OK, thanks for the reviews and questions, everyone!
This is just going to be a part of the review. Usually when I get longer stories, I split them up into parts in order to make the digestion slightly easier. Key word being "slightly". So I hope you can stick with me through the long haul.
Today's story comes recommended by zorua, so you know who to thank or to blame depending on how this goes. Which also absolves me of any blame. Ha.
Oh, and since I keep forgetting, no, I don't own Soul Eater.
Yoiks! And away!
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It wasn't very often that Crona came across a nightmare that was new to him. Being as depressively negative as he was, he could usually come up with enough scary thoughts to make his bad dreams seem tame by comparison, to the point that his scenarios were his nightmares.
But the idea of having to back away in fear from Maka of all people was something he'd never considered. Which only made it all the more difficult now that he actually had to do just that.
"N-Now…Maka…" he uttered as he slowly moved away from her. "Th-Think about what you're doing…"
"Oh, I thought long and hard about this, Crona…" Maka replied, slowly stalking towards him, hands raised ready to lunge if he tried to run away. "I know exactly what I'm doing…"
Why me? Crona thought, moving closer and closer to the wall, without even realizing it. I'm not that bad a person, am I? Well, yeah, I killed a lot of people, hurt my friends more than once, in different ways…actually, I probably deserve this.
Crona stopped once he felt the wall come against his back, his eyes widening with realization. Before he could dodge to the side and make a run for it, however, Maka was already there, standing dangerously close to him, hands on both sides of him, preventing his escape.
He noticed that she was actually looking up at him, and realized he was standing on his tiptoes, in some vain attempt to create some distance between them. She had a fiercely determined look in her eye, and in any other situation, he would love that look. When it was directed at him, here, now, with that plan of hers, however…
"Trust me, Crona…this is for your own good."
Does anyone ever believe that? Crona wondered, before he finally felt what he had been dreading the entire time.
One finger was gently jabbed into his right side, causing him to involuntarily squeak and move away from it. He then felt another finger in his left, which made him repeat the action and move in the opposite direction.
He looked down at Maka, whose determined expression was replaced by a very mischievous smile. He would've found it incredibly attractive if he wasn't so busy being so nervous.
"So…you are ticklish…" she whispered.
Crona gulped. Yep, this was it.
"M-Maka…th-there's no need to do anything like-"
Too late.
Maka's fingers were already at his sides, wiggling back and forth across his clothed skin at random. And for the first time in possibly his entire life, Crona burst out laughing.
He tried to push Maka's hands away from him, but to no avail, as she simply refused to budge. His efforts weren't helped by his involuntary laughter, so he tried to ask Maka to stop. The key term being "tried".
"Eep! No-HA!-Maka! Please! Stop!-Haha! No, I can't-ACK! This isn't-Hee!"
Of course, this only served to further encourage Maka, the smile on her face widening into a full grin. And despite all of Crona's efforts to get away from her wiggling fingers, they always somehow found that one spot that kept Crona laughing as though his life depended on it.
Finally, Maka pulled her hands away, leaving Crona holding his sides, gasping for air while still letting out a laugh or two. He turned to his right, giving Maka the chance to move behind him, smiling all the while.
"Told you I could make you laugh."
Crona glanced back at Maka, wide smile still on his face, speaking between breaths.
"You…you cheated…"
Maka blinked, the mischievous grin returning. "Oh, I cheated, did I?"
Crona's smile vanished as he quickly realized his mistake.
"No, wait, Maka-EEP!"
Again, Maka's fingers were dancing along his sides, forcing more laughter out of him. He slowly fell to his knees, leaning forward in an attempt to get away from Maka's fingers.
"No-AH! Maka, I'm-HA!-sorry! Please stop-HEE!-can't breathe! Can't breathe!"
Maka's fingers stopped moving, giving Crona the chance to get the air he needed. He felt Maka's hands slowly pull him up to a sitting position, then felt her arms wrapping around him from behind, pulling him into a Maka Hug™. He let out a happy sigh, then turned to his side so he could return the hug. He rested his head under her chin, and the two simply sat there for a while, enjoying the other's company.
"Feel better?" Maka asked.
"Mhm."
"Sorry if I overdid it…"
"It's OK…I did need that…"
"Well, like they say: "Laughter is the best medicine"."
Crona gently moved his head out from under Maka's so as to get a better look at her face. "I didn't know I was sick…"
Maka grinned, squeezing her arms around him a little. "It's just an expression, you goofball."
The two smiled at one another, before Maka's was replaced by a smaller one, albeit still warm and comforting.
"But seriously though, you looked like something was bothering you. What's on your mind?"
Crona sighed slightly, moving his eyes away from Maka to look around the theater, the events of their last encounter still fresh in his mind.
"This…I was thinking about this…" he answered, leaning a little closer to Maka while doing so. "…I'm worried."
Maka frowned, leaning forward so that her forehead was touching the side of Crona's head. "So am I…"
"It isn't fair…they shouldn't have to get involved in this…I don't want them to get hurt…"
"I don't either…but what can we do?"
Crona frowned, closing his eyes in thought. "…I'm sorry, Maka…"
"Eh?"
"This is my fault…if I hadn't come here, you wouldn't have gotten involved-"
Crona felt Maka pull away slightly, opening his eyes as one of her hands gently turned his head to face hers.
"Don't start that again." she ordered. "I chose to come here, just like you did. This isn't your fault and it isn't mine. So stop that."
Crona blinked, before averting his eyes downward. "But…if I could've just told you from the start-"
"That definitely isn't your fault, and you know it. Don't start taking the blame for what some ultra-powerful TV executive does to our heads."
"…sorry…"
"Don't worry about it, Crona."
Maka then got to her feet, taking one of Crona's hands and helping him to his feet as well. "Now, come on. We got a job to do, after all."
Crona nodded, and the two walked over to their respective seats. Crona picked up the letter on his seat and sitting down, Maka doing the same.
"So I'm getting fanmail now too?" Maka wondered.
"I guess so…"
"You go first, so I know what to do."
Crona nodded, ripping the envelope open and reading the letter.
What school subject are you best at?
"I guess anything with writing in it…just so long as I don't get too personal…"
Maka shuddered involuntarily.
