MAKA

My mouth was probably hitting the floor by now.

Not only did some random chick just come out of nowhere, jump into Soul's arms, and kiss him, but Soul accepted it all with a smirk. He knows her and they seem to be on very good terms.

"What are you doing here Blair? I thought you weren't coming back for another month." Soul's voice brought me back to reality. She giggled in response.

"I know but I got bored so I thought I might drop by for a visit." At that moment, I could feel my heart sink into my stomach.

They look good together

Soul finally shifted his gaze from Blair to me. "Oh yeah Blair this my new woman Maka." Blair turned my way and flashed me a smile. But I couldn't find it in myself to respond.

She extended her hand out to me. "Nice to meet you Maka."

Right then I began to see what everyone meant when they said I'm too obvious. I didn't take Blair's hand. I just stood there, gawking at her. She was beautiful and had a great body while I was probably looking very plain standing next to her. My insecurities were probably showing all over my face; much to my dismay. And plus I all I could register in my mind was the way Soul looked at Blair and how excited he was to see her. How upsetting that was to me was proving way too much for me to hide. With all these feelings and thoughts coming at me at once, I didn't know what to do. So I ran away from them as fast as I could.

I could hear Soul call after me but I didn't stop. Even though he called after me, Soul didn't chase after me which bugged me. That made me run faster. By time I stopped I was in front of Tsubaki's house. I went up to the door and knocked on the door furiously until someone answered. It was a very irked Black*Star.

"Can you not knock on my door like that?" I paid no attention to Black*Star and pushed past him. I found Tsubaki stuffing some notebooks into her backpack.

"We need to talk right now Tsubaki!" I demanded, not really giving her the option of refusing. I grabbed her wrist and dragged her into the living room but Black*Star grabbed her other wrist.

"Oh no you don't Maka. She's walking to school with me."

"Well Tsubaki asked me to come over so she could talk to someone in very deep detail about her period. Unless you what to listen to her talk about her period?" At the very mention of 'period', Black*Star let go.

He let out a nervous laugh."You know, Maka I'm making a big fuss over nothing. You two can talk as long you want. We don't have to walk together for the next five to seven days Tsubaki." Tsubaki scrunched up her face.

"I'm surprised you know how long periods last." This made Black*Star scrunch up his face as well.

"You know what me too." Black*Star shrugged before waving goodbye, "Well see you guys later." Tsubaki waited until Black*Star left to turn in my direction. A worried expression appeared on her face.

"Oh Maka what happened? You look upset!" I bit my quivering lip. I could feel my eyes filling with tears. I could only nod at Tsubaki. Tsubaki probably knew this was about Soul. Hell, I'm always confused or upset over Soul. I sniffled before pouting.

" I-I feel so stupid Tsubaki! Last night, when Soul had to go do whatever the hell it was he had to do, I really didn't want him to go. So I s-started taking off my clothes and-"

"YOU GUYS HAD SEX?!" I quickly shook her head.

"After being away from Soul, I realized I wanted be with him. I wanted to get closer to him. And when I was I took off my clothes, I felt right." I sniffled again wiping away escaped tears with my sleeve, "But it didn't seem to matter because Soul flat out rejected me and just left. God Tsubaki I've never felt so embarrassed! I barely got any sleep because all I could think about was him rejecting me. Every time I think about it I just get more and more self-conscience. Is something wrong with me Tsubaki?"

"Of course not! And don't ever think that Maka!"Tsubaki sat me down and handed me a handkerchief. I sent her a weak smile.

"Thank you Tsubaki." Tsubaki nodded, getting two bottles of water.

"Anytime Maka." Tsubaki threw me a water which I easily caught, "So did Soul at least try to talk to you afterwards?"

I frowned as I stared down at my water. "He tried to explain himself but it did more harm than good. Out of nowhere some chick ran up to him and kissed him and he just smirked like it was okay. ALL WHILE IN FRONT OF ME MAY I ADD! I think her name was Blair or something." Tsubaki started choking on her water. I raised an eyebrow.

"You okay Tsubaki?" She coughed, sitting down next to me.

"I-I'm fine really!" I pursed my lips. From the look on Tsubaki's face, I knew she was hiding something.

"Do you know something Tsubaki?" She quickly shook her head.

"Nope. Nothing. Not a damn thing." Tsubaki said quickly. Now I knew Tsubaki knew something. I might be bad at hiding my feelings but Tsubaki was just a terrible lair.

"Oh my god! You know her, don't you? Tell what you know now Tsubaki!" I demanded. Tsubaki just sighed.

"Blair used to be Soul's woman. And before you came along, she was his longest lasting woman. They were together for roughly three months. I never really knew a lot about her or their relationship. I mean, they did it any chance they got. And when I say any chance they got I mean it! Anywhere sex could be had, they were doing it. Like-"Tsubaki cut herself off when she saw my face. She cleared her throat.

