Please Remember Me

Chapter 6-Another Piece of the Puzzle

Soul's POV

I woke up the next morning. I needed to talk to Spirit. The girl in the newspaper clipping looked just like Maka's protector, but Maka's protector was older. I need to find out. I hurried to the bathroom and took a quick shower. After my shower, I got dressed, got my hair into my usual style, and got breakfast started. After breakfast was ready, I went to Maka's bedroom door and knocked. I didn't heard anything. I slowly twisted the knob and opened the door. I peeked in and saw Maka still sleeping. I quietly walked up to Maka's bed. I knelt next to her and grabbed her hand. I closed my eyes and cleared my mind. I was transported into Maka's mind. I walked up to another door. There were about I heard a click. I grabbed the handle and twisted it. It opened, and I walked in. I saw Maka who looked around four years old playing with Black*Star and another four year old girl who looked like the protector just younger. I was surprised. I watched them play for a few more minutes until I felt a tug on the back of my shirt. The handle of the door jerked out of my hands while I fell to the ground.

"What the hell?!" I looked up to see the protector standing in front of me. She shut the door.

"I told you that you don't belong here. What are you doing here?" She growled.

"Look, I told you already that I'm here to bring Maka back. We miss her. I miss her." I said as I got up.

"She is happy in the darkness. NOW LEAVE BEFORE I MAKE YOU!"

"Bring it on! I'm not leaving without Maka!" I said as my right arm turned into a scythe.

"Fine, you want to do it the hard way. I'm not going easy on you. If you really want Maka back, you will have to fight me."

"I don't really want to fight you, but if it is the only way I can bring Maka back, I will fight you. Maka means the world to me." I stated as I charged at the protector. She jumped out of my attack. A sword appeared out of nowhere in her hands. She charged after me with it. I managed to moved out of the way as the protect swung the sword down. It got stuck into the ground. I came up to get her, but she kicked me in the chest, and I stumbled back a little. She finally managed to pull the sword out of the ground. She came to charged to me again, and I blocked it with my scythe arm. She kept on swinging, and I kept on blocking her attacks. I could tell she was getting tired as sweat poured off her face. She was breathing really hard.

"Ready to give up?" I asked.

"NEVER! I told you that I wasn't going make this easy on you." She said as she tried to lift the sword. She couldn't lift it no more then a few inches off the ground.

"Look, I don't want to fight you anymore. I just want to find Maka, and bring her back to me. Back to everyone who loves her. "

"If you want her back so badly, you are going have to find her." The protector growled. She threw the sword on ground and began to walked away. She stopped and turned her head over her should and looked at me.

"Just because you won this fight, this isn't over. As long as you keep coming here, I will fight to protect her." The protector said as she turned her head back and began to walked away again. I watched the protector as she continued walking away just to make sure she didn't turned around and attacked me out of nowhere. I saw a door appeared in front of her. She opened the door and walked through it. The door closed behind her and disappeared.

(Still Soul's POV)

I finally opened my eyes. I was back in Maka's room. I looked over at Maka who was still sleeping. I gently started shaking her to wake her up.

"Five more minutes." Maka mumbled. I chuckled softly.

"Maka, it is time to get up. Breakfast is ready." Maka opened her olive-green eyes. She blinked a few times and looked at me.

"Good Morning, Soul." Maka said as she sat up.

"Good Morning to you too, Maka. How did you sleep?"

"I slept pretty well."

"That is great to hear."

"I just had a memory of Black*Star, this other girl, and I were playing, but I can't remember who was that girl. She looked like someone I used to know. I don't know."

"Don't worry about it. It will come back to you. Now, let's go eat before breakfast gets cold." I suggested. Maka threw the blanket off of her, got up, stretch, and started to head out the door with me following. She had a smile on her face.

Maka sat down at the table. I began to put food on her plate when we heard pounding on the front door.

"OPEN THIS DOOR! YOUR GOD ORDERS YOU TO!" Black*Star yelled. I put the frying pan down and went to the door to open it for them. Black*Star rushed past me to the table.

"Good morning, Soul." Tsubaki said politely.

"Good morning, Tsubaki and Black*Star." I replied back only to see that Back*Star was at the table with Maka. I knew that wasn't good. Tsubaki came in, I shut the door, and we headed to the table. I heard Maka laughing really hard until she fell out of her chair. I ran to her side in no time. She was holding her sides and still laughing with tears rolling down her face.

"Are you ok, Maka?" I asked worried. I was scared that she hurt herself. Maka's laughter died down enough, so she could finally talked.

"I'm fine, Soul. Black*Star here was telling me something really funny. Soul, are you ok?" Maka asked as he face went to happy to worried look I sighed and smiled.

"As long as you are ok, I'm fine. I just don't want you to get hurt." I said.

"More than you are already is." I thought. Maka giggled a little and reached up and gave me a quick kiss on my lips. She got up and sat back down. I looked at her, and she looked back with me with those olive-green eyes. She looked like she was happy. I got up.

"I need to make a quick call. Tsubaki, can you keep an eye on Maka?" I asked. I knew it would be a bad idea if I asked Black*Star to watch Maka. I was afraid that Maka would get hurt more.

"Sure, Soul. I will tidy up the kitchen a little bit."

"Thanks Tsubaki. I went into my room and shut the door. I pressed eight on the phone. It dialed Kid's number. After eight rings, Kid picked up.

"Hello Soul! What's up?"

"Hi Kid. I'm wondering if you could watch Maka while I go talk to Spirit."

"I can't. We got a mission today. Sorry."

"It is ok. Thanks anyway."

"I'm really sorry, Soul. How about Black*Star and Tsubaki?"

"I can trust Tsubaki, but Black*Star kinda worries me. What if he causes Maka to get hurt? All the work that I did so far will be for nothing."

"True, but it is them or take her with you, and we know Spirit will just make Maka upset."

"You are right, Kid, and we don't want Maka to be upset. Well, call me when you get back."

"I will, and keep me posted on Maka."

"I will. I promise. Bye for now."

"Bye." Kid said as he hung up the phone. I hung up my phone, put into my pocket, and pulled opened my bedroom door. I heard Maka laughing. It was great to her laughing. I missed her laugh.

"Hey, Black*Star? Can you come over here for a minute?" I yelled.

"What's up, Soul?" Black*Star came up to me. I let him into my room and shut the door.

"I need to talk to Spirit. Can you and Tsubaki watch over Maka while I'm gone?"

"Sure, Soul. After all, Maka is like a little sister to me." Black*Star stated. He turned his head to my desk. I forgot about the newspaper clippings on my desk. His eyes grew big.

"How and where did you get these?" He asked as he picked up the clippings.

"Spirit dropped them off the last time he came over. Why? Is there something you know about the girl?"

"Yes, I do. She was one of Maka's and mine best friends. Don't let Maka see these."

"Why?"

"It will break her heart again."

"Do you know what happen?"

"Her name was..."

Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. Things have been really crazy, but I'm hoping I will have the next chapter out soon.