"Run!" Soul yelled, grabbing Maka's hand and sprinting.
"What is that thing?" Maka asked, running with Soul.
"Wes. My brother." Soul snarled.
As they ran, Wes appeared in front of them. Soul stopped and moved Maka behind his back, protecting her. Wes snarled,
looking at his brother.
"What do you have, Soul? A snack?" Wes asked, eyeing Maka hungrily.
"She's not food." Soul growled, showing his fangs.
"Then what is she? Don't tell me you've gone soft on us! Do you want to disgrace the Evans family name?" Wes asked, angrily.
"I'm walking with her to the village. That's all. Now leave!" Soul was quickly growing angry with his brother.
"Why are you helping a human? We EAT them!" Wes snarled, walking closer to the two.
"Stop! I won't let you touch her!" Soul said, backing up with Maka.
Wes smirked and pounced. Soul pushed Maka back as he slashed at Wes. Blood covered Soul's claws as he sunked them into Wes'
arm, throwing him aside. Wes hissed in pain as he held his wound. The look in Soul's eyes was like fire burning furiously.
Maka stood still, watching as the fight continued, seeing Soul pounce this time and sink his fangs into Wes' shoulder. Wes threw Soul to the ground, standing with a smile on his face.
"Look at how pathetic you are. No wonder mom and dad like me better. You are worthless and can't do anything right." Wes snarled.
"Stop! Leave him alone!" Maka yelled, watching in horror.
"Why should I? What are you going to do about it, little girl?" Wes said, turning away from Soul and coming closer to her.
"Maka...Run!" Soul yelled, trying to get up.
"I won't leave you!' Maka said, holding her book tightly in her hand.
"What's a book gonna do to help you?" Wes chuckled, standing right in front of Maka.
"I wouldn't mock her..." Soul said, a smirk on his face.
"Makaaaa-CHOP!" Maka slammed the book into Wes' head.
As Wes fell to the ground, clutching his head, Maka ran over and helped Soul up before supporting him and continuing towards the village.
"Damn girl!" Wes growled. "Wait until mom and dad hear about this. Soul helping a human girl." Wes got up and sprinted in to the darkness of the woods.
Maka and Soul made it to the village. It had already gone dark, with only the light of candles and the moon to guide the two through the village streets. Villagers came out of their houses, seeing what had happened as Maka supported Soul all the way to her grandmother's house.
"Grandmother! I'm here!' Maka called as she opened the door and set Soul down on a chair. "Sorry it took so long. A friend got hurt."
"Maka. How are you dear?" Her grandmother asked, walking into the hallway. "Who is that?" She pointed a wrinkled finger at Soul in the chair.
"This is Soul. He got badly hurt protecting me. Can he stay the night here? He can't go back home in the dark." Maka asked,
removing her hood from over her head.
"Sure. I'm going to rest in bed. Please help yourself to the soup the neighbor's kid brought." The grandmother called as she entered her bedroom and shut the door, leaving the two alone.
"Why didn't you run, idiot?" Soul asked, breathing heavily.
"I couldn't leave you alone. He would've hurt you more and taken you back to your family. Who knows what they would've done if you went back." Maka replied, placing a washcloth on his forehead and pulling out the first-aid kit.
"I'm fine..." Soul said, trying to get up.
Maka pushed him back down. "Please let me help you. You helped me, now I want to help you." She looked into his eyes. He saw sadness in her eyes and surrendered.
"Fine" He sighed, stretching his arm out for her to wrap the gash.
"Thanks again for protecting me." Maka said, looking at his wound as she wrapped it in bandage.
"You saved both of us with that book of yours. You were the one who protected both of us." Soul chuckled a little. He wanted to see her smile again, but she didn't look up at him or smile.
"But I didn't get hurt. You got hurt protecting me..." Maka stopped wrapping his wound and just stared at it, sadness in her eyes.
"You're the first person to actually look at me as a person and not a monster. If you had gotten hurt...that wouldn't have been cool. I would be and uncool guy if I didn't protect you." Soul said
"So you only protected me because it was a cool thing to do?" Maka asked, angrily.
"No! That's not-"
"Makaaaa-CHOP!" Maka slammed her book into his skull.
"Ow! That hurts Maka!" Soul yelled as she walked out of the room.
"To think I actually cared about you being hurt." Maka yelled from the kitchen.
"Maka! Listen to me!" Soul got up and walked into the kitchen.
"No! Leave me alone Soul!" She yelled at him as she tried to go around him.
Soul grabbed her by the wrist and pushed her against the wall, putting both arms by her side so she couldn't escape.
"Maka. I care about you! More then anyone!"
Thanks for reading my first fanfiction. It means a lot to me. Sorry if there is any spelling errors.
Arigato
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