Hey guys! I know I already did this, but I had another idea of how I could spin it, so I decided to rewrite the prompt. I hope you guys like both versions :)
-Maka
As Maka walked into her classroom, her face brightened. They were doing a lab today, and labs were one of her strong points. Her eyes slid to the smaller print below the announcement, and she groaned. Your weapon/meiser will be your lab partner. That meant she was stuck with Soul. Soul and school did not mix well, and Maka just knew that he'd mess things up for her. As soon as he walked in and saw the board, she got in his face. "You better not screw up, Soul!" She said, half menacingly. Soul just leaned back and shrugged.
It's not like I care. It's just school." He said in a "cool" tone of voice. Maka resisted the urge to roll her eyes; as long as her sometimes-annoying-but-always-a-good-friend partner didn't mess up her chance to get ahead (She had to beat Ox!) she didn't care what he said. After class, however...he was due for a Maka-Chop.
They started the lab, and everything was going well. Maka was surprised; she'd expected Soul to blow something up by now, but she decided not to say anything; better not jinx it. They'd somehow made it to the end of the chemical process; they had a gooey blob sitting in front of them. Maka gulped nervously as she read the next instruction. "Soul, be careful. This is where we split into soul wavelength techniques and away from normal chemistry. You have to use your wavelength to imbue the mixture with a sort of fake life; you have to give it enough of your wavelength to animate it, but no more." Maka stressed the "no more", but Soul only rolled his eyes.
"I got this, Maka. I'm not an idiot." Maka only sighed, hoping that he was right.
She started reading from the textbook as Soul began bouncing his wavelength. It says here that in battle, you can use this to give power-ups to teammates, and it also protects them from your attacks. It says the presence of your wavelength in them negates any force, so you can use wide attacks that aren't as specific as our Genie Hunter and not have to worry about hurting your friends. Cool!" She said, getting animated. Unfortunately, this startled Soul, who "dumped" all the soul wavelength he'd acquired (and of course he'd gathered much too much) into the goo. They shared a deer in the headlights look before turning in unison to the now-growling thing on their table.
Maka and Soul backed away slowly, while the thing stood up and made all the other goos fly towards it. Startled cries filled the room, but Professor Stein hadn't looked up yet. As the thing started to attack the other students, who began running and screaming towards the door, Maka grabbed Soul's hand and he transformed into a scythe.
This thing can't be too strong; we made it, after all, and it's not even really alive. Maka thought confidently. But when she and Soul attacked, nothing happened. Maka frowned, and struck again. When it remained unfazed, and forced Maka to leap backwards when it swiped its hand, she activated Witch Hunter. But still, nothing happened, leading to another close call as Maka had to leap to the side to avoid an attack.
"Maka! What's going on?" Soul yelled from his scythe form.
"i don't know! It's almost as if..." Maka trailed off, her eyes widening in the horror of her realization.
"Maka? What is it?" Soul asked. Maka slapped her forehead.
"Of course! Remember what I was reading? Because you put your soul wavelength into it, yours can't hurt it. And I can't manifest my own without going through you. We can't hurt it!" She yelled, running to the corner of the room; they didn't have this class with any of their friends, and they were now the only students in the classroom. Maka cursed her cowardly peers as Soul transformed out of scythe form and huddled next to her.
"Crap! What do we do? It's blocked the door!" Soul yelled. Sure enough, the monster had just blocked off the door with a giant cabinet, and this room didn't have any windows big enough for a person. Maka looked around wildly for an exit, finding none.
"There's nothing we can do, Soul," Maka said, her voice quivering just the slightest bit. "There's no exit. We can't fight it. And it's clearly intelligent." She shared a look with Soul, and they huddled deeper into the corner.
"So, if we're about to die, there's something I need to tell you." Soul spoke up suddenly. Maka turned to him, confused. He blushed lightly.
"What is it?" Maka asked, hiding her own dying-confession until after his.
"I...I've always liked you. Not since we met, but pretty soon after. I just never got up the nerve to ask you out." He said. Maka was left speechless. Soul's blush deepened, and he turned away. "Nevermind, I guess."
"No, no that's not it! Soul, I've liked you for a long time, too. It's just that you always say how you'd rather date anyone but me. I thought you'd never have feelings for me." Maka rushed out, the monster all but forgotten by now.
"Really?" Soul asked, surprised. Maka nodded shyly. Soul smiled. "Well, at least we know before we die." He said.
"Yeah..." Maka trailed off, leaning in ever so slightly towards Soul. Soul took the hint, and began leaning in as well. Just before they made contact, a voice spoke from above them.
"How interesting...I wonder how this affects your bond? The danger is gone." Soul and Maka jolted away from each other, cheeks aflame to see their forgotten professor standing above them. They could see green goo covering almost every surface in the room.
"Professor Stein...what did you do?" Soul asked, recovering from his embarrassment. Stein twisted his screw, a dangerous look entering his eyes.
"I wanted to dissect it." He said. The pair backed away slowly and left the classroom.
"So..." Soul said awkwardly. "We didn't die."
"yep." Maka said with an equally awkward laugh.
"Oh hell. Maka, do you want to go on a date with me?" Soul asked. Maka flushed and nodded shyly. Soul smiled, also a bit shy, and they walked away, hand in hand.
I feel like if anyone was going to create a monster accidentally in class, it would be Soul. Good going dude. But it turned out cuteness at the end! And now it actually fits the description better! yay! :)
-Maka
