It took Cumo almost two months to wake up. She woke up December 12th, it was a surprise to us. Stein said that he estimated that she would wake up around January or February. We were leaving to go to class when we heard Cumo whisper me and Kid's name. We turned around just as her eyes fluttered open. Today's December 18th, the day she get's discharged from the infirmary. The same day I get the cast off of my leg. I rebroke it one day, so it had to reheal... I finally get to go home. It's a Saturday, so no school today. Stein walked in with a saw (the ones used to cut off casts), I was scared he was going to cut my leg open, until I learned that it uses vibrations to just cut the cast. When it came off it felt as if my leg could finally breathe. I tried to walk on it, I limped a lot and nearly fell over. So Stein just gave me a boot for support. Cumo's injuries were completely healed, Stein was right, her witch regeneration helped her.
"Hey Crona, Cumo, how are you guys?" Maka said walking in.
"Hi, we're good." I answered.
"What are you doing here?" Cumo asked her.
"I came to pick you and Crona up."
"For what?" Cumo asked.
"We're going to Kid's mansion. I'll explain why later. Are you guys ready to go?"
"I am, what about you Cumo?" I said.
"Nearly," She said looking around, "Here they are, my boots." She put on her boots and we left. I had to carry one of my shoes because I couldn't wear it while I have this boot/brace on. My right hand healed a long time ago, so I didn't have to worry much about that. I just have to be carefull when I practice. We stopped at my apartment first, Maka handed Cumo a bag and told her to put whatever was inside on.
"Kid planned a surprise party for her," Maka whispered to me, "We should get dressed too." Maka grabbed my hand and we went to our bedroom. Maka added a few more photos and some of her things in there. It looked different, but a good different. My white suit was on the bed folded nicely.
"Look that way and get dressed, i'll look this way." Maka said turning towards the back wall. I did as she said and dressed in my suit. It felt just the same, I had to tuck my pant leg into my boot though. Maka was wearing her normal purple dress. She kept her hair in pony tails though. Maka grabbed her coat ready to go. We sat on the couch in the living room, waiting for Cumo to come out. When she did, her face was a dark red and she looked very awkward. Her dress went down to her knees (it was black), with white flats, she also had a bracelet on both wrists with a shinigami skull on it.
"It fits! I'm glad, do you not like it?" Maka asked her.
"I l-love it! It's just kind of s-short and i'm n-not really used to t-that..." She said.
"It's alright. Are you ready? Here, I have a coat for you. It's cold outside."
"Y-yes. Thanks." We left our apartment and were on our way to Kid's mansion. It was snowy and cold. I didn't really mind it, i've gotten used to weather conditions. About half way there, Maka decided to break the silence.
"Aren't you cold Crona?" she asked me.
"No, are you?"
"How? Your only in a suit, it's not very thick either. I'm cold and i'm wearing 2 coats." she said.
"Oh, well then here." I pulled her next to me. She was cold, I could feel her shivering.
"Holy crap, you are warm. Are you cold Cumo?" Maka asked her.
"No, I have been trained to withstand all weather conditions. Crona has too." She said.
"Oh... I didn't know that. I feel kind of left out." She giggled. I hugged her closer to me and I could feel her shivering stop. I warmed her up, the thought made me blush. We finally got to Kid's mansion, Kid opened the big door and Cumo ran into his arms. I could tell they were happy with eachother. Maka smiled up at me and I smiled back. We got inside, there was a major warmth difference. Kid's mansion felt like it was 80 degrees, then again it's only 30 degrees outside... I hung up Maka's coats while she looked for Tsubaki.
"How are you Crona?" Kid asked me.
"Good, you?"
"Symmetrical as always. I like the outfit Maka picked out for Cumo. It fits her personality, also very symmetrical. I see that you got your cast switched out for a boot." Kid said.
"Yeah, you know how I rebroke it? Well, I aparently broke a part of my ankle too... They're healed now, but I limped so much that Stein was afraid i'd hurt myself. So, he gave me the boot for support."
"Ah, I see. May I ask you a question?"
"Ask away."
