CHAPTER 11:

DOUBLE THE DEMONS BLOOD…

HEADS UP… Don't murder me… Crona's a boy in this story!

The school was a buzz with the news of Usagi defeating the daughter of Mistress McCoin. She walked down the with her head held high. For the first time in her life she felt loved, but she wasn't… She was feared. Kid stood awkwardly by the missions board, seeing the people gossip about Usagi as she walked by. She saw him and walked over. "What'ca doing Kiddo?" she asked in a voice so cheerful. Kid gulped. "I was just looking at the active missions." Usagi smiled and squinted her eyes. "Hey! We should do a mission together!" Kid quickly turned to her and blushed. "What, really?" he asked. "Ya, it'll be fun!" She stepped a little bit closer to him. "You mean like a-" "date?" Usagi finished. "I guess you could call it that, if you'd like…" She rested her hand on his shoulder. She could feel a slight pain in her head but she ignored it. Kid blushed more intensely. "I really like you Kid." Now Usagi was blushing. Kid smiled and they slowly connected their hands. Ignoring the pain, she and Kid closed their eyes and leaned in closer and closer until. "HEY GUYS!" They opened their eyes about an inch away from each other's face. Behind them were Patti and Blackstar. "What were you guys doing?" asked Blackstar. Kid sighed. "Nothing…" Both of them stared blankly, being Patti and Blackstar of course. "Well come on you guys better hurry up, Crona's back!" Kid's eyes opened up with shock. "WHAT REALLY!?" Usagi was confused. "Ok I give, who's Crona?" They all forgot Usagi had never met Crona before. "Oh yes, Usagi…" Usagi had her hands on her hips and puffed out her cheeks like a threatened puffer fish. "Crona is a friend of ours but he was expelled back when Asura was still alive." Usagi's face returned to normal. "Oh… ok!"

Soul, Maka, Liz, Brick, and Tsubaki were in the hall with Crona, then were met up with Kid, Patti, Usagi, and Blackstar. "Oh hello." said the shy pink-haired boy. "W-w-who's this?" Asked Crona pointing to Usagi. Maka smiled. "This is our new friend Usagi." Usagi reached out her hand to shake. "Hello, nice to meet ya Crona." He unsteadly place his hand on Usagi's. Her eye's flashed red a second then back to blue. She place her hand on her head like she had done when she went psycho but forgot it all. She saw glimpses of people growing claws, and wings, and horns, then in the middle of it all, three bright red eyes facing vertically opened secreting gooey liquid. She gasped. The group all stared. "Are you alright Usagi?" asked Kid. "Ya… I'm fine." He touched her hand. Her eyes flashed again. "I'll get you to the infirmary." and Kid guided Usagi with her arms wrapped around his shoulders in a symmetrical fashion. "What was that about?" asked Soul. "I don't know." said Tsubaki. Crona's eyes were wide, wider than usual but everybody was too focused on Usagi to notice. "It's my fault." thought Crona.

Chi-Alli gazed at her crystal ball. "Yes, the needles are working properly," she tapped the ball and the picture went to the infirmary where Kid was holding Usagi's hand as she used her other to grasp her head in pain. "You did an excellent job planting the needle into the boy." said Chi-Alli, nodding to Phoenix. The memory of the needle slipping in when he pricked his finger on the black rose still lingered in their minds. "My soul needles are not only watching my daughter and the shigigami, but heightening my daughter's demon soul's madness." She enlarged the picture of the infirmary. "It's ok Usagi, I'm here, I won't let anything bad happen to you." Kid laid his other hand on top of her's. She glanced to her side, she smiled with tears in her eyes from the pain, then closed them again. Nygus stepped through the door. "What seems to be the problem here?" she asked. "I… ehhh… don't know… ahhhhh!" Usagi screeched with pain. "She just all of a sudden got these massive headaches and her eyes keep glowing red." Kid explained to Nygus more about Usagi's ailments and of yesterday's activities. Usagi's ears rung from the pain and she couldn't here. "Please…" thought Kid. "don't let it be madness… not to her…" Nygus finished jotting the information down. "Let take a look in the other room shall we." They both stood up. "Alone…" Kid and Usagi let go of each other's hands. Usagi's eyes stopped glowing as she and Nygus stepped into the examination room. It seemed like hours but Nygus and Usagi exited the room to a restless Death the Kid waiting for them. "She's… Fine…" said Nygus surprisingly. Usagi smiled, looking well and healthier than when he brought her in. She ran up and hugged Kid. Then cringed. "Oh god…" The pain had returned. "Ahhhh!" she moaned. "Usagi!" Kid placed his hand on her head. Nygus had a questioned look on her face. "Kid, can I see you in here a second?" Nygus motioned to the exam room. "I'll be right back." He helped Usagi back to her seat.

