Hello everyone! So, someone pointed out some of the mistakes I made. Sorry about that guys. I read over my mistakes, not even noticing. I tried to fix as mush as possible. My story won't be perfect…but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Now, please enjoy this chapter :)
The room was silent. Maka just stood there, staring at Crona. He looks down at his hands then at Maka. Not saying another word, he vanished. Maka gasp, stepping forward.
"Crona, no!" She spins around. "Please, come back!" She runs her hands through her hair. Crona couldn't be dead. She needs him to go back to his body.
"Crona!" She screams. Her dad runs in the room. "Maka, what is wrong?"
"Papa! Crona-he.." She choked. "He's what?" He asks, worried.
"Papa, Crona is dead!"
"What?"
"Can I borrow the car?"
"Where are you going at this hour?"
"I need to tell Soul."
Spirit looks at his daughter. "Can't you wait till tomorrow when he picks you up?"
"No, Papa! I need his help to find Crona. I need to make sure he got back into his body."
"Maka, there are demons outside at this hour! No."
"But there are evil spirits following Crona. One is his brother. I don't want any of them to reach a demons level."
Spirit shakes his head at her. "Ugh!" Maka says, "I'm sorry!" She then runs past him, grabbing his keys and running out the door.
"Maka, you are wearing slippers!" He yells for her, he then sighs. She is just like her mother, he thinks to himself.
Maka pulls into Soul's driveway, running to the front door. She bangs on the door and rings the doorbell repeatedly. One of his butler's answers, looking exhausted. Maka pushes by him. "I'm sorry, but I need to see Soul!"
Soul wakes to the sound of Maka's voice and runs over to his stairs. "Maka? It's almost one in the morning, what are you doing here?"
Maka dashes up the stairs. Soul's parents come out of their room. "Soul, why is your friend here?"
Soul looks at his parents and shrugs, Maka then runs into his chest, crying. Soul blushes and pats her head. He looks back over to his parents. Them, giving him a curious look, "Ah, lets talk in my room." He then guides her, with his hand on her back.
They sit on his bed, "So what's wrong?"
"Soul, Crona is dead!"
Soul immediately stands up, "What?"
Maka wipes her tears, "He came in my room, and I asked him but he didn't know. He just disappeared!" She starts to cry again, "I think I'm too late to make sure he gets back into his body!"
"Let's go to his house."
"I don't know where he lives."
Soul looks at her shocked, "What? You been friends since 6th grade, what do you mean, you don't know where he lives!?"
Maka sniffs, "I know the neighborhood, but I don't know which house. He wouldn't tell me. Crona didn't want me to meet his family, so he never told me where he lived."
"I thought he had you look for his brother."
"He did, that's why I know his neighborhood. We walked around it. Then around town. He made sure, I couldn't figure it out."
Soul pulls at his hair in frustration. "This kid, I swear."
"Soul." Maka cries. Soul sits back on the bed, pulling her into his arms.
Soul's parents press their ears against the door.
"She literally came here wearing slippers. Something bad must have happened." Soul's mothers says concerned.
"I can't understand what they are talking about." Soul's father says.
"What are you guys doing?"
They jump at the voice to see their eldest son, Wes, looking at them.
"Oh, uh, Soul's friend showed up all upset." Mrs. Evan responds. Wes arches a brow. "So you are eavesdropping?"
"No!" They say in unison.
Soul then opens the door; his eyes widen to see his parents at his door. "Were you guys eavesdropping?"
They shake their heads, Wes nods at Soul. Soul sighs then grabs Maka's hand. "We are going out for a bit."
Soul's mom grabs him, "At this hour? Soul, you can't!"
"But I need to look for a friend!"
Maka gives them a pleading look. Mrs. Evan looks at her husband then back at them. "One hour, that's it."
"Thanks, mom." Soul's says, running down the stairs with Maka.
/
They reach Crona's neighborhood. Soul pulls to the side to see cop cars next to one of the houses. "Well, that was easy. Found his house. Looks like his mom called the cops."
Maka nods, "Yeah, I wonder if his mom is here." She then gets out of the car running over to the house. Cops stop her.
"Whoa, Miss. Sorry, but this is off limits."
"I wanted to know if my friend is okay!"
"He was taken the hospital."
"Where's his mom?"
"She rode down with him."
Soul runs over, nodding at the cop. "Do you know what happened?"
The cop shakes his head, "Looks like your friend had an overdose on his sleeping pills."
"Do you think he will be alright?" Maka asks.
"I think he will, his last update was that he is in a coma."
Maka sighs in relief, "Can I go inside?"
"Sorry, no."
