Chapter 10 Goddess?
"Dual Scythe Meister Kaori and Dual Gun Meister Death the Kid, please report to the Death-room immediately. Again Meisters Kaori and Death the Kid please report to the Death-room." Was heard through the school over the intercom.
"Wonder what this is about." I said aloud while going inside. I had gotten lucky; I had just finished my timing for running for the morning Physical training.
"This is out of the ordinary. Being called to see dad in the middle of class." Kid commented as we walked together.
"Maybe it's something important." I suggested.
"Without the rest of the team?" He asked.
I shrugged and said, "I don't know. I guess we'll find out when we get there." I answered and we continued walking through the halls until we came to the door. I was about to knock but Kid walked right in.
"Howdy, howdy you two. Thanks for coming." Lord Death said.
We both bowed respectfully and said, "Hello."
"What do you need us for father?" Kid asked.
"Well first I would like to explain the wings to Kaori." He said.
"You know about that already?" I asked.
"I told him about it." Kid said.
"Oh okay. So you know something about it?" I asked.
"Yes. It comes from your mother, who was also a meister, wielded your father who was a gun. Ironic that such a peaceful woman would wield a gun, especially the kind of weapon he was." He answered.
"What kind of gun is my dad? Why does my mom have wings?" I asked.
"You're father was a weapon that humans have not currently created, the idea of it comes from a mythological world, in it, it is called a morph gun with four modes. His mother was a witch, who tested some magic on him as a child and changed him from a normal gun to the mythological morph gun. As for your mother, well the wings were part of her being a goddess." He explained.
"A goddess?" Kid and I both asked in unison.
"Yes, there are Shinigamis and then there are Fairies. Like the ones in the cave where Excalibur is. Although those are more like nature fairies, your mother is where they derive from. She was goddess of nature and magic, this also covers souls and spirits. She helped me by being the judge of who is put on my list. I keep the balance, the black and white per se while your mother helped organize everything so that I can put it and keep it in balance, the color is a way to put it." Death explained.
"So that's how you know, knew my parents. What happened to them?" I asked.
"They were murdered seven years ago, you had been put under protective custody for another year before the killer found you. We don't know who they are or how they managed to kill your parents but something happened and you disappeared, that was about a year after the murder." He said.
"When I woke up with no memory of my past." I finished.
"Who could have possibly done that? Witches?" Kid asked.
"Not even a witch in their right mind would kill her or her family. She was Lady of Magic, they respected her and things were calmer between magical people and those who weren't when she was around. The culprit disappeared when they failed to get Kaori. I don't believe they had even intended to kill your mother from the way the scene looked. I think they had intended to kidnap but she fought back and they both were killed.
"So that would make Kaori a goddess. A Fairy so to speak." Kid said.
"Yes but she cannot take her mother's place until she has a full realization of her abilities just as you cannot take my place until you fully realize your powers. That birthmark is similar to your Sanzu lines, it won't be complete until she has a full realization of her powers." Death explained.
"So why did my wings appear when Kid touched the birthmark? That's never happened before." I asked.
"Um, I'll explain that another day, you two have class so off you go!" Death said shooing us out.
"But wait I still have so many questions. What were my parents like? Why did I lose my memories?" I asked.
"All will be answered another day. Let's take this one step at a time, I've already explained a lot to you today." Death said literally pushing us out the door and closed it behind us.
"Damn it." I muttered.
"What's the matter? You've gotten answers." Kid asked.
"I want to know everything, what was your dad and Nikki and Rai's mom talking about? Why did I lose my memory? Why do very few people know about the fact that there was a ruling goddess who was friends with your dad? And a million other questions I'm not going to list." I said.
"Maybe knowing everything at once will just be overwhelming. Just take it one step at a time." He responded.
"I guess you're right." I answered and fell silent, lost in thought. I couldn't get all of the questions to go away. They consistently nagged at me. What was more frustrating was the fact that I couldn't remember any of this. Why couldn't I remember anything from my past? Yes of course if I had hit my head I could have gained amnesia for a little while but six years? Why couldn't even one little memory come back? Even in dreams but nothing, absolutely nothing familiar. The only proof I was presented was my birthmark and the wings. Otherwise I had nothing to tie myself to the information Lord Death had presented us.
"It's still bothering you isn't it?' Kid asked.
"Can't shake the confusion. I have absolutely no memories to confirm that this is all true, the only thing I have is the birthmark and the wings, nothing else to prove to myself that this is actually true. It's just nagging at me." I answered.
"Besides your soul." He said.
"My soul has proof?" I asked.
"It looks a lot like a witches soul, so very high magical ability and your unfinished birthmark as its wings." He explained.
"Hm. I did not know that." I answered.
"Never knew anyone with soul perception?" He asked.
"Not before moving here no." I answered.
We took our seats when getting into the classroom. Stein paid us no attention and continued with his lesson even if everyone's attention had directed to us for some odd reason. Maybe Rai or Nikki knew why people were staring at us. Their staring didn't stop at just coming in late with the short attention spans that all kids and teenagers have. They continued to stare at us even after we sat down, or at least until we both gave hard stares back to indicate that we didn't appreciate being stared at.
