"Liz, Patty, Fire, Thunder, transform." Sternly, Kilik tells the two nodding their head as they transform arming him.
"I am the black clown. Would you like to fall into the madness?" Murderously, the clown coyly quirks its head to the side snickering smirking sadistically at the group of children.
"Azusa! Oh no its jammed by the wavelength of madness." Kim calls in but is only met by static.
"Kim back me up." Kilik tells her.
"Right." The witch nods her head as Jackie transforms into her cowbell form.
"What the hell!?" Kilik gasps when suddenly boils from underneath his skin making him gawk at the strange sight.
"It's the same as when we got attacked in the castle but its weaker compared to Arachne's." Kim furrows her brow at the lumps.
"Can't take them all in at the same time huh…." The clown utters under its breath.
"Right let's go!" Kilik roars charging reeling his gauntlet back to strike the beast.
"Yes!" Kim nods her head just as Kilik hits the beast but it does nothing instead he reels back when the black blood splatters in the air sharp needles spew out of the teeny tiny balls.
"Liquid freaking needles automatic counterattack huh…whoa!" Kilik blinks baffled when suddenly flame spews out of the cowbell engulfing the blood stopping the needles burning them to cinders.
"I'll take care of the counter attacks you can attack him as much as you want." Kim calls out to him as they stand back to back.
"Got it." Kilik nods his head ready to end this beast with Kim by his side.
"Looks like it started. I see its ability to spread madness is still weaker than an authentic clown…so Ingram was correct interesting. Now let's experiment with its combat ability. What Arachne aimed for isn't impossible if the experiment of the black clown succeeds it's going to have the same madness as a demon god and will be able to correspond with it. eventually it will resonate its soul with a demon god and then become a demon god. I'll start another experiment Crona get ready." Medusa mutters mainly to herself as she sits before the crystal ball, her hands hovers around the ball seeing the fight paly out before her gold glare to the side at the unshaky fidgeting footsteps of the person by her side.
"Roger that." Tentatively, Crona nods his head before heading out just as ordered.
"I won't let Noah surpass me. " Medusa declares determined.
"The demon god is mine…" Medusa thinks to herself as she watches the fight continue on.
"Not working at all. Dammit I just have to do this then. Kim time for the resonated chain reaction." Resolute, Kilik calls out to Kim.
"Let's go!" Kim nods her head.
"Kim get ready for impact!" Kilik warns her.
"Kay!" She nods her head as she closes her eyes focusing on the magic swarming around her soul when next thing she knew, the two twins of fire and thunder had become sages, had grown taller, lankier, as they spurt out from the shocked Kiluk's gauntlet's, a familiar pair of guns in either of their hands.
"Blast it everyone E3!" Kilik roars as a explosion emits from the strike engulfing the clown, destroying it in one fell swoop. Stunned, Medusa stares at the damage before a small smirk crosses her lips when noting the smoke fading as she notes the black goop on the floor below…
"Alright black clown go back to Crona." Pleased, Medusa smirks smugly.
"Buzz buzz evaporating…" The clown complies to their master's command.
"Looks like the battle is over." Kilik sighs relieved.
"Kirikom kim respond! Everyone! Can you hear me!?" Azusa calls out from the static of the receiver.
"The jamming is gone." Relieved, Kim smiles.
"What happened? Any problems?" Azusa asks the group.
"No the problem has been solved. We got attacked by a black clown created by Medusa." Kilik reveals to Azusa.
"Right with the jamming gone the clown must have been defeated good work you guy…" Azusa praises the group.
"This is a boring mission searching for Medusa and the others…can't you get someone else to do it?" Impatiently, Blackstar huffs as he and Tsubaki wander through the town.
"You know Medusa uses soul protect soul sensors won't work so with your five senses you are most suited." Sighing, Tsubaki reminds him as the two continue to wander around.
"Crona It's been a while." Smiling, a chirpy cheery voice calls out startling the pink haired induvial turning for them to see Ingram descend down from the high heavens, his feathery wings turning into familiar coat draped over his form.
"H-Huh? Y-You're not meant to be here." Anxiously, Crona shakes at the sheer sight of him.
"A lot of people told me that." Unfazed, Ingram shrugs.
"M-Medusa said I shouldn't talk to you." Anxiously, Crona whimpers.
"Still bitter about me no being in her gang anymore geez…say how's Ragnarok?" Curious, Ingram quirks his head to the side.
"Oi old timer give me food." Frowning, the creature demands from him.
"Oh so someone's gotten bigger. Fine here." Lazily, Ingram tosses him some mint from his coat, unwrapping the wrapper and tossing the green ball over.
"Yay!" Hungrily, Ragnarok chomps down on the mint.
"I see you've changed…" Ingram notes.
"My blood is black." Shyly, Crona coyly smiles just s a small sludgy like pool forms behind them, attaching themselves to Crona, causing three arms to sprot from their back.