Maka looks at Soul, he thinks. "Our friend is suicidal, we wanted to check his room. He wouldn't let us do that before. We are trying to find a way to help him."
The cop pierces his lips, "You are going to have to wait and ask his mom that question."
Maka and Soul sigh in defeat. Heading back to Soul's house. They sit in the car. "Damn, I wonder if Crona is in his room." Soul says rubbing his eyes.
Maka stretches, trying to wake herself up. "They said he is in a coma. So that is good news to know he is still alive." Maka looks over at him, "Okay this is the plan. Step one: Find which hospital he is located at. Step two: Find Crona. Step three: Have him wake up. Step Four: Talk to his brother."
Soul waves his hands, "Woah, woah, woah. Maka."
"I wasn't done!"
"I don't think your plan will be that easy. Crona is wondering around like a ghost. His brother is going to find him. So, we need to make sure that Crona goes back to his body and not die by joining the evil ghost forces."
Maka looks down at her lap, "What if demons get to him?"
"Well let's just hope that he is either at home or with his mom. His brother may be an evil spirit but not a human controlling demon…yet. So, this might be a great chance to get his brother to cross over."
"I don't think his brother will listen."
Soul raises a brow at her, "You are acting like you never dealt with a complicated spirit before! Here's an example, Jon. Jon is the most annoying of all. He keeps saying he is going to crossover but he is still here!"
Maka laughs, "That is true. Thank you, Soul."
"Sure thing, now will you be okay driving home?"
"I can't spend the night with you?"
Soul snaps his head to look at her, "What?"
"I'm just kidding, my papa is probably still awake."
He shakes his head and smiles, they get out the car. Soul watches Maka drive away.
The next day, Soul and Maka sat with their friends on the rooftop. Patty was the first to speak.
"Why did you guys call us here?"
Maka looks at Patty, "Crona had an overdose last night. He is in a coma right now."
Everyone gasps.
"You're kidding?" Liz yells, rubbing her sister's back. "Doesn't evil spirits want him?"
"Can they hurt him while he is sleeping?" Tsubaki asks.
"Right now, Crona is wondering around like a spirit. Making him an easy target for the evil spirits." Maka answers.
"So, that's how some people can die in comas?" Black Star asks, Soul nodding.
"Is there any evil spirits right now?" Kid asks. Maka and Soul shake their heads.
Maka looks around, she didn't even see one single black cloud. Evil spirits always fed on negative feeling of teenagers. She was surprise and concerned that they were nowhere to be seen.
The bell then rings, "Let's talk more after school." Patty says. Everyone agreeing.
/
Patty and Maka call all five hospitals in the city but each one deigning that they had a patient with his name.
"This doesn't make any sense, the cop said he was at the hospital!"
Patty rubs her temples, "Did his mother move him out the city?"
"I didn't think this step would be hard. I hope Soul and the other find him."
/
Soul looks in the windows of Crona's house. Kid looking around to make sure no one was watching.
"I think we are good, open the door Black Star."
Black Star smiles kicking in the door, they run into the house. Kid sighs and starts fixing the door. Soul walks around, "This is a nice ranch house."
"Yo, this hall is the bedrooms. This one has to be Crona's" Black Star says. Soul walks in to a black and red room.
"What the fuck, is he really this emo?"
Black Star laughs and starts opening draws. Soul grabs him, "What are you doing?"
"I'm curious."
Soul jabs a finger into his chest, "No, we are here to see if Crona is wondering around his house!"
"OH right," Black Star grabs Soul's hand. "Why are you-"
"So, I can see Crona too, duh."
"Ohhh," Soul says forgetting he can do that, "Crona, are you here? We need to talk."
Kid walks into the room, "I fix the door, his mom will never know…and you guys are holding hands."
Black Star nods his head at him, "Come on, grab his hand, then you can see Crona too!"
Kid rushes over grabbing Soul's hand.
"Crona, please show yourself!"
They waited for the past ten minutes until they heard a noise. "What was that?" Kid ask worried.
They look out to the hall way, to see Crona walking around. A blue aura surrounds him. "Crona?" Soul asks. Crona looks up, "Soul?" He then see's the other two. "Kid and Black Star? What are you doing in my house?"
They walk over to him, "Crona, you are in a coma right now, we need you to take us to the hospital you are at." Soul says.
Crona shakes his head. "I don't know were my body is. I wondered away from it in the beginning. I somehow went right to Maka, but she had such a scared look, I ran away. I keep seeing dark figures, so I keep moving."
Soul groans, Kid pulls out his phone, "Patty says they called all the hospitals but your name is not found!"
"Really? Oh man, what does that mean?"
"Crona, we need to find your body. Before it's too late. You can die for being away from it for so long!"
