(A/N): Hello! Sorry for the wait, I've been reallybusy with school, had a bunch of homework, and had a hard time writing this chapter... While I was writing this chapter out, I was in a bit of a rush. By the time I finished (which was a week after I posted chapter 1...), I was getting ready to post it. But as I was reading it over, I noticed I went waaaaay off topic and started rewriting it. The next thing I knew, I gave up and left it alone, until my friend got mad at me and forced me to post it up as soon as possible... I am really lazy as you can tell... (=△ =) But I will try my best to pay more attention to this story for its only my first one...

With that aside, thank you to all readers who like my story! And if you haven't noticed in the first chapter, I accidentally put Patty as the oldest Thompson... I do not know WHYI did that in the first place, but I hope this doesn't affect your impression about my story... You are free to imagine her as the oldest Thompson for your enjoyment or you can complain to me if it bothers you. Please and thank you?

With that aside, please enjoy chapter 2 of Stars & Roses. ("^ ◡ ^)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything that relates to Soul Eater but my own characters...

(- - ") ~sigh...


Chapter 2: The Sudden Delay and the Awaited Meeting

Everyone was on edge; they wanted to meet them. Badly. So bad, that they would even offer Lord Death a piece of their body if that's what it'd take for them to just take a peek at their appearance. But they wouldn't do that... Would they?

Curse curiosity, its going to be the death of them one day.

Soul, Maka, Kid, and the Thompson sisters were quietly trailing behind Dr. Stein on their way to the Death Room, where the source of all their anxiety was currently located. They were swiftly moving through the immense cluster of students that were on their way to their respective classrooms, trying to keep up with Stein's fast pace.

Although quiet on the outside, in the inside, all five of their heads were filled with a substantial amount of questions that are locked and loaded, ready to be fired at the new students at any given moment.

Curiosity was eating away at them, trying to swallow them whole and spit out a confused mess.

"Hey guys, wasn't Tsubaki here with us just a moment ago?" said the Scythe meister, worry clear in her voice.
Noticing his meister's familiar worried tone, Soul spoke up, hoping to calm her for a bit.
"She just went to get Black*Star. She'll probably be back with him in a few minutes, so don't worry about it. Now hurry up, we're falling behind."

Maka sighed with relief and quickly picked up the pace. Man, Stein walked fast...

Shortly, the group arrived in front of the doors that led to the Death Room and everyone grew stiff. Yeah, they're not quite ready yet...

"Okay everyone, are you ready to meet them?" Stein said with that unusual smirk still slapped on his face. His expression made his students feel uncomfortable. Helpful.

They were most defiantly not ready to meet them. Well, at least that's what they're feeling. What they're thinking is to waste half of their energy breaking down the doors to the Death Room, run inside like a deranged maniac, fire endless questions at the poor students, and run out like hellbefore they get a Shinigami Chop to their precious craniums.

"Uh, why don't we just... stay here and wait for Tsubaki to come back with Black*Star first?" Clearly, Liz went with her gut and stuck with the most safest plan...

Dr. Stein stared at her. Er... throughher. He saw that her and everyone else had their souls in a chaotic state of panic and breathed out a sigh of disappointment. He then realized that it would be best to just wait for Tsubaki to come back with Black*Star. Who knows what stupid thing her meister might do to get him a Shinigami Chop to the head.

"Fine. We'll wait for Tsubaki to come back with Black*Star, but once they do, there's no backing down. You guys were the ones who wanted to see them in the first place, and I gave you the privilege to do so, so there better not be any excuses. Understood?"

The five of them stiffly nodded their heads in sync and sighed in defeat.


"Black*Star! Where are you!"

Tsubaki is having some trouble finding her meister. She knows exactly where he fell, but when she got there, she only found the imprint of his body on the rigid ground. There's no way he could have had the strength to get up and move around after a fall like that! But then again, it isBlack*Star. A fall like that shouldn't affect him, but where the hell did the idiot run off to!

Tsubaki sighed. At this rate, they won't be able to meet that other Shadow Weapon meister and her group any time soon, and she's pretty sure that Black*Star wants to meet them as much as she does. Especially the Shadow Weapon meister Shianne, judging by the way he's been looking at her from the balcony. Who Tsubaki wants to meet it Shianne's weapon, Sky Fang, since they're both Shadow Weapons. Maybe there would be a chance that they'd become good friends, but that's not the reason why she wants to meet her. The true reason is that she wants to make sure that Sky is really that girl.