"So if your mother is a witch and you have regenerating black blood... Why is it your being injured easily? Also, how do you not heal like a werewolf?" He asked me.
"I don't know about my mother being a witch part, but my black blood is actually deteriating... so it hasn't worked properly and..."
"And what?"
"Don't tell Maka this, please. It'd only worry her, which doesn't need to happen until it's confirmed. One day during a medical check up after my fight with Giriko and his golem, Stein said that my blood has gotten weaker and if it continues to deteriate at this rate, I may... um..." god the word is so hard to say, "die..." It was kind of a whisper, but it came out. Kid looked a little shocked, but he seemed to recover.
"Oh... I see." Is all he said.
"But, i'm getting another check up with Stein tomorrow. So, I guess we'll see what happens." I said.
"Alright. Well, tell me what he says. Is that why Ragnarok hasn't appeared lately?"
"Okay. Yeah, he is the black blood. So he's practically dieing." I said sadly.
"Hey guys what're you talking about?" Maka said walking up to us.
"Uh, nothing just about the decorations and food." Kid said.
"Oh alright. Are we gonna chat or are we going to start this party?" Maka said happily. She grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the tables filled with food. We grabbed some plates and started to fill them with food Tsubaki made. We stood at the balcony watching other people talk and dance while we ate.
"This is peaceful isn't it?" Maka said.
"Yeah, it is." I answered.
"How long do you think it'll be like this?" She confused me... Is this sad or good?
"What do you mean?" I asked looking towards her. Her face had a smile but I could see the sadness in her eyes. When a tear fell down her cheek, I turned her towards me.
"Are you okay?" I asked her.
"Sorry, i'm fine. Don't worry about it." She wiped the tear and gave me a fake smile.
"Don't try to convince me your alright. I know theres something wrong, tell me please." I said to her.
"That's one thing I love about you, it doesn't matter whether I hide my feelings or not. You always figure them out, even if I don't know they're there." She looked back towards the dance floor.
"Maka, i'm being serious. Tell me please, your starting to worry me." I told her. She really was, it's not like her to start crying out of the blue. She was completely happy, until just now. I followed her eyes to where she was looking. She was staring at Cumo and Kid slow dancing. I get it now...
"I heard a little bit of what you and Kid were talking about earlier." she finally said. This wasn't what I thought she was going to talk to me about... but it still worries me.
"What all did you hear?" I asked her.
"I could only hear certain parts, Black Star was yelling in my ear. I heard that you had check ups with Stein and that your black blood is deteriating. I couldn't quite hear the last part, you whispered it... I read your lips." She said another tear running down her cheek.
"Maka, nothing will happen I promise." I said pulling her face towards me.
"You promise? But what happens if you give up on me? What happens if there is nothing you can do? What happens if you leave me Crona? How will I live?" She said, tears running down her face like a waterfall. I pulled her into a tight hug, hoping that she would forget what she was thinking.
"Maka, don't ever think that. I couldn't give up on you, never. I can't stand to hurt you or see anyone else hurt you. If I leave, that's what would happen, you'd be hurt. In life or death, I can never bear to see or feel you being hurt."
"You can feel when i'm hurt?"
"Of course I can. Maka, we resonate 24/7. Even if we weren't, I always know how your soul feels."
"I'm sorry. Your right, I shouldn't be thinking these thoughts. I just can't lose you Crona, ever."
"You won't, I promise. I don't break promises." I lifted her face towards me again and made our faces close together. I brought my lips to hers, softly. When we broke apart I wiped the tears from her face and hugged her once more. When our eyes met, I could feel her wavelength start to calm. My face was a little hot but I ignored it.
"Thank you. I feel much better now."
"I would do anything to make you feel better. You don't have to thank me. I love you Maka," I could feel my face get even hotter, "It hurts me when your sad, or mad, anything but happy. Don't worry about what happens to me."
"I can't help it Crona. You've nearly died on me once, so when you went into a coma... I couldn't bear it, so many of our friends had to cheer me up. I wen't through a lot of breakdowns and I couldn't handle seeing you like that. Also, while you were... asleep, I searched for Giriko everywhere. I didn't want him to have another chance to build a golem and train himself. I couldn't find him though, sadly. He will pay..."
