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"Crona." Kid muttered in a way that implied this was not good.
"You know him?" I asked, taking a step back, wondering what I was going to do with Dmytro. This was no place for a child.
"Crona… he used to be our friend," Liz said then added "And then Medusa got a hold of him, brainwashed him somehow, and now he's back with her."
I barely knew about Medusa, only the short times Noah talked about her with the guys. All I knew was that she was a witch, and that she was trying to make a new Kishin. Was this boy the result? Who was Ragnarok?
"Time to kill." Crona's head swayed from left to right, and suddenly two appendages burst from his back; swords forming in each hand.
The little boy whimpered, and I told Kid to tell him to run away.
Dmytro hesitated slightly, probably worried that we would disappear like his father, but when Kid noticed his hesitation he repeated himself forcefully, and Dmytro scurried off.
"Screech Alpha," I barely heard what Crona said, but after he swung his sword, a large, black projectile drilled through the ground and headed straight towards us.
"Dmytro!" Patti cried out after we dodged the blow, but it went straight into the trees where he ran off; when the attack hit, the trees were torn apart.
"You bastard!" I shouted turning back to Crona, only to have him less than a foot away from me; his wrists cut.
"Bloody Slicer." Crescent-shaped blades grew from his wrists and I blocked his blow with Char.
"Black blood!" I pushed his arms to the side and ducked under them just before he could use his other arms to stab at me.
"What of it?" he started to laugh, "WHAT OF IT?" Kid shot at him and it put some distance between us. I quickly picked an arrow and shot, but it didn't even penetrate him and it fell to the ground pathetically. Kid's bullets had little effect too, just pushed him to the ground.
"Don't get his blood on you." Kid said coming to my side and I nodded.
Crona got back up, giggling, "You can't hurt meee."
"C'mon let's get 'em!" Someone near him exclaimed. Ragnarok?
With a screech, Crona ran back at us and used the blades and his wrists to attack me. When Kid was going to act, he swatted at him with his other arm.
Char winced audibly as the blade ate into the bow, and I cursed under my breath. Kid ducked under Crona's arm, then punched his side with the muzzle of one of the pistols and shot. His blood liquefied and spilled around me as he flew into the ground.
"Kuro get away from the blood!" Liz exclaimed, alarmed.
Kid reached for my arm but one of Crona's swords flew into Kid's body, throwing him onto the ground. Liz, Patti, and Char cried out his name and the image of Kaori's lifeless body flashed through my mind.
"Kid!" I screamed.
"Behind you!" Char exclaimed.
I turned around only to have to block his attack with Char again, who yelped in pain. The sword that he threw at Kid floated back to him, attracted to his blood.
"Kuro!" Char winced.
"Bloody Needle." The blood around me on the ground suddenly started to float, then hardened into razor sharp needles hurling toward me. To save us both I took a chance and let the block go, the needles grazing my body as I ducked and delivered a low roundhouse kick to his ankles. I winced at how my ankles reacted to hitting his hard skin, but he fell, and I picked myself up, hurrying back to Kid. Through the sound of my loud breathing I could hear Crona's sick laughter erupt from behind us.
"Kid!" I cried out as he tried sitting up. His shoulder wound seeped out blood, but it looked like it was already healing. I put his good arm over my shoulder and helped him up, but from there he seemed okay.
"SCREECH DELTA!" ear splitting screams came from his swords and we held our ears to drown out the sound.
"Look out!" Liz exclaimed as multiple black sound waves flew at all directions. We jumped in opposite directions to dodge the blasts of energy, getting separated in doing so. Explosions were heard through the dust as the projectiles hit the trees.
"Keep your eyes on him!" Liz exclaimed.
I tried to fan the dust away when I spotted something glint in the cloud. I held up the bow when a black bladed sword revealed itself through the dust, almost splitting me in two. The bow chipped and Char barely stifled her scream.
"I'm gonna kill you first," Crona giggled and I ducked and dodged where ever his swords landed to try and slice me open. Kid tackled Crona to the ground, brought the guns to the back of his head, and shot.
"Kid, no!" Liz exclaimed.
"Bloody Needle." Crona's blood that spilled around them hardened into the needles and plunged themselves into his skin. Once distracted, Crona flung him away.
"Stupid…" Crona mumbled, then yelled, "So stupid! Thinking you can beat me by being so stupid…!"
"Kid!" My voice broke before Crona came at me again. One sword came down my left side and the other down my back. I dodged the one to the left, but the other sword cut down the length of my back, ripping my long sleeved shirt and cutting my quiver off. I clenched my teeth from the pain of the gash that formed and jumped away from the stab aimed at my stomach.
"Kuro!" Char was alarmed at how close that was.
I had to stay focused or else I'd lose sight of his swords. I ducked under the sword, in an effort to get closer to him, and then head butted him. His rock hard skin made it feel like I just smashed my head against concrete, and droplets of blood started dripping down my face from the gash it left. I kicked the side of his head, making him stumble to the side, and I shoved past him.
"Kid?" I ran and bent down beside him. I expected to see him covered in a bloody, limp mess, but his wounds were almost closed.
"I'll be fine," He got up while wincing a bit, then took in my condition, "Are you?"
