I do not soul eater

Chapter 7

Missing children:

There is no connection?

Miley and Mason where walking home from school. Mason wrapped his hand around hers. "Why don't we go out to eat to night?"

"Well you can, if you don't mind eating alone. I don't really want to test Stein right now..."

"I still can't believe you started another fight, but why would he care? I mean didn't he just give you detention again?"

Miley felt rather embarrassed. Would Mason laugh or make fun of her? "No he made good on that threat. I can only go to school and home. I have to be a good little girl and keep my head down."

"Oh... Miley is in trouble." He teased. "So he really grounded you?" She nodded at him. Feeling the blush go up the back of her neck. "How long?"

"A week."

"Parents aren't they great?" He wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry about it Miles, it's normal. When I decked that boy back in our second year, mom gave me an earful when I got home."

"But he's a professor not a parent."

"I thought you saw him that way?" Her partner asked.

"I do, I just didn't think he did." She muttered. Miley had always seen Stein as a fatherly figure he was the one she always went to. But she never dreamed that he would really take it seriously.

Miley was bored, she couldn't even train in the afternoons. She was flipping though the channels. She noticed a news report. She watched the full story, there where children missing all over the country. She thought that was odd. She quickly looked up their names online. She was deep in the stories that she hadn't notice Mason come in.

"I've brought the prisoner food from the outside world."

Miley jumped in surprised. He just laughed and placed the food on the coffee table. "It's your favorite, it's celebrate your release from captivity." He teased. She leaned against him. He was so warm.

"You spoil me you know that right?"

Miley arrived at school. Homeroom was buzzing. Miley wondered why. She wondered if someone had heard that she had gotten off with out detention... or had they found out she was grounded instead.

"I warned her about picking fights. She's going to get caught." A girl said. "Now she's suspended. She's lucky they didn't all get expelled."

"Are you taking about Molly?" Miley asked turning. She hadn't heard anything.

"Yeah, turns out she went after that first year again."

Miley didn't understand, why did Leslie matter. The poor girl didn't even know what she was doing. She hoped that the younger girl was alright. She was about to ask another question when Stein came crashing thought that door. The school day passed quickly and she was thankful for it.

During lunch Miley was given a message to see Stein after school. She couldn't image for what. She knew the only thing that she could do was wait. The rest of the day went by faster then first half. She was standing outside his door. She pushed the door she expected Stein to be there but he wasn't it. She noticed a file sitting on the desk. Miley hadn't forgotten the last time she had seen inside one of Stein's file. But for some reason she couldn't resit. She barely able to read the first name when she felt him coming. She didn't have time to get away from the desk.

Stein walked in looking rather confused. He didn't understand why Miley was behind his desk. It was clear what she was trying to do. "Miley, you seem to be really wanting to get in trouble lately."

"I didn't read it." She lied.

"Doing something like that can get you expelled you know that right." He scolded.

"No, I didn't..." She said quietly.

"This could have been someone's personal or medical file." He said while picking it up.

"I didn't think of that." She looked down at her shoes.

"I figured, but don't go poking around in things that don't belong to you. You're fifteen you should know better by now." He scolded. He didn't want her in on his little investigation.

"So why did you call me here after school?"

"I wanted to warn you, Molly is out for revenge. I'm asking you to avoid another fight." He said looking at her with a serious look.

"I can do that." She said happily. "How is Leslie doing?"

"She'll be fine, I think you should get going. I noticed Mason was waiting for you."

Miley didn't know why but she felt the back of her neck heat up. "He's been to lazy to cook lately. So we've been going out to eat lately." She explained. "He just wasn't sure how long this was going to take."

"Then I won't hold you up any longer. Just be careful."

"I can handle myself, Professor." She whispered wondering he was doubting her skills.

"That's what I'm worried about." He teased. "I don't want have ground you again for hurting her."

"I don't you have to worry about that. I seems it can't get any stronger. But there again it from the soul right Professor?" She left on that note. He watched her grab Mason's hand on the way out.

"Cheeky brat, but I guess you are right." He muttered while lighting his cigarette.

Later that day he was standing in front of Lord Death's Mirror. Stein was surprised what he was called to the Death Room. Lord Death was starting getting worried about the escalating violence between Miley and Molly and he wanted it to end. Stein would admit Miley started the first fight.

"I'm thinking maybe, just using out of sight out of mind. I fear that Molly will continue to target Miley if she believe she is stronger."

"Maybe we should let her prove it."

"Stein are you sure? I mean just let them fight?" Spirit asked.

"Not some first fight, and official sparring match. They could prove you is strong with teachers watching. It can also be called if it gets out of hand." Lord Death seemed to agree.

Stein went looking for Miley. He knew where she would be. She was sitting at one of the library computers. He looked over her shoulder and was rather interested by what she was looking up.

"Is there something you want of me?" She asked not taking her eyes off the computer screen.

"I'm impressed, most people wouldn't have noticed." He was his reply.

