When the assembly was over everyone was dismissed. Only a little more than half of the student body was willing to fight in the war, the rest of them thought that they should've just killed Amane when they had the chance. To keep the students from fighting they separated them into two groups; those who will fight in the front lines and those who stay back to protect the school. The teachers began arranging what they called an exam to determine who was the strongest and who was weakest to make sure that everyone would be evenly distributed. The weakest people would be part of the medical team. When the exam was over they began to divide everyone into troupes with two leaders for each one. Stein assembled all the troupes who will be out on the battlefield and began to tell them their position and their task.
Stein led them all into an empty classroom and spread a map out on the desk at the front of the room. The leaders gathered around the table and waited to hear their orders.
"Team five you'll be in the front with Team three." Stein ordered placing pawns from a chessboard onto the map where they would be.
"Yes sir." the leaders said before they went over to their troupe to tell them about their orders.
"Team seven will stay near the back and Team eleven somewhere in the middle." he said placing pawns on the map.
"Wait did you say Team seven is in the middle?" someone asked.
"No that's where Team eleven is." Someone else replied.
"Are you sure?" another person asked.
Stein sighed and began to think. "Okay, fine, how about we just use the Greek alphabet instead of numbers."
"Okay so what are our new team names?" Kid asked.
"Kid, your team will be Alpha instead of one." Stein said.
"I'm confused." The leader of Team four said.
Stein sighed and began to explain, "Okay. Since your Team four you will be Delta."
"What's the whole alphabet?"
"Since we only have thirteen troupes I'll just tell you the alphabet up to the thirteenth letter. There is: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, lota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, and Nu."
"I don't think that this is any different from the numbers!" a kid shouted.
"Well I would have gone with the phonetic alphabet, but I don't know that."
Stein wrote it down and handed it to one of the leaders and let them pass it around so that everyone could figure out their new team name. When everyone was done he finished assigning their positions except for Kid's team. He dismissed everyone, but told Team Alpha to stay.
"What is our position?" Maka asked.
"Your team will be in the front. Your job is to get Amane up to the Grand Witch unharmed. It is Amane's job to destroy the Grand Witch. If anything goes wrong retreat and let me handle things." Stein said. "You are dismissed."
Everyone nodded and they headed over to a forest where they will train with the other troupes. Spirit was the person who would oversee the training.
"Everyone get into groups of three. I prefer that you not train with someone who is in your team." Spirit ordered. He then turned to Amane, "Amane, you will be paired up with Kid and Maka even though they're on your team. Will you be using your weapons?"
Amane thought for a moment and when she opened her mouth to reply the twins interrupted her, "Yes!" they shouted in unison.
Amane turned to face her weapons, a rather pissed off expression on her face. "I was going to say no."
"Oh well. It's a yes now." They said.
After a couple minutes everyone had chosen who they would be training with.
"Okay everyone!" Spirit shouted, trying to get everyone's attention. "Shut your mouths. Now make sure you're evenly spread out so that you won't interrupt another groups training. Don't beat up your partners too bad. Training starts now!"
At that moment everyone began training. Black Star was paired up with people who weren't too strong so Spirit was monitoring his fight to make sure that he didn't beat his partners senseless. Everyone was to train either until they were way too exhausted or until they had trained for an hour straight.
Amane was fighting just fine, but after about thirty minutes of training she began to feel dizzy and she got a terrible headache. Her vision became very shaky and she began to panic. This can't be happening again, not now. She trained so hard to prevent this from happening. It would be terrible if this happened during the battle with the witches. Maka came at Amane and swung her scythe at her. Amane blocked the attack, but stumbled backwards and fell. Looking up, she saw Maka, who was very blurry at the moment, running at her again ready to strike. Amane's heart began to beat fast and before she could see what happened, she blacked out.
Kid was sitting in a chair beside Amane. The nurse had just finished running a checkup to make sure that she was okay. He turned in his chair and laid his head on the bed so that he was looking at Amane. She's such a strong girl, so how is it that she passes out so easily during a fight? When she began to wake up, Kid lifted his head up off of the bed.
Amane slowly opened her eyes and looked over. She saw a blurred figure and after blinking a few times she noticed that it was Kid. Pushing herself up into a sitting position using her elbows, she looked over at Kid.
"Are you alright?" Kid asked.
"I'm fine." Amane replied.
"What happened?"
"It's not too long of a story, but I don't feel like discussing it."
"You know you have to tell me."
Amane sighed, "Well a few years back I was really gullible person. I was assigned to work with some scientists, who are also witches, on a poison. We were working on a poison that would greatly weaken whoever was infected by it. The poison would reduce their endurance and whenever the infected person got too tired they would get a headache, get dizzy, or their vision would get really blurry, making it hard for the person to get stronger. If they were unlucky enough, all three would happen. When I was sent in to work with them I was told that it was something that would make you stronger. When they injected the poison into me the results showed the complete opposite of what I expected. The whole thing was part of the Grand Witch's plan to get rid of me."
