Chapter 14: Probation
Kai stormed into the Death Room, a worried expression was on his face. Lord Death and Spirit turned their heads toward him, they hadn't summoned him and were curious as to why he felt the need to just burst in without notice.
"Hiya Kai, is their something wrong?" Lord Death asked with curiosity in his voice. Kai was struggling to catch his breath, he ran through the entirety of the DWMA to get to speak with him.
"I...I need..." Kai began his breath came in short gasps.
"Easy Kai, breath, take your time." Spirit told him, Kai shut his eyes and began to slow his breathing down. It became less sporadic and more contolled as a few moments passed, by the time Kai opened his eye, he was calm and collected once again.
"Good, now please, tell us what's troubling you Kai." Lord Death said, his tone taking on a more serious tone than his normal cheery and playful voice.
"On the mission, something happened..." Kai began, he kept searching for the right words but couldn't find them, "and...well...the clown told me something, and I was the only one who heard it..." Spirit and Lord Death turned to look at each other and exchanged worried glances, they faced Kai who was worried himself over the matter.
"So, what did the clown tell you?" Spirit asked, hesitant on asking out of fear for the answer.
"It said, she was coming..." Kai began, not wanting to finish his statement, but Lord Death and Spirit remained silent until he finished his statement. "She being the controller of the recent clown attacks, another Kishin..." Kai finished. Lord Death and Spirit were taken aback by this, the DWMA had been created to stop Kishins from being created, how could a new one just appear.
"Kai..." Lord Death began, worry invaded his voice. The sound was unsettling to both Kai and Spirit. "You do know what you are telling me right now, and the weight that this discovery has." Lord Death explained.
"I'm aware Lord Death, Master Mifune had informed me about what the ability of a Kishin is." Kai responded, "But that clown told me that, I don't know if I'm going crazy, or if I was hearing things, but I hear new Kishin, and I thought you should know." Kai finished his explanation.
"You did the right thing in telling us, go get some rest." Spirit dismissed. Kai bowed before the two and began to make his way out. Spirit and Lord Death had been waiting till he was out of ear shot.
"Do you think it's true?" Spirit asked, worried at Lord Death's answer.
"Yes, why the clowns spoke to only him is a bit frightening." Lord Death responded.
"So what's our plan then?" Spirit asked once more.
"We wait and see how things go, contact the death scythes and have them come to the DWMA immediately, we must prepare," Lord Death stated. Spirit nodded and began to leave, only to be stopped by Lord Death, "And spirit."
"Yes lord death?" he replied.
"Make sure Mifune is aware of this, and please assign Kai and Bella more missions against clowns, we need more information, and the dormant insanity wavelength in Kai's blood that allows him to speak with the clowns is our only shot." Lord Death explained, he didn't want to put Kai in the face of insanity, but it was their only option to prepare.
"As you wish...Lord Death." Spirit sighed, he turned and left the death room. He knew that this was a bad idea, but it was their only hope. He just wished it didn't put anybody in danger.
Outside The DWMA Entrance
Kai was walking out of the DWMA, he had to get his conversation with Lord Death out of his head fast, he didn't want Kid or Maka trying to pry at him for answers when even he barely new what any of it went. As he walked he bumped into a couple students, they had all gathered around something.
" Hey, what's going?" Kai asked one of the meisters in his class.
"People were leaving the school and their was a horse with a big red bow wrapped around it's neck, currently Stein, Marie, and Mifune are their trying to figure out why it's here." The boy responded.
"Thanks man, I appreciate it." Kai responded, quickly bringing the conversation to the end.
Kai began pushing his way through the crowd to get a better view. After smacking a couple students in the back of the head with the handle of his sword on his back, he had made his way to the centre of the crowd. What he saw stunned him. Stein, Marie, and Sid were standing, around a white Andalusian horse with a red bow tied onto the reins.
"Um, guys...What the hell is going is going on?" Kai asked loudly so the professors could hear him. All three turned to face the meister/weapon.
"Well, me and Stein were going for a walk and we noticed this horse just standing here." Marie began, she searched for the words on how to finish her sentence until Sid interjected.
"Then they called me to see what it was, and well..." Sid began, "WE have no clue as to where it came from, or what to do with it." He finished.
"I said we should dissect it for scientific purposes and that would solve the problem." Stein said as a wicked smile crept onto his. Marie hit him in the back of the head to get the thought out of his head.
