Okay~ Just to let you know...its been awhile since i've written somthing in this Perspective...Hense: Repairing a Broken Soul...(all in Maka POV) *SIGH!* Yes...i yelled out my sigh. That means it was loud! . "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice of Human Sacrifice", and "Soul Eater" do not belong to me! If only...
Chapter 10: As It Began
Part 1
-"You really think he'll like it?"
Soul stepped out of Kid's bedroom with a neat stack of papers within his hands. "Soul, he's my father," Kid answered as he appeared in the doorway; causing the musician to look his way with a lifted brow. "He's always liked your music, I'm absolutely positive he'll like 'one' different sounding song…" His golden eyes glanced down to the paper and he forced a smile. "Even if it is something you wrote when you were…nine…" Soul glared as the prince let out a sigh. "Why couldn't you have been eight when you wrote it…?"
"The girl I wrote it for was eight."
"Better!"
Soul nearly face palmed as the fourteen year old Shinigami smiled cheerfully. "Whatever man…" He then breathed before turning to walk away. "I'm gunna go ask to play it for him…see what he thinks…" Hearing the prince call out for his best of luck, Soul used his free hand to fix his leather jacket. He was usually required to wear his suit when playing for the King, but he was just in his average day outfit. If the king were to agree to let him play, he'd go back to his quarters and change into the suit real quick. Finding the door that led into the throne room from the right side, he set his hand on the handle and pushed it open. "Yo, Shinigami-Sama…"
"Hm?"
Soul froze in mid step once his eyes fell upon the person sitting on the throne. It wasn't the Shinigami. No…this person wasn't even close to being the Shinigami. It was a blond woman—a witch to be exact—in a black jumpsuit…she was sitting on the throne with her legs crossed and she had been speaking to a group of people when he had walked in. But now she was looking his way with a sly grin and narrow snake eyes…he recognized her giggle as soon as it passed her lips.
"M-Medusa!"
"Not who you were expecting, am I?" Medusa hissed as the papers he owned fell to the ground. Soul eyed the many people she had been speaking to and spotted a frog witch and a wolf man look his way with glares; a pink haired girl nervously looking away nearby. "I remember you little Soul Evans…" Medusa then said casually as the white haired boy knelt down to pick up the papers of over ten sheets. Medusa let out another dark giggle and looked at the others in the room. "To conclude in my speech, all of you set out and kill everyone on sight, start with him,"
"Where's the king!" Soul shouted as he snatched up only three papers before being slammed into the wall by two floating tadpoles. Medusa only looked away from him and grinned as she shut her eyes. "What did you do with him, Medusa!" He screamed as the wolf man's sharp nails cut his neck on the way to grabbing him by it. He was held up so his feet couldn't touch the ground, and on instinct, his free hand grabbed the man's wrist. He gulped down a lump within his throat and tried to kick the man in the chest. "Damn it! I didn't want to do this!" His let go and his right arm flashed quickly into a bright white; causing the wolf man to drop him to the ground. Medusa glanced over while the light disappeared and saw Soul pick up the three papers he had dropped and make his way out of the room in a hurry.
"Damn boy…" She growled. "Free, Eruka, don't let him get away!" She then looked at the other witch in the room. "Mizune, make sure you go and kill the prince while they're busy with him."
"KID!" Soul yelled as he slammed open the prince's door; causing the black and white haired boy to look over curiously from his painting. "Kid, let's go! We need to get out of here!" Soul then yelled as he walked in and grabbed his friend by the arm. As the Prince clearly made it obvious that he was confused, he was dragged out of the room by the musician.
"What's going on?" Kid asked as they began to run down the hallway. They turned down a hall, passed many doorways and entered the main hall that led to the main entryway. But with a curse, Soul slid to a stop and bit his lip; nearly causing the prince to run into him. Eruka and Free stood in the main doorway, both standing on top of the palace guards crossing their arms and grinning at the two of them. "S-Soul…? What's going on? Who are these people…I haven't seen them before, why are they here? What do they want—"
"They want to kill us Kid." Soul answered as he began to back up a few steps. He eyed a doorway to their right and suddenly began pulling the prince in that direction. "They've already done something to your father!" He then said as the two people behind them began their chase; causing Kid's eyes to widen. Then, angry with the two asymmetrical people, he looked over his shoulder and lifted a fist into the air.
