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The Second Ball

Maka's POV

I had just finished breakfast when a certain peppy, cream-haired twin skipped up to me and smiled as she leaned forward, her hands clasped behind her back. "Good morning, Maka, ready to go shopping?" I smiled,

"You bet!"

"Alright then, let's go!" We walked out of the palace and into the busy urban atmosphere.

"There are so many shops here!"

"That's what we're most known for." Hazuki smiled.

We window shopped for quite a while and I slowly realized that Hazuki was acting weird . . . like she was looking for someone. I raised an eyebrow,

"What's the matter?" She looked at me,

"Hm? Oh, it's nothing." She smiled, "Come on, let's continue shopping." She held my hand and continued walking, not giving me a glance; I stared at her in worry and confusion. I wonder what's wrong. This isn't like Hazuki at all . . .

o.0.o

We continued to shop and we found the perfect dress for me to wear to the party Mifune and the girls were hosting tonight. It was knee-length and black with a ruffed bottom, adorned with a spherical gem on the chest area and we purchased black heels to match. We stepped out of the store laughing then Hazuki stopped short when someone ahead caught her eye and she met it fiercely. She stepped in front of me, protectively. "Giriko." She said as she narrowed her brown eyes.

"Giriko?" I repeated and looked at the man ahead. Realization hit me: that was the guy from the party back at my palace! The pierced man snarled a disturbing grin,

"Hello, Hazuki, ah, Princess Maka, long time no see, babe." I shuddered.

"Get out of here, Giriko, you were banished from Arachnophobia. Why are you here?"

"Isn't that obvious?" He asked with a sickening grin, "For Princess Maka of course!"

"Maka, I want you to run." I looked at her, shocked as I clutched my newly bought outfit,

"You want me to what now? No way! I'm not leaving you alone with him around!" Hazuki turned completely around to look at me,

"You have to, Maka! I can handle him! I'm just as good with hand-to-hand combat as I am with shooting." I gazed at her, uncertainly, then heeded her advice and ran. I kept running then screamed when someone seized me,

"Hey." Came Giriko's voice and I screamed again before he covered my mouth. Oh no, oh no, oh no! I continued to scream as he dragged into an alleyway, up a ladder and onto the corner of the roof. He held me over the edge and released my mouth then I immediately screamed at the top of my lungs hoping someone, Victoria, Hazuki, Mifune or even the new guard, would hear me. Giriko shook me violently and I stopped screaming, "Shut up you bitch! Now fork over the loot!" I glared at him,

"No way!" He loosened his grip on me and gave me a wild, terrifying look,

"If you don't kiss our life goodbye!" Then a battle cry was heard and I saw Hazuki step onto the roof and run over to me. She grabbed me and tore me away from him, she flung me to the side and I rolled to a stop then lay unconscious. I came to, to hear grunts, kicks and punches and when I opened my eyes Giriko was standing over the ledge . . . I didn't see Hazuki but when he started talking to the air below I figured where my friend was: dangling for her life on the bricks. "Did you really think you could beat me, girly?" Giriko raised his head in a sickening laugh. "You're pathetic." He stomped on one of Hazuki's hands and with a cry, she dropped that arm. The pierced man snickered, "Time to say goodbye you hag!" He stomped on her other hand and in what seemed to be slow motion, her eyes widened and she began to fall. I screamed her name and ran over the ledge and sighed when Hazuki landed in Mifune's arms. She trembled in fear for a moment then opened her eyes, blinked, and looked up at her hero.

"O-onii-san!" The ash blonde smiled,

"Looks like I got here just in the nick of time." Hazuki hugged him tightly,

"Onii-san! Onii-san!" Mifune hugged back and laughed then put her down. "How did you get here?"

"I heard Maka scream and knew I had to come." I sighed in relief. Good thing that my scream reached someone. I felt Giriko's presence close in on me then right before he could seize me again; I heard a gunshot and turned to see Victoria standing over a face planting Giriko.

"Victoria!" The twin lowered her smoking gun with a blank look in her eyes. "D-did . . . you just . . . kill him?" She looked at me,

"I was given permission to should he return back to Arachnophobia." I sweatdropped. Wow . . . hard to imagine a peppy girl like herself could get hell scary in the blink of an eye. "Come on, we best get out of here." I looked at Giriko who now lay in a giant pool of crimson blood.

"Is it ok to leave his body here?"

"Yes, since he's not supposed to be here in the first place." I nodded and the two of us walked down the ladder and to Hazuki and Mifune. The twin immediately glomped me,

"Oh, Maka-chan! I'm so sorry! Are you ok?! Please forgive me!" I stared at the sobbing girl before reluctantly patting her head,

"I'm fine, it's ok, don't worry about it." She smiled at me,

"Oh, thank you, Maka-chan!" I smiled,

"Now let's all get ready for the party tonight."

o.0.o

I looked at my reflection. The dress fit me perfectly and the twins smiled in agreement. "It looks great on you, Maka." Victoria remarked,

"Yeah!" Her sister approved. I smiled at the duo,

"Thanks a lot." Now the twins were practically the same: not only were they identical in height, hair, and eyes, but now their attire were the exact same, they wore red heels and gorgeous red dresses that were tight around their upper body and fell to their knees. "You two look one-hundred percent identical right now." They laughed and we walked into the hallway, me in the middle of them. We walked into the ballroom and saw Mifune smiling at us. I walked up to him and he bowed before gently taking my hand and kissing the back of it. I smiled and he returned it as he straightened up.

