The Music of Our Hearts: Chapter Six:

"Yahoo!" Black Star yelled at the very top of his voice, making a variety of forest creatures scuttle away in fear through the undergrowth as they fled the boisterous group.

"Black Star... You gotta be quiet.." Maka murmured, feeling her energy draining at a swift rate. "You'll bring the wolves right to us and we haven't even had any practice... Or even come up with a plan."

"Don't worry about it Maka!" Black Star laughed. "They'll run away in fear when they realise who it is who's comin for them." He grinned, poking his chest with his thumb, not worried in the slightest by the possibility of danger.

"I think that Maka-chan has a point..." Tsubaki murmured quietly, keeping her voice and her opinions quiet. It was hard to believe that these two got along, very loud and very quiet. What one lacked, the other made up for it.

"I think we should do some quick training... Get the basics.." She said as she stopped walking, the others stopping with her. "Tsubaki, do you have any tips for when transforming that you could give to Soul...?"

"Hm..." She thought for a moment, "Have you ever made a full transformation?" She asked, looking to Soul who shook his head.
"No... I haven't been able to do that just yet." He said, almost a little awkward about that... The most he had been able to achieve was his arm turning into the red and black blade of the scythe.

Tsubaki nodded a little, "I see.. well... I'll give you a tip... Try and imagine the weapon in your mind, think about what it looks like... What its made of and you'll be able to turn rather easily." She explained, "The rest comes naturally."

Soul nodded and looked to Maka, "Do you think you're ready?" He asked, just wanting to make sure that she didn't drop him...

She nodded in relpy, "I think so... Is there anything special I have to do Black Star?" She asked, looking to him who grinned.

"Yes! Theres one thing. Its the most important thing of being a Meister!" He said, turning very serious, "The one thing, that you cannot fail to do when your partner transforms... Is strike an awesome pose!" He said, grinning as he pointed upward with a hand, imitating his pose for when Tsubaki changes. "Something like this." He said, grinning, eyes closed. 'Doesn't it show off how great I am?" He asked, glancing to Maka who stared at him, unable to believe that she thought he was being serious there for a moment.

"I'm not sure that's a necessity.." Tsubaki murmured but Black Star simply waved her off.

"Its the most important thing to being a star." He said, apparently done with the matter.

"I want to be a Meister not a star.." Maka mumbled before looking to Soul, "Okay... So, wanna try transforming?" She asked, holding out her hands, palms upward.

Soul nodded, closing his eyes. He hoped she'd be patient as he doubted this would work... He imagined a scythe... trying to make it as vivid as possible. He remembered the colour, the texture, the reflection it made... He felt a tingle run down his spine and an odd feeling came over him. It felt like he was floating in a vast space... Not water, but just a vast void of emptiness and in a way it was calming...

He opened his eyes to see the emptiness and jumped in surprise at the fact he could see himself, however he was lacking in the clothes department. He looked around in embarrassment quickly but no one was around to see him. He however could see them through an opening in the void that showed him the outside world.

"Woah, Soul, you did it." Maka said, grinning happily as she held the large scythe in her hands. "You're a little heavy though..." She said, giving a wry chuckle.

"Huh? I did it?" He asked. This feeling was so... inhuman. He could feel Maka holding him however it wasn't as if she were holding any part of his body, more of an extension to his body. "This is cool." He said with a laugh, the act of transforming making him feel rather giddy.

Maka giggled lightly, seeing his face and torso as if it were a reflection within the blade. "It is cool."

Black Star grinned, "Lookin good. But you can't compare to the best weapon ever." He said, holding out his hands. "Tsubaki. Transform."

Tsubaki smiled and nodded, "Right." She turned into a length of light, forming into Black Star's open hands. The light disappeared and revealed a chain scythe. Two small hand scythe's connected by a length of chain.

Both Maka and Soul let out impressed sounds at seeing her form. "Woah, that's really cool..." He said. He wasn't sure if he could handle being a chain scythe, thrown around like that... It would probably make him sick.

"Yeah, she has other forms too." Black Star said impressively. "But, it wouldn't be as great if we didn't show you in a fight." He said, grinning ear to ear. "Leave a bit of a surprise." He laughed.

Maka nodded, "Right. We should probably find those wolves though..." She said, looking over her shoulder and around, holding Soul horizontally with both hands. She really hoped that she would be able to wield him effortlessly. She had read in her studies that by strengthening her soul wavelength with her partner, that wielding them would become much easier... She hoped this was true...

"So where do you think we'll find these wolves?" Soul asked, looking up to Maka.

"Uh... I think they found us..." Maka said, nodding over to the trees behind Black Star as dark shadowed figures began to prowl out of the darkness, letting out low growls.

"Ah... Let the fun begin." Black Star grinned more menacingly than usual as he turned to the wolves, readying Tsubaki. "Ready?"

Maka nodded, "Yeah."