"Damn you scum! Soul! Let go of me so I can rip them into symmetrical shreds!"
"No way, we're leaving this place."
They both charged up a flight of stairs and came into a more crimson colored hallway than white. They ran down two or three more halls before finally pushing through a wooden door. Once inside the room, Soul slammed the door shut and locked it. He took a few deep breaths before turning around; only to meet an irritated gaze of his friend. "There's a cart full of hay at the bottom of this tower remember?" He asked the prince as he made his way around and over to his desk. He opened the right drawer and set the three pieces of musical score within with narrow eyes. He lost the whole song…he only had three pages left and he wasn't going to risk it by bringing them with him.
"So you're saying we're going to leave my father behind and jump out of a bloody window?" Kid asked angrily as Soul shut the drawer. As the white haired musician made his way over to the window to open it, Kid crossed his arms. "Damn it all Soul! Where are going to go?" He then yelled as he walked over; watching Soul's lazy crimson eyes stare out into the distance.
"The Camellia Gardens."
"The what—"
"Tsubaki Nakatsukasa." Soul stated before glancing over to the prince. Kid's eyes slightly widened in realization before the other boy looked out to the sky's horizon again. "It will take a few days to get there from here on foot…and by the time we get there, the news will probably have been spread. You know who she is Kid…I've been growing up with her for nearly five years…she will take us in and give us a place to live." He grabbed his friend by the arm and pulled him up onto the windowsill. "Who's going down first? You or Me?" Kid gulped and opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out, so with a toothy grin, Soul pushed him out. "Royalty first, then."
"DAMN IT SOUL!" Kid screamed as he fell out of the tower. He fell into the cart of hay and immediately got out brushing off his suit. He opened a single eye to look at the hay, expecting Soul to pop out as well, but when nothing happened he looked up and saw that Soul wasn't even in the windowsill anymore. He made a look of disgust, humiliation and betrayal. But that all went away as soon as the white haired boy jumped out of the window and fell down the fifteen or so story tall tower and into the hay. "What did you wait for?" Kid asked as the white haired boy rose from the cart and toppled over the side.
"I just wanted to say a few goodbyes to the place…"
Kid softened his eyes and smiled lightly as Soul's eyes narrowed sadly. "You mean, say goodbye to your mother and father?" He asked him; receiving a hesitant nod from the other boy. Inside the small office there was a picture of Soul and his parents…that was what he had been referring to. "Well…I guess we have no choice but to keep going then. Let's go…" Soul nodded.
"Yeah…"
"It's cold."
"Don't really care Kid…rub your arms or something."
"This weather is unbearable!"
"I made a fire for us! Can't you stop whining for a second and just thank me for once?"
Kid looked down from staring at the starry sky though the hole in the roof and glared at the boy from the other side of the fire pit. They had been walking for a whole day so far and now that it was night, they had to make a camp so they didn't have to travel at night. They found an old rundown building in the middle of a very small village and camped out inside so that no one outside could find them…even though the fire's smoke was getting out of there somehow. He and Soul had been arguing the whole while as well, and it wasn't getting them anywhere. Nothing they had done but walk got them anywhere…and it seemed to Kid that they were never going to make it to the Camellia gardens.
"Do you think…my father's alright?"
Soul went from glaring at the orange flame before him to looking at Kid lazily. The golden yellow eyes that belonged to the Prince were now on the fire like Soul's had been. "I'm sure he'll be fine." He said to the black and white haired boy before lying down on his side to stare at an old rotted wall. "He's the Shinigami…for all we know, he could be killing Medusa right now to get his throne back." He narrowed his crimson eyes before finally letting them shut with a sigh. "Just get some rest…when we get to the Princess and the others, we'll figure out what to do…"
"I hope your right Soul…" Kid breathed before lying down as well to shut his eyes. It wasn't long before the both of them felt the darkness of sleep overwhelm them, but cutting that short, there was a loud crash within the building; causing them both to sit up. "Soul…" Kid breathed as they both looked around; the fire somehow burning out in an instant. The building grew pitch black and the both of them got to their feet; looking around for the exit. They both couldn't see a thing…there was nothing but darkness; only a sliver of moonlight shining down on them from the hole in ceiling.
