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Chapter 1
Soul transformed in time to catch Maka as winced and her legs gave way. He eased her to the ground as people crowded around. He was breathing heave as blood seemed to gush from his own wounds as he held her tight. "Maka…. Maka, open your eyes, stay."
"Soul…" She sighed as he looked up at him. "You're hurt so bad." Soul snorted as he shook his head.
"You look like death and… you're worried about others…" He shook his head and gave her a little smirk.
"An ambulance is on the way." A woman said as she came closer handing Soul her jacket. "I'm a nurse, I can help until they get here."
"Soul…. Help Soul first." Maka said as she held to his shirt. "Soul…"
"It's okay, Maka. We'll be alright." He said as he watched her eyes close. He knew he wasn't going to last much longer himself; the black blood couldn't help him with these wounds. "Tell… tell them we're from the DWMA." He told the girl as he winced and grabbed his side. "Meister Maka and death scythe Soul." He said before he fell unconscious. It was a matter of another thirty seconds by the time the ambulance arrived. They began their work and put the two on stretchers, rushing them to the hospital.
A tall woman with long brown hair walked down the hallway dressed in a fitting green shirt and a black pencil skirt. She looked at the man with grey hair and blue eyes, wearing a white jacket. "I came as soon as you called." She told him. "You said there's a meister and weapon team here?"
He nodded. "We're still running a couple tests and monitoring them. There's some abnormalities in his blood work. They're lucky to be a live right now. We're going to keep her longer to keep an eye on the baby."
"Baby?"
"The meister is pregnant. It's like something had protected the child from any harm, but just to be safe we want to keep the monitors on and check every test we can since she still early on, we don't know what could potentially happen."
The woman nodded. "What are their names?"
"The man told a witness that she was meister Maka and he was death scythe Soul. We've notified the academy they are sending someone over right away."
"Maka?" The doctor looked at her. "Her name is Maka?"
"You know her?" The doctor asked.
"My daughter's name is Maka, but, she'd never…. She couldn't be this girl, my daughter's not pregnant, she's not even with anyone."
"Maka!" A scream rang out as someone ran past them and to the room ahead. The woman looked shocked as a man with red hair blubbered at the girl's side.
"Excuse me, are you the doctor for Maka and Soul?" A boy asked making the woman and the doctor turn around. "I'm Lord Death, this is our doctor, Franken Stein."
"Kimi." Stein said with a smirk as he looked at the woman.
She narrowed her eyes. "Stein."
"You're Lord Death?" The doctor asked looking at Kid
"Believe it or not." Stein smirked. "You might want to go control him before he breaks something." Stein told Kid who nodded and wandered off to calm Spirit, before Stein turned back to the doctor. "What is their condition?"
"Well, they're stable. Multiple lacerations, most were deep. I don't understand how they're still alive. And the baby was completely untouched, like something protected it. We're still running a few tests, but they should be alright. Although there's some abnormalities with Soul's blood work. They're unconscious mostly due to exhaustion and blood loss." Stein nodded.
"He has Black Blood, it's nothing to worry about. We'll have them transferred back to the academy."
"They're getting the care they need here." Kimi said.
"I'd have thought you'd want the best for your darling daughter." Stine grinned. "Or have you been away and unreachable long enough to forget you have one? Besides, we're better equipped and more knowledgeable on the conditions than a human hospital." He walked past the shocked woman. He knew it was a low blow, but after years of watching over the two and seeing how her absence and lack of communication had bothered Maka somehow annoyed him. He walked over as nurses started yelling and machines began screaming.
"You can't get up." A nurse said.
Stein smirked as Spirit and Kid ran from Maka's room to see the nurses trying to stop Soul from getting to his feet. "Seems like a job for you." Stein told Spirit who sighed and walked into the room.
"We need a minute." He told the nurses who only looked at him a minute as he stared at the younger man. Soul glared as he continued to pull everything off. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked as he shut the door behind the nurses.
"What's going on?" Kimi asked as she stood next to Stein and Kid.
Kid shook his head. "Perhaps I should have allowed the others along, maybe they could hold him down."
"Not when Maka's hurt and he doesn't know anything." Stein shook his head as the door opened and Spirit helped Soul walk.
"Stein." Soul said as he looked at the professor making everyone walk closer. "What's going on?"
"You're disobeying orders it seems." He twisted the screw. Soul glared at him making him sigh. "It seems it's a wonder you're alive. You're both going to be fine. You're knocked for a loop from exhaustion and blood loss."
"The baby?" Soul asked worried.
Stein smirked. "Just fine. The doctor thinks it's a miracle. He said it was like something protected it from any harm."
"The black blood." Soul said with a sigh. "We were using it as much as we could, we knew we needed the armor and I guess it wrapped around the baby." He looked in the room at Maka still unconscious.
"Go sit with her, we're going to get everything worked out to get you back to the academy." Stein watched Soul nod before Spirit helped him to the chair next to Maka's bed.
"Now don't move or I'll kick your ass and then tell Maka what you did. Got it?" Spirit threatened. Soul gave him a look but didn't argue as Spirit rounded on Kimi while Stein and Kid went to work on the transfer. "What are you doing here?"
"What' is this?" She asked looking angrily over his shoulder at Soul reaching out to hold Maka's hand. "Is that her weapon? And she's pregnant. What have you done?"
