Chapter 6: Funny Feelings
"Patty, get away from him!" Maka ordered at Patty. Patty didn't move, as she was too scared to.
"It's been a long time", Kid then said slowly turning around to face Maka, lifting the brim of his hat so his golden eyes looked right into her emerald ones.
"Just shut up and put your hands up!" Maka shouted. Kid slowly complied with her orders.
"Your pigtail on the right is lower then your left", suddenly Kid said.
"Shut up!" Maka ordered.
"Your buttons on your coat are askew, more to the right", Kid also pointed out.
"I said shut up!" Maka ordered again, tears suddenly coming down her face.
"You have more tears coming down your right cheek than your left", Kid then pointed out, with a small grin growing. Patty remained up against the wall watching the entire scene, so confused with her feelings.
"Kid I will shoot you if you…", Maka then shouted.
"GO AHEAD! DO IT!" Kid suddenly roared at her. Maka recoiled slightly but didn't hesitate to clock back the hammer on her revolver.
"Do it! Put a bullet in my brain! Right in-between the eyes make it symmetrical! There is nothing in this world for me anymore! I'd rather die than have you give me over to that witch Medusa. So do it! Shoot me! SHOOT ME!" Kid roared, he was in so much pain that he wanted it to end. Patty looked at Maka, who looked ready to comply. Maka was going to kill Death the Kid there and then right in front of her. Patty panicked and suddenly kicked the ground, making dust fly at Maka's face. Maka covered her eyes with her arm, no longer aiming at Kid. Patty then suddenly turned and pulled out one of Kid's guns clicking the hammers back. Once Maka got her vision back she saw Patty trembling as she was aiming one of Kid's guns at Maka.
"Patty…", Maka suddenly said calmly.
"Put the gun down!" Patty screamed, standing in front of Kid. Maka quickly dropped her gun, not wanting to antagonize her in her unstable state.
"Okay okay… Patty just listen to me, just…calm down", Maka said raising her arm out to her.
"Just stay back!" Patty said, tears now streaming down her face.
"Okay okay just listen to me. What your doing now Patty is wrong", Maka tried to reason with her.
"WHY! Why is it wrong! Everyone tells me things are wrong. Tell me riding my horse fast is wrong… tell me not doing what your told is wrong…telling me these funny feelings I feel are wrong! Why are they! No one tells me why! I'm not a child!" Patty screamed hysterically as tears poured down her face, she was staggering backwards, making Kid move with her. Maka slowly followed with each step.
"Okay Patty, you're not a child that is true, but Death the Kid is a wanted criminal, he has killed many people like Liz", Maka tried to reason with her. Patty was confused and she was not only frightened with what could have happened with Kid, but also at what she was doing. Kid looked behind them and saw that they were reaching the other side of the alleyway. However he stopped as he looked and Patty tripped backwards over his foot. As she fell backwards she shot up at the chimney of the building they were in-between she didn't see what happened but heard Maka scream and a loud thud. When she looked up she saw bricks of the chimney over Maka's motionless body on the floor.
"M…Maka?" Patty quivered getting up slowly. Kid took his gun back from Maka and holstered it.
"Patty we've got to go now!" Kid said, sticking two fingers into his mouth and letting out a sharp whistle.
"But she's…hurt!" Patty cried. Kid ran over to her and pulled her head to face her.
"Patty, look at me! People are going to come looking for us and when they do they are going to lock us up!" Kid explained.
"Why!" Patty cried louder.
"Because I am a wanted criminal, I have killed people before. They know it. Now you have been hanging around with me and talking to me, they are going to use you to find me and you not going to like how they treat you", Kid answered her. He actually explained why to her. She slowly nodded wiping her still crying face. Kid then saw his horse arrive by him. It was a black stallion with a white mane, trimmed to perfection. Kid climbed up and offered a hand to Patty. She then looked up to him sitting on his stallion with the laughing sun behind him. She took a moment to gaze up at the famed outlaw, the sunlight adding a shine to his black outfit. To her, he looked like a knight in shining armour. She readily took his hand and she was hoisted up on his horse, sitting in front of Kid so he could hold her as well as the reins. He kicked his spurs and they were both sprint out of Death City. Kid continued to ride while keeping Patty seated, luckily he was able to look over her head. As he rode his stallion Patty kept here head down not saying a word. He noticed her shoulders shudder lightly now and then; he knew she was crying. He didn't want to ride back to their hideout with her crying so he slowed to a stop.
