Maka can't think..her brain and her breathing seems to have stopped. She stares at Medusa with wide eyes..her face pale..what the hell is going on? Medusa's yellow, hard snake eyes bore into her own..Maka can't look away..those eyes holding her there..that smile on the snake witch keeps getting bigger and bigger..The way those cold eyes look..they have a hint of madness to them..fangs showing slightly under her upper lip. Maka wants to look away. Wants to blink, to get rid of this vision..this is all this is. It has to be. There's no way Medusa is standing before her..She doesn't even know if she's actually here now..It could be a nightmare right?..She can't really be on this diagram..in the room that she's always been drawn to since she's seen the crescent moon door..This is just..a really fucked up dream. That's all it is. Maybe she's gone mad..Maybe Judas is fucking with her..This can't be real.
Death's whimper..snaps her out of her thoughts..she still can't take her eyes off Medusa..but she's aware again that Death is by her side..she's in pain..the diagram is hurting her..yet Maka doesn't feel anything. Maka squeezes Death's hand..in a way to comfort her..Death's grip is tight, her nails digging into her flesh..Maka doesn't yelp. She doesn't do anything..she can't..
Medusa's eyes are keeping her frozen.
This room..is quiet except for the hard breathing of Death..but maybe Maka's the only one that can hear it..Medusa only looks at her. Like she's frozen there too..just staring at her..smiling at her with that twisted grin. The silence is unbearable. What is this?..Is this a dream? Is this real?..what's going on?..This can't be Medusa..it can't be..
In what seems like forever..The snake witch finally opens her mouth. She speaks. "What's wrong Maka? You look like you've just seen a ghost." Medusa's lips curl at this..those yellow eyes sparking..
Maka swallows down some saliva..trying to make her dry throat a bit moist so her words don't come out as croaks. She takes a shaky breath..still not able to look away from those eyes. "..Aren't I?.." She starts off uncertain. "..You have to be one..I..I saw you die!..I held you in my arms..you shattered into dust!"
"Did I Maka? Are you sure?" Medusa tilts her head..her eyes bounce as if she's laughing..but she's not..She's just grinning, grinning, and grinning. "Are you sure that was me that shattered in your arms?"
"..I.." Maka closes her mouth..thinking back to Medusa's death. It feels like so long ago..considering all she's been through since then..but she forces her aching brain to think back. She remembers holding Medusa in her arms..She watched with her own eyes..as Medusa's body started to crack slowly..in till she was nothing but dust..that had to be her right? "..it..it had to be you..who else could it have been?"
"Oh Maka, Maka. You must be smarter then that! Here I am, standing before you. I didn't die. No, I didn't even get hurt in that fight with my sister. You did all the work for me. All I had to do was throw a copy of myself in front of you. My stupid sister was to caught up in the moment to realize the change in my power. If she was paying attention, she would have realized what she hit was nothing but a clone." Medusa chuckles..thinking back at it like it's some kind of joke.
"..You..you faked your death?" Maka gasps out..her eyes wide. "..Why?..why would you do that?.."
"It's simple really. You didn't have enough hate in your heart Maka. You also started to not trust me. To make up for this, I 'saved you' and 'sacrificed' myself for you. I gave you a sob story and you fell right into it. My 'death' gave you enough hate to complete the spell 'life's surrender'. You killed my sister for me and gave up to death! You did it all for me! Just like I knew you would, just like I planned. Of course there were times things didn't go how I wanted..but it all ended just as I knew it would. With my sister dead, and with you by my feet." Medusa's smile..is starting to turn mad..
Maka's chest tightens..her throat becoming dry again..her whole body trembles..not believing what she's hearing. "..What..what do you mean?...I don't understand..I thought..you were just trying to hurt me..to sacrifice my life for my mother's?..I thought..you were for me.."
"Though that's true, that's only half of it Maka. You trusted the wrong witch..don't you see? Don't you get it Maka?" Medusa spreads her arms..those lips turn in such a large smile. "It was me. All me. My sister didn't even have anything to do with this! All your troubles, all of them have been caused by me! You didn't even suspect a thing! You believed my words, even after all the times you almost died because of them! You're a fool Maka Albarn" She laughs madly. "Such a fool."
"..Are you s-saying that you're the one that.." Maka trails off..her throat closing up..she's sweating..her heart beating so fast..no..this can't be..she..
"Yes. I'm the one that cursed you Maka. It was all me." Medusa's lips turn..her flesh looks like it could rip..Those yellow eyes..have never looked so mad..those fangs showing more.
"T-That..that can't be!..you..you cared about my mother! I saw your past! You couldn't have lied about that! I saw those emotions in your eyes..you have to be lying.." Maka's breathing is uneven..everything falling apart around her. "..I know you cared for my mother..why..why would you kill her?"
This..gets Medusa's mad smile to fall..something like..guilt..or maybe regret flashes through her eyes..Medusa's breathing becomes uneven as she holds her head in her hands for a moment..those long nails digging into the flesh of her cheeks..Maka stares at her..waiting for her to say something..to tell her she's just joking or something..this..this can't be real..this can't be..!
"Kami..Kami was never suppose to die.." Medusa's soft voice..can barely be heard. Maka has to lean closer to hear it. The snake witch moves her hands from her eyes..they're blank..yet..Maka knows they're hiding emotion..like a curtain. "She wasn't suppose to even get hurt..I..In the beginning..I didn't even want this. I didn't even know what you were I just.." She trails off..her eyes getting a far away look. "I wanted her back."
"Huh?" Maka blinks..when Medusa's eyes turn back hard..she glares at Maka, her expression nothing but hate.
"All of this is your fault you know. It's all your fucking fault!" She roars..before her face goes back blank..It's a bit unsettling..seeing her so worked up. Those blank eyes stare at her..they seem soulless now..no anger..no hate..nothing..the curtain has been pulled again.
"..Why..why'd you do it?.." Maka finds herself asking..her voice nothing but a whisper..She saw all she needed to know in those eyes..
Medusa is the one that cursed her..it's been her this whole time..
"I already told you." Medusa stares at her..not blinking. "..I haven't been completely honest with you. With anything I've told you. I told you I sent Crona to the insane asylum..to protect him from myself but that was only half the truth. I wanted him out of the way. I wanted to be able to be around kami like I use to without having to worry about my secret being exposed. I wanted to help her raise you..because it seemed that she was slowly drifting away from the council..slowly drifting away from me." Medusa's eyes flash at that..before they go back blank. "For a year I urged her to go to the meetings, to bring you. I was confused as to why she wouldn't let me see you. She never let me touch you..She spent time with me, when Spirit had gone off to work..in those moments..when we were alone, it felt like old times. It felt as if she would listen to me, that she would leave Spirit and come live with me again..She kissed me and held me like she wanted to.."
