Lord Death Takes off his Mask?

"Lord Death*, There's something that's been bothering me lately…" Spirit said.

"What is wrong, Death Scythe?" Asked Lord Death.

"Well, I've been wondering what's under your mask, and why you never take it off." Spirit said meekly.

"Well, Death Scythe, that's for me to know and you to find out!" Lord Death said cheerfully. "I'm not gonna' take off my mask unless it breaks."

The Next Day

Stein walked into Lord Death's room, and to his surprise Lord Death wasn't wearing his mask! It looked like a twenty-year-old Death the Kid with red eyes was in the death room and not Lord Death.

"Oh, hey Stein." he said in a deep, but not too deep, voice. Both of them were a little surprised. Stein had never heard him talk using his real voice, and Lord Death hadn't heard his own voice in centuries!

"Uh, Lord Death… why aren't you wearing your mask?" Stein asked awkwardly.

"It broke" Lord Death said, slightly annoyed.

Is that even possible? Stein thought to himself. "Well, anyway… Maka and Tsubaki will be coming soon to talk to you about Soul and BlackStar." Stein said, still getting used to the fact that Lord Death wasn't wearing his mask, and he left. Today, was a very awkward day for Lord Death.

Maka and Tsubaki were walking down the hall to Lord Death's room, when they saw Stein walk out. He looked a bit dazed. Maka dismissed it as nothing, just that Lord Death was trying to confuse the staff again. Then they opened the door and walked in. The first thought that entered Maka's mind was When did Kidd suddenly turn twenty?

"Hello, Maka. Tsubaki." He said nonchalantly, and waved. Maka looked around the room, a bit dazed herself. She was looking for Lord Death, and realized he was right in front of them. Tsubaki fainted from the surprise.

"…Tsubaki…?" Maka said, poking the, now unconscious, 16* year old. After a few moments Maka shook Tsubaki, and then she woke up.

"When did Kidd turn twenty?" asked Tsubaki, trying to sit up.

"I think that's Lord death without his mask on…" Maka replied. Lord Death nodded, saying that she was correct. And besides, Kidd didn't have red eyes, Kidd had golden eyes.

"Anyway… we came to talk to you about Soul and BlackStar. They've been trashing the school again." Maka said to Lord Death.

"Is that so…?" Lord Death asked. They couldn't get over how different he looked and sounded. He was even acting different!

"Sorry to waste your time! We'll be leaving now." Tsubaki said quickly, and nervously. She grabbed Maka and pulled her out of the death room. I will never see Lord Death the same way ever again…

"What was that about?" Maka asked Tsubaki. They far away from the death room now.

"I don't know. I just wanted to get out of there, quick." Tsubaki said, blushing.

Later that day

Later in class crescent moon, Professor Stein fainted in class. Which gave them plenty of time to talk.

"Lord Death took off his mask." Maka said to Soul quickly.

"Whoa! What does he look like?" Soul asked.

"He's looks like a twenty year old Death the Kid with red eyes."

"Really?"

"I think Tsubaki has a crush on him."

"WHAT?" Soul fell out of his chair. "DUDE! That's like a 10,000 year age difference!"

"That's why I'm freaked out. Its creepy…"

"It is creepy…"

"What's creepy?" BlackStar said, walking over to where Soul and Maka were.

"Just this scary movie I watched the other day! Hehe. It was called 'The Ring*'." Maka lied.

"Yeah, that movie was seriously creepy, man." Soul said. He actually did see the movie.

"I must watch that movie!" BlackStar said! He then left. He walked out of the room and was off to the movie store.

"We should confront Tsubaki about it." Maka said, after a few minutes of awkward silence.

They walked over to Tsubaki, who was alone. She was probably waiting for BlackStar to get back. They walked past Killik Rung, who was playing pot of thunder and pot of fire, and Ox who was trying ask Kim out, failing horribly at it, and getting rejected.

"Tsubaki," Maka began. "I'm just gonna' come right out and ask you this, OK?" She took a deep breath. "Do you have a crush on Lord Death?"

"Where did that come from?" Tsubaki asked defensively, blushing.

"Just answer the freaking question!" Soul said harshly.

"OK, I admit it." Tsubaki said. Soul and Maka gasped. "He's freaking hot, OK!" Soul and Maka backed away, very slowly.

A/N …and CUT! *For those of you who read the manga, Lord Death is what he is called in the anime, not lord Shinigami-sama.

* I don't know Tsubaki's age, but she looks about 16 to me, so I just said she was 16.

* 'The Ring' is a real movie. Yes it a scary movie, and yes it is very creepy. I highly recommend it.

LOL, I just invented a new crack pairing. TsubakixUnmasked!Lord Death. Haha!