"Stein we are not going to dissect this beautiful creature, clearly it's for someone as a gift." Marie said quickly, Stein just gave a quick look of disappointment at Marie. He relented his suggest at the site of Marie looking at the horse with such admiration and joy.
"Um, professors..." Kai began, all their heads turned back to him once again, "I recognize that horse, Bella rode it while we fight that clown." Kai explained. "But as to why it's here, I have not the slightest idea." Kai finished. The professors faces turned into one of disappointment since that didn't help them figure out what to do.
"Hey guys what's up?" Bella asked as her, Maka, Kid, and Soul made their way up the stairs and into the courtyard. Her eyes lit up at the site of the horse in the middle of her weapon and her professors. She ran to it and wrapped her arms around it's neck.
"YAY!" Bella could get out before she started giggling like a fan girl at an anime convention meeting her favourite voice actor.
"Um, Bella? You ok?" Soul asked, he made his way to her to make sure that she was breathing because of her excitement.
"Yea..." Bella squeaked as she drew in a large breath. She hadn't been breathing since she saw the horse. She jumped onto the horses saddle and began fiddling with the bow to get a better grip on the reins. AS she did this Kid ntoiced a card had fallen onto the ground. He walked over and opened it.
"Thank you to the weapon and meister who defeated that horrible serpent that has been plaguing our village. To show our gratitude we present to you the horse that they rode into battle against the snake. The damn thing never listened to anybody anyway, so it's yours. From, The Villagers." Kid read allowed for everyone to here.
"So we get to keep the horse?" Kai asked as he looked at the professors for their input.
"Sure why not, we can build a stable for it in the courtyard at the top of the DWMA." Marie answered not letting any one else have any input. Bella's face lit up with joy over the answer and she threw herself onto Marie and gave her a massive hug to show her appreciation.
"Well, I guess cleaning it's stable can be the new punishment." Sid joked, the teachers chuckled slightly while the students all groaned at the thought.
"So Bella, what are you going to name the horse then?" Maka asked, as she made her way to Kai's side.
"I'm going to call her...Storm." Bella smiled, everyone smiled at the name. Bella manoeuvred the horse to walk into the DWMA and the students all moved to the side, she was followed by Soul, Kai, and Maka.
They had made their way to the upper courtyard where Bella tied Storm's reins to a tree so she didn't run through the school. Kai watched her and Soul tie the reins tightly to the tree while he wrapped his arms around Maka. They both laughed as they watched Bella push Soul to the ground when he tied the knot wrong. Kai quickly cut his laugh short as he saw Spirit walking in his peripheral vision. He turned to see if the death scythe was laughing at his daughters weapon partner being embarrassed by Kai's meister. He only got a sad look in return and knew the reason why. Kai was so lost in thought that he hadn't noticed Maka talking to him until she turned his head to look at her.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Maka asked, worried about Kai's sudden seriousness. He looked at her upset but quickly changed his expression to one of joy, but Maka knew that something was troubling him. Did it have something to do with the report he rushed ahead to give lord death.
"It's nothing darling, I promise." Kai smiled, he knew Maka wasn't buying it, but she he knew that she wouldn't question him about it until he was ready to tell her. "You have no reason to worry." Kai finished as he pulled Maka into a kiss.
"Ok as long as your sure." Maka replied, she smiled at him to make him feel better, and it kind of worked. But Kai couldn't shake the thoughts out of his head.
"I'm sure, for now..." Kai began, "Come on let's go and watch some movies, you pick ok." Kai quickly added. Maka started to lead Kai away to his and Bella's dorm to go through the movie selection that Kai had acquired.
"Hopefully we can resolve this quickly..." Kai thought, even though he had already known the answer.
Somewhere In An Abandoned Castle
A young man around the age of 19 had made his way into the throne room of a large and abandoned castle. He strode through looking to his sides as to make sure that the clowns that lined the walls wouldn't attack him. His gaze was drawn to a girl sitting on the throne, her legs propped up on the arms and her head resting on her hand. She opened her eyes to see the boy approaching her.
