Whew, finally updated, thanks everyone for being patient. This is quiet an intense chapter so pop some popcorn and enjoy!
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"Soul what's going on?" said Maka, her hands burning from Soul's handle. Their wavelength was messed up and now Maka could barely lift the deadly scythe.
Maka turned around just in time to see Mantis swing one of her long blades down at Maka. She dove down as the blade whizzed over her head. She rolled but Soul's weight made her falter and she landed on her back.
Mantis swung the her blade down to meet Maka's exposed body but the witch was intercepted by Black Star and Tsubaki. "Don't pay attention to her, this God is the one you want to fight. HAHAHAHA!"
While Black Star distracted Mantis, Maka managed to prop herself up and heave Soul over her shoulder. "Soul why can we match our wavelengths?" Maka cried out. Just then Mantis' slim foot slammed into Maka's face and she smacked into the old wall.
She was on her back again but this time Soul's scythe handle was laying over her body and constricting her movement. "Soul, I-I can't move!" In an instant Maka found herself in the black room of Soul's mind. In the center of the room Soul was hunched over the piano, pounding the keys in fury. Black fluid pooled around his feet, lapping up onto his ankles.
"Welcome Maka, glad you could make it," Soul said as he turned around. Maka was startled to see a devilish, insane smile adorning his face.
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Black Star swoop over Mantis' head, aiming Tsubaki in samurai sword towards her throat, but she deflected his attack easily.
"Damn, Tsubaki, this is harder than I thought it would be. This bitch is good," he growled. Then he smirked, "But not good enough to beat a god, Bwahaha!"
"This is a battle we shouldn't be losing!" yelled Kid. "We need to resonate together. Where is Maka and Soul, what is going on?" He glanced over at Maka struggling to get out from under Soul.
"They are having a fight," said Liz, "they aren't able to stabilize their soul wavelengths."
"Damn it all," Kid swore, "they need to get their act together or there is going to be a serious problem."
Mantis was moving toward Soul and Maka and Black Star ran to defend them. As he struggled with the witch he yelled toward Kid, "Hey, I could use your help dumbass!"
If Soul and Maka don't work, whatever is the problem is, out soon, then I don't think we can win this, Kid thought as his shots rang out.
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Maka stood watching Soul as he played the piano. Maybe playing wasn't the right word. His music was crazy like all the other times he played for her, but it lacked emotion and rhythm. It was more of a mass of jumbled notes wildly being banged out on the keys.
"Soul, what am I doing here, what is going on?" Maka asked. It was at this point Soul stood and Maka could feel the black blood swelling around her ankles. He was hunched over menacingly; his deep red eyes were rimmed with Madness.
"Soul, what are you doing, snap out of it!" Maka yelled. She had backed up against the wall and was wringing her hands nervously. She actually felt an unfamiliar twinge of fear at the way Soul was looking at her.
"Maka, Maka, you dirty little whore!" Soul screeched. "How could you go out with that prick, Kilik?!" Soul was stumbling forward and his hair was in front of his eyes. All Maka could see a large, pointy smile adorning Soul's face. "I mean, he's such a pussy, and you pick him when you could have anybody? You are so pathetic, you little slut!"
Maka couldn't believe her ears, her best friend had never spoken that way to her, even when he was teasing her he was never this cruel, never. She knew it wasn't really him, but the words still stung. She saw the little red demon grinning in the corner. He was holding a glass of Champaign, and his legs were crossed lazily as he watched the show taking place.
"You probably fucked, didn't you?" Soul asked sleazily, his voice was dripping with venom.
"Soul, stop!" Maka felt tears starting well up at the edge of her eyes. Her vision was blurring and she couldn't see. She was backed up against the wall, defenseless. All she could hear was the slosh of black blood as he trudged over to her.
Maka wiped the tears out of her emerald eyes and was taken aback when she realized just how close he was to her. He seemed to tower over her and she shrunk back in fear. Never in her life had Maka felt so small, she didn't feel like the strong women she really was.
