Within a few hours, the group had arrived at the church as the limo parks itself in the street. Nightfall had arrived and the people had long since cleared the streets.

"We should split up, cover more ground." Maka said.

"Sounds good to me. But we should signal the others if we run into the culprit." Death the Kid said, opening the limo door. "We don't know how dangerous they are, so it's better to face them as a group than individually."

"Agreed." Tsubaki said.

"I can take whoever is doing this on my own." Black Star said with confidence.

"Black Star." Tsubaki said with a sigh.

"Fine, I'll go along with it." Black Star said.

With all in agreement, the weapons transformed as their meisters exited the limo.

Kid would summon his skateboard and patrol from the skies.

Black Star with use his ninja stealth skills to patrol around the church from the shadows.

And Maka would search inside of the church, right in the belly of the beast.

Butcas she did, Maka felt that something in the church was off. Something that just felt so... familiar.

'Something wrong, Maka?' Soul asked, feeling Maka's palms sweat.

"... I have a feeling... and I'm hoping it's not what I think it is." Maka said.

What do you mean?' Soul asked.

"I'll explain later." Maka said as she pushed the doors open, stepping into the church.

Inside, there was one lone figure standing with their back towards Maka.

No. Please. Don't let it be you.' Maka thought, tightening her grip on Soul's scythe handle.

"So you've finally arrived, Maka." Crona said, calm and collected, as he turned to face her. "It's been a while since we last saw each other, hasn't it?"

"Yeah, it has." Maka said.

'Maka, is you know this guy...or girl?' Soul asked, a bit confused on Crona's gender.

"This is Crona, Soul. The cousin I told everyone about a few days ago." Maka said, glancing around. "Which means my aunt is here too."

"She's not going to interrupt us. Only watch." Crona said before holding his right hand out. "Ragnarok, it's time to fight."

'What's Ragnarök?' Soul asked.

"... Someone I hate." Maka said, glaring harder.

"The feeling's mutual, bitch!" A gruff voice shouted.

'Huh?! Where did that came from?!' Soul asked, looking around the church.

"From INSIDE of Crona." Maka answered.

A large black creature burst out of Crona. A man by his shape with giant muscular arms, white cartoonish eyes with Xs for pupils, and strange metal wraps on his wrists and chest.

"Ugh, you look even uglier than I remember." Maka said with a grimace.

"Keep talking shit, girly! I'm gonna enjoy ripping you to pieces!" Ragnarok shouted.

"I'd like to see you try." Maka said.

"Sword mode, now." Crona said, holding up his right hand.

"Ugh! I hate it when you're confident around Maka, you're always barking orders!" Ragnarok said before turning gelatinous and shifting into a black broadsword.

'Damn... now I've seen everything.' Soul said.

"That's not all he can do." Maka said, holding Soul at the ready. "Get ready."

"Believe her, weapon." Crona said before charging at Maka.

Crona swung at Maka, but she stepped back and slammed Soul's handle into his back.

Crona stumbled ahead before stopping, swinging widely with a turn as Maka blocked it as she did back.

'Crona has no set fighting style, mainly swinging and jabbing widely while Ragnarok gives him defense and offense.' Maka thought as Crona got ready for another attack.

"Scream Resonance, now." Crona ordered as a mouth appeared in the sword.

"Stop telling me what to do!" Ragnarok before he screamed in a high pitch. "BYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Maka held her head with one hand as the screaming caused her excruciating pain.

'GRRRRRR! What the hell kind of resonance is that?!' Soul shouted as he covered his ears in his weapon void.

"Scream Resonance is our unstoppable and unblockable wavelength. You might be able to dodge my attacks but nobody can dodge the sound behind it." Crona explained, walking towards Maka. "And this isn't even our strongest attack."

"That's what you think." Maka said, pulling her hand back. "Sorry Crona... Impact Strike!"

She burst forth and threw a punch, hitting Crona right in the chest and knocking them back!

"GUH!" Crona grunts, slamming into the preacher's podium!

'Nice job, Maka!' Soul shouted as the screaming stopped.

"Thanks." Maka said, shaking her hand as it felt like punching a brick wall.

