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Todays chapter is a lil long but I hope y'all still read it :) I HIT 20 REVIEWS XD but does that mean no one wants to review anymore ? awww come on i could do with more reviews, nice readers, nice readers xD anywayyys i dont have much to say for this chapter besides

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OMG MAKA AND SOUL WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

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Summary (as promised in the other summary ^^) : Maka Albarn ventured deep into the Underworld in order to find her mother, Kami. On the way, she unluckily encounters a shinigami named Daru. He and her make a deal that if she can get him some souls then he will give her her mother. Maka agrees and her first mission was to enrol into Shibusen, school for Meisters and Weapons. Maka cautiously keeps her distance from everyone at the academy but especially her partner/weapon Soul Eater Evans. What happens when she starts making friends? And what will happen when they start opening up her heart? The answers' simple. Nothing but darkness awaits.

Chapter 11

Nightmares and Hallucinations

"SOUL RESONANCE!"

"He'll… Find out…"

Nothing happened.

"E-Eh..?"

Soul's image reflected on the scythe's blade.

"Why isn't it working?" he said, sounding a bit frustrated.

Maka could jump in relief. "I don't know…"

Stein approached us as Soul turned back into human form.

"You two… Something is wrong…" he began.

"Yeah! No shit, Sherlock! I could've told ya that!" exclaimed Soul.

"No, as in the problem is that your soul wavelengths don't match. There's obviously something troubling both of you. It's making your wavelengths unstable."

Both Maka and Soul looked away.

Stein began walking out of the forest.

"You two can't accomplish Soul Resonance, let alone Soul Link until you have cleared your minds and have complete trust in each other. I advise you to hurry and do that, or else I'll be forced to give you failing grades."

Soul scoffed. "Be forced my ass."

He too walked away.

"Soul, where are you going?" Maka asked him.

"To 'clear' my mind." He answered.

Maka walked the other direction. "Fine! I will do so as well…"

"So… Are we finished?" said Black Star.

"I think so. They seem to have something bothering them." Replied Kid.

Tsubaki, Liz and Patti turned back into humans.

"I'm worried about Maka…" mumbled Tsubaki.

"We should go check her out!" suggested Liz.

"Hehehe, yeah! Maka – chaaan seems very blehhhh lately!" said Patti.

"What the heck do you mean by 'blehhhh'?" Liz said.

"Like this!" Patti made a disturbing face.

"Please. You're killing my eyes. If that was your real face, it needs charity." Replied Liz, walking ahead with Tsubaki.

"Hehehehe, Lizzy you're mean!" replied Patti following after them.

"Girls are weird…" said Black Star. "Anyways, looks like I'm going to look for Soul! Coming Kid?"

"Uh… You talk to him and I'll hide in the trees somewhere and listen." Replied Kid.

"Ok then suit yourself! SOUL! THE GREAT ME IS COMING!"

"So. If me and him keep thinking stuff like this then we can't do Soul Resonance. Makes sense. I get why my soul wavelength is unstable but what about him? What's up with him? He was weird since this morning and… Gotten a lot more rebellious than usual too…"

"Maka!"

Maka turned around to see Tsubaki, Liz and Patti.

"W-What are you doing? Are you following me?"

Liz came up and ruffled her hair. "Yeah, so what if we're following you?"

"We were worried about you, Maka." Replied Tsubaki.

"Hehehehe, don't look so gloomy Maka – chan!" said Patti.

"… Are they expecting me to smile or something?" Maka thought.

There were seat – like stones and the four gals sat on it.

"Why did you follow me?" Maka finally asked.

"Like Tsubaki said, we were worried." Replied Liz.

"About what? I'm fine."

"Hehehe, no you're not!" said Patti.

"You can tell us if you want to, Maka. We're here for you."

"Wait till you find out about what I do. Will you still be 'here' for me?"

"I said I'm fine!"

"Then why can't you do Soul Resonance with Soul?" asked Liz.

"B-Because… I don't know, me and Soul probably got a flaw or something! Nothing is troubling me!"

"Maka – chaaaaan, you're a baaaad liar!" giggled Patti.

"I am not lying!" She stood up and sighed. "Think whatever you want, I'm going back to the dorms. I've had enough of this shitty day. It was never good to begin with."

With that, Maka left.

"Something really is wrong…" Tsubaki murmured.

"You got that right." Agreed Liz.

Patti giggled. "She just doesn't wanna say it!"

"Am I going mad? The nightmares… Even hallucinations too… Argh stuff my grades."

"SOUL!"

Soul turned around to see Black Star walking up to him.

"Black Star?"

"No… Its not Black Star…"

"WHO ARE YOU?" he shouted.

"What? I'm Black Star! The one and only!"

Soul's arm turned into a scythe. "Who the hell are you?"

"Soul what the hell is up with you?" exclaimed Black Star dodging his swipes.

"Stop pretending to be Black Star!"

