My feet burned as I ran, and I quickly caught up with Kid. The fires of adrenaline pulsed through my veins, pushing me to focus just on the upcoming fight, and fueled by the thought that my friends were in danger. The sun, far above, was not cackling for once, I noticed in the back of my head. It always cackled.
I felt this was not a good sign.
Stein and Spirit, along with Nygus and Sid had followed Medusa, who was waiting outside of Death City, for Lucrezia and the others. This we knew from the tape recorder Patti had used to expose the treacherous nurse.
This was the plan; The teachers destroy Medusa. Kid and I stop Lucrezia, Crona, Black*Star, and Tsubaki. Reinforcements will come to help I hope. She did also mention someone named Free, and Eruka. I sighed mentally, we really needed all the help we can get. And she said something about a Kishin...
Just thinking of that filled me with dread.
It sounded simple, but words were always cheap.
It was about noon, the sun bearing down on our backs. As I ran, Kid to the left of me, I noticed there weren't a lot of people on the streets. We did pass a few kids though, and my young Shinigami friend told them all to go home and stay there in passing.
We passed through streets, alleyways, and I couldn't even keep track to where we were going. All I did was follow the black haired boy, my mind focused on that one thing.
"I sense a Witch's Soul near by. They just released the Soul Protect." Kid stated in a deadly calm, breathing heavy from exertion.
He turned a corner, stopped and jerked his hands upward. I heard him shoot, seconds before I turned the corner myself. For a second my heart felt like it fell to my feet, before I saw what he shot at.
It was a deserted street near the exit of the city and standing there was Lucrezia, Crona, and our two friends, Black*Star and Tsubaki. The Ninja pair had on stony faces, nothing like the kind ones I was so used to.
My blood ran cold, and I involuntary shuddered.
Lucrezia was dressed differently. She had on a red dress, with white diamond patterns, and a grey witch's hat with a black feather and a bird mask pinned on the side. A white stripe was also visible on it.
What surprised me the most was what was on her back. There was two big black feathery wings, extended in front of her and smoldering slightly, as if they had every right to be there. It struck me that she must have used it to defend herself from Kid's attack.
She stared at us with almost a guilty look, before she glared. "Please... go away."
Black*Star and Tsubaki were standing far off, faces blank. Why were they following her? This... This witch had to have done something to them. That was the only explanation I could muster. A sudden wave of emotion crashed over me, anger mixed with the distinct tang of disappointment. I guess even then, I had hoped I was wrong... Seeing it before me only solidified that they had turned against us.
"Lucrezia...you-" I mumbled, my hands shaking uncontrollably. My throat felt constricted. I never had felt betrayed, and then I wondered if this was the feeling. Yes, I knew it was. I swallowed thickly, my hand tightening on Eira's length.
"Traitors!" Kid roared, and continued blasting them with the silver guns. His face was twisted into a scowl, and the light from his weapons illuminated his face. He mostly aimed for Lucrezia and Crona, who dodged easily. Ragnarok's head and arms rested on Crona's head, cackling the whole time. The girl scowled as she dodged the blasts. I glared at her, thinking the same thing as everyone else.
She was a witch the whole time.
I noticed Tsubaki transform into her chain scythe mode, and fall into Black*Star's hands. His face was still blank but his eyes were directed on Kid, with the kind of determination that made one shiver. I looked at Kid who was still shooting at Lucrezia. Crona was standing still behind everyone else, and it looked like Black*Star was ready to chop the Shinigami-in training's head off.
Just as the scythe was about hit the gun-wielding boy, I swung Eira down, the head of the halberd falling on the chain making it fall limply on the ground. I looked up and returned the glare that the blue haired boy shot at me. He stood still, eyeing my weapon and then at me. I dashed suddenly forward, hand tight on the halberd's staff, and used her to vault over the ninja pair, bringing the blade down on the boy's unprotected back. It hurt to do it to him, considering he was my friend but what else would have I done?
Tsubaki glowed a pale yellow before becoming into a short sword, the ninja blade, I recalled faintly. Black*Star growled and turned, swiping at my torso horizontally with the tip of the blade. I stepped back in time but sliced into my red hoodie, leaving a long rip. If I had not dodged...
