Water..water is everywhere..She's drowning in it..wait no..
Maka's eyes open..she's greeted by a grey sky..rain water falling down on her but she can't feel it..How did she?..Wasn't she just drowning?..Where is this?..Where is she?.. Maka sits up from the grass she was laying on and looks around..She appears to be in a town..people are walking around with their umbrellas, talking and laughing in this weather..
She doesn't like the feeling in her chest..something is too familiar about this..
"..Just look at her.." She hears a woman's voice to her right and when she looks over..she can't help but to tense when this woman seems to be staring right at her..this look of disgust on her face..There's another woman by her side..and she looks a bit afraid.
"..Excuse me?" Maka gets up..looking at these people with wide eyes..thinking they see her..only to realize they're not looking at her..they're looking through her..behind her. Maka turns around..and she cant' help the pain in her chest..
A 16 year old Maka sits on the steps in front of the court house..the same court house, two years later that would convict her as insane..This younger version of herself is getting soaked in the rain..she doesn't have a jacket on, no umbrella shielding her from this cold rain..This girl's bangs are covering her face..Her hair dark from being wet, and her clothes clinging to her body..This younger Maka is staring at a puddle in front of her..Her green eyes are blank..her face is blank..like a statue she just sits there..getting poured on.
"Why is she just sitting like that?" The second lady wrinkles her nose.
"Didn't you hear? Her mother is insane! They just had the trial for it..the judge rightfully put her mother into Dark Side Asylum." That other woman nods to herself.
"They should have tooken her daughter with her." The second lady shakes her head. "Crazy runs in the family you know? Just look at her! She's just out here getting soaked..it's so creepy..She's going to be the next serial killer, I tell you."..
Soon more people are staring at this 16 year old Maka that hasn't moved from where she's sitting..even though she can hear their words..she just sits there..the water pounding on her..her face blank.
"She's crazy!"
"Scary!"
All these people talk about Maka..they glare and look afraid of this girl that is staring blankly at nothing..they see a mad girl..but the 18 year old Maka sees something different..
She sees a broken girl..alone, in the rain..getting soaked to the bone..the rain hiding the tears that she's shedding..
Because this was the day her mother was taken from her..this was the day the hell started.
And all these people don't care about this young girl..they just want to talk about her..even though she just lost her mother..they don't care..they don't think insane people are people..they think she should be locked away with her mother..
No one offers this girl comfort..just hard glares..as the rain pours down on her..
Maka stares at this girl that use to be her..oh she remembers the pain she was feeling at this moment..She remembers how these poeple's words had hurt her..because these were the same people that respected her mother..that respected Maka..in till her mother was ruled as insane..
Then everything changed..they didn't care anymore..they just wanted Maka out of their sight..they rejected her, labeled her as insane and dangerous though she had done nothing to give them a reason to.
"The court case ended hours ago and she's still just sitting there!" Someone scoffs. "Where's her father? She has one doesn't she?"
"I heard he didn't even go to the court case." Someone chimes into the conversation. "Maka stood alone at the trial."
"Why wouldn't he have gone?"
"I think he's pissed at her mother for burning down their fucking house." Someone grunts. "The girl and him are homeless now. I don't blame him for not going!"
"He could have at least been here to pick his daughter up. 'A softer person frowns slightly.
"This girl is fucking insane too! He's probably tired of dealing with crazies."
They all nod in agreement..
Maka walks over to her 16 year old self..a pain in her chest..she didn't want to remember this..she didn't want to relive this pain..the pain of when her mother was taken..when her life turned to shit..People treated her badly..talked about her, didn't care about her..Spirit turned into a dick..any friends she had turned on her..wouldn't speak to her..everyone was afraid of her..
And she had done nothing but lose her mother.
16 year old Maka sniffles..she'll get a cold no doubt..but she doesn't seem to care..no one seems to care..
That's when the water suddenly stops pouring on her.
This younger Maka blinks..realizing the lack of water as she looks up..only to see a black umbrella being held above her..shielding her from the rain...Her green orbs look at the pale hand holding it..before they travel up..
She locks eyes with Kid..a younger Kid..This boy is smiling at her sofltly..
"What are you doing?" younger Maka blinks..she wipes the water off her face..but really she's trying to hide those tears that she shed.
"Sharing my umbrella with you..You were getting soaked." Kid's soft smile falls a little..a concern in those yellow eyes. "..I ..I heard about the trial.."
"Everyone did. Did you come here to fuck with me? I might just go fucking crazy on your ass." Maka growls..glaring up at this boy. "Did you come all the way out here just to be an ass?"
"No..I came out here to..comfort you." Kid shakes his head. "..I thought you could use some company after such a hideous day-"
"Why the hell are you doing this?" Maka snaps, standing up with her fist gripped. "You never fucking talked to me before and suddenly when my mother goes crazy your all for helping me? Why? No one else wants to help me out, they rather just fucking talk shit! Why the hell are you still talking to me? When everyone at school has turned on me? What do you want from me? or do you just like being around me to watch me suffer?"
"Maka-"
"You think I don't know everyone thinks i'm crazy?..after what they all saw..how my mother burned down our home.." Maka trembles..her fist gripped. "..Why the hell were you there Kid? Why are you even here? Do you want to talk about me like everyone else? Do you want to talk to me just to tell the others how much of a freak I am?"
"Your not a freak Maka..your just upset about your mother.." Kid's soft words get her breath to hitch. "I know you are not crazy Maka.. I know your just in pain..what you saw with your mother was horrible..and then to deal with these towns people..it's just been.." Kid shakes his head..a frown on his face.
"Why do you care? What, is it that you feel sorry for me? I don't need your pity Kid! I don't need shit from you!"
"I'm not doing this because I feel sorry for you-"
"Then why are you doing it? huh? Why are you the only one that is talking to me..why are you the only one that follows me around, checking on me..why are you doing this Kid?" Maka looks this boy in the eyes..There's a pain in those green orbs..
Because back then, she barely knew Kid..but he was the only one that seemed to care..the only one that held her when her mother was taken away in a police car..the only one that' tried to talk to her...though she ignored him..he still tried..even when all the other kids would give him dirty looks..no one else tried..
Not even her father.
"I'm doing this because your my friend Maka." Kid speaks this so surely..so confidently..that soft smile coming back. "I care for my friends-"
"We're not friends." Maka grunts coldly. "..I don't have any friends.." Maka's eyes get a far away look. "..Not anymore."
"We could be friends." Kid gives her a warm smile that could melt ice..his tone not changing even when her tone is so mean.
'I'd rather not.' Maka speaks sarcastically. " What's the point in having friends when they all betray you in the end? I don't need anyone. i'm fucking fine, I don't need your concern Kid, I don't need anything from you." Maka glares away from him..she's shivering from being soaked..hugging herself..
"It's getting late Maka..would you like me to give you a ride home?"
"No."
"..Do you have a ride home?" He raises an eye brow at how she tenses..
"..No."
"Come on Maka..i'm taking you home, you'll get sick out here." Kid grabs her hand and starts to pull her along..keeping the umbrella over her, protecting her from the rain...protecting her from the water.
"I'm going to ruin your nice seat in your car." Maka grunts looking down at her pants that are covered in mud..older Maka remembers after the trial..She ran around..shouting like a mad woman for a while..she ended up falling in a puddle..before she calmed enough to sit down on the steps..younger Maka doesn't struggle with Kid though..she looks so cold..she's so soaked.
"Your more important then seats Maka..seats can be replaced..you can't." Kid doesn't look at her as he says this..a far away look to his eyes as he leads her.
"Damn your one sappy dude." Maka grunts..but..she's grinning..and when Kid looks over and sees it..he smiles..Maka's grin falls.
"You should smile more Maka."
"And you should buy me McDonalds."
"Alright. I will take you home so you can change then i'll take you there."
"..Seriously?"
"Sure, that's what you want right?" Kid blinks at her.
"..You know I think I could get use to you." Maka smirks a little.
Kid chuckles sightly..but the smile he has is warm..and soon Maka is chucking with him..
