Chapter 2

Sorae's P.O.V

Jumping into the spiral was a rush. I could see Shinigami-sama, hearing him in the distance saying, "Wazupp kiddies!" really got annoying, but oh well! My dream of going to DWMA has come true; Yahooooooooooooo! Here I come!

I turned to look back to see the others' faces; and well, Noriko looked angry. Well, it was her own fault that she forgot her katana. And Yui? Well, Yui just looked like a kid who was staring at a lollipop; she was blushing! Okay, enough with my observations of others; I could die happy like this! But I'd rather not!

Noriko's P.O.V

"Great. I was now into the Soul Eater world and I didn't even have my katana this sucks," I muttered while cursing at myself for my stupid mistake. I looked around, watching my own fiery red and orange hair fly from here to there. This was too weird even for me…then again, I did always want to be a part of an anime…and its Soul Eater! As if things could be more amazing…okay, maybe if I was in -Man, then that'd be amazing too….

I sighed as the thoughts just burst into mind. "It's true, what they say. Be careful of what you wish for because it might come true," I said in a playful, mocking tone.

Yui's P.O.V

I couldn't believe it. Here we are, in the world of Soul Eater; which is a very, very awesome anime in my opinion.

There was a shriek near the bottom—which I did not notice until I heard a certain someone shriek—and I saw Sorae and Noriko. And then, a weird swirly cloud appeared. It can't be… I thought as I flew down a bit faster than before. "Ouch!" I said painfully, landing on my butt. Turning around, I saw the same thing happened to Sorae. But the weird thing was that Noriko was standing firmly on her feet, although she seemed to tip over a bit, I must add. Noriko bowed and said, "Hello, Shinigami-sama." Sorae and I followed her example after we stood up to plot our own feet firmly on the ground.

As Sorae straightened up, I stayed in bowing position, thinking about why Noriko had been the only one standing. It can't be…, I thought again as I remembered the episode when the kishin had revived. Shinigami-sama seemed to notice and said, "Okay! You have just chosen who was going to be what!" I opened my mouth to complain when his big white hand that seemed to be made out of foam suddenly shot up in a stop signal, "Stop, stop! Let me explain first!" And at the corner of his 'mouth', I heard him mutter, "Geez, kids are so bossy these days." But to let us hear over that comment, he said, "Okay, okay! You guys decided who you would be when you landed." His big white hand pointed at Noriko and said, "You are their meister! End of story!"

"Me?" Noriko said, dumfounded yet amazed.

Shinigami shrugged and said, "Am I pointing at someone else?" At this comment—through all of the suspense—I could hear Sorae cracking up. "You, Noriko Matthews, will be Sorae Blue and Yui Lathens' meister. They, on the other hand, will be your weapons," he continued.

I tried to counter, totally objecting the point he just made, "But Shinigami-sama, we have our own weapons with us!" I reached out into my bag to pull out my katana, but to my dismay, I couldn't find it.

"What…? I just had it…!" I turned my head to Sorae who looked at her hands in horror.

Shinigami sighed and said, "You two brought weapons and yet Noriko didn't bring hers. So to settle the odds, Noriko became your meister. If you have any problems, tell that to Deathscythe-kun. Anyways, hurry up to class or you'll be late!" He dropped us out of his office and then left us to go to a room under Sid-sensei.

As we made our way to the classroom, we walked along in silence. Since I couldn't stand us all being so quiet, I broke the silence between us. "I don't mind if Noriko's the meister. I'm just worried if she can use us correctly."

"I'm sure she can handle us," Sorae said, happy and carefree since the matter was settled—besides, if she had lost the katana, her mother would've murdered her; I bet that was what had worried her the most. "I wonder what weapon we are~!"

Pushing up my glasses up with a gleam, I said, "Well, we're obviously katanas. Remember, our weapons were confiscated. That could only mean that we became them."

