Soul Eater

Nightmares Are Real

Children! It is I, PRESIDENT JOHN HENR-

*Drags him off stage. Sounds of beatings and gunfire heard in background."

DragonRider11: *Crawls back towards viewers, blood coming down forhead anime style* OW…. Sorry about that children. Now then, onto the matter at hand.

In about one week, I will be graduating from High School forever! YAY! In celebration, I have decided to release a little preview of the first few pages of the next chapter for you all in order to tide you over. On June 14, I will post the finished chapter for you all. Until then, enjoy this little sneak preview. "Bows"

Chapter 5: Fighting a Living Nightmare

Part 1

(Preview)

Death the Kid raced down the street towards the direction from which Sid had 'flown' from, moving his legs as fast as he could. His hair was flown back as he raced down the street, eyes narrowed and ears cocked as he listened into the fighting that was going on just up ahead.

He frowned deeper, and moved faster, practically zooming down the street , dodging the screaming people as they ran from the destroyed area. A couple yards behind him, Liz and Patti were also running, though comparably slower than Kid.

"Kid –pant- wait –pant- up!" Liz stopped in the middle of the street to catch her breath, Patti stopping right next to her, not even winded. "Damn Shinigami's…" Liz huffed as Kid disappeared, and ran after him, Patti humming beside her, thinking about Shinigami knows what.

Kid frowned deeper as he got closer and closer towards the smoke, and picked up his speed yet again. His eyes narrowed… and then immediately widened. He jumped to the side as a body flew through the air, slamming into the ground a couple yards away from him. The impact send bricks flying everywhere, and a large crater formed around the body, which was currently groaning from the pain.

Kid ran over to the body, eyes filled with concern. "Hey are you alrig- Ox!" Kids eyes widened as the body was in fact Ox. His face was bloodied and bruised, and Kid could see one eye was swelling shut. Ox's clothes was torn in many places, and blood flowed down from his arms and chest, like little red rivers pouring into the ground.

"Kid…hurry….Get away…it's a… Nightma-" Ox tried to say more, but then passed out from the pain, his body going completely limp except for the gentle rise and fall of his chest, showing that he was still alive.

Kid stared, wide eyed as Ox's body went limp, his face a blank mask as his hands started shaking with rage at his sides, his eyes hidden by his hair as Liz and Patti finally caught up with him.

Liz nearly collapsed from exhaustion as she finally caught up with Kid and was about to yell and lecture him for leaving them behind, but then she saw Ox embedded into the ground and Kid literally shaking above him, and fell silent, her eyes wide with worry and concern. Even Patti was quiet, the chatty blonde having stayed silent since she had spotted Kid on his knees.

"…Kid?" Kid jumped to his feet, and sped off in the direction that Ox had come from, golden eyes burning with rage. "Kid, Wait!" Liz ran after him, panic on her face, while Patti followed behind, a rare, sane look of concern upon her face. "Kid-kun…"

Kid ran down the street as fast as his legs could move, practically flying down the road. His eyes were filled with rage, and his hands were clenched in fists of rage, his nails literally digging into his skin. Finally, he saw the entrance to the area where Ox had come from, and he picked up his speed yet again, going full throttle. However, the moment he reached the area, he stopped dead at its entrance, not moving an inch, not even breathing, just staring straight at the scene infront of him.

A few moments later, Liz and Patti arrived down the street, and stopped right next to him. Liz, of course, was on her knees, panting hard and trying to catch her breath. "Damn.. Shinigami's…" Patti, on the other hand, just stared ahead with Kid, eyes wide like saucers. Liz lifted her head up, having caught her breath, looked up at Kid and Patti. "What are you guys staring at?" She followed their gaze, and suddenly turned pale white, her hands were shaking at her sides. Together, all three of them stared out in horror at the scene in front of them.

The area they had entered was a giant circle, surrounded by buildings on all sides, except for four entrances that led to different parts of the city. In the middle of the circle, a little garden had been planted, designed to give this area a nice, homey look, and next to the garden, a little fountain. This area had always been popular with young, blossoming couples, and little children used to frequent this place to play.

It is one of Death City's greatest attractions...well, it used to be. Now, instead of happy couples and playing children crowding in it… there were bodies all over the ground. Bodies were piled all around in the circle, stacked atop one another and completely covering the ground below. Goblets of glob and flesh were thrown all over the place, covering what was visible of the ground and walls of the houses around them with blood and gore. Pieces of flesh dripped down the walls, blood colored the ground red. Kid stared on in horror at the scene, his pupils dialeted and hands shaking at his sides with visible rage, his nails digging into his skin drawing blood.

Kid's eyes drifted to the center of the circle, where the garden once stood, and a cold sweat formed on his forehead, and his blood ran cold. In pure and utter horror he stared, stared straight at the … thing… standing atop the crushed garden.

The thing was shaped like a man, tall and upright. Pure, snow white hair was messily arrayed atop his head, with white skin that looked like he had never seen daylight, as if there was a complete absence of color in his skin. Around i eye's were black circles, standing out amongst its pale skin, which made it look like it hadn't slept in months. Its lips and nails were pure black as well, giving him the appearance of a ghost or someone who hadn't slept in years and had crap on its nails. His eyes were the color of a bright, sickly yellow, with black surrounding them instead of white.

He would have looked like any other freak that lived in Death City, if not for two things.

First, there was the fact that he was surrounded by body parts that had been ripped off several people, who were currently embedded into the wall near where Kid was standing. The creature was also currently strangling a meister with his left hand, and his right was stuffed inside another meisters mouth. Judging from the way that the meisters throat was bulging obscenely, Kid assumed that he had his whole fist down the woman's throat.

However, it was the second thing that Kid noticed about the man that had made him shiver and shake in fear. Kid stared in horror at the creature, staring straight into his soul… if a person could call it that. His soul seemed to radiate insanity, shining through its eyes and heart. The darkness seemed to be coming straight from the very center of the soul, which to Kids eyes, was just a giant, black hole of pure nothing.

Kid had fought, shot at, been smacked by, and tasted the Kishin's insanity, but this… this was nothing like him. Where the Kishins wavelength had caused insanity, this creature's wavelength seemed to be made of it. The very air around it tasted of pure, sweet, sweet insanity, and Kid could feel with each passing second his mind's sanity start to gently slip away, feeling his barriers and control start to lull and fade. Inside his mind, tiny, sweet little whispers talked to him, whispering sweet little things, begging him to give in to the madness. He felt his vision start to get hazy, the scene in front of him twirled and spun. Shadows danced infront of him, horrific creatures filled his vision, making him close his eyes tightly, his face bunched up in pain. 'This isn't real, it's not real, it's just the madness, clear your mind of the madness, IT'S NOT REAL!' Then, suddenly… the madness receded, the voices disappearing completely.

He opened his eyes again…. and found himself face to face with the monster, his yellow eyes staring straight into his soul. Then he opened his mouth…. and a loud, high pitched giggle came from within. "Eheheheheehhehehehehe… ahahahahahahahahaha….. EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH AAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ….. Hello… Little Toy…."

DragonRider11: Whew~, god am I Evil, MWAHAHAHAHA! "Laughs evilly, then composes self" Now then, I hoped you enjoyed my little preview. I will have the full chapter up soon. Until then, please Read and Review, I need them to survive! Plus they are good indicators that you love my stories. See you all soon! "Waves"