Hi there again , my lovely readers! I just wanted to say thank you to you all. I also wanted to say that this fanfiction is going to be pretty long. I think around 20 to 30 chapters with 700 to 1000 words. Hope this doesn't bother you, but it just works better for me. Can you also let me know if there should be a part 2 or should I just end it for realzies in the last chapter? I was thinking about 2 endings: a sad one and a happy one. Let me know ifI should do it.

Disclaimer: Owning characters? Nah, don't think so.

"Your turn!" Maka said chuckling. They were playing chess with the chess board from Soul's brother. After explaining and internet searching to teach Maka how to play they could finally start. Soul was surprised that the pigtailed girl was winning. She had her very own tactic; She moved her king first. The pale boy laughed at first but that didn't last long. She said that if the king doesn't move, the subjects won't follow(Author's note: If you get that reference and know from which anime it is you'll get a shout out xD). Soul moved his last horse and knew he had lost from the start. Maka moved her king to his one.

"Checkmate." She said with a smirk on her face.

*In the evening 22:00*

"Checkmate, again." Maka said with a bored face. They had been playing for the whole day and the score was 12-4 for Maka. Now she knew why Soul's brother Always won.

"It's getting late, don't you think?" The pale boy said grumpy. "Why don't we head off to bed, we have a mission tomorrow."

"What's the mission?" The pigtailed girl asked curious.

"Medusa... You can always stay home if you want." Soul said while putting the black pieces back into the big wooden box.

"And leave you alone with that witch?! Are you crazy?!" The green eyed girl shouted. She stopped with putting the white pieces back and stood up. She grabbed Soul's shoulders and shoke him.

"I'm not letting her hurt you anymore!" Maka said in a serious voice. Crimson met green. His ruby colored eyes seemed to calm her down a bit. Her arms felt weak and she fell down on him. The pale boy embraced her.

"I have to protect you..." The silver haired boy whispered in her ear. Maka snuggled into his shirt and wrapped her arms around him.

"But I don't want to lose you." The petite girl said still hugging him tight.

"You won't." Soul said, putting a hand on the girl's head.

*Soul's room 01:00 am.*

Soul stared at his ceiling. He couldn't sleep. He heard noises from the other room which meant that Maka wasn't asleep either. The pale boy turned around, now staring at the wall that separated Maka and him. He looked at his alarm clock and saw that it was pretty late. Suddenly he heard footsteps in the hallway. His door opened.

"Can't sleep?" Maka's cold voice spoke.

"No, You can't sleep either I suppose?" Soul replied. Maka walked towards his bed, closing the door behind her.

"No... I keep having nightmares like always." The petite girl said. She sat down on his bed. "But I feel safer when I'm with you." Fortunately for Soul it was dark, otherwise Maka had seen the blush on his face. She lay down on his bed and curled up like a ball.

"Goodnight..." She whispered, her back towards Soul.

"Goodnight Maka." Soul whispered back with a big smile on his face.

*Next morning 07:00 Soul's room.*

Soul slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the innocent girl laying besides him. This time it was his turn to wake her up.

"Wakey wakey time, Maka..." He whispered in her ear. She opened her eyes and looked directly into the pale boy's crimson eyes. She smiled at him.

"Good morning, Soul." She said. She sat up and her loose hair spiked in all directions. This made Soul chuckle.

"Are you ready for the mission?" Soul asked with a smirk.

"Hell yeah." Maka replied.

Sorry for the short chapter but I didn't have much time today. I'll probably introduce Crona in the next chapter. Leave a review if I should do that or not. Okay, well I'll see ya guys later, bye!