I am sorry to those who were expecting a fight against Stein. I went over it for a good reason though! Because face it, I was basically going to be rewriting the scene since there isn't really anything to change in that fight.

I am also sorry but Stein will not be genderbent in this story. I feel like nothing would happen if Stein was a woman and the thought of him being a her is... not all that exciting really. Ehe.

A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and sound body.

Maka was silently brooding as he listened to the instructor speak about the different body parts of a frog. He and his friends had dark bags under their eyes and were on the verge of collapsing. Even Black Star was not in her best mood today since she was not jumping around in her seat.

"*yaaawn* Ah, Tsubakiii, I wanna go back to bed." Black Star whined tiredly while rubbing her eyes. Her weapon sighed while softly ruffling her messy, blue hair.

"I'm sorry but we can't afford to skip anymore classes." Tsubaki answered before yawning himself. Maka knew why all of them were so tired. His dull eyes roamed over to their lab teacher.

It was all their new proffesor's fault, Dr. Stein himself.

The mission was a complete disaster in his terms. Besides the fact that he and Soul were only able to crack the man's glasses, they managed to gain nightmares from the stitched doctor. Soul had received the worst treatment since the man had managed to hold her and sketch out a part of her stomach to turn into sand paper(which he had not achieved thanks to Black Star's Wavelength Strike). Maka had never seen so much tears from the girl and was about ready to tear Stein apart for traumatizing the poor weapon. Black Star was knocked out no sooner Soul was free from Stein's much more devastating Soul Menace, a specialty that requires a meister's wavelength to surge through their attacks without a weapon. Tsubaki had cradled the girl so tight that Maka was sure he might have broken a few bones in progress.

In the end, Maka was finally the last one to break down after using his soul perception more clearly to see that they were never in Stein's league. Despite what happened to Soul, she had encouraged him to get up and fight on, tattered shirt and all. Even though their desperate Witch Hunter did not affect Stein in the slightest, they automatically passed the lesson and all was supposedly well again.

His eyes moved to Soul, who was already napping lightly on her textbook with a little drool. With an exasperated smile, Maka turned back to pay attention to the disturbing lesson.

One day, he will be able to get his revenge on Stein, the creepy bastard.

...

: Soul Resonance :

...

Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki were in for a surprise when class was dismissed. When they went down the hall and to the pillar corridor, students began parting like an ocean, making their walking space more clearer. Black Star yelled about finally being worshipped but the reason was far less from it. They reached outside to see three particular students walking (perfectly?) amongst the parted crowd.

"Is that Lady Death?"

"I heard she's the actually daughter of Lord Death."

"I hear she has million dollars everyday as an allowance."

"Woah! She's pretty."

Maka rolled his eyes.

"Ugh. Rich kids... N-no offense!" He added when Soul gave him a menacing look.

Unfortunately, the four were caught in the walkway and stared nervously when Lady Death and her partners stopped in front of them.

"Move. You're in the way of the perfect flow." Kid ordered and Black Star marched up with a scowl.

"You can't order us around like you're all that."

"I see no difference with the likes of you."

"I may be better than everyone else but at least I don't bathe in my own glory." Maka sweated with a dead-panned look at the obvious lie.

"I'm sorry, did I hear something?" Kid responded with an annoyed look. Her collar was gripped and she was yanked forward. Tsubaki whispered "No Black Star!" as the two girls glared at each other.

"Just because you're Death's daughter doesn't mean I won't kick your ass."

"Poor dear, you wouldn't be able to handle half of me." Kid muttered with a smirk and Black Star's fist wavered.

"Why you..."

"And do try not to ruin my outfit. You see, I don't appreciate ragtags dirtying up my image." Everyone gasped when Kid caught a clenched fist flown in her direction and commotion started when both girls began grabbing at each other. Insults were thrown as they fell to the ground clawing at either's clothes.

"Stuck-up bitch!"

"Insolent brat!"

"Black Star!"

"Kid!"

Soul and Tsubaki ran forward to pull Black Star away from Kid as Maka reached Kid first and pulled hard. In a minute, both girls were pulled free from each other but still frailing to kill the other.

"Let go dammit! She deserves to die!" Black Star screamed and both weapons holding her winced as they were caught in some of her punches and kicks.

"I will destroy such imperfection! Let go of me!" Even if Maka was able to hold Kid easily, it was kind of hard trying not to break his hold from her feisty attempts to get away.

Liz and Pat stared awkwardly in the background along with the students. They had never seen their meister get in a fight so easily and wondered why she was so short-tempered suddenly.

"I said let go!"

"Look you! I don't care if you're the heir to this school or whatever! That doesn't give you the right to act like you already own this place!" Maka yelled and Kid froze. All breaths were held in and even Maka felt slightly regretful when the shinigami slowly turned to face him with an analyzing look.

Black Star finally noticed that one of Tsubaki's hands were on a breast and elbowed the poor boy to move away with a growl.

"I-I... um... I wasn't pointing that out directly or anything..." Maka muttered while quickly letting go of her, as she had demanded. However, Kid was focusing on something else.

Perfectly parted bangs. Perfect shaped eyes. The mouth is aligned with the nose. Symmetrical clothing.

This boy was... perfect.

"What's you name?" Kid demanded and Maka felt like his life was slowly slipping away. He had done it.

"M-Maka Albarn." Lady Death then let out the most high-pitched squeal of delight that made the crowd wince. Liz had a bad feeling about the situation and Pat could feel the familiar dread but kept the usual creepy smile on his face.

