Finger + Ring

Stein's p.o.v.

I slowly crawled out of bed when the sun started to shine through the curtains and went to the kitchen quietly and started his pancakes for him and laughed a little. There is no way he is going to get on to me for getting up to make him breakfast. I finished and brought them back into the room with a thing of syrup and set it down on the nightstand and started sneaking back into bed. Spirit stirred in bed and then grabbed my wrist pulling me down onto him and he looked up at me. "What were you doing out of bed?"

"Oh look, you're up. Made ya pancakes." I smiled at him and relaxed.

"Really?" He looked over at them then back up at me. "Your in trouble still."

"I put fresh blueberries in them." I smiled at him again and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

"Bad boy... Guess what is going to happen this morning."

"You are going to eat those pancakes right?" I looked at him hopefully. I put extra love in them this time....

"Yep!" He pushed me off and sat up drenching then in syrup then started eating them. "MMMMMMMMMHMMmmm"

"That a boy....." I laughed. Forget about the fact I left and just eat the reward...

"I love you Stein, and your cooking."

"Love you to- Wait what?" I looked up at him.

"What?" He looked over at me.

"I thought you just said that I was...never mind." I smiled at him and turned over onto my side to watch him better.

"In trouble? Yep. You still are." He smirked and ate the last bite. DAMN IT HE'S OUT OF PANCAKES TO EAT! NOOOOOO! I scooted away a little.

"Guess what Stein!" He sat the plate down and sat up.

"What?" I narrowed my eyes.

"I am done eating, that means punishment time." He put the plate on the table.

"Why?" I bit my bottom lip.

"Because we agreed this is my week to be dom, your my sub."

"Oh really?" I started fishing under my pillow for something I stashed there last night before red head joined me. My hand closed around the chain to the handcuffs and I smirked as I felt it's cold metal.

"Yeah." He moved ontop of me completely clueless as to what is going on under the pillow. I acted fast and pulled out the handcuffs grabbing his hands. He gasped and yanked back and fell off the bed quickly. "AHHHH NOT THOSE THINGS! STEIN!!!!!!"

"What?" I peeked over the edge of the bed and dangled the handcuffs over it. "Are you scared of these? Well you should be."

"AH!" He crawled over to the door and ran off. Laughing, I threw them across the room and laid down on Spirit's side of the bed and curled up to the covers.

"My little scaredy cat....." Spirit came back with a bottle of tequila.

"Hey buddy! LET'S GET INTO THE HARD STUFF!"

"Mmmmm....Ok." I sat up and looked at him.

"Come on!" He ran out the room. Laughing I got up and went over to where I threw the handcuffs and stuffed them into my pant's pocket then followed Spirit.

"Better idea." I mumbled when I got up to him and took the bottle from him. "We put this up for tonight, and go take a bath." I ran off with the bottle and stashed it in my bags in the bedroom. Spirit walked in going to the bathroom.

"Cool with me sweet!" He said and turned on the water in the bathroom.

Noire's p.o.v.

I woke up and immediately realized I slept a whole day since I was locked in this room like Rapunzel. Kid mumbled and turned over looking at me. "Morning." He said softly. When did he sneak his shinigami self in here? I looked at him for a few seconds then smiled.

"Morning!" I hugged him and gave him a soft kiss. He leaned in and kissed me then got up and ran over to the window and opened it to see it was not raining and quiet a beautiful morning. He opened up the window and then looked at me and walked over to the door.

"Fade is coming home and she has some news to tell, so get ready. We also have to go see my dad before he sells this place from jealousy."

"Oh that's scary." I got up and went into my closet and shut the door behind me, changing into my everyday and then came out and left the room going downstairs and grabbed my keys. Hah, it's sunny out. Perfect day to have a bonfire. I ran out the door quickly and got in my car and drove off quietly and went to the damned place that James had me and Fade and took out a can of gasoline and went inside, dumping it all over the baseboards and went downstairs and made a trail through the halls and when I got to the rotting bodies of Kaleb and James and I closed my eyes and kept walking, making sure to splash them with it. Your bodies are NOT surviving this fire. When I got to Adrian's room, I went in and started taking his stuff out that had his memories in it and started carrying them to safety. I'm going to bury these outside....When I had finished moving it outside I struck a match and threw it on the beginning of my trail on the porch and went to the shed and grabbed a shovel, came back out and started digging a really big hole and put his stuff in it and buried it back up. Thanks Adrian for being my friend when I was trapped in those dreams. I smiled softly and stepped back to admire the house falling to flame. I laughed and watched it till it was nothing but rubble and a pile of ashes. I walked away and got in my car and drove back. When I went inside I realized I smelled strongly of smoke and winced. Dang it. TO THE BATHROOM! I raced upstairs, but stopped when I saw Fade. OH MY GOSH! I wrapped her into a hug. "FADE!"

"Noire!" She smiled and hugged me back and pulled away looking me in the eyes. "Why do you smell like smoke..." She tilted her head and held her hands behind her back. I froze.

"Don't tell Kid. Please, please don't." I pouted.

"Don't tell me what?" Kid asked from the top of the stairs and walked down to me. "Where have you been....you smell like smoke." Kid looked confused.

"It's nothing you guys. I'm gonna go take a shower...." I walked past him and ran to my bedroom and took a shower then came out and went downstairs after getting dressed and sat down on the couch next to Fade.

"If you tell Kid I did this, I will stop telling you of my adventures." I warned her.

"Geee, what did you do?" Fade asked and giggled.

