WHAT IS UP EVERYONE? It's been so long since I updated….so very sorry. Working a lot. I painted my room one weekend, hung out with my friends who came home for spring break (I don't go to college). And just being lazy while I binge watch my Korean dramas lol. Well anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter…


Dark circles lay under Maka's eyes as she walks over to Soul's car. He stares at her as she gets in.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Maka yawns, "Hm? Oh yeah, I'm fine, just didn't get any sleep."

Soul turns off the car, and faces her. "How come? Are you concerned for Crona?"

Maka looks at her phone, "Turn back on the car, we have to get to school."

"But Maka."

"I'll tell you on the way there."

Soul makes a face but turns on the car, heading to school. As they drive, Maka looks out the window, "After you left last night, I went to my room, only to be face to face with Crona."

Soul slams on the breaks, "He was in you room? How the hell did he get in there?"

"My windows, he jumped out of them when he left." Maka scratched her head, "I'm not even on the first floor so that makes it stranger."

"Well what did he say?" Soul asks annoyed that Crona did that. He pulls into the school's parking lot.

"That he was just making sure I got home."

Soul scuffs, "I know he's your best friend and all, but that's creepy."

Maka get's out of the car and looks over to Soul, "It did make me feel uncomfortable for sure. That is why I didn't get any sleep, I kept thinking he was going to try to get back into my room."

"Has he done this before?"

"No, it's like he's a different person."

"I wonder what happen to him at the hospital." Soul thinks aloud.

They head into school and see Crona leaning against Maka's locker. He smiles at them, "Hi guys."

Maka and Soul stop walking, look at each other then back at Crona, "Uh, hey Crona." Maka says.

"Well I'm going to go find Patty, bye." He says waving.

Soul scratches his head, "He's scaring me."

Maka laughs, "He's in a really happy mood; I wonder what happened."

"Did we knock some sense in him last night?"

"But why was he in my room last night?"

"Happy to see you?"

"Oh well, as long as he is happy I'm not going to dwell on it."

Soul nods in agreement and they head to his locker. Jon rushes over to them, "Hey, what's wrong with your friend?"

"Which friend? Crona?" Maka asks. Soul opens his locker, grabbing his books. He then faces Jon, "How do you know something is wrong with Crona?"

Jon goes over to the windowsill and sit on it, "Well all the ghosts are talking about it, every evil ghost hovers over him."

"Even right now?" Maka asks shocked.

"You didn't see it? I thought you guys could see the dark clouds."

"We can," Soul answers, "But today when we saw him, he was so happy."

Jon thinks for a minute, "That's strange, how come I saw them but you didn't?"

Maka looks over at Soul, "Do you think Crona is trying to trick us?"

Soul rubs his eyes, "Why would he try to trick us into thinking he was happy when we know he's not?"

The bells rings throughout the halls. Jon jumps down from the windowsill, "Don't worry, I'll help you guys. I'm going to go see what he is doing." He vanishes.

Maka sighs, "I wonder why Jon in being helpful."

"Maybe he wants to help us with Crona before he crosses over?"

They head to their first class, Maka placing her head down and falling asleep. Soul smiles at her. Jon then appears next to Soul. Soul looks at him shocked, never has Jon followed him into a classroom before, he always stayed in the halls.

"Hey, Soul, I know you are in class, but its about Crona."

Soul nods his head to show he is listening as he continues to take notes off the board. Maka still sleeping next to him.

"Well, Crona is in science class right now, acting all happy with Patty. I then notice that evil ghost were watching him but from afar. I then headed to the rooftop, and saw that there were thousands of them hovering above the school!"

Soul stops writing and looks at Jon, "Seriously?" He whispers.

Jon nods, Soul taps his pencil then writes down, "Are you able to ask the ghost why they are following Crona around? Crona is not even dead, but he can sense that they are there."

Jon reads the note and looks at him. "No problem at all! I'll be right back."

Soul looks out the window seeing ghost fly around, what do they want with Crona?


