Wow. Has it been six days already? Okay, so six days isn't a lot, but it might seem like it. It especially will when I stop posting as much. And you never know when I'll get out of it and have blockage of the creativity. I'm really pissy, 'cause I wrote some good stuff, but I have to wait like a million years to post it, otherwise I'll give things away. Grrr.

Kid: She doesn't own the anime Soul Eater.

Ryuu: Or the manga, for that matter.

Kid: WAIT! NO! THAT WAS SEVEN WORDS. I NEED TO MAKE IT EIGHT!!!

Ryuu: Kid, we don't have time for that. They want to read.

Kid: But the symmetry! They will appreciate it much more if I use eight words. Let's see… what can I say…

Ryuu: … *pushes him into closet* Sorry about the technical difficulties. Enjoy the program.

Kira and Akari stood outside with the Thompson sisters.

"Remind me again what we're waiting for?" Kira asked in distaste.

"We're waiting for Kid. Who is checking to make sure that everything is perfect and symmetrical in his house before he leaves," Liz replied, inspecting her nails.

Finally, Kid walked out the double front doors, grinning ear to ear.

"Everything is perfect. Liz, Patty, Akari, Kira, let's go."

He talks as if we're his weapons too.

What do you expect.

"Kid, don't even bother," Liz said. "We're already three hours late."

"Oh, wonderful," Akari grumbled, rolling her eyes. "Just great."

They headed off towards Shibusen. Kid insisted that they take the longer route just so they could make exactly eight turns: four right and four left.

"He worked this out ahead of time," Liz muttered to Kira.

"Tell me you're kidding me," Kira whispered back.

"At least we're moving."

Soon the spires of the school came into sight. Kira sighed in relief; they were almost there. As they neared the top of the steps, Kid glowed in pleasure.

"Ah, it's wonderful," he said joyfully. "Just what I would expect of Father's school: it's perfectly symmetrical."

Akari frowned. "What's that yelling up ahead?"

They saw a boy with hair the color of a blizzard and eyes similar to Akari's lounging on the ground against one of the columns. "Are you the famous son's group?" he called lazily.

"What's it to ya?" Akari called back.

"Are you going to be our guide?" Kid asked, unfazed.

The boy leered out from under his hair and headband. Akari and Kira recognized him as Soul Eater, one of the kids who was fighting Stein the other day. "You're new, and late, and you want me to show you around? Guess it's nice to have a father who shines like he's surrounded by seven sources of light."

"Oh, God," Kira mumbled, rubbing her temple. She had already picked up on the fact that numbers like seven weren't symmetrical and didn't divide perfectly in half.

"Here we go," Akari rolled her eyes.

Kid narrowed his eyes. "Seven sources of light, you say?"

That was fairly calm, actually.

Ha. Just you wait.

"It's not seven anymore! It's eight, you hear me? Eight!" He stomped up to Soul, frenziedly jabbing her finger into the other boy's face. "Make it eight?"

The white haired boy adopted a confused expression. "Huh?"

Kid started in on a mini-rant about how it's impossible to make seven symmetrical in any way, shape, or form, while eight was symmetrical no matter how you looked at it. Liz stifled a tired giggled loudly when Kid dropped to his knees, groveling.

"Just make it an eight. I beg you," he pleaded.

"Oi, are you all right?" Soul asked, looking somewhere between ticked off and completely lost.

"No, he's a lost case," Liz explained.

There was a yell from somewhere above them. The girls looked up.

Someone was standing on the tip of one of the school's spires. He was yelling something, but they couldn't quite make out what.

"What is that thing?" Kira asked Liz.

Liz tried to listen for a minute. "It's a monkey, I think. Kid, he looks like he's talking to you."

Suddenly, the point broke off the spire, and the 'monkey' fell to earth, screaming.

"Kami, now he's done it," Akari muttered, pressing her hand to her face.

Sure enough, Kid just about had a heart attack.

The other boy who had fought Stein, Black Star, landed on the ground.

"How dare you wreck the symmetry," Kid said, his voice deadly.

