Eventide
Chapter XXIX
"My love…" Waking up in my lover's embrace must be the best way to wake up to. "You said it." Soul sniffles. "You are unbelievable… you are incredible… you are so many things…" He whispers into my ear while he caresses my jaw. His touch sends shiver down my spine in the most delicious ways possible. "You are making me feel so much by just smiling toward me… holding my hand and kissing me… but now, you said it… it felt like I was about to explode." I really should open my eyes and announce my arrival from the land of dreams.
Soul inhales my scent loudly and kisses my head. "I want to hear it… again… and again… and again until I know ever move of your tongue you make and every note of your vocal cords."
Screw this. I can't keep pretending to sleep.
My lips collide with his and I can feel his lips shape of surprise, but it only takes a millisecond for him to respond to my sudden assault.
His lips. They are different. Our kiss is different. We have never kissed like this before. His lips communicate love on such a level I have never felt before. His moves are more frantic but not sloppy. The kiss is the most amazing kiss I have ever gotten.
"Soul." I murmur between his kisses.
"Say it again." He says back, not breaking the kiss.
"Soul."
"No, tell me you love me."
Of course he would want me to say that.
"I love you. I love you so much." I gasp into his mouth when Soul thrusts his tongue into my mouth and kisses me passionately. My whole body is tingling deliciously and my nerve endings are on fire. This feels so. GOOD!
"Again." I can barely make out what he is saying through the cloud of pleasure.
"I love you." I don't think he heard what I said, it is hard to talk with a tongue stroking my gum, tongue and teeth, exploring my mouth with such determination.
"You are going to be the death of me." He murmurs and I gasp when his hand grab my hips and pull me closer to him.
Correction; he is going to be the death of me if he doesn't stop doing that thing with his tongue. I moan happily into his mouth when his thumb gently makes small circles on my sensitive flesh.
I pull my mouth off of his and I gasp for air. My heart is everywhere and my body is on fire. "I don't think I can take much more of this treatment." I'm going to explode.
Soul's hand wanders to my cheek and gently cups it. "If you don't want to keep going, then say the word." His lips feather over mine as he speaks.
I do want more, oh I want so much more. I want to own him just like his previous girlfriends had, maybe not like they had since he never loved them, but I do want his body. I want to join him in such an intimate act between two lovers. He is the person I want to have my first time with. I love him so much it feels like I'm going to burst if I'm not getting him in a soon future.
"I do, I want you so badly." I cup his face. "But is it safe to do it here? I mean, isn't the other Meisters just outside and I bet my father will stomp inside at any given moment."
Soul smirks wide and his eyes twinkle just like a little boy's at Christmas day. "Then we get out of here and go back to my apartment. Kid has already offered to switch with me so I get a free night. Wes is with his girlfriend so we will be all alone the whole night."
Girlfriend? Since when did Wes get a girlfriend? Hopefully he got a fine lady since he deserves one.
"Then what are we doing here? Let's go to your apartment." Soul growls animatic and pulls me off the bed and our hands join together.
"Then let's hurry up." I giggle as we hurry out of the room and as suspected, my father walks toward me. His cold glare sets on our entwine hands.
"Maka, you are awake, I was thinking we could―"
"Not now father, some other time." We walk pass him and he looks at me flabbergast.
"But― but―"
We round the corner and we walk fast out of Lord Death's apartment. We jump on Soul's bike and speeds away. He doesn't bother with giving me the helmet and quite frankly, neither do I. Soul safely breaks every traffic rule and when we arrive to Soul's apartment, he sweeps me off of my feet and carries me up the stairs. Our lips lock and he kisses me lustfully.
Soul stumbles inside of his apartment and locks the door after him. I work with taking his jacket off and it falls down the floor. Soul takes off his shoes with the help of his toes before he storms toward his bedroom.
He throws me on the bed and slams the bedroom door shut with his foot. He growls lustfully before he dives to me. Our lips lock and I giggle into his mouth. His hands work my body deliciously, sending pleasure down to my spine, making me ache my back and move into his mouth.
I'm excited. I'm more than excited and a little bit scared. We are finally going to do it. I'm so overjoyed and at the same time terrified for the pain that Soul will put me through. I know he won't do it intentionally. He wouldn't want to hurt me, but I need to feel the pain before I can get a taste of heaven. We have been together for so long, it is time for us to take that last step in our relationship and be one. I can't be more than ready for this.
I fist his shirt and I pull Soul closer to me. Our kiss turns more heated when Soul snakes his tongue inside of my mouth.
