straightening out my head. I suffer from what one might classify as a split personality disorder, one of those splits is Harror a direct complication of a incident where I had to borrow Minnie's Nergal abilities. Which seems to be how I got mine."

"Borrow?"

"Think of her powers as a separate organism, living symbiotically with her, like the bacteria in our guts. She can remove it and give it to someone else. More importantly it contained a copy of her mind from when she was just a kid, that kid would grow up to be Harror. But something else was formed in the dark gap between me and Harror, a monster that I thought I had defeated before I came back to face Kuyo."

"But you didn't?"

"Not for good anyway. For now he's just popping in and out, dragging me into my own head and causing me to wake up in weird fixes..." Junior pointed over to the arguing succubus and snow woman "case in point."

"What are you doing here anyway? Gone to meet up with your family?"

"Actually..." suddenly Junior was tackled by two high speed objects and thrown a fair distance "I'm here to meet those two, who are part of my family" Junior said pointing to Dani and Manny, whom were cuddling into his arms.

"Hi big brother!"

"Hey Dani, Manny. Would you two mind giving me my arms back?"

"Okay!"

Both of the twins released their hold on their brother and floated up a few feet into the air to meet their now standing brother at face level. By now the arguing Succubus and Snow Woman had stopped arguing having had their attention drawn by the floating twins.

"Ah Junior, are they...?"

"Floating? Yes. Ghosts do do that kind of thing."

"Ghosts? You have ghosts for siblings" Kurumu said in disbelief!?

"You're a Reaper, they're ghosts..."

"And Minnie was a Rag Doll" Junior said finishing Mizore's sentence.

"Say wha" was all three of the girl's response?

"Minnie use to be a Rag Doll: yah know zombie thing, stitched up from a bunch of different parts brought life with a bolt of lightning that kind of thing? Then there was the whole thing with the demon eye and the Gorgon, yah know what forget what I just said it'll make your life a whole lot less complicated. Lets just go get some breakfast."

Junior left for the cafeteria, the twins quickly followed him.

"I want pancakes!"

"We might be able to arrange that Dani."

"With lots of chocolate chips and maple syrup!"

"That too Manny."

While the siblings left to go get pancakes the girls were left behind in a confused and awkward haze.

"You two confused too?"

Kurumu and Yukari only nodded in response.

"Good, I thought I was the only one."

"Hello Reaper...!" the girls were snapped to attention by the sudden appearance of the large student that Junior threw through the bathroom wall "I got a bone to pick with you!"

"Move it!"

Kurumu led the charge as the trio ran to Junior's side. He spotted them and with a stomp of his foot a Nergal blade popped out of a reaper portal and cut off their path.

"You three stay put! Dani, Manny get behind them now!"

"But the pan..."

"After I deal with this I promise! Now move it!"

The twins knew from their mother that tone of voice. It indicated a combination of fury and a potentially lethal situation. Reluctantly the two of them flew behind the trio of Newspaper club members, leaving their brother to face the hulk of a student alone.

"And your name is?"

Chopper nearly fell on his face at that question.

"HOW THE HELL DO YOU NOT REMEMBER ME!?"

"Simple: I don't."

"YOU THREW ME THROUGH A WALL!"

"Is that suppose to narrow it down?"

"IT WAS JUST THIS MORNING!"

"And I can't remember."

Chopper's eyes twitched with fury, he suddenly transformed into his true form, a even more hulking brute of a man then he was before. He grew until he was twice Junior's height, his skin hardened into insect like armor, his already bulging muscles threatened to pop with the increased mass, and his hair gave way to a grotesque horny mohawk.

"Even less intimidating than Saizou was."

The enraged brute threw his fist at Junior, who oddly enough blocked it with one of his own, resulting in a unwilling fist bump.

"I'm sorry I think we got off on the wrong foot..." Junior was able to push back Chopper several feet with his fist "would you mind reminding me who you are and telling me what you want?"

"The name's Chopper and what I want..." Chopper accusingly pointed a finger at Junior "is to beat you into the ground!"

"So you want to fight me eh? My apologies for my rudeness, if you'd be willing to give me a second to hang up my coat I'll be able to transform into my true form and you'll be able to fight me in my true form. I presume that's what you want right?"

Chopper stood up strait and impatiently crossed his arms.

"Hurry up I don't got all day!"

As requested Junior proceeded to undo the buttons on his coat, dropping it to reveal his battle worn but semi-muscular body, prompting a smirk from Chopper.

"The cut of your coat is working against yah Reap..."

Chopper was interrupted by Junior's coat in his face, having had the hard tungsten weights inside slammed against his face. Junior followed up with several ecto powered punches through the coat hitting the brute with the hardened material several times and sending him flying and rendering him unconscious with a swing of the coat like it was a flail and in one smooth fluid motion retrieved his coat and put it back on.

"No offence Chopper but my transformation process is very painful, I'd prefer not to bring it out to deal with someone of your low caliber" Junior explained to the unconscious ogre as he put his coat back on.

"Yahoo! One for Junior!"

Junior looked over to the forest and saw a trio of girls, one of whom he recognized as Kasumi, who for some reason appeared to be dragging a chalkboard along with them. On it he could clearly see the otherwise blank chalkboard divided into two categories, the first Junior with a singular tally and the second simply listed other.

"I may regret asking but what is that for" Junior asked as he pointed to the chalkboard?

"Grim Reaper Fan Club reporting for Duty sir" Kasumi said as she and her associates saluted Junior!

"'Grim Reaper Fan Club?'"

"Yah you remember, we talked about it after that whole mess with Miss Ishigami..."

"Actually Kasumi I think he got his head knocked off while we were talking to him" one of Kasumi cohort's whispered into her ear.

"Ugh! Don't remind me that was creepy on so many levels!"

Junior's only response was to rub his temples as he got back on topic.

"Never mind that what is the chalkboard for?"

"Oh that: ever since you beat Kuyo everyone's wanted a piece of you: case in point" Kasumi said as she pointed out the unconscious ogre.

"Great..." with a wave of his hand Junior had sent the ogre through a reaper portal to the infirmary "it's best that I deal with this mess all at once. Can you three tell everyone who wants a fight with me to meet me at the boarder of the school after supper? Where all of our parents are waiting for us?"

"Got yah!"

"Thanks! Now if we're done here..."

"Big Brother...!" both of the twins latched onto Junior's arms, dragging him towards the cafeteria "you'd promised us you'd make us pancakes!"

"Fair enough. Now if you two would..."

Not bothering to let him finish speaking, nor giving him the chance to interrupt their breakfast plans again, the twins hoisted their brother into the air and flew off with him to the cafeteria.

"This is nay working."

Minnie had locked herself in the Cafeteria's kitchen all morning, attempting and thus far failing to bake Mimi a cake for her birthday. The chard smoking wreck of a failure before her being the end result of her latest attempt.