"What the hell were they staring at us for?" Kid asked.
"Not sure." I answered and turned to Rai and asked, "What's with people staring at us?"
"I think everyone thinks you two are dating or something." Rai said.
"What? Why would they think that?" I asked.
"I think some of the students were at the pavilion yesterday and saw you two coming out of the maze of mirrors or something like that because none of us have talked about it with anyone. Must be one of the gossipers since it spread so fast." He answered.
"Where would they get such a ridiculous idea like that?" Kid asked.
"It's not that ridiculous considering the fact that you two were holding hands coming out." Liz said.
"I was helping because she has terrible sense of direction." He said.
"They didn't know that, all they could have seen was you two holding hands." Rai pointed out.
"The idea of us dating is completely absurd, no one with half a brain cell would even come up with that conclusion." He answered.
"Why is that idea absurd? Is it because you don't think I'm good enough for you?" I asked calmly.
"I didn't say that." Kid countered.
"But is that what you're thinking?" I asked.
"If you four do not stop talking up there I will dissect you all in your sleep." Stein said sounding bored from the board.
"Sorry Professor Stein." I said and went back to taking notes and immediately left when the bell rang.
"Looks like Kaori's mad." Nikki said.
"Why?" Kid asked.
"Most likely because you kept saying that the idea of you two dating is absurd so it either implies that you think she is not good enough for you or that she is not appealing or attractive. You could have simply said that you two aren't dating instead of consistently saying how stupid you think the idea is, it makes you sound as if you're sickened by the idea. Weather that is true or not it's never a good idea to act like it unless you intend to hurt or piss her off." Liz explained.
"Ha, ha, ha! Kid had a stupid moment!" Patty said laughing.
"Did it really seem that way or is she just being sensitive?" Kid asked.
"Kaori? Sensitive? That's hilarious. It didn't sound that bad, but at the same time it did fit with what Liz said." Nikki said.
"Great, now I feel bad." He answered.
"If it makes you feel any better, she doesn't hold grudges or at least I don't think she does. She kind of keeps everything bottled up so no one can see it so it's hard to tell, but with something like this she fumes for a bit and either gets over it, or acts like she did." Nikki said. Kid and Rai both stared at him blankly before Rai spoke up and said, "I don't think that helps at all you idiot. Nikki isn't the one to get advice from. You should just go talk to her and ask her what's bothering her."
"You're right I suppose." Kid answered as they headed out of class.
We had free period next so I spent it in the library doing homework and reading. I was glad that the library was so large because I was in a mood where I just wanted to be alone and surrounded by books. Unfortunately the one person I wanted to avoid for the duration of free period had soul perception. It's not that I was completely avoiding him, I just needed some time to myself to get over my spark of anger, and I wanted to be alone to let off some steam.
Lucky for me I also had soul perception, of course not nearly as strong as Stein's with gathering information or Maka's with wide range, hers will also likely get strong enough to be able to see past Soul Protect on witches. I walked around the library looking for books to read or use for work, also trying to avoid the one person that seemed to be trying to find me based on the movements. Why he was I had no idea but I just wanted to be alone for a little bit. I haven't had much time to be alone and read in a while, not that I didn't like hanging out with my friends or studying and doing work with them but there were times when I just needed to be alone, but the world usually seems to hate me when it comes to things like that so let's see how long I can keep this up.
I picked up a fourth book to aid me in a project, adding it to the pile of books in my arms of now six with two for reading just because. I turned around and almost walked into the very person I was going out of my way to avoid, Death the Kid, who had been less than a foot behind me.
"Oh sorry." I said and stepped to the side to get around.
"Have you been avoiding me?" He asked suspiciously.
"What makes you think that?" I asked stepping around him. He put a hand on my shoulder to stop me so I turned back around to face him.
"When I said that the idea of us dating was absurd I didn't mean to sound as if you weren't good enough or that I was appalled by the idea. I was just taken aback that people are actually jumping to that conclusion when I honestly don't see that we have expressed that sort of behavior." He explained.
"Okay." I answered. He seemed to be sincere about it and I haven't known Kid to just say something fix things unless he actually meant it.
"So… what are you up to?" He asked.
"Homework and reading. Just taking some time to be alone." I answered.
"So you were avoiding me." He said.
"Not just you, anyone. Just wanted a little bit of time to myself so I figure the library would narrow it down to you, Tsubaki and Maka to steer clear of for a little while. I got some time to myself and you explained yourself for your mistake in wording." I answered with a smile.
"Yes." He answered giving a small smile.
"You're cuter when you smile." I said right before the bell rang for lunch. He seemed surprised by the comment but didn't seem to mind, just walked with me to lunch with random conversation.
"Yay! They kissed and made up!" Patty said loudly. I gave her a questioning look as if to say 'hu?'
Me: So originally this was going to be the chapter where Death explains to Kid and Kaori that thing that he was going to tell them (I'm referring to during Parent's Night) but then I looked at how long the chapter actually was, I hadn't cut it off for six pages (my usual is four) so I found that the fourth page was at a decent spot and cut it off so either the next chapter or the one after that will explain what that was all about. For now I give you some information about her parents and who she is. There's more to it but I didn't want it to be so overwhelming with information all at once.