Chapter 11: Moving Madness

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~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Somewhere

He was getting…

Mad.

He was feeling it…

The madness.

He was losing…

Himself.

He was suffering…

From the pain.

He was enjoying…

The pain.

He was grinning…

It was insane.

He was shaking…

It was ecstasy.

He was vanishing…

Along with sense.

He was holding on, trying…

The madness is overpowering.

He was gripping…

His head.

He was crying…

Control is being lost.

He was feeling…

His wild blood.

He was forgetting…

His identity.

He was getting…

Bad.

He was getting…

Sad.

He was getting…

Mad.

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Deeper Than the Independent Cube

"I don't know what to do…"

"Really?"

"Who is it?"

"It's the Demon God, Asura."

"Asura? You know… Medusa-sama really wanted to have you."

"Calm now, eh?"

"What did you do to Maka?"

"She's experiencing the same numbness you are feeling right now."

"Numb?"
Crona's face remained blank.
"But my ears are ringning. It's so noisy…"

"PIYEEEAAAHHHH!"

"I don't know what to do about it…"

"Do you want to know what to do?"

"Why would I think of it? I cannot move after all…"

"But you should think. Or do you want Maka Albarn to die?"

"You wouldn't dare…" Crona said weakly but a threat was obvious.

"Do what you have to do."

"I said I don't know what to do…"

"The answer is inside you."

"PIYYEEEEAAAAAHHHH!"

"Is it the noise?"

"The noise… is a part of the answer."

"Answer? I hate puzzles… I don't know how to handle them."

"It's just the way to find the answer. You don't have to handle the answer itself…"

"Stop confusing me… You're worse than anyone I have met."

"Perhaps I really am."

"And it's dark, too…"

"Your path is dark since the beginning, Crona."

"You… Why do you know me?"

"PIYYYEEEEAAAHHHHH!"

"Did you leave me already?"

Silence.

"I hate this noise around me. Plus the dark you know…"

"Because of the resemblance…"

Crona felt the urge to grin.
"My blood is black."

- . - . - . - . –

"Where am I? It's… Pure darkness. I'm… Floating."

"You're inside me. How disgusting…"

"Who are you?"

"I am the Kishin, Asura."

"Kishin?!"
Maka's eyes widened at the voice.

"Are you surprised?"

"You're… supposed to be dead."

"And why do you say that?"

"I…" Maka's mind became blank.

She raised a hand to touch her head.

But she couldn't.

"Wh-why can't I move?"

"Answer my question, first, Maka Albarn."

"I…" There it was again.
She was feeling like something big was missing.
She couldn't grasp it.
"I…"

"Perhaps you don't know?"

"It's gone…"

"What is gone?"

For some reason, Maka could feel that someone's grin.
"My…"

"Your… whaaat?"

"My…" A sharp pain came to Maka's head.
Unable to move, she had to suppress it just by her thoughts.

"My…"

"I am not patient, you know?"

"Impossible…"
Maka could now feel the ecstasy on the atmosphere.

Ecstasy?

"You…"

"I am the Kishin, Asura."

"Did… Did you take my memories?"

"There. Now, we're going somewhere."

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Shibusen Library

"Hey, what is wrong with you?"

There was just a continuous shake from the other side.

"Did someone do this to you?"

The other side wasn't responding well.

"Stein?!"

"Senpai…"
Franken Stein turned his head around with a grin.
"I'm fine."

"But…" Spirit put a hand on the Professor's back.
"You're sweating a lot."

Stein shifted on his seat.
That action alone seemed to be taking a lot of energy from him.
"I'm just… tired."

"Your breathing is shaky," Spirit pointed out grimly.

"I learned a lot of dreadful facts. I have… done a lot of reading," Stein said.

"Nobody gets tired on reading as if he had run 10 kilometers."

"It's…" Stein stood up and put his hands in the pockets of his lab coat.
"Nothing."

"Stein, why would I believe you?"

Stein turned to the exit and walked quietly.
"Because I've been testing my mental strength."

Spirit narrowed his eyes.
"And how do you do this mental training?"

"You avoid being the prey of your own self." Stein walked out of the library, leaving the Death Scythe behind.

"It's not like you could eat your own soul…" Spirit muttered to himself.
"Even mad people can't do that."

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Ruins of Arachnophobia

"I WON'T GIVE UP!"
A sound of a blade hitting a solid surface heavily was heard.

"We wanna give up."
Another sound of a blade was heard.

"JUST A LITTLE MORE!"
This time, along with the blade, a shot of a gun was heard.

"Patty, I'm tired…"
"Kyahaha… Uhhh…"

"BOW DOWN TO ME, YOU CUBE!"
A dull sound of a blade was heard.

"Cubes do not have legs, you know?"
"SHADDUP, KID! Ya didn't even help."

A sharp sound of a blade was heard along with a gun dropping to the ground.

"I really give up," Liz cried.