"I see." Kid said.
Amane threw the covers off of her and got out of bed. As she began walking towards the door, Kid grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
"Where are you going?" he asked a serious expression on his face.
"To get back to training; just sitting here isn't going to help win the war." she replied.
"You're not going."
"What do you mean I'm not going?"
"You won't go to war with us. I won't let you."
"And why the hell not!"
"I can't risk it."
"Risk what? If this is about the poison thing, don't worry about it. I trained hard to keep it from interrupting my fights."
"Well it interrupted our training. And it also happened on our mission that one day, didn't it?"
"Yeah, but…"
"Amane, I can't risk…" he paused for a second, looking down, and heaved a sigh before he looked into her eyes, "I can't risk losing you."
Kid slid his hand down from Amane's wrist to her hand. Hesitantly, he leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on Amane's lips. Amane just stood there, too surprised to do anything. Taking her doing nothing as a rejection, he pulled away and began walking out the door. He stopped for a moment at the doorway, "I guess it was stupid of me… Thinking that I, Lord Death's son, could actually be with a witch… It just had to be you, didn't it?" he whispered, mostly to himself, before he continued walking away.
Amane stood there, thinking about everything that had just happened, trying to comprehend it all. She then ran out and looked down the hallway, only to see that Kid was already gone. Looking around, she noticed the twins walking down the hallway and ran over to them.
"Do either of you know where Kid went?" she asked hopefully.
The twins thought for a brief moment.
"Uh… yeah I think I remember seeing him." Masanori said.
"He passed by us earlier didn't he?" Masahiro asked.
"Hard to tell, I was really distracted by you poking my face… nonstop!" Masanori growled as he glared at his brother.
"Hey! Did you see him or not?" Amane asked growing impatient.
The two thought for another moment before they nodded.
"Yeah he seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere. I think he was heading to the training grounds." Masahiro replied.
"He also looked really upset." Masanori added.
"Thank you!" Amane shouted as she ran off.
The twins watched her run off thinking that she looked rather desperate. Masahiro leaned over towards his brother, "Kid confessed his feelings, didn't he?"
"Yup." His brother replied before the two turned around and continued walking to wherever it was they were walking to.
Kid sat beneath a tree in the training grounds and pulled his knees up to his chest. He buried his face into his knees and began to fight back the tears that threatened to stream down his face. She is everything he wanted and he couldn't have her. Voices were heard and Kid slowly lifted his head up. He could see a group of people heading out to practice. Standing up, he decided to go home where no one could disturb him and ran off. Liz and Patty were busy helping gather supplies to prepare for the war and they shouldn't be home until late.
Amane finally reached the training grounds and ran over to a group of people. "Have any of you seen Kid?"
One person looked over at her, "Yeah. He looked like he was heading home."
"Thanks." she said before running off.
For a while she was running in some random direction. When she finally calmed down and stopped to catch her breath, she began to think about which direction his house was and if there was anyone around that might know. She walked around the streets wondering where everyone was. Sitting down on a curb, she rested her chin on her hand and sighed.
"Great. I'm lost." she grumbled.
A strange man was walking down the street towards Amane. He looked to be in his 30s and it seemed like he hadn't shaved in a few days. The man wore a blue shirt, jeans, and a dirty looking yellow jacket. Amane tried to pretend like she didn't notice him, but was forced to look up at the man when he stopped in front of her.
"You lost young lady?" he asked. His voice was deep and it frightened her a bit.
Amane stood up and dusted her skirt off. "N-no. I'm just trying to find a place."
"I could help. What place are you looking for?"
"Death the Kid's house."
"Ah… Lord Death's son." The man stated as he looked off into the distance. "I remember my days at the academy; dropped out because my meister got a bad injury and couldn't fight anymore."
After standing there for a moment, the man got his train of thought back. "Oh yeah, Kid's house is down this street and when you reach the end turn left."
Amane nodded thanks and ran off to Kid's house. Halfway there she stopped when she thought she felt something hit her arm. Then she felt something hit her head. Looking up, she saw dark clouds forming and it began to rain.
Kid was lying on his couch, hugging a pillow. The tears finally began to stream down his face. No matter how hard he tried to make them stop, they wouldn't; once they started, they just kept coming. He heard a knock at the door and he began to wipe his tears away with the pillow. Standing up, he began to head over to the door, trying his best to make it look like nothing was wrong. Who could be at his door though? He unlocked the door and slowly opened it. When he saw who it was, his eyes widened and he kept the door slightly closed so that the person could barely see him.
"What do you want, Amane?" he asked, looking at the ground. It was easy to tell by his tone of voice that he was sad. Calling him sad was somewhat of an understatement.
"Please let me in. I need to talk to you." Amane said.
"What is there to talk about?" Kid asked as he began to close the door.
Amane stopped the door with her hand and she looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please, Kid. I need to talk to you and it's pouring out here."