"I burned down a certain house on a certain edge of town." I smiled at her.

"Oh! REALLY!" She giggled and hugged me. "BUT WITHOUT ME??? BOO! SO MEAN! Oh and speaking of boo, Halloween is coming up and I have the perfect idea of what we should be."

"Oh yeah? What is it? OH YEAH! Kid told me you have something to tell me." I smiled at her.

"I'll tell you on the way to my dad's house. Everyone left to go there but us. I was waiting on you."

"That's so sweet of you." I giggled and stood up pulling out my keys and walked to the front door. "Come on Fade."

"Can I drive?" Fade asked and followed me.

"Why?????? I was gonna take us on my motorcycle! We haven't driven that in forever!" I pouted.

"Alright..." Fade followed me out cautiously. I giggled and pulled her to my bike and got on it, handing her the helmet that she used to wear all the time when I drove her and started it up.

"I still know how to drive my baby Fade." I looked up at her. "Don't be scared of her."

"I'm not scared of her." Fade muttered.

"Then get on." I smiled at her.

"Alright." She got on putting the helmet on and looked at me.

"You might want to hold on to me." I smirked.

"Yeah, I know." She wrapped her arms around me. I drove off, speeding down the road and took a detour. I'm going to show her the results THEN go to Gallows Manor. I pulled up to the burned down shack and stopped for a second, letting her get a good look. "Wow!!!! You put a number on this one. Did someone drive by slowly and watch you doing your fire dace around it?" She joked with me. I giggled and started to head back to town.

"No witnesses that I know of. Wasn't really paying attention....Too busy having fun with my fire dance." I giggled again and sped up. "So, you said you had to tell me something?"

"Yeah, Black Star popped the question at the tower." She told me. My eyes widened and I slowly smiled.

"Uh huh....Did you say yes?"

"I got the ring on my finger don't I?"

"I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS! YOU TURN EIGHTEEN IN LIKE WHAT.....TEN MONTHS? NO NINE! Wait...was it eight? I've lost track of time.....This is October so...that makes nine months till you are eighteen!" I giggled.

"Yeah..." Fade giggled with me. "Here's the thing, I never said when I would marry him, just told him I would."

"Knowing your dad, he probably already planned which day, bought the dress, and even started looking into where to send you with him. It was nice knowing you! You will probably be gone for....two months?"

"I'm gonna make it seven to mess with Kid." Fade giggled. "You can come hang out on the second week and be with me on all the weekends after that."

"I don't like being a third wheel. You hang out with Black Star and come back after seven months ok? I will call you every week or something...or at least once a month....I'll probably be too busy making up for all the work that you will be missing out on." I giggled. My meister, engaged to a blue headed boy.

"Nah, I was just kidding around. It will be seven days. One week. Oh and I wont marry him until seven years from now! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA."

"Well that's mean. You're lucky he will probably wait for you for the rest of his life if he has to."

"Kid will do the same for you to miss pretty girl." She hugged me tightly.

"Naw, he's not gonna marry me. I'm too weird." I giggled and pulled up at the manor.

"Well... I don't think so, I think he will ask you one day, you will say yes, and I will get a sister in law." She smiled and got off the bike and walked up to the front door and opened it as Black Star tackled her. I laughed and got off and walked past her.

"You two are so cute." I whispered as I walked past Fade.

"AH Noire don't encourage him." Fade giggled and escaped from the guy running into the manor. I sighed and pushed Black Star into the manor first after her and then followed, shutting the door behind me and went to the living room. Kid pulled me out as soon as he saw me and pressed me up against a wall and kissed me deeply. Shocked, I paused and then kissed him back a little. What's gotten into Kid? He pulled away just as Lord Death walked in from the kitchen and waved.

"Hi Noire! Glad to see you made it." Lord Death walked up. "Now the meeting can start!" He went into the livingroom and called everyone to the dinning room.

"Alright then....Let's go see what daddy wants." He lead me into the room and sat down at the table. There was, Soul, Maka, Tsubaki, Cori, Kyle, Dave, Liz, Patti, Fade(DUH), Black Star, Lord Death, Kid, And I at the table. Lord Death cleared his throat.

"Alright, to start this meeting off," -Whoa....We are actually having a meeting? Can I like, go color in a book or something? I've got some upstairs.....- "First annoucment! I MADE YOU ALL TACOS SO ENJOY THEM! Next on my list, Fade and Black Star are engaged." -I saw Soul clench his fists on the table probably thinking something along the lines of how dare he beat me to it!- "Next, Stein and Spirit went away on their honey-"

"Daddy finally married mommy?" I looked up at him sweetly.

"Yeah... They done it without my permission! STEIN TOOK MY TALKING BUDDY AWAY!!!"

"OH! That's why we are here your bored..."

"I can come hang out with you in the Death Room if you need Lord Death." I smiled at him again.

"Ummm....Can I please just finish what I want to announce????"

"I'm not stopping you." I held up my hands in defense and smiled at him.

"HEY CAN I GET A TACO NOW????" Patti asked looked at the tacos on the table.

"Go ahead." I snatched a taco and started munching on it while watching Lord Death. "Oh, where was O-"

"Daddy ran off with mommy." I told him where he left off.

"Right, so I called ya here to talk about some things. I have decided that we will have a mask ball as DWMA. I'M DOING IT WHILE THOSE TWO ARE GONE!!!!!"

"Mask ball?" I frowned. I have to go shopping? "I don't have to wear a dress do I?" I looked up at him.

