Kishin Egg Souls and Immortality?
Chapter 7
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They spent the next seven hours preparing, memorizing the clearing and the land around it, just in case the shape-shifters decided to attack them instead of talking. Which, if the boy's attitude to Maka and Soul was any indication, was very likely.
The Shibusen gang stood to the right of the clearing, with Maka, Soul, and Kid standing in the middle. They watched for any sign of the other group. The gleaming sun directly above them proved useful to their sights, for it cast no unnecessary shadows in the forest.
They came one by one, emerging from the shadows as if a part of them. The first was a rather tall man, and then two slightly younger-looking boys took their places at his sides. A girl came next, taking the spot at the far left. Last came the one they had talked to earlier, the boy taking his place at the far right. It was he, the middle one (who they assumed to be the leader), and the boy to the left that came to meet them.
"I am Sam," The middle one stated, "leader of this pack." He flexed his muscles as he said this; whether or not it was intentional was lost on the three students. "This is Seth," Sam motioned to the boy on his left, "and I believe you already met Jacob."
"So, like you're the ones who threatened us?" Seth asked incredulously, giving the three a quick once-over. "You guys are so not what I was expecting. I was expecting y'all to be tall and buff—you know? Kind of like us, except not nearly as—Ow!" He was cut off by a quick smack to the back of the head.
"Just ignore him." Sam sighed, "Now, I suppose that I should introduce you to the rest of the pack." He cleared his throat and began.
"The girl on the left is Leah, she's Seth's older sister. The boy is Ebon—Enoby—Oh, I forget, how do you say your name again?"
"The boy in question rolled his eyes in annoyance. "It's Embry. Em-briee. Got it memorized?"
"That's right!" Sam exclaimed, snapping his fingers, "Embry…Embry…Okay then, now, would you kindly tell us your names?"
Kid straightened his coat, "Ah, yes. I am Death the Kid, alias 'Williamm'. I will tell you the rest's names in order from left to right, along with their aliases." Kid cleared his throat a bit, then began to recite. "Soul Eater-"
"Sup?" Soul smirked.
"—Alias 'Evan'. Maka-"
"Hello."
"—Alias 'Mandy'. Black Star-"
"Otherwise know as 'the one who will someday surpass God.'" Black Star declared.
"—Alias 'Bill'. Tsubaki-"
"Good evening."
"Alias 'Tori', and lastly Liz and Patty Thompson."
"Hi there."
"How are you doing?"
Seth nodded to each, "A pleasure, I'm sure." He said, smiling, "Now, I believe you came to ask something of us?"
Kid smiled, "Ah yes, I suppose it's time we get down to business."
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Edward was confused.
All evening he's been looking for Mandy and the rest of the new kids, but no matter where he looked for them, he couldn't find them! After the…unfortunate incident he had when he first started monitoring them, he'd made sure to spy on them from different spots. So far, his favorite spot was the vacant apartment next to theirs.
Of course…not that anyone believed him or anything. Sometimes he wondered why he even bothered with this when he could be stalking Bella all day and give the same report.
'You're doing this because Carlisle told you to.' Miranda reminded him, 'You don't lie about it because I'm at the controls; you lie, and I'll make you feel guilty about it. And you know what happens after that.'
"Jasper will know I'm lying, then tell Carlisle." Edward recited. He really couldn't get away with anything, could he? It was times like this that made him hate his life.
'Ohmigod,' Steve grumbled from somewhere in Edward's subconscious, 'Could you, like, not be emo for the rest of the night? I know you don't, but I totally need this beauty sleep. I, like, don't care about your problems, but your constant worrying has been keeping me up at night. It's starting to give those icky circles under my eyes. I'm starting to look like you! Eeewww, totally disgusting!'
"Sorry, Mr. Steve." Edward mumbled, looking down at his feet.
'Oh, shut up Steve.' Miranda growled, 'Now, where have you not looked yet?…Have you tried Port Angeles at all?'
"No, but I'm not going there tonight." Edward stated, starting to walk out of the forest.
'Hold it there, Sparkles. What do you mean, 'you're not going'? Why not?'
He sighed, "Because of Bella. She'll get all…ya know, suspicious. She'll probably think that I was visiting Jacob. What is it with you women and pairing up guys that hate each other? But that's beside the point. I told her that I was going to be there tonight anyways, so I might as well."
There was a moment of silence before Miranda asked, 'So? What's your point?'
Edward sighed again, "My point is that I told her that we had shifts in looking after the border, to make sure that Victoria wouldn't sneak in. I told her that I only had to go out to the borderline twice a week."
'So?'
"So, it was my second time out yesterday."
'Oh.' She answered, sounding unusually defeated. That passed quickly though, because then she said, 'Well, then, fine. Go back to that little bother you call a girlfriend. You're still gonna do search Port Angeles tomorrow.'
"But I've already gone—"
'Yes, yes, I know.' She interrupted, 'But that's not the excuse you're going to use tomorrow. You're eyes are starting to go black, right?
"Yeah, last time I checked." Edward said, not quite getting where she was going with this.
