Hey everyone, I'm back with Bite Size!
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The concept and ideals of this chapter as well as the original storyline are blankdude's, but of course you already knew that, right?
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Also check out some of raelynn gross and Sally White's stories as well as some of my own, such as Semi Legal and New Beginnings. If you've read Soul's Fluffy Kitten or Fluffy Puppy Trio, you might like to check out the third story of that series called Soul and Maka's Fluffy Family. Please be sure to review anything you read; have respect for the authoresses who made those stories possible^_^
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Bite Size
Chapter 7: Blown Away in the Wind
Wednesday morning sent that ringing of the mini alarm clock with headphones into Soul's ears again, slamming him awake. He shut it off and got up to change into his jeans and t-shirt. As he left the room for the bathroom, the other alarm clock shattered the air. After turning it off, Soul and Maka proceeded to get ready for their crazy and long day. Today, Maka placed herself into a pretty black and pink sundress and pulled on the plastic black sandals to go with it. The air outside was warm and very windy as the sun laughed above like it almost always did. Stepping outside, Soul felt the harsh winds speeding across Death City and quickly shielded Maka from the turbulent winds. Leaves and sticks of weak and light composition bounced across the streets and yards of Death City as Soul arrived at school with Maka safely on his shoulder.
Their friends were outside, enjoying the speeding and warm air.
"Hi Maka," Chrona greeted the shrunken meister upon Soul's shoulder.
She waved back, "Hey there Chrona. Having a nice morning?"
"Y...yeah, pretty much," Chrona replied.
Maka smiled, "Good!"
The wind rushed again and Soul shielded Maka again. They finally walked into school and got through class, this time without the intercom interruption. Soul continued taking notes for him and Maka both, which was hard but he didn't mind too much. Soon enough, it was finally lunch time, which assembled the group of seven friends outside to eat in the windy and sunny air. Once again, Chrona and Soul were feeding Maka by hand, but the wind was terribly strong. Soul tried to react to where he could shield Maka by hand, but it was harder when trying to eat. Somewhere in his mind, he badgered himself that he was going to be unable to keep her safe like this.
"This wind is nuts!" exclaimed Liz.
"It's insane! Like a crazy giraffe!" proclaimed Patty.
"Not giraffes! They're asymmetrical!" wailed Kid.
"Are they really?" Soul asked Maka.
Maka shrugged, she didn't really know nor care. The wind pressed against her harshly and she fell off of Soul's shoulder. In a snap reaction, Soul caught her and replaced her on his shoulder.
"Are you okay Maka?"
"I'm fine Soul."
"G..good thing Soul was there," commented Chrona
The mentality he had after she had fallen from his nightstand came back all over again and Soul started to zone out a little. Why couldn't he seem to protect her?
That's when the wind picked up even harder...
"Soul!"
Maka didn't even stand a chance as she tried to grasp his shirt but failed horribly. She screamed as the wind tore her from his shoulder and Chrona jumped up to try to catch her friend. Chrona's arm fell short as the wind yanked Maka harshly into the air.
"Soul!"
Soul snapped back into reality in time for him to see the others trying to catch a flying Maka. He leaped up and ran after her quickly. He was right below her before he tried to catch his shrunken meister, Maka reaching her small hand out to her trusted weapon.
"Maka!"
She stretched as he reached his arm to her, but the wind tore her away just as he nearly had her into his hand. Soul and Chrona rushed after her first, followed by the others. The wind swirled Maka as she screamed repeatedly. It was like she was like she was trapped in a tornado, tearing her from her friends. She felt helpless and quite burdening at this rate as she heard Soul and Chrona crying and bellowing her name. She soon heard her other friends as the wind rushed harder around her small form. Maka screamed as she felt her stomach jump, the wind tossing her sky high as if she weren't high enough. Looking down, she saw that she almost at the very edge of the field where she and her friends ate lunch and her friends were quite far.
The wind soon slammed Maka down into the ground painfully, making her yelp before she just lay still for a minute, her body face up towards the sky. Like this, every single thing looked huge. Everything from tall blades of grass to dandelions looked like trees to Maka. Next to her was a sturdy stick about her size that she could use in case if she had problems. She may as well be prepared, she could tell she'd be here a while. Maka brought herself to her legs, finding herself to be okay and mostly uninjured, just some scratches and scrapes along with a small cut in her leg. Nothing compared to the usual mess of injuries she got fighting kishins or witches.
Meanwhile, Soul and Chrona stopped, the others stopping after them.
"She's...she's gone," Soul muttered suddenly, a quake in his voice as a lump grew in his throat.
"She landed in the grass somewhere," Chrona whimpered.
"Okay, we just have to find her! I, the godly Black Star, shall assist you all with my awesomeness!"
"Great, that will be some help," murmured Kid sarcastically.
"Oh dammit, how could I let Maka get blown away like that?" Soul cursed himself.
Maka was walking around, trying to figure out where she was and how to get back. She continuously found rocks, which were different to her depending on size. Small ones were like seats and large ones were mountains. Really small ones, like pebbles, seemed like they could be carved into shoes; really horrible looking and terribly uncomfortable shoes that is. Suddenly, she heard a rustle and whirled around only to see a mouse come charging out of the grass and leap onto her.
"Ack!" Maka yelped, waving the stick.
She slapped the mouse on the head with it, as if she were doing a 'Maka chop.' Maka, inwardly, tried to figure out why the hell the damn thing was attacking her. Oh...oh that's right. Part of lunch was a Death Club sandwich, which had cheese on it. Soul and Chrona had been pulling bits off of the sandwich for her, including cheese, which meant that her hands smelled like cheese and other foods that mice eat. Which made this mouse think she actually had something he or she wanted. Maka jabbed at it with the stick and jumped back as it tried to tackle her again.
