Kid looked between each person of the group that was in his room.

Angela, who was trying to tell him about Gael.

Maba and her judge that just showed up without warning.

Then Gael, who wanted answers about Crona. This was bothersome with how little sleep he had gotten.

"Maba I would love to, but I also have these two and-"

"Then finish your chats with them so that we may that we can talk privately" She stared at him, voice commanding the situation. Kid scratched the back of his head. Angela looked at the boy on the other side of Kid, seeing his determination flicker in his eyes.

"All I wanted to tell you was that Gael and Bianca broke rules and saw Crona. Speaking of whom, I should check to see how they are doing. If you would excuse me." She vanished quickly, removing herself from the tension in the room. Kid was left with no other option, but to face his teen weapon partner.

"I see your doing well."

"Yeah." Short answers. Tension in Kid's shoulders returned.

"The headaches haven't come back?"

"No"

"Get to the point, Kid. We have a lot more pressing concerns." The judge chimed in exhaling smoke from her pipe in an effort to not raise her voice in front of a child. Kid gulped and looked at him.

"So… what do you-"

"Why didn't you tell us they were up there? How do they know Maka? If they're dangerous, why are they even here?" Fists clenched as a meek voice listed off question after question.

"Slow down a bit. One at a time."

"Fine. Why didn't you tell us they were up there?" His hazel eyes searched through the golden ones staring at him. Maba watched the two quietly. Kid searched for the safest answer with pointed stares directed towards him.

"After everything that happen, a lot of the governments around the world didn't want the information to get out about them. Crona… did a lot of damage to the world that they can't take back. I never thought they could even be alive, much less get off the moon." Gael looked down. He bit his lip slightly.

"Even if the others didn't know… I wish you told us… shouldn't we know…" Kid set a hand on his shoulder, adding some pressure with his thumb to comfort the other.

"Gael. I don't want you or Bianca to deal with my past. You're still children." Gael looked up quickly.

"But you were a child when everything went down with Asura." The hand on his shoulder recoiled.

"Stop trying to turn this around. What happened back then is completely different."

"Crona was a part of what happened back then! Who are they?!" He stomped his foot down and Kid felt the floor slightly vibrate from force.

"I'm not going to answer that."

"Why-!"

"Crona is the child of the witch Medusa." Maba interrupted. Kid glared at her, attempting to stop her.

"He wants to know." She moved over to him, staring at the boy. Kid stiffened and looked away. "Crona was a child of Medusa and eventually killed her while also devouring the Kishin Asura. They were eventually taken over by Asura and we all thought they died sealing the Kishin to the moon. The barrier keeping Asura is up there is their own blood." Gael stared at her. The color drained from his face as he tried to process. Maba watched him before turning to Kid.

"Crona is why I'm here. Angela told us that they were awake now."

"Of course, she did…" He groaned. "What do you want?" Before she could speak, Gael tugged on Kid's sleeve. The Shinigami softly looked over at the boy.

"Are you going to tell them… About Maka. About everyone else… If they were alive when Maka was… they know the others… you have to tell them." His tone shifted, stance becoming uneven and eyes glancing away.

"I-I doubt they could handle it. They're unstable. Crona may not be emitting any madness, but that doesn't mean they can't and upsetting them… isn't worth the risk." Gael pulled his hand away.

"But they should know!" He yelled.

"What they should know isn't up to you!" Kid yelled back, Gael stepped back. He fell quiet and turned, leaving and slamming the door. The room fell quiet, the guilt slowly building up.

"You're a coward." The judge glanced over at him. Maba didn't say anything to her about the words her judge employed when addressing Kid.

"You should have told us what you found before Angela did."

"If you're here to lecture me, then kindly leave. I don't want to hear right now." Kid turned his back to her. Maba muttered and Kid's body was turned around to face her.

"I would like to speak with Crona." Her eye pierced through him.

"I would rather you didn't"

"Just like you would rather not tell them about their friends." She retorted. Kid flinched at her tone.

"That's entirely different from this situation." Maba expressed some frustration, breath slowing down.

"They murdered a witch before our deal was struck. I have grounds to arrest them if I so choose." Maba spoke sternly, each word emphasized to Kid. The judge came over. "Medusa's child will be taken to court for their crimes as soon as they are fit to leave the nurse's office." The witch queen released Kid from the spell and he stared at them.

"You've read the reports as much as I have. You know what Medusa did to them."

"Then they should have little trouble defending themselves in court." The judge responded.

"You don't want the questions. From Gael and probably the press and the governments. I can take them off your hands. What happens after that would be none of your concern." Maba told him. Kid looked away from her. His fist clenched.

"I'll think about it."

"Make your choice now or I will tell Crona about everyone." She began to float to meet his face. "Of course, if you tell them… I will let you have a few days to consider what will be done with them." Her body floated away and she sat on desk, intensely watching Kid.

The Shinigami looked at the floor. His options severely limited, doubting he could change her mind much less stop her from fulfilling her end of the threat, but the risk Crona's breakdown had on the city and the people was hard to imagine. He looked at her.

"If I tell them… and they break down… would you be prepared to contain h-them with your spacial magic." Maba was intrigued by his proposal and nodded, getting off the desk with her judge coming to her side. Kid took a moment to collect himself before turning to the turning. The metal of the doorknob feeling slick and uncomfortable as he opened the door. Maba stayed by him, watching the way he moved and the pace he set. Slow. The discomfort with each step.

The reaper felt like glass was stabbing his feet with each push forward. The single drops of sweat down his forehead and the pushing thoughts of Gael's upset face all wanted to force him away from where Crona was. The closer they got, they heard talking in the room. He stopped for a moment.

