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Redemption
Chapter: 3
Girl's day out. Arachnophobias assault?
Location: Death City.
Characters:
Elizabeth and Patricia Thompson, Maka Albarn, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, Eruka Frog.
The morning after Erukas' invitation to spend the day shopping with Maka and her friends was much better than her first morning had been. Rather than falling out of bed the young Witch simply awoke to the dim light entering the room, stretched, then rose to dress herself. After she brushed her hair (an annoying task without her magic) Eruka strode into the kitchen to prepare herself breakfast. To her pleasant surprise she had found the fridge and cabinets fully stocked after spending her Saturday at Maka and Souls' place. So this morning she took full advantage of the food. Our silver haired Witch was not just cooking for herself, she was expecting all four of the academy girls to be over in time for breakfast. Eruka frog could cook well, this was a fact she took great pride in. Eruka was setting napkins over the plates of food just in time to hear a gentle knock on the door.
"Come in." Called Eruka.
And come in they did... Except Patty who charged in like a bull and began pelting Eruka with questions.
"Are you Eruka?"
"Ribbit?" The straightforward approach startled her.
"You're a Witch right? Hey! That smells good! Did you cook it yourself? That's AMAZING! Liz would sometimes cook for me but she hates doing it so I have to do it myself. My Meister, Death the Kid, HATES it when I cook 'cause I have fun when I do it and get the kitchen a little bit messy but not THAT messy I-" Liz cut her off.
"Patty will you just chill? The girl just woke up and made us breakfast lets spare her the game of 20 questions ok?"
Patricia looked like she was ready to argue but the other girls stepped forward and began to introduce themselves.
"Well you've met my sister Patty. I'm Elizabeth Thompson. But you can call me Liz for short."
Eruka was silently happy that the sisters had little to NO character traits in common.
"And as you sister deduced I am Eruka Frog. It's good to meet you… Ribbit! You two that is!"
Eruka blushed at her own awkwardness. But was let of the hook like it was nothing doing.
"Honey it is SO ok. I sometimes wish I could forget she exist. But that might be that were sisters. Anyway I want to thank you for the offer to prepare breakfast. That was so cool of you, thanks."
Tsubaki stepped shyly forward.
"Hello. My name is Tsubaki Nakatsukasa. It is an absolute pleasure to meet you. And I would also like to thank you for the trouble you went through to prepare breakfast for five.
The Witch shrugged. "It was fun. I hope you like it though. I grew up in the swamps of Louisiana. So it's mostly Cajun."
She spoke truly. Eruka had prepared several dishes with what she found on hand. Five Po'boys sat simmering under a napkin. Sweet tea was already brewed and Cornbread sat in the very center of the table. Eruka didn't have everything she needed. But she made due. A very appealing stack of bacon sat next to the cornbread, and fried chicken strips, centimeters thin, begged to be consumed. The Girls were astonished. And Patty instantly fell in love.
"It looks so good!" Patty turned to Eruka. "Be my girlfriend!"
Tsubaki and Maka Giggled. Liz rolled her eyes.
"Ribbit. Thank you, no thank you?"
Patty was neither offended nor even serious. She was hungry.
Eruka had never been asked out by anyone. But she wasn't sure she could ever see herself dating patty, cute little atom bomb that she was.
Liz ordered Patty to sit down. And with one girl sitting before the godly food, all of them decided to follow, before patty got the best portion.
The girls ate and talked and laughed and gossiped. All of them included Eruka easily. Finally the food was eaten and the girls were full, the dishes cleaned and put away. Eruka put on her new black and grey hat still somewhat apprehensive about wearing the Grim Reapers face on her head despite loving the hat so much. The five teens began the afternoon without lunch (They would need nothing until dinner after Erukas' cooking).
The mall was essentially open to them as no one really went out shopping on Sunday. Tsubaki looked at sundresses. Maka browsed for books, Patty for art supplies. And Liz and Eruka looked at clothes.
"Um, Liz? Can I tell you something?"
Liz was superficial, but not blind. She could see the monochrome Witch was stressed over something.
"What's wrong?"
"Ribbit! You could tell?" Liz nodded. "*Sigh* Well you see I actually needed this trip in more than one sense. I was so happy to be invited to join you girls today but I also needed more from the mall than girl time." She took a deep breath. "These are my only clothes." She said gesturing towards herself. Liz and Tsubaki could see the Witches' embarrassment but didn't know what to say.
"I don't know what to say. Um, what kind of clothes do you need?"
"Um. I'm going to need every kind of clothes. I mean I don't have to buy them all at once but I at least want three of each of the things I need. It's just… I really have NO clothes at my place and I'll need sooooo much to make up for the deficit. It'll be kind of obvious that I'm shopping for my wardrobe. Not new pieces for it. It would be so embarrassing to walk out laden with so many bags you know? Liz couldn't say she'd been there. But it was easy to imagine how potentially embarrassing it could be to stagger out of the mall under what was obviously every article of clothing she owned. And even more humiliating is all of it being brand new, whatever the reason.
"Girl we've got you."
