A/N: IMPORTANT READ! HAS TO DO WITH THE STORY!
So I decided that I was going to skip the part of the story on which Maka boards the plane and the plane ride itself and the cab ride to her mother's home, if you guys want I could write it out, but nothing really happens, her friends had already said good bye to her, and no, Soul does not go to tell her not to leave before she boards the plane, as cheesy as I may be, I have never liked that part in the romance movies, it was obvious that the guy was going to get to the girl before she left or else there would be a really un-happy audience XD. Geez, where was I? Oh yeah, the usual Spirit, begging Maka not to go, but she ignores him and leaves anyways. She boards the plane, it lands, she gets off, calls for a cab and a few minutes later, she at her mom's house. X) See, un-eventful.
Music I listened too:
#1: Mirror- Lil Wayne ft. Bruno Mars
#2: All Of The Lights- Kanye West ft. Rihanna
#3: Call Me When You're Sober- Evanescence
#4: That Should Be Me- Justin Bieber
#5: Still Frame- Trapt
#6: Over And Over- Three Days Grace
"Maka!" Kami called out running out of her house and attacking her daughter that was in crutches with a bear hug.
"Mama, it's good to see you too." Maka said hugging her with her good arm.
"Oh, Jared! Could you help Maka get her things out of the cab?" Kami called out behind her.
"Jared?" Maka asked, confused.
"Oh, sorry I didn't mention this through the phone but I got married again." Kami said as a man ran out of the house a baby in his hands.
"Hold Jason for me." He said and handed he baby to Kami.
Kami took him and Jared smiled at Maka before running to the cab grabbing the suit cases and paying the driver.
Maka blinked up at her mother waiting for some sort of explanation.
"What?" Kami asked and then looked at the baby in her arms and then at Maka. "Oh, sorry, this is your little brother, Jason." She said introducing Jason. "He's five months old." Kami said a smile on her face as Jared walked back and set down the bags next to Maka and held out his hand.
"My name's Jared." He said, smiling warmly at her. Maka took a good look at him, he was taller than her by about a foot, so maybe he was about 6^4., his smile was warm and inviting, and it spread to his brown eyes. His other hand went up to run through his jet black hair that was almost as wild as Soul's. Maka could see why her mother had chosen to marry him.
Maka blinked, she felt as if she was intruding… she felt as if she was un-welcomed, which was clearly not the case. But she had thought that she was only going to be greeted by her mother, not by her mother, her half-brother, and her step-father. She felt as if she was going to puke.
"I… um, my name's Maka." She whispered but didn't shake his hand, she knew it was rude but this was a lot to take in.
"Maka." Kami shot her a look of disappointment but Maka shook it off and readjusted her crutches.
"Kami… I'm sorry for intruding. I didn't mean to come here like this. If I had known that you had started a new family, I wouldn't have come at all." She whispered looking down at the ground. "If I could use your phone, I'll be out of here by sunset." Maka managed to say trying to keep a small smile on her face, but she knew she wasn't fooling anybody. "I'm sorry Jared, I didn't mean to interrupt your family life here." She whispered not being able to look at the troubled faces of the two adults before her.
They looked at each other and then at Maka. "Maka-" Kami started but Maka interrupted her.
"I didn't mean to intrude in your new life. I understand, I'm from the past, and I just bring back some horrible memories… just let me use your phone and I swear, I'll have Papa buy me a ticket to go back to Death City while I find somewhere else to live." Maka mumbled, willing for the tears not to drip down her cheeks.
"Maka… you're jumping to conclusions." Jared said, his voice filled with hurt. "I'm offended that you would think so lowly of us. I was actually excited to meet Kami's beloved daughter." He mumbled as his hand went to ruffle Maka's hair.
"There's no need to suck up to me Jared. Please, let me use your phone." Maka whispered.
Kami sighed sadly, shaking her head at Maka, however Jared had somehow seen this coming, if Maka was anything like her mother, he should know what to do.
"Follow me, it's inside." He muttered shoving his hands inside his jean pockets as he walked into the direction of the house.
Maka readjusted her crutch and limped her way to the front door where Jared was waiting for her, Kami close behind, clutching her little boy to her.
Maka kept her head down, she's been through enough already, and this was just a blow beneath the belt from life.
Jared opened the door and motioned for Maka to step inside.
Maka nodded at him quietly and stepped inside of the humble abode.
The lights flicked on and then a bunch of people that Maka had never seen in her life jumped out of nowhere yelling "Surprise."
Maka's eyes widened, not expecting it, making sure that her footing was okay, even though her leg was injured, she went on instinct, her adrenaline pumping as she took her clutch and twirled it around as if it were Soul, her eyes slanting into a glare at the frightened guests as she let out a battle cry. "Who's first?" she growled, her nerves on edge.
"Maka, that's not the way to treat our friends. They all came to celebrate you coming home." Kami told her as she passed Jason to Jared and went to touch Maka's crutch.
"Sorry, I don't take to kindly to surprises, I've been trained to attack when threatened." She mumbled, putting her crutch down and leaning against it as she winced at the pain that was shooting up her leg, she may have relaxed, but she wasn't letting her guard down, something about Jared bothered her, but she didn't pay much attention to it now. "Kami, may I use your phone?" Maka asked as the guests began to mumble to each other.
Kami sighed. "Don't call me that, I'm your mother." She whispered.
Maka looked over at her. "You disowned me Kami…" she whispered shaking her head lightly.
