Author's Note – OMJOD. (LAWL.) I'M SO SO SO SORRY. THIS IS SO LATE. D: I had to put Fleeting Moon Flower on hold for a bit.. because school was eating me. D': But I'm back now! I'm going to make this chapter happy.
Maka stood tall, her hands on her hips. "Soul. You should go look for Kidd. We need to get out of here asap. I don't like the aura this place is giving me." she said, still smiling. Soul slapped his forehead. "Maka! Your being very loud!" he shouted at her. Then they both heard a shout of pain. Both Maka and Soul now had serious expressions on their faces. "More of them..?" Maka growled. Soul looked over at her with a questioned look, Maka waved him off. "Nevermind. Just transform so we can go rescue Kidd!" she yelled at him.
For once, Soul was glad that Maka was bossy. Quickly he jumped back, turning into a red and black scythe. A eye at the top of the rod so he could see. Maka caught him with ease, and grinned. "I've wanted to fight for a while now." Maka smiled and then began to run up the stairs where the noise came from.
"Soul. What is your news on Noah?" Maka asked while running down the hallway. "Well... he's dead now. Kidd somehow killed him. He claims to have no memory of even harming him." Soul said. "Great... more paperwork for us." Maka sighed and then Kidd came into view. A large black creature was looming over him, and Kidd had blood on his cheeks. Blood was oozing from a wound on his shoulder.
"Kidd!" Maka and Soul shouted in unison. Maka jumped up and swung Soul forward, catching the creature in it's hook. The monster hissed and pushed them away and forgot all about Kidd. Kidd stood up, and slowly backed away. Maka landed on the ground, now panting a little. "Kidd! Go back downstairs and meet us there!" Maka called over to Kidd, and distracted the creature. Kidd looked from Maka and Soul to the monster and dashed forward, to the stairway.
"S-Soul... this is not the same as the ones I fought on the way here!" Maka gritted her teeth. "Just keep fighting it Maka, we can do this!" Soul yelled at his meister. The blond girl nodded, "Our first priority is the saftey of Kidd. We need to get him to his father!" Maka said, and swung Soul forward, and it caught the monster in the chest.
Maka looked up, and the creature screamed. She pulled out as it fell to the ground. It began to sizzle as it melted into the ground. Soul transformed back into his human form, and knelt down to the aftermath of the creature. Black dots were left on the red carpet. He took out a small disk from his pocket and slid it under the black subtstance and it sucked it right up. "Shinigami-Sama will want to look at this." he said and stood up and looked back at Maka.
"We should probably go find Kidd, so he wont get into any more trouble." He said and his female partner nodded.
The two walked down the hallway, and found Kidd standing at the bottom step. "So you decided to stay in place this time, huh?" Maka said and jumped down the steps. Soul just casually walked down, his hands in his jacket pocket. Kidd stared with his two-toned yellow eyes, "I thought it was the smartest move." he retorted.
Maka laughed and Kidd then got annoyed.
"Maka, be nice." Soul said as they both reached the bottom step. Kidd watched as Maka stopped talking at Soul's word. "The Evans and Albarn family are very close, so we respect each other." Maka cast Kidd a sideways glance, smiling.
Soul gave an awkward cough. "Are you gonna open the portal or what?" they both faced Kidd. Kidd looked puzzled. "Only a shinigami can open the portal to the other world." Soul said. "And I used up all my beads to get here." Maka added. The young shinigami only began to sweat in nervousness. "Just think about it. Have you ever though of the impossible?" Maka asked, now closer to Kidd.
"Well yeah..." Kidd whispered. "Then think about creating a portal to the other world. We don't have much time before the police come." Soul said, staring at the door. Maka grabbed Kidd's hand, her touch soft. "Just think about it." she said.
The shinigami closed his eyes, and began to think hard.
Maka smiled as a bright shimmer appeared in front of Kidd. Then the light tore through the air, and Kidd opened his eyes quickly. "What the?" he tried backed away, but Maka's grip wouldn't let him move. Soul walked over to the portal, "I'll go last. You two go first." he said. Maka nodded and began to pull Kidd into the portal.
The last thing Kidd saw of the mansion was it's red carpet and red wallpaper.
