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I wandered through the school, hands buried in my pockets. I'd lost Katie, and was searching for her, when I heard a somewhat feminine scream coming from the nurse's office. I ran in, and Katie was standing outside. She transformed and I caught her, wondering what the hell was going on for someone to scream like that.
"What's going on?!" I asked, running in, battle ready, only to see Spirit looking at his toes.
"Ah, made you look," said Stein, with a smirk.
"Okay, why was Spirit screaming?" I asked, as Katie, looking peeved, transformed back into her human form and folded her arms.
"Because that psychopath, my ex meister, told me he switched my toes around!" Spirit replied, pointing accusationally at Stein. I tried to supress a laugh. I was significantly better at it than Katie. Her holding in a laugh involved doubling over and pratically falling to the floor.
"Okay then. Good for Stein," I said, with a slight smirk. Spirit's mouth gaped open.
"You don't even care?!" he asked, eyes wide.
"On a more serious note, the Demon Sword has returned," said Stein. Spirit looked worried. I leaned back against the wall.
"And a Demon Sword is...?" I asked. Stein took a deep breath and began to explain.
"So it's basically... part of the meister's body?" I asked, with a frown.
"Yeah. And it's in Italy, right now. It's almost Kishin," he said. I frowned a moment longer before my head snapped up.
"But Soul and Maka are in Italy right now!" I exclaimed. Stein nodded.
"Yes. And that's why Spirit and I are going," he replied. I crossed my arms.
"We're coming with you," I said. I wasn't going to budge.
"No you're not. It's too dangerous. I don't know if you understand, but Maka and Soul will have investigated it. Too many people and we're likely to put them in more danger," he explained. I sighed.
"Fine. We won't come. But only for Soul and Maka. If they were going to be fine if we came, we'd be on that plane with you no matter what," I said. Stein gave a smirk.
"Wouldn't expect any less of you, Mhairi."
It was a few days before we heard anything. We knew Stein was back, and probably okay. I went in, only to see him screaming, grabbing Maka's hand.
"Is he okay?" Katie asked, running over to the side of the bed. He eventually finished screaming, and the nurse came through. My head snapped up, out of a daydream, when I heard what Maka called her.
Nurse Medusa?
Medusa was evil, in our world anyway, I think. And then, when I looked at her, I really didn't trust her. I looked at Katie, and she nodded at me. She didn't trust her either. Something niggled at the side of my mind.
Nake Snake, Cobra Cobra. Nake Snake, Cobra Cobra.
What the hell...?
I shook the thought from my head and settled for joining Katie, glaring at Medusa. I saw Maka offering Soul all sorts of things.
"I'm going to the library," I said. Once a geek, always a geek.
"Yeah, sounds good. Get some books, I've not read something decent for ages," Katie agreed.
I went into the library, and Black Star was laughing on the top like a maniac. Katie got up and hit him on the back of the head, knocking him onto the floor. He frowned and rubbed his head, before his eyes lit up.
"Have you been sent here for punishment too?" he asked, excitment in his tone. I frowned.
"Why would I come to the library for punishment? It's a place of beauty, learning, BOOKS!" I exclaimed. Black Star's expression fell.
"A library's not for fun!"
Before I knew it, my hands were around his throat.
"Mhairi... let him go, you idiot! You can't strangle him, you'll kill him!" Katie said.
"Kinda the point, Katie. He. Insulted. BOOKS!"
But I was pulled back by a pair of strong hands, still kicking and screaming. Katie stepped forward, to Black Star, rubbing his neck before giving him a hug.
"I'm sorry my friend is a psychopathic idiot," she said. I glared at her.
"I'm not a psychopath."
"You tried to kill someone," she retorted. I shook my head.
"You really shouldn't attempt to kill people just because they insult something you like," Kid scolded. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah. Like I've been saying the whole month I've been here."
"Symmetry's more important than books!" he replied.
"Watch it. Or you're the next on my to die list."
"Like Grell!" said Katie.
"Grell? That rings bells, but from where?" I asked. Katie gave me a blank look.
"I don't know. I totally... I don't know where that came from," she said. Things were coming to me like memories, memories of home. I could barely remember much from there. I had parents. I'm pretty sure I had a brother... Robert? Roland? I don't know. Maybe it was a sister? Things were mixing up and I didn't know why.
"On the point of why I was here originally, I'm looking for a book. Excalibur?"
I don't know why I agreed to this. It's completely ridiculous. I'm walking into a damp, dark cave, to find some sword that's meant to bring glory. I don't even want glory! Black Star and I began to trek through the cave, before realizing that we'd lost our partners in crime. Kid had given me a lift up, which meant I had to contain fangirl screams as I clung to his waist. Black Star had given Katie a piggyback up the rocky moutainside. She didn't even contain her fangirl screams. We turned around, only to see Katie and Kid clinging to a rock. A damned rock, while Black Star and I were walking through the bloody water, going somewhere we didn't even want to go to in the first place.
