~Time Skip~

Maka's POV

I woke up by the savoury smell of bacon and eggs. I yawned and stretched my arms and legs. I noticed that I had a blanket on me. "Huh? Who put this on me?"

I turned off the music and went out of my room and into the kitchen. I found Blair cooking breakfast while singing.

"Good morning, Blair."

"Good morning Maka-chan~" She sang. "So you're cooking breakfast for today huh?"

"Yeap, I wanted to do it since I thought you might be really tired from everything."

I smiled, "Thank you."

"No problem~ Nya~"

I sat down on the table and Blair placed a plate of bacon, eggs and toast and a cup of coffee in front of me. I took a sip of the coffee and took a bite of the toast.

"Good morning, Blair, Maka."

"Morning, Elizabeth." I and Blair said in unison.

She yawned and rubbed her eyes. She slumped on the chair next to me and stretched her arms. Blair served hers and Elizabeth's food on the table and set on the chair opposite of mine.

I heard the house phone ring and went to answer it.

"Albarn's residence, how may I help you?"

"Hey, Maka! It's your buddy, Liz!"

"Liz! What do you need?"

"Me and Patty are gonna have a pool party at Kid's place. Just the gang, hanging out at the pool; would you like to come? You can bring Elizabeth with you…"

"I would love to come! But, can Blair come to? If she can…"

"Sure!"

I moved the phone away from my ear, "Hey! Liz and Patty is gonna have a pool party at Kid's place and she said you two can come! Do you want to?"

"Nya~ I would love to but I have work to do today…."

"Can I really? I would love to!"

"Alright then"

"Liz, are you still there?"

"Hell yea."

"So, Blair's not coming but Elizabeth is…."

"Great! Alright then, see you at 12:30 sharp!"

"We'll be there…." She hung up and I placed the phone down. I sat back down and ate.

~Time Skip~ (lol only a few minutes)

"Bye guys! I'll be back pretty late so take care of the house, okay? Nya~"

"Bye, Blair…" I said. "I'll go read a book in Blair's room." Elizabeth said as she locked herself in the room. I sighed and thought about what to do. I didn't want to read.

"I know!" I ran in my room and took out a couple of brushes, paints and a few coloured permanent markers.

I took a bunch of old newspapers and covered my bedroom furniture. I pushed my bed out of the room and looked at the plain, black walls of my room. I started painting but stopped after I realised I didn't have music on.

I took my phone and plugged it in the speakers and made a new playlist.

Yume to Hazakura – Hatsune Miku

Senbonzakura – Hatsune Miku

Capriccio Farce – Eight Vocaloids

Poker Face – Gumi

Bad End Night – Eight Vocaloids

Crazy Night – Eight Vocaloids

After I'm happy about the songs I chose, I played it and continued painting. I sang along to the songs.

"Holy Hell, I haven't spoken Japanese in while! It feels great to speak my first language at last!"

Liz's POV

I took out a piece of paper and a pen. "Alright, Patty! Time to write a shopping list for the pool party."

"We need drinks! Food! Giraffes!"

I wrote down the things we needed, "Alright, drinks…. Foods….. Giraffes- Wait wha?!"

"Giraffe floaties! Hahahah! Giraffe cups! Giraffe plates!"

I shrugged and wrote them down. I stood up and Patty followed me to the car. I started the engine and drove away.

"Sis, we should go to Maka's first. She could help us shop for stuff."

"Alright" I turned at the corner and stopped in front of Maka's block. We went up the stairs to her apartment and rang the doorbell.

"I'll be there in a moment!" We heard loud footsteps and the door opened. "Oh, wow. Hey guys"

"Hi Maka" She had paint on her arms, clothes and face. She noticed me staring at her, "Oh sorry. I was just painting. Hahaha…."

"Okay…. Well, we were gonna ask you if you had time to help us shop for the pool party this afternoon."

"I would love too! You can sit at the living room and wait for me to get changed."

I nodded and went in, Patty followed. We sat down on the sofa and watched TV, while Maka changed. I saw her bed outside of her room and raised an eyebrow. "What the hell? Oi Maka…. Why is your bed outside of your room?"

"I was painting my room and didn't want it to get dirty so I moved it outside."

"Ah"

Maka's POV

I took out a black tank top, a black blouse with blue stripes (ya know the one where the sleeves drop…) a black skirt that reached very slightly above my thighs, black knee high socks and teal Vans.

