Vila- Hola! Sorry about the last chapter. I got really lazy. I decided that the creepy emo poems (not really) are to much of a hassle soooo no more crona poems. Anyways, here's chapter 7. Hope it's better then 6! *mumbles* After all I tied myself to a chair til 4 am writin it... R/R!
Kid- Ugh... 7 what a disgusting number...
Maka- Did ya know tetraphobia is the fear of 4?
Kid- Im a reaper. I KNO EVERYTHING!
Vila- SHUT UP KID U KNO NOTHIN!
Maka- O_o ... I wonder what the fear of 7 is called...
Vila- Idk...
Kid- Vila doesn't own Soul Eater.
Blackstar- SHE OWNS NOTHIN!
Vila- SHUT UP B*S (lol) ! T^T I-I wish I own i-it... WHY U BE SO MEAN! Thanks again to my beta!
-beta'd by DarkKittehKat-
Chapter 7: 6 Days- Wait, what?
December 2, 6 Days...
MAKA POV:
After a last check up on Kid and borrowing an umbrella, I was ready to leave. I stood by the door, the umbrella held loosely in my hand.
"Don't worry. We'll call you when he's awake." Liz sighed, then crossed her arms at my pleading look. She looked at me commandingly. "Go home."
"Fine," I griped, exasperated.
"Bye Maka," Patty said sadly. She gave me a giant bear hug, almost killing me in the process, and smiled. "Careful kay?"
"Alright Patty. Remember Liz you promised." I glared at her and she nodded.
"Ya ya bye." She grinned opening the door and pushing me out into the freezing cold like the evil person she was.
They shut the door as I walked down the sidewalk. Nobody was on the street and most of the shops were closed. A gust of wind pelted me with water, and I shivered as the water felt like ice poking at my skin. Now I understood why Kid of all people was shivering. He is a reaper and they aren't usually uncomfortable in any kind of weather, but I guess the fact that it was going to snow in Death City, a desert, overruled it I guess. I walked faster, trying to build up body heat. Soon I was in a full sprint. With the umbrella slowing me down I pulled it closed, then felt the full wrath of the rain. I looked back at the Gallows Mansion when I stopped at the usual intersection we all would meet at. The dark clouds and foggy air gave the mansion an eerie feeling. I knew it was completely safe, but others would probably stay away. I turned and ran towards my apartment. I saw the little apartment complex dead ahead. I ran inside and up the stairs like lightning. The door opened with a loud whoosh and I jumped in taking in all the warmth. I looked around and saw a blanket. Closing the door with my heel I ran to the blanket. I fell on the couch in a ball with it around me.
"Maka? Hello?" Soul's voice asked, coming into the room.
"O-ove-r h-ere..." I muttered out, shivering.
"What are you doing on the couch?" He asked kneeling at my side. He laid his hand on my cheek. "You're freezing cold! Oi! Blair! Come here!"
"What's up Soul?" Blair asked, skipping into the room in her cat form.
"Take Maka, she's cold," he commanded standing up.
"Kay! Whoa, she is frozen!" Blair yelped as she laid her cat paw on my face.
"C-cold, no k-kidding it-its freezing-g outside," I stuttered trying to get my words straight.
"Come on, your gonna take a nice warm shower," Blair nodded with a small catlike grin.
"K-kay," I said slowly sitting up.
She lead me to my bathroom and shoved me into the warm water coming down from the shower head, clothes and all. She left with a "nya," and a smile. I sat at the bottom of the shower just letting the nice water soak through my clothes. Eventually I stood up and shakily taking off my clothes. Wrapping a towel around myself I opened the door and stepped into my room. After slipping on my pj's, I walked up to my window and opened the curtains. Rain slapped against the glass harshly, making little tapping noises. I sighed then dried my hair with the towel when two light knocks came on my door.
"Maka? I made soup," Soul said, opening the door a crack.
"You can come in Soul," I said turning to him as he opened the door farther.
