Spirit Albarn's Story

Kami stopped and swallowed, now she was glad that she had sent Maka and Soul on to class.

"K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-K-Kami?"

She breathed out and tried to sound calm and collected, calm, collected "Hhhello Spirit" she said quietly. She didn't want upset him, or herself she began to twirl a piece of hair around her finger out of sure nervousness. "You loook well" she said her eyes now looking down at the floor "Why does he have to be so damn cute", she thought to herself.

Part of her wanted to smack the hell out of and part of her wanted to throw her arms around his neck and kiss him... wait where the hell did that come from.

Come on your supposed to be over him. You can smell the wine on him he probably took at break La Chupacabra's before he came here. But he only drinks when he's depressed, why is he depressed, why do you care"

All these thoughts raced through Kami's mind at the same time as feeling of betrayal and love for the man he used to be.

Kami shook her head and smiled, then looked up at him from under her lashes, "Yeah well... Lord Death asked me to come back and... teach. So I'm here for now, I just got to see Maka, she's growing up so fast I almost didn't recognize her it was strange kind of like a glimpse into the past. I also got to meet Soul he seems like a good kid, I think Maka likes him a little more then she'll admit" she said as she finally made eye contact with him.

His eyes my god their so beautiful, it was the first think I noticed about him, she thought to herself. "Well I'm sure your busy so I should..." she stopped and thought for a moment. "Hey I'm treating Maka and Soul to Hobgoblin's tonight for burgers, you... can join us if you... like" she had to do something to get their relationship to the point that Maka doesn't have to worry so much. They could at least act like their friends.

She internally laughed at Spirits reaction to her inviting him to dinner with them, "Same old Spirit" she thought. Thats when she heard a bunch of commotion coming from the classroom hallways. She put her hand on Spirit's arm, "That sounded like it came from the classroom, come on Spirit we should check it out" she said with concern in her voice.

"I'm more worried cause I just sent Maka back to class Spirit" said Kami as she ran behind him.

Marie came out of the bathroom and saw Spirit run by his blades drawn, she had heard the all the commotion and came out after freshening up. He was soon followed by ... "Kami... but what's going on" she ran to catch up. "Kami slow dooown" whined Marie.

Kami stopped when she heard the familiar voice but only long enough to turn "Come on Marie we might need your help" Kami said and turned back to catch up with Spirit.

Marie started running behind them "whats all the commotion?" she huffed and puffed as she ran.

Kami "Don't you feel it, I haven't wielded a weapon in two years, and I can feel it, Jesus Marie" said Kami slightly annoyed.

"Hey what are you gonna be able to do any way without a weapon and I doubt you can still wield Spirit. Your soul's wont resonate correctly" said Marie.

Kami shook her head "I don't care if wielding him hurts. Maka is in that class and if she can get hurt well I don't care if I do" she looked over at Spirit.

"You heard that didn't you Spirit don't try to tell me no just because I'm in pain. I know you'll try to stop me if it does burn to hold you, but your the only weapon I know how to use Spirit" she had a look of pleading and worry in her eyes.

Crona

As The teacher's and Death sycthe Rush Through the halls the begin to come up on Crona Carrying Suzu. crona See's at least one of them that looks familiar. crona and one that looks alot like Maka. Corna Shouts. '' Miss Marie Please help......Th....there's....we have a massive problem a....and Mr. stein needs help a....and I don't know if i can handle.....it. Miss Marie....a...and Mr. death scythe please.... I'm not makeing this up....hay'' Crona didn't look exactly in perfect condition either. As he craddled Suzu

Suzu's strength was leaving her, as the pain started becoming noticeable. She winced in Crona's arms as he called out to some teachers she assumed. Shea heard a wicked laugh in her head, They'll always hurt you Suzu...you're brother will one day too...
She pushed her mothers voice out of her head and looked over to see who Crona was calling out to. She held him loosly around the neck as he ran.

Suzu mustered up the strength to say, "They're in the nurses office...I can feel Haruka soul wavelength...he and Tanja must be fighting him..."

((Oops my bad))

Marie picked up the girl "Don't worry we'll get you taken care of" said Marie to the young girl. Kami helped Crona along and made her way to the nurses office with the girl and Crona. When Spirit came up behind them Kami was relieved that they weren't going into this flatfooted.

"Here Kami take the girl I'll go in first and see if I can get through to Stein" Marie said.

