Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 13
Running through the hallways of DWMA, Maka, Al and Soul (Who was recently woken up by Maka), witness an attack of their old enemy: the same blind folded butler who attacked them for the last two days. With multiple slashes and stabs, Igor attempts to down Crona for no apparent reason but it dodges and blocks all of his attacks.
"Where did this stooge come from?" Ragnarok cried while in weapon form.
"Screech Gamma" Crona commanded timidly, "How am I supposed to come against with this guy?"
With every swing of Ragnarok's weapon form, it manages to use sound waves at the same time, causing Igor to lose his footing a little. But that doesn't stop him. Countering another slash, Igor pushes Crona away and stabs it with a needle. At first, nothing happened. But when Crona raises its sword, the sword evaporates like how water evaporates when heated in high temperatures.
"What?" it said, startled by the sudden change of events, "Ragnarok, where are you?"
"Can't... move..." Ranarok responded weakly behind Crona's back.
Suddenly, Igor appeared, coldly glaring at them before hitting Crona at the neck, causing it to fall asleep. He was about to carry Crona until Maka intervenes by blocking his way, holding Soul (in scythe mode) in hand.
"Don't you dare touch her" Maka warned.
"Her?" Igor questioned politely, "My dear, the child of Medusa is neither hardly a girl nor a boy. Now step aside and move before I'll do same thing as I did to your weapon."
She ignores the butler's just warning and attacks him relentlessly. Igor dodges Maka's attack by simply swaying like river would flow, moving away from her.
"This is getting too troublesome for me" Igor remarked.
He parried the slash of Maka and pushes her away, dropping Soul in the process. Soul (who is now in human form) tries to defend her but Igor kicks him away painfully. As he about to Stab Maka with his golden katar, a large, grey gauntlet caught Igor's head and threw him on the nearest wall.
"I have no idea what's going on" a familiar voice said, "But don't you dare hurt my friends!"
Maka can only stare what's in front of her: a giant figure wearing full body armour, its huge appearance can intimidate foes easily. The most notable feature of the giant is its helmet, adorned three conical horns on its head and the half moon eyes glows intimidating red at Maka.
"Are you ok?" he asked in a worried voice.
The familiar voice was none other than Al! "Yes, I'm fine" she replied, blushing a little bit.
"You'll have to move Soul, Crona and yourself in a safe area" Al requested gently, "I'll handle this guy."
Maka nodded and moves Soul and Crona away from the battlefield. All she can do is observe Al's fighting skills from the distance.
"What's going on?" Soul asked meekly, trying to stand up and fight.
But Maka holds him down to avoid more injury. "Stay put or you'll get hurt" she reminded.
Igor managed to regain his calm posture after being smash into a wall. "Young man, never I felt this strength power for centuries" he remarked, "You are indeed a true opponent; defending the helpless before my very hand."
Al gestures Igor to fight and he agrees by dashing quickly in front of him, stabbing multiple times at his armour body. Al blocks Igor's offense and punches him many times but he keeps dodging. Lastly, as Igor distance himself to regain his composure, Al claps his hands and two fists forms on the walls, punching Igor in the process. But he manages to break the attack and runs towards Crona, pulling out a syringe in his hand.
Igor knocks Maka and Soul who were attempting to defend it away and injects the syringe in Crona's veins. He took a fairly large amount of blood from it.
"It is done" he said.
"What are you doing?" Maka demanded.
"I am just following my mistress' orders" Igor replied, "Good day to you all..."
He disappears from the shadows before, Ed, Black Star, Kid and the rest of the DWMA staff could arrive.
"Was that butler Igor father mentioned?" Kid asked.
"I believe it is him" Al said, transforming back to his original form, only to show his grey gauntlets
"Whoa" Black Star cried in amazement, "How did that Al guy do that?"
"Al is known as the Absolute Defence Alchemist" Ed responded, nudging at him, "Though he can transmute without a transmutation circle, Al has two pairs of gauntlets from his original armour and can transform into his armoured form and revert back."
"Oh stop it Big Brother" Al said, blushing in embarrassment, "I took the Alchemical Examinations so I can become an official alchemist, no big deal."
Crona manages to stand up and Ragnarok appears back to his chibi form. "I feel like my other part of my body is missing" he said, showing off the missing portion of his face.
But the missing portion starts to reform on Ragnarok's face. "Oh never mind" he said, grinning like a monster.
Maka approaches Crona with a concern look on her face. "Are you alright Crona?" she asked.
Crona nodded. "Yeah I'm alright" it replied.
"Feed me!" Ragnarok complained.
"What was that Igor guy doing here anyway?" Soul questioned, "More importantly, why do I suck at fighting? I feel like I'm weak."
"Your right Soul" Ed said, "Not that I mean that your weak. Why is this guy taking you and..." he stares at Crona for awhile before continuing, "Friend's blood? Is it really that special?"
"Now that you mention it" Maka said, "Crona's blood is entirely made out of some kind of blood called Black Blood and Soul has a portioned of Black Blood."
"What is Black Blood?" Al asked.
"Black Blood is a kind of blood that enhances and increases the user's strength and ability" she replied, fidgeting a little.
"Problem is that it can create madness" Soul added.
"Then why didn't affect you and Crona?" Ed asked.
"I do not often use Black Blood Mr. Elric" Crona replied meekly.
"I only use it for various reasons" he responded.
"Guys" Kid called, "Father wishes to see you."
Everyone nodded and proceeded to walk towards the Death Room where Lord Death awaits them.