Do you ever draw, or doodle?
"I tried it once…it was…embarrassing…"
Do you like your name?
"…that's a weird question…why wouldn't I like my name? What other name would I prefer?"
Crona then turned to Maka. "What does my name mean, anyway?"
Maka tilted her head in thought. "I think someone said it meant "The Dark One"."
"Oh…" he replied, before turning to look at the letter again. "…well…at least it fits…"
Maka reached over, giving Crona another hug. "For what it's worth, I like your name."
If only she knew just how much that's worth… Crona thought, but instead of saying the same, he simply smiled at Maka before reading again.
What's you favorite kind of soda?
"Coke Zero…wait, didn't I already get this question…?"
Do you like eating out?
"Well, I haven't really eaten out all that much…"
Maka blinked. "Going out for ice cream does count as eating out, Crona."
"Oh…then yes, I like it a lot."
What time did you wake up today?
"…um…"
Maka frowned. "Crona…don't tell me you didn't go to bed last night."
"I…well…er…i-it was Ragnarok's fault!"
That distinctive splortch echoed through the theater as Ragnarok emerged from Crona's body, already in a foul mood.
"Oh don't you blame this on me! It's not my fault you're a sad, paranoid wreck!"
"B-But you were the one telling me about all the bad stuff that could happen in a day!"
"So? I always do that!"
"MAKA CHOP!"
Once Maka's trademark book left Ragnarok's now dented skull, he muttered some foul curse before curling back into Crona's body. Crona shuddered slightly.
"S-Sorry, Maka…"
Maka sighed. "It's fine, Crona, but you really need to tell me when something's bothering you. Especially if it's something Ragnarok put in your head. I don't want you losing sleep over something he said."
Crona simply nodded as Maka opened her envelope. If I go to sleep, though, then I'll see…no, don't start that. Don't think about it at all. Maybe it won't happen again if I don't focus on it.
Have you ever cried in a movie?
"Well, considering I've never been in a movie…but if you're asking if I've cried at a movie, then no, I haven't."
Do you watch the news?
"Not really. My busy schedule doesn't leave me much time."
Is anyone at your house right now?
"Well, Soul's on a Death Scythe mission right now, so it's just Blair…I hope."
Do you remember your dreams?
"Not usually. I can sometimes remember one or two, but only parts of them."
If only I could be so lucky… Crona thought.
Who do you trust most?
"Hmm…oh, geez, that's a tough one. I mean, I know so many people, how can I decide which one is the most trustworthy? There's Soul, Kid, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki…"
Maka looked beside her to see Crona staring at her, a very sad look in his eyes, almost as though he was about to start crying. Maka gave him a playful poke on his shoulder.
"I'm just teasing Crona. You know it's you."
Crona blinked, then gave a weary smile in response. "R-Right…I knew that."
I have to admit, he's pretty good at that puppy-eye look… Maka thought.
What's you favorite color.
"Blue! …I think we missed part of that reference."
With that, Crona got to his feet and walked over to the table, grabbing the envelope on it and opening it.
I'm glad you two have decided to stick with this, but this is where I stop holding your hands.
Crona, you're already familiar with this and know just how unbearably long these can get. As such, I want you to help Maka prepare for the long haul, as we have a doozy for you today.
It's a crossover with Doctor Who called CyberSoul, by felixdark. Hope you don't mind missing sunlight.
Crona sighed as he walked back to his seat and sat down. "That doesn't sound promising at all…"
Maka frowned. "So…I take it this is going to take a while?"
"Yeah…you're probably going to want to make use of the snack table…and something to keep you awake, these are usually really boring too…"
Maka sighed. "Fantastic…"
/
"Man where is that demon soul?' asked Soul Eater Evans.
Crona: Does he ever go by his full name…?
Maka: No. In fact, it's actually a pretty sensitive subject for him…
"Don't worry Soul , we'll find the soul and when we do I Black Star will take him down." shouted Black Star with his finger pointing to himself.
Maka: Well, that was certainly enthusiastic.
Crona: You should probably get used to it…
"Liz, Patty shouldn't we found the soul by now since this is your neighborhood?" asked Death the Kid.
"Well, I would never have to remember New York if Maka just find the soul with her ability." said Liz.
"I told you, guys that I can't detect the soul in this highly populated city." said Maka.
Maka: I think I can tell the difference between a human soul and a Kishin egg, thank you very much.
Soul replied,"This is the opposite of cool.
Crona: There's the token catchphrase…
We've been out this for..."
Rocking, Soul is interrupted by an earthquake in the middle of the city. Any one of them can stand up straight while three green pillars of light shot out of the ground into the sky, nearby them.
Maka: Why did he need to say that they could stand?
Crona: I think he meant to say "can't"…
After a minute, the earthquake stopped at the same time as the pillars of light vanished. Everyone but Patty who is laughing on the ground looked in the direction where the pillars of light.
Crona: See?
Maka: Yeah…I can also see that he made Patty into a giggling goof because he doesn't know how she works as a character…
Crona: That'll probably happen a lot too, if my guess is right…
Tsubaki started to talk after a period of silence,"What was that?"
"I don't know, however I can sense many souls...but their not human or...witches'" said Maka.
Maka: So it's Kishin eggs. Great, glad we got that sorted out.
'Then what are they?" asked Soul.
"I don't care what they are!" shouted Black Star, "I Black Star will take care of anyone who gets in my way. Come on Tsubaki."
Tsubaki, while chasing Black Star who is running towards the direction in where the souls are replied,"Wait Black Star."
Everyone else looked at them from a distance with a blank face. Liz ask in a confuse manner, "Should we go after them?"
"It can't be helped." Kid said, without moving a muscle.
Crona: Yeah, he looks willing to go…
At the abandon toy factory, Black Star looked around the building in his one spot. "Hey come out who ever you are, I Black Star will destroy you because I'm the greatest assassin ever known!" shouted Black Star with his finger held in the air in the single lit light in the factory.
"Would you be silent, we don't know what is in here." said Kid.
Maka: I can't help but notice that the grammar here is a bit…off.
Crona: It's a little too frequent to be a mistake…but it doesn't excuse this from being bad…
Maka: Indeed.
