Wild Hunt

Disclaimer: I don't own Soul Eater or is this a zombie.

Chapter 02: Perchance to Dream

Kami blinked her eyes as she found herself looking up to the star-filled night sky. As she tried to get her senses she realized she was laying on some grass.

She was next to a nice peaceful river and short distance from a red foot bridge. The air was nice and warm and she could hear the faint buzzing of fireflies. It was pleasant, it reminded her of when she was young and the summer where her mother took her to Japan to visit her family's home.

She sighed, her mother and father were gone, her grandmother was gone, and her lone aunt was gone, besides her and Maka that whole family line was all but gone.

Even if she was born and raised in America she still felt some connection to her family home, to long history she had been trying to learn these last few years. It was just her way to feeling a connection to what was lost.

Kami got up and then realized she was wearing a white dress, she was so distracted she barely noticed someone sit besides her.

"It's a lovely night, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is. Whe-" Kami turned to look at the stranger but found words failing her.

It was an older woman who still retained her youthful looks, she had long purple hair with shimmering violet eyes. She wore a white kimono with purple highlights.

It had been a long time since Kami had seen her, "…Mom?"

"Kokoro," She smiled at her.

Kami couldn't help but sigh, she hated her birth name and the moment she had the chance she changed it to Kami. Even after she did her mother always called her by her birth name. Kami still hated the name but couldn't help missing being called that every once in a while.

Haruhi Fujiwara, her mother was there.

"Mom? How's-" Kami didn't finish the question as a pair of arms wrapped around her pulling her into a tight hug.

Without realizing it Kami hugged her back, the scent of roses filled her nose, the same perfume her mother had loved to put on.

"We don't have a lot of time," Haruhi held Kami close, how much had she missed her daughter. She just said it but she was using up the seconds already with something like this. She mentally scolded herself. "I've missed you, we've missed you. Not that we were eager to have you visit us soon." She managed to pull away and a sad smile spread across her face.

Kami smiled, she remembered her mother always smiled, when said or angry, especially when she was angry. People thought Kami was scary when angry, she wasn't anything compared to her mother.

"Mom," Kami said, there was so much she wanted to say to her. Her mother died before Maka was even born, there was so much to say. "Mom, I-"

"I know," Haruhi smiled sincerely, "We've been watching, Maka is beautiful and strong and brave. I'm so proud of her. You even adopted another one, someone scared and alone and you took her in. I'm so proud of the kind woman you've become. They're both beautiful and wonderful young women." She shook her head, "The only thing I'm not happy with is that you married that idiot."

Kami chuckled, her mother never liked him, she half expected her to crawl back from the dead to beat him ass when she found he cheated on her.

"I had half a mind to crawl back to beat him as red as his hair." The expression on Haruhi's face could be called smile though it wasn't happy in any sense and made Kami shiver.

Kami took a deep breath, "There is something I wanted to tell you, I- God, this is hard. I'm getting remarried. And we never talked about it before but-" She rubbed her temple. "I know you're very traditional for the most part. And- well-"

"I know about Nene, Naegleria is a lovely young woman. I'm glad you've found something who loves you as much as you love them." Haruhi stroked Kami's face gently and said, "I don't care if she's a woman or even if she's human, just be happy together."

Kami started to cry, she loved her mother dearly but there were aspects of her life she had never had a chance to talk about with her and Kami was afraid what she might think.

Haruhi whispered, "You have such a tough exterior but such a soft heart. There is no need to cry over good news."

The air felt thin, the ground felt soft and ready to give away.

Haruhi spoke with soft voice, "Listen, we don't have time. It's coming soon….it's coming for you… the Hunter is coming! And the storm is coming with him!" Haruhi clung to her daughter. "They've been trying to warn you, they were diverted last night but I managed to take over what they set up. You can't fight it, you can't hide from it, you can only run and hope. Be ready."

"Mom!" Kami could barely feel her mother.

"I love you, I love you, your father loves you!"

"I-"

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"Love you" Kami found herself looking up at her ceiling.

"I love you too." Nene mumbled as she nuzzled to Kami's chest, she loved her heart beat.

Kami held Nene close unsure of what to make her dream.

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Spirit was balled up on the floor - he'd woken up from a terrible dream of a purple-haired spectre with a chilling smile standing over him. He thought it was a bad dream but it seemed so real. At the moment he couldn't even imagine falling asleep.

