"Turn right. We need to head back into the forest." Free and Eruka give Noah a puzzled look. "Why would we go to the forest?"

"Because Justin expects us to be going straight. And it'd be easier to lose him if he found out we were in the forest. The trees would help" Noah explains. Nodding slowly, the group decides to turn right towards the forest. "Oh, wait a sec." Stopping, Free and Eruka look at the sorcerer.

Muttering under his breath, he opens the book of Eibon and points to Medusa. Suddenly, a tingling sensation goes through Medusa's body and the pain she was in suddenly goes away. The snake witch touches her arms to find that her wounds were gone. "How did you-"

"That's the book of Eibon for you." Smirking, Noah runs to the forest with the others closely behind.

Sipping a cup of wine, Arachne smiles warmly as she looks into Asura's cameras. "So how have things been as of late?"

The Kishin grins, looking up at his blackboard. "Not much really. Only five deaths so far. But not bad for the first week. Not bad at all." The spider witch tilts her head as she looks up at the blackboard. "About our little wager…how are things looking?"

Chuckling, the Kishin flashes Arachne a smile. "Oh things are great. So far Justin has picked up his third kill. I'm telling you he's an unstoppable weapon, that one!" Grinning from ear to ear, Asura walks over to Arachne. "You should just pay up now. Your bet on Maka Albarn isn't looking too hot right now." Ignoring his words, Arachne merely lets out a laugh. "She's still in this, isn't she? I see no reason to give up just now."

Frowning slightly, Asura scoffs. "You seriously still have hope for the girl?"

Arachne nods, smiling coldly at him. "Indeed. Sure she hasn't been your most active participant but to win a game, being aggressive isn't always the key." Seeing how Asura was confused, the spider witch continues. "Look at it this way…in chess, the players must have a strategy to win. Coming in blindly to just take out as many pieces as possible is reckless and hardly a strategy. Besides, as long as the king still stands, it's anyone's game."

Smirking, the Kishin shakes his head and turns to the cameras. "You have a strange yet unique way of seeing this game, don't you Arachne?"

"Where exactly are we?" Soul asks, looking around in the pitch black darkness. Kid shrugs his shoulders as he looks on ahead. "No clue. It's almost impossible to tell where we're going when we can't see. Maybe we should just rest here for now."

"About time!" Black*Star groans and plops himself on the floor, falling asleep instantly. Yawning, Patty sits and stretches herself. "Thank goodness! I'm soooo tired!"

Sighing, Kid sits down and crosses his arms, looking at the floor. "Another day in this never ending nightmare." Standing up, Kilik cowers over the group. "You guys should all get some rest. I can keep watch if you'd like." Soul looks up at the male. "What about you? Don't you need rest?"

Kilik shakes his head and folds his arms. "No, its fine I'm well rested. Besides we could always take shifts to make sure everyone gets enough sleep." Nodding in agreement, the group decides to let Kilik keep watch. Staying up with Kilik, Fire and Thunder climb onto his back and swing their legs around. Smiling a bit, Kilik picks the twins up and sets them on his lap. "Alright you two, cut it out. You need rest."

Pouting and refusing to listen, the twin Pots stand up and run around. Sighing, Kilik stands up and walks after them. "Hey, c'mon now. Seriously, you two need to sleep." After a few minutes, he manages to get the two to calm down and sits by them until they fall asleep.

"I-I need to p-pee…"

Looking up, Kilik sees Crona fidgeting with his feet. Smiling and giving him a nod, Kilik points up ahead. "Go do your business over there. Wouldn't wanna wake anybody. Heh." Turning red, Crona nods and walks forward until he gets a far enough distance.

Kilik glances up at the sky and knits his brows. How many days have passed? Its hard to tell, really…Does Lord Death even know we're gone?

His thoughts are interrupted after hearing the sound of sudden movement up ahead. As he looks up, he smiles. "Finished already, huh Cron-"

Something was wrong. Something was off. Narrowing his eyes, Kilik stands up and walks slowly over to the figure. "Crona?" When he receives no answer, he gets even closer. Suddenly he realizes that the figure wasn't Crona. The shape was different. His eyes widening, he quickly turns and prepares to yell to the others when a hand goes over his mouth.

"Now, now. Can't have you waking everyone." The voice belonged to none other than, Justin Law. The death scythe grins as he notices the fear in Kilik's face. Justin smirks faintly, his eyes filled with a craze of blood lust.

