"So he's really dead, huh…?" Soul says on the quiet walk in the morning. He didn't mean to pry or ruin the morning by speaking of death but they had been walking for what seemed to be hours. "Yeah. Harvar is dead" Kid replies curtly. He really didn't want to talk about the dead anymore. Not after Sid. It was simply too much to even mention the dead. "Let's just focus on getting to the food…okay guys?" Maka says. A nod of agreement is given from each group member. It seemed that no one wanted to talk after hearing about another death.

Cowering under a tree and hugging his knees was Crona. He had been weeping all night. His eyes were still red. He couldn't stop thinking about the day before. About what he did to Harvar. He had killed him. I-I didn't mean to…it was an accident…I was afraid….

"Hey don't start your damn crying, idiot!" Ragnarok emerges and punches Crona on the side of his head. "Quit your damn crying! So what if you killed him? You're going to have to kill more people to survive, right?"

The pink haired male shakes his head quickly. "No…no…I don't want to k-kill…"

Ragnarok flicks Crona on the back of the head and scoffs. "Yeah right! You nearly killed Lady Medusa! Your own mother! If it hadn't been for that stupid wolf man, you would have killed her right there!" Crona shakes his head and covers his ears. "N-No…stop it…" Ragnarok mutters and retracts back inside of the frightened child. The pink haired boy looks up at the sky and mumbles to himself. "I want to go home…"

"Ha! First ones here!" Giriko grins widely as the large crate that Asura mentioned lay before them. Gopher rushes the crate and looks inside, gasping. "There are all sorts of food in here! We could last about a week with all this food!"

Noah crosses his arms and gives a pleased smile. "Heh. Wonderful," Looking around quickly, he looks back at his group. "Okay now hurry and take the food. We don't know when anyone else will get here." Quickly scooping up handfuls of food, Gopher shoves a loaf of bread in his mouth, chewing on it. Giriko glowers at him as he takes some food as well. "Hey! You can't start eating yet, you ass! That's greedy!"

"We have company" Justin says, pointing behind them. Noah and the rest of the group turn to see three figures approaching them. Noah sighs and pulls his hat on tight. "Great. I'll go have a chat with them. You guys keep getting the food." As he approaches the figures, he sees that they are Medusa along with Eruka and Free.

Noah offers a generous smile and claps his hands together. "What can I do for-"

Ignoring him, Medusa points her finger towards him. "Vector arrow." Eyes wide, Noah quickly leaps to his right to avoid the arrow shooting straight for him. "Oh fuck me…guys! Run!"

Hearing Noah, Giriko and Gopher look at each other and then start running away. Justin as well runs but with no food in his hands for some reason. Hissing in anger, Medusa glares at the fleeing trio. "Kill them and take their food!"

Obeying, Free and Eruka rush forward, chasing after Noah's group. Taking Medusa by surprise, Noah grabs her from behind and smirks. "Sorry hun. Nothing personal." Before he can do anything however, an arrow appears on the floor and Medusa quickly yells the command, "vector plate!" Falling backwards, Noah lands on his back and groans as he attempts to sit up. "You're one annoying witch."

Glaring at Noah, Medusa creates a vector sword in her hand and starts walking towards him. Noah grins at her as she approaches him. "Look, I'll try to make this quick-" His eyes grow wide as he realizes something is wrong. As he reached to his belt line, he saw that the book of Eibon wasn't there. "What! Where is it…!" Suddenly remembering, he looks towards Justin in the distance who is holding the book of Eibon, a smirk on his face.

Noah feels himself grow tense at that instant. When the hell did Justin take the book of Eibon! I never gave it to him! So how did-…oh…that son of a bitch…

Noah suddenly glares at Justin in the distance, finally realizing what had happened. Medusa laughs as she stands in front of Noah. "What's the matter? Been betrayed by your own group? It hurts doesn't it?"

Staring up at Medusa, Noah frowns angrily. "Oh just shut up and do it already." Medusa gives him a wicked grin as she raises her sword. "With pleasure."

"Your soul is mine, witch!"

Hearing the unexpected voice makes Medusa turn to her right. She scoffs as she sees Kilik charging towards her with his Fire and Thunder gauntlets raised. Quickly seeing the distraction, Noah rolls to his right and scrambles to his feet, winking at Medusa. "See ya later, hun. I don't plan on dying today."

Before she can focus on Noah, Medusa is forced to block a punch thrown at her by Kilik. She staggers back and hisses, her sword clenched tightly. Ox and Kim soon meet up with Kilik, facing Medusa with determined looks.

The snake witch glowers at them, surveying her options. Damn it…I'm outnumbered. I shouldn't have sent both Eruka and Free after them…Damn it all!

