"Try anything and I'll cut open your throat" Justin says as he walks behind Crona. The pink haired male says nothing and continues walking forward. Looking to the side, the priest smiles. "Everything is going well. My plan is working."

Crona shivers a bit and holds his arm. W-What's he planning? W-Why does he need me?

Justin frowns at seeing Crona shiver. "Quit that. It's annoying." Crona soon stops shivering and stares blankly at his feet, too afraid to try to escape. The death scythe smirks, his hands at his side, ready to turn into blades at any moment.

Back in the forest and heading towards the center of the island, Free and Eruka exchange nervous looks. Noah tilts his head and crosses his arms. "What? You don't trust me?"

Free scratches the back of his head. "Well…it's not that…it's just…well why the hell do we need to find Justin all of a sudden?"

The sorcerer glances at Free and then at the book of Eibon. "We need to stop him. The way things are going, he may kill the DWMA students. It's not that I care about them or anything but if this plays out, Asura will have what he wants. And from the looks of it, Justin is the only active killer I know of."

"What about the person who killed that Harvar kid? From what you told us he didn't kill him" Eruka replies with a nervous glance at the sorcerer. Nodding slowly, Noah rubs his chin. "That's true. But if that's the case then the killer is among the students. I'm surprised that they'd participate in the game but I guess they'd have cracked eventually."

Looking over to Medusa, Noah smiles. "You've been awfully quiet. How come?" The witch shakes her head and waves him off. "Don't worry about it." She frowns a bit as she thinks back to last night. I would have died if HE didn't save me…Why the hell did HE save me…and not only that, the damned fool kissed ME! HE kissed ME!

The werewolf grunts and crosses his arms. "Why wait till now to do this? We could have just taken Justin back there when we had the chance." Noah frowns slightly at the ground. No, you're wrong. It wouldn't have been that easy…I was still dwelling on Gopher's death…and Medusa was badly wounded then, she wouldn't have been able to do anything…

Tapping his arm, Medusa tilts her head and raises her brow. "Hey, quit your daydreaming would you?"

Blinking, the male sorcerer nods and offers a smile. "Yeah, sorry about that. But we should get going."

"What exactly are we going to do once we find Crona?" Liz asks nervously. "Yeah what are we gonna do with him!" Patty demands, clinging to her sister's shoulder. Kid sighs and looks away. "I don't know yet, okay?"

Ox clenches his fist and stares at the floor angrily. Kim gently puts her arms around Ox as she hugs him from behind. "Calm down Ox…" Kim's words send a reassurance through him and he relaxes into her arms. Jackie walks behind the couple, holding the hands of the twin Pots who were still upset over Kilik's death. Sniffing, Thunder wipes her eyes and looks down sadly.

Soul walks beside Maka, looking over at her nervously. She didn't seem to be taking this very well. Maka bit down on her lip as she held herself tightly. Crona wouldn't kill Kilik…it just doesn't make any sense…why would he…

"Maka." Looking up, she looks to see Soul staring at her with worried eyes. "What's wrong, Maka?"

Shaking her head and looking at the ground, Maka begins to shake. "I just don't understand…Why would Crona do that…It just doesn't add up…"

"Perhaps it wasn't Crona. Maybe someone is framing him."

Hearing this, both Soul and Maka turn to look at Tsubaki who had a determined look on her face. "I don't think Crona killed Kilik. He didn't have a reason to…" Nodding in agreement, Maka raises her firsts. "Yeah! You're right, Tsubaki! That has to be it! Crona wouldn't do something like that!"

Soul scratches his head and sighs. "Lets not jump to any conclusions…we don't exactly know anything yet." Maka frowns and lightly punches Soul's arm. "But I do know! Crona wouldn't do that! I know him better than that!" Soul looks away and puts his hands up. "Alright, alright! Whatever you say…"

Finally getting into a new area of land, this time being a desert, Crona stops and gulps. Justin frowns and steps forward, pushing Crona and forcing him forward. "I never said to stop. Keep going." Turning around nervously, Crona avoids Justin's eyes. "B-But it's the desert…if we go there without f-food we might die…"

Glaring at him, Justin shoves him into the sandy dirt. Crona squeals and falls back, crying out in pain as he hurts his elbow. The death scythe takes a step towards him and glowers. "I didn't ask for your opinion. Your only option is to do as I say or die."

Crawling away from him, Crona whimpers and struggles to his feet. Laughing, Justin kicks Crona's back, sending him tumbling back down. "You're pathetic! Just like everyone else here! None of you understand the way of this game! You'll all die by my hand!"

"Ragnarok!"

