Forever Insane

by Maddylovesyou

Darkside insane asylum is something Maka's use to, for she goes there all the time. She goes to see her mother. Maka is bitter and cold, keeping everthing in and letting nothing out but when she runs into another patient at the hosipital could all of that change? How can someone who is so frail fascinate her so much? AU Crona x Maka

71. Chapter 71

...This chapter is really intense..and..sad. I almost cried at the end..so I think it's pretty bad..I need to warn you that a lot of you will be upset after this is over..I want to say sorry in advance..I'm sorry it's come to this.

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Pain.

A four letter word. A word that can mean so many things...can be cause by so many things..There's different kinds of pain..External..internal..there's even a good kind of pain..Pain is just like death..it's something you can't escape. It's something you will feel through out life..at least death is a one time thing..Pain isn't. It always comes back..pain leads you to death..makes you wish for death..in a way..pain is crueler then death. Harsher..

Maka Albarn knows pain. She knows physical pain..the pain of her ribs breaking..of being shot at..She knows the pain of burning and her flesh melting..she knows the pain of being impaled..

She also knows emotional pain. The pain of hurting the one you love. The pain of losing someone you love. The pain of being betrayed..

For these past couple of years..ever since her mother was sent to the insane asylum..all Maka's life has been is pain..So much pain..so many kinds of pain..They all hurt..some hurt more then others..She should be numb to pain..She should be able to handle it well..

But this pain..is too much.

Maka's tears fall down her face..She can't speak..all that comes out is her blood. Asura's hand inside her..in her chest..The pain she feels..she feels all the kinds of pain..

Physical pain. The pain of her insides ripping..her insides burning..emotional pain..seeing Justin's limp body in the back ground..his blood pooling around him..knowing she's going to die now..that she's going to hell..that she's never going to see Crona or Ragnarok ever again..that the world is going to be destroyed..

But maybe the thing that hurts the most right now..is the feeling of this demon grabbing her soul..tightening his hold..Just imagine..Something with it's hand in your chest..grabbing onto what makes you, you. Grabbing onto your core..your very being..what makes you human..what makes you do what you do..This demon's hand isn't suppose to be touching her soul. He's not suppose to have his hand inside her..

It hurts..it hurts so much..please..make it stop..make it end..

"It hurts..doesn't it?" Asura smirks..tilting his head at her as he pushes his arm deeper into Maka's chest..She whimpers and grabs at this demon's arm..trying to pull him out..She claws at his arm..trying to hurt him..but it's no use. "This is only the beginning..me and you are going to have a lot of fun for all eternity Maka. I have to make you pay..you have been so troublesome." He laughs in her face.. "But..maybe if you beg..i'll make this quicker for you.." Asura lowers her..so her feet are touching the ground..but his hand is still gripping her insides..She's to weak to fight him. His smirk is so evil. "Get down on your knees and worship me..I promise your hell won't be so bad.." He leans close..those mad eyes inches from Maka's. "I'm your god now."

Maka's shoulders shake in her sobbing..She swallows her blood..her tears falling quickly. Pain. So much pain. She wants it to stop.. She locks eyes with Asura..before she spits in his face..her blood staining him. "Go...fuck..yourself.." Maka wheezes out. "..I'll..n-never..worship..y-you..ass..hole."

Asura tightens his grip in her chest.. causing Maka to scream out in agony..her scream only getting broken by her sobs. He makes a tsking sound as he wipes her blood off his face. "Maka, Maka..why are you fighting me? It would be so much easier for you to just give in..Your mother gave in to me.." He grins..grabbing her face so she has to look at him. "She BEGGED me not to kill her..She cried just as you are..She cried like a bitch as I ripped her soul out from her body. I'm giving you a choice Maka..be good to me, and i'll make this quick."

"..Don't..t-talk..a-about..my mother!..like..that.." Maka growls weakly..her eye lids getting heavy..only for Asura to squeeze her insides again, getting her to scream out..her vision getting blurry from her tears..She feels her chest burn..in hate..burn with this demon inside her..

"You know how to make this all stop..one final chance." He grins..licking his lips before he licks up the blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.

She could make the pain go away..only temporary..The pain..it's so much pain..She wants it to stop..She just has to worship him..worship this evil demon..worship the thing that took her mother-

Maka gives him her deadliest glare..She can deal with this pain. She can deal with anything..Maka will never bow down to a demon that has taken her mother..that has hurt her mother..no..This demon killed her mother..killed Justin..killed Custos..

"I..w-will never..bow down to you." She wheezes..and Asura smirks.

"Oh well." he shrugs. "I wasn't going to have mercy on you even if you did anyway!" He chuckles darkly...loudly..his chest moving up and down in large huffs.. "I would never show a bitch like you mercy..." His eyes flash with something...His evil orbs holding a far away look.. "I despise you Maka albarn. I hate all humans..but you..oh you I hate the most." He growls suddenly..He digs his fingers into her..it feels like they are going between her rips...getting her to cry out and scream..her chest ripping more..She claws at his arm desperately. "Your the reason..You fucking took him away from me! You and that bitch death!" He glares back at Death..who has been crying out when Maka has..their pain in this is the same..at least with the soul part.."But mostly it was you life." Asura glares back at her. "Hell! You don't know how fucking estastic I was when I was place on you as a curse! You hid well..but I found you. I took everything away from you..just as you took from me. I took your mother. I took your father. I took your sanity..I took your friends..and now i'm taking you. I'm taking your soul..yet I know it won't satisfy me..nothing can give back to me what you have taken!" He screams in Maka's face..his voice seems to shake the sewer..

"..What..the..hell..are..you talking..about?" Maka stares at this demon with wide eyes..still struggling with him..trying to get his hand out of her chest..trying to get away..it burns..it burns so much..the fire is coursing through her veins...burning her very core..oh it hurts..it's hell. "I..h-haven't..taken anyhting from you!"

"You have taken the only thing i've ever wanted!" He hits her against the wall..his voice so deep..his lips in such a deep snarl. "He left because of you! He cared more for you! He cried for you! He died for you! You took him! You took-" Asura screams in her face..The madness is too much..the pain is too much...She doesn't understand what he's saying..his hand tightening on her soul..getting another jolt of pain to be sent down her body..yet when she sobs..when she cries and locks eyes with this demon..

His red eyes are nothing but rage..then they flash as his hand goes deeper inside her..

Her eyes lock with his..her vision gets fuzzy..her head starting to hurt..

That's when everything fades away.

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Maka doesn't have a good feeling about this..she doesn't want to open her eyes..afraid of what she will see. The pain has faded away..she no longer feels Asura's hand in her chest..She takes greedy breaths of air..yet she doesn't feel it in her lungs..because here she doesn't have to breathe..

She's truly not even here.

Maka decides she's not going to open her eyes. She's just going to stand here, and enjoy the quiet..enjoy no pain..enjoy no Asura-

"Wow..This place is so beautiful!" A voice gasps..she feels someone next to her-

Her eyes shoot open from the voice..her eyes falling on Custos..Maka almost cries. The angel is staring at something...crouching down to look through a bush...those beautiful green eyes so wide with bewilderment. He's glowing like how he use to..even more..and those eyes..they're free of that deep sadness..nothing but joy radiating off of him. Seeing him..so happy..it rips her chest apart..knowing he's gone in real life..he's only alive in this memory..

"Custos.." Maka reaches out..wanting to touch him..wanting to be burned by his holy power one more time.

"Custos." Another voice speaks to her left..Custos looking from the bush to look over at this person..with such a gorgeous voice..he sounds like he's singing when he speaks..so calm..so-

When Maka's eyes fall on this man..She falls on her butt, her eyes wide..She takes in his long blonde hair that goes all the way down to his butt..looks at his glowing face..so bright, it almost hurts to look at..even in this memory. His face is flawless..smooth..His eyes..so bright..so blue..looking at his eyes is like looking at the sky, and his face the sun. HE's beautiful..no..words can not describe him..He tops all the girl's of the world..and if Maka couldn't see his chest in his robe..she would think this to be a girl..but it's not. IT's a man. His smile..could quite literally get the angels to sing..is this...is this god?-

"Oh! Lucifer forgive me I didn't see you there! I-I wasn't going to go in the garden..I just.." Custos gets up quickly, putting a hand to his heart in a way to show respect. His green eyes are shaking in this angel's beauty..he seems nervous..

Lucifer?..So he isn't god..why does that name sound..so familiar? Maka still can't get over his beauty..she ignores the chills she gets..and just stares at him.

"Do not be alarmed Custos! It's fine, I was going on a stroll." Lucifer smiles. "Why don't you join me? Come, the garden is open to us just as it is to God. There's nothing wrong with going inside. I know you want to see his latest creations."

"I know we are allowed..i'm just..not worthy.." Custos hugs himself..He seems so nervous around Lucifer..like how someone would be if you just ran into your favorite super star and they're asking you to walk with them.

"Nonsense. Go right in." Lucifer opens up the bushes..smiling at Custos. The eager angel smiles back before he goes in..trembling in his excitement.. Maka's waiting for this other man to walk after Custos..instead..those sky blue eyes lock on hers..Look RIGHT at her...and he smiles. "Are you coming too my dear?"

Maka's mouth opens wide..chills being sent throughout her body..why does she feel..so afraid? This is a angel right? A beautiful angel at that..it's just..no one has ever seen her in these memories..and if this place is what she thinks it is..This was way before her, way before anything!

"I-I!" Her throat closes up..when this man holds out his hand to her.

"Come my child..I choose you." His voice is strong..it has authority..Maka slowly puts her hand in his..and he helps her up. He smiles at her..before he turns and leads her into the bushes..his hand never leaving hers..It's..odd..shouldn't holding his hand hurt?..Especially when he's such a pretty angel?..Doesn't that mean he's powerful?..Yet it doesn't hurt..it almost feels..familiar..natural..

When she gets out of the bushes with this man..She can't help to gasp..her eyes so wide in amazement..

It looks like..they're in a garden..The grass is so lush..a green she's never seen before. The sky look so blue..so clean..so pure. This place Is full of trees, apple trees, orange trees, banana trees.. Maka tenses when she hears a loin roar..She looks to her right..only to see a loin..sitting with a lamb?..The lion is licking the lamb..in a way to clean it..and the lamb doesn't look scared..Maka looks around..seeing all the animals walking around..She sees a alligator walking with a zebra..bunnies hopping past a snake..and it doesn't do anything..This place..if she could use one word to describe it..

It would be harmony. Peacful..so beautiful..again..she can't describe it to you..it's just..amazing.

"Oh my! There they are!" Maka blinks when she hears Custos..she looks over to see him standing in front of her..looking at a..naked man..and a naked woman. They are holding each other..hugging..smiling..their eyes so pure..There's a tiger curled around them..they are resting on this tiger..a fox wrapped at the woman's feet..The man is small..with brown hair..and the woman has long brown hair that barely is covering her chest at the moment. Custos smiles so brightly. "Wow..they really are in his image.." He puts a hand to his heart.

"Your the only one that exists right now life." Lucifer leads down..his mouth pressed against Maka's ear..he whispers..Maka's whole body tenses at his words..a chill so deep sent down her spine. "That will change soon."

"Custos!" Maka blinks when someone appears next to Custos..it's..Custos?..there's two of them now..The new Custos is looking at the old one with such a bright smile..those green eyes good..and nice..beautiful just like Custos. "Finally came in the garden I see! You should have waited for me to get back from heaven."

"I'm sorry Asura." Custos frowns slightly, looking at this boy-

Asura. Did he just say fucking Asura?..Maka's mouth opens..to hear Custos tell her Asura is her twin brother is one thing..then to actually see it?..fuck. He..Asura..the demon god of madness..really looks like Custos..He's good here..his eyes bright and innocent..damn..

"No i'm sorry Asura. I'm the one who told him to go in." Lucifer speaks up, stepping forward..Asura eyes get wide and he puts a hand to his heart like Custos had.

"No that's f-fine. I was just playing with my brother sir." Asura moves so he's standing right by Custos..locking their arms together..

" I know." Lucifer smiles..before he let's go of Maka's hand. He takes a step back. "I have to go..but i'll see you soon.." His eyes lock on Maka..She gasps at those eyes before he looks back at Asura...he smiles. "Take care of your younger Brother Asura."

"Always sir." Asura grips his fist..determination in those eyes that gets Lucifer to smile.

"Good.." Is it her..or does this beautiful angel's lips curl..before he fades away.

"Asura have you seen God's newest creation?" Custos tugs at his twin's arm..smiling so bright when Asura looks at him.

"No I haven't." Asura chuckles slightly when he sees that Custos has a piece of grass on his face. He cups his cheek and wipes it off, an amused smile on his face. "You were looking through the bushes again weren't you?"

