Maka does the first logical thing that pops into her mind..
She slams the door in Kid's face.
"It was no one.." Maka smiles nervously over at Ragnarok who is looking at her with his eye brow raised. "Wrong room-"
"Ariel?" Kid's voice can be heard through the door, she can tell he's frowning and he knocks again..
"Is that fucking Kid?" Ragnarok's expression turns dark, him recognizing the voice..
Damn it.
Maka sighs..there's no need hiding it from Ragnarok now. She opens the door back up, Kid is frowning slightly with his eye brow raised. "What was that about?" He locks eyes with her.
"Sorry I have random muscle spasms, the doctor's say I have something wrong with me." Maka speaks with a dead pan face, hoping to scare him away from Ariel or something..
"The doctor's say the same thing about me because of my bad OCD but that's never stopped me." Kid gives her a soft smile before he holds out the bouquet of flowers towards her. "I brought some flowers for you Ariel, I hope you like roses I-"
"Why the fuck are you bring her flowers?" Ragnarok pushes Maka so he can be seen in the door way, giving Kid a deadly glare, his eyes are lighting up with a fire and Maka just wants to sink into herself..this can not end well.
"Because your sister is a beautiful, wonderful person and she deserves flowers that are just as beautiful as her." Kid gives Ragnarok a look before smiling back at Maka, holding out the flowers. "Here you go I-"
"Oh she is, is she?" Ragnarok's teeth are grit as he rips the flowers out of Kid's hand before Maka could take them out of her nervousness, Ragnarok is glaring holes into this other boy, waving around the flowers. "What the fuck is this? You think you can get to my sister through fancy words and flowers? You think money can buy you fucking everything? well guess what, she's mine-..my..my sister! and I don't appreciate you giving her flowers, and looking at her like that!"
"What is so wrong with me giving Ariel flowers?" Kid's eyes narrow a bit, he's keeping his composure but Maka can tell he's getting a bit pissed off himself. "I do not know why you dislike me so much but I didn't give those flowers to her to 'buy' her. If you must know Bob, I gave them to her to show my feelings. I do not mean to look at her any way that you are saying..I only look at her with admiration-"
"Bull shit!" Ragnarok grips his fist, the flowers still in his other hand as his expression gets darker. "You want to show her your fucking feelings Kid?" Ragnarok's voice is dangerous now, his eyes flashing. "I want to show you my fucking feelings you prissy ass bitch!" He throws the flowers down..and stomps them, crushing the delicate roses with his foot.
Maka holds her breath when she sees the anger flash through Kid's yellow eyes..his body tensing up as he watches this other boy destroy his flowers..at this rate there will be a fight..shit Ragnarok..Maka doesn't know what to do..she's still frozen with the fact that Kid is here..and Crona isn't..She doesn't know where the pink haired boy is, and it's causing a red flag to go up..a long with the one that is going up at Kid and Ragnarok glaring at each other.
"That was unnecessary." Kid speaks calmly even though Maka can tell he's mad. "There's no need for the name calling either, is that anyway to speak in front of your sister? All I did was give her flowers..I do not understand why you are acting so hostile towards me." Kid looks at the ruined flowers with a frown before looking over at Maka. "I'm sorry about the flowers Ariel..I did not think your brother was going to destroy them. I'll get you some more, but be sure to keep them away from your brute of a brother-"
"Your not getting her shit!" Ragnarok takes a step forward, but Kid doesn't back up. "She doesn't need you getting her anything! I fucking care for her, she doesn't need your lame ass flowers! if she wants flowers, I'll get her some myself!"
"Flowers from a brother aren't the same as flowers from a friend." Kid stresses this, his face staying that blank but his eyes are hard. "Just like getting flowers from your mother is different from getting flowers from your lover. Maybe Ariel doesn't want flowers from you. I know you are very protective over her but she is a grown woman. I respect your concern for her, but she is very smart and mature. You can not care for her forever..I wish to be there for her-"
"She doesn't need you ass hole, didn't you fucking hear me? I'm her care taker, I care for her, you just need to fuck off." Ragnarok takes another step forward, his glare so deep. "You can't just step up in here with flowers and think you can just take her. Your not her fucking lover, getting flowers from you, is like getting flowers from a stranger, meaningless. At least if I gave her flowers it would fucking mean something."
"I'm bit closer to her then just a stranger Bob." Kid speaks sternly. "I may have just met your sister but I care for her-"
"I don't give a fuck what you care for. She doesn't need your care, she doesn't need your dumb ass flowers, or your fucking feelings." Ragnarok smirks at this boy..a dark look in his eyes. "I don't know why you even bother, it's not like she'll ever return your feelings. Like you said she's smart, she wouldn't get involved with a pissy bitch like you. So why don't you take these flowers.." Ragnarok picks up the squished bouquet and throws it at Kid, the boy catching it. "And shove them up your ass."
"She would never return my feelings?" Kid raises an eye brow..He steps into the room...And Maka can see how pissed off Kid is getting.. Kid stands right in front of Ragnarok, his eyes locked onto his. "I believe you don't know your sister too well for someone that is supposedly her 'care taker'."
"What the fuck is that suppose to mean? I know her better then you!" Ragnarok's eyes narrow..they're boring into Kid's. "She would never go for a rich bastard like you not when she has someone like me- a brother like me."
"Good brother or not, Ariel and I-" Kid starts but when he looks over at Maka and sees the fear in her eyes..he closes his mouth..A thoughtful expression coming to his face before he looks Ragnarok in his fuming eyes. "..I really like your sister Bob. I would like to prove myself to show you I'm worthy of her. I don't want this hostileness between us, Ariel cares for you and respects you.. if you give me the chance I can show you I'm not the kind of guy that would hurt her-"
"Oh you really like her do you?" Ragnarok snarls before he grabs a hold of Kid's white suit and lifts him up, his teeth grit, his fist clenching.
"Yes." Kid stands his ground, not looking at all scared, his eyes firm. "I like her a lot."
Ragnarok's eyes flash and he pulls back his fist, ready to strike Kid, a growl admitting from his throat..He's about to punch this boy when-
"Bob." Maka gives him a look..The last thing they need right now is a fight. Ragnarok pauses mid punch and looks over at her..when he sees her face, his falls to a scowl but he shoves Kid away, letting go of his suit.
"You can like her all you want but it's not going to get you any where." Ragnarok turns his attention back on Kid, that fire still in his eyes. "She's mine!"
"For a brother you act very peculiar." Kid gives him a glare as he straightens out his suit. "The way you speak..it's almost like your talking about a lover, instead of a sister! She may be your sister but that doesn't give you the right from keeping her away from everything. I understand a protective brother but your taking it a bit too far-"
"Oh am I?" Ragnarok fumes, his face is getting red, something on the tip of his tongue but he bites it back. "I'm only like this because I don't want an ass hole like you thinking you even have a chance with my sister!-"
"What have I done to make you dislike me so much?" Kid cuts him off, taking a step forward with a look of determination. "We have just met..I believe we haven't even said two words to each other since now so what could I have done to make you act this way towards me?"
"I know your type." Ragnarok sneers..he's really pissed right now and it's scaring Maka..because if he's acting this way just because Kid got her flowers..holy shit..if he ever finds out what she's done..Maka doesn't even want to think about it.
"My type?" Kid raises an eye brow. "What is that suppose to mean?"
"It means you're the kind of guy that fucking likes to show he has money, like for example, you just fucking met my sister and you went and bought her flowers-"
"If you understood the full situation you would understand that me getting her flowers is completely justified."
"The whole situation?" Ragnarok takes a step forward, his eyes narrowing.
"Yes.." Kid glances at Maka before he sighs. "Bob.." Kid takes a step closer so he's right in front of Ragnarok, he locks eyes with him. "I know you don't like me, you think I'm a rich jerk apparently but I can show you that I'm not. I can show you at the banquet how I am a gentleman. Just give me that chance, that's all I'm asking."
"We're not going to the fucking banquet, Ariel's sick." Ragnarok's hard eyes bore into his.
"..Ariel looks fine to me." Kid looks over at Maka, he studies her a moment. "Are you not feeling well Ariel?..Or is this your brother speaking for you?"
"I-" Maka looks at Kid..she's still in shock..she's still terrified.
"Hold up Ariel." Ragnarok puts a hand up and glares at Kid. "What the fuck is that last comment of yours suppose to mean Kid? You got something to fucking say?"
"Yes actually." Kid turns his body towards Ragnarok again..he's glaring right back. "It seems to me that you like to control Ariel. She told me that she wanted to go to the banquet tonight but that you told her she can't. I don't know what your problem is, but you're her brother, not her father. If she wants to go to the banquet let her, and if she doesn't, let her tell me herself that she doesn't want to go."
"Fine! Fucking tell him Ariel!" Ragnarok's face is red as he turns his attention to Maka..he's so angry..He isn't thinking clearly for if he really thought about what Kid just said..it would have gave her all away. but..Ragnarok's rage is taking over and maybe that's a good thing if she doesn't want to be found out..She wonders if he finds out if Ragnarok will finally bust into flames from all the anger he has..he looks like he's about to explode now.
Maka looks between Kid and Ragnarok..Kid giving her a encouraging smile, and Ragnarok glaring at her..damn it.
"..My stomach does feel kind of weird-"
"Hah!" Ragnarok smirks over at Kid. "Speaking for her my ass-"
"But.." Maka's gaze shifts when Ragnarok glares over at her.
"But?" Kid perks up and Ragnarok growls.
"Kid..have you seen Coralline?" Maka glances at Ragnarok..and she catches how his face falls, his eyes lighting in realization..she sees the worry..and maybe even a bit of guilt as Ragnarok looks back over at Kid with more then just rage..
"Coralline?" Kid frowns slightly at the concerned look on Maka's face. "Yes, I just saw her..is something wrong?"
"No it's just..did she say anything to you?' Maka takes a step forward, her heart is pounding so bad.
"Well yes, she saw me in the hallway and asked if the roses were for you." Kid gives Ragnarok a glare at the rose part that Ragnarok just gives him his middle finger. Kid sighs. "I told her they were..and she got this odd look in her eyes.." Kid gets a far away look. "It almost..reminded me of.." He shakes his head. "Coralline's the one who told me where your room was..I told her I was planning on surprising you at the banquet but she said it would be a even bigger surprise if I showed up at your room."
Oh and hell if it wasn't..Crona..he set this up..he sent Kid here..but where the fuck is he? Maka and Ragnarok give each other a look..both thinking the same thing before Maka looks back at Kid.
"Did you see where she went after you got done talking to her?"
"Coralline went with Liz and Patty to the banquet. They wanted to go early to get first dibs on the food..and Coralline said she wanted to go with them." Kid frowns at how Maka's face gets pale. "Is this a problem?"
Yes, yes it is..not only did Crona send Kid here..but he made it so she can't just say she's sick and not go to the banquet because he's already there..Maka can't let him be there by himself..who knows what that crazy boy will do?..She doesn't want to go..she knows this is a trap, Crona's own trap for her..and he's not letting her out. Maka can't sweet talk her way out of this one, She slept with Kid and Crona knows..oh he knows. He will rip her a part..she feels the madness..it's getting so thick, so suffocating. Crona wants her at this banquet..and now she doesn't have a choice..
"Fuck." Ragnarok grumbles under his breath..seeming to have the same thought process as her..he knows they have to go to the banquet now..
Crona's got them right where he wants them.
"What the hell is Coralline doing?" Ragnarok snaps, he's pissed off.
"She wants to go to the banquet, and she seems to have taken a liking to Liz and Patty..because we're good people." Kid stresses this last part to Ragnarok.
"No, it's because Coralline is a dumb ass." Ragnarok growls, his eye twitching. "She isn't fucking thinking right now!-"
"I want to go to the banquet Kid." Maka takes a step forward..Ragnarok's face falls..before he's glaring so darkly at her..She gives him a look..Wanting him to see they have no other choice..and he does..Ragnarok backs down a bit before sighing.
"Alright fine, we'll fucking go."
"I'm glad." Kid gives Maka a soft smile not even bothering to look at Ragnarok. "Let us go before it gets packed, we don't want to get stuck in the crowd that doesn't have reservations, it may be hard to get through-"
"Yeah, yeah whatever." Ragnarok grumbles as he takes a step closer to Maka. "Let's just do this."
Kid gives him a look before he walks over to the door and opens it, holding it open and smiling towards Maka. "Ladies first-"
"Oh thank you." Ragnarok grunts as he shoves him out the way and walks through the door first, smirking at the look of irritation on Kid's face.
Maka only shrugs when Kid looks at her and she walks through next, Kid closing the door behind them. "The banquet is on the upper floor..So we can take the elevator, it will be faster." Maka nods numbly and the three begin to walk..Maka being between Kid and Ragnarok..She tries not to notice how the two are glaring at each other..and she tries to keep her breathing in check..
But she's so scared.
Crona..oh Crona what are you planning?..what are you going to do?
Maka doesn't know and that's what makes this so scary..
"He's completely fucked everything up." Ragnarok whispers harshly in her ear..and she knows who he's talking about."..Why the hell do you think he did this?..Something's up with him..I don't know what it is but..ever since we found you, something changed in him."
"I don't know what's going on." Maka can't look at him..she only stares forward as they continue to walk down this hallway...Maka knows what's wrong with him..she just doesn't know what he's planning on doing about what she's done.
"So how has your stay been so far Ariel?" Kid smiles at her, that glare falling when he speaks to her.
Maka swallows when Ragnarok glares at this boy. "It's been alright I guess..things are just a bit hectic.."
"I must say my stay has been wonderful." He gives her a smile..a smile that has a message on it's own. " Because of you-"
"Oh fuck no." Ragnarok stops in his tracks and turns his body towards Kid, his eyes on fire. "Your fucking cheesy as shit! 'oh this has been wonderful because of you and because I'm a pissy ass bitch that comes up with this shit!' Do everyone a favor, if your going to be cheesy, keep that cheese and keep it in your ass because it's shit."