Footsteps is heard in the shadows in front of them.
Maka: …Crona, you wouldn't happen to know the name of any famous, now-dead grammar enthusiasts, would you?
Crona: No…why?
Maka: So I know who's rolling over in their graves.
The footsteps of heavy metal is coming closer to them. Vaguely the ones who making the march of footsteps is visible. Stopped, three human like man
Maka: What the hell other kind of man is there?
reveal themselves in the lights wearing heavy suit of clean metal armor cover their entire body. One of them metal men spoke in an expressionless noise, "Identify yourself."
Maka: A teenage scythe meister wondering why she got out of bed today.
Crona: And a demon swordsman wanting to be anywhere but here.
Soul being confused asked Maka, "Hey Maka, who are these guys?"
Maka: Why is he asking me…I mean, her, like she would know?
Maka, looking at the metal men soul says, "I don't no. All their souls is the same, empty."
"The same soul? That can't be right." said Kid with a shocked face.
Crona: Why do I get the feeling that won't really be explained later?
The same metal man spoke, "Identity confirmed. All of you or part of the organization DWNA."
"How did they know that?" asked Tsubaki.
Crona: Or that, for that matter.
"You are identify to be deleted."
Then all the metal men spoke at once with their fist pointed towards them, "Delete!"
In the future, inside the blue police box know as the TARDIS, the Doctor is trying to get the TARDIS stabilized after escaping from man-eating parasites. Looking at Amy Pond, the Doctor's assistant asked, "So Mrs. Pond, where to next?"
Crona: I didn't know Amy talked to herself…
Maka: So what's the Doctor's name, anyway?
Crona: Who.
Maka: The Doctor.
Crona: Who.
Maka: The Doctor. The main character of the show.
Crona: I just told you.
Maka: No you didn't! Who is he?
Crona: Yes.
Maka: That doesn't make any-
*both fall into silence as the realization dawns on them*
Maka: …did we just-
Crona: We did…
Maka: …we never speak of this again.
Crona: Agreed.
Breathing heavily, Amy looked at the Doctor said, "Are you kidding? We got away barley alive
Crona: That's a fresh level of nightmarish Hell I didn't consider. Live barley.
and you still want to go somewhere else for us to get into trouble?"
"Oh, come-on Amy, wants the fun in stopping after one little distraction?"
"You call that a distraction?"
"Do you want to go somewhere...or sometime?"
Maka: "See, because, it's a time machine. See what I did there?"
After a quick thought, Amy replied, "Well I always wanted to go to..."
Amy stopped talking when the TARDIS is rolling around like clothes in a dryer. Both Amy and the Doctor hanged onto the railing, trying not to get beat up inside the TARDIS. At the same time when the TARDIS is going out of control, music is playing very softly inside the TARDIS. After a minute, the TARDIS stopped shaking has well as the music.
Crona: Um, mister author? You might want to try something called a "pronoun" when you're writing…
Amy, trying to stand straight looked at the Doctor and asked madly, "What was that?"
"I don't know?" replied the Doctor.
"What was that song?"
"I don't know?" shouted the Doctor who is looking at the monitor. "It seems that TARDIS was pulled into some type of rift between worlds. It the looks of things where near Earth."
Maka: Ah yes, that oh-so clichéd explanation for a crossover: Rifts between the worlds.
Crona: And sadly, it's the only one that consistently makes sense…
"What exactly does that mean?" asked Amy with a worried mind.
The Doctor, without saying a word began pulling levers and pushing switches to make the TARDIS land on Earth. With four sirens ranged, the TARDIS landed on Earth with a big thump. Running too outside, the Doctor and Amy stood near the TARDIS in an ally of New York City. Amy in amazement said, "This is New York!"
With an expressionless face, the Doctor said, "Not quite, look at the moon."
Amy turned her head and looked at the cresset moon with its huge smile. "Is that a face, on the moon?"
"It is."
"Why is there a face on the moon?"
"Because Amy...we're in a parallel world."
Maka: Because that actually answers her question about why there's a face on the moon.
Crona: …why is there a face on our moon? And why does it spit up blood?
Maka: I think our creator is a rather large Tim Burton fan. And as for the blood, I always figured it was gum disease.
Crona: Ew…
Bang, an explosion is heard nearby the Doctor and Amy.
Crona: …I think that's the least effective "bang" I've ever heard.
The Doctor ran towards the explosion while Amy looking behind him. "Come on Amy!" shouted the Doctor.
In the factory, the metal man keep on saying "delete" and firing lasers from their wrist. Black Star, dodging and charging, using Tsubaki being a knife swigged Tsubake at the metal men;
Maka: "Swigged"? What, did Tsubaki turn into a flask or something?
Crona: No, it clearly says "Tsubake". Maybe Tsubaki has a long-lost twin sister that can turn into a drink or something.
Maka: Either way, that brings up a lot of Unfortunate Implications that I don't want to think about…
Crona: …yeah, me either…
however it only made a scratch on their armor. Maka with Soul as a scythe grabbed one of the metal men with Soul and swigged him at the other metal man Black Star is fighting.
Maka: And now I-no, wait, she's doing it too!
Crona: I'm guessing everyone became drunks when they learned that they were in a terrible fanfic…
The two metal man electrocuted each other forcing them to become orb like souls. The last of the metal men is firing at Kid who is unwilling to fire back with Liz and Patty who are guns. "Kid, why are you not fighting back?" demanded Liz.
"Look at symmetrical they all are, its work of art." said Kid.
Maka: And here we go again…
Liz looking at the emblem of the metal man's chest said, "Look Kid. Their symbol on their chest is an 'E'. Theirs no way they can symmetrical with that symbol."
Kid looked at the chest. Frustrated, Kid with his guns pointing at the man shouted, "Your right Liz. How dare they not be perfectly symmetrical with that armor of theirs!"
Maka: …the sad part is that that was still handled better than the last time.
Black Star, jumping into the air charging at the metal man facing Kid, screaming, "Yahoo, theirs no way you can't stop the greatest star their ever..."
Bang, Kid's fire pierced through the chest of the metal man turning him also into a orb like soul before Black Star could touch him.
