Disclaimer I Do NOT own Soul Eater

Hey guys here comes our next installment of a fan fiction with bad name, you guys should hit me up with new ideas because the current tittle is a little misleading please anyways here is it is but remember what I told you guys last time. Don't think of a single conclusion, use your imagination and think of many nothing can be certain at this point. Enjoy and please rate.

Twisted Entanglement

Marie was laying on the floor covering her face with her hands thinking about Stein. He had gone in weapon less and only being able to do soul menace with one hand and from what Kid and Liz had told her, she was thinking the worst. Kid and Liz couldn't tell her more because they were passed out and Patty was in shock from seeing all the dead bodies and was busy being consolidated by talking to Crona. Maka walked over to her and sat by her side then started to talk. "It's going to be alright Miss Marie, this is Professor Stein we're talking about remember that." and patted her on the back. Right she thought, she needed to get her act together for the kid's sakes. She sent out instruction "Soul, Tsubaki stay close to your meisters and if anything approaches stay alive and guard Kid and Liz. If Stein doesn't return soon I'll go looking for him and you Maka would be in charge, got it." They all agreed.

Back in the cave Stein was fighting Free and as of now it looked like a stalemate, neither side had gotten a direct hit on each other and neither side was budging. The target Crano also looked dead for the most part except for a sizzling sound that was coming from his direction. Damn it, it was happening already. Free needed to get Stein to retreat somehow before it could happen and get him as far from the cave as he could so that his plans wouldn't fail. As an attempt to do so he increased his energy and went at Stein with all he had. Free was fast but not fast enough to land a blow on him, each attack he was dodging and starting to counter even faster than Free could block. Soon Stein was having the upper hand landing medium sized blows of soul menace on his pressure points and weak spots. Then as a resort to end this Stein got a hit on Free's head and he was knocked back and fell on the ground. "My battle was never with you so no im going to leave and you're going to stay here defeated, got it" Stein stated then started to walk away. There was no reply so he took this a yes and exited the cave then started making his was forward to wherever Marie had established a post. He was tired and there was something wrong with his prosthetic, it wasn't moving right and as an attempt to prove Excalibur wrong he tried passing his soul menace threw that hand into the ground. An explosion occurred and the robotic hand was destroyed and his arm injured. "Damn it, that should have worked." He yelled out irritated at the mistake and injured arm.

He wasn't too far from the camp and Marie saw the explosion. "Guys get ready something coming." She yelled out prepared for a battle. Suddenly Black Star went out running towards the explosion using speed star with Tsubaki in hand ready for a fight. These were the guys that hurt Maka and Soul so he was going to go get them some payback. Right as he was approaching the target he noticed that it wasn't the enemy, it was Professor Stein. His robotic hand was destroyed and had a few bruises here and there but that was about it. He had won the battle with Free. Back at the camp Marie was pissed and she started to run towards their direction and left Maka in charge of guarding Kid and Liz.

Liz was now awake and looked over at Kid, he looked symmetrical even when he was passed out but he suddenly twitched and got up. He was panicking talking about the scar and on how it would leave him unsymmetrical when his face changed and he asked Liz to pass him one of the tools they had used to fix his arm. Liz wasn't too sure about this and had a bad feeling but handed him one anyways. I can be symmetrical again he thought as he held the sharp tool up to his other arm. "Kid what are you doing?" Liz asked trying to look away. "Liz a Death God can't be unsymmetrical, that's not right you know." He replied bringing the tool up to where he could make the same cut so he would have symmetrical arms again. "Kid please don't do it." She asked compellingly but it was too late, he had already make a cut on the healthy arm. Liz had already known that he was going to do this so she grabbed some bandages and went over to his bleeding arm and wrapped it up then helped him up. "Thanks Liz for understanding" he said and barrowed her lips, just as they started kissing Maka interrupted them and said that it was no time to be kissing and stuff. Kid and Liz pulled away but then Maka asked what had happened to his good arm. They both looked away and Kid said that he fixed it because it was unsymmetrical. Maka took a deep breath and told them to sit and rest until Marie and Black Star came back. They didn't object and sat back down on the floor, Kid was exhausted and his arm hurt but at least he was now symmetrical again.

After about five minutes Black Star and Miss Marie came back accompanied by Professor Stein. He looked accomplished and assured everyone that the battle was over and the target was dead. He had killed it while it slept without even having to fight it. Crona suddenly broke in saying that he could still feel a slight madness wavelength that was barely noticeable in the air. Everyone looked over at him with a confused expression and discontent. "Crona I'm positive that he's dead, I severed all the veins that led to his brain and if that didn't kill him I don't know what can." Stein assured he also told them to set up three tents so that if he did survive, it wouldn't be able to escape. They all agreed and got to it. It finally looked like it was all over.

After they finished setting up the tents Crona wanted to have a word with Maka and they were both back in the little ocean inside his soul. "Hey Maka how's your shoulder doing?" he asked holding on to one of his arms and looking at her with a worried look. "I've been better, I still hurt and I have limited movement in it but now at least I can relax knowing that Crano was killed." She replied trying to move her injured shoulder back and forth, it was still bandaged because it hadn't closed all the way yet. "I'm sorry about that Maka, I hope it heals soon and you feel all better but I seriously don't think Crano is dead. I can feel his soul wavelength still and it feels like we'll all be in a lot of danger soon. I don't know why but I do and I don't know how to deal with this." He replied. Maka walked up to him and hugged him, "It's going to be alright I can also feel a weak wavelength but he's probably badly injured and we'll surely be able to take him down." She assured him and with that they left. They went back to reality and sat next to everyone else to talk about who would take first watch.

Back in the cave Free was smiling, his plan was going just how he had predicted. They were so damn stupid he had known that they were close to the cave since they first got out of the vehicles, he could smell their sent. He had told Crano to act as if he was sleeping but to harden all the black blood in his body to give the illusion to everyone that he had been killed but was just wounded. He went over to where his body was laying and just as he thought he was sleeping and regenerating the damaged area. The stupid little group would get a big surprise in the morning tomorrow and would all surely die and pay. Tomorrow would be the day that Crano's mission would be accomplished.

To Be Continued…