A Crazy Thing Called Love
Maka x Soul AU Story
Chapter 25-
"You got this? Man I sounded really uncool!" I growl as I slam my spoon on the table. Black*Star and Kidd look at me strangely as I glare at the poster of my stupid brother.
"Did you fight with your girlfriend?" Black*Star cooes over me. He starts cackling and I close my eyes as I grab his head and slam it on the table, knocking him unconscious.
"He never learns does he?" Kidd looks over him and then continues eating his breakfast. I nod my head as I grab the spoon and dig into the bowl of yogurt next to the bowl of cereal. Last night was crazy as hell. I can't believe I had the nerve to dance with Maka and then the conversation outside the hotel...I must have been on drugs or something.
"Speaking of Maka..." Kidd starts. I look up at him and glare furiously at him.
"Hey! Don't look at me like that. I assume Black*Star was talking about her."
"Of course not! Maka is NOT my girlfriend." I growl at him. Kidd rolls his eyes and continues the conversation.
"Anyways, we have a lot of work I am assuming. The attack last night only proved that we need to work more quickly if we are to apprehend these fiends who hurt both you and Maka." Kidd says smoothly.
"Yeah. This is getting out of hand. We had that Giriko bastard attack us twice and Chrona saved our asses last night. That can't happen again. We can't get lazy and assume someone will save us every time." I growl in frustration. Maka sure has some crazy people after her.
"Alright then. Should we wait for the girls to come downstairs and discuss the next plan of attack?" Kidd asks as he cuts a piece of sausage perfectly and brings it to his mouth.
"Yeah. The next phase involves using Tsubaki's stealth abilities and Liz's uncanny sense of truth detecting." Kidd smiles at Liz's name. Yeah, I know he has a soft spot for Liz.
"Yeah...man..." I hear Black*Star recover. I smirk in triumph and return to my food when I hear giggles across the hall. I look up and see Maka, Liz, Patty and Tsubaki talking to some random bell boy near the entrance to the dining hall.
"She is single for your information." Liz pushes Maka forward towards the stranger. I see her blush in embarrassment while Patty and Tsubaki giggle at her shyness. My hands clench in anger. Unfortunately, Kidd and Black*Star notice this too.
"Whoa! Some random guy putting the moves on your woman. I suggest you show him who's boss." Black*Star whispers in my ear. I jump away from him and Kidd starts laughing.
"HAHA! You should have seen your face! It was perfectly and amusingly symmetrical!" He continues to laugh while Black*Star smiles in triumph. I see the girls except for Maka pull up their chairs.
"What's with the douche bag over there?" I question Tsubaki.
"She's just having a little fun. Cut her some slack. She is a beautiful girl as if you morons didn't realize it!" Liz snaps at me.
"I know someone who has!" Black*Star smirks in triumph. I close my eyes and bang his head against the table again, knocking him unconscious again.
"Oh Black*Star..." Tsubaki shakes her head. I open my eyes and see Maka walking away from the bell boy. I smile in triumph when I see him grab her arm and pull her towards him. I immediately get up when I see a blue book fly out of Maka's hands.
"Damn!" Kidd whispers as Maka puts the book on the table and grabs a menu. Patty starts cackling and Liz leans back coolly.
"Eh...about 90% of hot guys are complete morons." She mentions.
"I know Liz. Thanks for reminding me though." Maka says coolly as the waitiress takes her order.
"Your Maka-chops have gotten stronger. I am impressed." Kidd leans over. I see her cheeks tinge a slight pink when we all hear Black*Star groan.
"Man! What did I miss?"
"You missed Maka beating up a pretty boy!" Patty squeals in delight.
"Ah sweet! That means Soul didn't take care of him." Black*Star blurts out. I lean out to punch him when Maka voice stops me.
"Why would Soul take care of him? That moron did nothing to Soul. Besides, I dealt with the situation."
"It's because..." Black*Star starts talking when I give him my infamous 'shut-the-fuck-up' look. He gapes like a fish and immediately closes his mouth.
