I'm back bitches! Miss me? So I had some of you asking if I was continuing my stories or not. Of course I am! I did not forget about my stories or you guys. I won't let you down! No enough of my jabbering. Onto chapter 9!


Soul ran out of the cafeteria, hoping to catch up to Maka. Soul ran down the direction he thought she would go...the library. "Soul! Wait up!" Tsubaki yelled after him. Soul barely heard her, to caught up in the thoughts of Maka. Tsubaki caught up to him when he reached the library doors. Soul burst in, shoving the doors open and having them bang against the walls. The students in the library jerked, glaring at the sudden noise. As soon as they spotted Soul though, they turned back to what they were doing.

The librarian walked towards them, angered by the noise. "What in the world is going on? This is a library, not a gymnasium."

Soul opened his mouth to speak, but Tsubaki beat him to it. "We're sorry ma'am. We're just wondering if a friend of ours would be in here."

Soul kept quiet, listening to the two of them talking. "Is something the matter?" The librarian frowned at them. She looked between Soul and Tsubaki.

Soul spoke up this time. "We hope not," he told her bluntly. He wandered off towards the tables, hoping to spot Maka.

"What Soul means is that we haven't seen our friend in a while and we were hoping she would be in here studying or reading." Tsubaki tried to smooth things over.

The librarian narrowed her eyes, worry all over her face. Soul wandered back towards them. "If you can give me a name I'll be able to help. I know every student in here at the moment."

"Her name is Maka. Maka Albarn." Soul told her. He watched the librarian look thoughtful, finger tapping against her chin.

Suddenly her eyes turned bright. "I know her! She is such a sweet child." Soul smirked at that comment. 'Sweet my ass,' Soul thought. 'She is a she-devil in disguise!' Soul opened his mouth to tell the librarian just that, when a sudden pain came over him. He leaned over and groaned. Tsubaki and the librarian looked over at him worriedly.

"Soul! Are you alright?" Tsubaki rushed over to him, grabbing his arm and putting it around her shoulders to help steady him. Soul barely heard her over the pain.

Soul looked up at Tsubaki, with pain filled eyes, and told her, "They're hurting her."

Tsubaki looked down at him, confused. "What? Whose hurting who?"

Soul ignored her, not wanting to waste another minute. He pushed himself away from Tsubaki, ignoring the pain, and started heading towards the double doors. "She's not here. We have to hurry and find her," Soul headed down the hallways and thought to himself, 'Before it's too late!' Tsubaki smiled apologetically at the librarian for disturbing her, before she caught up with Soul.

He started walking aimlessly, not knowing where he was going or what he was doing. His thoughts were centered on finding Maka and that was all that mattered. "Soul...Soul...SOUL!" Soul glared at the person yelling at him. Tsubaki was looking at him worriedly. " What did you mean back there? That they were hurting her? Whose her?" Soul looked over at Tsubaki, confused.

"Maka never told you?"

"Told me what?"

He stopped walking, staring at her dumbfoundedly. He could have sworn that Maka would have told her about their emotional connection. He didn't know how to respond.

Tsuabki was starting to look a little exasperated. "SOUL!" She screeched at the same time the bell rang signaling lunch was over. Soon the hallways were filled with students rushing towards their next class. They walked towards the wall, away from the students shoving them out to the way. Soul decided to tell Tsubaki then.

He gestured for her to lean closer so he could whisper in her ear and no one to over hear. Once she was close enough where Soul new no one would overhear them, he told her. "Make and I, we have an emotional connection."

Tsubaki looked at him questioningly. "What?" She whispered,

Soul shrugged his shoulders, still speaking quietly. "We can feel one anothers emotions." At her look Soul shrugged again. "I don't understand it myself. Maka has learned how to block me from feeling hers or mine though." Soul chuckles. "And get this. The first day she was here, I ran into her after school and knocked her to the ground. When I reached down to help her up, as soon as I touched her skin, it was like we were shocked! So at the fair, I tried to...experiment a little." Throughout the whole conversation, he felt all the pain that Maka was going through.

Tsubaki's eyes widened a little. "The kiss...?"

