Kid spent the next few days mulling over what his father had told him. 'She has to wake up soon, she has-' His thoughts were cut off by a loud rap on his door. "It's open," he called out, smacking his forehead lightly then standing up.

"Kid, Maka's awake!" Liz shouted as she slammed the door open and rushed the kid into a giant hug. Kid stayed limp until she put him down then rubbed his side. "We should go see her, don'tcha think?"

"Yeah, lets go," the raven grabbed his jacket and led the blond to her sister in the foyer of the large house. Patty gave her sister a thumbs up before the three left for the hospital.

~To Maka and everyone~

"Maka, you're awake!" Soul shouted as he hugged the petite girl tightly.

"Wah, Soul! That hurts!" She cried out, forcing the scythe off of her. "It's good to see you guys again though, I was starting to forget your faces. Do you guys know where the others are?" The only ones who'd shown up so far had been Soul, Shinigami-sama, Spirit, and Stein. Three of the four shrugged.

"I know that Kid's on his way, but, I don't know about Black Star and Tsubaki." Soul chuckled lightly. "They're always late, don'tcha think?" He wrapped his arms around his head just as the blue-haired assassin broke through the window. "Oh, hey Black Star!"

"I HEARD MAKA WAS AWAKE! I KNEW SHE'D WAKE UP WITH MY GODLYNESS AROUND!" He shouted, hugging the girl which hurt her even more.

As the assassin let go, the taller raven threw her arms around the girls neck in a soft embrace then whispered into her ear, "Between the two of us, Black Star was crying the hardest when we thought you were dying back there." She smiled and let Maka go. Maka smiled slightly and shifted, wincing whenever her arm was jostled be it by her or someone else. For the next twenty minutes or so, they talked about what she'd missed during the time she was out.

"Ah, Maka, so it was true. You are awake," The shinigami smiled sweetly upon entering the room. It had been a while since he'd been able to smile properly around her, especially with what had happened the last few days. Maka nodded and smiled warmly, opening her arms for a hug. The raven was barely able to keep the tears back as he ran over to her side and embraced her tightly.

"Maka, we've missed you!" Patty screeched as she hugged the girl next. Then it was Liz, who had something to tell her.

"Hey, why don'tcha give your boyfriend a kiss? I know for a fact that you two haven't kissed yet." Liz chuckled darkly as she moved away and shoved Kid towards the hospital bed. He stumbled and landed on top of Maka, their lips meeting rather 'accidentally' as Liz would say. "Oh look, the lovebirds finally shared their first kiss." She cooed.

Kid moved away, blushing badly, and ran from the room, 'What the hell just happened? Why would Liz do that! Oh Death, please tell me she... Wait, she said 'lovebirds'... Oh no, she knows!' His thoughts screamed inside of his head. Maka glared pointedly at Liz and she shrugged. "Liz! Why would you do that?"

"Reasons Maka, reasons. Kid's been wanting to do that for a while because whenever I started talking about you, he'd blush madly and when I asked why, he'd run from the room as if he'd done something bad." Liz knew she was lying, but hey, who cared? So long as those two stayed together, no one would mind. Patty stiffled a giggle as she ran after Kid, probably trying to get him to come back to the room where everyone was.

Black Star bursted out laughing the moment Patty was gone. "What... Was... That?" He managed to choke out between each spasm. As his laughs died down, he became 'serious'. (A/N As if Black Star could ever be serious around his friends) "Now then, Maka, when are you supposed to get out of this stupid, ugly, smelly, plain, annoying place?"

"Within the next week. They said so long as nothing bad happens to my condition, I may be able to leave today or tomorrow." Like that, Maka's thoughts were off of what happened between her and Kid just a moment ago. "Oh, you guys may want to know something about this..."

Shinigami-sama leaned a bit closer and looked her in the eye. "Maka, I'd rather your friends weren't in here if you're talking about whats going on right now." Maka nodded and he shooed everyone but Stein and Spirit out. "Now then, what is it you need to say?"

"You know how Soul has the small red demon in him, correct?" The three adults nodded, "Well, I've got a demon of my own. Her name is Medusa. She's been trying to communicate with me since I woke up and before then. Apparently when I was kidnapped, she'd planned on students coming to rescue me, she just didn't know that I'd escape. During the time she injected me with black blood, she'd also slipped a snake in."

"You mean, she could be listening to this conversation?" Stein asked.

"No. I've managed a way to surpress the snakes powers, just not for to long. The longest I can keep her from listening in is about five minutes."

"This isn't good, we have to get the snake out," Shinigami-sama muttered. "By any chance, Maka , do you know where the snake is located?"

"Stein should know, seeing as its happened to him before," the meister looked at her proffessor.

"Yes, I do know. It's located in the heart area." The gray-haired man looked down at the ground then perked up. "Can I do the dissection?"

Rin: Sorry for the short chapter! I ran out of ideas. Anyone who has an idea for the next chapter, I will take into concideration.

Maka: Please, please, please, please don't let Stein dissect me!

Rin: In all of my life, I never thought I'd see Maka begging for something.

Maka: Rin, shut the hell up! MAKA-CHOP!

Rin: *Bleeding on Maka's plush carpet*

Maka: DAMNIT! R&R people; RIN YOU OWE ME A NEW CARPET! *Argueing consues between both parties*