Erica's POV

I was out of the infirmary after two more days and went home. Daddy was still worried about me, so I had to wait a few days before I could return to class. Once I was able, everyone was happy to see me.

"Erica. It's good to see you can come to class now." I smiled.

"It's good to be back Maka. I just wish Daddy was a little calmer. He still has a tight leash on me right now." They nodded and Crona walked over.

"Are you really okay Erica?" I smiled.

"I'm fine Crona." Ragnarok came out.

"I see you're still wearing that bikini top." I nodded.

"Daddy said it was fine because it makes it so that he can check my back easier." Maka nodded.

"That's understandable." I smiled wide. Then turned to Soul.

"How long did it take for you to fully recover?" Soul cocked his head when I pointed to his chest.

"Oh, not all that long. A month or two." I nodded. Then crossed my arms.

"So that means, as a grim reaper, it should only really take me a week or two, right Kid?" He nodded.

"But it's possible that also being witch and kishin that you might even heal faster." He added. I nodded. I began to stretch when I felt a pull in my back and stopped immediately and put my hands down. "Erica? You okay?" I nodded.

"Yeah. Why?"

"You seemed to stretch weird." Kid continued. I cocked my head.

"I did?" I cocked my head slightly.

"Yeah, it was pretty quick." I shrugged.

"Didn't notice." If they found out that my back wasn't actually as healed as it should've been, they'd flip.

Class went through and a month passed pretty quick and I was sent on a mission with Kid. It was in London so I was wearing an actual long-sleeved shirt since it was cold. I had begun to wear clothes that covered my back, telling my friends I wanted to cover some more of my skin, when the truth was that I was hiding the wound on my back that still had stitches.

The thing was, my back didn't heal properly. Something happened that kept it from fully healing, and to be truthful, Daddy didn't even actually know I was on a mission. I lied and said I was going to go hang out with the girls. And lying to him, killed me inside.

"So where's this witch?" I shrugged and right then there was a glow from an old building.

"Found her." We headed to it and found the witch inside. Our mission was to capture the witch and bring her to Lord Death to get some information about where Eureka and Free went, since they disappeared after my aunt died.

We engaged the witch in battle and was putting up a good fight. She used her magic to conjure a golem like creature. It was wielding a club and as Kid shot at the witch, I used Yuki and Suki as fans and dealt with the golem, to keep it from getting Kid.

I was doing fine until I did a back flip to dodge and felt a pull in my back. Shit! And I couldn't just stop, so I continued. With every move I felt a stronger and stronger pull on my back. And the girls noticed.

"You okay Erica? You're moving weird?" I bit my lip.

"I'm fine." I kept fighting and all of a sudden heard a huge rip and felt my back begin to get wet. Kid was gonna flip!

"Erica, what was that?" Kid asked. I looked as the witch got ready to attack him.

"Kid watch out!" He dodged. We weren't making any progress and I could tell that I was losing a lot of blood. I wasn't going to be able to fight this thing for much longer. I got knocked to the ground and the golem lifted his club, about to bring it down when the door got kicked in and hit the golem and in came Daddy wielding Spirit.

Needless to say that with Daddy beating the shit out of the golem with me, it quickly fell, and the witch subdued. Daddy turned to me as I leaned against a wall.

"Erica Stein! You are in some serious trouble young lady!" Kid raised an eyebrow.

"What are you talking about professor?" Daddy made a face as Spirit changed back to his human form.

"She still isn't well enough to go on missions. Her back hasn't even healed since she left the infirmary." Kid's eyes grew as he turned to me. Liz, Patty, Yuki, and Suki changed back and looked at me, just as worried.

"I'm fine guys, really." I said, trying to wave it off.

"Erica." I looked at Kid and smiled. Then my legs buckled and I slid down the wall. I began to black out. "Erica!" And I finished blacking out.

I woke up in the infirmary again, only instead of it being around noon, it was more around late afternoon. The room was filled. All of my friends were there. I tried to sit up, but couldn't. When I looked, I was stitched the the bed with Spirit Sutures.

"Daddy, why am I sutured to the bed?" His arms were crossed and he was not happy.

"Because you tore your stitches out and reopened the injury. You can't move until your back recovers." I frowned.

"Erica." It was Kid. "Why didn't you tell us that your back wasn't healed?" I frowned.

"Because I didn't want you to worry." Daddy stood.

"Well it didn't work. Erica, how could you go behind my back like this? I told you that you weren't allowed to go on missions until your back was completely healed! You deliberately disobeyed me, and you lied to me." I closed my eyes and felt a few tears form.

"I-I'm sorry Daddy-"

"Sorry won't cut it! You could've killed yourself!" He marched next to my bed. "What would I have done if I had lost you?" I saw tears in his eyes.

Now, there are two things my father never does. Cry, and show real emotions in front of others. So seeing him cry in a room full of his students, was weird, and hit me hard. And I cried. Kid walked over next, tears in his eyes too.

"He's right Erica. What would have any of us done if you ended up losing your life? Stein would lose his daughter, Crona would have lost the last of his family, everyone would lose a friend, Yuki and Suki would lose their meister, and I would've lost the love of my life." He gently kissed my forehead. I cried more.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry everyone. I didn't mean to worry you. I mean it." They all smiled.