Soul Eater Chronicles Episode 13: Parting of Old Friends!

Author's Note: Wow, to have multiple views and comments only a day after my post... *sniff* I am touched. Though I'm a guy, I still feel like shedding a tear or two... Anyways, thank you all for your support! So here's a NEW Chapter! Please read and enjoy!

"What the heck was her problem?" grumbled a bruised and battered Soul as he staggered along the hallway. He distinctly remembered arguing with Maka over something important before an all too familiar reaction ensued and made everything go dark.

"Wow! This place is really big! It's even bigger than that spider-place!" the voice of a child echoed throughout the empty hall. Soul turned around and saw two people heading towards him. One was a small young girl dressed in a witch costume, while the other was a grown man in his mid-20s. In contrast to her colorful attire, the man's clothes were bland and shabby. The only thing worth noting about this person was the word 'OSAMURAI' emblazed on the left breast of his sweatshirt—THAT and the fact that he was holding a katana. Though it was safely sealed in a scabbard made of strong lacquered wood, it was still something to behold and be cautious of. It was at this moment that Soul felt as though he should already know this long-haired person. Perhaps Black Star mentioned him once, he wasn't sure.

Anyway, since he had never seen a pre-schooler within the main campus, Soul could only assume that the man was the girl's father, an alumni maybe, and that she was being shown around.

Truly enough, the young lass ran from door to door, eagerly wanting to see the inside of every classroom she came upon. With such vigorous actions, she was likened to a ball of energy just bouncing around the place. Seeing such an adventurous personality, Soul couldn't help but smile. This greatly reminded him of the childhood he once had.

Just then, the little girl noticed him, a strange man looking at her with a weird grin on his face. With this, it was quite understandable that she screamed, "PERVERT!" and then...

WHACK!

Only a second was needed for Soul to realize what had happened before he, "AAAAAAAAAAAH!" bent over and curled up in agony. Just like Black Star, Soul had also been brought down by a kick to his precious man-parts. "Whack in the sack", "the blow down low", it's called by many names. But the facts were these: a wicked assault on something so poor, innocent, fragile and defenseless as the twins was nothing short of evil! Sacrilege! Blasphemy! No word could truly express the outright murder of morality that occurred when Soul was forced to stare into the abyss of impotency and return as half the man he used to be.

"Angela!" her companion stopped her before she could deliver a second devastating kick. "Are you alright?" he asked Soul.

"No," he whispered, a little out of breath. He dug his right hand into his pants and searched around. Then, he was suddenly shocked. "One! I count only one!" he immediately cringed upon touching the swollen orb. As stated before, he was half the man he used to be.

Even though he had never experienced it himself, Mifune could already imagine the amount of pain Soul was enduring. He wanted to offer him a swift and painless release from the suffering, but couldn't due to the promise he made to Angela prior to entering the school. So, in the end, Mifune could only offer his sincere condolences at the great loss.

Meanwhile, further ahead, another commotion had already begun...

"What are you talking about! Where's Maka?"

"I-I don't know," cowered a frightened Chrona. She had just gotten outside and into the schoolyard. She only looked back for a second to check if someone was following her when she accidentally ran into someone else. She fell backwards and hit her butt on the hot sandstone ground.

She tried to apologize to whomever it was she hit, but the glaring sun behind him did not permit her from seeing his face. All she could tell was that he wore a loose black garb similar to those worn by ninjas. Of course she might be mistaken since no self-respecting shinobi would be caught dead wearing that in the middle of the day. In any case, he asked her of Maka's whereabouts. She knew, but couldn't tell him this for Maka had frequently warned her of talking to strangers.

It was only when he got irritated to her incoherent mumblings that the man bended over to look at her face-to-face. With his spiky blue-hair, crisp-brown skin, loud voice, and aggressive demeanor, Chrona recognized him to be, "Black Star". She recalled that Maka really thought about this person.

She remembered that whenever they finished doing stuff together, Maka would sometimes have this look of disappointment on her face. At first, Chrona assumed that it was herself to blame. Perhaps she was a little too shy on certain things, or maybe because she didn't have the proper equipment for the job. So, she kept quiet about it and trained herself to become stronger and a bit less dependable on others. Yet, for all her hard work, that worrisome look would often show itself. When she finally asked for the reason, Maka said that name before she fell asleep.

Naturally, Chrona felt a little envious of Black Star because unlike Soul, Maka seemed to think of him enough to stress herself out. And a stressed out Maka means a stressed out Chrona. So, in order to rectify the situation, something had to be done to the problem that was causing all the stress. If Ragnarok were still here to this day, that something would probably be along the lines of hack, slash, chop, stab, skewer, and impale! It was rather tempting, but those kinds of thoughts were beyond her now. Thanks to Maka, she was not the same person she was before.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!" Black Star gave her a soft pound to the head, taking her back to the task at hand. "Are you listening to-"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Chrona suddenly screamed at him. This surprised him and herself as well. The sheer volume of this echoed throughout the yard and caught everyone's attention.

"Whoa," Black Star did not expect that kind of a reaction. In a situation like this where a person screams at you for something you might have done, Tsubaki once told him that the best thing to do was to apologize…which was an impossibility in itself.

"I'm s-s-s— I can't do it!" he wanted to say sorry, but his body just couldn't perform such a feat. Instead, Black Star shocked everyone when he did the next best thing by extending his hand to Chrona as if to say 'I'm sorry. Please get up' or at least something to that effect.

Chrona looked at him, confused. She knew what the gesture meant, but wasn't sure if accepting it meant something deeper.

Meanwhile, the crowds of students who silently watched the odd scene unfold were simultaneously pushed aside as Maka arrived in search of her best friend…

Q&A Time! Okay, to answer Wolfman6696's question/s... Kid isn't really in love with Chrona. After the first confession, Asura altered reality by creating the illusion that Maka reacted a bit harshly and killed Kid. He also took over and altered the confession. This is evident by the fact that Kid suddenly became very friendly and even declared himself a "love rival" of all things... So, Kid's first REAL confession didn't really happen as far as Maka was concerned...

For the second question, Yes, Kid has quite a few women/girls vying for him. BUT, I'm probably gonna limit it down a little bit. As much as I want to turn this into a harem, I won't for reasons beyond my human comprehension... sorry to all the guys out there!