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~Chapter 2~
'Italy is such a beautiful place...' Katana thought as Zero and her flew down the road, trying their hardest to stay as close to Maka and Soul as possible without making an accident. It wasn't long before Maka wacked Soul over the head with a book. (Maka chop... hehe) Zero was happy to be visiting a new place, and Katana was happy to have left Kid behind at the academy. He was way too much for her. As Katana thought of ways to get rid of kid Zero was thinking of her own plans.
'How to get her and Kid together? I could do a forced dinner date, sneak in a bone, and force him to give her mouth to mouth... But if Katana ever found out I did that then she would be soooo pissed...' Zero contemplated pro and cons of different ideas, and soon settled on the one with a wet tee shirt contest...
Everyone soon stopped riding, and got off their motor bikes. Zero and Katana started singing as they walked down the sidewalk.
"INFORMATION! Gotta get that INFORMATION!" Zero of course couldn't hide away from drama or trouble for long, bumped into so dude.
"Opps! Sorry I wasn't paying attention..." The boy picked her up by the scruff of her shirt, leaving her dangling. Katana shook her head and walked away with Maka. Soul stayed behind, slightly interested in what Zero would do about the situation. The thug-man glared at Zero and shook her a little.
"Whats the big idea, bumping into me like that?" He growled, splattering her with saliva. Zero grinned at the dude.
"I think I'll call you Thug-man!" Soul sputtered, trying not to laugh. Thug-man scowled and shook her a little more.
"Do you know who your messing with when you do that?! Eh?!" More spit spewed across Zero's face. Soul tried to intervien.
"Maybe if you talked more and spit less we could understand you," Zero started laughing, swinging her legs slightly and tilting her head back. Katana looked back at her weapon. She muttered something under her breath, gaining Maka's attention.
"What did you say?" She asked. Katana grinned.
"I said,'They better look out, when Zero starts laughing like that then their doomed,' That laugh is Zero's most terrifying defence. Of course this is just a giggle to what she can really do. When she's in a bad situation she laughs, and is able to close off all soon to be inflicted pain. Thats what makes her a powerful weapon. If she's laughing, then she can't feel the pain. I mean she still can get hurt, she's no immortal, but the pain doesn't register with her brain, leaving her able to go on until she dies," Maka was startled. Hearing that, it seemed almost imposible. But watching as Zero laughed like a mad women, she didn't question Katana's word. Though a gift like that could be dangerous for a weapon, they would have to watch and make sure that Zero wouldn't get hurt to badly.
Zero stopped laughing as a group of gangster thuglies surrounded her and Soul. Soul sighed and began beating the shit out of the thuglies, making sure that Zero didn't get hurt. They left the bodies in a pile in the street catching up with Maka and Katana.
~Time Passing~
"We finaly found him," Maka muttered, slinging Soul (In weapon form) over her shoulder. Katana and Zero stood off to the side. This was just for them to watch, to learn how the DWMA worked on missions.
"Power... I want power..." Muttered the 'Evil Human'. Zero grinned and began to form a name for him other than Sanson J. Katana watched the battle carefully, locking on the way that Soul and Maka worked perfectly together. Zero grinned happily as Maka finished her little lecture with "Your soul is mine!" Katana had to giggle at the sound of it. Sanson J. was over with.
Sanson and Maka lunged for eachother and met in the air. Maka easily sliced through Sanson, purging his soul. Katana and Zero hopped down from their places and ran to meet Maka and Soul. As they reached Maka, Soul had just finished eating the kishin egg.
"Hey Soul? Do souls taste good?" Maka asked. Katana looked shocked that anyone would ask a question like that, while Zero smiled and nodded her heard.
"There soo good!" Zero cheered. Maka and Soul smiled slightly and Katana face palmed.
"Yeah, they're delicious. Though they don't have a specific flavor the way they go down... It just can't be beat," Soul explained. Zero skipped around.
"Om nom nom nom nom nom," Katana watched her smaller weapon with an expressionless face. No matter what, Zero would almost always be a kid at heart. Thinking about kids... She was once again plotting her escape possibilities for when they got back to the DWMA.
"I wonder how Black Star and Tsubaki are doing..." Maka said watching as Soul and Zero chased each other around the roof top. Katana smiled and rested her hand on Maka's shoulder.
"Their all right, Im sure Black Star and Tsubaki are doing fine,"
"Yeah... Soul what are you guys doing...?" Maka yelled as Soul was about to bite down on Zero's head. Zero had already made her teeth at home on his arm. They let go of each other and rubbed the backs of their necks nervously. Maka and Katana sighed. Katana went to see if Zero had gotten hurt during her tuffle with Soul. Maka didn't move. SHe stood rigid. She felt something.