Kami nodded, "Spirit we need to get this girl to her brother and he's in there with Stein and another student, I think you should be on stand by" she said.

Marie walked in to the thick smoke, "Stein it's Marie can you hear me" she called out trying to find her way through the smoke. She could feel him the madness wasn't as strong as that time against Medusa but it was escalated more then had been in a while. "Stein can you come towards my voice" said Marie.

"Thats enough now" said Marie as she began to reach for her eye patch, "The madness is so thick in here" she said taking a deep breath a pulling off the eye patch. Marie did her soul resonance sending a calming wave throughout the whole office. "Everyone needs to have a seat and calm down can you hear my voice. Just listen to me, sit down, relax and the madness will subside" her voice was calm and soothing almost like a breeze blowing, or the flow of a brook. "There you are Stein" she said with a smile. She put her hand on his shoulder, and put herself in between Tanja and Stein.

Kami sat there in awe of Marie, she may be clutsy and a bit of a whiner but she could do some amazing things. She looked over at Spirit she could tell he was uneasy, and the alcohol didn't help. She looked down at Suzu "Your brother will be here soon don't worry" she said as she made her way through the smoke looking for the boy. Thats when she found him in as terrible shape as his sister, "Is your name Haruka" said Kami "I have you sister she's alright but she says she needs you" she tried to help him to a sitting position.

"Stein and a few students are getting dirt on my freshly cleaned floors... that is what is occuring... also new transfer staff from the Berlin division... be a good Death Scythe and show them around will you Spirit. I can not stand idle as they destroy all of today's work!" He charged forward but was to late to enter the fray. Marie had already taken action and as such he stood at the ready incase the others continued their brawl.


Amanda and Maria stood slightly confused as to what was going on after Jintsu ran off. Though Amanda smiled towards Spirit. "Uh Hello... Mister Jintsu was going to show us to our rooms." Maria merely stood behind Amanda reading a book which had a blank cover. "So... are we suppose to follow you or are we going to wait on mister Jintsu?

Marie smiled, "There thats better" she said as she knelt down slowly going down with Stein laying his head on her shoulder. "It's all over now, just rest" she stroked his hair smiling to herself. This was the only time she could really get close to him, any other time he was oblivious to her. But she didn't tell him her feeling for him either, she felt silly every time she thought about telling him.

Kami sighed as she watched Spirit, run off and then the young pink haired boy is freaking out. Kami put her hand on his shoulder "It's alright I think she'll be okay now that everything is winding down". She decided to go check on Spirit since the kids and Stein seemed to be under control now. There was another guy coming out of the mens room as Kami walked up "Hey this is the mens room you know" he said. "I know that there only one other man in there, and believe me he doesn't have anything I haven't seen already", said Kami waiving the guy off. Spirit was in the stall loosing his lunch for the last week and a half, she leaned up against the stall door. "You should't drink so much, you were never able to handle it" she said with a sigh. "You know those girls at La Cupacabras get paid more if you drink more right" she said with a half way smirk.

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Maka got tired of being in the class room as people snapped out of the madness "I'm gonna go check on Crona" she said to Soul. She made her way to the nruses office, that crazy butler was flying off the handle about the mess. She watched her father run to the bathroom and then her mother followed behind him, Maka walked into the office it was still a little smokey but she found Crona. "Crona are you alright?" asked Maka.

Kami gave a concerned look "What?" she asked "Speak your mind Spirit, and what I meant is that your letting the girls talk you into drinking more so they steal your money" she said. She grabbed a paper towel from the dispenser and ran it under cold water, she took and wiped the sweat of stress from his brow. "Listen Spirit..."she didn't know what she wanted to say. "Just because we're divorced doesn't mean with have to hate each other. I know how us fighting affects Maka and I don't want to hurt her any more then she already has been", she said as she began to twist out the paper towel and wipe his face again.

She stopped and looked down at the floor she could feel tears well up in her eyes "I shouldn't have left, Maka was starting a big part of her life and I just ran off like a coward. Because I couldn't handle things now shes gone through so much and I wasn't even there to help her through it" a tear trailed down her cheek. Kami tried to blink off the tears but it was hard when she had so many things rolling around in her head.

"Listen I know Im not the easiest person to live with Spirit and... I was never the prettiest girl around, but Maka means more to me then anything and if to keep her happy I have to forgive you I will. I know she's been angry with you since the divorce, she hardly ever spoke of you in her letters. So from now on I'm going to try to speak positively about you around her" she looked up at him with tears streaming down her cheeks. "I'm sorry Spirit I shouldn't have turned her against you, I didn't mean to" she said.

