Make swung Soul across the kishin that had been assigned to her and Soul, "Put me down," Soul muttered as soon as she finished the last blow, and Maka dropped him onto the floor.

Soul shifted back into his human form. He then walked over to the red soul that floated in the air where the kinshi had its final stand.

Maka turned away when he proceeded to eat, she didn't know how to describe it, but it felt awkward watching him eat lately, "37" she mumbled.

"Ugh, I'll never forgive Blair for screwing up our total!" Soul yelled and walked over to Maka's side.

"It's my fault," Maka muttered and hung her head, silently cursing Blair as much as herself.

"Ah, don't be rough on yourself Maka," Soul slapped her back, "It ain't your fault! It's all my fault for not even giving her a chance to explain herself,"

"Hey! It is not your fault," Maka said sharply.

"How about it's Blair's fault?" Soul laughed and Maka did too while she nodded in agreement.

"Come on," Maka started to walk away, "We should go home,"

Soul nodded, "I'm still hungry" he whined, making Maka laugh.

"I'm sorry, Soul! But we don't have any other missions to do!" Maka laughed and they went home.

Larxene pulled at a loose thread on her cloak and sighed as she waited for Axel to finally get to the Grey Area so they could get their new special assignment together.

She was really impatient at that point, well who wouldn't be? She wanted to know what their special assignment was badly.

"Can't you just tell me now?" she asked Saïx again, only to get the same response of 'no'.

After a couple minutes, Axel finally walked into the Grey Area, "There you are pyro!" Larxene said in relief.

"Hey Larxie! Happy to see me?" he smiled mischeiviously.

"Actually, yes. Today me and you have a special mission and I've been waiting for twenty minutes!" she smacked him.

"Alright, Larxie, let's go then," he walked over to Saïx, also excited for their exclusive mission.

Alright! You can give us our assignment now," Larxene said to Saïx.

"You can't just leave right away," Saïx said.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Larxene raised an eyebrow.

"In Roxas' and Xion's recon, they discovered that everything works differently," Saïx explained.

"What do you mean?" Axel asked.

"You can't summon your weapons," he said.

"What? What's that supposed to mean?" Larxene demanded.

"In that world, you need a compatible soul to work with. One will be the weilder of the other, who has to turn into their weapon," Saïx said.

"So what you're saying is that one of us with turn into a weapon and the other will wield them?" Axel summed it all up for Larxene's sake if anything else.

"I get to be the weilder!" Larxene rose her hand eagerly.

"Once you are there it will be decided," Saïx said.

"How will we know?" Axel asked.

"You both have to close your eyes and focus, then one of you will turn into a weapon and the other will most likely be able to see souls," Saïx explained.

"Whoa! No way! That's awesome!" Axel yelled excitedly.

"What's this world called?" Larxene asked.

"Death City," Saïx answered.

"Sounds peachy," Larxene grimaced.

Saïx chuckled and opened a dark corridor and nodded at the pair.

As soon as they stepped out of the dark corridor and entered Death City, "Hphm, just as I expected. Peachy," Larxene said as soon as they were in Death City.

"What are we supposed to be doing again?" Axel asked, hoping that it wasn't recon.

"We have to take out some mega shadows and giga shadows. You know, shadows," Larxene shrugged.

"Alright, let's see which one of us is the wielder," Axel smiled before closing his eyes and relaxing.

Larxene sighed and closed her eyes and cleared her mind and just focused on the rhythm of her breathing.

After awhile, there was a sound of sword and Larxene felt a sudden weight in her hands.

She opened her eyes and saw a sword that was jagged like a lightning bolt, but was red as fire in her hands.

Larxene laughed and jumped up and down, "I GET TO BE WIELDER HAHAHAHA!"

"Yeah, real great for you," Axel said from within the sword.

"Sorry," Larxene giggled before walking down the street to begin her search for shadows.

Suddenly, she heard a scream pierce the air. She laughed, but wasn't amused, "C'mon let's go check it out! It could be a target!"

Larxene continued to laugh hard before Axel said, "You might get to see someone in agony if you get there faster," that made her shape up and run to the sound.

