Chapter 4: Shopping And Gifts
Kai was regretting his decision to come along shopping. They've only been in the market plaza for an hour and a half, and it's Liz's fifth time getting caught up looking at nail polish. Was this really what shopping was like. If so next time he'll do anything he can to get out of it, all he seemed to be really doing is holding all of Liz's bags and only learnt small little bits about Maka, Soul, Kid, Black*Star, and Patty.
"So are we almost done doing this?" Kai had to ask, almost completely out of patience for the situation.
"Hold on Kai, I'm almost done." Liz stated, Even though she was nowhere being done looking at the different colours and styles. The thought that people spent there time over things like these confused Kai beyond belief. You'd think they'd rather spend their time training to improve their combat skills, rather than trying to debate between having Soul Blue nails , or smelling of Ocean breeze perfume.
"Liz we've been here for awhile, and I'm getting the feeling Kai, is losing interest in holding bags." Tsubaki said, trying to convince Liz to pull away from the crimson red bottle of nail polish she was eyeing.
"Oh ok fine, we can move on. Let's head to the jewelry, remember Maka wanted to know where you got that sword pendant." Liz stated. Both Kai and Tsubaki knew Liz just wanted to look at the rings and necklaces there. But while they were there it would be something that Kai could do for himself instead being Liz's personal butler.
When they got to the jewelry Liz and Tsubaki went off to look at all the different styles of diamonds and gems the store had. Kai searched around for an employee to ask for any information on his pendant since he had nothing better to do.
"Excuse me can I help you?" A man from behind Kai had asked.
"Oh, um...yes..." Kai began, still nervous talking to anybody.
"A friend of mine asked where I got this pendant...and I was wondering if you had anything like it..." Kai stopped, nervous to continue. He felt stupid he didn't know where his own sword and chain pendant came from, but he couldn't help it, he has just always had it.
"Hmmm..." The shop worker began to think.
"These are a rare find, they symbol great power to whoever wears them due to the uniqueness of the metal there constructed out of. Myth has it whoever wears one of these are a good luck charm to those who wear them. We have some if you want to buy another." The shop keeper said, without even hesitating he dragged Kai behind him to show him the different charms and styles like his.
None of them really interested Kai, but it was better than looking at earrings that Tsubaki and Liz were trying on. So he just went with it. His eye was drawn to a charm of a scythe on a golden chain. He remembered it was Maka who had asked about it and admired it.
"Hm, how much is the one witht he scythe?" Kai asked.
"Oh the Scythe, is about $350. It's a great gift item." The shop keeper responded.
"Hm, I think she'd like it..." Kai began thinking to himself. Not noticing that Liz and Tsubaki had come over behind him and started wondering who he met.
"Ok, sure let's do it. I hope she likes it being a scythe meister..." Kai told the shop keeper, The shop keeper nodded and took the necklace to the back in order to wrap for Kai after he had paid.
"Oh you getting that for Maka?" Tsubaki asked, "That's really sweet of you." she continued
"Um...Thanks..." Kai began.
"Wait a minute..." Liz began, "Do you like Maka?" Liz began, slightly chuckling to herself.
Kai couldn't believe what he just heard. His jaw dropped and his face started to turn red by Liz's question. There was no way Kai could like Maka, they'd only known each other for three days. Besides Kai didn't have to for feelings like that, he needed to focus on his training with Mifune.
"Oh that's so cute, maybe that's why your so quiet around her." Liz began again.
"THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, I'M JUST GETTING IT FOR HER CAUSE SHE LIKED MINE! THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I LIKE HER!" Kai yelled, his face getting redder by the second. His yelling caught Liz by surprise. He barely said two words let alone a full blown defense at the notion. Although this defence just proved Liz was correct even if Kai didn't believe it himself.
"Ok whatever you say." Liz began to laugh, Tsubaki just shocked Kai had spoken in a full sentence for once.
"Alright here's the Scythe necklace, I'm sure this Maka is a lucky girl." The shop keeper said while handing the box to Kai.
"...Thank you..." Kai said, completely embarrassed by the situation. "Can we leave now?" Kai asked wanting to put this entire experience behind him. Liz and Tsubaki agreed. It was hard to forget the moment though with Liz laughing all the way to Kid's house with Tsubaki trying to get her to be quiet.
Kai was glad was when they reached Kid mansion. Liz finally managed to get it together, and Kai's face had lost most of it's redness. They entered into the mansion and Kai couldn't believe the size of the place, or the symmetry of the place.
"Um, why so symmetrical?" Kai asked.
"Oh that's just Kid for ya, he has a symmetry obsession, I'm surprised you haven't seen him freak out yet." Liz stated, Kai thought she was joking. But he could tell by the look on her face she really wasn't.
