Twisted Wonderland | Mickey's Print

2. Alone

Grim was also scared, but he somehow swallowed his fear and stepped in front of them. "A magician like me, the great Grim, is not afraid of ghosts!! Take this!" He exclaimed in a trembling voice.

He began to blow up fire the same way that he had done hours before at the entrance ceremony.

The ghosts easily avoided his attacks, it didn't help either that he kept appearing and disappearing to confuse him. 

In his astonishment, Yuu noticed that Grim had his eyes closed as he attacked. "Aim where you attack! At this rate you are going to set everything on fire!" He exclaimed.

"You shut up! Don't give me any orders!" Grim yelled angrily in response.

Yuu barely knew the monster, but he came up with a good idea to team up with him and defeat the ghosts together.

"Look at it this way! If you scare off the ghosts, the headmaster may see something in you as a magician!" He said. "Also, if we get out of this and it's possible for me, I'll give you a can of tuna as a reward."

Both proposals were just as tempting to Grim, but pride got the better of him. "I'm a great magician! I can do it alone!" He barely finished saying that when the ghosts began to approach with a menacing laughter. "You are such a bunch of cowards!" Grim exclaimed.

"Did I say one can of tuna? What about two cans of tuna after you win?" Yuu suggested. "Of course, be careful not to burn me or it will be impossible for me to reward you!"

Grim grunted between frustration and temptation to reward him until he made up his mind. "Hey, you! Tell me where the ghosts are!" He ordered pointing at Yuu with a paw.

"Count with me!" The human exclaimed before remembering the situation they were both in. "To your left! Look out!"

He was able to hit two of the ghosts squarely.

"It's hot!" Cried one of them.

"I hit it!" Grim exclaimed with satisfaction. "Okay, let's get them out of here!"

They continued like that: Yuu gave Grim directions to attack. They did not know how long it had been until the ghosts decided to surrender and fled in horror.

"Eh? We won?" Grim asked when they didn't return.

For the first time since he came to that world, Yuu felt an actual relief.

"Yes, we did it!" He exclaimed happily. "You are amazing, Grim! Thank you so much for everything!"

Grim sighed also in relief, with fear still reflected in his eyes. "That was scar..." He murmured before remembering to maintain his pride. "No! I wasn't scared at all! This was nothing for the great Grim! What do you think of that, ghosts? Was that all you could do?"

Yuu chuckled softly at the sudden change in attitude from his new partner.

At that very moment they heard footsteps behind them. The ghosts had no legs, so it couldn't be them.

"Good evening, young Yuu!" Crowley cheerfully greeted. "I have kindly brought you dinner! I left it for you in the living room..." He noticed Grim standing on the floor and his face changed. "Hey! You are the monster who wreaked havoc at the ceremony! I thought I threw you out, what are you doing here!?"

Grim snorted in annoyance. "I fixed the problem with the ghosts! Be grateful!" He replied proudly.

The headmaster frowned. "Eh? What are you talking about?"

"Some ghosts tried to attack us just a moment ago," Yuu began to explain. "So we teamed up to defend ourselves, I gave Grim directions to aim and he blowed fire. I promise we didn't burn anything!"