Author: Coming to the conclusion of Death 3. So...3 is an accidental monster. What will happen to him now? Will Kid ever know, and if he does, will he keep 3 and continue to let him feed on his soul? Or are there more consequences than what we think? 0.0

"Kid? Are you okay?" asked Stein.

"I...I don't know..." breathed Kid. "Stein?"

"Hm?"

"Am I going to die?"

"What? Why...did you say that?"

"My life...flashed before my eyes..."

~3, deep in thought~

This all...happened so...quickly...

I don't know why it all happened so quickly...

It's not even time for my expiration yet...

I didn't mean to be such a nuance...

~Death~

"So...now what?" asked Death, the two cat scythes on the floor, passed out from the resonance.

"Well, the process ended. Those idiot cats of yours ruined everything," pouted Valenstein.

Death picked his sleeping grandson with one arm and with the other, he pulled the cats by their tails.

"You are all banned from this city as of right now!" he commanded.

"But, Shinigami! You don't understand how the clone works! It'll kill your son!" yelled Disco.

~Stein, rushing Kid to a room where he can rest properly~

"Kid? Are you feeling alright?"

"A little, I guess..."

"That's good. Listen, you stay here. I'm gonna find your father."

"What if I die?"

Stein didn't say anything. He just acted like he didn't hear him and walked away.

~Death~

"He can kill Valenstein, too?" asked Death.

"He can't kill me!" yelled Valenstein.

"Yes he can, just him walking around could be an epidemic," Disco argued.

"How so?"

"Didn't you hear me? He feeds off souls! The souls that 3 stays around. He's with Kid the most so he's in the most danger. When he expires, the people he fed off of die too!"

"Does...does that mean we'll die too?" asked Fara, waking up.

"Most likely."

"Even I would die in that case. My soul is all around the city...that basically means that 3's soul is everyone in the city's soul too."

"Technically, that's not the end of the world. It's just the end of Death City," Fara added in.

"That's the smartest thing you've said all day," said Death.

"When I try, I can make sense...it's just more fun to be silly~! ^^"

"Is there anyway this epidemic can be fixed?" asked Death.

"You're not going to like the answer."

"I don't care! Anything!"

"Someone has to give up their soul."

"What?"

"The situation is that 3 doesn't have a soul of his own, the only he can live on without expiration or killing everyone in Death City including you is if there is one sacrifice."

~Early in the morning, the part of the morning people are still asleep~

"I have to...do something...there's something...I have to do...I have to...I have to...3. I have to save 3! My son!" Kid screamed as he awoke, his son next to him, sound asleep. Kid took a sigh of relieve. 3 was okay. He fell back upon the bed. He looked around and realized he was home.

"Liz? Patty?" he called. Nothing. He would've got up to look for him, but at the moment, his only concern was 3. He rolled over and clung onto the eight year old.

"I'm so glad your safe..."

~In the Death Room, Lord Death, Disco, Valenstein, Stein, Liz, Patty~

"I'm not sacrificing my life for that thing. He's not real! He didn't even come out right!" yelled Valenstein. "As a matter of fact, why am I here? I thought I was banned..."

"And you still are, but since 3 is your creation, we are also having this discussion with you as well."

"What about me? I don't have a soul to give," Disco questioned.

"You're here simply because...I don't want to ban you."

"Cool..." Disco sat back in his seat and pushed his glasses against the bridge of his nose, covering his silver eyes.

"I think it'd be fair if we let Kid in on this," Liz suggested.

"Yeah...I'm tired," Patty yawned, resting her head on the table.

"Go ahead, Patty. You can go home and rest," said Death, knowing she wouldn't be useful to this appointment, anyway.

"I'll take her," said Disco, rising up from his seat. "I promise I won't do anything."

"I believe you. Go on," Death cleared.

Disco took Patty's arm and let her out the door, winking at Liz on his way out. After that it was silent. The remaining was still thinking of Liz's suggestion. It was as if even Valenstein knew what Kid would say, "I'll do it. I'll give him my soul."

"She's right, Lord Death," stated Stein, breaking the sudden silence.

"I...I don't know..." Death hesitated.

It was silent again. Valenstein stood up from her seat.

"I really don't care. You said I was banned from the city, right? Then why are you forcing me to be here?" she yelled. No one said anything. Everyone just stared at her. It was frustrating her. "It's a fucking clone! I'm not giving my soul to it! If Kid wants to do that, then fine! It's no matter to me!" The three continued to stare. She now felt as if she were in a dream, a really bad dream, a dream she wanted to stop.

