I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! I know promised to update on Tuesday but I had forgotten that my choir was singing at the speedway for the lighting of the biggest Christmas tree in Texas or whatever and so I was going to update yesterday but when I got home from school my internet decided it would be a good time to go down! I know this probably sounds like a bunch of excuses but I swear it's the truth! This is the longest I've gone without updating and I promise that I will do everything in my power to make sure this doesn't happen again! Once again I AM SO SORRY!

Chapter 11: future back up

(Liz pov)

We watched as Melody sank to the ground crying in fear, shaking in an uncontrolled anger.

"Liz, Patty now!" I heard Kid whisper. We nodded and turned into our weapon forms landing in Kid's firm grip. I looked around and saw that Tsubaki had gone into chain scythe mode and Maka was holding out her hand in which soul took and with a flash of blue he turned into his scythe form. Kid trained us on Míngqín. I tore my attention away from them and focused on channeling Kid's wavelength as he fired a barrage of shots at the witch. When it ended the witch was still standing. She looked a bit wary but it was clear we hadn't done much except tick her off.

"You dare attack me with such feeble and puny attacks!?" She screamed in outrage making her already high pitched voice sound shrill.

"That was only a diversion, the main player in this operation is me lady!" We heard Black*star's voice shout as he came running out of nowhere and hit the witch with his soul's wavelength. The witch cried out and stumbled a few feet but that was all. Over to the left I saw Maka kneeling down next to Melody, who had stopped shaking with the help of whatever it was that Maka was saying, she was still crying a little though it was obvious that she was quickly reverting to her usual self. She motion Maka off with a wave. Maka seemed a little wary of doing so but eventually did after giving Melody a brief hug before joining the fight slashing at the witch repeatedly.

After about 10- 15 minutes after Maka joined the Witch sneered. "This is the brave and courageous Sparoti that is listed in the books? Huh, if this time period was supposed to be your prime time of youth then maybe the world really is better off without your weakness to hold it bac—" Míngqín was cut off by a burgundy and white scythe blade protruding through her side.

Melody loomed behind her as she slunk forward a bit (this witch was pretty short) her face twisted in rage a cruel light of her own dancing in her eyes. "An eye for an eye witch, you stab me I stab you, but this is about more than that." She leaned forward to speak directly in Míngqín's ear. Man, am I thankful for being able to have such a strong resonance with kid which heightened my senses or else there was no way I'd be able to hear what she said next.

Plunging her blade deeper into the witch's side she spat. "No one insults or hurts my family like that understand?!"

Míngqín only smiled. "Depends, do you understand your predicament?" not giving us the time to answer she began to chant quickly. "Gēqǔ chàng, chàng gēqǔ…"

Everyone sucked in a breath realizing all too late that the words were a spell.

"DEMOLITION SONG!" As soon as the words were spoken a huge explosion of magic erupted, bringing with it a shrill haunted tune. The blast sent Kid, Maka and Black*star flying back into the walls causing three descent size dents to be made. We weapons all cried out to our misters asking if they were all right to which the three nodded simultaneously. Poor Melody got the blunt of the attack and was currently digging herself out of the ruble that had fallen on her when she herself had hit the wall. It didn't take long and soon she was on her feet, a nice sized cut on her forehead causing blood to slowly ooze down her face. When the smoke cleared Míngqín was no longer there. Instead we heard a shrill laugh from above us. Luckily Kid thought to point Patty and I upward in case he needed to shoot, allowing us to see her floating about 16 feet above us on her broom stick. I sucked in a breath and felt Kid's soul gain a touch of worry. A sphere of magic had gathered around Míngqín, feeding her energy for an even more powerful spell.

The witch sneered down at us with obvious distaste. "Puny humans do not make the mistake of thinking I am on level with those weakling Pre-kishin's you fight that can be bested with a single strike. No, I am a witch, and not just any witch but the witch that will eradicate Sparoti and your influence forever!" once she finished she let lose a round of her annoying laughter. I could feel Kid's soul quivering with just one question, 'can I shoot her now?'. But instead of saying that he nodded to the others as we took up chain resonance and soon I could hear the insane melody of Soul's piano through the link. Just as patty and I were beginning to charge up Kid's wavelength for Death Canon the witch completed her spell.

