Soul absentmindedly tapped his pencil on his desk. His face was smushed against his hand with a little bit of drool coming out. He couldn't focus on what profesor Stien was saying, something about transformation. His red eyes glanced over at the phoenix Maka. She, like himself, was in her human form...her adorable, beautiful, eye-cathing form. Yes, the demon Soul Eater had a crush on his best friend, whom he had known since kindergarden. His friends constanly teased him about it, they also assured him that she harbored the same feelings. Whether that was true or not, He had the pleasure of being-not only her roomate- but her partner as well. There were plenty of monster hunters out there, so the school required them to travel and live in pairs. This wasn't any differnet from how he already lived, him and Maka had always been tied at the hip.

The bell rang, and monsters alike dashed out of the classroom towards lunch.

"SOUL MY MAN!" The wild wolf himself pounced on the demon. His partner, Tsubaki, followed up behind him and started talking with Maka.

"So Maka, how is it between you and Soul..." she purred. Maka's blushed burned her face like a red fire.

"Tsubaki!" she squaked. The water horse just laughed.

"Yo Maka!" She turned towards Black*Star. He was her childhood friend from the dipper years, but she would never get used to his loud voice. Maka and tsubaki walked over anyway.

"We were thinking of playing basketball." Both he and Soul had an evil grin as they looked towards Maka.

"eh? B-but I cant play!"

"sorry chickety," Soul shruged "we need equal teams and its two on two."

chickety

There was that name Soul always called her from the very begining. She would always remember him chanting it or them arguing over it,

"Im not a chick im a full grown bird!" The little her would stomp her foot and pout. This lead to flaming book to the head.

"You'd think he'd learn..."

A few shakes brought her out of her little flashbacks. Soul was directly in front of her face, he sighed shaking his head a little. He didnt realize just how close this made their foreheads, His bangs tickled hers as they swayed back and forth. This caused her face to heat up again. Soul finally glanced up to look into her eyes with question. When he finaly caught on, his face started to tint pink. He quickly looked away to hide his blush.

"C-come on, we were going to invite Kid and the rest. He turned and walked away, a hand covering his blush. Maka smiled and walked along side him.

----------time skip---------

Maka sat on the side lines, reading her book. Kid, Liz and Patty decided to play; making it three on three. While she was trying to read her book, it was really difficult since Soul apparently got to hot and felt the need to take off his shirt. Thus, distracting Maka from her book. His scar was also on full display. He scar he had gotten during a battle. Once a year there is a battle tortement in which all monster school will face off against each other. It was Soul vs. Giriko, a Camazotz from the EMA. Against the rules, he didnt have his talons retracted. She remebered the horor, watching from the side lines as her best friends blood pooled around him as he laid uncontious. Maka shook her head, he was fine now anyway.

"Hey girly whatcha thinking about?" A voice whispered in her ear. She froze. That voice it couldnt be... It was too late, a hand covered her mouth and she was yanked off the bench and pulled against a strong chest.

"Soul!" She panicked and did the only thing she knew how to do, she ignighted herself and burst into flames, hotter then the laughing sun.

"Fu**!" Giriko screeched and let go of Maka. She fell to the ground with a thud; landing akwardly on her wrist.

"MAKA!" Soul and the others dashed towards the scene. Soul's demonic eyes glowed a bright red, the white of his eyes slowly dimming to black. He was half transformed; long tail thuded behind his legs, claws extended, wings out, and his iron teeth were bared at the bat he knew all to well. Just before he could reach her, someone jumped in him tackling to the ground. Glancing around, the gang was also tied up with thread, or held down by another one of Giriko's little friends.

"Well if it isnt demon-boy! Sorry about the inturpution, I just wanted to spend some alone time with the princess." He sneered as his rusty copper eyes took a hungry glance at Maka, who also struggled with retraints. Soul felt his blood boil,

"You wont touch her! I wont let you!" Soul struggled, he felt another body collapse on top of him. His tail-spikes thrashed around, despretly trying to cut anyone. Giriko watched in mild amusment.
"Giriko." A strong feminine voice came from the shadows, blue eye glowed from up a tree.
"Remember why we came here, I'm not wasting my thread for nothing." Her voice sounded sharp and unemotional.

"Yeah yeah, I know." He picked up Maka by the back of her shirt and dangled her infront of him, like a toy with a cat, "The Battle Tortement is coming up, and if you agree to face me again, you can have her back."

Maka's eyes snapped up to look at Soul

"No Soul dont-"

"Ill do it"

Soul was released and Maka was tossed towards him. He caught Maka before she hit he ground. The sneer on Girko's face made Soul hug Maka closer, wrapping his tail protectively around her.
"See you at the Tortement, Demon-boy"