The words were still ringing in Maka's ear. Mizune is dead. She's out. Eliminated. It's not that she really thought of the witch as a good person or anything but the fact that she was killed…murdered…that's what really shook Maka. By the looks of it, everyone else was thinking the same thing. Soul looks down at his feet and mutters. "No way. Someone is actually killing."

Kid was clenching his fists, glaring at the sky. "Sick bastard. Treating this like a game."

In the snowy area of the island, Noah gives a whistle of amusement. "You hear that boys? Seems as though someone has struck first blood." Giriko nods and grins widely. "Hell yeah. Looks like you were right boss. These idiots are going to kill themselves while we relax." Gopher smiles brightly and turns to look at Justin. "Isn't this great, Justin-kun! Noah-sama's plan is working so far!"

Justin hadn't been paying attention to Gopher or his group. He was too busy listening to the words that Asura just spoke. It seems that Asura plans to cause trouble by announcing this. That could be a problem. I had hoped no one would announce or find out until later.

"Justin-kun?"

The blonde priest blinks and turns to look at Gopher who gives him a puzzled look. "Are you feeling alright?" Justin smiles calmly and gives a nod. "Yes of course. I'm fine."

"S-She's really dead...Mizune is dead…" Eruka was hugging herself, on the verge of tears. Free snarls and starts forward. "I swear when I find the brat who killed-"

"Shut up you idiots." Medusa's voice makes both Eruka and Free stop to look at her. She didn't seem to look as though she cared for Mizune. But something was troubling her. "It couldn't have been the DWMA children…They were still on the beach. The only ones in the forest were us. And that Noah fellow…his group was already in the forest."

Free's eyes widen. "You think they killed Mizune?"

Medusa was shaking her head, still thinking. "There's also another possibility," She turns to look at the frog witch. "Eruka. You said that my child had gone into the forest before we did, correct?"

"Well yes but you don't think-"

"I do! Crona could have killed her. It's quite possible." Medusa gives a wicked grin. "Oh my. My little Crona is growing up." Free and Eruka exchange nervous glances. "Well to be fair…you don't really know if it was Crona yet, Lady Medusa." The snake witch scoffs and flips her hair back, looking at her fingernails. "I suppose we'll find out if we find Crona or Noah's group then."

Ox's eyes widen and he shivers. "Somebody has killed already...it's barely been a day…" Kilik looks down at Pot of Thunder and Pot of Fire, to see them sleeping soundly. "I'm glad they're asleep…I didn't want them to have to hear that announcement. It would only frighten them." Harvar crosses his arms and looks around in case anyone else was aware of their presence. "What exactly is our plan?"

Jackie ponders for a moment and then speaks up. "We could always go back to the beach. Kid and the others-"

"We don't know if they're still there. And besides, the killer probably knows that they're at the beach. The next attack might be on them" Harvar explains. Kim pouts and holds her arm. "You just expect us to let them die, Harvar! How cold can you be!"

The male weapon gives Kim a calm and serious look. "How do you expect me to not be like this? Especially in a situation like this." Ox stands beside Kim and looks at Harvar. "Look, I'm with Kim on this Harvar. We can't just let our friends be hurt by the killer. We have to do something."

Harvar says nothing for a moment but then he raises his head and says, "What if the killer is among Kid and his group?"

Jackie gasps and crosses her arms. "What! How could you even consider that! They would never-"

"Never what? Never kill? Do you really believe that they'd not kill if given the chance? If given the opportunity? Think about it. We don't know what's going on in their heads. They may as well slit our throats in our sleep!"

With that, Kilik rushes forward and punches Harvar across the face. "That's enough! You're scaring the twins!" Pot of Thunder and Pot of Fire had awoken to hear Harvar and were now crying and holding each other. Harvar holds his bruised cheek and stands back up. "You can't say I'm wrong. You don't know." Ox puts his hand on Harvar's chest and gives a look of worry. "Maybe…Maybe you should lay off a bit Harvar. Get some air…"

Without a word, the male weapon turns and walks away. Ox sighs and follows after him. "Harvar! Wait!"

Jackie and Kim exchange looks of uncertainty and then look at Kilik who hugs his weapons, trying to reassure them that nothing is wrong.

Black*Star stands up and walks over to the group. "Snap out of it guys! So someone died…big deal! It was a witch anyway! If we were in any other situation, we would have had to take her soul anyways!"

Seeing that his words were having no affect he quickly jumps in the middle of them all and raises his right hand. "MARK MY WORDS, THE MIGHTY BLACK*STAR WILL FIND A WAY TO GET US ALL OUT OF HERE!"

"Man dude you are loud." Soul gives a slight smile at his friend's words. Tsubaki giggles a bit ad tilts her head. "Of course you'll save us all…no one else could do it but you, Black*Star." Smiling proudly, the blue haired male laughs and runs around, raising everyone else's spirits.

Maka clenches her fist and looks up at the sky. "Kishin Asura. If you're watching this…We're going to escape. We will not be a part of your little game. You hear me! So just try and stop us!"

Watching from his quarters, Asura grins at hearing Maka through his camera. "Oh look what we got here. A group of rebels. Not going to participate? Heh. We'll see about that." Looking over at his levers and switches, he grins. "Which of my toys shall I try first?"

Still wandering the forest was none other than Crona Gorgon. Stumbling and barely awake, he groans and rubs his eyes. He hadn't gotten any sleep at all last night. He was so paranoid that someone would kill him that he had stayed up all night. Looking around, the pink haired boy sighed. As usual, no one was around. Ever since he had run off, Crona had been completely on his own. His stomach growls and he puts his hand over it. "F-Food…"

He hadn't had anything to eat all day and as he wandered, he couldn't seem to find any source of food anywhere. Was the Kishin trying to starve them out? No that couldn't be it. It would take less than 30 days for them to die of starvation. There had to be food somewhere.

That's when Crona notices a squirrel. His eyes wide and his stomach growling with hunger, he lunges for it, quickly piercing it with Ragnarok before it could get away. Huffing slightly, Crona looks at the dead squirrel. "S-Sorry…but I'm hungry…"

"So are we, Crona."

Looking up quickly, his eyes widen and he begins to shake as he comes face to face with Medusa. "M-Mother…"

Standing beside his mother were the werewolf, Free and the frog witch, Eruka. Grinning widely, Medusa crosses her arms. "Hello, my son."

END OF CHAPTER 4
DEATH COUNT: 2