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"It's you." I whispered. I didn't know what I was expecting her to do or say, but I wasn't expecting the surprised blink I received. Did she think I didn't remember her or something?

"No way." Liz looked away from me and to the girl in the hospital bed. I was just as surprised as her, and even more relieved.

"I knew it." Maka said, "You escaped." Soul gave Maka a look I didn't quite understand, but I was so focused on my current thoughts that I didn't bother to decipher it.

How in the world did she make it in one piece?

My initial shock subsided and I focused more on her appearance. She actually wasn't in one piece; she looked like a mess to be honest. Her arm was in a sling, her calf was bandaged and her face… was asymmetrical. I took a deep breath, staring at the long cut that went down one side of her face. I needed to remain calm, this was not the time. I focused on her eyes.

"You're alive." The strain to remain calm was evident in my voice, but so was the relief. She picked up the latter and her eyes lit up. The smallest of smiles went on her face. She still looked overjoyed, and maybe even a bit sheepish. She started tugging at her hair, trying to smooth the asymmetrical monstrosity out. It irritated me that the girl that saved me was right in front of me and all I could think about was how asymmetrical she looked.

"The girl who rescued Kiddo-kun is alive? Yay!" Patti jumped up and down clapping. She wasted no time and immediately went to her, starting to help smooth her hair out. "Your hair is so pretty and long! Can I play with it?"

"Patti-"

"It's okay," Kuro giggled, stopping me from telling Patti to give her space. "I like when someone plays with my hair." She gave Patti a smile. I didn't know what to do or say next, but I let it go.

"Thank you," I heard Maka say, breaking the awkward silence, "Thank you for saving our friend."

"Thank you for saving me." She replied, and in an effort to keep up the conversation she told us her name.

"What're your names?" Kuro asked.

"My name's Liz and she's my sister Patti. We're Kid's Weapon partners." Liz said.

"I'm Soul; Maka's Weapon partner. This scary looking guy over here is Dr. Stein. It's cool to meet you." Soul gave a toothy grin.

"How did you escape?" I asked, hating to get to such serious topics, but I had to know.

"It's a long story." She shrugged, "But here it is."

Gopher nearly killed her, and so did a pre-Kishin. She got herself saved from the pre-Kishin, but the fact that she managed to escape from Gopher was amazing in itself. I've only really spoken to her for a few minutes, and I already admired her for her bravery.

"I'm glad to see you made it back okay, Death The Kid." Kuro smiled.

I had to look away from her then. She's in a hospital bed, and the one she worried about was me. There was a moment of silence, then Dr. Stein got up to check the IVs hooked up to Kuro.

"That aside, how are you feeling?" he asked.

"I'm fine. The pain has gone down. By the way, what happened to Nygus?" she asked.

"She had to do something, so I came to sub for her. I'll be in the office if any of you need me." He said, and wheeled back to the office, shutting the door behind him.

Maka pulled up her sleeve and checked her watch. "It's getting late. I'm sorry to leave so soon, but Soul and I have some homework to do. We'll see you later!" She waved and pulled a not so excited Soul out with her.

Liz eyed Kuro and I, "Patti, let's go get some of our books from our lockers. We might need them for the homework tonight."

"But-" she stopped mid-sentence, getting the message, "Okay, sis!"

Liz smiled, "We'll see you later Kuro. Kid, we'll be waiting outside." She walked out and Patti skipped out behind her. There was a moment of silence between us.

"You have great friends." Kuro said, staring at her hand on her lap.

I smiled slightly, "They're the most reliable people I've ever met."

I walked to the side of her bed, leaning against the window behind me and crossing my arms. I tried to act nonchalant, but with everything that was going on, I was anything but relaxed.

"I'm sorry." I managed out, surprised it came out as steadily as it did.

"For what? You didn't do anything."

"Exactly. I left you there. You could have died." Her lack of anger was making me frustrated. Why wasn't she angry with me?

"But I didn't." She looked into my eyes, "I'm right here. Besides, I'm glad you didn't come back for me."

"What?" I narrowed my eyes in confusion, standing up straight.

She sighed, "Death The Kid, with all due respect, I'd expect you to be smart enough to understand that if you came back for me, there was no way you would've been able to escape. All my efforts would have been for nothing."

I looked at the bookshelf, avoiding her honest gaze. She was right. There was no way I could've saved her like she had saved me.

"Besides," her tone softened, the intensity gone. "I'm alive. You don't have to blame yourself anymore."

I never told her I blamed myself, but I guess she picked it up from my apology. It's not that it wasn't true; it's all I've been doing for weeks. After a moment, I just nodded. There was a few seconds of silence.

"When are you able to leave the infirmary?" I asked, initially wanting to look at her but instead staring down a strand of her hair that poked out asymmetrically. I restrained the urge to fix it.

"Probably a few weeks. I'm not entirely sure."

