Basically I'm going to do this episode by episode. However, if the episode is meant to focus on a specific character and there is no way I can fit the Eds in, I will let it go on a tangent as to what the Eds are doing at that time. This means these chapters going to be long as I try to ingrain the Eds as much as possible without shifting attention away from the actual plot. . At least that means you'll have a lot to go through before I finish my next one.

1 Supplementary lessons

Class started the same way it had for the last week in the Classroom Crescent Moon. Eddy was asleep at his desk, Wukong was playing his BS, and Ed had just turned what was meant to be his notes into what he called a 'paper rock'. Edd was reading ahead, and Cutter looked like she was, though in reality, she just put one of her comics inside the textbook.

"Hey Maka." Soul Eater whispered to Maka.

"Shush…I'm trying to read ahead for class."

"What's with the cold shoulder, are you still upset over what happened this morning?"

"What happened this morning?" Eddy asked waking up. Gossip always did that for him.

"Nothing," Maka said flatly not even looking up from her book.

"That cat-witch Blair snuck into my room, and Maka thinks I was trying to cop a feel off of her," Soul grunted. "She still won't believe me friggin bookworm."

Maka closed her book. "Maka," she started. The brought the book's spine slamming down on Soul's Head "CHOP!"

Eddy looked at Soul's prone form. "This Blair…she hot?"

"Don't be getting no ideas now." Wukong said, not even looking up from his game.

"What ideas? It's just an innocent question."

"You never have innocent questions."

Maka returned to her book. "What was it you wanted to ask me Soul?"

Soul remained spread over the desktop, a dent in his hair where Maka hit. "Just the rumors flying about. That the teacher, Sid, the dead one?"

"You mean how he was rumored to have that statue of that-thing stuck in his forehead?" Eddy asked.

"That's the one Eddy," Soul looked up. "It was the Goddess of Freedom."

"Oh. The Goddess in the Middle of the Forehead Incident."

"Stupid name for an incident now. Should have been more vague and not start a panic like it did," muttered Wukong.

"What about that rumor?" Maka asked.

"Did you know that lately Shibusen students have been attacked by some weird guy? I heard the guy in the next classroom got the snot beat outta him." Soul explained.

"And all the victims and witnesses described the same thing," Eddy continued.

Maka, now interested, turned to Soul. He jumped right into her face, baring his shark-like teeth. "He was a zombie with a hole in the middle of his forehead!"

Maka screamed, but it was cut short when Cutter, one row above them cuffed both Soul and Maka over the head. "Keep it down. You ruin my concentration."

"So you're saying that the one behind all the attacks is Sid's zombie?" Edd asked, now interested in the conversation as well.

"Doubt it. Probably some made up story." Cutter sniffed.

"So why are we in class if he's dead again?" Eddy asked.

"Eddy! Show some more respect for the dead! Besides, were getting a substitute every day until Shibusen finds one for a permanent position."

Just as he spoke, the door creaked open and in jumped a man with red hair. He wore a black business suit, and his tie was in the shape of a cross. "Class quiet down! It's time to start."

"Class was kinda quiet to start with…"

He walked to the teacher's desk, slouched like he didn't care much for what was happening. "I won't bother with attendance cause it's a hassle," he set the clipboard down. "The bell doesn't decide when class ends," he pointed a thumb to himself. "I do!"

The class was silent with awe, except from a few. Eddy looked at him like he had a screw loose. "What a mental…"

"Must be having a mid-life crisis," whispered Wukong.

Edd saw that the man was paying particular attention to Maka, who unlike others in the class was totally unimpressed.

"I..."Soul started. "I think your father is looking at us funny."

"Just your imagination." Maka said with visible effort.

"Oh, so that's the relation." Edd said aloud. "I don't see the resemblance."

"They both act on impulse, they're both impatient like crazy, and they both need to show off." Soul said back, causing Maka to 'accidentally' plant her foot right on top of Soul's.

Soul fought back tears and got up. "Oi Death Scythe, you gonna be our teacher?"

"Please say no. I can't deal with that cheesy attitude for a whole year," Eddy grunted.

