Hmm…lalala…boredom. I now write and publish chappy three for you nice peoples.
Things are most valuable once they're lost.
-Tiger Magic
Kage's POV:
Akuma was silent for several moments after my declaration and showing of the papers I had written out. He slowly took one, reading over it with DK's eye clouded over and hidden with white and green. "I dunno about this…" he finally said slowly, and DK's eye finally faded through, without any of the mocking confidence and aura of authority he usually projected. I guessed it was him that had spoken, as Akuma was still mutely regarding the scribbled parchments. "If it works though…" he finally muttered, looking up as DK swallowed hard. "That's my point. I've never known any life but this; I'll have to learn a whole new way to move, a whole new way to think, a whole new way to fight, all of it if this does work. The last time I did do all that was hundreds of years ago." DK said firmly, handing me back the sheets as I nodded and let the shadows take them up again. "True enough. But I still wanna at least try Phase One of the procedure; I've confirmed that it won't do anything to us at all but the obvious."
My brother and our demon friend paused for a moment, and then slowly nodded. "Fine, I'll take a shot in the dark. Let's try it out." he said, and I grinned as I turned and ripped the shadows open to reveal a portal to Stein's door. I firmly grabbed his sleeve before he could protest and dragged him through before knocking once, stepping back with him as we waited for Stein to open it. We heard a squeaking sound, and quickly stepped back a little more as the door banged open, the mad meister's chair crashing against the door frame and spilling him backwards onto the ground. "You two? What do you want?" he asked, clearly askance as he recognized us, and I quickly summoned my notes. "You've done operations on Crona once or twice, yeah?" He raised an eyebrow, standing up and slowly straddling his chair as he clicked his glasses up and merely looked at us, the hot midmorning sun making them shiny and impenetrable. "Yeah, one. The kid got beat up pretty bad in the fight with Medusa; I had to operate as soon as we got back to the DWMA to save his life. I did his check up too, come to think of it." he said neutrally, and I silently handed the notes, watching in anticipation as he started to flick through them.
"You're the only one still alive that knows anything about the Black Blood except for Crona and Soul. Both of them wouldn't and don't know how to do what we want them to do." I said as his eyebrows slowly crept up, and he looked up at both of us as he slowly pocketed my notes. "You want me to do this?" We nodded slowly. "I see why you didn't ask your friends. You haven't told any of them either, have you?" We both shook our heads again. "And I see from your notes you can perform another operation on Akuma and the Demon King. But you also say they need to want to, and you need to be conscious and magically able when I do. That all?" he asked sarcastically, and we both nodded. "Now that we're on the subject, I changed my mind. Akuma, I think we should try this." DK said falteringly, his eyes fading back into being as Akuma sighed. "Fine. Whatever. I actually think this would be a pretty damn good idea." He admitted, and Stein started to grin as we stepped forward, kicking his feet off the floor of his porch to send himself flying into the hall as we followed, passing a small living room and several closets on the way until he smacked into a wall inches from a door labeled "LAB".
"Sit down, any bed'll be fine." He muttered absently, taking off his glasses and putting them on a tray as he started rummaging in some cupboards, gesturing to the blood-stained lab tables we both examined dubiously and sat on, directly across from each other. I slid my jacket off my shoulders as Akuma copied me, hanging it neatly in the shadows as it was wrapped in darkness and swallowed up, disappearing without a trace as Stein dragged a large medical rack over to us, starting to clip us up to several strange machines as slow beeps filled the air, most likely the ones keeping track of our heartbeats. He grinned as he grabbed a scalpel and turned to me, but I grabbed his wrist before it could touch my skin. "You do anything, anything to us when we're under the knife except for what's in my note sheets; I swear I'll kill you. Got it?" I asked him icily, and he nodded once with a scowl of disappointment as I let go of his scarred wrist and let him start his operation.
Kid's POV:
I nervously walked around the neighborhood with Blackstar, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Maka, and Soul our whole group, except for Kage and Akuma. Her kitten, which she had dubbed Salem, was trotting at my heels and searching the night for her mistress with her lamplike green eyes. I knew they couldn't have gone already, Kage had said they were staying and they just had gone to take a few notes from a scientist they knew, for their experiment. I didn't like this experiment, or what it sounded like. Neither did the others, and we were getting a little worried. "KAGE! Are you out there!" I called, and we received no answer as Blackstar started trying to whistle the song they used, only to discover he couldn't whistle. This frustrated him for several minutes, and he spent long seconds trying to get his lips right and blow as Tsubaki offered advice and Maka showed him, hiding the grin on her face as he ranted angrily.
"Hey, maybe Dr. Stein knows the other doctors here. We can ask him and then look them up one by one." Soul said, hands behind his head as he yawned, and I nodded. It made sense. We all slowly walked to his lab, knocking on the door several times as we waited for him to come out. When he did not we all looked at each other, then jumped as his voice growled angrily from a speaker beside the doors. "What? I'm in the middle of a very important dissection, whatever is happening now can wait." He grumbled, and I shuffled my feet. "Uh, Kage and Akuma are missing, and we were wondering-" I mumbled, and he snickered. "Yeah, they're fine. They asked me to try something on them, and I didn't have the heart to turn down such interesting new subjects. And before you come barging in here, this is a very delicate process and if you interrupt me, they're going to be severely damaged. Now go away." He said, and the speaker crackled out.