"What the hell are you two doing? Kid, you're the one who wanted to come here in the first place, and now you're clinging to a rock!" I said, gesturing madly.
"Well, I can't go down there! My pants will get wet!" Kid said.
"Pants? Kid, your underwear will not get wet unless you fall. Trousers, idiot, trousers!" I replied. American terminoligy still annoyed me, despite the fact I'd been there for a month.
"Whatever. Just because you two are from a country that say 'trousers' does not mean that we will magically start saying it too," said Black Star. I sighed, putting on a bad American accent.
"Okay, guys, get down from there and we'll figure out a way to stop your pants getting wet!" I chirped. They gave me weird looks. I didn't blame them.
"You must carry me," Kid instructed.
"Me too!" Katie squeaked.
"Oh, for god's sakes. You two are such children!" I groaned.
"I'm taking Katie!" said Black Star, and before I knew it, Katie was already laughing on his back.
"You have got to be bloody kidding me!" I said, going up to Kid.
"Get down and I'll give you a piggyback," I said, waiting until I felt him clinging to me.
"I'll stop the water from above!" he said.
"There is no water from above! You weigh a ton, Kid!" I moaned, carrying him. Eventually, Black Star and I paused as we saw a fairy.
"Aww, you're cute! Do you know where the holy sword Excalibur is?" asked Katie. I rolled my eyes- she wore a top with a skull on it, sees a fairy and suddenly she's all 'oh how cute!'.
Some people confuse me.
The fairy's face went from pretty to disgusted all at once and she flew away. I groaned.
"Jeez, I guess this means we're gonna have to find our own way!" I said, and we continued forward. Eventually, I saw it, a sword, stuck fast in rock. That rung a bell... but from where?
Black Star ran forward, Katie still on his back, and they both grabbed it, giving a mischievous smile, and pulled it out. I'm not even exaggerating- the two idiots managed to pull it out! I ran forward and crossed my arms, forcing Kid to get wet anyway, who got up looking miffed, before crying a little when he realized he was soaked. I smirked.
"Remember Kid, you can't attempt to kill people just because they don't do something you like!" I mocked. He'd only got his jacket wet though, so next thing I knew, he'd taken his jacket and shirt off. My mouth gaped open.
"Bloody hell..." I whispered, before Kid turned to Black Star.
"Right, Black Star. Put it back in. Just a fluke," he said, looking a little concerned. Black Star laughed and put it back in.
"Okay, but you won't be able to pull it out! None of you are the mighty Black Star!" he exclaimed. I facepalmed. Kid and I went up, and Kid put his hand at it, before pulling out a tissue.
"You never know who's touched it before us," he explained. I shook my head, with my eyebrows raised, before he placed his hand on it. I placed mine over his and he added both of our hands again, so that we were symmetrical. Then, on a count of eight- yes, eight, not three- we pulled it out.
"Us too..." I mumbled, before Excalibur transformed... into a freaky little thing. I burst out laughing.
"You're... the Holy... Sword... Excalibur?" I asked, between laughs. The freaky little thing (I refuse to call it Excalibur) looked at me.
"Yes! Fool!" he/she/it said. I frowned at it.
"Oh dear god! This is the most stupid thing I've ever seen!" I laughed. Katie was giggling at the side and Black Star was just standing at the side looking at it.
"You see, my legend begins in the twelfth century..." he began.
"Oh please, shut up and get to the point!" I said.
"My day begins with coffee and cream!" it exclaimed. Random...
"Mine too, great!" I said. It glared at me. Kind of scary, if I'm honest.
"You fool! You cannot interrupt me!" it said.
"But..."
"FOOL! Did I not just say don't interrupt me?!" it exclaimed.
"I didn't..."
"Fool! What gives you the right to contradict me?"
"But I..."
"FOOL! How do you feel about five hour storytelling?"
"I like storytelling, but for five..."
"FOOL! If you want to get glory, you must be set for that."
And this went on for a while. Kid and Black Star joined in eventually, but Katie stayed back. She looked like she wanted to hit something. I'd help.
"So, if you can sign the contract, I'll bring you glory and power!" he said.
"Glory!" Kid and I said. I knew what I was gonna do with this damn thing.
"Power!" Black Star said. Typical of the assassin. Katie, weirdly enough, joined in. I glared at her. And then, all at once, all four of us stabbed him back in the rock, and walked away. He tried to convince us to come back, but we didn't.
"Wait a minute, how was Katie even able to wield him? She's a weapon too," I asked. Kid shrugged.
"Excalibur has an adaptable soul, you must have seen that too," he replied.
"Yeah, I did. I just didn't think that would work, but whatever. And Kid..." he looked at me. "... put a shirt on!"
We walked into Professer Stein's class, totally oblivious.
And there, was a giant archway.
I'll always be waiting for you!
Oh god, why?