"I let our daughter be happy." He said as he put his hands in his pockets glancing behind him. "Maka is smarter than you know, she's grown up into a wonderful woman. Soul isn't me and Maka isn't you." She looked at him as he gave a small smirk. "He's good for her. Always at her side, no matter what. Even when they fight, they manage to sit down and figure out how to fix things. I've never seen her happier than when she's with him."
"You let her walk down that same path we did. It doesn't matter that they're not us, you know exactly how this is going to end. With her heart shattered." She glared at her ex-husband.
"No, believe it or not, that's not how this end." Spirit shook his head. "And if you actually spent any time around them you would see that. Maka knew it was important for you to travel, to help people but you didn't see her face when she had important moments to share with her mother and you were nowhere to be found, you weren't there to see the disappointment when she couldn't find a way to contact you to tell you about them dating and how happy she was, or when they got in engaged or even the wedding. And when they found out they were going to become parents. You weren't there for the most important moments in her life and you have no right to tell her she's wrong."
"You're Maka's mom, right?" Soul asked as he slowly walked over to them
"Hey!" Spirit scolded. "What did I say?"
"Wasn't listening." Soul waved him off making Spirit look at him, ready to burst but Soul ignored him as he looked at the woman. "Maka's been trying to find you for a while." The woman waited for him to start scolding her. He looked at Maka and smiled. "She'll be so happy you're here."
Spirit watched him wince making him sigh. "Come on, sit back down before you end up needing more than one Maka Chop." Soul chuckled as he sat back down with the older scythe's help.
"Is that her stuff?" He asked looking at the bag off to the other side of the room. Spirit nodded and grabbed the bad, handing it to him. "Thanks." He said as he went through the bag before pulling out rings. "You know she'll rip me apart if I let the hospital lose them. Can you grab my bag, Maka will really kill me if I lost mine too." He chuckled and ended in a couching fit.
"Relax, Soul eater." Spirit said, trying to sound annoyed but the worry was clear on his face. "I'll grab the bag. Watch over my Maka."
"You mean my Maka." Soul grinned making Spirit glare at him before grabbing Soul's bag from the other room and letting him find his own ring in it. Soul slid it back on his hand.
"Soul…." Soul jumped forwards and smiled at her as she blinked and looked at him with a soft smile. "What… what happened?"
"Just you sleeping in for once." He smirked as he took her hand and gently slid the rings back on her hand making her smile brighten. "Stein and Kid are getting the hospital to transfer us to the academy, we'll have to take turns sleeping to make sure there's no experimenting with Stein." He smirked watching as she giggled softly.
"How are you?" She asked reaching out to touch the cut on his cheek as she furrowed her brow in worry.
"Better than you." He said as he looked at her. "Although the black blood did it's job protecting us." He smirked and gently laid a hand on her little baby bump. "It even protected the little one." She smiled at him as he grinned. "And look who else came all the way here for you." He looked at the door where Kimi and Spirit stood watching them.
"Mama." Maka gasped as she tried to sit up.
"Don't do that." Soul said but his voice was laced with concern. "Stupid." She gave him a quick glare, but she knew he was only being him. She looked back at her mother who smiled at her. "Here." He said as he used the button on the bed to sit her up a little. "Better?"
"Yeah, thanks, Soul." She smiled at him as he nodded and sat back in the chair letting Maka and her mother talk a bit.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Maka smiled at her. "I knew I would have heard if something happened, but I was still so worried after all these years, I kept missing you by like a day." She smiled at her mother. "I guess you met Soul already."
"Yeah, she met him while he ripped all his monitors and IVs out and walked over here to sit with you." Spirit said as Soul glared at Spirit as if he was ready to lunge at him and strangle him while Maka turned angry eyes on Soul.
"Soul." She said angrily making him look at her. "Seriously not cool."
"You're one to talk. Always making me so uncool all the time." He scoffed as she sighed and shook her head.
"Anyway. Mama, this is Soul. He's my husband." She said glancing at Soul who gave a small smile taking her hand in his. "We got married last year and then we found out we're going to have a baby in about six months." She smiled happily. "I know it sounds like I'm repeating you guys. I already got a speech from Papa when we started dating, but it's different." Maka squeezed Soul's hand and felt him squeeze a little more. "I'm just so glad you're okay."
"You're laying in a hospital bed, waiting for tests and with so many injures, and you're worried about a mother who was never there…." Kimi said as it all overwhelmed her, and she felt tears building in her eyes. She watched as Maka just smiled.
"We've got the transfer." Stein said as he and Kid walked back in. "You're awake." He said surprised. "How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Maka said with a small smile before she looked around. "And sick." Soul reached over taking the trashcan from Spirit and held it for her as she threw up. "So not cool." She said once she was done. Soul looked at her worried as she held her side.
"Let me see. You probably ripped open those wounds." He walked over to look at the bandages, lifting them a bit to see the lacerations. "Just ripped the scabs a bit. You'll be alright. It's going to be a little while before we have our transportation to take us all back, but we'll get you to the academy and you can go home in the morning." Soul nodded as he stood beside Maka.
Soul looked at Maka as she rested her head back on the pillow. "Get some rest." He said softly before he kissed her forehead. "Sleep, Maka." She shook her head and looked at him sadly. "I'll be right here when you wake up."
Maka shifted in the bed. "You need rest too." Soul sighed and climbed onto the bed laying beside her, letting her cuddle into his side. It was only a few moments before they both couldn't fight the sleep anymore.
Spirit sighed as he laid a blanket over Soul. "They're ridiculous." Stein said making Spirit smirk and nod in agreement.