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Could I do it? Could I wield Soul as the weapon he is now to destroy the possessed singing fish? I guess I have no choice but to try, I reach my gloved hand out catch Soul as he spins. I don't even know what kind of weapon he is. My fingers brush a handle, I grasp it and spin the base of Soul, then lean his weapon form against my shoulder. No adverse reaction, I can match my wavelength with his?
"Demon possessing the um, singing fish. Come out and face me, your soul is mine!" I shouted as something rippled behind the wall that the singing fish hung on, something was coming out. Like a baby chick or snake hatching. The head of the demon came out of the fish's mouth, looking like a fat, oily, catfish the size of a man. The rest of the demon slowly came out, looking like a large humanoid lizard/catfish. Orange tatters of what looked like a prisoner's jumpsuit. Ripped to shreds and covered in grime, it didn't look like whatever it used to be. The singing fish was implanted in the middle of its chest, weird.
"How dares defy the great Singing Phish? Insolent little flies." The fish thing growled and swung it's meaty, scaly arm at me, I noticed all the disgusting grime and algae stuck to the black-green scales. Gross, I cut the arm with Soul's scythe blade shallowly, the creature reared back, screeching in pain. "What? Nothing can cut Phish! Nothing! No ordinary weapon is strong enough!" Phish screamed, bleeding slime, not blood, gross beyond the grossest thing I've seen.
And that was disgusting, wouldn't know about it if it wasn't for Papa. Gross, gross, gross, gross. "Well then, it's a good thing I'm no ordinary weapon Phish. And now Maka here is going to kill you, using me." Soul laughed at Phish, his image appearing on the blade of his weapon form, I nearly dropped him in surprise. I forgot demon weapons could do that, stupid.
"Maka? Cards are in your hands now." Soul informed me, I nodded "Right, I'm working on it." I replied fixing my gaze on the Phish, how to kill him without seriously screwing up the store we were in. I guess I would just have to deal with it. I raised Soul above my head and twirled Soul above my head, then brought him down cleanly on Phish's shoulder, severing his arm.
Phish howled in pain, but not for long as he covered his wound, I cleanly sliced off his head. Phish exploded, causing a strong wind and pieces of him to go everywhere. When I took my hands down from my face, I noticed soul had transformed back and had covered me to protect me from Phish's departure. The only downsides to his action was that his back was covered in gore-slime, and my hair had whip-lashed his face from the expulsion's wind.
I looked into his face, so close to mine. Again. "What happened here?" Liz called and brought me back to reality from deep within Soul's red eyes. "A stray post-kishin that called himself Phish attacked us. The soul is over there." Soul explained and jerked his thumb behind him "We took it out." He added and I swear, Liz's jaw dropped.
"You mean, that you killed it?" She asked and Soul nodded uncertainly at the shocked Liz "With Maka?" Again, Soul nodded but looked over at me "OH MY DEATH OH MY DEATH! You guys can match wavelengths!" Liz screeched in the way that only Liz can, the same screech she uses when she sees something spooky "OM MY SHINIGAMI! KID PATTY! GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE!" Liz hollered, I restrained the urge to cover my eyes and pretend she wasn't there.
Kid and Patty stuck their heads in, curious as to why Liz was making and ungodly amount of noise. "Liz? What is going on in here? Is it something symmetrical?" Kid asked, his golden eyes concerned but hopeful for symmetry. I really don't understand him at times. "No, no, nothing like that. Maka found someone she can match wavelengths with!" Liz happily explained, as if she was telling them that I had found a long-lost twin sister.
"That's good, but weren't you supposed to look for a partner next year Maka?" Kid asked and I resisted the urge to run for the hills, Papa had appeared. "I wasn't looking for a partner, I was just shopping, and this Phish guy comes out with a wavelength to kill. Soul transformed into a weapon, and I guess I can match wavelengths with him." I finished lamely as Papa came up behind Kid "WHAT MY BABY CAN MATCH WAVELENGTHS WITH SOMEONE? WHO? IF IT'S A BOY I WILL CUT HIS HEAD OFF!" Papa yelled and I threw a book at him "Papa! Control yourself." I warned, raising the thickest of my books high, he'd better get the message before it's too late for him.