"Anyways, what is the plan now Soul?" Tsubaki finally speaks up. We all get silent and I sigh as I pull out a map of the neighborhood that Arachne and Giriko supposedly live in.
"This can't be right. Arachne would never go there." I hear Maka whisper as she looks down at the map. I lean back against my chair as the group looks to her.
"Yep. That's the address Azusa gave us. Kidd investigated for us last night and confirmed that it belongs to Giriko's father." I answer coolly as I hand her the sheet of paper Azusa wrote the address on.
"But she swore never to return there!" Maka exclaims.
"You swore to never return to Los Angeles and look where that ended up!" Black*Star blurts out. This time, Kidd bangs his head against the table, knocking him unconscious.
"Anyways, this is the address to a smoke shop. The living arrangements are upstairs and the family owns the entire building. It seems to mark the headquarters but we shall double-check to make sure." I continue as I take a gulp of my orange juice.
"That means no pretty clothes tonight!" Patty whines.
"That's ok. We will be in sexy stealth clothes." Liz reassures her.
"Yay!" She exclaims. Tsubaki and Maka shake their heads while Kidd smiles appreciatively at Liz.
"So then what are we waiting for! Let's roll!" Black*Star suddenly gets up. We all groan in frustration and I rub my forehead to get rid of the fucking headache that he just gave me.
"Black*Star, we can't move yet. Soul still hasn't given us the say-so and we have to make sure it's safe enough for us to get through. The important part is that Maka talk to Arachne alone which means no interruptions." Tsubaki explains to him.
"Let's go now! They won't be expecting us and if they do crazy shit then it seems they would plan it out at night." Black*Star comments. For once, we all stare at him in shock for his brilliant idea.
"Yep! I know I am awesome. Now all of you bow down before my awesome might!" Black*Star jumps on the table and starts posing. Strangely enough, a group of girls walk by and start giggling at him.
"Black*Star get down or you will face the Maka-chop!" Maka hisses at him. Three seconds later, he's sitting right next to me calmly.
"Whoa! Remind me to do that next time." I mutter. I hear Maka giggle and my heart soars to another dimension. I hear Kidd snigger and I turn to glare at him.
"What's so funny?" Maka asks him.
"Oh nothing. Nothing at all." Kidd smirks evilly at me. I continue to glare at him when I hear Liz start to cough.
"Now that we've had our little fun, what's the plan then?" She asks.
"Alright, it seems that Black*Star actually has a point. We leave in two hours. Black*Star and Tsubaki, I want you both to leave now and stake out the place. Make sure Arachne is alone or outnumbered. Text me once you have that fact confirmed. Kidd, Liz and Patty, you get the supplies we will need again and come up with an escape plan. We can't rely on others to bail us out. Maka, you're coming with me." I start to get up and the rest take off, leaving Maka and I alone at the table.
"Why did you separate me from the rest of them? You know I can handle the intel or the stake out or the supplies!" She blurts out.
"I know that but your specialty is interrogation. You are the one trying to figure out who is framing us. Up until this point, we have been working with guesses. Now we have narrowed it down to two people and it seems both of them are dangerous. They will not have mercy on you Maka. I need you to get that through your head." I explain to her coldly as we head back up to the rooms.
"What are you talking about? Of course I know that one of them is out to get me! I know what's at stake here!" She cries.
"No. I don't think you do. You got lucky with Chrona and Eruka. They didn't give off the vibe to hurt you or anything. They still treated you like a friend. This person we are after isn't like that. They were willing to hurt others to hurt you. You can't show them any type of weakness." I brush my hand through my hair furiously. She stares at me in shock and I start pacing me around.
"Is that what you think of me?" She asks after a long and awkward silence.
"What are you talking about?" I ask her in an annoyed tone.
"You must think I am naïve and stupid. You must think that I am going to fall for the same trap again, am I right?" She questions me. She basically hit the nail on the coffin because I couldn't respond.