Medusa growls slightly at that..her lips turning in a snarl. "Yet..when it was time for me to leave..she never gave me a straight answer. Never let me see you..I had to leave before Spirit came back..for a year it was like that. She played with me, never letting me know what's going on..Making me think she'll come back, that she wants to be with me, only to stay with that idiot of a man!" Those eyes get full of rage again..her hair moving slightly..only for the rage to dull..to a cold acceptance. "So she stayed with him..and she started coming to the witch's council less and less..making excuses to leave early..there were rumors that she was going to leave the witch's council. I warned her not to. It was stupid to do such a thing! She was a witch! She acted as if she wasn't, as if she was actually in love with that man!" Medusa's eyes start to get full of fury again. "One time she lied to the grand witch..just so she could take you out for your sixth birthday. I saw this, came and went off on her. Telling her how dangerous something like that can be! Lying to the grand witch to her face like that? Did she want a death wish?..it burned me..when she told me to leave. I did. I didn't fight her. I just left." Medusa's fury softens..to something Maka could almost make out as hurt. "Soon after that she told me she wanted nothing to do with me. That we couldn't' see each other anymore. I tried to reason with her, I knew she truly didn't want me out of her life! I saw it in her eyes!..yet..she stood firm..she told me to leave. I did. I was furious that Kami would rather be with that man then with me!..back then I thought it was because of him..that he was the one that took her from me..but I was wrong. I was so wrong."
Medusa closes her eyes. "..She stopped going to the witch's council..told the grand witch you died..and she resigned. She moved away..maybe to get away from me..I don't know. Yet she kept my necklace.." Medusa pulls out..the necklace..the crested moon one..the one Maka thought she lost. " She hid it away in a box..it was suppose to seal the magic so I wouldn't be able to track her..but I was still able to. She couldn't get away from me." Medusa stares at the necklace with blank eyes. "..For awhile, I was pissed. I didn't miss Kami, I did my own thing, worked on a couple of experiments..but as time went by..as I was alone..sleeping alone, eating alone..I couldn't help to think of her. Soon that thinking became something I couldn't escape. I wanted her back. I wanted her to be with me. I didn't like how I was feeling..the emotions. I went to her place..to spy on her..to see how she was doing..that's when I found out she was lying. I saw you. You were alive. Kami was always with you, holding you, playing with you..a smile on her face.. if I wasn't so furious..I would have smiled too...I began to watch the both of you a lot..watching you as you went to the park..as you two played together. I just watched..for a couple of years..at first I don't know why I did it. Maybe I just wanted to see Kami again..maybe I wanted to see what she gave me up for..but as I was watching..I noticed something..you had a seal on you. The reason how she was able to hide you..how she was able to fool even me to thinking you were dead..at that moment I realized what I had to do.."
Medusa grips the necklace in her hands..those eyes still blank..She pauses for a moment..Maka not able to speak..she just waits..waits for her to go on. "I knew how I could get Kami back. If that seal was broken..then she would have to train you to be a witch. She would have to come back to the witch's council..She would have to come back to me. so..for years I worked on a solution..which I found In a small curse. I cursed you at age 11. it was a small curse..it wasn't suppose to be anything. Slowly but surly it worked on your seal..The reason why it was so mild was because you had no power. If I put it on a regular witch..it would kill them..the demon would have been awaken..So the demon wasn't even on you back then. For five years you were cursed and you didn't even know it..but your mother did. She actually came to me..worried about it. Worried about you. She didn't suspect me. Of course she wouldn't..Anyone could have cursed Maka for what she's done..for lying about her death. I told her, after I 'examined' the curse that all she had to do was break the seal..then the curse would break..in other words if the seal broke I would take off the curse. You wouldn't get hurt. She would come back to me..but Kami..She shook her head..she left me once again."
Medusa grips her fist.
"For five years..Kami tried little spells while you were asleep, unaware. She tried to break the curse herself..knowing it was eating away at the seal she put on you..I didn't understand why she so desperately wanted to keep your powers sealed.. I didn't understand..why she stayed away from me. For five years I warned her to just break the seal..she never did..and then..Kami did the stupidest thing she could do.." A shutter runs through Medusa's body..her eyes..they dilate..as if she's reliving a night mare. "She..She put the curse on herself..right when your seal was about to break. Do you know how fucking stupid that was?! I was..I was shocked..The curse tripled in power..because of Kami's strength..the demon was awaken..and it came for Kami. I couldn't understand..why she just didn't let that fucking seal break! Why she had to fucking do that! I tried..I tried telling her that the curse was hooked to your seal..all she had to do was break it..yet she wouldn't. She decided she was going to fight this curse by herself.." Medusa's eyes shake. "..Maybe I should have stopped it then. Maybe I should have broke the curse, cut my losses and think of something else..but I couldn't. I was too caught up..I was certain Kami would see how stupid this is and break the seal on you..I was certain this couldn't go on for much longer!..but It went on for two years. Slowly but surely Kami was losing..but I was too stubborn to stop it. I just wanted her to give up. To break the seal on you. To come back to me..that's all I wanted."
Medusa's eyes..hold that regret in them..as she looks down at the necklace in her hands with longing. "..She never gave up. Even when she was sent to the insane asylum. I saw the madness eat away at her brain..yet..she wouldn't give in! No matter how much I told her..how much I begged her to see this was pointless..she wouldn't give up. She wouldn't stop fighting. She suffered, in that room alone..I watched her..and I watched you..I watched how that fucking man did nothing but cheat on Kami, my kami. I decided I would kill him then. I tried to reason with her that if the seal broke nothing bad would happen to you!..but she keptvsaying the same thing.. 'I don't want that..I don't want her to suffer'. I didn't get it..I didn't understand. I was baffled. Finally..when she was getting weaker..about to die..I told her I was going to break your seal. I was going to contact you.." Medusa's eyes narrow. "She went crazy. That was the first time she attacked me. She told me to stay away from you..for me to never see her again..she was crying, I knew she didn't want to do this..yet I didn't understand why she was treating me this way..and then I saw it.." Medusa's whole face scrunches up in rage..pure, unadulterated rage! Maka actually..whimpers in the back of her throat..she's never see anything like it..and all this rage, is directed towards her. "It was love in her eyes. Not for me. Not even for that fucking man..it was love for you! You're the one who really took her from me! You're the one she truly loved! She only liked that man..because he made you happy. It was all you. She wouldn't come back to me for you..and I didn't get why back then..but it made me..so..so angry..I lost myself and well...I figured, if kami wasn't going to come back to me, then she wasn't going to come back to you either..."
"..You..you killed her.." Maka can't breathe..her mind so crammed with all Medusa has said..her heart..feels like it's stopped beating..Death's whimpers and cries..have been tuned out.
"No..Not I..not I.." Medusa closes her eyes..before she opens them.. "I could never have killed her..no..someone else has the blood of hers on their hands.." She starts to chuckle..that dark smirk coming across those lips. "..The killer of your mother..is someone you hold very dear. He's betrayed you from the start..do you want to see the killer of your mother Maka? Do you want to see who ended her?"
"..." Maka ..can only nod..confused now..what..what is she talking about?..If Medusa didn't kill her mother..then who-
"Come on out Crona...let her see who's really guilty with her mother's blood." Medusa turns her head to the side..Maka's breath catches..as she watches as both Crona and Ragnarok walk out of the shadows of a dark corner..Ragnarok's piercing eyes don't look at her..Crona's head is bowed..Maka can't see his face.
"..You're.. .y-you're lying..Crona wouldn't do that! You're lying!" Maka started off soft..only to start screaming..her eyes getting wider..her chest twisting into a angry knot..
"I'm afraid i'm not. OF course Crona didn't do it alone..Ragnarok helped too." Medusa chuckles darkly. "Poor Maka..your so called family has been lying to you this whole time! They knew I was bad news..but they didn't warn you..no..They killed your mother, and lied about it. They have been playing with you Maka.."