"MAKA BABY! STAY AWAY FROM MALES-"What about Lord Death?" I calmly interrupted, raising my book higher in warning. Papa paused in his rant mode "HE'S SAFE MAKA DARLING-"What about Kid? Or Soul? Or Black*Star? Or Stein? Or Sid? Or. You." I replied and brought my book high above his head. "FINE." Papa yelled throwing his hands up, I lowered my book, but not onto his head. "Good Papa." I said and patted his back as I directed him away from us, trying to keep the previous no.1 grossest thing out of my head as I did so.
I narrowed my eyes at the group when I came back. "Don't say a word." I threatened, and they put their hands up in surrender quickly. "No worries, Soul how long have you known Maka? Where did you guys even meet? Oh, Maka you're Christmas shopping?" Liz bombarded her questions at breakneck speed, I face palmed. "Was, I was Christmas shopping. Before the Phish guy. Blair ran off, so Soul here said he'd look after me and make sure I got home safe." I answered Liz, knowing she'd arrange a sleep over soon, and wring all of the details out of me.
"What she said. Met Maka some days ago, during that snowball war on the pond when it was frozen over. Haven't known her for long." Soul answered his portion, I noticed him looking at me, and I tried very hard not to blush. Liz would only see that as weakness. "Really? I remember that day. It was crazy with the snow. Didn't Tsubaki drag you from Joe's shop for some fun while it lasted? God it's really too bad it only lasted a night. And here I was hoping for a white Christmas…" Liz trailed off, foolishly, I had hoped to avoid Liz's twenty questions. No such luck, as always.
"Yes. Tsubaki got Joe to cover my shift while she took me out. My blazer got soaked with snow. I was quite cold." I replied and instantly regretted saying anything, Liz's gossip claws were out and ready. "Really? You only wore your blazer? In the middle of winter? It may not snow in the mornings but you still need to wear a warmer coat Maka. Do you even have a different coat to wear?" Liz asked and I glared at her while blushing "Of course I do Liz." I snapped and she raised an eyebrow. Crap, Liz, like Blair could tell easily when someone is lying.
Only Liz didn't hate it when people lied, a result of living on the streets of Brooklyn as a kid. But she had Patty to look after so she wasn't really alone. She could just tell, and I had been caught. Crap, crap, crap, crap. "Never seen you wear it." Liz stated and I was caught, like a rat in a maze. "She did have her blazer on, I gave her my coat since hers got wet." Soul said saving me, I gave him a grateful glance.
Unfortunately, that only added wood to the Liz-wants-to-know-right-now-fire. "Did you now? Had she given it back yet?" Liz asked, hitting a bull's-eye. I had forgotten to give it back to him. "No, not yet. I'll get it back one day. That's all that matters." Soul replied, squashing the fire. Liz backed down, for now. "Hmmn, we'd better bet back to getting the stuff for the New Year's party. You guys are coming right?" Liz asked and we nodded "Wouldn't miss it for the world." Soul promised He's scheming something the intuitive part of me whispered, pointing fingers like it usually does. I dismissed the notion, what could he possibly be planning?
Liz smiled, oh no, what was she up to? "Great, see you then." She replied smiling deviously, shit, what is Liz up to now? The three of them disappeared around the corner of the mall, towards a linen shop. Leaving me alone. In an empty shop. With Soul. I huffed out a sigh, Soul looked over at me, then to the small window outside. It was snowing heavily outside, I hadn't worn a coat of any kind. Soul seemed to notice this. "C'mon, let's go." Soul said as he grabbed my hand and began to lead me out of the shop "What are you doing?" I asked out of pure confusion as I quickly snatched up my belongings, Soul continued to drag me along down the mall's vast marble corridors.
