Birth of Scelus

A/N: I have made a few corrections with the last chapter seeing that I made a few mistakes~ ahaha, anyway, I've had a busy tiring week! I just finished writing this chapter so here ya go people! Enjoy it! 'tis my Christmas Gift to my loyal readers! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL~ This is the longest chapter I've written so far!

Summary: They've defeated Kishin Asura and believed they've gained peace. But they're wrong. Lurking in the shadows, a group of people lead by a man named Noah are trying to create another Kishin using Chrona and Shinigami-sama's son, Kid. And and enemy thought dead wasn't as dead as they believed. How will Maka and gang defeat them? Will they be able to save both Kid and Chrona? They've found help from a young man who proclaimed himself as a Demon Weapon. Can they trust him? AU, OC & OOCs.

Pairings: SoulxMaka, KidxChrona, Black*StarxTsubaki, LizxOC, NoahxMedusa

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater. It's the work of Okubo Atsushi. If I owned it, I won't be writing Fanfictions.

Chapter Twenty Five: Inside the Book [Unraveling]

'I don't get it! Why are some of the pages from the original book blank?'

BJ looked up from his worktable when he noticed something in the corner of his eyes. He stared at the scattered pages of the Book of Eibon that he had lay out on the table on his left; the papers were arranged by chapters. He left the replicated copy of the book that he was working on, the one that he had used to understand BREW's mechanism. The man had been given a duty to compare the contents and figure out if the contents from the original copy and the replica are identical or not.

BJ's brows furrowed when he saw the texts on a page disappeared, 'What the-'

'BJ-nyan~' said Blair as she jumped onto his shoulder, startling him.

'Blair-chan! You startled me!' he said as he picked her up by the scruff of her neck and placed her on the table.

Blair pouted, 'Nyou! I told you I don't like it if you picked me up like that!'

'Serves you right for jumping on me, what are you doing here?'

The cat grinned and she took out a medium sized paper bag (magically) out from her hat, 'Nyan-nya! A surprised gift for you! I hope I got it right!'

'Hmm, what is this?' asked the man as he took the bag. He looked inside and his eyes opened wide, 'T-this is- this is!'

'Is it the right one?' asked Blair as she tilted her head.

BJ took out the thermos from the paper bag. On the thermos was a sticker 'Uncle Bob's Coffee'. The man beamed as he raised the thermos, 'I've been waiting for this moment! At last, I have good coffee in my hands!'

Blair giggled as she watched the man did a silly jig, his victory dance, she assumed. Then she turned her attention to the papers on the table. Curious, she approached a stack of papers, 'Nya? BJ-nyan, what are these?'

'Oh, those are pages from the original Book of Eibon! I'm doing a research on it but I was on a standstill… but now that I have good coffee, I should be able to concentrate!' said the man as he took a sip from the coffee he just got.

The cat walked around the papers. She noticed they were arranged according to chapters. She stopped when she noticed something else, 'Ne, ne BJ-nyan. What are these?'

'Huh?' the man approached her and stared at what she was pointing at the bottom of a page. It was some lines connected to a circle that had a strange symbol in the centre. He looked at the other pages and saw similar designs but had different symbols in the circle. Some of the pages had slightly different marks too.

The man put down his coffee and took two pages and placed them next to each other. He tilted on of the pages until the two designs' lines connected. He took another page and did the same thing, 'This is… this is an alchemy circle. No, it's a magic circle!'

'Nya? I've never seen one like this.'

'That's because… this is an ancient magic. It must be the circle that Eibon used to trap Scelus' Soul in the book.'

Blair noticed a blank page, the one that BJ had seen the text disappeared from the page, 'Why is this one blank?'

BJ felt dread rising in his chest, 'The seal is slowly being unraveled. Scelus is attempting to escape from the book!'

Blair blinked, 'Eh?'

'Which means… Kid is… oh no! We need to tell Shinigami-sama!'

