Personality Conflict
Chapter 3: The Ultimate Trick
"Would you calm down?" Alice smirked, once class had gone on enough for her to wake up. She watched Kai's nervous movements, smirking in satisfaction.
"No, I won't…. I know you did something…." Kai suddenly stopped looking around hectically and stared at Death the Kid [hence forth referred to as Death, because unlike the anime and manga, I call him Death, so deal].
"I didn't do anything….yet…." Alice smirked.
"Alice," Sid sighed. "Try to pay attention."
"I'm paying attention!" Alice said, glaring.
"I meant to the lesson!"
"All you said was to pay attention, and I am! I am paying attention to Kai freaking out!"
"And why would Kai be freaking out?" Sid glared.
"I don't know." Alice smirked and shrugged. Black Star laughed.
"You got in trouble!"
"Black Star! You will join Alice in detention after class!"
"Ha!" Alice pointed and laughed. "You got detention!"
"So did you!" Black Star glared. "And it's your fault!"
Alice stuck her tongue out at him.
"That's enough!" Sid said. "Now, let's get back to our lesson."
"Good job…." Soul sighed. "Now we can't play basketball after school…."
"It's her fault…." Black Star sent a glare back at Alice, who was busy watching Kai frantically look around.
"But now we're down a player…."
"Find someone else. Or better, wait 'til I'm done in detention."
"No way, it'll be too late, then. We'll just play tomorrow."
"Whatever…."
When class was over, Amy turned, glaring, to Alice and Kai.
"You two caused a disruption in class today." Amy said.
"Yeah?" Alice smirked.
"I will not tolerate that sort of behavior. Kai, you must come to the library with me to catch up on what you missed due to your….short attention span."
Amy grabbed Kai's wrist and pulled her to the library. Alice smirked, waving sneakily.
"But she's planning something! Or she did something!"
"She did not, Kai, not calm down. You need to study."
Alice and Black Star were the only students left in the room. Sid glared at them.
"It's her fault!" Black Star said, glaring.
"It is not!" Alice stuck her tongue out at him again. "He got himself here all on his own!"
"She started it, though!"
"Silence, both of you!" Sid said. Alice and Black Star glared at each other.
"Now, I want both of you to sit here and write a three page essay on our lesson today."
They both stared at him blankly.
"There was a lesson today?" They asked, then glared at each other again. Sid sighed.
"Just write." He slapped a small stack of paper on the desk and handed them each a pencil. Then, he made the mistake of leaving the classroom.
Kai and Amy were in the library, going over the lesson. Amy had taken some pity on Kai, because the latter is naïve enough to be subject to Alice's tricks.
Then, Death came in and sat at the table next to theirs. Kai stared for a moment, her face red. Amy shook her head.
"I just have to make sure Alice didn't do anything…." Kai muttered, her blush deepening. Amy glared.
"You are such a child, Kai…."
Kai stood up and timidly approached Death.
"Um…. Hi…."
"Hello. You're one of the katana that Alice uses, aren't you?" Death asked, seeming only half interested. Kai nodded.
"The two of you have great symmetry," Death smiled, and Kai blushed even more.
"Yeah…. Well…. About Alice…. She didn't say or do anything to you…. Did she?"
"No," Death gave her a confused look. "Why?"
"No reason…. She's just crazy…. Oh, look at my wrist, bye." And Kai hurried back to Amy, holding up a book to hide her face. Amy frowned.
"She didn't do anything…." Kai said.
"I told you that she did not do anything."
"But why would she let me think that?"
"She told you that she did not do anything. Alice is very reckless and irrational and foolish, but she is extremely clever. She knew that you would be nervous to the point of asking Death if she had done anything. Therefore, she simply told you that she was going to do something, but, in fact, did nothing. She has performed the ultimate trick on you, Kai." Amy shook her head.
"If you knew, why didn't you tell me?"
"I tried to, but you simply did not want to listen."
"We have to leave…."
"I have not yet finished explaining this lesson to you."
"We can finish it at home." Kai hurriedly rushed out of the library, Amy not far behind.
That night, Alice, Kai, and Amy stood in an alley.
"Are you sure that you remembered the location correctly?" Amy asked skeptically.
"I'm sure," Alice rolled her eyes.
"I hear something…." Kai said, taking a step back. A little boy stepped into the alley. Alice smirked.
"Aw, is Kai afraid of a little kid?"
The boy smirked and transformed into a huge porcupine. Kai gasped and hid behind Amy. Amy frowned and the two transformed into the double blade katana. Alice smirked.
"Bring it, spiky." Alice charged the porcupine and it curled into a ball, bearing its poisonous spines. Alice stopped, glaring at the beast. She looked around.
How can we beat it if it stays like that…? Kai asked nervously.
"Get it to bear its soft underbelly," Alice smirked.
And how exactly do you plan on doing that, Alice? Amy sighed. Alice smirked and picked up a broken pipe that was conveniently lying on the ground. She threw it at the beast, and it roared, but held its position.
There was a bang, and the beast was flung toward Alice, who ducked, sliding away from it, turning to look at the felled beast. Its furry stomach was exposed, so Alice yanked the katana apart, swinging them dramatically, then slicing the beast's stomach with both blades, leaving a bulbous, floating soul egg.
Alice connected the blades, and it transformed into Amy. Amy turned to Alice, frowning.
"You did not even look at those who came to our rescue."
"And almost killed us!" Alice glared. Amy turned to see Death, Liz, and Patty standing there expectantly.
"Thank you," Amy said. "Your aid was appreciated, and you deserve this soul."
"No way!" Alice said, glaring at Death.
"Your gratitude is appreciated," Death said. "But we have more souls than you, so you can have this one."
"What?" Liz frowned.
"That's right! This was supposed to be our mission, anyway!" Alice said, pushing Amy toward the soul. Amy frowned.
"Your symmetry is amazing," Death said to Amy. "You and your sister are even the same size when you are not in your weapon form."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Liz glared. Death ignored her.
"Thank you," Amy said.
"Hurry and eat it!" Alice pushed Amy toward the soul. Amy glared at her, taking the soul and swallowing it.
"That should have been ours," Liz grumbled, crossing her arms.
"It is interesting that the two of you can be in one body," Death said.
"We were born that way," Amy said.
"We'd love to stay and chat," Liz said, "But we can't. We have to go, come on!" Liz pulled Death away.
"Bye!" Patty waved cheerfully.
Amy turned to Alice and frowned, transforming back into her weapon form. Alice pulled the katana apart, and they turned into Kai and Amy. Kai was blushing.
"Death saved me from a giant porcupine…." She said.
"Yes, and we gave us the soul egg that was rightfully Liz and Patty's. Now, we must get back home," Amy said. Alice sighed, then smirked.
"So, you fell for my ultimate trick, huh, Kai?"
Kai didn't say anything, she just blushed. Alice laughed.
"How was detention with Black Star?" Kai asked after a while. Alice glared at her.
"I had to write an essay, and it's all your fault," Alice snapped.
"My fault?"
"Yeah! If you hadn't been so worked up, I wouldn't have gotten in trouble!"
"Do not blame your problems on others, Alice," Amy sighed.
"Meh…." Alice glared. "Anyway, my plan worked! Kai spoke to Death, didn't she?"
"It was embarrassing…." Kai said, her face turning red.
"But now he knows that you are alive!"
"He knows I'm weird…."
"No escaping that, Kai." Alice smirked.
The girls went back to their apartment. The next morning, as everyone was waiting for class to begin, Death approached Amy and Kai.