Chapter 19: Midnight
"So… that's the truth of my mother's death", Kid finally said. He crawled to the middle of his bed up against the wall. He sat there with his eyes closed looking down. Liz and Patty walked over to him and sat by him on each side.
"What do you know of your mother?" Liz asked. Kid opened his eyes.
"Well, father said she was beautiful. Was always happy and brought a smile t the most depression moments. Always there when you need a hug…the greatest personality someone could have. She… loved symmetry and…my father", Kid said then letting out a sigh.
"I wish I had a mummy and daddy", Patty then said. Kid looked over to the two.
"You didn't know who your parents were?" Kid asked.
"Well I did, but they weren't considered a mother or father. The way they treated us…it's like we said, your our only family now", Liz said and both of them rested they're heads on Kid's shoulders. There was silence for a while. Kid rested his head back on the wall shutting his eyes. Liz and Patty looked at each other wanting to ask him something. Finally Liz lifted his head up to look at Kid.
"Back at the fight, why did you let Soul beat you like that?" Liz asked. Kid then looked down to Liz and Patty.
"Well…because if I fought back against him I would have caused more pain to Maka, which is the last thing I wanted. If I defended myself I would have fuelled Soul's rage even more to continue. That's until…my powers took over…", Kid said.
"What does it feel like? All that power?" Liz asked.
"Like…it's no longer me…But I can only assume it's what a Kishin feels every waking moment. I'm a completely different person hell bent on causing pain and…enjoying it", said Kid holding his head.
"But that's not you Kid, we all know that's not you", Liz comforted.
"What if it is? It's not like I'm the same person anymore since dad died. What if this is the new me", Kid asked himself.
"Don't talk like that. Your not alone so stop acting like you are. We are all here for you", Liz said. Kid hugged his two weapons towards him.
"Kid! Kid!" Maka shouted as she ran to the door and opened it.
"What is it?" Kid asked quickly.
"Crona's awake!" Maka said happily.
"Crona!" Patty squealed and clambered over Kid and off the bed and ran past Maka at top speed. Liz followed swiftly and finally Kid ran with Maka down the hallway to Crona's room. Once Kid looked inside he noticed that Patty was on Crona hugging him tightly, Liz by the bed and Black*Star next to Tsubaki against the wall smiling. Crona looked towards the doorway and saw Maka and Kid and smiled.
"H…Hi Maka, Kid", Crona said with a nervous smile.
"Crona I'm so happy you're awake!" Maka said cheerfully.
"Crona, I am so sorry that I've done this to you. I am so so sorry", Kid apologised.
"That's all right, you don't need to…", Crona said embarrassed.
"I do, because of me your in that bed", Kid said looking down, ashamed of himself.
"I…I guess I did save you then", Crona then said. Kid looked up confused.
"I saved you from…yourself", Crona said. Kid looked at Crona then smiled realising what he meant.
"Thank you Crona", Kid said.
"Yey! Crona's all better now!" Patty said cheerfully and gave Crona a kiss on the cheek. Crona went very red in seconds and tried hiding his face.
"No don't look at me… I don't know how to deal with this!" Crona whimpered hiding his head in a pillow. Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
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Kid was outside with Liz and Patty to wave off Maka, Black*Star and Tsubaki.
"We'll be back early in the morning guys. We'll come and see you!" Tsubaki said.
"Yeah! I come and entertain all of you with the presence of a superstar!" Black*Star announced. Kid walked up to Maka.
"You going to be okay?" Kid asked.
"I'll be fine. I'm more worried about you", Maka said.
"I shall be all right. I've got my weapons. You don't have yours", Kid replied.
"I have the mighty Black*Star I'm sure I'll be fine", Maka said sarcastically. Kid smiled at her statement and took her hand. Maka blushed and walked up to him, planting a kiss on his lips. Kid quickly pulled her towards him, making her yelp a bit, enough for him to slip his tongue into her mouth. They both stood there in a long kiss until a loud obnoxious voice interrupted them.
"GET A ROOM!" Black*Star shouted and they quickly separated.
"I'll see you tomorrow", said Maka smiling.
"Yeah sure", Kid said smiling. Maka turned to walk away with Tsubaki and Black*Star.
"Have a good Christmas!" Maka shouted then left down the dark streets.
"Yeah…once I get that guy I shall", Kid then said walking back in. Suddenly from a dark alleyway Galorphar hid behind a dumpster.
"Hmm, it seems that she's now the only thing stopping Gabriel from returning to me", Galorphar said. Suddenly a Halberd appeared in his hand.
"That shall soon change", Galorphar said then walked backwards into the darkness.
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Kid was then pulled towards the sofa and forced to sit down.
"Right! Tell me everything!" Liz then asked.
"Wait what?" Kid responded.
"Tell me everything that you two have gotten up to!" Liz repeated.
"What! Liz that's private stuff", Kid stated. Patty then dragged Crona to sit next to Kid with her.
"Come on, you can tell us. Oh my god you did the deed didn't you!" Liz then said. Lucy walked into the room and leaned on the sofa.
