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A/N: Hello again my darlings! I had a few suggestions for this chapter. And I loved them all! I plan on using all of them, but in due time.
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Chapter Eleven
*Maka's POV*
"What? What do you mean? Did something happen?" I asked with worry lacing my voice. I looked at all their faces. Each one had an expression so serious, that I was afraid that something terrible had happened.
BlackStar looked at Kidd and shook his head, as if to say "no. Kidd looked confused at first, but after a moment, he looked like he finally understood. I looked between the two of them, and felt a sense of dread. It was then that I realized that something terrible had indeed happened.
"It's bad, isn't it? Something has happened." I said quietly, almost timidly.
Kidd started to open his mouth, but BlackStar interrupted him.
"Yeah, care-bear. It is. It's real bad. We need to sit down and talk. But for now, let's eat. I know you must be starving." BlackStar said to me, with a calm and collected expression.
'I've only seen BlackStar this calm when he is either training hard or trying to keep me from seeing his anger and fear. That must mean something has pissed him off so much he is afraid for either me or himself. Or both.' I thought to myself. I knew that if that was truly the case, then the only thing that would make him happy was for me to do what he suggested.
'He only wants what's best for me. And I know that if I don't sit down and eat, he'll force it down my throat just so I don't starve.' Looking at BlackStar, I nodded so he knew I understood.
I turned around and choose one of the chairs to sit down in. BlackStar followed me and sat down in the chair to the right of me, with Tsubaki on the other side of him. Liz and Patti sat across from Blackstar and Tsubaki, and Ms. Marie and Stein sat next to them. With only one place left, Kidd sat next to me. 'I'm sure he rather sit next to Liz and Patti. They are far better company than I am.' I thought with a sad smile.
With everyone seated, we said grace and began passing the food around. As the food was passed around, I began to get a little impatient. I was tapping my feet on the floor and my fingers were drumming on the table. Though all the food looked lovely, I really wanted to be done with eating so that we could talk about what's going on. As the food got closer to me, and I was still being impatient, Kidd turned to me and spoke.
"Maka?" Kidd said quietly to me.
I turned to him and looked at his face. He wore an expression of concern.
"Yes?" I said to him.
"Are you alright?" he asked me still looking concerned.
'Why? Why does he care? Why does he care if I'm alright or not? It's not like he likes me. I'm just a nobody, a waste of space. He shouldn't care about me at all. He can't.' I thought to myself sadly. The more I thought these thoughts, the more my emotions went down into the darkness. I knew I was being irrational, but I didn't care. I was so depressed, I let my emotions take control of me.
As I sat there swimming in my darkness, I didn't realized everyone had stopped talking and was looking at me and Kidd. I was too far down in my emotions to notice. As I continued to sit there, still in the darkness, it was then that I felt it. Those feelings of happiness and love. The same emotions that I had felt earlier. The same emotions that I knew weren't my own. But this time, instead of just if happiness and love, I also felt deep concern. Concern for me. And just like earlier, I began to hear Kidd's thoughts.
'Why is she so sad? Why? I want to know. No. I need to know. I need to know so I can make it all right. If only she would just tell me. If only she would tell me what's wrong. I need to know what's wrong with my beautiful queen. I need to know. She is just sitting there so sad. I need to make her smile again. The more sad she becomes, the further she falls into the pit of darkness. I need to make my queen smile. It's my duty as her king.' Kidd thoughts were swirling around and around in my head.
'Why can I hear him? And why does he keep calling me his queen?' I thought to myself with confusion. As Kidd's thoughts kept swirling around in my head, I began to feel as if love was being pushed through my veins. I was getting happier and calmer. And as I became calmer, I was gradually pushed back to reality.
As I was brought back into reality, I realized with a start that everyone was staring at me and Kidd. And I realized that Kidd was looking at me with not just concern, but curiosity as well.
"Maka? Are you alright?" Kidd repeated.
"Yes. I'm alright. Just hungry." I said to him smiling. He didn't looked convinced, but he didn't pushed the subject further.
As I looked back to the table, I realized the food had already made it to me. I quickly dished out my portion and passed the food to Kidd. He took it and put a serving on his plate. We all began eating after that.
As I put a forkful of lasagna into my mouth, I was surprised at the taste of it. The taste was like no other. It left my tastebuds with a pleasurable feeling. 'What kind of lasagna is this? It's so… wonderful.' I thought with a smile.
