209Oh. My. God. I LOVE YOU GUYS! :DDDD I checked my email last night after I posted, and there were no notifications, so I started freaking out that nobody liked it. Then during lunch I checked again and there were FOUR REVIEWS ALREADY! *explodes* thank you, to...
YouCanCallMe MrsMalfoy: I know ^.^ I love their father/son relationship. You'll be seeing plenty more, don't worry ;)
VilaDeath: ... I can't tell if you're the VilaDeath I know, and you're just not signed in, or someone else... XD but anyways yes. I couldn't help the Friday thing. I HAD TO DO IT.
KuriSari: I will, don't worry! :DDD I promise to finish this, no matter what. ;D
Cyanide 6: thank you! I'm glad they didn't seem too OOC... ^.^' I love Friday now. Should I make him appear more? (did you catch the references? ;3)
Well, that's it for now... thanks, and hope you like these next few chapters! They were a prompt from mah bestie, Ten-chan (go search her as Matsukaze Tenma, give her a hug from me ;D). I'm not going to tell you the prompt, actually... it will spoil the plot... ;P
This could be seen as taking place right after the events of Father's Promise. See it that way if you wish. But I won't mention it much (other than maybe adding Friday again XDD) so don't be too surprised.
Mirror Mirror
"Don't ever lose this, Kid," Lord Death instructed his son quietly. "It was a gift. It will keep you safe."
Kid blinked, his golden three year old eyes innocent and wide. "A gift? Can I ever see the person who gave it?"
His father choked up for a minute. "No, Kiddo. She's not coming back."
Lord Death and Kid (age three)
"Come on, guys! Hurry up!" BlackStar yelled. "We're gonna reach the basketball courts by next year at this rate."
Maka stuck her tongue out at him. "We're taking our time. That way our team will beat you because we're well-rested." Then she pointed to the quiet shinigami behind her. "Plus, we've got Kid on our side. You'll lose within the first five minutes." Kid raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment.
"You'll never beat me!" BlackStar boasted. "I'm so big, you're an ant!" Kid started to roll his eyes when Soul of all people chimed in.
"Why are you always fighting? You're both idiots," the scythe scoffed. "Where'd you get it, your mothers? I'm guessing... a loud angry assassin and a symmetry-freak female reaper?" He'd meant it as a joke, and BlackStar laughed (mostly because he'd never known his mom and didn't care much), but Kid had frozen with his mouth slightly open, eyes wide. Soul shifted uncomfortably. "Uh, Kid?" He waved a hand in front of the reaper's face. The golden eyes didn't track it. "Toilet paper? Painting? Did you figure out what BlackStar and I broke the other day?"
That snapped the meister out of his trance... for the worse. Slamming Soul against a wall nearby, he snarled, "What? What did you break?"
Soul gulped. "Uh- um- I don't know- it was BlackStar's idea, some joke he cooked up- a mirror of some sort? We figured you had tons, anywa-"
"What. Did. It. Look like?"
"I don't know!" he exclaimed. "It had the usual skull pattern on it, and um- some vines? And stars? Let go!" Struggling even harder, he tried to restrain himself from pulling out the scythe blade. But Kid had frozen up again. After a moment he released Soul, only to stare off into the distance. The albino readied a glare, but it faltered when he realized...
Kid was crying.
Silent tears slipped down his cheeks as his unfocused eyes stared off into the distance. He staggered and whispered, "... broken? It can't be..." He crumpled to the floor, slowly tangling his hands in jet-black-and-white-striped hair. "Fix it!" he sobbed. "Fix it!" The team looked on, horrified. Liz and Patty dropped to their knees, ready to comfort their meister, when he screamed. "JUST FIX IT!"
"Kid, what's wrong? What is this mirror?" Maka asked frantically, also lowering herself to the shinigami's level.
Before she could touch her friends shoulder, a pair of shadows knocked her hand back. The three girls all stumbled back, shocked. A small roiling cloud had formed at Kid's feet, twisting as he cried. "Father told me never to lose it... what do I do if it's broken? It's all I have left of-" Once again, he froze, then looked up at Soul. His glistening eyes turned cold as ice. "You!" he spat. "You insulted her too! And now all I have left is gone!" Screwing up his face, he shrieked, "JUST DIE!"
Then the shadows produced Beelzebub, which he leaped upon and sped off. The dark shapes dissipated, but the group managed to catch Kid's parting words. "I'll never forgive you! I never want to see you again!"
And he was gone.
phew... I finished it... ^.^' okay. I know. You're probably thinking, 'wtf? What's with Kid's tantrum?' More on the mirror later. Can you guess who gave it to him? ;D
I think I'll expand this into three more chapters. Depends. Do you have a preference, Ten-chan? *hands brownie* :3
See ya~!
~DeaththeKidKat