18 year old Maka watches these two walk away from her..Kid holding that umbrella over them..his hand holding hers..They talk more..the more they talk..the more they laugh..the more Kid smiles..
Everything fades away.
Maka hears the cry of a seagull..her eyes are shut tight from feeling the sun beating down on her..her face feels hot..hell, her whole body feels hot..she hears the crashing of waves in the distance..and she feels her body is in something soft, yet it's hot as well..a wind ruffles her hair and she can't help but to sigh in relief, it gave her a break from the intense heat. She opens her eyes slowly, only to quickly shut them when she was greated by the sun right above her. Maka takes a deep breath..before she opens her eyes again..this time not looking at the sky so she can see.
She blinks as she takes in the sea right by her feet..the crystal clear water crashing gently only a couple of feet from her feet. Maka forces herself up so her elbows are proping up her upper body..she looks around and can't help but to be confused..it looks like she's on a beach..no one is here but her. She's laying in the sand..
How..how did she get here?
Maka grabs her throbbing head..letting out a whimper from the sudden pain there..
It all comes back to her. The cruise ship sinking. Crona's craziness. Jumping into the life boat..Kid jumping after her and then..
Her eyes get wide.
The wave..that huge wave of salt water..
Maka looks around again..looking for any sighs of Kid, but he's no where to be found. Her eyes fall on a broken up boat a couple of yards away from her..it's in pieces..like it crashed here...and when she looks beside her..there's a gun..the same gun Kid was holding.
Where..where is she?..and where are Crona and Ragnarok..?
She remebers the look on Ragnarok's face as the boat him and Crona were on dropped to the sea..dropped to the sea without her-
Maka tries to scream for them but her throat is too dry and all that comes out is a pathetic wheeze...a panic settling in her chest..they don't know where she is..she could be anywhere..she's away from them..she hasn't been separated from them since they got out of the asylum..for the first time, in a long time..Maka is completely alone. Maka tries to get up-
Only for her to scream in agony when she tried to put weight on her legs..her eyes get out of focus and she drops back down into the sand..oh god..her legs..they're burning so bad..and her shoulder..but her legs hurt so bad..they sting like she just got stung by a jellyfish..and then burned with a torch.
Maka bites her lip and looks up again..this time looking at her legs..if Maka had something in her stomach she would have puked it all up. Her legs..oh god her legs..they literally look like two slabs of meat. Her skin is peeling in some areas, showing the red, sensitive tissue beneath. The skin that isn't peeled off looks bubbly..it looks sticky and wet.
And god it hurts..this is worse then a third degree burn.
Maka can't help but to whimper as she falls back down into the sand..there's on way she can walk on these legs..she's stuck here..she's going to die here, with the sun beating down on her, burning her already burnt up legs..it hurts so bad..She's going to die alone in this place she doesn't know..die before she could avenge her mother, die before she could try to make things right with her family..she's just going to die..
But at least she will be joining Crona.
Her lips..twitch into a smile..a peaceful smile despite the pain in her legs..despite the fact that she's dying..
Because if she dies..that means all this is over..and maybe..just maybe when she dies..Crona will be there waiting for her..smiling gently with his hand out reached to for her to take...Maybe, just maybe they could be together forever..just walking, roaming the earth..holding hands..or maybe her mother will be waiting for her with her arms wide open..maybe they both will be waiting for her..
She thinks of Crona's sweet smile..and she closes her eyes..excepting her fate..
Maka knows she's going to hell..and that she probably won't see her mother, or Crona..but she likes to dream..that it would work out that way..
"Maka!" Someone is screaming her name..but she doesn't open her eyes.. "Maka!" They keep calling for her..she hears a sound like sand moving...foot steps on wood..a bump..then she hears the sound of dry sand crunching under a shoe.."Oh god..shit!" It sounds like they're running now..till they're right by her side..she feels something soft against her arm..and then somthing hovering over her legs. "Damn it.." The voice seems shaky now as she feels something press against her chest..this person takes a in take of breath. "..your alive..." His voice is a sigh..in relief. "Maka..Maka can you hear me?"
She feels a hand touch her face..she was trying to ignore this person..she was in peace but now she can't ignore them..they're touching her..breathing on her.
Maka slowly opens her eyes..only for them to meet blue crystal ones..those eyes that belong to Ragnarok..he's hovering over her..his head blocking the sun from her eyes so she doesn't have to squint. There's too many emotions in this boy's eyes..and when she sees him she can't help but to feel guilty.
"Maka..Maka what the fuck happened to you? We lost you on the ship and.." Ragnarok glances down at her legs..and he swallows. "..did he do this? did that mother fucker do this to you?!-"
"No.." Maka croaks out..and it sounds pathetic. "I was able to make it to a life boat but..when the ship went down..the boat was too close to the ship and got hit with a huge title wave..to be h-honest I don't know how i'm alive right now.."
Ragnarok glances over at the gun that is beside Maka..his eyes flash before he looks away from her.
"I didn't want to do this.."
"W-What?" Maka tries to understand what this boy is mumbling to himself..but over the crashing of the waves and the seagulls it's hard to.
Ragnarok takes off his back pack..Maka can't help but to feel..unease by this..because didn't Ragnarok leave his back pack in their room back in the cruise ship?..her head hurts and Ragnarok is digging into the bag..A look of guilt in those eyes..a look of anger.
He pulls out..a vile..a vile full of yellow liquid..
"R-Ragnarok.." Maka tenses when he moves closer..with that vile in his hands.
He doesn't say anything..he just opens her weak mouth up..and pours the vile's contents down her throat..she can't fight it...it feels sticky but slightly refreshing on her dry throat...
When he pulls the vile away..She feels a coolness settle over her..the pain in her legs fades away..the pain in her head..and she feels the power flow through her veins-
"Now get up." Ragnarok grabs her arm and yanks her up when she tred to protest..but when she puts weight on her legs..it doesn't hurt. She looks down to see her legs completely healed..they were melted a second ago..and now they're find..
"Thank you.." Maka looks up at this boy..but he isn't looking at her.
"Don't thank me." His voice is a snap..causing Maka to take a step back. " You have no reason to fucking thank me.." Ragnarok's eyes fall on something in the sand..she follows his gaze..only for her chest to tighten.
Crona lays in the sand on his slide..his eyes are still closed..his chest barely moving up and down.
"He's still..he's still out?" Maka frowns and starts to walk closer to him..only for Ragnarok to put his arm out, stopping her. She gives him a confused look..only for him to give a dark glare..She looks down and takes a step back.
"Yup. He's still out. Hasn't fucking moved since I got in the boat.." Ragnarok looks down at the other boy for a moment..She can't tell what he's thinking.
"..Ragnarok I-"
"We have to get going." Ragnarok cuts her off as he bends down and picks Crona up..holding him like a baby, the boy hanging limply in his arms. "We don't have much time."
"Maybe..maybe I could try to heal him." Maka reaches her hand out..only to get kicked by Ragnarok in the leg causing her to fall on one knee.
"Did you fucking forget you can't use your fucking powers?!" Ragnarok growls at her. "Stop being a fucking dumb ass for once! You already fucked everything up enough as it is!"
"I..I thought I could use them as long as i'm not on Abaco.." Maka rubs her leg before she forces herself up..she can't help but to frown at how he's talking to her..her chest hurts at that dark look he's giving her..
"We are on Abaco island! Now hurry your ass up, we need to fucking find this tear." Ragnarok turns and starts walking up this beach..Maka noticing that in the distance are some buildings..there's a large sign too..that she failed to notice..that says 'Welcome to Abaco island'..well this is convenient..
"..Don't you have anymore of that yellow stuff?" Maka presses as she follows after this boy. "It helped me-"
"That shit won't do anything for him. His body isn't broken, it's his fucking mind that's diseased." Ragnarok doesn't look at her. "..No fucking medicine can help him now."
Maka bows her head as she walks slightly behind him..because she knows his words are true..Crona's mind is broken..he's too far gone..and she can tell by Ragnarok's tone that he blames it on her..he has to. She is the one to blame..she killed Crona..she destroyed her family..
