-Soul's P.O.V. –

Now would have been a great time to have the power to sense souls like Maka. My heart was pounding in my ears, trying to think of any abandoned place she might be.

I couldn't think of anywhere really. I decided to go back and get my motorcycle real quick and then continue searching. Kid has Soul perception right? I could ask him.

My mind drifted to him holding a blade to my neck. I winced, knowing he wouldn't help me. Proabbly just lop my head off and go make out with Maka or something. A sick feeling rose in my stomach. What if she liked Kid? Was that why Kid was so worried?

I thought I might puke at the mental image of Kid and Maka getting it on. I took a second to stop and look around.

The balcony is pretty high, so you'd need to be a spider to scale the wall. Maybe he went around on the rooftops.

"Soul!" Maka's voice called out. But not from around me, no, the voice came from inside my head. Our souls must be linked right now. I can sense her! I got a general direction and took off, finally feeling a bit of hope.

-Death the Kid's P.O.V. –

Since I had Soul Perception I wasn't too worried. I rode home and got my weapons, Liz and Patty Thompson.

The thought of Maka being hurt made white hot anger rise in me. Once I found whoever had her, I'd make sure they didn't go unpunished.

-Maka's P.O.V. –

I felt much more content now that I had contacted Soul. I rested back, leaning against the pole that I was tied to. A crazy laugh arose from the silence and a figure approached a knife in his' hand. I winced at the sight of the silver blade, fear suddenly in me.

"Hello" a equally as crazy voice said.

"Yo." I replied, pleased that my voice stayed calm.

The masked man started laughing again. "My! Aren't you the brave one? Quite a fighter too, I see. Nice man you have there, that Soul person."

I was a bit afraid now. A crazy murderous-stalker person? Just my luck.

"Hm, what to do with you? Well, of course I'll use you for pleasure first," e said, a smile on his' face. "Mmmmm, what a nice body."

I couldn't help but gasp a bit as his' hands were on my stomach, pulling up my shirt. I was really afraid now. The blade came to my neck, and I shivered slightly as a small amount of blood came out.

"Once I'm done, I'll cut you up into pieces. Then I'll put you in a box and send you to your boyfriends front step. Oooh, what a surprise that will be!" He sang, and the blade was now on my arm. He ran it down, cutting into my arm, blood flowing.

I started screaming, so he put a cloth in my mouth. "Now! There we go! I love to see a little fear in my victims" he said, rubbing his hands together.

I was going to die. Right here, right now. Then everything went blank again. When I opened my eyes, black and grey blades were stuck through him, blood everywhere. At first, I thought it was my dad. Then I realized that the blades were coming out of my arms and legs and chest. Then I started screaming again.

-Soul's P.O.V. –

I heard Maka's screaming, close, only a few hundred feet away. I ran to it, and kicked down the door to a apartment. I wasn't prepared for what I saw next though.

-Death the Kid's P.O.V.—

I could sense Maka's soul in the apartment building to my right. I took off in the direction, and I could hear her screaming in the room in front of me. I quickly crashed through the window.

"Holy shit." I whispered.

Maka stood there, screaming with blades coming out of every inch of her body, skewering the kidnapper. I let go of my guns, and they quickly transformed into human form.

"What the fuck?" Liz whispered.

"Maka…" Soul whispered, and I noticed him standing close to her.

"Soul!" Maka screamed, snapping out of her crazy screaming. "Help me!"

Soul started walking towards her. The blades retracted and the man fell to the floor, already dead. She threw herself onto Soul, sobbing. I noticed a thin line of a cut running down her arm, and her shirt was rolled up. The dead bastard got what he deserved.

My weapons got up and wordlessly left, leaving us to be alone.

"I remember…" She sobbed.

"What do you mean?" I asked softly. She turned to me, tears streaming down her face, which was splattered with blood.

"I remember…What happened with the Kishin."

-Maka' P.O.V.—

I wasn't sure to be happy or not with my remembering. I had gone unconscious to fight the Kishin with no fear. I covered my face with my hands and cried again.

Soul stepped over the kidnapper, but not before kicking him. He then walked over to Kid. He motioned for me to come over, but as I stepped, the man stood up, and with a quick movement, he slashed the front of me, like the way Crona had done to Soul when we first met.

"MAKAAA!" Soul and Kid yelled. Soul transformed his arm into a scythe and stabbed the man repeatedly. Kid quickly ran and held me tenderly.

"Why is there so much blood?" I whispered, then everything went black again.

-Soul's P.O.V.—

I watched her slump in Kid's arm and my heart dropped.

"Mother fucker," I whispered, kicking the dead man's body repeatedly. I wish Kid didn't show up. Then I could be holding Maka. Then I could have taken that blow. I stared at Maka's unconscious body. "Lets get her to a hospital." I muttered.

Kid nodded and picked Maka up bridal style. I felt another twinge of jealousy as he carried her out side and he got on his' skateboard.

"I'll meet you there" he said cooly, then kicked his skateboard and took off, still holding Maka somehow.

I revved my engine and peeled out, heading towards the hospital. I can't believe what just happened. Maka was a weapon? And a meister?

Sudden realization hit me like a blow to the stomach. She didn't need me then. She was like Justin Law; able to fight by herself.

I was useless by myself, yet my meister can fight by herself. Figures.

