Maka POV

Hey everyone! This is it! The swquel to "Worth the Wait'. I'm co-writing this story with s0uleaterevans who has written some really awsome Soul Eater fanfics! I'm so excited! I hope you guys enjoy this!

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"Focus, Maka." I heard Soul say for about the thousandth time.

"I…am…focusing." My teeth were clenched and sweat was running down my face. How long had we been at this? Soul had just charged into my room and told me to put some gym clothes on so we could 'train'. What the hell kind of training was this?

We had jogged for nearly an hour doing loops around the school. Then, Soul had me do five sets of fifty push-ups and seventy-five curl-ups. To top it all off, he now wants me to concentrate and try to make at least one blade appear.

"You're trying too hard." Soul said from his comfy position under the shade of a large tree. "Try relaxing."

"I'm trying! I feel like my heart's gonna explode." I panted. Easy for him to give orders when he's not the one following them.

"You took harder hits before." Soul yawned.

"That was nearly all adrenaline. I was in a life or death situation. You just had me exhaust myself until I could hardly form a thought." I turned to glare only to find him right next to me. "Oh…"

"Maka, you can't just rely on adrenaline to do all your work. It has to be something that you can call on any time. It might not be a life or death situation next time, but you'll still need the power to fight." He looked down at me with his crimson eyes that still held a spark of mischief as he gave me instructions. His toothy smirk was almost constantly plastered on his face now-a-days. It was a good look for him.

"Maka?" Soul's voice shook me out of my thoughts. "Did you hear a word I said?" It took a while for me to think.

"Uhm, that I can't always rely on adrenaline and I have to be able to call my weapon blood whenever?" A confused frown appeared on Soul's face.

"Did you hear what I said after that?" Heat rose to my face as I shook my head. Soul chuckled and leaned closer. "Well, I don't really feel like repeating myself. Maybe we should take a breather?" I barely had time to nod when he leaned in for a kiss.

Kissing Soul was like flying. Like having electricity run though my veins until all I could feel, think, and taste was Soul.

I had thought being with Soul would be awkward after we returned from the Amazon. With me being a weapon and Soul's new position as both Death Scythe and my meister, I was pretty sure he wouldn't know how to deal with it. But, being the cool guy he is, he found a way. I may not like the whole jogging and push-ups part, but if this happened every day, I wouldn't mind at all.

"Eh-hem." A dainty cough sounded behind me. Soul broke the kiss to look over my shoulder.

"Yo, Tsubaki. What's up?" My face flushed again. Soul could act so casual sometimes. I don't know how he manages it.

"Soul. Maka." Tsubaki stepped shyly into the small clearing we were in. She held a large box and two water bottles. "I heard Soul had taken you out to training, Maka. I thought you two would be a bit hungry by now. But," She hesitated. "If you want, I can come back later."

"Oh no, Tsubaki. It's fine!" Food! "It's kind of you to go out of your way." My stomach growled. New color flooded my cheeks.

"Wow, Maka. I didn't know people could turn that shade of red." Soul teased. I batted at him and he laughed. This couple thing might actually work out.

"Good. I made a lot." Tsubaki said as she set down the box and pulled off its lid. "I didn't know what kind of food you would want so I made lots of rice balls. Here's some water too." Soul and I gratefully dug into the food.

"Wow, this is good." I took a swig of water and felt my muscles relax for the first time since this morning. That is, until I heard an all too familiar sound.

"YAHOO!" I swear we all groaned in unison. I couldn't find the owner of the voice, but that didn't stop him from talking "I, THE GREAT AND ALMIGHTY GOD, BLACK STAR, AM FINALLY HERE! I WILL HELP WITH YOUR TRAINING MAKA! AFTER ALL, TSUBAKI IS NEARLY A DEATH SCYTHE ALREADY! WITH ME, YOU'LL BE A GREAT WEAPON IN NO-" There was the sound of a cracking branch before the loud blue haired boy fell from a tree somewhere around the clearing. "~Ouch~…"

Tsubaki sighed. As she started to get up, Soul put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I got him." I watched as he headed off somewhere into the trees. "Oi, I thought you learned your lesson about climbing trees in the Amazon, you idiot!" Soul yelled. I couldn't help but giggle.

"So," I turned to look at Tsubaki who had a gleam in her eye. "You two seem to be very comfortable with each other now. It's cute and nice to see you two like that." I gave a nervous chuckle.

