The Mission
Chapter 20: Death scythe
The bell rang and it was the end of class. Sid's class; survival class had just ended and we were gathering up our stuff.
''So are you ready for a mission, Soul?'' Maka asked as she gathered all her papers and notebook.
I smiled back at her, ''you bet,'' I leaned toward the desk with my stuff, ''but I have to talk to Miss Marie, there is something I need clarify.''
She nodded, ''Do you want me to wait outside her room or at the mission board?''
I smirked at her, ''you can wait for me at the mission board, get us a good one.''
I had already told her about my scar and the madness that harmonized with me in it. She had of course been shocked and worried about it, but I managed to calm her down. She is still worried about it, but she isn't as worried as she was at the beginning.
''I will head to Miss Marie, I will see you at the mission boards,'' I waved goodbye to her as I walked out of the classroom, heading toward Miss Marie's classroom.
Miss Marie will have a break now so it will give me some time to talk to her if she isn't helping a student or something.
I walked to her classroom and the door was open, signaling the class was already over. I walked inside and found Miss Marie by her desk, collecting some sheets of papers.
She noticed me and her smile brightened, ''ah Soul, what brings you here?'' She asked nicely as she put down all the papers on her desk neatly.
I slowly got inside and stood on the other side of her desk, ''there is just something I have been wondering about, the first weapon Arachne ever turned.''
She nodded as her eyebrows narrowed, obviously thinking, ''I don't know that much about the first weapon. All I really know is that it went insane due to the madness he automatically channeled.''
I cocked and eyebrow, ''what do you mean with automatically channeled?'' I asked as she grabbed a white chalk for the black board.
''Look at this,'' Miss Marie smiled as she turned to the black board, starting to draw. She draws first a magnet and some metal pieces then she draw a person and the sign for madness which is three eyes. ''Study this carefully, what is it the magnet will do to the metal scrap?''
She handed me the white chalk and I quickly drew arrows from the metal pieces to the magnet, ''it will attract them.''
Miss Marie nodded as she took the chalk back, ''exactly, good job Soul. That is exactly what the weapon did. Arachne had somehow managed to make the weapon into a wandering magnet for madness. It went wild because of it''
I nodded. I was still bugged because there should be more information about this weapon. If this weapon went insane, there should still be more on this weapon. ''But why isn't there more information about this weapon?''
She put down the chalk as she grabbed the eraser and started to erase her little drawings, ''I don't really know. This is a witch territory and 800 years old information. I think Arachne tried to cover up for her failure. She was always very acceptable when it came to failures, but I guess she wanted to cover this one up for some reason.''
I wonder what they did try to cover up. This is a mystery indeed.
I smiled back at Miss Marie, ''thank you, Marie, I will have to go now.''
She smiled back as she waved, ''no problem, I hope I was able to help you.'' I walked out of the classroom and I got tackled to the floor.
''Soul! Hide me quickly!'' It was Maka. As soon as she had tackled me to the ground, she was up again and looking around.
''MAKAAAA!'' Of course, it was Spirit.
Maka clung to my back as she shielded herself with my body. ''He want to go on father daughter dates from now one.'' She was shaking behind me as she grabbed my hand. ''Come on, I know Lord Death wants to meet us. Come on!'' She started to drag me as she ran toward the Death room.
I quickly started to run beside her as we heard Spirit's screams to Maka. We ran and ran through the hallways to the Death room and then we catch our breaths in front of the door to the guillotine hallway.
''By the way… Kid is going to have a party tomorrow and we are invited…'' Maka said as she smiled at me. She was so freaking cute when she smiled like that to me, with her pink rich lips and her white perfect teeth…
''Is it formal or just a party?'' I asked as I opened the red door and entered the guillotine hallway.
Maka walked beside me, ''it is a normal party. Nothing formal with it at all,'' she smiled as we walked through the guillotines hanging over our heads. ''So are you in?''
I shrugged my shoulders, ''I guess, but I'm not really into parties but I guess I will go.'' She smiled as she jumped a little up and down as she squealed.
''Great! It will be so much fun!''
I had never been that much into parties but if Maka will go, I guess I will go too, although, even if I will just try to get away from the party but I will just have to deal with it for now. It is just one party.
''Hello, hey ya, thanks for coming, good to see you!'' Lord Death greeted us as we walked up on the platform.
He bounced around childishly as he always did. ''I don't like to give you one more assignment since you already have your first mission still.'' He sigh, ''but this is one that I want you guys to take care of. It will give Soul enough pre-kishin souls to become a death scythe.''
My eyes widen, ''wait, so you got us a mission that will give us enough souls to turn me into a death scythe?'' I repeated as I looked at Lord Death whom nodded.
''That is right. You will go to a coliseum in Italy where pre-kishin gangs humans up to fight each other. There should be plenty of pre-kishins there to turn you into a death scythe.'' We nodded.
Lord Death filled us in on the details of the coliseums where about and he also informed us that the coliseum would be used for the Spartoi tests for Kid's and Black*Star's that we would participate in to test their skills. I wonder what we would do to test them. When I had been the one to be test if I had what it took to join Spartoi, I had to survive in an unknown environment as I too had to eliminate a powerful pre-kishin. The test would be a lot more different from mine and Maka's since the candidates wouldn't be able to prepare themselves for the test.
''That is all. Make sure to eliminate all the pre-kishins. I don't want any of them escaping.''
Maka straightened her back and nodded, ''roger Lord Death.'' We both exited the death room, walking toward the main entrance.
''Do you think we can do this without the soul resonance?'' I asked as we walked through the hallway. Students were hanging at the lockers, gossiping about Black*Star and Kid how they will be taking the test to join Spartoi.
