I HATE myself right now. Why? Because I'm writing a new story when I working on SOOO many others. Maybe I should just delete some of those… Yeah, one of them really isn't working out. Anyway, this is going to be a retelling of the events of Final Fantasy XIII, but as a crossover with a manga I've recently taken a particular interest in: Soul Eater. This will start on the first of the Thirteen Days (The one where Fang and Vanille awaken from Crystal Stasis), and continues on through each day and through the events of the game. Well, Final Fantasy XIII and Soul Eater are both copyright to SquareEnix, apparently. News to me. Ah well, it's not important right now. Enjoy!


Chapter 1

Day 1

A New World

Maka's POV

My head was in a world of pain as I slowly regained consciousness. The last thing I remembered was forcing myself to slay the Kishinized Crona after Asura absorbed him… and then this flash of white light, and I just passed out. I swore I heard bells as I was losing consciousness…

The sound of gentle waves brought me back to reality. I sat up where I was to see that I was on some beach near a small, coastal town. The sun was setting, but there was something off about it… it looked completely different than the sun I was used to looking at; it didn't have some creepy face fighting to stave off sleep, and it wasn't some orb of stone with stalactites on it… or at least I think it wasn't, it was too far away for me to tell.

This can't be Death City. This can't even be the same universe, not with that sun.

But… How did I get here? Or is this a hallucination I'm having because of the Kishin's Madness? No… it can't be. The madness can't delude someone on THAT big a scale. It can't have been brought about by Soul's Black Blood; the substance doesn't…

SOUL! Where's Soul!? I looked around frantically for him, but the scythe boy was nowhere nearby. He must have landed somewhere else in this place.

Or maybe he stayed…

I hung my head in despair at the thought. I doubted that Soul was left behind while I got dragged here, but currently, I was otherwise all alone… practically defenseless without my partner…

I have to find him.

I immediately got up from where I was, and started searching. He can't have landed too far off…


Soul's POV

Jeez… what was that white light? My head was throbbing painfully, and I didn't remember anything past Maka coming to terms with killing the Asura-controled Crona, much to her dislike, and then the light I mentioned earlier… and were those bells I heard then?

I slowly got up, and opened my eyes to look upon this grassy plain, seemingly endless in terms of boundaries. How the heck did I get here? I'm pretty sure we weren't in a plain like this when we were fighting the Kishin. Maybe Maka would…. Wait a minute…

WHERE IS SHE!?

"Maka! Maka, where are you!? MAKA!"

I called out into the plains, hoping beyond hope that my meister was nearby, and heard my calls.

The wrong being heard me.

As I continued to call desperately for Maka, I heard a snarling sound behind me. I slowly turned to face this wolf-like creature, with sliver fur and teeth sharper than mine. The thing was eyeing me like I was dinner. In that thing's mind, I more than likely was.

I backed away from it very slowly. What else was I supposed to do? A weapon without a wielder is next to useless, and I don't think I could cut something with that kind of agility on my own.

As I backed away, I suddenly tripped over a stick and landed ungracefully on my rear end. The monster took the opportunity and lunged at me, and I closed my eyes in anticipation of the impending maul.

What I heard instead was someone's battle cry and the sound of breaking bones.

My eyes opened in shock, and I could see the wolf thing lying dead on the ground, its spinal cord fractured in two. Standing over the thing was a tall, well-built man, about twenty, twenty-one years old, with blonde hair showing from under a black bandana, and long white trench coat, black combat gloves, black sweatpants and boots, and this necklace adorned with this pendant that showed a cat. He looked towards me, grinning smugly and reminding me of Black Star.

"Hey, kid," He said to me while extending a hand. "You alright?"

"Yeah," I gratefully accepted the offered hand and stood up with his aid. "For a minute there, I thought I would end up that thing's dinner." I continued to look this guy over. He seemed trustworthy enough- he DID go out of his way to save my ass- so I had to ask him. "Uh… where exactly am I?"

The man raised an eyebrow, but didn't stress his curiosity. "Just a couple miles north of the Seaside city of Bodhum."

"Bodhum? I've never heard of that place. Is it anywhere near Death City?"

"Anywhere near what?"

Is this a joke? This guy has never heard of Death City? "Just where in Cocoon are you from?"

C-Cocoon? That's not the name of the planet… Did… Did I…?

"Uh… it's not important right now. Right now, I don't have a place to stay for the night, so I…" I trailed off as the gravity of the situation hit me. I might never get back home to Death City. It's possible that there's no way to get back. I might never see any of my friends again… Kid… Liz… Patty… Tsubaki… Black Star… Blair… Maka… Did Maka even come here with me? I don't know.

"Hey, kid, how about you stay with me at the NORA House?" the guy offered, pulling me out of my thoughts. Is this guy really offering me to stay with him at his place? Well… what other option do I have? I'm in an unfamiliar world, Maka is Death-knows-where, and I'm more or less alone.

"Sure. Oh, and for future reference, my name is Soul, not 'kid', okay?"

"Heh, Spunky one, aren't you?" Definitely like Black Star. "I'm Snow. Snow Villiers."

I couldn't help but chuckle a little. I mean, come on, who the heck would name their son "Snow"? With that note, I followed Snow towards the city of Bodhum. As we walked, I couldn't help but hope that Maka was there… somewhere.


Unknown POV

What is this abnormality I sense? A distortion in the fabric of space-time? Two beings from another dimension have been dragged into this one. I sense that now. How will they affect the events that will play out soon?

Lord Pulse… Are you certain that things should proceed as planned?

As you wish.

My two l'Cie… warrior maidens of Oerba…

Awaken… And complete for me, your one true Focus…


And that is the entirety of this first chapter. If anyone can correctly guess from whose POV the last part was told in, you win one free spoiler. Please review.