Warning: fanservice.

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"Disney!"

"Bravo!"

"Disney!"

"Bravo!"

"What are you two on about this time?" Kid asked, walking into the TV room where the girls were arguing.

"Onee wants to watch her stupid trash, but I wanna watch mickey mouse!"

"…do they even show mickey mouse on Disney anymore?" Liz questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Why don't you just do your usual deal; whoever grabs the remote first gets to watch what they want." Kid wondered.

"The remote's waaaaaaay over there." Patty said, pointing across the room to the TV.

"Don't you just HATE having to walk all the way across the room when you get all nice and comfy?" Liz moaned.

"Fine, whatever. I'll get it." Kid said.

Then he held out his hand, and thin purple beams shot out of it, which attatched to the remote. The small box leapt across the room right into Kid's skinny hand, and he tossed it to the girls, who watched in shock. "There. Now, if you don't mind, I've got to-"

"how did you DO that?" Patty asked in astonishment.

"What- oh, you mean my death grip."

"death grip?" Liz cried.

"Yeah," Kid replied, "It's a shinigami thing. I can manipulate my powers to warp space around a solid object, creating a solid cushion of air which-"

"Too many words." Patty said, holding her hands over her ears.

"Hey, you asked." Kid said, sitting on the couch between the girls.

"So… any other shinigami tricks you can show us?" Liz asked, eager to see more.

Kid looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "You haven't noticed? Look closely at me."

Liz squinted her eyes as she looked at Kid. It was just Kid; his usually scrawny little self…

Wait… scrawny?

"Kid, your muscles are gone!" Liz cried, staring at Kid in astonishment. The little shinigami had gone back to what he was before chapter 33! (Time update: that was 6 months ago.)

"Surprised?" Kid said, raising an eyebrow. Patty pinched his arm to make sure it wasn't a trick. Sure enough, she only felt stringy little muscles.

"I missed being able to wrap my arms all the way around you!" Liz said, hugging Kid. His muscles and older self made him look more handsome, true, but he looked more natural this way.

She embraced him, hugging him tightly for a few seconds. Then she heard Kid say, "Hey Liz." She pulled back, smiling.

And screamed.

Where Kid had been, there was now an old, wrinkled man. He wore Kid's outfit, true, but he had a white beard that must have been two feet long, and was completely bald, save for the three white halos on his scalp.

"Kid… what the hell's going on…" Liz whimpered, beginning to get scared. Would SHE turn into some old lady now?

Kid laughed a rusty laugh. Then he began to change. He grew taller, and his stooped posture grew straighter. Before Liz' very eyes, she saw hair sprout from his bald scalp, and his face lose its wrinkles. Soon he looked like a 40-year-old man, weathered and tired. Then a 30-year-old, relatively energetic. Then a 20-year-old, muscular and powerful. And finally, the skinny-as-all-hell 15-year-old Kid we all know and love sat in front of Liz once more.

"Surprised?" Kid asked the slack-jawed girls. "I was experimenting with my new Death powers last night, and it turns out that, with some concentration, I can actually CONTROL how close I am to death. In other words, I can make myself look as old or as young as I want to be."

"Incredible…" Liz whispered, running a hand along his smooth cheek.

"Does this mean we can legally do child porn now?" Patty asked. The other two looked at her in astonishment. "What?" she questioned, tilting her head.

"Patty… you LIKE that kind of stuff?" Kid asked in astonishment.

"No, no, I was just curious." Patty said, smiling, naïve blonde she was.

Kid shrugged, relatively used to Patty's insane questions. "I'm not sure. That would be a gross misuse of my power-"

"Wasn't using your powers to grab the remote a misuse of your power?" Liz cut in, smirking.

Kid rolled his eyes. "Point taken."

"Kid, go baby Kid! I wanna see adorable little baby Kid!" Patty pouted.

"Yeah, I bet you'd look ADORABLE." Liz said, smiling.

"Well…" Kid said, considering the request.

"PLEEEEEASE?" The girls asked, putting on their best puppy-dog faces.

"Ohh, you KNOW I can't resist the double puppy face. Very well, maybe for a couple minutes. If it gets out of hand, though, I'm going back to wrinkly old man." Kid said, smirking. Liz winced. She didn't want to be boyfriends with an old guy again.

Kid began to shrink, his long limbs shrinking back into his body. His features grew even more smooth, and soon, a four-year-old Kid sat in between Liz and Patty. He looked up at them with big, adorable puppy eyes, and the thompsons couldn't resist.

"KAWAII!" The girls screamed as the launched themselves upon baby Kid, showering him with kisses and love.

"Girls get off me!" Kid cried, but even if the girls could hear him above their own squeals, it would be impossible to take his now babyish voice seriously.

After a few minutes of loving, Kid had had enough, and aged back to normal. The girls whined, but Kid was too busy gasping for breath to notice.

"So, um… is there anything else you can do now?" Liz asked.

Kid grinned evilly. "Actually, yes. I can-"

BEEP BEEP!

Kid paused, and looked at one of his watches. "Ah. It's time."

"Time for what?" Patty asked.

Kid stood up and walked to the center of the room.

"My official initiation ceremony as Lord Death."

He looked back at the girls, who still sat on the couch.

"Meet me at the DWMA, and you'll see my true power. Oh, and try not to be late… you're giving the opening speech."

Then Kid spun on his heels, and disappeared in a black ripple.

Liz and Patty looked at each other, then ran out the door to the academy.