A/N Finally another chapter. Time flew by and thank god school is over. This was originally part of one giant chapter, but I am not even near completion so I decided to split it and here is some of it. Part 2 will come later.
The wind suddenly stopped allowing Kid to run to Kuraha.
"Are you alright?" Kid looked at the lion.
"I am, and this trap is doing is keeping me from getting to Bishamon-sama." Kuraha explained.
Kid punched the ground causing it to crack which freed the shinki.
"We must hurry to Bishamon-sama's side." Kuraha began running towards the direction which Bishamon had been dragged.
Meanwhile, the war god struggled to free herself from the water tentacle's grasp as it dragged her across the forest's ground.
"Damn, I can't get free." Bishamon attempted to grab the tentacle, having her hand pass right through it.
"Veena it seems to be water so you won't be able to grab it or cut it." Kazuma told her as he looked at it through his earring form.
Bishamon looked ahead seeing a tree slightly to the right of where she was being dragged.
"Let us see if this works." Bishamon maneuvered herself to the right, causing the tentacle to extend diagonally as it collided with the tree. The water splashed over the tree and Bishamon's lower body as she tumbled forward, attempting to stop her velocity.
Finally stopping, Bishamon pushed herself up.
"Veena?! Are you alright?" Kazuma panicked at the sudden halt of speed.
"Yes, though that dragging left me sore." Bishamon said as she rubbed and moved her neck.
"Should we wait for Shinigami-sama?" Kazuma asked
"Why are you addressing him in such a way?" Bishamon asked.
"It would be disrespectful, if I was to address another god informally. That is something you taught me." Kazuma explained
"Very well. I suppose we should wait for him since he is the only one who knows where the witch is." Bishamon attempted to look through the dense fog. Suddenly a humanoid figure appeared before her. Without hesitation she grabbed Yugiha and sliced through figure.
"What was that?" She thought as she looked down only to see a pile of rocks.
"This must have been caused by the magic he spoke of." She though as she noticed several others appear.
"They won't be much of a challenge. Yugiha can destroy them with one strike." She prepped said shinki, taking a fighting stance.
Within a few minutes she destroyed all of them, waiting for any others to appear. She kept her guard up, as an uneasy atmosphere overtook the area.
"Something doesn't feel right." She thought as she waited for a sign of attack. The fog got thicker in her eyes, making visibility lower than before.
"Kazuma can you see anything through this irritating fog." She asked her shinki
Kazuma used his enhanced vision to look through the fog, "I only see more and more fog. We are surrounded by trees if that is any help." Kazuma informed Bishamon. Though he also felt uneasy about being there. Bishamon held onto Yugiha tightly when the ground started shaking furiously.
"An earthquake?!" Kazuma asked
"I don't think so, this isn't an earthquake's doing. It seems like something is coming from the ground." Bishamon turned to see the ground spilt open and a giant hand, which seemed to be made from the ground itself appear from it. Whatever was appearing from the ground, pushed itself up destroying anything in its path. Bishamon ran away from the splitting ground.
"Whatever this thing is, it seems to be building itself as it emerges." Kazuma used his enhanced vision, to look closely as the giant appeared.
Bishamon now noticed any trees it touched, were attached to it.
Bishamon could simply watch as the giant appeared. It stood at fifty feet, and was made from anything nature related near it. Its arms and body were plastered with dead trees and logs which left this area of the forest barren.
"What is the plan, Veena?" Kazuma asked.
"Simply because it is big, doesn't mean I will yield. I'll attack it like I would anything else. Though I suppose aiming for the legs would be the best option. After it falls I will destroy the top." Bishamon charged the earth golem. Dodging its fist by jumping over it.
"Incoming Veena!" Kazuma shouted, Bishamon flipped over the giant's other fist.
As it passed under her, she used Yugiha to cut through the hand which turned it to rubble.
After that she used her speed to maneuver under the giant and slice through its right leg, causing it to tumble.
The giant now kneeled as Bishamon jumped on its back and ran up it heading towards the head. The giant began moving again, attempting to stand. The giants body was nearly vertically, Bishamon jumped up as it straightened completely, "Kinuha." She called the whip and used her to grab onto a tree which was connected to the giant's head.
The giant proceeded to move around crazily attempting to knock the war god off but failing.
