Story Title: We Are Broken

Genre: Drama, Romance, Action, Suspense, and Tragedy.

Rating: Teen (T) for now. Might change, but I doubt it.

Summary: Maka and Soul have been partners since they both entered the academy. They have been through hell and back, making sure that they saved each other when needed. After a few years, Maka finally made Soul into a Death Scythe, one that was going to overpower her father. The job of a Death Scythe was more than both of them could ever known. What happens when Maka feels that her life is at a stand still while everyone else's is moving? Maka moves on, feeling it's what she needs. Is that the right choice or is someone controlling this decision?


Confessions From The Heart
The Beginning of The End?


It has been three weeks since I made my return to Death City, to my life, and most importantly to the position of Soul's meister once again. I wish I could say that everything was back to normal, working out perfectly.

But I would be lying.

"Ow, that hurts." I muttered, retracting my hand a little from his grasp. Soul let out a sigh of frustration and pulled my hand gently back to where it was. "Just not so tight."

"I'm sorry, but we need to wrap these now." He said, his eyes concentrating on the bandages that he was wrapping around my hands. "These burns marks have only gotten worse and I don't want them to get any worse."

"Well, we need to practice and train." I said to him, shrugging a little. "I don't get why our soul wavelengths are not matching up. I mean, we have only had this problem once before and that was because we were fighting with each other. We seem fine now."

I was lying once again. The lies have been growing more and more through these weeks.

I was keeping things from Soul, mostly the whole reason I really wasn't here for three years. With the guilt and the lies on my mind, it was affecting my soul at the same time. It was making it unable to match with Soul's because the guilt was mostly towards him.

It was almost impossible to wield him without getting burned.

"We are taking a break from training for a little while." He said, ripping off the end of the bandage and sitting back in his chair. "We need to work on matching soul wavelengths before I even let you wield me again. Your hands are just going to burn off."

My eyes looked down at my bandaged hands and shook my head. "They are just slightly burned, nothing that won't heal up soon." I told him, yawning a little bit. "We are going to train tomorrow. I don't care if Stein said that we need a day off. If we don't get this to work, then we won't be able to go out on missions."

"Don't you care about your health at all?" Soul pushed, running his hand over his eyes. "Even if we get this right tomorrow and the training goes on, we won't be able to go on missions until you are healed. So, just take a few days for your hands to heal and then we can try again."

After saying that, Soul stood up out of his chair. His body turned away from me, heading for his room. My hand shot out from it was on my lap, grabbing his. Ignoring the pain, I looked up at him as his eyes turned towards me. "What?"

"Lets try one more time."

"Maka, l-"

"Please. I promise not to train tomorrow or for a few days. I just need to try to fix this now, so that it is off my mind. Please, Soul." I pleaded to him.

Soul's eyes looked into mine for a little before he let out a sigh of defeat. "How can I say no when you beg me like that?" He said as a smile broke out on his face.

My smile grew as I stood up, keeping his hand in mine. "Transform." I said to him, nodding a little bit. I braced myself for the pain as my partner's body started to glow beside me. Before I knew it, I had the handle of the scythe in my hand.

I tilted it over so that it laid in both of my hands, opening my eyes to look down at it. The pain started to come into play, but it was a soft pain. I took a deep breath, trying to let it pass by without bothering me.

"Maka…" Soul warned me, knowing that this was hurting me.

"I'm fine." I muttered quietly to him, closing my eyes once again. The pain grew more, but I ignored it. "Just concentrate. We need to focus on matching our wavelengths."

Soul sighed before he grew quiet, both of us now focusing on matching our souls to each other. His soul was easy to feel, a strong and protective one. A soul that made me jealous of its strength. I felt like it was an easy soul to match.

But it really wasn't.

"Maka, your wavelengths are everywhere." Soul muttered, trying not to break his concentration. "I can't get mine to match it, it keeps moving. Try to calm down some and I can try again."

