"Come on Maka! It will be fun! By the end you'll love it! I promise!" yelled Liz as she dragged Maka towards a tattoo parlor.

"Liz, how many times do I have to tell you that I don't want a tattoo?!"

"But Maka, everyone on the team has one! Even Kidd, though his had to be perfectly symmetrical. The poor tattoo artist took more time measuring the symmetry than working on the actual tattoo…then Patti…."

"It would've been better if there was a giraffe in it!"

Liz face palmed. "Whatever you say sis….DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT MAKA!"

While Patti and Liz were bantering about Kidd's tattoo, Maka had tried to make a quick getaway.

"Liz, I don't want to mark my body with ink! I don't care if everyone else has a tattoo. When have I ever followed what everyone is doing? What I'd like to know is how you got Tsubaki to get a tattoo…"

During the argument, Patti and Liz had gotten Maka inside the tattoo parlor and were looking at the displays over the counter. As they leaned forward, you could clearly see their matching sister tattoos of twin pistols with their initials. A bit cheesy, but it was the only design they could agree on. And now Make could tell that they were debating whether a scythe could somehow resemble a giraffe. Wait, a giraffe…..?

"NO NO NO! I'M NOT GETTING A TATTOO AND THAT'S FINAL!"

Maka had finally had enough. Ever since Liz declared she wanted a tattoo, each member of Team Spartoi had warmed up to the idea. Even Tsubaki had embraced the idea and had gotten one. The entire time Black*Star was yelling about how godly he was because he already had his star tattoo. But Soul was the best one. He claimed how 'cool' it would be, yet was pretty much crying the entire time, yelling how 'pain is not cool'. Maka would have been more sympathetic had this reaction not come from the Death Scythe who had a scar tracing from his chest to his stomach from Chrona, had been beaten down by Asura, and constantly fought his black blood.

"But Maka, tattoos can be really sexy! I bet Black*Star would love it if you got a tramp stamp…maybe of his name…" hinted Liz as she watched a blush cover Maka's face and neck.

After Soul had become a Death Scythe, Maka spent more and more time training to harness her weapon blood. However, since she didn't have a proper meister, Black*Star had offered to help awaken her blood while she was conscious. The more time they spent together, the more they realized that they truly cared about each other. After a few months, Black*Star actually asked Maka on a proper date. Without yelling about how she couldn't turn him down because he was a God and she a subject. The next night, they became an official couple and have been together ever since.

"I don't care if Black*Star wants his signature tattooed to my forehead. I don't want one".

At her tone, the weapon sisters knew they had lost.

"Fine" said Liz dejectedly. She knew there was nothing she could do to change Maka's mind.

'That girl is really the most stubborn person I know. And my meister is an OCD freak who will drop everything once he's distracted by anything asymmetrical!' thought Liz as they left the parlor. 'Oh well, maybe we can try another time.'

"It's getting late. Why don't we head on over to the pizzeria early to meet up with the gang for dinner?"

"That sounds much better!" said Maka as she perked up. She was really looking forward to dinner. It had been a long time since the entire gang was free to spend some time together, what with Kidd taking over the Academy and Soul being assigned to missions around the world. However, tonight they were going to reunite and have a great time!

"LET'S GO! I'M STARVING!" yelled Patti as she ran ahead of the other two girls.

"WAIT FOR US!" yelled Liz as Maka ran next to her laughing.