Hello my lovely people, for once I finished my homework early so I had time to write this up XD Yay! This title actually struck me when my friend and I were having a rather deep discussion yesterday; our teacher gave us extra credit for it actually! XD We all know that Kid and Kat are in isolation, right? Well, let us see how they're doing shall we? ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.
How Many Times?
Normal POV
Scratch, scratch, scratch. Kat could only sit near the black wall and absently run the piece of chalk she had against it. Kid watched his sister from the other side of the dark room with a heavy heart. It's like she's an empty vessel now . . . He thought. She won't even eat when Stein gives us our meals . . . He stood and walked over to her ad sat. "Hey, Kat, how are you today?" She didn't turn her head to even acknowledge that she heard his voice.
In the realm, Kat clutched the nub that was once where her arm attached to her shoulder; her golden eyes were tired and defeated. Darkness laughed, "Why don't you give up your entire soul to me already? It's already quite clear that you've given up at this point."
"Kat? Kat, answer me!" Kid shook his sister by the shoulders but her head only rolled around as her body moved like a noodle. Then a black figure rocketed from the younger Shinigami causing Kid to cry and release his sister who fell against the wall. The shadow landed in front of the older death god and laughed,
"Long time no see, Shinigami."
"Darkness!" Kid snarled, "What the hell do you want now?!" It narrowed its golden eyes,
"I want you . . . to kill your sister." Kid gasped and his blood turned to ice. Could this foul creature truly have said that?
"What?"
"You heard me, kill her. Don't you see the misery and pain she's in? You don't want her to go through this forever do you?" It concluded as Kid looked his limp sister, her golden eyes now dim of their usual fiery light.
"No way in freaking hell!" Darkness flinched very slightly,
"Why not? Don't you love her? If you truly loved her you would put her out of her misery already!" Kid threw a punch for the creature but Darkness only leapt over him and landed behind. "Can't you see that she's suffering?"
"It's because of you!" Kid shouted as he aimed another blow which Darkness dodged by running past him, raking his side with its long black claws in the process. Kid winced and fell to his knee as he clutched his wound.
"Me? That's rather harsh, no?" Darkness said innocently, "I was simply created for one purpose and one purpose only: to devour a Shinigmai's soul so that I would have my own normal body."
"Then why didn't Neko give you that in the first place?" Kid hissed,
"Because then it wouldn't be as much fun." Darkness replied with a sickening smile that stretched from ear to ear.
"You make me sick." Kid said with narrowed eyes, Darkness flicked its hand so its claws stretched out,
"I will make you an appointment with a doctor then." With that it charged forward, Kid leaped up but earned a painful slash across his ankle causing him to land sloppily and fall to his wounded side which he clutched at with a wince in agony. He lifted his head and gasped when he saw Darkness only a foot away from his wounded form, "Can't you see it, Shinigami?" Its hand wrapped tightly around Kid's neck and he choked to breathe, then he was forced to look at his exhausted sister and his heart became as heavy as a boulder. "She can't take this anymore; she's in so much pain. Why do you not help this poor creature and kill her already? Her soul's too stubborn to give up to me already so if you kill her now her soul will be no problem at all for me to devour." Kid stared painfully at Kat then he glared at her, tears in his eyes,
"There's no way I'd do that! I already lost her once and I am not going to lose her again!" He shouted at the top of his lungs then he raised his leg up causing Darkness' head to snap back as he landed on the ground, free from his hold.
"Damn you!" Darkness screeched in rage and it charged once again, slicing and slashing Kid as it darted left and right, up and down. Kid tried to fight back but alas, his opponent was moving much too fast for him to land a good enough blow to knock the creature out. He managed to grab a shard of glass amongst other shattered pieces of a vase Stein had given Kat to decorate to keep her mind off of her predicament. Kid closed his eyes and waited for his chance, when he sensed Darkness coming for another attack he plunged the shard deep into its chest. Darkness choked and widened it eyes then disappeared in a black cloud.
Kid stood there, panting heavily from his wounds and the exhaustion from his fight then he looked at Kat whose eyes were closed as Darkness retreated into her once again. He narrowed his eyes then dragged her body so that she lay in front of him on her back, her arms at her sides. Then he laid his hand over her wrists and ankles, each in turn, and caused black skull chains to pin her to the grey floor. Kid then stood on his knees next to her and took up the lethal piece of glass in his hands and picked it up.