'Ne, ne, what's wrong with Kid-kun?'

'He's become one with Scelus.'

Kyuubi cursed as she watched her surrounding began to turn into nothingness as she ran, 'No, this can't be happening! Kid can't be- he can't!'

She skidded to a halt at the sight of black fog in front of her. The fog slowly approaching her, swallowing whatever item was in its way. In the air, she saw a figure floating, surrounded by broken pieces of random items. The items swirl around him like a twister, acting as his barrier. Kyuubi clenched her fists when she recognized who it was, 'KID!'

She ran toward a broken building and scaled its walls and then jumped toward the nearest rooftop. She observed Kid's unmoving body. He seemed to be sleeping, his body leaning back in an arch slightly, head lolled back and eyes closed. His hair flew around his face wildly in the howling wind. Kyuubi sucked in some air and shouted, 'KID!'

His fingers twitched and she waited with anticipation for more reaction. His eyes slowly opened and she held her breath. The young Shinigami straightened himself and tilted his neck sideways as if stretching his neck. Kyuubi's heart was squeezed by fear when he turned his face toward her and grinned. She could see the madness in his eyes as he greeted her, 'Hello, little fox.'

'Scelus?'

The girl jumped back and threw a fireball at him. The revolving items quickly moved to protect him. She threw more fireballs but they were all being intercepted by Scelus' barrier. She cursed as she fled the area, 'Looks like I got no choice but to use my real form!'

Her body glowed orange as she ran. Her human form took shape of a fox with nine tails the size of a bull. There were elegant black tribal marks on her reddish orange furred back. She heard Scelus chuckling, 'You cannot escape me Evangeline. We're both in the Book of Eibon, and this is now my territory. I'll catch you eventually.'

'Yeah? We'll see about dat!' she said as she did a flip and shot a beam of aura at him. He disappeared and reappeared a few meters closer. He snapped his fingers and a pair of Hell Hounds appeared. The shadowed beasts leapt of their perch and chased the nine-tailed fox.

Kyuubi chuckled, 'Hell Hounds? Wrong choice of monsters Kid-do! I'm made of silver!'

The tribal marks on her body glowed and her body was magically covered by silver metal plating, covering her like and armor. She skidded to a halt and turned to face the Hell Hounds. One dove toward her with a feral roar, she swiped its face with a silver clawed paw. And before the other Hell Hound leapt on her, she twisted her body and did a forward summersault. The silver plating on her back changed to a saw-like shape and shifting her weight forward, she sliced the Hell Hound into half. It instantly turned to mist and dissipated.

Kyuubi used the sharp metal blades on the tip of her tails to slice at the remaining Hell Hound, ripping it to shreds, and caused it to turn to mist and dissipate as well. When she was about to let out an excited whoop of victory, she was hit by a black orb and sent crashing and skidding on the floor. She groaned in pain, it felt as if hot lava had burned her. She heard footsteps approaching her and she cracked an eye open wearily.

Scelus grinned down at her, 'Do you know what was your flaw? The reason Eibon kept you in here?'

The fox chuckled hollowly, 'Like I c-care…'

'Oh? Really? But nonetheless, I'll just say it. It's because whoever wields you, his or her soul will become bonded with you forever. Isn't that right? Evangeline?'

Kyuubi's eyes widened as memories that do not belong to her rushed through her mind. It was of an orphaned girl with auburn hair and green eyes. Then there was a memory where the girl found a lost fox kit and took care of it. The next memories were of the fox growing up with the girl together. Then the next one was of the girl dying of her illness. The fox approached her, whining sadly as it lay down next to the girl. The girl smiled sadly, 'If… if I were to be reborn… I wish I was born… as a beautiful fox such as ya Kyuubi… I'll accompany ya… I'll be yer companion...'