"Uncle Frankie! Make them stop! They won't stop staring at me! You won't stop staring at me! What do you want from me?!"

No one said anything. They constantly kept their eyes on Valenstein to the point she felt she were in Hell. She fell over in her seat and started crying.

"I just wanna go home! I'm sorry! I just wanna be left alone! I want outta this! Frankie!"

Stein got out of his seat and rested his hands on Valenstein's shoulders. She looked up at her uncle, tears running down her eyes like heavy rain.

"We wanted to make sure you didn't become a kishin outside the city. Promise you won't become a kishin," he assured. Valenstein nodded.

"Good. Now...get the hell out of here. You and Ellenor. I never want to see your faces again. And if I do, I'll kill you."

Valenstein stood up and nodded. She took one last look at her uncle and started to walk away. Stein watched her walk. He watched her walk away from him forever. More than ever now he wanted to run to her and hug her before it was too late, for he knew he still loved her as if she were his own. In these mixed emotions, Stein found himself to do it. He ran to her and held onto her in a way to say goodbye and that he loved her. Valenstein knew she still loved Stein, so she hug back as well. All of this was a way to say goodbye, but inside it felt as if it were a way of saying don't go away. And Death watched what he knew he would have to go through, the death of his child. It was obvious that there was no other way to keep 3 alive. How he wished that 3 could just expire and everything would be alright later on, but life didn't work that way. It was his one and only son, or an epidemic.

As his niece walked away. Stein now felt like falling over and crying, something he usually feel like doing. It's not like he'd ever find a way to stay intouch with her, so he wouldn't know where she was. It was basically like her dying and death could break anyone, even if it wasn't specifically crying. He no longer felt like convincing Lord Death to give up on saving his son's life. It was kind of like asking someone to jump off a cliff while floating away in the curfew.

Liz observed the separation and felt the same way as Lord Death. She didn't want Kid to die. She loved him. As a meister and more. She wouldn't know what to do without him. It almost made her want to give her soul for him, but if she couldn't because she had to be there for her little sister as long as possible and besides, it's not like Kid could use one gun without freaking out. But now that she thought about it. He hasn't said much about symmetry lately. It kind of proved Disco's point about his soul getting consumed and to think that it's getting consumed right now, as they sat there and frankly did nothing at all. Death and Liz were too deep in their thoughts and Stein was too deep in his emotions. Once again, it was silent, even with Stein's silent sobbing.

"Maybe..." he sighed. "I'll give my soul..."

"But we need you, Stein. You're our doctor. You're a teacher too," replied Death.

"We need everyone!" cried Liz, rising from her seat. "We all need each other! Me and Patty need each other to live on, but we're not complete without Kid and neither are you, Lord Death! We need Stein because he's a teacher and a doctor! He gives us wisdom when we need it, even though he's creepy as hell and we can't stand him, we'd still hate to see him go! We should just let 3 die! If we all die together, no one gets hurt...we'll all have each other..."

"That's a good point, Liz, but we have to consider the feelings of everyone else in the city who have families outside this area. Think of Maka's mother. What if she came to visit as a surprize and she saw that her little girl was gone? And Spirit. They may be apart, but...that'd still hurt," Death pointed out.

"Death is just something we have to accept sometimes. It's life," said Stein.

"But...I...I love him..." whimpered Liz.

"Then tell him. Make love if you have to. Do what you can before it's too late. Because we're going to tell him tomorrow."

"Can't you wait? Can't you give us more time?"

"Didn't you hear what Disco was saying? 3 consumes his soul as he's close to him. 3's feeding off Kid right now. If we wait for too long, then Kid's not going to be able to do anything. He's not even going to be able to stand. 3 will expire, (as a kishin) and kill the city."

Liz fell to the floor.

"It's not fair! It's not fair! It's not fair!"

Stein slid to her and patted her on the back.

"You'll be alright, Liz, someday..." he sighed.

"No, Stein...I won't..."

"Stein," summoned Death.

He looked up at him.

"At least give us a day. Don't tell him anything. We'll all just take him out of school, spend the day with him and act like nothing is going on. Yes, he will get suspicious, but it'll still be the last bit of time we'll have with him, so we'll make it last, okay, Liz?"

Liz nodded.

"I can't promise you anything, though."

"I can't promise myself anything."

"Maybe...we should get Soul and Maka too, but just not tell them anything. It'd only be fair, since we know..."

"Yes. And...we can't leave Black Star and Tsubaki out."

"That's your final decision?" asked Stein.

Liz and Death looked at each other and nodded.

"Only, I want them to know what's going to happen to Kid," Death added.

"Why?"

"We're all going to go through this together."