"Kidd. What kind of lasagna is this? It's so different from any lasagna I've ever had." I turned and asked him.
"It's my family's special lasagna. Bolognese Lasagna with a Porcini-Ricotta filling." Kidd replied with a smile.
"Your family's lasagna?" I said with surprise.
"Yes. Do you not like it?" he asked, his expression falling.
"No! I love it! It's so delicious." I exclaimed with a smile. My answer made his face light up with pride.
"I'm glad." he said.
We continued eating with some small talk. We talked about happy things and told stories from school. Soon we had all finished eating and were ready for dessert. As the cheesecake made its way around the table, we continued talking. The current topic was of the time when BlackStar tried to steal the answers to the exam.
"BlackStar. The look on Tsubaki's face when she realized what you had done was priceless!" I said laughing.
" I guess the all-knowing, almighty assassin was not so almighty after all." Liz said through her laughter.
"Hey! I resent that! I am almighty! I am a god! Bow down before me peasants!" BlackStar said with a boastful yell.
"Yeah, okay star-star." I said with a smile.
"Don't call me that Maka!" BlackStar said.
"Okay BlackStar." I said.
"Thank you." he said.
"You're welcome. Star- star." I said unable to help myself.
As BlackStar and I began to throw nicknames at each other, everyone else began laughing at our antics. It felt good to smile and laugh. But I knew it wouldn't last because of what was soon to come.
We finished our desserts and began cleaning up the table. Tsubaki and I took the dirty dishes and washed them, while BlackStar and Kidd put away the food. Soon we were piling into the living room. Stein, Marie, Liz, and Patti all sat down on one couch. Kidd and I sat down on the couch opposite them, with Blackstar and Tsubaki beside us.
Once we were seated, we all looked at each other, waiting for the first one to speak. As we continued to sit there, not saying nothing, I was beginning to get worried again. Finally, I couldn't take it any longer and broke the silence.
"Why are we all here? What is so important?" I asked.
"We are here because we need to discuss about Soul." Kidd said looking at me.
"About Soul?" I asked confused.
"Yes. I have learned that the reason he is acting so out of character is because the madness has control over him again." Kidd explained.
"The madness? But I thought we had gotten rid of that for good." I said with a worried expression.
"Yes. We all thought that too. But I checked on the nature of his soul in the Room of Mirrors and confirmed it. Now I have an idea on how to save him, but I need all of your help." Kidd said looking at all of us.
"A way? What is it?" I asked him.
"My idea is to have BlackStar and Tsubaki train with Stein and learn the Soul Restore technique. They will learn tactics on how to shape a soul back to its original state and how to make darkness completely disappear from a soul. Marie will train with them as well because I want her to know in case something goes wrong. I will train with Liz and Patti and help them learn the same techniques." Kidd said explaining his plan to the rest of us.
"What about me? What is my task?" I asked him.
"Your task is stay here and get better. With your injuries from last night, I want you to rest and focus on getting healthy again." Kidd said to me.
"But-" I started to protest.
"No buts. Once I feel you are well enough again, I will begin training you on how to use Soul Restore. But first, I want you to focus on getting better." Kidd said firmly to me.
I didn't want to just stay at home and rest. I wanted to learn too. But I knew that I did need to get better, so I nodded to Kidd to show him that I understood.
"So when do we start training?" BlackStar asked.
"You , Tsubaki, and Marie will begin training tomorrow with Stein. Liz and Patti will begin training as well tomorrow." Kidd said looking at each of us. We all nodded.
"Now my plan is to be fully trained within two weeks time. So that gives us until the 18th to train." Kidd continued.
"Why the 18th?" Tsubaki asked.
"Because any longer than that, I fear Soul will be lost to us forever." Kidd replied.
"Now let's plan what we need to do to train." Kidd said.
As everyone began planning what to do, I began to drift off to sleep, curling into Kidd as I did so. But little did I know, that I would be dreaming of things that would change me and my life.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! And as a Mother's day treat, I will be uploading chapter twelve either later tonight or tomorrow. And if any you have any ideas for the story, you can either leave it in a review or PM it to me. And as always, please leave me a review on what you thought of the chapter! Until next time! - Sesshomaruslover17