"And you have three arms…guess that means you're the champion at patty cake." Cheekily, Ingram winks.
"Patty…cake? Medusa said I'm not allowed cake." Crona bows their head.
"Yeah…eh it's not that great more of a carrot cake fan myself that cake gets such a bad rep you know?" Lazily, Ingram brushes them off.
"Hmmm…" Crona hums looking to the side having no clue what to make of the figure before them. They never knew why Ingram always lingered, always stayed, always looked at them like that. They knew that look of pity they had seen it before but this wasn't just pity it was…sympathy almost…guilt even…Crona had o clue what to really make of the enigmatic figure that was Ingram.
"What the hell…get the human radar Maka to do this." Annoyed, Blackstar grumbles glaring ahead of him.
"He's not listening." Tsubaki sighs furrowing her brow at him after her reminder.
"You know Crona might be here. Maka should do this, it's not my job." Blackstar points out only to falter flinching from the soft sound.
"You sense something?" Tsubaki raises a brow noting his flinch.
"These unstable footsteps…let's go Tsubaki!" Determined, Blackstar races ahead.
"Yes!" Tsubaki follows after him heading to who knows where…
"I see you have a wing now too heh guess we're matching." Merrily, Ingram smiles perched upon the tombstone or table of sorts behind them as Ingram perched himself on top of the statue of somebody, some nobody in his eyes as he places one leg over the other, leaning back smirking smugly at the little creature that was Crona and Ragnarok.
"…I always had a wing." Meekly, Crona glances to the side sadly, their wing protruding out of their back.
"Yeah…you did. You know my ma infused raven blood into my sister and crow blood in me. I never knew why I remember her having this hut of birds and as punishment me and my sister had to feed each and every day." Disgusted, Ingram grimaces, brow furrowing at the murky memory, they hated that place, normally a servant or follower of their mother would tend to the birds. He remembered seeing her play around with the bird bodies, playing to her hearts content. That's what it started out as after dad died, Ingram remembered, he remembered it her struggle with the madness, with her trying to stop doing thigs to her loved ones and sought birds to let out her madness. He knew of her struggle when it came to madness, she would try anything to not inflict it upon them, mediation, teas you name it she tried it. But he knew what was happening, her madness was building up, bottling up…
"What did you do?" Shyly, Crona questions Ingram.
"What did my sister do you mean…I didn't even do anything. But I was blamed for it, Ava the favourite, she could never do anything wrong I bet if mother knew what she did she thought her to be raising a child to kill death but I knew for what she was…a traitor…." Bitterly, Ingram huffs tossing a stray strand of rubble to the side scowling. He hated it, he hated it all…she was always her favourite. He hated it, he hated how she could do no wrong, he hated how they always had to move, how any feeble fragment of a friend he could make they would be forced to flee it's why he gave up, why make friends when they would just leave in the end. But his sister…he didn't know why people were just attracted to her, she always made friends regardless of them leaving constantly. She didn't even try, the older kids just liked her and him? They hated him and he hated them.
"But anyway the punishment…she and the village kids thought it'd be funny to leave me in the woods." Annoyed, Ingram continues the story scowling.
"The woods! TH-That's scary…why…why did they do that?" Terrified, Crona questions lost.
"The village kids were older than me. They liked my sister but not me, not the whiny kid that was too frail to do things like chop wood or fish so they thought it'd be funny to leave me in the woods. To toughen me up." Ingram furrows his brow at the memory, he hated people, he hated how the boys would mock him for ot catching up with him. It wasn't his fault, he was ill a lot, he didn't like running pointlessly around the world, he hated how the boys would mock him for it.
"And your sister was okay with that?" Ragnarok exclaims.
"She just went along with it. She didn't argue, she didn't do anything as I screamed, shouted, pleaded for them to stop. I was scared of the ice you know? Mother always told me never to go on the ice for it would eat me up so they threw me on the ice, next thing I knew it was cracking, I was screaming just freely falling in the ice…I thought I was going to die." Ingram seethes scowling at the memory, brow furrowed crossing his arms over his chest a shy shudder coursing down his spine at the memory.
"But you didn't." Crona whispers.
"Nope my mother saved me when I told her what happened…she had Ava do the bird cage like I said. "We hated it, it smelt rank and you could hardly breath in there I hated pigeon duty." Sadly, Ingram bows his head pained.
"What does this have to do with…?" Lost, Crona begins but…
"I wanted revenge so I shoved my sister in there. Locked her up tight." Sadistically, Ingram smirks smugly giddily grinning at the memory of her sister screaming, crying, begging, beseeching for him to let her out.
"…Why?" Crona furrows their brow.
"She was mother's favourite cause she was a girl she could use magic but me? I couldn't. So…she saw me as useless but Ava…Ava was her favourite. So I got petty, I got jealous, I got angry and threw her in there, three days she was in there until mother found out…the look on her face…hehehehehe…." Hollering, Ingram bursts into a fit of giddily giggles, cackling to his heart content remembering her screams, her pleas, her begging for it all to stop. She never once asked him if he was oaky, she simply stood there, stood by as they did that to him, this was nothing more than karma, justice.
