Part 3

Finally, after hours of flying, Kid, Rose, and Thorn landed right at the gate of Death City. Upon landing, Thorn carefully put Rose down, supporting her in case she had trouble standing. Kid made his skateboard vanish and had Liz and Patty turn back into their human forms. He calmly said, "Here we are, Death City."

Rose, still not speaking, simply glanced at Thorn, telling him that they still were not safe. She was also telling him to speak to Kid for her, much to his distaste. He still spoke, saying, "Well, what are we waiting for, it still isn't safe out here.

Kid turned to look at him, but the first thing he noticed was Rose. She was clinging to Thorn's arm, it almost seemed that if she let go then she would get taken away. Seeing this made a strange feeling swell up inside Kid, but he wasn't familiar with this feeling. It was as if it were a mix between anger and sorrow, it was jealousy. Kid quickly snapped his mind away from the thought and got back to the topic at hand. He said to Thorn, "I am waiting for you. Death City is where the DWMA is, it is full of meisters and weapons, some of which who can sense souls. Because of this, as soon as you enter the city the meisters and weapons will come with the intent on killing you and taking your souls. If you are a witch as you claim to be, then you should be able to use Soul Protect."

Thorn was offended by the reaper's tone and also felt dumb for not remembering about the DWMA, but he answered as calmly as he could, saying, "Fine, I will use Soul Protect first." After saying this, Thorn used Soul Protect on both him and Rose. After that, he simply nodded to Kid and said, "Let's go." Kid then led the two into Death City, towards the DWMA.

After some time, the five (Liz and Patty are the other two) finally make it to the front of the DWMA. Kid first admires the symmetry of the building, and then says, without turning away from the building, "I suppose you will be safe in the DWMA, but I will have to take you to my father to get permission to let a witch and Kishin stay here."

Just when Kid is about to show them to the Death Room, (I think that is what Death's room is called, but that is what I will call it) Rose finally speaks up, saying, "T-thank you Kid."

Kid quickly turns around to face Rose and says, "How do you know my name, I never told it to you."

Rose looks up to see Kid staring at her. She hesitates and then says, "Your weapon said your name, it is your name isn't it?"

"Y-yes, it just surprised me to hear you say my name." Kid then quickly turns around to see a familiar face staring at him, it was Soul. "Good morning Soul, where is Maka?"

"She is in the library, studying." Soul seemed to have a very bored look on his face. (So uncool Soul, LOL) He was slumped over with his hands in his pockets. He looks behind Kid at Rose and Thorn and then looks back at Kid. "These two new students or something?"

Kid got nervous, he couldn't tell Soul the truth, but he didn't want to lie either. Before he thought about it, he accidentally said, "Yes."

"Cool, just a warning, Black Star is on the spike sticking out of the school again, he wants to fight you again. If he sees these two then he will probably try to fight them too, just to prove a point or something."

"Thanks Soul, if you could keep him preoccupied while I get these two enrolled in classes that would be helpful."

Soul smiles at Kid's remark, since normally he wouldn't care. Without saying a word, he nods his head and goes towards the school to distract Black Star.

Kid sighs with relief as soon as Soul leaves. "That was too close for comfort, and I hate to lie to him."

Thorn, tired of staying quiet, says, "Well, that was smooth. What will he think when we aren't enrolled?"

Kid simply says, "I will think of that later, Liz, Patty, go on back to the manor, I will be there soon enough.

Liz rolls her eyes and says, "Fine, at least it will give me time to paint my nails."

Patty, who keeps laughing, says, "HAHAHAHAHA, k, see you later Kid!"

They both walk off, heading back to Kid's home. Kid then turns back towards the school and says, "Follow me." After a bit of walking, they finally find themselves at the door to the Death Room, somehow managing to avoid Black Star. Kid looks at Rose and Thorn and quietly says, "Here it is, just let me do the talking when we get to my father. Both Rose and Thorn look at each other, look back at Kid, and nod.

It is a fairly long walk from the door to the center of the room, though both Rose and Thorn are too nervous about the guillotines that are above them to talk to Kid, or each other for that matter. When they finally reach the center of the room, they see Death standing in front of his mirror, with Karma next to him. The three begin to walk forward, but Kid motions to Rose and Thorn to stay where they were. Kid walks forward to talk with his dad, who says, "Hiya Kid, your stripes are looking especially cute today."

Kid brushed the comment off as easily as he could and said, "Father, I want to talk to you about the two who are behind me."

"Yes, I was just about to ask about them, why are they standing all the way back there?"

"It is best for them to stay there for the time being, but I should tell you something about them."

Kid then explained everything that has happened so far, such as the meister comment the Kishin made, the fact of them knowing his name and identity as a Shinigami, and the odd way they reacted after saying their names. All throughout the conversation, all Death does is nod and make small noises, the kind people make when they agree with someone and want them to keep talking. After Kid was finished talking, Death said, "Well, that is odd, what do you think of the situation Karma?"

Karma then looks over at Rose and Thorn, then back at Death. "It isn't normal for a conscienceless Kishin to be afraid of their own kind. The only thing I can think of is that maybe she has a conscience like me, but that doesn't explain why a witch is with her."

Kid then speaks up, and not only surprises his father with what he says, but also surprises himself. "M-maybe she could enroll in the DWMA until she feels comfortable enough to answer, the only way we will find anything out about them is if we ask them ourselves, and they are in no state to answer now."

Death, after passing the comment off as a little crush Kid has, (Wow, spot on Death, good for you.) said, "Well, I suppose you are right, she can enroll in the school. However, they have to agree to both answering any questions we have when they are comfortable, as well as staying in the detention cell area, the area where Chrona stays."

"I will ask them." Kid says eagerly. After saying that, Kid walks over to Rose and Thorn and tells them what the conditions are.

As a smile creased Rose's face, she said happily, "It sounds fun, I agree to the conditions!"

Thorn, not anywhere near as happy, said, "If she is enrolling to this school, then I have to stay with her to keep her Soul Protect on, I agree."

After telling Death their answers, he tells Kid to take them down to the cells and give them a room close to the entrance so they don't get lost. It hardly took any time for Kid to make his way over to Rose and Thorn and show them to the cells. As soon as they got down there, Kid calmly said, "Pick a room close to the exit, you will have to be in separate cells so-"

Thorn interrupted saying, "How am I supposed to trust that the rooms are safe?"

Rose jumped in before Kid could respond. "It will be fine, and I am tired. Let's just get a room and go to bed."

Thorn, slightly annoyed by how Rose took Kid's side, nodded and picked cell seven, possibly out of spite for Kid. Kid then closed his cell door and locked it. Rose chose cell eight, much to Kid's liking, and went inside. "Goodnight Kid!"

Rose then got into her bed as Kid started to close the door. Before closing it, however, he replied, "Goodnight Rose." He then shut the door and locked it. After hesitating a moment, he walked out of the cell block and headed home.