Soul nodded. "I wanted to see if skin contact would still shock us." Soul shrugged like it was no big deal. "She usually wears those gloves. So I thought if the kiss would shock us, the-" He was never able to finish before there was a stinging sensation on his cheek. Soul looked up in surprise. Tsubaki's hand was raised and her eyes narrowed. Souls eyes narrowed in response. "What the hell was that for?"

"Maka isn't some science project you can experiment on! She is a human being with emotions!" Tsubaki whisper-shouted at him. It didn't matter though. There were hardly any students left in the hallway. "How do you think she took your 'experiment'?" Tsubaki put quotations around experiment.

Soul looked at her, confused. "I don't know. She probably didn't really care."

"OOH!" Tsubaki threw her hands up. She turned away from him, noticing the lack of students. Then, without looking at him, Tsubaki spoke with a cold voice. "Let's head to class. We don't want to be late." She started walking away.

"Wait! What about Maka?" He called after her.

"She's probably in class already or went home." Soul knew Tsubaki didn't believe herself.

"She's been hurt Tsubaki!"

Tsubaki stopped, turned around with tears flowing, and said, "I know Soul! I believed what you said earlier! But we have to head to class and hope she is there." Then she said, so quietly that Soul had trouble hearing, "She has to be."

Soul nodded and slowly followed after her, barely missing the tardy bell. "Soul, I expect you to be late, but you too, Tsubaki?" Miss Marie admonished them in her sweet voice.

Soul glowered and growled out a "Sorry" before heading to his seat with Tsubaki trailing behind him. Soul immediately noticed the seat next to him was empty. Miss Marie was going over roll when she noticed Maka's absence. "Soul? Where's Maka?"

He smirked at the teacher and said, "I was hoping you would be able to tell me."

Miss Marie looked at him, confused. "What do you mean?"

Soul shrugged his shoulders and mumbled. "Never mind." He turned away from the teacher, looking over at Tsubaki. They knew what the other was thinking. Suddenly a group of girls walked into the classroom. Soul narrowed his eyes at them suspiciously. They seemed a little too happy.

Miss Marie didn't even look up at them. "Ladies, your late."

Tonya stepped forward and said in a sickly sweet voice, "Sorry Miss Marie. We were a little busy...taking care of something important." The other girls giggled.

Miss Marie sighed. "Just don't let it happen again."

"We won't!" Tonya called over her shoulder, walking towards the empty chair next to Soul, while the other girls headed towards the back. "Hey Soul. Where's the new girl?" She said as soon as she sat down.

"Why don't you tell me?" He asked instead. He knew for a fact that Tonya was at fault for Maka's disappearance.

"Now how would I know where she is?" Tonya asked. "She probably couldn't take the heat here and ran off." Tonya snickered. "She's so weak."

Soul lost it. "SHE IS NOT WEAK! SHE IS STRONGER THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE! TELL ME WHERE SHE IS NOW!" Soul was now towering over her.

Tonya just looked up at him with a bored expression. Then she smiled a sad smile. "Why do you care so much? You'll never see her again. She left you by yourself. She's not coming back, Soul." She tried to give him a sympathetic look. "I can imagine how you would feel, being betrayed by your partner. But you'll fund another. If need be, I could be your partner?" All trace of sympathy left her face. It was then filled with such malice and lust that Soul was repulsed by the girl.

"You will never be my partner. Maka is and that will never change," Soul spat at the girl before standing up to leave, realizing the whole class heard the conversation. Soul didn't care. He was going to find Maka. Nothing mattered until he found her.

"Soul! Where are you going?"

Turning back, Soul saw Tonya standing up, looking at him with an angered expression. He smiled his trademark smile. "I'm going to find my partner."

Just as he left the classroom, he heard Tonya shout behind him. "Just give up on her already Soul! She's gone!"

Soul mumbled under his breath. "I will never give up on her."

He walked down the hallway by himself for a while before he heard the footsteps. Soul sighed in irritation before turning around. He opened his mouth to snap but closed it immediately when he realized it was his friends. "What are you guys doing? Shouldn't you guys be in class?"

"As if. Maka's in trouble and we're not going to be sitting around doing doing nothing." Liz said.