Kid stops and returns a glare of his own, his hard eyes boring into this boy. "It is not 'cheese', it's the truth. Ariel has made my stay that much more enjoyable and I wish to express that with her. why do you get so angry when I compliment her? do you wish for me to insult her? would that make you happy?"
"You don't want to get fucking smart with me." Ragnarok's eyes flare as he gets so he's in Kid's face. "I'll lay your ass out, that would make me fucking happy."
Kid gets a dark look to his eyes..but it disappears quickly..him keeping that calm look..He doesn't seem effected by the other boy.
"Bob." Maka gives Ragnarok a look..the boy glares darkly at her." We have to get to the banquet..Coralline is waiting for us." Maka speaks this hoping she'll stop a fight..but at this rate it's bound to happen.
"..Right." Ragnarok takes a deep breath..mentioning Crona seems to have gotten him a hold of himself as he takes steps back from Kid.
"Well." Kid gives Ragnarok a look before he gives Maka a tired smile. "The elevator should be coming up on the left soon..." She nods and they start to walk again..Maka feels like she's sweating..oh god she's so scared..at this rate Ragnarok and Kid will get into a fight before they even get to the banquet..With her luck Ragnarok will figure out what happen and then she'll have to face Crona at the banquet..Crona's going to kill her..or at least he's going to try to..
They walk in silence..a tension too deep to ignore surrounding them..Ragnarok is walking close to her..his face a scowl..Kid is walking close to her too..and his hand is getting closer and closer to hers as they walk..It's at the point were it's brushing against her hand..oh god..please for the love of god don't grab her hand! Maka feels like chewing something, she's never been so nervous, her heart is pounding so hard in her chest..
"Would you back the fuck off her?" Ragnarok suddenly shoves Kid, his teeth bared. "Your scaring her ass hole!" Ragnarok takes in Maka's pale face before glaring back at Kid..Ragnarok thinks she's scared because of what Kid is..he still doesn't know..how guilty she is..
"I'm scaring her?" Kid challenges, a glare coming to his face. "I believe you're the one that is frightening her, you been acting like an animal since I've picked you guys up."
"Oh, I'm acting like an animal?" Ragnarok gets in his face. "I'll show you a fucking animal-"
"Bob." Maka warns again and when Ragnarok glares at her she only speaks one word. "Coralline."
The boy's face falls at the name..he grumbles and takes a breath..because he knows they have to find Crona..and Kid's the one that knows were the banquet is.
"The elevator is right here." Kid moves past the other boy and stops at the metal doors..he pushes the up button..Ragnarok takes a deep breath..he looks about ready to kick the shit out of Kid...she just needs to keep him calm, they don't need a fight right now..and Maka doesn't want her dirty little secret to be found out..
But Crona already knows.
The elevator doors open..Kid takes a deep breath, she can tell he's getting pissed off too but he's being better about keeping it from his expression. He turns and gives Maka a soft smile, motioning for her to go first. Maka feels Ragnarok getting heated again but she goes first anyway..Ragnarok right behind her, looking Kid up and down..But Kid doesn't even seemed to be fazed. They all get into this small ass elevator and Kid presses the button, the metal doors closing, sealing them Maka's never had a problem with elevators, some people are afraid of them, afraid that they will get stuck or something crazy will happen but it's never struck Maka as even a possibility..Now standing in this small elevator with these two boys..
She doesn't like elevators..
They're too slow, too small, and they play happy music that's awkward if everyone is pissed off like they are now. Maka feels the elevator jerk before it goes up..She keeps her gaze forward, not looking at Kid, or Ragnarok..But she feels they're looking at her. Maka really wants to cry..she feels her eyes water when the elevator comes to a stop..because this is it. She doesn't know what's going to happen..but she's sure Ragnarok will figure out what she's done..She doesn't know how he will take it..
Maka hates herself. She really hates herself..She's a whore and she knows it. They mind as well do what they did in the 'scarlet letter' and burn a big fat A into her..because that's what she is, a cheater. She isn't loyal..not even to her family..not even to the only people she cares about, the only people she has left..
She's evil.
The elevator dings before the metal doors pull back..showing a group of people crowding in this small hallway in front of them, there all talking, some stumbling from being drunk, most are just staring forward excitedly, Maka not being able to see what they're looking at from here.
"See I told you.' Kid sighs as he puts his hand on her back. "We will have to fight through them, they're blocking the way in. Give me your hand and I'll-"
"Your not taking anyone's hand." Ragnarok grabs Maka and pulls her behind him, His glare deep. "Why don't you just lead the way and I'll push these people out of the way."
"..I suppose that would work." Kid speaks this hesitantly when he looked at Maka..and saw that fear in her eyes..Maka doesn't know what he's thinking as he stares at her..searching her eyes for something before he turns around, facing the crowd. "Follow me."
"Follow him." Ragnarok speaks, mocking Kid's voice as they start to follow the boy through the crowd of people, Kid saying excuse me as he brushes past people, Ragnarok just shoving them out of his way, his face still a scowl. "Can you believe this guy?" He whispers to her harshly. "He's been flirting with you none stop and he just fucking met 'Ariel'. He's desperate as shit!"
Maka only nods numbly..a fear still growing in the pit of her stomach..she feels like puking. These people are really crowding this space..Maka feels like she can barely breathe and she's glad she isn't claustrophobic or she would be having a full out mental break down right now. Maka doesn't look at the back of Kid and she doesn't look at Ragnarok..she can't look at any of them right now..the guilt she feels is suffocating..the fear she feels is unbearable..She's so scared to see Crona, scared to see what will be in those pale blue eyes..just scared to see this boy..Everything is telling her just to run, to run away from here and save herself because she has fucked everything up. There can't be a family after what she's done..because she broke the rule..
No messing around outside the family..and she fucked Kid..Not just a kiss, not just a feel, it was a fuck..
And she will pay for it.
Maka shivers as some of the people Kid and Ragnarok shove turn on them, shouting things like 'Hey, why do they get to cut?!' and 'what the fuck are they doing?' and 'that's not fair!' they almost seem to be getting hostile about it, but one glare from Ragnarok and they pipe down. She's dragging her feet..She doesn't want to do this..her death has to be at this banquet..or something so horrible that she wish she would die..
She already wishes she could die.
"Oh come on, don't be so down. You are a witch Maka, this is what witches do. We weren't made to be loyal..we weren't made to bring happiness. You got the information on your mother, be happy." The other girl speaks slowly..almost calmly..and it actually gets Maka to stop shivering just a bit. "You have bigger things to worry about other then those two boys.."
Maka is about to question her when she feels something crunch underneath her feet..now she's in something wet and squishy..Maka looks down..and sees green goo around her foot, she lifts it up..only to see a black spider squeezed into the carpet..it's legs still twitching a little..This sends up a red flag but before she can even freak out about it Ragnarok grabs her arm and pulls her a long because she was getting behind..eww it feels so gross on her foot..Spider guts..
And she can't look at a spider the same..All she can think about is Aranche..the bitch that killed her mother..Oh just like that spider, Maka will squish her, and she'll rejoice in how her guts feel on her bare feet..Maka's lips curl into a sick smile..That other girl laughing..ohh yes, Aranche will wish she was never born, she'll be at Maka's feet begging for death and Maka will give it to her..oh she will, but she's going to make her suffer..Make her suffer for all the pain this witch has put Maka through.
"Reservation." Kid speaks up when they finally made it to the front, everyone is glaring at them now as Kid takes a card out from his suit and gives it to the big bulky man that is guarding two large, pearly white doors behind him. This guy looks like the fucking hulk and his face is stone. he glances at the card with his arms still crossed before nodding. He turns his massive body around and opens one of these large doors.
"Enjoy your stay. It's all you can eat and the band will be here soon to play." This man's voice reminds her of Batman, so guff and husky.
"Thank you sir." Kid smiles politely at him before they all walk through the doors..Maka can't help but to gasp when her eyes set on this banquet..It looks like a ballroom..like in Cinderella. There's round tables with white table clothes all around..the middle of this room is open for people dancing which not that many people seem to be doing except for a couple drunks. The floors are shinny, a blue color that reminds her of the ocean..There's blue streamers around this large place, the walls a light purple. Each table has a flower and a candle..the room is only lit by all the candles. On the side there's a large, large table of many plates of food..but there's also waiters that Maka notices are taking orders from people at tables. Maka feels her mouth water..the smell is so intoxicating..She has to take a big sniff..She's never been so hungry in her life..
"Do you like it?" Kid smiles at Maka when he sees the look of awe in her eyes.
"Yeah..it's beauitful..and the food smells so goood." Maka is drooling ,she feels it.
"Of fucking course, you don't care about the décor, you just care about the fucking food." Ragnarok grunts beside her. He took at this beautiful place and just blinked..Maka guesses he isn't too impressed, or maybe it's he's still pissed off.
"Hey, the décor is pretty too! I was just commenting on the banging smelling food Bob." Maka puts a hand up, getting his eye to twitch. "I hope they have dessert.."
"Your worried about fucking dessert when you haven't even had dinner yet?" Ragnarok scoffs.
"They do." Kid motions towards a table next to the food one..Maka sees a plate of cookies all the way from where their standing..and she sees..no way..
"Is that a chocolate fountain?!" Maka's mouth drops..her feeling the urge just to run over there..but she feels it's not a good idea leaving these two boys alone with each other.
"Yes." Kid chuckles at her face. "I take it you like chocolate Ariel?"
"Do I!" Maka beams..and she definably knows she's drooling now.
"I'll be sure to take note of that." He gives her a sweet smile..Maka feels it's getting hot beside her.
"So where's our table?" Maka speaks up before Ragnarok goes off..he opened his mouth so she spoke up.
"All the way in the front. Come." Kid leads the way, walking carefully as they weave their way through the many round tables..Maka still doesn't look at these two boys as her eyes search for their table..she's really looking for Crona..wanting to see him first before he sees her for some reason. Her eyes don't fall on Crona..but she does notice now the huge stage in the front that has a large red curtain covering it...spot lights are shinning down on the stage, Making a circle of light on the red curtain..It's a beautiful stage, just like this room-
That's when her eyes meet those pale blue ones..those pale blue eyes of nothing but darkness..Crona is already looking at her..he already spotted her. He's smirking at her, sitting at a table right by the stage..Maka wants to run..that look in his eyes..tells her everything..
She's about to face the consequences of her actions.
"Heyy Ariel!" Crona stands up, that darkness disappearing as she gets closer with Kid and Ragnarok. He's smiling at her..waving frantically like how you see those preppy girls do when they see a girl they're not really friends with, they just pretend to be their friend to talk bad about them behind their back..
Crona is being fake But she can see right through him.
Maka waves half heartedly and when Crona points to the empty seat next to him..She hesitates..Maka would much rather sit any where but next to Crona but..if she doesn't sit with him for some reason she feels it will just make all this so much worse. Maka takes a deep breath before she walks up to the chair..Kid gets in front of her and pulls out the chair like the gentleman he is..
Crona beams..his lips twitching. Ragnarok grips his fist.
"Thanks." Maka doesn't look at Kid as she takes her seat next to Crona..Ragnarok moves to sit next to Maka..only for Kid to get to the seat first.
"Hey I was goig to sit there ass hole." Ragnarok growls, his face falling to a scowl again.
"There's a prefectly good seat right beside me." Kid looks at him blankly, no anger or anything in his voice.
"Get the fuck up you-"
"Now, now Bob. Kid's right, the seat next to him is fine." Crona speaks up, waving off the boy who looks ready to punch Kid. "You don't want to ruin our fun..do you?" Crona gives Ragnarok a glance..the other boy catches it..Ragnarok grumbles some choice words before he flops down in the seat nex to Kid, purposely bumping into him as he does so.
"There you guys are!" Patty and Liz walk to the table from what looks to be the bathroom, the shorter hair girl is bouncing in her excitment. "What took you guys so long? I'm so freaking hungry but Liz wouldn't let me eat till you three got here! We got so bored waiting for you that Liz ending up painting all our nails!"Patty shows her blue nails as she takes a seat at the table, Liz by her side.
"It's true." Crona purs in her right ear as he moves his hand towards her..Maka blinking at his purple nails with a little flower design on each ring finger nail. "Aren't they cutee?" Crona giggles high pitched..He's smiling at her but Maka can tell it's a smirk.
"Coralline's been talking about showing you her nails this whole time." Liz smiles at Ariel as she sits down next to her sister. "She's been barly able to keep still waiting for you to come."
"Yes, because I knew you would like them.." Crona points at the pink flower on his finger nails..the pink rose. "I know how much you like flowers..oh you like flowers don't you Ariel?" Crona tilts his head..that smirk growing..
Maka doesn't respond..she can't..She can only stare into those haunting eyes..those eyes that will be the last thing she sees..Those eyes that will be the death of her..A shiver is sent down her spine and she feels like she's sweating.
"Don't you like them?" Patty frowns slightly with the odd look Maka is giving Crona's nails.
"Oh yes.." Maka forces her smile at this girl. "..I ..I love them."
"Yay! you were right Coralline!" Patty giggles.
"Hey, what's up with you Bob?" Liz raises an eye brow when she spots Ragnarok glaring over at Kid.
"Yeah what's wrong with your face?" Patty chuckles. "You look constipated."
Ragnarok just glares at her..His eye is twitching and she feels at any moment he will just explode on everyone, but he bites his tongue.
"Kid could we talk to you for a minute?" Liz looks over at Kid..who seems to be admiring Ariel. He blinks when he's address and looks over at Liz..He seems a bit confused but nods.
"I'll be right back Ariel.' Kid touches her shoulder before he gets up, Liz and Patty getting up with him..They walk away from the table but Maka can see how the two girls are gushing..And looking back at her as they walk..
Great.