Noriko stopped midway step, making me and Sorae turn around a little farther away from her. Noriko was staring at the ground, not letting us see her eyes. Her fists were clenched tight and she was a bit shaky. Her head raised a bit and then she said, "I…I don't think I should be the meister." Her voice was barely above a whisper, but we could hear her right.

Sorae turned around completely and said, "What are you saying, silly?" She gave a lopsided smile and said, "Come on, Nori. Don't be a stupid wuss."

Noriko didn't move and she just stood there; but her fists were clenching and un-clenching themselves—that was her signature movement that meant 'I'm thinking'. "Even though I'm the oldest, my skills lack the most from the two of you. You two are on a totally different level than me. I don't think I should be the meister." She grabbed her arm and put on a fierce grip. She was sulking.

I sighed and said, "This isn't like you, Noriko. Don't go sulking off just because you have poor skills. We'll get through problems together. As weapon and meister along as friends, we'll get stronger together! So, come." I smiled and held out my hand towards Noriko.

Noriko lifted up her head and smiled wryly. "You're right. I shouldn't be getting a tornado in my head." She walked passed us and took in a breath, trying to cool her head. "We'll get stronger with our friendship! Yay!" She hopped happily down the hall, as if she was consumed by the very excitement and fact that she was in Soul Eater; which probably did happen.

Sorae laughed silently at Noriko's back and I smiled as the two of us followed our meister.

Noriko's P.O.V

"Noriko…are you sure we're going the right way…?" Sorae asked.

I stopped walking and turned around looking at my friends with my silver eyes and a smile. "I honestly don't know, I'm not really good with direction," I answered rubbing the back of my neck as I gave out a few chuckles.

Sorae then gave me an "are you serious" look with a venomous aura. "What do you mean you don't know?" she asked glowering at me with no mercy.

Yui sighed and took out another one of her books. "This is going to take a while," she muttered to herself as she began to read, totally ignoring my 'save me!' signs.

"I just don't know…besides, it's not like I have a map or anything!" I exclaimed, trying to prove my point to Sorae. "Shinigami-sama didn't tell us where our class was…" I added, trying to push all the blame onto the Death God. Sorae took a step forward, cracking her knuckles. She gradually began to gain speed, so I decided to do the most humane thing;I ran.

"DON'T KILL ME!" I pleaded as I ran away from my chaser.

"DUDE," she shouted so loud, I thought that the school had began to rumble. "YOU MADE US WALK AROUND FOR TWO HOURS, AND YOU WERE DRAGGING US NOWHERE!"

I ran full speed, throwing away the feelings in my legs. When I turned back around after five minutes of running, Sorae was nowhere in sight. I drew a fist down as I cheered silently to myself so that I wouldn't give away my location with my shouting. But then, as if God was mocking me, he made me bump into something…or someone.

"Ow…that hurt," I said to myself.

"Are you alright?" said someone. I snapped out of my pain to see who the voice came from and saw a boy with raven black hair with three lines on his left and golden eyes crouching beside me with a hand out. "Need some help?" he asked, his golden eyes bore into my silver pair. I could feel a blush creep onto my face as I took his hand and he pulled me up. I coudln't believe it, it's Kid. The real one. In person! This time, it's not some cosplayer cosplaying as Kid, but it's the real one. The son of the Death God.

Gosh, I think I died and went to heaven. "Um…thanks," I said a little nervous, totally forgetting about Sorae and Yui—not to mention classes and the question of why was Kid out now.

"No problem. My name is Death the Kid, but you can call me Kid for short. What's your name?" he asked.

I blushed a little more as I started to speak. "Um, my name is Noriko. It's nice to meet you. I'm sorry I bumped into you earlier."

He started to speak but was interrupted by the sound of one voice that was very familiar to me, Sorae. "Hey, Noriko; we need to get to class. Come on, let's go!" Sorae called for me.

"Oh, sorry; I have to go. Maybe we can talk later or something," I said, rushing as I put a smile on my face. I smiled and turned around to run towards Sorae who dragged Yui along with her.