"Guess you're friends are here have fun okay?" Ingram perks up at the sound of footsteps, standing up petting Crona's head.
"O…Okay." Dumbly, Crona whispers watching on as Ingram takes flight fleeing from the sight ahead just as Blackstar and Tsubaki arrive on scene.
"They're here Tsubaki transform." Blackstar orders her.
"Yes." Tsubaki transforms into a small dagger like blade, a kunai looking blade.
"What the hell's with that look? Maka's gonna cry." Blackstar scowls glaring at the three armed beast before them.
"The real experiment starts now." Medusa smirks smugly down at her crystal ball eager to see results of this experiment.
It's complete magic belt that amplifies the output of magic by 10% actually I don't want to test this on myself. The failure will do. Noah reasons to himself as he stares down at the belt before him.
"Thanks for coming Gopher." Politely, Noah greets Gopher, bowing before him.
"What can I do for you master Noah?" Gopher asks him.
"As a test would you be willing to destroy a village with this belt on?" Noah asks him revealing said belt before Gopher.
"Of course anything. I truly thank you for preparing a magic item especially for me." Earnestly, Gopher beams brightly, a heavy hue of ruby red upon his cheeks as he then leaves, heading off to perform said task in hopes of earning his forgiveness.
"I'm terribly sorry I broke it." Apologetic, Gopher bows his head ashamed as he comes back battered, beaten, cradling his broken busted torso.
"That's enough you may leave now." Noah commands him dismissing him while internally, he couldn't help but think. Thank god I didn't use it on myself. Still a shame the kid's still alive just looking at him ticks me off…
"I wish Medusa's experiment would fail too…" Noah sighs sadly muttering out loud as Gopher leaves, the two having no idea of the chaos occurring in a far off land.
"Come…black clown." Croma whispers quirking their head to the side as the clown prior had become one with Crona.
"Hehehehhe…" The clown giggles from within Crona.
"Three demon swords!?" Stunned, Tsubaki stares stunned ar the sheer sight of the three limbs protruding from Crona's back.
"You have three swords so what? Me too… Zetsuei." Blackstar scoffs.
"And the last one is?" Tsubaki raises a brow befuddled.
"Hand blade and every man always has the ultimate weapon down here!" Proudly, Blackstar bellows thrusting his hips forward gesturing…downwards.
"People will think you're an idiot if you don't stop making jokes like that." Tsubaki sighs facepalming at the moron.
"So you have one more too?" Blackstar asks Crona.
"Wha-" Crona begins but Ragnarok sprouts out from their back.
"What? you wanna check?" Cheekily, Ragnarok snickers as Crona screams when Ragnarok tugs at Crona's dress of sorts, revealing their bare legs and…
"Noo! Stop it! stop being a perv! It's because you said such a thing…I won't forgive you. SCREAM RESONANCE!" Screaming, Crona cries out, their behind bare to the world as Ragnarok cackles sadistically before firing an attack at Blackstar.
"Let's start the experiment, shall we? Huh? He's not stepping back even for this many attacks." Amazed, Medusa falters from her smug sese of confidence when the barrage of attacks strikes at Blackstar but he easily avoids or blocks them.
"GET LOST!" Blackstar bellows, easily snuffing out Crona's cry.
"Shut up already would ya?" Annoyed, Blackstar swiftly screams, slamming his so called blade hand at Crona's neck taking them aback.
"He dodged it so easily…Crona's black blood body can't get damaged by any punches." Medusa mutters her awe soon snuffed out when Blackstar deals a fair few strikes at Crona simply standing unfazed by Blackstar's hits.
"Stop! You'll just hurt your fists!" Tsubaki sighs at Blackstar.
"You bastard is this what you wanted!? Just to gain this much power!? Did you betray Maka!?" Mad, Blackstar demands, his fist smeared with a crimson coating.
"What are you talking about? What the hell…who the hell is Maka?" Crona questions taking the two aback.
"Huh?" Tsubaki says.
"Huh? Come back from where? Where was there? I couldn't stay there I had no choice but to come back. Medusa is the only one who needs me because she's my mother." Crona places their hand on their chest crossing their arms over their chest.
"Maka too was thinking you're her true friend." Feebly, Tsubaki tries to reason with Crona but…
"I don't want to always be protected. Once they get bored of me no one cares about me. I'm too scared to let such things happen…SO WHO THE HELL IS MAKA ANYWAY!? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER! WHO THE HELL IS MAKA!?" Crazed, Crona cries out to the high heaves, screeching, screaming as another wave of strikes fire at the two. Anger flows through the black blood of Crona's veins as they scream, snarl, screech to the high heaves as the blood being spewed from Crona's form is flung in the air firing at the two trying to help their friend.