The fox leaned forward and pressed her nose against the girl's cheek. Her body glowed orange, and the aura consumed the dying girl as she breathed her last few words, 'So… beautiful… like the sunset…'

When the fox opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the bed. She noticed something different and looked down. She has hands! And two legs! She blinked confusedly then looked up when a shadow loomed above her. It was none other than the Death God himself, 'Ara? What do we have here? Is that you Kyuubi-chan?'

She numbly nodded her head. Eyes then scanned the room before returning to stare at Shinigami-sama, 'W-where… where's Evangeline?'

The Death God was caught of guard by the fact that she just spoke. But then again it was not impossible since she is now half human and half fox. He seemed to ponder before answering her. He pressed a blocked finger against her chest, 'She's in you. You and her are bonded as one.'

'B-but how?'

'I'm not… quite sure but I guess this is why Eibon wants you back. Come, let's go to his place… I'm sure he can explain.'

After that were blurred images. Kyuubi staring at Evangeline in her reflection, talking with her while watching the sunset on a grassy hill, and Eibon saying that he will find a way to separate Evangeline's soul from hers. Eibon opened his book and said sadly, 'I'm sorry Kyuubi, but I'll have to seal you in the book so that you don't absorb someone else's soul by accident. I promise I'll find a way to get this fixed…'

'But I can stay with Evangeline, right?'

The masked man nodded tensely, 'Yes. I'll make sure you and Evangeline are together, just as you wish.'

A tear slipped and Kyuubi let out a shuddering breath, 'So… dats where dat name… came from? How long… was I trapped in here? How could I forget? I'm sorry… Evangeline…'

She shut her eyes as Scelus raised a hand; a mad grin on his face, 'Say goodbye little fox.'

Eibon paused, 'Kyuubi, can I ask you a favor?'

The fox girl smiled her tails wagging excitedly, 'Okay!'

'Would you be the guardian of the book from the inside?'

She blinked confuesd, 'Why?'

'Because I used a very special spell to create you. You can act as a key that locked anything I kept in the book. Understand?'

The girl hummed as she pondered. She looked up and smiled, 'I understand! I'll do it for ya Master!'

Eibon sighed and patted her head, 'Good girl.'

Kyuubi's eyes snapped open and she rolled away just as Scelus swung his arm down. The ground where she used to lay exploded and when the dust cleared, there was a deep vertical gash, like a cut in a skin. Kyuubi growled, 'I wont let you kill me dat easily Scelus! I have a duty to my Master!'

'Oh, even if that Master didn't keep his promise?' asked Scelus.

'Yer wrong, Master Eibon kept his promise. I'm still with Evangeline! She's here, inside of me! If he were to fix me, we'd be separated and I won't be able to be with her again! Shinigami-sama had to take her away from me!'

'My, my, how selfish of you little fox.'

'I ain't selfish! Evangeline agrees with me!' said Kyuubi as her body glowed orange and she changed to her half-human form, but older. Her body was covered by silver armor, her head being last to be covered. She pointed a finger at him, 'Kishin Scelus! Leave Kid's body now!'

Scelus snickered, 'Or what? You think you can defeat me me?'

'No, but I have a duty to my Master and it's to keep you inside this book!'

'Foolish creature, you're going to die in my hands.'

Azusa stared at the Death God warily. He was tensed as they watched Stein's team through the mirror. A nearby mirror showed Ox's group facing the unknown enemy. Their situation getting worse with one of them critically injured. She had to restrain herself from jumping in surprised when he suddenly turned around, 'I-is something wrong Shinigmai-sama?'

She bit her tongue, stupid! Of course something is wrong! The students are being attacked in the school grounds! His son is trapped in a book with an evil that I have never encounter. And we don't know where Scelus' followers are hiding!

'Azusa-chan, do you feel that?' asked the Death God, snapping her out of her internal scolding. She concentrated and tensed when she recognized the presence, 'Medusa? In Shibusen?'

'I do not feel any hostility from her. However… ano, Don-kun, could you please go investigate for me?'

