Chapter 7: A Broken Soul
"Life is a Dream; Death is the Reality…"
A cold breeze blew past Dai's cheeks, he looked towards the female and a painful but dark look was seen in his black optics. The female Medusa glanced up at Dai's eyes and saw how much more serious he was. Medusa would laugh slightly to herself and stare at the boy.
"Are you supposed to be scaring me, you little twit?" Medusa turned her laugh into a frown when she spoke. She would then fold her arms across her chest and smirk at the boy.
"I told you already, you will not leave here alive today. That is all you need to know, now with further ado; I think it's time for you to die…" Dai dashed towards the witch and jet-black flames follow him as he ran. He would reach the female and attempt to give her a punch to the chest, she would try to block the attack by covering her chest, but Dai then would disappear and reappear behind her giving a kick to the back of her skull.
"Urg…You little piece of shit!" She falls to the ground, on her knees rubbing the back of her head. Her foot would take a 180-degree turn from in front of herself, and attempt to trip Dai to the ground.
"Tch…being desperate I see…What trash…" Dai would take his hands from his pockets and arch his frame backwards, beginning to start a back flip. His palm reached the ground and he spins around on it, kicking the witch in the chest, making her fall onto her face.
"Cough, cough. I'm tired of the games kid" She coughs up some blood and brings herself up from the ground.
"I know your little secret, witch. I know that technique you used on Ren takes a lot of magic out of you and, it takes time to recover that body of yours. Further more being why I will be the survivor of this battle." Dai takes a glance down at the female, as she was now at his feet.
Medusa would laugh loudly at the boy's comment, she would grab his ankle and start to pull herself up from the ground. "You think you know it all don't you? I can still tear you limb by limb, even in this weak state of mine."
"You have no common sense do you woman? Your death approaches…" Dai picks the female up by her collar and cock-backs his arm, about to punch her chest in, killing her. When Dai was inches from reaching her chest, a male by the name of Free separated the two, pushing them away from each other with his arms.
Free's actual name was lost during the years in Witch Jail but called himself Free as he escaped with the help of Eruka. He was placed in Witch Jail for taking Mabaa's left eye, and above his left eye, instead of an eyebrow, it reads NOFUTURE. He has a silly personality. For example, he said he wanted to dig out of the jail using a spoon like in the movies, and started hitting his head on a tree when Eruka told him of a different yet cliché way of escaping (although he easily could have escaped on his own through conventional means). He is from the Immortal Clan therefore he cannot die (thus granting him a soul mixed of various parts), which is why Mabaa locked him up since she could not kill him. He uses ice magic and the iron ball still locked on his leg to fight. He is also a werewolf and constantly says, "Wolf wolves wolf wolves" when he is on the verge of unleashing a new spell. This form of chanting is comparable to that of the witches, who also base their spells around certain, similar words and themes (Medusa's snakes, for example).
"I think it's time to end this little face off, wouldn't you think Madam Medusa?" Free says with a dirty look in his eyes.
"What took you so long anyway? I could have died by this dumb kid…" Medusa hits Free in his chest while she spoke.
"Sorry, sorry. I was busy, and I didn't know you were in a fight." He holds Medusa in his arms and glances to Dai's frame.
"You two aren't going anywhere…I will kill that witch, if it's the last thing I do." Dai take a slight glimpse with his black eyes at the two.
"You will do nothing of the sort…" Another person says, from the back of Dai.
Dai attempts to turn around but the person has him stuck to the ground by some black blood. The person would place there sword at Dai's neck if he would even try anything out of the ordinary.
"I see I'm ambushed now…" Dai closes his eyes and inhales a deep breath.
"Free, I see you've brought Crona with you." Medusa says after wiping the blood from her mouth.
Crona is presented with having an ambiguous gender, and although hints are given to identify Crona's gender, nothing has ever stated it exactly. Crona refers to him or herself with themasculine pronoun Japanese for "I", a rare occurrence among females.This is due to being taught at an early age to kill and torture small animals by Medusa. Crona is Ragnarok's meister, and is initially under Medusa's orders (and control) to take any soul they find, be it evil or good. Crona is a very naïve and submissive person who is constantly pestered by Ragnarok in the form ofnoogiesand threats to eat Crona's share of food. Crona does not like to fight (often unable to overcome any obstacles presented) but Medusa normally introduces a spell into Crona's mind that increases Crona's aggression. Crona's blood has been entirely replaced with 'black blood', which both protects Crona from physical harm and provides a degree of healing. Ragnarok; originally a normal weapon was melted into the black blood before the transfusion. This causes their symbiotic nature.
"I had too Madam, it was just necessary. Seeing as though you were getting your butt kicked I did not know, what rather power our opponent would have.
"Shall I exterminate this bug Medusa?" Crona says with no expression in his/her sentence.
"No, lets go I feel someone else's soul. And it feels familiar…" Medusa takes a glance around her frame.
"Crona lets go." Free then says towards the boy/girl.
Free with Medusa in his arms takes off with Crona and dashes off into the night sky, disappearing in the distance.
"It's alright Dai, I know how you feel." Stein says appearing next to Dai's side.
"Tch, whatever…" Dai turns around places his hands in his pockets and leaps from the rooftop down on the ground.
"One of these days Medusa, one of these days…" Stein says to himself