"Zetsuei got overpowered!" Tsubaki says shocked as Zetsuei is flung high in the sky.
"Don't let it get away!" Ragnarok orders Crona.
"Even after meeting with a friend from Shibusen Crona's insanity seems to be stable." Smiling, Medusa notes pleased.
"Tsubaki swipe it out! Shadow star type two!" Blackstar orders.
"Tsukiyoha" Tsubaki focuses forming a huge star blade aiming it at the shadows sprouting at the two.
"He cracked black blood with a mere fist!?" Flabbergasted, Medusa stares stunned to see the black blood be destroyed.
"What the hell…he…he's too strong…I must kill him." Crona seethes snarling.
"I didn't actually think Crona could beat Blackstar at this stage. But I thought Crona could at least survive. Blackstar overtaking gods huh…it's not so laughable anymore is it…if those two keep fighting…Crona's not going to survive…well I'd say it was worth a shot just to get Crona's mind stabilized…" Medusa mutters mainly to herself, brow furrowed focused. She had to get Crona out of there before things got too dicey, she had worked too hard to have Crona fail now…Eruka and Mizune should eb stationed nearby but…Medusa couldn't help but the nagging sensation. She brushes the image of Crona's fight aside, furrowing her brow focusing on the target at hand. Her only key to Crona's escape.
"Why don't you worry about yourself?" Surprised, Medusa jolts up at the voice turning towards the figure looming over her.
"You again? Last time I had to leave the lab so soon that Shibusen fund the references that I left there it's your fault you know." Bitterly, Medusa huffs glaring daggers at the figure standing over her raising his arm to the high haves before declaring…
"Law abiding silver gun..."
"Let's stop this Crona! No one's going to betray you…don't be afraid…come back please everyone's waiting for you. You found an important thing at Shibusen didn't you?" Pleadingly, Tsubaki begs to Crona trying to reason with them but…
"Important…thing? You mean friends? Who is Maka? Soul? Kid? Liz and who's Patty? Who's Ava and who is….miss Mary? Huh? Who the hell are you talking about? I don't know such thing. I know, I know no one betrayed me but I betrayed everyone. I cannot stay there. I'm fine on my own because I don't know how to communicate with others. Medusa gives me powers that lets me stand on my own, Ragnarok, black clown, after Ingram sama helps me master how to use them beating you is a piece of cake…" Crazed, Crona beams brightly, grinning giddily, giggling.
"Idiot. You really don't get it at all do you? I don't mean power, courage or even friends. The important thing is to trust me. I'm the most reliable man in the whole world you're an idiot not to trust me!" Bravely, Blackstar proclaims proudly.
"Kill you! I'll kill you because I don't know how to communicate with reliable man…kill…I'll kill you." Seething, Crona promises poison dripping down their tense tone as the battle continues just as another does elsewhere…
"Who are you to give me an instruction mere executioner?" Medusa remarks smirking sadistically at the guillotine death scythe, his blade she narrowly avoided after his mental attack of insanity clown fusion leading to her flailing form trying to free itself from the confines of the guillotine, only to be swiftly silenced by the blade of the guillotine snapping her out of her thoughts.
"You disgraced the demon god by creating an artificial clown I'll show you the real fear of insanity." Incensed, Justin sneers seething as a familiar clown looms over him.
"Eruka Mizune we have another interruption we'll get Crona and retreat for now." Medusa orders through the snake within Eruka as she holds a familiar crystal ball courtesy of one of her vector arrows.
"Tadpole bomb¬" Eruka throws said bomb but…
"Nice catch!?" Scared, Eruka whimpers when watching the bomb be deflected.
"You frog woman! Whoa! What are these little things!?" Blackstar demands from Eruka tarrying her.
"Crona let's attack him!" Ragnarok tells him.
"Do I have to join them too? I don't think I can make any difference." Eruka whimpers when watching on as Mizune joins in the fight.
"Ingram dammit answer!" Impatiently, Medusa seethes sweat sliding down her temple clutching the crystal ball to her chest as she tries to avoid Justin's strikes.
"You dare summon the lord Lucitor himself!?" Seething, Justin snarls scowling at the thought just as the two perk up at the swirling smoke of the crystal clouds within dispersing.
"What? I'm busy! You know how hard it is to find some good gelato." Irrigated, Ingram's voice bellows from the ball, Medusa groans at his exasperated cry surprising the ball didn't shatter right there.
"Crona needs to retreat now." Medusa reveals to the male munching on some spoon.
"You're being merciful." Surprised, Ingram remarks.
"Only because one of your damn extremist preachers are here." Mad, Medusa hisses pointing the ball to the pair.
"...Clownbro? What the hell are you doing to my clown bro?" Crying, Ingram exclaims horrified.
"Just get Crona out and get over here!" Impatiently, Medusa barks at him.
"Fine, fine…you want any gelato since I'm here?" Curious, Ingram asks her.
"GET CRONA OUT!" Sharply, she snaps at him.