I nodded to him and took a few more deep breaths, trying to calm myself down. I tried to forget about everything that was affecting my soul; all the lies and the guilt I was feeling needed to fade away. I needed to keep my thoughts away from that, even if it was for a little amount of time.

It was hard though.

"Maka, calm down."

The guilt was nagging at me at all times of the day. I couldn't tell Soul what I really went through for the past three years. I couldn't cry on his shoulder about the pain that I suffered through just to make sure that he would stay alive. All the beating I took…

"Maka…"

I couldn't say anything. I was lying to the most important person in my life and I was just causing myself more pain, literally. The pain made its appearance again when it crossed my thoughts.

"Maka!"

If I ever did tell him, then I would just be signing both of our death certificates. Asura would come in, before he planned, and destroy everything that he could get his hands on. I know I would be the first one to feel his wrath once again. Just the thought of that…

"We need to stop!"

The way his hand would connect with my face, the way that he would kick me over when I fell to the ground, or the way that he would just stand there and laugh at my pain. All those memories burned into my head and I couldn't let that happen again.

"Maka! Stop!"

My eyes flew open and I dropped to my knees, making the scythe fall from my fingers. I was gasping for breath now, clutching my stomach in the process. I felt Soul's arms wrap around me from the side, trying to calm me down.

I could never be calm with all this on my mind.

It was tearing me apart; everyday another piece was ripped away. I try to stay strong; I try to make it look like I am all right. That nothing is bothering me….

But it is getting harder and harder with every passing day.

Especially when I have to look at Soul everyday.

"Maka." Soul muttered, bringing me up to stand on my feet. He turned my body to face him and kept his hands on my shoulders. "We will get this, I promise. We are just going through a rough spot right now, neither of us use to the feel of being partners yet. We will get there though."

How I wish you were right.

I nodded to him and put on my fake smile. "We will get there." I muttered before pulling away from him. I rubbed my eye and turned to return to my room. "I'm going to bed."

"Okay, goodnight." Soul said from behind me.

I shut the door to my room when he was done talking. My body leaned against it, sliding to the floor. I brought my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around my legs.

I need to tell him. This is tearing me apart. I thought to myself as I leaned my head against my knees. I cannot handle this for too much longer.

Oh, but you must, Maka dear. Asura's voice came into my head. My plan is still in progress. I have some more things to work out before I can make my grand appearance to the city that kept me locked away.

The tears gathered at the edge of my eyes. I can't lie to Soul anymore. I am hurting both of us by doing this.

You may tell Soul if it is hurting you that much.

My head shot up from where it was laying. Really? I can tell So-

That is if you want him to die the next day.

My eyes closed tightly in frustration. I hate you so much. When your plan does come, I will be the first one to attack you. You will die by my hands and that is a promise I intend on keeping.

Maka, Maka, Maka. You can't do that.

I stood up off the ground and started to cross over to my bed.

You are, after all…

I pulled the covers off my bed and got under them, pulling them tight around my body.

My bride…

The tears fell from my eyes as I buried my face into the pillow.

I cried myself to sleep that night, something I haven't done since I was locked away in that room at the warehouse. It made me feel that pain again, which only made me to cry harder.

The tears, however, relaxed me enough to fall asleep faster.


"Maka?" Soul called as he walked into my room the next morning. I lowered the book away from my face to look at him. "Tsubaki said to meet all of them at the coffee shop. They say they never see you anymore." He said to me, rolling his eyes.

I nodded to him and slipped my bookmark into my book. "Well, lets go." I said to him as I slipped on my boots and headed out of my room.

Soul's hand found its way into mine when we got outside of the apartment. I looked up at him, but his face was turned away from me.

Ever since our first training session, Soul's hand always managed to get into mine when we went somewhere. He never said anything about it, never bringing it up when I asked him about it.

It confused me, but I would just let it go.

"It's this way." I said when I went to turn the corner, but I was stopped. Soul stood still, looking away from me with a tighter grip on my hand. "Soul?"

