Episode 10: Finale of the Shinigami Trial: Blair the Witch?

The day starts off with a glorious sunrise that warmed up Death City and shook off the shivers of the cold night. It was such a beautiful Sunday morning that the Panting Sun seemed pleased with himself that he changed into a Laughing one. However, today was no laughing matter. Today is the day of the Shinigami Trial. Meanwhile,

"What is this place?" Kid wondered as he stared at the ceiling filled with his father's pictures. He slowly sat up and found himself lying on a soft white bed. He immediately saw Patti, who was happily drawing something on a piece of paper.

"Patti," he said, but suddenly remembered seeing her in his dreams. Anyhow, she heard him call and was thrilled.

"Kid! Kid! You're awake!" Her loud voice managed to wake Liz, who was drooling on his right hand.

"Mmm-Kid?" she groaned. Kid noticed her and was grossed out by the sight. He pulled his hand away and wiped it against the bed sheet.

"You're finally awake. How do you feel?" Nygus entered the room.

"I feel OK. But what happened to me?" he had difficulty recalling the events that took place the days before.

"You don't remember?" asked Liz. He shook his head.

"Here, I made this for you," Patti presented him with her drawing. It was a detailed drawing of Kid. He was posing with the two Twin Demon Guns in his hands. A masterpiece! Kid thought so too, especially with him looking so very handsome in symmetry.

"Thank you," he said as he looked at his own face. But the happy smile turned into an angry frown, all of a sudden. "What…is… this?" he struggled to keep himself calm.

"Huh?" the Thompson Sisters leaned to see that he was referring to the drawing of his face. It was symmetrical, except for the fact that his lips were curved a tenth-of-a-degree on one side only.

"What the hell is wrong with you!" he shouted and began to rip that piece of paper into thousands of tiny perfectly square pieces.

"He's back," sighed Liz.

Elsewhere, Maka, Soul, Crona, Marie, and Stein were having a meeting. This was in regards to the upcoming trial. The three students were worried about Stein and Marie. You see, they were OK with being expelled but for Marie who worked so hard into becoming a Death Scythe and Stein who became a Shibusen teacher, it would be devastating.

"It's alright," smiled Marie. She was alright with it. She knew the consequences of her actions, and was fully prepared to accept responsibility. This was the same for Stein.

"But, then she'd win," Crona was referring to the nameless witch who still hasn't introduced himself to anybody other than Kid.

"No she won't," Stein said, "I'm not sure what her plans are yet. But I don't think it's against the Shinigami."

"What do you mean?"

"At first glance, yes, she appears to be weakening us. She took out Kid, and now weakens Shibusen by removing Marie, and I," Stein explains further, "but she also told us of Mabaa's plans. That way, we can already prepare ourselves for the worst."

"But what if she's lying and that the witches have no plans? And that she's only doing this to create chaos by making everyone afraid and panic?" asked Marie.

"Even so, that isn't a good enough reason to go this far."

"Whatever she's doing, it doesn't change the fact that we're still going to be expelled by the Shinigami," Soul uttered in dismay. Seeing Maka and Crona were also disheartened by this, Marie clapped her hands and smiled at them.

"Don't worry, guys," she said, trying to encourage their faltering spirits, "No matter what happens, even if we're not officially with Shibusen, we are always who we are and we'll always do what we do best, right?"

"Right!" they cheered.

Back at the infirmary, Kid was told about the trial and the other events that transpired during his absence.

"Father can't possibly agree to that!?" The reaction was expected. He was outraged by the conditions for his recovery. He got up and quickly changed his clothes.

"Where are you going?" asked Nygus.

"I'm going to fix this."

"Kid, wait! We're coming with you!" He went out the door with the Thompson Sisters in pursuit.

But as they drew closer to the Death Room, Kid suddenly collapsed along the hallway and began pounding the floor with his fist.

"Damn it! I'm such an idiot! Kill me please!" he sobbed.

"What the-," the sisters were taken by surprise, "What's wrong now?"

"I'm such a filthy creature! I even forgot to fix my bed!" In his haste, he forgot to fix his beddings and bolted out the door.

"Hey, hey, don't worry about something like that. It's okay; we'll just fix it after we sort things out with your dad. Okay?" Liz tried to help him, while Patti was busy laughing at his torment.

"But then the bed sheets will ignore my entire existence forever!"

"No they won't! Now come on, we've gotta get there before were too late," she pulled him up. However, before they could continue any further, the many plasma screens hanging around the school turned on and were focused on the Shinigami.

"Too late, it's already started," sighed Liz.

"Hello everyone! I have a very important announcement! As you might already know, today we're having a trial to decide what to do with some of your fellow students," the camera shifts and shows the defendants, standing before the Shinigami. There was much talk and whisper amongst the student body as to what was happening.

"As you well know, these guys were responsible for the death of the Shibusen's former nurse and witch, Medusa. Although I am grateful for their success, I am also saddened that they disobeyed my orders and left the battle at Arachnophobia's Headquarters." The students watched on as the camera moves and focus more on the defendants.

"With this charges, what do you guys have to say for yourselves?"

Maka spoke for them when she stepped forward, "All we can say is that we did what we thought was right. Medusa had to be stopped before she could have hurt anybody else.

"IS THAT ALL???"the Shinigami bellowed. He was in complete serious mode this time, exactly like he used to be in the good old days.

"And that, we are also very sorry for disappointing you, Shinigami-sama," she bowed her head, and so did the rest.

He loomed over them. These were the people who had the audacity to defy him and disrespect him. He looked at them with harsh eyes. He raised his hand as if to deliver the final verdict with a deadly 'Shinigami chop.' They closed their eyes. "Good bye, Shibusen."

"Okeydokey, you're all free to go!" he patted their heads.

"WHAT THE HECK!??!" the entire school seem to tremble at everyone's reaction. Many were confused, dumbfounded, and a lot had their jaws drop to the ground.

"What the hell just happened?" asked Liz.

"I-I'm not sure," Kid could hardly believe what happened.

Meanwhile, within Death Room, the students and the faculty were all shocked at the Shinigami's words. Spirit was surprised and relieved at the same that he couldn't stop the tears from his eyes. Azusa almost dropped her glasses, while Maka and the rest had a large sweat drop on their heads. They were either too amazed to believe it or they were even more confused than ever.

"So is that your decision, Shinigami?" The joyous moment was immediately ruined by the words of the witch.

"Yes," he answered. Blair only laughed at this response.

"Soul," Maka signaled her partner. Crona, Marie and Stein prepared themselves.

"Please excuse me for that," the Shinigami said to the camera. Everyone listened intently. "However, the very important announcement I was talking about is this." He moved and the camera followed him as he passed Marie and Stein.

"Everyone, please welcome our newest student," he presented the beautiful young witch.

"Good morning. I'm Blair de Valesti. I'm pleased to meet you all," she giggled.

THE END