Me: It's finally here! Chapter 10 of this growing story is up for all my faithful readers to enjoy! I thank whoever may be referring my stories cuz it's working! I'm getting more hits than ever!
Soul: Pretty cool of you guys to do that.
Maka: Yeah it's greatly appreciated.
Soul: So who'd you pick for today's lame guest?
Sid: I was never lame. That's not the kind a man I was when I was alive.
Soul:LAME!
Me: Shush Soul. Let the man, er zombie, do what he came here to do. Sid if you would please.
Sid: S0uleaterevans doesn't own Soul Eater or any of it's characters. Just this story and his OC's. I was always the kind of man who sat back and enjoyed a good story.
Soul: Will you just shut up with your lame reminiscing-
Maka: MAAAAKAAAA CHOP!
Me: I wonder if there has been a chapter where he hasn't been Maka Chopped.
Maka: Not likely. Anyways R&R or I will take your soul!
Chapter 10: Rogue
Kim's pov
Ugh! I can't believe it! How can the teachers of Shibusen not allow us to go after Crona! It just isn't right!
After I had stormed out of the classroom, Jackie following close by, I walked out onto the balcony that overlooked most of Death City. I leaned onto the stone railing and simply watched as the sun continued to rise, laughing maniacally.
"Kim...I don't agree with the teacher's decision either, but we should respect it. Besides it's not like we won't ever get a chance to avenge Ox-kun. We're just not ready yet." Jackie stated. Attempting to put me at ease.
"I don't care what Shinigami-sama and the rest of the teachers here say Jackie. Crona needs to be dealt with quickly. Stein was right about one thing. He is getting stronger and fast. We need to stop his progress before he becomes overwhelming." I told her plainly. I needed her to understand that this needed to be done. That we couldn't just sit here while Crona becomes even stronger.
Jackie sighed before once again facing me. "Alright Kim let's say you're right. How do we even plan on finding Crona? We have absolutely no lead on where he could be hiding now."
"Weren't you listening to what Stein said? Crona is hunting us down individually. He will come to us. I imagine once we step outside of Death City he will ambush us immediately." I deadpanned.
"But there is no way we can take him out by ourselves Kim! Your training as a witch is no where near complete yet and quite frankly I could use more Death Scythe training. How are we going to defeat him?" Jackie asked.
"That's where I come in." I heard a familiar voice state from the doorway that lead back into the school.
I turned around to see Kilik leaning against the door, arms crossed, along with his weapon standing next to him. He flashed me a grin before continuing.
"You two will bait him, and then my weapons and I will ambush him. He may be strong, but he can't take on two elite meister-weapon pairs of Spartoi. We will take him out together. After all, Ox and Harver were my teammates too."
I smiled at him. Somehow I knew Kilik would want to join me in my quest of revenge. "I'm glad to hear that Kilik. Jackie's right. Crona is strong and we are gonna need all the help we can get. So Kilik, when do we leave?" I asked the dread-locked meister.
"We should leave immediately, before anyone finds out what we are planning."
"Then let's make our way for the Death Gate."
Creydon's pov
Something just doesn't sit right with me, allowing Crona to run around while we sit back and train. Also, I'm a little worried for my teammates. What if they do something reckless? What if they run off on their own. I'm not saying they're not capable of protecting themselves, but still...
'Crey, everything ok?' I heard my weapon ask through our link. I turned my head to face the blue haired, blue eyed beauty, who wore an expression of worry.
'Yeah, I'm just worried about Kim and the others. What if they run off you know? I think we should check on them.' I responded.
'Yeah I think you're right. Knowing Kim, she's not gonna take this lying down. And Kilik will back up his teammate. But how do we ditch the blue-haired monkey?' Sapphire stated pointing at Black Star, who was too busy talking about himself to notice the two of us weren't listening.
'I'll handle that Saphy, just leave it to me.' I smiled at her then turned my attention the the still talking Black Star.
"Hey. Black Star-senpai, Sapphire and I need to see to something personal real quick. I will meet you in the training room alright?" I asked my teacher.
"Yeah I guess that's fine. But don't keep your god waiting! Got it!" he warned.
"yeah no problem senpai. We will be back soon." I assured Black Star before taking Sapphire's hand and running off.
Soon we were outside the school. The sun was high in the sky now. Guess that makes it around noonish.
"Hey Crey, think you can get a lock on them with your soul perception?" Sapphire asked me after catching up.