"Maka.." She feels Crona's lips pressed against her ear..he's smirking, she can feel it, his voice giving her shivers. "Why so tense?...Just relax..take a deep breath.." Crona touches her shoulders and she can't help but to jump at the contact. The boy doesn't seem effected by this..he just slowly starts to squeeze her shoulders, giving her a massage. "Just relax.." He purrs and licks the shell of her ear..Maka's gripping her seat..her nails digging into the wood..How the fuck can she relax? No, she can't..and he knows she can't..Crona is planning something..he's planning on something big..The boy seems to know what she's thinking because he starts to chuckle darkly..He leans closer towards her ear, and kisses it softly. "..Don't worry.." He whispers..his voice as sweet as venom. "..It will all be over soon little one."
Maka bites back her scream..bites back the urge to just throw him off of her and run for her life while she can..But she keeps herself in the seat..even though that voice inside her is groaning..and her stomach is turnning with fear..
"She can't fucking relax with that ass hole all over her." Ragnarok growls into their conversation..he didn't hear what Crona said last. She looks over at him seeing that he's taken Kid's seat and he's glaring darkly at Kid who is still talking to the Thompson sisters.. "I'm being honest with you Maka, if he keeps this up i'm not going to be able to stop myself. I will beat the shit out of him."
"Why are you being honest to her Ragnarok?" Crona coos getting the other boy to look at him. "When she hasn't been honest with you?"
"What are you talking about?" Ragnarok looks at Crona before glancing at Maka..catching how her eyes flash with that fear.
"Maka's had her cake, and she's had her cake..and she's had her cake..and she's eatten it all too." Crona sneakers..his eyes bouncing. "Now she's gotten fat with all the cake she's gotten! and what do you do with pigs when they get to fat..?" Crona leans in towards her..His nails scratching deep into her back. "You kill them."
"Crona." Ragnarok gives him a warning look. "Now's not the time to fucking lose it..we don't want our cover being blown-"
"..Ragnarok do you know what it feels like..to get blown away..just to fall so fast to the ground? the ground is cold too..it's unforgiving..' Crona's voice gets soft as he looks down at his painted nails. "We shouldn't be forgiving of this ground..It's crushed us."
"Why the hell are you talking like that? Your not making any fucking sense right now." Ragnarok raises an eye brow at the odd look in Crona's eyes.
"A mad person doesn't make sense..their words are nonsense.." Crona smirks over at her. "But you understand me..I make sense to you don't I 'Ariel'."
Oh, he makes perfect sense to her.
"Crona.." Maka takes a deep breath..she still can't look him in those eyes. "..Why did you do this?" She already knows why..
"Why did I do what Maka?" Crona hums before he grabs a hold of her hand, Maka tensing badly. "Can I paint your nails? I would sooo love to paint your nails, oh can I paint your nails Ariel?!" Croan grins madly at her.
"..S-Sure.." Maka swallows hard..and her answer actually seems to have calm the boy down a little..his eyes light up.
"Perfect!" He purrs before he lets go of her hand, those haunted eyes looking in front of him..Maka now noticing there's bottles of nail polish on the table..probably all be longing to Liz. "Now what c-color should I choose..Red?" Crona picks up a red nail polish and holds it against her cheek..the cold bottle making her flinch." Ah yes, you do look good in red..red all over..so much fucking red, that would look sooo good on you Ariel."
"I-"
"Wait no.." Crona suddenly frowns and shakes his head, putting down the bottle. He looks at all the colors again before his eyes light up and he picks up another bottle..It's black. "Ah..now this is your true color."
"I think they're fucking talking about me." Ragnarok suddenly growls..not at all paying attention to what Crona is doing..he stares at Kid..Liz and Patty, they look back at Ragnarok every couple of moments but what Maka doesn't see is Ragnarok's eyes turning..he's thinking.
"Crona.." Maka takes a deep breath as this boy opens the black nail polish.
"Yes my love?" Crona sneers as he grips her hand tightly in his, pulling it closer to him, looking at her nails.
"..What are you planning?" Maka speaks the words..and once there out she doens't feel any better..she feels even more scared..even more worried. Crona blinks before looking up at her..his face is blank..She can't tell what he's thinking and this scares the shit out of her..Crazy Crona is unpredictable..He could try to kill her right now..who the hell knows what he's doing..
"P-Planning?..W-What do you mean?" Crona speaks with a fake stutter as his eyes shift.
"You know excatly what I mean." Maka tries to keep her voice in check..The madness is so thick..she can feel it when those eyes flash up to meet hers..She sees her reflection in his eyes..his pupil's dilate..making her face small in them..Making it look like she's disappearing in the darkness of those pupils.. "..You said you were going to tell Kid and them I was sick.."
"I was.." Crona doesn't stop staring into her eyes..a sheepish smile coming to his lips but it's more of a smirk. "..but when I saw Kid with those pretty flowers for you..I couldn't let such pretty flowers go to waste..no I couldn't. I know how much you like flowers, you liked them didn't you?" Crona giggles, his eyes bouncing and trembling. "Ohhh I know you did..Ragnarok liked them too didn't he?"
Ragnarok doesn't respond..because he isn't by her side anymore but Maka doesn't know this..no all her attention is on this crazy boy.
"You know exactly how he would feel about those flowers." Maka grips her fist. "..Is that your plan Crona? Getting Ragnarok to beat the shit out of Kid? Because it's almost happened a couple of times because of you!"
"No..not because of me." Crona hums. "Because of you little one..don't try to blame this on me. You started the fire..i'm only adding the fuel." He turns his attention away from her..a frown to his face. "I a-am sorry I didn't get to see the look on your face though..but Patty and Liz invited me to go with them to the banquet, and you know how much us girls like our girl time!" Crona giggles madly as he takes the brush out of the nail polish..it coated black.
"Crona..I know what I did was wrong, I know you want to kill me but-"
"Who said I wanted to kill you Maka?" Crona coos as he grips her hand tightly..before stroking the brush on her pinky nail, painting it black. "Why are you shaking so much..i'm only painting your nails" He smirks at her as he paints her ring finger.
"I'm shaking because I know that's not all you want to do." Maka tries to keep her voice from cracking..the guilt and madness weighing down on her ever time she looks into his eyes.
"If you keep looking so helpless I won't be able to control myself." Crona's eyes take in her hungrily..but his eyes get a odd look..his smirk too large as he paints the rest of her nails and goes to the next hand. "But you would like that wouldn't you? You like men defiling you..don't you, you dirty whore?"
"Fuck you!" That voice growls when Maka had open her mouth. "Your just mad because that witch hunter knows how to fuck better then you!"
Maka's eyes get wide at the rage she sees in Crona's eyes..oh fuck no..this is not the time for her crazy side to be messing with Crona..oh god no.
Crona trembles for a moment..his teeth grit..till he goes completely still..his face falling till it's blank. He blinks at her before he looks down at her nails..he finishes up the last of them..now they're all painted black.
"This..this is truly your color."Crona's voice is soft..even in his mad state..he sounds in pain. "Black..Now your nails are as black as your heart."
"..Crona." Maka frowns and reaches out for him..only for the boy to grab her wrist tightly causing her to yelp.
"Don't mess them up! I just painted them!" Crona giggles as he blows on her nails..his are digging into her wrists. "But you like messing things up don't you little one? You messed me up real good..but now i'm not the only one." he chuckles humorlessly..his eyes bright with dark glee..there's so much darkness. " You beautiful rose..your thorns have pierced everyone..even the strongest of hearts, you have made bleed..tonight." Crona's voice gets quiet. "..Mine will bleed black forever.."
"Crona I-"
"Oh hello Ragnarok." Crona looks up from her and gives a goofy smile. Maka can't help but to raise an eye brow and she turns around..
Ragnarok stands behind her..but he isn't looking at her..He has such a odd look in his eyes..she's never seen before. "I'm going to the bathroom." He grunts before he walks past her.
"Oh..okay.' Maka frowns, watching the boy leave..her heart drops for some reason..she feels like crying.
"Oh dear! I have to powder my nose!" Crona quickly stands up when Kid, Liz and Patty sit back down at the table. He walks away..after Ragnarok.
"..Ariel." Kid's voice pulls her eyes away from watching Crona leave to look over at Kid..He's holding her hand now..a serious look on his face. He looks over at Liz and Patty..they seem to get the hint because they get up and quickly leave.." I have to talk to you."
"..What is it Kid?" Maka tries to not show how scared she is..Her eyes keep glancing to where Ragnarok and Crona went..She can't get that look in Ragnarok's eyes out of her head..it was so deep..so different from the rage she's been seeing since Kid came to pick them up..it was a look that can't be pinned off as just sadness, or anger...those piercing blue eyes..have never looked so dull..
"I believe I understand why you said you didn't want a relationship with me." Kid looks deep into her eyes..and she tenses.. "It's because of your brother isn't it?..You knew he did not like me and you knew he would be so rude to me." Kid's eyes soften a bit. "You shouldn't let your brother control you so much Ariel..do what you want, don't do it because your brother..you'll never feel love if you always listen to someone else..Love can only be felt by you, no one can tell you who or who not to love..do you understand?"
No, Maka doesn't understand love.
"I guess so..but Kid I don't want that drama." Maka presses. "You saw how my brother is..he'll never be okay with me and you being together."
"That's why I just talked with him."
"That's why...wait what?" Maka's eyes get wide..wide in horror. "..Y-You what?"
"I talked to him about it. I didn't tell him..you know everything.." Kid blushes slightly. "But I told him that we care for each other, and what you said about wanting love. I told him we had a nice long conversation with tea..and he seemed to be genuinely interested in what I was talking about. He seemed shocked when I told him just how much you mean to me, and what you did for me, how you make me feel better. I told him I would not back down, and give you up because of him."
"What..w-what did he say?" Maka knows she's shaking..she has to be.
Kid frowns slightly. "..You know..when I got done speaking I was expecting him to go off..maybe even punch me..the whole time he was shaking..but at the end his face got blank." Kid looks her in the eyes."..He didn't say anything. He just walked away."
Maka feels a deep pain in her chest..Ragnarok..Ragnarok has to know she betrayed him now and he was told my kid, the boy the hates so much..He has to know..and him and Crona are proably planning her demise.. " My brother..my brother hates me." Maka grips her hair..and she knows it's true..
Ragnarok has to hate her.
"No Ariel..no." Kid pulls her into a embrace..holding her tightly. "Your brother may be upset..but if he loves you, and I know he does, I see it in those cold eyes he loves you a lot Ariel..remember what I said about love? It can't be destroyed..he may be upset..but he'll come around."
"..Why..why did you have to do this Kid?" Maka feels like crying..but she doesn't..Crona and Ragnarok know..they won't let her live.
"..I'm sorry if i've made you upset Ariel." Maka can hear the frown in his voice as he grabs her chin and lifts her face up to his..He is frowning..he looks a little guilty. "..I just could not deal with his cold glares, and they way he spoke of me..also the way he spoke of you. He came up to me when I was talkingto Liz and Patty..and I couldn't keep my words to myself any longer. I tried back in your room when I saw how afraid you looked..but I culdn't hold it in..I am sorry for making you sad..but your brother is in the wrong here for trying to keep your sheltered..not you."
No, Maka's in the wrong..she's completely in the wrong and she's going to die..she's going to burn in hell.
"We need to get out of here." That other girl seems a bit afraid. "There's no point staying with those two boys, they will only kill you!"
"..Kid I need my space ok?" Maka sighs deeply..gripping her hair.
"Of course Ariel..I understand." Kid frowns but he lets go of her..he stares at her..and she knows he feels guilty for what he's done even though he has no reason to be.
The guilt is all on her.
"Can we eat now?" Patty and Liz come back, the younger one pouting as she sits down..holding her stomach. "My tummy is hurting!"
"Sorry Kid I tried to keep her back but she kept complaining. "Liz sighs. "..We didn't interrupt anything did we?"
"No, no your fine." Kid looks over at Maka before looking back a Liz with a slight frown.
"Aye waiter!" Patty waves her arms in the air, speaking to a man that's a cross this large place. "I'm hungry over here!"
"Patty." Liz gives her sister a look that Patty just ignores, she continues to wave at the waiter.
"Mr. waiter!" Patty shouts louder causing the man to tense and look ovet at her..she smirks and beams at her sister. "See that's how you get a waiter to notice you!"
"A long with everyone else." Liz sighs slightly when she sees a lot of people staring at them.
Maka stares at the bathroom doors..her stomach is twisting..her heart beat speeding up so fast..She's close to hyperventilating..she hears Arusa's laughter..She's losing it..
"Ariel..your shivering." Kid takes off his white jacket and places it gently around her..getting her to tense and look over at him..he's giving her a warm smile but it just makes her feel worse. "Better?"
No, not at all.
Suddenly there's a loud boom..Maka can't help her scream..but Kid is quick to pull her into him, her face in his chest.
"What the fuck was that?" Liz eyes are wide..she looks a bit panicked..Patty's mouth is just in a O.
"That was pretty loud wasn't it sis?"
Everyone at the banquet start to talk amongst themselves..they seem just as nervous and confused as they are..
"It seems we're sailing right into a storm..but stay calm. It's only thundering, don't let the strom ruin your night." Someone speaks from the intercom and most people relax. "Breaking Benjamin will be out here shortly."
Everyone cheers and goes back to their conversations..even when another boom of thunder sounds.
"A storm?" Liz frowns deeply. "..But the news channel said the weather was suppose to be fine.."
"Who cares!" Patty grins when the waiter finally makes it over to their table. "I'm hungry!"
"I..I know. I heard you from acorss the room. " The man sighs as he opens his note book. "What can I get for you-"
"Everything!" Patty cheers.
"E-Everything?" The man's eyes widen. "You surely can't eat all of that..-"
"Kid you said I could get as much as I want!" Patty glares at him.
"And you can.." Kid looks at this man. "She really will eat all of it..get her as many plates as you can." He's still holding Maka close to his chest.
"O-Okay." His eyes are wide as he looks down at Liz. "..You don't want everything too do you?"
"Nope." Liz gives him a friendly smile. "I'll just take a salad and a water-"
"Weak." Patty gunts and giggles at the look her sister gives her. "Liz don't tell me you still think your fat!"
