This World of Darkness
*Do not own Soul Eater or any of its characters. Just a huge fan.
Chapter 9: Time for War part 2
Kid and Liz stood speechless with their jaws hanging open at the sight before them; Patty just stared with slight confusion. "So, um...Let me get this straight..." Kid began. "Medusa's on our side now and we have some sort of super cannon that we're gonna use to destroy Baba Yaga castle?" it was more of a question than a statement.
"Pretty much.." Soul responded.
The young reaper had finally arrived back at the academy not to long after Death and the others revealed the cannon. Imagine his surprise when he saw Medusa standing with is friends and comrades, with her adult body no less. Of course his first reaction was to attack, which lead to a lot of explaining.
Right now, he, his weapons, Soul, Maka, and Crona were standing outside in front of the academy's doors. They had to pull him aside and explain to him what was going on, and he still didn't know if he could accept it.
"Wait, hold on a second; we're gone for a few hours and when we come back, you guys are all buddy buddies with the enemy?" Liz asked still speechless.
"Well she is my mom..." Crona said shyly, rubbing her knees together.
Liz calmed down a bit but was still unsure what to think. "Well,yeah, but..."
Patty threw her arms in the air. "YAY! Medusy's on our side!" she exclaimed with a joyed face.
"Well at least SHE'S taking it easy..." Maka said under her breath with a nervous smile.
"Medusy...?" Crona questioned. Ragnarok snickered thinking it sounded like a pet name.
"Well forgive me if I can't accept this right away." said Kid.
Ragnarok popped out of Crona's back and arched himself atop Crona's head. "What's not to get?" he asked tilting his head. "Is it really so hard to believe that she's not evil anymore?" he said almost mockingly.
"But she is evil!" Kid said roughly.
Crona stared at kid sadly. Kid's intense face faded when he saw the sadness on Crona's face, as if she was about to cry. "Um, Crona, forgive me. I didn't mean to..."
Crona turned away still looking a little depressed. It's...it's fine Kid. I understand if it's hard to accept.
Everyone looked at Crona looking a little bad about what was just said. Ragnarok looked back and forth. "Whoops..." he thought to himself. "I think I made things awkward..." he mentally sighed as he sank back inside Crona.
Maka then looked at Kid with fire in her eyes. "Oh sh$# t..." Kid thought to himself.
Maka walked up, grabbed Kid by the arm, and began to drag him behind a corner. "Kid, can I have a word with you?" she growled with an angry smile. Kid panicked inside his head.
A moment after she had the reaper to herself (Angrysoundwave: now I know what you're thinking, well stop it and pay attention to the story...sickos), she raised her head and gave him a cold stare.
"Ummmm..." was the only thing Kid could get out of his mouth.
The icy stare in Maka's eyes faded. She sighed. "Look Kid, I know this is hard to understand, but that seemed a little insensitive." she said putting her hands on her hips, still looking a little mad.
Kid was a little frustrated. "Okay, yes, and I am sorry but..."
"But what...?"
Kid made a serious face. "I know that something very strange must have happened, there's no way you would ever take Medusa's side otherwise. But I still HAVE to ask: are you sure if we can trust her?"
Maka sighed again. "Yeah, you're right. I guess I would be the last one to say let's let Medusa join us, but..." she looked down in thought. As she thought, Kid merely stared at her waiting for her to finish. She brought her head up to face him. "You know, you can ask Stein about it and he'll say that everything's fine. It WAS 90% his idea anyway."
"But I thought that Medusa had Stein under her control?" Kid responded rather nervously.
"No, not anymore. Professor Stein is fine, everything is fine, okay?"
"Wait...So Stein isn't under her control anymore? When did that happen."
"Just a little bit before we though we killed Medusa but she was just becoming her adult self."
Kid looked at Maka with a bored expression. "Well Maka, is there anything ELSE you need to tell me?" he said a little sarcastically, wondering just how lost he was compared to everyone else.
Maka gave him a harsh look in response to his sarcasm. The two only stared at each other for a moment before Maka dropped her angry expression and sighed once more. "You can ask Lord Death if you want. He's in on it AND okay with it."
Kid's eyes widened. "My father...approved her amnesty?" he asked shocked.
"That's right." Maka responded nodding her head. "He said that a non-lethal punishment is due for Medusa later, but for now, he is fine with her helping us. My dad and the other death scythes are in on it too."
Kid just stared at her for a moment right before making a more serious face and turning to the side. "Alright..." he said faintly.
Maka leaned in a little to hear him better.
He then turned and looked at her. "Okay...I'll take your word for it now, Maka. But forgive me if I am quick to suspect her of anything."
Maka nodded. "That's fair..." but she now gave him another angry look. "But for right now-" she grabbed his arm and began pulling him back towards the others.
"Um, what are you..."
