Chapter 1: Gashed

Death the Kid's POV

I had spent almost 8 hours in the underground parts of the academy just fixing staues. Fine. it It probably wasn't really 8 whole hours, but just saying it made me feel better. I knew it was around time for me to head home. I walked down the center of the dingy grey hallway, heading back towards the main hall. Then there was a loud, high-pitched scream. Like a girl. A girl who had just been hurt. I looked over my shoulder towards where the noise came from. Who was that? I thought I was the only person down here. I faced my entire body towards that direction. Then for an unknown reason, I began to race towards the sound.

Ryuka's POV

Pain screamed from my left side. I let out another cry of agony as the wound throbbed harshly. Blood pooled beside the injury on the grey tiled floor. Tears were flowing senselessly down my face. Oh my God, that hurt like hell. The image of that man flashed through my mind again. His body was wrapped in scarves. I let out another scream as my loss of blood darkend my vision.

Death the Kid's POV

Two more cries swam from the end of the hall. They were getting weaker with each one. I had to get to whoever was down there, before it was too late. I quikenend my pace until I came to heavy steel door embedded in the stone. In all the years that I been exploring these tunnels, I hadn't once come across this door. I pressed my shoulder against the steel contraption and pushed in order to pry it open. As the door swung open absently, I saw an unfamiliar girl around my age lying on the ground towards the corner of the room. Blood pooled thickly around her left side, staining the floor and exposed parts of her skin a deep scarlet. Her hair was a slick black, that is until it reached her shoulders. Then it faded into an electric silver until it stoped at the small of her back. She had pointed, chopy black bangs that stoped a little bit above her eyes. She was wearing a black dress that stoped at her knees and concealed all other parts of her body, aside from the chunk of cloth ripped from around her one thing struck me off more than anything else. She couldn't have been a student here. if she was, she'd have her student identification card on her person. Plus I wouldn't forget a face like hers. I squatted down beside her limp body before looking over my shoulder. Nobody else was down here. I gentally slipped one arm behind her back and the other behind the both of her knees. I stood back up, holding the girl in my arms and resting her head on my neck. "Nobody may know you," I sighed outloud, " But you still need help." I turned back towards the exit. Maybe Professor Stein would know what to do.

Stein's POV

I sat down at the corner of the room with my arms laying on the front of my stiched rolling chair. The infirmary had been empty all day long, meaning that Black*Star had decided not to pick any fights today. Thankfull though, it was doctor Medusa's day off, so I could actually think strait. I just couldn't grasp any logical reasoning why a whitch like her would wasnt to infultrait the DWMA. What would she want with the students here anyway? Was she planning anything? Or just spying? Did a plan have anything to do with the demon sword? 'Ung,' I thought, turning back my screw in protest,' Even when she isnt here, I still couldn't think strait.'Then there was an urgent knocking on the door, "PROFESSOR STIEN!"I knew that voice,"What is it, Kid?""OPEN THE DOOR!" He was breathing awfully hard," IT'S URGENT!"I launched off of the wall in my rolling chair towards the door so I could open it. Once the door was open, he came in and sat a fammiliar fifteen-year-old girl and the white bed." I found her in the underground parts of the academy. I know that she isn't a student here, but she deserves help." He ran his fingers through a few strands of her hair,"Besides, it's not like we can't question her later."I nodded and rolled closer, examining the wound in her side. "Alright, Kid. I can take care of her from here. It's getting late, so you should head home," he looked at me as if he wanted to protest," Don't worry about her. She's going to be fine. Hey, even if you want, I'll let you come bye and talk to her before school, okay?"Kid noddeed," Okay, I'll see you tomorow, Professor Stein," he still looked shaken as he exited the room."Later, Kid," I sighed turning back to face Ryuka's limp body on the bed. Why had she let somebody find her? What the hell happened to her side? I focused on her pale face, analizing every detail before saying her name, "Ryuka..." No response. "Ryuka, I have to know that your alright. For my sake, please, wake up," She exhaled heavily but still didn't respond. I sighed. I had hoped that it wouldn't come to this, but I had been left with no other option. I leaned forward, pressing my cool forehead to her pale, sweat-soaked one. I had forgotten how long we'd been doing this, but tappinig into her mind was my last resort. 'Ryuka,' me voice pooled easily into her mind, 'wake up, now.'Her golden-olive eyes opened and stared deeply into mind. They were wide, as if she expected to see someone else. She parted her thin, pale lips and let a single strangled word escape them,"P-Papa?"

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Stein's POV

"P-Papa?" Her voice choked out, as she stared into my eyes. I sat up a little, relaxing at the sound of her voice and running my fingers lightly through her hair. "Girl, it's like you hunt trouble down."She smiled that famous half smile of hers. The one her mother always gave me," I'm telling you, it's like it just finds me." Then she winced and looked down at her side injury," Ow."I sighed and took a closer look at the gash that deeply marred her pale skin. The bleeding may have stoped, but it was hard to tell with this cloth surrounding it. I grabbed a small pair of sissors and carefully cut away the black cloth. I rolled over to the cabinent and looked throught the drawers for some bandages and anticeptic. "So, how'd you get go sliced up there?" I asked, rolling back over to her closed her eyes and tried to relax her body," If I told you, you'd never believe me."I shook my head and focused my eyes to prove to her that I was compleatly serious,"Try me.""There was this man," her eyes reopened and revealed how frightening the being that that gash came from," He wore a red and blck pinstripe suit and was wrapped in scarves." Her eyes closed again. 'The kishin? No, that can't possibly be it.' I thought as i began to put the disenfectant paste on the wound. Her eyes snaped open and immediatly grew wider than I'd seen them in years. She closed her eyes tightly and griped the sheet beside her, tossing her head to the side as she did so. She ground her teeth together, forcing back cries of pain."Dad...Dad..." Tears began to roll down her cheeks, "DAD! THAT HURTS!"I stopped and leaned back, allowing her eyes to meet mine. "It won't hurt once I patch you up the rest of the way." I gave her an assuring smile. She weekly forced a smile back before bracing herself for the pain to come.

Ryuka's POV

I ground my teeth in order to force back screams of agony. That almost hurt worse than when I actually got the gash, and it was so deep. It seemed endless as her put on the anticeptic and bandaged around my middle. Then finally I felt his icy hands move away. "Okay, now do you min explaining to me why you let yourself get found?"I forced myself to sit up, " I was about to die, Dad. I was hoping that someone would find me to prevent you finding me dead when you came to retrive me this evening."He nodded, " Reasonable enough, I guess. Only one slight problem, considering the fact that your a young teenage meister, Lord Death will probably take interest in you and want you enrolled. I will mostlikely have to enroll you in this academy."I smiled, "This could be an excellent oppurtunity for me. To become a better meister, I mean.""Just one thing concerns me," He pulled a cigarette put of his pocket and lit it.I tilted my head to the side, " How so?""I'm not to sure about how you'll be treated if people know that your my daughter.""Oh," My head slumped forward slightly, "Alright.""Ryuka, " He breathed out smoke and then placed the sourse back into his mouth," If you were to be enrolled, I would have to lie on the papers."" Well damn," I sighed, floping back down onto the bed, "What are we supposed to say?"" Ah, lets see here, " He rolled back and clicked the screw backwards slowly, thinking of an awnser," You can take your mother's last name. You recently moved to Death City. You ran away from home and took a particular intrest in the way the school was set up, so you decided to explore the underground parts of it and hoped to eventually enroll. Sound good?" "I guess that's pretty well figured and made up. But my name is what now?"He smirked, twirling the cigarette between his fingers, " Easy, Ryuka Cross."I looked at hime closely," Ryuka, Cross?""Yeah, Your mother's last name is Cross. Sanguine Cross, the finest Death-Scythe to graduate from the academy in my opionion.""Ok, Da- Professor Stein.""Good. Now, I'll be by in the morning with your bag of clothes," he turned in the chair and stood to leave. He had his hand on the knob before he turned to face me again," Oh, I almost forgot. Ryuka, tomorow morning, one of the students of the academy will be here around 8 o'clock to talk to you. He's Lord Death's son, Death the Kid, He's the one that saved you."

A/N: Okay, so that is the first chapter of Her Scars . I hope you liked it. I got the idea in a dream and it just sort of turned into it's own thing. So yeah, Stein has a daughter with his former partner, and death scythe, Sanguine Cross. And Kid? Well he plays a very important roll later in the story about how he associates with Ryuka. So please review, I want to know your thoughts on my first piece of fanfic work. I DO NOT OWN SOUL EATER, JUST SANGUINE CROSS AND RYUKA CROSS-STEIN. I'll try to update as often as I possibly can because this story is going to go far. See you all in the next Chapter!