My hands are shaking. He must feel how nervous I am since he pulls away and puts his hands over mine. "Don't worry. I will be gentle." His voice is so soft and full with love.
"I know you will." I can't stop my hands from shaking. "It's just. This is so new and exciting. I really want to do this but I can't lie that I am a little scared."
"If you want to stop, then just say so. I won't hold it against you if you want to stop."
My hands slide down his shirt and grab the hem of it, slowly I start pulling it upwards his chest until he takes it off, revealing his perfect abs. "Don't worry about me. I don't want to stop. Can we just take it slow?"
Soul chuckles and nods, his thumb caressing my jaw line. "Of course my love." Our lips smash together and he puts more of his weight on me. "We will take this as slow as you want to."
The night had been amazing and mind-blowing. The feeling of him, the feeling of his raw love for me and the feeling of a man. He was very much not tiny which made it extremely hard to relax at first, but as soon as I got over the pain, the pleasure took over and it became unbearable. I had never felt so exposed and loved by anyone before. Soul had never looked at me like he had that night, his eyes were so full with love and clouded with lust. For me. He was such amazing in so many ways and levels. He was so romantic when he held me after the passionate moment and the feeling, the sweet moment of basking in the glory of aftersex. Sex seemed to have affected both of us both in a positive way. The power of satisfaction is amazing.
That night, I spend it with Soul. We slept beside each other, completely bare for each other. The best part with everything must be waking up to him naked beside me. The sun sipping through the curtains and making his body glow in the glory of morning. His hair looked like it was blessed by the sun and his perfectly trained body looked godly. The gods would be jealous of his body, I'm sure of that.
His eyes slowly fluttered open and I could see how everything hit him. The memory of yesterday's activities and a large smirk grew on his face, completely covering it.
If I could live in one moment forever, it would definitely be that moment, just staring into his eyes while being completely exposed to him, both mentally and physically. He is the only one who has seen me like this, my naked body and touched the deepest parts of my mind. He is the only one I trust fully.
As much as we wish for things, they often don't come true. When the Soul's phone rang we had to snap back to the reality of the Kishins. The eclipse is coming soon and we need to prepare for battle. It is only one day away and many things need to be covered and prepared for.
That day proved to be a slave day, everybody was running around in Lord Death's basement, preparing as best as we could. Everybody's weapons needed to be sharpened and we needed a new gear to protect ourselves with. The odd thing is that we never used any sort of protective gear before, but now it seem like we needed it more than ever. I just hope it wouldn't get in the way.
"I once was at the frontlines of an eclipse." Soul had confessed. "It is the worst thing that can happen. The Kishins seems to be faster than the light and their strength is unbelievable. Killing the Kishins during the eclipse isn't an option. All we can do is focus on occupying them long enough so when the eclipse stops, the Kishins will be defenseless for about ten seconds. Their eclipse powers will disappear and leave them defenseless before they disappear. In those mere seconds we need to take out as many as we can."
Soul had turned toward me and grabbed my shoulders so roughly. "We will lose people. That is a fact. The Kishins will eat some of our teammate's souls. That is why I want you off the battlefield. If you die during that fight, I would never be able to forgive myself. Besides, you would be more of use during those ten seconds. With your Soul Force, you can take out multiply of Kishins while we would just be able to take one each."
My mind was already set. I wanted to fight, I wasn't going to let Soul and the others go out and fight such danger themselves. Soul might be worried for me, but I'm even more worried about him. He is strong, but he is hardheaded. I have a feeling he would do something really stupid and he would get himself killed in order to save someone else.
I need to be there, I must be there.
The morning to the eclipse came and everyone was freaking out. Kid and Patty were hugging each other and kissing each other gently. They obviously didn't need an interruption.
Liz was on her phone talking to her boyfriend and Chrona and Harvar were talking to each other, blowing some steam and pumping each other up for the fight.
Kilik, oh, he is the one who sacrificed the most out of all of us. He isn't like the rest of us, he has a family. In order to be with us, he was forced to put up an act of a brat who always ran away from his family. To be here today, he had to officially break up with his family. No stories about running away, now it was the real deal and I feel really bad for him. He must be feeling a lot of pain at the moment. Fortunate for him, he has Patty by his side to comfort him and take his mind off of his family he just left.
Soul buckles the chest protector to his chest. He had made sure the gear wouldn't be too thick and heavy so we would still be as flexible as without it. The protective gear is supposed to protect us, not be a hinder, Soul has said to me.
"How are you feeling?" Soul asks, finishing strapping it to his chest.