"Maybe.." Custos gives him a sheepish smile that Asura chuckles at. "Stop laughing at me and look!" Custos grabs Asura's hand and crouches down in some bushes again..to get a closer look at the two humans still holding each other in an embrace. Asura smiles as he looks at the two people on the tiger..and he has the same look Custos has..the look of love. "I wonder what their names are.."

"I heard the male is named Adam and the female Eve." Asura grins at Custos when he looks at him with wide eyes. "I also heard God made Eve by taking a rib out of Adam!"

"Wow! Our god never ceases to amaze me.." Custos smiles, putting a hand to his heart. "Everything he makes is good and great.." Custos looks back at the two humans.. "Aren't they beautiful Asura?" Custos's eyes sparkle.

"Yeah.." Asura doesn't look at the humans..he looks over at his brother, looks at those sparkling green eyes, looks at that smile on his face..Asura's lips turn in a smile of his own. "Beautiful..." His voice is almost a whisper.

Custos looks over at him at his words, with those eyes still sparkling and that smile still on his lips. Asura grins as he wraps his arm around this brother's neck and starts ruffling his hair, getting the other boy to squirm.

"Asura!" Custos whines..but he's smiling, laughing as he fights his older brother off. "Stop it!"

"Nope! I see how it is, you'll go in the garden with Lucifer but not me?" Asura teases as he continues to ruffle Custos's hair.

"Hey! You know it's not like that!" Custos giggles. "That's it! I challenge you to a game of tag!"

"Oh your on!" Asura grins as he let's go of Custos..he taps him over the head before he takes off running deeper into the garden. "Tag your it!"

"Cheater!" Custos huffs as he runs after him..yet he's smiling..they both look so happy..they both love Adam and Eve..

So what the hell happened?

Maka runs after Custos..wanting to follow this boy who is no longer with us..taking in as much of his face as she can..Custos picks up the pace.,only to stop when he sees Asura go down a left path..Custos eyes light in realization..and he almost smirks. He runs down the right path instead..going fast..Maka runs after him a bit confused..but when she sees Asura in front of them, looking back for Custos..she realizes that the two paths go around in a circle.

Asura frowns before looking forward..only for his eyes to get huge, he goes to turn on his heel..Only to be tackled by his younger brother..Asura hits the ground with Custos on top of him..The younger brother grinning vigorously.

"I Got you! I finally got you back! I'm getting too smart for you Asura." Custos grins down at his brother..

"You just got lucky.." Asura stares up at his brother's face..that is inches from his own..The boy gulps..and he..blushes?

"Are you feeling okay Asura?" Custos frowns and gets off of him, holding out his hand.

"Y-Yeah i'm fine." Asura takes his hand..he shakes his head and the blush is gone. "..Never been better."

"Good. I don't know what I would do with out you." Custos smiles.

"Me either.." Asura grabs Custos hand. "Come on..lets go home."

"Okay." Custos walks with his borther..hand in hand..He smiles at the sleeping humans as they passed them..

"..I love you Custos." Asura smiles at his brother..it almost looks nervous.

"I love you too Asura." Custos closes his eyes in his smile..

That's when everything fades away.

Maka can't help to frown when everything comes back..She's back in the garden but..Custos is sitting on the ground..hugging his knees to his chest..She reaches out for him-

"Custos." Asura appears behind his brother..a concerned frown on his face. "..You can't just run out like that-"

"Lucifer..he..why?" Custos looks up from his knees to look at his brother..his eyes are shaking. "..He betrayed us! He tried to become stronger then god after all he has given him!..How could he?..and now..now he's been sent to burn..He's been cast out of heaven as a snake.."

"..There's always a chance he will repent Custos.." Asura walks so he's next to his brother..he puts a comforting hand on his shoulder. "..We all make mistakes..i'm sure he'll come to his senses sooner or later.."

"I hope your right..I really do." Custos gets up and grabs Asura's hand..frowning deeply. "..But..he took so many of our angels with him..why? Don't they know the path of evil will get them nothing? Don't they know how much god loves them?..Why..?"

"They lost their way." Asura wraps his arms around Custos..hugging him tightly.

"You'll never lose your way will you Asura?" Custos looks at him with those eyes shaking.

"Of course not. I am one of God's high ranking angel's..just like you will be some day Custos..I know my place." He stares into Custo's eyes..he rubs his cheek. "..I have a purpose here." Those words have meaning..maybe more Meaning then Custos and Maka can understand.

"Promise?"

"I promise.." Asura smiles..as he points to something around his neck..It looks like..a scarf?

"Your wearing it!" Custos eyes light up. " I thought you didn't like it.." Custos shifts.

"I like anything you give me..I know you put some work into this." Asura grins. "And it's soft..i'll always wear it."

"Always?" Custos smiles.

"Always.." Asura leans his forehead against' Custos's. "..So what should I get you?" He hums.

"You don't have to get me anything! I just made you that to make you it.." Custos smiles brightly.

"Come on, I want to get you something..what is it that you want? Anything at all." Asura leans closer..grinning.

"Um.." Custos closes his eyes..before he opens them..something like determination in those eyes of his. "..I want you to train me."

"What?" Asura looks taken aback when Custos grabs his arm.

"Please?..I want to be in God's army with you Asura.." Custos grips his fist.

"..Your not a fighter Custos. Especially with heaven being spilt in two..I don't want you getting involved in a war with those demons." Asura's expression changes to a serious one.

"Fine..I promise..I won't join God's army..just..just train me.." Custos grips his brother tighter. "I'm tired of being the weakest angel here.."

"You may be the weakest.." Asura cups his cheeks..those eyes boring into his brothers. "But your the one with the strongest heart."

"...some times a strong heart isn't enough.." Custos grabs Asura's hands that are on his cheeks..his green eyes boring into his brothers. "Please Asura.."

Asura stares at his brother for a moment..looks at those eyes of his that hold fire..Asura closes his eyes..before sighing. "Fine..lets get you a weapon..i'm only showing you some moves okay?"

"Okay!" Custos cheers before he tackles his brother in a hug..Smiling in his chest. "Thank you so much Asura!"

"Yeah, yeah.." Asura hugs this boy back..nuzzling his head in Custos hair..to hide his blush..

That's when every thing fades away.

Maka sighs..it seems like Asura and Custos were really close..and Lucifer..he left heaven?..he betrayed god-

Then it hits her. Why that name sounded so familiar..because Lucifer..Lucifer is the name of the devil..Maka Albarn was holding the hand of the devil.

Her eyes shoot open in alarm at this realization..

"Hit harder Custos!" Asura commands..he holds a sword in his hand..Custos charges..with those blades sticking out of his forearms.. their Blades spark as they collide..but it's obvious Asura is better..Custos is just trying to learn. With a thrust, Asura knocks one of Custos's blades to the side..and press the tip of the blade against Custos's throat. "See...you would have been dead." Asura sighs as he pulls away, the sword fades away in light.

"Yeah I suck at this." Custos sighs as the blades light up..before disappearing.

"You'll get it." Asura smiles and ruffles his hair..Custos looks up..and smiles-

There's a rumbling..Custos eyes get wide..Asura and him take off running towards the garden..where it cam from. Custos expression is nothing but fear when they get into the garden..Then his face falls in horror..

This beautiful garden..is now empty..The sky is black that use to be blue..all the animals are out of this place..now they are attacking each other..the loin bites off the head of the lamb it was licking..They become hostile..they become hungry..The sky is open up..bright light shinning down on Adam and Eve..they hold each other..dressed in vines..trembling..

"W-What has happened?" Custos puts a hand to his heart..his eyes shaking.

"They have eaten from the forbidden fruit." A man watching the same scene speaks up, looking back at Asura and Custos.

"W-what? Why would they do that?!" Custos cries out in distress.

"Lucifer..he tempted them and they fell trapped to it." The angel frowns before he looks over at Adam and Eve.

"N-No.." Custos looks at Asura who is frowning..He looks back at this angel. "what's going to happen to them?"

"..They will be kicked out of the garden..They will have to work hard to survive..and having kids will be painful to Eve.." The angel shakes his head. "They will be open to more temptation...and because they have sinned.." The angel looks at Custos. "..They have created death."

Custos puts a hand over his mouth..Asura holds him to comfort him..Maka's too busy..at looking at the girl..that's looking back at her..

Death stands before her..Staring at her blankly..but she isn't alone..Lucifer stands next to her..that smile of his has been turned into a twisted snarl..He grabs a hold of Death..his hands going around her waist..He starts to slow dance with her..Death's face is still blank.. as he makes her spin..The devil is laughing evilly..it sends shivers down her spine.. "Today..you dance with the devil..today, Life can't be without death..and it's all my doing! Your my doing!" Satan throws death towards Maka..She spins..till she's right in front of Maka..in a way that her arms are around Maka's waist..and Maka's arms are around Death's neck..

Maka can't control herself..she starts to slow dance with Death..She can't look away from those hateful eyes..Death grips her tightly..Maka screams in agony..as Death starts to go inside her..The more they dance..the more Death starts to make her way inside of Maka..Maka struggles..but she can't fight this..she knows she can't..

Maka then sees it..all the future death of the world..all the wars..all the illness..all the pain..She sees it all..as Death finally goes inside of her..becoming one with her..life and Death becoming a part of each other..

"N-No.." Custos seems to be looking at her now..His eyes wide in horror..did he see what she just did?..Maka watches..as a tear falls down his face..just one signal tear..it falls down his cheek..and hits the grass..The tear staying solid on the ground as Custos runs out of his brother's arms..and runs towards the light..Adam and Eve have already left..A angel is blocking the way out with a fiery sword.. "My god!" Custos cries out..all the angels look at him.

"Custos what are you-" Asura starts, he takes a step forward only for the sky to open up more.

"Yes Custos?" A loud, thundery voice roars over the sky..It gets Maka to fall down..She can't even explain it..

"..I know they have s-sinned..I know they deserve what you have given them lord.." Custos closes his eyes..taking deep breaths. "..My god..I want to go with them-"

"What?!" Asura runs towards his brother now.

"-To bring them back to you..to protect them from evil..The world is cruel..you know what's going to happen to them..and now hell Is open to them.." Custos bows before the sky. "I wish to do all I can for them..I know you love them..yet sin can not go unpunished."

"Custos are you insane?!" Asura stops in front of his brother..his eyes wide. "There's no way you can-"

"Asura..step aside." The sky thunders lightly..Asura seems hesitant..but he gets away from Custos..a frown on his face. "Now Custos.." The angel tenses, bowing lower. "You have a good heart..you are full of love and good will. I can see how much it's hurting you, knowing that their life has been tainted from their sin.." There's a pause. "You may go Custos. You will be they're guardian..but this also means you can't come back to heaven till your purpose is done..You will be the guardian of life. You will be my connection with them..This will not be a pretty job..you will see all of the humans you love die..do you still want to be their protector?"

"Yes." Custos doesn't hesitate..He puts a hand to his heart.

"Then go." The thunder roars..and the angel with the flaming sword..protecting the way in, moves. "Protect life.."

"I will..' Custos gets up..He stands tall..all the angels that have gathered are looking at him with wide eyes..they almost seem confused..

"Wait Custos!" Asura calls for him..and he stops walking towards the way out of here..he turns to look at his brother. "I'm coming with you. God may I go with him?" Asura looks at the sky.

"No." Asura's face falls at that one word..his mouth dropping slightly. "You must stay Asura. You are needed here. This is perfect for Custos."

"But-" Asura starts.

"Don't question god Asura." Custos walks up to his brother..putting his hands on his shoulders. "..It's okay..He's right. Your needed here..like you said, i'm the weakest angel..but with the strongest heart..I need to protect what is left of life."

"Don't do it." Asura grips onto him..whispering in his ear. "You can still say no..you'll be giving up heaven! You'll be giving up...me."

"..I have to do this..i'll be back.."..Custos frowns deeply..he turns his back on his brother to hide how he cries. "..It's not like you need me Asura..heaven needs you more.." Custos grips his fist..before he fades away..out of the garden..

Asura reaches out for him..his eyes wide..full of pain. "..I need you more then heaven needs me.." He whispers..before he bows his head..his blonde hair covering his eyes..Maka doesn't know how long he stays here..but soon..all the angels are gone..and the sky has no light..it's just black..It's raining..Asura is getting soaked..

"How sad.." Maka tenses when she sees..Lucifer..He's standing next to Asura..whispering in his ear..but Asura doesn't look up. "He left you for those humans..for those sinners. You keep coming back here..everyday to stand before the entrance of this garden, hoping Custos might come back..but he hasn't..he's not coming back Asura. He doesn't care for you like you care for him. He loves those humans more then you!"