In the realm, Kat opened her eyes to see herself within the mammoth sized Darkness; through the thin sheet of blackness she saw the rest of the realm, the safest place for her in this hell. She clenched her eyes shut then threw herself onto the invisible floor, clutching her stub as she lay on her side. "Tch, insolent brat." Darkness spat with immense venom in its tone; Kat got to her feet, the fiery look now returned to her golden eyes.
"I may be an insolent brat." She turned and glared at her tormentor, "I will never give in to you." Darkness growled and watched as the raven-haired girl walked away still holding her shoulder.
Kat opened her eyes slowly and looked up to see Kid hovering over her. "Onii-chan?" She saw something gleaming in his hands and gasped in horror when she learned it to be a lethal piece of glass from the vase she broke in her trance. "Kid! Kid!" She screamed in desperation and tried to move out of the way but began to panic more when she discovered that she was trapped to the floor by the skull chains her brother bound her wrists and ankles with. Her beloved brother's eyes were wide with madness and his teeth were clenched, he raised his arms above his head, ready to murder his own kin. "KID!" Kat screamed at the top of her lungs as she flew forward and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, her black angel wings spread from her scapula. Kid gasped and snapped back to his senses and dropped the weapon as he felt his sister's arm wrapped around him, by her voice he learned that she was crying. "Kid, I'm sorry for everything, Darkness afflicted you with madness . . . But . . . though I was zoning out . . . I still heard everything you two said . . . I am in misery and pain . . . but you and the others are helping me get through this." She tightened her grasp on him as more tears slipped, "Never forget that, never." Her voice cracked and Kid hugged her back tightly,
"I know, sis, I won't. Not ever. I'm sorry."
(During the previous events)
Kono sat up with a deck of cards laid in front of him face down. "Hm, let me see what my fortune card for the day is." He took one card with his white glove and drew it, when he turned it around he gasped. "No . . . that can't be right."
"What can't be right?" Neko asked as she walked over, her brother smiled and tucked the card into his pocket and shuffled the others causing them to vanish into nothing,
"Nothing at all my pretty little robin." He stood, "Neko, my dear, today we will obtain a soul and you are to eat it, do you understand?" Neko nodded,
"Yes, whatever you wish is what I will do." Kono brought her into a tight embrace,
"I know you will." His hair hid his face and Neko hugged back, completely unaware that the card her lover had drawn was a grim reaper holding a scythe and standing in an ocean of crimson blood.
. . .
(Back with Kid and Kat)
A laugh made the two jump and break away to see the two magicians emerging from the shadows, "Neko." Kid spat,
"Kono." Kat added with equal poison in her voice,
"Hello my darling Shinigamis." Neko smiled, "How have you been?"
"What the hell do you want?" Kat demanded,
"What we can't come just to say 'hi'? How rude of you." Kono answered,
"Just get the hell out of here!" Kid ordered,
"Oh I don't think so." Neko replied just before she and her brother ran forward, Kat braced herself but to her surprise they passed her and pinned Kid to the wall, he let out a cry when his back struck.
"Kid!" Their oppressors snickered,
"Say goodbye to your beloved onii-chan, Kat!"
Neko leapt back, kicked Kat across the room and took out a red rose from her coat. "And now ladies and gentlemen, we give you our final performance! You were a wonderful crowd!" She flicked her hand and the rose turned into a pistol, she aimed it right at Kid's heart,
"No!" Kat screamed at the top of her lungs and the gun fired. Just as quickly as it did Kono was knocked back and Kid had vanished,
"What the hell?!" Neko cried then fired at Kat who screamed and shielded her face then a clash made her hesitantly look to see two white haired twins standing in front of her, their arms turned into blades.
"Tomi! Toshio!"
"Are you ok?" Tomi asked,
"We sensed you in trouble so we can as quickly as we could." Toshio helped her up,
"Thanks, you did just in time."
"Kid, are you alright?" Liz asked worriedly as her meister's arms were draped over hers and Patty's shoulder,
"Y-yes, I'm fine. You girls came just in time."
"Not just us and the other boys." Liz smirked,
"YAHOO!" Came a familiar call as a bluenette landed with a chain scythe in hand,
"You startin' the party without us? That's not cool." Came a certain scythe's voice as he was draped over Maka's shoulder,
"W-wait for me guys! I can't deal with being left behind!" Kid and Kat stared at all of their friends who were ready to fight with them.
"Guys!" Kat cried joyfully, her eyes shining, "We've missed you!"
