Liz slammed open the door to Kid's room, "Kid, wake up!"

Kid slowly rolled onto his back and looked at Liz, squinting at the bright light that began to flood his room. As he rolled onto his side, he pulled his covers over his head, unknowingly pulling the covers off of Amane. Liz jumped slightly in surprise and began to wonder why she was here with Kid and why she was wearing her clothes. Well she knew that she was here in this house, since she saw her wet clothes earlier and decided to dry them for her, but she had no idea that she was going to walk in on this. Amane began to shiver slightly and pulled the covers over herself again, pulling it off of Kid. This went back and forth for a little while longer before Amane sat up and glared down at Kid.

"Give me the damn sheets you terd!" she shouted angrily as she yanked the covers away from him.

Kid also sat up and returned her glare as the two began fighting over the sheets. Amane tilted her head slightly and noticed that Kid was sitting close to the edge of the bed and an evil grin grew upon her face. A devilish look was in her eyes and she let go of the covers right when he tried his best to yank the covers out of her hands, causing Kid to fall backwards off of the bed. She army crawled over to his side of the bed and looked down at him. He was lying on the ground in a tangled jumble with the covers.

"Uh… Kid?" Liz asked wondering if he already forgot that she was there.

Kid sat up and began to untangle himself from the covers, "What do you want, Liz?"

"We're already half an hour late for school." She informed.

Kid quickly stood up and as he started to walk forward he tripped over the covers. Amane burst out laughing and got out of bed and helped him up.

"Well we'll leave as soon as I'm ready and make sure that everything in the house is perfect."

"We don't have time for this, Kid!" Liz shouted. She then turned to look at Amane. "I saw your clothes were wet so I decided to wash them and they're in the dryer right now. It should be finished."

"Thanks." Amane said as she ran off to go get changed.

"Hurry up, Kid!" Liz shouted.

"Yeah, hurry!" Patty giggled as Liz slammed the door shut.

A few minutes later Kid and Amane were dressed. Before Kid could begin fixing his house to make sure everything was perfectly symmetrical, Liz and Patty dragged him out of the house followed by Amane. The whole way to the DWMA Kid had tears streaming down his face as he yelled out things about perfection and symmetry and how he was nothing without his symmetry.

"Three white stripes." Amane coughed.

Kid stopped crying and his eyes grew wide. Not too long later the tears began streaming down again, this time it seemed like they were waterfalls coming out of his eyes. Amane and Patty began giggling as Kid began ranting about how he was trash and Liz sighed in annoyance.

"Sorry we're late… again." Liz said as Maka and the others met up with her.

The twins came out of the crowd and tackled Amane with a hug. "There you are!" they shouted.

"Why so excited to see me?" she asked.

"Now that we found you, you can go make us food." Masahiro said.

"Yeah we didn't have dinner or breakfast." Masanori said.

"Why couldn't you two just use the money that's hidden behind the clock and go out to eat?" Amane asked.

The twins slowly looked at each other before they began fighting.

"I told you we should've used the money!"

"Well I couldn't find it!"

"It was behind the clock!"

"Which one!"

"What do you mean which one!"

"We have a clock for every room!"

"That can't be too many clocks."

"We have 14 rooms not including all the ones in the basement…"

"Why do we have so many rooms?"

"Would you two shut up!" Amane shouted angrily.

"Could everyone just calm down, please?" Tsubaki asked.

Maka nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I know that the upcoming war has everyone on edge, but we have to concentrate." she then turned to look at Amane. "Are you in the condition to fight?"

Amane nodded. "Yes."

"Well we were just informed by Lord Death that we have until the end of this month to be ready." Maka said.

"Let's get started on our training." Soul said.

"We'll beat them senseless! Yahoo!" Black Star shouted pumping his fist in the air.

"Well this is going to be fun." Amane stated sarcastically.

"Who's fighting me?" Black Star asked, excited.

"I will." Amane stated.

Everyone looked at her in surprise.

"Are you sure?" Liz asked.

Amane glanced over at her and nodded before looking back over at Black Star, "Remember when I first arrived at this school?"

Black Star began to think for a moment, growing more and more frustrated with every second. Tsubaki sighed then leaned toward Black Star and whispered in his ear, "You tried to fight her."

