Okay, I thought I'd post this chapter right now, as I will be on vacation next week. Sorry if it seems a bit rushed. If I find any errors in this chapter, I'll fix them as soon as I get back! Till then, cold and rocky beaches for me! Huzzah!

Okay, and onward!

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Crona sighed, staring up at the ceiling from the sofa he was resting on. "Doctor Stein… I don't think that this is really working…"

Stein blinked, looking at Crona over a clipboard. "Crona, we've been having these hour-long sessions every week for almost two months. Therapy takes time to work. Are the meds working?"

He glanced over at the doctor. "Sort of… I mean, it's easier to socialize with everybody, and I'm sleeping better… but I still have lots of panic attacks… Its better, but I don't think that the therapy is working at all…"

Stein frowned. "Meds alone can help, true, but therapy is generally more effective. It just takes a lot of time…" He sighed. "Okay, lets try something different. Have you ever heard about personas?"

Crona's brows furrowed. "Um… I think I may have heard it once before… But if I did, I can't remember… What is it?"

"In a nutshell, personas are the masks we show to other people. Personas are the various ways you interact with other people. That's the thing: everybody has multiple personas. You, however, seem to have only one or two. This creates a massive amount of strain, leading to some of your symptoms."

"So, what should I do?" Crona asked. "How do I fix this problem?"

Stein glanced up at a clock. "Buy some shades. Now, shoo!" he flapped his hands at the disconcerted teen. "Times up!"

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"Hey, Soul… Have you seen Crona today?"

Soul sighed, glancing over at his Meister. "No. Why?"

Maka pouted slightly. "Crona's normally the first one in class… And he's gone! He'd tell me if he was sick or something! Do you think he is okay?"

"Maka, I'm sure Crona's just having a good time…" Soul started. "There is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with –"

Soul was interrupted as a loud, rhythmic booming emanated from the hallway. Said booming migrated into the classroom, causing everyone to look at the source of the disturbance.

Crona was strutting down the aisle, dressed in a loose-fitting tee shirt, saggy jeans, and dirty sneakers. He had gold chains dangling from his neck, which complemented an awesome pair of pitch-black sunglasses. Covering his head was an electric-blue hat, tilted to the side. Perched over his left shoulder was a…

"Boom box…?" Ox said bewilderedly.

"The hell?" asked Liz, dropping her nail file.

"Coooooooooooooooool…" Patty said, causing Soul to shout something about copyright infringement.

Kim scoffed. "A boom box? Really? That's so-"

"Two-thousand-and-late." Jackie finished, high-fiving Kim.

Kilik groaned, slamming his head onto the desk. "Fire, Thunder," he said, voice slightly muffled. "Please kill me."

Kid gaped in horror. "S-Such blatant asymmetry!" he squealed, before emitting a blinding light and exploding. For some reason, the shockwave he emitted blasted all of Maka's clothes off, causing her to scream and jump out of a window.

"KID!" shrieked the Thompson sisters.

"MAKA!" Soul bellowed.

"TOAST!" Black*Star roared, before attempting to eat his desk. It failed, leaving him with broken teeth and tongue splinters. Everybody looked at him for a really long time before refocusing their attention on Crona.

"Crona… What. The. Hell?" Tsubaki asked. "You made Kilik suicidal, turned Kim and Jackie into stereotypical Beverly Hills idiots, caused Patty to violate a copyright, blew Kid up, ruined Black*Star's mouth, and stripped Maka's clothes off. Seriously, that is not cool."

"OI!" Soul screamed. "THAT'S MY F***ING LINE, YOU B*TCH!"

Crona raised his head to look at everyone. "Yeah, I did. Now…" He shoved his right hand into one of his pockets, pulling out another pair of sunglasses. Slowly, he exchanged the two sunglasses, putting the ones he was wearing into his jeans.

"Deal with it."

fin

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Not sure if abomination, or just horrible…

Anyway, Crona reinvented himself! Don't worry, though: he'll be back to his normal, neurotic self soon enough.

Reviews are a pleasant surprise, so feel free to leave one if you have the time!

Next Time: Blair has a hangover! Will Maka's "Study Aids" help her feel better?