Chapter 3 – Yuki and Aoi's Mission
''Hey you two!" Lord Death said to the two girls standing in front of him.
''You summoned us?" asked Yuki in her usual soft voice. She yawned, stretching out her arms. I wonder why he summoned us in the middle of the night, Yuki thought to herself with a confused expression spread across her face. She looked at her miester, Aoi for an answer but she, too, had the same confused expression spread across her face.
''Why, yes I did,'' answered Lord Death. ''I have a special mission just for the two of you in fact!" He nodded slowly, happiness put into his voice.
''Well, what's the mission then?" asked Aoi, narrowing her eyes.
''You two are ahead of your class for now, and it doesn't seem like you are falling behind at all. You have collected 99 kishin souls incredibly fast, which means you have one witch soul to collect. I don't know how exactly you two managed to pull off collecting so many souls in a matter of a month or two, but that's not what I summoned you two for.''
Aoi and Yuki were holding back a laugh, as they knew exactly how they got those souls so fast. Every night they had been attending the D.W.M.A, the two had been out collecting kishin souls without anyone else's knowledge of them doing so. They doubted they would get in trouble for doing some extra soul collecting, but they didn't want to take any chances.
''I need you two to find me a weapon. It is called 'Ragnarok' and is highly dangerous. I have assigned you two with this mission because I believe you can handle it,'' Lord Death said seriously this time. ''Now off with you!" Yuki and Aoi nodded slowly before making their way back to their dorm. They both got dressed and Yuki transformed into her whip form.
By now, Aoi was jumping roof to roof while she looked around for the weapon.
''Hey do you even know what the weapon looks like?" asked Yuki.
''No idea, but I think if we follow where noise is, we might be able to find it,'' answered Mizuki as she kept her eyes ahead.
She stopped on one rooftop, looking around and making sure she was paying attention to all the noises around her. All of a sudden Aoi heard a faint screaming noise coming from within a building. She dashed towards that area instantly, not skipping a beat. Aoi dropped down off of the roof, landing on the ground in front of the building.
''In there,'' said Mizuki slowly and cautiously.
''You sure?" asked Yuki.
''I heard it, but it stopped now. However I am positive it's in there.''
''I didn't hear anything, but I won't argue. I just hope you're right his one,'' Yuki's voice trailed off which made Aoi snap Yuki's whip form into the air. It had startled Yuki.
''Hey focus! This is serious!" said Mizuki.
''Okay, I'm sorry! Let's just get in and get this over with.''
Aoi pushed the doors open slowly. Inside was a boy dressed in black, wielding a sword in his hand, and had messy purple hair. Yuki noticed Soul and Maka were also inside.
''Hey look!" Yuki said to Aoi excitedly.
Her excitement faded as the boy began to hold his head and twitched about uncomfortably. He let out a terrible scream, which made Mizuki flinch. Something big suddenly sprouted out of the boy's back, forming into a creature of some sort. It looked very muscular. Its eyes had a black 'x' over each of them, which seemed to fit with the white x over its face. Its body color was mostly black, but it looked as if it had white gloves on with metal cuffs over its wrists. The creature began to punch the boy's head in a teasing manner.
''That hurts me,'' said the boy. The creature continued to do the same action, however. ''It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Ouch! Stop already! STOP IT NOW!''
The creature answered, ''Calm down now, Crona. You're so scary when you're stressed out like this.''
Maka and Soul were standing next to Yuki and Aoi. They looked at each other once then turned back to the boy and the creature that had came out of his back.
''This is getting weird,'' Maka said to the meister and weapon pair next to her. Maka pulled up Soul in his scythe form in front of her. ''You should know that the hunting of human souls is strictly forbidden,'' she said in a strong voice. ''Are you both students? I haven't seen either of you around the academy.''
''Around the where?" asked the boy the creature called Crona. ''What academy?" His voice was full of uncertainty. ''Anyway, she said it was okay to collect the human souls. I don't see what is wrong with it if she said it was okay.''
''Her soul looks tasty,'' said the creature. Maka glared at Crona, her nice shade of green eyes not moving off of him.
''Meisters and their weapons aren't allowed to collect human souls for any reason,'' Maka said, ignoring what the creature had said about her to Crona. ''You are only allowed to hunt the souls that have turned into kishin eggs. Not it is my duty to stop you both.'' Maka raised Soul's scythe form into the air while Mizuki snapped Yuki's whip form in the air. The whip was now glowing a bright black color as their souls connected with one another. The creature on Crona's back had poked him in the head before forming into a sword.
Crona swung the sword around, stopping for a second before dashing towards Maka swiftly, the sword sliding along the floor. Maka stopped the boy by putting her scythe into the ground in front of the sword. Aoi grabbed Crona's leg with the whip before pulling it back towards her. Crona slipped and slammed onto the ground, but stood back up again with a twisted smile on his face. Maka swung the scythe down onto him, but he leapt backwards. She continued to do this, hoping she could slice at Crona at least once. Yuki suddenly had changed into a gun without realizing it.
''When the hell did you gain the ability to become a gun?" Aoi asked, surprised at what her partner had just turned into.
''I have no idea!" Yuki answered just as surprised.
Mizuki shot at Crona, a dark blast coming from the gun, which distracted Crona. This gave Maka an open window to pin him onto the ground. Maka flew into the air, digging her knees into Crona's back and making him slam onto the hard floor below them.
''You got him, Maka!" Soul cheered. Maka held up her scythe in the air, about to slice down on Crona. Crona somehow got free and was now standing. The scythe was, indeed, through him, but it didn't look as if he had been hurt at all.
Crona looked at Maka with his bright, white eyes. ''Oh no, that was a bad move you did there,'' he said to her. Black fluid leaked down from his body, which made Aoi's eyes widen.
Does he have the black blood, too? Aoi wondered to herself.
''Black blood?" Soul and Maka asked in unison.
Crona leaned forward, his face coming next to hers. ''Yes, that is right, my blood is black,'' Crona answered. Maka got her scythe out of Crona then jumped backwards.
''What's up with this guy?" Soul asked nervously.
''I think I have an idea,'' Maka slowly said to Soul.
Yuki and Mizuki just looked at each other. Yuki had been the only one who knew about Aoi's encounter with Medusa. Medusa had told Aoi to tell Yuki since she thought it would be a good idea as Aoi would be almost useless without her weapon anyway. Aoi shifted her weight onto her left foot uncomfortably.
''I don't know how it's possible, but I think his blood itself is a weapon. I was able to cut through his skin, but he blood stopped be as soon as I got to his blood vessels,'' Maka said to the group.
''She's a girl and I am not good with girls, what am I suppose to do with her?" Crona asked himself.
''What is with this guy?" Soul asked. ''And who is he talking to?"
''Oh okay,'' Crona began. ''You're saying I can kill the girl? I did not realize I could actually do so. Maybe I can play with her hair first, though.'' His eyes darted in all directions as if he were insane. Crona lifted his sword into the air then pointing it at Maka and Soul. The weapon suddenly let out a giant screech, making everyone hold their ears. Crona then dashed towards Maka, ready to slice her open and kill her for good.