And they did. Eruka had NEVER known such kind people. And startled herself by remembering that these were her friends. She felt herself swell with pride.
"I have so many new crayons!" Giggled Patty merrily while almost bowling over a toddler and his mother on the sidewalk, leading back to the Academy in the City's center. Tsubaki made amends for Patty. Maka had also made some choice purchases. And might have bragged like Patty except her nose was glued THREE QUARTERS of the way into one of her brand new books. That girl could read! Eruka, Liz and Tsubaki collectively carried Eruka's new wardrobe. An assortment of black, white, grey, stripped, polka dotted, and checked dresses, skirts, tank tops, boots, smallclothes, socks, belts and jeans. Liz was a little surprised that any girl could where so much GREY. Black she understood, white she agreed with, but GREY? "Ah well. To each her own I suppose."
A gunshot rang out.
The five teens bolted into an ally and peaked out left and right. To everyone's shock no fewer than thirty. No worse, forty. Black robed and white masked men streamed from the nearest manhole cover. The mask was not in the shape of a skull. These men wore the rounded spider mask of Arachnophobia; the evil organization dedicated to plunging the world's inhabitants into insanity, and apparently had a new objective.
"IN THE NAME OF LADY ARACHNE BEWARE THE WRATH OF ARACHNOPHOBIA!"
They wanted revenge for the death of their leader. The Heretic Witch Arachne was actually betrayed and slain by the kishin Ashura. But try telling them that and your liable to be ignored and shot/stabbed.
"Patty!" Called out Liz. Her sister flashed pink and shot sideways inter her sisters' hand. A gleaming pistol. Liz cocked Patties' weapon form and prepared to take a shot, only pausing for her fellows to get ready. The shopping lay in on the ally floor.
"Tsubaki, I've never used a chain scythe before but." Maka popped her knuckles. "First time for everything right?"
Tsubakis' only response was to light up gold and unwind herself into Makas' hands. Maka took a different approach compared to Black Star (Tsubakis' actual Meister) to using the Mystic Dark Arm. Maka whipped the middle of the chain behind he back and gripped the ends of the chain in two hands.
"Let's go!" Shouted Maka, taking point.
And battle was met.
Liz and Patty resonated souls, Eruka and Maka both expected to see Patty become a Death Cannon, since that is the form both girls take when resonating souls with their usual Meister death the Kid, the Reapers son. To their mild surprise Patty became a rifle. Liz called out.
"Eat Lead you creeps!"
And proceeded to mow down the Arachnophobics with violet energy shots that rang like thunder.
Maka and Tsubaki Did not opt to resonate, rather Maka chose to get used to Tsubaki first. She was a whirlwind of death and chains as the two scythes on either end of the chains decapitated her assailants' front, left, right, center and everywhere in between. Maka and Tsubaki made an insane team. While the other girls fought however, Eruka was not idle. Explosions splattered her vengeful foes and baked the remains into ash at the same time. Even outnumbered forty fighters to three, the girls were still a force to be reckoned with. It took maybe six minutes to finish the dance of death that was combat. But at last the smoke cleared. Their unexpected skirmish was done. Maka took charge instantly.
"Everyone were going to continue up to the academy. We need to drop of our stuff and tell Lord Death immediately. Eruka you blasted at least half of them, I think Lord Death will be pleased that you did well."
"T-thanks. –Ribbit-"Eruka was breathless after the fight. Of all the things she expected in this city members of Arachnophobia attacking herwas not one of them. The five warriors gathered their shopping bags from the ally and began the return to the Academy at a brisk pace. "So much destruction" She thought mildly as she surveyed the red kishin souls littering the battlefield behind them. She had to hand it to the Reaper.
"-Ribbit-Death City lives up to its name."
The other girls remaind in grim silence.
Redemption
Chapter: 4
Setting the stage:
Halloween party at Kids manse. Arachnophobias' declaration?
Location: The D.W.M.A. and Death the Kids Mansion.
Characters:
Lord Death. Spirit Albarn. Crona Gorgon. Eruka frog. Maka Albarn. Soul Eater. Marie Mjolnir. Gavin Shell. Black*Star. Death the Kid.
Ect.
AN.
Wow that was fun, I hope no one is peeved that Patty was a Rifle, but come on! When Stein uses Witch hunter it looks like a stitched up crazy-scythe. Also the "Lord Death" skulls on the death cannon look to personal to Death the kid to be anything but his version of resonance with Liz and patty. Meh. This is just the beginning guys. Arachnophobia is not gone.
Also tomorrow is Monday (For the Characters) so that means Eruka will be attending class as Marie Mjolnirs' student. What will happen? Who knows? I do.*chuckles* I hope the action scene was fun. Also the shopping trip. It may have seemed irrelevant but this is about Erukas life. Not the sordid struggles of combat. Also. Eruka is a girl. Girls like to buy things and if any GUY had only one set of clothes, he would go and buy a wardrobe too.
Also let me thank you guys for leaving comments! I appreciate it a great deal. It gives me energy to keep going! Thank you all!
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