"Damn it…" Soul cursed as he turned in the direction of a sound he had heard. It sounded like footsteps and another sound set off to sound like a person knocking things around with their hands or feet. Then, he heard a sniffing noise…like a dog. "Crap…Kid, it's Free and Eruka." He whispered as he and the Prince found each other and stood back to back. He heard the Prince gulp.
"Yes…I can hear that mutt loud and clear…"
"Got any idea where the exit is?"
"Not a single clue…"
Soul bit his lip as his eyes darted around the room. Even if he couldn't see a single thing, then maybe he could at least see a tiny sliver of moonlight come from 'somewhere' other than the hole in the roof… He looked left, and then he looked right; ignoring the sounds of the frog witch and wolf man as they closed in on him and the Prince. He felt something round and squishy against his foot and he kicked it. Not even realizing what it was, the explosion it turned into caught him off guard and he nearly missed the sight of the exit. The light hadn't just revealed where the two intruders were, but also their way out.
"There!" Soul exclaimed as he grabbed the Prince by the arm. As he ran, the room began to fall into darkness again, and he could feel Eruka try to grab him; yelling out that he was a demon on the way. The room grew pitch black again, but he knew exactly where he was headed…he and the prince fell through the wooden door and crashed against the grassy trail outside; now able to see by more moonlight. But just as they went to stand up and run off, Free's wolf head poked out and bit down on Kid's leg; causing him to shout in pain. "Kid!"
"Let go of me you asymmetrical beast!" Kid shouted as the white haired musician knelt down to take hold of his shoulders. As Soul pulled, Free pulled even more and this caused Kid to groan out in pain again. "This isn't even right! The way the two of you are pulling me isn't symmetrical!" Soul rolled his eyes and lessened his grip on his friend before taking two steps toward the dog. Then he lifted his foot, smashed it in the wolf's nose, pulled Kid to safety and helped him stand. "Ah…thank you. Just…next time be a little more—"
"Save it." Soul snapped before setting a hand on the Prince's back to push him forward. "Let's get out of here before they come back to their senses!" He began running and shoving the limping Prince all at the same time as Free's barking filled the night sky. They ran—or more like limped—across an empty courtyard and into an area that had another old broken down building. But that time it seemed to have much more protection than the last. "Let's hide in this church…" Soul breathed as they ran up the steps. They both pushed open the doors and walked inside, panting. Then they shut it together before grabbing a few pieces of furniture to put in front of it.
"This place is so symmetrical!"
Soul looked over his shoulder and watched the Prince touch almost every single seat along the aisle. Well, he was right…the building did have its symmetrical flare having the same amount of benches on each side of the aisle, the same picture in the windows and the same statues on each side of the room. "It is…" Soul breathed as he glanced around. He began to take in the sight of the old church, but a painful cry cut that short and he looked over to the Prince quickly. "Kid! You ok…?"
"My ankle…" Kid muttered as he sat down on one of the benches. He reached down and rolled up his pants to reveal his blood trickling down and all over his shoe. "That damn beast broke the skin." The Prince then said with a grimace. Soul's eyes narrowed and he looked up and about for something that could help. "Is there any kind of first aid kit…?"
"I'm looking for one," Soul mumbled as he stood up straight and scanned a little better. Instead of a first aid kit, he discovered another door, to the right of the podium. "Stay right here," He then said to the Prince before making his way over to it. He set his hand on the handle and pushed the door open; quickly looking inside first in case someone was to be in there. But no one was…In fact the only things he saw in there were a few futon couches, a couple bookshelves, a desk, one large black piano and an organ—wait! A Piano! "Way cool…" Soul breathed as he made his way over to the glossy instrument. He ran his hand across its surface and smiled before opening the top. "I'll have to tune it if I get the chance…" He then muttered to himself; pricking one of the piano's metal strings with his fingers.
"Soul! I'm off balance in here! I'm in need of some assistance!"
