Hi there guys! I'm so so sorry that I haven't updated in a while! *bows many times* I've been really busy and I haven't had the time...also I've been more distracted than usual hehe... Anyway, the only thing I'll reveal about this chapter is that there will be some outbursts towards the end XDD

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You all know the disclaimer! Hopefully this chapter will answer most of the questions you might have! ONWARDS :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ...sorry, Kid made me do eight smileys...XD

~Ch.4 Kishin Came Back~

Ash PoV

Noelle was attacking the Kishin like there was no tomorrow. She attacked it left and right, but the Kishin was able to dodge most of the attacks. I didn't realize it before, but the Kishin looked a lot like Asura for some reason. But the only difference is each strand of hair was either entirely black or white. I really wanted to know why this Kishin resembled that monster, but Noelle drove me out of my thoughts.

"Ash, we have to do Soul Resonance. The attacks aren't working on the Kishin!" Noelle exclaimed to me.

"Right, but do you notice anything about this Kishin in particular?" I asked her.

"What do you mean? All Kishin look the same to me."

"Okay, never mind then."

Before we could do our Soul Resonance, we heard more footsteps coming our way. Noelle and I turned around and saw Maka and Soul right behind us. I looked back at the Kishin and noticed it already left our sight. Noelle noticed this and allowed me to transform back to my human self. I wonder why the Kishin looked like Asura, the one who killed my parents when I was eight years old.

"Hey, Maka, did you recognize anything about that Kishin?" I asked her.

"Yeah…a little bit. Soul, you don't think…" Maka stopped midsentence while talking to her partner.

"We need to talk to Lord Death about it tomorrow. Are you two okay?" Soul asked us.

"Yeah, we're fine. I still don't get what you guys mean by the Kishin looking familiar to you," Noelle admitted.

I sighed and started dragging Noelle back home. I waved to Soul and Maka while Noelle was continuing to question me on what the three of us meant. When we got to our house, I got strange looks by Phoenix and Lilium. I explained to the two of them on what happened recently and about the Kishin looking like Asura. The two already got a good grasp of what I was talking about. Noelle, still clueless, had gotten an explanation from Lilium, even though she wasn't there to begin with. There was something bothering me though…

"Hey, Lilium, why did you have to stay after these last few days?" I asked her.

"Oh, Stein needed Phoenix and I to work on our Soul Resonance," Lilium answered.

"Why do you have to work on that?"

"Phoenix asked Stein to so that he can be 'perfect' in his father's eyes," Lilium scoffed.

"That makes sense…well, I'm heading to bed. Good night."

I sighed and headed upstairs towards my room. I walked in and plopped onto my black polka-dotted bed while looking at the naturally white ceiling. I was thinking about how the four of us even met and why Phoenix needed to be perfect in Lord Death's eyes. I rolled my eyes at that thought and put on my pajamas, which usually consists of a tank top and sweats. I went to my bed again and decided to let sleep take over.

I woke up the next morning cheering to myself that today's Friday, the last day of school for her for this week. I got out of the comfort of my bed and got dressed into my black tank top, a white jacket with the death emblem on the back, torn skinny jeans, and Vans sneakers. I placed my black headband on my head while looking in my mirror. I ran my fingers through my shoulder-length red hair and carefully put on eyeliner near my dark brown eyes. I put on smoky eye shadow and headed downstairs.

When I reached downstairs, I noticed the only person here was Phoenix, and he was waiting by the front door. I looked around to try and find Noelle and Lilium, but I didn't see them here at all. I walked up to Phoenix and asked where they were; apparently they raced each other to school. That's the third time this has happened this week…I wonder how I deal with them on a daily basis.

"So, wanna ride with me to school?" Phoenix asked me while bringing out his flight-capable skateboard.

"Sure. You do realize you're skateboard looks exactly like Kid's, right?" I asked him.

"Yeah, it's another Beelzebub like Kid's, but that's fine by me. Get on, I'm gonna lecture Lily when I see her for leaving us behind."

I got on Phoenix's Beelzebub and wrapped my arms loosely around his torso. We started riding in the air and I noticed how fast we were going, about 50 miles an hour. I looked at his face and it looked slightly distant from normal. I started wondering why until we arrived at the academy. I hopped off his Beelzebub and Phoenix made it vanish in thin air. We both walked inside and it was pretty much silent until I asked him:

"Do you like Lilium?"

"What makes you ask that all of the sudden?" Phoenix asked me with his face slightly red.

"You seem more distant than usual, so I thought that might be why."

"…n-no…"

"Fool! You never hesitate or stutter, so that means you do!"

"Are you really acting like Excalibur on me?"

"The only difference is that I don't start my afternoons with a cup of tea. I don't even like tea. Anyway, don't be in denial!"

Phoenix hit me on the head hard and I knew that he knew I was right. I think Phoenix met Excalibur a few days before transferring here. I also remember Noelle going with him, being the smarty she is, why not. When the two came back, if Lilium or I would mention Excalibur they would get really weird looks on their faces. I chuckled to myself mentally at that memory and Phoenix and I headed in the Crescent Moon class. I walked up to my seat by Maka while Phoenix was arguing with Lilium.

"Hey, Ash, why were you and Phoenix late this morning?" Maka asked me.

"The two idiots forgot us this morning while racing to school. Damn, I'm starving…" I complained at myself, forgetting to eat something before I came here.

"Soul, give her your apple."

Soul shrugged and tossed me his uneaten apple. I tried catching the apple, but it bounced on some bald boy's head, and hit the back of Lilium's head. I cursed many times to myself as the two people glared up at my row. The two asked in sync on who hit them with the apple, and I immediately blamed it all on Soul. What? I didn't touch it, and it was his fault that his aim was so bad! I ran out of the classroom before Lilium could convince me that I was the one that did it instead of Soul.

"That's not cool, Ash!" Soul shouted at me before I left.

"I know!" I shouted back at him before taking off.

I dashed through the hallways until I accidentally bumped into someone, knocking them to the floor. I immediately got up and helped the guy to his feet. I said sorry to the guy and ran off before I could even hear his response. Eventually, I found that Lilium caught up with me and started dragging me back to class by the ear. That hurt like hell, Lilium!

When we got back to class, I walked with haste to my seat in between Noelle and Maka. I was staring at the lesson with a bored expression while Dr. Stein was teaching us the wonderful ways of dissecting a calf. That's just cruel, Stein. Before I could even get a chance to fall asleep, I noticed Maka slipping a note over to me. I opened the note and started reading what she wrote down, which was:

"Do you still have suspicions of that Kishin looking similar to Asura?"

"Yeah, I still do, why?" I wrote back while handing the note back to Maka before she repeated the process without getting caught.

"In that case, you and Noelle need to see Lord Death at the end of the day today."

"Okay, I'll tell her that at the end of class. By the way, just curious, how did you know where I lived?"

"Oh, Lord Death was suspicious about where you lived, so he told me about it. That's how I knew, basically. I swear I'm not a stalker XP"

"Alright, I believe you. By the way, you should ask Soul out."

Before Maka could even write down her response, she just shouted 'what?' during Dr. Stein's lesson. Just because of her sudden outburst, Dr. Stein made Maka come to the front of the class and help him dissect for the rest of the class. I chuckled a little to myself and noticed how furiously red Maka was. But the thought of the Kishin I faced never left my mind.

There's the end of chapter four! :D I want clear up now that Lilium, Noelle, Ash, and Phoenix all live together! Also, I decided to have the pairing SOUL x MAKA in this story instead of my pairing! *claps* They're really cute together :D I promise to update faster next time!

As my gift to you, you may go nuts on Kid's OCDness XDDD