I put them on and washed my face and combed my hair, then tying it into a high ponytail. I grabbed my flute and turned it into a ring and wore it. I went out of my room and gave Liz and Patty a glass of water.

"Here you go…"

"Thanks…"

"THANK YOU~~~"

They drank quickly and we drove to the nearest mall.

Liz's POV

We parked in the car park and went in the mall. We quickly went and got the things we needed and raced to the exit for I don't want to waste my money on clothes and things that I don't really need.

But we stopped in front of a store which sells one of the cutest clothes ever. Not only that, they also sell musical instruments and IT stuff and more.

We all resisted at first but in the end, we went in anyway. I looked around and grabbed metric tons of clothes. Patty grabbed tons of giraffe plushies. And Maka, God knows what she's doing? She's zipping from shelf to shelf.

Maka's POV

I picked tons of clothes and headsets, headphones, even earphones. I scanned through the games and grabbed, Skyrim, Halo, Assassin's Creed, Little Big Planet, Marvel vs Capcom, Mortal Combat and a bunch of other games. We placed the items that we wanted to purchase on the counter and the look on the cashier's face was 'WUT? That is a whole lot of things…'

We split the bill and payed, then raced to the car and quickly drove off to Kid's house. When we reached, we got out of the car and barged in.

"Hello….." Kid greeted. We just ran past him and bolted to Liz's room, slamming the doors behind us.

"Well, we've done it." Liz said, unpacking all of the things she bought. "We've bought tons of stuff….. Using cash and I can't believe we're not broke."

"I have to go back to my apartment though. I have to get my swimsuit and junk and I also have to pick Elizabeth up."

"Oh yeah… Well then, do you need us to send you?"

"Nah, it's fine. I'll walk there."

She nodded and I excused myself. Kid was still in the living room, sitting on the sofa.

"Hey Maka"

"Hey. Be right back…." I said as I left his house.

I jogged back to my apartment and checked the time; 10:50.

'Hmm, I still have a lot of time.' I thought. I went back in my room and took out my swimsuit. I took out a story book, but this time it was written in Japanese. "Haven't read kanji in a long time… I guess I'll read it now." I went to the living room and sat down on the sofa, reading the book.

~Time Skip~

Maka's POV

I yawned and closed the book. It feels really good to be reading kanji again. I looked at the clock to check the time; 12:25.

"Five more minutes until Liz's pool party. I guess I'll get going then." I got off the sofa and walked to Blair's room where Elizabeth is. I knocked on the door and opened it slightly, "Elizabeth, you should get ready for the party. There's only five more minutes left."

She closed her book and nodded. I closed the door to let her change. I went in my room and looked at the unfinished paintings on my walls. 'I still have time to finish it…..' I thought as I placed my book down and packed the things I need for the party. I took out an apron and wore it. I took out the brush I was using earlier on and started painting.

After three minutes, I finished my painting and washed my hands and face. I took off the apron and placed it in the washing machine. I pushed my bed in the room and checked on Elizabeth.

'Oh, she's still packing. I guess I should change my clothes, since it has some paint on it.' I thought.

I went back to my room and opened my closet. I took out a red short sleeved shirt and denim shorts with a leather belt. I wore them and tucked the shirt in. I grabbed the bag with my swimsuit and phone in it and went out to the living room to wait for Elizabeth. She went out of Blair's room and took out a pair of flip flops. I took out a pair of black velvet wedges and wore them.

"Are you set to go?" I asked as I open the door. She nodded and we went out. I locked the door and took out my motorbike keys. Blair got me the bike a few days ago. It was matte black and it has my name engraved on it in gold. I got on it and wore a helmet. Elizabeth climbed on behind me and I started the engine and rode to Kid's house.

"Maka, isn't hard to ride a motorbike with heels or wedges?"

"Heels are hard but wedges aren't as hard. But I'm used to it."

"I see"

Soul's POV

"Jess, are you set to go?" I asked as I stood at the doorway. "One moment" She yelled.

"C'mon, we're gonna be late!"

She ran out of her room and wore a pair of pink heels. "Alright, alright…. I'm ready…"

"Finally…."

She went out and I closed the door behind me. We got on my motorbike and started the engine. On the way to Kid's mansion, I saw two people ahead of me, going to same way. I assumed they were going to the party too. I didn't know who they were so I sped up and soon caught up to them.

