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Chapter 9

The headmaster's mansion was little over the size of eleven football fields and this was just one of his numerous lavish homes. The mansion stood tall and proud with its obscure, but unique architecture. The mansion was painted black, with large white columns holding the front exterior. On the roof was a large skull, both the academy and the family's symbol. The doors were quite large, at about twelve feet high and six feet wide in width, with skull doorknobs to top it off.

Lord Death was a filthy rich and high political figure in all of Death City. He was a kind man who was well respected and cared deeply for the city. He was said to have donated countless of public facilities and money to local charities. He once had a wife, but she died shortly after Lord Death's only son, Death the Kid, was born.

Death the Kid like his father was dedicated to the city and cared greatly for its welfare, but had more of an eccentric personality than his father's. Let's just say he had an odd obsession for symmetry. His two closest friends had been Liz and Patty. He met them one night as he was walking on his way home and the two attempted to mug him by pointing a gun to his head. Instead of screaming or trying to run away, like any normal person would, he asked them what has caused them to resort to petty theft. Then oddly enough the Thompson told him their background and he invited them to come stay with him for awhile. of course they accepted since the son of the one and only Lord death had invited them to stay at their mansion. Soon after that the Thompson sister grew a liking to Kid which resulted to their deep friendship. As time went on the eldest Thompson, Liz, and Kid began to pursue a romantic relationship shortly before her tragic death.

All I knew about her death so far was that she was shot in the chest and she was wearing a short red cocktail dress. Why the cocktail dress, was she going somewhere nice the day of her death?

I finally mustered up the courage to visit the Death residence to ask Patty about her sister's murder. So here I was now standing at the front of their mansions door with Soul to question the younger Thompson sister and hopefully maybe an interview with Kid.

"Soul, are you sure we should do this? What if she's not ready to talk about it?"

"Maka, you're the one who wanted to talk to her in the first place and we need to ask here what happened the night before Liz's death, otherwise we'll be getting nowhere with the investigation."

He's actually right for a change. I'm being too soft. If I don't toughen up and ask some questions, I will get nowhere with this investigation.

"Yeah, you're right. We need to get some new leads or we'll end up nowhere. Are you sure you're gonna be okay?"

"Yeah I'll be fine tiny-tits, so don't worry about me. Besides it'll be nice seeing Patty and Kid after so long."

He gives me that goofball grin of his that makes me melt.

Okay, here we go.

I then allow my finger to press on the skull shaped door bella and wait. After a few short minutes I see Kid walk to the door.

"Oh hello Soul, and who is this?" Kid's voice sounds low and his expression is slightly grim. There is a twinge of irritation in his tone.

"Hey Kid, this is my friend Maka. We'd like to ask you a few questions about Liz."

At first Kid's face is blank, then it cringes into a face of anger.

"Do you think this is funny? Are you to trying to act like some sort of police duo or something!? I just lost the love of my life a couple weeks ago and you just think you can walk on my doorstep reminding me of her death? I t-think you both should l-leave."

"Look Kid I know you're upset but-"

"No we're incredibly sorry to intrude on your privacy and we shouldn't have brought up something like this. I hope you can forgive us, we'll be leaving now."

I get a scowl from Soul, but I can't do this to Kid. I see the hurt in his eyes and all we have done by coming here is just opening up Kid's fresh wounds.

Just as we're about to leave, a voice yells for us to stop before we leave the front steps.

"Wait!"

"Patty what are you doing? Go back inside!"

"No! They want to investigate Liz's death. They might be able to find out who the killer is. The cops aren't doing anything. They haven't even let us see the body. Isn't that out of place that they won't let a sister see her dead siblings body just one last time!?"

Her eyes are to the brim with tears.

Kid's anger is suddenly replaced by an empathy.

"Ok, but if this is too much for you then they're leaving, okay?"

"Ok."

In that moment she is like a small child, in need of someone to comfort her.

