Blair floated down to the silver and golden blade that was now lodged firmly into the concrete of the street.
"OOO, he's so shiny! I'll definitely want him more than the scythe boy." Maka momentarily stood atop the building, watching and wondering just exactly what was Nate thinking.
Blair went for the blade, wrapping her long fingered hands around the blade, the steel felt cold in the brisk nightly air. Finally with all of the force she could muster she pulled the blade and...
It stuck firm into the pavement as it had been, completely unmoved.
"Hrrrgh...Hmm, maybe it's some sort of trick! Maybe he just needs some encouragement." Blair said as she knelt before the blade and put her ample chest onto the hilt and handle of the sword. Much to Nate's credit he didn't so much as waver.
Blair's one track mind was fully enraptured with getting the sword unstuck from the street, so much so that she didn't notice Maka silently drop behind her and walk up behind her until it was almost too late.
In a flash Blair put out a hand and a large pumpkin enwrapped her and ate the blow. She stood up, and stepped a few paces in front of the sword and looked at Maka, lowering her gaze with a tip of her hat. Her eyes were as sharp as steel.
"That wasn't any ol' slash girlie. You just tried to kill me didn't you?" She prepared to launch another attack at Maka, raising a long fingered hand. Before she could get out her incantation a slash went down her back, Nate had reverted to human form and in a flash attacked Blair with her backed turned.
Blair flew forward instinctively, and as she did Maka charged her with Soul at the ready. In an instant Maka's blade sliced through Blair at her torso and the force of the blow sent Maka flying out past it.
She landed a few paces away from Nate onto her chunky combat boots with a thud sounding off on the concrete. She immediately walked back over to Nate as he stood before Blair's soul, looking at it the way a cat might eye a ball of yarn.
"I'll be taking that." Soul Eater said as he popped out of his Scythe form and grabbed the soul in his right hand, it made a light bouncy noise as he did so.
Maka put her hands behind her back and smiled," This is the final one soul, after this you'll be one of Lord Death's weapons...I can't believe it."
"Yeah and it's partially thanks to Nate over here, up top big guy." He raised his left hand for a high five and Nate obliged.
"Once you eat that soul, you'll be even cooler. Can't wait"
After reveling in their victory for a beat longer, they all fell silent as Soul put the witch's soul to his lips and swallowed it.
His eyes immediately with white with power, and waves of force began emanating from him as his head rocked back.
"H-how do you feel Soul?" Maka asked with a nervous gaze.
"I feel...Soooo much power! Unlimited Powe-nah nothing at all." Maka's and Nate's faces with wide with shock.
Just as this was happening a cat walked past, with a large purple witch's hat. The same one Blair had been wearing...
Maka looked down at the cat with utter grimness, "Don't tell me..."
The cat looked up at them for a moment, and a in a puff of smoke Blair appeared in the place of the cat. Her trademark hat wasn't on her head however and they could now see the plain set of cat ears extending from the woman's head.
"This means...we-we-we failed?!"
Maka's mind flashed back to Lord Death's words regarding the capturing of the witch's soul in order to make soul a Death Scythe.
"The witch's soul is the trickiest one, If you mess up the acquisition all the souls you've gathered will be confiscated...
Confiscated....
Confiscated...
The word replayed again and again in her mind as Soul pulled his motorbike around the corner and her and Nate both got on it.
Blair floated behind them on one of her floating pumpkins as she continued pleading for one of the pretty weapon boys to come be hers, the trio rode off into the moonlit night.
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We next find ourselves back in Lord Death's room where the boisterious blue haired assassin Black★Star, and his tall and curvaceous weapon Tsubaki stand facing Lord Death.
"So, let's run through this one more time...what exactly happened on the Capone mission?" Lord Death asked
Before Tsubaki could get a word in Black★Star took the stand using his cupped hands in place of a megaphone as he said, "Once wasn't enough old man? You're losing your hearing Lord Death huh?"
Lord Death gave the boy a reaper chop to the noggin knocking him on the ground in comedic fashion.
"S-sorry sir, I'll try to explain it better this time." Tsubaki said as she picked up Black★Star and hiked his twitching body over her surprisingly strong shoulders.
"We'd staked out Capone and his goons, and tracked them back to their warehouse. That's where me and Black★Star umm...engaged the enemy, but they had too much fire power so we had to retreat. I apologize deeply sir."
Death said nothing for a long moment, just stared the unlikely pair down as he went through the no doubt countless things he'd wanted to say to them.
This was their 99th failed mission, and it didn't seem like it would be getting any better. So he supposed he'd have to give them an extra incentive.
Finally he asked, "Have either of you heard of the witch Angela, and her guardian...Mifune?"