"I AM BLACK STAR!"

Black Star had had enough so he punched Soul in the face.

Soul went sprawling, dust covered his jacket and his arm turned back to normal. He looked up.

"I-It is you…"

"Yeah took you long enough!"

Black Star grabbed Soul by the arm and got him up.

"Dude, what's with you today?"

Soul sighed. "I don't know. I've been having nightmares… Even goddamn hallucinations."

"Interesting... WELL NOT MY PROBLEM! I'M TOO BUSY GETTING A WAY TO TRANSCEND GOD! AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!"

Soul gave him a look.

"What?"

"Nothing... I'm going back to the dorms. Shitty day." Said Soul before walking off, back to Shibusen.

"OK THEN!" Black Star called after him.

Kid walked up to Black Star. "Some friend you are."

"I KNOW RIGHT I'M SUCH GOOD FRIEND!" Black Star exclaimed, pleased.

Kid slapped his forehead. "That is not what I meant... But back to Soul... Didn't he say he has been getting nightmares and hallucinations?"

"Yeah. Something like that."

"Hmm… We should look further into that…"

"That's right! You look further into that!" said Black Star. "I need to go train!"

Back at the dorms, Maka collapsed on her bed, her face on her pillow.

"Such a shitty day…" she thought. Maka turned around, facing her ceiling. "I haven't gotten any souls since like the last two days probably? Daru's bound to do something or like tell me to catch a thousand souls in one night… I cannot stand that dick sometimes!"

Maka sighed. "Wish he died. Wait, can shinigamis die?"

Suddenly, she heard something tap on her window. Maka got up and opened it, a little note came flying in.

"Daru. Figures."

Maka grabbed the note and unfolded it. Inside was the usual black calligraphy writing. But it was more than one name.

Maka read them, one by one. "Kirikou Rung. Pot of Fire. Pot of Thunder. Harvar D. Éclair. Kim Diehl. Jacqueline O. Lantern Dupre."

"Harvar as in Ox's weapon? Shouldn't they be realising that Ox is missing by now? What's with this group..? They're basically all friends!"

Maka shoved this paper in her pocket.

"Looks like I'll be taking out a few tonight."

She heard the door open. "Soul's back…" Maka quickly opened her door and went out.

"Hey. You're back." She said to him.

"Yeah. I'm going to sleep."

"It's still early."

"I'm tired."

"Ok then…"

Soul went into his room and shut the door behind him.

"He looks sorta pissed… Neh. Who cares about him. I should go practice or something… Hm. Maybe I should go to the library."

Maka went back into her room and came out with the scythe keychain.

She took a final glance at Soul's door before leaving.

"If this keeps up… If this keeps up, there won't be sanity left in me…"

Soul's room was stained and splattered with blood.

"S-Soul… H-Help… Help me…"

Soul collapsed to the floor, head on his knees. He gripped his head.

"I can't take it anymore…"

Maka opened the door to the library to find Kid there. She made a face. "Oh great."

He noticed her and looked up from his book. "Maka."

"What are you doing here?" she replied, going over to the shelves and skimming her finger through the spines of all the books.

"It's a library. Everyone is here." He answered, getting back to his book.

"He pisses me off…" thought Maka.

Maka got a book and sat down. "I don't see you here often."

"Well, if you should know, I'm researching."

"About what? How weird you are?"

"No. On Soul."

"Eh?" Those words made her jerk up. Maka got out of her seat and grabbed Kid's book.

"What are you reading? This is about nightmares and…" She stopped mid – sentence.

"From the pause, I reckon something triggered in your memory." Kid took the book back and laid it on the table so Maka could see as well. He pointed to a paragraph.

"It says here that one possible explanation for it is that his soul is slowing fading away or getting eaten by madness. One of those."

Maka looked closely. "When one has sudden nightmares of no reason, it is said that is because of the soul's stability is slowly ebbing away. The reason is still unknown but if they also see hallucinations then it's a possible chance that the victim will die."

Maka slammed her fist on the table. "What the hell does that mean? The soul's stability is slowing ebbing away? The victim might die? What sorta crappy bullshit are you reading? Soul will not die because of bad dreams and day dreams that seem real!" exclaimed Maka.

"Why would you be so frustrated about this? Aren't you planning on leaving soon? Why would Soul mean anything to you?" said Kid, closing the book.

Maka didn't say anything. "I hate you. I really do."

Kid got out of his seat and put the book back. "Madness is taking control of his soul Maka. Madness and darkness."

Maka headed for the door. "I don't care. He isn't anyone to me. Neither are you."

"No one can save him from himself."

Maka opened the door, feeling a stab of pain inside her chest.

"I don't care." She said, her voice nothing but a shaky whisper. With that, she closed the door behind her.

Maka ran, ran down the corridor and away from the library. She felt her chest, where her heart was beating.

"Why? Why does it hurt so much..?"

End of Chapter 11