Episode 8: Serendipity? The Climax of a Kiss!

6:49 p.m.—“I-I’m s-s-s-so…s-sorryyy….Mmmaaka,” were Chrona’s words before the river carried her away. Her body was already numb to the cold. And as she gave up her last breath, only the thought of a blissful Maka lingered in her mind. That image alone was enough to make her accept death as though it was merely a phase. Crona was happy and contented that she was able to do good in her life. More so that she saved Maka for the second time. Her only regret was that she couldn’t see Maka’s happiness through ‘til the end.

As she slowly drifted to the darkness below, Crona smiled.

“OH, NO YOU DON’T!” a man’s voice echoed in the abyss.

Not long after, there was a girl’s voice. “Is she still alive?” Crona recognized this person to be Eruka Frog, one of her mother’s toadies.

“Seems like it. Hey wake up!” there was a third voice, which she couldn’t identify.

“Hey! A little help here!” the man was shouting from somewhere nearby.

“Pipe down, would ya! Besides, you smell like a wet dog! I can’t let you come aboard!”

“What!? That’s unfair! I saved her, didn’t I?”

“Whatever. Why don’t you swim to the shore or something!? Move it, Fido!”

The two voices were arguing until the man finally conceded and left.

“So, um, how do we revive her?” asked Eruka.

“Simple… with the kiss of life!” Just then, as the feeling of her body returned, Crona felt something pressing against her face. Suddenly, she began coughing up water.

“Y-you didn’t have to do that! I-I could’ve used my magic!” Eruka was getting flustered.

“Well, then that wouldn’t be any fun, would it?”

Such questions remained unanswered. By the time she woke up, she found herself lying on the river bank. There was no one else with her except for Maka. Ignoring the question of who to thank, she quickly performed CPR to the best of her abilities. Though with no prior medical experience, she based her actions from a movie she watched with Tsubaki.

Firstly, she checked for a pulse. Thankfully, there was one. Then, she placed her hands on Maka’s chest, right on top of her heart. She executed the procedure just like the movie, though she made sure not to press too lightly or too strongly that she’d shatter her rib cage. While she did this, she couldn’t help notice how similar she was to her in terms of “flatness”.

After several pumps, there was still no response. So, Crona had to do…

…the kiss of life!

She touched her lips—the very thought of doing that made her red all over. Nevertheless, it was for Maka’s sake. ‘This is innocent!’ she told herself this, though she still thought of how soft those lips would feel. Pinching Maka’s nose to prevent air from escaping, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she bent down to administer the “cure”.

“Mmmm,” a slight moaning was heard.

She opened her eyes and saw Maka staring right at her.

SFX: Doki! Doki! Doki!

The girl was surprised, obviously. Fearing that she might say something like “Get off me, you freak!” Crona quickly backed off and apologized.

“I-It isn’t what it looks like! I wasn’t-I wasn’t…” she was scrambling for things to say, while going red all over again.

Strangely enough, Maka took it well. “It’s okay, Crona. I understand. You were just trying to help me, right?” her sweet smiles seem to calm things down a bit.

“Y-yeah,” she looked away, trying to hide her embarrassment.

Unbeknownst to them, on the other side of the river was Soul Evans. It was out of pure coincidence that he just so happen to pop out of the bushes right on time to watch Crona steal Maka’s very first kiss. He saw everything! His jaw dropped to the ground and so much blood flowed from his nose that the river Seine was actually dyed red. There was no word in the English dictionary that could ever explain what his reaction was.

All of a sudden, both girls burst into laughter. It seemed that Crona and Maka have realized how foolish the situation was. They were friends! And it was only CPR, so there wasn’t really anything to be ashamed about. Anybody brought into a similar situation would have done the same thing. Thus, the real point here was to save a friend’s life…that is why Maka and Crona had no qualms in smacking lips!

“Wait a second…” the latter sensed a disturbance in the narrative-force.

“…yeah, that logic seems to be…” even Maka felt it, “…flawed!”

Anyway, they were suddenly reminded of what was really important…

“THE MISSION!!!” They almost forgot about their reason for being there. Immediately, they took off and followed the river upstream to the bridge, where Blair was having a hard time herself.

“Hey, watch it! That hurts us too, you know!” yelled Liz after Blair swung the silver barrel and slammed it against Mosquito’s face.

“Sorry, but I don’t know why I can’t use you guys!” she replied, seeing that pulling the trigger would only make a clicking sound.

“Take this!” Mosquito threw a punch.

“Ouch!” screamed the Thompson Sisters when Blair used them to block the attack.

“Okay! That does it!” Liz turned into her human form and so did Patti. “We’ll do this our way!” Blair stepped back while the two alternately transformed into their weapon or human forms to take turns firing at Mosquito like they did with the mummies of Anubis.

“Hold still!” Mosquito could not even deliver a single blow and was shot frequently between the eyes. However, this tactic did no real damage and only seemed to work as a diversion. Nevertheless, it was what Blair wanted. She knew that none of them could pierce his tough exterior, so the only thing they could do was to buy time until the rest of their team got back. Although…

“Die! Die! Die! You old fart! Mwa-ha-ha-ha!!!” Patty appeared to be having way too much fun that it was a bit frightening for her allies.