CHAPTER 10:
THE TRIANGLE
Warning: A lot going on in the first double digit chapter
Usagi walked with Mona and Greybeck with her head hung low. "Well, this house should due for you until we get you fully settled in…" Mona's eyes were wide with wonder. "IT'S PERFECT! IT'S SO… PUMPKINY!" The group gazed upon what once was Blair's pumpkin home. "This should suit you until we find you a more permanent home." said Usagi, still depressed. Mona hugged Usagi, then Brick. Greybeck stood there emotionless, just like how Usagi remembered Alec. "Bye!" yelled Mona, eager to check out her new home, Greybeck followed her. Usagi and Brick walked down the pumpkin path silently. Then Usagi felt a sharp pain in her back, she fell to the ground. "Usagi!" shouted Brick. Then he was hit with the same sharp pain. They both blacked out, as an ominous figure loomed over them with a devious smile on their face. Evil laughter could be heard through the city as it dawned.
The morning classes were about to begin and Mona and Greybeck searched for their new friends in the hallway. They then stumbled upon Maka and Soul. "'cuse me?" asked Mona, tapping Maka's shoulder. "Have you seen a Usagi Takanashi, or Brick Tsuchi Dengu?" Maka had a confused look on her face. "No, I Haven't seen them all day, which is weird." Maka placed her finger on her chin. "Does this guy ever stop staring?" asked Soul, startled by Greybeck's emotionless face. "I watch over Miss Mona." Mona laughed awkwardly. "Ya… He does…" Then a loud commotion was heard outside. The group of four went to check it out. In the middle of a crowd was a gold lined silver carriage with two white pegusases in front. The gates opened and an old wrinkly lady stepped out, she wore a long black robe and golden hat. Then a lady about 20 with black hair, glasses, and an outfit resembling Justin Law's led the way for two familiar looking children. Rose and Thorn. Mona jumped back. Greybeck shielded her in his arms. "It's ok Miss Mona." The crowd broke down the middle, coming through was Spirit, Kid, Liz, Patti, and finally Lord Death. There was a silence. "Hi, hey ya, what's up, long time no see Mistress McCoin." said Lord Death, raising a big white, puffy hand. Kid and Rose were in a deadlock stare. Thorn looked terrified. "Lord Death," said McCoin. "You have some of my students, and I'd like them back." Lord Death cocked his head confusingly. "I don't understand what you mean?" Lord Death shrugged his shoulders. "QUIET OLD MAN, WE KNOW YOU HAVE THOSE STUDENTS STASHED HERE! And we're here to take them back to the safety and comfort of Star School." Rose said. Kid's eye brow twitched. "After all, our academy is clearly superior." Kid snapped. "YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU VILE LITTLE TROLL!" Liz and Patti held Kid back. The crowd whispered and gossiped. Rose looked up to the mistress. "Mother, do you hear how he behaves, we'll have to perfect that." She smirked. "Fine. If you refuse to turn over the students, we'll just keep the students we have." Kid calmed down a moment. "What students…?" He clinched his fists. "Now now, I don't have to tell ya hun, not till you turn over the students." Rose winked. Kid broke free from liz and Patti's grasps. "LIZ! PATTI! WEAPON FORMS!" They both turned into guns. He pointed them at rose. "A fight huh? Thorn…" and Thorn turned into nun chucks. Rose raised her hands in the air and place one foot in front of the other, then leaned back until her front knee touched the ground. "Stance of the lotus flower." she murmured. Kid lifted one hand, lowered the other, and also stepped forward and cocked to the side a bit. "Mortal sin stance." Both stared at each other. Rose whirled Thorn's chain like a lasso then chucked an end at Kid with blade first. Kid shoot at it till it fell and Rose quickly jerked it back. Kid ran up to Rose and started throwing fists at her in which they were all dodged by Rose. The adults just watched as their children battled. In the fighting, no one noticed the stirring in the back of the carriage.