His eyes still didn't look over at me. I turned and walked over to him, facing him. "Are you all right?" I asked, taking my free hand to place on his forehead. "You look really pale right now."

"I am fine, Maka." He muttered to me, his eyes still not meeting mine. "I just… Oh this is so uncool."

I raised an eyebrow at him and dropped the hand that was on his forehead. "What are you talking about? What's so uncool?"

Soul's mouth opened and closed a few times, debating what to say. "I know that you are probably going to think that this is really random, but I need to get it off my chest. Maka, I really need to tell you something."

"What is it?"

Finally, crimson eyes met mine as his face came to face me. Blush was covering his cheeks as he sighed. "Okay, well we have been partners for a long time. Like ever since we were 13. There are so many things that we went through, many battles and injuries that we overcame together. You have always been by my side."

I nodded to him, not having any idea where he was going with this. Why did he want to tell me something now? In the middle of the street? Was it really this important?

"We have been to hell and back with each other. And… I guess what I am trying to spit out is…"

"Soul, just say it." I pushed, trying to get him to form words.

"You know what? Just forget I said anything." He suddenly said, pulling my hand to continue to walk. "We can try this some other time…"

"Soul…"

"It's not that important anyway."

"Just say it. I bet it is important."

"It's really no-"

"Soul!"

My shouting got him to stop walking, his back facing me now. I reached my hand out to touch his shoulder, but he quickly turned around. His face was even redder then before as his eyes met mine.

"I like you, Maka."

I couldn't make out what he said, the words coming out so quickly. They were impossible to understand. I took a step closer to him. "What did you say?"

His free hand went to the back of his neck when I said that, rubbing it. "Oh, are you really gonna make me say it again? It was hard enough…"

"I didn't hear you."

"I said that I like you. A lot."

All the sudden, I felt stupid for not knowing where he was going just second ago. But it did catch me off guard just a little. "I like you too. I mean, we are partners after all, so we ha-"

"That's not what I mean, Maka."

"Then what ar-"

"Maka." He said firmly, making me shut my mouth automatically. "I am saying that I like you more than a partner."

I felt the hear rise up on my cheeks, making my face as red as his. "Oh." I said, lamely. I didn't know what else to say, no words would come out even if I tried. I just looked up at him.

"I know that you are probably thinking that I did this at a bad time, but I couldn't wait any longer. It has been three weeks since you came back and it needed to be said." He said, moving his hands to place them on my shoulders. "Maka Albarn, you have made me fall head over heels for you. I don't know how you did it, but I can't deny it anymore."

My face didn't change even after he said that, I just kept staring at him. I wanted to say something, anything to get him to say something else. I couldn't though, my mind was on overload.

This couldn't be happening, not now.

"Maka, say something."

I blinked a few times when he began talking again. I took a step backwards, away from him and letting his hands drop off of my shoulders. "No." I muttered as I shook my head.

I can't let this happen.

"Maka?" Soul said as he stepped towards me, only to be stopped when I held out my hand with my palm facing him.

"Just… no." I said. "Just stop."

Soul kept his face the same, but I could see his eyes fill with disappointment.

I didn't want this, I couldn't have this. This what Asura wanted, he wanted Soul to fall for me so that he could be crushed when the plan came along. I couldn't let that happen. He needed to be safe and that doesn't allow him to be with me like that.

"What do you mean?"

I kept shaking my head at him. "You can't." I muttered to him, making my face turn down towards the ground, my bangs falling in front of my eyes. "You can't. You will just hate me in the end."

Soul took another step, a cautious one this time. "Hate you in the end?" He asked, taking one more step towards me. "Why will I hate you in the end, Maka?"

"I can't tell you. It will only put you in more danger."

Soul stopped when our bodies were almost touching. "Danger? Maka, what are you talking about? You are confusing me."

"I don't want you to die!" I yelled, my hands balling up into fists at my sides. My head was still slightly shaking. "You can't die, you just can't."

My face was brought up to face Soul's after saying that. "Maka, what are you saying? Who said anything about me dying? You are started to freak me out."