"Here. Its turkey noodle (1*). I figured that'd be cool." He shrugged holding out a bowl of the soup.
"Thanks Soul!" I smiled, taking it from his strong hand.
"Its cool," he said with a signature grin. He leaned to the side and looked out the window. "Weird weather, huh? Kim said it's the year of the cold. Whatever that means."
"Yeah, no kidding. Year of the cold?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I guess, but I don't really listen to Kim. She's so uncool sometimes." He laughed. I rolled my eyes and sat on my bed.
"Night Maka." He grinned walking out of my room.
"Good night Soul." I smiled before eating a spoonful of the delicious soup.
The next morning, I rubbed my eyes and sat up on my elbows. The little purple cat of fur lay across my stomach, asleep. I scratched her ear, she stirred but didn't wake, just purred. I gaze drifted out to my window. I frowned. It still hadn't snowed. I carefully moved Blair off my stomach and slipped out of the bed. I went into the kitchen and started making pancakes.
"Morning Maka," Soul slurred, coming into the room shortly before walking back into his room.
"Hey Soul," I smiled. I looked at the clock hanging over in the kitchen. Almost 7, woke up kind of late, oh well.
"Yo Maka. I just off the phone with Blackstar. I'm going over to his house after school is that cool?" He asked.
"Yeah. Okay. I was gonna go see... Liz. I have to help her with something," I lied.
"Cool," He said walking into the room fully dressed.
"Breakfast's ready!" I announced, handing him a plate.
We ate quickly, then waved goodbye to Blair and raced through the streets and up the steps to the DWMA.
I walked up to the academy doors opening them and stepping inside. I closed my umbrella and smiled as all the familiar faces walked by to their classes. I saw Liz and Patty by their lockers and I ran towards them. Patty saw me and cackled, intercepting me.
"Maaaaakkkkkkkkaaaaa~!" She sung before giving me a death squeeze.
"Hey off-! Patty- you're- killing- me- need- breath-" I choked, exhaling in relief as she let go and Liz walked over.
"Hey Maka." She grinned.
"Hey Liz," I greeted, glancing around.
"Don't worry Kid's coming at lunch. Whatever he did yesterday really drained him thats for sure," she explained, crossing her arms and chuckling.
"Hey-" she held up a hand and cut me off.
"Relax. We know. We've known," she smirked, emphasizing 'known.'
I wanted to interrupt her, stop her from conjuring up some weird fangirl fantasy, but the bell got to it before I could. I shot Liz a glare, she rolled her eyes, then she and Patty pulled me into class right before it was time for Stein to pull out his scalpels. Quickly we sat down, opening our textbooks. Stein began his lecture on the differences of a meister's and a weapon's soul. My gaze drifted around the room away from the insane teacher. It landed on the empty seat next to me. I rested my head on my elbow. I looked back at the chalkboard when Stein had drawn two souls. To be honest, both the souls looked the same on the outside, but on the inside they were very different.
The inside of a meister's soul was a lot like a human's, but really deep within the souls lay's the ability of soul perception, something not every meister could grasp. Inside a weapon's soul lay the ability to, well, change into a weapon, but the inside of a weapons soul was still very unexplored.
They both had their similarities as well. Both had the ability of soul resonance, a connection between the two souls, or in the rare cases three. Like Kid and Klilk.
If Kid were here he'd lean over and whisper me a fact that wasn't in our textbooks, then tell me to put in the essay Stein was going to assign at the end of class to get me a better grade.
I sighed and looked over at Liz, Patty, and Soul. Liz was looking absently at her nails while Soul was absent all together. Patty leaned on the desk asleep. I looked up to the row below us where Tsubaki and Blackstar sat. I took a piece of my paper and crumbled it up. Hitting Blackstar in the head with it he looked up at me with a tired face, he had also been sleeping.
"Wha?" he asked grumpily.
"Hey where's-..."
"Sorry I'm late professor. How uncool." Soul said walking in.