"Minnie...?" Minnie looked over to see Moka standing in the doorway "is there something wrong?"

"Verily...!" Minnie directed Moka's attention to the lineup of chard smoking wrecks that were past attempts to bake a Banana bread cake for Mimi, reportedly one of her favorites "today is Mimi's birthday and in order to make up for past... quarrels I promised mine brother and her that I would make her cake."

"Which you have never done before."

"Indeed."

Minnie noticed that Moka was looking a little dizzy, she presumed a side effect of anemia. The confrontation with Ishigami was days ago, Moka shouldn't be at her limit already, but they might not get another opportunity. With no small measure of reluctance on her part Minnie opened the collar of her uniform exposing a portion of her jugular that wasn't covered by her halo.

"Thou should take thine fill while thou can Moka. Mine brother will soon take note of the wound."

"Are you sure? What about the Nergal?"

Minnie removed the eye patch, exposing the empty eye socket to Moka.

"This is where the creature was kept, for now it has been removed since t'was discovered that t'was affecting mine mental health. Mine Mother's ultimate plan is to have the eye put back here, but for now I am safe to say that I am safe to drink from" Minnie said, fully aware of the irony of that statement.

"What about the whole... lightning thing? I still remember what happened last time" Moka said, remembering from yesterday when she was nearly barbecued.

"Thou hath a good point there Moka: if thou were also insulated by mine suit then the electricity won't be able to pass through thou."

"You got another of those suits here?"

"A more immediate solution would be for thou to simply stand on mine feet" Minnie said with a slight pink in her cheeks.

Moka did as instructed, standing on Minnie's feet the two girls blushed at the close contact. Moka experimentally kissed her lips to Minnie's forehead, a few sparks between them but nothing beyond the initial contact. With a great deal of difficulty on both parts she bent down and bit into Minnie's neck, greedily sucking up the blood as vampire instincts took over for her. *CRASH* The two jumped apart at the sound of the crash, attempting to calm two rapidly beating hearts they saw Junior land on the ground after having just landed face first in Minnie's failure.

"Was it really necessary to drop me through the roof...?" the twins floated down through the roof, settling at eye level with their brother "I could have just used the door like a normal person yah know!"

"Aha" was the twins only response!

"Yah know one of these days you two aren't going to be so cute anymore, and when that happens I'm gonna throttle the two of you when you pull stunts like that!"

"Is big sister going to help too" Dani said noting the startled Vampire and Angel Hybrid?

"No way she sucks at this. Maybe the vampire lady will help" Manny said spying the vampire attempting to sneak off?

Suddenly a wall of Nergal flesh appeared out of a Reaper Portal blocking Moka's escape.

"Excellent eye Manny..." Junior took a look at the two: Pink lipstick on Minnie's forehead, collar undone with noticeable bite marks and traces of the pink, shoes lightly scuffed indicating someone stepped on them. Junior observed Moka next, same colored lipstick, single drop of blood from the corner of her lip, small and minor electrical burn on her lower lip, single strand of blonde hair on her chest. Conclusion, Moka stood on Minnie's feet to protect herself while kissing Minnie and drinking her blood "I can't remember Minnie ever wearing lipstick, and for the life of me I can't imagine why'd she be wearing it on her forehead."

"Brother...!"

"Save it for later Minnie. People get on my case for a whole lot worst than being gay..." Junior immediately turned his attention towards the vampire "that said you have yourself a highly aggressive and borderline homicidal split personality. However given my somewhat questionable choice in girlfriends and equally questionable mental status you have the benefit of the doubt..." Junior grabbed Moka and pulled her into whispering distance "but know this: if you do hurt her I will dismantle you, joint by joint!"

*GULP* Moka gave an understanding nod. With that out of the way Junior waved his hand over the kitchen as Junior's necromancy got to work: a glowing green combination of eggs, butter and milk from the fridge as well as flour, baking soda, Chocolate chips and salt from the cabinet. Junior used the same method to clean out two of Minnie's mixing bowls and replace the first with the cabinet's ingredients, and the other with the fridge's, expertly cracking the eggs and controlling the glowing green wooden spoon to mix them together.

"He is good at this" Moka noted.

"Disturbingly so: I suspect that our siblings enjoy the spectacle of watching him as much as the end result" Minnie said directing the Vampire's attention to the twins intently watching their brother.

Junior turned the stove on and distributed the batter among several pans before putting them on the oven.

"I did offer to do the cake for Mimi, but then she stepped in and insisted upon doing it herself instead" Junior said flipping the pancakes to reveal a golden, and green, underside.

"Indeed. Mayhaps I should simply purchase the cake at a bakers?"

"Minnie think about it? Would Mimi prefer something you put our parent's cash or something you put your time and effort into?"

"I... thou hath a point."

"I know..." Junior grabbed the pans and slid the bunny rabbit shaped pancakes off onto a couple of plates, loosing their glow in the process, before drenching them in maple syrup and giving them to the twins "now I have to get her gift ready, you two can return to doing... whatever it was you were doing."

Junior grabbed the canister from Dani as he left the room, leaving the two girls alone with the twins.

"So doth thou want more of mine blood?"

Moka gave a happy nod, with this Minnie closed the shutters between them and the twins.

"CHUUUU!"

*CRASH* Pain was standing outside the Finklestein lab *MONSTROUS ROAR* as something inside was tearing it apart. The Bad Wolf landed in front of Pain, and removed it's veil to reveal Mandy hidden inside of it's shadows.

"Mistress..." Pain got down on one knee as he bowed to Mandy "what brings you here?"

"Wolf informed me that you and Finklestein's pet thug were having difficulty with containing the mutt."

"I assure you the entity is wrong in his assessment miss..." *GHOSTLY WAIL* Mandy suspected that Pain would be in too much pain to talk for a while having just been crush by the door.

First she observed that Brutus had been thrown through the front door like a ragdoll, next she saw that the culprit responsible was a large snow white dog that was standing in the center of the wrecked laboratory, growling menacingly at the queen of Grim-Skull. It was ordinary looking by all means, a bit bigger than most and eyes a disturbing shade of green but ordinary non the less.

"YOU...!" Finklestein accusingly pointed from underneath a pile of rubble "I HOPE YOU PLAN ON PAYING FOR THIS MESS!"

"It's not my fault you can't keep this mutt under control Finklestein."

"YOU BROUGHT IT HERE!"

Ignoring the scientist Mandy brought out her gun and aimed it at the dog *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* with no effect against the intangible beast.

"What do yah know: it really is a ghost dog!"

Wolf's head materialized on Mandy's shoulder to talk to her.

"Half ghost dog, significantly rarer."

"You sure?"

"I saw him transform with my own eyes: and he with dozens of other ghostly animals as well, an entire ecosystem of the little monsters."

