Well, this may have taken quite a while, mm? Or at least by my standards. The next chapter wil come out by next week...hopefully :'). Also, there's an OC in this chapter, but she won't be of any importance further on in the story, so don't worry. Well, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, Soul Eater, or anything assocciated with either one. I do, however, own the plot of this story.
Maka's POV
The sun's laughter echoed into the sky as Soul and I were climbing up the long set of stairs which led to the DWMA. Once I told him what Lord Death had told me about our mission, all he did was moan and groan about how much he wanted to stay home and play video games all day.
Even now, as we were nearing the DWMA's doors, he trudged up the stairs beside me groaning on about how tired he was and how he just wanted to sleep in.
"Why do we always have to go on missions? Can't we have a break once in a while? I mean, serio-OW! What was that for!?" Soul grabbed his head whimpering as I stood over him, a book being held threateningly in my hand.
"For being such a baby!" I retorted.
Glancing up, I noticed that we had arrived at the school doors. Giving Soul one more glare, I stepped up and pushed open the big skull doors.
The first thing I noticed was that Liz, Patty and Kid were already there, walking ahead of us. I began to run to try to catch up with them, but suddenly stopped when I noticed Cloud in front of them.
Huh, I had forgotten about him.
I continued to run up to them, shouting out a "HEY GUYS!" as I did. Liz, Patty and Kid all turned around and waved back, but Cloud proceeded to walk forward. How nice.
Finally having caught up, I turned around and motioned for lazy back there to run up to us, and with a lot of whining he did as I said.
"Headed to Lord Death's room?" I asked to start a conversation. I'll admit, that wasn't the greatest of things to say considering I already knew the answer, but it wouldn't hurt.
"Yes. I wonder what Father has planned?" came Kid's calm reply. Liz and Patty were conversing with Soul about the video game he wanted to play.
"I don't know," at this I began to whisper, "but it's got to be something hard.
I mean, did you even see his soul? It's powerful enough as it is. Imagine what his power in action is like."
"Yes, I know. But that's not what I'm interested in…" Kid had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Huh? Then what are you interested in?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
I really didn't want to wait, but knowing he wasn't going to say anything else, I didn't question further. Instead, I stared at Cloud's back – err, his soul – and tried to make what I could out of it. It was powerful, that I knew…and it also held lots of secrets. Did Kid know something I didn't? I guess I'll just have to find out.
Finally arriving at the tall black doors of the Death Room, we all stopped. Kid walked up front and opened the door with a creak, much to his displeasure. Stepping through the doors, I could only wonder what today would hold.
Liz's POV
We began to walk down the long guillotine hallway. Honestly, no matter how many times I walk down here it will never stop creeping me out.
I noticed that Cloud moved from the front to the back of the group. Ha! He was probably scared too. The mighty Cloud isn't so mighty after all. Kid was, obviously, in front, flanked by Patty and I. Why he insisted we be on both sides will remain a mystery.
Finally we reached the platform, on which stood Lord Death, facing his mirror. He turned around and greeted us all with a happy cheer.
"Hello, hello, hello! Welcome everyone, glad you could come!"
I turned to look at Cloud. His face was priceless.
"I assume you all know of the mission I plan to send you on, correct?"
A unanimous nod waved through us.
"Good! Well, a witch by the name of Isador is terrorizing places across the world. She has gathered an astounding number of human souls, but has not consumed any, considering she is not a Kishin. We have no idea what she plans on doing, but that it's bad is no doubt. Now I'm warning you, this witch is very strong. Possibly as strong as Arachne…ha ha, just kidding," he added, after seeing the looks on our faces.
"Father, this is serious" retorted Kid.
"Oh, lighten up, Kiddo. She will be a challenge, but I assure you that this should be an appropriate test for all of you. I'm looking at you, Cloud."
Looking very confused and annoyed – I could understand that – Cloud glanced up at Lord Death after staring at the floor for so long.
"And it should be even easier with Cloud's materia!"