No, I couldn't think of that.
He smirked and I glared, taking a few light steps back.
The red and purple ribbons on Eira's halberd form swayed with the wind as I ran forward, stabbing several times in quick succession at Black*Star. I was determined to win this time. As we fought I noticed from afar Kid was having difficulties with Lucrezia. She kept disappearing and appearing in every direction.
"You lied to us!" I heard him yell out, his voice choked with emotion. "Who the hell are you!"
The shots were no avail. Glass windows shattered and metal poles dented. The moving clouds above castes a shadow over us as it covered the sun.
"Seven magpies in a tree..." I heard her chant, her voice oddly emotionless, a thrill going down my bones. I was just able to dodge a counter by my opponent as she continued, "Count them and see what they be. One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told."
With a simple flapping motion using her wings, she shot small bullet-like feather projectiles at Kid, making him stumble back, still returning fire. She warped again, appearing behind him this time, throwing him forwards with a well-placed gust from her wings. He growled irritably and aimed at her feet. She, once again, dodged and jumped upwards landing on a street light. Her wings helped her with dodging his attacks.
My attention was drawn back to my fight by the ninja blade nicking my arm, drawing a bit of blood.
"What the hell do you think you're doing working with her! She's a witch!" I growled at Black*Star who lunged at me, bringing the short sword down as if it were an instrument of God's Wrath.
I held the halberd horizontally above my face, protecting it from the razor sharp sword. My arms were pushed back, my elbows almost touching the brick wall behind me. The pole got closer to my face. I growled and struggled, then finally threw Black*Star off of me, and watched as he flipped in midair. He landed without much aid, skidding a few feet away and stood still, probably thinking what he should do.
I didn't notice Crona run past me and towards Kid. I turned around quickly forgetting the ninja, shouting out, "Kid! Crona's coming at you!"
I looked down at my shadow and saw something sharp above it. My eyes widened and I side stepped just in time for the ninja sword to be lodged in the cement ground. I took this opportunity to attack him. Just as I was about to strike, a puff of smoke erupted, making me cough.
This was just like in class that other time I realised suddenly. I fell on the floor silently, the noise of guns and swords in the background.
As I was on the floor, I held the halberd, the long big ribbons on it danced upwards, with the gusts of wind.
I felt a tug and I stood up immediately, my hands clenching the halberd with all my strength. I let out a war cry, and swung the halberd a 180, a triumphant grin on my face.
Black*Star, who was wrapped in the over sized ribbons, flew along with the halberd and crashed to a metal pole upon his release. He slid downwards, unconscious. Tsubaki lay a few feet away, in her human form. She looked too tired to even stand.
I looked back at Kid, who was dodging Crona and Lucrezia's attacks.
"Damn! Liz! Patti! Soul Resonance!" He growled loud enough for me to hear, as I made my way over to the second battle scene. I felt electricity crawl over my skin, and I nodded to Eira, who appeared in the blade of the halberd.
"Eira, we're doing Soul Resonance too!" I had my doubts. After all, we had practiced it before, but that was when we were not fighting against a real enemy... I was not sure if it would work properly.
"Right!" All of our weapons said simultaneously, echoing around the battle damaged street.
I forgot about Tsubaki, and paid attention on Lucrezia and Crona. All Kid and I had to do now was defeat them and carry them back to Shibusen, where Shinigami-Sama was waiting.
I blinked my eyes, and I bit back a gasp.
My eyes widened when Kid was surrounded in a large blue orb, with three stripes on the right, his soul I quickly gathered. His face darkened with anger, and clouds of dust and dirt flew in circles around him, kicked up by the power contained in the Shinigami's soul.
Black electricity like lines covered his hands and carried over to his guns before his weapons turned to massive unexplainable looking weapons, seemingly fused to his arms. Three black spikes appeared on each of his arms and the black electricity covered his whole body.
"Execution mode acquired." He stated in a dead monotone, crouching.
