Chapter 8: Culmination
The dance had begone and Maka was was waiting for the arrival of Soul, Kid, and Kai. Until then she stayed with Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, and Black*Star. They were standing near the buffet since it was almost dinner time. The group was really enjoying talking with each other and conversing about the trip to Paris, however Maka was doing her best to keep the dress her mother bought her clean by dodging the waves of filth Black*Star was throwing at her by pigging out.
"Watch it you idiot!" Maka yelled at the shameless glutton, "You'll ruin my dress if you keep flinging food scraps around like that." She said, trying to calm herself down.
"Why what so special about a dress?" Black*Star had to question. Maka just decided to ignore his stupidity and move away from him. Instead she decided to go ask Angela about Kai and wish her a happy birthday.
"Hey Angela how are you?" Maka aske, smiling at the little witch.
"MAKA!" Angela yelled and gave her a hug. " I'm good, I can't wait till Kai gets here! He said that he'd dance with me" she responded happy that Kai would do that. The thought even got Maka to smile.
" Really, well that's very nice of him." Maka responded, she was slightly jealous of the little witch for being able to spend time with Kai so easily. Then again, he did view her as his little sister.
" Yea it was! Your so pretty tonight Maka!" Angela commented. Maka looked down at her dress. The way it flowed down to just past her knees. How her red shoes matched the dark red of her dress, and the black belt that she had across her waist that had a flower on in that Maka's mother gave her.
"Thank you Angela. My mom got them for me." Maka smiled.
"And your hair is pretty too!" Angela exclaimed, "Could you do my hair like that sometime!?" Angela asked. Maka thought about her hair, how instead of her normal hair style she wore it down and with a black hairband that sparkled as she moved her head.
"Of course I can!" Maka answered, happy that Angela thought she was beautiful. Even though with all the things Angela had noticed, none of that was her favourite accessory. "Have you seen Kai around anywhere?" Maka asked.
"Nope but maybe Mifune has?" Angela responded as she gazed up at Kai's master and her protector.
"I haven't, but he should be arriving shortly." Mifune responded.
"Ok well thank you both. And happy birthday Angela!" Maka grinned, disappointed that Kai wasn't there yet.
She walked back to Liz and Tsubaki as Patty and Black*Star where having a race to see who could eat more ice cream. They had begone discussing about the trip to Paris but Maka wasn't paying any attention. All she wanted to do was see Kai. She wasn't even noticing the crowds attention turn to the door and Liz trying to get her attention.
"MAKA!" Liz yelled.
"Huh, oh sorry, what is it?" Maka asked confused.
"Look..." Liz pointed to the door. Maka couldn't think . Soul, Kid, and Kai had finally arrived, and Kai looked amazing in his suit.
The entire party stopped and admired the three boys as they entered the ballroom. Kid wearing his usual suit that he had last worn at the DWMA anniversary party, and Soul in his Black Room attire. Kai was the most stunning out of all three to everybody. He wore dark grey dress pants, with a dark grey jacket that he kept opened to show his dress shirt which was a dark blue button down. On the cuffs of his jacket he had small Lord Death mask cufflinks on. And instead of having his hair fall in front of his eyes in spies like he usually did, but had his hair so that his spikes only fell in front of the side of his head, showing the entirety of his eyes.
"Woah..." Maka said out loud. "I was right Kai did look good in a suit." Maka said, Liz and Tsubaki laughed at Maka's amusement.
Everyone's attention quickly turned as Angela ran up and jumped into Kai's arms. The party resumed as normal, Kai had made his way over to where Angela and Mifune sat. He glanced over to Maka. His jaw dropped, never had he seen her look more beautiful. He quickly got himself together though in the presence of his master. After the cake had been served Kai had be dragged to the dance floor with Angela and danced all crazy and wild with her, both were laughing and happy. After ward Angela had gone off to play with Pots of Fire and Thunder and Kai made his way to Soul.
"So you enjoying the party?" Soul asked.
"Yea its pretty fun actually." Kai responded.
"Cool, I might perform in a little bit as a special treat." Soul stated, Kai thought he was joking but Soul was being serious, he was going to play the piano.
"Really awesome Soul, I haven't heard you play yet." Kai stated.
Soul gave Liz a look across the room, to which she nodded. It was time to finish their plan to get Kai and Maka together. Liz began walking with Maka towards Kai, although the two were completely oblivious as to what was happening. The lights dimmed and the music slowed down, perfect for slow dancing. Maka noticed who she was moving toward and tried to find an excuse to pull away, fearing of scaring Kai, but Liz wouldn't have it. Without warning she threw Maka into Kai. Thank god for Black*Star removing his sword otherwise Maka would have been on the ground.
"Oof!" Kai yelled as Maka hit him in the back. HE turned around and met her eyes. They were both instantly captivated by each other. "Oh, h-hi Maka..." Kai began struggling to get words out.
"H-hi Kai..." Maka started as well trying to gulp down the feeling of fear in her throat.
"You look really beautiful tonight Maka..." Kai complimented, turning Maka's face red.
"Oh thank look very handsome, I knew you'd look good in a suit." Maka teased, this returned the favour and turned Kai's face red as well. Both of their attentions shifted to the stage as Soul and Kid walked up to the piano.