Soul began heading away, hands in his pockets.
"You guys wait here, I'll bring the bikes around," Maka stopped him.
"Wait Soul," There was something in her voice that caught the girls attention.
"Huh? Maka is there something wrong?" Katana asked, pulling Zero over to the other meister. Maka turned around muttering something about the builiding that was standing strong right behind them. It was eerie. Zero shivered slightly.
"I thought we didn't come here for sight-seeing," Soul grumbled, walking over to the edge of the roof that they had been on for the past few minutes.
"What am I sensing...?"Maka whispered. Zero felt a tug in her chest, someting dark... and familiar. Katana felt it too, through the slight bond that she shared with Zero. Katana shuddered, a little afraid.
"Its the soul of weapon and meister, one each. Then theres 50-60 human souls surrounding them," Soul looked impressed.
"You can feel that from way over here?"
"Yeah, Im surprised too," Maka closed her eyes. Zero put a finger to her chin in a thoughtful manner.
"It's most likely Thug-man and his gang," She said. Maka nodded in agreement. Soul turned away.
"Why should we care?" Maka opened her eyes and looked at Soul.
"I don't like them anymore than you do, Soul. But they ARE human, its not like they have become Kishin eggs," Katana mentaly agreed with Maka. Something wasn't right, and they couldn't just let the humans get hurt... or worst... Killed. Soul tried to convince Maka that it wasn't anything to worry about.
"Im sure that its just a get together-"
"Your a fool Soul! Don't talk so irresponsibly! As students from the DWMA, we can't just let this slide! I have a bad feeling about this," Maka shuddered as she looked at the building again.
"I feel it too, Maka," Katana muttered, though they she could here it. Soul gave up on convinsing any one that it was probubly a get together. Soul turned to see if he could get a Zero to understand him, but she was gone.
"Uh... Guys?" Maka and Katana turned around to look at him. They gave him a "what look".
"I think Zero went to that building without us..." Katana's eyes widened. She spun around searching for her weapon. Maka looked over the edge of the roof.
"If she left, she did so a few minutes ago, I can't see her..." Katana was panicing.
"That stupid little girl! When I get my hands on her..." Katana ran and jumped off the roof screaming out to Maka and Soul:
"MEET YOU THERE!"
~Few Minutes Later~
Katana stopped running when she spotted Zero standing in front of the castle doors. Katana reached out to touch Zero's shoulder. She was shuddering. Not a scared shuddering, it was something...different. Like when the first time Zero and Katana had met. It terrified Katana.
"Zero? Hey girl you need to calm down..." Zero turned to her meister. Katana coiled back like she had been electricuted. Zero's eyes where a darker shade of pink, not quite as red as Katana's, but the where definatly not her normal eyes color. And that smile... Wide, showing teeth. Katana couldn't help but think of the first time the met again. Zero watched her meister, before calming down, mentaly pulling back at the darkness.
"Im ok... Im ok..." Zero muttered. Katana relaxed as her eyes went back to a light milky pink. Katana pulled Zero to her, hugging her close. Niether of them liked it when Zero got that way. Zero continued telling Katana that she was ok, but stopped when Maka and Soul showed up. It was then that Katana and Zero noticed that the bell in the bell tower was ringing.
"No... Thats impossible..." Maka jumped off the bike and ran to the girls. Soul sighed again.
"Maka whats wrong know?" He asked setting the bike up before heading over the castle. Katana and Zero watched the door and Maka at the same time. It seemed like the air had gotten thicker, more dangerous.
"Whats going on... In that one moment..." Soul was just about ripping out his hair.
"Maka! I can't see or sence souls! I can't keep up with you!" The bell stopped ringing.
"All...Gone..." Maka whispered. Katana and Zero locked their eyes on the door. Soul relaxed a little again.
"The bell? Yeah it stopped," Maka clenched her fist and Zero mentaly face palmed. This was more important than a bell. Something just happened and it was really, really bad.
"No. 50-60 human souls all desapeared in one moment, leaving only the meister and the weapon," Maka reached out and touched the door. Zero and Katana both thought the same thing. 'If we open that door, something horrible will happen...' Katana was having a hard time breathing.
Maka opened the door. Zero took a mental note on how the door opened inwards. That wouldnt be good. 'If we need to get out of there fast it will be very difficult...' Zero stepped forward into the castle, everyone else followed silently. Darkness tugged on Zero again, but she fought it off.
