I'm really, really, really enjoying writing this story, I don't why but I love it so much! I think there's something wrong with me with how much enjoyment I'm getting from writing this terribley sad story...I blame the internet, the internet is always to blame.
Also, Mr. You-know-who-you-are, stop yelling at me, it hurts my delicate feelings...pfft, delicate my ass.
Anyways, back to the story. :)
Black-Star adjusted the strange belt he had been handed. Several long blades hung from it, each one having its own case to prevent it fromstabbing him as he walked or ran. He reached behind him and felt the sword that he had also been given, it was one of Mifune's, he knew it. Black-Star remembered the fight, when he was about to kill the man himself and a small girl got in his way, Angela. Sure she was a pain in the butt and to his groin, the unpleasant memory of Angela kicking him after he broke down a wall, played in his mind and he let out a sigh. How could they be dead? He felt like it was only yesterday that he refused to end either of their lives and something had done what he didn't.
"Black-Star?" Kid asked, wearing a similar belt but he didn't have a sword attached to his back, Tsubaki had convinced Free to allow Kid to use Liz and Patty as guns so they didn't have to worry about him running out of ammo. "Are you okay? You can stay behind if you want."
"And let you have all the fun? Please." Black-Star said with a chuckle. The star cupped Kid's chin with a hand and used the other to pull him close. "I'm not letting you go anywhere alone, I'm keeping you safe." He leaned forward and pressed their lips together. After a moment they parted and Kid lightly patted his hand on Black-Star's cheek.
"Are you sure it's me that needs to be kept safe?"
"Are you two almost ready yet?" Free's voice called and the men jumped away from each other before Free stuck his head into the door. "Kenna's almost done and then we're off, so don't go running away now." The man left after his statement.
"So...I noticed something earlier today." Kid said, rubbing his arm.
"What?" Black-Star asked while he started to leave.
"My father-in-law's name rhymes with mine." Kid said, following the star. "Sid and Kid." He added with a light chuckle. Black-Star stopped at the entrance and turned around, putting both hands up to block Kid from getting past him. Kid stood right in front of Black-Star and the star leaned forward and whispered into the shinigami's ear.
"If we weren't here I would take you here right now on the floor till you screamed my name and begged for mercy twice." Kid simply cleared his throat and lightly pushed Black-Star back.
"I don't beg nor do I scream your name." He stated softly and walked through the now open doorway.
"You did last night." Black-Star said with a smirk the shinigami could hear. Kid glared at the star as he passed him and they finally joined the rest of the group that was going to leave.
"Black-Star? I thought I was being punked." Sid stepped up to the man and hugged him. The star stiffened, not expecting the sudden contact.
"Hey Sid...it's been a while." Black-Star said awkwardly and kept his arms down.
"Sid? I thought he was your dad." Free asked. "With all of the stories of how he raised you and stupid shit like that."
"Yes, he's the man that raised me." The star stated. Sid stepped back and slapped his hand across Black-Star's head.
"The man that would have loved a letter or some form of contact." Sid said. "I would have liked to have met your wife, I was told you got married." The zombie gestured at Black-Star's ring.
"Uh...yeah."
"Chit-chat later. We have to get more batteries for the lamps or we're stuck in the dark tonight." Black-Star sent a mental thank-you to Free for preventing him from having to lie to Sid face-to-face.
"How many do we have?" Sid asked. A teenaged girl, Liz and Patty stood with the zombie and wolf. The girl had a knife belt like the others but she also had a pistol in her pocket and a backpack on her back as well.
"Seven." Free answered and everyone saw Kid flinch.
"Same old Kid." Sid chuckled. "Didn't Kilik volunteer to go?"
"He's ready if we need him." Liz said.
"Why can't I have Tsubaki?" Black-Star asked taking a bag with only one strap from the wolf. "She's my weapon."
"She has to stay." Free tossed a large backpack to Kid. "If one of us goes, the other has to stay." He slipped on his own, empty, bag.
"What?"
"We have to keep one of here in case the place gets attacked while the other is out, how difficult is that to understand?" The wolf asked.
"But why is it Tsubaki?"
"Maybe if you were here you would know." Free growled.
"I got the list." Kilik walked up to Free and handed him a sheet of folded paper.
"You're going on the run with us." Free stated as he unfolded the paper and read it. Kilik only nodded and tightened his belt, two pistols and knives hanging from it.
"You seem to have plenty of weapons." Kid noted.
"Most of the knives are kitchen ones, people tend to have at least five in each home. The guns came from the academy's vault before it got taken over and most of the pistols we found hidden under beds and dressers." Free went over to the door and before opening he faced the small group with him. "We are going to the market place first, grab as many batteries as you can find. Food, water and any form of cloth as well. We need to be prepared for the baby as well, grab anything that relates to infants; diapers, baby food, milk, toys baby's going to need something to distract itself." The wolf looked at Kid and Black-Star. "If we get attacked by the little demons, use your knives, do not fire your gun unless it is a life or death situation, we don't need to be calling attention to ourselves."
