Chapter 1: It Hurts (Updated 13/04/11)

Maka Albarn, the teenage girl was up late, busy reading a book that was sent to her by her mother. She sat on her bed in her green and yellow thin striped pyjamas. The laughing moon was the only source of light for Maka to read. Even though she was dressed for bed her emerald eyes did not leave the book, scanning every word and taking everything in. She was as still as a statue flicking a page over quickly to continue her story, nothing could break her concentration.

"FATHER!"

She was wrong, the window right next to her exploded by the shockwave of the cry. She fell off her bed quickly, trying to avoid the glass from causing her a serious injury. She luckily got off the bed quickly and laid curled up on the floor. Her pyjamas in some places had little cuts but Maka successfully avoided injury. Car alarms rang and echoed throughout the entire of Death city. Not just car alarms but also house alarms, sirens; everything that made a sound was waking up the entire city. Soon enough Maka could hear her name being called, still in some shock he dumbly looked around to find where the voice was coming from. Soon Soul 'Eater' Evans came charging into her room, a very worried expression across his face.

"Maka are you alright?" He asked quickly. Maka didn't answer at first, she was looking at the white haired boy in his pyjamas. Or rather a t-shirt and shorts that he just slept in. His cloths looked undamaged, but then again Soul's bed was not right next to his window. He however had a small cut across his cheek that lightly leaked blood from the wound.

"I'm…I'm fine, you got a cut", She replied, as she got up to her feet and walked over to him. She reached a hand to his cheek to wipe the small blood from it. Soul gently took her hand and lowered it.

"Don't worry about me I'm fine. What the hell was that?" He questioned quickly heading to the now shattered window next to Maka's bed.

"I don't know…but did you hear that shout? It sounded like Kid", Maka said joining him, and making sure none of them stepped on the glass on the floor. They both looked toward the DWMA. The giant candles that stuck out from the building were extinguished. The candles were always alight. Whatever was happening in Death City, the academy look like it was a good place to start looking around. Maka turned to her cupboard and jumped over the glass to reach it. She opened the doors and there her uniform hung. Her red and black plaid skirt, white shirt, yellow jumper vest, green and silver striped tie and finally her long black coat.

"Come on, let's get dressed and see what's happened!" Maka ordered. Soul nodded and quickly left the room to get to his, finding something to put on. When the two of them were ready and Maka pulled her gloves on, Soul transformed into a red and black scythe, which she spun in her hand for a moment. Nodding to herself she quickly made a quick run towards the DWMA.

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Maka ran across the city with Soul in her hands. Determined to find out what caused Kid to make that noise. Maka turned the corners of the streets, not slowing down on her run. She looked around as she went. The alarms of the cars, houses and shops caused people to leave their homes to find out what was happening, some even looked towards the DWMA. The confusion of all the citizens made them fully awake and fully aware that something bad had happened.

"Look, everyone in Death City must be awake", Soul assumed. Maka took another look of her surroundings. Rumours already began to spread as she heard people gossiping that the DWMA was attacked.

"We better find out for ourselves what's happened", Maka said and moved past many people. Finally she turned a corner again and was now faced with the massive staircase that lead up to the academy. Maka paused for a moment to catch her breath quickly from running halfway through the city. After a while she then quickly took off running up the stairs.

"You ready Soul?" Maka asked as she skipped a few steps striding up the staircase.

"I'm always ready M…Woah", Soul then said. When Maka reached the top of the stairs they saw that the courtyard was completely filled with the other students of the academy wanting to find out what was going on. The teachers however were blocking the entrances to the academy, not letting anyone in. Students were shouting at the teachers to be let in, some trying to get in by force.

"We're not going to get through here", Maka said. Suddenly a blue haired assassin tried to jump over the blockade but one teacher jumped in the air and struck him down to the ground face first, using the blunt side of a samurai sword.

"Yeah, especially if Black*Star can't", Soul added. Maka turned away and took Soul to try and find another way inside. They began to circle the academy to find another way in.

"Soul look", Maka said quickly going into cover. When the two peeked again they saw a police blockade and an ambulance by what looked like a blown hole in the back of the DWMA. Maka saw that Marie and Yumi were sitting inside the ambulance as the medic's shut the back doors. The two ducked for cover again as the ambulance drove off in their direction.

