chapter 8: Everything is great now...but not for long

Not long after the news was spread, many residents of Death city started to talk about Callisto the nine-tailed fox. They were talking about how was it possible that such a creature could be living on the streets for an unknown amount of time, what bad could had happened to her, how does she live now, et cetera.

Students of the Death weapon meister academy were gossiping about the situation as well. In no time, Callisto became pretty popular. A lot of girls wanted to see her, although the fox did not appreciate that much attention. Luckily for her, Kid knew that she found it stressful and always refused the girls' offers about petting Callisto or getting too close to her. Poor vixen was still not ready for that kind of attention.

At times, there were also a few girls who wanted to see Kid himself, instead of Callisto. They were often trying to flirt with Kid, but Callisto did not allow them. She did not like that there were girls who liked Kid in that way. She had a different idea about which girl would be a better mate for her master. Wink, wink!

On a Saturday morning, the whole gang went out to play a little basketball and then they would go to have a picnic somewhere in the forest. The game was nothing too special. It was a normal basketball game between our heroes. During the first few minutes of the game, Callisto was just sitting nearby and was watching them silently. She did not look bored, she was more like confused. It looked like she was thinking about something. When she finally decided that she has waited long enough, she joined the gang in their game. Everybody was very surprised. They did not expect her to join, but they let her stay anyway. While Black Star was hitting the ball, Callisto appeared in front of him, seemingly out of nowhere, and took the ball, using her paws and her tails. The vixen showed some pretty impressive skills at playing basketball. She even managed to beat Black Star. While the blue-haired assassin was showing loudly his frustration, everyone else was very amused by the final result. They did not expect her to be this good, neither that she can actually play any sports:

- "Wow, who thought that "ms. Grouchy" here is actually a skilled athlete.- Liz expressed her amaze vocally.

-"I agree. She seems to be full of surprises."- Maka joined. First they all saw Callisto's slow change of attitude towards human beings (the moment when she allowed Crona to pet her) and now they see her showing a desire to enjoy herself, together with the gang. Who knows what would happen next!

Later that same morning, Kid, Liz, Patty, Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, Black Star, Crona and Callisto went to the forest to have a picnic together. All different kinds of food were put. There was sushi, shrimps, hamburgers, onigiri and many others. Tsubaki has cooked most of them and they seemed to taste good, judging by Ragnarok's reaction. Callisto wanted to try some too:

- "Oh! Are hungry?"-Tsubaki noticed that the fox had an interest in tasting her food.-"You can have some, if you want. Here, have a little of this"- she gave the animal an onigiri. Callisto reached to Tsubaki's hand and took the onigiri that she was holding. She ate it and found it to be pretty delicious:

- "You like it?"- Tsubaki asked and Callisto nodded in response.-"Wanna have some more?"-Callisto nodded again.-"Here, try this!"-the girl gave the canid a sushi. She ate this one too and enjoyed it.

Everybody was watching how the fox was accepting Tsubaki's food enthusiastically. It may seem like nothing special to most people, but they specifically found it to be a pretty sweet picture. Little things matter, after all. They were all glad to see how Callisto was beginning to act more casually among them, it was like she has known them in a long time. Kid was looking at his vixen with a warm and pleasant smile on his face. He was feeling very proud. It appeared that everything was perfectly fine. Nobody thought that there is even a slight possibility that something (or someone) could ruin it. But they were wrong?

What they did not know was that one witch was coming closer, and closer and that she had very sinister intentions. While the others were having casual conversations, Maka felt something in her. She felt some kind of presence. Kid looked at her and quickly realised that something is bothering her:

-" What is it, Maka?"

-" I felt something. It was like we are not alone here. Can you feel it too, Kid?"

-"Actually, I do. I sense a...witch."

The others have probably heard what Kid and Maka were talking about because they stopped talking and looked at them. They were all wondering what was happening. Callisto, though, felt very worried. Just like Kid and Maka, she could sense the witch's soul. A powerful and ill-intentioned witch's soul. Her worry quickly changed to defense mode-she stood on her four legs and took a defense pose:

-"Callisto, what is wrong?"-Kid noticed that Callisto was not taking the situation well.

-"What is it, girl?"-Maka noticed as well.

-"Can you feel it too?"-Kid asked her.

Everybody looked at each other. Black Star was prepared to fight. Tsubaki was worried. Soul was a little confused, Patty had no idea what was happening. And Lizand Crona were scared.

Suddenly, the feeling disappeared. It was like the presence has just vanished. Kid, Callisto and Maka could not sense anything more now. One moment the feeling was here and in the next moment it was gone.