"However many eyes you have anyway. You sure he's connected to Phantom?"

"According to your sources halfa's like this can only be created by malfunctioning ghost portal technology. From what you told me Phantom is one of the few who can create such a thing. Plasmius hasn't been so much as on the planet for years and the kids old man has been dead and buried for years."

"Then I guess the only thing to do is get this thing out of here before he levels the whole lab."

*GROWL* The dog seemed to understand what she was saying, he bolted after her, intangibly dodging her bullets.

"This mutt's quick on the draw..." the dog leaped at Mandy, teeth and claws ready to strike, Mandy took advantage of the obvious solidarity to kick the pooch in the face "but not too terribly bright."

The dog shook it's head to get it's bearings before going on the offensive *GHOSTLY WAIL* Mandy grew wolf's wings and began flying around the laboratory, dodging the attacks the beast was shooting at her.

"We going on the offensive or what?"

"That depends can you scare him stiff or something?"

"I tried that, think I triggered his fight instinct instead."

"Great. Might as well take the chance to see what he's got!"

"Great..." the trio, consisting of Kurumu, Yukari and led by Mizore, were scanning the campus in search of their missing club members "first Chi and Mimi disappear to god knows where and now we can't find Moka or Minnie."

"If the rumors flying around the campus are any indication then they're probably off in some little corner snogging each other right now."

The girls looked up into the air to see that they've finally found one of their missing club members, unfortunately they soon realized that instead of the girls they got their perverted class president up a tree.

"Gin! What are you doing here!?"

"It's not like a cockroach to come out of hiding."

Gin fell out of the tree at that insult, a photo fell from his his pocket that Kurumu snatched out of the air and got a look at.

"That's Mimi... and are those...?"

Kurumu had a noticeable blush on her face as she realized what the picture depicted. Mizore soon joined her and was able to confirm the contents of the photo. Yukari eagerly jumped up and down trying to get a look at it, failing miserably thanks to the efforts of the older girls.

"Come on guys I want to see it too!"

Gin finally snapped to consciousness and in a panic snatched away the photograph, snapping the blushing girls to their senses as well.

"Junior is gonna kill you when he finds out you were taking photo's of him and Mimi last night."

"He's not gonna find out cause no one's gonna tell him! Got it?"

"Works for me. I don't wanna be on the receiving end of his scythe."

"On the subject has anyone seen where the rest of our club-mates went?"

"Junior took his little brother and sister to the cafeteria a little while back. But we haven't seen Chi, Harror, Minnie and Mimi all day."

"Well it's a start."

The quadrio rushed to the cafeteria, entering they spotted the twins eating at the breakfast bar *THUD* *THUD* and the sound of something of dubious nature happening in the kitchen.

"Is that who I think it is?"

"Excuse me..." the twins turned their heads around at Yukari's question "have you two seen your brother around here?"

"Aha."

"The last time we saw big brother he was back there."

Everyone looked to the direction the twins were pointing, the same direction that the thumping sound was coming from. Gin shushed everyone as they crept up to the shutters, he and Mizore were the first to approach, grabbing onto his end of the shutters Gin shot his cohorts three fingers, meaning on the count of three. Two. One. Gin and Mizore threw open the shutters as Kurumu pounced and soon regretted it immediately *ELECTRICAL CACKLE* as she grabbed the wrong Grim Sibling.

"What art thou doing Kurumu?"

Gin was the first to realize the implications, especially since he caught a picture of Kurumu giving both Moka and Minnie in one of her death hugs and the resulting surge of electricity that hit her. But what Gin noticed was that Minnie and Moka had been standing intimately close together before hand.

"Were you two...?"

"Gin!"

"You were! You two wer..."

*LIGHTNING CRACK* Gin was sent flying by the bolt of lightning. Slightly chard but no worst for where. Establishing that Gin was okay the group turned to Minnie, who had already armed another bolt of lightning.

"Is there anything else someone would like to say?"

"N-N-No!"

"You two are quite lovely together. I'm very happy for you" Mizore said being more supportive.

Minnie extinguished the bolt of energy as she calmed down, regaining her silver tongue in the process.

"Mine sincerest apologies for mine outburst. Truth be told I doth nay know mine-self. Nay offence Moka."

"None taken Minnie" said the blushing vampire.

"The turmoil I find myself in because of this blasted Sycophancy hath made me so confused about so much. I fear I am falling into the same madness that hath plagued mine brother for so long."

"Sycophancy!? I thought that was gone" said the surprised Yukari!

"Twas only rendered into a manageable state. Mine body hath been modified so that it doth nay destroy itself and I twas given this suit so that I doth nay harm anyone."

"We don't want you to lie to us again Minnie" a concerned Mizore said!

"The last time we saw you your body was falling apart! You were barely able to stand! Now you're telling us that your body has turned against itself" a concerned Yukari had ranted!?

"We can't be friends if you're going to hold secrets from us Minnie! Everything! Now!"

"Not here..." Minnie nudged towards the twins.

The group escorted Minnie back to behind the cafeteria, where things were slightly more private and they were out of ear shot of the twins, Yukari dragging Gin's unconscious form with a levitation spell. It wasn't until they were in private that Minnie had begun to recount the tale.

"I believe it started five years fore. Myself and my brother hath nay hath the relationship we doth now..."

Mandy had subdued the Halfa dog, the beast that was formerly snow white had been returned to it's living form of a black as night husky, currently curled into a ball and paws over his ears.

"You couldn't have used that thing sooner!?"

The precise method used involved blowing on a dog whistle, which probably would have spared everyone a great deal of trouble and the facility a great deal of damage.

"And miss out on a good scrape like that" the wolf said in Mandy's place!?

"You two are a bloody menace!"

Mandy tossed Finklestein the whistle before she moved to the door.

"Have this bitch sent to Cerberus's cell, he's looked lonely lately."

"Bitch...?" Finklestein was momentarily confused before he got a look at the dog's genitals "ohhh..." the Dog soon realized that the burning in her ears had finally stopped "oh!"

*SNARL* Wolf eagerly attempted to re-enter the building until Mandy yanked him back.

"Come on I can feel another fight coming!"

"Later, we have work to do! Take us back to the school."

"You're no fun."

After a brief moment cloaked inside the wolf's shadows Mandy was back on the edge of the academy with her husband.

"Any of the brats showed up yet?"

"Just da one: was handin dese 'round..." Grim pulled out a flyer by the 'Grim Reaper Fan Club' "at first I dought dat dey were some kind of weird blokes wid some kinda Dead fetid."

"Then they got a good look at you and was scared off."

Mandy got a good look at the flyer. it prominently feature her son, claws drawn and his wings in the background, a rather bold heading in a obvious parody of Nergaling text.

"'All challengers welcome to claim the crown of the king of Yokai academy tonight 3:00 PM.' Sounds like Junior marking his territory to me."