The tears came down my cheeks now. "I already said, I can't tell you." I muttered, feeling the tears run off my cheeks. Soul used his thumbs to clear them away, but there were too many to stop. "I can't make you pay for my lies."

"Lies? Maka, you don't lie." Soul said, keeping his hands cupping my face. "It is not like you to lie."

"But I do lie! I am lying to you right now!"

This was my breaking point. Three weeks of keeping this inside of me, it was coming to the surface now. I was ready to burst, but I tried to keep calm as Soul looked down at me with questioning eyes.

"Maka…."

I closed my eyes, the tears still coming down. "I am sorry, so sorry. I never meant to drag you into this. I should have let him kill me so that I couldn't come back here. You would be safer that way and everything would be okay."

"Who is he, Maka? What are you talking about?"

"I shouldn't be alive right now. I shouldn't be with you right no-"

"Stop that!" Soul hissed at me, forcing me to open my eyes to look at him. "I don't know what you are saying, but stop talking like that! You deserve to be here, deserve to be with me. Maka, you deserve it all."

I shook my head slowly at him. "I don't. I lied to you and I lied to everyone here. I am so stupid."

"Maka, what did you lie about?"

Don't say it, Maka. Think about what you are doing.

I ignored his voice. All of this was getting to far, but I couldn't back down now. My voice would not stop talking. "I lied about where I was for the past three years. I lied about it all."

"But you said that you were on trai-"

"That was a lie, a lie to cover up the truth."

"Maka, you don't l-"

"Yes, I do. I have been for the past three weeks."

"That's not like yo-"

"I was with the Kishin!" I yelled, biting down on my lip as soon as those words left my mouth. I closed my eyes again, unable to meet his eyes.

Well, well, well. It seems someone has broke. I will see you soon, my bride.

Soul's hands fell from my face as he stepped backwards, away from me. "K-Kishin?" He stuttered, almost unable to say it. "You were with the fucking Kishin! Why the hell would you be with him?"

He was mad, just like I knew he would be.

I opened my eyes and looked at him, holding my hand out to him. "I will explain everything to you." I muttered to him, staring up into his eyes. "You have to trust me right now or everything will end horribly."

Soul shifted his eyes from my eyes to the hand I held out. "But…" He started to say, but stopped quickly. His hand reached for mine.

But a crack of thunder made both of us jump.

I looked up at the skies as dark clouds rolled in unexpectedly. Lightning was shooting across the skies, thunder was booming through the air, and the wind started to pick up.

The arrival of the Kishin was coming and I was the only one that knew.

My hand was still held out to Soul, making his eyes turn back to me. "You need to trust me." I shouted through the wind. "This is the only way we are going to be able to stay alive."

Soul looked down at my hand and shook his head.

"I can't trust you, Maka Albarn." He said, stepping backwards. "I can't trust you anymore."


And the fighting begins after this.

A lot of you are probably shocked that I would bring this part of the story already. I never meant for this story to be a long one, so that is why things are going quickly. I say there will be maybe five chapters left, maybe more or less. So, the fight is coming and then I have a special ending for this story. There might be a second one, it depends on if people want one. I mean, with the ending I have in mind, I could easily make a second one or just a little one shot that will show a little bit more. I haven't really decided yet, but I probably should. (:

Also, I will be updating a lot this weekend. I start school on Monday and I am hoping to only have one or two more chapters left toe write when I go back to school. So, stick with me because I might even update later tonight. It depends if I stop being lazy and write it.

I want to thank those who reviewed for the last chapter (: Thank you so much guys for letting me continue this story. I hope that you will enjoy the rest of it and I hope that you are on the edges of your seat, just dying to see the major battle that is about to come.

Until next update (: Please review if you are excited for the fighting.

xoxo Alysha

PS. I made my first Soul and Maka AMV (: I worked hard on this and thought I would share it with you guys. The title is The Only Exception~ Soul Eater AMV. It is by KH2Luver122, which is my youtube. I would love it if you watched it (: