Chapter 9: The Death City Carnival

(A/N: Hmmm, something was different about the last chapter... What was it... It's on the tip of my tongue... Oh yeah, I remember, I didn't write that chapter, my editor did. Heh, no wonder it seemed so different. Well, please go review her chapter if you haven't already. Here's another chapter for you, enjoy!)


:Death the Cutie's POV:

I was perfectly sound asleep until I heard some VERY loud footsteps approaching my room.

(Todd) "CUTIEEEEEEEE!"

Todd not-so-surprisingly burst through my door.

(C) "Todd! Do I have to TEACH you how to knock?"

(Todd) "Get up get up get up!"

(C) "*sigh* Can a girl not get some sleep on a weekend?"

(Todd) "Cutieeee! Please!"

(C) "Okay okay! What is it?"

(Todd) "We're going to the Carnival today! Remember?"

(C) "That was today...?"

(Todd) "Yes! Now let's go!"

(C) "I have to change first Todd... Is everyone else ready?"

(Todd) "No. It's only five."

(C) "Five...? Five in the morning...?"

(Todd) "Yeah, duh."

(C) "God of death... Go back to sleep Todd!"

(Todd) "But Cody's already up!"

(C) "Well, Cody is a girl and needs to wake up early to do his hair, you are a young boy that needs sleep!"

(Todd) "But I don't wanna sleep!"

Todd crossed his arms and had a pouty look on his face.

(C) "I WILL carry you."

I jumped out of bed and picked Todd up.

(C) "We are going to your room."

As I walked out of my room, I saw that it was a little to bright outside for five in the morning.

(Kid) "C, why are you waltzing around the house in your pajamas? We're going to the carnival remember?"

I put Todd down.

(C) "It's not five you little punk!"

He laughed then ran off to his room. I turned right around to get dressed.

(Patty) "Hey sis, you're gonna win me a big stuffed giraffe at the carnival right?"

(Liz) "Heh, yeah Patty, I'll get you the biggest giraffe there!"

(Todd) "Brother, can you get me a stuffed giraffe too?"

(Cody) "Sure thing, bro."

(Kid) "C! What's taking so long?"

(C) "Oh keep your panties on, I'm coming."

I ran downstairs where everyone was waiting for me. I'll skip the details about the trip to the carnival because it was long and boring and uneventful.

When we got there we met up with Maka and the others. We got in line to buy wrist bands and Kid started freaking out.

(C) "What is it now, Kid?"

(Kid) "Do we have to wear a wrist band?"

(C) "Yes Kid. That's how you get on the rides."

(Kid) "But- but then I'll be asymmetrical garbage!"

(C) "I think you'll live, Kid."

I guess I was wrong. As soon as Kid got his band, he had a huge fit about it. I felt a bead of sweat run down my face... I went up to the guy at the counter.

(C) "Hey listen, my brother's got this complex with symmetry and he can't just wear one band, so can you spare us one?"

His voice was low and scratchy.

(Man at counter) "No can do, sweetheart, we don't give away free bands."

This is what I hate about carnivals. All the workers are douchebags.

(C) "But he already bought a band, so you can't just give him a second one? I mean its a piece of paper!"

(Man at counter) "Nope."

(C) "Not even for a Shinigami?"

(Man at counter) "Listen girly, I don't care who you are, you're not getting a free band."

Did he just call me girly...? I looked back at Kid who was still freaking out over the little band around one of his wrists. I reached into my pocket and slammed some bills onto the counter.

(C) "Here! I would like to ~purchase~ another band!"

I spoke with obvious irritability in my voice. He took the bills, and with a smug face, handed me another wrist band.

(C) "Here Kid. Now you can be 'symmetrical'."

He calmed down after putting the second wrist band on. OCD freak...

(BlackStar) "NYAHAHA! I BlackStar shall win the biggest and bestest prize at this carnival!"

(C) "*sigh* Well don't get disappointed when you spend twenty dollars trying to win a cheap bear..."

(BlackStar) "You! Speak up when talking to your god!"

(C) "Never mind..."

(BlackStar) "I said, speak up!"

(C) "AND I SAID NEVER MIND!"

(BlackStar) "Okay, I heard you, no need to yell."

(Maka) "Okay, are we going to split up?"

(Liz) "Um, yeah I guess."

(Soul) "Where should we meet up?"

(C) "Let's all meet up at the haunted house so we can all go before we leave."

(Liz) "A... H-haunted house...?"

(Patty) "BOO! Hahahahaha!"

(Cody) "Sounds like a plan."

(BlackStar) "Yes! Tsubaki, we shall go to the Ferris wheel first!"

I hope he knows that the Ferris wheel is at the very end if the carnival... I glanced over and saw Crona, looking around as if he was in some sort of trance.

(C) "Hi Crona!"

He was slightly startled when I approached him.

(Crona) "Hi..."

(C) "Wanna walk around the carnival together?"

(Crona) "Um, sure."

We kinda wandered away from the rest of the group. I saw a food vender that was selling cotton candy.

(C) "Hey Crona, want some cotton candy?"

(Crona) "I don't know what that is..."

(C) "What? Don't tell me you've never had cotton candy before."

(Crona) "Okay... I won't tell you then..."

I smiled slightly.

(C) "You're funny, I'll go buy you some."

I got two cotton candies for us.

(C) "Here."

I held one in front of Crona but he just looked at it.

(C) "Go on, take it!"

His timid hand reached over to take the cotton candy. Then I heard a familiar and aggravating voice.

(Ragnorok) "Hey, hey, hey! What's that, Crona?"

(Crona) "Umm, caught on can D?"

(Ragnorok) "What? Are you sure this shinigami's not trying to poison you?"

I laughed, and they both looked at me with confused faces.

(C) "It's called 'Cotton candy', Crona. And no, it's not poisonous."

(Ragnorok) "Hmm, I don't trust this girl Crona."

(C) "Oh just try it!"

I balled up a piece off my cotton candy, and threw it towards Ragnorok, who caught it with his huge tongue.

(Ragnorok) "Woah! You gotta try this stuff Crona!"

Crona was busy staring at the apparently confusing piece of food.

(Crona) "I'm not sure how I'm supposed to eat this."

He started to poke at the fluffy cotton candy.

(C) "Just rip a piece off and stick it in your mouth. Here watch."

I demonstrated by getting a piece off cotton candy and putting it in my mouth.

(C) "See?"

Crona did the same thing that I did. He looked shocked when he tried it.

(Crona) "It... It disappeared!"

(C) "Heheh, yeah, it dissolves on your tongue."

(Crona) "It tastes... Um... It tastes..."

(C) "Sweet?"

(Crona) "Oh, uh, sure."

I smiled.

(C) "Let's go play some carnival games!"

(Crona) "Oh, um okay."

I walked over to the shoot-the-star booth.

(C) "So, you've never been to a carnival have you?"

He shook his head. I payed the man and picked up two BB guns, then I handed Crona one.

(C) "The basic idea of this game is to shoot that little piece of paper until you can't see the star."

He was struggling to hold the gun. I showed him the proper way to hold it, but he still struggled. I leaned on the table and aimed my gun at the piece of paper.

(C) "Just pull the trigger and..."

I began shooting a circle around the red star. It was easy, I mean, I work with guns everyday. Eventually there was a huge hole in the paper where the red star used to be. The man at the booth carefully inspected the small sheet of paper.

(Man) "Pick anything on the top shelf..."

(C) "Just give me whatever."

He handed me a stuffed giraffe. I looked at Crona and he looked at me as if to say, 'You expect me to do that?'

(C) "Just try your best. Have fun!"

He timidly held the BB gun and pointed toward the paper. I helped him aim it better. He took one shot, and fell back.

(Crona) "I don't think I can deal with this!"

(C) "That's okay Crona, there are other games."

I should've started with an easier game. I took him to the can-knock-down booth.

(C) "Do you know how to play this game, Crona?"

(Crona) "No..."

I paid the man at the booth and he gave me six bean bags.

(C) "Well basically, you have to knock all the cans down."

I handed three of the bean bags to Crona.

(C) "Good luck."

I took a bean bag and threw it at the bottom row of cans. The cans barely moved. Just as I thought. The cans on the bottom row are filled with lead. Knowing that I wouldn't be able to knock over the cans, I simply threw the other two bean bags. Then I looked over to Crona.

(Crona) "I don't know what to do with these."

He still had the bean bags in his hands.

(C) "You throw them, silly."

(Crona) "Oh... Okay."

He threw his first bean bag. And missed. By a lot.

(C) "Crona, you have to throw a bit harder than that."

He threw another bean bag. And he got closer. Kind of. Not really...

(Ragnorok) "LET ME DO IT!"

Ragnorok appeared and snatched the last bean bag out of Crona's hands.

(C) "Uh..."

Ragnorok threw the bean bag so hard that it broke through the back of the booth.

(Crona) "Ragnorok..."

(Ragnorok) "I knocked the cans over what do I win?!"

I turned to the man at the booth.

(C) "Yes, good sir, I do believe that my friend here knocked over the cans."

The vendor was still in shock at the fact that there was a huge hole in his booth.

(C) "Ummm hello?"

The man jumped when I started talking.

(Man) "H-here! T-take the prize and leave!"

He shoved a huge stuffed giraffe in my face.

(C) "Why, thank you."

