Glammie: It's a new year!

Shion: That means a lot ot of changes!

Nezumi: Any resolutions?

Glammie:(Thinking) Hmmm...not really.

Shion: Anything you want to change?

Glammie: Yes! The ending to No.6!

Nezumi: I don't think that's changing.

Glammie: But how could you just end it at that kiss, and then boom, no more.

Shion: Tis called a cliffhanger my lady.

Glammie: I am not amused. Now for that Nezumi has to do the disclaimer.

Nezumi:(Sighing) Glammiegirl328 does not own Soul Eater, but she does love and fangirls over No.6

Shion: Why did you give in so easily?

Nezumi: No use in arguing with her.

Glammie: Damn Skippy!

The Even Harder and More Super and Future Determining Senior Exams

Maka was over the stress. They were halfway through the year and like most schools they had a midterm, The Senior Exams. This made or broke futures. The ones they took when they were only 15 were like diagnostics, judging them on how they would they do if they got the real test.

Of course Arusa was nonchalant about the whole thing, having been alive for most of the things she read and in textbooks, his grade was secure. Besides, how dumb would you have to be to fail on a test that is mainly about yourself?

However,he was supportive in helping her study. Everyday when the twins went down for a nap, kicking and screaming, Arusa sat with Maka in their living room and just studied.

Arusa:(Reading from the study guide) Who was the first person to combine weapon and meister?

Maka:(Smirking) You.

Arusa: Haha, funny. You know you can't answer those questions by saying,"My fiance. "

Maka: I know, I just think you're cute when you're all serious like that.

Arusa: I'm not cute, I'm hot stuff.

Maka: Sure sure... (Giggling)

Arusa: Ok a sound soul...

Maka: Dwells within a sound mind amd a sound body.

Arusa: Define what it means?

Maka: If you want to have a secure human soul, you need your mind to be stable and a healthy body.

Arusa:(Crossing his arms and arching his eyebrow) How does that relate to me?

Maka: Your mind went unstable from the madness inside of you, then you murged your body with your weapon, giving you a kishin soul.

Arusa: Exactly.

Maka: Why did you do that?

Arusa: Eat my partner? I have no clear memory of what went on in my head at that time.

Maka: Really?

Arusa: Yeah, after I met you, I guess my subconscious started supressing the nightmares in my head.

Maka: But, you said you ha e dreams from time to time.

Arusa: More like nightmares, I dream about the crazy crap that I did while I was "mentally unstable".

Maka: Can you tell me?

Arusa: Pretty much the basics, killing Arachne, almost killing Kid, fighting my father and fighting you. Then there are memories from years of darkness in that bag.

Maka: You were still conscious?

Arusa: Call it my dad's ultimate punishment, he puts me in a bag of my own skin and doesn't even have the curtsy to atleast knock me out.

Maka sat there thinking. She remembered Arusa telling her about his past and what happened to make him go crazy. Also, he talked about his relationship with Lord Death. He said that the big blowout that they had was the reason that he stopped trusting people and it became his first steps in becoming the Kishin.

However, now the pair seemed to become so much closer. Arusa isn't just going to jump on Lord Death's shoulder and demand a piggyback ride, but they do father son outings with Lord Death, himself and Kid. It has become something that he has begun to look forward to.

Arusa: Ok, enough about my pointless back story. Let's get back to the stuff that made textbooks.

(Outside the house)

The figure kept looking. She had been studying the blonde haired teen for months now. It was January, so she knew that Maka was getting ready for her Senior Exams, perfect.

The figure smirked as she watched the couple study. Maka was going to flip her shit when she saw her, not that she minded, the unknown woman always had a knack for extravagant entrances.

She noticed Arusa perk up and turn his head turn the window, before he could get a good look, she ducked.

She would reveal herself soon, just not today.

(Back inside)

Maka looked over at Arusa who was looking seriously at the window.

Maka:(Frowning) What?

Arusa turned back to her and relaxed his face back into a lazy grin.

Arusa:(Scratching his head) Oh nothing. Must've been my imagination. Let's finish studying.

Maka nodded and went back to the book.

Arusa:(Thinking to himself) How long are you going to watch?

(Gallows Manor)

Soul: Seriously guys, I'm trying to study.

Soul looked at his friends, his eyes pleading. He thought that when Kid invited him to the study party it would be more study and less party.

Black*Star: Oh lighten up Soul, this is going to be a piece of cake.

Soul: Coming from the kid who tried to steal the test the first time we took it? (Arching his brow)

Black*Star: Whatever dude, it would've worked too if Stein was a heavier sleeper.

Kid: Sure Star.

Black*Star: Whatever Kid, you barely got your name on the paper.

Soul: My point exactly, we all failed in a humiliating way. I think this year we need to step it up.

Kid: Wow, no Maka is really taking a toll on you as a student. I've never seen you so determined about a test.

Soul:(Shrugging sheepishly) Well, I feel like I owe it to Yoshie, she deserves a good partner.

Black*Star: Dude you like her.

Soul: No, I don't! (Trying to suppress his blush)

Kid: I think he's lying.

Black*Star:(Punching his open palm) Soul, you can either tell us the normal way or we can beat the crap out of you until you do.

Soul:(Considering) I guess we're just going to have to fight it out then.

The group fought for a while until Soul accidently hit a table moving a vase slightly to the left, effectively causing Kid to have OCD attack. It took Soul, Black*Star, Liz, Pattie and Tsubaki to calm him.

After all that, they studied.

(The day of the exam)

Maka walked into the testing room to see Soul sloched down, he had on really light and loose clothes, probably in an attempt to show that he wasn't cheating. Next to him was Yoshie who was taking out her testing material. Kid was above them with a laptop, due to last years freak out, they made his test online so all his letters would be perfect on the computer. Liz and Pattie were sitting on either side of Kid. Liz looked bored while Pattie sat there excited.

Maka looked at the board to make sure that Black*Star wasn't hanging from it. He wasn't. Instead, he was walking behind her with Tsubaki in tow. Lastly, Crona was in a dark corner keeping his distance from the rest of the class.

Maka greeted each one with a smile and a wave. They returned them as Arusa pulled Maka to her seat. Once everyone was in the room, Sid went over the standard test instructions and the test began.

Everyone simultaneously opened their booklets and started writing. Maka noticed that the first questions were relatively easy. They were on things that were basic knowledge for academy students. She breezed through that section.

20 down, 80 to go. 50 minutes left.

The next section was short answer about basic fighting techniques and weapon use. Maka was a bit rusty on that seeing as though she was now a full time weapon. She prayed to her lucky stars that she got this right.

40 down, 60 to go. 45 minutes left.

(In another part of the school)

Spirit sat in a dark room with a bunch of incenses. He was wildly dancing chanting one name continuously.

Spirit: Maka, Maka,Maka, Maka, Maka.

He started flailing his limbs and spinning around the room.

Stein, who had been standing in the doorway for a while, finally cleared his throat.

Spirit snapped out of his dance and looked to where the noise came from. When he located the source he jumped.

Spirit: Stein! When...ho-how long have you been there?

Stein:(Shrugging) Long enough. You're dancing needs work.

Spirit: Eh, that's why I don't dance.

Stein: Might I ask what you are doing?

Spirit: Ya know, sending good luck vibes to Maka.

Stein: You need a hobby. (Mumbling) More importantly, a life.

Spirit: What was that?

Stein: Err...(Saying the first thing that came to his head) You lost your wife?

Spirit:(Tossing himself in a corner) Maka!

Stein:(To himself) At least he's not dancing.

(Back to the test)

Half way through the test Maka noticed everything was too calm. She looked up to see Pattie making a paper Panda named Pancakes, Liz was doing her nails, and Kid was typing away. Soul was working diligently as was Yoshie. Even Black*Star seemed to be concentrating.

Were they sick?

Maka had never seen her friends work so hard. Maybe the fact that this test determined what they did for the rest of their lives made them become over night scholars.

Maka shrugged it off and continued working.

70 down, 30 to go. 30 minutes left.

Maka looked back up when she heard a soft snore. She looked over to see her fiancé napping.

Maka:(Thinking) Is he done?

As if the universe was answering her question, Sid called Arusa.