"N-No you're lying! Crona you didn't-" Maka turns to look at the two boys..the two boys she loves..that she's put all her trust in..She stops..She forgets how to breathe..as her eyes lock onto Crona's..those blue orbs..are shaking..filled with absolute guilt. There's no hiding the expression..of the fear..of the regret..He's trembling..teeth chattering..Ragnarok isn't looking at her..His eyes are closed..his shoulders slumped..even he can't hide his guilt now..Crona..looks as if he can't look away..like he wants to..but he's frozen there. Maka can't think..but yet..she speaks..her voice..nothing but a whisper. "..You..You killed my mother?..Crona..Ragnarok..you..killed her?" It..feels as if her heart just got ripped out of her chest.
"M-Maka I-I-" Crona's voice trembles, those eyes..So afraid..so caught..his whole body is shaking so bad..it looks like he could just fall apart...his frail body doesn't seem to be holding up well at all.
"You..You killed my mother.." Maka's soft voice..turns hard..her face..changing into a snarl..as the realization hits her like nothing before..as a rage burns her to the very core. "You fucking betrayed me! The both of you! I thought you loved me!" Pure..unadulterated rage..burns those eyes..making her green orbs..look black..Her face scrunching up..making her look like a monster rather then a girl.
"He betrayed you, he betrayed you! They both did! And after all you've done for them Maka! Get angry!" Medusa crackles..
The diagram is starting to light up..Death cries out. "Maka! Calm down! you're doing something to the circle! I know you're mad..I..I am too..but it's hurting me! She's going to steal our body if you keep this up! I wont be able to fight it..She wants me to consume you! You have to calm down!" Death screams out at her..she's in pain.
Maka can't hear her. She can't hear Medusa..she's just glaring..panting like a bull..grinding her teeth, baring them like an animal.
Crona opens his mouth..as if to speak..but all that comes out is a squeak..tears stinging the corner of his eyes..as he tries desperately to form a sentence..He can't get any words out..and neither can Ragnarok. The raven can't even look at her..His breathing is uneven..
Maka snarls, and opens her mouth..Crona flinching ready to be yelled at..to be told that Maka hates him now..waiting for him to just drop dead from the fury in her eyes..
What comes out of her mouth..isn't a roar..isn't a curse..it's a sob. That fury in her eyes dulls..to nothing but pain..tears pouring down her face..her body shaking in her sobs..Crona winces..starting at her with wide eyes..He can't say anything..as she stares at him..stares at both him and Ragnarok..
"I..I thought yu loved me..i thought.." Maka shakes her head..and bows her head..sobbing hstiericaly. "..You..You killed my mother..you bastards..you.." She breaks off into sobs again..Death groaning at how the diagram lights up..and Medusa's smirk grows.
If she was looking..she would see..the utter devastation in both the boy's eyes..the pain there..the guilt..She would see how even the raven shakes..flickering in and out of existence..she would see they're trying to speak..yet..They can't. Not with how she's crying..
Not with the sin on their hands.
Suddenly..Maka stops crying..she stops shaking..her body going still..her bangs move slightly out of her face..Her eyes are blank. There's no expression in them..the tears still streaming..but there's no sound. No emotion..
Maka ablarn..is broke. She's broken.
"M-Maka.." Death grips her hand..but she doesn't respond..She pants..before glaring so darkly at Medusa..at all of them. "I will fucking kill you all! You will all be consumed in me especially you, you bitch!"
"What's wrong death? I thought you liked me." Medusa chuckles. "IT was me after all that got you out of that cage..I must say im surprised. I thought of a lot of scenarios that would happen when you were set free. I was watching the whole time, getting the ritual ready..and yet..at first I must admit I was afraid Maka was really dead. I came there as soon as I can..but I still felt..something. I didn't understand it..but..then I remembered..that stupid demon. The reason why Asura didn't take your soul, was because of him. That demon took your soul. I knew he would give you a second chance..So I took you, and brought you back here. I never would have guessed that when you came back that you would come back together! Both out of the cage and being so friendly! I'm impressed Maka..you have befriended death..you are just full of surprises aren't you?"
Maka doesn't respond.
Medusa's lips curl. "you see Maka..all this time i've been working you up for this. It was me that sent that plant thing on you..it was me who cursed Crona. Remember that note kid got to tell him to get the angel's tear? That was me. Not my sister. I signed for her..and it was me who attacked the ship, making it look as if it was spiders attacking..when really it was my snakes in disguise. I've worked you physically..mentally..wanting you to give in..It was me at the circus..that gave you extra power..the reason why you killed all those people.." Medusa snaps her fingers..and a ton of blood falls on top of Maka..she doesn't move, doesn't even blink. "In order to sacrifice you..Life has to kill a good amount of people..and you did. This is your sacrifice Maka..all those kids, all those families. This is your sacrifice for me. I will fix all of this. I will bring back Kami..i'll make her forget about you if I have to! I will steal your body..and me and her will live for ever!" Medusa's eyes turn blank for a moment. "..You know..I didn't even know what you were..in till kami was dead..when the curse went on you..big and powerful..the seal broke..yet you still were holding it back. I knew then..what you were..when you put on my necklace..it told me what I needed to know..and then it all made sense..why Kami was acting the way she was..but..She loved you. She pushed me aside to protect you. It's all your fault. Now you're going to die and you're going to give her back to me!"
Maka doesn't respond..the blood matting her hair..dripping down her face..she doesn't blink. She' doesn't move. The diagram starts lighting up..getting death to scream in agony. "Maka you have to do something! If you don't, we're both going to die!..she's..she's going to win!..Maka..Please..do something!"
She can't. She can't think. Can't move. Can barely breathe. She can't blink..she can't do anything..all noise is tuned out..everything she's known..has been a lie. She doesn't have the will to fight. The ones she loved..betrayed her. They killed her mother..They knew about Medusa..they..no..she can't fight..She only stares forward..waiting for the static noise in her head to be over.
Maka is broken.
Crona and Ragnarok exchange a look..both look horrible..but there's a light fire of determination as they look back at Medusa..who has her eyes closed..she's mumbling something lowly..Death's screams becoming louder. "I used you..used you and dried you to the very bone.." Medusa mumbles. "Yet..I still hate you..this fire..it's all your fault..I lost her because of you..I hate..hate..hate you.." She grips her fist. "This is where you die! Die for fucking good!" Medusa points her finger at the diagram...about to seal the deal..about to finish the spell..and steal Maka's body. "..I'll take your then Asura can have your soul. You'll suffer forever..while I live forever! It's going to be great!" Medusa roars..her power going out-
Only for the ceiling to crave in..Medusa is tackled by a flash of brown..growls admitting from his throat..the smoke covering the view of what's going on..Before Maka knows it..Someone is standing before her..Maka doesn't look up..just looks at the bottom of her dress..her poke-a-dotted dress.
"Maka...we've come to help you. You're going to be okay.." Eruka speaks calmly..despite the fight going on behind her..covered by the smoke..She bends down..Maka looking blankly into those dark eyes..Eruka frowns..as she mumbles something under her breath..She has no hands..but she has her mouth..power flows through her..and once she says a quick spell..the diagram stops lighting up..Death's screams stop..and Maka feels the diagram let her go. She doesn't get up. Doesn't even try to move.
