Stairway to Heaven
Chapter Two
By Inuyoshie, who doesn't own Soul Eater.
"I don't know how to deal with this," Chrona whined, kicking the roots of a tree on the outskirts of the forest that surrounded the town.
"You better hurry up and finish this mission or I'm stealing your dinner!" Ragnarok growled at Chrona, who whimpered in response. H e then crept into a nearby clearing where he could hear giggling and talking.
In the clearing, there were about fifteen children, ranging from six years old to ten, playing with each other. Watching over them was a tall girl with dark skin and long, flowing silver hair.
"Artemis-senpai! Artemis-senpai!" one little girl ran up to the girl.
"What's wrong?" Artemis asked her voice soft and musical.
"I fell down!" the girl whined, showing Artemis a bloody knee.
"Oh, don't worry," Artemis assured the child, cupping the sides of the girl's knee, and began to sing.
Her song was sweet, gentle and comforting. It resonated throughout the meadow, and filled up Chrona's chest with warmth. He felt safe and calm. And for once, the hell inside of Chrona's head ceased.
"Look at all of those souls…" Ragnarok commented, grabbing Chrona's hair and forcing him to look up. "Let's kill them,"
"No…" Chrona mumbled. The calm inside of him was fading fast, and Hell was returning.
"Com ON!" Ragnarok yelled in Chrona's ear, making him wince.
A crash interrupted the meister and his weapon's argument. A wolf-like creature burst out of the forest, and bounded for the children.
"Get back!" Artemis yelled her soft voice firm. The children all cowered behind her.
"She's gonna die," Chrona mumbled.
The wolf howled, and lunged at Artemis. Artemis took in a deep breath, and let out an ear shattering scream that was similar to Ragnarok scream, but sent deep spikes of fear through Chrona's (and the wolf's) chests.
The wolf –thing whimpered and backed away. There was a cracking and snapping coming from the wolf's body, and the upper body of a man emerged from the body of the wolf.
The wolf-thing glanced to the e side and noticed Chrona. It then grinned, and moving with blinding speed, it grabbed Chrona by the scruff of his neck and waved Chrona in front of him like a ward against Artemis.
Artemis bit her lip, and put her hands together, as if she was praying. Her lips were moving quickly, and she suddenly pulled her hands apart, and a white sword appeared between them. She grabbed it and lunged at the wolf creature. The creature dodged and smiled at Artemis.
"Give me the ningen pups and I'll let the little girl go," it growled.
"Never," Artemis retorted, slashing at the wolf thing. The wolf thing's arm fell off.
"RAAAHHHG!!!!!!!!!!" the beast screamed. Lime green blood squirted out of the wound and sprayed all over the meadow. The wolf thing crumpled to the ground.
Before it died, it took a huge chomp on Chrona's shoulder. Artemis didn't realize this until she heard a scream from under the wolf-beast's carcass. Cautiously, Artemis lifted the carcass and stared down in horror at the body under it. Thinking quickly, she grabbed it and pulled it from under the body. It was easy to see why the wolf-monster mistook the boy for a girl- he had light pink hair and wore a dress… but his soul felt like a males.
Then, the strangest thing happened. The boy's body began twitching and convulsing, and something large and black erupted from the boys back. It took on the form of a muscular man with big, bulging white eyes.
"Chrona! Aren't you grateful I saved you?" the thing screamed in Chrona's ear.
"Artemis-senpai…" the children whimpered, all cowering behind Artemis.
'It's okay. I don't think that creature is malevolent," Artemis whispered to the children.
"WAKE UP AND ANSWER ME YOU STUPID GIT!" the creature hollered, punctuating each word with a whack to the boy.
"Then again…" Artemis murmured, approaching Chrona cautiously. "Excuse me, uh, sir…"
"What?" the black thing snarled.
"The boy is hurt… it's possible that he was poisoned-"
"Come on, I keep that ungrateful weakling from being killed, what's the worst a little poison will do to him?" the black thing informed Artemis.
"The poison in the bite dissolves blood," Artemis stated calmly. The black thing shut up, and receded back into Chrona's body. Artemis crouched down, lifted Chrona upon her back, and carried him piggy back to her house, the children following like ducklings.
Inuyoshie's After the Chapter special!
Yaay, so Chrona and Artemis have been introduced into the story! Whee!
I know this chapter is short, but it's necessary.
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