Chapter 5 is here after a couple months...I'm really sorry about that and I probably wouldn't even be posting this if I hadn't got an email yesterday, or rather checked it yesterday and saw that I had a review for this story. SO EVERYONE CAN THANK . Yeah. Go ahead and read now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater because I'm not cool enough.
Soul was devastated and very much confused. Maka was on her grave? He had no idea what that meant and looking at the faces around him he could see he wasn't the only one who was baffled. How could she be on her grave if she was alive? Or, if she was dead, wouldn't she be in her grave and not on it? Too many theories started running through his head and he got a strong urge to hit his head against the wall. That would be so uncool so he broke the silence to distract himself.
"What are we supposed to do now? Maka's on her grave or whatever but she's not dead so where could her grave be?" Soul's red eyes scanned the others around them for the slightest inkling of an ideal but apparently he was the only one thinking of Maka. Both Tsubaki and Kid were staring at the place where Ash had vanished and Black star was stilll slumped on Tsubaki's shoulder.
"Hello? Why the hell are you thinking about Ash? Maka's on her grave and for all we know she could have a limited supply of oxygen. We have to find her." Still no response from his vacant eyed companions so Soul slammed his fist against the wall and walked away muttering evil things.
Before Soul got to the exit of the school he had his nerves tried in a very scary way. Ash was leaning against the side of a hallway, even though he had supposingly just exploded. Red eyes met gray ones angrily and Soul ran up to his ex best friend and tried to punch him in the face. Ash just ducked out of the way and smirked tauntingly. No words were spoken but Soul suddenly had a feeling that if he fought Ash he would lose. So he sank to the floor and put his back against the wall while looking at him expectantly.
"You know Soul, you really are a complete idiot. Why did you even bother to think about where Maka was? Obviously I was lying. She doesn't have a grave to be on. At least not yet." Soul stared at Ash in horror, willing himself not to think about the meaning of those words and focused on the first part instead.
"If she's not on her grave then where is she." His red eyes were lit with rage, making him appear to be a red eyed demon. He had never been this angry before, not at anyone.
"Oh I really can't tell you. Or maybe I can. Well obviously I can do anything so I guess I should say I'm not willing to tell you." The blond boy smirked in that irritating way of his and Soul barely restrained himself from trying to choke him. Ash was seriously asking to get his ass kicked.
"Why aren't you willing to tell me, bastard." His voice grated out in a threatening monotone, making his question a statement.
"I'm part of an organization, well a partnership and the bargain was I couldn't do anything without consulting her first. Witch's are awfully demanding." So that was one secret revealed. Ash had a witch helping him, or it could be the other way around. Nonetheless, that was how he had vanished; the witch had done it with her magic. But Soul pushed that aside and concentrated on trying to get Maka's whereabouts out of Ash's devious mouth.
"Why don't you consult her then? I'm sure she'd be happy to give her permission to tell me after I beat her up." Somehow, despite how empty that threat was, it made Soul feel a little better about himself.
Witches could be killed just like any other human, but their powers made it a hell of alot more difficult. Each power was specific to a witch and all witches were distinctly like an animal. Indeed, most of them could shift their form into that of their special animal, but many preferred to stay in their animalified human forms. It helps them blend in with society and makes it much easier to move around. But ash was speaking again so Soul cut off his recollection of what he knew of witches.
"I'm afraid I couldn't let you do that Soul. This witch holds the world in her palm and if I called her here to be beaten up, she would surely kill me. Besides it's fun to see you writhe in frustration." All Ash got was another glare while he tried desperately to think of some way to trick his evil used-to-be friend. Then he touched on a brilliant ideal and put it into action immediately by standing up and walking away. Sure enough, Ash followed him like a dog and began to blabber stupid questions because he was afraid to lose his power over Soul.
"Hey where are you going? I thought-didn't you want to find out where Maka is? I could call my witchy friend here and ask if I could tell you. Wait up Soul! Come on, you're not that mad are you? I was just joking! Answer me, damnit!" The last sentence was accompanied by a violent shoulder grab that Soul gratefully returned. It turned into a contest to see who could stand the pain of having their shoulder crushed the longest, but Soul knew he would win. He was willing to go through any pain that didn't kill him for Maka. Eventually Ash's face was indistinguishable because it was so twisted up in pain and he fell to his knees while forfeiting the undeclared match.
