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Soul Eater Ultimate (MysteriousD & GuardianAngel)

Maka was chuckling a bit as she watched Black Star completely fail at trying to steal Kid's' thunder. And she was watching Kid attempt to dance with Patty and Liz evenly, as well as that was going at that point in time. With that she was looking over towards Diego as he asked if she wanted to dance. This had her giving a small smile before she spoke, "Yeah, lets go dance."
 
Diego beamed at hearing Maka said yes. He grasped her hand and took her in to dance with everyone else. They had not really talked much if at all what happened that day in Stein's office. Diego's feelings toward Maka remained true and beyond platonic. He did not really confide this in anyone, regarding his feelings though he was sure Stein and Spirit knew. He was not sure who he could talk to. He did not really know if anyone in their group of friends would be good for talking about romance. He briefly wondered if Maka talked to anyone, but he did not think she'd know anyone she could speak regarding that sort of stuff, except maybe Blair and even then, Blair had never really been in love.

She was very good at understanding people though.

However, his thoughts became interrupted when he saw he was near Stein and Medusa. He gave Maka a look and he began listening. He still danced with Maka, but became serious when he heard Stein accuse Medusa of being a witch... the one associated with the Demon Sword.

So... his paranoia was justified.

He looked to Maka, squeezing her hand. It was not to let the two know they overheard. When something happens, they would strike.
 
Maka danced with Diego although it didn't seem like long before they found themselves dancing near where Stein and Medusa were at. She was looking at Diego for a moment as she felt his hand tighten on her hand. Yeah she knew not to let them know that they had overheard, but they did have to let somebody know what they heard.

With that she was drifting off towards the table of punch to get a drink, and so that they could actually talk softly without being overheard. "That confirms our suspicions against her I suppose. It is rare that Stein accuses people of stuff like that." she spoke in a low voice as she got them both of cup of punch.
 
Diego nodded but before he could do little else, he saw Sid come in, warning of an attack!

Then all hell broke loose. Medusa had let go and attempted to bolt the window.

"SOMEONE STOP HER!" Diego shouted as he bolted after Medusa. How determined was he to prevent her escape? He began channeling a little bit of the black blood... enough to boost him to try and slice at her to keep her from escaping. Medusa yelped as she got swiped as she tried to deter him.

"Sorry, witchy. You never fooled me," Diego said with a smirk before he paled as he felt powerful magic... It was that he saw that werewolf... he was making some sort of cube. In his hesitation, she kicked him back into the group.

The sounds of destruction were heard outside, but Diego saw someone make it out the cube... it was Blair in her cat form. She turned to him and winked... she got this...

"We're counting on you," Sid told them. It was him with Maka, Black Star, Tsubaki, Kid, Patty, Liz, Stein, and Spirit.

The burial happened and they would escape the room before being locked in.

It was go time.
 
Maka was looked towards Sid as he ran in yelling about an attack, which resulted in Medusa trying to bolt out the window.

Not that she got overly far at first when Diego bolted after her and was swiping at her, actually managing to swipe at her. And Maka was bolting forward as well, although kind of kept closer to where the others were at though, especially when Diego was thrown back towards them. But from where she was at she could see the soul of the werewolf, and there was commotion outside.

What the hell was going on now? She couldn't help but wonder as a strange cube started to form around them. She saw Blair had managed to get out and then it wasn't long before what appeared to be a hole was forming under her, along with a few others, and she was falling.
 
Diego would end up landing on his butt while he saw the meisters land on their feet. "You guys really are something else," Diego commented before Stein gave them all the rundown. That Medusa was, in fact, a witch who planned to revive Asura, the first Kishin. He was kept contained under the school, sealed away by Lord Death, and thus why he could not move.

And now Medusa and her cohorts were planning on liberating them.

"We better get a move on then. Normally I'd advocate for changing into more practical clothing... but time is a luxury. Professor Stein, take us to the entrance. Medusa and her flunkies probably just headed there," Diego noted before blushing at his brashness.

"He's got a point. Sooner we get them, the better," Spirit said as he looked to Stein.

"All right then. Let's get going everyone," Stein told them with a smile at his students' bravery. "I recommend going barefoot, unless you want my shoes," Diego suggested to Maka.
 
The Meisters had ended up landing on their feet, almost as though they were cats. It wasn't long before Stein was explaining the whole situation, even about the Kishin that was under the school. That made a bit of sense as to what Maka was sensing at that point in time, made a lot of sense. She could see a few other souls as well. There werewolf was there as well, and it seemed like Demon Sword was there as well.

Maka was looking towards Diego as he mentioned going barefoot, or letting her borrow his shoes. "Your shoes would be a bit too big." she spoke before she was kicking off her shoes and looked towards Stein. Nope at that point in time he was in charge, they would do as he said, at least unless they got separated then the kids would be on their own.
 
