Lord Death looked over at the person sitting across from him as he took a sip of his tea. Yukari Yakumo looked back with her soft violet eyes that seemed to be analyzing his every move.

"So Yukari, how've ya been? It sure has been a long time." Lord Death said in that voice Yukari found to be particularly annoying, it was almost as bad as a certain magician she knew.

"I've been perfectly fine Death," she responded, "I've just been...busy, as you may certainly know."

Yukari set her tea cup down then looked at Lord Death with a slight smile, "I'm glad to have been invited to your anniversary party, despite not having much contact with you over the course of 800 years."

"Well, I'm well aware of your situation, but I am glad you decided to accept my invitation."

"If I may," Yukari said as she unfolded her fan and moved it over her mouth to hide a sly grin, "invite some of my...friends to come along. It won't be much, just three people is all I ask."

Lord Death tilted his head in curiosity and wondered what friends she might mean, "Do you mean Mima? It's been a while since I've seen her after she...well...ya know."

Yukari let out an exasperated sigh then folded her fan and dropped it into a gap and unfolded her rather luxurious parasol that had a slight tint of pink to it, "To be honest Mima hasn't been around much," the youkai made her way around the room to the mirror that Lord Death used, "we've not talked in over 20 years. I'm sure theres a good reason for it..." Yukari trailed off as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her blonde hair extended down to her waist in bright golden locks. Her violet eyes seem to hide something mysterious about her, whether it's obvious or not. She wore a white dress that extended down to her ankles and barely hid her high-heeled shoes, the dress itself was in layers as it went down. A purple and orange sash went down the middle of the dress on both sides and had a Ying Yang symbol at the bottom of the front side.

Yukari turned back to Lord Death as she slowly rotated the parasol above her head, "So will you accept my request? I'll come either way so don't view this the wrong way."

Lord Death pondered for a moment, If I accept, she might bring nothing but trouble-makers to this school, knowing her company and all...but if I don't it would seem like I'd rather stay around my own personal circle and afraid to meet people from the world she's created...

"I'd love to have you and your friends join the party! Bring 'em along why don't ya?" Lord Death said in an elated voice, "They should see what this place is like ya know?"

"Yes," Yukari said with what appeared to be a cross between a smile and a smirk, "they should shouldn't they? I must take my leave now to prepare them. The party's tomorrow, yes?"

"Yep, it sure is, 8 PM tomorrow night!"

"Very well, we'll be seeing you later today then," Yukari opened a gap and placed a foot into it then turned back to Lord Death, "I trust Asura is sealed away properly?" Yukari thought she was being paranoid, but after what happened 800 years ago, she couldn't take any risks.

"He sure is, why do you ask?" Lord Death's voice turned serious after she asked that.

"Just wanted to make sure we'll have no interruptions tomorrow night," Yukari slipped half of her body into the gap, "see you later, Death." And with that, she was gone.

Hm..Yukari never seemed like the person to have friends, just people that are parts of her plans... Lord Death thought tiredly as he finished his tea then turned back to his mirror to think about what he's going to say for the party tomorrow night.

"I'm not your friend, Yukari," Reimu said sternly to the woman that was hanging upside down from her gap. How her hair didn't fall down by doing that was a mystery to the shrine maiden, "In fact I wouldn't call you an acquaintance, just a nuisance."

Yukari had only moments ago told Reimu she considered her, Marisa, and Alice her friends, "But of course you are, otherwise I wouldn't be asking you to come with me to a party in the outside world."

"...Outside world?" Reimu's interest was suddenly peaked by this fact, "You never said that it would be in the outside. But that still begs the question, why the three of us? If you want party-people you should go ask Remilia, she sure knows how to throw them after all. Even Yuyuko would be a party-person."

Yukari rolled her eyes then righted herself and the gap so she was now facing Reimu properly, "If I wanted them to come I wouldn't be here right now would I?" Yukari said with a soft tone on the lips that seemed to be smiling wider every time Reimu looked at her, "Besides, I would rather that the audience was kept to a -mostly- human level."

"Alice isn't human."

"That's why I said 'mostly' my dear Hakurei."

Reimu sighed tiredly, she really didn't enjoy dealing with this woman, "Fine, we'll come to your party, just give me some time to gather up Marisa and Alice," Reimu said as she admitted defeat, "Marisa will be easier to convince than Alice though, just saying."

