There was no school today, so Amane took this chance to finally sleep in. However, the twins would be woken up by how hungry they are. It always happened on random occasions. Unfortunately for Amane, this was one of those moments.
The twins poked their heads through Amane's door and listened carefully. Amane's soft breathing was heard and the twins crept into her room. As usual, her room seemed like an eternal night. The twins stood on one side of her bed and took hold of the mattress. They glanced at each other and nodded.
"One…" Masanori started.
"Two…" Masahiro whispered.
"Three!" the two shouted as they pulled up on the mattress, throwing Amane out of her bed.
Amane didn't even open her eyes. She just kept laying in the mess of blankets that were still partially on the bed. Feeling around, she found a pillow and put it on top of her head. The twins frowned and walked over to Amane, crouching down next to her. Masahiro began shaking her while Masanori started to take off her covers. Amane slapped their hands away and pulled the blankets over her head.
"Come on Amane! Please wake up." Masahiro pleaded.
"We're really hungry and we want you to make breakfast." Masanori said.
"Leave me alone! I want to enjoy my sleep." Amane grumbled.
"But Amane!" the twins whined.
"No." she replied.
"Please!" the twins continued as they began shaking her.
"No." she repeated.
"But we're hungry!" they shouted, shaking her even more.
"Okay." Amane said. The twins didn't hear her and continued to shake her.
"Okay… okay… Okay! Stop shaking me!" Amane shouted, sitting up quickly and throwing her pillow at the two.
Her hair was a mess and covered up most of her face, making it a bit hard to see. Along with the fact that it was always dark in her room, it made it harder for her to see. Masanori stood up and opened up her curtain, squinting a bit at how bright it was outside. Amane had slept in until about ten in the morning.
"Close the curtains!" Amane demanded, shielding her eyes from the bright light.
"No. You have to completely be awake, so you don't mess up breakfast!" Masanori stated.
Amane groaned and laid back down. The twins took her arms and pulled her up so that she was standing.
"Get dressed! We'll be waiting in the kitchen!" Masahiro shouted as he and his brother ran out of her room, slamming the door shut behind them.
Amane grumbled and stood up. After getting dressed, she fixed her hair and made her way to the kitchen. She walked down a long, wide hallway lined with pictures of different things. There were also a few small tables holding vases of flowers on them. Amane looked at some of the pictures and paintings. One was a picture of a sunset at a beautiful beach with clear water. Another was a painting of a field of flowers with a single tree in it and a few clouds dotting the sky. She turned her attention to the stairs that led to the foyer. Amane walked down the left staircase and to the kitchen.
When Amane made it to the kitchen, she saw that the twins were sitting at the table already, with plates in front of them. They both had a fork and a knife in each hand. Amane sighed and put her bunny apron on and tied her hair back. After washing her hands, she began to make breakfast. It didn't take her long to finish breakfast and she put the food on the twin's plates. The twins looked down at their plates and saw it pilled high with food. There was bacon, eggs, pancakes, crepes, and waffles.
"Dang… That's a lot of food." Masanori blurted.
"We're not that hungry." Masahiro said.
"I thought you two were that hungry. Next time, don't wake me up." Amane replied as she began eating.
At the DWMA, Lord Death was waiting for Maka to arrive. The day before, Maka had told him that Amane was a witch. Lord Death had told her that they would discuss it the next day. Maka made it to the Death Room and walked in.
"Hello!" Lord Death greeted in a sing-song voice.
"Good morning, Lord Death." Maka said.
"What brings you hear?" Lord Death asked.
Maka sighed, "Amane, being a witch."
"Oh. Of course. Of course that's why you're here. That was rather surprising. Hmm… what should we do?" Lord Death asked putting his hand to his face in a thinking position.
"Well that's what I was about to ask you." she pointed out.
"We know that her presence may be troublesome for us. Well since we don't know her motive; just keep a close eye on her." he ordered.
"You want me to spy on her?" she asked.
"Well when you put it like that it makes it sound bad." he said.
"How long do I have to keep a close eye on her?" she asked.
"Give it about 3 days. Don't tell anyone about it, understand?" he asked.
"Yes, of course Lord Death." Maka nodded before turning and leaving.
It was Monday and now it's back to school. Amane and the twins walked up the stairs to the DWMA to meet up with the group. Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, and Black Star were there. They greeted the group as usual, but something felt off. Amane looked around at everyone, first Tsubaki, then Soul. When she glanced over at Maka, she noticed that Maka had been staring at her. Why was Maka staring at her so intently? Amane's eyes widened a bit when she felt arms wrap around her.