"Now who should I take out first, I know how about you, this way you won't have to watch your 'family' die, aren't I merciful?" She laughed as she aimed her spell at Melody and sent it rocketing towards her. At that moment a lot of things happened at the same time. Patty and I finished charging up Death Canon just as Soul and Maka summoned Genie Hunter and Tsubaki turned into her enchanted sword mode as she and black*star prepared to attack with shadows. The witch fired her attack at melody who couldn't possibly hope to dodge that on her own. But that's when thing got weird. As the attack neared her a wall of pure shadows with those black shadows like skull things that surround Kid's soul swimming around it shot up out of the ground slowing down the spell. But judging by Kids surprised reaction he didn't do anything. Suddenly a blur of black and white shot past us and Melody was being pushed out of the way. Yep, all of these things happened in the same moment.

"What?!" the witch screamed in outrage. We were forced to wait once again for the smoke to clear. When it did I almost thought that it really was Kid that had saved Melody. But I could still feel kid's firm grip and as I was still on the other side of the court that meant Kid was too. Plus this person was dressed quite differently from Kid. From what I could see he wore black jeans with a black short sleeve under armor shirt with shinigami skulls on either sleeve with a pair of black and white sneakers. After a moment the bot sat up eyes squeezed shut in pain as he pulled a slightly out of it Melody up with him hugging her near limp form close to his chest. It was when he opened his eyes that I finally figured it out. The boy could very well be Kid's clone except that Kid's eyes were the color of liquid gold and this boy's eyes were a deep blue, which paired with his black hair made him quite handsome. But that wasn't what got me (I still think that kid is the most handsome boy on the planet.) But the fact that I remember seeing his face before. It all came back to me and I couldn't help but gasp when I figured it out; he was the boy I saw in that picture in Melody's room when we were going through her memories! But that would mean he's from the future, so what was he doing here?

While the witch was screaming in outrage Melody regained her bearings. When she looked up her eyes widened in what looked like a mix of recognition and immense surprise.

"Damien?!" she asked incredulously.

But he didn't respond, instead he lifted his head and shouted. "Now!"

"What?" I asked aloud but no one could possibly have heard me for everyone was stuck in surprise as amber spheres of light, like our bullets, rained down on the witch forcing her near a corner where a black chain scythe shot out and wrapped itself around her waist constricting her movements as more amber bullets rained down on her keeping her in place. All the while Melody's smile and unbelieving expression only grew. As quick as they came the bullets stopped and suddenly a girl with blue pigtails jumped out of the shadows and kicked the witch in the center of her back causing Míngqín to fall forward and the chain unwrapped itself as the girl yanked it back and grabbed the short scythe in a vice grip. Over to the side Melody was being helped to her feet by Kid's look alike as she asked him if he was alright to which he responded with a smile and a slight nod.

"Why you little! You dare attack me you half-wit ninja?!" Míngqín screamed at the blue hair girl who did kind of look like a ninja. Her blue pigtails were pulled up high on her head and reached down to her waist. She wore a blue kimono that reached down to her knees with a black trim and what looked like black sakura flower petal designs around the bottom of the kimono. Underneath that she wore black leggings with a pair of black flats.

Her expression was one of annoyance. "Ninja….you think I'm a ninja?" she trough her head back in laughter and I saw Melody and Kid's look alike sweat drop as she continued. "Look lady I'm no lame butt ninja, I'm a dark arm assassin!" she yelled pointing one of the black scythes at the witch. A deepish scratchy voice from above Kid yelled.

"Sakura shut up and focus already!"

Kid looked up but I could tell by the confusion in his soul that he couldn't see the owner.

Black*star got fed up with not have the spotlight. "Whatever! Your god demands that we hurry up and kill this witch!"

Míngqín sneered at us as she stood. "You got lucky today Sparoti." She spat the last word like it was venom. "But the moment your little body guards back of I shall have your souls for lunch!" with those words a she let out a low c note and she was gone.

(Melody pov)

I didn't let myself relax until a good 5 minutes after Míngqín was gone. When she was I collapsed into Damien's embrace. Speaking of Damien…..

"So how did you all get here anyway let alone come and save us?" I spoke up loud enough for everyone to hear. Damien let go of me and stepped away. His face was tinted a light shade of red, he must have ran right over here…..but Sakura wasn't red faced…oh well.

Damien shook his head and shrugged. "Long story, are you all right?"

I nodded and looked around, Sakura, Shadow*star and Damien were here so where… I sighed and turned my attention to the building behind the spot where Kid was standing. Kid shifted a little and shot me a curious look.

