As Devereaux and Maka were walking to her house there was a silence that annoyed, so she thought of something.
"How was your childhood?" Maka asked him
Devereaux didn't ever offer her a glance when he replied. "You don't want to know."
Maka touched Devereaux's hand and he stopped.
"I promise you I'm not going to ruin your life by telling you my life story." Devereaux replied
"Look me straight in the eyes and say that again." Maka told him
Devereaux looked her in the eyes, but what he said this time was different.
"What Medusa did to me is not something you want to know about Maka, trust me." Devereaux told her
"What did she do to you?" Maka asked her
"Why do you want to know, so that you can tell everyone else?" Devereaux asked her
Just from that statement Maka got a little look of some of Devereaux's past, she gently took his hand, and she placed it over her heart.
"Do you feel that, this is the truth I'll never tell anyone, but I know that you know deep in your heart that you know I'm telling the truth." Maka told him
She watched his eyes soften somewhat, his hand tightened over hers, and he placed her hand over his heart, what shocked her was that there wasn't a heartbeat. Maka swallowed deeply, she looked at Devereaux's eyes, and she saw a deep radiating fear and sadness.
"Look Devereaux, I would never tell anyone about this, they could torture my all they want, but I'd still not tell them anything." Maka told him
When Devereaux kissed her lips Maka hadn't really expected it, but after awhile she kissed him back. When their lips parted Maka knew she was blushing deeply at the time she didn't mind, and then when she noticed Devereaux smiling she got a little nervous.
"What is there something I did?" Maka asked him
"No, you just look like a tomato." Devereaux laughed
Maka punched Devereaux playfully before they started towards her house again when they got there they sat down on the living room couch after Maka upstairs to change, they started to kiss again, but they stopped when they heard Soul laughing behind them.
"Don't eat each, but anyway Maka your dad told me to come check on you two since he knew that you two would come back here for some alone time." Soul told them
"Just tell him we're alright." Maka told him
"Okay, well I guess I'll see you two later." Soul replied before leaving
When Maka saw Soul turn the corner towards the general direction of the DWMA she hopped off the couch and turned towards Devereaux.
"What's up?" Devereaux asked her
"Let's go outside." Maka told him
"I hate being indoors, so I'm up to it." Devereaux told her as he followed her out back
They sat down on a picnic set off to the side of the backyard under a large tree that provided a lot of shade, Maka wasn't sure what to say, but then Devereaux broke the silence.
"Want to see my weapon form, you were a little curious before when we were in the hospital?" Devereaux asked her
"Sure." Maka replied as she took his hand
As soon as she took his hand five light blue bands formed around the two of them, the bands got closer and then disappeared as Devereaux literally dissipated with the passing wind, but when Maka tried to close her hand they wouldn't close all the way. Then right before her eyes a golden scythe appeared in her hands, and as she tightened her grip on the scythe handle she felt Devereaux's presence.
"Your weapon form is really light." Maka remarked
"I'm pretty powerful right now, but by activating the light blue bands that are located around your body, two on your wrist, two on your ankles, and one on your waist." Devereaux told her " The thing is that powering the band is that at first it'll take our full concentration, but it will get easier."
"Power it up before I die of boredom." Maka laughed
"Tighten your grip, widen your stance, and relax." Devereaux told her
As Maka did these things Devereaux slowly focused on the band around her left wrist and as it slowly lit up Maka's knees buckled, the light faded, and Devereaux turned back to his human form. He placed his hands on her shoulders to help her stay steady, but to his happiness she kept her balance.
"Sorry about that, the increase in power caught me off guard, but if we try again I know I can get it." Maka told him
"Don't blame yourself, the inability to handle the power increase is completely my fault I have to be able to charge up that band which involves a lot of energy collection which I mainly get from the wind, but I still am really used to mainly fighting with my body blades so the energy collection is not familiar to me." Devereaux replied
He kissed Maka's cheek softly before taking a few steps as his arms blades slipped out, to Maka's surprise them seemed to smooth out a little, and a slight wind picked up around him it suddenly pulled into his blades. The blades took on a golden sheen when the wind stopped going into them, Maka saw that Devereaux was struggling slightly, but when she was going to help him he stopped her.
"I got this I just have to focus the energy in one central point to pull it into a smaller spot, and then I'll hopefully be able to launch it at a target." Devereaux told her
"I'll go get a plank of wood for you to aim at if you want." Maka told him
"Quickly please." Devereaux told her before she sprinted off
As Devereaux finally pulled the very last wisp of wind into a golf ball size from inside his body he felt the pain of the strain as Maka quickly propped a five foot long plank of wood a few branches low in the tree over the picnic table, the winds collected along Devereaux's blades as he quickly fired them at the plank launching it into the air, and Devereaux flew straight at the plank. When his blades connected with the plank it shattered in 15 different pieces that shot in different direction, Maka watched as one came closer to her in nanoseconds, but when it was barely an inch from her face it split into two pieces and whizzed pass each side of her face. After the initial shack of the event she noticed that Devereaux was barely standing no his own, she rushed to him as he started to fall, and she barely caught as she was again pulled down with him.
"Seriously dude, I can barely walk with you leaning on me, and it's nearly impossible for me to pick you up off the ground." Maka told him
"Sorry the strain of what I just did kind of drain me." Devereaux told her weakly
"If you have to go to the hospital again, I swear I'll kill you with my bare hand." Maka threatened him
Devereaux tried to get onto his feet but when he got to one knee he almost passed out as he fell to his hands and knees, Maka grabbed him gently under his arms and helped him up, and together they stumbled into the house.
"We're just going to go up the stairs to my room, can you make it?" Maka asked him
"Yeah as long as we don't go to fast I think I'll survive." Devereaux laughed painfully
Maka supported Devereaux greatly against her side, she knew he wasn't really leaning enough that he needed to, so she pulled him closer to where he had to lean on her. As they started up the stairs, they had to take barely a step at a time since Devereaux stumbled forward, and the momentum threaten to drag her down with him. When they finally got to her bedroom 45 minutes had passed, Maka didn't mind it as she helped Devereaux onto her bed, and she quickly ran into her bathroom to wash her hair and face. When she stepped out she saw that Devereaux had taken his shirt, to her horror he was trying to what it looked to her was claw his skin off, and she quickly jumped on him and held his hand by his side.
"Get it out of me." Devereaux shouted
"Get what out of you is it something that Medusa put in you?" Maka asked him
At that point Devereaux just shook his head and when he looked at her this time he seemed like himself again, but now he was mentally tired along with physically tired. Maka rolled over to where she was next to Devereaux she took one of his hands, held it close to her chest, and looked him straight in the eye.
"Whatever Medusa did to you, I want to know, and I won't tell anyone." Maka told him
"Tomorrow, I'll answer any question that I'm willing to relive." Devereaux replied before he kissed Maka's lips
After awhile Devereaux fell into another one of his feverish nightmares that plagued him ever since Medusa first kidnapped him and experimented on him severing his soul.
Author's Note: Guys and Gals if you could read and review it will really help me out I completed this chapter about half an hour from midnight, so I would like to know what you all think. Thanks in advance.