Maka and Soul dashed into class, almost late. When they entered, everyone was staring at them - some blushing, some with a surprised/shocked face, and some with a smirk. Maka glanced at Soul, then realized that they had subconsciously joined hands while running. How embarrasing, she thought. However, she did feel something unsettling - with her soul perception, some souls in the class were filled with rage, hate, and hunger for revenge. And that anger was directed towards her. Interesting, she thought.
"Well, Maka, Soul, if you're going to make out do it somewhere else. This is a classroom," Stein scolded with a smirk. Maka's face turned beet red. She and Soul quietly made their way to their seats and sat down.
Tsubaki turned to face Maka. "Maka, I think you forgot that today, something important is happening," she said.
"What is it?" Maka replied.
Black Star suddenly stuck his face in front of Maka. "How could you forget? It's your birthday! Man, I can't believe you forgot your own birthday! WHICH MEANS, I, THE GREAT GOD BLACK STAR, HAS A BETTER MEMORY THAN MAKA!"
"MAKA CHOP!"
"OW! WHAT THE HELL!"
Maka smiled to herself. My birthday. I'm turning 15 today.
The first half of the school day was filled with presents, bright greetings, and out-of-tune singing. Maka loved it all. However, she often felt those rage filled souls wandering near her.
Then lunchtime came.
"I'm going to go wash up. Don't leave without me!" Maka said to her friends. She quickly scurried to the bathroom, but while she was washing her hands, she then sensed some strange souls,but different from before.
"Well, look at what we have here."
Maka turned her head and saw three girls - a chubby girl with long, black hair, and short girl with auburn hair tied into two curly pigtails, and a tall girl with pale blonde braids.
"Is there something you three need?" Maka asked sweetly.
"Actually, yes. We need you to stop interacting with Soul. Which means no talking, no contacting, and don't even look at him. You aren't the right partner for Soul. You're weak, petty, and arrogant. And don't forget flat-chested and hideous. Maka? Might as well call you Baka, " said the short girl.
Maka was furious but remained calm. "I've met you before. In the book of Eibon. I'm not sure if you were just an illusion or if you were able to sneak in with us, but you already told me all this before. And I haven't broke my partnership with Soul since, so what makes you think you'll be able to do it now? Soul is not a pet. You don't get to decide if he's your partner. I chose Soul and he chose me. That's what makes a steady partnership. Both meister and weapon have to listen to each other's opinions and treat other equally. No one is the boss in a partnership. We work together and accept each other."
"Yeah yeah, go on with your INSPIRATIONAL speech. But how will anyone listen when they're forced to look at a fat, ugly, arrogant and stupid bitch? I'll bet that's why your mom left you. She just couldn't stand looking at this hideous creature."
Maka couldn't hold in her anger. "How dare you! You can insult me all you want, but don't DARE bring my mother into this!"
"Here's your birthday present," the black-haired girl walked up to her, and punched her face. Before Maka could recover, the tall girl walked up and pushed her down to the ground, kicking her everywhere - ribs, stomach, face, you name it. Not to mention the fact that she was wearing spikes (Soccer shoes) which started opening up cuts. Then the auburn haired girl did worst, she started choking Maka. Both hands wrapped around her thin neck, squeezing as hard as her short body could, while the other two continued beating her.
Maka never made a sound.
When they were finally done, Maka was too exhausted to move. She laid on the ground for hours and fell asleep.
All the while, her friends were worried where she went.
After school
"Hey bro, y'know where Maka went?" Soul asked Ox.
"Nope, haven't seen her ever since lunch started."
Soul was irritated. But more than that, worried. Maka never skipped class - she would take extra curricular classes whenever she had the chance. Which bothered Soul because he had to go to them too, but right at that moment he didn't care.
Suddenly Tsubaki ran up to Soul, panicked, saying, "Remember when Maka went to the bathroom? W-Well, um, sh-uh, she's still in there. And not in the best shape."
"I'll go with you, but I can't enter the girls bathroom, so will you be able to drag her out of there?" Soul asked.
"Of course, she is light, after all."
Once they got there, Soul's breath hitched, then he gulped. Down the hall of the bathroom stalls, laid a small, disfigured, silhouette.
"Oh my god."
Tsubaki dragged Maka outside, trying best to avoid bumping Maka into the wall or a trash can. She let Soul do the rest - pick Maka up (bridal style .^.), wake her.
"Maka. What. Happened?" Soul asked in a stern voice. Her blood was starting to seep into his jacket.
"Whuh..? Huh? What time is it?"
Soul checked his phone. "5:37."
"Aw, crap." Maka smacked her face, which she quickly regretted, because it was actually painful.
Soul took a good look at her - she had a black eye, her forehead was bleeding, her hair had blood, there were cuts scattered onto her body and face like grass clippings, her legs were bruised, and her clothes were torn and bloody. The cloth area around her ribs was tattered and looked old, revealing a small part of her ribs, which were literally purple and black.
"Who did this to you?" Soul asked, concerned.
"I don't know their names. But they were girls from the NOT class." Maka covered her face with one hand to block out the sun.
"I'm telling Stein. He'll patch you up. Probably going to do that literally."
"No, please don't. Stein already has a lot of students to care about.I don't want to give him more trouble. Besides, my injuries are just minor."
"...Alright, fine. But only because you're injured and I will do what you request."
End. Was it bad? I thought it was OK. Bye now :V