Chapter 4: Witnessing an Act of Terror

"That is not Kid." Danny said as he walks to the couch to pick up and put on his vest and boots.

As Patty walks up to Danny, she asks, "How can you be sure, Danny-kun?"

"He kinda looks like Kid, but he's not really Kid." he replied.

"Kid-kun had four black lines across his lips when he was under the influence of madness." she said.

"It"s not like it happened to him again, is it?" Danny asks. Patty shakes her head. "Then I guess I'm right." he said with a smile.

Then, as he goes for his longswords, Patty says, "Wait."

Danny looks at Patty, and asks, "What is it?"

"Is there... anything else you're good at besides... those swords?" she asks as she points at one of Danny's longswords.

"I guess I'm... good with pistols." he said. He then lowers his head, and says, "But it's been a while since I last held one."

"Oh. I'm sowwy." Patty said.

"It's okay, Patty." Danny said.

"You want to give it another shot?" she asks.

"Like, wielding a pistol? You mean wield you?" Danny asks.

Patty nods with a smile as she transforms into her pistol form. Danny then grabs the pistol. "Wow..." he said to himself.

"Wow! Your soul wave strength is pretty strong, Danny-kun!" Patty said.

"Thanks. Ready?" Danny said.

"Yup!" she said.

"Then let's go!" Danny says as he runs outside the apartments.

A FEW MINUTES EARLIER...

Maka was running for her life from the person who bears the resemblance of Kid. "Leave me alone!" she yelled.

As she turned around, the evil Kid lookalike was in her face, which cause her to fall on her butt. "Who are you? What the hell do you want from me!?" she asked in fear.

"What do I want?" the evil Kid said as he pulled dual daggers. "I want you... to DIE!" The evil Kid attempts to stab Maka, as she begin to panic.

CLANG! Just then, out of nowhere, Soul manages to save his Meister by blocking the evil Kid's attack with his scythe-arm. "I won't let you kill my partner. Not on my watch. It's not cool." Soul said with a smirk.

Soul... Thank god. Maka thought as she give a big sigh of relieve.

"So, you two are the ones who nearly killed Asura?" the evil Kid says.

"Asura's still alive!?" Maka asked in surprize.

"He's weakened, but yes, he's still alive. You humans had no idea what he's been through the past six months! It's all your fault! You two were nothing more than a thorn to his side!" he yelled.

"What did you expect? He was trying to kill everyone on the planet!" Soul yelled.

"Hmph! Whatever. I'm gonna get revenge for my master, Asura. By killing you two!" the evil Kid yelled.

"Never!" Maka yells as Soul changes to his weapon form and lands on his Meister's hands.

"A Death Scythe? It doesn't matter. All that matters to me is killing you two, Death Scythe or not!" the Mad Kid shouted.

"Just try!" Soul said as both Maka and Mad Kid begin to duke it out.

The battle was intense. Untill the Mad Kid threw one of his daggers and hits Maka's leg, crippling it.

"You okay, Maka?" Soul said.

"Y-yeah." Maka said. She tried to move, but then she felt pain on the crippled leg.

The Mad kid makes an evil smile, and says, "Now you die!" He attempts to stab Maka with his other dagger, but she manages to block his attack.

"I may be injured, but I can still fight back! Soul?" Maka said.

"Yeah, let's do it!" Soul said.

"Soul Resonance!" Maka and Soul shouted.

"Level U Hunter!" Maka then shouted. She used her Level U Hunter move to put away the Mad Kid, which knocks him off his feet, fly to a wall, and collapsed onto the ground.

Maka pulled out the dagger that struck her leg. The pain was worse pulling it out of her leg then being struck with it on the spot. Maka could barely stand up. "That son of a-" Maka said.

"Maka, we need to get the hell outta here before 'he' gets back up! You're in real bad shape!" Soul interrupted.

"Yeah, I hear you." Maka said as she turned around, in an attempt to flee.

But the Mad Kid manages to recover and quickly stabs her in the back(litterly). Maka screamed in pain. That was when Danny and Patty heard that scream, and looked outside to find out what happened. Maka collapsed on the ground, while the Mad Kid looked up at Danny and Patty with an evil smile.

