White Rose
9foxgrl
Ch. 12 ~ War of the Rose
Chrona was in frozen terror. Hot tears were streaming down her face. The only person who truly loved her was dying before her eyes. All she could think about was stopping the blood flowing from the wounds. She didn't care that the skirt of her white dress was now dyed red.
The sounds around her seemed to fade away and replaced by silence. All she could focus on were those wounds.
She felt his heart beat weakening. She reached out for it and linked it to her own. His soul suddenly jumped from his body into hers. The connection grew stronger. It had a similar feeling to when she synchronized her soul with Ragnarok. Instead of an orb his spirit took an intangible corporal form behind her.
"Chrona…"
"Kid…you're still here?" she whispered as she felt his presence.
"Yes…" Kid whispered as his spirit hugged her body. She felt his Shinigami powers start to flow with her own.
"We can stop her." the two said in synch.
Black Rose POV
I huffed as my sister cried over the dying Shinigami. I was pleased with herself. On less obstacle out of the way. Soon White Rose would be back, but under my control. Then the world would be mine to command. After all, she had a tie to the royal witch throne, I could rule through her. She would be my puppet!
All I had to do now was plant one of my roses on her to control her every movement and thought. She would be my doll, the witch world, no the entire world would be in the palm of my hand.
I moved forward to plant it on her only to be blown back by a blast of light. White Rose was emitting that special magic of hers again but this time it was different. I could sense the Shinigami's wavelengths fusing with hers protectively.
She stood up looking rather dazed. The Shinigami's blood stained not only her dress but her hands as well. Tears were no longer streaming down her face. Despite that calm look on her face I could feel waves of anger and hatred. I suddenly felt a chill go down my spine as my sister's eyes appeared through the curtain of her bangs. They turned a demonic shade of pink then suddenly changed to gold.
Suddenly the Shinigami's body vanished and seemed to be absorbed into her body and formed a pair of black angel wings on her back.
"What did you do sister?" I yelled.
Normal POV
"Your time has come Black Rose."
Chrona charged at Black Rose with spears of light in her hands. She used them as a distraction then jumped over Black Rose with a speed Kid could only use. With almost inhumane reflexes she kicked Black Rose's lower jaw, sending the witch flying into a wall. The combined force of a Shingami and a witch had sent her clear across the valley.
Chrona took the moment to destroy the magic imprisoning their friends.
"Liz, Patty. Weapon forms!" her and Kid's voice ordered
The two looked confused until they realized Chrona's eyes were now gold like Kid's.
"Kid?" Liz whispered in a frighten voice.
"Yes, it's me. We will try to explain later." Kid said taking temporary control of Chrona's body. "Weapon forms now!"
The two changed into their pistol forms which Chrona grabbed expertly. She turned to the humans still gathered in the room. Chrona released a wave of her magic making the roses that had entrapped them shrivel and die.
"Hurry and get out of here. I don't want any accidental casualties. Take care of them Asura"
"Y-yes of course!" Asura said hastily as he lead the humans out.
The Shibusen group plus the witches jumped out of the window and slid down the snow to where Black Rose had landed. No sooner had they made it within a fifty yard range Black Rose shot out of the snow screeching like a banshee. With a lashing motion she created a barrage of vines and thorns.
Chrona sent rapid fire in Black Rose's direction giving Maka and Soul enough time to form Witch Hunter and cut down a barrage of vines that had shot towards them. Tsubaki turned into her enchanted sword form allowing Black*Star to cut and dodge. When he got close enough he sent his soul waves into Black Rose making her scream.
Black Rose lashed out her hand again making more vines shoot up from the ground. Kid suggested to Chrona to take advantage of her new wings that his soul had created. Because of her previous experiences with wings she was able to fly straight up and dodge the vines easily. Amora grabbed Maka and Soul while Twilight rescued Black*Star and Tsubaki.
"Rose Devil!" Black Rose screamed as a large bud shot up from the ground then opened revealing a mutation of a rose with fangs and petals that appeared to be eyes.
