Chapter 2: The Anniversary

Four months, she thought, today was the four-month anniversary of the biggest battle of her life and of her relationship with her wonderful boyfriend and weapon partner, Soul. She stopped suddenly and looked around the bright yellow hallway of the DWMA with its orb shaped lights and wood panels. She than look off to her side and caught her refection in a pane of glass. Looking back at her was the image of a short, skinny girl with sandy blond hair and emerald green eyes. She wore a black trench coat with a yellow sweater vest, white long sleeved collared shirt and diagonally striped white and green tie underneath it. She also wore a pair of white gloves, a pair of gray buckled boots and a very short black and red plaid skirt. She sighed and started walking again, that was something that had changed over the pass four months, her body.

It wasn't a big change, her breasts had come in a little, she had gone up from an A cup to a B cup. Although she was nowhere near to matching Tsubaki, Liz or Patty, she was happy with the size of her breasts. She also spent the bulk of the last few months learning how to control her weapon blood with out having to knock herself unconscious. This training came at the request of Lord Death, who said that she did not have to become someone's weapon partner but that it would be good for her to learn how to use it. She was making progress and though it was tough the beginning, Lord Death and Sprit both said she would need it just incase she needed to defend herself and didn't have Soul with her.

"Soul" she whispered to herself, smiling as she did. It had been four months since they had started dating and she still could remember how it all happened as if it had only happened yesterday. It was only a few hours after she and the others had defeated the Kishin, and they had all gathered in the Death Room to get debriefed on what had just happened. It was there that Soul had pulled her aside from the rest of the group and walked her over towards the entryway arches.

"Soul, where are we going?" She asked confused. Soul did not respond he just kept pulling her towards the entryway. She looked down at his hand wrapped around hers and blushed a little because she liked how it felt holding hands with Soul. Suddenly, Maka was snapped out of her thoughts when Soul stopped moving. She looked around and found that they were on the left side of the third arch in from the Death Room. Her back was to the pole that supported the arch and Soul was standing right in front her with his eyes pointed at the ground. Something was off, she could feel it in his soul wavelength, he was nervous about something but what. What could Soul be nervous about just a few hours ago they had faced down the Kishin Asura, for Death Sake.

"Soul" she finally said with a worried look in her eyes "what's wrong?" Soul took a deep breath, exhaled and lifted his head to look at her. She was a little taken aback by the look in his eyes. It was not a look of sadness but instead a look of longing but longing for what. She thought about it for a moment and blushed, was it a look of longing for her? Soul saw this and smirked, than he began to speak.

"Maka" She locked her eyes with him and held her breath. "The past few months have held some of the craziest moments of my life. Between fighting witches and the kishin, fighting and befriending Crona and my battle with the black blood and the demon within me, it has been a rough ride."

He paused and then grabbed her hand causing her to blush a deeper shade of red. "However" he said staring in to her eyes "I have had some of the best moments of my life in the past months and they have all involved you."

Maka's eyes widen and her face had become so red it was rivaling a fire truck. "A few hours ago" Soul continued, "when you went into my mind to save me and we defeated the demon, I felt something and I know you felt it to."

Maka felt her throat go dry and her mind was racing, he had felt it too, he had felt the love she had for him just as she had felt the love he had for her. Soul leaned in closer and whispered to her "So, now it am just going to say it. Maka, I love you."

She felt tears welling in her eyes as she said, "Oh Soul, I love you too." Soul bent down so their lips were touching each other's and he kissed her. She was shocked at first but soon she closed her eyes as she felt a sensation of pleasure over take her mind. Soul wrapped his arms around her waist as their tongues wrestled inside each other's mouths. Maka felt like she was on a whole another world of her own.

Later she found out that she was in her own little world because she didn't even notice what was happening around her. Tsubaki had told her that it had only taken a few minutes for the rest of the group to realize that she and Soul when missing. They had all started looking for them and their were all shocked to found them kissing underneath the archway. Apparently, Sprit went ballistic and started shouting something about "his little girl" and that he was going to rip Soul limb from limb. When he started running towards them, it took the combined effort of Tsubaki, Blackstar, Kid, Liz, Patty, Crona, Professor Stein, Ms. Marie, Sid, Naigus, Justin Law, and Azusa to hold him back and a Death Chop from Lord Death to stop him. This did line up with what Maka remembered after she and Soul broke their kiss. She had looked to her left to see Sprit, lying on the ground about 10 feet from them with a huge dent in his head and the rest of the group standing behind him, smiling at them.