In the front of the castle, at the foot if the chaple area, was a tall thin boy with pinkish hair. He was wearing a black dress... thing. He was grabbing his other arm with his opposite hand. Zero's sensitive hearing picked up his muttering.
"See...The doors...They open inwards..." Soul came up behind Maka, Zero had already stepping infront of her meister.
"Him? He's all alone. What happened to his partner?" Soul asked. Maka's face was unreadable.
"How can that be...?" Maka stammered.
"What?" Asked Katana nervously. Again Zero was able to pick up on some muttering... However this time it sounded different.
"Lady Medusa, two others have arrived,"
"Keep it down. Ragnarok you be quiet..." Zero's eyes widened. Ragnarok? Whose Ragnarok? Maka was explaining to everyone again, what she was feeling.
"The souls I'm reading are of a meister and a weapon, and both of them are directly in front of us. In other words..."
"The weapon is inside the body..." Zero finished. Katana and Soul stared at the boy. Katana was shaking with fear. All that darkness... and a weapon inside the body? Was that even possible? But Zero was feeling something else. She was excited. The darkness was working at her heart again, weaving its claws into her. Zero was having a harder time with the feeling than she thought ever possible. Katana reached out and grabbed the back of Zero's shirt, trying to calm both of them down.
Soul went to weapon form.
"What do you mean, Maka?" He asked. "Theres a weapon inside the guy?" Maka took a fighting stance and Zero pulled Katana out of the way. Maka shouted to the girls.
"Watch yourselves, its coming out," The pinkette grabbed his head, groaning. Zero stepped forward as to help him, but Katana had a hold of her shirt.
"Zero! Don't you dare try to move!" She growled. Zero stood still. Katana was scared. It had been a long time since she had seen her meister this scared, she decided that she would only join in if there was a need.
The boy started sceaming. His back bended, his eyes wide open. He screamed and screamed. Zero wanted to cover her ears from the sound. It was so pained. Katana gasped, gripping Zero's shirt tighter, her knuckles turning white.
A spew of dark, purply liquid fell ripped itself free of the boys back. Katana thought she was going to be sick at the sight. It was as thick at blood, if not thicker. It was like a rocket, higher and higher. It started to take a form. Big and hulking.
Maka gasped silently as she watched what happened, tightening her grip on Soul.
The boy had stopped screaming, and Zero was able to really focus on the black mass. It was huge, buff with arms; white gloved hands. Its face had a giant 'X' with bulgy eyes. Zero could faintly see the spikes on its shoulder.
It looked at them. ALL of them, taking a moment to really take in Zero, who shuddered under its gaze. Katana could see Maka shaking slightly. The giant black thing turned and punched the pinkette in the head. Zero almost laughed at it, but bit her tongue, hard; drawing blood.
"That hurts..." Pinkette said. The black mass continued beating on the thin, tall, boy. Using both fists, it grounded them on his head.
"That hurts! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Stop grinding on me!" The pinkette boy cried out. Zero's eye twitched. It was like a cartoon... A creepy cartoon. The bullying carried on, and the boy kept calling out.
"Don't poke me! That hurts! Stop it already! Don't pinch my nose! Stop it already!" The boy yelled. The black thingy pulled away.
"No, no, no, no, no! Crona your scary when you're mad!" Maka looked shocked. 'His name is Crona... What a nice name...' Zero thought.
"I'it talks!" Zero's eye, again, twiched.
"I COULDA TOLD YOU THAT!" Zero shouted at the other meister. Maka chose to ignore Zero and put her full attention on the two.
"You do know that taking human souls is forbidden. Are you students from the DWMA?" Maka asked. Katana watched everything that was happening. It wasn't as bad as it had been moments ago. It seemed that the darkness in Zero had been pushed down my slight annoyance and amusement. Katana was still unsettled. That thing that came out of... Crona? Was that what the black thing called him? She wasn't sure. She didn't quite hear what it had called the pinkette.
The black thing was the only realy thing that scared Katana at the moment. It looked strong, and according to Maka and Zero that thing was a weapon. If they could, she didn't want to fight it, or Crona. It would end very badly.
"DWMA?Whats that? She said it was ok to eat them. Whats wrong with that?" The whole time Crona talked, the black thing pulled and pinched his face. Zero was finding it hard to not laugh. It looked so rediculous. The beatings stopped for a moment. Crona glanced away from them.