Yukari smiled widely then opened a gap behind Reimu, "Gather everything you need for two days and formal wear for the party tomorrow night," the youkai now had only her head exposed to Reimu, "Step into that gap behind you when you gather everyone, it will lead to my house and from there we'll go to our destination."

And with that Yukari was gone, the gap behind Reimu remained as the shrine maiden took off into the skies to gather Marisa and Alice.

Lord Death felt it the instant Yukari's gap opened behind him, a witch, a powerful witch at that. With anger in his voice he prepared to defend himself, "YOU THINK YOU CAN GET PASSED EVERYONE IN MY SCHOOL JUST TO ATTACK ME?! WELL YOU HAVE ANOTHER THING COMING YOU FILTHY WITCH!" And with that he delivered a reaper chop down onto the witch's head, which echoed with a resounding 'thwack'. A yelp followed the hit, followed by a girl on the floor clutching her head.

Yukari rubbed her temple, she had forgotten the DWMA's main enemy seemed to be witches. Reimu and Marisa were just staring agape at Lord Death and cycling back to Alice, who had been reduced to a poor girl clutching her head in pain.

Yukari sighed then looked up at Lord Death, who was still rather angry, "Calm down Death, this is the group I was talking about," Yukari said cautiously as she closed the gap behind her, "she's a friend, we can trust her."

Lord Death looked at Yukari, then at Alice who wasn't giving any signs of attack or anger towards him. He lowered his hand and calmed down, maybe he had over-reacted.

"Right...sorry whoever you are," his voice had returned to normal...good, "it's a long story but here we don't necessarily like witches."

Marisa adjusted her signature hat and grinned widely, "Well then yer just gonna have to put up with us, ze!"

Reimu promptly smacked Marisa over the back of her head and bowed politely to Lord Death, "It's a pleasure to be of acquaintance to you," she said as she was still bowing, "I guarantee we won't be any trouble to you."

Kid felt it, so did Maka, how they didn't notice it several minutes ago was beyond them. Four souls, one a witch soul, two human, and one they didn't recognize, incredibly powerful souls at that. Without their respective weapons they burst into the death room, hoping they weren't running headlong into a fight they couldn't win.

"Father!" Kid shouted as he made his way down the path, he had to save him, he had to...see him having tea...? This didn't seem right.

"Hm? Oh heya kiddo, how are ya?" Lord Death looked passed Yukari and at Kid and Maka who were running as fast as they could to get to the middle of the death room.

Kid skidded to a halt and looked at the scene in front of him, "Father, what is this?" He asked with curiosity in his voice.

Yukari got up before Lord Death could answer and shook Kid's hand gently, "I'm Yukari Yakumo, you must be Death's son, how adorable," Kid looked into her eyes and narrowed his, he didn't trust this woman already simply by judging her eyes.

Maka ran up and bent over to catch her breath. She looked up at the four strangers, one was definitely a witch. The blonde with blue eyes and short hair. Another blonde caught her eye, this one could have been a witch just from judging the attire, and the hat...and the broom, These two aren't making any attempt to hide themselves are they? Maka thought to herself as Yukari sat back down.

Kid looked over at the girl in the witch attire, Yes...yes...so far everything about them is syme- He looked at Marisa's hair and noticed that she didn't have a braid on her right side and only on her left, "WHY DO YOU ONLY HAVE A BRAID ON YOUR LEFT AND NOT YOUR RIGHT?!"

Marisa looked at Kid for a few minutes before answering back, "Why do you have stripes on your left but not right?" This response reduced Kid to a sniffling mess on the floor, "You're right, I'm worthless!"

Yukari and Lord Death looked at each other then shrugged and sighed, this was going to be an interesting party.

A/N: Well hello, another project among my list of unfinished/unupdated fanfics, I hope to keep this one alive however. This will be following the Soul Eater Manga, not the anime, so I apologize in advanced if you get a little confused. I will also be making some edits in terms of the outside world itself, like the moon and sun will be normal, Mima and Yukari were part of Lord Death's original TEN warriors, yes I added those two on there, but come on, they're incredibly powerful beings who most likely existed during the era of 800 years ago.Anyway, I hope you enjoy this and rate and review.