"I'm sorry… about earlier…" Crona's soft voice rang in his head. He turned away from the door.

"It's alright, you're probably still in shock from the fall." Angela sounded relatively calm.

"Are you going to tell them?" Maba interrupted his disorganized thoughts. He took in a deep breath as he opened the door to the nurse's office. The witch and her patient looked over at the small group. Crona quickly look away, focusing on their hands and the blanket. Angela stood up.

"Lord Death. Maba-sama." She spoke.

"Angela… will you leave for a few minutes." His voice sounded dejected and she nodded, before leaving the room. The awkward silence expanded, Crona looked nervous as they gripped the blanket. Maba nor her judge spoke leaving Kid to be the one to be the speak up. He coughed a bit.

"O-Oh… are you sick…?" Crona murmured, just loud enough to be heard.

"W-what no. I'm just…"

"Get on with it Kid." The judge said. Maba kicked her leg slightly. Crona looked up at the retort.

"O-on with what?" Their eyes went pale and shoulders tensed up. Kid sighed and came over as the other slightly moved away. He pulled up the chair and sat down. He played with his hands as the sweat. If he didn't, Maba would. If he did, Crona would break down. Every option ran in his head, stressing him out.

"K-kid…?" It snapped him out of it. The way they said it, like when they were still friends. He bit the inside of cheek.

"Gael told me that you were asking for Maka…" Crona looked away.

"I-I'm sorry. I just… thought…" Their shoulders drooped down and they released the blanket.

"Crona… I'm… I'm not exactly sure how to tell you this… but Maka can't come see you." The Shinigami didn't want to look at the other.

"I k-know I'm probably asking a lot… I… don't deserve it… I just want to see her… at least once…" Kid's knuckles turned white from gripping tightly.

"You're not asking too much… You're asking for the impossible…" He took a breath. "Crona… it's been… almost 200 years since you sealed Asura away..." He looked up at the other. Their face was drained of color, body laxed and eyes stared at Kid. They didn't say anything.

"C-Crona." The being in question looked down, water starting to form and run down the scarred face. Chapped lips bitten harshly holding back the whines. Kid didn't sense any madness from them, but Maba came over and put a hand on his arm. It didn't pry the Shinigami from watching the others. The heart monitor was spiking slightly and they moved their hand gripping at where their heart was. The whining became more apparent and Kid backed away quickly.

The heart monitor's speed increase until the alarm sounds.

"Maba, you need to-!"

"Wait!" She was watching intently, eye widening and hand shaking. The scars running along Crona's face started protruding into thorns running over their left eye and along their right cheek and neck. They cried out in pain. The blood in their body fighting back and spiking out.

The pillow was shredded.

The blanket ripped apart.

Holes were punctured in the wall.

Kid quickly moved Maba away. The monitor alarmed only to get destroyed by the blood spikes.

"Maba! You need to contain them!"

"This isn't the same Kid! They'll suffer if I close them off!" She looked between him and Crona. The risk of causing the other more pain in an isolated dimension was much more hazardous than letting whatever this fit was. Crona kicked at the bed while they use their hands to cover their face as blood was coughed up and dripped down the edge of their mouth. As quickly as it started, it ended with Crona gasping for air. Black blood dripping down their face.

"Kid. I'm sorry, but circumstances have changed. I'm getting any of the paperwork you need and Crona will be coming back with me to the Witches Realm."

"Maba, you said you would give me time!" Kid turned to her.

"Maba-sama. Let's leave already. He doesn't understand." The judge said, having kept away from the situation as it lacked her concern. Kid looked at the judge then at Maba.

"What do I not understand!?"

"You just saw what happened! With them and their so-" She stopped. "You really don't understand. I'm taking them in a week once everything is taken care of. I'll be speaking with Angela and leaving." She walked over to her judge as Kid watched her, confused and upset.

"You think I'm just going to let you take them out of my custody."

"You're going to, whether you like it or not. If you can't see what's happening then you have no business dealing with them." Maba left the room. Kid yelled and punched the wall, startling the exhausted person on the bed.

The silence permeated the room, awkward and tense.

"K-kid… I-I'm sorry…" Crona's meek voice sounded over, having caught their breath but hardly moved.

"What are you doing? What are you doing that Maba thinks you're a threat? I don't sense anything from you." He glanced over only to see Crona turn their head away.

"Crona!" They flinched at the tone.

"Answer me!" The flinch was less visible.

"Did they all live pleasantly…" Crona asked, ignoring Kid's question.

"Stop trying to avoid this! What are you doing!" Lilac hair moved to show the pale face still stained with black blood. "Did Maka have a good life… I hope she didn't waste her life trying to help me…" Kid groaned and headed to the door slamming it shut. He wanted to pull out his hair. What was he not seeing that Maba could.

'What are they doing! Why can't I see what Maba is worried about?!' The questions in his head multiplied.

Touch jostled him out of the plaguing questions and he looked at the source. Angela's smile was soft, attempting to comfort him.

"Maba left… She'll come back in a week… Crona is the last friend from the old group… You-"

"I'm not going to do it for Maka."

"I wasn't going to ask you to do it for her. You should do it for yourself." Her hand left his shoulder. "If you hadn't changed your mind about Crona, you would have killed them when you found them in that forest." He stood as she went into the nurse's office.

Before the door closed, she looked back at them. "Gael and Bianca are free to come back if they want to. Crona liked listening to Gael read." She shut the door, leaving Kid to stew in his anger…