Okay, so now begins the fourth chapter of my crazy story. I'm quite pleased with how its going so far. I'm actually having a lot of fun with this.

Once again I do not own Soul Eater

Within the depths of a frozen wasteland, a stone ruin, centuries old, stood. Almost no life travelled the dark hallways. Though in the center of the ruin, a shadowed figure sat patiently. Waiting for the answers he so feverishly wished to hear.

"So...Arachnophobia is no more."

"Yes my lord. The Heretic witch is dead. As is Ashura." a womans voice, answered her master's inquirey.

"Hmm, so then... we'll need a new source of madness within the world. A new Kishin... yeeesssss."

The shadowed man seemed only too pleased by the news. He had waited in darkness for over eight hundred years. Instead of fighting the witch Arachne for dominance though, he had preferred to watch, and wait out her death. It had no doubt been her own fault she had failed. Trying to controll a kishin, that was foolish. There was only one way to acheive true insanity.

"Well then, my dearest Lydia." he grinned with wicked intent, "We shall make our first move." Extending a long arm before himself, the man's face grew into a malicious smile, "Go my pets! Be my eyes and ears over the land!"

As soon as the words were spoken, hundreds of black ravens flew from the shadows, and into the night sky. Heading in every direction possible. Lydia watched them, as she cowered in fear of the man she called master. Born as a witch, she feared only the DWMA and lord Death. Although now, she learned to fear this man as well.

Maka sat quietly, reading her book as the others were enjoying another game of basketball. She was grateful she didn't have to participate this time, thanks to Vizy. She watched as the group of friends began their game, and laughed heartilly. Lyall had sat on the sidelines with his meister. Quietly thinking to himself about the events back in the pirates cave. He was aware of the change Ayelis always seemed to go through, whenever the three of them fought together. It bothered him every time, to watch his meister turn into someone so violent. He only wished he knew why the change took place. Ayelis noticed his silence, and stopped her observation of the others to talk to him.

"Lyall? Something wrong?" her eyes were curious, as she watched him.

"I was just thinking is all. I'm fine, really." he smiled back at her.

"...Okay. You just seemed...worried about something." she faced the court again, resuming her servailence of the others as Vizy argued over a foul with Black star.

Lyall sighed, and glanced towards Maka on the other bench. She had been watching them quietly. As her gaze met Lyall's she gave him a nodd, acknowledging the worrysome look he had in regards to his meister. Maka could sense the disturbance in Ayelis' soul, and it had left her concerned as well. She had been surprised that no one else seemed to notice it as much, or maybe they just hadn't said anything about it. Even Kid hadn't been aware of it completely, and if Vizy was, he certainly didn't let on about it.

Maka was stewing deep in her thoughts. So much so that she failed to notice the large orange ball, heading in her direction.

"MAKA! Look Out!" Soul yelled, but it was too late.

The basketball had made a direct hit. There sat Maka, her book on the ground, and her face nearly flattened. Ayelis and Lyall both cringed, at the look on Maka's face. Someone was going to get hurt for this one. Soul had a bad feeling that it was going to be him.

"Aw crap. The bookworm is pissed." Vizy only seemed half concerned, but he received a menacing glare from Maka. Which effectively shut him up.

"Who...threw...it?"

The entire group pointed at Soul, and backed away from the raging beast that was once their friend Maka. How many times she hit him with that book, none of them could really keep track of. Once she calmed down though, all of them had to laugh about it. Ayelis couldn't beleive, that just days before, she was a nobody. In a school for people with extraordinary abilities, she had felt out of place for so long. Now here she was, having fun with her friends. It had taken her this long just to figure it all out. She was a meister, and she also had her own abilities to contribute. She smiled wide, as the others all opted to go for ice cream. It was their time off. Lord Death had told them all to take it easy for a day, before sending them out again on their mission. They were just teenagers after all.

"So who's buying?" Black star asked in his usual blunt manner.

"Well, Kid's team lost two out of three, soooo." Vizy gave a wicked grinn towards Kid.

"As long as you leave my paintings alone! I don't care!" Kid nearly had a heart attack from their threats earlier.

"Relax dude. We won't touch em. But Ice creams on you and I want a huge sunday!" Vizy grinned.

"I'll be getting an even bigger one!" Black star boasted his status even through the size of a sunday.

