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Chapter 6: Those students from the NOT class
"Ladies, I think I may have just gotten just what we need to finally get that damn Maka Albarn away from our Soul." Rachel exclaimed aloud with a smirk.
"This better not be just another one of your stupid letters that we slide into her locker because she doesn't seem to care that we do that." Ashley retorted with a yawn.
"Shut-it Ash, trust me; this time the blackmail I have on her will definitely get her to stop hanging around Soul so much."
"Oh?" Ashley stated, slightly interested now in what Rachel had to say. "Hey guys, it seems like Rachel really has something now that will knock Albarn off the pedestal that this school puts her on." Ashley said as she turned towards Kate, Megan, and Nancy.
"Well hurry up and show us Rachel we don't have all day." Kate huffed impatiently.
Rachel took out her phone and went through her pictures and slid until she got to the photo she wanted.
"You won't believe it unless you see it." Rachel mused confidently.
Said picture on Rachel's phone showed Maka talking to Hiro alone in the hallways. From the way it looked on her phone, it seemed like the two of them were trying to remain hidden from the public's eye.
"Oh my gosh is that really Maka Albarn talking to that deadbeat Hiro?! Do you think they are secretly dating or something?" Megan cried her mouth agape.
"Well unless Rachel photo shopped that picture it seems to be the two of them." Nancy stated, as peered at the photo more clearly just to make sure it was them.
"Do you know what this means girls? With a bit of editing and work we can send this photo to Maka and tell her to end her friendship with Soul and if she ignores our threat, then we can just post this photo all over the school just to humiliate her."
All of five of the girls began to laugh obnoxiously until they were interrupted by a guy sitting next to them.
"Can you girls shut up for like 5 minutes? I swear hearing you all talk is worse than nails on a chalkboard." Travis spat, as he rubbed his ears.
"Nobody gives a crap what you think Travis." Rachel scoffed. Rachel turned back to her friends. "Now, I was thinking instead of remaining anonymous like normal I want to confront Maka this time face to face."
"What do you have in mind that we should do?" Nancy asked.
"You guys don't need to do anything yet; I know that Maka gets out of class at 3 pm today. I'll just meet her in front of her locker and let her know I mean business." Rachel replied.
"Don't you mean WE Rachel, don't try to hog Soul all to yourself!" Kate snapped.
"Of course, I know this is a group effort." Rachel explained trying to calm Kate down. 'Though me going alone will definitely help give me a bigger advantage over the rest of them.' Rachel thought internally with a smirk.
Travis listened to the girls as they finished discussing their plans for the day. 'So they are trying to break up Maka Albarn's partnership with Soul Eater at 3 pm huh? I think I'll stop by also just to see what happens.'
~X~
Ever since Hiro had somehow gained popularity with girls (probably only due to his better looking body from his continued workouts and not his personality), both Hiro and Maka had decided it would be best to practice on their own also instead of meeting up every Wednesday.
Maka personally did not care and was actually a bit happy to just practice doing lessons and watching online videos alone in the apartment before Soul came home. At least this way Soul wasn't as suspicious of her, but she still needed to be careful concerning Blair and unexpected visitors.
The only time Hiro and Maka met up now was maybe once or twice a month to actually do another performance at the White Lily Café and Pub at Jessica's request. Maka had ended up accepting her offer to pay per performance and enjoyed playing a variety of songs for the audience as Emerald and being able to earn some money on the side.
"I hope you two don't mind, but I told my other friends about you and they were wondering if you two could perform at their venues, with pay of course also." Jessica asked one day after the two had finished another show.
"If they pay as well as you do, then sure why not, right Emerald?" Hiro replied back happily.
"Stop being so quick to make decisions Diamond." Maka grumbled. "Where would the performance be at anyways, and what day?" Maka questioned.
"I haven't gotten all the details yet, but I did let them listen to one of your performances that I recorded and I think they also heard about you just by word of mouth. You two are after all you are rising pretty fast in popularity around Death City."
"How can we be that popular if this is really the only place we've performed at?" Maka asked.
"Maybe it's because you two remain so mysterious by hiding your faces and I don't even know your real names, just your stage ones. Anyways, I'll call one of you guys when I get the details." Jessica finished with a smile and headed back over towards her booth.
"Guess it will just be a surprise for now until we get a call back." Hiro said after a few seconds of silence passed.
A few weeks had gone by since that performance, and Hiro hadn't messaged her anything so Maka just assumed Jessica hadn't gotten back to him either.
