Maka

Riley sliced at Eruka when, suddenly, he dropped Kylie and started thrashing and screaming, tears running out of his eyes. I immediately ran towards him.

"Maka, what are you doing?" Soul asked, though I had a feeling he knew what was happening.

"Eruka didn't just give him normal black-blood. Something's wrong with him." I said.

Kylie transformed back into her human form and ran backwards, while Eruka said "I can take the pain away. Just follow my voice."

For a single millisecond, Riley took a step towards her, stopping his screaming. Then, he pulled his fist back, made his hand into a fist, and socked himself in the face, knocking him backwards two feet. Riley began screaming again, beating the crap out of himself until he bumped up against the railing. Time began to slow down as I ran forward, hand outstretched. I saw a car driving over the bridge, imagining how Riley felt as he escaped the car and his father killed himself. Then, I saw Riley push himself over the edge of the bridge and heard the water splash as he hit the water.

I immediately began crying, looking over the railing. "Riley!" I shouted.

"Well, that experiment took an interesting turn." Eruka said.

I turned and growled. "You'll pay for hurting my boyfriend...bitch."

Soul's mouth hung open, then he closed it and smiled. "Kid, get Riley out of the water. Maka and I will fight Eruka. Kylie, get somewhere safe."

As soon as Soul finished giving orders, I shot forward and sliced at Eruka.

Riley

The pain was gone. The freezing cold water chilled me to the bone and took away my breath, but I hadn't attacked Maka like I did in that nightmare. Maybe I would die. Maybe, if I survived I'd lose a finger because of the cold. But Maka was alright, and that's all I cared about.

Heh. Maybe this was how Romeo felt. Tragic romance. I felt someone grab my jacket and pull me out of the water, and I snapped to my senses and began shivering.

"What were you thinking?" Kid asked, dropping me on the bridge. Not ten feet away Maka and Eruka were having a vicious fight.

"I wasn't going to hurt anyone." I said. "Where's my sister? Where's Kylie? Who did I punch?"

"I'm right here." Kylie said. "And you punched yourself, you goof."

I smiled. It was good to hear her call me a goof again. "My eye freakin' hurts." I noticed.

"You gave yourself a black eye. Who did you think you hit?" Kylie asked.

"Someone else. And, if I didn't stop, I would've hurt someone even worse." I said, standing up. "C'mon, let's stop Eruka and go home."

"Are you strong enough to fight?" Kylie asked.

"I'm Irish. We deal with pain." I smiled.

"I'm Italian. We use common sense." Kylie sighed, and transformed into a weapon. As soon as I grabbed her handle I saw that demon-thing.

"Do you want to be stronger?" Demon-thing asked.

"Nah." I said. "I'll use it as a last-resort." I wish I just would've said 'I'll never use it and that's that,' but it came in handy later. "C'mon, Kylie. Soul Resonance."

"Alright." Kylie said, and our soul wavelengths connected. Kylie grew into a giant, glowing green sword, and I yelled "Maka! Out of the way!"

Maka jumped to the side, and I let our Sibling Resonance chop a surprised Eruka in half.

Eruka coughed, blood coming out of her mouth. "I..." She gasped. "Didn't expect that."

And, just like that, Eruka was dead. Of course, that didn't solve all of our problems. For instance, I was in wet clothes in the snow. Or that I still had black-blood and, by extension, a demon-thing inside of me. But I still basked in the glory for a few seconds, before I began shivering and dropped Kylie.

"S-Sorry." I said, my teeth chattering.

"It's okay." Kylie said as Ms. Marie rushed over to me and put warm covers around me.

"Let's get out of here." Ms. Marie said.

"Sounds good to me." Black Star said.

"W-Where were y-you?" I asked.

"I transcend gods. I don't kill two-bit witches." Black Star said.

"I h-hate y-you s-soooo much right n-now." I chattered.