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Marie continued stroking Steins hair "Yes, but it wasn't your fault Stein something was affecting you and the other students. She smiled at his concern for the young witch girl, and Marie smiled when he turned the screw in his head "Alright I'll check on her" she said as she pulled the eye patch back over her eye. She stood and dusted some rubble off her skirt, she walked over and knelt down next to Tanja, "Hello my name is Marie, I think I heard in the commotion that your name was Tanja" she said with a smile. "Are your feeling better now?" Marie asked.

Kami sniffled a bit, and wiped her eyes "I hope she doesn't Spirit, cause I've missed her allot" she stood up straight and smiled "Here I am crying like a little girl, and we should probably go help get things cleaned up. Why is it when I'm with you Spirit things get exciting?" she laughed slightly. She smiled and adjusted his tie, "Look at you such mess" she smiled and flattened his his tie down. "There, Lord Deaths personal scythe shouldn't go out looking like a disheveled mess" she looked up at him. "Spirit we may have parted on bad terms last but, it's been nice spending time with you despite the chaos and the fact that we're in the mens restroom. Lets go make sure are daughter is alright", Kami laughed.

Maka came out of the classroom just as her parents walked out of the mens restroom... together. She stood there and blinked for a moment processing what she was witnessing. "Mama.... Papa" she hadn't said those words together in the same breath in almost two year unless it was telling her father how horrible he had been to her mother.

Kami turned when she heard her daughters voice and looking very confused. Frankly Kami couldn't blame her, firstly they were both together and they weren't fighting. Also they came out of the Mens restroom, "Oh Maka there you are" said Kami as she jogged up to her daughter, looking her over to make sure that she wasn't hurt.

Maka still stood there blinking at her parents, "Mama why are you with Papa?" she finally asked.

Kami swallowed "Well you father got sick so I went to check on him" she said.

Maka's brow furrowed "Mama why are you being so nice to him... He doesn't even care about you and your treating him like nothing has happened" Maka's voice began to sound aggravated. "Besides he probably puked cause he drinks too much with those floozies and Chupa♡Cabra's" Maka definitely sounded upset.

"Listen Maka, sometimes you have to put things behind you and move forward" said Kami trying to cam her.

"No! Not after what he did he made you go away, because he was too stupid to keep his hands off other woman. I..I...I'm going home", she said her face turning red.

"Maka! you shouldn't say thing like that about your father" said Kami. "Do you still want to go to Hobgoblins tonight for dinner?" she asked.

"I'm not hungry..." she turned and headed for the exit.

Kami thought about going after her but she changed her mind thinking she just needed to cool off.

"Oh... Spirit she so mad and I don't know why" she said looking down at the floor. Kami sighed "I don't even know where to go right now things are just not going the way I planned. I don't even have a place to go tonight" she said with a bit of sadness in her voice

Kami smiled through breakfast that morning, it was like they were when they were kids. Spirit would have something for her every morning, no matter how he felt and even though he was a horrible cook, he would either have cereal or fruit for her. When they got older he learned how to make coffee, she sat silently eating what he had given her. She was surprised at how well she had slept the night before, she thought that she would feel weird being in his room. But he hadn't changed the room since she had left.

Everything in that bedroom was the same as it had been when they were together. She had expected, girly posters and other women's underwear haphazardly disposed of. But there was know of that, the same bed, the same sheets, washed and well cared for even the pictures on the walls were the same. All were picture that Kami had taken over the years either of Maka and Spirit, or photographs of sunset and flowers. All neatly cared for and dusted, "Why is he like this, you'd think he would have changed it to a bachelor pad, but it's like I never left.", she thought as she sipped her coffee.

It wasn't long before they were heading back to the DWMA for a new day at school Kami was hoping she would run into Maka and be able to pull her aside and talk with her. "Spirit... thanks for letting me stay at your place last night" she said thoughtfully.

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"It's alright Soul you can come in" said Maka when he knocked. She hadn't slept to well the night before, thought of her mother and father and everything that transpired in the past 24 hours was all weighing heavy on her. She had spent so much time trying to keep from being around her father, and now everything was changing. "I don't know Soul I'm just confused by my parents right now, my mother has been away for so long and when she comes back it's like she's trying to bet back with my father" she sighed as she put her hair into pigtails for the day.