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Chapter 2 Dark tidings, new home

Log entry #1 It begins

Today I was fortunate enough to find a lesser creature to aid me in my research. He was a nice and caring, something I don't need, but I've come too far. He was a odd sort of man with a slender and tall body type with dark purple hair and blue eyes. We met at a local tavern and like many of those lesser men, he fell "in love" with me, well my body. His "contribution" will aid me greatly in my research.

Log entry #2 Everything set in motion

I left the man after our encounter, I have no use for him, but out of a rare act of kindness I decided to let him live. Two weeks later I tested my blood and according to my blood work, I am now two weeks pregnant. It's thanks to him, a new Kishin will be born. I will begin to search for a perfect candidate for a weapon to be broken down into the black blood and transform it into a demon sword. I heard of a dark weapon known as Ragnarok somewhere in Scandinavia.

Log entry #3 Ragnarok

Finally, after searching I have finally found Ragnarok. He was a demon who only cared about devouring souls, the creature even tried to kill me, but luckily I weakened him with my snakes. I offered him a chance to devour as many souls as he wants, in return, he is broken down to black blood. He agreed. Ragnarok will serve me, and will be broken down when I successfully create the black blood.

Log entry #4 Birth

After nine long months of waiting and research, my child was born. As the child was born, I found out that it was a boy. It would have been better if he was born a girl, men are disgusting, lesser creatures. Regardless, he will become the warrior I need to become a kishin. When the child becomes older, he will be injected with Ragnarok when its time. The child will be named Crona, my dark one. I will make you into the perfect killing machine.

Log entry #5 Injection

Today, Crona has turned four years old. The child proved to be rather smart and has begun to perform actions that children twice his age would have trouble with such as talk in coherent sentences, and the proper use of facilities. I told Crona that I needed to inject a special medicine in his body that would make him stronger. The child didn't like the needle but he innocently agreed, not knowing what I have in store for him. I injected him with Ragnarok, who I broke down yesterday and the child couldn't take it. He began to convulse in pain and scream. I put the child in a room until the screaming stopped. With that phase finished I've begun the next phase, training him.

Log entry #6 Weakling

It has been a year since I have begun to train Crona. He is weak and pathetic. It's the same every time I try to train him in the art of killing. We start off small, first was what he dubbed the little ones. Every time I ordered him to defeat it, the 'thing' would say 'I don't know how to deal with this' and would stand there like a fool. When he fails in the task I would give him, I would throw him in a dark barren room for days. I wouldn't give him any food or water, Sometimes I would have Ragnarok eat the food. When I would check up on him he would have a defeated look in his eyes and a few bruies from Ragnarok's beatings.

Log entry #7 Finally broken

I have done it, my child is broken. When I retrieved him from the room, the first thing he say was 'did you know my blood is black' with a crazed and vacant look in his weak willed eyes. He simple marched to the creature I tasked him to killed and he slaughtered it without hesitation. Soon I will have him devouring the innocent souls and turn him into a kishin.

Log entry #8 Failure

Something is wrong, very wrong. Ragnarok devoured enough souls so why... Why hasn't he transformed into a kishin, unless that theory is correct, that only a shinigami can become a true Kishin. It's that damned childs fault. Worthless child, a waste of seed. I should kill him for wasting my time. But if I do, then the black blood and Ragnarok will be lost. Tomorrow I begin my job as the school nurse at the DWMA. Maybe I can find out where Death has hidden the first kishin and use the black blood to revive him. As for the child, he has outlived his use. When the time comes I will leave him out to die at the hands of Death. Or I'll kill him myself.

Log entry #9 New plans

Since Crona can't become a true kishin, I will have to revive the first kishin Asura. With the batch of black blood prepared, all I have to do is get the werewolf that tore out the grand witches eye and a minion that will willingly (or not) to aid me in my plans. Then I will wait for the perfect chance to strike...

Log entry #10 Asura revived

I have done it! Asura is revived and soon, the worlds stagnation will end and a new age will begin! The only downside was I was defeated at the hands of Stein. I loved the sight of him afflicted by the kishins madness. That lovely laugh of his was ecstasy to my ears. I however wasn't going to be defeated yet. I want to see the kishin and death kill each other, it will be a sight to behold. I have managed to cheat death and possess a small child, Rachel I think her name was, she will be very helpful in acting as a shield for me against my enemies. On a side note, I'm sure my older sister has begun to stir due to the Kishins madness, maybe I should pay her a visit.

