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Chapter 21

Blood and Fangs

I dodged to the side as his claws ripped through my hood, ripping from my cloak as my pigtails unfurled. Eibon dislodged the material from his nails before swooping in for another attack, which I stopped with Soul's blade.

"You're a feisty one," Eibon said when I swung the scythe, slicing off some of the angular projections from his sleeve.

"Yeah, I'm a good fighter too!" I ducked low as he threw his fist out, missing me by an inch. I twirled around the floor in a small loop, sticking my leg out, causing the Kishin to fall back when my foot made contact with his legs.

"Nice try." He said, vanishing from sight. "But you'll have to do better than that."

"Where are you?" I demanded, not being able to find him. Taking a calming breath, I let my mind go, focusing on the auras around me. There were over one hundred pure souls surrounding the souls of my friends, my orange soul further away from them. Something caught my sense, making my heart race as it zoomed in on me.

My eyes snapped open and I blocked the attack just in time, but couldn't stop his claws from scratching my face. I gripped Soul tighter, raising him high before bringing him down towards the Kishin, taking him by surprise. I cut through his arm, leaving a deep wound across his arm which bled continuously.

He dug his fingers into his arm, collecting a good amount of blood which turned black from his touch. He formed it into a sharp spear which shot straight at my chest, piercing through my skin and out my back. I wobbled on my feet, clutching my chest as the blood poured out from it. A horrid taste filled my mouth, making me sick.

I coughed up blood, spraying the floor with it. My legs buckled from underneath me, causing me to choke on the blood than continued to fall from my mouth. A sudden pain came from the side of my head, making me look up. The Kishin, Eibon, had my pigtail in his grip and lifted me up by it; shooting pain through my head.

With a quick throw, my body was flung across the room and into the back of the stage wall. I still had Soul in my grip when I slid to the ground, leaving a thin trail of blood down the wall.

"Maka, are you OK!?" Soul said from within the scythe, looking at me with concern when his image showed in the reflection of the scythe.

"I-I'm fine," I coughed, bringing up more blood.

"No you're not! You are coughing up blood for Kami's sake!" He yelled. "You need to hang in there Maka, or we can pull out of this now."

"I can deal with it Soul," I pushed myself to my feet with a grind of my teeth, ignoring the pain in my chest and back.

"OK, just please be careful."

I made my way back over to the Kishin who had stood still, observing my conversation with Soul this entire time. "Why didn't you take the chance to kill me when I was down?"

"That wouldn't have been fair Maka." His voice deeped, as if he was smirking behind his mask.

"Don't use my name so freely, Kishin." I growled, stopping in front of him.

"Oh, but you use mine so freely yourself."

Eibon leaped towards me, unaffected by the wound in his arm. I slashed the scythe across his chest, cutting through the two layers of material and into his chest, staining his front with blood. He cursed under his breath but continued my way, reaching for my neck. I sent a kick his way, picking my leg up high and into his steel mask, knocking it off as well as the visor.

He fell onto his back from the hit, unmoving while his mask lay across the other side of the stage. His features were more distinguished now, showing off his smooth but firm face. Small tuffs of silver hair poked through the top of his hood, sparkling slightly when the sun hit it. His eyes were closed so I was unable to see the colour of them.

I raised Soul in the air, a smile on my face. But he had grown heavy somehow, or maybe it's just the lack of strength I have left. "I, Maka Albarn, a weapon and meister declare the death of the Kishin, Eibon. You are guilty of committing crimes such as illegal experimenting, as well as feeding off innocent souls and eating their pure hearts." My voice broke. "I now present you with the gift of death which you have deserved for a very long time," I brought down the scythe onto his chest.

The Kishin's eyes snapped open and turned red, as if hungered for blood. He bared his fangs and growled; causing a shiver to run down my spine. Eibon grabbed Soul by the hilt and ripped him from his chest, throwing him across the room.

"Soul!" I screamed, running towards him but Eibon's hands snaked around my waist; pulling me to his chest. "Let me go!" I yelled, struggling to break free of his iron grip.

"I need more blood." His eyes flashed a brighter red as he moved my hair out of the way, yanking my neck down. "Your neck is so thin and pale, I can see the veins so clearly." He nuzzled my neck, sending a shiver through me.

"If you want to kill me, then do it. I don't want to be weakened this way by your sick illusions!" I growled, feeling his cold breath against my neck.

"I want your blood!" He licked my neck, making me cringe.

"Get off!" I cried, unable to move.

"You're mine." He sunk his fangs into my neck. The pain was unbearable, burning me from the inside. He drank my blood freely since I was unable to do anything about it. My body grew weak, falling limp against his. After a few minutes, he retracted his fangs from my neck and lapped up the droplets of blood staining my neck. "I have an idea."

"W-What is i-it..." I coughed, my body felt so weak.

"I will turn you into the first pure vampire." His eyes flashed. He bit his wrist with his own fangs, drawing blood.

"W-Wait-" He shoved his wrist into my mouth, pinching my nose with his other hand. I couldn't breath. I was forced to drink his blood, a copper taste filling my mouth which made me gag. Once Eibon was satisfied with the amount of blood in my system, he threw me to the floor, licking his lips.

"What d-did you do?" I cried, my body lying limp against the floor. "What did you do!?"

"I turned you into a vampire." He smirked, wiping away the remaining blood from his wrist. "You will soon change-" A red scythe shot through his heart, cutting him off as the blood dropped from his mouth and chest.

"Die, you monstrous creature." Soul retracted his scythe back into his body as the Eibon fell to the ground beside Maka. Dead.

"M-Maka, are you OK!?" He ran over to me, cradling my head.

"S-Soul..." I breathed, feeling my eyelids droop. "He b-bit me."

"Shh, it's OK." He caressed my head. "It will all be OK."

That was the last thing I heard before going under.

Posting Date: 12th October 2012

Symm: I'm so sorry I haven't updated! Yesterday I was in clic from 5:00pm till 6:30pm and it was too late to update. Tuesday I had a friend up and couldn't go on my netbook at all, and today I'm not even in school because I'm really ill. My body is shaking with small tremors, my body is boiling and everything that touches me feels really cold :( My head is pounding, my throat is sore and I just feel so tired! I can just about update my stories, so if I don't reply to your reviews or PM's today then I'm sorry.

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Symm: *cowers in corner*

Soul: What's wrong?

Symm: T-The contract is up!

Soul: What contract-

Maka: THE CONTRACT THAT STOPPED ME FROM HURTING SYMM! HAAHAA!

Symm: *screams* GET AWAY!

Soul: *ignores the girls* I bet you guys are so happy that Maka got bit!

Maka: I want to hurt you from the inside before making my way to the outside.

Symm: H-How!?

Maka: By eating this poptart from um NO NAME *eats poptart*

Symm: NOOO THAT WAS MINE! *cries*

Soul: *sighs* You better come back-

Maka: Or I'll take your Soul! *nom*