"YESSSS!" Fade yelled and tossed a fist into the air and grinned.

"Girls wear dresses, boys wear tuxs. Identities will remain a secret so people have to leave at different times. By the way guys can know guys, girls can't know guys, guys cant know girls-"

"CAN GIRLS KNOW GIRLS?" I frowned and took a bite of my taco. "Can I just not go?"

"Come on Noire we should totally go." Fade whispered to me and winked. I looked at her confused.

"A-alright....if you want Fade." I looked up at Lord Death.

"Next....I sold you guy's house." He sounded serious. Kid got up and walked out the room, screamed, and came back. I noticed something then. Kid can't get me as easily now! Three cheers for Lord D- NOOOOOO! I LIKE THE POOL!

"What do you mean you sold the house?"

"FREEDOM!!!!!!" Fade smirked. I got up and gave Lord Death a hug.

"Was that all?"

"Nope, there is more."

"Dang it." I sat back down.

"Midterms are coming up at the end of next month so study hard. Oh and we-"

"Can I go on a witch mission now please?" So I can get out of Midterms.

"Nope. Oh yeah. Halloween party is coming up, have fun picking out your costumes!!!"

"When's the Mask ball?" I sat forward.

"It starts tomorrow." That makes it sound like its more than a day.

"When does it end?" I questioned.

"It's only for three days. By the way Sid will be your teacher for the next two weeks." I looked up at him.

"Is that all?"

"Yeah..."

"Bu-bye." I got up and gave him a hug and ran upstairs and into my room and almost threw myself down on my bed but then I saw a red dress and a black mask to go with it and then another red dress similar to the smaller one and a white mask. I picked up the smaller dress and held it up and realized it was knee length in the front and longer towards the back and had slight frills on it. The sash was black on the small one and white on the bigger one. Damn you Lord Death.....you already went shopping. I set the dress down and went downstairs and pulled Fade up here with me and showed her. There was two things of nonpermanent hair dye sitting on the nightstand, each different collars. Fade gasped and looked at the dye then at me. "Lord Death had this all planned out....." I told her.

"How great, too bad I am gonna be a rebel. I decided to go as a guy." I looked at her.

"Ok....Well, I'm not going to do that sooo....I'm stuck using this."

"Yeah... that sucks for you..." She frowned and then looked at the dress. "Why don't you like.... get a wig?"

"Because I'd rather tease Kid and not go than wear a wig and take the risk of Lord Death counting the number of boys when he realizes there are two girls missing. It'd be easier if you did it." I sat down on the bed after putting the stuff up and out of sight.

"Well, I don't think he will count the girls,"

"He will when he watches us go to the ball." I muttered. "He'd let you get away with it probably. You ARE his baby girl after all."

"I'm gonna change in the lemo silly so I don't get caught and punished or something."

"Alright then. You do that, and I'll work on my acting skills and go get a different body soap in case Kid tries to find me or something." I giggled. "He seems upset about the fact that Lord Death sold the house on him."

"We could put your hair up and...hmmm....well you might be screwed..."

"Well it is a MASK party. I'll just change out the body soap and use a different perfume to help." I shrugged and sat down on the bed. "Kid might end up with a look alike or something." I giggled.

"I will be your trust escort!"

"Mkay." I looked up at her. "You better go shopping for guy dress stuff and a guy mask." I giggled. "Go start on it before Lord Death makes us do something else." I laid down on the bed.

"Right. I'll be back later. Tell them I'm taking a long bubble bath ok?" She went over to the window and opened it. I watched her jump out then went downstairs and laid down on the couch in the living room. Kid walked up and sat down in front of me in the floor, facing me. I glanced at him. AAAAAAND THERE HE IS. GREAT. I'M DOOMED NOW. I smiled at him a little.

"What Kiddo?"

"What does your dress look like?"

"That would be cheating Kid." I giggled and turned onto my side to look at him better.

"But I just want to know....Give me a hint?" He pouted. I bit my bottom lip and then looked around to see if anyone else was in here. When I didn't see anyone, I turned back to him.

"Warm colors."

"So dark colors?" He smirked and got up. "Alright. That helps. See you in the morning, I am going to bed." He kissed the top of my head and smiled.

"I'm not gonna make tomorrow easy." I smirked and looked up at him. "You aren't going to find me with just that hint."

"I'll find you. Your like the shortest girl in school cutie." He ran up the stairs quickly.

"GET BACK HERE!" I sat up. "FRAIDY CAT!" I shouted after him. HOW DARE HE INSULT MY HEIGHT! I got up and went upstairs and went to my room. "I am not going to be the shortest. I'm gonna be smart and wear high heels instead of flats." I went into my closet and got the pair Fade got me down and dusted the box off. Let's see you find me tomorrow.

~MAJOR FREAKING TIME SKIP~

I was dying Fade's hair red for her and looked at the box of dark brown that Lord Death had gotten me. My dress was over on the other bathroom counter. Kid and the guys had already left because Lord Death insisted that boys had to be there one hour before the girls. "So, I plan to sneak in through the top at a balcony. Cool right?" Fade giggled.

"Good luck sweetie." I giggled and finished up and started on mine and when it was done, I let it stay down with small curls in it and looked at her. "You are still gonna help me hide from him right?"

"Yeah, I caught a glance at what he is wearing."

"Ok, that's cool." I went into the closet and changed into the dress and came out into the bathroom and put on the heels giving me an extra two inches. I'm definitely counting on those girls to be wearing flats too. I giggled and looked at Fade.