Stein stared at the horrific writing before him. This was the deranged log entries of a madwoman, the rest of the entry log was filled with equations and data on the black blood and what potions and drugs would spike Crona's insanity or subdue him in case he rebelled. She used her own son to collect souls, she tortured him when he didn't obey, she would denied him food and water, he was unloved, and even hated by his own mother, he was forced to become a killer and even experimented on him. He closed the log book, losing desire to read the writing of the snake witch. There was more to read, and he wanted to know more about the black blood and its entirety, but it would have to wait. Crona will be here soon and dinner is about ready.

It was sundown when Crona made his way to professor Steins house after packing what he needed for the night. He packed his sleepwear, toothbrush, and Mr. Pillow with his bed sheet. "So we're gonna spend the night with the screw head and his bitch." Ragnarok commented. Crona nods. "I swear to old skull face if I wake up and see you bound to a operation table I'm gonna lose my shit and shove screw head screw were the sun don't shine!"

"I-I don't think professor Stein is like that a-anymore. If he d-does d-do something, I'm sure M-Ms. Maire will stop him."

"Yeah, that old cow's got him on a leash. I'm surprised that she didn't do a little experiment of her own." Ragnarok cackles. "I don't get why you like that pig tailed she pig when your surrounded by chicks that are ten times hot then that pig."

"I'm sure they keep themselves cool even though we live in- OW!" Ragnarok smacks Crona on the head.

"You dumbass, I meant that their a hell of a lot sexier then that pig. For example, The Thompson twins. Oh man, those two are knock outs. Patty's stacked and Liz's got them hips..." Ragnarok began to talk about all of the other girls. "Tsubaki's got the best of both worlds, the way she walks and that figure she's got make me wish I had my own body so I could get with that. Even Screw head's bitch is got it going on, and even that crossbow chick, I won't made taking a hit by a ruler from her." Ragnarok begins to drool a bit.

"They're people, not playthings." Crona scolded, but Ragnarok ignored him.

"Last but not least, Blair. That cats got everything, you hear me EVERYTHING! Hips, Legs, breast, looks and ass, Blairs got it all, but no, you got to go with the least attractive girl out of all of them!" This was the last straw for Crona.

"Don't talk about Maka like that, she's very pretty!" Crona blurted out, defending Maka's honor. However, he instantly blushed greatly and clasped his hands on his mouth. If any Academy students heard that then he'll never live it down. "B-besides, y-you w-would be like Mr. Deathscythe."

"Me, like that bastard who can't keep it in his pants? I'll be smart and stick with..."Ragnarok began to think. "Tsubaki!"

"Tsubaki?" Crona inquired. "W-w-why Tsubaki?"

"Why else, she's hot, and if she can deal with that spiky haired bastard, I'll be a walk in the park!" Dealing with Ragnarok's perversions was something Crona was familiar with. He knew it was wrong to talk about girls like Ragnarok and he didn't like how he treats them as toys for pleasure.

"Anyways, we should be there by now right?" Ragnarok asked. The demon swordsmen nods and turns the corner.

"Y-y-yes, h-here w-we a-are, prosfessor S-steins house..." The young man made his way to the door and rings the doorbell. After waiting a minute, the door opened revealing Marie Mjolnir.

"Crona! Welcome, come in, we've been waiting for you!" Marie said, barely containing her excitement.

'Is it just me, or does this old cow seem happy to see you?' Rangnarok talked inside Crona's head.

'Well... Maybe she's just happy to see me...?' Crona talked to his permanent roommate.

"What are you waiting for, come in!" Marie cheered gleefully. The young boy walks into the stitched up house. "Franken is coming down, he's just reading some research notes." The boy sat on the couch. "I have something cooking, I'll be right back." She walked into the kitchen, leaving Crona sitting there waiting. As he waited, he began to remember about how he was tasked to place one of Medusa's snakes inside Marie's tea. He hated himself since that day. He betrayed the people that tried to help him and showed him kindness.

"Welcome Crona, it's good to see you again." Crona turns around and sees professor Stein.

"Hello professor Stein. How are you?" The boy asked.

"I'm good... I was just reading some research notes." Stein sat on the couch facing away from Crona. "So, I heard that you've asked about your father." Stein lights a cigarette.

"Y-yes... Since the p-physical, I've b-been wondering about who m-my father could be." Crona became nervous under the professors gaze. "I know I h-have f-friends, b-but I s-still feel... Umm..." Crona tried to think the next word.

"Lonely?" The professor filled in.

"Y-yes... I feel... Lonely..." Crona sighed. "I also feel like I'm missing something..."