"But even without the sex, they seemed to get along. We all thought that she was 'the one' but then they just broke up. Soul never talked about it. The only thing he said was that the break-up was mutual."

"When did they break up?"

"..."

"Tsubaki..."

"A week before you came to town." I opened and closed my mouth a couple a times before I said something.

"So I'm his rebound girl?"

"Technically but if I know Soul then he had a couple rebound girls before you moved here." I sighed.

"I wish that was more comforting." Tsubaki just patted my shoulder.

"I know Ma-EEEK!" I turned to see a very large boy and a shorter boy standing in the living room. Instead of being incredibly freaked out like me, Tsubaki just pouted.

"How did you two get in my house?!" The big one just stared while the little one just stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"Because we can." He deadpanned.

"That's not a real answer Roku!" he ignored her and turned his icy blue gaze on me.

"We're here for her." All three of them were looking at me now. I started to fumble with my words.

"M-me?" Roku looked at the big guy and gestured over at me. He then pulled out a slip of paper out his pocket and handed to me. It was from Soul.

Please come and talk to me

I crumpled up the paper and threw it as hard as I could. "Look go and tell Soul that he can go shove it up his ass."

Roku just nodded. "hmm so I'm guessing that's a no?"

"Of course it's a no!"

"Very well then. Kazuki you know what to do." Kazuki grabbed me and put me over his shoulder.

"Put me down! Tsubaki help me!" Tsubaki threw the water bottle in her hand at his chest. It was not very effective.

"Tsubaki what was that?!"

"Maka that's all I got! You know I can't fight them! I bruise like a peach!"

"Tsubaki they're carrying me away!"

"I know I see them!"

I looked at her like she was crazy. "You're not gonna help me?"

"I thought I just explained that."

"TSUBAKI!"

"Don't worry you'll be fine!" Was the last I heard her say before we left her house. Now it was just me, Roku, Kazuki, and silence.

"So... why are you doing this?" Kazuki didn't respond, leaving with silence.

"Not much of a conversationalist, is he?" I asked Roku who was walking next to Kazuki. He shrugged.

"You get use to it."

I frowned. "Can you at least tell why you're kidnapping me?"

For the first time in awhile, Roku looked up at me. "Because our leader wanted us to get you." His eyes scanned me.

"You're a lot different than what I expected."

"Really?" Roku laughed, which is the first time his bored expression changed.

"You're the total opposite of his type." he said with a smirk. I frowned even more.

great that's really makes me feel soo good about myself

"But hey I guess that's a good thing. I never thought any of those other women were good for him." Roku shrugged. I pursed my lips and decided to view what Roku just said as his awkward way of making me feel better.

"I hope so.." I thought out loud. Roku didn't respond but surprisingly, Kazuki shot me a small smile.

I smiled back.

THIRD PERSON

"Was it really necessary to have them drag me here?" Maka questioned. Soul chuckled.

"Well you haven't been actually willing to talk to me today." Maka scoffed, crossing her arms across her chest.

"Why don't you go talk to Blair? You were just so interested in doing that this morning." Maka snapped. Soul shoved his hands into his pockets.

"I don't want to talk to Blair. I want to talk to you. You're my woman." Maka frowned.

"It sure as hell doesn't feel like it." Soul sighed, rubbing his temples.

"Oh God can you please not act like this right now." Maka let out a humorless laugh.

"Me dont act like this! My boyfriend just got kissed and hugged by his ex in front of me and I'm acting out of line! Soul you're acting like that's okay and its not! Have been talking to her this entire time?!" Soul frowned this time.

"Yeah. Sometimes. But I talk to Blair for exactly that reason. To talk. I've got a lot of shit on my plate right now so it's nice to talk to someone who isn't involved." Soul answered, trying his hardest to stay calm.

"Then why don't you talk to me about it instead? Oh wait you won't tell me anything about everything you do for some bullshit reason I also don't know! You know even a person made out of crap couldn't be full of more shit than you are Soul! You're full of crap and bullshit excuses!" Maka yelled. She wanted to leave but she knew Soul would stop her. Maka faced the wall so Soul couldn't see her face. At least until she got herself together.

Soul threw his hands up in frustration. "For Christ's sake, I don't understand you Maka!" He yelled back. Maka pursed her lips.

There he goes saying my name

"What the fuck is this even really about Maka? Is it about last night? Or is it about Blair?"

When he says my real name and talks to me like this...

"Answer me Maka! I can't read your fucking mind!"

I feel like I'm talking to a stranger

Soul swallowed hard, realizing Maka wasn't to answer back or turn around for that matter."Fine then. If you want it, then here it is."