Suddenly, an unknown presence appeared from behind her. Through instincts, Tsubaki quickly summoned one of her ninja stars and swiftly threw it in it's direction, but the star only flew right into the school's wall and nothing else.

Her first impression about the sudden presence was that it was only Black*Star trying to scare her, but then she realized that if it was really him, then she'd be able to feel his presence even if he blurred it. Unless...

It appeared again, but it was much closer. She could even feel the breath of the owner of it on her shoulder. Smart move...

She had a feeling that it really was Black*Star, so just for her own safety, Tsubaki summoned another one of her stars and threw it in it's direction almost too quickly, but luckily, it hit it.

"GAAAH! What the hell was that for, Tsubaki!" Black*Star yelled out in pain. Tsubaki's star has landed on Black*Star's forehead. She must have threw it pretty hard since Black*Star yelled out like that.

Tsubaki smiled, a smile that was filled with relief. She was right this whole time. She wasn't stupid.

But suddenly the smile was gone, and was replaced with a worrisome look.

"Black*Star! Where did you go! I was looking for you! I went to go see if you were still on the ground somehow, expecting to see you unconscious, but I found nothing and saw that you just got up and left! You could have been seriously injured but you wouldn't be able to tell! You could have been kidnapped by some crazy pedo-" Tsubaki was babbling away, but was cut off by Black*Star's foot colliding with the ground, and a huge grin appearing on his face.

"Tsubaki, do you honestly think that all those things would happen to me, the Great Black*Star?" His weapon slowly shook her head, and his grin turned into an unusual warm smile.

"Ya know Tsubaki, you worry too much. You're going to get a fever again if you don't keep it to a minimal. Besides, you know me well enough to at least know that I can take care of myself, and that a mere pedo bear can't do anything to me." Tsubaki's smile returned and brightened her face. Of coarse. He's Black*Star. The boy who would one day surpass God. She shouldn't be worrying about him that much, only when he does the extremes. That's when she can worry her heart out.

"We should start heading back now, Black*Star. The others are probably starting to grow impatient. I can feel their souls from here." Tsubaki said looking at the school. Thinking back now, Tsubaki's anxiety is starting to slowly come back to her.

"Yeah! I can't wait to see them!" exclaimed the assassin, "I want to show them how big of a star I am!" Tsubaki looked towards her hyper meister and noticed that he was already entering the school.

"W-wait up Black*Star!"


Everyone was twitching like mad. All of their patience was worn out. Black*Star and Tsubaki were taking way too long for their liking, and they all looked as if they were possessed with the Black Blood. Patty on the other hand, looked as if she's ready to go out on a killing spree.

"Where... the hell... is Tsubaki and Black*Star?"Patty twitched. She lost all traces of impatience. This girl's at her scariest when impatient. Everyone knows that you should never EVERget this girl impatient. It's like a rule. There are others too.

1) NEVER get this girl impatient.

2) NEVER give this girl any candy of any kind (liquid, solid, etc.).

3) NEVER get this girl angry. (unless you're looking for some source of suicide...)

Actually, #3 should be in second...

"When I see that idiot assassin, I'm gonna make sure that his oversized head goes to the-" Patty's sentence was cut off by said assassin's sudden appearance.
"Kyahaha~! I, the Great Black*Star, has finally arrived!"

Five pairs of furious eyes were fixed onto him. He would've enjoyed the attention, if only their eyes didn't make them look like they were ready to kill him.

"Ah. Welcome back Tsubaki. I see that you've found Black*Star." Dr. Stein said completely ignoring Black*Star and the deadly gazes that he's currently receiving.

"Thank you Professor Stein. Sorry we took so long." the Shadow Weapon bowed in apology.

"No worries. Although I am worried about him. They're all going to kill him later on." Tsubaki just gave her Professor an awkward smile and watched the others as Black*Star is about to get a bunch of flames thrown at him.

