This is just a bit of a preview...just to see if it captures the attention of any optical orbs out there. I'd be delighted to know what people think...good or bad. And of course I don't own Soul Eater...if I did, it wouldn't be as cool

A small grunt of pain escaped the bloody lips of the girl as she was thrown to the ground for the third time. This pre-kishin was stronger then any of the others she'd come across. "Are you alright, Soul?"

The eye dominating the side of the scythe became half lidded. "Aa. You?"

Maka kept her partner's vision away from herself. "Aa. We need a plan."

"You're the brains..."

"Soul Resonance?"

"Hai!" Soul grinned his sharp toothed grin, tired as he was, he wouldn't let Maka see or hear it. He relaxed and focused his mind, ready to resonate when he was jolted by something. He was confused for a moment before he realized what happened. Maka!

The girl felt Soul slipping from her fingers. Her left arm was going numb. She must have hurt it more then she first thought when she was thrown. Looking down at her hand, she forced it to grip the metal. "We can do this..." She stumbled forward a step.

"Maka?" Soul wanted to flash back to his human form, but it would leave her defensless... "Daijoubu? Maka?"

She didn't answer.Focus, Maka. Foc...us. Her vision was blurring. So much so that she couldn't see the approaching pre-kishin.

"MAKA! Abunai!!" Soul roared.

Snapped out of her concentration, Maka dove to the side to avoid the attack. The monster's blade whistling overhead. As she rolled to her feet, she suddenly coughed a mouthful of blood.

"Devour your souls...." the monster grinned it's horrifying grimace. It sprinted forward, it's thirst consuming it.

"Guard!!" Soul growled. He grew impatient as Maka didn't move. "Use me!"

The girl's green eyes flashed open as she felt the oncoming monster, and she barely managed to lift Soul into a weak guard.

The ringing of metal against the cobblestone was deafening. Soul flashed into his human form immediately after, blood gushing from a gash running down his left arm. His ruby eyes were wide with horrified disbelief.

All done for now. There might be more, there might not. Depends on people ^^