Hours went by and Soul was becoming nervous. Jon hasn't come back yet. "Oh man, what if they turn Jon evil?" Soul asks in panic.

Maka watches him tap his pencil on his desk. All his friends looking at him. They all shared English class together. Crona walks up to them, "Soul, why do you look so worried?"

Soul looks up at Crona, surprised by his simple question. "Oh, ah, my friend hasn't um….texted me back yet. It's really important."

Liz puts her nail file down, "So important, you can't tell us?"

Soul nods.

Patty looks at Maka who is looking out the window, then at Soul. She then turns to Crona, "Crona, I'm happy you look better today. Science class was fun."

"It was, we got to watch a movie instead of dissection. And yes, I realized I worried you guys and that you do want to be my friends."

Everyone smiles at him, Maka pats his back, "We still need to talk about last night, okay?"

Crona slowly nods. Maka then looks back out the window only to see Jon fly past the window towards the ground. She stands up in shock, making everyone jump.

"Um, I'll be right back!" She says heading down the stairs, Soul stands up wanting to follow her. The teacher looks at him, "Only one student can go to the bathroom." He sighs and sits back down, "I wonder what she saw?"

"What do you mean?" Kid asks, Soul realizes he said that aloud.

"It's okay Soul, just tell them." Patty says. Soul looks at her, "But Maka is not here."

Tsubaki speaks up, "Yeah, Soul, just tell us."

He sighs, "Okay fine. After my accident, I have been able to see ghosts. Maka has been helping me deal with it." He then looks at Crona, "And there are evil ghosts hovering over Crona all the time."

Crona looks down at his hands in his lap. Patty rubbing his back. Everyone just stared at Soul in shock. "So that is why you have become so close to Maka and stopped bulling." Kid said. Soul nods.

"I knew ghosts were real, I just knew it!" Liz says, "But Crona, do you know you have evil ghosts around you?"

Crona nods, "They really got to me yesterday. I wasn't myself at all. I can hear them, but I can't see them. It started to happen at the hospital."

"So you can hear ghost?" Black Star asks shocked. Crona shakes his head, "Only the evil ghosts. At first I thought I did, but then I saw Maka talk to a ghost at the hospital when she came to visit me and that I couldn't hear anything."

Soul crosses his arms, "They want you Crona."

Crona looks at Soul, "They keep telling to go kill myself. That I'm worthless, and that no one will miss me." Tears started to roll down his face.

Tsubaki hands Crona a tissue, "I didn't know ghosts did that to humans."

Soul sighs, "I'm no help at all, I know nothing. God, where is Maka?"


Maka rushes out the back doors of the school, running over to Jon, who laid in the grass. "Jon, are you okay? Can a ghost feel pain?"

Jon looks at her, still laying on the ground, "Nope, I'm just thinking." He gets up, brushing himself off. Maka watches, "Jon, you are not even dirty."

"Well I feel like I am. It's a habit, just because I'm dead doesn't mean it's going to go away!"

Maka puts her hands up, "Alright, alright, sorry." She looks up towards the rooftop, "So, what happened up there?"

Jon huffs, crossing his arms, "Never have I met such terrible people before. Now I want to crossover, god." Maka bites her lip, "That's great, but can you tell me why you fell to the ground?"

"Okay, so," Jon begins, "I decided to help you guys out because seeing the evil ghosts scared me. Soul asked me to ask them what they want with Crona."

Maka steps close to him, "And?"

He throws his arms in the air, "Those evil bastards said that if can get Crona to kill himself that they will be powerful enough to force any spirit to join them!" He runs his hands through his hair, "That they will be able to talk to any human. Make them kill themselves. I can't believe it. Somehow, they got Crona able to hear them!"

Maka's mouth drops open, "Crona can hear the evil ghosts?"

"Yea! They are the reason he acted like that yesterday. But today they didn't bug him."

Maka rubs her head, thinking. "So if they can get Crona to kill himself, it would prove they can do it to any living human." She sits down on the ground, "I didn't even know the evil ghosts would want to associate with the living. I thought they only focused on the spirits."

