In Which We Have To Do Our Job (For The First Time In A While)
That was right after we defeated the madness. We had time to goof off and play games and go on adventures with the gang. But something started coming up and Kid sent us out. Kishins were popping up one at a time all over the globe.
Kid stared at the screen of unsymmetrical red dots, sweating.
"This doesn't look good," Liz said.
"We're going to have to go all around the world gee," said Patty.
"No, we're going to split up and take regions by ourselves," said Maka. "I think we can do it."
"I think that will work," said Tsubaki.
"Well DUH! I don't need to work with you guys I'm a god!" yelled Blackstar.
"How about you Soul?" asked Maka.
I looked back at Kid having a mental breakdown and then back at Maka.
"Sure," I said shrugging.
So Maka and I were sent traveling. We had been sent to kill a small number of kishins spread across a country. It was difficult work to finish in a couple days because of the large distances we had to cover. As weeks dragged on to months, we rarely returned back to Death City unless Kid requested a conference. We were doing our jobs.
But I made a huge mistake.
"I love you," fell out of my mouth before I could stop.
It had been a petty argument about what I did wrong while we were fighting the kishin. She had just finished the blow when she started yelling at me about something, but honest to goodness I couldn't hear it. Maka was scrunching her nose and I couldn't concentrate at the lecture she was giving me. It had been an easy kill, but it wasn't a perfect maneuver so she was mad. Really mad.
Love hits you like a truck.
Something about the thought that she could die, that I could die, made me just blurt. I didn't know if someday it would be too late, and somehow my mind just decided then and there was okay.
Which it probably wasn't.
Maka continued her lecture, ignoring what I said. I just watched her yell, feeling a sense of relief and worry.
As her pestering slowed to a putter she sat down along with me and looked into my eyes.
"I don't give a damn if you love me or not," she said.
"I know," I said. In fact I had known for a long time that Maka only cared about trust.
She got up and said, "Something bad is growing and is our job to destroy it."
I took the strong gloved hand she held out for me and said, "I know."
I had lied then though. I didn't understand the evil that was crawling until the first wave came.