Suddenly, she heard something in the distance, "Maka? Maaaaaka? Yo, You in there Maka?" Maka snapped out of her daydream to find that she had walk all the way to her locker and that someone was waving a hand in front of her face. She looked past the hand and stared down the person it was attached to. He was of average height with white hair, pointed teeth and deep crimson eyes. He wore a black leather jacket with an orange shirt underneath, grey sacks, black shoes and a black hair band in his hair.

"Soul" She sighed, "Will you please stop waving your hand in front of my face." He just looked over to her, smirked and said, "Only if you tell me what you were thinking about." She rolled her eyes and moved passed his hand only to leaned forward and kiss him on the cheek. Soul was taking by surprise at this but quickly regained his composure and smirked at her "That good, huh" he said. Her face went a bit red as she smiled and said, "I was just thinking about the first time we kissed." At this a broad smile spread across his face as he said, "Did it feel anything like this." Suddenly before Maka could react, Soul had grabbed her arms, gave her a little twirl, put her in a dip and planted a kiss on her lips. Maka welcomed the kiss, it make her feel warm and safe. They held the kiss for a few minutes and than broke it. Soul stared at her, his crimson eyes full of love and longing. Maka chuckled a little and said, "No, the first one was better but that one would be a close second." Soul smirked and leaned in closer so their noses were touching, "Happy anniversary Maka" He said. Maka smiled back at him and said, "Happy anniversary Soul."

"Umm, is this a bad time guys?" Soul and Maka looked in the direction of the voice to find they were looking at a tall girl with a long black ponytail and blue eyes. She was wearing a tan dress with a yellow star over the left breast, a split down the bottom of the left side, a rivet pattern belt and a black cloth hood around her neck. She also wore a pair of grey boots with black leggings and a pair of sweatbands with a yellow star and gold and black striped sleeve on each arm.

Maka smiled and looked up at the girl and said, "Not at all Tsubaki. Soul was just about to let me up." Soul, taking the hint, helped her get back on her feet so she could talk to Tsubaki without being about two feet from the floor. Maka straighten her clothes and looked over at Tsubaki, who was smiling at them.

"You two are soooooo cute together." She said. Maka smirked at her and teased "What about you and your boyfriend?" Tsubaki blushed an extremely bright shade of red as she opened and closed her mouth trying to find what to say. Just than, there was a flash of blue that came from above them. Maka's smirk widened as she when on to say, "Well, speak of the devil."

A boy dropped down from the ceiling and landed in-between herself and Tsubaki. He was shorter that Tsubaki but only a hair taller that Maka. He had blue hair with black eyes and had a star shaped marking on his left arm. He wore a black high collared sleeveless shirt with gray rivet pattern going down the middle. He also wore pair of pants that were white at the top and black at the bottom with the same rivet pattern on the hem, a pair of black figureless gloves with a gray strip with a star on it and a pair of black shoes with white stars on the end.

"Who spoke of the great Blackstar! The man who will surpass god!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. Maka rolled her eyes and said, "I was just asking you girlfriend how cute your two looked together." Blackstar grinned and turned around to put one arm around Tsubaki's waist and leaned her down into a passionate kiss. He broke the kiss and smirked at Maka, "How's that for cute!" Maka looked over at Tsubaki and chuckled at the look on her face, which was a mixture of embarrassment and bliss. Maka still has no clue how she and Blackstar were able to keep they relationship a secret from everyone. In fact, it was four months ago today that while talking about what had happened between her and Soul, Tsubaki accidentally let slip that she and Blackstar had be going out for almost two month. She still remembered how Blackstar practically exploded with excitement at the chance to tell everyone he met about himself and Tsubaki.

Maka was brought back from her thoughts by a long droning voice coming from behind Tsubaki and Blackstar. "Must the four of you kiss each other in public, this is a school after all" the voice said. The four of them turned to look at a group of three people walking towards them. The one in the middle of the group was the one who had spoken up. He was the shortest for the three with bright yellow eyes and black shoulder length hair that sported three distinct white stripes on the right side of his head. He wore a black suit jacket with white dashes coming down from his shoulders and the middle of his jacket. He also wore a white long sleeve shirt with a skull shaped neckpiece fixed to the collar of the shirt underneath his jacket, a pair of black suit pant, a pair of black dress shoes and a skulled shaped ring on each of his hands. He was flanked by two girls on either side of him, both were taller that the boy in the middle but the girl on the right was taller that the girl on the left. The girl on the right had blue eyes and long blond hair. She wore red sleeveless midriff sweater with a small white tie, a pair of blue jeans, a pair of black-heeled boots, two sliver bracelets on each arm and lastly a gray and blue cowboy hat on top of her head. The girl on the left also had blue eyes and blond hair but her hair only reached to her shoulders. She also wore the same midriff, tie, boots, and hat as the girl on the right but instead of blue jeans she wore jean shorts.

