A/N: This is me again, I'm trying to make this interesting and descriptive but I'm maybe sometimes not succeeding.. Or doing grammar mistakes. Well, that's it. I already sent blood and gore warnings. If you want to send fan character shipping later on (Between Rin, Yoshiki or Tachiko, Kidd can also be involved), review and I'll see what I can do. Also sorry for putting a lot of titles as questions, it's kinda hard to think of another way

Chapter 11:

Recovery, Hard Or

Impossible?

Tuesday, November 18th, 11:48 a.m. - Dispensary

Tachiko was lying in one of beds, still asleep. Meanwhile, Stein was explaining the situation to Kidd because he demanded, and Stein thought it'd be better if someone told him now.

"She's physically almost okay. A few bruises and bitemarks are nothing to worry about, the blow in back of head isn't really a problem anymore.. Though there is a problem." he said while fixing his glasses "She was, I'm sure you felt, in a room in what was almost as cold as in refrigerator, she was hypothermic. Also, she didn't eat for quite a long time." he made a stop and looked at Tachiko "… Also her mind is a mess.. She was isolated for a month and, as Rin told me earlier, there was a source radiation madness somewhere in building… It's hard to say if she'll recover.. It wasn't really a huge ordeal, but she didn't have to experience that before, right?"

"Yeah…" Kidd quietly agreed, looking down "Before, she'd be terrified just to look at blood… And when we found her, the room looked like a genocide happened… Blood was on walls, on broken furniture, everywhere… There were even insides, body parts.. It had a foul smell, her hands were even bloody, but she looked as if she was scared of us more.."

"Well, we'll have to see what happens. Rin will go with us to identify those corpses later." Stein said then gone to doors "I'll leave you two alone, I have to update to Lord Death and Spirit.." He said before leaving.

Kidd just sat on a chair by Tachiko's bed, blankly staring at her, hoping she'll soon wake up. He gave up after a while and put his face in his hands. He just wanted it all to disappear, that he could forget what he saw yesterday… The carnage… The face of his sister that didn't even recognize him.. He felt mixed feelings build up… Guilt towards himself, sympathy towards Tachiko and deep disgust towards people who did it in the first place.

Tachiko then started to stir, he looked up to her and saw sweat on her forehead; she was having a nightmare. By the second, she started to move more, like she's fighting something. Kidd tried to wake her up and after a few seconds she shot up in bed, her eyes opening wide the same second as cold sweat dripped down her face. She started to tear up and almost instantly started crying.

Kidd didn't know what to do, but it was painful to even see her like that. He pulled her close and hugged her tightly. He felt her tears slowly soaking his uniform as they dripped onto his shoulder.

"That's it.." he thought "Those monsters will pay… I'll make them, even if that's the last thing I'll do.." he swore to himself as his heart filled with rage.

12:25 a.m. - DWMA Halls

Kidd finally managed to calm down Tachiko, who was now again lightly sleeping in Dispensary while Liz and Patty were watching over her and waiting for Yoshiki to wake up. School was still full with students. As Kidd passed, he heard them whisper:

"What happened to that black haired girl?"

"They said she's in infirmary.."

"Miki told me she gone insane…"

"That's probably why we aren't allowed to the infirmary."

"I always knew she was a nutjob.." she continued, whispering, "And she always hangs out with Kidd, what does she think? That she's something special? She's only a crazo… "

Kidd almost unnoticeably winced at that last remark, anger in him started boiling up again.

"Hm? What is it Shinigami boy?" The same girl looked at him, with a tone that was insincerely sweet. She had long dark blue hair tied up in a high ponytail. She wore short skirt, top that leaved her belly exposed and a thin jacket. Her name was Tsuki (Kanji: 月, meaning: Moon)

"The point in talking behind someone's back is that that someone doesn't hear you.." He said in the calmest tone he could.

She was confused at first then said "So what? Are you telling me that you know what happened to that puny brat?"

"Yes, and it's none of your business, so I suggest you keep your mouth shut." he said, narrowing his eyes

She wasn't used to being talked to like that, especially not from someone she liked that much, she quietly growled as he walked away.

He couldn't care less about what he just said. He just kept on walking, he needed to calm his mind.

After a while, he saw Rin walking trough crowd in hallway, he was crooked forward a little as usual with his bangs covering eyes and hands in pockets; he apparently just came back from inspection of that building they found Tachiko in.

Kidd remembered something and rushed trough crowd after him, bell ringed and hallway started emptying, leaving the two alone. Rin stopped walking and turned his head and looked over shoulder to Kidd.

"What is it?" He said in tired tone, like he's bored.

"You know well what I want to ask you.." Kidd said while walking towards him, note of anger in his voice was easily heard. "You know more about monsters that kidnapped and killed all those people.. The same monsters that captured Tachiko and Yoshiki.. Tell me all you know!"

"I'm not making that same mistake again.." Rin replied in calm tone that even more angered Kidd; how can he still be that calm after all that happened?

"You remember," he continued, turning to him and raising his look, "last time I warned you, you ignored it as if you didn't even care. If your weapons and professor didn't stop you on time, you'd soul be in hands of those monsters you speak of.."

"I don't care, you're taking this far too lightly-"

"-And you too harshly.. I see in your eyes, you're planning to get information out of me, then head to another foolish and pointless alone revenge mission.."

At this point Kidd was fed up with Rin's attitude, he rushed at Rin, grabbing him by neck and holding him against wall. Rin still didn't seem to care even a bit, he just kept coldly looking into his eyes.