"Soul, you're tardy a lot. Better not happen again or I'll dissect you," Stein threatened with a slightly insane grin.
"Okay..." Soul nodded with a shiver before running to his seat.
I looked at him with a 'you're-an-idiot' glare. He shrugged and smirked. I whacked him with a book with a loud thud, but no one seemed to notice.
A few hours later, I jumped out of my desk in Miss Marie's classroom. Before anyone could say a word I ran off to lunch. Half running, half dodging people, I made my way to my locker. Every time I passed a window I looked outside, thus, getting more people shoved into me. I finally managed to get my locker open. Throwing in all my stuff I grabbed my book bag, quickly swinging it onto my shoulder. I shut my locker with a slam and whipped around starting into a run when I saw a black and white wall. I was thrown back onto my butt. I rubbed my head and blinked.
"Ugh. Hey watch where you-"
I looked at the person who knocked into me who also sat on their butt. I smiled when I saw familiar three white stripes. He looked at me with his amber gold eyes and grinned.
"Hey Maka." He said standing.
He held out his hand for mine after brushing off the pretend dust on his jacket. I took his hand, it was cool but it felt soothing, and stood.
"Kid!" I smiled hugging him briefly.
"Hey," he smiled blushing a little bit.
He bent down and picked up my bag and his umbrella, "So what did I miss in class?"
"Not much. Stein assigned a five page essay again. Miss Marie assigned a one page essay. No homework from Sid." I smiled.
"Oh thanks Maka, but umm... Thats not what I meant." He chuckled.
"Huh?"
He handed me my bag, "I meant what happened? Did Blackstar get his butt kicked? Did Soul get the Maka Chop of the century?"
I laughed, putting my bag back on my shoulder. "No, not anything like that. Soul did get a Maka Chop for being late this mourning though. Hey, lets get lunch ya? I wanna get it before it gets cold."
He nodded, "Alright but... Isn't it always cold?" he chuckled.
"I guess." I smiled as we walked. "So what'd you do yesterday? I-... We all wanted to hang out."
"Oh. I had training and what not. Reaper business." He shrugged putting his hands in his pockets.
"Reaper business... Right..." I said solemnly.
"Whats wrong?" he asked looking at me and tilting his head ever so slightly.
I skipped ahead a little regaining my happy mood,"Nothing. Come on hurry or we'll miss lunch all together!"
We weaved our way through the crowd, snaking by people like ninjas, well maybe not ninjas but better then Blackstar anyway. Finally we reached the cafeteria... Which had absolutely no tables. I slouched.
"Great." I moaned frustrated.
"Split up, we'll find a table faster." Kid suggested.
"Right," I nodded, then started walking in the opposite direction.
I glanced around for a table in the huge lunchroom. I turned around to find three really really tall guys standing in my way. I'd never saw them before.
"Hellooo little lady... We ar new here. Show us 'ound yeah?" The one in the middle said with a New York accent and the faint smell of beer.
"Ya we be freshmon." The left on said, he was obviously Jamaican.
"Imma Christopher, that be Paul, and Jeff. Imma the best outta dis bunch buta you little miss can call me Chris..." The right one, now Chris, chuckled.
"Come ova to our tablea... You can sit wiff ussss..." Paul the middle one said.
"Come on mon! Don't wanna make Paul ere mad yeah mon?" Jeff, the Jamaican, laughed.
"I'll be fine thank you." I said.
It was obvious these freshman were really new. They didn't seem to notice the Spartoi badge on my shoulder, which essentially means I can kill you. They also didn't know who I was, which was a problem.
"Im Maka Albarn, the Death Scythe of Lord Death's daughter." I said crossing my arms.
"Well now aren't ya a little outta your league?" Chris chuckled then shoved my shoulder.
"Hey! Don't touch me!" I hissed.
"Whateva see ya 'ound... Maka." Chris laughed as they all shoved me as they walked past.
I stormed away from them. Before I knew it I was so blinded with anger I didn't see Kid before I shoved into him.
