A/N - Hey hey! Because This chapter made even ME chuckle, its super-dupa long! Well, long for me anyway!
Just a quick note: If I don't publish for a while, it's because I have major writers block and I'm watching an anime! I've watched 124 episodes of anime before I could even think of hw to finish this -_- So, if for any reason, something from FMA Brotherhood or Fairy Tale pops into here, I am sorry! I am inspired easily -_- not that it will affect the story whatsoever! It'll probably something so simple, it'll be overlooked!

ANYWAY! Here's chapter 10! ENJOY!

3 Days until Soul's Birthday.

Who knew people here had post? I was standing in the teachers' lounge, sorting out the piles of letters Lord Death had dumped upon me when I walked in. Stretching up as much as I could, I threw a letter into Sid's little cubby hole.
"Why do they have to make these damn things so tall," I muttered, cursing at the fact I was 5ft 6. When I was younger, the other children used to tease me about how short I was, that was until I swiped their legs from underneath them, making them fall flat on their faces in the dirt. They never bothered me then. They actually never spoke to me again, scared I'd do something. Which I found better, I'd rather be scared of then be mocked for something I couldn't help. Daniel was pushing 6ft 2 by the time he were 12, taking after our dad's tallness. Whereas I resembled my step-mum in height.
Picking up another pile of Sid's mail, I stretched up again. A hand came over my head, grabbing the mail off of me and popping it in the hole. I turned around to find Kid standing very close behind me, smiling slyly when I saw him.
"You looked like you could use a hand," he chuckled, stepping back a little.
"Or you could ask your dad to think of the fun sized people who can't reach the top of the damn thing!" I huffed, pulling the short skirt down a little bit more. "Don't you have lessons to go to?"
Kid shook his head, "I've been excused from lessons due to the fact I'm getting a cold."
"Reapers get colds?" I asked, not believing him for a second.
"Well … no not really. But oh well, lessons are boring and I felt your struggle, so I came to help." He stood on the side of me, sorting out the mail.
"That's not the attitude for the soon-to-be-headmaster." Kid snorted, popping some letters in a hole.
"That's not for a few years, I can catch up on one day's worth of lessons," he chuckled, making a pile of letters that had cubby holes more my eye level.
"Never know, could be the day you turn 18. Then what will you do?" I asked, bringing the second bag of mail over. Kid looked like he was properly thinking it over, his eyes glazed over.
"I would defiantly have to redecorate in here, that would be the first job on my list." He said finally, smirking at me, "Make sure all the 'fun sized' employees have shelves that they can actually reach."
"You have my vote then," I laughed, looking around the room. I suppose it could do with a new lick of paint. "Then what will you do? You wouldn't need Death Scythes seeing as you have Liz and Patty."
"Yeah, I didn't like the fact a weapon got chosen for me. I wanted a weapon that I had trained up myself, knowing they would do anything I'd ask. It's better than having loads of different Death Scythes. That could be troublesome. You've seen some of them,"
"They're not that bad," I said, elbowing him in the side, "Soul is a Death Scythe, and he's your friend."
"But I've never worked with him, so the resonance wouldn't be as strong." Kid looked at me, "You can work with any weapon, can't you?"
"Yep, give me any weapon and I can make it work." I nodded, where is he going with this?
"So if you can open up your ordinary wavelength to any weapon, could you control your kishin wavelength? Switch it on or off on command?" My fingers froze on a letter, I could feel the intensity of his eyes boring into my head.
"I've never tried it. When I turn, I lose all control."
"Maybe though, it's because you haven't tried to control it. If you can go purple, and still make rational decisions. Maybe you can go full on kishin, and still stay sane enough to turn it off."
"That would mean turning to try it," I whispered.
"I'd be there. I'll even get Soul to come with us, so that if you can't calm yourself down, he can." Kid pushed, turning me around to face him, his hands gripping my shoulders. "I could try and help you control this, Amy. You wouldn't have to be in fear of turning."
"Why do you want help me achieve that?" I questioned. This was too surreal. On Friday, he tried to kill me because of my kishin heritage. Now, he was trying to find a way for me to control it.
"I've just been thinking over the past couple of days. There's no point in shielding you away from the inevitable. You will turn again, that I am 100% sure of. Even if Stein is pulling the cloth over my dad's eyes, he also knows it. But they're living in the hope that because we've found someone who can keep you calm, you won't go red. But even that has side effects."
"What do you mean side effects?" I demanded.
"Soul. Has anyone ever told you the full story of what happened to them in Italy?" Kid rushed out, his eyes flashing with something I couldn't quite explain.
"Crona attacked Maka, but Soul jumped in front to take the hit. I've seen the scar."
"But you don't know what happened afterwards?"
"No," Kid sighed.
"I think Soul should be the one to explain all of this," he said weakly, "When you know the full story, then we can work on controlling your kishin side." Letting go of my shoulders, he left the teachers' lounge. I leant against the desk, what the hell just happened?