"My shots can be silent." Kid said.
"Alright then, fire away. Now to kill these things, you kill them like zombies." Free assumed that Black-Star would get the meaning. "That means-"
"Aim for the head." Kid interrupted the wolf. Black-Star had taken him over to some of his 'work buddies' homes and they had watched several zombie movies.
"You're just full of surprises." Free said sarcastically. "Well, there's not much else to say."
"Are we going to hit any houses on this run?" The girl, who Kid believed to be Kenna, asked.
"If it's still before dark, most likely. Now let's go." Free opened the door and stepped out. Liz and Patty went into gun form and landed in Kid's hands. Kid had missed the feeling of using the two twins, he felt his soul sting for a moment as it readjusted itself to Liz and Patty.
The group ran in silence across the street, they ran into an alley way and had to climb over a fence. Everyone made it over the small fence easily, Kid and Black-Star loved the feeling of adrenaline that passed through them during the run. Having to pause at the end of the alley and wait for Free's signal before making another sprint across an abandoned street. They reached a small market and Free stepped to the side to allow Sid to pass him. The zombie went to the glass door of the building and leaned against it, pressing his ear to the glass. He removed his ear and pulled out a knife. Sid slowly opened the door and leaned in, he looked back at the group and nodded.
"It's clean." Sid stated and straightened up, putting his knife back in its pouch.
"Get as much as you can." Free said and entered the building first, the rest following soon after. Liz returned to human form and took Patty, Kid wasn't sure what the girl could get since she had to return to gun form when they left, but he let the twins do as they pleased.
"Can you come with me?" Kenna asked Kid. Grabbing his wrist and dragging away without waiting for an answer. Black-Star was going to follow the two but Free called for him.
"Can I help you?" Kid rubbed his violated wrist as he asked his question.
"I just have a few questions for you I wanted to ask you in private." Kenna said and started to stuff her bag with the cans of food that sat in front of them.
"What do you want to ask that everyone else isn't going to when we get back?" Kid also begun to fill his backpack as well.
"How long have you and the blue-haired man been together?" The girl asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What...I..." Kid stuttered, how could she know? "Me and Black-Star?"
"Yes, everyone else might not see it. But I can see when two people are obviously lovers." Kenna grabbed a can and held it out towards Kid. "Do you like corn?"
"How could you possibly know that? You didn't even know our names five minutes ago." Kid hissed, not wanting to risk being overheard.
"I just know, I can feel the love you two have for each other." Kenna let out a little giggle. "Plus I have good hearing and heard the little conversation you had before entering the room. He must be a fun lover if he's willing to take the effort to make you beg twice." Kenna giggled again at Kid's light blush. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone unless I'm given permission."
"Um, thanks."
"So, are you going to answer my question?" Kenna zipped up her bag.
"Huh?"
"How long have you two been together?"
"Well...we got together a little over six years ago and we've been married for about two of them."
"That's adorable." Kenna said and threw her bag over her shoulder.
"We're moving out." Free's order stopped the two's conversation. Kid quickly closed his bag and put in on, causing him to be the last one out of the store, Black-Star right in front of him. Kid stopped at the door, holding it open, when he saw Kenna looking at something in the distance and everyone as standing still. The girl held out a arm and it turned into a bow, she slowly bent down and grabbed a pebble from the ground and it became an arrow in her other hand. Kenna placed the arrow on to her bow and a second later she released it and a soft squeal filled the air.
"Good kill Kenna." Free complimented.
"Thanks." Kid smiled at the girl when she looked over at him. "It'll fill us up for dinner tonight." She said and faced the small pig she had shot through the eye. The girl's arm returned to normal and she walked over to her kill. The group joined her at the animal and Kid stepped out of the store.
Kid...
The shinigami froze as the glass door shut behind him. Where did the voice come from?
Come home Kid...we need you,...
Kid felt something hit him and it forced him to face the burning academy and the voice got louder.
Come and play Kid...it'll be fun...
"Kid."
Kid...
"Kid!"
Kid!
A loud gunshot snapped him out of his trance and a dead demon laid on the ground beside him. He looked up and saw Kenna standing with a smoking gun in her hand. Everything was silent for a moment before familiar growls grew louder and louder.