Bishamon's grip on Kinuha never loosened. Still holding onto Kinuha, Bishamon began running across the giant's back, heading for a misplaced boulder which was implanted in the giant's back. She reached the rock and used it to jump up to the head of the giant.
As she struggled to stay on its head, she held Yugiha above her head.
"Damn! Stay still!" She thought as she plunged Yugiha into the giant's shoulder, the power of the sacred weapon sliced the giant's entire left side crumbling again. She jumped off, turning to watch the crumbling giant.
Bishamon's eyes widened as she saw crimson electricity, putting the giant together.
"It is fixing itself?!" Bishamon shouted in disbelief as it stood, seemingly unaffected by her attacks.
"To be expected."
Bishamon was surprised to hear Kid's voice as she turned to see him standing at her side.
"Milady. I apologize for being late." Kuraha stood on her other side as he bowed his head.
"I wouldn't hold it against him. We encountered some of these earth golems as well, he was a big help." Kid told her, still looking at the self-repairing giant.
"Anyways, it seems we found her." Kid spoke taking Liz and Patty out of their holsters.
Bishamon was confused, until she remembered who they were after.
"You mean, the witch is that giant?" Bishamon look at the completely repaired giant as it faced them.
"Not exactly, she has created that giant around herself, probably believing it will give her a benefit when fighting us, but she is gravely mistaken." Kid twirled Liz and Patty in his hands, before he pointed them at the giant.
"Let us see if you can fix your armor after this! You ready, girls?" Kid asked his two weapons.
"About time." Liz said
"Let's do this!" Patty shouted
"Alright then."
"Let's go! SOUL RESONANCE!" The three shouted in unison as wind started picking up at high speeds.
Anyone who has soul perception would notice the giant golden soul, which covered the city, begin vibrating as it resonated.
Liz and Patty's weapon forms began glowing and Kid began floating a few feet above the ground. Six symmetrical spikes appeared, three on Kid's right upper arm and three on his left upper arm. Black electricity seemed to connect the spikes with Liz and Patty. Liz and Patty's glowing extended to Kid forearm and took the form of a giant barrel. The glowing disappeared, revealing a modified version of the Death Canon. It was slightly bigger and was gold instead of silver, with a white ring around the top of the barrel. It still held its signature skulls on each side.
"Resonance stable. Noise level at 0.1%" Liz said
"Black needle soul wavelength, fully charged." Patty added.
Pulsing white rings appeared, four on each canon. Black electricity now moved crazily around Kid.
"Preparing to fire. Feedback in 4 seconds." As Liz said this Kid stopped floating and landing, squatting as he did so. Green and Pink particles formed around the barrels of he canons and red- shadowed skulls floated above each one.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Firing now!" Patty shouted.
"Get Down! DEATH CANON!" Kid's voice echoed as the canon fired its green and pink beams. The giant beams of power headed to the giant and engulfed it. Within seconds the giant was disintegrated. The explosion sent debris of trees and rocks flying through the air. Trees which were still standing were knocked down as the explosion died down. The giant cloud caused by the attack was shaped like several skulls together.
After a few minutes the spoke began clearing, revealing the crumbled body of the giant.
"Did we beat her?" Bishamon asked
"No. Her soul is gone but she isn't dead. She must have left the body and dodged my attack." Kid stood cautiously looking around, attempting to sense the soul which suddenly disappeared.
"Stay alert Bishamoten, we don't know wh-" Kid stopped talking as he realized Bishamon wasn't by his side anymore.
"Damn, I let my guard down." Kid used his soul perception to look for Bishamon's soul, only to be surprised that he couldn't find her soul.
"This is not right. I can't sense her soul." Kid continued panning the area around him, trying to focus on the war god's soul.
"How could she disappear?" Liz asked
"Maybe she ran away." Patty added
"Even if she left, I would still be able to sense her soul, even without soul perception. I doubt I would miss such a powerful soul if it left my soul's range." Kid spoke of the massive golden soul which appeared like a dome over the Japanese city.
"This fog, it thicking…again. I have a bad feeling about this." Kid stayed alert, waiting for any attack to come.
"The fog could be blocking your soul perception." Liz theorized
"It could or maybe this isn't even real." Kid stated
"What do you mean?" Patty asked
"Cynthia is capable of using madness and from what I've seen in her soul, she has some sort of hold on it. It may be powerful enough to start hallucinations." Kid revealed his thoughts. It could be very possible that she has manifested madness to such a level. Kid had to give it to the witch, she is clever in knowing that madness can cause such things.