Diego took Maka’s shoes, carrying them for some reason while following. When they would go running, someone would be there. It would be Medusa. However, rather than having her usual confident and cocky smirk, she looked annoyed and frazzled. It appeared that her plans had now been derailed.

"Everyone, senpai and I will handle Medusa. Black Star, you go and fight the Demon Sword with your soul techniques while Kid and Maka, you go and stop the other witch and the werewolf," Stein said to them. Medusa began preparing an attack...

Or would've if Diego proceeded not to throw Maka's shoes in her face, breaking her concentration and giving them the big opening they needed to give chase.

He then turned back into his scythe for Maka to take him.
 
Maka ran after the others although it wasn't long before they seemed to be finding themselves running into Medusa. Well wasn't this just a grand thing to have happen. Although it seemed like Stein was going to fight her with Spirit, and next thing she knew was her shoes were flying at Medusa's face. Well that worked.

"Understood." Maka spoke before she was grabbing Diego when he turned into his scythe form, and took off after the others. It seemed like the other weapons had taken to their weapon forms as well.
 
"Sorry about having to use your shoes like that, but I figure it was a good way of throwing her off when she was trying to cast the spell so we can get past her," Diego told Maka with a smile as he saw the others. Unsurprisingly, Kid went flying off thanks to his flying board.

However, he then saw what was awaiting them.

The Demon Swordsman.

Black Star had caught up and was going to attack though Diego wondered what Maka would be thinking on this...
 
"Oh well, don't worry about it. They can be replaced." Maka spoke after a moment in time as she continued down the hallway, already Kid zipping off ahead of them on his flying board. No shock there.

Although it wasn't long before they were coming upon the Demon Swordsman. Sure Stein had told Black Star to deal with them but... Maka was thinking differently.

"Black Star, you continue on ahead. We'll deal with this." Maka spoke after a moment in time.
 
"You sure about that?" Black Star asked her, surprised that Maka was going against orders.

"Black Star, you're faster and stronger, meaning you have better luck of catching up to Kid and helping him take care of the witch and the werewolf," Diego said out of the scythe. He would be supporting his partner's choice.

"All right then. I'll go on ahead and leave the spotlight to you," he said before Black Star bolted off, leaving Maka and Diego to face off Crona, who seemed to be more confused at the folk who just bolted past them.
 
Maka looked towards Black Star for a moment before giving a nod of her head. Although it wasn't long before Diego seemed to be saying something, supporting her decision in the matter.

But were they going to be strong enough to handle Crona? No they had gotten a lot stronger over the last few days. Actually since that fight with Free. Something had changed then, they had been able to pull off something that they had never been able to before.

"Good luck to you both." Maka called after Black Star before she was tightening her grip on the handle of her weapon as she was walking forward.
 
“You ready, Maka?” Diego asked his partner wth a smile. They had trained long and hard. “Let’s try and stick to defense,” he advised before Crona went to charge at them, being silent.

They were apparently surprised by how fast they were along with the circumstances of this.
 
"Yeah I am ready." Maka spoke as she tightened her grip before she was falling back into defense as Crona charged at them. No she had to try and predict Crona's movements before it happened.
 
When Crona saw Black Star leave, they attempted to attack from behind, only for them to be caught off-guard and stopped by Diego. "So, cutting you won't work then, eh?" Diego noted before he knew that they would need to try and use physical blunt attacks. When Maka would punch his face, Diego would make his arm appear to punch Crona in the back for a bit.

However, Crona was still surprisingly pretty rock solid.

"What the hell? You forgot the time that Crona cut you? You're just a couple of small-fries that we can beat," Ragnarok said as he appeared out of Crona.

"You sure about that? If you were, you wouldn't need to gobble up so many innocents," Diego told him. Here, he had one advantage. His mouth.

His big fat blabbermouth.

Diego was analytical and liked psychology and philosophy. As such, he did not hesitate to try and use his words to attack his opponents here.
 
Maka was moving forward so that Crona could stop Black Star from moving on ahead. Hey melee attacks wouldn't work, so she was resorting to something different. Punching Crona in the face. Although this definitely had her hand hurting after doing that. What the hell was this kid made of?!

"Back then, you caught off us off guard, and we were weak. Now things have changed." Maka spoke as she was taking a few steps away, firmly holding onto her scythe, no hesitation at that point in time.
 
"For someone so week, you don't understand," Crona began saying. "Why are you clashing with me head on? You'll get cut again," Crona said. Diego just raised his eyebrow before smirking at the confidence he and his meister had.

"That's not a guarantee there," Diego responded.

"Quit your prattling! No one will your hear your howls as a loser," Ragnarok responded. "And no one wants to listen to the ranting of a sword who has to use his meister as a shield. We ain't gonna lose," Diego countered and he noticed the meister got a bit more angry.

