Chapter 1
Noriko's POV
"Noriko, when is Soul Eater on again?" one of my best friends asked, sitting on the couch playing with her black DSI.
I paused to think but couldn't remember when. "I don't know. By the way, do you know when Yui is coming? She's going to miss Soul Eater. Also, we were going to practice with our katana's too," I said as I continued to type on the computer.
She paused the game for a second and then stood and walked over to me staring at the words I typed. "I don't know either, did you try calling her?" Sorae asked, gripping the chair banister as she hung over my left shoulder. Sorae had blue hair and blue eyes and was a calm, funny and carefree kind of girl. She would always stay calm in terrible situations and make people feel relaxed with her care free and positive attitude. I shook my head, answering no and she sighed.
"So, Nori, what are you typing?" she asked with a curious face on.
"Oh, I'm finishing my homework so that my mom won't yell at me. This is the last of it. Did you start yours?" I replied as I continued to type my essay faster. Homework was such a drag.
Sorae paused a second before running to her book bag, pulling out book after book and after a while, a pen. "Damn it! I totally forgot about that…. Shit…I was just about to get a level up on Pokémon White Version too!" she whined, as she flipped a textbook page; the DSI now abandoned.
Yui would have a laugh at this too, I thought, laughing my heart out. Sorae sent me a death glare that read 'Why didn't you tell me sooner?' which made me laugh even more until I was pressing random keys that popped up on the screen.
As Sorae began to start her homework, I finished mine. Outstretched hands above my head, I smiled at my screen. "Done," I said as I twirled around to face Sorae who was scribbling answers on a sheet of loose leaf. I sighed, turning on my phone. 'Might as well see if Yui is coming now… I guess.' I thought as I dialed her cell.
Yui's P.O.V
Listening to my J-Pop, I didn't hear my phone ringing until my mom came in to tell me to shut my phone up. I picked it up and answered it. "Yui speaking," I said, not taking my eyes off my book.
"Oh, hi Yui! This is Noriko; I was wondering when you were coming over to my house. We might practice today with our katanas so make sure you bring yours along!" the voice of my friend chimed merrily.
"Sure, bye," I said, snapping my phone shut without waiting for her response. I stared at my book that I was reading and memorized the page number (I forgot where I left my bookmark) and then put it into my big black bag which carried a sketchpad, another book, a pair of headphones, and a katana. I lifted up the bag and started to head out. My mom called after me and asked where I was going. "Noriko's house," I answered as I put on my shoes. Then exited the house without listening to my mother.
Walking to Noriko's house would take at least an hour or so but I was too lazy to walk. I went to the nearest bus station and waited for a bus to come. When it did, I used a metro card that I stole from my mom and boarded the bus; which was unusually crowded this evening. After a while on the bus, I got off at a stop near Noriko's house and made my way there.
Noriko's P.O.V
As I tried to help Sorae with some questions, I heard the doorbell ring. "Coming," I answered, making my way off the couch and towards the door. I peered through the small eyepiece on the door and smiled. I unlocked the door and flung it open to find my very intelligent friend, Yui. "Hey Yui, come on in!" I said with a soft smile inviting her in.
Yui's mouth twitched into a smile of her own as she made her way into the house. Quiet as always, I see, I thought as I closed the door behind her. "I was just helping Sorae with her homework before Soul Eater starts," I said, turning around to find Sorae writing down some random answers on her loose leaf paper with an evil expression on her face. "Number twelve isn't a number answer," I whacked her with the side of my hand as I slumped down onto my knees behind her.
She muttered a curse—whether it was intended for me or the paper, I had no idea—and started to erase the answer she had written for question number twelve. I turned back to Yui and saw her smile sincerely. I guess there's still no peep out of her, I thought smiling in my turn. "Mom, Yui came!" I called out to the kitchen so that she might prepare snacks for the three of us or something. There was a faint shout from the kitchen in response and I took that as an answer from my mom.
"Hey, Yui~," Sorae whined from the couch, leaning to her right towards Yui. "Did you finish your homework?" Yui nodded, pulling out a book and read in response. Sorae, not going down without a fight, grabbed Yui by the shoulders and shook her around furiously. "HELP ME!" Still reading, Yui completely ignored Sorae's pity attempt.
I laughed and said, "Calm down, Sorae. She's not even in our class. Don't worry," I added with confidence, "Noriko will help you."
Sorae's P.O.V
Ugh, this freakin' math is so hard, I thought pissed. When does Soul Eater come on? I whined silently in my mind as I flipped through the pages of my math textbook, pretty sure that I had just skipped the page where my homework was surely on. Sitting right next to me is Yui reading some complicated math book. What if I live like the Soul Eater characters?, I thought to myself while I was drawing graffiti in the back of my textbook. Frustrated, I threw the textbook onto the seat of the other couch in the room.
"What time is it?" I asked Noriko, interrupting her explanation.
She sighed and reached out for my math textbook. "If you finish your homework, maybe I'll tell you then."
