Chapter Fourteen
The hardest chapter I've ever wrote?
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Ayo woke to find Maka towering over him. He sat up easily. "I feel a lot better!" Ayo said.
"Only when I say your ready." Stein said as he checked him over. "Your good to go, and Death wants you and Maka to report to the Death Room."
"Okay." Ayo and Maka chorused. Ayo slowly got up, and walked down the room into the hallway.
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"Wazzap, wazzap, good to see you!" Death replied in his kid voice. "I have a new mission that the two of you are going to do together!"
"Yes?" Ayo said in a confused tone.
"I need you to take down a witch that has been terrorizing a nearby village."
"But why did you chose just us two?" Maka asked.
"This witch is a shadow witch. Ayo has a special light ability that could do extra damage, as we saw yesterday, and Maka not only has Witch Hunter, but Genie Hunter too. Blackstar can't come because his his shadow technique will be useless, and Kid was hurt pretty badly during your last fight."
"Okay when do we start?" Ayo asked.
"Tomorrow, so be ready!" Lord Death said, making the peace symbols with his hands.
"Okay, bye Death!" Maka said as they walked out of the Death Room.
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Ayo began gathering his notes as the bell rang for class to end. Ayo was near the end of the line as kids filed out of the classroom.
"Ayo, stay here, I want to talk to you." Stein said as he neared the entrance. Ayo stepped out of line to let the rest of the kids in line pass through. Ayo watched as the last of the kids exited the class.
"I ran some tests on Maka earlier today." Stein began.
"Tests for what?"
"You know..."
"Oh, how did it go?"
"Ayo, I have some bad news..."
Ayo didn't need to hear the rest of the news, he already knew what Stein was going to say. He reached for something, anything, to grab. Ayo lost his balance and fell to the floor.
"Are you okay?!" Maka said in surprise.
"No, why would I be? All my fears have come true!" Ayo said, his words nearly choked. The three sat in silence as the news sunk in.
"Stein, what do we do?" Ayo asked.
"Well, for a start, your 'secret' can't be kept as a secret for long..."
"What? Why not?" Maka asked.
"It's only a matter of time before someone notices. It will be impossible to hide in less than a month. This might be your last mission for a while..." Stein said.
"Why?" Ayo asked.
"Think about it! This isn't something you can ignore! Maka wont be incapable of doing much later on, let alone fight!" Stein said with impatience. "This won't be easy at all."
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Ayo's heart was filled with pain as he shut his locker, his mind clouded. He didn't want to talk to anybody but Maka, he just wished that night never happened. He felt a tap on his shoulder, and turned to see Soul.
"So, I'm guessing by the look on your face that you know also..." Soul said.
"Yes." He said, his voice shaky.
"I just can't believe it..."
"Me neither..."
"I wonder what Spirit is going to say..."
"I don't even WANT to imagine that!"
"So, who are you telling first?"
"I don't know Soul, if I knew, well..."
"Well what?"
"This is insane! How could this happen? It's all my fault and now we have to tell our secret in front of EVERYBODY! This is going to destroy us!"
"No, it's not."
"How can you say that!"
"You and Maka are strong, you'll make it through this."
"Soul, I know you're trying to comfort me, but I'm beyond the point of freaking out, I just don't know what to do!" Ayo walked away and down the hallway. He headed for his dorm, all he wanted to do was sit in his bed. He rounded the corner to see Kid at his door, waiting.
"Hey Ayo."
"Hey..."
"I just came by to see how you were doing."
"Well... Kid... I have to tell you something."
"What is it? What's wrong?"
"Well, remember how we talked about the possibility of Maka getting, well, you know..."
"Yes."
"Well, Stein ran some tests, and it's not good..."
"WHAT! IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!" Kid yelled. The two sat in silence as Kid let the news sink in.
"What's going to happen? Pretty soon people are going to notice and ask questions, right?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know..."
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End of Book One
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Keep watch for the second book. (It's a lot better than this one, my writing has definitely improved) Please review or follow, it will make me happy :)
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Book Two : Ayo believes he killed the shadow witch, Kage, but will things go wrong when he figures out she is still alive? Meanwhile, Maka and Ayo have to tell the gang that Maka's pregnant, before they figure it out themselves...