Life looked out the window of her room at the one of gardens. She could hear Kaito and Takeshi talking down the hall about the trip to Death City they were taking. She understood that she has to go and see her betrothed, Death the Kid, son of the great Lord Death. Life had known since she had turned fourteen that she was in arranged marriage. Her father never kept it from her. Shinigam had never seen the point of not telling her.

But at last she was going to see Kid again. She remembered him very well; his black hair with three white strips on the left side, his deep amber eyes that looked like the sun. Yes, she remembered him very well. She had missed him so much over the years, but when a Kishin came into power there in their beloved japan, all hell broke lose. So many people had been lost. Her father and older brother had left to fight the monster, and she was left to run house and whatever reaper business she could.

That's how she ended up with Kaito and Takeshi Mizushima. They had been running from an old merchant that they had robbed for some food. The merchant had almost caught up with them when Life crossed the path of the two brothers. So Life had given the old man 200 yen, and told him that their debt was settled. She had taken the brothers home with her, and it didn't take long for her to find out they were demon weapons, meant to fight against any monster on their way to becoming a kishin. So Life made a deal with the Mizushima brothers, that if they would serve her, to protect her and her people, that they could live with her, and never go hungry or be cold again.

The two brothers thought on this and agreed to it. So the three of them had grown close, and protected each other fervidly. Life had quickly made them into a Death scythe, because of all the fighting they had to do. With her family far away she did what she had to do, and so did the two weapons at her side. When her family had returned after the Kishin war they were shocked to see that little Life had grown up to be a strong warrior, with her weapons at her side.

Life heard the door to her sitting room open so she lifted herself up and walked over to peek around it. She saw that it was just her father sitting down in chair by the fire.

"Come out Life, I know you're by the door my child. The two of you as well, there is no sense for me to reaper anything now." Said her father warmly. Life came out of her room as Takeshi and Kaito came through the other door and sat across from Lord Shinigam. "Will be leaving for Death City tomorrow, and arrive the day after that," Shinigam spoke softly to the three. He then turned his attention to his young daughter's soft form. "You will be having dinner with him the night we arrive. His father made reservations for the two of you. Please remembered everything that I have taught you my dear child. He is going to be your husband one day."

Life just sat there and stared at her father's face. Did he just tell her to mind her manners? How reassuring to think that she had ran the whole damn eastern side while they went fighting, and he felt the need to say such a thing. She'd handled so many duties, and she had learned the way of a proper lady thanks to her governess's help, and her father's head butler as well.

The old butler had taught her to fight with her hands, and with the two brothers in scythe form. They had become a well know force in Japan and China. It was said that when they fought, it was as though she were floating on water, with a blue sword in one hand and a black sword in the other. When they merged together for Soul Resilience, it was said that the brothers became a beautiful white scythe that could slay a hundred monsters in one swing.

"Father, I know you know better than to think I would make idiot of myself in front of my intended." She said sourly to her father. Lord Shinigam just stared at her. She had grown up very early and ruled their country in his absence. She had done a wonderful job too. He was very proud of her, and her brother as well. Both would make fine leaders when he passed away from their plane to the next.

"No, daughter, I don't believe you would do anything of the sort." Lord joked. "You where brought up as proper lady of the house, I meant no disrespect to you. I know your mother would be very proud of you." With a heavy sigh Life walked up to her father and gave him a hug, which the old man took happily from his little girl. "Don't worry little one, everything is going to be fine." With that the old man got up and before he walked out he stopped and looked at the two males. "Watch her well, and don't let anything go wrong with their date." With that he was gone.

Kaito and Takeshi just looked a each other and sighed. They had a feeling this was going to be one hell of an adventure.

Back in Death City

Kid just sat in his winged-back chair, staring at the roaring fire before him, waiting on Patty and Liz to bring the gang with them. He was in deep thought over the news his father had given him. He was to be married to a girl he could barely remember. Those light blue iridescent eyes were the only thing he could picture with any clarity. Why though, why was he to be married to this girl? There were so many questions running through his mind that he didn't hear the others come in the room.

"Yo dude what's going on?" Soul asked, coming up behind Kid's chair. "You look pensive. Dude it can't be that bad."

" Soul, don't talk that way to Kid!" Maka came up behind him with the book she was currently reading and smacked him in the head.

The gang gathered around Kid to wait for the reason the sisters had been sent to summon them so quickly. Kid motioned for them all to take a seat, while he continued to stare at the fire.

"He just wanted to see the big man today. That's all, he misses me!" Black Star laughingly claimed from the seat he had taken, only to be hushed by his partner, Tsubaki.

"I was told some very odd news today, by my father." Kid began, "news that a family friend was coming from the Eastern Hemisphere to visit with his daughter, Lifesaving. This friend is Lord Shinigam Life. He has been a friend of my father's since the first Kishin came to be. As you are all aware, there are many grim reapers. My father and Lord Shinigam being the ones who watch over each hemisphere. As you also know, my father is the oldest and strongest of them all. He, I guess you can say, is the high lord or king.

But anyways, they are coming the day after my eighteenth birthday for a," Kid stopped. He didn't know what to say to them. 'Hey guys you won't believe this. I actually have a fiancée that I can't really remember, and we're soon to be married.' He just looked at them all and sighed.

"Kid what is the importance of this anyways?" Soul spoke from his spot on the floor. He could tell something was wrong with Kid, but that was the only thing he could tell. Soul looked up to Maka, and she made a face. She knew something was wrong as well, and the others could feel it too. Kid closed his eyes and laid his head back and utter the words quietly.

"The girl, Lifesaved, is to be my bride." It was all he could manage to choke out. The gang just stared at him in shock. Except Black Star, who stood up and walked over to Kid and grabbed Kid by the shoulders and shook him.

"Dude what the hell! I thought it was life or death there for a minute." Black Star joked. "What's the problem with it? I think it's cool in a way. You will never have to go out and find someone, your dad found someone for you."

Kid stood up and walked over to the window and stared out of it at the grinning moon in the sky. He turned to the others and just allowed his shoulders to sag, standing hunched over. Maka moved to get up but was stopped by Tsubaki's hand on her shoulder. Tsubaki roused instead and walked to the window.

"Whats wrong Kid?" Tsubaki asked in a sisterly manner. Kid looked at her and went back to his seat, where the Thompson sisters moved to sit at his feet.

"I don't know." Said Kid. "I remember her eyes, but not her. She had these blue iridescent eyes, and all that father told me was that we used to play together when they would visit us, and we would get into so much trouble. What if she has no symmetry, is a snob or is even loud?" Kid just sat there, his posture telling of the inner turmoil he was experiencing. He could only think 'what if she's this or that. It was the worst case running through his mind. He was just nerves about it now. What if they couldn't get along at all. He just didn't know what to do.

"You know what Kid?" Maka said from her seat. "Black Star is right, you won't have to find someone. Your dad has already done that, and she might be perfect for you and maybe she has brothers for Liz and Patty."

Kid looked over to Maka. She was the most sensible one of the group, so she could be right about it. All of the people in his group were together; Black Star with Tsubaki, and Maka with Soul. It was just him with the sisters. So Kid stood up and started to walk to the door, then stopped and looked over his shoulder and smiled.

"You're right Maka, I should be happy about it, but in a way I can't right now. I guess I'll meet her as planned, and go from there." As he put his hand on the knob, he spoke one last time. "Lets go out to eat. I am really hungry and I so want pizza."

Black star bounced over the sofa and clapped Kid on the back and laughed. The others got up and followed them out the door. They didn't know what to think, but they knew one thing, it was time that Death the Kid found someone for himself; even if he didn't know who she was.