"Fiiine…" Ingram sighs slumping, slouching his shoulders as she tosses the ball aside, her focused fully on the death scythe before her.
"…I wanna go home." Deflated, Eruka whimpers bowing her head siffling sadly staring at the fight playing out before her.
"Hey hold my gelato for me would ya?" Surprised, Eruka jolts up at the voice.
"Y-You." Eruka turns to stare stunned at Ingram shoving some gelato to her.
"Take even one spoonful and I'll have you eat frogs legs for the rest of your life." Icily, Ingram snaps sharply at him.
"I-I won't!" Meekly, Eruka whimpers.
"Damn right you won't. Crona come on it's time to head back now." Casually, Ingram sturts over to the shaking pinkette.
"…Okay." Obediently, they nod their head.
"Want to get some gelato?" Casually, Ingram offers.
"What's gelato?" Confused, Crona furrows their brow.
"Oi geko girl give it here." Ingram hollers to Eruka.
"H-Huh? Hey I'm not a g-" Enraged, Eruka begins but squeaks slightly by the sharp jab to her gut making her spit scarlet as he swiftly catches the gelato from her.
"Here wanna try it?" Ingram offers the gelato to Crona.
"I…I don't know how to dela with it I don't know how to deal with…!" Scared, Crona whimpers shaking, quivering, quaking going in one of their tangents making Ingram sigh.
"Ragnarok." Ingram offers looking up.
"Gimme!" Eagerly, Ragnarok offers opening its mouth.
"Right let's get you guys home." Casually, Ingram tosses the gelato over to the mouth chomping it in one crisp crunch before dusting himself off turning back to Crona.
"Unclean witch it's time to accept divine punishment. Death penalty. This is judgment of god." Justin proclaims proudly.
"You judge me? And where's your punishment for betraying the grim reaper? What right do you have to judge me? VECTOR ARROW!" Medusa releases a barrage of vector arrows at the supposed judge.
"Seems like my madness has been repelled. But still your nightmare was it pleasant?" Perkily, Justin asks quirking his head to the side, a small smile, a cute coy smile upon his lips as he asks her heaving form.
"You know…Ingram told me about people like you extremists taking things waay to seriously. I said he started it and all he told me was that he left humanity to come to their own delusions…now I see why he has humanity. Besides you thought I wouldn't research a counter for madness attacks after being crushed by Arachne's in baba yaga's castle?" Huffing, Medusa smirks strained, trying to keep her cool sweat slithering down her tense temple.
"That's it floating over your shoulder?" Justin points to the crescent with a mouth.
"The violet clown, Ingram was only pleased to hand me over his mother's notes so long as I continue his mother's clown theme. The violet clown a portable model I made while developing black clown for Crona while being inferior in performance to the black one it still can easily guard me against madness." Medusa explains.
"How much more do you need to defy the master kishin before you are satisfied? And you expect me to believe the lord Ingram would share such secrets with the likes of you." Furious, Justin releases a chain of some sort from his sleeve about to strike at Medusa.
"You'd be surprised what secrets he shares with me besides defying gods is in a witch's job description. Vector arrow!" Medusa smirks as she releases another barrage of arrows. But they are swiftly deflected by the armour of the clown he had fused himself with, becoming more like a chest piece than a human with the knight like helmet on him.
"Your magic attacks are already obsolete this game is evolving under madness influence there's no need for me to even dodge." Dubiously, Justin remarks almost amused at her attacks at the arrows being pushed back, knocking his armour nothing more.
"Fine you stand right there…madness fusion…" Medusa proclaims surprising Justin as the snake tattoos around her arms become real life snakes, huge jaws snap down upon Justin but her golds widen when said snake is swiftly beheaded by his guillotine blades.
"…Brat." Medusa curses scowling at the sad sight of her beheaded snake.
"That's all of them. Silver gun! It'll be your neck next." Smirking, Justin takes out the other snake beheading said snake as Justin aimed his blade at her only for them both to falter when…
"…What?" The voice calls out as both turn towards another Justin standing tall before them.
"What's going on?" Medusa furrows her brow at the doppelganger.
"Another me…?" Mystifed, Justin furrows his brow through the grates of his helmet at the double before his very eyes.
"What are you fighting for Mizune? Crona's gone you don't need to beat this guy! I'll cover our escape with the tadpole bombs!" Desperate, Eruka flails her arms about throwing bomb after bomb at the fight smoke spewing out into the open air.
"Whoa! Hey…wait a minute." Blackstar furrows his brow dismissing said bombs brow furrowed as he grabs one of the bombs again, his eyes narrow at the familiar bomb.
"Where'd everyone go? They escaped? Looks like they escaped." Eruka gathers relieved unaware of a certain blue boy popping up from the smoke soon disappearing.