"Did he have to say it like that?" I heard Kid mumble. What did he know? And what was materia?
Cloud appeared to be glaring at Lord Death. Did I see right? He was glaring, at Lord Death?
Yep, he definitely was. And that was one scary glare.
"Who told you?" he spat. Then, looking at Kid, he glared some more.
"Relax, Cloud. I only told him about the materia. He had a right to know, and so does everyone else." Kid assured him.
"No," Cloud simply replied.
"Um, I'd like to know what's going on here. Materia? Kid's right, if this will help our fight we have a right to know," chimed in Maka.
Sighing, Cloud had a look of defeat and annoyance on his face, but it suddenly changed to a thoughtful one.
"I won't tell you. When the time comes to fight, you'll see for yourself. I don't want to explain, and you'll understand better if I show you," he offered.
"Fine by us. Now, where we headed to?" Despite everything going on, Soul looked bored out of his mind. I guess he's still upset about not being able to stay home and play that video game.
"Rome!" Lord Death announced with a flourish. Maka and Soul grimaced, probably remembering their encounter with the demon sword master, Crona.
"Now, Isador is always on the move, so instead of taking a plane and what not, it's faster to go though my mirror." The mirror showed a beautiful picture of Rome, thankfully not near any important architecture; we wouldn't want to go blowing those up. Much to Maka's and Soul's displeasure, it was in the streets near the church where they met Crona.
"Come on, come on! Step through, everyone!" Lord Death cheered.
One by one we stepped through. Cloud's face was unreadable when it was his turn.
Now, looking out at Rome, a place I'd always wanted to go, I could feel the breeze whipping around me as the sun hung overhead, laughing as it made way for the moon.
Kid's POV
I could sense the witch immediately when we stepped through Father's mirror. It was stronger than I'd expected. Father was right; if we weren't on full guard…I didn't want to know what would happen. But it seems as if Isador was expecting us, which is bad in itself.
"Liz, Patty," I commanded. Seconds later, two shining pistols held firm in my hands, upside down and ready to fire. I looked towards the others. Maka held Soul, and Cloud held his sword at the ready.
"Maka, you can sense that too, can you?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I feel it. Do you know where it's coming from?"
"I think it's…down that way." I pointed northwest from our location, and proceeded to walk in that direction.
"Okay..." I could hear the others' footsteps following close behind me. I continued to focus intently on the soul wavelength of Isador.
Huh!?
It suddenly disappeared! Frantically, I looked all around, trying to catch any trace of her. Suddenly, I felt a severe burning sensation on my back, and whipped around to face the attacker.
No one.
What the hell!? Where was she?
It seemed the others felt the burning as well, because they were each grabbing at themselves to try to ease the pain.
"Ah, ha, ha, ha."
The voice echoed all around us as beams came flying in our direction, some hitting the targets, others missing. I gripped my arm as another yellow beam hit.
"This is magic, right?" I heard Cloud ask as he dodged another beam.
"Yes!" I answered back.
"MBarrier"
Suddenly, a strange green enveloped Cloud as he twirled his sword and tucked it in the case on his back. Strange orange and red symbols surrounded him as well, and a hollow sound echoed throughout the area. Then, the green light spread to the Maka and I.
Is this the materia?
Maka looked confused as well, if not amazed. Our questions were answered when another barrage of yellow beams were shot at us, almost all of them hitting because of how off guard we were. Strangely, they only pinched harmlessly whereas before they burned painfully.
Surprised, I looked towards Cloud, who had his sword back in hand. He glanced at me and gave a sharp nod.
"If the beams start to burn again, tell me and I'll use MBarrier again. After a certain amount of hits it doesn't work as well," he informed us.
I nodded back, as did Maka. We stood at the ready, the beams having stopped firing. Suddenly the witch's wavelength was back, stronger and angrier than before. A shape began to form in front of us, swirling purple and yellow before it moulded into the form of a tall woman wearing a long yellow dress and a purple cloak. Her dark brown hair rested against the small of her back.
"Damn you," was all she said before disappearing again.
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