He smiled back. "See you later."

As we entered the room everyone stared at us which made me a little nervous. Even if this was the best day of my life, I didn't like being stared at…it felt so unnerving. However, to make it more awkward and unnerving, Sorae started to scream out to a certain white haired character who didn't even know her. "HEY, SOUL!" she yelled, "I'M GONNA SURPASS YOU AND KICK YOUR FREAKIN ASS!"

I knew things weren't going to turn out good unless I stopped this, but I waited to here Soul's response. "I'd like to see you try, newbie," he replied.

I sighed, now satisfied. "Sorae, don't start any trouble!" I said. She just smirked and stuck her tongue out at Soul who responded the same. I sighed and turned my attention to the teacher.

"Okay, class; settle down, it looks like we have some new students here," he started; he turned to face Yui, Sorae, and me before continuing. "Please introduce yourselves and tell us one fact about yourselves." We all nodded and did as told in the order we were aligned in. After our introductions, Sid instructed us to sit in empty seats next to each other. I found it lucky and class ended soon thanks to my dilemma earlier.

Sorae's P.O.V

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! That white haired retard I can totally kick his ass RIGHT?" I asked Noriko as we walked down the hallway together. Noriko didn't reply. She looked kind of dazed for some reason. Whatever, I know I can, I thought, self-encouraging myself. I tried to guide Noriko away from the many people who grouped together in lumps of two or three and more from here to there.

Then, from down the hall, Maka was standing with her scythe in her hand and looked like she wanted to attack us. With a swish of her wrist, she flipped Soul the Scythe around to make his top blade face us. "WHAT THE FUCK?" I yelled, as they charged towards us. She started to slash at us; making Noriko panicky.

"Sorae, change into a weapon!" she commanded, snapping out of her daze.

"HOW?" I bellowed; I also wanted to tell her to yell at Yui, but then I noticed that she was far behind us, reading her book. She looked up and saw me paying attention to her. She flipped up her thumb and then went back to her book. I shouted, "DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" My anger practically made me blow up. Next thing I knew, Noriko was holding me in my katana form. "Ooh, nice!" I complimented at myself from the katana.

Noriko, who was totally frightened—I could feel her shaking (as a katana, I was very sensitive)—managed to block an attack Maka threw at her. After all, the three of us have a very strong sixth sense.

Noriko's P.O.V

"Damn it, I told you not to start any fight, Sorae!" I yelled, gripping the katana angrily. "Now look at the mess you've brought us!" I shouted, as I jumped back from the sudden attack that Maka threw from the side.

"Sorry, but how was I supposed to know this would happen?" she asked lackadaisically. She's totally enjoying this, I thought as I understood her tone. I stood quiet for a second as I blocked all of Maka's attacks and then searched for an opening to strike with Sorae. "But look on the bright side, we could see what we're made of," she continued.

I sighed and muttered, "Yeah, whatever." I continued attacking and blocking as cheers now filled my head. "Look at them go!" I heard someone say behind us. "Yeah they're on fire! I wonder who would win, Maka or the newbie," said another. I was pissed by that remark because I was sure that I gave an introduction properly, but whatever. I felt water drip down the side of my head. Crap.

"Take this!" said the blonde meister, charging at me full speed. I smirked and blocked her attack with Sorae this time then, used the butt of the katana to strike at Maka's stomach. She jumped back before I could hit her, making my smirk falter. But she had done what she intended. On my left arm right below my elbow, there was a cut. She had imposed an attack by Soul.

"Look, Maka, I don't want to fight you can we just stop this now?" I asked, listening to my voice panic. She just charged in again blocking and attacking me, but I didn't want to risk any injuries on her, so I just blocked. We really weren't getting anywhere, we were equally matched but one problem was my uneven stamina.

