The splinters of snow hit against the thick, winter ground. The icy and chilling landscape was almost untouched by civilization. The Russian air was heavy, filling the lungs to cause all air to freeze spontaneously and liberate as sharp crystals. Even the sky was white. With a red tint and a chance of madness.
Never could you have seen a more unusual trio in the middle of nowhere. The immoral spider witch Arachne, the blood lustful enchanter Giriko and the small but dangerous old, bloodsucking monster Mosquito.
They stood outside the temple in heavy clothing, standing just outside of the closed doors, waiting.
"Hey, open up! We've come a long way to get here so you should at least invite us in for a drink!" Giriko shouted aggressively as he kicked at the doors, only to have neither reply nor signs of life inside. He bit into his bottom lip with his sharp teeth and growled.
"Don't be such a fool. That's the demon god in there. No matter how loud you yell, he'll ignore you just like an insect" said Mosquito in a mocking but factual tone.
"Oh yeah? Maybe the screams of a mosquito will catch his attention" he replied with a devilish grin.
The two were ready to fight to a bloody death. But the sight of Arachne walking forwards and the large doors opening halted their malicious thoughts. "Lady Arachne!" Mosquito called in a deeply worried tone.
"I will face him alone. Do not follow me. Do you understand?" She continued to walk into the temple, calm and collected with her head held steadily up. Before the demand could be negotiated, the doors closed shut and darkness returned to the inside of the temple where the madness radiated.
Arachne looked around to see dried up blood on the ground and walls; both red and black. Obviously the place was still light enough to be visible, but only just. Around her, she saw no signs of the kishin other than his thick and dripping aura. "Kishin Asura. I am Lady Arachne. I have come a long way in search of you. I know you have great power and I respect it. I grow quite tired of a game of hide and seek. Will you reveal yourself to me?"
The room illuminated a shaking sanity. The wave of insanity charged through the temple. Red, vertical eyes shook and boomed around the room like before. Arachne looked past the eyes, along the room to see Asura chewing all his nails from his long fingers as he stuck them all in his mouth.
Arachne smiled "So I've found you."
His scarves stretched up and curved in her direction defensively "what do you want with me, woman?" His voice slithered.
She continued to smile and closed her eyes confidently. "Many are suspecting you hide because you are afraid of Death and his followers like a pitiful mongrel. But I think you are hiding to regain your strength and power."
A pair of long scarves dashed out and smashed towards Arachne, making a cloud of dust and dirt fill the air and make visibility impossible.
As the smoke cleared, Arachne continued to stand unfazed with the two scarves punched into the ground by her sides. "You're such a child. Being intimidated so much by a lone woman… How cute…"
The scarves by her side wrapped around her neck tightly and were joined by others to wrap around her torso firmly as she was tossed across the room and slammed against a wall. The scarves continued to tighten around her body.
"I'm proposing an offer to y-you. Come with me… I'll protect you from all y-your fears… Together w-we can kill the reaper… We'll protect one another!" She gasped out.
Hundreds of wooden pillars slammed against the wall at random, one hit her bun, pulling at her black locked bun.
Asura's fingers began to twitch frantically and a low, scared laugh rumbled past his lips. His body moved up and down like ripples in an uneven and unnatural manner that was a reminder of his lack of humanity. His scarves tightened around Arachne, stealing her breath and causing blood to spit from her pale lips and her face reddened from the lack of blood flow to her head.
"S-stop! Don't y-you see w-what I'm offering? I'll watch over you and eliminate all your fears. Everything I h-have w-will belong to you… My life, my heart, my soul… Everything…" She begged him, desperate for him to accept her offer. If she got him on her side then not only would she be able to continue her plans and gain power; she would also live to see another day.
He scarves loosened and pulled her closer to him. Had she succeeded in tempting him? Was he accepting her offer? What a relief.
Just as the air was returning to her body, she spat out blood which splattered to the ground and tainted a few of the scarves in the way. The blood ran down her body like flowing rain but relief swallowed her mind.
Then the scarves collided in on her like before, three times as hard.
She couldn't even scream.
"Please.. C-consider w-what I have s-said…" She looked directly at him with sparkling eyes but never did she look as if she were begging nor did she shed a tear.
Asura's screams were the last thing heard and everything faded into the pure, black insanity.
Meanwhile in Gallows Manor:-
Maka opened her bright, green eyes with a flutter and sat up from her bed to stretch her arms and yawn adorably. She looked around cautiously in suspicion of what usually happened whenever she woke up. But for once, everything was normal. Asura wasn't there to annoy her.
The hell? Is the world ending or… Wait, if he's gone then the world is saved... She looked down at the black bed covers with a puzzled expression.
"I don't care about him, he's the biggest threat to the world." She folded her arms and huffed.
"Who are you trying to convince?" Came fake Asura's voice but there was no sign of him anywhere. He was in her head… As he always is.
"You bastard!" She growled, covering her reproductive areas. "I swear, I'll kill you!"
"Calm down, your body doesn't need that right now. I'm here for a different reason."
"What reason?" She went back to folding her arms.
"The reason why I'm here is-"
"Maka!" Patty called as the door opened. "Ice cream morning! Everyone's up already! Get up Maka!"
Maka's eyes widened and she gave a half smile "Patty…?"
"On you're feet, soldier! I'm gonna dress you right!" She then pounced onto Maka and wrestled her hysterically.
