Partners

Order

One of the main rules a Weapon was told to follow was 'Do whatever your Meister orders you to do'. There were many other rules as well, such as 'Keep your Meister safe' and 'Do not fight them when they have made a decision'. Soul Eater followed these rules for quite a long time into his relationship with his Partner, Maka Albarn. He listened to her commands, was willing to push her aside and take a hit for her if needed be, and he was never there to question her decisions. He was always the guy who stood in the background and kept quiet when Maka was setting up their plan of attack within the mental confines of her mind.

He just sat back and waited for his orders.

That all changed the day he realized his Meister would have died if he let her do what she wanted. He had become the first Weapon in their generation to cross the line that was never supposed to be crossed. He had called out to her not to go; he pleaded her not to go that way. Soul yelled at her from within the red and black blade of his scythe mode, but she only shook her head and insisted that her plan was the fastest way to get their assignment done. She could be reckless sometimes, he knew that, and she always turned out in the end with a few cuts and bruises, but Soul knew for sure this time she wouldn't make it home.

It scared him.

"Wait Maka, don't—"

"We do it my way, Soul. Your Meister has made her decision!"

"But Maka!"

"Be quiet. That's an order."

He crossed the line with livid eyes when Soul transformed and landed on his feet. He spread his arms wide and prevented her from continuing down her path and Maka stared back with the same furious narrow of the eyes. "What are you doing?" She asked between clenched teeth. "Turn back into a scythe! The Kishin egg is getting away!"

"It's a trap!" Soul barked. "You're so dense that you can't see that this thing is just playing with you!"

Maka's eyes narrowed dangerously and she reached out to grab him by the wrist. "Soul! You are my Weapon! You have to—"

"Keep you safe." Soul interrupted her and yanked his arm away. "I am your Weapon partner and it is my duty to keep you safe no matter what it takes. If I have to break a few rules to do so, then I will, because I am not going to sit back and watch as you get yourself killed when I knew all along that it would end like that." His words caused her to stagger, and the pig tailed girl stepped back away from him. "I know you want to get home quick, but you can't let that get in the way of your judgment. It's leading you into a trap. If you just listened to me for a God damn second, then you would realize that taking to higher ground to get above it would be a much safer and easier approach."

"But—"

"Your Weapon has decided on a safer route!" Soul didn't let her speak. "Now get to it. Losing your life over something so obvious isn't cool, Maka."

Maka's anger had disappeared the second he gave her a toothy grin. It was then when she realized just how stupid she had been and let out a sheepish laugh, a hand rising to slap over her mouth. "Wow that was real lame of me." She then said between her giggles. He was glad that she hadn't held it against him for stepping over that line no Weapon should technically cross, and he relaxed his arms at his sides. "Okay, okay, you're right. Using the roofs of the buildings will give us a better opening." She held her gloved hand out to him and gave a smile that made his heart falter for just a moment.

"Let's go Soul Eater."

"You got it."

This is the story behind the Assignment Maka mentions in 'Knowledge'

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