Someone hummed playfully.
"I realized your efforts would be in vain, since from the start."
"Ya just didn't want to hit the cube!"

"That's out of the point," Kid said stubbornly from the back.
Black Star laughed at the comment. "This is the order you want, eh?"
"I believe it sounds and looks agreeable." Kid nodded to himself.

Black Star continued to attack.
The cube wasn't even scratched.
"IT"S BEEN ALMOST AN HOUR!"

"If you had just used that time to rest, you would have been more fit for the battle later," Kid said as if he was completely reasonable.

"I DO NOT REST!"
Black Star breathed deeply.
Sweat moved beside his head.
"Black Star, I agree with Kid-kun. Let's rest for now," said Tsubaki, a little worried.

"UWWAAAHHH!"
Black raised the blade with a hand and pointed it to the sky.

"What are you planning?" Kid muttered.

Black Star put the other hand on the handle.
"TSUUUUBAAAKIIIIII!"
"What is it?" the now alert weapon asked.

"UWWWAAAAHHH!"
Black Star brought the sword down.

Down to the ground.

Black Star quickly lied down with his back on the ground.
"I WANNA REST! THAT CUBE IS JUST OUT OF MY TIME!"

"Ehhh…" Everyone else muttered weakly in disbelief.

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Deeper Than the Independent Cube

"Talk to me…"

"Why won't someone respond?"

"PIYEEEAAAAHHH!"

A light of knowing passed in Crona's eyes.
"Ragnarok… Is that you?"

Suddenly, a sense of feeling returned to his back.
Now he knew that his back was moving.

Because Ragnarok was shaking wildly.

"Ragnarok… What is wrong with you?"

"PIYYYEEEAAAAHHHH!"

"Ragnarok?"

"It's useless. He's mad already."

"Asura, isn't it?"

"I'm back."

"What did you do to Ragnarok?"

"It's his reaction to the madness around you… Don't you feel it?"

"I really don't believe anything you say… Asura… Your voice sounds like a girl's."

"Maybe I am a girl."

"Don't lie to me. I know you are a male…"

"Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not. I can change genders if I want to."

"No one can do that…"

"I am Asura. I see myself in different ways. But how about you? What is your gender?"

"Do you really want to know?"

- . - . - . - . –

"You have my memories, right?!"

"Hmm… Let me think."
Something like tapping of a finger on a desk was heard.

"Is that why…"
Maka felt ready to cry.

"Suddenly everything makes sense…"
"This is why at first, people would stare at me like I'm a ghost…"
"Then they would sometimes speak to me in an awkward way…"
"They would mention some moments with me that I don't even know…"

Maka would have clenched her hands if she could.

"I'm not who I am now…"

"Really?"
The interest in the mysterious voice was obvious.

"I am certain…"

"Do you know what my madness is?"

Maka didn't answer, busy with her own stream of realizations.

"Madness is insanity. And it is something wild that is inside every one of us."

"It affects the mind of a person."

"YOU!" Maka instantly cleared her mind. "You're tricking me!"

"HEHEHE! Now you realized?! You have such a weak soul! I can easily devour you!"

"KISHIN!"
Maka put all her strength to raise a hand.

"Hmm… Maybe not."

And Maka raised the other hand.
Then it became easier.
After a few moments, she managed to stand firm in the middle of the darkness.

"Where are you?!"

"Now, this is really interesting."

Suddenly, a threesome of eyes appeared in front of Maka.
But she wasn't affected at all.

"KISHIN!"
Maka began to run ahead.

"You aren't going anywhere…"
There was an evil chuckle behind the darkness.

"KISHIN!"

"You are getting annoying… Are you sure you want to continue doing this?"

Maka continued with her quick steps.

"If you continue this… Your only destination will be…"

"AHHHH!"

Maka's voice was weakening.
And her presence was vanishing.

"…Down."
The three eyes in the background went up.

To reveal a mouth with big teeth as a grin.

The blurred lines in the place shook.
And all was black again.

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ Shinigami's Room

"Hello, Shinigami-sama."

"Stein-kun, you do not look well~"

"Do you also have to say that? I'm fine."
There was a quiet laugh from Stein as he put a palm over his face.

"Well then~"
Shinigami turned to the other person in the room.
"Spirit-kun, please call Soul-kun."

.

"Shinigami-sama, is something wrong?"
Soul looked around to see two of his teachers.
"…or is this a mission?"

"To tell you the truth~ One of us is feeling the problem."

"Could it be the crack in your skull? It still hasn't healed…"
"Soul-kun…" Shinigami's eyes seemed to stare deeper at Soul's figure.
"You are the first one to mention this… erm~ crack, this week."

"I…" Soul's lips turned down in mild fear.
"Oh, no need to worry. It's just family matters. Like that~"
"Uhhh…" Soul gritted his teeth.
"Soul-kun~ Do you want to know something?"

