I am so sorry that i haven't updated in a very very long time. T_T I haven't abandoned it, i just got pretty bad writers block and then a bunch of stuff came up in my personal life and school. I have a couple more chapters written and i will try hard to write a few more before the new school year starts. A huge thank you to anybody still willing to continue the story after all this time.

I don't own Soul Eater or any of the characters

All one star meisters from Maka and Soul's class were gathered in the padded part of the gym. There was to be a special guest and everyone was waiting to hear who it was. There were many rumours going around. Some even thought it might be Death Scythe.

God I hope not. Maka thought to herself. He has never had the slightest interest in teaching before. But I'm in the class and I can never predict his next ridiculous stunt.

Sid entered the gym followed by three smaller figures. "Class, I'd like you to say hello to Death the Kid and his partners Liz and Patty Thompson. They are two star meisters and will be helping in today's class. Why don't we start things with a little sparring practice. Can I get a couple volunteers to go against Kid?"

Instantly Black*Star and Souls hands shot up.

"Okay. Why don't you two play rock, paper, scissor to determine which pair goes first?"

They both stood up and approached each other. "Professor," Black*star called, "We want to fight together. As a team."

Sid looked at them skeptically. "You want to leave your partners and fight together?"

"Yeah. I don't see what the problem is. I'm a lead and Soul is a support, so it should be fine." countered the blue haired teen. "Plus Soul and I are best friends, so we should be better together than with our regular partners!"

"Okay, get your practice weapons and get into the ring."

"Well, this should be... entertaining to say the least." drawled Kid, clearly patronizing them.

"Hey! We're not gonna go easy on you just cause we're friends!" jeered Soul.

"Yeah! Best not to underestimate us. I'm gonna be the guy that over takes God! You puny mortals don't stand a chance!"

"Okay, let's see what you've got. Liz, Patty." The trio moved into a formation they had practised a thousand time. Probably quite literally if Maka knew anything about Kid. They looked like a well oiled machine.

Soul and Black*Star on the other hand...

The pair moved into position. Black*Star in a head on attack stance while Soul sidled to the side.

"Fight!" Sid yelled, echoing across the large room.

Liz and Patty sprang to either side of kid, exactly 3 feet away, and locked on to their targets. All three teens drew their practice pistols and fired twice. Liz and Patty had one gun each while Kid had two, which he held upside down.

Black*Star and Soul managed to dodge the foam bullets by a fraction of an inch. Instantly on the defensive, they fought extra vigorously to take the lead. Which only lead to they being even more uncoordinated.

Maka glanced over at Tsubaki and sighed, disappointment evident in her eyes. "Can you believe these idiots?"

"Don't be too hard on them. They are trying their best." Tsubaki then winced as Black*Star swung his chained sickle and clipped Soul in the side of the head. "But they are pretty bad."

The fight was hilariously one-sided. The rest of the class occasionally had to muffle their giggles and groans.

In fact the only time that the duo had been able to land a single hit on Kid was by accident. Black*Star weaved his fingers together and crouched as if to hurl Soul in the air. Soul stepped into Black*Stars waiting hands to jump at Kid. That's about where the coordination fell apart. Black*Star, not expecting Soul's weight, lurched forward throwing Soul off balance. This lead Soul to windmill his arms frantically as gravity took over. With a double whammy, Soul smacked the top of Black*star's head with one dagger and let go of the other to break his fall. The other dagger flew through the air and managed to clip Kids jacket as the younger boys fell into a squabbling heap.

"What the shit Black*Star?! Why did you DROP me?"

"DROP YOU?! I do this move perfectly with Tsubaki! You're so heavy. Why did YOU hit ME?!"

Kid's mocking drawl somehow managed to reach them through the yelling. "Well isn't this charming. Are you two done with you lover's spat?"

Soul and Black*Star looked at each other. "I guess we can't be partners," Soul said his voice returning to it's normal cool state. "But can we still be best friends?"

"Of course!"

"Oh, Black*Star!"

"Oh, Soul!"

The two threw their arms around each other like lovers reuniting in a film.

"In position and ready." Liz's steely voice cut through the tender moment like a razor.

"In position and ready." Patty's voice slightly less steely but still sent shivers up the boys spines. They turned around to see the trio standing shoulder to shoulder, all 4 muzzles pointed their way. The next thing they knew they were being pelted with bullet after bullet as Kid and the girls unloaded their guns, reloaded and unloaded again at record speed.

The pair looked pretty pathetic curled on the ground clutching their chests. Although fake bullets, each one still left a nasty welt.

Kid put away his guns and dusted his hands. "Well, that was easy."

"Haha, yeah!" Patty giggled. "and they only managed to put a tiny tear in your jacket!"

Kid looked down and the miniscule damage on the right side of his jacket. The sound he let out was somewhere between a gasp and a shriek as he crumpled to the ground.

"HAHA! Kids' playing dead!" Patty poked the teens cheek. "Look Liz, he's playing dead!"

Liz just sighed and looked down disapprovingly. "What a pathetic guy." She walked over and shook his shoulder trying to bring him out of the shock.

Meanwhile, Soul and Black*Star struggled to their feet. Black*Star was sporting an already impressive black eye and Soul a profusely bleeding lip that was dripping off his chin and into his shirt.

"Hahaha! I guess this means we won!" shouted Black*Star with his normal bravado. "Cause we are still standing and Kid isn't!"

Sid shot them a bemused look. "Better count yourself lucky this time Black*Star. Now off to the infirmary with you too." Turning to Maka and Tsubaki he added "Would you two mind escorting them?"

Nygus tended to Blackstar's eye and other injuries. She had instructed Maka to wrap Soul's wrist with a bandage to reduce the swelling from his fall.

"So. Don't want to be partners anymore?" she gave an extra tug on the bandage, wrapping it really tight around Soul's arm.

"Ouch. Not so tight, Maka." Soul winced as she vented her anger. "Besides, it's not like that. We just wanted to see." he shrugged.

"Well, what I saw was a couple of idiots." she sighed and loosened the bandage slightly. "Do you still want to be partners?"

"Of course I do. You can't get rid of me that easily." he gently tugged on one of her ponytails. She batted his hand away but smiled all the same.

"Besides," Soul lowered his voice "I would go crazy if I had to be his partner. I don't know how you did if before Tsubaki and I showed up."

Maka giggled. "Yeah. There was a lot of fighting."

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Again, thank you to everyone still reading Maka and Soul's adventures.

Until next time,
~Tanima