"Really then why didn't he freak out on me my first day?" Kai began to ask.
"It's because you where new and he didn't know you. Trust me he was dying on the inside." Liz said matter of factly.
With that they walked into the main hallway to find the others. It didn't take long when they heard a scream that sounded like Kid coming from the main living room. That freak out that Liz mentioned before, Kai was about to experience.
"I'm no good reaper garbage if I can't keep my coffee table in exactly the center of the room..." Kid was saying. Kai couldn't believe what he was hearing, how could the son of death be so easily defeated by a miss placed coffee table.
"Um, will he be ok..." Kai asked, genuinely worried about the mental state of the young grim reaper.
"Yea, he'll be fine, we just need Black*Star to irritate him and fight him to blow off some steam, it works better than me and Patty yelling at him." Liz began, obviously annoyed by the situation.
With that Kai waved to Black*Star as he caught Tsubaki turning into her ninja sword mode and left Kid and Black*Star to there sparring match. He walked into the kitchen and found Maka, Soul, and someone else he hadn't met yet.
"Hey Maka, Hey Soul. And...Um..." Kai began, trying to think of who this person was. They wore a long black robe and had pink hair. They seemed on edge, and for no apparent reason.
"Hey Kai, This is Crona and his partner Ragnarok." Maka began, "You haven't met them yet..." Soul stated, trying to make Kai feel less stressed about forgetting somebody.
"Oh ok, but all I see is Crona here, where's Ragnar-" Kai asked, only to be immediately answered by an explosion of black liquid from Crona's back that took the form of a black doll with two eyes seperated by an X on the dolls face.
"Who the hell is this!?" The figure began, Kai had figured this was Ragnarok.
"A new person...Oh no...I don't know how to deal with this..." Crona whined, he hid behind Maka afraid of Kai. "You can deal with it by not being such a baby about it!" Ragnarok yelled.
"You knew guy, you got any candy, that Tsubaki girl isn't around to feed me!" Ragnarok demanded. Kai was baffled by what was happening. He didn't know whether to risk getting caught in the sparring match between Black*Star and Kid, or deal with this little black menace on the back of someone with worse social skills than Kai.
"Well aren't you very rude!" Maka began, "Kai hasn't been in classes very long and your already demanding things from him!" Maka yelled at the black blob of anger. Her yelling seemed to upset Crona so she put a stop to it.
"It's ok Maka, Kai is pretty tough if he can put up with shopping with Liz." Soul joked, "Ragnarok is nothing compared to slave driver Liz in a nail polish section." Soul continued, earning a chuckle out of everybody.
"It's ok Maka, I think I can take it." Kai began, He turned to Crona, "Hey I'm Kai, don't worry I hate people to, but I'm getting over it. Maybe we can get over it together?" Kai asked. Crona simply smiled and nodded, earning a shocked look from everybody. For someone who apparently had horrible social skills, he was sure good with people.
"And you..." Kai looked at Ragnarok, "You remind of Angela's dolls, your so adorable." Kai joked, immediately earning a laugh from everybody except Ragnarok, who simply remained quiet out of shock.
After everyone was acquainted, Maka, Soul, Kai, and Crona began discussing the days events. However Maka and Soul did ninety percent of the talking while Crona smiled and nodded and Kai listened and occasionally voiced his opinion. At least he was talking more. As soon as the dust settled in the living room they moved back to join the others. Everyone took a seat, except for Kai, who leaned against a wall in the corner, much to Kids symmetrical dismay.
When Kai looked at the time he noticed it was ten at night and decided he should return home since he had to train in the morning with Mifune.
"Well guys, I better be going, sorry about your wall Kid." Kai said as he left the living room.
"Kai, wait!" a voice yelled. Kai turned his attention to who was yelling at him. It was Maka who was running after him. "Soul is gonna stay awhile but I'm tired, I'll walk with you for a bit if you'd like?" Maka asked.
Kai didn't know what to think. After Liz's joke earlier today he didn't know if he wanted to find out if there was truth to what she said.
"Oh, um...sure, if you want..." Kai said. Why did he say that, he questioned his mind over his answer. Regardless of why he did, it made Maka smile with joy over Kai letting her walk with him.
"Great let's go then." Maka said, pleased that she was able to walk with him since she wanted to get to know him better. She didn't know why she did, but she just felt comfortable around him, and this was a great way to spend time with him.
"Ok then..." Kai agreed.
Authors Note:Hey guys. Sorry this chapter took so long to put up. It should have been done awhile ago, but my laptop broke so I'm stcuk doing what I can when I can get on a computer. Just bare with me and keep reading, I'm already searching for a replacement and will release chapters as they are completed as quick as I can. Hope you guys are enjoying the story.