"Or he could be plannin on drowin da whole din and passin da torch of ta some poor sucker."

"It would throw the academy into chaos and cause Junior to lose all the respect that he's garnered. No he's establishing his dominance now, making a show out of taking the place and role that Kuyo fool once held and establishing the enormity of the bad idea of picking a fight with him."

"On da subject did dat mad man figure out anyding bout dat so-called god?"

Mandy handed over the file she swiped from the clinic, containing all sorts of information that Finklestein gleamed from Kuyo's Devil Arm.

"Near as he can tell Kuyo was injected with some sort of soul modifier agent, sacrificed all of his intelligence for raw power. The seal he was wearing was probably meant to slow the transformation to a crawl, given a few more years he might have been able to control it, as it is he is just a feral beast."

"Any idea who set dis mess up?"

"Any evidence of who is involved disappeared with Kuyo's body. Finklestein is trying to reverse engineer his body from his utterly butchered soul but the problem with that is..."

"I'ds utterly butdered, which means dat it's gonna require dat we pud em back togeder agin."

"I guess Junior really does take after his father."

"Don hav his self restraint dough. Migh hav been a dreat if he didn't. Who knows he might even still be alive."

"You would know."

"Whad about da lead yer mutt found?"

"Another mutt ironically, some kind of ghost dog probably got into something she shouldn't have. Sent her to the castle to 'entertain' Cerberus should lighten his disposition a bit."

"More livin ghosts: dat's all we need" the Reaper said as he rubbed his non-existing temples!

"Figured the pups would make a good gift for Junior, maybe his girlfriend too it is her birthday party after all."

"I can barely keep dat mutt from tryin to eat me! Whad makes yah dink he can do beddar wid his spawn?"

"Because unlike you Junior isn't a pushover."

"Truth be told I only recently learned of the sickness, it was kept hidden from me for some time to starve off the infection" Minnie said as she finished explaining what happened.

"They kept the fact that you were turning into a angel secret from you for five years" a flabbergasted Yukari responded!?

"Indeed."

"Don't 'indeed' us! You should be hurt, and angry, and scared and... and why aren't you upset about this" Kurumu ranted!?

"I suppose that I canst hold this against mine brother, I always hath been more like a angel than a demon so I guess this predicament is appropriate" Minnie commented bitterly.

"There is nothing 'appropriate' about the pain you're going through Minnie...!" Moka sat down on the bench beside Minnie "we're going to help you fix this!"

"And there lies the rub Moka..." Minnie looked her friend in the eye with her own slightly yellowish one "I'm not sure this is something I want fixed."

"Are you sure about this Minnie? Angels aren't exactly the most well liked of creatures around these parts."

"Neither are Reapers Moka."

Minnie eyed the group carefully, a few raised their fingers into the air as if to speak, but no words followed.

"I believe mine case hath been put to rest."

"Well come on then, lets get to work."

The girls returned to the cafeteria, spotting the twins leave as they had already finished off their breakfast Minnie shot a bolt past their heads to grab their heads to catch their attention.

"Manny, Dani return to the cafeteria with us! This school is not the friendliest of places, the two of thou must remain close by."

"We can handle ourselves big sis!"

"Twas nay a request!"

Ignoring their sister anyway the giggling pair sank underneath the earth and escaped her desperate attempt to grab them by their sister.

"Tis a good thing they art cute!"

"Should we stay or go look for them?"

"If they don't want to be found then we will nay find them..." Minnie got back on her feet and brushed the dust off of her uniform "we should probably do that which we came here to do."

"Well we all don't have to help with the cake, heck the lot of us can barely fit in there! Some of us can go looking for them while you and the wiz's in the kitchen over here" Kurumu said indicating Moka and the others.

"I hate to break it to yah Kurumu but Yukari is too young to use the stove and I can't go near it because it's too hot: that just leaves you."

"She just wants to go find Junior all by herself!"

"What!? That's outrage... OW!"

Kurumu's ranting was interrupted by Minnie yanking on her ear.

"Tread lightly, children can be a dangerous, especially these children!"

"Minnie can you let go of me!?"

Instead of releasing the Succubus Minnie dragged her into the kitchen with Moka. Though as the latter noted something else had caught her eye, across the hall Kasumi had just finished hanging up a poster for the upcoming event.

"Uh Minnie: is that who I think it is?"

Minnie followed Moka's finger across the cafeteria to the poster, face palming as a result.

"What hath mine brother gotten himself into this time!?"

"So, what shall we do next...?" Harror and Mimi were laying down on a floor mattress together. While Harror was trying to carry a conversation with the mute devil hybrid she was being 'serviced' by Chi. Evidently she was the one who lost the poker game, the aforementioned 'toys' consisting of a blindfold, a cat ear head band, a ring gang, a vibrator for each breast, a vibrator in both her vagina and up her rear end, a latex sleeve for each limb that held them close and finally a cat paw slipper for each lib. Chi was currently laying her head on Mimi's lap leaving them both a moaning mass of ecstasy "we could use her as a table and have another round of poker? I could use you for a chair after I win."

Mimi only shot Harror a glare in response, a face that screamed 'what makes you think you'll be sitting on me?'

"Oh come on you know you love it! And I love doing it to you! That's why we make such a great pair!"

Mimi rolled her eyes in response, she suddenly noticed that Harror had stiffened up, as if she were shocked by something.

"My brother calls for my presence. It seems like he has found a spot of trouble..." Harror leaped to her feet, shape shifting into her clothes in the process "need a hand up?"

Mimi accepted Harror's hand up, ungraciously knocking Chi off of her demonic pillow in the process. Chi shape shifted her way out of the restraints as she witness Mimi shifting into her Devil form and putting on the accompanying clothes, realizing what was going on Chi melted out of her restraints and into her clothes.

"Would one of you mind telling me what we're doing now?"

"Junior started Mimi's party early, even brought the entertainment."

"'Entertainment?'"

"Fight night obviously."

"What are you blabbering about!?"

"You'll see when we get there."

"Can I at least get my kimono first?"

Harror stuck her hand through a portal and pulled out Chi's kimono before throwing it at Chi.

"Hurry up we don't got all day!"

Chi put on the kimono, by the time she got it around her body she saw that Harror and Mimi had already left without her.

"Mimi...!" Chi looked around the cavern "Harror...!" she said clearly getting annoyed "one of these days..." Chi growled as she shifted her arm into a drill.

Harror and Mimi brushed the dust and dirt off of themselves. Mimi checked for Chi before she eyed Harror suspiciously.

"I warned her to move her rear."

*RUMBLING* Chi's drill tipped hand burst through the Earth, pulling herself up to her shoulders and glaring angrily at Harror.

"One of these days scythe! You! Will! Pay" Chi angrily spat!

Mimi helped her friend out of the hole, and did her best to keep her from throttling Harror.