"Right now, you're going to apologize to Crona."
"I did apologize!" he exclaimed but at the same time trying to keep his voice down.
"A better apology." she snapped back.
Back on the battlefield...
BlackStar had been running through the thick jungle for what felt like an eternity, keeping an eye out for the spider witch's castle. As he ran, he looked to the side and a large shape caught his eye. He instantly stopped and turned and smiled when he saw Baba Yaga castle. "Finally..." he said in relief.
"Um, BlackStar? Before we do this, Can you promise me something?" Tsubaki asked (Who is in scythe/chain form by the way).
"What is it?" BlackStar asked not taking his eyes off the castle.
"I know how you are about things, but even you have to agree that at this point you're too injured to go head on in another battle like that."
BlackStar's smile slightly faded.
Tsubaki sighed. "Can...Can you promise me that just this once you'll avoid any conflict and just go through with what we're here for?"
BlackStar did not respond right away. Tsubaki's face became heavy with worry wondering if she had crossed the line by asking that. After a moment, BlackStar finally spoke. "It would be pretty hard for me to ignore some asshole just begging to be beaten by me..."
He did not continue right away, causing Tsubaki to think that he was going to ignore her plead. She closed her eyes and lowered her head.
"But..." BlackStar began; Tsubaki brought her head back up and opened her eyes..
"I guess I can promise you that I'll avoid that kind of stuff this once." he said smiling at her.
Tsubaki's eyes widened a bit but then she gave a simple smile. She sighed in relief. "Thank you, BlackStar..."
"No problem..." he said as he redirected his attention to Baba Yaga castle. "But we still gotta get in there somehow." he looked around the castle looking for another way inside beside the front gates. Eventually he was able to catch sight of several windows on the surface of the castle's spider leg-like towers. He smirked. "Pretty high up, but not too far." and he ran off towards the castle.
Tsubaki smiled as he ran.
Elsewhere on the battlefield...
The battle between the DWMA soldiers and the golems and their enchanters was still continuing. Sid was constantly hoping that they would eventually reach some kind of advantage but it looks like things were going to go on for a while longer.
He jumped into the air and forced Naigus into the forehead of a golem as he came back down. The force of impact split the behemoth's head in two, knocking its enchanter to the ground.
As Sid landed on the ground he looked at the enchanter who merely rolled into a bush in an attempt to escape. "Coward..." Sid said after a moment. He looked on ahead and saw in the distance the rest of the fighting. The zombie lowered his head and sighed.
"Something wrong, Sid..." Naigus asked noticing the tension in his body.
Sid brought his head back up. "I feel like we're not getting anywhere with all this. We've been fighting for what feels like an eternity but it's as if we're in a stand still. Plus, we still haven't gotten an update from Lord Death."
"I get what you're saying, but falling into dead locks and not having the advantage is typical war formula. You should know that better than anyone." Naigus said with a sharp tone.
"Believe me I do, but..."
"...But what?"
"You're right. When it comes to war, complaining about not having the upper hand is just bitching and moaning until you're killed. But I can't help but feel that while we're stuck doing this, something far more threatening is about to erupt."
Naigus tilted her head. "Like what...? You mean the kishin."
"Maybe, but I'm not to sure. I just have this odd feeling that something else is about to happen..." they were both silent for a moment.
...
A few feet away, in the same area, Giriko was walking back towards the castle, STILL pissed that Justin got away. But at the same time he was still wondering why he left. Obviously he wasn't retreating so what other reason did he have to leave? Giriko scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Dammit. Why is the only dumbass on this planet that I can call my rival such an annoying piece of shit?"
As he walked, he turned his head slightly but enough to notice the zombie standing RIGHT THERE! Giriko starred at Sid for a moment and noticed that the zombie was not only not paying attention but was also standing perfectly still.
Giriko made a slight grin but it slowly stretched into a menacing, face splitting smile of evil.
"Anyway, I guess we (sorry, I accidentally put a line. sentence continues bellow).
should get back to-" before Sid could finish his sentence, the sound of an engine was thrown at him with great speed. He barely avoided the ripping blades of Giriko's saw as they came at his head.
Sid flipped back and jumped away when another swing from the chainsaw came at him. "What in the hell!" he was finally able to get the words out of his mouth along with a moments of panting as he was able to identify that his attacker was the enchanted chainsaw. "Dammit...I remember you from the island with brew. Just my damn luck..."
Naigus merely sighed.
In contrast to there disappointment, Giriko was overflowing with blood lust. "This is quite a bad fucking situation for you, zombie. it sucks that you have to fight ME to begin with but I also so happen to be left with a lot of wasted energy since your priest friend decided to walk out on our battle."
"Hmm..." Sid questioned. "You mean Justin?"