"Bring it on!" Black Star chanted, hopping excitedly. "Make sure my techniques are imprinted on your brain."

"You disgust me!" Kid yelled. Then his voice went ominous again. "If you fight with a Shinigami, I can't guarantee the safety of your soul."

"I can vouch for it," Akari said lazily, folding her arms behind her head. "I don't even know if I have a soul anymore."

Kira elbowed her. "Did you have a soul in the first place?"

"Liz, Patty, transform," Kid commanded.

The Demon pistols jumped in front of him, and he snatched them out of the air.

"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you get!" Black Star responded. "Come on, Soul."

Soul stood up, grumbling, "You're the one who wanted a fight…" Akari laughed, and walked with Kira over to where he had been sitting, leaning with one elbow lazily on the against. Kira followed suit, back to the wall and arms crossed loosely.

"We won't lose," Soul warned Kid.

"Right!" Black Star agreed noisily. "The birth of the greatest combo!"

Mmm… somehow they look like a pair of dorks to me.

Don't be mean to those lesser than you.

Kid made the first move, swinging around to aim at both opponents at the same time.

Kira heard the blue haired boy swear. "If we can't get close, this'll never end!"

Kid paused for a moment. "Oh, you want a close range fight, then? Fine by me!" He leaped into the air, bringing his leg down on Black Star's head. When the other boy blocked him, he dropped to the ground. Kid stopped Soul's attack from behind, and dug the barrel of his other weapon into Soul's stomach.

"Ooo." Akari pursed her lips. "That's not good."

"Is it necessary?" Kira asked as Soul got blown backwards. "He could've just knocked him away."

Akari shrugged. "It's Kid. A lot of ridiculous things are necessary. Looked like it hurt."

Try as she might, she couldn't help but respect him for the easy, alert way he fought.

As Soul rolled on the ground in pain, Kid stood calmly back up, unruffled.

Kira heard voices around the corner, and turned her head an inch before deciding it was unimportant. She turned back to the fight. Black Star had taking a flying leap, and aimed a kick at Kid, who blocked it and whipped around to fire a shot at Soul.

"Good reaction," Kira laughed.

He continued shooting, causing Soul and Black Star to dance around avoiding his attacks.

Doesn't it say something about who has the upper hand when someone is able to stand still in one spot and make his opponents run around like maniacs?

Wouldn't know. I'm assuming it does, but we never stand still much anyway, huh?

Maybe we should try it for once.

Oh, yeah, and how well do you think that would work?

Finally Black Star gave up dodging and came to a stop next to his ally, grinning. "Let's do 'that'."

Kid looked lost. "That?"

"Listen and be amazed, see it and tremble!" Black Star proclaimed.

"Don't you mean laugh?" Kid pointed out. Akari snorted, and Kira choked back her own laughter, bending over with a hand covering her mouth. He glanced over at them in mild annoyance.

"We'll show you the power of our friendship!"

"Okay, that just sounds like a corny line from a corny movie," Akari said in disgust. "Hurry up and finish them."

"An infinity of power you'd never expect!" Soul added.

"Oh," Kira moaned, squeezing her eyes shut, "make them stop. Just so stupid!"

Soul posed once or twice, then leaped into the air in a spinning ball of blue light. Kid gaped.

"Come, Soul!" Black Star commanded, reaching his hands up.

"Friendship!" Soul yelled as he plummeted toward earth.

"Fusion!" Black Star responded.

There was a slicing noise, and Akari and Kira winced away. When they looked back, Black Star was standing with his hands clapped above him, a dumbstruck expression on his face, and a scythe stuck in his head. Soul clattered to the ground.

After a second, Black Star burst out screaming and spurting blood. Akari almost fell on her ass laughing. Kira joined her when he attempted to press the wound closed. By the time Black Star's head split open again from his futile efforts to lift the scythe, both girls were out of breath and supporting each other, and people were staring. Kid was looking in their direction with a half-straight face, and a girl stepped around the corner wearing a similar expression.

No doubt she saw two maniacs falling over laughing.

