Crona was led to a small but expensive looking room, a few servants showed him inside and then left. Crona noticed they locked the door on their way out. He looked around the room and saw it was mostly purple and black themed with a few gold accents. Ragnerok popped out of the teen's back with a burst of black blood and looked around rambling about how much nicer and posh it was than Crona's old set up at Medusa's and the Academy. Crona ignored him and stared into space at the gold designs on the bed posts to the black curtains covering them. His thoughts were somewhere else entirely, in a custom hell he had made home for himself; his mind.
"HEY STUPID!" Ragnerok smacked Crona hard on the back of the head, "ARE YOU LISTENING?! I SAID WHERE IS THE FOOD IN THIS JOINT?" Ragnerok screamed at his pink haired meister.
"AHH I DON'T KNOW STOP HITTING ME!" Crona yelled as Ragnerok repeatedly punched him for not listening the first time. "C'mon! Lady Arachne's friends said to stay in here and that they'd be back soon so let's just-"
"Wait who?" Ragnerok cut him off.
"Uh aunt Arachne's friends?"
"PFFFFT HAHAHAHA! YOU THINK THEY ARE HER FRIENDS? THEY'RE SERVANTS STUPID. I bet they've never even spoken to her in person. They just follow orders from other servants." Ragnerok cackled.
"But then why would they help her? Only friends help each other right?"
"I don't know, she probably pays them, and she's powerful. Who wouldn't stick with a witch like her? You're either her enemy or her ally. I suggest the ally part." Ragnerok paused, "Plus most of her servants are demon weapons like me right? She created those so she's kinda our mom in a way."
"But mother Medusa created us?"
"She's not our technical mother idiot! But she used magic to make weapons exist. AND THAT SNAKE WOMAN IS NOT MY MAMA, SHE'S ALLLLLLL YOURS. That crazy blonde just captured me and fused us together with black blood." Ragnerok yelled. The two went back and forth and Crona still insisted they were her friends.
Meanwhile as they argued the servants outside wondered why Crona was talking to himself. As far as they knew they escorted 1 person into the room.
Arachne woke up quietly and opened her crystal blue eyes. She began to sit up and then quickly remembered Asura in her lap. She looked down to see him still sleeping soundly. She sighed before slowly and carefully moving him and standing to get changed and fix her hair. Before undressing she paused and made sure Asura was still asleep and then changed quickly. A quick glance at the clock showed she had slept in for the first time since becoming queen. Dammit, hopefully Giriko and Mosquito haven't killed each other or destroyed anything while I was sleeping. Silently she left the room and walked to her throne room. On the way Mosquito and Giriko sensed her wake up and went to find her. The two ran down the halls towards their mistress with important news of their new guest.
"Lady Arachne! You have a guest, she- uh they said they're your... you're their aunt." Mosquito stuttered remembering he didn't know the teen's gender.
"What? " She replied in a confused and almost annoyed voice.
"Some pink haired kid showed up saying you're their aunt and they needed to talk to you." Giriko explained. "The kid from the Leow village incident."
"Wait Crona is here??! " she asked still shocked and confused.
"Yes my lady, we had them put in a room until you were ready." Mosquito said.
"I'll go see him now then, show me where he is." Arachne said.
"Told you it was a boy." Mosquito grumbled under his breath to Giriko as they quickly walked to Crona's room.
When they reached the room a servant came and unlocked it allowing Arachne inside, she asked to go alone much to Mosquito and Giriko's objection. When she walked in Crona was laying on the bed which he had apparently pushed to the very corner of the room. Slight bruises covered his exceedingly pale face and his pink bangs cut horribly unevenly. He wore an old faded black floor length robe style dress with white details and cuffs. She quietly walked over to the bed and saw her nephew was asleep.
As she approached she sensed the black blood inside him from Medusa. It made him practically invincible if you weren't a very high level fighter. Every cut made on his body turned into black needles ready to kill anyone in their way. Truly a powerful weapon. He didn't look healthy at all despite his power though. His small frame was terribly skinny and pale. Obviously malnourished and abused not to mention neglected. Arachne frowned and sat on the corner of the bed, her long dress flowing off the edge elegantly.