"Yup, they scare me so much, I don't even want to be a ghost anymore. I'll gladly crossover after I say bye to Soul first."

"Psh, I've been trying to get you to crossover for years. But all it took was to fear some evil spirits."

"Pretty much."

Maka rolls her eyes at him, "Okay, but Jon why did you fall off the building?"

"Oh that, yeah, they asked if I wanted to join them and I said no. Next thing I knew, I was flying off the building. So evil."

Maka shakes her head at him. She looks back up at the rooftop. If the evil ghosts want to be more powerful, why are they just focuing on Crona? She then decides she will ask them herself.

"Maka, you need to get back to class." Jon says interrupting her thoughts. She gasps and sprints back into the school. Jon laughs at her actions, he then frowns. Maybe he should have told her everything.


After two weeks went by not one evil spirit surrounded Crona. He smiled and laughed, became shy around his classmates and teachers like always. Maka got her friend back and her friends believe she can see ghosts. But something still didn't feel right.

"See Crona, that is why you are important," Patty says to him. Crona smiles, "Thank you, guys. Everything is slowly getting better. My mom is away so that helps to."

"I would find a job and look for a roommate to leave her. She seems like a big factor in this." Black Star says.

Crona plays his hands, "My mom…ah she has never been the same since my older brother was killed."

Everyone looks at Crona with wide eyes. "I'm sorry, what?" Soul asks. "Did you just say your brother was killed?"

Crona nods, he then looks at Maka. Everyone's eyes shift over to her. Maka shakes her head, "Oh, no, I'm not telling your story."

He sighs, "Fine, I'll give you a run down of my life. It started when my dad passed away when I was five. He was in a car accident. My brother was really close to him, who is five years older than me. So he remembered more about him than I did. My mom took it hard. When my brother reached his teen years, he was into drugs and partying. My mom was always fighting with him. Even I would get into fights with him.

"Then one day, a bunch of thugs broke into our house. I realized my brother was selling drugs but it looked like he tricked the thugs or something. I was so scared, they charged at me but my brother pushed me into my room. He fought with them. I waited till I didn't hear any noise. I didn't even call the cops, I guess I was scared they would take him away. After it was quiet, I walked out of my room to see some of the thugs laying on the ground dead, then saw my brother breathing heavily, covered in blood. He spent a month in the hospital but sadly passed away from his injuries. It's been two years now. My mom still blames me for my brother's death.

"I was hoping I could get Maka to talk to him, but she could never find him. After hearing my mom telling me to just die like my brother and dad did, I started to think that I should. So I checked myself into the hospital only for it to get so much worse for some reason. But now I think it's the evil spirits."

Black Star was the first to speak, "Dude, your mom is fucked up for saying that to you. You used to be just a shy little guy, now got all these problems."

Kid nods to what Black Star says, "I think an evil ghost has a grudge against you and that is why you are the only one being targeted." Kid then looks at Maka, "He is the only one right?"

"Jon told me a couple weeks ago that if they can get him to kill himself…that they will become powerful."

Soul rubs his chin, "So your mom blames you for your brother death all because you didn't call the cops?" Crona nods, "But she's right, I didn't think, I didn't want him taken away but I ended up getting him taken away forever!"

Patty looks to the ground, "What if Crona's brother is still here, maybe he didn't crossover."

Tsubaki looks over at Patty, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, his brother died at the hospital, what if he was stuck there until he saw Crona? Now he wants Crona to be with him."

"By killing himself? That's messed up." Soul says. Everyone nodding.

"No, that makes sense, some spirits don't crossover because they have unfinished business." Maka says, "He must be feeling guilty, he probably doesn't want Crona to remember him as a drug dealer, getting involved with thugs."

Crona stands up, "He wants me to be with him?"

"Crona, why are you standing?" Their teacher asks, the class laughs, Crona apologizes. "Maybe we should talk about this after class?"

Everyone laughs with a nod.


Everyone was sitting around at the park. Patty sticking her feet in the river, Crona trying to pull her out. "Patty, what if you fall?"

