Loyalty
Disclaimer: Once more with feelings- I don't own a darn thing from Soul Eater, not a single thing. I only thing I came up with is the idea. Hope you all enjoy thank you.
"Maka why are we doing this again?" Soul griped as he was dragged out of bed early on a Saturday morning.
"Because we are the best team to do this presentation...plus Sid is paying us in extra credit on our final grade."
"Tchh so uncool, I could be sleeping in for once." he groaned walking done the hallway towards the NOT classroom.
She bumped him with her hip smiling brightly. Ever since she overacted about her lack of attractiveness and her nightmare incident, Soul and herself have been more affectionate towards one another, keeping it low around their friends but at home it was all open. They made Blair keep her mouth shut about it or she would suffer Maka's wrath. There wasn't a need to put an official label on their relationship, though deep down Maka wondered if Soul considered her his girlfriend. Pushing the thought to the back of her mind, she was just happy to be with him both physically and mentally. Stopping in front of the NOT class she turned to him.
"Well here we are Soul so just participate and don't slack off during the presentation please. Remember this isn't just for me, you need it more than I do."
"Yeah Maka I get it. You only mentioned it like a billion times this morning." Soul grumbled yawning behind his hand.
Shooting him a glare, she knocked on the classroom door, entering it as they heard Sid's voice.
"OK everyone, today we have the top students from the EAT class here to talk to you about Soul Resonance and to also give you a presentation on how it is done." Sid nodded to the two moving away from the desk to the side of the class allowing meister and weapon room for any demonstrating.
"My name is Maka Albarn and this is my weapon partner Soul Eater. Like Sid-senpai said we're here to talk to you all about Soul Resonance. Resonating Souls is the foundation of Meister and Weapon relationships. Resonation is the act of linking Soul Wavelengths. A meister matches his/her soul wavelength with their Weapon's wavelength. When the wavelength's are synched, this results in a Super-Technique unique to each weapon and meister pair." she recited herself like their textbooks. Her whole being radiated joy to be teaching all about this subject. A blonde hair girl raised her hand.
"Do these techniques vary depending on the weapon?"
"Yes, each pair will have standard techniques but also their own super-techniques depending on the resonance rate. We'll be demonstrating that in a little bit." She stated, about to go in details on resonating when she heard Soul speak.
"Resonating requires both Meister and Weapon to be calm and of one mind. Should one of the souls not be in sync, techniques can't be performed. If a technique is being used and one soul loses focus, the technique will lose power or direction. Common reasons for souls not to sync are fear, arguing, stress, etc." his monotone voice shocking not only Maka but Sid as well when he recited the negative effects. The majority of the females in the class made dreamy eyes at Soul instead of paying attention.
"There will be times where your partner and yourself will not agree and argue but never allow that to interfere in your mission. If you were to allow it to interfere then either of you could end up injured or worse dead." she took over, brow twitching when she noticed the way the girls were looking at Soul. A boy raised his hand and spoke.
"How do you know that would happen?" Maka froze after hearing the question.
"From personal experiences. Your partner and yourself have to work as a team to strengthen your bond. Some pairs end up dissolving for many reasons but if you can work through your issues, then you can be able to move up to better things." Soul took over knowing Maka doesn't like being reminded about the incident that caused the scar.
"Well what happens when we find someone we want to partner but they are already taken? Can we request the team be dissolved or can there more people in the group?" the blonde girl from earlier spoke up checking Soul out.
"Never come between a partnership because that isn't cool. Depending on the situation, there can be two weapons for a meister not sure about two meister for one weapon though. Unless you became a true Deathscythe and than are used as Lord Death's weapon" Soul actually remembered that part since it was the coolest thing he remembered reading about.
"Under certain circumstances a weapon can have two different meisters, though it is very rare" Maka grimaced at that when she was told that Professor Stien was her father's first meister and not her mother. "Now we'll show you some of the techniques Soul and I use. Soul please transform." Maka finished up the question by holding out her hand waiting for Soul to transform. Feeling the familiar weight fall into her hands she fully spun the scythe around gently tapping the staff on the floor.
