Chrome and Grim walked down one of the hallways, Tsunami walked down a different hallway and Skull went up the stairs to check out the upper floor for any buckets around the old dorn itself.

"...this place freaks me out..." Grim mumbled as he looked around the empty and abandoned corridor as he and Chrome made their way through the hallway

"hang on...how come you aren't freaked out?!" Grim suddenly realised as he looked up at Chrome who hesitated slightly

"I've seen...and lived in creepier places" Chrome eventually replied quietly before she spotted something from the corner of her eye and she stiffened as she turned her head to try and spot what she had seen.

"Yee hee hee! Bwa ha ha ha ha" a ghost cackled as he appeared before the two, Chrome instantly taking a defensive stance in front of Grim to prove as protection against the ghost as they both gazed at the ghost who had showed up.

"We haven't had visitors in ages! Oh, I'm just itchin' for new friends!" the ghost exclaimed with a big wide grin as two other ghosts appeared, sounding the flaming feline and the mist,

"GHOSTS!" Grim screamed loudly when he saw the other two ghosts appear around them, Chrome just hoped the cat's screams were loud enough for Tsunami and Skull to hear and hopefully come and help with the situation.

"all the people who used to live here got scared of us and ran away" the smaller of the three ghosts continued as the three ghosts floated closer

"We just want new ghosts to play with! What do you guys say?" the first ghost continued and Chrome narrowed her eye at the trio, Grim shivered as he moved closer to Chrome almost as if he wanted her protection, even if his words said otherwise.

"EEEp! I'm a master sorcerer! I ain't afraid of dumb ghosts! take this!" Grim exclaimed before he fired his blue fireball at one of the ghosts who dodged it with a cackle

"Nuh-uh not even close!" the taller one of the three ghosts grinned as the first ghost continued to taunt Grim

"over here, over here, hahaha" The ghost grinned and laughed at Grim as they kept dodging the blue fireballs.

"argh! They keep disappearing and reappearing!" Grim exclaimed and Chrome sighed quietly as she watched before she looked down at the feline

"you can't aim with your eyes closed" Chrome sighed quietly at the feline since she had noticed he always had his eyes closed when he fired at the ghosts.

"Shuddup! i don't need any lip from you, human!" Grim shot back, Chrome quickly thought about how to get him to listen before getting a thought

"Maybe the headmage will let you enrol if you get rid of them?" Chrome suggested to the flaming feline who suddenly perked up and grinned sharply, he kept his eyes open before he fired at the ghosts again.


Tsunami's and Skull's heads snapped up when they heard the scream which sounded like Grim saying 'ghosts'...

"shit" they both cursed out loud despite not being anywhere near each other, both dropped what they were doing and quickly rushed to where they had heard Grim's scream of ghosts, the two met up with each other at the foot of the stairs before sharing a nodd and hurrying down the corridor.

"Duck" Tsunami spoke and Chrome ducked down in time for a burst of sky flames to fly over her head and narrowly miss one of the ghosts who yelled out

"Hey! That's not fair!" one of the ghosts spoke once all three ghosts had spotted the other two who had arrived

"yeah! you can't gang up on us!" another ghost agreed and Chrome snorted softly in response as she readied her trident in her hands.

"oh yeah! you three ganged up on the two of us first!" Grim shot back angrily after the ghosts had said it was unfair when really the ghosts had ganged up on them first.

"let's beat these ghosts" Skull grinned sharply at the ghosts who suddenly felt like they weren't going to win this particular battle, but they weren't about to back down

"ha! let's see if you can hit us!" the taller of the three ghosts cackled.


"let's go before we disappear for good" one of the ghosts cried out and all three left the hallway and vanished,

"..did...did we win?" Grim asked as he panted and looked up at the three humans who seemed to look down the hallway after the ghosts had left.

"...for now.." Tsunami hummed in reply and Grim grinned happily as he cheered while they left the hallway and went back to the main room, just in time for Crowley to arrive.

"Good evening, I have brought you three dinner" Crowley greeted the trio as he held up the plastic bags with take-away food, just before the headmage registered that Grim was also in the dorm with the three who the mirror couldn't sort due to their souls matching all of the dorms.

"Wait. that's the creature we ejected for causing trouble at orientation! What's it doing here?!" Crowley exclaimed as he looked at Grim with a narrowed gaze trying to discern how the monster got back into the school after being kicked out.

"Takin' care of your ghost problem, that's what. You're welcome, by the way!" Grim replied with a scoff to his turn as he looked up at Crowley who still had his eyes narrowed at the flaming feline,

"..now that I think about it...the reason this dorm was abandoned was because the ghosts continued to scare all the students away.." Crowley hummed in thought after a few moments of silence as he gazed at Grim silently before he turned his attention to the trio

"..and you're saying you four scared them off together?" Crowley asked them and they nodded but Grim protested wanting to deny such words but even he knew it was true.