"It's a big city, but I should be able to pick out their souls amongst all the others." I said before closing my eyes to concentrate. I knew Kim's soul would be very hard for me to find as she is most definitely using her soul protect, but Kilik's soul sorta stood out in a crowd, so I decided focus on his.
I mentally created a grid of Death City, along with all the souls I could sense in the area, it didn't take me long to pinpoint Kilik's soul.
"Found them! From the looks of it, they seem to be heading for the Death Gate. They're leaving Death City!" I cried out before breaking out into a full run.
"Hold on Crey! Wait for me!" I heard my weapon call from behind as I sped up my pace. We had to hurry if we were going to catch them before they left, and it was too late.
Soul's pov
"Concentrate Soul! You need to focus if you're going to get this move right." Stein lectured as I once again failed to produce a soul wavelength from my palm.
"I don't get what I'm doing wrong! Man this is so not cool! Why can't I do this?" I asked frustrated.
"Hmmm. Maybe we should work on some breathing exercises first. It will help to calm your soul down." the crazy doctor suggested.
"Yeah sure. Whatever you say doc." I said taking a breather.
"Alright, sit Indian style on the floor, and follow my lead." Stein commanded. I did as instructed, nearly falling over out of exhaustion.
"Alright, I want you to breath in through the nose for four seconds, and out the mouth for six seconds. Like so." Stein finished before inhaling and exhaling slowly. I began to breath more and more slowly until our breathing rates were exactly the same. Soon I began to feel a lot calmer than I was.
"How are you feeling?" the professor asked after a few minutes of this.
"Cool." I said giving him my signature grin.
"Good. Now let's try that again." Stein said pointing at the target dummy. I readied my stance and slowed my breathing, concentrating on extending my soul through the rest of my body.
"now remember, try to pulsate your soul through you arm and to your palm, then when you make contact with the dummy, shoot your wavelength out like it was an extension of yourself, like a scythe blade." Stein lectured.
"Like a scythe blade huh? I think I can manage that." I said in my cool-guy tone. Once I felt that my soul wavelength was now pulsating though my entire body, I charged at the target dummy. I raised my left arm, ready to strike the dummy down. Once I was close I focused my pulsating soul to only my left arm, then my hand, and once I struck my opponent, I felt a surge of power flow from the very center of my body to my palm. Small sparks shot out of my hand, sending the target dummy into a near by wall, demolishing the target on contact.
"Excellent job Soul. You managed to execute your first soul force in a matter of a couple hours. I guess that should be expected of a Death Scythe." Stein commented.
"Thanks I guess. I suppose I should continue to practice to keep it consistent." I stated.
"Yes I agree. But seeing as how you destroyed our target dummy, I will allow you to practice on me." Stein stated.
Was he serious? Was this a trick to give him a reason to hit me?
Stein looked at me blankly before continuing. "Don't worry I won't fight back. In case you have forgotten, I can match my wavelength to that of another person's to avoid being hit with soul force."
Oh yeah that's right. I almost forgot that first fight we had with the mad doctor. When Black Star went to hit him with his soul force, it didn't faze the professor at all.
I smiled devilishly at the idea. Finally, I chance to take out some of the pent of frustration I've had for this man.
"Sounds cool to me. I hope I don't hurt you too badly. Sure my soul wavelength won't hurt you, but I'm sure my hands will." I said getting ready to lunge.
I once again began to allow my soul to pulsate throughout my body, then gradually condensed it to my arms. Once I felt I was ready, I charged at the professor. I brought back my left arm, then struck the professor's chest, driving my soul wavelength into him.
"Good! Again!" the mad man demanded. At his wish I brought back my right arm and struck the same spot, once again driving my soul wavelength into him. I continued rotating arms, blow after blow, for the next hour, or so it seemed. Soon enough I could feel my body being drained of all energy.
"It would seem you've finally reached your limit. I'm quite amazed you've lasted this long. The only person I've known to last longer is Black Star. That's saying something. This has been a very interesting experiment indeed." the professor stated, lighting up a cigarette.
I grinned, more to myself really. The fact that the only person to last longer at applying soul force than me was Black Star was saying something. I'm definitely getting stronger. I'm just getting cooler and cooler.
"let's go ahead and take a break. Tell you what, once I'm done with my cigarette we will see how you're feeling." he finished as he took a drag from his cancer stick.
I nodded at the professor before allowing my body to fall to the floor and rest. I was definitely exhausted. I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was two in the afternoon.