"Where will you go after you've recovered?"

"I don't know." She said.

She has no place to go? I wasn't going to let that slide. After this, I was going to speak to father. From the very beginning I knew she was a Meister using my soul perception. We should have a place for her here.

"I have to go." I said, "Patti and Liz are waiting for me."

"Goodnight." She said as I walked to the door.

Before I shut it behind me I poked my head back in, "Oh, and you don't have to refer to me as 'Death the Kid'. Just call me Kid. I'm not a fan of formalities."

"Okay, Kid." She smiled, and I shut the door behind me. I took a deep breath, proud that I was able to contain my need for symmetry, but just as happy to be back in the symmetrical halls of DWMA. I heard Liz and Patti call to me from the lockers and I pushed myself away from the door to them. I told them of the errand I needed to run and we made our way to father's office. There was another thing I wanted to talk to father about as well. It was something I hadn't noticed until now, but Kuro's soul is... different. There's something about it that doesn't seem right. Though, as much as I should've been figuring out what that anomaly could be, I couldn't stop thinking about how nice my name sounded when she said it.


3 Weeks Later


I lugged my bag onto my shoulder and checked my reflection in the restroom once more before walking out into the hall. I was finally able to move around after being bedridden for so long. My arm was still a bit sore, but my leg felt perfectly fine. The scab on my face eventually came off, but left a fresh scar in its place. I didn't feel as self-conscious as I thought I would, it actually looked kind of cool.

I was surprised when Kid told me to just call him 'Kid' a few weeks ago. Subconsciously I was calling him by that, but I couldn't bring myself to say it without fear of disrespecting him. It took me awhile to get used to it. He seemed very professional looking in the suit he wore, and I don't know, I just thought it may have been expected to call him by his full name. I should've known, though; things aren't always what they seem.

Anyway, when Kid and his friends weren't around to keep me company, it got really boring being bedridden. They introduced me to a loud guy named BlackStar and his weapon partner Tsubaki. Despite the irritating way he acted, I'm sure he was a nice guy. Tsubaki was a total sweetheart. They were complete opposites, but I noticed a lot of weapon and Meister partnerships worked that way. I really felt comfortable around all of them, though.

"Good morning Dr. Stein." I greeted him with a smile.

"Oh, Kuro, good morning. I was just looking for you."

"Is it about my enrolling?"

He nodded, "Yes. We have everything set for you."

Dr. Stein had spoken to me earlier about enrolling into DWMA due to my Meister status. I didn't really know how they knew about me being a Meister until he told me he had soul perception. Anyway, I was happy to accept. I had no place to go anyway, and I didn't really want to part from my new friends.

"Just one thing, though. I don't have a partner…"

"Don't worry about that, follow me."

I followed him into a room where the entrance was a collection of shrine gates fashioned to look like guillotines. The room's walls were a beautiful shade of sky blue with realistic white puffy clouds. There was a circular platform in the middle of the room and around it were black crosses. We walked up the steps and saw a person wearing a black cloak. I knew who it was before he even turned and I bowed in respect.

"By the way," Dr. Stein whispered to me, "Spirit doesn't exactly see you as trustworthy yet, so don't take his attitude to heart."

"Hello hello!" he greeted with a peppy voice, turning to face us, "You must be Kuro!"

I straightened and nodded with a smile, "Hello, Shinigami-sama."

A bit away, by a mirror, I noticed another person; he had red shoulder length hair and wore a black suit blazer under an olive green shirt with matching black pants. Shinigami-sama noticed who I was looking at and said, "Don't be shy; come and introduce yourself!"

Black blazer man didn't seem very pleased, and by the look he gave me, I knew that this must have been Spirit. He walked up and said, "Hi. I'm Spirit."

"It's nice to meet you." I said politely but got nothing in response. I didn't understand the suspicion. I saved their ally's life… Then again, I'm sure there had been a lot of circumstances in the past that would call for this suspicion. I followed what Dr. Stein said and didn't take Spirit's attitude to heart.

Shinigami-sama continued, "So, you're in need of a partner. Luckily, there's one student who doesn't have a Meister yet." He stepped to the side and a girl came from behind. Her black hair was set in a braid, and her eyes were a chocolate brown; the same color as her skin.

She smiled, "Hi, I'm Charlotte Anderson, but you can call me Char. It's nice to meet you, and my Weapon form is a bow."

Kuro smiled, "I'm Kuro Bara, and it's nice to meet you too."

"Alright, now that you two have been introduced to each other, you guys will be living together from now on. Charlotte, I'm hoping you will help Kuro through her classes since I'm arranging them to be the same as yours."

"Of course, Shinigami-sama." She replied.

"As far as soul compatibility, I'm pretty sure you girls'll be fine." he bounced happily, "You may leave and get acquainted now."


End of Chapter VII


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