Some of you may have read this already, but I did some editing after getting it beta read, so its going to be just slightly different.

Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater, its characters, or its concepts!

Chapter 1 - The Missing Professor

Maka quickly made her way to Dr. Stein's office. Where he would normally seem readily available to aid any student who requested it, there had been no sight of him recently. It'd been three days since anyone last saw him, and she was determined to make sure everything was alright. The meister knocked on his door gently. After a full minute, it was apparent there would be no response. After another two minutes with no answer, she thought that perhaps the knock had been too quiet, so she knocked one more time, still with no answer to avail.

Odd how the sign on the door was flipped to read "In". And Stein had always been so accurate to indicate when he'd welcome company or not. A single day was one thing, but three days of this mistaken presence? Now out of sheer worry for the teacher, she turned the knob anyway, the door slowly creaking open. The dire hope that she didn't find him lying dead in his chair rang over and over in her mind.

Just when it was open enough, Maka dared to peer through the gap before taking a step inside. A small lamp was on, just barely big enough shine over the desk top alone. Stein had been just a bit too interested in magic- interested in a degree beyond health. His jars of experimental subjects had gone untouched, as noted by the dust on top of them. Where he would have kept semi-live creatures actively on his work space in easy reach, he'd left documents, spells and incantations, and witch and witchcraft history. Some began to wonder what had sparked such an interest in this field of magic, despite that he wasn't a witch or warlock. He was a scientist… and a mad one at that!

Documents were spread across the aged and scarred wooden surface. One thing that stood out more than anything, though, luring her to walk inside for a closer look, was the book of Eibon. THE book of Eibon! What was it doing here?! A note lay beside it. It appeared to be instructions to himself, as indicated by the horrible handwriting he exhibited when he was experimenting alone.

Picking up the paper, she slowly translated the garble. "Enter the book of Eibon." As she processed the words, Maka grew silent in the shock of realization just where Stein was. His curiosity had become too much to resist. "Oh no..." She knew exactly what they had to do, else the professor would never make it out by himself.

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With the book open in the witch's crosshairs, Eruka began. "Kaeroggu Froeruu… Gekoeru Furoggu." Heart rates rose as the weapons and meisters realized just what they were about to do over again. What was it again? Something about older beings having less resistance to the book's magic? Surely they could do it just as well as they had before! Still, upon Kidd's most pleading request, she followed along. "Thou shalt bind it in the cantillations of the sorcerer relene Descartes."

"Maintaining magic!" Tabatha answered in confirmation. Swirls of magic began to rise around the leather-bound book. This was her main role. Her long, brunette hair waved slightly in the winds it created.

"Calculations complete!" continued Kim Diehl. To this young witch, it was a test of her newly improved abilities. Not only had she been practicing as a meister, but had sought to perfect her magic skills as a witch so that she might utilize them at a time like this. The short-haired spunky girl had found Eibon's intricate abilities as a sorcerer amazing.

Finally, Angela confirmed the last stage of the magic tool's preparation. "Page analysis of magical text complete!" The book opened itself to the very first page in the gusts of magic that flew around it, emitting a light from the paper. "We're all clear and ready!"

Now the students stepped up: Black Star, Tsubaki, Liz and Patty, Kidd, Maka, and Soul. They stood in a circle around the book. It bothered Kidd to no end that there were more people than edges of the star within of the circular design, but they needed all the help they could get, and he wasn't about to leave one of his primary weapons that made his life feel so…. symmetrical. "Everyone ready?" Kidd asked with a slight sigh.

Eruka paused before going any further with the entry. Beside her was a small cage with a frog inside it. After leaning down to pick it up, she gently stretched forward to hand it towards the Shinigami. "If he dies at all, I'm leaving you in there!" she exclaimed with narrowed eyes and furrowed brows. This was her baby she was trusting them with! "Just give him a gentle squeeze when you're ready and I'll pull you all out."

"Let's do this!" Black Star exclaimed as he threw a hand out over the now-open book, energetic as usual and grinning as proudly as he could. With confident smirks on their faces, the seven each placed their hands on top of each other in a stack over the book to signal their readiness.

