Chapter 15 Lara Appears! Madrigal Takes another Strike?
Footsteps were running down the halls of Madrigal's and Madeline's house in Chicago, Illinois. Lara Wraithe and Harry were running down the halls looking for someone.
Meanwhile in the twins' room, the Ishida brothers were screaming as they were being tormented and influenced by them.
"Are you feeling the craving for fear?" Madrigal asked.
"N-no…you can't make us feed on it!" Kyosuke yelled.
"He can." He heard and turned to see his brother's eyes turned white.
"Ryo?" he asked with fear in his voice.
"Can you smell your brother's fear?" Madeline asked.
"Yes, it smells good!" he exclaimed.
"Then eat it!" Madrigal yelled.
Ryonosuke came over and started to take it and Kyosuke screamed.
The door burst open and they saw Lara and Harry.
"Lara?" Kyosuke managed to say.
Ryonosuke woke up and gasped. He looked around to find his brother missing and then heard someone playing a bass guitar.
"Kyo…" he said.
At the airport, Thomas was waiting for his sisters to a few paces, he saw the three of them with Justine. Lara, Natalia, and Elisa walked over to him.
"Finally you've arrived." Thomas said.
"We ran into a little bit of turbulence on the way, be glad that we're here to help." Lara purred.
"I thought you three were coming alone, why Justine?" he asked.
"I am here to keep with business ties of course and give information as well." She answered.
"Not only that, she is still under my protection from the rest of the families including those vampires that you're taking under your and Harry's wings." Lara said.
Thomas nodded and said, "Well, shall we head for the academy?"
"Academy?" Elisa asked.
"I will explain on the way there." Thomas answered.
They all gathered their baggage and got into a car that Thomas bought while he stayed in Nevada and drove in the direction of death city.
Back at the academy later on, Kyosuke was sitting alone in the cafeteria.
"He's so isolated." Maka said.
"He was like that all morning in class." Jiro said.
"Hell, he even didn't answer any questions Harry threw at him." Kana said.
"At least his hair's symmetrical now without the spikes." Kid said.
"Chrona was like this when he first came here, why would Kyo act like that now especially being here for a while?" Ragnarok asked.
"It's the black blood." Chrona answered.
"He can't act like that when it's inside him!" Liz exclaimed.
"He is doing this so he won't harm anyone, he already seen that with me when I fed on fear all thanks to those prissy Wraithes!" Ryonosuke exclaimed as he ate his lunch.
"Who you calling prissy?" he heard a familiar voice ask.
"No way!" Ryonosuke exclaimed.
"It can't be!" Jiro exclaimed.
They all turned to see the three Wraithe sisters with Thomas and Harry.
"It is." The five of them said as they slumped in their chairs.
"Who's the hotties?" Soul asked.
"I want to cuddle up to one of them!" Ragnarok exclaimed.
Chrona blushed a bit.
Kid and Black Star just stared.
"Long time no see Ryo." Lara said as they walked up to them. "Kana, Jiro, Baki, Miaka, Aria."
"Yeah." They said.
"Okay! Why are they here?" they heard Kyosuke ask and saw him walking over.
"Finally you got out of your emo slump!" Ryonosuke yelled.
"Back off." Kyosuke grumbled.
"I called them here because of what happened." Thomas answered.
"I heard that Madrigal and Madeline got you with black blood and Thomas here wanted us to be here to kick their asses and protect you and possibly snap out of the insanity that is starting to bring." Lara answered.
"Like if I need any, I can handle this on my own." Kyosuke said.
"No you can't! you helped me and it's my turn." Ryonosuke said and he was pushed.
"Ah!" he exclaimed.
"I said I don't need it! I can handle this on my own!" Kyosuke yelled and ran off.
Molly and Jack saw him running out as they came in.
"What was that all about?" Jack asked.
Molly noticed the Wraithe sisters and said, "Looks we have a major cavalry here."
Thomas nodded.
Kyosuke ran to the center of the school where he sat down on one of the benches and covered his face with his hands.
"Why am I acting like this? Can it be the insanity I'm facing?" he asked and then smelled something. "Fear?"
He stood up and followed the scent and found a girl screaming and bounded. He licked his lips and fed off of it and wiped his lips and said, "No…why?"
"Looks like you fed." He heard and turned to see Madrigal.
"Madrigal? How did you get here?" Kyosuke asked.
He didn't answer and smiled.
"Nevermind that, are you here for me?" Kyosuke asked.
"You got it, it looks like your metabolism kicked in and the blood has activated." He said.
"All in one night?" Kyosuke asked.
"We're White Courts and our powers are different from others." Madeline said.
He went silent.
"Now then, there's something I need you to do and that is trying to get your brother back on fear."
