Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Soul Eater or Blue exorcist, I only own my OCs and the story idea.
Chapter 10:
Liz stared at her meister as everything came crashing down around her.
Her day had been bad from the start. Kid had been unconscious, then they had to go on a mission right after Kid had woken up. They had fought a gang of Kishin eggs, then Kid had another symmetry fit and compared her and her little sister's breasts again. It hurt her enough already knowing that she had no chance with him, but the fact that Kid was always comparing them, making her feel like she could never be good enough for him.
As if that hadn't been bad enough, they come home to find three strangers in their house that know Kid and one is apparently his cousin.
Was everything he told us a lie? The only thing we ever knew about his past is that he never associated with humans, besides Death Scythe, before he met us. But if these guys knew Kid, and Kid didn't lie, which she hoped he didn't, then who are they?
"Kiddo, who are they?" Patty voiced the question that Liz desperately wanted the answer to.
Kid's eyes darted around the room, almost like he was looking for a way to escape. Liz wasn't about to let him get out of this conversation. She knew that she and Patty were always going to stand by Kid and help him balance the world when he took over for his father. They would always support Kid and stand by his side. Which meant that Kid should be able to trust them and they should know something about his past.
"Explain." Liz ordered Kid.
Kid sighed and Liz knew he had given up, she had won.
"Sit down, girls. It's time I told you about my life before I met you." Kid said gesturing towards the couch.
Liz and Patty both sat on the couch and looked at the young Reaper. Kid looked at the other three and nodded in a greeting towards them. Kid then looked back at his weapon partners.
"You already know that I only age one year for every ten human years. So seventy years ago, when I was eight, I was an outcast among humans...
Flashback
Kid rolled along the streets of Death City on Beelzebub, heading towards the skate park. Kid wore a long-sleeve black shirt, dark wash blue jeans, and black sneakers. Around his neck was a chain from which a Grim-Reaperesque skull hung, along with a silver skull ring on either middle finger.
Kid arrived at the skate park and saw a few people around the area. Kid headed over to the half-pipe and went to the top before dropping in, gaining speed and reaching the top of the other side. Heading back down again, Kid began performing tricks. Kid came up on the other end of the ramp and performed a kick flip, then Kid rolled backwards down the ramp and came up into a 360 flip followed by a nose grind. A crowd of other skaters gathered around and watched Kid grind and flip on the ramp. Kid finished up on the ramp and popped up the board in the middle of the half-pipe, catching the board by the trucks.
A few skaters walked up to Kid. They all wore plaid shirts over t-shirts, ripped skinny jeans and converse. The lead guy wore a gray and red striped beanie over his brown shaggy hair.
"Not bad," he said with an almost sinister smirk on his lips, "for a Reaper anyway."
Kid looked at the older teens. Three of them moved behind him and Kid found himself surrounded by half a dozen guys.
"You really should of stayed home, though. No one wants you here, everyone is either afraid of you or hates you because you're a Reaper." the lead one said. Then he grabbed Kid by his shirt collar, "Unlucky for you, we're not afraid."
The other guys surrounding Kid began to laugh stupidly at their leader's attempt at intimidation. Kid's face, however, remained a blank mask.
One of the guys behind Kid pulled out a knife and stabbed Kid in between his shoulder blades. Kid cried out in pain and the leader gripped his collar tighter and began dragging Kid into an alley nearby, followed by the others. The teen threw Kid against the wall at the back of the alley and Kid hit it with a sickening 'thud'. the six boys formed a semi-circle around Kid and began kicking him in the ribs and face. Two of the boys found sticks in the alley and began beating Kid with them. Kid felt some of his ribs crack and bruises forming along his body.
Kid became tired of the abuse he was taking and when the lead boy tried to kick his ribs again, Kid grabbed his foot. The teens all froze in shock that Kid was still able to move, let alone defend himself. Kid summoned his energy and used his powers. Shadows began darkening around Kid's body and his body was surrounded by light-blue flames that turned a deep purple and black color.
"Shadow fire!" Kid said, his hair rising against gravity from his power before solidifying as flame-styled spikes.
The six teens screamed, fearing for their lives, and ran from the alley. Kid let his gathered energy spread out and the flames became their usual light-blue color and disappeared along with the shadows around him.
Kid picked himself up and limped home. When he walked through the front door he saw his father leaving the kitchen.
"Kiddo!" Lord Death yelled, seeing the beaten condition of his son. Lord Death ran over to Kid and began assessing his son's injuries, which were already healing.
Lord Death sighed, he knew this would happen eventually and what needed to be done now. He also knew that Kid's powers would awaken, but he hadn't expected to see the patch of blue fire on his son's shoulder or the fangs that Reapers received when they awoken their powers over shadows, so soon. The fire was more surprising, though, since it was not a natural Reaper power. Lord Death knew what it meant though.
His son was an elemental.
Lord Death placed his large hands on Kid's shoulders and said, "Kiddo, I'm going to send you to a camp for people like us, Death creatures, and there you will learn to use and control your powers."
Kid walked up to the entrance to the camp and looked at the sign.
Camp Immortal Death.
Kid pulled the strap of his bag higher up on his shoulder and walked through the gate. He looked around the camp observing all the buildings. To his left were several black obsidian cabins where campers stayed and next to them was a pavilion that Kid figured was the dining area based on the smell of food coming from the building. On the other side of the camp was a training area and gym. There was a rock wall, obstacle courses, towers, a pool, and an arena.
"Hey, Kid!" a female voice called out behind him.
Kid turned around and saw a girl with long black hair and blue highlights. She was wearing a black skull shirt, blue jeans and a navy blue jacket over it. His cousin, Sally.
"Hey, Sally. What are you doing here?" Kid asked.
