Death Scythe lay on his side facing the door of the school's medical room in the dark of the room with a sore back that the pain medication was wearing off of. He had been awake for a total of ten minutes, all of which he used to boost his ego inside his head. The door opened casually and Nygus walked in. "How's the back?"

"Got anymore Novocain?" He asked quickly. She walked over to a cupboard and pulled out a small jar and shook it to see the contents. Grabbing a needle Nygus walked around the back of the bed and pulled some of the medicine out of the jar and put in into his back. "Thanks."

"It'll take a second. You're lucky, Stein's still out with a concussion. Plus, the footprint looks bad, like it was burned on or something." She said and set the jar down on the table. "Need anything else?"

"Nope, I'm fine." He said, Nygus nodded and left the room. The door began to close behind her and a set of fingers slipped through and pushed it open. A figure walked in and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Hey Mama."

"Hey Papa. So, Io?" He looked at her, "Yumi told me. Shingami-sama's already working on a resolution but as soon as you're healed we'll be heading out over to Egypt."

"You're being horrible civil…" He said and forced himself to sit up. He shifted uncomfortably and looked at her. "Are you going to start yelling at me?"

"Originally, yes. I was going to come in here storming and screaming about how stupid you were and what a dumbass that you didn't use your blade to block it. However… You just look to pathetic. Plus you saved our daughter."

"You said 'our'!" Death Scythe said happily. He smiled and laughed slightly. Kami turned her head down and smiled. "You still love me… You still love me."

"Oh shut up." She said and pushed him playfully. "I do, but you're a giant ass who spends all his time looking at tail." She said taking her normal demeanor back. She folded her arms and gave a large 'humph' sound. Death Scythe sighed and dropped his head. She looked at him, "now you look more pathetic."

"Papa is always pathetic." He said quietly. Kami quickly slipped her hand over and grabbed his and moved in closer and caught him by the lips.

She pulled back and patted him on the head. "Recover soon, I want to beat the shit out of that woman, try to hurt my daughter…" She grumbled and kept going as she slid off the bed and was caught her by the hand. Death Scythe looked up at her, she shook her head and he let go of her hand as she walked out the door.

Death Scythe lay back down and suddenly heard Kami say something he shot up and instead saw Maka rush into the room and cling on to him. "Are you alright Papa?"

"I'm fine… Sounds like you scared Mama." He said and patted her on the head and she sat up on the bed next to him as Soul leaned in on the door frame, "Soul."

"Death Scythe, thanks." He said happily. Death Scythe nodded. "Maka, I'll be waiting outside, I hate hospital rooms."

They watched as Soul vanished into the hall and the door closed. "So, what have you been up to?"

"I… I went and talked with Witch Medusa." She said quietly. "She thinks Io was aiming for Soul, she hates men who are loyal." Death Scythe let out a little noise. "What was that for?"

"I had a run in in Italy with Io before, or at least some one she possessed. You're mother's got a real grudge against her, she's even willing to partner with me to take her down." Death Scythe said. "From the sound, she's doing it behind Shinigami's back."

"She's too powerful, you two couldn't take her down." Maka said quickly. She stood up in front of him and pointed a finger at him. "As your only daughter, I forbid you to go!"

"Why?"

"You'll get hurt again." She said and began tearing up a bit. Death Scythe stood up and held her.

"If you don't want Papa to go, Papa won't unless ordered by Shinigami. Alright?" Death Scythe said, "even if it's with Mama."

"Thanks, Papa." She said and hugged him back. Suddenly Death Scythe cringed and sat back down. "What's wrong?"

"Pain… Just Pain, I'll be fine." He said and laid back down on his side.

"You should get some rest, you probably shouldn't even be sitting up yet. I'll come see you later." 'After I've killed Io…' Maka walked out of the room and towards Soul. "Let's go home."

Arriving at home Maka found that Blair indeed cook for everyone, and Soul was right. Every dish had pumpkin and fish in it as the only two ingredients. "I'm not hungry." Maka said waving off the food that was being shoved at her and Soul.

Soul looked around. "Blair, where's Wes?"

"Blair-chan remembers Wes-kun saying something about the roof." She said and Soul walked out the door to the stairs and went up on the roof. He opened the metal door to see his big brother there, sitting calmly, restringing his violin. "Hey Wes."

"Hello Soul, what's going on? They city seems in chaos." He said not looking up. He finished the last string and plucked it. "Much better…" Wes stood up with it and pulled the bow across frivolously.

"Well, a witch attack, Maka's dad nearly died, and it looks like we're off to fight her soon." Soul said and looked up at the sky. "Has it bothered you at all?"

"What?"

"The weather. It never changes here."

"A little, I'm used to cooler climates and rain often, remember?"

Soul smiled and looked down to see a frog. "I see we were followed."

Eruka quickly transformed and walked foreword. "Please don't go after Io, it's dangerous. You might do something and accidentally release her. She'll kill all the other witches."

"And that's a bad thing?" Soul snapped quickly.

"I'm trying to help." Eruka said quickly. "It's why I took this before your mister found it. I can't come back with it, so you keep it. It's the lay out to Io's temple, Medusa was going to have me watch you go to see how the experiment played out."

"The black blood…"

"I'll go back saying I was found out."

"Won't she kill you for failing her?"

"Free will protect me..." She said quietly and suddenly jumped off the roof tossing a folded up piece of paper at him. Soul opened it and looked at the intricate drawing.

"I don't like the idea of you going after her if even other witches are scared of her." Wes said quietly. "I've had enough scares of nearly having to bury you as a child."

"That time on the bike wasn't my fault, I was dared." Soul said quickly and began to walk away. "I won't die, trust me."