Strange Occurrences

The Search for Death the Kid

The Search for Death the Kid

It had been a decent amount of time since Death the Kid left Death City to find and join the Kishin, however, the gang had been looking for him so long that it was possible that they completely lost track of time. No one was quite sure how long it had been... Everyone had been sent out the very day at Death the Kid fled and ordered to find and retrieve their lost friend. Lord Death didn't want them coming back until they had him. However, since they had been on the search, they had no luck. On top of that, no clues had been left that could point out where he was. It was almost as if he had completely disappeared off the face of the Earth.

Even Maka's soul perception didn't pick him up, which was weird. There had been a very faint sense but she wouldn't be able to pinpoint the location. This made her frown. Of course, when Maka first tried to catch up to Death the Kid, she had no idea what was going on. Not until Lord Death told them and then it was obvious. After seeing how Kid was acting, how did Maka really not know what was going on? Then again, the madness wavelength was near as strong for her to be able to detect.

Still, they were all his friends. Almost all of them had seen that there had been something wrong with Kid but they didn't even suspect the idea of madness affecting him. Now it made a lot of sense. Since their run in with the Kishin Kid had started acting like he wasn't even himself. The Kishin's madness must have infected the young Shinigami but how could it when Kid had been so strong? Maka, as well as everyone else, were determined to find Kid and take him home. Once they had him they could get their answers.

"Damn it, where could Kid have possibly gone? We've been searching all over the place... I'm beginning to think that we won't ever be able to find him at this point," Soul muttered but also sounded concerned as he paused to take a deep breath, "Why did the brat have to ditch us like that anyway? That's so uncool..."

"Soul, don't think like that! We can't just give up on Kid like that, not when he needs us more than ever," Maka commented and frowned over at her partner, "Besides, when he left he wasn't in his right state of mind but if we give up on him... I don't think I can do that. Kid's our friend and if we give up we're practically handing him over to the Kishin."

Of course, they had no idea that he was already with the Kishin. The whole group had split up to cover more ground but that wouldn't do any good since their target wasn't even on the Earth's surface. The two were alarmed when they heard footsteps approaching them, and fast too. Almost immediately they turned around to see Blackstar and Tsubaki standing near them. However, they could easily spot to other familiar figures, Liz and Patty.

"Thank god we found you guys, we didn't know if we would ever find you guys," Liz spoke up in a panic and looked around cautiously, "But we can't waste any time, everyone is in danger if we don't hurry, Lord Death's life is at stake here..."

"Liz...Patty, where the hell have you guys been, and where the hell is Kid?" Soul asked in shock as he looked around as if assuming that he would be able to see Kid, which he didn't, "What's going on here?"

"We were on our way back to you guys when we came across them, but we have no idea where they came from, they didn't explain," Tsubaki explained as she looked at the twins with concern, just as confused as everyone else.

"Yeah, where the hell have you guys been this whole time? Do you know how long we've been looking for you?" Blackstar said in irritation and crossed his arms, "You owe us some answers, you know!"

"Liz, Patty, get back here!" Everyone froze up at the all too familiar voice of Kid's, especially the twins. The pair thought that they would have at least been able to explain everything to their friends before they would be found.

Their meister was worse than he had been before, despite how hard they tried to make him snap out of it. They had thought that they would have a little progress but with the Kishin around it was next to impossible. So when themselves and their meister were officially back where they felt they needed to be, they took advantage and aimed to find their friends. Now that they were back, they could get some help getting their Kid back. Apparently, things weren't going on as planned.

On a good note, the Kishin was still recovering, so he was still on the moon. So, when they came down it was just the three of them. It would have been the perfect chance...

While the two had run away, Kid had been severely irritated. The whole point of coming down here was to take care of business and he felt perfectly capable to doing that without the assistance of Asura. It was simple, all he had to do was make his way to Death City and take out Lord Death but his own weapons were apparently not to be trusted. Go figured they were would try to run off. So, he obviously had to follow them but he wasn't too happy when he saw where they were.

The young Shinigami looked around at his former friends before glaring at his twin weapons and shook his head.

"Dammit, why couldn't you have just stayed put? I really wanted to avoid this situation... Guess it couldn't have been helped," Kid muttered as he took a step forward before grinning at the gang, "Hello, everyone, what a pleasure it is to see you again!"

Everyone stared at Kid in shock, completely taken back by the teen's appearance. He certainly looked much different than he did before, and not for the better. More so, his wavelength was nearly overpowering. His madness wavelength almost matched the Kishin's. Maka looked at her friend sadly as she started to approach him.

"Kid, please tell me that it really is you..." Maka said quietly as she looked the teen over, noting his appearance, "Look, I don't care where you have been at the moment, I'm just glad to see you. Lord Death will be happy to see you once we bring you back."

Kid frowned deeply at this and eventually glared at Maka. Honestly, looking back, he couldn't understand just why he liked her so much before his change. She was more annoying than anything. Still, he didn't doubt that his father had sent them to find him. Death was persistent like that but the older Shinigami probably had some other motive. Kid certainly didn't trust him.

"Maka, back away from Kiddo-kun, he is dangerous," Liz shouted, earning a glare from the young fragment, and gulped, "Look, Kiddo-kun -"

Liz was quickly cut off but Kid, who put on his most fake, innocent smile. However, she could tell that behind that smile was malice. If she or Patty said anything else to possibly warn to group there would be consequences. So, as much as they wanted to say something, they couldn't, for now anyway.

"Of course, it's me, who else would I be?" Kid chuckled as he waved at Maka, "I don't know what Liz is talking about... How could I ever possibly be dangerous, you know me! I'm sorry for being so distant, I've been on the run, trying to hide from the Kishin and all that."

Suddenly Kid pressed his hand against his skull as his appearance began to change repeatedly. Outwardly it appeared as if he was fighting the madness off and started grunting in pain. Luckily for Kid, everyone was buying it, except for the twins anyway. The young Shinigami fell to his knees as he continued to clutched his skull.

"Yo, Kid, what's your deal?" Soul inquired as he looked at Kid with concern, joining his meister's side, as well as everyone else, "Tell us what's going on, dammit."

Eventually Kid looked up, looking as if he was panicking (even though he wasn't) and was frowning. Maka knelt down in front of Kid and frowned, growing more concerned with each passing moment. Usually she would be able to tell that something else was going on but that was taken over by her concern over her friend.

"It's the madness, it's so hard to fight," Kid spoke up quietly as she shook his head before 'regaining' his composure as he slowly stood up, "The Kishin... He did something to me... I managed to escape but I can't do this on my own. Please, take me home before he finds me..."

|Sorry the delay... I've been on a block off and on but here you go. Hope this meets your expectations. Tell me what  you think of the chapter, too.  I really am curious as to what you all think.|