She founded a corner and saw a lady with a broom, wacking a snake, "SNAKE! DISGUSTING CREATURE! GET OUT OF HERE!" the lady wacked the creature.

"Hey!" Larxene yelled and approached the woman, "What are you doing to that snake?"

"It is a disgusting creature that doesn't deserve to live! I'm putting it out of its misery!" she yelled.

"Come on, it's just a snake!" Larxene giggled and picked up the snake, making the woman flinch.

"Keep that thing away from me," she said and started to back away from Larxene.

She laughed, "Ahh! The snakie likes you!" she put the reptile in the woman's face.

The woman ran away and Larxene laughed harder as she practically tripped over her own feet, "AND STAY AWAY!"

The snake hissed a little and Larxene tsked, "Come now I saved your life!"

Axel then transformed back into a human, "Hey. Put the snake down. It might be poison,"

"Ahh Axel is scared too?" Larxene laughed and pet the snake gently.

The snake crawled up Larxene's arm a little bit and coiled around her arm, "Naw, I'm just concerned for your safety. It could be poisonous,"

"Whatever pyro," she said while the snake went further up her arm and to her neck.

"Just put the damned snake down," Axel commanded sharply.

"Ahh but can't I keep him?" Larxene said giggling.

Axel's eyes widened as the snake started to coil around Larxene's neck, "Seriously put it down!" he yelled.

"It's harmless, really," Larxene rolled her eyes.

The snake opened its jaw, and Axel smacked it until it fell off of Larxene, "What the hell Axel?"

"That thing was going to bite you," he said and kicked the snake away, "Get out of here!" he yelled.

"Whatever. Just transform," Larxene held her hands out and clenched her fists once the sword was back in her grasp.

There was a sound of screams, but not in agony or fear. In determination, "Residents," Larxene said and braced her weapon.

"We can reveal ourselves here. We look normal amongst these people," Axel reminded her.

"I know," she said. Larxene then walked around the corner and saw a giga shadow.

It seemed as if some civilians were already taking care of the shadows, and Larxene joined them, "Mind if I cut in?"

"Sure, we could use some help," said a little blonde girl in a weird coat, not like her's, a lot different actually. She also carried a huge scythe almost like Marluxia's.

"Naw, Black Star can handle anything!" said a boy with blue hair that she took as Black Star.

"Right," Larxene said sarcastically and immediately went to work on the heartless.

A couple minutes later, the shadows were defeated and Axel turned back, and so did Blondie's and Black Star's, "Thanks guys. We needed the help," Blondie said.

"No problem. It's our job to take out those things," Larxene said.

"What are those things? They definitely aren't not kishin, they didn't have any souls," said a girl with black hair that worked with Black Star.

"Well, I don't know what kishin are; but those things are what we call heartless. Or people without hearts," Larxene explained.

"Hm, and kishin are people who have become evil beings," Blondie explained.

"Thanks for exchanging intel with us. But we should be going," Axel said.

"Yeah, we should," Larxene nodded and turned around.

"Hey!" said Blondie's partner.

The two turned around, "Why don't we team up? We need your help with heartless! And you might want to get rid of some kishin who could be helping out the heartless!" Blondie said.

"Nope, we can't. We are only here for a limited time," Larxene said.

"Can we at least know your names?" asked Black Star.

"Why not. I'm Larxene,"

"I'm Axel,"

"I'm Maka," said Blondie.

"Soul," said Maka's partner.

"Tsubaki," said Black Star's partner.

"And I am the biggest star you will ever meet. BLACK STAAAAAAR!" Black Star.

"Okay, we met. We really have to got to go," Larxene said and she and Axel left, leaving the four kind of confused by their behavior.

After they defeated more heartless, they decided to RTC, "That was a weird mission,"

"Says the girl who wasn't a sword 3/4 of the time," Axel grumbled.

"Ahhh, you little grumpy face," Larxene laughed.

"Sometimes I hate you so much," he said, making Larxene laughed harder, "LOOK OUT!"