Not my fault! THOSE TWO ARE SUCH DUMBASSES, AHAHAHAHA!

Oh, my God, I have to agree with you! It's almost pathetic!

And yet not enough to make me want to help them… oh, my sides hurt…

Everyone returned their attention to the unlikely pair, who looked to be parting ways.

"It's over for us, isn't it?" Soul said, turning his back.

"What do you mean, Soul?" Black Star asked in astonishment.

"If I stay by your side, I think I'm gonna start to hate you."

I would, too.

Ssh, I want to listen!
"Oi, can I shoot?" Kid asked, far removed from the situation.

"I see.. but… even if we're apart, we can still be friends, right?" Black Star asked, glancing away like a shy girl.

"Idiot!" Soul shouted. "Of course we will be!" He started running in the most retarded slow motion fashion that Kira had ever imagined. She choked, doubled over again.

"Soul!"

"Black Star!"

"Soul!"

"Black Staaaar!"

"Soooouuul!"

They met in the middle, slamming into each other in a really awkward guy hug. Now the girls really were on the ground, laughing so hard it hurt.

"Oh, God," Kira cried, "oh, God! I want to stop, but… I just can't!"

"It's too much!" Akari gasped, rolling over and clutching her stomach. "Too much!"

The two boys were blown sideways. Akari and Kira sat up, panting and half-crying.

"Ah, I'm sorry," Kid said. "My finger slipped."

This almost started them off again.

The girls calmed when Soul pulled himself back up off the ground, grinning. "Well, it's a fight we accepted. So we finish it."

"Come!" Kid told them. "I'll finish it with the next attack."

And knowing him…

He probably will.

My arm still hurts, you know.

Soul and Black Star charged, moving fairly quickly.

"I'll hit you with my wavelength!" Black Star warned.

He tried to attack, but Kid dodged, ducked under him, and threw him over his shoulder.

Ooo. Good one.

Makes me wonder: what if that was us out there?

I bet we'd stand a helluva lot more of a chance than these losers.

Soul ran in to attack, and was knocked away. Kid crossed his arms, and fired at his opponents. But he looked down to find something wrapped around his leg.

… maybe we spoke too soon.

Hey, hey, wait and watch.

"The kick was a feint!" Black Star told him, and yanked the cord. Kid fell hard onto the ground.

"You're mine now!" Soul growled, and jumped, turning into scythe form midair and aiming to impale the young Shinigami.

Kid managed to dodge it, and pulled his leg free, slamming Black Star's head into Soul's blade in the process.

Well, he redeemed himself.

I told you so.

"I'll show you the power of a Shinigami," Kid glowered. Then he and the sisters called up a Soul Resonance. The dust started to form swirling clouds.

Uh oh.

I don't think this is good.

Kind of glad it's not us out there now, aren't you?

Maybe. Maybe not. We don't know what we would be able to do against him yet.

Wait. Did he just… float into the air?

Kid was hovering in the air. His soul actually became visible. Shadows flickered around, wraith-like. Liz and Patty turned into cannons reaching up his arms, and for some reason, six spines appeared. His soul disappearing, Kid dropped to the ground, murmuring, "Execution mode complete." More shadows flickered, and the air around him seemed to grow dark, as if the light was sucked out of it.

Thaaaat's bad. That's very, very bad.

And yet also very enticing, somehow. I really want to take a shot at him now.

You know, you're right. It'd be some excitement, for once. See if we're fast enough to dodge whatever he shoots and still get some attacks in.

"Oi, doesn't that look dangerous?" Soul asked Black Star, finally catching on.

No duh.

Ssh! Watch!
It got darker and darker, and Akari faintly heard Liz counting down. At 'one', Kid brought his arms together and fired. Huge streams of energy hurtled towards Soul and Black Star, and they flew into the air. They wound up in a huge crater, barely conscious.

A girl with long black hair tied up raced out, calling, "Black Star!" anxiously.

"Must be Black Star's weapon," Kira noted.

Suddenly, Kid fell over onto his back, bleeding like a fountain. Akari and Kira stood up, alarmed.