"Good morning, Miss Symmetry!" Kid sang as he swung her around.
"Kid, stop it. You're wrinkling my clothes." Amane said.
Kid dropped Amane, and then fell to his knees. Tears began streaming down his face as he laid his head down and punched the ground repeatedly.
"I'm so sorry! I have upset your symmetry!" Kid wept.
"It's okay Kid. My clothes are all fixed now." Amane said, leaning over and patting Kid's back.
Maka had been glaring at Amane the whole time. She felt sorry for Kid. It was obvious that he had feelings for the girl. Well either he liked her or he just liked her symmetry. Soul looked over at Maka and noticed her staring at Amane. He then nudged her and she looked over at him.
"I know Lord Death told you to spy, but don't make it so obvious." Soul whispered.
"Oh. Thanks." Maka replied quietly.
The whole day went on without anything unusual happening. Maka had been following Amane around school, trying to see if anything suspicious happened. She didn't find anything out of the ordinary or interesting, which was rather upsetting. Amane was unaware of all of this; however she did get her suspicions on occasions. Maka continued this for two more days as instructed and eventually found out where Amane lives. The only thing interesting was her house.
Maka had finished her spying and was now walking down an abandoned street. She walked up to a window and breathed on it. Once the window was fogged, she wrote down 42-42-564, saying the numbers. Then saying, whenever you want to knock on death's door. The window started ringing then Lord Death appeared.
"Hello!" Lord Death greeted. "Is there anything to report?"
"No, Lord Death… Well… actually I found out one thing." Maka replied.
"What is it?" Lord Death asked.
"I found out where she lives. That's about it." Maka informed.
"Thank you, Maka." Lord Death said. "Bye now."
Meanwhile, at Amane's house, the twins were playing football. Amane was forced to act as a referee. It was a strange game of football, considering the fact that the twins were the only ones playing. Honestly, there weren't any rules for their game of football. They were just tackling each other and other times they'd toss the football to each other. Masahiro tackled Masanori and they slid across a small table, knocking a vase off, breaking it. The cloth on the table and the table fell on top of the twins. The two looked at each other with wide eyes and slowly turned their heads to look at Amane.
Amane stood over them with her arms crossed as she glared down at them. She picked up the whistle hanging around her neck and blew it, making the twins flinch at how loud it is.
"Foul!" Amane shouted.
"Sorry." The twins said.
"You two are lucky that, that vase was cheap." Amane growled.
"Well I think that the vase is the least of your worries." Masahiro said as he stood up and dusted some pieces of the vase off of him.
"What do you mean?" Amane asked.
"You didn't notice?" Masahiro asked as he did the same as his brother.
"Maka has been following you." Masanori informed.
"Damn it." Amane cursed quietly.
"What're we going to do about it?" the twins asked as they stood the table back up.
"Unfortunately for us, we're not going back to school. Maka must be suspicious, so we shouldn't risk going back to the DWMA. The fun part of the plan starts now. Go and clean the house. We should be getting some visitors soon." Amane ordered.
The twins frowned, unhappy to be having to leave. They saluted their meister and began cleaning the house, starting with the broken vase.
The next day, Maka and Soul were waiting outside of the DWMA. They made sure to get there early, just in case Amane and the twins happened to arrive early also. Soul was sitting on the steps, his head beginning to drop since he didn't get much sleep last night. Maka was standing next to Soul, her eyes wandering around, searching for Amane. Lord Death wanted to speak with Amane as soon as possible, and Maka happily accepted sending the girl the message.
After about ten minutes of waiting, there were a few people hanging around at the front of the DWMA. A few minutes later there were more people. Black Star and Tsubaki were there by then. Black Star boasting to Soul about how much of a star he is, and Tsubaki, being her usual optimistic self. Classes were going to start in about ten minutes, and there was no sign of Amane or the twins. Eventually, Kid, Liz, and Patty arrived, still no sign of Amane. Maka wasn't the only one to notice this.
Kid was looking around, some people were missing, Amane and the twins. The absence of the twins didn't bother him much, however, the absence of Amane did. Why wasn't she at school today? Was she not feeling well? Kid's mind began to fill with the many possibilities of why the girl wasn't there. Finally he spoke, "Where's Amane?" he asked to no one in particular.
Tsubaki looked around and then at Kid, "I'm not sure. I didn't even notice she was gone."