As I pulled into the hospitals' parking lot, I jumped off and hurried into the entrance. Maka was being admitted.

"I'm sorry, but only direct family is allowed in intensive care. Friends can come in later during visiting hours."

"Excuse me miss, I am Death the Kid, Shinigami's own son!" Kid argued.

"Excuse me. I am Soul, Maka's weapon. Can I please see her? She's my meister." The nurse stared at me.

"Does she have any family we can contact?" She asked.

"Only a father. But she and him aren't on the best terms." I replied. She stared at me for a while.

"Fine. Only the partner can go in. You," she pointed to Kid "can wait until visiting hours. That's my final say."

"B-but!" Kid started. The nurse cut him off

"Weapon boy, come with me. Friend or whatever, go sit over there. I'll call you when the hours start."

I nodded and followed her through the sterile white rooms until she came to a smaller one, near a window. A few minutes after I sat down, a doctor came in.

"Hello. You must be Soul, her partner. A scythe right?" He asked

I nodded, not taking my eyes off of Maka's face.

"Well, she has some pretty deep wounds on her chest and arm. Also a pretty bad bump on her head. She is recovering fine however. She is very strong. You're lucky to have her as a partner."

"I know," I whispered, ripping my eyes off of her and turning to the doctor. "I know that very well."

He gave me a kind smile, then left. I turned back to Maka, and smiled lightly. As the doctor left, her eyes flutter opened.

"Soul!" she cried happily and tried to hug me but the IVs that were attached to her arm held her down. She frowned but looked back at me and smiled.

"Soul, I realized I hit you with a book after you said you loved me" she said, laughing. I laughed too, my heart skipping a beat.

"And I wanted to say...Sorry for the book, but also, I wanted to say…I love you too Soul. I always have."

I felt my heart melt into a pool and my head get light. I then leaned over and kissed her lightly on the lips. No, she wasn't my first kiss, but she was my first real kiss. As I pulled away, I sat back with a smirk. She smiled lovingly back up at me. "I've waited a while for that, you know."

We sat in blissful silence for a while, until my stupid mouth rambled to break the silence.

"Well, at least now I know they're real." I said giving her my signature smirk. She looked perplexed.

"Huh?"

"Your boobs. They seemed to big to be real."

"Well what'd you think they were?" She cried, offended. "Silicone balloons?"

I laughed "Maybe~" I teased. She glared at me.

"If I didn't have the IVs in, I'd Maka-chop you so damn hard right now." She hissed. I threw my head back and laughed. I then leaned over and kissed her again, savoring her taste.

The doctor came in and smiled upon seeing us. "I see your relationship is more complex than I thought at first!" he joked. Maka turned bright red while I laughed again, and winked at him.

"well, I'm afraid Miss Albarn will be here for a while longer. I'd suggest getting some of her stuff and calling her father, no matter what terms they are on." Maka groaned at hearing her father.

"Okay. Well, I'll go get you some stuff, okay?" I said, standing up.

"Get me my books please~" She called from the bed. I groaned and walked out.

-Maka's P.O.V.—

I guess for now I'll just lie down and try not to think about anything that happened. I closed my eyes and cleared my head.

Ahhh, better. I didn't bother opening my eyes when I heard footsteps enter.

"Oh. You fell asleep, hm?" Kid's regal voice said. Oh, no. Not Kid. I didn't want to talk to him. Maybe he'd just leave to let me "sleep" in peace. Or not. The bed creaked and sunk near my side as his weight was added to it.

"Oh Maka, I'm so sorry that all this has happened. But you have Soul right? So you're okay. I thought I'd be the one to hold you when you saw Soul with that girl. But I was wrong. I never intended for you to get hurt. Ever. I want to protect you, and I will. Maka…" His breath was on my face now. I tried not to gasp at the sudden warmness. Wait. Was he going to do what I think he was going to do?

"Maka…I'm sorry. But I have wanted to do this for so long but you are with Soul now…So this is all I have. Maka, I love you." Then his (very symmetrical) lips were on mine and I didn't know what the FUCK to do so I lied there and let him kiss me. And for some reason, I wanted him to.

I felt like a bit of a ho and a two timer but it was sooo good. But I couldn't let this happen again.

I opened my eyes when his lips parted from mine. I took a quick glace out the window to see no one there.

"Maka!" Kid cried, stumbling back and blushing like mad "I'm so sorry! I…I don't know what came over me!"

I gave him a sad smile. "I like you too Kid, but I like Soul more. And he's my partner; I couldn't risk our resonance. But what you said was really sweet."

"Can..Can I kiss you one last time?" Kid asked sheepishly. "That way I'll be satisfied" I didn't like the thought of it, but I knew Kid wouldn't back off until I did. So I leaned over and gave him a kiss. An amazing one at that. I melted into his arms, and could feel his tongue licking my lips. We broke the kiss after a few more heated seconds, both of us turned red, then I just hugged him.

"Thank you Kid, for being my friend" I said. He gave me a sad smile.

"there's really no hope for me is there?" He asked.

"Well, if Soul ever dumps me, you'll be the first I'll go to." I replied, and gave him a sympathetic smile. His smile widened. He then got up and walked out.

I felt better, but a part of me still hungered for Kid in a way I could never explain. Like when you want something you can't have. Besides, I owe Soul too much to do such a horrid thing to him as two-timing him. Besides, he deserves better than that. Maybe, better than me.