Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater.
Chapter 28: Book of Eibon
"Blood Needle."
Crona had cut her wrist with a blade she always brought with her. Unfortunately, the person in front of her, standing a few inches, didn't notice it. He twitched when he heard what Crona said even though the words weren't familiar to him. When an image of Kid smiling at Crona appeared in her mind, she looked away and she said the two words firmly yet gently, preventing herself from getting kissed by Noah on the lips. This made Noah give her a quizzical look. Droplets of black blood were on the floor. They fused and became black needles, flew towards Noah and stabbed him.
"Ugh," Noah uttered when he felt the pain of Crona's black needles almost all over his body. His body stiffened as his eyes widened. Crona could only stare at him nervously, hoping what she did work. Maroon blood started to leak out from his slightly open mouth. He slowly fainted on Crona. His head landed on the nape of her neck.
Crona literally screamed and pushed him away from her. She ran to the other side of the room and stood beside the large windows near the bed. She looked at Noah who has fallen down, drowned in his blood. Crona breathed heavily as her heart raced up. She looked at the window and saw that there was no tree outside and that they were on a high floor. She could use bloody needle again to break the windows and her devil wings to escape from the place. She returned her gaze back to Noah who still remained looking lifeless already near the door. She slowly stretched her left arm and let her black blood fall on the floor while still keeping an eye on Noah. The droplets of her blood, again, formed into needles and following their purpose, they flew towards the windows and break them.
XXX
"Why are you doing this? This is not like you!" Raven shouted. He was already pinned down on the ground by Kazune. His bestfriend smirked at him.
"Why else? I'm just doing my job," Kazune retorted.
Raven's eyes narrowed as he grunted. He glared at the blonde. Kazune was supposed to fight Kid but Raven insisted to Kid that he should talk to him first. Kid acquiesced. Kazune refused to talk to Raven so they eventually ended up fighting each other without weapons.
"Raven!" Scarlet and Licorice shouted. They were about to ran to him.
Kid stretched out his arms and blocked the two, giving them a sign not to go. "It's their battle," he reminded them.
"When did serving Noah become your job?" Raven shouted again at Kazune.
Kazune chuckled. "None of your business," he said then took out his knife. Licorice, Scarlet and the others gasped when they saw the silver knife. "First, I'll start with you then the others shall follow."
Black Star grunted at the sight. "Tsubaki, chain scythe mode," he whispered. Tsubaki nodded. Suddenly Scarlet pushed away Kid's arm and ran towards Kazune and Raven. Tsubaki discontinued transforming into a weapon when she saw Scarlet.
At the corner of his eyes, Raven spotted Scarlet running towards them. He faced to the right as his eyes widened. "Idiot!" he said in a little voice.
"Hmm?" Kazune said then looked away and saw Scarlet, sensing that she'll do karate. He quickly got off of Raven and prepared to attack Scarlet. Raven placed his hand on the ground for support as he sat up and transformed his other arm into his partial weapon form. Disc-shaped silver blade hit Kazune's knife and made it fall to the ground. The blade continued to fly and hit a branch of a tree. The others were shocked. It was their first time to see Raven's weapon form. Kazune grunted as he scowled at Raven held his wrist. The disc blade hit some of his fingers which caused to wound them. Raven stransformed his arm back to normal. Scarlet jumped and attempted to kick Kazune on the face but Kazune quickly returned his gaze to Scarlet, held the ankle of her stretched out leg and spun her around with an evil grin on his face. Scarlet fell on Raven who was still on the ground. Raven squinted and gritted his teeth.
"Oof!" Scarlet uttered when she landed on Raven and closed her eyes. "S-sorry, Raven," she said weakly.
Raven sweat dropped. "It's… okay." He held her shoulders. "Let's do this," he said as he looked up at Kazune who was smiling, crossing his arms against his chest, standing firmly in front of them. Scarlet glanced back at Raven then nodded. She stood up and Raven changed into his complete weapon form. Scarlet grabbed him and prepared herself to attack Kazune. The smile on Kazune's faded.
"Raven… I don't understand why Kazune is fighting you… but I know for sure… that's he's not the same as you knew him before."
Raven looked away. "Yeah, I kind of noticed that already."
"Aren't we supposed to help them?" Liz said, raising an eyebrow.
