A girl's life can be changed by the water…

A girl's life can be put back together by the water…

A girl's life can be taken away by the water…

~最後のチャンス~

The bag was pulled off of my head. But still darkness remained all around me. I could hear footsteps and laughter, Medusa's laughter. I opened my eyes slowly.

"Maka darling, come sit down" Medusa said gesturing to the seat beside her.

I tried to pull my arms apart from behind my back but the rope tying them together was to strong to be torn apart. I bit my lip trying so hard to tear the rope, but I just couldn't.

"Go to hell" I hissed through my teeth.

"Language" She shook her finger in my face "Or you'll be punished"

She stared right at me and I stared back at her. My hands started shaking behind my back, I closed my hands into fists trying to stop it but it wouldn't.

"So tell me?" She took a step closer so she was just centimeters away from my face "Are you scared girl?"

I bit my lip so hard "I will never fear you" I spat in her face.

She took a step back and lifted her hand to her face wiping away my spit on her face "Stupid girl!"

She reached over to me and gripped hold of my hair and pulled me towards her.

"Aa!" Yelped in pain as she pulled the strands of my hair "Let go!"

"Do you know what happens when you disrespect me?" She pulled me up higher so my feet were hanging off of the ground "Would you like to see?"

I grabbed hold of her wrists that were clinging onto my hair and tried to loosen her grip but I couldn't, it was no use.

"Bring him in!"

The sound of the heavy plate doors opening filled the air around me as I looked out of the corner of my eye to the doors direction. Kid… He was all beaten up, he had scars and scratches all over his face. He was covered in blood.

"Kid!" I exclaimed trying to escape Medusa's grasp.

The guards threw him on his knees in front of Medusa. He stared at the ground, not even noticing Medusa was holding me up by my hair.

"You piece of shit!" She let go of her grip on my hair causing me to fall to the ground.

I landed right in front of Kid, he still barely even noticed I was there at all. He was staring right at me, but he was too beat up to notice anything around him at all.

I moved towards him even more and placed my palms on his cheeks "Kid… it's me Maka, look at me!"

I saw his eyes move up to face me. His golden bloodshot eyes met mine, but he couldn't look at me how he normally would. It wasn't him, I wouldn't let myself believe that it was him, I wouldn't…

"M-Maka…" He stammered placing his hand over the top of mine "I-I'm so… sorry"

Tears were dwelling in the corner of my eyes "You have nothing to be sorry for" I gave him a faint smile "You only done it to protect the one you love…"

His eyes suddenly turnt sad as he stared deeply into my glance. His eyes watered and a small tear dripped from his eyelashes and started to roll down his cheek.

Medusa chuckled from behind me "You really are stupid!"

I span around startled from her sudden reappearance, I forgot that she was in the room with us.

"You're the one that he loves!" She continued to laugh "Foolish girl…"

I turned back around to face him "Is that true?"

He moved his glance, looking towards the corner of the room. There wasn't anything there to catch his eye I just knew he was doing it to avoid the question.

"Of course it's true, why do you think his sworn to protect you?" I felt her place her hand on my shoulder.

I grabbed hold of her wrist and threw her arm away from me "Get your hands off of me!"

Shocked by my outburst, her eyes widened as she placed her thrown hand back on her hip "I will not be spoke to in that way!"

I glared at her and she glared back. We stared like that for several moments, completely silent. I was trying my best to figure out what she was planning inside that mind of hers, but I really couldn't tell.

"Guards!" She clapped "Expose of her!"

Fear completely swept over me, taking away every single other expression that I had and replacing it with complete and utter fear.

"Leave her alone!" Kid leapt up off of the ground and ran to my side blocking me from the guards "If you touch her I will kill you…"

The guards stopped where they were, staring at their master for directions. Some of them looked afraid, but some of them gripped on tighter to their swords getting ready for a fight.

"What are you just standing there for?" Medusa yelled "Get her!"

The guards started running towards me once again. I gripped on tight to Kid's arm as he stood strong in front of me, ready to throw them away.

Slowly he placed his hand out in front of him holding it out towards the guards "Kasai"

Fire beamed out of his palm and burned every single one of the guards in front of him, not missing any of them.

