I got in another chapter! . Yay! well this one is a little longer and I'm already typing up my next chapter so I hope this is enough for now! Enjoy!

As they entered Death's Room they were greeted by their ever cartoony leader Shinigami-sama. "Hi! Hello! What's up! Thanks for coming!"

"Hello Shinigami- sama! What's the mission you need us to take care of?" Maka says excitedly with an all too noticeable cheerful voice. Causing everyone to stare at her for a quick second before glancing back at Shinigami to start the briefing.

"Well…" Shinigami sways side to side "We seem to be having trouble with a kishen that only comes around once a year it seems it's been around for maybe a decade now though."

"Honorable Father if it has been around for so long why have we just learned about this now and why has no one tried to do anything till now?" Kid questions with utmost curiosity and displeasure.

"I was getting to that Kiddo-kun." Shinigami said with a tiny hint of seriousness in his tone "For the years it's been around it's only attacked one person each year and at the most all that was said about that person was that they ran away." Shinigami sighed at the fact of his incompetence and continued, "We only learned about this now because last year someone saw the runaway take place."

Everyone was now confused, "Um... if it looked like they were running away and people think it's a runaway then why do we think a kishen is involved at all" Maka asked as the only one who could question shinigami's statement.

"Well Maka-chan the person who saw them 'run away' was one of our meisters and with the runaway they distinctly saw a kishen or at least sensed a pre-kishen soul. As we looked into the matter same case scenarios have indeed been happening for many years now, where the person attacked is either thought to have been kidnapped or runaway all of them following the same kind of patterns."

"Okay what kinda pattern?" Black*Star asks for once actually having something smart to say

"Well… first the children weren't entirely happy with their lives and their friends and family knew this, then the child exhibited odd behavior all of them different so there's nothing really specific there then they received a gift like a video game or doll, then they up and vanished all together all of their favorite belongings gone leading people to believe that they ran away due to them being unhappy." Shinigami explained

"Wait wait" Soul interrupts "Why did people think its runaways or kidnappings and the fact that the people getting attacked even need to run away to fix the problem means they can't handle whatever is wrong with their life themselves."

"Well Soul-kun the people in fact who are getting attacked have all been children!" Shinigami says in a slightly up lifted tone.

All seven of them stare, " Um… Shinigami-sama how is that a good thing?" Tsubaki asks as the rest of them continue to stare at Shinigami to see how cjildren being attacked by a kishen was enough of a good fact that it could remove the seriousness of the situation. "Well since you asked we have reason to believe that the next target is in Death City and since there are very few children here who aren't either a meister or a weapon in the school already it makes the job easier on you!" Shinigami says with the happiest of voices.

"Wait hold up how do we know for a fact that this yearly kishen whatever is even going to attack someone in Death City!" Soul says a little skeptical.

"We believe this is so, because just a few nights ago the figure noted with the last child disappearance was spotted on the roof tops in the city by a passerby. He immediately informed us because of its ghostly appearance thinking we'd need to handle it."

"This is way too sketchy for it to be a normal kishen appearance." Maka thinks aloud, "What is the kishen said to look like?"

"Its supposedly looks like a child but its eyes are clear as water and it supposedly pale skinned with an eerie grin and evil blue glow to it as though it was a ghost."

"A g-ghost!" Liz says as she hides behind her younger sister.

"Yes but remember it may appear like a ghost but it's one hundred percent kishen. Anyway good luck now! Shinigami says as he waves them off.

"Wait Shinigami-sama!" Maka interjects "When do the kidnappings usually happen?"

"Oh! Well they happen on Christmas night actually! Well bye! Please take care of this before Christmas by the way Shibusen is having the annual Christmas ball and I'd like all of you to be able to attend!" Shinigami waves good bye to them as they head out.

"Well what should we do now?" Soul asks as they leave

"Well I suggest we go to class today and start our investigation afterwards we might also ask Stein or another teacher to tell us a little more of the situation before we proceed." Kid inquires

"Then its settled well start off the hunt after class today and gather information on this a little more from people in the school, maybe someone can tell us about the supposed kishen sighting in Death City." Maka adds in with a confident grin plastered on her face. "In any case let's get to class so we can relax for a bit before we get to the mission." Liz says with her own mischievous grin

Maka and the girls walk ahead as the guys drag along in the back they start to have their own conversations.

(With the guys*)

"Hey Soul?" Black*Star asks his best friend who is in his own thoughts watching his partner from a distance.

"Hm.. What?" Soul says with little care as to what his friend is going to say.

"Well…why is Maka all happy and smiley? She was kinda like that the whole time while we were with Death." "Yes, she did seem a tad happier than usually is there something for her to be happy about children getting kidnapped every year?" Kid says with sarcasm dually noted.

