I feel like I'm going to get yelled at with every chapter I post...looks like I'm doing a good job with this story. ;)
I'm also doing well with the updating already, that might be from the closing of school for the second day in a row, but whatever, more for you guys to read.
Black-Star was driving like a mad man as they made it into the forested area, tearing through a path that consisted of plenty of bumps. Kid didn't complain as he had to grip on to his seat to prevent his head from hitting the car's roof. He actually wanted Black-Star to go faster. The window was still down and Kid didn't bother rolling it backup, other things occupied his mind.
"Left!" Kid shouted over the rushing wind. Black-Star jerked the wheel and the car barely made the sharp turn and he quickly turned the steering wheel to make a right turn that happened only moments after the previous turn. They approached a fork in the road and the star followed Kid's order of going left. Black-Star had to adjust the stick shift and both of them had forgotten the speed bump as they drove over it at full speed. The car lifted several feet in the air as it broke through the forest. Kid and Black-Star both grunted when the car landed roughly on the now smooth of them questioned how they remembered the trail to take to prevent them from getting lost in the woods.
"Shit!" Black-Star cursed after something slammed into the front window and a crack covered Kid's half of the window.
"What was that!?" Kid asked, leaning his head out of the car to look behind them.
"I don't know!" They both let out a shout when something landed on the roof of the car and five small claws stuck out above Kid's head. Black-Star pushed harder on the accelerator and the claws soon disappeared. Kid let out a scream when something popped its ugly black and red head in his open window. The car started to heat up and Kid saw that the inside of the monster's mouth was filled with flames. Kid reached between his and Black-Star's seat, pulled out a gun and shot the burning monster in the eye. The thing fell off and rolled off the road. "When did we get a gun!?" Black-Star asked, feeling the car jump after he ran over one of the small monsters that just stood in the car's way.
"I put in here just in case!" Kid admitted and shot at another monster that tried to climb in his window. Another one went to Black-Star's side and started to breathe fire on the star's window. The glass weakened from the heat and it warped inwards towards Black-Star. "Lean back!" Black-Star went as far back as he could in his seat and Kid fired the gun and knocked off the monster.
"That was awfully close to my face!?" Black-Star shouted and turned the steering wheel, but nothing happened. "We have no steering!" The star let out a harsh curse and put his foot down on the brake, again, nothing happened. "We've lost control!" Black-Star reached into the back of the car and grabbed the first thing he could find, a fire extinguisher. A monster shattered his window and the star responded by shooting the foam from the container into the thing's mouth. He then smashed the extinguisher into the monster's face and knocked it off.
"What are we going to do!?" Kid asked, firing off several more shots. They both froze at the sound of something popped and suddenly the car jerked and started doing doughnuts. The car stopped spinning and tilted to one side for a second before slamming back down on all four tires. One of them had been slashed open which caused the spinning. Kid and Black-Star both climbed out of the car as quickly as they could. Kid remembered that he left the mice in the car, but it was too late as the car burst into flames as they ran. They tripped and watched their car and belongings burn. "The mice..."
"There's no time!" Black-Star grabbed Kid's hand and dragged him to his feet. Kid saw one of the monsters climb to the top of the car with mouse Tsubaki in its hand. He took the squealing mouse's head and ripped it off, eating it without a second thought. Kid got a better look at the creatures that attacked them. They were black with some hints of red that pulsed out of them like a heartbeat and they had blue eyes that were too clear for their fiery bodies. They had short, but sharp claws attached to the end of their thin hands and spikes trailed along their spines. Kid didn't like how they looked, he didn't like it at all.
As he ran with Black-Star, Kid checked his gun and saw that he was out of bullets. Kid cursed and tucked the weapon into the back of his pants. Black-Star still had the extinguisher in his hands and that made the shinigami feel a little better. They finally made it into Death City and they got hit with everything the city has gone through. Many buildings were burned either pile of ash on the ground or barely able to stand on their on and could fall from a simple breeze. Windows were shattered doors were missing. The city was silent except for the occasional screech from a far away monster. They were alone.
The two men froze when they saw something move in the window of one of the larger buildings. The figure looked familiar to both of them and they took off towards the building and without knocking, entered the house. Black-Star stepped in front of Kid when they were greeted by someone pointing a gun at them and it took them a second to realize who each other were.
"Patty?" Kid said, pushing the star out of his way.
"Kid..." Patty lowered her gun and tears formed in her eyes. "Kid!" She cried and hugged the man, her tighter than Kid expected.
"Is everything okay Patty?" A taller version of the girl asked as she entered the room.
"Hey Liz." Kid said weakly, the breath getting crushed out of him.
"Kid!" Liz ran over and hugged the man as well, she was surprised at how tall the shinigami was now.
"Black-Star?" A woman asked at the entrance of the room, whipping her hands off on a cloth.
"Tsubaki?" Black-Star let out a gasp from the sudden hug he received. Liz removed herself a second later and slapped Kid across the face, the sound causing Black-Star and Tsubaki to stop.
"Where the hell have you been!?" Liz demanded. "You disappear five years ago, we haven't heard a single thing from you and you decide to just show up at our front door!"