"Resonance factor stable. Noise at three percent. Four seconds until fire." I heard Liz say, her voice equally devoid of emotion.
"Three." Patti chirped.
"Two."
"One!" Kid aimed a gun at both Lucrezia and Crona. A beam of neon pink and white light was shot at the two.
Crona flew back, hitting a brick building and Lucrezia grabbed a pole before she could be flown away. Crona's agonised scream echoed in my head, and I had to remind myself once again that Crona worked for the enemy...
A few seconds later Liz and Patti turned back to their normal gun appearance, Patti cheering loudly.
"Our turn!" Eira exclaimed, her feral grin flashing from the corner of my eye.
Her weapon form glowed, and in it's place I held was a much smaller form of the halberd, little more than a small ax. The ribbons disappeared, and now were purple and red rays that twisted in the air like tornadoes next to us.
"Shattered Comet Strike!" We yelled in unison, and I was sure our expressions were the same. Grim smirks, colored by excitement and bloodlust.
The twin ribbon-snakes flew towards the surprised Lucrezia. The wrapped around her like vipers, constricting and writhing, and I threw the halberd towards her. It spun wildly before striking her side and flying the other direction. It came back like a boomerang and sliced her cheek. The cycle continued on and on until she was cut nearly everywhere, blood flying with each deadly slice.
The rays disappeared and Eira transformed back into her normal form. I looked around, none of them got up. They all just laid on the ground. I felt something on my head and I jumped, turning around swiftly with Eira pointed forward.
"Blair?" I shouted, lowering the tip of Eira's blade. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm bored!" She whined, latching on my leg and purring. I was doubting her ability to be serious, at all.
"Adil! We have no time, let's get them to Shibusen as fast as we can!" Kid called out, and I looked back at him, nodding. He was a bit cut up from his fight with the traitor, but seemed alright. "Liz, Patti, transform back and help me carry Crona." He ordered, a chorus of agreement echoing between the twin guns.
His two weapons did as they were told, but I had to point out something. "What about Lucrezia? If me and Eira hold her then who'll get Black*Star and Tsubaki?" I asked, looking back at the Weapon and Meister pair.
"Blair turn to your human form and carry Tsubaki, Liz, you can carry Black*Star." Kid exclaimed, in a rush. When we didn't move fast enough for him, he shouted, "Dammit, hurry up!"
Just as I was about to grasp Lucrezia's shoulders a small black ball with big eyes and a large grin floated by my face.
"Wha-" out of reflex my hands flew up on an 'X' as it exploded. I was sent skidding on the floor, shaking. I looked up immediately, and saw the intruders.
There on top of the buildings stood a girl with long straight blue hair, dressed in a black and white polka dotted dress and black tights with white boots. Next to her was a very buff man with brown cropped hair and was dressed only in green cargo shorts. Beside those two were five small people. I couldn't even tell the gender. They all looked the same, and were dressed in green and white striped clothing.
I saw the man lick his lips and stare down at us, while the girl giggled. I felt like someone had doused my insides with ice water.
0o0
3rd person P.O.V
Sand, whipped up in dense clouds, where blown around in front of the remaining Shibusen staff. The expressions of the teachers ranged from a deadly calm to furious anger, but all were focused on who stood before them. In front of the staff stood a smirking, snake of a woman, the blond most of them had trusted at one point.
Her smile, once sweet but twisted by the hands of insanity, made their skin crawl. "Hello Stein, Nygus, Sid." She chuckled, ignoring Spirit completely.
"Medusa, you're coming with us. One, for infiltrating the school in disguise, two, for lying, and three for being the cause of all the sick children. You're going to explain yourself, then Shinigami-" Spirit stated, face contorted in rage and pointing a shaking finger at her. His usual silly attitude was washed away, and in its place was a serious much more mature attitude that would normally make anyone's blood run cold.
A dark chuckle from the eerie woman made him stop in mid sentence. The teachers stared at her anxiously, beads of sweat rolling down their faces.
"You really think you'll accomplish all that, Spirit? Hmm?" immediately after that, two large snakes burst out from the sand in front of them. Out of reflex they all jumped back, and Spirit and Nygus were now in their weapon forms, wielded deftly by their respective Meisters.