1 Day until Soul's Birthday.

"Soul!" Liz called, running towards the three boys with Patty on her heel. "Happy Birthday Eve!" They both shouted for what must have been the 10th time today, grinning madly at him. Black Star and Kid laughed behind him.
"Er … thank you, again." Soul mumbled, scratching the back of his head. This is so not cool.
"No problem! We were going to give you a present, but big sis said it was better to wait until tomorrow!" Patty giggled, grabbing Soul around the waist and squeezing him tight.
"That's okay, I'm good at being patient." He patted the blonde softly, taking a deep breath as she let him go.
"Good! We'll be better be off! We have shopping to do!" Patty ran away, grabbing both Maka and Tsubaki's wrists as she went past.
"Oh Soul!" Liz called just as Soul had turned away, "Make sure you don't stay out too late! You need your sleep for tomorrow," she winked at him, heading off in the direction Patty went.
"Please tell me they don't have something stupidly uncool planned," he asked his friends, rubbing his face in his hands.
"Couldn't tell you dude, they've got their lips sealed. Tsubaki hasn't even slipped out a little bit of detail." Black Star laughed, patting him on the back. "Don't worry, Maka and Tsubaki won't let those two go too out of control."
"Yes I shouldn't worry Soul, I would have found out if it were something … disturbing." Kid smiled.
"That doesn't help," Soul moaned.
"C'mon dude, let's go get Amy, then you can read this mission file. Then maybe a bit of basketball if you two aren't making out by the end of it,"
"Black Star!" Soul shook off his friends hand, glaring at him.
"What? I'm just telling you what's gonna happen." He smiled.
"What's going to happen?" Amy asked, coming around the corner from the Death Room.
"Nothing!" Soul shot out, but Black Star didn't notice him.
"I was just telling Soul how you two will be making out by the end of the night." He went to her side and draped an arm around her shoulders, "Unless of course you fancy someone a bit more God-like." He winked.
"You mean Lord Death? No thanks. That's an age gap I don't even want to work out." She smirked at him, ducking out from underneath his arm. "You ready then Soul, I've got the file." She tapped the strap of her backpack. He nodded, trying to keep a straight face as Black Star stood there at stared at Amy in shock.
"Dude, she turned me down," he mumbled.
"Did you really think you had a shot?" Kid asked, patting Black Star's shoulder. "Come on, we can have a one on one game while they read the file."
"We shouldn't be too long, Lord Death said this guy is a simple enough mission," Amy shrugged, turning Soul around, "We'll meet up with you later!" She called as she pushed Soul down the corridor.
"You don't need to push me," Soul laughed as they got outside.
"I just wanted to get away from the flirt," Amy slowed down the pace, coming to walk by the side of him.
"Yeah, that was kinda freaky of him," Soul admitted, the heat crawling up his neck.
"Nah, it was cute, thinking he had a shot," Amy giggled, nudging into Soul, "Don't look so embarrassed, I wasn't going to say anything about what he said about you."
"He hasn't actually said anything to you though, has he?" Soul asked quickly.
"Nope, I think he saves it all for when you're around," she said, smiling at him. He breathed a sigh of relief, smiling back at her.
"Shall we go read up on this dude then?" He offered his arm, his smile growing wider when she took it.

Black Star and Kid watched them as they walked off, arm in arm. Kid smiled at the sight. It was nice to see that they could find happiness in each other.
"Didn't I tell you they'd be makin' out by the end of the night?" Black Star cut through his thoughts. Kid looked at his friend, daring himself not to hit him for being such a moron.
"Seriously Black Star, that's not what that, is about," Kid sighed, looking back in the direction Amy and Soul went. They were far off in the distance now, but Kid could still see that they were walking close together.
"So what is it about? They aren't just being all nicey nicey because their being put on missions together. They so obviously like each other, but they won't admit it!" Black Star bounced the basketball as they stood there. Kid hoped for Tsubaki's sake that Black Star matured emotionally one day. It doesn't take a genius to notice how much she dotes on him. Rolling his eyes, he snatched the ball mid-air off Black Star.
"Come on, we're not going to stand here like idiots, let's go play."
"Now you're talking!" He shouted, running off towards the court.
"Kid." Stein called from behind him. Kid stopped his pursuit after Black Star to face the professor.
"Stein," Kid nodded.
"I hear you've been trying to figure out a way for a certain someone to use their kishin powers. Is that true?" Stein got straight to the point, something in his expression screamed out that he wasn't in the mood for games.
"Possibly. What would be so wrong in doing that?" Kid countered. Stein smirked, lighting up a cigarette.
"I hope you know what you're letting yourself in for, Kid." He walked off, waving as he merged with the shadows.