Crona: …fanfic writers shouldn't write if they're bored or aren't interested enough in their work. It shows. It really does.
Landing on his feet immediately turn towards Kid and shouted, "Hey, don't take the spotlight away from me."
"Sorry about that, I couldn't help it."
"Hey come on, lets collect these souls and get out of here." said Soul.
"Might as well." said Kid.
Maka looking at the souls of the metal man realized something that made her shaken. Soul realized Maka is shaking ask, "Hey Maka, whats wrong?"
"These souls, their human."
Maka: …but…didn't you say earlier that they weren't human? What, did you change your mind part way through? Or does the author have short-term memory?
"Wha...no way." said Black Star.
Suddenly, the lights of the factory came on with more metal men is revealed on the second floor line up with their fist pointing towards them.
"More of them?" shouted Maka.
Outside the front door, Amy and the Doctor peeked inside the factory when the lights came on. Amy saw the Doctor's face of disgust looking at the metal men. Worried, Amy asked, "Doctor, who are they."
Quickly turning his head towards Amy said, "Cybermen."
Maka: …and shouldn't Amy already know what the Cybermen are? Considering they're reoccurring villains through the series, and I know she's encountered them before! Or was that just for us who are reading a Doctor Who fic and don't know what those are? If so, that seems like a pretty small demographic!
Authors Notes:
I only know the new Doctor Who franchise.
Maka: And now it makes sense.
I am only familiar with the Funimation Dubbed version of Soul Eater however I do know things that happen later in the Manga.
The story takes place before when Amy met the Cybermen and somewhere after the assault at Yaga's Castle.
Maka: Oh…well, that seems like an odd time period to use.
Crona: …wait, if that's when this takes place, wouldn't that mean… …oh no…
Disclaimer: I do not own any character names, traits, or settings in this story. This is a nonprofit based story and nothing more.
Maka: What's the point in mentioning that this is nonprofit? It's a fanfic, it's not like you're going to get this published.
Crona: …there was one.
Maka: And if we just try to pretend that doesn't exist, maybe it'll drop off the face of the Earth.
"Delete!" cried all the Cybermen.
"Stop or this building will be blown up." shouted the Doctor holding the sonic screwdriver in the air, "If you kill anyone here, I'll push this button and this place will be destroyed along with you."
All the Meisters looked at the Doctor confused in who he is. Soul, still in the synch mode said, "Ay, who are you?"
Amy confused said, "Did that weapon just talk?"
Maka: I'm actually kind of surprised we haven't got more odd looks and people screaming at us whenever they hear Soul talk while still a scythe.
Crona: …no comment…
"How would a puny thing like that destroy this place?" asked Black Star.
"Indeed, that object does not have the capabilities to delete this location." said one of the Cybermen.
"Well true, however it can do this." said the Doctor raising his sonic screwdriver at the lights.
The humming sound of the green tip of the sonic screwdriver brightens the lights of the factory to explode. A blue lighting blot soared out of the outlets rushing through all of the Cybermen, immobilizing them. "Run!" shouted the Doctor.
Maka: Ah, the sonic screwdriver. The classic multipurpose device that can do whatever the plot calls for except for the sake of drama.
Crona: There was quite a bit of sarcasm and disdain in that, Maka…
Maka: I aim to please.
"No way, we can take them!" yelled Black Star.
"Believe me you can't fight them while this will only hold them for a short time, now hurry."
Maka: Despite the fact that we were doing pretty well against them before you showed up?
Crona: Dramatic convenience, I guess.
Maka: There's an awful lot of focus on convenience in this fics, isn't there?
Crona: Certainly seems that way…
Everyone followed the Doctor out of the front door. At the mean time, the lighting bolt stopped rushing through one the Cybermen, calling out "Delete!"
The laser shot off from the Cyberman is feet away from hitting Maka. Quickly realizing, Soul transform back into human form and jumped into the path of the laser. The laser scraping Soul's chest electrified him forcing him to fall to the ground. "Soul!" shouted Maka.
Crona: …*head meets tray*
Maka: Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me! Not only do you injure Soul for no apparent reason, but you do it in almost the exact same way he was injured before? Congratulations, author, you've officially made it to the top of my hitlist!
The Doctor closed the doors behind them and locking the doors with the screwdriver.
"Soul." cried Black Star in a calm tone.
Crona: Isn't that a contradiction in terms…?
"Doctor get over here." Amy shouted.
Rushing, the Doctor ran towards Soul and checks his body with the screwdriver. "He's fine but he needs medical attention immediately."
"Then we need to take him to Death City." Kid said.
"Death City? Where's that?" asked Amy.
"In the Nevada Desert, but I don't we can make it in time." Kid said worrying.
The Doctor with a gleeful face, said happily. "Not quite. Amy helps him up and everyone else, follow me that way."
Maka: And why is the Doctor happy that someone's on the verge of death? Just…seriously, what the fuck?
Amy helped Maka carrying Soul while they and Kid and Black Star followed the Doctor too the TARDIS. While the Doctor is pulling out the key, Liz confused in how the TARDIS is going to work, asked, "How are we all going to reach Death City with that little blue box?"
"It's so small, he he!" Patty shouted laughing.
Maka: And why is Patty laughing while someone is on the verge of death?
Crona: Because the author can't see beyond one or two character traits?
Maka: That's just depressing.
"Your about to find out." The Doctor said with the doors flying open.
Inside, all the Meisters and their weapons are amazed in how huge the TARDIS is in the inside compare to the outside. The Doctor at the control panel getting ready for the TARDIS to take off shouted, "Geronimo!"
Shaking, the Doctor pulled a lever and than the TARDIS took off while the siren is going off.
"Is this an earthquake?" asked Kid.
"Nope, it's just the TARDIS." Amy said.
After a few minutes, the TARDIS and the siren stopped. All the weapons turned back into their human form. Patty is lying on the floor rocking back and forth and clapping her hands while laughing.
Maka: Will you stop that?
Amy puzzled said, "How did you…weren't you weapons?"
"One thing at a time Amy." The Doctor said, "right now this kid needs to see a doctor."
"But, we didn't move anywhere." Kid said confused.
Carrying Soul, the Doctor opens the doors and walked outside in the front of Death Weapons Meister Academy front doors. "Death City? How did we get here so fast?" asked Tsubaki.
