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They had been watching the fight from the Death Room since it had started. They knew the opponent was a strong one: a powerful kishin that had been terrorizing that area of town for a couple of days now. So they sent all of them. The three meisters; Kid, Maka, and Blackstar with their weapons; Patty, Liz, Soul, and Tsubaki. They had all expected this to be more than enough to take care of the problem, considering the students' progress lately. Due to this, they hadn't planned reinforcements.

The fight had been going well at first. They were all working together better than normal and the kishin was doing more running than fighting. The three meisters herded it into a large vacant building, hoping to corner it.

Then things turned for the worst.

The kishin; a gruesome, two-headed ogre-like creature that was surprisingly fast and quiet for its size; split in two. The twin ogres took off in opposite directions, Kid and Blackstar tailing one, Maka the other. Maka's target had turned a corner into a long hall, but when she reached the same hall, it was nowhere to be found.

"What the…"

Soul felt her grip on him loosen a small bit and he was about to remind her to stay on guard when they both heard a loud thump in the direction they had just come from. Sensing the kishin soul, Maka took off back toward the entrance to the building. The moment she entered the lobby a large hand swung down and hit her hard on the back, knocking the breath out of her.

And that's when it happened. Another set of hands grabbed Soul and the next thing he knew he was embedded deep in his meister's chest, extending out her back, covered in her blood.

Everyone in the Death Room had witnessed it. The ogres' trick. How the one had evaded Blackstar and Kid and went to lead Maka back the way she came. How the other had used its incredible speed to get back to the lobby through another hall where it awaited Maka with its brother.

Now, those in the Death Room were watching as the twin ogres became one again and smashed through a wall to escape. As a human Soul fell to his knees; a dying Maka in his arms. A piercing scream filled the room and all but one turned to the red-head who had emitted the sound.

They had turned from the mirror, so the others hadn't seen what he had.

When Maka had fallen, the onlookers had all immediately gone to Death Scythe. They were now trying desperately to keep him under control on the other side of the room. His howls of anguish ringing in everyone's ears.

But he hadn't stopped watching the girl, although, it wasn't sadness or the tragedy of the scene before him that kept his attention. It was what was happening to Maka's soul. As her weapon held her, he could see their souls surrounding them through the mirror. But Maka's soul appeared to be condensing. Pulling itself into her body and concentrating near her center. Once it had contracted enough to fit inside her slight frame, it vanished.

No, it didn't vanish. It just moved. So quickly he almost didn't catch it. He watched as it shot from her, racing up Soul's arms and entering his body where it mingled with the weapon's own soul in a way that he could barely distinguish them. But it was unmistakable. They were both there. Both souls housed in one body. How intriguing.

"Dr. Stein?"

It was Shinigami. He had noticed Stein's intense stare, but had been required in quieting Death Scythe by giving him a chop strong enough to knock him out for a few hours. He hadn't wanted to do it but he feared for Soul's life if he were to let Spirit go in his current state.

"…Impossible…"

Shinigami finally looked at what Stein couldn't seem to believe and found himself questioning whether his eyes were fooling him.

Suddenly, Stein was no longer next to him. He was sprinting from the room. In seconds, he reached his lab and grabbed some supplies then bolted to his vehicle. Luckily, the battle hadn't been too far from the school and he reached the scene in under three minutes due to his excessive speeding. He drove straight into the building and stopped next to the group of students. He wasted no time in getting to Soul and Maka but when he reached them he stopped and met Soul's gaze.

"May I?" he asked softly.

In any other situation Soul would have said 'Hell no' fearing the doctor's strange tendencies. But the look on his face and the tone of his voice reassured Soul that Stein was not intending to cut her up any more than she already was.

Soul nodded and Stein took Maka's body from him and brought it to the back of his ambulance-like vehicle. He opened the doors and the inside looked very much like an operating room. After laying Maka on the table he began working so fast that Soul could barely keep track of his hands. He weaved them in and out of the gaping hole in Maka's chest while holding what looked like a needle and thread. A few other tools entered Stein's grasp and were quickly used on the meister's body then were placed on a tray next to him. Two machines appeared, one with a large gallon sized blood bag and an IV, the other with two thin needles connected by wires to a grey box. He set up the IV on her arm and stuck the other two needles directly into her heart for he hadn't yet sewn up her chest. Soul had watched the whole process not knowing what to think or what the mad doctor could possibly be doing to the girl. Then Stein switched on both machines and Soul's eyes widened at what he heard.

A heartbeat.

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-cringe- Ok, there it is… I hope it isn't too confusing

What do you think? I promise the romantic Maka/Soul stuff is on the way!

I know it's starting out a bit slow so please bear with me

Ugh, the moment I post these, I want to change everything…

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