"You bastard!" Medusa screamed trying to grab hold of me "You will pay!"

Kid quickly pulled me aside and pointed his palm out towards her, shooting another beam of flames in Medusa's direction. Surprisingly Medusa waved her arm causing a block of ice to block Kid's beam of fire.

'What the hells going on?'

"Run Maka!" Kid shouted pushing me in the direction of the open gate "Go now!"

I started on running but stopped realizing that he wasn't coming with me "What about you?"

"I'll follow along behind you!" He yelled back to me shooting another beam of fire with his other palm "I promise you!"

I nodded towards him before spinning around and running back towards the gate. I tried to pushed it open even more that it was, but the door was just to heavy, I could hardly push it.

"Don't even try!" Medusa exclaimed in a laugh dropping her ice shield.

While Medusa's guard was dropped Kid shot one last fire beam towards her targeting her right in the stomach. Medusa was flown backwards and into the wall behind her, hitting her head against the hard stone.

Finally I pushed the door open and ran through running down the darkened hallway. I couldn't hear Kid's footsteps behind me, it was frightening me even more. I carried on running, scared that I would run into Medusa's guards on the way.

"Kid where are you?" I yelled at the top of my lungs, still running down the hallway, so dark I couldn't see my own flesh and bone "Kid!"

"Maka run!" I heard his voice echo through the walls "Run!"
Just before his words managed to sink into my mind and I realized what was happening a pair of two very strong arms were wrapped around my waist as I got pulled off of the ground.

"Aa!" I yelped "Let go!" I struggled to escape their grasp "Kid help me!"
Silence... I couldn't hear the echoes in his voice anymore.

"Kid!"
Still there was no answer, just the sound of my heavy breathing and the footsteps as I got pulled away.

"KID!"

'IloveyouMaka...'

My eyes widened as I heard his voice isn't my mind. The moment I was struggling for breath in the water filled room, I heard his voice inside my mind, telling me that he loved me. I remember my heart skipped several beats as I sank deeper and deeper in the water.

The arms gripped tightened around my waist, causing me to grasp for air as they squeezed against my lungs.

"Let go of her!" Kid exclaimed from behind me running towards the guard that hold of me.

He shoved his elbow into their spine making them drop me to the ground. Luckily for me I landed on my feet against the wall, not hurting myself at all. Kid held his palm towards the guard and without hesitation shot him with his fire beam.

"Are you okay?" Kid asked stepping over the now burnt body on the floor "Did he hurt you?"

I shuddered "No, I'm fine…"

We stood there in silence, forgetting everything, just staring into each others, forgetting everything that had happened, except for each other.

"They went down here!" The voices of guards echoed down the hallway startling me and Kid.

"Quick, go!" Kid yelled grabbing hold of my hand.

We continued to run down the hallway, turning around the corners and Kid was shooting his fire at every guard he saw, not taking a moment to take a breath or think about who he was shooting.

"Kid…" I gripped on tighter to his hand "I'm so scared"

He turned his head to face me "Don't worry, I am too" He held my hand ever so firmly "I Promise you, when this is all over, I'll take you somewhere far away, you'll be safe with me…"

For the first time in days, I felt safe, I felt warm on the inside. His hand was the only lifelike feel that I could feel around me, nothing else seemed real enough.

"Light!' Kid exclaimed running a little fast down the hallway which turned out to be a tunnel "Come on!"

We ran outside and found ourselves in the middle of the desert. Wind blew across my face blowing bits of sand in my hair. The sun was setting behind the cliffs, turning the sky pinker and pinker by the second.

"This way" He grabbed hold of my hand again and started pulling me away from the tunnels exit.

We continued to run across the sand until my feet started to ache. We were soon running towards the sunset, running towards the cliffs, were the water wash bashing against the rocks below.

"We should be safe now…" Kid sighed in relief letting go of my hand.

I fell to my knees at the edge of the cliff, staring at the sun that was just about to fade behind the horizon. The pink in the sky was fading to a light blue, like to colors mixing together in the sky, it was simply beautiful…

'I love you too Kid…'

My heart was thumping loudly in my chest, hitting against my ribcage then resting before hitting it again. I was desperate to catch my breath, but it was so hard to grasp hold of. Like trying to grasp hold of a butterfly when it's flying around in front of you.