Armageddon who had been quiet from where he stood nodded, 'As you wish.'

When the bulky man left Azusa turned to Shinigami-sama, 'Do you know where she is Shinigami-sama?'

'The infirmary… with Nygus-san, Marie-chan and Maka-chan. But… something is wrong with Maka-chan. There is an abnormality in her soul,' said the Death God with concern.

Azusa bowed her head slightly, 'Could all these attacks be part of Scelus' plan?'

'There is a possibility.'

They returned their attention to the mirrors but a loud bang caught their attention. BJ came running across the guillotine hallway and toward where they are. He was gasping for air when he stopped. Then he took a big gulp of air, 'Shinigami-sama! We have bad news! Kid! Kid has become one with Scelus! And the spell keeping him within the book is unraveling!'

'What?' asked Azusa. Everything is going horribly wrong today! She turned her attention to Shinigami-sama and noticed he was very still. It must have been a horrible news to him. To know his son has fallen.

'Azusa-chan…'

'Yes Shinigami-sama?'

'… what should we do?'

BJ and Azusa were caught off guard by the question. The Shinigami-sama they know sounded so tired, as if he had given up, as if there is no hope. They looked at each other, silently asking; what should WE do?

Thunder ran toward Kilik's still form and began shaking him gently, 'Ki-Kilik niichan!'

She was terrified to see him so still with a root that had burst out from the ground through his chest. She trembled, what should she do? She turned to stare at the other teens, 'H-help! Help niichan!'

Everyone else were frozen, shocked by the sight of their fallen comrade. Kim snapped out of her shock and ran toward her friend, 'KILIK!'

Ox was snapped out of his shock moments later and he growled, 'You're going to pay for that! SOUL RESONANCE!'

The Meister and his weapon resonated their souls and then Ox rushed forward, leapt into the air, 'THUNDER SHOCK!'

The Boogeyman laughed like a mad man as he dodged the attack then counter attacked with whipping vines. Ox slashed at the vines then swung Harvar down hard at the monster's left shoulder, cutting his arm clean off. The Boogeyman did not even flinch as a new arm grew out.

Jacqueline transformed to her human form and cradled the trembling Thunder while Kim assessed Kilik's injuries. Jacqueline grabbed the root that had went through his chest and burnt it, separating it from where it protruded from the ground. The remaining root disintegrated once it was separated. The girls caught him before he fell on the ground.

They then lay him down flat on his back gently, Jacqueline cringed at the sight of blood quickly pooling under him. The girl knew Kilik's wound was bad because it was close to his still beating heart, 'H-how is he?'

'He'll die if I don't close his wound. He's bleeding out real fast,' said Kim fearfully.

Jacqueline stared at her hard, 'Kim-'

'No, I've got to do this! I won't let Kilik-kun die!' snapped Kim.

Jacqueline softened her expression, 'I know. I just want to ask you to do it.'

'Jacky…'

Thunder's teary eyes widened as she watched Kim's hands glowing. The Witch put her hand above Kilik's wound and muttered a healing spell. Thunder watched the marble-sized hole in Kilik's chest began to heal. Kilik's pale, pained face began to relax and have color returned to it. Then, Jacqueline noticed something off, 'Where's Fire?'

Ox skidded on his back on the ground, he lost his grip on Harvar and the spear was flung a few meters away from him. Harvar transformed while in midair and landed on the ground gracefully on his knees. He looked at Ox with concern. Ox sat up with a groan and noticed a glowing light. He took a glance and his eyes widened when he saw it came from Kim's hands, 'Kim-chan… i-is a witch?'

'Ox! Watch out!' cried Harvar in alarm when he saw the Boogeyman approaching his Meister.

Shibusen's second smartest student looked up at the monster looming before him with a mad grin, 'I'll gladly send you to where your friend is going.'

