Stein lays on the front steps of the church, turning his head crank. He was antsy and fidgety; he hadn't had a cigarette in hours. The three-eyed ants crawling all over his skin didn't help either. His head crank suddenly clicked, and he stands, his soul wavelength projecting out of his eyeballs at length. "Heh heh heh…" he mutters to himself, as he turns and looks up at the large double doors of the church.

Running into the church, he sees a grey haired girl fighting a pale being with long red hair, black eyes, and long nails that could pass for blades. Looking up, he sees HIS experiment, a wolf hanging from the air, desperately whimpering and howling in need. He turns to the source of madness in the room and points up to the man on wooden beams. "THAT IS MY EXPERIMENT!" He howls, lunging after Deathscythe Justin Law.

A large shadow covers the city. Though city sounded like it was loud and bustling with anguished life, only one spirit inhabited it. Spirit sits huddled up at the corner of Milk Avenue and Reagan Street. The corner is filthy, covering Spirit in dirt and grime. Rocking back and forth as he watches a rat run by, he gets the courage to look up at the shadow above him. Three slanted, blood red eyes opened in the sky.

"I know the way to be completely yourself without fear. The way is power. If you take enough souls, you will become a Kishin. You can be free. All you have to do is consume the souls you sleep with." The voice booms, making everything shake and quiver.

Stein attempts to project his soul wavelength at Justin but suddenly a long, black nail blocks him, and knocks him to the wayside. Maka follows in suit, battling the clown with her deathscythe, Soul Eater Evans. "Soul, do you feel that?"

"Yeah, through your soul wavelength." Soul states, silhouetted in black shadow in his weapon form. "You need to handle that. Only you can."

Maka breathes, effortlessly transferring the handle of the scythe in her hands, blocking swipes and attacks from the muscular, green veined being. She lunges forward, barely missing her target. "Do you think you will be able to be wielded by Stein in his current state?"

"I can manage. You are my meister, and I will do what is best for us." Soul obliges.

Watching Stein stand from being knocked over, Maka yells over to him. "CATCH!" She jumps in the air and tosses the scythe in her professor's direction. Stein jumps to catch Soul, and a wicked grin spreads across his face, suddenly armed and ready to face the projection of his enemy's madness.

"How dare you mess with MY experiment?!" He shouts, as we spins Soul in a figure eight motion to attack the clown.

Justin laughs at Stein's exclamation, and sits back on the steps leading up to the podium. "What fun!" he growls, choosing to sit and watch the show.

Maka, still flying through the air, lands on top of the wooden beams that hang from the air, and closes her eyes as she sets her hands on either side of Lord Death's favorite weapon, which turned out to be difficult due to it being tossed from side to side, regardless, she relaxes as much as she can and enters his soul.

Floating through the air, Maka can't see anything. Its pitch black; the loud city of below is completely gone. She reaches her hand out and finds a tar-like substance has become a barrier to her. Shaking, she enters the goo, feeling her spirit being engulfed in madness. She comes out the other side of the barrier, still covered in the pitch but not mad. She breathes, and her purifying soul wavelength removes the tar from the body of her soul; her clothes appearing in their stead. She looks below and sees the city she has seen once before, only this time it is dirty and covered in shadow. The sounds of the city that had once been predominantly pleasant were now disturbing, consisting of cries of anguish and screams of pain. When she finds the man she is looking for, she lowers down. He is completely silent, and she watches him shake and hold his head between his hands, tears falling to the ground, creating mud. His knees are pulled up to his chest, which is heaving.

"Hello… Papa." Maka grits her teeth as she balls up her fists.

Spirit doesn't look up or respond. He rolls to the side, letting his body fall with a thud to the dirty street ground.

Suddenly the shadow above the city speaks in a booming voice, making the buildings quake. "Spirit, you can be free to be yourself. Become a Kishin, seize the power."

Maka shudders, and releases the tension from her shoulders as she falls to her knees, tears welling in her eyes. "Papa, you don't have to do what that thing says. Please, just be yourself." She closes her eyes as she turns her head to the side. "I may not have always been understanding of the things you did, but I am now. I love you, no matter who you choose to love. You're my Papa." She grips the edges of her plaid skirt as her voice shakes. "And it hurts so much that you didn't think you could be yourself with me! Or to anyone! You didn't have to hide that part of who you are, we love you regardless!" She realizes she is shouting now, hysterically. Her voice softens. "What you did to Momma… lying about who you were and then acting out to continue living that lie… that was wrong. But knowing why you did it now… Papa, I forgive you. Please, just-"

Maka is unable to finish as suddenly Spirit envelopes her in a hug. She wraps her arms around him, and they cry loudly together as the shadows of the city begin to dissipate.