"I'm gonna…KILL YOU!" Bloodthirsty, Blackstar snarls at the screaming witch swiftly turning into a frog trying to leap away but…
"GEKO!" Scared, the frightened frog screams as next thing it knew it was grabbed and the next thing Eruka knew all she could see was darkness…
"Hey sorry I'm late funny stooo…" Loudly, Ingram's voice calls out cheerily chirpily in a sing song tone only then to stop, his footsteps faltering from the scene he had come across.
"You took your time…" Tensely, Medusa snaps scowling at him.
"Am I high again? I know the gelato stand was a bit off but…." Annoyingly, he asks as Medusa's eye twitches from the question.
"No Ingram you're not." Curtly, Medusa snaps scowling at him.
"So…we playing chess then or…?" Lost, Ingram furrows his brow baffled by the scene playing out before him. Wait…Ingram furrows his brow at the thought could three people play chess? What chess piece were those two? Bishops perhaps? It would be rather fitting if that were the case.
"Lord Ingram I apologise your mothers work was sullied by this wicked witch's hands!" Justin bows before him.
"…Say what now?" Still stunned, Ingram blurts out trying to process the situation he's in. Was there something in that gelato after all?
"Allow me to deal with this sinner, is that you Tesca tlipoca?" Disgusted, Justin turns to glare at his lookalike.
"OOOh my lord I am together with my lord…" The copy recites as Justin grimaces cradling his head briefly seeing images of the grim reaper looming over him, bringing a shy shudder down his spine.
"Stop…stoop it…" Struggling, Justin seethes shaking cradling his head.
"I'm a mirror in which a person is reflected. Life and death are bestowed equally upon all people so how you die is up to you." The fake proclaims alongside the real one confusing Ingram.
"Why Justin? We always used to hang together right? You and me…me and you! Like back then and back then! And even back then! We used to talk about life as fellow death scythe you remember?" The fake asks as it reveals itself to be…
"That bear thing's back?" Befuddled, Ingram furrows his brow feeling a snake softly bite the fabric of his collar tugging him back from the scene.
"Are you talking? I can't read your lips through that bear head I can't understand a word you're saying." Justin tells the fake known as Tesca.
"What is happening r-" Lost, Ingram turns to the witch by his side hoping for some explanation, even gods could be confused sometimes especially by humans and the decisions they make.
"Just shut up and take me to Crona." Sternly, she commands the deity.
"Yes mam…" Obediently, Ingram sighs slumping his shoulders too tired to face the wrathful witch.
"I said this and that and even just now but you didn't even listen." Tesca continues dancing about astonishing Ingram.
"…Were you talking just now?" Justin asks quirking his head to the side.
"UWAAHHH!" The bear screams.
"What's that you say?" Justin repeats.
"WAAHHHH!" The bear screeches.
"Someone please bring a mirror to reflect me!" Mad, the fake demands just as Medusa and Ingram leave.
"This is getting dull we'll be going now." Justin sighs taking out a spare sheet of paper with a familiar circle on it.
"Justin's soul has been reflected in my mirror. We're going to follow him." Tesca reveals to the monkey by his side, glad to have something.
"Good job Crona looks like Ingram was right they'll never find us here." Ragnarok praises the boy.
"Just stay here like Ingram says…" Softly, Crona crosses their arms over their chest.
"But who is Maka?" Mystified, Crona couldn't help but ponder but they are met by the still silence of reality as they wait for Medusa and Ingram.
"You called me out here so what's up?" Frowning, Soul stands before the blushing girl.
"Um…that is…er…please be my partner one day! I'll be waiting!" The girl wails before fleeing from the lost Soul.
"Popular as always." Maka notes appearing before him at their lockers, noting a fair few envelopes in his locket come crashing down to the ground below.
"They're partner request letters popularity's got nothing to do with it." Soul dismisses her.
"Yeah but you used to get a lot of letters before too that doesn't even begin to compare the avalanche you're getting now." Maka points out seeing the pile of letters stacking up.
"I'm telling you its because I've become a death scythe. So the number of those approaching me has increased is all." Annoyed, Soul sighs at his partner only to release a grunt form her Maka chop.
"Sheesh okay let's go home!" Huffing, Maka grumbles brushing past him.
"What was that for!?" Soul scowls as he follows her following after her.
"Maka senpai is totally unfit to be Soul's senpai's partner they're incompatible!" Grumpily, a pigtailed girl huffs watching the two as Maka's greens glare at the girl's poor attempt at hiding.
"I should be getting applications for partnership letters since it was me who made you into a death scythe." Scowling, Maka crosses her arms over her chest cross.
"That's because in other words if someone were to choose a partner it won't be a girl like you Maka with no sex appeal whatsoever but more girl like…like this! " Soul smirks as he is about to explain but falters from the three woman standing on academy grounds but more importantly the one leading the pack of girls…
"Blair!?" Baffled, both Maka and Soul chorus.
"So in other words all guys need is breasts and asses that are like whipped pudding! And that pair…witches!?" Bitterly, Maka huffs glaring at Soul only to gasp when seeing said souls from the other two behind Blair in her human form.