"Maka, stop. If I fall, I will always get back up. No matter what, even if I am near death. I won't leave you ever. The only reason I live now is because of you. Please, stop saying those kind of things. Giriko will pay for what he's done, but leave it be until we are ready to take him on." My face is really hot, its really hard for me to talk to Maka like this. I usually always go with what she says... But, I feel like it's time that I start to take action... It's taking all the strength I have not to stutter. I'm sure that my face is super red, which doesn't make anything better.
"Alright, your right. I'm sorry, i'll stop." She hugged me and whispered into my ear, "I love you." I whispered I love you too back into her ear. I could feel that something else was bothering her, but I didn't have the strength to confront her again. It might be why she was staring at Cumo and Kid while they were dancing. I wonder if she will like it if I asked her to dance... When we separated, I wiped her tears once again and invited her to dance. She seemed shocked at first that I asked her. Her face tinted pink but she accepted my offer. We left our food at the balcony and went to the dance floor. We lined up with eachother, just as she taught me before, and we started to dance to a sweet slow song. It was slow at first, so we could get used to dancing. Then, we blended with eachother, we didn't miss a step or look away from eachother. After the song ended, we were pulled back into focus and went to get some drinks. Maka only got water, she wasn't really in the mood for anything else. Me, well I wasn't looking for water, I wanted something fizzy but not to sugary. I picked up the bottle of lemon fizz (sprite off-brand) and poured it into my cup. I took a sip and nearly spit it onto the floor. Kid was coming over here so I swallowed. Something is wrong about that soda, it tasted bitter and gross.
"How's the party so far?" Kid asked.
"It's great! How's Cumo liking it?" Maka asked.
"She's having a wonderful time, she's in the bathroom right now."
"Well, it's good that she's having fun. This party was for her afterall."
"Indeed. Well, I better make sure she's alright, she's been in the bathroom for a while now."
"You better check on her then. We'll be over here." Maka said. Kid walked away towards the bathrooms and we stayed by the refreshments table. All of the sudden I got a huge migrain, I fell onto the floor unable to recall what just happened. Once my eyes cleared the fuzziness they had, I saw Maka with a concerned look on her face.
"Are you okay? What just happened?" Maka said.
"I'm not sure." I replied. She handed her hand out to me, I took it and she helped me off the floor. I got up and pressed my hand to my head. Why did I just get a random migrain? Why is it gone now? What is this feeling I have, that makes me want to laugh? I was pulled out of my thoughts by Maka.
"Hey, are you listening to me?" Maka asked.
"Uh, y-yeah. Just repeat what you said."
"Ugh, nevermind. Here, i'll get you some punch. You dumped the drink you were drinking all over you. You should go wash it off in the bathroom really quick." Maka said.
"O-okay." Still totally confused I walked to the bottom floor bathroom. Kid was standing in front the door, he looked really worried.
"K-kid, go away! I'm fine." I heard Cumo's voice in the bathroom.
"What's happened?" I asked Kid.
"I don't know, she won't tell me." Kid said.
"Crona? K-kid, I want to talk to Crona. I'm gonna let him in, alright?" Cumo said.
"Alright," he answered, "Crona, please find out whats wrong, please. I'll be talking to Maka, hurry please." Kid said as he started to walk away. Cumo opened the door and looked around.
"Let's go to the study room, so we can't be interrupted."
"O-okay." I replied. She grabbed my hand and pulled me to the study. She closed the door and locked it.
"Can you feel it?" She asked me.
"Feel, what?"
"I know you can feel it. Are you having thoughts yet? How about the urge to laugh? Ha ha, cause it's funny you know? Hahahaha... Wait, stop... I can't do this." Cumo covered her mouth with her hands.
"Are you okay? I don't know what your talking about. I haven't had any thoughts. I kind of feel like laughing. What are you talking about Cumo, whats wrong?"