Ayelis laughed at her friends. Things always seemed so bleak before now. She was enjoying the company. It was like a whole other part of her was being let out whenever the others were around. She had no idea, how right she was. Lyall and Maka only hoped, they could figure out the problem, before things got out of hand.

lord Death had told both him and Maka, that he knew about Ayelis's irregular soul wavelengths. He had asked Maka to keep a close eye on her, and for Lyall to do his best to surpress her if the need arose. Vizy was present, but never said a word. He only nodded in agreement, like he couldn't bare to hear such horrible news about his miester. He wasn't as smart as his brother, but he certainly understood everything they had discussed.

The group of students returned to Maka's appartment for drinks and snacks. Blair had been busy all day trying to prepare everything for them all. She had wanted to help them relax a bit, so the frisky feline took it upon herself to whip up a few things. She was alwasy dressed in such skimpy clothing though, it was hard for Vizy and Soul to hold in the torrential nosebleeds that threatened to pour out at any moment. Kid and Lyall were visibly disturbed with red faces, and of course it didn't seem like Black star really cared. Maka however, was ready to kill the cat.

"Blair, would it be too much to ask that you put some cloths on!" the pigtailed girl fumed.

"I have cloths on Maka." Blair only smiled.

"You know what I mean!"

"Maka, relax, she's not hurting anyone really." Ayelis tried to calm the girl down.

"It really makes me wonder sometimes. How much you boys can handle, hey Patty?"Liz looked over at her younger sister.

"Hahaha! They're all bloody!"

Liz chose to ignore her sister, as usual. It was fairly obvious the amount of maturity the boys had, and for at least a couple of them that wasn't much. At a certain point though, that tends to go out the window. Ayelis sighed heavily. At least only one of her partners was really a pervert. Although the ammount of times they had each walked in on her in the shower, made her question that. Living with two boys could be a real pain in the ass sometimes.

"You men... I'll never understand."Maka huffed.

"Trust me Maka, I know how you feel there." Ayelis had an unamused look, as she watched Patty poke at Vizy lying on the floor.

Their day of rest passed quickly, and before long the sun had come up. It was time for the group to head out again. This time conducting a thorough investigation of the cave, and the area surrounding it. If there was a witch involved, they would have to uncover something. The town near the cave had been a little useful. Lots of people had mentioned seeing a suspicious woman around town and the cave, but no other details could be found. The group walked through town, hoping that they would find a lead of any kind. Instead, they soon uncovered an interesting fact about one of their members.

"Hey guys look there!" Maka pointed to a shop on the corner. With a tasty looking display in the window.

"Wow, its a chocolate shop." Liz seemed intrigued by the thought of a quick snack.

"...chocolate...shop?"

Ayelis' voice was low, and her face unreable at first. At the mention of chocolate though, she gained a hungry and excited look. Almost as if possessed by the need of a sweet treat. Lyall slapped a hand to his forhead, knowing exactly what was about to happen, and Vizy seemed interested to watch it.

"Umm, Ayelis? Are you all right?" Maka only watched her, stepping slowly away from the crazed looking girl.

"This happens every time." Lyall stated.

"What does? Is she going to be okay?" Tsubaki was worried.

"She'll be fine, but she may get sick by the end of it." Vizy answered, scatching the back of his neck.

Maka was about to ask what he meant, but she was cut off. Ayelis burst out into a run, headed strait for the chocolate shop. She was laughing like a child, as she ran through the door of the shop. Ayelis stared longingly at all the sweets displayed in front of her, practically drooling at the sight. The others all caught up with her, wondering what had gotten into their companion. Lyall had to explain, when they were speachless from the image before them.

"Like I said, this happens every time she's around chocolate." he shook his head sighing.

"She's got one hell of a sweet tooth, is what he's trying to say." Vizy made the explanation clear.

"You're kidding right? She freaks out over candy?" Soul looked like he would burst out laughing at any moment.

"Not candy, just chocolate. Cakes, pudding, bars. As long as it's chocolate, she goes gaga." Lyall corrected.

The entire group nearly lost themselves in laughter, as Ayelis continued to swoon over all the different types of chocolate treats. Lyall and Vizy had to purchase a few things in order for them to even budge their meister from the display case. Pretty soon the group was outside again, and Ayelis was enjoying her treats. Blissfully unaware of her surroundings for the moment. Liz was highly amused by the comical scene. It reminded her of what she and Patty often went through. Although this was much milder and easier to deal with. The search for the witch continued, as they all made their way through town, and back towards the cave.

Inside, there was still an eeri feeling cast through the place. Any evidence of their previous visit was already gone. Which in itself was strange. It was like someone had cleaned it all up, there wasn't a trace of any battle with the zombie captain.