"Call your witch. Now." Soul's voice was hard and sounded pretty cool. Which made him feel better about being tricked by Ash's 'grave' lie. And sure enough, it was so threatening that Ash closed his eyes and began what he hoped was the summoning of a witch. Minutes passed and then Ash apoke.
"She's on her way and you'd better not try to hurt her Soul. I think you'll see why in about 30 seconds." Ash sighed and then laid down on the carpet, his face barely illuminated by the starlight that was shining through the glass doors. And as Soul peered outside, he saw a vague shape approaching. It looked like...but it couldn't be! A plaid skirt, sweet pale legs and a small but not completely flat chest covered by a tanktop. Pigtails swinging from both sides of the head. Flashing green eyes filled with amusement. It was Maka. Soul keeled over in his first ever faint and knew no more.
TIME WARPPP!
Soul woke up in an familiar room. His bedroom and he was lying on his bed with no memory as to how he got there. He had seen Maka but...the world had turned gray and then black as he went from a faint to sleep. So someone had brought him here and his first thought was that it was Maka. But she couldn't know where he lived unless she had memorized his address. Minutes passed while he amused himself with that thought before he became aware of clanging sounds coming from the other side of his door. An unknown person was in his apartment. Soul glared at the ceiling and quietly got out of his bed. He hated intruders.
After padding barefoot through the hallway Soul peeked in at the kitchen. What he saw delighted him and he was about to rush and pull her into his arms when he remembered how she detested his perverted behavior. So he casually walked in and tried to remain cool when he really just wanted to leap on her. She glanced at him and smiled before turning back to whatever she was cooking. The clock said it was 11'o'clock but he would eat her food anytime of the day. Maka was in his apartment, cooking dinner for him. But first Soul wanted to know how she had escaped the witch.
"Hey Maka. Who was the witch? Blaire?" Blaire had been a witch he met a long time ago and by jove her chest had to have been the hugest he had ever seen. But he was too young to appreciate that when he had met her, something he desperately regretted. But Maka was giving him a strange look so he knew it couldn't be her. In fact Maka's look was so bizarre that Soul could've sworn he didn't know what she was talking about. And her question confirmed that.
"What are you talking about Soul? I don't know any witches." Her brow puckered in confusion and she looked so cute that he had a hard time calming himself and bringing his mind back to the bewildering fact the she had no recollection of her imprisonment. Weird.
"You've been missing since yesterday after school. Ash locked you in a closet and then gave you to a witch or something and then-" His voice faltered under her continuing confusion and he felt himself catching it. How could she not remember?
"You do know Ash, right?" Just a question to see if she hadn't lost all of her memories. Her face cleared and assumed a dreamy expression the next moment. Soul felt a twinge of jealousy at it, but kept himself attentive to her response.
"Oh yeah, I know him. Isn't he nice and handsome? I was friends with him back in the day...Good times. Oh, the spaghetti's ready!" She hurriedly turned off the stove and poured the contents of the pot into a caulender. It was indeed spaghetti and it looked so delicious that Soul forgot about his confusion for a second. But it returned and he realized that Maka's memories had been seriously tampered with. Somehow the witch must have made her infatuated with Ash and erased all the memories of his early evil treatment of her. Wicked stuff and he had no ideal as to reverse it and get her back to normal. He'd have to find Ash and get the truth out of him.
"Oh yeah, Soul? Can I share your bed tonight? I didn't bring any blankets and it gets so cold in autumn." Dutifully he nodded along before what she had said really hit him. This could not be Maka. The girl who despised him yesterday? What the hell? But...he felt deeply aroused by her innocent question and was hard pressed to decide what to do. He didn't want to share his bed with her because he didn't know if his control was that complete and she wasn't Maka. Even though she looked like her, it couldn't be her. Damn, he desperately wanted to take her virginity. Or at least he assumed she was a virgin...the spaghetti was being served however so he pushed those thoughts aside and dug in. It was absolutely delicious, with meatballs and sauce and spices and herbs. He thought he was in heaven until he was reminded again of her question. What should he do?
Ahah...poor Soul. He's really losing his cool, and what has happened to Maka? Oh and I apologize for two things. First, for putting witches in here, even though it was just supposed to be a normal school fic. And then for abandoning it for so long. x.x Anywayz, please review as always because I'm assuming if you're reading this you've already read it.