Noriko's P.O.V
I loomed over Sorae, behind the couch on my knees, helping her with her homework. As Yui read her book, which I believed was an algebra standard book required for her studies, Sorae kept dozing off and occasionally whining about playing her Pokémon game and trying to use Soul Eater as an excuse. I snapped her out of it as I chopped the top of her head. "Ow, what the heck was that for?" she mentally sobbed, rubbing the sore spot of her head as she turned around to face me with a weepy face.
"It's to catch your attention so that you may finally do your homework! Come on, work faster or else we won't be able to practice our swordsmanship and maybe end up having to skip the anime, okay?" I said, staring at my abandoned katana which lay next to my computer desk.
Sorae sobbed mentally as she agreed to my terms and rushed her work level to 200%.
Yui's P.O.V
After what seemed like an hour, and everyone was busy with their own activities—Noriko ended up practicing with her katana by herself, Sorae ended up finishing her game, and me stopping halfway through my book—I put it down and stretched my arms out above my head. "It's time to watch, don't you think?"
They turned around to stare at the clock, and then turned towards each other with sparkly eyes. "Right!" they said together, smiling happily. Sorae immediately closed her DSI lid and threw it onto the couch where her math textbook still was; and Noriko, after putting away her katana, grabbed hold of the remote and threw herself onto the couch, flinging herself in between Sorae and I.
With a push of a button, the television flashed opening, and suddenly, the opening of Soul Eater began to play. "Tsunaida tamashii no hi ga mune wo sasu nara/ Kotoba yori motto tsuyoi hibiki ga/ ima kikoeru ka?" The three of us sang along happily as we watched the lyrics pop across the top and bottom of the screen. I couldn't help but fool around as well as I watched my friends go crazy just singing the song; it was fun.
Suddenly, Sorae got up and she started to dance wildly. She slipped and fell onto the floor, but kept singing on insanely. Noriko started to laugh her pants off and she got off the couch to help Sorae and then the two started dancing all around. Smiling and still singing, I got off the couch to shut off the lights. It would help create suspense and make the marathon more interesting, I thought happily. As I went back to the couch, Noriko grabbed my hand and put a finger to her mouth, smiling. I turned around and saw that the episode was beginning. We sat down and started to watch happily.
~Near the end of Episode 3~
"Hey, this is mad fun" Sorae said, eating cookies with milk that Noriko's mom had generously made us. I smiled a huge grin, nodding in agreement as I munched on a snicker bar—these were mad addicting…it'll also keep me awake for the rest of the night while the marathon continues on. Noriko was standing up, stretching with all her might as she yawned from sitting down on the couch for too long, although Sorae didn't mind; she was actually still lazing around like a snail, comfortably claiming her space on the sofa like this was her house and not Noriko's.
When I sat back down, I immediately shot up because of a sharp cornering attacking my bottom. I turned around to find my book that I had abandoned for Soul Eater. I picked it up and dropped it alongside my katana. As I stood up to stretch again, a weird voice appeared in front of me. "Hi hi, wassup?"
Sorae screamed and made me dodge a cookie that flew at the mirror in front of me. Noriko ran towards the mirror in front of me and lifted up her leg, prepared to kick down the mirror if necessary. I just stared at the mirror with amazement as I called, "Hello, is that you Shinigami-sama?"
The tall black cloak in the mirror said, "Wassup? I know what you three are thinking, 'What the hell is this guy doing in the mirror?' Well, don't worry! I just came here to tell you that you were accepted into DWMA into the EAT section (remember that well). Well, lots to do. Peace!" The guy in the mirror disappeared with a peace signal, and then all that was left was a light blue and white swirling spiral in the mirror. We stared at it in fascination. The same thing was going on in everyone's head. What should we do?
I, though, was the first to speak. Picking up my bag, I turned around to them and said, "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going." I held a peace sign as well as I turned sideways and gestured my head towards the mirror.
Sorae grabbed her katana on the table in front of her and jumped over the table, and said, "Count me in!" She stood alongside me and high fived me.
We both looked up at Noriko who shrugged and said, "Well, it's two against one. I'm coming as well." She gave her friendly smirk and then headed towards the mirror. "Everyone, grab each other's hand so we don't get lost!" I held onto Noriko's hand, and Sorae was the first to go. She started to enter when suddenly, Noriko yelled, "Wait! My katana!"
But it was too late. Sorae was already swallowed in and her grip on Noriko's hand pulled her in. I waved goodbye to the world and also got sucked in. Into a mirror and into the weirdest adventure made.
Hello, Yui Lathens. Thank you for reading A Trip to Soul Eater. This is the edited version since the last one that Noriko Matthews updated had a bit flaws. I tried to fix it, but I accept critcs. Btw, Soul Eater is not owned by Noriko, Sorae, nor me. We just happened to want to write a fanfic about it. Thanks for reading and please review.
~Yui Lathens~