Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry for the long delay again. I'm dealing with a lot of paper work for a school trip and the forms and requirements are not stopping! Anyway, here i the next part. Sorry its a bit short. I hope to have the next part up soon.


Their meetings with Nygus the nurse went smoothly. When recounting the actual murder, Soul shuddered internally. He would be seeing "Jack's" guts spilling into the street for a while to come. Maka cried during hers, but only when she thought about the poor woman lying face down in the dirty alley way.

"Maka, how do you feel about the fact that you took Jack the Ripper's life?" Nygus asked gently.

"Well, he was a terrible person and a danger to civilians. I only did what was necessary. Lord Death decided that he should be removed from society, so I don't feel bad." Maka replied.

Nygus took some notes in her book and cleared them both for 'active duty' again.

The two teens walked down the hallway toward Lord Deaths office.

"I'm glad that we are both cleared to complete missions." said a relieved Maka. "I was worried that one of us wouldn't be psychologically well enough after a traumatic experience like that."

"It's cool Maka." replied Soul with a grin. "We are both excellent Meisters."

Maka just sighed in response. Clearly he doesn't understand the gravity of the situation. Or he's just covering it up. She looked at him really closely, but still couldn't tell which it was.

They stopped in front of the closed door to their boss's office. Maka stepped up and knocked.

"Come in!" their boss sang through he closed door.

Maka opened the door and peer around. "Lord Death, we were wondering if we could talk to you for a moment?" Then she noticed her father was also in the room. They were sitting at the only table drinking tea; both staring at her. "Oh, but if you're busy we can come back." she said trying to back out of the doorway.

"Nonsense. Come on in."

"Maka, my angel! Is there something Papa can help you with?!" Spirit had jumped up and was flailing his arms about.

Soul had basically pushed Maka up to the dias where the two men stood.

"What do you need, kiddos?" asked Lord Death.

"It's really okay, we can come back later." Maka almost pleaded. Of all the people that could have been there, why did it have to be her stupid father? He was just going to cause a scene and blubber like a child.

Lord Death," Soul said much more calmly than she felt. "We came here to request an apartment. Maka and I want to move in together."

"Soul Eater!" growled Spirit as a stalked closer to the white haired boy. "You even think of touching my Maka. If you ever lay a hand on her, as Death Scythe, no, as her father, I will fucking kill you. You got that?" He spat as he leaned over right in Soul's face.

"Do you see how cool I am? Do you really think I'm going to settle for a flat-chested girl like her?" Soul replied casually.

Maka was hurt and shocked. She knew they had no romantic feeling for each other, but that was taking things a bit too far. She would teach that 'cool guy' a couple things about manners later. No sooner had the words left Souls lips however, when Spirit was actually in Soul's face yelling at him. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME MY MAKA'S NOT ATTRACTIVE?! Why haven't you made a move on her, you're a man aren't you?!" by this point, Lord Death was holding on to Spirit's collar; he was leaning so far over that he would have fallen over.

"You know, you're a little annoying." Soul commented slightly turning away from the seething man.

Spirit now look dejected at Maka, tears streaming down his face. "Maka. Is it true? You really want to leave me? You want to leave you papa all alone?"

"Yes Death Scythe, I want to move into an apartment with my partner." Maka was so fed up with the man.

In a fit of misery Spirit threw himself into a back corner of the room and mumbled between sobs. "My baby girl. Didn't even use my name! She called me Death Scythe. She's gonna leave me just her mama did!"

"Okay you three, simmer down." instructed the boss. "Let me think about it and I will get back to you." He nodded to Soul and Maka dismissing them from the room. "Spirit! Get a hold of yourself." the pair could hear him chide as they left the room.

"Cool. Looks like we're getting a new place." Said Soul once they left the room. "Your dad sure is a bit crazy though."

"Maka chop!" her hand suddenly made hard contact with tho top of Soul's head.

"What the FUCK Maka?!" he screamed clutching his head. "What was that for?"

"My Papa's not the only annoying one." she said glaring at him. "I know we aren't romantically inclined and you're far "too cool" to hang around with a "flat-chested girl" like me, but that doesn't mean you can say whatever the fuck you want."

"Calm down Maka. Your dad was going nuts, it didn't mean anything. I think you're just over reacting a bit."

"Fine. Whatever. You're a jerk Soul." Maka spat as she stormed off. "I'm going home. I'll see you in afternoon class."

"Shit."


I hope you enjoyed it.

And a special thank you to DancingOnTheWaves, Dogs of the Abyss and Accio-bravery for following and thanks to everyone who has kept up with Maka and Soul thus far.

~Tanima 3