I'm so proud in this chapter! I think I made a great job of writing such a big fight consisting all of the teams. I also think I did good with the Kima! I know some of you (Cough*Ynot7*Cough Idk if you even stuck with the story) really love Crona and since he is very much involved with this story's villain I gave him a large part.
Disclaimer: Soul Eater does not belong to me.
Maka's eyes glimmered. She instinctively jumped in front of Kid in a defensive position, causing him to smile awkwardly. In a blink of an eye Liz and Patty transformed. Liz's form has changed a bit though- she was now bigger in size, heavier, and genuinely less comfortable to handle. Kid looked at her with worry. He wasn't used to fighting without any balance, and Liz was anything but identical to Patty right now.
Maka growled, starting to really get him worried. It was alarming, yes, but even if the stranger was up to no good, the two of them could have handled him easily. Why was she so stressed?
"What a warm welcome! I see you were very busy while I was gone." Kid shivered as he recognized the voice. "Patty! Get Liz somewhere safe! I'll handle Maka." The demon pistol did as she was asked, catching Liz and running away.
Kid looked back at Maka, signaling her to transform into a double edged scythe. "You! I killed you!" Maka shouted. "Is that so?" the witch asked in a horse tone, reassuring that she was indeed who they thought she was.
"Orev!" Kim and Jacklin stood ran up next to the shinigamis, Jacklin in her weapon form. "So this is the bitch that hurt you?" Ox asked, already holding Harvard in place. "You stepped into the wrong wedding little witchy!" Black*Star called as he prepared Tsubaki for battle. Suddenly he attacked. "Black*Star! Stop!" Maka shouted in panic. Kid looked at her, confused. The hooded witch easily defended herself with her cloak, apparently made of strengthened feathers.
"How rude. I didn't even get to show you how much I improved since we last fought. Well I guess I can still show you some of it." The raven witch whispered something and ran behind Black*Star. He turned around, suddenly thrown in the air in the opposite direction. "Black*Star!" Tsubaki called. He made a flip and landed on his legs, unharmed. "Crow pads. Pretty cool huh? I AM a Gorgon after all! Mine can even throw you in the air, although they're not as fast as my aunt's." She turned her head, searching for someone.
"Here you are! I heard tons about you! Especially bad things. A boy huh? No magic? Shameful." She said with excitement. All eyes turned to Crona, seeing him with Ragnarock drawn in his hand. "Let's spar, my good for nothing cousin."
Crona shivered. It's been a while since he fought a witch, but with time he turned more confident, and now he was sure that as much as she talked, he wasn't going to be defeated so easily. He might even beat her on a fair battle, and in the ballroom with his friends? He definitely had the upper hand.
"Oh, yea, and I'm taking this outside. I'm not so stupid to fight you here." Orev added, crashing his best source of hope. "You can fly can't you?" She hummed. Crona frowned and grew his black blood wings. It's been a while since he used that power- since he was after humans, to be exact.
"You will not hurt my friends!" Crona called quietly as he grabbed the hand that held Ragnarock and flew outside after her. Orev laughed at him, trying to make him confused. Crona flinched. It sounded like nails scratching a whiteboard, but he had just the thing against that. "Ragnarock!" "Yea!" "Screech Alpha!" The sword smiled, releasing a tearing scream that took the witch by surprise. It sliced through, causing her to quickly fly backward and her hood to fall down, revealing snow white hair. She hurried to pull it back up, but Crona had seen enough. He dived back through the window, panicked.
"Don't attack her!" He called. Maka quickly nodded, carrying her eyes up to Kid's, who now had a shocked expression spread across his face. "Have you seen it?" She asked with sadness in her voice. "Yea." He called. "What do we do?" I bit my lip. In a normal situation I would resonate and pull him out, but I wasn't fit anymore.
The witch laughed again and threw a wave of blades over Crona. "Cro-Chan!" Patty called worryingly from her and Liz's hide. "Shhh Patty!" Liz whispered. "Oh, we recognize this voice all right. He's been causing me trouble because of you, you know? Come out so I can kill you, my oh so little, precious girl!" All of the people in the room that hadn't used their soul perception or didn't have one, fell to a wave of utter confusion, before the witch pulled down the hood.
"You bitch! You will pay for this!" Maka hissed. Kid could feel her sea of emotions mix with his into a huge mass of confusion. What the hell do we do now? Liz made a pained voice, earning a grin from Orev. The most painful part was that this grin, they thought they'll never see again.
"It's not the first time you saw it for yourself, was it now? Medusa's power rock." Soul Said, speaking in Orev's voice.
...
