Crona gulps and starts to back away from the squirrel at the sight of his mother. Medusa smirks and steps forward. "What's wrong Crona? Didn't you miss me?"

Not realizing where he was going, Crona falls to the ground with a yelp as his foot hits a large rock. Medusa lets out a laugh as she rubs her chin. "Are you afraid of me, child? Afraid of your own mother?"

Crona hears Eruka gasp and she suddenly points to him with a shaky hand. "Lady Medusa! L-Look…his shoes!" As Crona looks to his shoes his eyes widen. They still had Mizune's blood on them. A small smile grew on Medusa's face as she saw. "Ah. So you did kill Mizune then, Crona?"

The pink haired boy quickly shakes his head. "N-No mother…! I…I only saw the body!" Free growls and steps forward. "Bullshit! You killed her! I'll rip you in half!" Cowering in fear, Crona looks around, searching for a way to escape. Before Free can do anything, Medusa puts her hand up. "Enough. No one is killing my child." Free is taken aback and frowns angrily. "What do you mean? He killed Mizune! You can't just let him off like that! Besides, you're the one who said-"

"Enough!" Medusa snaps. With that, Free goes quiet. Walking over to her son, Medusa offers her hand. "Come with me, Crona. Don't you want to live?"

Confused and unsure of what to do, Crona continues to back away. The snake witch rolls her eyes. "Oh please. If I wanted you dead, I would have had Free and Eruka kill you by now. But they haven't. Because of me, Crona. I don't want to kill you." Still finding it difficult to believe, Crona quickly cries out, "Ragnarok!"

In a matter of seconds, the black blood from within forms a sword and places it in Crona's hand. Taken by surprise, Medusa is nearly cut in half. She would have been sliced open if Free hadn't moved her out of the way. Taking the blow for Medusa, Free is hit in his shoulder and he winces in pain.

Crona quickly scrambles to his feet and turns to run. Eruka rushes over to Free and stares at his wound. "A-Are you okay, Free!?"

"What are you doing, you idiots! You're letting Crona escape!" Medusa hisses as she angrily glares at the pair. "B-But Free is injured…" Eruka starts nervously but is stopped by Free. "Just go…I'll be fine. I'm immortal, remember?"

Nodding slowly, Eruka turns and chases after Crona.

Still running and gasping for breath, Crona turns to his right and keeps on going in fear of being caught. He could hear Eruka's footsteps closely behind and he tries to run faster but finds himself almost out of breath.

"Crona…?"

The pink haired boy feels his eyes widen as he sees two familiar faces. It was Ox and Harvar. For a moment, Crona stops running and stands in front of them, trying to find the words to say. Hearing the footsteps behind him however soon makes him push past the pair.

"Crona wait!" Harvar grabs Crona's arms and the pink haired male squeals, turning and swinging his sword blindly. Suddenly opening his eyes, Crona feels his heart stop. Harvar's hand soon released him as a gash soon clearly shown near his chest area. Coughing up blood, Harvar falls off his feet and to the floor. "NO!" Ox cries out and quickly kneels beside Harvar, trying to pick him up.

On the verge of tears, Crona runs away and bites his lip. "I-I'm sorry…! I…I didn't mean to…!"

Eruka soon stops and hides behind a tree after witnessing Crona slash Harvar. Ox's cries brought Kim, Jackie, and Kilik to come running alone with the twins at his side. Kim screams and covers her mouth upon seeing Harvar's bloodied body. Pot of Thunder and Pot of Fire cry upon seeing him and hide behind Kilik's legs.

Ox feels his arms shake as he held onto Harvar. "D-Don't you dare die! We can still help you out!"

Harvar shakes his head slowly as a trickle of blood slowly slid down his lip. "Don't…bother…"

Jackie felt her body shiver and she looked away, feeling nauseous. Ox soon found tears sliding down his cheek. Am…Am I really going to lose my partner? My friend…? Staring blankly at Ox, Harvar let a small smile appear on his face. "Are you…crying…over…me…?"

"Harvar…" Kilik couldn't help but just stare in surprise. He never would have expected Harvar to be attacked. Taking Ox by the hand and gently squeezing it, Harvar grins. "You…protect…Kim…she's your…beloved…right?" Smiling slightly, Ox nods, the tears still flowing. Blushing lightly, Kim breaks down and cries. Suddenly, Harvar's hand loses its grip and it goes limp. Looking at Harvar, Ox shakes him. "Harvar…?"

