Author's Note: Virtual Pie for Eclipse Wings! I really appreciate your reviews! Anyways, I have a brilliant idea! :D! But...I don't know If I will end up putting it in this chapter. I guess I'll see how it goes. So in the last chapter, you had a bit of a comical break, and some confessions! But in this chapter, back to utter seriousness...(or as serious a story can be with fighting siblings, an OCD shinigami, and a girl with the mental state of a five-year-old.) You get to see Liz's amazing plan this chapter...let's hope it doesn't fail! HAHA. I bet this author's note is driving you nuts, so let's just cut to the chase.
Disclaimer: I really, truly, do not own Soul Eater or any of the other products I mention in this story. I only own Cosmo, Demetrius, and Lance.

It was getting late outside. The moon was full, and the stars were shining bright. It had been a week since Cosmo, Demetrius, Lance, Kid, Liz, and Patty had set out on their mission. They still hadn't even found one clue about where Justin could be. Cosmo was beggining to worry about it. Surely there should be some sign, some faint clue...

Liz was busy hatching a plan to get Kid and Cosmo together. Patty had confirmed the already obvious. Cosmo definitely liked Kid. Liz smirked at her meister. 'Too bad he royaly sucks at romance...at least...I think he does.' she thought to herself, chuckling in spite herself.

Demetrius looked at Liz curiously. He couldn't say he liked her. More like tolerated her. Seeing her chuckle to herself wasn't a good sign in his eyes. Nothing good could come from one of her plots. He figured she was planning to get his sister and Kid together. He smiled wryly. 'Yeah, good luck with that. Knowing Cosmo, she'll somehow screw it up...' he thought to himself.

Lance was extremely unnerved at the moment. Every few seconds, he felt someone staring at him from behind his back. The strange thing was, he was always at the back of the group. How could someone be staring at him from behind? Every time he peered behind him, all he saw was a black shadow darting away, evading his gaze. It was beggining to worry him to the point were he would tell someone. But Lance knew everyone would simply dismiss his fears.

Cosmo was agitated. Mostly by the current state of the mission. They were getting nowhere! And Lance's odd behaviour wasn't working wonders on her attitude either. She was annoyed by his nervous expression. All these things most certainly did not improve her mood. Perhaps this is what led to the catastrophe that happened that night when they camped.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Time Skip to that night*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hey, Kid, Cosmo, Patty and I are going to leave you two alone for awhile. Demetrius and Lance can go find firewood. For a very long time. We need a lot of firewood. So get going." Liz demanded, beggining her quote 'brilliant' plan.

"Er...okay Liz...?" Cosmo said, unsure. Demetrius laughed then grabbed Lance and headed for the woods to get you guessed it, WOOD. Liz dragged Patty into their tent, far enough away from Kid and Cosmo that they had privacy, but close enough to hear what goes on.

"So...what's up Kid?" Cosmo asked, attempting to be nonchalant. It didn't really work...

"Well...I'm sitting here talking to you..." Kid tried to joke. That failed as well.

"Er...yeah...true..." Cosmo said.

"Cosmo...is there something wrong? You've been acting so strange lately..." Kid asked, a bit concerned.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" She suddenly yelled. What the hell is wrong with me?

"Wh-" Kid started, confused by the sudden outburst.

"I hate you!" Cosmo screamed at him. I hate me.

"What did I-" Kid protested, extremely hurt.

"You're so stupid!" I'm so stupid.

"Cosmo I-" Kid tried to say something, but Cosmo cut him off again.

"I never want to see you again!" Cosmo shrieked, and she stormed into her tent. I never want to see me again...

Kid was left outside, extremely hurt and confused. Liz had heard everything and sighed. 'How could things get any worse...' She went outside to talk to her meister. Little did she know, Demetrius had also heard the entire thing, and was going to talk to Cosmo.

"Cosmo..." Demetrius sighed. He didn't bother to ask to come in, he just entered the tent. "What the hell were you thinking? Why did you-"

"I-I don't know!" Cosmo cried, pulling Demetrius into a hug. "I- I don't know why! Something...something just...just...came over me! I didn't mean...I didn't want..." she sobbed into his chest. Though he was younger, he was actually taller than Cosmo.

"Well...I think you just completely annihilated your relationship with Kid. I think the best thing to do right now is to figure out all of your emotions, then apologize if you need to apologize. Don't apologize if you mean what you said though." Demetrius told her. And le gasp, a boy actually managed to give good advice! (SORRY FOR MY LAME SENSE OF HUMOR :x) Cosmo looked like she contemplating the idea.

"I already know...I need to apologize...I shouldn't have said those things... I hope I didn't hurt him too badly..." Cosmo worried, sniffling. This caused Demetrius to laugh. "What's so funny?"

"Ah...nothin..." he answered. He pulled himself away from his sister. "Well, I'm gonna go see what's going on outside...I saw Liz coming out of her tent to talk to Kid. Feel free to join me."

"Maybe later. I don't feel like dealing with everything right now. I'll figure everything out in the morning." Cosmo groaned. She shooed Demetrius out of the tent and began preparing her sleeping bag.