"It's no use, we are not going to get through that police blockade without a distraction", Soul said. Suddenly as if on cue a very loud blue assassin appeared near the blockade.

"YAHOO! Now I the mighty Black*Star will get into this academy!" he shouted, holding a chain-sickle in his hands. The Police then immediately turned to Black*Star and charged for him. Black*Star took off running as the police chased after him. Maka slowly looked away from the police mob to the now unguarded entrance. Maka grinned to Soul and they hoped over their cover and ran inside. As Maka ran down the dark corridor she finally stumbled upon Sid being bandaged up by Mila around his stomach and Spirit leaning against the wall with Stein. The two of them were near two massive closed doors, making sure they were against the wall and not in front of the door.

"What's happened here?" Maka asked as she ran towards them. Spirit looked to Maka with a very happy face.

"Oh my precious daughter, she's concerned about my health, this must me she…!" Spirit thought as he saw Maka running towards him. But she then ran right past his open arms to Stein.

"Professor, what's going on?" Maka asked as Soul changed back into his human form. Spirit sat to the corner of everyone, suddenly black and white coloured.

"I guess I was wrong… my daughter doesn't love me", Spirit thought in woe. Stein looked down to Maka very annoyed.

"Maka what are you doing here? You should get yourselves out of here right now", Stein said with a stern look.

"But I heard Kid, he sounded like he was in trouble, and all the windows exploded all over the…", Maka stated, while Soul poked the black and white death scythe in the corner.

"I said get the hell out of here! That's an order!" Stein shouted to her. Maka was taken back by his sudden outburst. His eyes had a hidden fire behind them, which you could only see when he was insane or very serious about something. However Maka got distracted when she heard crying coming from behind the two big doors. Maka looked back to Stein a little angry. There was someone crying inside the room, possibly Kid, and no one was doing anything to help him.

"Who's in there?" Maka asked in a raised voice. She wanted to find out for herself and pushed past Stein to open the door.

"Maka! Don't!" Stein shouted, but Maka opened the door. A loud cry was heard followed by a big dark purple electrified beam shot towards Maka. Stein was quick enough to pull her out the way before she was hit. When Stein swung her out of the way he quickly slammed the door shut, then moved to the side quickly.

"What was that?" Soul yelled, surprised of the power that came from the room.

"Stein! Tell me who was in there!" Maka ordered. Stein was going to argue back, but he knew it was going to be pointless. Maka was a very stubborn girl, just like her mother. He let out a sigh and took out a cigarette and match.

"Death the Kid is in there", Stein said bluntly. He lit his match and held it under his cigarette.

"Is he in trouble?" Maka asked, concerned for her friend. Stein took a drag before answering.

"No…he's mourning", Stein answered. Spirit put his hand over his face.

"I failed him as a weapon… I should have been the one…" Spirit muttered, but Maka picked up on it.

"Wait…what's he…" Maka asked. She then began putting two and two together, not liking the outcome.

"Mourning…what?" Maka asked Stein, looking down to hide her face.

"You already know the answer, I can see it in your soul", Stein replied.

"Just tell me!" she shouted back at him. Stein took a long hard drag before answering, after a sigh.

"Lord Death has been defeated, permanently", Stein finally said. Maka lightly gasped when she heard it from someone else.

"Death the Kid is in there with him, upon seeing his father the true powers of the grim reaper awoke inside of him. Kid was drawn to this place when Lord Death was murdered. I assume Lord Death's soul disappearing was what woke him. Lord Death's soul was bound to this city, can you sense the change Maka?" Stein explained. After a moment Maka used her Soul Perception to see everyone's souls and indeed everything seemed so much clearer. She then saw Kid's soul in the other room. She was shocked at how huge it gotten, how it was full of pain and suffering. His soul was pulsating in and out, slowly increasing in size.

"There was an intruder, he broke inside the DWMA and destroyed all our defences, until it came to me, Sid, Lord Death and your father to stop him getting into the vaults. He broke past all of us and murdered Lord Death. The intruder was after Brew, which he's successfully took", Stein explained more. Maka looked up to him.

"How could Lord Death be killed? He's Lord Death, he should already be dead!" Maka spat out.

"It doesn't work like that. In fact Lord Death's time was coming to an end. Lord Death had gotten weaker over the years and that voice he puts on eventually became his actual voice. His time was ending in which Death the Kid was meant to be trained by Lord Death of the new powers he will acquire and how to cope with them", Stein explained even more.