Axel pushed Larxene away from where she was standing and kicked something into the grass, "Axel what the hell?"

"There was that snake," he muttered.

"What?" Larxene said sharply.

"That snake from before. It was right at your leg and it was going to bite you," he said with horror in his voice.

"There are a lot of snakes here. Don't assume it was the same one from before," she said, blowing it off.

"But it was,"

Medusa hissed in disappointment. That girl's could have easily been her's if that ridiculous boy wasn't there!

She loathed him for it and would get him back. But the first step was getting out of the state she was in now.

Oh how she missed the glory of her true body! She missed having two legs and arms.

Geez, being a snake was harder than it looked. But right now wasn't a time to complain. Right now was a time to be patient and adaptive.

Oh, but that girl would have been perfect to take! She seemed the same age as she was and she was in shape! She needed the second requirement to go on with her plans, the first was just preferable.

She continued to follow the pair from the bushes and never lost them, "Seriously Axel, you're over reacting!"

"I really hope so," Axel crossed his arms.

"Well, I'm exhausted! Let's RTC," Larxene stretched and yawned.

"Whatever," Axel flicked his arm and black and blue smoke swirled around the air. Medusa watched in shock as the two stepped through the smoke before disappearing.

'A portal? But they weren't witches! How could they do that if they don't have any magic?'

Medusa closed her eyes and thought to herself 'Nake snake cobra cobra' over and over until she heard Larxene's voice again, "What an idiot!"

Medusa opened her eyes and saw Larxene in a white room that appeared to be her's, "He thinks I can't handle anything and I hate him!"

Medusa had used her magic to see where Larxene was, and here she was.

She had to get her back into Death City! But, how?

With no other choice, she teleported herself to the building where Larxene was. Once inside, she used magic to make herself human.

This was a tricky idea, for she could only do it once and for a limited time so she quickly went to work.

She looked around and started running down random corridors until she found somebody, "Hey, you!"

The man had silver hair that swept over his face and covered his eye, "Who the hell are you?"

"That is of no concern! I need to know who your superior is! Please it's life or death!" Medusa pleaded.

"I refuse to tell you unless I know who you are and why you are here," he said stubbornly.

"Ugh! Fine! I am the witch Medusa! I am here to speak with your superior about the heartless in my world! This is very urgent sir! I can only stay here for a short amount of time!"

"Medusa. How do I know what you say is true?" he asked.

"WITCHES' HONOR!" she yelled, "Please!"

"Keep running straight and you'll come to a door, that's where he is," he pointed down the hall.

Too far! Think Medusa! Think think think! "Nake snake cobra cobra! Nake snake cobra cobra!"

The man watched in shock as she let her snakes fly off of her arms and speed into the office ahead. She then ran after them.

By the time she got to the office, superior was knocked out and files of assignments were on the desk, "Good snake," she muttered as she filed through.

"Aha!" she yelled when she found what she was looking for. She waved her hands over the file and watched as Larxene and her weapon's assignment changed to recon in Death City.

"I'll have you soon enough body!" she hissed as she went back to Death City.

"Those two were weird," Soul said as they walked home from their recent encounter with Larxene and Axel.

"They are probably shy," Maka shrugged.

"Naw, that's definitely not it. They're just weird people," Soul answered plainly.

Maka shook her head, "No, that's not it either! But now that you mention it, there was something wrong with their souls. Maybe they were trying to hide something from us,"

"Hmm, could be. But we never met them before," Soul said.

"We never met Medusa before, but look how she turned out," Maka answered.

"You can't be over cautious of every person you meet," he answered with the obvious irony in his voice.

"I don't think we can afford that luxury any more Soul," Maka hung her head.

"Relax! We'll probably never see them again," Soul said as they approached their door, "Key?"

"I don't have the key!" Maka said with worry starting to escalate in her voice.

That's when Soul pulled the key out of his pocket, "See? You worry way too much. You need to loosen up,"

"That was not funny Soul!" Maka yelled.

"It was funny and you know it," he said as he jiggled the key in the lock until there was a click and the door opened with ease.

"MAKA CHOP!"