"If your mission goes well and you could use some relaxation after it then come play at our establishment. Take my card." Coyly, one of the witches winks at a student.
"O…Okay." Dumbstruck, the boy gives in taking said card, a heavy hue of red smearing his cheeks, steam spewing out of his ears at the sheer beauty before him.
"It's a unique club with witches you're all welcome!" The witches warmly welcome the boy joyous to have another customer attend their club.
"The club is in street 0 of the city block B you're all welcome anytime!" Animatedly, Arisa tells the boy winking at the blushing boy.
"What is Blair doing with those withes?" Mystifed, Maka ponders perplexed to see said woman with the witches behind her.
"Hey don't make business here come inside this instant!" Mad, Marie calls out to the three.
"Bye Maka I'll be late tonight!" Smiling, Blair calls out to the two.
"You can't make business with the students! Why don't you think before doing stuff like this!?" Seething, Marie glares daggers at the group.
"Woah…so this is how single past marriageable age humans are?" Amazed, Arisa blurts out amazed almost at Marie.
"She's just jealous…we witches have long lifespans so we have a ton of youth to spare." Seductively, Tabatha smirks smugly by Arisa's side.
"Yeah being a witch is so much better." Boastfully, Arisa agrees.
"It seems Marie knew they were already oh…" Maka grimaces when seeing said woman strike at the back of their heads.
"And she's hitting them…is it oaky to have witches around like this?" Soul sighs brow furrowed watching on as Marie guides the three women inside the academy, leading them to the death room where a surprisingly stoic serious Spirit stands outside the doors dutifully firmly frowning at the women before him, having waited who knows how long for them.
"Shinigami is waiting for you two get ready and enter." Sternly, Spirit advises the women.
"Follow me you two." Marie sighs as the girls od their head as Spirit enters the room first.
"Ready Lord Death?" Spirit asks Lord Death.
"Hum yeah sure…" Lazily, Lord Death shrugs only the to falter from the sudden sparks in the open air as confetti comes crashing down as the woman smile standing before the lord of death, a table before everyone, sparkles shimmering, shining as the girls' bellow…
"Welcome to the Chupacabra's cabaret!" Cheerily, the woman chorus joyous, smiling beaming brightly at the lord of Death.
"Wow pretty!" Marie can't help but be in awe of the bright beams of light in the air as the other staff simply stare at the three guests before them.
"Come on Lord Death this way." Smiling, Spirit gestures for the death deity to sit down on the sofa offered.
"O-Ok." Shyly, said god complies awkwardly taking a seat as both Arisa and Tabatha take a seat either side of him alongside the other male staff members.
"Come on all Lord Death, Sprit, Sid, Professor Stein." Smiling, Blair winks at the men.
"W-Wait! The meeting was to think about how to rescue Kid not to make a stupid party!" Pointedly, Marie argues annoyed.
"W-Well it isn't that stupid…" Shyly, Death dismisses.
"Lord Death what would lady Ava think of this!?" Horrified, Marie points out.
"If you're not interested then leave. If you think that then GO AWAY!" Sternly, Spirit snaps at Marie taking her aback as she reels her fist back, punching him in the gut then urgently uppercutting the death scythe swiftly shutting him up.
"So how old are you Sid?" Smiling, Arisa asks him.
"25 years old." Sid states sweat sliding down his blue skin.
"So what do you do?" Arisa continues prying.
"Mostly…enemy…investigations." Shyly, Sid sputters stammering bowing his head.
"About witches like us? You're all blue are you okay?" Worried, Arisa asks a small smirk upon her lips.
"I cant get knocked off in this important meeting." Sternly, Spirit reminds himself using the back of his arm to wipe away the small shy stream fo both drool and scarlet salvia out of his lips.
"But more importantly about Kid." Sid tries to get to the topic at hand however…
"Witching! Our costumer here is like some sort of cool James Bond." Boisterously, Arisa cuts Sid off eager to hear more.
"Witching what's that?" Lost, Spirit asks as a small stream of ruby red slides down his busted nose.
"These days young witches are using witching instead of really it's witching popular." Perkily, Tabatha explains.
"Witching?" Spirit raises a brow bemused by the new term.
"Hahah Lord Deathly, Spirit you're witching flexible!" Flirtatiously, Arisa offers as an example of sorts.
"Well about saving Kidd…Lord Death…" Sid tries to get back to the task at hand however…
"Why are you blue?" Bluntly, Arisa asks cutting him off once more.
"Wha…blue? I…I was brought back from the death." Confused, Sid answers.
"Wow! Then you're a zombie!" Amazed, Arisa gushes just as Stein takes out a cigarette from his lab coat.
"I'll light it for you professor." Blair offers noting the cigarette in his lips.
"…Thanks." Stein lets out a low blow of grey into the open air.
"Eh didn't you stop smoking?" Spirit furrows his brow befuddled.