"What's our plan now?"
"Leave it to me." Shirayuki said as she flew to the front. She started to sing an eerie song causing icy wind and snow to come out her mouth, freezing the head of the monster.
"WOW! NOW'S THAT'S KEEPING A COOL HEAD!"
"Enough of the lame jokes!" Soul yelled at his friend.
They all flew higher as the vines continued to attack despite the head of the beast being frozen. One nearly grabbed Maka and Amora when it was hit by a blast of red energy.
"What was that?"
"Asura!"
Asura made his triumphant debut from the outer rim of the valley. He had his protection seals around the people as they either fled from the vicinity or tried to shoot at Black Rose with arrows.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank goodness he's alive." Maka gasped.
"Yeah, at least your dad won't have to bury his daughters." Soul commented.
"Enough. Asura can't attack and protect the people." Chrona/Kid said as they floated down to where they were hovering. "We need to attack now while we can."
"Kid, you and Chrona need to stop switching back and forth. How the Hell are you two dealing with them?"
"You forget Kid was already bipolar and so was Chrona to an extent." Liz commented.
They blanched.
"Astounding. Their alternate personalities must have fused into a temporary phenomena allowing Chrona to use Kid's powers and for Kid's body to fuse to Chrona in the shape of wings. This is amazing." Amora gasped.
"Save the geek speak for later!" Twilight said as she sent bolts of her earth magic to cause a rock slide over Black Rose who promptly dodged it by summoning another mutant rose monster.
"Right! We have to finish her off!" Amora said as she shot a large ball of fire to melt a large amount of snow that Shirayuki quickly refroze over the new plant's roots.
"Any ideas?"
"We could try the Soul Flare that Luna has been teaching you guys!" Amora pointed out.
"Only one problem, we can't do it yet."
"Okay, new plan. We fly like bats out of Hell!"
"NO!" Twilight yelled. "Then we will be leaving the people defenseless!"
"But our normal attacks aren't working!"
"That's why Luna was trying to teach you guys Soul Flare!"
"ENOUGH! If you all would rather squabble like petty children WE will finish this ourselves!"
"We can?"
"How Chid?"
"Chid?"
"A mix of Chrona and Kid. Or should it be Kich?" Patty said in a pensive tone.
"Uhh…"
"Did you forget Liz? Chrona and I have fused temporarily. We can pull off this technique. If it doesn't work I'll take you out on a shopping spree and buy Patty a giraffe."
"DEAL!" the sisters shouted in unison.
"LET'S GO SOUL RESONANCE~!" The twin pistols began to change into their cannon forms. Only this time their forms were sleeker and lighter in order not to weigh Chrona's light frame. The Skull appeared on the side, glowing alarmingly like Chrona/Kid's eyes.
"Soul Flare!"
Twin bursts of raw power shot from the cannons. To everyone's amazement the attack had some of Chrona's pink soul wavelength and Kid's azure tinged wavelengths mixed. On contact the vines burned away into nothing and Black Rose screamed at the contact.
They thought that they had beaten her only to find her fading as several petals fell from her body.
"See you around little sister. I'll be back."
The last petal fell revealing a uninjured little girl who had been possessed by the witch as Rachel had been by Medusa. Chrona caught her and flew over to the child's frantic parents before departing with the group. Now with Asura flying with Shirayuki back to Shibusen.
An Hour Later
Chrona was the last to land when the group arrived. They were immediately greeted by Shakira and the Death Scythes who escorted them to the Death Room.
Shinigami-sama looked around anxiously. He didn't seem to care that Asura was there.
"Where is Kid?" he asked.
The group just pointed at Chrona who suddenly gasped as Kid's soul unanchored it's self from her own and he return to his solid form. The two fell down and into unconsciousness in perfect synch. Had Kid been awake he would had been happy at the symmetry of the phenomena.
To Be Continued
A/N: Okay, it is scary that my mind can get more ideas for fanfics then it can for a freaking midterm paper