"And I am sure that proves it." Kid said as he stared at the embodiment of the Madness of Fear, Asura. The Kishin stood wrapped in its several layers of clothing.
"Brother..." The "Kishin" spoke.
"Don't you dare insult me." Kid replied angrily before remembering he was speaking with a hallucination.
"How foolish of me, I allowed her madness to overcome mine." Kid thought as he increased his madness influence which caused the illusion to vanish. He then sensed Bishamon's soul.
"Bishamoten, I'm glad I found you." He turned only to notice Bishamon staring at him with anger filled eyes.
"Bisha-" Kid was cut off by Bishamon nearly cutting his head off. He ducked as Bishamon swung her sword above him.
Quickly rolling aside and dodging Yugiha, he jumped back attempting to stop Bishamon.
"Bishamoten! Stop! I am not your enemy." His yelling wasn't heard as the war god charged him once again.
She stood in front of him and brought down Yugiha, only to have Kid dodge once again. Bishamon destroyed the ground where Kid once stood, along with several trees due to the force of her attack.
"Why is she attacking us?" Patty asked with a panicked tone.
"She must think I'm her enemy. It must be the madness, Bishamonten isn't used to madness so it must influence her easier." Kid cartwheeled sideways and dodged several bullets as he evaded the raging god.
Meanwhile Kazuma was trying to bring Bishamon back to her senses.
"Veena! Stop! That isn't Yato!" Kazuma shouted but with little success.
"What is she doing?! I thought she came to terms with Shinigami-sama." Tsuguha was confused as to why her master was attacking the god of death.
"Bishamon-sama, please stop!" Kazuha the male twin shouted
"It is no use, she isn't paying attention." Akiha told his fellow shinki as they resided within their shinki forms.
"She seems to think that Shinigami-sama is Yato, and not only Yato, but the Yato from several years ago. The one who killed the 'Ma' clan." Kazuma thought as he noticed Kid has stopped dodging and attempted to grab Yugiha but Bishamon's strength had forced Kid to kneel, and the ground behind him to begin giving away.
Kazuma also noticed Yugiha's blade cut Kid's hands as Bishamon applied more and more pressure.
"So this is the full power of the strongest god of war." Kid thought as blood dripped down his arms. His hold of Yugiha began faulting as his arms began shaking, blood continue pouring from his wounded palms.
"I won't let you kill any more of my shinki! I'll make you feel the pain of having your shinki killed!" Bishamon shouted as her purple, snake-like eyes looked at Kid, filled with hatred. Kid quickly acted as he pushed Yugiha down, and leaped backwards. Bishamon's strength destroyed the ground creating a small crater.
Kid looked at both his hands, examining the wounds which healed. Soon the bleeding stopped as the cuts closed.
"This isn't going anywhere. If this continues, she could very well kill me." Kid looked at Bishamon as she removed Yugiha from the ground.
"What are we going to do?" Liz asked
"Easiest thing to do is subdue her." Kid moved his body to take on a strange stance, with his arms in strange directions
"Death God Martial Art: Stance of Sin." Kid took his battle stance.
"Listen, shinki! I don't want to hurt Bishamoten but as you can see I've no choice." Kid declared to Bishamon's shinki. As this was said, the second round of the battle between the god of war and god of death begun.
Maka flew through the skies of the Japanese city, (A/N I don't know the name of the city.) She now wore her black dress which was made of black blood. This occurred when she resonated with Soul and he played his piano.
At first Maka struggled with fighting the witch. The witch contained different varieties of magic, along with madness. But soon enough she started faulting as the madness killed her and destroyed her soul.
The witch started evading and dodging Maka's attacks, instead of furiously attacking like before.
Said witch was now sent hurling towards the ground, after receiving a devastating kick from Maka.
She crashed into the ground creating a dust cloud. Most of the civilians in the area were evacuated by the local police. After the event with Kid, they were trained to do so, if such an event happened again.
Maka landed with her black dress disappearing, her clothing reverted back to her Spartoi uniform which was slightly dirty.
Tara Lezh, one of the witches which came to conquer this world, attempted to get up, only to cough up blood.
"So the end has come." Tara whispered under her breath as she looked up to see Maka walking towards her.
