So, it's been awhile, but here's the next chapter!
When Kid woke up, he was in pain. His wrists and ankles felt like they were on fire. It hurt so badly, but he couldn't move. He could only look around and breathe to soothe himself. He looked around the place. This place was new. It was almost like another paradox dimension. The walls were swirls of purple and red and blue. His head hurt so much, like he had been hit with a blunt force.
He suddenly heard footsteps… sounding like they were from high heels. He looked from his bound position and saw a woman standing there. As abnormal of an appearance and entirely asymmetrical as any woman could be, she was grinning. Her grin was that of a hunter, taunting her prey. She stared at Kid, letting out a soft chuckle.
"Are you comfortable?" she asked, clearly knowing the answer. Kid glared and attempted to move, but his wrists and ankles were bound with cooled fire shackles. He shook at this thought, but kept his face tough.
"A goddess of your class should not be able to hold this much power!" he yelled. Karma laughed in a mocking sense and took her staff in her hand. "Where even am I?! Where are my weapons?!" Karma didn't answer. She instead placed the small of the staff on the reaper's forehead, moving his bangs aside.
"You are the spitting image of your father before he changed," she observed. "To answer your question, you are still in the same park. Just above it more or less. Also, your weapons are safe with me~" She held up the orb on her staff and Kid gazed in and saw none other than Liz and Patty, both pounding on the glass at him. "Have you any notion of the power these girls will give me?"
"Let them out now, you asymmetrical garbage!" Kid screamed, struggling in anger. Karma cackled again and, in a swift motion, she struck the boy across the face.
"What is it with you and symmetry?" she wondered aloud. She shrugged it off and giggled again. "Well let's just see how 'symmetrical' I can make you."
"What is it you want?! Souls?! Dammit, I can give you souls, but let them out!" Kid was desperate. He'd never been at the mercy of someone like this, but now his friends were at stake as well. He couldn't let this happen.
"Souls?" the goddess questioned with a pitying laugh. "My dear, I am up to my shoulders in souls. I merely need to collect them. You are not part of this list, however." Kid blinked and trembled, but he listened carefully.
"As you know, I am Karma, bringer of deserved justice and withholding rulings of mistreatment and abuse. It is I who comes to those who have sinned and I punish them for their sins three times over."
"And what have I done wrong?!" Kid shouted, earning him another strike to the face, on the other side this time.
"Your father, Death, is the one who has sinned." This earned the woman a confused glance. "Has your father told you much of what he was like before he had you? No? Well, let me fill you in, Kid. Your father is a greedy bastard with no regards to a woman's sensitive nature. He leads women on and makes them love him, but then before you know it, you're locked in a cage in the deepest pit of Hell wondering where you went wrong." Karma looked away for a moment, thinking more. "I spent 5,000 years in Hell, Kid, and now, I'm preparing to deliver the biggest mode of Karma there is. This will be something to remember." Kid trembled as she spoke, afraid of where this was going.
"H-He's changed! I'm sure he has! He's only been the lord Reaper for 4,000 years!" Karma sighed again.
"Oh don't worry," she said, again with a malicious grin. "As long as he doesn't show up, he will not be harmed. You, however," Kid gulped. "are the perfect candidate to carry out his sentence." Kid's eyes widened and he struggled harder. Karma cackled and grabbed his hair, pulling him down so his back was on a right angle. He let out a scream as his scalp felt like flames. Karma smirked and leaned to his ear. "This is the least of many pains you will experience soon to come." Kid trembled as she released his hair and grinned at him crazily. "This will be fun~"