"What did you do to the students?" Sid exclaimed, staring at the two snakes which were resting peacefully by their master, like the pets to some dark Goddess.
"Oh, whatever do you mean?" She smiled innocently, a sickly sweet thing that could make any normal man's skin crawl, while staring intently at Stein. Thankfully, the professor was no normal man.
"Don't play dumb Medusa. We heard you talking about it." Stein remarked, obviously agitated. In an instant, he was in front of her, Spirit's blade poised to strike. Before one could blink, one of the snakes was in half, writhing and fading away.
Sid killed the other one, at the same time Stein dispatched the first, before both aimed for the witch. She jumped and flipped backwards landing softly on the sand. Sid growled and ran at her, striking her with his pocket knife several times in quick succession. She dodged every single attack, without even trying. Her expression was calm, so calm that it made Stein a bit worried, as gripped Spirit, a determined grimace on his face.
He didn't waste another second before jumping high in the air, and slashing down with Spirit. The flexible witch managed to dodge the deadly blade, jumping to the side, with scarcely a few inches between her skin and the Scythe. She smirked at him, mocking him with her eyes, and he twisted, spinning in a kick that connected with her jaw. It sent her tumbling a few feet away. Instead of wincing in pain all she did was laugh, her grating voice in the likeness of demons.
"Alright then, I'll tell you what I did, my dear little Stein." She licked a drop of blood off of her lips and grinned, that diabolic chuckle floating past her lips like oil.
0o0
"Who the hell are you?" Kid yelled, not liking the fact that our plan was ruined. He was nervous, no doubt about it, and I shared his sentiments.
I stood up, a bit shaken up and glared at the seven who appeared. I felt the burn of small cuts on my face and forearms, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight on end. I was not sure if this was my body warning me of these newcomers, but I was not about to ignore it. The silver-blue haired girl smiled down at me, "There's more where that came from, kid."
"A witch..." Kid muttered, glaring at Lucrezia then at the other girl. I could see the flash of betrayal in his topaz eyes, and the tension in his closed fists. "Who the hell are you!"
"The name's Eruka..." The witch who introduced herself glared at Kid crossing her arms. I noticed two black dots painted at the corners of her mouth.
"And I'm Free!"
"Chichi!" All of the five short persons squeaked, in perfect unison.
Liz, Patti, and Eira were all back in their weapon forms, and from the sounds of Eira's swearing, they were about as upset as Kid and I were. Blair, I noticed, was in her human form, standing behind me quietly. She hasn't said anything, or in fact, moved a muscle.
The smirking muscled man jumped down with a loud thud, following swiftly behind was the girl, whose landing was much softer. Kid tensed a little, and looked at me from the corner of his eye.
"I'll take care of the guy, you get the girl." He whispered loud enough for me to hear, and aimed at the man with strange eye. The pupil was white, I noticed, and it looked like it had some sort of triangle in it. Hearing that, the man lunged at Kid, aiming fists at him.
Small bouncy black orbs caught my attention. They rolled next to my feet, and I gasped, back stepping. They exploded, but thankfully I was far enough from the blast by then, and the winds from the explosions only ruffled my hoodie. I looked back and saw the girl smiling and throwing them above my head. I ducked and covered my head with my arms before running towards her, aiming the halberd at her head. She ducked, dropping to her knees and aiming a swift kick in my gut, which I found out hurt. A lot.
"Mizune!"
My hand flew to my side as I felt something pierce it. I looked to my right and saw one of those strange looking people that came with the girl and man. My stomach lurched as I saw it's face. It was small, with slanted eyes, an animal like nose, and six whiskers were glowing a pure white. They extended about two feet each, from it's face. It smiled almost smugly, muttering a 'Chi'.
Explosions were thrown at me again, and two of the Mizunes struck me with those stupid whiskers. From the sidelines I noticed Kid was dealing with two of them also. Where was the other one? There were five!
Just as Eruka was about to grab hold of me, a green and white blur threw her off of me. I stared bewildered at the mouse like creature who was wincing, on the floor beside the witch.