"I look forward to our dance, Princess." I blushed at the ground,

"S-same here."

Soul's POV

I looked in the closet with my jaw dropped. "Damn, those maids sure know how to choose wardrobe." I looked at the casual jackets and few tuxedoes in the closet. I took one out and held it up to my body, it was black pin striped. I smirked. "Cool." Once I had dressed I looked in my mirror and combed my spiky albino white hair. With a satisfied smile and I stuck my hands in my pockets and strolled down the hall to the ballroom.

o.0.o

The party had started and I was roaming around with my hands in my pockets. "Wow, déjà vu. Except for the fact no one has masks this is a lot like the ball in Death Kingdom." I looked around then stopped in my tracks at a certain group of people that I had found: Black*Star, Tsubaki, Kid, and . . . "Liz! Patty!" The twins spotted me and cried with joy,

"Soul!" They hugged me and I returned it then pulled away.

"Oh, my gosh I can't believe you're here!" Liz exclaimed,

"What a surprise!" Patty added and I smiled,

"Yeah, I know! So how have you been? It's been forever!"

"Pretty good." Patty replied, "Remember when we were wielding each other as weapons and you burnt yourself? Well, sis and I finally found our meister!"

"Technically, he found us when we were roaming in Death Kingdom." Liz added then Kid walked up,

"Kid!"

"Hello, Soul. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I'm the new guard here since the previous was fired and I heard from the maids that one of the twins that lives here, Victoria, shot him dead." Liz widened her eyes,

"Really? Wow." I nodded then saw Hazuki and Victoria walking up to us. I smirk,

"Well, speak of the devils." The twins smile at me,

"Hi, Soul." They greet in unison. Kid's eyes widened and he stared at the two in complete awe then he took their hands in his.

"Such . . . symmetry . . ." He hugs them and the twins blink at him then at each other and the reaper continued to rant,

"Oh, you twins are so completely, perfectly symmetrical! The twins I'm friends with aren't the same in their human forms but when they're in their pistol forms they are perfectly identical!" Patty laughed as she watched her sister twitch with a blush on her face,

"Death the Kid, if this is about my chest being smaller than my little sister's . . ." Kid immediately stopped ranting and waved his hands as he feebly smiled at Liz,

"Oh no, no! I'm sorry, Liz." Liz turned around and folded her arms,

"Hmph." Kid took her hands and stared into her eyes,

"To make it up to you, let's dance." Liz stared at him then smiled,

"No way, unless you want to look like an idiot dancing with an oaf like me." Kid laughed at the memory,

"Well, I won't know how much of an idiot I'll look like if I don't dance with you." Patty, the twins, and I watched the couple walk onto the dance floor. Patty laughed and the twins looked at her,

"Is he always like that?" Victoria asks and Patty looks at them,

"Yup, but we love him. Liz more so." She concluded with a wink then a familiar shout made me grin:

"YAHOOOO!"

"Black*Star please! Not here!" I laughed as the two walked up to us.

"Hello, Soul. Long time no see!" Tsubaki smiled then the assassin wrapped his arm around me,

"Hey man! What's up? Did you miss my godly presence? If ya did have no fear as your god is here now! AHA HA HA!" I smiled,

"Hey, Black*Star, Tsubaki, what are you guys doing here?"

Prince Mifune invited us. He did that so Maka could see us again." Tsubaki replied and my jaw dropped. Wait . . . don't tell me . . . I'm in Arachnophobia!? Then I suddenly black out.

Lord Death's POV

I stared at my mirror when Sid walked in, "Sir, we've just gotten word that the witch and her comrade have moved on, they are no longer in Death Kingdom." I nodded

"I see . . . they must have moved onto Arachnophobia since that's where Maka-chan is."

"Should we send troops there, sir?"

"No, Kid, the Thompsons, Black*Star, and Tsubaki are there."

"What about Ox and Harvar?" I sighed,

"Stein had to punish them since their Soul Resonance wasn't doing too well."

"I understand, sir."