And for what?
They walk away from the beach..not realizing something is missing..
The gun is no longer in the sand..it's gone.
The air is thick..it's suffocating..this tension is too much..it hurts her..makes her want to hide and never come out..
Maka glances over at Ragnarok who is glaring off in front of him..They have been walking for some time now..the town is getting closer..She can see the sign that welcomes them to Abaco more clearly now..
Ragnarok hasn't spoken to her since they were at the beach..and Crona hasn't even moved..he just hangs limply in Ragnarok's arms.
Maka is with her family..but it feels like she's truly not..she feels like she's detached from them..away from them even though Ragnarok is right by her side..She wants to touch Crona..she wants to hold him in her arms but when ever she gets close..Ragnarok pushes her away..and gives her that glare that makes her look to the floor like a child that just got in trouble.
Ragnarok won't let her near Crona..and she understands..
She's the reason why he's like this.
"Alright.." Ragnarok stops when they finally make it through the forest..stopping right in front of the sign. He doesn't look at her. "Use your necklace like Medusa told you to find the tear."
Maka only nods..she closes her eyes and touches the necklace..it lights up and when she opens her eyes..there's a arrow pointing out of it..Maka's eyes follow it..and sees it's pointing up at a mountain in the distance..
"The cave must be over there." Maka points. "..We'll have to go through the town to get to it."
"Let's get this fucking over with." Ragnarok walks past her..heading into the town..
Maka walks beside him numbly..looking around this place half heartedly..There's many people out and about..most seem to be at the market, buying vegetables and fish. There's some kids running around laughing..parents sitting out, drinking pina colas with friends..Maka tenses when she thinks about the dress she's wearing but when she looks down..
She's wearing a normal white t-shirt and some jeans..
Ok..good..the necklace when she touched it must have also changed her clothes.
"This is a nice place." Maka hums..trying to break the ice as she looks at all the smiling faces..there's couples holding hands..kid's laughter..it's a beautiful place really..surrounded by trees..it's like it has it's own personal shade from the sun.
This place is..peaceful...beautiful..it smells like fresh pine needles..and there's a wind that is gently blowing.
Ragnarok doesn't respond to her. He just keeps walking.
Maka frowns..is he giving her the silent treatment?..she doens't like this thought..it gets too quiet between them..while everyone else is laughing and talking..there's just these three..walking slowly..quietly like three ghosts that don't belong. They get some looks from people..probably because Ragnarok is holding a boy that's passed out..they seem concern..but they don't approach.
After awhile of walking..they finally get out of the heavy part of town..now there's not that many people..
It makes their quietness all the more noticeable.
She stops walking.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ragnarok stops and looks back at her with that glare.
"..I have to talk to you." Maka takes a deep breath. "I-"
"There's nothing to fucking talk about." He growls and turns his back to her-
"Ragnarok..i'm sorry." Maka speaks the words..and they sound pitiful..the boy pauses..so she goes on. " I..I didn't mean all this..I really didn't..you know how much my mother means to me..I wasn't planning on doing anything with Kid!..I just..I just needed to know who gave him that letter..I ended up bumping into him when I ran from you guys..and I saw this as my opportunity. I was angry at you two and it was stupid of me..I just..I just needed to know who killed my mother..and I found out Ragnarok..I know who did it." She sees how much he tenses at that.
"..And who did it?" His voice is odd..he still hasn't looked back at her.
"..Aranche." Maka grips her fist..not noticing how his shoulders relax. "She's the one that took down the cruise ship too..She wanted me dead..didn't you see all the spiders?..I learned she is a spider witch..and she's Medusa's sister! Aranche is the one that killed my mother Ragnarok..and when we get back to the mansion we can tell Medusa..then we can fucking kill this bitch." Maka's voice is dark..then it gets weak. "..Don't you see I had to do it? I had to..I had to find my mother's killer. If I didn't do it..I still wouldn't know who did it..and I only have less then two weeks Ragnarok.."
"I know." Is all he says.
"..I'm sorry..i'm.." She feels a pain in her chest and she swallows the lump in her throat. "I know your pissed at me.. I know you proably hate me now-"
"I don't hate you." His voice is blunt.
But even though he said this..it still doesn't convince her.
"..I'm still sorry." Maka speaks softly..
Ragnarok doesn't say anything.
Maka gathers her courage..and she hugs him..hugs the boy from behind..burying her head into his back..wanting to hear him say it's ok..wanting to feel like she has been forgiven..she wants warmth..when all she's been getting is coldness.
Ragnarok tenses badly..he takes a in take of breath..
Only to shove her off of him roughly.
"Don't fucking touch me." He gives her such a dark look..those words a growl..
Maka can only stare at him with wide eyes..the tone of his voice and that look..she feels the pain in her chest..
"Come the fuck on. We don't have all day." Ragnarok turns back around and starts to walk.
Maka bows her head..hugging herself as she walks after him..
Ragnarok doesn't even want her to touch him..he doesn't forgive her..
Maka wishes he would have just left her to die at the beach.
It's hell to have to look at these two boys..to look at what her sin has caused..Crona is still passed out..and Ragnarok..won't look at her. Won't really speak to her..won't let her touch him..
She has lost her family.
"You still have me." That other girl coos..and Maka sniffles..
She doesn't even have a right to feel bad..she caused this on herself..
And for what?
Crona is broken..she killed him. Ragnarok..Ragnarok hates her. She knows he does...and she still doesn't know what love is..
Ragnarok doesn't look back at her as they get closer and closer to the end of town..She sees the path that will lead up into the mountain..lead up to the tear...lead up to more time..
But what's the point in more time here when she's alone?..
Her mother..
Maka grips her fist..she chose to give up everything just to find her mother's killer..now she has to live it out..she has to kill Aranche..she has to-
"Maka! Maka!" Suddenly that little girl appears right in front of her causing Maka to let out a small yelp from being surprised..the little girl is looking at her with wide panicked eyes. "You have to come quick!" She grabs Maka's hand and starts leading her to the side..away from Ragnarok.
"Why? What's going on?..you know I kinda have to do something-"
"My brother!" This girl cries out. "He's dying! He doesn't have much time left! You have to save him! You promised!"
Maka's eyes get wide at how desperate this little girl looks..tears at the corner of her eyes..Maka did promise her..she promised this little girl, the girl that she took her life..that she would save her brother..
"..Take me to him." Maka looks at her with a determination..because she wants to make things right..she wants to help..she wants to do something..
To take away this pain in her chest.
"This way!" The little girl pulls on her hand..and Maka starts running with her-
"Maka what the fuck are you doing?" She hears Ragnarok yell at her..
"I have to do something!" She yells back but she doesn't stop running..
"Please hold on.." This girl whimpers as she pulls Maka along..that's when she sees it..a hospital..it's small...one of the smallest she's ever seen ..looking no bigger then a two story house...but it has the red cross symbol..
Maka picks up the pace..a panic in her chest..what if she doesn't make it?..she doesn't want to fuck up..she wants to do something right..
She wants to save this little girl's brother.
But Maka isn't thinking right now..because if she was..
She would know she's not suppose to use her powers.
Maka jogs to a stop in front of the hospital doors, she doens't waste any time and opens them, walking into this small place. "I need to see a patient!" Maka speed walks up to the counter..the person at the desk giving her a odd look.
"..Well ok, who is it that you want to visit?" The woman turns to her computer..waiting for her to say the name..
The name Maka doesn't know.
"It's Daniel Stewart!" The little girl shouts..but of course this woman can't hear her.
"Daniel Steward." Maka repeats the name calmly.
"..You want to see Daniel?" The woman takes her eyes off the computer to give her a look Maka can't read.
"Yes..i'm his aunt."
"..Who are they?" The woman looks behind her and Maka turns.
Ragnarok is in the hospital..Crona is standing up but leaning on his shoulder..if Maka didn't know better..it would just look like a boy holding his girl..and she's resting in his shoulder..