"Now, where's your hospital?" asked the Doctor.
"I'll take Soul to infirmary, Tsubaki get Stein?" Black Star said.
"Right." Tsubaki replied.
"I'll report to my father about this, Liz, Patty you can go along Maka to the infirmary." Kid said.
"I guess I'll tag along with you." Doctor said while pointing at Kid, "I mean being new here and all."
"My father won't approve."
"I'm sure he can be reason with a cup of tea."
Crona: …I get what he was trying to say there, but…it's still really confusing.
Later, Kid, Doctor, and Amy walked passed through hallway of guillotines into the Death Room. Sid the Zombie is already their along with the black body Death and his death scythe Spirit. "Hello Kid, how did the mission go?" Death asked.
Kid with a sad look said, "Terrible father, currently Soul is in the inferiority
Crona: He has my sympathy.
after being attacked by group of man in metal suits."
"That's not good."
"This group is still their so they would properly still cause havoc."
"That's not good."
Crona: Oh no, Lord Death's turned into a parrot! Kid will never get over this!
"Lord Death, you do realize what Kid described sounds like the same group who are causing problems in two other locations?" Sid asked.
Surprised, Doctor immediately asked, "Other locations, where?"
Spirit pointing his finger at the Doctor asked, "Hey, who are you?"
"The Doctor"
"Doctor who?"
Both: *facepalm*
"Just the Doctor, by the way love the décor of the room Lord Death is it. The blue sky is quite relaxing in this huge room of space. Blues cool."
Maka: We know the Doctor's a CloudCuckooLander, we don't need you to prove it!
Crona: …that's weird. It should've popped up by now…
Maka: Maybe it just doesn't like me?
Crona: Is that even possible…?
Maka: *hugs Crona* Flattery will get you everywhere.
"Hey don't ignore me! And besides why are you even here in the first place."
"Of course, my mistake. Why am I here again? That's right; I'm here to tell you that those metal men are called Cyberman."
"Cyberman?" puzzled Kid, "What do you know about them exactly?"
"Well, the Cyberman are machines that we're once human. Their emotionless beings that can only act on rational response. However, their top priority above anything else is to make sure that the entire human race is just like them, metal."
Maka: Amazing how that explained everything and yet nothing at all.
Crona: I didn't know you were so philosophical…
"Lord Death, it sounds like these Cyberman need to be eliminated before they cause any further damage." Sid said.
Crona: Captain Obvious strikes again!
Humming, Death thought about what the DWMA should do. Slamming his fists, Death shouted, "I got it. Kid take Black Star with you to British Columbia, Canada to eliminate the Cyberman."
"Right." Replied Kid.
Maka: Why British Columbia?
Crona: *shrugs*
"Spirit, contact Stein and Marie and tell them to fight the Cyberman down in Panama."
"Excuse me; I think I join those two down to Panama as well." Doctor said, "I heard it's quite sunny down there this time of the year."
"Okay!" Death said happily.
"Are you sure Lord Death?" Spirit asked.
"Of course, he might come in handy. Now class dismissed.
Maka: But you're not even-…oh, forget it.
Everyone can leave except you Sid."
After a moment, only Death and Sid are alone in the Death Room. "Sid the reason why I asked you to stay behind it's because I have a mission for you."
Meanwhile outside of the Death Room, Amy and the Doctor walked down the hall where Amy started to talk, "So can't wait till we get to Panama. By the way why didn't you tell me about the Cyberman?"
Maka: A good question! Doctor, your response?
The Doctor interrupted Amy to say, "No Amy you're staying here."
Maka: Oooh, sorry, but changing the subject and stereotypically telling your companion to stay behind to protect them was not the answer we were looking for! Please try again next time!
"That didn't stop me or you before."
"You don't understand Amy, the technology or magic that was used to send us to other dimension is quite threatening. Actually I don't think we're even in a different dimension."
Crona: …wait, what?
"What are you talking about Doctor?"
"See Amy the TARDIS can only time travel in our dimension, meaning that if we're in different universe the TARDIS wouldn't have any power."
"So what does that even mean?"
Being silent, the Doctor pulled out a pen and gave it Amy and say, "Hold onto this, don't lose it, and I repeat don't lose this."
Crona: …another lack of an explanation. I don't like where this is going.
The Doctor walked off leaving Amy alone in the hall. While at an unknown location in the house of Medusa, Eruka along with Medusa discuss what Medusa wants to do next. "Medusa, the Cyberman arrived according to the plan." Eruka said.
"Good, it looks like your idea in how to destroy Death City is working quite nicely." Medusa said smiling at a cracked wall radiating light.
Crona: *twitches*
Maka: Crona-
Crona: It's fine…she's bound to appear as the villain in these things…I'll have to get used to her sooner or later…
Authors Notes:
Sorry if this chapter took me forever to do, I was busy with other stuff.
Maka: All things that must be more important than this. Hint, hint.
I don't have great grammar, I try to fix all my grammar mistakes if I see them.
Crona: So he has poor reading comprehension skills too. Great…
"Is Stein ever going to show up?" Black Star said impatiently angry, "Those Cyber-heads are going to pay what they did to Soul."
Black Star, Kid, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, and the Doctor wait outside of the TARDIS for Stein to show up. Replied, Kid calmly said, "Calm yourself Black Star. I know how you feel but you shouldn't lose yourself to the madness. Just focus on something else to ease yourself."
Crona: I thought Kid and Black*Star didn't experience the madness at this point…
Maka: I don't think he was speaking literally. Though, in our case, there's obvious confusion there…
"He's right lets focus on something else, like is this town always this busy?" The Doctor asked.
Black Star then talked in cheerful mood, "It is noisy, you just get used to it after awhile."
Crona: …huh?
Maka: Not worth it, Crona.
Stein and his weapon Marie appeared and walked towards the group. Realizing they came, Black Star said, "You're late, what took you so long?"
"Sorry about that, Lord Death wanted to discuss a few things with me about this assignment." Stein replied, "And you must be the Doctor."
The Doctor replied, "Yes I am, and you two are…"
"Oh sorry we haven't introduced ourselves, I'm Marie and this is Franken Stein." Marie said.