"Nah, I'm just a substitute." Eddy breathed a sigh of relief. "And it's Mr. Death Scythe." It looked like a vein was appearing on his forehead. "Add Mr. you dumbass!"

Eddy looked at him in confusion. "Wait so if he's a weapon, and your dad, then…your mom is…how is that even possible? Eddy exclaimed, his brain wracking with how a weapon could do that with a human.

"When we're human, we're a human all the way." Wukong said, still paying his game, but hiding it under a book to make it look like he was waiting for class to begin.

Then Mr. Death Scythe's attitude completely changed to something more cheerful. "Well then now for attendance."

"I thought you weren't going to do attendance." Ed said, adding more paper to his 'rock'. Which was now the size of a boulder.

"No, just for the girls." He said slyly.

"Ew…"Cutter sneered.

"Dammit, cut it out you pervert!" Soul yelled.

"He's to loud." Mr. Death Scythe said. Licking his pen, he started looking down the clipboard.

"Hey, hey! You better not be marking me down!" Soul Eater shouted.

If he did, Mr. Death Scythe made no sign; he simply turned his back to the class. "Oh yeah, Soul, Maka," they looked up. "Ed, Eddward, and Eddy," the Eds turned their attention to them, even Ed, who looked up over the gargantuan ball of paper he made. "Cutter, and Wukong. Shinigami wants to see you."

"Trouble already?" Eddy asked. "Man how'd he catch me replace the faculty tea leaves with those shredded jalapenos?"

Edd blanched. "T-t-trouble?! But I haven't done anything. My record will be ruined within the beginning of the first semester?! I'll be labeled as a bad student!" he panicked, till Cutter slapped his face. "Thank you."

"No prob, can I see what's under your hat now?"

"No."

"Just go." The substitute said, and pointed to the door.

"Okey dokey!" Ed saluted, accidentally pushing his massive paper boulder. It rolled down, and landed squarely on the teacher. "Watch out below!"

"Get out of here!" he yelled from underneath the ball, and over the uproarious laughter.

……

Shinigami's office was quite large. Great red wooden archways at every step, which looked like guillotines, made Edd blanch again. The office, including the archway seemed to be one endless room despite the windows marking the ends, with just the staircase leading to what looked like a stone island in the middle. The clouds in the wallpaper moved.

"Wonder what he wants." Maka pondered

"We're in trouble duh." Eddy said.

'Then why bring Maka and Soul, and Edd for that matter?" Maka replied.

"Just guessin, can't think of any other reason I've ever been called into the principal's office.

Just above them on one of the archways, a boy with teal blue hair stood poised to strike. Holding his twin sickles in each hand, he stood perfectly still. "Show their backs to me? Tsubaki."

"Ok"

He assumed a pose like a flying eagle. "Assassin's Law #1: Conceal yourself, quiet your breath and seek a path to your target!"

"And your doing none of that Black Star." Eddy said, rubbing his ears. "Maybe you're supposed to whisper that part. Not scream it at the top of your lungs."

Black Star stumbled on himself. The sickle reformed into Tsubaki. She sighed. "Oh dear, looks like they caught us way too easily."

"Well my splendor put me at a disadvantage, and my magnificent voice carries far, there' no way anyone could be stealthy in this room!" he explained.

"Hi." Ed said happily, tapping Black Star on the shoulder. Black Star screamed and fell over, landing on the floor about eight feet down.

"How'd Ed get up there so quickly and quietly?" Maka gasped.

"It's one of life's mysteries." Eddy shrugged. "Come on, Black Star you comin'?"
"How'd you know I was coming to see Mr. Shinigami?"

"Why else would you be here?" he sighed. Tsubaki grinned bashfully. "He does have a point…"

They arrived to the stone 'island' where there was a tall mirror. Maka stepped up. "I'll call him."

She approached the mirror, breathed on it, and started writing. "42-42-564." She sang.

As soon as she finished, the mirror began to shimmer, and in a blast of light, Shinigami, with his silly looking skull, appeared in the mirror.

"Hi! Hello! What's up?! Thank you for coming" Shinigami chanted happily from the mirror, his voice just as ridiculous as when they first heard him.

