Umm… hi? *gets splat by a tomato on the face* Sorry! Look, I'm a graduating student, a sixth grader in Philippines, and things got a bit rough…? Projects here and there. But as promised, here's the next chapter!
Maka and I headed home to rest after… the accident. She offered to order pizza, but I wasn't listening at all. No, I was listening to an unknown voice resonating in my head.
You're worthless. You're weak. If you didn't get infected by the black blood and wasn't kidnapped by Arachne, you would still be that weak person you are.It whispered. My eyes dulled a bit at those words. If it weren't for the black blood I got from Chrona, I would be weak. Then I let myself get kidnapped, hypnotized and cared by Arachne.
You almost killed your meister and friends even! What good is your motto? 'I'll protect my meister even if it kills me'? You almost did it. And you also injured Giriko, who wasn't doing anything to you. You enjoyed it, right? Hurting others for your own satisfaction.
"I'm sorry." I mumbled. Good thing Maka isn't here. Speaking of the devil, she arrived with the pizza. I saw her worried face and immediately glanced down at my pizza.
"Hey you alright?" she asked me.
"Yeah." I answered, not even glancing up from my piece of the pizza.
"No you're not… and you know it." she said stubbornly. Can't she see that I don't want to talk about it? I glanced at everything but her. I took a liking at the window and stared at it.
Oh? Look at this! She still cares about you even though you almost killed her!
"Soul, tell me what's wrong. You can trust me."
Trust? What is the true meaning of trust? I trusted a lot of things on her but she doesn't care. I want her to trust me but I can't learn to trust others. I trusted my parents but they threw it away.
How sweet. She's playing around with the word 'trust' on you. Trust me; you won't like it when you trust someone only to have them leave you. The voice said. Maka started to scoot near me. I suddenly became afraid that I'll hurt her and she'll leave me. I tried to stand up and back away but was forced to stop when she gripped my right wrist. She grabbed my chin and made me look at her, tears were starting to build up in her eyes. Normally, I would care; but now, I want to give up and go to m and made me look at her, tears were starting to build up in her eyes. Normally, I would care; but now, I want to give up and go to my room.
"What's wrong Soul? You know it's not coo- I mean, nice to keep secrets." she said.
Stay away from her if you don't want to hurt her. Remember what you are? You are Arachne's precious pet who loves to hurt others and is utterly insane. You might even become a Kishin. In other words, you are a monster.
Arachne's precious pet. Loves to hurt others. Insane. Kishin. Monster. My eyes dulled to the point that it became a very dark red.
"Stay away from me. I'm a monster."
That you are.
Maka's tears started falling.
"You're not a monster! It's Arachne! Don't think like that!" she shouted at me as more tears fell. Her grip also became tighter. I should be agitated by now, but I felt extremely weak.
"I should have fought more. I'm weak." I muttered.
Is little Soul admitting he's weak? Oh this is priceless! Look at you, struggling to get out of her grip. Are you a coward? Maybe you are.
"It was hurting you! Who knows what kind of pain you felt!" she shouted again, a bit louder this time. I finally managed to escape her death grip on my wrist and started walking away. I feel too weak.
"COWARD!" she shouted. She confirmed what the voice said. I glanced back at her and smiled.
"I know." I said and locked myself in my room. The voice kept torturing me. I can't even sleep even though I feel weak and sleepy. After a few minutes, Maka called me again. I didn't have the energy to grumble a complaint so I went to the door sluggishly. She tried to offer my favorite pastry, which I wanted to decline, but saw her pout and gave in, going to the living only to pounced on by Blair.
"Scythe-y boy!" she purred, but I didn't care. I didn't do my normal reaction of having a nosebleed suddenly. No, that didn't happen. I just sat there and let her hug me, even allowing her to smother me on her breasts. Maka left me with Blair, who let go and sat down beside me, who looking on the verge of crying. Maka came back with our friends.
Friends? What are friends?
I only heard muffled voices. Blair hugged me again but I didn't move, making her let go of me. Maka also hugged me and same thing happened. I stared out on space,
"I told you to get away from me." I slurred. She let go and cried harder. I heard Black*Star and Liz's muffled voice and ignored him. I stood up and made my way back to my room, Blair following me. Once I entered my room, I locked the door and went to lie on my bed. The voice kept saying things, but I didn't listen. I suddenly felt constricted on my own bed and tried to sit up. I can't'.
"My, what a predicament you've got yourself into." A voice said. I frantically looked around and saw Medusa at the corner of my room. My eyes widened a bit when she came closer.
"Medusa… what do you need?" I gritted up. She chuckled darkly and pulled out a knife,
"I want to see if my little potion is working." She said, lifting up my jacket's sleeve and began carving on my arm. I gritted my teeth to stop myself from shouting, with the black blood helping a bit. She seemed unsatisfied that I was holding back the pain; she stabbed me at near my left eye, just above my eyebrow. I was about to scream in pain when one of her snakes covered my mouth and slipped its head inside. I almost gagged. She seemed satisfied when I gave her a pleading look to stop.
"Soul… can you please drink this?" she asked sweetly and got a vial with some weird black substance. Is that black blood?!
"No it's not. Just drink up! I'm almost finished with your arm." she said calmly. Finally fished with her carving, she showed me what she carved on my arm. My eyes widened and I paled. The snake that was covering my mouth came out and I was forced to drink her potion. I gagged and choked on it since I was forced but was afraid that she will stab me with the knife, or was it a dagger?
I felt myself grow weaker, more so than before. I was also losing my consciousness, but heard a fragment of Blair and Medusa's conversation on if Blair were to call my friends, Medusa will kill me. I almost passed out and almost didn't feel that I was being carried and left my room. I saw a bit of blood on my bed, and oh my death, is that black blood? I completely passed out.