"Like if I would let you do that Madrigal!" he heard and got hit by a rain of bullets.
Kyosuke looked up to see Lara shooting .
"Lara?"
"How the hell did you get here?" Madeline asked.
She heard a gun cock back and saw Harry behind her.
"You!"
"I had a feeling that you and your bastard of a brother would be here!" Harry exclaimed.
"I did hear the scream after all!" Thomas said.
"Damn you two! Madeline!"
Madrigal exclaimed as he got up.
Madeline changed into his spear and he grabbed turned and went against Lara and Harry.
Ryonosuke and the others managed to get around the fight and went up to Kyosuke, who was sitting on the ground in front of the passed out girl that he fed off.
"Kyo!" Miaka yelled.
He didn't answer.
"Look, he fed off of someone!" Aria exclaimed.
"We should get her down!" Liz exclaimed.
Both Baki and Kid went over to get the girl down.
Ryonosuke went up to his brother and asked, "Did you feed off of fear?"
Silence.
"Did you hear me?" Ryonosuke asked.
"Yes, I did and what of it?" Kyosuke asked.
"No, that means that the black blood took over." Tsubaki said.
"Tell me something brother, why did you give up the taste of fear?" Kyosuke asked.
"What?" Ryonosuke asked.
Kyosuke stood up and said, "I remembered, it was because you wanted to become the weapon of Lord Death in order to show that you can get off the influence of Madrigal! Guess what? It is impossible and you can't get rid of it!"
"What the hell are you saying man?" Jiro asked.
"You can't give into that bastard's will just like that!" Black Star yelled.
"Maybe I can! Come with me bro and we can get stronger together!" Kyosuke yelled.
"You bastard!" Ryonosuke yelled and his eyes turned white as he attacked his brother.
"Ryonosuke! Kyosuke!" Kana yelled.
Lara and Harry were huffing and puffing from their fight against Madrigal.
"Stars and stones, how the hell did he get so strong?" Harry asked.
"Last time I remembered he was nothing but a pansy!" Thomas exclaimed.
"Remember little bro, he feeds off fear and it makes him strong and with that it would do the same to Madeline." Lara explained.
"Sis, shall we?" Elisa asked.
Lara nodded.
"Given up yet you two? Or we have to take it to the next level?" Madrigal asked.
"Give us what you got Crane!" Harry yelled.
"soul resonance!" Madrigal and Madeline yelled.
Madeline turned into a jousting spear.
"Never seen that before." Thomas said.
"I have a feeling that is going to hurt us more than anything in the world." Harry said.
"Meet my move! Nightmare Joust!" Madrigal yelled as he lunged forward at them.
The both of them dodged.
"My turn! Ready girls?" Lara asked.
"Yes!" they said.
"soul resonance!" they yelled.
Both Elisa and Natalia changed into gattling guns.
"Hey Madrigal! There is one thing you didn't realize about my moves!" Lara yelled.
"What is that?" Madrigal asked.
"That you can't dodge long range! My move! Gattling charger!" Lara yelled.
Madrigal got hit and screamed.
"My turn as well! Fuego!" Harry yelled as he held out his hand and let out a fireball and it hit Madrigal.
He went down.
Both of the Ishida brothers were still fighting with the others watching in awe from the spectacle.
"It is so beautiful!" Maka exclaimed.
"Their moves are so symmetrical!" Kid exclaimed.
"It's like a dance that we haven't seen before!" Black Star exclaimed.
"Okay you guys, it's time to snap out of it." Miaka said.
"Molly?" Jiro asked.
Molly nodded as she pointed Jack at Kyosuke and said, "Sorry Kyo, but I have to do it."
She pulled the trigger and Kyosuke got hit by the arrow.
Ryonosuke growled a bit and then started to snap out of his fighting stance. He shook his head and looked at his brother who was on the ground.
"Given up yet?" Ryonosuke asked.
Kyosuke punched him and said, "No, you will be feeding off of fear no matter what."
Ryonosuke groaned in pain.
"Kyo! Stop it! You wanted to have your brother stay off of fear and now you are going down his old path and want him with you? You're sick!" Kana yelled.
He was silent.
Madrigal stood up and said, "You all are a bunch of fools, he can't snap out of it now, the black blood has changed him after he fed off that girl."
Kyosuke smirked.
"Now, pick up your brother and come on." Madrigal said.
Kyosuke picked up his passed out brother and joined the Wraithe twins.
They watched them leave.
"You bastards!" Harry yelled.
"Should we let them go like that?" Thomas asked.
"It's obvious that Kyosuke chose his path and we can't change it especially now." Lara answered as she watched.
"Kyo, Ryo, why?" Maka asked.