"Are you serious? I could get this guy in my sleep!" I moaned, falling back onto the grass, balancing the file on my stomach.
"Lord Death did say it would be easy," Soul mumbled next to me, I looked over at him, scowling. How can he just fall asleep like that?
"You could read it yourself you know." I elbowed him till he opened his eyes and looked at me, grinning.
"Why would I do that? I'm just the weapon, you need to know the details. I just need to put up with motion sickness."
"You do not have motion sickness," my scowl deepened, whereas Soul grinned even more.
"How do you know? I could puke each time Maka swings me. Now wouldn't that be an inconvenience?" He pushed himself into a sitting position, crossing his legs.
"I very much doubt it. Although, if Black Star's plan unfolds, you won't be even able to stand up," I said, crossing my arms behind my head, watching the sun become sleepy. Soul snorted, laying on his side so he was facing me, head propped up on his elbow.
"You'll just have to keep him in check,"
"I'm only there for an hour or two, who knows what he'll have planned," I countered, "And anyway, I can't be looking after you, you're 18 tomorrow. Officially an adult in my books."
"Ah, I'll be fine. Black Star's a prick at times, but he knows how to behave when he needs to be." He smiled, rolling onto his back.
"I know. Speaking of him, we better go meet them for a game," I started to get up, but Soul's hand on my shoulder stopped me.
"Why don't we just lay here for a bit? We can meet them later." He smiled, taking away his hand and looking up at the sky. I shrugged, laying down next to him.
"What's with the change of plan?" I asked, looking at him.
"No change, just delaying. I've not felt this relaxed in ages, and it's nice," He turned to face me, "It's like you have a calming effect on me." He winked, jabbing me when I rolled my eyes.
"I'm the one who needs calming, not you." I jabbed him back, "But it is nice, huh? Quiet."
"Extremely quiet," he mumbled, his eyes drooping shut. I left him to fall asleep, closing my eyes myself.

Soul's 18th Birthday

Maka rushed around the apartment, getting the spare bed she kept for when her friends stayed out of the storage cupboard. Fixing that up took more time than she had first expected. Then she realised, it was because Soul wasn't helping her. Checking her watch, the small hand just coming up to the ten, she ran out of her room and up to Soul's door.
"Soul! Wake up!" She shouted, moving to the side. The door creaked open, and out came Soul, his pyjama bottoms hanging low on his hips. He yawned, starching the back of his head.
"What is it Maka? It's still early!" He moaned, stretching his arms above his head before rubbing the top of his scar. Maka rolled her eyes and hugged him.
"Happy Birthday!" She sang, squeezing him tight. His arms came round to hug her back.
"Thanks Maka, but did I really have to get up this early?" He chucked into her hair, pulling back to look at her face.
She grinned, "Of course you do! You have presents and cards, oh and everyone is coming over in about 30 minutes, so you better get dressed!" She jumped out of his grasp and ran off towards the kitchen, triple checking that she had packed up all that they had brought yesterday. She sighed when she thought of how much it all cost, even though they split it 4 ways, Maka was still sacrificing her book money for this month. I'll just have to slow down on the reading for a while.
She whipped up a small pile of pancakes for Soul while he got ready, placing them on the table when he finally emerged, "You didn't have to go to this much trouble, Maka."
"Of course I did! You're only 18 once," she beamed, sitting herself down with her own plate of pancakes.
"Well then you best be prepared for yours," Soul said around a mouthful, Maka refrained from hitting him, telling herself that it's his birthday, so table manners are the last thing on his list. She dug into her own pile, constantly checking the time on her watch. Tsubaki said she'd be here dead on 10am, bringing Liz and Patty with her. Whereas Kid and Black Star were getting the clearing ready, setting up the barbeque and table. Black Star had said he'd convinced Amy to go down and help, which reminded Maka to get some stuff out for her, seeing as she'd be a little busy later.
At a minute to ten, the door sounded. Maka dragged Soul out of his seat and positioned him in front of the door, motioning with her hands for him to stay. She opened the door a crack, giving a subtle thumbs up to the three girls standing there. Liz gave Maka a thumbs up, and she threw open the door.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOUL!" The girls shouted, pulling the party poppers they'd brought yesterday. Streamers landed all around Soul, but most importantly, they landed in his white hair, covering up his eyes.
"I was not expecting that," Soul chuckled, brushing the colourful paper out of his eyes, "Thanks, that was pretty cool of you guys,"
"No problamo!" Patty sang, skipping into the apartment and hugging Soul, "Come on! Present time! I want to show you what we got ya!" She dragged him over to the sofa's, plonking him down in the centre. Maka dashed into her room to retrieve the present she had brought him, adding it to the pile that was slowly growing on the table.
"You really didn't have to buy me anything you know," he moaned, putting aside the wrapping paper he'd ripped off.
"Sure we did! Now man up and carry on! The boys are waiting for us," Liz pushed the next present onto Soul.

"Black Star! I said the tables had to be exactly opposite each other!" Kid shouted at the assassin. I looked up from what I was doing, watching Kid march over to Black Star lounging on the very table Kid was moaning about.
"Who died and made you in charge?" Black Star spat back, pushing off the table so he was eye level with Kid.
"Just do it." Kid gritted out, his wavelength pulsing with anger. Ignoring them, I carried on setting up the many picnic blankets Maka had got out, making sure they were a perfect square so I wouldn't get the brunt of Kid's obsession. My phone buzzed in my back pocket, pulling it out, the home screen was flashing with Liz's caller ID.
"Hey Liz," I answered, turning towards the boys.
"Hey, how's everything going down there?" She asked, "Kid and Black Star are behaving right?"
"Does arguing count as behaving?" I asked back, chuckling as she groaned.
"I suppose it's better than nothing, we'll be leaving in about 2 minutes. Would you be able to kick them into gear before we get there?"
"Consider them kicked," I said, hanging up, "You two!" I shouted, going over to them both. "Soul and the girls will be here in 5 minutes, do you think you can stop the hissy fits in time?"
"I will if this idiot lays off about the damn table," Black Star huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Just fix it and we won't have a problem!" Kid countered. I looked between the two of them before rolling my eyes. Moving past them, I moved the table to that it was directly opposite the other one.
"Is that better, Kid?" I asked, satisfied when he nodded, "Good, now will you both hurry up and finish, they'll be here soon!"
"Who died and made her boss?" Black Star muttered to Kid, moving away towards the barbeque. I glared at the backs of them, grabbing the straps that were strewn across the grass.

