Normal POV:
Two weeks have passed since Crona has seen Nanami. Two weeks since Nanami became Lucero's personal tool. Two weeks since the academy has closed.
The sunshine's powerful rays come in through the little window of Crona's cell and wakes him up. He pulls the sheets over his head and lets out a yawn and hugs his pillow tight. He didn't want to get up. All he wanted to do was lay down in bed and rest. He had too much thoughts in his head, as usual.
A knock soon follows and Crona quickly jumps out of his bed startled. "Crona wake up lets go to the basketball court and play some ball!" It was Maka.
Crona opens the door for her and lets her in. "Hi Maka", he mumbles. With him still not being fully awake, he slumps in his bed and rubs his eyes.
"Wow you look tired. What time did you go to sleep?" Maka sits down next to Crona in his bed and glares at him.
"Oh..umm..it's nothing. I just couldn't sleep last night", Crona says as he pulls his pillow into a squeeze. Maka was still glaring at him and that made him uncomfortable.
Maka tugs at Crona's arm and stands him up. "Well let's go!"
He didn't want to go anywhere. He just wanted to stay in his 'room' by himself and sleep. "I-I can't."
Her smile quickly disappears and she stops tugging at his arm. "Why not Crona?" She tilts her head in confusion and waits for an answer but Crona didn't know what to say for an excuse.
"I, uh, can't because I don't feel good."
"This is the hundreth time you haven't wanted to do something. You need to go out and get some fresh air, not be locked up in a cell", Maka walks towards the door and looks at Crona, "but it's your decision Crona. We're meeting at the basketball court at five if you wanna come. I hope I see you there."
Before Crona could say anything, Maka leaves Crona's cell and runs off. He hears her footsteps grow faint until he couldn't hear them anymore. He slowly walks to his bed and lays in fetal position with his pillow in his arms. He wanted to be with Maka and the others, but he knew that it would be best to stay in his cell and sleep.
"Maka...", he says as he hugs his pillow. He begins to reminisce about how Maka and him first met. He didn't consider Italy as his first time meeting her, mainly because it wasn't a good encounter. He still remembers how Maka managed to hold a grasp of his soul wavelength. He was on the verge of becoming a kishin...but she saved him. She took him in as a friend and cared for him; more than his own mother ever did. She understood him and she valued their friendship the same way he did.
Crona feels his eyes heavy and tries to fight off sleep, but eventually he gave in and went out cold.
"What do you say? Will ya let me be your friend Crona? Please say you will."
Those words...they are Maka's. Once she asked that and wanted to be my friend, I broke down. That was the first time someone has put in effort to get close to me. Not even Lady Medusa, my own mother, could overpower Maka's sweet nature. Those words still repeat inside my head every so often. My first friend. She taught me how it feels to have someone to rely on and not expect to give anything back. She put in all her trust in me, even when I betrayed her. It felt good having a friend like her.
I am with Maka on the balcony. We are sitting side by side, but we aren't talking. She has her back to me and I don't know why. I see her pigtails flowing with the wind, but her body is still like a statue.
"M-Maka? Are you ok?" No reply. I tap her shoulder and still nothing. I was beginning to worry so I forcefully turn her around and yell. Instead of it seeing Maka, I see Nanami. I shriek in horror and take big steps back as she stands up. Maka's body was now replaced with Nanami's and she begins to walk towards me.
"What's wrong Crona?", Nanami smirks and takes a step towards me, "why don't you wanna be my friend anymore? Hmm?"
My heart began to race and I felt the palm of my hands get sweaty. She is now as close as can be to me and she leans in to whisper in my ear. "I kinda miss you, yuh know."
She grabs my hands and holds them in hers. She smiles at me and doesn't take her eyes off mine. What is she doing?
"You see Crona, I had a lot of time to think things through and...I thought about us." Us? What does she mean by us?
She pulls my hand to her chest and puts it where her heart is,"you feel that? That's my heartbeat. Feel it going faster? You're the reason Crona." She looks at the floor and then looks at me and smiles. I stare into her eyes and began to feel lightheaded.
I close my eyes for a moment and when I open them, I don't see her in front of me. I have something in my hand...looks almost like...a soul...is this a soul?! It looks so tiny. I bring the soul closer to me and I take a better look at it. I've seen lots of souls, but this one is so small. I stare at it and I began to have the temptation to eat it...I might as well since it's in my hand. I bring it to my mouth and swallow it. It feels satisfying. I begin to laugh maniacally and I felt like I should get more. As I took a step, I trip. I sit up and see at what made me trip. A body..not just anybody, it's Nanami's. I stare at her body and my lips began to quiver. I look in horror as I came to realize that it was her soul that I swallowed. I stand up and look down on her body. Oh well."Good bye little one." I call for Ragnarok and he turns into weapon form. I hold him out in front of me and began to impale Nanami's body multiple times. I knew she was dead already, but I enjoyed feeling the blade going through her body multiple times. Once I stopped, I left and headed to look for more souls.