"Wow, this is so strange." Maka looked around curiously.

"It's like nothing was ever here to begin with." Tsubaki walked causiously.

"It would take more than two days to clean up the mess that disgusting creature left behind here. Something seems off."

Kid scanned the cave carefully, looking for anything that might give them a clue as to what had happened after they left. He found nothing though, and as the others searched, they too came up with nothing.

"Whoever did it, did a pretty damn good job of hiding it." Vizy stood with his arms crossed. Even he was annoyed by the situation.

"What do you propose we do now? There aren't any other leads we can go by at this point." Ayelis was somewhat dissapointed. She had hoped they would uncover some kind of hint about the witch. Instead they found nothing. Leaving both her and Maka with an unsettling feeling.

They had no other choice but to return to Death City. Their search had been inconclusive at best. Which meant they still needed to find out about the witch. This was probably not the only place she would show up at, so they would have to watch their step from here on, if she knew they were on her case.

As the others all walked ahead, Ayelis remained closest to the back of the group. Her eyes directed firmly towards the ground as she walked. Lord Death had another mission for them to start whenever they got back, but she felt a pang of guilt for not being able to complete this task. Liz looked back at her, slowing her pace to match the smaller girl. Sure she had been scared out of her witts to come back here, but it was Ayelis that was under a lot of pressure.

"Hey... you gonna be all right?" Liz matched her steps with Ayelis. both of them tagginng slightly behind the rest.

"Yes. It wasn't like we needed to actually find the witch this time." she frowned," But still. I wish we could have found something."

"Cheer up Ayelis. Things could be worse you know." Liz smiled, then cringed with her next thought, "There could have been more of those zombie pirates hanging around."

"Liz is right you know. We could've had a lot worse things happen." Lyall stood waiting for the two girls to catch up. Behind him were Vizy, Kid and Patty who seemed happily entertained by two pitch black feathers she had found.

"Maybe we should follow her example? Patty never seems to let things get her down, you know?" Liz smiled at her younger sister, who was pretending now, that the feathers were wings.

"YAHOOO! Come on you slowpokes!" Black star interupted their peaceful discussion, "Yeah I'm the first one back to town! ME BLACK STAR!"

"Were we really competeing?" Ayelis wasn't sure.

"No. Thats just his moronic way doing things." Kid glared at his obnoxious team mate, "Come on, lets just get going. I'm sure my father will be glad to hear from us. Regardless the outcome of this trip."

"Great. Back on that tin can they call a plain." Vizy rolled his eyes, "Dammit! My ass is sore from sitting still for fourteen friggin hours already!"

"It'll be sore for another reason if you don't move it!" Liz snapped at him. All she really wanted to do right now was go home. This entire cave mission had her losing her mind and her skin crawling.

Another seven hours later, and the students were back in Death City again. Ayelis felt defeated in a way. The first half of her assignment she passed, but this half she couldn't find anything that they had been looking for. When Lord Death explained that he hadn't intended for them to necessarily bring anything back, she seemed a little better.

"It was enough evidence to find the whole place wiped clean. I find it more suspicious than if everything were still there, and still you found nothing." the reaper tilted his head, "You came back with the proof we needed. Something definitely occured there."

"I suppose that does make sense."Ayelis stared thougtfully into nothing. Trying to process what he had just told her.

"In any case, you kids did a fine job. I'll allow all of you a days grace period before resuming classes." Lord Death pointed towards the door,"Now then, dismissed."

The grim Reaper knew very well that they were exsausted. He had more assignments for the group, but they could wait for a couple days. At least he hoped they could. One case was beginning to worry him quite a bit. He had sent Sid in on reconnisance, and the report he recieved from the Zombie teacher hadn't been a pleseant one. A cannibalistic tribe, up in the mountains, had given birth to something most people only heard stories about. It had to be stopped, and soon.

It was dark out, and the others had all retreated to their homes. Ayelis walked slowly behind her weapons, still concerned with what they had discovered. Someone was trying to cover something up, and it was painfully obvious that it would be relevent to their next Lessons. She only hoped that the next one would uncover something more about it all. She sighed, as she walked starring blankly ahead of herself in thought. Apparently she didn't think paying attention to where she was going, was really that important. The two had stopped just ahead of her, and both her weapons watched as she passed them by. Lyall trying desperately to warn her, but Vizy held his mouth shut, snickering. Ayelis heard the noise, and turned her head just in time to catch a glimps of her weapons struggling with one another.