It became noticeably warmer almost instantly. I saw where Soul was dragging me, the fancy and expensive coat store. I put my heels into the ground, pulling away. We came to a halting stop "Maka? What are you doing?" Soul asked as I squirmed, trying to get away from the store. "I don't want to go in there." I replied, jerking with all my might, I couldn't afford even a set of buttons from in there. "What are you going on about? Stop making a scene Maka, I'm just getting you a coat for Shinigami's sake." Soul pointed out and I stopped twisting and writhing to get away "You are? Why?" I asked in utter surprise, no one did things for me like this. "Because it's cold outside and I want to get you something to protect you from the cold on the way back to your apartment." Soul explained and I blushed and let him walk me inside.
I was surrounded by coats of all colors, sizes, and freaking prices. Nothing under $250 though, nothing I could afford or even help pay for. Soul walked over to a certain area, and began to shuffle though the coats "Maka? You coming?" He asked, his red eyes meeting mine, making my heart skip a beat. HUH?! I walked over to him and let him place a number of coats over my extended arm, looking for a fit.
I let him bring what seemed like every coat to me and place the sleeve against my arm for several minutes. I was getting bored of shopping, and fast. Then, he found a light pinkish coat, felt, lavender almost. "Looks like that one fits." Chrona said making the both of us jump out of skins, a tag was on her breast, she must work here "Chrona? You work here?" I asked to be sure, I like to always be sure. Chrona beamed at me, bubbly side time "Yeah, that looks like it fits Maka, try it on." She encouraged me, helping me undo the slip knots of the coat, and then the zipper inside. The coat was soft, lined with a soft gray corduroy fabric.
Despite its thin appearance, the coat was quite thick, and fit me like a charm. A hood was attached to it, also lined with the same soft gray velvety corduroy. Soul flipped it up playfully, making my pigtails fall out "Hey." Was all I could say as I glowered at him from under my hood. I like the coat, I like it a lot. "Hey yourself, how does it feel?" He asked tweaking my nose, I swatted at his hand, irritated. I twisted my arms a few times, testing the fit "Hmmn, I don't know." The very bottom of the coat reached my knees, just brushing the skin above them. All of what I was wearing except for my boots and black knee socks were covered up. I spun around, feeling the coat's perfect fit caress me.
I smiled suddenly, startling Soul and Chrona "It fits perfectly!" I answered excitedly, then much to my surprise, He picked me up and swung me around. I laughed happily when he stopped, and looked into his face, a mere inch from mine. A cough from Chrona had Soul set me down, we all laughed awkwardly for a moment. "Let's get that rung up, shall we?" Chrona asked me awkwardly, and I reluctantly shrugged out of my new coat and handed it to her, she took off to the cash desk with it.
I followed her like a hound, not willing to let her out of myself. Once Chrona had rung it up I saw how much the coat would cost $9,999.99, I felt a bit guilty about it. Soul looked over at me when he used a credit card, and smiled to show me it was all right. "Here you go then." Chrona said cheerily, handing me my coat back, then when she was sure Soul wasn't looking she winked at me. I raised an eyebrow at her, and tucked my coat under one arm. I didn't need to wear it inside while it was so warm.
Soul looked over at me, offering his arm as I finished putting my pigtails back up "Shall we go?" He asked, and I took his arm "Yep, I've done enough for today." I replied and smiled happily at him as we walked along, out the main entrance and towards an orange motorcycle. Soul helped me do my coat up as I stared at the orange motorcycle. I was supposed to get a ride on that? "It's safer than you think." Soul murmured as he flipped my hood up for me. I blushed and looked away, watching the snow fall in bundles of cotton white. Liz might get that white Christmas she was looking for after all. Soul walked to the motorcycle, stood it upright and sat down, then looked over at me to see if I was going to sit on the bike or not.
