Whew...I finally worked on my story! Hmm, well, here I think we'll find some interesting bits, nothing too out there. Thanks for your reviews, and I hope you like. And yes, we all know where the disclaimer is. Why should people bother writing a disclaimer when their story is posted on a site titled' fanfiction'?? I mean, we all know it's fanfiction, and it does not belong to you! Jeez... I'll be shutting up now.
Ginnezudesu shot a look at Gya, his eyes narrowed dangerously. What the hell was she playing at? Circe's eyes narrowed as well; with the exception that hers were burning with fury.
"I will ask you again, Gyakusetsu. Give me the souls." The rest of the Elite watched the Soul Eater closely, praying that for their sakes, she would just give the Mistress the damn souls. Gyakusetsu gathered the three souls to her chest, and frowned.
"I thought I already told you no, Circe." Mistress' face twisted in pure rage, and Ginnezudesu stepped partially in front of Kuroyuri, who was watching with wide, horrified eyes.
"What did you call me?" Gya said nothing. "I will kill you, fool. And I will be glad that it has been done, for you are a failure amongst my creations."
"Then do it!" snapped Gyakusetsu, eyes bright. "You can't kill me anyway, Circe..."
"What?" she snarled. Gyakusetsu nodded, and looked down so that her hair obscured her face.
"You can't kill me. There is nothing in me to kill. You can only destroy me." She looked up defiantly, anger in her face. "And I wish you would! I will no longer exist as a soulless thing!"
"Has she...has she gone mad?" Kuroyuri asked, peering over Ginne's shoulder. The silver Soul Eater was shocked.
"She'd be destroyed at her own whim?!" Cold laughter directed Ginnezudesu's attention back to the Mistress.
"I will gladly destroy you, Gyakusetsu. And then I will have the souls." She shook her head slowly.
"No, Circe, you misunderstand me. I said I'd wish you would destroy me. But I never said that I would let you destroy me for the souls." Mistress frowned, and held out her hand, palm facing up. She suddenly clenched her fist, and Gyakusetsu bent over double, gasping. Mistress' fingers tightened, and Gya gagged, a wave of blood pouring from her mouth to pool around her feet. Without releasing the souls, she fell onto her back, choking.
Ginnezudesu was there in a flash; they needed each other. The Elite were the only of their kind in existence. They had to stick together. Mistress smiled when Ginne carefully examined the face of Gyakusetsu.
Convince her to give me the souls, her voice poured through Ginnezudesu's head. And I will spare her.
"Gya? What are you doing?" he hissed, touching her face lightly. "Damn, Gya, what are you trying to prove?" She opened her eyes wearily, and turned to Ginne, the blood making a track down her cheek.
"Maybe, Ginne...if she destroys us...we can have another chance at having a soul. Wouldn't that be nice, Ginne? A soul. I've always wanted to know what it was like to have one." All the longing came rushing back at Ginnezudesu with the intensity of a freight train.
"We can't have souls, Gya," he replied harshly, vocalizing the beliefs he had so desperately clung to. "We weren't created to have them. Just let it go."
"I won't."
"Gya," he pleaded, as her eyes glazed and her head lolled to the side. "Just give it up. We can go back to the way we always were, if only you'll do what Mistress wants." She snorted weakly, and held the souls closer.
"Circe is a monster. I would rather be destroyed than serve her."
"And that is what will happen if you don't give her the damned souls!" he snapped. He was aware of Kuroyuri's presence behind him, but he ignored her. "Give up this fantasy of yours; we'll never have souls, Gya! It will never happen!"
"Shut up, Ginne." Kuroyuri was on her knees next to him, tears pooling in her blue eyes. He was taken aback; she had never used that tone with him before. "Just shut up, okay? I don't....I don't want to be like this either!"
"Kuroyuri...you...don't..." he stuttered weakly for a moment. "Is this a female thing?!" She smacked his arm, tears running freely down her cheeks.
"Don't act stupid. I know you wanted one too!" She turned her face to Gya. "I'll help you, Gya, I promise! I won't let her get the souls!"
"You all are fools. Complete fools." Circe loomed above them, her face icily cold. "I am sad to see that my finest creations must be destroyed. But then, I made you. I can make more."
"So, be gone from the world. May your bodies of ash and blood be simply that; ash and blood!"