I looked back and saw Blair, a finger pushing her hat down, shadowing her eyes, which were glowing a soft yellow. She smirked menacingly at the mice-like creatures. Angered, the other Mizunes charged at her completely forgetting Kid and I.
They stacked up on each other and glowed a very bright light. I shielded my eyes, wincing from the sheer volume of light. In their form, now stood woman, with pink, chin-length hair. She wore a dark green and white skirt, that hung loosely on her hips, a top to match and a mousey looking hat. I grimaced at the choice of clothing but averted my eyes to Blair, who was dressed far much better than the Mizunes.
"Disgusting cat." The pink haired woman snarled, glaring at Blair with the most hateful eyes.
Blair's fingers flicked her hat upwards, showing her smouldering golden eyes to the mouse-based Witch. "Stupid mice." She smirked cat-like, and for a moment, I fancied her teeth fangs.
The Blair looked at Kid and I, her feline-esque grin sending shivers down my spine. "You two finish with those, I'll handle this cheese freak." And with that she cast a spell onto the ready Mizune. They both disappeared in the alleyways, the sound and light of explosions were heard and seen.
I turned back, just in time for a punch to go crashing on my jaw. I fell backwards, but swiftly got up, adjusting my jaw to make sure it was alright. Anger boiled like lava inside of me. Irritated, I grabbed hold of Eruka's hand and punched her back just as hard. Eira fell on the ground with a thud. Forgetting my weapon, I decided to fight the blue haired girl on my own. And in my style.
My already balled up fists grabbed handfuls of her hair. Towering over her I gripped them as hard as I could, smiling at the screams she let out. I saw her raise her foot, ready to slam her high heeled boots on my shin. I kicked her leg before she could even try, a fiendish grin spreading on my face as I heard something pop. I pulled back my hand, my fist ready to smash into her nose, but I felt slam into me and I was knocked away. Scrunching my eyes shut, I couldn't tell what had happened, until I crashed into a hard wall.
I looked up and saw Eruka staring at the now awakened Lucrezia. Beside the black winged traitor, stood Black*Star and Tsubaki, who was in her ninja shuriken mode. I noticed Eira was in her human form, behind Lucrezia. She wore a nasty glare that was directed to the black haired witch.
I gasped slightly as Kid was thrown by my feet, exhaustion clear on his face. Liz and Patti had reverted back into their human forms.
"Free, get her. Black*Star, Tsubaki and Eruka, you're coming with me. Crona you stay here and finish them off." She looked back at the frightened boy, who was clutching Regnarok's sword form.
"What about the Mizunes?" Eruka asked.
Lucrezia blinked and thought for a moment, "They'll stay here and help Crona."
The well toned man stood above me. He grabbed my elbow and threw me over his back, and I struggled, unable to hurt him.
"Let her go, bastard!" I hear Eira shout from behind. She tried to run past Lucrezia but Crona blocked her way. Kid tried grabbing Liz and Patti, but before his hands could graze the silver guns, Black*Star smashed his foot onto his hand. He crushed it into the cement floor, while Kid screamed in agony. Immediately Liz transformed back into her human form and shot at Black*Star. She then aimed for Free, who was holding me like a rag doll. I kicked his chest and punched his back, digging my nails into it, and scratching it untill it bled. I even pulled his short hair, which was a bit hard, and bit his shoulder.
"Let me go you freak!" I kicked him with all my strength, and surprisingly he didn't even flinch or wince. Fear engulfed my features, swallowing me whole.
"You're annoying...stupid runt." he mumbled. A nerve in my forehead twitched and I inhaled a large breath.
When kidnapped, or held hostage my mother had always said to do one thing. Scream with all your might in the abductor's ear, which I did, with much pleasure.
My heart felt swollen as he dropped me and clutched his left ear, glaring daggers at me, "You stupid-"
"Eira transform!" I yelled, ignoring the man and reaching out to my partner.
"Free! We have to go now!" Lucrezia yelled running away with the ninja pair to the exit of the city.