'There's no point in waiting on Jessica to call us back. We can always perform at other places even if the pay is smaller.' Maka thought as she walked out of class.
~X~
"I really hope I don't have another one of those 'surprise' letters from one of Soul's fan-girls in my locker. I'm getting sick of them and the fact I have no information on them." Maka growled under her breathe as removed one of the notebooks she wanted to place in her locker.
This time to Maka's slight shock there was a girl she didn't recognize standing right in front of her locker.
"Um, can I help you?" Maka asked trying to be polite.
Rachel gave a devilish smile towards Maka. "Why yes you can actually. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Rachel and I bet you've been wondering whose been putting those anonymous letters in your locker, haven't you?" Rachel questioned with a smirk that became even more mischievous when she saw Maka's eyes start to widen in fury.
"Let me guess, it's been you right?" Maka asked coldly.
"Well not just me, but that's not the point. You didn't heed our warnings from our previous letters so we all are prepared to take action now." Rachel stated cockily.
"Oh really, so what's your big plan now? Are you going to pull another prank on me?" Maka snapped.
"No, but we can spread this very sensational photo of what looks like you and Hiro meeting up secretly all over the school!" Rachel stated gleefully as she watched Maka's face turn from one of anger to unease.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Maka asked tiredly. 'Oh crap, please tell me she didn't see me meet up with Hiro afterschool. The last thing I need is another stressor added to my life. Maka thought in worry.
Unfortunately for Maka, Rachel whipped out a photo from her pocket that showed her exactly what she feared it would be: A picture of her and Hiro nearby her locker from the other day.
'Why didn't I notice her with my Soul Perception? I must have had too much on my mind back then to really think to use it and I really did think nobody was in the hallway at the time.' Maka thought angry at herself for not being more careful.
"Now, I can either make multiple copies of this photo and make sure the first one goes to Soul personally or you can quit hanging around him just like we've asked you before. What's it going to be?" Rachel finished with a gleeful smile.
Maka frowned, feeling a mix of trouble and annoyance. She could just let her give the photo to Soul or post it all over the DWMA, but then she would have to deal with Soul's questioning, distrust, and humiliation, but going through all of that was worth it to not deal with this girl as much, right?
Just as Maka was about to speak up again another voice cut in.
"Resorting to using blackmail now to get your beloved Soul Eater? How sad Rachel." Travis stated, as he walked up to the pair.
"Travis what the hell are you doing here? Mind your own damn business." Rachel hissed towards him, briefly turning her attention away from Maka towards him.
"Well, I just thought since you were going to be spreading rumors and blackmail about people. I thought I would join in." Travis explained happily.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Rachel growled out.
"I have these nice photos I managed to get of you falling and making a fool of yourself last week during Sid's training practice that I figured the whole school could get a laugh out of seeing too." Travis said, as he revealed multiple shots of Rachel tripping and incorrectly wielding a scythe.
"Give me those you jerk!" Rachel screeched out, as she reached for the photos only for Travis to move out of the way.
"Tell you what, how about we trade? You give me that photo of Maka and Hiro and I don't send your panty shots all over the school." Travis finished gently with a smile.
Rachel cursed, looking between both Travis and Maka with a scowl before sighing and handing over the photo.
"This isn't over yet Albarn, me or one of my girls will break you up with Soul Eater eventually and your little bodyguard here won't be able to stop me." Rachel huffed out before stalking off.
"Wow, that was unexpected, but thank you for your help." Maka said once Rachel was out of earshot. 'Though I feel like I could have handled her on my own without this guy's help.' Maka pondered with a small frown.
"It's no problem after all; I love to help any pretty girl in trouble." Travis grinned as he took Maka's hand and kissed it.
Maka blushed slightly and quickly retracted her hand. "How did you know that girl was going to be here anyways?" Maka asked suspiciously. 'For all I know, this could all still be a part of her plan.'
"I'm in the NOT class with her and I heard her posse discussing their plans to get to you earlier." Travis replied back.
"I see, well thanks again for your help. That was really nice of you." Maka said with a smile.
"So nice you would be willing to go out with me?" Travis beamed wrapping an arm around Maka's waist.
Maka felt her face begin to redden again at this guy's flirting. Nobody had ever just asked her out before, especially not a guy like Travis who looked like he would go for women more like Blair, but just as she was about to politely decline his offer a familiar voice interrupted her.
"Why are you so close to Maka?" Soul growled out as he glared at Travis and pushed him away from Maka.
A/N: That's it for Chapter 6, Feedback is always welcomed and as always thanks for reading