"Oh, hey Soul!" The driver greeted.

"Maka?!"

"Hell yea it is….."

"Since when did you get a bike?"

"I didn't get it, Blair did. She got it a few days ago."

Her motorbike looked awesome. It was matte black and I noticed something was engraved on it. "Wait, is that your name engraved in gold?!"

"Hell yea….Real gold…."

"Whoa…" I and Jessica said in unison. We reached Kid's house and parked in front of his house. We got off and Maka took off her helmet. I found myself staring at her for a while and finally snapped out of it.

Maka's POV

We walked to the entrance door of Kid's mansion and knocked eight times. The door opened and revealed Liz standing in the doorways. "You're here! Black*Star and Tsubaki arrived just a moment ago and they're already hanging out near the swimming pool.

We went in and Soul, Elizabeth and Jessica went ahead.

I noticed Liz was wearing makeup. "Why are you wearing makeup? We're gonna be swimming aren't we?"

"Well yea…. But, I need to keep my appearance…"

"You still look good without makeup…"

"Well, that's easy for you to say. You don't even need to wear them. You're gorgeous! Your eyelashes are long and they're curled up and your skin is already smooth and flawless….. I envy you…."

I chuckled and greeted the rest as we reached the swimming pool.

"Hi!" I said, waving. I walked towards Kid and stood next to him. He was wearing white shirt and jeans.

"How can Elizabeth help us exactly?" He said softly. I shrugged and took out my phone. "Why are you taking out your phone?" he asked, rather confused. I stared at the phone for a while, "Honestly, I have no idea." I put my phoned back in the bag.

"Hey guys, we should get changed!" Liz informed. The girls went to Liz's room and the boys….. How should I know? Elizabeth went in the bathroom and changed first.

"Alright, who wants to get changed after Elizabeth?" Liz asked.

"I will….." Jessica and Tsubaki said in unison. They looked at each other and chuckled.

"You can go first…." Insisted Tsubaki.

"Naw, you can go first…"

They fought back and forth and I stopped them. "Jan ken pyon?" I said.

They nodded and I stepped back.

"JAN, KEN, PYON!"

Tsubaki won and she went in the bathroom. 'We're so weird….' I thought to myself. Tsubaki came out, wearing a blue two piece with stars on them.

"Tsubaki! You're so hot!" Patty yelled as she playfully elbowed her. Tsubaki blushed and refused that she's hot.

"I'm next!" Jessica said as she went in the bathroom and slammed the door behind her.

Liz suddenly had a huge grin on her face. She turned to us and whispered, "Let's have a guessing game! Let's see who can guess what type of swimsuit the person is wearing correctly!"

We just nodded and started guessing.

"White, one piece…" Liz guessed.

Patty scratched her chin, "Naw, I think it's a yellow and pink two piece…"

"Ummm…. I think she might be wearing a light purple frilly two piece…." Tsubaki guessed while blushing a bit.

"Well, I think she might be wearing a frilly hot pink one piece….."

I wasn't expecting to be right but when Jessica came out, she WAS wearing a frilly hot pink one piece.

My eyes widened and mouth gaped, "What the hell? I'm correct?!"

"Awww… I was so CLOSE!" Patty yelled. "I'm next by the way!" Patty ran inside the bathroom and locked the door.

"Straight up, a yellow one piece with a giraffe on it…" I said confidently.

"Yea, I'll have to agree with that…" Liz said.

"Us too!" Jessica and Tsubaki said.

Elizabeth just nodded in agreement.

And our guess was right. Patty came out, wearing a yellow one piece with a giraffe on it.

"GIRAFFE POWER!" She yelled as she jumped up and down on Liz's bed.

"My turn!" Liz said as she slammed the bathroom door behind her. She came out before we could even guess what she's gonna wear.

"What the? How do you change so fast?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I was already wearing the swimsuit underneath my clothes." She said and she threw her clothes at the corner. "Now, Maka, it's your turn…." She pushed me in the bathroom. I locked the door and changed.

Liz's POV

"START GUESSIN' PEOPLEZ!" I yelled. "Black bikini, fo' sure!"

"Naw, YELLOW TWO PIECE BABY!" Patty yelled, still jumping on my bed.

"Purple two piece!" Jessica guessed, raising a hand.

