Soul Eater Chronicles: Twilight of the Gods Episode 1: Race to Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga's Castle—some of the greatest and the most terrible things happened in this place. The rise of Arachnophobia, the Great Battle of good and evil, the fall of Asura, are only some of the events that shook and reshaped the world.
Dusk—the Panting Sun had set and the Grinning Moon had yet to make an appearance. Unlike its peaceful mornings, this place was different at night. It began to get colder as night drew closer. Soon, the wind started to pick up and blow across the trees. The unnatural deep wide craters twirled the wind, twisting it into a ghastly howl.
With the sky darkening, and the scars of war calling out for the souls of the lost, the once proud monument of victory over evil became an abomination that signified death and destruction. But all is not lost. They say that on certain nights such as this, a ghostly entity appears: a woman of such beauty and grace, standing atop the crumbling ruin, waiting patiently for her lost lover. A reminder of the past, one might say.
Alas! The truth escapes many. For unknown to all, this was also a place of great tragedy. History shall forever recall the sad fate of two star-crossed lovers. One was driven by power, while the other was poisoned with madness. This was the love story of Arachne, Mother of all Demon Weapons, who fell in love with the Demon god, Asura. There are rules stating how some things in life cannot be, and they decided to defy these rules. They fought for what they thought was right even though they knew that, in the end, Death always wins. It's a truly heart-breaking tale of romance and betrayal. Now, the towering citadel stands as a monument to their lost love. Rest in peace, may you find each other in the next life.
After flying at top speed for a couple of hours, Death the Kid sighted Baba Yaga's Castle just off the horizon. Being more cautious, he slowed down and descended over the trees. He did this so as not to be tossed about by the strong wind or worse, be seen because if his theory was correct, then he wasn't alone. He made his way closer and scanned the area surrounding the base of the castle for any kind of soul, be it human or not. There was nothing.
"Where are you?" he checks the castle itself. The results were as expected. A lone witch soul resides atop the crumbling ruin. He found his target.
"Luppuss, lupi, lupus, lupi," a faint chanting was heard, "Ice pillar!"
At an instant, Kid leapt up before a large frost stalagmite materialized from below and impaled his skateboard, Beelzebub. The board shattered into several pieces before disappearing.
"I missed," Standing on a tall tree was Free, in human form. He immediately began chanting for a second time.
"I'm done for!" Kid realized how a sitting duck he was in mid-air. As he fell, he noticed something odd. Free was perfectly balanced on the tip of the tree despite having a heavy iron ball locked on his left leg.
"How is that possible?" he pointed out.
"Luppus, lupi, lupus, hmm?-woaah!" It wasn't. Having noticed this himself, Free inadvertently realized that the Laws of Physics applied to him as well. So the tip of the tree broke and he fell.
At the same time, Kid landed on the frost stalagmite and quickly skied down. The base of the stalagmite had an unusual slope which looked like a ramp. He used this to his advantage and went flying through the air towards the falling Free.
"Perfection," he smiled upon making contact with the werewolf. With his arms extended to each side, he made a horizontal cross stance with Free as the base. This was symmetrically perfect if one should tilt his/her head to a 90 degree angle.
Moving on, Kid didn't just make a simple pose. In fact, his weight and air velocity were enough to turn that pose into a powerful kick which sent the werewolf through a few small branches. He ended up smashing against the trunk of a large tree. But that didn't seem to slow him down. He got up right afterwards.
"This is bad," Kid was weaponless. He didn't have Liz and Patty with him. Even if he did, they still wouldn't be able to damage someone from the Immortal Clan.
"I'm immortal! You can't hurt me!" he laughed. As he was about to make his move, a loud cracking sound stopped him. It came from behind, so he understood what it was right away. "God damn! Shit!" he cursed before the large tree came crashing down on him.
"Bombs away!" shouted someone from above.
"What?" Kid had no time to react before several tadpole-like black balls with frog faces landed around him. A large explosion ensued.
"I got him, gecko!" Flying high above was Eruka Frog. She was riding a large tadpole-like creature. This was her trusty familiar which she called, "Tadpole Johnson". Anyway, the large explosion produced an equal amount of smoke. She flew closer to have a better view of her handiwork.
"Beelzebub!" a sudden shout surprised her. Bursting out of the smoke was the still-living target, Death the Kid. "No way!" she hurriedly deployed her Egg Bombs.
At high speed, Kid looked as though he was surfing across a sea of green whilst dodging a series of explosions. Hot on his tail was Eruka, flinging several of her dangerous projectiles.
"I don't have time for this," he kicked it into high gear and left her in the dust. Soon, the way was clear. There was nothing stopping him from reaching the castle.
"Luppus lupi lupus lupi!" roared Free from the woods. Kid didn't seem to be troubled as he shredded through the sea of green with frost spikes popping up everywhere.
"Ice Pillar!" howled Free with all his might. The ground shook and a colossal column of ice, about as tall as a modern skyscraper, sprouted into existence before Kid. With frost spikes pointing at him from both sides and a giant wall blocking his way, it appeared the only choice left was to either head back and get killed or fly, in which case he was at the mercy of the strong winds and was more vulnerable to attack.
"Oh come on!" shouted Free. Unexpectedly, Kid was riding his board vertically up the 90 degree slope while managing to dodge each and every frost spike that came at him.
"That's so cool," Eruka couldn't help but say.
Author's Notes: To those who just read this, please know that this is a continuation of my previous work: "Broken Resonance". This story follows Death the Kid. Maka and Black Star have their own separate stories entitled, "Weapons of Fate" and "Dark Path of the Stars", respectively. Enjoy! ^_^
PS: The three stories may sometimes overlap with one another.