"Yeah but… since then I felt in a bad humour and lost the patience all the time." Truthfully, Stein tells him.
"Suffering is bad. Suffering…is bad…witches huh…Ladies would you like to come to my research lab?" Sadistically, Stein smirks as after a fair few murmurs mainly to himself. He grins creepily at the ladies a sick sadistic smirk that Sprit knew all too well, that he knew if lady Ava were here would swiftly shut down.
"Eh witching?" Lost, Arisa quirks her head to the side.
"Don't go! He'll dissect you!" Scared, Spirit cries out concerned for the girls.
"It would be fine as long as I have one kidney at least." Blushing, Arisa sips her drink, a heavy hue of ruby red upon her cheeks.
"My…my son." Shyly, Death himself tries to get to the task at hand however…
"I'm leaving!" Mad, Marie snaps scowling glaring, glowering at the sheer sight of the girls clinging to Stein's side.
"Marie?" Mystifed, Naigus arches a brow at the mad Marie.
"Hey Maka why don't we head back? We are doing nothing here." Soul sighs furrowing his brow befuddled at the position of him and Maka peering over the corner to see the room of the death room with the close sign on it.
"Why? It's like some mystery novel I'm having some fun here." Maka whines pouting.
"Geez you're such a nerd." Soul sigh only to grunt cut off by another Maka chop to his head, unaware of the sharp sound of heels clicking approaching.
"Marie is leaving she seems angry something's not going well in there but it's an important meeting. I bet even papa is taking it seriously." Maka furrows her brow only then for her hues to widen when seeing a familiar set of feathers fluttering about from the coat draped over the form of…
"Lady Ava!" Astonished, Marie gasps at the sight of the woman before him.
"Marie are you alright?" Ava asks the blonde before her.
"Ava your back thank goodness please tell me you have a lead!" Desperate, Marie whimpers placing her hands on Ava's shoulders squeezing them tearfully.
"I do and I take it the morons have done nothing." Frankly, Ava deadpans, not in the slightest shocked.
"Well I tried to do but…" Meekly, Marie begins bowing her head ashamed almost.
"It's alright Marie. Maka you can come out now!" Ava assures Marie before turning her head to the two teens freezing from the call of her name.
"Huh?" Maka blurts out as she comes crashing down to the ground groaning.
"As endearing as that poor excuse of a sleuth you are we have more pressing matters to attend to." Tiredly, she reminds the two as Soul helps her up.
"And you want me in on it?" Maka raises a brow.
"What I want is my son back and your soul perception may help me." Ava informs her.
"Hey look it's Tsubaki and Blackstar." Soul points out as the two turn to…
"The great me is back!" Boastfully, Blackstar bellows.
"I see something's never change." Ava mutters under her breath.
"It seems we can't enter." Surprised, Tsubaki's eyes expand at the closed sign.
"Blackstar Tsubaki it's been some time." Civilly, Ava turns to the two.
"Eh? Well I'll be dammed finally back are we?" Blackstar smirks smugly at the woman.
"Lady Ava welcome back did you have a nice trip?" Tsubaki asks politely bowing before her.
"You could say that I take it you're back from a mission." Ava gathers.
"Damn right I was pretty awesome." Blackstar smirks smugly.
"I'm sure…you children always do amuse me." Ava remarks fondly a small smirk upon her lips.
"Hm? You okay?" Blackstar furrows his brow.
"What do you mean?" Ava's gold narrow at the boy before her.
"You seem off you're talking different." Blackstar quirks his head to the side concern clear on his face.
"Am I? Apologies." Ava smoothly brushes it off.
"You almost smell different too." Blackstar nose twitches making her furrow her brow.
"…Right. Now then Maka, would you like to see how much of a lowly waste of space your father truly is?" Sadistically, Ava turns to smirk smugly down at Maka.
"I'd like that very much Miss Ava." Maka smiles softly.
"As for the rest of you…I'm sure you'd like to see the other men make an ass out of themselves while I went and did most of the work." Bitterly, Ava huffs grumbling under her breath.
"Sounds good to me." Blackstar smirks smugly.
"Well then…Marie shall we?" Ava turns to Marie.
"It would be my honour." Marie smirks smugly eager to see the reactions of the boys by the return of the lady of Death.
"Hey Lord Death we are in a party why don't you take off your mask?" Mysteriously, Tabatha leans in towards Lord Death.
"Well…you're wrong in that but I've called you to help me rescue my son…" Sternly, Death tries to get to the task at hand however…
"What's under your mask?" Eagerly, Tabatha leans in reaching out to the mask.
"Eh? No-Nothing interesting." Shyly, Lord Death sputters stammering.
"Come on let me see!" Whining, Tabatha begs leaning over practically on top of him when…
"Honey…I'm home!"
*Welp...Ava's not going to be happy. Curious question what do you think of Ingram's dynamic with Medusa and Crona? People have asked if Crona is Ingram's offspring, would love to know your thoughts!*