"What the heck could those two have done to him?" Akari asked in astonishment.

Liz and Patty phased back, and crouched over him. The two girls walked out to join them. "He won't get over this one," Liz commented.

"Something wrong?" came a voice from over their shoulder. It was Stein-hakase, rolling toward them on his chair.

"I think he was cut," Liz replied, looking slightly embarrassed.

"What was?" Stein pressed.

Maka came up behind him. "Um, that was… you know Soul's last attack? I think his hair was cut a tiny bit then. Kid realized this after the explosion, said something about the balance was off or the symmetry wasn't right, spat out blood and collapsed."

"That means it's our victory!" Soul said in excitement from behind them.

"Ha! I've finally surpassed God!" Black Star crowed. "I can get a halo now!"

Kira face-palmed. "Only Kid would give up such an easy win this way. Only Kid."

Maka went over to talk to Soul. Liz grabbed one of Kid's arms, looking beseechingly at Kira. "Help me here," she asked.

Kira sighed and helped her haul Kid up. Patty poked at his cheek.

"And who are you?" Stein asked Kira curiously.

Kira turned, bowing. "I'm Kira, Stein-hakase."

Akari raised her hand. "Akari. We're new as well."

"Ah, yes, I think I heard there would be another new student," he pondered. "Would you mind if I took a look at your souls?"

"Hey," Maka muttered hotly, "he never asked me."

Before either girl could say a word, he grinned wildly.

"Oh, this is a very interesting circumstance. Your souls are perfectly in sync, even more so than those of Kid-kun's and the Thompson girls'. And how did this come about?"

"Um," Kira began, "it's kind of complicated…"

Akari rolled her eyes, and joined with her twin.

Stein reached up and cranked the bolt in his head. "This is fantastic. A truly unique condition. How I would love to study you."

Kagami twitched. "Uh, I'd prefer to stay alive, if it's all the same to you."

Shinigami-sama appeared then. "Hi hi!"

"Hello," everyone replied.

"I'm here," he announced, "because it's my son's first day of school." He looked at his son. "Unbelievable, Kid; you're a handful!"

Liz and Patty walked up to him. "Well, then, everybody, I'll be taking my son home for today," he told them. Kagami hovered awkwardly, unsure of what to do. "Kagami-san, why don't you two come along? I'd like to chat with you."

She walked forward in relief, waving over her shoulder to the people she didn't really know.

"Bye," Shinigami called, expanding a large hand and waving goodbye as they turned and walked away.

"See you later!" Black Star called from behind them.

"Shinigami-sama," Kagami asked quietly, "was there something you had to tell me?"

He looked down at her. "Oh, no, no! I just figured, you might be able to help Liz and Patty keep an eye on Kid. He would listen to you, in your other state, would he not?"

She stared at him blankly. "Um. I suppose."

"Great!" he said happily. "Then you can stay with them, and keep him from going insane when he wakes up."

"… I'm not sure that's going to work," she told him hesitantly.

"Oh." He paused for a moment. "Well, you could disguise yourself as the Goddess of Symmetry and tell him that he is the only one who sees himself as asymmetrical…"

Kagami twitched. "I don't know if I'm willing to do that…"

"Ah, well. See you tomorrow, children!" He stopped moving, bouncing a goodbye. The four of them kept walking towards the house.

Holy snap. Super long update. Yay? I think…

Kid: *bangs on closet door* Let me out! I thought of an eight word statement!

Ryuu: A little late, don't you think?

Kid: No, it's not! Everything must wait for symmetry!

Ryuu: Um. You do know that if they're reading this, they've finished the update?

Kid: WHAT! How dare they disrespect my aesthetics that way! They're insulting the very workings of the universe!

Ryuu: … *dashes into closet and slaps tape over his mouth* Yes, you're awesome. *remembers to tie his hands together* But that doesn't mean you can bother the nice people who read and review my stories.

Okay guys, there's the latest! And WHOA. That's a double story update. New feat, ha! R&R while you wait, please? :D