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Chapter 37

The Breaking Wind

A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body.

Death Room, Death Weapon Meister Academy, Death City, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, January 7, 20XX

12:00 PM

He looked at the zombie man that stood on the white plant form in the middle of the Death Room right in front of his mirror. He didn't have much energy at the moment so he needed to stay inside the mirror to recharge. He had waited long enough for Sid's mission to be finished. "So, Sid..." Shinigami began, "Have the eight Death Scythes, including Spirit, gathered?"

"Well..." The undead?... half-dead?... half-alive? Errr... The blue-skinned man gave him an uncertain look. "It appears that Justin has just arrived so with him here, together with the two who arrived earlier, that makes four." Informing his boss, he held up four fingers.

"And what about the other four? The other Europe Chief, for example..."

"The other Europe Chief and the West Asia Chief are away on missions and can't come."

"That's bad news..." It really was. Now, what was he going to do? "And what about the South American Chief?" Shinigami asked.

"They only things he says is "Gaogao," so we can't really communicate."

"And Africa?" There was always Africa.

"They've had our communications blocked," Sid informed him.

Shinigami stayed silent. Maybe they didn't the Christmas present he had sent him... He was pleased though. 'Oh well, half of them have come... Four should be enough, I guess.'

It was time for his Death Scythes to gather.

NOT Classroom, Death Weapon Meister Academy, Death City, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, January 7, 20XX

2:00 PM

Zenna stared at Sid-sensei talking to the class, a blank look on her face, before she turned to stare out the window, losing total interest in the lecture. She wished she could've stayed in bed but Hon had pulled her out of bed and to the DWMA, stating that they needed to go to school. Hon wouldn't let her sneak off to go back, even going as far as to take her own key to the apartment. She didn't feel too much to do anything these days, all of them starting to blur. Cheshire wasn't there so what was the point of being here.

The thought of Cheshire made her eyes tear up. Blinking rapidly to be rid of the water away, she let out a small sigh, not caring for the look Hon had sent her. Maybe she could visit Cheshire this time... No! She didn't want to see the girl like she was. She'd be there when the girl awoke but she couldn't see her Meister. She spoke to no one unless she was called on by the teachers or Shinigami-sama or if Hon was talking to her. She didn't like the looks the students, teachers, and staff members gave her or what they said.

They were sympathetic looks. They said things that were meaningless to her. It was like they knew what it was like to be on the verge of losing someone. Maybe they did. Maybe they didn't. She didn't care. She didn't want to see those looks. They reminded her so much of that day. That bleak, gray day when her most precious person had passed from her life. She didn't know if she could handle this a second time.

Hon gave his fellow Demon Weapon a worried glace, catching the sigh she had let out. He tuned out the lecture of different types of Demon Weapons in favor of this. He knew the girl wasn't happy with him for dragging her out of bed. Again. He knew Cheshire would want Zenna to continue her education even in times like this. He had let her mope around but she couldn't be like that forever. He needed to visit Cheshire again today; maybe he could even convince Zenna to come along this time. He really didn't want to think back about when that day happen (he immediately pushed the thoughts of that event to be far reaches of his mind) or many days during their shared childhood.

BRRRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGG

Hon perked up as the bell rang for them to leave, knowing Zenna would leave without him and head home as fast as she could and be in her bed. She had done it on the first day he made her come and then the second and the next day after that... You had the idea.

Stuffing his items and half-finished notes in his bag, he gave a look at Zenna, who was about to race off, that said she was to stay beside him or else. The girl took heed of the warning though glared lightly then pouted with the aftermath. As they walked down the stairs in the classroom, Sid-sensei had called out to Zenna.

He gave the girl a look to see what the teacher had wanted. "I'll be outside. Don't take too long, kay?"

She gave a small nod and went to the man behind the half-circular desk. "You wanted to speak to me, sensei?"

"I wanted to see if you were doing all right?" Sid-sensei asked, giving the girl a calculating stare.

"I'm fine, sir." Zenna gave him a blank look. She hoped this would end soon. "Was there anything else you wanted to talk about? My friend is waiting for me," she said.

The man was taken aback by her sudden attitude adjustment in such a short time from what happened that night. "Err... Not really."

"Can I go now?"

He gave her a nod but just before Zenna left, he declared to her, "If you ever need anything, just let me know." Zenna's eyes grew darker, memories of grey faceless people coming up to her and her forever sleeping mother passed before her eyes. They vanished just as she shut the door.

In Font of Death Weapon Meister Academy Stairs, Death City, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, January 7, 20XX

2:45 PM

"Hey, look!" Hon and Zenna heard, both of their head turned to see Black Star dressed in a tank top and some jeans, a basketball in his hands, with his friends around him. Maka was the only one who looked disinterested, and Liz was the only one not there.

Zenna stayed slightly behind Hon, not really wanting to deal with them, as he gave them a nod as a greeting. "What are you all doing here?" He asked, looking at each of them, eyes narrowing slightly when Cheshire's brother, if he could call him that, was looking away. Patty wasn't doing much better either.

"We're actually going to play basketball in a nearby court," Soul said, giving them a lazy grin.

"I see. Well, I hope you have fun then." He turned around, nudging Zenna to go. "Let's go, Zenna."

Out of the blue, Tsubaki had shot out, "Do you want to hang out with us today? Maybe come and play some ball. We could always use more players."

Death the Kid, Patty, Hon, and Zenna had all snapped their heads to look at the black-haired girl. Kid gave her a look of death, Patty had a look of worry, Zenna was frowning while Hon gave her a raised eyebrow.

"You want us to join?"

