Power vs Desire

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"This is the end of the book." The index stated. It turned to Elizabeth and her friends. "There are no more chapters, if he was in the book we would find him here." They were in the chapter of Greed, anything their hearts' desired would appear before them, except Kid apparently. The miesters and weapons were at a loss. Their whole journey, nothing they encountered so much as mentioned the young shinigami.

"Woah, woah; that can't be right." Elizabeth objected. "Shinigami-sama said that Kid would be moving towards the center of the book. If we're at the last chapter then we passed him." The index tilted his head.

"Books don't have centers, they have middles." The twin guns flanked the magical index, unable to corner him on an open plane such as this. Gold coins rained down from the sky and vanished in the ground.

"What are you talking about?" Patty shouted. "I've stood in the center, at chapter 4."

"No, you have not; you have read chapter four." The index corrected. "Chapters don't have centers, if they did, you wouldn't have been able to advance into the book." He floated up out of their reach and looked down at them, annoyed they had yet to take their leave. There was no need for such creatures in the greater collection.

"Well say there was a center." Tsubaki interjected. "If only I had a-" A sketch book and pen popped before her. Tsubaki smiled and grabbed the two. On the paper she drew seven lines and an arrow through them. "You see our passage through the book like so."

"Yes." The index agreed. Tsubaki flipped the page and drew a huge circle, with seven smaller circles inside like a target. "But say each chapter was like this for us. Each ring being a new chapter." She shaded the very center. "How would we get to the dead space here?" The spell thought.

"That would be somewhere in the back most pages I suppose, if it existed. That would be where the old one stays." The old one was an ancient magical being that chose to be contained within the book. "The only way to get there is by invitation." It tilted his head. "Well, this is the chapter Greed, what is it that you desire?"

"Hey had anyone seen Maka and Soul?" Black Star asked. The whole group stared at him. "What?"

"They are still in the chapter Sloth." The index said. There was an uneasiness amongst the teens. Once the top of their class, Maka and Soul should have been here waiting for them, not lingering chapters behind.

"Okay, thank you." He shrugged at the others, unoffended by their stares. "Jeez, is it a crime to wonder where your friends are?"

"...As I was saying," The index continued, "this chapter is based on want. If you want to find your friend, you should be able to find him from here." They nodded. The index swayed to the side. A hole opened up in the floor of the chapters. Black Star looked into the blackness. If Maka were here, she would probably have already jumped in without hesitation. While Liz cried the index floated about them. "It appears only one of you is allowed in."

"I'll go." Black Star stated.

"Black Star, no." Tsubaki called.

"No need to worry, I'm the great Black Star, after all... I'll definitely come back." Black Star chuckled. He stepped forward and fell through the hole. "Later! Kid'll do fine as a souvenir, right?"

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Maka was trapped in a fierce battle within the chapter of Sloth. No sooner than Soul had found her, they were ambushed by one of Noah's henchmen. She sliced through Giriko's body with a single swing of her scythe as easily as she would a doll. The jerk had been waiting for her within the chapter and thanks to Soul's noise cancellation, they had caught Giriko off guard. A light chuckle came from behind her.

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