Crona looks at Soul, shocked. He then gasps. "Oh no, they found me." He disappears. Soul lets go of Black Star and Kids hands. He then turns around to see a group of ghost. Red aura surrounded them.
Soul glares at them, "Which one is Crona's brother?"
They laugh at him, "Come on, tell me!"
Kid and Black Star look at each other, then grab Soul's hands.
"Alright, alright, it's me. I'm that pink hair dudes older brother." Says a voice. Ragnarok steps forward. He had jet black hair that looked like he used to gel it back. Wearing a leather jacket with rip up jeans that sagged around his waist.
"He really is a drug dealer thug." Black Star says with a laugh.
Ragnarok glares at him, "Shut it, or you are next."
"Oh no, I'm so scared. They are going to talk mean to me all because someone misses his brother."
Soul and Kid try to hide their smiles, "Look man, this is the perfect time to talk to Crona, then you crossover and Crona wakes up from his coma and lives a happy long life. Knowing his big bro is watching over him."
Ragnarok crosses his arm, still holding his glare. "I don't want to crossover, I like scaring people and spirits."
Soul sighs at him, "So uncool man."
"I'm not trying to be cool, shark tooth."
Soul laughs, "Poor guy, no wonder you're dead."
Ragnarok clenches his fist, "What are you trying to say?"
"That you are a simple bully. Everyone hates you, so you started to do illegal stuff instead of fixing that attitude."
"You don't get it!" He yells angry. Wind starts to pick up. Soul, Kid and Black Star look around the room, seeing objects fly around.
"What the hell is happening? So spirits really can move objects!" Black Star yells. Kid dodging a book, "Ragnarok, stop it, please! We need to save your brother!"
The wind stops, "My brother doesn't need saving! He is going to join me and my crew! That's what I want!"
Soul steps forward, "That's wrong, and you know it! It will be your fault that he dies!"
Kid then speaks, "He told us, you miss your dad. Why haven't you crossed over to join him?"
"I don't know what's on the other side! I don't want to go to hell for what I have done!"
Black Star points at him, "Dude! The afterlife forgives; besides you didn't even commit a huge crime anyway. Just killed a bunch of thugs to save your little brother."
The evil spirits stare at Ragnarok. One speaks up, "Don't tell me you are thinking of leaving us!"
Ragnarok turns to look at the one that spoke, silent at first. Then looking at Soul and the other one last time before turning to the other spirits, "Let's go find Crona."
They vanish.
"Ugh!" The guys yell in unison, all throwing their arms in the air. Soul runs his hands through his hair, "Did you guys see his aura? It was tainting! We were so close to convincing him."
Black Star kicks over a chair, "How do we convince the other spirits to also crossover?"
Kid picks up the chair, "Maybe, Maka can?"
Liz slams her hands down on the desk. Everyone jumps around her. "This year just started and it already sucks."
Patty puts down her crayon, looking at her sis. "Don't worry, it will get better once we find Crona."
Kid walks into the classroom, walking up to them. "Okay guys, let's go volunteer!" Liz glares at him, "I don't want to volunteer at a hospital. It's full of sick and old people. So, depressing."
Kid shakes his head, "I got my father to approve on this, Liz. It will look great on our resume. Also, we are doing this to try to find Crona."
"But Patty and Maka said no hospital has him!" She yells sitting back in her seat. Patty bites her lip, "But Liz, it doesn't make sense. So, we need to figure it out."
Kid sits down at his desk, "He has to be down as a different name."
/
Maka sits at her desk, ignoring the lesson that was being taught. She couldn't focus. Her grades didn't matter to her right now. She scrolls through her phone, reading up on each hospital. They all came up with the plan to volunteer at the hospitals, trying to see if what Kid has said was right. Was Crona really under a different name? Why would his mother do that? She even tried to go to his mother's house but she wouldn't answer the door.
They will start at the nearest hospital to his house. Made the most sense. And it was the one he stayed at to help with his depression. A hand was places on her back. Maka looks over to Soul.
"What are you doing?" He whispers. Maka shows him, "Just seeing how many rooms there are."
"Oh, man. That's a lot. How long is this going to take?"
"I'm not sure. I don't even know how long a person can wonder away from their body in a coma. With that kid Joey, I know it was three weeks. But is it different for everyone?"
"Maka, you got to calm down."
"Soul, I can't. I know it's only been two days. But still. Crona hasn't even talked to us."
"He's just running away from his big bro."
Maka sighs and goes back to looking at her phone.
/
Black Star stares at the teacher with boredom. He then looks over to Tsubaki taking notes. He leans over, "Pst, Tsubaki, what are we exactly going to be doing at the hospital?"