We all stared at it for long moments, and I licked my lips nervously. Was this what you were working on Kage? And why do you need Stein for it? I thought to myself, then sighed. "Well c'mon guys, there's nothing we can do." I said in disappointment, and Liz quickly beat a retreat with Patty as I followed dejected in their wake. Maka, Soul, Blackstar, and Tsubaki all trailed behind, casting nervous glances at Stein's towering lab as we made our way back to Death City.
Kage's POV:
I sat up, my hands automatically going to my wrists where I felt shallow scars, in the shape of grey Xs just beneath my palms. I looked at them silently, rolling my shoulders a little as I tilted my head, cracking my aching neck. "The operation was a complete success. What do you want me to do with the excess?" Stein asked from nearby, and I looked over my shoulder to see him washing his grimy hands in a sink. "Dunno. I guess we'll take it for now." I said absently, and he nodded, drying his hands on a paper towel. "How'd the operation on my brother go?" He paused as I asked that, and then shrugged. "As good as could be said for such a delicate and unstable subject, not to mention the nature of the operation. He's fine." He reassured me, and I nodded, sliding on my jacket. He watched me as I followed him to the recovering room, and I sucked in a breath as I saw the bed.
He looked so frail and broken now. But I knew he was stronger than ever, and I smiled as he opened his eyes and looked at me. "Did it work?" I nodded. "Did they both work?" Another nod. He sighed in relief and fell back onto the pillows, his eyes closed. I sat down beside him, staring at the identical X shaped scars on his own wrists as he did the same. "These won't heal, will they?" He asked slowly, and I frowned and shrugged. "They might. They might not. Stein might know." I admitted, and he nodded. "Hello? Guys?" We both started at the meek voice, turning to face it.
Mystery POV:
I slowly opened my eyes, then squinted. It was bright. Somehow, that comforted me. There had always been brightness. I liked the dark better, but even then there had been light, red and orange and grey and green. I opened them again, sitting up. Everything was suddenly wrong again. I couldn't think. My chest was constricting. I opened my mouth…and everything felt good again. I hesitantly sucked in, then let it out. Yes, this was good. But why did I have to do it? I remember having to do this…a very long time ago…is it…breathing? I thought, trying it again and smiling as the pain in my head dissapeared and I didn't hurt in my chest. I looked down, examining myself. I was wearing black clothing, a faded T-shirt and probably sweat pants, covered by a white sheet. My hands were in my lap, and I lifted one, studying it.
My fingers were long and slender and very pale, and I flexed them and wiggled them, curious. I turned my hand over, seeing my nails were shiny, long, and darkest black. I brushed them across my cheek, curious, and felt a slight pressure that warned me they were sharp. I ran my tongue over my teeth, feeling that they also were slightly pointed, all of them, not just my canines. I ran my fingers through my hair, feeling it short, ruffled, and a little fine. I curiously yanked on it, trying to see what color it was, and grinned as I saw my bangs were black too. Cool. I looked around, and blinked as I saw the pair on the bed close to me. I opened my mouth, trying to remember how to make sound. No luck.
I frowned in annoyance, then closed my eyes and thought on it. "Hello? Guys?" I tried, and grinned when it came out right, although far too quite and meek. They both jumped and turned around, and I beamed at them happily, giving them both a thumbs up. They stared at me for long moments, and I started to whistle to pass the time. "Guess it worked." Kage finally managed in a whisper, and I laughed, enjoying the sound of my own voice as I swung my legs around to rest my feet on the floor. "Yeah, I guess it did." I said cheerfully, stretching and then cracking my back as I looked at them both. Akuma finally broke the awkward silence, shifting nervously and clearing his throat.
"So, how do you feel…DK?"
Gasp! What madness is this? I'm not gonna tell you… *chants in singsong voice and dances around IPad* Yes, I am actually writing this from my school IPad at school, in math class. (I'm very sneaky, that's how I manage. Also we had a test.) I uploaded the couple paragraphs I had on Microsoft to my account and then opened my account on Google and therefore I now have complete access to my stuff. (I have the mobile version on my IPod) Yeah…Halloween was awesome. I had to take my sister out because mom and dad were too lazy and because I wanted to and we went with the neighborhood group. It was fun, we got home and started trading candy, I got my typical tiny little pile of nothing (if you don't like chocolate, which I don't, then your Halloween bag shrinks a very great deal) Oh, and it was Mack's birthday. Yes, the Mack from May and Jay. He was born on October the 31st, although what year is shrouded in mystery…bah, no matter. I know I said I was gonna wait until I finished with the BB, but I had so much inspiration for this I couldn't help but write just a teeny little bit. A couple chapters. Three or four. Or five. Or six. Or seven. *rubs back of head sheepishly* Hehe, just the few. Anyway, Review, Request, Rcomment, Auf Wedersien!