"Well, yeah. I mean, not much has changed at home. Blair still acts like Blair but I don't get as mad anymore. Soul's still lazy when it comes to class work and I have given him three Maka-Chops since returning from the Amazon. It's almost like nothing happened except for the fact…" I waved my hand and Tsubaki nodded.

"Well, that's good. You're comfortable with each other. I just hope you'll be able to focus on developing your weapon ability." Groaning, I stuffed another rice ball in my mouth. "What's the matter?" Tsubaki leaned closer.

"It's just that training with Soul is so hard. I get that I have to do this but he's not clear half the time and the other I can't stop staring at him long enough to comprehend what he's trying to tell me. Right before you got here I was about to have my head implode trying to focus and make one blade appear." I shook my head. Tsubaki reached out and gave me a reassuring squeeze.

"It'll be fine. Here, I'll help while Soul is out trying to find Black Star." Standing back up, I felt all the blood rush to my head.

"Woah…"

"You ate too much too fast." Tsubaki chided. "Next time eat and stand up slower. Now, stand right…here. Ok, face me. Now close your eyes. Take nice, even breaths." I complied and tried to loosen up as Tsubaki gave me instructions in nice melodic voice. "Center yourself. Find where you feel balanced. Now, think about your weapon form. Don't try and change! Just image it and remember how it felt. I understand your feelings about your weapon blood, but you have to push that aside."

I felt my breathing get slower and deeper. I could see my scythe form clearly in my mind. Without Soul here, I could actually focus and have time to marvel at the images I saw.

A sleek black and green scythe that held a strange resemblance to Soul's own scythe form. But instead of a red eye, there was a black skull that was placed between the staff part of the scythe and the blade. It was about the same sized as Soul was in weapon form, but the blade looked thinner and sharper.

'Is this really my weapon form?' I couldn't help but wonder.

"Now," Tsubaki's voice floated into my conscious. "Imagine your human body flowing into the weapon. Of becoming the weapon." There was a slight tingling sensation throughout my body. Against my will, my eyes fluttered open. I nearly cried out at what I saw.

The world looked slightly elongated and my body felt stiffer. But, at the same time, I felt power flow through me like when I wield Witch Hunter.

"Maka! You did it! Not just one blade, but you did a complete change!" Tsubaki jumped and my world bounced with her.

"Tsubaki? Are you holding me?"

"Hmmm? Oh, do you mind. You changed so suddenly and I didn't want you to fall. I altered my wavelength to it could be in tune with yours."

"Oh"

"So, how does it feel?" I thought a moment.

"Different." Tsubaki just giggled.

"Woah, Tsubaki, how'd you get her to do that?" Soul came rushing back into the clearing. "She could hardly concentrate before."

"You just don't know how to deal with girls." Tsubaki and I laughed and Soul gave a 'tch' off to the side and muttered something about being uncool. All too soon though, I felt my hold slipping form, my weapon form.

"Tsubaki?" She gently let go of me and I hit the ground in a slight crouch. Shaking out my arms, which had somehow fallen asleep, I looked up and smiled at Soul. He gave me one of his shark tooth smiles back.

"Nice job, tiny tits." Oh no he didn't.

"Maka-Ch-" Before I could even finish pulling out my book, Soul's cell phone went off. He ducked out of the way and picked it up.

"Hello, Kid? Oh, Patty. What are you doing with Kid's cell?" There was some high pitched yells coming in from the other side. Soul had to hold the phone away from his ear. "Patty, calm down. Damn, I can't understand a word you're saying. Put Liz on the…Hey Liz, what happened?"

I stood and watched the emotions play over Soul's face. Confusion, shock, worry, and fear. Not at all a good combination. He hung up the phone and just stood there.

"Soul?" I walked up to him and put my hand on his arm. "Soul, what's wrong?" Barely contained emotions ran across Soul's face.

"They say Kid went missing. All they found was some broken furniture and his cell phone. The Death Lord and your old man want us to meet them in them in the Death Room."

"Oh no. Soul…" Soul, Kid and Black Star were like the three Musketeers. They were totally opposites but were the best of buds. If Kid went missing…What was strong enough to take on the son of Death?

"YAHOO!" Black Star waltzed out of no-where with a bandage over his nose. "So, what'd I miss?"

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