"Hello ghost man!" Ed returned in a equally silly tone.

"That's Shinigami, but close enough!"

"Scythe Technician Maka here."

"Demon Blade Technician Black Star."

"Partner Tsubaki"

"Chain Whip Technician Eddy."

"His partner now. Wukong."

"Sniper Technician Edd."

"Sniper weapon Cutter reportin'.

"And I'm Ed!"

"Well," Soul said, skipping formalities. "What did you call us for?"

"Right I want you all to take something." Shinigami sang.

"Take what?" everyone said at once.

Shinigami bounced a bit in his mirror. Then leaned in, holding a hand to his skull mask, which took on a blush for some reason. "Supplementary lessons." He said in a fake quiet voice.

"What!? You mean lessons that only stupid people take?" Maka exclaimed.

"Hello!" Ed took that as someone calling him.

"Oh no, I got enough school without this." Eddy said, crossing his arms. Soul scrunched his face in disgust.

"Hell no! I'm gonna be the strongest Death Scythe! I don't do that kinda thing."

"Stupid…people?" Edd repeated, the words boring into his skull. "I'm stupid?"

Shinigami jumped back. "What is your goal as technicians and weapons?"

Edd, eager to prove he wasn't and idiot raised his hand. "To collect ninety nine souls of human Kishins and one witch soul and feed them to our weapon, thus turning them into a Death Scythe."

"Correct!" Shinigami sang. Edd smiled, thinking he got himself out of the extra lessons. "But so far the amount of souls you have collected have been," Shinigami held up his hands. "0" and formed circles with his thumb and index finger.

Eddy gaped. "What about us?!"

"You only have one, and that isn't nearly enough compared to everyone else."

The room fell dead silent as everyone gaped in shock. Except for Black Star who was cackling away, then Ed, not sure what was so funny started laughing too. That earned them both a "Direct Noggin Shinigami Chop" from Shinigami, who solidified his hand out of the mirror, and chopped them both. "This isn't a time for laughing it off." He said in his still silly voice.

"But Ed can't help it! He doesn't have a weapon." Edd stammered.

"Yes but he's…well…"

"Real stupid we know." Black Star said.

"I was going to say impaired." Shinigami said. "Besides, the more times he eaves Shibusen with someone, the better the chance he'll find a weapon."

"Anyway, the syllabus for these supplementary lessons is…have you heard the rumors already?"
"About those jalapenos in the faculty tea stores.

"I thought they tasted spicy that day." Shinigami said to himself. "But no, the one with Mr. Sid, the teacher that until recently has been teaching your class."

"So he is a zombie?" Eddy asked.

"Told you." Soul Eater said, his head still dropped in shock.

"Yes," Maka replied, her face also written with dumbfounded shock. "But he was a pretty good teacher."

"He WAS," Shinigami continued. "But after he died, he was freed from the fear of death, and he wants to spread that to all the student at Shibusen. The attacks were because they got in the way of his presentations."

"So we go find him, put him back in his grave and make sure he stays there right?" Eddy asked, recovering first, years of bad grades tempering him.

"Yes. And to find out who raised him in the first place. Otherwise, if you screw up here, you're all expelled." It took a while for them all to be able to move from that. Except for Ed, who said, "Okey dokey!"

……

"Expulsion? My perfect record? I can't let that happen. It would break Mother's heart. And Father will disown me!" Edd screamed, sitting on a tombstone. They had been waiting in Hook Cemetery, Sid's resting place or three hours and nothing. Then sun was shining its last rays as the group was either searching for Sid or wallowing in self pity.

"Hey! Come out here you zombie bastard!" Soul shouted.

"Get your butt out here so I can kick it back in the ground!" Eddy agreed.

Black Star and Tsubaki where staring at Sid's gravestone. "Was this such a good spot? He's already up and about now," Black Star said insightfully.

Ed was swinging along the hooks attached to the trees, the hooks that gave the cemetery its name. "Fear me! I am king of the jungle! Ribbit ribbit!"

"Like I'd let myself be dropped out by a walking corpse! Get out here!" yelled Eddy.