"I found him almost dead a couple minutes after you killed me. He was prepared to die, easy for me to control. I dragged his body out of the racks and entered it- there was a little fight, but not too much. It took me so long to get used to it, but I've now perfected my fighting- and to top it all off, I can tempt girls too!" Orev called in excitement. "It's kind of disturbing though." She whispered awkwardly. "Now, do as I say, little raccoon witch, and the baldy next to her. You two look strong, not too much in love either." Ox blinked oddly at him/her. "Soul, It's me remember? I'm your partner, the one that helped you the other day. I'm also not gay, man." Orev stared at him. "He seems to knowledge you." She said with chill. "Well that's something." Ox replied. "It means he is still conscious." Maka thanked kami for having Ox figure this out, because she didn't. "Then we need to wake him up!" Maka called with satisfaction.
"No use. I have complete power over this human, that is, once I kill the one called Elizabeth." She announced. "Soul won't let you! He has a brave heart, so he must win!" Maka shouted. "Tch. I've had enough of this." Orev hissed and threw a shower of feather knifes at us. Most got injured, while a few took cover or defended themselves with their weapons.
Maka's pov
"What do we do?" Kid whispered to my scythe form. "I want to beat her so bad..." I bit my lip, conflicted. "I know, but we can't. We can't order him to die either, his soul might rip." Kid tightened his hold on her handle. "They couldn't wait until we were back from our honeymoon?" I asked jokingly, trying to make him less tense. "I am looking forward to it." He flushed a smile at me. "Let's kick her ass and get Soul back?" I suggested. "But no slashing, of course." He nodded and raised his eyes to the annoyed witch. "Are you done?" She asked dryly. Kid flinched and summoned Beelzebub, flying next to Crona.
"I have no businesses with you!" Orev called, avoiding my handle. "Too bad, we have some with you!" I called. She just got on my nerves. Kid moved me gracefully, testing his scythe handling skills. "Ready?" He asked, passing his hand on my blade as he touched my base with his lips for good luck. "Let's get Soul back." I replied, returning the mental kiss we shared.
"Soul resonance!" We called simultaneously. I felt my blades sharpen as the two of us danced to the rhythm he taught me, the tango. Kid was always different, instead of piano cords there was this constant scent of chocolate cosmos, along with his smell of a new book and the taste of cherries from the kiss. A normal human would have his mind blown, funny thing, I am no longer human. I kicked the witch with my handle and passed my blade along the wings she attached to soul, slicing them off. He fell to the ground, immediately pinned down by Crona.
"How dare you! You! Girly! Hit him for me!" The command referred to Tsubaki, casting a shadow on her eyes. "Of course." She replied, turning her ponytail into a weapon and throwing it at Crona. It hit his shoulder, cutting deeply into the flesh as Crona didn't cover it in time with black blood. "No!" Patty and Black*Star shouted. He caught Tsubaki by the waist, not letting her move any farther. The witch hurried to bite Crona's wound, widening it before throwing some sort of dust in the air. Crona shivered before collapsing to the ground unconscious. "No self-healing for you, half breed!" Orev grinned. "What did you do?! Stein!" Patty ran out of hide, searching for the doctor. "Oh, the old man? I took care of him. Him, the redhead and blond woman. They seemed dangerous, so I poisoned em' with some crow germs. My babies carry all kinds of diseases." Orev giggled. "Then again," She said, avoiding Ox's fail attack with Harvard and My deadly slashes. Kilik didn't even get close with his punches, she was just too fast for him and he ended up punching Ox to unconsciousness. At this point we didn't even care if we hurt Soul as long as he'll survive it, we just wanted that witch out of there.
Black*Star stood far from the battle, guarding Tsubaki, Kim and Jacklin, even with them trying to explain they're lesbian, he couldn't know for sure. They never told anyone before, but this time it was argent- not that confessing it helped them with Black*Star.
"Now that the little pistol came out, I know where the big pistol is!" I watched in terror as the witch ran away from us toward where Liz was hiding. Soul grabbed her hand, dragging her to the open area where he could see her well. Her eyes were puffed from tears and her nails, the nails we so neatly fixed before the wedding were bit to the very edge. It was clear that she watched the whole thing. Quiet filled the ballroom. Soul stepped back, confused. "I won't let you touch my sister!" Patty shouted as she ran between them. Time seemed to have frozen.
"Liz" Soul blinked. The pistol blinked hard, trying to see through the tears. She pushed Patty away and pulled Soul in a kiss, making him slowly close his eyes and slide his hands to her waist. "I... I need you to come back, It's yours, and..." She said quietly. Soul's eyes flattered before he fell down on the floor, holding his neck. His face turned pale to match his hair and he started to cough black feathers.
The next thing I remember is hearing a gunshot.
Does anybody remember Rachel? The little girl Medusa took over? yea. Don't hate me please.
Orev DID NOT see that coming. Enter stage no. 1: shock "What the hell Liz?" "Not my fault! I thought you were dead!"
Well Soul, like it or not, you're gonna be a daddy.