A/N: This chapter is modified a lot. Or in other words, this chapter is a remake. If you already read this before, read it again. It has some changes now because of some reasons (reasons are in my author's note on chapter 10). Reread this to avoid confusion. Please and thank you. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.

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CHAPTER 9: LOST MEMORIES

A Heart Full of Guilt

"When I was a little girl, one of the rules at home that I did not like at all was to be made to read a book about killing people," Crona thought as she closed her eyes. Her body and half of her face were in the hot water of the bath tub. She was all alone in a bath room in Asura's castle located on the moon. "But that's all I can remember…" she continued, "just my childhood." A tear escaped from her left eye, feeling sad that she couldn't remember her life after her childhood years. All that she only knew now was that she's soon to be Asura's wife for the sake of the power of madness to be preserved, regardless if she wanted it or not.

In the midst of darkness, a boy with three white lines on one side of his head appeared. Rain drops were falling on his blurry face. "Please stop crying," he softly said to her. Crona's vision became clearer and she saw that the boy had beautiful solemn gold eyes. He only seemed a little familiar to her. She didn't know who he was; she really wished she did though. She smiled at the boy then reached for his face but when her hand was already one centimetre away from his cheeks he quickly faded into darkness when she heard five consecutive loud knocks on the bathroom's door. She quickly opened her eyes, slowly stood up from the bath tub and put on her bath robe.

"Who-who is it?" Crona asked with a shaky voice as she stepped closer to the door, holding the doorknob. "It's me, Stallian," the guy at the other side of the door replied. Crona opened the door and saw one of Asura's servants. "Lady Crona, we're going to have intruders!" Stallian said. "Master Asura wants you in his room now!" Crona's eyes widened. "Asura's home already?" she thought then nodded at Stallian. "I'll be there soon," she replied with a face of determination.

Inside Shibusen's new airship that was now flying in the air towards the moon, Death the Kid was getting ready to get out the ship using Beelzebub to save Crona and kill Asura. A couple of trained men for battle from Death City and Ragnarok were behind him as backups. The rest of the Spartoi members were also getting ready too but they were instructed that Kid and Ragnarok should go first then them. "Professor, permission to leave," said Kid to Stein. "Go ahead," replied Stein. Kid turned around. "Be careful," Stein added. Kid looked back and smiled at Stein. "Don't worry," he reassured, "I won't die." He opened one of the airship's doors to the outside, looked down at the moon and spotted living creatures. Without further hesitation, he summoned Beelzebub, hopped on it and flew towards his enemies. He started fighting an evil clown named Kaguya even before he reached the moon's surface. Kaguya was blocking his way. When he finally succeeded in defeating her, Maka and the others followed.

"So we meet again, traitor," Black star sternly said to Justin Law. He was holding Tsubaki in Shadow Star: Zeroth Form - Masamune. The others, except Kid and Ragnarok, were behind him. Justin grinned at them. "Prepare to die, children," he said.

Crona was on her way to Asura's room now. She was running in the corridors. She fell to the ground when a loud explosion was released downstairs and shook the castle. The hallway lights went off. Darkness surrounded Crona. "What's happening?" she asked herself as she tried to stand up. She looked terrified and confused. Suddenly, her eyes widened when she spotted light from a flashlight above her and when she heard two unfamiliar voices far behind. The voices belonged to Ragnarok and Kid who she didn't recognize. "I think we've lost them," said Kid to Ragnarok, referring to Asura's servants. He was holding a small flashlight as he and Ragnarok were already walking in the corridors, not so far away from where Crona was. Crona then continued running. She was panting like crazy. She was scared of whatever or whoever was behind her. She feared that they were going to kill her and Asura. They didn't see her though.

"Asura…" Crona said in a small voice as her breathing became normal. She had been running fast through the hallways even though it was dark. There was moonlight coming from the large windows. It was a good thing that she already memorized the way to Asura's room. When she finally stood outside his room, first, she hesitated to knock. She hoped that the two guys who seemed to be following her earlier have lost their way already and just tried to give up. She gently placed her forehead and fist on one of the doors to start knocking on it. The door knobs turned. She didn't even get to knock yet. She quickly stepped back and lifted her eyes as the door opened. She smiled when she saw Asura. She hasn't seen him all day. Asura grabbed her hand then pulled her into the room with great force. He locked the door behind them.

The room was lightened by a contemporary candle crystal chandelier that was hung on the ceiling at the center of the room. Asura held Crona's arm then covered her mouth. He was behind her and was leaning his ear on the door. "Asura?" said Crona. But her words weren't clear since Asura's hand was blocking them. "They will not take you away from me," he whispered to Crona.

Crona pushed Asura's hands away from her mouth as she looked up at him. "Asura, what's going on?" asked Crona, sounding desperate to know the answer. "Why are those people trying to kill us? Have we done something wrong?"

"No, Crona," Asura replied. He held Crona's shoulder with both hands and made her face to him. "We didn't. Your mother promised me that when you grow up, you'll be mine. Those people who are now attacking us took you away from me."

Fear left Crona and was replaced by anger. She glared at Asura and coldly said, "Then they're the ones who deserve to get killed. I may not remember getting captured by them but you're the only I got right now so I put my trust in you." A smile formed on Asura's face.