Before the monster could land a hit on Ox, a fireball hit his left face that caused him to flinch and back away in surprise, 'Who dares- Ah, did I make you angry Fire-kun?'

Everyone stared at Fire, who was glaring at the Boogeyman with pure hatred. The Boogeyman chuckled, 'I like that look in your eyes boy.'

Fire raised a hand and threw another fireball at the monster who did not even bother to evade. This made the child angrier as he marched toward the Boogeyman throwing fireballs non-stop, 'Y-you… hurt… Kilik! Un-for-giv-able!'

'Fire!' called Thunder with worry.

Jacqueline shoved Thunder into Kim's arms just as the girl was done healing Kilik's soul then ran toward Fire, 'Don't be a fool Fire!'

'I HATE YOU!' screamed Fire.

Jacqueline had to stop when the child's body was covered by flames. The flames grew bigger and bigger as he raged on, burning off the vines above their cage and some of the nearby wooden-thorny walls. This actually made the Boogeyman back away. Jacqueline and Ox had to take a few steps back as the heat was unbearable.

'FIRE!' called Thunder with fear.

The sound of his sister's fearful voice caught his attention and Fire calmed down a bit. The fire that surrounded him died. Ox noticed that some of the Boogeyman's body parts had melted and was regenerating slowly. That's it! He can't regenerate continuously! This is our chance! But we have to be quick!

Ox raised a hand, 'Harvar!'

'Got it!' said Harvar as he transformed to his weapon form and appeared in Ox's grasp.

'Jacqueline! Grab Fire! I'm going in!'

'Wait! Do you even have a plan?'

Ox grinned, 'We've got no choice but to fight! Right? Of course I have a plan! Just get Fire to safety first!

'Okay!'

The duo rushed forward, Ox did a spin before striking forward and landed the tip off his spear into the Boogeyman, 'LIGHTNING KING!'

The Boogeyman let out a screech and his body convulsed. I knew it! Thought Ox with a grin. Jacqueline took the chance and took Fire to safety. She then transformed to her weapon form and Kim caught her, 'What's the plan?'

'I don't know yet. Just wait for Ox's order!'

'Kim! Firestorm!' cried Ox.

'WHAT? Here? Are you crazy?'

'Just do it!'

Kim turned to Thunder and Fire, 'Stay down okay?'

The twins nodded and they hugged Kilik's body. The watched Kim did something similar to Change Pixie with Jacqueline. She flew off into the air and headed toward the Boogeyman. She began flying around the monster going from slow to fast, 'I hope you know what you're doing Ox!'

'Trust me!' cried Ox as he jumped back a few meters. He spun his spear around above his head and raised one leg, then slammed both his leg and the spear down into the ground, 'LIGHTNING KING QUAKE!'

The ground shook as a strong electric current travelled in the ground toward the Boogeyman and shocked him. The Boogeyman fell on his knees, gasping in pain. Some of the vines on his body dropping to the ground, all burnt and black. He sneered when he realized what Ox's plan was, 'Smart boy.'

Kim was spinning very fast now, forming a circle of flame around the monster, she then flew higher and higher and the circle of flame became a fiery tornado. She stopped above the tornado and used Jacqueline to shoot a burst of powerful flames into the eye of the tornado, 'FIRESTORM!'

Ox and Harvar quickly ran and covered Kilik's body and the twins as the fiery tornado collapsed then exploded, sending hot air, fire and dust flying around them. Fire quickly stepped forward and skid a feet into the ground in an arc, making a barrier of fire to counter some of the flames that flew toward them. The fire collided then faded. Everyone sighed in relief and looked around to realize the wooden barriers and some trees around them had collapsed, blown off by the wind.

Kim came down and landed on the ground, 'Is everyone alright?'

'Yeah, we're fi-' Ox paused when Harvar pointed his spear bladed right arm at the girl, 'Harvar? What are you doing?'