"We'll take a break here", Kid said hopping off his horse. They had stopped near a tree so that they had some shade. Kid turn to Patty who was still sitting on the horse, looking like she was holding back tears that were eating her up inside. Kid walked over to her and offered a hand.
"Patty?" She looked towards him, trying so hard not to cry anymore. She swung her leg over to get off the horse but then her other foot slipped, making her fall backwards. She expected to hit the ground but found herself in warmth. She opened her eyes to find herself in the arms of Death the Kid, holding her bridal style with her head against his left shoulder.
"Do you…want a drink?" Kid stammered, the way she felt as he was holding her close to him made him heat up quickly. He wanted to be very careful with her, so he walked over to the tree to sit her down but she suddenly wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder. Kid looked down to her, it would be too cruel to put her down on her own so he turned around and slide down the tree, sitting down.
"I'm…I'm sorry I've ruined everything for you…", Kid suddenly apologised. Patty looked up to him with her watery glaze blue eyes. Kid was looking down with his eyes shut.
"Because of me your sisters injured, because of me you're a wanted fugitive. And because of me I've ruined your life", Kid said, his faced tensing up and started frowning.
"The one thing perfect in this hell and I completely ruin it's life, I'm nothing but garbage, scum, asymmetrical garbage that's scum, I should just die and leave this world beh…", Kid ranted then felt a sharp pain in his face as Patty's hand collided with it. Kid looked at Patty in shock, he hands started shaking and he began to look really uncomfortable, then Patty clicked on what she forgot then slapped his other cheek. Kid seemed to calm down and the shaking stopped, but Kid still looked at Patty shocked, wondering why she slapped him. Patty looks down, kind of regretting slapping him. She looks up again raising her hands to his cheeks lightly caressing her thumbs over them. At first she thinks she's making his cheeks worse as they go very red, but then suddenly clicks that he's blushing, making her blush at her momentary stupid ness. There is a silence between the two as they stare at each other, Patty's left hand trails down from his face then laid it on his chest, feeling his fast heartbeat. She looked to her hand on his chest; a quick smile grew on her face, as his heartbeat is fast.
Kid began to tremble, she felt so warm against his body, and he was in full black leather, which didn't help the matter. One of his hands was sweating as she was close to him while the other felt warm. Confused he looked to his warm hand to suddenly find out it was laying on her leg a bit further up than where he put it. Kid began to panic; did he caress his leg up higher without him knowing? He thought about it then thought it safe to lift his hand off her leg. Kid's heart almost stopped when Patty lifted his hand from his chest to place his hand back on her leg, keeping her warm hand on top. He suddenly gasped lightly when she suddenly moved his hand a bit more up her leg. She then lifted her hand of his to be laid back on his chest. Kid's stomach felt like it was getting eaten away by moths as he trembled. Patty looked to her hand on his chest, his heartbeat increasing in speed. She didn't know why but she felt nice and look after being around him. She even felt a bit bare and cold when he lifted his hand away, so she placed it back on. She looked up to him; he was looking down, shaking. Is he cold? She thought. She then lifted her right arm and hugged him around the shoulders while nuzzling up from his chest to his neck. He felt so warm to her, all her troubles, all her worries were being washed away as she was with him.
"P…P…P…P…Patty?" Kid stammered out.
"Mmmmmm?" she sighed out. Her eyes fluttering open to look at him. He looked down to her glazed beaming blue eyes and his mind went blank.
"W…erm…w… we… we…", Kid tried to speak but couldn't. He couldn't find the words as she looked into his golden eyes. Patty felt herself go burning red under his golden stare, her nerves in her stomach tearing apart, and feeling like she's about fall apart. There was no question about it, this crush had grown into something else, she wanted him, and she needed him to complete her. Her hand moved up his chest to behind his head, her fingers playing in his hair. Kid heart skipped a beat when her hand went behind him. She then started to slowly move her head closer to his, her eyes slowly shutting. Kid trembled, as she was getting closer, he mind was in overdrive of all the thoughts in his head. Kid sat there, as she got closer and closer…
Kid couldn't take it anymore; he scrambled to his feet, knocking Patty over to the floor. He stood by the tree, his right hand leaning on it and his back to Patty. She looked up to him as he was trembling and shaking and from what she could hear, crying? She slowly got up and walked over to him.