I wonder how Maka is doing with her training.
Maka's pov
I took a deep breath, allowing my soul's wavelength to run through my body, pulsing like a beating heart. Marie stood in front of me, watching in silence.
"Miss Marie I think I'm ready for the next step." I stated. She simply nodded before stepping closer.
"Alright, now that your soul is radiating throughout your entire body, you should be feeling replenished." Marie stated simply.
"Yeah I do. It feels amazing and all, but I feel like this every time I resonate with Soul." I replied.
"That's good, then Soul should already be accustomed with you anti-demon wavelength. It also explains how he's been able to keep the black blood from driving him insane. Anyways, I want you to try and focus your soul wavelength into one of you arms. Take it slowly. If you try to rush, you may end up throwing your soul into turmoil instead." she cautioned.
"Right got it. Ok then. Here it goes." I said before once again breathing deeply. I slowly began to condense my soul wavelength, little by little, until it was only pulsing in my right arm. "I did it! Now what senpai?" I inquired.
"Now continue to condense it until only your hand is radiating. Your hand is the medium that will deliver the healing properties of your soul wavelength into the intended target, so you must be able to control it in your hand. Otherwise the result could be disastrous." Marie finished.
"Right understood." I said, once again condensing my wavelength further down my arm and into my hand. At first everything seemed to be going good, then I felt my wavelength waver.
"What the-" but I was cut off by a surge of power that shot from my hand, up my arm, and back to my soul, causing me to collapse in pain.
"Maka! Are you alright?" Miss Marie asked, kneeling by my side in case something was wrong.
"Yeah I'm alright. That hurt though. Did I just backfire?" I asked once the pain settled.
"Actually that's exactly what happened. You can't let your guard down even for a second when focusing your wavelength like that, or it will backlash like it just did. Ready to try again?" Marie asked.
"Yeah." I replied before once again taking deep breaths. I allowed my soul wavelength to pulse throughout my body, then I compressed down to my hand. I kept it steady and never let up. "Ok I'm ready for the next step." I said facing Miss Marie.
She looked at me with a confident smile. "Alright, now that your soul wavelength is compressed your hand, you are now ready to perform soul healing. As for your target, I will allow you to practice on me. Are you ready?"
I only nodded and began to step forward towards her. Once I was in range, I gently placed my hand on her chest.
"Now remember, when applying soul healing you want to release your soul wavelength like a flowing stream and not like a rushing rapid." Marie cautioned.
I nodded once again before concentrating on the pent up soul wavelength in my hand. "Soul healing." I muttered, slowly allowing my wavelength to flow out of my hand and into Miss Marie's chest. A faint glow emanated from my hand, and then got brighter over time.
"That's wonderful Maka! Your doing a great job!" Marie cheered as I continued. Once I felt I released most of the wavelength in my hand I severed the flow and sat down.
"Wow. That was tiring. Is that normal senpai?" I asked the blonde woman. She nodded before replying, "For first time user's it can be quite tiring, but for a first time Maka that was amazing! You're a natural at this." Marie complimented.
I only smiled at her and laid back on the ground, I can't help but wonder how Soul is doing in his training.
Kid's pov
"Again Kiddo. You must be able to control the first sanzu line's power if you wish to connect the second." My father instructed. I was currently trying expand my soul like I had tried when connecting the first, but for a reason I can't yet fathom, every time I attempt to expand my soul now, It backlashes.
"I don't understand father. Why can't I expand my soul?" I asked infuriated.
"Hmmm...it would seem your soul is much too exhausted from the recent events. I suggest that we hold off your training for a week. That should allow your soul plenty of rest. Remember, a sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body." My father lectured.
"Yes father I understand, as much as I don't like it, it seems perfectly logical that rest is best. One more thing before I go father."
"Yes son what is it?" my father inquired.
"Why exactly won't you allow us to go after Crona now? If all of Spartoi were to go after him, surely we would come out victorious." I stated.
Father let out a long sigh before answering. "You forget son. The Grand Witch protects Crona. If I were to allow you and the rest of Spartoi to go after Crona, more than likely you would run into the Grand Witch herself, and without knowing the true extent of her power..."
"We would basically be walking right into a trap." I finished for my father.
"Exactly! So, you see, I can't allow that to happen." father stated.
