PrinceOfFire

            Charles the mecha-butler returned to Kaz’s closet to fetch the magistocrat’s sweater vests and waistcoats. He was already running late for his get-together with his friends, but Kaz just had to make sure his outfit was perfect before he stepped outside. In order to do that, he needed to see if it looked better with or without some kind of vest. It had to be something that worked with both the shirt and tie. After trying a few lighter-coloured sweater vests, Kaz felt that a darker vest would blend better with the black dress pants.             At one point, Kaz’s cell phone rang. It was Lexy calling.             “Hello?” Kaz answered.             “Yo, where you at, B? We were supposed to meet up a while ago,” Lexy said.             “Ah, sorry. I’m still putting the final touches on my outfit. I need to make sure I look my best,” Kaz replied.             There was a long sigh from the other end. “Alright, well, are you almost finished?” Lexy then asked.            

            The monkeys, they’re after me. Someone had let them loose and now they’re hunting me down. What’s worse is they have flamethrowers! Monkeys should not have flamethrowers! But they do and now they’re trying to hunt me down.             People might think I’m crazy, but I know I’m not. I know those monkeys are out there, just waiting, biding their time. Before you know it, bam! The monkey got you with his flamethrower. Well, I refuse to go out that way. No goddamn monkey is going to get me with his goddamn flamethrower. I’ll be sure of it.             What’s that noise? It must be the monkeys. They’ve found me. I must escape! No, no! I’m surrounded! They have their flamethrowers aimed right at me! No! please! I cannot go out this way! Somebody! Help me! No! NO! Nooooo….

            Tsunayoshi Sawada was walking home from school with his friends Gokudera and Yamamoto when the three of them spotted a strange object while making their way down a dirt road. Upon closer inspection, the object was a tall and decorative green wooden box on a stand. Next to the box was a sign. Please pull the string to be blessed with good fortune was what was written.             “You should give it a try, Tenth,” said Gokudera. He felt that if Tsuna was blessed with good fortune then it would also bring good fortune to the Vongola.             “Alright, I’ll give it a shot,” Tsuna said. For him, having good fortune would mean not dealing with all the Vongola-related stuff anymore with all its craziness. Tsuna could just go back to living a normal life.             Tsuna gave the string a pull. Suddenly, a door near the top of the green box opened and a large wooden mallet swung out, hitting Tsuna right on the head. The Vongola heir then fell face-first into the box’s

            It was her first ever royal visit to Neo Yokio. Princess Hildegarde of the Kingdom of Bavaria had never been to the city-state before, though she had heard all sorts of fantastic tales about it. She had also heard that the city was prone to demonic activity and was informed that, for her safety, she would be escorted by an exorcist bodyguard to protect her from such threats. In fact, Princess Hildegarde would be meeting up with her new bodyguard as soon as the plane landed. Her aides made sure to brief their princess on her exorcist bodyguard and even presented a file on him for Hildegarde to read. The princess looked at a picture of her bodyguard and found him quite handsome but also noticed that he was very young.             “Can someone his age really be this skilled in exorcisms?” Hildegarde asked.             “Our sources show us that the Kaan family has been one of the leading protectors of Neo Yokio against demonic activity for centuries and the members of that

            David Adamson waved goodbye to his mother as she dropped him off at his high school. The teenager groaned because it was Monday morning and that meant it was the start of another long school week. As soon as David entered the building, he was waved into the front office by the school secretary.             “Is there something wrong?” David asked with concern, wondering why he was called into the office.             “Oh, no, nothing of the sort. Don’t worry,” the secretary stated. She then gestured to another student who was there in the office. “This is Stewart. He just recently transferred to our school and, like you, he is part of the Human Integration Program. We were thinking maybe you could give Stewart here a little tour of the school and tell him about your experience here as a human,” said the secretary.             “Oh, hi. I’m David. Nice to meet you,” David said as he shook the other guy’s hand. Since David had been the first human at the school, he never had

