Our Dirty Little Secrets

Blackmailing, the New Fad

Genre: Humor/Romance/Drama

SoulMaka, Black StarTsubaki, LizKid/KidChrona

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater

Summary for Chapter 2: Everyone loves to blackmail Maka. What is she going to do about it? She'll find something sooner or later.

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Previously

I sat down on my bed, jumping up instantly. There was something there, something pointy and painful.

I lifted the sheets up and found a small rock with a note attached.

'Thanks for the money, Noah.'

I ran to the drawer and checked the envelope, the few hundred dollars I'd been saving up, all gone. Most of that was intuition money too, where was I going to get the job to pay for that? Why couldn't this guy rob someone that was actually rich?

My phone vibrated, I picked up but it was just a text.

'Meet me at Death City Cafe at 11am. I have something for you, Noah.'

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How did he even get my number!?

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10 o'clock.

Right now I'm stuck in English with...

"Maka! Pay attention."

"Sorry Azusa," She flashed her narrow glasses at me and went back to her lecture. She strutted to the board in her black blouse and skirt, she actually has the choice of what to wear and she decides to dress like a student?

But surely someone like her wouldn't have enjoyed high school, it's only the smart and popular people that would enjoy it.

Not that anyone here is both smart and popular.

One more hour and I'll be sneaking out of this school and down to the café.

I'm sure Asura won't mind if I miss History. He hates it when there are too many people in his class, well actually he hates it when anyone's in his class.

And even though History is one of the only classes I have with Chrona, I think she can last, just this once.

Chrona, if you can somehow get my message. I'm sorry! I'll make it up to you, ice-cream? Chocolate? Or even being girly for once and talking about Kid with you? Anything.

"Have you heard the news? It seems someone will be missing third period to meet the city gangsta. Who is it? No other than Flat-Chest herself. Why you ask? I'll be there, finding out. Also, someone's been trying too hard for Symmetry. Perfectionist, I've never seen you act so very desperate before. I'm sure the boy will come to you, like all the others until Giraffe and Heavenly scared them off. For more details, call me. XOXO Fair Fate."

Who the hell told her that?! No one ever hangs out where me and Chrona hang out, unless, the dorm right above us is Blair's. Blair and whoever Fair Fate is are like partners in crime, I mean gossip.

Damn.

I guess as long as we sit far away from everyone then it'll be alright. Besides, even I don't know what he wants.

Usually if someone steals your money they don't contact you again saying they have something for you unless you know who they are and are planning to kill you. But I don't think he'd want to kill me, since he left a note his name, he sent me a text.

But you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat and it seems curiosity is also my weakness.

Noah seems like the super stalker type, knows people who can pick locks, knows people from the school, basically knows all sorts of people so he can find someone or something about them no matter what. Pretty scary really.

The dreaded bell rang and I slowly, mopingly got out of class.

I stood by the doorway for a while and took a deep breath.

Let's do this.

"What's wrong with you?" Kid poked me.

"Nothing,"

"One thing. What exactly is with the gossip broadcasts?"

"It's like a school tradition, for as long as I've known they've always had it, like how we have the sports and clubs at every other school, I guess the gossip broadcast is like a club." A really bad club.

"I don't understand why my father would allow this though,"

"Meh, he has better things to worry about. You probably already know but I'm 'Flat-Chest', Liz is 'Perfectionist', Patti is 'Giraffe, Black Star is 'Heavenly' and you're 'Symmetry',"

"So you're meeting the gangster?"

"Speaking of which, I have to go now."

The most obvious way to avoid a subject, sorry about that Kid. It's not that I don't trust the guy but I don't want details getting out too and also Liz looks like she was going to murder me and dump me in the closest locker.

But that way I wouldn't be able to meet the criminal.

He's been on the news a million times; for stealing, black market, drugs but the one thing he hasn't done is murder anyone. Overdose and drugs don't count, that's sort of the victims own fault. Another reason I don't feel too bad about meeting the guy.

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I walked and ran away from everyone at the same time, hoping no one would really notice other than Kid.

I ran into an empty corridor but slipped over and crashed into a green recycling bin.

Why must they keep these things in the hall? And why does the janitor have to polish the floor so much?

It's not just the other students and some teachers that hate me, but also the building and recycling bins. But hey, I recycle!

A mass of paper and the occasional chip packet flew everywhere. The bin was surprisingly very heavy as I tried to push it off from across my legs.

There were footsteps and talking at the other end of the corridor. Damn, they'll hear me and see the mess, then they'll come running. I kicked, pushed, struggled, nothing worked. Note to self: If not expelled, join a sporting team and get stronger.

But right now...

I'm a dead girl.

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The talking was louder, the footsteps were closer and my heart seemed to beat too quickly. The sounds filled my ears, I stopped struggling and tried to think of an excuse, nothing. Blank mind, just blind struggling.

I knew I'd be in trouble no matter what.

My sight was blurry, overacting, I'm just overreacting.

Hide in the bin, drag yourself into a locker, it's not too late yet. My brain screamed at me.

You know how they say your life flashes before your life when you're about to die? Well when you're about to be expelled and your life will probably end early all you can think about is how life will be on the streets.

Ugh, the filth!

All of a sudden, I felt my wrist being pulled up along with the rest of me. They've caught me, I'm a goner.

"N-no!" I yelped but a hand was now clasped over my mouth. What kind of teacher is this?