"Ladies, Gentlemen, please help me in welcoming to the stage, Soul "Eater" Evans for a special performance. And please feel free to share the dance floor with anybody you like." Kid announced. Soul stepped up to the piano and gave a quick smile to Kai, he started playing a song meant for dancing with a partner.
"A slow song, nice..." Maka said, her face still red from Kai thinking she was beautiful.
"Yes it is," Kai began, " Maka, would you do me a favour and join me for a dance?" Kai asked, his face turned redder than before, nervous as to what he had just done.
"Of course I would Kai." Maka answered, both were over joyed with each other. Kai grabbed Maka's hand and led her out to the dance floor as she giggled to herself.
Kai put his hands on Maka's waist as she wrapped hers around his neck. The two stared into each others eyes, smiling. They felt like the only to people in the world as they moved in perfect harmony to the tempo of Soul's song.
"So you having a good time?" Maka whispered to Kai as they continued dancing and moving through the crowd.
"Of course I am, how about you?" Kai responded while smiling to Maka. They hadn't realized it but they had danced out onto the balcony of the DWMA ballroom.
"Yes, I'm having a great time." Maka smiled, enjoying her time with Kai, without Liz, Soul, Black*Star, Kid, or anybody.
Kai looked down as he smiled at Maka's statement and took notice to something around her neck.
"Is that the necklace I bought you?" Kai asked, eyeing the small scythe on the golden chain.
"Yes it is, it's my favourite accessory that I own and am wearing." Maka explained as she smiled at Kai's near identical sword necklace tucked under his dress shirt.
Kai's eyes had met Maka's once again. Kai didn't know what was happening but he didn't care as both him and Maka moved closer and closer to each other, they hadn't noticed Liz, Soul, Patty, Kid, Tsubaki, and Black*Star spying on them from the entrance to the balcony. Kai and Maka had kept moving closer. They both had parted their lips, soon Kai's lips met Maka's and they felt warm against his. Soon he wrapped his hands around her back and pulled her in closer as she pulled him closer to her. Kai and Maka forgot about time as they kissed. After a few seconds they pulled away from each other slowly, and smiling.
"Well that was something." Kai laughed as he smiled at Maka, hoping that she couldn't feel his heart beating out of his chest.
"Yes it was, but I liked it." Maka responded smiling at Kai, hoping that he couldn't feel her heartbeat as well.
"So did I." Kai smiled, they couldn't help but smile at each other, while they help each other in their arms for a few more moments until.
"AAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW!" Patty yelled in complete joy. Kai and Maka instantly let go of each other trying to mask what had happened from their friends.
"What we didn't do anything!" Kai defended.
"Oh don't lie, we hoped to get you together, but that we didn't plan." Liz grinned
"So that's why you guys were laughing on the way back to Death City." Maka deduced. Both angry at their friends tricky plan, but much happier at the fact her and Kai had just had a special moment.
"So are you guys a thing now?" Soul had to ask, smiling at the brilliance of his and Liz's plan.
"I dunno are we?" Kai turned to Maka, hoping that she would answer fast.
After Kai asked that, Maka entwined her fingers into Kai's and stared into his eyes. "Yes, we are!" Maka giggled excitedly.
Everyone cheered for the new couple, and then all of them made their way back into the ballroom. Everyone started to dance again as the party once again picked up pace. Kai and Maka found two seats at the side and sat down as Maka rested her head on Kai's shoulder. It wasn't long until Kid found them.
"I'm sorry to disturb you but I have some news." Kid said, Maka and Kai looked at Kid with great interest over what he had to say.
" I've gotten a mission from my father, and I must depart in a week. And he was hoping that Kai would come along with me, besides I'd like to see what you can do for myself." Kid explained as he grinned at Kai, hoping that a mission would intereset him.
"Sure why not." Kai answered as he returned Kid's grin, he couldn't wait to fight alongside one of his friends.
"You better be careful Kai!" Maka warned, "Kid's missions are normally a lot harder than ours." Maka said concerned for her new boyfriends safety.
Kai leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry sweetheart, I'll come back." He then turned her head towards his and kissed her lips to reassure her that he would be ok.
"Excellent, I look forward to seeing how well you fight Kai." Kid stated, really curious into how strong Kai was if his father had recommended he bring Kai.
"I look forward to fighting with you to Kid." Kai acknowledged. And with that he left.
"You better be very careful!" Maka once again had to warn.
"I promise you, I'm not gonna let anything happen to me." Kai reassured. "It will go just fine darling trust me."
"It better!" Maka said in a pretend angry tone over the mission as she pulled Kai into another kiss. She once again rested her head on Kai's shoulder, as he played moved his thump in a circular motion on top of her hand.
"It will be." He whispered.
Author's Note: Alright so Kai has a girlfriend now awesome. Now things can get really good, all the fun stuff is gonna be happening soon. Little hint, Kai's past and powers all come to light, can his and Maka's relationship survive(probably since two of my friends would kill me for ruining it) and can he preserve his friendships once everything is dug up. Keep on reading to find out. Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. And if your not interested in all this romance, don't worry, there will be way more action coming up. Thank you for reading.
P.S. Gorse, you can use Kai and anyone else I created for you, so long as you give credit my friend :)