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Chapter 7: Kami Albarn

They stopped in the next city so the driver could get some sleep. It was only an hour away to the next city where they had their next concert, but the driver had been up all the day and the night. He needed to sleep and Soul was happy about that. When no one noticed, he disguised himself and went out of the tour bus which wasn't that hard since every one of his friends were mad at him. They didn't know either but what Soul did was crossing the line. He'd to admit that.

When he got out of the bus, he started to walk around inside of the city. He'd to find another copy of the CD. The internet was of no use so the only choice he'd was going to one of his friends.

Before Soul joined Eaters he worked at a record store in this city. He worked with his friend there and hopefully he'd have another copy of it.

Soul's phone started to ring and he saw it was Arachne who called him. He answered the phone with his cool voice. "What's up babe?"

"Hey, so do you want to hang out? The band is in the city. Want to come by our tour bus?" Arachne said seductive and Soul wanted to turn around and run toward the bus where he'd rip her clothes off and have his ways with her. But he has to make it up to Maka or his bandmates will be mad at him forever. He can't have that.

He growled. Why does he even care? He hates singing and making music, so why does he still do it? It doesn't make any sense to him so why should he care then if his bandmates hate him or not?

"Sorry Arachne, not today, I'm on the look for an item for Maka."

"Maka?! Isn't she the chick who won the lottery? Why are you in search of something for her?" Arachne got a little upset. Had Soul slept with Maka and was going to get something for her? Or was he only trying to seduce her into bed? Wasn't she enough for him? Arachne got very jealous.

"Because I was a huge ass yesterday and now my bandmates won't talk to me because of it. I have to try to fix everything by getting an item for her."

"Why are you trying to redeem yourself? You say you hate singing and being a singer so why don't you just quit?" Arachne asked and waited. It took much longer for him to answer than she wanted.

"I don't honestly know. But I don't want my friends to be mad at me. So I want to redeem myself."

"Can you come by later then?" Arachne made one last try to get laid with the famous Soul Evans. She has to admit it, she's in love with Soul and she hates that their relationship is only based on sex. She wants him as her boyfriend and she hates the fact Soul doesn't see her in that way. Soul only sees her as a sex partner but she's willing to wait until Soul's ready for a relationship with her.

"Sorry, after dinner we're going to the club before we drive toward the next city."

Arachne felt very abandoned by the man she loves and she doesn't like it. "Fine. I'll call you a different time." She hung up and started to mourn the loss of a day of sexual activities with the guy she loves.

Soul growled and put the phone back into the pocket. He started getting close to his goal. He could see the store in front of him. It's a very small corner shop with the sign "Sweet jams" with blue neon lights. Soul entered the small shop. It's just the same. The selves were filled with CD records and the familiar man with pink hair and messy cut hair stood there with his black robe as usual.

"Welcome to Sweet jams, how can I help you?" Chrona said.

"You can help me find a record." Soul said and lowered his sunglasses and raised his hat so Chrona could see who he is.

Chrona's eyes widen when he saw who the man is. "Soul, is that you?"

Soul nodded. "Yeah and I need your help. Do you have any CDs by Kami Albarn?"

The pink haired man raised his eyebrow. "Kami Albarn? Do you mean the Japanese opera singer?"

"Exactly, so do you have CDs of her?" Soul mentally crossed his fingers and hoped for the best.

Chrona tapped on his computers. "No we don't."

Soul banged the front desk loudly. "Damn it! I really need her CD!"

"What year?" Chrona asked.

The white haired man looked at his friend weird. Why does he ask if he doesn't have any of her CDs? "It's the one which came out approximately seventeen years ago."

Chrona's face seemed to light up because he flexed his index finger, gesturing him to follow Chrona. Soul followed him down the hallways and Chrona stopped by a door.

"No one knows about this room. So you have to keep quiet about this, you understand?"

Soul nodded and Chrona opened the door into a room Soul got very shocked by. there was a big stereo system with a chair beside it. On the walls was the same woman on Maka's CD. It's Kami Albarn.

"Chrona, why do you have so many posters of Kami?" Soul asked while he looked around at all the posters of Maka's mother.

"Because she's my biggest idol. I've all her CDs and posters ever made. When Kami died it crushed me, such a legend as her went missing; erased from the earth's surface." Chrona kneeled down in front of a shelf and ran his fingers over the CDs. He gave out an "Ah ha!" he grabbed the CD and went over to Soul.

"Is this the CD you mean?"

Soul nodded immediately, he remembered how the CD looked like at the case looked exactly like the CD did.

"What are you going to do with the CD?" Chrona asked and Soul was just about to grab the CD when he pulled it back. "I won't sacrifice the only CD I have of this kind of something simple as getting laid or something."