"You okay Maka?" He asked laying his hands on my shoulders.
"No! Those jerks over there-..."
"I know I saw." He said before glaring at them over my shoulder. "And I just found our table."
He grasped my hand and pulled me along behind him. He though, seemed twice as angry I had been a second ago. The three jerks sat at their table with two other guys. They all ignored Kid as he stopped at the head of the table.
"Hey Maka... Back are ya? I knew ya'd wanna sit with us." Chris smirked.
"Shut up before I-..."
"Do you have any idea who your dealing with here?" Kid growled slapping his hand down onto the table.
"Let me see mon... A... What dat word... Brat with attitude anda princess yeah?" Jeff laughed joined in by his friends.
"No." Kid shouted punching the table this time. "She is Maka Albarn! The daughter of my fathers current Death Scythe. She is the most amazing and selfless person I know. Your just scum bags! And you have no right to treat her that way! Otherwise you'll answer to a death god!"
"What death god would that be punk? I ain't fraid of LD. There ain't no other." Chris said standing up in Kid's face.
"Me." Kid replied angrily. Chris held up his hand ready to punch Kid across the face.
"Know your place kid!" He growled.
Kid caught Chris' hand and he froze. Next thing I knew Chris and his friends were running away. No one seemed to notice the commotion. Kid still holding my hand made me sit down where the jerks just were.
"I'll go grab us some lunch." Kid said perfectly calm, while I blushed like an idiot.
"Wait Kid." He stopped. "Did you really mean all that stuff?"
He turned to me and smiled, "of course I do Maka."
I watched as he walked away to grab our food. I must have zoned out because all of a sudden there was a shout in my ear.
"Yahoo!" Blackstar yelled.
"I think she's been zombie-fied," Soul grumbled.
"Ahhh! Zombies..." Liz cried, trembling.
"Yay!" Patty laughed.
"Huh! Oh hey guys!" I jumped at the sight of all my friends around me well except Kid.
"Gee Maka, you were really outta it," Soul laughed, sitting down across from me.
"Sorry." I smiled as Tsubaki and Blackstar sat next to Soul, Liz and Patty taking the seat next to me leaving space for Kid.
"Here you go Maka." Kid said setting food down in front of me.
"Hey Kid!" Patty cheered.
"Hey. Whats up?" Soul and Liz said.
"Kiddo! My man!" Blackstar laughed slapping Kid on the back.
"Get off," he commanded Blackstar, who snorted then obeyed.
"I'm grabbing food. Who's with me?" Soul yawned, standing.
"I'm in!" Patty and Blackstar cheered running to food with Soul.
"Nah. Patty'll bring me food," Liz chuckled playing with her Spartoi hat.
Kid sat down in between me and Liz with his food tray. I looked down at the food; an okay looking salad and spaghetti. I picked up my fork and stabbed into a piece of lettuce. I looked at us who sat at the table. Liz was complaining Tsubaki about the essay Stein assigned while Tsubaki listened and fingered her Spartoi jacket sleeve. Kid sat fixing his tie over and over until he got it perfect. Sometimes I wished Soul were that picky, but most times... Not so much.
"Did you know that because weapons were created by a witch, none other then Arachne, they have magical powers? Well, to a current extent anyway. I mean magic help them transform into the weapon itself," Kid told us absentmindedly.
Finally, the fact of the day!
"So?" Liz grumbled.
"Sooo... I'm saying you should put that in your paper and get a better grade," he explained, pointing his fork at Liz. "Because you, Ms. Thompson, think essays happen to be optional. Which they aren't."
Tsubaki giggled, "Well I'll be sure to use it. As well as make sure Blackstar uses it. Thank you Kid."
"You're welcome, Tsubaki. See, Liz! At least someone listens to me!" He chuckled.
"I do. I use your facts all the time. They do help a lot." I smiled.
"Yes because it's soooo helpful," Liz mocked.
