Eruka sat in her cell, deep within the bottom of the DWMA. It was a month since the destruction of the Kishin, Asura, and when she thought her life would be better, it actually got worse. After Medusa died, Free left to wonder the world after being imprisoned for so many years. She knew he would just do something to get in trouble again, but he was already gone. The Mizune Sister left for home, but they would always come back to visit Eruka every so often.

And what did Eruka do?

She ended up in jail.

"Gecko." she croaked glumly, "How did I get in here?" she asked, knowing the answer too well. Eruka had tried traveling, but she somehow ended back in Death City. She didn't know why she kept coming back. It was as if something kept dragging her back. She had gotten careless one day, and after being recognized, was placed down here.

"I don't know what they could want from me. Medusa's dead, Gecko." Eruka felt like a broken record, saying the exact same phrase over and over again. True, Medusa was dead, but it wouldn't be the first time. Last time, the snake woman possessed a little girl's body for God's sake! For all anyone knows, she could be hiding in some hole, waiting to bite someone else.

"They should just kill me." Eruka slumped down onto the floor of her cell, feeling like trash. She had lead friend, the eldest Mizune, to her death by Medusa, helped to break out the biggest threat to her species, helped unleash madness into the world, and help stir more chaos by continuing to help Medusa. The Frog Witch felt ready to die and could feel as if the grim reaper was glaring eyes into her.

"Wake up." OK, so not Lord Death. Eruka shot up and saw Sid the Zombie unlocking her cell and opening the door, "Follow me. And no funny stuff." Eruka was scared, but not stupid. She saw the knife Sid was carrying! Eruka gulped as she followed the dead man through the bowels of the academy until she ended up in Death's Room where the Shinigami himself stood proudly with his goofy mask.

Stein stood next to him, his expression hard to read with the glare off his glasses. Lastly, Crona stood next to him as well after being officially enrolled as a student. Oddly enough, there was a table with tea.

"W-why did you bring me here?" Eruka tried to sound stern, but that failed badly with the fear in her voice. Plus the sweat going down her brow and quaking in her boots made her look less composed.

"Oh relax, you're not here for punishment." Lord Death began, taking a sip from his tea as if this was a casual conversation, "We're actually going to let you go."

"Huh?!" Eruka asked, a look of distrust and confusion written all over her, "Y-you're...you're just gonna let me go?" This had to be a trick, right? Why the hell were they letting her go.

"You obviously don't know anything. And seeing you've made no attempt to escape or hold out any information, we've decided to let you off on a few conditions." Lord Death explained.

(Of course.) Eruka mentally scoffed, (What do they want me to do?)

"You're not allowed to leave. If you're caught doing anything to cause a disturbance, you will be killed." Stein explained, a short smirk escaping him. Truth be told, he wanted Eruka to step out of line. She would be a good Guinea Pig for an experiment.

"Is...is that it?" asked the timid witch. It seemed to good that all she had to do was not cause a disturbance and she could keep her life.

"That's right. Now would be a good chance to thank Crona." announced Lord Death, taking another sip of his tea. Eruka's eyes widened. Was he the reason they were doing this.

"Yeah, the kid's sticking his neck out for ya." Sid told her. Eruka was in complete shock. Crona looked a bit embarrassed by the sudden attention and turned away. Eruka couldn't help but smile a bit.

She knew she had to thank him properly.