Maka and Jade walked into the forest clearing 30 minutes after leaving DWMA, but whenever Maka had asked Jade why she wanted to find some place to be alone with her Jade just smiled.
"Are you going to answer me now Jade?" Maka asked her
"Yeah, though you were getting impatient." Jade replied "I want to show you the power of my soul wavelength. Just take a seat."
Maka nodded as she sat down in front of Jade and watched as she gave herself a wide base of support, and then she closed her eyes tightly. At first nothing happened, but as Maka paid attention to Jade she saw a small spark form in front of her. The spark soon turned into a ring of fire which surround Jade's whole body and Maka fought the urge to push her out of the fire, but when it died down Jade was wearing completely different clothing. Her grey shirt appeal was replaced by a pink shirt, jeans, and black and white shoes; she also had four bangles on each arm which she quickly discarded into the forest. Jade then put her palms together and soon her soul was around her, it was pink, it had a horn protruding from each side with a symbol that Maka didn't know in the direct center, and her soul was expanding still towards the edge of the clearing.
"Wow, this is amazing Jade." Maka replied
"Yeah, but it's a pain to keep up." Jade chuckled
Maka saw Jade stumble a little and she ran to catch her as she started to fall.
"Guess I've still got room to improve." Jade laughed
"We'll all be there to help you." Maka replied
Jade smiled before pushing her weight straight into Maka knocking her down, and Maka was about to yell but then she saw knife buried in a tree right behind her. Jade was already on her feet tensed up, and ready to fight. A guy came crashing into the clearing but before he could attack again he was launched backwards, but Maka saw that was Jade was fighting on her last leg already. She rushed forward and grabbed Jade's hand to pull her towards DWMA, but suddenly Jade disappeared and turned into a scythe in Maka hands. She didn't have time to be shocked by it as she blocked the guy's next blow, kicked his legs out from under him, and placed the tip of the scythe on the guy's chest. She was surprised at how tired she was just those simple movements, but soon her dad came crashing into the clearing. He yanked the guy up from the ground and slammed him against the nearest tree.
"What do you think you're doing?" Spirit asked him
"Oh, me? I was just leaving." The guy replied before vanishing into thin air.
Jade reverted to her human form and both the girl collapsed to the ground beside each other. In the end Jade was laughing but she stopped when she noticed Maka and Spirit staring at her.
"Sorry, it just the look on the guy's face as we pinned him." Jade told them before putting an arm around Maka "To bad he got away I was having a blast."
"What, not a single thank you?" Spirit asked the girls
"We had him under control until you came charging in." Maka replied
"We wouldn't have last long Maka, my weapon form taxing the miester wielding it greatly, and I could tell you were tiring quickly." Jade told her "So… thank you Spirit."
"You're welcome, but how do you know my name?" Spirit asked her
"All of this will become clear in due time." Jade replied as she struggled to her feet just end up on the ground again "Well this is embarrassing."
"I'll go get Black Star, Kid, and Tsubaki." Spirit told them before running out of the clearing.
"He definitely tries too hard to get your attention." Jade replied
"Tell me about it." Maka replied
"I wonder what that's like." Jade replied
"What having a cheating father who definitely can't keep a commitment to a woman he says he loves and not having a mother because of that?" Maka asked her
"No… to have a family that at least tries to show that they love you, or a family at all." Jade replied
Maka looked at Jade and finally saw why her soul was in such a bad state. She took Jade's right hand into her left hand and squeezed it gently.
"If you want a family, I'm here for you, and trust me everyone at the DWMA will become one huge family to you after awhile." Maka told her
"Thank you Maka, I really do hope everyone is as accepting of me as you are." Jade replied as Black Star, Tsubaki, and Kid came into the clearing
Black Star went straight over to Jade and pulled to her feet a little to roughly as she cried out, Tsubaki came over and looked her over quickly to access her damage.
"Just a few broken ribs nothing we can do except let them heal." Tsubaki replied as Kid helped Maka to her feet
"Thought you could take being battered and bruised without a problem?" Black Star asked Jade
"I can go farther without fainting, but I still feel pain like everyone else." Jade replied "I can't believe I cried out either, I've gone through a lot worse than a few broken ribs."
After an hour of going at Maka and Jade's slow stumbling pace everyone got back to DWMA where Kim was waiting for them.
"Jade, Kim can heal some of the worse of wounds, she can heal your abdomen and ribs." Maka told her
"I can't promise that there won't be a scar though." Kim replied
"Don't worry 'bout a scar I'd rather have it as a memory of why I have to get stronger." Jade replied
Kim nodded before placing her hands on Jade's abdomen and the wound patched itself up along with her ribs. When she got done with both the girls Soul walked over trying to look as chalant as ever.
"You both look like you got hit by a semi." Soul laughed just to be launched backwards 10 feet
"Jade, did you really have to do that?" Maka asked her as Soul got up
"Don't worry a move like that was a scare tactic I can easily launch someone a few hundred feet if I wanted to." Jade replied
"I deserved that one," Soul laughed as he walked over "so where do you plan to stay Jade?"
"She'll be staying with me." Black Star replied smugly
"No, she's staying with me we made the arrangements a while ago." Maka replied "Why don't we go right now so that you can get used to my place."
"I'll walk you two home in case someone else wants to fight." Soul replied
The three of them left and Kim walked over to her weapon partner Jackie who could easily see that something was bothering her.
"What's troubling you Kim?" Jackie asked her
"I saw Jade's soul while I was healing and it didn't have a definite shape." Kim replied
"This is troubling you why?" Jackie asked her
"Because I knew someone whos soul didn't have a definite shape." Kim replied