Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater
Author's Note: I'm not really that far into the series, so sorry if some of my facts are wrong. Just read it for what it is J It's also really difficult to transfer anime (especially the characters in Soul Eater) into book form, or it is for me anyway, so I hope that I captured the characters well enough. Now, on with the story!
Maka and Soul stood in front of the assignment board, reading all the different missions that they could go on.
"This one seems interesting," said Soul, pointing at one of the posts at the top.
"No," Maka said, frowning. "Not trying to boast, but vampires are way too easy for us."
"True," Soul agreed, squinting harder at the posts. "There's a kishin not too far from here that seems to be a bit above our level, so we'd probably have to partner with another team. How about Subaki and Black Star?"
"The star of the show, at your service!" someone said loudly behind them.
"Hey, Black Star," said Soul, shaking his best friend's hand.
"What mission are you guys looking at?" asked Subaki, her black hair pulled up in a high pony tail as usual.
Maka turned around to face Subaki. "We're way behind on our quotas. We found one, but he's just barely out of our league. We'd have to pair up with someone. You guys interested?"
"One little kishin isn't gonna get the best of Black Star! Yahoo!" Black Star exclaimed, punching his fist in the air.
"Hold on, Black Star," said Soul, his hands in his pockets. "We need to take this kishin seriously. He's more skilled than we are. If we weren't going together there'd be no chance that we would win."
Black Star put his hands on his hips. "You doubt my skills, Soul. I'm the star of this school. No one can stop Black Star!"
"But Maka and Soul have collected triple the amount of kishin souls that we have," Subaki said quietly, her head low.
Black Star just stood there.
"Anyway," said Maka, "we should go tomorrow. It's a Saturday and we wouldn't be missing any classes."
They all nodded and set off for their classes as the bell rang.
The next day Soul, Black Star, Maka, and Subaki all met each other in a dark and dank alleyway. The kishin that they were hunting was supposed to be around here somewhere. Their bodies were tensed with familiar adrenaline. For once, Black Star was being quiet.
When they were all together, Maka silently nodded, and they began to walk down the alleyway, their footsteps echoing off the walls.
"Where could it be?" Maka thought to herself.
"Hey, Maka, why don't you try to find this kishin by locating its soul wavelength?" Soul asked.
"Right," said Maka, and she closed her eyes in concentration. The others stood around her in silence as she searched for the kishin's soul wavelength. She suddenly opened her eyes.
"There!" she exclaimed, pointing in front of her.
Sure enough, there he was, a silhouette with a dark cloak that swayed around him in the breeze. Everyone's bodies tensed again, ready to act on a moment's notice.
There was a long silence where no one moved, the wind rushing past and blowing through there hair.
"You children seem lost." the figure said. He had a dark voice that sent chills down the kids' spines.
"Not hardly," said Maka as Soul and Subaki transformed into their weapon forms.
The silhouette laughed. "Have you come to collect my soul? How cute. I see that the Grim Reaper has sent children to do a death scythe's job."
Maka grit her teeth, her grip on Soul tightening. "Shut up and fight."
The shadow bowed low. "As you wish."
There was a strong breeze, and the shadow disappeared along with it.
Maka's eyes widened. "Where'd he go?"
"Maka, look out!" Soul shouted, his voice muffled in his weapon form.
Maka whirled around, taking a wild slash at the space behind her, but once again the kishin dissolved into the air, leaving a frantic Maka looking wildly around her.
"We might have bitten off more than we can chew," Maka muttered to herself as Black Star took his position at Maka's back.
They stood there for what seemed like hours, their breath appearing like phantoms in front of them. Soul's face on his blade showed that he was tense as well, his sharp teeth bared.
Then, suddenly, the kishin appeared in front of them.
"You're a coward!" Maka yelled at him, her temper rising.
"Yeah!" said Black Star. "You probably think that you're bigger than me because you can evaporate, but Subaki will eat your soul soon, so we'll see who's bigger in the end."
The shadow chuckled. "We shall see."
Then he attacked. He drew a sword from within the depths of his cloak and took a swing at Maka, who deflected the blow easily. He swung again and Maka ducked, swinging Soul at his legs. The kishin evaporated again, this time appearing with a jab at Black Star. He held Subaki in front of him, her chain and the sword clanking together. Black Star's arms shook unger the pressure of the kishin's sword.
"Maka! Attack him from behind, before he can evaporate again!" said Soul.
Maka nodded. "Right!"
Maka charged at the kishin with a mighty roar, and was about to swing at him again, but he jumped up high, and Maka hat to stop herself before she cut Black Star. Maka looked around herself, but she couldn't find the kishin.
She heard a yell of pain behind her and she turned on her heels to find that the kishin had got to Black Star while Maka was turned around, a deep gash in his shoulder, Subaki's weapon form hanging limp in his hands.
"Black Star!" yelled Maka, running over to help him, but the kishin, yet again, evaporated.
Then, suddenly, her vision left her as she felt something hard hit the back of her head.
"Maka!" yelled Soul.
She hit the ground, Soul clattering away from her. Soul transformed and ran to Kaka, crouching low over her body in a protective stance.
The kishin appeared before them, his sword glinting red with Black Star's blood. He stepped forward, raising his sword to deal the final blow. "I would step aside if I were you, young weapon."
"No!" yelled Soul, his teeth bared at the kishin. "I wont let you touch my meister!"
To Soul's surprise, the kishin dropped his sword. With his left hand, he pulled down his hood, revealing an evil face. It was scarred at misshapen, black eyes glinting from underneath thick eyebrows. His thin lips twisted into a smile, his yellow teeth glowing dimly in the moonlight.
"Ah," he whispered, his smile growing larger and even more twisted. "I understand now. I can see it in your eyes. Your willingness to give your own life to protect hers goes beyond your duties as her weapon, doesn't it?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," said Soul, a murderous glint in his red eyes.
"You know full well what I'm talking about, young scythe." the kishin said. "Let me give you this advice: it will one day ruin you."
Soul's arm transformed into a blade, but he didn't move from his stance over Maka.
The kishin stepped forward again, raising his sword. Then, Black Star irrupted from behind them, catching the kishin off guard and cutting him in half with Subaki's enchanted sword mode.
Subaki transformed back into her human form and ate the kishin's soul, then turning to look at Soul and Maka, concern painted on her face.
Soul picked up Maka from under her arms and legs, not taking his eyes off her face.
"Hey, Soul," Black Star said from behind him, flinching as he pressed his hand over his gash to keep it from bleeding. "What was that kishin going on about?"
Still not taking his eyes off of Maka's face, he muttered, "No idea," and began to walk in the general direction of the DWMA.
So, this chapter was pretty much just action, but trust me, there's a lot of romance coming! But it's not just like, BAM! instant romance, it's like an actual story, it takes a while, so bear with me and keep reading! I'll post the next chapter once i've got a few reviews!