Sorry for the ridiculous wait! Here's chapter 25~!

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(Kuro's POV)

For the next few days, it was filled with schoolwork, and training. Then if I wasn't juggling those two things, I was practicing with Kid with my abilities. Of course, as ever so hard he and I tried not to, most of the practice time consisted of he and I making out... So not much was done there. But hey, not like I was complaining.

I've noticed that Akane and Harou have been training me with a lot more difficult techniques. More things are being taught in the same day, and our sparring also got more fast paced. There were times when it could be overwhelming and exhausting, but I was able to make it in the end. I was getting used to their teachings, and you could say I was getting better at controlling myself and handling it.

"So, how many things canya do now?" Soul asked as I and everyone else was gathering their stuff after class.

"Um... I've gotten better at a few things." I said, pursing my lips in thought, and then smiled. "Why don't I just show you?"

"That'd be cool." Soul said with a smile.

"I wanna come I wanna come!" Patti hopped from her chair, shooting her hand into the sky.

I chuckled, "You all can come... if you want. I can't do much but I have gotten better. I hope."

"D'aw." Amemi sniffed, a hand over her heart. "My little spitfire's growing up!"

I groaned, "I thought I said not to call me that."

BlackStar slammed a foot ontop of the desk, "Anywaaay~" his voice sang over everyone else's in the almost empty room. "So I've been exercising a lot more yah know, and look!" he flexed his arms, his muscles bulging. "Have these babies grown or what? I'm so proud I'll surely become god one day!"

"Right, BlackStar..." Tsubaki laughed, and I glanced over at Soul, seeing a smirk come on his face. Something was coming, and I knew it.

"You know, you also need brains to be god." he said, his smirk still very there, and a majority of us stifled our laughter, you know, except for BlackStar. Who wasn't laughing.

"Psh, I have brains." BlackStar crossed his arms with a smug grin.

"Says the one who tried to steal the super written exam from Dr. Stein's house." Kid played along, coming up behind me and wrapping an arm around my face with an amused grin.

My laugh came out incredulous, "You what?"

"When the Hell was this?" Amemi laughed.

"A while ago." Maka said, shaking her head at their stupidity, but also unable to help being amused.

"Didn't Soul get caught cheating and had to strip down to his underwear?" Liz asked, but the wide smile on her face suggested she already knew the answer. Soul groaned.

"Hell, thanks for reminding me!" he stuffed his hands in his pockets. "That was so uncool..."

"Exactly!" BlackStar said with his unnecessarily loud voice. "And Kid, you didn't even start it. You were stuck on your name trying to get the letter "k" in perfect symmetry!"

I laughed, and then looked up at Kid, only to watch as his entire face fell. I blinked, my smile fading. "Kid-"

"I tried!" he randomly exploded, causing me to flinch as he let go of me and collapsed onto the floor. "That damned, damned, damned damned damned "k"! I tried, I really did! But it wouldn't work!"

"BlackStar!" we all yelled at him for making Kid go on a mental breakdown again. bent beside him as he went into his fetal position, and I had to suppress a smile. He looked pretty adorable... but his hollering and crying could be done without.

"I'm such a failure! I deserve to die!" he continued and I looked pleadingly at Patti, knowing she had this amazing way of calming him down. She nodded cheerily and skipped over, folding her hands behind her back and bending over over Kid.

"Hey, hey Kiddo-kun." she said to get his attention, and when he looked up at her teary eyed, her serious scary face came on. "YOU. GET CHUR ASS UP AND STOP CRYING LIKE A BABBLING BABY."

This Patti did frighten me a bit, I was definitely not used to it, but my gaze at her was split when I heard Kid exclaim, "Scary!" and tackled my body to the floor, holding my waist and hugging me tightly. I looked down at him, and my face heated up from his adorableness. I looked at everyone and they were all either smiling or smirking. The guys smirking, the girls smiling, and I laughed.

The bell rang just then, and we all groaned.

"Crap." Liz sighed, knowing we were all screwed.

"Let's go guys!" Tsubaki said, picking her books up.

"Wait." Dr. Stein's voice stopped us, and we turned toward the direction at the back of the room. "Come with me I'll get you all out of class."

"Why, Dr. Stein?" Maka asked with a tilt of her head.

"Why not?" BlackStar and Soul spoke in sync, giving each other a fist pound. Hell, I was pretty happy about this myself.

"Where are we headed?" I asked, still trapped on the ground by Kid. I felt his gaze on me and saw that his chin was leaned on my stomach. He had a soft smile on his face as he gazed at me, obviously quite calm now. I felt the butterflies in my stomach and smiled back at him with as much affection as he was giving me. I kinda didn't wanna go anywhere now.

