I wish I had a valid reason for not posting sooner, but I don't. I was just lazy and too busy playing video games. Well, here is the next chapter.
.:Kirito's POV:.
I woke up to a light shaking on my shoulder. I sat up quickly and collided with something hard.
"Ow! That was my head you idiot!" Liz yelled at me as I rubbed my head. Yawning, I got out of my sleeping bag, shivering when the cool morning air hit me.
"Sorry, but don't lean over my head when trying to wake me up." I said as I rolled up the sleeping bag. Liz muttered something and stood up.
Looking around, I noticed that the clearing we were in was deserted. I asked where everyone was and she said that everyone else went to get breakfast and that I needed to start a fire again. (Kid will never learn not to trust me with fire, will he?)
After quickly starting a larger fire then the night before, I turned to Liz, who had a look of pure horror on her face. Confused, I asked, "What? Is something wrong?"
"HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH ONLY A ROCK IN YOUR HAND!?" she yelled, shaking the whole forest. She quickly took a few steps back, staring at the fire with a somewhat scared look on her face.
"Well, I am a knife," I said, grabbing more wood, "So I have steel with me all the time. As for the rock, I just keep one in my pocket all the time just in case I need it. Meaning I always have flint and steel."
Before I could say any more, Kid walked back into the small clearing. He glanced at the fire and shook his head. "I told you to make sure he didn't create a huge fire again, Liz."
"Well, sorry, but he's fast with fire and it was this large before I realized what was going on," Liz said, looking at the piece of flint that I still had in my hand.
"So Kid have you found Scarlett's soul trail yet?" I asked, pocketing the rock and taking the fish Kid had. I turned my hand into a knife and walked away to clean them.
"Yes, I have, and she is much closer than I first thought. Actually, if we hurry, we might be able to catch them later today."
I finished cutting the fish in record time, quickly beginning to roast them. Looking around I asked, "Hey where are Soul, Maka, and Patty?"
"Well, Soul is that lump of blankets," Kid said, pointing at a pile of blankets near the edge of the clearing, "and Maka and Patty are getting us more water for the trip."
After everyone got back, we had breakfast. We quickly packed up and started out again to find Scarlett.
After a long drive, we got to the van Scarlett was in. I wanted to run and kill every one of them, Kishin or not, but Kid somehow talked me into waiting for the kidnappers to make a camp. After a few more hours of slowly following them, they finally stopped to camp for the night.
"So what exactly is the plan?" Maka asked, looking over the cliff that we were on which was conveniently above their campsite.
"Easy, we wait for them to fall asleep then we sneak in and take her. They will never know in the morning," Kid said.
"Or we can just jump off this cliff and kill them all. I mean, they did kidnap Scarlett so they might be Kishin eggs," I said, looking over the edge with a small smile on my lips from the thought of jumping off the cliff.
Maka then took a large breath, and her eyes started to gleam. Looking down at the camp, she said, "Most of them are Kishin eggs, so that could be an option." After she stepped back, her eyes went back to normal, and she started to sway. Soul quickly caught her and helped her stay upright.
Kid thought for a moment before telling Liz and Patty to turn into pistols. After they transformed, he said, "Let's do Kirito's idea. But Kirito, I want you to stay up here until Scarlett is freed. We don't know what they are capable of and I don't think it will be safe for you to go down."
Looking at Kid with rage written all over my face, I said, "If you think I'm going to sit here and let you guys save her, you're dead wrong. She's my meister and I will fight to free her too, whether you like it or not." Before Kid could respond, I turned my hands into knives and jumped off of the cliff. Looking back, I saw Kid falling as well. A moment later, I saw Maka jump with Soul in her hands. Quickly, I stabbed my hands into the cliff face to slow my descent. Still falling fast, I hit a tree with a loud crash. After about a minute of breaking tree branches, I finally hit the ground. Impatient, I waited until Kid and Maka landed next to me before I started creeping closer to the camp.
"Great, now we don't have the advantage of surprise," Kid said, exasperation in his voice.
"Too bad. They're all going to die sooner or later, so let's just make it sooner," I said smiling. We reached the outskirts of the camp and stood there, looking at the spot that appeared to have the most people- the center of camp, near a small fire.
"Why are you so restless right now Kirito?" Soul said, his reflection in the blade of the scythe Maka was holding.
"If Maka was kidnapped, would you do anything to save her?" I asked back, wanting to do nothing but run in and kill every last one of them.
"Yes I would, but I wouldn't be acting as rash as you are now," he said, his image vanishing.
"You're right. You would be acting worse," I shot back. Turning to Kid, I said, "I'm guessing running in there and killing everyone is not what you have in mind."
"Nope, but I do have an idea. Maka and I will create a diversion while you go and find Scarlett. That sound good?" he replied, getting ready to run forward.
"Ok," I replied. "Any idea where Scarlett is?"
Kid looked at the camp and said, "She is tied to a post in the middle tent. She appears to have no one guarding her, but I might not be able to see them, so keep your guard up." With that, he nodded at Maka before running into the camp.
Waiting a few moments for them to draw the attention of the kidnappers, I ran forward until I reached the tent. Ducking inside, I saw Scarlett tied to a post, knocked out. Running up to her, I uncut the rope binding her hands.
"Well, hello there Kirito." I heard a female voice coming from the opening of the tent. "It's been a while since you took my daughter to that demon school."