"So he's finally come too." a voice ripped through the darkness. Kidd opened his eyes to a bright yellow light. He turned his head to see a man with gray looking skin and large glasses. Maka stood beside him, with that same smile on her lips. Soul was over at a table, reading a piece of paper. "Hello Kidd." the glasses-man said, tapping the large screw that was embedded into his head.
Kidd sat up straight in surprise. "Don't worry Kidd. Your safe inside the Shinigami facility here in London." Maka said. Kidd realized he was wearing a clean black shirt and dark black jeans. "We had to change your clothes so Noah's people wouldn't find your trail." the screw guy explained.
"Just tell him why he fainted in the first place." Soul growled.
"Ah of course. First off, my name is Franken Stein. People call me Stein, though." Stein said, smiling. Maka helped Kidd of the bed he was laying in. "These are two of my best students, Maka Albarn and Soul Evans." Stein gestured to Maka and Soul over by the table.
Kidd didn't say anything. He just looked around. "Kidd. It's been 12 years, your father has been looking for you ever since he heard you were kidnapped." Stein said.
Kidd's head shot up at the man. "My father doesn't give a shit about me!" he yelled and pushed them out of the way and dashed out of the room. "Kidd wait!" Soul yelled, but the door closed right infront of his face.
The young shinigami ran through the hallways, many unfamilliar faces looked at him. He must have been an odd sight, a very short boy and a strange hair design running through the halls, probably crying, must have been odd.
He heard someone yelling, and then he ran into someone. He fell to the ground, as did the other person. "Black*Star!" he heard a woman yell. As he slowly got focused, he saw a kid with silver/blue hair staring down at him. "I'm sorry!" Kidd squeaked, but then the kid laughed. He held his hand out, and Kidd just stared at it. "Come on!" the kid bent down and grabbed Kidd and helped him stand up.
"Hey. I haven't seen you around here." he said. There was a tall woman with long black hair beside him, she was wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans. "Black*Star.. this is.." she began. "Hey! Your Shinigami-sama's son!" the kid adressed as Black*Star exclaimed. Kidd's eyes widened, Everyone knows who I am? He thought. Bewildered.
"Kidd! Don't run away without a guide!" Soul yelled as he caught up and stopped. "Black*Star?" he asked. "Hiya Soul. Lost your friend?" Black*Star asked, smiling. "Huh. Never thought I'd see the day you returned to the London facility." Soul said, eyeing Black*Star.
"Your treating me as if I'm some kind of stranger!" Black*Star laughed and put his hand on Soul's shoulder. Kidd looked at the woman, "Oh excuse me. I'm Tsubaki!" She bowed, her gray eyes warm despite their colour. "K-Kidd." Kidd stuttered. "I know who you are. This is what the whole facility is on. Our main mission was finding your whereabouts, now that Soul and Maka have found you, your saftety is our new mission." Tsubaki said.
He couldn't believe it. His father had... worried about him? The only father he knew was a bastard who didn't care about a hurt bird of even him!
"Kidd, Stein need's to see you." Soul said, pushing Black*Star off. Maka grabbed Kidd's hand, and pulled him down the hallway. "Don't ever run away! It causes attention and we all know we don't need that at the moment." she said as Kidd watched Soul be engulfed in the crowd. He felt his heart lurch as the albino dissapeared from his sight.
Stein had been waiting in the room with a screen like thing. "Kidd. It's time we told you what danger you are in." Stein said, pulling out a remote like thing. Maka sat Kidd down, and sat next to him. "As you know, you have been held captive by the fiend, Noah." a small click and a picture of Noah appeared on the screen. Kidd gasped, "Noah-sama!" Stein sighed. "I see you've gotten close enough so you'd give him honorifics.." Stein didn't say anything else.
Maka looked at him with green eyes, "Stein.. does this mean..?" she asked, but Stein shushed her. "Also, your 'father'," a picture of the man who haunted Kidd's dreams for so many years came into view. "made a deal with Noah. If he gave him money, he would give him you." Kidd shut his eyes, then they opened quickly. "Wait! You said the word father awkwardly! Explain!" he turned to look at Stein.
"Kidd." Maka said, touching his shoulder. "That man is not your real father. The one who runs all the facilities around the world is your father." Maka said, assuring him with a soft smile. Kidd looked at her with wide yellow eyes.
"What..?"