Us and Them (Soul Eater fan fiction)

The Greatest Sacrifice (Part 4)

~Maka's POV~

I sat there in the hallway. In a complete daze. This place, that room, it reeks with death. I can feel all the souls that have perished her, so many. Too many.

"Even if it kills me."

Hailey's voice rang in my ears. Snapping me out of my thoughts. Her body glowed a deep green with black swirls in it. The colors of her soul. I peered closer, I looked directly at her soul. Her soul took the shape of a dragon, just a little bit smaller than Thunder. Its wings folded at its sides, twitched every now and then. It walked in circles around her, almost as if it was trying to keep her moving. Hailey's gaze turned towards mine and the dragon stopped and stared at me as well.

"You okay Maka? I saw what was in there."

I shivered, but nodded my head. The images of that room still played in my head. He touched me in ways I didn't like, he showed me off in ways I hated, he did horrible things. It was so real. But it never happened, because from all the madness she came. Hailey came glowing bright, her body encased in the form of a dragon. She gently picked me up and dragged me out of the room. My body acted on its own, I started kicking and screaming as loud as possible. Then, everything became still. A vacuum like feeling spread through my veins, then it was done. Now I sit here, staring at Hailey like she's a goddess.

"MAKA!"

I turned my head and saw Soul slide on his knees right up to me. He wrapped his arms around me and showered me in kisses. I laughed, but it was short lived. Soul was ripped from me. I gasped at the sudden feeling of loneliness. Hailey held his face, Soul socked her in the stomach. She coughed, but didn't waver. Soul's skin on the other hand, did. His skin shimmered and Hailey collapsed.

"HAILEY!" Soul and I yelled in unison.

Thunder raced over within a split second, Joely didn't. She stood a few feet away, her arms crossed, a scowl placed firmly on her face. Thunder helped her up.

"Joely," Hailey whispered and limped over to her.

"Get the hell away from me, bitch." Joely spat.

I gasped, this was so unlike her. Hailey firmly grabbed her face and Joely's skin shimmered. Once it stopped Hailey fell unconscious. Blackstar lurched forward and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Your gonna be okay," He whispered and picked her up bridal style. "Because I'm nothing without you."

~Soul's POV~

I stared at Hailey. She's been unconscious for about 2 hours now. Blackstar refuses to leave her side, Joely cried herself to sleep, Maka is using my thigh as a pillow, Tsubaki keeps trying to wake her up, Liz and Patti are standing guard, and me........ I'm just sitting here.

"No......... I-I won't......." Hailey mumbled and started to toss and turn.

"Sshh, sshh, It's okay. Your safe now," Blackstar whispered and gently stroked her hair.

She mumbled some other things, before resting again. Blackstar sighed and gently stroked some of her hair out of her face.

"Hey, Blackstar."

He looked up at me.

"What's up Soul?"

His voice didn't have the same cocky sound to it. He sounded strained, like he was fighting back tears.

"Do you like Hailey? As in, more than just friends?"

He just blinked at me, then looked down at her again. He leaned down and kissed her forehead. He looked back at me and smirked, my jaw literally hit the floor. He didn't say another word. He adjusted her , so she was leaning against his chest. He leaned against the wall and nuzzled her hair.