A/N: Four reviews and three chapters? :D Thanks guys! So sorry I didn't post this yesterday, I was at my boyfriend's house, and the day before that my sister went to camp. This is sort of a filler chapter, but the next one will be way better! I promise!

Disclaimer: Now I see why authors hate these, they're a pain after a while. I don't own Soul Eater.


Athena POV

"Good job, you two! How many souls do you have now?"

"Seventy-six, Lord Death," I reported, "counting the ones we just got."

"Excellent! You're becoming just as good of a meister as your father, Athena!" Lord Death said.

I grinned. My hands were stuffed in the pockets of my lab coat and my stance was relaxed but battle ready. In other words, I looked like a short, female version of Papa. I lifted my head, light flashing off my glasses. It didn't impair my vision at all, since I had excellent Soul Perception. It was just fun to see people get creeped out by me.

Chris stood silently next to me as Lord Death turned to him. I bet the Grim Reaper was grinning behind his mask. He clapped his huge white, boxy hands together and said cheerfully, "And Chris, you'll make an excellent Death Scythe, just like your mother is!" Of course, he says almost everything cheerfully…

My brother smiled a bit shyly at the praise and started to thank him, but a cheerful squeal of "YOU'RE BACK!" stopped him.

We both turned and were instantly tackled.

Well, it was just a very excited hug from a grim reaper who had run at us at full speed.

I almost yelped in surprise, but Chris beat me to it. Instead I managed out, "Hey, Ara!" and sort of patted her on the shoulder.

Arora released us and stepped back, beaming. "How was the mission?" She asked.

"Seventy six," I replied.

She looked at Chris.

"It was successful. We took out the three Kishin. The first one almost killed a child, but we got there in time. We have seventy six souls now," my twin translated.

Arora nodded and started speaking, but was interrupted.

"Ara… do you… have to… run through… the whole school…?" A boy's British accented voice called out.

Ben came in, panting, looking exhausted. He paused after passing through the guillotine leading to the Death Room and bent over, his hands on his knees. "You know… where the… Death Room is… so why… did you run… all over the school?" He looked up, his dark hair falling in his peculiar eyes.

Arora chuckled nervously. "I wasn't sure where they would be."

Ben stood up and walked over. "Where else would they be?"

Arora shrugged. She looked at Lord Death. "Hey, Grandfather!"

"Well, hiya! Hey, Ara!" He gave his granddaughter a hug, which she returned. "Good to see ya! How's Kid?"

Arora shrugged. "He's himself. He was freaking out about my hair earlier. I don't get his whole symmetry deal."

While she and Lord Death talked, Ben came over to me and my brother. "So, how did your mission go?"

I opened my mouth but Chris said quickly, "Successful. We now have seventy six souls." I glared at him. "No, you are not going to dissect me. Mom would freak, and you'd have no weapon," he said to me.

I crossed my arms, my eyes obscured by glare. Ben gave me a nervous look that I pretended not to see. He'd always been nervous around me, ever since we met and I kept talking about his oddly colored eyes and asking about them. Maybe it was when I pulled out my scalpel and twirled it between my fingers while staring at him.

"Hey, guys! Let's go find Jerakai and Maki and play basketball!" Arora called, skipping over to us. "And Athena… don't stab the ball with a scalpel this time."

"Hey, it's not my fault! Jerakai wouldn't shut up and it was the closest thing to me! If I didn't stab the ball, I'd have torn him open!"

Ben took a few steps towards his meister while Chris shook his blond head at me.

"Come on!" Arora said, grabbing Ben's wrist and pulling him out of the Death room, calling, "Bye Grandfather!" over her shoulder.

My brother and I bid farewell to Lord Death and followed our friends. Chris turned to me after a second. "Did you see Ben when Arora grabbed his arm?" He asked.

"Yes."

"He blushed."

I gave him a look before saying calmly, "He's done that before. You didn't realize that he liked her? He hides it very well, but I can see it. His soul shows his fluster around her, though it's very slight. Arora probably hasn't realized it because she doesn't really look at people's souls as much as she should. Papa noticed it, and we were talking about that a few weeks ago."

Chris just stared at me.

"What?" I demanded. "I have a scalpel, you know."

He shook his head. "You and Papa… it's creepy. I love you guys, but you are such stalkers!"

I glared at my brother and whipped the shiny silver scalpel out of my pocket. "Take it back!" I growled, irritated.

He laughed, said, "Stalker!" and sprinted after Arora and Ben. I chased him, waving the scalpel. "YOU'RE DEAD, CHRIS! JERK! WHEN I CATCH YOU I'M CUTTING YOU OPEN!"


MysticLion: Thanks for reviewing again! There will be more interaction with the original SE characters later. Spirit will be very entertaining later. I don't want to give too much away ;)

Kuromaychan: Thanks :) Well, Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, art, and battle strategy. I figured that since Stein is brilliant and they're both good fighters, the name fits pretty good. Here's your reviewer cookie! *gives cookie*

Thegirlwholeftzeschool: Thanks for reviewing! You get a cookie too! *gives cookie* Yes, Arora is pretty nuts. She's insanely hyper. Ben is freaking adorable. You get the flying mint bunny! One of your five guesses was correct! For people too lazy to read her review, she guessed yo-yo, gun, knife, lantern, and boxing glove. One of these was right. Also, I creeped on your profile. I love Maximum Ride! Are you a member of Max-Dan-Wiz by any chance? You should add me :) there's a link on my bio.

Alright, I gotta go find Kid. He's straightening up every picture in my house and freaking out about my asymmetrical kitchen. I told him to stay in my closet! Sigh. Well, please review! More reviews means more, better chapters!