The third chapter guys! And remember, I'm always in progress on the next chapter, so you'll get updates soon! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, Soul Eater, or anything accossiated with either one. I do, however, own the plot of this story.

Maka's POV

We were on our way to Lord Death, with Kid leading, flanked on each side by Liz and Patty. Cloud trailed behind them, and the rest of us took up the rear. Cloud seemed very deep in thought, and the rest of us weren't speaking either. He seemed strange, but what bothered me the
most was his soul. I couldn't put my finger on it, but something was definitely out of place. From what I could tell, his soul was one full of long battles, blood, sadness, losses, and pain. It seemed kind of independent yet full of strength and hope. But there was something else…something was off. I glanced at him. He was staring at the ground, keeping distance between Kid and himself. No one made any move to speak, so I decided to break the silence.

"So, uh, Cloud, is it?" I said, stepping up to walk beside him. He responded with a nod, still looking at the ground. I took this as permission to go on.

"What's it like where you're from?" I smiled.

"None of your business," he responded rather coldly. He then proceeded to tell Kid to 'hurry up'.
Is this what I get for being nice? I decided to try again.

"Okay then, what are you interested in?"

"Why do you care?" he answered, clearly annoyed.

What was with this guy?

I stared him down, but he just ignored me. The nerve! There had to be something he could answer.
I needed to gain some common ground, get us on the same foot.

"So, Cloud," no response, "I noticed that you have a sword, and you look pretty
strong…are you a fighter?"

He seemed to contemplate this, and after a moment answered back with a simple
"Yeah."

"Ahh, that's cool! We're all fighters too!"

This got to him. He glanced back at me, looking really confused.

"…Really? Where are your weapons? And there seems to be no danger to me. What
do you fight?"

I smiled, happy to get a proper response out of him, and proceeded to explain.

-One long explanation later -

After explaining about the kishin, weapons (they even gave a demonstration), and the mess we're currently stuck in, Cloud was speechless. The whole time we were explaining, his face was stuck into what seemed like a permanent WTF. After a long silence, he finally managed;

"What…the…hell!?"

Cloud's POV

"What…the…hell!?"

I was completely and utterly flabbergasted. I mean, who would have thought people could turn into weapons? Where the hell did Sephiroth send me!? I was going to go insane here.

By now, we'd arrived at some sort of building. Reluctant to go inside, I stopped outside the door.

"Is something wrong, Cloud?" asked Soul, crimson eyes burning into me. They reminded me slightly of Vincent's red ones.

Looking around, I shook my head and proceeded to walk inside, with Kid still leading. In their explanation, Tsubaki had mentioned something about an academy. Was this it? Walking further, the lockers confirmed that it was. We walked down the long corridors in silence, passing countless doors. Finally, we arrived at a tall, solid black door with a cartoonish skull on the top. On the middle of the door, in white lettering, were written the words 'Lord Death'.

I figured he must be some kind of school head or something. I mean, if he were actually a Lord then he wouldn't be living in some sort of school, now would he?

Kid opened the door, and we began to walk down a guillotine walkway.

Creepy…

I was beginning to wonder whether visiting someone by the name of 'Death' was such a great idea after all. Anywhere Sephiroth sent me couldn't be any good. The hallway increased my suspicion. Instinctively I reached for my sword, which was still hooked onto my back. Noticing this, Kid assured me that there was nothing to be worried about, but I wasn't so sure. Nevertheless, I let my hand linger on the handle of my sword as we walked.

Arriving at some sort of platform, Kid suddenly stopped. I looked ahead, and all that awaited me was a black mirror with the same skull I saw earlier. Surrounding the platform were a bunch of white, fluffy clouds. Rather jolly for someone named 'Death'. Was this a trap? My grip on the handle of my sword tightened.

Suddenly a black shadow popped out of the mirror. Impulsively I removed my sword from its place on my back and held it to what I believed was the figure's throat.

"Cloud, what are you doing!?" shouted Kid. Everyone else was staring at me, shocked.

Slowly I removed the sword from his – its - throat, but didn't put it back, just in case.

"Hiya, hiya, hiya! Good to see ya, kiddos! And who might this be?" greeted the black thing. He had a skull identical to the one on the door and the mirror. The rest of him was a pointy black abyss. This couldn't be Lord Death, could it? He certainly didn't look human, or like anything else I've ever seen.

"Why hello there, my name's Lord Death, and who might you be?" he said again, a little dramatically. This guy was Death? I expected someone a little more, well, deadly.

"Cloud, Cloud Strife," I replied simply.

"Well, it's nice to meet ya! I'm assuming you've met the gang?" I nodded to this, wanting to get down to business. I needed to get back as soon as possible. Every second I spend here is every second Sephiroth has to destroy the world.

Grimacing, I decided to get straight to the point.

"So who are you exactly? I need to…I mean, I'm kinda stuck here and I need to get back to where I'm from. Are you able to do anything about it Assuming you're some Lord or something."

"Well, if you're stuck then you have no place to stay right? I'll arrange something!"

"No, I need to get back to where I'm from, not get a place to stay."

"Hey kiddo! Why don't you let Cloud here stay at Gallows Manor? It'll be fun!"

"No, no, you're not getting it! I don't need a place to-"

"Sure you do! I'll make all the arrangements for you. So what do you say, Kid?"

"It's fine with me, Liz, Patty?"

"Yeah, he can stay with us," "YEAH!"

Oh…my…God!

I was getting really frustrated by this point. I was stuck with a bunch of kids, people who can turn into weapons, a jolly 'Lord', a city in the middle of nowhere, and a bunch of evil monsters that can pop up out of nowhere. I was going to have a real blast.

The fourth chapter will be out soon. Be sure to review while you're already here! :) And I hope you enjoyed.