Taking a deep breath I yelled at the top of my lungs. "ZACK GET YOUR BUT DOWN HERE BEFORE I FIND YOU MYSELF!" Everyone but Damien and Sakura shot me weird looks. I began to count down from 5 under my breath. By the time I reached 3 a form landed behind Mom startling her into dropping Dad who turned back into his human form to ask Mom what her problem was before he noticed the form behind her.

"Who are you?" he asked. A chuckle could be heard before my dear little brother Zackary walked out from behind mom his professional poker face wavering for a moment in amusement before reverting to his normal professional look.

He smirked looking even more like an ash blonde miniature of Dad. "You called sis?" He was dressed in his usual attire. Tan cargo pants, red t-shirt and black hoodie with sneakers.

"Where did you…?" kid asked

But he was soon cut off by the sound of a girl's voice with a slight Russian accent coming from the Makarov pistol in his hand. (an: my favorite Russian hand gun)

"Yes, yes we all know you're happy to see your big sis again. Now can I change back or what?"

Zack rolled his eyes before throwing the gun to the side. When he did the gun flashed a honey amber and turned into a young girl wearing a tan tank top with slightly baggy camouflage capris and black combat boots along with black fingerless gloves. Her short blonde hair reached to about the middle of her neck military style. Her light blue eyes danced with a strange mixture of maturity and mischief.

She nodded her head in my direction with a playful smirk. "'sup Melody, good to see your alive."

I smirked back at her. "hey Lexi, Good to be alive."

Tsubaki turned back into her human form. "Um…..not to be rude or anything but…..who are you, are you friends of Melody's?" she asked tilting her head to the side.

Damien stepped up and nodded his head in apology. "Yeah sorry about that, I'm Damien Death, Melody's childhood friend and mister."

I shook my head at his modesty. "Oh come on Damien its ok to boast a little. You're not just my 'child hood friend and mister'." I teased him, trying and failing to copy his tone. Hey my voice may be mature and semi-deep for a girl but it's nowhere near as deep as a guy's. I put my hand on his shoulder and looked at the faces of Dad, Mom and the others of this time. "Damien here is my best childhood friend as well a current best friend and mister."

Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw Damien's face get a little red at my words. I did a mental eye roll, honestly that boy needs to learn to be a little less modest. I mean modesty is a good thing but this boy…

Damien cleared his throat and nodded his head in Sakura as well as Zack's direction. "Anyway, you two need to introduce yourselves as well."

They nodded and Zack went first. "Well, Names Zackary Evans I'm Melody's younger brother by two years as well as her teammate, and before you go and ask any questions I'm in her class because I skipped a grade or two but more on that later. I'm also Lexi here's mister."

Lexi's nervousness was reflected in the fact that her Russian accent coated her every word. "Privet, my name is Lexi, short for Alexia; I'm Zack's weapon as you've probably guessed." She might seem all kick butt with her military style getup and Russian accent but she was actually quite shy when meeting someone for the first time. It's after she gets used to you that you have to look out 'cause that's when the practical jokes begin. (privet is Russian for hello.)

"yeah it was kind of obvious with the whole change into you're human form fresh out of Zack's hand and all. But that's not important what's important is Me, Shadow*star and my sister Sakura" Came Shadow*star's voice. In a gray flash the black chain scythe in Sakura's hands turned in to a boy with sort, spiky black hair. He was dressed in an under-armor type tank top with a wide color that reached up to his chin, ninja style. He also had on a pair of kind of baggy black pants with sneakers and fingerless gloves that look a lot like Black*star's. Like Sakura, he had indigo eyes. Other than the hair color and being different genders, well, a blind guy could tell that these two were related.

Sakura spoke up next. "Couldn't have said it better myself bro! I'm Sakura, like my brother here I'm both a weapon and a mister but today I'm acting as the mister."

Then they spoke in unison each pointing their thumps at them self as they spoke with huge grins on their faces. "We're the Star twins!"

Kid nodded a bit mystified. "Well alright then, how about we all go back to the Gallows Manor and talk since we don't know when that witch will attack again. It's the safest place, no witch or kishin would dare attack the home of a grim reaper."

Kid's logic made sense so we all made our way to the Gallows. The whole way there I stuck with Damien and told him about everything that I had experienced here in the past, after giving my dearest little bro a hug first of course.

AN: sorry it's so short! But it's getting late I really wanted to get this out today since I was supposed to update 2 days ago….. So yeah the second part of this will be coming out tomorrow hopefully. So until then please review!