I felt the familiar cold metal in my hand and smirked. Now was my chance. I took the opportunity to strike the large man, whose hand was probably bigger than my head.
I aimed it at his shoulder, wanting his arms to be useless, but stumbled a bit, lost my balance, and gasped. The halberd was lodged in his forehead, right between his eyes. Instead of his eyes rolling back, and a calm expression on his face, he smirked menacingly, fangs bared to the sunlight.
Shouldn't he be freakin' dead! With the cold smirk on his bloody face, he gripped the halberd and threw it across the street. I heard a 'swoosh' and knew that Eira had transformed back, skidding along the pavement.
I didn't even know what to do as he gripped an arm around my waist and held me like a football. He ran where Lucrezia and Black*Star had. I tried grabbing hold of some branches, or even rocks, but he was going way too fast, and I only succeeded in scratching my arms and hands.
"What the hell are you doing? Let me go! What do you want with me anyway!" I shrieked, fear pulsing through my veins. It My questions had no effect on him, and he kept running.
He reached the others and I glared darkly at Lucrezia. She stared at me with bored eyes. I gulped as she walked over to me. "Sorry I have to do this."
I was about to ask what she meant but Free gripped my jaw with one hand, and pushed back forehead with his other. My mouth was forced open, and peered over at Lucrezia who was muttering something inaudible. A black blur was shot in my mouth and down my throat. My eyes widened as I choked a bit, and forcefully swallowed whatever that was. My hand flew to Free's and I tried pushing it off my face. He let go, but still clutched my elbow, with a death grip.
"What the hell was that!" I screamed, trying to make my way over to the black haired girl, but couldn't move that far with the bulky man clutching my arm. My insides squiggled as I thought of what it could have been...
She just ignored me and walked infront of Eruka, Black*Star and Tsubaki.
"Free, once we meet with Medusa, you'll go back and help Crona and Mizune. After you killed the others you seven will come back and we'll depart. Don't...mess up."
I tensed and my heart throbbed when hearing that.
0o0
3rd person P.O.V
"You stupid little bastard." Eira's growls and shouts of anger bounced off the walls of Death City, her fist connecting with Crona's gut time and time again. Fury was pure in her purple-tinted eyes, almost divine in it's strength. "You lied to us! You and that damned witch! Who the hell are you?"
The pink haired boy hadn't spoken a word after Lucrezia left with Free and Adil. He simply fought against the two students, taking the punishment with little more than a stray whimper.
Blair was far away in the city fighting the Mizunes, while Kid, Liz, Patti and Eira were with Crona, fighting him. Of course, the Halberd's version of brawling ment beating the living snot out of the traitor, until she could get her hands on the true cause of their problems.
"Eira, you go follow Lucrezia. Go save your Meister, I'll take care of him." Kid managed to get out before he coughed loudly, losing his balance a bit. He was probably the most injured out of the warriors, but he would survive. He was a Shinigami, after all.
"Kid! You can't fight him alone! You'll get yourself killed!" Liz shouted from her demon gun form.
"Actually, guys." a voice said from behind them, startling the teenagers, "You four go ahead, Kilik and I'll take care of him. The others are heading to Medusa, and I'm sure Stein and the rest need your help."
Standing behind the injured teens was a pink haired lady, named Issippi. A teacher in Shibusen. In her hand was a what looked like a silver chakram, probably her weapon. Beside her stood a smirking dark skinned boy, his two glove weapons in hand.
"Go on guys, we'll take care of this freak. Go show those witches what Shibusen's made of!" Kilik grinned at the wide eyed students infront of him.
Eira's frown turned to a courageous smile, and Kid smirked a bit. They both took off running, leaving Issippi and Kilik to fight Crona.
0o0
The sun was even brighter in the desert. For a moment after Free dashed outright out of the city, I was blinded. Then, the sound of weapons cutting through air and clashing tipped me off that something was happening in front of me. I opened my eyes to force them to adjust, and the sight that met my eyes made me inhale sharply.
Medusa had just launched herself into a spinning kick, landing a hit straight to my teacher's jaw, sending him straight into the dust. I would have never guessed the woman posing as our nurse was capable of doing things like that, even knowing she was a witch. Stein and Sid groaned as the traitor landed, smooth as a cat, and looked towards us... More specifically, me.