"I don't think i'm fat..i'm just not that hungry." Liz huffs.
'I bet your not! you did eat that whole carton of ice cream yesterday."
"Patty!" Liz cries out in embarrassment. "You know how I get when I watch my soaps!"
"Yup, you eat all the ice cream and use all our tissues." Patty giggles when Liz gives her sister a playful nudge.
"Ok..a salad." The man looks over at Maka. 'What about you-"
"I'll have what Patty's having." Maka doesn't take her face from Kid's chest..she doesn't see the man start to sweat.
"Hell yeah!" Patty cheers. "That's what i'm talking about Ariel! I knew I liked you for a reason!"
"Now you sir?"
"I'm not hungry right now but thank you." Kid rubs Maka's hair as the guy nods and walks away. "..Are you still scared Ariel?..are you afraid of thunder?"
"No.." Maka pulls away from him, a frown on her face. "..I just wasn't' expecting it.."
"Don't worry, the ship will be fine." Kid smiles at her..he cups her cheeks. "I won't let anything bad happen to you Ariel."
But Ariel is a lie..Maka's the one he's holding right now..and he would kill her..
She has no safety.
"Now for the moment you all been waiting for!" that voice sounds through the speaker again and everyone gets quiet..looking towards the stage. "Please welcome for your entertainment, Breaking Benjamin!"
Everyone screams in joy as the curtains are pulled back..revealing four guys dressed in matching black shirts..Maka knows this is Breaking Benjamin but she'll be honest, She's the kind of person that loves music..but she's not so into the people that actually play the music..she knows this group but she doesn't really know them you know? A drum and a couple guitars have been set up on stage..they all look ready to go. They don't even speak, they just start playing like bad ass's, the lights flickering green and red..like a strobe light. So far only the guitarist and the bass are playing the introduction..Maka noticing the song right away..it's 'Breath'..one of her favorite songs..but she can't even enjoy it with all that's going on. Patty is screaming out their name, along with Liz..everyone is sceraming and having a good time..but Maka can't enjoy this.
"I see nothing in your eyes..and the more I see the less I like. Is it over yet, in my head?" Ben, the lead singer starts off..his voice giving Maka chills. "I know nothing of your kind and I won't reveal your evil mind. is it over yet? I can't win."
"You like this song?" Kid speaks in her ear so she can hear him..he's smiling at the look in her eyes.
"Yeah..these guys are great.." Maka can't enjoy it..because something is missing..
Her family is missing.
"Kid I'll be right back I=I have to use the bathroom." Maka stands up, placing his jacket on her chair
"But you'll miss it." Kid frowns.
"I'll be able to hear in there, as loud as they are..I don't want to piss myself."
"..Oh then please go." Kid's eyes get a bit wide from her bluntness.
"I'll be back." Maka walks away from the table..or maybe she won't.
"So sacrifice yourself and let me have what's left. I know that I can find, the fire in your eyes."
Maka weaves her way through the crowd of people that have gathered up near the stage to be closer..She's afraid..she doesn't even know why she's doing this..surely they will kill her..but something is pushing her foreward..a determination that makes her shaking legs steady, and she pushes past these people faster..her eyes glued to the bathroom.
"I'm going all the way. Get away..please. You take the breath right out of me. You left a hole where my heat should be..you got to fight just to make it through.."
Maka finally gets to the bathroom..panting slightly as she looks between the men's and women's rooms..She's sure Ragnarok went in the men's..and Crona is in the women's..or maybe they're both together.. Maka takes a deep breath before she opens the women's bathroom and walks in. "Crona! Ragnarok!" She calls for them when she sees the bathroom is empty..all the doors are open in the stalls..She hears a shuffle so she takes another step forward..That's when she hears the door slam shut behind her, Maka whipping around..only for her heart to drop.
"..cause I'll be the death of you."
Asura smirks at her..his body leaning against the door he just slammed..his eyes lighting up in dark glee. "What's wrong Maka? What's with the face? Were you expecting someone else?"
"I don't have time for you." Maka growls, her eyes on fire as she takes a step closer. "Where's Crona and Ragnarok?"
"Closer then you think." Asura's smirk rips his face as he points behind her..Maka tensing..her blood turning cold as her eyes follow his finger..
"This will be all over soon. Pour salt into the open wound. Is it over yet? Let me in."
"Crona.." Maka's eyes shake as the other boy walks out from the shadows that were hiding him..His lips are ripped up into a mad smile, his fingers twitching.
"Yes it's me." Crona giggles..black blood starting to drip from his nose. "This is going to be good..i'm going to rip you to pieces Maka, i'm going to cut off your lips, and i'm going to cut out that black heart of yours.. I wonder..when you bleed from your heart, if you'll bleed black like me? We'll just have to found out won't we?!"
"Crona please..I came in here to talk to you." Maka puts her hands up..backing up when he took a step closer.
"Oh i'm done talking Maka..there's nothing to be said. There's nothing you can say to make this right." Crona's lips wobble a bit. "You destroyed me completely..now i'm going to destroy you!" Crona jumps forward..his body shaking from his laughter..
"So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left. I know I can find the fire in your eyes..I'm going all the way..get away please."
Maka hops back right whne Crona is about to grab her..her arms up in defense..her eyes starting to shake from the overwhelming madness in the air.
"Stop moving!" Crona roars as he keeps trying to hit her..each time Maka dodges, moving back. "Ohh this is fun though..lets see how long you can keep this up." Crona giggles as she dodges another punch..this time he hits the wall..leaving a large hole in it..and he just punched through fucking marble..
She can't let him hit her.
"Oh Asura, be a dear will you?" Crona looks behind her when she dodged him again.
Maka's eyes get wide when she sees those familiar scarves shoot out from seemly no where..Maka jumping back, only for a scarf to grab her leg and throw her hard on the bathroon floor..she hits her stomach hard..she feels like some of her ribs just broke..
"You take the breath right out of me. You left a hole where my heart should be..you got to fight just to make it through.."
Maka coughs violently as she tries to kick the scarf off of her..It lets go of her..but when she looks up...Crona is right in front of her..grinning madly. She tries to scream but all that comes out is blood..it runs down her chin onto the floor.
"Aw is someone hurt?" Crona tilts his head..that smirk too large as he takes in her blood..his black blood falling more from his nose.
Maka doesn't respond..it hurts for her to breathe..like her broken ribs are pressing against her lungs, threating to pierce it..but she can't use her powers..not here..Kid will feel her..then they'll know..
"You can't be in pain as much as I am.." Crona puts a hand to his chest.. "You killed him you know?..There's nothing left of him but this.." Crona looks to the floor..Maka seeing him looking at his shadow..the shadow almost looks to be that of a little boy..his teeth in a rectangle..but there's a single tear hanging out of his emptly eye hole on the ground. "..The shadow of the boy I use to be...he is the only one that will weep for you..not me." Crona turns his hard, mad gaze on her..his lips ripping up into a smile that shows his teeth. "No, i'll fucking kill you! I'll eat your fucking heart and rejoice in it! You killed him! You killed him!" Crona throws his head back and laughs. "..But.." He calms down..his arms going limp as he slumps forward..such a deadly look in his eyes. "You brought me to life."
"N-No.." Maka trembles..her shoulders shaking..her ribs about to pierce her lungs. " I didn't mean this Crona..I-I really didn't..you don't understand I just wanted to know w-who killed my mother..you have to understand-"
"Oh I understand Maka." Crona's lips go in a tight line. " I completely get it. No need to explain yourself.. you needed those answers not only about your mother, but about what is love. It's nice to know you would try to feel love with another man, when all I wanted from you was that love..You tried to feel love for Kid. How is that suppose to make me fucking feel? but it doesn't matter now..it's over."
"Crona I just wanted to-"
"I don't care what you want!" Crona screeches. "Not anymore..no..how about we play a game? Called 'Who killed Maka Albarn, and with what?'" Crona's evil smirk comes back. "Since your such a big 'Detective' i'm sure you'll lovee this game, too bad it's going to kill you." He crackles.
"You don't understand..I've been trying to figure love out for not just myself but for you!" Maka winces at the pain she feels but she doesn't stop. Crona's eyes flash a bit..and though that smirk doesn't fall..it twitches. "..I know what i've done to you is wrong Crona..but I think..I think maybe..if I try hard enough..I could learn to love..and i'm trying hard ok? I want to love you. I want to know the feeling I see in your eyes, this feeling that is so powerful.." Maka trembles..her eyes getting watery. "..I want to know what love is."
"Don't listen to her." Asura's scarves wrap around her..one covering her mouth to silence her. Asura's eyes get dark at the way Crona's eyes are changing. "She speaks nothing but lies and you know this. She doesn't care for you..think about what she's done. She's messed around with another boy..she's hurt you, that isn't love." Crona's eyes get hard again at Asura's words and the demon smirks. " Show her..show her what she's done to you. Show her the madness she has created..show her the demon she has made!"
"..The demon?" Crona grips his hair..his pupils shrinking, his eyes shaking so badly..One eye wide open while the other one is half lidded..His face a wince as he stares at Maka who is trembling..Her wide eyes of fear staring at him..pleading with him.
"Yes, the demon." Asura appears so he's right next to Crona, whispering in his ear with a smirk on his face. "You've always been one..a embodiment of madness and sin. You have always been a monster..and who could love a beast? No one. Not your mother, and certainly not Maka..She tried to find love with another boy..you have never been enough for her..Crona has never been enough for anyone..So let Crona die..and let the monster rise. Become something your mother can be proud of! Become what you were made to be! Show her..show her the demon.."
Maka tries to say something..to stick up for herself but the scarves tighten their grip on her, Maka's cry of pain is muffled..tears at the corner of her eyes as she looks into Crona's haunted ones.
"..The monster?" Crona's shoulders shake..his eye twitching, his face so odd..his voice a whisper.
"The monster." Asura laughs madly. "She didn't love Crona! No one loved Crona! So show her the monster! Show her what you really are! What you have become!"
"No one..no one loved Crona.." Crona starts to giggle..it's breathless at first..a wobbly smile ripping out on his lips. "No one loved the boy..no one.."
"That's right.." Asura's smirk is evil. " No one...and look at her." Asura points at the trembling Maka. "This girl you loved with all your heart..Crona loved her with all his heart, and she's done nothing but hurt you..she is the one that made you into a monster, she is the one that made you! Show her what she made!"
"She's done nothing..but hurt me..she hurt Crona..but Crona's dead.." Crona's eyes get wide..his mouth opens taking up most of his face as he laughs so loud..she thinks the bathroom is shaking. "Crona's dead! Crona's dead!"
"She killed him." Asura whispers in his ear..he's the voice of the devil.
"That's right! She killed him! She killed him!" Crona crackles..howling. He bends his body back in his laughter..Maka being able to see his ribs and bones poke out as he bends so far back..laughing so much.
"And what are you going to do about it?" Asura takes a step back..staring at this boy with an unreadable expression.
Crona's laughter dies..His large smile falling till his face is blank..he keeps his back bent, his arms hanging limply at his sides..his hair is out of his face..those pale, haunted eyes shaking.. "..I'll show her."
"You'll show her what?" Asura's smile is up to his cheek bones.
"I'll show her what she's done to me." Crona lifts up slowly..those pale eyes locking onto the pathetic looking girl wrapped in this demon's scarves..her mouth covered..muffling her whimpers of pain and fear. He straitens out completely.. "I'll show you Maka..don't look away now. Don't look away from what you've made me! Look! Look and see! You killed Crona! Now see what's left! See what's left of him!" Crona throws his head back and screams in pain...His body starting to twist and turn..the boy's mouth is open so wide in his scream, his eyes wide and shaking as she hears the cracking of his bones..his back bending too far back to be natural..his body is moving oddly..almost like something is inside him..moving..it's twisting his body..Maka can see his veins..black viens are covering this boy..
Maka tries to call for him..but she can't..the tears are falling freely now as she watches this boy turn into a monster..The boy that's turning into a monster because of her. She's done it now. She did this..she killed Crona. By sleeping with Kid , she killed Crona..Maka is a murderer..
She thinks of the Crona's sweet smile he would give her..that adoration in his eyes..
"'Quote the raven...nevermore'." Asura speaks this to her..grinning at her when the tears fall faster..
Nevermore will see that soft smile..nevermore will she lay in this boy's arms..nevermore will she see those eyes that made her so fascinated with him..nevermore will she have the boy that made her life worth living..nevermore will she have Crona..
Maka killed him..and this is what's left.
"Now you face the consequences of your actions!" Crona's body suddenly goes forward..so she can see those eyes that are black now..his voice low and dark, he's roaring at her.
Maka says sorry..but it's muffled..she keeps saying sorry..oh god what has she done? why..why oh why..but it's obvious why..she doesn't care about anyone but herself..She knew everything she was doing was hurting Crona..driving him crazy..but did she stop?..Did she even really consider his feelings once she thinks about it?..She pretty much told him to suck it up..to deal with it..that she warned him that she would hurt him..Maka had always used Crona..He kept her going when her mom died..he was what kept her going through it al..she used his body, she used his heart..she used his soul. Maka used him dry..Just like Medusa. Crona was Maka's puppet..just like he was with Medusa. A slave to the both of them..because he wanted the same thing from the both of them..
Love. He always wanted love.
But he wasn't loved. He was only a tool to Medusa..and he was only a toy to Maka.
This realization..hurts Maka then anything has before..her broken ribs are nothing compared to the agony she's feeling now..She's never felt so empty..like everything was drained out of her..Crona..Crona is gone..a puppet who's strings have finally snapped from being used too much..he's snapped..he's gone..
And its all her fault.
Maka closes her eyes..her sobs being muffled..his pain unbearable.
"..Look at me Maka."
She shakes her head...her eyes shut tight.
"I said look at me Maka..it's the least you can do...look at what you've done to me."