"Maka come on! We must go now!" Eruka gets up, looking at her frantically..Maka doesn't look up at her. Doesn't get up.
Death pants..before she fades away..going back to rest in Maka..She can't move anymore..can't even take control of her..Maka feels her regenerating inside her..but..Maka can't move.
Eruka's eyes jump in fear when she hears Free whimper..He's losing. She has to act fast. Eruka speaks a spell..and a huge tadpole appears..a odd smile on it's face. She mumbles something..before she lifts Maka up with her powers and puts her on the tadpole. Eruka jumps on it..and it speeds off..busting down the door, along with pieces of the wall to get out of there..Maka is placed..so she watches from behind..watching as they move away from the door..She hears the roars of free..and the magic in the air..but..She can't really think of it much.
She's still broken.
That's when..she sees they're being chased..by Crona and Ragnarok..that doesn't do much for her..They must be after her too..she can't think what's happening..so much is happening..
"Damn it free has been captured in a spell." Eruka grinds her teeth..her eyes light up as she comes to a stop...right in front of two men. "Please take her! We don't have much time till Medusa will be out here!" Eruka hands Maka over..to a rough feeling man..He smells of cigarettes..She sees the flash of brown hair..before she's looking down at the ground again..like a limp doll.
"What the hell is wrong with her?" Giriko frowns as he starts taking off running with Justin..holding Maka against his chest..Eruka stays behind..saying a spell..getting ready for Medusa..She has to let Crona and Ragnarok get by..so she has all her strength for Medusa..she gulps..knowing she'll have to keep her as long as she can..
"..She seems broken.." Justin frowns as he runs by Giriko's side, glancing down at her. "..She must have found out everything..how it was all Medusa..and about..Crona and Ragnarok."
"What about them?"Giriko looks at him with his eye brow raised..Justin only shakes his head.
"Long story. "Justin looks ahead of him..as they run down the mansion stairs. "We have to get out of here..we have to give her to Kid and them..they can get her the out of here."
"..Good thing you fucking knew where she would be." Giriko snorts. "the only good thing about that demon was all the information he gave you."
"Yes..but I also fear..He's coming soon..I know he's coming soon..I can feel him.." Justin's breathing is uneven.. Giriko gets closer to him..protectively. "We just have to get Maka out of here..first thing."
"Luck seems to be on our fucking side. What are the odds of running into a fucking ware wolf that was here to do the same thing? Fucking bust your ass out." Girko looks down at Maka..she still hasn't blinked..Girko frowns. "Damn..she's messed up-"
"She's coming!" Eruka screams..This getting Girko and Justin to tense.
"No!" Justin starts to throw crosses behind them..just as they run out of the mansion..it's surrounded by forest..but waiting for them is kid, liz, patty, and Soul. Kid's eyes light up when he sees Maka..only to shake in concern at her state. "Take her! Medusa's coming!"..they don't seem to realize..Medusa isn't the only ones chasing them down.
"Got it!" Kid runs forward..talking the limp Maka in his arms..his eyes flash when he sees her face..and he knows..just like how she was with her mother's death..that she's broken again..He frowns deeply..cradling her head to his chest like a baby.
"Kid here she comes!" Liz screams..getting out her gun..and a cross, along with patty.
"Get back Justin, this is going to get ugly!" Patty pulls him behind her..This getting Girko's eye to twitch slightly.
Kid's eyes lock onto Crona..he's running towards him..though he doesn't know of their confession..he doesn't like the deranged look in his eyes..that's how Kid takes it.
And then..Medusa comes flying out of the mansion, her eyes a blazed in rage..her lips a snarl..Liz and patty start shooting..Justin saying a prayer..Kid watches them fight with her a moment..and he knows he has to be apart of this. He has to help them hold her back.
"Soul." Kid turns to the albino..who is out of bullets and is only watching with wide eyes. Red orbs lock onto yellow..his face serious. "Take Maka and run. There's a magic field that has been placed since we came here..and Medusa realized we were here. Run up on that hill..and use this. "He hands him the purple jewel. "You'll be able to get out of here. Go now!"
"Right." Soul grabs Maka..he doesn't hesitate..knowing that look in Kid's eyes. He takes off running towards the hill..Kid stances, before he runs towards Medusa..ready to end this once and for all..Not noticing how a certain ghost and pink haired boy run past them..chasing after Soul.
The albino runs fast..but..Ragnarok is faster. He goes through the boy..and he drops Maka once he makes it up the hill.. The raven kicks Soul..and he rolls down the hill.
Maka doesn't move..staring at Crona and Ragnarok with those blank eyes..feeling nothing..doing nothing.
"what the hell are you guys doing?!" Kid roars at them..only for Medusa to disappear..reappearing right in front of Maka..She smirks..and snaps her fingers..A force field appearing around them..right as kid gets to it..he smacks into it face first..falling back..his eyes wide. "No! No Maka! Get up! Run!"
Run?..She can't even blink. She just stares up at Medusa..no expression..no fear..no anger..Crona and Ragnarok are behind her..she thinks..but she doesn't know..She can't think..everyone's yelling at her..Kid telling her to run..Patty and liz screaming..Justin shouting with Girko..but it's all..static noise.
She doesn't understand what's going on.
"Now..we will continue out here..this is it Maka. Your friends can't help you now. Your mine. All mine." Medusa reaches out to touch her..to start the ritual again-
Medusa never touches Maka..She watches..with unblinking eyes..as something sharp sticks out of her chest..Medusa's eyes are wide...confused..before she can react, Ragnarok is in front of Medusa. He grabs her hands..and covers her mouth..She shocks him and he roars in agony..but he holds her..
Maka watches still..with no emotion as..Medusa is stabbed down..Her blood splatting everywhere..she can't see who's doing it..but she can see the blade going in and out of Medusa..one final stab through the throat..gets her to make a gurgled sound..Medusa falls to her knees..Ragnarok letting her go..so she falls limply..exposing just who took her down.
Crona pants loudly..His clothes covered in his mother's blood, those eyes shaking so bad..in madness, in adrenaline, in fear..Maka doesn't know which it is. He looks afraid for a moment..as he takes in his mother..all mutilated..but she doesn't stir. She doesn't move. She's dead...Crona's eyes..slowly go from his mother..to her..that's when..he looks tired. His eyes droop..such a sadness in those eyes as he walks over towards her slowly..dropping the bloody knife..He falls to his knees in front of her..Ragnarok watching him..not getting in his way..knowing how much harder this is for him.
Maka doesn't move away. She just stares at him..at his blood stained face and hands..a hiccup shakes his body..those eyes tearing up..as he reaches out..and touches her cheek..rubbing his thumb on it...soothingly..yet hesitantly..when his hand touches her..as she stares in those droopy eyes..
Everything fades away.
When Maka can see again..She's standing in a familiar room..She hasn't been in here for so long..at first she didn't recognize it. When her eyes fall on the frail looking boy..curled up in a corner..hugging his knees to his chest..a sad look in his eyes..Maka knows where she is. She's in darkside asylum..back in Crona's room..It's odd seeing him in his white gown..that seems so long ago. The boy looks anxious..his eyes shifting.
"..I wonder if she's not coming today..if she's realized what a waste I am.." Crona mumbles, gripping his knees tighter. "..but she said..she said she would come back...She's my friend.." He blushes..his eyes having a far away look as if he's thinking about something.