Responded quickly, Doctor said, "Wait a minute, Franken Stein and Marie? Marie…Mary Shelley, Stein…Frankenstein."
Maka: …thank you for pointing out something just about everyone else already figured out.
Crona: Wait…if Professor Marie is supposed to be Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein…and if Professor Marie is romantically interested in Professor Stein…
Maka: …that raises so many questions about Mary Shelley and what our creator thinks of her.
Crona: Too many…
"What are you mumbling about?" asked Liz.
"Oh nothing, so Dr. Stein if you don't mind but I think we should take the TARDIS, it'll be a lot quicker."
"That's fine." Stein said, "Okay listen students, our assignment is to find the Cybermen and eliminate them before they cause any trouble in the general populous."
"Right!" shouted all the Meisters and the weapons.
"With that said shall we go now?" said the Doctor.
On the balcony overlooking everyone, Maka witness the TARDIS disappearing with the Doctor, Stein, and Marie in it while the others ran off to the North to fight the Cybermen.
Maka: Hey, wait a minute! Why aren't I going? Sure, Soul's injured and all, but I can still help!
Amy walked next to Maka who stayed there even when everyone left minutes ago. Amy spoke, "So I don't think we introduce each other. Names Amy, what's yours?"
In low voice, Maka said, "Maka."
"So Maka, how's that guy doing?"
"He's fine in fact he be walking around this afternoon."
"So what's the problem?
"It's my fault that he almost died, again."
Crona: …*head hits tray*
Maka: Oh, of course! Because I have to stick around to repeat the guilt trip I went through the last time this happened! I mean, it's not like this is for the sake of drama and drama alone or anything! That would just be fucking stupid!
"Hay, don't beat yourself up like this. If a guy is willing to die for you than he's a type of guy you want to have around."
"Like you and that other guy."
"Is that supposed to mean something?"
"I saw your two's souls, their compatible with each other."
Crona: …please tell me this person doesn't ship Doctor and Amy…
Maka: That opens up a whole other can of worms that I do not want to touch even if I was wearing a HAZMAT suit.
"Wait, you can see our souls?"
"Yeah, it's strange though that his soul seems to be really old but at the same time it seems to be a very young soul as well. I've never seen anything like it."
"Yeah, the Doctor is a strange one. But enough about us, I'm here to cheer you up so do you mind telling me how you two met."
"Well he didn't like me the first time we met. When I asked him if he wanted to be my weapon Soul played the piano saying 'this is who I am' and since then we became partners."
"He played the piano huh. What song did he play?"
"I don't recall but it was a depressing song."
"Oh. Well…that's something new to me."
Maka: …why do I sound so stupid…?
Crona: It's not you, remember? It's…should we come up with a name for her?
Maka: I would, except it would fit everyone else in this fic: Blandy McStupid.
Crona: I find it oddly charming…
After a minute Amy talked again,"Hey lets visit Soul, I'm sure he needs company when he wakes up."
"Sure."
Both Amy and Maka walked back inside the DWMA while at same time in Panama, the Doctor, Stein, and Marie are spying on the Cybermen by hiding behind some trees from a distance. Looking through binoculars, the Doctor noticed that the Cybermen are bringing tons of parts in a pile in the middle of the jungle. Turning towards Stein, the Doctor said, "Okay here's the plan, I'm going down there and talk to the Cybermen to figure out what they're doing. While you two will go stay out of sight until you guys save me from being incinerated, or worse."
"Well I have objections with that idea." Stein replied.
"I have no problems but I do have a question for you Doctor." Marie said.
Looking at Marie, the Doctor said, "What would that be?"
"Why do you have a plunger?"
Looking at plunger in his hand, the Doctor replied, "Oh, I thought it might come in handy."
Both: ...
Maka: Let's just roll with it, we'll be done sooner.
Crona: Agreed.
Being silent, Marie looked at the Doctor with a disapproval face on her. The Doctor, without saying anything began to walk towards the Cybermen with the plunger. Marie sign before she said, "Men, why even the weird looking ones are weird?"
Maka: Didn't you answer your own question there? Actually…what'd you even ask?
"I can't answer that Marie but that guy is a fascinating one." Stein said.
Stein thinking to himself, "Indeed he is a fascinating one. His soul is old but yet young. Dissecting him, figuring out how that works will be fascinating."
Marie seeing Steins smile of madness asked in worry, "Are you alright Stein?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Stein said with a depressed face.
In thought, Stein said, "I don't know how much longer I can stay sane with the Kishin's madness affecting me."
Crona: I thought that was normal for Professor Stein…
Maka: And I thought he was over his mad fit. Wasn't Professor Marie supposed to neutralize that?
Crona: Plot convenience?
Maka: Seems so.
Stein than turned his attention towards the Doctor, who started to speak with Cybermen. Both Marie and Stein can't hear what they are saying since they are to far away from them. During the conversation, the Doctor is the first once to spoke with the plunger pointing at them, "All right Cybermen, now you are going to answer my questions or I'll use this device to destroy you."
"Identify yourself." One of the Cybermen called.
"I'm the Doctor and you know full ware what I'm capable of. Now, tell me why are you here where you could be assimilating other humans?"
"Our prime objective is to delete Death City."
"How do you know about Death City? You never bend to this world before."
"It is our prime objective declared by our alley."
Maka: They have an alley? That sounds…classy.
Crona: And I thought the Doctor said that they weren't in an alternate world. Or did the fact that he didn't actually explain anything mean that we're just going to ignore that?
Maka: We probably should anyway.
"What alley?"
Just then a green wall appeared, separating the Doctor and the Cybermen. The Doctor pulled out the screwdriver and scans the green wall that is a part of a huge green box enclosing the Cybermen inside. Swiftly, a creature attacks the Doctor from above. The Doctor blocked the attack with the plunger in its mouth. The creature's strength overwhelms the Doctors greatly that it pushed the Doctor onto his back, flat on the ground. Raising its hand into the air, the creature is about to tear the Doctor in halve. Before it could swing, Stein charge in and swigged Marie, who is a hammer, at the creature's faces, pushing him to crash into the green box. "Thank you, Stein." The Doctor said while getting back up to his feet, "I told you that this plunger might come in handy."