With the flick of his wrist, Justin quickly turns Kilik's head to the right, a snap being heard. After the sound is made, Kilik's body goes limp, his face blank and expressionless. Grinning, Justin carefully sets down the deceased male and turns around to look at Crona who he had knocked out. "Time to commence my plan."

"Medusa."

Hearing her name called, the witch looks up to see Noah. He walks beside her and then sits down next to her. Medusa looks at him cautiously, unsure of whether to trust him or not. "What do you want?"

The sorcerer shrugs and smiles kindly. "Nothing really. Just hoping we could have a little chat. Free and Eruka were asleep so you were my only option." Rolling her eyes, Medusa looks away and snickers. "Don't think that because of what you did, I trust you. Don't even for a second think I won't hesitate to kill you." Still smiling, Noah tilts his head. "I don't doubt that at all. I'm sure trust is something you don't have much of."

Glaring and jolting her head to look at him, Medusa snarls. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"It means that you don't trust many people. And my guess is that its because somewhere along the line, someone you trusted with your heart and soul betrayed you." Medusa's eyes slightly widen at his comment and she opens her mouth but no words come out. She crosses her arms and scoffs. "You're an idiot if you think that."

Suddenly Medusa sits up straight as she feels an arm press around her waist. Looking up, she saw the male scooting closer to her, his smile growing wider. Looking away and breaking free of his grasp, Medusa hisses. "Just what the hell do you think you're doing?"

Ignoring her words, Noah presses on. "You're really beautiful, you know that?"

Blushing a deep shade of red, the snake witch turns her head and glares, "What did you-"

A small gasp escapes the witch's mouth as Noah's lips gently touched against hers. Quickly leaning away from the male's lips, Medusa shoves Noah away. "The hell was that!?"

Wiping her mouth, Medusa glowers at him. "You're disgusting."

Grinning, Noah wrapped his arm around her waist and pushed her up against him, her chest gently coming into contact with his. "That first kiss was for calling me an idiot. This next one is for being so stubborn." Medusa feels her body tense up as the male leaned in for another kiss. This time for some reason however, the witch found it impossible to pull away. And it wasn't because of his grip on her. It was something else. Something she was feeling wouldn't allow her to move.

Her eyes fluttering shut, Medusa turns a dark red as Noah's lips come into contact with hers. Slowly turning her head away, Medusa bites her lip and avoids his eyes. "G-Gah…are you done…?"

Chuckling, the male sorcerer nods and pulls away. "Yeah I am. For now at least."

Glaring at the ground, the witch holds herself. "Shut up you fool…"

The sky soon begins to light up again, signaling the end of a dark and frightening night, and the start of a terrifying and deadly day.

"Crona's missing!?" Maka's jaw drops at the news. Her body shivers and Soul quickly holds her to help her relax. Kid quickly looks to Ox and says, "Get the twins. Quickly. Make sure they don't look this way." Nodding, Ox runs for the twins who had begun to wander over to the group. Everyone was now surrounding Kilik's body, scared and confused about last night's events.

Jackie nervously holds her arm and shakes her head. "What good will not telling the twins do? Asura will just announce his death anyways…"

"I-I don't understand! W-What happened?" Maka was on the verge of tears. It seemed that from everyone's point of view that Crona had killed Kilik and left. "We don't know yet Maka. But that's what we're going to find out. We have to find Crona first and then-"

Asura's booming voice cuts Kid off and makes everyone on the island jump. "Have a good night's sleep kiddies? Heh. Guess not. Well you know the drill. So we have three deaths since the last announcement! Splendid! So in order of deaths there's Giriko, Gopher, and Kilik Rung. That's six dead, people! Keep it up champs. Happy hunting."

With that, Asura's announcement ends and suddenly the twins look at each other. In a matter of seconds the two Pots break down in tears, finally realizing that Kilik was dead.

Looking down, Ox clenches his fists. Crona…you son of a bitch…if I find out you killed Kilik…mark my words I will KILL you…

Noticing that Ox was shaking, Kim gently squeezes his hand. "You okay?"

"Yeah…I'm fine." He stops shaking and takes a deep breath, looking up at the sky. You want to play this game, Crona? Fine…so will I…

END OF CHAPTER 10
DEATH COUNT: 6
R.I.P. Kilik Rung