"I see... What you're feeling is a sense of longing. This sensation is normal for those who have lived with abusive parents or an absence of both. It can also cause jealous feeling inside the individual. Tell me, did you see something on your way here that would spur these feelings?"

"It was after that girl Rachel got back to her parents. Marie told me how happy they were and how happy she was to be back home. When I failed a mission for Lady Medusa she would punish me, starve me, and Ragnarok would hurt me and call me a idiot" Crona looked down, on the verge of crying. It was unfair, why did he have to suffer and others didn't suffer the same fate. He wishes he could talk to someone who knows the pain and betrayal, of being tortured by the one who is suppose to love you no matter what.

"Well I have some good news Crona, but it will have to wait after dinner." This voice was Marie's. "I don't want to spoil the surprise!" The three make there way into the dinning room. Crona always wondered how Stein made his house like this. Everything looked like it was stitched together. The floor had arrows painted on the ground, these were commonly used in laboratories to guide the scientist to there next work station, but Steins house was partially a lab and partially a living home. It was very odd.

"Alright everyone! I made spaghetti~!" She placed three plates down for her, Stein and Crona.

"HEY!" Ragnarok appeared. "What about me!?" Marie give him a bowel of spaghetti.

"Can you hold it?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm not like butter fingers here!" Ragnarok opened his massive maw and devoured the pasta. "Than- OW!" The demon began to thrash about. "HOT HOT HOT! YOU BITCH! YOU DIDN'T TELL IT WAS HOT!" Marie gasped, she quickly grabbed a glass of water and gave it you him.

"Here Ragnarok!" The dark weapon drinks the whole glass.

"Ahh..." Ragnarok tongue was steaming from the hot spaghetti.

"You should have blown on it Ragnarok." Stein commented.

"Go take that screw and fuck yourself with it..." Ragnarok glared at the doctor with his ping pong ball like eyes. Marie decided to break up the little stand off.

"Alright you two, stop right now." Marie said sternly, then turned to Crona and smiled. "Make sure you eat up Crona~!" The three of ate dinner together. When dinner was finished Marie smile. "Crona, what do you want to do next?" She asked.

"I-I'm w-wondering w-what you want to tell me...?" Crona wondered.

"Maybe the doc put the screws to the cow and now she's preggers?" Ragnarok guested. This earned Marie anger.

"Ragnarok! Don't talk like that, it's rude!" She puts her hands on her hips, with a light blush on her cheeks.

"Whatever, if you ain't knocked up, then what's got you in a good mood?" Ragnarok asked. Stein began to explain.

"Well, Lord death want you to be comfortable, and being inside a cell all day isn't good for you. Which is why Lord Death decided to have you placed under our-"

"We're going to adopt you!" Marie blurted out loudly and happily. This shocked Crona and Ragnarok.

"W-w-w-what?" Crona stammered. "A-a-a-adopt me, b-but w-why?" Stein decided to explain.

"You see Crona, Lord Death thinks that you need guidance in your life and a proper place to live, a dungeon cell is hardly the best place to live in, so you're going to live with us for now on." Stein finished. "But the choice is yours to make. Normally under normal circumstances you would have been placed in a foster home. But death city isn't a normal place to live in. Meisters normally live with their partners, and many of them live in the dorms or in apartments like Soul, Maka, Black star and Tsubaki.

"B-but I do live with my partner- OW!" Ragnarok smacks him on the head.

"I live in your body dumbass!" Marie then decided to contribute.

"I know it's your choice but I would really love it if you moved in. We can be there for you whenever you need it okay?" Crona said nothing. "Crona? What's wrong?"

"Nothing to worry about, Crona's just frying his brain over this, damn and I thought that pig got him worked up." Ragnarok commented. Crona was breathing with deep and shaky breaths.

"I-I-I-I d-d-don't know h-h-how to deal with this feeling..." Crona's vision began to blur. Tears began to pool in his eyes and began to spill out of his eyes. The young man began to tremble. "Why... Why do you want me t-to l-live with y-you, a-after e-everything I-I've done y-you s-should ha-hate me!"

"You deserve a chance to live a normal life Crona, with a normal family. Even though we aren't related by blood and even though me and Franken aren't married." Marie smiled softly and got up to the table and made her way towards Crona. "You deserve to be loved." The demon tonfa hugged the boy. For Crona, everything was too much for him. Suddenly, the dam that was holding up all of his feelings broke open. The demon swordsmen hugged Marie and began to cry with all his might. Stein stared at the scene before him and cracked a small smile. This was a new beginning for Crona and for all of them.