"If that's all we got quite the crowd at the party and we better break it up."

Harror fell backwards through another Reaper, leaving Mimi alone to shoulder a tired Chi.

"I really hate her!"

Mimi gave an annoyed sigh, playing peace maker with Harror and Chi all day was not how she planned to spend her birthday.

2:50, that was the approximate time, Grim could see students numbering in the dozens, mostly testosterone fueled males, he could spot the members of Junior's little 'fan-club' directing those with any shred of sanity to a semi safe distance in their makeshift bandstand. Those who wished to die a slow and painful death were being counted and escorted like lambs to the slaughter to await Junior's arrival. The Fan Club had set up a chalk board which was already marked in Junior's favor as well as a clock in the next to it which was counting down to the time of the fight, which at this point was a mere five minuets away.

"He's gonna be late."

"He's a reaper he'll be here. Since when has your kind"

While Grim and Mandy discussed their son's punctuality the News Paper club, sans Mizore, Yukari, Mimi and Chi, approached the soon-to-be sparring grounds, Minnie carrying a silver serving tray.

"Art thou sure thou wants to do this Moka."

Rather than the pink haired and current Moka Minnie was speaking to the cross on her chest.

"I've had a bone to pick with that lunatic brother of yours since day one! I'm taking it!"

"Do you remember what happened to Kuyo" Gin asked eyeing the torched wreckage the forest had become?

"Not to mention Okuto, Chi, Ishigami, those lizard guys..." Kurumu said listing names off of the ends of her finger tips.

"And a thousand others I could think of but there still be only one question that matters: art thou sure about this Moka?"

"I've studied your brother from afar for some time now, I won't make the same mistakes they made."

"I gotta admit he's got the odds stacked against him..." Gin pointed out a black haired muscular student dressed in the Karate uniform "that's Haiji Miyamoto, a S-Ranked Crow Tengu and head of the school's karate club..." Gin's finger next directed the group's attention to a bleach blond haired student "and that's Kiria Yoshi, rumored vampire, they say he's set up a underground fight club on school grounds. On top of that he's got me, Moka, and by the looks of things two dozen A ranked dudes to deal with."

A shadow passed over the group, soon revealed to be Mimi carrying Chi as they landed.

"We miss anything yet?"

"Two minuets until show time. I thought Harror was with you two?"

"Don't even mention her name! Me and that lunatic are not talking! Now do any of you know where the rest of our club-mates are?"

"They made the foolish mistake of going to look for mine younger siblings. We hath nay seen them since!"

"They volunteered to look after the twins? Willingly?"

"Almost there Mizore!"

Mizore wasn't sure which one was more humiliating: being cocooned in duck tape, suspended 2 stories in the air upside down from a flag pole, or that her fate depended on her ability to swing the eleven year old witch stuck to her back far enough to reach her wand duck taped to the wall behind them, or that they were put into this mess by two four year old's.

"Can you hurry it up! This duck tape can't hold us forever...!" *RIP* "and there goes our last shred of hope...!" *SNAP* *TERRIFIED SCREAMS* *CRASH* "We're okay!"

While Gin talked Junior observed from the trees, he used his new soul reading power to gauge the strength of everyone present and he had to admit the odds were stacked pretty high. He could make out at least four S-Ranks in the crowd, though one of them was currently sitting out in the band stand with the parents and teachers, a dozen or so A-Ranks and a couple dozen B-Ranks. Granted he's had worst in his 'outta control monster' days but he would prefer not to resort to such drastic measures if possible.

"And where have you been?"

Junior only now noticed the presence of his somewhat unstable partner Harror.

"Around. Has the party started yet?"

"Not likely: we're the hosts after all. On the subject we should probably get down there."

Junior grabbed Harror by her tail and pulled her through a reaper portal with him *CRASH* the pair landed on top of the bus, Harror in weapon form *BUZZ* right on time for the fight to begin.

"Everyone who wants to live past the next five minuets..." Junior removed his coat and threw it to his fanclub for safe keeping, prompting Kasumi to swoon into unconsciousness "will assume their true forms right now...!" Junior pointed Harror at the crowd "reap HARROR!"

*BOOM* A pillar of green ecto energy shot into the sky, tearing Junior's flesh into dust and releasing the green blood within, as it consumed the bone and formed new muscles, new skin, armor, entire body-parts even, slightly disoriented Junior shook the pain of the transformation off.

"Damn that still hurts!"

"Well we should probably get ready too, right Moka."

Gin was the next to follow, his muscles rapidly expanded and hair covered every inch of his body, and the entire crowd seemed to join in with him, most of the A-Ranks grew several times in height, several of the B-Ranks suddenly took to the air as they grew wings of various shapes and sizes. Moka looked to Minnie nervously.

"Ah Minnie if you could..." the Minnie yanked the rosario off of Moka, adding another pillar of aura to the already choking atmosphere, moments later one dazzling beauty was replaced with another as inner Moka took hold "much obliged Minnie!"

"Stay safe. Mine brother is not entirely familiar with the concept of pulling punches."

"Neither am I..." Moka gave and affectionate peck on Minnie's cheek, complete with flying sparks "now unless you plan on joining in get your pretty little ass over there!"

Minnie did as she was told, running with boosted speed to the bandstand and joining her parents in the front row of the bandstand.

"Got a girlfriend do yah?"

Minnie did her best to shrink away at the comment.

"Please doth nay join in."

Junior spotted the walking spark plug running through the crowd and could say with all certainty that she was out of the cross fire.

"Your ass is mine reaper!"

Junior looked over just in time to spot King Kong's chest inches from his face *GHOSTLY WAIL* everyone crammed their hands over their ears as the battery of sonic blast didn't give any mercy, those who were air-born had been blown a fair distance away, and therefore spared the bulk of the sonic attack, many of those on ground level were rendered deaf, a few had been blown away by the force of the attack, but the A-Ranks weight kept them grounded and shielded those that were taking refuge from them. After a few moments Junior was out of breath, he bent over and assessed his handiwork, many of them were still disoriented from the attack, but the fliers had already gotten their bearings.

"The ones that can fight take priority!"

"You want help?"

Junior looked down at his scythe as he pondered the question.

"Stay out of this for now: I don't want people bitching about a unfair advantage whenever they're conscious again if I don't have to."

"If you insist."

Harror disappeared through a Reaper portal, reappearing behind the barrier separating the bandstand from the battlefield as she took a seat next to Minnie.

"Ex-squeeze me."

"Our brother doesn't want thou's assistance Harror?"

"Just makes the fight more interesting don't ya think?"

"Looks like we have plenty of that anyway."

The identical siblings looked over to see Junior being lifted into the air, very much against his will, as he was soon met face to face with an angel like creature, with several stark differences, for starters the normally white wings were pitch black like crow feathers, secondly the entire face was covered by a mask, made out of wood with a long thin nose.