When Crona introduced themselves, Diego smirked. "All right then, Demon Swordsman Crona. Let's see what you got. We know your tricks," Diego told her as he watched his meister go.
 
Maka didn't respond to the male at all, not bothering to speak back, allowing Diego to do all the talking at that point in time.

Obviously what Diego was saying was starting to get on the nerves of Crona, especially the comment about Ragnarok hiding behind his meister all the time. No they weren't going to use, and yeah they did know their tricks. And they had both gotten stronger as well, far stronger.

"I am Scythemeister Maka, and we will be your opponent." was all Maka said after a moment in time before she was twirling her scythe a bit and shifting into a defensive position once again. No she was going on the defensive, at least for the time being. She just wanted the chance to examine their opponent, learn their moves a bit more.
 
The conflict started with Ragnarok and Diego being clanged at one another before Crona got into a stance and then Ragnarok began screaming, a sign that they were going to do an attack, apparently Screech Alpha.

"Why are you doing this? Why the hell are you even going to the Kishin and killing innocent people?" Diego asked Crona.

"Because I'm scared. I can learn how to interact with things if I get strong," Crona began before Diego made a buzzer-like noise.

"Strength means nothing. Most ordinary people, not even trained, can interact with various things. It doesn't matter how strong you are, it won't get rid of the fear. There will always be something that can get you. People learn to live with that and not without having to kill others," Diego told Crona in a stern yet patient voice.

Crona looked a little puzzled and surprised before focusing back on the attack.

"Lady Medusa will abandon me if I do not become a Kishin. I'll stay afraid of everything if I don't get stronger," Crona replied.

"Buddy, Medusa is not worth having any loyalty to. Furthermore, there are people who live their whole lives not being afraid yet knowing they are weak. Strength and power does not mean much in the long run. It does not equal security in the long term," Diego lectured. He knew Maka would normally be doing this stuff, but he could be such a chatterbox sometimes.

Nonetheless, Crona launched a Screech Alpha at them. "Maka, move! We know he has his Black Blood for Blood Needles or to throw it, but we can still dodge the attacks," he said to her.
 
Maka just watched and listened, and soon enough she was looking towards Crona when he shifted into a different stance and Ragnarok started to scream. This was easy enough to dodge most of the time, if you knew what was going to happen anyways.

For the most part she did let Diego speak although after a moment in time she did speak up, "Medusa is manipulative and twisted. She doesn't deserve loyalty from anybody at all. And the only way to conquer fear, is to face what you are afraid of heading on."

This poor child, she had to wonder exactly what Crona had even gone through to have such a loyalty to Medusa. Something she was curious about, actually Crona in general she was curious about. In a way.... she wanted to save this child, and that is what she was going to attempt to do. With that she was moving out of the way of the attack that had been launched at them.
 
Crona then went over to keep slashing and attacking. Whenever they were cut by Maka and Diego, they would just respond by sending some of their Black Blood, using either Bloody Needle or a move like it.

"Hey Maka, let's try Witch Hunter. Maybe your Anti-Demon Wavelength can help," Diego suggested to her. However, when they would start synching and powerfully, Maka would be able to feel a bit of the power and the heat.

Diego meanwhile was being careful, trying to keep the madness down while synching souls with Maka so they could strike with a Witch Hunter. Crona meanwhile was preparing their own attack.
 
Maka listened to what Diego had to say before she was giving a nod and focusing her soul, before they became the soul resonance, and soon enough the scythe seemed to morphing into something else. Maka could feel the heat, feel the power.

"Witch Hunter." was all she spoke before she was lunging forward towards Crona so that she could attack. No she already knew that this battle was going to be difficult. The battle between Stein and Medusa seemed to be raging on as well, both of their souls were fully visible. Medusa's witch soul was rather powerful, and large, larger than most witch souls that she had seen.
 
Diego transformed. While st first be looked like a crescent moon, he then transformed into a more serpent-like shaped, with blade on it.

Crona went over to try and counter with Ragnarok. However, they were trying to hold it down. Before long, he broke it:

“He broke the Witch Hunter!?” Diego said in shock as Crona went at them.

“You’re so weak,” Crona notes.

“That or I’m holding back,” Diego tried to taunt.
 
Maka was jumping away when Witch Hunter was broken through so that Crona couldn't get a strike on them. Nope time to go back on the defense at that point in time, that was the best opinion.

Well that definitely hadn't been something that she had been expecting at all. Not even Free had broken Witch Hunter, yet the demon sword had managed to do it with ease. "Maybe we aren't strong enough...." she spoke in a low voice, more to Diego at that point in time.

They needed more strength to be able to beat Crona. They needed something that was going to throw him off.
 
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