"I really hope the boys aren't fighting too badly," Tsubaki worried as they walked down to the clearing. Maka patted her friend on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Liz said Amy was going to sort them out." She said softly.
Soul snorted, "Yeah, which could mean anything. From a simple hit to them being six feet under,"
"Oh don't be dramatic, I don't think Amy would do anything that drastic," Liz said, re-positioning the bag on her shoulder. They were just coming into the clearing now. Liz smiled at the setup, pleased that they had actually done what they had asked. Patty skipped up ahead, jumping on the picnic blankets.
"Aaaaammmmmyyyyyyy?!" She shouted, "Kid! Black Staaarrrrrr! Where are youuuuuu?"
"Over here Patty!" Amy called, coming out from behind a tree. She jogged up to the others, taking a bag off of Liz. Once all the bags of food had been set down, Amy hugged Soul and wished him a happy birthday.
"You really didn't have to go to this much trouble," Soul mumbled for the 100th time.
"Oh hush, we've done it now, you can moan later." Maka said as she started laying out the food. Tsubaki looked around the clearing, obviously looking for Black Star.
"Amy, where are Black Star and Kid?" She asked, looking at the professor.
"Oh, yeah. I may have gone too far …" Amy admitted, looking towards the trees.
"How far?" Soul asked, grinning despite the fact is friends had been punished by the strongest meister in the academy.
"Well … It's best I show you." She said, walking off. Everyone followed her to the edge of the clearing. Just as they rounded the corner, Liz could hear muffled shouts coming from above.
"Oh my God!" She exclaimed, causing all her friends to look up as well.
"Black Star!" Tsubaki squeaked, covering her mouth with her hands.
"Yeah … I think I got too carried away," Amy mumbled. Soul laughed, pulling Amy into his side.
"That's the best birthday present ever!" He chuckled, waving to the two squirming boys above them. They tried to shout even more, straps around their mouths making it sound muffled.
"It's probably time to let them down Amy," Maka chuckled. Amy nodded and climbed to the branch they were hanging from. Wrapping her legs around the branch, she swung herself upside down so she could undo the straps around their mouths.
"Amy! You are so dead when I get down!" Black Star shouted, trying to squirm out again.
"Will you stay still, the branch will break." Kid muttered, trying to distance himself.
"Well you only have yourselves to blame, you were getting on my nerves." She shrugged, swinging herself back up, untying the strap around the branch, lowering them down softly. Tsubaki and Liz helped so that they didn't hit their heads, laying the two on their sides.
"All this because someone didn't put the table in the correct place," Kid moaned, stretching his arms. Black Star jumped up, glaring at Amy, who had yet to come down off the branch.
"Get down here!" He shouted, his cheeks turning red.
"No way! Do you think I'm that stupid?" She laughed.
"Come on Black Star, let's go get the food ready," Tsubaki ushered him away from the tree. Liz pulled Kid up from the ground, smiling as he brushed himself down.
"Well, now I'm away from that moron," He turned to Soul, "Happy Birthday." He said, holding out his hand. Soul rolled his eyes, grasping his hand.
"Thanks dude, let's go eat, I'm starvin'!"
"I'm quite hungry too," Amy said, landing next to Maka. She grinned at her, hooking an arm through hers.
"Come on then, let's go eat!" Maka dragged Amy away with Patty close behind, leaving just Kid, Liz and Soul. Liz came round the back of them, draping her arms over their shoulders, using the fact she was taller than the two of them as an advantage.
"Come on boys, let's have a party we're never going to forget!"

11.50pm That Night

I was standing outside of Soul and Maka's door, listening to everyone shouting inside. I rolled my eyes, how can they have gotten so bad? I only left them a few hours ago. Today was Soul's 18th birthday. The day Lord Death had set for myself and Soul to go on our first mission so I had left the gang to carry on the party while I got things ready for the mission.
"Here goes nothing," I muttered, pushing the door open. What I had expected to see, were the group sitting in the lounge, having a few drinks to celebrate. But, no, what I saw was completely different.
"Soul! I know, like, we've known each other years, but I've never told you this," Black Star slurred, wrapping his arm around Soul's neck to pull him in closer, "But I love you man, not like I wanna sleep with you, cuz that'd be weird. But like a brottther, yanno what I mean?"
"Black Star, maybe you should lay off the drink for a bit," Tsubaki giggled from where she was laying down on Maka and Liz's laps.
"Noooo, I'm trying to show how much I love this dude," Black Star said, giving up on keeping his head up and resting in the crook of Soul's neck. Soul however, was asleep. I rolled my eyes, decided to make it apparent that I was here, and walked right up to where Kid and Patty were doing shots.
"Well you guys look like you're having fun," I said, taking the shot glass off Kid and putting it where he couldn't reach. He tried to look angry, but he couldn't keep his head straight enough.
"W-w-what are youuuuuu doing here?" He asked, wiping his mouth. His yellow eyes looked spaced out. He was going to regret drinking in the morning.
"Soul and I have a mission, remember?" Patty laughed, coming round to hug my waist.
"Gooooood luck with waking him up! Me and big sis made him a special shot, he's out of it! He'll be useless!" She giggled, unwrapping her arms and running back to Kid, who was trying to walk over to the sofa's.
"Oh don't worry, I'll wake him up." I said, coming up behind the seat Soul and Black Star had fell asleep on, "Mind if I tip these two out?" I asked Maka, and judging by her lopsided smile, I took it as a yes. I squatted down, groping for a handle or something to hold on to underneath the chair. When I'd found something to hold on to, I braced myself and pulled. At first, it didn't seem like it moved much, but as I started to straighten my knees, you could see the chair tipping. Holding my breath, I stood up with one push, tipping the two boys out of the chair.
"What the fuck?!" Black Star shouted, I put the chair back in its original place, moving around it to stand over Soul.
"That was evil," he whispered, rubbing his hands over his face.
"Sorry, but we've gotta go." I pulled him up, having to grasp his shoulders to stop him from falling over, "See you later guys!" I called, picking up Soul's bag as I dragged him out of the apartment.