Maybe he should put some time into thinking what he was going to say to Kami.

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"Kid?" Liz walked into the nursery.

Kid was sitting in a rocking chair with the babies in his lap both being a bit fussy.

"Morning Liz." He shook his head - he was awfully tired. "I had a strange dream, a woman in white was smiling as she walked passed me. I don't know why but it seemed like she had something important to do. I woke up and the babies were awake."

"Weird," Liz said as she looked over her babies, "they sleep pretty soundly."

"Hm, I don't know why but I kept thinking of Kami."

"You're getting over worrying about the ceremony, only a few days left." Liz moved in and gave a kiss on a cheek before kissing the other. "Let's get you guys some breakfast."

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It had been a few days since their large group had attempted to plan out an idea. Eu and Maka were sitting next to each other.

Maka finally relented with, "Ugh, I have nothing. You?"

Okay, this is a long shot. But I had a weird feeling the other day. I bring back her mother and father for the wedding?

Maka stared, "No, are we talking about ghosts or zombies? No! No! We aren't going to bring back anyone from the dead! It would be too much for Mama, especially on her wedding day."

"Do you have any better ideas?" Excalibur turned to Maka.

"No," Maka had to admit. Maka buried her face into her hands, "The wedding is soon! We don't have any single idea!"

I'm sure we can come up with something in time for the wedding day.

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It was the day before the wedding and Maka and Eu were on the floor of Maka's apartment just staring up aimlessly at ceiling.

"We don't have a single idea!"

We are terrible daughters!

"We are!"

Soul from the kitchen let out an annoyed groan, "Shut up! Both of you?!"

Both girls turned to him as if to say are you serious all while Eu stayed perfectly stoic, it was a subtle thing.

"You know what I mean!" Soul huffed, "Just tag your names on mine and Ayumu's gift! Kami and Nene will love it! They love you! Kami loves you two as daughters and Nene loves you and is super excited to call you daughters! You have nothing to worry about! You are both overthinking everything! They just want you there! So get up! Get ready and go to bed! You are there for the happiest day of their lives and it will be perfect!"

For once Maka and Eu were both equally speechless.

Blair as a cat jumped on the counter and said, "You can always get in on my present, I got them Hers and Hers sexy lingerie."

Soul started to walk away, the girls had already started to glare at the cat and he didn't need them thinking that he was thinking of the women in lingerie.

Also he was struggling not to think of the two women in lingerie - he didn't to be tasting paper and book glue for the rest of his life.

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Kami woke up bright and early the following morning. She also woke up in Stein's lab, where she slept over so that she and Nene wouldn't see each other until the ceremony.

She had been sleeping a lot better the last few days, her strange dream faded away. She still had no clue what those were about - Marie kept telling her it was brought upon by worry and she wondered if she could be right. Still, something felt off.

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The school's ballroom was decorated and the last touches were being put in place. Liz tapped on her clipboard making sure everything was perfect, after all this was going to be their gift for the new couple.

She paused and pushed a chair into place, it had been a few inches off in its row.

Liz shook her head for a moment - she was almost as bad as Kid when it came to making everything perfect. Sometimes she wondered if Kid was rubbing off on her.

Liz looked over a checklist she had about everyone's duties. Patty was mostly taking care of the twins, plus making sure all the food was up to par. Also that there weren't any tangerines near the food, apparently the white stuff on the peels could make underworlds super sick. Also, to Maka's suggestion keeping Kami away from the cake.

Liz had Black Star and Tsubaki in charge of seating everyone, Tsubaki would be perfect to put everyone in a good mood and Black Star was perfect to stop anyone from causing any trouble. Maka and Eu were Kami and Nene's maids of honor. They would be in charge of keeping the brides happy and ready for the ceremony.

The only major worries Liz had were some random factors, mostly guests she had to keep her eyes on. Excalibur was one of them - he'd been behaving more but… he was Excalibur and there were people begging Liz to make sure they weren't seated next to him.

There was some sort of Doctor friend Kami and Nene had, who they weren't sure was going to be there, or what he looked like or if he was still alive.

Then there was the biggest problem.

"Good Morning, Liz." Spirit walked up to her. He didn't look like he had gotten a lot of sleep the previous night. He had made an attempt to clean himself up but… Liz spent her life on the streets she learned to read people and find the little signs…. Spirit was kind of a hot mess.

