A few people had asked me whether I was making a sequel to Something's Brewing. After much consideration, here it is! This might take me a while to upload, so be patient with me please~
And as always, please review. I love to know what you guys think.
Enjoy guys x
Something's Brewing 2
Chapter 1
Prologue
She stood, the fragile cobwebs trailing behind her like transparent strings of a puppet. There was a deep black fur scarf wrapped around her neck causing the red of her lips to contrast against her pale complexion. This woman had a strong aura of authority, with dark hair slicked back into a tight bun, but she seemed to pose no threat… for now. She wore a tight fitting long black gown, which would look glamorous were it not for the dusty spiders webs hanging off it.
On the concrete floor beside her, another woman sat, eyes closed, hood raised. Her blonde hair that twisted below her chin rested against her chest. There was a small smirk on the woman's lips; this scene pleased her.
"You know what you must do," the dark haired woman spoke, her cold voice draining out the noise of the erupting storm outside of the castle.
A boy that knelt in front of her must have been about 17. So young… His eyes were covered by the shadow of his baseball cap where two rings hung off the rim.
"Yes," he spoke, unemotional.
"The girl is the weak link. Through her is the quickest way to infiltrate Shinigami and take the weapon."
"Yes," he repeated.
"Then go, Noah. Do not fail me."
Noah stood, made a quick nod to the seated blonde before strutting away with a small but noticeable smirk on his face.
"This had better work, Sis." Medusa spoke, opening her eyes. Arachne looked down.
"You've got what you wanted. The girl, Shinigami's son and BREW… Revenge for Free perhaps?" Arachne asked a slight hint of humour in her voice.
"Free? No. I've moved on. Right, Eruka?" The frog beside Medusa revealed its hiding place by letting out a frightened gulp.
Outside, thunder echoed. "This time nothing can go wrong."
Death the Kid
"Breakfast's ready!~" I heard her call from the kitchen.
Smiling to myself, I straightened out my shirt and went to join Suze.
"Hey, you." She said turning as I enter. A moment passed where our eyes met and she blushed. For a second, my breath was caught.
"Hi." I walked over to where she was stood and put my hands round her waist.
She grinned before asking, "Toast?" and motioning to the plate beside her on the counter.
My eyes scanned the plate where a piece of toast lay, cut perfectly in half… Perfectly symmetrical. I think she noticed my expression as she giggled.
"I love you so much sometimes." I whispered giving her a quick kiss.
"You just eat your breakfast," Suze teased before removing my hands and pushing herself up to sit on the counter. As I munched, Suze was looking at the clock. "Maka and Soul should be back at around one."
"Don't worry, I'll be gone by then." I smiled.
"Awh, I didn't mean it like that. It's just, I don't think they would be very happy to know that you have stayed over like, every night they have been away."
"Yeah, its ok. Don't worry about it. Anyway, it's nearly 9. Don't you have to be somewhere?"
Her eyes widened, "Oh crap." I grin as she begins to panic and flutter about the flat pulling her boots on. "Keys…keys…" I hear her muttering as she looks around widely. Noticing them, I throw the keys across the room to her. "Thanks, you're a life saver." Suze kisses me before hurrying out the door. It closes with a small slam.
I chuckle to myself. Ever since the incident with Free four months ago, everything had returned to normal. She was happier than I had ever seen her… I continued to eat my toast with a smile on my face.
Susannah
The cool breeze brushed across my face as I hurried down the street. My first day of my new job and I was already nearly late! It's Kids fault. I hate leaving him so much. He makes me feel so safe, like nothing can hurt me when I'm in his arms.
Since Maka and Soul reached a collection of 90 souls, they have been away from the flat a lot recently, constantly pushing to get the last of their souls. Imagine… Soul, finally a death scythe! It seemed slightly ridiculous, but it was a dream to them. Kid had been keeping me company while they were away.
I grinned to myself as a warm feeling rushed through me. I was in such a rush and deep thought that I accidentally knocked into a teenage boy.
"Oh, Sorry!" I call out and continue on my way. The boy simply nodded and pushed down his hat. I noticed two peculiar rings on the rim of his hat. Strange… I shook my head and sped up.
Finally I reach the building and collapse inside. "Hello?" I call out.
My boss, BJ, steps out in front of me. "Exactly on time I see." He says, looking at my ragged state. I pause unsure what to say. "Well, anyway. Straight to work. Marie is setting up the shoot and the models will be here any moment."
"So what can I do?" I asked, hopeful. The reason I took this job after graduating was because of the successful reputation BJ has as a photographer. I hoped he would let me sort of take over or something…
"You can run to the store and get me some coffee."