"Kid, you didn't answer me before…" I turned my gaze to look at him "When Medusa said it was me that you were trying to protect, was that true?"

He closed his eyes slowly "Yes…" He opened them again when turning his head to face me "I didn't want you to know"

"Why?" I was extremely heartbroken as soon as he said that.

He looked away again "Because you and I can never be together"

I stood up again and turned to face him "Why? I want to know why"

He took in a deep breath trying to look away from me "Because we come from different worlds, I don't belong here…"

"Then I can make you belong here" I placed my hand on his cheek "I can make us be together"

He stared deeply into my eyes and I stared back into his. My body felt like a million fireworks, just at the fact of us standing like this.

"Just tell me what I need to do for us to be together and I'll do it" I could feel tears dwelling in the corner of my eyes but I tried to fight them back.

Slowly, I pulled his face closer to mine, our lips inching closer until they were just inches away from each other. I could feel his warm hesitant breaths on my cheek but I tried my best not to focus on them at that moment. I pulled him a little closer until my lips brushed against his. I was just about to pull away when I felt him press his lips onto mine without taking a second to hesitate. I slowly felt his tongue lick at my lips waiting for permission to enter inside my mouth. I let it enter and I slowly slid my tongue into his mouth and twirled it around with his. Our tongues danced with each other, what I longer for was finally happening. And I loved every second of it…

"Aw, what a cute scene" Medusa stepped towards us.

We quickly parted and turned to stare at her with fear. I was shaking, shaking more than I had been in the first place.

'No, not now…'

Suddenly I was startled by what I saw. I saw something glisten from around her neck. My mothers emerald necklace.

"You bitch!" I exclaimed pointing at the chain from around her neck "You better give that back right now!"

She chuckled "And why would I do that?" She placed the emerald in her palm "It's so much more than just a chain. This little emerald can protect you from any danger you face, you can live forever…"

"It's my mothers!" I yelled "It doesn't belong to you!"
She shook her finger in front of my face "You mean it was your mothers…"

My eyes widened in shock. My heart shattered into a million pieces, she had known all along.

"Were done with you Medusa, just leave, its all over!" Kid yelled standing firmly in front of me.

"You knew…" I stammered barging past him and standing up for myself "You knew my mother was dead!"

"Oh no…" Medusa smirked "We all knew she was dead"

I stepped back, my heart was breaking even more, father knew, Liz knew, Kid knew…

"He asked me to erase your memory, all he had to do was return a favor" She dropped the emerald and let it hang from around her throat.

'Dad had slept with her… with this bitch! Just so I could have my memory erased?'

"You… you whore!" I stepped towards her but Kid pulled me back.

"Maka!" He exclaimed "Don't be too reckless, don't pick a fight with her…"

"I don't care!" I yelled in fury "I will kill her for what she did"

"If she wants a fight, I'm willing to give it" Medusa held her palms out in front of her "Does she accept?"

"No she doesn't accept!" Kid yelled trying to pull me back even more "Just go Medusa!"

I pushed Kid out of the way again and charged towards her "I will kill you!"

Medusa let a wide smile approach her lips as she was about to block my way with ice "Come and get it!"

"Chikyū!" I pointed my fingers towards her as I carried on running.

Earth roots rose from underneath the ground and started wrapping themselves around her body pinning her arms to her side.

"What!" She yelled in shock "How could she!"

I swung my fist round and pressed it to her face, adding force sending her head backwards. Blood escaped her nose and started running down to her mouth and landed on my knuckles.

"Maka…?" Kid asked stunned "I never knew"

Snakes suddenly appeared from Medusa's body breaking the roots, setting her body free once again.

"I underestimated you Maka…" She wiped the blood away from her face "But now it's my go" She placed her palms together and held her arms out on front of her "Kūki-ryoku!"

I was thrown backwards through the air towards the cliff edge, but it wasn't enough to send me over. I hit the ground, smacking my head against the sand.

"Maka!" Kid immediately ran to my side "Are you okay"

Blood ran down my chin from my lip "I'm fine…"

"You won't beat me, face it" Medusa folded her arms over her chest "You're too week"

I pulled myself to my feet and stood fearlessly in front of her "I will defeat you"

"Lets see then, it's your move" She smirked once again showing now fear at all "What else you got?"