Soul's POV

When I opened my eyes Hazuki and Victoria were hovering over me, they sighed in relief. "Are you ok, Soul?" I sat up,

"Y-yeah." I hold a hand up to my forehead and go into a coughing fit, when I pulled away from my mouth I gasped as I saw black blood on my palm. I felt the twins lean over my shoulders with curious countenances then they faced each other. They stood frigid then bowed their heads so their bangs hid their faces. I wiped my hand then looked at them and raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong you two?" Then as if answering, they began to quiver with a small giggle then they raised their heads in a maniacal laugh. I took a step back. Crap! What's going on! "Victoria! Hazuki! Snap out of it!" They continued to laugh and I slapped them across their faces thus making them finally stop. They held their struck cheek and stared at me with apologetic brown eyes,

"Sorry, Soul-kun." Hazuki said,

"We are affected greatly should a disturbance in the madness level in Arachnophobia occur." Her sister concluded and I gasped. Just like Stein! And didn't he say a witch was causing it? I shifted my eyes. I don't see a witch though . . . could she be amongst the crowd? Noticing the twins were expecting a response I smiled,

"It's, cool. Don't worry about it you two. Go enjoy the party." They smile,

"Okay." They in unison before disappearing in the sea of guests then I walked over to my friends.

Maka's POV

I roamed in the sea of guests, socializing and dancing to my heart's content. I was laughing with these two guests then turned when something caught my eye. My green eyes widened when I saw Kid, Black*Star, and Tsubaki talking to each other. I thanked the people I was talking to and made my way up to them. "Guys?" They looked at me and tears poured down my face as I squealed and hugged each of them tightly, "Oh my gosh! You guys! I haven't seen you in forever! How are you? I miss you guys so much!" Black*Star raised an eyebrow and smiled,

"Geez, have you been drugged, Maka?" I twitched but controlled my anger as I knew my childhood friend was more than thrilled to see me as well.

"Why are you guys here?" Tsubaki and Kid smiled,

"Mifune invited us." My raven-haired friend answered and I smiled,

"He really is such a nice guy, better than that douchebag Wes." Everyone nodded and two girls walked up to us, one with short blonde hair and the other with darker blonde hair. I stared at them then gasped as I jumped up and down pointing at them,

"Oh, oh, oh! You're the sisters I met at the party in Death Kingdom!" The shorter sister giggled,

"Yup~!" I gave a mischievous look to the older one,

"And you're the one my black and white-haired friend likes." Kid blushed as did the sister,

"I guess you don't know but . . . Liz here and I are meister and weapon, as well as Patty, but Liz and I are also dating so stick that in your juice box and suck it (1)." I smirked and raised an eyebrow,

"Wow, sassy." We all laughed then I saw someone walk out of the crowd and into the entranceway and I froze with a hand over my heart and my eyes wide. "Soul?" My friend turned to look in the direction I was looking at and stepped out of the way. Soul stared at me in surprise.

Soul's POV

Someone in the corner of my eye made me look in that direction and I froze with my hands in my pockets and my eyes wide. "Maka?" Our eyes locked for quite a while.

Maka's POV

I couldn't contain it anymore, my feet flew and I ran into his arms crying my heart out. "Soul! Soul I can't believe you're here!" I pulled back and he smirked,

"Well, you'll be seeing a lot more of me." I cocked my head and raised an eyebrow,

"What do you mean?"

"I'm the new guard here." My jaw dropped,

"What! You?! Oh my Shinigami this is awesome!" I squeal and hug him tightly again, crying once more.

Soul's POV

I hugged my former meister back, tightly. There's that feeling again . . . my heart's accelerating immensely. Realization struck me: I know why I'm feeling this way . . . Maka . . . I'm falling in love with you.

Mysterious POV

I sit on a stone ledge, watching the door in the giant stone chamber with unblinking yellow eyes. My black hood pulled over my face and the black cloak draped around me, my legs crossed and my white dress hanging just over my smooth, pale knees. I smile and bow my head as I close my eyes when my comrade next to me begins to growl with impatience. "Easy, Draco, they'll come." He growls again, his face hidden behind a dragon mask,

"They had better; I'm itching for some dinner." I smile and my narrow yellow eyes gleam,

"I see my presence has affected the albino and blondes as it has the grey-haired scientist . . . Hm, things will get quite interesting now."

Other Mysterious POV

I stood on the branch, barefooted with claws in place of nails on my hands as well, outside of the dark-skinned village leader's hut. The bandaged woman lay on the floor writhing in a pool of blood. I smile, my narrow yellow eye gleaming and blood dripping from my fangs in my mouth, I wipe my face with my black jacket's sleeve. "What will they do now that their last leader has fallen under my spell?" I laugh quietly, my brown ears twitch with pleasure on my brown-haired head and my furry brown tail swishes. I smirk, "Now it's time to meet up with them." I leap from my perch and onto the forest floor. I inhale then raise my head to the sky in a howl, others answered and furry, hungry animals with glowing yellow eyes emerge from the shadows, growling as they surround me. I smirk then run into the shadows of the night, the creatures following me.

(1) All ownership goes to my hilarious Sempai XDD

Uh oh, looks like Nygus has been 'infected' as well! OMG WRITING THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN! XDD OMFG SOUL FINALLY REALIZED HE LOVES MAKA! I FREAKING LOVE HOW THE ENDING CAME OUT! XDD Who do you think the mysterious POVs are? Let me know what you guys thought! I can't wait to read your reviews! XD See ya next chappie!