"K…Kid?" she placed her hand on his back. He suddenly spun around and grabbed her hands. He pushed her against the trees, holding her hands above her head. Kid looked at Patty's slightly scared face. His eyes were pouring out tears like a waterfall.
"Why…", Kid suddenly exclaimed to her. Patty shook her head confused.
"…Why do I have these… funny feelings when…I'm around you?" Kid suddenly said. Patty blinked her eyes a few times. Did he really just say that? Patty thought, he couldn't possibly be feeling the same feelings as…
She never got to finish the thought as his mouth crashed into hers. She felt her stomach drop out of her body as she was literally smacked across the face at Kid's force. Not only that her face was almost getting soaked by the tears coming down his face. Kid broke the kiss with his forehead leaning against hers. His hands shook as he held hers above her head. He slowly let go of her hand and let his arms dangle beside him. Patty kept her arms above her head, staring at Kid. He kissed her, he had funny feelings, and he must like her too. Patty finally lowered her arms to his shoulders, wrapping her arms around his head. Patty got kissed; she wanted to repay the favour. Patty forced her head forward, making him lift his head up to be met by her kiss. Kid tears stopped as he pressed her against the tree, locking lips with her. Patty hugs on tightly to him, it feels so wrong but it feels so right. Kid suddenly scoops his hands under her legs and hoists them up to his waist, Patty yelping in his mouth as he does. Kid hands perfectly placed on each leg symmetrically, slowly caress up to her skirt, causing Patty to sigh into his mouth as her spine shivers, also making her arch her back. Kid breaks the kiss to look into Patty's eyes as she looks into his golden ones. She will never leave his side; she will always be with him. She finally concluded that, she loved him.
"We should…continue…to the hideout" Kid finally said, letting go of Patty's legs as they finally reached the ground.
"O...Okay", Patty answered still panting. Kid turned around to walk to his stallion. Patty took a moment to get her breath before walking over to him. Kid climbed up on his stallion and offered a hand to Patty who took it willingly. She sat herself in front of Kid and he held her in place with his arms, holding the reins of his ride. He kicked his spurs and the stallion galloped at top speed. The two said nothing for the rest of the journey. Kid was concentrating on his riding while Patty was lost in her thoughts. She loved him. She loved Death the Kid. She couldn't believe that they were kissing, nor could she believe that he had the same feelings for her. Patty looked around, she did not recognise where they were, and she was in a shrubby arid land with a few trees nearby. Soon in the horizon she saw a ranch. It wasn't a big ranch but it looked homely.
"There it is", Kid finally spoke, looking over Patty's head.
"It doesn't look like a secret hideout", Patty commented with a frown.
"If it did Patty, people will know it's a secret hideout. With this ranch we are in the open, yet out of sight", Kid explained. Patty thought hard about it, putting her finger on her cheek as she did, then finally seeing the logic in what Kid said.
"Oh yeah, hehehehe", Patty giggled. Kid looked down to her, she looked adorable with that laugh. As they rode up they saw Marie and Sid holding some buckets filled with milk. They turned to see Kid with Patty, the two smiled to her and waved with their free hands. Kid continued to ride to the Stables where there were many horses. Kid went to a special hut where he rode his horse in. Kid hopped off his horse and hitched it to the hut. Kid walked to the side and extended his arms out to Patty. She lifted her leg over the horse and slide down into Kid's arms. Kid held Patty by her waist and slowly lowered her to the ground. As she was lowered she ran her hands down his arms making him tremble.
"Look…not a word of our break here to any of these people, got it", Kid suddenly told Patty.
"What? Why?" Patty questioned.
"They wouldn't understand, they all think I'm dangerous here and don't let anyone near me", Kid explained.
"That's not nice", Patty complained.
"I know, look I need to introduce you to my father, he's the leader here", Kid then informed her as he walked past her. Patty turned and followed him until she was walking by his side. They walked out of the dark stables to the outside sun.
"Nice to see you again miss", a voice said from the side f the door. Patty yelped and hid behind Kid when she saw Stein leaning against the stable door with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Just stay away from her Stein and there won't be any problems", Kid said walking with Patty to the main house.
"If you say so", Stein muttered as he watched the two make their way to the house. Kid opened the door and looked around inside, seeing no one he walked in opening the door fully, Patty then skipped in behind.
