Chapter 12: The Question and Choice

Three days had past, Soul was talking to Maka again but for now only in secret, as everyone still hated him. Kid was making a full recovery and would soon leave the nurses room and get back to work. Maka mentored Crona once again in the library. Maka seemed to enjoy these times. It was a time when she can forget about everything that's going on, but also a time where she can tell Crona anything and he'd always be there to listen.

"That's right Crona, you've done all of your work now with still some time to spare", Maka said happily.

"Thank you, what should I do now?" Crona asked.

"Well we can do anything now, we can just talk", Maka suggested.

"About what?" Crona asked.

"I dunno, Oh I know, are you going to the dance?" Maka then asked.

"W…well I d…don't know. Aren't you meant to…ask people to them?" Crona said.

"Well yeah. Oh yeah you going to ask Patty?" Maka asked happily.

"N…no, I'm too scared she might not like me to take her and I don't think I can deal with rejection", Crona nervously spoke.

"The dance is in three days Crona, you need to ask her quickly", Maka said.

"Yeah… but I'm too scared to", Crona whimpered nervously.

"Tell you what then, I'll help you ask Patty out today!" Maka announced to him.

"What?" Crona exclaimed.

"You are going with Patty to that dance! I am going to make it happen!" Maka stated. Crona looked terrified.

"But…aren't you going to dance?" Crona asked.

"No, Kid's with that ginger hussy, and I'm not going to go to the dance with my dad", Maka grumbled.

"How are you feeling about that?" Crona asked.

"I…I can't get rid of the feelings for him. It has to be pity, the feelings I have for him. But they aren't leaving…it's just so confusing!" Maka said with her head down.

"But how do you know if it's just pity, and real feelings?" Crona asked. Maka looked to him.

"Because pity is when you're feeling sorry for someone that's in pain. And Kid doesn't look in pain anymore and he's making a good recovery. So if it was pity, wouldn't the feelings stop towards him", Crona then said. Maka thought about this for a moment but sighed again.

"It doesn't matter anyway, he's with her…", Maka said quietly. The bell then ran.

"Oh, break time. Hey, now you can ask Patty to the dance!" Maka said cheerfully.

"Wait…I…Maka I don't think…!" Crona protested as Maka grabbed his wrists and pulled him with her to look for Patty. Finally after going down many corridors Liz and Patty were spotted leaning against a wall.

"Ahah! There they are!" Maka said. Crona then took a peek and saw Patty hugging a grey teddy bear. Crona smiled lightly at this, but then Patty grabbed the head of the teddy and ripped its head off and began to tear out all the insides and rip it to pieces. Crona then hid behind Maka.

"I can't do it! Don't make me go there! She'll tear me to pieces!" Crona whimpered absolutely terrified.

"You are going to ask her out as if my life depended on it!" Maka stated as she started to push Crona over to Patty. Crona didn't make it easy for her as she pushed him. His feet were digging into the floor leaving a line of broken flooring behind him. Finally Maka pushed him all the way to Patty.

"Hi Crona! Hi Maka!" Patty said cheerfully.

"H..H…Hi", Crona forced out.

"Hi Patty! Liz how are you can I talk to you GREAT!" Maka said and grabbed Liz's wrist and dragged her away, leaving Patty and Crona. Crona looked at Patty's happy face and his knees started to shake.

"What's wrong? Are you cold?" Patty asked.

"Um well…I…", Crona started.

"Here let me warm you up!" Patty said cheerfully and wrapped her arms around Crona in a tight hug. Crona was slightly terrified over this, but it did calm him a bit.

"Thank you…Patty", Crona said smiling. Patty stayed there hugging him while Crona tried to think what to say next.

"Erm…Patty…erm…would…you…erm…would you…like to…erm…", Crona tried to say.

"Hey! Since I don't have someone to take me to the dance! Can you?" Patty announced. Crona's eyes widen and Maka fell to the floor from around the corner, dark blue lines coming down her head.

"G…go with you?" Crona asked.

"Ahuh!" Patty said looking up to Crona with a big smile and bright blue eyes. Crona slowly smiled.

"Sure…I'll go", Crona said, going a little red around the cheeks and looking away.

"Yey! Let's tell Kid!" Patty yelled and dragged Crona by the arm at top speed and ran to the nurses' office. Liz and Maka looked on.

"Out of all the girls here… Crona picked her?" Liz asked.

"Yep", Maka answered, getting up from the floor.

"Aren't you going to see Kid?" Liz turned to ask.

"No, don't feel like it", Maka lied and began to walk away.

"But the dance is three days away and have you even asked him yet?" Liz persisted.

"You know, I'm not a dance person, so I'll just miss it out okay?" Maka said walking away.

"But…Maka?" Liz called, but Maka didn't listen and continued walking.

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"Kid! I got a date for the dance!" Patty yelled cheerfully, hanging onto Crona's arm.

"Really Crona?" Kid asked. Crona look at Patty who looked up to him with big blue eyes and a happy face. Crona looked back to Kid and nodded.