Kid closed his eyes. "No," he replied. "We got more important things to do."
Liz stared at Kid for a while and smiled. "So you finally changed your mind?"
Kid opened his eyes and smiled at Liz. "I just remembered that I actually folded the tip of the toilet paper into a triangle back at home so there's no need to go back."
Liz sweat dropped. "I thought you want to come home because you don't want to save Crona anymore."
Kid chuckled. "That's the other reason." He turned around and smirked. "Well, it's time to save Crona! Liz, Patty, change to weapons."
"Kay~!" Patty said cheerfully then she and her big sister began to fade into pixels and transformed into weapons while Scarlet fought with Kazune.
Suddenly they heard a loud sound of breaking of glass. All of them paused and looked up and saw the falling pieces of broken glass windows then a bright white light came of the room. Spartoi and Kazune backed away so the pieces of glass won't hit them. They heard someone scream from the room. "That must be Crona!" Kid said and gritted his teeth. He stood in front of the house' large doors and Liz and Patty who turned into Death Canon guns, started counting.
XXX
The bloody needles broke the large glass windows. Before Crona could escape from the room with her devil wings, Noah reached for the Book of Eibon hanging on his side, opened it and threw it on the floor near Crona. It emitted a bright light and Crona found herself getting sucked into the book. She screamed for help but her scream faded. Noah chuckled then slowly stood up. He slowly took out some of the bloody needles still stuck on his body as he grinned devilishly. He walked towards the book and picked it up.
XXX
A large hole formed on the huge front doors of the lair. Kazune grunted at this. He was already wrapped with Tsubaki's hair that turned into chains. "You are all going to pay for this!" he shouted.
Spartoi except Raven and Scarlet looked back.
"Go ahead," Raven said. "Well take care of Kazune."
The rest of the spartoi continued walking as they entered the lair. Kazune raised an eyebrow as he glanced at Raven. "H-how did you know my name?" he said.
"You're my bestfriend, Kazune. How could I not know?"
Scarlet and Licorice smiled at Raven.
"Ohh." Kazune closed his eyes and smiled. "You're Raven, right?"
The blonde's question made Raven uncomfortable. He somehow couldn't believe that Kazune wasn't sure about his name. "Yeah…" he said softly.
"I can take you to Ren, if you want."
Black Star pointed at Kazune's nose with his other hand on his hip. "I don't trust you one bit!" he said.
Kazune looked away. "Fine then," he said with a bored expression.
"Black Star-senpai, he can show us where Maka and Soul are!" Scarlet said.
"As if he'll do it!"
Kazune glared at Black Star. "And what if I do?" he said.
"Then prove it! Come on Tsubaki!" He turned around and smirked. "We're going in," he said in a little voice.
XXX
"Ragnarok, please lead Spartoi while I'm gone," Kid said.
Ragnarok looked back. "And where are you going?"
Kid summoned Beelzebub. "I'll check the room where the light came from."
Raven turned around. "Whatever, reaper boy. Hey, you all heard that, didn't you?" he shouted at Spartoi and pointed at himself with his thumb. "I'll be leading this team for now."
Jackie and Kim rolled their eyes.
XXX
At the end of the seven chapters of the Book of Eibon lies insanity. Crona never thought that one day, what happened to Kid, would happen to her. She could perceive nothing. She only felt cold. She could remember how she was brought inside one of the many creations of Eibon. She laid in darkness in fetal position, cried herself to slumber as she painfully tried to forget who Death the Kid was to her. Her sanity was undesirably disappearing gradually and she felt she had no more strength left in her to fight against it. Not after when the person she trusted the most, who she thought had an unwavering loyalty, broke her already excruciating heart that at least felt ecstasy for a short time in her life. She was too weak to even talk, to call for help. But she thought, "What's the use in calling for help? It's not like anyone would hear. It's not like I'll be happy to see the world again and all of the people who pretends to care for me." Even so she found herself smiling as she closed her eyes, tried to remember all that happened for the last time. She decided to hope and regret nothing anymore. She was now fully aware that she was at the state of nothingness. Her head dipped and her tears stopped from falling. "It was nice knowing you… Kid," she gently said as she fell asleep with insanity taking over her.
A/N: The last paragraph is taken from chapter 1.