"As long as it would be cool, I guess." Soul showed a small smile.
"It is about the flaw that you are seeing in my face."
It was obvious that the mood became serious.
"It is about kid-kun, to be more precise~"

.

"A new Shinigami?"
"Yes~ That is correct."

"And what he needs is his three lines to connect?"
"That is correct again~"

"Connection, huh? That would make him symmetrical," Soul said smugly.
"That's not the important fact~ When time comes, he would be the one to manage the "order.""

"But you said he couldn't be the new Shinigami unless…"
"Unless I vanish. I still haven't given my powers to him. And that would be a lot~"

"Not that I want you… errr… Why is that?" Soul dared to ask.
"Because he is still young~"

"Kid could manage a lot of things. It is in himself, even when Black Star's around."
"He's quite grown~ But being The Shinigami is totally different."

"…"
"I don't want to put a lot behind his young years."

"Don't you trust in him?"
"Trust? That's a big word~ But I do, Soul-kun, the crack in my skull signifies that."

"Really… I'd like to see him as the new Shinigami."
"That's the spirit~ Kid would be proud of you."

"He'll have to wait until I become a Death Scythe."
Soul grinned.
"Death Scythe, huh? That would be a name to carry~"

Shinigami sighed. "Going back~ I did call you here because of a problem."
"Seems like I have to know what it is…"

"Did you see Stein-kun here?"
Soul nodded.
"Did you observe Stein-kun?"
Soul took a moment to look at the Professor.

Soul's eyebrows crossed at the sight.
"Hakase…"

"We believe you may know something about this~ Having the black blood…" Shinigami stated.

"Black blood? It's already gone. I ate the demon."
"Ate it?"

Shinigami paused.

"Well, that gives us another problem~"

- . - . - . - . –

"Stein-kun, Soul-kun~ Let's test something, shall we?"

The two mentioned persons looked up in attentiveness.

"Stein-kun, you have already looked into his soul, right?" Shinigami asked, pertaining to Soul.
"Yes."

"Well then~ Soul-kun, transform into a weapon and let the Professor hold you."

Soul obliged and after a moment, became a sharp object in Stein's hands.

"Try to move around while swinging the scythe~"

The two of them breathed in a steady pace as the meister stepped around the room.
If this was some training, they better do it in a proper way.

"Wait a second~" Shinigami turned to Spirit.
"Join the practice and be my weapon~"
Spirit ad some doubts but he followed the order.

Shinigami took the weapon form of Spirit and spun it around just like what Stein did a while ago.
"Now, we fight~ Just some attack and charges."

They quickly made a fight and battled calmly.
Three people were unsure of what was going to happen.
About the other one… he was planning something.

Sweat rolled over Stein's cheek.
"Good~" Shinigami remarked. "Does anyone want to rest now?"

"If this is a special training, I'd rather continue," Stein stated.
"Yeah. I'd need this if I would become a Death Scythe." Soul grinned to himself.

"Is that so?"
Shinigami gripped Spirit more tightly.
"Then we go to phase two~"

Stein didn't move away from his fighting stance.
"And that is?"

"The two of you should do the Soul Resonance~"
"Okay."

Stein stood straight and breathed calmly along with Soul.
"Soul…"
"This will be my first time to do Soul Resonance with a meister like you."

"Weren't you satisfied with Maka?"
"I'm just saying this should be cool."

"Soul Resonance!"

Soul instantly felt power surge throughout his body.
The Professor was indeed stronger than Maka…

But they had to be strong like that.

He and Maka had to be like –

His right hand instinctively reached for his chest.
"What the… UGGHH!"

"What is happening?!"

Stein was breathing heavily but rapidly.

"Hakase… You…"

He felt it.
Their soul wavelengths were expanding a lot.
But Stein's was also…

Was that even possible?

Devouring him?

No, it felt different.
Different yet familiar…

Then something like a magnetic force was pulling him.
He looked back.
Since he was in his weapon form, he expected just darkness.

But there was more.

"I thought you were gone!"

"I thought so, too. But you just put me deeper into you. I'm still here," the new voice said.

Soul turned around.
"Shinigami-sama!"

"Soul-kun… We are one after all."
"Besides, that girl meister with the anti-demon wavelength isn't here to help you now."

The little demon grinned in the darkness as his fingers reached his lips.

"This should be fun."

.

"Shinigami-sama! Stein is…"
Spirit transformed to being human and went for the convulsing meister."

"Wait~"

Spirit stopped.

"I realized what was going to happen, Spirit-kun~ What you shall do instead is call Marie-chan."

"Marie?"
"Hurry."
"Right!" Spirit ran outside.

"Soul-kun ate the black blood, he says?" Shinigami thought aloud to himself.
"You can't eat blood~"

~ . ~ . ~ . ~ . ~

The end of this chapter.

*The second part of Crona and "Asura…"
Yep, that was just for fun.
How would I show proof of his/her gender?
I just assumed. =P

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