"I think Maka might know why." Soul said.
Everyone looked at Maka curiously, waiting for her to say something.
"I was ordered by Lord Death to spy on her for a little bit. She must've noticed it." Maka began.
"Why would Lord Death tell you to do that?" Liz asked.
"I was on a mission with her and her Soul Protect failed to work for a quick second. She didn't notice, but I did. Amane is a witch and Lord Death wants to know her reason for being here." Maka finished.
"She's a witch? You're joking right!" Liz asked.
Kid was just as surprised as Liz, and rather disappointed. In fact, he probably felt sadder than the rest of the group. The reason for this, he didn't know. That girl was always so bothersome to him. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"So basically, you're saying she's not showing up because she found out of your suspicions." Kid asked.
Maka nodded, "I don't know how she caught me."
"We should start heading to class now. It'll start in two minutes." Tsubaki said. The others nodded and left, except Maka. She had gone to the Death Room to report to Lord Death.
Lord Death had ordered Maka to wait for a few days, in case Amane showed up. When the waiting days were over Maka and Soul headed to Amane's house to get her. She was to either go with them willingly, or they'd have to take her back kicking and screaming.
On the way there Maka wondered if Amane's weapons knew of this. After all they did live with her. How could they not know she's a witch? However, with how well Amane had been hiding it, how could they know? And if they did know, then why would they be with her? She's a witch, and witches are evil. Everyone knew that. Everything that Amane had been doing, pretending to be nice, and fighting the other witches, acting as if she and Kid were actually friends. It was all a trick. Fake.
Soul looked at Maka; he was slightly worrying about her. They didn't know how strong Amane is, and with her weapons, she could be stronger. He prepared himself for the worst. If Amane really is that evil of a witch, who could say that they'd be able to get her? Or even come back alive. Soul shook his head to get rid of all the negative thoughts. They were really uncool. He needed to stop worrying about everything and stop worrying about Maka; she's a lot stronger than she looks.
Amane was standing in one of the many useless rooms in her house. She would wonder at times why they got a house so big. The room wasn't small, but it wasn't big either. There was a simple bed with a side table on one side of the room, and a mirror and dresser on the other side. Amane was standing in front of a huge window, which took up the whole wall. The dark violet curtains were pulled to the sides. They weren't completely pulled to the sides, just about halfway. Knocking was heard and Amane continued looking out the window, not turning her head in the slightest.
"Come in." she said.
Masanori walked in and placed some clothes on the bed, "Here are the clothes that you want. Why did you need these anyways? They're kind of strange looking."
Amane walked over and picked up a dress and held it out to look at it. She then glanced at Masanori; he could tell that she wanted him to leave so that she could change. He turned and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Eventually Amane opened the door and he looked over at her. She was wearing a dress that stopped mid-thigh. So basically, it's a short dress. It had a thick, purple strip going down the center of it and red on either side. The dress had thin blue strips, between the red and purple and had gold lining. The sleeves went down to her elbows, then split and went down to her hands. On her head was a red, witch hat with gold lining to match her dress.
Amane looked at Masanori and smiled, "Well now that they know I'm a witch, I should at least look the part."
Masahiro was walking by at that moment and chuckled, while his brother just rolled his eyes.
Amane's house was finally in sight; Maka and Soul were hiding behind the trees and began discussing the plan.
"Maka is it really this serious? Just grab her and go. It shouldn't be that hard." Soul said.
Maka hit Soul on the side of his head, "We don't know how strong she is and we're not allowed to kill or seriously injure her. Because of all that, it makes this mission much harder."
"Okay, then knock her unconscious grab her and go. I still don't see anything complicated with it." Soul said.
Maka sighed in annoyance, "You forgot to consider the fact that the twins could be helping her."
"You got a good point there." Soul sighed. "Well how are we going to get her if we don't know what to expect?"
Maka thought for a second and shrugged, "Not sure."
"Let's just get this over with." Soul said and Maka nodded.
The two got out of their hiding spot behind the trees and began walking towards Amane's house. Maka reached up and hesitantly knocked on the door.
"No one is home!" Masahiro shouted.
Masanori ran off to find Amane while his brother stayed at the front door. Maka and Soul looked at each other then back at the door.
"Masahiro, open the door." Maka sighed.
"I said no one is home!" he shouted.
Soul began banging his fist against the door, "Come on! Open up!"