"Yes I understand now. Thank you for your time and the training." I bowed in respect than made my exit. As I walked down the halls of Shibusen, all I could think about is how Kim and Kilik stormed out of the classroom. I just hope they don't do anything reckless.
Kilik's pov
I almost forgot how big Death City is. It took us all morning and afternoon to reach the gates of the city, also known as Death Gate. To help us travel faster, we had our weapons transform and we were currently carrying them. I looked at the now drowsy looking sun. it was pretty low in the sky, almost twilight.
"Hey Kim. What time does your cellphone say?" I asked her.
She quickly pulled it out of her pocket and flipped it open. "Seven thirty. Wow it took us that long to get here?" she asked rhetorically.
"Big city huh?" I stated. I walked up next to her and took her phone out of her hands, shutting it off.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? Give me back my phone!" Kim yelled.
"Relax hot head, I was just turning it off so that Shibusen couldn't track us down." I said pulling out the battery and handing her back both items.
"Oh. Good thinking. Hey don't you have a cell phone?" she inquired.
"Nope, never needed one." I replied waving off the subject. I looked at the massive city gate. "So you ready?" I asked the pink haired witch.
"Yeah. Time to finish this." she replied, walking toward the gate.
"Hey you two! Wait!" I heard a familiar voice call from behind us.
I turned around to see Creydon running toward us, with Sapphire following close behind, but barely.
"Creydon? Sapphire? What are you two doing?" I inquired as they caught up to Kim and I.
Both Creydon and Sapphire stopped to catch their breath before either of them replied to my question.
"I used soul perception to figure out where you guys had gone to. Figured as long as we were going to be teammates I should keep tabs on you guys. Good thing I did too! What were you guys thinking? Leaving Death City to search for Crona?" Creydon asked furiously.
"Actually yes that's exactly what we are doing, and if you think you can stop us than you are sorely mistaken." Kim warned.
"So that's how it is huh?" Creydon asked before taking Sapphire's hand, on cue Sapphire turned into a double bladed sword. He held her out horizontally and stared at us with his piercing, turquoise eyes.
"Then I'm coming with you." he stated sternly.
"What?" both Kim and I stated in shocked unison.
"You didn't think I was gonna allow my teammates to go off on a dangerous mission on their own did you? No, I'm a better man than that. Plus if I did, Sapphire would have scolded me til my ears fell off." Creydon stated jokingly.
"Damn right I would have." Sapphire played off.
"I don't know Creydon, the plan was to have Kim bait Crona to us while I hung back to ambush him. It will be hard to do that if there are three of us." I deadpanned.
Creydon than shifted his attention to the ground. It was obvious to me he was in deep thought about something. Then suddenly his face lit up.
"Kim. Isn't there a spell you can use to cloak yourself and others around you from sight?" Creydon asked.
"Yeah! And I can also hide soul wavelengths with it too!" Kim proclaimed.
"Wait where are you guys going with this?" I asked a little confused.
"Change of plans Kilik. Instead of Kim being the bait, I will be. The two of you will be kept hidden by Kim's spell. This will allow you to be close by when Crona ambushes me." Creydon stated proudly.
"Not bad Creydon. A plan man huh? Ox was our plan guy before. Who knows maybe you will make your predecessor proud." I said punching him lightly in the shoulder.
He chuckled then turned his attention to Kim, as did I. Her expression was pained. I guess my mention of Ox brought back some memories she didn't want at the moment.
"Kim," Creydon began. "I can only imagine the pain your going through right now. I know that if I ever lost Sapphire I would be an even bigger mess than you are now. I promise you, we will take Crona down, together." he finished, holding out a fist.
Kim smiled and held out her fist and bumped it with Creydon's, keeping it there. "together." she stated.
I then held out my fist which was gloved by Thunder and bumped with their fist and smiled. "together." I echoed.
"So who's the leader of this team?" Creydon asked as we turned to face the Death Gate.
"I don't know. Before, Ox-kun was our leader..." Kim stated.
"I will take position of leader for now," I began. "any objections?" I asked.
"None here." Creydon said emotionlessly.
"Nope" Kim stated.
"Alright then. Let's get going." I proclaimed before pushing the city gate open. It may have been big, but not heavy enough for these two strong arms. And so we began our journey. Crona, we are coming to get you.
Soul's pov
I couldn't move my body. Everything, even my toes, were aching. I laid on the cool floor, limbs sprawled out. My breathing was heavy and faster than normal.
