-Ukina's pov-

"U-chan! Get up!" Someone called from the outside of room.

Me being stubborn and not wanting to leave my comfy, warm bed. I stayed there ignoring the calls and cuddled my stuffed panda. Again the calls came but from a different voice. The all of a sudden someone jumped on the end of my bed.

"U-chan, time to get up!" Someone squeaked.

I cracked opened my eyes to see a violet red panda near my face. "Let me sleep." I mumbled, while moving my hand to shoo him away. I heard him grumble and jump off the bed. 'Damn.' I thought as I heard a poof and the door creaked opened.

"Ukina, stop being a bum on a log and get out off of your bed now." Someone demanded, stomping to my bed. When I didn't respond he picked the bed and tilted it so that I rolled off and landed on the floor with a thud.

I groaned and turned a bit to see the culprit. It was my adoptive brother, Saito. His eyes were closed as he scratched his head. He glared at me with his green eyes. His blonde hair was a mess then it usual is. Saito was wearing a opened blue flannel with a white shirt and sweatpants.

"I'm not a bum, I'm a panda." I stated as I got up to my feet, blanket still covering my small frame.

He gave out an irritated sigh and walked out while saying, "Hurry up and change. I've got to go to the Blue's headquarters... You're coming with me since everyone else is going to be busy."
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"So what I'm going to do while your talking to him?" I asked as we were shown the way to the blue king's office.

"I dunno, you can see that stubborn blue if you want." He said as he enters the blue king's office.

"Baka... well I guess I can play with some blue." I muttered, as I started to wander around.

-Seri's pov-

"You're just letting her walk around?" I asked.

"Ukina-chan can take care of herself plus she's a grown woman anyway. So there's not much I can do, Lieutenant." Saito says smiling a bit as he waves a finger around and walks in front of me.

"Grown woman?" I said slightly confused.

"Yeah, she turns 20 today." Saito says turning towards me.

I looked at him deadpan in the face after hearing that. He chuckled and replied that 'everyone that meets her thinks that's she's a sophomore in high school'.

-Mako's pov-

"Ayu, tell me why we're putting up a tree for." I asked, using my powers to levitate some ornaments to place on the tree.

"It's almost Christmas, Mako-kun. And Ukina likes to see the tree up with color decorations on it." Ayu replies as he helps Tec with food preparations.

Yoshina, Haruto and Inga were all at Reiji's place to help out with the shop and bake some more goods. Tashsi, me and Ren were of course decorating the house. She took the upstairs and Ren did the outside.

"Oi Ayu, is Jess coming or has he already gave you U-chan's gift to give to her?" I asked putting the empty boxes that held the decorations into the closet behind the small work area near the stairs.

"He said that he'll come if there's nothing he has to do. Jess left the present just in case he wasn't able to come." Ayu responded as he dried off his hands walking over to the living area. "Too bad Yogi and Milo and the other three won't be here."

I sighed as leaned against the wall that was covered with pictures of members of the colorful clan. "Things sure have change."

--|Somewhere at the time|--

-3rd pov-

"Please someone help me!" A kid called out. But no one was around. The only thing he saw were bloodily knifes and nooses and rotting bodies.

"Jeez.. I guessing you're not sure where you?" A man in black said.

"I-I'm suppose to be dead... There was a fire at my house.. my-my parents.. Do you know where they are?" The kid asked.

"Kid, I'll put it this way; their lives here on this world has came to an end and so should have yours." The man said stoically.

"Th-their... gone?" The kid broke down and fell to his knees. "... I'm d-dead as well?.. Then why am I still here."

"What's your name so I don't have to keep calling you 'kid'?" The male asked.

"Kilo Koto.. Tell me why I'm still here!" Kilo asked.

"Black Spirit .. There's a man called 'Dead King', that likes using the dead as weak chess pieces." He said. "But fortunately, your parents chose the route to the afterlife than being slaves."

"B-black Spirit, are you death?" Kilo asked gripping Jess's jacket.

"No, I'm a colorful clansman, who's job is to return the dead to the afterlife. But unfortunately it's not an easy way there since you have to feel pain again." Spirit informs, showing the boy his katana.

"Please I want to be with my family." Kilo said tears poured out as he stood up. "Make it quick."

"Sigh.. I promise you a proper burial with your family afterwards." Spirit says, taking out his sword then stabbed the kid in the heart for a quick death.

He took the kid's body to a hole that he had dug up after he had did the same with his parents. Inside laid the boy's parents, he gently place the Kilo's body in the middle of them before covering the hole. Jess took out a small notebook and wrote down 'Kilo Koto' under two other names.

"I wonder if their deaths were the dead's doings?" Spirit muttered before leaving the forest.

Ring-ring
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"What is it, White?"

'Dealt with your side of things? Cuz I've finished mine.'

"Yep, I think the dead has been killing the living."

'Ayu-san thought so since there has been a decrease of dead activity in Shizume City.'

"I see... I'll be at Ayu's after I go somewhere first."

'Black.., I know where you're going. And continuing going there won't bring him back.'

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'..Black.. Come on man. Don't do this! 😡'

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'You know what... Do whatever u want but you know it won't happen.'
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-Ukina's pov-

~poke~
~poke~
~po-~

"Ukina, what are you doing?" Fushimi asked, stopping my finger from poking his side.

"Poking you, Saru." I replied, mid-poke.

"Tsk. I get that but why are you just hanging around here?" He asked, closing his laptop.

"I'm waiting for Saito to get done with whatever he's doing." I told him.

"Out of all the clans, yours is the most oddest." I heard him muttered.

I sighed and took out one of my marbles. It was slightly covered in black flame bits crust as the actual marble was still able to see. "...Odd.."

"Ukina, let's head home now." I heard, turning to my brother, who had his hands buried in his jean pockets.