Turning around, I said, "Hello Mrs. Phantom. I had nothing to do with your daughter leaving. That would be your husband's doing."
"Scarlett would have never even thought about going to that school if you never learned that you had weapon blood. But she did learn, and the only way to make her come home is to kill the only reason she went to the damn DWMA in the first place," she said, then started to run towards me with a knife.
Hurriedly transforming my hand into a knife, I blocked her attack before attempting to disarm her. As she tried to cut me, I saw Scarlett starting to come to behind her. Looking around, Scarlett saw me and started to get up. While I was distracted, Scarlett's mother cut my stomach.
Turning around, she noticed Scarlett was now awake and standing. Walking up to her Mrs. Phantom put a hand on Scarlett's shoulder and said, "Come on, let's get out of here. Don't worry about your friend. He will be dead soon enough with the poison that was on the blade I used to cut him."
Ripping out of her mother's grasp, Scarlett ran over to me and asked, "Hey, can you stand?"
"Yeah," I said. "Don't fight her, just start running." Turning into a knife, I let out a groan of pain.
"I wouldn't stay in weapon form for too long, Kirito. That poison works twice as fast when in weapon form," Mrs. Phantom said, twirling a knife in her hand.
Scarlett quickly jumped up and slashed at her mother. Jumping back, she said, "I will never go home back to you! Not after you hurt my friend." Running off, we saw Kid and Maka fighting a group of Mrs. Phantom's workers. When they noticed Scarlett, they both turned and ran after us.
When we got a safe distance away, all the weapons transformed back into their human selves. I tried to stand, but collapsed with a cry of pain. Scarlett quickly caught me and said, "Kid, Kirito got cut and we think the blade had poison on it. Do you know anyone that can help?"
"Let me call Father and see if he has any idea what we should do." Kid said before turning away and casting a weird spell.
Maka looked over at us and asked, "Scarlett, are you ok? And do you have any idea who stabbed Kirito?"
Scarlett looked down at me and said, "I'm ok, and the person who stabbed Kirito was my mother."
Kid came back and said, "We have to get to the DWMA fast, and I know the best way to get there. We just need to find a mirror." After that, we all got back onto our vehicles, Scarlett driving because I was in too much pain.
Time skip, during which we apparently found a mirror big enough to walk through without a ton of difficulty. But we had to ditch the motorcycles. :( I'm kinda glad Kirito didn't write this part, since he would've put something in there about me being short and not needing a super tall mirror.
.:Scarlett's POV:.
We walked through the mirror and went from the little house that we found that had said mirror to the Death Room where Lord Death, Stein, and Spirit were all waiting. Stein took Kirito and walked off with him, while Spirit started to cry and hug Maka. That resulted in a Maka Chop. Lord Death turned to me and asked, "So how did the mission go? I heard you blew up Big Ben."
"The mission went well 'til I was kidnapped. And we ourselves didn't blow up Big Ben. One of the Kishins had a bomb and that's how it blew up," I said looking at my feet.
"Well, at least neither of you got hurt," Lord Death said. "Well, on the mission, not the rescue."
Stein walked into the room and said, "I almost wasn't able to get all the poison out of his system. Be happy that you got here when you did."
"Will he be ok?" I asked. "And is he awake?"
"He should be fine, I just want him to come by every once in a while for a checkup. He's asleep right now, but he should be up by tomorrow morning. So head home and get some rest," Stein said before picking me up and throwing me out the door.
When I got back to the apartment, I saw the door wide open and Crona crying on the couch.
"What's wrong Crona?" I asked, looking around at the torn up house.
Ragnarok popped out of Crona's back and started yelling. "It was all that cats fault! We tried to give it a bath, but it wouldn't stay still. After that, we left to get dinner and he ran out the door. Haven't seen him since."
"So you lost my cat?" I asked. "You know what, I don't want to deal with this tonight. Just leave. I'll see you tomorrow." I not-so-nicely kicked their butts out of the house and shut the door in their faces. Exhausted, I walked to the couch and quickly passed out.
When I woke up, it was already bright outside. Looking at the clock, I saw that it was almost noon. Jumping up to get ready to see if Kirito was okay, I was out the door in seven minutes.
.:Kirito's POV:.
I woke up with my chest hurting. I opened my eyes, immediately shutting them again because the room was way too bright. Slowly opening them back up, I saw Stein sitting in a chair, looking at a clip board.
"Good, you're awake. You should be able to get up. Your clothes are over on that chair," he said before rolling out of the room. After getting my clothes on and sitting back down, Scarlett ran through the door and looked at me.
"Oh, you're awake," she said looking at me weirdly.
"Haven't been for long. What are you doing here? I was just about to head home."
"I was here to see if you were awake yet because I wanted you to help me find Midnight. Ragnarok lost him," she said. "Can we go look for him now?"
"Sure, but let's get some food first. I'm hungry," I said, starting to walk out the door.
"Of course you are," she laughed before running past me and into the hallway.
Well, over 2,300 words later, I think I now have written the longest chapter. By the way I will be gone for 10 days, and I'm not sure if Scarlett will remember to update without me having to remind her. Have some faith in me. I find that slightly insulting. I'll remember... Probably. However, I can guarantee that I will procrastinate until the last minute. :)
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~Kirito and Scarlett.