"Please tell me you're not doing anything stupid. I'm not in the betting pool so I have nothing to gain from it if you do."

"No, I-" Spirit blinked, "Wait, betting pool? What betting pool?"

Liz shrunk back a bit, "Oh! You didn't know? Uh, well, it's just some people have been betting on what you're going to do at the wedding? Most people are betting you're going to interrupt the ceremony to try and stop it and win Kami back and fail or break down crying."

"Do people really think that little of me?"

Liz glanced back, "Do you really want me to answer that?"

Spirit smacked his forehead, "Liz, please just tell me where Kami is."

Liz blinked, "Oh! Shit! You're really going to try and break up the wedding?"

"Liz please!"

Liz cleared her throat, "Lady Death," she corrected him. Since she married Kid she'd gotten the title of Lady Death especially since she married the new Lord Death. They also gave Patty the title Duchess of Death, she came up with the name and well, she gave it to herself.

Liz wasn't much for tossing around the title but she was ticked that Spirit would try to break up a couple.

"Lady Death," Spirit spoke solemnly, "I'm not trying to stop anything, I just need to talk to Kami. Please, it's very important."

Liz rubbed her forehead - motherhood had really softened her up. "Fine, don't do anything stupid." She quickly told him where Kami was and he ran off without so much as another word.

Liz pulled out her cell phone. "Hey Duchess of Death, mind putting me in the pool? I'm in for a hundred for Spirit doing something stupid and Kami kicking him out."

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"You're hopeless," Meringue shook her head.

They were in the makeshift room they had given Nene so she could get ready. Nene sat in front of the mirror trying to apply some makeup.

Meringue got a wipe and started to wipe away Nene's failed attempt to apply make-up. Nene hadn't had a typical childhood, she'd been an orphan since a baby and grew up in an orphanage until she became a squire and a knight. Even when she became one of the strongest fighters in the underworld and a member of the ruling elite, she never had much need or time to dress up or put on makeup.

"You're getting married not-" She sighed, "I don't know, I was going to say something about being a cheap whore but you're getting married and I decided to be nice."

Nene snorted, "Almost being nice to me? It's almost like the old days."

Eu stood behind her running a comb through Nene's long hair.

Meringue looked over the makeup they brought, they got some expensive stuff and she bet they didn't know a thing about it. Nene nor Eu knew the first thing about makeup. Meringue started to put makeup on Nene slowly and gently, "Is this what you want? Really? Most people get married because of their parents and they start a family because they feel they have to. You're getting married and will suddenly become a stepmom to two daughters, one of them our former silent boss."

Eu silently glanced at Meringue.

"Truce, remember?" Meringue reminded her.

Nene simply smiled a smile worthy of the Mona Lisa and said, "I always planned on spending my life with Kami, Eucliwood has always been family." Nene turned around and patted Eu's head, "Maybe I'll be her stepmom but I don't think it changes anything."

Meringue stayed silent and a small smile found its way to Eu's face.

Meringue could hardly remember the last time she saw that girl truly smile.

She was bitter, the war took a toll on all of them, maybe it was okay that some of them have found a bit of happiness. After all, once upon a time, she had those two as sisters.

"Fine, fine," she replied. It was a little hard for her to understand now but she knew she shouldn't constantly question it. "Now stop moving, it's hard enough to put makeup on you."

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The Universe is a complicated thing with its many realms, dimensions, planes of existence, and of course, everyone involved in this knew that. After all, neither Kami nor Nene were from the same one. Wild and crazy happenstance brought them together. The apartment they shared wasn't even the same world Kami worked in.

Thanks to Eu and some help, they had a door that lead from one world's Japan to another world's Death City. Since they had friends there they had to make sure they got to the ceremony.

Ayumu, the zombie Eu had brought back and occasional magical garment girl (don't ask, complicated), waited on the other side with a few vampires. The last of the guests were being led along into the school.

"Is that everyone?" Ayumu looked over a guest list.

"I think that's everyone." Seraphim, a tall young woman with green eyes and long black ponytail said.

"Except-" Sarasvati, another young vampire and occasional idol with long black hair with red eyes pointed down the hall.

"I'm almost ready!" Chris walked down the hall only pausing to chug her drink. "I need to have a nice buzz going. I don't want to turn into a boring middle-aged man in the middle of everything."