Crona: How does he do that…?
Maka: He's a Time Lord and the protagonist. Things just fall into place for him.
The Doctor tossed the plunger into the jungle than turn towards the creature and asked, "Okay, who are you?"
"He's the werewolf, Free." Stein answered still prepared to attack, "He works for the Witch Medusa. I guess I'm not surprised that Medusa is involved with this in some way."
"If you know him than do you know what that green thing is?"
"Yes, that's the spell Independent Cube, a spell where it can send you to another dimension. Nothing gets in or out."
Crona: Yeah, pretty sure that's not an actual spell…not as far as I know, anyway…
Seeing that Free is getting back up, Stein said, "Since he's immortal, I have to attack before he can get back up."
Stopping Stein, the Doctor said, "Wait. I have a few questions I want to ask him."
The Doctor walked towards Free to asked, "So how are you able send objects through dimensions?"
Everyone is puzzled in what the means. "See, you can send things to your own dimension but you don't have the power to move systems through space nor does the Cybermen have the technology to do it either, so how?" the Doctor yelled.
Stood up, Free said, "Man I don't know, the only thing I know is a cracked wall told us what to do."
"A cracked wall?" The Doctor said surprisingly.
With his hands on his head, Free shouted, "Oh man, I said to much, didn't I?"
Crona: …is it sad that I identify the most with Free right now?
Maka: You mean in the sense that he appears to be as lost as we are?
Crona: That'd be it.
Maka: No, that's not even remotely sad.
The Doctor whispered, "Stein, I think it's about time for a tactical retreat."
"Agreed." Stein replied.
Stein slammed the hammer on the ground to causing an earthquake for Free to fall into crumbling earth. After a few minutes, Free stood back up realizing that everyone escaped. "Man this is bad. However my job was to protect these guys so I shouldn't chase them." Free said to himself out loud.
In the forest running, Stein asked, "So Doctor, it seems that you know what Free was talking about, like to fill me in?"
The Doctor replied, "The end."
Both: Yay!
Author's Notes:
This chapter went rather quickly compare to my other one.
Crona: I'd ask if the rest will be the same, but I doubt I'd like the answer…
South America, the former location of Arachnophobia's main base, Sid with his weapon Nygus has infiltrated Baba Yaga's Castle. It is easy for them to enter since the castle is abandon ever since the DWMA attacked and killed their leader, Archane. While walking through the dark halls, Sid remembers his conversation he had with Death about his assignment. "Sid the reason why I asked you to stay behind it's because I have a mission for you." Death said, "I've received word from our South American division that the Witch Medusa is heading towards Baba Yaga's Castle."
"Why is Medusa returning their?" asked Sid.
"Well we believe that she is after the Madness Manipulation Machine. After all, that device was left alone after the defeat of the Witch Archane. Your assignment Sid is to locate and retrieve the machine before Medusa does."
Maka: Well, it's nice to know someone is using discarded plot threads.
Sid now focusing on the mission; found the tall and thin Madness Manipulation Machine located in a huge abandon room. While in knife mode, Nygus said, "So that's the Madness Manipulation Machine. It's different from what I expected."
Sid, looking down sees a black orb bouncing towards him. Recognizing the orb, Sid jumped away from the orb before it exploded right in front of him. "I'm impressed that you avoid my tadpole bomb." Eruka shouted from above.
Crona: Eruka's not going to be even remotely sympathetic, is she…?
Maka: From the paragraph or two we'll probably see of her, I'm guessing no.
Crona: …poor Eruka…
Maka: Yeah…
"So you're the Witch Eruka, the one who attempted to kill me again when I was in Medusa's house." Sid said.
"So you're the one I was trying to blow up back then, rib it."
Maka: *facepalm* You can't even spell "ribbit" right? What, did you skip kindergarten?
"You know, I was once a man who did not have any grudges against anyone." Sid said while pulling out his knife, "But I'm a different man now."
Maka: "One who is hideously out of character!"
At the same time, in the cold, isolated Rocky Mountains of British Colombia, Canada; Kid and Black Star along with their weapons walked through the deep snow, high up in the mountains. Tsubaki shivering said, "I didn't know it could be this cold in the mountains."
Maka: What'd you expect, that it'd be like a day at a Canadian beach?
Crona: …they have beaches in Canada?
*SELF-DEPRECIATIVE HUMOUR AWAY!*
Both: WAH!
"Really, I haven't notice." Black Star replied.
"Tsubaki, if you think this is cold, try going to the Himalayas; that was quite cold there." Kid said.
Being down, Liz said, "Don't remind me. I got sick for a month after our trip there."
"All done!" Shouted Patty, laughing.
Both Kid and Liz turn towards to see that see made a snowman. In anger, Kid shouted, "What are you doing Patty! This arm is higher and taller than the other one and look the eyes are not even at the same level."
Kid ranting, moved and rearranged the parts of the snowman. "They're now, perfect." Kid said gleefully.
Maka: Oh brother…
The snowman is now perfectly symmetrical without a single hint being unbalanced. Black Star, not caring what Kid was doing, sees someone approaching them from around the corner. After a moment, Black Star got a good look at the person; he said in a low voice, "It's you."
Hearing that, Kid quickly turned around to see a person with three arms with each one holding a black sword. "Crona." Black Star said.
Maka: …*facepalm*
Crona: Like I thought…this is gonna hurt…
"Oh, it's you again." Crona said in an emotionless voice.
"Why are you here?"
"Lady Medusa wanted me to kill anyone who isn't a guy in armor. Why are you here?"
Crona: *winces* Yeah, definitely hurting…
"To kill those guys in armor for what they did to Soul!" yelled Black Star.
"Well, since you're not a guy in armor…" Crona said while raising one of the weapons into the air, "Screech Alpha!"
Crona swigged its sword downward to the ground to release a black demon looking boat too charge at Black Star. Missing by a hair, Black Star jumped into the air and land on a pointed pillar. "And also…I'm here to bring you back to Maka!"
"Who is this 'Maka'?" Crona said in confusion, "Why should I return to a person I don't even know?"
