"Soul? Are you home?" Maka asked, letting herself in and locking the door behind her. She heard the ruffling of covers in the other room followed byt hte sound for foot falls.

"Yeah, what's up? How'd your visit with Stein go?' Soul asked, coming into the living room in his pajamas - flannel pants and a black tank top.

"Soul, have you felt any kind of weird soul? I know its weird but its been driving my crazy today..."

"Whadya mean 'weird soul'?"

"The other day at the market, I met this girl andher soul was just...off...it was human but it was too fluttery, and when she turned her attention to something else it changed, Soul, it changed into the soul of a witch." Maka explained widely, sitting on the couch.

Soul stared at her for a while before sighing, "Maka, I think you're just under a lot of stress, okay? We've got 93 souls so far and I think you're just trying to find a quick way to turn me into a Death Scythe."

"Soul, that's not it-"

"Remeber how it was with Blair? You could barely sleep all that time we were trying to kill the bitch - oh - no offense, Blair." Soul added, seeing the cat was on the table.

"None taken, Soul." Blair said happily. "But he does have a point, Maka-chan, most meisters can tell I'm a cat no matter how much magic I have. My soul my look like that of a witch but it's because of my magic. Maybe this girl is like me." Blair pointed out, poking a small paw in the air as she spoke.

Maka looked between the two and sighed. Was she really so obsessed with creating a weapon stronger than ehr dad that she can't even tell the difference between souls? Maka shook her head and stood up, "I'm gonna go to bed, I'll see you guys in the morning." She said, making passed the kitchen and into her room. Blair and Soul watched her leave, worried expretions on their faces.

"Poor, girl, I wish their was something we could do to help..." Blair pouted.

"I know, but she just needs to handle this on her own." Soul sighed, sitting at the table Blair was perched on. Blair turned to him with a sly looked and pawed at his face.

"So how's this online romance of yours doing? Nya?" Blair prodded, rubbing her back under his chin. Soul couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"I'm meeting her tomorrow at Sweet Dreams." Soul said.

"Isn't that a...grown up store, Soul-kun?" Blair giggled.

"Not that one, the one in the mall with all the candy and plush toys, next to Hot Topic." Soul reminded her.

"Oh, you got sugar junkie, huh?"

Soul simply shrugged, "she never mentioned it before, but it's possible."

"You should get their early and buy her a gift! Something a girl like her would LOVE." Blair decided, poofing into her human form; wearing her black leather bikini top and black leather boy shorts.

"I would but I don't know what she likes." Soul reminded her.

"Well...OH! Tell me the important things about her and I'll try and help you!" Blair decided, plopping heresf down next to Soul.

Soul thought for a moment, scratching his chin before he spoke. "I guess she likes kinda...hippyie-ish stuff, sometimes she tells me what she's wearing and it's usually something baggy with earthy colors like greens and browns... She did tell me she goes on a little hiking trip every weekend - didn't tell me where though..."

"What movies does she like?'

"It varies, I guess...she said she adors horror movies but likes comedies with Dane Cook in them." Blair shuddered at the name. She wasn't a fan of him. "She did say her favorite movies of all time were 'Interview with a Vampire', 'Forest Gump' and 'Titanic'..."

"Another Titanic fan? What's with women, it's such a cheesy movie." Blair grouched to herself.

"She loves animals, she just got a new puppy."

"Breed?'

"Pug, named Kuthulu."

"Anything else?"

"Not that I can think of, no, that's all the important stuff."

Blair sat qietly for a moment in thought. She was trying to piece together all the pieces. Likes nature...the Titanic...liked some romance... "I GOT IT!" Blair cheered as she stood up.

"Already? Wha is it?'

"You'll see! Now come on! The store is open for another hour, we have to hurry!" Blair was ina frenzy over this.

"Geez, let me change first!" Soul growled, going to his room and putting on his normal street clothes and shoes. When he came into the living room Blair was bouncing in excitement, itching to go and buy whatever was on her mind.

"Come on! We have to hurry!" Blair nearly screeched, pulling Soul out of the door.

"This?" Soul asked, staring down through the glass display case. "You're sure?"

"Positive, all the signs point to it." Blair said pointedly.

"Just seems a little weird to get her one, what the hell is she gonna use it for, anyway?"

"A woman in love always finds a way." Blair said, flagging to one of the store clerks. "That one, please, third to the left."

"And would you like me to engrave it?" The clerk asked, turning to Soul. Soul merely looked down in thought before nodding. The clerk pulled out a slip of paper and handed it to Soul. "Just writw what you would like engraved, where you'd like it engraved and circle a font." The clerk said.

"How long will it take?" Soul asked as he first chose a font.

"Depending on what we engrave. If it's only a few letters, then it'll be done by early morning, since we are closing soon." Soul jotted down what he wanted engraved and where and showed the man. "Hmmm...we should have this done by 9 o'clock tomorrow. Will that work?" Soul bit the inside of his lip. 9 was cutting it close but he had no choice and agreed. "Alright, I'll take this to the back and have it set into the machine. We'll see you tomorrw." The clerk said as Soul and Blair left.

"You'd better be right about this, Blair." Soul growled.