Maka stared at the three people who had stop right in front of them and that saw that Blackstar had started to laugh. "Your one to talk Kid" He yelled, "Didn't you get caught a month ago coming out of a closet with Liz and Patty."

"YOU LITTLE BRAT" Liz screamed while waving her arms frantically, "WE TOLD YOU NOTHING HAPPENED IN THERE. WE DUCKED IT THERE BECAUSE KID WAS FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE DAM HALLWAY HAVING ONE MORE DAM LIGHT ON THE LEFT THAT ON THE RIGHT. WE WERE TRYING TO CLAM DOWN THIS DAM OCD FREAK AND AS I SAID NOOOTHING HAPPPENED!" It was at that point that Liz uppercut Blackstar sending him flying back a few feet.

Maka sighed as she watched Tsubaki run over to check if Blackstar was alright and Patty started giggling as she high fived Liz. Maka walked over to her locker and opened it so she could place her school things in. Soul walked over and leaned against the locker next to Maka's. "So" he said "we still on for tonight." Maka smirked and said, "You know I wouldn't miss this night for the world."

Liz cocked her brow having overheard this and said, "What are you two planning on doing tonight, a little action in the bedroom?" Maka's face when bright red and out of the corner of her eye she saw that Soul had a wide grin plastered on his face. She quickly regained her composure and answered Liz's question. "No it is nothing like that. We are just going to dinner to celebrate our four-month anniversary."

Patty chimed in before Liz could respond to what Maka said. "Ahhhhhhh, that is soooooo cute!" giggling as she ended her sentence. Liz just stared at Maka and smirked. "Just remember," she said, "anything can happen after a romantic dinner." Maka's face when red again and she nodded to Liz.

Soul yawned, stretching his hands over his head and turning to Maka. "I'm ready to head home." he said "You coming?" Maka looked over at him and smiled "No, I have to go to the library and return a book." She said as she pulled a book out of her locker. Soul smirked and said "Alright, if you are doing that, than I better go help Tsubaki get Blackstar to the nurse." Maka looked past Soul to see that Blackstar was still lying unconscious on the ground with a very frantic Tsubaki trying to wake him up. "Hey Kidd" Soul said, "Can you give me a hand with Blackstar." Kidd looked over at Blackstar and sighed, "If I must, come on Liz, Patty." Soul and Kid walked over to Blackstar and picked him up by his hands and feet and started to drag him down the hall towards the nurse. Liz and Patty walked over to Tsubaki and started to comfort her as they followed the boys. Liz turned around Maka as she walked away and said, "Have fun tonight." She winked and turned back to the others heading down the hall.

Maka sighed, letting her body relax a little and that she smile. She closed her locker and walk down the hall towards the library as she said too herself "This is going to be the best night ever."

Unknown to Maka, there were three gray mice hiding in a hole found in wall of the hallway. Their were sitting there when they hear a voice it their ear. "Now Mizunes, Don't lose the target." They cheed in response and head off to follow they target.

Hatter Quicktype: Hey guys, I thought I would try this skit thing as a way to put some humor into my story for when it becomes dark and twisted.

Maka: What is this about a target and what do you mean by dark and twisted? (Eyes narrowing suspiciously)

HQ: Maka, How did you find out about that?

Maka: I read your transcript of this chapter when you when to get a snack. Now, I ask again, what is this about a target and dark and twisted future for this story. (Now holding a book threateningly)

HQ: (sweat drop) Now Maka, Let's not do anything hasty now. Wouldn't you rather say goodbye to the fans.

Maka: (Sigh) Hatter Quicktype thanks you for reading this story and asks you to please read, comment, review and let him know what you think. Now Hatter Quicktype, where were we.

HQ: (two sweat drops) Maka, Why is the door locked? Maka?

Maka: (Smiling while holding a book threateningly)