"Her soul is being ripped apart, she won't live for much longer." Maka stated.
"We have to collect her soul before the madness destroys it" Soul added
Maka propped Soul over her shoulder as she stood a few feet away from the dying witch. Tara looked at Maka, a smile adorned her face as she coughed up more blood.
"So this is how I die. At the hands of one of Death's bitches." Tara said with an insane smile.
"Is that really the way you should speak to someone who will collect your soul?" Maka wore an indifferent face.
"It doesn't matter anyways. I know the madness is killing me. We all knew that we wouldn't be able to contain it, but we really didn't care." Tara revealed.
"The thirst for power blinded us, but it felt good... to have such power even for a small time."
"Are those your last words?" Maka asked
A burst of fire was suddenly shot at Maka, only giving her milliseconds to dodge. The fire flew past her, slightly burning the right side of her face and hair.
"Maka!"
"I'm okay, Soul. It is probably only a first degree burn." Maka touched her face, causing slight pain to serge through her face.
"At least I tried." Tara stated as her strength gave away. She now was laying in the rubble of the street, waiting for Maka to collect her soul.
Maka raised Soul and brought him down, stabbing Tara through the torso causing her body to disintegrate, revealing the red witch soul.
"A witch Kishin-egg. We should probably take this to Kid." Maka grabbed the soul and placed it within a satchel which she had with her. (A/N I totally forgot to mention the satchels in the previous chapter…sorry.)
"We should regroup with Professor Stein." Maka stated as she boarded Soul's scythe form. His blade shortened and wings appeared allowing her to take to the air.
Yato jumped out of the way of an oncoming boulder. He and Stein escorted Hiyori to her father's hospital, where the man still worked in helping those injured by the witch's attack.
She then went to her home where her mother, very relieved to see Hiyori, commanded her to stay inside. Luckily and conveniently her human body passed out allowing her to enter her half-phantom form. Stein and Yato went to fight the witch Aaliyah Sconcs. Like Tara, Aaliyah learned some elemental magic. Instead of fire she could control earth. With the help of Yato, Stein gained an upper hand quickly causing Aaliyah to retreat.
Yato was now distracting the witch as Stein prepared his plan to finish her.
Yato jumped over another barrage of earth and sped toward the witch, jumping high into the air, attempting to bring the flying witch down. Having a pillar of earth appear before him, Yato used it as leverage to push himself back as the pillar broke into several pieces of rock. The rocks were then sent towards Yato at deadly speeds. Barely dodging the bullet-like pebbles, Yato managed to take cover behind a fallen wall.
"What is taking that Professor so long?!" Yato shouted
"Yato!"
The god looked up to see Hiyori running towards him in her phantom form.
"Hiyori! What the hell are you doing here?!" Yato shouted as he ran up to Hiyori, grabbed her and took her to cover.
"We told you to stay home!" Yato scolded.
"I worried for Yuki!" Hiyori half lied as she shouted back. Yato then noticed the attack stopped. He peeked over the top of the fallen wall, only to see another boulder being sent toward him and Hiyori. Quickly thinking he grabbed Hiyori and jumped high into the air.
They landed on the boulder, "Sorry about that." Yato apologized after letting the half-phantom down.
Hiyori was going to reply but was interrupted, "Soul Force!" Yato and Hiyori looked up to see Stein landing on the witch. His hand gripped her head causing electricity to surge through her body. Stein then pushed her down to the ground.
The witch pushed herself up and attempted to fly back up, only to fall flat on her face.
"What?!" She shouted as she looked at her feet only to see glowing threads which attached her to the ground.
"Soul Thread Sutures." Stein landed in front of the witch as more threads appeared on her arms, keeping her immobilized.
"This battle is over. You've lost." Stein stood in front of the witch. She struggled to lift her head as most of her body was now attached to the ground.
Yato and Hiyori walked over to Stein, standing beside him, they eyed the witch as well.
"Don't look at me with those pity filled eyes. It disgusts me." Aaliyah stated
"You brought this upon yourself. The state you are in now, gives us no choice but to pity you." Stein told her.
"I will admit, I feel like an idiot for listening to her. Madness isn't something witches should hold. We aren't gods, we are simply an image of what witches were. I guess it was worth it. Having some taste of true power, I mean." Aaliyah said.
"That is stupid. Power should never be a reason to give up your life. Life is a precious thing." Yato cut in.