Soul almost forgot! "Crap…" He muttered to himself before carefully shutting the cover over the piano. "Sorry Kid, I got distracted!" He then shouted before walking away from it. He walked over to the desk and opened a drawer; thankfully finding an old first aid kit. He snatched it out, shut the drawer and turned to leave the piano room. Once he stepped through the door, the white haired musician gave the piano one last glance before making his way over to his friend. "Sorry man…there's a piano in there…it was really nice—"
"Ankle. Bleeding! Assistance. Now!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Soul breathed with a roll of his eyes as he made his way over to the Prince. He knelt down next to his foot and opened the kit to reveal many cleaning and healing products. He took out two long pieces of gauze and a washcloth. He filled the small bowl inside with the water that was in the water bottle and soaked it in for a second before taking it to the prince's ankle to clean the wound. He flinched on impact, but Soul's grip on Kid's ankle proved to be stronger than the pull of his leg. "Stay still, will ya?" Soul snapped as he patted the wound with the wet cloth. Once that was done, he applied some kind of medicine and began to wrap it in the gauze. "You'll have to be careful on that foot for awhile…" Soul muttered as he switched his position to take Kid's other foot.
"What are you…?" Kid trailed off though as he realized what the musician was doing. He was wrapping the other ankle with the other strip of gauze to make him more balanced. This caused the prince to smile and set a hand on the other boy's head. "Thank you Soul…I really appreciate this," He said to him; causing the musician to swat the black and white haired boy's hand away. As Soul finished, he shut the box and shoved it under the nearest bench to hide before standing up to look out the nearest window; barely even able to see the sky because of the window paint.
"It's still dark outside…Let's get some rest and we'll keep moving in the morning."
"You wouldn't suppose a fire would…"
"No Kid. Last time we had a fire, we were caught," Soul said quietly as the Prince lied down on the bench he was sitting on. His crimson eyes glanced around the room and he caught site of another door, so he quickly ran over to it; expecting some kind of bedroom or office with a mattress in it. But when he opened it, only a pile of blankets and pillows tackled him to the floor; causing the black and white haired boy to laugh from the other side of the room. "Ugh! Not cool!" Soul shouted as he rose from the pile of sleeping tools. He glared at the Prince only for a moment before realizing what had actually fallen on him. He grinned.
"Guess we'll be warm tonight…"
"Hand me eight of them, please!"
Soul lightly laughed and collected the amount the Prince had requested before tossing them over. Then he went ahead and tossed eight pillows before collecting his share of sleeping items. He took three blankets and one pillow. That's all he needed…he wasn't 'that' cold…and he wasn't addicted to symmetry like the Prince was. He laid them out on the bench across the aisle from his friend and put the pillow at the very end so his head would be closer to the opening than his feet. Kid had done the same thing, but since there were so many pillows, he lied on top of some of them for more cushion.
"I'm going to take a look around," Soul muttered as he patted the pillow down with his right hand. He had already discovered a piano room, a hall closet full of sleeping material—along with some very old bibles and mini crosses on the shelves. 'I wonder what's behind door number three…' he thought to himself as he approached another door to the far left of the church's main hall. Once it opened, he poked his head inside the room to look around. The first thing he spotted was a stove, and the door was swung open to reveal his happy figure. "A kitchen!"
"Trying to sleep!"
"My bad…" Soul muttered loudly before shutting the door behind him. He walked over to the stove and ignited one of the burners to see if it still worked, and thankfully it did. He shut the burner off and opened the cabinet above it; revealing china plates, bowls, cups, and tea sets. There were many medium sized boxes on another shelf: each a different flavor of tea and each its own color. "Guess they liked tea…" He muttered as he shut the cabinet and opened another; revealing boxed foods. He took one box and examined it carefully…finding that it hadn't gone past its expiration date. So with a sigh of relief he put it back and turned to face the fridge. "This…is going to be interesting…" He then said to himself as he walked over to it and took hold of the old fridge handle. He didn't even want to know what disgusting things could have grown in it…
Empty…
"Oh…better than I expected…" Soul said as he examined the empty, but still working, refrigerator. He shut the door and stood up straight to examine an old photo being held up by a dying magnet. He reached up and touched it with his right pointer finger; rubbing off a bit of dust to reveal the many faces of the church crew that had worked there. "What happened to this place…?" He mumbled as he counted the heads in the photo. There were over twenty of them…almost enough for a small resistance—"Resistance?"