Maka's eyes open..her water eyes meeting those black ones..He has a mad smile on his face..his skin is cracking on his cheek..actually on only half of his face. "Don't look away now..watch..watch what you've done." Maka sobs as half his face falls off..shattering on the floor like glass..Maka's eyes shake in horror as she takes in half his face that is made like a clown now..his right eye isn't a eye..it's a vine with thorns on it, wrapping into a circle.. Maka continues to watch as this boy's bones crack..he gets taller..he gets skinner..his fingers getting pointy like knifes..black blood travels up his body..Making him wear a dark robe..and it seems like the robe never ends..vines with thorns surround him..curling on the floor and all around this bathroom..
"This..this is what's left.." This..person..it's not Crona grins at her..his face sunken in and pale..the thorns are slowly inching towards her as she trembles before this being..this being of nothing but hate and madness..
What Maka doesn't see..is the boy's shadow on the wall..the odd, small version of this boy watching this take place..those tears fall down his eye faster..he's trembling..fading..
'It's over." Crona is suddenly right in front of her face..that mad grin is all she can see..and those eyes that belong to someone that isn't Crona at all..
"Cause i'll be the death of you."
Maka stares into those mad eyes..and instead of struggling..instead of fighting..She bows her head..and lets her tears fall freely..
She's caused this..what..what has she done?..Why..Why..
Because she's evil.
"What's wrong Maka?" This thing lifts her face up with those sender fingers..it stabs into her but at this point she doesn't care. "You don't like what you see? but you made me like this..Do you regret your own creation?"
Maka says something..but again it's muffled. This monster pulls the scarf off so Maka can speak..when Maka opens her mouth..nothing comes out but a sob and some of her blood..she's too upset to speak for a moment..
"I'm sorry..i'm s-so sorry.." Maka whimpers out finally..this thing waiting patiently for her to speak for some reason.
"It's a little to late for sorry." This thing smirks at her...a vine rubs across her cheek..cutting it slightly. "What can sorry really do for me Maka?"
"Nothing b-but it's all I can do.." Maka continues to shake. "..I made you t-this..I did this..and oh god..i-i'm sorry Crona..i'm sorry about everything..I never once stopped and thought about you..it was always about me..from the very beginning..and it drove you to madness..i've caused this on you.."
"Why are you crying now then? You never did care for Crona..why shed tears for him now?..is it because i'm about to kill you? do you feel sorry for yourself witch?" This thing sneers...those vines getting closer to her.
"I'm c-crying because I lost Crona..I lost the boy with the gentle smile..lost the boy that use to make me smile..lost the boy that actually cared for me..that loved me..I lost the boy that held me when I would cry about something as stupid as being afraid of the dark..I lost the boy that was my first kiss, my first time, my first everything..I lost the boy that was so shy but sweet...the boy that was afraid of ducks, and hated lobster..the boy that laughed with me, the boy that looked to me for guidance..the boy that always protected me..so you know what? I do feel sorry for myself..because I lost my best friend..I lost Crona.." Maka has a far away look to her eyes...she looks to the ground before looking this beast in those black eyes. " I promised Crona that I would go where ever he goes..I gave him that promise..and I intend to keep it." Maka's eyes catch on fire.. "..Kill me..take me to him."
That shadow that was watching pauses it's crying..it's eyes getting wide..he's looking a Maka with awe..he isn't faded anymore.
"If I kill you, you won't be able to save your mother..you couldn't avenge her." This monster's smirk hasn't fallen..but something is odd about it's one eye. "That's all you cared about this whole time..you had sex with that boy just for that purpose..to ask for death now would be failing your mother..would you really give it away for a promise to someone who is dead?"
Maka's face falls for a moment..She sees her mother's soft smile..sees her mother hold Maka in her arms..
She bows her head.
"Well?" This thing smirk..getting closer. His shadow is leaning in so close..his eyes wide..waiting to hear what she will say..
"Yes." Maka speaks the word..and this thing's face falls.
"..What did you just say?"
"Yes..I would." Maka looks into this thing's eyes. " I promised Crona..i've done nothing but treat him like shit..the least I can do is keep that promise..My mom has been all that mattered..but..I can't break this promise.." Maka bows her head..i'm sorry mom.. "Kill me."
"You would..you would let me kill you..to be with Crona..when he's dead?..you would give up avenging your mother..for him?" This thing trembles..his eyes wide and those vines receding away from Maka. "..You would give away..all of that for a boy who is dead?..how i-idiotic is that?!" This thing grips it's head hard..letting out a painful scream.
"Don't let her fool you!" Asura growls. "Remember your hate, remember what she has done! Remeber what you are!"
"..Nice try Maka.." The thing stops screaming..and it chuckles..those black eyes locking onto her. "..You almost had me fooled for a second there..you sneaky devil you..i'm not falling for it. You haven't cared all this time for him, what would change your mind now?"
"Something's happening to me..something's changing inside me.." Maka spits out some blood. "..I'm starting to see things that I didn't understand before...I think..I think looking for love is changing me-"
"She fucked Kid." Asura grunts..and that's all it gets for this thing's eyes to be filled with rage.
"No more lies!" It roars..the force pushing her back a couple of feet. "No more being played the fool! This ends now!" this thing takes a step forward..only to pause as his eyes look behind her. "..Oh.." He straightens up. "..Or do you want to do it..my old friend?"
"i'm waiting, i'm praying, realize, start hating."
Maka looks behind her..only for her breath to hitch..her eyes shake..as Ragnarok steps out of the darkness..he's in his spirit form, his face blank as he stares at this girl that is bleeding out of her mouth..that is tied up and trembling..
"Ragnarok.." Maka speaks his name as a cry for help when Crona's vines wrap around her legs..the thorns sticking into her, and holding her down..Asura's scarves still around her, making it so she can't move.. "H-Help me."
"Oh do you hear that Ragnarok." This thing hums as he takes a step closer to Maka. "..She wants your help...how pathetic." this thing grabs her wrist and twist..breaking it, getting her to cry in pain. "Don't you know you hurt him like you hurt Crona?..why would he help you? you miserable wrench?"
"Ragnarok please.." Maka pleads as this boy walks closer to her. "Crona is gone..please..you got to do something..you've been his guardian for most his life...can't you bring him back..can't you?"
"You can't bring back the dead." This thing sneers at her. "Ragnarok would know all about that..wouldn't you?"
"Ragnarok don't just stand there! Do something!" Maka cries out when Asura tighten the scarves around her..she coughs out blood.
Ragnarok stands there for a moment..just looking at her blankly..that's when it happens..and she'll never forget it..the boy's lips..twitch up into a unnatural smile..those piercing eyes bright, not black with hate..
Bright with madness.
Maka's whole face falls as this boy's smile gets too large for his face..his teeth showing..this is scarier then any time Ragnarok has been pissed off..no..Ragnarok isn't just pissed..
This strong boy..this boy that kept everyone up..that protected both Maka and Crona..has fallen..
He's mad.
"You take the breath right out of me. You left a hole where my heart should be. You got to fight just to make it though.."
"..R-Ragnarok.." Maka looks at him with shaking eyes..takes in that mad smile on his lips..the smile of a boy that has fallen.
"Yes, yes look what you have done!" This thing that use to be Crona crackles. "You broke him! You broke the ghost! After everything he's been through..after all the pain he's gone through..you were the one to drive him mad! You were the last straw! Don't you feel proud of yourself?! You should be! You broke the unbreakable!" this thing roars with laughter..
Fresh tears start to fall down her face..a whole new hole being formed in her heart at staring at Ragnarok..looking at the boy she broke. "..I-I didn't mean this..I-I-"
"You didn't mean this?" Ragnarok chuckles darkly, his eyes shaking. "Well, what the fuck did you mean when you fucked Kid huh? What did you think was going to happen?! You made me feel alive Maka.." Ragnarok takes a step forward. "..But you killed me all over again."
"Come my brother in madness..let's kill her..together." This thing walks so it's beside Ragnarok..their grins matching.
Ragnarok doesn't say anthing..he just smirks..his eyes wild as he gets behind Maka..putting his foot on the base of her back and grabbing her arms..he pulls back..Maka feeling her bones pop out of the arm sockets..Maka screams in agony..
"Now this is music!" This thing roars with laughter as a vine points towards her. "..Now i'll finally have your heart! It will finally be mine!" the vine shoots out..going into her mouth that is wide open from her screaming.. She chokes on it and gags..but it slides down her throat..cutting it up with the thorns as it goes..Maka feels it get to her chest..before it rips out of the tube..sliding past her rib cage, in till it grabs her heart..the thorns pirece it. "Any last words?"
Maka only gurgles..nothing can come from her lips, tears streaming down her face as she gags.
"Didn't think so..good bye Maka." the vine rips up..Ripping her heart from her chest..he lifts it up..forcing her heart to go back up her thoat..till finally it's out..and into this thing's Hands..
Maka can't even cry in pain..she's in hell but she only falls limply to the ground..her eyes getting dull..her life leaving her.
"Behold, the witch's heart!" this thing holds it out toward Ragnarok..it' still beating. "..You know..I always wanted this to be mine but.." the thing frowns before it rips the heart in half..giving the other half to Ragnarok. "..We can share."
Ragnarok only laughs..holding the bloody mess in his hands..
Maka's eyes roll back..Ragnarok and Crona smiling madly at her as her eyes close..and she breathes her last breath.
"Cause i'll be the death of you.."
The guitar stops playing..and the words stop..Clapping can be heard from the bathroom, and cheering..
Maka's eyes shoot open..She's laying on the bathroom floor..denched in sweat..but she's breathing..she feels her chest move up and down..and it doesn't hurt. She doesn't feel her broken ribs about to pierce her lungs..she doesn't feel anything wrapping around her. Maka looks down at her body in a panic..but there's no blood..there's nothing wrong with her. She sits up quickly..her shaking eyes looking around this bathroom..but it's abandoned..
There's no monster, no Ragnarok..no Asura..
She's alone and she's alive..Her heart is still in her chest.. all of that didn't happen..
Maka feels like screaming either way..that was..oh god..she has to find them..she has to find Crona and Ragnarok..she has to make this right..somehow she has to..
But how can she make this right?
Maka forces herself up..her legs shake but she forces them to steady...she's trying not to think about what she saw..trying not to think about that monster or Ragnarok's mad smile..but when her eyes fall on the mirror in front of her..she breaks down.
There on the mirror is a painted on clown face..it's grinning at her..
When she looks at this..that painful hallucination all comes back to her..the agony of killing Crona..the agony of getting her heart ripped out..the agony of Ragnarok's mad smile..the agony of her guilt..
"What..what have I done..?" Maka puts a hand to her heart..her eyes shaking..getting watery. "..Have I really..killed them both?..with that one mistake..have I completely destroyed my family?"
Maka thinks of that thing that was Crona..she shutters..
No..No maybe she can save him..maybe she can stop that from becoming a reality..
Maka runs out of this bathroom..runs from that clown's face..runs from this bathroom that just a minute ago was her living hell..
She's completely losing it..but she hopes the two boys haven't.
Maka tackles the bathroom door..falling down on her face back out at the banquet but she doesn't care..
She has to get to them.
"Ariel!" Liz shouts when she saw her fall..She seemed to be heading towards the bathroom..possibly to check on her..
"Stay..stay back.." Maka speaks weakly..but soon Liz is right on her..She called over Patty and Kid..now they're all surrounding her, looking at her with concern.
"Ariel what's wrong? do you need a nurse?" Kid holds out his hand to her..but Maka doesn't take it..she gets up herself.
"I don't need shit. "Maka growls..They all look at her with wide eyes. " What I need is to find-"
Suddenly there's a loud boom..too loud to be thunder and it shakes the boat..this cruise ship actually jerking causing Maka to fall..only to be caught by Kid..some of the tables have been flipped over by such a powerful jerk..
That's when the red flashing lights come on.
"What the hell is going on?" Liz looks like she's panicking..everyone does..all these people start shouting.
"Liz im scared.." Patty trembles.. "Is the ship..going to sink?"
"Of course not Patty." Liz holds her sister. "..this is a big ship there's no way-"
"Warning, warning. The ship has hit something unknown..The important thing is for everyone to stay calm..what?..what the fuck is this?! what's all over me?!" Everyone stops talking to listen to the man on the speaker..he seems panicked..all these people have wide eyes. "It's spiders! ahhh get off! I can't see! I can't-"
The speaker cuts off.
No one speaks..the flashing red lights are still going..Kid just holds Maka..and Maka holds her breath..everyone is holding their breaths..waiting for this man to speak again..the ship is creaking..
"Spiders..?" Maka breathes out..her eyes getting huge as she looks over at Kid..but Kid isn't looking at her..his yellow eyes are shaking..
"Oh my god.." Kid's eyes are wide. "Aranche.." His eys light in realization, his face getting pale. " It's a trap! She's trying to take down the-"
There's another loud boom..the ship shaking like a earth quake..things falling and breaking..but that's when Maka feels it..
The ship is..tilting..slowly but it's tilting..
The ship is going down.
All the people on ship scream..realization settling in , along with panic as they all turn to run out of here..Maka doesn't know where they're going but they're running..running away from where the ship is tilting..they trample anything in their way..even poeple...they're nothing but a mass of panic..
"Sis!" Patty cries as she clings to her older sister for dear life.
"Kid we have to get to higher ground!" Liz yells over the alarm, her eyes wide with fear as she holds her little sister close.
"Right, we have to help as many as we can get off the ship." Kid grabs her and tries to pull Maka-
"No I have to get-"
There's another loud boom..The ship tilting more..tables are starting to slide.
"We have to go now!" Kid grips her arm tightly and starts to pull her along..running and dragging her as the Thompson sisters run behind them hand in hand.
"But my brother and sister!" Maka cries..this causes Kid to pause.
"Where are they-" Kid turns around..Only for a large spider to fall from the ceiling..it's huge..and it's blocking their way. "Shit!" He curses as he brings out a gun from his pocket and starts shooting this thing..he takes steps back with Maka..Liz and Patty have gotten guns out and are shooting this thing..Liz whimpering about how gross this is..
