These next two chaps are dedicated to 8fangirl8, because she planted the plot seed in my mind. Thx a bunch!

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"KA-BOOM!"

The Kishin exploded in a shower of blood. What was left was a single, red, glowing soul.

"Excellent work, girls." Said Kid, tossing them behind him so they could transform back to human form. "Patty, you have one less soul then Liz, so you get this one. I think we'll wrap up for the night afterwards."

"Yayyyy dessert!" said Patty cheerily, skipping to the soul and beginning to chow down. Though the girls could gobble a soul in about 30 seconds if they really tried, they were nothing compared to Soul, who ate souls in a single gulp.

"nngh…" said Kid, grasping his left arm.

"You ok?" asked Liz, concerned.

"I'm fine, Elizabeth." Said Kid, smiling a weak smile. "That beast just cut me kinda bad. It'll heal up soon, though. Reaper regeneration and all that."

"Ok…" said Liz as she watched Kid walk off, still clutching his arm.

The thing was, he had had wounds twice as bad as that, and he didn't even complain…

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The next day…

Liz woke up at about 9:00. She yawned. Then she realized it was a Saturday, and was about to go back to sleep, when there was a knock on her door, and Patty peeked in.

"Sis? I… I think you ought to see this…" she said, a nervous tone in her voice.

Liz followed Patty to Kid's bedroom. "She's not skipping…" noticed Liz. "This must be serious."

They reached Kid's room. Kid lay on the bed, even paler then usual. He was moaning quietly.

"He wouldn't get up when I called him…" said Patty. "He actually called me 'Patty', instead of 'Patricia'."

"also…" Patty walked over and gently pulled the covers down, exposing the rest of Kid's body. Liz gasped.

Kid's left forearm had swollen to almost twice it's natural size. It had turned a nasty shade of green, and most noticeable were two long scratch marks. "From the Kishin's claws…" recalled Liz.

"call Stein-"

"Already on his way." Said Patty.

Speak of the mad scientist, there was a knock at the door, and Patty ran to answer it. Liz slowly walked over to Kid. "Can you hear me?" she asked quietly.

Kid moaned in response. Liz grew even more nervous.

"Hey."

Stein rolled his rolly chair into the room, Patty close behind.

"How did you get that chair up the steps? How'd you get it here at all?" asked Liz.

"No time for that." Said Stein seriously. "I must tend to Kid's wound." He went over to Kid's injured arm, and inspected it for a minute. Liz and Patty waited anxiously.

After what felt like an eternity, but was really barely a minute, Stein turned around. "Don't worry girls. Kid's going to be fine." The weapons breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Stein reached into his medical bag, and pulled out a syringe of yellow liquid. He injected it into Kid's arm.

"nngh, $#*%!" said the half-consious Kid as the fluid entered his veins, but he managed to stay still.

"It's Kishin venom." Said Stein as he worked on Kid's arm. "Not many Kishin have venom in their stingers or claws, but it's not unheard of, either. This'll bring down the swelling, and with luck, there won't be any scarring, even." Stein withdrew the needle, and Kid collapsed. His arm began to lose its green hue, and shrunk visibly.

"He'll be fine, but he'll be very weak for the next week or so." Said Stein. He finished bandaging Kid's arm, and picked up his kit. "Bedrest only. Doctor's orders." He wheeled his chair out the door. "See you next week, girls. I'll show myself out." He said as he left.

Liz knelt down at Kid's bedside. "He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping." She said quietly. Gently, she draped an arm over him.

"Get well soon…" she whispered in his ear.