My breathing became lopsided as I blocked her attacks. Not to mention my vision began to get hazy. But to tell the truth, Yui's uncooperative attitude bothered me the most. Was she really that absorbed that she couldn't see me? "Is that all you got?" Maka asked, not showing any signs of her wariness (whether she was tired or not, I did not know).

"I don't want to fight you…please I don't want to," I said, my vision starting to go hazy until all I saw was darkness.

Yui's P.O.V

As I read my book, I heard a shout that made me drop my book. "NORIKO!" I looked up and saw Sorae in human form defending a limp body on the floor with an arm that was metal. I ran towards the fight and pulled off my glasses which turned into a dagger when I firmly held it. I used it to defend Sorae who was tired out. She said, "Where the hell did you get that from?"

I shrugged and said, "I found out when you guys abandoned me earlier." I turned towards Maka and said, "And why are we fighting again?"

From the scythe, Soul's facial reflection appeared and he said, "Well, that newbie said that she wanted to surpass me, so I wanted to test her skills. But since we're both weapons, I thought we should have our meisters along with us. Though, you were unaccounted for." Maka let out a sigh and muttered something like she'd rather be studying than do this worthless fight.

I muttered and said, "Same boat you're in." Then, I saw my vision go blurry. I cursed internally. I needed these glasses to see. Not to fight. I squinted my eyes to try to get a clear vision of Maka. She noticed my trouble and withdrew Soul. "We're stopping Soul. This doesn't feel right," she said, throwing the scythe into the air. It fell down as a human with white hair. He shrugged and raised his hand as he walked after Maka.

I flipped my dagger around in a circle three times and it turned into my purple glasses again. I put them on my face and turned around. I glared at Sorae who in return replied weakly, "I-It's not my fault, okay? They started the fight." I looked down at the collapsed Noriko and then back up at Sorae. Her eyes followed mine and she hung gloomily. "I'm sorry, ma'am. I won't boast again," she said sadly.

"We'll go to the infirmary," I said, reaching out to grab my fallen book. Sorae picked up Noriko, who hung sideways, leaning onto Sorae unconsciously. I put the book into my bag and put on my earphones. I listened to music as we walked towards the infirmary, blocking out any other sounds.

Noriko's P.O.V

I opened my eyes; my head starting to ring at the thought of me fighting Maka. I never thought I would be equal to her; well, truthfully, I never thought that I'd fight her at all, even if I did get sent to Soul Eater. This is all Sorae's fault, I sighed. This was truly a dream come true, though. It would have been better if I hadn't fallen unconscious during the battle. Oh well. Nothing I can do about it now, right?

I sat up and held my head painfully trying to recollect what happened during the battle. Thinking about the battle didn't help my miniature headache I had. I made a face as I stared straight ahead. "I just want to be stronger," I said aloud, feeling like I could have beaten Maka. I let go of my head and my hand turned into a fist.

I wanted to survive in the academy, I had to become stronger. The three of us have to become stronger. "But how?" I asked myself. I thought about it for a minute, but then noticed what I was staring at. Nothing. "What," I began, realizing that I was like a light in this room of darkness, "the fuck?" I stood up quickly and was surprised to find my headache become even stronger. "Where am I?" I asked, holding my head once more. The coolness of my hand seemed to calm down my head a bit, but then I grew frightened as the temperature of my hand decreased. I let go of my head and stared at both of my hands begin to grow pale right before my eyes.

I felt dizzy as I felt the temperature surrounding me grow cold along with my hands. I gripped my unprotected, exposed arms with my freezing hands and tried to warm them up; but somewhere in my heart told me that it was no use. It was hard to keep my eyes open, but I did so anyways thanks to the cold. I watched small white puffs appear out of nowhere, when I remembered that it was from my mouth because of the cold temperature.

My body began to go rigid, like I was turned into a statue or something. My eyes closed as something told me to accept this 'reality', but then I felt as if the sun had peaked out from behind a cloud. I opened my eyes and found myself staring at a white door. I was no longer cold nor rigid, but warm and jello-like. Trust me, I'd rather be like this than a statue in a dream forever. "Nori!" a voice that seemed like a banging against the white door called out to me.