But the bullets aren't doing anything.
"We have to go Ariel!" Kid grabs her hand..and pulls her again..He's running so fast and he's so strong she can't fight with him..
They're leaving Ragnarok and Crona behind.
Maka doesn't know what to do..they're being chased by this spider..the ship is sinking..it's still tilting..oh god..and Ragnarok and Crona are still back there..though she doens't know what to do, her legs do..they keep running with Kid.
"If we can make it outside the ship we can lock it in here!" Kid shouts over the alarm.
"The key word is 'if' Kid!" Liz screams as she runs and shoots at the spider that is right on their tail. "..I knew this would be a trap..oh god I knew.."
"Liz don't break down on me now. " Kid growls. "Think about Patty."
That gets her to shut up..her blue eyes lighting with determination as she runs faster..pulling her sister with her.. Maka's eyes get wide as they fall on those doors..those doors she knows lead back to the outside..
"We're going to make it!" Kid pushes himself to the limit..shooting back at this thing occasionally.
Just as the spider is right on them..They all run through the doors..and quickly shut them. This shouldn't hold the spider..but for some reason..it doesn't follow them out of the ship..it says inside.
Maka can only blink as she stares at the horrendous sight in front of her. The sky is a dark, dark grey..she's never seen it this dark, thunder booms loudly with lighting occasionally striking..the waves are moving violently..they're huge..The deck is covered with people freaking out..they're all shoving each other, screaming and crying..
The ship keeps tilting.
"Everyone stay calm! We're going to get you out of here but you have to stay calm!" Kid shouts before he runs into the crowd.
"'Where the hell is the crew?!" Lix growls, looking around..her eyes fall on a man who seems to be slumped against the railing..he's wearing a white suit..the uniform for a crew member. "What the fuck are you doing?! Get off your ass and get these people out of here!" Liz marches over..but the guy doesn't respond. "Hey i'm talking to-" Liz grabs him and turns him around..Only to find a man with no eye balls..he opens his mouth..and a bunch of spiders crawl out.. "Ahhhhh!" Liz screams and jumps back..she's hyperventilating..her little sister having to grab a hold of her..
Maka looks around..it's all of them..She sees the crew..they came out here..but they're all dead now..spiders in their dead corpses..
Aranche has taken out the crew.
"Liz we have to help Kid!" Patty shouts at her older sister..shaking her violently to try to get her to stop screaming. "Please Liz!"
The other girl's scream dies to a whimper..her lips querying as she looks into her younger sister's eyes..Liz eyes are watering..but she nods..she gets strength from Patty..that emotion in her eyes that she doesn't understand..
It's love. Love gives her strength to face her fears.
"Your right..lets go." Liz grabs her sister's hand before they run into the crowd of spazzing out people..
Maka stares after them numbly..there's no way they can get all these people off in time..the ship is tilting badly now..soon people will start sliding..She watches with blank eyes as Kid gets one of the life boats ready..only to get pushed out of the way, 15 people too many hopping on this small ass boat..they lower themselfs down..the other people on this boat cussing them out or trying to jump onto this little boat with them..only to miss and fall to their deaths. They won't be able to save them all..no..Her eyes look away from this as she looks at the door that leads back to the ship..Crona and Ragnarok..they're still in there..and the ship is going down-
"This is a lost cause." That girl's voice speaks. "Even if you went back for them..they would just kill you. It's time to cut your losses Maka and save yourself..you know how don't you?..touch your necklace..let's go home."
Maka trembles..she couldn't just leave Ragnarok and Crona..no, she couldn't..
"Think of your mother!" this voice screeches.. "Think of youself! those two boy's are already dead inside! Save yourself! Don't go down with this ship, not when your so close! don't let the bitch that killed your mouther kill you!"
Maka's eyes shake as she feels the ship tilt more..watches as Kid, Liz, and Patty struggle to get all these boats ready..only to be pushed aside..these people jumping into boats..
But they won't get them all..
Maka isn't going down..not yet.. She reaches for her necklace..
Crona..Ragnarok..she's sorry-
"Don't!" A voice screams..Maka blinks as that little girl floats in front of her..her eyes are wide with dread. "You can't just leave! all these people will die!"
"I can't do anything to help them.." Maka trembles.. "..I have to save myself."
"What about Ragnarok and Crona? Are you just going to leave them?!" This girl is screaming at her..
Maka bows her head.. "..I don't have a choice."
"You always have a choice!" This girl floats in front of her..Maka tensing at her words. "You have to help these people! You have to save the ship! You have to help them all!"
'I-I..I-I can't.." Maka's voice is getting shaky..she reaches for the necklace.
"Please.." This girl is begging her..the ghost looking at a little boy and girl huddled together in this crazy crowd of people..there holding hands..the little girl crying into the boy's chest from her fear... "..Please y-you have to help them! Please you can't let them all die!"
Maka hesitates..her hand shaking..before she touches her necklace..
Instead of sendng her home..to safety..
It changes her clothes..She's wearing that black dress now..and her fingers are twitching.
"Maka..." The little girl looks at her with wide eyes..those tears ceasing.
"..I'll do all I can." Maka closes her eyes..as she spreads her arms..She feels her power flow and she lets it..Not caring about the consequences...not thinking of anything right now..
Maka killed all those people at the circus..She..She wants to make up for it..
She doesn't want anyone else to die.
Her power goes out..Maka thinks of the hole in the ship..she thinks about lifting the ship so it's straight and not tilted..
That's when the ship slowly starts to lean back up..it's taking a lot out of her but she's doing it..using all she has to buy these people more time to get out of this boat and live..
"What the hell are you doing?!" That voice screeches..but Maka isn't listening.
All the screaming and shouting turns quiet..when they feel the ship lifting back up everyone looks around in confusion..in till all eyes fall on her..She watches as they all look at her in a amazement..the little girl with that boy looks up at a woman next to her.. "Mommy look! it's a super hero!"
That's when Kid runs through the crowd, his gun out and ready getting a couple of people to scream. "I feel her! I feel a witch-" His eyes meet Maka's...and his face completely falls..he stops dead in his tracks..and he drops his gun. "A-Ariel?..your a-a..witch?"
"Yes, now get these people the hell out of here Kid!" Maka's eye twitches from her strain. "I can't hold this thing forever!"
"But..But how could I have not..?" Kid takes a step back..he's in shock.
"Kid what the hell are you doing over there?! We need you!" Liz shouts..not at all noticing Ariel.
Kid stares at her..his eyes slightly shaking.
"Go!" Maka growls, her power coming out and pushing this boy away from her. Kid puts his hands up in defense..but he only skids a couple of feet. "Save them!"
Kid watches as her body trembles..her eyes scrunch shut trying to hold this ship up..his eyes flash.
"Just keep it up Ariel! we'll wrok as fast as we can!" Kid has a new determination as he turns back and runs into the crowd.
"Great!" Maka speaks sarcastically, grindng her teeth at the pain.
"You can do it Maka! " This little girl cheers, grabbing on her leg and looking up at her with awe. "You can save them all! don't give up!"
"Your such a dumb ass..i'm really ashamed that we are the same person right now." That other girl grumbles lowly. "You will die."
Maka watches as Kid , Liz, and Patty get the boats ready..people pilling in them and then getting lowered down..Each boat that is put down into the sea, the people in them shout things at her like 'god bless you!' and ' we'll never forget this!' and 'you all are heros!'. Slowly but surly the crowd of people get smaller and smaller..till there's no one left but Maka and Kid's gang..by this point her body is shaking badly..she's sweating up a storm and her hands hurt from using so much power, to hold up this big ass ship.
"Ariel's a witch?!" Patty and Liz shout at the same time..them being too busy with the life boats to notice her till now as they all walk towards her after they get the last people on the boat.
"Yes but.." Kid frowns slightly before he gives Ariel a soft smile. "You can let go now Ariel..it's ok..I finally understand you..why you were asking all those questions about Maka..it's because you were worried I couldn't love you just for the fact that you are a witch..Ariel you saved about a thousand people today..and i'm willing to put the fact you are a wtich aside so-"
Maka can't hold it anymore..one of her hands burn up, causing her to cry in pain as the ship becomes tilted again..not only that... no..
The disguise went down.. she's no longer Ariel..she's Maka.
Kid stops mid speak..his mouth dropping..his eyes wide with nothing but shock..he looks frozen..
"Whoa.." Patty is the first one to blink..her sister is stunned with Kid. "..I did not see that coming."
"M-M-Maka your Ariel?! but we..." Kid trials off..and if possible his mouth drops even farther..his face getting redder then she' ever seen before..even when they had sex.
"Oh my god.." Liz covers her mouth. "No..you can't be Ariel! Ariel was suppose to be good for Kid..she.." Liz trials off..her eyes shaking as they take in Maka..
Ariel is a lie.
"Yeah howdy..sorry about all the trouble..but I have to save Crona and Ragnarok. "Maka turns to leave..to open those doors back to the ship..only for a bullet to be shot right by her feet, making her stop.
"Your..your not going any..where!" Kid is trembling, holding the gun he just picked back up in his hands..his eyes are shaking so bad..his blush is gone..is eyes light up in realization only to harden..His face is a scowl..She's never seen him look this angry. "You..you used me! You wormed your way into my heart and..t-took my innocence! You used me to get information didn't you?!" Kid is yelling now..his eyes so dark..full of hate..hate for her. "How could I be so blind?!..you made me think you actually cared about me! but you were just playing me for a fool and I fell right for your charms!" His body is trembling..the gun shaking in his hand. "Did you really..did you really have to take what was left of my heart? Did you really have to take the only part of me that wasn't broken and crush it to pieces?"
"..I needed to know the information, yes..but it didn't start out like that-" Maka tries to explain herself..only for another shot to go off..this bullet skimming her arm.
"Shut the fuck up you slut! How dare you do this to him?! Do you know how happy he was with Ariel?! You..you disgusting whore!" Liz is screaming..she's the one that shot that bullet..her gun is out. "And to think I actually gushed over you two!..you..I can't believe this!"
"You..you really took all I had.." Kid is trembling in his rage..glaring so darkly at her. "You took the only thing that wasn't yours and made it your own! you..you stole from me! you used me!" Kid's voice cracks..but he doesn't cry..he continues to glare at her.
"I'm sorry.." Maka bows her head. "..I regret doing it..really I do. I know i've hurt you..i've hurt a lot of people today.." That thing with the thorns and Ragnarok's mad smile flashes through her mind, causing her to put a hand to her heart..her head bowing.. "I..I didn't mean this Kid..I swear I didn't.. I just..I just wanted to know.." She looks up at this boy that is still trembling..the gun shaking in his hands. "..What is love.."
Kid's eyes flash..his breath hitches..before he closes his eyes tightly and turns his head away from her, his raven hair covering his face.
"Stop lying you bitch!" Liz grinds her teeth as she shoots again, Maka jumping back so it hits the flooring in front of her. "You disguised yourself as Ariel just to get are fucking information! I should have known something was up with you when you seemed confused about the whole cause..No boss wouldn't tell their worker what they were doing! But I was..I didn't see it..New witch hunter my ass! Do you know the pain you put Kid through?! And then your doing this shit!"
"And to think..I actually played chicken with you.." Patty grips her gun before shooting at Maka..but she jumps to the side, the bullet hitting the railing instead of her.
"Aranche..out smarted us all.." Kid's soft voice gets Patty and Liz to look at him..his bangs are still covering his eyes. "..This whole thing was a trap..And I fell right for it..I fell for your trap Maka..you stole everything from me..The only thing I had left you took..you stole my father..you stole my heart..and for what? Information? You don't care for me at all..not one bit.." Kid's voice gets darker. "..So you want to know what love is Maka?.."
Kid slowly lifts up his head..his bangs moving revealing those eyes that scare her..they're full of nothing but rage..his teeth grit..tears at the corner of his eyes. "Love is hell!" He screams at her before he points the gun at her and starts shooting rapidly. Liz and Patty joining in on this raid of bullets..
Maka can't dodge this..and she doesn't have anymore power..She's going to die here..Kid, her angel of death, will finally judge her..she will be draged down to hell by Asura..and the world will be free from her..the world will be safe from this witch that only destroys..She destroyed her family, she destroyed her friendships,..she destroyed Crona..
Now it's her turn.
Maka puts her hands up as if that would block these millions of bullets..bullets of fury and hurt that she has caused..they will pierce her, and it will be justice..But that's when the snake on her arm hisses, it comes off of her arm and gets big, acting as a shield, the bullets hitting it, only to fall to the floor.
"So that's how.." Kid growls as he stops shooting, Liz and Patty continue to. "Medusa's snake..no wonder I couldn't feel any magic from you..because you didn't cast a spell..you had her snake the whole time you sneaky witch.." Kid pulls out a cross from his suit. "I hope you can hear me Medusa! This ends now! I'm coming for you next, i'll make all witches pay for there deeds.." His eyes are so hard. "..Your all the same..they all need to be judged, to be destroyed."
Maka hears what Kid is saying but she can't see him..she hears the bullets going off but that's it..this snake taking it like it's nothing..Maka feels the ship tilting more..soon things will start sliding..this cruise ship is really going down..And as Maka looks around..she notices there's a lot of dead bodies..spiders crawling from everywhere..from their eyes, mouths, ears..
Aranche knows..and she's trying to kill her..to end her..but Maka can't let that happen..no, she has to end this spider bitch..Maka looks over to the doors that lead back into the ship..She grips her fist..Crona, Ragnarok..she can't just leave them, she has to grab them and get the hell out of here-
The ship tilts badly..the bodies rolling down..Maka having to crouch down so she doesn't start sliding herself..she has to find something to hold on to before she goes down with this fucking ship-
The snake suddenly hisses in pain..it recoils back onto her arm and before Maka can even question what's going on..she feels something cold press against her forehead..and it clicks..
