AN: I have been doing a lot of story and character building lately... I love any and all of your comments. I promise that the romance will continue very shortly. I beg and thank you for your patients. I swear that the slow moving character building is pretty much done.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.
Chapter 22
Normal POV
Quinn was laying under the shade of an oak tree. Watching the leaves dance above him in the light breeze. He was waiting for his sisters to finish their after school training.
"There you are Quinn" called Mia. "We have been looking for you."
"I told you that I would be waiting by the tree for you to finish with your training." Rose walked up to Mia and Quinn with a worried look on her face.
"Hey Quinn... um Mia and I have something to tell you." Quinn sat up, now giving his full attention to his sisters. "Just promise you won't... flip out..."
"Rose you should know by now that you can tell me anything, so spill, what are you so nervous about?" Rose hesitated, not knowing how to continue.
"What she is trying to say is that we both have found partners. Rose now has a weapon, and I have a miester. To top it off our resonance level is through the roof." Mia blurted out.
"That's great you guys," Quinn was truly happy for his sisters. "But why would you be nervous to tell me about your new partners?"
Rose glanced at Mia, before she spoke. "Well, it wasn't the fact that we have partners that's making us nervous... It's telling you who they are..."
"And who might they be? " Quinn asked, starting to get a little ticked at his sisters evasiveness.
"We might as well get this out of the way Rose," Mia said to her sister. "Quinn, Hunter Evans is my miester and Drake Evans is Rose's weapon."
As the girls expected Quinn was far from happy with the news. "Your kidding right? Mia you can't be serious... you know who their father is."
Mia rolled her eyes at her brother. "Yes Quinn, our father. And now in turn our siblings are going to be Rose's and mines partners."
"How can you be okay with having them as your partners? They could end up being worse than Soul."
"Quinn, that is ridiculous and you know it. You can't judge them like that without even getting to know them. Besides the subject is not up of debate, we just thought that you should know."
Rose latched onto Quinn's arm, "Quinn, Mia is right you need to get to know them. I like having Drake be my partner. And now Mia and I can go out on missions."
Quinn took a deep claiming breath. "Fine... I guess you guys are right I'll give them a chance. But just so you know, I am going to be accompanying you on your next few missions."
Maka's POV
Soul and I were in the Death room trying to finish planning out our training schedule when Mia, Hunter, Drake and Rose came rushing over to us. Mia and Rose were the first to reach us. "Mom! You have got to tell Quinn that he is not coming with us on our missions!" Mia shouted.
"Dad! You can't let him barge in on our missions! "Drake complained to Soul.
"Whoa, Whoa slow down and back up for a minute. Someone explain to me what in the name of death make's you all think that you will be going on missions? Last time I checked none of you had partners!" Soul scolded. Just then Quinn calmly walked over to us and all 4 of his panicking siblings.
"The simple version is that Hunter and Mia became partners, along with Rose and Drake. When I found out I told Mia and Rose that I'd be going on their missions with them, but they didn't like that idea and came running to you."
Soul and I both rose our eyebrows in surprise. "Mom! Tell him that he doesn't need to tag along with us!" Mia continued to complain.
"I'm sorry Mia, but I think that I want Quinn to go with you and Rose on any and all of your missions until further notice."
"What! No! Dad please you can't let this happen!" Hunter complained. Soul looked conflicted, he shot me a short glance before turning back to Drake and Hunter. "Sorry guys, I'm with Maka and Quinn on this one. Quinn will accompany you on your missions until we say other wise."
Dispute his efforts to keep the smirk off his face, I could see it starting to show. After a quite a few disgruntled protests the kids slowly left us alone to continue our work. Soul and I were both silent for a moment. I was the first to break the silence.
"Wow, who would have thought the our kids would end up partnered together." Soul was silent for another moment before responding.
"Maka... Do you not trust my kids? You were so quick to decide that Quinn was to go with them, was it because of what happened with ...us?"
"What?! No oh death no Soul. Our past has nothing to do with it. To be 100% honest I am truly happy that they found each other. I know that you would have drilled the same responsibility and protectiveness you had for your partners into them. I do not doubt that Hunter and drake are up to the task, I want Quinn to be with them for simple reasons.
- The first and possibly the most important. Quinn is super protective of his family, and even if I had told him to stay behind, I am fairly sure that he would follow them on missions anyway."
- The second reason is because Mia has some experience fighting Kishians but Rose has little to none. I would just feel better knowing that Quinn would be there on the off chance something happened. But if you don't mind me asking. What made you agree to have Quinn tag along with the kids?"
He looked up at me, before answering. "Their first day of school, Quinn and Mia told the class a story about the time they faced Berry the Chopper. Even then I was able to tell that Quinn is not only protective, but powerful. With the constant growing number of pre-kishins and witches I figured that not only would it not hurt to have him tagging along, but if something were to happen that he would be best able to handle things until help could arrive." Soul shrugged slightly.
I smiled at Soul, it made me happy to hear him praising his son. "Well Quinn and Mia are both very powerful, they get it from their father."
AN: Hey guys I know that this chapter is kinda short but I wanted to post it while I was still able to. long story short I am headed to basic and I may not be able to post anything new for a hot minute. But never fear I will continue and finish this story, I'll just be MIA for a few weeks. please bear with me and thank you to all that support me and review. Until later :)