I gave in and sat behind him, putting my arms around his waist tightly and burying my face on his back. He had only a thin black hoodie on, he had to be cold. I gasped as the motorcycle roared to life as began to speed down the street. My bags had been put into the storage beneath the seat, so there was no worries of breaking anything. I had found only one more gift after Soul bought me a coat, it was a giraffe snow globe for Patty.
I hoped she would like it, seeming how it was connected to giraffes she probably would like it. The motorcycle got us to my apartment in no time. Soul parked it, and I shakily climbed off still a bit frazzled. I shook my head to clear it as we reached the door to the apartment building "I guess I should give you your jacket back." I stated and led him up the stairs until we reached my floor. Nygus was coming out of her apartment, her bandages in disarray. "Hi Nygus." I called out timidly, curious as to why she was in a hurry to reach somewhere. Nygus looked up quickly, then calmed down when she saw me "Oh, Maka, it's you. Can't really talk right now, an accident was called in, big rush at the clinic." Nygus explained and hurried on her way.
I stopped at my door, number 107. I looked over at Soul and racked my brain on whether or not the place was in a reasonable state or not. To hell with it, I couldn't leave him outside. I looked over at him, he had been watching me for a hint at what to do "You want to come in?" I asked as I unlocked the door and opened it wide. Yes! Blair had gone on a cleaning frenzy while I was still sleeping, nothing was out of place.
Soul nodded but waited on the other side of the door as I walked inside, dropping my bags on the counter. I glanced back, noticing this "C'mon in already. You're not getting any younger." I invited him and closed the door behind him, then tromped off to my room to locate his jacket. After a few moments I had found it. Soul was waiting outside my room, so I brought his jacket up to my nose and breathed in his scent. Leather, wood smoke, earth, and orange peel maybe? His scent was intoxicating, and very natural scented. Aside from the leather element, he smelt of natural things only.
I was reluctant to give him his jacket back at first, but I have to give it to him. He needs it more than I do anyway. I came out of my room, black leather jacket in hand. I handed it over and caught the scent I had gotten from his jacket all over again, but stronger with a hint of lemon balm. "Thanks. I've been missing this old thing." Soul said and set it aside. I smiled at him and noticed Blair had placed mistletoe up, that meant we were hosting the gift giveaway part this year. Shit. "No problem." I replied and took down the mistletoe and stuck it up by Blair's door. There. Better, much better.
I turned around to find myself face-to-face with Soul, I swallowed nervously "Hi there." I squeaked at mentally kicked myself for not paying attention. Soul smirked and leaned close to me, his eyes burning me with their intensity. I felt like I was a mouse being hunted by a cat. Small, easily killed. Soul tilted his head, parted his lips, and came close to me. Until his forehead met mine.
He was giving me the option to kiss him, all I had to do was close the final distance and kiss him. I leaned closer, wanting to, wanting to kiss him. I let my eyes flutter closed as I moved closer, my lips almost meeting his. So close to his, I could feel his soft and silent breath on my sensitive skin. I moved a little closer, then pulled back suddenly. I had surprised the both of us by moving away, Soul looked at me, plain confused.
Different action, different subject, but what to change? What to do? That could work. "Do you want to help me make dinner? You can stay, right?" I asked and pulled a red apron over my head and tying the back ties swiftly, skillfully. Soul swallowed once before replying "Yeah, what are we making?" He asked plucking the larger black apron from the hook.
"Spaghetti with meatballs." I replied without missing a beat "Alright, let's get started." He decided grabbing the meat package from the fridge, along with eggs, the red pasta sauce, and the block of shredded cheese. I felt Soul's hand on my shoulder, and turned to face him.
"What is it?" I barely managed to say this before Soul placed both palms on either side of my face, and brought my face to his, then kissed me passionately on the lips.
And I'm going to stop right there. How'd I do? Please review, the next chapter will be out soon, I have another fanfic I'm working on the side. It's about Patty and Black*Star, please check it out!