All of a sudden, a blood curdling scream could be heard from the woods. Demetrius immediately began running towards the woods, not thinking clearly. All he knew was, that was his brother's scream. And the only reason he would make that sound was if he was in danger. Liz saw him and stopped him.

"Are you nuts? You'd be going out there without a meister!" she said, and latched onto his arm.

"I don't give a-" he said, trying to wrestle free of Liz's hold.

"Dude. You're a tonfa, not a gun...what in the hell can you do without Cosmo?" Liz yelled, refusing to let go of Demetrius. She had long gotten over her crush on Lance, and had found herself taking more of a liking to his twin brother. Not that she wasn't concerned about Lance, but she didn't want Demetrius to get killed.

"I can...I don't know! But I have to save Lance...I have to go after him! He's my god damned twin brother remember?" Demetrius shouted. Cosmo came out of her tent, still not in her pajamas.

"What's all the commotion?" she asked. Demetrius grabbed her arm and began dragging her in the direction of the scream(though she didn't hear it). "D, wheres Lance? What's going on?"

"I heard him scream. We need to find him. I'll transform and just tell you the way if you want. We'll go faster." Demetrius informed her, his voice a bit robotic.

"Alright. Let's hurry." Cosmo said. Demetrius transformed into a black tonfa, with green stripes along the side, and a green handle. She easily caught him, and began running the direction that he told her to. Liz sighed.

"Kid, come out of the damned tent. Bring Patty with you. We're following those idiots..." Liz demanded. Kid obliged, and brought Patty with him. The girl transformed and Kid headed in the direction of Cosmo.

"So...explain to me what happened again?" Kid asked Liz. She sighed.

"Demetrius heard Lance scream somewhere out in the woods, and he was going to head out alone, but I stopped him. Then Cosmo came out and Demetrius explained it all to her and they went after Lance. So now we're going after them." Liz explained matter-of-factly, not even asking if Kid was alright with it. In response, he sighed.

"Right. And here I thought she hated me and never wanted to see me again." Kid said cynically. Liz sighed back at him.

"I don't think she really meant that Kid. She's probably just having a hard time with the mission. I mean, she just lost her best friend after all. I know you know what it feels like." Liz tried to reason with him.

"Yes, but her best friend can still be saved. Mine couldn't be." Kid recalled, still unconvinced.

"Stop being such a downer Kid. Let's just go help them." Liz sighed. 'Guess that fight really upset him. I don't understand that girl at ALL. Why would she be so nasty? Kid is always so nice to her...and so she does that? It just doesn't add up!'

~~With Lance~~

"Who..." Lance asked in a small voice. He was in a lot of pain. The abductor had given him several gashes, and they throbbed in pain. He sighed in relief when he saw they weren't still bleeding. The kidnapper had still not revealed himself, and Lance had yet to see him. You see, the reason Lance screamed was that he hoped that someone would happen to hear him. 'Well, I suppose I had a reason to be worried. Turns out the shadow's real... I can't believe I've been kidnapped. Why me, and not Demetrius...' Lance thought to himself.

"Oh come on Lance. You really forgot what I look like? What I sound like?" his captor asked. Lance listened closer. He heard the sound of music. He strained to hear what the music was. When he heard the tell-tale sound of bass, his blood ran cold.

~~With Cosmo~~

"Are you positive that this is the right way?" Cosmo asked Demetrius skeptically.

"Of course I'm sure! We gotta hurry! Lance could die any minute if we don't hurry!" Demetrius said, rather distraught, and not really thinking straight.

"Whoah, calm down D. Lance will be just fine." Cosmo assured. This seemed to calm her brother down a bit. They ran through the woods until they found a clearing. The stench of blood still lingered. There was a note in the middle of the grassy area. Demetrius shifted back into his human form.

"A note..." Demetrius said as he approached it. He winced at the smell of blood and the splotches of blood on the note, but he read it anyway.

Dear Demetrius, and most likely Cosmo,

Should you be reading this, you have found a clue! Not only for finding your brother Lance, but for your mission as well! Congratulations for progressing this far. I really congratulate you. Now, here's the clue:

On a starry night, blood shall be shed.
Innocence is his downfall.
The captor is one you are searching for,
but he is not the same.
I have claimed him, he is mine.
It is unlikely you'll see him, the real him,
Ever again.
His soul is locked up, about to be devoured.
Good luck saving music boy, and good luck finding
your ickle brother.

Sincerely, Grey

END CHAPTER 3

Author's Note: Hate me yet? HAHAHAHAHA! This is the biggest cliffie I've ever written. Le gasp! A new enemy? Grey? Who in da hell is that you ask? WELL! That's for me to know and you to find out. Ha. You found out my brilliant plan! Yes, I ended up including it in this chapter. :D! I'll try to post the next chapter asap, but...you know. Things happen. So, sayonara for now! and btw, I'm learning japanese! I know a total of 10 words now! :D! REVIEWS LOVED AND APPRECIATED!