Crona: *head hits tray*
Crona again attacked Black Star using Screech Alpha and again Black Star evaded the attack by jumping behind Crona. "Crona's condition is worse than I originally thought." Said Kid, "Liz, Patty."
"Right!" shouted both Liz and Patty who turn into silver guns for Kid.
Closing his eyes, Black Star said, "Why should you return to a person you don't even know? It's because you hurt my friend and I don't allow anyone to hurt my friends. And it they ever get hurt, I fix their wounds. That's why you can come willowing or just drag you back!"
"Ah, kill, kill, I don't know how to handle a person who fixes wounds!" Crona screamed.
Crona: *hits head repeatedly against tray*
Maka: Crona, please…
Crona: It's OK…it doesn't hurt as bad as this…
In thought, Kid said, "Damn, this isn't good. The last time I fought against the Demon Sword I didn't do any damage, not even a scratch on the Black Blood. Worse, Crona as improved quite a deal since that time, my best chance is to resonate with Liz and Patty to use Death Canon."
Out loud, Kid demanded, "Liz, Patty…resonate!"
"Right." Shouted both Liz and Patty.
All three of them shouted, "Soul Resonate!"
Silence, Kid just stood there, with his arms open outward in the wind. After a moment, confused, Crona asked, "Was their something supposed to happen?"
Crona: *looks up* Wait, what?
Maka: What he said!
Liz in shocked shouted, "Kid, we can't resonate!"
"What?" puzzled Kid, while looking down at the guns.
Crona immediately attacks Kid with Screech Alpha. Quickly, Kid rolled out of the way from Screech Alpha. Without hesitating, Black Star charged at Crona's backside, throwing a punch however it is blocked by one the Demon Swords. Black Star quickly jumped backwards before one of the other Demon Swords could hit him. While in the air, Black Star shouted, "Tsubaki, Uncanny Sword mode!"
Tsubaki nodded than turn into a long, black sword for Black Star to wield. While watching Crona and Black Star fighting, Kid thought to himself, "How come we couldn't resonate with each other, it doesn't make any sense. Actually come to think of it Black Star seems to be a slower than usual. What's going on here?"
Maka: Once again, a very good question. One that will either have a bad explanation or no explanation at all.
Crona: I hate lose-lose scenarios…
Maka: Don't we all?
Kid with a frustrated yet angry face, hears a familiar calm voice behind him, calling to him, "Don't look so down Kid."
Immediately, Kid turn his face towards the person who called out to him. It's Soul who is wearing a black suit, the same one he wears when he talks to the Little Demon in the Black Blood. "Just smile Kid. And don't worry; your dad will be alright."
Kid, still in shocked asked angrily, "Wait did something happen to my father?"
"Kid, who are talking to?" asked Liz.
"What are you talking about, I'm talking to…?"
Kid looked again where Soul was, however he disappeared without any trace.
Maka: …hi, apparently we just took a left turn at Albuquerque, and wound up in WHAT-THE-FUCK-Ville!
(in the depths of space, a certain pirate feels an immense swelling of pride, though he can't tell why)
In thought Kid said, "Soul was just here but he can't be, since he's at the DWMA. Everything here doesn't make any sense and what did Soul mean that 'your dad will be alright'. Something tells me that the Doctor as more of an idea what's going on than he's letting off."
Crona blocked an other one of Black Star's attacks from the Uncanny Sword. Tsubaki, worried asked, "Crona, why are protecting the Cybermen?"
After a moment, Crona replied, "So the cracked wall isn't angry and when the cracked wall is angry than Lady Medusa is angry and when Lady Medusa is angry then she will punish me."
Crona: …*starts hitting head against tray again*
Maka: Crona-
Crona: Maka, please…just let me get this out of my system…
"Cracked wall?" puzzled Tsubaki.
At the House of Medusa, Eruka as returned from her mission in South America. "Well Eruka did you get it?" asked Medusa standing in front of Eruka.
"It wasn't easy but I did, the Madness Manipulation Machine is now in your procession." said Eruka, holding out the long dish like machine.
Medusa smiled and said, "Thank you, Eruka."
Maka: Isn't this usually the part where Eruka asks to be set free and Medusa tells her no? Are we just going to ignore that?
Crona: I guess Eruka doesn't matter as much to the author…
Maka: Again, poor Eruka.
Medusa's crystal ball that's behind her radiated light. The picture on the ball is one the Cybermen. The Cyberman said, "This is Station Two, we are now operational."
"Than that's all of them. Cybermen, begin the operation."
The picture vanished, Medusa walked out of the house with the Madness Manipulation Machine and said to Eruka, "Now excuse me Eruka, I have somewhere to be."
Maka: Unless it's a tall cliff for you to jump off of, I won't be satisfied.
Back in the mountains, Black Star and Kid prepare to strike Crona. Before they could, a huge tremor suddenly occurred knocking everyone to their knees. "An other earthquake?" shouted Tsubaki.
"Oh, that green thing sure is pretty." said Patty.
Maka: *groan*
Everyone looked at the sky to witness a huge tall green pillar shooting out from the ground. "Isn't that the same thing we saw back in New York?" asked Liz.
The green pillar started to expand outward very quickly. Moving so fast that it will reach them in a few minutes and they can't outrun it. Noticing, Kid looks down at the bottom of an other mountain. Kid sees a huge light radiating from it, a cracked smile.
Maka: …did you catch any of that?
Crona: My head's hurting a bit right now, so, no, not really…
Authors notes:
I wanted a chapter with the Soul Eater cast only.
Maka: Gee, we feel so appreciative…
Crona: We're the luckiest people around…
You might need to know the manga to understand a few things in this chapter.
Maka: Why? You clearly don't.
In all seriousness, what did they do with the Madness Manipulation Machine?
Maka: It's always a sad day when terrible fanfiction writers start making decent points.
Crona: Wouldn't saying "Strawman Has A Point" be appropriate here?
Maka: Why bother when it won't be acknowledged by…whatever the hell usually acknowledges those things?
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So yeah, next part is coming soon. If you have questions or recommendations, you should probably save them for when the rest is up.
Also, Happy Canada Day, my fellow Canucklers. Keep lying about our culture and living conditions to our American neighbors, it's just so much fun.
See you soon!