Harvar frowned, 'She's a witch Ox. You saw what she can do didn't you? Witches are enemies of Shibusen!'

Kim took a step back, 'H-Harvar-kun?'

Jacqueline transformed and stood in front of her Meister protectively, 'If she didn't use magic, Kilik would have been dead!'

'She's right Harvar!' said Ox.

'Are you two siding with that Witch?'

Ox grabbed Harvar's other arm tightly, 'Enough Harvar! Shibusen must've known she's a witch and let her stay. If not she won't even be here with us!'

'She's a Witch. They're good at deceiving people! Remember Medusa?'

'She's not like Medusa!' said Jacqueline angrily.

'ENOUGH!' said a voice angrily. Everyone turned to Reiji who had arrived with Stein, Sid and Spirit who was in Scythe form in Stein's hand.

Stein let let out a sigh, 'Kim is a member of Shibusen, she's not with the Witches. That is all you have to know.'

Harvar's hands transformed back to normal and he stood up stiffly, 'I don't trust anyone who is a Witch.'

They watched him walk away. Ox turned to Kim, 'I'm sorry about that Kim-chan…'

Kim shut her eyes and shook her head, 'I-it's alright…'

'How's Kilik?' asked Sid as he approached the boy.

'I've managed to close his wound. He should be okay but he's lost a lot of blood.'

'Good job Kim.'

Reiji caught the Tanuki Witch when she collapsed. Ox was instantly on his feet, 'Kim!'

'It's alright, she's just exhausted.'

Jacqueline picked up Thunder who was still trembling. Fire latched himself on her leg, not wanting to be far from his twin. The girl stared at where they last saw the Boogeyman. Stein, Ox and Reiji followed her gaze. She bit her bottom lip, 'The Boogeyman managed to escape…'

Wolfe's eyes snapped open, 'How was it brother?'

The Boogeyman stepped out the shadow next to him. His appearance changed from a grotesque monster to that of a man with shaggy black hair, deep green eyes and dark tan skin. He was dressed in a brown leather coat with a plain dark green T-shirt underneath, a khaki cargo pants and green-brown sneakers. He grinned, showing sharp crooked teeth, 'They're strong but not strong enough to defeat Scelus-sama. And it seems that insect had made his move as well. We don't have to worry about that Albarn girl.'

Justin smiled as he stood up from the couch he was lazing on, 'Then it's time we move.'

Giriko smirked as he stuck his hands into his jeans, 'Great! I was getting bored of waiting!'

Gopher remained silent and followed them to the door. Justin pushed the door open, letting the cold crispy autumn wind enter. He smiled at the setting sun that made the sky red as blood, 'For Lord Scelus. Let Insanity reign!'

A hand gently stroked the soft orange fur. Scelus smirked as he stroked Kyuubi's unmoving body on his lap as he sat on a chair located precariously on a collapsing grey cliff. He rested his left cheek on a palm, 'Such foolish yet beautiful creature. A pity I had to kill you.'

He watched the world inside the book began to collapse around him, turning into nothing but void blackness. He gripped on Kyuubi's still body before it disintegrated into dust, leaving an orange-green soul floating before him. He cupped the soul in one hand and turned it around, looking at its unique features, 'Too bad I have no need for this either.'

Scelus crushed the soul with one hand then stood up as his footing collapse completely. The chair falling into blackness before it disintegrated into dust. Scelus was floating in the air and he tilted his head back, staring at the light above him. He spread his arms and chuckled, 'The Demon God is retuning to you, world. Watch me as I destroy you!'

He smirked victoriously as invisible people began whispering his name, 'Let the Symphony of Insanity play in your minds.'

I am a bit sad that my OC Kyuubi doesn't live long but alas, she has played her part... Harvar is waaay too serious I tell ya! But he's cool that way! Ah, sorry if some parts of the story didn't make sense! Oho~ I hope you enjoy this Christmas Gift Chapter present! Hahaha, please leave a review!