But then I was shoved into what happened to be a closet by this person that I didn't see properly.

They've given me a second chance, god was merciful!

Then I realised this person was in the closet with the person.

This person was Soul Eater Evans.

Maybe god wasn't so merciful.

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"W-why—" Still shaken from almost becoming a bogan.

"Shh," He cut me off looking through the small air vent at the top of the door.

The teachers were Stein and Eibon.

"Tch, stupid teenagers," Eibon muttered and kicked the bin an the paper around it went flying.

After a long and awkward moment, having already made sure the teachers were out of hearing range, Soul answered. "I need your help for something."

"Depends."

"Since I helped you, you owe me. I need to get something off Noah,"

"For some reason everyone wants a piece of the poor girl, well sorry but there isn't enough of me to go around."

"What was that?"

"Nothing. I am not stealing anything from a world-wide criminal."

"Borrowing, actually."

"Whatever,"

"Do you want me to push you back out there? Even if they're out of hearing range I'm sure they'll hear a huge crash. I won't be blamed, poor girl,"

"You wouldn't."

He gave me a grin, showing his sharp teeth and opened the door the smallest millimetre. Through the millimetre I saw Stein yelling at some poor kid who was late to class. But then again, the kid probably deserved it. "You sure about that? Flat-Chest,"

"Okay fine."

"Hello again, Shibusen High. As I said before, blackmail is the new fad. Somebody is in the janitors closet with Scythe Boy. I smell a new scandal coming along. Word on the street is that Lantern Girl and Chocolate are hitting it off. Yummy. Even better, this morning a Scientist and a certain Social Worker were caught in the lab! Working on a few experiments, ehh. Oh, and that same someone in the closet is late for her appointment with Mr. World Class Criminal. Your girl for gossip, Fine Fate."

"Ugh, I swear one day I'll find who she is,"

"Yeah that's great, are you helping?"

"Yeah, but I don't have much time." Anything to get out of this closet before Noah finds me and bye bye intuition money.

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I ran down the street arriving at the café. The good thing about being blackmailed by Soul is that he knows short cuts around the school as well as where all the janitors closets were. The only bad thing (other than the obvious) was that I was forced to hide in a very stinky boys toilets. I mean I started choking from the smell, it almost blew out cover and there was what looked like pee on the floor! Yuck! Somehow there was pee on the ceiling as well, I don't even wanna think how it got there. I don't think I'll ever get the pee off the bottom of my shoe. I don't think I'll ever forget the foul smell either. Stupid drunk rich teenagers that can't pee straight! They owe me new sneakers.

I walked into the café and looked around for anyone I recognised. A suspicious looking girl my age, I'll be staying away from her.

I spotted a man wearing a plaid cap, short dark hair only barely showing. I'm not sure if it was him since the police and news only had a few pictures of him as an adult. In every picture he would wear the same plaid cap, black jacket, pants, shoes and a few necklaces.

Yes, I searched him up on the internet. Yes, I studied the photos, read every single crime he ever committed since he was my age. A bit pathetic I know, but I mean your dealing with a world-wide criminal. You need to be prepared somehow.

The nerves were getting the better of me, right now all I wanted to do was run away and pretend it never happened. But this is for my intuition money and being blackmailed by stupid Soul.

My phone beeped, I just received a text.

'Remember the plan,'

In the short moment stuck with him in the closet he explained the plan for Noah and all people involved, exchanged phone numbers in case something went wrong but he never explained why he needed the high-tech bugs and spywares.

I slid into the seat across from Noah, trying to keep a low profile.

Act cool. Act very cool, like you're a spy or something. Yeah, cause today I'll be a cool kid.

"Noah, right?" Pretending not to know you. That's a start.

"You're late."

"Things came up," I shrugged. "Let's cut to the chase. What do you want me to do? You can make a hundred times the money you stole from me,"

"I need you to do three things, and I'll return you three hundred dollars. One thing, one hundred."

"What exactly do I have to do?"

"First assignment; gathering information. Write everything in this notebook and give it back to me at the end of the week, same place, same time. Don't be late again." I nodded.

"What am I gathering information on?"

"Students in your year. Someone at your school in your year is trying to steal from me."

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Crap.

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I forgot to mention, the gossip is on a radio-like broadcasting thing instead of a website or the gossip girl narrating. I don't know what they're called XD

Keeping the plan a secret for now! And again, I think the middle of the story was rushed, but I really wanted to get this chapter out there.

Thanks for those who've reviewed.

Here are the replies.

Loonalily- Well, I haven't really planned how exactly everything will happen, but I hope you'll like it.

ambrie-chan- Well, I'm not actually sure. I don't think Patti and (mainly) Liz will be mean, I think they'll have the occasional nice moment.

cherryberryXD- I'm really glad you liked it :) and I plan to update once every 2 weeks, if not then just every month. Depends how happy I am and how good the reviews are. (I obviously really liked all of these reviews)

javapenny- Okay. I'll try to make it better and not seem rushed :)

ElricKeyblade- I get what you're saying, I'll try to make the story more detailed. At the time I was writing the first chapter I got so sick of reading it and proof reading it over and over again, I just wanted to publish it and get it over with. And thanks for the not being too harsh ^-^

Fantasy Fan Girl- Thanks XD, I'll definitely try my hardest to make this story live up to everyone's expectations.

em - thank you, this chapter's start off probably wasn't as good though.