Hey guys! I totally apologize for the crappy ending on my last update! I was running out of time, I'm so sorry! *bows deeply* I hope I'm forgiven! Ok, I'm doing another TsubakiXKid for makaalbarn64, and its really long to make up for my crappy ending on my last one, so let's get this started!
The clouds turned a dark gray, shadowing over the moon and completely darkening Death City. The rain began to fall, pouring slowly at first before and then hammering down onto the pavement. I walked down the street, my hands in my pockets, shaking my head angrily, as I was so pissed at myself. How could I be as stupid as to try something like that?! I demanded with myself.
I stopped, looking up at the falling rain, and sighed. Why was I such a moron?
5 hours earlier
The house was filled with laughter as Black*Star began retelling old stories about his screw-ups in the past. I was in my kitchen, making dinner, hardly listening for I was watching Tsubaki. She was helping me because, frankly, I suck at cooking. I watched her hands, skillful at best, and was able to whip food up within a couple of seconds. I stared at her, almost awestruck, as she so damn easily made a salad in like seconds.
"How the hell do you keep doing that?" I asked, looking at my rather pathetic looking pile of lettuce and carrots. Tsubaki smiled and gave a slight head bob that looked a little too innocent for me.
"Oh, its not that great." she said quietly. Then, the oven gave a slight ding! signaling that the turkey was done, and Tsubaki quickly ran to it. She pulled out a perfect, golden brown turkey and I threw my hands in the air.
"What the hell?! How does your food turn out perfect and mine sucks?!" I demanded, and Tsubaki giggled, coming up behind me and placing her hands on mine. "What are you doing?"
"Watch." Tsubaki instructed, and I turned my attention to my hands. She used the knife and cut up the lettuce and tomato perfectly and placed them in a plastic container. I gaped as she continued to make the salad, until it looked just as perfect as hers. I turned and looked at her, and we both blushed as our faces were both inches apart.
"Tsubaki, is dinner almost ready?" A voice sounded behind the door, getting louder as it came closer. Tsubaki let go of me and went back to the turkey as Black*Star came in. I silently continued cutting up the lettuce and went to work adding the tomatoes. "Kid, you cook?"
"No/yes!" Tsubaki and I said in unison. I looked at her, and she looked back. "Okay, he can cook, but he's just not got a lot of experience." Tsubaki explained, giving me a sidelong glance. I rolled my eyes and went back to my salad. Black*Star laughed his loud, obnoxious laugh before regaining a serious tone.
"You guys would make a cute couple." he stated before walking out the door again. An awkward silence fell over the kitchen, and I just began to quietly hum to myself. I began to shut out all background noises and just focused on the dinner he was trying to prep.
"Are you humming to yourself?" Tsubaki asked. I looked up, freezing almost completely, and nodded.
"Yeah, sorry, I didn't realize that you had asked a question and was kind of,well, out of it I guess." I replied, rubbing the back of my head in embarrassment. Tsubaki stood, looking at me and blinking, before smiling innocently and carrying the first part of dinner out into the dining room. I swallowed nervously and followed her, carrying my/not-my salad out into the dining room as well.
"Wow, Kid, you can cook?" Maka asked. "It looks great!"
"What guy knows how to cook?" Black*Star asked, toying with his fork.
"Probably not a cool one." Soul muttered, eyes shut and hands in his pockets. Before I could reply, Maka slammed a book down on his head.
"Ignore him." Maka snapped, her eyes half shut in anger, and lowered her book slowly. "He's a moron, and he just seriously needs some help." Black*Star laughed, and Soul glared at him.
"You're a moron too." Soul snapped, and Black*Star glared back. Kid set down the salad and yawned loudly.
"Hey! We should hurry up and eat this before I fall asleep trying to eat it!" I said cheerfully, sitting down and beginning to load my plate up with food. The others followed, although Black*Star shot me a half glare as Tsubaki settled beside me.
I ate in silence as Liz warmed up the table by retelling a story of my past when I had done something foolish to regain the symmetry of something else. Even though the others laughed, and shot me glances of embarrassment, but I ignored them entirely. I was lost in my own thoughts where it was just me and I didn't have to worry about anything. It was just me and Tsubaki... Whoa! What the hell?! Why the hell did I just think that? Tsubaki is just a friend, just a friend...right?
"Kid?" Tsubaki broke me out of my thoughts. "Are you alright?" I smiled, tilting my head slightly to the right.
"Yep, no problems here, just fine, heh heh heh..." I broke off, coughing out my fake laugh.
"No you're not." Maka deadpanned, looking up at me from her food. "We just asked 8 questions and you didn't answer any of them; you were in your own little world over there." I looked up, surprised.
"At least it was 8." I muttered.
"Kid, are you alright?" Tsubaki asked.
"No!" I shouted. I wanted to slap my hand over my mouth, and just stop talking, but I couldn't. I stood up, shoving my chair over. "I'm not okay! Tsubaki, I haven't stopped thinking about you for the past week. I can't keep my mind off of you, and I think I'm in love with you!" I shouted all of this, and then I slapped my hand over my mouth.
"K..Kid." Tsubaki stammered. I was gone. The front door slammed behind me and I stormed down the street, angry with myself. Only then did I realize the weather.
The clouds turned a dark gray, shadowing over the moon and completely darkening Death City. The rain began to fall, pouring slowly at first before and then hammering down onto the pavement. I walked down the street, my hands in my pockets, shaking my head angrily, as I was so pissed at myself. How could I be as stupid as to try something like that?! I demanded with myself.
I stopped, looking up at the falling rain, and sighed. Why was I such a moron? How could I think that declaring my love for her would do anything to help my problem? How the hell could that possibly change anything?
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Tsubaki sat at the table, frozen in shock, and then stood.