Suddenly Death the Kid and Ragnarok kicked the door of the room and the door slammed open which made Asura and Crona fall to the ground. The doors started to creak then they fell off as well. Ragnarok's hand was a sword. Kid was holding Liz and Patty. He pointed them at Asura who only looked calm. Kid and Ragnarok glared down at the Demon God. Asura was still holding Crona's shoulder. He actually protected her from Kid and Ragnarok's violent entrance. When Kid glanced at the person next to Asura, his eyes widened and he felt rigid. Crona glanced back at Kid with a face that was mixture of anger and confusion. But somewhere very deep inside her, she felt that she already met this stranger she was looking at before.

"What a pleasant surprise," said Asura as he smiled at the two who were standing in front of him. "Get your filthy hands off of my meister!" said Ragnarok to Asura. "Meister?" said Crona as she glanced at Ragnarok. She and Asura stood up. Asura stopped holding Crona. Ragnarok looked at Crona quizzically. "You idiot. Have you forgotten what a meister is?" Crona glared at Ragnarok.

"I'm really glad that you and your friends came, Death the Kid," said Asura as he was smiling. He dug his hands into his pockets. Kid gritted his teeth. "I'd like to see you get killed by my dear Crona." He held Crona's head and pulled her close to him. He smelled her hair and smirked at Kid and Ragnarok.

"You make me want to tear you into pieces even more," said Kid. "Didn't you hear what I say?" said Ragnarok. He was getting angrier, even angrier than Kid, now that he's witnessed something very despicable. "I said GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF MY MEISTER!" he shouted at Asura as he ran towards him and stabbed him with his other arm that turned into a sword. Some of Asura's blood got onto Crona's face. Asura slowly fell to the ground once again. Tears started to form in Crona's eyes. "Asura!" she knelt to the ground with him and held his hand. Kid and Ragnarok were shocked to see Crona's action. They didn't expect her to fall in love for Asura too fast. "Kill them for me," Asura whispered. Crona nodded as Asura wiped her tears away from her face and stood up. "I'll deal with the others downstairs."

Ragnarok stepped back as he glared at Asura. He was still panting. Death the Kid stood next to Ragnarok, ready to kill anyone. "Asura the kishin, as God of Death, I'll never forgive you for taking Crona away from us," he said. "Therefore you deserve to die." He raised his two guns and pointed them at Asura. Crona looked back with an angry face. She quickly stood up and blocked Kid's strong attack with her magic. "Crona, get out of the way!" said Ragnarok. Asura released a strong energy that made Kid and Ragnarok fall to the ground. He walked pass through them and went downstairs to fight with the other Spartoi members. "Hey, come back here!" Ragnarok shouted at Asura. Suddenly, his breath stopped when a sharp object went pass through him. "Uh," he uttered as the pain started to go around his body, making him weaker. He looked back and was surprised to see Crona, holding a magical sword that was still injected to his body. "Ragnarok!" said Patty. She changed back into her human form and ran to Ragnarok's side. "Patty, you're not supposed to transform back yet!" said Kid. "Kid, we have to help Ragnarok," said Liz. She too changed back and helped her sister. The happening happened too fast for Kid to be able to save Ragnarok. Now that his weapons refused to change back into their weapon forms, he had no choice but to stop fighting.

Black blood was already falling to the ground from Ragnarok's body. Crona's eyes widened as she stared at the blood. "Black… blood? I-I thought I'm the only one who has that." She let go of the sword, held her arm then stepped away from them. The magical sword started to disappear but Ragnarok's wound wasn't. Liz and Patty held Ragnarok. "We have to get Kim, she can heal him!" said Liz to Patty who was crying now. Patty nodded. "Kid, we have to go, we'll come back for you," Liz continued. Kid nodded at her. "Please be careful," he said. Liz and Patty started to lift Ragnarok from the ground and they slowly went out of the room.

Kid glanced at Crona who was standing in a corner now, hugging herself with a heart full of guilt. He mustered courage then said, "Who are you?" Crona didn't look back. "I'm C-Crona. And I'm sorry," she said. "Liar." Crona was shocked to hear the word. He glanced at Kid now. "You couldn't be Crona," kid continued. "The real Crona wouldn't kill Ragnarok, her weapon since she was a child." Memories of Ragnarok started to come back to her mind but it was vague. "I…" she covered her eyes. "I don't know. I don't remember well," she admitted. Kid stepped closer to Crona. "You forgot about Ragnarok?" Before Crona could reply, trained men from the academy entered the room. Others helped Patty and Liz. One of them in the room stood in front of Crona and put handcuffs on her wrists. Crona tolerated his action. She thought she deserved to be in prison.

"Take that away! She's not a criminal," said Kid. "I thought you said this isn't Crona Makenshi, sir?" said the guy. "How the hell did he hear me?" Kid thought. "I was wrong," he calmly told the guy. "This is Crona. I believe she only lost her memories." Crona's eyes widened and glanced at Kid. She almost agreed to what Kid said. She believed that there was a big possibility that he was right.

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A/N: A picture of the Shibusen's new airship can be seen on Soul Eater chapter 90 page 31. Continue reading as you wish and feel free to review.