Soul turned around and began making his way back over to the main hall—spotting a bathroom on the way, thank Shinigami—and he swung the door open. "Kid!" He shouted as he made his way over loudly; causing the Prince to groan and put his blanket over his head. "Kid…" He called again as he made his way around the benches and over to the Prince. He set his hand on the blanket and this caused Kid to pull it down and look up with a small glare. "A photo of the people who came here back before any of this was rotten and destroyed…it told me what we have to do about Medusa." Kid lifted a brow lazily.
"And what is that?"
"We're going to start a Rebellion."-
Told you that I'd be making the next two chapters about Soul and Kid's past :3
Next chapter, guess who they meet on their way to the gardens~ It should be easy…It not that hard…I think…
Oh and, Soul's song, in the beginning he mentions that he wrote the song for an eight year old girl when he was nine. Now I don't know about you but I'm thinking that eight year old girl is a certain green eyed blond with pigtails…But that's just me :3 … Oh, and did you notice, the three pages he shoves into the drawer are also the three pieces of paper he shoved in his pocket in the last chapter when they rescued him. Did you notice that…? HUH? HUH! …lol
This also reveals how they escaped the castle, and how they discovered the church. And also, how the idea of the Rebellion sparked within Soul's mind…
Does Kid seem like a brat to you? I think he's a bit snotty in this…but maybe that's just 'cause he hasn't gotten used to not being a selfish Prince yet…He's definitely changed in the future when Maka's around huh? 0.o
After the next chapter, we'll go back to the real story for two more chapters. Then there will be TWO MORE chapters of everyone's past… :3 Then on with the rest of the story…
So I lied…there won't be only 15 chapters of this story…I think either 19 or 20…
FEEDBACK TIME~~!
SoraKazumiha: 1: XD! 2: I don't even know anymore~ 3: Very naughty… :3 4: I LOVE IT XD 5: You are correct! *gives you cookie* 6: Kid stood behind her the whole time like he was a guest XD Medusa can notice Maka in another hall but she can never sense where the Shinigami is! Ya-hahahaha… 7: Stalker…
Purple-Eyed Devil: That doesn't make you a bad person…I mean common, Kid wanted to do it too and he's a wonderful person :3 Your just an avenging hero. Lol thanks~
Orange Cat Thief: YOSH! Felt like doing that…anyway, Thank you Thank you! And to make you happy, that bet you did there…you did NOT lose it! :3 The imp (or little oni…whatever you call him) was talking about Soul! :D Great imitation by the way, thought you sounded just like him XD! Lol hope you liked this chapter! :D
RandomDancing123: *stares at epically long review* Oh mai…uh...where do I start O.o…Let's start with punishing Excalibur *grabs Excalibur by the nose and throws him in the garbage.* You don't show up till later you lame penguin thing! Leave my reviewers alone damn it! DX … I know exactly how you feel about tolerating Excalibur. With MY friends I could stand that many of him too…maybe even more…Little Imp loves to intrude at the wrong moments…he wasn't even supposed to be there, but Maka and Soul's connection is so strong…well…you know…lol…and Medusa can sense people pretty easily I guess…the only people in the world she cannot sense are the Shinigami. That's why Kid was able to stand behind her for so long and not get noticed at all. And its also why she keeps asking Free to go check on Shinigami-Sama :3 Anyway, thank you for the compliments :D They will be used to build the wall between you and Excalibur :3 P.S Excalibur's appearance in the book of Eibon made me fall out of my bed, screaming, laughing, and crying at the same time! XD my cousin thought I was dying…P.P.S: I DON'T KNOW MAN! I JUST DON'T KNOW! D:
KittyAttack: *Sweatdrop* Yeah…I was late too…lol I was so busy writing the dang thing that by the time I got there, they were done XD …lol …I'm glad you thought it was Epic! I tried my best to make it so :3 and I can't wait to get watching T.V. on that plasma screen! It's going to be freaking great! XD I life golf…I'll try that when it's done…
stifledcreativity: Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it! Please, enjoy this chapter as well my good friend…
RebelAngel91210: lol, maybe exercise will do him some good...Unless he's just naturally big boned…? :3 lol
Rin Winters: BLACK*STAR'S DESTUCTION FTW XD! Lol, I'm glad you thought it was funny! I was trying to get it to be epic and funny all at the same time. :D … and of course Soul's alright, he has to be, he's like the main character :3 Teehee…Thanks, and I hope you liked today's chapter!
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