"Im not very good when it comes to girls...Theres three of them...I don't know if I can deal with that..." Crona blushed lightly. Zero blinked. She whispered to Katana.
"I KNOW that this is bad time to say something like this... But... Crona over there," Zero pointed to the pinkette. Katana nodded, listening to what her weapon had to say.
"Is really, really cute...OWW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" This gained the attention of everyone in the castle. Katana had wacked Zero over the head.
"THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR WEIRD TASTE IN BOYS! STOP BOY WATCHING AND FREAKING PAY ATTENTION!" Zero rubbed her aching head gently.
"You didn't have to hit me..." katana sighed and ran a hand through her orange hair.
"Yeah I did, other wise you wouldn't have payed any attention to me-"
"STOP IT!" Maka screamed at us. Zero stuck her tongue out at her and brought her attention back to Crona and black thing. Everyone stopped moving. Crona was blushing twice as bad as he had been just moments before. The black thing leaned down to Crona.
"Never mind that! Their souls look tasty!" Katana stepped back a little, pulling Zero with her. Maka went back to the task at hand.
"Meisters and weapons aren't allowed to take the souls of humans for any reason whatsoever. As a student of the academy, I cannot allow this to continue!" She seemed confedent. Zero was cheering on the inside. If they win, then maybe they could help Crona and the black thing.
'I really need to come up with a name for that thing...' Zero thought to herself, not able to think that this could be as bad as it seemed.
'How about... Monster? No, no... Thats to mean... I know! I'll call him Blacky!' Zero fist pumped with happiness. She was so creative. Katana ignored her and watched as Blacky poked Crona in the head.
"Lets do it, Crona," Crona nodded in agreement. Zero and Katana gasped as Blacky began to transform again. Crona reached into the shadowy purple ectoplasm thing that floated above him, pulling out a swords hilt. Once his hand was wrapt around the hilt, the purple shadow turned into the blade. Katana yelled out to Maka as if the girl didn't see it herself.
"The fluid became a sword!"
"I see that Katana! Why are you and Zero so full of facts?!" Katana calmed down again and caught a glance at the sword. It was black, with a white stipe down the center. Near the hilt was a band, also white. Katana didn't get the chance to look at the sword for long. Crona raced forward, making the first move. Katana gasped, and Zero's eyes widened.
"He's going to hit from below!" Soul shouted. Maka went to block Crona's attack. The sword hit Souls blade causing Crona to trip.
"Why you!" Maka bitch slapped him, sending him back a little ways. Zero's eye twitched again.
"Was that necessary?!" She screamed at Maka. The meister glared at Zero, but otherwise ignoring her. Crona staggered back to his feet.
"You're poking at me, too?" He turned to face Maka. Maka swung Soul, trying to hit Crona, buit he dodged. Using the leverage that she had with Soul on the ground she fliped over him, using her knees to trap Crona on the floor. Katana gasped at the sight. This was way different than what happened with Sanson J. This was way more serious. Soul cheered.
"You've got him, Maka!" Maka swung Soul again, and caught Crona on the arm. Zero felt like screaming, but for who, she didn't know. She had never been this confused about anything. This mission had taken a turn for the worst, and there was no way to get it back on the right path. Katana was shaking again.
"That...Attack... It should have sliced through him! Whats going on?" Katana whimpered. She backed away more, still holding on to Zero's shirt.
Zero's eyes grew about the size of a watermelon.
"His blood... Its black... Katana his blood is black..." Katana understanding what she meant pulled more. Crona leaned towards Maka, a slight blush back on his cheeks.
"Yes. My blood is black," Maka jumped away from him. Stared wide eyed at them. Before turning into her own weapon form. Katana grabbed the hilt of the dagger. Not just any dagger. If any one saw it, they would think it a short sword, but no. A close combat sword. Katana held her tightly.
"We need to help them," Zero whispered. Katana nodded, and prepared to shout at Maka and Soul.
"Becareful of his body! Black blood is very dangerous!" They looked at Katana like she was crazy.
"You know about this?" Maka asked. Katana nodded.
"I'll explain later, but we need to leave, and fast!"Maka took another fighting stance as Crona started talking to himself.
"Well I'm not sure how Im supposed to treat girls," Soul became anxious.
"Whats with this guy? Whose he talking to?" Maka couldn't answer. Neither could Zero or Katana.
"I can kill them? I didn't realize that. Maybe I can play with that girls hair first," Crona pointed to were Zero had been standing a few moments before. He looked a little surpirsed to see that she wasn't there, but found Katana holding the dagger.
