Chapter 4: Ghost in the Graveyard

I wake up to the sound of the annoying one, referring to my alarm clock, and lay in my bed for a few minuets. I wonder how my meister is doing today, probably laying down asleep or awake reading. I shifted a bit then fell right out of my bed. "Ah fuck that hurt." I got up and pushed on my side, my right side was so sore from falling; I started walking into the kitchen. I turned on the burner and got a pan out. I walked to the fridge and got an egg, cracking it open and grabbed a spatula. I started mushing the cooked egg around, the ugly yellow and clear egg color turned into a messed up yellow mush, it didn't look edible at all. It started looked okay, I took the pan off the burner and then turned it off, and I grabbed a plate and scrapped all the eggs onto a plate and grabbed a fork. I started eating faster than normal and was done in a record time of five minutes. I got changed and walked out the door to school.

Walking up the stairs to the DWMA everything seemed perfectly normal. "I AM THE GREAT ASSASSIN BLACK STAR, AND I HAVE COME TO ASSASSINATE YOU!" I walked a few feet forward and he missed me by a foot. I waved at him. "I GOT YOU NOW!" He threw one chain scythe at me, it was coming at me fast, and I changed my arm into a blade, the chain scythe wrapped around it. "Now I got you Black Star." I moved my arm back and tugged hard, he came flying at me, and I punched him. The chain scythe started glowing yellow and then changed into the demon shadow weapon Tsubaki. "Were very sorry Soul." I smirked at her. "What are you bowing for?" She stood up turning pink, probably embarrassed. We walked inside the building the hallways filled with teens; I stood at the wall waiting for the nurse's office to open up. Tsubaki walked over and held up a note. "Here lover boy, a girl told me to give this to you." I grabbed the note from Tsubaki and read it, another stupid love letter. "Who wrote this one?" Tsubaki pointed to the left of us, well her right my left. A girl with short brown hair giggled, she looked cute, and I smiled. Tsubaki puts her hands on her hips. "Soul I think Maka made a good point when you guys first met, you should at least try to ask one out." I stared at her then laughed. "Tsubaki I don't ask them out for a reason." "What reason Soul Eater?" I looked at the note again, she started talking again. "You obviously like her so go ask her out."

I shifted a little to the side and put my hands in my pockets. "I'm not going to ask her out final." Black Star was running up then slipped on something, I chuckled. "What the hell is this?" He held up a bandage. "That's obviously a bandage, stupid." He lightly punches my shoulder. "You're funny!" He said it sarcastically. I turn to look at smarts partner, her face looks pale. "M- Ma-." I snap my fingers in her face. "Hey Tsubaki, something wrong?" She held her hand out then screams. "MAKA!" She pushed me aside and opened the door to the nurse's office then runs up to Maka's bed. I walk over and was shocked; her bed was empty... how? "Nurse Medusa where's Maka?" She looks at me from her desk; her face was buried in her hands. "Soul if I knew where she was I would have told Lord Death by now, I'm such a terrible nurse." She buries her face back into her hands, she must have been stressed. I looked at the bed, blankets on the ground, and some dried up blood. "Where is that idiot?" I asked. "I'll go report to Lord Death!" Tsubaki runs out. "Black Star you should probably go after her." He nods and ran right after her. I went to class; as soon as I was there I looked at the board, self study. "What the?" God what was so damn important? I shouldn't stress on it that would be uncool. I rested my feet on the desk and started to fall asleep. The next minute I heard them call my name on the intercom, what for? I got out of my seat and headed towards the death room.