With their hands all stacked together, Kidd now turned to the ritual's leader. "Alright, Eruka. We're ready to dive in again!"

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As the Elite crew found themselves back into Eibon's book, everything was as familiar as when they'd gone in the first time. The scythe meister looked around, amazed they'd even gotten into this predicament. There she stood, along with Soul, Black Star, Tsubaki, Kidd, Liz and Patty, the swirls of old ancient incantations twirling about them. The wide space seemed to go on forever. It seemed as endless as the black room within her weapon partner's soul, except with no props to decorate it. Taking it all in, she sighed, half in nostalgia and half in reluctance.

Now a familiar embodiment appeared before her and her six friends, capturing her attention once more back to their goals. "Welcome back." Index began as he floated his way towards the group. His parrot-shaped body hadn't changed a bit since their last trip here. "It seems one of your friends has come through. Perhaps this is who you're after this time?" he inquired, head tilted to the side.

The blue-haired ninja stepped immediately into the conversation with his usual endless energy bursting out. "A mad scientist, right?! With stitches all over and a screw through his head?!" asked Black Star in excitement, pointing wildly to his temple then twisting his hand in a turning motion as if he were clicking the screw around. Index nodded quietly and confidently. "Yup, that's him alright!"

Tsubaki softly asked in genuine concern for the man's well-being. "Where is he right now, Mr. Index?" Her eyes narrowed softly with great concern as she paid close attention to the answer to follow, others going quiet in suit too.

"Ah, very far, lingering around in Greed. Your friend hasn't much time left. I suggest, if you intend on saving him from his own madness, you move along rather swiftly while he's sitting still." Index stepped to the side, motioning to the portal he'd freshly created. "I'm sure you're still familiar with the chapters?"

Black Star jumped with a single fist thrown into the air. "Yeah! Let's do this!" Despite his eagerness, the memories of the trials all of them had experienced their first time here - the most difficult temptations, the most delicious food, that never-ending conversation with Excalibur- set even Black Star into a deep thought, the group lapsing into silence.

"I just wanna know what Kidd looks like as a girl!" Black Star burst back in, breaking the awkward silence. Everyone stayed quiet for a few seconds until Liz and Patty began to chuckle mischievously. The smiles on their faces were just a bit too wide now. Others caught on as well, ready to poke fun. Eventually everyone gave the Shinigami an ambitious look as the spark in their eyes rose.

As their gazes laid on Kidd, Maka quickly noted the single bead of sweat dropping down Kidd's face and the gritted expression. Any more tension, and he'd eventually grind his teeth down to nothing! Come to think of it, had Death God even experienced every chapter known like they had?

"As a…" Kidd began in return, unsure what to say, with a hint of tremble in his voice. Quickly waving his hands to ward off future comments, Kidd insisted they proceed, not giving them a chance to answer. "We're ready whenever you are! We simply can't waste anymore time here." With one more stern glare towards the six, Kidd instructed Index to lead them through the portal waiting for them. "Please, if you don't mind now, I'd rather get this over with…"

Maka and the others tried their best to stifle their continuous chuckles, which remained ignored. Following suit behind each other, each now stepped one by one through the water-like surface of the portal fearlessly, Kidd following last as he closed his eyes as tight as he could.

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Once inside, Maka took in a deep breath, ready to take on what was before them. It seemed that everyone had taken on the exact form they'd expected: Tsubaki with her… or rather his, sleek, sleeveless shirt and fists wrapped for combat, Black Star looking strikingly equal to her male self, except with the largest boobs one could possibly measure, Liz and Patty with their suave punk-style male mugs. Maka's boyish figure had matured some, making him into a rather handsome heart throb, and Soul… well her appearance still seemed as though she were a modest princess.

"So this is… y-you weren't joking!" Oh, how you could hear the fluster in Kidd's voice...

Now that was one individual Maka hadn't seen like this yet. He turned his gaze Kidd's way, everyone else following along, with the most curious expression in his jade eyes. Would Kidd be symmetrical? Would she be Goddess-like?

