Maka POV

I walked to just outside of Crona's prison cell door. Soul and I had offered for him to live with us, so did Black*Star and Tsubaki and

Kid, Liz and Patty, but he said he preferred here instead. I knocked, and when there was no reply, I opened the door quietly.

Crona was sitting in Mr. Corner again, while Ragnarok was yelling at him. "Why did ya make us lose, idiot? I like basketball!" He shouted.

Crona was sitting with his head between his knees, and his reply came out muffled. "I told you already! I can't–" Ragnarok interrupted.

"Hey look! Maka's here!" Crona's head jerked up, and he blushed when he saw me. I smiled. "Hi, Crona. Wanna come for a walk?"

Ragnarok stuck his tongue out. "Blech! I'm outta here for the next couple of hours!" With that, he turned into black liquid and disappeared.

"Um... sure." Crona said, getting to his feet slowly. I offered my hand and he took it gratefully.

"Come on! Let's go to the place where you, Ms. Marie, and I all went, and we looked over Death City!" He replied sounding nervous,

"Oh, O-okay." We walked up there together in complete silence. Almost all the halls and rooms were deserted now,

teachers and students nowhere to be seen. When we arrived, the sun almost was gone, the moon rising slowly down low in the sky.

We were just barely illuminated. Our forms were dark, the dying sun casting its rays around us, like a warm envelope of light.

"So," I began, "Crona, I came because I was concerned for you, about what happened today at the basketball court. Are you okay?" I told him.

I could barely see his dark gray-blue eyes now, his normally pale hair was now a dark purple-pink shade. And for his jet-black robes,

I could just see the faintest outline. The same probably went for me from his perspective. "What happened today... I'm sorry about.

I didn't mean to ruin the game." He said to me, looking sorrowful. "Oh! No, that's not what I meant. I was wondering if you were alright,

it looked like you fell pretty hard." I replied, feeling I probably should have specified a bit more. "Um... no, it's okay, I'm fine." He said,

looking embarrassed. "Also, I was concerned that... it was me who made you fall somehow, but I don't know why." I revealed to him slowly.

His eyes widened. "Well, it's because...

Author's Note: Suspense, dun-dun-dun! :P Next chapter, coming shortly! :)