127. deep down, you knew this is how it would end.

[ill_find_a_hole]

bad ending meme
Expanded meme

You've chosen your path and it's led you to one of the worst possible ends. A bad ending you've averted in the past could be coming true after all, a possibility you've always feared could be happening now. It's game over.

** TRIGGER WARNING. This meme contains references to death and addiction. Read at your own risk

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12 thus BAD END IS A GO.

[witchbuster]

[Why did she let him convince her to come back to Death City? He killed Soul. He forced himself back into her life and changed her from a Meister into a Weapon. His Weapon.

He killed Soul.

No, she wouldn't let him back in. He wouldn't be her Meister. He wasn't a friend anymore, he was just the reigning shinigami that murdered her best friend. It hurts when he holds her in Weapon form. It hurts talking to someone she previously had an attachment to. Being that close to someone brings the risk of trusting them again and, in her own way of seeing things, Kid had already turned his back on her when the ogre took over Soul's body.

Thought she was delirious like the rest of them did.

It was, as far as she could tell, a complete accident that he finally realized Soul wasn't Soul. He wasn't looking out for her, he was just doing it to maintain order...that, and she was the daughter of his father's Death Scythe. He probably had designs to have her follow in her father's footsteps.

The only way she knew how to cope with being surrounded by stressful stimuli anymore, though, was to retreat into her own world and put her body on autopilot. That was where she was at the moment, sitting and looking down at the table in her kitchen, completely unresponsive to anything that wasn't the creations of her mind.

He killed Soul.]

THIS AU

[hatetodismiss]

[He knocks on the door. Once, twice. Then he lets himself in.]

WELL IT'S A BAD END. 1/2

[witchbuster]

[He's back.

Why does he insist on coming back?]

[witchbuster]

[No, he's not here, she's not here. She's just a kid again and going to Shibusen with her friends. There was never any Kishin resurrection, Soul was never lost, the ogre never took over her life as he did-in fact, the ogre didn't exist in this world. This time.]

...Hmph.

[The sound of the door opening shook her out of her happy world. She can't avoid it, he's here.]

What is it?

[hatetodismiss]

I wanted to check on you.

[He made a promise to himself. He will never lie to her.]

How are you feeling?

[If Maka wants, she can pretend still. He hasn't aged much physically (though there's something older in his expression, far more tired than any apparently 16-year-old should look).]

[witchbuster]

Old, tired, the usual. [She laughs a little, though it sounds forced.]

Mm...[she then holds out her arm, which transforms into a blade in a flash.] I've been practicing, too. I figured that would be some good news.

[hatetodismiss]

...

[It should be good news. She's practicing, moving forward.

At the same time, he wants her to want this, he wants her to be happy.]

It is.

[He can't force himself to smile.]

[witchbuster]

[Maka shakes her arm to change it back, scolding herself for expecting him to be pleased with it. Nothing pleased Kid unless it was balanced.

But why should she care about what he thinks? He killed Soul.

Then again, some foolish part of her still regarded him as a friend and disliked seeing him look so dour.]

...Do you--do you want something to drink while you're here?

[hatetodismiss]

If you don't mind.