"I never even listened to you lessons anyway!" Soul cackled.

Wukong eyed him, then leaned over to Black Star, " It think Soul' snapped."

"So has your partner it seems."

Just under a tree Ed swung by, Maka was clinging to the tree's base. "I always thought I was a great Technician like mother…to think that I'd drop out. And she slowly slid to the ground in soft sobs. Edd was faring no better. "And then what'll my family say! My parents will never be able to show their faces again!"

Cutter just stared at Edd. Then a smile crept on her face. She slowly reached up for Edd's hat, but then Edd's hands slapped down on his head. "Not even if I was blacklisted from every University in the world, would I let my guard down!"

Cutter snapped her fingers and went back to looking for Sid.

Black Star suddenly had an idea. He grabbed the fuming Eddy and Soul. "Hey, why don't we go and piss on Sid's grave?"

"I'm up for it! Anything to get back at him for this!" Eddy said.

"Yeah, and let's crap on it too while we're at it!" Soul agreed, still fuming.

As if not allowing such desecration to happen, a hand popped out of the ground, and grabbed Maka's ankle. "Maka!" Soul yelled.

Sid suddenly jumped out of the ground, still holding Maka upside down. "Aren't you afraid?" he asked, holding a long pair of scissors. "Aren't you?"

A shot, Edd had Cutter in his hands already, and fired off a shot. It went wide, and only grazed the scissors Sid held. To reduce his chances of getting hit, Sid jumped away, letting go of Maka to gain more speed. Soul formed into his Scythe and landed in front of Maka.

"That's Mr. Sid?" Maka grunted.

"Looks like it."

Zombie Sid turned. "Maka, Soul, Black Star, Tsubaki, Eds, Wukong," he wrenched his tombstone out of the ground. "Cutter." "Good morning. Good Afternoon. Good Evening."

He started swinging his tombstone. "Been a while yes?"

Black Star stiffened. "Tsubaki."

"Right." And she formed into Black Star's Sickles.

"That's our cue big guy." Eddy called. And Wukong reformed as a whip in his hands. Eddy began to spin the end.

Ed still swung from the hooks, oblivious as ever.

……

"It's already started. Too bad, they we're putting on a funny show." Shinigami noted in a funny voice. In his office, he watched the Sid and the students circle him from his mirror. Behind him sat his son, Death the Kid, with his weapons standing by his sides.

……

"Why Sid? Why attack all those students?"

"Kill Kon Kan Kon." Sid chimed like a school bell. "I can do so many things I couldn't do alive. It's great. And I want everyone else to feel that experience. Class has begun," he finished cryptically.

"Great. I'll show you something you haven't seen in a while." Black Star grinned.

"Bring it on," challenged Cutter, her reflection glaring at him.

"You know, once you're a zombie, the pressure of death disappears." Sid grunted, hefting the tombstone under his arm. "There's no more fear of dying."

"Wrong," Maka said quietly. "You aren't Sid, he would never have said that."

Sid leapt at her. "Learn it when you die!" he yelled, and swung his massive tombstone at her. It was barely caught by Black Star's sickles.

"You're my target small fry. No need to thank me in the lesson of pain I'm about to dish out."

Sid switched his footing and twisted around. Black Star came flying at him, and connected with Sid's swinging gravestone. He quickly recovered and landed next to Maka.

"Give up. No matter how many One Stars come after me, I'll always win."

Soul growled.

Maka gripped him harder. "Careful, there's some truth to that. He was a Three Star in life, in a completely different league than us."

"Hey Sid." Eddy called from a tree behind Sid. He swung down to deliver a kick, which Sid blocked with his gravestone. "Why don't you use a real weapon, or we'll just break your grave and then what?"

"It's my grave, I'll do what I want with it," he retorted. "Now, second period has begun."

"Kill Kon Kan Kon. By the end of this period you'll all die."

"Already I'm getting sick of that!" Eddy yelled as he swung around the tree for another go.

Sid blocked it again effortlessly. "What's wrong with all of you? Your soul wavelengths aren't connected."