"She can turn into a weapon?" His eyes stared at Katana for a moment, then he seemed to adress Zero more than the others.
"The doors open inward, you know," Zero shuddered. It was a fact. But it seemed like she was only one paying attention to it. It was a dangerous fact. Crona lifted the sword again.
"Ragnarok... Scream Resonance," The sword. Grew, Lips. Katana wanted to scream at the sight, but it got caught in her throught.
"What is that?" Zero muttered to herself. The sword scream. It was peircing. Loud and shrill. Maka grit her teeth against the pain that exploded in her head. An attack was headed straight for Maka. She used Soul to protect. He attacked again, with the sword.
"Maka gaurd!" Maka pulled Soul up into the gaurd possition, just as Crona went for a jab. The sword screamed again, sending impulses at Soul. Soul cried out in pain. Katana acted fast. She ran at Crona, hitting him away from Soul and Maka.
Katana stood ground infront of Maka and Soul.
"I wont let you hurt my friends!" Katana hissed. Her red eyes flashed and her hair whipped around. Zero was breathing hard. That dark feeling was pulling at her again. Shrouding her heart dangerously. Zero was fighting two battles know.
"Soul are you, ok?" Maka asked desperatly.
"Don't worry about that! I'm prepered to die for my meister!" Maka was touched by that, along with Katana. Zero had said something similar to that a few years ago. Katana shook her head. She need to focus on the present not the past. The sword screamed again. Zero wasn't sure what to do know. They had entered a battle that they couldn't win. The needed to leave and soon. It was just too dangerous.
Crona began 'dancing' with his sword. Swinging it to make an illusion of elligance. Death never looked so beautiful. Katana pushed Maka and Soul back. They need a break.
Crona lunged forward, aiming a jab at Katana's head. She ducked and went for quick punch to the stomach. Crona slid back a little, but came running back, aiming another jab with Ragnarok. Katana droped to the floor, sweeping his legs out from under him. He dropped to the ground with a thud. Like lightning Katana thrusted Zero out. Zero's blade hit Ragnarok. Katana pushed on them with a force that cracked the tiles.
Ragnarok screamed again. This time it seemed like a desperate attack to send them away. Zero cried out in pain, switching back into her human form. Katana grabbed her by the scruff of her neck as Crona got up from ground.
Zero was holding her head, tears falling down her face. Never had anything hurt so bad. Ragnarok, seeing that she was at a disadvantage, lunged himself forward, stabbing himself into Zero's abdoman. Zero gave a silent scream, crumpling to the ground. Blood, black as night poored from the wound.
"ZERO!" Three different filled the air. Zero tried to keep breathing, though it hurt so much. Katana fell to Zero's side and held her shoulders, trying to keep her awake. Crona stared at the blood on the ground.
"Your blood is black?" Crona asked reaching down to Zero's hight on the floor. He leaned in again, blushing pink.
"My blood is black too," Zero gurgled a laugh.
"Yeah... I know," Maka ran at them wielding Soul, hitting Crona away from the sobbing meister and her wounded weapon.
Maka swung around Soul, kicking Crona in the chest, sending him flying. He came back at her with a series of jabs and swipes. The only thing Maka could do was dodge, otherwise she Soul would end up getting hurt. Crona pushed them back, farther and farther, leading Maka to the door.
"Maka! Stop dodging and attack!" Soul yelled at her. Katana was trying to stop the blood flow from Zero, even if she had black blood, it didn't harden like Ragnarok. Zero was watching pitifully as Maka was backed against the door.. The doors that only open one way, they only open inward. Zero tried to call out to her, but blood had closed most of her throat. Zero reached out with her hand, trying to tell them that there was a mistake, they needed to get away from the door. It was no use. Maka and Soul where stuck, and Maka wasn't going to gaurd.
Maka was trying to hit the door with her body, trying to slam it open. It wouldn't budge.
"Why! Why wont it open!" Maka cried. Crona held the sword up high.
"Why doesn't anyone listen... I told you... The doors only open one way... They open inwards..." Ragnarok was screaming again, vibrations wracked the sword. Katana's eyes widened. She lept up, dropping Zero to the ground. Zero watched as her meister ran to their friends.
"MAKA GAURD!" Soul yelled out. Maka stood still. "MAKA!"
"BUT SOUL IF I DO YOU'LL DIE!" She cried. Crona slung Ragnarok to forward, cutting through the air.
"NO!"
"SOUL!"
~Chapter 2 end~