Hey! I'm not dead! And neither is this story!
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The group followed Tsuki slowly across the narrow ledge, Maka suddenly spoke up. "Tsuki, if we're here to kill the dragon, then why not do that now? I mean, it's sleeping and it would be easier."

"I understand what you mean, but that's even dumber than charging him head on. The plants around him are dragon's bane, a highly toxic type of cactus. It doesn't kill instantly, but it's hard to make the cure. It's best if we just leave him be for now. Besides, his machine is the first priority." Tsuki announced.

"Why can't we just finish him off first?" Black Star asked."If we don't touch the cactus we'd be fine, right?"

"And how do you plan on getting through the cactus?" At Tsuki's question, Black Star sighed. Just by looking at the cacti one could see there was no way through. Tsuki continued to slink along the ledge, sliding down to the other side, the rest of the group in tow. Everyone stared at the deadly device created by the dragon. Twenty mirrors arranged in a circle, each one hooked up to thick cables that connected to a pole. The pole sat atop a small cage like device that was connected to more wires, which in turn connected to multiple machines.

"Is that...that's what we we have to destroy?" Maka asked in awe.

"Yeah, and before you say it's symmetrical Kid, there is a control panel on one side and not on the other." Itachi said. Kid looked slightly annoyed, but remained silent.

"Let's get this over with,"Kid said flatly. The group went towards the machine, but something red in the sand caught Tsuki's attention. Moving to inspect it, she realized it was a red mirror.

"Why would he have this?" She wondered aloud, reaching out to touch it. Then the smell hit her, the metallic scent she knew all to well. Her eyes widened and her hand froze in place. The mirror was filled with blood. It was filled with blood. There was a town nearby. The town was abandoned. All of this hit Tsuki like a bag of bricks. He killed them all. Ra had slaughtered and entire town and used the people's blood for this disgusting mirror. And she hadn't stopped him. She was torn for her thoughts when the blood rippled and an image formed, grinning devilishly.

Tsuki gasped at the woman, the red brown hair braided down her back, light tan skin, and sharp, brown eyes stared back. "It's been awhile, hasn't it?" She said in false kindness, causing Tsuki to recoil.

"S-sumaria..."

"Yes?"

"What do you want?"

"That's easy! I want you to suffer, I want you to die, I want to see your head mounted on a spear! But let us go with suffering first. RA!"She shreiked the dragon's name, causing his eyes to snap open. When the sound of breaking glass and metal on metal reached his ears, he realized what was happening to his project. With a furious roar, he leapt into the air, circling above the group. Tsuki's head snapped up, as she ran to the group, who was readying themselves for an attack. Reaching into her bag, Tsuki pulled out a clear crystal and slammed it into the ground, shouting,"Rapid Growth!" The ground split in two as a crystal dome formed around them.

Ra swooped down, blasting the meisters and weapons with a colomn of white fire about the same time as Tsuki cast her spell. The dome reached the meisters and their weapons first, but instantly shattered as the fire hit it. As if that wasn't bad enough, Ra was circling around for a second attack. Some one had to take charge of this, and Tsuki thought it was about time she tried to. "Kid! Aim for his eyes! He relies mostly on sight! Maka! Take out the wings! Black Star! Help me destroy that machine!"

Everyone nodded and went their seperate ways. Kid leapt into the air, firing at Ra's eyes, but the dragon banked quickly to avoid the attack. Maka leapt up and sliced through the membrane on one wing, sending the dragon crashing to the ground. Ra leapt to his feet and swiped at Maka, hissing wildly. Kid landed on his head and shot at it's front legs, disabling it. Maka looked to see Tsuki and Black Star approaching, and motioned for Kid to leave Ra for just a moment. Tsuki smiled at them, holding her pendent in her hand, she looked to Ra," I feel merciful, I'll let you live and turn you into the other dragons. Let's go." She held her pendent out towards Ra, who growled in defeat. The pendent glowed, producing a green beam of energy that quickly engulfed the dragon. He dissolved into pixle-like particles that were abosorbed by the gem.

"That's cool. What is it?" Soul asked, pointing to the crystal. The glow had faded already and was being replaced in it's usual spot around Tsuki's neck.

"A holographic crystal. They do more than create holographs and store information, but that is what I usually us it for." Tsuki explained, smiling. The smile faded a second later as she paled.

"Tsuki? What's wrong?" Maka asked. Tsuki was quiet, but she pointed behind them. Everyone else turned to see what she was pointing at, only to pale as well. Stein was striding towards them quickly, Spirit close behind him. Both looked very serious, and very, very soot covered. Once they reached the group, the pointed in the direction they came from, where a small group waited. No one moved, whether they were afraid of what was going to come or whether they just didn't want to they didn't know.

Annoyed, Stein grabbed Black Star, pushed him forward, and said,"Move. Now." The group walked back to the others that had arrived with Spirit and Stein. Marie was there, worry plastered on her faced. She ran up to everyone, frowning.

"WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING! RUNNING OFF TO FIGHT A DRAGON EVEN AFTER SHINIGAMI TOLD YOU NOT TO! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? WHAT IF YOU GOT HURT, OR KILLED? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE YOU CAUSED? DID Y-" Marie yelled, but was cut off by Sirius and Sapphire's crying at the outburst.

"...It had to be done. He was a vicious murderer. I didn't realize how bad he was until today though..." Tsuki said, calming the twins. She looked to the ground sadly, thinking about the mirror, and the image of the witch.

"It could have been handled by adults. Dragon fighting must be very dangerous, you all had Shinigami very worried. Also,he was mad about the whole explosion in the death room too, of course." Stein stated flatly." He is very disappointed in you. Especially you Kid. He wants to see you all as soon as we return." Everyone nodded, and they left for home, Maka grumbling the whole way back about wanting to ride the Earth's wavelenght with Tsuki and her family again. Just to study it a bit better.

Of course, no one saw the hooded, serpent-tailed, creature slither away with the blood mirror.

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