"She's a fucking bitch Crona." Ragnarok suddenly appears in front of him, snorting . "why do you want her to come back anyway? She's fuckng weird."
"Maka i-isnt' weird!" Crona glares at him, straightening up a little defensively. "She's a-amazing and nice and real..S-She's pretty and soft and-" He stops..blushing darkly..before fiddling with his fingers. "She's my friend..a-and I don't appreciate you talking about her like that!"
"Oh what ever. When did you grow some balls?" Ragnarok grunts as he grabs Crona, putting him in a head lock. He starts rubbing his fist in his head, smirking as Crona whimpers in pain.
"q-quit it!"
"No! I can't believe you actually like that fucking girl! She's just like everyone else Crona, don't get your hopes all up. She has a life outside of this, unlike you..unlike us." He mumbles that. "She'll stop coming. You know she will."
"N-No s-stop it Ragnarok." Crona whimpers..his eyes wide with hurt..he looks like he's about to cry.
Ragnarok makes a odd sound in his throat..as he lets Crona go, crossing his arms and glaring at the wall. "She looks at you like you're some new fucking animal at the zoo and you know it's true."
Crona looks down at that..his eyes getting glossed over. "..At l-least she comes to see me..even the monkeys a-at the zoo get more attention then me.." Crona closes his eyes. "..I-If that's what she thinks of me..then it's okay. I-I'm okay with that..as l-long as she keeps coming back..t-that's all I want."
Ragnarok looks over at him..those piercing eyes can't be read..
That's when..She appears, she comes in from the door. Crona jumps with a start..as his eyes take in his mother..the woman he hasn't seen in years. She smiles at him sweetly.
"Well hello Crona. Long time no see yes? Seven years I believe." Medusa tilts her head..Ragnarok's eyes alight in fury.
"You fucking bitch! What the hell have you been doing? Keeping us fucking here for 7 years!" Ragnarok fums.
"M-Medusa.." Crona stares at her..like she isn't there..his eyes so wide...his teeth starting to chatter.
"Now, now, no need to get all mad. I have some good news Crona. Wouldn't you like to get out of here? To come back home with me?" Medusa coos.
"..I c-can..r-really?" Crona perks up..his eyes lighting up.
"Yes of course!..I just need you to do something for me. There's a woman in room 403. She has hurt me Crona. She's betrayed me. I need you to sneak into her room..and make her drink this." Medusa holds out a vial of something..it's black.
"W-What would this do to her?" Crona trembles, staring at it with wide eyes.
"It will just weaken her. Don't worry, she's a nobody crona. No one will care. No one will ever find out it's you." Medusa holds out the vial. "..If you do this Crona..you'll come home with me..i'm not asking you to kill anyone. Just do this..do this for your mother."
Crona stares at the vial..before he gulps. "..And this woman..no one will care? She doesn't have a family?"
"None what so ever." Medusa smiles reassuringly. "This is your freedom Crona ,are you going to do it or not?" She growls, pulling away the vial. "Or you can stay here for the rest of your life and rot!"
"N-No! O-Okay i'll do it.." Crona reaches out..taking the vial out of her hands..it disappears and he gasps, looking at Medusa confused.
"It will come back when the time is right. Do it tonight Crona." Medusa smiles..and ruffles Crona's hair. "I heard of your little friend Crona..she's cute..Maka right?" Crona's face turns pale, his eyes wide..he opens his mouth, only to close it. "Hmm..she seems to like you.." She snares..smirking..before it changes to a smile." well make me proud..I hope I get to meet her soon Crona." With that..she turns..and walks out of the room..
Crona Is left there alone..his eyes look odd..before he hangs his head..Ragnarok looks at him a moment..before sighing and fading away.
The door slings open.
"Crona!" another version of herself comes running in..The boy doesn't respond..but when she touches his hand..he looks up..that odd look in his eyes..before it disappears.
"M-Maka?" He rubs his eyes as if he can't believe she's there..but when he sees she's still there after he rubs his eyes..a smile rips out on his face."Y-You're back!" such relief in those pale blue eyes..
Everything fades away.
"Alright lets get this the fuck over with so we can get the fuck out of this asylum faster." Maka blinks as she can see again. Ragnarok is leaning against the wall by Crona, his arms crossed and that scowl on his face as he looks over at Crona..who is doing a little dance, smiling so brightly, his cheeks flushed. "Are you fucking done yet?"
"Sorry Ragnarok i-i'm just so happy! W-we kissed! And s-she said I was cute! She likes me, she really l-likes me!" Crona squeals, still doing a twirl on his tip toes as he holds his hands against his chest..as if he didn't his heart would pound out of his chest.
"I wouldn't even call that shit a kiss. You two didn't even move! There wasn't even tongue! If you're all derpy from a peck, I don't even want to know when you get a real fucking kiss." Ragnarok snorts his eye twitching irritably at how Crona turns to him, giving him a bright smile.
"That k-kiss was real enough to me! I d-don't need tongue.."He blushes darker at that.. but he smiles all the same. "Just h-her lips against mine is enough!..oh r-Ragnarok what is this feeling? I feel..happy! I'm h-happy Ragnarok! She makes me f-feel happy..and my palms sweaty. My h-heart beat speeds like i'm afraid..but i'm not! It's j-just her! I f-feel so warm and nice.." Crona hugs himself, giggling. "She kissed me!" He squeals again as he falls back on his bed, the cheap material making a creaking sound.
"God damn it you're like a fucking school girl. What the hell is wrong with you? Squealing over this shit?" Ragnarok groans, rubbing his temples. "Now I have a fucking head ache. Lets just fucking go, i'm tired of hearing about 'Maka this.' or 'Maka that'. It's annoying as shit. There's nothing special about her or that kiss." Ragnarok grunts, rolling his eyes when Crona looks at him like he's offended.
"T-There is too Ragnarok! She's a-amazing! The best p-person I know!"
"Idiot, she's like the only person you know except for me, Medusa, and the fucking doctors here." Ragnarok shakes his head. "I'm a lot better then any of them, bitch please." Ragnarok gives him his middle finger.
"M-Maka's just.." Crona has a dreamy look in his eyes as he sighs happily..hugging himself tighter.
"yeah, yeah Maka's all that and a bag of chips. Now lets fucking go, i'm tired of being in this place!" Ragnarok snarls.
"O-Okay, okay..I guess we s-should do it now huh?" Crona's smile..starts to fall..his eyes refocusing..looking anxious. "Are a-all the halls clear?"
"Yup. Now come on." Ragnarok walks over to the door..and opens it, holding it for Crona. The pink haired boy takes a deep breath as he gets off the bed..his happy demeanor fading as soon as he leaves his room..The hallways are dark, no sound as this boy quietly makes his way down it..Ragnarok by his side, glancing around every couple of seconds to make sure no one's coming. Crona's eyes shake..his shoulders slumping..his movements becoming slower..A conflicted eyes in his eyes. "It's just giving some bitch we don't know a drink. Medusa didn't even say it would kill her. Chill out." Ragnarok glares at him with those piercing blue eyes..but maybe..if Crona was looking..he would see the barely there concern. "We've done fucking worse."
Crona nods gravely..They have indeed done worse. Ragnarok's words steady his breathing a bit, his legs still tremble as he gets closer and closer to their destination.. "I d-don't know Ragnarok..I h-have this really bad feeling.."
