Pinky Promise
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Soul Eater, but if you were asking if I own cake, the answer is yes.
"What was that about?" Black Star asked as Soul walked through the hospital doors.
"Where's Maka?" Tsubaki asked, curious. Soul just shrugged his shoulders, trying to hide his concern and worry.
"She just ran off. Could you guys help me find her?" Soul said, struggling to keep his voice calm. Tsubaki nodded and looked at Black Star to see if he was willing to help as well.
"Sure! It won't take long! Nobody can stay away from a big star like me!" he bellowed. Tsubaki smiled, seeing past his selfish front to find the real reason he was helping- he cared for Maka, she was like a sister to him. But, her caring ways coming to her brain, she remembered someone had to stay and wait for Kid, Liz, and Patti.
"Wait, I can't go. I'll stay here for when Kid and the others are out of the operation," she said, slightly disappointed she couldn't be able to help search for her missing friend. The two boys nodded and fled the hospital.
"I really hope they find her..." Tsubaki thought, knowing that, yes, they are knuckleheads, and they could easily screw everything up, but she still had complete faith in the two. About an hour passed and Black Star and Soul were still searching for the girl. They had been running all over town and they were out of breath.
"Dude, I don't know where else to look," Black Star said between breaths. Soul was about to reply when he heard whimpering from a nearby alley. He turned around and poked his head around a corner. He was utterly shocked at what he found. There, huddled up in a corner, knees pulled to her chest, was his miester. Her hair was tangled and hung in two loose pigtails resting on her shoulders. Her coat was covered in dirt and didn't have its usual shine. Her face was shoved in her knees so her crying was muffled and she was slowly rocking back and forth.
"Maka?" Soul said with wide eyes. Never had he seen his partner like this before. She looked broken, lost. Like a puppy that had been abused by its owner and was put on the streets, abandoned. She lifted her head at the sound of someone's voice speaking her name. Once she saw it was her partner, her eyes began to water again, but this time with joy instead of sadness. She jumped up off the ground and ran, full-speed, towards her weapon. Soul didn't notice Black Star was behind him, so when Maka slammed her body into Soul's, he was forced backwards and hit Black Star, causing him to fall to the ground, but Soul remained on his two feet.
"Hey!" Black Star shouted as he sat up on the tar, rubbing his head which apparently had hit the ground harder than he expected. Soul didn't listen to him, though. The only thing he paid any attention to whatsoever was Maka, digging her fingers around the cloth of his jacket on his back and squishing him with her strong, yet fragile, arms. His shoulder was getting soaked from her tears, but he didn't care. She was safe, and that's all that mattered at the moment.
"Hate to break up this lovely moment, but I think we might need to go back to the hospital to tell Tsubaki," Black Star said with a sly grin. Maka let go of Soul and nodded as she wiped her tears away with the sleeve of her jacket. Seeing her face clearly, he noticed a scratch on her left cheek.
"First, tell us what happened. You're bleeding," he said as he pointed to her scratch. She reached a gloved hand from her side and touched the spot where he pointed and flinched at the contact, blood staining the white fabric.
"I was trying to find the kishin with my soul perception and-"
"You did what?!" Soul interrupted. "Why would you do that? You're unarmed!"
"-I found it," she finished. Soul stared at her, waiting for her to continue.
"At least I thought I did, but when I got here all I found was a woman, a tourist at the looks of it. Once she left I tried looking for it again, but I was interrupted when some guys jumped me. They had a knife and cut me I guess, but don't worry I fought back and I was too strong for them apparently," she said with an innocent giggle.
"But then time went by and I started to miss you guys," she said with a small blush on each cheek.
"So I tried looking for the hospital, but I couldn't find it. I came back here so I couldn't get even more lost than I already was," she explained. Soul nodded, processing her story, and sighed.
"C'mon, let's go back. It's cold out here," he said, shoving his hands in his pockets. Maka nodded and stepped into pace with him. After a few minutes, they arrived at the hospital, Tsubaki at the door.
"Maka! You're back!" Tsubaki cheered as Maka entered through the doors, squishing her with a hug.
"Yeah," Maka managed to say, her lungs being crushed by the weapon's grip. Tsubaki let go and giggled as Maka sucked in gasps of air.
"What happened to you?" Tsubaki asked, slightly lifting her coat which was torn and frayed at the hem.
"Well I..." Maka began, not sure how to tell her this without her making a big deal out of it.
"She got jumped," Black Star blurted with a tired expression, a huge yawn escaping his mouth.
"What?! Are you okay?!" Tsubaki said as she searched the miester with her eyes to see if anything was injured. They were glued to her cheek when she saw the scratch.
"I'm fine," Maka said, noting how she stared at her cut.
"O-Okay..." Tsubaki said quietly, not fully convinced. They were all silent for a moment, not sure of what to say. Then they heard it. The loud, repeated beeping of a machine. The nurses running down the halls. Maka caught a bit of what they were saying to each other. They were talking about Kid. Those noises were coming from Kid's room. Something was going terribly wrong.