Crona doesn't look like he's knocked out.
Ragnarok is giving her a questioning look..but he doesn't say anything.
"These are my friends." Maka looks back at this woman."..Can I please see Daniel?"
"Yes..of course..but.." She frowns. "..He's in really bad shape..i'm sorry to say..the doctors don't think he'll make it through the night..the cancer has spread to his heart..it's only a matter of time."
The little girl puts a hand over her mouth..her eyes shaking.
"Please tell me his room number." Maka tries to keep her voice from trembling.
"..He's right over there in room 12.." the woman has a far away look to her eyes..Maka starts to walk past the front desk with Ragnarok following silently behind her. "..Thank you..for coming." The woman speaks again causing her to pause. "You know he hasn't had any visitors for a while..you heard what happen to his mother and father didn't you?.." The woman's voice cracks. "..No one has the heart to tell the little boy that his family is gone..he asked about them on his birthday..and after they didn't show up..his cancer just started getting worse and worse..like he gave up..He won't talk to any of us..but maybe when he sees you..it will bring up his spirits."
Maka only nods numbly before she speed walks..seaching the door numbers for 12..
"My brother..he's gotten worse because of me.." The little girl trembles. "..Because I wasn't' there.."
"No..it's not your fault-"
"Maka what the fuck is going on?" Ragnarok grabs her suddenly..he's whispering harshly in her ear. "Why the hell are we here? We need to get the tear-"
"The tear can wait." Maka rips her hand from his. "..I have to save a life."
Ragnarok looks at her with his eyes a bit wide..she sounds so serious...Maka walks a couple of feet ahead..and her eyes fall on the door 12..
"Brother!" the little girl cries as she runs through the door..
Maka opens the door after her...and she walks in..
She feels like crying.
A little boy lays in a hospital bed..his face pale, and tired..his eyes closed. There's a oxygen mask on his face..needles in his wrists and arms..He has no hair..he's barly breathing. The heart monitor is beating slowly..
It's a hard sight to take in..he's so young..yet he's dying like this..hooked to machines to keep him alive..he's in pain..
"..Damn." Ragnarok comes in..and his face falls when he sees the little boy..because it's too much..it's so much.
"Brother..brother please.." the little girl is kneeling by his bed side..holding his hand...those bloody tears falling down her face as she looks at her brother's weak expression.
"Maka..you can't save him." Ragnarok's voice is soft when he glanced over at her..and saw her eyes water.
"But I can try damn it." Maka grinds her teeth and walks till she's right by this little boy's side.
"You can't use your fucking powers remember?" Ragnarok growls as he places Crona down in a chair before walking over to her. "Did you fucking forget that? Why does this boy matter anyway? How do you know him?"
"She has to help him!" The little girl screams at Ragnarok..she lights up..Ragnarok tenses and looks over at her..his eyes wide.
"..What the..?"
"Long story short. This is a little girl I killed back at he circus..she's been haunting me ever since..I promised her I would help her brother.." Maka looks at Ragnarok's shocked face. "..I have to help him Ragnarok.."
"You can't use your-"
"At this point I don't give a fuck." Maka's voice is firm. "I'm helping this little boy. if you have a problem you can just leave."
"I have a problem because i'm trying to fucking protect you!" Ragnarok grinds his teeth and takes a step forward. "Don't you remember how Medusa warned us about this? You-"
"Why do you even care about me? You obviously are still pissed at me for what I did with Kid..you didn't even want me touching you, so why do you give two fucks about what I do now?-"
"I still fucking care about you! If I didn't I would have left your ass to die back at the beach!-"
"You mind as well have..it would have hurt less then seeing this..I hurt Crona..look at him..and I hurt you."
"I fucking except it." Ragnarok shakes his head. "I already told you. I knew what I was getting into..Yes, it pissed me off to no end..yes it hurt but it' fucking over now-"
"Then why are you acting this way?" Maka shouts at him. "..You wouldn't talk to me..you only glared at me..you pushed me away when I tried to hug you..that doesn't sound to me like you excepted it!-"
"I excepted your sin..but I haven't excepted mine." Ragnarok's voice gets odd..and he looks away from her. "I kept you away from me because I was keeping you away from fucking Crona..I was protecting you. Crona has fucking lost it..he hurt you back on the cruise ship..I don't know how he'll be when he wakes up and I rather you not be close to him."
"Your sin..?" Maka looks at him..trying to read that odd expression in his eyes..but she can't.
"Can you guys talk later? My brother!" The little girl yells at her..her eyes are nothing but panic.
"..I have to try to save him Ragnarok.." Maka takes a deep breath. "I have to do this..and I know this will have consequences..but i'm ready to face them..I need to do this.." She looks him in the eyes.
Something changes in those piercing blue orbs..there's a look of guilt..a look of regert...or anger..He looks at the crying little girl..and the dying boy..
"Maka I know you feel bad about what you did at the circus.." Ragnarok starts off.. "I know it's sad what's happening to this boy..but you have to think logically right now. Even if it was ok to use your powers..do you really believe you can cure his cancer? This isn't just a cut..this isn't just a wound..it's a disease that no one has found the cure for..a disease that has killed millions of people.."
"I have to at least try Ragnarok!" Maka shouts and puts her hand out to touch this boy-
"I can't let you do this Maka!" Ragnarok grabs her wrist stopping her, his eyes are on fire. "There's too much at stake! You would think after all the shit we just went through you would want to get the tear and get the hell out of here as fast as possible but your trying to make this a lot harder then it has to be!-"
"Ragnarok if I don't do this he'll die!" Maka struggles with him..trying to get her arm free.
"If you do this you'll die!" Ragnarok roars..he's not letting up. "You don't fucking understand where we are right now! If you do this you'll be fucking endangering us all!"
"Maka!" The little girl cries desperately..the monitor is beating slower..and slower.
"Don't you have any more of that yellow stuff?" Maka trembles..her eyes shaking..thinking about Medusa's warning..and thinking about this little girl.
"..It won't help him." Ragnarok looks away from her. "..The boy's going to die Maka..there's nothing we can do alright? We have to go-"
"Please!"
"If your worried about Crona you can get him out of here alright? Take my necklace-"
"I'm not fucking leaving you! I've almost lost you once, i'm not losing you now!" Ragnarok grips her tighter.
"Maka he's dying!"
"I'm sorry.." Maka bows her head..her chest tightening..before she looks back up at Ragnarok. "But I have to do this." She sends her power out..and Ragnarok is sent across the room.
"..You..you fucking idiot!" Ragnarok roars..his eyes are wide with horror..
But Maka doesn't waste any time.
"He's going to be ok.." Maka reassures to this little girl as she touches her necklace..that dress coming on..even though Maka's not sure she can save this boy..She's never healed a illness before..and certainly not one as serious as cancer..but she has to try. Looking at this small boy in this bed..with the needless and oxygen mask..it reminds her of her mother..
And oh, how she would have loved if someone saved her..
But that's all over with. Her mother is dead. This boy is still alive.
Maka gently takes off the oxygen mask..she wants to see his face..The boy gasps for air..Maka gently puts her fingers into his mouth..he chokes a little..his body thrashing..but she has to do this..
The illness is inside..not out.
Maka takes a deep breath and closes her eyes..sending her power out through her fingers into his mouth..she thinks about her power going throughout this boy's body..destroying all the bad..and leaving the good..she thinks about this boy with color..thinks about this boy breathing normally..
"Shit Maka..fucking damn it.." She hears Ragnarok..his voice is shaky..
She doesn't care.
Maka uses all she has..before she opens her eyes..and takes her fingers out of this boy's mouth..his body is lighting up..the little girl watches with wide, hopeful eyes..she's holding her breath..and so is Maka.. Ragnarok walks over so he's right beside Maka..he looks at how her eyes shake..and instead of beating the shit out of her for not listening..
He puts his arm around her..pulling her into his chest as he watches her magic work through the little boy..
"Ragnarok?" Maka looks over at him in surprise..surprised that he's touching her..giving her comfort.
"I just want you to know you completely fucked us over." Ragnarok looks over at her..before looking back at the little boy. "..But who the fuck would you be if you didn't? Let's just fucking hope your magic works..You just made this whole mission so much fucking worse..i'll be pissed the fuck off if you did it for nothing."
"..." Maka nods..and for some reason..just the fact that Ragnarok is holding her..makes her feel so much better. She knows he'll still rememeber what she did..it will still hurt him..But Ragnarok is still here..he still cares about her..and he's holding her..
He understands her. He excepts her. Just as she excepts him.
Maka clings to Ragnarok as the little boy's light slowly starts to fade back into himself..the light goes out..telling Maka all her magic has been spent in this boy..
Everything gets quiet..
The little girl trembles waiting to see her brother better..Ragnarok holds Maka closer..a odd look in his eyes..a knowing look..and it's sad..
It didn't work.
"Try again!" The little girl looks over at her with desperation. "Keep trying!"
"Look kid.." Ragnarok frowns looking at this little girl's shaking eyes. "..She can't save him-"
"Keep trying!" The little girl screams at her. "Please..please you promised.."
And she did.
Maka gets out of Ragnarok's arms..and kneels next to this boy..She notices he isn't breathing anymore..but this little girl is looking at her with those tears in her eyes..
She has to keep trying.
Maka summons her power as she puts her fingers in this boy's mouth again..her power goes out of her fingers and into this boy once again..Maka closes her eyes..thinking about healing him..thinking about him having life..
But when she's done..and she pulls her fingers out of his mouth..
The boy still isn't breathing..he's still lifeless.
"K-Keep..K-Keep trying!" The little girl trembles.
"It's over.." Ragnarok takes a step closer..he's frowning. "..He's dead-"
"No! you said you would save him! you promised!" the little girl glares at her..those tears falling.
"..I tried..I tried.." Maka bows her head..her chest hurts too much..
She fails everyone.
"W-Why?" The little girl bows her head with her.. "Daniel..i'm sorry..this is all my fault.." A single tear falls from her face..and falls on this boy..
As soon as the tear hits the boy's arm..his whole body lights up..Maka feels power get taken out of her without her doing anything..he lights up so bright that Maka has to shield her eyes from such a sight..
When the light dulls down..Maka can't believe what she sees..
The little boy..is breathing again..the color of his face is back..and the monitor is beating like normal..
"You did it.." Ragnarok stares at this boy in disbelief..in awe..
"No.." Maka looks at the little girl that is smiling now..gripping onto her brother..crying happy tears. "..We did it."
That's when the little boy groans..getting Maka and Ragnarok to look at him..He opens his eyes..those blue, tired eyes lock onto hers..they seem out of focus for a moment..before they focus.. "..W-Who are you?.."
"A friend." Maka smiles at this boy. "..How do you feel?"
The boy's eyes get wide before he sits up franticly...touching over himself..he looks up at her again..Maka and Ragnarok are smiling. "Why do I feel this way?..I feel..normal."
"That's because you are. " Maka's smile grows.
"..But..I have cancer..I'm dying.." The boy looks down at himself..a odd look to his eyes.
"Not anymore..your all healed now. Your going to be ok-"
"How?"
"Huh?" Maka blinks as the boy looks up at her..blinks at the rage she sees in those little blue eyes.
"How am I healed?"
'I-"
"Did you do this?" The little boy glares at her. "What are you a witch?..." He points at her dress. "..You healed me didn't you?.."
"..I did-"
"Why?" The boy cuts her off..that rage growing.
"What?" Maka is shocked..she's too confused..even Ragnarok looks at him oddly.
"I was ready to die!" The boy yells at her..his fist griped. "..The nurses think i'm stupid..they think I don't know.." The little boy gets a far away look to his eyes. "..They all tried to make excuses as to why my family didn't show up for my birthday..they tried to cheer me up..tried to get my mind off it..but I knew it then..just as I know it now." He takes a deep breath. "My family would never miss my birthday unless something horrible has happened..and I know..I feel it.." His eyes get watery.. "My sister is gone...they're all gone..I don't know how..but I know they're all gone..i'm the only one left.." The little boy glares at her again..tears in the corner of his eyes. "I was ready to die! I was ready to join my family but no! You had to heal me! Why did you have to heal me now huh? When i'm alone..when there's no reason to even be here anymore!"
"Daniel.." The little girl trembles at her brother's words..fresh new tears falling down. "..I want you to live..I wanted you to be healed.."
"Your sister wouldn't want you to just die." Maka takes a deep breath."..She wanted you to be healed of your cancer-"
"And what do you know about my sister?" His voice is bitter. "..She always wanted my cancer to be cured..and you know what? So did I..but I mostly wanted it to be cured..so I could be with her..so I could be there for her like I use to be..so I could be her brother..not some sick patient that only has a certain time to live. My sister is gone now..I don't care about living..I was ready to die but you ruined that!" He grinds his teeth.
"You should be grateful." Ragnarok snaps. "She just saved your life kid!-"
"What life did she save..? What kind of life did she save?.." His voice is quiet. "..A life without cancer maybe..but you gave me a life of solitude..I don't have a family..i'll be alone..something for everyone to pity..I wanted to die!" He screams at her.
"Brother no!" The little girl clings to him..but for some reason..this boy doesn'ts notice her..he can't see her..
"Your sister didn't want-"
"My sister is dead.." His voice cracks. "..Don't you get it? I have no family! I have nothing! You healed my cancer but for what? Why couldn't you have come before my sister was dead? Why couldn't you have saved me when I had a family?!..because I prayed..and I prayed to be healed..but my prayers weren't answered..and now here you come, answering my prayers when it's too late. I don't want to be alone! I don't want-"
Suddenly there's a click behind them..the little boy stops going off..to stare at something behind them with fearful eyes.. Maka and Ragnarok turn around..
Crona is standing up..he isn't passed out any longer..he's holding a gun in his hand..and it's pointed at this little boy..Crona's face is blank.
"Crona what the hell are you doing?" Ragnarok gets up..along with Maka..
She recognizes the gun right away..it's Kid's gun..the one that was beside her..
"Crona put the gun down." Maka tries..she doesn't understand..why he's pointing it at the boy..when he wants to kill her.
"...You dont' want to be alone?" Crona's voice is motor toned..his haunted eyes boring into this little boy.
"..No." The little boy stares back at Crona..something seeming to flash through his eyes.
"You want to be released? You don't want to be here when there isn't anyone to love you, do you?" Something flashes through Crona's eyes..a understanding. " You want to find your family..you want to be held again..you want love.."
"I don't want to be alone." This boy trembles.
"And you won't." Crona puts his finger on the trigger.
"Crona don't-" Maka screams and tries to grab him..but it's too late.
He pulls the trigger..shooting the little boy right in the forehead. His blood splatters against the bed's back board..The little boy's eyes roll before he goes limp. His blood gets on Maka's and Ragnarok's face..their expression is nothing but shock..but horror.
The littel girl screams..she screams her little heart out..because she just saw her brother get killed..saw his brains get splattered when all she wanted was to save him.
"Your welcome." Crona blows into the barrel like a cow boy..he's chuckling.
"C-Crona.." Maka trembles..looking over at the boy that's still holding the gun. "..Why..w-why did you do that..?"
"He wanted to die." Crona gives her a mad smirk. "Didn't you hear what he was saying? He didn't want to be alone..death is the only cure to loneliness.." Crona taps the gun against his temple. "..Don't you know this..Maka?"
"Crona put the fucking gun down." Ragnarok grabs his wrist with the gun..not liking how he keeps putting the gun near his head.
"Why?..do I make you uncomfortable?" Crona chuckles darkly..he keeps a hold of the gun but Ragnarok has a firm grip on his wrist. "I shouldn't. You have nothing to worry about.."
"Let go of the gun Crona." Ragnarok looks at him firmly..
THe pink haired boy looks into his eyes for a moment..before his lips twitch up into a smirk. "..fine." He lets go of the gun..Ragnarok catching it..he puts it in his back pocket..studying Crona-
"I heard a gun shot!" Maka hears that woman cry..and she hears loud foot steps..shit.
"We have to get out of here!" Maka holds out her hands for both Ragnarok and Crona. "I already used my powers..I mind as well keep using them."
"The spiders are going to get you~. "Crona sings with that odd look in his eyes..but he grabs her hand..so does Ragnarok..he's looking at Crona still.
"What about my brother?!" this little girl screams.
"..He's dead." Maka frowns deeply. "..I'm sorry..we have to go."
"No-" The little girl tries to protest..but when Maka activates her powers..they all light up..and disappear.
They reappear in front of the path that will lead them up into the mountains..
"Why..why.." The little girl falls to her knees..she can't stop crying..the pain in Maka's chest is too much.
"Jeez what a cry baby." Crona rolls his eyes.
"Are you serious right now?" Maka turns on this crazy boy..she can't help but to be fuming. "You kill her brother-"
"I was doing him a favor-"
"Favor my ass! Don't you feel at all bad for what you've done?" Maka says this when that boy grins at her madly.
"Nope." He chimes, his pale blue eyes shaking in his madness. "Not at all!"
"Your..your evil!" Maka grips her fist..
Crona leans in so his lips are mere inches from her own. "Ohh you have no room to talk little one."
Ragnarok is quiet..He's holding his head in his hands..because he probably doesn't know what to do..
Crona has really..finally lost it.
The littel girl keeps crying..her whole being shaking..she's in pain..in agony..
"Poor unfortunate souls..in pain..in need.." Crona starts to sing.. "And do I help them..?" His eyes lock on something in front of the little girl..and he smirks. "..Yes I do."
"Danielle?..Danielle why are you crying?" A soft voice speaks, getting Maka and Ragnarok to look ahead..
The little boy..is here..he's see through..his blue eyes bright..and he now has blonde hair..there's a small hole in his forehead...He looks down at his little sister with a frown on his face..
"Daniel?" The little girl gasps when she looks up and sees him..her eyes big and watery..her face nothing but shock.
"Yeah..it's me." He smiles at her gently..and wipes away her tears. "..I found you..there's no reason to cry now..I know I haven't' been there for you..I couldn't because of my illness..but now I'll never leave you..you'll never be alone.."
"I didn't want you to die.." She sniffles..and shakes her head.
"I didn't want to be without you." He holds out his hand to her. "I was going to die someday anyway..so don't cry..i'm happy..because i'm here with you..i'm finally happy..after such a long time of fighting..I only fought for you Danielle..I held out for you..because I didn't want you to be sad that I left...I was sad when you left me..but now we'll always be together."
"Daniel.." The little girl sobs...but her eyes get bright as she looks at his hand..gets bright at this boy's words.
"Take my hand silly." He chuckles at her. "Stop being such a cry baby."
"I am not!" She huffs but she takes her brother's hand..and he helps her up.
"Then stop crying." He wipes those tears. "..It's okay now...i'll never leave you..no more sadness.."
"N-No more?" She grips his hand tightly..those eyes brighter then Maka's ever seen them..this girl looks alive again.
"No more." He leans his forehead against hers..that soft smile on his lips.
"..G-Good." The littel girl sniffles. " I couldn't take much more.."
"Where's mom and dad?" He frowns slightly when she looks down. He smiles at her. "Don't worry..i'm sure they're where were going..let's go.." He starts to float up..his hand still in hers..
"Wait.." The boy stops and the little girl looks over at the wide eyed Maka. "..Thank you Maka..for everything..you may not have stopped my brother from dying..but you did heal his cancer.."
"Don't thank me..it was all you." Maka can't help the smile on her face..her chest is aching at this touching scene. " You had it in you this whole time..your tear saved him."
"It..was really me?" The little girl looks at her with wide eyes..and when Maka smiles..she gigles..her eyes closed in her happiness. "I guess I didn't have to become a nurse after all huh? I got the power!"
"Lets go..everyone is waiting for us." The little boy smiles at her before they both start to float up into the sky.
"Maka you won't forget me will you?" the little girl looks down at her sadly.
"How could I forget a you?" Maka jokes..but her voice cracks a little..tears welling up in her eyes. "No..I won't forget about you Danielle..I coudln't.."
"Good because i'll never forget you..i'll never forget how you were there for me.." The little girl smiles down at her..her and her brother are lighting up. "Good luck! I know you'll find love Maka! I know you can do it!" She looks at Crona and Ragnarok. "Hey you two!" She gives them a stern look. "You better take care of her! I know she makes bad choices..I mean look at me! but..she tries to make up for them..and she feels bad..I've been with her..I know. You." She points at Ragnarok. "You need to stop cussing and show more of your feelings, instead of being a douche bag. And you." She points at Crona. "..You just need to get yourself together and stop being so scary.."
Ragnarok raises an eye brow..and Crona only smirks.
"Maka.." The little girl is almost faded away with her brother. Her smile is the softest she's ever seen. "..I forgive you."
Maka gasps..those tears falling freely as she watches this little girl walk away in the sky..hand in hand with her brother..before they both fade away in brilliant light.
"Bye Danielle!" Maka waves her hand in the air. "Enjoy heaven with your brother!..and thank you..thank you so much.." She cries in happiness...
For once..for once in her life..
She has gotten forgiveness.. something she thought she would never get..she got from the little girl that she killed..
Maka's chest hurts so much from all her feelings..she really will miss that little girl..
"What did I tell you?" Crona suddenly leans on her..a goofy smile on his face. "Death is the only freedom..it's the only cure for loneliness..I did that boy a favor..I set him free."
Maka only keeps crying..even Crazy Crona can't ruin this moment..
"Jeez your a baby." Ragnarok grumbles but he puts his arm around her..holding her close to him..both these boys now have their arms around her. "She's going to a better place..to heaven.." Ragnarok has a far away look to his eyes as he looks at the sky.
"That's why i'm crying.." Maka sniffles. "..She's going there..she's going to be happy..she's with her brother..and she's forgiven me for my sins.." Maka can't help but to keep sobbing.
"..The sin wasn't yours to begin with.." Ragnarok mumbles..looking away from her..but Maka doesn't hear it..
She continues to cry..with Crona and Ragnarok holding her close..
"I didn't forgive your sins." Crona smirks against her ear. "Your still damned."
Maybe so..
But that little girl didn't damn her.
"..You did good." Ragnarok pats her back..his lips seem to twich up a little. "Now stop crying. We have a fucking mission to complete. you want to avenge your mother don't you?"
"Yes.." Maka sniffles..wiping the last of her tears.. She looks at both of these boy's determinably before she looks up the mountain. "..Let's do this..for my mother..for the little girl.."
"That's the spirit." Ragnarok moves so he's between Crona and Maka..because he knows.
"I wanna be a spirit!" Crona gigles madly. "Let's go and win us the prize!"
Maka takes off running up this path..with Crona gigling behind her..and Ragnorok jogging beside him..
She got forgiveness..
Now she needs time.
Maybe there's hope for her yet.
Why'd he do it...?
That's the question Kid has been asking himself since he got on this island..He hasn't moved from this spot..He's sinking into the sand he's been sitting here for so long..Kid breaths heavily..holding his head in his hands. The gentle wind and the soft crashing of the waves in front of him isn't doing anything for the whirl wind of thoughts going on in his head..
..Why..why did he do it..?
..Why did he let her live...no worse..why did he protect her?..why did he save her from the water?..
It would have been so easy..all he had to do was step back and let nature do it's course. She would have been melted down to nothing..she would have died and he didn't even have to shoot her..
But no. That didn't happen.
When it was happening..his body moved without him telling it to..all it took was seeing the fear in her eyes...
And he put his body in front of hers..protecting her from most of the water.
Not only didn't he kil her..but he saved her..
Kid shakes his head in his hands..his shoulders slumping..
He doesn't know how to feel about Maka.
Kid tries so hard to despise her..to hate her..she killed his father..she's killed so many people..she's a witch..that which he kills and hates..