"I sensed you when you walked in the room. Your soul is really hard to miss." She said.

"So how's the researching going?" He questioned. That was when Miley noticed he was reading over her shoulder. She sighed and knew there was no point in lying. "How does a 150 children go missing and no one notice?"

"I thought you didn't get to read the file." He inquired before giving her a stern tap on the back on her head.

"I only got to read the first name and it sounded familiar. I'd read something about her while..." She stopped not really wanted to say it aloud. "I was at home last week." She looked over at his face to see it was very amused. "How come no one sees this, all the disappearances are similar."

"You have to remember, they didn't all disappear in the same area. This is on a global scale."

"Yes, but there are fifty-six in the United States alone." She pointed out.

"True but thousands are reported missing every day, Miley."

"I know there is something missing."

"A connection. They don't have any major similarities. Other then they disappeared there one second gone the next, with out a trace." He took the seat next to her. He might as well accept the help. A second pair of eyes could help.

"Why did they give Spirit back?" Stein thought Miley had just called his old partner by his name. "You would think that they would kill him, with him being a Death scythe I mean." She muttered while jotting something down on a notebook.

"It was a warning, not to send a weapon in a meister place would not come back." He said simply.

"Why does it matter?" She asked, looking at him.

"Lord Death, doesn't like people dying." He pointed out.

"Not that, why did it matter that Spirit was a weapon?" There it was again. "Why would it matter?"

"I'm not sure. When did you start calling him Spirit?" Asked the stitched face Professor.

"He said to after Mason became a Death Scythe." Miley suddenly thought of something. "Is Leslie a weapon or a meister?"

"I believe she's a meister."

"A witch was chasing her around Death City. She didn't seem interested in my as the staff meister. I wasn't the prime target, she was."

"Hmm... Damn I wish there was some short of connection."

"Maybe there is. If you're a weapon or a meister is it a requirement to come to the academy?"

"No, it's a choice just like any other school."

"There's the connection, what if the victims are meisters?"

"I doubt that Miley, I mean what would they want untrained meisters for?" Stein pointed out.

"I don't know... it was just a thought..." She muttered. She seemed crestfallen. "Maybe there's a smaller connection. Like groups or people. Something tells me that isn't wasn't what you came looking for me."

"No, Lord Death is worried about this rivalry between you and Molly."

"I've been staying away from her." She said, to his surprise. She didn't usually defend herself right away. "Sorry I didn't mean to say it like it." She muttered. Stein wondering what she talking about but shook it off.

"We're not saying you haven't. He just wants it to end. Clearly Lord Death understands teenage girls."

"How would it end?" Miley wondered if one of them would have to be expelled.

"Just a sparring match, with I and two other teachers watching."

"Is that a good idea?"

"It will be called off if it get to out of hand." He said while standing up.

"That sounds good, but I didn't want to bring Mason in on this." She said getting her things together.

"I think you did that, when you punched her the first time. You've got a good partner Miley. He worships the ground you walk on. He would do anything for you, you know that right."

"I know..." Miley was caught off guard. Why had he said that to her. She knew this. She knew that Mason was the greatest partner anyone could ever have. She just wished she didn't drag into stuff he had nothing to do with.

"I'm guess, you still want to fight her then."

"I didn't realize that I had an option to say no." She said blankly.

"You don't really." He smiled.

Stein left the library, his mind was buzzing. Why hadn't he thought about that? If the witches wanted Meisters they would want untrained ones. The questions was what was the point. He didn't even know if the children were alive or not. If they were, where were they and if aren't where were the bodies? He shook the idea from his mind. He needed to get some sleep tonight, but then it turned to what he had said to Miley. It wasn't what he said, that was haunting him. It was the look on Miley's face after he said it.

When he reached his house all the thoughts of sleep and Miley where disappeared. He saw a very upset looking Spirit leaning against his door.

"What's up Spirit?" Wondering what could have possibly happened this time to upset the emotional weapon.

"Did you realize that my little Maka graduates this year?"

"Nope, I've been a little busy."

"Can you believe it my Little Maka!" A fresh set of tears falling. Stein was just glad they where tears of pride. He was done picking Spirit off the floor.

"Aren't the waterworks little early? Also have you heard from Kami lately?" Stein asked knowing that talking about her was hard for Spirit.

"No not since the divorce." Spirit muttered.

"Has she even come get back?"

"Not that I'm know of and I think Maka would have said something." Stein decided to change the subject and fill Spirit on Miley's theory. Spirit stared at him. "Wow, taking untrained meisters. Stein where did you come up with that?"

"I didn't my little protegee did." He said with a chuckled.

"Miley, well she's going to be just like daddy isn't she?" Spirit teased,

"Shut up, Spirit!" Stein snapped.

Well, this is the longest chapter I've never written. There was fluff and fun, alright now we've to a theory the plot will start to pick up now. WOOO! Yeah I typed three chapters today, not this kid is going to be night and review.