Tsubaki looks over at him, "All kinds of things. We get to sit with the patients, or read to them. Fetch them some snacks. I'm so excited."
Black Star shakes his head, "Hey, we are trying to find Crona, not be a good person and help the needy."
"Right, sorry."
He rests his chin in his hand, "My parents were so excited to hear that I was volunteering."
Tsubaki smiles at him, "They must be so proud of you to hear that."
"You think so? Then I will volunteer more often. I mean like, come on. Seeing a face of god like me. I can cure any sickness!"
"Right," Tsubaki says shaking her head.
Crona walks around the hospital. He finally found his body. Walking into his room and looks at his mom fixing his hair. He sees a lone tear go down her face. He then walks around to look at the name on the board. Ron Gorgon. "That's my father's name, how was she even able to have me under a different name?"
He walks over the window and looks out. The evil spirits couldn't get inside. "It's like there is a barrier or something." The dark clouds disappear.
/
Three nurses stand in front of the teens. "Alright everyone. Here are your assigned rooms. If there is a problem. Do be scared to ask us, okay?"
Maka looks at the list. It was mostly elderly people or kids. Maka raises her hand, "Um, do we get to see other patients? Like ones that are in comas?"
The nurses look at her, "Well, no. We can't trust volunteers for that. You mostly just talk to the kids and elderly. Not the ones that are ill or badly injured."
"Oh, okay. Sorry, I was just curious."
"It's alright," One of the nurse says then leaving with the other two.
Maka turns to her friends. "Looks like we are going to have to open each door to find him."
"Alright guys," Patty says. "Let's split up!"
They take off.
/
Black Star looks through each room, apologizing saying he had the wrong room number. He sighs in frustration. "Come on, Crona where are you?"
Crona walks out of his room to Black Star staring at his card. "Black Star!" He says excited, then realizing he couldn't hear him. Black Star looks down at his card again to realize the number matched the room. "Oh, well I guess I should say hi." He walks in to see an elderly man reading a book. "Oh man, why couldn't Maka get this one?"
/
Maka rubs her temples as the hyper kid played with his toy cars. He had a broken leg. "How did you break your leg, Timmy?"
Timmy stops and stares at her, "I jumped out of my tree house! It was awesome!"
Maka groans and sits back, "Ugh, why couldn't Black Star have this one?"
/
Liz slowly picks up a pair of pants that was on the ground. "Sir, the nurse said you can't go outside. So, you really don't need to find clothes."
He ignores her. "I can't just wear this gown outside, I need pants!" The old man says, throwing another pair at Liz. She sighs, "Are you sure you don't want to play a game of checkers with me again?"
"Nah, you suck at it, it's no fun."
Liz huffs.
/
Kid stops and steps back, admiring his work. The room was spotless. The two kids looked at him, "Now will you play with us?"
"Hm? Oh yes sure thing."
"I wonder when Crona is going to play with us again."
Kid freezes, "Did you just say, Crona?"
The little girls nod, "Yeah, he played house with us yesterday!"
"Pink hair?"
They nod, "That's my friend!" Kid then stands up, "Will you girls excuse me for a moment?" They nod once more, Kid running out of the room.
/
Soul plays on the kids piano, "Wow, you're really good at this mister."
"Thanks, I come from a family of musicians."
The little boy looks at him, "Can I try?"
"Well, it is yours, so sure."
/
Tsubaki happily brushes the women's hair.
"You are so sweet to be doing this for me. I can't believe I broke my arm."
"Oh, it's no problem at all. I have been enjoying myself. Would you like to walk around outside?"
"Oh, that sounds fun, let's go."
/
Patty waves goodbye to the young girl, she pulls out her slip to read the next name. "Patty!"
She looks up to see Kid running to her, "Patty! Great news! We need to find the others!"
"What is it?"
"The little girls I was assigned too. They said Crona played with them yesterday!"
"No way! That means he is here!"
They happily start running till a nurse scolded them. They then speed walk to find the others.
/
Black Star walks out of the room to see Patty and Kid smiling, "Yo, guys, good news?"
Patty grabs him, "Crona is definitely in this hospital! The two girls Kid saw, said so!"
Black Star smiles, "Awesome, let's go!"
They walk past the room, 302 with the patient named, Ron Gorgon.
Okay guys, so I changed a little part in the last chapter. So Maka can grab a ghost hand and people can then see the ghost(s).
Soul can't.
But Soul can grab a human's hand like Maka did in the first chapter, for the person to see the ghost(s). Does that make sense?
Also, I know that evil ghost and demon are kind of the same thing. But I'm having them as levels. Like a ghost turns evil first then builds up to be a demon you see in horror films.
I hoped you guys like this chapter. See you next week! BYE~