But how can he hate her..with the way she looks at him?..
"I miss you Kid." Her soft voice speaks through his head..and he trembles..
How can he hate that?..He shouldn't believe a word she says..she used him to get information for Christ's sake!..but..the way she looked at him..how her eyes held a sadness..
He believed her words..and he hates himself for it..
He couldn't kill her..he can't even hate her.
Kid protected her from the water..and he couldn't help but remember a time he did the same thing..but that time it was the rain..
The day they first, truly started being friends..
He couldn't help thinking about it..and that made him want to protect her more..Kid held Maka in his arms..he picked her up so she wouldn't fry in the water that got in the boat..Her legs were already messed up but he held on to her..
The waves kept coming..pushing their boat..and Kid protected her the whole time..taking as much of the water as he could.
He doesn't know how long he did it..but finally the boat crashed here..on Abaco island..he doesn't think it was luck..he believes some one was leading the boat..whether it a witch or god..he's grateful.
When he carried Maka to the beach..and laid her down in the sand..he felt sick..seeing her sicken him..what he did sicken him..he tried to kill her then. He took out his gun..pointed it at her forehead..a one shot kill but..
He couldn't do it.
All he could do was stare at her tired expression..stare at the girl that use to be his best friend..the girl that he loves. He kept thinking about her words..that sad look in his eyes..
He ended up dropping the gun. He didn't even have the heart to pick it back up..he didn't have the heart to stay there either..
She's the enemy, yet he saved her, yet he loves her..
Looking at her sicken him..but even now he knows it's not her that sickens him..
It's that he couldn't kill her...he couldn't avenge his father...
And maybe what sicken him also was her legs..that she was hurt..and he couldn't do anything..he couldn't kill her..yet he couldn't help her..
So he just walked away..and now here he is..some yards away..just asking himself..why did he do it?
He regrets it..but then he doesn't..
Kid just feels guilty.
He saved her..but he just left her to die..he saved her but he shouldn't have even saved her in the first place! He shouldn't feel bad for leaving her!
But he does..and he feels bad for not killing her.
"Oh father.." Kid takes his hands from his head to look up at the sky. "..i'm sorry...i've been failing you..i've had so many chances to end her..but I haven't..I know i'm scum..trash.."
He closes his eyes..and thinks of his father..thinks of the goofy man that was always there..that protected him, and trained him to the best of his abilities..thinks of the man that always had that smile on his face, even after all he's been through...
Kid has to kill her.
He forces himself up..not allowing himself to think about it. He walks back to where he knows he left her and the gun..He has to end her, for his father..don't think about anything else..forget she was your best friend..forget that you love her..just for a couple of minutes..that's all it will take..just forget..
Because love can be forgotten..if not for a little while..but it can be forgotten.
Kid's breath catches when his eyes fall on where he left her..
She's gone..and so is the gun.
His eyes take in the new boat next to his crashed one..and when he looks over..he sees two sets of foot prints..
She got help..she's ok..
Damn it, why does he feel relief?!
Kid sits back down where Maka was..his arms on his knees..his suit is now crusty from being soaked with salt water and then being dried in the hot sun..he smells like sea weed and he really wants to take a shower. He knows there's bigger things to worry about right now, but he cant help his eye twitching when he feels the water in his pants..
Disgusting..he needs a shower..he needs to comb his hair because he KNOWS it's messed up right now..probably in a asymmetrical fashion-
"Noo!" The thought makes him quickly start trying to fix his hair with his fingers..his face falling to horror at the thought..
Yes..he has problems..curse his OCD..now is not the time to have a symmetry fit.
Ok Kid..deep breaths..deep breaths..think of butterflies and the number 8..don't think about your hair or your smelly suit..deep breaths..deep breaths..
Kid takes a deep breath..and his face goes blank, avoiding his fit..
Now back to the REAL problem at hand..
What is he to do with Maka?
It should be obvious that he has to kill her..that she's the enemy, she's a witch and that is that but..could they..could they go back-
Kid shakes his head..punching the sand with his fist..
No. Don't even think about that being a possibly..it can't go back..no..she killed his father..she killed people..
But she saved all those people on the ship..
Kid grips his head..too many emotions swirling around in his head..
Why is this so hard?..he's a witch hunter..she's a witch..it's obvious!..
But then it isn't..because she does things..and says things that a witch wouldn't..
A witch only does things to benfit herself..But saving those people didn't benfit Maka..it ended up giving away her identity..and it took her power..
So why did she do it?..
And then..when Ragnarok was choking him out..he had glanced at her..and she had fear in her eyes..
She looked scared for him..
"Could we..could we go back Kid?"
"No!" He trembles..but his chest hurts..and he can't deny the way his stomach did a flip..
"Can I..at least die..as your friend?" Her soft voice comes to his head again..and that sad look in her eyes..
Kid feels his eyes water..why..why does she have to make this so hard?..why is she like this?..why does her words sound so sincere?
Could they..could they go back-
No! No they can't! How can he even be considering it?! This is probably another one of her tricks..Let's be honest here..she used him to get information..She took away his innocence for information..
Why wouldn't she say she wants to be friends again so he won't kill her?
But when he thinks of that sadness in her eyes..
He can't even hate her for what she's done to him.
Kid blushes slightly thinking about it..He had lost himself with Ariel..because well..his life has been hell since Maka killed his father..he's been dealing with the guilt of loving her, and the guilt of not being there for his father..he's had to lead all the witch hunters..only for a large amount of them to die under his watch..
The other witch hunters don't want to listen to him. They have lost respect for him..they only would listen to his father..
His father is dead..and Kid can't be the man his father was., that the witch hunters need or want..
Things have been stressful for him..so when Ariel came along..and when she excepted his sins..when she didn't judge him and wanted to feel love..
He lost his composer.
Having sex with someone when just meeting them is not somthing he would do..but he did..because he lost it..all the stress got to him..and he wanted bliss..
He wanted Ariel, because he wanted bliss..he wanted to not think for once.
When he was making love to Ariel..when he was engulfed in pleasure..
All he could think about was Maka..and he let the thoughts flow..
He is a gentleman, but he's also a man..and he has needs. He's tried not to..but back when they were friends..once in a great moon..a dirty thought would come in about her..he tried to dismiss it quickly..but sometimes he couldn't..
He would have never dreamed that he would make love to Maka..and he did.
Kid thought he was having intercourse with a random girl..but in reality it was her, his love..and he didn't even know..She said his name and..
He blushes fiercely and shakes his head..getting the thought out of his head...
Because she did it all only to get information out of him..and he fell right for her trap..
Maka is a deadly trap.
It's ironic really..Maka acted too much like herself as Ariel..he should have saw it..and he did..but he thought it was just him seeing Maka as someone else again..
It's like a obsession..but he gets obsessed with things he loves..like symmetry..he loves symmetry..and look how crazy he is about it..
"Show me..what love is."
..Why does she want love..doesn't she know she can't have it..?
"..But I want to."
He grips his head..it can't go back..he can't be her friend..he can't ...he can't..no..he can't!
"Kid!" A voice calls his name..and he can't help to whip his head up.
"Patty?" Kid blinks at first when he sees a boat in the distance..he sees Patty waving at him..a smile on her face..She's not rowing the boat.
"Yup it's me!" She giggles and looks back at her sister that is rowing the boat..a irritated look on her face.
"Kid you ass hole! You had us all worried for nothing!" Liz yells as she rows the boat towards the island.
"L-Liz?" Kid's eyes get wide..his heart lifting..He runs all the way till the water is crashing by his feet..waiting for the two to get here. "Your ok! Your both alive!" Kid feels his eyes water..at seeing these two girls..
The girls he considers family.
"You'll never guess how." Liz rows the boat till the boat is stuck in the sand..Patty jumps out right away..and she runs, tackling Kid into a hug..
"I thought..I thought we lost you..I didn't see you get off the ship..I thought you went down with it.." Patty's voice isn't it's usual cheerful self..it's serious..he's seen her like this a couple of times..some might think of Patty as a dumb blonde..childish even..