"You know nothing. You are just a visitor from another world. I shouldn't need to listen to anything you say. Though it isn't like I will be alive much longer anyways." Aaliyah laid her head on the ground, apparently accepting death.
Stein raised Spirit with both hands. Bringing it down, he stabbed through Aaliyah's back. Her body disappearing leaving a red witch soul.
Stein grabbed the soul as he looked over at the other two present. "I apologize. I doubt that was something you wished to see." Stein told them, especially telling Hiyori who had closed her eyes as the blade punctured the witch.
"We told you to stay home." Stein told Hiyori.
"I know bu-"
"You have a kind heart, and it is normal to worry, but your worries might be the death of you." Stein unintentionally let his teacher side to take over, so it seemed as though he was scolding Hiyori.
"You are a smart girl, Hiyori, and you should have more faith in Yato. He is a god after all." To Hiyori it still felt as though Stein was scolding her.
"I am sorry Sensei." Hiyori apologized as she slightly bowed.
Stein raised an eyebrow at this, "I didn't mean to scold you. I was simply giving you advice." Stein wore an indifferent face as he said this.
"Don't mind him, he may seem scary but he is a big softy on the inside. Even if you aren't one of his students." Spirit transformed from his scythe form to now stand next to his meister.
"What are you talking about, Spirit?" Stein asked
"You know I'm right. When it come to your family and students, you become all warm inside." Spirit mocked his best friend.
Stein simply looked at the weapon, but he knew what Spirit said was true. His family did make him kinder, and he cared greatly for each of his students. Even if only met the three in front of him no more than a week ago, he still cared for them, along with Spirit and any of the instructors at the DWMA. That is just the nature of being a teacher.
"We should head towards Lord Death. Maka seems to have defeated the witch she was fighting." Stein used his soul perception to detect Maka's soul.
"Hiyori, this time you should head home, and stay there." Yato told the girl.
"Alright but promise me…please come back." Hiyori looked at the calamity god. Yato slightly blushed at Hiyori's request. Getting over his own bashfulness he smiled a big and bright smile.
"Your wish has been heard loud and clear." Yato declared. It was Hiyori's turn to blush, she looked downed attempting to hide her blush.
Maka arrived, seeing the soul in Stein's hand.
"Professor Stein. I'm glad to see you safe." Maka landed in front of Stein, allowing Soul to transform.
"So we won." Soul stated flashing a toothy grin.
"Not exactly, I'm sure Maka has felt the powerful witch soul." Stein looked off into the distance, and then into the sky. He looked at the golden dome which was Kid's soul, see the signs of conflict in the gigantic soul.
"I am sure you have also seen the conflict which has been going on." Stein looked at Maka for conformation.
"I wasn't sure at first, but when I was flying over the city, I noticed the soul was over in a forest, along with the witch soul." Maka informed.
"Can we assume Lord Death is in that forest?" Stein asked
"My guess is yes, since before he and I got separated, I noticed him leave with a god of this world. It is the same soul which is filled with hatred." Maka finished, giving her report to Stein. As a three-star meister, she was accustomed to giving full military type reports to her superiors.
"Wait how did this god look like?" Yato cut in hoping, it wasn't who he thought it was.
"She was blond, and I believe Lord Death stated her name being Bishamoten." Maka looked at Yato, who now wore a worried expression.
"If she is going crazy, she can destroy the entire city and kill Kid. We have to go." Yato motioned for them to follow.
"The witch is in that direction as well. We should assist Lord Death as much as we can." Stein stated, as he and Maka nodded to each other for confirmation. Both Soul and Spirit transformed back into scythes being grabbed by each other's respective meisters.
"Hiyori, head home." Yato told her, gaining a nod from the half-phantom. Hiyori jumped onto a light post jumping her way home.
Yato, Maka and Stein looked at each other once again, confirming they were ready to go.
Kid grabbed the sides of Bishamon's sword, Yugiha. The blade being half a foot away from his face. The forest around them seemed more like a battle ground than a forest. The area was completely decimated due to their fight. Kid sustained some injuries, but they healed quickly after he received them.
"Bishamoten!" Kid shouted.