"This will be so fun!" Fade giggled.

"Hey, do guys remember smells after sleeping with it for awhile? I mean, in case Kid also goes off of smell, I changed out the body soap...."

"Here, use this. I never used it." She got out a perfume from under the sink hidden in the back. I looked at her then used it and handed it back.

"So I take that as a yes then?"

"Yeah. I know I do..."

"Hmmm....So you can recognize Black Star by scent?" I smirked.

"Yeah..." Fade blushed a light pink and looked down at the ring.

"That's so cute. He's a lucky guy." I gave her a hug then grabbed my mask off the counter. "Come on Liz, and Patti are waiting on us."

"Let me get my back up gear and we can go." Fade grabbed her bag with the tux. I laughed and pulled her downstairs to the living room where Lord Death was talking to Liz and Patti.

"Hey dad! BYE DAD!" Fade walked out the door quickly.

"BYE LORD DEATH!" I ran after Fade and got in the limo that was waiting and the twin weapons followed getting in the back with us as our driver waited on Lord Death who got in the front with him.

"Oh yeah girls, I'm coming with you guys." He laughed.

"Great...." Fade frowned and put on her mask and sunk in her seat and looked out the window. When we got there, I got out and held the door open for her and shut it as she got out. Liz and Patti ditched us and walked up to the ballroom in DWMA. Lord Death walked up to us.

"Want me to walk you two?"

"No. We got it!"

"Alright." He walked off and I looked at Fade.

"Just change in the bathroom." I giggled.

"You have to come with me, ok?"

"Of course. Am I to remain by you the whole night Fade?"

"As long as you want." I led her to the bathroom and waited on her while she changed. She came out in a demon blue tux and black pants with a white button up shirt underneath She had on some black shoes as well and a black bow tie.

"Bow tie?" I raised an eyebrow. "I won't lose you easily." I put on my black mask and giggled.

"I thought it would be less frustrating....Besides... No one will care." Fade tossed her bag with her dress into the stall and locked it. She put on her black mask with demon blue tipped wings off to the sides. I swear....if she was a guy.....Nope, not even then. I giggled and pulled her out of the bathroom and to the ballroom, sneaking us in. We got by unnoticed and looked down at the masked couples dancing together in the middle below the balcony. Fade looked at me then at the couple and around the room. "Should we follow them?" She pointed at the dancers.

"You wanna dance?" I smiled at her sweetly.

"I know how to."

"Well what's the point of balls? You can either dance with me or go pick another girl if you want. It'd look weird if a guy was off standing around doing nothing." I pointed out.

"I am with you... I count that as doing something."

"Hmmmm.....Come on." I lead her downstairs and over to the punch and got us two glasses and handed her one. "Now you are doing something."

"Well of course." She started drinking the punch. I sipped on mine and looked around the room for any suspicious looking guys about Fade's height. I easily spotted Soul and Maka waltzing around the room with the other couples that were dancing. I bet they told each other..... I giggled and kept looking out of my peripheral vision, pretending to be looking at Fade. There was a guy around Fade's height standing near a blue headed guy.

"Found your fiancé." I giggled and looked at her.

"Huh?" She looked at where I had looked and giggled. "He mustve thought he was too big of a star to dye his hair!"

"Shhhhh, they might look this way." I sipped on my punch and finished it.

"I swear, if they come over here I will scream." I set my cup down when I noticed that the two were watching us with faint interest.

"Waltz with me." I grabbed her hand and smiled at her sweetly while pulling her to the dance floor.

"Okay!" She blushed and then started dancing with me like a guy. I pretended to watch her, but I kept my eye on the two idiots. "The idea is to ignore them...If they catch us looking they might think we are who we are..."

"Right." I looked back at her and giggled.

"We are so getting away with this." She chuckled and looked away for a second. However, in that second, a guy came up and tapped on Fade's shoulder.

"Can I cut in or at least have the next dance please?" He asked. OH MY GOSH, WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU TAKING ME AWAY FROM FADE!

"Sure...I'll be watching you." She had assured me and left letting the guy take her place. Who the hell are you, who are you, why are you here, what are you doing, why did you cut in, who are you? I took a deep breath and calmed myself and that's when I saw his eyes. It's Hero! I narrowed my eyes at him. Did he recognize me or something? He smiled at me and twirled me around as we done the waltz.

"So.....mysterious guy, do you have a name?" Play stupid.

"If I told you my name then there wouldn't be any fun in this..."

"Do you know mine or did you pick me randomly?" I stared into his eyes.

"I think I might know you....Of course I know a lot of girls." He sighed and then smiled. I would slap you but that would draw attention from the two sentinels over there.

"Oh you do?" I smiled at him. "A lot you say?"

"I am a very friendly person." He looked into my eyes.

"I see that." I giggled and glanced at the two idiots and then back at him.

"Mhmmm... That boy from before me....Is that your boyfriend?"

"My escort. Why?"

"Just curious..." He smirked. "So? Do you have a boyfriend?"

"I do. He blew out someone's brains for touching me once." I giggled. Yeah, that's right creepy Hero. Back away.....Not like I would give out my position anyways....

"Alright... He wont kill me over this dance will he?"

"I think that one, he doesn't know where I am. Two, he would be understanding. This is after all a masked ball." I smirked. Scared are we Hero?

"True." The song stopped and he backed away taking a bow. "I hope to see you again?"