"I don't know she's been like that all day, I have no idea what's going on in her head..." Soul sighs as he continues to watch his partner with attentive eyes.

"Well anyway you know if Maka keeps smiling like that a lot of guys are going to thinks it's 'cute' or something." Black*Star puts air quotes around the word 'cute' to add effect.

"What! You're kidding right? I mean whose going to find that flat chested, fowl tempered, she demon cute!" Soul almost shouted with disbelief.

"You might not notice it Soul…" Kid cuts off to think for a moment "Well Maka might not notice it but you know as well as I do that some guys do look at her that way none the less."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Soul says annoyed

"Soul a lot of guys look at her like she's hot, ever since her last birthday she's stopped looking like a geeky twelve year old and finally developed up a bit. Hell! Even I've been starting to look at her that way and she puts a book in my head as much as she does you! Soul if you're going to continue to act stupider than me then you've got no chance!" Black*Star exclaims

Soul gives Black*Star a funny look for two reasons, one he's amazed at how stupid he is for insulting himself and two he really doesn't get what he's trying to say.

Kid comes in to try to better explain since he knows Souls utterly confused "Look Soul, what Black*Stars trying to say is its obvious you like Maka if you don't tell her now you might not get a chance to ever."

Soul blushes a deep scarlet red "I do not like her you guys are crazy! Man this is so uncool!"

"Soul stop acting stupid and see the truth like the great me!" Black*Star says as he begins his long speech on how everyone should be like him because he is so great. Kid and Soul completely ignore him "Soul really you can't keep fooling yourself, you like her it's written all over your face, by how your always watching her, how you always get pissed at any guy you notice looking at her, and by how she's always on your mind face it you love her Soul."

Soul ponders this for a moment No way! I can't be in love with a bookworm like her that's so uncool! She's flat chested, stubborn, always has her head in a book, she has a gorgeous smile, the cutest face I've ever seen, nice long legs… Soul suddenly dead pans at his realization holy crap… I like Maka…. I'm in love with Maka Albarn!

Souls is shocked he looks up towards his meister and says "This is so uncool." A slight blush beginning to form on his cheeks.

(With the girls*)

"So speaking about the Christmas party…" Liz says as they continue to walk through Shibusen's halls

"Who are you guys going with?"

Tsubaki and Maka both stare at her a little a gaped at what she'd just said. "Um… What do you mean?" Maka asked after regaining composure.

"You know who'd you ask to take you?" Liz asked with a slight squeal and mischievous smirk.

"Um… no one…" Both of them whisper out with a blush covering their checks

Liz lets out a small laugh, "So… you guys are just going with your partners then….hu?" Liz says as her grin never falters.

"Yeah what's so wrong with that?" Maka says with much annoyance her blush not leaving

"Ha-ha! Tsubaki likes Black*Star! Maka likes Soul!" Patti shouts with a sing song voice that's a bit too loud but only loud enough for them to hear. Maka's and Tsubaki's blush grows; both of them are speechless now.

"Patti is right you know you guys totally love your partners." Liz says with a matter of fact tone

Maka can't say a word but Tsubaki for once is the aggressive one, "So! What if we do like them that way is it wrong or something!"

The girls are slightly surprised by Tsubaki's tone "Wow Tsubaki didn't know you felt so strongly…" Liz says her grin completely gone, but quickly replaced with avengence "…about Black*Star" Patti comes in with a giggle as Tsubaki is once again left speechless with Maka who still has yet to recover from shock. While still shocked Maka starts to think, Okay yeah I'm totally in love with Soul so what it's not like I kept it a big secret…well at least not to them oh god why can't I just tell him how I feel already! Maka lets out a sad sigh and looks down at the floor but for some reason she can't seem to stay all that sad so she quickly looks up again a small smile on her face, I'm going to look at the positive and try to confess my feelings!

Maka walks on her head held up high, the three girls next to her a bit confused on Maka's abrupt attitude shifts.

"Hey Maka you okay you kinda just had a total one-eighty right there?" Liz asks with a bewildered look on her face

"I don't know for some reason I can't feel all that sad right now besides we have a mission to complete or we won't be going to the party anyway." Maka says this with but the utmost confidence and one of the hugest smiles anyone has ever seen. After this mission I'm going to do it I'm going to tell Soul how I feel and nothing is going to stop me!

As Maka continues to walk on ahead of the girls who only silently question her and her strange behavior. Brush it off as nothing for they planned on asking Soul about it later, they follow behind the insanly positive meister to class.

Well I hope thats enough for now I'm really behind on my story XP I need to work on it a lot more I'm sorry to anyone who was reading this and thought it was to short or that it had to many mistakes sorry! Well I'll try and put in more as soon as I can see you later! ^x^