Hey guys, long time, no see! A new chapter for all of you lovely patient people!
Disclaimer- I don't own Soul Eater. But you already new that. :D
When the gang awoke from their restless slumber, Maka and Tsubaki went to re-wrap Maka's leg, considering the gash on her calf bled through the old bandage. They were a little ways away from their little shelter and Tsubaki noticed something she didn't like.
The skin surrounding the gash was turning an angry, irritated red, and the gash itself was still wet with blood. The bleeding has slowed but the cut was still deep, so it was still bleeding. Without proper medical equipment and cleaning supplies, how was this supposed to heal properly? A little tube of Neosporin and some gauze were not going to cut it.
Tsubaki met Maka's eyes, "Maka, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." She said simply.
"How are you feeling, really?" Tsubaki said seriously.
Maka hesitated for a minute, and then carefully said, "Tired. I also have a small headache, but that's just because of the lack of water. Other than that, I'm fine!"
"What about your leg?"
"…Um, it kind of hurts." Maka said, looking at her leg.
That's a total understatement. Maka thought grimly. She didn't want to worry her friend though.
"Okay. Let's go back." Tsubaki smiled.
Maka smiled back.
The two girls walked back, or Tsubaki walked and Maka sort of half walked and half limped, over to the site. Black*Star was trying to get the fire going again and Soul and Kid were watching him in amusement. Patty was coloring something in a coloring book that she retrieved from her bag. Liz was still sleeping, dead to the world.
Black*Star stopped what he was doing, "Hey guys!"
"Hi Black*Star!" Tsubaki greeted.
"Hey, how are you doing with the fire?" Maka said, feigning innocence.
Black*Star narrowed his eyes, "I am perfectly fine." He started again with the fire, but then smashed his thumb with the stone, "OW, that fudging hurt!"
Soul raised a brow, "Fudging?"
"Yeah, fudging. You got a problem with the way I talk, albino?"
"Wait Black*Star, I don't think that is a strong enough word to use. Don't you want to express what you are feeling with another word?" Maka said, cutting off what Soul was about to say, which was not going to be a very nice.
"Nope, I'm good. Hey Maka, you wanna give this fire a go? I bet-!"
"NO! No more bets!" Soul exclaimed.
"You know what? Sure, I'll probably make a fire faster than you anyways." Maka walked over to the nylon bag full of the emergency food and other necessities. She took out the hunting knife.
The guys and Tsubaki looked at Maka questioningly. She was planning to use the knife to create sparks, and hopefully the sparks will catch the kindling. Like when Brian used the hatchet to make a fire in the book, Hatchet.
And it would have worked too, if it weren't for the fact that Maka nicked her finger with the knife, "OW, holy fudging cheese and crackers!" She leaped up and jumped around in pain, waving her hand around.
The cut was like a paper cut. It was painful, yet not severe.
"Don't you want to use a more stronger word, Maka?" Black*Star was laughing uncontrolably. He glad that the tables have finally turned on someone else.
Soul rushed over and took the knife away from her, "Yeah, we are keeping you away from sharp objects."
Maka pouted, sucking on her finger to keep the cut from stinging so much. Soul got a band aid from the first aid kit and wrapped it around her index finger.
He desperately wanted to just hold her hand…
Nope, not going to think about that. It's not cool.
"I could have done it myself." Maka grumbled childishly.
Kid and Tsubaki shook their heads. Maka can be really dense sometimes, no matter how smart she is. Soul obviously didn't like to see her in pain.
"What the hell is up with all of the noise?"
Black*Star ceased laughing. They slowly turned to see a very angry Liz standing in front of them. She looked like someone who had just stayed up all night and just went to bed, only to be woken up five minutes later to go to school.
"Uh oh, you woke Big Sis up!" Patty giggled.
"Good morning Liz! Would you like some blueberries?" Tsubaki offered calmly.
"Before you make any rash movements Liz, I just wanted to say that I had absolutely nothing to do with all of the noise." Kid said defensively.
"Yeah, it was all those two, right there." Soul pointed at Black*Star and Maka.
"Way to throw us under the bus, dude." Maka muttered.
Black*Star was looking up at the sky. The clouds were suddenly very interesting…
Liz narrowed her eyes. She then sighed and massaged her temples in annoyance.
This was not a great way to wake up.
"Whatever." Liz went to go nibble on some blueberries and everybody else was silent. Patty had abandoned her coloring book and was now sitting next to her sister.