"N-No.." Asura trembles..before he grips his head. "Your wrong!..Custos..he loves me.."

"Maybe he does, but he must love those humans more to leave you..even when you begged him not to go." Asura tenses at Lucifer's words. "and can you believe God? Not letting you go with your brother? That's pretty messed up don't you think? What if Custos needs you? Demons roam the earth..yet god doesn't care about that does he?"

Asura's breathing becomes uneven..He pulls at his hair..his chest puffing up and down. "H-He-"

"And here you are, stuck in heaven..when you know you want to be with Custos..heaven isn't' heaven with out him is it? So why listen to him Asura?..why don't you just leave, go to look for Custos yourself..and bring him back. God is only using Custos as his puppet..your all his puppets."

"W-We're not his puppets..he l-loves us..I h-have to listen to him!" Asura's voice is so shaky.

"You don't have to do anything.." Lucifer purrs in his ear. "if he really loved you he would have let you leave with Custos..why listen to a god that is so cruel?..I didn't listen to him..and now i'm free..you could be free too Asura. You could have all that you want."

"Stop trying to temp me devil.." Asura growls..but it's weak..he doesn't look up.

"I'm only telling you what you want..and I know what you want Asura..I know your dirty secret.." Lucifer's words get Asura to whip his head up..his eyes wide. "Yes..I know God's rules..Angels can not involve themselves in relationships..nor in sexual acts..such things would get you kicked out..but you..oh you Asura..You want your brother. You want to be with your brother."

"I-It's wrong..I know.." Asura grips his hair..only for Lucifer to grab his hands and pulls them away from his hair..giving him a smile that gets Asura to stare at him.

"Why is it wrong?..because god says it is? Just because he says it's wrong does it mean it really is? You love Custos..you want to hold him..kiss him. He Is your purpose here..and now he's gone..why listen to a god that is against your love? Why listen to a god that's trying to keep you away from him? You want Custos.."

"I want Custos.." Asura closes his eyes..

"You want to see him again.."

"I want to see him again.."

"Then go for it. Go after him..don't listen to god..listen to your heart..how can be listening to your heart be so wrong? Don't let your Custos slip from your fingers..go find him..go find your love."

Asura stares at the entrance of this place for a moment..the devil's words setting inside him..He closes his eyes.

"..I want Custos..more then I want salvation..more then I want heaven..what's so wrong..about that?" With that..Asura fades away..

The devil's smirk is sinister as he looks at Maka..

Everything fades away.

Maka doesn't like where this is going..Her eyes fall on Asura..she thinks..yeah..he's glaring. He looks upset..angry.. "He wouldn't leave them..not even for me.."

"Why not try making him see how much of a waste they are?..Use your heart Asura..how are you feeling now..?" Lucifer grins in front of Asura..

"I feel..angry."

"Yes?"

"I feel..violent.."

"Yes! Now look at that boy,." Asura looks over at a man..working in the field..He's glaring over at another man..That is smiling.. "You see the jealousy in his Cain's eyes?..such a evil emotion..they are evil..And yet your brother doesn't know! They're using him! They are taking him away from you!"

"NO!" Asura roars..his eyes..getting narrow..dark energy seeming to float around him..

Cain..the man in the field tenses..he grips his shovel..His eyes turning like Asura's is..He marches over to his brother..and kills him..beats him with the shovel till he's a bloody pulp..Asura's eyes go back to normal..He takes a step back..his eyes wide..Lucifer is gone now.

Custos appears in front of this scene..His face falls in horror. "Abel no!" Custos falls down to his knees..he tries to touch the lifeless body..only for his hands to go through..tears fall down Custos's face as he looks over at Cain..who is laughing madly..Gripping the shovel..." Cain.." Custos words..get this man to stop laughing..his eyes shake..before he drops the shovel and takes off running. "Why would he..how could he..kill his own brother.." Custos holds his face in his hands.. "I have failed.." He sobs.

"No..No you haven't." Custos tenses and looks behind him..Asura stands before him..smiling softly. " ..This isn't your fault Custos..These humans..it's their fault. Cain became jealous of his brother..and killed him. You had nothing to do with it."

"..I'm suppose to protect life Asura.." Custos stands up..he wipes his tears..looking at his brother with confused eyes. "..Why are you still here? Y-You're not suppose to be on earth Asura..you could get in trouble!..I know your worried about me..but I can handle myself." Custos puts a hand to his heart. " I don't want you getting hurt because of me..please..I promise I don't need you-"

"You don't get it Custos!" Asura shouts, getting Custos to stop..his eyes wide. "It's not you who needs me!...it's me who needs you." His voice turns soft as he takes a step forward. " I need you Custos..I need my brother back."

"Asura.." Custos frowns deeply..

"Lets go back okay? We'll go back together and everything can be like how it use to be!..why stay here, protecting something like this..?" He points at the dead man. "No matter what you do..they will die..Why protect life when death will consume them anyway?"

"It's because of things like this that they need me so! I'm here to protect the innocent..i'm here to save their souls!" Custos grips his fist..before looking down. "..Brother i'm sorry..but I can't go back..this is where I belong I-"

"You don't belong here!" Asura roars and takes a step forward. "You don't belong in this nasty place! You belong in heaven!..you belong with me."

"..I can't go back to heaven a failure Asura..a quitter." Custos holds his face in his hands.

"..Then don't go back."

"Asura what are you saying-"

"We don't have to go back Custos." Asura walks..till he's right in front of Custos. "We can leave heaven and it can just be me and you! We don't need them..we don't need anyone."

"Your talking about disobeying god Asura! What has gotten into you?-"

"You have Custos! I love you, don't you get it?! It pisses me off that you would leave me for these humans! I've been there for you since the beginning! I..I need you..I..love you..what's so wrong with following my heart? For..getting what I want.."Asura leans in..Custos staring at him with wide, confused eyes..He goes to grab him..to pull him into the kiss Maka sees coming..but when he touches Custos-

Asura yelps in pain, his arms recoiling away from Custos..He holds his hands..that are burnt. "What-" Then he stops..

"Brother..." Custos looks at his brunt hands in horror..he takes a step back..as he looks at Asura's eyes..They're red..the green eyes he use to have..are gone..They're red now.. "..w-what have you done?" Custos reaches out..touching his brother..only for Asura to yelp again..taking a step back..Custos eyes get wide in horror. "..You...You did it! You..you caused Cain to kill Abel! You..Your..anger did it!..your a..your a.." Custos backs up..tears falling down his face. "A demon!"

"...I didn't mean for that to happened..I just..I just wanted you to come back Custos...I'm still your brother I-"

"You promised me!" Custos cries out..tears falling down his face as he stares at his red eyed brother.

"..Custos I.." Asura reaches out..

Custos closes his eyes before he fades away..leaving Asura alone..He bows his head..his shoulders slumping. "..Custos..i'm sorry."

"He's the one that should be sorry!" Lucifer appears beside him..whispering in his ear. " You disobeyed god for him..came all this way..told him you love him..even before the death of Abel..he would not come with you. These humans are worth more then you..He doesn't care you love him..or that you did all this for him..think about it..He cried for those humans..but he never cried when he left you. He cried for them..and he left you. You saw the disgust in his eyes..even when he knows your pain..He has abandoned you..He's the one in the wrong...He doesn't love you..even after all you've done for him."

Maka watches as Asura lifts up his head..his red eyes glow in anger..yet there's a deep pain in them..He grips his fist..grinds his teeth..as a tear falls down his face..it's red..like blood..but it's a tear.

"Let it all out.." Lucifer coos as he warps his arms around Asura...holding him like a father would hold a son.

Asura's tear falls..and hits the ground before he takes the scarf around his neck..and wraps it around his face..hiding himself..Maka hears his sobs..as he grips his face through the scarf..Those hands..She sees those vertical eyes form on his hands ..Lucifer speaks calming words..as they both start to sink into the ground..Asura roars. in pain..in anger..

Before everything fades away.

Maka..doesn't know how to feel about all this..When her eyes open..She can't help but to gasp.

Custos and Asura are in front of her..Asura is how he looks now..He's holding a pitch fork..Custos blades hit the pitch fork..This is their fight..by the looks of it..they both look kind of tired..this must be in the middle-

Custos does a flip In the air..hitting Asura's pitch fork hard enough..That Asura hits the wall..His weapon falling out of his hands..Custos is right on him..He lifts up his blades..his green eyes shaking as they lock onto Asura's red ones.

"..Go ahead.." Asura growls. "Finish what you've wanted to do from the very beginning Custos. Destroy your disgrace of a brother."

"I never wanted it to come to this.." Custos closes his eyes..before he opens them...such a pain in his eyes. He lifts up the blade..it aimed at Asura's head..aimed to kill..

Only for his arms to hang limply to his sides. "..I..I can't..I couldn't kill you then..and I can't kill you now.."

"That's too bad.." Asura's lips turn in a mad smirk as he grabs the pitch fork..before Custos can move, he stabs him..right through the heart. "Your heart is too big..too bad it can't protect you from my weapon."

Custos trembles as the pitch fork is ripped out of him..

"Custos no!" Maka cries..hearing that custos died is one thing..to see him die..oh fuck her..The angel falls..his body hitting the cold unforgiving floor.

"My brother..it's not..too late for you.." Custos wheezes out.."You..could still be saved..please..think about what you're doing.."

"..Does it look like I care about being saved?!" Asura roars..before he stabs Custos in the chest again with the pitch fork..this time..Custos's eyes close. "..I only cared about you. You became my enemy for these humans! You..They mean more to you then me.." Asura's eyes shake as his pitch fork fades away..and he falls to his knees next to Custos's body..he rubs his cheek..his fingers burning but he doesn't seem to care.." This could have been different.." Asura rips Custos's blades from his arms..trembling. "..I told you..you were never meant to fight..you were never meant to die in this disgusting place..damn it Custos..of all my years..I have never regretted anything that I have done..never felt bad.." Asura holds Custos in his arms..even though he's burning him. "..I regret killing you..I feel..bad for killing you here..why did you make me do it? Why couldn't you have just been with me? Why damn it?!"

Custos doesn't answer..He's slowly starting to fade away..holes in his chest..

Asura leans in..and kisses Custos on the lips..it's a soft kiss..nice..full of emotions Maka couldn't understand..Custos fades away from his hold..leaving aAura alone..

"..Our first kiss..our only kiss..is a kiss good-bye.." He laughs madly..yet..there's a sadness..a pain. "Of course it is!" He stands up..holding the blades of Custos against his chest. "..Your gone..away from me..You had to protect her..you always had to protect life.." He looks up..such a deadly glare on his face. "..IT's all life's fault..all Maka's fault! On your death Custos..I swear I will destroy her. Destroy what took you away from me..destroy what caused all of this!" He roars out in pain..

Before everything finally fades away.

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Maka's eyes shoot open..The pain coming back to her..Asura is still holding her against the wall..his arm in her chest..She's still clawing at him..the pain hits her so quickly..She screams in agony..Her scream seems to snap Asura out of his thoughts..Those red eyes refocus on her.

"...You saw it didn't you? How this is all your fucking fault?..How you took him away from me?!" Asura roars..yet she sees that pain there..He sticks his hand deeper..and Maka screams out..her tears haven't stopped.

"It's not our fault your fucking insane!" Death screams out..Her eyes wide in pain. "Get the..hell off..of her..i'm not..dying here..i'm death..damn it..no.."

"But you are. Your connected to life..and she to you. IT's both your faults. You will know my pain. You will know my fucking rage!" Asura growls, tightening his grip getting both girls to scream. " Life..He left me because of you..to protect you..Death..He had to protect life because of you! You took him! You killed him!"

Maka continues to cry..She saw..She saw how she became..how death and her became connected..she saw the beginning..She saw Custos's death..she saw it all..and now the pain is back..It hurts so fucking much..

It's not her fault she's life..it's not her fault Adam and Eve sinned..

Yet she's the one that got cursed..Life got cursed..

"Now..it's time for me to take your soul..I have much more planed for you in hell!" Asura roars.

"J-Judas you bastard!" Death cries out, grinding her teeth at this pain. "You lied! You lied! You fucking lied!"

Maka's eyes shake..all she can see is those eyes..snarling..boring into her..before he shoves his arm in all the way. Maka screams..her voice cracking..Death's screams flow with hers..as Maka is ripped apart. "Finally..your soul is mine-" Asura grabs at something..before he yanks out..his arm coming out of her chest. Maka fall on her butt..Coughing..crying in pain..She puts a hand to her chest..only to see she doesn't have a hole..She doesn't have anything wrong with her..but she's still hurting. "What the hell is this?!" Asura blinks..as he looks at the piece of paper he holds in his hand..Death looks over..The only one that can see it..her wincing in pain..only for her eyes to widen.

