A/N: this is my first fic so be nice c:
Reviews are appreciated!
This occurs right after the end of the anime, but I might incorporate characters from the manga accidentally... don't kill me :3
Right after the defeat of the Kishin, Maka, BlackStar, and Kid were heading back to the DWMA…
Maka was talking happily to Soul, Black Star was bounding along bragging about being God, being trailed by Tsubaki, but Kid was being heavily supported by Liz and Patty. The sudden unleashing of his true powers after having been stabbed through the chest had weakened him, and he couldn't even really stand on his own. Maka and Black Star hadn't even noticed yet - they were too caught up in their own partner, until Tsubaki looked around and looked back. "Oh, my! Kid, are you all right?"
The rest of the group turned. "Hey..." Maka ran back and walked next to Liz. "What's wrong with him?"
"'Him' has a name," Kid rasped irritably.
Liz rolled her eyes. "He's fine. It looks worse because he insisted that we support him on both sides - if it was only one, there would be no symmetry. He just needs to rest." However, the weapons's words didn't seem entirely sincere on the last sentence, and a small flash of worry appeared in her eyes.
"Yahoo! We're here!" Black Star yelled as he bounded up the steps to the DWMA.
Kid looked up painfully to see his father, still full of holes and with a few cracks in his mask, waiting for them alongside Spirit, Stein, Crona, Marie, Azusa, Justin, Sid, and Nygus. He took his arms back from around Liz and Patty's necks and tried walking forward, but stumbled, so they caught his arms again and helped him up. Then the whole team stood before Lord Death, Maka and Black Star trying to hide their surprise at their wounded leader.
But Lord Death was watching his son. Kid kept his head high, despite the effort, and managed to stand on his own. Everyone could see how much it was costing him.
Kid's eyes were full of pain, not for his wounds but for father. "Dad..." he looked down. "I'm sorry. It's my fault you're injured. I should have tried to help you fight Asura - we might have been able to defeat him together." He hung his head. "I'm sorry," he whispered again.
"No," Lord Death said sternly. "It was never my wish for you to get hurt fighting him. It seems I am the one who must ask for YOUR forgiveness." He set a large white hand on Kid's shoulder.
Kid lifted his head and smiled, then suddenly buckled a little. Lord Death caught him easily and lifted him into his arms. It seemed the young reaper had finally succumbed to blood loss and collapsed. Stein came over and inspected the tear in the front of Kid's suit, which was becoming slowly stained with blood from the stab wound. "Set him down," Stein told Lord Death, frowning as he gently pulled off the black and white jacket. He shook his head. "First we need to get him a bed and some bandages." He looked expectantly at Nygus.
She nodded. "On it," she said and ran off inside to prepare a bed and a room. Lord Death insisted on carrying his son inside, where he set the black-haired Meister down on the small cot. There Stein enlisted Liz and Patty to help him slowly remove Kid's jacket and shirt so the 'doctor' could examine him.
After a while Stein sighed and leaned back. "Well... he'll be okay." Patty squealed and Liz smiled.
Stein frowned. "It might take a while... but he really just needs some rest and medicine. However..." he glanced at Lord Death. "The sudden outburst of his powers has weakened him. And there's... something else going on inside his soul. I can't quite make it out..."
Everybody turned to Lord Death, who raised his large hands defensively. "Hey, hey, what's with the staring?"
Spirit cleared his throat. "Uh, sir, you are the only conscious Grim Reaper in the room... plus you are the elder one."
Lord Death made the 'V' peace sign with his fingers. "Haha, right you are!" Then he calmed down and grew more serious. "I'm glad it's finally happening, although it would have been a lot better for him if he had been fully healthy prior to experiencing that trauma..."
"Trauma?" Maka interrupted, horrified. "You mean it hurts him to use his powers?"
"No, no!" Lord Death reassured her. "His powers don't hurt. But having received such a large wound directly after connecting all three Lines of Sanzu... that is what worries me."
"Pardon me sir, but what exactly are these Lines?" Maka interrupted.
Stein gave a sideways glance and nodded. "Yes... I'd like to know too."
"Hmm..." Lord Death mused. "I suppose you could call it... the key to his powers?"
Black Star snorted. "So the key to his powers is his /hair?/"
Which earned him a Reaper and Maka Chop in the exact same moment.
"Anyways, once all three are connected fully and stay that way, Kid will officially be a full Shinigami."
At that moment, the patient in question stirred a little and cracked open his eyes. "What... Dad?"
Patty hugged his arm. "You're awake!"
Kid looked at her, horrified. "What do you think you're doing? Liz!"
Liz groaned. "And, here we go..." So she went over and hugged his other arm reluctantly.
Kid relaxed.
Stein raised an eyebrow. Patty was in hysterics, as usual, Soul snorted and earned a Maka Chop, ending up on the floor beside a passed-out Black Star.
Nygus came in and frowned. "A few less visitors, if you please?"
"Of course." Stein jabbed Spirit and rolled out of the room on his chair. "We'll leave."
Lord Death nodded to Kid, who grew instantly serious, then left.
Then Kid noticed the irregular placement of the medicine bottles on the shelf, Black Star and Soul climbed on Kid's bed, a few Maka Chops were passed around, and Patty dissolved into laughter once more...
Review please and tell me if I should continue the next chapter! :)
Sorry it's so short, I didn't have much time on the computer tonight...
~DeaththeKidKat