As soon as I came in a guy was freaking out about something. Lord Death waved a hand at me. "Ah yes come in come in Soul how ya doing?" I walked over. "Yea Lord Death, why did you call me down?" "Ah well your friends here told me that Maka is missing, and that she is your meister?" I nod then the screaming maniac started screaming at me. "Death Scythe stand back." Lord Death got out a hand. "Lord Death what do you want?" He looks back at me. "You ARE her weapon right; you know what would have happened correct?" "I guess." He held his hand up to me. "Do you know what may have caused her disappearance?" I thought for a moment. "She was acting weird when we visited her at the nurse's office, she asked me a question." Lord Death made a curious noise. "Soul, what did she ask you?" I stared at the ground. "She asked me if Nightfall was dead, which he is." Lord Death stood up straighter. "Really what else?" "That was the only question." "Why do you think she asked that?" I looked up at him. "I don't know why, I remembered when she asked it the sound of her voice, she sounded scared." He made another noise. "Well we'll get to work on finding her, you should get back to class, all of you." Black Star, Tsubaki and I nod and we headed down.

"Soul?" I look at Tsubaki who in the seat above me. "Is that true, she really asked that?" I nod. "Soul what about the kishin egg?" I stare at her. "The what?" "The th—the soul!" "Oh." I pulled it out of my pocket and showed her." What the hell am I supposed to do with this?" Black Star laughed "Eat it!" I tried to hit him. I'm going to suffer tomorrow.

I want to help but no I will get in the way, people hate me. I looked at Tsubaki, who was crying, I have no clue what she's feeling. Maka was Tsubaki's best friend, her only friend that was a girl. They talked, laughed, whispered stuff, only time Maka ever acted like a girl. Now she was missing. I stare at Tsubaki and put my hand on her head. "She's fine Tsubaki, okay Maka just ran off, probably just wanted to get out of there." She smiled at me. "Thanks Soul." I smirked, she was still unsure about her. I sat back and looked at the ceiling, out of nowhere Black Star poked my head, he is so annoying. "Hey there assassin." He smiled. "Soul you seem so calm." "What are you talking about?" He chuckled. "I mean your meister is missing and you don't seem to care at all." I did care but I shouldn't let it bug me, I'll stay cool and wait. "Black Star why do you think I have no care for my meister?" He looked at me like an idiot. "You're just being cool about it that's all." "Oh I get it; you're just assuming that I don't care."

Tsubaki looks at me with her mouth open. "What?" She still stood there but eventually spoke. "I never heard you use such vocabulary!" I stood there with my face probably turning red from embarrassment, then immediately sat down. Black Star laughed. "Black Star what happens when you're annoying?" He looked at me then started laughing again. "Maka hits me with that book of hers but she's not here!" He continued to laugh, next minute I hit him with Maka's book and smiled. "HEY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" I laugh. "You my friend were being an ass." Tsubaki points out. "I think he means why did you hit him with a book." I look at the book. "Well Maka is not here someone should fill in for her." "YOU COULD HAVE JUST LEFT THE DEVILS BOOK IN THE NURSES OFFICE YA KNOW!" I look away. "Ya but I chose not to." I started reading what was in the book, it was a crummy fantasy with witches and a princess, how cliché. It bored me in two seconds, how could Maka read so much? I started looking at the ceiling again, when will class be over?

I was trying to find my bike; sometimes I forget where I park it, which is sad. Black Star ran up and gave me the autograph he gave to Maka, I couldn't tell him I didn't really know where she lived but he left before I could tell him. I look behind me and see my bike. "Oh it was out in the open." I hop right on and started riding home.

I walked inside and threw my jacket on the couch, I have to ask Sid tomorrow what do I do with the stupid kishin soul; yes it is still sitting in my pocket. I put the autograph in my bag and laid on the couch, I wondered if they found Maka yet, it's starting to kill me, the one thing I look forward to doing everyday was to annoy her, I needed to annoy Maka that's my job. I can't take it, now I wonder is anyone have an obsession worse then mine, maybe. I stared at the ceiling then things turned black. I wake up looking at what time it was. 6:45, well not the best time in the world. I put on my jacket and grabbed my bag, and then left.

At school in the hallways, Sid stops me. "What Sid I need to get to class ya know." He looks at me. "Soul I have some bad news, follow me." I did and we entered the death room, there was a coffin there. Sid walked me to the coffin and inside was a blonde girl with emerald green eyes, she was dead. She was Maka. I froze in horror, no this isn't happening, this isn't real! Sid started to talk. "Soul, she sta..." I ran off, she isn't dead, that's not my meister. I ran outside hop on my bike, and drove away.