Four days would pass and now Crona became known as Crona Stein, taking Franken's surname. Crona told his friends about his new home and family during a picnic out in the woods behind school. Everyone's reaction to this news was nothing but happiness. When Maka heard this news she was trilled for Crona. Black star got into Crona's comfort zone by slinging his arm around him and gave a hearty laugh.

"Good for you Crona! Your future god wishes the best for you HAHAHA!" Black star laughed happily.

"Black star, you better not con Crona into getting test answers from Stein's home." Maka scolded. Black star smirked.

"Yeah right, a big man like me will do that himself. After all, I will surpass god myself without any help. The only one that will help me is my partner, right Tsubaki!" Tsubaki sighs.

"Remember what happened last time Black Star." This made the assassin turn pale. Whatever Stein did to him is going to stay with him. "This is great Crona, now you don't have to live in that cell anymore." She clasped her hands together. Soul smirked.

"It was pretty cool for professor Stein and professor Marie to do that for you." Soul commented.

"Indeed, this is something that you need in your life Crona." Kid added after eating a symmetrical square cut sand which. Patty made herself known in the conversation, but had her mouth full of food. "Patty if you're going to talk, first swallow your food." Kid scolded. Patty swallowed and giggled.

"Sorry Kid. It's super awesome that the professor is letting you live with him! Oh! Can you see if he can get a giraffe! I wanna see a real one!" Patty laughed. Hearing this made Liz sigh, the older twin then smiled towards Crona.

"It's great that you're getting adopted by Stein and Marie." Liz smiled. Everyone finished there lunch and made there way back to class. As they walked back into the school. The school day continued until the school day ended. The peace that they have fought to acquire has been attained and they believed that this peace will last for many years.

The demon swordsmen made his way back to his new home. He was for the first time since he met Maka was happy. True they weren't like a real family, but they were better then his real family. As he made his way back to Steins lab, he heard people talk in low whispers.

"I heard professor Stein took in that monster." A housewife whispered to another person.

"A pair of freaks those two, I'm surprised that the monster is still in one piece." An older man whispered loudly.

"It's a shame he is in one piece, that boy is a monster and that thing that comes out of his back is just gross." The housewife sneered at the thought of Ragnarok. "What I want to know is why didn't Lord Death didn't kill him."

"I think he's getting senile..." The older man said with a dark tone. After hearing this Crona looked down in shame with tears in his eyes. He began to walk away when suddenly, he hears her voice. The voice of the person that saved him.

"HEY! How dare you say that about Crona and Lord Death!" It was Maka and soul. To say that Maka was angry was the understatement of the year, and Soul was glaring at the two people who dared to talk down their friend and their master who's worked his omnipotent ass off to keep the world free from madness. "Crona didn't want to hurt anyone, he was forced to do all of those things! And just because he's different doesn't mean he's a monster! Lord Death isn't going senile, he saw that Crona needed another chance and he was willing to change!" Maka turns around and makes her way to Crona. "C'mon Crona, let's go!" Maka grabbed Crona's hand and dragged him away with soul following. As they walked, the three teens began to talk.

"Just ignore them Crona." Soul started to talk to Crona. "Those guys wouldn't survive half the shit you've been through." Ragnarok pops out of his back.

"Shark face is right Crona. Ya might be a pussy and jacked up in the head, but with me in your blood your a fucking tank you hear me?" Crona nods. "Besides, I'm the only one who can make you feel like crap, not some old bitch with saggy tities and some old crusty piece of shit." It was a rare site to see Ragnarok, Crona's main bully defend him. However, the relationship between them was that of a older brother and younger brother. The three make there way to Steins house, Crona opens the door and lets Soul and Maka inside.

"So this is the inside of Stein house. Looks the same from outside, and what's with the arrows on the ground?" Soul walked to the couch and sat down. Before Maka could answer, Marie showed up and greeted them.

"Hello Maka, hello Soul." She smiles at Crona. "Welcome home Crona, how was your day?" She asked the young boy.

"It was okay, until I heard two people talk about me and Lord Death. They said some bad things about the both of us. They said that... Umm... That..." Soul took over for Crona.

"They called professor Stein and Crona a pair of freaks and monsters, and they said Lord Death was getting senile." This made the demon tonfa gasp.

"Oh Crona!" Marie quickly made her way to Crona and gave him a hug. "Don't let them get to you okay. Their just scared of you and they don't understand you or Stein." She soothed Crona's pain. "Now then, it's time for Dinner, are you two staying?" The demon tonfa asked. Maka and Soul agreed. With Maka and Crona helping, dinner was completed much faster then normal.