''Yea, I think so. If it is too many I guess we will just have to split up and fight separately. We are both strong individuals,'' he held her hands behind her back as usually as we walked through the entrance and toward my bike.
''Yea, but what will you fight with then? Do you have a weapon with you?'' I asked as I felt the ipod in my pocket which I haven't used in a really long time. Maybe I should enjoy some Jazz when we return from the mission…
Maka grinned as she pulled up her coat and shirt, exposing her toned stomach with a knife tugged in her skirt.
My eyes bulged out as I studied every curve of her stomach and the delicious skin I just wanted to kiss and taste. I bet it taste amazing just as Maka.
''Yea, I never go unarmed if something would happen and you are not there,'' she pulled down her shirt and coat to my dismay. Her unmarked smooth belly bothered me a little. It needed to be marked and by none the less than me.
''Yea… good call…'' He stomach was imprinted on my mind. I can't stop thinking about the smooth looking skin of hers and the delicious pale skin of hers.
She nodded happily as we reached my bike. She got on it behind me and wrapped her arms tightly around my waist, her head resting on my back and I could feel her chest against my back. She didn't have that much, but she still had one good pair of boobs. They are definitely good enough for me.
''Hold on thigh. This will be a long ride to Italy.'' She giggled as we speeded out of the city. It is just too bad Maka has eyes for Kid but I guess now when Black*Star confessed to Tsubaki I will have to do the same with Maka. I could always do it during the party tomorrow. I just hope she will still be my friend and my meister afterward.
…
''So this is the coliseum huh?'' I asked as we both got off my bike.
''Yea, should we just bust inside or should we be stealthy?'' Maka asked as we looked at the giant coliseum. The coliseum looked like it was taken from the antic Rome. It looked to be in a really good shape. The statues looked fine, only a few of them was damaged. The building contracture looked nice with just some damages like with the statue. This coliseum looked like it was recently build exactly like an old coliseum the gladiators fought on, but this one is pre-kishins forcing humans to fight in.
''The idea of busting ourselves inside is tempting… but for now we should be stealthy,'' I said as I transformed and Maka skillfully caught me, sneaking up to the coliseum.
''It is a little hard being sneaky when I have a huge scythe to carry,'' Maka pointed out and I started to chuckle.
''Do you want to fight separately then?'' She immediately shook her head as she sneaked up to the coliseum.
''N-No, I like fighting with you.'' She blush a little as she sneaked inside of the coliseum.
I have to admit it was flattering but for now, I have to stay focused on the mission.
Maka worked fast. She broke into room after room and quickly taking out the pre-kishins. I quickly devoured them as we moved to the next room and so it went on as we had taken out all the pre-kishins in the coliseum, now was only the ones on the arena left.
Maka sneaked up, watching the two pre-kishins and a hooded figure in front of them. It was exactly so I would have 99pre- kishin souls after those two.
I narrowed my eyes as I looked at the hooded person from my weapon form. The hooded person… I had seen it before…
''Maka, move closer to them,'' she nodded as she sneaked up closer to them.
''Make sure to gather everyone and I don't want this to fail, got it?'' The two kishin nodded. One of the kishin looked like a human but had a brown bag over his head and the other one looked like a skeleton with red orbs as eyes.
I know where I had heard that voice before. This is the witch who infiltrated the school. It is she who Noah was talking to, the one he had protected by sucking Black*Star into the book.
''Maka, that is the woman I told you about. It is the witch who infiltrated the school,'' I whispered through my weapon form and she looked shocked at me.
''Is it really her? Are you sure?'' She asked as she looked at the top of my shaft, at the eye that was there.
I would always remember Noah's and that woman's voice. Her voice was gentle and at the same time evil and filled with blood thirst. There is no way I would forget this voice.
''Yes, I remember her voice. It is her.''
She nodded, ''Then lets finish those two pre-kishins quickly so we can take care of her then.'' She jumped down and leaped toward the two pre-kishins, immediately taking them out with one swing of me. Their bodies decayed and the only things left were the two pre-kishin souls that would turn me into a death scythe.
''It is over witch! We have caught you. We know it is you who has infiltrated Shibusen!'' Maka exclaimed as her grip around me tightened.
The witch laughed and I knew that laugh. It is not because I have heard her voice from the time when Black*Star and I heard her and Noah talking. I knew this person.
''You can take off your coat. I already know it is you,'' the witch took of the hood which covered her face, ''Medusa.''
It was her. Her hair was in the weird braid under her chin and short hair on her back head. Her eyes didn't look friendly as they had done when she had done the check-up on me. They were twisted with craziness.
''So you found me… Maka and Soul. I congratulate you for finding me.'' She laughed lowly as she took of her rob and threw it away. She was in some sort of black jumpsuit with no sleeves. She was barefoot and her nails were black with yellow arrows on them.
''It is over Medusa! In the name of Lord Death, we will take your soul!'' Maka exclaimed but instead she picked up a paper.
''I wished I could play around with you kiddies, but I have to report back to Noah. See you later Soul, princess.'' Medusa suddenly got sucked into the paper and then the paper got burned up.
''Dammit! We almost had her!'' Maka exclaimed as I transformed back into my human form, scratching the back of my head.
''Me too… What was the deal when she called you a princess?'' I asked as I grabbed the two red souls and devoured them quickly, enjoying the texture of the souls going down my throat.
''I don't know, probably wanted to mess with our head.'' She sighs aggravated, ''we could have taken her out! You would have been a death scythe by now!''
I smirked as I grabbed her hand tugging her toward me, ''I am already a death scythe. I will show you when we get home. We can report to Lord Death about Medusa tomorrow. ''