Running in to the now upside down witch's castle Rex on top of Ace jumped out before her and dropped a bag of souls, "I figured you could use this Stinger!"
Maka smiled as Stinger looked at it, "nine sets of eleven!" his three scythe eyes turned into mouths and he sucked them all down making him shine and glow as there was a shock wave, " yep my soul counted as the witches soul I am death scythe! Epic!"
Rex was about to speak but there was a shock wave and he fell over screaming with Ace as Maka got down as Stinger said, "I have a new magic scan function Arachne dropped soul protect this is her madness wave length stopping others form getting close to her! You either need madness or be related to her to get through this big sister!"
Maka nodded as she kissed Rex's head and petted it," get out of here Rex you are a great boyfriend but now it's me and my mom!" she said charging into the castle.
Soon she came to her mother standing on what was once the sealing.
Maka held out stinger firing off a beam of magic form the point where his blades meet at her mother!"
the witch held out her fan using it as a shield to block the blast as she smirked holding out her hand to fire off an energy net! In a moment the area changed.
it looked like a cave filled with spider webs as Stinger's eyes glew, "she isn't warping space or time this is all illusions Big sister!" he said as Maka walked around as a large spider with her mother's face came down, and said," Why so serious sweety kins!"
Maka slashed it she knew it probably was nothing in front of her but she still felt good making it vanish as another one came down saying, "I never loved your big brother I swear honey buns!"
the woman turned swinging her brother at this one as she said, "and I am sure you said something similar to his ass!"
Stinger's eyes turned spot light, "here I'll project my new senses sense of the real world into your mind!" she seeing what the three eyes on her brother's scythe form saw she over this. Making it look like the next spider had a whole in her head as she talked.
Maka held up her scythe and walked using it till she saw a leg through it and went in for a slash, "NICE TRY!" through her spot light she saw the fan closed being used to Block and soon she was pushed back.
another spider fell Maka did not look at it using stingers eyes to see the real witch as she said, "why do you struggle so Maka! Look at you! you have to use your brother as your eyes right now! Why keep fighting sweetie when you can just bow down to mommy and I'll let you keep your brother and Rex! But not the dinosaur not having that shit on my rugs!"
Stinger then said, "yeah let's trust the lady who used everyone to get it on with the Kishin!" Maka shivered as she said," bad mental image!" she said swinging as she charged forward as she swung what she saw of reality changed with Stinger's view.
She saw her mom looking just plan board as she blocked every last strike with her closed folding fan.
more spiders with her mother's face appeared as she jumped back, "this isn't helping Stinger your spot lights are just not enough! And I though you we were immune to her madness?"
the scythe then said," We are this isn't madness it's just illusion magic! You're the target so you see her preset images! That simple!" Maka then blinked as she said, "Well now wait… it's magic…. She said she was Arachne's reincarnation before she made papa a death scythe So she was a witch when she had me so then I most be a witch can I brake this?"
Stinger then looked his eyes around as he did a time pause to stop the folding fan form hitting his sister's head.
Maka jumped out of the way as time restarted, and he said, "in theory but that's different form practice with no practice!" he stated as Maka was using the spit lights to avoid magic blast that looked like spiders through the image, "Come on Stinger you can do it with my help So why can you help me do it?"
the scythe said, "Ok we resonate on three! My soul takes lead! Follow it!" he then counted " one Two … THREE!" he called out as soul resonance happened.
within her soul Maka walked to see Stinger cleaning a window she grabbed a rag and helped and in a moment she opened her eyes in the real world to see reality the illusion broken , " I expected a more epic metaphor there!" She sounded disappointed.
Arachne rolled her eyes and waved her fan summoning what looked like cat sized spiders as they went in for a witch hunter slash killing them with a down ward swing before she went up!
the witch jumping up higher!
Stinger's scythe grow angel wings and flow up carrying Maka up higher to follow her mother down the halls.
she landed holding stinger as she asked, "COME ON MOM FACE ME!" she then came to it a room made to be a battle ground changing shape so it was right side up as she jumped on to one of the many pillars that made it up, "How even?"
Stinger made them glow to stop a pillar about to crush them, "it's a magic puzzle that's how magic can rearrange it! she is planning on just using magic to make this place crush us! Just run I'll keep the stuff form touching us!"
she then took off running pillars almost crushing her but stopping in inches she trust her brother as they ran to it out of the room as she said," Ok what's next on the chicken bitch witch trick today Mommy!"
The a massive spider came out it's head replaced with Arachne's body form the waste down as she smirked, "No more trick just need time to pull off a familiar merge a bit rusty in my age!" she said trying to step on them!
Maka jumped and called out "GENIE HUNTER!" the attack happened as she slashed down ward only for a spiderleg to hold it back to her shock. Arachne rolled her eyes, as Maka landed stunned it didn't work.
the wtich said," sweetie pie don't make a trap you can't get out of! I used genie hunter! You think I wouldn't have counter it? it's simple I am merged with a spider! The spider is a mindless creature it's not evil! So it shields me form the attack! Granted I can't use magic like this! But now you don't have a way to finish me off!"
Maka's eyes widen in horror as her jaw dropped and Stinger said," SHE MAY NOT BUT I DO YOU FORGET I HAVE TIME SPACE MAGIC!"
the blonde jumped up as counter a slash with a spider leg with her brother's blade glowing as he said, "And I am a death scythe So let's use that form more then this travel shall we! TIME HUNTER!" he called out his slash knocked Arachne's massive body back and she touched her face crow's feet.
she saw it in the exoskeleton's shine, "you just aged me!" Maka smiled as she jumped the spider witch stepping back to avoid it as her daughter said," thank you little brother TIME HUNTER!" she said as the scyhte's handle got longer allowing her to hit her mother's legs again.
this time her hair turned grey as Stinger said, "Ever hit ages you a lot! We can just age you till old age does the job!"
Arachne gasped and said,"…. Kind of proud right now not going to lie!"
to be continued.
Black star showed up, "hay I know you were looking forward to death vs the Kishin more but that's next chapter this was Maka's time to shine!"