"Thanks to Maka and Crona, I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes!" Marie exclaimed. The group eat, talked and had a perfectly normal dinner. After dinner, Maka and Soul decided to say good bye and had back to their apartment. As for Crona, it was getting close to bedtime. Now that he lives in Steins house, he has to go to bed sleepy or not. It was true he needs sleep but on some nights he can't because of his past.

"Good night M-Marie, good night S-Stein." Crona stammered, still not use to the idea of not using titles to address them.

"Good night Crona." Marie smiled gently at the boy.

"We'll see you tomorrow Crona." Stein said to the young boy. After he was gone, Marie and Stein sat down on the couch. "So, Crona heard the people talking bad about me and him." This made Marie look at him.

"You heard?" Stein nods when he heard her.

"Yes. I'm not surprised. Me and Crona are a lot alike in some ways." He cranks his screw. "We both had dicey childhoods." Stein pulled out a cigarette and lights it. He inhales and then exhales smoke.

"You know I don't like it when you smoke inside." Marie pouts. Stein smiles and finishes the cigarette.

"I know, maybe I should consider quitting." He places the cigarette in the ash tray. "I've got to report to Lord Death, I'll be back."

"Nope, nope, nope, nope, no, not it, wrong person..." Lord Death sighed, frustrated. It was late at night in Lord Death mansion. Right at this moment, the death god was searching through the record of souls. The record of souls is a collection of all the people born in the world and who died in the world. It was something that was created long ago to keep track of all the humans that were born, and something he would have to pass on to Kid. His son was getting stronger everyday, and soon he will transform into a true Shinigami. When that happens, Lord Death will die. After all, the world doesn't need two Shinigamis guarding the world and since Kid won't be bound to Death city like he is, the Shibusen will have a powerful protector. It happened to him and Kid will have to go through the pain as well.

The record of souls use to be a giant archive of books, scrolls, stacks of paper that Death collected. However, he had the archive moved when Death city was built and used his power to store all the information on a mirror, a very big mirror that was the size of the entire room. His search was interrupted by Stein.

"Is this a bad time Lord Death?" He asked.

"No, no~" Lord Death bounced making a boing noise. "I was searching for Crona's father in the record of souls. Did you find anything in Medusa's old logs?" He asked.

"According to her logs she was looking for the perfect candidate for her research. You might need to finite your search. Try looking for a man with dark purple hair and blue eyes with a slender body type." Stein reported. "Also, it seems that the theory is correct. Only a godly entity can become a true Kishin like Asura. She also explains in detail about how she's trained him..." Stein stopped before he began again. "She tortured her own son and treated him like garbage. I've crossed some lines with dissections but the one line I've never crossed was using children in my experiments..." Stein clenched his fist.

"Thank you for looking at the logs Stein I know it wasn't easy. Just imaging what happens if Marie or Maka reads those. I'll have to-" Once again, Death was interupted by another incoming call. "I got another call, hold on..." The image of Stein changes to an image of Sid.

"Ah Sid! How goes it~?" He asked.

"Sir, we located the group of Asura worshipers causing trouble in the walsh countryside." Sid explained. The zombie and Nygus were tasked to find a group of Asura worshipers and destroy them. After a day of observation, it was confirmed that the whole group of worshipers were in fact kishin eggs. The three planned to wait outside near the forest. When they gathered at night, the two would kill the leader and the kishin eggs.

"I take it you took care of them?" Death tilts his head to the right.

"Well... About that..." Sid used his portable mirror to show Lord Death what the zombie found. What Death saw surprised at what he saw. The kishin egg hideout which was an old run down house was burnt to the ground. What reminded of the house was burnt rubble, and wood still aflame. The only proof that the kishins were dead was that there souls were all ignored. "What could have done this?"

"I'm not sure, but we better make sure who did this isn't going to attack innocent humans. Report back Sid, I'll send a team to investigate what caused this." Death ordered. Something was out there and it just destroyed a group of kishin eggs. Something isn't right about this.

A/N- About that theory about the Kishin. It was something I read on the soul eater wiki. I'm sure that normal kishin egg can become a Kishin but he or she won't be up to the cailber of Asura in terms of power and madness since he was a part of Death who is a god. The reason why Crona couldn't become a Kishin is because he wasn't willing to become one, at least I think so, maybe. If not I made myself look stupid.

Next time. Crona doesn't know how to deal with a alot of things. However, life for the demon swordsmen gets worse when Crona deals with changes with his body and mind. Next chapter is going to be awkward for Crona.