Soul crosses his arms, closing his eyes, "Why has Crona's brother never showed himself to you?"

Maka shrugs, "I never met Ragnarok to be honest. I don't think he knows I can see ghosts."

Crona successfully pulls Patty out of the river, he then looks over to Maka and Soul, "That is true, I didn't want Maka to meet my family so she never did. Nor did I tell them her secret."

"Not really a secret, more like hard to believe," Black Star says. Tsubaki looks over at Maka, "So Crona's brother is an evil spirit?"

"Yes." Said a voice. Maka and Soul quickly look over to see Jon. "Jon, what are you doing here?" Maka asks.

"Who is she talking to?" Kid asks.

"A dude named, Jon?" Liz answers back with a question.

"Oh, hold on." Maka says, standing up, she goes over to Jon, and grabs his hand. Jon then appears in front of everyone. "When I touch a humans hand, they can see ghost. But I have learned I can do the same by touching the ghost." Maka explains.

Every one's mouth drops. Soul stands up, "Whoa, wait, can I do that?"

"Let's try," Maka says, letting go of Jon's hand, Soul grabs it. But nothing happened. "I can't see him," Black Star says. Soul pouts, "Well damn it."

"Try grabbing Black Star's hand." Maka tells him. Soul nods, grabbing his hand. Black Star then see's Jon. "Whoa," Black Star responds in amazement. Maka grabs Jon's hand again, "Alright, talk."

Jon waves at them, "I can't believe what I'm seeing," Liz says.

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you earlier, but Ragnarok is the leader of his own little group of evil spirits. He said he wants Crona to join them."

Crona looks down, "Why would he want me to die?"

"I didn't ask, but they said they will become more powerful if you do. You can hear them too because of how powerful they have become."

Maka looks over at Soul, "We have to find Ragnarok; talk some sense into him." Soul nods, "Tomorrow, they should be back hovering over the school watching Crona."

Patty grabs Crona's hand, "Don't worry Crona, we will talk to your brother."

He smiles and nods.


That night Crona restlessly rolls side to side, he could hear the whispers. He gets up, "Ragnarok, I know that's you. My friends figured it out. Let me sleep."

But they wouldn't stop. He sighs and gets up, heading to his bathroom, he pulls out his sleeping medication. Taking a pill. "Should have taken one before bed. Now it will be hard for me to get up tomorrow."

"Take more."

"Take the whole bottle."

"Take all your medication."

Crona turns around, sweat rolling down his face. He looks around his bathroom, then back into the mirror. The voices wouldn't stop. He empties the bottle.

Crona's mother, Medusa, quietly walks back into the house. She just got back from a business trip. She notices Crona's bathroom light is on, as she was heading to her room.

"Oh, he always leaves the light on, making the electricity bill higher-" She is cut off by seeing Crona laying on the ground.

"CRONA!"


Maka sits on the couch with her dad as they watch a movie, "This is the movie I took your mom to see on our second date."

Maka munches on the popcorn, "Really?"

"Yup!"

Maka snorts, "Such lies," Spirit looks at her, "No it's the truth!" She laughs. The movie ends, they get up, heading to their rooms.

"I forgot how long the movie was, so go right to bed!" Spirit says his daughter, Maka nods opening her door. She walks in to see Crona.

"Crona, honestly, how are you able to climb up to the third floor of this building?" She asks, looking out the window, "Oh, there is a ladder from the painters, when are they going to pick that up?" She laughs and turns back to Crona, "But we never did talk about that day you acted weird. Like why the hell you climbed into my room. Can you not do that again?"

Crona just stares at her. Maka shift uncomfortably, "Crona?" She looks back at her windows only to realize they are still locked. She started to feel confuse, how could he come into her house when she and dad have been in the apartment the whole time?

He then takes a step. Maka notices the blue aura that surrounds him. She gasps, "Crona, are you… dead?"

"I'm not sure."


ARE YOU GUYS SHOCKED?! Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I will try my best to update next week.

And remember guys, your life is important. I mean it!

Thank you and I love you all! :D