He kisses her on the temple then leaves to the next room.

"Alright, you wanted to ask some questions."

We then follow her to their living room. It's a well furnished room with white walls, black carpets, and perfectly aligned paintings on each wall, precisely eight each.

"Okay so Patty, what was Liz doing the week before she was killed?"

"Well, I don't really know much. She had been acting strangely. I only saw her one time that week. We went out for a bite to eat. The whole time though she kept getting these texts and wouldn't tell me what they were about. When she left for the bathroom I snuck through her purse and fished out her phone. A text popped up and it was under some dude named Noah Eibon."

Noah Eibon? Could that man have been the one who was calling Yumi all the time?

"What did the text say?"

"It said, Meet me at our usual spot. ;). This was strange to me because she had recently started dating Kid. She was never had been the kind of person who would cheat. I was about to read more, but then she came back, so I threw her phone back into her purse."

"How many days did this occur before her murder?"

" It happened two days before she was killed."

"Was Kid aware of these texts?"

"No I didn't tell him. I didn't want them to get into a fight cause they seemed so happy during the short time they were together."

"What happened the morning she was killed? Did you see her leave during the night?"

"No the day of her murder everything was normal. No strange texts or anything. The night before she just ate dinner and went to bed, then the next morning when I went to wake her up for breakfast she wasn't there."

"Do you know anything else?"

"No, I'm sorry. You can search her room for any evidence if that would help. I can keep Kid distracted for a good thirty minutes if that would help."

"Yes that would help thank you. One more question though, did the cops come to your house to search for any evidence after they took her body away."

"No. No they didn't."

"Thank you. May we go look in Liz's room now?"

"Sure. I'll go distract Kid. One more thing, promise me you'll find whoever killed her."

"We promise we'll find your sister's killer." Both Soul and I said in unison.

About ten minutes later when the both of us upstairs digging through Liz's messy room hoping to find something. Her bedroom consisted of light pink walls, purple carpet flooring, a small balcony, a large window above her antique desk, and in the middle of her room stood a large queen sized bed with purple satin sheets. Her room was a huge mess as well like any normal teenage lizing space would look like. Her pink walls were covered with posters of male celebrities and her purple carpet was barely visible from all the clothes and trash that lay upon it.

Another ten minutes went by and we were out of hope till I spotted a red glow glistening in the light from under her queen sized bed.

I reached under, but unfortunately I manage to get whatever it is because of my short arms. Why was I cursed with these sticks!?

"Soul I think I found something! Come help me get it!"

"What's the matter you can't reach it with those tiny stubs of yours."

He starts to laugh like an ass, so I chuck a pair of Liz's horrible smelling socks at him, and luckily for me they land right inside his mouth while he's cackling!

When he's finished choking he finally comes over.

"Was the sock really necessary Albarn?"

"Yes Evans. No you better stop pissing me off or I'll do something worse next time!"

"Like what."

"SHUT UP AND HELP ME!"

"Geez! Ok ok calm down! I don't want hulk Maka to come out on me or anything."

"Good. The red thing is down there can you see it?"

"Yeah."

Soul's long arm reaches under the bed and pulls out an odd looking necklace. A pendant of a crystal red eye is hooked upon a simple silver chain. This necklace looks very expensive. The pendant is the same eye that was on the mural. I turn the pendant to it's back to find the number two scratched on the back. Yumi had a slip of paper with the number one, so this had to mean something. What if Liz wasn't the last victim. The thought makes me shudder. Are more people going to die? Could this necklace have been a gift from Kid or Patty?

"Maka! Soul! You guys have to come down now! Kid is coming back!"

"Ok, we're coming. Maka are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

But I wasn't. A feeling of uneasiness had overcome me.

Thanks for reading this chapter! Maka is going to have the fight with Soul and her encounter with Giriko in the next chapter! I hope you look forward to my next update! Bye! ;3

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Soul Eater or any famous person I have referenced in this chapter (hulk).