"You really didn't have to tip me out of the chair," Soul moaned, taking another drink of water, "I would have woken up."
"I've dealt with drunks before, waking them up softly is stupid. They'll only fall back asleep," I said, switching the headlamps on as we sped out of Death City. I wasn't sure why we had to leave in the middle of the night, but I wasn't about to argue with Lord Death. I had just escaped being punished big time.
"Hmm, well I'm going back to sleep. Liz and Patty gave me this shot that tasted like poison," Another drink of water, "Its making me sleepy." I took at side glance at him, taking in his sudden paleness and shaky hands. Pulling over, I got out of my side, opening Soul's door.
"Come on, out," I said, squeezing his shoulder.
"What? No, I'm going sleep," he mumbled, swallowing more than what was needed.
"No, Soul, come on, the fresh air will do you good." I said a bit more forcefully, leaning over him to undo his seatbelt, and then just about pick him up out of his seat. Once he was sitting down on the ground, I felt a bit calmer. At least now, if he throws up, it wouldn't be in my car. I reached into the back, grabbing a couple more bottles of water before crouching down next to him. "How're you feeling?" I asked, passing him a bottle.
"Crap and cold. Why am I sitting outside?" Taking the bottle, he took a drink.
"I'm sorry; you showed signs of being sick. I didn't want you puking in my car," I chuckled, grabbing the blanket I'd brought and putting it around his shoulders. Just as I'd taken my hands away, he started gagging. All the food he'd eaten at the barbeque was now making its way down into the ditch. I tried not to breathe too deeply, the smell usually started me off.
"You jinxed me," he mumbled, just before he was sick again.
"I know, I'm sorry," I knelt next to him, bottle of water in one hand, the other rubbing his back. It was 20 minutes before he stopped being sick, his stomach finally empty. He was quite shaky on his legs, so I hooked an arm around his waist and helped him into the back seat of the car. There was no point driving anywhere now.
"I'm never drinking again," He muttered, shivering under the two blankets I'd wrapped around him.
"Everyone says that, don't worry. In the morning, you'll feel much better," I said, moving the pillow under his head, "The best thing now is to sleep, so I'll see you in the morning."
"Where are you going to sleep?" He yawned.
"I'll be in the front seat, don't worry about me, just sober up," I went to move away, but his hand shot out of the covers, gripping my wrist.
"It may be because of the drink that I'm feeling overly confident, or the fact that I feel so crap, either way … can you sleep beside me? I don't want to be on my own," he mumbled, another yawn taking over him. I sighed, nodding. He smiled crookedly as he lifted the blankets up to let me in. Kicking my shoes off, I squeezed myself in. Soul wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into his chest.
"So you don't fall off," he mumbled in my ear, burying himself in my hair.
"I gathered, get some sleep now, okay?"
"Mm'kay," It wasn't long until his breathing became regular and his arms relaxed a little. I stayed as still as I could, making sure not to wake him. His steady breathing was almost soothing, holding back a yawn, I settled myself down as well. Daniel couldn't handle his drink either, I thought to myself, letting sleep take over.