"Yeah, the guillotine kid. In the middle of our brawl, the damn brat said he had to take care of something and then vanished." Giriko made a sadistic face. "But since I've found you, I guess that energy I still have built up doesn't need to be wasted." he licked his sharp teeth. "Fucking perfect."
Sid sighed once more knowing that this particular fight was going to be a major pain, but at least it was more of a challenge than golems.
Inside Arachne's room...
Arachne was still stroking her fingers through Asura's hair, but as time went by she became more and more anxious. Mosquito had come in earlier and informed her that Mifune had been defeated and that Eibon was no where to be found.
She would be worried that things are falling apart but she had to keep reminding herself that she had Asura and he would insure her victory in this war. She looked down at Asura who was still motionless when suddenly something rushed through her mind.
A voice echoed inside her head. "Hello Arachne..." it said cheerfully.
Arachne looked back and forth looking for the owner of the voice but soon realized that t was in her head. "Who in the world..."
"Aww...Don't tell me you've forgotten about me already, Nii-san (I think that means big sister, if I'm wrong I'm wrong).
Arachne's eyes instantly narrowed when she realized who was speaking to her. "You have a lot of nerve contacting me with the telepathy spell, Medusa."
Medusa smiled evilly. She was in the death room at the DWMA, sitting down with her legs crossed and her eyes closed.
Spirit leaned over. "So you're actually talking to her right now?" he asked.
"Hush. I need total concentration to keep the spell active." Medusa said trying to ignore him.
"Yet you can still tell me to hush without breaking it...?" Spirit questioned in his head.
Everyone was watching the snake witch silently as she spoke to her sister.
"What do you want?" Arachne asked in disgust.
"Oh, I just felt like informing you about a few things that I'm sure you'll be THRILLED to hear."
Arachne had a blank stare.
Medusa continued. "First I would like to let you know that all of my magic power has returned and I have regained my beautiful adult body." Arachne's eyes widened. "I would also like to tell you that for several reasons I won't bore you with I have made an alliance with the DWMA."
Arachne's eyes widened even more and her jaw dropped. "WHAT! How did you? Who could you?"
"Please let me finish."
Arachne became flustered.
Medusa continued. "We've made an alliance to because we now share the same goal, ad that is to take you and your cute little organization down. And for several other reasons that I won't bore you with, we have also agreed to help each other destroy the kishin."
Arachne was trying so hard not to lose her temper so not to disturb Asura. "But why...?" she began. "Why would you do that?! You hate the DWMA and it was YOU who revived Asura!"
"I told you: 'for several reasons that I won't bore you with." Medusa said with a smile. "Ah, I only wish I could see the look on your face right now. You must be frustrated I bet."
Arachne was getting very mad. She automatically assumed that Medusa only made an alliance with the DWMA to gain their trust and destroy them later. But why in the world would she want to destroy Asura?! Is it because he was in Arachne's possession?
"Anyway, that's all I had to tell you. Sorry to leave, but I must be going now." Medusa said still smirking.
"Medusa..." Arachne growled.
"Chow, Nii-san. I'm coming to blow you right out of you're castle." she growled with a sadistic grin.
Medusa's voice was gone.
Arachne was silent. Her head was down and her eyes were shaded. but she soon brought her head back up with a look of pure terror in her eyes. "Sister..." she growled menacingly under her breath.
EXTRA:
Medusa: Well what else do we say for this other than Angrysoundwave forgot to make an extra for the last chapter?
Crona: I'm sure that he's trying his best to remember everything.
Medusa: All he does is make excuses. Like: I was with a friend, my computer's slow, I was with my dad.
Angrysoundwave: HEY! That last one is a very nice occasion for me.
Medusa: Sure it is. An excuse is an excuse, buddy.
Angrysoundwave: Watch it, you. I'm the author of this fic, so I control your life.
Medusa: Yeah right.
Angrysoundwave: That's it (grabs keyboard). All of Medusa's clothes with the exception of her panties and slime is poured on her.
Medusa: (clothes vanish and is covered with "stuff") AAAGGGHHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL!
Okay, so I have the urge to do a lot of this, so hopefully I'll get my ass busy on this. Sorry if there's not enough war for a chapter with war in its title but notice how it says part two, meaning possibilities of more parts. Also, someone posted a review asking how Shaula could fit into this but he/she also said that he/she doubted that I would use her. I don't want to spoil anything, but I have to bring this up because it's kind of scary that this person actually hit the mark. Shaula WILL be used in this story BUT she will not appear for quite a while. Stay awesome and keep reading, you guys. I hope you like it just as much as I enjoy writing it.
This chapter would have been up a day earlier but my key board wasn't working. Of. Fucking. Course!
But I'm happy as fuck because when the key board started working again is the same day that I received my Kamen Rider S.H. Arts Kick Hopper in the mail :D!