HI EVERYONE! Miss me? Well I missed you! ok, so this story is definitely gonna have to be longer then I originally thought it would be.

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FLASHBACK IS IN ITALICS! So without further comments from me, HERE IS CHAPPY 2!

Chapter 2

Surprises

Soul was speechless. He was expecting ghosts, not people. Especially not girl people. Liz and Patty excluded, Soul didn't feel comfortable around girls, the squealed and flirted to often. Which was SO not cool.

The girl frowned at him before repeating, "Who are you?"

After a few minutes of silence he relaxed slightly and replied, "Soul Eater. You?"

She smiled lightly, "Maka. I live here."

Soul thought back to the first floor. "Really, here?"

Maka nodded slightly. "Most people don't make it past the first floor."

And just like that, the tension in the air vanished. He told her about the dare from 'the shouting idiot' from before. She laughed and said that she never wanted to meet him.

"Hey, Maka? What happened to make Kid throw a hissy fit aga-Oh...Who's this?" A girl had appeared from the doorway, coming down the stairwell on the opposite side of the room.

She had long black hair and amethyst eyes, wearing a dusty tan outfit covered by an old-fashioned apron stuffed with cleaning supplies.

Maka grinned fondly, "Tsubaki, this is Soul. Soul, Tsubaki." She gestured as she spoke and Soul got the impression that she was excited. "Kid threw a fit because this idiot messed up his 'symmetry'." Maka gestured sarcastically.

Kid stormed over from his spot where he had been watching the exchange, "IT'S NOT 'SYMMETRY'" he yelled, copying the sarcastic gesture angrily. "It's ssyymmmmeettrrryyyyy" he sighed with hearts in his eyes. Everyone laughed good-naturedly at the face he made.

Still chuckling, Maka turned to Soul. "So, you only have to stay for a night, huh?"

He nodded, "I think I might have to cancel my plans on staying up all night. Up here doesn't look too bad."

They continued talking enthusiastically, not noticing Tsubaki and Kidd watching from the door with knowing looks on their faces. Tsubaki spoke first, "It's been a long time since I've seen her so happy. Before we came here, if I remember correctly."

Kidd looked at her, surprised. "You remember back then? Forevie me for pointing this out, but you guys were only eight when you came here. That was almost a decade ago."

Tsubaki smiled sadly, "I'm good at remembering things. Even the sad things." Her violet-blue eyes glazed over, dulling in the dim lighting. "I'll never forget when we met you, either."

Kidd blushed bluely at the memory. He had been such a wreck when they had found him.

Lightning flashed in the sky, illuminating the dark house and two little dusty girls as they slowly approached the gate.

As thunder boomed loudly, one girl raised her head to the sky, her green eyes widened with fright.

The other, noticing this, grabbed her hand and whispered, "It's ok, Maka. It's just thunder."

Maka nodded solemnly, "It was my idea to come here, after all, who on earth would think to look for us here?"

They pulled together, the gate coming apart in giant chunks, disintegrating into rust flakes that fell like rain as the girls clawed a hole big enough for them to crawl through.

As they entered the house, they gagged. The stench of rot was so strong as they journeyed throughout the house that by the time they reached the second floor, they had to open a window, least they faint.

As they examined the room they were in, they noticed that everything was knocked over, covered with mold or shattered and covered with blood.

"Hey," Maka said softly when she saw Tsubaki's lip quiver, "we can clean this place up. Don't worry, we can do it."

Tsubaki nodded shakily. "Now, why don't we check out the rest of the house, hm?"

They spent the next few hours looking in every corner of the house. Maka decided to end the tour with the attic. They were cautious as the climbed the steps, cringing back when the house shook violently and moaned. Maka, who was in the lead, ran up the stairs when the shaking stopped and threw open the door.

A poof of dust greeted her. Tsubaki crept up the stairs behind Maka, who was coughing her head off, and gasped at what they found.

Laying in the middle of the floor, partially covered in dust with his butt up in the air, was a ghost.

The two girls stepped in as the dust settled. As they listened to the moans of the ghost in front of them, they began to notice words in between them.

"I'm su-sob-ch a pei-moan-ice of tra-moan-ash! An un-sob-sym-moan-metrical waste of spa-sob-ace!"

After watching for a minute, Tsubaki decided it was safe and stepped forward. "Umm, mister ghost? Are you ok?"

The ghost moaned louder and the house shook in reply. "No I'm no-sob-ot! Thi-hiccup-is pei-sob-ice of unsym-moan-metrical trash sho-sob-ould no-hiccup-ot speak to yo-moan-ou!"

Tsubaki's face scrunched up as her mouth turned down into a frown. "But if you don't speak to Tsubaki, then how will I know if you're ok?"

She kneeled down beside him, oblivious to Maka's continuous worried glances. Using her finger she started drawing a line. Her finger slid through the dust, making an uneven line.

Kidd lifted his head to look at the line. Seeing it's unevenness, he threw his head down again and moaned heartbrokenly as the house shook again.

Quickly, Maka ran over to see the problem. Noticing the unevenness and remembering the ghost gibberish, she drew a similar line under it, making them symmetrical.

She sighed quietly as Tsubaki examined it. "Look again, Mr. Ghost! Maka fixed it!" Tsubaki exclaimed cheerfully.

He snapped his head up and stared at the lines with teary eyes. He said nothing for a few minutes, just stared at the lines with a face that grew calm. "They're symmetrical."

Maka nodded her head slightly, "You like everything being symmetrical, don't you? That's why there are two of everything in this house."

Kid nodded slightly as he floated upward moarnfully, "But I can't move anything to make it symmetrical again. I'm just a transparent whisp of smoke."

Maka smiled lightly as she looked at Tsubaki. "I think we can help with that."

And that, dear readers, is how Maka and Tsubaki met Kid. Also, MAKA AND TSUBAKI ARE NOT SISTERS! Just putting that out there.

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