Stranger

Maka POV:

The sun rose on Christmas day. It was the day after Medusa, and Liz had both been killed. Everyone was sitting in my living room, sitting anxiously hanging their heads to the ground, thinking about the fight that had only just happened the day before.

Black*star sighed. "We'll be okay."

Quickly Kid raised his head to stare up at the blue haired boy. "Really?"

The blue eyed, blonde haired girl nodded her head slowly. "We understand, and we completely agree with it."

I smiled slightly as I watched my friends around me and Kid look at us with happy faces. "We'll come back."

Tsubaki giggled. "We know you will."

There was silence. Just a small silence of smiles and laughter as everyone felt the huge weight get lifted off of their shoulders.

Kid's expression changed. "What will happen when the bodies are found?"

"I'll figure something out." My dad stepped forward. "As far as we know, their were no witnesses, so no one will know anything."

I felt tears dwell in the corner of my eyes. "Dad…"

He turned is head to look and me and slightly, I saw him smile. "Maka."

I couldn't hold it in anymore, the anger I had felt for my father was gone and was now replaced by grief.

Tears streamed from the corner of my eyes as I ran to hug my father. "I'll miss you dad."

I felt him wrap his arms around me and squeeze me tightly. "I'll miss you too."

Death the Kid POV:

I felt something flip inside my stomach as I watched possibly the most precious moment of Maka's life. I watched as I saw a tear run down her father's cheek and drip onto the back of his hand that he was holding around Maka's head.

Spirit stepped back. "Well you two better get a move on, you got a long journey."

Maka smiled. "Yeah."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot!" Spirit exclaimed digging his hand in his trouser pockets. "Here you go."

He tossed me a set of keys and I caught them in my palm. "Huh?"

I stared down at them. There were two keys, one gold and the other was silver. I looked at them carefully, they just looked like ordinary keys.

I looked back up. "What are these?"

He smiled. "The gold one is to my car. Its in the garage, you guys can have it. You're gonna need it to get in and out of the country."

Maka looked confused as she pointed at the silver one. "What's that one for."

Spirit chuckled. "That one is for Kid. The house is yours and Maka's now."

"What…?" My eyes widened. "Are you serious?"

He shrugged. "I hardly ever lived in it anyway. When you and Maka feel like coming home, the house will be waiting for you."

I gasped. "Thank you so much."

"It's okay." He placed his hand on my shoulder. "Just make sure you look after my little girl."

"I promise I will." I threw the keys then caught them in my palm. "I will protect her with my life."

Maka POV:

We packed our things and placed them in the back of the car. We had all the money we could carry and all the clothes we could ever have. We were ready to leave.

The plan was that I and Kid would leave until everything got sorted out, until the murderer of Liz and Medusa had been given up on and until Kid was human again. I would use all of the love that I had just so I could be with him forever, until our eyes closed and never opened.

"Merry Christmas guys." I pulled Black*star, Patty and Tsubaki together for a hug as I stood by the side of the door. "We'll be back."

Kid chuckled. "Maka, I think there's one last person who wants to say goodbye."

I slowly turned and it was then that I saw the white furred, red eyed wolf sitting between the bushes of the forest, sitting there staring right at me.

I sighed. "Soul…"

I walked towards the wolf and watched as its eyes watered with every step that I got closer until I stood just two feet away from it.

I crouched down in front of it. "I'll be back soon, and when I do come back, you better still be here."

It turned its head and as it did, more wolves stepped out from behind the trees, the exact same wolves that were there the night before when we had fought Medusa.

I giggled slightly. "They your pack now?"

Closing its eyes it nodded its head forward, and when it reopened its eyes I saw the most smallest still crawling from its eye and drip onto its fur.

I threw my arms around it, pulling it into a tight hug. "I'm gonna miss you, Soul…"

I felt it nuzzle my neck over and over again. Bye Maka…

My eyes widened and when I pulled away I could see in its eyes. I could see Soul's face in its eyes, it was just for a split second and then it was gone again.

Tears dripped from my eyelashes. "It's good to know you're still in there."

"Come on Maka!" Patty called. "You gotta get going, they'll be ringing the warning bell soon!"

Quickly I jumped up, staring at down at the white wolf, and without hesitating I spun around and ran back over towards the car.

Kid opened the door for me so that I could quickly climb in and pull my seat belt on.

"You guys better be off then." My father smiled down at me. "And don't forget to write to us, okay?"

A tear dripped off my chin and on my hand. "I promise."

Slowly the car began to pull away from the side of the road, driving slowly but then picking up speed getting faster and faster.

"Go guys!" Tsubaki exclaimed pushing on Black*stars and my fathers back.

As we drove up the road, my father and Black*star ran along behind the car running as fast as they could and then suddenly their clothes were ripped from their bodies as their shapes shifted into the shape of a wolf and they carried on running along behind us.

The white furred wolf joined running along behind the car, sharing looks with the other wolves as he sprinted along the side of the car.

And then suddenly the sound of high pitched bells shattered my eardrums as the warning bell begun to ring, warning the citizens of the City that wolves were somewhere.

And there they were, running along behind the car, three of the most important wolves that there was to me, but the most important was sitting right next to me, holding my hand.

And then another wolf joined, this wolf had dark brown fur and blue eyes. It stared right at me as it begun running along behind the car, staring at me.

I gasped. "Liz…"

The brown furred wolf threw back its head, holding it to the sky and it howled, howled as loud as it could, and as it did the other wolves howled too, howling through the wind as it tried to force them back.

I closed my eyes. Bye Liz.

The wolves howled and ran behind us, running and howling against the wind and they carried on running and howling until we reached the outskirts of Death City.

Is This The End?