A/N: I apologize for how long it took to get this updated '^_^ Will update faster until its finished I promise!
As Soul ran up DWMA's stairs, his heart pumped like it never had before. Of all the confrontations he'd been through, from Crona, Kid, and even Asura, this one Maka's life was 100% on the line. He felt the markings cover his body. Soul knew with the power of the Kishin and insanity, his power would multiply.
"Last resort only." He mutters to himself through a deep sigh as he ran. He finally made it to the top and looked back at Death City's clock, 9:57. Three minutes until he was to meet Rein. A fight to the death, between two kishin who were both scythes. Either way, he knew there were only going to be two endings to this fight. Both or one of them was not going to walk out alive.
Soul made it to the open courtyard. A chuckle came as he remembered this was the first time the whole team met… now he would be fighting the last fight of his life here.
"REIN! I CAME AS YOU SAID! JUST YOU AND ME NOW! COME ON OUT!" Soul yells into the dark. He looks at one of the front gates pillars, three red eyes shined in the dark.
"Now we can begin…" Rein hisses walking into the moons light. Soul stands, fists clenched, staring at the kishin who resembled him almost identically.
"You scumbag… you killed Blair… THE MOST INNOCENT PERSON IN ALL OF THIS!" Soul yells, unable to hold back his anger.
"You come here to face me, and all you can think of is that tramp?" Rein chuckles, pushing back the lengthy silver hair that partly covered his third kishin eye. "I knew you never really loved Maka..." Rein says with a wide smile.
"SHE WAS MY FRIEND! AND YOU TOOK HER!" Soul yells charging, his arm shifting into its scythe form. He swings to clash with Rein's scythe arm. "Where's Maka?" Soul grunts, holding his arm in its clash with Rein.
"Lets just say… she's got a… birds eye view…" Rein says nodding up. Soul looks up to see Maka chained to the large skull on the academys front, unconscious.
"Maka…" Soul mutters, eyes locked on the sight of her dangling 50 feet at least. Rein smiles and knees Soul in the gut and grabs him by the hair while he is distracted.
"You know Soul… I've dreamed of the day I took Maka from you." He hisses at the kneeling Soul. His eyes widen as Soul's fist uppercuts into his groan.
"Over my dead body… YOU BASTARD!" Soul yells, headbutting the slightly leaning forward Rein and ramming him into a pillar. "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SWALLOW YOUR OWN BLOOD AND MAKE YOU LIKE IT!" Soul yells as he punches Rein repeatedly in the face. He continues until Rein is gasping for breath. "Wanna quit? I'm going to make it A LOT worse." Soul mutters, scowling at Rein.
"You know what's funny Soul?" Rein chuckles, blood dripping from his mouth. Soul raises him so they're face to face and looks him in the eyes.
"What?" Soul growls as Rein looks at him with his smile.
"When I killed your slut of a friend… she died thinking you killed her… how does that feel? Knowing your friend DIED while looking at their killers face, AND IT WAS YOURS?! HAHAHAHA!" Rein cackles as Soul shakes holding Reins collar. Soul's eyes shine red and the Kishin markings come up to his face as he throws his scythed arm back in anger.
"IM GOING TO KILL YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Soul yells as he brings the scythe across Reins face. "I'LL DISFIGURE YOU! YOU'RE NOT ME! WE'RE NOTHING ALIKE!" Soul yells, giving into the insanity second by second in his fury of rage. He finally stops, blood splattered from butchering Reins face. He drops Rein on the ground, sensing no soul energy from him. Soul's markings fade and he spits on Rein's body. "Burn in hell…" He mutters.
Soul limps from were Rein's body lay and looked up at Maka dangling in the air.
"MAKA! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" He yells up, to no reply. "Damn…" He mutters, looking over to the pillar. "IM COMING MAKA! DON'T WAKE UP! OR LOOK DOWN!" He yells up to her again.