"you always have fucking 'bad feelings'. It's simple. We don't know this crazy bitch so who cares what happens to her? You give her the drink, we leave, and then Medusa gets us the fuck out of here. Don't fucking mess this up Crona or i'll beat the shit out of you." He growls.
Crona sighs..knowing his threat is true..along with all his words. He wants to get out of here. He doesn't want to be trapped alone in his room. He stops in front of the room..403..He closes his eyes, preparing himself..
He's done worse..
With that..Ragnarok opens the door for him and he walks in..His eyes immediately take in the woman in the hospital bed. Her blonde hair covering her face in a crazy fashion..her breathing steady, her chest moving up and down just fine. Crona gulps..before he makes his way deeper into the room..Ragnarok pushing him a couple of times to make him go faster..Crona stops by the side of the bed..looking down at this woman..this woman he doesn't know..
"Y-You don't have a family.." Crona whispers to himself..as the vial appears in his hands.. "N-No one will know.." Crona's hand shakes..as he slowly lowers the vial towards this sleeping woman's open, unaware mouth. "You're not going to die.." This seems to steady himself up..with one final breath, he presses the vial to her lips..the contents going down her throat-
The woman makes a gurgle..her eyes shooting open as she grabs at her throat..she starts coughing, like she's trying to get the substance out of her..Those eyes green..large emerald eyes lock on Crona..Kami's eyes widen in recognition..along with Crona's..
He falls back on his butt..his eyes wide in horror..even Ragnarok's face has fallen as they both take in his woman. "M-Maka?" Crona whimpers this out..seeing those green eyes.
"M-Medusa.." Kami chokes out, her eyes dilated..shaking. "You..bitch.." Her body starts to thrash violently..She screams, the piercing sound gets Crona to scream, covering his ears, his body shaking as if it would fall apart.
"Crona lets get the fuck out of here!" Ragnarok yells at him..when Crona doesn't listen..Ragnarok takes control of his body..He runs out of the room..running all the way back to their room with out stopping..he runs back into their room that's open..before slamming the door..Ragnarok pants..before he goes out of Crona..The pink haired boy falls to his knees..his eyes dilated in horror.
"R-Ragnarok..she..she looked l-like Maka..w-what does that mean?..w-who..who was she?" Crona trembles..his eyes shaking..because deep down..he already knows who it was.
"The two bitches probably aren't even related." Ragnarok snaps yet..his eyes..They change..because he knows as well..just who that woman was.
"Y-yeah..that'..that c-couldn't have been her mom or anything..M-Medusa said she had no family.." Crona giggles oddly. "No family no family! It wasn't her! It couldn't have been!' Crona giggles to himself..crawling to his corner..His smile twisted..in those pale blue eyes..You can see it's not him..the madness there..has been his guardian.
"Damn it you're losing it again." Ragnarok grumbles..yet as he watches Crona laugh hysterically..obviously trying to distract himself from what he just did..from who that person was..
Everything fades away.
"It's not Monday, it's Thursday.." Maka smiles at him..yet her eyes hold a sadness.
"B-But Monday isn't a visitor day.." Crona's eyes get wide, flickering in fear as he looks up at her from the corner he's in. "M-Maka..did something happen? D-did something happen to your mother?"
"Yeah..my mom has gone in a coma.."
"O-Oh i'm so sorry Maka..did t-they find out what caused it?"
"No stein didn't find anything wrong with her.." Maka's voice is getting warped.. "Hey Crona..how did you know something was wrong with my mom?"
Crona tenses up..his eyes shifting..those blue eyes fool of something she didn't understand back then..
Guilt. Pure guilt.
Everything fades away.
Maka's eyes open..those green, blank orbs locking onto Crona..who has his head bowed now..the tears falling freely down his face, his body being racked with sobs and hiccups. His body covered in blood..his hand still on her cheek..she doesn't move it..she doesn't move.
"I-It was m-me Maka..t-the reason your mom went into a coma..I k-knew then..I k-knew what I had done..b-but I didn't want to accept it..I d-didn't know y-your mother was going to die Maka!..I d-didn't even know it was her! I s-swear Maka..I swear to god I didn't..I..I.." His voice breaks off for a moment..he sobs pitifully..before he sniffles, trying to get his air back in his chest. "I'm s-s-so sorry! F-for everything! I k-know..I-I know I should have told you..I-I just..I didn't want y-you to hate me, I d-didn't want you to l-lose it and get taken by Asura!..I j-just..I w-was going to tell you Maka..w-when all this was over..I w-was..I promise I was..! w-we didn't tell you about medusa..because we were never sure..she d-didn't make anything clear to us!..w-we didn't want to scare you when we needed her to break the curse on you..I..I'm sorry! Y-Your mother..oh god your mother! I'm s-sorry, i'm sorry-" He keeps crying out apologies..holding his head in his hands, his body shaking so much, Maka wonders if he'll fall apart..
Those blank green orbs slowly refocus..feeling starting to come back to her..She still feels that hurt, that betrayal but..Crona didn't know. He didn't know that was her mother. He just wanted to get out of there..Medusa lied to him..It's all her fault..She's the one who truly killed her mother..who's done everything to her..
Ragnarok doesn't say anything..a frown on his face as he watches the two..though he doesn't express his feelings with word..by the look in his eyes..Maka knows how sorry he is, how upset he is..
They didn't know.
"I don't think I could ever forgive you Crona." Maka's lips go in a tight line..and Crona gasps..trembling more. "I think..I think you killed me. Yup. You killed me Crona. I'm dead."
"W-What'?! Nooo! You already died once! I-i'm so sorry Maka! Please don't leave me a-again! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He whips his head up to look at her, only to squeak in horror as she falls over, her eyes closed. He reaches out, catching her..Crying on her..his tears staining her..
Ragnarok's eye brow raises..a bit confused..along with everyone else that's watching outside of the force field.
"You know..what you have to do Crona." Maka keeps her eyes closes..still speaking..yet Crona is freaking out. "You know how to bring me back."
"H-H-How? i'll do anything!"
"You've done it before." Is all Maka's says..
Crona stares at her with wide, terrified eyes..then it hits him. His eyes light in recognition..his lips quivering. "I'll s-save you Maka.." He leans in..Kissing Maka with his bloody lips..it's a soft kiss, full of emotions. Full of love, full of fear, full of everything this boy is feeling now...a giggle gets Crona to tense, he pulls away from Maka to see her grinning at him..it's almost..playful.
"Hey Crona guess what?"
"W-What?" Crona looks at her with wide eyes as she sits up..still grinning.
"You're still naive..falling for that trick..some things never change huh?" She grabs him by the arm and pulls him into her..Hugging him tightly..a shiver is sent down Crona's spine, he gasps out..his body getting racked with his shaking..his breathing uneven. "You didn't know..I don't hate you. I don't hate you either Ragnarok. You didn't know..hell.." Maka chuckles lightly. "It's over now..you killed that bitch for me Crona..you did that for me. It still pains me..but..I still feel it..this love for you..something's never change huh?...It's okay.." Maka pulls back from him..giving this boy a soft smile. "I forgive you."
Crona just stares at her..his mouth wide open, he opens and closes his mouth as if he wants to say something..but no words come out. He's looking at her with shock..complete and utter shock..
"Cat got your tongue?" Maka can't help to grin, when his eyes get wide in terror.