"I meet Blair at some random club months ago and thought she was hotter than all the other girls who were throwing themselves at me that night. So I took her home and I fucked her. The only difference between Blair and my usual one night stands was that she managed to keep my attention. For a second there, I thought Blair and I could work out until I woke up next to her one morning and realized our whole relationship was just sex. I realized since that was all we were, then that's not someone I should claim as my woman." Maka could hear Soul getting closer as he talked. She could feel him right behind her.

Soul slid his arm around her waist and pulled her even closer to him. Maka could feel his breath on her neck and pushed back the urge to shiver. " Tell me Princess. When we touch, does your heart beat fast? Can you hear it pounding in your ears? Does it feel like it's about to burst?"Soul whispered in her ear. Maka just gulped.

"It always like that for me Princess. Whether you believe me or not, it's the truth. The feelings I get from you are something I've never had with Blair or anyone else. Blair's okay but she's no you, Princess." Soul could feel Maka tense up at hearing that.

"You said you wanted to trust me so trust me. I'm not going to do anything with Blair. You're the only one I want so please talk to me Princess." Maka bit her lip. By the end, she could hear Soul practically begging her to say something. Now he was being sweet and she couldn't help herself.

"Say it again. Say I'm the only one you want." Maka said in a soft voice.

"You're the only one I want." Soul repeated.

Maka whipped around with furrowed brows, watery eyes, and tear-streaked face. Soul felt so guilty knowing he made the girl most important to him cry. He never felt so uncool in his life. "Say it like you mean it Soul."

Soul stared down into Maka's eyes. "Princess you are the only one I want." Maka paused, deciding whether or not to trust him. Maka's facial expression softened before hugging Soul. Soul let out a sigh of relief as he hugged her back.

"And you better mean it too." Maka warned with her head on his chest.

"I do mean it." Soul pulled out of their hug to look at Maka, "I'm sorry for making you cry Princess." Soul said while cupping her cheek. Maka shot him a weak smile.

"You should be. You were being a huge dick." Soul couldn't help but to match her smile.

"Again I apologize Princess." Soul apologized again before.

Maka looked up at Soul. "So what are you doing in here all by yourself?" She asked.

"Relieving Stress."

"Hey I told you to stop smoking! It's bad for you!" Maka pouted when Soul laughed.

" Hey I wasn't smoking. Since you told me to quit, I had to find a new stress reliever." He pointed over the grand piano near the windows. Maka's face lit up as she ran over the piano. She sat down on the stool and ran her fingers over the keys.

"I didn't peg you as the piano playing type." Soul laughed at Maka's attempt at playing piano. He came up behind Maka and put his hands on top of hers.

"Like this Princess." Soul showed Maka which keys to put her fingers on, "Now press down." An angelic sound from the piano filled the room when she pressed down. This made Maka smile.

"Okay so maybe you do know how to play the piano." Soul sat down beside Maka.

"Aw you didn't believe me? You're breaking my heart Princess."

Maka just laughed in response. She quickly stopped when she realized Soul was about to kiss her. Maka turned her attention back on the piano. She bit her lip to keep from laughing. She could only imagine the look on Soul's face. After all she's been going through lately, Maka thought it was only right to torture him a bit.

"How long have you been playing?" Maka asked.

"For as long as I can remember. Music is a big part of my family so not learning how to play an instrument wasn't much of an option." Maka stood up, avoiding Soul's touch again. She continued to smile at him as if she didn't notice. But Soul knew what she was doing.

"Can you play me a song?" She asked, leaning against the piano.

"No can do. I don't play for people." Maka pouted.

"Please Soul. For me?" Maka put on her best puppy dog eyes and batted her eyes. She cracked a smile when she saw Soul weakening. No one could resist the puppy dog eyes.

Soul smirked."Depends will you stop playing around and let me kiss you?"

"Depends will you tell me what's stressing you out?" Maka retorted. His smirk disappeared and was replaced with a small frown. Maka matched Soul's expression.

"Come on we just talked about this Soul." Soul sighed, getting up from the stool.

"I know Princess but once I tell you, you're involved. And when you're involved, you get hurt." Soul wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling Maka closer. Soul buried his face in her shoulder.

"I don't want you to get hurt." He mumbled. Maka wrapped her arms around Soul's neck, hugging him. She just wanted to hold him. He never sounded so out of character.

Maka pursed her lips. "Fine you don't have to tell me." Soul didn't answer back. Maka always went easy on him at times like this and usually he would okay with that.

"A good friend of mine is in a coma because of an order I gave him and someone close to me did it." Soul confessed.

"Do you know who did it?"

"I have no idea but I need to figure it out fast. Everyone is getting angry and anxious which is not a good combo."