"Perhaps, if I may request, you could show me the four of you working together? or at least one of you working with the beast?" Crowley asked the trio who frowned at his choice of words regarding Grim, while he wasn't human...calling a cat with flaming ears and a trident tail a 'beast' wasn't what they would call 'polite' as such.

"One, there aren't any more ghosts!" Grim protested against Crowley's suggestion to showcase what had happened, another protest was that he didn't want to work with humans.

"two, 'cause where's my tuna! and I ain't workin' with 'em!" Grim continued as he pointed at Tsunami, Chrome and Skull with one of his claws while keeping his blue gaze on Crowley who didn't seem to be all that listening to the flaming feline whatsoever, almost as if he decided to ignore anything that came out of Grim's mouth that was in denial of the headmage's suggestion.

"I shall play the part of the ghosts, with this transformation potion" Crowley explained as he held up a glass vial containing a potion that seemed almost white and translucent within the glass vial, Chrome shuddered slightly at the vial, he thought it almost looked like death inside the vial...although considering it was a transformation potion to turn into a ghost, it would explain the look of the potion.

"...who wants to do it?" Tsunami asked her two elements, and three of them all shared and look before Chrome slightly raised her hand

"...I'll do it Bossu...i was with Grim when the ghosts appeared in the first place..." Chrome said as she offered to go

"...alright" Tsunami and Skull nodded in understanding but both were worried.

"Don't push yourself too hard alright?" Tsunami asked her mist who nodded her head and smiled softly

"I won't, I promise" Chrome agreed and Tsunami smiled.

"well then! time to drink the potion" Crowley smiled and he seemed almost hesitant to drink the potion...it musn't taste all that good if he was hesitating to actually drink it.


"well?!" Grim panted once he and Chrome had finished facing against Crowley in a ghost form

"incredible! I've never seen someone bend a monster to their will before! never mine using a trident which actually causes damage to ghosts!" Crowley exclaimed once he had returned to his normal form

"...i wasn't commanding him..." Chrome spoke up softly in response to the headmage saying she had bent him to her will.

"Is it possible for Grim to stay with us?" Tsunami asked Crowley curiously and the headmage spluttered

"what? a monster stay here?!" Crowley exclaimed in shock

"...he can help Chrome out, while she can do some tricks...it's best if she reserves her...magic" Tsunami replied and Skull nodded in agreement. Crowley frowned in confusion at Tsunami's words

"...why would she need to do such a thing?" Crowley asked confused

"...medical reasons" Chrome replied quietly which drew the headmage's gaze to her.

Crowley gazed at Chrome silently almost in thought, for the female with one eye to say such things...perhaps too much magic usuage was bad for her body? or perhaps she couldn't handle more than a few tricks...

"hmmm, I can't deny your plea, alright he may stay" Crowley eventually relented and Grim cheered

"really!" Grim exclaimed with a grin and Crowley cleared his throat

"just to be clear, you shall only be allowed as long as you listen to Miss DeMort and her siblings" Crowley informed the flaming feline sternly

"otherwise you will be ejected from the school grounds once again" he continued still speaking sternly with a narroed gaze behind his mask at Grim.

Grim pouted but relented

"fine! I'll listen to the three humans" Grim grumbled as he crossed his arms

"good! now then! you're dinner is still warm enough for the three of you to enjoy" Crowley instantly changed the topic before he thought about it

"..hmm...it seems I brought extra...looks like you can have the extras" Crowley added as he looked at Grim who grinned widely

"that's what I'm talking about" the feline cackled.

"...thank you headmage" Chrome thanked the man quietly and Crowley waved her off

"oh pish, I am a very generous headmage after all!" Crowley replied trying to brush off the thanks

"enjoy your night! I'll be back in the morning with uniforms!" Crowley added before he vanished the same way he appeared.

"...he's weird..." Grim spoke around a mouthful of food

"not the weirdest we've met" Skull replied and Grim blinked

"how?" the feline asked and Tsunami snorted

"try putting up with a marshmallow obsessed dimension hopper for majority of every day" Tsunami replied dryly

"or a wrath dragon" Chrome added and Skull snorted

"or a chibi version of the greatest hitman alive, with the ego to match" the stuntman added his own two cents in.

Grim gazed at the three and decided he would actually moderately listen to the three

"...those people sound...weird" Grim replied and the trio snorted

"you have no idea" Tsunami replied with a slight roll of her eyes as they continued to eat their food.


Hello everyone, here is chapter 8, a little bit of a delay compared to the recent chapters but luckily not a four year wait.

Anyway!

for anyone wondering; 'wrath dragon' is in reference to Xanxaus, don't ask me why I just figured it would be fitting considering his temper and such.

Yes the marshmallow obsessed dimension hopper is Byakuran.

...Do I really need to say who the third one is?

Anyway!

here's chapter 8, yes I have seen your responses to my question in chapter 7 and I've taken them all in and I am currently figuring out which one to do as I consider your suggestions.

Hope you guys enjoy!