"Gah! N-not that again!" He tenses..about to look at his tongue but then he stops..looking back up at Maka's smiling face..and maybe then..he gets it..
She's forgiven him..She's teasing him..just like she use to..She doesn't hate him..this is enough to get him to start crying again.
"O-Oh Maka!" He sobs, throwing his arms around her..He starts to laugh and sob at the same time, holding her so close. "It's over..it's really over!..i-it's okay..y-you forgive me..do you really?..how can you?"
"Because I love you..and I know it wasn't you." Maka nuzzles him. "I can't believe you still fell for that cat thing."
"H-Hey it's still scary." Crona blushes..only to laugh more then sob..Maka laughing with him..it's something about almost dying..about something big coming to a end..or a barrier being destroyed..that either gets you to sob uncontrollably...or laugh. Now they're both laughing. It's over.
Ragnarok allows himself to smile..watching the two hold each other..He tenses suddenly when they both look over at him..still laughing.
"Come on in Ragnarok! Don't be an ass!"
"J-Join us!" Crona giggles..
Ragnarok stares at them a moment..and though he doesn't want it to..his smile gets bigger. "but I am a fucking ass." He walks over there..and as soon as he's close, Maka and Crona grab him, pulling the ghost int their three way hug...
It's over..
"Yay! They did it!" Patty cheers, smiling.
"it seems that way.." Justin looks over at Giriko as he wraps his arms around him..he smiles.
"Yes.." Kid smiles..they did it.
"..Hey kid?" Liz frowns suddenly. "..Shouldn't the force field be going down..since Medusa's dead?"
"Well yes-" Kid's eyes widen as he touches the force field. It's firm. Solid. His eyes widen In horror. "Maka! She's still alive!"
"What-" Maka starts..only for Crona and Ragnarok to be ripped from her suddenly.
"Maka!" Crona yells for her..Just as he's thrown into a cage like thing..black magic making the bars..Ragnarok does a flip in the air, his eyes wide and alert..
Maka..stares up at this woman towering over her now..blood covering her body, hiding where all the wounds are. Her hair is matted to her face, those lips in a snarl..the fangs showing..her eyes so dark..If Maka could see her wounds, she would be able to tell they are healing..but she's too busy staring at her face. Medusa's skin..is changing, becoming like scales..dark, gray scales..her fork tongue hisses at her..as her eyes turn black..she's getting taller..towering over Maka more.
"..It was all you.." Maka breathes out..black eyes boring into her own..There's no fear even when she feels this witch's power blow against her..strong, dark. Murderous. "Not Crona..not Ragnarok..you tricked them!..You're the one that killed my mother..it was all you this whole time."
"..Kami was suppose to give in. I wasn't lying. That potion didn't kill Kami. It only sent her into a coma..I visited her in her dreams, telling her that she had to give in now..I even healed her, making it so she was better..She could have lived but she didn't listen. It was her own fault she died." Medusa straightens herself out..smirking at her. "Now it's her fault you're going to die. This is where it ends Maka Albarn. All your toils are over..your mine now. Your body and your immorality is all mine!" she starts laughing hysterically.
"You bitch!" Maka screams as she gets up..feeling her power flow through her..more then ever before..because it's not just hers, it's death's too. Maka's face scrunches up in rage. "I can't believe I actually shed a tear for you! You manipulative cunt!" Maka rushes towards her, lashing up, her hands lighting up..
"And don't you forget it." Medusa does a gesture with her hand..and the ground beneath Maka cracks..vector arrows comeing out. She's barley able to dodge it, one of them cutting the top of her shoulder as she does a flip In the air..right when she can see..Medusa is in front of her, that snarl there. "You can't beat me Maka! You know you can't!" She reaches out..her hands lighting up in dark magic..her scales are getting harder..sticking off her face like spikes.
"I don't fucking think so!" Ragnarok appears next to Medusa..he punches her in the face, knocking her away from Maka who lands on her feet. The ghost doesn't stop there, he hits her as much as he can..grabbing her hands to stop any spells. "Maka hurry up and do a strong spell or some shit! You have to kill her now or she's going to fucking destroy you!" He screams..It hurts him to be grabbing Medusa like he is..He grinds his teeth , baring it.
"R-Ragnarok..M-Maka.." Crona's eyes shake as he takes this is..he starts to hit against the bars..They need him, yet he can't get out..
"got it!" Maka pants..as she feels someone grip her hand. She looks over to see Death..She still look exhausted..but those green eyes are looking at her..with something Maka's never seen before..determination.
"We..can finish her together..if you let me.. I can kill her." Death grips Maka's hand. "..If we die..and she ends up stealing our body..I need to know..do you really love me?..and when this is over..will I still be free?"
Maka turns her body so she's facing death..she takes both of her hands in hers..leaning her forehead against Death's. "I promised you, didn't I?" Maka smiles.
"I don't believe you.." Death glares slightly..but their power is gathering together..her eyes getting darker. "Prove it to me..i'm not going to be tricked! I'm not going to kill her when you're just going to push me away again!"
"Hurry the fuck up!" Ragnarok roars..not able to hold Medusa off much longer..he's getting faded..
"Death.." Maka cubs her cheeks..and leans in. To everyone else..Maka is kissing air..but to her, she's kissing death. The other girl's breath catches..tensing..before she leans into it..She fades away..leaving Maka alone.
"What the hell are you-" Ragnarok starts..but when Maka turns around, he stops..Those dark eyes..are no longer Maka's. He's seen them before..
"mortem omnibus!" Death cries out..about to end Medusa for good when-
'No! That's it! Bond break!" Medusa growls..getting out of Ragnarok's hold enough to say this..Ragnarok screams in agony..along with Crona..as the bond that was holding them together gets destroyed, shattered. The ghost is thrown off of her..falling to the ground..where he doesn't get up. He continues to scream..becoming so faded.
"R-Ragnarok!" Crona screams with him. feeling as that chain..the thing that has kept them together all these years..snaps..and it hurts. It hurts so much.
"Noo!" Maka shouts out, inside her head..her eyes wide.
"Shit you bitch i'm-' Death's hands light up-
"Not even you can defeat me death..The ritual went to far." Medsua lifts her hand..and Death starts screaming..something hurting her, causing her to fall to her knees. "Your mine. Now be a dear and consume Maka."
""N-No..I can't.." Death pants..grinding her teeth..she closes her eyes. "M-Maka..I can't fight her..it's all up to you.."
When Maka opens her eyes..she's herself again..and what ever Medusa is doing isn't effecting her. She gets up, ready to run to Ragnarok, to help him. He's fading so quickly!
That's when..she hears the mad laughter behind her..a shiver is sent down her spine..her face turning pale..no..no it can't be..! Maka whips around..only to see her worse fears come true.
"Hello Maka." Asura smirks..landing in front of her..his scarves twitching in anticipation. "I see you've finally found out who put me on you..such a shame. You didn't stand a chance. My son gave you a second chance, but it was all in vain."
"G-Get away.." Maka trembles..backing up..
"Ah Asura you've come for her soul.."Medusa smirks as she grabs Maka..her backing right into her. "..You can take her. She's more trouble then she's worth..Her body is immortal now..she can't die..all I need is for her soul to leave..i've already prepared death..go ahead, take her!"
"NO!" Maka struggles with Medusa..being able to get out of her hold..They struggle with each other..as Asura's body lights up.