"I-i'm sorry. I can't, I must be sent back to the dungeon. It's the madness! A new kishin has rised! Hahahaha! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! I'm sorry. Your black blood is weak, which is why you haven't been effected yet. It'll grow now though. It'll become strong and then you'll know what i'm talking about."
"Cumo, your making me worried. What about a new kishin? Madness?"
"Crona, sit down please. This conversation is going to be heavy. I'll try to keep it together." We sat down at one of the 8 tables in this room. She took a couple of deep breaths.
"Alright, what's this about?" I asked.
"I don't know how to start. Um, I wanted to tell you this a long time ago but you uh, were... alseep. But anyway, so you already know my mother is Arachne, your mother is Medusa and they're sisters. We're cousins, but kind of in a gross way. It all started with my mother, she was doing research on magic and blood. She found a book, a book on black blood. She needed a test subject, but she didn't know who. So, she decided on a child, but she didn't want the grand witch to know about her research. So instead of taking potions, she decided to inpregnate herself with a human." I nodded, "that human, was your father's brother. Medusa was jealous of the thought of Arachne doing these kind of researches. At the time, they were good sisters so, Medusa wanted to 'help' Arachne with the research." She paused for a moment to let me process what she was saying.
"A-alright, g-go on." I stuttered. Oh come on, stupid stuttering!
"Okay. Well, my mother was pregnant with me and killed my father. She used the time while she was pregnant to continue research. She changed the black blood recipe to black magic. My mother created magic weapons, so did Eibon. So when I was born, she injected me with Deity. The black magic that Arachne created. She also created Ragnarok, a soul fused with a sword. She was going to use him for her next project. But, your mother Medusa, stole Ragnarok, the black blood book, and fled. She dissapeared to a place that my mother's spiders couldn't see. Medusa inpregnated herself with your father, and killed him. Next, she researched black blood, and melted Ragnarok into it. Then, she injected him into you when you were born."
"H-how do you k-know all of this?" I asked her.
"Deity is black magic. She can do things for me. She is a living soul fused into magic. Has Maka not told you that I have two souls? So do you, Ragnarok's soul is there. Hahahahaha! Let's create chaos." She covered her mouth with her hands quickly. I saw a tear roll down her cheek.
"C-cumo, a-are we going to f-fall back into m-m-madness?" I asked her.
"Yes, sadly. Crona, we are a danger to these innocent people. What should we do?"
"I-i... I don't know." I responded.
"Well for now, let's enjoy the night while we can. While your stable, and i'm somewhat stable."
"A-alright. What will happen to you? Your being effected worse than me right now, what will you do?"
"Tomorrow, i'm going to Lord Death and telling him to lock me in the dungeon. I'll also tell him to make sure Stein keeps a close eye on your condition. If you get too out of hand, you'll be locked down there with me." She said.
"Thank you." I responded.
"You won't be mad that I request you be locked down there?" She asked surprised.
"No, why should I be? If I fall into madness... I'll hurt people, i'll hurt Maka. I can't deal with hurting people!"
"Alri-," she quickly shut her mouth and began to laugh a little. It was muffled, but I could tell it was a crazy laugh. "I don't know if I can make it through tonight."
"I'll try to help you out. Is there anything I can do?"
"I don't know, make a lame joke or something? To hide my stupid laughing fits. I can control my thoughts, for now. Are we ready to go?"
"Yeah." I answered. We got up and left the study. Slowly making our way to the main room. When we got there Kid and Maka greeted us with worried faces.
"What happened?" They both said. Cumo went into a laughing fit while covering her mouth. So I pretended to laugh too. It was short though, Maka and Kid gave us confused faces.
"It was nothing. Cumo was... ebarressed because someone threw a drink on her and I helped her wash it off. I forgot to wash my clothes though. Then, we sat in the study and she told me about the thing you told she wanted to tell me about." I explained to them.
"Um, okay... Don't see why that was funny, but alright. Here Cumo, let's go get a drink." Kid said grabbing Cumo's hand and walking her to the refreshments table.
"Okay... So, here's your punch. I guess we can just throw your suit in the drycleaners. To get the soda stain out. Are we going to go home soon?" Maka asked.
