SOUL EATER: ~AFTERMATH~
Chapter 21 - The Beginning of the End... Messor Leads the Witch's Mass?
"Well Dani, I'm glad to see you care so much about Jake, but he's going to be fine. I don't see even the slightest scratch on his body." Nygas was walking Dani towards the door.
"I just want to make sure he's okay. I swear that he was really badly hurt earlier." Dani pleaded Nygas
"He's fine now and that's what matters now go." she shoved her out of the infirmary. It wasn't really the fact the Jake had been impaled, it was more what he said that had been bothering Dani.
"I am a demon..."
The words played over and over through her head like a record set to repeat. Jake walked up from behind Dani and wrapped his arms around her.
"Heyyyy, what're you doing coming out of the infirmary? Not feeling good?" he asked worried.
"N-no. I'm fine... I was just checking on a friend." she lied.
"Aw... that's sweet of you."
"Yeah, thanks."
"So... what do you want to do today?" Jake let go of Dani from behind and walked around in front of her smiling widely.
The witch Cecilia gazed in horror at Messor sitting in the Grand Witch's seat. She was still holding her wrist which raised suspicion in Ryder.
"Hey, sweet cheeks, what happened?" he asked pointing at her dangling wrist.
"I'm not going to answer to you! You cannot take the Grand Witch's place!" Cecilia shouted angrily at Ryder.
"This should change your mind..." this time it was Messor who spoke. He held out a large twisted purple soul.
"That's-" Cecilia gasped at the sight of the Grand Witch's disembodied soul.
"Yup! Now... would you be so kind as to tell your master what happened to your wrist?" Ryder grinned evily.
"I... I went to deal with the young half-kishin girl... I wasn't expecting her snide little boyfriend to put up such a fight..."
"Wait, wait, wait... You're telling me that weak little prick Jake did that to you? HAHAHA! WHAT KIND OF WITCH ARE YOU?" Ryder was laughing hysterically.
"He's not as weak as you think he's-"
"He's a true demon..." Messor said placing the soul behind the chair again.
"What are you talking about?" she was lost in his words.
"When Jake was a child he was extremely sick... His parents tried to do everything in their power to make him better but nothing worked... So they finally resorted to asking Death to save him... Death refused however saying that if he was meant to die, then he would have to die..."
"But... then how did he-"
"When Death refused to help, they turned to the one and only person who could... or should I say demon? They begged the Devil himself to save their child and he agreed... but at a price. If Jake were to die his soul would belong to him-"
"BUT I KILLED HIM! HE JUST CAME BACK TO LIFE!" Cecilia cut Messor off.
"Maybe he just wasn't ready to die yet... and if you ever interrupt me again... I'll kill you, for now I have a job for you."
"How do you know all this?" she was still naive of the boys knowledge.
"You learn a few things after swallowing a few hundred witches souls... isn't that right, Ryder?" he turned to his partner who was eying the Grand Witch's soul.
"I didn't learn shit! When do I get to eat this one?" he was drooling at the sight of the large soul.
"You don't... I want to keep it... like a trophy..." for the first time after being injected with the black blood Messor smiled.
"You're insane... but I don't have a choice, what do you want me to do...?" Cecilia finally succumbed to Messor as her new ruler.
Jake took Dani's hand and she quickly jerked it away.
"Whoa... did I do something wrong?" he asked frowning.
"Huh? OH! No no no... I'm sorry..." she reached out and put her hand in his again.
"Okay... good to know. So what do you want to do after class?"
"I just want to... I don't know maybe-"
"EXCALIBUR! EXCALIBUR! FROM THE UNITED K! I'M LOOKING FOR HEAVEN! I'M GOING TO CALIFORNIA!" Luna was singing as loud as she possibly could. She paused for a moment and tapped Clarabella on the shoulder. "So Heaven is in some place called Cali-forn-ia?"
"No... ya moron. Heaven is most definitely not, in California..." Clarabella sighed.
"What do you think Jake?" Luna looked at him hoping he would take her side.
"Uh... I think... I want some of Uncle Bob's Rumba Coffee." he avoided giving her an answer.
"COFFEE SO GOOD IT'LL MAKE YOU DANCE THE RUMBA!" Luna hopped up on her desk and started dancing.
"Um... Luna, Kid is watching..." Dani pointed to Death the Kid who was sitting with a sickened look on his face. Luna froze then fainted falling between the desks.
"Well that was interesting... I'm going to take her to the infirmary, I think she hit her head." Clarabella said pointing to a puddle of blood forming around her forehead.
"So... Dani, did you want to get some coffee?" Jake returned his attention to Dani.
"I kind of just want to stay at home tonight..." Dani twiddled her thumbs and didn't look him in the eyes.
"Oh... I see..."
"...Jake I need to talk to you about earlier..." she finally made eye contact.
"I just wanted to forget about that..." Jake looked away from her.
"So you want to forget about what I said?" Dani pouted.
"WHAT? Wait no! That was really-" he tried to explain himself.
"I was just kidding Jake. I know what you meant."
"Wow! You made a joke! That's a first." Jake said pinching her cheek.
"I make plenty of jokes, you just never get them..."
Dani and Jake talked for a while longer. Stein dismissed the class and they headed home, stopping by Uncle Bob's Rumba Coffee on the way. When they finally got home Dani made herself comfortable and asked Jake a completely random question.
"When is your birthday?" she asked kicking her feet back and forth.
"What? Um... not for another three months why?" Jake said taking his shirt off and heading towards their laundry room.
"Um, no reason..."
"I have a question for you..." Jake said walking back into the room and sitting down next to her.
"What is it?" she asked concerned about what it would be.
"Why do you paint your nails everyday if you wear gloves and boots?"
Dani stared at her hand and feet for a moment looking at the pink polish on her nails. She smiled and kissed Jake then laid back on the couch.
"I do it for you, silly!"
Messor finished writing out his list and handed it to Cecilia's good hand. She looked at the list for a moment and then stared hopelessly at him.
"This is impossible! I can't find these things..."
"Well..." Messor stretched, cracking his back, "you'd better make it possible..."
Chapter 21- FIN