Stranger
Maka POV:
He placed a glass of water on the table in front of me before sitting down on the chair next to me. Slowly he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me close to him, causing me to place me head against his chest. As I did the towel that was hanging around my shoulders hung loosely showing part of my bare skin against my arm.
I'm so cold…
"W-w…" I stammered still trying to get over the coldness of the water "W-what… were you d-doing here…?"
Slowly he moved a strand of blonde hair away from my face "I came to see if you were okay"
"W-why d-did you do t-that…?" I carried on stuttering.
He slowly turned his head to face the window on the other side of the room. Watching the snowflakes fall and brush against the window leaving water marks against the glass.
I parted my lips, hesitating to say my next sentence. I didn't know what to say, but I knew I had to say something. Then the question I had been wanting to ask him since the day in the hospital came into my mind.
"Maka!" A voice yelled from the door startling me and making me shake the question from my mind.
Kid's face suddenly turnt extremely angry "Black*star…"
He stood up in rage and span as fast as he could towards the door. He was about to lunge towards the door but quickly I leapt off of the sofa towards him.
"Please!" I pleaded grabbing hold of his hand "Kid, please don't leave me"
He stared right into my emerald eyes, stared down into my sadness, right into my life until the point where I thought I had known him forever, but then it faded…
"Maka!" The blue haired boy yelled "Stay away from him!"
Why is he here? What does he want now?
"I need to talk to you…" He continued to tap on the door "I'm begging you…"
I looked up at Kid, as if I was asking for permission. All I had to do was stand at the door and see what he wanted.
Kid nodded his head towards me giving me permission to run to the door and stepping to the side so I could get past him.
"What do you want Black*star?" I asked stepping up to the door "I have nothing to say to you"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…" He sighed slightly tapping on the door again.
I shook my head slowly "You've apologized to many times, I'm not gonna take it this time Black*star"
"I never meant to hit you Maka!" He exclaimed smashing his fists against the door "I was meant to hit… that, thing…"
I turned my head to face Kid, he was biting down on his lower lip to stop his rage. His hands were clenched into two tight fists by either of his sides.
No, Kid!
He ran towards the door smashing the palm of his hands against the wood "Black*star!"
"K-Kid…" He stammered "What the hell, his in there!"
"Damn right I am!" Kid yelled "Leave her alone, she doesn't want to see you!"
"Get away from her!" Black*star yelled shoving his shoulder into the door trying to break it down "Open this goddamn door!"
Kid grabbed hold of the handle and threw it open, revealing the angry blue haired boy on the other side.
"Why should I?" Kid carried on yelling "I'm not the one that hit her in the face!"
"I never meant to!" Black*star lunged towards Kid trying to grab him.
Kid moved out of his reach and slapped his hand away "Leave now!"
"Not until you get away from her!" My blue haired friend shouted grabbing hold of my wrist.
He pulled me away from Kid and kept a tight grip on me so I couldn't run back to him.
"Aa!" I yelped as his grip tightened "Black*star!"
"Get your hands off of her!" Kid was getting even angrier.
Please don't turn…
Kid threw his arms around my waist trying to pull my arm back. He lifted me off of the ground and as he did Black*star let go of my hand.
"She's staying with me…"
"Maka, his dangerous!" Black*star stepped back "If you stay with him your going to get hurt!"
"And I wouldn't with you…?" I asked.
His eyes widened "M-Maka…"
"You hurt me all the time Black*star. You grab my wrists, you slap me… I don't want your shit anymore…"
"You know I'm sorry for everything I done!" He exclaimed stepping towards me "Please, just don't get too involved with him! His not right for you!"
"Then who is?" I asked as Kid placed me back on the ground "Don't say you…"
He closed his eyes slowly as he took in a deep long sigh. He opened them again and tilted his head forward to stare at the ground "I didn't wanna tell you this way…"
"I think you need to leave" Kid rolled his eyes and pushed him towards the door.
"Maka I…" Black*star yelled trying to step back through the door.
"You what?" I folded my arms over my chest watching his struggle.
"I…I…" He carried on struggling "I love you Maka!"
Kid slammed the door shut leaving Black*star on the other side stood dumbfounded.
I love you Maka…
My breath was drawn away from my body, I stood there lifeless, like I had no more life left in me.
"Maka…?" Kid question walking towards me "Are you okay, did he hurt you?"
He placed my wrist in his hand holding it as lightly as he could. He stared down at the red mark around my skin. He glared at it for a few moments before lifting it to his lips.
"What are you doing?" I asked watching him press his lips against the red mark.
