Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 13

Sonic and Shadow moved about the dark streets of Kingdom Valley. Their search had lost what little momentum it had before. Going deeper into town only introduced them to people who were even less friendly. They didn't seem happy about having a DWMA meister with a demon weapon poking around.

"Do you want to find a place to sleep or should we stay up late and head back?" Shadow asked.

Sonic gasped in response, startling his weapon partner.

"Shadow, do you feel that?"

"I don't know what you're talking about,"

"I think I can...." Sonic closed his eyes and used his soul perception. The darkness of his closed off vision soon revealed little lights off in the distance. "Over there, at the cathedral. I can feel the soul of a weapon and a meister,"

"Wow Sonic, you can sense that far? All that help from Starline seems to be paying off,"

"Yeah, but this is still pretty new to me. The meister is blurry but I do recognize those goons from earlier. Looks like they're still out picking fights. They brought friends this time. We should check it out,"

The two ran deeper into town and reached the cathedral. After climbing the stairs they stopped in the courtyard to catch their breath. Sonic looked up past the massive building and into the sky. Why did he feel like there was a weak soul above him? He focused his soul perception once more, noticing something. Then, a series of deep, bellowing tolls came from the bell tower, drowning out anything else that might have come from within the cathedral.

"No way!" Sonic ran over to the doors at the front of the building with Shadow close behind.

"What is it?" Shadow looked to his meister with concern.

Sonic lingered by the door for a few seconds while searching with his mind. "All the people in there are gone except for the weapon and the meister,"

The two hedgehogs exchanged grim glances.

"How is that possible?" Shadow asked.

"It's our job to know, and there's only one way to find out," Sonic placed his hand on the door.

Shadow could see that his meister still looked quite troubled. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yeah,"

"Then let's go,"

The doors of the cathedral groaned as they let Sonic in. He held his scythe at the ready while advancing cautiously past rows of pews. There was a boy standing out in the open at the other end of the room. He seemed lost in thought.

"Are you sure your sense was right? It's just one guy,"

Sonic was surprised that he didn't have to close his eyes to see the soul wavelengths he'd sensed earlier. He was close enough that the blurriness was gone too.

"Shadow, the weapon and meister are in the same body,"

The strange meister's soul seemed to be encased by another hollow, black soul that was much larger. The smaller soul trapped within had a noticeable red glow. Sonic thought it might be a kishin egg, but the more he looked, the less fitting that explanation became. There was also some kind of spark that was forming a coil around the conjoined souls.

"What's up with this guy?" Sonic wondered. Not only was this person's soul strange, his appearance was unsettling as well. "Hey, you!"

"Eh?" Eclipse turned around, wearing an innocent expression.

"There were thirty or so people in here with you a bit ago. Did you take their souls?" After seeing Eclipse nod, he continued with a stern tone. "Egg--," Sonic coughed. "Lord Death has forbidden the consumption of innocent souls,"