"You over did it Soul. I told you to stop at your limit, which was an hour ago by the way." Stein deadpanned. He was sitting on his office chair, backwards at that, leaning on the backrest.
"Well if you felt I should have stopped then why did you let me continue on like this? I stated irritated.
"I wanted to see how far past your limit you could go. You Death Scythes truly are fascinating." Stein replied, taking a drag out of his cigarette.
"You and your damn experiments. Could you help me up?" I asked him extending my hand out.
"Only since you've kept me intrigued for this long." he replied before getting out of his chair and pulling me up. "Shall we call it quits for today?" Stein inquired.
"Yeah. Sounds cool. I gotta meet up with Maka anyways. She's probably waiting on me. Hey doc what time is it?" I asked.
He glared at his watch. "Seven thirty."
Ah shit.
"Ah man. Not cool. Maka's gonna kill me." I complained as I ran out of the classroom. I could faintly hear Stein make a whipping noise before he faded out of earshot. I will just have to kill that sarcastic bastard later.
I found Maka sitting next to my bike, which I had moved out of the classroom earlier and into a parking spot outside the school. She was reading a book as usual. Jeez that bookworm needs to think of new hobbies. I guess she heard me coming, because she suddenly turned around a threw the book she was reading towards my head. I moved out of the was just in time for the book to wiz right by my ear.
"You baka! Do you realize how long I've been waiting here? Two hours!" Maka yelled. Man is she ticked.
"Well why didn't you just meet me and Stein instead of waiting out here?" I asked a bit irritated at Maka's temper.
"Because I didn't want to interrupt your training." she replied.
"Well that was very thoughtful of you. Now if only I could get you to stop hitting me with those damn books." I teased.
"Would you I just kick you and chop you with my arms and legs?" she asked.
"Nah, those would hurt just as much. Ah whatever. So how did your training go?" I asked her.
She smiled at me before speaking. "Great. Miss Marie says that I could use a little more practice, but I have soul healing pretty much mastered. What about you?"
I flashed my meister my signature toothy grin. "Same. But that shouldn't be surprising. I mean we are the strongest meister-weapon pairing in Shibusen." I replied in my cool-guy tone.
"I AM GOING TO KILL THAT BASTARD! HOW DARE HE DITCH A GOD LIKE ME!" I heard a familiar, yet annoying voice yell from close by.
I turned to the direction of the voice and found Black Star and his weapon, Tsubaki, making their way over to where Maka and I stood.
"What the hell Black Star. What's got you all pissed?" I asked the infuriated ninja.
"Creydon never showed up for his training. Tsubaki and I ended up training on our own. The bastard's been MIA for hours now." Black Star finished.
"It's not like Creydon to not show up for a training session, all though he wasn't looking forward to sparring with you." I deadpanned.
"Ha! I would be scared too if I were in his shoes. I mean I'm just so much bigger than he is!" Black Star proclaimed.
"Still this worries me. Let me see if I can find him with soul perception." Maka stated. She closed her eyes to focus. She stayed like that for a few minutes before her eyes widened.
"What is it Maka? What's wrong?" I asked puzzled.
"I can't find him or Sapphire anywhere in Death City! Kim and Kilik are gone as well!" she panicked.
What. Oh don't tell me...
"You don't think those idiots went after Crona do you? Man this is definitely not cool." I half-panicked.
"Those fools. Their gonna get themselves killed. We need to go after them..." Black Star began, but was cut off by Maka.
"No! we need to report this to Lord Death. Soul, come with me to the Death Room. Black Star, go find Kid and tell him what happened."
"Right." Black Star and I said in unison. And in seconds, Maka and I were on our way to meet with the god of death.
**Me: -pants heavily- Finally...finished...i know it's not long or anything, but it was still difficult to write.
Soul: Does the term, overachiever, mean anything to you.
Maka: Shut up Soul. I think that our esteemed author deserves a pat on the back for this one.
Me: Thanks Maka but that won't be necessary.
Sid: I found it quite entertaining, especially the part where Stein makes a whipping sound at Soul. I always enjoyed humor when I was alive.
Soul: Shut up you damn zombie!
Maka: MAAAAKAAAA CHOP!
Soul: Ow...
Me: Poor bastard. Oh and by the way. I am currently working on a story with VannaWow called "Switch. I'm a Weapon?" it's a sequel to her story "Worth the wait?" and has potential to becoming much, much more. So check out both these stories if you haven't already. Maka if you would please.
Maka: Review or I will take your soul!