He pulled away opening his eyes slowly to stare at me "Look…"
He handed me back my wrist and I slowly lifted it to in front of my face, and before me eyes had even noticed it, the red mark had disappeared.
"Kid…" I said gob smacked "How did you…"
"I'm a wolf" He smiled as he pulled me close to him "We all have the power to heal…"
I pressed my body against his "There's more than one of you?"
Slowly, he nodded "There's a pack"
"How many of them are in the pack?" I asked wanting to find out more.
"There are five, but there all missing" He explained tightening his arms around my waist.
"What happened to them?" I looked up at his pale face and golden eyes.
"Some people say there dead" He moved his face closer to mine "Some say they've turned insane…"
I shook my head "I-insane?"
He took in a deep breath before explaining "After a long period of time, if you've been in wolf form for more than two days, people say that you won't turn back again. And if you've been in your wolf form for a while, your human form starts to fade away. Your human form is still locked inside a wolf's body. And over a period of time that human form begins to feel uncomfortable. It causes the wolf its self to become crazy as the human inside of it tries to rip the wolf apart from the inside out"
My heart stopped beating, nerves filled my entire body. The words inside out brought me back to the night while I watched him retch all over the ground.
I swallowed hard "What's it like, being inside a wolf?"
"It's hard to explain…" He sighed again "You're not actually inside the wolf, it's like another brains taken over yours, its like you're just asleep and when you wake up you can't remember anything that happened. When you change into a wolf, you won't remember anything. You can kill and you'll wake up in a pool of blood that isn't yours"
Blood…
"W-what does it feel like to change into a wolf, o-or can't you feel anything…?" I stuttered.
He chuckled "I wish that I couldn't feel anything. It's the most painful thing you could ever imagine. Having your skin torn of from your body, every bone in your body breaks and shatters into a million pieces. Your face changes shape and teeth grow to replace your own. Hands change into paws and fur grows over every part of your body"
Is he trying to make it sound more worse than it is?
"I can, only, imagine what it feels like…" I breathed in and out slowly "What happened to you, to make you become this…?"
He turned his head slowly and looked towards the window "I-I don't like to talk about it…"
The moon was working its way out from behind the clouds, so slowly like it was tied to a piece of rope and being pulled back behind the clouds.
"I think we should close the curtains…" I suggested stepping out of his arms.
"I'll do it" He placed his hand against his jet black hair and laced his fingers through the strands of his hair.
Death the Kid POV:
I always remember the day that I was turned, it haunts me and it always will. I'll always live with that scarred in my brain, the way that it felt, for the first time to have my skin ripped away from me.
I walked towards the curtains, I grabbed hold of one and as I was about to pull it closed something caught my eyes from outside the window in front of me.
"What is it Kid?" Maka asked from behind me.
I couldn't move "Stay where you are, don't move…"
Outside in the snow, a pink haired boy stood there staring back at me. His purple eyes were locked against me as if he were to take them away I would disappear.
"Kid you're really starting to scare me now" She shivered "Is someone out there?"
His purple eyes were bloodshot from not blinking. He was standing in the freezing cold and he wasn't even shivering. He was wearing a short sleeved black t-shirt and black jeans.
My eyes widened. Crona…
I stepped away from the curtains and turnt to face the door. I started to walk towards it, holding my hand out towards the handle getting ready to open it.
"Kid what are you doing?" Maka exclaimed running towards me "You can't go out there!"
I opened the door as quickly as I could but when my eyes had adjusted to the snowy scene around me, the boy was gone…
"Close the door!" Maka pleaded pulling me away "You'll turn!"
She ran in front of me and pushed me out of the way and closed the door shut. As she pushed me a shiver was sent up my spine and back down again causing me to fall backwards.
I sat on the ground still staring at the door in front of me as if it was going to open but it never did.
"What do you think you're doing?" She exclaimed landing on her knees in front of me "You can't do that!"
My vision was blurred but as soon as she sat in front of me it focused back to normal. Her face looked worried and pale and he eyes turned watery as if she were about to cry.
"Please don't do that to me!" She yelled placing her hands on either side of my face "I can't lose you now!"
"Sh…" I slowly wrapped my arms around her waist "Its okay, I'm sorry…"
She moved her arms to around my neck and threw her body against mine "Why would you do that?"
I placed my lips to her neck "I wasn't thinking, I promise I won't do it again…"
She sobbed as a tear rolled down her cheek "Please don't leave me"
I tightened my grip around her waist "I promise…"
The pink haired boy stood between two trees in the forest opposite Maka's house watching the scene that was laid out before him.
"I know you're here Death the Kid…" He grabbed handfuls of his pink hair between his fingers "I can smell that dog stench all over her skin…"