"I would ask the name of the one to whom I shall defeat."

"My friends call me Junior, you will address me as the Grim Reaper!"

"No idea what you're saying. But since I presumed you answered my question my name is Haiji Miyamoto."

Kou flapped hard as he struggled to reach the pair.

"Tengu... a winged monster... known for having... a fondness... for children and for... taking them from a... abusive homes! And tormenting... the parents with... wind! Oh I gotta lay down" Kou wheezed as he suddenly fell out of the sky.

"What was that about?"

Instead of answering the tengu's question Junior punch him in the face, releasing his windy hold on him and causing him to grow his own wings.

"Is that how it's gonna be?"

While things escalated between Junior and Haiji Moka along with several others were finally starting to get their bearings back.

"Well that was a dirty trick! Hey Gin is your hearing back yet?"

"WHA!?"

"That would be a no."

"JUNIOR IS TRYING TO BREAK US UP! DIVIDE AND CONQUER!"

"I know: first he says he wants this all over with at once and then he pulls a stunt like this: hypocrite."

Moka suddenly noticed that she had to keep her skirt down as a gust of wind suddenly kicked up, and soon realized that many around her were also having a suddenly disagreement with gravity.

"What the heck?"

"THIS IS HAIJI'S WORK! TRY TO ROLL WITH THE WIND OR IT'LL TEAR YOU APART!"

"What are you yammering...!" suddenly all the combatants were swept up by a hurricane, spinning and flailing about, Moka was able to settle on a semi aerodynamic lounging position "oh."

Moka soon spotted the source of the chaos that surrounded her, this Haiji Gin was talking about.

"Mr. Miyamoto I presume?"

"Moka Akashiya I take it?"

"You shouldn't let a pretty face distract you..." the sound of cracking lighting and booming thunder echoed through the tunnel of air as Junior unleashed his wrath on Haiji's hapless victims "or else you'll get torn apart."

"I have nothing to fear from a snarling beast. I presume Gin told you about me?"

"Only the basics, a vague idea of your skill level and your power set..." the conversation was suddenly interrupted by Junior tackling Haiji through a reaper portal "we'll talk whenever you're conscious again" Moka said during her dive back to the earth.

The Portal opened on ground level, still within visual distance of the bandstand, but far away from the tornado where Haiji had pooled the bulk of his power. The two wrestled on a combination of the ground and in the air as Haiji attempted to get air-born again, complicated by the fact that Junior was always where he needed to flap his wings. Finally Junior reached forward, one arm around his neck as the other reached forward and grabbed Haiji by his nose. The superior karate expert reach behind him and judo threw Junior off of him, his next course of action was to try and take flight again, significantly hampered by the fact that a bright green ring now bound his wings together.

"It seems I underestimated your IQ points Reaper, my apologies it won't happen again!"

Haiji retracted the wings back into his back, he assumed a mantis stance with both of his fists ready to chop his opponent to bits. Junior took a impatient stance, intentionally sloppy and amateurish so that he might lure his opponent into a false sense of security. It worked but it didn't work on Haiji, instead Junior soon found himself dog piled by a one eyed oaf, a crudely sown together rag-doll with bolts in his head, a walking talking tree, and a giant hairball.

"Grab a limb!"

Each of the A Ranks followed the commands of their psuedo leader and proceeded to each grab hold of one of Junior's limbs and proceeded pull, completely taken off guard when their respective body parts were release from Junior's body, only to be replaced as he grew replacements. The Cyclops was the first to fall, a elbow to his over-sized eye followed by a equally large fist to his grossly bloated gut curling him into the fetal position before being kicked away like the world's ugliest soccer ball, reclaiming his arm from the beast. The Sasquatch made the mistake of trying to attack Junior from behind and for his troubles the now dramatically skinnier creature was shave by Junior's razor sharp scythe wings as Junior spun around and punch him away and got his other arm back. The Ent attempted to jump him from below, bursting from the earth and grabbing Junior from behind, in response Junior broke the grip by flipping both himself and the tree over with a jump, followed by disposing of him via caber toss. Junior plucked his leg from the air and turned it into a bat as he knocked the head off of the Frankenstein with it.

"I got a splitting headache!"

"Welcome to my world!"

Junior jumped into the air as he reattached his original legs, as he was watched by Moka who had taken a seat on a pile of her unconscious classmates.

"Interesting, he's gone to great lengths to recover his original body parts, I wonder what the significance of that is? Aside from sentimental value of course."

Junior looked around for Haiji, oddly he couldn't see him around *WHAM* of course turning his head the right way around might help. When Junior did get his head on strait again he couldn't see who had hit him *WHAM* or who had sent him flying with a gut shot. Realizing a case of hit and run tactics Junior got back up, he listened carefully for the whistle of wind that such a fast moving individual would produce, He was able to cover his body with Nergal blades just in time to nearly impale Gin on one.

"Clever aren't yah?"

"You haven't seen nothing yet!"

Gin put some distance between them, now that Junior knew his game-plan he would need to regain the element of surprise to beat him *BAM* to be fair, that was definitely surprising. Haiji had rejoined the fray and taking no prisoners he hit Junior with bursts of high pressured air that blew chunks of Nergal flesh off of his reaper bones.

"Now that's interesting" Moka said intrigued.

Though noble Haiji's efforts were in vain, Junior's flesh was quickly reforming around his bones and the lost of flesh didn't even seem to impede his movements as he continued to walk towards the tengu.

"DAMMIT! STAY DOWN!"

Junior reaper stepped in front of Haiji, Junior attempted to punch him in the face but his arm was grabbed by the superior martial artist, cut off by a slash of wind, and nearly beaten over his head with his own arm *GHOSTLY WAIL* nearly being the keyword. Rather then become the victim of that cliche Junior used a attack of his own to send Haiji flying, retrieving the errant limb as Haiji dropped it. None were more surprised than Haiji himself as Moka rushed into his path and stopped his vertical crash.

"What the heck!?"

"He has the cherry picked parts of three different kinds of S-Ranks, the three of us can't beat him unless we work together!"

Gin emerged from hiding, appearing in a blur by Moka's side.

"Nice speech but if you don't have a plan to beat him then it's not much good."

"It's a little risky, basically it involves you pulling my ass out of the boiler and you getting ready to hit him until he stays down."

Leaving the boys to stare at each other with a look of 'huh?' Moka bull rushed Junior, and in a rather bold move kicked him in the crotch sending him flying. Not one to be bested so easily he fired a Nergal tentacle at Moka and much to his surprise she reached out, grabbed it and allowed him to pull her after him, catching him off guard with a midair tackle and landing near the lake, Moka on top as the two dangled precariously over the water.

"You brought us to a lake? Are you mad!?"

Moka delivered another punishing kick to Junior's groin, skipping him across the lake.

"Seriously doesn't that hurt?"

