Chapter 1

[A/N] Hello, Everyone! Please don't be too hard on me, as this is only my first story. Now, the story might be heavily based on the anime at first, but I promise, it will eventually diverge from it to be more original! This story was inspired by another story, "Living Criminal Lives," by DarknessAngelsWithDevils88.

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater.

Summary: Soul Eater … with a twist. This time, Maka is the daughter of Lord Death/Shinigami-sama, and is the meister partner to Liz and Patti, while Kid is the son of Kami and Spirit, and is Soul's partner. Starts during Episode 5 of the anime.

"normal talk"

"Thoughts"

"talking as a weapon"

The Death Room-

In the Death Room, two figures were watching through the mirror as some students were about to engage Dr. Stein in battle as part of their remedial lessons. One was Lord Shinigami himself, looking like a large torn black cloth with a cartoonish skull mask where his face would be. Unfortunately for the students, they were having no luck against Stein.

"Father, this is supposed to be remedial lessons for them, isn't it? Aren't you asking a bit much from them?" Sitting in a chair on the other side of the Death Room, was a teenage girl with blonde hair in pigtails, dressed in a long black trench coat, with a white blouse and yellow sweater vest over it, a red plaid skirt, black boo ts, and a pair of white gloves. The most unusual part of her appearance, however, were her yellow eyes and the three broken white lines going across the right side of her hair. She was Maka Shinigami, the daughter of Lord Shinigami himself.

"Hmmm…" Lord Shinigami replied.

"You know what'll happen to them, right? They're going to die."

With the student's outside Stein's house-

Stein rolled in his chair, preparing to strike out against a black-haired, green-eyed teenage boy, Kid Albarn, a scythe meister, wielding a red and black scythe (his weapon partner, Soul Evans).

"Kid, it's just a tap! We can block it!" Soul explained to Kid through his weapon form.

Stein struck his palm against the shaft of Soul's weapon form, but electricity sparked around Stein's palm, sending both Kid and Soul flying a little ways backward.

"What did he do to me?!" Soul asked in shock.

"What power. But I thought meisters needed a weapon to channel their soul wavelength, father? But that Dr. Stein, he doesn't need a weapon to use his power." Maka asked, her eyes opening in surprise.

"Yep." Lord Shinigami replied in his cheery voice. "The relationship between a meister and a weapon is a lot like that of a guitar and an amplifier."

"I see." Maka replied, not needing anymore explanations.

Kid charged at Stein again, only to be repelled by Stein's counter. Stein then grabbed Kid and appeared to be about to dissect him alive.

"Did you forget that I'm here, too?!" Black*Star(A/N: no description of him necessary!)cried out as he charged at Stein.

"Easily." Stein replied calmly.

"Yeah?! Well, you're not the only one who can attack without a weapon!" Black*Star cried out with determination.

"What?" Stein inquired, surprised.

"Black*Star Big Wave!" With this, Black*Star struck Stein with his palm in the back, causing various symbols to appear in the air around them.

"He can do that?" Maka said, shocked by this new discovery.

"He may be young, but Black*Star's soul wavelength is very large, and he is skilled in using soul wave attacks directly against his opponent." Lord Shinigami explained to his daughter. "Still, it won't do him much good here."

Black*Star, Kid, Soul, and Black*Star's weapon partner Tsubaki were shocked that Black*Star's attack had no effect on Stein.

Stein explained how he had mirrored Black*Star's soul wavelength so that the attack was canceled out. He then turned around and electrocuted Black*Star, who was screaming from the pain. After a moment, Stein stopped, and Black*Star collapsed, bleeding from his face.

"Black*star!" the other students all cried out at once.

"They need help, Father." Maka stated solemnly, rising from the chair she had been sitting in and walking towards the door.

"You cannot get involved, Maka. This is their test to take. Besides, you are a Grim Reaper, not a student!" Shinigami cried out.

"Then consider me enrolled, Father." Maka replied, not slowing down in the slightest. "I would gladly appreciate it if you would enroll me in classes. Now, if you will excuse me, I must go find Liz and Patti."

"My, oh my." Shinigami said after Maka had walked out of the door, slightly exasperated from what had just happened.

"Damn it, what did he do?!" Soul said angrily after examining Black*Star. "He won't et away with this! Come on Kid!"

But when he turned to face Kid, Kid had fallen to his knees.

"What's wrong with you, Kid?!" Soul asked furiously.

"We can't defeat someone as powerful and asymmetrical as him! We don't stand a chance!" Kid replied, head hung low in defeat.

"I can't go on like this! I don't deserve to live!" Maka said, lying on the floor of the hallway after running into Liz and Patti.

"We have to go through this again?" Liz said in an irritated tone.

"Did I really forget where where I put some of my favorite books?" Maka asked, a look of self-loathing on her face.