"Kid!" she yelled. "Where is he going?"
"Who knows." Liz replied, although she stood too. "But we might want to catch him before he loses himself." The group got up from the table, and ran out of the house. They began combing the streets, separately, and they realized that Kid was nowhere near. They regrouped at Kid's house, and they needed to create a new plan.
"Maybe... he's talking... with... his father." Maka suggested between gasps.
"That.. is... a possibility." Liz agreed.
"Let's go." Soul stood. "We don't have time for this!" Black*Star became so worried about his friend that he resided in using Tsubaki's Speed Star to get to the academy first. Yet, he waited until his friends showed up.
"What.. are you... doing?!" Maka demanded. "Why.. didn't you... go inside?"
"I was waiting you, you dumba-."
"Black*Star, let's go inside!" Tsubaki interrupted. The group ran inside and straight into the Death Room. Inside stood Lord Death, and he was talking to Kid!
"Kid!" everyone shouted in unison. Kid turned, his two-toned amber gaze wide with surprise.
"Get him!" Maka ordered.
"Wait, that's not exactly the right way to go about the situati-!" Lord Death began, but the group had already darted forward. Kid jumped over all of them, easily evading the main part of the group, and sprinted down the hall... but Tsubaki knew better. Black*Star turned heel and followed almost directly behind him.
"Go Black*Star!" Soul yelled, and followed behind him. The others were slightly slower, but caught up quickly. But Kid was faster. He was able to sprint, dodging Black*Star's Soul Force attacks from behind, and managed to summon Beelzebub and fly off.
"Son-of-a B*# *!" Black*Star cursed at the sky as Kid vanished into the rain. The group stopped and stared into the sky. They turned at the soft sound of sobbing, and saw Tsubaki on the ground.
"Tsu-Tsubaki?" Black*Star stammered, dumbstruck for he had only seen her cry once. She only cried harder, and Liz and Patty were at her side. Soul stood next to Black*Star, sadness dampening his mood.
"Man, this is so uncool." Maka stood, motionless, and Maka curled her fist.
"When I find Kid, I swear I'm going to Maka-Chop him so hard that he's going to feel it next year." she muttered. She looked at Black*Star. "You, come with me. Kid is going to have to come home at some point. Liz, Patty, you guys stay in the Death Room. And then, ummm, Soul go with Liz and Patty, and Tsubaki can come with us. We're going to find him, now, today!"
Maka charged away, Black*Star and Tsubaki following her closely.
"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" Black*Star asked to no one in particular.
"Maka, I believe he is talking to you." Tsubaki said. Maka shook her head.
"I'm great, what about you Tsubaki?"
"I'll manage." she replied, and they ran against the rain that felt like hail now.
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I wasn't exactly sure what had happened. Only that for the first time in a while, I had consulted in my father, trusting his will over my own, about Tsubaki. I didn't know what to do, I'd never been in love, I didn't know how to feel about the situation. Yet, my father never even got to give me the advice.
The door of the Death Room had burst open, revealing everyone that I had been eating dinner with about an hour ago. I froze, my eyes catching Tsubaki's before hearing someone shout to get me. Was it Maka, or maybe it had been Black*Star? It hadn't mattered, because as soon as they charged me, I jumped over their group and sprinted away. The only pursuer that bothered me was Black*Star, because he was behind me the whole time. I could hear, and sometimes see his soul wavelength shooting from behind me, and I finally managed to summon Beelzebub and rocket out of there.
Now, I had no idea where I was. I was still in the city, I assured myself of that, but where? I fell off of Beelzebub, summoning it back, and onto the grass slick from the rain. I felt my cheek make contact, although it didn't hurt like it probably should have. No, it just tingled for my entire body was numb.
I knew that I was shy around girls, but I shouldn't be so shy that I have to run away and die in a ditch! Oh well, I'm a Grim Reaper, so dying should be a really hard process. I told myself this multiple times as I layed on the ground. The rain continued to wash over me, and I could slowly hear it fading from my head. The steady drumming of the rain began to disperse into background noise until all that was left was the unsteady pace of my heart. And then it stopped.
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My eyes were opened in slits, not all the way for it hurt to even think. I could hear yelling, and someone was in front of me, trying to protect me. I couldn't tell what was going on, but from what I could see, there was a kishin standing in front of me, and Maka, and Black*Star... WHOA! When the hell did they get here?! I opened my eyes wider, and saw Tsubaki in weapon form, Black*Star holding her, and Maka in weapon form too. I was surprised that Maka wasn't using Soul; looking around I realized that he wasn't here.
I was still in the ditch on the ground, and I slowly sat up. It was still raining, and I was soaked. The spot I had been laying in was dry, and now it was also soaked. I saw the others fighting what looked to be a normal human, although using my Soul Perception, it obviously was not. I stood slowly, and began gathering energy. Small, yellow light particles made their way towards me, and I breathed deeply.
"Looks like your friend is awake." The kishin croaked, although nobody had the time to turn around and look before I had shot a beam of energy straight at him that when it exploded, it was so bright that I even had to close my eyes. I fell to my knees, exhaustion wanting to force me to the ground completely, and saw a number of people approach me. The first three were all Black*Star. Great, he'll be three times as annoying. I thought to myself. The next was a trio of Tsubaki's. They all kissed me on the cheek, although I only felt one, and I sighed.
"Do you forgive me?" I murmured, and all three Tsubaki's nodded, smiling.
"Here, we can carry him back to the academy easier like this." Three Maka's said, lifting three books over their heads. Oh-no! "This is payback for making Tsubaki cry!" and the books all came down onto me head.
Well, I can't say that it wasn't deserved.
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Whoa! That was so much fun to write! Thanks guys for reading, and make sure to review for more ideas!
