AN: This is my very first Soul Eater Fanfic! :D And just so there is no confusion I decided to handle the characters' names spellings as so: Death the Kid, shortened as Kidd. And Patti, Liz, Black Star and Chrona. I think this is more for myself, but that way you guys don't get confused either. Umm… this is based off the anime, because I haven't gotten this far in the manga yet. :) It's supposed to be right after they failed to collect Brew, but after this opening scene that's when it stops mattering. I just needed a time when Black Star would tease Maka about a failure, and Chrona would be a student, and keep it all in-universe. And Chrona is a boy in this one. Enjoy! (And I fully understand that at this point in the anime, Soul wears his black coat and orange shirt outfit, but I like the other one better. Deal with it.

"Maka you idiot! If you had just let ME the ALMIGHTY BLACK STAR handle it, we would have that magic tool and we would have nothing to worry about!" Black Star propped his foot up on his desk and shouted this waving his hands around, in typical Black Star fashion. "I KNOW we would have succeeded if you had left it up to ME! I'M GOING TO SURPASS GOD!"

"Hey, Black Star! Stop it; you shouldn't say things like that!" Tsubaki pleaded, trying to get her meister to calm down. "It's rude!"

Maka smiled, and put her hand on the chain-scythe's shoulder. "It's okay Tsubaki. I know this is just Black Star's way of dealing with things. I don't mind, really." She gave Tsubaki another reassuring smile.

The scene in the room was very much a dreary one; no one in the classroom was very happy about the loss off Brew. Stein wasn't in the room, leaving the students to their own devices. Black Star, Maka, Tsubaki, Liz, and Patti, all sat together in a make-shift circle in the first two rows of the classroom. Kidd was off brooding somewhere and Soul had gone to go get him.

"Yea Maka, I don't see how you managed to help! That fight was mine! AHAHAHAHA!" Black Star kept rambling about his greatness and Maka's failure, much to Tsubaki's dismay. Black Star was just in the middle of degrading Maka when Soul walked in with Kidd.

"Maka, you should have just stayed home and let Black Star take care of it! I WOULD HAVE PUMMELED THAT OLD MAN TO DUST! AHAHAHAHA!" Soul's eyes grew wide with anger, and Kidd instantly knew what he was going to do.

Soul made his presence in the room known by storming up to Black Star and shouting at him in a deathly serious voice, "No one talks to my meister that way!" He gave him a hard left hook, catching the assassin off guard, knocking him off balance, causing him to fall flat on his ass on the floor. "No one."

The whole group sat there with their eyes wide, like saucers. Soul was usually so composed they weren't quite sure what to make of his outburst. Maka stood up, seething.

"What the hell was that all about Soul?" She stomped her foot on the ground, fists balled at her sides. "That was totally unnecessary!" Soul just rolled his eyes and walked out of the room, gone as quickly as he showed up. Maka started to go after him, but Tsubaki put her arm out in front of her.

"Don't follow him. He needs some time to cool down. This is his way of dealing with things."

Reluctantly Maka sat back down. "Yea, I guess you're right." Cooling down a little, she let out a giggle. "I think it's funny that we both were able to give advice about each other's partners just now."

Tsubaki also giggled, "Yea, I guess you're right." After this exchange, the group entered an awkward silence.

Patti broke it with, "Hey, where'd Kidd go? Didn't he come in here with Soul?"

Liz nodded. "I guess he must have followed him out when Soul stormed off."

"Oh yea! You're probably right Sis. You're so smart!" Patti giggled clapping her hands together.

~S~O~U~L~E~A~T~E~R~

Soul stormed down the hall, still just as angry as when Black Star had first opened his mouth. He was grinding his teeth together and muttering things under his breath, when Kidd caught up with him.

"Hey! Soul!" When he didn't turn around, he grabbed his arm to get his attention. "Soul!" Soul finally turned around. "What was that all about?"