"Ummm…. Grey two piece…. I think…." Tsubaki stuttered.

Maka came out, wearing a black one piece.

"Awww, we were nowhere close!" I said, stomping one foot. She took out a towel and wrapped it around her waist. "Can we just, go? The guys are probably already waiting….. But when you think about it, Black*Star and Soul might already be in the swimming pool."

"You're right, we should go." Patty, Tsubaki and Jessica went ahead and me, Maka and Elizabeth followed behind. "Liz, why did you and Patty even throw this party anyway?"

I shrugged, "I don't know. Just felt like throwing one."

"Interesting….."

Maka's POV

When we reached the swimming pool, I felt a bit weird. I guess it's because I'm not really used to them seeing me in a swimsuit. I couldn't help but blush a bit; fortunately, you can barely see the red on my face. Patty and Jessica jumped in the swimming pool and splashed water all over the place.

"Hah! That was nothing!" I challenged. I looked at Liz and our determined eyes met. We nodded and backed away from the swimming pool. After we reached a good distance, we ran towards the swimming pool and jumped.

"CANON BALL!" Liz yelled.

"OF AWESOMENESS!" I yelled even louder. We landed in the swimming pool and made a huge splash.

We all laughed and Elizabeth and Tsubaki jumped in as well. We kept on laughing and the rest splashed water at each other. I saw Kid still not in the pool and swam up to him, "C'mon, get in…"

"Nah, it's fine-"Before he could finish talking, I grabbed both of his hands, for the sake of symmetry and pulled him in. I laughed and the others followed. He stared at us and eventually started laughing too.

~Time skip~

Maka's POV

After swimming, the girls went in the Girl's hot bath area and the boys; I suppose they went in to the Boy's. How the hell am I supposed to know?

"Well, that was fun!"

"I agree with sis!"

I chuckled and washed my hair, "Yea, we did so much laughing." I rinsed my hair and washed my face.

We laughed and laughed and laughed. We just did so much laughing we almost died of laughter. We went to the living room and I took out a few games.

"Who wants to play?"

"What do you have?" Soul askes as he checked out some of the games.

"I brought multiplayer games. I have Mortal Kombat, Marvel vs Capcom, Halo and Little Big Planet."

"Let's play Mortal Kombat…."

"Alright…" I kept the other games in my bag and placed the Mortal Kombat disc in the console. "Let's end this, Maka; me versus you in Mortal Kombat!" Black*Star challenged as he grabbed two controllers and tossed one to me. I caught it and chuckled, "You're on…"

We picked our characters and played. It wasn't hard beating Black*Star in this game. He obviously never played it…. Probably…

I passed the controller to Patty and she played against Black*Star. I walked towards Kid who was sitting on a sofa, watching us play games. I sat next to him and stretched my arms.

"Maka…"

"Yes?"

"Where's Kai, anyways?"

"I don't know. He's probably staying at home. I did call him just now but he said he didn't feel like going out." I sighed softly and leaned back.

'I should check on him after this….' I thought while looking out the window. 'I wonder if he's okay. He sounded quite tired when I called him this morning…..'

~Time Skip~

Maka's POV

"Bye guys!" I said, waving.

"Maka-chan…"

"What's up?"

"I'll be helping Blair at work so you'll be alone until late night. Is that fine?"

"No problem…. Do you need a ride?" I said as I walked up to my motorbike. Elizabeth smiled and shook her head. She excused herself and walked away. I put on my helmet and went on the bike. I started the engine and rode away.

My house was around the corner but I went past it and rode out of Death City. When I reached Kai's house, I parked in front of it and knocked on the door.

"Kai? It's me, Maka."

Nobody answered. I knocked again. "Kai, are you in there?"

Silence

Concerned, I turned on Soul Perception. Kai's soul is there and he looks like he's fine. No witch or pre-kishens. I knocked again, slightly louder this time. "Kai…. Hey, are you alright?"

Still, nobody answered. I turned the doorknob and the door opened. "It's not locked….." I opened the door fully and went inside. "Kai, are you asleep or something? You didn't lock your door…."

I closed the door behind me and went to his bedroom. But he wasn't there. I inspected his room a bit and found an odd book on his shelf. I took the book and read the title.