Just as she thought, Crona could harden the blood inside of Crona's body for a constant armor to protect his internal organs and bones to a certain degree.

'My magic is the best chance at beating him.' Maka thought.

But first, she had to alert the others she found Crona. The one behind the church killings.

"Impact Blast!" Maka said as she held her hand up, firing an orb of magic through the ceiling!

Hitting the bell on top as it rang loudly.

From an alley, Black Star turned to the church as Tsubaki was in chain scythe mode.

"The signal!" He said before running for the church!

From the sky a block away, Kid gasped as he did a u-turn back to the church!

'Maka found the culprit!' Kid thought.

"They're on their way, we have to stall until then." Maka whispered.

'Yeah, I know!' Soul said to Maka.

Crona charged again, holding up Ragnarok.

"Scream Beta!" Crona shouted, charging up an attack!

'Maka!' Soul said, seeing the attack coming.

Maka tried to block. But she didn't take into account that Ragnarok's screaming would make his blade form vibrate at high speeds like a chainsaw!

'AAAAAH!' Soul screamed in pain, feeling himself bleed from the chest in his weapon void as he blocked the attack.

"Soul!" Maka shouted.

"I'm sorry, Maka. But your defense is useless against me." Crona said before he kicked Maka away.

"Maybe... but I know my magic can harm you." Maka said, stumbling.

Maka decided to use a spell she copied from Kim and used healing magic on Soul, fixing his injuries a bit.

'Thanks.' Soul said, feeling his injuries close up.

"No problem, but get ready!" Maka said as Crona charged again.

This time with a barrage of wild slashes and stabs. Maka dodged each one, batting away only every fourth or fifth one to avoid Soul getting injured around.

"Ragnarok, thin out!" Crona ordered his weapon mid attack.

"Shut up, you ass! God, why does your cousin bring out the bravery in you?!" Ragnarok complained before thinning himself slowly, changing from a broadsword into a saber.

"Soul, get ready." Maka said.

Crona pulled back for his fastest stab yet, going for a VERY lethal blow to his cousin.

'Mom still needs her, so I won't kill her.' Crona thought.

Thankfully Maka was prepared for this.

"Vector Shield!" Maka shouted, creating a large white arrow as a shield!

'Vector what?!' Crona and Ragnarok thought in surprise as Ragnarok hit it, bouncing right off!

"Didn't think I wouldn't improve on auntie's magic, did you?" Maka asked before the doors were smashed open!

"Never fear cuz Black Star is here!" He shouted as he and Kid jumped into the church.

"I was just buying fime for backup." Maka said as Kid and Black Star landed by her sides.

"Inviting your friends to help? That's not fair, Maka." Crona said with a frown.

"And killing all of those innocent people was? Your sense of morality is askew." Death the Kid said, pointing his guns/Liz and Patty at Crona.

"That won't work. His blood can harden to protect him." Maka said.

'His blood?' Liz asked, confused.

"Black blood to be exact." Maka said as Crona pulled his sword up. "It's also his weapon."

"A black blood sword wielder? Now that sounds like a challenge!" Black Star said with a grin, holding Tsubaki tighter in ninja sword/tanto mode.

'Maybe Black Star's soul wavelength could do some damage.' Soul said.

"Maybe but we'll need to get close to Crona to do it." Maka said.

"Then let's make sure he gets close." Kid said, ready to shot.

"Enough planning. Time to die. SCREAM RESONANCE!" Crona shouted as Ragnarok's mouth came out again!

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed as the church began to shake from his voice!

They all felt pain from the scream, covering their ears as best as they could.

'What the hell kind of attack is this?!' Patty shouted.

'If this keeps up, we might end up knocked out!' Tsubaki said.

'Not on my watch!' Kid thought, fighting through the pain as he aimed Liz and Patty!

Firing multiple shots, the soul bullets hit the black blood sword. It didn't do anything until one shot hit right in the mouth, making Ragnarok gag!

"UGH! What KUH! The fuck?!" The sword shouted with a painful cough.

