AN. I thought this after I saw the anime and when I started typing 8th Time. By the way, these two stories have no connection, except for the fact that they both take place after Episode 51. Please Review!

Disclaimer. I own no rights to Soul Eater.

Broken

No one knew for certain what occurred with Asura. No one knew why the seven teens rarely communicated with one another now, nor did people know why they were only ever seen together during classes.

The changes worried the instructors.

After three weeks a few of the professors discussed their thoughts with Lord Death. He shared his own concerns on the topic. The conversation was a serious one as the adults discussed a plan of action.

The next day Prof. Stein made his students practice team soul resonation. The last team called up was Maka Albarn's. The seven teens stood from their seats and made their way to the front of the classroom. The room was completely silent as the team got situated.

Liz and Patty transformed first, Tsubaki next. Soul, with his hands in his pockets, glanced at his meister. Maka glanced back, giving a small smile. It didn't reach her eyes. Soul understood, then transformed.

It seemed as if the rest of the class, including Prof. Stein, was gone from the room as the next events unfolded before all of their eyes. The seven were completely absorbed in the moment.

Maka lookeed quickly from Blackstar to Kid and then stared at the wall across from her.

"Are you ready?" she inquired.

Blackstar grunted and Kid gave a curt nod.

Maka kept staring as Soul began to resonate with her. They then reached out for Blackstar and Kid simultaneously, knowing from prior experience that they could reach both of them at the same time and succeed in resonating.

But something went wrong. Just as the link began to form, it was gone.

The reactions were immediate.

"What happened!"

Soul.

"Damnit! Maka what did you do!"

"Blackstar-"

Blackstar and Tsubaki.

"That hasn't happened before."

"Crap."

Patty and Liz.

"Don't you dare blame Maka for this Blackstar!"

Kid.

Maka stood frozen. Soul transformed back, the other three weapons followed suit.

"I can blame whoever I want to blame!"

"That's unjust! This wasn't Maka's fault! It was yours!"

Blackstar's eyes narrowed at the son of Lord Death.

"What did you just say?"

"I said that the reason we can't resonate as a team is because of you! How can we work together when we can't even trust each other?"

"Trust? Trust? Who on this team has ever had trust issues? Just because you can't handle someone as superior as me doesn't mean I'm the one with the problem!"

"That is your problem! You only ever think of yourself! I can't be on a team with someone who won't have my back when the situation requires it!"

"When did I ever not have your back?"

Blackstar and Kid's voices were now loud enough to be heard from two classes over.

"Oh, let me check! When we were fighting Asura! I told you to watch my back and instead you decided to blab on and on about who cares what! Do you know where that got me? I was in the infirmary for almost a week! I'm a shinigami! I shouldn't have been there as long as I was, but because of your narcissism I got shot through the chest!"

"Oh whine, whine! Grow up and get over it!"

"That's not advice you give someone that was fatally injured! Damn, you're infuriating!"

"You're a rich wimp and you're not man enough to admit it!"

"You have insecurity problems Blackstar! Why else would you be blaming others for your repeated mistakes and faults? Accept the truth already! You're an ass!"

"If that's how you view me then just quit!"

"I will and I am! I'm not going to put mine or Liz and Patty's lives in anymore unnecessary danger!"

Kid quickly exited the room. Liz and Patty followed close behind.

Blackstar was fuming. Tsubaki kept looking from the door to her meister.

Maka, who was silent and still during the exchange, suddenly collapsed to the floor after Kid, Liz, and Patty vacated the classroom.

Her head hung down, her hands cradled it as she shook her head from side to side. Soul got down beside her and wrapped his strong arms around her.

"It's all my fault. It's all my fault." repeated from Maka's lips. Exactly what she'd done or hadn't done to cause the previous blow-up was unknown to the observers in the room.

There was one thing though that one person knew for certain, and the truth of it shook him to his core.

It was the exact thing he and the other teachers had tried to avoid.

A broken team.

UPDATED 6/19/2013