Spirit pulls back from the hug, and smiles at Maka with tearful eyes. With his thumb he wipes away the tears on the grey-haired young woman's face. "Thank you. I love you so much! You are the best daughter in the world!"

Maka suddenly looks down ashamed as she presses his hand to her cheek. "…Papa, I… I'm not your real daughter. I'm Stein's."

Spirit closes his eyes and smiles. "I know."

Maka's eyes open wide in shock. "YOU KNEW?!"

Spirit looks into his daughters green eyes, then slightly to the side. "Yes… I knew. You may not be my biological daughter, but you are still my daughter and I love you so very much."

Maka lunges forward, enveloping him in another hug.

Maka looks down and sees her Papa's eyes clear as he breathes. He turns his arm into a blade and cuts the ropes connecting him to a beam, and then becomes a scythe. Maka grasps the handle; their soul's resonating better than they ever had. "Let's do this!" Maka says with determination.

Justin looks forward as he sees Maka jump into the fray of battle, carrying the blade of her father. His "beloved" clown is struggling against the might of two of Shibusen's best meister's wielding death scythes. He sighs to himself and stands, looking to where the moon had been just hours ago. "Well, I guess this is where I take my leave. I must do master Asura's work elsewhere." He runs out the back door on the stage, unnoticed by Maka and Spirit but definitely noticed by Stein.

"I won't let you leave after messing with what's mine!" Stein half shrieks, half growls, as he lunges at the figure of the deathscythe that had fallen from grace. He misses, the door slamming in his face. He hears Justin's signature large coffin car roar to life, the tires screeching as he drives off hurriedly, off to cause madness elsewhere.

"LET'S GO, SOUL RESONANCE!" Maka and Spirit shout. "WITCH HUNTER!" Maka shrieks, as Spirit's blade grows massive from their soul's energy resonating together. With a shout, she brings the blade down on the clown, who screams shrilly and then bursts, becoming nothing. Maka lands lightly on her feet, her father reforming into a human again. He turns and smiles at his daughter and wraps her up in a hug, Maka doing the same. Soul also reforms into a human as well and smiles with pride at his love and meister.

Franken Stein's eyes begin to clear as Justin drives away, taking his maddening aura with him. He stands with his back to the group, brushing some dust off his lab coat. He cocks his head to the side, and turns his head crank three times. He grasps his glasses, which have somehow not broken this whole time. He wipes them on his shirt, and sighs. "Does anyone have a cigarette?" He turns his head to look at everyone. "I'm pretty desperate." He admits.

Soul steps forward to attempt to join the hug Maka and her Papa were having, only to have Spirit whirl around and point a finger at him. "DON'T YOU TOUCH MY DARLING LITTLE GIRL!"

A frustrated star appears on Maka's forehead. "I'm not a little girl!" She yells, irked, as a book comes crashing down on Spirit's head. She hears her dad groan as he falls to the floor, steam rising from his nostrils. She wraps her weapon in a hug. "Thank you Soul."

"What are weapons for?" He smiles crookedly, then leans in to kiss her. She leans back, surprised at his action.

She puts her forehead against his. "I thought we were keeping it quiet?!" she whispers.

"I'm ready to tell if you are!" Soul smirks, extremely happy.

Maka smiles back and wraps her arms around his shoulders, kissing him deeply.

Spirit suddenly wakes from his stupor. "MAKAAAAA!" he shouts, hardly able to process this new information. Stein holds him back by his shoulders, letting him run in place for awhile. Then he turns him around.

"Sempai, you do realize you're naked, right?"

Spirit, with sudden realization, covers his manhood with his hands as is whole body goes red with an embarrassed blushed. "WELL WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?!" he exclaims. Graciously, Stein removes his lab coat and hands it to Spirit, giving him at least something to wear. Spirit quickly puts it on.

Suddenly the large church doors fly through the room, completely off their hinges. "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL BLACK STAR IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!"