In Bishamon's vision, she was fighting the Yatogami. He is the same as he was back when he killed the Ma clan. His kimono and katana, still fresh in their blood. This time she was not going to let him get away. Though she could hear all her shinki, attempting to stop her, even Kazuma shouted at her. She did not know why, but she felt much angrier. She always felt angry when fighting the god of calamity, but this time she felt as though something more was making her do this.
She was brought out of her thoughts by, "Yato".
"You seem distracted Bishamon. Will you let me kill your shinki again?" 'Yato' mocked
In truth it was Kid who spoke, and he didn't mock, instead he simply shouted her name.
"You dare mock me?! I will have your head!" Bishamon shouted as she released Yugiha and attempted to slice across Kid's torso, only to have him bent backwards and dodge. The sword nearly cutting some of his bangs.
"Kuraha!" Bishamon shouted as she switched places with the lion. Kid straightened as the lion prowled on him, missing as Kid rolled out of the way. Kuraha landed on the ground, turning to Kid.
"I'm sorry, but Milady has commanded me. Her word comes before anything else." The lion slightly tilted his head in an apologetic manner.
"I respect your loyalty to Bishamoten. Do not hold back." Kid reassured him. Kuraha slightly hesitated, but then sprang into action, aiming to bite Kid's neck.
Kid readied himself for the lion's attack when he dodged a bullet. He glanced over at Bishamon, seeing Kazuma's symbol over her right eye, and Karuha in her hand.
"I missed, Bishamon-sama." Kazuma apologized. In truth he was glad that Kid has faster reflexes than he could target.
"Make aim again. This time account for his fight with Kuraha." Bishamon ordered, as she called Kazuha. She now held both pistols in her hand.
Kuraha's jaw was grabbed by Kid's right hand. Kid extended his arm, which aimed Kuraha's head up, and temporarily closed his jaws. Kuraha swung his left paw, claws fully extended, attempting to latch onto Kid lower stomach, but missed due to Kid moving his body back.
Kuraha then quickly used his right paw to dig into Kid's right side. Using his claws to latch onto the reaper's body, Kuraha was now attached to Kid, via his left paw.
"You okay, Kid?!" Liz asked
"Don't worry. I'll heal, but I will admit…the pain is definitely present." Kid told the two sisters through wavelength communication.
Kid hold on Kuraha's jaw, didn't fault as the lion shook his head attempting to free himself.
Kuraha dug his claw deeper into Kid's right side. Blood soaked through Kid's black shirt, and onto the lion's fur and paw. Kid also held onto Kuraha's left paw, stopping the lion from hurting him further.
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Bishamon lining up her shot. Releasing his hold on Kuraha's jaw, which allowed the lion to bite down on Kid's forearm.
"Bishamon-sama…fire now!" Kazuma shouted hesitantly as he targeted both Kid's head and his torso.
Bishamon sent a barrage of bullets speeding towards the reaper. Using his speed, Kid lifted up Kuraha, and began falling backwards. The bullets passed under Kuraha's body as he was lifted up into the air, his teeth still biting down on Kid's forearm.
In one swift motion, Kid landed on his back, with Kuraha still clinging onto his arm. The lion now lay on his back, as Kid lifted himself up, and brought his feet down knocking the air out of Kuraha. This caused Kuraha to relax his jaw, allowing Kid to flip backwards and away from the lion.
"I am sorry Kuraha…" Kid apologized as he landed, extending his arms and forming a "T" with his body.
"Perfectly symmetrical." He thought before he clutched his body's wound, slightly cringing from the pain. Soon enough he felt the wound on both his arm and body, begin healing, reducing the pain.
He then sensed Maka soul running towards them.
"Bishamoten!" Maka shouted as the god of war turned to see her.
Before she knew what was going on, Maka grabbed Bishamon's collar and head-butted her as hard as she could. After doing so Maka jumped back regrouping with Stein and Yato.
"You stubborn girl… you just attacked a god of war." Soul commented with a chuckle.
"It was the only way to get the madness out of her." Maka told him as she rubbed her forehead.
Kid took a second to notice the madness leaving Bishamon's body.
"That clever girl, she must have seen madness' influence in Bishamon's soul, and figured her anti-demon wavelength could dispel it." Kid smiled at the cleverness of her friend. Only the meister noticed, within the split second that Maka head-butted Bishamon, the short resonance between Maka and Bishamon's soul, which purged the latter's soul.