I hold a firm grasp of Ragnarok's weapon form as I walk towards Death City. People are walking around, minding their own business. Some even smiled at me and continue walking. I walk towards the center of Death City and I wait for there to be less people. When I saw it as a good time, I stab the person that came closest to me. I hear my victim groan and eventually she stopped. Her body collapses to the floor and her soul exposes from her body. This is it, the soul. This is what Lady Medusa wanted me to become. Is she proud of me now? Does she love me now? I hold the soul in my hand and swallow it. I want more.
It's now dark outside in Death City, perfect. I wait in a corner and wait for my next victim. As I hear footsteps coming closer, I prepare myself. I jump out and stab the person. I twist the blade once it went through her body and the woman yells. She breathes heavely and coughs up blood, but death soon claimed her and her body falls to the floor. I see her soul come from her body and I grab it. As I was about to eat it, I hear footsteps walk towards me.
"Crona what have you done? I thought this was all going to stay in the past."
I instantly recognized the voice. "Maka?"
She walks towards me until she was face to face with me. "Why did you do this?", she points to the woman I just killed, "she didn't do anything and you took away her soul. You're letting the madness get to cannot let Medusa influen-
I had enough of hearing her. Maka gasps out her last breath and leans on me as my blade went through her body.
"C-C-C-Cro-na." Her body collapses to the floor and I watch as her soul leaves her body. I hold it in my hands and swallow it.
Normal POV:
Crona wakes up almost yelling and is covered in sweat. He shakes as he thinks about his horrible nightmare. He hugs his pillow and continues to shake. He stares at the floor and suddenly begins to giggle and stands up. He holds his head in attempt to remain focused and punches the wall.
"I can't let the madness get to me again. I can't." Crona walks to the mirror and stares at himself for a long time. He washes his face with water and walks to the corner of his room and slumps to the floor. He puts his hands in his hair and closes his eyes. Why is the madness getting to me now?
He quivers at the very thought of him going down the path Medusa wanted him to go. He was raised to be evil, but he couldn't imagine doing it ever since Maka and him became friends. He looks at the clock and stands up. It's six O'Clock I hope Maka is still at the basketball court. He walks to the door and leaves.
Crona runs as fast as he could and tries to find his way to the basketball court. He knew he had to go through Death City to get to there, but he found himself lost. He soon gives up and decides to walk down the streets of Death City. It was already dark outside, but he continues to wander. As always, Ragnarok announces his hunger and Crona buys sushi for them.
He looks at the time and it was already nine O'clock. The streets of Death City were now almost empty and he wanted to go home, but he was lost. After all, Death City was huge. He walks around and notices someone was following him. He made turns at a lot of streets, but he was still being followed. Crona begins to run and he looks back to see that the person following him was now running too.
Without watching where he was going, Crona runs into a pole and falls. He sits up and watches as the person gets near him. "W-who are you?"
"The demon swordsman, at last I am face to face with you." It's a woman's voice, but whos?
Crona quickly stands up and notices he was cornered. "I don't know who you are, b-but you better stand back or-"
"Or what? Show me what you got."
Crona frowns and puts his hand in the air, "now Ragnarok." Crona gives his firm stance and tries to see the person better, but it was too dark outside and it was hiding her face.
"If you don't stop, i'll have no other choice than to fight you."
"I guess you'll have to fight me then."
As the mysterious person was about to attack, something stopped her. The woman was now on the floor trying to catch her breath. The woman slowly stands up and blood is visible on the floor. "Who the hell are you?!"
Crona turns to see a figure standing on the trash can nearby, but he couldn't make her out because of the darkness. "Crona are you ok?" He immediately knew who it was.
"Nanami?"
Nanami jumps down from the trash can and walks towards Crona. "I got this."
The woman begins to laugh and leans against the wall. "This makes me want to throw up. Let me kill you already."
Nanami pushes Crona behind her and begins to walk towards the woman. "Let's do this", Nanami smirks.
The woman pulls out a knife and takes a step. "Tell me girl, why are you doing this? Why defend the demon swordsman? He has killed too many people." She stabs Nanami in the ribs and she lets out a moan and falls.
"Nanami!" Crona runs to her and kneels beside. "Nanami, are-"
"Stay out of this. Stand b-back." Nanami slowly stands up and pushes Crona away. She puts a hand to her wound and winches for a moment.
"Oh I see you're up again", the woman spat. "I'll make sure you don't get back up."
"You should give me a little more credit than that. After all, you don't have the slightest idea of who I am. Who knows what I am capable of doing." Nanami motions her hand in an up-down motion and murmurs something. "in this case, it wasn't such a good idea to underestimate me."
Nanami takes a step back, "ice needle!' Blade-like Ice was now impaled through the womans whole body. Nanami motions her hand down and the ice falls and turns back into water. The woman falls and gasps like a fish out of water with blood coming out of her whole body. "
As soon as Nanami deafeated her, she feels someone hug her. It was Crona. He hugs her tight but doesn't say anything. In the back of her head she knew she was against Crona now because of Lucero. But she returns the hug and squeezes him as she remembers what her real motive is.