… Or not.
BJ smiled at me while giving exact instructions on how he liked his coffee. Wow… This is going to be some boring day.
Death the Kid
It was about half 10 when I left the flat and made my way to Shibusen to meet Liz and Patti. I had spent the morning cleaning up the flat. Suze is going to kill me…
As I climbed the steps, I heard a peculiar noise coming from the front entrance. Upon reaching the top step, I find myself watching a familiar scene.
Black Star and Soul were stood in battle stance against what looked like a new student. Sighing to myself I watched as the pair made a fool out of themselves, yet again. They should have learnt their lesson last time…
"Yahoo! Me, Black Star, the one who will surpass God will show you how big I am! Lets go Soul!"
Soul nodded, his face set. "Soul Resonance!"
Soul transformed and landed in Black Star's hands… to be immediately dropped. "Owww!" Black Star howled in pain.
"What did you drop me for?! Idiot!"
"You're boiling hot!"
"What? Maka has no problem!"
Rolling my eyes, I strolled past the arguing pair and joined Maka, Liz, Patti and Tsubaki.
"You're back early." I nodded to Maka.
"Yeah, Soul heard about the new student and begged me to take the earlier train… but if I had known this was going to happen… well, its just embarrassing."
Liz laughed, "Will they ever realise?"
"Probably not. So who's the new guy?" I eyed the teenager stood with his hands in his pockets looking extreamly bored at the quarrel between Soul and Black Star. His hat was pulled down low over his eyes.
"Noah," Said a voice from behind.
"Dr. Stein!" The man swivelled the chair he was sat on and turned the bolt on his head.
"Noah… He transferred here from a place I had never heard of. He is a weapon, but I don't know what form he takes. He certainly is intriguing isn't he?"
Maka nodded, "Yeah. His soul is rather complicated."
I studied the boy for a few seconds more when I was interrupted by Patti pulling on my arm.
"Kid-kun~"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming."
Susannah
I was exhausted! …It was only half 11. How much more coffee can this guy drink? I glared at BJ who slurped his 10th cup of coffee made by me before leaning back in my chair and putting my hands over my tired eyes.
"Is this yours?" I hear a sweet voice ask.
Removing my hands, I saw Marie looking over to me and pointing to my camera, which lay on my desk. I nodded and passed it to her, not without glancing curiously to the black and yellow eye patch covering her left eye. She smiled softly and flicked through my photos… most of which were either of Black Star, Maka or Kid, who had let me capture them mid battle. I hoped she wouldn't find this weird. Infact, the opposite happened.
"Shibusen students?" She asked.
"…Yeah."
"Ah, they were the good days."
"E-excuse me?"
Marie leaned in closer and whispered, rather loudly, "Yep. Now, I'm not supposed to tell you this, buuut~ I'm a Death Scythe!" She grinned and clapped her hands together excitedly. Wow… I was utterly shocked. Never would I have expected that…
She continued, "And BJ over there can sense souls. Best there is. He can even sense a witch's soul that has soul protect on!"
"So he's like Maka" I spoke without realising.
"Maka? The girl in the photos?"
"Yeah. Her and her partner Soul are extremely close to becoming a Death Scythe. Top of her class as well."
"Well, who knew, hey? Such a coincidence, us meeting like this! Next you're going to tell me that you are Shinigami's long lost daughter or something. Well you obviously aren't, I mean you don't have black hair but- …what?"
"…um." The woman gasped as I looked away pointedly.
"Go on! You cant leave me in this suspense!"
"I…er- I'm kind of dating Shinigami's son…"
"Ohh!" She let out a weird squeal. I winced and leaned away. "No way! Oh my god!" Much to my distress she pulled me into a hug.
"Er… Marie?" She pulled away with a far away look in her eye.
"If only I had a boyfriend like Kid. Who would drop everything to come and save me with his Shinigami powers…." She continued, but I decided to stop listening as my camera was in danger of being broken, so I pried it out of her hands and checked the display screen.
My heart stopped. No. No way. I felt a painful tug in my chest as I stared at the photo which brought back so many memories I had forgotton… no I had forced myself to forget. It was stupid. How could a mere memory make my blood run cold and forget how to breathe properly? Sure, this was an old photo and there was no way he could still be alive, but just as if he was, there in the corner of the photo was… Free.
I shivered and turned back round to face my desk, away from Marie. Don't be stupid, Suze. Everything is back to normal… Is it crazy that I had missed it? BREW is…. was a part of me and my entire life has revolved around the protection of it. That ended 4 months ago! Just let it go…
"Hey Marie. You mind if I take a break?"