"God I feel like I waited forever!" Soul exaggerated as the three sat down.
"FOOD!" Patty yelled, handing Liz her food.
"I know right! I swear the lunch lady gave me the stink eye! Maybe I should go over there and-..."
"No, Blackstar," I said holding up a book then eating a piece of salad.
"Yeah... okay," he agreed meekly.
"Hey Kid, where were you yesterday, anyways?" Liz questioned through a mouthful of spaghetti.
"Training," he replied.
"Again? You've been at that a lot lately," she shot back, but he just shrugged. "Maybe you should slow down or something?"
"Just leave him alone. He's strong he can take care of himself. Though he's not as strong as the great Blackstar!" Blackstar said before shouting 'yahoo.' "He's just trying to catch up with his god!"
"Alright," Liz agreed, still skeptical.
A speaker buzzed on, "Team 1 of Spartoi to the Death Room please. Repeat. Team 1 of Spartoi to the Death Room."
"Thats us," Soul grunted, stretching and raising an eyebrow.
"Huh. Wonder what they need us for," Liz mused.
"Well lets go see! Yahoo!" Blackstar shouted standing up.
"Ya~!" Patty agreed.
We left the cafeteria and quickly walked up to the two huge doors which opened widely in front of us. I could see Lord Death standing by his tall mirror. As we stepped up on the large platform he bounced around to face us.
"Oi! Hello there! Long time no see huh kiddo's!" he greeted cheerfully.
"Hi Lord Death!" everyone but Kid greeted in unison.
I looked at Kid who stood rather tense between Liz and Patty. His mood seemed to change quickly.
"Whats up?" Lord Death asked.
"Thats what we kinda wanted to ask you." Soul said shoving his hands in his jacket's pockets.
"Oh right! I see..." he nodded then grabbed a kettle from who knows where. "Tea anyone?"
"Ummm Lord Death...? Why'd you bring us here?" I deadpanned.
"Ah yes! I have a mission for you!" he said clapping his hands together.
"A mission?" I inquired.
"Yup! Tomorrow mourning you're going to be sent off to Primm!" He said.
"Where's that?" Blackstar asked.
"Never heard of it." Soul agreed.
"It's a small town more towards California. We passed over it on our way back from Cascada," I said matter-of-factly. "It's usually a town we try to avoid."
"Why is that?" Tsubaki asked.
"The people that live there don't like DWMA weapons for some reason." I shrugged showing I didn't know for sure.
"Weird," Soul mumbled.
"Maka's right though, but for some reason a person requested a mission reporting a kishin egg was running wild." Lord Death explained. "You leave first thing tomorrow!"
"But Father what about-..."
"Don't worry about it, Kiddo. Just go and have fun. We'll deal with it when the time comes," Lord Death interrupted, cutting Kid off.
Kid, obviously displeased, crossed his arms. "You can't hold it off forever."
"I'm aware," he replied.
I glanced between the two, who were having some kind of secret conversion, confused. I looked at Liz and Patty who shrugged simultaneously. I raised an eyebrow then looked at Kid. What were they talking about? Kid really seemed to be annoyed. What was Lord Death holding off that Kid didn't like? I noticed the tiny flicker of Kid's eyes when he glanced in BlackStar's direction. I followed his glance. BlackStar was just as confused as I, having raised an eyebrow at Kid. Lord Death cleared his throat after a drawn out moment of silence.
Then of course he ruined the mood by pulling out a tea kettle.
"Tea?"
(1*) - Turkey Noodle Soup is awesome. After Thanksgiving my mom makes it she has a special recipe and stuff...
Vila- Well was that better.
Blackstar- No.
Vila- WELL SHUT UP RACIST STAR!
Maka- L. O. L.
Kid- Fail...
Vila- I'm not racist I assure u I hav nothin against anyone. My friend is the racist one that told me to put that... Stupid Jake... Always ruining my life... IMMA BE A FRESHMAN YAHOO! ugh I hate highschool already and its not even summer yet...
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