"You IDIOT! I'm going to KILL you!" Patty threw herself towards Black*Star and was about to give him the most powerful punch known to mankind. Black*Star slowly put his laughing to a stop, and gazed at the extremely pissed Thompson lunging toward him. No one tried to stop her, for they too, wanted to give him a beating.

Just as her fist was about to collide with the assassin's stomach, Lord Death emerged from the Death Room, causing Patty to drop her fist in time. Everyone else whipped their heads in Lord Death's direction, eyes wide.

"Just what was all that ruckus about? We can hear you all from inside the Death Room."Lord Death exclaimed sounding a bit too happy about it. The seven of them just gawked and had nothing to say, but Lord Death had a pretty accurate idea on why they're all so flustered.

"Even though your anxiety has reached its limits, you should at least learn to control your emotions, understand?" they all flushed red and nodded in agreement.

"Sorry Lord Death. They just can't wait to see them." Stein smirked.

"Yes, I can tell! They too are anxious to see the seven of them as well!" Lord Death exclaimed, making seven pairs of eyes widen in shock.

"Really, father? They too want to meet us as much as we want to meet them?" Kid stared in disbelief. Did his father tell them all of the good points to them?

"Come inside and find out for yourselves!"

Everyone's shocked gazes turned into a determined smile, all of their worries forgotten. They couldn't believe that they too were as anxious as them. They no longer had hesitation, and they immediately followed Lord Death into the Death Room, with Stein trailing behind.

They all looked really excited, except for Maka.

"What's wrong, Maka?" Soul said from beside her.

"Its nothing, Soul."

"Sure doesn't seem like nothing. You look kinda pissed. Is it 'cause of Black*Star?"

"No."

"Then what is it?" Soul prompted his meister. She sighed. She knew that he's not going to let this go. She has no choice but to tell him what's up.

"Its the other Scythe meister, Ayaka Storm."

Soul blinked, "Yeah, what about her?"

"Well, she's a Scythe meister like me. What if she passes me? You heard the stories. She killed that demon when I couldn't." she sighed. Her weapon just stared.

"Soul... Did you even hear what I just said?"

"Yeah I heard."

"Then! You have nothing to say or what!"

The scythe sighed with disappointment. He sounded a bit annoyed.

"Maka, she's just another student like everyone else. There's no point in getting so disappointed at that. Just do what you normally do. It'll pass. And who knows, you might even become friends with her."

Maka was silent for a brief moment, but sighed again and looked at her weapon.

"Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't be getting worked up on these kind of things."

Soul smiled at her and they both came to a stop. They were at the end of the tunnel of torii gates and were looking at the main part of the room. Lord Death was standing in the middle of the room gesturing the seven of them to come forward.

"Come on! Don't you kids be shy!" Lord Death cheered, "They don't bite, right Shianne?"

"We don't bite. But Light does." said a soft mischievous voice, but it didn't belong to Shianne.

"Shut up Aya. You're the one who bites." said another voice, quiet and smooth with a hint of annoyance. There was a bit of snickers.

Maka and the others looked around the room for the source of the sound, and found the group on their right. They found Fiora and her weapon Taisuki sitting side-by-side each other, Ayaka and her weapon Light standing near Lord Death's mirror with Sky Fang, the Shadow Weapon, and Shianne walking towards the seven. They all froze when Shianne came up to them, followed by Sky and the others.

"Hello. You seven must be the school's strongest 1-star meisters that we've heard about." she said with a small smile. Her voice seemed bored, but welcoming. It had a sweet, serious tone to it, which only made her seem so mysterious, and her brown eyes looked as if they were sparkling, making Black*Star and Kid gawk at her.

"H-hello. I'm Maka Albarn, Scythe m-meister, and this is my weapon, Soul Eater Evans." Maka said shakily. Beside her, Soul gave them a toothy grin.

Behind Shianne, Ayaka twitched. She too is a little worried about the other Scythe meister, Maka.

"I'm the leader of this group, and these are my teammates." Maka gestured for the others to come take her place and introduce themselves. They shrugged their shoulders and strode over to Maka's side. Up first was none other than Black*Star.

"Hello guys! How ya doin'! I'm Black*Star the greatest assassin alive!"

Teardrop...