Ragnorok grabbed the giraffe from me.

(C) "Hey!"

(Ragnorok) "This is MY prize! I won it!"

(C) "Well, you got me there."

It didn't seem like Crona was doing too well with these carnival games, but you can't blame him, all of these games are rigged. I thought it would be better to ride a ride this time. I walked him over to the Ferris wheel. I saw Tsubaki standing by the line.

(C) "Hey Tsubaki! Where's Bla-"

Before I even finished she pointed to the top of the Ferris wheel.

(BlackStar) "I AM THE AMAZING BLACKSTAR I SHALL BE KING OF THIS FERRIS WHEEEE-"

The idiot fell off of the huge carnival ride.

(Tsubaki) "I told him not to climb the Ferris wheel."

(Crona) "This ride looks dangerous..."

(C) "Oh don't worry, if your not an idiot like BlackStar, you'll be fine"

We got in the line and when it was our turn we sat in the seats. The bar lowered and Crona looked at me.

(Crona) "What is this for?"

(C) "It's to make sure you don't fall out."

(Crona) "Oh so is that why BlackStar fell out?"

I laughed.

(C) "No, BlackStar's just an idiot."

The gondola started moving and our feet lifted of the ground. Crona looked startled. He was staring at his feet, that were no longer on the ground.

(C) "Look up, Crona, you can see a lot from here."

He raised his head.

(Crona) "I-it's... Amazing..."

(C) "This is what I love about Ferris wheels, the view is incredible."

I looked at him. This is the perfect time to ask.

(C) "Crona, are you a-"

(Ragnarok) "MWAHAHAHA! We're at the top of the world!"

Ragnorok seems to appear during the most inopportune moments.

(C) *sigh* "Hi Ragnarok."

(Ragnarok) "Oh no, she's here."

(C) "Nice to see you too."

(Ragnarok) "Quick, Crona we need to get away from here! Who knows what the shinigami is planning?"

Ragnarok started pulling on Crona's hair, making the entire gondola shake back and forth.

(Crona) "H-hey! Q-quit it!"

(C) "Why don't you like me? Because I'm a shinigami?"

Ragnarok turned to me and crossed his arms.

(Ragnarok) "I don't need to answer to you."

(C) "And you also don't need to be mean to me."

(Ragnarok) "You can't tell me what to do!"

And isn't that tragic...

(C) "No, I can't, but I can ask you kindly to go away?"

(Ragnarok) "Why should I?"

(C) "Because you're so nice and understanding?"

He just looked at me with an, 'are you serious' face. Or at least I think he did, Ragnarok doesn't really have what you would call, a face.

(C) "...Um... Because if you go away I'll buy you cotton candy?"

(Ragnarok) "That sounds like a deal!"

Ragnarok disappeared, then it was just me and Crona. I really don't know what to say anymore... I guess I can thank Ragnarok for making things so awkward. For a long time, we just sat there in silence. Crona was back to looking down at his feet. I just stared at the carnival. Everyone looks so small when your high up.

(Crona) "Why are you so nice to me?"

I was a bit startled when Crona started talking. His eyes where still looking down. There was a small pause before I answered him.

(C) "That's because-"

(Ragnorok) "You two are boring! When am I going to get that cotton candy?!"

(C) "Well, you're never going to get it if you keep interrupting!"

It's official, the universe won't let me have a nice conversation with Crona.

(Ragnorok) "I'm bored! When do we get off of this wheel thing?"

(C) "As soon as we make it back to the ground!"

We were about 50 feet off the ground.

(Ragnorok) "This wheel moves too slow! I want to get off now!"

(C) "Well, even if we wanted to, this bar keeps us from getting out."

(Ragnorok) "Not anymore!"

Ragnorok began flailing his arms everywhere and he broke off the safety bar!

(Crona) "Ragnorok..."

(C) "Are you crazy?!"

(Ragnorok) "This ride is so fun!"

Ragnorok was rocking the gondola back and forth like a mad man. Without the safety bar to keep us from falling, Crona and I fell out of the seats. I hate to admit it, but I was screaming the entire way down. We landed with a loud THUMP and a cloud of dirt.

(C) "Ow... Are you okay, Crona?"

(Crona) "Y-... No..."

(Ragnorok) "That was fun! Let's go again, let's go again!"

(C) "That was not fun! We just fell fifty feet!"

(BlackStar) "NYAHAHAHAHA!"

I turned around to see a familiar blue-haired monkey, laughing at me.

(BlackStar) "Ha! I'm not the only one that falls out of Ferris wheels!"

(C) "No, but you're the only one that would slap a perfectly good piece of cake on the floor."


(A/N: The story will continue in the next chapter, ratings and reviews are always appreciated, thank you all for your continued support.)