"Out into the woods." Dr. Stein answered, "I want to really see what you've got Kuro, you know," he smirked, "If your love fest over there ends anytime this year."

"All I really want you to do is demonstrate, sine I'm pretty sure you won't feel comfortable taking on your friends." Dr. Stein said as they walked deeper and deeper into the forest to the rock arena Harou left behind. I remembered how much I hated how far he had kept it from the academy, but now the distance didn't bother her so much, being so used to it. With that memory in the back of my mind, I nodded, agreeing with what Dr. Stein said. I wouldn't want to risk hurting them. I got a sudden flashback of the horrid dream I had had a few days before, and shuddered before shoving it deep within the back of my mind. I really didn't want to think about that.

Kid and I hung in the back, holding hands, just as a soft breeze blew by. Something floating in my peripheral vision made me look towards the left, and a folded piece of paper was floating through the air. It flew right under my hand, and I quickly grabbed at it.

Kid noticed my sudden movement, and looked over at me. "Everything alright?" I only managed to skim at the writing in the front, which in simple handwriting read "Kuro".

"Uh, yeah." I said looking at him and smiling as I slid it into my jean pocket. "I saw a bug."

He smiled, and we had made it to he arena. I let go of his hand and made my way towards the front, making sure there was a decent amount of distance. As I walked, a sneakily took the paper out, and with my back to them read the contents. She didn't really think much of it, which is why she hadn't shown Kid. She assumed it was Akane, since the note almost seemed to just drift towards her with deliberation, and wind is Akane's element.

And the second word of the note proved my theory-

Kuro,

Harou and I were going to wait to get you alone to talk to you, but really there's just little time, and you're pretty much always with them. So, sorry if this isn't as formal. But anyway, Harou and I won't be here forever. We mean in this city. In fact, we're probably leaving within the next few days. The sooner the better. We want you to come with us. As Elementals, we need to stick together... we're stronger as a group, even if the water Element has been eliminated. And it's dangerous to stay in one place for so long, not just for you, but all of your friends.

Please understand, but this is why we move around. We were all waiting for Kid to tell you, but obviously something's keeping him from telling you-

"Hey Kuro got cold feet over there?" I could hear BlackStar say, making me lift my head from the note.

"Uh... no." I mumbled. "No." I didn't know if I was angry, or if I was disappointed. Kid was keeping something from me, likely something important. Why couldn't he tell me? Couldn't he tell me anything? Even though the answer to my next question was in the note, I wanted to hear it from Kid. No one else.

"Kid, is there something you've kept from me?" I asked, turning around to face them and confront their confused expressions. I held the note tightly in my hand, and my gaze was only on Kid.

His brows were furrowed, in confusion not anger, and then he took a glance at the note. It took him a moment, but slowly realization hit his expression.

"I was going to tell you..." he trailed off, and everyone turned their heads towards him. Dr. Stein looked back at me, and then he immediately understood what was going on. So he had known too?

"When, Kid? How long have you all kept this from me?" I asked, raising the note.

"Who did you get that from?" Kid asked, turning his gaze to the note.

"Akane." I answered, and everyone's expression showed they had understood just at the sound of the name. They all knew? "But that doesn't matter at the moment. What does she mean when she says it's dangerous for me, us Elementals, to stay in one place? Kid," my expression fell in confusion, "I want to know from you. What does she mean?"

Kid's beautiful eyes bore into mine, an intense stare that showed how troubled he was. He exhaled. "She means-"

Makas's sudden gasp made him stop, we all turned to look at her, and then I noticed Dr. Stein, who seemed to have also sensed something. Something bad. Suddenly, the Earth shook violently, and Maka screamed, "Kuro, look out!"

I blinked, and my eardrums almost exploded at the loudest roar I had every heard. I clasped my hands over my ears and was lifted off my feet into someone's arms. I looked back only to see a gigantic, long clawed paw -hand- thing smashed into the ground. It disturbed me how thick the nail was, only giving a clue to how big this thing was. To think I was just standing there.

The one who saved me almost seemed like he was gliding through the air, but it took me a moment to realize that he was actually riding a flat boulder.

Harou.

"I WANT YOUR SOUUUUUULS!" It bellowed, and Harou silently put me down by my friends, who's partners had already turned into weapons. The wind blew wildly, and Akane suddenly appeared from thin air next to Harou.

"Kuro!" Amemi called to me, and she took my hand before turning into her bow. Kid walked partly in front of me protectively, and I looked no where but up at the pre-Kishin that we had to fight. It was bigger, and scarier than any of the ones I had ever encountered.

End of Chapter 25

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