"As you all can see Soul is a scythe weapon. The traditional technique for scythe's is the witch hunter. Ready Soul?" She looked at his reflection waiting for a response. He nodded and they both yelled.
"LETS GO SOUL RESONANCE." Soul transforming into a crescent moon shape of the Witch Hunter.
"There are variations to witch hunter but using it as is still gets the job done. Other techniques for scythe meisters are Genie Hunter and Kishin Hunter. Soul and I have yet to learn Genie and Kishin but with lots of work in strengthen our bond and our resonance rate we will be able to learn and use those techniques." Soul's face appeared back in the blade.
"Maka and I have been through a lot. Yeah we do fight and have our own issues but that's just how it is. No one's perfect, but you can't let your weapon or meister hang out to dry like that, it's way uncool. Ya gotta find some leverage between each other." he spoke, transforming back into human form. Sid walked back over to them placing a hand on Maka's shoulder.
"That's all for today class, thank you Maka and Soul for coming in and demonstrating what the EAT class is about and how well you two work together." he spoke. The class started to gather up and leave. Maka told Soul to wait outside for her as she collects the extra markings from Sid. Shrugging, he wandered out to the hallway, closing his eyes as he leaned against the wall hoping it wouldn't take to long. Hearing some shuffling he opened his eyes, confused at all the girls that had surrounded him, giving him strange looks.
"Soul you're totally cool, please be my partner." a busty red-headed swooned over him.
"Nooo Soul come be partners with me. We can definitely work well together." another attractive girl swooned in. Maka stopped by the door hearing the girls throw themselves at Soul, trying to convince him to become their partner. She had stayed in between the door and the chalkboard wanting to hear the outcome.
"Tch were you not paying attention at all to the presentation. I already have a partner and I am not looking to replace her." He closed his eyes as one of the girls leaned a little bit to far trying to show off her body.
"Buuuuut Soul it'll be fun for you I'll make sure of that. Come join the N.O.T class or we could try to move up to the E.A.T class and make the more missions fun. Plus we can be partners in other ways too Soul." the busty red head smirked leaning forward towards him. Maka's blood was boiling, fist balling up at her sides wanting to set them straight.
"Look I'm not looking to transfer down to the N.O.T class nor having to babysit anyone in the E.A.T class. I have a meister that works well with me and I already have a "partner" in that sense. So you all are just really wasting your time trying to get me. I'm loyal to my meister and my partner I'll always will be and no one will change my mind." he stated while the girls faces dropped and they started to shuffle away from him.
"You can come out now Maka they're gone." she blushed in embarrassment stepping out of the classroom.
"How long have you known I've been standing there?" she walked over to him.
"Since the beginning of the ambush. Lets get going Maka, I'm starting to get hungry." slinging his arm around her shoulder they walked down the hall.
"Soul can I ask you something without you teasing me about it?" she turned her head to look him in the eye.
"Shoot Maka." he looked back as they still made their way down the hall.
"Why did you say "partner" in that sense instead of saying you had a girlfriend?" hearing that made him stop walking.
"Does it really matter?"he said scratching the back of his head.
"I guess not, no not really. Lets go I can hear your stomach growling." she forced a smile on her face and they continued to walk. Seeing the fake smile, he decided to finally tell her what was on his mind for the last few weeks.
"Just for the record, I didn't know if you'd Maka-chop my sorry ass if I started calling you my girlfriend. Saying it that way felt like a safer choice until we talked more about us."
"Us?" she questioned lightly.
"Yeah us if that's alright with you. I don't really care about the label, what I care about is being with you Maka." she smiled hearing that he still felt shy about being with her. She placed her hand in his and gave it a squeeze
"Yeah it's alright with me Soul. You're right the label doesn't matter as long as we're together." giving him a warm smile they walked out of the school hand in hand. She knew she didn't have to worry about anything when it came to their relationship.