"I'm a Shadow Weapon meister like you, and this is my weapon Tsubaki!" Black*Star pulled Tsubaki from behind him and placed her in front of him. She managed a warm smile and a timid hello, but froze, wide eyed when she saw Sky Fang up close. Sky did the same, but broke away and turned to the side.

"Is it really her...?"Tsubaki thought in shock. She then shook the thought out of her head and went over to Maka's side, pulling Black*Star with her.

Kid, Liz, and Patty came up after.

"Hello. I'm Death the Kid, Lord Death's son." everyone in Shianne's group darted their eyes from Kid to Lord Death, comparing them, then stopped, letting Kid continue.

"I am a twin-pistol meister, and these two are my weapons." Kid nudged Liz and Patty to introduce themselves, for they were too busy examining the other group.

"What's up? I'm Elizabeth Thompson, but everyone calls me Liz, and this is my sister Patricia-"

"But everyone calls my Patty! Liz is my sister!" Patty sang. Kid smiled, then went behind Maka and Soul.

"So, that's everyone in my group." Maka said with a small smile, timidly. Shianne smiled back.

"You seem to have a nice group, Maka." she said kindly, "We'll introduce ourselves. I'm Shianne Heaven, the leader of the group. I'm a Shadow Weapon meister."

"And I'm her weapon, Sky Fang." said a tall girl with long, blond wavy locks. Her eyes were sky blue and she looked very Japanese. Her eyes flickered towards Tsubaki for a brief moment, then looked at Maka and Soul with a kind smile.

A tall girl with long, dark hair took her place along with a bored looking boy who was also tall, but taller than the girl.

"Hey, I'm Ayaka Storm, Scythe meister." she said kindly. She was probably the owner of the voice from before. She had bright, orange eyes that looked cat-like, and her voice sounded softer than before.

"Light Kuzu. I'm her Scythe." he said with a smooth voice, the same voice from earlier as well. His eyes were silver and looked bored, which matched his posture perfectly. Him and Ayaka went behind Shianne and Sky, and two others took their place. A girl, shorter than the other girls, and another boy that was a bit shorter compared to the other boys in the group.

"Hello, my name is Fiora Daisukena. I'm a Snake-Sword meister." she said with a light, flowery voice. Her hair was midnight blue, and it was as long as Ayaka's, but not the same style. Her eyes was a pretty color, golden brown.

"And I'm her weapon, Taisuki." his voice was a little deep, and sounded so calm and relaxed. His hair was tousled and had a light brown color, and his eyes were emerald green and looked fairly happy.

Him and Fiora both looked very Japanese as well.

Shianne took Fiora's place, and everyone else gave Maka and the other's a warm smile, and Maka's group gave a welcoming one back.

"Its very nice to meet you all. I hope we can become good friends in the future." Shianne said, extending out her hand, offering Maka a friendly handshake.

Maka hesitated a little, but calmed down and accepted the shake.

"Its a pleasure to meet you all as well. And I also hope that we can become friends with all of you." Maka smiled. Behind her, Black*Star and Kid had a small blush on their cheeks, and was silently looking at the Shadow Weapon meister through hooded eyes.

They all finally lost their anxiety. But Black*Star and Kid gained something that was worse than what they've just lost, but they don't know it yet.

Shianne noticed the two boys' faces and a faint blush slowly tainted her cheeks and she smiled at them, but they never noticed.


(A/N:) So, that wraps up chapter 2! I'll try my best to get chapter 3 up as soon as possible! School's almost over anyway, so I'll have enough time to write up more chapters. :)
And just so you all know, I got the idea of Fiora's weapon, the Snake-Sword, from Ivy from Soul Calibur! :D I thought that it would be cool for someone in DWMA to have a weapon like that. X3 (Ya know, the funniest thing happened! The computer said that "Calibur" was spelled wrong, so when I checked, one of the corrections was "EXCALIBUR"! XD LOOOL!)

Also, please be patient with me. I may post chapter 3 by maybe 2 weeks or so from now, since my summer vacation starts by then. (Yay!)

Also, I am so very sorry for the people who have been waiting since April! I really didn't want that type of thing happening! I will try my best to avoid that. ()

Please review and tell me what you think, corrections and all that, and like before, please go easy on me. I'm a noob. :P

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- Ai-chan.