Soul let out a cackle and raised his head to the ceiling. She could count all of his shark-like teeth his mouth was open so wide.
Suddenly Soul viciously grabbed her shoulders and slammed her against the wall. He then took hold of her wrists and pinned them above her head and slid his body against hers, trapping her effectively against the wall. He ground up against her and she heard the fabric of the suit and dress slide against each other.
Soul slid his mouth over her neck and she felt his teeth scrape across her skin causing goose bumps to explode over her throat. "So-Soul, what are you doing?" Maka yelped. She tried to push against him but he had a dominating position over her. No matter her strength he was bigger and she couldn't get out from underneath him.
With his free hand Soul grabbed her breast and fondled her, grabbing nipple through the black dress that was becoming looser every second. His breaths were hot against the rim of her ear and he growled, dangerously quiet, next to her ear, "You should have fucked me…"
There is only so much a girl can take, especially one as defiant as Maka. Lacking any ability to move she did the only thing she could think of, she screamed. The high-pitched noise echoed around the room. It was shrill and filled with anger and frustration.
Soul's head flipped back and he stared into her eyes. She watched as the glazed and crazed look in his eyes melted away to one of confusion and then horror. He immediately let her go and the black blood receded from the floor.
From the corner of her eye she saw the demon frowned in disappointment and flashed a look of annoyance in Maka's direction before getting up and walking through a door.
Maka watched as Soul stumbled back and fall backwards against the ground. "Ma-Maka, oh Death, Maka, I-I'm so sorry. Maka I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry…" he gasped out.
He drew his knees up against his chest and began to rock back and forth. His eyes were widened in fear at what he had done. Maka walked over to him and knelt down next to him. A tentative hand reached out and gently gripped his shoulder.
He looked up at her, so desperate and she could almost feel the self-hate wafting off of him. The look on his face was so much like Crona it scared Maka. It was as if all strength was sucked away from this boy.
Then Soul started to cry. At first it was just watering but the longer he looked at Maka the worse it got. It escalated into silent tears running down his cheeks, turned into pained gasps and then his body was shaking with heart-wrenching sobs. Maka had never seen her partner this way before.
Something broke in Maka and she encircle Soul's feeble body and pulled him tight against her chest. She held onto him, like he might float away, as sobs racked his body.
"Soul, its ok Soul," she whispered gently into his soft white hair as his sobs subsided into whimpers. She rubbed his back, comforting him. Slowly his arms loosened from around his legs and latched onto Maka's back.
He lifted his head and faced Maka. He pressed his forehead against hers and she felt her heart skip a beat. There was a look in his eyes, an emotion dominating everything, but Maka couldn't place it. "Maka," he hiccupped, "I love you."
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It was like being snapped back into place and she was staring up at the blue sky. Soul no longer was burning her hands, or felt heavy at all. But there was a pain in her lower back where she had been smashed with the foot of the witch.
Pain shot down her spine and she realized she probably fractured something. Fuck, she thought, at least I can still move my feet. But this is bad. She winced as she propped herself against the wall and Soul said, "Maka, what's wrong?!" At the sound of his worried tone she felt her heart flutter, but the pain searing her lower back quickly overpowered that.
"My back," was all she managed to gasp out. She looked over to see Black Star grinning at her, momentarily breaking from his battle with Mantis. "Kid," he yelled, "Soul and Maka are back."
But the moment didn't last long as Maka noticed Mantis hurtling towards her, breaking away from Black Star as he was distracted. That's when everything seemed to slow down and Maka was watching Mantis' blade going right toward her stomach.
The only reaction she had was to toss Soul out of the way just as he was glowing with transformation. The last thing she saw was Soul's wide, desperate, blood red eyes as the blade was plunged into her gut.
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Ohmygersh, sorry guys to leave you with such a cliff hanger and taking so long to update. Anyways I will hopefully get to updating tomorrow! Thanks for reading and be sure to leave a review!
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