"Yeah," she said while twirling a bit of her black locks. She gave a roll of her shoulders as Hon's gaze grew a bit heavier on her.

"Why?" Zenna muttered, finally speaking up.

"Well... We wanted to see how you two were doing." Maka answered, "We've noticed that things haven't been the same since that... night. Is there anything I, that we, can do for the both of you?"

The voices became static in her ears as Zenna watched them, slowly growing angrier as they spoke. She could see something happened that involved that Death the Kid and his partners. She didn't want to hang out with them nor talk to them. That look in his eyes said it all. She could feel her body begin to shake. She didn't know why but her control of her feelings was starting to break. A power inside her that she kept under lock and key was starting to become undone. She didn't want to hear it anymore. All of them said the same thing. Over and over and over!

Something cracked.

A bit of a breeze had been picked up around the two groups of Meisters and Demon Weapons. They didn't seem to notice it until it started to pick up even more. As the wind started to move around, Hon and the others turned to see air currents slowly colliding at the base of her feet and creating vacuum pockets. An invisible tornado surrounded Zenna.

"Shut up... Just shut up," she muttered, chanting it over as she stood in the middle of the slowly appearing wind tornado. "Shut up... Shut up... Shut up..." She could hear people calling out to her. Looking up slowly, blank eyes looked up to see some of the EAT students come near. Why couldn't they leave her alone?

Why...

Why?

WHY?!

As they came near to try to get to the girl, a strong wind power blew at them, sending them back a few feet away. More students, even staff members, started to come over to see what was happening.

She just wanted it all to end.

Hon had fallen on his back, a grunt escaping from his lips, before he sat up, eyes growing wide.

There was a loud blast of wind and sudden girl screams that resounded in the back of the school. Hon turned quickly, making it to the back of the school as fast as he could. He was the first one there to see Anna on the ground, shaking, as she stared in fright in front of her. She wasn't the only one; her 'friends' were in the same state of shock around him. Hon looked up, his eyes slowly widening as he saw who he was searching for.

Zenna's eyes were wide as she stared blankly down at her hand. But it was a hand; it looked like a weapon- like a fan. It was shaking. Zenna wasn't doing any good either; her whole body was shaking as well. Some of her long hair was on the ground, a pair of red scissors next to it. Hon took a second to figure out what happened as his voice came to him.

Hon couldn't let it happen again. He had said he would protect her no matter if it was physical and emotional. It looked like he wasn't doing such a good job then. He looked over to see Maka and Soul, transformed, walking to her slowly. They were poised to attack but just waiting for the right moment.

"Stop it!" He shouted at them, running up and in front of them, blocking their path to the destructive girl. They wanted him to move out of the way but he wouldn't have that. Maka told him to move again; he only shook his head, glaring at the girl. Tsubaki was trying to console the girl to calm down while Black Star was trying to get into the wind tornado. Death the Kid could only stand there, wide-eyed, as Patty tried to think of what to do. She fretted from side to side on the balls of her feet.

"Just leave me all alone!"

His eyes only grew wide, head turning slowly to look over his shoulder as a wind gale had enveloped in a dome like shape around Zenna before it pushed outward. He felt himself be blasted away while pain shot through his back. He caught glimpses of other people get blown away as well inside the dark spots that appeared in his vision when he hit his chest. Zenna's eyes widenedat Hon, fright evident in them, before she turned and ran away. No one went after her.

Somewhere in Death City, Nevada, United States

Wednesday, January 7, 20XX

4:00 PM

Zenna walked around Death City aimlessly, not knowing where to go. She couldn't go back there. Not after what she had done. Not after what she did to Hon. She couldn't handle it all. With the negative thoughts in her head whirling around, she didn't watch where she was going before she had collided into something... someone... and fell backwards. "Oomph." She let out, landing backwards on her butt. Blank eyes looked up, seeing a pale hand extending from a large sleeve out to her.

"Hey, are you all right?" A man's voice asked. Blinking a few time, she gave a slow nod, before taking the hand that pulled her up. She let out a small, distance hum as she stood. She brushed some dirt off of her. She saw fox-like blue eyes on a pale face with thin features on a male. He was a thin and overly tall man with short midnight blue hair wearing a dark blue Chinese tangzhuang with white trimmings. One of his arms had a brown paper bag full of food.

"Thank you... for your.. help..." She turned to walk around him when a hand landed on her shoulder and directed her elsewhere.

"Come with me," she heard him say before she was taken away.

Place: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Time: Unknown

A young girl with short black hair raced down a street, grinning. She wore a blue shirt and khaki shorts with blue sandals. She had a black cat stuffed animal with a small pink nose and white button eyes. "Mama! Mama!" She shouted as she saw a tall woman with a blurred out face turn to her. Running up to her open arms, she gave the older woman a hug. The woman now dubbed as Mama picked the girl up and held her close, humming a song to the giggling girl. The little girl wrapped her arms around her Mama's neck, her face laying on her shoulder as small golden-red eyes closed.

No one noticed a pair of yellow-on-black human-like eyes with black snake-like pupils opened inside the shadows not far away from the duo. They watched the Mama and the small girl walk away. As the duo was out of sight, the eyes closed. A black floating mass of darkness rose from the shadows before it followed after both girl and woman.

It had things it needed to do.

OHHHHHH! Things just got deep man deep! It will only get deeper from here on out~! This chapter was somewhat tough to write but when talking to my wonderful, dearest beta with the other chapter I had gotten my idea from and so thank her as well for helping me with this chapter~. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and PLEASE REVIEW, I'd like to hear what you have to say.