The New Reaper

Chapter 34: Kayla

Kayla's POV

Once at school, I realized how bad of an idea it was to actually show up. If Kid was to see me what would he do? What if he already told his father, Lord Death? If he knew, Lord Death could easily find me and, with out a doubt, ask me why I was trying to kill his son!

The paranoia was getting to me, especially walking into Stein's classroom. I could feel his eyes burning into me as I arrived early (with Maka who insisted on showing up 30 minutes before class started). Does he know? He is laughing to himself now, knowing my fate before I do. He sees how worried I am even though I'm trying my hardest to smile through it- he sees it.

My hands started shaking, I couldn't see straight and my stomach got the sinking feeling you get when you're scared. I was terrified. Of what? I don't know. I did know, however, that Medusa and Layla could get me out of whatever trouble I got into under their lookout, but I was just terrified of having to explain while I waited for them. I was terrified of Stein's thoughts about me. About what I had to do.

I know what I'll do, I'll blame it on the madness. Medusa still has a jar of the strong wavelength she keeps on her person, for reasons unknown to me.

All this panic erased itself when the bell rang and Kid wasn't even here. It all came back, though, in a flush of paranoia, when he barged through the big doors. He was heavily out of breath but smiled a genuine smile at Stein as he was allowed being late. He smiled because of Cora, I could tell.

Crap! I forgot to tell Layla about how I had seen Cora!

This would make them more mad when I do tell them. Kid now had three weapons at his disposal. This was bad, but I couldn't make it look like I was nervous about it- I had to mess with his mind a little. I put on a happy, worry-free smile as he passed me and then I shot him another after he sat down. I could see his confusion. Good.

After class, I simply and, hopefully, calmly exited the building and went straight for Medusa's lair. It was inside the city but sort of on the edge to the point where you could see the desert. Her other lair was inhabited by the DWMA after the big fight I heard about. So, because of this, she now has an apartment where she and Ma'am Layla are staying. I'm thinking that Eureka is also staying there along with this man I have never seen before. They were all siting around a table doing witch things when I arrived. I had climbed up the fire escape and stood on the windowsill so as to have a quick escape route if things got dangerous- you can never truly trust a witch.

"I have information about last night's failure of mine," I stated, plainly.

That caught everyone's attention and all eyes flushed towards me.

"Yes?" Medusa was the only one who spoke to me. The other witches just whispered amongst themselves around the table in a sort of telephone kind of matter. Medusa had, by what it seemed, taken the leadership role in this little cult of illegal activity, so she had been standing up and smoking a cigarette.

"Death The Girl is alive, but I imagine you already knew that-"

"Then why say it?" Medusa cut me off.

I nodded but avoided eye contact. "I believe she is alive. The girl that you encountered last night was her, I believe."

"Very good," Medusa said, sounding not-so-proud, but also clapping slowly as to add to the sarcastic mess of the statement. "Cora is alive."

A shrew of gasps filled the room at the statement.

"Yes, it is true I traded my life for hers, Eureka helped me." Lady Medusa's eyes shot to me, "Now tell me if she makes an appearance at the academy."

I nodded once in agreement and in recognition that I heard and thoroughly understood what she meant.

"That is all," Medusa waved me out of the building like she had called me to be there.

I nodded anyways and jumped off of the windowsill backwards landing on my feet facing the building. That went pretty well, for now.

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OMG yay italics and bold! I'm sorry I've never been able to use them so I'm kinda really excited about that.... ^w^

Oh! And I'm changing from updating every Monday to every other Thursday opposite of the other Death The Girl story I just uploaded.