Soul sighed. He had no choice but to tell him. "I broke Kami Albarn's daughter's CD. She's heartbroken because of it and I've been trying to get a new one for her but to no avail."

Chrona's eyes widen, "are you talking about Maka Albarn?! The daughter of Kami Albarn?!"

Soul sighed and nodded, "Yes, she won the Eaters' lottery so she's on a tour with us."

Chrona immediately handed the CD to Soul. "Take it! You can take it on one condition; you have to tell her I was the one to humbly sacrifice my only copy of the CD to help her out."

He nodded, "Sure man, thanks. I've been looking all over the internet for this one but it's like Kami is erased from the whole internet. I don't know why."

"Me neither, I've tried to get some information on her but there isn't any but I've heard rumors it was a family problem. That's all I know unfortunately."

Soul thanked him for the information anyway and exits the store. He walked back to the tour bus. The walk didn't take all too long since he took as many short cuts as he could while trying to keep a low profile so no one would recognize him. Being out with no body guards isn't good.

When Soul arrived inside of the tour bus, he was greeted with Patty. "Hey Soul! Where have you been?" She giggled loudly.

"I asked a friend a favor. That's all." Soul walked passed her while he threw the hat and sun glasses away, not caring where they landed, he could get new ones if he wanted to.

Soul walked up to the room Maka and Tsubaki shared, he knocked on the door and a moment later Tsubaki opened the door. "What do you want?" She asked harsh.

"I've got a gift for Maka."

Tsubaki rolled her eyes and opened the door wider, letting him inside.

Soul's eyes landed on Maka who sat on the top bunk with her legs dangling from the ledge. She'd her CD player and the CD in her hands. Around her neck were the headphones.

"Is the CD okay?"

Maka shook her head. "No, it's broken."

Soul nodded. Lucky her he went on a walk and actually managed to get her a replacement. "Do you want to take a walk? I'd actually want to talk to you."

Maka didn't answer; instead she jumped down from her bed and walked out of the room. Soul followed her and they both walked out of the tour bus.

"What is it you want to talk about?" Maka asked.

"Since Tsubaki told me the story about your mother, I only thought it would be fair if you knew something about me in return."

Maka nodded, "Okay, shoot." On the outside she might've looked emotionless and didn't bother with it, but she was quite happy Soul was talking to her and he was willing to tell something to her since Tsubaki spoiled about her mother's past.

"I hate music. I don't know why I do it really. At the beginning I loved making music and sing to my fans, but when my brother turned famous at the violin, I got jealous at him."

"We all get jealous from time to time." Maka comment but Soul kept on telling her his story.

"He could make wonderful pieces, masterpieces in fact; I got jealous because I couldn't do pieces like him. I wanted to surpass my brother but I never seem to do, eventually I started to hate my music for it. As soon as someone commented me how amazing my music is I get mad because I know it isn't. My brother's music is the one that's amazing, not mine. Today, I despise music because I can't be as good as him."

"If you don't like making music, why are you doing it? If you don't enjoy making music then you shouldn't be doing that." Maka commented.

"I know, but there's a part of me that doesn't want to quit. I don't know why but I don't have the guts to quit." Soul admitted. He finally felt like he found the half missing puzzle. There's still some piece left and he just had to figure it out what was missing.

"Then you shouldn't quit right now. You should try to figure out what's holding you back from quitting." Maka said and turned toward Soul.

"Yeah, thanks for the advice. I appreciate it." Did Soul just appreciate something about her? Yesterday he all hated her and now he's actually friendly. She never thought she would see the day. It seems like Tsubaki's outburst did something right.

"Oh, and one more thing," Soul said and picked up the CD from the plastic bag. "I broke your CD and it was only fair if I got you a new one. I got this from a friend of mine who happened to be a fan of your mother's. His name is Chrona and he was willing to give me the CD." Soul said and handed the CD to Maka. Her eyes were wide and she couldn't believe she was holding a copy of the same CD of her mother.

"Oh my god! How did you get this? I've been searching everywhere for her music but didn't find anything! Thank you! Thank you so much Soul!" Maka threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

The way Maka hugged him made something inside of him feel good. He didn't feel like this when he was around Arachne. Could this be the feeling of doing a good deed?

"IT'S SOUL FROM EATERS!" A random fangirl screamed and suddenly Maka and Soul were chased by a mob of crazy fan girls. Soul quickly grabbed Maka's hand and they ran through the alleys and streets. Luckily for them both, Soul knew the way to shake them off.

The fan girls might've interrupted something important in his train of thought, but he knew those thought weren't going to get forgotten that easily.