Masahiro saw his brother running back to him. He mouthed the words 'What do I do now?' and his brother replied with 'Just keep stalling!' Masahiro glared at his brother and leaned against on of the doors. Masanori ran off again, still looking for Amane. He eventually found her in one of the many useless rooms in the house.
"Amane, finally, I found you!" Masanori sighed in relief.
Amane turned and looked at him, a worried look on her face.
Masanori noticed this and sighed, "Okay tell me what's wrong quick, so we can go deal with Maka and Soul."
"I forgot to go to the market, so we don't have the stuff needed to make spaghetti." Amane said.
Masanori rolled his eyes, "Ha-ha, very funny. What's really wrong?"
"Actually that part is kind of true; we don't have anything to make dinner. What's bothering me the most is that I'm going to have to fight Soul and Maka." Amane replied.
"Masahiro and I can help you know." Masanori offered.
"Not going to happen." Amane stated. "Let's go."
Masanori sighed and ran out to get his brother. Amane walked out of the room and to the front door. The twins were already somewhere else. She had instructed them to stay quiet and out of sight until she had finished dealing with the people. Maka and Soul were still banging on the door and yelling. Amane opened the door and stepped to the side to let the two in.
Maka and Soul were still banging on the door when suddenly it swung open. They were hitting the door with so much force, that when it opened they fell into the house. They stood up and dusted themselves off. Maka finished dusting herself off and looked up at Amane, who was partially hiding behind the open door.
"Amane, Lord Death would like to meet with you." Maka informed.
"No. I won't meet with him." Amane said, "Why else would I not be going to school?"
"Come on Amane. I'm sure nothing bad will happen." Soul said.
"If this is the only reason why you're here, then I suggest you'd leave." Amane said, it sounding more like an order rather than a suggestion.
"If you're not coming willingly, then we'll just have to fight you." Maka said, "Soul."
Soul nodded and transformed into a weapon. Maka caught the weapon and swung it around. Amane glared at them, Maka glaring back at her. Amane shut the door and locked it. She took a step towards Maka who was prepared to strike her.
"You just made a big mistake." Amane growled.
Amane muttered something then black, bird-like wings came out of her back. Her feet also became bird-like and she grew long talons.
"What the hell?" Maka muttered. "Do all witches do that?"
"No, it's just me. I'm not a very powerful witch and the only spell I know gives me bird wings and talons." Amane sighed.
"Maka, concentrate, hurry up and beat her." Soul said.
Maka rolled her eyes and ran up to Amane and swung at her. To dodge, Amane took a step back and flew up. Maka looked up at her and glared. Jumping up, Maka swung at her again. Amane grabbed the handle of the scythe and swung it to the side, slamming Maka against the wall. Maka kicked Amane in the stomach, making her let go of the scythe. While Amane was recovering from the kick, Maka hit her back with the scythe handle. Amane fell to the ground and didn't move.
"Did we get her?" Soul asked.
Maka walked up to Amane and poked her, "I'm not sure. It seemed too easy."
Amane pushed herself off of the ground and swung her leg around, tripping Maka. She then punched Maka's face, and then kicked her. Maka flew back and at the wall, leaving a small hole in it.
"You're right it was too easy." Amane smiled.
Amane stood on her hands, facing Maka. She swung one of her legs forward, placing her talons underneath Maka's neck.
"So would you like to continue this fight, or go back to Lord Death and say you've failed?" Amane asked.
"Continue this fight of course!" Maka growled.
Amane pushed her talons on Maka's neck, making sure not to cut into her skin. Maka bared her teeth and glared at her. Soul transformed back into his human self and pushed Amane's talons away from Maka's neck.
"We're going back to Lord Death." Soul stated.
Amane stood back up on her feet, the wings and talons disappearing. Soul helped Maka stand up.
"Soul, what're you doing?" Maka asked.
"We can come back for her later. Let's just go." Soul suggested.
"I would do what Soul says." Amane said.
Maka looked at Amane and then at Soul, "We can't just leave. I can still fight! I'm not even beaten that badly, Soul!" Maka argued.
"Maka, please, let's just go." Soul said.
Maka looked down at her feet then at Amane, "Fine."
The two left and headed back to the academy. Amane laid down on her floor and sighed, "You two can come out now!"
The twins walked over to Amane and sat down next to her.
"They'll be back won't they?" Masahiro asked no one in particular.
"Yeah, and they're probably going to come back with the others." Masanori said.
Amane sat up, "I just got an idea."
The twins looked at her curiously.
"We're going to kidnap one of them."