"How can you even think that Soul? Do you not remember everything I told you? Did you forget that whoever made me suffer has done this before? I am surprised Soul. I thought that you would give me more credit than that." She whispers softly. I look to her and see a look of betrayal on her face.
"No it's not that!" I immediately respond back furiously.
"Then what is it then? Tell me Soul because I apparently don't even know myself!" She retorts back. I open my mouth to answer her when the phone rings.
"Hello?" I answer gruffly.
"Hello Soul. Good to hear from you." I hear the slick voice of my stupid brother Wes.
"Fuck off." I hang up and see Maka's face of concern as I stuff my phone back into my pocket.
"It's a long story." I mumble. We stand there for another awkward silence when I see her tapping her foot. I look down at her and see her face contort in annoyance. For a second there, she looked adorable (but once again, I will never admit anything like that out loud).
"Look...I know that it may seem like I am babying you or something like that but I want you to just be prepared for the worst." I explain. She sighs as she turns around and heads out the hotel.
"Hey! Where are you going?" I call to her. She continues to walk and I groan as I follow after her. She finds a small park nearby and walks right through before stopping in the middle.
"Why the hell did you just walk out?" I ask angrily. She's starting to get me pissed and that's never a good sign. Ask Black*Star. He knows.
"Soul..." I hear her whisper my name. I look to her curiously when I see her turn around. I see her holding a picture in her hand. She touches it gently before she puts it back in her pocket and takes a deep breath.
"You probably don't realize this but I do think about my betrayal and not falling into the same trap again. I wonder sometimes whether this is all worth finding the truth. Is it worth putting your lives at risk?" I start to open my mouth but her look shuts me up.
"You guys chose to help me out with this and I will always be grateful for that, but you have also forgotten one important thing. You guys trust me to find the truth and I will find it. However, you seem to forget that I know the enemy better than you do." She walks up and pokes my nose, to which I look at her strangely.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" I ask her. She smiles sweetly as she turns back to the fountain in the middle of the park.
"I know Chrona, Eruka, Medusa and Arachne. I've known them long enough to know who would be capable of doing this to me. I was closer to Chrona and Eruka than Arachne and Medusa. That never stopped us from being friends, but I know who I am dealing with. I know who to appeal to and who to be careful of. They are after all, my friends." She smiles as if she knew a secret and wasn't sharing. I look at her curiously before I smirk at her.
"You knew that Arachne and Medusa were dangerous to begin with." I state plainly.
"I wanted to make sure that we didn't leave anything out. I had to suspect Eruka and Chrona even if they were the least likely to do me harm. I was trying to help and they knew that even until the end. I saw how they hurt when the others treated me horribly. I saw them flinch away in pain. Sure, it was a cowardly thing to do to hide behind Medusa but I understood their situations and forgave them for it. I had already forgiven them long ago." I see a tear roll down her cheek but she ignores it as she continues on.
"You are always telling me to trust you and to trust in myself, right?" She asks. I nod my head and she smiles as she looks up at me.
"Well, it's my turn to tell you to trust me. I know what I am doing, I just need the manpower to do it. I will find the truth Soul so have some faith in me." She pleads. I see her in a different light and I like this confident Maka. As I move to wipe her tear away, the phone rings.
"Damn it!" I cry as I pull out my phone and answer it angrily.
"Fuck off Wes."
"Who the hell are you talking to?" I hear Kidd's voice on the other line.
"What the fuck?" I look down and see Kidd on the caller ID.
"It doesn't matter. Black*Star just texted me. Everything is a go. Arachne is alone. We are just waiting for you and Maka. See you soon." He hangs up and I look to Maka.
"Ready?" I ask her.
"Ready as I'll ever be." She smiles as she takes my hand and hails a taxi.
~AHH! The drama continues! Now Soul and Maka finally trust each and that's good because they are going to face Arachne next! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I will hopefully update sooner than what I have been doing now that things are smoothing out in my life. As always, comments are appreciated.
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