"Your finished." Kid growls..him being right in front of her with the gun right on her forehead. "You have used me for the last time! I will show no mercy on you now! You killed my father..you..you took everything.." his finger tightens on the trigger as his eyes glare into Maka's..she can only stare at him..so many emotions inside her that she can't think of a way to respond..She deserves this..but her mother..She doesn't know..She hurt Kid..but..she had to...She needed the information for her mother..Maka watches a single tear fall down Kid's face..and she feels that pain in her chest. "Die you witch! Burn in hell!" He pulls the trigger.
Maka closes her eyes as she hears the loud boom of the gun..She waits for the sickening splatter sound as her brains get as they spill out..waits for the pain, and the darkness of death..or the fires of hell..
But none of that happens.
Maka opens her eyes..only to see a boy standing in front of her, his back turned to her as he grips Kid's hand that has the gun..it's pointed away from her..this boy saved her and when she realizes who it is..she can't help but to gasp..
"R-Ragnarok.." She looks at him with awe..He's here..and he saved her..
But Ragnarok doesn't turn to face her..he doesn't say anything.
"You..!" Kid struggles to get his hand out of Ragnarok's death grip only for the other boy to punch him across the face..the force sending Kid back a couple of feet.
"Alright 'Bob'! step away from her or we'll-" Patty and Liz point their guns at Ragnarok..about to fire when a black blur shoots up..knocking them down, getting both girls to yelp and fall on their butts.
"Sorry about being so late!" That black blurr stops right by her side..the blackness fades away..revealing Crona who is giving her a goofy smile..his pale haunted eyes, staring into her soul. "But I was caught up putting on my make up..you know, us girls have to look beautiful."
"Your disguise is done you ass." Liz growls as she helps Patty back up..Kid and her glaring so darkly at the three.
"Oh dear your right.." Crona frowns at himself..his lower lip querying. "I'm not beautiful any more!"
"Crona..I should have known.." Kid points his gun at the pink haired boy. " When I saw you in the hallway..that look in your eyes..I thought..I thought it reminded me of you..were you in on this the whole time? her using me? Is that why you sent me to her room with flowers? to make a fool of myself?!"
"We were all played for fucking fools." Ragnarok's dark voice speaks up..Kid's hard gaze falling on him as he takes a step forward. "Maka.."
"Y-Yes?" Maka can't help her stutter as she takes a step closer to him..his voice is too dark..she's afraid but she has to face him..she couldn't hide forever.
"The ship is going down, I need you to keep it from sinking." He doesn't look at her.
"I'm out of power..and what's the point? We need to get out of here!-"
"We can't go back to the mansion, we need to get to Abaco island." Ragnarok looks back at her..but he isn't looking at her really..he's looking at her arm..a look in his eyes she doesn't get..
The snake hisses...before it bites Maka..This time Maka feels a surge of energy shoot through her veins causing her to howl as her hand is heal..her power being restored. The snake makes a odd sound before it..
Bust into ashes..falling to her feet..it's gone.
"Hold the ship up. Crona get a life boat ready." Ragnarok takes a step forward. "I got these ass holes."
"Aye! aye captain!" Crona chimes as he skips away from Maka..probably heading off to do as Ragnarok has asked.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Ragnarok growls..and Maka knows it's directed towards her when the ship tilts more..bodies rolling down the ship. "Fucking do it now!"
Maka's eyes shake..a shiver being sent down her spine at his dark tone..he's pissed..no, he's beyond pissed..but..he isn't crazy..and that alone gives her hope. She takes a deep breath before she spreads her arms..willing her power to come out..instead of lifting the million pouned ship up..she only sends her power out to hold the ship where it is..so it's sitll tilted..but it isn't moving. Maka's eye twitches..this is still a lot of strain on her but she can hold it..she'll do all she can..
"Ragnarok.." Kid takes a step closer..his eyes so hard. "..I believe we have met once before..at the asylum..you took Crona's body, but it seems you have gotten strong enough to take the body of someone else.." Kid's eyes change a little as he looks at Ragnarok's face..but Maka can't see it. "..You know what she did don't you?..You can't hide your hurt..why do you fight for her when she has betrayed you?"
"What goes around comes back around." Ragnarok speaks..his voice is too low..his shoulders tensing only to relax. "..I'm going to kill you now Kid." Ragnarok's voice has gone from dark and dangerous..to completely calm.
"I-" Before Kid can say something else..Ragnarok lets out a roar..it's so loud..so dark..it rings her ear drums..it's roar of rage, of fury as Ragnarok takes off running towards Kid..His fist back and ready..he never stops roaring. Kid doesn't shoot..Instead when Ragnarok gets on him..He places that cross on his chest..instead of Ragnarok freaking out..He punches Kid in the face, tackling him to the ground..Maka sees the cross is burning him..but Ragnarok hasn't even tried to take it off him..He tussles with Kid..getting hits to the face that he retaliates..Kid blocking then hitting, while Ragnarok is just wailing with no control..He's lost in his rage.
These two boys are both filled with hate and fury..So far..it's a tie.
"Kid!" Patty shouts in alarm..she points the gun and shoots Ragnarok in the arm..but the boy doesn't let up. "You-" She walks forward..only to step into something wet..and thick. "Ew what is this?" Patty blinks at the black liquid beneath her feet..her bright blue eyes follow the trail from where it's coming from..only for her eyes to fall on the back of Crona..The boy working on a boat..but this liquid seems to be seeping from his skin..Crona slowly turns around..a mad smile on his face that gets Patty to gasp.
"Want some bitch?" Crona turns his body to face her..only to get a bullet to the chest..
"That's right mother fucker.." Patty growls as Crona falls limply by the boat he was preparing..Black blood slowly oozing out from the wound in his chest..Crona's bangs covering his eyes.
"Crona!" Maka cries out but she can't do anything..she's straining..trying to hold this boat up so they don't fucking sink with it..she feels her eyes water..no..he can't be..he can't be dead..
"Don't worry, you'll be joining him soon bitch!" Liz growls as she points her gun at Maka..she shoots..it pierces her leg getting Maka to cry out..but she continues to hold the ship up.. "That was for Kid's heart.." Liz clicks the gun..it setting to another bullet as her eyes narrow..she's pointing it at Maka's forehead. "And this if for all the people you have killed! For all the witch hunters and innocent people you took that night!"
Maka can only stare at her with wide eyes..she's going to die..Crona is laying..dead against the boat..Ragnarok is too busy fighting Kid..to see that she is about to die..then this ship will go down..and then they'll all die..everyone is going to die..she's failed everyone and for what?..to try to find out what love is?..to try to find her mother's killer?..All she's gotten is the name..she doesn't know where Aranche is..she doesn't know anything about her..yet she gave everything away for just a name..She's going to die..she's destroyed everything..
Just when Liz is about to pull the trigger..something happens that Maka would have never guessed..
The ghost girl appears in front of Liz.
"Please..please don't shoot..don't kill her..She's my brother's only hope." The little girl speaks slowly..those dull, lifeless eyes staring into Liz's-
"Oh my god!" Liz screams in fright..she shoots but she pulled back the gun so it shot into the air..Liz falls on her butt in front of this girl..Her eyes wide in fear. "Y-Your see through!..o-oh my god..o-oh my god..your a..your a..!
"Use your words." The little girl huffs. "I'm a ghost."
"G-Ghost!" Liz trembles and covers her face. "No..no I have to be going crazy! There can't b-be a ghost right in front of me..t-there can't be!"
"What a scaredy cat." The little girl rolls her eyes before looking back at Maka. She gives her a smile. "Your welcome.." She fades away.
"Liz! Liz what's wrong?" Patty looks over at her sister..Maka and Liz looking over at the girl at the same time..both their breaths catch..
Behind Patty.. is a large black spike..it's pointy, even from here it looks razor sharp. Maka looks over at Crona..only to see the boy smirking..he's alive..oh he's more then alive..the bullet is out and on the floor..his chest scabbed over black..but all the blood that was around him is gone..His haunted eyes are locked on Patty with dark glee. "Dieinblackdieinblackdieinblack." The boy is chanting something under his breath..that tattoo on his neck lighting up..his smile is too large for his face..
That spike moves in-
"Patty!" Liz cries in pure horror as she gets up quickly..and runs as fast as she can towards her sister..Maka sees it all in slow motion..Liz running..her face pale, that fear so real in her eyes, her pupils dilating..as she screams her sister's name..telling her to move..Patty slowly turns around..her eyes getting wide at seeing the spike that is coming in on her..it's all happening so slow..and Maka feels herself holding her breath..Crona's chants..Liz screams..the look of realization and fear in Patty's eyes..
Maka isn't prepared for what she sees next.
Liz gets to her sister..and pushes her out of the way..Crona finishes the chant..the spike goes through Liz's stomach completely..coming back out..a large hole being there..her blood splattering..blood coming out of her mouth as her eyes role back..and she falls to the floor..her blood pools around her..the wound so deep..it's fatal.
"Liz!" Patty screams so loud..her eyes wide in horror as her sister's blood covers her..this seems to break the slow motion..now everything is happening too fast..Patty runs to her sister and falls to her knees in the blood..She holds her sister in her arms..Patty's tears fall freely at the look of pure agony on her sister's face.
"Liz!" Kid turned when he heard Patty's scream..seeing Liz on the ground..bleeding so badly he cries out in alarm and goes to run towards her..Only for Ragnarok to grab him by the back of his head and slam it against the railing of the cruise ship..some blood being left on the railing before Kid turns and starts wailing on Ragnarok..he can't get to Liz, no Ragnarok won't let him..and Maka still can't see his face.
"N-No Liz! Liz please you c-can't die! Your all I have left!" Patty sobs as she puts a hand on her sister's stomach..trying to stop the blood flow..but it's no use. "Your going to be ok..don't worry Liz..it's not so bad..it's not..your going to be ok.." Patty is shaking..her voice cracking.
"P-Patty.." Liz looks up at her sister weakly..her blood still pouring. "..You..you need to get a boat ready..y-you need to get out of here-"
"I'm not leaving you!" Patty screams at her..holding her even closer..her tears falling on Liz's face. "Your going to be fine..your going to be fine Liz..it's ok..we're going to make it out of this..like you always say right? we'll make it through this like we always do!"
"No.." Liz shakes her head..and Maka can see Patty's heart break through her eyes. "..Y-You will make it through this P-Patty..i-it's..i-it's over for me-"
"It's not! It's not okay?! your j-just a little hurt!" Patty is trembling..sobbing so much as she grips her sister's body close to herself..getting drenched in her blood.
"Patty..Patty l-look at me.." Liz doesn't look down at her wound..she doesn't have too.
"I-I'm looking Liz.." Patty swallows hard. "..Y-Your fine..your going to be fine..we're going to make it out of this-"
"P-Patty..you have to get on the boat..you h-have to get out of here..I can b-barely speak..it's over for me..but you can still make it-"
"I'm not leaving you! I'd rather die!" Patty sobs out..those bright blue eyes..have been reduced to broken pools of agony.
"..P-Patty..I promised m-mom and dad I would take care of you..t-that I would protect you-
"And y-you have! you have!-"
"..I d-didn't save you..j-just for you to die Patty..p-please..live on..your so young-"
"So are you!" Patty shakes her head..she's still trying to stop the blood flow..but Liz's eyes are getting duller..and duller.
"Do this..d-do this for you older sister..please.." Liz looks up at her with those weak eyes. "..Please Patty..live..live on."
"L-Liz I can't do t-this with out you!"
"I'll always be with you Patty..remeber?..when mom and dad died..I always told you they were with you..and it will be the same with me-"
"But they're dead!" Patty screams. "They're gone! i've never seen them! I want you here with me! I-I don't want to be alone-"
"Patty please.." Liz's voice gets soft..her eyes becoming half lidded. "Get on the boat..for me."
"I'm taking you with me! Your going to be fine!" Patty puts her arm under Liz's legs like she's going to lift her up..but she's shaking so much..she's yelling out of her denial..
"..Your so beautiful Patty.." Liz smiles gently up at her sister..touching her cheek with those blood stained hands..getting Patty to sob more. "..You look..you look just like mom..your so beautiful..don't cry..please don't cry..it's okay..it's..okay..I-I love you more then anything Patty..it's..okay." Maka sees it..even with the pain Liz has to be in..Maka sees the love in her eyes as she smiles up so softly at her sister..a love so deep..yet so different from the love she saw in Kid's, Ragnarok's, and Crona's..this love is different..but the same..
"Your r-right..it is okay because your going to make it..please..please don't talk like this..your going to be fine..it's just a scatch..it's just a scatch.." It's a lot more then a scatch..
"it's okay..it's okay.." Liz keeps shushing her sobbig sister..her voice is getting weaker and weaker.. "I love you Patty..live..live on.." Liz gets this out..before she goes limp in her sisters arms..her head rolling to the side..a single tear escaping..
"No..No Liz..get up.." Patty shakes her slightly at first..but then it gets more frantic.. "Liz get up! You can't leave me! LIZZZ!" Patty screams in agony..and through her pain Maka sees the love she has for her sister..the pain in those bright blue eyes that aren't bright anymore..
Maka feels like crying..but Crona is laughing..giggling to himself. "Oh how I love a happy ending!" He hums before he turns his back on the sad sight he had caused..whistling a happy tune as he prepares the boat..
Maka lets go..she stops her flow of power..the ship starting to tilt more..Crona stumbles, Patty continues to cry out..and Ragnarok and Kid are still fighting..but those two are sliding.
"What are you doing?" Crona looks at her with those mad eyes as she walks past him..towards Patty..and her sister..Maka's bangs are covering her eyes.
"Stay the fuck away!" Patty screams when she sees Maka..she grabs her gun and shoots..it hits Maka in the shoulder..causing her to pause..before she starts walking towards her again. "I'll kill you-" Patty snarls..just as Maka disappears and reappears right in front of her..She touches Liz- "Back off you dirty witch! this is all your-" Patty cries and hits Maka in the head with the gun..making her stumble back..her face is hot from her anger and sorrow..but when her eyes look down at her sister..she drops her gun..