"Maka! Not cool, you bastard!" Soul yelled. He then changed back to his human form, and tries to attack the Mad Kid furiously, with no invail. The Mad Kid then delivers a punch that knocks Soul off his feet, sends him flying to near the entrance of the apartment complex, and lands on the ground right where Danny and Patty (in weapon form) exited the complex.

"Soul! Are you okay?" Patty asked.

"A bit shaken up, but yeah." Soul said as he got up slowly. Soul then looked at Danny.

"What?" Danny asked.

"Who are you?" Soul asked.

"I'm Danny. You look like crap." Danny said.

"I've had worse, Danny. I'll manage. I'm Soul, by the way." Soul said.

"What the hell is going on?" Danny asked in a serious tone.

"Ah man, now that you asked... Maka's hurt by the evil Kid! He's trying to kill me and Maka to avenge Asura!" Soul said.

"What!? I thought he was dead!?" Patty yelled in shock.

"Who's Asura?" Danny asked.

"I'll tell you after you buy me some time to get Maka to safety." Soul said.

"Alright." Danny said. He didn't like it, but Danny had no choice but to fight the evil Kid, so he runs to the fight.

Meanwhile, Maka was still on the ground, as the Mad Kid was preparing to stab her in the heart. "This is for you, master!" the Mad Kid yelled as he attempts to kill her.

When suddenly, a golden sword stops him. "Fool!" it said.

"You again?" Mad Kid growls. He then tries to attack the floating sword, with little invail. The sword pushes the Mad Kid away, knocking him off his feet, fly to another wall, and lands on the ground.

Danny didn't believe in what he saw. "Whoa. Is that sword... f-floating?" he asks.

"Hmm... You noticed my power, huh?" the sword said. A poof made the sword disappear and reveals a white little creature, wearing a white top hat.

"You... were the sword?" Danny asks.

"Precisely. My name is Excalibur." he introduced.

"Excalibur? You mean, like, the legendary sword?" Danny asked.

"Yes." Excalibur said. Before they could continue, the Mad Kid got back up on his feet.

"We'll talk later. Right now, we gotta deal with him!" Danny said.

"Right!" Excalibur says as he turns back to his weapon form and lands on Danny's other hand.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't care. Just stay out of my way, or you're going to die in the name of Asura!" Mad Kid said.

"Sorry, pal. I'm not going anywhere." Danny said with a confident smile.

"Then I curse your fate!" the Mad Kid said as he charges at Danny.

Danny shot at the Mad Kid several times, but missed. As the Mad Kid tried to stab him, Danny blocked it using Excalibur. He then shot the Mad Kid in the face, causing him to fly until he lands on the ground.

"Gotcha!" Danny said with a laugh.

"You nailed him, Danny-kun!" Patty said with joy.

"Thanks, Danny. Now, let's get Maka outta here." Soul said as he holds his downed Meister in his arms.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Danny asked.

"She will be. C'mon." Soul said as he walks down, with Danny following along side him.

Suddenly, a pair of twin daggers were flying at Danny. "Danny-kun, look out!" Patty yelled.

But it was too late. The twin daggers hit Danny on the back. One was hit on the back of shoulders. The other one was hit near the lower part of his spine. Danny made a loud groan in pain. "DANNY-KUN!" Patty cried.

He got on all fours, and coughed up blood. "You should've stayed aside, you cur." Mad Kid said as he walked to a crippled Danny, and tries to put pressure on one of the daggers stuck on Danny's back, causing the pain to be more severe, and causing Danny to scream in pain.

Suddenly, a scythe appears near Mad Kid's neck. "Dr. Stein! Sprit!" Soul said.

"Looks like you kids are in thick water because of him." Dr. Stein said.

"If he killed Maka, I'm returning the favor!" Sprit (in his Death Scythe form) said.

"She's not dead." Soul said.

"Tsk. I had enough of you scum. Until we meet again..." Mad Kid said as he dissappears.

"That's right... You... better run..." Danny slowly said as he suddenly faints from taking too much damage.

"Danny-kun! Hang in there!" Patty said as she holds his unconcious body in her arms.

"That is just SO not cool." Soul said.

"We need to get them to the hospital, ASAP!" Sprit said.

What did I get myself into?

What an ending to this chapter. What do you all think?

What will become of our hero? What's gonna happen to Maka? Is the world likely in danger again now that Asura's still alive, even though he's weakened? You'll find out on chapter 5! Laters!