A dizzy spell hit me and I had to pause for a second, "I'll manage." I tried to say when Crona began to emerge. Remembering I lost my quiver, I looked around for an arrow and picked one up off the ground.
"Crona!" Kid called out.
"Whaaaaat?" Crona whined.
"What're you doing?" I whispered to Kid, but he just mouthed a word.
Wait.
"This isn't you, Crona." He said, "Don't you remember me?"
"What're you talking about?" Crona mumbled, stumbling under his own feet.
"DWMA isn't your enemy, neither are these people. You're killing innocent-"
"Shut up…" Crona interjected, "I don't care!"
Kid yelled back at him, "Then what about Maka? Don't you care about her?"
"Shut up!" Crona screamed, holding his head.
"Kid…" I touched the sleeve of his coat, "He's gone."
"No he's not. The Crona we know is still there." Kid insisted.
"What the hell are you doing?" something popped out of his back; it had white beady eyes and a white x across its face, "Go get 'em!"
"Ragnarok…" Crona looked up, "He's saying weird things… They're making me feel weird…" Ragnarok hit Crona's head with his fists, causing Crona to whine, "Stop it! Stop it Ragnarok!"
"Don't be stupid! Kick their asses, or I'm gonna kick yours!"
Kid took a cautious step forward, "Crona-"
"SHUT UP!" Crona screeched at Kid, "I'M TIRED OF YOU TALKING!"
Kid took two steps back and we readied our weapons, even if it seemed kind of useless.
"BLOODY LANCE!" He cut his wrists again and swung them in a circular motion. An enormous thorn started forming within.
"We got 'em now, Crona!" Ragnarok laughed. The thorn-like projectile launched from its forming area, heading straight toward us.
"K-Kiddo-kun!" Patti stuttered.
"It's way too big to get away from in time!" Char uttered.
"Kid, do soul resonance." I said, looking from the thorn to Kid giving me an inquiring look, "Do it!" Char asked no questions, seeming to trust that I knew what I was doing, when in reality I didn't.
"Soul resonance!" we said in sync.
"Kuro!" Char exclaimed, alarmed as fire erupted from the arrow, covering it entirely and circling me, "Kuro!"
"I'm okay!" I said surprised that I wasn't burning to death, and Char wasn't feeling it either.
"Feedback in four seconds." I heard Liz beside me.
"Firing now!" Patti sang after four seconds, and I fired just as Kid shot his cannon. The arrow hit the tip first, causing it to be enveloped by flames, and when Kid's cannon hit it disintegrated the entire attack; it disappeared mere feet away from us. I started laughing, unable to believe that actually worked. I had no idea what happened but it saved our lives.
"What was that?" Char asked, completely dumbfounded, "Kuro, what the hell are you?"
I looked at Char, unable to understand what she meant. I'm a Meister, there's nothing different about me! Right? I turned to Kid, who was staring at me just as shocked.
Right?
Ragnarok groaned then yelled, "That bitch!"
"What?" I heard Kid say; snapping out of whatever he was thinking about and looking at Ragnarok.
"Kid!" I called out when he suddenly charged at Crona, shooting at him. Kid blocked Crona's reacting attacks and barrel rolled under the swipes of his swords.
"Don't call her such a thing!" Kid grabbed both Crona's arms and held them down so he could knee him in the stomach. While he was bent over, Kid kicked the back of his head, hurling him into the trees.
"Kid, what the hell!" I yelled at him for being so impulsive; that wasn't like him.
I jumped when I heard a scream in the trees, but it wasn't Crona's, "Look what I found." He giggled, holding Dmytro by the collar of his shirt.
Patti gasped, "Dmytro!"
Crona stared at Dmytro as if he was an insect and said with a dazed expression, "He was supposed to die, so I will kill him." He brought the sword close to Dmytro's throat, who whimpered. I strapped Char onto my back then bolted toward them.
"No! Kuro!" I heard Kid behind me just as Crona said something.
"Screech Delta." He used his other three arms to fire numerous sound waves at us.
"Look out!" I yelled to the others as I dove out of the way of one then snatched the boy out of Crona's grip.
"Run!" I told Dmytro as I let him go. He got the hint at least, and ran off.
"Just kidding," I heard Crona say behind me, "I really wanted you."
"Duck!" Char yelled, still on my back. I ducked, hearing the sword whoosh just above my head. He kicked my back, making me fall on my stomach and plunged another sword towards the ground, wanting to impale me. I rolled onto my back, but the edge still nicked my side.
I winced, trying to get up but he stomped on my stomach, causing me to lose my breath for a moment and start coughing. Crona giggled and brought his sword up, knowing I was pinned.
"Kid!" I screamed for him in desperation, not knowing where he was or if he was okay.
"Crona, grab the girl," Ragnarok shouted, and in his voice I heard a hint of urgency, "Behind you!"
Crona grabbed my ponytail with one of his extra arms and I stifled a pained yelp when he pulled me off the ground and dangled me behind him.
"Kid, wait!" I heard Liz, just as the muzzles were pointed inches away from me. He seemed to stop breathing for a second as his pinky fingers played on the triggers; he almost shot me.
"Let her go." he spoke slowly, forcefully, but his eyes showed fear I had never seen from him before.
"Watch yourself," Crona said as he looked over his shoulder at Kid, "She's our shield."
End of Chapter XV
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