Another Journey to Madness

by RavenExpert

A Hetalia and Soul Eater crossover.

Chapter 7: The Grim Reaper's Son

There may be possible bloody scenes

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HETALIA OR SOUL EATER.


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"Arthur, how is Alfred?"

Tsubaki, with her worried expression, she approached Arthur who had just come out from the infirmary. Not only Tsubaki, seemed like Black Star, Maka, and Soul were there too.

"He's fine. Kniges said that he's just tired because of a sudden change in power and his own wavelength."

"It's because of your first collaboration..."

"Alfred's body is not used to Soul Resonance yet. That much power will give him a great strain."

"Still, you two are pretty awesome. Being new guys and yet you are able to do Soul Resonance. Me and Maka need to train for a while to make that perfect."

"Not to say that your wavelength is greater than Black Star."

"You have an excellent Soul Perception, Maka." Arthur chuckled. "No need to worry about Alfred. He's going to be fine. It will need more power to knock him out of the picture."

He walked away from the four to the opposite direction, showing his back towards the quartet.

"You're not going back to the class?" Soul asked Arthur, who was walking further away.

"I have a little business. Don't worry about me."

Arthur suddenly stopped walking and turned to the team. "By the way, the earlier plan was really elaborate, but it's easy to look through it."

As he chuckled and left, the four looked at him with a small shocked face. "So he knew about that being a plan to make them partners..." Tsubaki whispered.

"That Arthur is really perceptive." Soul replied.

The rest of the party went back to the class after Maka glanced at the infirmary door and stared at Arthur's departure, thinking about his words.

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"Lord Death, may I come in?"

"Oh, Stein? Come, come in~!"

Stein walked into the Death Room and approached Lord Death, who was with Spirit. "Is there a problem, Stein?" Spirit quickly asked Stein.

"There's something that I want to report."

"Report?"

Stein turned to Lord Death. "Some of our staffs reported about a weird spread of madness across the country."

"Madness!?" Spirit quickly thrown aback for a second there.

"Then, it's already begun... So that's why I felt something weird was happening." Lord Death suddenly turned serious. "Stein, can you elaborate what do you mean by "a weird spread"?"

"The madness isn't located in one place. But it was located on almost every corner across the country." Stein fixed his glasses' position. "The reaction is small, so we don't have much to worry, but..."

"...If this situation continues on, I'm afraid that the madness will continue to grow stronger and it will affect the people."

"Are there any more concrete information?" Spirit anxiously turned to Stein.

"Oh yeah. Some of our staffs also found a weird thing in those locations. It looks like a small golden cube with two yellow gears circling it."

"Can we see it?"

"Unfortunately, they quickly disappeared a few seconds later after being founded. The reaction is also gone. We don't know the reasons yet."

"Then we can't investigate it." Spirit sighed.

"Not really. Actually, I've thought of a way to retrieve it."

"Really?"

"We must send people with strong power, enough to hold onto the madness. My hypothesis is that maybe the cube disappeared because the ones who wanted to retrieve it have no strong power."

"Then I think we have to send this as a mission to the students..." Lord Death suddenly gave a weird suggestion, but somehow makes sense.

"But sir, if they are not strong enough, then the piece will disappear."

"Then make this as a special mission to those kids." Lord Death turned his face to Spirit.

"You mean Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kid?"

"Add Arthur to that team. He is strong, being former headmaster and all."

"Alright. By the way Lord Death, I haven't seen Kid these days. Where is he?" Stein turned to Lord Death.

"Oh, Kid? He's on a "special" mission. I told him to check a certain area that I don't feel right."

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"Alright, Kid. This should be the last." A young, tall woman with a cowboy hat talked to the businessman-looking boy.

"The mission's not over yet though. We were told to check this area, right?"

"Still, these people are creepy... They attacked us without warning."

"It's the madness, I can feel it. It's small, but this reaction is enough to affect normal humans. Liz, Patty, let's go."

"Alright~~!"

"I don't have a good feeling about this..."