Sid: Mr. Death, why are you napping?

Arusa:(Rubbing his eyes) Because I'm finished?

Sid called him down there and checked his answer book. He looked through, looked up at Arusa, nodded, and just told him to read or something.

Arusa walked back to his seat, sighed, and pulled out a notebook and started writing something.

90 down, 10 to go. 6 minutes left.

Maka looked at the last five questions and had to smirk. It was on the Kishin Asura. Everythingthe couple talked about was there.

Maka:(Thinking with a smirk) This should be simple.

With 7 seconds left to spare Maka scribbled her last answer and slapped down her book closed.

3...2...1!

Sid: Alright drop your pencils and pass your books to the front.

The class sighed with relief. The test was finally over.

(One week later)

Maka walked down the hall towards the senior bulletin board. Today was the day that they finall posted the test scores.

Arusa tightened his grip on her hand as he pulled her through the crowd of students.

When she got to the front of the line she saw all her friends with their backs turned to the board.

Maka: What's up guys?

Soul: Maka finally, we've been waiting here for forever.

Maka: Waiting?

Arusa: We would've been here soon, but Itsu thought it'd be funny to ruin her clothes with breakfast.

Maka: Wait, (Turning towards Arusa) you knew?

Arusa: They wanted to wait for all of us to be together before they saw their scores.

Maka looked at all her friends grinning at her and she smiled. She got in line, her back facing the board.

Maka and Tsubaki: One!

Soul and Black*Star: Two!

Arusa and Kid: Three!

Liz and Pattie: Look.

The group turned around searched for their names.

Maka looked at the top of the list and saw it. She was number one with a perfect score. Next was Aruza who only had one question wrong.

Maka:(Turning to him) I thought you knew everything?

Arusa: I didn't want a perfect score, it wouldn't be fair to the students who had to study for the tests.

Maka: That was sweet of you.

Arusa: What can I say? I'm a nice guy.

Soul came up to the couple with a huge smile on his face.

Maka: Soul, how'd you do.

Soul: Pretty cool. I'm number 5.

Maka snapped her head to the list go see he was indeed at number 5, right under Kid.

Black*Star: Well as number 31, I think an outing is in order.

The gang cheered and after school they went to a diner and got some food. Since Spirit hadn't seen much of the twins this week, he was babysitting.

They ordered burger, shakes and fries. They caught up, laughed and just were having an overall great time. That was until Arusa snapped his head up and looked out the door.

Maka:(Seeing his face turn serious) What is it?

Arusa:(Smiling) Nothing. Be right back gotta go get some fresh air.

With that he walked from the table and out the door. He looked around until he spotted the hooded figure retreating into an alley. He picked up the speed and caught up with the mystery person before they could escspe.

Arusa: Hey, I know who you are.

The figure turned.

Arusa: Honestly though? Were resorting to stalking?

Figure: What can I say, I like watching from afar better.

Arusa:(Shrugging) So I guess you'll be around for a while then?

Figure: Pretty much.

Arusa: I'm fine with that, but if your here to bring issues, I'll become your issue.

The figure nodded and walked away.

Extras:

Glammie: Still no ideas on the mystery character?

Sebastian: Well, if we didn't have any mystery, what kind of story would this be?

Glammie: Sebastian! You're back.

Sebastian: I thought you could use a pick me up after all the Midterms stress.

Glammie: Don't remind me. At least they gave me a nap period.

Sebastian: Study hall?

Glammie: Exactly.

Sebastian: Slacker. Should I do the shout outs?

Glammie: Yes.

Sebastian: Here we go:

Hatter Quicktype: Thank you my fanfiction god child for you're awesome reviews. About the time jump, I did the math. Kishin Formally Known as Asura was over the span of about two years. The kids were born in those last couple months and so they're about 10 months now because we're in January.

Black Rose of Fire: Me either. Any guesses? Thank you ever so much for you're review.

Glammie: Ok, guys it's 2 a.m, snowing and I'm sleepy. I think this is a wrap.

Sebastian: Please review, follow and favorite. Glamm loves those.

Glamm: I get them notified to me and I just sit there and scream. My friends think it's weird, but I'm like whatever.

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