It was true. He hadn't noticed the rain before since he was distracted. Standing to the side and opening the door all the way, he let her in. Amane walked inside and Kid looked her up and down. She was completely soaked. Water dripped onto the floor from her hair and her clothes. Why was she in the rain without an umbrella? And what was it that she needed to talk to him about?
Amane sneezed and began to squeeze the water out of her hair.
"You'll get sick if you stay in that." Kid stated.
"Well what am I going to change into?" Amane asked.
"You can borrow Liz or Patty's clothes." He replied then told her where their rooms are.
"Thanks." Amane said as she left to go get changed.
After a few minutes of waiting, Kid assumed that she had gotten lost and went to go check on her. He decided to check Patty's room first, when he didn't see her, he decided to check Liz's room. For some odd reason, he wasn't thinking straight and walked right into the room without knocking.
Amane was standing with her back to the door. She took off her jacket and dropped it onto the floor and took off her shirt and dropped it on top of her jacket. Picking up one of Liz's shirts, she was getting ready to put it on when she heard the door open and she slightly turned around to see who it was. A light blush appeared on her face and her embarrassment quickly turned to anger. Picking up the nearest object, she threw it at Kid. He ducked and quickly backed out of the room and shut the door. Amane finished getting dressed and slammed the door open. She ran over to Kid and punched him in the face, sending him flying down the hallway. She ran over to Kid, who was lying on the floor with his hands to his face, and, dropping to her knees, picked him up by the collar of his shirt; a pissed off expression was on her face.
"Kid, you're dead!" Amane shouted.
"I'm sorry!" Kid said. "Please don't hurt me."
"Knock first and I wouldn't have to hurt you." she growled as she leaned her face close to his and glared at him.
After staring at him for a bit, she noticed something. His eyes were red and slightly puffy. He had been crying recently. It couldn't have been about what happened earlier, could it? As thoughts began racing through her mind, her grip on his shirt began to loosen.
Kid was scared at first, trying to avoid Amane's glare, but when her grip on his shirt loosened, he looked back at her. Once he looked at her, he couldn't look away. He was lost in those bright purple eyes of hers. He began to lean his face close to hers, the whole time fighting with himself about it. 'Don't do this, Kid!' he thought angrily, but he just couldn't stop himself as he pressed his lips onto hers. 'If she didn't accept the first kiss, why would she accept this one? She's not interested.' Kid thought as he tried to convince himself to pull away. As he was about to pull away, he noticed something. Amane had started kissing him back! His confidence came flowing back into him. He placed his hand on the back of Amane's head to prevent her from pulling away, his fingers getting tangled in her wet hair. When they pulled away to breathe, Amane began to stand up, but stopped.
"Kid, could you get your hand out of my hair?" she asked.
Kid began to stand up so that Amane could stand up all the way and began to try and untangle his hand from her hair. "I'm trying, but your hair is really knotted."
Amane began to grow angry at his comment, "Well I'm sorry that my hair gets knotted when it's wet!" she folded her arms across her chest. "My hair is usually perfectly soft and not knotted."
Finally, Kid removed his hand from her hair and Amane began to brush her hair with a comb that she always carried around with her for just-in-case purposes. Kid looked over at the clock, "It's almost nine. It's already really dark outside."
"I should head home. The twins are probably getting hungry and they can't cook to save their lives." Amane said as she began to pick up her clothes and head towards the door.
"I'll come with you." Kid said walking over to her.
"No, I'll be fine." She replied.
Kid ran up and stood between Amane and the door and crossed his arms. "Either I go with you or you stay here."
Amane sighed and tried to get past him, but he continued to block her way. Suddenly, she saw a flash of lightning out the window and heard a crash of thunder.
"I think I'll stay here." She said backing away from the door.
"Well where would you like to sleep?"
"Uhm… In a guest room?"
"Oh they're all a mess. Patty trashed them. I need to fix that later."
"How about on the couch?"
"No, it's not very comfortable to sleep on. I learned the hard way."
Amane sighed and shook her head, "Where's your room?"
"Over here." Kid replied leading her to his room. "Why?"
Amane walked over to his bed and jumped into it. "This is a nice bed… I'll sleep here!" she stated, a huge grin on her face.
"Why?" Kid asked curiously.
"This is a nice bed and I don't like being alone when there's a thunderstorm." Amane replied.
Kid sighed and sat on the edge of his bed. "Okay fine, just don't kick me off of the bed…. Amane?" he turned around and saw that the small witch was already fast asleep. "That was fast." He said.
Kid changed into his night clothes and crawled into bed only to be kicked off by Amane. Standing up off of the ground, he climbed back into bed and laid down right next to her. He wrapped his arm around her arms and waist and tried his best to prevent her from kicking him or punching him so that he could actually get a good night's sleep.
Meanwhile, over at the DWMA, one of the witches was conversing with Lord Death.
"So we're officially at war now." Lord Death asked, it being more of a statement than a question.
The witch nodded, "You have until the end of this month to be prepared."
"That only gives us a week and a half." Lord Death argued.
"You have until the end of this month." The witch repeated before leaving.