Hikarru: OMG! Two chaps in one day? Like I haven't done THAT before. Lol.

Gaby: I usually make you do three to four. :3

Hikarru: I know right? Anyway, I don't own anything.

Ali: She's serious about that.

Hikarru: About what?

Ali: EVERYTHING.

Hikarru: -scared- KOWAII!

Ali: o3o

Gaby: o3o

Hikarru: AAAHHH! -runs-

Black Star burst into the infirmary, yelling, "Where is she?"

The nurse was startled, she pointed to the bed that was enclosed in curtains.

Black Star ran to the end of the bed to see Kasi sipping hot cocoa.

"Black Star?" Kasi was so happy to see him, she tried to get out of bed, but her ankle made her lose her balance and fall.

Black Star caught her in his arms, "What are you doing?"

"I knew you would always catch me." Kasi giggled.

"Why are you trying to commit suicide?" Black Star shouted, obviously hurt.

Kasi pushed herself away from him, standing on one leg, "I never tried to kill myself! I was trying to prove that I can take care of myself!"

"So you jumped off the building?"

"…Well…"

"Exactly."

"My father… he always believed that I couldn't be alone for one minute without getting hurt."

"Kasi." Black Star embraced her tightly, "You don't have to be alone."

Kasi held him back, "How am I suppose to prove myself?"

"Get stronger." Black Star said, "If you can get stronger without his help, then you would prove it to him."

Kasi smiled brightly, "Thank you, Black Star."

"Of course." Black Star pulled back and kissed her.

…

Ali had been avoiding class all day, not wanting to sit in the same room as Kid. It was a rejection, right? Him pushing her away was him flat out rejecting her, right?

Ali had stayed home from school that day knowing she was going to get crap from Stein-Sensei when she returned, however, she didn't care. The sat on her bed, her knees up to her chin and her arms hugging around them. What she thought about, was three years ago.

Flashback

"Mama!" thirteen year old Gaby called, "Are you serious?"

"About what?" a woman with long black and curly hair pinned up in a clip.

"About turning Risa-Chan into a death scythe!" twelve year old Ali finished.

The woman laughed, "Tonight. Tonight is the mission where I will slay a witch. And then Risa will become a death scythe."

The kids cheered. Appearing in the doorway was Risa, their maid.

"Risa!" Ali and Gaby's mother called, "We MUST celebrate!"

"Katsumi-Sama." Risa spoke with a serious tone, "We should not celebrate early, it is bad luck."

The woman walked away and Katsumi sighed.

"Mom." Ali looked at her, "Will you be alright, I mean, it IS a witch."

Katsumi smiled and patted the young girl's head, "I'll be ok. I've got Risa, so I'll be ok."

Ali felt reassured, "Mom! Can you tell us your motto again?"

"Motto?" Katsumi laughed, "It's not a motto. It's just something that I like saying."

"And it's the only Japanese she knows." Gaby giggled.

Katsumi smacked her gently, "Yeah? So what? We don't live there!"

"I like hearing it." Ali smiled, "Please, before you go!"

"Alright." Katsumi smiled, "Wareware wa muryodesu."

"What does it mean again?" Gaby asked.

"It means, 'We are free*.' I told you it wasn't a motto." Katsumi got up, "Well I have to leave."

"Bye, mama!" Gaby waved.

"Be careful." Ali waved too.

Katsumi waved and walked out with her weapon, Risa.

…

"We shouldn't be doing this!" Gaby yelled, tugging on her little sister's arm, "We might get hurt and then mama won't be successful in turning Risa-Chan into a death scythe!"

"SHH!" Ali growled, hiding behind a tree, watching her mom confront the witch, "We'll blow our cover and be REALLY hurt, like dead status."

They saw their mom talking to the witch, but for some reason, Ali couldn't see the face clear on the witch. The witch also had a little girl with her.

Suddenly, her mom made Risa turn into her bladed boomerang form and whisked it at the witches.

Ali couldn't remember the next part because it was a blur. Tons of fire, blood, among other things. The next thing she knew, her mom was dead on the ground and Risa was dead lying next to her. The one good thing was the big witch died and her purple witch soul levitating off the ground close to Katsumi and Risa's pure human souls.

Ali ran over the souls and hugged them, "Gaby! Get the jars!"

Gaby got out two jars from her backpack, "Alright!" She ran over to her sister.

Ali knew something like this would happen, she took her mother's soul and put it in one jar, labeling it "Mama" and Risa's soul in the other, labeling it "Risa-Chan".

"You want another one?" Gaby took out the biggest jar she had.

Ali took the jar and walked over and put the witch's soul into the jar and labeled it "unknown".

End of Flashback

Ali stared at the three jars that stood on her dresser.

"Wareware wa muryodesu." Ali said to herself, "I'll make sure that you are free, mom. When I collect all 99 kishin souls, I'll use this witch's soul to turn Gaby into a death scythe. And then I'll kill every witch there is."

*I have no idea if it is the right translation, so please don't flame for it. Thanks!

Hikarru: What did you think?

Gaby: Sad.

Ali: Very.

Hikarru: Yup, yup. It was what I aimed for. Please review. :P