Usagi opened her eyes to find she and Brick were gagged and tied in the back of the carriage. Brick was still unconscious. She hit him with her feet. He jerked awake. "MHH!" he yelped. "Mhh mmm hmmm!" said Usagi, muffled through her gag. Two maroon ax blade shot out from where Brick's wrists were, ripping the rope. He removed his gag then cut Usagi's rope. "Woah. Thanks Brick." said Usagi as she brushed off her outfit and fixed her toboggan. She heard a ruckus outside the carriage and gazed out its tiny window. Her blue eyes widened at the sight of Kid fighting Rose. "He…He's fighting his fiancé?" she blushed a bit. "Brick." Usagi stuck out her hand. A luminous orange light shined out from the carriage. The fight stopped a moment. Then the door burst off its hinges and Usagi jumped out holding Brick in battle ax form. "MY BEAUTIFUL DOOR! DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST?!" screeched Mistress McCoin. Kid lowered his guns. "U-Usagi?!" Mona took her head out of Greybeck's arms. "USAGI!" she screamed, then covered her mouth with her hands. The crowd stared at her and Greybeck. "Found ya." said Rose evilly. Mona and Greybeck hung their heads as the exited the crowds. "Now that we have these students we'll be on our way." said Rose. Thorn returned to normal. They were approaching the carriage. "Not so fast!" yelled Usagi. Rose and Thorn turned back around slowly. "There's still the matter of you and me, I'm not just going to let you kidnapping me slide!" she clinched Brick. "Usagi, let me handle this." said Kid. "I can fight my own battles Kid." He smiled. "Stubborn, just like I remember." Thorn returned to her weapon form. Usagi got into a fighting stance. Her eyes glew red.
Meanwhile, in a land far away, Chi-Alli was watching the whole thing. "Oh, what's this?" Usagi's eyes were glowing red. She screamed in pain. Her nails grew to about claw length. Her teeth sharpened like Soul's. Finally a black shadow cast over Brick, he went from a maroon battle ax, to a pitch black machete. Chi-Alli smiled. "Let the show begin. Usagi charged at Rose. "W-What the, she's faster than before." Rose prepared her chain to block, but Usagi blurred and disappeared. The whole crowd was stunned, especially Kid. Usagi fizzled back behind Rose and cocked her in the back. She spit blood. "Sister-chan!" shouted Thorn. Phoenix and Dom were also watching the crystal ball. "What's going on?" asked Dom. "I've seen this once before." said Phoenix. "Her soul is unstable, it's full of anger and bloodlust, it's a…" a silence fell. "Demon soul." Phoenix's words echoed through the halls of the castle. "Just like our new recruit." spouted Dom. Chi-Alli never spoke, her smiling face was glued to the crystal ball.
The battle was coming to an end. Rose was on the ground, beaten and battered. Usagi held Brick in the air, about to decapitate Rose. Rose shut her eyes in horror. Usagi's red eyes fizzled out and she clutched her head. "Ohh… What happened." Brick and Thorn turned back to normal. "What happened, you beat Rose!" congratulated Brick. Usagi saw Thorn helping a bloody bruised Rose up. The crowd's jaws were all in the dropped position. "We- uhh- we are leaving…" said Rose. Rose and Thorn, followed by McCoin, the dark haired lady, and Mona and Greybeck went into the carriage and the peguases flew off. Kid, Liz, Patti, Maka, Soul, Blackstar, and Tsubaki ran to their aid. "Are you ok?" asked Kid. Usagi rubbed her forehead. "I feel like I'm on fire." she said. "WHAT! Soul, Maka, get Stien!" Soul and Maka ran back into the school. Kid wrapped Usagi's arm around his shoulder. "It's ok, I got ya." He smiled. Usagi blushed. "Sooooo… Liz…. DID YOU SEE ME IN MY KICK ASS MACHETE FORM BABY! WASN'T I JUST HOT!" Liz rolled her eyes. "Wait, machete form?" said Usagi. The group all had uneasy faces. "You mean you don't remember?" asked Tsubaki. "No." Blackstar laughed. "You turned into some huffed out dragon thingy or something." Usagi's eyes widened. "I… What!"
"See, I told you, unstable soul." said Phoenix as the picture faded from the crystal ball. "Dom!" said Chi-Alli. "Yes Madame?" "Fetch our new recruit." Dom jumped off the viewing platform. "Yes Madame!" Chi-Alli and Phoenix stood in the doorway, awaiting the two shadows coming down the hall, one was Dom's. "Yes, a new kishin will be born, and the world will be in a state where demons and monsters will rule all of the world and never be ridiculed or mistreated again, isn't that right-" The shadows emerged from the doorway and Dom presented the new member of Chi-Alli's army. "Crona."
DUN DUN DUN! CLIFFHANGER! Something unexpected had to happen, and Crona had to appear at some point.