"My father will be upstairs, you wait in the living room while I get him. Take a seat in any of the chairs", Kid pointed to the chairs and made his way up the stairs. Patty walked into the living room and took a seat. She looked down on her lap and twiddled her thumbs. She was nervous being away from her friends and around someone like Stein. She just hoped Kid would stay with her and protect her.
"Ah you must be Patty", a voice said, she looked up to see Azusa.
"My name is Yumi Azusa, I make sure that this ranch here is ran under a tight ship", she explained offering her hand for a handshake. Patty looked at her in a frown.
"You hurt big sister", Patty said in a low voice. Yumi lowered her hand and crossed it behind her back.
"Ah yes…that incident. Well you did peruse after us with the law, they were the ones that should have been hit by that controlled explosion", Yumi explained.
"So instead of my big sister you wanted to blow up my friends?" Patty then asked with her arms crossed, looking un-amused. Yumi was then taken back, for a child she was quick.
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"She's awaiting to see you downstairs in the living room", Kid explained to his father.
"Well let's see her then!" Kid's father said in his deep dark scary voice.
"No you can't go to her sounding like that, you will terrify her!" Kid pointed out.
"What do you mean I don't sound scary!" he boomed out in the room.
"Father, just try not to be intimidating", Kid stressed to him.
"All right all right I'll… I'll try not to be intimidating", he promised. Kid sighed and opened the door for his dad. He walked down the stairs and walked to the doorway to the living room. Kid walked down the stairs and walked into the living room past his dad. Kid looked at Patty and Yumi having an intensive glaring contest. He lifted his fist to his mouth and let out a cough for attention. Both turned to Kid, which Patty smiled to.
"Allow me to introduce my father, Lord Death", Kid introduced. Patty stood up with her hands behind her back looking at Lord Death. Even without speaking he looked intimidating. He was very tall and was in almost the same black leather outfit Kid wore, apart from his black shirt was black and he wore a long thick black cloak that covered his shoulders. Toped with a thick black hat that cast a shadow around his face, making it impossible to see his face. He took a deep breath and suddenly spoke. Nothing would have prepared anyone for what they heard.
"Hey hi yo how are ya!" Lord Death then said in the goofiest, most ridiculous and most humorous. Yumi and Kid stood there completely gob smacked and utterly taken back by the voice that came out of the leader of the Shinigami gang. The room was quiet for what seemed like forever then suddenly the room echoed with the eruption of Patty's cackling laughter. Patty was holding her stomach as she was leaning forward, unable to stand up straight. Pretty soon she couldn't even stand. She was rolling about on the floor in an uncontrollable laughing fit. The laughter echoed the entire ranch and everyone came to see what was going on. Everyone looked down at Patty laughing hysterically and couldn't help but to force a smile, she was defiantly going to brighten up the place with her presence. This happy moment was short lived as the door was suddenly kicked open.
"I had to dig my daughter out of stone rubble, you left her to die you bastard!" Spirit roared as he charged in past everyone to send a quick punch towards Kid's face. Suddenly Kid drew one of his guns and swung it at Spirit's face, knocking him over to the floor. Patty's laughs immediately stopped as Kid drew his other gun and pressed the ends against Spirits now bruising face.
"Un-symmetrical trash, disgusting disgusting disgusting!" Kid roared but suddenly Kid felt himself slam against the wall. Kid choked as Lord Death held both his hands above his head with one hand while he choked Kid with his arm across the throat.
"Kid! Cut it out and control yourself!" Lord Death roared, squeezing his hands so he dropped the guns. Patty jumped to her feet at the sight of this. Lord Death then dropped Kid when he was no longer a threat to others, for now.
"This is your great protector little girl", Stein said lighting up a cigarette while watching Kid cough violently. She frowned at Stein and walked over to Kid and knelt down in front of him.
"No don't, he could kill you!" Marie warned Patty, but she ignored him. She didn't believe he was a monster like everyone else treated him like. She delicately placed her hand on his shoulder and moved a few strands of hair out of his face.
"Kid?" She whispered to him, he looked up to her eyes, both having the funny feelings inside of them. The others eyed each with funny looks. The guys looking confused while the girls looked at each other with knowing glances added with a smile. Lord Death looked down at his son; he had a funny feeling that things were going to get interesting from this day on.