Caught off guard, the priest gasps in surprise as Crona swings his sword at him, barely missing his neck. Backing away a few paces, Justin unsheathes his blades and glares. "Oh you are so dead, kid." Standing up and holding Ragnarok who was in sword form, Crona frowns a bit. "I-I'm not afraid to hurt you…"

The blonde cackles with laughter and grins. "You're not afraid to hurt me!? Just who do you think I am, kid!" Charging forward, he swings his blades but is parried by Crona. Angered, Justin lunges forward and attacks more aggressively. Barely deflecting the attacks, Crona backs up and nearly trips.

"This is where you die!" Justin laughs and swings his blade, cutting into Crona's arm. Crying out in pain, Crona backs up and looks at his bleeding arm. Still in sword for, Ragnarok yells out, "Crona you idiot! Do something! We're going to die if this keeps us!"

Getting an idea, Crona runs his fingers along his bloody arm and slings his blood at Justin. The male priest furrows his brows and gives a confused look as a few dots of the black blood get on his clothes.

"Bloody needle!"

At yelling out the attack, the black blood pierces Justin and he hunches over, coughing up blood.

"C'mon finish him off Crona! Kill him!" Ragnarok cries out. Growing hesitant, Crona looks from Ragnarok to the bleeding Justin. Shaking his head, the pink haired boy runs off, trying to get as far away from Justin as possible.

Frowning slightly as he watches Justin get wounded, Asura leans back in his chair and scoffs. "Oh c'mon now. You could do better than that, Justin Law. Don't disappoint me." Running his fingers along his hair and staring at the camera screen with beady eyes, Asura's lips curl into a smile. "Ah…in the direction that Crona is headed it seems things could get good…"

Glancing back at his blackboard, he grins. There had originally been twenty four contestants in the beginning. Now it was down to eighteen. Slowly, the number of contestants was going down. Soon there would be a victor. "A few more weeks and everything will be perfect…my plan will have succeeded."

"Noah, don't!"

Pushing away from the male, Medusa turns her head and looks to the side. Originally Noah had his arms around her waist but was pushed off. Blinking in confusion, Noah rubs the back of his head. "What? Did I do something?"

Facing the sorcerer and frowning slightly, the snake witch grabs her arm. "Look, I don't know why you keep doing this. I was hoping today you wouldn't try anything but here you are, trying to touch me!"

Noah takes a step back and winces, his feelings slightly hurt. "Hey well I mean…yesterday…I thought…"

Shaking her head, Medusa sighs. "Just don't, okay? I don't know how to feel about this…not right now…"

Stepping forward, Noah attempts to put his arm around Medusa but his hand is swatted away. "Noah I said no! Just…stop…"

Leaning towards her ear, Noah whispers. "Please…I need someone…I…I lost Gopher and Giriko already…I don't want to lose you too..." Looking away, Medusa shook her head. "Noah…don't…not now…"

"Um…guys?"

The pair turning, they see Free and Eruka standing cautiously as a lone figure steps forward. Medusa's eyes widen as she sees the pink haired figure step forward. "Crona…" Confused, Noah looks from Medusa to Crona. Eruka mutters under her breath to Noah. "Its her son…"

With that, the male understood and his eyes soon widen as well. "Uh…"

Gulping and backing away, Crona bites his lip. I-I can't fight…I'm already wounded from the fight with Justin…

Medusa's face turns to a scowl and she raises her arm, preparing for a vector place.

"Don't."

Noah's arm quickly grasps Medusa's wrist and he shakes his head at her. "Don't do it Medusa…"

His tone sent a strange feeling down her stomach. She blinks and lowers her arm, looking down. F-Fine…but I'm not letting him escape." Noah nods and crosses his arms. "Fair enough." Cutting off Crona's escape, Free and Eruka glance at each other unsure of what to do.

Back in Kid's group, everyone had decided to rest for the day. The only ones awake were Soul and Maka. Maka lay on Soul's lap, her hands on his chest as she gazed up at him, looking into his eyes. "Soul…I…"

What had led to this moment between meister and weapon was quiet simple. Soul had been ready to rest when he noticed Maka was troubled. He had gone over to her in hopes of cheering her up and pretty soon found himself holding her in his arms. "I love you." Those were the words said by Soul to Maka just now as they found themselves in this position.

Blushing lightly and tensing up, Soul cleared his throat. "Yeah, Maka…?"

Her arms went around his neck as she gently places her lips on his. Closing her eyes, Maka deepens the kiss, not pulling away from Soul. Kissing back, the male let his eyes shut as his arms soon found themselves on Maka's waist, holding her closely. Breaking the kiss, Soul looks into Maka's eyes with a determined look. "Maka, I swear to you, no matter what I won't let anyone hurt you…"

Smiling warmly, Maka buries her head into his chest. "I'm glad. Soul, I love you…"

END OF CHAPTER 11
DEATH COUNT: 6