"Yeah I remember!" Black Star said.

"Well we never finished our fight." Amane stated.

"Well that's not really counted as training… is it?" Maka asked.

"Can't this wait until after the war?" Kid asked.

Amane shook her head, "Better now than later."

"That's right! Yahoo!" Black Star shouted. "Let's get this started!"

"Can it wait until we get to the training grounds?" Amane asked.

Black Star pouted a bit then folded his arms, "Fine."

When they arrived at the training grounds everyone stood off to the side as Amane and Black Star were getting ready to fight. Tsubaki and the twins transformed into their weapon forms. Pretty much everyone was sitting except for Soul who was leaning against a tree and Kid who was worrying more than he should. If he can't get her out of this small fight then how was he going to convince her to not participate in this war? And would she be okay fighting against Black Star? Liz looked up at Kid and saw the worry in his eyes and his hands balled in to fists.

"Hey, Kid, you okay?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm fine." Kid replied as he watched the fight commence.

They seemed evenly matched for a while, Amane refusing to use her witch powers and Black Star not having Tsubaki change weapon forms. Their fight was purely strength and strategy. Black Star jumped over Amane's head and she jabbed up with one of her spears. He threw back one end of his chain scythe and the tip of Amane's spear got stuck in the chain, yanking it out of her hands. Turning around, she took hold of her spear once more and pulled it, getting it out of the chain. Their fight continued on until finally one of them fell due to exhaustion. When Amane hit the ground she closed her eyes then sighed before looking up at Black Star who wasn't close to being as tired as she was, "You win, Black Star." she stated.

Kid ran over and helped Amane stand up. "Are you alright?" he asked.

Amane laughed and looked up at him smiling, "Well duh."

For the rest of the month, every alternated who they would be training with, alternating every three days and on occasions training with someone that wasn't in their group. The day of the war came so much sooner than everyone expected. Emotions were high, so many people were in panic, and there were so many questions running through everyone's mind. Will we make it? Who will win? What would happen to us and the school if we lost? And as many times as they asked themselves and their friends these questions, there would be only one answer, just wait and see.

No one wanted all this to be over more than Amane. After all the people she's met and all that she's been through with them, she just wished that all this would just disappear. That it would vanish into thin air as if this was all a dream, well more of a nightmare. She could feel her heart beating so much faster than usual. This was either due to fear or exhilaration, she wasn't sure which.

Everyone went over with each other the plan, hoping and praying with all their hearts that the plan would go perfectly and nothing bad would happen. They all made their way out to the desert just outside Death City and tried to get as far away from the city as possible without being too far away. It was not that long of a wait before they saw the witches approaching them in the distance. Right then, everyone knew that there was no going back. There was no stopping now. The fight and the deaths it will cause are now officially inevitable. As the enemy forces drew closer and closer, the tension was more easily felt. When the witches were just about a half mile away, they stopped. There was a silence that seemed to last a lifetime, but was only a couple of seconds. And then, the fighting began.

As Amane made her way forward, knowing that her only goal was to kill the Grand Witch, she thought that it was the perfect time to just think. What is it that she would think about? Life. Doesn't everybody when they know that death could grab them by their arm at any moment and pull them into the black abyss, dragging them down further and further, never to return to life again? She began to reminisce about all the fun times she's had with her friends, even the times where they temporarily hated her for being a witch. She thought about how she was before she met them. And she wished that she remembered to thank them for everything that they had done for her. Before she had met them, she felt somewhat dead. Like there was no meaning to her life. And now, she feared death more than ever, but not for herself; it was for all the people that she had dragged into this mess. If there was just a chance, that she would make it out alive. If there was a small chance that all there friends would be okay. If there was a chance that everything will be alright, that chance, whether it be big or small, was all she needed to keep going forward. Knowing that there was a chance for her to fix all her mistakes to end this suffering, was all the motivation she needed.

Losing isn't an option. Winning this war isn't optional either. It is required.

Author's Note: Sorry it took me awhile to post this. I've just been so busy. I'm excited and sad that this story is so close to being finished. If you were wondering why I didn't describe the fight scene as much is because I wanted you, the reader, to use your own imagination for it. Sometimes I like to use my imagination for it rather than read what happens. I hope you enjoyed it!