"Let's get moving," Seraphim, who wore a dark green dress ordered.

Sarasvati glared at the drunk, she was wearing a silky red dress. "I don't wish to be late."

"Magic door!" Chris yelled, "It's like ten feet away. Just calm yourself before you start getting wrinkles, fangirl."

"The only reason I don't hang you where you are," Sarasvati growled, eyes glowing bright red, "is because Nene-sensei requested a truce. Don't make it any more difficult to enforce."

Chris, who wore a toned down black and white gothic lolita dress just took another drink. "Did you practice that? 'Cause we gotta go." Chris opened the door and walked right in.

Seraphim mumbled, "I cannot believe they would have such an enemy join them for this."

The vampires glared at the magical garment girl.

Ayumu inwardly chuckled - Kami had been furious at the vampires when she found out they put a hit on Eu. Her fury was noted and many of the vampires still had nightmares about it. It had ended well enough, Kami getting the hit removed and Seraphim made Eu's personal guard. Honestly, the real reason Sarasvati wanted to be there was that she was a huge fan of Nene's work.

"Okay, let's get going." Ayumu smiled, maybe it was a good thing. This wedding was bringing so many enemies together even for a short bit, it must mean something.

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Maka smiled as she watched her mom inspect herself in front of the mirror. Maka looked on her mother wearing a simple yet stunning white dress.

"You look beautiful," Maka said in awe.

"Perfect," Excalibur added.

Maka did a double take - the sword had been out-of-character quiet for so long she forgot he was there.

"Thank you," Kami told them, almost blushing at the words. "Thank you for everything. I know this isn't the most normal situation and I'm just so happy you're supportive about this."

Maka couldn't help but smile. "Why wouldn't I be? I have an amazing mom, I got a fun if crazy sister and I'm getting a super sweet step-mom. I mean, Nene has a wonderful soul and she loves you. I couldn't be happier that she is joining the family. I'm sure grandma would be too."

Kami chuckled, "You know, I had a dream a few days ago. I saw her… she said something like that. It's strange, sometimes I see the same passion and love for life when I see you. I don't know, ever since I've had it the pressure and fears have just sort of left me."

There was a knock on the door, "Can I come in?"

The trio all recognized the voice, Kami breaking the silence, "Come in."

Spirit slunk in. He blinked, stunned, and said, "Kami you look beautiful."

"Papa," Maka begged, "Please tell me someone isn't about to win the pool."

"You know about that too?" Spirit cringed.

"I have money in it." Excalibur tapped his chin, he looked pretty much the same but was wearing a black jacket. "Maka, you know what you need to do."

Excalibur changed into his sword and flew into Maka's hand.

"What?! I'm not going to kill my father!" Maka objected.

"No!" Excalibur argued, "I meant teleport him away. My goodness, you went to a dark place quick."

"You two out." Kami pointed at the door, "I think we need to talk. I'm sure there is a lot left to be done. So please get to it."

Maka nodded, holding the sword as she walked out. "Don't do anything stupid, Papa."

Left alone, the room went silent. "You do look amazing," Spirit choked out.

"Thanks."

"Remember when we got married? Barely more than kids ourselves and Maka was on her way and we were just starting out with our jobs and everything. We couldn't afford anything special or fancy. I had this old torn up suit and you got this little white dress we could barely afford."

"I remember." Kami tucked her hair behind her ear.

"You always said you wanted to wear a beautiful white dress like that. I'm glad you finally get a chance to wear it. I mean, I really mean it that I'm glad you are happy." He took a deep breath. "It's not going to be easy for me but I'd be honored to give you away." He took her hands and kissed them before saying, "Kami, you are the mother of my daughter and my first true love. I love you and I think I always will but … I think I need to do what you've already done and move on…."

"Thank you."

They smiled to each other quietly; it pained Spirit to say it, but he just wanted her to be happy.

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Spirit walked to where everyone was getting seated.

"So, did you screw something up?" Stein walked up to him, wearing his formal lab coat.

Crona stood next to him, wearing their white robes and carrying a small blonde baby in a black dress.

"Stein… did you bet against me too?"

"Yup," Stein said with a smirk.

"So did I." Crona said holding up the giggling baby.

Stein shrugged, "Shelly here is a growing baby and I could use the extra money."