He begins climbing, using his scythe arm to claw up. "This sucks… but I felt fighting him was… to… easy…" Soul mutters as he makes it to the top. Out of nowhere he is grabbed and thrown a few feet across the roof. He looks up to see Rein, his face scarred standing and smiling.
"I liked the violence, that's a plus in my book. But, you forgot… I'm a shape shifter…" Rein says as his face repairs itself on its own. "Now then… about our dangling damsel…" Rein mutters. "Were going to have some fun…" He chuckles, grabbing his arm.
"The hell…?" Soul mutters, getting from his knees to his feet and trying to balance himself on the academy's roof.
"Ok… this is going to sting…" Rein mutters with a grin as he rips his arm clean off, blood spewing from the wound. "OWW... HURTS SO GOOD!" Rein cackles, to Soul's disgust.
Soul wanted to vomit, not at the arm being ripped, but that Rein actually enjoyed the pain.
"Good thing about being a shape shifter… you can grow limbs…" He mutters as an arm slithers out of the dangling jacket sleeve. "Now for the real trick…" He exclaims, throwing his arm down, turning it into a scythe.
"Damn…" Soul mutters out of fear and anger.
"Ok Soul… from my estimation… if Maka were to fall from her height head first… certain death. LETS TEST THAT THEORY OUT SHALL WE?!" Rein cackles again hysterically, tossing the scythe like a boomerang, cutting the chain and sending Maka down. Soul's eyes widen as he runs and leaps.
"MAKA!" He yells as he soars, he could hear Rein cackling in laughter on the roof. Soul just barely grabs Maka's arm and pulls her close. "Damn… no time… wait… I could… Ugh… this is going to hurt…" Soul mutters, wrapping his arms around Maka and throwing his back facing down. They crash into the ground, Soul coughing blood from the impact, Maka unharmed to Soul's relief and Maka's eyes slowly open to a squint.
"Soul….?" She mutters through her breath. "Are you… ok?" She asks, slightly dazed. Soul rubs her head in pain from moving.
"Yes Maka… he wont hurt you again… I promise..." Soul mutters. "Now get up and get out of here… please…" He whispers. Maka slowly comes out of her daze and nods in disagreement.
"Not without you…" She mutters. Soul leans up, Maka in his arms and cuts her chains in pain with his arm.
"Run, don't look back." Soul says into her face. "I'll stall him." He says, Maka shaking her head again.
"No, I'm not losing-" She says as a yell erupts the courtyard.
"LET GO HER! SHE IS MINE!" Rein yells charging with the scythe he had created. He raises and slashes at the two. Maka's eyes widen as she sees in a flash as Soul blocks the blade with his arm.
"SHES NOT YOURS!" Soul yells as he punches Rein with his free hand, sending Rein back. "MAKA, I WONT SAY IT AGAIN, GO NOW!" Soul turns yelling at Maka. Maka shakes her head, finally fully conscious. She makes it to her feet and stands firmly.
"No. This is OUR fight." She says sternly.
"DAMNIT MAKA!" Soul yells as Rein charges with another attack.
"DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT!" Rein yells hysterically, again clashing with Soul.
"MAKA GO! GET KID OR BLACK*STAR! JUST GO!" Soul yells back, holding back Rein.
"But… Soul…" Maka mutters.
"MAKA! GO! THIS IS MY FIGHT! I'LL BE FINE!" Soul yells, cringing holding back Rein. He turns and rushes Rein, sending Rein sliding back. "NOW GO!" Soul yells, looking at Maka, the markings resuming their spot on his face.
"Soul… ok…" Maka says nodding and turning to run down DWMA's steps.
"She wont get far…" Rein hisses, his red eyes meeting Soul's in their clash. "When I'm done with you, me and Maka are going to celebrate and celebrate good!" Rein yells. Soul lowers his guard and closes his eyes.
"No choice… this is it…" Soul mutters, cringing.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Rein yells as he steps back, slightly grinning. "So… giving into the madness…?" he mutters as Souls eyes open, a third appearingbetween them, and the markings engulfing almost his whole body.
