Chapter 10: Until The End…

"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see"

The night was so cold and at unease. City life seemed desecrated from the night's gloominess, and the only light would come from the remaining streetlights. Blood was upon the ground and it had seemed; Death approaches.

"Urg…what's your problem? You have become one big nuisance, and I don't have anything to say to you." Dai clinches his bloody shoulder and a sharp pain ran throughout his body.

"…" Once more Ren said nothing to Dai, and attempts to attack him again. Dai obliviously knows this is about to happen, and leaped over away from Ren facing her face to face. She stands there with no expression on her pale face, as if she does not care for her own life.

Ren smirks and dashes quickly towards Dai about to undertake a slice through Dai's skull, inches from his death.

Dai awakes breathing heavily, more like panting, and he begins looking around.

"So it was all one big Dream…Heh, I was here, lying on Stein's lab floor the whole time. I must have passed out when he almost choked me to Death. Tch, what a Dream…"

Dai rises from the ground and starts by dusting himself off. He takes one foot in front of the other, and begins to walk out of the lab. He appears in the dark streets in Death City again, and chuckles a bit, glancing up at the night sky. He takes a scan of the area around him, as he felt something past by his frame.

"It's nothing…" Dai applied laughing quietly to himself, as he continued on walking home.

"Did you guys just feel that?" Ren said look towards the others with a confused look on her face.

Maka stops her conversation with Tsubaki and turns her attention to Ren. "What was that Ren?"

"Nothing, nothing at all." Ren quickly says showing a smile upon her face.

"Well, c'mon over here. Don't be so far away." Maka giggles

"Yeah, no problem." Ren scouted over towards the two girl, as was Soul and Blackstar in the other room (Dai's old room).

All of them fell asleep after a while of partying with friends. Maka, Ren, and Tsubaki all slept in one bed. However, Ren was not there, she was else where in the room.

Ren sat in a chair next to her room window. She stared out the window, as he glanced up at the cold night sky. "I wonder if Dai felt the same thing I did. Nah, I am sure he didn't. Dai hardly cares anymore for me. He most likely has found another partner. Then again, I heard he has not. Therefore, maybe he did not on purpose, because he still cares." Ren starts to have a loved sensation on her face.

"Now, Ren don't get your hopes up too high. And you need to learn to not say things out loud." Maka begins giggling quietly, as she rose from the bed walking over towards Ren.

"M-maka?" Ren stared up at the girl.

"As a friends and fellow classmate, I always worry about you Ren. In addition, I do not want to see you hurt, nor do the rest of us." Maka then says flashing a smile down at Ren.

"Thank you…I really appreciate that. You really are a true friend." Ren eyes start to tear up and Maka gives her a tight hug…

"HEY YOU GUYS GET UP!" Maka and Ren yell at each of the rooms.

"Dude, are you serious? It is a Saturday. There is no school on Saturday, right?" Soul wined.

"Oh my God, I totally forgot, you and I have Saturday school!" When Blackstar started his statement, he automatically raised from his bed.

"WAIT, THAT'S TODAY?" Soul shouted, as he got dressed and went towards the kitchen.

Tsubaki started to giggles from the other room; overhearing their conversation. "Boys will be boys."

Soul and Blackstar where the first out of there two operates team to go to Saturday school, because of their grades. Professor Stein directed them to go, they had no choice in the matter, and if Maka founded out they did not go, she would give them the 'Maka

Chop'.

DING DONG, DING DONG

Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, Blackstar, and Ren all reached the schoolhouse and walk towards Dr. Stein's room. All Ren thought about the whole time was the talk she had with Maka, and the words she said at her.

"Tsubaki? Maka? Ren? What are you guys doing here? This is for the students with bad grades, and I know that you three do not have that problem." Stein says with a confused expression on his face.

"Well, Tsubaki, and I want to make sure are team mates actually come and pay attention to in class, and Ren is only here because she needs to see you-…"

"Actually Professor Stein, I need to talk to you in private." Ren looks up from the ground towards Stein.

"Well, can it wait Ren?" Stein questioned.

"No I don't think it can. I need to talk now, it's urgent."

"Alright, children take your seats. Step in here Ren." Stein pointed towards his office and Ren walked into it, as so did himself.

Everyone else takes their respective seats and talks upon themselves.

Stein sat into his chair and looked up at Ren. "Well, what is it you need to talk about?"

"I was wondering if you could tell me the importance of you training Dai." Ren looked away, poking her index fingers together.

"How? Oh never mind…Well, you'll find out soon." Stein smiled to himself.

"Does that mean Dai is coming back to me?" A smile flashed across Ren's face and she stared at Stein blinking.

"That's only up to Dai, not me…I'm sorry"

"It's ok; I just wanted to know…" Ren's head lowered a bit and the smile disappeared.

"Is that all?" Professor Stein questioned.

"Well, no. I was also wondering if you could tell me what the 'black blood' has to do with me."

The room seemed to become quiet as she asked this question. Neither she nor Stein moved an inch from each other's vision, staring at one another.

"Well, the black bloo-"

Stein interrupts himself as he felt the presents of an outsider. He gets up from the chair and Ren follows him out of the room into the classroom. He starts running out of the school building and sees a figure in the sky. Everyone follows him and ends up watching the same figure as Stein.

"M-medusa…" Ren says with a fear in her voice.

Ren falls to her knees and clinches her chest in pain.

"REN!" Maka, Soul, Tsubaki, and Blackstar all said running up to her.

"Well, well, well. My little puppet has returned." Medusa laughs and smirks down at them.

"Students, keep Ren safe, I've got this one." Stein quickly shouts to the kids.

"No…I will handle her"