"Oh, my dear Lucrezia has returned." Medusa smiled, her pearl white teeth gleaming with the rays of the sun as she dusted herself off.
I glared harshly at her, still immobile in Free's grip. I saw Stein and Sid, both tense up when they saw me. Did they think the others were killed? Did they not expect us students to come and help?
The blond witch softly walked over to Free, her feet digging in the sand. My arms were being held behind my back, and I stood infront of the man. She loomed over me, smirking smugly. She cupped a pale hand on my chin and lifted it upwards, my gaze locking with hers. I stared at her with a death glare, my blue eyes throwing daggers at her golden ones. I kept a cool facade on but on the inside my heart was pounding like an African war drum. My throat was dry and my lungs burned from the dust I was inhaling.
"You've brought my Kishin? Good. Now, where Crona and the Mizunes? I'm getting tired of this place, it's too... Boring." One hand rested on her hip, and Medusa gave a faux yawn, before grinning malicioucly at the Staff Members.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" I asked, shaken up at her comment. She called me a kishin? I didn't eat human souls! I didn't understand...
I was frightened.
"Let her go." My grey haired teacher ordered. He looked like he was about to get up and lash out at Free, but Eruka's bombs stopped him from doing so.
"I don't think I'm going to do that." Medusa remarked, carefully walking around the Shibusen instructors like a predator circling it's prey. The bright sunlight did nothing but highlight her yellow eyes, shadowed under the hood she wore.
"Why did you call her a Kishin? And what do you want with her?" Sid exclaimed, clutching his knife with white-knuckled hands.
Medusa chuckled darkly and 'tsked', still circling. "You stupid people always ask questions, but I'll be nice. I'll tell you, but it won't really matter since you'll die here." Her grin curled into a smirk. Her expression reminded me of a snake about to strike, a puma about to pounce.
Black*Star, Tsubaki, Eruka and Free, along with me, were standing away from Medusa and the men. Lucrezia was standing still next to the blonde witch.
"As you can see, Lucrezia here," Her golden orbs met the black haired girl's ice blue ones, "Is really a witch, along with me. She is my adopted daughter."
I inhaled sharply making The others stare at me. Adopted... Daughter? But Lucrezia told me... No, of course she lied. That only made sense.
"At the age of five, her father killed her mother for her soul. A witch's soul. After that I took her in, and I trained her along with Crona. She and I infiltrated the school, in two different disguises. As a meister and a nurse."
"You still didn't tell us how you're the cause of all the sick children-" Spirit growled, but was cut off by the snake-witch, who held up a hand.
"Ah ah! I don't like to spoil. Anyway... Where was I? Oh, yes!" Her smirk became even more diabolic, if that was possible, as she started detailing her master plan.
"Now then. My plan is to destroy this pitiful city along with Shibusen. Starting with all the meister's and weapons. And do you want to know HOW I caused them to all suffer like this? The lollipops that I gave out, remember those?" she chuckled darkly at Stein's suspicious glare.
"What was in them?" He demanded, a growl ripping from his throat.
"Those are home made treats, filled with diuretics. Each and every single one has an amount so horrible for the body. A diuretic is a drug that forces the person to urinate more than usual, causing the body to dehydrate. And since the amount I used was such a huge and unhealthy dose, they probably will all die by the side effects."
"You mean... Hypovolemia?" Nygus muttered in her knife form.
"Yes, good job, Nygus!" Medusa gushed over-dramatically, sickly sweet smile making my stomach turn.
"Mind if you explain?" Sid growled, impatiently.
"Hypovolemia is a state of decreased blood volume. Specifically, the decrease in volume of blood plasma. It's the same as dehydration, which is the loss of body water. Hypovolemia defines water deficiency only in volume rather than specifically water. The affected ones may feel dizzy, faint, nauseated, or very thirsty."
Immediately all I thought of was Fuji and Tatsuo. Wait... I was the one who gave him that... lollipop. It's... my fault he's...