"BLACK STAR?!" everyone shouts simultaneously, surprised to see him. "What are you doing here?!" Maka yells, still in her loves arms.

"Lord Death sent the best here first. We just got a bit… tied up. But we are here to help!" Black Star poses, looking to the sky, then looks back at the group "So, where is the big bad?"

Soul pulls his girlfriend into a tighter hug and kisses her cheek. "He ran off. It was Deathscythe Justin Law. Apparently he's completely crazy and working for Asura now."

Black Star's eyes widen at the closeness of two of his best friends, but having matured a little bit, chooses to stay on topic. "Really? That's surprising."

Tsubaki, Liz and Patti run in, huffing loudly. "Black Star, you can't take off like that, we can't keep up!" Tsubaki informs him, never one to actually complain.

"Oh, I'm sorry you guys. I guess I'm just ahead of my time." He smiles, resting his hands on his hips pridefully.

Liz and Patty look at each other and share a hug. "I was so scared!" Liz wails, hugging her sister tight. "I'm so glad your okay!"

They separate, and Patty giggles. "Of course we're okay! We're badasses!" She beams.

Death the Kid suddenly bursts through a stain-glass window. "I'M COMING LIZ AND PATTY!" he shouts, as he stumbles and falls straight into the two pistol sisters, his face landing hard against the floor as each of his hands become lodged in the cleavage of the two different sisters. He jumps up hurriedly and looks around. "… well, I see this situation is handled." He brushes the dust off his jacket as his skateboard disappears into thin air.

"Yes, it is, thanks to Maka." Stein states in his signature monotone way. "Returning to the matter at hand, we should report back to Lord Death. He will want to know what all happened here."

Everyone nods in agreement, except Patty who just giggles to herself because she has no idea what is going on. She looks and sees Maka and Soul holding hands as they walk down the church steps. "ABOUT FREAKING TIME!" she shouts.

Maka and Soul look at each other and share a quick peck. Everyone awww's in unison, nodding in agreement with Patty's statement. All except Maka's Papa, who just huffs and glares at Soul.

They all walk away from the dreaded church, sighing collectively in relief that the madness is over. Tsubaki and Liz trail behind the group, walking slowest. Tsubaki clasps her hands together, feeling her eyes well up with tears. "Liz, I am so incredibly sorry."

Liz puts her hands behind her head. "Don't worry about it. Things got pretty crazy back there for everyone. That was some maddening shit going on, and everyone was affected."

Tsubaki begins to sob, unable to follow the group anymore and just stands in place, putting her hands to her face. "But I almost consumed your soul, and-"

Liz grabs her hands, and looks into her eyes. "Hey, it's okay. Like I said, everything was pretty fucked up back there. Nobody blames you."

Tsubaki wraps her arms around Liz in a hug, and they fall to their knees. Liz strokes her hair and kisses her forehead. "Hey, shh shh… everything will be okay."

Patty looks back at her sister and Tsubaki and grins to herself. She knew they would one day see how perfect they were for each other, and she was glad her sister would be happy. Her mind quickly switches topics though, and she begins to sing. "Today I had a weiner, it was really big. When we started he pulled it out and I took it with a lic-" Black Star was suddenly covering her mouth with one hand, the other behind his head as he laughed nervously.

"Heh heh. Weiners. How funny!" He stammered as Patty licked his hand that was covering her mouth. "Ew, GROSS!" he exclaimed, as everyone laughed.

Seated on a stool, Deathscythe Spirit Albarn looks out from the bar at the tables within Chupakabra's. Sipping through a straw, Professor Franken Stein takes a seat at the stool next to him.

"I thought you gave up trying to keep up appearances of being straight?" Stein breathed, cranking his headscrew as a took a drag from his cigarette.

"I have. But I have always wanted to try the fancy cocktails here! I never did though because it looked gay. But goddamn was I missing out! They're delicious!"

Stein chuckles, putting out his cigarette in the ashtray on the bar. "Lord Death was happy with our job."

Spirit looks down. "Yeah, though it seems we have a pretty big problem with Justin on the loose."

Stein nods in agreement. "Yeah, but we can handle it." He turns his the screw in his head twice, then slyly looks over at his previous weapon. "So Sempai, do you want to do another experiment?"

I am such a tease! So, what do you think? Please review!