BlueMuse97: Y'know, it would be boring for me if I kept on doing the disclaimer…which is why I have the lovely Maka here!

Maka: Yeah…I'm only doing this because you wouldn't shut up…

BlueMuse97: Remember I yanked you in here and said you couldn't leave till you did it. So there…

Maka: *sighs* BlueMuse97 doesn't own Soul Eater. However, she owns the other Shinigami kid…

BlueMuse97: There, now you can leave.

*Maka leaves through mysterious door*

BlueMuse97: How she do that?

Chapter 2

Kid's cousin

"What do you want?" Kid asked, glaring at the new comer. Liz and Patty stared at the two girls behind him, irritated by how identical they were.

"You know him?" Soul asked, looking at Kid and the new guy. "And what's up with the fucking hairstyle?" He added, noticing the white hair with the stripes.

"Sadly," Kid replied, lowering his head. "Yes."

"What's wrong with me?" The boy asked. He outstretched his arms, making himself seem like the centre of attention. Black*Star did not like it.

"Everything," Kid growled, trying to hold his anger.

'Who is this guy?' Maka thought. 'Maybe I could look at his soul to give me a bit of a clue.' She began focusing, trying to look at the inner soul of the new boy. Once she found it, her eyes widen. It was basically the same as Kid's! Then the arrival of Spirit distracted everyone's attention from the new boy. Maka frowned.

"Maka!" Spirit cried, trying to hug his daughter who fortunately moved out of his way, causing Spirit to lose balance and fall on his face. Everyone but Maka laughed.

"You're just embarrassing," Maka moaned. She couldn't believe that that idiot was her father.

Spirit looked up and begun crying. "My own daughter thinks I'm embarrassing!" He cried. It took him a couple of minutes to control himself.

"I think we should just leave them to it," Ox said. His team nodded and they left the courtyard, probably going for some team practice.

"Are you here for any particular reason?" Maka asked, obviously getting pissed.

Spirit pointed at the new boy and said, "I'm meant to bring him to Shinigami-sama."

"Why?" The boy asked, "I was with him earlier."

"He wants to discuss where you're gonna be staying."

The boy frowned. He wasn't sure what Spirit meant. "I know that," he said. "I'm staying at Kid's."

The young Grim Reaper stared. "WHAT!" Kid shouted, "No! I'm not having you staying there! You're gonna ruin my fucking home!"

"Kid, dude," Soul said, clapping the Reaper on the shoulder. "You're too posh to swear so, just don't do it."

"Not really," the white-haired boy replied. "It's just you're really fucking random. And stupid."

It didn't take long for Kid to take that to heart. He lunged forward, striking at the boy. The other kid jumped out of the way and tried to counter-back. He aimed a right hook but Kid dodged and kicked him up the chin.

"OUCH!" The other boy yelled. Everyone just stared in shock.

"Could we stop attacking each other?" Spirit asked. "There was no need for that kick, Kid."

"Whenever Leo turns up, he always takes the mick, which is annoying," Kid said, glaring at his cousin with an air of hatred.

"It's not me who has some really stupid case of OCD," Leo replied, rubbing his chin. "At least I'm the fucking normal one out of us."

"You're not normal," Kid replied. "You know that a Shinigami isn't normal."

"Since when was he a Shinigami?" Maka asked.

"Since I'm became Shinigami-sama's nephew, 14 years ago," Leo replied. "It's pretty helpful. Everyone thinks I'm his son, not his nephew so they all run scared." Everyone stared at him. "And?" Leo asked, not acting surprised at this outburst of shocked faces. "The amount of people who were shocked when I tell them is actually quite high."

Spirit just stood there, watching the teens argue. After a while he gave up and left, heading back to the Academy. Maka and Tsubaki stood glued to the spot, eyes still dazed from the surprising news. Leo dragged Kid off to some corner of the court, Black*Star and Soul sort of following them but kept their distance.

"Git," Black*Star whispered. He then turned to Soul. "Do you think Kid gets on well with him?" He asked, gesturing towards Leo who appeared to be annoying the shit out of Kid.

"I don't think so," Soul replied, his tone a bit confused as he didn't understand what Black*Star was asking. But it soon came to him. "What are you playing…oh I see what you mean!" He cried out suddenly, a huge smile coming onto his face.

"Forget about his fucking pictures!" Black*Star whispered. "Just let him get annoyed by that git."

"Perfect," Soul whispered. He looked at his friend and burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the court, Tsubaki was talking to Maka about her concern for Kid. It was strangely similar to the boys' conversation.