Soul looked at them as they all nodded in agreement. Soul grinned and nodded back. Kid stepped forward. "So do you know where she is?"

Soul shook his head. "I have no clue. I'm suspecting that she is still on school property considering there wasn't enough time to hide her anywhere else."

The others nodded. "So where do we start looking?" Tsubaki asked.

"We look everywhere. Check every room no matter if there is a class in there or not. We have to find her," Soul instructed. Everyone nodded and took off in separate directions. Everyone except Black*Star.

"Look man-" Black*Star started before Soul interrupted.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Just help me find Maka." Soul didn't want to listen. Black*Star nodded and took off himself. Soul took the one area no one else had. He opened every door, checking every classroom and face. Cursing every time he didn't see her. He was starting to get frantic. Hours have passed and no one has found her. 'Where is she?' He needed to find her, make sure she was alright. He promised to protect her! He promised that she wouldn't be alone to fight her battles by herself anymore. He would always be there for her. "Gah! If only I wasn't such and idiot and ass none of this would have happened!" Soul punched the wall next to him hard enough to leave a dent. There was also a slight crunch! sound. Withdrawing his hand and hissing in pain, Soul resumed his search. His pain didn't matter. He just had to find Maka.

Suddenly his phone started going off. He whipped his phone out and growled out a "What?" not even looked at who was calling.

"We found her. And she's in very bad shape. We're heading towards the Nurse's office right now." Soul started running. Black*Star wasn't able to finish anything else before Soul said "I'm on my way" and hung up. He felt elation at her being found. And anger at how much pain she must be in. 'When I find out who did this to her, they'll wish they never messed with her!' Soul finally made it to the Nurse's office. His friends were hanging around outside sitting and pacing worriedly.

"Where is she?" Soul asked.

Everyone pointed inside the room. Soul immediately headed towards the door, but before he could grab it to go in, Black*Star and Kid grabbed a hold of him. "You can't go in. Not yet." Kids quiet voice informed him.

Soul shrugged them off of him. "Why the hell not?"

Everyone shrugged their shoulders. "We don't know. Stein shooed us all out and locked the door." Tsubaki told him this time.

"Shit!" Soul turned away from the door and sat down in one of the chairs outside. Everyone else resumed what they were doing before Soul came running. It was torture. The time seemed to take hours or days. No one came out and no one spoke. Then suddenly the sound of a lock turning had everyone jumping up and heading towards the door. Prof. Stein opened the door and gestured for them to come in.

They all rushed in and saw Maka covered in bandages and bruises. Soul immediately went to her side and gently grabbed her hand. "I'm so sorry, Maka. I wasn't there to protect you like I should have. Like I promised." Soul turned towards Stein. "How bad is she?"

Stein lit up a cigarette before answering. "She's stable. Her stitches opened up, she has internal bleeding, cuts and bruises covering every inch of her, a concussion and a few broken ribs."

Before anyone knew what was happening, Soul was out of his seat and heading out of the room. "I'M GOING TO KILL HER!" But before he could fully step out, Kid and Black*Star tackled him to the ground. "LET GO OF ME! I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BITCH!"

"Stop!" Soul stopped thrashing at Steins commanding voice. "You're better here...with Maka. You'll just cause more problems than solutions." Kid and Black*Star eventually let Soul go. Soul stood up and walked back towards Maka's side.

"You know who did this to Maka?" Liz asked hesitantly.

Soul nodded his head and growled out his words. "Tonya and her group!"

None of them seemed to shock from the news. They all just nodded their heads in acceptance. "I have to head back to class. You guys are excused to be here." Stein rolled out of the room.

There was silence. Then Soul finally asked. "Who found her?" More silence...then:

"I did."


Who found Maka? Any of you guys know or wanna guess? So this is the end of this chapter. What's going to happen next? So what do you guys think? I feel bad for not updating any sooner but I had to wait until my laptop was fixed and it took FOREVER! But now that I have my laptop, I'll be a writing when I can to make up for lost time. Though I don't know how much that will be because of college and I'm trying to find a job to help pay for stuff at my apartment and to help my roommates. Oh well. Until next time!

Kit Raven out! =^-^=