" Beat you to it bitch XD" is what the note says..

"What?.." Death grips her chest..her eyes wide when she sees the purple flower stamp at the bottom of the note.

"Impossible!" Asura growls as he throws the note away..He glares at Maka who is struggling to get up.. "A demon has already taken your soul? No..A demon has only put claims on it..I can't break that! Your soul is mine, and only mine!" Asura roars..his body lighting up in dark power..He reaches out to Maka..to stab her chest again..to take her soul for real this time..-

Asura's hand is caught..Maka stares with wide eyes..at this boy who has just appeared in front of her..Dark, large vines dance around Maka.. protectively..they point at Asura..Mad blue eyes bore into mad red eyes..The pink haired boy's smile is so large..his forehead against Asura's.. Asura's hands gripped by this boy..He saved her..he stopped him..

"I don't think so..." Judas grins at Asura who is looking at him with widen eyes. "Father.."

---

"Die crazy mother fuckers!" Soul yells over the roar of his machine gun..He shoots rapidly all around. Crazy person, after crazy person falling before they can get to the albino assassin. Either the crazies don't understand running into bullets gets them killed..or they just don't care. They're insane after all. It's becoming a blood bath, Crazy people crawling over the bodies of their fallen..they're mad grins haven't left.

"Soul I said try not to kill them! They're still human beings!" Kid screams at the assassin as he takes his machine gun and hits a man over the head before he does a back flip away from a crazy woman trying to stab him with a screw driver. He kicks her in the face and she falls. Kid glares over at Soul..but he isn't the only one just opening fire. All of the assassins..along with the witch hunters have appeared on the scene..considering all of the crazies have gathered here. The assassins are shooting freely without blinking..The witch hunters on the other hand are mainly knocking them out.. The assassins are taking more out. The sky is smoky from all the gun powder..This is a war..

Madness vs. Sanity.

"They aren't normal anymore Kid. Either I kill them or they kill me! Your way is nice and all but if we all started trying to strain ourselves with not killing them they will over run us! There's too many of them to worry about morals Kid!" Soul glares as he aims the machine gun beside Kid, shooting about ten of the crazies that were about to attack the unsuspecting boy. "I'm not letting you die here. I'm a assassin this is what I do. We aren't going to win with being nice!"

Kid grinds his teeth..turning his attention back on the battle field..He watches as his witch hunters try to hit these crazies in the temple or the neck..to knock them out..They're struggling..getting surrounded by crowds of crazies..because they are spending too much time trying to knock them out..and they are too close..That's when Kid sees..A man that he's known all his life..one of his father's friends. He's fighting a crazy..He hits the crazy in the temple..knocking him out..only for five more to appear next to him..before he can turn fast enough..One of the crazies swings down a ax it was holding..hitting him right in the head..piercing his skull..Kid watches as this man..this man Kid has known all his life..fall..blood pouring out of his busted open skull..his brains spilling..he hits the ground with a unforgiveable thud..his lifeless green eyes staring at Kid..The crazies roar in victory..and begin eating him..tearing him apart even more...

"NOO!" Kid screams..his eyes wide in shock..as he watches other witch hunters fall..getting stabbed..eaten..Kid grips his machine gun..pointing it at the crazies that are eating his father's friend..His eyes burning with a fire..In this monent..He knows Soul is right. These people..they aren't people anymore. They're animals. Killing one another..killing his men..They want to get to Maka..They're spreading the madness..He must protect order "Change of plans!" Kid roars at his men..the witch hunters left look over at him. "Kill them! Don't hold back! They're too many of them! They will kill us all!" Kid screams over his machine gun..as he shoots down the crazies eating his father's friend..He closes his eyes..some how hearing as the crazies bodies drop and..crack over all this commotion..

He was never meant to kill people..He's a witch hunter..but things change..everything has changed.

Some of the younger witch hunters still seem hesitant..They shake in fear..some crying..they don't want to be a part of this..not in this war of madness..they don't want to lose everything. The older witch hunters seem edger to kill the crazies, they go right ahead and start shooting at them, hitting them right in the forehead, silencing their mad laughter for good.

"Your doing the best thing for your men and for the world!" Soul looks over at Kid in concern..seeing how his eyes shake. " And really..do you think these people would still want to live?..They're eating people..some have eaten they're family..Fuck I know I wouldn't want to-"

"Food!" A voice giggles beside Soul..hot breath in his ear, his machine gun is grabbed..he whips his head around only to be greeted with mad, bouncing brown eyes..This crazy man opens his mouth and lunches forward..ready to bite into Soul's face-

There's a gun shot..This man makes a grunt..before his mad eyes close and he falls to the ground..his mouth open..his limp hands letting go of the machine gun..His blood pools around Soul's feet as he looks over at his savoir..expecting Kid..but he's still looking to the ground..his machine gun has stopped..he looks in deep thought...Soul blinks as his eyes fall on Liz, the Thompson sister pulling back her hand gun.

"Keep your eyes on the enemy or your going to die." Liz grunts as she turns, shooting a woman in the forehead.

"Ugh..thanks."..Soul blinks before he grins, he turns back to shooting rapidly at all the crazies getting them to fall faster then bees sprayed with bug spray..They just fall..blood everywhere..Soul's eyes are only shaking slightly.

Liz watches Soul a moment before she looks at Kid..seeing how he's looking down..not firing..She frowns deeply."..Kid you have to look up too. I know this is hard but your going to end up getting killed like this! Just don't..just don't think about it!" Liz shoots a man that was coming up behind Patty, who firing without problem..she's seen too many of these things..eating they're own children..could you still look at these mad beings..and think of them as human beings as they try to stab your heart out and eat you?..

No.

"..I don't think about it Kid..I just think about protecting Patty..That's what we're doing. We're protecting the world..This madness attack is only in here..you can feel it..it's closed in..We can't let this get out! We can't let them get in the sewer to kill more people and turn them into monsters!" Liz screams over the gun shots..but Kid is still looking to the ground..those yellow eyes shaking so badly as bullets rain like rain drops..gun power smoke being the storm clouds.. "Kid-"

She hears a giggle behind her. Liz's eyes widen and she whips around quickly, ready to blast this crazy's head off..She stops..Liz drops her gun..her face falling in horror as she takes in this eight year old boy..grinning at her madly..his mouth covered in blood like pizza sauce..his blue eyes are bouncing..his hair matted with blood..his nails full of dirt and grime..She's never seen a crazy..so young... kids are usually dead..no..this one is alive..

And he's insane.

"Daddy ate mommy...Then he ate my bother..He tried to eat me! Silly daddy! He must of thought I was a steak! He loved steak did you know! That was..in till I ate him." This little boy giggles. "We taste like chicken! There's so much red stuff! So much red you could just drown in it!.." He takes a step closer..Liz seeing a chunk of his small arm is gone..bitten off..Her eyes shake..She can't..she can't pick up her gun..can't move. "I'm alone now..would you like to be my new mommy? She had blonde hair like you..she was a good mommy..she loved me." Mad tears fall down this boy's face as he laughs loudly. "But your not my mommy! Your nothing but steak!" This boy charges her..Liz can't move..she can't kill him..how can she?..He's a little boy.. he..

"Liz!" Patty cries out..getting to her sister just in time to hit the small boy over the head..knocking him out..He falls in Liz's arms..The older sister looking down at this boy with shaking eyes..She feels a lump in her throat. "Liz are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Liz blinks..looking over at Patty who is looking at her with those big blue eyes..they don't have madness in them..She looks at her sister..a resolve burning her very core..Liz will never, ever let this be the world her sister has to live in..she will fight to the end. She will protect her sister from the fires of hell if she has too..Patty isn't dying here. She isn't dying any time soon.

"I'm fine." Liz lays down the boy gently before she picks up her gun..and gives her sister a reassuring smile..hoping she doesn't look as shaken up as she feels-

"Liz look out!" Patty screams, pointing behind her. Liz whips around..seeing that seven Crazies have just appeared behind her..She shoots down two of them..only for her gun to make a clicking sound..She's out of bullets. "Shit!" Liz backs up away from the five crazies..only to feel Patty's back against hers..Liz looks behind her..only to see 5 more crazies..they have them surrounded..and she's out of bullets. "Patty what are you waiting for? Shoot! I'm out of bullets!-"

"So am I!" Patty screams..Liz can hear it..the fear in her sister's voice..and she hates it..oh how she hates it. Liz feels her own fear..fear for her sister as she looks back at all the mad faces..They're gettng closer..some holding knifes..one has a piece of machete..and a hockey mask..Great, we have a Jason here.. "Liz!" Patty screams, getting Liz to whip around..seeing one of the crazies grabbing her sister's arm.

"Get the hell off of her!" Liz punches the crazy in the face, knocking it back into the other ones. "Don't touch her!" Liz holds her sister close to her..As all these crazies close in..getting closer..they're going to kill them..They can't fight all of them..Liz pushes Patty's face in her chest..so she doesn't have to look..She screams out. "Kid! Help!"

At Liz's voice..what ever trance Kid was in snaps. His eyes get wide, he whips his head over to see The Thompson sisters surrounded..His eyes narrow..a fire burning in his eyes..his teeth grinding..his body trembling. "No..No..NO!" He roars as he pulls out his hand gun..Shooting the crazies with weapons quickly..not using the machine gun..it's too risky..he could hit the sisters. He shoots all the crazies down..before they can lay a hand on the two girls. "Your not going to touch them! Your not taking my family away!" Kid pants..staring at all the bodies..laid in a circle around the Thompson sisters..

"Kid..." Liz looks at him with wide eyes..before she smiles..it's bright..full of emotion.

"Yay Kid saved us!" Patty cheers..moving her head so she can beam at the boy..still hugging her sister for dear life.

Kid straightens himself out..fixing jacket "Forgive me girls...i've been weak..you could have just died..I.." Kid trembles with his words..looking at these two girls that have been with him through everything..His family.

"But we didn't die..you saved us." Liz gets up with Patty.

"Yeah! But we're going to be dead if you don't starting popping caps in their crazy ass's!" Patty smiles at Kid..And he smiles back.

"Right. Stand behind me.." Kid gets out his machine gun and starts firing..shooting down all these crazies that are charging towards him..without mercy now..

They almost took his family..they want to take all he has left. He will protect them..even if that means having to kill his own kind.

"That's so fucking cute!" Soul gushes, looking over at the three, getting Kid's eye to twitch. "Can I be a part of your family too?" He bats his eyes as he guns down a group of ten crazies that just got on him.

"No." Kid speaks blankly..but he can't help to smirk at the look Soul gives him.

"Aww come on!" Soul whines as he aims his gun at a large group of crazies that are running towards him. "I'm awesome! I could be like..I don't know but hell I want to be in the family!-" Soul goes to pull the trigger..only to hear a clicking sound..his face falls..

He's out of bullets.

"OH shit." Soul grabs the gun like a bat now..and when a crazy gets on him he bashes their head in with the gun..blood getting on the assassin's pants. "Damn it these were new!" He complains as he blocks with the gun..stopping a crazy from sinking it's teeth into his neck..The crazy woman chews on the butt of the gun, her eyes bouncing..He can't get the gun away from her..And he's becoming surrounded. "Oh hell no!" Soul lets go of the gun, pushing it so the woman falls into other' crazies that stab her with a butcher knife..her laughing madly all the way. Soul kicks a crazy out of his way and runs out of the group..only for them to follow. "Can't catch me fuckers-" Soul trips over a rock, falling on his face. "Are you fucking serious?! I thought this shit only happened in bad scary movies!" He cries out..hearing the crazies laughter-

"Soul stay down!" Kid roars before he points the machine gun at the crazies..gunning them down before they get close to Soul..his yellow eyes a blaze..when they're all down he looks at Soul. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah i'm fine!" Soul gets up quickly brushing himself off. "What do you take me for? I'm no rookie assassin! " He smirks at how Kid rolls his eyes..

"For no rookie assassin, you tripped on your feet pretty good."

"S-Shut up." Soul grumbles..before he looks around the battle field..a lot of bodies lay on the ground..most of them the crazies..but some of their men. Even with the order to kill them..The witch hunters are dying..becoming over run..running out of bullets..or not able to fend of so many at a time..the crazies are charging..a mad storm of power..even the assassins..are having trouble..there's too many of them..it's as if the whole town has gone crazy..and is here now, attacking them. All trying to get to the sewer..all trying to kill them. Soul takes all this in with his dark red eyes..the same eyes that have seen plenty of death in his life time, death by his own hands..He closes his eyes..and takes a deep breath. "We're losing Kid."

"I know.." Kid grips his gun as he shoots rapidly at a group of 20 crazies that tried to charge them. "..It seems no matter how many we kill more keep coming..the madness has never been this bad.." This gets him to frown.

"We have to do fucking something to lower the numbers or-" Soul starts..only to stop..Kid stops firing..both their eyes falling on something..They stare with confused eyes as..The large wave of crazies in the distance..starts to get knocked down..something's' coming..and it's coming fast..running over these crazy people..It hits down another wave of crazies..and then Kid can finally see it..

It's a car..coming this way, destroying anything in it's path. "JUSTIN! MAKA!" A voice roars out of the car.. it sounds familiar some how to Kid..His voice..is desperate..worried..The car is going so fast, swerving so much..in till finally, it does a flip in the air when it hits a large group of crazies..and a pile of bodies. It lands on it's side, sparks flying as it skids towards Kid and Soul..knocking down all the crazies in front of them..before it stops..only a couple feet away from Kid.

"Well..that got rid of a lot of them.." Soul blinks at the car..his eyes widen slightly when he hears coughing..and a man climbs out of the passenger's window that is facing the sky. "Holy shit your still alive? That's fucking awesome!"

"What.." Giriko groans as he rubs his head..he's bleeding a little on his arm..but that's about it. His brown eyes seem unfocused..He closes them..and opens them..his brown eyes focusing- Giriko stops when his eyes fall on Kid..Kid is looking at him with the same wide eyed look..They point at each other, realization lighting their eyes.

"Your that male nurse from the asylum!"

"Your Maka's prissy friend!"

"Excuse me?" Kid gives him this annoyed look that Giriko just grins at.

"You haven't changed a bit kid."

"Neither have you it seems. Your still the brute I remember."

"Watch it." Giriko's eyes narrow..his left one twitching..before he stops..his eyes lighting in realization. "Shit I don't have time for you! Have you seen Justin and Maka?! I lost them I..fuck that demon got me and..fuck Justin!" Giriko roars his name..looking around desperately.

"Justin?" Soul looks at Kid.

"I believe the blonde boy with Maka-"

"So you saw him?!" Giriko grabs a hold of Kid and starts shaking him, his brown eyes wide.

"Yes, he was with Maka..they went into the sewer to get out of the town." Kid answers as calmly as he can as he rips Giriko's hand from his clothes, he brushes off his jacket where he was touching.

"Sewer! I'm coming! You fucking demon I swear if you have hurt them i'm fucking killing you! I'll fucking drag you down to hell and let you feel the burn! Justin you better be fucking okay!" Giriko takes off running towards the sewer..only for a large group of crazies to suddenly appear in front of him..right behind Soul and Kid. "Get the fuck out of my way!" He roars as he punches and hits the crazies away..but there's too many of them..he'll never make it..this doesn't stop the man-

"Stop!" Soul and Kid cry out..but Soul is the one to grab the older man, being strong enough to pull him back, throwing him back behind Kid.

"What he fuck-" Giriko gets back up only for Soul to stop him..Kid has started firing on the crazies.

"You would have been killed like that! Your not going to be much use to anyone if you get yourself killed!" Soul Grips his machine gun. "Just wait till we make you a path...I wouldn't want a fellow shark dying!" Soul grins, pointing at his sharp teeth.

Giriko blinks, looking at Soul's teeth like it's the first time he's seen it. "..Your teeth..you-"

"Kid!" Liz and Patty scream..Getting Soul to whip around..

Kid is shooting at the crazies..only for his gun to click..he's out of bullets..Kid hits away the crazies with his gun..Only for a very large crazed man to come up..dragging a ax..Kid's too busy with the others to notice..When Kid does notice..it's too late..The large man lifts up the ax..and that's why the Thompson sisters are crying out..He's going to die..He's going to be struck down.

"No!" Soul moves without his body telling him to..He pushes Kid away..the ax comes down..slicing Soul instead in the chest..from his shoulder to the opposite hip. His blood spats..as he falls..his body hitting the ground..with out him making a sound..

Kid can't believe what he's just seen..can't believe he isn't the one laying on the ground lifeless..He can only do one thing at this moment..his eyes shaking..his chest tightening..

"SOUL!" Kid cries out in horror.

---

"..What?" Maka stares up at Judas..her eyes wide, a hand against her chest..she's still winching in pain..it still hurts..though not physically..she still feels as if her insides are ripped apart. Maka takes in this demon..this demon she thought she got rid of..This demon that took her hope.. "You..what are you..?"

"Surprise!" Judas glances behind him to grin at Maka..his blue eyes bouncing so much. "I'm on your side!" He giggles as his vines lash out for Asura. The demon god rips himself from Judas's grip and jumps back a few feet, his scarves coming out to block the vines..They bounce off of each other. "Weren't expecting that huh?!"

"No..but..but you ate the gem.." Maka points at him...before coughing..her chest..oh..it's hurts like she's tearing apart when she coughs..She's still in so much pain.

"Who said the gem was going to help you? You should be careful with who you trust. The witch has lied to you." Judas's vines do a dance around him..They're so long now, curling over each other..the flowers on them getting bigger.

".." Maka's eyes get wide..could Medusa have lied about the gem?..But then..why would she want her to have it?..She-

"Judas what the hell are you doing?" Asura growls, his scarves gathering around him, his eyes glowing darker.

"No father, more like what the hell are you doing!" Judas gives him a derpy grin. "Trying to take what isn't yours! How rude!" He snaps his fingers..holding out the piece of paper Asura took out of Maka's body. "I even left you a note!"

"That was you?! You-" Asura stops when he sees the flowers on Judas's vines..his eyes widen slightly..only to narrow..he looks at Judas's blankly. "You killed your brothers...and now you stand before me, protecting this girl and you have stolen her soul from me! What will you gain from this?! Other then a painful death!"

"I'll gain the crowd." Judas smirks. "It's time for a new demon god to rein father."

"Your foolish! You must know no matter what you do-" Asura takes a step forward..only for Judas to hold out his hand..the red gem..the Demon's tear, comes out of his palm..lighting up. One look at it..Asura screams, grabbing at his dark hair..His scarves cover his face..He falls down..speaking nonsense to himself.

"Yay it worked!" Judas hums as he turns to look at Maka..He grins at how she tenses. "I'm surprised you could get into his head..your good! Your really good! Thanks to you, this gem has so much more power over him..you made him relive his hell! Well done!" Judas claps.

"..It's not like I had a choice..I saw some things I would much rather unsee." Maka groans, rubbing her chest..She can't get up..The pain..it-

"Maka!" Her chest tightens..It hurts but she doesn't care. Maka whips her head to the left at those voices..those two voices calling her name..She feels tears stinging the corner of her eyes..when her eyes fall on Crona and Ragnarok..running side by side to her..She feels her being lift..at seeing her loved ones..She thought she never was going to see them again..She thought this was the end of her..

But..maybe it's not. Maybe..there's still hope for her yet.

"Maka your fucking okay!" Ragnarok makes it to her first..disappearing to reappear in front of her..He tackles her in a hug..Holding her close..She takes comfort in his coldness..in the goose bumps he gives her..and how tightly he's holding her.. "You had me scared shitless! I thought..I fucking thought..are you okay?"

"I-"

"M-Maka!" Before she can answer..Crona is on her..He tackles her in a hug..Both these boys holding her so hold..She sighs as she feels Crona's warmth..a smile..and tears falling down her face..she's not sad..no..She's happy..The tears are happy as she wraps her arms around them..burying her head in Crona's chest. "T-Thank god your okay! W-we-" Crona pulls away with Ragnarok to look at her..both their faces fall when they see the state she's in..How her foot looks hurt..How she's sweating, holding her chest..her eyes shaking..tears falling down her face. "M-Maka are you okay?!"

"Did he fucking hurt you?!" Ragnarok snarls, a anger building as he glares over at Asura who is still screaming, squirming around.

"I'm okay..I-I promise..it was just a close call..if this demon didn't come when he d-did..I would be dead.." Maka holds them close again..She cries. "..I thought I was never going to see you again! I'm sorry..i'm sorry I just left! I..I didn't know all this was going to happen..I wanted to spend my last hours with you guys..I just..damn it!" Maka wails..not able to hold it in as she holds Crona and Ragnarok closer..never wanting to let go..never wanting to be away from them again. "I thought I was never going to see you again!"

"U-Us too.." Crona's eyes water but he blinks them away as he rubs her hair..trying to comfort her. "B-But we're here. I-i'm sorry it took us so long..we h-had to take care of a couple of things.." Crona's voice cracks..him not able to hold it anymore. "i-i'm just so g-glad your alive! T-That I didn't lose you!" Crona wails, tears falling as he hugs Maka tighter..crying in her hair as she cries in his chest.

"Stop fucking crying, cry babies." Ragnarok grumbles..but he grips the both of them tighter..his breathing uneven. "I fucking told you we wouldn't let you die..I fucking told you.." His being flickers. "God damn it Maka don't ever fucking do that again! Just..don't.." His voice is weak..He grips onto the both of them..His voice cracks..but he doesn't cry..Crona and Maka wail..all huddling into each other..scared that if they let go, they would lose each other again.

"Now.." Judas smiles at this scene..his mad eyes seem to soften..his vines dancing slowly around him.

"Judas.." The demon blinks..before looking over at the girl that called his name. Death stands before him..holding a hand to her chest..She's panting..Those bars around her.

"Death.." Judas's face changes for a moment..before he grins. "Sooo you still hate me-"

"Yes."

"What?" Judas looks at Death with wide eyes. "But..But I didn't betray you, I-"

"You made me believe you did you ass hole!" Death yells at him..but..her lips end up turning upward. "You fuck face you really had me fooled! So..yeah I still hate you. That was a dick move."

Judas..smirks at this..he chuckles. "Your sooo not mad at me any more! You love me again! Give me some sugar Death baby! I just saved your life! Your king saved your life!" Judas throws his arms apart..grabbing Death and pulling her into a hug..He leans in to kiss her only for Death to grab his cheeks, trying to pull his face away.

"I'm not kissing you ass hole!" Death struggles with him. "You left me alone, with the thought of betrayal..and then you come to my recuse like your all high and mighty! Your no king-"

"I'm a king with no crown." Judas chuckles, wrapping his arms around Death's waist, gripping her tightly. "Stop struggling..you know you want it. You don't really hate me! Your happy to see me.." Judas smirks at her. "..You hate me when I'm gone?~" He smirks..showing off those sharp teeth..his eyes bouncing more..Death stares at this..and groans.

"I hate you, turn me on."~ She grabs his shirt before yanking him roughly, Judas's lips clashing with her own. Judas's eyes get wide as she shoves her tongue down the demon's throat..biting at his lips in her hard kissing..her hands roaming his body..Grabbing his ass..He groans into the kiss..only for Death to push him off..She licks the black blood from off her lips..and smirks. "What's wrong 'king'? Too much for you?"

Judas blushes darkly..before his lips turn into a perverted smile. "Not at all. If that's how you hate me, let me show you just how much I, 'hate' you." Judas's eyes narrow..his vines dancing excitedly..about to tackle Death-

Asura roars suddenly..snapping Judas away from Death to look at Asura..the demon god is starting to get up. "Damn it Death you distracted me! With your hot smile..those dark eyes..and those fat feet!"

"Fuck you.' Death's eye twitches as she gives him her middle finger..He chuckles..his eyes locking on Asura..He holds out his palm..The red gem coming back.

"Alright Maka, Crona, ghost! Listen up!" Judas speaks in a loud voice..the three teens hugging each other look at the demon..Crona and Maka's sobbing has stop..but their tears fall freely. "I'm glad your all together again but this isn't over! Right now things are really bad up in the city..with my madness, plus my father's together in one place, even the strongest are falling to madness and the ones under it's influence are getting stronger. This fight between me and my father could most likely turn all of you mad full force..so. I'm going to wait till all of you get out to go all super saiyan on his ass. When you get out of the sewer..don't go back in. I'll seal the madness to only the sewer..and I'll fight my father down here..When I do this..the madness will release the residents of the city.." Judas grins madly..as Asura's scarves start to unwrap.. "Once I beat the shit out of him..The force field will go down. As soon as that happens you three get the hell out of here!"

"J-Judas.." Crona frowns slightly..gripping Maka tighter.

"Don't worry, i'll be right behind you! Hell I'll even have a new crown!" Judas laughs madly. "Now get the hell out of here!.." Judas's face starts to break off..Showing blackness underneath..his eyes turning red. "It's time for the demons to play..it's about to get really ugly up in this bitch!"

"You heard him! Lets get the hell out of here." Ragnarok grabs Maka..Crona and him together help her up-

"Wait!" Maka's eyes widen as she whips over..her eyes falling on Justin..The boy still laying on the ground..he hasn't moved. "Justin!" She cries out and limps to him..falling down by his side.

"Justin?" Ragnarok turns confused..but when he sees the boy..his cousin..his face falls..Crona runs..falling to Maka's side..looking at the wound in Justin's chest with shaky eyes.

"M-Maka that doesn't look so good.." Crona looks at her burnt up hands. "..I-It doesn't look like he's breathing-"

She won't hear it. She looks down at this blonde haired boy..looks down at the boy that saved her..helped her..fought for her..Giriko's love..He can't..he can't be dead! "Justin please.." Maka whispers as she leans down..she puts her head against the part of his chest that isn't pierced..

She hears a heart beat. It's faint...so very faint..but it's there.

"He's alive!" Maka screams in joy..putting a hand to his chest..she summons her powers..only for her left had to have a rebound..she cries out..putting it out.

"Your out of fucking powers!" Ragnarok appears next to her..not looking at Justin. "..We don't have time for this! We have to get out now!"

"M-Maka your really hurt.." Crona starts.

"I don't care! He's not dying!" Maka closes her eyes..She pushes through the pain..pushes through everything-

"Maka y-you could die!" She hears Crona..and he grabs her..

"Stop this!-" That's Ragnarok..but she doesn't listen..

It hurts like hell..but her power..rips out of her..going into Justin..healing the hole in his chest..Getting him to breathe easier.

"I..did it.." Maka breaths out, leaning against Crona. "..I..Saved..him.."

"That's all good and dandy." Judas watches as all the scarves move from Asura's face..showing his dark expression..showing how his face is nothing but darkness now, his eyes glowing dangerously..his scarves gathering. "But yall have to get the fuck out of here!" Judas doesn't sound as goofy..he holds the gem close to Asura, the demon growling..his eyes getting darker.

"Okay..' Maka tries to grab Justin..and lift him up-

"What the hell are you doing? Someone has to fucking carry you Maka, you don't' fucking carry him- "Ragnarok starts.

"Ragnarok you take h-his body.." Crona grabs Maka..he holds her like a baby, cradling her against his chest..He stands up, holding her. "I'll c-carry Maka." Maka can't help but to blush..looking up at Crona..he's never been one to give orders..or call the shots..and the way he holds her..

Something's changed about the pink haired boy.. though he's the same..he's..stronger..firmer..he holds her close..straightening his back.

"Fucking got it." Ragnarok seems hesitant to go into Justin for a moment..before he takes a deep breath and goes inside him.. Maka watches as Justin opens his eyes..but she knows it's Ragnarok..not him. Justin hops off the ground, standing quickly. "Fine! Now let's get the fuck out of here!"

"Please do!" Judas spreads his legs..more of his face breaking off..his vines growing larger..his teeth getting sharper..he's turning into something..just as Asura is..the madness is spiking..they need to get out of here. "I can't hold out much longer.."

"Y-You better come back!" Crona yells at Judas..as he runs past him..Maka in his arms, gripping onto his chest..breathing heavily..she's in pain..she has to get out of here..they have to take her home..She's in pain..and he hates how all he can do is hold her..

If only he was a girl..He would have powers..he would be able to heal her, to take away her pain..but he can't..So he'll hold her..

It's all he can do.

"OF course! What do you take me for?!" Judas roars in laughter..he watches as Crona and Ragnarok run down the sewer with Maka...His smile falters slightly as he turns back to look at Asura..The gem is holding him back..Asura is becoming more mutilated by the second..His eyes holding hate..his face in a snarl. Judas's face is slowly falling off..his body twisting..he grips his fist..trying to stop himself..not yet..they're not out..not yet..control..control..

Control is hard for a powerful demon like himself-

"You look fucking constipated." Judas opens his eyes to look at Death..She's still here, staring at him...he can't help to grin..This girl getting his mind off his inner struggle.

"Constipated or not you know I still look good!" Judas grins when she scoffs..only for his grin to fall. "..You have to get out of here too Death. You can't stay-"

"it's not like I was planning on to.' Death huffs..she glares at him. "..You better come out of this fucking alive you here me? If you don't, i'll fucking find you and give you your second death!" She threatens..this only gets The demon to smile.

"Your worried about me."

"Like fuck if I am."

"I won't die Death!" Judas smirks. "But..When I come back, you owe me! You owe me a song!"

"A song?" Death raises her eye brow.

"We'll talk about it later! Now get out of here! I got to beat the shit out of my father for hurting you my love."

"Don't be stupid.." That's when..Death smiles at Judas..It gets the demon to tense..staring at this smile..it's not mad..or evil..it's a real smile. "..I had you wrong Judas..maybe.,..your not so bad.." Her smile grows..only the slightest. "..Give him hell." with that..she fades away..

Judas blushes with what he has left of his face..He closes his eyes..smiling to himself..then he feels it. "They all got through.." Judas opens his eyes..the last of his face falling off..showing the beast he really is. The red gem shatters..

"You'll pay Judas! Using my tear! You will beg me for mercy!" Asura lunches towards Judas..his scarves lashing out..

"No father.." Judas's vines go out to meet Asura's scarves..Before he jumps towards Asura. "It's you who will be begging me for mercy." He tackles Asura..the very ground shaking..

"Think twice before you touch my girl."

---

All sounds fade away from Kid..to a horrible ringing in his ears..screams and gun shots are muffled as he watches Soul fall slowly..his blood flying out of him in slow motion..The mad laughter can't be heard..He only stares at this boy, this boy that saved his life. When Soul hits the ground..everything comes back to him. Sight. Sound. Feeling.

"SOUL!" Kid cries out as he gets up..running to the boy, he falls to his knees by his side, holding Soul's head up by his arms..The young assassin's eyes are closed..the cut so deep in his chest..his chest..it's not moving it's not-

"Kid.." Soul groans..his eyes opening..getting Kid to sigh in relief. "You..scream like a..girl.." Soul grins up at him..but it's weak...his grin falls. "You..have to get out of here..we can't win..this battle.."

"There is no where to run! This place is sealed in.." Kid hits away a crazy that got too close..He looks back at the wound on Soul's chest..his eyes shaking. "Why do you have to be such a fool? You..your going to die now you know that?" Kid takes a deep breath.

"I'm a fool for saving you? Ouch." Soul chuckles weakly. "..it's just a scratch..i'll be fine..I always am.." Soul reaches up, grabbing Kid's jacket. " i'll be..fine..i'll be.." Soul's breathing becomes shallow..before his eyes roll back and he goes limp in Kid's arms..He's still breathing..but barely.

"Oh fuck.." Giriko stares at Soul and Kid with wide eyes..thinking..they're just kids. They are fighting this horrific battle..and they are so young. The albino kid shouldn't be dying, he shouldn't be holding a gun..he shouldn't be bleeding out on the concrete. Madness holds back for no one..no matter how young they are..neither does death..she takes all ages..She doesn't care..

Giriko grips his fist..a rage overcoming him, looking at how Kid holds this other boy..he sees himself as Kid..and Justin as Soul..what if he's hurt like that?..what if these fuckers hurt him?...it gets something in him to snap and he roars, charging for the crazies that are blocking his way to the sewer..hitting, bashing heads in with his fists..The madness is getting to him..He isn't thinking..

He just needs to see Justin breathing..and he needs to see him now.

"Kid!" Liz screams as she kicks a crazy in the chest, getting the woman off of her..Patty punches a man in the face..but they have them surrounded..there's too many of them..They have no bullets, they don't have anything but they're fists.

"Liz! Patty!" Kid whips around, he gets up to run to them..only for crazies to get in his way, grinning with those large smiles off theirs. They grab a hold of Kid, the young witch hunter does a low kick, knocking them off their feet..only for more to take their places..getting him to step back..He can't get to Liz and Patty...He can't defeat all these crazies..There's at least 30 piled around Kid and Soul..20 around Liz and Patty..And Giriko..well he's trying to fight his way through 40 of them..They can't win..They can't..

They're all going to die here.

Kid catches a Crazy trying to Drag Soul away..He drop kicks The crazy man before throwing the him back in the pile..where the other crazies start ripping him apart..Kid falls to his knees..His head Is swirling..Madness..it's so strong..so tempting..to get out of this hell..to lose yourself..but he can't no..

"On the count of three!" A crazy roars..and all the crazies around Kid..lift up the weapons they are holding..to bats, to iron poles..to axes..to knifes..all aimed on him. "One!" The crazies Giggle..

Soul...Kid's sorry. This wasn't what he was expecting..He didn't want anyone to die..it wasn't even in his mind as a possibility..Their army looked so good..they were ready to fight..fight to the death but..

Maybe Kid was hoping death wouldn't come.

"Two!" They roar out.

Liz..Patty. His family..he adores them. They never judged him for loving a witch..no, they helped him in all that he did..and now, here they are. By his side..and dying by his side..He loves the sisters..he never wanted them to die here.

"Three!"

Maka..oh Maka..He's sorry. His childhood friend..his first love. He had her all wrong..he let his jealousy of Crona..and Her being a witch cloud his judgment. He was meant to protect her..When they went to school together..before all this..before all this madness, before all this death..It use to be just him and Her..They would sit together..talking...laughing..watching the stars together..it was peaceful..nothing like now..nothing like how things are going.. He wishes he could go back to the time before all this..and hold Maka..never letting her go..but it wouldn't change anything..

He was never meant to be her love..only her friend...He failed even in that.

Kid watches as all the knifes..bats..come down on him..it's over..He's lost..He couldn't keep order..He failed Maka..failed his people..failed his father-

Suddenly..all the crazies scream..They stop with their attacks..dropping their weapons to grip their hair..Kid blinks as one by one they all fall down..they're eyes closed..they past out..Kid looks around seeing it's happening with all the crazies..The sky is clearing..He can see the blue again..Is it..is it over?

"What the hell?" Giriko blinks as the crazy he was fighting..just goes limp and falls.

"Kid!" Liz and Patty run over to him, holding hands, their eyes wide. "Did Maka win? The madness is leaving like before!"

"I'm not sure.." Kid looks around..before he looks at Soul at his feet..his eyes shake. "Liz Patty, Soul he-"

"We're on it! Sis knows how to deal with this stuff!" Patty cheers as Liz falls to her knees beside Soul..She takes off her jacket..mumbles how this is one of her favorites before She places it over Soul's wound..pressing down on it to stop the flow of blood.

"..What's the damage?" Kid frowns, looking down at Liz.

"..The cut didn't look too deep..i'm sure as long we keep him from bleeding to death he'll be fine..we need to get him bandaged up soon through." Liz frowns..She closes her eyes. "..I don't want to look around..but Kid..how bad is it?"

Kid braces himself..before he looks around..He can't see much with all the smoke..but he sees all the bodies of the crazies.." I can't really see- wait.." Kid turns around..only to stop..

Through the smoke..He sees..two figures walking towards them..One of them seems to be carrying something..The smoke..seems to be parting...

"More crazies?" Giriko's eyes narrow..only to widen when the smoke clears around these two figures. Crona and Justin walk towards them..the smoke clearing, revealing the determined look on the pink haired boy's face..Maka in his arms, cradled against hischest..She grips onto his shirt..her weak eyes staring on through the smoke-

"Maka!" Kid cries out in joy..running towards her-

"Justin!" Giriko shoves Kid out of his way, running quickly to The blonde boy who is looking at him with wide eyes. "I thought..damn it don't ever scare the shit out of me like that again!" He grabs the smaller boy, pulling him into a rough hug..Giriko nuzzling the blonde's head. "Are you okay? Did that fucking demon hurt you?"

Justin's eyes are still wide..his cheek against Giriko's large chest..his body tense..He closes his eyes..a frown ghosting his lips..before he goes limp in Giriko's hold.

"Justin!" Giriko holds him up, his eyes wide in concern as he shakes him.

"It's...okay.." Maka speaks up weakly..glancing over at Ragnarok that just came out of Justin..he's looking to the ground..a far away look in those piercing blue eyes. "..Justin just..pasted out..He's been..through a lot.."

"it looks like you've been through a fucking a lot." Giriko looks her up and down..frowning.

"Maka!" Kid stops in front of Crona..panting..He looks a mess, his clothes all ripped up, blood on his face. " Are you alright? Did you defeat the demon? The madness just vanished!"

"N-Not exactly.." Crona answers, glancing at the ground..with a knowing look.

"What are you-" Kid starts only for the ground to shake violently..Crona stands his ground..Ragnarok grabbing onto him to make sure he doesn't fall with Maka. "What was that?!"

"J-Judas.." Crona mumbles..before looking at Maka who is gripping onto him tighter.

"Judas?" Kid raises an eye brow.

"Kid!" Kid looks over at Liz.. "The smoke is clearing!" and it is..right now, Kid wishes the smoke would come back..and cover this hell.