Why is he here? Crona very strongly refused my offer at the village so why would they change their mind? Maybe the academy wants to use Crona as a spy, Medusa might do that too... Crona went as far as trying to kill me when I offered, even knowing he would lose terribly. Medusa was set on making him a kishin, but his madness has deceased almost entirely. So Medusa is likely no longer in the picture but why on earth-
"Hi Arachne!" Ragnerok suddenly popped out wide awake completely disrupting her thoughts and startling her. She flinched so hard she almost fell off the bed much to her embarrassment but she wouldn't show it.
"Hrmm...Ragnerok please stop, I just wanna sleep for a few more minutes..." Crona mumbled as he started to wake up and then fall asleep again.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO PIP SQUEAK I RUN THE SHOW." Ragnerok yelled pulling Crona's hair.
"AHHH I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I WON'T DO IT AGAIN PLEASE LET GO!" As the pair went back and forth Arachne ran out of patience sitting on the bedside waiting for Crona to notice her. Good grief can't this child even sense the presence of a witch 2 feet away from him??
"Ahem." Arachne cleared her throat to get their attention. Ragnerok let go and Crona stopped covering his face to look.
"AHHH W-WHEN DID YOU- I'M SORRY UH I- WAIT I-" At the sight of his aunt Crona instantly began panicking and rambling apologies as he quickly and ungracefully scooted to the opposite side of the bed as her. Ragnerok laughed hysterically.
"Crona, you don't need to-" Arachne started, trying to calm her nephew.
"I'M SORRY!" He let out one last terrified apology before she silenced him.
"Crona be quiet." the spider witch was out of patience, "You are not in trouble. But why are you here?" she asked sternly.
"Oh yeah, well I uh- I didn't have anywhere else to go anymore and I erm- remembered what you said at the village... so I thought I'd come here, that is if I'm still welcome..." Crona miserably stuttered hoping she would cut him off so he wouldn't have to talk anymore and he could just get a yes or no. Arachne simply stared thoughtfully at the display with arms folded. Even Ragnerok stayed quiet.
"Why do you no longer have a place to go?" she asked.
"Ah the academy doesn't... want me anymore and Lady Medusa abandoned me and Ragnerok. I thought I made a friend at the academy... but she... she got tired of all my problems and said to leave her alone." Crona answered with teary eyes looking away from his Aunt.
"I see, so you came here hoping for what exactly?" she replied pretending not to notice his tears and embarrass him.
"Well, I don't know exactly. I just didn't want to stay in Death City and you're my only family left."
"It doesn't bother you that I'm a witch or involved with the kishin?"
"No, why would it?" Crona truly was either the purest child or the most damaged. "You're family and you're not hurting anyone so I don't really see any problem or reason to object." At this Arachne smiled and then noticed the bruises on his face again and her smile ceased.
"Crona, how did you get hurt?"
"Huh? Oh this? Its nothing, it was my fault. I made a mistake so Ragnerok hit me to correct it." Crona brushed his messy bangs over one of the bruises to hide it and looked away nervously. Ragnerok proudly grinned and nodded his head rapidly.
"Yep! This idiot thought your servants were your 'friends'! " The demon laughed hysterically at the thought. Arachne stared in confusion not understanding what they were talking about.
"What? " she asked. "You beat up your partner because they misunderstood something as unimportant as the rank of a servant?" she glared a very wicked face at Ragnerok who shrunk down behind Crona. Her grey blue eyes turned a glowing cobalt.
"Oh well when you put it like that..." before the two could finish their argument a huge crash sounded in the distance. Mosquito and Giriko burst into the room with panicked faces.
"My lady, Asura is awake and not happy!" Mosquito yelled over the loud rumbling in the walls and floor.
"Oh god, Crona stay in your room we'll discuss this later!" Arachne said before rushing to her feet to find the hysteric kishin.
"Aunt Arachne wait I-" Crona's words were cut off by a slamming door.
