Chapter 12: Dai+Stein=?

"The only way to escape Death is too pursuit life…"

Ren awoke to a dark and cold place, she noticed that she couldn't move her arms and legs, and Medusa were standing above her. Ren tried to remove herself from the things that were holding her down and escape, but also could not.

"Well, you know this would be more interesting if you didn't squirm so much…" The female Medusa stares at Ren, while a small smirk appears on her face.

Ren's small frame was placed on a somewhat doctors table as her arms and legs were strapped down onto the table's legs. "My friends will come and save me, you won't get away with this witch."

"You really think they will come? Tch, I bet the only one that will come is Stein. He is the only person who can actually withstand my attacks and such." Medusa walks from the table towards another and starts colleting items.

"No…They will come, right?" Ren begins talking to herself quietly. When her face expression becomes dull and down.

"Enough of the talk, it's time for me to experiment on my creation." Medusa steps back over to Ren and a sadistic smile shows up on her face.

"No, wait, stop!" Ren screams Dai's name

Dai appears standing onto a nearby wall with his hands into his pockets; talking to himself. "Ren…where are you? Why must you suffer because of me? I have to become stronger… No, I will, I will, I will become stronger. As long as I breathe one breath I will not let anything happen to you Ren…I have too"

"Are you over here talking to yourself again Bulls-EyE?" Kid says walking towards the male.

"Huh? Oh sorry Kid. What are you doing here anyway?" Dai takes a glance at the other male.

"Just passing through that's all." An awkward silence with a cold breeze comes from the conversation as the two stared up at the sky. "You know, you won't get Ren back by just sitting here sulking?"

"Yeah I know, and who ever said I was sulking? I was just taking a break from training with Stein." Dai quickly replies after the comment from Kid.

"Whatever you say 'sulkier'" Kid flashes a wave as he begins to walk away.

Kid or Death the Kid is the offspring of the Shinigami himself. By being the son of the Shinigami, Kid is far greater then the other students attending Shibusen and named the second Shinigami. Kid was named after his father, as his father when he was a child name was 'Death the Kid", but now being called 'Death'. Kid wields two weapons, 'Liz and Patty' who can transform into two guns or 'Death Eagles' and he will almost die if everything was not symmetrical, (thus having to collect twice as many souls as the other students, since having two weapons.) Kid's father has told him that he needs not to attend Shibusen, but Kid thinks otherwise wanting to have his own weapon. When fighting, Kid holds the guns upside-down and pulls the triggers with his pinkies for some unknown reason. He also refuses to fight unless he has both Liz and Patti with him so the style is symmetrical. He is also able to fight without Liz and Patti through martial arts focusing on chops, kicks, and hammer blows. Lastly, his Soul Resonance attack Death Cannon morphs the guns into a form resembling cannon barrel.

"Tch, that Kid is something else…" Dai walks back into Stein's office and stands at the door.

"Well, well, well, look who decided to return. Weren't you the one who pressured me about this training? I do believe is were you?" Stein looks towards his computer screen waiting for a response from Dai.

"I didn't just take off ok? I went to go think…I needed too." Dai quietly walks to a chair and sits down looking at Stein.

"Dai?" Stein questions his name.

"Yeah what is it Stein?" Dai answers in an annoyed like tone of voice.

"Have you ever wondered how did Ren become so strong?" Stein looks away from Dai, making his face unseen.

"Well, no but now I'm curious."

"Ren was an experiment…By Medusa. That is why she took her away from Shibusen. In other words, Medusa made a perfect child weapon; equivalent to a Shinigami's weapon." The whole rooms tone becomes dark and thick.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Dai's expression appears surprised and confused.

"Well, let me tell you a little story…"

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"Stein, are you done with your calculations?" Medusa questioned the male.

"Almost I think I perfected my experiment to my own soul." Stein starts to work on something inside of a watered tube.

Inside of two containers were a female and male, both were floating inside of the container. Medusa and the male known as Stein appears on the ground below working on something from their desk.

"So, Medusa you're going to mix your creation with your power right, to make her more powerful than a Shinigami's weapon?" Stein questioned the female.

"That's right; I believe this is the best way to do this, what about you Stein?" Medusa looked back at him from her chair.

"Well, I will mix my own soul and DNA with this experiment. However, I don't think this is such a good idea, what if…" Stein lowers his head.

"Aww, don't tell me your going to quit now? After all the effort and hard work we put into this project?" Medusa steps over to Stein and places her hands on his shoulders.

"But…I what if they grow up asking questions?" Stein looked up at her.

"They won't we will just put them into a loving family like we always planned and let them work as a team in Shibusen. Right?" Medusa questions him.

"Your right, I have nothing to worry about. Let's continue our work." Steins smiles towards her and a small smirk is visible on his face. "Yeah, I have nothing to worry about." He quietly talks to himself.

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"You mean to tell me that Ren and I are experiments from you and Medusa?" Dai's voice changes as so does his mood.

"Well, it wasn't supposed to happen like this… At the time, Medusa and I were a great team, until she tried to use you and Ren as puppets… I guess she got what she always wanted." Stein looks down towards the ground.

About 30 years ago, Stein and Medusa were the two best scientists in Death City, until they created Dai and Ren. To create Dai, Stein used his own DNA and soul fragments and put them inside of his experiment (which was Dai). However, Medusa almost did the complete opposite of what Stein was performing. She made a copy of her own soul and placed it inside an empty body, being Ren (thus being the reason why Ren's soul wavelength is no longer combatable to Dai's, from another proto-type copy of Medusa's soul.) The Shinigami himself forbidden anyone to use their soul to make a copy for another, but Medusa did so anyway; making it so that no one will find out she tried to take over Death City and Shibusen with Dai and Ren as her puppets. Stein eventually came to his senses and tried to stop Medusa but she fled from the city without Dai or Ren. After the long battle, Stein could only place Ren in a loving home but left Dai with no one as he abounded his somewhat child.

"So, I'm your son huh? Moreover, you just left me alone with no one and Ren with a family…" Dai rises from the chair and begins to walk out of the office.

"I'm sorry Dai, I was young and blind…I'm so sorry." Stein looks towards the ground and the expression in his voice did not change at all.

"You know what? I don't need your training, I'll go save Ren by myself before anything bad happens to her…Because I don't leave people alone and scared like some other people…" Dai starts to disappear into the shadows. He ran out the school and started his long journey to Medusa's hideout, not knowing where he was going. "Don't worry Ren, I'm on my way…"

"Now you think we would just let you go without taking us with you, did you?" A female's voice catches Dai's attention and he stops then turns around to Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, and BlackStar.

"You guys have nothing to do with this…It's between me and Medusa…" Dai slowly replies.

"Like hell we do, why should I let you take all the spot light?" BlackStar says loudly.

"Were a Team Dai, we won't let you do this alone." Tsubaki smiles towards him.

"And Ren is our friend too you know?" Soul replies to Tsubaki's comment.

"So what are we standing here for? Let's go save Ren!" BlackStar runs off.

"Wait you idiot, we don't even know where Medusa's hideout is." Soul then says.

"Oh yes we do, follow me." Maka starts to run as everyone else follows but Dai.

Maka looks back at Dai. "You coming or what?"

Dai started to run after them, talking to himself. "Tch…thanks you guys…"