I ran into the apartment and threw everything down, my bag, my jacket, and my sweatband. I kicked off my shoes, and punched the wall. This isn't happening. Why am I so upset by Maka's death? I lie down on the couch and stare at the ceiling, thoughts racing. How did she die? Why? I sat there for the longest time.
At 5:03 Black Star came in with an envelope and put the thing right next to me and a note. "Got an album?" "Yea why?" He didn't answer just walked into my room. "IS IT IN YOUR ROOM?" "Yes." He came back out and smiled. "If you want to look you can later." "Okay, what's the note say?" He went to the door. "Read it." I did, it was for her funeral, I threw it. "Black Star who gave this to you?" "Sid." I read the date, it was tomorrow. He left thank god, and I fell asleep.

I woke up at noon and walked into the kitchen I grabbed a carton of milk and just drank out of it, I was to lazy to get a glass. Black Star came in again. I stare at him. "Hey Soul you didn't come to the funeral." I nod. "Why?" "I just didn't want to." He nods. We stood there for a moment, and then I spoke up. "The album, what did you put in it?" Black Star looks at me. "Check it out yourself." I didn't really want to. We talked for five more minutes then he left. I was alone, perfect. I ran to the photo album in my room and pulled it out; I sat on my bed and opened it up. I said time in a new town, first picture was me before I left, I looked younger, the next one was Black Star, my first friend. I turned the page, it was Tsubaki, then it was both of them, arms wrapped around each other, smiling. Turned the page, Black Star, Tsubaki, and I all smiling on the steps of the school. That's all the pictures I have in there, but I want to know what Black Star put in here, I turned the page, I saw a girl putting her hand in front of the camera. I look at the other side it was the same girl sitting with Tsubaki in the library smiling. You already know who the girl was, don't pretend its a completely different person. I closed the album and put it back into my closet. I was going to visit her grave tonight.

In the graveyard, hooks cemetery, I tried to find Maka's gravestone, it was hard because this place was always covered in fog. Finally I found it, I smiled. "Hey Maka." No response, I looked at her birth year and now. "Well well I am older than you, you're fourteen." I'm fifteen. The wind blew, the only response. I walked off; I was being lame, talking to a dead girl. I walked home, I can't stand being there. My apartment was kind of close to hooks so it wasn't a painful walk home. I reached the door to the building when I saw the muggers. I walked over to them; they saw me and backed away. One spoke up. "Hey it doesn't have the girl." It? God, jerk. "So where's the girl?" "Not here." They laughed. "Why did she dump you, I felt sorry she was dating something not even human." They laughed even harder. "She wasn't my girlfriend thank you very much, and I am human." They stared at me. "Oh did she find someone more human looking than you, because you looking like a human is like saying I look like a crazy drug addict." "Well then I certainly look like a human." They stood up and got ready to attack. "You want to fight me remember what happened last time?" They froze and ran off, I laughed and walked inside. I walked up some stairs and opened the door to the apartment, and sat on my bed. I took out the kishin soul, and thought what should I do? I ate it. It tasted pretty good. I fell asleep.

I went back the next day, pretty dark out and as foggy as ever. I stood at the grave and smiled. "Hey meister, how's the death thing and all?" The wind responds. "You know Tsubaki misses you." I felt a hand grabbing my leg. I ran off, this place gave me goosebumps. I ran home ran threw the door, ran up the stairs, and ran into the apartment, then ran into my room, I breathed heavily. I fell down on my bed and fell asleep. I woke up two hours later and walked into the kitchen, and noticed a lump on the couch; blankets covered the entire body and face. If it was Black Star again I swear to god I will kill him, I walked up and threw the covers off. "HEY YOU LAZY..." It wasn't Black Star. The figure got up, and looked at me; it said something in a calm voice. "Soul?" Her eyes where green.

Should I continue? I think this is terrible like extremaly bad.

O well chapter 5 is coming I think?