"Same as you, I guess. Humans shunning me for being a dark Water Sprite and I want to train my powers." Sally shrugged and eyed Kid's clothes, "Nice outfit."
Kid wore one of his typical outfits. A white dress shirt with a black vest and black jeans. He also wore his skull necklace and two skull rings.
The two cousins walked into the camp and found the director. He was a tall man with pale skin that seemed to be common for all Death creatures, blood red eyes, long fangs and black hair that came up into two points, one on either side of his head. He found their names and told them they would both be staying in cabin8.
The two cousins walked side-by-side heading over to cabin 8. The cabin looked like all the others in the camp; shiny obsidian walls, torches on either side of the door casting a bright reddish-orange light, a skull emblem above the large oak door, and at the very top of the roof was a crow statue. Sally and Kid looked at each other and Kid opened the door. The interior of the cabin had the same obsidian walls as it did on the outside, dark wood floors, and torches around the room gave off the only light. There were about three bunk beds pushed up against the walls, a large flat screen TV was against the back wall. In front of the TV was a large black and red couch and a small white coffee table. At the end of every bunk were two large trunks, so that the residents of the cabin could store their belongings.
There were other people in the cabin as well when the two cousins walked in, their cabin mates. The first one was the tallest, he had purple shaggy hair with one hair that stood up on his head, he had pointy ears and fangs, as well as pale skin. He wore a white t-shirt that had purple sleeves and blue jeans, along with white sneakers. The second one had a similar skin tone and the ears and fangs were the same as the first, except he had dark green hair that came up into a spike in a lighter green color. This one wore a maroon long-sleeve shirt, black pants, and black boots. He also wore a pair of dark green fingerless gloves that exposed his long black claws. The last boy had the same pale skin, pointy ears, and fangs as the other two, but his shaggy hair was black. He wore a navy blue hoodie over a light blue t-shirt and dark blue jeans with red and white converse shoes.
The three residents of the cabin looked up at the two newcomers, then the purple-haired one smiled while the green-haired one began biting on one of his claws.
"I'm Mephisto Pheles, Demon son of Satan." the purple-haired one said, holding out his hand, "That's my younger brother, Amaimon." He gestured toward the green-haired one, who was now smiling showing off his fangs. "And this is-"
"Rin Okumura, half-Demon son of Satan." the black-haired one said, smirking at Kid and Sally.
Kid stepped forward and shook Mephisto's hand.
"Death the Kid, Reaper son of Death."
"Sally Rivers, daughter of the dark water sprite Mizu."
The three Demons helped Sally and Kid unpack. Kid and Amaimon had claimed one bunk, Sally and Mephisto had the second, and Rin had taken one of the bunks for himself. Once they were all settled in they sat on their claimed beds and were about to get to know each other better, when the door opened.
Another boy, around the same age as all of them, with black hair that came up into a spike at the front of his head and dark black eyes stood in the door. He wore a dark red shirt with a white lightning bolt on the front and light blue jeans with black boots.
"Hi, I'm Daemon Storm." the boy said, holding up one hand.
"Hey, I'm Kid. That's Rin, Mephisto, Amaimon and my cousin Sally." Kid introduced everyone, pointing at each person as he gave their names.
Daemon smiled as he pulled his suitcase to the only available bed below Rin's. Daemon sat down on his bed and looked at every one.
"So, how'd you all end up here?" he asked.
Rin glanced down at Daemon, "Same reasons most people come here, I guess. Humans pretty much hated me, called me a 'demon'. I was an outcast and then I got my powers so I'm here to learn to control them."
Mephisto and Amaimon nodded their heads and said they were here for the same reasons.
Sally looked at Daemon and said, "Humans hated me, too. They would throw things at me, call me a monster, leaving me out of their games. I came here to find people like me and training my powers is just an added bonus."
"The humans around Death City don't like me much, either. They were mostly afraid of me because my father was Death and I was a Grim Reaper. They all called me a freak, no one wanted to be around me and my father was never really home because of all the work he had. The ones who weren't afraid fought with me, they would beat me with weapons, punch me, kick me. I guess I'm here to find friends and learn more about my powers." Kid said lowly, looking at the ground.
Amaimon looked curiously at Daemon from his bunk beneath Kid's.
"What about you?" he asked.
Daemon looked up and smirked, "Same reasons as all of you. Humans are the worst. Just because we're not like them, because we're associated with death, they fear us and outcast us. Because we have powers, we're seen as a threat and they distance themselves from us."
A silence hung in the air around the cabin as they all realized that they were the same.
"So, what's everyone's powers?" Sally asked, breaking the silence.
"Amaimon, Rin and I can use our Demon flames, but our flames are weaker than most because we also possess elemental powers." Mephisto explained, "My element is ice."
"Mine is earth." Amaimon said.
"I have power over wind and air." Rin said.
"I have power over water." Sally announced.
"My powers are over shadows and fire." Kid said.
"Mine is power of lightning." Daemon said, proudly. "So, we're all elementals."
Amaimon jumped up from his bed shouting, "Hands in, everyone!"
Everyone in the cabin got off their beds and placed one of their hands in with Amaimon's.
"From this day forth, we will always be best friends and always be there for each other. We are now the Death Pack."
After that they spent their time training, hanging out, and growing closer as friends. They soon became the strongest team at the camp.
End Flashback
Liz looked at her meister after he finished telling them about his past. Liz knew there was more to it, but decided to let it go for now. He would tell them when he was ready.
"Then there's Kid's cur-" Amaimon started to say before he was cut off by shadows wrapping around his mouth.
Kid's eye twitched and Mephisto and Sally shook their heads. Liz and Patty looked confused.
What was he about to say? Liz thought
"There are more important things to worry about." Mephisto said, "He's back and he's got Rin."