Nygus proceeded to run some tests on Kid. Usagi sat in the waiting room as Kid did for her. She was worried of why Kid was called in, then she realized. "Hey, my head stopped hurting…" Soon the door busted off its hinges. "HEY GUYS!" yelled Patti from behind Blackstar, followed by the others. "Hey Usagi, what happened back there?" asked Blackstar. She hung her head. "I-I don't know, it just kinda happened, but now Nygus is inspecting Kid." The group talked about the situation while Crona stood in the back in terror. "Crona…" he heard the voice in his mind, Chi-Alli was speaking to him through her soul needle. "Crona, you're doing an excellent job so far… I'm proud of you my new apprentice. Now here's what I want you to do…" "Crona?" He snapped back to reality. Maka and the rest of the group were staring at him. "You alright?" Crona smiled, sweat dripping from his forehead. "Yes, everything's fine…" Then a glob of black liquid gushed from his back and became solid above his head. "Hey, why's everybody forgotten about me?!" The group looked to Crona. "Oh, hi Ragnerok." they all said simultaneously. Usagi's jaw dropped. "Who's she?!" asked Ragnerok. "That's so… COOL!" Usagi jumped from her chair and got face to face with Ragnerok. "Awww, he's so cute I just wanna poke ya!" Usagi poked Ragnerok. Ragnerok got mad. "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA THERE GIRLY!" "Awww… He's throwing a tiny tantrum!" The door opened. Usagi shot up like a rabbit (irony right?) "Kid!" she yelled. Kid was surprised to be greeted by the surprised faces of his friends. Nygus stepped out shortly after. "Alright, well everything seems normal about Usagi but I'd like to keep her here to monitor her overnight." Kid walked to his friends, got patted on the back by Liz and Patti and questioned by Maka, Soul, and Tsubaki, and was pestered by Blackstar and Brick. Usagi kinda stood off in the distance with Crona. Her face had a worried expression. "Usagi…" said Crona worriedly. Usagi's head shot up. "Oh nothing! It's just…" She eyed up the group of friends talking to Kid. "I'm worried for Kid, he got called into the infirmary office and its just… I'm probably over reacting but Kid's my best friend and I lost him once and I don't wanna lose him again." Crona seemed confused. "I care about him." There was a silence between them for a second. "Ya know it's nice to have somebody to talk to like you, you remind me of myself and I'm glad we're friends." She smiled at Crona. "Ya… me too."

Late at night, Usagi was asleep in the infirmary. A tiny creak from the door, too soft to wake her, was all the noise that was made. Crona snuck into the office. "Come on Crona, don't be a pansy, just do it." said Ragnerok, oddly enough, in a whisper. He pulled out a large needle from his pocket. It's distinct maroon red coloring was different than the others but its size and shape indicated it was one of Chi-Alli's soul needles, but larger and probably more powerful than the others. He loomed over the smiling, sleeping little emerald haired girl. He positioned himself for the impalement. "Ya know it's nice to have somebody to talk to. . ." Crona held his position. "I'm glad we're friends…" Usagi's words echoed in Crona's mind. "JUST DO IT!" screeched Ragnerok, and with that, Crona impaled Usagi with the large needle, into her abdomen. He pushed it in until it was unable to be seen anymore. Her eyes shot open, her pupils were diolated and she was still seemingly unconscious. Crona escaped the room in fear, and in that silent school infirmary, echoes of painful screams could be heard.

The next day Usagi awoke in the infirmary tired and feeling drained of all energy but her headaches were gone. She exited the infirmary office to find Brick standing outside waiting for her. "Hey Brick, what's up?" asked Usagi. Brick's expression wasn't good. "Come with me." Brick guided Usagi outside where she saw it. The school stairwell was destroyed, the sidewalk ditached from the ground, and her friends covered in bruises, including Kid. "What the hell happened here?" asked Usagi. "Some crazy dragon lady came and attacked the school in the middle of the night last night." said Maka. "Really? Dammit, I miss all the fun, I was out cold!" She crossed her arms and huffed. "No Usagi, you didn't want to face this one." said Kid sympathetically. "Her eyes were glowing red, she had six inch claws, red hair, a devil's tail, sharp teeth (like Soul's), and a ptch black wings." Kid sighed. "We all barely escaped alive." Usagi was in terror, this creature was still out there and almost killed her friends. Then, she vowed revenge.

At home, Usagi was looking in her mirror at her PJ top that only went up half of her stomach. There she saw it. A medium sized puncture wound and she couldn't think of where she had gotten it. She poked it. It hurt. "This is fresh, when did I get this?" After, she saw burn marks on her arms, but only in little circles, like bullet holes, also small scratches. She examined her puncture wound once more, and again flashed the three eyes and a dragon girl fighting her friends. Being shot by Kid and sliced at by Blackstar and Maka. Leaving marks in the exact same spots as on her arms. The visions stopped, and Usagi gazed at herself in the mirror. "It's me!"

This is what you get when you sit me in front of a CSI: Vegas marathon…

Oh, and Brick's still there in the background whenever I mention "group" he enrolled with the others, so he knows Crona, he just didn't fight the Kishin. Just clearing that up.