"Shit, run!" Free grabbed the pig and the group took off. Kenna was soon falling behind, the shot she had made took a lot out of her, Kid had felt her soul getting weaker after firing the arrow. The shinigami watched as Liz ran ahead of him and jump the fence. Kid went over the fence aswell and heard Kenna grunt as she landed but the grunt became a scream of pain. Kid turned around and sa Kenna laying on the ground with a demon on her back. The thing took a bit into her arm before it was hit in the forehead with a silent bullet. Kid knew Liz had fired it and he ran over to the girl. He picked Kenna off the ground and put her on his shoulder, carrying her as they kept running. Kid looked back to see that the demons had stopped at the fence, the dead one being the only one that made it over. It must have ridden on Kenna's back as she climbed over. Free made it inside of the home building first and when Kid finally made it in, he could hear Tsubaki's voice counting the people as they made it into the main room.
"Four, five, six...Kenna!"
"She got bit on the arm." Kid stated.
"Free grab her, someone clear a table." Tsubaki started to throw out orders. A table filled with plates and bowels was quickly swipped clean and everyone flinched at the sound of shattering glass. Free placed a crying Kenna on the table. "We're going to have to cauterize it. Free get a torch, Wendy get some wet rags, Allen get some bandages." Kid and Black-Star watched in amazement as Tsubaki took over without any hesitation. "This is going to hurt, so bite down on this." Tsubaki put a stick into Kenna's mouth and took the flaming torch from Free and without a second thought, Tsubaki pressed the flames into Kenna's wound. The stick fell out of the girl's mouth as she screamed from pain. Tears flowed down her face as she screamed again. "Put the stick in her mouth!" Tsubaki ordered the closest person. "We do not need her biting off her tongue!" The stick was soon returned and Kid could hear the wood breaking as Kenna held back another scream. Tsubaki pulled the torch away and handed it to Free. Free put the torch out in a bucket of water and set it on a pile of wood. Tsubaki took the rag from a thin girl and cleaned up around the burnt up wound. She handed the bloody rag back and started wrapping up Kenna's arm with the bandages a large boy gave her.
"Is she going to be okay?" Maka asked from her seat.
"Yeah, she's just going to need a long nap." Tsubaki said with a small laugh. "Miriah and Jake, so me a favor and go through what they gathered."
"Yes ma'am." Two teenagers said and the girl took Black-Star's bag while the boy took Kid's.
"Tsubaki, when did you learn how to do that?" Black-Star asked.
"Nygus taught me, she can give you a few tips." Tsubaki answered.
"When did you learn to be such a badass?" The star chuckled.
"You're silly Black-Star." Black-Star saw Tsubaki's old smile with her comment. He hadn't lost his weapon, she just got tougher and he was alright with that.
"Kenna managed to kill a pig before we got attacked." Free stated.
"Looks like bacon for dinner." Soul said with a slurp, a strange sound that Kid and Black-Star found out that they had missed.
"Did you guys get my pills?" Maka asked.
"Don't worry, it as the first thing I grabbed." Kilik said and tossed a bottle to the pregnant woman.
"Where do we sleep?" Kid asked, wanting to get away from the group for a little bit. Free went over to Kenna and picked her up bridal style.
"You two are going to have to share a room." The wolf said "Follow me and I'll show you." Kid and Black-Star followed Free out of the room. The large man went into one room and set Kenna down on a bed, the girl had passed out and looked peaceful as she slept. Free closed the door behind him and gestured a hand towards the one next to Kenna's room. "You two aren't going to kill each other if you share a room, are you?" He asked.
"We'll be fine." Kid said with a straight face, not trusting Black-Star to say anything. Free didn't say anything else and walked off.
"He looked kind of pissed." Black-Star said as he and Kid entered the room they would be sharing.
"He always looks pissed." Kid responded and plopped himself down on the bed. The room was about the same size as the one at their old house but it was less furnished. It held only the bed, a closet and a lamp that sat on a small dresser.
"Cozy." Black-Star said.
"At least there's a bed." Kid sighed. Black-Star let out a chuckle and soon Kid found himself pinned to the bed. "Get off." Kid used his feet to push the star away. "We are in a house filled with people."
"But I made a promise earlier." The star smirked. "I have to make you beg-" Black-Star gave Kid a kiss. "-twice."
"Not happening. We are going to eat then going to sleep. Nothing is going to occur in-between." Kid stated. A knock at the door prevented Black-Star from answering.
"Dinner's done if you're hungry." Soul's voice said behind the door.
"Coming." Kid called.
The two joined the large group as they were served a pork stew in bowels that hadn't been shattered that day. They watched and listened to the conversations that were shared, throwing their own comments every now and then, but trying to keep the attention away from themselves. It was hard for Black-Star to do so. He would usually have Kid's full attention and that tended to be enough, but Kid spent the whole time either thinking or avoiding a question from someone. Kid hadn't seen Free staring at him for most of the meal and the wolf only looked away when Tsubaki addressed him. Kid and Black-Star went back to the room when they had finished and after a few words and a couple of kisses to get the star to shut up, they eventually drifted off into sleep. The next day holding mysteries for them.
Longest chapter so far.
Poor Kenna, I kind of like her character.