Her Past
Chapter Five
Lord Death
Lord Death's place of residence was rather extravagant, but that's to be expected from the head of the city. Maka couldn't even imagine living in a place like this. Yup, she'll just stick with her apartment.
"You gonna knock or just gawk some more?" Soul asked making a jab at her.
Maka glared at him. "If you're so impatient, why haven't you gone ahead and knocked?"
He gave a kind smile. "Didn't want to embarrass you by someone else seeing you gawk. Thought I'd keep that to myself."
The blond rolled her eyes. "Just knock already."
"Yes ma'am, boss ma'am," he said with another smile as he knocked.
The person who answered the door was a surprise to the both of them. "Hey, what are you two doing here?" Liz asked.
"Liz? Aren't you supposed to be at school by now?" Maka asked.
"Eh, yeah, but Kid is having another one of his breakdowns. Turns out someone broke in last night and rearranged half the place."
"Do you know who it was?" Soul asked.
"Yeah," Liz said with a quiet laugh and leaned again the door trim. "It wasn't much of a secret. Black Star left his name all over the place."
Both Maka and Soul began laughing.
"That is awesome. I'll have to give Black Star his props later," Soul commented.
"I'm surprised he didn't alert anyone. He's not the quietest," Maka stated.
"Yeah we're assuming that our rooms are far enough away that his shouts were muffled." She paused. "So, what are you here for again?"
"Oh yeah, we need to see Lord Death. Professor Stein said he'd be here today."
"Yeah, he's here. He's currently trying to calm his erratic son. Come on, I'll take you to him."
Soul and Maka followed Liz through the finely decorated house. The thought passed again that Maka preferred her simple life. She wasn't cut out for fancy and she was fine with that. Liz led them to a very large room that Maka assumed was like their living room. There were several couches and a table. Off to the side, there was a baby grand in front of a bay window. Maka couldn't help but laugh at seeing that all of these things were arranged at random around the room and all that pictures were crooked. There was also 'BLACK STAR' written across a wall.
Kid was on the floor crying with Patty next to him laughing. Lord Death was on the other side with an expression like 'Come on, it's just a room.'
Liz looked down at their friend and said, "He hasn't moved at all. Kid! Get up. Everything will be fine if you just GET UP and help us put the room back together."
"I can't! It kills me seeing the place like this. I can't move," Kid cried. "How could Black Star do something as heinous as this?"
Lord Death looked over at them. "Oh, hiya Soul and Maka! Wassup, wassup, wassup?"
"Just enjoying the scene right now," Soul said with an extremely amused smile on his face.
The Shinigami looked back at his son with slight embarrassment gracing his masked face.
"Actually, sir," Maka said, "I came here to ask about my mother."
"Oh?" Amusement and curiosity took control. He looked back at his incapacitated son. "Liz, Patty, Soul, do you think maybe you could help straighten up a bit so that Kid might could function a little better. I have some business to discuss with Maka."
They all murmured their consent and Lord Death led Maka away. He took her into a large room with a large desk in the center and bookselves lining three of the four walls. Death took a seat behind the desk and gestured for Maka to sit in one of the cushioned chairs across from him.
"So Maka, what do you want to know?"
"Have you heard from my mom at all? It doesn't necessarily have to be since she left us, just anytime in at least the last four years. I'm just trying to find her."
"Ah, well I can't say that I've heard from her exactly. I've had people try to find her in the past but we gave up after she skipped town three times in two weeks. It was too much money to keep track of her and we came to the conclusion she didn't want to be found," Lord Death said solemnly.
"I see. The last thing I got from her was a post card about a month ago."
"Hmm," he said propping his chin on his hands, "Well that's more that I've gotten from her. I understand that she got into some trouble some time ago. Is that was this is about?" Maka looked down at her hands and nodded. "I see. Well, I'll help you as much as I can on your journey, such as expenses. I'll send Kid, Liz and Patty with you to help as well."
"Yes, Stein said it would be a good idea to bring them and Black Star and Tsubaki too. Hmm," Maka said thinking. "I would say that it would be best to head out tomorrow. The sooner the better. That way the trail will be fresher."
"I agree," he said standing up. "Let's go talk to the others."
They went back to the living room and found the furniture back in order and three of the four scrubbing down the wall.
"Liz you missed a spot! How can you not see that? SOUL! You're scraping the paint off the wall! You have to be gentle. That paint was perfectly even and now you're going to make it lighter there. This is a disaster," Kid said holding his face in his hands.
"You don't even want to see what Patty is doing?" Maka muttered.
Kid looked up from his hands and passed out. Patty had added a drawing of a giraffe to Black Star's signature. Maka rolled her eyes. She didn't mean to say it out loud, but he would have seen it sooner or later. She turned to Lord Death and said, "Just tell them to meet Soul and me at our apartment in the morning. We need to go talk to Tsubaki and Black Star."
"Alright. Best of luck on your search."
"Soul! Let's go hunt down the other two."
"Alright. No need to yell." The white hair boy sat down his sponge in the bucket of soapy water and walked to Maka. "Kid was getting on my nerves anyways."
Maka giggled.
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"Soulllllllllll! Where have you been? I missed you sooooo much! School is not the same without you," Black Star said running to Soul with tears down his face.
"Oh Black Star!" Soul cried with tears on his cheeks.
"Oh kill me," Maka mumbled.
Tsubaki stood next to Maka was a kind smile on her face. Maka always wondered how Tsubaki could always be so happy and calm around Black Star. She truly admired the dark hair girl. Maka could never be as nice to people as Tsubaki is. Maka always let her emotions run rampant. Especially with Black Star. He knew exactly what buttons to push to piss her off.
"So, what's going on?" Tsubaki asked.
"Oh, we have a trip to make and we're wondering if you and Black Star could help us. Lord Death said he would help with expenses."
"Oh course we will Maka," she said with a bright smile. "What are we doing?"
"We're going to find my mom."
"Hell yeah, we'll help! You can't do anything without your God!" Black Star yelled.
"When are we heading out?" Tsubaki asked.
"Tomorrow morning. We're meeting at Soul and my apartment."
"Finally, an adventure big enough for a God. I'll show you how big of a star I am and find your mom first."
I have a feeling this is going to be a long trip.