Slowly, I placed my finger against my forehead and my other arm out in front of me. I controlled my breathing slowly, inhaling and exhaling just listening to the sound of the wind around me.

I parted my lips and chanted what I had been dying to chant since the moment this battle started "Watashi wa obiete iru koto ga, watashi wa yowai kamo shirenaiga, watashi wa watashi ga haiboku to naru semasen"

The air started to get more intense as my words started to mean more and more. The water from underneath the cliff behind me started rising out of the ocean rising up to the edge of the cliff, twirling round and around.

"Mizu wa watashi no saidai no jakutendesuga, watashi wa sono watashi no gawa ni tsuneni koto o shitte iru"

"What is she…?" Medusa was stunned, gob smacked by my use of magic.

Kid watched the water rise above my head and watch it as it moved towards Medusa "She's just like her mother"

"Anata wa watashi no hahaoya no inochi o ubatta, anata ga watashi no chichi no kokoro o kowashitaga,-sui no bubun ni chokumen shite iru..."

The streams of water flew towards Medusa at fall speed, moving faster than any volcano move and faster than any cheetah could run. She tried to cast her ice block spell to block it but it was just to fast.

The water jammed into her body throwing her to the ground, knocking her head against the hard sand. The water span around several times before falling back into the ocean behind me.

"T-that's enough…" Medusa coughed. Blood flying from her mouth "I g-give up…"

"Hand over the necklace" I walked towards her with my palm out "Don't make me take it from you!"

She winced in pain staring up at me "You win…"

Her arms trembled as she struggled to push herself up off of the ground. She started chuckling once again, causing shivers to run up and back down my spine.

"What's so funny?" I questioned still trying to hide my fear "Hand it over!"

She removed the chain from around her neck "Its all yours…"

'What's she planning? I just trust that look in her eye'

"Would you face your fears to get what you most desire?" Medusa held the necklace out in front of her.

I stammered "Of course I would…"

Her eyebrow rose "Really now, how interesting" She held the necklace up in front of her, glancing at the emerald.

"Medusa just give it to her!" Kid yelled out from behind me.

"Its all yours!" Medusa raised her arm above her hand hold the necklace in her grasp tightly.

She swung her arm forward releasing her grip of the emerald at the last moment. It flew through the air above my head, towards the edge of the cliff. I watched in shock as I saw it move closer and closer to the edge.

'I have to!'

I started running, running towards the edge of the cliff. I had to get it. My toes got closer to the edge as I reached out towards the emerald, trying to grasp it in my fingers.

"Maka no!" Kid started to run towards me trying to grab hold of me before I jumped "Stop!"

It slipped between my fingers. Falling down below me towards the… water.

"Think about what you're doing!" He ran closer towards me reaching out with his hand, but he was too late.

I leapt off of my feet, diving over the edge towards the emerald, trying to grab it. The water was bashing up against the rocks, swirling around all over the place. I fell towards it, with my arm reached out towards the necklace. My fingers brushed against it but I still was close enough to it to hold it in my palm.

"Maka!" Kid screamed leaning over the edge.

The necklace splashed into the water below me, just before my arm dove underneath the surface. My body followed landing in the ocean along with my mother's necklace.

'What have I done?'

The water blurred my vision as I was thrown around from the force of the water bashing against the rocks. I floated further and further to the bottom, trying my best to swim up to the surface but the water was moving around too much, I couldn't.

I floated motionlessly, falling deeper and deeper. My hair brushed up against my face as the force of the water was dragging me down. My arms were lifted above my head as I swayed slowly from left to right.

I felt that it was all over, I felt that I had lost. But then, I saw the emerald necklace slowly rise to the surface in front of me. The silver chain brushing against my cheek the continuing to rise.

I reached my hand out towards it, brushing the tips of my fingers against the green stone. The emerald slowly slid into my palm as I clenched my fingers around it to keep it held firmly in my grasp.

My eyelids slowly started to close, but I tried to force myself to keep them open, I tried my best. I could still feel the necklace in my palm as my eyes closed blocking out the water that was surrounding me, replacing it was complete and utter darkness.


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