"Time comes to an end, even for death itself", Mila said in the background, bandaging the last part of Sid's wound.

"But Lord Death wasn't given the chance to train him, so upon his passing Kid has now acquired new powers he has no control over, adding the grief of his father's passing to that and we've got this situation", Sid then added.

"As cruel as it sounds we need to stop Kid from his grief and for him to assume the role of the new Lord as soon as possible. However he just lashes out at us whenever we try to enter", Stein stated.

"But surely Liz and Patty will help calm him down?" Soul questioned.

"That beam is not coming from Liz and Patty it's Kid's own new power, they are not even with him", Stein suddenly said. Soon the noises of two worried girls came from the corridor. Liz and Patty turned the corner and arrived.

"Where's Kid?" Liz asked very worried. Mila walked over to them and began to fill them in.

"But Stein, you're strong and quick you could stop him right?" Soul hoped.

"No, with his new powers, Kid will be a lot more faster than me. In fact that beam he is using could destroy me entirely", Stein answered.

"But someone's got to calm him down!" Maka shouted, frustrated that no one was trying to do anything.

"We can't do it unless we're in the room with him", Spirit answered. Maka turned around and glared daggers at her father then back to Stein.

"Fine, if you won't I will!" Maka shouted and charged past Stein again. She ignored Stein's cries to stop. She quickly opened the doors and rolled to cover. A purple beam shot towards the door as Stein quickly shut the door. The Sounds of Soul calling for Maka were muted. All light in the room vanished. Maka took slow and quiet breaths, slowly lifting her hand over her face; she couldn't even see it. She knew there was one way to light up the room and it risked her life. But she needed to get through to Kid.

"Kid…its Maka…I'm sorry…", Maka talked to Kid, with a calm and soothing voice. Kid immediately shot out beams all around him, not knowing where the voice was coming from. This purple light lit up the room enough for Maka to see where Kid was and new cover to get closer. She quickly jumped over her cover and rolled to a stack of items coated with dust. Everything in this room looked like it hadn't been touched in years. Soon Maka was in utter darkness again when Kid stopped shooting the beams.

"I know your in pain…and confused…let me help you…", Maka continued, Kid repeated his purple beam attacks again, lighting up the room again with a purple glow. Maka moved from her cover and walked around the other items until the beams stopped again. This time she wasn't in cover, but using her Soul Perception she knew she was right in front of Kid only a few feet away.

"Let someone help you…let your friends and people to help you in your pain", Maka continued, taking steps toward him. Kid then shot two beams right in front of him. Maka stopped moving as the beams narrowly missed her by inches. She remained standing in between those two beams. A tear ran down her face, she thought she'd died for a moment. She opens her eyes to see a light up Death the Kid. He is only wearing pyjama trousers and all his scars are revealed in the purple light, along with his face, full of sorrow, pain, grief and confusion. Maka was terrified that the beams were so close to her but she needed to help him. She slowly walked towards him again, her black coat blowing behind her and burned as it touched the beams until she was right in front of him. She knelt down and embraced Kid in a hug, stopping the beams. She held him still as his frantic breathing slowed into a slow and steady breath.

"M...Maka?" Kid whimpered. Maka smiled that when he said her name. She finally got through to him and held him a bit tighter.

"Yes… I'm here Kid", Maka soothed him, stroking his hair.

"M...Maka…", Kid simply whimpered placing his face into her shoulder.

"Look at you, your all unsymmetrical", Maka said and lightly laughed, trying to lighten him up at least a little bit.

"How could he be gone…", Kid sobbed and cried into Maka's shoulder, holding onto her. Maka's smile went as she tightened her embrace. The door's open and Soul stood at the entrance, lighting up the room.

"Maka?" Soul shouted, worried if she died, but looked onto Kid crying into Maka, and then noticed for himself the remains of the Lord Death just behind Maka. Soon enough everyone else came to the door. Looking on at the grieving Grim Reaper, and the corpse of the almighty Death. As much as Stein wanted to get things moving, he couldn't stop this moment, so he remained with everyone else, watching Maka hold the crying Kid close to her. But nobody could see Maka also crying, sharing Kid's grief and mourning for his father.