"Thanks. Yeah, I hope so." I answered. I took a sip of my drink, it had the same disgusting bitter taste in it. Weird, I wonder who made the punch. I'm never buying off-brand soda, I wonder why it tastes the same though... I took Maka over by Cumo and Kid. If Cumo has a laughing fit, I hope I could save her somehow.
"So, uh what did the owl say to his wife after she explained her friend to him?" I said after I realized Cumo was covering her mouth. "Who?" Cumo busted out laughing, which kind of scared everyone.
"Ha ha ha..." Maka attempted to laugh. I knew it was fake, but atleast she tried. I felt that if I didn't drink the rest of my drink, Kid would think that I was being rude. So, we took trips to the refreshments table refilling my drink. Everybody was drinking water, which is strange. After a while, my head started to get really light. My eyes got blurry and everything just seemed funny to me.
"Crona are you alright?" Kid asked me.
"I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" I slurred.
"I think there's something wrong, here sit down." Maka said as she lead me to a chair. She examined my eyes and it looked like she got really mad after she inspected me.
"You like my face? Cause, I really like yours." I said as I carressed my hand across her face. I wasn't really thinking about what I was saying, it just came out.
"His eyes are bloodshot. He drank a lot of juice, Crona let me see your punch."
"Why? You want some? It's really bitter, but it makes everything bubbly!" I laughed. She grabbed the cup from my hand and sniffed it's contents. She wrinkled her nose and she got really pissed off.
"BLACK STAR!" She screamed. I heard giggling from upstairs, then he jumped onto one of the pillars.
"Yes! Your almighty god comes to your command!"
"Did you spike the drinks!?"
"Nah, I just dumped a whole bottle of vodka in every drink but the water! The godliness man had to give everyone a good time!" He screamed. A book came spiraling into his forehead which sent him flying.
"Look what you did to Crona!" She yelled at him. I slowly tried to get up from my chair. Everything just started to spin. I finally got up and had to grab onto one of the tables near me to keep from falling. Maka rushed to me and placed me back into the chair.
"No, just stay here in the chair. I'll make it all better, okay?" She patted my head then sent another book flying into Black Star's face. He flew into the wall and started to laugh.
"Aw come on... Is he really the only one who drank the soda and juices? Hahaha! My godly choice was a good one! I made the tense, shy Crona into a boss! You should be thanking me!"
"You'll be in hell before I ever thank you!" She shoved a book into his cranium so hard that he passed out, with blood spouting out of his head. Tsubaki came running to her unconsious partner trying to wake him up.
"Maka, was that necessary?" Tsubaki asked her.
"Go look at Crona, then ask me that." Maka replied. I started to laugh so hard that I fell onto the floor. I was shocked for a moment, but busted up laughing again. Cumo bursted into a laughing fit.
"Not cool dude, not cool." Soul said walking up to Black Star and Tsubaki.
"Where were you during the party?" Kid asked him.
"Oh uh, me, Amanda, and Theresa were buying new drinks for the party. We already knew Black Star's plan of spiking the drinks. Then, we got jumped by some high teenagers wanting money for drugs. We had to drop the groceries and take care of them. Pick up all of the groceries and run back here without dropping anything else. It took us awhile..."
"I realize..." Kid responded. Maka picked me up off of the floor and set me back in the chair.
"After I pour out all of the drinks, i'm going home. If Black Star dares to gain conciousness i'll beat him to a pulp." Maka said angrily.
"I agree, we should dispose of the drinks immediatly. Cumo, would you get Crona some water?" Kid said.
"Of course." Cumo replied.
"I don't need water, I want more juice! It's bitter but it's still juice!" I slurred. I grabbed the cup that Maka set down and started to chug it down. Cumo took the cup away from me and started to pour water down my throat.
"No, Crona. You need water, drink this!"
"No, juice! Juice! I want juice!" I protested. I knocked the cup Cumo was pouring down my throat out of her hands and snatched the other cup. I went to pour more of the bitter juice down, but it was empty. Maka and Kid had quickly gotten rid of the rest of the drinks before I could get to them. I calmed down after a moment and forgot what I was doing. I was poking Cumo's cheek.