Moka looked over and saw that a tentacle was leading from Junior directly to her leg.

"I really hate that guy sometimes!"

Junior yanked on the tentacle pulling Moka into the lake with him, she was barely able to avoid taking a dip in the water as some high speed object rush past Junior, severed his tentacle, and brought Moka to safety, looking over to the south of the lake to see Gin rather inappropriately holding Moka in his arms *SMACK* all things considered, he probably didn't deserve that. *SPLASH* Junior didn't have so long to ponder about how brutally Moka was going to dismantle Gin Haiji had already capitalized on his distracted position to pummel him with more high pressured air blasts, the entire lake died neon green by the Reaper's demon blood.

"The rumors about him being 'un-kill-able' are true right?"

"By all technicalities: yes" Moka pointed across the lake, drawing attention to what appeared to be a skeleton crawling out of the lake on the other side.

"You have got to be kidding me!?"

Haiji managed to seriously mangle Junior, most of his flesh had been reduced to a watery pulp, whatever was left of his flesh was either in the water or was hanging off of his rib-cage in ribbons.

"Get over here!"

The flesh seemed to ignore Junior's commands, or at the very least was trying to obey them, but it was weighed down so much by the water that it couldn't move. He presumed that this was Moka's whole plan, blow all his flesh off and weigh it down so that he couldn't move it.

"Great..." *COUGH* *COUGH* "that's all I need!"

Junior snapped his fingers a couple of times, leading to his drained blood to spark up and begin boiling, trying to evaporate the water away.

"Harror, I need your assistance!"

No later had she been called had she appeared through the ever convenient method of Reaper stepping.

"Wow you look like crap!"

"Appropriate, I've been chewed up and not spat out."

"Ye-ouch!"

"I'm aware, I need pants..." Junior saw Gin making his way around the lake towards his position, and Moka and Haiji weren't too far away either "and to not be here!"

"Both of which can be arranged."

Harror scooped Junior up through a portal, leaving with him just as Gin arrived.

"Great, now we got that crazy bitch to deal with too!"

After short side trip back to his room to collect some spare cash Harror and Junior reported to the school's supply store where they bought a pair of jeans and a new skull belt buckle, to which Junior was informed that it was produced in his honor. Now that he had pants back on again he could return to his human form, which ironically enough was better suited to a fight than his monster form in it's current state was, without risk of exposing any embarrassing tidbits to the female store clerk.

"Yah know, I find myself wondering if you even have anything worth hiding in human form, yah know all things considered."

"Whether or not I lack any sexual organs is none of your business Harror."

"And that is saying something! All things considered."

"Excuse me, uh, miss..." Harror directed her attention to the store clerk "would you like to but some normal clothes too?"

"Normal, missy this is my normal" was the appalled scythe's response!

"OI" Junior drew Harror and the clerk's attention towards him, the latter with a rather noticeable blush upon witnessing his well cut figure "we got work to do remember!?"

"Spoiled sport: so what's the plan?"

Junior manifested the cloak, if it could be called that, between his pitiful lack there off Nergal blood and the exhausting fight against the rest of the school it would be more accurate to call it a sleeve, and even that would be an exaggeration. Additionally he noticed that his vision was blurry, mostly likely due to the massive blood lost he had just suffered.

"We don't have much to work with, if we play defensively they could wear us down to defeat, if we play offensively then we can exhaust what little power we have left."

"You're just bursting with optimism aren't yah!?"

*CRASH* "Well that came out of no where" Harror stated observing the tree that had suddenly fell out of the sky and landed on top of Junior.

"Thank you for coming out of hiding..." Harror looked over to the trio of S-Ranks otherwise known as Moka, Gin, and Haiji "you cowardly little bonehead and crazy fucked-up scythe!"

"Now was that really necessary?"

"After the day he put us through? Hell yeah" was the response of the overly enthusiastic werewolf!

"Seeing as how I don't want to hurt a lady I will offer you this one chance to back out" was the Tengu's slightly more courteous suggestion.

"Speak for yourself" was the vampire's snarky reply!

"Hmm, a generous offer" Harror stated while she pretended to ponder it.

Rather than accept the offer Harror led another strike through reaper step against the three S-Ranks, taking the liberty of sucker punching Haiji out of her way *CRASH* at the same time Junior dropped the tree on the downed Tengu pinning him.

"Any ideas?"

"You take batty, I got the mutt!"

And thus in one swift move Junior delivered a kick to Moka's head, separating her from the group and sending her off into the woods, while Harror hit Gin with a move he never coming: she stripped herself of her shape shifted clothing leaving herself butt naked. Gin instantly lost consciousness from the blood spurting from his nose, and just to add injury to insult Harror delivered a electrified kick to Gin's balls sending him flying, and crashing into the already badly damaged buildings.

"That felt so good!"

Harror donned her clothing once again before she jumped through a reaper portal to discover Moka and Junior already engaged in fisticuffs. Deciding to join in she yanked Junior out of the scrape and assumed her weapon form.

"That was quick, are you sure he's down for the count?"

"Let's just say for now I appealed to her better nature."

"By which you mean you took advantage of his perverted addiction to hold him still long enough to kick him right where he deserves it."

"Pretty much."

"I knew I couldn't count on that pervy hairball!"

"Enough out of both of you! Lets finish this!"

Junior swung Harror at Moka forcing her back, which was part of his plan, without his massive reserves of energy or his vast supply of Nergal blood he didn't stand much of a chance against Moka. He could try fighting her in his weakened Reaper form but in addition to being considerable weaker than his human form the bony form also lacked the energy recovery rate of his human form, which if the lack there-of sleeve on his shoulder was any indication was still recovering slowly. In retrospect he could have waited longer before he acted, but he had better not give Moka the advantage of the first strike, one could be all she needed in his current stae.

"You're stalling Reaper! I must have really rattled you!"

"Let's see you get all the flesh ripped off of your bones and see how you react!"

"Better yet, lets see how you react to getting punched in the face!"

Moka continued on the offensive, but now she had managed to close the distance between them, turning what Junior would have preferred to have been a mid-range stand off into close quarters combat. But as the vampire would soon realize that Junior had a contingency for this, as Harror transformed into a pair of chain scythes, or spine scythe's given the pair's bizarre choice of aesthetics.

"You look surprised vampire, I would have thought this would be a obvious course of action, considering that Harror is a shape-shifter after all!"

"I was merely gawking at your atrocious taste in aesthetics."

"I will admit our taste in fashion isn't up to most's high standards: maybe it will looked better with a coating of your blood!"

And thus the two resumed fighting: Moka got the first swing in with a jump kick, Junior avoided with a backwards bend *CRACK* before he delivered a punishing kick to her jaw sending her flying.

"OWW! U bok ah jaw!"

"Judging by the fact that you can't speak at the moment I'm going to assume that I broke your jaw?"

