I Do Not Own Soul Eater
One day Maka took Crona to the grocery store so he could be more comfortable without her.
"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" A voice suddenly yelled as a gun shot filled the air.
Maka froze in her position, panicking. She slowly raised her hands to her face, covering her eyes as she whispered to herself, "Oh no, oh no, oh no."
Crona noticed this and slowly made his way over to Maka, "Maka?" He asked softly.
"D-Do you think he'll shoot someone?" Maka asked softly, thinking of the worst scenarios possible for the situation.
"I-I don't know." Crona replied honestly, not wanting to lie to her, but also not wanting to upset her more than she already was, "So we need to listen to him, o-okay?" Crona told her, clearly not used to telling Maka what to do.
"I'm scared Crona." Maka told her friend.
"I know, but I won't let him hurt y-you, I promise." Crona told his best friend, meaning every word of what he told her, "So please sit down, f-for me."
Maka nodded her head as she let her arms fall to her side, looking at her friend as she began to kneel down to the ground. But before she fully sat down, a man appeared in the front of the aisle, staring at the two angrily, "I thought I told you two to get down!" He spoke angrily.
"Yes s-sir!" Crona said
"Watch it, or I'll blow a hole in your head!" He yelled. Crona suddenly latched his mouth shut, spotting the silver .357 Magnum handgun in the man's right hand, "You have five seconds to get down, or I'll blow a cap in your head! Do you want to get shot?" He spoke angrily.
"N-No." Maka stuttered, still in shock as she stared at the man, horror filling her eyes.
Crona, who was now kneeling down on his knee, tugged on Maka's shoulder, motioning for her to get down, but Maka was in too much shock to processing what was happening around her.
"I'm done with you." He stated, looking straight at Maka. Maka watched in terror as the man raised the handgun from his side and positioned it in front of him. Crona looked from Maka to the man, then back to Maka once more, remembering what he had promised his dearest friend.
"Maka! Move!" Crona yelled, doing whatever he possibly could to keep his friend safe. The man watched as Crona jumped to his feet and began to push Maka away, though he did not care, he proceeded with his task. Not bothering to adjust his gun, he pulled the trigger.
Maka fell to the ground, snapping out of her trance to see the horror that was continuing before her. Crona, now finished pushing Maka out of range from the gun, stood were Maka had just seconds ago. Crona didn't look scared, maybe nervous, but not scared.
The man pulled the trigger as it sailed across the room, only getting merely half a second in the air before coming in contact with Crona. Crona, who stood before the man, stumbled backwards as the bullet made contact with him. He struggled to keep his balance, but fell after taking a step or two backwards.
"CRONA!" Maka screamed starring at her friend in horror as he lay on the ground. She stumbled as she crawled across the floor to her friend, only to be stopped by the man holding the handgun.
"Don't move!" The man screamed to Maka, a look of shock in his eyes as his hand shook.
"Why?" Maka screamed at him, "Why did you do that?" She screamed at the top of her lungs, tears pouring from her eyes, "Let me see him! Please! I need to know he's okay! Please!" She begged the man.
The man didn't reply, he simply continued holding the gun in his hand as he looked at what he had just done.
Maka ignored the man's words as she made her way over to Crona. The man lowered the gun from his side as he turned away from them, making his way to the register to do what he was suppose to in the first place.
"Crona?" Maka sobbed, now reaching her friend. Crona lay on the ground, his eyes shut tightly, blood covering his jacket, "Crona? Can you hear me?" She asked once more, hoping that her friend would reply to her.
"Nnnrrhhh..." Crona mumbled, too weak to open his eyes.
"Crona?" Maka's tone was softer now, almost a whisper.
"M-Maka..." Crona mumbled, opening his eyes slightly to look up at his friend.
Maka let more tears roll down her face as she stared at her friend, "You saved my life." She whispered.
Crona tried his hardest to smile, then reminded his friend what she had told her, "I told you. I wouldn't let him hurt you..."
It become hard to stay awake as his stomach bled.