Spirit still found it so hard to believe that Stein had a baby with Marie and she was a cute little thing. She took after her mother.

Crona found it calming to help take care Shelly - maybe Shelly had her mother's calming wavelength. "I promised Shelly I'd get her a new toy if I won."

Spirit found it hard to even be angry. "I'm just tired… emotionally. I'm going to give Kami away."

"Huh, I guess I won't have to." Stein smiled to himself.

Spirit spotted a woman with short purplish-blue hair wearing a traditional kimono looking at him. "Maybe things are looking up, it looks like I got someone's interest."

Stein glanced over before saying, "Hm, I think that one of Kami's friends… a snow woman…they have a tendency to torment unfaithful men if I recall… yeah, go talk to her."

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Kami wiped off her makeup; she had started to cry and little and needed to redo it. She didn't have much time - soon the ceremony was going to start. Her heart was racing and she could hear the beating in her ears.

Knock knock knock

Wait, that wasn't her heart. She looked around and found the source of the sound at the window.

"Let me in, I'm a fairy."

That she was, a small little fairy by the window. Kami opened up the window and let her in. She looked haggard.

"Thank goodness… one of us finally reached you in person."

"What?" Kami asked, "Is this about Excalibur?"

"No, though we are grateful that you've taken him out from the cave more often… no, this is about you. As a group, we fairies feel we owe you a debt. Morgan La Fey and all the evil she did to the world and to you…well, we all taught her some magic until she found her teacher."

Kami felt her teeth grind against each other - her ex wasn't a pleasant thought. That woman had nearly killed and did horrible things to her mind. Kami didn't lose any sleep knowing she was dead.

"It's my wedding day, I don't want to think about her."

"I'm sorry… I'm sorry… we've been trying to warn you through your dreams."

"My dreams?"

"In person, in your dreams, we were trying to come here but they've been blocking us. I just barely managed to get here."

"What are you talking about?"

"They've decided to come for you, he's coming for you."

"Who?"

"The alder king, The Autumn King, Erlking and his wild hunt is coming for you. The Storm is coming for you."

Kami fumbled backward into a chair; she knew the story. A powerful fairy king and a storm of dark shades ride in and hunted what they pleased. If you were targeted by the storm, it was all over.

"I'm so sorry." The fairy held her hand as best she could, saying, "Your only hope is to run."

Kami tried to prevent herself from crying, "How much time do I have?"

"He's already on his way, you have an hour at most."

Kami felt her warm tears streak across her face. This was not an opponent, no this was a force of nature and it had turned its attention to her. She couldn't fight and win - she couldn't really fight it at all. She was as a good as dead, she was so close to having the life she wanted and it was already slipping from her grasp.

"Is there any way I can help?" The fairy's voice was little than a whisper.

Kami sobbed, "Yes, please. There is something I need you to get for me. I need it quick."

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Kid stood with his notes at the altar. He looked around, Soul was seated at the piano ready to start. The guest included weapons, meisters, witches, youkai zombies, vampires and all sorts of things Kid wasn't sure what to name.

At one end he saw Nene ready wearing a beautiful white wedding dress with Chris by her side ready to give her away. Chris was drunk, but sober enough for this job and just joking a little with Nene. Nene didn't have any family - male or otherwise - and sometimes Chris was a guy so they figured why not. Chris might have been her rival but they were an old friend and she was more than happy to give her away even using her curse as an excuse.

At the other end was Spirit looking as awkward as one would imagine. He was waiting for Kami. Kid wondered if he was about to win his pool; a lot of people were having that thought.

Kid turned his attention to Black Star and Excalibur getting into some sort of argument, Tsubaki doing her best to be the peacemaker. A gold fox was trying to help pull them apart.

Patty finally smacked Black Star down before she sat next to Liz. Kid smiled seeing their babies, Raven and Bram, dressed up and sitting between the girls.

He fixed his cloak as he waited for the last bride to show up. Today just felt right.

"I'm here," Kami announced as she stood next to Spirit.

"You okay?" he asked, sensing that something seemed off.

"Yeah, just took a little longer to fix my make up. Some redhead made me cry."

Spirit chuckled. "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it, thank you for being here." Kami took his hand and gave it a squeeze.

Kid spotted her and Kami gave him a nod.

Kid smiled and signaled to Soul.

Soul cracked his knuckles. "Okay let's start."