Soul woke to a pounding in his head, his eyes aching from the sunlight that was coming through the window, "Oh owww," he moaned, pulling the blanket over his head.
"Headache?" Amy murmured from beside him, when he nodded, she rolled away. The cold hitting him, sending shivers through him. "Soul, you'll need to sit up," she said, nudging his shoulder. Keeping his eyes shut, and the blanket over his head, Soul sat up, not liking the feeling of the room spinning.
"Oh man, never drinking again!" He moaned, cracking one eye open. Amy sat down on the seat next to him, popping out what looked like painkillers.
"You'll need to eat with these, so here," she held out a couple of plain biscuits and two tablets.
"Biscuits?" He asked, taking them off of her, testing one.
"You were sick quite a few times last night, and after what you drank, your stomach is going to hate you. Also, if you want to get rid of that headache, you need to line your stomach, stop you from being sick again," she turned on her seat, crossing her legs and smiling, "Welcome to the world of legal drinking." He tried to roll his eyes, but that just hurt even more. So he ate the biscuits, swallowed the tablets and laid his head back.
"Is it always like this?" He asked once the room had stopped spinning. The tablets were working slowly.
"Not always, what you drank last night though, a normal human would have been rushed into hospital to get their stomach pumped. What did the girls put in that shot?"
"Which one? I think I had quite a few." He tried to remember back. The first thing he remembered was being down in the clearing, laughing and eating with his friends, then once Amy had left to ready some stuff for their mission, they all went back to their apartment and the drinking began. After that, it was a blur. Until Amy came along again and threw him out of the chair.
"Yes, Liz and Patty gave you a shot that they made up. Knowing those girls, they probably put everything in it."
"That one, yeah, that tasted disgusting. It was the first one they gave me, I can't remember anything after that,"
"Not even Black Star declaring his love for you?" She smiled. Soul's eyes widened.
"What?!" He leant forward, regretting it immediately as his head started swimming.
"Oh yeah, when I walked in, you two looked very cosy together, he was telling you how much he loved you." Amy said, grinning, "Right, now you're all awake, shall we keep going? We have got a mission to do," she jumped in the front seat, starting the engine.
"You best tell me what really happened," Soul grumbled, moving slowly from the back seat to the passenger seat.
"I just did," she said, turning the radio on to some pop station. Soul turned his nose up at the music, but he didn't say anything. His head still wasn't feeling too great and a 'discussion' on music wasn't needed. "You can change the station if you like, I just have it on for background noise," she said, smiling.
"How'd you know I wanted to change it?" He asked, turning the dial until he found a station that played some jazz.
"I'm excellent at reading soul's remember, I could sense your distaste to the station. Why don't you try and sleep again, we have a long drive ahead of us."
"What about you?" He asked, getting more comfortable in his seat.
"I slept pretty well last night, I'll be fine," she replied, turning the heater on slightly to chase away the cold morning.
"Okay, well if you get bored, wake me up, I'll take over," he mumbled, letting his eyes close.

It felt like he'd only put his head down for a few minutes before Amy came to a stop at their destination. Shaking him awake, he saw the sun was just starting to set. Amy had parked her car quite a way away from where the suspected kishin egg was lurking, so after packing the necessities, they walked through the forest.
"Are you sure you don't want me to carry anything?" Soul asked for the 10th time since they'd left the car. Amy was only carrying a small backpack, but Soul kind of felt bad for letting her carry it at all.
"I'm sure, if this guy pops out of nowhere, I'll need you to transform pretty quickly," she assured him, too busy looking around for any traces of the kishin egg.
"Okay, so what did the case file say on this guy again?"
"Only that he's recently started harvesting human souls, he stays out in this forest most of the time, oh and he's great at illusions."
"Easy kill then?" He asked, looking up in case he was lurking in the trees.
"Easy kill," she repeated, stopping behind a tree, "Hopefully, with my soul perception being advanced, I should be able to pick him out pretty easily. But, if he's an illusionist he could very well make out to be someone else and attack when we're not prepared. It could swing either way." She stretched out her hand towards him.
"For someone who hasn't been on a mission for over 6 years, you're pretty good at it," Soul said, taking her hand.
"We haven't completed it yet," she smiled as he transformed.

As Soul transformed, I readied my soul like I did with most weapons. Opening it up to allow the wavelength a chance to sync. When his soul wavelength met mine, a surge of power ran through the both of us, causing a soul resonance, without even trying.
"Whoa, is this what it's like to partner up with a kishin?" Soul murmured, his face flashing up on the blade. I rolled my eyes.
"Half kishin, and no, I must have pushed my soul wavelength too much. You must match up to me more than Lord Death imagined." I said, it's just like resonating with Daniel again.
"Huh? How am I like Daniel?" Soul asked.
"You could hear that?"
"Yeah, it's kind of like you were whispering it to me," He said, "Why? I wasn't supposed to hear it?"
"Well, no not really. I've never been able to do that with anyone other than Daniel, and I just assumed that was because we were related." I said. I shook my head, now is not the time to be worrying about it. We had a mission to complete. I needed to do this to show Lord Death that he could trust me. I opened up my senses again, using Souls soul wavelength to boost my soul perception range to even further. "Got him."