The three entered a small, abandoned village. Kid could feel a weird atmosphere around the village. It was empty and no one was around.

"This place is creepy... Can we go home already...?" Liz hid behind Patty.

"Father said that this place doesn't feel right. If this madness is enough to bother Father, who is a Grim Reaper, then we can't leave it alone. We have to finish this job fast." Kid continued to walk into the village, while examining the things in there. Patty and Liz continued to stick together and checked things over.

After examining the houses, they met up in the town square. "How was it? Did you two find anything?"

"Nope! Nothing around but dusts and all that." Patty quickly replied to Kid's question.

"Kid... I really want to go home now..." Liz started to shiver more.

"Nothing, huh? Then all that's left is that main hall." Kid pointed towards a big building in the middle end of the village.

"Do you even listen to what others' saying!?"

"Let's go. We have to finish this fast. This village irritates me..."

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Before Kid reached the doorknobs, he felt another weird feeling. The madness was getting closer.

"What's wrong, Kid?"

"...Liz, Patty. Transform into your Weapon form."

"Huh?"

"Alrighty~~"

"I don't like where this is going on, but I guess we don't have a choice..."

Both girls were cloaked in pink lights and transformed into dual-guns, which Kid immediately held on backwards. With anxiety, Kid opened the door.

The room was dark. He couldn't see a thing. He suddenly heard something, and the lights went on. In a split second when the lights went on, numerous of people attacked Kid viciously.

"AS I THOUGHT, THIS IS CREEPY!" Liz shouted out.

"The people in here is being infected by the madness too!" Kid quickly shot them using the dual-guns. "They look frail, so one shot for each of them is enough."

What Kid said seems to have hit the point. Each bullets was enough to knock out the people one by one. He moved swiftly around the room and used his martial arts along with his guns to defeat the crowd. He didn't need few hours to defeat them all.

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"I guess this is the last of them. Let's examine this room more. The source of the madness should be here somewhere."

"Then, we'll go back to our human forms..."

"No, you two stay in your current form. We don't know how strong is this reaction."

Kid started to look around the room. He examined a lot of things, like tables, doors, windows, etc. But he couldn't find a thing, nor a clue. He let out a sigh.

"Hey, Kid. Why don't you use your Soul Perception ability? Wouldn't that be useful?"

"You have a point. I'll try."

Kid concentrated for a minute, and suddenly he felt a weird presence. He quickly turned his face to a small chest in the corner end of the room. He gulped a bit before approaching it and opened the chest. Inside it was a small cube with 2 gears circling it. He picked it up, and examined it.

"Kid, what's that thing?" Liz asked with a curiosity.

"I don't know, but I can feel a faint madness coming from it."

"Faint madness? But how can it affect that much people?"

"This must be a strong madness. Let's bring it back to Father. He might know something."

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"Father, I've returned."

"Kid~! Welcome back!"

Death the Kid entered the Death Room, but Lord Death was the only one in there. "How's the mission?"

"I was able to retrieve this thing." Kid stuffed through his pocket, and took out the small cube he took from the village. "This thing had some kind of a madness reaction coming out. I don't understand this, so I think I should tell you, Father."

So this is the cube that Stein mentioned... I better hold onto it and get it researched as soon as possible.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Kid~! I'll take that cube to the research team." Lord Death took the cube from Kid's hands.

"Then, I'll take my leave here."

"Oh, wait a minute, Kid." Lord Death's call stopped Kid from exiting the room.

The latter turned his face towards his father. "Something's wrong, Father?"

"We have two new students here. They are strong and seems to be partners. Be friends with them, alright~?"

"New students, huh? I'll see to it."


A/N: Since I'll be busy for a week, I think I should upload another chapter as fast as I can and then focus on my studying. This is Kid's first appearance. I hope you like it. Reviews are appreciated. Iggy is awesome, huh? And there's another important event, huh? Just please looking forward to the next chap!

By the way, if you haven't noticed it already, every section is started with one dialogue, right? I figured it might be a good way to start a section. Or maybe not.