"Maybe." I gave him a small curtsy and then left him quickly, looking for Fade who I couldn't find. I noticed that Black Star was missing from the two guys and looked around for him. He probably spotted her.....Poor Fa- If Black Star thinks that my escort is Fade.....The does that mean? I looked back over at Kid cautiously and started to go up the balcony quickly. Bu-bye. I glanced back when I was going up the stairs for a second and caught Kid's eyes. SHIT. NOPE.....DON'T DO OR SAY ANYTHING. I kept walking like nothing happened and tried to slow my heart. I then heard foot steps coming up the stairs. Be Hero, please Lord Death, let it be Hero. I kept walking up the stairs and reached the top and went to blend in with the crowd in case it was my doom checking me. Kid made it to the top and then paused looking for me. I went up to some random guy like I had been coming up here to see him and smiled pleasantly at him. "Hey mister. What do you think of this ball?"

"Uh...fine...You miss?"

"I think it's definitely different." I looked into his eyes and noticed it was Dave. You've got to be kidding me. Don't you dare recognize me or make a big deal out of it. "Well, I'm gonna be going. Have a nice night mister." I giggled and walked on. Don't you DARE do anything Dave.

"BYE MISS!" I smiled softly. I then glanced behind me to see if Kid decided I wasn't his Noire. Kid was busy looking down at the crowd below studying it like a text book and Maka. I giggled. He's obviously decided I'm not his Noire. I thought it safe to go back down and went back to the punch and got another glass and sipped on it. Soul and Maka came over and grabbed some punch too. I didn't look at them and pretended like I was watching the couples dancing. Fade walked up to me with a smile and stood by me.

"Black Star came up to me, guess what! He totally don't know who I am....heheheeeee." I smiled at her.

"Great! But I swear, if you drag him over here because he wants to keep talking to you, I'm not going to come back to the punch table."

"No he ran off to find his goddess." I peeked over at Soul and Maka who were too wrapped up in their own little world to notice we were talking about his bro. Fade pulled me a little more away. "Did you see anyone....like Kid?"

"Oh he almost had me.....But lucky me, Dave was very nice and didn't make a big fuss about me using him as a disguise for going up to the balcony. Kid is still up there, looking down at the couples." I smiled at her and glanced up there at him. He glanced my way when I looked and bit his bottom lip. I looked back at Fade and bounced up and down like a really preppy girl. "COME ON SWEETIE!" I pulled her to the floor again and made her dance with me. She chuckled and danced with me.

"Who was that guy that cut into our dance?"

"Hero." I murmured.

"Hmmm... do you think he knows who you are?"

"He seemed like he recognized me but he didn't know where." I giggled.

"Guys..." She smiled and glanced around us. I took a peek up at where Kid was and checked to see if I had thrown him off again. Black Star was distracting him with a cup of punch. I giggled and looked back at Fade.

"Looks like that and Black Star did the trick."

"Done what?" She glanced up. "Oh..."

"Yeah....oh." I looked back up there again. She tilted my head back down.

"Quit looking your making it obvious."

"Yes, sir." I smiled at her sweetly and leaned in to whisper something to her. "Your dad isn't gonna help them right? He wouldn't do that would he? I mean it's more entertaining this way."

"No, he wont because then it wouldn't be interesting."

"Ok good." I giggled and looked around the room for fun. She looked as well and giggled.

"I found Kyle and Cori."

"Keep me away from those two please. They'd help him." I whimpered.

"I don't think that is quite aloud...How come Lord Death don't have to dress up?"

"Because he's the tallest, oldest guy here." I muttered. "He's already wearing a mask."

"He always does...we should like.... make him take it off for a week."

"Yes, yes we will." I giggled and this time I really couldn't help it but I glanced at Kid again for a second. Kid was walking down the stars with Black Star and heading to the punch bowl. "I wanna test something....Will you go along with it if I do?" Curiosity was eating at me.

"Sure...what are we testing??"

"Wanna test to see if Kid will even glance my way if we go over to the punch bowl and get a glass? We could do code names. You can be Stefan. I'll be Kylie." I bit my bottom lip.

"Nah, I will call you Emma... But... Black Star might notice me if I get near Kid..."

"But you have talk- your height.....Are you wearing those shoes that give men a boost. Sort of like man heals but is really small? It might not make it easy...."

"Yeah... it might be a little throwing off the trail..." She smiled.

"Plus we changed your skin tone with that foundation remember?"

"Right... Let's go." She pulled me over to the punch bowl right after the boys arrived at it.

"So Stefan," I grabbed a glass and handed it to her and then grabbed one myself and leaned against her. "You are amazing." I giggled a little.

"I know I am, I am the best weapon ever for you."

"Hmm....Glad you finally manned up and jumped on the wagon to training." I smirked. Gonna be a weapon huh? I'm the miester? Ok.

"Yeah, can we not talk about that right now Emma?" She smiled.

"Of course Stefan....Of course. Anything you want." I kissed her cheek and glanced over at Kid and Black Star for a brief second. Black Star was looked off in the distance like her found Fade and started tugging Kid towards the direction. OH MY GOSH, THIS IS PRECIOUS. I held in laughter and buried my face in Fade's neck. "That blue headed idiot thinks he found us over there."

"Yeah... he really sucks at finding his goddess....Like he heard us and talked to me and those two are....idiot."

"I'm gonna go guy hop. See ya. If you need me for cover, come find me." I giggled and went over to this guy who was standing off to the side and asked him if he wanted to dance.