Kid's back ached. Why was he so uncomfortable? Why did his head pound? He flickered one eye open, bringing his somewhat numb arm to shield himself from the light. The window was letting in a strong beam of light. He gave up, closed his eyes and let his arm fall down. But he was still uncomfortable; he needed to be on his side. That sounded better. He swung his left arm over to the right, trying to move his body along with him. He'd successfully moved himself, assuming he was on Soul's bedroom floor, he felt around for something soft to lay his head on. His fingers brushed against what felt like some jogging bottoms. Kid didn't care. He just needed something soft for his head. Scooting himself towards the softness, he lifted his head up and plonked it back down. Ah, that's better. Now time to sleep.
"Kid?" A voice grumbled. He felt his make-shift pillow move around from underneath him. "Kid, you're on my leg." Kid looked up. Black Star was sitting up, hovering over where Kid was laying on the floor. The light made his eyes throb.
"I don't care, I'm comfortable." He muttered, closing his eyes once more. The pillow moved again. I'm going to have to tell Soul that his pillow's move. He thought numbly.
His eyes snapped open. The grey fabric beneath him wasn't Soul's. Soul didn't own any grey joggers.
"Oh shit …" He hissed, using all the strength he could muster up to push himself up.
"Finally realised huh?" Black Star mumbled, he was laying down, an arm draped over his eyes.
"Sorry … we are in Soul's room though?" Kid asked, his eyes still throbbing.
"Yep, we're in Soul's room. Although, I don't exactly remember getting here." Black Star sat himself up, holding his head, "Man, I feel rough."
"So do I," Kid moaned, he bared the pain as he looked around the room, "The girls aren't in here."
"Use your perception, if I move any more than I have to, I'm gonna puke." Kid tried to open his senses up, but it made him feel queasy.
"I'm gonna throw up if I do that …" He moaned, "I'm gonna sleep in Soul's bed." He slowly crawled over to the bed, climbing up with numb limbs.
"I'm gonna sleep too …" Black Star mumbled, laying himself back on the floor. Kid got under the covers, only then did he realise, Soul had a double bed.
"Black Star … don't lay on the floor. Sleep on the bed, I'll sleep towards the wall." Kid sat and watched Black Star mull it over.
"Fine. But I'm putting something in between us. I don't want you touching me," he crawled over to Soul's wardrobe and pulled out the hoodies he'd not bothered to hang up. Chucking them on the bed, Kid got to work making a make-shift barrier. The bed squeaked as Black Star got in. "Remember, no touching!" He warned, Kid shrugged off his jacket and added it to the barrier.
"Don't flatter yourself," he mumbled, laying himself down. It didn't take long for both of them to fall asleep. I just hope I feel better.

Maka yawned so loudly, it woke her up. She half opened her eyes to access the situation she was in. She was in bed, and she could see the top of Tsubaki's head. That's not too bad. Where are Liz and Patty?
Without moving too much, she found the sisters curled up together on the spare bed Maka had prepared the morning before the party. She looked at her bedside table clock, the red numbers showing it was 11am. I really should get up, she thought, but for once she wanted to be lazy, maybe a few more hours wouldn't hurt.
When she opened her eyes again, the sun was just setting, its eyes looking about as heavy as Maka felt. She shook Tsubaki's shoulder. "Tsubaki, we've been asleep all day."
"Really?" She mumbled, turning onto her back. "I still feel so tired though."
"That's because we've overslept. I'll get some food started, that'll wake everyone up," Maka said, crawling to the end of the bed. She stepped over Liz and Patty and made her way into the kitchen. "Well first things first, I best clean up," she muttered to herself. Looking around at all the empty bottles and glasses strewn across her apartment.
"Don't worry Maka, we'll clean, you cook!" Liz said, coming out of her room with Patty and Tsubaki in toe. She smiled at them.
"Thanks! What do you all fancy?"
"Something simple, the boys drank quite a bit last night. They could be feeling it today," Liz grabbed a black sack and started filling it with rubbish.
"Has anyone checked on them?" Tsubaki asked, looking around the room.
"They'll be in Soul's room. He won't mind, go check," Maka said, grabbing a few things from one of the cupboards.
"When's Amy and Soul back?" Patty asked, setting the bottles Liz gave to her in height order.
"Either early hours tomorrow morning, or late afternoon. That's if the mission goes well." She said, wiping down one of the surfaces.
"They'll do fine, and the boys are both flat out. Black Star is snoring his head off. I'm surprised Kid hasn't kicked him off the bed yet." Tsubaki giggled, coming to help Maka.
"They're in bed together?!" Liz exclaimed. Maka was shocked too, Black Star was too proud a person to share anything and Kid hates being unsymmetrical.
"They have a few of Soul's hoodies in between them, but yes, they're sharing Soul's bed." She giggled, washing a few of the glasses up.
"Well they were pretty drunk last night. I wonder how Soul is getting on. He looked dead when Amy dragged him out." Maka thought back to when Amy had made her appearance to pick Soul up. She had tipped both him and Black Star out of one of the chairs in order to wake him up, then continued to drag him out to her car.
"He would have puked most of it up last night," Liz grinned, "Patty and I mixed almost every kind of booze we could find. It was almost inevitable that he would be ill." Maka gave the sisters a look, but smiled anyway.
"Poor Soul, he must be feeling really crappy right about now."

Amy jumped from branch to branch after the kishin egg. Their first enemy target. Soul almost wanted to laugh when he saw him. He was about 4ft tall with a bald head. Of course, with the power of the human souls he'd been collecting, he'd become excellent at making himself out to be something he wasn't. Soul kept his gaze up, the creep had already taken Amy by surprised by leaving little attacks around. Which was why she was staying off the ground. So as Soul kept an eye out for any attacks from above, Amy concentrated at the problem at hand.
He's a fast one …

I shouldn't worry, the amount of energy he's using to try and sway you, he won't be able to run much longer.

So just play 'follow the leader' until he keels over?

Basically. Amy smiled pushing herself faster so she was directly above him. Soul was right. He was tiring fast. Amy took the opportunity to get herself ahead of him. Soul could see a plan forming in her head. It was simple, just jump down and slice him up without even realising it. But Soul worried, what if he just has enough energy to make one last illusion of himself just before they got there? Then they'd be back to square one.
Don't worry, you were right. His energy levels are dramatically falling; he can't do any illusions, not without feeding first. Soul nodded and readied himself for the attack. Amy did one last burst of speed to ensure she was ahead, before jumping down in front of him.
"Well hello again," she smirked. The creep came to a stop, looking around frantically for an escape, "There's no point in trying to escape, and you're out of time and energy." Ready Soul?