"There are four stages for the Hypovolemic Shock. Stage one. 15% blood volume loss. Blood pressure maintained. Normal respiratory rate. Pallor of the skin. Slight anxiety"
"Stage 2.15–30% blood volume loss. Cardiac output cannot be maintained by arterial constriction. Increased respiratory pressure maintained. Increased diastolic pressure. Narrow pulse pressure. Sweating from sympathetic stimulation. A bit restless." I ground my teeth, reflecting upon each and every symptom she listed. Oh, God...
"Stage 3,30–40% blood volume loss. Classic signs of hypovolemic shock. Marked tachycardia 120 bpm. Marked tachypnea 30 beats per minute. Decreased systolic pressure, Alteration in mental status and sweating with cool, pale skin" I felt sweat dripping down my neck as my horror rose. Something told me that she was not even done yet...
"Stage 4." She paused here, looking between the two teachers and her own minions, that smirk still in place. "Loss greater than 40% of blood. Extreme tachycardia with weak pulse. Pronounced tachypnea. Significantly decreased systolic blood pressure of 70 mmHg or less. Decreased level of consciousness. Skin is sweaty, cool, and extremely pale. At this stage, death is not uncommon."
My heart felt like it stopped for a moment.
Death...death...? She said death...right? S-so Tatsuo! He's...
"B-but it's curable...right?" I stammered, fear making my voice weak. All I could see in my mind's eye was him, lying prone on the couch... No...
Medusa's head flicked in my direction, "Currently the students are probably on stage two or three. If it reaches three or four, it's urgent. But, Death City is too small and how are you going to find doctors who will treat all of those children?"
We stayed quiet and she laughed darkly, "I thought so. So all of those poor children will die, leaving Shinigami's stupid school Meister AND Weapon-less. I just have to kill you all, and my mission is complete. Destroy the Mesiters and Weapons, destroy Shibusen, and make Death City fall right in front of that idiot Death's feet." Her cackle sent shivers up my spine.
"DAMMIT YOU'RE A SICK WOMAN!" Spirit roared. His daughter was dying, and I felt his pain, even though I couldn't see him. I felt tears burn my eyes. All those kids...were going to die.
"Listen up Medusa, here's OUR plan. We're going to kill you, along with those two," Spirit snarled, ushering to Eruka and Free, "And Lucrezia will be asked questions about this whole thing, and do expect answers. Our curiosity mainly lie on why you called one of Shibusen's Meisters a Kishin and why Black*Star and Tsubaki are teaming up with you."
The lady opened her mouth to speak but out of nowhere she jumped backwards, missing a few bright blasts which vaporised the sand where she had just been.
My tearful eyes widened.
Kid! What was he doing here? Was Eira with him? Where's Crona?
I stared as he landed in the sand, crouching and glaring, mostly at Lucrezia and the rest. I noticed Eira behind him, looking like she had just walked straight out of an action movie, and hope started to build up inside of me.
"Everyone's here now? Good. I was just about to say something important." Medusa looked at me with an unexplainable face, despite reinforcements arriving. "This young girl here, isn't who she say she is. She's been lying to you the entire time."
I knew what she was hinting towards immediately. Everything just felt like it stopped. The circulation of the Earth, the gusts of wind, my heart beat...everything.
All eyes were on me, and the most suspicious one was Eira, whose eyes reflected just a bit of hurt.
It all felt fake, like a dream...or flashback. It was so unexplainable. My words caught in my mouth, false exclamations of liar, half-baked cover stories, muttered apologies... All I could get out was a low whimper.
"Adil isn't from this world." And with that...
All of the hope that was shining in me a few seconds shattered into a hundreds of shards, turned to dust, and disappeared with the wind.
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Purple-eyed Devil edited this chapter. She added much more details and descrption, so thank her!
omg im so sorry this chapter has the povs all jumbled up over and over!
ill answer your reviews later, guys, sorry again. im realllllllllyyyy busy at the moment.
Purple-eyed Devil ,Digimon Dreamer and Sailor Sofia have posted stories based on this story. GO READ THEM PLEASE!
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