But she's a lot more complex then that.
"..Did Maka get away?" Liz gets out of the boat while Kid hugs Patty back..a relief in his heart at knowing she's ok..that they're both ok.
"..Yes." Kid sighs deeply..Patty only tightens her grip on him.
"You couldn't kill her could you?" Liz gives him a look..a frown on her face.
"..No." Kid bows his head..
And instead of Liz getting upset..
She tackles Kid into a hug..both these girl's holding him close..
"It's okay Kid.." Liz shakes her head. "..I don't know how to feel about her either."
"What do you mean?" Kid blinks..Liz has always hated Maka..hated her for hurting him..so this is a shock.
"Well.." She glances over at Patty..who has a far away look in her eyes.
"..She..she saved us Kid." Patty pulls away to look Kid in his eyes that have widen.
"..What do you mean?" He looks between them.
"She's the reason we got off the boat apparently.." Liz looks over at her sister. "..She's the reason i'm still alive."
"What are you talking about?" Kid frowns deeply.
"Maka healed Liz.." Patty grips her fist..something in those bright blue eyes. "..She saved her.."
"That's impossible." Kid speaks bluntly.
" I know it sounds crazy..but she really did heal her-"
"No, I mean that's really impossible." Kid blinks. "..A witch can't heal a human..they can only heal other witches, or a human with witch's blood..and i'm positive you have no witch's blood in you Liz."
"But..but she did Kid!" Patty looks confused. "..She touched Liz..and then she was healed..I saw it with my own eyes..felt her power come out and everything! Maka healed Liz!"
"But-" Kid's eyes get wide with realization..he puts a hand to his mouth in shock. "..No..no it can't be.."
"What?" Liz lets go of him to raise her eye brow at how his eyes shake..he starts to pace back and forth..
"No..No it can't be real.." He shakes his head before looking at Patty. "Are you 100% sure she healed Liz?"
"If she didn't I wouldn't be here." Liz steps in. "I was sure I was dead."
"...Oh my god." Kid stops pacing..his face going pale.
"Kid what's wrong with you?" Liz frowns. "I know her healing me is shocking but-"
"No..Don't you get it? a witch can't heal a human! Unless.." His breathing is becoming uneven.
"Unless what Kid? Stop leaving us hanging!" Patty looks at him..her eyes wide.
Kid looks at them seriously..his face falling.. "Maka's the-"
"Ohhh what's that!" Patty cuts him off, looking behind him with wide eyes. "It's pretty!"
"Patty I was just trying to explain-" Kid's eye twitches slightly from being interrupted.
"Kid you should seriously look at this. "Liz looks behind him with wide eyes.
Kid sighs but turns around..He can't help to gasp at what he sees..
There's a pillar of light...coming from the mountains a little far off from here..
It makes a shape of a tear.
"The angel's tear!" Kid shouts, realization making him take off running towards this pillar of light. "We have to stop her! she can't get the tear! She'll die!"
"Whoa wait up Kid!" Liz shouts after him..but her and her sister are running with him. "..Does this mean..we're on her side now?"
"..I don't know." Kid can't look at her. "..But..I can't let her get the tear..Maka is being used."
"So we are on Maka's side!" Patty cheers. "Well again, I didn't see this coming! We were just trying to kill her a second ago!" Patty looks down. "..But..things have changed haven't they?"
"..She saved all those people on the ship.." Liz gets a thoughtful expression. "..and she saved me.."
"..Would you still stay with me..if I told you..I told you..i've thought about befriending her again..?" Kid's voice is soft.
"..Kid i've known you've been thinking about her since you two stopped being friends. "Liz sighs. "..I stick by you. Your father gave me and my sister a place to stay..he took us from the streets..trained us..and gave us food..i'm forever in debt to you..the other witch hunters won't stand for it..but we stand by you."
"Yeah and Maka doesn't seem that bad!" Patty chimes in. "Let's all be her friend! I liked her as Ariel up in till we found out she used you!"
"But..even now..now that I know what she is..I can't blame her.." Kid takes a deep breath. "..Medusa is pulling the strings."
"How do you know?" Liz raises an eye brow.
"..Because that tear can't help Maka..no..it will kill her." Kid takes deep breaths. "..Now that I know what she is..this is a lot more serious. We must destroy the tear."
"And what exactly is she Kid?" Liz raises an eye brow. "..She's just a witch right?"
"..Yes..and no."
"Whattt?" Patty gives him a confused look.
"Maka..Maka is a legend.." Kid has a far away look to his eyes. "I'm sure you have heard about it..it's a famous story..She is the witch that is the one and only..there will never be one like her again..she is the witch that can heal humans and witches alike..she is the witch of the thing everyone wants..she is the witch that ancient witch hunters prophesized about..even though they were consider crazy for their ideas.."
"No..No way.." Liz's eyes get wide. "..She's..she's.."
"Yes.." Kid takes a deep breath. "..I never thought it could be real..and Maka for that matter."
"..That means she's in trouble. " Patty has a serious tone..
"Yes, Medusa must know.." Kid girps his fist..a rage over coming him. "She's..she's sending Maka to collect her own death!"
"What are we doing? run faster slow pokes!" Patty runs faster..passing the two..but Kid and Liz pick up the pace..
"What about your father?" Liz looks over at Kid..he tenses.
"..I don't know..I have mixed feelings about this Liz..something doesn't feel right and..she told me..she told me she didn't kill him..and now that I think about it.." He takes a deep breath. "..Maka couldn't have tooken his heart..because she can't hold a soul captive.."
"..Medusa?" Liz's eyes get wide..and Kid nods gravely.
"I've been a fool! Thinking it was Maka this whole time...trying to force myself to kill her..but I had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind the whole time..something didn't seem right..and now I know why.."Kid takes a deep breath. "..Maka is still a witch..but...she's different. She doesn't deserve to die..She didn't kill my father..and that alone releases me from all my guilt..I only feel guilty now that I blamed her for it.."
"..And at the circus.." Liz takes a deep breath. "..I didn't say anything before..because I didn't want to give you any reason to forgive her..but when she was chanting that spell...you felt it didn't you?..when she casted that spell that destroyed everything..didn't you feel..a different power?"
"..It was all Medusa wasnt' it?" Kid growls. "All this time..I blamed Maka..but she has been Medusa's puppet this whole time..I should have known!"
"The witch dies!" Patty roars. "We have to warn Maka!"
Kid takes a deep breath..a huge weight being lifted from his shoulders..
Because Maka isn't evil..she makes bad decisions..but she isn't evil..She didn't kill all those innocent people..She didn't kill her father..
It was Medusa, and he will have her head on a sliver platter.
Crona and Ragnarok aren't really for Maka..
They're trying to kill her.
Kid's eyes burn with a fire..a fire of hate..
He will be there for Maka..he won't let her fall..
Because he protects his friends..
He will protect Maka..
The tables have turned..She has open his eyes..Maka..Maka is the girl he knew..he didn't lose her..She's a witch but..she hasn't..lost herself.. She didn't kill his father..she didn't mean to kill all those people at the circus..
Maka doesn't know it..but she just got her best friend back.
He did tell her..love can only be forgotten..
But now it's here, and it's here to stay..because there's no reason to kill her now..
He's never wanted to kill her. Now he can save her with out feeling guilty..
Kid is her best friend again..
And he isn't going anywhere.
"Maka for the love of god..please still be there when we get there.." Kid takes a deep breath..
Because if he doesn't stop her..Maka will be gone..
That tear is her death.
As her friend..
He can't let her die.
Hold on Maka.. Kid looks up at the mountain...i'm coming.
Your best friend is coming.
Heck yeah! new chapter in about a day! I got this!
So did anyone else get a little watery at the part when the little girl left?..i don't know why, but I did when I was writing it...but she's finally free with her brother..and they're both going to heaven:)
Kid is on her side! and he knows the deal..he understands everything now..
I know these last couple of chapters have been sad..but the next one will be intense..fighting, drama, you name it.
Please review and tell me what you think:)