Soul growled as several Arachnophobian members rushed at them. Both Thomson sisters jumped infront of him and began shooting as they ordered the others to go ahead and find Maka.
"No way you two, I won't have any more of my friends get hurt." Kid said taking a stance beside the girls.
"Go on ahead you guys we have these idiots." Kid smiled as Blackstar nodded and lead the smaller group farther into the dark halls of Babba Yabba castle. Even this close to his master he couldn't feel her soul and it scared him. Noah and Gopher were all smiles as they heard the faint sounds of a chainsaw up ahead. When they found the source of the chainsaw noise, they saw two blondes fighting in close combat.
"How did Justin get here?" Tsubaki asked confused as Blackstar and Soul pushed her away from the fight.
"Up farther then we can get your Maka." Noah said as they rounded another corner coming face to face with a long silver haired samurai.
"We got this guys," Blackstar said as he and Tsubaki readied to fight.
"I am Mifune, turn back now." He said as he spit out the grass he was chewing from his mouth.
"No way dude, we have to save our friend from being killed by the kishin." Blackstar said as he raised his katana, Tsubaki doing the same.
"Run Soul save Maka, it's up to you!" Tsubaki yelled as their fight began.
"And then no pressure and someone dies, great you jinxed it Baki," Soul muttered as he, Noah, and Gopher ran ahead into a large oval shaped room with spider webs everywhere. The large doors they had entered through closed ominously as both Noah and his servant disappeared. Soul cursed as he realized he had just become the friend destined to save the world. He needed Maka.
"Hello Evans, I take it you're here to rescue the grigori." Came a soft voice that caused shivers of fright to cover the albino's skin.
"Where's Maka!" he asked not seeing the owner of the voice no matter where he looked. A sickening scream filled the room as Soul felt his heart drop into his stomach.
"Maka, Maka hold on I'm here!" he screamed as her terror filled whimpered followed her screamed torcher. Summoning his scythe, he readied to fight the unseen enemy.
"Surely you're smarter than that Evans. A musician always looks ahead don't they, or has that changed to over the hundred years I've been gone?" Arachne said as a giant light illuminated the room. She stood on a tall platform dressed in a purple black that reached the floor and spider like webbing covering her bosom. Behind her Asura sat in his red plaid pants and open red top holding a bleeding and crazed looking Maka, her hair and skin dirty and bruised form harsh treatment.
"Let her go," Soul ordered as he stepped forward leaning on his scythe for support. His blackblood began taking its effect at the kishin's presence and he could feel his mind slipping. Soul's red eyes stayed on Maka as the kishin began touching her and whispering, suddenly the kishin forced himself onto the small girl causing Soul to lose himself.
"Kill them, surrender to me and embrace insanity, kill them all!" a voice sang into his ear as his figure went rigid and his scythe disappeared. Holding up his left arm it formed into a blade the face of the blade taking the form of a keyboard. His right hand came crashing down onto the keys as his eyes shown brighter and the room quieted.
"I have to kill them all, embrace insanity, kill them all; he told me so." Soul smiled before playing a madding melody.
*Blackstar/Tsubaki*
Mifune was still standing without having broken a sweat as the two assassins panted on either side of him. The three had been fighting for a good thirty minutes in extreme rates.
"Are you ready to give up?" he asked swaying his bog of swords in his right hand.
"A god like me never gives up, Tsubaki shadow mode!" Blackstar instructed as Mifune blinked at the opponent's sudden change. The girl had vanished causing a look of confusion to mar the samurai's eyes. Suddenly a flash of blue appeared in his face as Blackstar punched the ninja back and using the now sword formed Tsubaki he planted her in the ground launching himself into the air summersaulting and landing on the swordsman stomach implanting him into the ground in a crater of dust. An insane tune reached the groups ears as Tsubaki returned to human form an eyed her overseer. His pupils had turned to star shaped irises as Mifune raised from the crater.
"So, you're a demon, huh." The samurai replied as Blackstar hunched over, pressed down by the insanity.
"How can your surpass god as a demon?" Mifune asked as the boy walked closer. "I see, your weak, I refuse to fight the weak." With that, the samurai left the hallway leaving Tsubaki to control the insaned master. Mifune was right though, how could he surpass god, in this state he was weak.
*Kid/Thompson twins*
"So, where did they go?" Liz asked as the small group walked through the labyrinths of rooms.
"This is the only symmetrical way I saw." Kid said as he led them farther into the dark halls. Liz latched herself onto her master's shoulder as strange noises echoed through the halls. Patty began singing a random song about giraffes as they continued forward. Liz was still panicking as Kid patted her hand when they noticed the sudden silence ten minutes later.
"Where's Patty?" Liz asked as her knees began to buckle. Kid stepped protectively infront of her when he spotted the cause of the younger sisters silence.
"What are you doing here Noah, weren't you supposed to help Soul find Maka?" Kid asked as he looked to Patty who was being held by Gopher.
"I did, now he's fighting both the kishin and Arachne to the death, now Death the Kid, welcome to my collection." Noah smiled as Kid, once again blinded by the white light of the enemies' book. Both Thompson sisters now stood alone in the empty hall as the light vanished along with their master.
"Kid?" the sisters asked in unison as they searched the area around them before Liz began crying and fell to the floor. Patty frowned as her usual attitude changed to comfort her sister. Insane music filled their ears as they softly cried over their lost friend.
*Blair/Eruka/Mizune*
The original plan had been to ditch the crazy Shibusen brats running to their deaths. The new plan thanks to Blair was save the stupid Shibusen brats running to their deaths. So here, they were running down the halls disguised as Arachnophobian agents to a room leading into Arachne's private room.
"Do you here that?" Blair asked as they neared the spider witches room.
"You mean the song?" Eruka replied as they stopped infront of a large oak door. Blair nodded. The sound was coming from behind the door in question.
"Chi, chi, he's gone insane." Mizune answered before opening the door, the sight that welcomed them was surprising and unwanted.