"Wow, that's brilliant", Kid said. Liz finally came to the door.

"Are you going to the dance?" Patty asked.

"I hope so, I should hopefully get checked out before the dance", Kid said.

"You taking her to the dance?" Crona asked looking at Lucy at her spot by the window.

"Lucy?" Kid said confused. Before he can ask further about that the bell ran and Mila entered the room with Spirit.

"All right everyone, that's the bell. Get to classes everyone", Mila said, Kid then looked at the leaving Crona.

"Hold on, is that my shirt he's we…", Kid began to ask.

"Okay! Let's go to lesson!" Liz shouted before Kid could finish and hurried everyone out.

"Poor…poor guy…he's going to die on that dance", Lucy said.

"Hopefully someone would be there to save him", Kid said back.

"Well good news my lord, the test have come back positive. However for safety precautions we advise you stay here for one more night, after that you're free to go", Mila said.

"Excellent, Spirit how are we in finding Galorphar?" Kid asked.

"We've now levelled all of his fortresses but still no sign of him. Unless there's any other that we don't know of he' should be on the run", Spirit explained.

"Right, I want search parties everywhere, this mad man must not get away. You find him, and let me know where he is", Kid ordered.

"Yes my lord", Spirit nodded and left the room with Mila.

"What are you going to do when you find him?" Lucy asked.

"I am going to kill him! That man is close to becoming a Kishin, if not already for what we know. He is to be eliminated and his soul devoured. Father or not my duty is for the good of the city and it's inhabitants. If he threatens them, which he has, he will be killed", Kid explained. He looked at Lucy with utter seriousness. Lucy looked back and nodded. Kid turned away from her and looked to the door. Lucy then hurried and grabbed a metal kettle rushed to Kid.

"Looks like I have till tomorrow till I can get to finding…" Kid said. Followed by a big whack across the head by the metal kettle. Kid fell to the ground unconscious.

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It was night; Kid's feet and hands were tied to each bedpost in the corners. Lucy was sitting on him holding the big knife over Kid's chest. She even ripped open his shirt so she made sure she aimed in the right place.

Lucy tried to look determined at what she was about to do, but her feelings and nervous were eating away at her.

"What a turn of events…", Kid suddenly said, opening his eyes. Lucy gasped slightly but then pressed the tip of the blade on his chest.

"Shut up…shut up!" Lucy spat out.

"Sorry, don't let me distract you", Kid said. Keeping his golden eyes locked on her brown ones.

"Why…why won't you join your father!" Lucy shouted.

"Because he is an evil person. I fight for good and what is right", Kid answered.

"But I've been with you the whole time! How!" Lucy shouted, tearing up.

"Why? Didn't your magical parasite inside of you work?" Kid asked. Lucy's eyes widen.

"I knew that was inside of you from the start. Allow me to explain. I sent you away to be check up on by Professor Stein. He came back saying you had a tracking spell. Which you and I both know you never had. If you did have some form of a tracking spell in you we in the DWMA call it a Homing spell. However if we call something a Tracking spell it is a code word for a parasite spell. Quite similar to the type of spell Medusa used to drive Stein crazy, however your one was to manipulate me into hating my father and the DWMA. Making me return to Galorphar's side. The reason your parasite didn't work on me was because of one fatal flaw Galorphar seemed to have missed. You see the symbols on me. My father gave them to me when I was a child. These symbols can only be given to someone by a grim reaper, giving you the powers of a grim reaper. The fatal flaw Galorphar made was that grim reapers… are immune to petty parasites", Kid educated Lucy. Lucy's eyes dripped tears down onto him.

"Seeing as your first plan failed. Galorphar made you do plan B, which by seeing the predicament I am in, is to kill me, ending the line of grim reapers", Kid then said.

"Shut up!" Lucy shouted and raised her blade.

"The one thing that confused me though was why would you play along with Galorphar's plans, knowing how evil he was. Then it hit me, how so obvious it was. He threatened to kill your friend, unless you carried out his plans. To make the matter worse, you love him. That's why Galorphar used you, to manipulate you", Kid then said. Lucy tightened her grip on the knife.

"I want him by my side again! I want to be free of him!" Lucy cried.

"Do you honestly think that Galorphar would free the two of you? Or kill you both as a liability. But it's your choice now. You can plunge that knife into my heart, end the line of grim reapers, and cause utter chaos and destruction. Sure without a grim reaper people will never die. But the evil the grim reapers hold back will come out in full force and spread pain and suffering unlike anyone can imagine. Without death, who knows what the limit of pain will be. But in the end you can hope that Galorphar would give you back Lewis. Or you can put that knife away, and trust us to help you get him back and put a stop to his evil. I promised you that I would get him back. It's your choice whether to believe it or not. I shall 'shut up' now, and leave the choice to you", Kid finished keeping his eyes locked at Lucy, and he wasn't going to shut his eyes. He was going to look death in the eye. Lucy continued to drip tears all over him. Keeping a very tight grip on the knife.

She gritted her teeth and let out a scream and…