Soul's POV

I knew it, I just knew it. The second I left the house we have a mission. I hated it. The feeling of being scared. After all, I'm cool. I can't be scared, but the image of the nightmare, won't leave my mind. Maka was excited to finally go back to the normalcy of having me around. I'll try to be my normal self for her. So she doesn't worry in the upcoming fight. That's something I don't want to happen, her to be so worried about me, she could choke up in battle.

Maka's hold on my hand tightened, that's when I realized I hadn't ever let go of her hand. I yanked my hand from hers.

"Hey Soul?"

"What is it?" I asked back.

"Where is this pre-Kishin soul anyway?"

"Wha-!? You mean you didn't figure it out before we left?"

Maka pulled the note out of her coat pocket "Moves every hour." She read from it.

"Hmm, well..." I started thinking.

Maka stopped and let her own soul length stretch, possibly reading the pre-Kishin's soul.

Her eyes opened back up revealing large green eyes. "Soul! Now!"

"What?"

"Change!" She screamed.

I changed into my scythe form and ended up in Maka's hands.

Maka's POV

I grabbed a hold of Soul and faced the pre-Kishin.

It sniffed the air.

"Ahhh, a technician and a weapon? I hit the jack pot!" It called. Licking its lips.

"Maka, Focus." Soul commanded.

I nodded and got in position. Planting my feet into the ground ready to spring myself into the air to take a stab at this monster.

I sprung myself into the air getting Soul into position to swing. I took my swing but the soul countered.

"Guard!" Soul yelled at me.

I did so and protected myself.

"Stubborn little girl." It gave a creepy laugh.

I gritted my teeth "Shut up!" I yelled.

It stopped laughing then looked at me. The large slimy green boney monster grinned. "I like to know the name of my food. So, little Technician what's yours?" It's neck twisted up to where his head was sideways.

"We are not your food!" I screamed to it. I ran toward him getting Soul ready for another strike.

Once again the monster countered sending me flying into a brick wall.

"MAKA!?" Soul asked.

"I-I'm fine." I said struggling to stand. "Don't change." I could tell he was about to.

"Fine. Just concentrate."

I took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Soul, we might have to use it sooner than planned." I said.

In the blade of the black and red scythe his reflection nodded.

"SOUL RESONANCE!" We called together. The pre-kishin soul was stunned.

"Witch Hunter." I said mainly to myself. I glanced at the bright almost transparent blade that circled behind me. I knew Soul must have been smiling at the soul's expression.

I pulled back and let the attack go. When the impact happened it shattered.

"You think that attack could even scratch me?" It asked laughing again.

I fell to my knees. "We're screwed." I muttered to Soul.

"Maka, get up! Get the Hell off the ground and fight!" He yelled to me.

I grabbed him and stood up.

"I admire your spirit, but I'm afraid you'll die now." The soul said running to me.

I guarded against his blow. He cut my leg open. Blood dripped onto the brick street.

"Maka!" Soul yelled.

"Why won't you give up?" I asked the pre-kishin soul.

"Eh?"

"Because it's inevitable, you're going to die." I said, I let a grin slide across my face.

"Maka?" Soul asked worried.

I gripped him tighter. Swinging at the monster as hard as possible I cut him open. From his left shoulder to his right thigh, open, cut in half.

"I told you, you're dead."

"Why!?" He yelled, then he burst and a little red soul floated in front of me. Soul changed and grabbed it.

He looked at me, sad.

"Just eat it." I said falling to the ground. Soul popped the soul into his mouth and bent down in front of me.

I looked at him. "Soul I-"I felt light headed, the blood loss, the gash had to be deep. It was still bleeding.

Soul picked me up and that's when I lost consciousness.

Soul's POV

What happened to Maka back there? I asked myself as I walked up the steps in front of the school. Maka's hand was grabbing the front of my jacket. Pulling it. I walked down the hall. The halls were empty. It was a little after midnight after all. I walked into the infirmary and laid Maka on a bed.

Marie walked over with bandages.

"I told Shinigami-sama not to give that to students." She said wrapping Maka's leg up.

"So, Soul, what happened?" Marie asked me.

"She guarded against an attack. It's claw ended up cutting her as it went across…" I muttered looking down at her. I think she is asleep.

"Take her home. Make sure she doesn't move this weekend. Bring her to me next Monday." Marie demanded with a yawn. I scooped Maka up from the bed and took her out of the medical wing back out into Death City towards the Apartment. It wouldn't surprise me if Death Scythe were to show up and freak out…

I took Maka into her own bedroom and laid her on the bed. Blair was curled up on the foot of it. She woke up when she felt the bed shift from Maka's weight.

"What happened?" She said walking up the bed to Maka.

"She got hurt." I muttered looking down on her sleeping face. I still didn't know what had gotten into her in the end. Witch Hunter was shattered and a simple swing cut him in half.

I looked at Blair. "If she wakes up, come get me. Marie gave me medicine for the pain so I have to give it to her." I said leaving the room.

"Are you just going to leave her in dirty clothes and her boots?" Blair asked tugging on the belt on her boot.

"Uh if you have a problem with that, you fix it." I left the room fast. I didn't want to say anything embarrassing or stupid. I heard Blair giggle and two feet hit the floor. Maka's door opened behind me.

"Soul? Will you bring me her pajama's from the laundry?"

"Get it yourself. " I said walking to my own room.

"But Soul?" Blair begged. I glanced back and she was covering herself with a blanket.

Nosebleed.

"Aw Soul! You still get nosebleeds!" Blair teased walking passed me toward the bathroom where the laundry was. I stumbled into my room and shut the door. I wiped my nose and changed into my sweat pants and tee-shirt. I lay down on my bed to get some sleep.

The Nightmare showed up….. Again.

It was dark. I was standing alone in the middle of the street. I took a step. I was barefoot. Water… no blood was under my feet. A light came on. I glanced up and Maka was pinned against the wall by a black mass. I tried to yell her name, but nothing. I couldn't talk. She was screaming my name and then… silence.

I woke up sweating. It came back. All I wanted was for the nightmare to stop.

"Make it stop!" I screamed. Feet clicked against the floor and my door opened.

"Soul?" Blair asked.

"I'm fine, go back to sleep and watch Maka." I said laying back down. I kept my eyes open. I couldn't handle that again, not tonight. Not ever again. It gets bloodier every night. Every night her screams get louder, more blood curdling, and more desperate and all I can do, is stand there and watch her get killed, every night in that nightmare.

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Rating could change in the future do to blood and stuff.

Wow I think I did good on this chapter.

~Roxas