Help me, Fake! Maka called, referring 'Fake' as the fake Asura.
"Nope, hehehe" he answered.
In the end, it was Patty who won and Maka who epically lost as she fell off of the bed with a thud.
A little later:-
Everyone was on the ground floor living room eating their favourite flavours of ice cream. Liz and Tsubaki had vanilla, Soul had cool flavour! – Chocolate. Black Star had a mix of absolutely everything and Kid had banana flavour.
Patty walked in with a cheery glow and a childish smile that says she clearly thinks she's just done something amazing. "Come on, Maka!" She called into the other room.
Everyone's attention turned to her, waiting to see why she was delaying. Then she walked into the light of the room. Her face was an adorable red colour as she blushed from embarrassment.
Black Star immediately started laughing and Soul gave a toothy grin. Everyone else gave a puzzled look. Except Patty, of course. She was giggling.
"What the hell are you wearing, Maka?" Soul asked, still with his grin.
Maka was wearing a pink and white frilled dress and pink ballet shoes.
"Shut up…. Or I'll make you wear it later…" Maka huffed at Soul.
Kid's eyes flashed as he suddenly realized something spectacular…
"SYMMETRY!" He called, bright eyed and blushing. "Maka! You look perfectly symmetrical! It's absolutely beautiful, I love you, symmetry!"
Whilst Kid had his OCD fangasm, Soul and Black Star whispered and plotted a devious joke to screw with poor Kid's head.
"I'm not doing it, you do it…" Soul said reluctantly.
"Of course! I, the great Black Star will do it!" Black Star yelled, causing everyone to look at him rather than Kid. The attention he got drove him on more as he got up hurried over to Maka; who gave a suspicious look.
"What?..." She started firmly but dulled as she realized he was simply adjusting her left pigtail. A minute passed of painful yelps as Black Star tried to 'adjust' Maka's pigtail, pulling out some threads of her hair in the process.
"What the hell, Black Star?" She put both hands to her waist with a frown. He only sniggered, along with Soul.
"DAMMIT! You ruined the wonderful symmetry, you filthy scum…" Kid growled at Black Star with a deep rage.
"It's okay, Kid. I can fix it, see!" Maka took her bobble out and tied her pigtail back up into place.
"Lovely symmetry! Thank you, Maka!" Kid's rage disappeared and he clasped his hands together and gazed in wonder at Maka's beautiful symmetry.
Everyone rolled their eyes and grinned the time away.
When Kid snaps out of it… He's gonna be really questioning towards me again…. What did I do? Why did I do it? I don't know… Maka thought as she smiled away. Oh well, at least I know things are like this and if I lose them, I'll always have these good memories.
Nothing else happened in the next few days. Maka went back to her old routine of hanging out with her friends, going to school, studying and casual reading. Kid never confronted her after that, he simply kept a watchful eye on her and continued himself as he usually did but the awkwardness sometimes arose between the young angel and reaper. Why wouldn't it?
Maka was starting to get extremely thoughtful by the end of the week after the party. In the back of her head, when she was alone and bored, she couldn't help but ask herself where is Asura?
It was strange but she also saw and heard more of Fake. This lead her to believe that he only came along when she was without the real Asura.
BabaYaga Castle:-
"My lady. Please forgive me. I shouldn't have allowed you to face the kishin alone. I take full responsibility for your injuries." Mosquito had his top hat off and in his hands as he lowered his head to Arachne on her web.
Next to him stood Giriko, who swallowed down a bottle of whisky in large gulps, looking up at Arachne apathetically.
Arachne rubbed her aching joints and bruised skin, still very much in pain from the previous days beating. "It doesn't matter now, we have the kishin. This is a time to celebrate, not whimper."
One of Arachne's many servents poured her a glass of vintage red wine into a fancy wine glass and handed it to her on a platter. She gladly took it and sipped down the sweet joy.
Meanwhile; in a large and the best room of the castle, Asura lay on a big, king size bed. He covered his face with scarves and bandages and chewed his nails through a gap nervously.
Surely the world is now truly being ripped apart.
Thanks for waiting for this chapter to be posted, I've been writing chapter 12 for a while and I'm quarter way through it lol. So what did you think? What is going to happen next? What will happen to Asura? Will Maka find and save him or will she help bring his doom? What will Kid do? Find out in the next chapter!
THIS CHAPTER'S REVIEWERS ARE BLACK STAR, SOUL EATER, SQWIGGLES AND GRAPHIC HORRORS!
Black Star: Hey! Who the hell is Sqwiggles?
Me: He's my witty baby, or actually, he's my adopted son
Black Star & Soul: WTF? But you're like 15 and he's… 13! How does that work?
Me: I said so, so it works out fine. I have 2 adopted sons actually; Sqwiggles and Momo. Their real names are James and Adam but I was gonna keep that info confidential :P
*Black Star and Soul have dulled faces*
Me: Dammit…. Basically they're going to be in a Soul Eater Halloween fanfic special! Along with other such characters and Yuka and Kuro from 'Two Trapped Souls, One Exit and you guys from the original cast.
Soul: Are you saying…. We're fictional characters?
Me: I wish you weren't…. You guys are awesome…. I wove Maka-chan 3
Black Star: What about me? They great and powerful Black Star!
Me: Aww go screw yourself, I'll make you your own fanfic later. After the important fanfics