"Who wouldn't miss their god?" Black*Star grinned and Tsubaki sighed,
"I'm just glad you two aren't hurt." Kid nodded,
"Yeah, you came at just the right time, thanks."
"Aw, well isn't this precious, the whole gang gathered together once again." Kono mocked as he joined Neko's side,
"Shut up you two, you've caused Kat enough torment, now your souls are ours!" Maka shouted and Neko snickered,
"Heh, don't get cocky, girllie." The two magicians then launched forward and Kat glared at her partners,
"Toshio, Tomi!"
"Right!" They replied together before turning into their silver sai forms and flying into Kat's hands, she struck a pose and Kono laughed,
"Aren't you all special with you lil' battle pose and all." Kat narrowed her eyes and charged forward,
"Die already!" She approached her opponent before he could dodge and plunged Toshio into his arm before raking down, the blade scraping the bone. The younger weapon cringed,
"Oh that feels weird."
"Deal with it." His brother replied right before he was plunged into Kono's back, "And now I'm covered in blood." He deadpanned,
"Deal with it." Toshio said sticking out his tongue,
"Guys . . . not the time!" Kat ordered between attacks and dodges suddenly a scream made her jump and let down her guard giving Kono his chance in kicking Kat, throwing her across the room. She landed with a heavy thud and groaned then jumped when the scream came again, she looked around in fright then saw Neko constricting Kid with a long clothe magicians normally pull out of their hats,
"This is what you get for everything you little bastard!" The raven-haired, red-eyed girl said with an insane countenance and gleam in her eyes, Kid screamed again as he felt his bones being crushed,
"Kid!" Neko pulled out a rose and turned it to a gun then pressed it to his head, "KID!" Then a wind kicked up around Kat tossing her hair and black skirt rippling left and right, everyone stopped to see what was happening, then a giant soul enveloped Kat and Maka gaped.
"No way that's . . ." The enormous blue sphere towered over Kat, "that's Kat's soul!" It was almost as big as Kid's soul which made sense since Kat was still not as experienced as Kid was. Kat's golden eyes blazed with rage,
"Let's go Soul Resonance!"
"What?!" Toshio cried,
"W-we've never done this before!" His brother added with equal terror then Kat screamed a scream which crescendo, a blue light enveloped Toshio and Tomi and when it dispersed two deadly twin swords appeared in Kat's hands, the wind died down somewhat but it still stirred her hair and skirt and her eyes were still blazing with anger.
"You fucking bastards." She said menacingly as she slowly neared the two then she burst into a run, "DIE!" She leapt up, eyes wide, and swung down. Blood spilled and a gaping noise sent chills down everyone's spine. Kat landed, the blades dripping with blood that spilled into an ocean, Kono fell to his knees with wide eyes then collapsed in a heap. Neko could only stare at the horrific sight her eyes fell upon,
"K-Kono?" She numbly took a step toward him then ran over and fell to her knees, "Kono, wake up!" Her brother twitched and looked at her,
"I told you . . . a soul would be obtained . . ." Tears poured down her eyes,
"You moron! I'm not taking your soul!"
"You said you would do . . . whatever I wished." Neko swallowed and held his now red-stained glove,
"Don't go! We promised Madame Medusa we'd become kishins!"
"And I've told you . . . that you'd become a better one than I . . . With this last soul you will become the gorgeous monster Madame Medusa died to create" Kono looked at the ceiling, "At least I'll be joining her now . . . farewell, Neko my love." With that his body dispersed into blackness and a soul emerged. Neko was a holy wreck and she stared at the soul then hesitantly, through her sobs, took the soul in her bloody gloves and held it to her face. She cried more before popping it into her mouth and swallowing. Then a wind kicked up around her and her eyes widened, she stood and clutched the sides of her head and screamed at the top of her lungs as the power overwhelmed her. Everyone tensed up and Kat glared at the new kishin they were to now defeat, the twins still in their resonance weapon forms.
Kat's POV
How much pain can one person take? Everyone has a limit; there's not a soul who doesn't. When we reach that limit we fall and need someone to catch us when we do. How many times do we fall? They are countless. How many times do we get back up? They are countless as well. But no matter how many times we fall, we must get back up. Because if we don't . . . who will?
Ding dong Kono's dead now we wait for Neko's fate! Hey that sorta rhymed! XD Also let me know if you thought the last paragraph was deep. My teacher said it was but I'm really not sure ^^ And for those who do not know, Greg Ayres is goin to AnimeNEXT! Hope you all liked it! Please review and I'll see you all later! ^^