Yelling in anger, Medusa sends a vector arrow towards the trio and then turns to run. Avoiding the arrow, Kilik raises his fists. "You're not getting away, Medusa!" Ox puts his hand in front of Kilik and shakes his head. "Don't. Let her go. We're only here to get the food." Jackie reverts back to her human form and smirks, her hands on her hips. "I can't believe this all worked out."

Running to the crate, Kim reaches in and pulls out some bread. "There's still a day's worth of food here! Looks like we lucked out!" Smiling happily, they all gladly take the bread and enjoy the moment of finally having food in their hands.

Back in the forest, Maka and the others continue venturing on. Soul sighs and scratches his head. "We're not going to make it. They probably already have the food by now." Tsubaki blushes darkly as her stomach growls loudly. "S-Sorry! I…I just…I'm hungry…."

Kid frowns slightly at the floor, holding his stomach. We can't keep on doing this…we're all going to die of starvation if we don't step it up…but playing this game is just what Asura wants…

"What now?" Liz asks, glancing at the ground. Maka shrugs and lets out a devastating sigh. "We'll all die of starvation at this point…" Soul quickly taps Maka on the arm, making her look up. The white haired male points towards a tree where he sees a lone figure sitting. "Is that…?"

"Crona!" Maka's eyes widen and she rushes forward.

Hearing his name be called, Crona's head jolts up and before he can move, Maka was on him. A slight yelp escapes the male's lips as Maka hugs him tightly. "Crona…"

Nervously glancing up and looking into Maka's eyes, Crona blinks. "M-Maka…" Kid and the others quickly meet up with the pair and can't help but smile. Soul kneels down and grins. "Long time no see, huh Crona?" The shy child looks at Soul and nods slowly. "Y-Yeah…"

Maka lets out a relieved sigh and holds Crona's hand. "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?" Crona shakes his head slowly, looking down. Maka quickly cups Crona's cheeks and looks into his eyes. "Crona…why did you run away that day…?"

Looking down, Crona shrugs slightly. "I…I don't know…I was scared…" Maka nods slowly and kindly smiles at him. "Well you're safe now, okay? You won't be alone anymore!" A small blush crept up on Crona's face at her words and he looks away, nodding a bit. "O-Okay…"

Panting heavily from the long chase, Giriko and Gopher stop by a tree. "D-Did we lose them…?"

Looking around, Giriko gives a nod. "Yeah…seems like it." Gopher looks down and bites his lip. "Do you think Noah-sama is okay?" Giriko shrugs and starts to eat the food he had in his hands. "Beats me…but I guess we'll find out later if he died, right?"

"Giriko." Looking up, the brown haired male is approached by Justin. "Yeah, what do you want?"

"Oh just to talk…" Justin turns to look at Gopher. "Hey Gopher, why don't you go take all the food and start rationing it? So we can have it last." Gopher beams happily and nods, going over in the distance to do as he is told. Giriko rips a chunk of bread off and chews on it, eyeing Justin carefully. "So what's up?"

Justin casually walks around Giriko, his hands behind his back. "Oh just…thinking. You remember when you asked me about Mizune?" Giriko gives a nod as he continues to eat. "Well I've been doing some thinking too. The chance of her own group killing her off that soon was extremely low. Almost zero. But the chance of those children doing anything was even lower. Especially after witnessing their teacher die like that."

Giriko thinks for a moment and knits his brows. "So what exactly are you trying to say?"

Justin meets Giriko's eyes and gives him a demented smile. "I killed her." The eyes of the brown haired male go wide and he stares at Justin, shocked. "You…killed her? Why?" Justin lets out a low chuckle and grins. "Merely to stage the first death. To make the others paranoid and scared. To make sure they'd crack. And it seems to be working so far. That's why I did it so early." Giriko tenses up, looking at Justin cautiously. "Why are you telling me all this?"

Justin lets out a slight chuckle. As soon a Giriko blinks, the priest was directly in front of him. Before he can react, Justin's blades cut open his stomach. Giriko's eyes widen as he holds onto Justin, his teeth clenched. "You…you son of a…" His body soon drips blood and his grip on Justin grows weaker. The priest takes a step back and Giriko falls face first into the ground. "How pitiful" Justin says as he retracts his blades and walks back to Gopher.

"Justin-kun? Where's Giriko?"

"Giriko is dead! We have to run! The one's that were chasing us are here! We must go!" Justin cries out quickly. Without thinking, Gopher's eyes go wide and he obeys Justin, running alongside him. The blonde priest smiles quietly. My plan is working perfectly.

END OF CHAPTER 6
DEATH COUNT: 4
R.I.P. Giriko