"Nervous." I'm more than nervous. This is the battle of a life time. What if we fail? What if Soul dies? What if I die? I don't want to leave Soul, not after everything we have gone through. I would rather be locked inside of a basement with Soul at the moment instead of being at the front lines.
"Don't let it get a hold of you." Soul says and takes my hands in his. "You don't need to fight. You can just wait it out and then join us."
Quickly I shake the offer away. "No, as long as you are out there, I'm going to be there. I need to help you. What if―"
"Shhhh," Soul puts his finger on my lips. "Don't play the "What If" game. I assure you I will do everything I can in order to survive. I survived it once, I'm going to do it again."
I sigh loudly and removes Soul's finger from my lips, entwining our hands together. "You can't promise me that. Kishin can take you off guard and kill you or you could be surrounded by them. No one knows how this could end."
"You know if you go out there, those Kishins will carve your soul the most. Most of them will attack you and the chance of you dying is much greater than me or Black*Star. Tsubaki won't even be at the fighting field. She will be hiding in the shadows so it won't be her job to rescue us, we will have to get to Tsubaki in order to save ourselves. You do understand that?"
I nod and squeeze my hand. "If that means you and everybody else will have a higher chance to survive, then I will do it."
Soul sighs and runs his hand through his hair. "I really don't like having you on the field of such a dangerous mission, but you are hardheaded and you will do what you think is right. I won't stop you, but if you are hurt, I will take you off the battlefield immediately."
"And I will take you off the battlefield if you are injured."
Soul chuckles and leans toward me. "Deal." He gives me smooch on my lips before he rests his forehead on mine. "I love you baby."
"I love you too." I kiss him quickly and grip his leather jacket.
"It's time to move out!" Black*Star yells.
My heart falls to the ground as we get out of the mansion and get into the vans, of course, Soul and I get on his bike. He leads the way where we will meet up with the Kishins outside of town. He stops and we are at a field outside of the city. If I remember right, it is the same field Hiro and I fought Kishins at. So we will be here once again.
Kilik opens the van and starts to pull out all the equipment everyone greedily takes.
"Five minutes!" Liz yells.
My heart is pounding in my chest. I put my daggers and knives and put them in my boots and my waistband. We all walk toward the middle of the field and Soul and I stand beside each other.
"Two minutes!" Liz exclaims. The trees rustle. They are getting closer. Soon. The time to fight is soon.
My eyes catch Soul's.
"One minute!"
He smiles gently toward me. How can he manage to smile at a time like this? He must have seen so much blood and see his friends die. He is amazing for being able to pull that off.
"They are coming!"
"Stay safe." Soul says and I nod in reply, afraid that my voice might crack. I'm so nervous.
Our eyes go back to the clearing in front of me. I close my eyes and activate my Soul Perception. I almost gasp in surprise. They are moving so fast, way too fast. Is this the powers they acquire from the solar eclipse? Soul weren't kidding when he described their powers, this isn't something we can fight against and win. Our best bet is by delaying them.
I gulp and turn off the Soul Perception.
Everyone… be safe… especially you, Soul.
The Kishins break through the forest in a fast speed. I grip my daggers. Their eyes wanders along our line of defense and when they set on me, they lick their mouths and three Kishins roar loudly and dive toward me.
Here goes nothing!
The Kishins dive into the dirty when I jump backwards, avoiding their claws, what I didn't expect is that Soul jumps straight in front of me. "You don't think I would let you fight by yourself?" He doesn't turn backwards to face me, he grips his large scythe and gets into his fighting stances.
This news calms me down a little. At least I won't be alone through this.
"Thank you." I whisper and I'm sure he heard me.
A Kishin with a short nose roars loudly and dives toward us. Soul blocks its claws with his scythe, but the power of the Kishin forces Soul to slam me out of the way as the Kishin breaks through Soul's block. He flips around and pulls me into his embrace before he dives out of the way for another Kishin's claws.
A sharp hiss ripples through Soul's throat and I catch the sight of blood.
He is hurt! He got hit!
Immediately I fire him with my soul wavelength to destroy the toxic that invades his system. I get a large smile from Soul before we hit the ground. I gasp when Soul suddenly pushes me away from him and a claw sinks into the ground just in between us.
How can he be able to fight them with me wrapped around him? If this keeps going, we are both going to end up dead, Soul because he does everything he can to protect me and I for not being able to fight properly.
I need to find a solution. A way to kill them, but that is impossible with the Kishin's strength and speed. They easily break through our guard so all we can do is dodge them, but with their speed and energy, we won't be able to dodge them for solid eight minutes.
There is only one way for all of us, death. Especially for me and Soul.