"Oooooh! Even his name is perfect! A perfect amount of letters!" She yelled while clasping her hands together. The bell rang and all the surrounding students quickly left the area to go to class despite being held back. Only the main students seriously caught in the scene stayed.

"Wh-Wha... Is she alright?" Soul whispered and Liz shook his head.

"You'd be surprised with the other things she plans to worship."

"Oh and you've taken such good care of yourself." Maka jumped when the shinigami walked around him and poked a few places. Her look of delight would brighten and her hands pinched and felt his cheeks as she stood up on her tip-toes to barely reach his eye-level.

"Such a smooth complexion. Even your look of pain is symmetrical!"

"Crazy bitch..." Black Star muttered while crossing her arms.

Maka grabbed her wrists and moved his head back, wincing at his throbbing, raw cheeks.

"Ma'am what are you- hey!" Everyone sweated when Kid had slipped her hands under the boy's dress shirt and felt his stomach.

"A developing eight pack! Oh so perfect~." She cooed while nuzzling her head on his chest.

"Help me..." Maka muttered desperately and Kid whipped her head back up.

"Sir! I'll worship you forever!" She finalized with stars for pupils. Liz face-palmed himself while Pat laughed wildly. Soul and Tsubaki tilted their heads in complete confusion while Black Star narrowed her eyes at the scene.

Luckily, a teacher nearby threatening to give them detention saved Maka from further being examined.

...

: Soul Eater :

...

"Black Star, did you feel that?" Maka whispered in his friend's ear during their next class of DWMA History.

"Feel what? The urge to tear her limbs apart?"

"Um... no. Their souls. Didn't you use your soul perception?"

"Did it look like I wanted to geek over her at the moment?" Maka huffed and leaned closer.

"It's not geeking, I was just curious about her relationship with those two males." Black Star grimaced.

"I can't believe this. Who knew you knew had a thing for miss money bags."

"I'm not interested in her." Maka muttered through clenched teeth. "I just wondered how she could hold a stable connection between two partners. I thought it was just pure talent but... I thought I saw a hint of admiration..."

"Admiration of her being a diva."

"Look Black Star, it's not our fault you got off on the wrong foot. If you hadn't recklessly went up for a fight as usual-"

"She was acting like a total snob. God, I hate people like that..." Maka kept quiet afterwards when he saw the negative energy coming off from the fuming girl. Overtime, he eventually figured out that Black Star was adopted and taken care of by Sid. She did not have an allowance and did not wear rich clothes or expensive jewelery. She did not have any friends or people that look up to her. It was no secret that Black Star would grow to hate people who had the kind of life she wished she had. But why was she adopted in the first place? Where are her real parents?

"*sigh* Maka... is that how Soul was before I met you?" Maka blinked.

"U-uh, no. Rather the opposite." Black Star only looked down and Maka chewed on his bottom lip. Was Soul like Kid before he even met her? Did she always wear luxurious clothing and go around acting all high and mighty?

"This whole thing is confusing-" Both meisters jumped in their seats when a piece of chalk zipped passed their ears and hit the wall behind them, a breeze soon hitting afterwards.

"Shut up and pay attention." Nygus said in a murderous tone and both teens shuddered while voicing their comply.

"Kid, what the hell was that?" Liz demanded as he and his brother followed their meister through the school fields.

"Whatever do you mean, Eliz?" Kid muttered half-mindedly while checking out the school's structure from her left. Liz frowned and stepped in front of her.

"You know what I'm talking about. I don't mind the whole fighting thing but going off about that dumb symmetry thing in front of everyone?"

"What are you getting at?"

"I mean, you just embarrassed us on the first day of school. I understand you want to be like everyone else and protect 'certain students' but I think you may have relaxed a bit too much." Kid scoffed and placed her hands on her hips.

"How rude. Need I remind you that I was assaulted just for trying to get to school?" Liz sweated.

"You're the one who provoked it!"

"I can't believe my father thinks highly of that animal. Honestly, I don't know where he finds people like her..." Kid walked ahead and Pat followed while Liz watched closely with a heavy sigh. He had a feeling they won't be so popular after that whole mess. Why does he feel a bit envious that Kid got in a fight and not him?

"Eliz, get up here right now! I have to be in the center!" He growled and hastily shoved his hands in his pockets.

"Alright! Stop calling me that already!"

Either Kid does not care or she is just really good at hiding her feelings because that girl named Black Star had a very good way of describing Kid in one mere glance. If only their meister would stop acting so spoiled, maybe she would actually have a better reputation rather than being known for taking two delinquents as weapons, having a fight with some blue-haired maniac, and shamelessly obsessing over a random person.

Liz blinked before quietly laughing at himself. Who is he to judge Kid when he used to act no better than her? However, he admired her for many other reasons as well.

"I simply must have to meet Mr. Albarn again. I want to know how he keeps his hair so silky and... peeeerfect." The shinigami gushed while cupping her cheeks as she went off into her own little world as usual.

Liz sighed.

Then there are some things he is grateful for having the patience to put up with.

...

: I wanna Be :

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Thank you for getting to the new volume in one piece! *Shot for thinking of the anime reference* I would appreciate any feedback of how I did for this episode! Only 150 more chapters to go!^^(As if)

Also, since we are getting into the Medusa and Crona arc, I seriously need help with the next chapter. If you could tell me Crona's gender in the review section, that would help a million times more! I hear people saying *they are guy or girl but I'm just sitting in between looking stupid. I have no clue and am kind of worried because how am I supposed to genderbend Crona if I can't even get *their gender right?

Help! X(