Patty watches in shock..as Liz's wound closes up..her chest moving slightly up and down..some color coming back to her face.. "You..." Patty looks up at Maka with wide eyes. "..Y-You..brought her back..?"
"No." Maka can't look at her. "..She was still alive.."
"You..healed her.." Patty looks down at her sister's moving chest..and her stomach that is no longer gushing blood..fresh tears fall down her face. "You..you saved her..but..why?..your evil..your..a witch."
"Your right..I am a witch." Maka slowly looks up..her green orbs locking eyes with those bright blue pools. "..But I have a heart." Maka points to a boat..it getting set up by it's self. "The ship is going to sink any moment..I don't have enough power to hold it up any longer..get your sister out of here."
"But-" Patty starts..only for Maka to point at her..Patty and Liz being picked up and placed into the life boat.
"Take care of your sister." Maka snaps her fingers..and the rope to the boat snap..the boat falling into the sea..those two girls will be safe..
She couldn't let Liz die..not after she saw the love in her eyes..
The kind of love she saw in her mother's eyes.
Maka watches with a blank expression as Patty starts to row the wooden boat away from the cruise ship..the girl looks up at Maka with those wide confused eyes..Maka steps away..she can't look at her.
"Someone is getting soft." A voice chuckles darkly behind her..Maka turning around only to see Crona smirking at her. "Did you really have to ruin my fun?"
"Did you really have to try to kill her?" Maka glares at this boy..he only shrugs. "..Is the boat ready?.." Maka can't help but to shiver..this boy..this boy isn't Crona..
Is she too late?..did she..did she really lose Crona..? is he gone..?
Crona gives her a mad smile before he motions over towards the boat. "Your chariot awaits little one..' He purrs, his voice low.
Maka stumbles a little when the ship tilts more..their time is up. "Ragnarok the boat is ready!" Maka yells over at him..
Ragnarok is on top of Kid..one of his hands around his neck..choking the boy underneath him..his other fist is pounding into Kid's face..Kid is thrashing wildly underneath Ragnarok..his eyes getting duller as he struggles with getting air and with this barrage of attacks from Ragnarok..Maka can finally see Ragnarok's eyes...
They're black..nothing but hate and rage..
"Ragnarok we have to go!" Maka screams..the ship tilts more..Ragnarok and Kid are sliding..but this doesn't stop Ragnarok..he doesn't stop..he's killing Kid..he won't stop till he's dead..
Maka can see Kid's consciousness starting to slip..sweat dripping down his face as he reaches for something desperately..blood dripping down his busted lip.
"Ragnarok stop-" Maka takes a step forward..only to get knocked upside the head by something that feels like a fucking rock..She gasps as she hits the ship's deck and rolls..she has to grip onto the wood as best she can to stop herself from rolling downward..her head throbs..but she doesn't have time to worry about this.
"Now, now..You had your fun with the witch hunter, it's Ragnarok's time." Crona stands in front of her, putting a hand on his hip, the other one shaking at her in a 'tsk, tsk' manner.
"Crona the ship is going to go down!" Maka winces as her blood starts to pool out of the crack in her head. "We have to-"
"We don't have to do anything little one." Crona chuckles darkly as he takes a step closer..Maka taking a step back. "Ragnarok likes to take the blame out on someone else..but I take full blame on you. I'm going to kill you little one..I warned you, I told you I would but you didn't listen to me. Now your going to die..and no one will stop me. I don't care about what Medusa wants..heh, you deserve to die. Ragnarok will kill Kid..then we'll get out of here, or not, I don't really give a fuck." His smile is too large. "The one who did is dead..and soon so will you be..." Crona bends down..his fingers take in some black blood left on the ship's deck..He pulls his hand back before he throws it at her..the black blood turning into a sharp blade. Maka jumps out of the way..but it skims her side..she can't even wonder where he got this fucking ability as he appears right in front of her..his smile hasn't fallen as he raises his hand up..and back hands her across the face..it's like a fucking brick just hit her and she's sent flying back..her back hitting the railing of the cruise ship. "I'ts over..your finished.." Crona sneakers as he starts to walk slowly towards her.
Maka can only stare at him with wide shaking eyes..she has no power..the ship is going to sink at any second..Crona is going to kill her..this is it..the moment of truth..
"Let me out!" That girl screeches. "I can save you! Don't be a dumb ass! it's time to put this ass hole in his place!"
Maka feels a giggle surface in her throat..her lips twitch up into a odd smile as she forces herself up...The cage inside her is almost completely broken-
"Ohhh no you don't!" Crona laughs so loud as he appears in front of her..his blood in his hand turned into a spike..He shoves it through her shoulder..this pain causes her to scream..the madness receding as he rips the spike out..her blood pouring. "Madness won't be your escape..no, you'll die sane, you don't deserve madness."
"Crona.." She speaks his name weakly..she doesn't want to fight him..doesn't want to hurt him..She doesn't want this..and that voice in her mind is screaming bloody murder.
"Nope." This boy's smile rips his face. "..He's dead...I thought I had sent you that message? In the bathroom? I thought I was awfully clear.."
Maka feels that pain rip her heart all over again..no..she can't..he can't be..
"N-No..You can't.." Maka trembles..her eyes shaking as he points the spike right in front of her left eye..but one look into those haunted eyes..and she knows it's true..
Crona is gone...he has to be.
Maka lets those tears flow freely..a pain in her chest she can't ignore..something' she's never felt before. "..I'm sorry..I didn't..I didn't mean for this to happen..I just..I just wanted to find who killed my mother..I just..oh god Crona no.." Maka shakes..her voice cracking.
"Oh Crona yes!" This boy crackles before he pulls the spike back..ready to kill her..to pierce her right through the eye. "Don't worry, you'll join him soon! You'll join him realll soon!" His smile rips out. "..Good bye..my love." He punches his fist towards her..
Only for it to stop a inch from her eye ball..his hand trembling. "What?..no.." This boy's eyes get wide and he takes a step back. "you..your still here?!" The boy's eyes flash..and he tries to pierce Maka with the spike again..only for him to stop in his tracks and let out a high pitched scream..his back bending back at a painful angle. "You...You idiot!" He screams out.."She's..she's going to die anyway..why..why are you being so stupid?!" He screams again..before his eyes roll back..
Crona falls to the floor..his eyes closed..his face frowen in a grimace..his body twitching slightly.
Ragnarok's eyes get wide suddenly..the spell his rage had on him receding. He whips his head to where Crona had fallen..in this moment Kid finally reaches his gun and hits Ragnarok over the head..getting the other boy to let go of his neck, Kid takes greedy breaths of air..coughing up a storm..but instead of Ragnarok attacking him again..He runs towards Crona. "What happened-" He glanced over at Maka only to stop..when he took in her holding her shoulder wound..and the crack on her head. He looks away from her..a expression in those eyes she doesn't understand. "It's time to get the fuck out of here." Ragnarok picks up Crona..the boy hanging limply in his arms as Ragnarok runs over to the life boat..getting in with the other boy..He places Crona down before turning around to look at her. "Can you walk?"
Maka nods..only to wince when she forces herself up.
"I'm coming for you. Hold on-" Ragnarok is about to get out of the boat..When there's a gun shot..the rope that's holding the boat snap in half..and the boat falls to the sea.." Maka!" Ragnarok yells..and for the first time since she's seen him again..his eyes change..she sees the fear in them..the concern..
But then he's gone..
" Your dead!" Kid roars..He's holding the gun..the one that shot down her way to freedom..he looks beaten up..but he's holding out..that gun is steady..his eyes on fire..
It's only her and him left.
Maka only looks at him weakly..looks at the barrel of the gun that's pointed towards her..looks at those eyes of the boy that hates her now..the boy that use to be her best friend..
But that's all over now.
"Look!" That voice screeches. "There's one more life boat! don't give up yet!"
Maka looks to the left..and she sees it..she points at it..and it sets up by it'self-
"Oh no you don't-" Kid pulls the trigger..only for the cruise ship to shake as it tilts more..it's almost completely in a straight line, Kid's bullet misses..and he has to hold on to the railing so he doesn't fall to his death..
"I'm sorry Kid." Maka takes a deep breath..Before she stares ahead at the life boat. "..I'm really..truly sorry it had to be this way." Maka runs towards the boat..Kid shooting at her the whole time but he misses..She jumps into the boat and snaps her fingers..the ropes snap..and she starts to fall to the sea..
She's going to be ok..she's going to make it-
That's when Kid jumps over the side..landing right in her life boat with her. Maka crawls as far away as she can from him as the boat hits the water..making a splash..but that's it.
"There's no escape." Kid growls as he points the gun at her head..it clicks..ready to be fired. "i'll end you once and for all! this..this if for my father.." He takes a step closer. "Any last words..Maka?"
"There's nothing to be said.." Maka speaks softly. "it's all over now..i've destroyed everything.." Maka thinks about that thing..and Ragnarok's low voice. "I've hurt my family..and i've hurt you Kid. I wish..I wish Ariel was real Kid..I really do.." She looks up at him..Her eyes watering. "..and I wish she could have loved you."
"..I wish she could have loved me too." He looks down for a moment..before he glares at her again..taking a step forward with that gun gripped tightly in his hand. "But your not even my friend Maka..you never cared about me, and just the fact you would..you would fill me with a hope for Ariel..only to destroy it.." He takes a deep breath. "..How could you just..just take my innocence? there were other ways you could have gotten information from me..why..why did you do it?"
"I wanted to feel love." Maka watches as the cruise ship slowly goes down behind Kid with blank eyes. "I wanted to understand it..but I couldn't.'
"A witch can't love." He speaks coldly as he presses the gun's barrel against her forehead.
"I know..but I want to." She looks him in the eyes and his breath hitches. "..but I shouldn't have used you Kid..I shouldn't have done this..everything is falling apart now..My time is running out."
"Don't look at me like that!" Kid screams at her. "Don't look at me like you care! you don't! don't try to lie about this! I know you take joy in this! You take joy in my suffering..You take joy in my pain!"
"Your pain will haunt me in hell.' Maka gives him a weak smile. "Along with all those souls of the people that I killed..I can't be forgiven..no..who would forgive me? no one.." The ship is almost completely under water now. " I wish I wasn't such a dumb ass Kid..I really wish I wasn't. i've fucked everything up in a day..and here I am, bleeding..weak before you and at your mercy." She smiles sadly at him. "..I guess..another reason I did all this..was because.."
"because?" Kid growls, and taps the gun on her forehead as a warning..but something is changing in those eyes at her soft words.
"Because..I miss you Kid." Maka looks over at her bleeding shoulder..not able to look at him. "..I miss my best friend...it felt so good to be Ariel..because I could talk to you again..I could be with you without being afraid.." she shakes her head. "..I miss those times at your house when you would make me things..or we would stay up all night just talking..I miss having debates with you, and arguing over different points of views even though in the end it never even mattered..I miss you Kid.." Maka closes her eyes for a moment. "..I couldn't have you as a friend..I could never get close to you..but Ariel could..I felt..happy..I liked being Ariel..I couldn't be your friend anymore..but Ariel could."
Maka feels the gun tremble against her forehead..She opens her eyes to see Kid looking down at her with his eyes shaking..tears at the corner of them.
"..Could we..could we go back Kid?" Maka reaches out towards this boy. "..Could we go back to the way we use to be?..before all this..could I..could we..could we be friends Kid?.."
"S-Stop it!" Kid smackes her hand away and takes a step back in alarm..his chest is puffing up and down. "Stop messing with my heart Maka! stop it-"
"I'm not messing with you Kid-"
"We can't go back!" Kid cuts her off..that shaky gun still pointed at her. "You killed my father! you killed thousands of people! you used me!" His eyes light in that rage..but when he looks into Maka's eyes..that rage is replaced with a sorrow. "..It can never go back."
"Kid..you have to believe me..I didn't kill your father." Maka frowns deeply.
"Your still trying to play with my heart..your trying to get me to trust you, to fall for you again..but no, I know what I saw. Your only saying these things..because you don't want to die..but no matter what you say..your dying today." Kid's finger tightens on the trigger-"
"..Can I at least..die as your friend?" Maka grips her hurt shoulder..her voice so soft. "..I don't want to die..as you murdering me as my enemy..instead..I want you to kill me as my friend..putting me out of my misery." she gives him a sad smile. "..Kill me..but say your my friend.."
Kid's eyes flash..a conflicted look on his face..his finger has half way pushed in the trigger..
"Maka I.." Kid starts..only to stop when he sees the look on her face..complete and utter fear..but she isn't looking at him..she's looking behind him..Kid turns around..his eyes wide in realization..
The ship has completely sunk..and with it a huge wave is heading their way..
Maka's eyes tremble..thinking about what that one drop of salt water did to her..Maka will be melted alive..The water gets a inich from their small boat..Maka closes her eyes..not able to watch as the water crashes into their boat..
She feels something hard press against her..before she feels the water on her legs..the smell of salt water fills her nostrils and burns them..
The pain in unbearable..
Maka's consciousness fades away..her body feeling like it's being lifted up..
She's probably just dead.
Maka hears someone yelling..but it all fades away..
She passes out.
Darkness is all she has now.
It's all she ever has.
Got this out pretty fast..i'm pretty much out of school now so i'll be having some free time to write this story lucky you guys right? I deff want to try to finish this story during my summer break before college..it's my goal really.
I listen to 'double life' that you suggested to me Ascensionintodarkness and oh my gosh you were right! it fit perfect with what was going on! i'll be honest I was jamming to that song while writing most of this chapter hehe, so thank you for that:)
Aw, some of you regret the desciosn of the kid x Maka..but to be honest i'm loving it. I'm a sadistic bastard some times I know and i'm delighted you guys picked that moment..because I like the ending to this story better. I'm not saying it's good or bad..but I like making you guys nervous, this fanfic wouldn't be forever insane if yall knew what was going to happen..
So please review and tell me what you think!
Till next time:)