Kidd's golden eyes had rounded into a feminine appeal, with lashes like an Egyptian god's. Her hair remained black with its circular white rings, but styled in straight bob, the bottom cut smoothly across at chin length. Her attire matched the same professional attitude she carried and dressed for as a man, adorning her female body with a rather well-ironed button down shirt and slender pencil skirt to mildly accent her hips. Kidd's pale legs were covered in smoke-colored hose; otherwise, the pale tone of her skin could still be seen with her exposed arms. "And when are we going to change back? I simply can't stay like this for long! My breasts aren't even symmetrical!" Kidd cried out as she used her hands to measure each one back and forth, up and down from her head to her bosom.

Maka had to secretly admit, this certainly was a rather amusing show. Even Kidd's female body surely carried imperfections. There was no telling how long the Death God would evaluate it.

His thoughts were interrupted, though, when the now-female ninja of the group immediately belted out, "I bet you'll be like this even longer than Tsubaki over here, since you've got two partners to eye every day! Got that tension, buddy! BWAHAHAHAAH, double time!" Black Star's grin was as wide and boisterous as usual.

The comment had flown over Kidd's understanding, but had not been missed by anyone else. Now Tsubaki's male cheeks filled with a deep blush. The red hue spread almost completely across his face. "H-hey! This time is different, now. We've all matured quite a bit since then," he defended. They'd all grown up, learned to feel different levels of emotion and understanding, reacted to things in slightly altered ways. The only reason most of them felt so comfortable in their male and female bodies was because they'd chosen to look past it, having seen each other like this before.

Maka watched as Soul strode over to Kidd, placing a hand on her shoulder and faced her, ruby eyes meeting gold ones calmly. "See, the more lust you have, the longer you'll stay like this," she began to explain. Her cool tone would be soothing enough… if she didn't say something stupid. "Luckily, I'm not like that, so I'll probably be the first to change back, just like last time." Of course it was like Soul to brag like that, even in her female form. Everyone batted a doubtful eye Soul's way, save for Maka, who'd face-palmed himself.

"Only, I do have one question… where is that succubus? She surely would've shown up by now," commented Liz as his eyes peered over to the velvet curtain it had stepped out from in their previous visit. Everyone looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

Soul cocked her head to the side, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. "Are you saying you WANT to see her? You've become more perverted than I thought... Men and their eye candy…" she commented with a slight roll in her ruby eyes and flip in her pure white hair.

"Now if you guys are finished fawning over the lack of unnecessarily revealing figures, then it's time to find the doctor! We have to reach him quickly!" Maka's deeper man-voice alerted. Despite the succubus's disappearance, Index had opened a new portal anyway. In agreement to his statement, they'd finally resolved to continue their journey through the chapters.

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Six chapters later, greed now fell into their hearts as they walked into everything they'd wanted. There were mountains of coins, falling cash, and piles of joyous desires within a seemingly endless stretch. For Soul, it was a neatly stacked selection of old classic vinyls and a phonograph that worked to perfection; she'd desperately wanted to stop and listen, but they wouldn't have that. For Black Star, she'd crossed with a horde of servants that relentlessly bowed down. Oh, how badly she wanted to stand among them and relish the worshipping! The boost to her ego was certainly one of the most unhealthy ones that'd existed yet. Maka had sworn not to put one of the rarest books he'd been looking for down until it was taken from his hands. These were but a few of the challenges they had to pass. Pulling each individual away from nearly irresistible desires, they'd agreed that they simply would have to help each other refrain from giving in.

"Guys! It's the doctor! I found him!" boomed Patty as the group finally managed to get past their temptations. He sprinted to their professor, keeping a hold on his hat so the gusts of wind couldn't blow it off. What lay before the insane teacher was disturbing. Bodies. Lots of unidentifiable bodies. Some were split open. Some had guts flowing out. It was as if he… wait, even Stein hadn't changed back into a male yet! It was as if she had gone on a slicing and splicing fest, with mix-matched parts in places they didn't belong. She was knelt down on her knees, her back hunched down in deep concentration on the current subject matter she was focused on, until Patty left only a few feet between the two. "Professor! We're here nowwwww!"