"Don't stress about it. You'll figure it out." Soul picked his head up off Maka's shoulder to see Maka give him the best reassuring smile she could manage.

"Thanks for trying to cheer me up Princess."

"No problem."

"Now can we talk about something else?" Soul asked, wanting to change the subject. Maka laughed at the Soul was making.

"Sure Soul." Maka rewarded Soul with a kiss. Which is only right because he finally told her something.

Soul couldn't do anything but smile at his woman. Maka happily returned it. It was the first time she really saw Soul smile. "What?" Maka questioned.

"You." Soul said simply. Maka knitted her brows together.

"Me what?"

"You're perfect." Maka laughed not really taking him seriously, "I'm serious Princess. You're perfect in every single way." Soul told Maka before kissing her.

"Oh really?" Maka asked between kisses. Although she was playing off Soul's compliment as sweet talk, his words made her heart flutter.

"Yeah really." Soul confirmed, now more focused on kissing Maka then talking.

"You know what would be even more perfect?"

"What?"

Maka pulled out of the kiss, much to Soul's dismay. "You getting your hands from up my skirt."

Soul put his forehead on hers, their faces inches apart. His eyes quickly darted from her eyes to her lips. " You say it like that's a problem." Soul said in low, husky voice. He started kissing on Maka's neck but she pushed him off.

"Actually it is kind of a problem."

"You must love to torture me Princess. You always get me excited then leave me all hot and bothered." Soul told Maka, still way too close. Maka smirked.

"You're the one getting yourself all hot and bothered. So how about you and your little problem simmer down." Maka suggested. Soul smirked back at her.

"Trust me Princess it's nowhere near little and I would gladly show you."

"Goodbye Soul." Maka cut him off before this conversation got out of hand. She pushed past him and headed for the door.

Before Maka got far, Soul slapped her ass. "Goodbye Princess."

This made Maka turned around with a pout. "Stop slapping my ass!"

"Stop acting like you hate it. You know you love when I touch your ass." Soul laughed as she pouted even more.

He stopped laughing, realizing Maka was getting mad. "Fine Princess. Let's try this again." Soul grabbed her hand and pulled Maka closer. He kissed the back her hand, never breaking eye contact.

"Goodbye Princess." He whispered. There was silence as Maka stared endlessly into Soul's crimson eyes. She gulped, desperately searching for words.

"Yeah... Bye." Even though she said goodbye, Maka just stood raised an eyebrow.

"Are you gonna go?" Once Soul said that, Maka snatched her hand away and nodded her head furiously. She was beet red as she realized she supposed to be leaving.

She speed-walked out the room and slammed the door behind her. To think after all the things her and Soul have done, it's little things like that that get Maka flustered.

Someone cleared their throat, causing to come back to Earth. She pouted, trying not to look so embarrassed.

"What at you looking at?!" With that, Maka ran off. Roku just laughed while Kazuki smiled.

They walked into the room to find their leader smiling to himself, which was something they hadn't seen in awhile. Soul heard them walked in.

"I take it you my woman is warming up to you guys?" Soul said to them. He also heard Maka yelling at them. Roku shrugged with a smirk.

"She's definitely...different but I like her."

"...Tanaki would've liked her..." Kazuki said, shocking both Soul and Roku with the fact that he actually said something. But their shock quickly translated into angry and guilt. Soul noticed Roku's balled up fists and hardened expression. Soul looked up at Kazuki.

"Tanaki will like Maka. He's not dead and he's gonna okay." Soul said firmly before looking Roku in the eye, "And we're gonna find the son of bitch who did this." Kazuki nodded while Roku looked away. Soul pursed his lips.

"Roku look at me." Soul told him.

Roku didn't say anything which caused Soul to roll his eyes in response. Then Soul saw Roku's wide-eyed gaze. He continued staring out the window before speaking.

"We have to go." Roku told Soul as he dragged him out the room with Kazuki hot on their trail . Soul furrowed his brows.

"Why? What did you see?" Soul asked.

"I didn't see much but I saw enough to know what happened." Roku said, avoiding the question.

"Tell me what the fuck you saw!" Soul demanded. Roku gulped.

"The police station...it blew up." Kazuki looked very shocked while Soul scowled.

"We're gong to the police station." Soul announced. Roku pursed his lips before nodding.

Underneath that scowl, Soul was really worried about Kid and Maka. He was sure both of them saw what just happened. The whole way there, Soul had this gut feeling this wouldn't end well.

Hihi everyone! I know it's been like forever but in my weird little it didn't feel that long! I really hope you enjoyed the chapter and also that you could forgive me but whatevs! I'm not doing review reply time so to everyone I send my love! TEEHEE! R&R!

-TanakaAi