"Good, it stopped. Let's get to work." Kid said, standing up straight.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Black Star shouted as he rushed forward to attack first.

Maka and Kid also rushed in, making sure to distract Crona.

"Ugh, fine! I'll deal with you first!" Crona said before slashing at Black Star, who blocked with his blade/Tsubaki!

"Too slow! Show me what you got!" He shouted before they engaged in a sword fight!

That's when Kid ran to Crona's back and started shooting, hitting him!

"Aaaaah!" Crona said in pain!

"Good, don't let up!" Maka said, running towards him from the right.

She swung and hit Crona's side as he grunts, attacking Maka but getting punched in the face by Black Star!

"Black Star, remember what happened when we used the Impact Strike and the big wave at the same time?" Maka asked, dodging a swing.

"Yeah! It was awesome!" Black Star shouts, blocking a sword attack.

"Why don't we show Crona?" Maka suggested.

Black Star smiled widely at this, nodding rapidly like a bobble head!

"Hell yeah! Let's do it!" He shouted before blocking an attack from Crona.

"STOP TALKING ABOUT ME LIKE I'M NOT EVEN HERE!" Crona shouted, slashing at them as they dodged!

"I'll distract him!" Kid shouted, rushing at Crona! "Time to show him what a reaper can do!"

'Finally, a little fun.' Liz said, grinning.

'Yeah! Let's fuck his dress wearing ass up!' Patty shouted.

'It always concerns me when Patty goes from innocent child to murdering psychopath.' Kid thought.

But Kid focused on Crona as Maka and Black Star jumped away from him, allowing Kid to land a drop kick!

"Ugh! I am getting tired of you people!" Crona said as he stumbled back!

"Then you're gonna hate me for this!" Kid shouted before punched Crona in the chest and pulling the trigger!

The impact knocked Crona back.

"Ugh!" Crona groaned in pain.

Kid didn't stop as he rained more soul bullets at Crona, blasting him back to hit the church wall!

This gave Maka and Black Star enough room to run up to Crona.

"On three!" Maka shouted, charging up magic in her fist! "One!"

"Two!" Black Star shouted, charging his hand with his wavelength.

"Three!" Kid shouted as he stopped shooting Crona.

"IMPACT STRIKE!/BIG WAVE!" Maka and Black Star shouted, throwing their attacks together.

Crona gasped as he quickly raised his sword to try and block!

BOOM!

The combined attack was so strong it shattered the windows. She shockwaves and booming noise could be heard from miles away as Crona's screams seemed to barely be heard.

'The wavelength! It hurts!' Crona thought as he could feel Black Star's wavelength shocking his body from the inside.

He felt Ragnarok waver in his hands before exploding, scattering into black blood drops in the air around them!

"Ha! Take that!" Black Star said with a grin.

"It's over, Crona!" Maka said.

"N-N-Not yet." Crona said before clenching his fist, making the blood freeze in the air.

'Oh no.' Maka thought in worry.

'Maka, look out!/Black Star, dodge!' Soul and Tsubaki shouted.

The two jumped out of the way as needles and blades of black blood popped out, trying to impale the two of them as they destroyed the inside of the church around them!

"Fall back!" Kid shouted as he used his skateboard as a shield.

Maka quickly used multipel Impact Blasts around her to act as a barrier!

Black Star used his ninja speed to dodged them all, leaving an after image to take the hits.

'What the hell is this thing!?' He thought about Ragnarok.

Before long, all three of them were outside of the church as it was full of holes and slash marks.

'Dang, what kind of blood is he packing?' Liz asked.

'I don't know but it's kind of cool.' Patty said.

"This is what I was scared of." Maka said.

"Do you know what this is?" Kid asked, aiming for the door for when Crona walked out.

"It's something my aunt had been working in for years, since we were kids." Maka said as the black blood was moving back into Crona. "She said it was the perfect weapon."

The sound of good steps was heard as Crona slowly walked out, the blood returning to his body as Ragnarok reformed on his back.

"Damn, that was fucking terrible. I feel like I'm gonna throw up." The blood being said.

'Good.' Maka thought, truly hating Ragnorok.