Stein turned her head slowly, a wide grin announcing the very joy she'd captured in finding so many subjects in one place. Her loose hair fell just below her shoulders and she wore more of the cute round-faced appeal. It was no surprise she was nearly the twin of Marie, save for the silver hair and faintly green eyes. Various shades of blood stained her short white mid-drift jacket (which was also stitched at the seams), some old, some dry, some fresh... It seemed even Eibon's precious book couldn't take that obsession away. "It's all… so perfect! Limitless possibilities! Endless subjects to use! It can't get any better!"

"Stein! The book will consume you if you don't…" Maka instructed. Before the thought could finish, though, he noticed Stein's reversed gender, and at the last chapter of Greed, needless to say. Mouth gaped in shock, Maka asked, "Hey, you're… still a girl… How perverted are you?!"

Stein smiled back as she stood to face the meister, seeming relatively calmer now as her voice returned to its less expressive tone. "Perverted, you say? If that's the case, then I'd have to say that we're all fairly dirty minded." Odd how even in her transformed state, nothing about it bothered her. If it did, she was doing a swell job in covering it. There wasn't an ounce of panic in her stance, back hunched slightly, hands in pockets, and a calm smile on her pale face.

Everyone glanced around at each other at the observation. It was true. Nobody had changed back to their normal sex at all. All the men were still women, and all the women were still men. It was a relief for Tsubaki, as he closed his eyes and sighed like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders, hand held over his chest. Now nobody could pick on him because they were all equally guilty! How tainted had their minds become since they grew up?

Maka hesitated, insisting on changing the subject to their escape. He walked to where they group was gathered around Stein, holding a palm out to catch their attention. With a shared glance to ensure he'd caught their attention, the scythe meister continued, "Now that we've gotten this far, maybe we could actually leave? I'd rather not be trapped in here like this, and the sooner we get out, the sooner we'll go back to normal."

Stein sighed reluctantly, spinning the bloody surgical knife in circles around her fingers. She bent down to gouge one last eye before resolving to reluctantly join her new comrades, a silent sense of whine coming from her next words. "I suppose the school does need its elites. Let's go, then." Because she could always come back later.

Some of the students shuddered a little at the sight of her filthy jacket, not sure which direction to look, or whether to look away at all, lest they give off the discomforting feeling they harbored at the sight. However, they'd accomplished what they came in for.

"Can I do it now?!" Black Star practically screamed, holding up a small cage she'd been toting all along. Kidd simply couldn't stand the idea of carrying an item in just one hand, so the ninja was all to excited to bear the responsibility. All he would have to do is squeeze the frog just firmly enough to alarm it and it would set off a vocal signal that it's match outside the book would hear. Opening the cage door and taking the green amphibian out, she gladly continued as they'd been instructed.

The croak it let out shocked everyone as they immediately raised their hands to cover their ears and squinted. It sounded more like the frog was in unbearable pain! 'That's not a croak! It's an alarm! Who couldn't possibly hear that out there!' Maka thought to himself. From the looks of everyone else's faces, he didn't doubt that everyone else was just as perturbed by the piercing sound.

As their ears recovered, another bright flash of light beamed around them and faded out, only this time, to return them to reality as the book closed. The looks they received as they opened their eyes to glance at the welcoming witches weren't what they hoped to see. Confusion, worry, and just plain awkward stares shot their way. "W-what's wrong?" Maka asked, genuinely concerned.

Wait… something was wrong. Her- no, his voice…. It was still deep, still manly! Looking down at slightly larger hands held out in front and a somewhat taller frame than anticipated, Maka realized he was still a guy! He choked in shock as his eyes darted erratically towards everyone else that'd accompanied him in the book. Nobody had actually changed back at all! They, too, were just as shocked, sent speechless in the form they were still in as they observed their bodies, pinching and feeling themselves to make sure it was real. Frantically looking about his surroundings, Maka had to at least make sure they'd definitely left the book, lest this be some curious chapter of madness beyond the seven chapters. Perhaps it was a way of tormenting them into insanity, a final stage of this test?

"Please tell me we're still inside the book…" he asked. A glance down at the closed ancient novel and a reach down to grab it told him the book was real enough, though.

Eruka warily stepped toward them, afraid to answer. She paused in front of Maka. As the witch's nervous gaze met with the meister's worrisome one, she replied, "You've definitely escaped the book… sir..."