"What is so fu...AaaaaaaaCK!" was the verbal shock they heard from their meister.

She didn't have time to recover, as she had zoned out while walking. A pure white cat had been lying in her way, and of course she failed to notice it. A loud hiss was heard from the feline as she stepped on the poor creature's tail. As if this wasn't bad enough, she lost her balance. Tripping on the edge of the sidewalk, and falling face first into the cobblestone beneath her. Vizy was in hysterics, as he watched the whole event. His brother however, was a little more restrained with his snickers. Lyall felt bad, but it was rather humerous.

The cat had barely dodged the falling form, but it didn't flee from the scene. It simply watched in amusement, as Ayelis crashed to the ground. The girl lifted her face from the stone, finding herself starring into the feline's pale blue orbs. It blinked twice, then meowed happily, as if it was glad for some odd reason.

"Hey, I think the furball likes you Ayelis." Vizy commented on the animal's behavior,"I don't see why though. You just tramped on it's tail."

"Vizy come on. Leave her alone will you?" Lyall had moved to help his meister up. She winced only a little, as it was more her pride that was hurt.

"I'm okay, really. Just a scratch." she smiled weakly.

The cat had now started rubbing against her leg, purring loudly as it was begging for attention. Ayelis couldn't exactly refuse, since it had been her fault for the little incident to begin with. So she bent down to scratch behind the feline's ears. It purred even louder in delight, nudging her hand and looking up at her. She couldn't help but let out an 'awww' at the little fluffball.

"I think we're stuck with it." Vizy's expression was flat. He didn't hate cats, but he wasn't that fond of them either.

"Well if Ayelis wants it then why not?" Lyall only shrugged. It didn't bother him, but knowing it annoyed his brother was enough for him to agree to taking the white ball of fur in.

Ayelis had already decided she would bring the cat home. It seemed to like her, and she quickly developed an affection for it. She picked the up the little purring creature and instantly it curled into her bosom. Nudging a snuggling into her chest, as she carried it with them back to their appartment. Vizy was protesting the entire way home, and Lyall simply smirked with contentment. Any time he got the upper hand on his brother, he enjoyed it.

When the group finally arrived back home though, they were in for a surprise. Not long after they had gotten in the door, Ayelis set the cat down to let it explore. It sat down in front of her, almost looking like it had a huge grin on it's face. Vizy eyed the little furball suspiciously, feeling that something wasn't quite right about it. There was a glint of mischeif in the feline's eyes, and both boys seemed to notice it. Lyall was starting to think that maybe taking in the cat, wasn't such a good idea.

"Whats wrong with you two?" Ayelis wasn't exactly sure what was taking place.

"I think we should get rid of it." Vizy answered coldly. "I don't trust the damn thing."

"Oh for the love of... Vizy it's a cat for crying out loud!"

As soon as her outburst came from her lips, the cat showed a toothy grin and all three humans were blinded by a puff of light blue smoke. Waving the smoke away, and coughing a few times, Vizy was the first to recover. What he saw made him regret letting Ayelis bring the furball back with them, very...much.

Standing in the place where the cat had been, was now a tall young man. Dressed in a sharp black shirt, and white pants. Cat-like ears poked out from his head, as two pale blue eyes stared out from under pure white locks. Ayelis finally stopped coughing long enough to see what was going on, and she deadpanned. Was this the little white feline that had been in her arms not moments before?

"Uh...What just happened?" she was starting to think maybe she should have listened to Vizy.

"Dammit! I told you that cat wasn't right!" said weapon now continued to argue his point, "He's no cat at all! Friggin Perv!"

"Please don't be angry. Allow me to introduce myself." the smooth voice came as a surprise to the trio. "My name is Loup, and I am truly grateful for you having allowed me into your home mistress."

"Mistress? What in the world?" Lyall was just as dumbfounded as his meister, but was quick to get defensive when he saw what came next.

Loup took Ayelis's hand, bringing it to his lips in a gentlemanly fashion. The girl's face turned a shade of crimson that put roses to shame. She was embarrassed for several reasons. One, she had never been treated like that in her life. Two, obviously the cat was male, and had magic of his own, and three. She had just carried him home in her arms as he had been snuggled against her breasts the entire time. This was quite the shocker for the axe trio. Ayelis had proceeded to fall unconscious on the floor. Lyall went to her side to see if she was all right, while Vizy had started shouting profanities like there was no tomorrow at their new house guest.

Haha! And another chapter done. I love messing with my little Ayelis. Loups first appearance ^_^ Slick little kitty isn't he?

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