I reached my hand out, trying to reach the door as if my feet were firmly stuck in the ground. There was a push behind me, like wind, and I was now right in front of the white door. It glowed and began to shine as the voice talked again. "NORI! WAKE UP! WAKE UP, DAMN IT! I SAID WAKE UP!" it cried desperately. I gripped the handle of the door and even though it helped me earlier, as if no longer caring, it wouldn't budge.

Are you going to leave me alone here? a different voice asked. I looked at the door and saw a puddle below it, like a shadow. It grew, and I stepped away from the door even though I knew that it would be my only hope out of the dream. But my mind wasn't thinking right, and it was out of function with my body, so I ran. I ran deeper into the darkness because my body didn't want to fall into the rapidly growing lake.

Before I knew it, I was running into a world with a rusting blood red surrounding. And right before my eyes, I found myself staring at a circle of humans. Yui, Sorae, Soul, Black Star, Tsubaki, Kid, Liz, Patty; all defeated. And the only one standing up was Maka, who was panting tiredly. I was terrified. Did Maka do all this? I thought unreasonably, not able to think straight. She turned around and faced me, and I felt the blood drain from my face.

A smile appeared on Maka's face, along with tears that began to fall down. "Noriko…" she called desperately. An outstretched hand reached for me, and my mind finally caught up with my body functions. Maka wouldn't do this, it told my body. She wouldn't do that to her friends. My own hand reached for Maka's outstretched hand, but before my eyes, it was useless. Maka fell down in the center of the circle, blood oozed from her head.

As if she could bleed for eternity, Maka's blood flooded the floor slowly. And in the very center of the pool of blood where Maka had fallen, a person was there. All I could see was it's silhouette, but it was plenty of scare. His finger ran on Maka's jawline and then he began to pick up the bodies, one by one. While he aligned them in a row, the pool of blood had already swallowed my feet up to my ankles.

When he finished, it seemed as if he was counting the bodies that were aligned. He held one solo finger up. I looked down at the bodies and counted. Maka (1), Soul (2), Black Star (3), Tsubaki (4), Kid (5), Liz (6), Patty (7), Yui (8), Sorae (9)… my eyes widened when I saw what he meant because now, the bodies were in coffins. There was just one empty, you see. And they even had our names on it.

I laughed hysterically. I don't know, but I began to laugh insanely as tears fell down the side of my face. But these words blew across my mind: YOU'RE NEXT. The man, with a bright white creepy smile across his face, began to walk towards me. I slowly stopped laughing as I felt my whole body become rigid once again. My legs lost all of their strength and I crashed into the pool of blood which was already up at my thighs.

The man stopped in front of me, and I found my eyes staring at nothing again. Nothing, but our surroundings stayed the same. As another tear slid down my face, I closed my eyes to accept my fate. When nothing happened, I opened my eyes to find that I have awoken in the infirmary room with Yui and Sorae hovering over me, worried to death.

"I'll let you off this time," the voice from the white door in my dreams told me in my mind. And silently, I thanked it.

Sorae's P.O.V

I was startled when a tear slid down Noriko's eye followed by her waking up. She had been gripping the bed sheets so tightly that I thought they were going to rip. At first she stared blankly at me, then Yui, then at Maka and Soul; like she lost her memories. But then she closed her eyes and a sad smile formed on her face. "You're alright…thank goodness." Everybody looked at her with this blank, confused look. WTF is she saying? Did something happen to us in her dream?

"Noriko, are you alright? You look like you had a nightmare or something!" I asked, worried.

She was silent for a second and hesitated to speak. "It's nothing," she said, her eyes drifting down to her sheets. She didn't bother looking up to face me or the others. She just stared at the sheets in front of her only saying, "It's nothing."

Thanks for reading. Please review or something.

~Yui Lathens~