Author's Note:
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Disclaimer:
I don't own anything besides my ideas and OC's…and that fact saddens me deeply…
Chapter Seven: Battles End and…Romance Begins?
Maka charged at me, looking incredibly intimidating. I probably would have quaked in fear, except I was concentrating too hard on controlling my soul. It wasn't too hard, but every now and then I'd get a little side-tracked, and it'd slip ever so slightly, and I'd have to regain control before it got out of hand. I don't think anyone noticed though, except for Stein, maybe.
As Maka ran forward, she rushed past the edge of my soul, and immediately everything about her soul flooded into my mind. Instantly, I knew all her weaknesses, strengths, and characteristics, and how they matched up with mine.
I won't bore you with all the technical details, or all the different battle strategies that sprang forward in my mind, because there were too many to count, but just so you know, there were a LOT.
And again, my vision went white as I saw her attacking from over head at my head. Knowing how to counter now, I focused on her.
And just like I saw, she swung her scythe, Soul, down in an arc, aiming straight for my head. I didn't even need to move, my soul just reached up, knocked her attack away, and sent a wave of energy at her, which pushed her all the way back to the wall, though she didn't crash into it.
Grumbling, she attacked me again. And again. And again. All ending the same way, with me unscathed, and her being forced backwards.
Finally, Stein had her stop, and told me I could relax. I immediately let my control loosen, and my soul vanished from everyone's view, along with my super cool 'Soul Armor'.
Stein told me to stay put, while he motioned for Kid to come stand in Maka's place. I watched her in envy as she sat down, relaxing after her strenuous attacks. Lucky! She got to rest! I was freaking spent! Keeping my soul up for so long was tiring as heck!
"Okay, now that we've worked on both physical attacks and defenses, we'll move on to the final lesson. Kid, I want you to shoot a few rounds at Sara, while Sara here will block them. Sara…" instructed Stein, who now turned to face me, "…you've learned how to control your soul, attack with it, and form a shield. Now, I want to see what will happen when you're hit with long-range attacks, and how you will counterattack."
I just nodded, ready to get this done with so I could take a freaking NAP!
"Sara, tell me when you're ready, and I'll fire." said Kid, who looked at me with concerned eyes. He must be worrying that I'm too tired to protect myself, which come to think of it, I probably am.
Oh well, I nodded anyways, and went to concentrate again, only this time, I didn't form the Soul Armor entirely. I just let a small amount of mist swirl around me, so that I could move it quickly to stop the bullets, and it wouldn't require as much control like it just did.
Letting out a calming breathe, I nodded to Kid, who the let loose about twelve soul bullets, which were heading straight for me. Instantly, I saw the white flash and a vision about Kid's bullets running me through, and where they'd hit. I quickly sent my soul to catch them, and the mist automatically sent them back at Kid, with a little bit of my own energy powering it up. Of course, I made them fly past him, so as not to harm his smexy body. Hey, I am a healthy young girl, and a Kid fangirl at that, so I'm allowed to save his ogle worthy body. And call it 'sexy' and 'ogle worthy'. Just deal.
Anyway, back to the bullets.
I was counting them off as I caught them. One…three…nine…eleven… Eleven! There were supposed to be twelve! Where was the last one?
And then it hit me. Right across my left cheek.
"Ouch!" I cried. Wincing, I reached up to touch the scratch.
Man! That hurt! Holy crap, I didn't know it would hurt that bad!
Suddenly, all my friends were surrounding me, asking if I was okay, and with Patty, if I was dead or not. Ah, good ol' Patty.
Giggling at her serious question, I assured that, no, I wasn't dead, and yes, I was going to be just fine. Stein strode on up to me, quickly checked me over, and nodded his head. He then told us that the lesson was over and we'd train again another time, seeing as we were all extremely tired. Or was it just me? He also told Joelle that he'd have a training session for her some time this week, before walking out, leaving us all behind.
We cheered, thankful that our torture was over, and were about to head out the door, when we noticed Kid wasn't with us.
Turning my head around, I saw he was still in the same spot he'd been standing in when he'd shot me. His mouth was gaping, and he was staring at the spot I had occupied only a short while ago. The place I got shot at.
"That's so not cool, man, having your mouth hanging open like that…you okay?" called Soul. He had his hands in his pockets, and was standing a little too close to Joelle, who had a humongous blush on her face.