"Why give advice to the enemy that's gonna eat your soul?!" Black Star yelled, swooping down on Sid.

"I was always a hot-blooded tutor!" he yelled back passionately. Black Star tried to block Sid's swing, but the force just dent him shooting into the air. Sid followed. "I told you, this period, you die!"

"Living End!" and he smacked Black Star earthward with his weapon. Black Star plummeted like a meteor, his landing causing a small crater. Sid followed up with a slam. And a pink explosion in the shape of a cross filled the night sky.

"Sucker punch!" Eddy yelled. "Try that again. Sid was already on him.

"Living End!" and Eddy met a similar fate.

As the dust started o fall to the ground, Edd found his hand shaking on the trigger. "I thought Sid was a Dagger Technician."

"He was," Maka said. "But he's a Three Star Technician. It looks like he's adept at fighting with any weapon, even a tombstone."

Sid set his stone down by his feet. "Kill Kon Kan Kon" Sid chanted like a bell. "Class has ended, time for you to die," his face, struck with rigor mortis, somehow managed to twist itself into a grin. "How about it? Aren't you afraid of dying? As a zombie, you'll be free of that fear."

"Again with the zombie lecture." Soul sighed annoyed.

"That hurt," Eddy grunted as he emerged from his crater.

"Ugh my head," Black Star groaned. "Your preaching sucks," he got up, blood flowing from a head wound. "How dare you upstage me. This is my stage!" he threw his sickles, and Sid, dodged them, but diverted his attention away from Black Star for a second, which was enough for Black Star to deliver a kick right into Sid's stomach. Sid coughed up a small bit of blood, but recovered quickly.

……

"Mmm. Attacking the Solar Plexus, the weak point in the center of the body. As expected from out Assassin arts user Black Star," Shinigami stated proudly.

……

"Shuriken mode Tsubaki!" Black Star called. And his sickles changed into a giant five pointed star, which he hurled. "Like I'll let you get away!" he shouted at an airborne Sid.

"Like I'd run!" he retorted, landing on the ninja star and used it as a platform for another jump.

"Don't even try!" Eddy called out, and hurled his whip. Sid twisted around, and the whip lost its inertia, and fell earthward.

"Living End!" and he brought the tombstone crashing onto Maka's head. He smiled, but it quickly turned to shock when there was no Maka there. She just barely dodged it, her head resting right next to the tombstone. In such a short space? He thought.

"Fear is what allows people to become strong." Maka stated. She swung her legs around, and thy connected with Sid's head.

……

"They're learning now." Shinigami said quietly to himself, which was quite hard as there was no tone of seriousness in it.

……

Maka got into battle stance while Sid was recovering. "Maka." She turned.

"Match our wavelength," Soul said. "Let's do it."

"But we failed the last time."

"It ain't that hard. We got it down," Eddy said. "So you should to."
Maka smiled at Eddy. "Thanks," she said quietly. "Soul, let's do it."

She swung Soul around, "Soul Resonance!" and the Scythe began to glow in a blue light.

The blade seemed to lengthen, and grow out. The glowing enhanced it even further. In an instant, their souls became one, and as one they shouted.

"The traditional Scythe user Soul resonance skill:" and the glow consumed the entire blade, making it grow even larger than Maka. Sid gasped in surprise.

"Witch Hunting!" and she swung Soul about. At least halfway before tripping, throwing off the whole resonance. The blast that was meant to go towards Sid, rebounded and went flying at Black Star and Edd, who screamed as they tried to jump out of the way. Needless to say, even though uncontrolled, it was still powerful as it bore a gash that tore through even the graveyard fence.

……

"Oh dear." Shinigami sighed. "She was so close too."

……

"Are you trying to kill us or something?!" Edd yelled, getting up from behind a tombstone.

"Yeah, watch where you point that thing!" Black Star yelled at her.

Maka was furious, and she gripped Soul's weapon form as if it would strange him. "This is your fault! Focus is more properly!"
"You're the one that tripped! Just go off and die if you can't do it!" he retorted.

"Die?! No, YOU go and die meanie!"

All the while Sid gaped at them. "Such power."

