Welcome back! I'm starting to think people don't like this fanfiction XD (It's not as popular as The Lycan and the Vampire, that's for sure, 2 reviews on this, over 90 on the other XD)

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Kid was nearly jumping for joy. The shackle was off!

The shackle was off!

No more unwanted sensations attacking his wrists because of Ikas' emotions! No more ruined symmetry! No more unbalance! No more Ikas!

No more Ikas.

Shit!

Kid made a mad dash down the stairs, almost colliding with Patty and instead going face first into the wall as he tried to dodge ramming into her.

"Haha! Kid smashed into the wall!" Patty giggled finding the entire thing hilarious.

Kid glared at her but brushed the blood off of his face as he pulled out a tissue to stop the bleeding on his now broken nose.

"Patty! Have you seen Ikas?" He asked, more like demanded.

Patty shook her head and grinned. "Kid lost Ikas! Kid lost Ikas!" She chanted as she skipped around.

"No I didn't! He just left!" Kid defended himself but Patty didn't stop giggling and chanting.

That's when things started taking a turn for the worse.

"Kid, what's this about you loosing Ikas?" His father asked as he walked into the room. To Kid, it felt as if he was just placed in the Artic while wearing nothing but a pair of Speedos.

Kid slowly turned around. "I…. didn't lose him." He said slowly. "Ikas just left, I don't know where to, I don't know why." That last part was a lie. Kid knew very well why, because of the argument last night. That's why Ikas probably left, probably decided to let DWMA handle Gyro while he went into 'lurking mode' like the other gods.

"That's odd, I would have expected he would have stayed a bit longer. But then again, he has been locked up for so long, he probably wishes to see how the world looks like now." Death said waving his hands in an offhandedly manner.

He then held up his index finger. "I almost forgot! Someone came by and dropped this off at the DWMA, it's addressed to you." He said and handed Kid a large heavy box.

It had colorful wrapping paper on it and had a bright yellow bow on top.

Kid blinked as he placed it down and began unwrapping it in a neat style, removing all the tape and taking off the paper without ripping it to shreds. Underneath the paper was a cardboard box. He opened it and pulled out a black and white box with one of those wind up sticks on the side.

"Ooh! It's a Jack-in-the-box!" Patty and Death said in joy.

Attached to the top was a note written in clean and neat handwriting. 'Wind up the toy, Kiddo.'

Kid got an eerie feeling about that, but did as the note said. As he was winding it up, a tune that wasn't usually in jack-in-the-boxes was playing.

It had a more dark sound to it and suddenly the 'Jack' popped out.

It was in a straight jacket, and had its mouth sewn shut and bloodstains all over. Its eyes were X's showing that it was supposed to be dead.

Then the head just fell apart to show a grenade. Before Kid could do anything the clip fell out.

"EVERYONE GET BACK!" Lord death yelled and everyone ran towards the nearest room and hid behind the wall as the grenade went off.

Only, instead of an explosion, streamers and confetti came out of it.

"What the…" Kid began as Patty raced forward.

"CONFETTI!" She squealed as she tried to catch some, all the while giggling madly.

Kid walked to where the jack-in-the-box was. The straight jacket had fallen to the floor and there was another note in it.

On it, it said. 'Read, Death the Kid'

Kid opened it and began reading. It was short and was only one question, one that made Kid a little worried about the whole situation.

'Is it true that Ikas-senpai is back?'

Signed E. & J.

E and J, Kid didn't know anyone who went by that but this was the second and third people to ask if Ikas was back. Kid didn't want to know what would happen to him if he didn't respond. When Ursula asked him and he didn't respond, she tried to kill him, and these two people were able to get a grenade into his house without anyone suspecting a thing, even if it was just filled with confetti.

"Who's it from?" Death asked looking at his son.

"E. and J." Kid responded. "Know anyone who go by those initials and would do something like this.

Kid then groaned. "Why does Ikas have to know so many dangerous people?" He asked.

Patty giggled. "You know dangerous people too, Kid-kun!" She pointed out.

Kid had to admit, she had a point there, he knew dangerous people as well.

"Well….looks like I have to try and find Ikas…." Kid said.

Death tilted his head to the side. "You want to take Liz and Patty with you?" He asked.

"ROAD TRIP! ROAD TRIP!" Patty chanted.

Kid shrugged. "Be safer that way." He admitted

"I'll go get Liz, then." Death said as he walked off. Kid sat down as Patty played in the confetti. He was to focused on who E and J were to even acknowledge the asymmetrical mess the confetti made. He could have sworn Ikas mentioned them once.

"E and J….Jack-In-A-Box…." Kid said to himself. "Why can't I remember?" He asked himself.

He didn't get a change to continue thinking of it as Liz walked in. "Time to go?" She asked.

New York

A Night Club

Crona

I sat at a table as I rested my head against the cool wood. I had just finally managed to ditch Giriko and Justin and was now exhausted, and it had began to rain just moments after entering the busy city of New York.

I had decided to take refuge in the nearest place possible, which just so happened to be a night club.

The lights were low, the music was pulsing into my brain and it was crowded. I didn't like it there one bit but had to stay until it stopped raining out. I didn't know how to deal with traveling in rain.

The song was loud and was some techno song that Ragnarok said was Blood Sugar.

I groaned as my head hit the table and my stomach growled. Ragnarok was screaming inside me to get some food but I had no money. All that was with Justin and Giriko, who were probably still in Japan!

There was a light tap sound on the table and I glanced up to see someone placing a plate of nachos and a soda on the table. I looked up higher to see a tall young woman probably in her early twenties smiling at me.

"I'm sorry, I heard your stomach growling and I figured you needed this food more then me." The girl said smiling as she sat down.

I glanced away nervously. "I don't know how to deal with things from strangers…" I mumbled.

Ragnarok came out of my back as he slammed his fist onto my head. "Well to bad for you! If you aren't eating it then it's mine!" He said as he put the entire thing into his usually non-existent mouth.

The girl smiled as she moved a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear. "Well I'm not a stranger, everyone calls me Saph." She said then paused. "Pronounced Sah-Ph" She said still smiling at me. "And your name?"

"..Crona…" I mumbled.

Saph smiled some more. "What an adorable name!" She said. "So, you come here alone with just that blob on your back or are you with a friend?" She asked me.

This woman was asking a lot of questions but I felt kind of safe near her.

"Just me and Ragnarok, the blob." I mumbled receiving another punch from Ragnarok. "And y-you?" I asked.

"I came here with one of my friends, Fiare." She said and stood up and waved her hands. "Here he comes now." She said sitting down.

A guy who looked near her age walked up. He had wild red hair and several piercings. He had a kind of scary look to him, but his hair kind of reminded me of a flame, the way it was messy and sticking up and the shade of it. He sat down and looked me over. He then grinned.

"Fiare at your service, kiddo." He said extending his hand.

I just looked at it and looked away. He shrugged as he put his hand back to his side.

Saph smiled at me. Well, I have to go, there are probably more people down town who need some help, Fiare, can you look after young Gorgon, please?" She asked and Fiare shrugged and said 'sure' as she walked off.

I felt kind of awkward as he stood up. "I don't like it that much here, you don't live here, I'm assuming, so why don't you come stay at my place." He said as he grabbed my arm and began dragging me with him.

One thought raced through my mind as we walked away.

How did she know my last name was Gorgon?

This was chapter four. I hope you enjoyed this.

Still no one reviewed for last chapter so I think I lost all my readers cuz idk if anyone even read it XD