"And what do you plan on doing now? The truth is that you're just helpless now.." Rin continued, "You'd now beat the living hell out of me, but you can't, you don't have strength to.. You feel as if you're good for nothing…"

"Shut up!" Kidd yelled

"Don't think I don't know the feeling.." he said while bowing his head down again "But, I did a mistake when I felt like that once… And I don't want you to do the same one" he said as he grabbed the young Shinigami's wrist and squeezing it hard, making him let go.

"After all," he said standing up again "You don't want to lose a part of yourself as I did," he looked up to him again, grinning with same sharp teeth, one eye was hidden under bangs, seen only as red lowing dot and other wide open with a psychotic look "Do you..?"

Kidd flinched. He felt same wavelength change as that time in infirmary. He stepped back and made distance between the two.

"The mistake impossible erase much less, correct… Lose a part of yourself and someone else taking over it… That's the slavery of your own soul…" Rin continued, still staring at Black haired meister but his grin fading from face "It's almost like Insanity, like Black Blood… Implanted inside you and using your body as it pleases… 'Sleep tight,' it says… 'I'll take care of all your worries', it's the sentence that you hear, the curse of my family that I made stronger on myself with that one mistake…"

Kidd then felt like coldness around Rin impaled him in chest, he stumbled to wall and held place where it impaled him but nothing; He only felt his jacket. When he opened eyes, he saw Rin walking up to him with worried look on face.

"Are you alright?" He said while helping him up.

Kidd didn't respond, he was still in a bit of a shock from what he saw. When Rin realized he won't get an answer, he spoke again.

"So, you saw it again?.." He said, bowing his head a bit like he's uneasy or ashamed. "That's the second part of my soul, the one I made by a deal.. It speaks trough visions people around me get if my wavelength breaks into close contact with theirs.."

"A-a deal?" Kidd finally spoke, looking at Rin.

He just sighed "Yes, a deal.." He then looked up and turned on his heel "I'll tell you later, just somewhere where there nobody can hear us or interrupt.." he started walking

Kidd Just nodded and followed, he didn't care if it was a trap, the curiosity was killing him.

When they got to a lonely hall between ground floor and basement, Rin spoke again

"Alright, as I promised, here's the story.." he said while looking slightly other way, "When I was four, I lost a friend important to me. I felt alone and like I'm missing a part of myself… One night, I snuck out of house, following a squirrel… I soon got lost in forest, I wanted to go home, when I saw a trace of dark blue sparkles. I didn't know what I'd rather do, so I followed them. After a while following it, I ran into a group of people, the tallest one kneeled on one knee in front of me.. He had purple-bluish eyes and dark skin.. He wore a grey cloth over his face that was covering from nose below.. He said: 'Sleep tight, I'll take care of all your worries' and touched my forehead, I felt myself getting sleepy, I felt coldness… Next thing I remember is waking up in my bed, back at mansion. I felt like that little hollow that emerged when I lost my friend was now filled with something else. That man, gave me a new 'friend', though it wasn't a thing to call a friend. He implanted a part of his wavelength into mine and stitched it together.. The wavelength somehow evolved to become second half of my soul.. You see, I believe that man has some kind of relation with what happened to Tachiko.. I felt same wavelength for a second when we entered the barrier in forest…" He sighed then added on: "Please, let it stay a secret, you see, I'm suspicious to enough people already…"

Kidd nodded, "At least I know that one half of him isn't dangerous.." he thought

"Well, I'd better get going. My parents, or better said babysitters, will get worried.." Rin said and gone upstairs to ground floor.

Kidd watched him leave and shortly after that left himself.

01:03 p.m. - Dispensary

Yoshiki's eyes slowly opened. He felt his body start to ache as he tried to sit up.

"Geez… What happened last night..?" he grunted and rubbed his head. He felt a bandage. "Huh?" he said as he looked down to his torso; under an unbuttoned nightshirt he saw bandages. At that moment doors opened and Mira Nygus walked in.

"Great, you woke up. How're you feeling?" she said

"Like I've been run over by a bus.." He replied

"I see… Professor expected it so he asked me to give you some painkillers" she continued while putting a small bottle of pills on nightstand by him.

"Thank you" He replied with a small smile

"Well, I'd better report to professor Stein that you've woken up." she said with an almost unnoticeable smile. She then turned and left the room

Yoshiki looked around infirmary a bit, his look stopped at bed by his. When he realized that Tachiko is in infirmary too, not here to visit him but hurt. His eyes widened a little at that thought, he tried getting up but he felt his leg hurt badly. He glanced over to it and saw that his right trouser leg was lifted and his leg was bandaged; it was clear he broke it.

"Great.." he thought, while still trying to go closer to her bed. He somehow managed to get to side of her bed. He ignored the pain from his wounds and took a closer look at Tachiko; even though she was soundly sleeping, she seemed exhausted. She had bandages on her hands up to half way to her elbows, her skin was paler than usual and to young weapon's horror, sort of cold.

"She couldn't be… She still has a pulse…" He thought to himself, though he was still worried. He had no memory of what happened two days ago, or how he thought, merely hours ago.

Who knows for how long he was sitting there, holding his hand on hers. He held it more for his own comfort, as long as he feels the pulse, he knows she's alive. The doors suddenly opened and Kidd walked in.

A/N: Sorry for late updating, I'm doing as fast as I can.. So yeah, that's all for now. Peace out!