"Sure!" He smiled and pulled me to the dance floor. After tons of dances, I had all kinds of cut ins and had almost danced with half of the guys here. Right now, I was dancing with Hero again who had cut in yet again.

"Whatcha keep picking me for?" I smiled at him. "This is the second time."

"Your a good dancer.." He smirked. Suddenly someone tapped him shoulder and we stopped and I seen Kid standing there. OH GOSH, NO, NO, NO, NO! CALM DOWN! HE LOOKS LIKE HE JUST FEELS LIKE MESSING WITH HERO! HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE ME! I slowed my heart rate and smiled a little at Hero.

"Hey H- buddy. Do you mind? My legs need a good stretching." He shooed Hero away and looked at me and smiled sweetly. I gave him a little curtsy in respect and plus, people curtsy when they start a dance at a ball. He bowed as well and then took me in his arms and we started dancing. "Sorry about that...I just really don't like that guy, so I decided to mess with him." I nodded. Don't speak or it may be over for you. "I happened to notice you earlier...well quite a few times. We have made eye contact. You seemed like you were looking for someone yet... You have someone here don't you? I seen a guy that you seem to know quite well. Is he your boyfriend? Hm... I wouldn't have my girl dancing with strangers unfortunately she probably already has....You see I can't find her." I decided to speak but to raise my normal voice up a step or two to make it not what I normally do. Escape artist!

"That's sad.....Maybe I can help you look a little if you tell me what she looks like?" I smiled at him.

"She wont look like her normal self. Lord Death has helped her really well." He frowned. "I will find her though."

"I'm sorry that she's lost. Well, if not tonight, then tomorrow? There are three days after all." I giggled a little.

"Right." He nodded. "I definitely can't find my friend's fiancé. She has hidden herself really well." I almost busted out laughing but I bit my bottom lip hard. Start looking in the men's department Kiddo.

"I really need some hints from my girl friends or something."

"You are Death the Kid right?" I looked into his eyes.

"Well if I told you that then it wouldn't be any fun." I frowned.

"Uh-huh. Well I'll give you some advice for finding this....girl. You probably just need to look harder than what you are doing right now."

"Yeah, dancing with some girl isn't getting me too far in finding her now is it?"

"Nope." I shook my head. "Not really." The song ended and I took a step back and gave him another curtsy. "I bet that she is probably watching you right now, so I hope you have fun searching for this mystery girl." He nodded and walked away after saying:

"Yeah, catch you later girl." The night passed by in a flash and soon I was asleep next to Fade and the next night arrived swiftly.

I got Fade ready then me and we repeated the process of dying our hair and then changing in the school bathroom and sneaking into the ball. Fade and I got some punch at first and stood off to the side watching the couples start dancing. Kid was back at his post watching the couples intensively with Black Star. Fade grabbed us some punch and smiled. I giggled at her and then sipped it down and set it down. "I'm going hopping again. Bye sweetie." I gave Fade a kiss on the cheek.

"Oh ok, have fun bye!!!" She waved at me and smiled softly. I ran off to the stairs to the balcony and started going up the stairs after glancing at Kid again to see if he was still searching. He was of course still searching and he glanced up my way and then smiled. I quickly looked away and started walking up the stairs as if I never saw him and went to go blend in with the balcony crowd. He started heading up the stairs following me. Oh my gosh.....Nope, nope, nope. I ducked down under someone's arm and went over to a guy and stood by him for a few seconds then went down the stairs on the other side of the ball room.  He walked over to the edge and watched me with a slight smirk on his face. I went up to some guy and started socializing and eventually glanced back up there again scared. He wouldn't be smirking before unless there was something particularly interesting about me to him.  He kept watching me like he was trying to figure me out. I looked back at the guy and nodded at him as he said something about dancing and he smiled at me and took me to the floor and started dancing with me too. Wait....did I just agree to.....DAMN IT. I thought he said something about the gracefulness of a couple out here or something..... I forced a smile and uneasily glanced back up there again out of the corner of my eye. He had disappeared from up top and I felt the guy come to a stop and I looked to see he was stepping back for Kid to take over. DAMN IT. I gave him a small curtsy like I did last night.

"Good evening sir." I mumbled and looked up into his eyes, trying to find out if he suspected me.

"Good evening miss." He took my hand and kissed it gently. I blushed a little.

"Don't you have a girl to be finding?" I looked at him.

"Yeah! I think I found her."

"Huh? You think you did? Maybe you should go be with her instead of me." I pulled my hand back.

"Oh BUT I AM WITH HER. Noire."

"Oh so this girls name is Noi- You think this Noire is me?" I took a step back. "I'm not your Noire."

"You have to be my Noire, because if your not then the real one will come up to me and slap me or something when I do this." He leaned in and kissed me. I froze up and then smacked him. "What the heck is your problem! I told you it isn't me!" I took a few steps back.

"Noire.. Stop acting I know it's you." He looked a bit hurt. I felt a lump in my throat and then leaned in kissing him gently.

"F-fine." I mumbled against his lips and hugged him.

"HA! I knew you would break." He smirked and hugged me then kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and laughed.

"You took forever to find the truth. I thought you had me yesterday...."

"Well I was looking for you with another girl not with tons of other guys including Hero, that's what took me so long to find you. I then found out I guess you and Fade decided to separate to be safer longer?"

"Maybe....I'm not giving up her position though." I looked into his eyes and smiled a little. "She's still free."

"That she is, and that isn't of my concern."