"Please don't tell me Kid's gonna be upset?" Tsubaki asked, watching the two cousins fight. This was rather normal for Tsubaki to be expressing her worried feelings. This makes her feel incomplete, like there's a hole inside her when she sees someone upset or worried and she always tries her best to help them feel better. "I really don't think it would be best for Kid if he's being tormented with his love for symmetry. Surely it's not hard to leave him alone."

Maka shrugged. "They're boys. They can't help it," she replied. Living with Soul on their own (if you don't count Blair the cat) can, sometimes, have an effect on Maka. Despite being hard-working at school and desperate to make Soul a better Death Scythe than what her mother did to her father, she sometimes shows a laid-back attitude – and living with Soul doesn't help. "They'd prefer to torment people rather than actually enjoy their love for it. Though, if I'm honest, I don't know whether or not Kid's gonna be upset. I guess we're just gonna have to wait for Monday."

"It's just a shame he doesn't get on with his cousin," Tsubaki continued, still wondering about Kid's welfare. "Everyone should get on in a family."

It took a few seconds before Maka replied. It looked like she was in deep thought which was something she did very quickly. "I think I know why," she replied, saying each word slowly.

"Go on."

"Notice how he dresses?" Maka asked, pointing towards where Leo was standing and moving her finger up and down what he was wearing. Tsubaki nodded. "Not very symmetrical, is it? So I think he doesn't care about the one thing Kid is obsessed with."

Tsubaki's eyes widen at this point. "I see what you mean," she replied.

Meanwhile, Leo and Kid were having their own conversation on the other side of the court. They were discussing the apparent 'good times' much to Kid's annoyance.

"Remember that time when I snuck into your living room and put a candle out?" Leo asked, obviously smiling. Kid wasn't finding it funny at all, it was almost like torture. "Your bloody face! You should have seen it!" Kid didn't react this time. He just stood there, facing his cousin with his arms folded, acting like he didn't know him at all.

At this point, one of Leo's weapons finally spoke. "Come on, Leo," she said.

"It wasn't that funny," the other replied.

"Aren't we meant to ring the others?"

"To tell them we're here?"

"In a minute," Leo answered, almost dismissing them. Kid looked confused. "What others?" The black haired Grim Reaper asked. Leo looked round at Kid and clapped his hand onto Kid's shoulder. "Don't worry, just the rest of my bloody team, that's all. Alright, I'm coming." He added, facing his weapons and leaving.

Kid watched him leave before one of his own weapons walked up to him and spoke up. "How come he gets twins?" Liz asked. "And they don't appear very girly at all."

The others walked over to the trio, looking in the direction that Leo had just left in. "Who else are coming?" Maka asked, curiously.

"Their team apparently. I wonder if father knows he has a team?" Kid asked, resting his thumb and forefinger on the bottom of his chin.

"I dunno," Black*Star said. "But whoever they fucking are, lemme at them." He added, jumping about on the spot, in a sort of fighting stance.

"Calm down, Black*Star," Tsubaki said, trying to calm her overexcited partner. "We don't even know who they are."

"Tsubaki's right," Maka said. "But it's beginning to get dark. Blair's probably complaining about being hungry. Come on Soul, it's your turn to cook tonight." Maka smiled and turned, going towards their flat, knowing that Soul would have a face of irritated anger at cooking dinner. "Oh shit..." her partner whispered, following her out.

Leo stood by the city gates. It was nearly midnight. Apart from the streetlights, all Leo could see were a couple of lamps bobbing its way towards him. He noticed that 6 others were walking towards him. He smiled even though no-one could see him. "You took your time," he said. Leo then looked at one of them. "I meet your younger sibling earlier."

"Really?" The boy asked. "How is he? Is he still being an annoying brat?"

"Very much so," Leo replied. "Perhaps even more of an annoying brat, Wes."

"That's nothing new," Wes said. "Following family traditions has never been his speciality."

"Come on," the other girl said, walking past Leo. "Who cares about that? I'm getting cold AND hungry."

"Aren't we all," Leo said. "Aren't we all?" Without saying another word to each other, they all walked into the city. Leo returning to Gallows Mansion and the others going to flats that Leo had rented for them.

BlueMuse97: Sorry! Sorry! *hides from annoyed readers* *pokes head out* blame school, not me. It kept me busy. But still...poor Kid! Having to put up with someone who hates symmetry! And poor me! For updating this so late and having to face angry readers!

Anyway, please read + review!