The whole city..is destroyed. The ground before them is full with dead bodies..most with twisted grins..Red is the new color of this city..rotting flesh the new smell. Kid looks around..Seeing some of his witch hunters struggling to get up..many with wounds..some of the younger ones are crying about the lost of their friends..who are in a pile with the crazies..Kid notices that more assassins survived then witch hunters..They're hurt as well..Only a couple seem to come out of this unscrambled...blood. Guts..death is in the air..it's a stench..a sight you can never get out of your mind.

"All..these people.." Maka's eyes shake..She reaches out with a shaky hand. "..I have to..help..I can't..i'm suppose to..protect..life.."

"M-Maka you can't..y-your out of power.." Crona holds her closer..trying to cover her eyes so she doesn't have to see this, so she doesn't get upset..

"I need to..save..tried of..death..I.."Her voice becomes weaker..before her eyes roll back..she goes limp in Crona's arms..her head lolling over to Crona's chest.

"You d-did good Maka.." He holds her closer..Kissing the top of her head. "..You d-deserve your rest."

Ragnarok stares at Maka a moment..at how tired and weak she looks..how small..how frail..Life is a delicate thing..Though you may not see it as that as you live..you realize how weak you really are when death comes knocking at your door..So many ways to die..life is weak..life needs to be protected..Ragnarok grips his fist before he glares down at the ground.

"The demon needs to hurry up..we got to get Maka the fuck out of here." The ghost looks at Life..at the girl in Crona's hands..The only life he has left..He wants to hold her with Crona..He wants to take them both away from here..away from everything and never look back..He doesn't care about the world, the world never cared about him..

But he loves Maka...and maybe..deep down..though he would never admit it..He loves Crona. He loves his family. It's gotten to the point for Ragnarok..he forgets that he's binded to Crona..That he's here against his own will..but now..even if he wasn't sealed to Crona, he wouldn't leave. He never wants to leave. He wants to go back..He wants to go back before all this..when they didn't have to fight for their lives every second..When Maka and Crona would piss him off with dancing..or back when times were simpler...

But there's no going back. They can only move forward..even when forward looks so much worse.

Crona opens his mouth to answer..only for the ground to shake again..This time it doesn't stop..They hear an inhuman roar..the ground feels like it could fall apart where they stand.

"What the fuck is going on now?!" Giriko falls down..holding Justin up so he doesn't get hurt..Giriko grinds his teeth..The shaking only gets worse, buildings falling down..destroying this city more than it is.

"You think he's winning?" Ragnarok stares over at Crona..He's still holding Crona and Maka Up..grinding his teeth at how the ground jerks and rumbles..

"H-He has to b-be..' Crona holds Maka closer..He closes his eyes when he hears another inhuman roar.. "C-Come on Judas..y-you can do it!"

"Sis i'm scared!" Patty holds onto her sister..They both have they're bodies over Soul..trying to lift him up to get him off of the ground..It really feels like it's about to fall..that the ground is about to cave in and take all of them with it.

"It's okay p-patty." Liz hates how she stutters..but she's scared shitless..She doesn't do ghost..and she sure as hell doesn't do demon's fucking fighting under her. She has to be strong..when she feels like Crying..Patty looks over at her sister a moment..before she hugs her, burying her head in her chest.

"Your right Liz..it's going to be okay. " Patty's voice changes..She covers Liz's ears..protecting her sister from the harsh roars..

"Come on fucking demon!" Ragnarok growls, staring at Maka's pale face.

"W-Win Judas.." Crona looks down at Maka..thinking about this demon..how he killed his brothers..how he saved Maka.. "I b-believe in you!"

There's a howl..before everything stops. The ground stops shaking..The inhuman roars have stopped..everything is still..

"Is it..is it over?" Kid gets back up..looking at Crona.

"I-" Crona starts..He's cut off when a black portal appears next to him..His eyes widen slightly when he sees it.

"That's Medusa's Magic.." Ragnarok's eyes widen..before he grins. "That fucking demon won! The force field is down! Let's get the fuck out of here!"

"J-Judas.." Crona smiles..looking down at the ground. "I k-knew you could do it..T-This must be our way back to the mansion." Crona can't help his smile growing..his heart lifting..He takes a step towards the portal-

Kid grabs Crona by the shoulder, yanking him back away from it..His eyes have changed..a fire coming back. "You can't take her back to Medusa! I know you can't be as naïve to not know the snake witch is not for her! Don't you know what Maka is?!" Kid yells at Crona only to be knocked off by Ragnarok...The ghost snarling in his face.

"Don't you fucking touch them! Crona go!" Ragnarok holds Kid back..only for Kid to pull out a cross, getting Ragnarok to hiss and flinch away.

"I'm not letting you leave with her again! She needs to be kept away from Medusa! Crona you care about her don't you?" Kid's eyes narrow. " or Are you in on her plan?"

"A-All I want to d-do is get Maka out of here..s-she's hurt. I don't k-know what Medusa's planning..and r-right now I don't care. Medusa c-can heal her-"

"Heal her so she can kill her?!" Kid challenges, reaching for Maka only for Crona to take steps back. " She wants her life! Don't you see? Taking her back to Medusa isn't saving her! If you love her Crona you wont take her back to your mother! She wants to kill her!"

Crona's breath catches at his words..He looks down at Maka's weak face..Crona's starting to tremble..not knowing where to turn..Maka needs to be healed..they need to get out of here..but his mother..what if his mother wants to kill her? After all this time?..what if he's handing Maka over to her death?..What is the best move?..What is he suppose to do?

"S-She's hurt..s-she needs to be healed.." Crona glances over at the dark portal..but he's not so sure..If he doesn't go through..will Medusa come after them? They can't fight her in this state..

"We will get Maka medical attention..I have a place close to here..we will be safe there, you could head there before me while I get all the other survivors up.."

"How the hell are you going to get her medical attention when all your fucking men are dead? How are you going to take care of her when you need to take care of yourself?" Ragnarok snarls..yet..his eyes flicker..he's not too sure anymore..He doesn't know..

If Asura is dead now..why do they have to go back to Medusa?..It's all over..They don't have to fight a war against Arachne so soon..They could hang low..let Maka get better..hide out while the world falls apart..

It's over..their struggle is over.

Ragnarok and Crona exchange a look..they seem to be thinking the same thing..wondering..

"I..." Kid digs in his pocket..pulling out a small vial of red stuff. "..My father had a thing for collecting things from witches..This is a salt water witch's healing potion.." Kid locks eyes with Crona, holding his arms out. "..Let me see her..I can heal her.." His eyes are firm. "Trust me...i'm on your side. I'm here to help her."

Crona stares in this boy's eyes..this boy that he always saw as his rival..He never liked him..He was Maka's friend first..He was free with her when he was stuck in the asylum..back then, he would never hand Maka over to him..afraid he would take her away from him..That she would realize how much of waste Crona is..and how much better Kid is..but now..

He's offering to heal Maka..he's offering them a place to stay..to get away from his mother.. Ragnarok looks over at Crona..he can tell the ghost doesn't like this..but he's looking at Crona..waiting for him to call the shots..

Ragnarok trusts in Crona's judgment now..He trusts in him..Even though everything in Ragnarok wants to beat the shit out of Kid..he holds that back..looking at Crona..his piercing blue eyes watching his face intently...watching what he's going to do.

Crona looks down at Maka..looks at how she cradles into him..looks at the girl he loves, and wants to protect..The girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with..He knows..He knows they have to get away from Medusa..they have to..

Crona looks up at Kid..before he nods..He walks slowly towards Kid..holding out Maka for this other boy to take..so that he can take care of her..heal her where he can't..be there for her where he can't..

Just like back in the asylum..how he watched Kid take her away from his window..He could only watch..hoping Maka would keep coming back..no matter how selfish he knew it was..he wanted her to come back..

He never wanted to lose her...yet this time..giving her to Kid..could be saving her..this time..Maka isn't going to go with Kid alone..Crona is coming with her.

"Thank you Crona.." Kid smiles gently..his arms waiting patiently..Crona places her in his arms..Kid's hands brushing against Crona's..about to take her away from him-

"What the fuck is that?" Giriko shouts..pointing at Maka..Crona, Kid, and Ragnarok look down at the girl..Seeing a..metal spider that just crawled out of her shirt?..In a blink of an eye..It grows huge..it's legs wrapping about Maka's ribs..before it rips the girl out of Kid's and Crona's arms..Maka shoots in the sky..the boys staring at her dumb founded..as she flies up to a..helicopter in the sky?..How did they not notice that?! It's shaped as a spider..a short man can be seen in the opening of this black helicopter..Maka flies up..into this small man's arms..The spider still on her..Her eyes close..unaware of her situation.

"Thank you for taking care of life!" This man with the pointed nose grins. "Arachne will be so very pleased!" The man looks back at something. "Go now! Arachne is waiting!"

"Arachne!" Kid snaps out of it.

"Maka!" Crona and Ragnarok scream as the helicopter takes off..Ragnarok floats up after it..and Crona runs after it..but the helicopter is too fast..and going too high..Ragnarok is stopped by his chain connecting him to Crona.. and in a blink of an eye..

The helicopter is gone..gone with Maka..

"Noooo!" Ragnarok roars..punching the ground. "We just got her back! You have to be fucking kidding me!"

"M-Maka.." Crona falls to his knees..gripping his hair..the breath getting knocked right out of him..He just had her..she was in his arms..She was okay..she was with him..and now..she's gone..She was ripped from him once again..no..no please..

"What the hell just took Maka?!" Giriko roars over at everyone..confused.

"Arachne! She's made her move!" Kid grinds his teeth. "We have to save her!" Kid turns to look at his army...only to see..there's only 20 of them left..standing there..staring at him..some holding up hurt soldiers..The witch hunters..are glaring at him.

"Is this what this was all about?! Saving a witch!" One roars out.

"You don't understand! Maka is the witch of life! If she dies. The world is doomed!-" Kid starts.

"That witch killed our family! You didn't say anything about her! We are not going to go to war with Arachne for A witch! Your out of your fucking mind!" One witch hunter screams out. "I'm done here!"

"Don't you get it?! You walk away now your turning your back on the world! You saw how horrible this was! Do you really want the whole world to be like this?!" Kid yells out. "Get pass that she is a witch..think about what she represents..She is life! She is our life! Open your eyes people! If life is gone all that's left is death!"

"Do you believe this guy? The witch of life?! That's just a myth! I for one am not going to fight a fucking battle for a witch! We'll gather as much people as we can and hide underground!"

The witch hunters cheer at this..Kid's face falling.

"That won't do anything! Walls can't hold back madness-"

"Shut the fuck up Kid." A man growls. "Your not your father. Your just a kid way over his fucking head! Come on people!" The witch hunters turn..to leave..leaving only 14 men left..including Soul and Kid's gang..Kid stares at them wide eyed..The man's words hitting a soft spot..He knows he's not his father..but..he's trying..he's trying to save the world..trying to save Maka..Kid falls to his knees..his chest tightening painfully..He has been punched in the chest..

He's not his father. He can't save Maka..He's a failure..trash, scum-

"Don't listen to him Kid!" Patty's voice gets Kid to look at The young blonde girl who is glaring over at the witch hunters. "They're just a bunch of dumb asses that are going to get themselves killed! They're cowards that don't want to fight anymore! We don't want a army of them anyway!"

"Yeah! Kid..you led them just as your father would..Your father I know is proud of you!" Liz stands up..looking at him intently. "..I'm proud of you. We will stand by you till the end. Don't lose hope! This isn't over! Not by a long shot!"

"I don't know much about your father.." A voice wheezes out..Kid's eyes widening..when Soul opens his eyes..looking over at Kid..grinning weakly. "But I know your a..bad ass leader..you gave it your all..and fought your own battles..fuck those guys.." He looks over at his men..what's left of them..They grin back at Soul..Soul smiles before looking at Kid weakly. "Hell, we're with you till the end too! If you want to save Maka..you have to get off the floor! What you doing man! Gentlemen don't get dirty right?" He chuckles lightly..

Kid stares at all these people in front of him...they all still believe in him..are willing to fight a war that they can not win..not like this..so less of them..but Maybe..maybe If they...Kid's eyes widen..he snaps out of his depressed state, jumping up..His eyes wide..as He looks at Soul..Liz..Patty..how they smile at him...

This isn't over. Not by a long shot.

"..You're all right.." Kid takes a deep breath.. "..We go to war! We will take Maka back and save the world!"

His group cheers...Giriko staring at them with his eye brow raised .'..A war.." He glances at Kid's group..seeing how small they are. "..Huh..There's no fucking way they can win with 14 people.." His eyes light up...before he grins sharply. "..I have a few fucking calls to make."

Ragnarok stares at Kid a moment..his being flickering..before he looks over at Crona..Only to see the pink haired boy is gone...And Ragnarok..still can't feel where he is..