"You have no idea who you are messing with, you field mouse," growled Maka.
She slashed at the mouse again, relying on the stick to act as her sword. Several attacks, not very damaging only discouraging, hit. Suddenly, the mouse's eyes grew wide and it turned a full circle before scurrying away in hurried fear. Maka cheered, pumping her 'sword' into the air victoriously.
"Hah! Even the mini me can win some battles!"
Suddenly, Maka felt hot air rushing against her neck, like breathing. Slowly, Maka turned, only to find the true reason for the mouse's retreat. It was a fox, small enough to hide in the grass, but much larger than Maka and that mouse. His fur was red and he wasn't a happy camper at the two animals he had come across. Maka's green eyes widened immensely as she recognized the battle she would never win with only a stick. This was bad...Maka quickly tightened her grasp on the stick and ran from the red fox, charging down the paths of dirt, rock, flowers, weeds, and grass.
"Soul! Soul! Soul!" Maka screamed, hoping they'd find her soon and get her out of this mess.
She tripped over a fake diamond ring and yelped as she fell painfully. Scowling, she picked up the ring, figuring she could give it to the lost and found whenever she got back to Soul. For now, she just put it on her head like a hat. Finding the fox still on her trail, Maka resumed her run, repeatedly screaming for Soul and Chrona every chance she got. When looking back to check if she had lost it, she slammed into a tree...erm, a mushroom and fell onto her back. Quickly, she recovered and hopped onto the top of the mushroom, landing face down. It was like a platform when on top of it. She looked back to see that the fox was no where in sight, so she sat and fanned herself, weakly calling Soul's name when she could.
"This is really hard," Liz muttered.
By now, lunch had ended, so the twins had gone to tell Marie and Stein what had happened before they hunted the seven friends down for skipping class. Even when the twins had returned, Maka hadn't been found.
"Maka!" Soul called again.
"We won't hear her, even if she calls back. We need...like a signal or something," Kid thought aloud.
"Oh like what? 'I'm over here, I'm the flatchested bookworm!'" Black Star yelled.
Soul growled and glared at Black Star heavily, frustrated at both himself and the fact that they couldn't find Maka in the first place anyway.
"No Black Star," spat Soul, "-he meant a nonverbal signal, like a thrown rock or something like that."
"Yeah, that would work," Tsubaki agreed.
"There's a ton of rocks over here!" called Patty.
Soul facepalmed, "We don't need the rocks, Maka does. Maybe if she hears us, she can toss a pebble or something at us. What do you think Maka, can you? It's up to you right now."
Maka, able to hear Soul from wherever the hell she was, located a pebble and made her best throw in the direction of his voice. Sadly, weakened by her new size, the toss failed epically and Maka moaned mournfully. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head; a catapult! Maka quickly went off to find materials for a catapult.
"Great, she can't even hear us," Black Star muttered.
"Or maybe she can't even throw that well in her state," Kid murmured.
"Crap! Freaking hell!" bellowed Soul, kicking a larger rock away from him.
"Soul! What if that or something else you kick lands on Maka?" asked Tsubaki.
Soul's eyes widened and he moaned, "Shit..."
"Oh great, now we may be the rescue party for an injured miniature," Liz grumbled.
"I, the godly Black Star-!"
"Black Star, please...just stop," muttered Soul
"Y...yeah...we need to focus," noted Chrona.
Maka located a rock and a stick as well a thimble. She then found a pebble and loaded it into the thimble before situating everything the way she needed it by using some strayed rubber bands. Once finished, Maka listened for the voices of her friends again.
"Don't worry Soul, we'll find her," Tsubaki noted.
Tsubaki! That's to the East! Maka yelled to herself.
"I hope so," Soul sighed.
Soul! Also to the East, perfect! Maka cheered inwardly.
She quickly rotated the makeshift catapult and slammed her weight in addition to a rock she managed to hold onto the other end to launch the pebble. She slammed harshly into the ground but knew she did it right when she heard Soul.
"Ow! A pebble just-! Maka!" Soul cried.
Soul rushed into the direction the pebble had shot from while the others watched hopefully. Maka listened to the rustling of the grass as she found her way onto her feet and started calling Soul's name.
"Maka, wherever you are, don't let me step on you. Scream or throw a rock at me, something," Soul stated.
Maka searched for a pebble as she noted the closeness of his footsteps on the grass. When he came into her eye of sight, Maka waited for just the right moment before yelling his name really loudly and tossing the rock at his leg. The second the rock struck him, he kneeled down and pushed ground around, following Maka's calls until he finally found her by her catapult.
"Maka, cool, I finally found you," sighed Soul breathlessly as he let her climb into his hand.
Maka smiled as he lifted her up. Looking at her, he noted the ring on her head and laughed slightly.
"Nice hat there Maka."
She grinned, "Thanks Soul. I'll probably turn it in to lost and found."
"Nah, you should keep it. Don't think anyone misses it at this point. Besides, it looks strangely cool on you."
She shrugged, "Okay, I'll keep it."
He placed her on his shoulder, but Maka jumped up and hugged the side of his face.
"Thank you so much Soul. I'm so glad to see you..."
Soul patted her back with only one finger as she hugged his face.
"Maka, you have no idea how much I'm glad to see you too."
She sighed happily as she slid back down onto his shoulder before he stood up and walked back over to the others. They headed back inside and, along the way, Maka told her friends of the mini adventure before the made it to class.