Heh, blackmail~
"I-I-I-I…sh-sh-sh-she…c-c-cut…n-n-n…" mumbled Kid incoherently.
"Kid? You okay?" I asked, as I came over and patted his shoulder gently.
At my touch, he looked up, and his eyes traveled to the small scar on my cheek. His gaze softened once he looked at it, while his hand came up to cup the side of my face and his thumb started to rub the scar gently. I just stared at him, completely and utterly confused.
What. The heck. Was he doing?
"I didn't mean for you to get hurt. With how wonderfully you were progressing, I thought you'd block them all. I'm sorry. I can't believe…" he started, still looking at me gently, "…for scratching your perfectly symmetrical face! Oh, I'm such a horrible person! I'm just reaper scum! Just throw me out and feed me to the sharks, it's what I deserve!"
He wasn't gently touching my face anymore, no. He was now on the ground, spazzing, and looking completely guilt-ridden. Sighing, I crouched down, so I could look at him more closely as I spoke.
"Kid, it's not your fault! It was an accident! I was just so tired, I lost track of one of them! IT IS OKAY!" I yelled, but it seemed to be having no effect on the raven-haired reaper.
Sighing again, I got up, and headed over to Liz and Patty. I explained to them my plan to get Kid happy again. At first, the just looked at me in shock, completely convinced that I had lost it. After a few seconds of assuring them I was in fact completely sane, or as sane as I normally am, they agreed, though they were quite reluctant.
Everyone watched us with curiosity, except for Kid, who was still bad-mouthing himself. All their eyes went wide as Patty transformed into her gun form, while Liz caught her, and then aimed straight for my head.
Kid looked up at all the gasps, and then gasped himself, as he saw Liz fire.
"Ow! Dang it, it still freaking hurts like heck!" I yelled, after the bullet grazed my right cheek, making them both perfectly symmetrical.
"So…better?" I asked when I turned around to face him, smirking.
He just stared at me in shock and awe, while I swiftly walked past them all, winking at Kid on my way out, with Liz and Patty flanking me.
After a few shocked seconds of silence, Soul smirked, Maka smiled, Joelle giggled into her palm, and they all rushed out to follow us.
No one was there to see the blush spread on Kid's cheeks, and the small smile that graced his lips.
(TIME SKIP AND LINE BLOCK!)
I mumbled sleepily, stretching, before I noticed two loud thump sounds. Looking over the edges of the bed, I saw I had just knocked Liz and Patty out of our shared bed.
After waking up with them yesterday, I just decided to sleep in here with them. Screw the guest room, I was stayin' here.
"Hehehehehe…sorry?" I chuckled nervously, as they glared back up at me playfully.
Just as they were about to pounce, I dashed through the door, and ran down the hallway to the kitchen. Busting through the kitchen door, I spotted Kid at the table. He was trying to get all the letters of his alphabet soup to line up symmetrically, though it was in vain, because I immediately lunged at him, knocking his cereal to the ground.
He let out a surprised yelp, but held his ground as I crashed into him. He held on to me, as I did to him. He looked down at me, a question in his eyes. Giggling, I answered him. "Hehe, you see, in about three seconds Liz and Patty are going to crash through the door and try to skin me alive…help?".
Chuckling, he nodded, before picking me up bridal style. I yelped in surprise, a light blush spreading across my cheeks. Kid just smirked, before jumping onto his skateboard and rocketing out of the open window. And right as we rushed out of it, I heard the sounds of the door being slammed open, cursing from the Patty, and then the sounds of gunshots.
Kid and I looked at each other, before turning our heads backwards, only to see everything behind us being shot up by a sadistic and scary looking Patty.
I screamed bloody murder as Kid held on to me tighter, and we flew even faster.
"Okay, we'll go to the park where Maka, Soul, and Joelle are waiting. From there, we'll go visit Black Star and Tsubaki. We'll just wait with them until Liz and Patty calm down." strategize Kid.
I nodded, before asking, "But wait, what if they haven't calmed down once they find us?".
Kid chuckled. "Safety in numbers.".
We were still laughing when we reached the park.
Author's Note:
So, did y'all like this chappie? If you're confused as to why Liz and Patty are that angry, it'll be explained in the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed it enough to review! Please tell me what you thought of the chapter, where you think I'm headed, where I should head to in this story, and anything else you can give me advice on or critisize me on! PLEASE!
Sincerely, Raven T ^_^