Something Brewing

Chapter 4

Death the Kid

We held each other for a few more minutes. She had stopped crying by now. I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I just held her. The she looked up at me, and I felt myself hold my breath. She wiped a tear from her eye and spoke softly.

"I think I want to talk with your father. I'm confused." I nod and let go of her. She smiles sadly at me and whispers, "Thank you," before walking out the corridor. I watch her leave, then walk back into the hall, where the party was still going on.

Liz and Patti bound up to me. "Hey! Cheer up! It's your birthday!" Patti sings. How can I cheer up when im so worried? I think back to what the wolf man said. What did he want from her…

I freeze. "The window." I say. Liz sighs then chuckles.

"I'll fix it, you stay here, ok?" As Patti rushes off to dance, I stay stood still. My mind was so confused.

My eyes glance over the hall. I see a mobile phone on the chair near the door. Huh?

Susannah

"My, my, you have grown. You look just like your mother!" Shinigami marvels at me.

"Um…" I cough and sit down in a chair, "I came to ask about something." He calms down and looks at me, now serious. I continue. "At Kids party, a man, well, more like a wolf, tried to take BREW from me. He said," I gulp," he said that he wanted what was in my soul and that he would kill me by any means necessary. How does he know? Who is he? And why now of all times?"

Shinigami pondered for a second then spoke, "This man you describe is a man called Free. He escaped from prison only a few weeks ago. I believe a witch must have informed him about you. He must have seen the party as an opening to you. He is immortal by the way."

Great. "He didn't hurt me because Kid was there, but I don't want to have to move again. I'm sick of running," I explain looking at a small floating cloud near my foot.

Suddenly, someone coughs behind me. I turn to see Kid holding my phone.

"You, er, left it in the hall. It rang. Your mum says its urgent."

Suspiciously, I take the phone from Kid. I notice him blush and look away.

"Hello?" I say.

"Suze! Thank goodness you are ok!" She sounds so flustered.

"What happened?"

"Me and Dave got home from our meal and the door was unlocked. We thought it was you that had come home from the party early, but we went to your room and-" her voice seemed to break.

I clutched the phone. "What happened?" I ask again. I notice Shinigami looking worried.

"Suze, your entire room. It's all been smashed! Everything is torn to pieces. Im so sorry. I can't even find your camera."

I hung up and dropped the phone. I didn't care if it broke. I could feel myself getting hot as anger bubbled up inside me.

"Suze, Calm down!" I heard Shinigami cry. He is worried about BREW. Damn BREW. Suddenly, I felt a burst of rage. I screamed, picked up my chair and threw it. I heard it split. I didn't care.

Death the Kid

I was shocked. I had never seen her angry before. But, I just couldn't figure out why my father looked so worried. I stepped back as she started to shout at my father.

"I hate this! I hate it!" She banged her fist on the table. "All my life I have run away! And now, someone knows! I don't know how, but now I'm going to have to leave! Again!" I saw a tear fly out of her eye as she continued, "I want to be with Kid but I cant! Because of this stupid burden! I hate it! Why me?"

My father tried to intervene, "Susannah, calm down. You know you must."

"No! Why should- ah!" She cut herself off and clutched at her chest. As she stumbled backwards, my father walked to her. Too late. I saw it. Finally, I knew the answer to all my questions.
"See. You have to calm down. Close your eyes." She did as instructed and her whole body seemed to relax. Her eyes flickered open, and she fingered the hem of her dress.

"I'm sorry." She spoke softly, looking down. It was silent for a second.

"I think I have figured it out: Why you had to leave on your birthday, why you were forbidden to see us, why you looked so scared of me the first time I saw you again…" I walked up to her and she looked in the other direction, unable to look at me. "You have BREW, don't you?" She didn't move. I began to get angry, "I saw it! Answer me!"

"Kid, Stop it." My father ordered.

"Why should I? I don't get why you kept it from me! Obviously you don't trust me. I see how it is." I turned and started towards the door. Dammit. Why her of all people?

"Kid, don't go." I heard her whisper. I turn quickly and she looks me in the eye, "I need you to understand. I didn't choose this. I am the last of my clan, please don't hold it against me." Her eyes showed so much pain. It hurt me.

"Its so dangerous," I said.

"I know. That's why I moved away from here. So I didn't put you in danger." I could do nothing but nod. She then turned to my father, "What do I do now? My home has been wrecked."

My father smiled, "I have an idea. And don't worry, I'll buy you a new camera." I saw her eyes light up and my heart flipped.

Susannah

"Maka and Soul are my elite students. They have an extra room. I'm sure you will get along fine." Shinigami told me, before handing me a box containing my new camera. I nodded and turned to the door. Kid stood leaning against the doorframe smiling at me.
"What?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Nothing. C'mon." He led the way through the city towards Maka and Souls apartment. I gripped the box in my hands because of my nervous energy as I listened to Kid speak. "I've known these two for a long time. They are really nice so I wouldn't worry." It was good just to walk down a street with Kid. I smiled up at him. We hadn't really talked since the incident a week ago. The thing I remember most vividly is his lips on my cheek; A small gesture that meant so much to me.

We arrived at the house in a couple of minutes and Kid knocked, directly in the middle of the door. A blonde girl, not much older than me, with her hair in bunches opened the door with a smile.

"Hi! Come in! You must be Susannah."

"Just call me Suze." I grinned at her as she lead me and Kid into the house. As soon as I got inside I smelt something baking.

"Maka is constantly cooking." Kid whispered in my ear. I giggled.

"Soul get in here!" Maka called as we walked into a lounge with 4 green sofas placed in a square. I sat next to Kid holding my camera tight. A teenage boy strolled into the room, hair as white as snow and his hands deep in his pockets. He slouched into one of the sofas and grinned at me. Maka placed herself delicately next to him.

"Its so cool that you are staying here, Suze." Soul said.

"Yeh," continued Maka, "We'll take care of you."

They really are nice. I noticed a cat walk into the room. It looked at me with yellow eyes and meowed as it rubbed against my leg. Suddenly, the cat was replaced by a young woman with purple hair, and hardly any clothing. I saw Souls mouth drop open and Maka glance at him furiously.

"Makaaaa Chop!" Maka cried, whacking Soul on the top of his head. I glanced at Kid, who was looking at me, rather than at the girl. I laughed as the girl meowed and said, "I'm Blair-chann!"

"Blair stays with us, seeing as we destroyed her pumpkin house…" Maka said regrettably, "Put some clothes on, Blair."

She returned to cat form and skipped out of the room. I noticed that Kid looked a bit flushed.

Then Soul said, "You need any help moving your stuff?"

"Well, not really. It all got torn to shreds…"

"Oh, sorry. Well don't worry, ill lend you clothes till we go shopping," Maka winked.

"Make yourself at home." Soul said, "That alright with you, Kid?"

"Huh? Yeh, yeh…" he said sounding embarrassed.

I scowled, "Jeez, Good for nothing." He smirked at me before standing.

"I'll get going then, if you're ok here, Suze."

"Yeh ok. See ya." I watched him leave, feeling slightly disappointed. As we heard the door shut, Soul leant back and asked, " So what's with you and Kid?"

I blushed and shuffled about, "What do you mean?"

"Soul, shut up." I laughed as I watched Maka attack Soul again.

Yeh, I think I will like it here.