"…Well, might as well make something else to hunt with." Black*Star took the knife from Soul, picked up a big stick, and began to saw off pieces of wood, completely ditching the idea of a fire.
Liz realized something, "Hey Maka, you have a band aid on your finger! What happened?"
Maka muttered something about how stupid knives were and retrieved her book, not answering Liz's question, glaring at the pages.
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"Ha, yes!" Black*Star held up a freshly carved spear.
The spear was about four feet tall and the tip was carved to a sharp point.
It has been about thirty minutes and everybody was bored out of their mind. Black*Star made everyone agree that they would not leave to go looking for more food until he was done with whatever he was doing.
Apparently he was making a spear.
"Do you even know how to use that thing?" Soul questioned.
"Sure I do! You just throw it…and stuff."
"That's reassuring." Soul muttered.
"Do you want to go and test it out, Black*Star?" Tsubaki asked.
"Yeah, I do! Come on guys and follow your amazing savior! YAHOO!" Black*Star dashed away to who knows where. The gang followed him.
The gang walked until they saw little brown squirrel, gnawing on some kind of nut. Black*Star surprisingly snuck up quietly behind it. He whacked it on top of the head with the butt of the spear.
The squirrel fell over.
"Poor squirrel…" Patty said sadly.
"Eh, I'm not a big fan of squirrels anyways." Soul said, shrugging.
"Does anyone not notice that he just whacked a squirrel on top of the head? He didn't even use the spear properly!" Maka exclaimed. Kid nodded his head in agreement.
"Does that matter? We have food now!" Black*Star retorted.
"Are you sure it's even dead?" Kid said, looking at the squirrel.
Black*Star poked it, "Yup, it's dead."
"Do we actually have to eat this thing?" Liz disdainfully said.
"Squirrel meat actually tastes like a flavorless roast beef when cooked. It's not that bad." Maka said.
Liz looked exasperated, "How do you even know what that tastes like?" She pointed at the dead squirrel.
"…I might have tried some before…"
Everyone just stared at her. Maka looked very uncomfortable with all of the raised eyebrows and weird looks she was getting.
"Let's just go back! We're doing better with food than I thought we would!" Tsubaki exclaimed, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, let's go." Kid concurred.
When they got back, Patty started up the fire and Black*Star went to work on skinning the captured food. The fire was ready to go and Black*Star was already far along with skinning it. He was astonishingly good at skinning animals. Maka wasn't sure whether to grateful or worried.
Maka then looked back at their camp site. Something seemed off…
She shrugged her shoulders and went to sit down.
A few hours into the day and the gang was stuffed with delicious squirrel. Maka was right; it did taste like flavorless roast beef.
The gang was currently lying on the ground, looking serenely up at the sky.
"Hey Black*Star?"
"Yeah Maka?"
"What do you see when you look up at the sky?"
He was quiet for a moment then said, "Well, I see a bunch a fluffy white clouds. That one over there looks like a giant monkey on a tricycle, holding a katana." He pointed at the said cloud. "I think that giant monkey wants a bigger purpose in life. I mean, all it does is flow through a continuous cycle of rain, condensation, and evaporation."
Soul, Kid, and Liz were speechless, baffled that Black*Star, the guy that failed twelfth grade twice, had something that was so deep and intelligent. Patty was looking at the clouds also, trying to find a giraffe that was like the monkey.
"Black*Star, that was so beautiful!" Tsubaki exclaimed.
Black*Star smiled contently to himself.
Maka stayed silent for a while. She finally said, "Well, that's all fine and dandy Black*Star, but what I see is that the shelter is gone."
Awkward silence.
"…Huh." Was all Black*Star said in return.
The little alcove in the hill was evened out and the roof Black*Star built was completely gone.
"I wonder how the shelter disappeared." Liz questioned.
"I saw some marks by the wall." Maka said.
"Maybe it was a bear…" Soul thought out loud, "Or a moose."
Maka gave him an odd look, "A moose in the Appalachian Mountains?"
Soul shrugged, "It could have gotten lost." Maka rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I said anything…" Liz mumbled.
"We should probably go find a better place to live." Kid reasonably said.
"Yeah." They all nodded in agreement.
So, I hope you like the filler chapter! I mean, no one likes a boring filler, so I tried to make it as humorous as possible. I killed off the squirrel because I don't like squirrels. They are EVIL! Well, in my neiborhood, anyways...
And I am not sure what squirrel tastes like, I was just going buy what my friend's dad said. So... yeah
And I am going to be closing the poll on Sunday, June 3rd. Or in that general time frame anyways.
Review and tell me what you think!