"with pleasure. You're soul will forever be mine as you rot in hell!" Asura's mouth unhooks..and he lashes out..
Maka closes her eyes..saying something..maybe a silent prayer..maybe a last attempt but then..Asura grabs her, ripping her from Medusa..his hand rips into her..gripping her soul, gripping what makes her, her.
"Maka n-no!" Crona screams..as he watches her soul get ripped out..a bright, blue ball..Asura smirks..Crona watching with horror..as he eats it..Swallows it whole..Maka's body falls limply..dead..she's dead..They lost..this is..no. "MAKA!" He screams, tears tricking his eyes..he sobs..hitting the cage..
Medusa looks over at Crona..she smiles..and..winks at him?..what?-
Suddenly..Asura makes a gurgle sound..as he grabs his throat, his red eyes wide as if he's choking on the soul..his eyes shaking so much. "No..what..the hell is this..!"
"Identity illusion.." Medusa's lips curl..Crona watches with wide eyes..as Medusa..turns into Maka..she's grinning ear from ear. "The weakest spell in the book and you fell for it!"
"Identity illusion?! Then that means.." Asuras eyes shake..as Maka's dead body..turns into Medusa's..
He ate her soul. He killed the one that made the curse.
"Nooooo!" Asura roars..as his body lights up..lights coming out of him, making holes in his body. "This can't be! You couldn't have done this! How..fuck no! Ahh it burns! I'm scared! I'm dying!" he falls to his knees,gripping his hair, his eyes dilated..as the lights get worse..suddenly..he stops screaming..he looks Maka right in the eyes. "..If I die..where do I go? I'm scared! I..what happens to me?!"
"I don't give a fuck. You disappear. Fuck the both of you..burn in hell." Maka gives Asura her middle finger..as he screams again..the light engulfs him..till he explodes..Maka puts her arms in front of her..to protect her from the harsh wind this causes ..grinding her teeth.
"M-Maka.." Crona feels the relief in his heart..as the light leaves..and Asura's gone..his mother dead on the ground..He smiles at her when she turns to look at him "You did it!" At that moment..the cage disappears..letting him go. He runs to her as fast as he can..practically tackling her in a hug. With a 'oof' She falls on her back, Crona on top of her. "Ah i'm s-so sorry! Did I hurt you?! I'm j-just so happy! You did it! Your not d-dead! Yay!"
"Crona." Maka giggles, holding him close to her..The force field disappears..and in comes running the others, cheering, shouting as they all surround Maka.
"You did it Maka!" Patty punches her fist in the air.
"That was amazing! You beat Medusa at her own game!" Kid almost bounces.
"You killed Asura Maka! He'll never bother us again!" Justin cries out in relief.
"that was fucking bad ass bitch!" Giriko roars.
"I don't even know what the fuck just happened but shit man! Good job!" Soul shouts. Hitting his fist in the air.
"Are you guys okay?" Kid looks at Crona and Maka..his smile is still there.
"I-I am..w-what about you Maka?" Crona smiles at her..
"I'm fine..better then ever." Maka kisses him deeply..They pull away..smiling at each other..the sun shinning down on them..
"what about you Ragnarok-" Both Maka and Crona say..looking over..only to stop..their smiles wiping off their faces..
Ragnarok lays on the ground..not moving..he's almost gone..and by his side..is Medusa..her ghost..smirking down at him.
"Ragnarok!" Crona and Maka get up..running towards the raven..who is barely there anymore..
"Who?" Giriko raises his eye brow..looking around at every one else who seems to be confused at the change of attitude..
Maka falls to her knees in front of Ragnarok..Crona on his other side..they both hold him in their arms. "I'm going to save you Ragnarok..your going to be okay." Maka lets her power flow through him..expecting his body to become solid..
But it doesn't. It continues to fade..and what makes things worse..is that..Maka watches with horror filed eyes..as dark hands start to come out of the ground..they grab Medusa's soul..but they're also reaching out for Ragnarok..these hands..she's seen them before-
"He's going to hell!" Medusa laughs madly. "You couldn't save him! I'll gladly take him down with me! He'll be stuck with me for all fucking eternity! You didn't win Maka! No! I'll make him pay for what you've done to me! I've taken everything from you?..you've taken everything from me! This is all your fault!" she roars..Asura's death must be the reason she was released.
"No!" Maka and Crona grab at Ragnarok..trying to keep those dark hands away from him..they want to drag him down to hell. "He doesn't deserve hell!" Maka cries out. "stop it!"
"Ragnarok p-please you got t-to get up!" Crona shakes the boy who's eyes are closed. "W-Why is this happening?"
"Because the bond has been broken. The only thing keeping him from hell..it's ready to engulf him." Medusa crackles. "too bad you never got a second chance right Ragnarok? No one would give you one..you poor thing." she laughs..but her words..get Maka's eyes to light into realization..
a second chance?... Maka glances at Medusa's dead body.. "That's it!" Maka picks up Ragnarok..taking him away from the hands..but she knows they're still reaching, still wanting him.
"W-What is?" Crona gets up..running with her as she runs over to Medusa's dead body..
"Giving a body to the dead..the forbidden spell." Maka looks over at Crona with wide eyes. "..It will give Ragnarok his life again! All we have to do is use Medusa's body!"
"You're a fool even thinking about trying it!" Medusa chuckles. "You'll die! No one's been able to complete it! Even you life! It will take you!"
"All you need is blood.." a book appears in front of Maka..flipping to the the last page. "..All I have to do is say the words.." She reads the instructions.."..it requires a lot of blood.."
"I'll do it with you.." Crona grabs her hand..locking eyes with her. "Ragnarok was my first friend..take my blood t-too..I don't want h-him going to hell. I d-don't want him leaving us!"
Maka nods..she looks down at the book..as she grips Crona's hand..They both cry in pain as Maka cuts them..getting the blood to cover Medusa..making strange letters on her skin..just like the book said..Maka can't help to feel woozy..but with Crona by her side..she can do this..
"It's okay Ragnarok.." Maka soothes..as she puts his soul into Medusa's body. "..You're going to live again..I promise you.." She looks back at Crona. "..Are you ready?"
"Y-Yes.." Crona grabs her hand..as the book appears in front of them..
"We both say the spell..here we go.." Maka looks at the couple of words..knowing..this could end so bad..they could all die..
They follow each other anywhere..that is their promise..They won't abandon Ragnarok..they will try to save him..even if it means..they die in the process.. "I have to warn you Crona..this could kill us.."
"..J-Just never let me go..I don't want us to be apart I..I w-want us all to stay together.." The sky starts to get dark. "..I-I love you Maka."
"I love you too Crona.." Maka smiles..but when the hands start reaching for Medusa's body..she breathes in..they're running out of time.
"..By the blood that has been shed..by the reason in our hearts..we ask for this soul to live again. To be able to breathe and eat..give him this body..make it his own. Give him life!' They chant together...The body lights up..making it so bright no one can see anything..
When the light clears..Kid can't help to gasp..Maka and Crona are laying on the ground in front of Medusa's dead body..limp..not moving..The clouds turn dark..rain starting to fall down on the two..
Medusa smirks..
"you fools. You failed."
Next chapter is the last! Then it's over! Completely over! I don't have much to say but thank you all for coming this far! Please review and of course let me know what your thinking..
Till next time:)