'That's why tomorrow you're going to say that you're going hunting. Take Jasper with you, it'll be more believable that way. It's going to be sunny tomorrow, so you might as well make the most of it.'
"But how am I supposed to search in the—"
'Ohmigod,'Steve interrupted, 'are you seriously this stupid? Wear a hoodie, obviously.'
'…I thought you were sleeping.' Miranda sighed.
'Don't you think I tried? But because of you two and your talking, I wasn't able to.' He complained, 'Oh…these shadows are going to take weeks to get rid of.'
"But Mr. Steve," Edward started, "What about my hands?"
'Keep them in your pockets, duh. Have Jasper wear, like, gloves or something and he'll open the doors for both of you.'
"Uh…Okay…"
'Now hurry and get going!' Miranda commanded, shifting Edward into 'run', 'We don't want Bella getting worried, now do we?'
"No, no we don't." Edward said, then he ran into the forest.
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"Okay then!" Kid called once they'd all gotten into the apartment, "That went quite well, if I do say so myself."
"And you were the one who was against it in the first place." Maka laughed.
"Yeah , yeah, whatever." Kid said, waving off the comment, "But really, the information that we got from the pack—okay, mostly Jacob—was very helpful. Who'd have thought that he'd have so many photos of places the pre-Kishin visit?"
"Huh," Liz scoffed, checking her nails for what must've been the fiftieth time that night, "If you ask me, he's bordering on 'stalker'. He just gives off that…creepy feel, ya know?"
"Creepy, creepy~!" Patty chimed in, giggling.
"Think what you will, it's still good information." Kid grumbled, massaging his temples in annoyance, "I'm going to go look through these and see which of them will be useful."
After Kid walked off to another room, the next few minutes were calm; Black Star was passed out in the corner, Maka was reading, Tsubaki, Liz and Patty were talking quietly amongst themselves, and Soul was listening to music in his room. Two minutes later, Kid came back.
"You guys," he said confidently, getting the attention of almost everyone in the room, "I have an idea."
"Oh really?" Asked Soul, who was only half-listening to Kid, "Well then, would you kindly tell us this brilliant plan of yours?"
"Of course," Kid answered, not bothering to hide the smugness in his voice, "Now, we've gotten some very valuable information from the shape-shifters. But I think that the most valuable info were the pictures and descriptions of the places that the enemy frequently visit. I believe that one of the best ways to understand them is to visit the places they visit and try to get into their heads. If we are able to do that, we'll be able to better comprehend their usual fighting styles, which will make disposing of them much easier."
"Now, each meister-weapon team will investigate at least two places. Black Star and Tsubaki," Kid turned to them, effectively waking Black Star up from his nap, "You two will be investigating the woods around the Cullen household and the 'ballpark' where they play baseball." He handed them some photos and papers that held the coordinates for both places, "While they were looking over them, Kid said in a quieter voice, "Tsubaki, make sure that Black Star stays quiet." After getting a nod of confirmation, he moved on.
"Liz, you, Patty and I will be investigating the beaches over in La Push and the mall in Port Angeles." He said, handing Liz photos and coordinates as well. "Since we have the longest travel distance, we'll be taking the car."
Finally he turned to Maka and Soul, "Maka, you and Soul well be investigating the restaurant 'La Bella Italia' and a small bookstore just outside of Port Angeles."
Kid returned to the middle of the room, "Everyone," he said, "get some rest. We'll be leaving for our destinations at eleven tomorrow morning. We'll be waking up at nine-thirty to make sure that everyone's dressed and alert by the time we leave."
The meisters started to drag themselves to their rooms, not even bothering to change into their pajamas. But they all froze when Maka asked, "Wait a minute, what about school? Tomorrow's Wednesday, they'll notice that we're gone."
At this, Soul grinned, showing off his shark-teeth, "You trust the public school system too much, Maka. There are so many kids in our classes that I doubt they'd even notice. Besides, the Cullens skip school all the time, and it's not like we're gonna be staying here long."
"Fine." Maka huffed.
And with that, everyone finally went to bed.
Author's Note:
Uhg! Lame ending is lame! But…atleast I was able to get it up earlier this time. Many a sleepless night went into writing this chapter for y'all, and now it's here! Yay! It wasn't another half-year wait!
Yeah, I know, I kinda ripped y'all off on the whole meeting w/ the Shape-shifters. But when It got down to write it, I couldn't think of anything. Curse you, Writer's Block, CURSE YOU~! *shakes fist* And…I just love Steve. It's so much fun to write him. I wanted him to have that Valley Girl accent, and that was before I knew about Poland (Hetalia). Now, I call him Edward's Poland side. (if that makes any sense)
Well, it's kinda short, but it's here! I wanna give a special thanks to .Elric91232 for the idea! I'm gonna use it in the next chapter, I promise! And another shout-out goes out to Cylon One for pointing out all the typos I had. I didn't even notice. ._.;
And, of course, a great big thank-you to all of you who have reviewed, put this story (or me) on Alert or have faved it! Y'all are the ones who motivate me to write!
Now, with that in mind, don't forget to review! And see I'll ya next time~~
-K