"Say good bye...to Soul and everyone else for me." Crona requested
"There is no need you're not going to die! You can't die, please, I love you you can't die!" Maka choked out
"Bye...ugh... Maka." Crona said than slumped and fell limp. Maka's eyes turned to empty pools of green. Her soul was no longer in harmony with Soul's. whenever she looked back she thought how stupid she was. If she had snapped out of it sooner than Crona would still be alive. She dropped out of Shibusen because it was full of memories of Crona. In class three years later Soul was talking to Liz and Tsubaki,
"It's been three years since Crona died and she hasn't said anything, she doesn't even get me up anymore, she doesn't READ! Liz, Tsubaki please, you have to do something, all she does is look out the window! PLEASE! I don't care if it's uncool to beg just help her!" Soul pleaded. He then fell to his knees. Liz and Tsubaki noticed two different things. Tsubaki noticed that he was broken and looked like his heart was torn. Liz however realized that he secretly loved Maka in that moment.
"No worries. We'll get her up and running in no time, right Tsubaki? Liz said, turning to Tsubaki for the last part.
"Of course!" Tsubaki assured. Later, her and Liz headed to Maka and Soul's apartment.
"Maka is in her room. She hasn't left it for the last three years, she leaves only to shower." Soul sighed sounding hopeless and defeated.
Tsubaki and Liz walked in to see Maka on her bed looking out her window. Tsubaki sat next to her on her bed, she motioned to Liz to leave for a minute.
"Maka?" Tsubaki inquired. She knew Liz and Soul were listening at the door but Maka didn't. Several minutes passed before Maka spoke.
"Crona.."Maka's voice was dry and raspy. But, Tsubaki thought, can you expect anything more. I mean she hasn't talked in three years. Outside, Soul was crushed, Her first word in three years, Soul thought, and she said his name. Liz noticed how his face rose than fell.
"Soul do you feel anything more for Maka?" Liz inquired thinking Eh, he's going to deny it any ways. That's why she was so surprised when Soul replied
"Yes, it's not cool but yes."
Liz then noticed that Maka was trembling, she closed the door ever so slyly so it looked like the wind blew it closed. Inside her room, Maka broke down crying. Tsubaki looked into Maka's broken green eyes and put her arms around Maka. Maka wasn't one to cry loudly so Tsubaki could barely hear her sobs. Tsubaki couldn't think of something to say that would comfort the distraught girl. Tsubaki thought they were alone but someone was watching them.
"Why do I hate that she is crying? Why do I think that she is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen? I never had these feelings about Maka before. Ugh... love is so confusing" The boy said. He rested his head in his hands and watched Maka and Tsubaki. He was sitting on the rooftop that was right across from Maka's window, his black suit blending in with the darkness. He got up and and got on his skateboard and flew away. His black hair blowing in the wind, after a while he reached his mansion, and he went inside.
"Kid~" Patti asked "Where have you been~?"
"I just went to get a bite to eat" Death the kid, known as Kid by his friends, replied. He had even got some takeout for Patti to make his story believable. "Where is Liz?" He already knew the answer but again he had to make his story believable.
"She's helping Tsubaki make Maka better~!"Patti sang.
"That's good, I hope they succeed. Patti I'm going to my room." Kid went upstairs as Patti pulled out some crayons and some paper. She started to draw while humming, Kid likes Maka~, Kid likes Maka~. In Kid's bedroom he lay down and tried to tackle his thoughts. He didn't notice Liz and Patti talking quietly outside his door.
"Yes Patti I think that this will bring her back up, and at the same time he will get out more. I'm kind of worried about him, ever since Maka dropped out of Shibusen, he doesn't flip out about symmetry. He just looks at her empty spot all class." Liz murmured.
"Liz, is that why he suddenly got detentions right after she dropped out? Because all he would do is look at her seat?" Patti questioned.
"Yeah, probably." Liz wasn't that surprised that Patti didn't know, she sits on the other side of Soul while she sits right next to where Maka used to sit and Kid was right above where Maka was, she almost missed it herself. "But he doesn't get them anymore because professor Stein is used to it."
Just then Kid mumbled something and went to sleep. Liz smirked, they, excluding Patti as Liz had to tell her because she was always tagging along behind Liz, still hadn't figured out that she had installed cameras everywhere the gang hung out. hey how else was she supposed to figure out everyone's love problems?