            He had thought he had finally resolved his dilemma. He had chosen the silk dress shirt that he was going to wear for hanging out with his friends. Now, Kaz Kaan found himself facing another huge dilemma. Was he going to wear a tie with his shirt and, if so, which one? The pink-haired magistocrat just stared at his reflection in the mirror as he thought long and hard about it.             “Sir? I’m sorry, I didn’t pick up on an answer. Did you want a tie or not bother?” Charles the mecha-butler asked from Kaz’s closet.             “Just a minute, Charles. I’m thinking,” the magistocrat replied. He slowly looked his outfit over. He looked perfectly classy and stylish as he was, but Kaz wondered if a tie would improve things. He might as well at least try a few on to see how they looked. “Bring me out my ties so I can see which ones work with this outfit,” Kaz finally ordered.             “All of them, sir?” Charles asked.             “Of course, all of them,” Kaz stated.

            It had been a long day at the hospital and Dr. Yoshimitsu Hirako could not wait to get home. As he was walking down a small street, the doctor spotted a rather tall woman wearing a black face mask. Suddenly, the woman approached him and asked if he thought she was pretty. Dr. Hirako noticed what appeared to be a sharp metal object like a knife in her hand.             Not wanting there to be any trouble, the doctor nervously answered that the woman was indeed pretty. The woman then removed her mask to reveal her slit mouth and asked if the doctor still thought so. Seeing the woman’s condition, Dr. Hirako felt bad for her and proceeded to take out his cell phone. He dialed the number of a coworker who was a plastic surgeon at the hospital.             A few weeks later, Dr. Hirako went to check on the woman as she recovered from her facial reconstruction surgery. The doctor had heard about the Kuchisake-onna legend but never believed it was real. Whatever she was, yokai or

            It was lunch break at school and Kirk Stevenson was walking along the hallway to meet up with his friends. The student suddenly stopped as he realized just where he was. Although it was just a short trip to Kirk’s destination, it meant having to pass by Room 135, the science lab where a student by the name of William Vanderhausen always spent his time and where he liked to use other students as test subjects for his experiments. William was known for occasionally grabbing students from the hallway and dragging them into the science lab. His experiments almost always wound up being very painful for the test subject. Did Kirk dare to try and walk by the science lab, knowing perfectly well that there was a chance he could be grabbed? Kirk considered taking another route, but that would mean going all the way around the school, and it was a fairly big school. He decided to chance it, with some caution, of course.             Kirk slowly approached Room 135 and kept a careful

            A Mercedes-Benz pulled into the gated driveway of a large mansion and was soon parked in a large garage with all the other vehicles. A teenager of high school age named Spencer Virgil stepped out of the car and made his way into the mansion. He was glad to get home after a long day at private school. Once he was in the mansion, Spencer set down his bag and went to get a snack as he was feeling a little peckish. His mother happened to be in the kitchen getting a drink of water, having just finished a yoga session.             “Hello, sweetie. How was your day at school,” Mrs. Virgil asked.             “Eh, just the same ol’ same ol’,” Spencer replied. To him, school was not really that interesting or exciting. It was just something he needed to complete to get into post-secondary education.             “Ah, well that’s good, I suppose,” Mrs. Virgil said. She knew that trying to get more detailed answers out of her teenage son would be highly difficult. “Oh, there was a

            The doorbell to the Andrews residence rang and a delivery was dropped off.             “Archie! There’s a package here for you!” Mary Andrews called up to her son.             “That’s funny. I don’t remember ordering anything,” Archie said as he descended the stairs. The package was opened to reveal a cardboard box with the logo of a luxury clothing brand. Archie also found a card in an envelope taped to the box.             Hi, Archie! I was out shopping when I spotted something I thought would really suit you. I hope you like it. Veronica             Seeing that the package had come from Veronica, Archie excitedly carried the box up to his room and opened it. Inside the box was a brand-new indigo-coloured dress shirt. Archie took the shirt out of the box to look at it and felt the smooth material in his hands. The shirt’s tag confirmed that it was made of silk.             “This seems rather expensive,” Archie said to himself. He went on his laptop and looked up