The walk to her house didn't take as long as Liz thought it would. As they approached the door Patty ran ahead and rang the doorbell. Liz and Kid finally reached the door as Kid's mother opened it. "Oh hello Kid and who might you be?" She said in a voice like silk looking at Liz and Patty. "Hello my name is Elizabeth but you can call me Liz, and this is my sister Patricia. We live with Kid. We are also his weapons." Liz said smiling at Akika. "Ah I see. Well would you like to come in and have some tea?" She said holding the door open for , Liz and Patty walked inside and took of their shoes as Akika went to go prepare the tea.
She came in ten minutes later with four glasses of tea. She handed one to Liz, one to Patty and lastly one to Kid. She took the last glass and began sipping it. "Mom there's been something that I've been meaning to ask you." Kid said calmly while placing his glass on a coaster on the table. "What is it dear?" Akika asked a little curious about what he was going to ask her. "Well...I was wondering...why arent you and dad together anymore? I mean what happened between you two?" Kid asked looking at her. "Well lets start with how your father and I came to be." She said walking over to a bookshelf that held photo albums and many old,various books that made Kid wonder where she found time to read them all.
"It all started about 15 years ago." She started sitting in a chair with all three of them crowded around. Patty sat on the floor, with her knees pulled up to her chest, in front of Akika. Liz leaned over the left side of the chair while Kid sat on the right armrest. "I was a little girl around 10 years or so..." She said opened a photo album to show a small looking girl with straight black hair and large, round who was quite thin and was wearing a short black dress with black and white stripped tights. "Is that you mom?" Kid asked pointing to the photo."Yes that's me. I was quite odd-looking wasn't I?" she said smiling and chuckling.
She turned the page and showed them another photo. The photo was of a little boy with black hair. He had three whites lines running from one side of his head all the way to the was standing next to Akika and holding her hand. He was smiling and blushing. "He looks just like me." Kid said smiling. "Actually you look just like him." Liz said smiling. "Right." Kid said looking back at the photo. "Mom why is Dad blushing?" Kid asked quite curious. "He is blushing because that was the moment that I told him that I loved him. It's also the moment after we shared our first kiss.
She touched the photo fondly remembering the memories. She turned the page again and this time the photo was of two teenagers dressed up for what seemed like the prom or a special dance. "This photo was taken on our prom night. It's also the night that I got pregnant." He looked at Kid who blushed. This made her laugh and ruffle his hair which he quickly straightened. "If you two were so happily together what happened to make you guys break up?" Patty asked with her head now on her knees.
"I'm getting there." Akika assured. "It was a beautiful night. The sky was a deep blue with all the stars twinkling against it like diamonds against velvet. Lord Death and I were dancing and then he kissed me and said he loved me. We left the dance and went to the car and did something." she said blushing at the last part. Kid shuddered at the thought. "That's disturbing." Kid said looking at his mom. "Hey now if they didn't do it then you wouldn't be here and me and sis would still be roaming the streets getting into trouble." Patty said laughing. "Yeah you're right." Kid said. "And now we get to the sad part of my tale." Akika said getting up and putting the photo album back in its place on the shelf.
All three of the teenagers turned to look at her. "You see after our parents found out that I was pregnant they were furious. I was 8 months pregnant when they started packing our things. That's when I started having rushed me to the hospital and called your father to let him know that I had gone into labor with you." Akika walked over to Kid and gently moved his bangs out of his eyes. "I gave birth to a bouncing baby boy weighing exactly 8 pounds and 8 ounces. I was so happy when the nurse came into the room carrying you."
She started to tear up and smiled. "Despite everything my parents said about how I couldn't do anything to support you once I saw your face and your father came into the room I knew everything was going to be ok. But it wasn't." She sighed and hugged Kid tightly. She rested her head gently on top of his and motioned for Liz and Patty to join in as well. She hugged all three of them tightly. "Just like all new parents do, me and your father had no idea what to do. Our parents had abandoned us. We were alone with no experience but somehow we managed to pull it off. Your father got a job and provided us a house but one night we had a argument. A pretty bad one too. I remember we were fighting over whether or not to leave Death City or not. I wanted to leave this place because it held some bad memories. He wanted to stay because this was his home and it was his dream to raise his family here."
She looked at the wall and squeezed the three teenagers gently. "I loved your father very much but I just couldn't stay here. I packed my things and promised that I would return when I could bear to face this place again. I didn't want to leave but..." She was inturrupted by a voice. "I understand mom." Kid said wiping away the tears that he had let loose after hearing her story. He hugged her tightly and buryed his face in her chest. Patty hugged her stomach tightly and Liz wrapped her arms around her and Patty.
Suddenly a large, dark bell chime was heard. "That's dad calling us. We have to go mom." Kid said squeezing her and kissing her cheek. Liz hugged her and Patty did the same. "Alright but you kids be safe ok?" Akika said walking them to the door. "Mom I'm 15 years old and a shinigami. I can take care of myself." Kid protested making a rather odd face. Akika laughed and kissed his head. Once the three were walking she waved goodbye until she couldn't see them anymore.