"What are you? 3?" She said getting annoyed.
"Hey, hey, hey. What's up? I like your bangs. I like your eye. It reminds me of old times." I said continuing to poke at her cheek. "Are we going to dance or something? Isn't this a party?" I started to get up out of the chair, but Cumo pushed me back down into it. Maka finally came back.
"Yay! My favorite person. Hi babe. What's up?" I asked her.
"Hi, let's go home, okay?" Maka said pulling me out of the chair.
"Are we going to dance at home? Your eyes are pretty." I said to her.
"Yep we're going to dance at home. Thank you."
"In the chair, out of the chair, in the chair, out of the chair... are you going to put me back in it?"
"Nope we're going home."
"Home? Why are we going home?" I asked her. Kid and Cumo waved us goodbye as we left.
"Your tired, so am I. It's bed time, so let's go to sleep."
"I'm not tired." Then I remembered something that Ragnarok used to tease me about all of the time, "hey, I want to try something new tonight." I told her.
"Sure, that sounds wonderful. What is that?"
"Shhhh... It's a secret." I whispered.
"Okay, will you tell me? I won't tell anyone."
"No, you'll see. I'll show you, when we get home." I slurred. She nodded not even paying attention to my rambling. She had one of my arms over her shoulder to keep me from falling over. I laughed the entire way home, Maka only agreed to my rambling. She wasn't even paying attention, but i'll make her pay attention when we get home. We finally got there and she set me down on the couch.
"Stay here. I'm going to get your toothbrush ready. Your breath smells like alcohol."
"Okay, don't be long! I'm ready for your surprise!" I said. She went to the bathroom and then came back with my toothbrush and a bucket.
"Open your mouth." she said.
"Why?"
"You can't even stand, so i'm going to brush your teeth here."
"My mouth is numb." I told her. She rolled her eyes and started to brush my teeth. I'm sure I could do it myself. I am fully capable to do that. I can walk, talk and dance. I can do anything I want! When she was done, I spit the minty contents into the bucket. She put the toothbrush in the bucket, then carried me into the bedroom. She layed me down on the bed.
"Go to sleep, you'll probably need it." She said.
"Okay!" I answered. She left the room again. I changed into just underwear and plopped myself back into the bed. After a while of rustling in the other room, she came back in her pajamas. She layed down next to me and faced the wall. I faced her and hugged her.
"Do you trust me?" I asked her, everything isn't as dizzy anymore.
"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?" She said.
"Will you let me do, what I want to try? But only if you want to." I started to think over my words...
"Will you go to bed afterwards? Tell me what it is please." She said.
"Roll over and i'll tell you." I told her. I let go and sat up as she rolled over. I set myself on top of her, which made her face turn pink.
"What are you doing?" She asked me.
"I was wondering if we could do this..." I put my lips to hers. I licked the bottom of her lip and she opened her mouth. We were making out, on a deeper level. I wonder if she'll actually go with it... I could feel my shorts tighten.
"Woah, are you ready for this Crona?" She asked me.
"I think so... but are you? We don't have to do this if you don't want to." I answered.
"I'm ready, I just want to make sure you are." I kissed her the same way as before.
"Does that answer?" I asked her.
"Yep." She pulled me into one of her kisses. Everything started to go fuzzy. And before I knew it, we were making love, then we were snuggled in bed. Before I blacked out, I whispered, "Everything's gonna be alright."
Did you guys love the surprise!? I liked it, but its not my entertainment, its yours. Tell me what you guys thought about this, did I go too fast? Did you want this sooner? Tell me! What do you guys want to happen next? BTW Serpentine zhark, I LOVE your idea,(about Maka's mother) it will be incorporated in the story =) I won't tell you when though! Muahahaha... My internet is still being crap, so if it takes a while to upload a chapter don't think I abandoned the story, i'm definitely continueing, I just have to get internet for me to upload... Anyway, tell me what you think, what you want to see happen next, and I'll talk to you next chapter! Bye Bye!