"You don't even know if you forgot?! You always do, so why would you forget now?! You really are annoying sometimes. Seriously, Maka!" Liz asked incredulously, then squatted down to Maka's current level. "If you don't snap out of this soon, those kids are gonna die! Who cares about a couple of books?"

"I'm a failure, a complete and utter failure! What kind of Grim Reaper am I if I can't remember where I put a couple of books?! I can't take over once he's gone! What kind of daughter am I?! Father will probably disown me!"

All the while, Patti had been rolling around, laughing at the whole thing.

"That's not true, Maka! You'll probably take over and be the best Grim reaper ever!" Liz replied, trying to cheer Maka up. "You know what we should do? Run-right-over-to-that-creepy-lab-and-save-those-k ids! Come-on, let's go!"

"No." Maka stated dully.

"What?! WHY?!" Liz stated furiously.

"What if I did forget where I placed those books? Something like that could ruin my life forever. If I turn my back on this, I don't deserve to live anymore." Maka countered.

"THEN DIE ALREADY!" Liz replied, eyes glowing with rage. Behind her, Patti continued laughing at the whole thing.

"What?! You can't give up now!" Soul replied incredulously. "Just because he's not symmetrical, doesn't mean that your future's already decided! You're supposed to turn me into the ultimate Death Scythe! Do want your worthless father to outshine us do you?!"

Kid looked up at Soul, shocked to hear him say

"Good," Soul said, a smirk appearing on his face. "Now, look at him and tell me what you see. He's been very patient, waiting for you to finish your little temper tantrum. Now, isn't that polite of the good Dr. Stein?"

Kid looked at Stein briefly, then turned back to Soul, a triumphant-looking smile on his face.

"Hey, if we die, we die cool!" Soul encouraged.

"Sorry about that." Kid said, rising to his feet. "But we need to finish this."

"No problem." Soul replied, transforming into his scythe form, which Kid grabbed.

"Here we go! Soul resonance!" Both Kid and Soul said at once.

Ahh, Soul resonance, Stein thought. Both meister and weapon harmonizing to create a wavelength stronger than either is alone! I'm impressed that they can use the Witch Hunter when their still so young.

"You're putting everything you've got into one attack?" Stein asked. "Well, then let's see just how much you can handle!"

"Legendary skill of the scythe meisters, Witch Hunter!" Kid cried. The blade of Soul'sStein weapon form glowed blue and magnified in size. Kid then struck out with Soul, sending the attack at at Stein.

Stein grabbed the blade, but was pushed back a little ways, and the left lens of Stein's glasses cracked. Kid continued with the attack, but Stein shattered the energy around Soul's blade, sending both Kid and Soul flying backwards.

As Kid lay on the ground, catching his breath, Stein calmly walked over to him.

"You managed to remain conscious." Stein concluded.

Soul then transformed out of his weapon form in a protective stance in front of Kid.

"Back off!" Soul said.

"In that case, I'll start with you." Stein said. He reached out with his hand… and patted Soul on the head. "You earned a passing grade. Good job."

Both Kid's and Soul's eyes widened in surprise.

"Huh?" Soul asked.

"Your extra lessons have been completed." Stein continued. "You were willing to sacrifice yourself for your meister. That's all you needed to get a pass from me."

"Sorry, I wasn't clear the first time. I'll say it again: huh?" Soul replied.

"This was all planned out by Lord Shinigami. He asked me to do him a favor." Stein explained. "He wanted me to help you with these extra lessons."

"But then why'd you kill Black*Star?!" Soul accused, then saw that Black*Star was indeed still alive. "Then what about Sid the zombie?!"

"Sorry." Sid stated. "I couldn't lie when I was alive, but things have changed since then."

"THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS?! Scare us to death?!" Soul asked angrily.

"Seriously?" Kid muttered in a weak voice.

"Hahaha, but you're better now than you were before aren't you?" Lord Shinigami asked from the Death Room.

"It was just a test, but it was fun scaring you kids. You should've seen your faces!" Stein replied happily.

That's seriously sadistic, both Kid and Soul thought at the same time.

"Hey guys, since you must be tired, how about you all spend the night at my laboratory?" Stein offered.

"THAT'S A BIG FAT NO!" Kid, Soul, Black*Star and Tsubaki all shouted at the same time.

At the Academy the next day-

"I dreamed that Stein used me in his experiments last night." Kid said, disturbed by the dream.

"You said it." Soul replied. "I wonder if they found a new teacher to replace Sid yet. Maybe your dad will be our teacher again."

"No! Anyone but him!" Kid practically begged.

Suddenly, Stein rolled and fell through the door on his chair.

"Okay, class, let's begin." Stein announced.

"Honestly, I think I'd rather have my dad had a teacher!" Kid said.

"We're going to start by dissecting some frogs. It should be pretty exciting." Stein explained.

Oh god, both Kid and Soul thought.

[A/N] So, please review and tell me how well I did. I want to know how well I did, and whether or not I should continue this fic.