"Hiraku"

Suddenly, the shelf slid to the side, revealing an entrance. I flinched over the sudden happening and placed the book back on the shelf. I went in and found myself standing in some kind of study. It had books all over the place and a bunch of papers on the floor. There was a desk in the centre of the room and saw Kai, sleeping with his head on a book. He was covered in a pile of papers.

I walked up to him and he woke up. "Wha, Maka?"

"Sorry, I woke you up."

Kai sat up and arranged his desk, "It's fine…. OH, and sorry. It's a bit messy here…." I smiled and helped him, "No worries…"

I sat down on a chair opposite of Kai's, "What're you doing anyway?"

"Research….. I'm just researching about Elizabeth, Mary and Caiyt's relationship."

"What have you find out so far?"

"Well apparently, Caiyt is Mary and Elizabeth's childhood friend and they're really close. But Caiyt for some reason got corrupted by madness and power and she wanted to create a stronger and more powerful kishen."

"And?"

"And that is why she wants you…."

My eyes widened, "What do you mean?"

"That's why Caiyt's looking for you. She wants to turn YOU into a kishen. She knows that you're actually the strongest among us all. The reason why she's looking for you it's because she wants you to be HER kishen."

I sat up and tripped over a book, falling on my back. My eyes turned white and pupils dilated, "I- Is that all?"

He sighed and nodded, "That's all I've found so far."

I suddenly felt scared and started shaking, "Kai….. What do I do if she gets me?" I stuttered. "I'm not prepared yet!"

Kai ran up to me, "Hey, don't worry! You are prepared!"

I gulped and Kai held me up. I sighed and my eyes turned pale blue, "But still, how can Elizabeth help me? What is she gonna do?"

Suddenly, a fiery red phoenix came flying into the room and landed gracefully on Kai's desk. "Caiyt is planning to have some kind of war brought to Shibusen. She wants to capture you and turn you into a kishen. She wants Shibusen to die and fall. We need to prepare, Maka, Kai and I will help you."

"Should the others know about this?" I asked. She turned into her human form and shook her head, "No, telling them would only cause commotion. We should only keep this between us."

"Even so, we have to at least tell Lord Death, Stein, Spirit, Nygus, Marie and Sid. We can trust them…. At the very least." Kai added.

"Agreed…" I said as my eyes turned bright orange. I'm being dead serious about this now. "So?"

"Okay….." She nodded in agreement. "If that's the case then we should also need more reinforcements… Maka, can you contact some of your friends you made while you were on your mission?"

"Yea…. I'll do that right now." I took out my phone and speed dialled. "Hello?"

"It's me, Maka."

"Yea….. Yea….. I need you to help me."

"I need you and the rest to come to Death City."

"Hmm? When? As soon as possible."

"WHAT!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?"

I started tearing up and a smile ran across my face. My eyes turned pink, "Camellia's alive….. You found her. Thank you, Allen (It's NOT Allen from Man. I just think Allen's a good name. – Alyss)."

"Yes…. Thank you, really….. Thank you." I hanged up and kept my phone away. Elizabeth and Kai stared at me for a while and I wiped the tears from my eyes.

I laughed nervously, "Sorry, I'm just really surprised and happy." They smiled and chuckled a bit.

"So? They're joining us or not?" Kai asked.

"Yes. They're gonna help us….."

"Hey, let's talk in the dining room and I'll get you some tea." Kai said as he gestured for us to go to the living room. I and Elizabeth walked out of Kai's study and went to the living room. Just as we sat down, my phone rang. I took it out and checked who called.

"Oh God, it's Kid." I answered it, "Hello? How can I help you, Kid?"

'I just wanted to talk to you. That's all.'

"Oh, ok then."

'What're you doing anyway? Just asking….'

"Oh, I'm just chilling with Kai and Elizabeth."

'Where?'

"At Kai's house…. I came here to check on him. Ya know, to see if he's okay."

'Well, is he?'

"Yea, he's fine. Don't worry…"

'Well, that's good to hear. I have to go now, sorry.'

"Alright then, bye."

'See you…'

I hanged up and sighed. "Why am I so stressed?" I slouched and stretched my legs. Kai served three cups of tea and a plate of cookies on the table. "Drink some tea and maybe it'll calm you down a bit."

I sighed again and sipped a bit of tea. "I need some fresh air…." I stood up and walked out of Kai's house and went to his backyard (It's a beach, remember? – Alyss).

I climbed onto a big rock and watched the sunset.

"Sayonara, mina….."