"You better not tell Black Star who has that concern."

"I wont." He glanced towards Black Star who was looking at a painting.

"What gave me up?" I looked at him and pouted a little.

"You kept looking and watching me."

"Damn it. I can't help the fact that it's creepy to know that you are being hunted." I looked into his eyes.

"I guess so. So, want to like...ditch this place?"

"Hmmm.....Ok." I smiled at him sweetly and gave him a hug.

"Alright." He smiled and lead me outside of DWMA and to a car parked out and he opened the car door for me. I took off the mask and got in, wondering if I should tell Fade- naw....she'll be ok. He got in on the drivers side then drove us off.

"Where are we going anyways?" I looked at him and then played with the ruffles in my dress.

"You'll see." He smiled at me and drove us to the beach and parked.  He got out and then walked around letting me out then went to the back of the car and popped the truck taking out a blanket and then walked over to me and smiled. "Let's watch the moon light hitting the waves." He smirked. I smiled a little and looked around.

"What you have done if I wasn't Noire? Or if I had said no to this?"

"Well, Noire would have been revealed in the end and token here  for the amazing night I will provide for her."

"So in other words, if I had said no you would have taken me out here anyways?" I wrapped an arm around him and started walking him to the beach part.

"Yes." He smiled and kissed the top of my head. "Dad never said how long we had to stay."

"Good point...." I giggled. "Hey Kid, when you were up on that balcony before and that guy took me to the floor to dance, what were you thinking?"

"Nothing really. I was just watching you."

"Stalker much?"

"Just a lot." He laughed. I looked at him nervously. He doesn't stalk me 24-7 does he? I mentally shrugged it off and gave him a kiss on the cheek as we reached the edge of the water. He laid the blanket down then sat down on it and patted the blanket right by him. Curious, I sat down next to him where he patted and looked over at him. He smiled and kissed me softly then looked at the water and smirked.

"What? What's so funny?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Nothing. I just realized that you slapped me earlier."

"Oh....sorry about that. I thought you wanted me to play hard to get." I looked at where I had slapped him when he kissed me and winced a little.

"No, not at all." He smirked. "Only when we are at home."

"Play hard to get at home? Ok." I nodded and looked out at the water.

"I mean... when we play the games and you run off, that's cute."

"Awww you think so?" I looked at him. "I took that game too far though." I frowned and gave him a gentle kiss where I had slapped him.

"That's ok." He smirked and laid back crossing his arms behind his head and laid his head back against his arms.

"If you say so...." I looked out at the water and then laid down next to him and looked up at the stars.

"It's a full moon tonight." He pointed at it.

"Oh that's cool." I giggled and looked up at it.

"I forgot to bring food or drinks. Sorry." He laughed softly.

"It's ok. I'm not hungry anyways." I turned over on my side and started braiding what little bit of hair he had. "If you're hungry, we can always go home and I'll play another game."

"No!" He sat up and looked at me.

"What? You don't wanna play another? Mkay." I giggled and watched him.

"Not tonight." He shook his head and kissed me softly on the lips. I kissed him back and wrapped my arms around his neck, sitting up to kiss him better. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his lap as we kissed. I laughed a little and kissed him again passionately. He moved back and smiled looking into my eyes. I paused and looked at him too and tilted my head. Why are we on a beach?  "What?"

"Hmm?" I widened my eyes a little and looked into his.

"Nevermind." He looked away and sighed.

"Are you sad about something Kid?" I made him look at me again with my hand underneath his chin.

"No." He smiled and kissed me again. I kissed him back again and let him lead since how he pulled away last time. He kissed me softly then pulled away and smiled at me.

"I missed you Kid." I hugged him and closed my eyes. "For those almost two weeks."

"I missed you as well Noire!" He hugged me and laid back down. I laid down on him as well and rested my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat again.

"Sweetie, are you mad at Lord Death for selling that place?" I whispered. Something on this Kid's mind.

"Yeah, I wish he didn't sell it..." He pouted then smiled. "Whatever....There is more then just that house, we have plenty more."

"What?" I looked at him and rested my chin on his chest and watched him.

"I got bored one month a few MANY months back and yeah."

"Before Kino right?" I smiled a little at him.

"Before Kino."

"Hmmmm.....Ok." I leaned over his face and gave him another kiss, letting my hair fall down over my right shoulder.

"So, let's get to choosing the next secret hide out?"

"Huh? Mkay. If you really want to." I smiled down at him and gave him another soft kiss. "HEY WAIT A MINUTE. YOU OWE ME AN EXPLANATION."

"Explanation to what?"

"What was that at the manor when you pushed me against the wall?" I looked down at him some more.

"Nothing, just trying out a new side of me to see if you like it." He smirked and looked at me in the eyes. I blushed and looked away.

"O-oh....."

"Do you like it?" He asked me and laughed.

"I wanna know what you think first. I'll tell you after that." I looked down at him again.

"What I think? On what?"

"On that subject. I want to know what you think first."

"I don't know." He shook his head. "Just not me."

"That's what I thought." I frowned and got off him. "Then why even bother doing it?"

"Just to see your face when I do it." He laughed and smirked getting up. "It was sooooooooooooooooooooooo worth it." I looked up at him then got up a little scared. He did that because he wanted to see my face? I took a step back and then narrowed my eyes at him and ran off down the beach quickly. CREEPY GUY! CREEPY, CREEPY, CREEPY!  He tackled me after a few minutes and grabbed me picking me up and took me to the car. "My little girl." I struggled a little and looked up at him worried. He laughed and let me go. "Go ahead and run, but remember, we live together."

