Maka walked down a deserted street with Soul and a new kid that Professor Stien had her take on this mission, but he warned her not let him see the evil spirit they were hunting. It had been 3 years since Maka had kill the Kishin Asura with a single punch, now they were simply cleaning up the streets of the occasional evil spirit, but Maka didn't have a good feeling about this one. She glanced at the kid who a year older then her from his looks, when he looked back she quickly looked away, but she looked back when he tapped her shoulder.

"You hear that?" He asked her

"No, I didn't hear anything, this street is deserted." Maka replied quietly "Do you have a name?"

"A name?" He asked her and she noticed that there was a troubled look in his eyes

She looked at the kid and studied him; so far he has stopped their progress three times because of some sound that only he seemed to hear. He had messy black hair that he usually kept in a fohawk, his eyes were a stormy grey color that always scanned the area in front of him before proceeding, his hand were always moving- he caught her both times that she tripped on something-, and his facial expression never seemed to change often. Today he was wearing a gray long sleeved shirt with jeans that were torn at the calves which made her wonder why, she also looked at his soul, but it wasn't long enough to get a good reading but she noticed that they had something in common. When Maka would look in his direction he would either be looking around or if she found him looking him he would smile quickly and hold her gaze until she looked away blushing slightly. Suddenly she was pushed downwards by both the guys as they dived down, when Maka looked around she found herself and Soul surrounded by a wall of rock the was perforated by millions of tiny holes, and as she looked up Maka found the kid facing off with an old enemy. In front of the kid was the person responsible for the Kishin rising from the prison that Death had put the person in the first place.

"Medusa?!" Maka heard Soul whisper

"Isn't she supposed to be dead?" Maka asked

"Maka, you must be surprised to see me, now if this little brat will get out of my way we can reacquint ourselves, but that will have to wait." Medusa told her

Soul instantly turned into a sythe in Maka's hand and she was about to step into the battle when the kid blocked her.

"She's my problem, and I won't let anyone else get hurt because of me." The kid told her

Maka was taken back instantly back the comment, watched as the kid shook from pure anger, and she quickly looked into his soul and saw that a redder side was glowing brighter. She knew it was going to end good if that side stayed the way it was so she thought quickly to herself and thought was the horror of if he stayed that way forever, and to her surprise the looked at her when the fear was still in her eyes. She was still looking into his soul and at the same time she saw his light blue side start to shine brighter, and as Medusa swung at him he dodged under her swing as a bluish light cloaked his body. Maka watched as blades spouted from the light on his arms and calves, the look of the blades just gave Maka chills down her spine, and she noticed that Soul wasn't really relaxed by the sight of blades either.

"He has weapon blood like me, but he actually has control over it." Maka whispered

"I'm guessing the hit to your head knocked you out for awhile." Soul muttered

Maka rolled her eyes as she watched Medusa and the new kid started to fight each other, he would sing out forcing her backwards, but then she would easily push him back to where he started. She started to think that he had a chance to survive at the least as she started to call Death the kid and Black Star. As Maka placed her phone back in her pocket she watched in horror as the kid's blades shattered against Medusa's before she stabbed her arm through his stomach, and as she dashed away Maka barely caught him as he almost stumbled into. The force of the momentum slammed her to the ground, to her surprise she somehow landed on top of the kid, but she felt something warm on her abdomen and when she looked she saw his blood spilling onto her clothing.

"My god, my god, Soul, he's dying and it's my fault." Maka started until Soul picked her up and shook her

"Listen to me Maka, he's not dying because of you, he's dying because of Medusa, but you acting like this about it won't help him." Soul told her

Maka shook her head and took a deep breath before trying to haul the kid to his feet but she fell to her knees since the adrenaline had faded out of her body. She was about to try again when the kid called her name.

"What's up hero?" Maka asked him

"This sucks Maka." The kid laughed before wincing afterwards as blood seeped from his wound

"What sucks, and try not to laugh it won't help you out." Maka replied while clamping both hands over the hole in his stomach "Dying in battle is an honorable death."

"I don't care about dying, but I never was named." The guy replied

Maka remembered the troubled look in his eyes before when she asked about his name before, and she cursed under her breath about not really understanding it before.

She didn't really have to think long before she replied. "How about Devereaux?"

"Damn, now I don't want to die, and if you could help me up I'll appreciate it." Devereaux told her

Maka grabbed his hand and with some help from both him and Soul they were both up, and with Devereaux leaning on her slightly they slowly back down the street where they came from. When they got around the corner they all saw Death the Kid, Liz, Patti, Black Star, and Tsukami running towards them and Maka felt Devereaux tense up, but all Maka did was gently touch his shoulder and he relaxed slightly, though not enough to her liking. When Liz got near Devereaux's muscles twitch slightly, but as she supported him on his other side and placed a hand over Maka's to keep his wound pressured he relaxed slightly.

"Guessing you have trust issues?" Liz asked him

"Try getting punched through the stomach and see if you trust a bunch of people you've barely seen." Devereaux replied as Kid walked up to him

"How did this happen?" Kid asked him in an annoying monotone voice

Devereaux was about to respond when Maka silenced him by clamping a hand over his mouth, and she went on to explain how Medusa was alive and how Devereaux held her off easily, she to Devereaux's surprise hide the fact that he had weapon blood. Soon everyone swarmed around Devereaux asking him questions until Maka yelled for everyone to back away, and soon the world around Devereaux turned dark.