When he receives no reply, he realizes that his face was now with but a blank stare. "Harvar! Harvar! No…no…" Shaking him more, Ox nearly yells out. All of a sudden, overcome by anger, Ox clenches his teeth and lowly growls. "Damn…Damn you, Crona…CRONA!" He quickly gets to his feet and continues to yell. "I'll get you for this Crona Gorgon! You hear me!? I'll get you for this!"

Back at Asura's quarters, the Kishin grins widely as he witnesses Harvar's death."Oh this'll be fun…" Glancing at the camera, Asura chuckles as he sees Crona still running. "Just look at you…how pathetic…you should have killed them all…It would have thinned out the herd a bit." Getting up from where he was sitting, he whistles and walks over to the blackboard to mark an X on Harvar's picture. "That's three now."

Sighing heavily and glancing over at Liz, Kid hesitates. "You sure?"

Liz gives a nod while Patty agrees with a thumb up. Kid slowly nods and looks to the rest of the group. "Alright guys…we're moving. No more beach. We need food. And shelter." Soul nods with his arms crossed. They were all hungry. No one was going to argue with that. Even Black*Star didn't seem to be as energetic as usual without food. Heading into the forest, the group travels in search of food.

Nervously glancing towards the sky, Tsubaki tugged on Black*Star's arm. "The sky…its getting dark again…"

The group looks at each other and they all decide to rest for the night. Hugging her knees, Patty groans. "I'm soooo hungry! When do we get food!" When she receives no reply, Patty looks to Liz. "Big sis? When are we getting food?" Sighing softly, Liz shrugs and gives her sister a hopeless look. "I don't know."

Staring up at the sky, Noah sneers and crosses his arms. "Pretty soon the dark is going to make this snow paradise a freezing disaster…" Holding onto the book of Eibon tightly, Gopher approaches Noah. "Isn't there any sort of spell or something that could keep us warm, Noah-sama?" The dark skinned male shakes his head. "Afraid not. We'll have to manage." Giriko scoffs and spits on the floor, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Well hold up…I'm going to go take a piss…" As he walks off, he ponders on about earlier. That mouse witch is dead. But who the hell killed the bitch? Was it really those DWMA brats? Or did that leader witch betray the mouse chick and kill her? Ugh, all this crap is just so stupid.

"What are you thinking?"

The voice was so sudden that Giriko jumped a bit. "Fucking…! Don't do that, Justin! You're such an asshole!" Turning around and zipping up his pants, Giriko glares at the male priest. Justin offers a kind smile and bows apologetically. "My apologies, Giriko. I didn't mean to startle you. I just couldn't help but see that you looked to be thinking on something." The brown haired male crosses his arms and looks to the sky. "Yeah I was thinking of something. What of it?"

Justin shrugged. "Oh nothing at all. I was just wondering what you were thinking." Giriko eyes the blonde priest with a slight suspicion. But as he saw no hostility in Justin's calm, blue eyes, he decides to tell him. "The mouse witch or whatever. Mizune or something like that. I'm just thinking about who it was that killed her."

The young priest felt his stomach tighten but he contained himself enough to not let it show. "I see." Giriko goes on, "Who do you think killed her? I mean, it's hard to believe those DWMA brats would have anything to do with it. You'd think they were dead set on wanting to escape. And I mean the only other option is her own group. Why would they just kill her like that? I mean I'd understand if it happened later on but…isn't it a bit early for that, you know?"

Justin's eyes narrowed but he kept on smiling. That's because it was me you fool. I killed her. But I won't tell you. I won't tell anyone. If I did, you wouldn't trust me. You wouldn't sleep at night. I have to gain your pathetic trust and kill you later. "Ah I see what you mean, Giriko. Who knows…perhaps we'll never know until the end."

Giriko gives a slow nod and shrugs. "Yeah well whatever. Let's go meet up with Noah and-"

The sudden sound of a booming voice fills the entire island. "Hello? Can you hear me? Ha, of course you can. Well just to tell you that someone else has been killed. Shocking I know! It wounds me deeply to say that our weapon, Harvar D. Éclair. Now anyways! With that aside, I have some good news! As soon as morning comes a large box shall land in the center of the island. First come, first served sort of thing. I mean, I know you're all incredibly hungry. Heh. Well happy hunting!"

With that, all of the groups of the island knew exactly where they were going tomorrow. To the center of the island.

Asura laughs wildly as he examines all the cameras in the island. "Man this'll be fun. My best idea yet!"

END OF CHAPTER 5
DEATH COUNT: 3
R.I.P. Harvar D. Éclair