Maka stopped and lunged for Sid, who simply buried himself again.

"Well great, now what?!"

"He's concealing himself…" Black Star said. "Tsubaki,. Let's go a step ahead of him." And his sickle unraveled, it's chain moving on Tsubaki's will, as Black Star chanted quietly.

"You're not stealing my stage you rotten zombie. I'm the only assassin here." And with a final word, the chains positioned themselves all over the field, surrounding everyone. "Trap Star." Black Star said finally.

Black Star went into another trance.

"He's getting serious now." Edd said.

"Yeah, what's he doing?"

"Sensing Sid's soul." Maka said with finality.

"I can hear his wavelength." Black Star whispered. "There!" and he looked. He was outside Black Star's trap, and heading straight or Ed, the only one not in the circle, still swinging from the hooks. "Ed you idiot! Get over here!" he shouted angrily, his trap failed because of him.

"Welcome to my world." Sighed Eddy.

Sid exploded out of the ground and grabbed for Ed. "Die!" he yelled.

Ed smiled "No thanks," and using all the inertia he built from his swinging, and unknowingly putting his wavelength into his attack, he swung his feet right into Sid's face. The force of the impact was so great, that Sid was sent into the ground, sending up several tombstones that were in his trajectory. Sid got up groggily, only to meet Ed as he let go of the hooks, and swung his fist like a hammer. There was no precision to it, just flailing his hand, but it was still fierce. "No one can out match the Jungle King in his own kingdom!" and the swing met Sid's side. "No one!" and Sid went flying again. This time he flew right into Black Star's chains.

Black Star grinned. "Thanks Ed. I got it from here." And the chains worked immediately, wrapping around everything in the impact area. Unfortunately Maka, Soul, and Eddy were in there as well, and wound up being chained next to Sid.

"Hey, you idiot! Let me go! I'm right by his armpit, and it stinks worse than Rolf's Nana!"

"Ah it's your fault for getting caught in the first place." Black Star laughed.

Maka fumed as she tried to reach Black Star and kill him.

Ed sat in the ground smiling. "A victory for the Jungle King!" he pronounced proudly. "I shall celebrate with a feast. Fetch me my gravy!"

……

"Oooh. I think it's time for a break." Shinigami said, and turned away from his mirror.

"So now all that's left is the one who turned Sid into a zombie." Death the Kid said

Shinigami turned. "Why yes."

"So who is it father?" Liz stood to attention, interested as to who it was as well, but Patty was still giggling at Ed's antics. "I like him. He's funny," she laughed.

"Nyoh ho ho." Shinigami said involuntarily.

"He's not just some ordinary guy is he?" Kid pressed, raising an eyebrow.

"Right now my weapon, Death Scythe. You know who trained him?"

"Maka's mother." Kid responded.

"Actually that was his second partner." Shinigami sang

"So the mastermind was Death Scythe's first? Who is he?"

"Yes. The mastermind's name is as you know it, Doctor Frankenstein. As well as being Death Scythe's partner, he was the strongest technician ever to graduate Shibusen." He finished with a lingering note.

……

Somewhere around the outskirts of Death City, a building of blocky design, covered with stitches stood bathed by the giggling moon's light.

Within it , the floors were painted with arrows that went whichever way, an at the heart of it, sat a man in a white, stitched lab coat, and a giant screw jutting out of his white hair. He sat a desk as he typed into a computer. He sighed. "My head just won't clear." He sat back and puffed on a cigarette. He bought a hand up an began to twist the screw on his head, waiting for a resounding click, but it never came. He pushed away with grey stitched shoes, which were blocky like that of the Frankenstein Monster in all those old movies. "I give up."

He reclined even further into his chair, the wheels carrying him a little further than he wanted. His glasses hung crooked on his nose. "I feel sluggish."

……

Just outside, everyone stood, Sid in tow, still bound by chains. "I wonder why I never saw this place before," Wukong remarked, scratching his head. "I done been here enough times now."

"And so have I," Ed said.

"No you haven't." Edd patted Ed on the back.

"No I haven't," Ed smiled.

"He's here." Maka said, glaring at the double door'd entrance.