When you are. She lunged forward, the resonance rate growing as each second passed. "Witch Hunter!" Soul felt the power surge through him, it was stronger than anything he'd ever come across.
"You could be powerful too, Soul …" a voice drifted towards him. Soul sighed, looking over his shoulder.
"I thought I'd got rid of you." He muttered, "I don't need you, I'm a Death Scythe. What's more powerful than that?"
"Only the new meister you've gotten yourself. Think about it, young Maka couldn't give off this much power, so you've never had to think about your limitations while you're sane. But this, oh this, its madness. You are being pushed to your limits in one single move. How does that make you feel, hmm?" The ogre purred, leaning against the doorframe.
"Amy isn't infected by madness. This was pushed onto her at birth. She can't help it."
"But she's still powerful, even with her kishin side subdued. If this is going to be a regular thing, you're going to have to get yourself some protection. Amelia's soul will devour you, without you even realising its happening." He chuckled, shrugging, "Oh well, if you want to be killed just because of some girl, fine by me. I'll just have to jump to her soul when you're next resonating." Soul watched as the ogre went into the Black room, closing the door behind him. He'd show him, just like he did last time. He shook his head, this wasn't the time.
"Soul? You can transform back now, he's dead." Amy's voice rang through his ears. In a flash of blue, Soul turned from scythe to human. He landed next to Amy, who was looking at him. "You okay?"
"What? Oh, yeah fine." He mumbled, smiling at her, "I hadn't even realised you'd killed him."
"I thought you felt a bit spaced out," she pressed a hand to his forehead, a puzzled look spilled across her features. "You don't feel ill or anything?"
"Unless you're counting the hangover, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
"Stein told me to check on you, because of my resonance rate being a little stronger than what you're used to. It could mess you up a little bit." She took her hand away and held out her other hand, the one holding the kishin egg soul. "Here you go! Our first mission is complete!" She grinned, pushing the soul into his hands. He ate the soul in one bite. Just the feel of it going down made him feel a hundred times better.
"Well done to us," he laughed, draping an arm around her shoulders. "Now can we please go get a burger or something? Because I am starving!" She wound her arm around his waist, leaning into him.
"That actually sounds like an idea, I can call Lord Death on the way." She agreed, pulling out the small mirror Maka had lent to her for the mission. After ringing for a few minutes, Lord Death's face took up the entire space of the mirror.
"Hey hey! Hows it going you two?" Soul chuckled, he was as hyper at night as he was during the day.
"Mission complete. So, yeah, we're going to get food then we'll be on our way back!" Amy smiled at him when he started cheering.
"Awesomeeeee! Well we shall see you when we get here! I'm sure you're class are looking forward to having you teach again! Over and out!" And his face disappeared.
"You do know he'll have a celebration party in the Death Room waiting for you." Soul said, grinning when she looked up at him.
"I hope not! I hate that much attention. I might just stay behind you,"
"No way, you're the meister, you get front seat at all cost,"
"You're the Death Scythe!" She protested, they had finally reached her car. Climbing in, Amy turned the heaters on full blast. "Enough about parties. I think you've had enough partying for one weekend anyway." Soul swallowed two more painkillers, just to chase away the slight throbbing that had come back.
"I don't think I was that bad, I think being sick saved me from a really bad hangover." He said, downing a bottle of water, "Now let's go get some food. I am craving a burger."
"You've just had a soul, how can you be craving something?" She started the engine, pulling it out onto the main road.
"I have a big appetite." He shrugged, settling himself in the seat.
"Even after puking your guts up last night?"
He waved his hand at her, "That was 24 hours ago."
"I bet the rest of them aren't saying that," Amy laughed, reaching over to turn on the jazz station he'd found that morning.
"Well it serves them right, trying to make me ill before my mission," he smirked, closing his eyes as she sped off down the road.

After we stopped for food, I let Soul drive back. Even though no matter how many times I told him I was fine, he still insisted that he drove.
"I've slept for ages now, it's your turn," He said, pulling out of the restaurant.
"I thought you could only drive motorbikes anyway," I pouted, giving up on trying to get my driver's seat back.
"Black Star showed me how, after I'd taught him how to ride a bike," he shrugged, picking up speed as we hit the highway.
"I guess it's handy then, what do you prefer? Car or bike?" I asked, reaching for the blanket Soul had around him on the way here.
"I'll say bike, I've only ever drove Black Star's car. Whenever Maka and I go on missions, we take the bike."
"Well this car is a dream to drive, never had any problems with it," I said, wrapping myself up. Soul glanced over at me.
"Why don't you go sleep? I know the way back,"
"I'm not tired," I said, just before a yawn took over. Soul smirked at me, eyebrows raised, "Okay fine, I'm a little tired!"
"Honestly, rest up. Lord Death will be expecting us to be at the academy as soon as we get back,"
"What about you? You'll be tired too," I yawned again.
"Nah, I'll snooze during class," he chuckled, turning the music down a little, just loud enough to hear over the engine.
"Just don't get caught," I mumbled, closing my eyes. The smooth jazz lulling me to sleep.