"I had to-" Kami started but Maka interrupted her again.
"You left me with Papa, you know how much I hated him." She whispered. "Please… the phone." She whispered.
"Maka, don't talk that way to your mother. Kami has always talked about you, she loves you Maka… but you are being rude." Jared said from behind her disappointment ringing in his voice.
Maka's hold on her crutch tightened and her back stiffened, but she ignored him, she had so much to tell her mom. "You stopped writing me letters. You never called. You never sent for me so that I could visit you."
"Maka, stop it." Jared growled.
"She never told me about you, she never told me about the baby. You don't know the pain I am right now." She snapped, turning to glare at him.
The baby started to wail and the guests hushed, staring in shock at the scene that was unfolding before them.
"We have to talk." He growled, handing Jason over to Kami and motioning for Maka to follow him to the hallway.
But Maka was stubborn, she refused to move.
"You are just like your mother." He grumbled grabbing Maka and throwing her over his shoulder.
"Let go of me! I don't even know you! You have no right to do this." Maka yelled, her instincts kicking in as she flipped out of his hold and landed on her good foot, making sure that her bad foot didn't touch the ground. Picking up the crutch that had fallen on the ground, she twirled it like she did before, ready to use it as self-defense. "One thing is to yell at me, but when people touch me, that's when people get hurt." She growled, a glare settling.
"I don't hit girls." He growled his fist clenching and unclenching as he tried not to lose control.
Maka shook her head, this was just getting fun! Since she couldn't run to him, she twirled her crutch up in the air and cartwheeled to him so that she was closer to him as she caught her crutch and swung for his ribs.
His hand shot out and grabbed onto her clutch and tried to rip it away from her, but she held on.
Jared's hold on the clutch tightened as he swung it around his body, Maka following close since she refused to let go of it and she crashed into the nearby wall.
Jared let go of the clutch in surprise as he heard the room fill with gasps. Kami let out a small whimper.
Jared took a few steps away, he lost control of himself for one second and this happens.
The whole room slipped into a shocked silence when they heard a small chuckle escape from Maka, it soon turned into a full out laugh. "Thanks, I needed that." Maka said as her laughing died down and she was able to breath again. She got a good grip of her clutch and pulled herself up.
"Huh?" he asked.
"I needed my ass kicked for a while now." Maka said as she hobbled over to him, a genuine smile on her face as she limped over to him.
"We got off on the wrong foot, how's about we try this again." She said chuckling as she extended her hand to him. "My name is Maka." She said.
Jared looked down at the hand that Maka was offering. He looked at Kami and he saw that she was just as confused as he was. "My name is Jared." He whispered as he hesitantly shook her hand.
"Now, do you mind introducing everyone to me?" Maka asked as she waved apologetically to the shocked crowd.
"Umm… sure…" he mumbled as he realized how wrong he was… Maka was nothing like her mother.
Before Jared even got the chance to walk her to the guests a buff tall man that resembled Jared in every way just looking a bit older walked up to her and hugged her to him. "It's always good to welcome new family members." He grumbled, his voice unbelievably deep.
"Um…" was all Maka was able to say.
"I'm your grandpa now, but I'd prefer you call me pops." He said as he backed away from the hug, but kept his arms on her shoulders. "Welcome to the family." He said smiling down warmly at her. "I know it's a bit too soon, but I would love it if you join the family business." He said.
Jared smacked his father's arm, a slight glare. "I'd rather she not." He said through clenched teeth.
"It's her choice Jared, plus, I've seen her in action now, she's perfect!" Pops exclaimed, letting go of her shoulders as music started to play in the background.
"What are you guys talking about?" Maka asked. "What exactly is your family business?" she asked them. Maka couldn't help the shiver of fear that ran down her spine… there was something wrong with Jared and Pops, she could feel it.
Jared glared at his dad and motioned for Maka to follow him. "We'll talk about this in my office." He mumbled as he led them to a nearby room.
Closing the door behind them Jared went to sit behind his desk. "Have a seat you guys. Thanks to you dad, we might just scare Maka off." Jared growled.
Pops smirked. "I don't think she will be scared off that easily." Pops insited as he pulled out Maka's chair and gestured for her to sit.
Maka slowly hobbled over and sat down as Pops pushed her chair in and went to sit next to her.
Taking in a deep breath, Jared looked at Maka. "Maka, I just want you to know that your mother has no idea about all of this." Jared mumbled.
Immediately Maka's nerves were on edge as her hold on her crutch tightened, her knuckles turning a deathly white.
Pops noticed this with an amused chuckle. "This is going to be a lot more interesting than I thought it would." He muttered sitting back in his chair, relaxing as he pulled out a cigar from his pocket and a lighter from the other and lit it, putting the lighter back in place and letting out a puff of smoke from the other side of his lips.
"What is going on here?" Maka exclaimed.
"Maka, what I'm about to tell you is not leaving this room, no one can know, not even your mother." He whispered as he took in a deep breath and rolled up his sleeve until rested on his shoulder. Maka saw a tattoo on his arm in the shape of a star… come to think of it, it looked a lot like Black*Stars.
"Have you ever heard of the Star Clan?" Jared asked her.
A/N:I know that fighting scene between Maka and Jared was kinda weird but my brain works in strange ways XD anyways, we'll be concentrating on Maka's point of view for a while now, so we won't be seeing much of Soul for a few chapters…