Bishamon did the same as Maka, rubbing her head. The head ache which she didn't realize she had, started going away. She looked up towards Maka and Stein, then back at the "Yatogami," which she fought. The image of the blood covered Yatogami from centuries ago began fading away, in the end Bishamon no longer looked at Yato, but at an injured Kid.
"Good to see you are back to normal, Bishamoten." Kid commented.
Bishamon then felt her own exhaustion, she was indeed fighting with all her strength, and against Kid who managed to dodge most of her attacks.
"Kazuma… what the hell happened?" Bishamon asked.
"I do not know the details… but it seems you thought Shinigami-sama was Yato. We've been fighting him for the past forty minutes or so." Kazuma informed.
"How did that happen?" Bishamon asked, baffled at her own inability to remember the past events.
"Madness." Kid interrupted Bishamon's conversation as he walked up to her.
"The witch has reached the point where she has a madness wavelength which can affect anyone, the most common causes are hallucinations. Since this is possible, the witch is near Kishin status." Kid explained as he looked over at the other meisters and god.
"Are you three alright?"
"We are fine. Cannot say the same about you." Maka stated with a worried tone.
"I appreciate your concern Maka, but I am more durable than most." Kid reassured
"That is true, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful." Maka told him with a slightly motherly tone. Maka cares for her friends deeply, not excluding Kid even if he is her superior. In Maka's mind friendship is before rank.
"Lord Death, I apologize for the interruption, but I believe we have more pressing matters at hand." Stein walked next to Maka.
"No you are right, we should work on locating the witch. As you have sensed, her soul somehow disappeared."
"A new form of soul protect?" Stein speculated.
"Could be or it might be this fog, it clearly isn't normal fog. For all we know it somehow blocks soul perception." Maka added.
"Both are possible… but standing here is not solv-" Kid stopped talking as he turned to grab an incoming object. The two he spoke to gained a battle stance as they eyed the object Kid caught. Noticing it was a foot long shard of ice.
"Ice?" Yato took this time to enter the conversation.
Kid was about to speak when he felt the ice start vibrating. Without a second thought Kid sent the shard back from the direction it came from, before it exploded. It exploded into several pieces which dug into the ground below.
"Prepare yourselves." Kid spoke as he pulled Liz and Patty out of their holsters. The others prepared their weapons, including Bishamon who against her own body's tired state, she prepared Yugiha.
The tension as they waited for the next attack was unbearable, they knew something was coming, and they all had a bad feeling. The ground suddenly started shaking violently, the normal city dwellers believing it to be an earthquake atop all the events which are occurring.
A news helicopter flew over the forest, the cameraman clearly visible from the helicopter's opened door. A reporter strapped with a harness, looked back and forth from the camera and the forest.
The news being broadcasted all over the world.
"I hoped all the pedestrians would be far from here. Let us hope that helicopter does not get in the way." Stein stated as he looked at the flying vehicle.
"Now that you've said that, something is bound to happen." Spirit joked.
"And I don't doubt it." Stein agreed
Meanwhile with Hiyori
Hiyori made it back to her home, where she reentered her body. Her mother by her side as she woke up. She had fallen asleep in her living room before she checked on Yato. Now she sat with a cup of hot tea in her hand. Hiyori and her mother watched the news, listening as the reporter spoke.
"As you can see the mysterious fog, which appeared about an hour ago, has cleared slightly revealing the supposed "Shinigami" and several others." The reporter stated as the camera panned over to Kid, Maka and Stein. Normal humans being unable to see Bishamon and Yato.
"Many have argued on whether the Shinigami, is a threat or not. Were the attacks today proof that this being is actually an enemy?" The reporter continued.
"There have been several thoughts on whether the President of the United States, will approve on soldiers to arrive here in Japan. We will keep you informed as we receive information." The reporter was going to continue, but the helicopter's sudden violent shaking stopped him.
"There seems to be some sudden wind." The reporter said, as the camera continued shaking.
"What the hell?! Pilot! Get us the hell out o-" The camera cut off leaving only static.
"Oh, my." Hiyori's mother said with a worried and frightened tone.
Hiyori's was going to say something as the ground started shaking.
"An earthquake?!" Hiyori shouted as her knees buckled.
As soon as it started, the shaking stopped.
"Are you okay, Hiyori?" Hiyori's mother asked
Hiyori nodded as her mind was elsewhere.
"Yato…please be safe…come back." Hiyori worried for the one she loves.