"Calm down Liz,they can tell us their story after we finish taking care of the others." Tsubaki threw the cloth over her shoulder and lead the group into a room where a large crowd of people sat together and ate from bowls.
"You guys came!" Maka cheered and struggled to get up and she walked over to the two men.
"Looks like you to decided we were good enough for your time." Soul muttered, standing up beside Maka.
"We didn't know..." Kid started.
"Of course you didn't, you left us to burn." Came a harsh voice from the crowd.
"Shut up Ox." The man sitting next to Ox said. "How were they supposed to know this place was going to get taken over?"
"Thank you Killik." Tsubaki said.
"Why the hell are there strangers here?" A large man with a strangely colored eye, demanded as he walked in, bowel in one hand and a piece of bread in the other.
"It's Kid and Black-Star, Free." Liz answered.
"Have you checked them?" The large man named Free asked.
"No, but-"
"Check them now." Free snapped. Without a word, Tsubaki took Black-Star's extinguisher away and patted his sides to look for anything else. Kid's gun was removed by Patty and Liz took away his wallet that held some cash and his and Black-Star's driver's licences.
"The gun's empty." Patty stated.
"The extinguisher isn't." Tsubaki said.
"I'll put the gun in the armory and keep the extinguisher in here, might come in handy if the little bastards try to break in here." Free ordered and quickly finished what was inside of the bowel.
"I know you, you worked for Arachne." Kid said, getting a better look at the man.
"It's been six years, things change." Free set his bowel down on a counter that held other empty bowels.
"What happened?" Black-Star asked.
"Some crazy shit." Free took the empty gun from Patty and walked back out of the room without saying anymore.
"Come sit with us, we'll explain everything." Tsubaki went into the group and sat down with plenty of space for Kid, Black-Star, Liz and Patty to squeeze in.
"Why did you guys leave?" Liz asked, crossing her even longer legs. Kid and Black-Stars shared a look, deciding if they should tell the truth or not.
"I can tell them." Soul offered, staring at the men's rings as he and Maka went back to their seats.
"We..." Kid looked down and shook his head.
"They went after Blair." Maka said. "They've been trying to convince her to come back."
"It took them five years?" Ox asked.
"They meet someone." Killik stated, pointing out that the two had rings on, but not noticing that they matched, no one took the effort to see that.
"Where are they?" Patty asked. "We could use more people."
"They were attacked, did they not make it?" Tsubaki asked, remembering Kid's used up gun.
"Um...no, they didn't." Kid said softly. "So...tell us about yourselves."
"It all started a good year after you guys left." Everyone quieted down as they listened to Tsubaki tell the story. "Kim and Jacqueline were exploring deep in the basement of the academy, somewhere they shouldn't have been. We don't know how they got there, maybe someone left the door open, but while they were down there, they accidentally released something that was buried deeper than Asura was. Lord Death had another thing hiding in the DWMA and it got out. Kim and Jacqueline are gone." She stopped when Ox threw his bowel down and it shattered. "We've had no contact from them, we know we aren't the only ones left in the city but we can't make assumptions. After the fire kishin was released it sent out little monsters, the things that attacked you and we've been trying to take them out for years."
"Sometimes it feels like when one is taken out, five more come and takes it place." Liz sighed.
"At first we just fought them and we soon discovered it was going to take more than one fight as the battle drawled out and we were loosing tons of people. They took all of the witches and killed them, absorbing their souls. There aren't any more witches here. Angela and Mifune are gone, both dead and taken in." Tsubaki watched as Free decided to rejoin them with several guns and swords hanging from his body. "Free gathered us after he discovered what happened and we've all lived here since."
"Where's Sid?" Black-Star asked, noticing that the zombie was missing.
"He's getting ready." Free answered and he saw the shattered bowel pieces on the ground. "Who broke their bowel?" The wolf asked, seeing that everyone was looking at him except for Ox. "You're not going Ox, you're too upset." He said a little bit later.
"What?" Ox said as a protest.
"You're too emotional to go out, we can not risk your feelings getting in the way and getting all of us killed."
"Why should you care!? You can't die!" Ox shouted, standing up to make himself taller than he was when he was sitting, he still barely made it to the large man's neck.
"Dish duty, Ox." Free said calmly.
"Fuck you." Ox said through gritted teeth.
"Now!" Free barked, the word echoing in the room.
"Free." Tsubaki said with a warning in her usually soft voice. "Ox, go." She stood up. Ox looked at Tsubaki then at Free and with a loud huff he stormed out of the room, grabbing a pile of bowels as he did. Black-Star was shocked to see how stern Tsubaki was, he was used to her being soft hearted and not saying much. Now she was pretty much second in command of the group. What happened to his weapon?
"Great, now we're a man short." Free muttered.
"We can take Kid and Black-Star, they're strong enough." Tsubaki said as a statement instead of an offer.
"They just got here." Free protested.
"I can go." Maka said and started to get up.
"Hell no." Soul put a hand on her shoulder and kept her down.
"You're too close to giving birth, you're staying." Free said then faced the two men. "So, are you two up to scavenge for supplies with kishin demons chasing after you?"
"You bet." Kid and Black-Star said together
What happened to sweet innocent Tsubaki? Oh wait, I know ;)
So how are you guys enjoying my serious story?