I can't avoid three Kishins, not with their super powers. This means Soul will be killed before me, and― and― we won't be able to be together.
Oh god! I need to do something about this!
"Maka!" Soul exclaims and before I know it. Soul pushes me out of the way again and doing so, the claws of the short nose Kishin sinks into Soul's right shoulder. His eyes, they first go from relief, to shock and then pain. His eyes flicker from pain to then the pure madness from the toxic from the venom. Soul's body hit the ground and with all the blood coating his shoulder and neck, you would definitely think he was dead, but he isn't. He is alive and he needs Soul Force. Now.
"Soul!" I scream out and I think something inside of me was ripped apart. He needs medical attention and barely a minute has gone by!
He doesn't say something as I leap toward him, but instead a Kishin jumps in between us and slaps me backwards. I exclaim loudly and I find myself lying on the ground. The Kishin roars before it dives on top of me, going mad with their claws. First my head, misses me with an inch, then the other side. Miss. Quickly I fish up a new dagger from my waistband and blocks the claws, but I'm not strong enough. Easily the Kishin slaps the dagger and it goes flying. The claws sink into my bicep and I yelp in pain, the surprising thing is, the other Kishins at the fields hollers in pain as well, gripping their bicep.
To confirm my suspicion, I pull out another knife from my boot and slice my palm open.
Again, a series of roars follows, with them shaking their hand in pain.
So it is. They are all in some way connected to me. I'm the heart of their existence. This means, in order to stop their rampage and killing forever, their heart needs to be cut off.
I need to die in order for all the Kishins to be wiped out.
A whimper ripples through my throat. I knew I might die today, but I never thought I would die like this. Not until know, I really realized I would die.
"I'm sorry Soul." I whisper and tears pour up in my eyes. It is too bad we would never get our happily ever after life.
I grip my knife tightly and I guide it toward my throat. Damn, my hands are shaking so badly. I need to get a grip over myself.
The Kishins start to get over their fit of pain. I need to finish this now. Slowly the edge of the blade sinks into my throat.
"MAKA!" Soul hollers and the next thing I know is I get a shock through my body, shaking my whole body to the core. Soul is in front of me, his hand on my stomach and his other hand taking the knife away from my throat.
Soul just used Soul Force on me.
All the Kishins roar loudly, gripping their stomachs before all of them decay into a mess of ashes. Kilik lies on the ground with his face digging into the ground. His whole body is coated with blood.
He is a goner.
Across the field I see Harver's and Chrona's bodies totally decapitated and their bodies slowly decay into ashes. They are dead as well.
Kid cries out loudly in sorrow, holding Patty close to his chest. He yells loudly for help and Tsubaki isn't far behind. Black*Star and Liz are the only ones that seem to be alright.
"This is the end." Soul coughs up blood onto my sweeter and the knife dig into the ground.
"Soul!" I cry out loudly, catching him before he falls. "No, no, no, you can't leave me. Please, don't leave me." Tears pour down my face as I hold him close in my arms. Oh god, there is too much blood!
Soul chuckles and gently takes my hand in his. "Don't worry about me." He squeezes it reassuringly. "It is just a flesh wound. I won't die. I promise." He finches in pain as his eyes wander to Kilik's body where Soul had once been laying at. His body has already turned into ashes. "He was reckless. He threw himself in front of the Kishin in order to give me the Soul Force to save you… Damn…"
"Oh Soul…" I hug him close to me, making sure not to hurt his shoulder too much. "You know he was very devoted to you. He will be remembered as a hero." My eyes look up again and I see Hiro and Spirit come running toward Patty's fallen form. Hiro must have gotten my father from the van.
"I know…" Soul says, moaning in pain. "He was a true warrior."
I caress his face. After Spirit takes over and starts working on Patty, Tsubaki comes running toward us, but as soon as my eyes go back to Soul's, they are closed and his breath shallow. Tsubaki dives down next to Soul, feeling his neck with her fingers while her other hand lays on his wounded shoulder, healing him.
"He is going to be okay. I just need to stop the bleeding." Tsubaki says and heals him with both of her hands. "How are your wounds? Do you feel dizzy? Is your body heavy?" She doesn't take her eyes off of Soul's wounds.
"I'm fine." I take a look at my shoulder and I notice, it is surprisingly smaller than it was and the cut in my palm has fully healed. It is the same thing that happened when I was taken from Star*Clan. My wounds had fully healed on their own, even my eye was regenerated and so my teeth. Is this my power?
"Good." Tsubaki says.
I grab Soul's hand and reassuringly give it a squeeze.
Maybe we will get our "happily ever after" after all.