"Ruina, I've returned from my mission, the next clowns have been deployed and I've created some Kishin Eggs to support them. The DWMA will have their hands full." The boy said as he knelt before her. He looked up at her to see her bright red eyes staring down at him. Her shoulder length blond hair flew to the side as a draft had entered the castle. She wore a black tank top with a jacket that was the same bright red as her eyes, and the sleeves rolled up to reveal the tattoos that swirled violently around her arms. He could hear the sound of her black boots descending down the stairs from the throne. She stood in front of him and reached her hand down to bring his eyes up to meet hers. As he moved his gave to wear he was being directed he saw that she was wearing shorts that hugged her skin close, the dark blue colour was familiar to him.
"Thank you Gaia. I'm thankful for your help." Ruina said to the boy as she gazed into his olive eyes. She made him stand so that they could speak easier. Gaia wore a dark grey sweater with a large hood. Ruina noticed the black cowl around his neck that she had given him to mask his identity from the DWMA had he been captured. She turned to return to her throne and heard the chains around the waist of his black jeans crash together as he followed her up the stairs, his combat boots made the entire hallway echo as they landed on each on the stone steps leading to the throne.
"Your welcome Ruina, anything for a friend." Gaia responded as they reached the throne. Ruina had adopted the same position she had before he had entered the room. She began to fiddle with the silver charm on her necklace, the three eyed symbol of the last Kishin Asura glinted in the light of the moon, and had reflected on a bare wall.
"Oh don't give me that, you only want him to return like I do." Ruina responded staring at the Kishin Eyes on the wall. "He will comeback to the people he belongs with Gaia, insane or not." she finished.
"As long as he returns safely to my care, are deal remains in play, and you can have him be yours and me as your servant." Gaia responded. He shifted his eyes ground, all he wanted was to have Kai where he belonged., with him once again, and Ruina wanted to have Kai be with her like he was before the death of his parents at the hands of the DWMA.
"Yes it will, we must thank Asura for giving us this opportunity, becoming a Kishin is a lot of work, especially with the blasted Grim Reapers school."? Ruina spat, she dropped the necklace and raised her hand, a dark blue orb began to float in her opened hand, her eyes had fixated on the blue orb. "Besides, Kai will come back to me, insane or not, I will have him, he belongs to be at my side." Ruina finished.
"Of course, Ruina, perhaps one day you can give your thanks to your predecessor, when you to become a powerful Kishin like him." Gaia stated.
"Oh silly, Gaia,, I'm already more powerful as Asura, I just know how to hide better." Ruina responded, she laughed at the thought of the DWMA attempting to find her. "By the way I found something of yours, here." She threw him a rapier that had a dark black handle, and a dark blue pommel. The hilt he noticed had been redesigned into the eyes of Asura instead of his families coat of arms.
"Thank you, but why give this to me now, and not when you found it originally." Gaia questioned the Kishin.
"How do you know I've had it for awhile?" Ruina asked in return.
"Because you had time to change my family coat of arms on it's hilt to the eyes of your damn hero." Gaia responded.
"Ok so I remodelled it a little, but your family is dead Gaia, only two of you remain." Ruina responded, "Besides, you serve a kishin now, and so will he when he comes to his senses." She stated, a wicked grin had taken over her face. "Besides, even you will have to fight him, so you'll be needing it." She finished.
"Right..." Gaia responded, he didn't want to hurt him, but he knew that he had to do it to bring him home. He turned and began to make his way down the stairs as he secured the rapier to his waist by one of the chains. He had almost left the throne room when he heard Ruina yell out at him.
"Prepare yourself, Gaia Vesania, you will have to fight your younger brother, and he won't come quietly." Ruina finished, her wicked laugh rang throughout the entire castle.
"I'll be ready, but you better be Kai, your big brother won't be going easy on you like before." Gaia thought to him self. He had left the castle and pulled the cowl up to cover his mouth and nose. He looked out upon the mountains that the castle rested on, after a few moments he jumped from the rock face where the entrance was. "I can't wait to challenge you, little brother." Gaia finished his thought, as he disappeared into the darkness of the forest below.
Authors Note: Ok so their is chapter 14. Should get interesting with Ruina and Gaia trying to get Kai away from the DWMA. We know Gaia is Kai's brother, but who is Ruina, hmm, I'll let you guess in the reviews if your feeling up for it. Anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter, not my best one I think, but enough to keep the story moving for now. Hope you guys are enjoying it so far, let me know what you think, it's a big help to me. Thanks guys.