"What no! How can you ask me that! I am a gentleman and I shall not disclose any information of the sort", Kid said in a very convincing way. He was however blushing so hard his face was like a tomato. The girls squealed excitingly while Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Do you really love her then?" Crona then asked. Kid looked towards him and smiled, nodding.
"Yes I do Crona. I love her so much", Kid confirmed. The girls then awed at Kid's response. Then Liz looked at the clock on the wall.
"Oh look at the time! One minute till midnight, Patty you've got to get to bed while Kid and me set things up for Santa", Liz then said.
"Yey!" Patty yelled.
"Hang on what?" Kid then asked. The clock then struck midnight and the dongs echoed the house.
"Yey! Happy Christmas everyone!" Patty announced. Kid then looked horrified.
"What what? It's Christmas!" Kid shouted raising up.
"Yeah?" Crona replied.
"That can't be! The fight…!" Kid desperately spat out.
"That was days ago. You've been unconscious for days, the doctor said loss of blood was the cause", Liz said.
"WHAT!" Kid screamed at the top of his voice. Kid hands shook uncontrollably, he began to go pale and sweat. It couldn't have been Christmas! Christmas was the day when…
"Kid, are you all right? What's gotten into…" Lucy said then suddenly the face of realisation.
"Oh god! It's Christmas! The day…!" Lucy shouted. Kid ran towards the door and pushed it open with full force, breaking the lock.
"BEELZEBUB!" Kid roared at the top of his voice and his skateboard was summoned at his feet. Kid jumped on it and Lucy suddenly jumped on it too behind him. Liz, Patty and Crona came to the door.
"Kid what's happening!" Liz shouted.
"Maaaakkaaaaaa!" Kid roared at the top of his voice and his Skateboard took off flying.
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Maka was reading her book on the sofa in Black*Star's and Tsubaki's apartment. Tsubaki came out from her bedroom.
"I'm going to bed now, so's Black*Star. See you in the morning", Tsubaki said.
"Yeah, goodnight!" Maka replied and went back to reading. As soon as the door shut in her bedroom the windows smashed open. Maka raised her book to cover her eyes. She then quickly lowered them to find Galorphar standing in the room glaring at her, holding a halberd.
"I've been watching him very closely. He showed signs of turning at that party. My plan was working perfectly. But then you appeared and everything was ruined. So your the only thing from stopping Gabriel from turning to my side!" Galorphar said.
"His name is DEATH THE KID!" Maka screamed. The bedroom door opened and Black*Star holding Tsubaki in enchanted sword mode jumped out the room.
"You! I'll shall be the one to kill you in honour of Lord Death!" shouted Black*Star and charged towards him. Black*Star jumped into the air and slammed his sword down to Galorphar who rose his halberd to deflect it. Black*Star and Tsubaki fought against Galorphar while Maka tried to escape into a different room. Maka entered the bedroom and hid behind the bed.
"Oh my god I wish I had a weapon!" Maka whispered to herself looking around for something. When not finding anything Black*Star then flew into the room. Slamming down onto the bed. Galorphar then charged and slammed his halberd down to Black*Star, who rolled out the way. The bed was chopped in half in an instant.
"I'll get you! No one can defeat the mighty Black*Star!" shouted Black*Star with confidence and charged again. Galorphar did nothing to stop the attack. However when Black*Star hit Galorphar Tsubaki bounced off him.
"It seems you've forgotten once again. I have Brew, and with that, I AM IMMORTAL!" Galorphar roared and raised his hand. A dark red beam shot from his hand at Black*Star and blasted him into the wall. Leaving him and Tsubaki scream out in pain.
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Stein and Spirit were in the Death room waiting for Kid to return. Suddenly the mirror started to swirl uncontrollably and a loud ticking noise echoed the room. Two hourglasses appeared onto the mirror then the one of the left grew and the left one disappeared.
"Someone's time is coming to an end", Stein pointed out. Suddenly Maka's name appeared on the hourglass.
"What! No! Maka!" Spirit shouted and started to run.
"She's at Black*Star's home!" Stein shouted then Spirit stopped.
"I don't know where that is!" Spirit replied quickly.
"I do", a voice said. Sid then walked into the Death Room and walked up to Spirit.
"I can show you where", Sid then said.
"Hurry! Maka's got seconds!" Stein shouted and both Sid and Spirit took off running.
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Maka went around Galorphar while he was shooting his beam towards Black*Star and ran out the room. She was almost at the front door when suddenly she was pulled backwards into the floor. A red magical whip around her waist, Galorphar held the other end.
"Your not escaping", said Galorphar walking towards her. Maka crawled towards the wall since she couldn't escape anywhere. While she crawled she grabbed things and threw them at him, but they simply bounced off him. Maka reached the wall and dead end.
"End of the line", Galorphar said pulling back the halberd.
"Kid…", Maka whimpered, tears coming from her eyes. Suddenly the wall busted open and Kid entered at top speed towards Galorphar as he thrust his halberd towards Maka.
"MAKA!"