"Ick!"

"Are you grossed out by something or are you calling me names?"

*GROWLS* Moka reset her jaw, restoring her capacity for speech in the process.

"I called you a prick you asshole!"

"You kiss your mother with that mouth...?" *GROWLS* "I might have said too much."

Moka started things off with a bang, she ran at Junior, slid under his scythe swing and delivered a air launching kick to Junior's jaw sending him high into the air.

"Come on I just need a little more time!"

Time was one thing Junior didn't have. Moka jumped into the air after him and soon had him in a head lock, her left leg around his head and her right around his left arm that was currently holding Harror *SNAP* with one swift motion Moka broke both the immortal's neck, and his arm forcing him to drop Harror, to which Moka released her head lock to kick the weapon away, before finally throwing the beast of a reaper to the ground. *CRASH* Junior could barely see the blood he was coughing up his vision was so blurry from lack-there-of blood. Moka picked up his whole body by his head. In spite of being suspended in the air Junior could still feel it, crawling along the bed of the forest, the crunch of leaves beneath his skin, the feeling of riding a tidal wave as it came closer and closer. He couldn't help smiling, letting out a weak laugh as he did his best to suppress his confidence.

"Laughing in the face of defeat Reaper?"

Suddenly Junior reached out and grabbed Moka, holding her face to psychotic grinning face.

"I'm laughing at yours!"

Suddenly Junior kicked himself off of Moka, sending himself flying through the air. He reached out and grabbed Harror as she was hurled at him and landed with one hand on the ground and the other with his Devil Arm.

"Reap HARROR!"

Suddenly a tsunami of green Nergal blood enveloped Junior as he began transforming back into his true form, Moka failed to get out of the way in time for the half formed Nergal Demon to grab her, smashing her face into several trees and ground into the ground as they rushed back to the edge of the academy, Moka was thrown ahead and landed on her feet, and what she saw made her puke and the crowd gasp. Junior's coat had grown only half way back, encompassing his right side and draping down to his feet. In spite of that the body beneath it was still completely visible, he looked like he had been filawed, his rib cage looked like the maw of some great beast, his organs, or what looked like organs, were all completely visible and resembled creatures with a life of their own, able to move and shift about completely of their own will. But what was worst than that was the smell, Moka didn't know if he was doing it on purpose but he reeked of his namesake, a overwhelming pungency that smelled like a hundred decomposing corpses.

"What's the matter Moka...?"Junior Reaper stepped in front of her "You look like you're gonna be sick!"

Rather than offer any aid or assistance Junior instead kicked Moka in the face, sending her flying a few feet, followed up with a second kick that sent her even farther back, Moka got to a shaky standing position, only to be back handed in the face by Junior sending her to the ground. Junior suddenly felt his shoulder tighten as someone grabbed it, looking over he saw Minnie standing there.

"She hath had enough!"

Junior gave a shake of his head, getting his barrings.

"Stay out outta this Min, I can..."

Minnie cut her friend off with her Rosario, turning Moka back into her pink haired counterpart. Moka collapsed into Minnie's arms as she slipped into unconsciousness. When Junior stopped shaking his head he spotted his doppelganger off on the edge of the woods, smiling at him.

"You'll never be rid of me!"

Junior changed out back into his human form, still glaring off into the woods at a sight only he could see.

"And you'll never break me!"

Junior got down on a knee, joining his sister and the vampire on the ground, as he pushed the shadowy doppelganger out of his mind.

"I can help."

"Please do brother."

A small energy field appeared around Junior's hand as he began to heal the injuries he inflicted upon Moka. Across the clearing Mandy saw her husband making the closest thing he could to a scrutinizing glare as he rubbed his chin with a finger.

"What's wrong?"

"Somedin ain't right bout Junior."

"How?"

"Can't quite place id, id's like somedin's tryin to claw id's way outta em."

"You're paranoid."

"Yah..." but Grim still couldn't take his sockets off of his son "paranoid."

Now that his business with Moka was finished Junior had one final task to take care of before the day was done.

"Mimi can you come over here!?"

A ping of curiosity graced the deviling's face, but she none the less came over to Junior.

"Can you hold out your arms?"

Still with her curious look Mimi did as told and held out her stub of arms. At the same time Junior retrieved his coat, instead of putting it on he retrieved the canister from inside and opened it, he concentrated huge portions of ecto into it as he pored out it's contents, some sort of muck if appearances could be believed. Suddenly Mimi could feel a small pang of pain from the ends of her arms as she saw bones growing out of the ends of her stubs, forming the framework for a pair of hands, flesh soon followed, the now glowing muck flowed over the bones and formed flesh, when the process was finally completed her curiosity was replaced by one of complete and total flabbergast.

"Took me three months to figure out how to pull that one off."

Mimi had known that Reapers were more than capable of healing minor, and often times fatal, wounds to the living, but the act of replacing an entire body part required attention to detail down to the cellular level, a level of skill and talent that you would maybe see every hundred years or so, she had even asked Cut-lip for help at one point who claimed that such an act was beyond even her abilities. Still flabbergast Mimi curled her fingers a few times before she tested the feeling in them by running them along Junior's face.

"You like?"

Mimi's response was all that he needed, she used her new found digits to pull him into a kiss on the lips as tears of joy streamed down the side of her face. *CHEERS* That single act had sent the crowd into a uproar, a total frenzy as they cheered on the lovers.

The Doors leading into the castle had been torn open, it's leviathan of a guard mutt had all it's teeth knocked down it's throat, the glowing green that made up the sky and abyss that surrounded the old building was more than enough lighting between the windows and the eroded cracks. The one room that any care had been taken to preserve was the one time throne room, now turned tomb. By the looks of things the coffin of forever sleep hadn't been disturbed since he sent the old man packing over forty years ago, or twenty depending on your point of view. All the better for him that made his job easier if nothing else. Walker had hidden the skeleton key far away in the Nightosphere, his little rampage was just a unexpected bonus, and helped to perpetuate the rumor that he was just a rampaging blood thirsty brute. Of course Walker had tightened up the security around here after the stunt he pulled getting the crown proved otherwise. Had he been up against anything else he would have simply stormed the place, instead Walker had gone ahead and grown a pair of balls and planted ecto-based nuke in the heart of the castle and equipped a dead man's timer, meaning that if the code to deactivate it wasn't entered every minuet then the bomb would explode, triggering a cascading reaction, and create a explosion large enough to wipe out a entire city and preferably vaporize Dan. Fortunately the detonator didn't survive being ripped out, the weakness with human technology being that it's so easy for ghosts to penetrate. And now he was before his prize, the Coffin of Forever Sleep, savoring the moment Dan inserted the Key into the coffin and unlocked it, prying off the now open lid and greeted it's occupant.

"Hey old man: Long time no see!"

Fin... For now.

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