"Do you have enough in your for one more attack?" Crona asked.

"Maybe, I don't know. Fuck, my head feels like a barrel of monkeys." Ragnarok said before becoming a sword again.

"Ready guys?" Maka asked.

"Hm!" Black Star and Death the Kid let out, readying their weapons for this last attack.

"Then let's give it everything we've got." Maka said.

'You think what I'm thinking?' Soul asked Maka.

'Yeah, let's do it.' Maka thought, firming her grip.

The one thing they think could finish this fight... Soul Resonance.

"Let's go! Soul/Scream Resonance!" Maka and Crona shouted as they both expanded their souls.

From above, a certain witch was watching the fight with glee.

"Yes, Crona. Yes. You're growing so much stronger now that you're facing Maka. I can feel your connect with Ragnarok growing from here." She said before gazing at Maka, seeing the ghost of her sister in her place. "And you, my dear Niece, it's a pleasure to see you've grown stronger over the years and emrbackng your magic."

'Everything is going perfectly to plan. Just a little more time and you'll be ready to join us, Maka.' She thought with a demented grin.

Back below, Maka and Crona charged at each other with their final attacks.

"WITCH HUNTER!" Maka shouted!

"SCREAM ALPHA!" Crona shouted!

Their attacks clashed as a shockwave and flash of light blinded Black Star and Kid, slowly pushing tnem back.

'Come on, Maka! You can do this!' Kid thought.

'Damn! That's one hell of an attack!' Black Star thought, impressed.

Locked in a battle of strength, both still trying to overpower the other, as Maka and Soul were almost consumed by a giant dark energy mouth that was created by Crona's Scream Alpha attack.

Maka even started to funnel magic through Soul in order to hold him off and heal him from any damage.

'Damn, Maka. You should've told me sooner how tough your cousin is!' Soul said as he felt a headache from maintain Witch Hunter against such an attack.

"Had I known we'd be fighting him on this mission, I would've!" Maka said through clenched teeth.

'I get that but I wish we had some way to overpower them if your magic isn't enough!' Soul said as he could feel the vibrations from the attack almost breaking his "skin."

"Don't worry... I have an idea." Maka said.

She looked back at her teammates, sending them a nod as of to do something they had planned before hand...which they didnt, so they were just winging it.

'I'll get him from above with a Death Cannon!' Kid thought as he performed soul resonance with Liz and Patth

'I'll try to hold him down by having Tsubaki change back to chain-scythe mode.' Black Star thought.

Kid moved back and charged up his cannons as Black Star jumped above Crona.

"Chain scythe mode!" He said as Tsubaki changed.

Once she changed, he threw her at him.

'Again?!' Crona thought, seeing the attack in the corner of his eye.

Only for it to miss and ricochet off the ground, bouncing off and looping around Crona to trap him!

"Got him!" Black Star shouted, landing on top of the church.

"Now Kid!" Maka shouted, using this to dodge Scream Alpha and move back!

"Right!" Kid shouted before running and jumping over Maka, aiming down at Crona. "Death Cannon!"

He fired his cannons at Crona, who was quickly freed of Tsubaki's chains as Black Star jumped off the church, and blasted into the church!

BOOM!

And destroying what was left of the church as it collapsed with a skull shaped mushroom cloud coming out.

'And that's another act of destruction....to a church no less.' Liz said with a groan.

'Does it count as a sin if a God's son destroyed it?' Patty asked.

"We can worry about that later." Kid said as he stood up as Liz and Patty became human at his sides.

"I feel like we should worry now." Liz comments.

"Is he dead?" Black Star said, landing next to Maka and Death the Kid.

'Black Star, that's still her cousin.' Tsubaki said to him as she turned human.

"Crona's survived worse." Maka said.

'And you know that how?' Soul asked.

"..." Maka just gave Soul a blank look and a quirked eyebrow.

Her witch side of the family was fucked up and he should know this by now.

'Right, my bad.' Soul said before turning back into a human.

Above Medusa watched with interest.

"Hm, she's showing promise." She said, rubbing her chin. "I suppose I should let her enjoy this victory... Soul Protect, release."