"I'll beat you… without going into insanity… because unlike you, IM NO MONSTER!" Soul yells, charging with his markings and third eye shining.
"Soul… why…" Maka mutters as she runs down the steps of the academy. "Why do you have to make the sacrifices… always? Why do you have to feel all the pain…?" She asks. She stops dead on the 11th step from the bottom. She wanted to run, get Kid and Star or Tsubaki and the Twins, anyone who could fight a Kishin.
"THIS IS MY FIGHT! I'LL BE FINE!"
Soul's words rang in her ears. She thought and bit her lip. 'But what if this time…' she thinks, the image of the markings covering Soul and his eyes shining a light red. 'You do die…' She thinks. A memory came to her… from almost 13 years ago on the first time her and Soul had confessed their love and had met in the Black Blod room.
"You know Maka… it scares me too sometimes."
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"Because… there was a moment there where I knew I was going to die… and I'd never see your face… your shining, beautiful face."
This memory and the words he said go through her mind repeteadly.
"I almost lost you… I can't go through that again. Anyone but you Soul…" She says biting her lip. "You've always been strong Soul… you left me for 13 years… you're not leaving me again…"
Soul takes a swing as Rein backsteps and swings up his scythe. Soul leaps and aims for Reins face as Rein blocks and kicks Soul 10 feet. Soul spits blood in his hand and squeezes, getting more and more angry.
"It's useless. You will lose in the end Soul." Rein yells at him with a grin. "Maybe I'll name the toilet in me and Maka's house in your honor! HAHAHA!" He cackles as Soul rushes. Soul quicksteps and hits Rein in the knee, sending him face first onto the ground.
"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE LOSING HERE!" Soul yells, lifting his scythe arm over Rein's back.
"But Soul…" Rein says in a voice that makes Soul sweat. "You wouldn't kill your own brother would you?" Rein says turning with Wes' face as his own, grinning.
"No… STOP PLAYING TRICKS ON-!" Soul yells, shaking his head as Rein turns and punches Soul into one of the buildings pillars. Soul grabs his chest in pain as the markings go from red, to black. "No… not now…" Soul groans as Rein walks over, his body shining again.
"Come on Soul… why did you let him kill me? HUH?" Rein cackles in Blairs voice with her face.
"STOP IT!" Soul yells barring his sharp teeth in anger. Rein runs and slams his knee into Soul face, driving the back of his skull into the pillar.
"You're weak… pathetic…" Rein mutters as he punches Soul repeatedly. "Oh well… time for your execution." Rein says coldly, lifting Soul and tossing him more into the courtyard. "This has been fun. You put up more of a fight than your tramp of a friend…" Rein mocks as Soul tries to make it to his knees, but collapsing in the end. "Well, any last words?" Rein asks, swinging his scythe and holding it over his shoulder.
"Yeah… fuck you…" Soul mutters with his own grin.
"Well then, goodbye Soul…" Rein says with a twisted and anticipating smile.
"Well… this looks like the end… been a fun ride…" Soul mutters to himself. 'Goodbye… Maka' he says in his head, closing his eyes.
"DIE!" Rein yells dropping the scythe.
Blood splashes on Reins face with his grin. He closes his eyes and licks the blood in delight, knowing Soul was finally gone. He had won. And HE would have Maka to himself. Forever. He opens his eyes to see his work as his eyes widen and his mouth drops.
"NOOOOOO!" Rein yells, falling back and screaming like a madman.
"Wha-?" The still alive Soul mutters looking up.
He saw a girl, with long blonde hair, the moon glowed behind her. He saw she was smiling, that he was sure. Soul looked at her eyes, they were green, like rolling hills. He felt warm tears roll down his cheek, as he saw the girl had the edge of a scythe sticking out of her chest. She smiled and teared herself.
"Soul…." She muttered, Soul's eyes widen slowly. He could hear Rein crying in anger distortedly, the world seemed to slow down as he looked up at this girl, who had jumped between him and his certain death.
"Maka… no…" Is all he can say as Maka stood over him and blood streaming from the large hole in her torso.