Did he really lose the both of them?..

He calls out for Crona and Maka madly..still trying to go after the helicopter..still trying to feel Crona..But it's no use..Maka has been taken from him again..Kid is willing to fight a war that will kill them all..There's no way..There's no fucking way...

They need Medusa.

Even though Ragnarok doesn't want to..Doesn't want to at all..He doesn't want to rely on this bitch..Doesn't want to leave without Crona..But he needs to do fucking something before he goes insane..Ragnarok runs into the portal..It closes behind him..leaving this dark place..

They need Medusa for this war..to get Maka away from Arachne..

It's come to this.

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"J-Judas!" Crona screams his name..as he runs down the sewer..his eyes wide, his heart drumming in his ears..He shouldn't be down here, he knows this..but Maka's gone..and he can't trust Medusa..Judas won the fight..He can save Maka from Arachne..He has to! Crona pants..he feels the madness down here..but it's not as bad as it should be..because the battle is over..He closes his eyes..thinking of Maka..he won't let the madness get to him..He has to get to Judas..he has to save Maka..

When he saw that helicopter take her away from him..When he knew he could not get to her..his first thought was Judas..Judas can save her..can take Crona to her before that helicopter even make's it to Arachne..

Crona runs to where he saw Judas and Maka at..but Judas isn't here..there's a trail of black liquid..Crona doesn't think about who's it belongs to as he takes off running..stepping around the black blood..following it..calling for Judas desperately..a lump in his throat..He can't lose Maka..He can't..he..he just got her back! As Crona runs deeper into the sewer..the madness gets stronger..it's starting to get suffocating..It must be Judas's madness..he is the demon god of Madness now..Crona ignores how his skin crawls..He only thinks of Maka..and his feet move faster..Maka, Maka, Maka, Maka. He chants her name in his head when he sees three vertical eyes painted on the wall..they want to consume him..but he's not going down..not like this..

He needs to save Maka. At all costs.

Crona almost sobs in relief..when he feels a familiar presence up ahead..Judas is close..This is it..Judas can save Maka! He can- Crona turns the corner..His hopeful eyes falling on Judas..

He stops dead in his tracks..his throat turns dry..his breathing..stills...

Before him..are two monsters. One is on the floor..it's eyes closed..black blood leaking out of it's open mouth..it's mouth full of sharp jagged teeth..It's nothing but darkness..with large claws that seem to have made their mark all around this sewer..The other monster stands tall..It's completely black too..This monster is the victor..but what made Crona stop is..

He knows..he knows the monster standing..isn't Judas..no..

It's Asura.

He can tell by the dark scarves that are floating around this demon..He can tell by those red eyes...How..how did Judas lose?...The force field went down! it..is Judas..dead?..He's breathing right..right? Crona can't wrap his head around this..He watches with wide eyes as Asura's darkness..slowly crawls off of him..revealing his regular pale skin..that skinny body..his scarves going back white..The demon god of madness's face is blank as he stares at the dark monster that lays on the floor..lifless.

"...Is this all you wish to have gained?.." Asura puts a hand over a hole in his chest that's bleeding black blood... "..You gave all you have just to seal my madness in here for a bit?..and break my force field for only a moment?..I know you couldn't have really believed you could beat me..it's a shame. I thought you were my smartest son, turns out you were the retard of the family. How could you expect to defeat me? Who you came from? I am you, completed! Your nothing but a part of me!" Asura takes a couple of steps forward. " You killed all your brothers..betrayed me and for what? To play hero for a couple of minutes? Is that it?"

Judas doesn't respond..His eyes still closed.

Asura takes in this monster..before he wrinkles his nose. "My..your bleeding all over the place Judas..your time here is up. It's time for you to pay for all your sins..I am the demon god of Madness and I always will be...you'll always only be a part of me, stuck in hell to burn forever!" Asura roars..lifting up his hand..about to give Judas the finishing blow-

"J-Judas no!" Crona screams..not thinking about what he's doing..Asura turns to look at him..his red eyes widen slightly in surprise as he watches Crona run past him..falling down before this large monster on the floor..Crona wraps his arms around him..and shakes him..He feels everything start to shut down. "Judas y-you can't die! Y-You said you had t-this! Y-You said you would be okay!"

Judas doesn't respond..his eyes still closed..His blood still leaking out.

"Well.." Asura's eyes go back to normal..and he smirks evilly. "What do we have here? A host that cares for his demon? Now I've seen everything. This is perfect.." Asura lifts his hand up again..His red eyes dancing in madness. "You can die together! It's beautiful!" He laughs.

"J-Judas you have to get up!" Crona's voice cracks..he grips onto this monster..this demon..wanting more then anything to see that twisted grin of his..to hear him say something weird..to see him dance..anything..that would tell him Judas is okay..that he can get up. "M-Maka's been taken by Arachne! Y-You can't die! J-Judas!" Crona buries his head in this monster's chest. "..I need y-you!"

"Die!" Asura roars, his hand lighting up in darkness-

Judas's eyes shoot open..They're red like Asura's yet..some how..Crona can still see Judas in this scary looking beast..Judas roars..his black blood spraying out..He holds out his claw-like hand..a imprint of a flower appears..it lights up..and Asura is sent back a couple of feet..Judas wastes no time..His large vines whip the ground..It cracks under Asura's feet..dark hands come out of the ground..grabbing onto Asura..they start pulling him down..

"..So..You kill yourself Judas?..How like you..All you have done is bought them just a little more time.." Asura's smirk is so evil. " I'll come back..and you won't be here to save them Judas..this has to be..one of the dumbest ways to die.." Asura closes his eyes..laughing his ass off..as he's dragged back into the ground..the concrete closes above him..He's gone..

Crona stares at where he was with wide eyes..He feels the madness..leave..to only a stinging feeling..Crona hears a groan beside him. He whips his head down to look at the monster..Only to watch as this dark monster..slowly changes back to the Judas he knows..He gains back his human features..his pale skin..his human hands..his blue eyes..pink hair..There's black blood at the corner of his mouth..He's shrunken down..to the point Crona is able to hold him in his arms..looking down at him with concern.

"J-Judas y-you did it! He's gone! A-and your alive, you-"

"No.." Judas cuts him off..getting Crona to tense..He looks at Crona..and grins slightly. "..I only..dragged him back down to hell..it took all I had..He'll be back..it..was all I could do..heheh..I..suck huh?"

"W-What are you talking about?" Crona's eyes tremble..when he sees..Judas is becoming see through. "Judas w-what's happening to you?!"

"I'm dying." He says so simply..a smile still on those lips..like this is no big deal..like he just told Crona how his day was..

"D-Dying?! N-No! You..y-you can't be dying J-Judas!" Crona feels the lump in his throat..he holds this demon closer..

"But I am..ain't death a bitch?..well..she's my bitch.." He chuckles..his eyes holding a far away look. "..I gave all I had..to send him away..I couldn't let..him kill you..I was just going to fade away before my father killed me..but then you showed up..heh..it's funny.." He reaches up..and cups Crona's cheek when a tear falls. "..I'm going to die..for a human..you..you do this to me.." his body...is becoming more see through. "..Maybe now..I know how it feels to be human..to care about something..to know the fear of losing it..it sucks ass..You..Crona..make me feel human...and now i'm going to die like one..but that's okay..for you..i'd die again..if only I could." He closes his eyes. "..Death..is going to kill me.." He chuckles at his joke..but it's weak.

"J-Judas your n-not going to die okay? Y-You can't die! I-I..I-I need you!" Crona's voice cracks..He grips Judas tighter.

"No..You don't need me..not anymore.." Judas opens his eyes..and smiles at the boy that has silent tears falling down his face. "..There was a time that you always needed help Crona..I watched you..from the very beginning..You couldn't do anything by yourself..anything you couldn't deal with..you got Ragnarok to take care of..or you hid in yourself..You aren't that little kid anymore..not in body..but most importantly..not in the heart.." Judas points his finger at Crona's chest. "..The boy in you has grown up..your a man now..You found what it is to be one. With all this shit going on Crona..not once did you say you couldn't deal with it..you dealt with it yourself..you faced those demons..you carried Maka out..You no longer need me to help you.." Judas chuckles. "You go out there..and you save Maka..you save your girl Crona..and you save your world..my time is up..I've done all I can do..pushed as far as I could go..now i'm dying..it's over for me."

"P-Please.." Crona begs..his tears falling on Judas..he's becoming more and more see through. "Y-Your..y-your my best friend..y-you can't die..n-not like this..J-Judas please don't go!"

"Hey..stop crying...you know I don't like that.." Judas smiles as he wipes Crona's tears away. "..I have to go..but i'll always be your best friend right? I just..won't be with you-"

"I-I want you w-with me!" Crona cries out..grabbing his hand.

"..Maybe..in a different life..maybe..if I wasn't a evil demon..things would have been different..maybe I could have stayed with you..I wish I could stay with you..if you think I want to leave..your mistaken by dear friend." His voice is heavy..fading.

"J-Judas.." Crona sobs..he pleads..but this demon only keeps smiling at him.

"..I always knew..I couldn't beat my father.." Judas chuckles..shaking his head. "I knew it was impossible..No matter how strong I got."

"T-Then why..w-why did you say you could?..I-I don't understand!"

"Because I knew it's what you wanted me to say..that I could kill my father..I know you wanted to feel like I could save Maka from him.." Judas shakes his head. "..So I lied..like death said..I always lie...I just..wanted to make you fell better..give you hope..make you believe in me..when no one else ever did..even when all I've given you is false hope."

"J-Judas please.." Crona trembles..his tears falling more.

"It's time..for you to go back home.." Judas snaps his fingers..Crona notices..he's starting to fade away too. "..You go back to Medusa..you go to war..you save Maka..but Crona..you know who you must kill to end all of this..this isn't completely over..in till the snake witch fries.."

"I-I know..i-I know.." Crona trying to hold on to this demon. "P-Please Judas there has t-to be something I c-can do to help you! T-To save you!.."

"..You can't save me..but..could I ask one thing of you..my one and only friend?" Judas's words..are soft.

"A-Anything..a-anything at all.." Crona trembles..both their bodies getting faded..

"..Can you..kiss me..and tell me you love me?..I know.. you don't..but it would be nice..to pretend..to feel as if you did..just one kiss..our final one." Judas is almost gone..

Crona looks at this demon..that's dying because of him..that has given all he has for him..who saved Maka..the only reason they were able to get this far..Crona' tears fall more..as he nods..He cups this demon's cheeks gently..staring into those eyes of madness..one last time. Judas has done so much for him..he can do this..he can fulfill..his last..wish.

Crona leans in..placing his lips against Judas's..Crona's tears falling on this demon's face as his lips move slowly against this demon's...giving Judas a kiss..a kiss good bye...Crona pulls away slightly..looking this demon right in the eyes..He sobs out..not able to help it. "I-I love y-you Judas.."

Judas smiles..not madly..it's a bright smile..something you wouldn't think a demon could make..he wipes Crona's tears away.. "..I love you too Crona Gorgon.." once these words are out..Crona is almost gone..he's going back to the mansion he knows..Judas continues to smile at him "Good bye.." He closes his eyes...Judas..fades away. "..Best friend.."

"JUDAS!" Crona howls out in agony..tears streaming down his face rapidly..as he fades away too..

This day..has been nothing but lost...and death...

Some where..far away...

Death falls to her knees..she's taken so many..you would think she would be happy with today..with the life she has taken..Death doesn't smile..she only closes her eyes..and hugs her knees to her chest..all alone..like she's meant to be.

Custos. Judas...all gone..

It's come to this.

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..I bet you guys weren't expecting Judas to die..huh? Poor guy..he never stood a chance. He only lied, and fought for Crona.

Arachne is finally in the picture! and she finally has Maka!..things just get worse and worse huh?..War is coming up..and it's not looking good. Kid's down on his men..but maybe there's still hope yet?

I even gave you guys so insight on Asura's past. Now you know where Judas gets his sexuality from...and you see in a way Maka was there when death was created. I hope that didn't confuse you too much. I gave you a longer chapter pretty quickly..i don't know when the next one will be out but..

Yeah i'm sorry. I know some of you were upset about Custos, I can't even image how you Judas fans are doing.

So please review and tell me how you feel about this chapter! Your reviews really moviate me to write faster..I'm taking a break from this story tonight though..Jerks my emotions writing the ending scene..

Oh! and this story has new fan art! A drawing of Ragnarok and one of Crona and Judas! I want to thank AkimiB for her drawings! If you want to check them out just look her up on deviant art! It really does tickle me to death that you guys like my story so much to draw it:) hell if I could draw i'd probably be doing that then writing stories!

Anyway! till next time:)