Soul Eater: Strike Back

Chapter 1: Hell on Earth

I walked out, the blade in my hand, rage all over me. I shivered with rage, jumping out at the first thing near me, and, luckily for me, it wasn't a human. It was a keshin, its body vanishing after I wiped it off the face of the Earth. Next, I jumped up the nearest building, facing the thunderbolts in the sky. They were centered in the middle of the city. I leaped from rooftop to rooftop, getting closer and closer to the source. I gripped my blade tighter, in which my partner responded, "H-hey, stop that!"

"Sorry, Hiro." I only managed to whisper, as I felt their losses tug at me once again.

I swung the blade in my hand once more, slashing another keshin in half, before kicking out the one behind me. I blocked most of the hits, but one of them sent me back a ways. "Damn, there's no end to them." I muttered, gripping Hiro tighter.

"We'll find a way out!" Hiro responded, as I swung again, the blade connecting to another face.

Another one for the other ones. I felt my heart strain again. Blackstar…. Maka and Kid had all perished with their weapons after a mission to destroy a keshin base went wrong. They sacrificed themselves to save everyone, exploding the whole building with themselves.

I'm one of the three they chose to replace them. And I won't abandon those people to themselves. I blocked the next strike and sent 5 flying away, as I took a deep breath, all the blood in my body growing cold as I moved faster than light itself, slashing apart every keshin.

I'm not allowed to do this for more than exactly 4 minutes and 23 seconds, so I had to make this count. I jumped forward, killing off the leader, causing the others to panic and run away. A gunshot rang out, as the girl next to me muttered, "You don't let them get away, North. For them, the old heroes, remember?"

Her name was Alyssa, and, like me and our other friend, hated keshins with a passion due to who they killed. Truth be told, I had a bit of a crush on Blackstar but that's beside the point. Our last partner of us three came running up to us, smashing through the last of the keshins as he replied, "She is right, North. You can't let them run like that."

I twitched at that, arming the bomb for this base to blow up. "Just shut up, ok? Cared for them, they were brothers and sisters to me! You don't think I hate the keshins too?"

I replied, turning around and moving away from the bomb. But as I turned around, the blade in my hand changed back into a boy with Red hair, and darkened white skin. Meanwhile, Alyssa's gun turned into a girl with long blond hair and blue eyes. I pulled out a mirror, staring back at my own Black hair, flowing onto my shoulders, my blue and green eyes. People say I look like a girl. I disagree with them, as I feel like I look like me. Not some crazy monster, not a girl, but a guy. "Are we gonna go or what?" I asked, looking at them.

"Hell yeah!" They all yelled, as we ran for the next base. As I ran, I noticed something odd. "Wait, isn't that the same base that Blackstar, Kid, Maka and everyone else died at?" I asked, pointing at a base a few miles away.

The base was quite ruined, burned and scared from all the burns, but some of it still stood. I ran over to it, my mind swarming. What would I find? Would I find answers? Blackstar? Aka? Would I found out what happened to them? Does something want me to come to it. If so, why? Why would it want me to have answers?

The others followed me after a bit of time, pausing as the building came into view. It was burned to the pitchest black, but not completely destroyed. I noticed something on one of the walls. It was some form of writing but none I could read. I could only recognize three names at the moment, my eyes filing with tears.

"Blackstar, Maka, Death The Kid"

Everyone around me gasped as they figured out what it might mean. "Alyssa to Lord Death, please come in!" Alyssa yelled, as I waked around the room searching for clues.

"Yes, Alyssa, what is it?" Lord Death's voice had changed drastically since Kid had died.

"We have found possible evidence of the survival of Maka Albarn, Blackstar and Death the Kid. We need immediate backup!" She yelled back into the radio, as I touched the walls.

All three of them had touched these walls that was for sure. I hoped to god all of them were alright. I had been great friends of theirs when they were here, with us. Now, I don't know. Hiro touched my shoulder, as he whispered,

"They're alive. We'll find them. Lord Death's sending people right now." I smiled at that news, touching the wall once more.

Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing to tell us if they had died or not. Nothing, as usual, just like when we tried to find them. I sighed, as I touched a few more points, just as I heard a crack from one touch. The wall was moving away! "Well, damn." I laughed, as the others came in.

"Lord Death, we've found a hidden doorway! We are moving in! Are weapons permitted?" Alyssa shouted through the communicator, as I moved in.

"Permission received! Go loud!" Lord death yelled, s we got our weapons into weapon form, my blade growing green before forming into its curved form.

I jumped out of the other side first, blade swinging in, checking around for signs of any of them as I looked. Nothing, again as usual. I smashed my hand on the wall, dripping out a bit of blood. "WHY?!" I screamed, my voice echoing off the walls as the others came out behind me. I had gotten so, so close and then…

And then I noticed something: "Blood. And recent, too." I whispered, noticing a trail.

"Do we follow it?" I asked, turning back to the others, waiting for them.

"Go." They replied, as I moved forward, following the path of blood.

I felt my hearth thump inside my chest. What would we find? Would they be dead? Would they be alive? It's only been a few months since we saw them, so how would they react? Hat would they look like? Every one of these thoughts crossed my mind more than once, but never, in my entire life was I expecting the next thing.

A light was ahead of us, as I ran for it, the others close behind as the sword was in my hand. I reached the other side of the light, only to find something I had hoped to god I would never see.

"MegaKeshin." I whispered, the hulking keshin in my path roaring before running straight for me, its hulking form lunging at me.