"So creepy...." I took off running again. I think I will stay in a hotel tonight....or go to Natalie- WAIT STEIN AND SPIRIT! They gave me a key to the house when I was supposed to move in. I changed directions and started taking off towards that part of town, pacing myself. When I got there, I unlocked the door and went in, locking it and went upstairs to my room, going to sleep.

Kid's p.o.v.

I drove back home and walked into the front door and up to my bedroom slowly. I laid down in bed and curled up pulling the mask off my head and closed my eyes falling asleep. In the morning I heard a knock at my door and I grabbed my blanket rapping it around my clothes and looked at who was on the other side. "WHERE THE HELL IS MY NOIRE!!!!" I gasped as Fade came in and crossed her arms. I raised an eye brow. "She never came home last night." She took the blanket off me and grabbed my colar. "I heard rumors she went home with you...TELL ME WHAT YOU DONE TO HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A knock came at the door and I paled.

"Whats all the yelling about?" Lord Death asked walking in. I gasped. "What about, rumors, Noire, you two leaving?" I widened my eyes and looked at Fade.

"DADDY HE LOST MY WEAPON!!!!!!" Fade yelled like a two year old throwing a fit over a broken toy. I backed up from them. "MAKE.HIM.PAY."

Noire's p.o.v.

I woke up and sat up in an unfamiliar room then realized it was the one at Stein's place and got out of bed and shuffled downstairs getting a cup of tea and sat down sipping on it. I wonder what's going on over there....Maybe I should go to school today? Nah. I'll stay here....but then again.....I need to get caught up for school....Oh wait a minute....It's Sid substituting....I'll just watch something entertaining like The Avengers.... I got up and went into the living room, plopping down on the sofa and turned the TV on to The Avengers and sat back, enjoying the movie.

Fade's p.o.v.

"I don't know anything about where she went after I let her run from me at the beach." Kid said holding his hands up in the air. I shook my head and looked at my dad. "I swear dad.....I am sure she is safe though....someone call her???" Kid asked nervously. I nodded and then took out my phone calling her.

"Ello?" Noire's sleepy voice answered on the other end. "Who is it?"

"Hey, where are you at? You never came back home last night."

"Away from creepy Kid. Stein and Spirit's place they got when I became their adopted daughter." She yawned.

"Oh!" I walked out and smiled walked off to the bedroom and I laid down back in bed, "How's your morning?"

"Got Avengers paused right now....How about you just come over? Don't let Kid follow you." Noire giggled a little.

"Sure, I will bring you a change of comfy clothes too."

"Great! I think me and you should lie low for a bit and not go to tha- Can we go to the last ball still? I'm gonna change something up."

"Sure!" I giggled and got up packing a bag for the day for Noire and me. I then walked off downsairs and out the door to the car and got in. Kid ran out the front door and looked at me.

"HEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" He ran over to the car and climbed in quickly. "I'm not gonna move until I'm satisfied." He glared at me. "Did she answer?"

"Nope, I'm running away now before I kill you for hurting her. GET.OUT."

"Don't want to. I want my Noire."

"Too bad. I am not letting you have her."

"Who said she was yours to give?" He smirked at me.

"I'm her meister, best friend, and partner in crime." I crossed my arms.

"And I'm her boyfriend, the guy who almost wielded her, and love of her life."

"I KNEW HER.... OK, IVE BEEN HER FRIEND LONGER THEN YOU! GET OUT! She don't want to see you until tonight."

"Until tonight?" Kid looked at me.

"Yep." I nodded.

"Well, I want to see her now." He pouted. "I LOVE HER TOO YOU KNOW!" He started crying and curled up into a ball on the seat.

"Grow up." I opened up the passenger's side door and shoved him out then took off down the road. Black Star crawled up into the front seat, taking Kid's spot and buckled up.

"Where are we going?" He shut the door that I shoved Kid out of and locked it.

"AHHHHHHHHHH! WHERE THE HELL WHEN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK THERE!" I narrowed my eyes.

"When I saw you packing to go somewhere." He shrugged. "By the way, what have you been wearing to the mask balls?"

"Lord Death said that I couldn't tell anyone."

"Won't you tell me though?" He turned to me and started to give me the eyes.

"Fine... A red dress."

"Oh ok. So can we hang out today?" He smiled at me sweetly.

"No... I have plans today."

"Can you at least tell me where?"

"To Canada."

"WHAT? NOW I'M DEFINITLY NOT GETTING OUT UNTIL YOU DO." He crossed his arms and studied me.

"Black Star please." I pouted. He frowned.

"F-fine. Can you at least drop me off somewhere nice?"

"Mkay." I dropped him off at the park and smiled. "Bye!"

"Bye sweetie!" He waved bye to me and left.

"Good." I sighed and drove to where Noire is and got out carrying in the bags. "Noire!!!" Noire came outside quickly and helped me inside and locked the door behind her, still in her red dress from last night and sat down on the couch.

"Come on, let's watch it together!" She smiled up at me.

"Gotcha some clother, guess what, no boys to annoy us!!!" I giggled and gave her her bag. Noire smiled up at me and ran to the bathroom and came out in a pair of sweatpants and a tank top.

"Wanna watch that movie now?"

"Yeah!" I sat down on the couch and pulled my knees to my chest. Noire sat down next to me and we started to watch Avengers from the beginning.