"You're starting to sound like Maka." Soul murmured, trying his best to hide the jist of his anger. Soul shrugged, put his hands in the pockets of his black and yellow jacket, and walked off. Kidd jogged a couple steps to catch up with his and stopped him once again, this time by blocking his path.

"You're not usually that quick to anger, Soul. What's gotten into you?" Kidd's golden eyes held a touch of concern, but also held a lot of curiosity.

"I just don't like seeing people talk to my meister that way. I'm a weapon; I protect her. That's all." Soul tried to walk past him, but Kidd didn't want to accept that as an answer.

"There's got to be more to it than that, Soul." He raised an eyebrow, and dropped his serious tone. "You're nickname for her is 'Miss Tiny Tits'!" Kidd made some ridiculous gesture involving cupping his hands around his non-existent boobs (in a completely symmetrical way, of course), earning a laugh from the scythe.

"That's different." Soul flashed his pointed teeth in a crooked grin. "That's my nickname for her. If Black Star went and called her that, he'd have another thing coming." Soul paused for a second and scuffed his shoe on the floor, averting his ruby eyes from the Shinigami in front of him. "But having Black Star insult her on that level, so directly; I'm not going to stand for it. She deserves better than that." Kidd could have sworn he saw Soul blush ever so slightly when he said that, but determined that he was simply imagining it.

This last remark from Soul surprised Kidd. 'His choice of words seem to imply that he thinks Maka deserves to be treated very well. Does he mean to say that he sees her higher than just his meister?'

"Well Soul, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I think she'd react the same way if it were you under fire like that." Even though Kidd decided that Soul wasn't telling him the whole truth, he conceded, figuring he wasn't getting anymore out of the scythe than he already had. "Now then, let's go regroup with the others."

"Sound cool to me." Having cooled his temper, Soul walked back with Kidd to the classroom, but he was just about as troubled with his reaction as Kidd was.

'Why did I react so strongly? Once I heard Black Star saying those things, all I could think was that he could not be saying things like that to my Maka. My? What am I thinking? I just meant my meister… Yea… '

~S~O~U~L~E~A~T~E~R~

The bells chimed to signify the end of the school day for Shibusen students, and all seven weapon and meisters grabbed their things and prepared to go home. Soul grabbed his keys out his pocket and twirled them around his finger.

"Hey, are you ready to go?" When Maka didn't answer, he tried again. "Maka? Are you ready?"

Maka turned, with a slightly confused look dancing about her face. "Hmmm?" Then her emerald eyes lit up with realization. "Ohh! I didn't tell you, did I Soul. I'm going over to Tsubaki's house, so I don't need a ride home." She tilted her head to the side and smiled.

Soul about melted when she did so. 'Wow, that was... really cute. What's this weird feeling? It's almost like a cross between nervousness, and not being able to breathe. Ehh... I must be going insane.'

Soul shrugged it off and stuck his key back in his pocket. "Alright, suit yourself. I'm going to go ahead and leave then."

Just as Soul was about to leave the classroom, Black Star called after him. "Hey Soul! Kidd and I were going to go shoot some hoops! Wanna join? Two against one! I bet you guys couldn't beat the ALMIGHTY BLACK STAR! AHAHAHAHA!"

"Oh, you're on!" Soul and Kidd replied in unison, chasing after Black Star as he ran out the door, shouting the whole way.

This left just Tsubaki, Liz and Patti in the classroom. "Well, now that it's just us three, wanna all head over to my place?" Tsubaki offered cheerfully.

Patti was just about to happily accept, when Liz politely denied. "Sorry guys, maybe next time. Patti's got some studying to do."

"Aww but Sis!" Patti pouted. Liz shot a disapproving glare at her, and Patti conceded. "Yea, I guess you're right. Next time guys, okay?"

This left just Maka and Tsubaki, who also left the classroom and in the direction of Tsubaki's house.

AN: Wow! Looks like this'll be my first innocent fic in a long time. :O I can't believe it! I can select a different rating than M! xDD Well, I hope you guy's enjoy it none-the-less. :))